Hey guys! So, I know originally I called Memories: The Orange Ranger Story a prequel, but well . . . it didn't feel like one. Memories is the original story that I actually started in middle school, but I was a very cheesy writer in Middle school and decided to revamp the story altogether. I realize that what I ended up with is cheesy as well, but let's just say it would have been 100 times worse if you'd seen the original (which was written under one of my two old and horrible pen names. Ellie Mae or Angelface). Then I wrote The Return which I now categorize as a sequel. So this story (Memories: The Beginning) is the official Prequel. So the Orange Ranger Series goes like this:
Memories: The Beginning
Memories: The Orange Ranger Story
Memories: The Return
This one won't be as long as my last, but I felt like I needed to cover how she joined the team, and how her and Rocky got together, and other things like that. For some reason I just feel like the series isn't complete.
So . . . Enjoy!
Memories: The Beginning
Chapter One: Peace Haven
by angellwings
Tommy Oliver was moving. Her best friend from forever was moving away today. Sure it was only like an hour and a half drive, but it was still some where where she wouldn't see him every day.
"You promise you won't turn into one of those Valley jock jerks that we make fun of all the time?" She asked him with a scolding tone.
"I promise." He replied with a chuckle.
"And you promise to keep me updated on whatever's going on in your life?" She asked with the same tone.
"I promise." He repeated.
"We're talkin' I get a phone call at least once a week." She clarified.
"Of course." He said with a grin and a nod. She was freaking out on him. It wasn't something he was used to. She was the first friend he'd made in Peace Haven when his parents had moved them here in kindergarten. She scared away a couple of bullies that had teased him about his pony tail, and they'd been glued together at the hip ever since. They even taught a Martial Arts class together at the local community center.
"I can't believe you're moving in the middle of high school. I'm not going to be able to get through the day with out some one to be sarcastic with. I have zero female friends and all the guys at school are afraid I'm gonna spin kick them or something. What am I gonna do?" She asked him as she shoved his shoulder lightly.
"You'll be fine. Just try and show people the feminine side with both know is in there somewhere." He said with a wink and a grin.
She rolled her eyes at him, "No way, I refuse to turn into just another superficial mall troll."
"I'm not saying you have to go mutant cheerleader on me, but just try to be vulnerable once in a while. You know instead of scary defensive." Tommy said gently.
"I am NOT scary defensive." She proclaimed loudly.
Tommy said nothing and gave her a pointed look.
"So, maybe I do get a little defensive." She said weakly with a sigh.
"Tommy, it's time to go, son!" His mother's voice called from their station wagon.
He glanced at her with a sad smile, "Well, I guess this is it?"
She gulped, "Yeah, I guess so."
"You're coming to Angel Grove for the Inner City tournament right?" He asked as he cleared his throat nervously.
"Heck yes, I wouldn't miss it." She said with a bright smile, "And you're going to call me and tell me how your first week in Angel Grove goes, right?"
"Friday at four o'clock on the dot." He said with a nod.
"You can call earlier in the week . . . if you want to that is." She told him hesitantly. It was just beginning to hit her that he was actually leaving. He wouldn't be at school with her on Monday. He'd be an hour and a half away at Angel Grove High.
"I will," He said as his father honked the horn in the back ground. He leaned down and gave his petite red headed friend a long hug before kissing her fore head quickly and running to the car, "Bye Rhee! See ya later!"
"Bye, Tommy! Don't forget about me, okay?" She yelled after him as he shut the car door.
He leaned out the window and smiled at her, "Couldn't if I tried."
With a sad smile and a wave Maurhee Peterson continued to watch as the car headed away from the small Californian town of Peace Haven. Great, now it was just her and her crazy software tycoon parents. Her parents owned Peterson Software and Technology which was revolutionizing the way offices all over the nation ran. At least it was according to her father. All she knew was that the more money they made the more traveling they did, and the more time she spent alone in their massive house.
Well, at least she had that Inner City Tournament to look forward to. She could catch up with Tommy then.
Tommy had called her the next day to tell her all about Angel Grove and about this small tournament they were having the next afternoon at some youth center. She assured him he would more than likely kick butt per usual, and he had modestly shrugged it off (also per usual). They talked for a little while longer before they both finally had to get off the phone. He'd called the next day on Sunday afternoon to tell her he had tied for first place at the tournament, and he described the match and his opponent in great detail.
"You mean theres actually someone out there he stands a chance of kicking your butt?" Maurhee asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, and surprise, surprise . . . it's not you." He said with sarcastic cruelty.
"Hey, one of these days I will beat you. That is a promise." She said with determination.
"Keep telling yourself that." He said with a laugh.
She'd expected to get a call from him the next after noon as well, but she got nothing. Not even a message on the answering machine. She'd figured he'd just been busy, and that he would call later that week. He never did. Which wasn't like him. Her parents told her to give him some time to adjust, but she didn't like that. So she called him, and the minute his mom handed him the phone he hung up on her. She'd heard the clang of the phone being slammed on it's base before the line went dead.
If she didn't know better she would think he was mad at her. But what had she done? She didn't think she had done anything to make him mad. She hoped she hadn't done anything to make him mad. It wasn't like him to hang up on any one let alone her. She tried again a few days later, and nothing had changed. He hung up on her again. She was starting to get worried. So she called his house to talk to his mom. She needed to find out what was up with him.
"Mrs. Oliver?" She asked into the phone.
"Maurhee, I'm sorry but Tommy's not here at the moment." His mother said with a strange tone.
"Actually, Mrs. Oliver I wanted to talk to you." She said with a gulp.
"Is this about how Tommy's been acting lately?"
"Yes, ma'am." She said with a sigh.
"I have no idea what's been going on with him lately, dear. He's never here, he doesn't talk to us. The most response I've gotten out of him lately is a grunt. I'm not sure, but his father and I think it has to do with the move. Although I don't know why it's taken him so long to express it. I expected him to act like this after we told him about our plan to move. Not after the fact." She said worriedly.
"But that doesn't sound like Tommy to me. He was fine with moving to Angel Grove. I mean he would have proffered to stay but I know he doesn't resent you for it. He won't talk to me at all. You'd think if he was hating Angel Grove he'd talk to me about it, but he keeps hanging up on me. It's just not like him." Maurhee said as she nibbled her bottom lip thoughtfully.
"I don't know, dear, I just don't know. I've got to go though, I've got a hair appointment in a little over ten minutes." She said sadly as she bid Maurhee good bye and they both hung up.
She needed to talk to Tommy and seeing as he refused to talk to her over the phone . . . it looked like she was going to have to talk to him in person. Which meant a trip to Angel Grove. She grabbed the keys to her jeep and ran out the door. If she left now she could be there before five.
There's chapter one! Enjoy!
angellwings
