Breathless

I do not own the Power Rangers! I only own Claire and Emma.

Hey everyone! So this is my first official story ever, and I hope you will all like it. I loved Power Rangers ever since I was little and decided that I should write a story about my favorite blue ranger keep in mind that English is not my mother tongue so there will probably be mistakes, but I will try my hardest to not make a lot of them. Well thank you all for reading my story,

Lots of love xo

It's morphing time

Chapter zero

~The decision is made~

Sometime in life some decisions are hard to make, and that was bugging Claire a seventeen year old girl who sat on the bed in her room looking at the picture frame in her hands. On the picture was a woman with a girl, who didn't know them would thought they were sisters from all the features they shared together, from long brown hair, to deep brown eyes, even their height was similar, they were both smiling widely at the camera. Claire whipped a few tears that were stained on her cheeks and took a shaky breath finally taking her eyes of the picture as there was a knock on her bedroom door.

Claire cleared her throat and looked at the door to her bedroom 'come in Emms' she spoke in a voice barely above whisper, as she put the frame on the bedside table where it usually stood.

There was a creak sound coming from her door as it opened, in her room came Emma a woman in her late thirties with shoulder length blond hair, and green eyes. The woman looked sadly at Claire and walked to her sitting on the bed next to her. 'Claire bear, I know it has been only a month, but today in work I got a proposition, they want to transfer me to another hospital and I explained them the situation and they agreed to let me ask you if you would be okay with that'. Emma worked as a doctor in a hospital not far away from her house.

A month ago Emma lost her best friend to cancer, she was also Claire's mother, and with her being underage her mother Lisa asked Emma to be her legal guardian until she was eighteen.

Claire looked at Emma and thought about it, if said she didn't want to go she would sound whiny and would keep Emma from doing something that she has been talking about for forever, and that was to move away from New Orleans. And if she considered going, it would mean leaving her mother behind, and she didn't want that. But maybe just maybe she needed a way out of this town just as much as Emma. Claire was very close with her mother, since she never had a father, he died when she was a little girl, and her mother was all that Claire really had, but everything around her reminded her of her mom, and it was making it that much harder for to really start breathing again, and to ease the pain a little. The decision was hard, and she felt like it was all up to her to decide, she thought about saying yes but she couldn't without knowing where would they transfer and stuff like that.

So with a big breath after a couple of minutes of silence she finally spoke 'Where were they thinking of transferring you?' she asked with a small voice looking up at Emma.

Emma smiled a soft smile at the girl 'A town called Angel Groves in California' she said as she took on of Claire's hands in her own. 'I know it would be hard, I know you don't want to leave her, but you won't, she will always be with you no matter what I'm sure of it. And it will maybe be good for both of us to get away from New Orleans, you know start anew' Emma said with a soft voice looking at the girl.

'What about my high school, and house, and stuff like that?' Claire asked curiously, what would happen to all of this once they leave. She didn't have many friends to begin with, she was usually shy and keeping to herself, doing homework or playing violin, but still she had a few friends that she cared about.

Emma thought for a minute and spoke again 'Well I'm sure we will find a nice high school for you to transfer to, and my hospital will take care of finding a house for us, as for this house, I can sell it or maybe keep it, but I would rather sell it. And if by stuff like that you mean your friends I'm sure they will understand, and it's not like you won't talk to them, and maybe in the summer they can come and visit and stuff like that' she said with a small smile.

Claire thought about it carefully, an smiled the smallest of smile as she looked up at Emma once again 'Maybe we could do that, it's just that I still miss her, and it's hard being without her, and everything reminds me of her, so I guess that a little change won't be that bad' she finished with a real smile as Emma hugged her tightly, slowly Claire wrapped her hands around the woman she calls her aunt and rested her chin on her shoulder.

'I know Claire bear, I miss her too, she was like a sister I never had, but I think it will be good for both of us, and as long as she stays in our hearts she's never gone. And don't worry it's not like we have to leave tomorrow, I have to find a good school for you, and check with the hospital about our living arrangements and to pack, and to find a good company for moving' she laughed softly rubbing the teens back 'we will have another two weeks minimum to get everything settled here'

Claire nodded as the two of them pulled away from the hug and smiled at each other. 'Now I have to go at the hospital and to get everything started, will you be okay here alone, you can call Ashley or Lilly if you want I don't mind' She told her as Claire nodded her head 'I will be okay, don't worry Emms' Claire smiled and nodded at the older woman who was already on her way out of the room. She turned one last time and waved to Claire, leaving her alone for the time being.

The rest of the day Clair spent hanging with her two best friends, watching movies, listening to music, and relaxing, since it was once of the last time they will gather like this for some time. Not twenty minutes after they left Emma was back from hospital, and before they both went to bed for that day, she told Claire that they had 2 weeks left in New Orleans.

Two weeks passed like a wind, with packing, finding a moving company to transport their stuff, finding a house, and finding a good school to transport Claire to, and starting the process of it, neither had much time for anything else. They both agreed in giving away most of their furniture to people who need it, and also some of their stuff they didn't need anymore. Claire other than packing spent her days with her friends as much as she could, and they all promised to stay in contact and call each other every few days. Soon the day of departure arrived, Claire and Emma went to the graveyard one last time to say goodbye before heading to the airport, once boarded Claire listened some music and read one of her favorite books "The Three Musketeers". Falling asleep halfway across the chapter. Before she knew it was time to get off and head towards her new house. Once they had everything they needed, they grabbed a taxi and headed off to their new home.

When they arrived, Claire saw that it was nice medium sized house, with a backyard and small little garden space with flowers up front. She smiled at it and turned back to Emma who just got out of the taxi and looked at the house 'What do you think Clair Bear? It has three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room, garage and a beautiful backyard. You can pick whatever room you like but I recommend the room upstairs with its own bathroom, I think you would like it' She said with a smile.

Claire hugged her tightly and Emma wrapped her arms around her 'I love it, I think it's perfect, I'm sure mom would love it too, and I'll go check it out in a minute, just need to grab my things' she said before she pulled away and headed towards her bags. Picking them up she turned back to Emma who also had her bags with her. Emma unlocked the house and let Claire to enter first, the teen entered the house, and went straight upstairs, and found the room Emma was telling her about, it was perfect, it was medium sized, and it already had bed in it, which was king sized and white, the walls were orange her favorite color, and there was also bedside tables, a desk, and a wardrobe, she also noticed that most of the house already had furniture in it and remembered that Emma told her, that she already bought almost all of the furniture, and talked with the agent who was selling the house to be there when it was all delivered. She fell onto her bed and smiled, it was truly perfect. There were also two windows, one was smaller and it looked at the house next to hers, and right across her widow was one, she saw a boy her age through it sitting at his desk writing something, the other window was bigger and it looked towards the backyard, and it had window seat attached to it, and under it was a small storage space for books. She let out a big breath and smiled widely at Emma who was now standing at her door leaning on the frame.

'So you like the room?' she asked with small smirk on her lips and amusement in her eyes. 'Like it, it's perfect Emms, thank you so much' Claire said, walking towards her launching her arms around the taller woman, who laughed at the teen's enthusiasm.

'Well I'm glad Clair Bear, I arranged it just for you' she said with a smile pulling away 'Listen hospital called, and I need to go to check in with them, and meet everyone, the truck with our stuff will soon be here, I know I said that I will stay and wait with you, but I really need to go' the younger girl waved her off 'go go' she laughed 'I'll be okay, I'm a big girl I can handle everything' she pushed the older woman who laughed happily 'okay okay, ill see you later Claire bear' she kissed the girls cheek and left the teen at the house who smiled and waved her off.

'Now to wait for the truck' Claire spoke to herself as she spent next half hour looking around the house getting familiar with everything, just as she exited the house the moving truck showed up, and unloaded all of their boxes in her front yard before leaving. Claire sighed as she looked at about forty boxes in front of her, some were kitchen stuff, some were clothes, others appliances, electronics and such. 'How will I transport all of this, it's like fifty boxes, I'm no superman' She sighed and slowly started looking at labels on boxes trying to find some who weren't that heavy, she started with some smaller ones, carrying them inside leaving them where there was space. She carried in about 5 or 6 boxes, when she saw a group of teens who looked around her age approaching her.

'Hey, do you need help?' a girl with brown hair asked her as they got to her yard.

Claire smiled at them, she didn't think she would meet new people this fast. 'Umm sure, yeah, thanks' she said shyly with small blush on her cheeks

'I'm Kimberly, and these are my friends, Trini, Jason, Zack and Billy' she said motioning to herself and her friends.

'It's nice to meet you, I'm Claire, and I just moved here' she said as she noticed that Billy was the one she saw through the window, in the house next to hers. She smiled at all of them as they smiled back.

'it's nice to meet you too' said Trini and looked around 'Well guys what are we waiting for?' she asked with a smile the others

'I guess nothing' Jason said with a laugh 'where should we put the boxes?' he asked looking at Claire

'Hmmmm, I don't know, maybe we could all split up, since there is six of us, and take one part of the house' she said thinking about it.

'That's actually a good idea, we will finish faster and more affectively' Billy said with a nod.

'Agreed' said Zack 'I'll take the kitchen with Trini, what you say?' Zack asked Trini turning around to her, she nodded 'Good plan'.

'Kitchen is right from the entrance' Claire said 'I guess I will take bedrooms and bathrooms, anyone want to join me?' she asked looking at Kimberly, Jason and Billy. 'I'll go' said Billy joining her and picking up one of the boxes. 'So that means Kimberly and Jason get living room, it's left from the entrance' they both nodded. Claire picked up a box and turned to Billy 'Follow me' she said with a shy smile as she headed towards the house with him behind her.

The afternoon was spent in laughter and carrying boxes around her house, and even unpacking some of them. When they finally finished, Zack asked Claire if she wanted to go to the Youth Center, and explained what it was, she nodded and called Emma to let her know where she was going, she told her to have fun and that she will come back home later in the evening.

Claire went with everyone and they all ordered their smoothies, she ordered strawberry banana smoothie, and they all sat down at the table waiting for their orders, once the orders came they all smiled and started talking.

'So Claire, where did you move from?' Kimberly asked her taking a sip from her smoothie. Claire looked at her after taking a sip from her own and started talking 'I moved here from New Orleans, Louisiana'

'Really, what's it like there?' asked Zack 'It's nice, I like it there, but I also like Angle Groves it's nice here' she said with a smile.

'Did you move here alone, I mean there was no one else in the house' Jason asked looking at her. 'No no, I moved here with my guardian Emma, she worked at the hospital in New Orleans and got transferred here, so we moved, she actually left about an hour before you guys showed up, she had to get settled in the hospital' she explained to everyone.

'ooh, I see, wait you said she was your guardian, what happened to your parents if you don't mind me asking' Zack asked looking at her. 'Well my dad died when I was little, and my mom died about month and half ago, and she wanted her best friend Emma to be my guardian, since she didn't have any family and I knew Emma since I was a baby' she said with a hit of sadness in her voice as she looked down at her smoothie. The others looked at her with sadness and then glared at Zack who looked at them with a –what- look. They just shook their heads.

Claire felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see it was Billy's, he smiled softly at her 'I know how you feel, I too have lost my mom' she smiled softly at him 'I'm sorry about your mom' she said softly to him and he nodded 'Same here, and time does help' he said to her, she nodded.

There was a silence for a minute or two before Kimberly spoke up 'So do you know which school will you be going to?" she asked Claire who nodded 'Angel Grove High, I'm junior year, what about you guys?'. Kimberly squealed and the others laughed 'really? We also go there, and we are all Juniors also' she said happily, Clair smiled happily and laughed with the others. The rest of their time was spent in talking and laughing, just getting to know each other. Soon everyone needed to go home as Billy and she walked together since they lived right next to each other, they talked more on their walk back, and learned that they both like to read, and they both like chess, and science, and even agreed to stud together sometimes. Soon they were in front of her house, and she smiled and they both said –goodbye- and she waved at him before entering her house. Emma was already home, and they ate dinner together and talked, after dinner, Claire went to her bathroom and took a shower getting dressed in her night clothes, which were orange shorts, and a white top with panda on it. She entered her bedroom and made her bed, deciding that tomorrow she will finish unpacking her stuff since she was too tired right now, just before she turned off her light, she saw Billy looking through his window, she smiled and waved at him and he waved back, she turned off her lights and as soon as her head touched the pillow she was out like a light.

Well that's it for chapter zero, I know it's long I just wanted it to be before first episode so I could explain everything, (if that makes sense), next chapter will start with season one episode one. Thank you all who read this, I hope you will like it, ill try and make another update tomorrow, if I have time. Love you all.