Tommy was surprised the next day when he arrived at the original Angel Grove High School. The school looked as if it had never burned down.

He had no trouble finding the office as it seemed to be in the same location it had been in. He walked into the office and he was told he could go right in. The counselor, Mrs. Ortega, smiled at him and motioned for him to sit.

"Welcome back Tommy," she said in greeting. "I'm not sure if your Aunt and Uncle told you, but we were unable to place you in the same classes you were taking at Vintage High School as we do not offer two of them." She handed him his schedule.

Tommy looked it over and was glad to see he didn't have Mr. Harding this year. He wasn't sure if he would ever forget fainting during Drama class after not eating for several days. He saw he had Mrs. Applebee for his first class which was homeroom. He thanked Mrs. Ortega and left.

The classroom was on the second floor room 216. He walked down the hall toward the stairwell. He had felt a shiver go down his spine. He stopped and wondered why. That was when he remembered that this was the same stairwell that Goldar had abducted him from the day of the fire. It all felt so weird to him.

He shrugged it off as he walked to the classroom. He opened the door and saw Rocky, Jason, and Tanya sitting there along with a few other students.

Mrs. Applebee smiled at him as he gave her his schedule. "Welcome back Tommy. Have a seat anywhere."

He took the seat next to Jason. Jason took his schedule from him. "We have almost the same classes except you have Spanish 2 instead of gym."

"Yeah," Tommy said not wanting to think about the reason he was not taking gym. He was pretty sure Jason didn't want to remember it either.

"Doesn't the school look good?" Rocky asked. "You'd have never thought there was a fire."

"Yeah," Tommy said deciding not to mention the incident in the stairwell. While he was in Napa, he was able to forget all of the problems he had last year. It had been nice to be a normal teenager which he wasn't able to be as a Power Ranger. He didn't have to worry about being called while out with friends or out on a date with Michelle.

When Kim and the gang came up for spring break, she and Tommy decided to break off their relationship. It was a hard decision but it had been a mutual one. Tommy would always love Kim but right now they were just friends.

Class started and Tommy tried to pay attention to the announcements but he found his mind wandering. He made himself pay attention but was glad when the bell rang signifying the end of homeroom.

He followed the others out into the hallway. He had US History with Mr. Donaldson. He had never had him before as a teacher and figured he was new.

He followed Jason into the classroom and saw that Kat was also in the class. He gave the paper to the teacher and was instructed to sit in the fourth row behind Bulk. Skull sat on the right side of Bulk which was not surprising to Tommy.

Mr. Donaldson started the class with a pop quiz. He placed the paper on Tommy's desk and told him to answer what he could so that Mr. Donaldson would know where he was in the class.

Tommy looked at the sheet and sighed. This was actually covered the semester he was at Vintage. His mother had wanted him to take AP classes his senior year before he had convinced them to allow him to finish high school in Angel Grove. Angel Grove offered only a couple of AP classes but since school had started a week before, they were all completely full. Tommy took his pencil out and started answering the questions.

***

Tommy was in the Youth Center doing some stretches a few weeks later. He was planning to do some sparring with Adam when he and the others returned from whatever Zordon had called them for. Part of him really missed being a Ranger but another part of him was glad the stress of being a Ranger was out of his life. Now that he was no longer a Ranger, he could see the stress and tiredness written over his friends' faces.

It didn't take Tommy long to realize he was the 'outsider' among his friends. He could still remember being so scared of losing his Green Ranger powers and losing his friends but he had survived that and knew no matter what happened he wouldn't lose his friends.

He tugged his hair into a tighter ponytail and stepped onto the mat and started performing a few katas to warm up while he waited.

Ten minutes later, he watched as Jason hurried into the Youth Center and right up to him. "I need to talk to you."

"Okay," Tommy said before following him out of the Youth Center. "What is it Jase?" He asked.

"We need a new Gold Ranger. Trey, who's the Gold Ranger right now, needs to transfer his powers while he is reunified. We were hoping you'd take the power."

"Me?" Tommy asked feeling a little astounded. Had Jason forgotten why he was no longer a Ranger? "Jason I can't."

"Why not?" Jason asked in a shocked voice.

"I'm here to finish High School. I promised my parents that I wouldn't become a Ranger again. Also, I don't want to be a Ranger again." That last part was hard for him to say even if it was true.

"Tommy," Jason said still a little surprised by Tommy's reaction. "We wouldn't be asking if it wasn't an emergency. If Trey doesn't transfer the powers they will be lost. Tommy we need you."

"I just don't know. Remember why I stopped being a Ranger?"

"You told us your memory problems are gone. Zordon will probably want to check it or something, but we all want you back on the team. I wouldn't be asking you if we didn't."

"Okay." Tommy said with some reluctance. "I'll do it."