Sam awoke then next morning as her alarm clock went off. As she got up she noticed a note on her bedside table from her dad.

Sam I had to get an early start, I love you and be safe.

After she had read the note Sam crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can. She then threw open her drapes and went into her bathroom to get ready for the first day of school. Sam took her hair down from the messy bun she put it in every night and got into the shower. She let the warm water run down her body as she woke up a little more. When she got out of the shower she walked into her closet to pick out her outfit. She settled on a pair of white capri's with a red button down cover over a pink spaghetti strap shirt. After she had picked out her outfit Sam went back into the bathroom to do her hair and make-up. Once she was done Sam gave herself one final look in her full-length mirror and then made her way downstairs. She had forgotten that Conner had spent the night and almost gasped as she caught sight of him sleeping on the pull-out. Some time during the night his shirt had come off and Sam couldn't tear her gaze from his bare chest. The years of soccer had done him justice; everything was tan and muscular. Conner stirred and Sam hurried into the kitchen, lest she be caught staring at her half-naked team mate. He probably doesn't even like me like that, she thought as she began to make breakfast. To keep from thinking about Conner and his bare chest she decided to make pancakes. Just as she was flipping the last one Conner came into the kitchen and said, "What smells so good?" Sam turned around, thanking God that he had put his shirt back on, and replied, "Good morning Conner. I'm making blueberry pancakes and bacon. Would you like some?" Conner shook his head yes and then asked, "Do you mind if I clean up a bit before school?" "Not at all, the bathroom is down the hall and to your right." Sam said as she flipped the last pancake over. When Conner came back Sam had set two plates at the table piled high with pancakes and bacon. She also had two glasses of orange juice and syrup on the table. As they sat down Conner asked, "Where is Dr. O.?" "He had to get an early start. We had better hurry up or we won't make it to school on time." Sam kept stealing looks at her handsome team mate while they ate. Once they were done they grabbed their school stuff and headed out to Conner's car. On the way to school they listened to music and talked about how it was good that Trent was back. Over the summer they had dealt with some pretty nasty monsters and it would be good to be at full strength again. As they parked Sam saw Kira and Ethan talking to Trent. Their friends spotted them and then made their way over to Sam and Conner. Sam hugged Trent and said, "It's good to have you back." "Thanks," Trent said as they broke apart. Sam then turned her attention to Ethan. She handed him a disk and said, "My Uncle Billy gave me that and I thought that you might like to play it. It's a video game about a wizarding world at war." Ethan looked as if Christmas had come early this year as he replied, "You mean Wizard Wars? I thought that this game was sold out." Sam shrugged and said, "Well my uncle got an advanced copy and sent it to me." Ethan hugged Sam and almost lifted her off of the ground. Sam laughed and looked at Kira smiling.

"How are you doing Kira?"

"Well I'm good, I wrote a new song last night and can't wait to try it out at the cyber café."

"That's really cool. What's it about?"

"Well it's about a bad breakup."

"Wow, where did you get the inspiration?"

"High school. You see it all the time."

Sam nodded as the bell rang and they head to their home room. Sam was a little nervous because this was the day that everyone would find out that Dr. Thomas Oliver was her dad. They had notified the school about the sudden parentage, but it had been too late to change Sam's schedule. It was a policy at Reefside that a parent could not teach their child. Some people would think that the teacher's kid would have it easier. Ha if only they knew her dad. Sam knew that she would have it harder than any of her dad's other students. She also couldn't see tests in advance because he kept them under lock, key, and finger print identification. Over the course of the summer Sam had taken her dad's last name; which would be a dead give away when he called roll. Sam, Ethan, Kira, Conner, and Trent all sat one behind the other; Conner at the very front of the row and Sam bringing up the rear. As her dad took his place at the front of the class he said, "All right pop quiz time. I want to see how much you guys remember from last year." The entire class groaned and all of her team mates turned around and glared at her. The 'quiz' took the entire hour to complete. After she was done with it Sam felt that her head might explode. The only bad thing she had inherited from her dad was his memory. Sam and her friends stayed behind to talk to her dad after class.

"Hey guys, I trust that you all aced this quiz."

"Dr. O why do you have to torture us on the first day of school?"

"That's one of the perks of being a teacher Conner. Now you guys had better get to your next class."

They walked out just as the warning bell rang. They had two more minutes to get to class before they were late. Trent sprinted off to his art class, Ethan went off to his advanced computers class, Kira headed off to her creative writing class, and Sam and Conner headed to their gym class. Since the gym was on the other side of the school Sam and Conner had to book it; they both skidded into the gym just as the bell rang. "Ahh Mr. McKnight and Ms. Oliver nice of you to join us." Mrs. Lewis said as she checked their names off of the roll sheet. Sam and Mrs. Lewis didn't get along very well; Sam thought that she was still mad because of what had happened on their first meeting. "Right, now that everyone is here we can all change and get started." The class went into their locker rooms and changed into their gym cloths. Sam donned her lime green long sleeved shirt and tie-dye shorts and proceeded to the gym floor. Once everyone was assembled Mrs. Lewis began class. "Today we will begin our unit on self defense. Now everyone needs a partner and we can get started." Sam headed straight for Conner, but was stopped by Brian.

"Hey Sam want to be partners?"

"Umm I'm already kind of partners with Conner. Sorry Brian."

"No it's okay."

As Brain left Conner came up behind him and said, "Hey Partner." Sam laughed and stood next to Conner as Mrs. Lewis began to look for her next victims. "Ahh Sam and Conner please join me at the front of the class for a demonstration." Sam rolled her eyes as she and Conner made their way to the front of the class. "Conner I want you to attack Sam." Conner stared at his teacher and asked, "You want me to attack Sam? But I could hurt her." Sam laughed and countered, "I highly doubt that. Come on Conner or are you chicken?" Conner looked at her and they began their fight. As he lifted his leg to do a high kick Sam ducked and used her leg to knock his out from under him. Conner went tumbling down. "Where did you learn that?" Mrs. Lewis asked as she watched Sam. "My uncle teaches self defense at the Angel Grove Youth Center." Sam replied as she helped Conner up. After the demo the rest of the class was spent with each couple practicing attacking and blocking. Sam could hardly believe that it was already time for lunch. As she sat down at the table Ethan began to glare at her.

"Why all the death looks Ethan?"

"Why didn't you tell us about that test?"

"Are you kidding me? He never tells me anything about his classes."

"Well at least you can steal a test and look at it."

"Oh yeah, the tests are in his office. In a vault that only he knows the code to; in a brief case that you need voice password and finger print identification. So yeah I have it easy."

Ethan stared at her with his mouth open while Trent asked, "Why all of the security?" Sam looked at him and replied, "I have no idea, but I think that he keeps something else in that brief case along with the test."

"Wow is Dr. O packin?"

"Don't be stupid, Conner. He's a Power Ranger, why would he need a gun?"

"I didn't mean it like that."

"Oh well then get your mind outta the gutter."

Half way through lunch a girl with long blonde hair came up and shoved a voice recorder under Sam's mouth.

"Cassidy Cornell news reporter."

"I know who you are Cassidy, now what do you want?"

"Well everyone in the school is dying to know why your name changed. Did you marry Dr. Oliver or what?"

"And how is that considered news?"

"What my viewers want to know I find out."

"No you're just butting in my life and I don't appreciate it."

"Did you or did you not marry Dr. Oliver?"

"Besides being illegal it's also gross. No I did not marry Dr O."

"Well then why did you take his last name?"

"Are you a good reporter?"

"Yes, the best in fact."

"Then why don't you figure it out."

Sam pushed passed Cassidy and dumped her tray in the trash. She had known that something like this was going to happen, but for people to think that she had married her dad. Sam shuddered at the thought, it was so gross.

"That's a brilliant plan master. When can we put it into action?"

"Be patient Elsa. We will give them until the New Year before we strike, but until then I want you to keep a close eye on Samantha and the rest of the Rangers. You are dismissed."

Mesogog turned around and looked at the live feed of Reefside High School. "I will have you soon Samantha. You will help me destroy everything you love and cherish." He laughed manically as the feed focused on Sam walking down the hall to her next class.