Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers or any past rangers or characters from the show. The main characters and the plot are mine though.

"This is such a gorgeous day! The sky is clear, there are no clouds, and even better, there's no school!" Kenna practically shouts her excitement as we lay out our towels on the sand. I agree that it's a great day to be at the beach especially with three of my best friends. Hayden and I met when we were ten on our first day at Oceana Institute for Girls in Oceana CA; where we became roommates and best friends a year later we met Kenna and Lucy (who was able to skip a grade because she's just that smart). We were assigned to a four person suite and have practically been joined at the hip ever since.

Lucy is the youngest at fifteen though she turns sixteen on November 21st is by far the smartest person in our group and most definitely in our school, I'm surprised she didn't graduate this year with us, though I think she wanted to stay with Kenna for next year. Lucy looks more like her mother than her father. She has light blonde hair that falls straight past her shoulders and curving bangs that rest on her rectangle wire rimmed glasses. Her grey eyes have a slight almond shape and she has a slightly round face both of which she gets from her dad. She's an inch taller than me at 5'5". Kenna is the second youngest at sixteen but she turns seventeen October 15th. She has her mother's curly caramel locks and tan skin but her eyes are hazel, a mix of her mother's brown eyes and her dad's blue eyes, she's shorter at 5'3". Hayden turns eighteen October 3rd; she's the tallest of our group at 5'6". She's my best friend and her shoulder length dark brown hair with caramel highlights is a mix of both her parents. Her brown eyes are all her mom's while she gets her pale skin from her dad. I mainly look like my mom, I have light auburn brown hair that flows to my mid-back in soft wavy curls that I get from my dad. My lightly tan skin comes from both my parents; however my blue-green witch eyes are a slight mystery to most people since both my parents have brown eyes. At 5'4" I'm not the shortest in the group, again I take after my mom in being petite.

"So spy any cute boys yet?" Hayden asks me as she lies on her yellow towel, stomach down. I glance at her and roll my eyes good naturedly as Hayden adjusts her yellow and white polka dot string bikini and matching bottoms so that everything is covered. I swear all of us are boy crazy and it's only gotten worse since ninth grade when we had a field trip to our schools brother institute in Angel Grove (my brother's old school) and let's just say that we all had a really good time.

Though my parents live in Reefside they have two other houses one in Angel Grove which my brother and his friends are living in for the moment (Until September when they transfer to AU) and another here that my friends and I have lived in for the past two years while still going to school. Since both Hayden and I are going to the Avalon University next semester we can all still be roommates seeing as how the Institute and the university are only a town apart, we already live in MareBella since we knew that we wanted to go to Avalon.

"Anyone up for a swim?" Kenna asks as she gets up from her white and pink striped towel, that sort of matches her white string bikini with pink flowers.

"Definitely!" I tell her as I get up myself. I stretch slightly while being careful that my multicolored flower bikini top and black side tie bottoms stay in place. I smile when Lucy grabs a book from her bag before settling down on her navy towel once more. I also note that our ever modest genius is wearing a light blue one piece. Kenna giggles at the sight and we head for the ocean. The water is cold but refreshing on this hot day. Kenna and I both shriek quietly when the water first hits our stomachs.

"So how are you holding up? The truth this time." Though Hayden and I are the closest, Kenna is like my younger sister (Lucy is sometimes the baby in the family but only because she's the youngest and though brilliant, she's the most naive). If Hayden hadn't asked me yet then Kenna would step up to the plate; she's also just as noisy as the rest of us. They know that I'm hiding my true feelings and they've known me long enough to know that unless they push even just a little I'll keep it all to myself (if I know it will worry or upset them).

"I'm fine," I don't have to look at her to know the expression on her face. It's screaming 'Don't you dare lie to me.' I have to stop myself from rolling my eyes. "I'm worried about him, I don't want anything bad to happen to him. I'm mean sure we fight like cats and dogs sometimes, and he's way too protective. But he's still my brother, I don't want him to get hurt.

"Cals, he's going to be fine and even though he can protect himself, the power rangers will take care of whoever is doing this." Kenna reassures while rubbing my arm. 'That's what I'm afraid of' I smile at her all the same before we duck under a wave. We come up for air soaked and shivering.

"You'd think it was early spring rather than mid-July , god this water is freezing." My teeth are about to start chattering, I glance over at Kenna.

"Wanna head in?" Kenna asks though her teeth actually are chattering so it's a little hard to understand. I nod my head and we start for the shore. Once we're only up to our knees in the water the earth shakes causing us to both fall forward. "What was that?"

"I don't kno-" the words die on my lips, my eyes focusing on the menacing clouds that are forming above us, they're almost…purple. "What in the?"

"I didn't hear anything about a storm on the weather channel." Kenna says as the earth continues to shake and then I see the lightning gathering in the sky shooting from cloud to cloud.

"EVERYONE OUT OF THE WATER…NOW" My shout carries across the beach and we all make a scramble to be out of the water completely. Kenna and I run to Hayden and Lucy who are already grabbing our stuff. I take a quick glance behind me to make sure everyone is out of the water. One glance at the lifeguard who nods her head at me and I turn back to my friends who are now loading everything into the car. The earth is still shaking only now it's like a small rumble, we quickly get into my dark grey range rover and head for home. The roads though slightly harder to navigate than usual are familiar enough to me that I handle it with little difficulty. I'm more worried about the pedestrians on the sidewalks losing their footing and falling over into the road. I think we all breathe a sigh of release when I pull up to the gates of the neighborhood and the ground thankfully stops shaking. I drive through the gates and all the way to the back street of the neighborhood, before turning onto the long driveway that leads up to the house. I don't think I've ever been happier to park inside the garage and head into the house. Though the 'earthquake'? has stopped; the sky is almost as dark as it is in the middle of the night and it's only two o'clock in the afternoon. We make quick work of getting our stuff out of the car before heading into the dark house. Switching on lights as we make our way into the family room.

"Well that was-"

"Weird? Unusual? Frightening?" Kenna suggests to Hayden.

"All of the above" Hayden nods and we all stand in the foyer for a few moments.

"Well since we're home; movie night, anyone?" Lucy asks suddenly while holding up a romantic comedy.

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