Author's note: Writer's block really sucks. So sorry to keep you waiting, thanks to those who continue to review.
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CoolDiva: Glad you liked the family stuff cause it might be awhile before they appear again.
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TheSilentShogun: Yes, Tommy's daughters do know about his ranger past.
moonlite-n-roses: Boys are always trouble. Prue may make another appearance in later chapters.
AJ: Yes, the girls do know about Tommy's ranger past and I just had to include Prue this time.
2 Die is 2 Live: The answer to who's Halli's whitelighter will be revealed soon.
"I never realized we had so much stuff," Nikki remarked as she and Tommy were in the living room of their new home unpacking boxes.
"Yeah, it's amazing how much stuff you can acquire over fifteen years," Tommy replied.
"I'm starting to think we'll never be finished," she said.
"I know what you're thinking, it'd be a lot easier if I just let you use your powers," he said.
"I have to admit I have been tempted," she told him.
"Halliwell, I found a box with your stuff!" Tommy called out.
"I've been looking for this stuff everywhere," Halli said after she came downstairs.
"Do you want me to take it up to your room?" Tommy asked.
"No, I'll do it," Halli replied as she orbed the box from the room.
"Halliwell, I thought we talked about that," Tommy said.
"What's the big deal, it was just one box," she said.
"The big deal is that your grandparents are here, what if one of them had been coming downstairs and saw you do that," Nikki told her.
"The last time I looked Grandma Lily was helping Hannah in her room and Grandpa Rick is helping Hermione so it's not a problem," Halli replied.
"Maybe not this time but you have to start asserting more control over your power use especially when there are other people around," said Tommy.
"Ok Dad, I get it, no more using powers when the grandparents are around," Halli said as she left the room.
"Don't worry honey, she just needs a little time to get used to the no powers rule," Nikki told him.
"Well I hope she does it soon because she's starting Angel Grove High in a few weeks and the last thing we need is Halliwell accidentally using her powers in front of her classmates," Tommy replied.
"Well then, it's a good thing she'll have you there to look out for her," Nikki told him.
Tommy had accepted a job at Angel Grove High as the new freshman science teacher.
"Yeah but I'm going to try and not interfere too much, she needs to figure out how to adjust to her new surroundings in her own way," Tommy responded.
Halli looked around her new room and sighed because she still had quite a few boxes to unpack before her room would finally be finished. It really sucked having to do things the mortal way. She walked over to her bedroom door and turned the lock to ensure that she would have privacy.
"Let the object of objection, become but a dream, as I cause the seen, to be unseen," she said and magically the boxes disappeared and all her things were in order.
"Halli, can I come in," a voice called as there was a knock at the door.
"Sure Grandma Lily, I was just finishing up," Halli said as she opened the door and allowed her grandmother to step inside.
"Wow, your room looks great, I can't believe you managed to do all this by yourself," her grandmother stated as she looked around.
"What can I say, I guess I just have the magic touch," Halli joked.
"You certainly do, I was coming in to see if you needed any help but I can see I'm too late," Lily replied.
"Thanks anyway," said Halli.
"Halli, I found another box with your name on it," Tommy said as he stood in the doorway.
Halli could tell he was a bit shocked at seeing her room put together so quickly and he gave her a look that said he knew she had used magic.
"Mom, do you mind if I have a word alone with Halli?" Tommy asked his mother.
"Of course not, I'll go back and finish up in Hannah's room," Lily said as she left.
"I know what you're going to say Dad, but in my defense I did lock the door before I cast the spell," Halli said after Tommy sat down the box and closed the door.
"I have half a mind to make you undo what you've done but your grandmother has already seen the room finished so that's not an option, but I really thought I had managed to get it through to you that you can't cast spells when there are non-magical family members in the house, maybe I should just take the Book Of Shadows and hold onto it until you learn," Tommy told her.
"Dad, please don't take the book away from me, it's the only thing I have left that still connects me to being a witch, can't we just forget this little incident besides now that I have my room finished I can help you and Mom with the rest of the house," Halli replied.
"Well, as your mother keeps telling me, I guess it'll just take some time for you to get used to not using your powers, so for now you can keep the book but next time I might not be so generous," he said.
"Thanks Dad, you're the best, I know I haven't exactly been nice to you lately about this whole moving thing but I really am going to do my best to try and be normal, at least when I'm not at home and I really will try and see Angel Grove the way you see it," Halli told him.
"It's nice to have this side of my daughter back, what do you say we take a little break from all this unpacking just the two of us, there's somewhere special I want to take you," Tommy responded.
"Sure, I'd really like that," Halli said.
"Please tell me, we're not going to the Youth Center cause it would so not be cool to show up there with my dad, especially since you're going to be teaching at Angel Grove High," Halli said as she sat in the car with her father.
"No, we're not going to the Youth Center, I think you can check that out on your own," Tommy said as he drove past it.
"Ok, so where are we going?" Halli questioned.
"You'll just have to wait and see," Tommy answered with a smile.
"Why are we stopping here?" Halli asked some time later as Tommy stopped the car in the middle of nowhere.
"Get out and I'll tell you," Tommy replied.
"Is this where you went on your vision quest and found out about Uncle David?" she asked.
"No, although it was near here, this place is special to me for a different reason, this Halliwell is the site of where the old Power Chamber used to be," Tommy informed her.
"So this is where you spent your time as a Power Ranger, it must really be sad to see that it's no longer here," Halli remarked.
"Yeah it is a little sad, especially knowing that Zordon's gone as well, on the other hand not seeing a Power Chamber here means that Angel Grove is safe and there's no longer a need for Power Rangers," Tommy told her.
"I don't know, I think it'd be kinda cool to see a new team of rangers, as long as you're not one of them," Halli said with a laugh.
"Trust me, my rangers days are definitely over," Tommy said as he too laughed.
"Not that you couldn't still do it, I mean you have kept yourself in amazing shape over the years but I really don't want to see my Dad in spandex, it's bad enough I had to see it on that video diary you made, I don't want to see it in real life," Halli told him.
"You are so grounded for making fun of me," Tommy said as he playfully reached out to swat her.
"You have to catch me first," Halli said as she ran away and Tommy chased after her.
"No fair, using your powers against me," Tommy said after he almost caught her but she orbed away before he could.
"Sorry, I forgot, old habits die hard I guess," Halli replied.
"It's a good thing we're in the middle of nowhere or else you could've exposed yourself," Tommy told her.
"Who in their right mind would be all the way out here, besides an old Power Ranger getting all nostalgic over his glory days," Halli responded.
"You just don't know when to quit do you, come on let's head home," Tommy said as he walked back towards the car and Halli followed neither of them noticing the shadow of a figure who was crouching behind a large rock.
"Thanks again Dad, it was nice getting to spend some alone time with you," Halli said after they had returned home.
"Your welcome, I'm glad I got to share it with you," Tommy said as Halli headed upstairs.
She got to her room and closed the door behind her and was startled to see that she wasn't alone.
"Hello Halliwell," the woman said.
"What do you want?" Halli asked taking a fighting stance.
"Relax, I'm not here to hurt you," the woman told her.
"Like I haven't heard that one before, you'd better get out here before I call my mom cause she won't hesitate to vanquish you," Halli replied.
"It's a good thing I'm already dead then," the woman said as she orbed from where she was standing to another place in the room.
"You're a whitelighter," stated Halli.
"Correction, I'm your whitelighter," she said.
"But you don't look that much older than me, I can't believe the elders would send a rookie to be my whitelighter," Halli responded.
"I died young but you should know becoming a whitelighter isn't based on age and as for my being a rookie well yes, you are my first charge but that doesn't mean I'm not more than capable of protecting you, the elders wouldn't have sent me otherwise," the woman replied.
"So why now, why did they send me a whitelighter, it's not as if I'm going to be fighting demons while living in Angel Grove," Halli said.
"The elders know how difficult this move has been on you and they also think you could use a little guidance getting adjusted to your new life and who better to help you than someone who's more than a little familiar with your new home," the woman responded.
"Of course, I can't believe I didn't realize it before, you know my Dad, I've seen pictures of you, it's Trini, right," Halli said.
"Yes, my name is Trini Kwan and I knew your Dad, once but that life is over for me, now it's my destiny to look after you," she told her.
"Wait until my Dad sees that you're my new whitelighter," Halli said.
"I'm afraid you can't tell your father, the elders were really clear about that, I'm not to have any contact with any of my friends from my former life," Trini replied.
"Won't that be hard for you?" Halli questioned.
"I suppose it will be at first but I've been in training as a whitelighter for a long time and I've had a long time to get used to the fact that being a whitelighter means severing all ties with my former life," Trini answered.
"Ok, so what happens now, you watch over me and make sure I don't expose myself, sounds like a pretty pointless job I mean it's not likely that I'll expose my magic with the way my parents are always nagging me about not using it," Halli told her.
"I'm sorry to tell you this but you've already been exposed, there was someone there today when you were out with your Dad," Trini replied.
"Oh no, Dad is going to kill me, but I can fix it, all I have to do is find the spell in the Book Of Shadows to go back in time and warn myself not to use magic," Halli said as she orbed the book to herself and began flipping through the pages.
"Using that spell would only risk exposing yourself more, I'm afraid you can't use magic to get yourself out of this one," Trini told her.
"Ok, so if I can't use magic what do you suggest I do?" Halli asked.
"We wait until this person reveals themselves and then we'll decide what to do from there, with any luck this person won't even believe what they saw and we can find a way to convince them their eyes were just playing tricks on them," Trini answered.
"I still think using magic would be easier," said Halli.
"Halliwell, dinner!" her mother called out.
"You should go, I'll be in touch," Trini said as she orbed away.