Author's Note: I'm glad you all liked the last chapter. To be completely honest, I can go both ways with Vida/Xander or Vida/Chip. In this story, I'm already playing up on the Vida/Xander thing, so I think they will definitely be a couple. I wanna say that Chip and Claire will be a couple, but they didn't have much interaction in the show. And, of course, the main couple will be Nick and Maddie. Thanks for all of the amazing reviews, too. I hope you all like this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers or Wicked Lovely.


Eleven Years Ago

Katherine yawned and stretched her arms over her head. Who in the world would be knocking on the door this late at night?

She looked over at the clock, mentally correcting herself: this early in the morning. It was two o'clock! She didn't even know why she was up this early.

Katherine pulled her robe tighter around her, careful not to make too much noise. She didn't want to wake up her daughters… or worse, her mother.

She pulled open the door, ready to tell the person to get the hell off her porch, but she stopped when she saw who it was. Her jaw fell open and she stood, frozen, in the doorway.

He smiled at her—a warm, forgiving smile. But he shouldn't be the one forgiving her. It should be the other way around!"

"Hello, Katherine," he said.

Katherine's mouth opened and closed a few times. Finally, she found her voice. "What… what are you doing here?" she demanded, trying to force strength into her voice. But she had to admit that she was afraid… and, at the same time, the old feeling of love rushed into her. Shaking her head, she pushed the feeling away.

"I'm here to see them," he said simply.

"No." Katherine furiously shook her head. "You can't see them." She moved to shut the door, but his hand shot out and kept the door open. Katherine mentally cursed herself. She should have remembered—they weren't normal.

"I deserve to see them," he said. "They're my daughters, as well." When Katherine said nothing, he sighed. "I didn't want to have to do this, but I guess I'm forced to. I'll take you to court, if I have to."

Katherine tilted her head back and let out a humorless, barking laugh. "And say what? I'm keeping my daughters from their father because he's a monster?"

His face darkened over. "I'm not a monster," he said. "If anything, you're the one who is the monster."

This threw Katherine off. "What do you mean?" she demanded, now truly pissed off.

"I did nothing to you, Katherine," he said. "You're the one who accused me! All I ever did was love you—"

"NO!" Katherine yelled, backing away. "You didn't love me. You never loved me. You seduced me! You tricked me!"

"There you go again!" he said, cutting across her. "These accusations—they're absolutely ridiculous!"

Once again, Katherine couldn't find her voice. Her mouth kept on opening and closing, until, finally, she said something.

"You're ridiculous!" she sneered.

He shook his head. "One day," he muttered. "One day, Katherine, you'll open your eyes and see that I never did anything to you. You caused yourself to have all of this pain."

Katherine could feel herself weakening. So she did the only thing she could do.

She shut the door in his face.


"First day back to school," Chip said. "We're seniors!"

"It's going to be great," Maddie agreed.

"Humph," Vida grunted.

Maddie shook her head and chuckled while Chip looked confused. "What's her problem?" Chip asked.

"She's still upset with Xander," Maddie said.

"I am not!" Vida exclaimed suddenly.

Chip grinned. "Of course you're not."

"He's a jackass," Vida mumbled. "I refuse to feel any emotions, anger or otherwise, for him."

Chip leaned over so he could whisper loudly in Maddie's ear. "Too late," he said, looking like he enjoyed the look of enragement on Vida's face.

"Chip Thorn, I swear, if you make one more crack about—"

"Crack about what?" Xander asked as he and Nick joined them. "About your hair? That yellow streak is looking pretty nasty, V."

"Green was the only color I had left," Vida said stubbornly. "And don't call me V!"

"Why not?" Xander asked. Maddie chuckled and shook her head. He knew exactly why not. He just enjoyed pushing Vida's buttons too much.

"Because only my friends can call me that!"

"Alright," Maddie said, deciding she should intervene. "V, go to your happy place and count to ten. You," she said, turning to Xander. "You just… go look in a mirror, or something."

"Maddie!" Xander exclaimed in an over-dramatic voice. "What's with insults?"

"You know I'm just kidding," Maddie said, feeling a little guilty for her cracks at Xander. Suddenly, she felt a warmth on her left wrist, and she felt a flash of anger wash over her. A thin film of red clouded her vision for a moment, causing her to stop in her tracks. She shook her head. Once her vision was clear, she had noticed that Nick, Chip, and Xander had stopped in their tracks as well.

She saw a blue glow out of the corner of her eye. Looking down, she saw that her tattoo was glowing a bright multitude of blue, red, yellow, pink, and green. She clamped her hand of her wrist and rushed to Vida, who had stalked several feet ahead of them.

"Vida, you have to calm down," Maddie whispered urgently. She was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and she didn't have a sweater. She was going to have a problem covering the tattoo.

"Why?" Vida demanded.

Maddie looked around the crowded hallway to make sure no one was paying too much attention to them. Then she held out her wrist and looked pointedly at Vida.

"We can feel each other's strong emotions," Maddie said. "Nick explained it to me over the weekend. You're going to have to learn to control your anger, V. We can't afford to get caught with glowing wrists."

"I'm sorry," Vida mumbled. "He just angers me so much!"

"And what were you saying a minute ago?" Maddie said. She didn't mean to provoke her sister, even though that was exactly what she was doing. "You said that you wouldn't let yourself feel any emotions for him. Now why don't you tell me what's really going on before the guys come up here?"

Vida sighed loudly and blew her bangs out of her face. "Fine," she mumbled finally. "I like Xander, okay?"

Maddie let out a yelp of satisfaction. Vida shoved her hand over her mouth and glanced down at the hall, towards the guys. They had glanced weirdly at Maddie, but had otherwise had no reaction to it.

"I knew it!" Maddie exclaimed in a whisper-yell when Vida had let her go.

"He doesn't like me," Vida said dejectedly. "It's just much easier to make fun of him, but then he comes back at me with his own, and it just makes me so angry!"

"Vida," Maddie said, truly a little shocked. "I didn't know that you could be so nervous around a boy."

"Xander isn't just a boy to me," Vida said. "He's a boy that actually has the guts to make fun of me, and that means something."

"In a weird, twisted way," Maddie added.

"Yeah," Vida said as she cracked a smile.

Maddie smiled and shook her head. As she did so, she noticed the guys coming towards them out of the corner of her eye. "Well, I guess now is the time to stop talking about it. They're coming."

Vida nodded her head and quickly composed herself. She smiled a little uneasily at the guys. "Sorry about that. My temper got a little out of control."

"You think?" Xander said. Then he scowled as he was simultaneously nudged by Chip, Nick, and Maddie.

Nick held out his wrist. "The glowing faded, so I guess you're feeling better."

"The tattoos returned to their normal color, too," Chip added. "Way to let your head go, V."

Vida shrugged her shoulders in a 'so what?' motion. "Oh well," she said. "Now who's ready to go to history?"


"Our first day back," Maddie said as she sat down, "and already, I have an essay to write and an article to annotate."

"That's what you get for taking AP classes, sis," Vida said. She handed Maddie a cheeseburger and an iced tea. Maddie smiled in thanks and quickly unwrapped the burger, readily taking a huge bite out of it. She was always ridiculously hungry when it got time to go to lunch.

"Somebody's hungry," Chip said as he took a seat.

"Look who's talking," Maddie said as she gestured to Chip's overflowing tray. He had two cheeseburgers, a container of fries, two pieces of pie, a side salad, a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich, and an assortment of condiments.

"There's nothing healthy on that tray," Vida said.

"Ha! Don't make me laugh V," Chip said. "You're the queen of unhealthy food. And besides." He smugly pointed to the side salad. "That's green, and it's healthy."

"Yeah, but knowing you, you're probably going to put something completely disgusting on it," Vida said, throwing a disgusted look at the condiments.

"Don't knock it until you've tried it."

"Can we knock it if we've smelled it?" Maddie asked with a laugh.

Chip made a face at her and stuck his tongue out. Vida and Maddie laughed as Xander and Nick sat down at the table.

When the laughter had died down, Maddie took a sip of her iced tea. Once she had swallowed, she looked at Nick. "How is your first day going so far?" she asked.

Nick smiled. "It's going pretty well. It's a good thing I have you in all of my classes so far, though. It makes things easier."

Maddie smiled, and light blush tinged her cheeks. "No problem," she said.

Vida raised her eyebrows and nudged Maddie in the ribs. Maddie glared at her and nudged her back. However, their exchange hadn't been as secretive as they would have liked.

"What are they doing?" Nick asked, clearly confused.

Chip waved his hand. "Twin stuff," he said. "You get used to it after a while."

"When you two want to stop communicating in twin telepathy and join us, just let us know," Nick said with a laugh.


A few hours later, their first day of school was over. They were making their way out to the buses, when, suddenly, there was a loud crash.

Already, their reflexes had gotten much better. Nick, Maddie, Vida, Xander, and Chip whipped around, turning directly to the source of the noise.

A woman was walking towards them. She was dressed in stiff black leather and had short red hair. Her skin was pale, but at the same time, it seemed to glow. Her eyes were red, making a huge contrast with her skin. She smiled at them, showing perfectly straight, perfectly white, sharply pointed teeth.

"Hello, Rangers."


Author's Note: Yeah, not the best cliffhanger, I know. But I hope the chapter was okay. I'm sorry that I changed Necrolai's appearance, but I need to in order to fit the theme of the book. This is also the first time you got a specific mention of Vida and Maddie's father. What did you think of that? I enjoy reading what you all think. It makes me think of what to write in the next chapter. If anyone had any suggestions, that would be great, as well. Of course, you would get credit if I used any of your suggestions. Again, I hope that you all liked this chapter. Review, please?