Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers. If I did Kim and Jason would have been a couple and Hunter and Casey would have been mentioned in MMPR.

~Dear Santa, This Year I Have a Small Wish~

This is part of the PRNS: HC Universe. WARNINGS: SLASH/ AU! There will be two letters minimum for the most part. Some seasons like MMPR 3 and Zeo will only have one and be combined into one chapter. Turbo 2 and Space will be similar as well most likely. For characters in multiple seasons, their letter originates in the season the first appeared. Reappearing does not count (Jason-Zeo, Tommy-DT).

For example: Kim and Billy (MMPR 1), Adam and Rocky (MMPR2), Kat (MMPR3), and Tanya (Zeo)

Each chapter is set in the designated season. For MMPR each set is a diff season with the exception of Kat and Tanya who were introduced to in different seasons. The Turbo Movie is Canon here.

~Dear Santa, This Year I Have a Small Wish~

Dear Santa,

Alyssa here, I hope all is well in the North Pole. Yet another semester is winding down. I am now one step closer to graduating and fulfilling my dream. The thrill of being a Guardian of the Earth is incredibly exciting. There is not much more that I could want besides a boyfriend. No one besides Merrick could possibly be eye candy. I wish I could confess my feelings to him.

Taylor wants nothing to do with the others (and I don't blame here most of the time, though we should be equals and not her grunts). Max and Danny can be a bit much at times. Max is like an annoying but sweet younger brother while Danny is a big ole teddy bear. Cole is really different. Being raised in the jungle does that to you I guess.

I don't know why everyone thinks that I have a massive crush on Cole. He's not that hot and was raised in a goddamn jungle! Merrick and I are meant to be. We are kind of like day and night, but I was critical to getting him back to the side of light.

Our Zords are both left arms.

Tigers and Wolves look better together than a White Tiger and Red Lion.

Silver and White blend well. Red and White contrast too much.

He has a pool cue and I have a baton. Cole has a sword.

Merrick recognizes that I am female and have my 'days' and respects my privacy. Cole doesn't know what doors are or what tampons are for.

I will admit I had a crush on Cole, but after Merrick took care of my wounds… everything seemed to change.

Please Santa, grant me the courage to confess to Merrick how I feel.

Princess Shayla must have done something drastic for Merrick to want to don Zen Aku's mask. Sure he did it to save his friends, but who discarded him like a used tissue when it was done.

I am the better woman and I hope I can start dating him soon.

After all if I am going to be teaching kids some day, wouldn't it be better for me to have a loving husband and well loved children?

Love Alyssa 3

~Dear Santa, This Year I Have a Small Wish~

Dear Santa…. Err Mr. Claus

My name is Merrick, and I am only doing this because the others told me to do so. Cole said it would be fun (because Max and Danny are still children at heart like him). Taylor said it would be harmless fun (she did so with such enthusiasm and charisma that Alyssa had to check my pulse when I saw that happen. And finally there is Alyssa… She is the one I really did this for… She said this would be helpful for me. I don't really know how this is supposed to work, but she is definitely a good person, and I trust her. She said something about closure and a wish or something, but I was half tuning her out.

The others were together spent a Christmas or two with each other… it's so weird to see them all happy and together like a family, and simply not the group of Power Rangers chosen to protect the planet.

Everything is over. We won and the Animarium is gone. My former home is gone once more.

The Princess is gone. She's all right on the Animarium.

At least, I have to assume she is. She is most likely in suspended animation until she is needed again.

But she doesn't want me with her, and I know it's for my own good, but I wish- I guess I used to wish I could stay with her. I know I have to trust that she knows what's best, but I feel like this is something more.

I took up the mask to help my friends, but more importantly to ensure the Princess didn't die.

And now the bitch has left me high and dry without a way to find her again, but then again my mission in life is finding myself.

I have been traveling around for a while. I'm neither a Ranger nor the Princess' protector/ lover anymore.

I have to find something else to do. I am now living in the 21st century and I need to find a way to live the rest of the days.

Part of me wants to believe that that is the reason Princess left me behind, so I can be a different person and die happy instead of waiting for her for the rest of my days before I die without any other companionship.

I know I wasn't always the best protector for her. I made it to the present though didn't I? The others are dead and none of their descendents showed up did they? Everything has long forgotten, but I didn't. Well I kind of failed especially when I was Zen-Aku for so long- but I didn't intentionally forget.

I have come to the understanding you bring things to people who have been good (Alyssa told me this one of the times we ran into each other outside of Turtle Cove). This year I was not very good, but my friends were.

I was Zen-Aku for a long time, and I don't want you to bring me anything for myself. But if you could please look after the Princess and look after my friends, I would forever be in your debt.

Alyssa did tell me that those who saw the error of their ways sometimes get something small, so if there could be something… could you have us bump into each other randomly? I miss her voice and the scent of her skin…

I didn't think I liked her at first as I had the Princess, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized the Princess cared more about the Wild Zords than me. While Alyssa was the one who played a major role in why I became good. She's the only one that has really stayed in contact.

Taylor is back in the Air Force.

Max and Danny are traveling around the world.

Cole is a freelance vet of some sorts.

And Alyssa is on her way to becoming the best kindergarten teacher ever!

Wow… I guess I like her a lot more than I realized.

Oh, I guess I have one more thing I'd like for myself, please. If they need me, or if Willie needs me, I'll come back. I like pool and I know he could use the help, even if he would never admit it. I also would be ready to be called backed to action if needed. I may no longer be the Princess' protector, but I am still a Ranger.

I think this letter and my journey is coming to an end. If it so happens that it will end on her kitchen table…

Then I'll be a VERY good boy for the rest of my life.

Thank you.

Merrick Baliton

P.S. I'm not a pervert. And if Zen-Aku could become a puppy or something it would be much easier to be around him in public. Some chew toys, a flea collar, and a bone would be good too! Alyssa has hinted numerous times that she wants a puppy so I figure a wolf cub would be just as good.

~Dear Santa, This Year I Have a Small Wish~

Author's Note

This is a cute little idea of thought of. One of my friends thought I should do it so here is the next part of the series

I hope I captured them well. I am so glad to be home! Finals were hell!

This is part of the PRNS: HC Universe, though it is AU to it like the HunterXCasey story I have written (technically it is the same universe as that story, but not the PRNS: HC itself).

The Alyssa-Merrick stuff I know will cause controversy, but deal with it! It is my fic! I happen to love the pairing a lot!

Next up:

Ninja Storm Tori (Post PRNS—PROO, After OaR too!) and Cam (Mid PRNS)

Hint: Porn and Yaoi!

XOXO

Griff

Happy Holidays!