Oh boy. Oh so close to the half-way mark… gah.

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own the Power Rangers. Haven't made any progress on that hostile takeover either.

Okay, the remakes of MM1 on TV have these odd comic-book like additions- backgrounds, visual sound effects (if you've seen them you'd understand). Last Saturday they had 2 good ones. In "Team Carnival" when Jason tries to catch Zack when the latter falls on the slits Zack goes 'my hero' and kisses him on the cheek- Disney added a ton of red hearts. Hilarious. Then in "Green with Evil I" (dude, Tommy has the worst evil laugh ever. No wonder he became good with that kind of evil laugh) at the end the screen freezes with the five Rangers freaking out over the image of the Green Ranger in the viewing globe and there's a comic book bubble by Billy's head that says "We're doomed". That was SO adorable of Billy. Even if they clearly skipped a few episodes to get to Tommy, among them the one where Kim & Billy are under that punk spell. Oh well. Anyway, this is how Kimberly & Billy met.

29: Youth

It was William Cranston's first day of preschool. Lupus tucked securely into his book bag, he had managed to survive the first two hours. He wasn't sure if he liked preschool… all the other kids talking loudly and roughhousing. He had found a pile of books and had been reading all morning in a corner with his book bag right next to him. All the pastel colors were nice, as was the variety of toys. And the teacher seemed nice, what little he had seen of her. It was just his fellow students he wasn't so sure about.

On the other hand, Kimberly Hart was having a great time during her first day of preschool. She had made a lot of new friends and had played a lot of games.

Doing a series of cartwheels she went over to a corner. Coming to a stop, she found someone she hadn't introduced herself to yet.

"Hi!"

"Uh… greetings."

"You're cute," Kimberly decided, looking down at the boy. He had thick gold hair, wide blue eyes, and was, as noted, cute.

"Thank you?" William tried. The girl had braided brown pigtails and a bright face. William wasn't sure, but he thought he thought she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen.

"I'm Kimberly, but you can call me Kim if you want."

"William Cranston."

"That's a big name. I'm going to call you Billy."

William was still undecided about the prettiest part, but Kim was decidedly the most forthright girl he had ever met. He just nodded, watching her.

Kim studied him thoughtfully. Something about him… it was almost as if she had known him longer than a few minutes. And from all the fairy tales her mom had read to her she was pretty sure Billy was a modern day Prince Charming.

But he was HER Prince Charming.

The way Kimberly was looking at him was making William uncomfortable. Shyly he offered her one of his books.

"Do you want to read this?"

"I know the alphabet but…" Kimberly scuffed her foot against the floor. William's father had warned him that he was more advanced than other kids his age but remembering how graceful Kimberly had been with her cartwheels he supposed that she had different strengths. He couldn't even manage a headstand.

So he scooted over and patted the spot of floor he had cleared.

"Do you want me to read it for you then?"

With a giggle Kimberly sat down next to him. Yep, he was her Prince Charming all right, and she was glad she hadn't had to wait very long to meet him.

As William read to her, he felt a warm and fuzzy and strange feelings grow inside him. Kimberly wasn't like anyone he had ever met… even though he was only four-years-old he had a feeling he would never meet anyone else like her. Uh-oh. Based off the little research he had done on the subject, William was fairly sure he was in the process of falling in love. The realization made him stumble over the words in the book he was reading to her.

"That word is dog," Kimberly helpfully pointed out. "I know because I want a dog for my birthday."

"Thank you," William blushed. Well, at least he had the good sense to fall in love with a nice girl. She was more than a bit energetic, but nice. So he supposed that he would have to get used to being called Billy.

Again with fluffy young Rangers. Review!!! Even if there's been a change & there's no longer a green button to click on.