Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews. The things you all have pointed out to me will be taken into consideration. To all of you who are saying that you are sick of the whole "Kat wrote the letter" thing, I understand. Notice that I did not say in my opening summary that Kat wrote the letter. In fact to give away the suspense to the story, she did not so please…this is not one of those. Just bear with me. I plan to have five chapters in all. The chapters will be short for this fan fiction, but I plan to write a longer involved one over the Christmas holidays when I do not have a million papers to write for college. Hope you all enjoy.

Author's Note 2: All characters still property of Saban, Disney, and whoever else.

Chapter 3: Clouds over the Sun

Florida- December 15, 1996

As Kim hit the mat, back flipping off the balance beam, she gave a sigh. It was 5:00pm. Practice was now officially over until after the New Year. She had never been happier to quit practicing gymnastics for a while. She was leaving for Angel Grove in 2 days then she could find out what everyone was up to back home.

She groaned as she thought of the 2 exams she still had left to take in European History and British Lit. What a way to end a perfectly horrible few weeks.

She still had not heard from anyone in Angel Grove. That worried her. She hoped everything was all right and that the Machine Empire wasn't up to anything. Of course, that was a moot point because evil was always up to something. Some of their schemes were worse then others though.

As this thought ran across Kim's mind, she resolved to make a quick after dinner phone call to Trini in Switzerland to see if Trini knew something she didn't. Trini, Jason, and Zack still kept in regular touch with everyone so they might not have heard from anyone in Angel Grove recently either.

"I hope they're all okay," she thought to herself as she ran to her room.

20 minutes later the overseas operator was putting her call through. Kim waited impatiently on the other end of line. "Hurry up," she thought as she paced the floor in her practice wear. "I can't wait another minute to check things out."

"Hello, this is Trini," said Trini's voice sounding far away.

"Trini, thank goodness you're there. What time is it there? I guess I didn't think about the time difference when I decided to call. Sorry, I was a bit desperate."

"Kim, is that you? Please don't worry about the time difference. It doesn't matter. What's up?"

Kim figured it was best to get right to the point. "Listen, Trini, have you heard from anyone in Angel Grove recently? I haven't heard from them in about a month now, and all my phone calls are not being returned. Is there a massive new evil in the works or something? I know about the Machine Empire, but have Rita and Zedd come back or something?"

Trini was silent for a long moment. "Kim, what are you talking about? Have you lost your mind? You know perfectly well why no one is talking to you at the moment. I'm sure that once the shock wears off, they will all be ready to talk to you again as long as you're willing to offer an explanation and an apology."

Kim sat bolt upright on her bed. "What have I done that I have to offer an apology for? I know I couldn't make it home for Thanksgiving, but it seems a bit ridiculous that they would be upset over that. They know I had to stay and train so that can't be it."

"You really don't know what's going on? How is that possible?" Trini sounded shocked out of her mind.

"Would you please tell me what is going on? You obviously know."

"Kim, Tommy got a letter postmarked Florida in your handwriting, on your stationary that said you didn't want to be with him anymore. It said that you thought of him like a brother and also that you had found someone new."

Kim fell back against her pillows, stunned. "WHAT????!!!! I NEVER SENT ANY LETTER LIKE THAT. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? OH MY GOD." She felt like she had just been hit in the stomach by one of the monsters she used to fight. "You believe me right, Trini? I could never do anything like that. I'm not that type of person. You know me."

"Calm down, Kim. I believe you." Trini said. "After that reaction, I couldn't help but do otherwise. When Billy phoned to tell me about it, I told him it sure didn't sound like something you would do. He agreed with me, but he thought it best to let the situation calm down a bit before trying to contact you."

"Who could have done this, Trini? Is it someone trying to hurt me? The Machine Empire? Zedd and Rita?" Kim felt half-crazy as her mind raced to think of something, anything that could help her find out who was behind it all. Suddenly a thought struck her. "Wait a second…you said that the letter was written on my personal stationary? The one with my initials on it?"

"That's what Billy said. Why do you ask?"

"Because I think I know who wrote it and how although not why. That part still remains a mystery."

"Well, are you going to let me in on it?"

"Not just yet. I'm headed to Angel Grove in 2 days if I can get through my 2 finals tomorrow morning. I'll call you once I get there and find out all the details. Thanks, Trini. You're such a great friend."

"No problem, Kim. I'm just sorry you have to go through this. Please call me soon and let me know what happens. Night."

After hanging up the phone, Kim began thinking of the reasons why he could have possibly wanted to do that to Tommy and her. She couldn't come up with any. She guessed she was just going to have to wait to confront him face to face.