Summary: Aurora is in college, spending only her weekends and vacations in Crystal Springs. After since Andros' reunion with his children, Blaecleah kept quiet, but peace never lasts for long.

Phantom Rogue: Jeff will tell his story in this chapter. You decided if it was fair or not. Clowns should be a fun fear, now I just have to pick a ranger to give it to. If things were ever easy for Rora, I wouldn't have a story! Not only is she technically the red ranger, she's the eldest by two years, in this case, that matters too.

The real vampire: Feel free to punch them, maybe they'll learn something from it. Yay, your hand is better, I know how annoying test can be that make you write a lot.

Juzblue: Jeff is going to explain what happened now, so you don't have to re-read the story if you don't want to.

John Cena's Basketball Star: Glad you like the story. Aurora's life isn't easy, but she'll survive, I promise.

Arwennicole: Yeah, I promised an interesting meeting, didn't I? You guys are going to decide how Andros and Ashley react, check the poll at the end of the chapter.

DizneeDol: Well, I love them, just to irritate you all and make sure you come back to read the next chapter.

Jenny: I'll live, just as long as you keep writing. You might want to stop taunting my readers. That might be why you get so little reviews. Oh, and please don't hide behind my stories again, you might get them damaged!

LucyE: Well, I did, but then again, I'm writing the story. How they find out Aurora is a good leader? Well, you'll just have to wait a bit longer for that. Hope you sleep alright so you are a wake enough to review now. :-P

Melissa: Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, please forgive me. Hope you have a great time in Florida.

It Was Just The Beginning

Chapter 6

"Your… your niece?" Aurora asked breathlessly.

"Dad, what are you talking about? The boy asked the man.

"Um, do you have time to talk?" Jeff asked Aurora.

Aurora looked at Mack, remembering what he just said.

"Hey, we still have the movie." Mack shrugged then turned to Jeff. "We were about to have dinner, why don't you join us?"

Jeff nodded.

"I see. So were we. My daughter should be just about finished with her gymnastics lessons by now. My wife's doing the evening shift at her work and I'm not a great cook, so I was planning on making it myself easy and just have dinner while picking up my girl."

A small smile appeared on Aurora's lips.

"So, why don't we go in?" Mack suggested.

They nodded and walked through the doors. Jeff suddenly noticed the looks Aurora was shooting to the boy next to him.

"Oh, how stupid of me. This is my son Jake."

"Hi." Aurora greeted

"Hi." Jake replied.

They sat down at a table and Aurora looked around. It looked different from how her mother had described it; she had expected it to be smaller. Jeff must have noticed her surprise.

"The Surf Spot has grown a little since your mom last came here. The original owner, Ernie, returned and is now running this place with Adele, but he insisted on having a youth centre again, so they expended."

Aurora nodded as a dark woman walked over to take their order.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" She smiled as she looked at Aurora. "You wouldn't happen to be Andros' daughter, now would you? I'm Adele." The woman said, holding out her hand.

"Aurora Hammond." Aurora replied, shaking Adele's hand. "Yes, Andros is my father."

"It shows." Adele smiled warmly. "So what can I get you?"

"Five burgers and some fries to go with them." Jeff answered.

"Five burgers and fries coming right up." Adele nodded.

When she walked away again Jeff turned to Aurora.

"I guess I should start explaining, right?"

"That would be nice." Aurora replied.

"Okay, well, I guess it all starts when you mother told us she was pregnant. Our parents were convinced she was too young to have a baby and tried to force her to have an abortion, but she refused, telling us she and your father were going to get married and take care of you. When our dad asked what she was planning to do concerning college, she told us she was going to keep going. Our mom told her college and a baby didn't go together, but your mother wouldn't listen. She was told that if she walked out the door, she wouldn't have to come back until she had come to her senses and got rid of you. She left and we didn't hear from her for seven months. Then came the birth announcement of an Aurora Hammond, daughter of Andros and Ashley Hammond and she was proving us wrong, for your mother could handle being married, a baby and college at once. I wanted to make up, for she had sent us a chance to. I wanted to see my baby niece whom obviously made my baby sister unbelievably happy, but my parents forbid me. If I went, I didn't have to come back either. Your mother had chosen a new insecure life over her old stable one, had chosen you and your father over us. I was never as strong as your mother. I was twenty-one when you were born, but I still didn't dare to defy my parents. I did sent a card though, but I didn't sign it. I realised the mistake I made by not going when I met Michelle, my wife, just before finishing college. You were a year old by then and it was too late for me to make up with your mother. A year later we got married, against my parents will, and another year later Jake was born. But I even though I finally defied my parents, I still didn't dare to face my sister. I don't know how many times I picked up the phone and dialled the number, only do put it down again immediately after I finished dialling."

Aurora bit her lip, considering what to say.

"Maybe…" She swallowed. "Maybe you should call. Life hasn't been very easy for us, but if she can forgive her friends after eleven years of silence, I'm sure she can forgive her own brother after nineteen years of the same. She really values family. I could talk to her before you call if you want to."

"Thank you, I would really appreciate that, but what do you mean life hasn't been easy? From the little I overheard from conversations of her friends while I was in college, there couldn't be a better set of parents than yours."

Aurora sighed.

"To keep a long story short, my dad went missing in action when I was six and a half. Everyone thought he was dead, but they were too caught up in their own grief to see us. Nine months later I get a brother and for eleven years the only ones we had contact with from the life before my dad died were his parents. Then eleven years later a slave planet was freed by the new ranger team and my dad turn out to be a slave there for eleven years. We got reunited, mom forgave her friends and now I have a baby sister of a month old."

A sad smile played on Jeff's lips and Jake was listening to both stories with wide eyes, obviously fascinated.

"What are their names?" Jeff asked, trying to keep his emotions under control.

"Ray and Ciana, I've got pictures if you want to see."

"I'd like that."

Aurora dug in her bag and fished out a small photo album containing pictures of her family, handing them over to Jeff. She smiled as she watched Jeff and Jake look at the pictures. She couldn't help but like her uncle. From all the stories she had heard from her mother, she had already concluded her mother and Jeff had been just as close as she and Ray and just listening to him tell his story, she knew he still loved his sister as much as he did back then.

Suddenly she noticed a young girl about the age of twelve walking over.

"Dad?" She asked uncertainly. "What's going on?"

A/N: Hope you liked it. Please review.

Poll: I'm holding another poll: Should Jeff contact Ashley or should he get to know Aurora better and know what happened in his sister's life first?