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: You don't know where the dead body thing came from? I'm very disappointed in you. I'll explain again… Uh… One minute… Oh grab, I forgot. Oh well. A late thank you for my birthday wish. Oh and 18 ain't stupid, okay? It's fun!

TrueRomantic: A late thank you to you too for wishing me a happy birthday. Tommy and Kimberly should make an appearance in the 10th chapter, I know now! Yay! And you know what? T/K are on the second place of my favourite ranger couples, they used to be no. 1 before A/A showed up.

Arwennicole: Nope, the birthday wish was in time! I updated it the morning of my birthday (the 30th of June) so no worries there. Oh and you might want to take a look at the P.S. at the bottom of the chapter. I'm really hoping you'll enter something. You're always great with describing clothes. I hope you'll managed that next A/A fic and don't worry, you won't have to do without my writing for at least a short while.

The Real Vampire: Only a year older? Wow, that's great! Mostly the age difference between me and my on-line buddies is bigger. They won't realize their mistake for a while yet, but that's another reason I entered the mystery person. Though it's not the first time she entered the story. More I won't say.

Juzblue: Yeah, you're good. Gwyn is indeed from the future, but more I won't say, for now. Something bad happening? Just read and you'll know part.

Necroblade: I indeed had a great day, thanks. She's from the future as I told Juzblue, but… She's not Aurora and Mack's daughter, but something close. You'll just have to figure out the rest yourself.

DizneeDol: Not only can I legally drive once I get my drivers license now, but also I'M LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DRINK ANY ALCOHOLIC DRINK I WANT! Sometimes I do love living in the Netherlands. :-P Sorry I made you wait for this chapter.

LucyE: Thanks for the happy birthday. I'll start with telling you the chapter you're waiting for is almost here. I'll be looking forward to your story. The girl? Well, I already admitted she was from the future, but she's not really here to change time as drastically as Chris on Charmed. Hope you didn't die waiting for this chapter. :-P

Melissa: Not only to you! To all my fans! And it's a great way to collect birthday wishes. :-P Makes you really feel wanted and loved, more than the normal birthday crowd anyway. The kid inside me will NEVER die! Pinky Swear!

Fan: I'll do all I can. Promise.

The-power-of-love: Glad you liked the chapter, loved your updates too, as I told you in my reviews. :-P

Jenny: Do I even want to waste energy in replying? Yeah, I'm crazy enough to reply from some! Gwyn from the future? How dare you even guess! You're going to marry Wes and you're from the future yourself! How can you NOT know? Like I said before, no she's NOT Mack and Aurora's kid, but I believe I pointed out who she really is to you, just like I did Phantom, though she was in on this from the beginning. DON'T KILL ME! So, I replied, NEXT!

Demon Child From Hell: Hey, you here? Oh well, any review is welcome. That review of fearing clowns might have come from you sister, so of course it's good! You know any nice fears? (Don't kill me, Phantom, please don't)

Ghostwriter: Sorry I made you wait. Don't kill me. Catch ya on the flip side.

It Was Just The Beginning

Chapter 8

The day had passed slowly for Aurora – each tick of the clock made her impatience grow. She was entirely glad and relieved when she walked out of the dormitory with her duffel bag over her shoulder, and a smile on her face. A car slowly slid up, honked at her, and she grinned, nearly skipping over.

"So, ready to go home?" Mack asked as she climbed in shotgun.

"Hell, yeah. I've had it with college right now."

Mack laughed and put the car in gear, driving away. They talked happily as Mack drove through Angel Grove. As the traffic light changed from crimson, to green, Aurora looked at him smiling; she was so lucky to have him, so lucky to be a part of his life. Her smile changed into a face of horror though as she watched a small truck come their way, ignoring the red light.

"MACK!" She screamed.

Mack quickly hit the brakes, but it was too late. As her head hit the dashboard, the last thing she heard before her world went dark was the loud clang of metal hitting metal and a distant scream of pain.

Crystal Springs

Andros smiled as he opened the front door. His grin slowly faded when there was no sound of movement. Normally Ray would run over to greet him and Ashley wouldn't be far behind, following at a slower pace.

Carefully he walked further into the house, not sure what to expect. He breathed a silent sigh of relief when he found Ashley in the living room, sitting on the couch, starring into oblivion with the cordless phone in her limp hands. He walked over and kneeled in front of her.

"Hey, anyone home?" He asked softly.

She seemed to have to pull her mind from somewhere behind the moon, but when her eyes focused on him, she smiled.

"I didn't hear you come in," she explained softly.

"I noticed," he laughed. "Where's Ray?"

"Uh…" She sighed softly, her eyes livening slightly.

"He's at a friend's home – for the day." She finally answered, placing a kiss on his lips.

"So we're home alone." Andros deducted with a knowing smile.

"Until Ciana wakes up." she retorted, the hints of a smile quivering on her lips.

He chuckled and sat down next to her, placing his arms around her and leaning back against the armrest. Ashley sighed softly and leaned against him.

"So, what's wrong?" he asked, probing her.

"Jeff called." Ashley whispered, seeming too weary to keep anything in. "He ran into Aurora. You know, it was him sending those unsigned cards."

"So, what did he want?" Andros inquired curiously.

"To be my brother again." Ashley sighed sadly.

"And…?"

"And, what?"

"You want him to be?"

She hesitated before diplomatically answering, "Ray and Ciana have a right to know their uncle, aunt and cousins, since they really want to meet them."

"Cousins?" Andros smiled.

"Jeff's kids, Jake and Sarah. Jake's 15 and Sarah's 12."

"But that doesn't tell me what you want." He insisted, seeing past her act.

Ashley sighed and closed her eyes. For a moment Andros thought she wasn't going to reply, but then she opened her mouth.

"When my parents disowned me because I was having Aurora, it hurt. Oh god, Andros, it hurt so badly, but I knew I could live without them, but not without you or our baby. Now I have a chance in getting a bit of my family back. While you were gone and the doorbell rang I hoped, I don't know how many times, that if were my parents or Jeff, that they actually cared and now I know my brother cares. The only reason I dared to defy my parents was because of my time as a ranger and you."

Andros tightened his arms around her. They stayed like that for a while, until Ashley tried to pull away.

"I should really start dinner now, Ray and Aurora can be home any minute." She started.

"We could just order some pizza." Andros suggested, pulling her back into the embrace.

"I could live with that." Ashley giggled and relaxed in his arms again.

The feeling was short lived though, just when she had gotten comfortable, the high pinched cries of the young baby girl upstairs cut through the air. Sighing, Ashley struggled out of Andros's embrace again.

"I'll go, you see what kind of pizza the kids want when they get in."

Andros let out a laugh and reluctantly let her leave his arms to answer their daughter's calls. Sure enough within to minutes the cries were non-existent.

He heard a key being pushed into the lock on the front door and the door was opened.

"I'm home!" Ray's voice called.

Andros got up to welcome his son home, a grin on his face.

"Your mom just quieted your sister, you know." He said, walking into the hallway. "Want her to start crying again?"

"Not a bit. My ears are still ringing from this morning." Ray replied, throwing his schoolbag and jacket into a corner.

"I'll put them away later." He quickly added, seeing his father's disapproving expression.

Andros was about to say something about it when the doorbell rang.

"Since when does the pizza arrive before you call?" Andros muttered, wandering who could be at the door.

Having a bad feeling, he stopped Ray from opening the door and took a step forward himself, pushing Ray behind him a little before reaching out to open the door…

A/N: Don't you just love cliffies? I know I do. Sorry it took me so long to write this, but I kinda had a small writers block and little time on my hands to write since I was taking drivers lessons only to fail the test, but don't be sad, I can retry about halfway through August, so you've got two choices; 1) you'll root for me to pass, 2) you'll pray to god I'll never pass so the streets of the Netherlands will be safe a little longer. REVIEW!

P.S.

Some of you are more creative than I am, so… I'm holding a design contest. I'm looking for a wedding dress and the description that I like best will be used in my story, or I'll mix some together, depends on how many I love. :-P