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.

Jenny: Subconscious! I meant go kill Rosa's Demon brother, NOT RANDOM PEOPLE!

Melissa: Aurora loves her brother dearly and wants to protect him form harm. :P

The-power-of-love: YAY!

Arwennicole: Nah, Ray's not that bad, she'll get to him. Just read and find out.

DizneeDol: Glad you liked it!

Angel-of-light91: I hoped people would have fun with that fight.

Juzblue: Gotta love Aurora showing her daddy's temper. :P

Ghostwriter: Glad you thought it was funny. Catch ya on the flip side.

Phantom Rogue: I don't know why not all fathers have such daughters. EVIL, EVIL, I AM EVIL! JUST REMEMBER THAT!

It Was Just The Beginning

Chapter 21

Ashley sighed as she watched the purplish blue sparkles of Dakota's magic gently lower Ray on the bed. As the luminosity disappeared, she pulled the covers back over the sick boy.

"Why did he go anyway? How did he even know there was a fight?" Ashley muttered.

"Side effect of the Zodiac powers." A voice replied softly, but it still startled her.

She turned around and watched the girl standing in the door opening. She had been introduced as the future Ciana, he month old baby daughter. Her presence had been playing at the edge of her awareness for a while now and now she had let her blocks down a little, her presence indeed seemed to be similar to baby Ciana's.

"What? Know when and where a battle is?" Ashley inquired.

Everyone had been wondering about the full extent of the Zodiac powers for a while now and Ciana seemed to be the only one they could get those answers from at the moment.

"No, Ray was having a… how should I put it? … flashback in his dream. He was something involving Avine, no one ever saw. I can't tell you what he saw, that's not my place, but I can tell you he was shown Avine's whereabouts this once. He acted on that information."

"How much do you know about your powers?" Kayla asked, cocking her head.

"Sometimes I feel I know yours better than I know my own and I've had my powers for a long time."

"How long?" Dakota wanted to know, fascinated by her powers. "They're really cool."

Ciana smiled brilliantly; obviously glad her cousin liked her powers.

"I've had them for as long as I can remember."

Ashley shot a nervous glance at the closed door behind Ciana, where her baby self was enjoying her nap.

"Did anyone ever tell you when your powers started showing?" Ashley asked weakly.

"You guys say I was about one and a half when it first started, but Uncle Zhane swears I zapped him long before that."

"Your Uncle Zhane does not do his name any honour." Ashley replied.

Ciana laughed softly. Just then the doorbell rang and baby Ciana started crying, her wails quite evident from behind the door.

"Great." Ashley muttered. "Just what we needed."

"Shall I get her?" Ciana suggested.

"You do that, I'll get the door and you three stay here in case Ray wakes up, which I highly doubt… but you never know with Andros' kids." Ashley sighed and left the room.

Ciana smiled at the comment about her father and entered the guestroom behind her. Her much younger self was screaming her lungs out for being disturbed in her sleep. Ciana edged closer to the crib and her smile brightened.

"Hey kiddo." She greeted. "Now listen up, there are two ways to do this and knowing me, you'll pick the hard way, but if you don't stop crying, you'll wake up your big brother and he really needs his rest right now."

Ciana's cries turned into whimpering and the other girl smiled, picking the baby up.

"Andros!" She heard Ashley exclaim. "Weren't you in hospital?"

She saw the younger versions of her cousins run out of the room to the stairs and she decided to follow, her baby self still in her arms, whimpering.

"Aurora woke up and after a fight with the doctor she teleported out." Andros' voice replied. "I tried to tell you, but you were blocking. Isn't she here?"

"Fight? No, why?"

"Okay, shouting match. Something about Ray freaked her out."

"He drained himself during the battle and after." Chaitlin replied. "He's asleep upstairs."

"Then where's…"

Andros got interrupted as ranger Ciana caught his eye the same moment Aurora chose to teleport in, fully dressed.

"Who are you?" He demanded.

"Aurora!" Ashley exclaimed, followed by her nephew and nieces as she pulled her daughter into an embrace.

"Mom." Aurora replied, nuzzling into her mother's embrace for a moment. "Where's Ray?"

Ashley pointed to the stairs and when Aurora turned around, she noticed the strange girl holding her sister.

"Who are you?" She demanded, fire in her eyes and ready to save her sister at the wrong answer.

Ciana shifted uncomfortably under her sister's intense gaze, even Hean couldn't make her feel this uneasy.

"I'm her." Ciana replied softly. "I'm your baby sister when she's Ray's age. I'm from the future."

"That can't be." Aurora shot back, but didn't make a move.

"Ray seemed to believe after she said something in a strange language." Chaitlin offered tentatively, not sure where she stood with Aurora.

"It's not strange, you just don't understand it, not many can." Ciana answered, turning to Aurora. "Estilio han."

"That's only part of what you told Ray." Dakota noticed.

"So we'll need to find you another name, cause two Cianas gets confusing, even though one is a baby.

"My team calls me Gwyn." Ciana offered.

"Team?"

"I'll explain later."

A/N: HA! Finished. Hope you liked it. Review!