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A very pretty young girl walked down a corridor of the S.P.D. base carrying a box. As she walked towards her bedroom, she could hear whispers coming from some passing cadets. She was extremely nervous, and she had good reason to be. Today was her first day at the academy. Also, she had a lot to live up to, because of her father's past.
She entered her room, the door slide shut behind her, and she sat the box down on her bed. She opened it and took the news-paper wrapped picture out of the box and unwrapped it. It was a picture of her and her parents when they had taken her to Disney Land when she was six. She was sitting on her father's shoulders and Mickey Mouse was standing between her mother and father. She felt a tear run down her cheek, she quickly wiped it away and sat the picture on her night stand.
Next she pulled out a small mirror. She looked at herself and smiled. She could almost see both of her patents when she looked at herself. She had her father's black hair and her mother's deep brown eyes. She hung the mirror on the wall above her night stand.
She continued to unpack various items and putting them in their places in the room until the box was empty save for a small velvet box on the bottom. She picked it up and slowly opened it. She withdrew the content of the box, a small coin, and sat the box on her night stand. The coin was the only thing that she had left from her parents. It had belonged to her father. She was turning the coin in her hands when her door slid open. She quickly put the coin in her pocket. A cadet with a red strip on her uniform entered. She quickly straitened up and saluted him and he saluted her. He looked as if he really didn't want to be there.
"Are you Cadet Holly Oliver?" he asked.
"Yes, sir," she replied.
"I am Sky Tate, red ranger. I am supposed to give you a tour of the academy, if you wish," he said. "Do you need a tour of the academy?"
"No, I believe I can find my way around, sir," she said. "If that's alright with you,"
She saw him raise his eyebrows ever so slightly.
"That's fine with me," he said as though giving a new cadet a tour of the academy were a waste of time. "Ok then, I will be on my way, if you have any questions; you can ask me, one of the other rangers, or someone else in authority,"
Holly nodded her head. They saluted each other and he walked out. Well, that was interesting. She thought.
Holly's training didn't start until the following day so she decided to take a walk around the academy to get used to her surroundings. She walked out of her room and down the hallway. She stopped at a door with a plac by it, Rec-Room. She opened the door and nearly got hit in the face by a light ball. She jumped out of the way and a girl in a yellow tank top ran past her to retrieve it from the hallway. A boy in a blue T-shirt walked up to her.
"Sorry about that! I didn't mean to almost hit you. I didn't know anyone was going to come in. If I had know anyone was coming in I wouldn't have thrown it in that direction and almost hit you," he said. "By the way, my name's Bridge,"
"It's alright, Bridge," she said, scratching the back of her neck. "My name's Holly."
"Got it!" said the girl in yellow as she walked back into the room.
"And this is Z" said Bridge. "Z, this is Holly."
"Hi. Are you new?" she asked. "I don't think I've seen you before."
"Yeah, I am," Holly replied.
"Hey, do you want to play light ball with us?" asked Bridge. "It's more fun with more people."
"Yeah, come on, It'll be fun," said Z.
"Um, ok" said Holly.
Bridge tossed her a pair of gloves and they all took separated sides of the room. Just then the rec-room door slid open and a slightly disheveled looking girl in a uniform with a pink strip on it walked in, holding a stuffed elephant.
"Z! How many times do I have to tell you not to let RIC into our room!" she scolded.
"Hey, don't look at me! I've been in here almost all day." Said Z.
"Well, I have been chasing that mutt all over the base for an hour! He took Peanuts again!" she pouted, holding out the stuffed animal for them to see.
"Aw, Syd, I thought you liked RIC," said Bridge.
"I do like him, but he needs to learn to leave Peanut alone!" she said.
Holly was extremely amused by the conversation going on.
"Oh, this is Holly, by the way," said Z.
"Oh, hello there, I don't believe I've seen you around here before," she said, smiling and seemingly forgetting about the RIC/Peanuts problem.
"I'm new," she said.
"Cadet Oliver, please report to the command center," a voice rang through the command center.
"Um, that's me. Rain-check on the game?" she asked.
"Sure," said Bridge.
"Catch ya on the flip side!" she said.
She handed him back the gloves and walked out of the room. Why was she wanted in the command center? Had the commander already reviewed her request for a squad ranger position? Surely there were others who had applied before her. After a few seconds, she realized that she had no clue where the command center was. Maybe she should have taken up Sky's offer on a tour of the academy. She rounded a corner and ran strait into someone. She fell back onto her butt. She looked up. The person she had run into was none other than Sky Tate. He reached down and helped her up.
"Are you ok, Cadet Oliver?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said brushing herself off.
"That's good," he said, he walked by her and started to go down the hallway.
"Hey, um, Sky?" she called. He turned around and walked back to her.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Um, where is the command center at?" she asked. For some reason she felt herself turning red. Sky smiled.
"Follow me," he said.
He turned and started walking she quickly caught up to him.
"Are you starting to reconsider my offer of a tour?" he asked, though the look on his face was one of he couldn't believe he had just asked that.
"Perhaps," she replied.
They walked for a few moments in silence.
"Here we are, Cadet," he said.
"Thank you," Replied Holly.
"No problem," he said.
Sky turned and walked away. She watched him go. She realized she was staring after him. She shook her head and turned her attention to the command center door. She took a deep breath and walked in. She saw the commander and saluted him.
"Yes, Commander?" she asked.
"Welcome, Cadet. I see you've found your way here alright," he said.
"Yes, sir. I had a little help though," she said.
"Oh?" he said.
"I got a little lost, then I ran into Skā¦Cadet Tate, sir," she said.
"Didn't he give you a tour of the command center earlier?" the commander asked.
"I declined his offer, sir. I figured I should find things on my own, sir," said Holly.
"I see," he said.
There was a few seconds of silence.
"You have requested a place on the ranger team. Is that Correct, Cadet Oliver?" he asked.
"Yes, sir," she replied.
"Well, it so happens that there is a spot open. The green ranger. Would being the green ranger bother you at all, Cadet?" he asked.
"No, sir, not one bit," she replied.
She could have sworn she saw a smile cross the commander's face.
"That's all I wanted to know, Cadet. I will call you back here when your request has been fully reviewed. Dismissed!" he said.
"Thank you, sir," she said.
She saluted the commander and he saluted her. She walked briskly from the room. Once in the hallway, she put her hands in her pockets. One of her hands closed around the coin in her pocket.
Well this was the first chapter. I hope you liked it! Please Review!
