Tracy's POV
My old karate teacher called me yesterday. He said that he was coming next Friday to test me for my black belt. I'm very nervous because I haven't practiced since becoming a ranger. Kira texted me to tell me that the team is meeting for a training session in the woods outside of town. I put my phone in my pocket and head out to the woods.
Dr. Oliver's POV
I call the others ranger and tell them to meet in at the woods outside of town. While Ethan and Conner are sparing, I look over towards Tracy. I see her pacing back and forth looking very nervous.
"Tracy, are you going to join us?" I ask.
"Oh yeah. I was thinking about something," Tracy answers.
While she is sparing with Trent, I can see that she has some karate experience because she is doing moves only someone with a brown belt would know. A few minutes later she pins Trent to the ground.
"Did you know that Tracy could fight like that?" Conner asks.
"Nope, I'm just as surprised as you." Ethan answers.
"Tracy, you can let him up now," I tell her.
She helps him back to his feet.
"Tracy, do you have a black belt in karate?" Conner asks.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Conner, I'm a first-degree brown belt," she answers.
"Wow, Tracy that great." I compliment.
"Thanks, Dr. O. I'm nervous about next Friday, though." She says.
"Why?" I ask.
"My old karate teacher will be flying in next Friday to test for my black belt," she answers.
"Isn't that good?" Conner asks.
"Yes, but there is no way I'll be ready in time," she answers.
"You will be," I say.
"How, Dr. O?" she asks.
"Because I'll help you get ready. I am a 5th-degree black belt myself." I answer.
"You would do that for me," she says.
I nod. Conner asks her if we get to see her break boards. Tracy says that she doesn't know if she can still do that. I tell her that there is only one way to find out. I walk to the jeep and take a board off the floor in front of the back seat. Then I walk back over to them with the board in my right hand.
"Tracy, are you ready?" I ask.
"As ready as I'm going to be." She answers.
I hold the board up and nod. Tracy let out a "kiai" and as her hand struck the board and broke it in half.
"Well at least I still can break a board," she says.
"How does the test for your black belt even work?" Conner asks.
"Let's see, I have to do a lot of different katas and some other things too that I can't remember off the top of my head," she answers.
"Is a black belt test usually this hard?" Conner asks.
"Yes Conner, that's the point. Getting your black belt is a huge deal," she answers.
"Didn't your teacher give you a list of things he expects you to know?" he asks.
"Yeah. Master Jason did. I forgot I put it in my bag." she tells him.
She walks over to the tree where she left her book bag. She opens the front pocket and takes the list out. She walks back over to Conner and hands him the list.
"Wow, you have a lot of work to do," he says.
"Thank you, captain obvious," Tracy says sarcastically.
Then a bunch t-drones and Elsa show up.
"Hello Rangers, I hope I'm not interrupting anything," Elsa says.
"Elsa, give up. You'll never get the gems back." Tracy says confidently.
"Think again, PInk Ranger. T-drones attack." Elsa yells.
The t-drones rush in and as Tracy battles the t-drones, she does a perfect tornado kick, knocking several of them to the ground.
"Well I guess I still got it," she says.
"Rangers, you may have handled the t-drones but how will you handle this?" Elsa says.
Mesogog newest creature appears. We morph and battle the monster.
Tracy's POV
This battle is taking a lot longer than it usually does and I'm starting to get tired.
"Aw does the pink ranger need a nap." Elsa taunts.
I feel a sudden rush of power then spikes appear on my uniform.
"Hey, guys check it out. Tracy just got her super dino powers." Ethan says.
I attack the monster and cause some major damage. Elsa and the monster escape back to Mesogog's lab through an Invisi-Portal. We all demorph and head back to the lab. We're sitting in the lab. I'm trying to figure out what happened to me during the battle.
"Dr. Oliver, what was with the sudden rush of power?" I ask.
"That was your super dino powers," he answers.
"Ok, that's cool. I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but when do I get a bike? Not that I don't like riding double Trent on his ATV. No offense." I say.
"None taken" Trent replies.
"Hayley is working on it now." Dr. Oliver tells me.
"Sweet," I say happily.
"I know this is random. Tracy, did you forget that the homecoming dance is this Saturday?" Conner asks.
"Thanks for adding more stress to my schedule Conner." I snap.
I start to think about homecoming at my old school. I'm going to miss spirit week and the pep rally on Friday before the big homecoming football game against our rival school. I wish I were still there with them. I'm not just going to miss homecoming with all my old friends, Winterfest, all the other spirit week. Getting to vote for our senior song, being the first to get a sneak peek at the yearbook, and missing out on the senior prank (not like I would be the one to be there when even one else is pulling it off or anything). Conner waves his hand in front of my face.
"Tracy, earth to Tracy," Conner says.
"Sorry guys, I was just thinking about my old school again," I say.
Then the computer scene starts to light up "Incoming video message" appears on the scene. Dr. Oliver presses "enter" on the keyboard and I see Sarah's face on the scene.
"Hey T-dawg," she says.
"Hi Sarah, how's JHS holding up without me?" I ask.
"It's doing all right, but the hallways aren't the same without your smiling face," she answers.
"Thanks, Sarah. So, anything interesting happen since I left?" I ask.
"There was a huge food fight in the cafeteria, and several kids got suspended," she replies.
"Wow, it was that bad," I say.
"Yes. How is Reefside High?" she asks.
"It's nice" I answer.
"What about your new man?" she asks with a smile.
"How did you know about that?" I ask.
"I got in touch with your friend Kira on Facebook, and she told me," she answers
"Oh, I'll tell you about him later. I promise," I tell her.
"I hate to cut this conversation short, but I really should get back to doing my homework. Tracy remember," she says.
"VICTORY that's senior battle cry," we say together.
We wave goodbye as she signs off. I look over at my new friends.
"You guys planned this, didn't you?" I ask.
"It was Hayley's idea. We just helped it along." Ethan answers.
"Well, thanks. That is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me." I tell them.
Normal POV
"Tracy, I'm glad to see the smile back on your face again," Dr. Oliver says.
"Thanks, Dr. O, but I better head to the mall," she says.
"Why?" Conner asks.
"So I can buy a new dress to wear to homecoming, of course," she answers.
Hayley walks in with a remote in her hand.
"Tracy, before you go I think there is something you might want to see this first," Hayley says.
Hayley presses a button on the remote, and one of the walls in the HQ opened up, revealing the pink raptor cycle.
"Thanks, Hayley," Tracy says.
"You're welcome. I'm just doing my job." Hayley replies.
Tracy heads back upstairs and goes out to her car. Hayley follows behind her. Hayley asks if she could tag along to help her pick out a dress. Tracy has no arguments and tells her to get in. They both drive off to the mall.
Hayley's POV
I know that Tracy is happy to have another girl with her to help her pick out a dress. Tracy opens the dressing room door. She walks out in a fuchsia gown with pink roses going down the right side and silver sequins around the bust area.
"What do you think?" She asks.
"It's beautiful. Tracy, you look like a princess." I tell her.
"Thanks, Hayley," she says.
She turns around to look at herself in the mirror. She seems happy with it.
"What's wrong you don't like it?" I ask.
"I do. It's just that I hoped that my mom would be here to help me," she answers.
Tracy's smile turns upside down, so I walk over to her. I place my hand on her shoulder.
"Just think of how happy your mom will be when she sees you on homecoming night." I remind her.
She smiles again, and we continue shopping. She tries on two other dresses. One is baby blue. The shirt is puffy and has silver glitter along the bottom. That kind of looks like it's sprinkled with fairy dust. The second one was gold one-shouldered and had sequins zigzagged down the dress.
"Which one are you going to get?" I ask.
"I don't know. I can't decide," Tracy answers.
I have a feeling that she is going to pick the fuchsia dress. We walk to the checkout line, and Tracy has the pink dress in her hands.
"Nice choice," the cashier says.
"Thank you," she says with a smile.
Tracy hands the cashier the money for the dress, and we leave the store.