I do not own Power rangers SPD. Disney does.

The only thing I do own is my character Emma.


My magic practice was still a struggle, still hitting only 40 targets with the same time as before.

"You still have to work on focusing." Kat said, jotting something down. "You're slowing down at the half way mark." I huffed, out of breath. "Have you been practicing in the training room?"

"Not since before the patrol." I huffed. "I really haven't had time today."

"Think about practicing how to focus on changing your magic while in there. It would help."

"I haven't had a chance."

"You haven't tried." Kat stated simply. I sighed. "We have been practicing with this training course for almost a month and I have seen little improvement during that time."

"I know..." I sighed again, sitting down. "It's been hard to focus on my powers like this, to switch in seconds. I just get flustered." I looked at Kat. "I thought I was getting through my trainings and daily tasks fairly well...but, I guess I need to reevaluate." I paused. "And try harder." Kat smiled.

"Not too hard." Kat said. "You have been improving greatly. Just look where you are now compared to a year ago when you first discovered your powers." I smiled. "We just need to work on improving your focus. You got this."

"Thanks Kat." I stood up. "I'm good." We headed towards the Command Center. "We have those exams today, yes?"

"Yes." Kat said. "And speaking of exams. Before September, you will need to complete a series of exams to proceed into a higher level of school work, so we will be prepping for that as well."

"Ok, sounds good." I headed back to the lounge, grabbed a water and a snack before reviewing for my exams.


Troobians ended up attacking again during my exams, but we were able to handle it. When I finished my exams, I went to my room, replied to the last few emails I had before going to bed. I woke up early, for my morning patrol with Z. Luckily for us, it was a quiet morning. Today I was dedicating my time to practice focusing on switching my powers. I started with a fireball and focused on switching to water. I continued this for about 10 minutes, when I ended up becoming frustrated and throwing a fireball at the punching bag. Luckily for me, the bag was fireproof.

"So much for focusing." I turned to see Z. She tossed me a water bottle.

"What are you doing here?" I asked simply, taking a drink from my water.

"Bringing you the water that you forgot to grab." Z smiled "And I wanted to see how training was going."

"It's not." I sighed. "I wish it was, but it's not."

"I can't help you." Z stated. "All I can say is that, maybe you need to take a break and just practice focusing your mind." I thought for a moment. "Go meditate, focus on your breathing and nothing else. Clear the body, and mind. I hear it helps."

"It wouldn't hurt to try, I guess." I said, taking another drink. "I don't know why Kat wants me to train with my magic like this. It's not like I can use it with my ranger suit." Z shrugged.

"There is always a reason." Z stated. "Good luck." Z said, walking away. I thought hard about what Z said, and decided it was a good idea. Rest the body and focus the mind before trying to switch my powers. I decided I was going to take this outside.


Outside by the water fountain, I sat crisscross, with my eyes close, trying to relax.

"What are you doing?" I heard from behind me. I sighed. I opened my eyes.

"Trying to rest the body and focus the mind." I told Marcus. "It's obviously not working well."

"Sorry." Marcus said, sitting next to me. "I just saw you sitting here and I thought something was wrong."

"Nope, just taking some advice." I told him. "What are you doing? Shouldn't you be training?" Marcus sighed, and looked at the sky.

"Yeah, but I needed a mental break." Marcus said. "Sky has been working us like crazy and I haven't been doing so well, so it makes the pressure even worse." Marcus sighed. "I'm trying so hard to do what is being asked, but I fail every time, and Sky makes me feel worse."

"Well, that's Sky for you." I said. "Even I get that with Sky, and I am a fellow ranger." Marcus chuckled. "But I understand exactly what you are going through. It's how I felt when most of my magic disappeared. I felt as if I couldn't do anything that was expected of me, and when I couldn't do it, I felt terrible, especially when I hear what others would say about me."

"So, why are you trying to focus the mind?" Marcus asked.

"I'm training with Kat on focusing with my magic, but I have been struggling. So, someone suggested that I just relax and focus my mind." I explained to him.

"May I join you?" Marcus asked. "Maybe that will help me with my training with Sky."

"Of course!" I smiled. "Maybe with the two of us, one of us will at least be able to relax." Marcus chuckled and joined me by the water fountain.

"So... what do we do?" Marcus asked curiously.

"Get comfortable, close your eyes and take slow, deep breaths, focusing on your breathing." I told him. "I may have looked up a few ways to help with relaxing and meditating." He chuckled. "Try breathing in, holding it for about 10 seconds, and then slowly let it out." Marcus nodded. We both closed our eyes and took low, deep breaths.


Marcus and I sat by the water fountain for quite some time, until we both started to get a little hungry. We decided to call it there, especially since we both had to get some training done after we ate. I ate quickly, went to the training room and just focused on changing my water to fire quickly without a delay. I thought it wouldn't hurt to start off simple. After a bit of training, that was starting to finally come together, I went to schooling with Kat. By the time I got my school work done, I was absolutely exhausted.

"I need an update, Kinetics."

"Everything is going as planned, sir."

"And the white ranger?"

"Has no clue, and she has been helping me out quite a bit."

"And breaking into the system?"

"They still haven't figured out it was me."

"Good. Tomorrow we move to phase two."

"Yes sir."


The next morning, I woke up, quickly ate and went straight to the training room, going back to practicing on focusing my mind. Eventually Kat came and we went to train on the training course. I was getting a little quicker with my magic changes, but I was still struggling coming up to the half way point. When we finished, I grabbed my water and took a big drink.

"Time?" I asked, wiping my forehead.

"Well, you were quicker in the first half, but you still slowed down, but you are just under 3 minutes." Kat reported. "And you are hitting 42 targets now, so it's progress." I smiled. "You are finally getting the hang of switching your magic."

"Good." I said, taking another drink of my water. "I wasn't sure what else to try." Kat smiled.

"Go rest up." Kat said. "You shouldn't practice magic until after lunch." I nodded and headed back to the lounge where Syd and Z were relaxing. I sat on the couch next to Z.

"How did it go?" Z asked.

"Slightly better, I lost at least 25 seconds, and hit two additional targets." I told her. "Baby steps."

"Good." Z stated as I took a drink of my water. "What are your training plans for the rest of the day?"

"After lunch, I have combat training, other than that, Kat said I need to rest and I should finish my homework too."

"That's a good idea." I smiled as I got to my feet. I headed to my room, grabbed my homework and got to work.


Sky, Z, Syd, Bridge and I were all about to settle down for lunch when the alarm sounded. We looked at each other.

"Rangers to the Command Center." We looked at each other before hurrying to the Command Center where Cruger and Kat were waiting.

"Commander?" Sky asked.

"Stingray is at the Harbor."

"We're on it." We turned and grabbed our morphers.

"Rangers." We stopped and turned to face Kat. "There is a strange energy reading at the Harbor as well. Be careful."

"We will." Sky said. We turned around. "Ready?"

"Ready."

"SPD Emergency! SWAT Mode!"


I will be adding to this story as often as I can. I have almost everything written, I just have to wrap up the ending!

If I am a little slow, i've been working on changing jobs, so I have been doing a lot of outside work!