She glanced at her reflection in the mirror, wincing in remembered pain as she took in the up-do the hairstylist managed to wrangle her curls into. She did look good though. Her makeup was understated, except for the deep red lipstick, and the dress she had finally decided on was a floor length yellow gown with spaghetti straps and, most importantly in her opinion, a bright red ribbon going under the bust and meeting in the back before flowing to the floor along with the gauze skirt. It was perfect for her, the red showing the universe that she belonged to Andros and was proud of it, while the yellow represented her affinity and loyalty to her own Power source.
She stopped and just stared at her reflection as she let the thought process. She was a Power Ranger. In the month since she first accessed the Yellow Astro Power she had needed to tell herself that this was really happening repeatedly. It still took her by surprise that she had reached this point. She was so sure that telling the Karovians about her aunt would turn them against her. But her teammates were right.
The only response that their "bombshell" drew at the press conference was a few murmurs in the audience. No one stormed out and no one demanded she give up her morpher. In fact, if the analysis of the conference being broadcast on every station were to be believed, then the people of KO-35 were happy to have someone who would willingly go against her family to defend them. The fact that this also proved that their Rangers would not keep important information from them unless it was imperative they do so did not hurt them either.
There were critics, of course, and there would be many more on other planets. Even, or maybe especially, among other Ranger teams. These were things her teammates had experience with; the things they would do their best to protect her from until she was ready for interplanetary politics.
She started violently as someone knocked on the door. She reached down, grabbed her lipstick and quickly applied one more coat before walking over and answering the door. Her lips formed a satisfied smile as Andros' eyes widened and his jaw dropped slightly.
Contemplations of the future could wait. Tonight was about her: her new planet, her new team, and her new life.
AN: And that's the end of the interlude. The next true installment of Between Good and Evil will begin on Saturday, September 4, 2010. Seriously, I already have the first chapter written and I know exactly where the first few chapters are going to go. I'm hoping to make this quite a bit longer than the first story, so it might still take some time to get to the end. But I no longer have to worry about studying for a US history final while also studying Japanese or something because I finally GRADUATED from college. This will free up quite a bit of writing time as well as brain space.
Anyway, the next story will begin on Saturday and I'm not giving away the title until then. Although, there is a hint about one of the major auxiliary characters (I know that's kind of an oxymoron) in one of the later chapters of Between Good and Evil. I think most readers were so caught up in who Ashley's aunt was that they completely missed it.
Thank you to all of those who read and/or reviewed the interlude while it was being written, sincerely apologize for the wait. For those of you who waited until the story was complete, thank you for taking the time to read it now.
I'll see everyone on Saturday!
Fantasywriter13
