At 6:00am the next morning, Kim's alarm clock beeped, and she hit it, turning it off. She sat up and stretched, yawning in the process. She grabbed some baggy grey sweats out of her closet and threw them on. She threw her hair up into a ponytail, pulled on her beat-up old gym shoes, then ran out the door.

An hour later, she ran back into the house, out of breath. She went into the kitchen and got some water, trying to catch her breath. She had been running every day at 6:00am since she had moved to Florida, and at the beginning, she only found herself short of breath after an extremely vigorous workout, and even then, it was only occasionally. She had been training hard her entire life! But lately, she had been finding it harder to breathe when doing some of the simplest of tasks, like walking up stairs. She took a big gulp of water, and when she felt her lungs start to function again, she placed the cup in the sink and headed upstairs for a shower.

At 7:45, Kim was downstairs, hair and make-up done, clad in a pair of jean shorts and pink t-shirt. Her mother had left for work already, but there was a post-it note on the refrigerator door:

Kimberly Ann-

You have a doctor's appointment after school. Don't dawdle.

-Mom

Kim grabbed the note and crumpled it in her hand, tossing it into the garbage can behind her. She grabbed an apple out of the fridge, grabbed her backpack that was seated on a stool next to her, and ran out the door, towards what she was expecting to be the worst day of her life.

XXX

When Kim walked into Angel Grove High ten minutes later, she couldn't help but be surprised by the mass chaos that was ensuing. She'd been away from it for a while, and she was used to the calm of the Pan Global tutoring sessions with her teammates. She found the "H-K" line for her schedule, and stood behind a girl with long, black hair, clad in a yellow. She waited in line for a while, looking around awkwardly for any friendly faces. She saw Aisha, Billy, and Rocky comparing schedules as they stepped out of the "A-D" line. She saw Bulk and Skull terrorizing some poor girl. Then, she saw the one person she was dreading to see since she had found out she was moving back. Tommy Oliver, his arm securely around the shoulders of none other than Kim's successor, Kat Hillard. They walked over to the other three, who welcomed the new arrivals, and erupted into happy chatter. Kim looked away, studying the old gym shoes she was wearing. Kim pulled her backpack strap higher up on her shoulder just as the girl in front of her turned around. "Kim? Is that really you?"

Kim looked up to see her best friend, Trini Kwan, looking her in the eyes, a friendly smile on her face. "Trini!" The two hugged, letting out a little squeal in the process.

"What are you doing here!? I thought you were in Florida!"

"I could ask you the same thing! I thought you were on a different continent!"

"Zack and I just moved back last month. We decided to come back to AGH for our senior year!" Kim smiled, happy that at least a few people would be happy to see her. "Well, I'll let you get your schedule and grab Jason and Zack, and we'll wait for you over there!" She gestured with her hand towards an area, then made her way through the dwindling crowd.

Kim turned around to the teacher in front of her, smile still plastered to her face. "Name?" he said in a monotone voice. He was obviously tired of this routine.

"Kimberly Hart."

The teacher flipped through the remaining schedules and pulled one out. "Here you go, Miss Hart."

"Thank you!" She said, turning around and heading towards where Trini, Jason, and Zack were standing.

"Kimmy!" Zack yelled, picking up the former pink ranger and spinner her around.

"Hey, Zack!" she said, smiling from ear to ear. "You think you could put me down now?" Zack obliged, and Kim turned to Jason. "Hey, Jase."

"Hey, Kim." He pulled her into a big hug, and let go only when they heard the sound of books and a pair of glasses falling to the floor. Kim looked down to see the girl that Bulk and Skull had been terrorizing earlier, patting around blindly for her glasses while the two bullies laughed at her. Jason gave the two a menacing look, and they stopped laughing and walked away. He crouched down and picked up the girl's glasses. "Here," he said, handing them to her. She took them and put them on her face, before starting to pick up her books. Jason helped, still trying to make her talk. "Hey, are you new here?" he asked, holding out her books. A hurt expression crossed her face, and she grabbed her books from Jason and quickly walked away. Jason raised an eyebrow, then stood up and turned to the others. "What's eating her?" The other three shrugged, and the friends made their way to their lockers.