A/N: … Well, I know it's been a while, but at least it hasn't been 6 full months... Life has been irrevocably insane on my end; this has been done for months but I just hadn't found time to update this until now… Anyway, I have to say that this chapter was in part inspired by the exact same theme done by Enigmaforum in her own Ars Amatoria challenge. I've hopefully made it very different so that it isn't a direct copy of hers but I also hope that it works… Enjoy!

"…": characters talking to each other

'…': characters talking to themselves

(…): extra facts about something in the story

(Takes place after "Broken Spell II")

Theme 15: Color

Rock Porium, August 31, 2006, 4:00 pm – Briarwood, CA, USA

Vida closed her eyes and leaned against the back seat of her jeep. God, could life get any more confusing? First, there was that earthquake this morning then she had followed her best friend Chip and some guy she didn't know into the Forbidden Forest. Then, Xander and Madison show up in her jeep; turns out that Xander drove it, which pissed her off to no end. She'd get her revenge on him later. After being attacked by some crazy-looking monsters she later learned were called Hidiacs, she found out that she was a witch with the power over wind, which didn't bother her too much. What did bother her was that she was the Pink Power Ranger. Pink... who had ever heard of something so... so foolish? Vida hated pink; she loathed it. Any color would have been better than pink; hell, violet would have been better, close that it was to pink. But no, she had gotten stuck with the color pink.

Vida groaned. Damn, now what? Udonna had already told her that the color choices were permanent, and as much as she wanted to demand that she be another color Vida knew that there was no choice of that happening (and she had asked no less than five times for a different color designation).

"Hey V." Speak of the devil; time for some payback.

"Xander, what did I tell you about taking my jeep?"

"Not to take it?"

"Yes, and what did you do?"

"I took it to get to the woods and give your sister a ride. You didn't want Maddie to walk all that way, did you?"

Damn it. Xander knew that she'd do anything for her sister.

"Fine, I won't punish you... this time."

"Thanks, but that's not the real reason I'm here. I know you're upset about your color."

Vida cocked an eyebrow. "Really? Who died and made you Mister Sensitive?"

Xander sighed and, running a hand through his hair continued, "Listen, V. I may not be the most sensitive and open person on the planet – that honor goes to Chip – but I happen to know that you hate the color pink. So, to lessen the apathy you have for color, I've done some research on past rangers."

"You, do research? Is the sky going to fall?" To prove her point, she looked at the sky and inwardly cursed; no clouds at all.

"Ha ha, V. You wound me," Xander replied sarcastically, opening the jeep's door and jumping into the passenger seat. "I'm serious. From what I found on those computers in Rootcore, each Power Ranger team that had a pink ranger agreed that the pink ranger was the heart of the team. Also, the pink ranger was a kick-ass ranger, using moves and strategies that the male rangers didn't think up."

Vida's eyebrow rose again. If what Xander was saying was true, then apparently the color pink fit her as a ranger color. Still... "How do I know that you're telling the truth here, Xander? How do I know that Maddie didn't send you to cheer me up?"

Xander rolled his eyes and, reaching into his wallet, he pulled out a slip of paper with a phone number, complete with an international area code. "Call that number, and you'll get into contact with my cousin, Kat Cranston. Apparently, when she saw that a team of rangers had appeared in Briarwood, she taped it and played back the voices, hoping to see if anyone she knew was a ranger. My voice was picked up on, and she called me, basically interrogating me until I admitted that I was the green ranger. First she congratulated me then told me to give her number to everyone on the team in case we ever need help, and I knew we would because you wouldn't believe what I found on the computers."

Vida took the slip of paper. "Help? Isn't she a civilian?"

Xander snorted. "Apparently not. She told me that she was the second Mighty Morphin' Pink Ranger, the Pink Zeo Ranger, and the first Pink Turbo Ranger, plus, her husband Billy was the original Blue Morphin' Power Ranger and one of the geniuses behind the Zeo Rangers. The computer proved her words true. She's in London right now, running a ballet school, but she told me that she keeps in contact with all of the other rangers on her team and does her best to try to talk to the new teams, which now include us. Kind of like a mentor, if you get my drift."

Xander got out of the jeep and, turning to go said, "Vida, pink's a good fit for you, whether you know it or not."

Vida watched her teammate walk away and, looking at the phone number shrugged. She had nothing to lose, and maybe Xander's cousin could explain to her the significance of being chosen as the Pink Power Ranger… and why she was feeling the urge to go to the nearest clothing store and purchase something pink.