Ok so I don't really remember where I got the idea for this story save it came to me when I was ving watching the original series. I hope that you like this story as I have enjoyed writing it but just a heads up. I do not know how often I will be able to update as I am busy mom of 4, with the youngest a new born. Anyway disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers what so ever just my OC and on that note let the story begin.

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It was beautiful day in Angel Grove, the birds were singing and the children were playing on the playground equipment. Their parents were nearby watching well talking amongst themselves all were unaware of the longing look in the blue eyes of one small girl hiding in the shadows of a tree. She was barely 4 feet tall dressing in a raggedy old jeans, a grey t-shirt, and a blue sweater. Her brown hair was in a messy pony tail well a large trucker's hat rested on her head keeping much of her features in shadows. She was peering around the tree as she watched the other children start a game of tag. "Instead of watching them play why not go join them Alexandria?" a kind voice said that was no more than a whisper.

She sighed as she turned away. "You know I can't Saba, one look at me and all of those parents well be all over me in their so called concern. Also need I reminded you not to use my full name, it's just Alex"

"My apologies Alex I had forgotten." Saba said as Alex walked away from the playground and towards the business district, alone. "Would it be so bad if they wanted to help you?"

"Not this again." she growled under her breath as she ducked behind a dumpster before she pulled out what looked like a white crystal pendent that was secured by gold to a chain that was around her neck. Alex proceeded to glare at the pendent as she snapped. "I refuse to have anyone I don't trust help me."

"Oh but you don't trust anyone so where does that leave you my dear Alex?" the pendent glowed as the voice known as Saba spoke. Alex growled again as she tucked the pendent back under her shirt as she continued on her way. "That's not true, as there is someone I trust but hes not in the position to help me, yet. Also I think I liked it better when you didn't talk." she muttered.

Alex soon retched the youth center where she proceeded to sneak into Ernie's store room and headed over to the fruits. She kept an ear out for anyone approaching as she dug around in the box, only taking out a few that were starting to turn bad. She had just put them in a cloth sack when she heard heavy steps heading her way, so Alex quickly hid behind a stack of boxes in the far corner. Ernie switched on the light as he walked in and started to look around for something as he muttered under his breath. "Where did I put that extra box of straws that came in last month? I swear I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached."

Alex frowned at his back which was facing her and did a quick scan of the shelfs around the storage room and it didn't take her long to locate the box Ernie was looking for. It was on a shelf to his right, so after locating a door stop Alex waited for the right moment. It came when Ernie bumped the same set of shelfs with his hip and she tossed the door stop so that it landed right behind him. Alex ducked back as he turned and she smiled when he found the box of straws and soon left. Once he was gone Alex waited a few moments then left the storage room and seeing what time it was she went to the main room to watch.

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Jason was teaching his karate class as he always did well his friends and fellow rangers all sat at a table simply hanging out. They were talking amongst themselves about an assignment that they had to do when Kim spotted Alex standing by the main door. She could see that her young girl was watching Jason's class intently, seeming to memorise his every move and instructions. It also didn't take Kim long to see that from Alex's cloths that she maybe homeless. "Guys, don't try to draw any attention to us but do you see that little girl by the door over there?"

The others looked where she indicated and easily spotted the girl in question, which caused Billy to perk up. "It would seem that Jason's hypothesis was correct."

The others looked at him confused. "What are you talking about bro?" Zack asked very confused.

"Jason has noticed that same little girl has been coming to watch his classes form over 3 weeks now and he had enlisted my help to try and confront her. He believes that she may be in need of help of some kind as you can see from her appearance." Billy explained as he studied the girl.

"She doesn't look that old." Trini said looking at the girl sadly.

"It doesn't look like she hasn't had a bath in a long time either." Kim said a bit disgusted.

"Affirmative." Billy said. "Jason has been trying to get close to her, to see if he could be of some assistance but he has only seen her when he has a class and always leaves when it's over. I offered to see if I could stop her from leaving before he ends his class. Now that I have seen her for myself I am unsure how to approach her as she is much younger than I anticipated."

"You're still not very good with young kids huh?" Trini asked him, Billy simply looked down ashamed and Trini put a comforting hand on his back. "It's ok Billy I'll help you with talking to her."

"Yeah man, we all can help but we better not surround the poor kid that will just scare her off." Zack said thought fully as he looked at Jason then the girl. "I think I have a plan. Kim, Trini, you will go talk to her and see if she does need help. In the meantime, Billy, Jason, Ernie and I will cover all the exits in case she does bolt but we won't stop her. Instead we'll fallow her from a distance, see where she's living and go from there."

"That is actually a good plan Zack." Trini said in surprise.

"Yeah who knew you had it in you." Kim joked which made the others laugh well Zack gave her a sour look, but she then saw the time and realised that Jason would be ending his class soon. "Zack you better go tell Jason the plan well the rest of us get into position." as they all got to their feet to get into to position.

Alex was so engrossed in watching the karate lesson that she was unaware of the two older girls approaching her. "Hey there." she jumped as she turned and looked up at Trini and Kim in fear. "Whoa hey its ok. We're not going to-" Alex didn't give Trini a chance to finish as she bolted down the hall towards the front door.

Bill saw her coming and ever the gentleman held the door open for her and letting her get ahead a bit, before he followed her. Alex led him off towards the warehouse district before she saw him when she looked over her shoulder. It didn't take being a rocket scientist to know that he was fallowing her but that didn't mean Alex couldn't lose him easily enough. Billy watched her round a corner up ahead so he picked up the pace to get her back in sight. Unfortunately when he rounded the same corner she was nowhere in sight, and there was no clue indicating where she had gone. He searched the ally nearby for any sign that she had ducked in there, even going as far as checking inside an old dumpster. He was still looking when his communicator went off. (("Billy, did you follow her, do you know where she went?")) Jason asked, his vice eager.

Billy sighed as he brought his communicator up to his mouth. "I'm sorry Jason but I lost her. I think she might have spotted me well rounding a corner and hidden herself somewhere. Do you want me to keep searching for her and then offer assistance?"

(("No Billy, best to let her be for now, we can try again the next time we see her. Why not come back to the youth center for now and we'll come up with a plan.")) Jason ordered, though sounding reluctant. Billy couldn't help but agree as he very much was worried about the girl as well. He didn't want to think about her being out in the world on her own, especially during a monster attack.

After he left a few minutes passed before Alex's head poked out from a vent that was right above the dumpster. "Well that was interesting. That boy Billy talked to Jason through his watch, I wonder how they came across something like that."

"Perhaps he made it himself as he dose seems like the intellectual type and very concerned about you." Saba said as Amber backed up further into the vent until she retched a large hole and climbed out on to the floor in the warehouse. It was clear from all the dust and parts of the building falling apart that it had long been abandoned. "Would it really be so bad to let him and his friends help you Alex?"

"Saba so help me if you don't drop it I will start leaving you behind in my bag." she snapped as she headed to an office down the hall, pulling out a key she unlocked and opened the door. Inside there was a desk that had been pushed against the far wall to make room for a mattress, pillow and a warn blanket. The office was bare save an old coat rack and a filling cabinet that was near a bathroom which of course didn't work anymore.

"That would be ill-advised as I cannot offer you advice if I am not with you at all times as I am your best protection. Did I not help you find the courage to leave your stepfather after your mother died, though it also meant that you left the only home you have ever known?" Saba asked her as she sat heavily on the mattress.

Alex sighed as she picked up her bag and began to rummage around in it until she found a red wallet that had some bills poking out of it. "Yes Saba you did and I do trust you but I can't just blindly trust some random group of teens. Now will you drop the subject?" she asked as she pulled out some bills and some change and began to count it. After a few moments she had a small smile on her face. "$175.32, that's almost enough for a ticket to Scotland and to great Uncle George. But I might just treat myself to a sub today, what do you think?"

"I believe that is a wonderful idea and I recommend that sub truck that should still be parked next to the park. You can then enjoy your well-deserved sandwich in the sun shine." Saba suggested in a pleased voice. This caused alarm bells to go off in Alex's head as she pulled out a ten and some change for her dinner. Though he had been offering her advice for over a year now there was times that he said something a curtain way that made her question why she trusted a talking stone. "Alright Saba what are you conniving?"

"Nothing Alex, though perhaps you should grab a little more and see if you can find a vender that sells common-sense. That way you won't run away from people who are trying to offer you help." he informed her in a tone with a bit of airiness to it, indicating that he was trying to make a joke.

Alex shook her head as she headed out. "Shut up Saba."

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On the moon Rita watched Alex through her telescope as she ordered her sub from the food truck in the park and then headed to a picnic table. She almost couldn't believe that this small half-starved child was the Keeper of Light. "Finster, are you absolutely sure that she is the one we've been looking for? She looks too much like a dirty weak rat to be guarding so much good magic and power."

"I am 98.8 percent certain my Queen that she is indeed the one." Finster informed her from a distance, fearing her wrath. "The energy flow around her indicates as such as she does not have the training it seems to keep the power hidden. Being as she is so young, it simply makes it easier to kidnap her and take the power for yourself."

"Kidnapping her may not be hard like you say but the rumours are that as the Keeper of Light, the power she protects also protects her. I must find a way to corrupt it and her soul if I wish to take the power for myself." Rita said as she pace well she thought it over, but nothing came to mind. "I will just have to take the girl first then find a way to corrupt the power. Send down the putties to retrieve her."

"A most excellent strategy my Empress." Goldar said as he praised his leader.

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Jason was heading home with a bit of a sour look on his face, remembering what Billy had told them about the girl. He couldn't really explain it, but he was really worried about her, that he was her only chance. When he had first spotted her standing in the door way watching his class all those weeks ago, he of course had seen the state she was in. That alone shouldn't cause him to worry so much but ever since that first day the feeling had grown. After Billy had given him and the others an account of his chase Jason had told them of his feeling and all of his friends had brushed them aside. "Maybe you're just reading too much into man." Zack had said well the others had nodded in agreement.

Jason sighed as he remembered agree with them, even saying that maybe her whole family was homeless and she had to get back to them. If that was the case he wanted to help all of them as a girl that young should not have to worry about surviving to live that way. He was just passing the playground that was the half way mark to his house, smiling at all of the happy kids playing nearby, but just then he spotted her. She was sitting at a table half way through a sub sandwich, seeming to not have a care in the world. Jason quietly approached the table and tried to not look like a threat of any kind as her head shot up and she looked at him like a deer caught in the headlights. Jason froze as he feared any sudden movement would cause her to bolt as she chewed the bight currently in her mouth. The two stared at each other for some time, both afraid to make the first move unsure of what the others reaction would be.

Soon enough Jason felt a bit silly so he figured he'd make the first move as he smiled at her and said. "Hello there kiddo." Like an elastic band being sprung Alex scrambled up from her seat and turned to run. "Wait! Don't run off please, I just wasn't to talk. Why not sit down, you finish your sub and listen to what I have to say well you eat. You don't have to say anything at all." He said as he reached out and gently but firmly grabbed her arm.

Alex's eyes went big as a memory hit her. She was skipping down the hall of her home when her stepfather stepped out in front of her. "Alexandria, why aren't your chores done?"

She looked at him horrified as she stared to back away from him slowly. "But I did do my chores and their all done." she said quietly as she began to shack in fear. His arm shot out and grabbed her wrist in a vice grip that hurt a lot but not as much as when he threw her into the wall. Alex whimpered as he kept her pined there well he removed his belt. "Don't talk back to me you little liar." he growled as he lifted the back of her shirt and the first blow from his belt made contact.

"Hey you ok?' Jason's voice and his hand waving in front of her face brought her back to the present and she immediately pulled her wrist out of his grasp.

"Don't touch me!" Alex snapped, well glaring up at him.

Jason raised his hands and backed off, not really sure about what had just happened. The moment he had grabbed her wrist she had spaced out, well a look of fear had crossed her face. It had worried him as had the slight termer he had felt go down her arm and throughout her whole body. As she glared at Jason, he was relieved that at least she wasn't running away. So ever so carefully he slowly knelt till he was at her eye level. "I'm sorry I grabbed you, I promise I won't do it again but I just don't want you to run off as I just want to help you." he said kindly.

Alex meet his gaze with a bit of uncertainty but under her shirt she could feel the crystal pendent radiating with warm. A feel of comfort began to fill her but it did not distracted from the fact that she didn't know if she could trust him. Before either of them could make a move or say anything further a large group of putties suddenly appeared around them. Jason immediately stood up and pulled Alex close to him. "I don't know what you clay brains want but back off! Kid, stay back and when you see an opening run!" he instructed and not waiting for an answer from her, Jason engaged the putties.

With him fighting them Alex took a moment to go back to the table to retrieve her sandwich, which she then stuffed into her sweeter. This left her open for a couple of putties to grab hold of her but she surprised them as she stomped on the foot of one then punched the other in the stomach. Backing away from them she looked for an opening like Jason had told her to but not seeing any she took a stance and started to fight alongside him.

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Zack and Billy were at Billy's house, the black ranger helping the blue ranger with some minor work he was doing to the Rad Bug. Suddenly their communicator's went off and Zack brought it up to his mouth. "Billy and I read you Zordon."

(("Zack, Jason and a young girl have come under attack from putties in the park. They require admit assistance.")) The great Sage informed him as Billy scrambled out from under the Rad Bug.

"Aright Zordon we're on our way but the girls aren't with us." Zack informed him as he and Billy started to run towards the park which was thankfully nearby.

(("I have already contacted Trini and Kimberly and they are on their way there.")) Alpha informed him.

Back with Jason and Alex they had taken out half of the Putties but were still very much outnumbered and they forced the red ranger and the young girl back to back. "Why didn't you run when I told you to?" he demanded as he kept his eyes on the enemy.

"I never found an opening to do so and besides I wasn't about to let you fight these ugly things on your own." Alex informed him, sounding very much out of breath. Though she wasn't about to ad might it openly she was not in the best shape at the moment and hadn't practiced martial arts in a long time. Thankfully as the Putties started to close in the rest of the rangers arrived fully morphed and stared to take them out. With the putties now distracted by his friends Jason picked up Alex and ignoring her protests, he ran away from the fight. Once they were far enough away he put her down and stated to check her over for injuries. Instead Alex punch Jason right in the face, taking him completely by surprise, which caused him to fall over and she high tailed it out of there.

Jason was just standing up, rubbing his eye where she had punched him and a small black eye was forming, when his demorphed friends ran over. "You alright Jase?" Kim asked well Trini looked at his eye, winching in sympathy.

"Yeah I'm alright, she just caught me by surprise is all." the red ranger assured them.

"You mean to tell us that you let a little 80 pound girl punch you right in the face?" Zack said as well trying to contain his laughter. As it seemed very funny that their fearless leader would let such a thing happen. Jason of course saw the humor on Zack face and pushed him away with a smile. "Shut up Zack. I was worried she was hurt and was checking her for any injuries when she punched me."

"Was it the same girl from the youth center?" Billy inquired and Jason confirmed before he told them everything that had happened during his encounter with Alex. "Most interesting but I wonder if she was the putties target or if you were in this case?"

"But if she was their target then why would Rita want a little girl?" Kim asked now worried for the young girl.

"I don't know but it can't be good." Jason said.

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Up on the moon Rita was furious. "Curse those rangers for interfering, she was right for the taking." she complained as she paced the balcony.

"Well tomorrow is another day." Baboon said in attempt to cheer his empress up.

"Yeah don't worry Rita, she lives by herself, so there will be another chance to capture her." Squatte added his too bits but both of them flinched as she glared at them.

"Can it you two."

"Perhaps Empress it is time to find someone to become your green ranger." Goldar suggested.

Rita's face lit up with a grin. "Yes. What an excellent idea Goldar but who should I chose to hold such power and defeat the rangers?" she wondered as she began to search earth of someone she could deem worthy.

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In the command center Zordon and Alpha were worried as they had seen the fight from the beginning, noticing the Putties attempts to grab Alex. "Oh Zordon I think that our worst fear has been realized." Alpha said to the ancient sage. "I'll contact the rangers and have them come here so you can tell them who Alex is." Alpha said as he went to the communications terminal but Zordon stopped him.

"No Alpha, we must wait. Jason is already on the path to gaining the young keeper's fragile trust. To act now in any hast would cause all of the red ranger's hard work to help her to be lost and never be regained. We must wait for the right time before we inform the rangers, have her brought here and have her family lineage explained to her at last."

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A/N: so there you have it the first chapter in what I hope will be a long and epic story. Please read and review as I have put a lot of work into this and I always love to hear what you the readers think. Also this dose coincides with another story I have up and it will have ties to some others that I have not posted yet as I am still working on them when I have the time.