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What About Tomorrow?
by Georgia Peach

CHAPTER ONE

It was an unusually dreary day in Angel Grove. But still , Katherine, Tanya, and Leeza all decided to go for a walk in the park. Discussing, boys, battle, and some surprising things.

"That was some fight we had with Mondo two days ago, wasn't it?" Katherine asked in her usually cheerful voice.

"Yeah, it really wiped me out‡ For a while I didn't think we'd be able to beat him." Tanya answered.

"It must have been exciting for you Leeza, since your a new ranger and everything?"

Leeza wasn't really paying any attention to the conversation, in fact she seemed to be on some other planet. "What?"

"Hello!!! Leeza that's the fifth time you've gone away mentally, in the past ten minutes!! Is there something bothering you? Do you want to talk about it?" Katherine asked.

Leeza just smiled. Katherine was so in tuned to her. She almost always knew what she was thinking or feeling. "No I'm okay‡It's just‡.well, Billy and I were talking earlier. About a lot of things, and somehow the environment got into our conversation‡. He and I just talked about how people are polluting things, and not caring‡. And if we keep mistreating the environment the way we are, one day we're all going to have to pay the consequences‡. And I don't even think the power ranger's are going to be able to do anything about that."

"Well, Leeza that's pretty impossible‡ The power rangers are one of the strongest forces in this universe‡ I'm sure if the environment went down we'd be able to do something about it. "Tanya said.

" But we don't have control over everything! We're not God!!" Leeza shouted.

Tanya rolled her eyes," Oh there you go about God again!!! Trust me Leeza, when we're in battle God isn't there with us‡.He doesn't care‡. If He did, He wouldn't allow all the suffering that goes on‡. He wouldn't allow Mondo, or anybody else for that matter to attack us, would He?"

Leeza glared at her, almost hurt. God did care, she couldn't have gotten this far in her life if He didn't, " Tanya, God doesn't allow the suffering‡ We allow it‡ I know you have trouble believing, my question is why? "

Tanya sighed, " Oh for goodness sake Leeza!!!! All you ever do is talk about God!!! How do you know He actually exists. What proof do you have? " Tanya challenged.

Leeza just lowered her head‡ She was being challenged and really didn't know what to say in response, so she tried to put it in a way Tanya wouldn't feel threatened. "Tanya, I know‡ A God must exist‡. I believe in the one I was raised to believe in,"

"You see that's exactly what I mean!!!" Tanya interrupted. "You're always bringing that up! Not everybody believes, in God!!! In fact only Christians do. "

Now Katherine felt a huge blow up coming, she had to do something. "Guys com'on let's not let this interfere with our friendship. Leeza was merely saying - "

"Katherine, it's okay. I want to answer Tanya's question."

Tanya glared almost wanting to start an argument." Tanya, God can be anything or anyone‡. Look at Tommy for instance, in his believe system, he has millions of gods‡. Um, people from India believe that Mohammed's god‡. I never said who God was‡ I just said I believe in Him‡. I never meant to force anything at you and if a ever did I'm really sorry‡. Now how about we make up and head to the Youth Center, Okay."

Tanya sighed. She felt a little better. " Okay‡ I guess you're right‡ About the environment too‡ People don't care, and it isn't like we can really do anything about it. Even though we are the power rangers‡. Why don't you ask your God to help‡ Maybe if He does what you say He does, He'll tell you what to do."

"Maybe‡. But I still feel like the decisions's up to us."

"Okay, so are we friend's again?" Katherine jumped in.

"Well, I guess, I can live with her." Tanya joked.

"Yeah me too." Leeza joked back.

"Great!!! Now let's head to the Youth Center!!" Katherine said cheerfully.

~*~


When Tanya went home that night she couldn't shake what Leeza had said. Not just the stuff about God, but also about the environment. What if the power rangers weren't strong for something like that. Not like anything might actually happen with the environment, but what if by some odd chance something would happen. What if there was nothing the power rangers, could do.

Even the Aquitarian rangers!! What if the ranger's weren't the strongest power in the universe, what if there was a power stronger than them. And if there was , who, or what was it?

"Forget this Tanya ! Just go to sleep!!!" She scolded herself. She eventually fell asleep. But was awoken several hours later by a strange noise downstairs. She walked down the stairs slowly, unaware of what awaited her in the living room.

There in the center of the room, was some sort of doorway, in fact it looked almost like the one Billy, and Leeza, had used when they had gone on their quest. She stared at it trying to see what it was doing there. Could Mondo had sent it? Was it some sort of trap? She looked into it. She couldn't see anything on the other side of it. But for some reason she felt like she was supposed to go through it. As if something depended on it. Then for some bizarre reason , she stepped through it.

When she arrived on the other side, her eyes seemed to deceive her. Instead of being in her living room, or some tropical place, she landed in a desert! The wind howled and blew furiously everywhere. The sun shone on top of her. It was hot‡ too hot‡ it seemed as if the ozone had just disappeared. The wind blew on her, stinging her skin. The air itself felt as if their were some serious chemicals in it.

There was nothing around. No plants, no animals, nothing. It looked like there was nothing else for her to do, but go back. But there was a small problem, the door was gone!! It had brought her there and then just disappeared." Calm down, Tanya, maybe if you contact Zordon, he can teleport you home."

But another problem, her communicator was gone!!! "Now where did that go!!" She was totally confused. It had been on her wrist when she had gone to bed. "Well, maybe I can find somebody to help me." So she started walking‡

Not like it really mattered. From what she could see their was only sandy hills for miles. After about fifteen minutes of walking she began to get really dizzy. Her breathing was becoming heavy. The wind was so strong she felt like a piece of grass being blown around everywhere. In the distance she could almost hear the sound of someone talking. She felt as if someone was watching her, as if someone was right behind her. She turned in every direction looking for someone, but no one was there. When she finished turning she continued to turn in her mind, everything spinning. She took one step forward and passed out.

CHAPTER TWO
Tanya awoke on some kind of bed , who knows how many hours later. Her eyes blurred for several minutes. When they finally snapped into focus, a dark brown ceiling filled her vision. She stared at it. Hadn't she just been in some sort of desert? The good thing was she was breathing easier. She brought her hand up to her mouth only to find some sort of oxygen mask over it. It made no sense. How had it gotten there? She slowly sat up to find a weird cream on her skin.Wherever she was or whoever had taken care of her certainly knew what they were doing.

Tanya gazed around the room‡. It was not a nice home that was for sure. The wind howled outside making the roof shake. The fear that went through her could never be explained, all she kept thinking was, if this was the type of wind that came with serious tornadoes. The room was dark and chilly, the sun had obviously set, making the earth go into a deep freeze.

Through the ragging wind footsteps could be heard. Tanya immediately jumped up, making her world spin more. Even if this was the person who had helped her it did not necessarily make them kind. The unknown stranger opened the door‡.the wind blew in blowing an even colder chill over Tanya as she held on to a table for some form of balance.

"Wh-who are you?" She asked hesitantly.

The stranger stepped in to the old, and broken house. Went to the side and lit a lantern. A girl of maybe sixteen, face was exposed. She had dark hair and eyes. Her skin was almost semi-olive. She wore a plain white T-shirt , with light denim jeans. She slowly gave Tanya a kind and warm smile, "My name's Amy, Tanya‡.It is a pleasure to finally meet you."

Tanya gasped. How did this girl know who she was?!!! She had never seen her before in her life!! "How ‡ how do you know who I am?" She asked nervously.

"You're one of the power ranger's from Angel Grove, aren't you? I remembered reading about them in the history books."

Tanya's face turned as white as a ghost, she felt like she might faint‡.This girl knew stuff about her‡. She knew she was a power ranger, and from Angel Grove‡.Oh, my God!!! Tanya thought to herself, she had found out about this stuff in the history books, which only meant one thing‡.She was in the future!!!!" I don't get this," Tanya finally spoke, " Where am I , who are you , what am I doing here, and what year is it?!!!"

"Tanya, please calm down‡. You were really sick earlier you don't want to have a relapse‡. You are still in Angel Grove‡ You never left‡. As I already said my name is Amy, Amy Jackson‡.. It is the year 2097‡And you are here because I brought you here."

Tanya's eyes just widened with shock, she took a deep breath and stepped backwards‡.She felt like she was really going to faint this time‡. It was just so hard for her to understand‡. Nothing was making sense, none of it could make sense. She took another step back and slowly lowered herself back onto the bed. She could see Amy watching her keenly, making sure she was okay. Tanya brought her hand to her forehead to rub it, a headache coming on . " It just doesn't make any sense‡..I know you brought me here , but why‡.What do I count ? Why am I in the history books? " She questioned.

Amy lowered her head, " You just don't understand do you ? The reason why your here is to show you what is going to happen , the devastation, the ruins‡. I was looking through that old chest a few days ago and found a book on you and the rest of the rangers. When I finished reading it I knew it was the right thing to bring one of you here‡. I wanted one of you to see what was going to happen‡so that way one of you might be able to do something about it."

Tanya just shook her head again, " I still don't understand, how did you get me here?‡.I mean we're talking about time travel."

" I opened up the time line, and just had it send for one of the rangers, from the year, 1997 ‡.. I wasn't sure who I'd be able to get ‡. But it turns out I got you ." Amy explained.

Tanya was beginning to vaguely understand. She was either in the Twilight Zone or a total nightmare!!!! If by some bizarre chance this was real she sure hoped she'd get the point and then be able to go home. "Okay,‡.so what do you want me to do? What can I do ?‡. What type of a person do the history books say I am?" She asked getting off of the bed still holding on to it for a little balance.

Amy only brought that warm smile back onto her face. "They said you were a very kind, and thoughtful person. And I say that they did not do you justice‡. The reason why I brought you here was because you had to see this‡. Please just sit back down and let me explain it all to you‡.The rangers continued to do their job in Angel Grove, protecting all the citizens ‡ But there was one thing the rangers couldn't stop‡ It all began with a chemical company that had been polluting the nearby forest. The streams were completely chemicals . All the plants, fish, you name it, they all were dead‡ Several environmental groups went after the company‡ Eventually they all one and they closed down. But one problem remained where to put the chemicals‡.They obviously couldn't leave them there, they were seeping into the ground‡.So they all finally deiced to shoot it out into space.

Everything was fine after that until about thirty years later. Then the ultimate doomsday hit, one that Angel Grove, let alone the world never thought they'd see." Amy's voice faded.

Tanya was listening to the story contentedly and when Amy suddenly stopped it surprised her." Amy , are you all right?"

Amy jerked for a second in some other world, "Wh-what?"

"Are you all right ?‡You‡.seemed kinda dazed." Tanya asked again." Please continue with the story if you can, I would like to hear the rest of it." Tanya seemed to plead.

Amy's eyes lowered carefully studying the old decaying wood, that might be called a floor. "Thirty years after this happened, people all over the world started to have a very hard time breathing‡People started to investigate it, only to find that the chemicals had somehow gotten trapped into the earth's atmosphere and was now coming down into our breathing air‡. Acid rain began to get worse, until every time it accumulated people had to stay inside their homes‡. Because if they were to go out and the water were to get on them, it would burn right through their skin, all the way to the bone‡.

After three years of acid rain no one could get spring water anymore‡. When the rain fell on the mountain tops it poisoned the snow and everything else‡.After almost a decade all of the plants were gone, then the animals and.. eventually..people." Amy paused again.

"Why couldn't the power rangers do anything?" She asked.

Amy sighed, " They tried with all their might, but the chemicals were so strong it went right through their power suits, and well...destroyed them."

Tanya was shocked. This had to be a nightmare, it just had to be!!! There was no way any of this could have happened, there was no way whoever God was would allow this to happen‡.Then Tanya paused in thought,‡ "What about free will?" Isn't that what Leeza always talks about. How will all have the right to make choices and decision for ourselves, whether there right or wrong. "Well, if that's true, I guess it makes sense." She thought.

"What do you mean by people?" She suddenly questioned, but as soon as she asked she wished she hadn't.

Amy sighed," I'm the only person left here‡From what I know‡.There might be somebody, but I doubt it.."

Tanya's mouth dropped open. She looked like she might faint, and deep down wished she would. She was not only in the year 2097, she was also talking to the supposed last person on earth! The devastation was immense. But somehow she was prepared to hear what had happened," How did it happen?"

Amy glared at Tanya for some bizarre reason. "Are you sure you want to know?"

Tanya nodded a truthful yes. Amy sighed again, almost not wanting to remember." Okay,‡ Well, remember how there used to be plagues and breakouts of severe viruses and things like that?"

Tanya nodded again , too intent to speak . "Well there was a sort of outbreak with a strange form of cancer ‡.People started getting it and dropping left and right from it‡. It wasn't like it was the curable kind‡ And the few that were curable couldn't get tended to because so many other people were coming down with the disease‡ The hospitals were so crowded that they had to move some people out into the street‡.And than the doctors began to come down with it‡It continued on and on until there was barely anybody left for the disease to linger so it just somehow disappeared‡.

That ended around sixteen years ago, just before I was born‡ And the few remaining people including my parents died of different things‡ There were a matter of ten people left. Most of them died the way my parents died, of starvation, and lack of water‡. The others died of the chemicals, or being caught out in an acid rain storm‡. That's pretty much it."

Tanya didn't know what to say‡.What could she say? This girl had literally been through hell, and back!!! "I don't know what to say Amy,‡ I'm so sorry‡and I know your probably going to think I'm stupid,‡but how did you survive all this time with no food, or water."

Amy only smiled, "My dad was a great scientist and inventor ‡. Before he died he invented a special pill that you can live on instead of eating or drinking‡. Here let me show you."

Amy walked over to a small broken cupboard , and pulled out what appeared to be a box. She flipped the lid off, and it's base had a keyboard‡ She pressed one button, and what Tanya thought was a box turned out to be some sort of computer‡ She moved a lever on the side of it and there were three green pills, and eight semi-blue ones‡."See." Amy handed them to Tanya.

Tanya was astonished. They were remarkable‡.and yet sad. There was no life whatsoever on this world‡ How lonely it must be here."It must have be hard for you‡to lose both parents. It must also be hard now. What's it like to be the last person on earth?" Tanya asked boldly.

Amy lowered her head looking near tears," It's‡very,‡very difficult‡. I know that whenever I die it will be it‡I will be the last person to ever live‡if only people would have cared, would have taught their children to care, this might have been prevented‡." Amy paused and looked at Tanya wide-eyed. "That's another reason why you're here‡ Adults make so many mistakes, and that's okay, because they're human‡.But- but so many children look at what adults do and copy those actions and think it's okay to do, than their kids do it, than their grandchildren, than their great-grandchildren.

And before you know it that's four generations doing the same actions because of what that one child saw‡ Now try and multiply that times how many people in the world‡You probably can't, because even I can't, but try and imagine that‡All those people and all those generations, being passed down through the centuries‡.If only people realized what their influence made on these kids, this world would be a better place." Amy finished and let out a deep breath. It seemed as if all of that emotion had been held inside that girl for who knows how many years and now it was finally being expressed.

Tanya was almost afraid to speak, she was not sure on how to go about this. Amy was telling the truth, what we did would affect our future in every sense of the word. Whether it be what we ourselves did , or the examples we set for younger generations.

We all hold a very special gift in our hands. The gift to know right from wrong, the gift to change the world and the gift to set good examples‡We have to teach these gifts to the children so that they will understand and do the same for their children.

"You're right," Tanya finally piped up. "What we do affects our future, what we do affects it and will change it for the good or bad of everything‡.I never realized the responsibly I had‡ The responsibility we all have‡..Can I change it?‡Can I prevent this from happening? Is it all up to me?"

Amy looked at Tanya , her eyes glassy," I don't know‡Each person has an effect on this world‡You do affect it somewhat, but as for if you set a better example the world will change, I'm not sure‡Everyone has to care, everyone has to prevent these things from happening‡You can't save the world on your own, all you can do is the best you can and pray God will be there to back you up‡God loves this planet and everyone in it, he doesn't like to see us hurt, or in pain, he wants to help us and hold us and never let us go. But so many of us run away from him and don't listen, and don't want to except his love‡We ask him for things , and when bad things happen we ask why God would do this, He loves us, He's supposed to be there for us, but were all so busy looking left and right for him that we can't see him right behind us, supporting us and carrying us through it." Amy finished tears beginning to roll down her cheeks. They were soft tears , gentle and real.

The more Amy talked the more Tanya felt horrible‡ She would complain if she didn't get this, or if she couldn't get her way from time to time‡Now this girl who had no family whatsoever and literally was alone in this world, still had an unbelievable faith in God‡ Another person who believed in God. For some reason she trusted Him, and somehow thought there was still a plan for her life. "How do you do it ?‡How do you keep faith?"

"I know, a God must exist."

"Why?"

"Because I'm still here." Amy said staring at Tanya almost waiting for some kind of response.

Tanya froze, "What do you mean by that?"

"God didn't let me die with the others‡I was caught out in acid rain once and somehow I lived, it didn't get into my blood stream which meant it couldn't kill me. It almost did, but somehow I pulled through, and I was only five years old‡And I'm alive now, I somehow survived through these past ten years since my parents died."

"You're so cheerful for someone whose been through so much, whose been so alone. You still believe there's a plan for you, don't you?" Tanya questioned.

Amy's eyes lowered once again. It was so hard to talk about this, she hadn't spoken to anyone since her parents had died, she had been all alone, the only person she could talk to was God. "Perhaps," she began slowly, "perhaps, my plan was to tell you all this, so you could stop it from happening."

"Amy, that could be one thing, but I'm sure there's more‡"Tanya paused, she had an idea but wasn't sure how to say it. "Amy, why don't you come back with me? You could help me convince people, and go on with your life and tell the world your story."

Amy just stared at her in a form of shock not sure of what she just heard. "Are‡you serious?‡You want me to go back with you ?"

Tanya was a bit surprised that she didn't believe her." Of coarse I'm serious, why wouldn't I be?‡You can come back with me‡. Wait a minute. Can I get back?!"

"Oh, of course! You could leave now if you wanted too,‡. I already told you everything you need too know‡..Would you like to leave ?"

"I would love too, but first answer my question. Do you want to come back with me?"

Amy shifted from one foot to the other , a bit impatiently. It was hard for her to answer the question. " I- I can't‡. You have no idea how much my heart longs to go with you, to be able to live my life to the fullest‡.. But if I were to leave that would be altering time‡ You just can't mess with things like that."

"But that makes no sense!!!" Tanya screeched. Nothing made sense anymore!! Nothing could be understood. "There's no way you can go on here anyway!!! Why not just come? What would that change?"

"You just don't understand , do you?‡ If I were too go back with you, it would change the course of time‡. Let's say you were able to change things where this wouldn't happen, and I would have gone back with you‡That means that I might never exist, or disappear, and than what I was meant to do in this time couldn't be done‡ Do you understand at all, Tanya?"

Now Tanya had to ponder this for a moment‡ Now she considered herself to be a pretty smart girl, most people saw that also ‡ But tonight was a whole other story. She had somehow been brought to the year , 2097, than she saw her home town, which looked like another planet to her now! She than found out that this girl was the only living being on the planet. Not to mention the fact that she also had found out almost everything about her life from a history book. Plus a bunch of other things that just didn't flash into her mind at that moment or she just didn't want to recall them. And now this!!!!!

Part of what Amy was saying made total sense, and yet‡yet part of it made no sense whatsoever‡ She would change the course of time that was true, but would it really matter? Her life was practically over anyhow, why not just change it when she had the chance? I guess that's just going to have to be her decision, Tanya thought. " I guess it makes sense," Tanya said with a sigh.

"I think it's time you went home‡. You aren't immune to these chemicals‡If you stay here too long you could become really, really sick‡And I don't have the proper treatment for you," Amy said walking over to a small control panel.

"All right, " Tanya agreed. It wasn't really like her too be so agreeable, but she was tired , and confused‡ And truthfully what Amy said was true , she was beginning to notice herself becoming weak. The chemicals weren't settling right with her, if she stayed here too long she might never be able to return home.

Amy continued at the control panel, preparing for Tanya's trip home‡The only problem was Tanya wasn't sure where home was. The home she had known that afternoon had seemed so real to her — now it seem as if‡as if everything had changed somehow. That when she went home it was going to be different for her. Nothing would ever be the same for her , she realized that now. There was no way she could ever look at the ocean again or see trash along the roadside without thinking of this fateful night.

"You ready?" Amy suddenly asked jarring Tanya out of her deep thought.

Tanya jerked a little. For a few minutes she had thought she was all by herself. The thoughts continued throughout her mind. Everything was going to be different , how could she ever continue to live a normal life after seeing all this. She literally knew the future. She knew what could, and probably would, happen.

Then a thought came into to her mind that surprised her‡. The funny thing was it surprised her more than anything that had happened that evening‡..She didn't want to go back!!

What was the point? There was no way what she did would really change anything. Unless men's hearts would change and see the light there was no chance at anything changing for the better.

Amy looked at Tanya a bit perturbed. Either she was just ignoring her or something was wrong. Quietly she walked over to her. Lightly she grasped Tanya's shoulder, "Tanya?" She asked. "Tanya, are you all right?"

Tanya jarred again, but remained in reality this time. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said with a voice that sounded so different‡. Everything was different . Everything. "I was just thinking about how different everything is going to be when I get back‡. Nothing is going to be the same again‡. I know to much now‡. I can never go back to the way I used to be." She sighed in frustration.

Amy calmly and quietly sat down next to her." But that's a good thing‡.I don't want you to go back and forget everything you learned here‡.. You have to go back and tell everybody what you know, so that way they'll change‡. I don't know if everybody will change, but some will‡.Who couldn't ? You have to tell people what you saw, but in a very careful way‡.If you tell them everything exactly their bound to lock you up and throw away the key‡. Now you better get going before the door shuts on you‡" Amy stated getting up." But first I have something I would like to give you so you'll always remember what you've seen."

"How could I ever forget!?" Tanya screeched.

"That isn't what I meant Tanya, I mean so every time you see this it will be a constant reminder of what happened‡.So you will always remember and tell people. "

She opened a small drawer, and out of that drawer she took what looked like a jewelry box. She opened up the small box and took out a shiny silver necklace. On the thin neck chain was a small pendent, with a stone inside it‡ The color of the stone could not be described, it looked like a combination of opals. The white colored ones and the black colored ones. The colors that came from them shined vibrantly. " Here."

Tanya stared at them, they were remarkable. "They're beautiful‡. What are they ? I've never seen anything like them before." She said taking hold of them. She held them up to the faded light that came into the broken down shack. They sparkled and twinkled like diamonds . " Where did you get these?"

"My mother gave them to me‡. They were her mother's‡ They're a combination of several stones‡ Opals, diamonds, and other truly rare stones‡.Wear them and remember. " Amy placed them in Tanya's palm and closed her hand. A friendship had been made between the two that could never be replaced by anyone. The two were in a way from different planets and yet they were closer than sisters. " You better get on home." Amy said with a vague choke in her voice.

"Okay‡ I'm ready now." Tanya said trying to hold the tears back.

The two headed outside into the unknown , were a timeline doorway spun open, calling for Tanya to return home. Tanya stepped closer too it. Than suddenly she stopped and ran back to Amy. She wrapped herself into a big hug, Amy returning it to her. The two felt more like sisters now than like strangers .

"Thank you, so much." Tanya managed in between tears.

" You're welcome. " Amy said , hugging her tighter. Than she let go. Quickly she swiped the tears away from her eyes. " Now go home and set a good example. Tell people the truth so maybe one day we'll see each other again."

Tanya just nodded, afraid to speak for fear of what might happen. She turned toward the doorway and walked to it. But not with much effort , she wasn't in any hurry to get home yet. When she was a matter of three feet away she stopped she had to think about what she was doing. She knew what she had to do , and why she had to do it. But one problem kept coming into her head and that was , was she strong enough to handle it. Would she be able to do what she was supposed to do? Would she be able to set the proper example and do the right things‡ Than something dawned on her, she couldn't change the whole world or how the world lived or how people chose to live and to do things. She could only change herself , and the way she chose to live , and to just set the proper example for others and show them what was right , and hopefully if she was lucky they would listen‡. And if not, well she would just have to trust whoever was in charge of this universe with that one.

She was just about to step through the doorway when lightening flashed and seemed to hit some electrical circuit, inside of the shack. It went from the shack to the doorway. When the lightening flashed and the doorway fizzled out, and disappeared. There was a sudden scream , "No!" for Tanya and then, total darkness.

CHAPTER FOUR

"W- Wait!!!" Tanya screeched jumping up in bed. As she looked around her heart pounding, she realized she was in her bedroom. She could vaguely hear the sound of planes taking off from Angel Grove's airport less than a mile away. She ran to her window. In the distance she could see the lights from the planes taking off.

She stepped away from her window, and looked around her room. She slightly glanced at her clock , it said 5:25 A.M. She went downstairs, this was impossible, the doorway had been destroyed there was no way she could be back home. She ran into the living room, there was nothing there ! It was completely silent. She quickly and quietly went outside.

Everything seemed normal to her. The cars were in the same places they were always in. Everything was the exact same way it was when she had left‡ That is if she had left.

She went back inside and into her room. She couldn't believe it! She just couldn't believe it!!! It had all been a dumb dream, just a dream!!! And she had fallen for it!!!!! Nothing bad had happened and she hadn't gone anywhere. Her mind had just thought up a stupid dream. "Well, stupid dream or no stupid dream." She began," I know what I have to do to help things , just do the best I can and, let whoever God may be to do the rest. "

She slowly sat down on her bed pondering her bizarre dream. When she sat down, she sat on something hard and sharp. "Ouch !" She quickly jumped up ."What in the world!" She shuffled through her sheets to find the hard object. And when she did she wished she hadn't. "Oh, my God. "She whisered.

There on her sheet was a necklace with a beautiful pendent on it. She slowly picked it up, the delicate stones shined in the vague moonlight coming from her window. It was the same necklace Amy had given her‡. There was no way stones like that existed today. The soft gems seemed to tell the whole story to her all over again, of everything that had happened in the dream, and she was almost sure, reality.

"No it was just a dream, it had to be!" She whispered to herself. She stared down at the stones again ‡. It was just a strange dream‡.. Or was it?

FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

BY 4HIM

The signs are obvious, they are everywhere
All that we hear about is the gloom and despair
Too many would be prophets sayin'
"It's the end of it all"
'Cause mother earth can't take much more
The hammer's gonna fall
So nature has its needs, that's a lesson learned
But it appears to me there are greater concerns
'Cause we can save the planet
Thinkin' we will somehow survive
But father time is calling us
to save somebody's life,
So‡

I won't bend and I won't break
I won't water down my faith
I won't compromise in a world of desperation
What has been I cannot change
But for tomorrow and today
I must be a light for future generations

If we could find a way to preserve our faith
So those who follow us, see the price that was paid
Then maybe when they question What it's gonna take to survive
They'll find the strength to carry on In what we leave behind

Lookin' in the eyes of the children
Knowing that tomorrow is at stake
When the choice is up to them
Will they have the strength to say

We won't bend and we won't break
We won't water down our faith
We won't compromise in a world of desperation
What has been we cannot change
But for tomorrow and today
We must be a light for future generations