Episode One
It was an early Thursday morning the sun had barely come over the mountains near Briarwood's forest the sun's light barely penetrating through the leaves to the mist covered forest floor. Many different birds flew from tree to tree singing their morning songs ignoring a lone stranger who was seen wandering alone through the forest on one of the forest's many old paths this stranger appeared new to the forest. For if anyone who lived in that forest had seen the stranger they would not have recognized it although the stranger's clothing concealed anything that could give any clues to anyone as to the identity of the stranger. For the stranger was wearing a long flowing dark storm cloud grey cloak that was tattered but still functional as it skimmed off the ground billowing in the slight breeze that was passing through the forest. The cloak that the stranger wore had a hood on it which was up casting a shadow over the stranger's facial features and the cloak itself shadowed most of the stranger's clothing so it was hard to tell who was under there. If the stranger had known that it had entered Briarwood's forest or how much danger that it was now in due to the way that it was dressed then the stranger would probably not have been traveling that way but the stranger did not and so saw no threat in where it was. The stranger had even more bad luck due to another problem this other problem was that the stranger was unaware of battles that had been going on between an army of the undead fighting against a group of protectors known as the Power Rangers Mystic Force. Although this was not worst part of this stranger's luck for there was something that just seemed to play against the stranger from having a peaceful journey. For among the undead warriors was one who looked fairly similar to the stranger wearing a long tattered cloak and had been attacking those who lived in Briarwood's forest and in the small town of Briarwood that was just outside the forest. To add onto the stranger's terrible luck the stranger was suddenly forced to stop walking as it was suddenly surrounded by a group of warriors all of them seemed edging for a fight as they glared at where the stranger stood. There were five warriors three of them where men and two of them were woman each of them wore dark pants and boots they also wore a black cape. Each of the five warriors wore vest although each vest was black each warrior had different colors to mix with it in strange patterns one color and design for each warrior. The three men's color on their vest was red, yellow or green, while the two women had either pink or blue. The stranger looked around at the five different warriors and noticed how they all seemed to want a fight and so the stranger took on a protective fighter's stance preparing for a fight if it came to that before the stranger spoke as it said to the five warriors. "Step aside I am not in search of a fight I am just passing through."
"Who are you to tell us to step aside!?" one of the male warriors who had red mixed in with his uniform said as he looked over towards the stranger the way he had said it clearly said that he was not at all happy at seeing the stranger.
The stranger let out a slight growl as it glared at the one who had spoken not at all pleased by the tone that the warrior in red seemed to take when he spoke to it. The stranger paused taking a deep breathe regaining composure before the stranger spoke any anger in its voice was now gone as the stranger said to the five warriors "Just a weary traveler looking for one's homeland."
The male warrior who had red in his uniform spoke again as he said glaring at the stranger by the sound he was growing slightly angry as he asked mostly towards the others who were with him as well as the stranger. "How do we know that for sure? We have had a lot of attacks lately, and you're headed right to the area. Probably to plan and preform another attack?"
The stranger let out another growl again as it seemed to be growing very impatient with how the warrior in red was speaking to it as well as seeming insulted by what the red warrior was saying that it had done. Another member of the warriors the one with green in his uniform seemed to have noticed the unsteadiness that seemed to be rapidly growing between the warriors he was with and the stranger as he said looking towards the warrior in red. "Now Nick, you do not know for sure that this stranger is the one who had been attacking."
The one whom the male warrior in green had called Nick who was the one in red spoke again as he just glared at the stranger showing his outright furry at the stranger who was standing before him and the other warriors. "That stranger is going back there, that makes it suspicious. Turn back or you will have to go through us to go this way."
The stranger seemed to despite the ranger's not seeing the stranger's face to become visibly even less patient with Nick and how he spoke to it. As the stranger's frustration seemed to grow it reached for a hidden object that was beneath the stranger's cloak and gripped a hidden object tightly as the stranger did this it glared at Nick and the other four warriors before it said to all of them in a very stern and serious tone of voice any past gentleness was now gone. "I am going home now step aside or I will be forced to move all of you out of my way myself and it will not end well."
Nick seemed to have notice what the stranger was doing and took this as a threat as he reached for a cell phone like device holding it in his left hand and pointed it down to the ground he presses several numbers before pressing one in the middle as he yells "Magic source, mystic force!"
He brought up his right arm as he moves his left still holding the cell phone like device and points with it to the right crossing over his right arm before point to the sky with the cell phone like device. A strange seal busts from within the cell phone like device rising into the air as a male voice booms out "Galwit Mysto Ranger!" A red flash comes down over Nick and appears behind him in the shape of a red phoenix and Nick brings his arm up as if he is flying and the red phoenix does the same. In this pose Nick rises and is pulled through the seal as a new uniform appears over him. He lands on the ground as flames appear Nick as yellow sparks appear around his head forming a helmet.
As all of this finishes Nick shouts "Forceful as Fire! Red Mystic Ranger!" The new outfit that Nick was wearing covered him from head to toe and was mostly red save for some thick black lines that was outlined in thin gold lines. Nick's helmet was also red and near the center was symbol of a phoenix that was black and was outlined in gold the black part of the symbol Nick used to see through. The stranger seeing what Nick did took several steps backwards as it brought out what had laid hidden underneath its cloak which was a sword. The sword was of remarkably craftsmanship as it seemed to almost shimmer in the faint light that shinned through the trees. The sword had a black blade to it and the hilt was mostly black although it did have what appeared to be dark grey snake like dragons spiraling around the hilt at the center of the hilt was a strange flawless smooth black gem that seemed to be giving off a strange eerie dark glow.
Upon seeing how the stranger was armed the other four warriors quickly reacted as they brought out their own cell phone like devices. The other four warriors mimicked what Nick had done with the motion of their arms before pointing their cell phone like devices as they all shouted "Magical source, mystic force!"
The male voice boomed out again as he said "Galwit Mysto Ranger!" A flash of light comes down onto each one of the other warriors each is a different color matching the color that the warriors are wearing in their clothing. Four different beings appear behind each of them as the man who is in green flexes his arms and a green Minotaur that had been created by the flash of light mimics this motion. Behind the man who has hints of yellow in his uniform whom is in pose with his right hand forms a claw while his left arm goes back elbow up as he do this a yellow Garuda that had appeared from the flash of yellow light does the same. The young woman who is blue does something that is very similar to what Nick had done but her wrist are bent as a blue Mermaid who had appeared behind her from the blue light does the same thing. The final member of the group the woman in pink poses with her left arm up and her right arm sideways as a pike Sprite formed by the flash of light that had mimicked her and did the same thing. As the four did this each of them just as Nick had been was flew upwards through a seal created by their cell phone like devices before landing as yellow sparks appear around their heads forming their helmets.
As the man in green finished going through this change he shouts "Strong as a tree, green Mystic Ranger!" Just like Nick his uniform had changed and it has the thick black line with the gold trim although where Nick's was red this one was green. On his helmet he had a symbol of a Minotaur's head which is black with a golden trim which he would be able to see through.
After the one in green shouted this the one is yellow shouted "Swift as lightning, yellow Mystic Ranger!" Just like the first two he had black lines in his uniform with a golden trim and the rest of his uniform was yellow. On his helmet he had a symbol of a Garuda which was black with a golden trim just like the others which he would be able to see through.
After the one in yellow shouted the female in blue shouted "Fluid as the sea blue Mystic Ranger!" She was slightly different from the other men as they appeared to be wearing pants but she had what looked like a skirt with white leggings and blue boots. She like the others though had the thick black lines with a golden trim. On her helm it had the image of a Mermaid's tail and it too was black with a golden trim which she would be able to see through.
After the female in blue shouted this the one in pink shouted "Ever-changing as the wind pink Mystic Ranger!" She just like the other female member of the group wore what appeared to be a punkc skirt with white leggings although her boots were pink. She similar to everyone else had the thick black lines in her outfit with the golden trim. On her helm it had the image of a sprite with large butterfly like wings and it too was black with a golden trim which she would be able to use to see through it.
As all five of the warriors whom were the Mystic Force Power Rangers finished morphing the stranger seemed to have realized what kind of trouble it was in. It was with this realization that the stranger took its sword in a firmer grip in its left hand preparing for a strike before charging forward at the closest one of the Power Rangers who happened to be Nick. The stranger slashed downwards as soon as it was close enough to Nick who had to quickly jump backwards to avoid the attack the other Power Rangers quickly moved backwards to get out of the stranger's path as it slashed its sharp blade. The stranger went for Nick again this time though Nick did not back down and dodge instead he went for his weapon which was hanging off of the golden belt that he was wearing around his waist. Nick's weapon was a magical wand it was short about a foot long and at the top of it, it had an image of Nick's symbol a Phoenix with what appeared to be a hilt just beneath the symbol in the shape of what looked like an 'M'. Nick takes the top half of the magic wand which appears to have grown some for it originally had the hilt just beneath the symbol and takes it into both hands with the bottom half of the wand pointing up to the sky as he says "Magic staff, sword mode." The bottom half that is now the top grows upwards forming a blade that gives off a flash of light as it finishes forming. Just as the blade formed the stranger's blade struck hitting Nick's own blade. At first both just pushed against one another trying to break the hold they had entered before the stranger broke it spinning backwards so it would disengage from Nick for a few moments before coming at him with another strike. Nick had to quickly move his sword so that he could meet the stranger's own quick strike so that it would not hit him. The passing of blows that passed between Nick and the stranger after these first two was fierce as it went back and forth. The other Mystic Force Rangers could only stand out of the way of the two fighters all of them were watching Nick and the stranger and all of them seemed to be waiting for the right time. The fight between the two seemed evenly matched although the stranger seemed to be growing steadily frustrated with even being in a fight against Nick. Then quiet suddenly something happened that would tip the fight into Nick's favor of winning as the Green Mystic Ranger wanting to help Nick used his magic to make a root grow out from the ground and appear behind the stranger causing the stranger to stumble backwards and fall on its back letting out a gasp of surprise. Nick noticed how the stranger had fallen and seemed to not know how but not really caring as he raised his sword and seemed ready to strike a finishing blow. The stranger reacted quickly causing the black gem within the stranger's sword to gain a thicker ad slightly brighter dark light as the stranger murmured something causing thick black strands that appeared almost like vines to rush out forward from the gem and wrapped around Nick's arms causing him to drop his sword and for his arms to become pinned to his side as the black vines wrapped around his body. The black vines also wrapped around Nick's legs nearly causing him to fall to the ground if not for the fact that the black vines kept him up then he probably would have. As the stranger used this moment to take a good grip on its sword as it got to its feet holding its sword at a ready pose to strike Nick down while he was pinned but seemed to pause for a moment as the stranger eyed Nick for a few moments as if debating on whenever to finish its strike or not.
Whenever the stranger would strike down Nick or not was never found out as the Yellow Mystic Ranger quickly brought out his own wand which was fairly similar to Nick's own magic wand that had been transformed to make his sword. Save for the symbol at the top of the wand instead of the Phoenix symbol that Nick had the wand had the Yellow Ranger's symbol which was the Garuda before the Yellow Ranger shouted "Magic Staff, crossbow mode!" The wand grew outwards as the hilt piece of the wand which was in the shape of an 'M' extended outwards forming a crossbow. As soon as the crossbow was completely formed the Yellow Mystic Ranger quickly aimed and fired several bolts of lightning at the stranger to stop it from finishing off Nick. As the bolts of lightning hit their marks several things happened all at once as the force of the attack sent the stranger flying into the air hitting some nearby trees before falling to the ground at the trees' base. At the same time as the stranger hit the ground there was a loud shattering sound almost like what would happen if someone had shattered some glass. For when the stranger had been sent flying it had accidently let go of its sword and the weapon before hitting the ground had been struck by one of the Yellow Mystic Ranger's bolts of lightning. The force of the attack had a terrible effect on the blade as the once gleaming weapon was suddenly shattered into multiple fragments each fragment had an exploding effect as they flew off into different directions all over the place. Some of the shards flew towards the Mystic Rangers and would have hit them if not for a pink shield created by the Pink Mystic Ranger that protected them making it so the shards bounced harmlessly off of the shield created and onto the ground. Some of the shards flew at the stranger but none hit it instead hitting the trees behind the stranger several feet above where the stranger laid on the ground. Another thing that had happened when the stranger's sword had been destroyed the magic that the stranger had used to bind Nick using those black vines like strands suddenly vanish into small particles before vanishing into thin air. This caused Nick to collapse to the ground as the magic had picked him up a few inches off the ground causing him to fall and he landed onto his knees. Nick wasted no time as he quickly grabs his sword as he seemed to have reached his breaking point as he stood up and appeared about to strike the now un armed and weak stranger as he prepared to do this his blade was suddenly surrounded in flames. The stranger lets out a pained groan as the stranger tries to move at least up to its hands and knees but something seems to be terribly wrong with the stranger as the stranger seems to be undergoing pain other than what had been caused by the Yellow Mystic Ranger's attack. The stranger seemed unaware of Nick's attack as it seemed to have almost forgotten what was even happening around it.
It was very clear that Nick would have struck down the stranger and finished it off while the stranger was in such a weaken state. The stranger had barely gotten to its feet appearing very unbalanced as if it was going to collapse any second. The stranger also appeared to look in Nick's direction but appeared to not see him but instead past him clearly no longer in the fight and so could not do anything to avoid Nick's attack. The other Mystic Ranger saw this and the female blue Mystic Ranger shouted out realizing what Nick was about to do "Nick STOP!" As she shouted this she grabbed her own wand and using it she was able to create a small wave of water and sent it at Nick soaking him from head to toe and knocking Nick's sword out of his hands just in time to save the stranger from more pain. Nick's sword had landed several yards away and sizzled as the flames that had been surrounding it were extinguished by the blue Mystic Ranger's water. When the water had hit and soaked Nick it seemed to have somehow knocked some sense back into Nick's mind as he just stood there for a few moments looking at the stranger. Realizing what he was just about to do and it seemed to have shocked him causing him to just freeze there.
As Nick looked to the stranger not moving just looking towards it a stranger glowing purple magical circle that had many different symbols and lines inside of it appeared behind the stranger on the ground just in front of the trees. Within a few moments a new warrior comes out from within the spell circle. As he ascends from the spell seal, his helmet is the first to appear. It is Purple with black, Gold and Silver accents. He has an 'M' symbol as his faceplate similar to the Mystic Rangers, but it has sharp edges. As his shoulders pop through the spell circle, he is wearing argent wolf accents on each shoulder, framing his gold chest plate. A little further down, his armor forms a serrated violet kilt, with argent accent lines around it. Beyond his waist, his legs form a black armor, and his boots are purple with a pointed toe, and a gold ring around each of his ankles. This new warrior who had appeared out of the spell circle the Mystic Force Power Rangers had seen before and had fought against him several times before now and so they had a very good idea as to who he was. He was a general of the undead forces that the Mystic Force Ranger were now fighting against and was known to them as Koragg the Knight Wolf. Although for once it was actually a good thing that Koragg had appeared when he did and was standing behind the stranger. For the stranger still seemed to be very much out of it for what little strength that the stranger had dwindled to nothing causing the stranger to suddenly collapse towards the ground. Koragg quickly took a few steps forward as he extended out his right arm and was able to catch the stranger and move the stranger a bit close allowing it to brace up against him. Koragg looked to the stranger before turning his attention onto the Mystic Force Rangers more pacifically Koragg was looking towards Nick before Koragg spoke as he said to him. "If you had any honor you would have not attacked the one you are supposed to protect." After saying this to a stunned group of Mystic Force Rangers Koragg picks up the stranger into his arms before taking several steps backwards before saying, "Uthra norqua ozarro." As Koragg said this incantation a new spell circle appeared beneath his feet and gave off a powerful purple glow the spell circle was similar to the one he had used to get up to surface through this spell circle he would take the stranger and himself down to where he had come from the underworld.
The Power Rangers recognized the spell and realizing what Koragg was doing Nick shook himself into action as he tried to stop Koragg from taking the stranger away as he quickly tried to get to where Koragg was as Nick shouted "No! Wait!"
"You have done enough damage Red Ranger, Styxoids arise!" Koragg said as he looked at Nick seconds later several warriors of the undead seem to arise from the ground. These warriors were known as Styxoids whom were powerful warriors wielding silver staff likes weapons whom served under the general such as Koragg. The Styxoids wasted no time before entering into a fight as they pointed their long staff like weapons at the Power Rangers firing off several burst of destructive energy.
The Power Rangers found their hands full for despite the Styxoids not being one of the stronger monsters from the underworld they were still powerful. It was because of this that the Power Rangers all had to quickly dodge to the side in order to avoid the attack. The Styxoids then went at the Rangers as they attacked them forcing the Power Rangers to fight against the Styzoids before they could even think of going after Koragg and stopping him before it was too late. There was not enough time though for as the Power Rangers were being forced to fight against the Styxoids. Koragg had used this time to sink into his spell seal taking himself and the now unconscious stranger that he was still carrying down to the Underworld. As soon as they had passed through the spell seal it had vanished into thin air leaving behind no trace that it had even been there. So by the time the Power Ranger were finally able to finally defeat the Styxoids Koragg and the stranger were long gone.