A/N: Special thanks to Retro Mania for the idea for the story. Hope you all enjoy!

Disclaimer: Power Rangers and all associated characters belong to Hasbro, although that may change again in a few years.

Chapter 1: Zedd's Plan

(Moon Palace)

It was a typical day at the Moon Palace. And Lord Zedd hated it. His fingers stroked the arms of his throne in thought. No matter how hard he tried, his mind kept returning to his recurring problem. Five recurring problems. Five young, brightly colored spandex wearing problems: The Power Rangers.

"CHILDREN!" He roared, startling every putty in the room. Even Goldar, his fiercest warrior, backed away from the entrance in fear. "ALL OF MY PLANS HAVE BEEN RUINED BY CHILDREN! HOW CAN I, LORD ZEDD, FAIL TO CONQUER SUCH A BACKWATER PLANET LIKE EARTH!"

Zedd slumped over in his throne, hand clutching his exposed scalp in frustration. Perhaps he was too hasty to dispose of Rita so quickly. After all, if even he can't defeat the Power Rangers…

He shook his head, dispersing the thought the second he had it. No, he would conquer Earth. Rita may not have been able to, but she was weak. But he was strong. He was Lord Zedd, emperor of all that he sees.

Scorpina entered the room, Lord Zedd barely acknowledging her presence.

"Lord Zedd, if I may…"

"IF YOU MAY WHAT, YOU PATHETIC WORM! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I AM STEWING IN HERE! UNLESS YOU HAVE A FOOL PROOF PLAN TO GET RID OF THE POWER PESTS, I SUGGEST YOU LEAVE BEFORE I SEND YOU OUT WITH THE TRASH LIKE RITA!"

Scorpina was intimidated but held her ground.

"Actually, I believe I have. Tell me, my emperor, have you heard of the Rock of Time?"

Lord Zedd scoffed.

"Of course, I've heard of it. Everyone from Triforia to Planet Nemesis have heard of that childish myth."

"It's not a myth. It's real, and it's on this planet."

Lord Zedd straightened up, intrigued as Scorpina brought up a hologram of a large canyon.

"Finster detected strange radiation signatures emitting from this canyon, dubbed the Canyon of Youth. Goldar and I investigated and found the rock standing in a large cavern. All the putties we brought with us were reduced to clay mold within seconds. If we were to bring the Power Rangers there, then…"

"Then they would regress down to nothing within minutes! Brilliant idea, Scorpina!"

"Thank you, my lord. Finster and I have already made the preparations. Shall I leave now?"

"Yes, head down to the surface immediately, and don't come back until those Power Pests are gone!"

"Yes, my lord."

(Angel Grove High)

The halls of the school were jammed with students and faculty. It was picture day, and emotions varied from excited to nervous to utter boredom. Our heroes, The Power Rangers stood in line, talking amongst themselves.

"Man, I love School picture day."

"I agree. After all, a picture says a thousand words."

"Ugh, I remember my first picture day. My cousin stuck gum in my hair, and it took forever to get out. I looked like a boy."

"Oh, come on Aisha, I'm sure it wasn't that bad."

Aisha pulled out the picture and showed it to Adam.

"Okay, I stand corrected."

"Wait, why do you have that in your wallet."

"To remind myself of that awful day."

"Well, I for one am not looking forward to it either. I cannot take a good picture for the life of me."

"Ah, don't worry Kim. You'll always look beautiful to me."

Everyone laughed as Kimberly blushed a bright red at Tommy's compliment.

"Out of the way, coming through."

The six teens groaned as they saw Bulk and Skull shoving their way to the front.

"Oh no, here comes trouble."

Kimberly gagged as Skull tried to get closer to her as she shoved him off.

"In case you two didn't notice, there's a line."

"Of course, we noticed. We just don't care."

"Yeah, don't care."

"You see, fine people like us don't have time to wait in lines to get our picture taken. One day, people will wait in lines to take pictures of us."

"Yeah, right."

"Well, well, well. Causing trouble, are we?"

Bulk and Skull froze up, turning around to find Ms. Appleby standing behind them, arms crossed.

"Looks like you two need someone to show you where the line starts."

"Uh, no Ms. Appleby, we were just going that way right now."

"Yeah, just going."

Bulk and Skull quickly scuttled away, leaving Ms. Appleby and the rangers to shake their heads.

"Well, I must get going. Hope they didn't bother you too much."

"Its alright, we've dealt with worse."

Just as Ms. Appleby left, their communicators went off. Groaning, the six ducked out of line and went into an isolated corner to answer, Rocky being the first.

"We read you, Alpha."

"Rangers! Scorpina is attacking citizens in the park! You must get down their urgently."

"Copy that, Alpha. Come on guys, let's go!"

"Right!"

In six colorful flashes of light, the six teleported away, having no idea what lay in store for them.