Bouncing Back from Reality By Chero and Teal; a co-written story

Rating( PG-13 (mild language later on) Legal Disclaimer (We do not own Power Rangers Ninja Storm or any of the idea in it's entirity. PRNS is all property of BVS Entertainment, Bandai, Toei, and Haim Saban. We are earning nothing from this story and it's only use is entertainment. Relationships: Tori/Blake other character relationships will develop later in the story.

Author's Note: This again is a co-written story between myself (Teal) and my friend Chero. Please read and review. Thanks!

Boucning Back from Reality

Chapter one: Exhaustion and Break Time.

"I'm not a machine. I am a human that was asked to save the world. I make mistakes."

(A/N: this story takes place after Return of Thunder part 4)

Tori's long arms streched into the water pulling her surf board through the current. Turning herself over onto her back, Tori lifted herself into standing position, and began riding the waves back to shore. Tori had always loved the water, and maybe that was the reason she had become the Blue Wind Ranger. Her speciailty is water. Bending her legs Tori turned her arms to maneuver herself in the water. She wasn't going to fall, she was steady on her feet. Almost 3 minutes after the wave she had climbed underneath had started, it ended about 30 metres from shore. Jumping into the water Tori swam back to shore, carting her board along with her. Walking out of the water, Tori tucked her surf board under her arm and began walking back to where she had put her clothes. Reaching the small spot she had picked out for herself earlier that day, Tori dropped her board onto the soft sand and sat down next to it. This was how Tori spent most of her days, relaxing near the water after surfing for a couple hours. Checking her watch she saw that it was only 11am. She had been here at the beach since 6am. "Early to bed early to rise, keeps the Tori healthy, wealthy and wise." She said outloud to nobody. Grabbing her suntan lotion Tori squirted some onto her arms and legs and face, streched out on the towel she had brought with her and promptly fallen asleep.

*** In Dreamland with Tori *** Tori was walking along the beach holding hands with Blake. Their arms were swinging in time back and forth to music only they could hear. Blake put his arm around Tori's waist and pulled her closer to him. Leaning her back against his chest they continued walking. The water was so calm and peaceful. It looked almost too good to be true. Within seconds, Blake was ripped away from Tori's body and disappeared into thin air. Tori turned around and around trying to find him. Running down towards the water, something tripped Tori and she face planted into the ground. Pushing herself up, Tori came face to face with Lothor.

"Hello Blue Ranger." He said, venom dripping in his voice. Tori pushed herself up onto her feet and got into a fighting stance.

"Tori, I'm not here to fight you." He said. Tori didn't believe him. She darted forward only to be picked up by Lothor's magic and thrown into a rock that scraped her back badly. Crying out she fell to her knees, tears threatening to spill over.

' I am strong.' She though. 'He can't hurt me. It's only a dream'

She was so wrong. Tori lifted herself back up onto her feet to face Lothor again. He approached her cautiously.

"I am not going to hurt you Tori. I'm going to destroy you." He yelled. Then he ran forward drawing his sword, he shoved it into Tori's stomach causing her too fall over bleeding and crying.

*** Back in the Real World *** Tori was tossing and turning in her sleep holding her stomach and her face was screwed up with pain. Suddenly she shot up out her dream like a bullet. Looking around she saw that she was still at the beach, alone and Lothor was nowhere near her. Tori shakily stood on her feet and began to gather her things up when she noticed a note trapped underneath her surfboard. Lifting her surfboard up she picked the note up and began to read it. It said:

'Blue Ranger.

Watch your back. That dream was a warning. Leave well enough alone and don't stick your nose in something where it doesn't belong.

Lothor'

Ok so that's the end of chapter one. a little short but that's ok.. the next chapter belongs to Chero. So please read and review! Toddles Angel of Fire and Light a. k. a Pink-Ranger-Diva