A/N: Hey guys, I'm having a new fic. It's an original idea I have and hopefully original amongst the world of fanfiction. The story revolves around the casts of Dino Thunder and Ninja Storm with a few surprise guest stars from other seasons. I have always wondered what kind of issues or obstacle these cast of characters would have really dealt with if they weren't Power Rangers. If being a Power Ranger shaped them to be who they were today, and you remove that factor, would they still be the same people? It's like Teen Drama, PR style. Each episode will focus on different characters and their personal problems, relationships and life altering choices. Everyone is a main character. There are no specific shippers, anything can happen. Hell a Kira/Shane may happen. Witness what could have been.

Read the synopsis below. It will explain better. Please give it a chance!!

Synopsis: Imagine a world where Power Rangers didn't exist. Crazy huh? What would it be like if the cast of Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder all met each other under different circumstances? How different would be each person feel if the common duty of saving the world wasn't in their schedule. Would they all be friends? Would they all follow the same beliefs? Follow the cast from both show as they enter an alternative universe; allowing them to crash into each other like never before in a town that is not called Reefside or Blue Bay Harbor, but called Harbor Reef. Hell, anything can happen in this alternative universe so follow these cast of characters in each episode as they face school, relationships, and life altering choices that will not only affect who they become, but where they will go. We all know these guys had dreams; question is where would it had take them if nothing had stood in their way.

Enjoy this two-part season premiere!!

Harbor Reef: Season 1
Episode 1
There's No Place Like Home Part 1

Guest Starring
Marah
Amber Brooks
Charlene Brooks
Kelly Holloway

Tori and the entire gang were hanging out at Storm Chargers. They had recently came back from their amazing adventures over at Reefside with the Dino Rangers. The sun shined brightly outside, the warm weather of California made majority of the residence forget that it was mid-October. The entire store was bustling as Kelly attended to many of the customers that were walking in and out of the store.

Hunter, Blake and Dustin were hanging out over at the Motocross section. They were weaving in and out of each of the bikes and ranting over and over again about their favorite hobby. The blonde surfer on the other hand was sitting over in the den of the store with Cam and Shane. The three were watching television and relaxing over their crazy adventures.

Shane leaned back on the pillows and rested his hands behind his head. Tori shot her eyes over at him and noticed the slight grin on his face, "Barbra Waltzer is amazing and everything but I don't find her someone you should be head over heals over." She chimed with a smirk.

The red ranger gawked, disregarding her commented, "Nah." He leaned forward, glancing back and froth between her and Cam, "I was just thinking out great it was being a ranger again."

Tori sighed, drifting off in her head while starring at the ceiling, "I know exactly what you mean." She gazed back at them, "It's nice to know that there are still good people out there fighting a good fight."

Cam nodded, "Hayley is fantastic with the computer. They would be lost without her." He grinned, "Like you guys would have been without me."

Shane snickered, "Aw, is Nerd-Boy falling for Nerd-Lady?" He teased.

"Like you couldn't stop starring at Kira at the end of it all."

Tori shook her head. She shot up and the two boys glanced at her, "I often ask myself why I always hang out with a bunch of guys." Tori just sighed and started to walk off. Cam and Shane returned back to their bickering. The blonde surfer made her way over to the register counter and leaned against it, starring at the three boys who were getting way too into their conversation. Kelly was behind the register, viewing her clipboard and counting up the inventory for the store. "Do you think these boys will ever talk about anything other then dirt?"

Kelly looked up and paused for a second. She leaned on the counter and smiled, gnawing on her pen before finally speaking, "I think the day they stop talking about motocross will be the day I will actually consider selling this shop."

Tori chuckled, "Now that would be something."

"Can you imagine if I didn't have this shop." Kelly looked around, "What would I be doing?"

"Selling pom poms?" Tori teased. Kelly rolled her eyes and the door opened, "I can't imagine life without being friends with these guys."

"I can only imagine."

Tori smiled, "I remember first meeting Dustin. Wasn't that fond of him. A little air-headed for my taste but Shane forced me to hang out with him. Now I wouldn't change him for the world."

"Really?" Kelly chuckled. "You seemed the type of girl who loves those kind of people."

She rolled her eyes, "Sort of." She stated, "At any rate, you are shaped by the friends you make." The two ladies watched as couple of guys came in with a bunch of boxes and surfboards.

"Guys!" Kelly made her way around the counter, "The inventory goes into the back!"

The Surfer giggled a bit as she watched Kelly pointed where all the boxes go. She moved over to the motocross boys and they turned to her, "Hey Tor." Blake smiled, "Dustin was just telling us another crazy story of your highschool days."

Tori glared over the brunette as he cracked a smile, "No-not those stories." He smiled, "I didn't tell about how you backed up on the neighbor's cat."

The blonde punched Dustin in the shoulder, "You idiot!"

"You killed a cat!?" Hunter exclaimed, "Oh man, that poor-"

"Don't go there." Blake interrupted.

Dustin snickered as Tori glared over at him. She rolled her eyes, "You're such an air-head." She playfully pushed him.

Dustin fell back, tripping over his own foot and crashing into the bikes. The entire people inside the store stopped in motion and watched. The brunette hit the wall and slide down causing the surfboard from above to fall off its hinge and pile upon him. The pain caused Dustin to blackout and the brunette could hear the faint voices of his friends before they finally faded away.

The yellow ranger wasn't sure how long he was out. His head was pounding but he was finally able to get his thoughts together. He forced his eyes opened and found the blinding light of the sun piercing right down on him. Everything was a blur, he rubbed his eyes, "Oh Tori." He groaned, "Why must you hit so hard."

Allowing his vision to clear up, he felt a gust of wind blow across his face. He glanced around and noticed that he was laying in the middle of the field under a tree. Sitting up, he starred down and picked up the comic book and read the cover. "Power Rangers." He whispered to himself, flipping through the pages, "I thought I didn't own this issue." He slowly stood up and stretched his sore body, "Dude, I thought I was at storm chargers for that matter. Where did everyone go?"

Bending down, he picked up the comic book and shot his eye over to a leather jacket that was laying neatly by the tree. Picking it up, he placed it on and felt the nice fabric. The yellow trimming was brought out by the smooth black material. Not exactly his style but it was pretty comfy and brought out his yellow undershirt. Making his way down the path with the comic book in his hand, he made his way to the edge of the park and looked around. He spotted the entrance sign of the place that labeled Harbor Reef. Raising his brows, he grew really confused but shook his head and continued onwards into the city.

The Hospital machine echoed inside the room. Tori was standing at the edge of the bed as she looked down at the brunette. Hunter came into the room and handed her a cup of coffee. She smiled, whispering a thank you, and taking a sip of it. Shane and Blake came in a few moments afterwards. "Any change?" The skater broke the silence.

Tori shook head, "No." She responded, "I feel terrible about the entire thing."

"Not your fault, Tor." Blake chimed in, "He'll be alright."

Seconds before another person could speak, Marah and Cam had finally appeared. Everyone turned to see the new people present in the room. "What happened?" Marah brushed her hair back and made her way over.

"Tori got a little playful." Hunter glanced between the two, "And Dustin slipped and got crushed by all of Kelly's wonderful merchandise."

Shane grinned, "Who knew that Tori's hobby could do some damage." He spoke, hoping the humor would break the tension. The blonde gave him an evil glare and he cracked a slight smile before shutting up.

"Dustin may be out for awhile." Hunter continued, "All we can do now is wait. Hopefully he isn't having any weird dreams..."

"Dude, I could swear that Storm Chargers was here."

The brunette stood in the middle of the parking lot starring at once was called Storm Chargers. The small building was bustling but the store itself was no longer the fun sanctuary place that Dustin held dear to his heart. The once xtreme sport shop was now Harbor Reef Diner. As the sign says, the best place around to hang out and enjoy some good food. The wind ranger proceeded forward and made his way inside and took in the surrounding. There was a giant island counter row stretching across the middle of the place with stools following right after. The booths perimeter the wall and on the corner was a den with couches and book shelves. It was a cozy little place and music could be heard playing from the ceiling speakers. Dustin sighed a bit, and made his way over to the island counter and sat down on the stool. A young woman made her way over, wearing an apron and holding a pad.

She smiled, "What can I do for you, kid?"

Dustin felt a bit lost. He paused in silence and looked down the counter to see what else everyone was eating. The waitress rolled her eyes and bent down and tossed the brunette a diner menu. She turned around and started to change the coffee. "Um." He started to speak. The woman turned and crossed her arms, waiting for him to spill whatever he had on his mind, "What happened to Storm Chargers?" He asked.

She wrinkled her forehead, "The what?"

"An extreme sport shop." He explained, "A woman name Kelly ran it."

The waitress finally smiled as she unfolded her arms, "Honey, this diner has been here for over ten years." She complied, "And that's all Kelly has always wanted to run." She smirked and began to walk away to attend to other customers.

The earth ninja arched his brows. He wasn't sure if it was just coincidence that the manager had the same name. He laid his head on the counter in frustration, hitting against the hard wood panel a few times. The door opened, the little bell jingling, and in came someone Dustin recognized. The beautiful blonde surfer came in, wearing a white tang-top and a blue jean jacket. The blonde was laughing as Shane followed afterwards. He wore a red button shirt along with a black undershirt and blue jeans. They walked right past him and sat down in a booth a few feet away. Dustin couldn't help but stare, his two best friend's didn't stop and say hello to him. Getting up from the stool he slowly inched is way over and stopped at the foot of the table.

"Dustin?" Shane squinted his eyes, folding his menu, "Is that really you!?"

The brunette eyed him, wondering if he was playing a joke, "Ye-yeah." He finally responded, "It's me."

Shane threw himself out of the booth and into the motocross brunette, pulling him into a hug. A hug that felt like he hadn't seen him in years. Pushing away, Shane just gawked at him, "When did you get into town?""

"Just now." He stated, completely and utterly confused by the whole thing.

Shane sat back in the booth and offered a spot for him to sit. Smiling, Shane glanced between the silent blonde and his buddy, "Tori, you remember Dustin, right?" He started to talk again, "I introduced you to him Freshmen Year a week or two before he ended moving away."

Tori's face lit up, "Oh right." She exclaimed, "I thought you looked familiar."

"I moved?" Dustin interjected.

Shane laughed, figuring he was just joking around, "Yeah." He continued to explain, more for the brunette's benefit then Tori's but that wasn't something Dustin was going to openly admit, "His father got this motocross gig on the other side of the country." He looked over at Dustin, "I think it was through Factory Blue, right?"

Tori curled her hairs behind the back of her ears, keeping them out of her face and smiled, opening the menu back up, "Well it's great to see you again."

Dustin narrowed his eyes and thought to himself. He decided to be bold and ask a question, "Where are we?" He stated, "What happened to Blue Bay Harbor?"

Tori gave a quizzed looked, turning the page of her menu. Shane awkwardly laughed, not sure if he was serious, "Boy, you been gone for way too long, haven't you?" He joked, "Harbor Reef has always been here, dude. You practically grew up here."

Glancing around, Dustin leaned forward on the table, "And the ninja academy?"

"The what?" Tori scoffed. She turn her head to Shane and gave him a stern look, "Is there something wrong with your friend? What the hell is he talking about?"

Shane calmed her down, still laughing at each 'joke' that Dustin was dishing out, "Don't mind him." He stated, "If it's the same Dustin I remember, then he still has a very active imagination."

Tori closed the menu and stood up, raising her hands in defense, "You two have lots to catch up on then." She rudely laughed, "I have things to do anyway, I really shouldn't be here and if I hear any more of these ridiculous questions from this space can, I'm going to flip a lid."

"Tor." Shane retorted, "Come on, don't be rude."

She glanced over at Dustin who was remaining silent. Shaking her head she just smiled, "Call me later Shane." She made her way out of the booth, cracking herself up, "What's next." She called out, "Going to ask if Power Rangers are real?"

The brunette gawked, shaking his head as she winked and waved before vanishing. "Wow." Dustin thought outloud, "The last time Tori acted like that was before-" He paused glancing at Shane before coughing a bit, "So... what else is new? Still into skating?"

The skater jerked his head, "Are you crazy?" The brunette sighed, figuring he asked another stupid question, "I haven't put that board down." He smirked. Dustin sighed in relief.

"I will be right back. Then we can go explore the town and I can fill you in on everything you missed."

Dustin shook his head, "Actually, I have to go." He stood up, Shane gave a confused look, "We can catch up later. I have to go do something." The brunette half lied. He just wanted to see something before jumping to conclusion of going mental.

"Alright man." He smiled, "I will see you tonight. There is a party going on, you defiantly have to come."

Tori arrived at Harbor Reef High. The surfer blonde parked her slick blue corvette in the parking lot; school was out but the place was still a great hang out spot. She turned, taking off her black shades and walked through the parking lot. She waved at a couple of boys that were leaning in front of a jeep and made her way around the large building and into the courtyard. She made her way to a round picnic table and sat down, crossing her legs and leaned back. Looking to her left, she noticed two men talking. One was a dirty blonde, he was tall with broad shoulders, wearing a crimson shirt with black trimming. The other one was slightly shorter, Asian in race, with black spiky hair, in a navy blue button shirt.

"Who's that?" She whispered, cocking her head slightly. She continued to watch, noticing at the corner of her eye, the dirty blonde musician walking by with the guitar strapped to her back. Tori bit her lips and leaned forward, "Hey, Kira." She shouted.

Kira turned around, and starred at her awkwardly, "What?" She crossed her arm.

"Don't get Emo on me." Tori sneered, shifting her head to stare at the two boys in the distant, "Do you know who they are?"

The musician paused, "I hear their transfer students." She complied and continued to walk. The dirty blonde shook her head and sighed, making her way across the lawn. Looking back she watched Tori stare off into the distant before resuming her path towards a tree. A young boy in white was sitting there quietly, drawing into his sketch book. Kira sat down next to him and pulled off the guitar, "Hey, Trent. What are you drawing?"

Trent looked up and smile, "Nothing really." He handed her his book, "Just the landscape of the school."

"That's fantastic."

He arched his brows and muffled a laugh, "You have said that to everything I have ever drawn. Is there anything I can draw that would redeem terrible?"

Kira thought for a moment, "Well there was that picture of me playing the guitar."

"You thought that was terrible?"

"Trent." Her eyes narrowed, the stare sent Trent into quiet mode before she finally relaxed and smiled, "I will tell you once more I hate drawings of me."

"You're crazy."

"4 out of 5 doctors say I am." She chimed, "Did you know that we have new students?"

Trent followed where she was starring. At this point, Tori was already engaging conversation with the two boys. "I believe those are the guys that everyone is talking about." He returned back and engaged his attention towards her, "The Bradley Brothers."

"Who are they? Superstars?" Kira retorted, "You make it sound like I should care."

"Well. I don't know." The boy in white shrugged, "I just know they're two brothers, adopted, and they recently moved into one of the apartment on the corner of Cherry and Brimstone."

"It looks like the dumb surfer blonde is already taking claims."

Trent rolled his eyes, "Must you despise everyone?" He scoffed, looking at her surprised expression of the response. Trent just smiled, "It doesn't hurt to give people a chance."

"The only friendship I need is my music." She deadpanned, "And maybe yours."

"Ouch." Trent chuckled, placing his notebook into the bag he had laying next to him. Standing up, he looked down at the blonde, "You are going to end up like the lady and the shoe. All alone." He teased. She smacked him in the leg and he laughed, taking a step forward, "My dad is going to kill me if I don't get home soon. Don't wither away without me."

The Yellow Wind Ranger didn't know what he was doing. It took him a lot faster then he had expected to find his house. It turned out to be on the same street it has always been on. The place looked the same as he had always remembered. Making his way inside, he opened the door and was greeted by his mother who was cutting coupons out of the newspaper in the kitchen. She had long wavy brunette hair and a beautiful smile. "Honey? Is that you!?" She called out.

"Yeah." Dustin made his way into the kitchen, "I had the weirdest day." He felt relieved that he was returning to something recognizable.

"Mom." A female voice screamed. Dustin's ears perked as a girl came into the kitchen. She wore a white button shirt and a blue jean skirt, "Tell that bone head that he needs to move his luggage out of the hall way. I almost tripped over that thing."

"Amber?" Dustin cocked his head, "What are you doing here?"

Amber scoffed, looking at her mother then back at her brother, "I could ask you the same thing but we all know that's a stupid question." She turned at her feet and walked off.

"You should move your luggage, sweetie." She responded, "You know how your sister gets."

Dustin scratched his head. Making his way upstairs, he walked down the hall of the place. Glancing inside his sister's room, which he last recalled was the library, he leaned on the wall and watched as she shuffled through her music collect. "You're creeping me out, Waldo."

"Sorry."

He began to turn away, "It's good to have you home." She smiled.

Dustin laughed to himself, "I could say the same thing to you." He whispered to himself and walked past his luggage and into his room. The place was the same, just neater then he last remembered. Walking around the bed, he noticed all his power ranger comics sprawled out on the sheets. Sitting on the black and yellow comforter, he opened a comic and flipped through a few pages. Catching his eye on a few words, he noticed where the comic took place. "Blue Bay Harbor." He looked up to hear his sister blasting her music. Closing the comic, he leaned back on the headboard of the bed and closed his eyes.

Was it all just a big dream? Was being a power ranger a fantasy that got way too carried away? Nothing made sense to him. He lived in a town called Harbor Reef when he thought he lived in Blue Bay Harbor. The comics says that the story takes place in Blue Bay Harbor. Maybe it was all in his head. He could recall when his father asked him if he wanted to come with him on his motocross tour on the other side of the country. It was strangely around the time he met Tori and was offered an opportunity to train at the wind academy. Perhaps it was just his brain forcing him to believe that he ended up staying all these years instead of getting up and moving his life with his father. He had to know the truth. He walked over to the window and opened it upwards, looking down on the ground. Dustin figured he wouldn't be crazy if he could ninja streak out. Ducking his head under and letting it stick out of the house, he propped himself up and took a deep breath of confidence before lunging out. Closing his eyes, he imagined himself ninja streaking, but with no avail, he went crashing into the lawn below.

The window next to his opened up and Amber propped her head out, "Smooth move." She cackled, "Could you be anymore lame!?"

Trent made his way inside the Harbor Reef Café. He wanted to grab some coffee before heading home. Passing a table where Shane was sitting with another boy in red, he stood in line and waited his turn. Waiting eagerly for his turn, he turned to see the long hair brunette in red tossing up a soccer ball.

"So is this party really happening?" He spoke, grinning at Shane, "Sound's really promising."

Shane snickered, nodding in response, "Yeah man. It's going to be excellent. I believe that Cassidy chick is hosting it."

"Oh, and how do you know for sure?"

"Cause Tori has never failed me with those kinds of invitation. Have faith, Conner."

The soccer jock just smiled, looking back to see Trent walk past him and out the door. As soon as the man left, the beautiful surfer blonde stepped in and greeted the two of them, "Hey Tor." Conner winked.

Tori scoffed, rolling her eyes in disgust, "Pu-lease." She retorted, "Conner, if Shane wasn't into charity work or having this thriving need to be friends with you, I wouldn't be associating with you. You aren't even my type."

"Aw, come on." He placed his soccer ball on the table and leaned on it, "Why must you be so cold?"

"What's up, Tor," Shane interjected, changing the subject, "I thought I was meeting you later tonight?"

"You are." She returned to her smiling self, "I'm exuberant about the party tonight, and thought I swing by and let you know that I was going to head over there in a little earlier then planned. You know, to help Cassidy set up and stuff."

Shane couldn't have agreed more, "Defiantly."

"Now if you excuse me, there are some good waves out there that I need to catch." Her smile faded when she glanced over at Conner. Turning she left with haste.

The jock kicked back on his chair and tossed the ball into the air, "I don't get it man. Is she always this mean?"

Turning to him, Shane shrugged, "Nah, man, she's a real cool girl." He responded, "I guess when you hang out with girls like Cassidy, you kind of lose your mental state." Pausing, he glanced away for a sec, "It makes me wonder how she would have been like if Dustin had stuck around."

"Who?"

"Never mine." He snatched the ball the moment he tossed it in the air, "Just being lame."

"She's cute though." Conner pointed his finger at him, "I can admit that. Smart as hell too, I hear."

"You think every girl is cute. You think that Kira chick is cute."

Hitting his head against the table, the jock just laughed to himself, "And she isn't too fond of me as well."

Shane leaned forward and patted his buddy on the back, "That's cause you're a jock, Con, and no one likes the jocks at our school. You're lucky that even I like you." He joked at the end.

Conner shot up, twirling onto his feet, "Ah yes!" He smirked, "Because I don't have a trouble child inside me screaming out to write Emo lyri-" The brunette stopped dead in his tracks as he faced the entrance of the café to see Kira standing there.

"You're a freak." She brushed by him, purposely bumping into his shoulder to wait in line. Conner ran his hands through his hair, grinning from ear to ear as Shane was snickering at the table. He shook his head and sat right back down.

Dustin had been laying on his lawn for quite sometime. Thinking about everything. No ninja ability meant that maybe none of it was actually real. He sat up, looking out onto the street, wondering what has had become of the town. Of the people. He felt foreign with the people he once thought he knew best. Standing up, he spotted Cam walking down the sidewalk, holding a laptop in his hand. Smiling, Dustin figured that perhaps he would know best on what is going on. After all, his father did run the academy. "Cam!" He called out, "Cameron!"

The boy in green stopped, adjusting his glasses, "Do I know you?" He asked when the brunette stopped in front of him.

"You don't recognize me?" Dustin trailed off, "It's me? The one that lost the back up disc for the tsunami bikes. The one that trashed the zords during training." He gleamed, hoping it would ring a bell. Dustin felt like he was losing him, "Come on man, I was always late for ninja training."

"Oh!" Cam finally stated. Dustin's face lit up from the excitement, "You're the kid in my chat room for the new game I been developing!" The motocross loving teen's heart sank faster then ever before, "Thanks for the tip man. My friend Ethan and I have come a long way since you."

"G-great!" He forced one hell of a smile, cringing more and more inside, "I'm glad I could help!" He stopped and realized something Cam had said, "Ethan? He lives here?"

Cam nodded, "All his life." He responded, "Why does that sound crazy?"

"Tell me there's a Reefside."

"Are you talking about that town in those power ranger comics?" Cam wrinkled his forehead. He shook his head disregarding what he had just said, "I got to go." He pointed the direction he was heading, "I'm supposed to meet him and discuss the next few procedures in our new program. Are you going to that party tonight?"

"Oh yeah, where you invited?"

Fixing his glasses, he got a better grip on his laptop and laughed, "No way man but Ethan and I thought we still check it out. Maybe associating with you there will prevent us from getting kicked out!" He smiled and left.

Standing there, he felt Amber brush by him with a smile. She twirled around and started to walk backwards, "Try not to fall out any windows."

"Where are you going?"

"I need a new outfit for tonight." She stopped, "Thought I hit the town and see what I can find."

"Does mom know your going?" He crossed his arms.

She scoffed, giving him a dirty look, "I'm seventeen, Dustin and a year younger then you. Get over yourself." Amber turned around and started to skip into the city, "I'll try not to pick somethingtoo slutty!" She called back.

The brunette walked back onto his lawn and sat at the foot of the door. Rubbing his temple, he had forgotten how much of a hassle his sister was. Losing faith that he was ever a Power Ranger, he remembered when he turned down that offer to go with his father, Amber had got up and left with him instead. At least in this alternative reality he had or dream or whatever it was. He laughed to himself, the concept of being a ranger was too crazy anyway. He knew all of it was too weird. His eyes shot over to the garage and he walked over to it. The massive giant white door stood before him and with all his might, Dustin lifted the door open and pushed it up to reveal the very messy garage. His bike was parked in the corner, the number 27, covered in absolute dust. Passing a few boxes he stopped and noticed a red hawk statue stationed next to his motocross bike. Picking it up, he inspected it, laughing to himself as he tossed it and went back to his bike. The thing hadn't been used in forever. Dustin loved his bike. The door to the house opened up and his mother came out, standing at the foot of the stairs inside the garage.

"Sweetie." She called out, "What are you doing in here? This place is such a mess."

He didn't even look back at her. Dustin ran his fingers across the dusted 27 sign, "I feel like I've been gone forever." He spoke back, still starring at the bike.

"You have." She spoke back, "You left first week of Highschool. Three years since then. Never wrote. Never called. Thought you forgot about us."

"It just felt like one big dream."

"What has?"

"Everything." He turned to look at his mother, "Pretty much everything."

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To Be Continue... What do you think so far, eh? Pretty interesting? Check out episode 2.

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