A/N: So.
It's been like forever. A lot of you have been asking for a continuation of this story, and due to life just happening, I haven't been able to update. And I apologize. But now I'm in college, and despite my room at home looking like a total nightmare, I actually have more control over my life. Something I haven't had in a while.
So, I got on the site to say I'm redoing the story! With some edits, more dialogue, and maybe a different pairing with Dani? Idk. Let me know in the reviews! Hope you all love the story more than you did before! Thanks for all you've done for this story in the past, and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to finish it.
Please read and review! And let me know how I can make it better, or if you have any ideas on who to pair my OC with! XOXO
-Paige
Disclaimer: I own Dani Oliver alone, and Power Rangers does not belong to me. Sadly.
Chapter 1. Prelude to a Storm
Surfer Tori Hanson came out of the water with her board and checked her watch. Perfect, she thought. Right on schedule. She grabbed her beach stuff and headed towards her big, blue van and headed to downtown Blue Bay Harbor.
"Got it!" Danielle "Dani" Oliver screamed as she dove for the volleyball. Her teammate set it up, and she pounded the ball into the sand. Both girls grinned from ear to ear as they high-fived each other. Suddenly, Dani's watch beeped. She frowned. "Listen, I gotta go. I'll see you later!" She grabbed her clothes and hopped on her bike towards downtown. The other girl stared at her, mystified.
Everyone watched in awe as Shane Clarke landed one of his best tricks yet on his skateboard. Applause erupted from the skate park. Shane's friend grinned from ear to ear as he went to greet him. "Hey, that was awesome dude!"
"Yeah!" Shane agreed. "Finally hit that backflip, man!" He, too was beaming.
"Wanna hit the new rail?" the other boy asked.
Shane checked the time on his friend's watch, eyes growing wide. "No I can't, man! I got to get to class!"
The boy looked at him, confused. "Class?"
Shane shook his head. "Uh, never mind, man. Catch ya later, bro!" he exclaimed as he took off in the other direction.
Kelly Holloway watched the motocross racer she was sponsoring cross the finish line. She stopped the clock. "Not bad," she thought to herself. As the racer came to her, she said, "Lap times are about two seconds off."
Waldo "Dustin" Brooks sighed. "Yeah, I know! My bike's bogging on that uphill!" He paused for a moment, then realized something. "Oh, what time is it?!" He grabbed Kelly's watch.
"Five after," she replied. "Why?"
He dropped his bike on Kelly. "Oh, man! I am SO busted." Dustin ran off to take his gear off. "Dustin!" His sponsor and boss called after him. "Where are you going?"
"I'll call you later, okay?" He signaled. "I gotta go!"
Tori parked her van in the usual spot. The first, as always, was Dani. "Hey, Tor," she grinned as she hopped into the backseat..
"Hey yourself," Tori replied cheerfully and looked for the other two. She frowned. "Where are they?"
Shane, however, crept behind the van and snuck up on Tori. "BOO!" he screamed. "Miss me?"
"Dream on," Tori laughed as he hopped into the passenger seat. "Where's Dustin?"
"There," Dani pointed out.
The blonde rolled her eyes. "Last as usual," she muttered.
"Aw, man," Shane sighed. When Dustin finally got to the van, he somersaulted into the front seat and the four were on their way.
"How can you guys be late every single time?" Tori eventually asked. "I can't pull that off if I actually planned it!"
Shane smirked. "Maybe that's because you're the reliable one."
Tori looked at her friend weirdly. "What does that mean, 'the reliable one'?"
"Look," Shane said calmly. "In any group, there are different kinds of people." "Totally true," Dustin agreed. "Think about.. umm.. Like the power rangers!" He said with a grin.
"Power rangers?" Tori scoffed. "You've gotta be joking."
"Dustin, it is kinda far-fetched," Dani told the racer.
"No," Dustin said. "Okay, you've got your fun loving weirdos." He looked at the brunette.
Dani laughed. "I'm confused, are you talking about you?"
Dustin shook his head. "No, 'cause I'm like the mellow, reflective dude."
"And then there's the risk taker," Shane added. "The adrenaline guy. That would, of course, be me."
He fixed his hair in the mirror. "Yeah right," Dustin laughed. "And you, Tori, you're just the logical one!
"You guys have to lay off the comic books," Tori replied. "Seriously. Power rangers. Whatever!"
The van came to a stop off a forest. The four teens went inside. "This place always creeps me out," Dustin said.
"I heard that, bro," Shane replied.
Dani took this chance to make fun of the boys. "Aww, are Dustin and Shane scawed of a spooky ooky fowest?" she said in a mocking tone.
"Seriously," Tori chimed in. "You guys are so lame!" The boys glared at the girls before heading on their way.
After about ten minutes of walking, the teens reached a waterfall. "It sure is quiet out here," Shane noted. "A little too quiet."
Suddenly, something zoomed by in a blur. "Did you see that?" Dani asked the others. Before they could respond, the blur knocked them down. The blur turned out to be twelve ninjas wearing color streaked uniforms. As the four got up, they removed their street clothes to reveal the same uniforms. They split up, fighting a share of the ninjas.
Tori ran across the lake from her attackers. She ran on top of the water. Her attackers followed her. When she paused, the ninjas stopped to see what she was going to do next. Suddenly, Tori lost her balance and landed in the lake beneath her.
Dani fought her share physically. Her hand-to-hand skills weren't as bad as she remembered. When she found herself surrounded, she flew up to a top of a tree and tried to hit her opponents with water. Unfortunately, she missed the branch she was supposed to land on and fell to the ground with a thud.
Dustin fought off his attackers as Dani did, until some of the ninjas went underground. "Not good!" Dustin yelled, waiting for the ninjas to attack him again. And attack they did. Dustin tried to do the same thing, but managed to get stuck in the middle of the ground.
Shane flipped away from the three ninjas attacking him. One of his opponents hopped in the air and started walking across it towards Shane. Shane smirked and did the same towards his attacker. When they grew close enough, the other ninja hit him in the air, and Shane came tumbling down.
The four teenagers were a mess. Shane's uniform was torn, Dustin was covered in dirt, Tori was drenched, and Dani's back hit the ground hard. Her hair wasn't pretty either. Then, a falcon swooped down, transforming into the teens' sensei. "That's enough for today," he said to the twelve. As soon as they came, they left. Sensei walked up to the four. "Tori, Shane, Dustin, Danielle, I am very disappointed. I will expect a visit from you, so we may discuss your lack of commitment to your ninja training.
The sensei made a portal appear at the waterfall and walked through it. Dustin smiled. "Well that wasn't so bad, huh?" Dustin said cheerfully. The other three glared at him and walked on through the portal. "What?" Dustin called after them. "It wasn't!"
Through the portal was the Wind Ninja academy, a training school against evil that might occur. Dustin smiled. "I'll tell you what. You guys can blame it all on me."
"Don't worry," Tori snapped. "We will."
When the four got to their sensei, they discussed their tardiness. "You have been students at the Wind Ninja Academy for nearly a year, and yet you fail to see the importance of punctuality," Sensei said. "I would suggest you find a way to change that before you return tomorrow. Otherwise I will have no choice but to expel you."
The teens eyes widened. "No!" Dani yelled.
"You can't!" Shane protested.
"You all have great potential," Sensei replied. "It would be a shame to waste it. Now go, you must have other studies." Shamefully, the students bowed to their sensei and left.
"Danielle, wait," Sensei called. The brunette girl walked back to her teacher. "How is your training going?" He asked.
She shrugged. "Good, for the most part," came her reply. "I need to practice my landing and my aim, but I think I've got most of it down. Why do you ask, Sensei?"
He looked at her. "You are the only student I've had to control two elements," he told her. "I want to make sure your Air training is caught up with your Water training as well. So far, you are keeping up nicely." He smiled. "Now just come on time."
Dani smiled back. "Yes, Sensei." She bowed respectfully and left peacefully.
As the conversation ended, Sensei Watanabe's son Cameron walked up behind his father. "I don't know why you put up with them," he said.
Sensei smiled. "Well then, Cameron," he replied. "I suppose that's why I'm the sensei and you're the sensei's son."
Suddenly, a dark cloud formed ahead of the two. Sensei looked up, sensing nothing but danger. His son looked at him curiously."What's wrong, Dad?"
The next day, at a little shop called Storm Chargers, Dustin was working in the back, making sure he had the right time. Tori and Shane were watching a small TV in the corner while Dani was bumping a volleyball. Shane watched in awe as the skater on the screen flipped his board.
"Kickflip 250-50," Shane said. "That's what I gotta learn for my video!"
Suddenly, the clock's alarm went off, and the four were up and ready to go. "Dustin!" Tori called.
"Yo, heads up!" Dustin yelled as he tossed a dirty rag to his boss.
"Dustin!" Kelly sighed. "You're not gonna leave me here to clean up shop!"
The brunette boy paused, smiling cheesily at his boss. "Have I ever told you what a cool boss you are?" He ran off, saying, "Bye Kelly!"
Back at the academy, Sensei was meditating in the garden, wondering what this dark cloud could possibly mean. Then it hit him. "Lothor!" he said in self-realization, getting up and running to the academy. He was cut off when a man in a black uniform and mask appeared in front of him, followed by his henchmen. "The dark energy is strong in you!" the Sensei said calmly.
"It's had time to grow," the man said.
"It has been a while," Sensei replied.
"Armies take time," the man known as Lothor stated. "And now is the time for revenge! Zurgane, proceed!"
"As you wish sir," the alien to Lothor's right said. The army disappeared before their eyes.
"It doesn't have to be this way!" Sensei sighed.
"Why would now be any different?" Lothor asked. Suddenly, he fired a blast of energy at the sensei, who barely dodged it. The blast hit the statue behind him, and the two went at it.
The ninjas training in the field away from the garden stopped what they were doing as the explosion went off. Then, Lothor's henchmen reappeared at the training area. The students formed a fighting position. "Kelzaks!" a woman called Kapri yelled. Suddenly, lots of black, ugly alien minions appeared in front of the four. Just as they had been trained to do, the ninjas started fighting the kelzaks. Explosions came from everywhere as the fight went on.
Both fights weren't going too well on the Academy's side. Sensei was merely defending himself as Lothor was attacking with everything he had in him. The kelzaks were holding up the ninjas, even killing a few here and there. When the students were too busy to notice anyone else but the kelzaks, the one called Zurgane yelled, "Now Choobo!" .
The green alien opened up his backpack, and giant spheres came out of it, trapping the ninjas."Up! Up! And AWAY!" Choobo said gleefully as the balls flew up into the sky. Even the school building was trapped, and Lothor threw his final sphere before making a getaway.
As the four headed down the road in Tori's van, Dani checked the time. "Are we on time?" Dustin asked.
"We're early," Dani replied. But when Tori drove past an elderly couple with engine problems, Tori decided they would help them.
After they did, Dustin thought for a moment. "Hey, what if his alarm clock didn't go off and he doesn't even miss us?"
Shane rolled his eyes. "He's a ninja master, Dustin. They don't oversleep."
"Really?" Dani scoffed. "And I'm the weird one?" Suddenly, her cell phone went off deep inside her bag. "Where's the stupid thingamadoosh?" she exclaimed as she searched for the device.
When she found it, Dustin Looked at her. "Thingamadoosh?"
She glared at him. "Touche."
When the four students stepped through the portal, a huge spiral of wind was taking the school. "What's going on?" Dustin asked as they walked towards it.
"Something's attacking the school!" Shane exclaimed.
"Really Shane? I thought this was normal," Dani remarked. Soon enough, they were knocked to the ground and the great Wind Ninja Academy was gone.
"It's gone!" Shane whispered as they got back to their feet.
"Again with the obvious statements, Shane?" Dani scowled, shaking in fear and shame .
Dustin thought. "Okay... I'm thinking.. Earthquake."
"Earthquake?" Dani scoffed. "Dustin, when was the last time earthquakes sucked buildings into the sky? Unless we're upside down, and the sky is really the ground and the ground is really the sky..." Everyone stared at her. "Or not!"
The teens walked through the ruins of their ninja school. "Who would do something like this?" Tori asked.
"Are we the only students left?" Dustin pondered.
Suddenly, a boy emerged from a pile of rocks. "It's Cam!" Shane yelled. "Help me get him out!" The four ninjas reached the teacher's son and pulled him out of the rocks. When he finally got out, they looked at him. "You alright?" Shane asked.
"I'm fine," Cam replied.
"You don't look fine," Dani told him. "Look, your ankle's swollen."
"I'll be alright," Cam said reassuringly.
A laser beam hit the ground near where they were standing. When the laser hit again, the five ran and tried to take cover. Cam led them to a trapdoor and opened it. Once inside, Shane asked. "What is this place?"
"Just follow me," Cam told them abruptly. When they came to a stop, he put his hand on a scanner and the room appeared to be some sort of underground tech base. The other four marveled in wonder at their surroundings. "Don't ask any questions because I can't answer them," Cam stated.
Shane smirked. "What, this is like some big secret?"
"Yes, Shane, it's like some big secret," Cam snapped.
"And there are times when secrets must be revealed, Cam," a familiar voice rang. A cart rolled into view and there stood a guinea pig. No sensei, no higher ninja, just a guinea pig in a sensei's clothes.
"Whoa, that big rat sounds just like Sensei," Shane said.
"I betcha it is," Dani muttered. "And it's a guinea pig."
"Yeah, it doesn't really look like him though, huh?" Dustin replied, walking closer. "Except for the clothes."
"My father is not a rat," Cam said defensively. "He's a guinea pig."
"BOOM!" Dani yelled proudly. The five around her stared. "I told you so."
"Dude," Dustin breathed. "Did he just explain why and I just missed it?"
"He's stuck," Cam told them."
"Stuck?" Shane repeated.
"Yes, Shane, stuck. Observe." Sensei the guinea pig flipped onto a computer desk. A monitor appeared and a picture of an odd-looking man came on the screen.
"This is Lothor," he started. "Once a great ninja, he was banished from the earth when his hunger for power turned him to the dark side. When our energy fields collided, I was transformed into what you see before you. Now he has returned and had brought an army that would do everything to take our planet for their own. Unless they are stopped-"
"Who is going to be dumb enough to try and stop them?" Dustin interrupted. "An excellent question Dustin,"
Sensei replied. "The morphers, Cam."
"Father, you're not serious!" Cam exclaimed.
"We have no choice," his father replied. "But these guys? I mean, them? They're.. Well they're..."
"We're, what?" Tori questioned.
"We're immature, unqualified, pathetic, untrained.." Dani listed. "That what you were gonna say, Cam?"
"Yeah, I don't like the way that sounded," Shane agreed. "Do you?"
he asked, turning to the earth student. "Actually, dude, I'm kinda lost here," replied Dustin.
"Cam, we can do more than you think," Dani reminded him.
"Now, Cam," Sensei enforced. His son sighed and went to the back to get something.
When he returned, he held a circular box. When Cam opened them, he said, "These are your Power Ranger Wind morphers."
The teens' eyes widened at the mention of Power Rangers, especially Dustin. Four morphers were in the box: one red, one blue, one yellow, and one white. Dustin grinned from ear to ear. "Yes! See, I knew it dude! I was right! Power Rangers are real!"
Each of them picked up a morpher according to the color on their uniform.
"Whatever," Tori breathed.
"No way," Shane said.
"This can't be real," Dani gasped. Once they strapped the devices to their wrists, Sensei turned to each one of them.
"Dustin, child of the earth, true to your heart, you will embody the powers of the Yellow Wind Ranger,"
"Tori, fluid and graceful like the water, you will become the Blue Wind Ranger."
"Shane, reaching for the stars, you will command the powers of the Red Wind Ranger."
"Dani, powerful like a hurricane, you will possess the powers of the White Wind Ranger."
"From this point, you will be known as the Wind Power Rangers, protectors of the earth."
When Sensei had finished, all sorts of questions emerged from the new rangers. "So, what exactly does this thing do?" "Where's the switch?" "Does it have games?" "Is there like some sort of code?"
"Ladies and gentlemen," Cam smirked. "The defenders of the galaxy."
Suddenly, the monitor beeped. "Quickly! Lothor's army is attacking!" Sensei said, interrupting the students' questions. "You must intercept them. Call on your powers by saying 'Ninja Storm, Ranger Form!'" The four nodded and headed on their way to their first battle as Power Rangers.
"Keep your eyes open," the monster snapped as he and his army of kelzaks searched the ground.
Suddenly, a voice called, "HEY! Looking for us?" Four students appeared at the top of a cliff. As the new rangers got ready for battle, they already forgot their morph code. Well, two did.
Dustin and Dani rolled their eyes as Shane and Tori confused themselves. "Dude, watch and learn," Dustin smirked. "Ready Dani?"
"You know it," the other brunette smiled.
"NINJA STORM, RANGER FORM, HA!"
"POWER OF EARTH!"
"POWER OF THE HURRICANE!"
When the two finished, they were in brightly colored suits. Yellow smiled inside his suit. "Oh YEAH BABY!" He screamed in his own excitement.
"I gotta admit," White said. "This is sweet." She looked to the two, unmorphed rangers. "You two waiting for an invitation?" Shane and Tori looked at each other and nodded.
"NINJA STORM, RANGER FORM, HA!"
"POWER OF AIR!"
"POWER OF WATER!"
There were now four morphed rangers, spandex and all. They headed into battle with new swords and weapons. The alien monster and his army of Kelzaks were no match. Shane's Hawk blaster, Tori's Sonic Fin, Dustin's Lion Hammer, and Dani's Swan Staff combined to make the perfect weapon to defeat the enemy, the Storm Striker, and the rangers claimed victory.
After it was over, the rangers' masks removed to reveal their faces. "That really just happened, right?" Shane asked, unsure of himself.
"I'm pretty sure it did," Tori replied.
"Pinching myself now," Dani remarked. She yelped. "Yep. It happened."
"Now, that.. was.. AWESOME!" Dustin yelled in delight as he high fived his fellow rangers. They celebrated their first Ranger Victory, ready for more.
The Rangers celebrated all the way back to Ninja Ops. "Ha! I told you there were Power Rangers!" Dustin exclaimed to his teammates, helmet in hands. "But you're like, 'No, that's urban legend!'"
"Hey, that was Tori!" Shane told him.
"That was me, but Danielle here was no help!" Tori remarked.
"I never denied it, I just said it was far-fetched!" White said defensively.
"Whatever," Blue teased her teammate.
"You did well this time rangers," Sensei said, proud of his new team. "But understand that there will be more battles in the future. Lothor will not rest until the earth is completely under his command, or until he is destroyed. The earth is in your hands, Power Rangers."