Power Rangers: ARCANA
Deck I: The FOOL part 1
The young woman in a short leather jacket, stood in front of the shrine of Baldur, god of light. In ancient times, he summoned warriors to fight alongside him. Those warriors were lost and left behind their Arcanas. Their Arcanas then bonded with Baldur, allowing him to seal the goddess of night and darkness, Nyx. He defeated her, but at the expense of sealing himself as well.
Eons have passed, and Baldur, in his sealed state, summons a new set of warriors; the first being the courageous, intelligent and beautiful Janet Teal. She is escorted by Daniels, who on paper is the manager of Hestia Academy's Tarot club. Janet joined the club because she was recommended, but now sees it was actually Baldur's way of recruiting.
The shrine is located under the part of Lake Sleipnir that reflects the sun's light the brightest. There the light created the illusion of water, when it was in fact a secret path to Baldur's shrine from the shore.
The shrine is vast and full of luminous jewels, the back wall has Baldur's blade embedded in the wall surrounded by 22 crystals. When Janet stepped in front of the wall, one of the crystals glowed red. She saw herself dressed in a ranger's uniform. A card materialized in her hand.
"The Fool?" She read. "What does that mean?" She asks slightly offended.
Daniels then steps behind her. "In his current state, Baldur can't communicate to regular humans. More of those crystals will have to be lit for him to take physical form again."
Janet nods. "But, the fool?"
"The Fool represents a traveler on a voyage which cannot be described until watched by fate. You're a drastically changing person that only wants to help others." Daniels explains.
Janet smiles. "I do." She then looks at the wall once more. "I lit one of these crystals, what about the others?"
"When you meet more who hold the Arcana's power, they're power will awaken the crystals." Daniels explains.
Janet nods. Okay then!
Janet's high school, Hestia academy, is full of colorful characters, but Janet herself knew nothing about the arcana or even who she'd be looking for to fill the roster as rangers. She did a lot of research on the Major Arcana and mythology, but still found nothing of use.
She went to the lake once more to Baldur's shrine and tried to ask him for an answer which she then remembered he couldn't give. She contacted Daniels, he told her to wait. So she did.
A few days later after lonely club meetings and the occasional checking up of the god of light's shrine, she becomes skeptical of the whole ranger deal.
"Mr. Daniels, what is all this? I mean, power rangers are just a fairy tale." She asks.
"No. It's quite real. Give it time, there's a reason lord Baldur told me to recruit you. I know it." He says calmly.
"You can communicate with him?" She asks.
"I can because I'm not a ranger. I'm a servant of his. Not a warrior."
"I've heard enough." She says. But this is getting tedious. I'm all edgy." Janet sighs.
"Don't worry Janet. You'll know once you wait." He says and leaves her.
***Enter Blue and Pink
A girl dressed in pink with long gorgeous fire red hair sits on the bleachers, watching her boyfriend shoot and score. He's the captain of the basketball team, the Hestia Argonauts. (School colors silver and blue)
"Go Tate!" She cries as he makes a half-court shot. He smiles her way and gives her a wink. He says bye to his teammates and heads to the bleachers.
"Hey Daphne,"
"Hey baby." She kisses him despite the sweat. They're the hottest couple in the academy. "So why don't we go to the park after you shower off?"
"Sounds good." The guy says.
"Great. I'll be waiting." She smiles.
The popular couple strides through the hallways and everyone makes way because they're just so beautiful.
***Enter Green
Center stage rehearsing for an upcoming musical that's months away, the drama loving performer sings and dances his heart out, even though there's no one in the audience.
"That was cool Sage." That girl he practices with says.
"Yeah, but I need to touch up on my ballchanges." He dances.
"Oh hush, you and maybe that girl Mika are the best dancers at the school. Not to mention how awesome you act and sing! You're a whole other person on stage."
The boy blushes and flips his wavy hair. "You flatter me Missy."
"Yeah yeah. Now get out of here. I've got to put away these props." She says.
"I'll help."
"No Sage. You've done it every day like all month by yourself. Go have some fun. You're so nice all the time." She says. The boy frowns then worries about his dancing, but then decides to leave for the park nearby.
***Enter Yellow
Skips class more often then she should, but breakdancing was her life, graffiti and skateboarding were her paramours. Everything a young rebel needs. Skating at the park after leaving some friends, she removes her helmet, showing her unruly burgundy hair. She takes a break on a bench and thinks about starting a new sketch in her sketchpad.
"Hey Mika." Sage comes from around the corner.
"Oh. Hey." The girl in yellow says hastily putting away her sketchpad. "Coming from the stage?"
"How'd you know?" He laughs. "What were you drawing?" He asks and she blushes. He was the only one who didn't back away from her and her sometimes wild ways. She also didn't want him to know half her sketches were of actually of him.
"Haha, nothing." She says hastily.
***Enter Red
Janet sat in the park for a moment, thinking to look over some homework. Schoolwork and extracurricular activities had been her priority even before she was summoned by Baldur, so she didn't have any time to make good friends. Being so independent, she was more of a lone wolf. Now she was known by more or less, her whole student body, but she never made an effort to spend time with any of them personally. She didn't want to admit that she really hoped this whole Power Ranger thing was real. It could be a chance to make some real good friends.
Suddenly, a streak of thick black surrounds the park and some creature appeared before the brunette girl. It's a jet black humanoid with glowing red swirls on its body. It had nothing but a blank mask on. The thing charges at Janet and she hops backward and glares at the creature.
"What the…?" The monster makes some sort of ululation and charges at Janet. She was athletic and quite fit for a girl her age. Years of taekwondo and softball hardened her body so she was a durable fighter. The monster was weak and quickly overpowered by her.
She laughs. "Was that it?" Suddenly she noticed she was surrounded by the monsters. Pedestrians fled but Janet had nowhere to run, so she charged in!
The commotion drew the attention of four other spirited teens. The power couple on their way to the park fought through the monsters fearlessly, well at least, the boy in blue did. The girl in pink on the other hand wasn't really up to par when it came to fighting, so she swung her purse and kicked as hard as she could to knock down the weak enemies. Any that came her way were soon brutalized by her boyfriend anyway though.
"Daphne, you okay?"
"I'm fine." She smacks a monster. "Thanks." Tate smiles and continues brutally punching and throwing the monsters.
At another side of the park, the performer and the dancer were tip toeing through and dodging the monsters with ease. The girl in yellow, Mika, fiercely kicked and tripped the monsters. Sage, on the other hand, wasn't much of a fighter. He used his light-footedness to confuse the monsters then knock them down with a few quick hits. He and Mika's strategies were very complementary. They high-five when they see how many creatures they beat together.
Janet was in the center of the park knocking down the monsters with her martial arts. Her long brown ponytail flew through the air as it followed her quick moves. She soon realized in the pool of monsters, that others were helping her fight. The first she saw was a dark haired boy in green.
"Hey, you go to my school!" Sage says smiling dodging the monsters.
"Oh, you're Sage. Drama club?" Janet kicks and punches.
"That's me." He says excitedly moving between a few monsters. "Um, Janet right? You're on the council, and captain of the softball team. Don't you run track too?"
"Haha, yes." Janet says proudly through two enemies she had pinned.
"Sage, where are these things coming from?" Hopping over them with her break dance moves and pushing them back with her strong leg, Mika appears through the monsters.
"Heck if I know." He says.
"Hey do you guys know what the hell's going on? These weird guys are gonna ruin my hair." Daphne casually walks through the wave of monsters while Tate pushes them side to side with beastly force.
"Is that who I think it is?" Sage says.
"It's the hottest couple at Hestia; Tate Donnelly and his girlfriend Daphne Aurelia." Mika scoffs. "What are you two doing here?"
"We smelled danger. Even we can't turn a blind eye to danger." The boy in the blue polo says then looks at the red head.
"Um yea, what Tate said." She shrugs.
"Well I'm glad to have all of your help."
"What were those things?" Tate asks holding Daphne's waist.
"Monsters." Janet fixes her little jacket and dusts off her red tunic. She looks at the four others. "I think I have something to show you all." Janet smiles.