Description: Conner McKnight's Cousin, Graclynn aka Grace, came to stay with him in Reefside because she's sick of hearing her parents arguing over their divorce and custody over her. She arrives in Reefside just when Lothor has escaped the Abyss of Evil. She meets the Ninja Storm Rangers and it wasn't a nice meet. How will she feel when she discovers that her cousin is the Red Ranger of the Dino Thunder Ranger Team? Will she find love or will Mesogog and Lothor get in the way?
Find out in Graclynn: Mysterious as the Mist.
{Cameron W., O.C.}

Character Info
Name: Graclynn McKnight
Age: 19
Height: 5'5
Hair: Dark Brown Curly Hair
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Gymnastics, Karate
Personality: Shy, Sweet, Sarcastic, Caring, Smart, Brave, Hyperactive, Childish
Extra Information: She lives in Briarwood with mom and dad, who are getting a divorce. She is really shy when you meet her but once you befriend her, she's a whole other person. Conner is her best friend along with Madison Rocca, Vida Rocca, Chip Thorn, and Xander Bly. Her Grandparents were both Ninjas, her Grandmother was a Water Ninja and her Grandfather was an Earth Ninja and both taught her how to fight and the Wind Ninja Academy Ways.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but Graclynn and any other O.C. that I might add to this story. Power Rangers Dino Thunder and Power Rangers Ninja Storm belong to the Power Rangers Franchise but were both created by Disney.

Onwards to the story!

Graclynn was driving through Reefside, trying to find the road that leads to her cousin's, Conner McKnight, house when she was forced to slam on her brakes when a group of Kelzaks, Kelzak Furies, two Monsters, and the Ninja Storm's Wind, Water, and Earth rangers, appeared out of nowhere in front of her car. Graclynn started screaming when the Kelzaks took her out of her car and dragged her towards the evil rangers.

I can't believe I'm going to die by the hands of the Ninja Storm Ranger Team, Graclynn thought as the Kelzaks took her towards the Ninja Storm Rangers, I'm not dying today!

And with thought, Graclynn kicked the Kelzak holding her right arm in the leg and it lost its grip on her arm so she twisted her right arm free and punched the Kelzak on her left in chest and it stumbled away. The two monsters sent more Kelzaks towards Graclynn and she started fighting them, completely unaware that the Dino Thunder Team was watching her fight from their base on the monitor and two ninjas that were watching from above in a bridge, A Samurai and a Thunder Ninja. Graclynn kicked one Kelzak in the chest and it flew into two other Kelzaks and they all fell to the group. A total of five Kelzaks came running towards her all at once so she did a cartwheel towards them and jumped in the air and did a split that hit two Kelzaks and when she landed, she ducked under a swipe from one Kelzak and stuck her lug out and tripped the Kelzak. She ran from the other two flipped off the wall behind the two Kelzaks that followed her and once they turned around to attack, they were both punched in the chest by Graclynn.

Graclynn smirked as she observed her work she did over the Kelzaks but it was soon wiped off her faces as the Ninja Storm Rangers raced towards her with their weapons drawn. She was frozen in her spot and didn't know what to do but then she heard someone yell,

"THAT'S FAR ENOUGH!"

Three new Rangers appeared in front of protecting Graclynn from the Ninja Storm Rangers. The Red Ranger told Graclynn, "Run! Find somewhere safe and stay there."

Graclynn nodded and ran behind a building, as the Dino Thunder Rangers had a stare off with the Ninja Storm Rangers.

"You must be lost, because I know we didn't invite you." The Wind Ninja told the Dino Thunder Team.

"Maybe you forgot," The Blue Dino Ranger stated, "You're supposed to beat the bad guys. Not be the bad guys."

"Good, Bad, What's the difference?" The Water Ninja answered, "It's all about power!"

"I guess we're gonna have to fight them," The Red Dino Ranger announced out loud.

The Dino Rangers pulled out their weapons and ran towards the Ninja Storm Rangers but the Kelzaks ran toward the Dino Rangers to fight. The Yellow Dino Ranger fought two Kelzaks and was shocked to see the Water Ninja behind her and said, "Wait!"

But the Water Ninja said, "I don't think so!" The two girl rangers started throwing punches and kicks, also blocking, taking a short break the Yellow Dino Ranger stated, "I don't want to hurt you!"

"Your mistake!" The Water Ninja pulled out her Ninja Sword and sliced the Yellow Dino Ranger twice in the chest and the Yellow Dino Ranger was down.

Ninja Storm Rangers: 1 Dino Rangers: 0, Graclynn thought as she watched the Yellow Dino Ranger lose and switched her gaze to the fight between the Earth Ninja and the Blue Dino Ranger. The Blue Dino Ranger was winning until the Earth Ninja did three flips, dodging the Blue Dino Ranger's attacks and the Earth Ninja kicked the Blue Dino Ranger in the chest and he flew into the Yellow Dino Ranger and fell on the ground with a thud!

Ninja Storm: 2 Dino Rangers: 0, Graclynn thought as she switched her gaze towards the Red Dino Ranger and the Wind Ninja. Their fight lasted longer than the others as they were equally matched in fighting skills until the Wind Ninja grabbed the Red Dino Ranges arm that was holding the sword, twisted the same arm, and threw the Red Dino Ranger in the air and kicked in the chest and he flew backwards and slammed his back into a Hot Dog Stand.

The Winners are the Dino Rangers with 0 points, Graclynn sarcastically remarked in her head as she watched the Rangers battle it out a little longer until the Red Dino Ranger announced, "They're too strong! We need to regroup!"

The other two Dino Ranger nodded in agreement and the Dino Rangers ran away and the Ninja Storm laughed evilly as they ran away. Graclynn waited until the coast is clear before she walked away from her hiding place and headed towards her car, which surprisingly was damaged during the fight the other cars. She started her car and continued her journey towards her cousin's house but one thought that kept running through her mind was, Why do I feel like I know the Red Dino Ranger?

Once Graclynn reached her Aunt's house, she was greeted by her Aunt, Uncle, and her cousin Eric but there was no Conner McKnight anywhere. Graclynn was really disappointed that Conner wasn't here to greet her and broke the promise he made over the phone saying he was going to be there no matter what he was doing. Why did you break your promise Conner?

After settling in, Graclynn asked her Aunt where she could find Conner and her Aunt told her that he usually hangs out at Hayley's Cyberspace. Graclynn thanked her Aunt, walked out the door, and started walking to Hayley's Cyberspace, thinking of multiple ways of hurting Conner and hearing his reason on not being there for here. Once Graclynn reached Hayley's, she marched in yelling, "CONNER MCKNIGHT! HOW DARE YOU NOT BE THERE TO WELCOME YOUR AMAZINGLY ADORABLE COUSIN WHEN YOU PROMISED TO BE THERE! YOU BETTER START EXPLAINING YOURSELF RIGHT NOW!"

She managed to flip Conner over so he was laying on his stomach, twisted his arm behind his back, and glared at him but she failed to notice the girl clad in yellow and black who was staring at the pair in amusement and the boy clad in blue who was staring at the girl in shock.

"I'm sorry Gracie but I didn't know what time you would be here but if you let me go, I promise I will take you shopping to buy as many stuffed animals as you want," Conner managed to gasp out in pain as her felt Graclynn's grip loosen at the words stuffed animals. Graclynn is really childish and has a collection of her favorite animals that are all stuffed.

"Really" Graclynn whispered with a smile on her face as she looked at Conner with her brown doe-like eyes, and he nodded so she let him up and then she realized that they weren't alone, and her shyness kicked in and she hid behind Conner and held on to his flannel shirt as he introduced them, "Gracie meet Kira Ford and Ethan James. Kira, Ethan, meet my shy cousin, Graclynn."

The two teens smiled at the shy teen who smiled back shyly and asked as she glanced around the deserted cafe, "What happened here?"

Conner, Kira, and Ethan looked at each other and started blurting out crazy answers and they ran out the cafe leaving a confused and sad Graclynn inside the cafe. Graclynn sighed and thought, Why did they all run away like that? Graclynn sighed again as she reached Harbor Bridge and leaned on railing in complete thought, unaware of the fight happening below the bridge. Graclynn snapped out of her train of thought as she heard voices from under the bridge so she checked it out. When she got under the bridge she spotted Conner, Ethan and Kira with six other teens where fix out of the six teens wore Ninja outfits and Blake Bradley who was famous for competing in Motocross. There was a Wind Ninja, a Water Ninja, an Earth Ninja, a Thunder Ninja, and a boy with black hair and glasses who wore the Wind Ninja Academy uniform but with Green details on it, I wonder what type of ninja he is.

Graclynn started following the group of teens and heard them talking about defeating Lothor and a man named Mesogog, Oh Conner, what have you gotten yourself into? Graclynn thought as she followed the teens into the forest and they walked into a hidden cave entrance. Graclynn quickly and quietly slipped into the entrance without anyone noticing. She hid behind a wall and started looking around the room and noticed that Sensei Watanabe was also in the room and two other adults. The man adult was Dr. Tommy Oliver who is a legendary Power Ranger and I've never seen the red head before. As they were talking and planning on how to defeat Lothor, Sensei suddenly stated, "I believe there is another child in this room."

Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and started looking, while Graclynn started running back the way she can but she bumped into someone's chest. When she looked up and saw that it was the Thunder Ninja, he tried to grab her arm but she whacked his arm, grabbed it and flipped him like she did Conner and started running but however, everyone surrounded before she could even get almost a foot away from where she was. Tommy grabbed the girl's arm gently and pulled her towards the lighted up part of the cave so they could she who the intruder is. Graclynn kept her head down the entire way there and never lifted her head up to look at anyone. Graclynn thought everyone gave up on trying to find out she was until she saw a person bend down towards her height, as she was sitting a chair, the person stared at her and then asked her softly, "Why don't you tell us your name and how you found this place?"

Graclynn shook her head no and the person sighed before saying, "We're not going to hurt you or anything, we just want to know who you are and how you found this place."

Graclynn decided to look up a little to see who it was and it was the boy that had black hair and wore glasses, he also had brown eyes and she couldn't stop staring into his eyes as she shyly whispered to him, "What's your name?"

The boy smiled and said, "It's Cameron Watanabe but you can call me Cam, now what's your name?

Graclynn looked at Cam and answered, "My name is Graclynn McKnight. I'm Conner's cousin, I followed you, Kira, Ethan, Blake, Conner, and the Wind, Water, Earth, and Thunder here from the Harbor Bridge where I was sitting against the railing, thinking about stuff."

Cam chuckled and said, "You must have been taught some Ninja technique because none of us even felt your presence."

Graclynn also giggled when she heard that and Conner heard it and knew he recognized it anywhere and he asked/stated out loud, "Graclynn..."

End of the first chapter, hope you enjoy it!

Written by: Raven Pan 3:21 a.m. on 6/13/2015