DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the way this is written and the character of Meredith.
PREMISE: Meredith is the twin sister of Tommy for those of you who don't know about my OC. This will start with Tommy evil. Meredith is dating Jason and this will explore the various episodes that are thrown in the their path. Jason won't go to the peace conference, but will give up his power coin to a replacement because of something that happens. It is told from Meredith's point of view and will give her thoughts on what happens during her tenure as the purple ranger. During the course of this fic, Meredith will discover that 'Evil is Relative.'
"Meredith, why don't you just mind your own business. We don't have to be joined at the hip. Maybe this move is the perfect way for me to ditch you. Having my sister around all the time is a big drag. You and your loser friends can do whatever you guys want, just leave me alone," Tommy Oliver told me, his twin sister. I was shocked. Never in my life had he ever talked to me that way.
Tommy was my best friend. We told each other everything and shared everything. For Tommy to stand in my bedroom and tell me those awful things, well, it was so out of character.
Tommy walked out of my room and entered his own, shutting the door behind him. I sat down on the bed feeling horrible. I didn't know exactly what I was going to do.
I wasn't sure what I was so worried about though. Maybe I was over-reacting. After all I'd been really busy with my duties as a power ranger. Still, I wasn't sure why he was acting this way.
I was about to call Jason, when the doorbell rang. Knowing Tommy would probably ignore it in his current state of mind, I went downstairs, still thinking of Tommy's attitude.
I opened the door to reveal my boyfriend and current Red Ranger, standing in the doorway. I immediately launched myself into his arms, not realizing I was crying until Jason asked what was wrong.
"Jase, I'm sorry, it's just Tommy has me so confused right now," I said, wiping my face with my hands.
Jason took my hands and held them. "What happened with Tommy? He was supposed to meet us at the Youth Center, but I figured he was busy with his karate class."
"I know, that's what's so funny. When Kimberly asked him why he didn't meet us, he got really nasty with her. When she told me I didn't believe it, so I came home to ask him about it. He then told me that he thought it was stupid to have his sister around all the time. He thought this move was a good thing because he could establish himself without everyone knowing about his twin sister. It's like he wants to cut me out of his life. He called all of you losers. Tommy's never acted that way, Jase. That's not how my wonderful brother acts. It's like he's another person. And then I'm stressed about this whole green ranger business," I said.
Jason wrapped me in an embrace and kissed my forehead.
"Meri, if there is something going on with your brother, we'll find out. First we have to take care of this green ranger," he said.
I nodded. Jason and I headed over to Billy's house hand-in-hand to see if the other rangers had come up with a plan.
In the past few days the green ranger had trashed the command center, causing Zordon to lose his link with us. Billy and Alpha had been working for a solution, but they were still off line. We used the rad bug to get to the command center.
Alpha greeted us with news that he thought he had located Zordon and he might have an idea of the identity of the green ranger.
We were all hoping it would happen and then Billy, Trini and Alpha got Zordon back. With Zordon back it looked like we would have a chance of defeating Rita and her minions this time. Maybe this whole thing was looking up. At least that's what we all thought until Alpha announced the identity of the green ranger. When the face appeared on the viewing globe, both myself and Kimberly nearly fainted from the shock. We couldn't believe it. Their was the face of the green ranger, my twin brother, Tommy.
Everyone, including Kimberly, looked at me. Jason came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. "Well, now we know why your brother acted so different toward you," he said.
I was in shock. I couldn't speak. I just stared at the image of my brother not believing he could be the evil ranger. I couldn't believe he was responsible for what was happening. I would never have thought my brother capable of such evil.
"MEREDITH, I KNOW THIS IS A SHOCK TO YOU. A SHOCK TO ALL THE RANGERS, BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS," Zordon said.
"I can handle this Zordon. We HAVE to save my brother from Rita's evil spell. My brother is a kind person. Is there a way to get him out from this spell," I asked.
"YOU MUST DESTROY THE SWORD OF DARKNESS. ONCE THAT IS DESTROYED, RITA'S EVIL MAGIC WILL LEAVE YOUR BROTHER AND HE WILL BE HIMSELF AGAIN," Zordon said.
"Then we have to destroy that sword of Darkness," I said.
Everyone nodded in agreement. We needed to find my brother, so we teleported back to the school.
Kimberly encountered him at the Youth Center and reported back the conversation in which he said he would destroy all the power rangers.
"What did he say," Billy asked.
"He said he would destroy all of us. He listed everyone of us. Well, except for Meredith. He didn't mention anything about the purple ranger," she said.
"If he knows all the rangers, why wouldn't he mention me," I asked.
Everyone shrugged their shoulders. "I don't know, Meri. Maybe he doesn't know," Jason said.
"If Rita told him about you guys, why would she not tell Tommy about me being a ranger," I said.
"Maybe she knew Tommy might fight if he knew you were a ranger," Zack said.
"Sounds plausible. The fraternal relationship he shares with you would make it increasingly difficult to destroy his relation," Billy said.
"Because you're his sister, he would have fought the spell because he couldn't harm you," Trini said, translating Billy-speak.
"I've got to talk to him," I said.
"Meri, you shouldn't," Jason said. I stared at my boyfriend. I knew he thought of Tommy as the evil green ranger, but he was still my brother. If there was anything possible I could do to help break the spell, I was going to do it."Tommy's not going to hurt me, Jase," I said.
"What about what he said to you this morning," he said.
"He would never physically hurt me. He has a hard time sparring with me because he's afraid he might accidentally hurt me," I said.
"But he's evil now. We don't know what he's capable of at this point," Zack said.
"Tommy is still my brother, no matter what. I have to talk to him. If it was any of us in this position you would do the same thing. I have to believe that he loves me and wouldn't want to hurt me," I said.
Without waiting for a response, I teleported home. I ended up in my bedroom and I heard music in the basement. I figured that meant Tommy was working out. He must have decided it was too much running into everyone at the Youth Center.
I went down the stairs and took a deep breath. "Tommy," I called as I walked downstairs.
He didn't respond to my call. I got down to the bottom of the stairs and, sure enough, Tommy was at the bench press. He had stopped lifting the weights, but had a look on his face that I could only say was annoyance.
"Tommy, can I talk to you for a minute," I said in as neutral a voice as I could muster.
He let out an exasperated sigh and sat up on the bench.
"Make it fast," he said.
"I know you're the green ranger," I said, quickly.
"And how would you know that," he said, the iciness of his voice chilling me to the bone.
"Because I'm a power ranger," I said.
Tommy looked at me. "No you aren't. Kimberly and Trini are the girls on the team."
"They are, but I'm the purple ranger. I have a morpher and a power coin. All of it," I said, watching Tommy for some sign of recognition.
"You're lying to save your pathetic friends and that wimp of a boyfriend you have," he said.
"Tommy, you have to fight this. You have to. I want my brother back," I said, desperate to get through to him.
"Look, Meredith, you should just say good bye to the Tommy you knew. I'm the new and improved Tommy and I'm not planning on going anywhere. Tell you're boyfriend that I'm going to destroy his red ranger. I'm going to crush all the power rangers. I'm just sorry I was interrupted before I could destroy him in the dark dimension," he said, then he laughed. It was the same evil laugh that had been taunting us for a week.
Unable to take it any longer, I fled back up the stairs. Tommy hadn't believed I was a ranger. I didn't understand why he wouldn't know.
I teleported to Jason's house. I didn't know where else to go. He was surprised when his girlfriend appeared in a streak of purple in his bedroom.
He immediately wrapped me in his arms. "Didn't go well," he said.
"He said I should just forget about the brother I knew. This was the new Tommy and I should get used to it. I should tell my boyfriend that he was going to destroy him. But he didn't believe me when I told him I was the purple ranger. He didn't believe any of it. I still can't understand. Maybe Billy was right," I said.
"Could be. Zordon may know," he said. Just then our communicators went off and we teleported to the command center.
We morphed and engaged in a battle with the green ranger and the Dragonzord.
It was a difficult fight, but Jason managed to take on the green ranger. During the fight, Jason destroyed the sword of Darkness, breaking the spell over Tommy. He immediately demorphed and the rest of us followed. When I approached him on the ground to help him up, he was surprised.
"You are a ranger," he said.
"I told you. Have I ever lied to you," I said.
He shook his head, unable to believe everything that had happened.
"Tommy, will you join the side of good? Will you be one of us," Jason asked him, offering him a hand in friendship.
Tommy looked at all of us. He smiled and shook hands with Jason. I hugged my brother, relieved this ordeal was over and Tommy was Tommy again.
We teleported back to the command center with Tommy. Zordon asked Tommy to join our Ranger team bringing the total to seven. When Tommy agreed and was a ranger, no one was happier than I. Not only had Tommy fulfilled the prophecy about seven rangers, he'd also fulfilled the prophecy Zordon had told me in private shortly after I had been given the power.
Now, my brother shared something else with me. It was a nice feeling and I couldn't wait to fight along side him.
Jason was happy Tommy was on the team. After Zordon had made Tommy part of the team, we all went to the Youth Center for smoothies.
Jason and I were holding hands, when Tommy came in and sat down.
"Hey, Tommy. How are things," Jason asked.
"Good, man. I'm still not used to this whole thing, but I'm sure I'll get used to it," he said.
"I'm still not used to it. You wouldn't believe how many times I jump when my communicator goes off," I said.
The guys smiled.
"Meri, are you and Jason busy or can you come back home. I need to talk with you," Tommy said. I looked at my brother. It was unusual for him to ask to speak with me. He normally waited until we were at home before he asked anything.
"Yeah. Jase, you want to meet later," I asked.
"I'll come by after practice, if that's OK," he asked.
I nodded. I kissed him goodbye, acutely aware that Tommy was watching every move we made. This was definitely going to take some getting used to.
Tommy and I walked out of the Youth Center into the beautiful California sunshine.
We walked toward the park. Tommy hadn't said a word, so I decided to ask him what he wanted.
"OK, bro, what gives," I asked.
We approached the swings in the park and I sat in one. Tommy started pushing me, just like he had when we were kids.
"I wanted to apologize for how I behaved when I was evil. I would have never believed I could behave that way, especially toward you," he said.
"Tommy, it's fine. You came back to us and that's all that matters. I know now that it was the spell. I know you would never have done or said what you did if you weren't evil," I said. I didn't want to think about what had happened while Tommy was evil. It was incredibly painful for me to think about.
"The fact remains that I hurt you and I'm so sorry. Out of all the people in our lives, I should be the one person that you would trust. I let you down and I'm so sorry," he said.
Tommy had stopped pushing the swing and was gripping the chains tightly. I got up off the swing and wrapped my arms around my brother. He returned the embrace. "I love you, bro," I said.
"I love you, sis," he said.
"You've never let me down," I said. Tommy smiled down at me. I wanted to forget the whole mess with the evil green ranger, but the green ranger wouldn't leave us alone for a while.
***This is the first chapter. It might be a little slow, but I'm building up to something, promise. Let me know what you think.*** -mereditholiver