Legend of the Green Ranger: a Power Rangers AU

by Do Whatever You Want I'm Dead

It has been 20 years since Rita has been trapped again, but a young high-schooler named Terra has now accidentally freed her. Now it is up to Terra and a new team of Power Rangers to stop Rita. There's something different about Terra than any other Ranger, however: she has magical abilities, and it seems that a certain Zord's been keeping an eye on her. Rated T for later chapters.

1. Prologue

A/N: Hello, everybody! This is my first Power Rangers story, so please inform me if I am having any problems with continuity!

Just a note before we start: this IS an AU in which there is no Lord Zedd (in my defense, I'm still watching MMPR, so I'm still learning more about the original characters!), and no one has left the group, so it's still the original six members.

This is only the prologue, so I'll post the actual first chapter, as well!

Prologue

Some Years Ago

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers cheered as the monster went down from the final strike from the Megazord. They quickly exited the Megazord to get to the forest on the side of a nearby mountain by a cave, where they met Rita Repulsa and her goons.

"It's over, Rita!" Jason, the Red Ranger, called out.

"Oh, I don't think so!" the intergalactic sorceress called back, raising her wand, ready to strike.

Before she could, however, a tall man with a bald head and a multi-colored skintight suit with the symbol of the Power Rangers on the chest appeared in front of the Power Rangers as a shield.

Rita was shocked. "Zordon?! How is this possible? I trapped you in a time warp!"

Zordon only said, "I have become free of the time warp, Rita. It's over!" He put his hands in front of him in a stance, and a ball of light appeared in between his hands. "Morphin Power, I call upon thee, that evil may never again be free!"

Before the ball of light left Zordon's hands, however, Rita raised her wand even higher and said, "I will return, Zordon! And when I do, I will destroy you AND the Power Rangers!"

Her wand glowed, and as the Rangers watched, the ball of light hit Rita and her followers. The nearby cave sucked them all in, and a stone with a strange, mystical sheet of light around it sealed the entrance.

The Power Rangers began to cheer as they high-fived, chest-bumped and hugged. All except one: Tommy, the White Ranger.

Zach, the Black Ranger, yelled, "Rita's gone forever!"

Billy, the Blue Ranger, said, "Affirmative!"

Trini, the Yellow Ranger, called out, "Look out, evil, we're coming for you!"

Kimberly, the Pink Ranger, cried in joy, "'Cause Zordon's back and better than ever!"

Tommy demorphed and walked away from the celebrations and over to the sealed cave and noticed a wax-like substance around the rock that sealed the cave. He ran his hand over some runes on the substance on the shield and frowned. Well, this is a serious problem, he thought.

Zordon noticed his behavior and walked over. "I sense that something bothers you about Rita's imprisonment."

"Look at this, Zordon," Tommy said, gesturing to the substance. "I recognize this. I was trapped in the same stuff when I was put under Rita's power as her Green Ranger. She must have found a way to somewhat counter your spell. She can't free herself, but she can be freed again."

Zordon observed the substance and nodded in agreement. "It would seem so, Tommy. She will be greatly weakened when she next becomes free, but her freedom means danger for Earth, no matter how much power she has. Thankfully, only one with magical ability who can read these ancient runes can free Rita, so I do not think that it is a problem."

In the meantime, the rest of the Power Rangers stopped their celebrating and demorphed one by one as they walked over to Tommy and Zordon, hearing most of Zordon had said.

"So Rita isn't trapped forever?" Kimberly asked.

"It would seem, so, Kimberly," Zordon simply answered, "but I highly doubt that someone will be able to free her anytime soon."

"In that case, I still don't see why we're moping around!" Kimberly said, throwing her arms in the air. "We still beat Rita, and she can't take over the world now! I don't know about you guys, but I still call that a victory!"

The others were inclined to agree with Kimberly, and they all walked with her to a clearing nearby to teleport to the Command Center for the real celebrations. Tommy looked back as he walked, and he could swear he could see one of Goldar's wings appear for a moment. It disappeared as fast as it came, however, and he exhaled through his nose and teleported to the Command Center.