"It's Morphin Time!" called Jason.

With that, all of us reached behind and grabbed our morphers. We called out our respective Dinozord counterparts and were transformed into seven heroes ready to save the world. But let's back up a second. This is all probably sounding like Greek to you …morphing and Dinozords? Well it can seem that way at first. I should know.

I can remember it like it was yesterday. My parents never really got along and as soon as I was old enough I moved as far away from them as possible. I looked down at my phone as I rode the bus to a place called Angel Grove. It flashed twelve-thirty back at me. 'Great,' I thought as I ran my hand through my long black hair, 'not even half way there yet.'

Now I wasn't a bad kid, in fact I was 'a model citizen' and 'best in class'. At least that's what my teachers had said, not that I believed a word of it. Anyway, as the bus hit another bump, I felt my bag slide into my leg. As I bent over to move it, I saw someone come forward from the back of the bus. He sat down in the row next to mine as I sat back up. I looked over and smiled. He only glared at me.

'I wonder what his problem is,' I thought to myself. My mp3 player had stopped and as I took it out of my pocket he grabbed my arm.

"Give me that and nobody gets hurt," he said gruffly.

"Back off, man," I said as I tried to pull my arm out of his grip. It was no use.

'Ok, so he's stronger than me. Good to know,' I thought. I planned my next move.

I saw that the bus was beginning to slow down as it came to a bus stop. As the bus stopped, I used the momentum of the brakes to leap onto my captor and break free. I landed with my arm between his chest and chin pinning him to the floor. He just laid there dumbfounded.

"H...How...did you...?" He stammered.

"Don't follow me!" I ordered in my most intimidating voice.

I got off the bus and thanked the bus driver as I stepped out on to the road. I decided that, due to idiots like that guy on the bus, I would walk the rest of the way. Before I left Red Brick I had found an apartment. The only thing left to do was find a job.

"Now think, Alex," I said out loud to no one in particular. "What am I good at?"

The first thing that popped into my head was, 'I'm really good at beating people up.' Laughing to myself, I shook my head. Sadly, that was the only thing I could think of.

After an hour or so of walking, I came to my new home, Angel Grove. One thought that came rushing in was, 'I'm going to need money.' I looked in my wallet and found I only had ten dollars left until I got my first paycheck.

I thought about selling something, but what? Suddenly, I remembered my grandfather's necklace. The first thing I did was go into a place called Ernie's Juice Bar. As I walked in, I tripped and fell face down onto the floor.

"You ok dude?"

I looked up to see who was standing above me. It was a boy a little taller than me with curly black hair and a red shirt.

"Yeah, just lost my footing," I replied.

He held out his hand. "No worries, Man, happens to the best of us," he said as he smiled. As he helped me up, he asked, "I've never seen you here before. You new?"

"Yeah, just moved here from Red Brick."

"C'mon drinks on me. I'm Jason by the way."

"They call me Alex," I said.

He brought me over to Ernie and said, "Ernie, his drinks are on me."

Ernie nodded.

"Thanks, Jason, but you don't have to."

We were just sitting there when Jason's friends came up. "Hey Jace!" called a teen with long brown hair. He stood behind me. Standing near him were a short brunette girl, a boy in blue overalls, another girl in yellow, and another boy all in black.

"Hey Guys," said Jason. "This is Alex. He just moved here from Red Brick."

"Welcome to Angel Grove, Alex," said the girl in yellow.

"Thanks…um…"

"My name's Trini. That's Zack, Billy, Kimberly, and Tommy." Each of them waved and said, "hi."

Ernie came from behind the counter. "You said you're new here, right?"

"Yeah," I replied.

"You need a job?" he asked.

"Yeah," I replied.

"Well, you could always work here," he said with a smile.

"You serious?"

"Yeah, I'm always looking for more help."

"That's great, Ernie."

So with that, I had friends and a job in Angel Grove. Jason and Tommy began talking with me.

"So Alex, you do any martial arts?" asked Jason.

"Well," I said, remembering the incident on the bus earlier. "I did a few years back in Red Brick, but nothing to speak of."

This peeked Tommy's interest. "Why don't you show us a little bit of what you know?" he asked.

"Alright," I said but before I could get started I heard a small beeping. Everyone looked around. Tommy ran over to Ernie and whispered something into his ear. Ernie nodded and Tommy then came over to me.

"Hey listen, something has come up. We're going to have to see this when we get back."

"Oh, okay," I replied.

The other teens left and Ernie looked at me. Don't worry they'll be back," he said as he smiled and went back to work.

I had the last sip of my drink and decided to work out. I went to change and bumped into two punk looking kids.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here, Skull," said the first.

"I don't know, Bulk, looks like a new nerd."

Ernie looked over and said, "Bulk and Skull, leave Alex alone."

"It's okay, Ernie. I can handle these two clowns," I said with a laugh.

"You think that's funny, Alex?" asked Bulk.

"Yeah, you think that's funny?" copied Skull.

"Don't make me teach you a lesson," Bulk threatened.

"Guys, don't hurt yourselves," I said trying not to laugh again.

"Looks like I'm going have to make you listen," said Bulk as he swung at my head.

I easily moved out of the way. Bulk fell into the janitor's bucket of muddy water, spilling it all over the floor.

"Looks like you're all washed up, Boys," I said as I began to laugh yet again.

After I had changed, I got on the mat in the middle of the room to practice my martial arts. I started with some basic low kicks and punches. Then I moved on to a new kick that takes the user's momentum and energy to create a powerful force that can send almost anyone back a few feet. I call it a tornado kick. It's a harder kick because it requires high jumps and an imperviousness to nausea. You spin around and use your momentum to jump and carry the kick through with all the power possible. I could never get the kick right, though. I was in the middle of a tornado kick when Tommy and the gang got back.

"Looks like we get to see some martial arts action after all," said Tommy.

"Yeah, well it's not much." I tried to act like I wasn't happy that Tommy was watching me.

"Actually, it was quite good." Jason said.

"Hey, Jason and I are teaching a martial arts class in a few minutes and I was wondering if you wanted to join," said Tommy.

There was no question in my mind. "Yeah" I said eagerly.

"Great! Room 2b." said Jason.

I told Ernie that I was taking a class and he said he hoped I had a good time. When I got to the room the lesson had already begun.

"All right, Class, today we're going over kata number one," Tommy was telling his students.

"Some of you newer students are going to be paired up with an older student to help you get your footing," Jason continued.

I was paired up with a girl called Rose. Rose was a bit shorter than me and had blonde hair. We all worked hard in class and were tired out at the end. Tommy and Jason had been talking to other students, and they came around to me.

"You did great today, Alex," complimented Tommy.

"Just remember on your front kick keep your hands up and your foot straight," Jason finished.

"Thanks, Guys, but it was all Rose. She was really patient," I said.

Tommy and Jason laughed and walked on to another student.

After a quick shower, I walked back into the juice bar and Ernie came over.

"Hey Alex, I'm glad you're still here I forgot to give you this earlier."

I looked down to see what he had given me. It was a key. "Thanks, Ernie," I called as I left.

I had told Kimberly and Trini that I was going home for the night after I cleaned up my last few tables. They said they hoped that I would rest well. On the way home, I thought about the day. Tommy and Jason were helping me in martial arts. I had a job with the best boss ever. I also had the best friends ever. As I walked into my apartment, I felt a weird almost seasickness and decided to go right to bed.

That night, I had the weirdest dream. There was this lady with crazy hair and a high gravelly voice. She was casting some kind of spell, but on who? Suddenly, there was motion and I panned around to the back of her to see in her crystal ball. ME?! I saw me fighting the power rangers and destroying not only Angel Grove but Red Brick as well. Next thing I knew, I woke up screaming.

'That was weird,' I thought.

Each time I closed my eyes there she was getting clearer and clearer. I woke to hear an echo of laughter.