Disclaimer: My Little Pony and Power Rangers are not mine. They belong to Hasbro and Saban respectively. Anything you don't recognise is mine. Just a short one to set the setting. Italics mean thoughts or telepathic communication

The Rangers of Equestria – Beginnings: Part 1

Deep space

It began with a wave of golden light.

It swept up everything in its path, destroying and purifying all the evils around it. Screams, shrieks and wails were cut short as bodies crumbled to sand. Within this light was the faint consciousness of one of the leaders of the evil force. He fought with all his might to not be consumed and to ride out the purification process. If he could have, he would have smiled wickedly.

For thousands of years, he had been locked into that pathetic alliance, fighting to use his true strength. Even when battling that White one face to face only a mere fragment had been used. Dark Spectre had chosen him for the power possessed, but if the so called Monarch of Evil had known the scope…he would have bowed before him.

Finally, the light lost the majority of its strength and he was free. The light still reached for him as if it was still connected to what it had once been, but that was impossibility. Even with all the magic it once possessed…to retain knowledge of itself was, well, not impossible seeing as how he had done it. The odds were miniscule and if he used an Earth saying, lightning didn't strike twice. Freeing himself, he cast his mind back on his past.

Throughout his conquests, he was aware that there were multiple other dimensions, each with its own set of defenders. Gathering up his power, he searched for the perfect one that would easily be taken. Time lost all meaning as the search progressed. The longer he searched, the more doubt gnawed him as it seemed that each set of defenders was stronger than the last. He saw worlds ravaged by war, blessed by peace and a world where twelve defenders fought against a constantly reviving enemy. Images of the defenders flashed on his visor – Riders, superheroes and the cursed Rangers. In the back of his mind, he was still connected to everything happening in the universe he was soon to be leaving behind. He heard the explosions of the various failed plots, felt the shifts in the Grid and heard his magically created son cry out to him with his last breath.

At last, he found the perfect world. It was still in its infancy and magic was everywhere. It made the sun and moon rise and set and it flowed easily throughout every inhabitant. The only issue that he could see was there were no intelligent bipeds. Every inhabitant of the world was some sort of horse…or even a pony. Sighing to himself but cackling on the inside, he started preparing the spell for transport.

Travelling would take longer than the searching – much longer – but ensured he would arrive in one piece. All that remained would be the pesky issue of finding a willing, or even unwilling, host and he could reign once more.

Triforia

You felt it?

Hard not to. Very familiar signature, but I thought it was destroyed. Come to think of it, you sacrificed yourself…

Yes, but you knew something would happen.

I had hoped it wouldn't. Will you be going after him?

I am still very weak. I have just regained a sense of self. Interdimensional transport in my state is suicide. I will send her.

I do not doubt your choice, friend, but wouldn't it be wise to send a message ahead?

That is what she is there for. She will ensure everything fits as it should.

Should I be prepared?

For what? I do not know. Even with my wisdom, I cannot predict what he will do next.

May the Power protect them.

It will.

The world of Equestria

Opening the door silently, the white alicorn snuck a quick glimpse of her recently reclaimed sister. Sprawled out on the bed lay a dark blue and black alicorn, breathing softly. Seeing that everything was all right, she closed the door and trotted to her quarters. It would be obvious that her sister would be tired from the purification, but the Elements of Harmony had changed somehow. She was sure the default setting on the combined elements was banishment and she had steeled herself to accept her sister gone for another thousand years…but this was unexpected.

It is because the Elements will be needed in the future

Princess Celectia's head jerked up. She had heard the voice in an empty hallway. More than that, the voice had echoed inside her head. Quietly, she summoned a small amount of magic but let it go in shock as a strange figure appeared. It was unlike anything she had seen before. Pale skin, a mane that wasn't, arms and hands like the monkeys in her garden…and it was clothed in an elegant white gown with a veil that hid her mouth. The biped bowed and spoke.

"Greetings. My name is Dimitria of Inquiris and I will tell you about the danger that it to come"

Continued in Rangers of Equestria…