Magical Connections
Chapter II: Home
Disclaimer: Why do we have to do this? Okay, I own everything you don't see on TV.
"Welcome, Rangers." Udonna greeted.
"Hello." Lily said. "Um, where are we, miss?" the Cheetah asked.
"Please call me Udonna." the Sorceress replied.
"Oh, um, well, my name's Lily, and this Jen, Casey, and this is Theo." the Yellow Ranger introduced.
"Is this the Mystic Force Headquarters?" Theo asked.
"You are correct. This is just out of Briarwood, beyond the woods."
"We were sent here by RJ to help the Mystic Force." Casey informed the Sorceress. "So, um, where are they?" he asked.
"They will be here in a few minutes." Udonna replied. "While you are waiting, feel free to do anything you want in here." the Sorceress then conjured a couple of couches, a tableful of food and drinks and a medium sized TV.
"Cool!" Jennifer marveled, then sat on a reclining chair, turned the TV on, and helped herself to some popcorn. She looked up when everyone in the room chuckled. "What? I'm hungry." she reasoned, as Daggeron and Leanbow came into the scene.
"Are they the new Rangers?" the Solaris Knight asked Udonna, who nodded in reply.
"This is Lily, Casey, Theo, and Jennifer." the Sorceress told them.
"Um, how did you know my full name?" Jennifer asked.
"Magic, dear. You'll learn about its wonders soon enough." Udonna answered, then Jen nodded and turned back to the TV.
"I am Daggeron, also known as the Solaris Knight." Daggeron introduced himself. Jennifer gave him a brief nod and turned back to the TV. "She reminds me of Vida." Daggeron said.
"Excuse me, but who's Vida?" Jen asked, giving up on trying to watch TV.
"I am." a voice said from behind Jen. The Pink Mystic offered her hand to the Leopard. "Hi. I'm Vida, but call me V."
The Pink Leopard took Vida's hand. "Jennifer. Call me Jen."
"I'm Lily."
"Casey."
"I'm Theo."
Seeing the new people have introduced themselves, the rest of the Mystic Force wanted to do the same.
"I'm Madison, but you can call me Maddie."
"My name's actually Charlie, but everyone calls me Chip."
"The name's Nick."
"And I'm Xander."
"So, you guys are the Mystic Force, right?"
"Yeah, you can worship us now." Xander joked, earning a slap on the arm from V.
"Don't mind him. We don't know why we haven't given to the nuthouse." the DJ told the new people, who chuckled. "You guys are from Ocean Bluff, huh?"
"Yeah." Lily answered.
"So you'll be helping us out here, right?" Chip asked.
"That's what we were sent here for." Theo replied.
"It was getting boring at Ocean Bluff, too." Jennifer added. "I'm ready to give a couple of monsters a butt-kicking lesson!" she exclaimed, making everyone chuckle.
"It's not all fun and games here, Jennifer." Daggeron told the Leopard. "You'll have to train hard. Physically and mentally. You will need to know the basics of magic."
"We could do that." Casey said, answering for his team, who nodded.
"Well, then, let's see what you can do." Nick challenged, in a friendly way.
"Ready, guys?" Casey asked, pulling out his sunglasses.
"Ready!" the team answered, mimicking Casey's actions.
"JUNGLE BEAST, SPIRIT UNLEASHED!" the four teens yelled, as they morphed.
"With the Speed of a Cheetah, Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!"
"With the Stealth of a Jaguar, Jungle Fury Blue Ranger!"
"With the Endurance of a Leopard, Jungle Fury Pink Ranger!"
"With the Strength of a Tiger, Jungle Fury Red Ranger!"
"Cool!" Chip marveled.
The Jungle Fury Rangers powered down and faced the Mystic Force.
"Okay, now that that's settled, let's see you guys morph!" Theo asked of the Mystics.
"Sounds fair enough." Nick answered, taking his phone/wand out. "You guys up for it?" he asked his team.
"Ready!"
All five of the Mystics then punched in their morphing code, which was 1-2-3, and morphed.
"Magical Source, Mystic Force!"
"Strong as a Tree, Green Mystic Ranger!"
"Ever-changing as the Wind, Pink Mystic Ranger!"
"Fluid as the Sea, Blue Mystic Ranger!"
"Fast as Lightning, Yellow Mystic Ranger!"
"Forceful as Fire, Red Mystic Ranger!"
"Okay, those capes are cool." Theo stated.
"I know!" Chip answered, turning around.
"I think everyone should power down." Daggeron suggested. "Oh, and have a good night's sleep. You are going to need it for tomorrow." the Knight said, walking out of the room.
"Which brings us to the question: Where are we gonna spend the night?" Theo asked.
With that, the Rangers were out of ideas. The excitement of meeting new people could do that.
"I'm sorry, but RootCore doesn't have a lot of rooms." Udonna told them.
"Jen and Lily could stay with us." Maddie offered. "We have some extra room at our place. I'm sure Mom won't mind. Right, V?"
"Yeah, she won't." the Pink Mystic answered. "So, how about it, guys?" she asked the girls.
"Thanks, V, Maddie!" Jennifer said, her smile enough to light up the night.
"Hey, what about us?" Casey asked.
"Maybe Theo could stay with Chip." V suggested. "I mean, they're both into the capes." she reasoned.
"How about it?" Chip asked the Blue Jaguar.
"Cool." Theo accepted.
"Casey, my place?" Xander offered.
"Why not?" the Tiger shrugged, accepting the offer.
"Good. Now that that's out of the way, you guys should get going." Nick told the other Rangers, who nodded in agreement. Each of the departing Mystics dragged along a Jungle Fury member to the exit: the revolving walls with broomsticks on them.
"Why can't RJ build something like these for us?" Jennifer commented, sitting behind V on said Ranger's Racer.
"Yeah, these things are cool!" Lily, who was sitting behind Maddie agreed.
Soon, the Rangers landed on the woods and let go of their Racers, which reverted back into brooms and flew back to RootCore.
"Those things are wicked." Casey stated, looking as the brooms flew back to where that came from.
"Um, why did we land in the woods?" Theo asked, confused.
"Well, to go from the magical dimension to the human one and the other way around, we use trees." Xander explained.
"Yeah; they're like portals." Chip said. "Just walk through them while you're visualising where you want to be, and you'll go through the nearest tree to that place." he told the new people.
"Here; watch." V said, stepping into the tree, then poked her head out from it. "Come on, guys." she called, as her team members followed her until only Casey, Lily, Theo, and Jen remained.
"Casey, you're the leader; go first." Jennifer pointed out, making Casey sigh.
"Fine; but if anything happens to me, I'll sue you." Casey joked, then stepped into the tree cautiously.
"Theo, you're second in command; go next." Lily told her best friend.
Theo frowned, but went through the tree without a word.
"Let's go through together." Lily, who was still nervous, said.
"Okay, I'm kinda scared, too. At least we'll land in the same place." Jennifer reasoned, taking Lily's hand, then, both girls walked through the tree.
They were in front of a two-story house, which was painted white. The roof was covered in maroon shingles, and there were hanging plants by the patio and a little front garden. They saw the Rocca sisters standing by the door.
"Come on, guys." V told them.
"Hey, Mom." Maddie greeted with a smile.
"Hey, sweetie." the woman replied, the same smile on her face. The woman was a little teller than Vida, she had medium length black hair, hazel eyes, and rosy cheeks. The woman was wearing an purple apron over a white shirt and denim pants. She smiled when she saw Jen and Lily. "Hello. Vida, who are these girls?" she asked her older daughter with a smile.
"Mom, this is Jen." she pointed to the girl in pink, "and this is Lily." the Cheetah smiled at the woman.
"They're visiting Briarwood for a couple of weeks, and... we kinda offered them that they could stay here." Maddie said, in a manner that was like asking a question.
"I raised you girls right." their mom told her girls. "Make yourselves at home." she told the other girls. "Oh, and you girls better starts unpacking; dinner's in half an hour." Mrs. Rocca said.
"We're gonna have to share rooms." Vida told them. "I'll share with Jen." the Pink Mystic said, when they reached the top of the stairs.
"That's good. I was going to say I wanted to share with Lily." Maddie replied.
"Then come on." V told Jen. "My room's this way." the pink Mystic opened the door to her room, which was painted white, and held a lot of shelves full of CDs and records. There was a medium sized TV with DVD and VHS player, and on one side of the room, there was a DJ's turntable, a lot of stereos, and a couple of mics.
"Can I live with you forever?" Jennifer joked, but still amazed- this was her dream room.
"Unfortunately, no." Vida answered, jokingly. "glad you like it. I've been collecting since I could remember."
"Music is my life." both girls said simultaneously, then laughed. They were going to be great friends.
"You're a DJ, right?" Jen asked, seeing the turntable.
"Yeah." V admitted. "Let me guess, you're a singer." she said, seeing Jen's face light up at the sight of her mics.
"Pretty much. I play some instruments, too." Jennifer answered.
"Well, let's see what you got." Vida said, tossing a mic at Jen's direction.
The girl caught it and smirked. "Sure thing."
I'm too cool for my dress, these shades don't leave my head
Everything you say is so irrelevant
You follow and I lead
You wanna be like me, but you're just a wannabe
Love it or hate it, I can't help the way I am
Hope you don't misunderstand
But I'm too cool, too cool, I'm too cool to know you
Don't take it personal, don't get emotional
You know it's the truth, I'm too cool for you
You think you're hot, but, I'm sorry, you're not
Exactly who you think you are
Can tell you what, that you haven't got
But when we walk into the room, I'm too cool for you
You're lucky I'm so nice, even I'm surprised
You are still allowed to be in my crew
I'll show you how it's done, if you want to be someone
Just watch me and you'll learn some
Me, myself, and I agree, you'll never catch up with me
'Cause I'm too cool, too cool, I'm too cool to know you
Don't take it personal, don't get emotional
You know it's the truth, I'm too cool for you
You think you're hot, but, I'm sorry, you're not
Exactly who do you think you are
Can tell you what, that you haven't got
But when we walk into the room, I'm too cool for you
You see, some are born with beauty
Brains and talent and they got it all
While others simply try all their lives
Still, they never get the call
That's the difference between you and me
Obviously, I'm a natural, I'm the real deal, yeah
I can't help the way I am
Hope you don't misunderstand
But I'm too cool, too cool, I'm too cool to know you
Don't take it personal, don't get emotional
You know it's the truth, I'm too cool for you
But I'm too cool, too cool, I'm too cool to know you
Don't take it personal, don't get emotiona
l You know it's the truth, I'm too cool for you (1)
"You're pretty good." V complemented. "You can start unpacking, you know." she told her roommate.
"Right." the girl opened her suitcase, which was full of clothes, had two little boxes of accessories, her diary, her camera, a CD player, a couple of CDs and two pairs of shoes underneath everything else.
"You know how to pack!" V exclaimed, smirking, then ooked at the CDs the girl brought. There was a Camp Rock Soundtrack, The Open Door by Evanescence, and the Jonas Brothers. "You're into pop and alternative, huh?"
"They're what I wanted to bring with me while I was packing." Jennifer answered. "I have more at home." she told her friend.
"Oh, you can put your stuff... there." the Pink Mystic then conjured a dresser drawer on one side of the room.
"Thanks!" Jennifer said, loading her things in the space provided.
V then conjured up a Japanese style bed for Jennifer to sleep in. "You can sleep there." she then smiled at her new friend, who had just finished unpacking. "You know, we have a lot in common, Jen."
"Yeah." Jennifer answered sitting on her bed. "It's freaky. I should have met you earlier." she smiled, then noticed another door inside the room. "Where does that go?" she asked Vida.
"Oh, that's the bathroom. We have to share it with Maddie and Lily, though."
"You're room looks so peaceful." Lily commented. The room was painted sky blue with dolphin boreders and the ceiling was painted periwinkle blueand had clouds pianted on it. There was a desk with s shelf ful l of books, mostly about magic and filmaking. On teh desk was a camera, a camcoder, a radio, and one wall had a bulletin board full of pictures. There was also a TV similar to Vida's.
"Thanks." Maddie replied. "Let me find a place for your things." she looked around the rrom and found a clear space, then conjured up a dresser with a mirror for Lily's things.
"Thanks, Maddie."
"You're welcome, Lily." the Blue Mystic said, smiling. "I'm glad to help."
"Girls, time for dinner!" Mrs. Rocca called from downstairs.
"Well, we better get downstairs." Maddie said, leading the way out of her room.
After a meal of delicious steak and mashed potatoes, the Ragers went off to bed contently.
"Thanks for letting us stay here, Mrs. Rocca." Lily told the woman after dinner, then went upstairs, to Maddie's room.
"Oh. Here you go." Maddie said, noticing that Lily didn't have anywhere to sleep in, the Mermaid conjured a yellow bed for Lily.
"Thanks, Maddie." Lily said, then drifted off to sleep with a smile.
"Good night, Lily." Maddie said, then fell asleep.
"Well, good night." Jennifer said.
"Good night." V said, then she was off to the Slumber Land express.
"Jennifer turned the lights off and slumped on her bed. "I wonder what Daggeron meant..."
(1) Too Cool from Camp Rock, by Meaghan Martin
