A/N: My adaption of the Magiranger tribute into a Mystic Force tribute. So, here goes. By the way, all the characters but Link are now 18. Today on Power Rangers, the rangers get their first clue to the first grand power, and David's newfound timidness gets the best of him.
Location: Benquill Animal Shelter
Time: 2:07 PM
Date: April 20, 2013
David is at the Benquill Animal Shelter taking care of his favorite dog Sport. He named it that when he was 7. Miraculously, Sport retained its young appearance over 11 years. Also, today was Sport's birthday. His family never let him keep Sport as they already had enough pets at the time. Now, he only has Sport, who still doesn't live with him.
David is just sitting there with the Golden Retriever, that still looks like a puppy, in a chair. How Sport kept that appearance, David doesn't know. Magic? Nah. David doesn't believe in magic. He thinks it's all mind tricks and slight of hand.
"Don't worry Sport. One day, you'll be living with me." David softly tells the "puppy." Just then, the new manager, who was the old manager's daughter, walks in. She's almost exactly like David in the fact that she's 18, goes to the same school, and ridiculously smart. She's also beautiful. The difference is that she's Russian-American, blonde, and a few inches shorter than David. Also, she's a girl.
"I wouldn't count on that." She says. "What?" David asks with the dog also being confused. "Someone called and said that they were gonna adopt the 'little' guy. I'm sorry, David."
"It's alright Nat. Right now, I'm just scared for the little guy. He's never been adopted before, plus, somehow, he's retained his puppy appearance. I'm not sure what would happen if he's out in the world."
"Me too. I'm sure he'll be fine though. He's 77 and still living. Most dogs don't make it through their tenth birthday."
"I know. I know." David's phone starts ringing. It's John. "David, you gotta come to my house quickly!" John tells him. "Alright." David hangs up. "Sorry, Nat, but I have to go help John out with something important."
"It's okay. If it's this important, you can go."
"Thanks. Happy Birthday Sport!" David hops into his car and leaves.
Location: John's house
Time: 2:15 PM
David arrives and walks in. "What do you need me for?" David asks. "Zordon knows where the first grand power is." Casey tells him. "He's giving us a hint, right?' "Yeppu." Link answers. "Did your accent get thicker?" David asks. "I thinku so."
"So, what do you have for us?" John asks Zordon. "A man in black will give you the power." Zordon answers. "A man in black. That's specific." John says. Then, the alarm system goes off. "Zedd has unleashed a new monster, The Dark Magician." Zordon explains. "We're fighting a Yu-Gi-Oh monster?" David asks. "I think it's just similarly named." Danni answers. "Oh."
"It's morphin time!" John yells.
Location: Benquill Park
Time: 2:17 PM
"Ah, Rangers. How nice of you to join me." The Dark Magician taunts. The Dark Magician had the basic wizard outfit. Point hat, robe, and beard. The only difference was that he was very grotesque in appearance, with all that slobber and junk.
"Ew." Danni shows her disgust. "Meekta darlivoo shaniquahablah!" The magician yells as he raises his rod. The rangers are confused because of the gibberish the monster just spoke. Then, lightning appears and strikes the rangers. They do gymnastics as they fall to the ground. They get up and attack the monster.
They punch, kick, and use their guns against this new monster. It works for about a minute. The monster chants another spell and disappears. While the rangers wonder where he went, he sneaks up behind them and smacks the five with his magic rod. He then kicks them to the ground. "Say goodbye rangers!" He cackles.
Location: Zedd's Palace
"Yes! Kill them! Once they're done for, no one can stop me from ruling the entire universe!" Zedd cackles.
Location: Benquill Park
The Dark Magician raises his wand and starts chanting. Just then, a Golden Retriever puppy appears and tackles the magician to the ground. David quickly gets up. "Sport?" David asks the dog, who nods. "Thanks buddy!"
"Oh, curse that dog! I'll send you to a distant land! Dralvag mooshka chiddychiddy bangbang!" The Dark Magician yells. Lightning appears from the rod and is about to strike Sport, but David shields the dog, who gets zapped anyway. John is also zapped away as well from trying to protect the teen protecting the dog. The three then disappear from where they were standing.
"Well, that's lucky." The Dark Magician observed. "What did you do with John, David, and Sport?" Casey asks. "Sport is the dog's name?" Danni asks. "Yeah, David was 7." "Ah."
"I sent them to a land far off from here. A town called Briarwood." The Dark Magician answers. "Now, I shall be off to check on something. For now, here are some Putties." The Z Putties appear. "Ta ta rangers!" "Wait, come back!" Mikey yells. "Dralvag mooshka chiddychiddy bangbang bangarang!" The Dark Magician chants.
The Dark Magician disappears and the 3 remaining rangers are left to fight the putties, who have upgraded weaponry. They have guns now. Mikey contacts Link. "Link, look up Briarwood. Try to find its area by GPS." He tells the Asian. "On it." Link answers.
Casey holds up the Black Alien Ranger flash drive. "Let's use these. Black is slimming." She says. Mikey holds up the Black Dino Thunder Ranger flash drive while Danni holds up the Black RPM Ranger flash drive. They grab their Power Morphers and put the flash drives under them. Mikey transforms into the Black Dino Thunder Ranger, Casey transforms into the Black Aquitian/Alien Ranger, and Danni transforms into the Black RPM Ranger.
"Dino Thunder!" A voice yells while Mikey poses.
"Alien Rangers!" The voice yells again as Casey poses.
"RPM!" The voice yells as Danni poses.
They proceed to fight the Putties with the swords of those rangers.
Location: Briarwood, CA
Time: ?
John, David, and Sport awaken in a forest. This, is no ordinary forest. This is a forest with mythical creatures and whatnot. David is startled at the monsters looking at him, John, and Sport strangely. John just smiles and asks, "Hello, everyone. Do you know where we are?" A mythical creature, known as a Troblin walks to him. He has scraggly clothes, point ears, tremendous facial hair, and a really big nose. "You're in a mystical forest in Briarwood. I'm Phineas. A Troblin." He holds his hand out and John shakes it.
"Briarwood?" David asks as he gets up.
Location: Benquill Park
Time: 2:30 PM
Link explains Briarwood as Mikey, Casey, and Danni fight. "Buriarwoodu. The home of the Mysutic Force Langers. It is also the way into the Mysutic Lealm."
Location: Briarwood, CA
"Mystic Realm?" John asks. "Yes. You're in it." Phineas smiles. "You see, there was a great war decades ago. The humans did not know of this and their potential doom. The good mystical creatures saved the humans from the bad mystical creatures and all was saved. Then, a few years ago, the bad mystical creatures came back, but the Mystic Force Power Rangers stopped them and beat them! But, most of their magic was burnt up in the process."
Location: Benquill Park
"Huh. Guess they're gonna be the first to find a grand power then." Mikey says. "Puletty much." Link answers. Mikey downs a Putty with the Brachio Staff.
Location: Briarwood, CA
John, David, and Sport arrive at the cross between the mystic realm and the human realm. "You can tell because of the different saturation." David tells Sport. "Thanks again Phineas!" John waves. "Anytime! Good luck on your journey to defeat Zedd! If you happen to come across one of the rangers I know, tell them I said hi!" Phineas yells.
John, David, and Sport waltz into town, which is deserted. "Hello? Is anyone here?"John yells as Sport barks. "Looks like it's a ghost town." David thinks aloud. "Actually, we're all inside our homes." A man tells them. The man has crazy styled hair. Really long and curly. He's also tall, white, and seemed pretty funny. "Toby Slambrook. Owner of the Rock Porium over there." He says pointing to the music store entitled Rock Porium. "I'm John, that's David, and that's Sport." John introduces as he shakes Toby's hand.
"Judging from your weird belt buckles, you two must be the new team of Power Rangers."
"Well, two of."
"Ah."
"Toby, why is everyone inside?"
"It was a week ago. The Dark Magician that Zedd hired put a spell on this whole town in order to isolate us from the rest of the world."
"Spell?" David asks.
"Yes. Like magic. Anyway, once the spell was activated, our town disappeared off the face of the Earth. A friend of mine tried to find out how much of Briarwood was engulfed in the spell. He hasn't come back since."
Location: Link's apartment
Time: 2:40 PM
"I'm gonna tury to findu Buriarwood on Googerr Maps." Link says. "Alright." Danni tells him. "I'm really worried." Casey says. 'What's going to happen to them?" "I'm pretty sure they're gonna turn out fine. It's John and David." Mikey tells her. "John can use brute force to find his way while David can use his brains. It's how they work with each other."
"He's right, but if anything does happen to them, I'm still hoping that they make it out alive. We don't know what kind of mystical creatures are in the mystic realm." Danni says.
"I can'tto findu any turace of Buriarwood." Link announces. "What do you mean?" Casey asks. "Justto rook." He points at the empty area between Ocean Bluff and Panorama City. "Thele's nothing between those two cities." "Ocean Bluff seems closer. Let's teleport to there to see if we can find Briarwood from there." Mikey tells the girls. "Link, stay here. We need someone to pinpoint our location and if Briarwood is there or not."
"I'mmu going wit you guysso. I've nevello been to Carifornia." Link tells them sternly. "Besideoos, I have a GPS." He holds up a GPS. "Okay. Let's go." Mikey tells everyone else. They teleport to Ocean Bluff.
Location: Briarwood, CA
"Have you made any contact with anyone outside of Briarwood?" David asks. "We tried, but we can get no signal. That's the other reason why my friend hasn't been back for a week." Toby answers. "Well, that's all we needed to know. Bye." John says. "Where are you going?" Toby asks. "Yeah, where are we going?" David asks. "To find the guy's friend." John answers. "Why?" David asks. Sport also turns his head sideways.
"I can remember that my father lost some of his friends to terrible accidents or disappearances. My biological father, not my adoptive. But yeah, since Toby's friend is missing, I want to check it out, and you are coming with me. Come on." John starts walking. Sport follows, and David walks to Toby.
"You never answered our question. Why is everyone inside their homes?" David asks. "Nap time curfew. It's a new thing since the spell was brought upon us." Toby smiles.
"Thanks, I guess." David starts walking towards John and Sport. "If you meet him, tell him I said hi!" Toby yells.
Location: Ocean Bluff, CA
Time: 3:00 PM
Link, Mikey, Casey, and Danni teleport just outside of the city. They walk into the city and stop by Jungle Karma Pizza to A. Ask about Briarwood, and B. To get food.
After eating, they ask the chef if he knows how to get to Briarwood. "Just walk straight ahead and make a left once you hit the 'Briarwood in 2 miles' sign." The bearded chef answers. "Arigato." Link bows. The four leave to venture forth. "Good luck!" He yells. "Rangers."
Location: The Mountains
John, David, and Sport are walking along the road on the mountaintops of Briarwood in order to find Toby's friend. "Why didn't we just get a bike from one of the shops?" David asks. "Because we didn't think of it until we got here." John answers. They walk about 3 yards until a man in a motorcycle recklessly drives past them.
"What the hell man?" John yells. The motorcycle man stops, takes off his helmet, and walks to the boys and dog. "I'm in a hurry. Run away from here while you can." The man says. "On it!" David yells and runs. John grabs him before he can leave. "What seems to be the problem?" John asks.
The man noticed the fire and determination in John's eyes, and then the cowardice in David's. He managed to hold a smile before he says, "Follow me." He hops back on his motorcycle and drives off. "We don't have bikes!" David yells. "Dick."
The three decide walk it out anyway. They follow the sound of the motorcycle using Sport's ears. They track the sound into a forest. This is where things start getting weird. They find the man's motorcycle. It has a note on it.
Ran off. Use the dog to track me. There may be surprises along the way. Try not to morph.
-BNR
"BNR?" John asks. "Must be the guy's initials." David answers. "Huh. Let's go." John orders. They venture deeper into the forest.
Location: Highway 240
Time: 3:15 PM
"2 mieruus are ronng!" Link complains. "We're almost there. Don't worry." Mikey tells him. They pass by another sign. "Briarwood. 2 miles." Danni reads. "Didn't we pass this sign an hour ago?" "No wonder why it's taking long. We've been walking in a circle of a straight line!" Casey yells.
"Nani?" Link asks. "There's something weird about this." Mikey says. They hear something rustle behind them. It's the Super Z Putties. "Alright, it's either Zedd's stalking us, or the Dark Magician is close." Casey guesses in while holding her fighting stance. "You are right on both guesses, girlie!" The Dark Magician yells. "Super Z Putties, attack!"
The SZP start attacking the Rangers and Link. They fight the foot soldiers. The three rangers easily defeat the SZP. Link, since he isn't a ranger, has a tough time battling this new brand of Putties. "Minna! Watashi gozen in toraburu!" Link yells in probably horribly translated Japanese. "What did he say?" Danni asks. "Everyone, I am in trouble." Casey answers. Mikey and Danni look at her weird. "I'm his cousin! What're you gonna expect?"
"No, atakku! No atakku-huuuuuuu!" Link frantically yells. "He can't attack the Super Z Putties." Mikey translates. "We should go save him now." Casey orders has she runs to save Link. The others join in. Once they defeat the SZP, the Dark Magician disappears.
Location: A Cave in A Forest
Sport runs to follow the scent of the motorcycle dude with John and David following. After about a minute, Sport suddenly stops and starts digging. "What's wrong boy?" David asks. They feel trembling in the ground once Sport was done making a really big hole. It was wide and deep enough to fit the three of them.
Just then, a molten lava rock appears out of nowhere. The three hide in the hole, but the rock goes the other way. They climb out of the hole, but the rock comes from the entrance to the cave, and the three start running. "I didn't know we were in Indiana Jones!" David yells. "Quiet, short round. I'm thinking." John orders. "That would only work with Link."
They continue running until they reach the end of the cave. They look back at the rock rolling towards them, and then in front of them at the two cliffs near a beach. They jump and the rock stops at the opening. Sport follows the scent again and finds the man at the edge of the cliff.
"How did you get past the rocks in the cave?" John asks the man. "Magic." The man smiles. "You've been reading too many fairytales, friend." David yells. "Magic isn't real." "Really?" The man asks. "What about the creatures in the forest? You seemed fine to believe that they were real."
"Try being a Power Ranger."
"Already have. I was skeptical about magic just like you. I learned to accept it. I think it's time you start believing in magic."
"Who are you?" John asks.
"Come here, and I'll tell you. I'll also show you what the problem is." The man answers.
John measures the distance from where the three of them were standing and to where the man was standing. "That's about 50 feet." John observes. David looks down and sees a long plunge down into rocks. "I'm scared. It's deep." David cowers. "Fine, I'll jump." John says. "Wait, John!" David yells as John gets a running start to jump.
The Dark Magician appears behind the motorcycle man as John is midair. He chants a spell and makes John fall. John hangs onto the wall of the cliff using his Universe Sword, a sword that has not been seen in this story until now. "Jump!" The man yells to David and Sport whilst fighting the Dark Magician.
"I can't! It's a long jump down and forwards!" David yells. "Jump!" John yells. Sport runs and then jumps. He makes it to the other cliff and attacks the Dark Magician. The wall of the cliff starts to crumble. David thinks about a giant rock hitting John. David then gets all serious, cuts a conveniently placed tree with his own Universe Sword, and pole vaults to the other cliff.
A giant rock appears from the crumbling, and David shoots it with his laser gun. He then throws his sword next to John and corkscrew kicks the Dark Magician. "Climb up using the swords!" David yells. "Alright!" John yells back.
Sport starts sniffing an object that looks like a curling stone. "What's that?" David notices while punching the Dark Magician. "It's what's keeping Briarwood from the rest of the world. I tried to disable it, but it needs to be disabled using magic." The man answers. "Why don't you use your magic then?"
"Believing in magic, finally? Huh. Well, it has to be disabled using that rod." He points to the rod that the Dark Magician is using for a staff. David sees an opening and kicks the rod out of the Dark Magician's hands. John, who got up just in time, catches the rod. "What am I supposed to do?" John asks.
"Try raising the rod." The man says. John shrugs and raises the rod. The curling stone-like object disappears. John then breaks the rod in two and joins the fight. Sport bites, John punches, David kicks, and the man uses a cellphone to send out some magic to fling the Dark Magician away. In the distance, they could see Briarwood lighting up with joy and happiness.
"How did you?" David asks with an exasperated expression on his face. "Like I said, magic." The man answers. "Who are you?" John asks.
Location: Highway 240
Time: 4:00 PM
"Hey! I foundu Buriarwoodu!" Link yells. Mikey takes a look at the GPS. There are 3 beeping dots on the screen. "The dots seem to indicate that a ranger is present." Casey observes. "That must be John, David, and a Mystic Force ranger. Let's teleport." Mikey orders. "Right." The other three agree. They teleport.
Location: Briarwood Beach
Time: 4:00 PM
"My real name is Bowen." The man flashes a smile. "But I like to be referred to my name I was called growing up, Nick Russell. I am the red Mystic Force ranger, and you guys have passed my test." "Butto, I did notto study!" A Japanese accent yells. It was Link with Mikey, Casey, and Danni behind him.
"What test?" John asks. "A test to see if you are worthy of Mystic Force's grand power, which is courage. You all harbor courage." Nick explains. "Courage is power?" David asks. "Yes. I've been watching over you for the past 2 hours." "
"John, your determination to help out a town that you do not know shows your courage. " John nods.
"Mikey, you took on the role as temporary leader. It's a tough job as leader, if I say so myself. It takes a lot of courage to lead." Mikey smirks.
"Casey, you're the first one that recklessly barged through the Super Z Putties to save your cousin." Casey grins.
"Danni, though usually quiet, you had the courage to speak up to give Casey a pep talk in getting worried for your friends." Danni brushes her hair to the side.
"Link, though not a ranger, you showed great courage to take on Putties that weren't as weak as regular Putties. You also convinced Mikey to let you go with him to find these three." Link bows as Nick points to John, David, and Sport.
"Sport, you helped the rangers out by attacking the bad guy." Sport smiles.
"And David. You showed the most courage after getting over your implied fear of heights in order to save a friend and to help out a friend." David smiles as well.
"You guys already know that when collecting the 19 grand powers of the Power Rangers, you will obtain a great treasure that should be able to defeat Zedd and his forthcoming army. Good luck." Nick disappears with a flash. "I wonder where he went." Danni asks. They hear the sound of a motorcycle. "I think I know." John smirks.
"I'm not done yet!" The Dark Magician cackles. 'You guyssu go. I'rruu be with Sporttu." Link tells the rangers who nod.
"It's Morphin Time!" John yells. The rangers transform in the dark void. The two X's appear. They signify 20 years of Power Rangers. The first X forms their suits while the second forms their helmets.
David jumps and kicks the air when he lands. "Universe White!"
Danni bows like a princess. "Universe Purple!"
Casey balls up her fists and punches the air. "Universe Blue!"
Mikey crosses his arms. "Universe Yellow."
John facepalms his helmet. "Universe Red!"
"Power Rangers Universe!"
"I guess it's time for my own magic without my rod!" The Dark Magician yells. He fires mini torpedoes from his hands which the rangers block with their Universe Swords. They then charge at him with the swords. They nearly gain the upperhand if he hadn't sent out lightning from the sky. "Let's use these!" David yells as he holds up the Green Mystic Force Ranger Flash Drive.
The rangers take their Power Morphers from their belts and insert the flash drives in the bottom. They transform into the Mystic Force rangers in the same way the actual Mystic Force rangers did.
"Power Rangers Mystic Force!" Suddenly, they feel vibrations on their belts. "Okay, who left our Mystic Morphers on vibrate?" David asks. "It's a new spell." Danni announces. "2-0-0-6. Huh, wonder what that is." David asks. "Only one way to find out." John says. They enter the numbers in the Mystic Morphers, but nothing happens.
"Looks like your 'spell' didn't work! Hahahahaha!" The Dark Magician taunts. "One more time! Mini torpedoes!" Nothing happens. "What about meekta darlivoo shaniquahablah!" Nothing happens.
"I think we disabled his magic use." Casey observes. "Let's use the Magi Staffs to further weaken him." Mikey says.
"Magi staff! Crossbow mode!" Mikey yells as a jolt of lightning is fired at the Dark Magician.
"Magi staff! Water blast!" Casey yells as powerful water splashes injure the villain.
"Magi staff! Tornado power!" Danni yells as she sends a tornado flying towards the drenched wizard.
"Magi staff! Axe mode!" David yells as he smashes the axe on the ground. The ground causes an earthquake fired at the magician.
"Magi staff! Sword mode! I summon the power of the Phoenix!" John yells as he is engulfed in flames to be fired at the Dark Magician.
They transform back into their own ranger suits and finish the Dark Magician off with the Universe Bazooka.
Location: Zedd's Palace
"Ugh. I'm not even going to bother sending him into a megazord battle." Zedd facepalms.
Location: Briarwood, CA
Time: 4:30 PM
The rangers, Link, and Sport enter the Rock Porium. "No animals. No no no no no animals." Toby stresses. "Relax, Toby. We're only gonna be here for a short time." John tells the manager. "Okay. Good. So, Nick told me what happened. I, on the behalf of all of Brairwood, thank you for your kind and courageous work." Toby says. "It was nothing."
"Oh, it was something. You see, once the barrier that was blocking our town was destroyed, people started visiting more often because of some magic thing that made you drive in a circle. Also, we could communicate with other towns and cities. It's all thanks to John, David, and Sport."
"Thanks. I guess." David blushes. "Now, Toby. You've got to keep our identities a secret."
"Don't worry. The whole of Briarwood won't say a word."
"Thank you, Toby. Let's go guys." John orders.
"Oh, before you go. Nick wanted to tell me to tell you guys that he's glad that the universe is safe in your hands."
"How cheesy. Well, bye Toby!" David farewells.
The 6 and dog teleport away.
Location: Benquill Animal Shelter
Time: 5:00 PM
David is saying his last goodbye to Sport. "It'll be okay, David." Natalie tells her melodramatic friend. "I know it will. He's gonna live with a great family. They'll have a smart and courageous dog to protect them, even if he does look like a puppy." He tells her.
"You seem braver to let him go."
"Something happened to me today, and I gained some courage."
"Really? Do tell."
"That information is classified. I'm heading out."
"Not gonna see the new family take Sport?"
"Nah. I can't bear to watch. See ya."
"Bye."
David opens the door where he is met face to face with his parents. "Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?" David asks. "We're here to adopt Sport after all these years! Didn't Natalie tell you?" His mother answers with a question. David faces Natalie, who smirks.
He is about to say something, but then he realizes that he's finally going to have Sport as a pet. He faces Sport and smiles. The Golden Retriever smiles as well. They have a cheesy slow motion run to each other and hug. Sport licks David's face while everyone else laughs.
A/N: Yep. That happened. Don't worry. We'll be able to see Mystic Force's grand power in the next episode. Just you wait.
