Hey guys I couldn't wait until Saturday to post this chapter so I'll do it now!

Disclaimer: I don't own Power rangers! I own Desmond


Chapter 7:

The Cougar Quest

In a vast mountainside Desmond stood up looking around confused, the gold ranger walked off towards the nearest peak, to have a clearer view.

"I need to find Shayera. I just got her back I can't loose her again." Mumbling to himself he didn't see a figure that was thought to be gone.

As the thunder ranger climbed up the mountainside, he felt something wrong; turning around slowly behind him was a group of putties.

"P-putties….but…that can't be possible!" Screaming, Desmond dodged one of the putties and punched one. "They can't be here! Why the hell are they here?!" He continued to fight them the best he could. "That's it Thunder Storm Ranger Form!" He reached for his morpher, only to find it wasn't there. "Oh great…." Looking up Desmond ran off but ended up slipping off the mountainside.


Feeling something wet, long and rough Desmond groaned out opening his eyes slowly. In front of him was a baby Cougar. Blinking slowly at the cub, he and the cub stared at each other until it processed through his mind. He screamed.

"Don't scream Desmond!" The cub whined covering his small ears.

Gapping at what he heard, Desmond blinked slowly, and chocked out, "Y-you…just talked…a cougar…just talked to me…"

"Yes a CUB Cougar just talked to you Desmond. I'm your animal spirit."

"My animal spirit? Why are you a cub?"


The spirit pair sat next to each other near the mountain river. Desmond nodded his head slowly at the slow incoming information. "So…you're my animal spirit…but you're a cub because I'm…."

The cougar cub groaned. "Your not grown in the spiritual terms. True you have mastered the style but you were so into mastering you didn't bother o n trying to grow along with you spirit. ME!"

With the last part of the pathetic roar, Desmond nodded and stood up. "Alright, so I have to grow with you…I have to master it…I have to…."

"Fine your errors you have made while training. I can't help you. I did all I could do Desmond. Good luck!" The cub disappeared in a mist of sand.

Sighing the gold clad boy walked off, heading towards the mountaintop once again.

"So…I didn't grow into my animal spirit…I have to have an connection to the cougar…" He sighed climbing up the mountain slowly he stopped. "Wait…cougars are like mountain lions…" He looked up and smirked. "Well one way to find out."

Closing his brown eyes the thunder ranger concentrated on the behavior of the cougar. Taking in a deep breath, the shaggy brown hair boy started to leap from one ledge to the next having a firm grip on the rocks. Re-opening them, he looked down smirking. "Got the traveling…next is the hunting…the behaviors…the cougar…"

Climbing back up the mountain, he noticed the putties, and ran to the closest bush. He watched the actions. "Be brave…right…brave…" He took a deep breath and leaped out kicking on putty on the chest destroying it. Smirking he flipped back and continued fighting the putties destroying them all. "Yeah!"

He turned around but frowned seeing a cliff. "That wasn't there before."

"Your right."

He turned around and coughed. "Rj?"

Rj smirked shrugging his shoulders. "Yeah, lets see what you learned through this quest."

"Right…" Desmond got ready to fight but stopped thinking back to the talk with the cub. "I think to much on fighting…" He looked up at Rj and smirked. "You want me to fight…but that not the point of the quest. I was suppose to fine myself in this quest."

Rj smirked and nodded. "Got that right."

"Good job Desmond."

Turning around, Desmond let out a small girly scream seeing an already grown Cougar.

"C-Cougar…talking…"

"This again?! Desmond it's me your animal spirit! You passed your vision quest."

"I did?" He blinked and looked around. "You sure? I mean I did the climbing, the fighting…"

"You…actually did that…? You weren't suppose to Desmond!" The cougar screamed."

"WHAT!"

"Yeah…you made a fool of yourself Desmond…good job but hey you passed!" The cougar laughed.

Grumbling, the cougar master crossed his arms and sighs being drifted away in a mist of sand.


Hey guys how you like Desmond's quest? I know kinda lame, but it's all I could think of and how it could go with his character. Just let me describe Post-Quest Desmond to pre-quest Desmond shall I?

Pre Quest: Desmond usually thought the answer was fighting. He was rash, and always thought inside of the box, and never outwards. He always believed that if you finish a test you mastered that one thing.

Post Quest: Now Desmond knows that fighting isn't always the answer. Still rash, but he thinks in and out of the box. Now having finished his quest he now knows that just because you finish a test doesn't mean you mastered it, you can't master something just by a test.

Well there's the comparison, and you'll see more later on the story next up is Shayera! I actually started writing hers up before this so I can't wait!