Ok so here it is, I'm sorry for not replying to the fiftheenth person, I know who you are not in the creepy way and you shall recieve one after I've done this. I've finished chapter 12 last night so chapters 11 and 12 shall be posted later on this week. Also we've got a new special guest in this and the next chapter.

So without further adoo Chapter 10!I don't own the Power Rangers bla bla...

Power Ranger's Mystic Force

Facing Your Fears

Chapter 10

The day Maddie left the hospital, she was alone. The other's had gone to fight the latest monster, she didn't care, she just wandered around the streets, she couldn't go back home, she couldn't go to Rootcore or go to the battle. They had blocked her power gem so that she couldn't call on her powers or use them. She refused to talk to any of the team even Claire. She was so wrapped up in her anger she didn't notice the commotion down the street, it was only when someone pushed past her screaming that she noticed a cloaked figure tormenting people.

Instead of following the screaming crowd she went the opposite way. As she approached the figure she went behind it and jumped on its back. She let out a groan as the figure bashed her against a nearby wall. Grabbing his hood she let go, it revealed a male face but his hands flew to his face. "Don't look at me!" He hissed pushing her against a wall.

"I won't harm you!" Maddie yelled. The male ran off down the nearest alley. Getting up Maddie followed him. "Please! What's the matter? I won't harm you!"

The male was cowering behind a ladder. She could hear him sobbing. Crouching near him she gently removed his hands from his face. She bit back a gasp; the male wasn't human. He was an elf! She placed a hand on his cheek. He looked at her. Fear was in his eyes, infact it was every part of him! He pointed to her waist. Following his finger it seemed her wound had opened blood was showing through, it must've opened up when she chased . "They harmed you too." He said. Maddie noticed that when his voice started to calm down, his voice started to sound softer, like someone singing gently.

"You mean Kartik's forces the yes. I was saving a family. But if this has opened up then I might die." Maddie said shaking.

"They did this to me…" Taking off his cloak it revealed a white shirt, lifting up he revealed a large scar coming from his chest to the edge of his pants. "My…wife…healed me…but she didn't escape…she was…murdered." He said, his voice faltering.

"I'm sorry…" Maddie held onto the elf's shoulder to stop her from collapsing. "My name is Maddie."

Since Maddie had spoken to him she had seen fear but now she felt concern coming form him. "My name is…Aragorn." He placed his hand on her waist. He closed his eyes and beams of white light surrounded her wound. Maddie could feel her skin coming together, the blood halt at her wound. It tingled at first.

"Thank you!" She said hugging him tightly. Aragorn was startled at this, but he hugged back.

"You are welcome…" Aragorn pushed back a lock of hair that had fallen from her face. "Mistress of the water."

Maddie blushed. "How do you know?" Aragorn showed a smile.

"I'm am a master of it. Elves are highly trained in the arts of water." Maddie slowly got up. "You too are an elf. You have come from them." Maddie looked at him.

"That's impossible…I'm a human. I come from this world! You come from the magic realms!" Maddie replied, half serious half jokingly.

"You know where I am from?" Aragorn said startled. Maddie nodded. And like it was the most natural thing she had ever done, Maddie bowed down to him.

"You are a prince among them. You are Aragorn. High prince of the lands of Gandore." Maddie said in a voice that didn't sound like her own. She slowly got up.

"You are a high priestess, a warrior at that." She stared deeply into his hazel eyes. She felt like she was in a trance, she felt like she could hear the distance sound of a child's laughter. The trance broke when Aragorn got up. "I'm sorry." He helped Maddie up and put on his hood.

"What were you doing to those people?" Maddie asked, she tried to see what he was feeling, but all she saw was hurt, embarrassment, fear and something Maddie didn't know.

"I was trying to make them leave me, they kept staring at me, kept trying to take my hood off. My people disallow this, we are only allowed to take the hood off ourselves or…by our lovers." Aragorn sounded strangled when he mentioned 'lovers'.

"I see…so what happens now?" Maddie said softly. She felt like she was in a dream.

"I must return to my people, I only came here by chance. I was accompanying another prince from the Realms. We got separated and I find myself here." Aragorn looked left then right. The crowd that had been earlier were too frightened to go back there, leaving Aragorn and Maddie a chance to go unnoticed.

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They went along the path that led towards the forest. "There is only one person I know that can help you. He's Udonna's brother." Maddie said as they got near.

"Lord Assam? He is a very brave man. But he has a sad past. That must be why he wants to help your team until Udonna returns." Aragorn said slowly. Maddie looked at Aragorn, he wasn't like the elves in the books she read or in that film 'Lord Of The Rings'. He had long dark brown hair that hung loose around his shoulders. He had stubble forming around his chin, making his face look like he had seen worse. He had broad shoulders and from the glimpse she caught from his toned chest the rest was muscular.

"You know him?" Maddie said, trying to forget Aragorn's toned body.

"I was one of his teammates apprentice." Came his reply. "Wait." Maddie watched as Aragorn bent down and plucked from a nearby branch a small violet. He held it towards her, but before she could hold it he transformed it into red rose. "For you."

"Thank you." She said blushing. They carried on walking until they reached a slope. Aragorn created a crown of violets for Maddie while she made him a crown of daisies. Aragorn made Maddie feel happy again. And it had been long since any male had been able to do that. Xander and Chip were there for her but in a friendly/brotherly way. Aragorn listened to her problems with her family, her friends, work; her being a power ranger and even about Nick. "I mean he just shows up when he needs our help but when we needed him…he wasn't there."

"Maybe you didn't need him. You handled all these monsters without him and now you do." He said simply. "Hear his side of the story before jumping to conclusions."

"You make more sense than Assam." Maddie said giggling.

"True." Aragorn said shaking his head chuckling.

"So what about you? I've told you a lot about me." Maddie said looking at him.

He was silent for a bit then with a strangled cough he said. "I was once married. To a woman named Circe. We had a son together." Aragorn's voice faltered and Maddie realised something. His wife and son were dead.

"I'm sorry…" Maddie said.

"Don't. Knowing you and seeing you smile has made me very happy." Aragorn leaned closer to her. "My mistress of the water…" They leaned closer together, their lips inches apart.

"Maddie?" Maddie whipped round and found Nick, Vida, Xander and Chip staring at her.

"H-hey guys!" She stammered; she glanced at Aragorn who quickly put up his hood. "What are you doing here?"

"We could ask the same question." Xander said eyeing Aragorn.

"Wait is that blood on your shirt? What were you doing?" Vida said in a way you would punish a child.

"I-I was stopping Aragorn from scaring people and in an attempt to stop him…I jumped on his back and fell." Maddie said as best as she could.

"And who is this Aragorn?" Nick demanded. Maddie glared at him.

"A friend. Look Assam's mediating, so he'll be by the river." Maddie replied. She hoped they understand her tone and back off but it was far from it.

"You are coming home right now!" Vida sounded like her mother instead of her sister.

"NO!" Maddie yelled. "Look! I have my life and you have yours! So could you please stop butting in it?"

"You are my sister!" Vida yelled back. "You are my responsibility!"

"I'm 19! I'm not 10 anymore!" Maddie's anger that had been building up suddenly lashed out. "And to prove it to you while I was in hospital I got myself an apartment! Yea'! I'm moving out!" Vida went silent.

"Then go! Ever since you've come back from the Magic Realms you've been arrogant!" Vida said coldly. The ring around Maddie's finger grew tighter, she felt dizzy but it didn't bother her.

"You treat me as if I were a child! You block my powers, you all face death but when it comes to me you all act as over-protective parents!" The others were shocked; they had never seen Maddie like this. Nick stared at Maddie and noticed the flicker of dizziness.

"It's her ring isn't it?" He whispered to Xander. His eyes widened but then slowly nodded.

"It's dark magic. We're trying to find the right time to tell Assam but how?"

"Leave it to me."

Nick backed away until he was out of sight before he sprinted in another direction towards the river. He cursed as he tripped on the rocks as he reached Assam's meditating spot, near a waterfall. Hopping on a rock he found Assam sitting on a nearby large rock, around him was a protected circle. "Uncle Assam?"

"Sshh!" Came the reply. Assam opened his eyes and looked at Nick. "I've found an evil sprit in Briarwood. It's in the forest." He eyed Nick.

"Uncle Assam…I need your help." Assam rose up and stared harder at Nick. "Maddie's got something on her finger and Xander believes it's cursed."

"Hn. I shall unblock her powers and we shall see if it affects her powers." Nick looked alarmed. "I believe I know what it is but it affects power and if it does then Maddie shall be cursed free."

"We also found a elf. He's called Aragorn." Assam stared at him in alarm.

"An elf? Here? In Briarwood?" The colour faded from Assam's face. "Nick you must get that elf into the Magic Realms!"

"Why? What's the matter? Uncle?" Nick said sounding worried. What was the problem?

"If an elf or any magic creature is here then Kartik or the veil between the two worlds has been opened or in the worse case destroyed. Ask him where he arrived, see if any other magical creature that shouldn't be here. Then send them back. Imagine if Kartik was to return here? Imagine the destruction!" Assam leaped off his rock, landing on the ground. "Come we must go to Rootore."

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SO??How was that?Please review!!Something big is in store for you in chapter 11! So please review!!Luv you all!!Goodnight!