I'm back with another chapter! Luckily I won't have to worry about getting a little behind schedule like I originally thought I would be because I will focus my whole attention on this story alone. And if gonna another OC chapter right here...
So... the Disclaimer...
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Dino Thunder or it's characters. All I own is Celea and a few other OCs... and the Academy she goes to, and it's moves.
Celea
I bolted up and bed and bit down on my lip to keep from screaming in fright.
I noticed Hunter still in bed and I took a deep breath as I tried to lay back down. "It was just a dream… it was just… a dream…"
I closed my eyes… but my mind went back to my dream… and it wasn't a good one.
"Well… well…. Well…" A voice mocked me as I was tied to a stake.
I tried to pull away as I groaned out, "That's a deep well… mind jumping into it some time?"
There was a slice through the air and I bit down on my lip to keep from screaming at the searing pain it gave my cheek.
"You should learn… to respect your elders." The voice growled angrily.
"Who are you?" I questioned, "Come out so I can see you."
"You don't need to see me…" It assured, "But you will need to hope you'll get out of this experience… alive… Celea… Celea… Celea?"
My eyes snapped open, "No!"
Hunter jumped a bit as he held a hand on my shoulder he was shaking, "You okay?"
I breathed heavily. "Y… y…" I couldn't even bring myself to lie. "No… I'm not… I'm really not."
Hunter pulled me closer and kissed her forehead, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know…" I whispered, "I honestly don't know…"
Later that day…
We were in Hayley's, myself feeling a little worse for wear… not that I let it show.
Hunter was at one of the Computers while I was waiting some tables.
My muscles were tense but shaky… but no one noticed.
I heard the door opened and I glanced to see Quincy, Kelly, and Ty walking in.
"Guys!" I smiled at them as I got behind the counter.
"Hey Cel." They nodded as I grabbed three cookies for each of them.
"Oh… hey guys." Hayley nodded to them, "What bring you here?"
"Well… we actually came to talk to Cel." Quincy answered, "Well… I did…"
"I wanted to tag along." Ty shrugged.
"I wasn't letting him go without me." Kelly finished.
I smiled softly, "Thanks."
"I'll take over." Trent assured.
"You're the best Trent." I nodded before I walked out from the bar and headed over to Quincy, "So, what's up?"
"About what you asked me last week." He whispered and my heart leaped.
"I'll be back later." I assured Hayley and Trent before I walked out with the three.
10 minutes later…
"So… what is it?" I frowned.
"I… I think you're problem… I think it's got something to do with that legend dad told us about." Quincy replied.
"Legend?" I blinked, "You mean that story that always put me to sleep when I was a kid?"
"That's the one." He nodded.
My mouth fell open, "Quincy… that's impossible. It was from 5,000 years ago."
"Exactly." He nodded again, "That's what I thought when you told me… but… I told dad-"
"Quincy!"
"Not the specifics!" He assured, "But… I told dad… and he seems to think after the Ninja Prophecy came to pass… well…"
"But… that's always been… Lunar Folklore." I reasoned, "If it was true…"
"I know." My adopted brother sighed, "But dad thinks it's possible. You could be-"
"I can't!" I exclaimed, wincing as people turned to look at us, "Sorry…"
We leaned closer and Quincy sighed. "Look… I'm not saying that it's completely impossible for you not to be… but, let's face the facts. You're everything she is in the legend."
"Most legends turn out to be myths." I reasoned.
"You said the Power Rangers were Legends." He pointed out.
"…Well when I said they were Legends, I meant the first ones." I replied.
Quincy rolled his eyes, "Look, I know you'd think this was crazy… but, you gotta believe me."
"If it's true, I'll be dead by New Year's Day!" I hissed.
"Not true." He assured, "You'll be dead by your 18th birthday."
"Quincy!" I growled.
"Relax." He put his hands on my shoulders, "Look… most Legends get twisted through the years… we just need to figure out what really happened."
"5,000 years ago!" I reminded him, "Most documents are gonna be dust!"
"Unless…" He smiled calmly.
My eyes went wide, "No! We are not…!"
2 hours later…
"Quincy, why must… you hate me…. so much?" I groaned.
"It's literally not gonna kill you." He rolled his eyes.
"So says you, you've never been up here!" I snapped.
We were climbing up the mountain that used to hold the Lunar Academy.
Personally… I didn't believe the Lunar Academy always moved around… and from what I was told, it was once connected to the earth… something known as the Last Ice Age actually caused the first Lunar Ninjas to disconnect it.
It's was also connected to the highest mountain in North America!
"Why… didn't we keep… all that stuff… with us?!" I groaned as we continued up.
"Because they were too dangerous to do so." Quincy answered as he finally got up to the top.
I grumbled under my breath before I got up with him.
"Alright now…" I gulped softly as we stood in front of an ancient temple.
"Let's get that scroll." He finished.
"This should be fun…" I mumbled.
Rightly said, a dark spirit appeared before us.
Their eyes were dark brown… so I was a little nervous.
"When I run… get to the other side." Quincy hissed.
"What about you?" I whispered back.
"I'll be fine. I've faced a dark sided Ty, remember?"
"I remember you almost dying!" I retorted.
"Just run! Now!" He growled.
I bit my lip and did as told, running to the back before the Dark spirit could get me.
I was about to go up a set of carved steps when I heard Quincy crying out in pain.
I looked back at him and saw him on the ground. I then looked between the steps and my adopted brother.
Finally, I ran in front of the spirit, "Leave him alone!"
The spirit shinned its brown eyes and I felt my legs go stiff… but I didn't care.
"Moonlit Wave!" I shouted as I sent the light blast as the dark spirit.
When I looked again, it had turned to dust… blowing away in the wind.
I moved my legs again and I rushed over to Quincy, "You okay?"
"Yeah." He groaned softly then looked at the stairs, "It's gonna be a long climb though."
"We can do it." I figured.
"Right." He nodded.
1 hour later…
"You know, if Sensei was here, he'd have both of our heads." I noted as we headed up the steps, "You know how it's against rules to come to the ancient lands."
"Of course I do." He assured, "That's why we're not telling him."
I blinked, "Okay, I'm confused… since when do you ever not tell dad something like this?"
"Since I got to know Ty… in work…" He mumbled.
I stared at him, "You work at Storm Chargers now?"
"Yes, okay… yes! I work at Storm Chargers." He sighed, "I didn't want to tell you though."
"Dude, but… your dream is to take Dad's spot as head Sensei." I reminded him.
"Don't remind me!" Quincy groaned.
We stopped and he sat on one of the steps while I looked down at him.
"Dude… what'd you tell dad?" I frowned.
He sighed, "He doesn't know you're going to normal High school in Reefside… so I told him I was watching over you."
I blinked, "Again, you lied? That's not like you."
"I know." He sighed.
I sat beside him, "Hey… I'm glad you're helping me with this… takes guts."
He smiled, "Like being a Power Ranger?"
"Yeah like being a-"
Right as I was about to finish, my Com-Link went off.
"I gotta go." I breathed out.
"Celea…" He shook his head.
"I know… I wanted to do this… but…" I looked at my morpher then groaned, "Alright… let's keep going."
"You sure?"
"I won't be any use to my friends if I'm handicapped. Let's keep going." I started up the steps again.
"Alright… your choice." He sighed.
Third Person
Hunter groaned as the monster of the week, A magnet mixed with a set of bones known as Magna-bones, forced the Dino Rangers all backward.
"Okay… where's Celea again?" Conner groaned.
"If I knew, I'd be trying to get her!" Hunter insisted.
"Great…" The others grumbled.
The monster chortled, "Ranger down I take it?"
Hunter growled, "We don't need all of us to take you out!" He held up his Ingen Sword and went at it.
The freak easily blocked each of his strikes and forced the former Thunder Ranger backward.
Hunter groaned before he got back up, "Cel! We could use a hand here!"
With Celea and Quincy…
Celea heard his voice and froze in her steps.
"Celea? Come on." Quincy tried to coax her into continuing their climb.
'Celea! Please!' Hunter's voice called through again.
"We need to keep going."
'Celestina Palensa! Come on!' Hunter shouted in what Celea realized was pain.
Celea looked up at her adopted brother, "I'm sorry…" She ran back down the steps before she Ninja Streaked back to Reefside.
Quincy sighed as he watched her go. "She defied one part… that much I know…"
With the other Dino Rangers…
"Prepare to meet your doom rangers!" It mocked.
"Prepare to meet your doom, freak!" Celea's voice shouted as the green ranger flipped behind him and struck the monster with her Veloci Whip.
"Celea!" The others rushed up to her.
"Where were you?" Conner asked.
"Later." Celea shook her head, "Right now… let's beat this creep!"
"You got it!"
The five quickly combined their weapons and got in front of the monster. "Z-Rex Blaster!"
"We'll see about that!" Magna-bones held out its hand, causing the blaster to start being tugged out of their hands.
"Hold tight guys!" Ethan grunted as they tried to hold firm.
"We better attack now!" Celea added.
"Right!" Conner nodded before he put his finger on the trigger, "Fire!"
The Dino-mouthed blast went at the monster, causing it to spark.
"Oh! So much for being Bad to the Bone!" It groaned before it fell to the ground and exploding while the others turned away.
"Awesome!" Everyone cheered.
"Now Cel… where were you?" Hunter repeated.
"Well…." Celea was about to tell them when the monster came back, larger.
"Dr. O?" Ethan looked at his morpher.
Within moments, the BrachioZord came out of nowhere and their Zords quickly came out of it.
The team jumped into their respective Zords and quickly combined.
"Combine." They chorused before their Zords did just that and became their Megazord.
"Time for some Polar Discharge!" The monster commented before sending a wave of energy at them forcing their Zords apart.
"Ah!" The five cried out as they tried to hold themselves in their Zords.
"Alright… let's try this… Veloci Tail Whip!" Celea turned her zord around, causing the tail of it to strike the monster.
"Ingen Bite!" Hunter added as his Zord bit Magna-bones back even more.
"Ugh! No need to be bitey!" It complained.
"Let's try this again…" Conner called out.
"Combine." They activated the control.
Once they were combined into their Megazord once again, the five sent their strongest attack.
"Tyranno Drill!" They called out.
They activated the attack and struck Magna-bones down easily.
"Ugh! No Point for me!" It complained before exploding once more.
"Great!" Everyone cheered.
"Yeah!"
"Awesome…" Celea breathed out softly.
Hunter
Later that night…
"Celea!" I chased after my girlfriend, who visibly winced when I got up to her as we got into our Hotel room, "Finally! I've been trying to find you since we got done!"
She nodded, "That's…"
"What's wrong?" I pressed, "Celea… please tell me."
"I can't." She shook her head.
"Can't or won't?!" I snapped.
Again she winced. "You wouldn't understand."
"Try me." I reasoned gently.
"I don't even get it!" She groaned and sat on the couch, "I don't know if it's my darkness… or some stupid legend like Quincy think's it is."
I frowned as I sat beside her, "Legend?"
She groaned softly before answering, "The Legend of Fitche Esmeray; The First Dark Lunar Master."
"'Dark Lunar Master'?" I repeated.
She nodded, "The First… the second being her son, my 10 times great grandfather… and not from Sensei Aronshei. I mean, my real father's father."
I stared, "So… what's the Legend?"
"The Legend states, from what I understand…. One of mighty power must go through six hurtles after forcing that which makes them dark away. Each hurtle is put in place for those they find close." Celea answered.
"Translation?" I blinked.
My girlfriend smiled softly, "Basically… once someone's completely stopped his, or her, darkness… they've gotta get through six hurtles…"
"Does it mention which class?" I wandered.
"No… but I've been told, a long time ago, by Quincy himself… that the first sign that could be you… your muscles start being shaky… and your dreams are condemned to that of the final thing you love." She replied and held up a hand as I was about to ask for another translation, "Basically… it starts out like… PTSD in the sense that… you can't get much grip on reality… and the shaky muscles… well…" She raised a hand that clearly showed unwilling shakiness.
I took it gently and looked at her eyes, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Hmm… let me think…" She rolled her eyes, "The final thing I love. You." She looked me in the eye. "You're the main thing I love… the final thing… the biggest thing… Hunter, I've been having dreams of you… and as much as I wished they were all good…" She shook her head.
"Cel…" I whispered.
Tears came to her eyes, "I know I should've told you sooner… but… when we became rangers again… I… I just… I didn't want you to worry…"
I pulled her close, "I'm sorry…"
My girlfriend shook her head, "So am I… I should've told you when it first started… but I didn't believe it… live alone know what it was…"
"Exactly." I rubbed her side a bit, "Yes, okay… I'm a little mad you didn't tell me… but… you didn't know what it was, to begin with."
"You guys nearly got your butts kicked… if I'd come when my morpher went off…." Celea shook her head.
"You were trying to find answers weren't you?" I figured.
She nodded, "Yeah… uh… Quincy and I… we had to go to the most ancient part of Lunar History."
"Couldn't have been that bad." I reasoned.
"It was at the top of Mount McKinley."
"Oh…" I blinked.
"Yeah."
"That's high."
"I know."
"Wow…"
"Will you stop that?!" She glared jokingly.
"Right… sorry…" I smiled a bit.
She sighed after a moment, "Point is… I didn't even get to see the scrolls… I turned back right before then to come and help."
"You could've stayed to get some answers." I reasoned, "We could've-"
"No." She cut me off, "Look… I know you can take care of yourself… but you can't keep a battle up if you're down a Ranger."
I sighed, "I know." I kissed her forehead lightly. "Look… why don't we just eat, relax, and watch some TV… I heard this new show was on… Phil of the Future I think."
She smiled, "I'd like that…" She stood up and went to make dinner.
"Holler if you need me." I noted.
"Sure…" I could hear the eye-roll in her voice, getting me to laugh a bit.
I turned the TV on and looked to see her cooking away, completely calm now that she was in her favorite element.
The only question that I still wanna ask her though… what did she dream about me?
And… how can I help her through it now?
That's a really good question, and it will be answered soon. All along with another chapter next week.
Till then...
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