UPDATED (17/12/2012)


"Can someone please enlighten me why we were called to the Command Centre?" Lexi asked her friends.

Apparently, Johnny had called all of them that randomly that day saying that he has something important to show all of them. But when they got there, the green pirate ranger was nowhere to be found. Even Navi was unaware of what was happening at the moment. Troy and Dylan sat down on the chairs in front of the controls with bored expressions on their faces while Blair was busy typing away with her phone.

"Who could you be texting all the time?" Dylan asked Blair. Lately, he has been awfully bothered by the fact that Blair is always found with her phone at one hand.

"None of your business," Blair responded, her eyes still on the screen of the phone.

"Where the heck is Johnny?" Lexi said frustratingly. She gets bored easily and when she's bored, she just won't stop complaining how bored she is; much to Troy's dismay.

"Just relax, Lexi. He'll come…hopefully," Troy said with a bored expression while playing with some of the controls.

"Troy is right! We should be patient," Navi added.

"Well I'm running out of it," Dylan responded.

Not too long after that, Johnny finally arrives with his army green bag pack and laptop. In contrast to his friend's bored looks, Johnny looks rather enthusiastic about something. It's as if someone told him he just won a million dollars.

Johnny was first greeted by a punch on the shoulder by Lexi, almost making him drop his laptop. "OW! What was that for?" Johnny asked her, rubbing his now bruised arm.

"Why did you call us to come to the Command Center?" Troy asked him back.

"Well I have some good news for us all," Johnny announced.

"You found a way to get rid of those Zangyack losers so we can finally find that treasure?" Lexi guessed.

"No but it's something that can help us defeat the Zangyack," Johnny answered.

"What do you mean?" Dylan asked.

Johnny put his laptop down on a table and he opened it to reveal some sort of blue print regarding their Pirate Armada Megazord. "Remember yesterday's battle when we were trying to use our cannon blasters at the giant Zangyack but it stopped working?" he quizzed them.

"That's because we ran out of cannons," Blair piped up. "No one thought it could be possible. We had to use Megaforce's grand power to defeat them."

"Right, so I spend the rest of the day to fix that problem so we won't have that kind of problem anymore. See," Johnny responded, showing all of them the blueprint of what he did to the Pirate Armada Megazord. Unfortunately for him, his friends did not seem interested.

"That's what you've been doing? I thought you didn't want to hang out after that because you were traumatized by that Zangyack yesterday. He kinda looks like the bad guy from Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Lexi said to him.

"I wasn't scared of him!" Johnny debated.

"Yes you were. When we first saw him, you hid behind Blair the entire time because of his face," Dylan pointed out.

"You are easily frightened Johnny. You remind me of Chuckie from Rugrats minus the red hair," Blair commented.

"I think so too," Lexi added, smirking playfully.

Troy, Dylan, Lexi and Blair were laughing hysterically but Johnny was not all smiles apparently. "I can't believe you guys are making fun of me. I thought you were my friends," he told them.

Troy, being the leader, stepped forward, "We're kidding Johnny. It's what friends do," he said.

Johnny turned away from the rest. He hated to admit it but he had never had real friends before. Sure he joined the Science Club but he never really made any friends. He's not very sociable like Dylan but it's different. Dylan chose to be quiet because of his cold attitude towards everything. Johnny was quiet because he was shy and was afraid of the attention.

Looking at Johnny, the others started to feel guilty of what they did to the green pirate. They had hurt his feelings. Before any of them could step forward to apologize to Johnny, Navi started to fly across the room frantically.

"I have a prediction! He shouted before running into Johnny, hitting his head hardly.

"Finally, it's been three weeks since we last got one," Lexi said.

"Do you believe in magic?" was all Navi said, leaving all the rangers on the edge. "That is all!"

"Believe in magic?" Dylan echoed.

Suddenly the alarm went off. Troy, Dylan, Lexi and Blair quickly ran towards the viewing globe to see what was going on while Johnny was still rubbing his head due to the fact that Navi ran into him previously. As predicted, a new Zangyack decided to make an appearance and like any other Zangyack, he is terrorizing the city.

"We better get going," Troy said. "Navi, help us teleport downtown," he added as they all stepped on their respective teleporters, getting ready to morph. Johnny however didn't follow them.

"Are you coming, Johnny?" Blair asked.

Johnny sighed. They didn't even care that Navi might give him a concussion. Some friends they were. He nodded anyways and took out his green pirate ranger key and mobirate.

"IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!"

After morphing, Navi teleported the five to the city where the Zangyack was detected. This Zangyack had a long cape and was wearing a long top hat and was also carrying a wand. To sum it all, the Zangyack basically looked like a typical magician except for the fact that he has a skull face.

"Look who came out to play today," Troy ordered, stopping the Zangyack from hurting a civilian.

"Ah, you're the one they call pirates. I am honored to meet your acquaintance," the Zangyack responded. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Commander Mongul, the most evil wizard of the Zangyack Empire."

"Let me guess, you're here to help your dumb Emperor take over Earth?" Dylan asked sarcastically.

"Right you are blue pirate. But with a little magical twist. Just take a look around," Commander Mongul answered calmly while showing the rangers what he already did to the people nearby.

The rangers spotted a pattern. It seems like Commander Mongul has trapped all of them in some sort of magic act. For example, there were some people who were tied up and trapped inside a big black box. In fact everyone was trapped under some sort of magic trick always seen on television.

"You're never going to get away with this!" Lexi declared as she charged after the action commander.

Commander Mongul brought up his wand and started waving it in Lexi's direction while muttering some sort of spell which caused Lexi to be trapped inside an hour glass. Lexi tried her best to break the hour glass with her Pirate Sabre and Pirate Blaster but it only gave her a shock.

"Nice try, yellow ranger. Apparently, you're not quick enough," Commander Mongul said to her. "Oh that reminds me; I put a special spell on your friend. If she or any of you tried to break the hour glass, she will be gone forever."

"Come on guys, let's move!" Troy commanded to the rest of his teammates. Troy and Dylan jumped in first, attacking Commander Mongul with their Pirate Sabers but missed the first try. Blair and Johnny then tried to shoot him with their Pirate Blasters but instead hit the red and blue pirate after Commander Mongul made himself disappear.

"Are you guys ok?" Blair asked them.

"We're fine," Troy answered her. Commander Mongul then appeared behind Troy and Dylan, giving them electric shocks by using his wand again.

"Surprise!" Commander Mongul said.

While Troy and Dylan struggled to get up, Blair and Johnny decided to get him next. "Blair, let's use these," Johnny said, pulling out a crimson Thunder ranger key. Blair took out a navy thunder ranger key and they morphed together at the same time.

"CRIMSON BLASTER!" Johnny called out while he blasts Commander Mongul successfully.

"My turn," Blair said before she jumped from Johnny's shoulder. "NAVY ANTLER!" she called out as she caught Commander Mongul with her weapon and sends electric shocks through his body.

"Bad move, pinky," Commander Mongul said as he release the grip of Blair's weapon. He then grabbed Blair's hand tightly while he waved his wand at her. Before Johnny could save her, Blair was wrapped in white cloths like a mummy and was thrown in a black coffin that Commander Mongul made appear. After closing the coffin, he waved his wand once more and placed heavy metals on it.

"BLAIR!" Johnny, Troy and Dylan shouted.

Commander Mongul laughed victoriously at his work so far thus making Johnny nervous. Johnny is afraid what his punishment would be.

"Your turn, green ranger," Commander Mongul declared as he started to wave his wand. Johnny knew he had to run or teleport somewhere but at that moment of time, he was scared what the Zangyack has in store for him. Before the wave of magic hit him, Dylan had pushed Johnny out of the way just in time but unfortunately for Dylan; the wave of magic hit him instead.

"Dylan!" Johnny called out. When it was over, Johnny and Troy saw that Dylan was turned into a rabbit.

"Oh, what an amazing turns of event this has become," Commander Mongul said. "But unfortunately, I am almost running out of magic. I will come and get you two next time. Ciao!"

After he left, Johnny was still in shock over what had happened. His friends are all trapped Mongul's evil magic spell. When he looked at Dylan, he felt guiltier. That could have been him. He couldn't imagine being turned into a rabbit. He's allergic to them! He then felt a gentle tap on his shoulder.

"I'll get Navi to teleport all of us at the Command Center," Troy informed him.

Johnny got up on his two feet and faced his leader, "I'm sorry," he said.

Troy stopped and turned to the green ranger. True he could just avoid the magic hit that Mongul intended to give him but it wasn't entirely his fault. Plus, Troy hated to see his friend feel guilty.

As a red ranger and leader of the Project Pirate team, he should come up with a quick plan to turn everyone back to normal. But as Johnny's friend, he should have a talk with him first. Before Troy could even open his mouth, a shadow casted in front of the two rangers.

"Hello there," the person greeted them with an Australian accent. He had short brown hair and was wearing a green shirt. He also had a confident smile on his face when he greeted Troy and Johnny. "You must be the new guys."

"New guys?" Troy and Johnny echoed.

"I'm Xander," he introduced himself. "Green Mystic Force ranger."

"Mystic Force ranger. You're probably the one Navi was talking about in his prediction," Johnny responded.

"Alright, you found us and you can tell we're apparently in a pickle. Just give us your grand power," Troy said to him quickly.

"I'm afraid I can't just give you the grand power that easily my friend," Xander informed him.

"Troy!" Johnny said suddenly as he took out a green Mystic Force ranger key and morphed. He then started to explain, "Mongul uses magic to make people suffer like this. Maybe we can use magic to make everything back to normal again."

Johnny then held up the Mystic Morpher in his hand and started to wave it but nothing happened. "It's not working," he said.

"That's what I'm here for, mate," Xander told them.

"What are you talking about?" Troy asked him, growing impatient.

"In order to restore everything it once was you'll have to unlock a certain spell code. But in order to do that, you'll have to believe in magic," Xander explained to them.

"How do we do that?" Troy asked.

"Well I was sent here to help you guys out and I think I just thought up a perfect way for you guys to obtain the spell code and Mystic Force's grand power. I'll meet you back here later in an hour," Xander told them. "Before I leave you, think about what I said. Do you believe in magic?"


After Xander had dismissed them, Troy and Johnny teleported back to the Command Centre with rabbit Dylan, Lexi in a giant hour glass and Blair mummified in a coffin with weights on it. Johnny couldn't decide which of his friends was having it worst. Although being trapped in an hour glass, Lexi was still able to move but the glass of the hour glass was unbreakable.

"Will Lexi and Blair be alright being trapped in confined places like that?" Johnny asked Navi. He worries terribly about the amount of air both Lexi and Blair have being trapped.

"The scanner shows that they are still breathing normally," Navi answered.

Johnny sighs as he witness Troy trying to lift up the heavy weight on top of Blair's coffin but it was useless. The weight was super heavy and Johnny thinks no one is strong enough to lift it. Dylan, who was turned into a rabbit, was currently placed in a cage so he won't run away. Blair was currently struggling to get out of the coffin she was trapped in and Lexi is knocking furiously on the glass even though Johnny made it clear to her not to do so. Johnny could see Troy is growing frustrated and worried over the safety of their friends.

"How long has it been?" Troy asked Johnny regarding the deal they made with the original green Mystic Force ranger.

"We still have around five more minutes," Johnny replied back after checking the time on his watch.

"I think we should get going then," Troy said. He then turned to look at Lexi who was knocking the inside of the hour glass. "Why can't we hear what Lexi is saying?"

"The glass must be soundproof. No sound comes out, no sounds goes in," Johnny explained.

"Maybe it's a good thing she's in there then. The Command Centre hasn't been quiet since she came along," Troy replied jokingly, trying to enlighten Johnny's mood.

Troy knew that he was still upset over what happened and he was blaming himself for it. Troy had tried tons of things to tell Johnny that it was not his fault but all Johnny responded was a shrug and a sad look. "Johnny, stop kicking yourself over this. They'll be fine."

Johnny avoided eye contact with Troy. "Let's just go," he replied back.

Troy and Johnny then stepped on their teleporters to teleport themselves to where they promised to meet Xander.

"Be careful rangers!" Navi said.

By the time they arrived, Xander was already there but he was not wearing the same clothes he was wearing before. In fact he was wearing a white and green shirt under a black vest. To top it off, he was wearing a cape. Johnny remembered that the Mystic Force ranger suit also had a cape on it. Maybe he needed that to feel nostalgic, Johnny thought. Even in his little get-up, he still looks like he has his pride.

"Alright, we're here. Let's get it started," Troy said to Xander.

"Oh come on mate, what's the rush?" Xander asked with a smirk on his face.

"If you hadn't notice, our friends are under an irreversible magic spell," Johnny replied back.

"Alright then," Xander responded back and then his hands started glowing in green out of the blue. Johnny quickly took cover behind Troy, anticipating for the worst that is to come. He shut his eyes tightly hoping that it was just a bad dream and he would wake up in his house and on his bed. When he opened his eyes, he found that he and Troy were somewhere in the middle of the forest. He shut his eyes and pinched himself, telling himself to wake up but he knew it wasn't a dream. In fact it was his worst nightmare.


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