Instants
By: the-magenta-ranger
Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers. (The show, I mean, as I do own some of the action figures.) -grin-
A/N: Ah. Another Marah character-study. I like doing a lot of character studies on her because 1) In the show, she's painfully shallow and I like to give her more depth. And 2) I just plain like her. :D
Marah. And twenty events that made up her transitions from evil to good, girl to woman.
Theme 13: Change
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1. At 5, she'd received her first doll. A stuffed little Kelzac replica, which she giddily brought to bed that night. The following morning, it'd gone missing and Kapri had been found to be the perpetrator. She'd vowed to never talk to her again forever and ever and ever. The day after that, she'd greeted her sister 'Good Morning' and forgiveness had been realized.
2. When she was 8, she'd gone to Earth for the first time. She kicked the first person she'd come upon (as Uncle had instructed her to). But when the mousy little boy had started crying, she furrowed her eyebrows, bewildered, bit her lip, and left. Leaving an apology flower in her wake.
3. 10 years since her birth, she'd started serious ninja training. On her first day, preliminary fights had been held and she'd won out her opponent. And as they walked off the battle arena, bruised and more than a little sore, she's smiled over at the girl and said in all sincerity, "Good Fight."
4. A year later, she'd gone out on a little Earth excursion. On some random street corner, she found a box, which held an abandoned puppy: cold, shivering and twitching from lack of nutrition. Her uncle's pet ban flared momentarily in her mind before she willed it away, taking the baby animal, tucking it into the confines of her coat, and rushing back to the ship.
5. In that same year, she and her sister had been invited to their uncle's throne room for the first time wherein all his diabolical scheming took place. That day, he'd decided to share his newest plan with them in order to 'progress their evil-strategy-producing abilities'. She'd applauded it, crushing any thought of doubt screaming no at the back of her consciousness.
6. On her 13th birthday, she and her sister had come to Earth again. They spotted a pretty heart linked silver necklace in an accessory shop display window. Kapri had urged her to 'take' it as means of celebration. She did, but swiftly put it back when her sibling wasn't looking. Upon return to the ship, she'd explained its absence was due to her clumsiness and not pity for the lonely old man with a serene smile who was watching the shop.
7. At 16, Lothor had finally begun his terrorization of the human race, beginning at Blue Bay Harbor. The Ninja Storm Power Rangers had made their first appearance, and she remembered having to stifle her impressed "Wow!" at their trained moves and varying powers.
8. Still of the same age, she'd witnessed the vengeful Thunder Brothers ally with evil. They lived on the ship for a while and she'd been secretly flustered at the thought of two boys, two very cute boys (yes, hormones had already sunk in long ago), technically living with her. That had been the first time she'd pondered about love. And a future in it.
9. When she was 17, she was abandoned by her shipmates in favor of her traitorous friend and in the shadow of her insecurities was saved by a power ranger. Though she'd ended up tethering her loyalties to her past, the boy with bright brown eyes had opened hers to the extent of trust, heart, and the fact that she did have an option, a choice. Freedom.
10. A few months later, first idealities unraveled, she'd discovered her uncle's plan to dispose of her and her sister. When they were hurrying off the ship, in the midst of panic, Kapri had been temporarily separated from the group. She'd refused to join with her cousin until she'd been found.
11. On her 18th birthday, she became a full-fledged Ninja Academy student. Her uniform had become a promise of redemption.
12. That year, she'd had it particularly rough. A lot of the students in her class, from the lowest to the highest of rank, often steered clear of her and her sister as they'd been ex-criminals. When the tale of her betrayal against the Earth Teacher, Sensei Brooks had gone around, the silent treatment and the behind-the-back name-calling had become especially brutal. Dustin, of all people, had been the one to end it and she poured her gratitude into endless thank-you's and tired tears on his shoulder.
13. As a 19-year-old, she'd graduated from the Academy early not only because of previous training, but also because, as her Sensei had commended, she had determination and a readiness to learn. She'd admitted with a small smile that in the past, it had so not been.
14. When she was 20, she'd obtained her first job, working at a pet shop. Though she worked with clumsy hands and sometimes wandering thought, she did her part with love, always with love. A lot of her fellow Academy students often went to her with pet problems. Kapri went to tease. Dustin, to tease and flirt. But mostly to flirt.
15. At 22, they found that Tori had cancer. She'd become a good friend so she visited with the others a lot to offer support. The chemotherapy had made her hair fall out and as an act of total loyalty, she'd surprised the bedridden girl at the hospital one day with her own freshly shaved head. Tori had smiled, sarcastic about her vanity.
16. A year after, Dustin took title 'first boyfriend', and flew her to L.A. so that she could meet his dad, who'd been away at another motor cross tournament. It'd also been her first time seeing a homeless man. Though Mr. Brooks had advised not to give the grubby looking guy money, she'd tossed a dollar and 37 cents into his cup when her tour guides had their backs turned.
17. When she turned 25, Lothor had been found alive and plotting to destroy the Earth once more. They'd all helped in extinguishing his plans before they came to fruition. But when asked whether or not she believed he deserved imprisonment or death, she'd quietly voted for imprisonment. Because despite everything, he was family. Always would be.
18. A season later, Dustin proposed and her 'yes' had been joyous and immediate. In that same week, she'd learned how to drive and had been offered her first full time job as a veterinarian's assistant. Cam's dad, her other uncle, had commented on how she'd grown, pride glowing at the edges of his wrinkled smile.
19. On her 27th birthday, her husband threw her a surprise party. Her entire extensive list of friends and family had been invited to celebrate with her. Exactly nine months later, she gave birth to a baby girl, who she and Dustin had mutually named Tori, in honor of their late friend.
20. When she was 32, she'd been called back to the Academy. A new evil had arisen and help was desperately needed. She accepted with little hesitation. At the end of it all, she received a medal for the lives she'd saved in the line of duty.
Marah Brooks.
'With love, from the people she'd fought for, lived for, and died for.'
-End-
A/N: Hmm. Found this type of writing style in some other fanfic I read. Hope you all enjoyed! 8D
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