Power Rangers Natures Wrath
Prologue
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Long Ago, two gods who are also brothers.
The elder was a god of light, life, and creation, while the younger brother was the god of darkness, death, and destruction.
During the day, the elder brother filled Remnant with life in the form of water, plants, and wildlife; at night the younger brother would discover his brother's creations and become disgusted, so he created drought, fire, and famine to rid Remnant of life, but life would always come back in the end.
To completely wipe all life off the planet, the younger brother created nightmarish, soulless versions of his brother's creations whose sole purpose was to destroy anything and everything, these would be known as the Creatures of Grimm. Finally, the elder brother decided that they shouldn't fight anymore and make peace by creating something together and the younger brother agreed by using the four gifts of Knowledge, Creation, Destruction, and Choice to create Humanity who could choose to use their gifts for either light or darkness.
Humanity thrived under the reign of the gods.
Until one fateful day, A woman had lost her beloved husband to a sickness. She went to the god of light for his resurrection. To keep the balance between life and death, he refused her request. Undeterred, she went to his younger brother in the land of darkness. Being careful not to mention her visit with his elder brother, she was successful in getting her beloved back. But then the elder god, who had been following her, revealed her deception and sent her husband back. As punishment, they cursed her with immortality until she learns the lesson in life and death.
But they underestimated human nature because she learned nothing. All it did was drive her towards one goal, the destruction of the Brother Gods.
She traveled the world, manipulating kings and queens into turning against the Gods and eventually led a great army against them in the domain of light. Their humanity fell at the hands of their creators, whom the god of darkness killed except for her as a final punishment.
Disappointed in Salem and Humanity, they abandoned the planet. As the last human alive, Salem wandered Remnant alone before finding herself back to the Land of Darkness. Here she found the blackened pools responsible for spawning the creatures of Grimm and hoping to finally reunite with her beloved, she threw herself in.
But instead of being destroyed, the legacy of the God of Darkness created something deadlier than he could've created.
Over time, life once again reemerged. Humanity remerged along with two new elements. The Faunus, a race of people with animalistic features. Dust, a mysterious source of power to combat the Grimm, for these humans have no magic, and any knowledge of it is myth along with the golden age of humanity.
The lady, now going by "the Witch", lived alone until one day, a man came to her cottage. Upon seeing him, she recognized him as her husband. Upon realizing that they were the only humans left in existence able to wield magic, they set about using their powers to act as Gods on Remnant and united the new Humanity under their rule. The Kingdom prospered, and the two eventually came to have four daughters that developed the ability to wield magic.
Around this time, her husband began to doubt his wife in her brutal methods of rule. It was there he revealed his secrets—he made a deal with the God of Light. In exchange for reincarnation, he is to act as a guide and protector for the new humans. He also charged him with protecting the newly created Relics, powerful artifacts that once united would summon the gods back to Remnant to judge them. Until then, he would keep reincarnating with like-minded individuals.
After hearing this, she decided that humanity was unworthy and wished to replace them with something better. Realizing that she is going too far, he tried to run away with their daughters but was caught. A great battle was fought between the two, destroying their home and killing their daughters in the process. Salem murdered her husband and began the centuries-long conflict between them.
Due to her immortality, destroying her was no easy task. Over time, she gathered a following with one goal: seize the relics and rule Remnant. Soon, the war is turning over into the dark queen's favor.
But amongst all of the despair and hopelessness of this conflict, hope emerged. It came in the form of people who would stand against evil. With a power unlike any other.
They are known as…
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Unknown
Somewhere on Remnant, a battle is ending.
Lying on the ground is a figure in silver armor. The visor is cracked and on the verge of breaking. With difficulty, they got up and crawled on all fours as fireballs rained all around them. Something huge passed her overhead, but the figure didn't lookup. They kept crawling with one hand closed around a torn piece of white cloth.
The figure heard a gasp and turned to see another figure wearing similar, but yellow armor. They held out a yellow gem to her.
"Take…it…" She breathed before succumbing to their injuries. The armor collapsed around them, revealing a woman with hair colored in likeness to her armor. Her clothes are torn and caked in blood.
"I'm sorry," The silver figure whispered, revealing themselves to be a woman also. She took the gem and placed it into her makeshift bag. Inside are more gems in a variety of colors. She was about to tie the knot before she felt a presence.
It's her.
Thinking fast, she let her armor collapse, exposing her features to the hellish field. The moment her armor came off, her aura flickered and broke. She is a woman with hair tipped with red in a black corset dress, now torn and caked with her blood. Her once-glamorous cloak is torn as well. She pressed a finger to her ear.
"Copper," She rasped as she stowed a silver gem into her bag. "I'm the only one left. Send a missile strike to my position. That's an order."
She didn't bother to listen to the protest as she shut off the comms. Then, she reached out with her mind. Several seconds, a huge black form landed in front of her.
"Take it," She gasped, holding the bag in front of her. "Make sure you find only those who are worthy. Find only those who are strong."
The shadow nodded and took the gems and vanished.
"Goodbye my friend," She spoke sadly. Her face hardened and she turned on her back to face the figure emerging from the flames. She wore a dress as black as the shadows. Her skin is pale and cracked with black veins. Her hair is bony white. Red eyes with black sclera gazed upon her form with malice.
"You are the last one," She spoke without care. Behind her, several figures gathered. Grimm of all forms gathered in a circle around them, cutting off any chance of escape. "You put up a good fight Summer.
"It won't end here, Salem," Summer Rose said, her silver eyes glared at the dark queen with defiance. "Surely you know that another generation will rise against you?"
"Which is why I am taking the liberty of wiping your group out.," Salem said as she raised a hand. "With this, the centuries of this game will end. Nothing will stand in my way."
A black circle formed underneath Summer. Shadow's hands reached out and restrained her. Summer was too weak to struggle and felt her strength leave her.
"It doesn't matter if you kill me. There will always be those who will stand against you. Someday, they will end you once and for all. As long as you live, so will we through each generation."
"You remind me of Tommy Oliver," Salem said. "He said the same thing. To which I said that I would destroy them all. With your death, there will be no more distractions. Nothing will stand against me."
"Nothing except a missile strike?" Summer asked innocently.
Salem was nonplussed and frowned. "What?"
"Wait for it…."
The sound of screaming wind filled their ears. All eyes turned to see several streaks of white coming towards them.
"You've got to be kidding me…" Salem groaned as her followers scrambled for non-existent cover.
Summer smiled sadly as she remembered her family: Taiyang, Qrow, Yang, (despite everything) Raven, and Ruby.
"I'm sorry everyone…" Summer said as the missiles finally reached the ground. The earth erupted as they exploded, the sound deafening to the ears. Then, the dust settled. Nobody was standing, not one trace of a body or Grimm.
After a few seconds, a black mass gathered around and Salem reformed. Salem opened her eyes and surveyed the area. The whole place is peppered with craters from the missiles. Summer Rose was known where to be seen. Nobody but her could've survived this onslaught.
Then it clicked.
"Even in death they managed to hinder my efforts," Salem said with a hint of a curse. She didn't need to turn around to know that her inner circle was wiped out. It will be difficult to find more than she can use for her own devices. Despite the loss, she finally accomplished what she came for.
"Finally," Salem said as she smiled. "After all these years…no more Power Rangers."
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That's another story in the making. Let me know what you guys think.
Warning, the Rangers of this fic will be OC. I know some of you are probably expecting the RWBY cast to become rangers, but they don't cut. I'll explain more in the next chapter. That and that I prefer no limits to my imagination. I will, however, be following the color tradition of the characters.
In the meantime, please lend me your thoughts.
See you all next time…or will I?