(Disclaimer: PRMF isnt mine, only Aria and all OCs)
Chapter 2: Broken Spell part I
-Rootcore-
Aria released her hair from its ponytail and ran her hands through her dark locks. Staring at the six cell phone looking devices before her before switching her gaze to seven long wooden wands. For months she had been at this; had it been Cam or Hailey this job probably have been finished ages ago but no, Aria couldn't call her fellow tech savvy nerds for help. Udonna stood behind her with her arms elegantly crossed over her chest.
-Flashback-
After returning to Rootcore she picked up her training once more, slowly but surely gaining more and more control over her other half. However, that gnawing feeling that she could someday lose herself again still remained present as ever.
Right now she was practicing a new technique Udonna taught her. She was learning how to melt into shadows and appear in a new location; appropriately referred to as Shadow Travelling
The sound of leaves rustling behind her signaled Udonna's presence
She turned, took a few deep breaths, and waited as her eyes slowly faded to their normal grey-green.
Udonna smiled at her second apprentice "You've gotten better"
Aria returned a small smile in return "Thanks"
Udonna slowly made her way over to the girl "Aria, I understand you have a certain understanding of modern technology?"
Aria was taken aback; early on she learned that the Mystic World was pretty…old fashioned. "Um, yeah I would say so" she paused and looked to the ground "Nowhere near Cam or Hailey's talent though…"
Udonna smiled a little "Follow me"
Aria followed the older woman inside and was shown to five wands similar to the one given to her when she first began training. While hers was dark brown with a deep purple winged skeleton these five were red, yellow, green, blue, and pink; each with its own personal figure.
"As you have learned, there were five legendary mystic warriors who had sealed the Master to the Underworld"
Aria nodded in understanding
"Well, in light of recent events you took part in, I have decided to create a team of rangers in the event something were to occur in the Mystic World"
Aria's eyes widened "Um, not just anyone can become a ranger, besides you said the gates to the Underworld were sealed."
Udonna looked down at the wands laid out before them, "One can never be too careful…" she said mysteriously as she ran a slim finger over the red phoenix figurine.
"So…you want me to do what exactly?"
"I need your help in creating morphers, so if one day the unfathomable were to happen, we'll be ready"
She stared at the wands in deep thought "Alright, I'll need a computer and a whole lot of caffeine"
-End Flashback-
That was before realizing just how difficult it would be to combine magic to the morphing grid. It didn't help that the computer Udonna provided was…obsolete. The computer in Ops and the Dino Cave was way more advanced; then again they were designed by two computer geeks and not a witch.
She banged her head on the table and peered up at the screen, in a final attempt she typed another program into the computer and Udonna cast another 'energy transfer' spell.
Suddenly the screen showed what she knew to be the morphing grid.
Aria leapt up from her chair and screamed in delight. She had done it! She created morphers! Both Udonna and Aria watched as a glow surrounded both the wands and newly created morphers; the morphers looked as if it melded into the wands themselves as they disappeared from view. When the glow faded all six wands flashed in their respective colours before fading as well.
Udonna placed a hand on the girl's shoulder "Well done Aria"
-Later-
Aria was back outside, practicing basic meditation techniques from her ninja days; these past few months have been stressful as hell for her when the ground began to shake.
Her eyes snapped open and she looked around in panic. But almost as fast as it began, it was over. She shot up and ran inside.
"Udonna? Are you okay? Claire?" she rambled
"I'm fine, what was that?" Claire questioned
Udonna stood before the Xenotome with a look of worry "There is a crack in the gate. The darkness has returned" she said ominously
Aria's face paled "I don't like how that sounds…should I be worried?"
Udonna hesitated before answering "No, but it is a good thing you prepared those wands."
"Perfect timing…" she mumbled
"Come, we must find the rangers"
Aria was shocked and a bit skeptical "Um, how are we going to do this?"
"The five warriors will follow their destiny; you must go into town and find them"
"First, you're starting to sound like Sensei, and second, how am I supposed to do that?"
"They'll find you" was all she said before waving her hands. A shimmer cascaded down Aria's body; looking down she noticed that she had been turned into an old man.
"Oh joy…" she said sarcastically in a gravelly voice
-Briarwood-
Aria went into the part of Briarwood not far from the woods and started crying for help, drawing in a crowd,
"I need help, please someone, anyone! It's my brother, we were walking just up the road when some creature grabbed him." She began "I fear the worst, I-it's just out of town" she begged but still no one said anything, just gasps of disbelief "The creature took him into the woods"
People began to walk away, shaking their heads. But she noticed a few stayed; a group of teenagers not much younger than herself.
"Won't somebody please help me?" she tried again when someone finally answered back
"I will"
The crowd parted and revealed a guy in dark jeans and a white shirt crouched down next to a motorcycle. "I could use a break" he said nonchalantly
"Thank you" she breathed as he put on a black leather jacket
Suddenly, a guy from the group of teens that stayed walked up to him, "Hey, I'm uh-I'm Xander, you're new around here aren't you? Probably not aware of all the facts, and there's just one; you go into those woods, you don't come out." He said with an Australian accent
Aria held her breath and waited for the guy's response; he seemed familiar to her "Heard about it, but this guy needs help. No one else in this city seems to care"
"I'll go with you" a girl with short black hair and streaks of white answered "Not everyone in this city's a coward"
'I like this girl' Aria thought to herself
A red headed boy popped up smiling like a mad man "I'll go too! I've always wanted to go on a dangerous quest! This is a dangerous quest right?"
The short haired girl looked up at him, "Perilous" she replied before walking over
"Well let's go" the dark haired stranger said as Aria began walking back to the Woods
-Woods-
Aria stopped at the entrance and turned to the other three behind her, this was their last chance to enter "Are you sure you're willing to enter? The woods are a very scary place"
"You ask a lot of questions for someone who's brother's in danger" the first guy shot back
Aria whispered to herself "Everyone's in danger"
As the words slipped her mouth a horn honked, they all turned and saw a black jeep being driven up the dirt road.
The girl stormed up to the car "Xander! I told you if you ever took my car I'd rearrange your limbs!" she threatened as the other two boys followed her
Xander replied "You're going into those woods and never returning, as if you'd ever see it again"
"He's got a point…" redhead defended
The second girl spoke up with a softer voice "You're my sister, where you go, I go"
Aria's heart clenched as she thought of her brothers, but right now she had a task to finish
"So this is the five…"Aria whispered before turning into the woods.
Aria led them deep into the woods; to the border of the Mystic Realm to be exact and slowly began to trail behind.
Not noticing her slow down the five kept going ahead while she quickly jumped into a tree.
-Rootcore-
Udonna stood in her black cloak in front of the dragon's head, when Aria stumbled out of the tree she waved her hands again to remove her disguise and replace it with her Mystic Uniform
"I found them" she breathed
With a nod Udonna took the younger girl's hand and stepped into a tree's shadow.
-Woods-
The two appeared out of nowhere, both with their hoods drawn up and covering their faces
The four teens had looks of fear as they looked past the first volunteer and directly at Udonna and Aria.
"Oh, ok, so now you're playing with me" he said lightly "Ooh, someone's behind me, I'm so scared…BOO!" he joked
The short haired girl finally spoke up "There is someone behind you!"
The guys turned around and jumped at the sight of the two hooded women before him.
Udonna stalked towards them while they had a look of panic in their eyes. Aria heard the rustling of leaves nearby and felt her dark magic surrounding her when a group of hideous creature leapt out of nowhere
"They brought friends!" one of the girls said
Udonna withdrew her own wand that had a white snowflake resting upon and cast her spell "Dispel Aratan!"
Five brooms zoomed through the air and carried the five teens away to Rootcore while with a few waves of her wand Udonna destroyed all the creatures.
"Why did you need me here again?" Aria said cheekily while her mentor just rolled her eyes and jumped through a tree. Aria laughed lightly and followed.
-Rootcore-
They appeared right in front of the entrance which was currently blocked by the five teens
"What is this place?" the long haired girl asked
"I call it Rootcore" Udonna answered as she and Aria began walking towards them.
The five teens just walked backwards inside the mouth of the dragon, never taking their eyes off of the two hooded women.
-Inside-
The two easily snuck inside, unseen by the five. Aria leaned by one of the many book shelves while Udonna was standing on a leveled platform
"I thought it best to bring you here" she said
The Australian was the first to speak "Hi, I'm Xander; it's a really nice place you got here, real – woody…"
Another wave of her hand and the brooms that swept them away were now in their proper place. Udonna gracefully removed her cloak and began introductions "I am the sorceress Udonna, and this" she motioned to Aria who also removed her hood "is one of my apprentices Aria"
Aria nodded her head in greeting before walking over to the six of them
"Welcome to our home"
The red head exclaimed "Wow! This is awesome!"
"When the five of you entered the forest you stepped into a magical dimension" Udonna explained
That redhead just oozed excitement and wonder
"Years ago, there was a great battle in our world. Dark magic conquered our realm" Aria's head lowered, slightly in shame "and it was about to enter your dimension, when we finally defeated them and sent them back to the Underworld. But at a great cost…the gate was sealed with a powerful spell"
Aria chose this time to step in, "But with the recent Earthquake the gate cracked, and evil is slipping through"
Xander spoke up again looking Aria up and down a little before asking "Remember me, Xander? I'm just wondering, what does that have to do with us?"
Udonna spoke up again before turning to walk up to the Xenotome "It could mean the end for both of our worlds"
"Please!" the first guy scoffed "None of us are buying this fairytale"
"This ain't a fairytale dude" Aria sighed "It's all true"
He scoffed again before the short haired girl said "Hey, let's hear what they have to say. We can always leave after that"
"The Xenotome; the Book of the Unknown" Udonna stated
"Guess what's inside" Aria smirked "Everything we don't know"
"What kind of language is that?" the first girl questioned "I've never seen it before"
Udonna smiled at her curiosity "It is the language of the Ancients, you will soon learn it"
"Total pain in the ass" Aria mumbled
Udonna ignored her comment and continued "It says that when evil rises again, five mystical warriors from the human realm will step forward. You are those warriors. You are the Power Rangers"
Now all of them (excluding redhead) had the same skeptical look on their faces
"Look, excuse me, look how are we gonna fight pure evil? Our high school hasn't even won a football game in like, six years" Xander questioned
Udonna revealed the wands and handed them out "These are your magic wands"
Redhead received the Yellow Garuda, the second girl was given the Blue Mermaid, her sister was handed the Pink Pixie, Xander took the Green Minotaur, and the first guys was passed the Red Phoenix
"Don't go anywhere without them" Aria warned
Suddenly Claire rushed in out of nowhere "Udonna! Udonna! Udonna!" she immediately froze when she noticed this five "Oh, hello…Nice to meet you, uh, excuse me, Udonna?" The rest went unheard by Aria as she whispered in Udonna's ear
The older woman straightened up and looked at the five, "You must stay here until we return. Do not go into the woods by yourselves, come Aria"
With a snap of her fingers the two were gone
-Woods-
As Aria walked to the village alongside Udonna she looked over and said with a small smile "They're not gonna stay at Rootcore" Udonna laughed lightly before stopping suddenly
Their eyes widened at the sight of the village; smoke clouded their vision and many of the creatures stumbled through the wreckage in search of friends, family, anything that was still intact
Xander's voice got their attention "Who are they?"
"Told you they wouldn't stay there" Aria said matter-of-factly
"What happened here?" Blue asked
"Woodland Village was destroyed; tomorrow it will be another village. The Darkness destroys anything in its path until they find what they want" Udonna informed
Aria toyed with the angel charm of her necklace at those words
"What are they looking for?" Yellow wondered
"Me, and then they will go after you"
Red spoke up, he still seemed so familiar "Now hold on a sec, I never agreed to be a part of this"
As if on cue some of the villagers started crying out "It is them! The Mystic Force!"
A giant appeared out of nowhere seconds later, towering over them with his puny head and huge body
Aria and Udonna stood in front of them
"Take out you wands" Udonna commanded
"Uh, we kinda left them back at the tree…"Yellow admitted
Aria growled in frustration "Damn rookies…" she mumbled "Stand back"
Aria stepped back as Udonna morphed into the White Mystic Ranger
"MAGICAL SOURCE! MYSTIC FORCE!"
"Flurry of Snow! White Mystic Ranger!"
'Holy shit it worked!' Aria thought to herself
The others were watching Udonna fight off the giant while a group of creatures from before appeared; Hidiacs.
"Hey, we got company" Aria commented
The five of them began thinking of what they could do; Xander had the brilliant plan to try and reason with them but instead got a kick to the chest
Aria fell into her fighting stance and prepared to fight. The Hidiacs fired at the six but while Aria was able to doge it, the other five weren't so lucky
This proved to be the same with their personal fights with these new cronies. Aria easily managed her own group, using her old Ninja skills again to get them off of her while the others were thrown around; it was quite sad actually so she decided to help
"Guys listen up!" Aria called "To use magic, you have to believe in magic"
But alas, they didn't listen right away. Rolling her eyes, Aria set up an example. Closing her eyes and summoned the dark magic within her; opening them she felt the power surging through her. Opening her palms she had fistfuls of black magic, she expertly hurled them at the Hidiacs and destroyed them,
All of a sudden there was a flash of yellow lightning coming from one side of the village, Yellow was a believer
'Lightning's my thing…' Aria thought to herself
"Guys! The magic really works!" he yelled "Just believe!"
Xander followed suit, this time tree roots shot out and attacked the Hidiacs
Blue was next and water gushed up from underneath her attackers
Pink followed her sister and turned into a pink tornado, literally blowing her opponents away
Finally, it was Red's time, but nothing happened to him he didn't believe.
Seeing this Udonna used her Snow Staff to freeze and destroy the remaining Hidiacs before de-morphing.
Aria and the others met up in a cleared part of the village "Nice job you guys" Aria praised
"That goes to you as well Aria; they would not have known how to use magic without you." She looked at the rookies "You truly are the ones. Are you up to the task? Are you now ready to accept your legacy?"
The four all agreed to the task while Red was still adamant about not joining
"I'm out of here" he declared
"You sure dude?" Aria asked
"Look, the 'I believe in magic' thing, didn't work for me"
Blue looked at him hopefully "Try believing again, maybe it didn't catch on this time"
Udonna shook her head "He is a non-believer. We can do nothing for him. Aria will see you out of the woods safely"
There was suddenly a sheep's bleat echoing through the woods "Udonna-a-a-a"
They all turned and found a sheep calling Udonna
"Claire?" she asked "Oh my dear child, when will you get your spells right?"
Aria laughed lightly before turning to the older woman, "See him safe passage out of the woods"
Aria lazily saluted and started down the path before stopping and turned around "Oh and Yellow?" she called, getting his attention "Lightning is my thing" she warned before firing a ball of lightning past his head and hitting an old tree behind him.
She turned around once more "Still got it" she sighed happily before walking again
To Be Continued…
(A/N: Look! i posted on time! sort of...meh details. anyway here is the first official chapter for PRMF i hope yall like it. REVIEW and FOLLOW. thanks loves)