(Disclaimer: PRMF aint mine, only Aria and her arc)
(A/N: ITS FINALLY HERE! Im SO sorry its been like two weeks since i last updated, life has been pretty hectic since it's the end of the school year. i hope you enjoy and i know its not my best...)
Chapter 3: Broken Spell part II
-Woods-
Aria guided Red through the woods when he started asking questions
"So, how did you get tangled in all of this?"
Aria chuckled bitterly, thinking of her family back home "Long story…don't really feel like sharing"
"Sorry…"
A few beats of silence passed "So how long have you been in…all this?" he asked, waving his hands around
"Almost a year"
Another awkward pause
"It's snowing…" Aria said suddenly looking up to the sky and holding her hand out to catch falling snowflakes
"That's weird" Red commented, also looking up "Not a cloud in the sky"
Aria's eyes widened after coming to a realization "Oh no, Udonna!"
She almost took off before remembering Red, turning around she said "Just keep going straight, you're almost out"
She then streaked out of sight and to the entrance of Rootcore
-Rootcore-
Upon entering Aria found Udonna sitting at the wooden table with the four new Mystics and Claire, still as a sheep
"Um…shouldn't we do something about that?" she asked followed by "And will someone care to explain the snow earlier?"
Udonna smiled and cast her spell to make Claire human again "Morthay Mamoran" before turning to Aria "Explanations later"
Claire stood up from the ground "Why didn't you do that sooner? Do you know how hot it was under all that wool?"
Aria and the others laughed lightly as Udonna explained "If I did everything for you how will you ever learn?"
Udonna turned to face the new Mystics and handed them their respective wands again
"Now you know…don't go anywhere without them" Aria repeated as she made her way over and sat on the table, Claire following her and flanking Udonna
Xander chuckled "Already learned that lesson, but to tell you the truth walking around town carrying a wand-"
He paused and they all glanced at Yellow who was waving his wand around before continuing "Well, it may be good for Chip, but…"
'Oh that's his name…' Aria thought to herself
She shared a knowing look with Claire and Udonna before the latter smiled "Very well, Utum Zoray"
The four gasped in awe as their wands turned into the cell phones Aria designed.
"I hope you find these more to your generations liking"
"Cell phones…very cool" Pink praised
"Better be, took me forever making those…" Aria mumbled, shuddering at the memory. The new rangers looked over their new toys, ignoring Aria's comment. "Mystic Morphers," she stated
Udonna continued "They are activated by spell codes that you will come to learn along the journey. Now go back to the city and live your normal lives and wait until you're needed"
"Oh and remember," Aria warned "Don't tell anyone…I'm lookin at you Chip", the yellow ranger's face fell
"I can show them their way out of the woods" Claire offered
"No, they must find their own way" Udonna declined before looking back at the four "Just remember, the trees are your passage"
They looked at each other confused before being ushered out by Aria and Udonna
After they left Aria looked to Udonna "So what are their names? And was with the snow?"
-Later-
Nick, Xander, Chip, Vida, and Maddie. That was the new team of rangers, a little rough around the edges but what ranger team isn't? Also, Udonna apparently lost her Snow Staff to some 'knight' named Koragg. He sounded like the new Zurgane
Udonna watched the new blue ranger try to strike up a conversation with Nick, the non-believer through the crystal ball. He was still tuning up his bike and while Udonna looked on with slight disappointment in him, Claire and Aria watched their teacher warily
"Forget him girls, it is not to be…"
"Maybe…"Aria sighed
Claire sighed as well "I just don't know why the Xenotome showed five warriors and not four" the blonde's eyes suddenly grew wide as she puffed her chest out "Maybe I'm the fifth warrior!" she swung her broom around, narrowly missing Udonna, before Aria stopped it in a tight grip.
"Uh…probably not dude" the ninja-turned-mystic said
"Right. We move on…" Claire agreed
"Sweep please" Udonna asked
"It's a good thing you didn't move on when I started here, any other sorceress would have tossed me to the trolls when I cracked their crystal ball, or dried up the lake, or-"
Udonna smiled "Yes there were a lot of things you had to learn"
Aria grinned "Don't forget turning yourself into a sheep!"
Claire sighed as her cheeks flushed in embarrassment, but she did have a point
After a bit of thought Aria said "Claire is right though, how many sorceresses would have taken me; the supposed Child of Darkness, as their apprentice"
Udonna grabbed their hands "You two, are people I would never give up on"
Suddenly everything clicked for Aria…that Claire is a lot smarter than she looks. Sharing a glance with said blonde they both turned to Udonna "So why are we giving up on Nick?"
Udonna looked at her students with a look of realization. A few beats of silence and she turned to Aria, "Talk to him"
-Briarwood-
Aria quickly shadow traveled to Nick, the older sorceress silently cast a spell on Aria, making her invisible to everyone but Nick. She walked up unnoticed by Nick as he was trying to fix his bike. Aria was the first to speak
"It still won't run"
What Nick said to her almost made her want to kick this guy's head off "You may know about magic, but you know nothing about bikes. I just fixed it" he climbed on and revved the engine, only for it to sputter out
"Try me" Aria said through clenched teeth
Nick then looked at her as a stranger started to walk past them "Look if you messed with my bike, trying to get me to stay, you can just-"
Nick noticed the man give him a weird look "What are you looking at?" he snapped
"He can't see me dude, just you"
"Just my luck," he grumbled "As I was saying, you can undo what you did to my bike"
Aria raised her hands in mock surrender "Didn't do anything to your bike dude. But Nick, there's a reason why you're here, don't run away from it"
"Look…I know you think you need me, but you don't. You saw me back there I can't do the magic thing. I'm not your guy. Why don't you take my place? You were able to handle yourself" he replied before bending back down to his bike
"First, it's not my destiny, and second, how come you were first to volunteer to help the man find his brother?" this caused Nick to stand up again
"How'd you know about that?"
"I need help, please someone, anyone! It's my brother; we were walking just up the road when some creature grabbed him." Aria repeated from earlier that day
Realization dawned on Nick's face "No way…"
"I'd go back into disguise but Udonna casted the spell so…"
Nick just stared at her
"Because you volunteered first, it let us know that you'd be the one to lead the rangers."
Suddenly, the four teens from earlier burst through the music store across the street, Vida leading the race "Come on!" she cried
"Where are they going?" Nick asked
"Shit…there's trouble in the woods. They're going to help, but Nick, they need you"
"I'm not a leader; apparently, I can't even fix my bike"
Aria rolled her eyes and took out her wand, casting a silent spell
"I would've done it by hand but I don't have the time, isn't it about time you learn who you truly are?"
Nick looked like he was ignoring her so she stepped into the tree's shadow and melted into it.
-Woods-
By the time Aria made it into the woods she found the others admiring their new training uniforms which different variations of her own in their respective colours.
"I hate pink" Aria heard Vida grumble
She made her appearance known by saying "You can go to the complaints department later, cause we got company."
From the ground a spell symbol appeared, revealing a group of Hidiacs.
"I hope every day's not gonna be like this" Maddie winced
"Oh this is just the beginning dude."
The group split up, each taking their own group of goons and like before, the newbies were thrown aside within minutes.
Aria easily fought them off and herded the new rangers together "Take out your wands, if Nick isn't here to lead you, you're stuck with me"
"Why you?" Xander asked, clutching his side
Glancing over to him, "Seniority, now follow my lead"
The five of them tore their cloaks off and grabbed their Mystic Morphers. Aria reached for her wand as it turned into a Mystic Morpher as well, but rather than black and gold like the others, hers was black and purple.
Typing in the numbers 1, 2, 3 Aria called out
"MAGICAL SOURCE! MYSTIC FORCE!"
"Calling MYSTIC RANGER!"
Leaping through a spell symbol Aria was changed into a black and purple suit. Her suit, cape, gloves, and boots were black, while the tights underneath were a deep, dark purple, as well as all the other detailing. Her helmet's visor was in the shape of a woman with wings opened wide.
"Mysterious as Shadows! Black Mystic Ranger!"
The others followed her lead and soon the others joined in their respective colours. But while her tights were purple, the other girls' were white.
"Strong as a Tree! Green Mystic Ranger!"
"Ever Changing as the Wind! Pink Mystic Ranger!"
"Fluid as the Sea! Blue Mystic Ranger!"
"Fast as Lightning! Yellow Mystic Ranger!"
"Mystic Force!"
With their newfound powers the rookies easily took the Hidiacs down. Xander used his enhanced strength to knock the goons down. Maddie easily dodged the attacks, leaping over the Hidiacs before sweeping their feet from beneath them. Her twin sister Vida used her cape to distract her opponents before kicking them in the chest. Chip used his speed to out maneuver them before kicking them to the ground. Aria, using her ninja training, used their own strength against them, knocking them to the ground.
"MagiStaff!" Aria cried. She directed in to the Hidiacs in front of her and focused, seconds later a blast of black magic erupted, causing the Hidiacs to stumble around a bit.
"Dagger Mode!" She announced before splitting her MagiStaff into two long, slim daggers. As she did in her Ninja days Aria created a ball from a mix of black magic and black lightning, a new trick she had been working on, and set it flying to the cronies, effectively destroying them.
Xander saw this and copied Aria's actions, for him vies grew from his MagiStaff and roped several henchmen together.
"MagiStaff! Axe Mode!" he called before striking the ground and sending burst of his magic to them.
Maddie followed, causing the water surrounding her to erupt where the Hidiacs were standing.
Vida was next, "Wind Power!" she commanded as huge pink butterfly wings appeared on her back and literally blew her enemies away
"Crossbow Mode!" Chip called and aimed his new weapon to his opponents. The blasts also easily destroyed the remaining creatures.
They regrouped and Aria praised the new team, "Not bad for a couple of rookies" she said lightly, prompting a round of cheers when the sky suddenly darkened and thunder rumbled.
From the ground rose an evil, creepy lookin dude surrounded by the glow of a spell symbol. He stood up, laughing evilly
"I'm back" he announced
"It's Koragg!" Xander said, taking a step back
"The guy who took Udonna's Snow Staff?" Aria asked no one in particular
"Uh huh" Maddie answered
"We can take him!" Vida yelled
"You can try" Koragg laughed evilly "But you are no match" his started to glow as a shield appeared "I call upon my Sword for the Darkness. This is your end"
"Okay…now what?" Aria asked as Koragg just stood there.
"Now you will feel the Power of Dark Magic!" he cried as hi shield opened to reveal a glowing red eye.
The four new rangers were thrown to the side as though they were blasted by the eye while Aria remained in her fighting stance. While they were knocked off their feet Aria's eyes widened as a flurry of images went through her brain, too fast for her to see anything clearly.
-Just Outside of Briarwood-
Nick couldn't wait to get out of that town, but he couldn't shake off the feeling that he left something there. He made it just past the 'Welcome to Briarwood' sign when a vision of the people he met earlier that day were being blasted and knocked down to the ground. He pulled over and yanked hi helmet off, shaking his head a couple times. Suddenly Aria's voice played through his head, "…you'd be the one to lead the rangers…". Looking around, he saw that he was still alone.
-Woods-
Koragg was a bit taken back when he saw Aria was still standing tall "Who are you witch? You are not one of the Five"
Aria's grip on her MagiStaff tightened "None of your business bitch" she growled before racing forward. Meeting her halfway, Koragg sung his sword down. Aria blocked it with the Daggers and kicked him in the chest. He stumbled a little but stood strong within seconds. Raising his shield once more eh used the edge to slice across her chest, pushing her to the ground as well.
"I will not be merciful this time" Koragg stated, pointing his sword to the fallen rangers "Any last words?"
"Yeah, just one—HYAH!" a new voice called
Turning their heads; all of them saw the bike and leather jacket and knew that it was Nick. He leapt from his bike and aimed a kick at the Knight Wolf, which was unfortunately blocked by his shield.
"The Five…" Koragg breathed as he raised his sword to attack again
"This is as good a time as ever to start believing in magic" Nick rambled before raising his hands to try and defend himself.
To their amazement, Nick's hands glowed red as Koragg's sword swung down at him. "I DO BELIEVE IN MAGIC!" Nick screamed as he pushed Koragg away from him and the still fallen rangers.
Soon Nick's entire body began glowing as his own training uniform appeared. He had a knowing smirk on his face as his own Mystic Morpher appeared in his open hand.
"MAGICAL SOURCE! MYSTIC FORCE! Calling Mystic Ranger!"
"Fearsome as Fire! Red Mystic Ranger!"
Aria looked up at her new red ranger with pride as he welcomed his new abilities with open arms. Koragg called up a new horde of Hidiacs and Nick set to work. Transforming one into a ball and soccer kicking it to attack the others. After he transformed his MagiStaff into a sword and totally obliterated them. He even summoned the Power of the Phoenix to finish off the rest.
"Nick that was awesome bro!" Aria praised as she and the others circled around Nick
"Mystic Force!"
"Mystic Force" the others repeated before putting their hands in the middle
They broke up and headed back to Rootcore
-Rootcore-
"Well done rangers" Udonna commended as the six walked through the entrance
The five rookies looked at each other with excitement while Aria went to stand beside Claire and her teacher.
"Now that you have accepted your power, you must be taught to control and use your magic" the wise witch continued "So, starting tomorrow, your training will begin. I will be in charge of you magical studies while Aria will handle the more…physical training"
Aria had an evil grin on her face
"Now, go back to the city, and live your normal lives. Speak to no one about this" she reminded sternly.
As the newbies left she turned to Aria, "I know how hard it must be to be cooped up in this dragon all the time, and you must know that I am very proud at how far you've come, so I will allow you to go into town from time to time. But only in Briarwood with the other rangers"
"No way!" Aria gasped, for almost a year she had been living inside this tree. She grew up amongst the skyscrapers and the technology of the human world so being allowed back to the Human Realm, even if only a few hours at a time, was the best thing ever
"You've shown great control over yo-"
Udonna never finished her sentence as Aria raced out the door.
-Briarwood-
Stepping out of the tree Aria looked down and saw that she was back in her normal street clothes. Black shorts, baggy purple shirt, and converse. She looked across the street and found the music store the rangers had ran out of earlier that day.
Upon walking inside she found all the new rangers cleaning up the thrashed store, well all of them except Nick.
"I don't clean" she heard him say
"Diva" she teased in a sing song voice
This prompted the others to laugh
"Move out of the way Bucko" Vida said, slightly pushing Nick out of the way as Aria went to sit in an empty chair
"Okay…well as a wise old woman once said 'Do you believe in magic?'"
"Oh god…" Aria grumbled, having gone through this stage months before
She closed her eyes, opening them briefly when Chip said "Sweep like lightning" to send to small shock to the back of his head. She opened them moments later and the store was clean, just as an eccentric older man, boss presumably, walked through the door.
"It's clean…" the Boss started "Very clean…cleanest it's ever been. Maybe it's lost its edge. Have I become a Megashop?"
A new, nasally sounding voice was heard throughout the store right after "Helloo? I'm new in town, can somebody help me?" it came from a short, curly blonde
Of course, Chip and Xander raced to the girl to offer assistance but she pushed them aside to walk over to Nick
"No, sorry I don't work here"
Maddie then stepped in and spoke to the boss "You know Toby, you should really hire this guy because he was instrumental in cleaning the store"
"Wait I wasn't looking for a job"
"Who's the greatest guitarist ever?" the boss, Toby asked
"That would have to be Jimi, but-"
"You're hired!"
Poor nick was then dragged away by the blonde who was shamelessly flirting with him. Vida mocked the girl, Leelee, causing everyone to laugh.
Shortly after Xander looked down at Aria, still seated in the chair and asked "Hey, what did you mean by 'Seniority'?"
Aria winked and said "Another story for another day"
(A/N: Sooooo yeah...nothing more to say R&R)