A/N: IM BACK! reposted because the format was weird. hope you enjoy! DO NOT OWN PRMF...duh
Chapter 17: Dark Wish pt. 1
-Root Core-
Walking into Rootcore Aria was met with the sight of Chip, Nick, and Xander lounging on the steps, using their magic to play a game of chess.
"Isn't magic grand?" Xander grinned
"Yeah," Nick laughed "Except for all the fighting…"
"Better get used to it Red" Aria said
"There's gotta be an easier way to defeat evil"
"Maybe we can eat our way to victory!" Chip suggested "Udonna! Got any pizza?"
"We live in a tree dude, what do you think?" Aria suggested
"You can go to town for that" Udonna scolded
The boys scoffed at the both of them "Why? There's an easier way." And with those words Chip conjured up two pizzas for the three of them. Aria shook her head at their laziness as Udonna warned them, "There's a time and a place for magic rangers"
Suddenly, Fire Heart's roar shook the tree prompting Xander to throw one of the pizza's in the dragon's direction ultimately hitting Claire in the face. Aria sighed before picking another old book from the shelf to try and figure out what spell was placed on her damn necklace.
"Ugh," a disgruntled Claire appeared "How about a little heads next time huh guys?" Aria went over the blonde girl and helped clean off her face before she continued to clean the cave.
"Hey, uh, use your magic to clean. Its way faster" Nick suggested
She hummed in thought "Yeah, I guess so but I get a real feeling of accomplishment when I do it the old fashioned way. Hard work is really satisfying."
The boys looked at her like she grew an eye extra eye on her face.
"Claire, you are officially my favorite" Aria smiled, looking up from a book she was currently reading. The blonde smiled to herself.
Not even a second later Daggeron stormed in "It seems we have work to do, Aria we might need you for this one. Claire have the girls meet us."
"Great, more fighting" Nick complained before running out after him.
"They would never survive the Thunder Academy…" Aria mumbled as she followed
-Field-
All seven rangers appeared on the scene morphed and ready to fight the samurai looking demon in the tall grass.
"Where's Cam when you need him?" Aria asked no one in particular
"You dare stand before me?" the demon demanded "You will fall by my sword!"
"Let's get this over with" Nick growled out before they all drew their weapons
"Yes, let us do that"
Within a couple of minutes the five primary rangers were on the ground leaving Daggeron and Aria to fight him off.
"I know this beast…" Daggeron warned before leaping into the air and firing at him. Aria followed suit and directed her own blasts as well. Unfortunately Daggeron was caught the beast's counter attack. Aria stood before him, blades in position to strike
"You are weak compared to me!" he mocked
Behind him Vida and Chip managed to stand up only to be knocked down again
With a cry Aria attacked blocking his strikes but not necessarily landing that many of her own. Eventually they were chest to chest, their swords locked against one another.
"You have surprised me, but no matter, you will fall" and with that he fired red lightning and sent Aria flying
All seven rangers once again were lined up together when Xander looked to Daggeron "Can't we use Jenji to wish him away?"
"Really Xander? Are you kidding me?" Aria yelled
"It's not that easy. Pull it together!" Daggeron added
Frustrated, Xander ran ahead and lead the charge but was pushed aside within seconds
"You are nothing!" the beast declared as he grew "I will squash you!"
"You guys deal with Warmax, I will help Xander and join you later"
With a nod they separated
"That thing has a name?!" Aria asked as she joined the others
"Gawlit Mysto Prifior"
They did their very best to fight off Warmax but it was no use, by the time Daggeron and Xander came around the other five rangers were on the ground, struggling to get back up.
"Xander! He's too powerful!"
"Be careful!"
Xander's minotaur turned to face Warmax "Now it's my turn!"
"You are worthless Power Ranger!" Warmax taunted
"Who are you calling worthless?"
He lifted his ax to strike but Warmax was too fast. He blocked the strike and threw Xander back.
"Ugh, I'm sick of this" Aria spat as she willed herself to stand up again
"Aria don't!" her friends cried.
Raising her blades she used her full power to charge her blades and strike Warmax across his chest causing a fiery explosion. The others cheered for her success but something was not feeling right in her gut.
-Rootcore-
Xander guided Chip into Rootcore followed by the others closely behind.
Udonna took in the yellow mystic's dirty face and limp and rushed to his side "Chip! Are you alright?"
"Yeah just a little banged up" he assured as he took a seat. The others didn't look that well either, or maybe that was just the scowls on their faces.
"I don't get it," Vida began her rant "We've got this powerful genie and we never ask for help!"
Daggeron and Aria sighed and shook their heads
"It would make things easier…" Maddie added
As if on cue the Crystal Ball detected more dark energy
"Well?" Nick asked
"Jenji's not the answer. Rest up Chip, we'll need you" Daggeron answered "The rest of you follow me."
-Forest-
The six of them were met with a shrieking skeletal bird
"It's Shreika, I knew it!" Daggeron exclaimed
Aria spoke up from beside him "Didn't we just deal with a screaming bird the other day?"
Shreika simply laughed and grew before them.
"Ok they are NOT following the pattern here!"
"C'mon guys, let's Titan up!" Xander called
"Gawlit Mysto Prifior!"
"Guys! We have to work together!" Daggeron reminded them
"No problem" Vida agreed before turning into a ball
She was passed between the others, charging her up with their energies before being kicked into Shreika. Vida simply bounced off and Shreika still stood proudly before them. "Is that all you've got?"
With a screech she fired purple blasts from her sunken eyes
Hidden from the smoke Shreika shrank back down to her normal size leaving the rangers to trail after her. but when they finally caught up they were blown onto their backs.
"Maybe now would be a good time for Jenji?" Maddie suggested
"No!" Daggeron insisted "We do it ourselves"
"We've fought worse guys, c'mon!" Aria urged "Don't let up"
Suddenly Chip flew in "Incoming!" he cried, crossbow at the ready. He blew Shreika back before jumping off his Racer. "Did I miss anything?"
With a growl Shreika grabbed Chip and hoisted him into the air, holding him still while she blasted at him continuously.
"C'mon guys get up!" Daggeron encouraged but was cut short when Necrolai appeared
"Just thought I'd drop in" she grinned
"Necrolai" Aria spat as she stood
"I have magic too now" she blasted the other rangers but Aria had barely felt it.
"Where did you come from wench?" Shreika demanded
Seeing that both were distracted Aria took the opportunity "I'm so over this" the beast fried her sonic blasts at the black ranger but she flipped away and directed a combination of her ninja and mystic powers at her. "Bye-bye birdie" Aria smirked as Shreika fell to the ground
As a final blow the others combined their magic and got rid of her once and for all.
However, still drained from their previous battle Chip demorphed "Did we win?" he asked
"Yes, but it would have been easier if had used Jenji" Nick replied and threw a side eye at Daggeron
-Rootcore-
Daggeron and Udonna were outside, most likely discussing the ranger's laziness while Aria had her face buried in her book aware of Claire looking over her shoulder
"Is something bothering you Claire?" she asked
"Oh, uh, sorry, just curious…" she said "You've been studying a lot lately. I figured you would be using your free time back home"
Aria smiled at the thought. She hadn't been to either Academy in a while. "Yeah well, I'm not really studying, more like trying to look for something"
"Looking for what?"
"That's the problem…I don't really know" she sighed and shut the book.
Claire continued bustling around Rootcore while Aria retreated back to her room. She opened her bedside drawer and pulled out the silver chain folded within her purple baby blanket. Inspecting the ring closely she could still see the faint glow emitting from it
"You are gonna drive me crazy" she whispered to it before placing back in its place.
She then heard the chime from her morpher signaling more dark energy. She immediately sprang into action and rushed out the door.
-Docks-
Once again all seven rangers rushed onto the scene to find two beasts standing before them. "Glad you could make it rangers!" a demonic, dog faced beast greeted, accompanied with the blast from his over-grown bubble-wand. Daggeron avoided his attack by leaping into the air and used his Laser Lamp attack. However, the attack seemed to have slowed down and caught in the hands of the second beast, a white, furry, hockey masked freak.
"50 Below, just in time!" the dog exclaimed
"Excellent"
"C'mon guys, we took two down already we can do this" Aria tried but even was nervous for the battle ahead.
"Now that I am here…you will be defeated" 50 Below declared
"Who are these guys?" Nick asked "They're so much stronger"
"You got that right ranger. We are from the Oblivion."
"Try this!" Nick yelled and drew his Magi Staff and attacked but was easily pushed back. Vida followed using her tornado power but was also of no use. Chip leapt into the air, crossbow aimed and ready but had his own attack used against him. Xander and Maddie tried to use streams of their respective magic but only ended hurting themselves. Finally, Aria fired her own Dark Magic at him and while he did stumble back a little she felt an invisible force knock her back as well.
"Ice Attack!" 50 Below called and punched the ground causing a strip of ice to appear. A ratty hockey stick appeared in his hand as he skated down the ice, making sure to knock the six rangers down as he did.
"Hurry! Get up Rangers!" Daggeron said but the six couldn't even hold themselves up
"Daggeron do something!" Xander begged
"Use Jenji! We're exhausted!" Nick added, rolling to his side
"No! We have to get up!" Aria countered but even she couldn't get up
"Please!" Maddie said ignoring Aria's plea. Chip couldn't even get the words out
Aria was now on her knees "Daggeron don't! We can't use him!"
"Just do it!" Vida yelled
"All right!" Daggeron caved
"DAGGERON NO!" Aria cried
"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Daggeron sighed as he fired up the lamp
Aria struggled to her feet to try and stop Daggeron "Don't do it Daggeron!"
But she was too late
Daggeron used Jenji to attack but somehow 50 Below was able to knock him higher into the air for the mutt to capture him into his wand. "Got him!" he laughed
"What?" Daggeron gasped in horror "Jenji!"
"JENJI!"
"You lose rangers!" 50 Below laughed as he knocked Daggeron into the water "Too easy"
And with an evil laugh they were gone.
-Rootcore-
The rangers stood before Udonna who was standing by the Xenotome. Aria and Daggeron flanking her, both with disappointment in their eyes. "They captured him?"
"There was nothing we could've done" Nick sighed looking up at their mentor
"So you relied on Jenji?"
"We had too there was no other choice" Xander insisted.
"But you see there was a choice" Aria scolded "We could've fought. Like we always do. You've forgotten what it means to only be Mystic but a Power Ranger."
"Now that they've captured him…they can wish for anything" Maddie reminded
"I wonder what they're gonna wish for" Chip asked, looking around nervously.
"We must be prepared for the worst" Daggeron warned
-Later-
After the rangers left the tension in Rootcore was almost unbearable. Aria stood with her back leaning against the round table fiddling with the angel hung around her neck. When a cold gust of air blew throughout Rootcore, the crystal ball swirling with more dark energy than Daggeron or Udonna has ever seen.
"Udonna what's happening?" Daggeron asked
"It's like the world has turned purely evil. I have never seen anything like this"
Arai turned and clutched the table, her knuckles turning white. "Udonna?" she asked terrified. She was feeling something she hasn't felt in almost two years; helpless and unable to control herself.
Looking up from the ball she watched in horror as Daggeron faded into dust and all of the colour around them had become dull and muted. She felt a tingling sensation all over her body. When she looked down at her hands, speechless, and watched her skin become paler and her hands turning into claws. She looked up at Udonna and Claire and they were met with the pitch black eyes faintly glowing red before she too faded away.
A/N: Heyyyy! K, so the format was all weird and I didnt really know how to fix it so thanks two Guest Readers for pointing that out. Thanks for reading! XOXOX