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The setting, Reefside. The year, 2003. It was a year I would never forget. The year my life changed forever, in many ways, some good, some bad. But all unforgettable nontheless. It was the year when I became a power ranger.
Dave Burnside closed his journal and put it back in the hidden compartment in the head board of his bed. He never would forget that fateful day when he and his friends had stumbled upon those five gems. What were they called again? Oh yeah, the Dreagon Stones. These five gems, red, green, blue, white, and black, had given him and his friends powers that normal folk would consider strange. About a few days after finding them, they had moved to Reefside, seeking the help of the archeologist Dr. Tommy Oliver. And damned if Fate hadn't decided to screw with their lives even more. His friends, the samurai Justin Whilder, Anthony Moarti, the gambler, Derak Hodwell, the geomancer, and Ian Johnson, the shaolin, had became under attack by these weird dino looking things. Afetr a moment's thought, Dave reached back into the compartment and opened to one of the earlier pages, and began to read.
CHAPTER ONE: FINDING THE GEMS
"Remind me again why we're out in the middle of nowhere at this ungodly hour?" Anthony grumbled as it began to rain, soaking them to the skin. Dave brushed his flame red hair out of his eyes, and sighed. He loved this kind of weather, being out in the middle of a forest only enhanced his love of rain. "I have no freakin clue, diceman." Dave said as he flipped the collar of his black jacket up. He glanced at his blood brother Ian, only to find nothing. Gone again. Ian had a habit of diappearing for hours at a time, quiet as a mouse. Annoying, really. "We're here to see what the hell the strange glow we see at night is." Derak sighed impatiently, sensing for the strange energy within the earth. One of the perks of his deep understanding of nature was that he could be used as a metal detector. Anthony had made good use of this on more than one occaison. "There." they heard Ian's quiet voice say from the tree up above them. They all looked to the area he had pointed toward, and saw five dim lights. "Let's go. And maybe this time we'll actually see what the hell those things are." Justin said grumpily, no doubt becasue Dave had shoved him into a puddle earlier. Like Justin said, this wasn't the first time they had done this, and if they failed again, it sure wouldn't be the last. As the group trudged through the forest, Derak's senses for some odd reason began to sharpen beyond belief. It was like some one had lifted a veil from over his eyes. "They're here." he said, bringing the group to a halt. "What? But the glow is still a while away." Dave protested. "Look up behind us." Ian commented, relizing they're mistake. They all looked up and saw what had been making the glow: it was the moon. Dave knelt down and lifted something from a pile of soggy leaves. "What is it?" Anthony asked. Dave looked at it. It was a black crystal, with a sword carved on one side and a lightning bolt carved on the other side. He could feel a strange power emanating from within it, and by the looks on his friends faces, they could too. They saw Derak bend over and begin to sift through the leaves as well. He lifted a red gem, redder than fire, with a staff carved on one side and the other side covered in miniscule carvings, each depicting an element. The others began to search the ground as well, all turning up a gem stone. Ian, a blue stone with a flame on one side and a question mark on the other side. Anthony, a vibrant green stone with a tornado on one side with a crossbow on the other. And finally, Justin, a white stone with a snowflake on one side and a katana on the other.
"What are these?" Dave whispered as he felt a strange power beginning to flow through his veins, no doubt from the stone. Not only that, but he could feel another power from the stone, like the soul of something, or something like that. "The Dreagon Stones." Justin breathed, having studied them extensively during mythology. Supposedly, they housed the souls of five powerful warriors, and could be unleashed if the stone was compatible with it's holder. That was the dangerous part-anyone could use the stones, if they were compatible. They're conversation was interrupted by the sight of several pairs of headlights in the distance. "Mary Mother of Shitness!" Dave swore as they scrambled to find hiding places. Truth was, they were currently on private property, and the owner told them that the next time he caught them on his land, he would make kabobs out of certain parts of their anatomy, then feed them to his dogs. "I know they were out here, I could see those lights, now find those stones!" they heard the land owner in question's agitated voice say below their hiding places amongst the trees. Anthony, whose eyes seemed to be getting better and sharper, could pick out miniscule details about the people below. They looked like some kind of dino thing. Come to think of it, so did the land owner. Huh. That was weird. Anthony could've sworn he had just seen the owner with a grayish red streaked dinosuar looking head. With a sickening jolt, he relized he was seeing what he couldn't see before: the truth about why they were always chased out: whoever these guys were, they wanted the stones REAL bad. He suddenly heard Ian right next to him. "Can you see through the illusion, too?" he said almost inaudibly. "Who gives a damn. We have to get the hell outta here, bro!" Dave hissed as he moved soundlessly through the trees, thanking whichever diety was on duty for the rain. Unfortunetly, this caused an unGodly amount of water droplets to cascade down on whoever was below. Let's just say that there was a whole lot of shouting.
With almost unnatural speed and agility, the five were swinging through the trees like monkeys, away from whoever was behind them. They heard a roar like a dinosuar, and in front of them, several lizard things dropped and grabbed their feet, pulling them back down to earth. With a rebel yell, Dave lashed out with his right hand, trying to knock the thing off of him. To his shock, a stream of lightning shot from his hand, and fried the thing. Dave looked at his hand, slowly turning it over, so he could see both sides. The only thing differant about it was there was now a black dragon tattooed on the back of his hand. "What the hell did I just do?" he said softly as more of them surrounded him. A massive stalicite erupted from the ground, destroying a whole lot more. Daev looked up to see Derak looking at his hands the way he had been moments before. What was going on with their bodies? How were they doing this? was the common thread of thought as Anthony some how formed a stream of energy on flung it at another of their assailants. Justin dropped from the trees, drew the katana he always had at his side, and went to work. This time, however, something was differant. As he slashed at one, a pearly white wave of energy traveled across the blade, slicing and dicing. Ian, not wanting to be left out of the action, also dropped, and began to put his martial arts skills to good use. The fight raged for about two minutes, before a creature in black armor, carrying a blue sword, appeared out of a green swirling portal. "Enough. No more games." he snarled as he charged, swinging his sword with enough force to uproot a young sappling. Dave ducked under a vertical slash, and countered with a low kick, only to have it blocked, and get smashed in the head by the side of the warrior's sword. Derak tried to manipulate the earth as he had earlier, only to get a powerful kick to the stomach, sending him flying backwards. Anthony tried his new energy attack, only to have it slashed in half, the two halves knocking out both he and Ian. Justin set his sword like a samurai before charging, and began to circle the black armored warrior. He didn't know who he was, or why he attacked them, but he did know he wasn't gonna get away with it. The two charged at each other, their swords making serpant like hissing sounds as they were swung through the air. When the two blades met, sparks flew, illuminating the area for a brief second. As hard as Justin fought, he was no match for their attacker, and soon was beaten. "What the hell do you want?" he gasped as he tried to get up. The warrior said two words. "The Stones." As he reached for Justin, a green portal opened. The warrior stopped, and with a frustrated growl, leapt into it. That was the last thing Justin remebered before he passed out.
So, how was it? c'mon, be honest. anyway, review. Next chapter, they go to Reefside. catch ya on the flip side.