In their lair, the Dark Rangers looked at Zevon as he was working on a potion. CJ walked to him.

"What are you up to, Zevon?" She asked.

"I'm working on a love potion." Zevon replied.

"Who are you gonna give it to?" Ginny asked.

"Mal."

"Why?" The Gastons asked.

"You two really are thick in those heads of yours." Mad Maddy said.

"Yeah. He's nuts about Mal." Vickie said.

Khai Yu suddenly smirked and Clay looked at her. "What do you have in mind, Khai?" He asked and the other Dark Rangers looked at Khai Yu.

"Zevon, if she's under the effects of this love potion, she'd do anything for you, right?" Khai Yu asked their newest teammate, who nodded.

"Yeah. Why?" He asked.

"Maybe, we could convince her to fight alongside us." Khai Yu said.

"That just might work." Ginny said.

"We'll find out. The potion's ready." Zevon said.

"Okay. Someone's gonna have to distract those Rangers." CJ said.

"Leave that to Maddy, Ginny, Vickie, and me." Khai Yu said.

CJ checked the monitors and saw Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos were with Chad, and Audrey at Tourney practice with the cheerleaders not far from the tourney team. "Okay. Go. Now." She ordered and Zevon, Khai Yu, Ginny, Mad Maddy, and Vickie headed to the tourney field at Auradon Prep.

On the field, Mal and Evie were practicing their cheerleading with Audrey while Jay, and Carlos were practicing tourney with Chad.

Mal was lagging because she was upset that Ben couldn't be with her on the field because of his current situation.

"M?" Evie called, making the Purple Ranger turn to her blue haired best friend.

"Yeah, Evie?" Mal asked.

"You okay?" Audrey asked.

"No. More than anything, I wanna make Maddy and Vickie pay for what they did to my boyfriend." Mal said.

"We'll find a way to help him, Mal." Evie said.

Mal nodded then the cheerleaders and other tourney players took off running and the gathered Rangers saw a morphed Zevon, Mad Maddy, Ginny, Khai Yu, and Vickie approaching them.

"Do you guys ever take a break?" Jay asked.

"Nope." The five Dark Rangers said.

"Then let's do this." Mal said as the six Defender Rangers stood ready, Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos, and Chad summoning their Morphers as Audrey pulled out her Wing Baton Morpher.

"Defender Ranger, Power Up! Ha!" All but Chad said.

"Gray Ranger, Energize!" Chad said then all six of the Defender Rangers morphed. "Defender Power!"

"Let's take these chumps!" Mal said.

"Oh, yeah!" Jay said.

The two Ranger teams charged each other. Chad and Audrey dealt with Mad Maddy, Evie fought with Khai Yu and Ginny, Jay and Carlos took on Vickie and Mal and Zevon fought one-on-one again.

During the fight, Zevon threw the love potion in front of Mal and it took effect on her immediately.

Mal walked to Zevon. "You know... I never really noticed how handsome you are, Zevon. With or without this Ranger suit." She said shyly.

Evie and Audrey saw what was happening then ran at Zevon, who saw them coming then looked at Mal. "Don't let them near me!" He said.

"No problem." She said then turned to her friends. "Feather Sword!" She said then attacked Evie and Audrey.

The Dark Rangers and Mal then took off while Evie and the others headed to the lab.

When they arrived in the lab, the other saw them take their helmets off.

Now able to fully see, John noticed their fearless leader was missing.

"Where's Mal?" He asked.

"We got into a fight with Zevon, Mad Maddy, Vickie, Khai Yu, and Ginny. Mal and Zevon were fighting each other one minute. Next thing we know, Mal just turns on us." Audrey said.

"Impossible. After what happened before she and the others arrived here, Mal's always been there for her friends." John said.

"Zevon must've magicked her." Freddie said.

Carlos started to think. "You guys remember his crush on her?" He asked his VK teammates, who nodded. "He must've used a love potion on her!"

"I knew he was insane about her, but not THAT insane." Jay said.

"We have to try and snap her out of it." Jane said.

"I may know how to do that." Ben said, making everyone look at the Gold Ranger.

"How, Ben?" Chad asked.

"The Enchanted Lake." He replied.

"Of course. The magical properties of those waters can wash away any spell!" Jordan said.

"Then we have to draw them there." Ruby said.

"Not gonna be easy." Lonnie said.

"We all need to be there." Allie said.

It's the only way to draw them there." Sarah said.

The other Rangers nodded.

"Then you guys Ranger up." Ben said to the unmorphed Rangers, who nodded and everyone but Jordan and Allie, summoned their Morphers. Allie pulled out her shield and Jordan pulled out her saber.

"Defender Ranger, Power Up! Ha!" They all shouted then morphed. "Defender Power!"

In their lair, an unmorphed Mal sat in an unmorphed Zevon's lap as the other Dark Rangers conversed a few feet out of earshot.

"Are you sure about this?" Ginny asked CJ.

"I thought it best to let him have a few moments of this. That's why I approved his plan." CJ whispered.

An alert called the Dark Rangers' attention to the Defender Rangers, except Ben, to the bridge that led to the Enchanted Lake.

"Dark Rangers! You have a friend of ours! Give her back now and this won't get any messier than it already has!" Evie said.

"Let's go. Mal, find the Gold Ranger and deal with him." CJ said.

They all nodded then morphed and went to meet the Defender Rangers.

As the Dark Rangers and Defender Rangers fought, Mal found Ben where they had their first date.

"I knew I'd find you here." Mal said.

"Mal, Zevon has you under a spell. Please fight it." Ben requested.

"I'm here to fight you!" She snarled. "Feather Sword!" She said, calling on her weapon then the two fought, Ben blocking all her blows. Before long, he used his Spear and knocked her Sword of out her hands then Mal kicked his Spear from his hands, which gave Ben the opening he needed then he picked her up then dove into the water.

Not only was Mal freed from Zevon's love potion, but Ben was no longer in his Ranger form, as it was because of Mad Maddy's magic that made Ben become trapped in his Ranger form.

They both soon headed to the surface, as Ben had taught Mal how to swim.

Once at the surface, Mal looked at him. "Ben, I'm so sorry." She apologized.

"Don't be." Ben said. "Come on. Let's go help our teammates."

She nodded then the couple ran to their friends, morphing along the way.

Mal then powered up to her Battlizer Mode and after the fight, the Dark Rangers fled as the Defender Rangers went back to the lab.

Mal looked at Evie and Audrey after they'd all demorphed. "E, Audrey, I'm really sorry for attacking you two." She said.

"It's okay, M." Evie said.

"Yeah. You were under a love spell. It happens." Audrey said.

In their lair, the Dark Rangers were not happy, especially Zevon.

"I can't believe they broke the love spell on Mal!" He growled.

"Focus on the big picture, Zevon. We need to deal with those Rangers then take Auradon for our own." CJ said.

The Dark Rangers laughed maniacally.

That's chapter twenty-one. In the future, I'll do a chapter that will delve into the past of the VKs. Some mentioned events will be taken from The Isle of the Lost novel. If anyone would like to help me come up with more scenes, feel free to either tell them to me in a review or PM me. As always, review and more chapters will head your way.