Chapter 2

Sticks and stones

Raven's P.O.V

In a dream

Everything was black around me and all I could hear was screams and shouting when I saw Jayden I ran him when he glared at me saying.

"How do you think I could ever love a freak like you?" Ji suddenly appeared next to him saying.

"You will never be a ranger you have put shame to your family" I woke up screaming looking at the clock sering that I had slept in quickly got dressed only to have to go to fight a nighlock. In front of us was Negaton Jayden jumped up and attacked.

"Power rangers? What have I done I've been saying all the wrong things right"

"Talking smack about people isn't cool" Mike said as he charged forward only for Negaton to charge to him saying.

"I know something about you! Your bike had training wheels until you were ten!" Mike suddenly went flying backwards into a building. "And you blue ranger! Your just boring!" Kevin went flying higher than Mike hitting another building. He then turned to Mia saying. "Your turn! Losey cook!" Mia went flying through a few building bars Jayden brought his sword up warning us.

"Keep your guard up this ones tricky" Negaton looked offended.

"What tricks I'm telling the truth. My motto is if the truth hurts excellent" he ran forward to Jayden. "Your a red faced liar, liar pants on fire. You've got a secret" I watched as Jayden skidded backwards I glared yelling.

"No one hurt my friends and get away with it!" I slashed at him trying to ignore him when he said.

"And your just a failure to your family" I began to skid back but stopped myself ignoring him Emily ran to me asking.

"How did you stop it?" I didn't have time to answer as he nearly hit us we managed to attack him getting him to flee into a nearby vent. We got back to the Shiba house to heal Mike turned to me and Emily saying.

"The nighlock couldn't hurt Emily and only pushed Raven away why is that?" Ji shrugged saying.

"Maybe they have a special gift" we both laughed at that Emily explained that when she was younger she was picked on as a kid but she just ignored them. After her story Mike turned to me.

"What about you Raven?" I looked at them and sighed.

"When I went to school there was some girl's who would bully me they would beat me up and call me horrible names when I got home my mum would clean up my cuts and calm me down she sing a song to calm me down and whenever they did hit me I'd just remember the song and it'd be like they weren't doing or saying anything" Mike had managed to make Emily upset which made her go outside I went to my bedroom and pulled out a small wooden chest from under my bed I opened the chest and saw inside was a picture of my parents as I pulled them out the door opened I put away the box and saw Emily.

"Hey its that nighlock from this morning he's causing more trouble" I followed them and we got to a large empty area where we saw Negaton and a group of moogers he looked at me saying.

"I need to have a little talk with you black ranger" I pointed to myself.

"Me?" He ordered his moogers to attack everyone and then he jumped towards me landing I began slashing at him only for him to kick me in the stomach making me stagger backwards he grabbed me by my neck lifting me up in the air I kicked my legs trying to hit him.

"Come on show them what you are show them that your just another..." I suddenly let a deep growl out and he let me go making me land on my feet a thick black smoke covered me and when it disappeared I was shown as a black scaled nighlock. "Nighlock" I had black lizard scales and two metal bat wings I also had a long snake tail I had two large curves horns on my head which looked a loot like a goats my face was a dark red skull pattern except for my light red eyes that were the form of slits I was swearing a black belly top and red joggers. (a\n her face is basically deckers) I tried to go forward but I was exhausted I only could fall to my knee's he looked at me kicking me in the chest suddenly Jayden springs out of nowhere.

"Get away from her!" He begins to hit him again and again until he hits him back after the whole team was taken down ,except for Emily, who was fighting off the moogers he prepared to blast them with his eyes on his back I felt a surge of energy as I jumped up leaping in front of them spreading out my wings.

"You will not hurt my friends!" The blast hit me and electricity fried through me but I used the energy to morph the electricity bringing up my nighlock sword it was a long black samurai sword but the hilt was a snake wrapped around it. I charged to Negatron and slashed at him until I heard him growl punching me in my stomach he jumped over me saying.

"Ha you think your all powerful but now all of your insecurities are open" glaring at him I was about to charge at him when he said. "Ranger wannabe" this made me go through a brick wall smashing through the bricks I saw as he began to kick at me he then grabbed my neck lifting me up. "You think your precious red ranger will want you now!" This comment sent me into a nearby tree the latter creaking in pain from the hit. I rolled onto the ground where he lifted me up. "Half freak! Your not a nighlock or a human your a nobody!" I went up in the sky as I came down but before I could lift my wings I had landed on my back breaking the concrete. I felt his foot press into my body. "Although I would love to kill you now Master Xandred want to fit you with a punishment" He grabbed me by neck lifting me up as I dangled limply when a voice rose.

"Hey!" Negaton turned to moving me in front of him I saw Emily in front of us. "Leave her alone!" Negaton laughed at Emily.

"Or what ranger you can't follow us into the Netherworld" Emily looked down until saying.

"I've got a deal for you I'll fight you if I win you leave Raven" he seemed think because he was silent.

"Fine but if I win she comes with me without you lot stopping me" Emily looked at me.

"Fine" he roughly threw me to the side I weakly sat up moaning.

"Emily no don't do it" Negaton turned to me.

"Shut up half freak" he blasted me with his eyes sending me across the floor. I watched as Emily fought Negaton until she managed to deafet him I looked to the others as he grew huge they activated their Megazord and began to fight. I got up and began to walk to the forest I couldn't show my face to the others not right now. I managed to limp but my body hurt without looking I already knew that my wing was fractured I had multiple cuts and bruises my leg was aching but it also felt like it was burning I stopped by a tree and rolled up my pant leg my ankle was swelling and it had a long cut down it I was about to move again when I heard a voice.

"She should be around here" that was Kevin but how did they find me looking down I saw droplets of blood following me I quickly jumped up the tree and hid until Kevin said. "I think it's best if we split up to find her" I followed Emily and waited until she was alone.

"Emily" she looked up and gasped when she saw me.

"Raven there you are, are you okay?" I nodded.

"Yeah I'll be fine I just feel a little woozy" I had been holding onto a branch but as a wave of dizziness hit me I felt my hand slip off I hit the floor and I heard Emily running towards me yelling my name. I woke up back in the Shiba house I looked my body I was still a nighlock but I had been healed my wing was now in a bandage as was my cuts. My ankle was wrapped in a bandage as I began to sit up I saw the others come including Ji. I looked down in shame eventually saying. "I'm sorry I never told any of you guys" Mike looked at me asking.

"How are you like this?" I signed and pulled out the wooden chest pulling out the photo showing the rest who gasped in shock my mum was a normal human where as my dad was a nighlock.

"She was the daughter of a black samurai and on one day when she went training a mooger attacked her leaving her injured my dad saw her he was somewhat of an outsider in the nighlock community so when he saw her injured he rescued her and made sure she was healed. Afterwards they met up everyday until they day. Both Xandred and my mums dad found out he banned her from ever seeing him again and well Xandred exiled him and we all know what happens to nighlock if they are up here for to long. Well he met her one more time and on that night she reviled about me he died only a few days later." I looked down at the picture. "After my mum had me she left me on the stairs of this place and her body was found in the woods she had taken her fathers samurai sword and... Impaled herself almost as if in shame" they all starred at me except for Mia and Emily who sat next to me stroking my back soothingly Mike still asked a question.

"But how do you know this?" I rummaged through the box a bit more and pulled an envelope and sighed again my breath wavering I was on the brink of tears.

"She left me a letter saying everything" Emily hugged me gently Ji looked at us saying.

"I think we should let Jayden and Raven have a bit a piece and quiet together" I watched as everyone left and Jayden sat next to me.

"I'm sorry about your parents Raven" I looked at him in shock.

"Your not angry about me not telling you?" He then looked at me in shock.

"Why should I it was obviously a painful thing to say" there was a moment of silence until I said.

"I was worried you wouldn't love me" I lifted my chin up to look at him.

"I will always love you Raven" he gently kissed my lips making a black fog cover me when it left I was human again he looked at me asking. "What happens?" I looked at him smiling.

"Whenever my emotions go overboard I turn to my nighlock self without me choosing to do so I mean yes I can choose whether I do or don't but I always need to calm down. I guess you calm me down"