Takes place during Mystic Fate.

I don't own PRMF, if I did Maddie and Nick so would've gotten together!

Got the idea for this story from an episode of Gilmore Girls

Thanks to PeterBradley19 for your help!

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Went back home again

This sucks gotta pack up and leave again

Say goodbye to all my friends

Can't say when I'll be there again

It's time now to turn around

Turn my back on everything

(Turn my back on)

Everything

After a year of fighting, the Mystic Force rangers had just defeated the master. It was a long journey, learning spells and defeating monsters practically everyday. Not to mention, Nick finding his biological family and the discovery that he was the light. And now, it was over...

This realization had just come to Madison Rocca as she was helping to clean up Rootcore with Nick, while the others all went to help fix up the Woodland village.

Madison was never one for change. But ever since she had become a ranger, everything had changed. And things were changing again. She had just graduated from high school, and going to UCLA in the fall. And now, her time as a ranger was done...

Everything's changing when I turn around

All out of my control I'm a mobile

Everything's changing when I turn around

All out of my control I'm a mobile

"It's starting to look clean. I don't think it'll look exactly the same as it did before, but just as good." Nick said, breaking Madison from her thoughts.

She turned to him and smiled, "Yeah." She said, and turned back to her cleaning.

Nick was another change in her life. He was so different from anyone she had ever met. He had intrigued her the day he arrived in Briarwood. She saw the changes in him since that day. He had changed into a leader. He was no longer a lone wolf going from one relative to the next. He now had a family, and for once, a place to call home.

Thinking about all of this, started to make Maddie cry.

"Okay, I'm done here. Do you think we should move everything, change it up? Maybe we could make it look way better than before, what do you say Maddie?" There was no reply. Nick looked over at her, and saw her shoulders shaking. He went over to her, and saw the tears falling from her face. He put both of his hands on her shoulders. "Maddie, are you ok?"

Maddie wiped her tears and tried to smile as best she could. "I'm fine. It's..it's nothing, it's stupid."

Nick crossed his arms, and gave her a stern look. "It's not nothing, what is it?"

Maddie crossed her arms across her chest as she started to tear up again. "Everything's just... different. I just feel like everything's going to change. We're done being rangers. I'm out of high school, and leaving Briarwood which means for the first time ever, Vida and I are going to be apart. Xander's manager at Rockporium, Chip's going to be a knight, Clare's a full sorceress, Itassis, Leelee and her mom are good. Not to mention, Leelee's dating Phineas, and her mom's dating Toby! It's like everything around me is moving so fast, and I'm just-

"Standing still?"

"Like I'm standing still!" She went to sit down and hugged her knees as Nick sat down with her. "My whole life, I always knew what was going to happen. And now, I don't and I hate not knowing! I mean, what if the whole film thing doesn't work out for me? I don't know if Vida and I are going to be as close as we are now, and I don't know if I'll ever see my friends again!"

Nick sympathized with her, knowing what she was going through. He put a hand on her knee, "Maddie."

She wiped her tears again. "I'm so sorry, I don't mean to drag everything down."

"Don't worry about it, besides I know what you're talking about."

"You do?"

"Totally. I mean just this year, I've made friends, stayed in one place for more than a couple of months, found my family and my destiny. I don't know what's going to happen next, I'm always worried that my mom and dad are going to be taken away from me. And now I'm worried that the master might come back, or something more evil might come along, or maybe I'll be evil again. Or that I might lose Vida, Chip, Xander, and you."

"I, I can't believe you worry about this. You're so, spontaneous."

"How could you not be worried about it? One minute, I'm just an everyday guy, the next thing I know, I'm a power ranger, and then I find out that I'm the most powerful wizard ever."

They just looked at each other, as a comfortable silence came over them.

Nick started to think about what Maddie had said. What she didn't realize however, was that she had changed as well. No longer was she the shy one, she was now able to stand up for herself and what she believed in. She was full of surprises. He still remembers that time in the cave when she convinced him not to give up. If it weren't for her, he probably would have and who knows where they would've ended up by now...

--Flashback--

"Alright, were safe." Chip said.

Nick was crouched down, and out of hope. "Safe, are you kidding me? That thing just destroyed our Zord. Not to mention, Daggeron and my dad."

"So that's it. The great Nick, the red ranger is calling it quits?" Vida asked.

Nick was about to walk away, but Xander stopped him. "No. Don't walk away, answer her. Are you giving up?"

Not wanting to answer, Nick avoided the question. "Get out of my way."

"No Nick, you answer that." Chip said.

"Guys, wake up and smell the darkness!" Nick couldn't hold it in anymore, "we've done our best, and we failed. We're no match for that thing. Fine. Yes, I've given up."

Chip, Xander, and Vida did not know what to do. Now that their leader had given up, they were definitely all out of hope.

"Don't you say that." Maddie's voice came from behind. Everyone turned to her, surprised she said something. "Don't you say that!" She was now walking up to him. "Not you. You have held us together through all of this, you will not give up!"

Nick turned away from her.

Maddie was now enraged. She turned him around, "Listen to me! Giving up is not an option for you. We are a team and you are this team's leader, we go on no matter what!"

Nick stared at her, surprised that she stood up to him. That was the only one that got through to him.

--End flashback--

Yes, indeed. Maddie had changed, and he admired her for it.

Start back at this life

Stretch myself back into the vibe

I'm waking up to say I've tried

Instead of waking up to another TV Guide

It's time now to turn around

Turn and walk on this crazy ground oh oh oh...

Everything's changing when I turn around all out of my control I'm a mobile

Everything's changing out of what I know everywhere I go I'm a mobile

I'm a mobile

"All I can say Maddie is yes, things are going to change. But that doesn't mean things arent's going to stay the same. I can't imagine you and Vida not being close. No matter how far apart you guys may be from each other, you guys are still sisters. That's never going to change. As for Xander and Chip, you guys have been friends for years and nothing's changed, I'm sure you'll see everybody from here again, how could you not? Those things I know, will never change."

Maddie smiled at that. "Thanks."

A few days later...

Maddie had just walked out of Rockporium wondering where Nick was. Toby was having a party for them, and she had noticed that Nick wasn't there. She saw him across the street by the tree where she tried to convince him to stay. He was squatting, and cleaning his motorcycle. Maddie knew what was going on.

She went up to him and put her hands in her pockets, "You're leaving."

Nick stood up and looked at her. "Yeah, I'm going to see my adoptive parents. There's a lot to tell them."

"So, you're not coming back?"

He smirked at her, "Maybe, maybe not."

She was starting to get nervous. "Will I see you again?"

"Definitely. I'm not letting you forget me."

"That would never happen."

"Well I don't know, things might change."

"Nick. I can promise you, that no matter what happens or what changes in our lives, I could never forget you."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

Nick went got something out of his compartment, and gave it to her. It was his baby blanket. "Will you hold on to this?"

Maddie grinned at him. "Sure."

He got on his bike. Just as he was about to leave he turned to her, "That's an assurance that you'll see me again. I'll always be there for you Maddie, always." He smiled as he put his helmet on, and rode into the distance.

She watched him until he was out of sight, and looked at what he gave her. Yes things have changed, but this was one of the signs that not everything will change. She smiled, knowing that she will see him again, despite all the changes that life will give her.

Hanging from the ceiling life's a mobile

Spinning round with mixed feelings crazy and wild

Sometimes I wanna scream out loud...

Everything's changing everywhere I go

All out of my control

Everything's changing

Everywhere I go out of what I know

La la la la la la (la la)

La la la la la la (la la)

La la la la la la (la la la)

La la la la la la

Well there you go. The song is Mobile by Avril Lavigne. I hope you liked it, I was really excited when I got the idea for this one. Please review! All comments are appreciated...