A/N: Here's another chapter. I'm not sure how long the fic is actually going to get. I'm just sort of writing as I go with a few points in mind.

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Disclaimer: I still don't own Power Rangers. I do own Audrey, Alana, Mallory, James, Alexis, Courtney and Brittany. My friend owns Alex.

Chapter Twenty: Quest for the Ninjetti - Part I

The group waited for Audrey to rejoin them. They weren't sure what the two were talking about, but they knew she had been through a lot and needed a little time. The problem was they didn't have much time. The new rangers had to go to Phaedos soon.

"So will you answer our other questions?" Mallory asked Kim. "About Phaedos and Ninjetti?"

Kimberly nodded. "Phaedos is another planet. The Ninjetti powers are kept there, each person has an animal spirit and you will go on a quest to earn the right to your animal. I was the crane. Tommy was the falcon. Aisha was the bear, Adam the frog, Rocky the ape and Billy the wolf." She went on. "Those coincided with the colors pink, white, yellow, black, red and blue."

As Kimberly finished her explanation, Audrey and Alex walked into the main room with their arms around one another. "You weren't kidding when you said a lot." Audrey told Tommy.

He laughed lightly. "Here, let me introduce you to everyone. He started at the semi circle, which had moved around a little. "You know Jason, that's Adam, Zack, Billy, Trini, Aisha, Rocky." He said, finishing up the semi circle. "You know Kim and I." He said, then he continued to the line of new rangers. "Conner, Trent..." He said. "I don't know the others names." He said, gesturing to Kim. Audrey looked at the other three rangers. "Jamesy." She whispered. She ran over and gave her ex-boyfriend a hug. He hugged her back and after they broke apart she smiled. "Yep, definitely big brother."

"Ouch, burned twice." Alana joked.

"Alana!" Audrey squealed hugging her best friend.

James laughed. "No, she's right. I feel it too. I have for a month or so now."

"So why did Celeste break up with you then?"

"We'll talk about this later." James said, he didn't want his love life revealed in front of a bunch of strange people.

Alana nodded.

Mallory stood quietly, waiting for her friend to notice she was there as well. Audrey soon did. "Mally!" She yelled, hugging Alana's sister and her other best friend.

"I guess I didn't need to introduce them." Tommy joked.

Audrey laughed. "This is James." She told everyone. "He's the friend I've known the longest."

"Hey!" Alana said.

"Sorry, I've known him about three years longer than I've known you guys."

James smiled. "I was there when she was born, kinda hard to beat."

"Anyway, this is Alana and her sister Mallory. I've known them since Alana and I were three."

"Audrey, Alana and Mallory were my students." Kimberly continued. "Audrey has been taking gymnastics classes from me since she moved to Angel Grove too, but I wasn't aware the Parker girls were here."

"We just moved." Alana said. "Like today."

Mallory nodded, really wanting that nap she tried to get.

"What about you, James?" Audrey asked.

"I moved a couple of days ago." He answered.

"Okay, as nice as the catching up may be," Tommy cut in, "the six of you have a quest to go on."

Audrey looked at Tommy, confused. It was obvious she hadn't been briefed on the quest.

Tommy quickly explained what he explained to the others, then he began to finish explaining for everyone. "As I said, I'm unsure of what colors you will be." He said. "I have a guess one of the girls yellow, another pink and I have no clue for the other girl." He said. "I know Audrey already has the crane powers, but that may change once on Phaedos. I also don't know what your animal spirit will be. Audrey may not be the crane and I doubt the white ranger will be the falcon."

"Why?" Kimberly asked.

"The crane and the falcon fly together." Tommy answered. "You never noticed that?"

Kimberly bit her lip. "But Kat was the crane."

Tommy nodded. "Because you passed your power coin on to her. Audrey is the crane for the same reason."

"So what if... say Audrey's the crane and James is the falcon?" She asked.

Tommy shook his head. "Audrey and James are like brother and sister, you heard that." He pointed to Alex. "They have something."

Audrey and Alex both blushed as Tommy pointed out their obvious attraction to one another.

"It's time for the six of you to go." Tommy said. He handed the map to Trent, assuming Trent might take up the post of the white ranger, whether he did or not, he was one of two experienced rangers. "Use this and seek out Dulcea. She will help you begin your quest."

Trent and the other new rangers nodded.

"Billy? Do you have the coordinates?" Tommy asked him.

"Affirmative." Billy responded.

"Good luck guys." Tommy said before Billy teleported the group to Phaedos.

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"I hope they make it through alright." Tommy said as the six streaks of colored light left the command center.

"Of course they will." Kimberly responded. "I have faith in my girls."

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As the group landed, they looked around. It appeared all six of them made it there and in one piece.

"So where do we go?" Audrey asked, looking around.

Conner shrugged and looked at Trent. "He's the one with the map."

Five pairs of eyes landed on Trent as he unrolled the map and looked over it. "This way." He pointed.

The six rangers began walking in the direction Trent pointed. "So, James." Alana asked, as the two of them fell behind the others. "Celeste?"

James nodded. "Celeste found pictures of Audrey and started asking around about her. For some reason she found it a little unsettling that six months before her, I dated a short blonde gymnast." He shrugged. "When people told her that Audrey was 'everybody's sweetheart' she decided that she was just a rebound relationship and she left me." He let out a little laugh. "Little does she know I accepted that Audrey was right, we are better as friends." He looked over at the girl he now viewed as his little sister. "I just hope that Alex guy treats her right."

Alana's gaze shifted to her best friend. She smiled. "I'm sure he will." She answered. "If he doesn't, he'll have two very angry sisters after him."

James laughed. "Count me in."

Alana extended her hand. "Deal."

James shook her hand and smiled at her.

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Mallory had trailed behind even James and Alana. She was still extremely tired. Moving and a quest on some unknown planet all in the same day. She thought to herself. What luck. She watched her sister and james talking as her sarcastic thoughts went through her head. She noticed Alana put her hand on James' arm as he spoke. She also watched Alana's body language and facial expressions. She is so hitting on him. She's hitting on her best friend's ex! She rolled her eyes. Did her sister really know no bounds?

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Audrey had favored talking to Conner and Trent, mostly Trent. She listened to their stories as Dino Thunder rangers. She found the stories about Dr. Oliver very interesting. She had been told that Tommy had been a power ranger, but she had yet to hear stories about his ranger experiences. She also listened for what was expected of her. I wonder if I can really do this. She thought to herself as she listened to the guys talk. I wonder if I'm good enough. Her unspoken thought hit from the second that she woke up. Was she good enough? She was able to be put under a spell to fight the person she liked, the person she was supposed to be on the same side as. That's where Trent came in. He told her his story of becoming a ranger, later than the others. He told her how he had originally been the evil white ranger and that he turned to the good side later on. "You have no idea how encouraging it is to hear you say that."

Trent had recalled Tommy mentioning, before Audrey joined them, that the other had been put under an evil spell. "Why's that?" He asked her.

"Because I was evil for a while." Audrey answered. "I treated people like crap and I tried to fight Alex." Audrey sighed.

Trent smiled encouragingly. "Don't worry, I know how you feel."

Audrey smiled back. "Thanks."

Conner spoke up. "Tommy knows how you feel too. He started out as an evil ranger before joining the first team."

Audrey nodded. "I vaguely remember him telling me that while he was trying to turn me back." She laughed. "It only made me more mad."

As Audrey spoke up, the group was attacked by giant black birds. "Oh wonderful." Audrey said sarcastically. Just what they needed. She had a feeling this wasn't going to be easy. She used some of her training to fight off a couple of the birds. Conner and Trent used their own experience as former rangers. Mallory, Alana and James just watched the others and tried to copy what they were doing.

It was hard, but the birds finally flew away. The group of six got together and made sure everyone was okay. "Something tells me we haven't seen the last of them." Conner told them. "So be on guard."

Trent checked the map to make sure they hadn't gotten turned around. The group began walking once more.

This time, Audrey fell back with Mallory. "So how have you been, girl?" Mallory asked her.

Audrey nodded. "Let's just say, the move to Angel Grove has been interesting."

"Oh?" Mallory asked.

"Yeah, I'll explain it all eventually, right now I'm wiped out."

Mallory laughed. "I know the feeling." She still wanted that nap.

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"I wonder how they're doing." Kimberly asked the group nervously. The couldn't have gotten far enough through yet. The group waited around hoping the six would make it through alright.

"Do you think they've found Dulcea yet?" Aisha asked.

Tommy shrugged. "I don't know. I hope they're okay though."

The group nodded in agreement.

"I'm sure they will be." Adam spoke up. "I mean, we got out of there safely."

Rocky nodded. "Adam's right. They'll be fine."

"I can try to find them and bring them up on the viewing globe." Billy said.

The others nodded and waited. Before long, six people showed up on the viewing globe. They were walking across Phaedos. They all looked to be in one piece.

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After what seemed like forever, the group finally made it to the plateau. They assembled there and a woman appeared before them. "You come to seek the powers of the Ninjetti?" She asked them.

Trent nodded. "We were sent here by our old science teacher." He told her.

"Who is this science teacher and what gives him the authority and power to send you here?"

"Dr. Tommy Oliver." Conner answered. "Former green, white, red and black rangers."

The woman nodded. "Yes, Tommy. The falcon." She responded inrecognition. "I remember them well. I am Dulcea, the mater warrior of Phaedos." She introduced herself. She looked over the six standing in front of her. "You." She said, pointing to Audrey. "You have the power of the crane within you."

Audrey blushed and nodded. She always hated being singled out, unless it was gymnastics.

"How did you get this power?" Dulcea asked her.

"My gymnastics coach passed it to me. She was getting sick and commanded to pass it on."

"I see." Dulcea said. "Well, the crane is not your animal spirit. We will get this sorted momentarily, but first." She hit her stick to the ground and all six of them appeared in ninja outfits, each a different color.

A/N: Yes, I am ending this chapter here. The colors will be revealed next chapter. Read and review please. I'm interested in your thoughts.