A/N - I am back! Sorry if you thought I fell off the face of the Earth. Things came up and I was unable to type this story. Anyways I hope to get regular updates started soon. Also recently I've started co-writing with Tay-Tay-Tiger45 on her A Samurai Legacy. Please go check it out, it might be something you enjoy. Also in a few days the title will be changed to Power Rangers Olympian Force

Disclaimer - I do not under any circumstances own Power Ranger (Not even at the end of the world, sadly) However, I do own Nathalie and the computer at which I type this chapter on

The Fallen Maiden

"Persephone!" Hades' voice boomed through his underworld palace. He sat on his throne, in the center of a large open room.

"Yes, Master," Persephone said, as she bowed down in front of blonde hair fell from her face, shadowing her eyes.

Standing up, Hades walked over to her. He bent down and placed his hand under her chin, so she looked him directly in the eye.

"I think it's time to shake some things up for the Rangers. Melinoe has failed me, and I think it's time to step up our game. I want you to bring me Medusa. Tell her if she wants her opportunity to be beautiful again, she will do as she's told. The Olympian Force may have won the first battle, but I'm sure Phoebe has already told them that the war has only just started."

He stood up, and returned to his chair. Persephone's heels clicked as she spun on her feet and left the throne room.

Jet's head shot up from his calculus book, as he heard the door to the classroom open. He looked up to see a petite brunette walk in. Her feet squeaked on the polished floor.

"Is this room 2-205?" She asked, looking up from her schedule.

"Yes, and you would be?" Mrs. Moore, the calculus teacher, asked.

"Melody."

"Alright, why don't you sit down between Jet Carson and Abby Ford," Mrs. Moore said, pointing towards the back of the room.

As Melody walked to the back of the room, she tripped on the leg of a desk. All of her papers spilled to the floor, but before she could fall, a hand closed over her wrist.

"Are you okay?" Jet asked, as he picked up some of her papers and helped her up.

"Yeah, I just tripped. Thanks," She said, as Jet handed her the papers back.

"Jet." He held his hand out.

"Melody." She shook his hand before sitting down. Tucking a curl behind her ear, she started to jot down the notes on the board.

After an hour passed, everyone stood up as the bell rang. As Jet headed for the door, Melody reached out and stopped him.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but would you mind showing me where my next class is?"

"Um," he said, as he looked at the clock, "I guess. Let me just stop at my locker."

Together they walked down the hall to Jet's locker. He opened it and started to throw books out of his backpack.

"Hey, Jet, Phoebe wanted—" Nathalie stopped, seeing Melody standing there. "Ah, sorry. I'm Nathalie and you are?" She held her hand out.

"Melody." Nathalie's eyes fell upon the green metal bracelet on Melody's wrist, and a cold shock shot through her body. Engraved into the metal where hundreds of intertwining snakes. As Melody let go, Nathalie broke out of her daze, shook it off, and turned to Jet.

"Can you meet me and the others after school at three?" She rubbed her morpher. It was their code for meeting at Ops when others were around.

"Alright," He said, as he shut his locker, "I'll pass it on."

"Thanks. It was nice meeting you," Nathalie said to Melody, and walked away in the other direction.

"Is she your girlfriend?" Melody asked, as she and Jet moved on.

"Nathalie? No," Jet laughed. "We're just friends. She's in the same club as me, and she was just telling me we had a meeting. What's your next hour?"

"Anatomy with Mr. Smith."

"Alright, just go down this hallway and turn right. It will be the first room on the left."

"Thanks." Melody headed off.

"Who was that?" A voice said from behind Jet.

"Tina!" Jet exclaimed, jumping at his twin's voice.

"Sorry," She said, matching Jet's pace, "But who was she?"

"Melody, a new girl. She was in calculus with me; I was just showing her the way to her next class." They entered their own classroom.

"Sure," Tina said, as she sat down next to him.

"Phoebe, are you sure you don't know anything?" Nathalie asked, turning away from her monitor.

"I can't recall anything like that," Phoebe replied, stepping away from the giant bookshelf she was rummaging through.

"It was made of metal and it was really cold. There were thousands of snakes engraved on it." Nathalie skimmed through the databases.

"Are you sure it wasn't just a regular bracelet?" Phoebe sat down beside the Red Ranger.

"Maybe, I'm just losing it," Nathalie groaned, resting her head in her hands. Phoebe was silent for a moment.

"I don't think so. Hades just hasn't ever played anything like this before, that's all. Normally I don't condone this, but if you truly believe something is up, you could bring it down here and I could scan it for any daemon readings."

"I'll see what I can do," Nathalie said, grabbing her backpack and guitar case. "I'd better get back to class." Standing up she walked back through to the portal into the mortal realm.

Nathalie came through the empty gymn into the hall. Strangely, it was also empty. So were the grounds.

"Crap, crap, crap." Nathalie ran outside to the music campus on the other side of school. Her heavy guitar slowed her down. "Super speed would really come in handy right about now." She checked her watch. Picking up her pace, Nathalie forgot to watch where she was going and ran straight into someone. They both fell.

"Ouch," Nathalie groaned, rolling to her side. As she looked over, she saw something shiny in the grass. It was Melody's bracelet. Nathalie grabbed it and hid it behind her back as she stood up.

"Are you ok?" Nathalie asked, crouching down next to Melody. Melody's back was to her, and the other girl had curled up into a ball. Then Nathalie saw a snake in the grass by Melody's head, and jumped back. "M-M-Melody?"

When Melody's head snapped around, her face was no longer smooth, but covered in wrinkles. She looked thousands of years older. Her raven hair was transformed into a nest of hissing snakes. Melody's eyes meet Nathalie's as the girl turned to stone.

"Pesky Red Ranger," Medusa's voice rang out, as she circled Nathalie. "Sticking your nose into other's business sure didn't lead you any good." She reached forward and grabbed her bracelet out of Nathalie's stone hand. Unlike Nathalie, the bracelet hadn't changed. "Now, what should I do with you?" She slid the bracelet back on, transforming back into the gorgeous Melody. With a snap of her fingers, both Nathalie and she disappeared.

"Hey guys," Bryce said, as he sat down next to Charley, Kennedi, Lew, and Jet.

"Has anyone seen Nathalie?" Charley asked, taking a bite of her salad.

"That reminds me," Jet said, "I saw her this morning and she said we had to meet at Ops after school."

"Can I get a pass?" Bryce asked. "I have basketball, and if I miss another practice, Coach will kill me."

"We all had to give up things when we became Rangers, Bryce. You knew that when you joined," Kennedi said.

"Yeah I know." He took a sip of water. The Green Ranger spat it out when he saw Melody walking past.

"Eew," Charley complained, as she wiped the water off, "Bryce! That's gross!"

"Sorry, but who's the new girl?" He handed her some napkins.

"That's Melody," Lew said, without looking up from his wrestling magazine. "She was in my Anatomy class this morning."

"What does this have to do with spitting up water?" Charley asked, dabbing herself dry. "At least my script is dry."

"I knew there was a new girl. I just never expected her to be so gorgeous," Bryce said, starting to grin.

"Well, what did you expected her to be? Ugly?" Kennedi asked, raising a brow.

"No, but it's like she unnaturally pretty. It's kind of creepy." Bryce stopped talking.

"Hey," Melody asked, as she came up from behind Jet, "Is this seat taken?"

"No go ahead," Jet said, and she sat down.

"Thanks, I'm still trying to work my way around." She pulled a notebook out.

"Oh, Melody, this is Kennedi, Bryce, Lew, and Charley." Jet pointed to each teen in turn.

"Hi," Charley said, before going back to her script.

"Are you in theater?" Melody asked, nodding towards the script.

"Yes. Tryouts for the fall musical are coming up soon. If you're interested, I could get ahold of a script for tryouts for you."

"I'm good." Melody turned to Jet. "So, I was wondering if could show me around town after school? Maybe three?"

"He would love to," Kennedi said, before Jet could answer.

"Kennedi!" Jet snapped.

"Zip it," She said to him, turning to Melody, "As I said, he would love to." Just as she spoke, that the high pitch beep from their morphers rang through the cafeteria.

"What was that?" Melody asked, looking around.

"Just my watch," Lew said, standing up. "It's a reminder for us that we have a somewhere to be." The others got up.

"I guess I will see you later," Jet said, before follwing the others. Melody smiled and waved goodbye.

"Bryce here," Bryce said into his morpher, as they snuck out of the cafeteria and into an empty hallway.

"I need you guys at Ops right away," Phoebe's panicky voice rang through the speaker.

"On it," Kennedi answered, as they headed towards the gym.

"Shoot," Charley said, as she peeked into the gym, "There's a class going on there's no way we can get in through there now."

"Come on, we'll have to go in through this way then," Lew said, leading them over to the wall outside the gym. He was the first one to step through the portal, and the others followed one by one.

Just as Charley vanished into the portal, Melody stepped out of the shadows down the hall. She had seen everything. She smirked.

Trivia: Abby Ford was a character summited by FireSlayerSongtress23