Chapter 19: Heir apparent part 2
Chelbell2016:
Ok so the big reveal for Courtney. Who her real parents are. I think this is the most waited for chapter since the Courtney Oliver series started.
*Keeper of the powers*
Courtney's POV:
Udonna runs over to her husband and they hug. Bowen looks a little unsure and I don't know if this is true.
"Leanbow," Udonna says squeezing him tight. "Could it really be you?"
Leanbow steps out of the hug and takes his wife's hands.
"I don't know how to explain but it's true," he tells her. "I am alive."
"This is unbelievable," Maddie says.
"No, this has to be one of Koragg's tricks," I tell her.
Bowen steps forward. "I don't think it is Courtney."
"Leanbow survived," Imperious says from the ground where he had been knocked down. "But not Solaris knight."
I worry for Daggeron. Is he ok?
"Now," Imperious continues. "To finish what I started."
He blasts at Udonna and Leanbow. Leanbow reflects the blast.
"UTHE SASORAY!" Leanbow says and a spell seal appears taking all eight of us out of the underworld and into another dimension.
When we appear we all begin to feel the shock. Bowen walks up to his father and they both stare at each other. Seeing the resemblance. Then they hug.
They let go and Bowen walks back towards us. Even though their was no words we all knew both Bowen and Leanbow wanted and needed that hug.
"We'll be safe in this dimension for a while," Leanbow tells us.
He walks my way and I feel a little worried. Could this be a trick.
"Okay," Xander says. "Am I the only one confused by what's going on here?"
"I'm a little mixed-up myself," Vida tells him.
"Let me get this straight," Chip says. "Leanbow was Koragg, and Koragg was Leanbow, and one of them... or both of them... just saved our lives."
"Wait, wait, wait," I say still not knowing what to believe. "This is the same guy who's been trying to toast us for months. How can we trust it's really Leanbow?"
"You're right," he agrees with me crossing his arms. "I don't blame you for not trusting me."
Udonna walks forward with a big smile on her face.
"I trust you," she says standing beside me. "I know it's you. What happened?"
"My tale is so incredible I'm not sure I believe it myself," he says seating himself on a rock. We all sit down as well. "It happened in the last battle of the great war."
"You closed the gates to the underworld," Udonna says to him remembering what happened that day. "And we all thought you were gone forever."
"Yes, but that's where my story just begins," he tells her. "My plan had worked, and the master was sinking down into the depths, but he used the last of his dark magic to take me with him and turn me into Koragg, the knight wolf, his most obedient soldier. I had no memory of my previous life. Everything I did was for the master."
"But you remember now," Chip says sceptically.
"It must have been the virus that infected my titan mode," he explains reminding us of the last time we fought in the Manticore megazord. "It began to break the memory spell."
I decide to step in.
"Then you must remember how many times you tried to destroy us," I remind him with a little accusation in my voice. "And Udonna and Bowen, even your own wife and son. You almost destroyed them, then you stole Udonna's snow staff. Does that ring any bells?"
"Yes," he says gently to me. "I remember it all, and I cannot tell you all how sorry I am."
I just shake my head at him.
"Courtney," Udonna says to me as I fold my arms turning to her. "No one could withstand the full power of the master's dark magic."
"If there was any way you could forgive me," Leanbow says. "All of you..."
Bowen sighs. "Your my father, I forgive you already."
Leanbow smiles at his son for that.
Udonna begins to walk forwards. "Of course I..."
She is cut off by the ground shaking, and I have to quickly hold her up as she nearly falls to the ground. Bowen and Leanbow both run over to her.
"Udonna," Xander says worried.
Leanbow grips his wife by the elbows and notices her condition.
"You're injured," he says in shock.
"I.. used the book of dark magic to get to the underworld," Udonna tells him and Bowen gasps. "I'm afraid I'm as vulnerable as any human now."
Leanbow shakes his head as his wife finishes.
"You shouldn't have done that," he tells her, as an explosion makes us all jump out of our skin. "Imperious has found us. I'm sending you back to rootcore."
Udonna begins to protest, even though she can barely stand.
"Oh, no. No, I don't want to loose you again," Udonna says to him.
"Your in no condition to fight," Leanbow reminds her.
I really don't want to agree with him, but he is right.
"For once we agree," I tell him as we all move out of the way. "Send her."
Leanbow casts a spell to send Udonna back. A few seconds later it goes dark and Imperious, Necrolai and the chimera monster appear. All three laugh.
"There you are!" Imperious says.
We fall into fighting stances and Leanbow turns around to face the enemy.
"Get them Chimera!" Imperious orders the beast.
"My pleasure!" Chimera says.
"Ready yourselves," Leanbow says to all six of us.
Before anything else happens Leanbow cries out in pain as electricity goes through his head. He goes into his ancient mystic mode which seems to stop it.
"NO!" He yells.
"Let's do it!" I tell my team and we morph and Bowen puts his ring on and goes into the kitsune warrior.
We run forwards to fight. Unfourtanetly the monster blocks all of us and knocks us all back. We look towards Leanbow just in time to see Necrolai disappear with him.
"DAD! NO!" Bowen cries out.
"Leanbow!" Maddie says.
"Stop!" Xander says.
The Chimera jumps into the air and blasts us. Sparks fly and we all go flying to the ground. I force myself back to my feet.
"We don't need him anyway," I tell my team pulling out my magi-staff. "We'll beat you ourselves. POWER OF THE PHOENIX!"
My body is surrounded by flames and Bowen sends his own batch to make mine more powerful. I doesn't work as he punches me and once again I go flying back.
"Courtney!" The others all call as they help me up.
The chimera laughs again. He runs at us and we all prepare for the hit.
"STOP!" A very familiar voice says and we turn to see Daggeron riding on a white unicorn.
"Daggeron," we all say in relief.
"Now what?" Imperious says and then when he sees who it is. "But I destroyed you."
. He blasts the chimera and stops in front of us.
"I am here to help you young warrior," The unicorn tells me.
"Oh, cool," Chip says when both Daggeron and the unicorn are closer.
"Rangers, the unicorns name is brightstar," Daggeron tells us as he gets off of her. "She can travel through all dimensions. If you run into trouble, she can combine with your megazord. Now hurry!"
We all gather around the unicorn.
"Let's go Brightstar!"
We take off out of this dimension.
*Keeper of the powers*
We arrive back into our dimension.
"I can't believe Leanbow.." I am cut off as the chimera reappears this time fully grown.
"Here we go!" Xander says but Brightstar has just told me what to do so I go to her.
"I got this one!" I tell my team.
"Courtney, wait," Bowen tells me trying to stop me.
"What are you doing?" Chip asks.
"We can't use the manticore," I remind them of our lack of legendary powers. "But I can still create a megazord!"
Both me and Brightstar go through a spell seal. We go into titan mode. I jump into the air and like Cotastros I combine with brightstar slotting into the front. The spear appears in my hand.
"PHOENIX UNIZORD!" I call as we finish. "Come on!"
I run forwards and go to strike the monster but it grabs my weapon. Chimera pulls me around and strikes me. The others appear in dragon formation to help me.
"Over here!" They say shooting fire at him.
He stops the fire and uses the jaw that is his hand to trap the jaw of the dragon.
I go to strike it from behind but they hit me and then flip the others over hitting me and we all go flying back. He then blasts us again and the others return to their civilian form. I am still combined with brightstar but I am on the ground.
"This one is as stubborn as Leanbow!" The chimera says. "Let's take our revenge on him. Yeah! Crush him!"
"Okay, you are so wrong," I growl at the chimera. "I'm nothing like him."
I pull myself back to my feet.
I run forwards and we begin to fight again. The chimera strikes me in the abdomen. I go flying into some bushes. Then I hear another familiar voice.
"Get up and fight!" I look up to see Koragg stood over me. "On your feet!"
"Koragg!" I growl. "I knew you were lying,"
"Let this be our last fight!" Koragg tells me.
I growl, get back to my feet and glance from Koragg to the chimera.
"Fine!" I tell Koragg twisting my body so I can fight the chimera. "But after I deal with this freak!"
"NEVER!" Chimera vows.
It goes to electrocute me but I raise my weapon and it hits. I fight the force and begin to move forwards. I then run and break the chain of lightning as I go.
"NO!" The monster moans.
I then jump into the air and go for a finisher.
"FINAL STRIKE!" I yell and the weapon powers up.
I go down and run the chimera through. It was gone forever.
"YEAH!" I say as I come out of the explosion facing Koragg.
I run forwards and we clash swords. He then manages to strike me and I go stumbling back. I aim again and we end up hitting weapons again. I run forwards once more and we both strike each other across the stomach once more. I hit the ground and de-morph. I groan loudly. I look over and see Koragg also on the ground.
"This isn't over!" Koragg tells me as he tries to get back up.
"Whatever you say," I say and then begin to glow. "ANCIENT MYSTIC MODE!"
I go to the phoenix flame warrior and I pull out my sword to begin to fight with. I go to strike him again as we move towards each other. Unfourtanetly he blocks me with his shield. We then hit swords and he is forced to duck under another quick strike I aim his way. He hits me with his shield.
I duck and roll to dodge another one of his attacks. The others appear and begin to shout for me. I also notice that Bowen is looking worried for the both of us.
I fly up and come back down hitting swords as he goes to block me. I go to kick him, but I am forced to move away as he goes to kick me himself. I turn around so we are facing each other and we run at one another again. We end up with our swords pointed at the ground, standing right next to each other.
Sparks fly as we continue to hit each others swords. Neither of us is able to get a good shot in.
"Is that all you've got?!" Koragg taunts.
"Hardly!" I tell him flying high and kicking him in his shield. He goes stumbling backwards.
I go flying forwards again and he jumps high and kicks me in the stomach. This knocks the wind out of me. I bear it and move forwards to fight once more.
"They're a pretty even match," I hear Maddie tell the others from where they are all stood watching the battle.
"Like they can anticipate each others moves," Xander agrees.
Koragg strikes me across the chest and I go spinning to the ground, loosing my sword in the process which hits the ground a few feet from me. I look up and glance at my sword.
"You don't have a chance without your sword," Koragg says pointing his own sword at me. "Now pick it up. I wont fight an unarmed opponent."
"You got it!" I say running over to my weapon.
I can no longer control my anger as I turn back to face him.
"You're too angry!" He informs me. "You must learn to control your emotions."
"There were so many times you could have destroyed us, and you didn't," I say demanding to know the answer as my hand shakes in anger. "Tell me why!"
"I know why," Maddie again speaks up.
"So do I," Bowen says watching me and his father. "Because their is apart of him that is still good. That is still my father."
We begin to fight again. I dodge a few kicks and h blocks all of mine. I fly up and kick off from the mountain. I land back on the ground and I am forced to roll away as he goes to strike me. We clash swords and I throw a fireball which sends him stumbling backwards. He quickly regains his balance and comes at me again.
"No rest!" He tells me when I try to stop for a breather.
I don't answer but run at him again. He trips me and I land on the ground. I dig my sword into the ground trying to support myself back to my feet.
"Leanbow exists only in memory," he informs me. "I am Koragg now and forever. WOLF ATTACK!"
Before I have a chance to defend myself I am blasted into the air. Being in too much pain I drop to civilian form just before I hit the ground hard. I groan from where I lay.
"You have fought with honur," Koragg says as he approaches me. "But now the battle is over. Since you have proven to be a worthy opponent, I will grant you a swift end."
He raises his sword to my neck, I know if I cannot do something he will kill me.
He then prepares to finish me when Udonna's voice comes towards us.
"Leanbow stop!" She tells her husband. "Don't do it!"
She runs over and grabs his sword pointing it downwards, away from me. I see the look she is giving me and that she has the red and orange baby blanket of mine in her hands. Why would she have that?
"This is Athena, your child," I am shocked. Did she just say that. "Our child."
I hear Bowen gasp from behind me.
"What?" Koragg says.
I shake my head in disbelief. After all this time. Could it be true.
"Udonna, what are you saying?" I ask shocked and confused.
She smiles and steps forwards. "You were with me all along, and I never knew. It's truly magical."
Bowen and the others look as shocked as I feel.
Koragg returns his sword to his shield. He goes to touch my face but I step back.
"My- my daughter?" He says.
He then steps away from me and growls as purple surrounds his body and he turns back into Leanbow. Apparently also my father. As I look at Udonna, my mother I see the resemblance. Red hair, I also have Bowen and Leanbow's eye colour.
"And I thought my family reunions were weird," Chip says as Bowen moves forward.
"I am your mother," Udonna continues as she holds up my baby blanket. Udonna and Leanbow both walk over smiling at me. "It's true, Courtney. I knew there was a reason you came to Briarwood. It was to fulfil your destiny- the greatest sorceress of them all."
I am in pure shock as I glance from my mum, to my dad, to my brother.
"This is gonna take a little while getting used to," I tell the three and they all give me understanding look.
Before anyone else can say anything else the earth begins to shake. Me and Bowen support our mum as we fight to stay standing. A bunch of tentacles that are the master appears out of the ground. I pull mum back and Bowen moves with us.
"Come on, rangers," Vida says and we all go for our morphers.
"NO!" Dad/Leanbow says raising his hand and we cannot get our morphers. He moves forward. "This is my battle. I must finish what I started. ANCIENT MYSTIC MODE!"
He walks forward now in his armour. I cannot move or flame to stop him.
"My daughter, if you ever need me... I'll will be there... Tell your brother the same goes for him and your mother. I am sorry that I will not get to know you Athena. But we will always be connected."
I am shocked when he says this in my head and it doesn't hurt one bit.
"NOOO!" Me and Bowen yell.
"You can't!" Vida tells him.
"Leanbow stop!" mum shouts.
The master goes to attack Leanbow but he blocks him with his shield. He then takes him down into the depths of the underworld once more. After a few minutes five lights come out and come to us five rangers.
"Our legend warrior powers," Xander says as mum steps forward. "They're back!"
"But Leanbow's gone!" Mum comments.
I walk over and pull her into a side hug. She happily takes the comfort.
I am now at Rootcore with Daggeron. After telling him everything and him telling me he's my godfather we are discussing other things now.
"Imperious may be gone," he tells me after he had retold Imperious' defeat. "But his departure is just the beginning of our journey. Your father said many times-"
I cut him off still a little sore on the subject of my dad.
"Whoa, wait, wait," I say and Daggeron stops. "You're telling me this like I care about him. I mean, no offence Daggeron he may have been one of my fathers but I just spent the last few months stopping him from destroying the world."
"And the world would have already been destroyed if he hadn't-" before he can continue mum and Bowen enter the room.
They both smile when they spot the two of us.
"That's what I like to see.. everyone happy and enjoying the day," Bowen and me share a look at her chipper mood. "But, Athena, didn't I ask you to clean this place up?"
My smile drops a little when she says this.
"This is just great," I say turning to look at Daggeron and Bowen. "I finally find my real mom, and two seconds later I'm getting chores."
"Yes, you are," she agrees with me. "I want this place cleaned before your father comes home."
Me and Bowen know that she needs to hear this.
"I think I'll go feed Fireheart," Daggeron says leaving us two siblings to it.
I clear my throat.
"Uh... mom?" I say and her smile seems to grow when I call her that. "Leanbow's not coming home."
Bowen nods his head in agreement.
"Don't be ridiculous. Of course he is. No," she cuts me off before I can say anything else. "I have not lost my senses. If you'd asked me yesterday, I would have given you a different answer. Yesterday, I thought that both you and Leanbow were lost forever, but I'd forgotten that magic works in many ways not just waving a wand but also in ways of the heart. So, yes, I don't know how or when, but Leanbow will be coming home. Now clean up this room."
I chuckle and so does Bowen. "Come on little sister, I'll help you."
*Keeper of the powers*
Chelbell2016:
Well I hope this is what you guys wanted. Please review. I need to update a few chapters on my others stories now. But then I will be back to update again.
