Chapter 23: The snow prince
Chelbell2016:
Ok so this chapter Courtney finds out her dad is alive. Please tell me what you think.
*Keeper of the powers*
Courtney's POV:
Me and Daggeron are training once again. I jump high and go to kick him but he dodges. I then kick him in the back of the leg and he drops to one knee. He stops fighting.
"Courtney, that's not how I taught you," he says and I frown. "You'll do best to follow standard technique."
I shake my head.
"Come on, Daggeron," I say trying to calm him. "Loosen up."
"When terror is attacking, there's no time for your antics," he says making me frown more.
"Look," I say to defend myself. "All we do is train. "Everybody's got to let off some steam sometime."
Daggeron still doesn't look happy.
"But I am your teacher," he reminds me.
"So was sensei Koumon," I inform him and then at his confused look. "He was the sensei at the fire ninja academy. So please listen. I have learned so much from you, but I have my own way of doing things. Sometimes I have to just follow my gut."
Daggeron sighs, clearly not thinking that this is a good idea.
We are suddenly sucked through a portal. Then we are in another dimension.
I look around to see that this whole dimension is covered in snow. On the ground, it's snowing in the air.
"Where are we?" I ask Daggeron.
"In the realm of the snow prince," he tells me. I had heard that name, I couldn't think where. "He is mentor to the original mystic warriors, including your father. I fear he's been watching you train."
I now know where I had heard the name. Ever since my father had been found and then disappeared, I had been reading all the books on him. Hoping to find out if he really is alive. Like my mum and Bowen I really hope he is.
I do hope this guy is not here to tell me to follow protocol. I don't need another lecture.
Suddenly a blue and white being, that I would guess is the snow prince, appears in front of us. Daggeron nudges me and we drop to one knee in front of the mystical prince.
"Great teacher, it's an honur," Daggeron tells him.
"Welcome, Daggeron," he says to my godfather and then he turns to me. "And you are the mystic ranger Athena?"
"Courtney," I say trying not to sound disrespectful.
The snow prince begins to pace a little.
"It has come to my attention that one of you has strayed off of the path of knowledge," he tells us.
I sigh thinking that he means me.
"Don't be hard on her, teacher," he says and I give him a look. I only did what I do best. Follow my gut. "Courtney is very bright, but sometimes a little headstrong."
"No Daggeron, it is you who needs to learn a lesson," he says and I have to bite my lip, in my attempt to stop myself from laughing. "It is my bidding that for this day, you will become a student again. And you Athena.."
"Courtney," I remind him still trying not to laugh.
"Will be the teacher," he finishes.
I cannot help the smile that crosses my face as he says this.
We get back to our feet and then we are transported back home. I cannot help it, I begin to snicker at the thought that I am the teacher today.
"This isn't funny," Daggeron says but I don't stop laughing. "Stop laughing."
"Now, now," I say shaking my finger at him as I walk away. "Don't talk back to the teacher. Come on. School's in session."
He doesn't look happy as he follows me.
*Keeper of the powers*
Me and Daggeron are doing some Ninja moves in the forest. He hates it as I am teaching him to use what is around him. To go with his gut feeling.
"What is the point of this?" He demands to know and I sigh.
"The point is to help you be aware of your surroundings," I tell him as I continue. "One of the first things you learn as a ninja is to use what is around you to your advantage."
He still doesn't like it. Every now and then I hear his sigh of annoyance. I then begin to try and explain why but it still isn't working.
I decide to try something else. I have brought my bike over.
"Okay, time to work on your riding skills," I tell him but I haven't shown him my bike yet.
"I have a magic carpet," he sullenly tells me. "I don't need to learn to ride a mystic racer."
I shake my head at him. "Ah, that's not what I had in mind."
I then point to my bike. As we walk over to it he looks a little unsure. Then he sighs.
"Oh, no," he says and I chuckle. "You're not getting me on that old thing."
"If you can ride a magic carpet... you can handle this," I say with a little hesitation.
He looks unsure still.
I cover my ears as the tires of my bike screech as he attempts to learn to ride it. He keeps putting his feet down and is turning from left to right too much.
"Whoa!" He says.
I chuckle, hoping that this will help him to loosen up.
After a few minutes he comes back to me. I try not to laugh when I see he is covered in branches.
"What happened?" I ask trying to act like a teacher with my arms folded.
"I met the wrong end of a stickleberry bush," he informs me and I fail at trying not to laugh. "I don't see the point in this lesson at all."
I try to keep a straight face as I go to answer. Then my morpher goes off. I open the screen and see that there is trouble.
*Keeper of the powers*
Megahorn is destroying the city. I blast him in the firebird. I screech and the others roar. We then combine into the manticore megazord.
"MANTICORE MEGAZORD!" We all yell.
"SOLAR STREAK MEGAZORD!" Daggeron calls as he forms his own megazord.
"Out of my way!" Megahorn orders us.
"Megahorn!" Daggeron growls when he recognises the terror as the one who attacked him when we were fighting oculous. "I couldn't make a dent in that armour of his last time."
"Daggeron couldn't beat him," Xander says to us.
"Then what are we supposed to do?" Vida questions.
"I'll tell you what we do, we fight," I tell my friends.
"He's too strong," Daggeron says to me. "We need a plan."
Obviously Daggeron hasn't been listening to me.
"Here's the plan," I say as we all place a hand over our cockpits.
"LEGEND STRIKER SPIN ATTACK!" We all yell powering up our weapon.
We send our fire at Megahorn and Bowen who is in his grown form also sends fox fire at him. Neither works he just laughs.
"That actually tickled," he taunts.
"No way!" I yell in anger.
Megahorn jumps into the air and sends a fireball at us. It hits and next thing we know we are on the ground in pain.
"Rangers!" Daggeron says worried.
"So long, losers," Megahorn says flying away.
"All right!" I say getting back to my feet and grabbing my morpher. "I say we fight dragon to dragon."
"Yeah!" The others all agree.
"MYSTIC TITANS DRAGON FORMATION!" We all yell going into titan mode and then the others combine into their dragon mode.
I am on the dragons back and we are once more going after Megahorn. He fires at us so I do the same thing.
"Courtney!" Daggeron yells out to me. "Don't rush in."
I kick a fireball at Megahorn that the others had sent my way. He sends it on a rebound and it hits me making me cry out as I hit the ground. Megahorn laughs as he flies off again.
"I'll get you!" I yell as I get back to my feet.
"Stop this!" Daggeron orders me from the solar streak. "You'll use up all of your power!"
I grab my sword and glance Daggeron's way. "He's gotta have a weak spot."
I jump high up and kick him in the back of the neck. Electricity surrounds him and he groans. I fall to the ground and he lands on his feet.
"Want some more?!" He questions.
He blasts me and this time I demorph as I go to human size. I cry out from the injuries I received.
"Athena? Are you ok?"
I hear a voice I don't recognise in my head. It couldn't be.
Daggeron appears beside me also in civilian form and helps me to my feet.
"I told you, you cant just rush in like that," he tells me as I stumble a little.
I didn't reply at first I look down and see my mood ring glowing. Could it have really been him in my head?
"I was trying to find his weak spot," I finally answer my godfather. "Besides, I thought you were supposed to listen to me today."
He doesn't agree.
"That was fine when we was training, but this is serious," he says sounding a little annoyed. "I don't know what the snow prince was thinking. There's nothing I can learn from you."
I sigh but at that moment the others all hit the ground and demorph after a fireball from Megahorn.
We run over and I help Bowen to his feet.
"Guys!" I say worried for all five of them.
"You are no match for me!" Megahorn says as he appears in front of us. "Time to perish!"
I growl getting annoyed with him.
"This will be easy," he decides.
Before he can do anything else an explosion appears all around him. I look around and the snow prince is stood there.
"I think not," he informs Megahorn.
"It's the snow prince," I inform my brother and friends.
"Isn't he like the main guru of the mystics?" Chip wonders.
"I don't know but I'm glad he's on our side," Vida replies.
"I see I must take matters into my own hands," the snow prince says and he glances at Daggeron. "Daggeron, you disappoint me."
I look at Daggeron to see that he is upset and I feel bad. The four still on the ground get back to their feet.
"Get away from them, wretched beast!" Snow prince orders.
"Says who?" Megahorn demands.
"The ancient mystic from the icy north!" Snow prince says his roll call. "I am the royal snow prince!"
"Don't make me laugh! I'll crush you!" Megahorn informs the snow prince.
He runs towards the mystic and attempts to strike him. The snow prince dodges and then strikes Megahorn himself. Megahorn groans as he is surrounded by smoke where the snow prince hit him.
"My turn!" The snow prince says.
He jumps high into the air and sends Megahorn back with a kick to the chest. Megahorn sends a blast his way. He jumps high into the air to avoid it. He continues to fight him for a few minutes impressing all of us that are watching.
"Had enough?" Snow prince demands to know after sending Megahorn to the ground once more.
"He's fantastic!" Chip says impressed.
Daggeron makes a noise of agreement and nods his head.
Megahorn again attempts to blast Snow prince who manages to avoid it by jumping high into the air and landing on top of a building.
"You are a slow one aren't you?" Snow prince taunts Megahorn.
Again and again Megahorn tries to destroy the snow prince. Each time he is unsuccessful. After a few minutes Megahorn finally gets the upper hand and sends the snow prince to the ground.
"My skills are weaker in this dimension," he explains. "We'll go to my battlefield."
He holds his hands out and creates a spell seal. "ANCIENT SPELL SEAL!"
The spell seal creates a gust of wind that drags Megahorn through it into the snow prince's dimension.
"Rangers, I may need your help," the snow prince says turning to us. "Will you fight along side me?"
"Of course we will," Xander says and we all begin to move towards the spell seal.
Just as I pass snow prince I stop when he speaks.
"Not you, Daggeron," he informs my godfather.
I feel sorry for Daggeron as he tries to protest, with no luck.
"I said no," snow prince is firm with him. "You haven't learned anything, have you? We must go."
He says the last bit to me and I glance once more at Daggeron before following the snow prince through the spell seal.
*Keeper of the powers*
We are now in the dimension of the snow prince, facing Megahorn. We are now morphed.
"I'll bring you down in any dimension," Megahorn informs us.
Megahorn sends a blast of flames that I raise a shield for and block. When he does this again, snow prince counteracts with a blast of snow before addressing us.
"Rangers, we need to combine all of our magic," he tells us.
"You got it!" I agree and we press the code 2 on our staffs.
"MYSTIC LION STAFF, CODE 2!" We all yell. "MYSTIC FORCE FURY!"
All six of our powers combine together into a spell seal. A big blast goes at Megahorn. It hits but does no damage.
"Was that supposed to hurt me?" He mocks us.
We all gasp in shock.
"Our combined power didn't work," Maddie says worried.
"This place is boring," Megahorn says. "I'm getting out of here."
He strikes the ground with his weapon making electricity surround us. We are transported back to out dimension. We are in some sort of quarry.
Megahorn appears in front of us.
"Face it rangers," Megahorn says as we try to get bac to our feet. "The reign of terror is at hand. Time to be rid of you."
He sends electricity at us and I block it with a powerful shield. My head is ringing so when he does it again we go flying. Me and the snow prince force ourselves to our feet.
"Yes!" Megahorn says as I struggle to catch my breath. "The mystic force is defeated."
"We must keep fighting!" Snow prince says. "Be brave rangers!"
He is suddenly shot at. I look up to see Daggeron on his magic carpet. He jumps off of the carpet and lands on the ground in front of us.
"Not quite, vile creature," Daggeron informs him.
"Daggeron!" Vida says looking happy.
Snow prince approaches Daggeron and he doesn't look happy.
"I told you to stay out of this," he says to him. "You dare disobey a direct order from me, and Ancient mystic?"
Daggeron doesn't look like he regrets his decision.
"Yes, I do," he says firmly. "Sometimes you just have to follow your gut. I learned that from you, Courtney."
"Great!" I say to him.
The snow prince sighs.
"Now I remember why I retired," the snow prince says lowering his head. "Some students are just slower to learn than others."
"I now see the wisdom in your methods, teacher," Daggeron says and he glances at me and smiles. "And your sensei was smart. Forgive me for my pig-headedness."
I smile back at him.
Megahorn gets back to his feet.
"Now go teach him a lesson," Snow prince tells him.
Daggeron walks forward, morphing as he goes.
"Bring it!" Megahorn tells him.
"Oh, I will," Daggeron promises.
They begin to fight. Megahorn chases Daggeron and they say small things to each other as they go along. They jump high into the air and then Megahorn strikes Daggeron and he falls to the ground. He quickly gets back up.
"That's it, never quit!" Snow prince cheers him on.
They begin to fight with swords now. But after a few minutes Daggeron looses his.
"Time to get serious," Daggeron says shifting to ancient mystic mode. "ANCIENT MYSTIC MODE!"
He fires some energy balls at Megahorn. None affect him until one hits him in the back of the kneck and I remember earlier. His kneck must be his weak spot.
"That made an Impact," Daggeron realises. "I remember. Courtney was trying to find a weak spot in his armour. That must be it."
Megahorn isn't happy.
"Nothing about me is weak!" He growls at Daggeron.
He sends electricity at Daggeron but I jump up and raise a shield sending it back at him. I then turn to my godfather.
"How about a little teamwork?" I ask.
"Let's do it," he agrees.
We both begin to run at Megahorn. We dodge and I shield us from the explosions happening all around us He fires one more fireball at us. Smoke appears but Megahorn protests as we come out on the other side unharmed and I am in my ancient mystic mode with my bow in my hand and an arrow ready.
He grabs his sword from where it had landed. I jump first kick off of Daggeron's shoulder and fire an arrow at Megahorn's kneck. He screams and even more so when Daggeron strikes him with his sword also on the kneck.
I then fire at him and Daggeron continues to strike him multiple times and then knocks him to the ground. I then throw my sword to Daggeron and he jumps high and strikes down Megahorn's middle with both. Creating twice as much damage.
Megahorn screams as he is electrified and begins to smoke. I then move forwards and kick Megahorn back.
"So much for you!" Daggeron says.
The other four rangers and Bowen regroup with us. Snow prince had returned to his own dimension. They all praise us on a job well done. Daggeron turns to me.
"Guess this teacher still has a lot to learn," he says. "Thanks, Courtney."
"No problem," I tell him.
We all then stumble as Megahorn roars. He has returned to his gigantic size.
"Time to crash this party," he says and I look back to see everyone but Daggeron is injured.
"Me and Daggeron will take this," I say to the others. "I'm sending you guys back to rootcore."
They don't protest as they are too hurt. I create a spell seal that sends them back.
I then turn back to Megahorn. "If you want this to be a party then you've got it."
"UTHE MEJOR AZANTYS!" I yell and Azantys appears in titan form through a spell seal.
"GALWIT MYSTO PRIFIOR!" I then go to my own titan form before turning to Azantys.
"UTHE MEJOR ULTIMAS!" We go to megazord together.
"SOLAR STREAK MEGAZORD!" Daggeron says as he forms his own megazord.
"I'll take you both on!" Megahorn challenges as we both face him.
"Let's do it Courtney!" Daggeron tells me.
But we suddenly look up as thunder crashes all around us. Then black lance appears.
"How about a little help?" He says.
I gasp a little worried.
"What are you doing here?" Megahorn demands. "I had them."
"What?" I say in complete anger and shock.
"Oh no," Daggeron says.
"Two terrors are better than one," black lance explains.
"Very well," Megahorn reluctantly agrees. "Let's get them!"
I split off with Daggeron. He takes on Megahorn and I black lance.
"Come forth, my chariot," Black lance says and I notice a chariot driven by two smaller steeds like Cotastros appear through a spell seal.
Black lance jumps into the chariot and begins to ride towards me.
"Oh no!" I say.
He strikes me and Azantys growls as he is now in pain. I then hit the ground.
"No one can beat the strength of my mighty chariot," black lance states as he turns to face me once more. "CHARGE!"
I know that I cannot beat this guy on my own.
He strikes me again and me and Azantys are separated. We both hit the ground hard.
"He's too fast!" I say to Azantys. "He's coming again."
There's nothing I can do as he is about to destroy me and Azantys with two final blows. Then I feel a slight warmth in my finger. My ring. What?
He jumps at me again but a black blur strikes him just as he is about to finish me. I am shocked when I look up to see my father. He's alive. He is in Koragg's armour but he is alive.
"Koragg!" I say out of habit.
"No Athena! It's me! Your ring told me you were in danger."
"You were the one who sent me the ring. Mum was right you're alive."
"I will always be there if you need me Athena."
"I wear the armour of Koragg," he says so Daggeron can hear. "But my heart is that of Leanbow."
He jumps at black lance and they begin to fight. He will not let the terror near me.
"TRAITOR!" Black lance tells my dad.
He jumps off of Cotastros who appears at my side. He breaks the chariot so it is just him and black lance now.
"UTHE MEJOR COTASTROS!" Dad says and he and Cotastros combine. "SUMBAL UNITHOS EQUESTRIAS! CENTAURUS WOLF MEGAZORD!"
Black lance gets back to his feet.
"Behold the power of good magic!" Dad creates a spell seal, golden in colour. "MYSTIC SPELL SEAL!"
As dad grabs black lance after he had knocked him off of his feet. I quickly get to my feet.
"Carry on the fight, Athena. I'm proud of you and the others. And remember If you need me I will be here."
"NOO! Don't leave me!"
Dad has created a spell seal and is dragging black lance down into it.
As dad Disappears I quickly recombine with Azantys. Fighting off the tears I move to help Daggeron.
"Courtney his weak spot," Daggeron says. "Give it all you got!"
I nod my head and power up my phoenix spear. I use it to strike him three times across the neck. He moves away and Daggeron used his furnace blast to finish him.
"Good job, Courtney," he says and I can tell he's trying to cheer me up. "Another terror has fallen."
*Keeper of the powers*
I am on Daggeron's magic carpet struggling to control it. He is riding my motorbike with ease. Daggeron stops the bike and I turn to face him.
"I think I'm getting the hang of this," Daggeron says happily.
I am still trying to learn the carpet.
"This magic-carpet thing is a little bit tricky," I tell Daggeron. "I could really use a lesson or two."
"Very well," Daggeron says. "The first lesson is... balance."
He waves his hand making the carpet more wild so I can learn balance. I call out.
A few minutes later and I am walking with him.
"Daggeron," I say and he turns to me. "Do you think da... I mean Leanbow is okay?"
He stops and motions for me to sit down.
"Your dad is one of the strongest people I know," he says and I nod. "I think he will be fine."
"I want to go looking for him," I say to him. "I want to find both him and mom."
I need to find them.
*Keeper of the powers*
Chelbell2016:
Okay please tell me what you think. Also I was thinking why the others are helping Udonna I should have my original episode/episodes where Courtney goes looking for her dad. What do you think?
This chapter was posted on the 16/04/2017 at 17:33
