AN: I was really lucky. I met David Yost (Billy the blue ranger), Walter Jones (Zack the black ranger), and Richard Horvitz (voice of Alpha 5) at AwesomeCon 2014. Richard Horvitz even came over and started playing around with me and Maurice Lamarche (voice of the Brain) since they apparently were angry beavers together and knew each other. They were all really nice and got me thinking about how much MMPR influenced my childhood and who I grew up to be. And then this little story popped out.

Also please review, it means a lot to me.

***************************Rita's castle******************************

As he came upon the entrance to the spell room Tommy found his luck running out. Just inside the door he could see the Tricky Trickster, Squatt, Baboo and Goldar were all playing poker on a table in front of the candle of corruption. The wax from the candle of corruption was burning down fast.

He would need to come up with a distraction and quickly if he was to have any chance of saving Sarah from Rita's evil spell.

***********************Command center***********************

"What could be taking Tommy so long?" Zack worried. The image on the viewing globe still showed Sarah and sometimes in another light the crystal ranger fighting off Rita's spell.

"Something must have happened." Kimberly said, twirling a bit of her hair. A nervous habit she had since she was a child.

"Isn't there anything else we can do Zordon? At this rate Rita will control Sarah for sure." Billy felt so helpless as he spoke.

"Have faith rangers." Zordon said, "Tommy is clever, if anyone can help her now it will be him."

***************************Back on the moon***********************

Tommy bent down, hiding himself as best he could in the never ending fog floor of Rita's castle. He couldn't possibly handle four of Rita's monsters at the same time. Feeling around he easily found a few loose stones on the floor. An idea started to form in his mind. Perhaps if he could get them fighting amongst each other an opportunity would present itself.

"Two pair!" Squatt yelled grabbing at the pile of worms, bugs and other creepy crawlers at the center of the table.

"Full house!" Goldar said, smacking Squatt's hand away.

"Hee hee hee Five Queen Ritas" The Trickster laughed. "I win."

"Five Ritas? Now wait just a second...Ow! Why'd you hit me Baboo?" Squatt asked.

"I didn't hit you." Baboo said looking at his cards.

"Well somebody did." Squatt asserted.

"Ow!" Goldar growled, "Who hit my tail?" He said looking accusingly at the Trickster.

"Heeheehee it was not me." The Trickster said holding up his hands.

"Stop laughing all the time you colorful fool!" Goldar frowned.

"Oh heeheehee do you want to fight with me?" Trickster laughed, getting up from his seat.

"Ow!" now Baboo yelped. "Squatt what's the big idea?"

"I didn't do anything." Squatt said before the room irrupted into arguments.

This was going better than Tommy expected. Now he just had to wait for an opening. It came after another minute when Squatt knocked the table over. The edge of the table top landed on Trickster's foot. He yelped in pain and jumped back, a colorful dust flew into the air covering the monsters. The room went suddenly quiet and soon there were snores coming from the spell room.

Slowly Tommy crept into the room. None of the monsters moved. Without hesitation he sliced the corruption candle in half, it exploding in a shower of sparks. Tommy turned on his heels he didn't have a moment to spare; he had a damsel still in distress to still save.

******************************In the dungeon*************************

Sarah felt the evil nightmare fog leave her mind. Blinking, she rubbed at her eyes. What had just happened? Everything was fuzzy. Her eyes caught a glimpse of something golden near her. "Oh no!" she cried picking up the very broken communicator. "Hello? Hello?"

Buzz, crackle, snap, phhft...

Well whatever hope she had, Sarah was losing it now. The power rangers hadn't come for her and her only possibly salvation was now broken in her hand.

******************************In Rita's spell room*********************

Suddenly something sharp grabbed at Tommy's ankle from the floor. "Hee hee hee, foolish ranger, you think my powder affects me? Hee hee hee" Trickster said looming over Tommy. He yanked hard on the back on Tommy's leg making him fall to the floor.

Quickly Tommy did a spin kick breaking free. "I don't have time to fight with you." he growled. The green ranger was never one to back down from a fight but it wasn't his honor he was concerned with. Right now it was about getting Sarah out of this evil castle.

"Come back and play little ranger! Heeheehee." Trickster taunted, hot on Tommy's heels. Turning the hall Tommy didn't have time to stop as he ran right between Finster and none other than Queen Rita herself.

"What! The Green Ranger! Putties! Goldar! Stop him! Stop Him!" She screamed as the Tricky Trickster ran into her knocking her down in his the pursuit of the green ranger.

"You Idiot! You morons! Get him!" Rita bellowed sending putties filing into the halls.

Tommy turned, taking the narrow stairs two at a time. The large number of putties pushing to follow him clogged the narrow staircase giving him a few precious seconds.

"Move you clay brained idiots!" Rita screeched trying to push past them.

*************************Dungeon******************************

Sarah felt the door open. Only this time whoever was coming down had closed it behind them. That hadn't happened yet. Sarah stood, doing her best to prepare for whatever was coming. She slipped into horse stance as Jason had taught her and put her arms back. She was ready to punch or block, it was all she had been taught so far.

The flash of green in the torchlight was like a dream come true. "Green ranger!" Sarah called, dropping her stance.

"Stand back from the bars." he commanded blasting the cell door hinges with his blaster. With a shower of sparks the door fell open. "Alpha prepare to teleport." the Green ranger said into his watch. "Come on Sarah." he said holding out his hand.

Sarah grabbed his hand and he spun her close to his chest, wrapping an arm tightly around her waist. "Hold on." He commanded as they teleported.

"No No No No!" Rita screamed as the duo vanished before her. "That annoying green ranger! Always ruining my plans. Well, I won't be beaten so easily. Trickster get down to earth!" She commanded. "Magic wand, make my monster grow!"

************************Command center**************************

Tommy reappeared with a now unconscious Sarah draped in his arms. "Alpha is she alright?" he asked. "She was awake just a moment ago."

"Put her here and I will check. Ai Yi Yi," Alpha said gesturing to a black medical lounge like chair. Alpha grabbed a scanner wand, a sliver object with a triangle shaped purple top. He moved it slowly over Sarah's body from her head to her toes taking readings. "She will be fine; there is no sign of Rita's spell. It was the long distance teleport that made her pass out. If it weren't for you power suit Tommy you would be unconscious as well."

Alarms began blaring all throughout the command center.

"Great now what?" Jason asked, dropping his shoulders in frustration.

Trini pointed at the viewing globe. "Oh no guys look."

"It's that Trickster monster again." Kimberly said shifting on her feet. Her arms subconsciously went around her waist as if trying to protect herself from the memory of his last attack. Billy put a hand on her shoulder. She looked at him and took a deep breath. They could handle this.

"And Rita's gone and supersized him." Zack pointed out.

"Just what we needed." Tommy frowned.

"Alright guys, It Morphing Time!" Jason commanded.

"Mastodon! Pterodactyl! Triceratops! Sabre Tooth Tiger! Tyrannosaurs!"

"Alpha please look after Sarah." Billy asked.

"I will don't worry. Ai Yi Yi." Alpha promised, as the group teleported away.

"We need Dino Zord power now!" Jason cried to the sky. Tommy was in another part of the city summoning his Dragon Zord.

"Let's bring them together guys!" Jason commanded initiating Mega Zord sequence.

"Oh, so you have toys of your owe? Heeheehee." Said the Trickster slicing at the air. "Well I'll brake you little toy." He laughed slashing at the Mega Zord, knocking it back with his speed in a flash of sparks.

"Take this! Hee hee!" he shouted tossing a power draining powder at the Mega Zord. Fire exploded as the rangers shouted in pain. The Mega Zord flailing on the ground, unable to stand.

"Guys were losing power fast!" Billy yelled, shielding his face with his arms as another shower of sparks exploded inside and around the rangers.

"Hold on everyone!" Jason shouted as the Trickster's blade came down on the Mega Zord's chest.

Suddenly missiles shot all around the Tricky Trickster as the Dragon Zord entered the fight.

"It's Tommy!" Kimberly cheered.

"Sorry I'm late." Tommy said as the Trickster started to get back up.

"Alright guys, we need the Mega Dragon Zord!" Jason ordered starting the sequence.

"Now let's work together to take this Tricky Trickster down….where'd he go?" Tommy asked.

The world was strangely still as dust and debris from the fight whirled around the Mega Dragon Zord.

"This isn't good." Zack worried.

"He's disappearing on us. Just like at the park." Billy warned.

"Not again." Kimberly cried, a slight tinge of fear in her voice.

"Jason called down the Power Sword." Tommy suggested.

"Right, Power Sword!" Jason called but before the sword could land the Mega Dragon Zord took a hard blow to the back, knocking it to the ground. The rangers were shaken violently inside as sparks and flames began to come out of the control panels.

"Ah!" Trini yelled, fire burning on the console right near her arms.

"Hang on Trini." Billy called, quickly squirting the area down with fire stopping foam.

Trini sighed when the fire was out. "Thanks Billy." Her relief was short lived.

"Power draining powder!" The Trickster called out loud as he laughed at them.

"No!" Jason yelled trying to maneuver the Mega Dragon Zord out of harm's way…but it was too late. The powder covered every inch of the Mega Dragon Zord causing more explosions all around.

"Everything is going offline." Zack yelled as the cockpit shook violently again.

"We can't reach the power sword." Tommy called as the Mega Dragon Sword struggled. The power sword embedded in the ground, just out of reach.

"Keep trying guys, we can't give up." Jason tried to rally the rangers.

"Heeheehee, silly teenagers." The Tricky Trickster taunted circling the prone Mega Dragon Zord, like a cat playing with a wounded mouse. "I'm going to cut you right out of your little tin can and crush your tiny bodies. Heeheehee. Maybe Rita will let me keep one or two of you as a pet. Shrink you down to the size of a bird and keep you in a cage to play with." Trickster hit the Mega Dragon Zord again with his sword. "I liked the way you laughed little pink ranger, maybe I'll keep you. Heeheehee!"

Kimberly gasped, afraid as another blow struck the Zord.

***********************Command Center******************************

"Ai Yi Yi! It's looking really bad for the rangers Ai yi yi yi yi!" Alpha worried jumping up and down in front of the viewing globe.

He wasn't paying attention as Sarah began to open her eyes. "Whoa." She whispered taking in the lights, sounds and look of everything around her. She defiantly wasn't in the horrible place she had been. Sarah rubbed her face. That's right, the green power ranger had saved her. So she must be in the power ranger's secret headquarters. Swinging her legs off the chair Sarah stood, wobbling a bit. "Hello?" She called out to Alpha 5.

Alpha 5 jumped with a yelp. "I didn't mean to scare you." Sarah held up her hands, trying to show she was not dangerous.

"Ai Yi Yi! Sarah you're awake. How are you feeling?" This little robot asked her.

"I'm okay," she answered honestly, "but who are you?"

"He is Alpha 5 and I am Zordon." It was now Sarah's turn to jump, as a floating head in a tube appeared behind her.

"Don't worry we won't hurt you." Alpha said patting Sarah on the arm.

Noise and movement from inside the orb behind Alpha got her attention. "Is that the power rangers?" She asked.

"Ai Yi Yi! Yes and there in terrible trouble. Zordon we have to do something!" Alpha said

"I'm afraid from here there is nothing we can do." Zordon said seemingly sad, "The rangers are on their own."

Sarah watched as sparks flew inside the Zord. The rangers crying out in pain and anguish while being kicked around. Something stirred inside her and a memory came into her head. "We can help!" She turned to the floating head. "I know this will sound crazy but there's this other me, that is…was…my imaginary friend when I was little and I think he could help."

"It is not crazy; you are referring to the spirit of the Crystal ranger who resides in the prism fragment inside your heart." Zordon said.

"Um…Yes?" Sarah said unsure.

"Ai yi yi! Sarah you can't morph now it will break all the rules." Sarah blinked at him. Not entirely sure what a morph was or what rules he was referring to.

"Alpha is correct; you are too young to call on the power of the Crystal ranger. Doing so now will come with severe consequences." Zordon warned. "Until this point the Crystal ranger's spirit only manifested in times when your life was in immediate danger."

Sarah suddenly thought back to the day her parents were killed. She hadn't told her friends but that day she should have died too, but for some reason the metal and concrete debris had fallen around her and not on her. Another blast followed by shouts of pain strengthened her resolve.

Sarah looked at Zordon determined, "I'll take the consequences."

"Very well, Alpha set teleport coordinates and Sarah let the power protect you." Zordon wished as Sarah felt her body move from one place to another.

Sarah landed at the top of a hot dusty hill. She was just a few miles from the two giants but she could see them clearly. "Okay," she thought touching her heart. "It's up to you now."

"The words have to be yours…." Someone whispered in her mind. "You must make the call."

It was a last way out and she knew it. All she had to do was stay quiet and she wouldn't pay any consequences. No, the power rangers had come for her in that terrible place. She would risk herself for them as well.

Sarah closed her eyes, "Please let this work." she thought, before shouting to the sky. "I need Crystal Prism Power!"

There was a flash of lightening and a loud clash of thunder. Sarah felt someone else's mind slide over her own mind with a gentle touch. She did not fight it. Her last conscious thought was "…save the rangers."

In her place stood the Crystal Ranger. He stopped for a moment making fists and flexing his white gloves and checking his white power suit that glimmered with small clear crystal scales on it. "It's good to be back." He thought. "Now to help the rangers."

"Ah!" Kimberly yelled as the force of the next blow to the Mega Dragon Zord tossed her from her seat and she slide across the floor.

"Kimberly!" Tommy yelled reaching for her. He snagged her arm as she passed and pulled her into his lap. "Hold onto me." Tommy ordered as Kimberly wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Power at 22%" Billy called.

"I think we may need to abandon ship." Zack called towards Jason.

"I hate to say this guys but..."Jason started but was interrupted by a voice from outside shouting.

"Crystal Prism Upgrade!"

"What? Who is that?" Zack asked, looking out of the eyes of the Zord.

"It must be the Crystal ranger." Trini said.

"Sarah morphed?" Billy asked, "Hey wait, Jason our power levels are rising fast."

"The Mega Dragon Zord is coming back online." Tommy agreed.

"Alright, let's end this guys." Jason said "Hi-Ya!" As the Mega Dragon Zord suddenly got back on its feet surprising the Trickster.

"Wha...what?" Stuttered the Trickster as the Mega Dragon Zord grabbed the power sword. "This isn't funny!" he screamed as the rangers destroyed him with the one super charged swipe of the power sword.

*************************Command Center***************************

"Thanks for the help. I didn't think we would win that." Jason said holding out his hand towards the Crystal ranger. The crystal ranger ignored his outstretched hand.

"I can't believed you morphed Sarah." Zack said with a smiled.

The very male voice that answered from the Crystal ranger showed Zack that he was wrong. "I am not Sarah, I am only borrowing this body for the purpose of aiding you. You may call me Crystal ranger or CR if you prefer."

"So what happened to Sarah?" Trini asked.

"She is still in here." CR touched the top of his helmet. "I only had to make a few adjustments to her body when we transformed. She will return to normal soon."

"So you had to be a...guy?" Kimberly asked. "Not to be rude or anything. Just trying to understand."

"Male is what my spirit is, it is the body I recall fighting in. I do not know how to fight in a delicate and smaller female form." If CR was insulted by Kimberly's question he didn't let on.

"Speaking of changing back?" Billy prompted.

"Yes there is the matter of consequences." CR said sadly.

"Wait what?" Jason asked.

"You mean you were never informed of the rules when you got your powers?" CR asked.

All eyes turned to Zordon but it was Alpha who spoke. "Ai yi yi there was no need, they were all 16 or older at the time."

"What does our age have to do with it?" Tommy asked.

"Rangers there are rules to powers and magic. Had you been a year younger you would not have been chosen by Alpha and myself, when Rita first escaped. Using magic under the known magical age of 16 causes serious consequences. Sarah knew the risks and agreed to pay whatever price came with aiding you."

"So what's going to happen to Sarah?" Billy asked.

CR spoke. "She will lose all memories of Rita's castle, all her encounters with monsters and all her memories of you as her friends. She will go back to being a very lonely girl."

"But what good will that do her? Rita will still know she has the prism fragment." Tommy said.

CR shrugged, "Those are the rules."

"Can't we like, befriend her again?" Kimberly asked the others.

CR shook his head, "Memory removal is not perfect, Sarah will more than likely feel strange around you and not know why. She may also have nightmares, regarding the castle. These are things I cannot change. She has always trusted her instincts and may be difficult to befriend again."

"Zordon isn't there anything we can do?" Billy asked, desperation in his voice.

"The price must be paid rangers, but Sarah does not have to be the one to pay it." Zordon stated.

CR elaborated. "If each one of you were to willingly give a precious memory to be erased forever, Sarah would only lose her memories of being kidnapped, she could be allowed to keep her memories of all of you."

"What memories would we give you?" Trini asked. CR regarded her for a moment.

"From you, the memory of making steam buns with your grandmother." CR waved his hand and the memory appeared in the viewing globe. Trini felt tears touch the edges of her eyes.

CR continued. "From you Red ranger, the memory of winning your first karate tournament." The image in the globe changed, "from you Green ranger, the memory of getting your black belt. From you Black ranger, the memory of a derby race with your cousin." Zack flexed his hand, suddenly feeling self conscience of his missing finger. "From you Pink ranger, your memory uncle's last goodbye and from you Blue ranger, the memory of your last birthday with your mother."

Billy felt his throat tighten. His mother had died of cancer when he was 7 years old. His last good memory of her was his 7th birthday when she came home from the hospital to spend the day with him. His other most important memory was Kimberly saving his life. Without his mother, his father fell into a deep inventor depression often locking himself for hours in his lab and Billy was left alone so much it hurt. After months of pain he had thought about killing himself. Kimberly had seen his change of behavior. The night he was going to join his mother she had snuck into his house and without saying a word joined him on the roof. She sat with him all night and the next night and the one after that and somehow she gave him hope again.

"I can't." Billy said softly. "I just can't."

"Ai yi yi, it must be all or none Billy." Alpha said.

"Billy we won't force you, but for me, I'll give my memory up for Sarah." Jason said.

"Me too," Trini said. "My Nana would have wanted that."

"And me." Zack said.

"Me too." Kimberly added.

"There's more to me then a single memory, so take it." Tommy offered.

Billy pondered a moment longer. Kimberly had saved him and now here was his chance to save another. He couldn't imagine Sarah alone again. She had been so sad and lonely and just a few weeks ago had told him in the park how happy she was that they were friends. A dark thought entered his mind, both of Sarah's parents were gone. If he said no, would Sarah's loneliness driver her to do what he almost did? Kimberly came over a squeezed his hand.

"I, willingly, give up that memory." Billy said, looking at the crystal ranger.

The crystal ranger nodded, "Very well." he said laying back onto the medical chair, in another moment Sarah was laying there full and solid and the Crystal ranger appeared as a see through spirit. He waved his hand over Sarah's head, his hand twinkling like a 4th of July sparkler. "There, everything after her karate class in the park is gone." Then he waved it at the rangers. They blinked, but felt no different when it was over. Unaware of what they had forgotten.

"I must rest now, Sarah will remain asleep for a short time. You will not be able to call on me again for aid, not until Sarah's 16th birthday. As I am now in a weakened state I expect you to protect Sarah from now on and may the power protect you." CR said starting to vanish into nothingness.

"Wait!" Jason called. CR reappeared slightly. Jason continued. "Her cousin Bulk, he knows she wasn't on a freshman field trip. If he constantly questions her won't that bring up the memories you have hidden."

CR nodded, "Yes it would be strain on Sarah. I will handle it." was all he said vanishing into the air.

"Let's take Sarah home." Jason said.

A few moments later Jason and Billy teleported into Sarah's room. Jason cradling Sarah gently to his chest. The rest of the rangers had wanted to come but the room was not big enough to keep the noise level down of that many people.

"All readings are normal." Billy said softly tucking Sarah into bed. "She should wake up in the morning."

Jason looked at the clock. It had been such a long day for all of them. "We could all use some sleep." he whispered as they teleported out of the room.

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