Figures, the chapter I upload after I promise to upload once a day is like three days after the fact. I'm sorry, I was busy getting ready for Thanksgiving. But, I'm back and hopefully, I'll be able to update at least two more chapters today.

I don't own Power Rangers.

Kaleb's PoV

Walking through the storybook, I learned that animals have the biggest eyes and that the sounds they make are completely unrealistic. Good to know the next time Rita decides to trap us in a story. Well, I don't know if it was her, but it's a good guess!

Anyway, once we reached a forest, we decided to run in order to catch up with Grumble. Okay, it was a vote 3 against 1, but hey, I didn't like the elf. He was way too bossy, even if it was a magic spell. Moving on, I had the strangest feeling that something was going to happen. Bad, good or indifferent, I don't know, just something.

Kim called out as soon as we saw the elf and the wagon of toys, "Grumble!"

He stopped and looked back, while we gathered around his cart. Tommy spoke up, "We need your help to get to the end of the book." He told the angry elf.

Grumble just growled, "What do I look like, a tour guide, with a map sticking out of my hat? Go find the end of the book yourself!" He grumbled. Huh, guess that's how he got his name. Wow, ironic. He started to walk off again, but we ran in front of him.

I raised an eyebrow at him, "Why don't you want to help us? If you do, we'd be out of the book and, most importantly, out of your life." I bargained with him. He just shook his head.

"Read my lips, N-O. What part of the word no don't you kids understand? What do I look like, your mommy? Look kid I got my own problems here and you want me to walk you to the end of the book? Forget it!" He yelled.

We looked to each other, before Tommy stepped forward, "Grumble, please. We need your help." He pleaded.

Grumble just rolled his eyes, "Aww, you're breaking my heart." He said, sarcastically. Hey, that's my job buddy! I'm the only one allowed to be the sarcastic one!

Tommy held out his hands in a friendly way, "Maybe there's something we can do to help you."

Grumble looked offended, "Help?" A flash of lightning hit the ground behind the wagon, making Grumble turn around, "I don't need any hello!" He turned to see a group of Putties. Oh great, not in here! I don't need this, added on with the grumpy Elf and being stuck in this damn book. God, I'm definitely not ever going to a book fair again!

We all got into fighting positions, ready to fight these guys. Kim turned to the three of us, "I think we better help ourselves." She suggested. I nodded. We waited until the Putties started the attack, but it never came. They just danced around, gathering around the cart. I raised an eyebrow, "They want the toys?" I asked.

Kim groaned, "If they take the toys then the story will never end and we'll be stuck here." She said. I shook my head, "Not happening!"

I went to go punch the nearest one, but they disappeared with the cart of toys along with them. I stomped my foot. "Dios de mierda joder!" I screamed in frustration. Rocky ran over to me, grabbing my shoulders, "Whoa there, calm down. No need for that type of language." He scolded me. I guess I should've remembered that Rocky was also of Spanish descent, so he knew what I said.

Tommy and Kim gave each other weird looks, and Rocky leaned over to whisper, "Kaleb basically screamed, 'God fucking damnit!'" He told them. He really needs to work on his whispering, if I could hear him.

They went from not understanding to being shocked at hearing the youngest of the group swear. Granted, it was in spanish, so I guess it didn't really count.

Grumble seemed just as frustrated as me, "Well, this is just great. I've got no toys and all of the kids are going to be disappointed and I've got you, you, you, and you, to thank for it!" He pointed at one of us with every 'you' he said. He then walked in between us, "I'm going to stay grumpy forever! Not that it matters to me, but that's besides the point." He then shouted back to us, "I just met you clowns and I already dislike you more than anyone else I know." Grumble yelled.

I glared at him, "Well, you aren't exactly the best company either!" I yelled back to him. Kim grabbed my arm, "Kaleb, yelling at him won't help us." She said, calmly. I just growled, before crossing my arms and looking away, not wanting to do something stupid.

I looked around, and walked off the path and leaned my back against a tree. I grabbed a stick and just started breaking it. It was a stress reliever. Tommy and Rocky both started pacing, while Kim sat down, sighing on a rock, "You guys, this is all my fault!" She cried.

Tommy walked up behind her, "No it's not Kim. There's only two people to blame for this." He put a leg on the rock. I nodded, about to speak, but Rocky beat me. "Yeah, Rita and Zedd." Oh, I was going to say the magician and Grumble, but I guess Rita and Zedd make more sense. Hehe, good thing Rocky did interrupt me.

Kim looked up to Tommy, "How're we going to get out of here?"

I sighed, "Hope for a miracle." I muttered, letting go of the many pieces the stick was now in. They dropped into a little pile. Rocky pat my back, not saying anything, just being there. It was a sweet gesture, which he was full of.

Tommy and Kim got up and started walking, making me and Rocky run after them, "Hey, where are we going?" I asked. Kim turned around, "To find that elf. He is the only one who can help us." She explained. I groaned, "Really, back to the king of moods?"

This was just getting better and better. Let's invite Rita and Zedd for a party next week, with Goldar being the special guest! Ugh, really, I don't want to be anywhere near the Grumble guy.

We kept walking down the path, not really talking, just looking for the elf, when all of a sudden, we walked into a snowy patch. It may have been a cartoon, but it still felt like winter. Again, I picked a bad day to wear a shirt with no sleeves and a pair of shorts.

Normally, I'm a big fan of snow, but not right now. No, I was freezing and there wasn't anything I could do about it. Tommy looked around to us, "Guys, I think we may be lost." He shivered. I nodded, "Brilliant deduction Sherlock. What mystery will you be solving next?" I asked, shivering as well.

Kim looked around, "We're not lost, but I don't think that you guys want to know where we are." She said, in an ominously creepy voice. It was like this place was home to something bad or whatever.

The ground then shook violently, and I almost lost my footing. Of course, it kept shaking, so, due to the ice, I slipped and fell, along the rest of the gang. Kim tried sitting up, but she kept slipping, "You guys, there's a snow monster that lives in this part of the book. He's really ugly and guess what, he doesn't like uninvited guests." She muttered.

"Pardon the chilly reception, but I don't recall any of you asking permission to make snow angels in my valley!" A voice growled. We all turned to face this really big white and blue monster. He looked like the Abominable Snowman. "Now, I'm going to have to keep you, on ice!" He threatened.

Tommy turned to us, "It's going to be impossible to outrun him in all this ice!" He called, grunting as he tried to get up. I already had gotten up, but I was using a nearby tree for balance.

The monster, as I helped them up, started laughing, "Now, what flavor popsicle do you want to be?"

Kim looked really scared, "We've got to do something."

Tommy nodded, "You're right." He looked to us with that glint in my eye that I grinned at. It was finally time to kick some butt! We grabbed our morphers and Tommy cried out, "It's Morphin Time!"

But, nothing happened. Hmm, what was wrong? It was working fine before.

"It must be the cold. Our morphers must be frozen." Rocky told us. Ah, that would do it. That would cause our morphers not to work.

Kim looked from her morpher, to us, to the snow monster, "What are we going to do?"

The monster laughed again, "Yes, what are you going to do?" He asked, growling and laughing at the same time. He then started grabbing rocks, and throwing them at us. I yelped, jumping across the way and hiding behind a tree stump. It was a good place to hide, and if everyone could get here, we should be safe. I gestured to them to follow. First came Tommy, then came Rocky, and finally, Kim brought up the rear.

"Gah, I'll crush you into snow cones!" The monster growled to us.

Tommy growled as well, but for a different reason, "There's got to be a way to get the morphers to work!"

Rocky nodded, wrapping himself up in his long sleeve button down shirt. "Yeah, but how?"

I shook my head, "I don't know, but if we don't figure something out soon, this story's going to have an unhappy ending." I said, scared out my wits. Seriously, I don't want to die in storybook because of a damn snow monster! I want to die happy, when I'm old and barely can move!

We then got up, and faced the monster. If we were going to go out, we'd go out swinging! I got into a fighting position, but the monster growled again. Seems like that's all he does. "It's time you warm blooded creatures chilled out!" He then proceeded to laugh. "I'm gonna put the freeze on you!" He cried, charging forward, us moving out of the way just in time.

He fell on his front and the earth shook again. This time, it seemed that the snow was getting thicker. I couldn't see anything, except for Rocky and Kim. Tommy was behind me, I knew that. "I can't see anything!" I cried.

The earth still shook and Rocky looked up and turned to us, "It's an avalanche!"

A ton of snow fell onto us, we fell into the ground. It was like the earth just crumbled under the weight of all the snow. All I know is that when we landed, the snow was up to our waists and we couldn't move. It was also even colder in the cavern, than it was outside. Looking up, I could see that there was a hole so you could see outside. It was still snowing, but not as harshly. I just wish that it wasn't so cold.

I was still shivering when Kim and Tommy stirred in the snow, "Kaleb, you okay?" She asked. I nodded, "I'm f-fine, just c-c-cold." I told her, chattering my teeth. A pile of snow moved next to me, making me yelp in surprise. Rocky emerged, unharmed, and smiling, "I'm okay too."

I looked around, "How are we going to get out of here?" I looked back up to the hole. "It's way too high to climb out."

Tommy smiled, "We'll figure out something."

I just shivered violently, considering that I was the most underdressed person here. Kim was wearing a regular t-shirt and shorts, so she could pull her arms in the sleeves. Me, I had nothing. The only sound I'm pretty sure everyone heard, except for their breathing, was the sound of my teeth clicking together. Suddenly, a red shirt was draped over my shoulders. I looked to Rocky, because it's obvious that it was him, I mean, duh, red.

He was shivering, but he had his hands and arms in his sleeves, like I suggested for Kim. He wasn't wearing the long sleeve shirt though. I looked to my shoulders, and saw that shirt. I looked to him, "Rocky, you need this."

Rocky shook his head, "Not as much as you." He said, smiling at me. For a few moments, I felt warmth, and it was coming from inside me. He's risking his life, just so I'm able to get a little warmer. I smiled at him, "Thanks Rocky." I told him.

Kim nudged me, making me look to her. She just raised her eyebrows up and down suggestively. I rolled my eyes, before placing my arms in the sleeves of the shirt and pulling it tightly against my body. It wasn't much, but it did help me. Plus, it smelled like Rocky, so I was happy with that too.

There was a sudden shake and snow fell from the top of the cave, when a face appeared, "Having fun?" The sarcastic remark brought a smile to my face.

Kim grinned too, "Grumble! How'd you get past the snow monster?" She asked, getting excited.

Grumble grinned, "The goof got caught in his own avalanche." He laughed, before giving us a stern look, "You coming out or what?" He asked.

Kim nodded, before turning back to me. "Kaleb, give me your hand." She told me.

I did, and she pulled up with her full strength and eventually, got me unburied. Apparently, I was the only one fully in the snow. It just looked like the others were buried like me. We crawled out of the cave where Grumble came from and reached outside.

I stretched, still wearing the shirt Rocky gave me. "Ah! Fresh air!" I groaned in relief. Tommy turned around, after walking out of the cave, "Thanks Grumble, I don't know what we'd have done if you hadn't shown up." He told the grumpy elf.

Said elf pat Tommy's back, "You'd have frozen your keisters off, that's what! Now, don't be so grateful. If I could figure out how to get those toys back myself, you'd still be in that cave." He told us. I rolled my eyes, still shivering a bit. I mean, my legs were still cold as hell and I was still trying to bundle into Rocky's shirt. It was like three sizes too big for me, so it was like a coat for me.

Tommy looked to us, still rubbing his arms from the cold, "Maybe we're going about this all wrong?" He suggested.

Kim looked to him, "What do you mean?"

Tommy pointed forward, "We keep going forward in the story, maybe we should be heading back instead." He told us, gesturing behind Grumble, where the path was. It seemed like a good idea, and it wasn't like we had much of a choice in the matter.

"Backwards? Now there's a brilliant suggestion!" Grumble quipped, sarcastically. You know, just imagine that everything nice that Grumble says, is in sarcasm, okay? Yeah, there you go.

Kim smiled up at Tommy, "Oh I get it. We should go back and find the magician that put the spell on you so maybe he can lift it. And if he can, then that's the end of the story." She said, smirking like she just found the cure for cancer.

Tommy nodded, "Exactly!"

Rocky grinned even more, "It may not be the ending that was written, but…"

"But at least it's an ending. That much I'll give you." Grumble said, looking rejoiced. Okay, maybe not everything nice he says is in sarcasm.

We all took a step forward, until Kim pulled Tommy back, "Hey wait, what about the orphans? We can't just forget about them."

Tommy thought for a minute, before turning to Grumble, "If we can get out of here, then we can send the toys back." He explained.

Grumble nodded, "Sure! Anything to get you guys out of my story!" He then grabbed Tommy and pushed him gently forward, "C'mon lets go."

Man, this guy was a pain in the butt, even when he was being nice. Jeez, I hope this magician can lift the spell because happy Grumble seems like a welcome change.

We walked out of the snowy patch and instantly, it became so much warmer. I sighed, taking in the heat. "I think I like heat more than cold." I stated.

Grumble turned back to me, "If you want to see heated, then wait until the magician finds out what happened with the toys. You'll get your heat alright." He grunted. Can we attach a rocket to his back and ride him to the magician? That would be faster.

We walked down the path for a while, going through the forest and ending up back where we entered the story. Grumble was talking to himself, "Sheesh, one minute I'm minding my own business delivering toys, the next minute, I'm the fourth musketeer!" We got back to the clearing with all of the paths leading away from it to find that the sign that was there was tipped over. "Hey, what happened here, a hurricane?" Grumble asked.

Tommy picked up the sign and read one of the arrows, "Mondo the Magician, great, now what are we going to do?" He asked, throwing the sign back onto the ground. It was pointless trying to choose a direction because there were like five choices. I mean, there were five of us, but we each couldn't take a path, because we'd get lost or we'd keep going, thinking we'd be going the right way and then never find out where the magician really was.

I looked down each path, seeing that each path lead to a different thing. One led to a giant thorn forest, another lead to a big mountain, one led to a castle, one led to a giant fissure in the ground, and the final one led back to the snowy field. Grumble was having hard time remembering what way he came, so I walked up to him, "Hey, Grumble. Did Mondo live in a castle?" I asked.

Grumble nodded, "Yeah, he did. It was big and scary looking." He told me. I smirked, "Well, lucky for you guys, I have excellent sight. It's that way." I pointed down the path that led to the castle.

Tommy raised an eyebrow at me, "How can you tell?"

I rolled my eyes, "Well, Tommy, I was born with hawk eyes. Meaning, I can see long distances. This path, right here, leads to a big castle while the others lead somewhere completely different and dangerous." I told him.

The White Ranger nodded, "Ah, I see. That's really cool."

I shrugged, "Eh, it's a gift, though, I still need glasses, ironically."

Grumble pushed us out of the way, "You all are lucky I have an uncanny sense of direction or else we'd be in trouble." He then proceeded to walk down the path I told everyone we should go down. I rolled my eyes, before following after the elf.

"Stupid elf. My idea. Damn storybook." I mumbled, angrily kicking a cartoon pebble along the path. I had my hands in the pockets of the red shirt that Rocky gave me. It was really big on me, but I was still get over my almost frost bitten legs. Speaking of, Rocky walked up to me and wrapped an arm around my shoulder, "Don't worry Kaleb. We all know it was you who figured out the way, not Grumble. He's just taking credit to make himself feel better."

I nodded, "Yeah, I know that. I just can't wait to be out of this story." I told him. "We were almost frozen to death, and let me tell you, this Grumble guy, isn't one of my favorite people at all."

Rocky laughed, before looking me back in the eye, before whispering into my ear, "I don't know if it makes a difference, but I think the whole 'trapped in a snowy cavern' was a good thing." He said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

I raised an eyebrow, "Um, why?" I asked. Seriously, he must've hit his head a bit falling into the cave, because in no way, shape or form was that a good thing. Rocky must've been going crazy.

He just chuckled, "Because, I found out that you look better in my clothes than I do myself." He said simply, giving me a shy grin. It was like he was really conflicted about whether or not to say that. Well, I was slightly glad that he said that, and slightly angry. I was, however, only angry because it made my face redder than it ever has been.

Why was Rocky all of a sudden so flirty with me? I mean, really. First was the incident after we got back from colonial Angel Grove and he fell on top of me. Then when we got here, I landed on his stomach and he said something about enjoying it, and then he gives me his shirt. Finally, he compliments me wearing said shirt. Hmm, did Rocky like me? No, he was just teasing me. There was no way he'd like me.

Right?

Yep, it was an extra long chapter, just so you could forget about the fact that it was a few days late. Now, Rocky is getting a little extra affectionate with Kaleb, does that mean anything in the future? Most likely.

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