A/N: Well, I kept my promise; it's been less than six months since my last update. I personally had fun writing this theme as it involved the female rangers alone, without any of the male rangers around. This, I feel, was seriously lacking in the plot, and Clare especially did not get enough screen time. I hope that this remedies it a bit.

"…": characters talking to each other

'…': characters talking to themselves

(…): extra facts about something in the story

(Takes place sometime after "Rock Solid")

Theme 13: Knight

Rootcore, September 10, 2006, 12:30 PM – Briarwood, CA, USA

"So, um, Madison, how'd you enjoy having a knight in shining armor save you?" Clare asked, enjoying a rare moment to talk to the two female rangers. The males – Nick, Chip, and Xander – were currently working at Rock Porium while their female counterparts had the day off. Udonna had found out about said day off and told the Rocca sisters that she'd help them with their powers. However, Udonna was off getting lunch and Clare had taken the initiative to get to know the female rangers better.

"What do you mean?" Madison asked, her grey eyes eying the witch-in-training warily. Her twin, Vida, smirked and leaned forward on the table, interested in seeing how this was going to turn out.

Clare stumbled over her words. "Um, what I mean is, when you were encased in stone Nick vowed to free you and it was, like, so romantic and he was like a knight." Clare turned bright red after finishing her statement, horrified that she had asked something so personal to the blue ranger.

Vida snickered and after shooting her sister a dirty look, Madison turned to Clare and replied, "So, you're asking me if I think of Nick as a possible knight in shining armor?" Clare nodded and Madison paused for a moment before continuing, "Well, I don't know. I mean, who's to say that he only worked so hard to free me was because he felt guilty about what he'd said to me earlier?"

"Come on Maddie, you know that's not true," Vida said, her tone a tad condescending. "Sure, Nick felt bad about what he'd said, and I felt like punching the guy for making you feel bad, but think about it like this: if Nick was a total loser and didn't care about any of us then he wouldn't have felt so guilty about you being trapped in stone. However, because the guy isn't a loser, and actually cares about his friends he came and rescued you. Plus, if memory serves you were the first one of us to approach the guy with an offer of friendship."

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" Madison asked, bewildered by her sister's statements.

"Nick likes you Maddie, and because he does he treats you differently than he does, say, me or Clare. Hell, it's in his eyes, Maddie," Vida replied, her eyes looking into her sister's identical gray orbs.

Clare watched the sisters' argument with amusement but then thought of something. "So, Vida, how about you? Do you, um, have a knight in mind?"

Vida stared at Clare for a moment before replying, "Nope; no knight at all."

Madison got a pensive look on her face before saying, "You're lying, V. If memory serves you do have someone that you consider to be a 'knight in shining armor'."

Vida glared at her sister before saying, "Nope, sorry, can't help you there. There is no way in hell that I'll become dependent on some guy to be my 'savior'; I can save myself."

"We're not saying that you can't do that, Vida," Clare said slowly, trying not to anger the pink ranger. "We're saying that even if you don't think you have a knight to think about you do; every girl does and every girl dreams of finding their prince charming."

"Well, if you know so much on the subject, who's your knight?" Vida asked, not expecting an answer.

Clare surprised the sisters by replying instantly, "Well, I'd like to think that my knight's Chip." Seeing the looks she was getting, Clare backtracked. "I mean, well, he was just so nice to me when we first met and he had no trouble believing that magic was real and, um, he's just so…"

"So Chip?" Vida inserted, grinning when Clare nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, Chip's always been like that; has been for as long as I can remember." Madison nodded in agreement before turning her attention back to Vida.

"Okay, V. Clare pines for Chip, I supposedly have Nick, so that leaves you with Xander; unless you have someone else in mind?"

Vida frowned; why wouldn't they stop bugging her about having some kind of knight in shining armor in mind? It wasn't as if the world was going to end if she didn't have a knight in mind. "For the last time, guys, I do not have a knight in mind; especially Xander."

"Sure, V. Keep telling yourself that you don't harbor secret feelings for Xander," Madison teased, a wicked smile making its way to her face.

Vida frowned sullenly and commented, "You know, Maddie, I think Nick's having more of an impact on you than you'd like to admit. I mean, that smile would have never made its way onto your face before Nick came, and now it seems like it's always been there. It's kinda freaky, actually."

Clare giggled and said, "Well, Vida, I think the smile fits Madison." Madison shot a thankful smile at the young sorceress. Soon, the conversation turned away from knights in shining armor to magic, although each girl secretly harbored thoughts of a knight of their own, including the pink ranger, whose jumbled thoughts returned to the idea that the cocky green ranger was her knight in shining armor, mentally scoffing at the idea but wondering 'why not?' at the same time.