The Great Mystic

**The Great Mystic** is the first episode of *Kamen Rider Mystic*. It reveals how Martin Ford became Mystic, having earlier appeared in *Kamen Rider Cosmos's season finale* .

## Plot

A young woman is standing by a little girl in a hospital. The woman, Claire Norton, is an Intern Nurse and she tells the girl that she’ll stay with her all night if she wants. The girl, Hannah, says that she would like that as Claire then offers to go get her some food that isn’t from the hospital. As Claire drives to go get Hannah some food, she almost hits a sickly looking man on the road. She gets out of her car to see if the man is okay, but the man says that she has despair in her heart, and he must feed off it. He then transforms into a monster called a Grim and knocks her down. She’s then saved by a mysterious figure and is barely able to see the figure since she was dazed. The Grim retreats and the figure disappears. The next day at an antique store, a young woman is cleaning a crystal ball. The woman, Arianna, looks at the time and goes to a room upstairs to wake up someone named Martin Ford. However, he is nowhere to be found. It turns out that he is on the roof drinking tea and hiding from Arianna. Arianna finds him but he tries to use his invisibility magic, so she doesn’t see him, but Arianna uses a ring of her own to reveal him. Martin says that he keeps forgetting she has a Mystic Ring as well. Arianna tells Martin that it’s time for training, but Martin says that he was meditating, and he hid from her so she wouldn’t disturb him. Arianna tells him to prove it and tells him to try to revive the dead plants since mediation balances a wizard’s magic. Martin is able to revive the plants to the surprise of Arianna. Martin smiles at how he proved her doubts wrong; the plants immediately die after. Arianna says that if he trains, the plants would stay alive. She then grabs his ear and drags him downstairs. Elsewhere, Claire wakes up in a hospital bed at the hospital she works at where she is confronted by the police officer who found her, Leon Clarke. He tells her that he found her in the middle of the road and brought her to the hospital. He then asks her if she remembers what happened. She says that she remembers a man attacking her and that she was then saved by a man in red. She doesn’t mention the man being monster, thinking that the officer wouldn’t believe her. As the officer leaves, Claire goes to check on Hannah and finds her asleep. Hannah’s mother comes in and thanks Claire for being a big sister to Hannah. Claire says that Hannah’s been doing better, and she then asks Hannah’s mother, Janice, how her job is going. Janice says that her office hours get longer but she may get a chance to see Hannah. Claire looks at Hannah and Janice says that she knows how hard it was losing her sister but tells her not to lose her heart. Meanwhile, Martin is going through intense wizard training as Arianna tells him that he needs to heighten his senses in order to better track Grims. Martin then senses a Grim and believes it to be the one from the night before. He rides off on his motorcycle to track it down. At the hospital, someone tells Claire that she has a patient. When Claire goes into her office, the patient is the man from last night. He transforms and grabs Claire. Leon hears screaming in Claire’s office and bursts through. He tries to fight it, as he tells Claire to run. Claire runs out as Leon is knocked out by the Grim. Claire runs into the parking lot, but is then surrounded by the Grim’s henchmen, the stone grunts. The Grim comes and puts his hand on Claire head, forcing her to reveal her deepest despair, her sister’s death. The Grim begins to take her life force, but Martin and Arianna arrive. Arianna tends to Claire while Martin transforms into Kamen Rider Mystic. Mystic defeats the Grim. Mystic then goes to Claire and sees that she has already been affected by the Grim and is slowly dying. Mystic summons one of his Mystic Monsters to bring him a Healing Ring. He puts it on Claire who then faints but sees Martin and Arianna’s face before she does so. She wakes up on a park bench and looks at the Mystic Ring on her hand, while Martin and Arianna ride back home. A woman sits by a man who she calls her fiancé. She tells him that she’ll be able to heal him soon enough. A man is looking at a picture of Hannah and says that he should create more despair.

## Cast

* Martin Ford: Wendell Branson
* Ariana Lovelace: Cecelia Farmer
* Lexi: Holly Olson
* Drace: Joe Samoto
* Claire Norton: Ashley Ryan
* Leon Clarke: Stephen Page

## Mystic Ring

* **Rings used:**
	+ Transformation: to be added
	+ Magic: to be added
* **Style Used:**
	+ to be added

## See Also

* The Ringed Magician - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Wizard*