Literal Animal Power Rangers!?

There'll be no introduction for this one. >:)

Just a quick heads up:This story will be separated by "episodes" instead of chapters, because I kind of imagine this story as a TV series better than as a traditional story. If that's off-putting to you, go ahead and find another story to read.

For the rest of you, sit back, relax, and enjoy the insanity. >:3

## Episode 1, Part 1:The Insanity Begins

It was a beautiful day in the alternate dimension of Anilandia. Some birds were singing, the flowers were blooming, and the bus that was being driven along one of the roads in this dimension was very loud for some reason.

Inside the bus, some teenage anthropomorphic animals of all kinds were talking amongst themselves, but a large amount of them were watching and filming a small group of an teenage anthropomorphic alligator, siamese cat, and raven doing something slightly different.

Namely, the alligator was putting all different sorts of hot sauce and peppers into his mouth, the siamese cat was loudly cheering him on, and the raven was rolling his eyes and attempting to ignore the other two while trying to read his book.

"You two do realize that Andrew's probably going to regret this, right?" He deadpanned when he couldn't ignore them anymore.

"Hogwash!" The alligator(Andrew) said with his mouth full of hot stuff. "How can I regret doing something that's so fun?"

"Yeah!" The siamese cat agreed.

The siamese cat looked like she was about to say more when a large amount of fire literally escaped Andrew's mouth and scorched the back of the bus driver's seat.

"WATER!" Andrew exclaimed dramatically. "I NEED WATER!!"

"Right!" The siamese cat said, looking around. "Um..."

After a little while of flames literally coming out of Andrew's nostrils and the siamese cat digging through her backpack, the siamese cat eventually pulled out a jar of suspiciously gray water, opened it, and quickly handed it to Andrew, who immediately grabbed it and drank all of the water. After a bit, the flames stopped erupting from him.

"Thanks!" He said to the siamese cat. "Um, what type of water was that, anyway?"

"Swamp water!" The siamese cat said, smiling brightly, then raised an eyebrow as Andrew's eyes grew wide. "Why?"

"Swamp water!?" Andrew cried, immediately trying to spit out the swamp water. "Ew! Yuck!! Gross!!! Why'd you give me *that!?"*

"It's water, isn't it?" The siamese cat answered, looking innocent.

"I wanted *clean*water, not *swamp*water!" Andrew exclaimed, still spitting.

"Oh!" The siamese cat said genuinely. "I'm sorry!"

Andrew and the siamese cat then heard a long suffering sigh from the raven, and looked at him to see him holding out a water bottle to Andrew.

"I told you that you would regret it," The raven said as Andrew took it.

"Regret what?" Andrew asked, looking at the raven. The siamese cat followed Andrew's lead, also looking confused.

Another long suffering sigh.

~

The bus eventually arrived at its destination, which was at the base of a mountain called Mt. Ranger.

The mountain got its name from an old legend that talked about an ancient tool called the Morphing Grid and a mysterious entity that resided in it. Long ago, tired of the Morphing Grid's misuse, the mysterious entity revoked all of the previous soldiers called Power Rangers' powers and moved the Morphing Grid to inside Mt. Ranger, which was unknown to everyone else in the dimension at the time.

The legend says it that the entity still waits for whoever's worthy to become a Power Ranger to this very day.

Whatever that means.

Anyway, after the bus arrived at its destination, everyone that was in it got out, including the siamese cat, the raven, and Andrew.

There was also another siamese cat that got out of the bus. She was the first siamese cat's older sister, and she also had a big red brooch on that was pinned on the center of her shirt. She was the last one, besides the teachers, to get off the bus.

It looked like she was trying to avoid the other siamese cat, to be honest.

"LILY!!" The older siamese cat suddenly heard the younger siamese cat say, then got pulled into a hug by said younger siamese cat. "It's so nice to see you!"

"It's *Delilah,*Ruth," Delilah(the older siamese cat) said, looking down at Ruth(the younger siamese cat) like she was an annoying fly who wouldn't go away. "Also, why are you pretending that you haven't seen me in ages? The last time you've seen me was *yesterday,*you idiot!"

"I know that," Ruth said, a bit hurt. "I'm just happy to see you, that's all!"

"Psh, whatever," Delilah said, pushing Ruth away from her and beginning to walk towards the mountain and away from Ruth and her friends. "I don't want to be seen anywhere *near*an idiot like you, understand?"

"Okay, Delilah," Ruth said, her ears down and tail drooping as she slowly went back to her friends.

Both Andrew and the raven noticed that something was wrong the moment they saw Ruth, but before they could say anything, the teachers started to list out all of the various groups who were going to hike up the mountain.

"Oliver, Quinton, and Penelope, you're the first group," The teacher for eleventh grade said, extending a wing in the direction of an anthropomorphic bull, badger, and lioness.

"Andrew, Ruth, and Edgar, you're the second group," The teacher for tenth grade said, extending a paw in the direction of Andrew, Ruth, and Edgar(the raven).

Andrew's and Edgar's attention turned to Ruth after that.

"What's wrong?" Andrew asked.

Ruth sighed as she looked up at Andrew and Edgar.

"I just don't know why Delilah doesn't like me anymore," She said. "She liked me when we were little!"

"She's a jerk, that's why," Edgar said bluntly. "Don't listen to her. You're way better than she thinks you are."

"Yeah!" Andrew agreed, pulling both Ruth and Edgar in a bear hug. "I think that you two are *awesome,* and that's all that matters!"

"Thanks, guys!" Ruth exclaimed, back to her perky self. "I love you, too!"

Edgar, meanwhile, was greatly embarrassed by the hug and was looking around desperately for something to get out of it. Soon enough, he noticed that the teachers were about to be done with listing out all of the groups.

"If you guys are done being sappy," He said, parting from the hug and looking at Andrew and Ruth, "then you should know that we're almost ready to go on the actual hike."

"Alright, everyone," The eleventh grade teacher said right after Edgar said that. "It's time to go on the hike!"

~

The hike was fine, if a bit grueling. Going up a mountain usually was hard work, after all. At least the scenery was beautiful, what with the pretty plants and everything.

As for the groups, they were doing fine as well. They *were* some animals who complained about everything they could think of during the hike(*looking at you, Delilah)*, and Oliver had had to stop his adopted little sister, Jocelyn(who was allowed on the trip because Oliver had invited her and the teachers were okay with it), from falling off the edge because she had gotten distracted and seen a butterfly, but overall, everyone was doing pretty good, all things considered.

Eventually, everyone stopped halfway up the mountain in order to have lunch. This was where the cave with the large and deep hole in it that supposedly led to the Morphing Grid was, and it was also where everyone would go to next.

Everyone was having a great time cooling off and eating their lunches...

Except Delilah, who had gone off to sulk and had found a suitable place to do just that.

"I have leaves in my fur and clothes, my hind paws hurt from walking too much, *and* I can't even get a glass of milk because Mrs. Cook and Mr. Braveheart had decided to only give us *water* to drink!" Delilah exclaimed, scowling. "*Water! UGHHHHHHHHH!!"*

Delilah then hid behind a nearby giant rock and glared at Mrs. Cook(the eleventh grade teacher), Mr. Braveheart(the tenth grade teacher), and everyone else.

"If only I was an evil villain!" Delilah whispered to herself. "Then I'd be able to wipe the floor with everyone like the *fools* they are! But how could I become one, I wonder? I don't have *anything* that the evil villains in media have!"

"Perhaps I can help," A mysterious voice said, interrupting Delilah's thoughts.

"Huh?" Delilah said, looking around wildly in order to see who the voice belonged to. "Who said that!?"

"I did," The mysterious voice said. "I'm your brooch, by the way."

"My brooch!?" Delilah exclaimed, looking down at her brooch with wide eyes. "But how-"

"Young lady, I am an ancient evil artifact that was forged from otherworldly materials and has *somehow* been mistaken by your grandma as an ordinary gem!" The brooch said. "Honestly, the explanation I could offer to you would be way too confusing, so I'd rather not bother using it. Wait..."

"No, I mean, why haven't you spoken up before!?" Delilah asked. "I've always wanted to be a villain ever since I could remember! Why didn't you give me powers when I was six or something??"

"I don't really work well with children," The brooch said. "They're always so *gross* and have no idea what being a villain really means. I work much better with adults or anyone who's close to being an adult, really. Anyway, do you want the limited reality altering powers or not?"

"Um, yes!" Delilah exclaimed as if she had been waiting for this moment all her life. "Heavens yes! Give all you've got to me, man! I'm ready for it!!"

"Good," The brooch, who probably would've smiled evilly if he had a face, said. "Now, before I do, I need to explain to you about your powers' limitations-"

"DO IT NOW OR I'LL SLAM YOU ON THE GROUND AND CRUSH YOU BENEATH MY HIND PAW!!" Delilah screamed, making a few of the students look at her.

"...You're already ruthless," The brooch said, sounding like he was about to cry. "I'm so proud."

It was then that the brooch transformed Delilah in a flash of red light.

~

Andrew was currently drenching himself with water from his water bottle when he saw Delilah strutting into the area with a wicked smirk on her face. Her outfit had changed, having become a long black dress and jacket with studded spikes on the jacket's sleeves, dark gray arm gauntlets with spikes all over them, dark gray leg gauntlets with spikes all over them as well that Andrew could see a bit of while Delilah was walking, a dark gray crown studded with spikes, and did I mention the spikes?? They were everywhere.

Delilah also had dark gray eye shadow and black lipstick on as well, and she probably would've put spikes on there too if not for her shred of common sense.

"Nice outfit, Delilah!" Ruth exclaimed, trying to be supportive of her sister despite knowing that Delilah didn't like her anymore.

"Hey, Delilah!" Jocelyn exclaimed. "Don't you think that maybe it's a bit too hot outside right now to be wearing all black!? And what about those spikes?! Aren't you worried about hurting someone with those- Ooh! A ladybug!!"

Jocelyn didn't have much time to look at the ladybug, however, as she and Ruth were levitated up into the air and choked by Delilah, much to the shock and horror of the rest of the students and the teachers.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did I say that I want your opinion?" Delilah said to Jocelyn. "Listen, you little rodent, I don't care if it's 200 degrees outside or freezing. I like this outfit, so I'm gonna wear it, you understand!?"

Delilah then looked at Ruth, ignoring Andrew yelling in concern for his friend and associate and trying to jump up in order to grab Ruth and Jocelyn by their ankles and pull them down, Edgar having already flown up to Ruth and Jocelyn and trying to figure out what to do, and Oliver getting ready to charge Delilah, looking furious.

"As for you, my little sister, I'm afraid that you've simply got it all wrong," Delilah said to Ruth. "I'm not Delilah. I'M SHADOWDUSK, THE EVIL OVERLORD OF YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY ALL MY LIFE, AND I *WILL NOT* TOLERATE-"

Shadowdusk was suddenly interrupted by Oliver charging at her with his head down and succeeding at knocking her off the mountain.

"That's what you get for choking my little sister, you monster!" Oliver yelled at a falling Shadowdusk before hurrying over to Jocelyn in order to see if she was alright, as did Andrew and Edgar with Ruth.

This didn't last long, however, as Shadowdusk levitated herself while in the air and, while scowling deeply at everyone there, snapped her fingers and teleported Ruth, Andrew, Edgar, Oliver, and Jocelyn inside the large and deep hole that supposedly led to the Morphing Grid, leaving them to fall to their deaths.

*"NOW..."* Delilah said with her voice low to the rest of the students and the teachers. *"DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO CHALLENGE ME, OR WILL YOU ALL FINALLY REALIZE THAT IT'S HOPELESS AND ACCEPT ME AS YOUR EVIL OVERLORD?"*

## Episode 1, Part 2:They're Not Dead!?

Andrew, Ruth, Edgar, Jocelyn, and Oliver screamed as they fell to their apparent deaths. Then, when they couldn't scream any longer and were still falling, they all simultaneously took a deep breath and screamed again.

"Is there any way we can get back up to the surface?" Andrew asked, stopping him and the others from screaming a third time.

"We can't!" Edgar cried. "Noneof us have wings!"

"Um, don't *you* have wings?" Oliver asked, pointing at Edgar.

"...Oh," Edgar said after looking at his wings. "Right."

"Oh, yeah!" Andrew exclaimed, also realizing that his friend has wings and then getting an idea. "Alright, so, here's what we do. Edgar, do you think that you can lift us all one by one out of this hole?"

"I think so," Edgar replied.

"Great!" Andrew said, smiling. "We'll figure out what to do next after we do that. Also, Edgar, I think that you should lift Jocelyn out of the hole first. She's the smallest and easiest to carry due to that. Is that okay, Jocelyn?"

"Mm-hmm!" Jocelyn said, smiling. "I don't like it in this hole, anyway. There's nothing interesting in here."

"Maybe that's for the best," Oliver teased. "After all, you wouldn't want to get distracted by a pretty rock formation as you're falling to your death, do you?"

Jocelyn said nothing, but she did stick her tongue out at Oliver as Edgar grabbed onto Jocelyn's shoulders using his talons and began to fly her out of the hole. Oliver chuckled at this.

Once Edgar and Jocelyn were at the top of the hole, however, they discovered that a mysterious barrier was preventing them from reaching the surface.

"Andrew, we have a problem!" Edgar shouted, looking down at the still falling Andrew, Ruth, and Oliver who were slowly but surely disappearing from his sight. "Jocelyn and I can't reach the surface because there's a barrier blocking our way!"

"Oh, really!?" Andrew exclaimed, thinking. "Well, I guess that we're going to have to find another way out, then! Hmm..."

Before anyone could say anything, however, the hole mysteriously sucked Andrew, Edgar, Ruth, Jocelyn, and Oliver to the bottom of it, causing all of them to fall in a heap.

"Ahhh, help! I can't feel my legs!" Ruth cried, looking with wide eyes at some suspiciously bird-like legs wearing black shorts and talons.

"Um, those are my legs," Edgar deadpanned.

"Oh, yeah!!" Ruth exclaimed, looking at Edgar. "I *thought* that there was something different about them!"

Edgar rolled his eyes after he heard that.

*"Greetings, future Power Rangers,"* A mysterious voice suddenly said telepathically, stopping the group from saying any more. *"I see that you're all literally in a heap. Would you mind if I helped you up?"*

"Who said that?" Edgar asked, joining the others in looking around for the mysterious voice.

"Power Rangers?" Jocelyn said, her eyes lighting up. "Do you mean the Power Rangers that helped protect Anilandia a long time ago, or the ones who also lived a long time ago and tried to destroy it out of spite?"

The mysterious voice chuckles, and suddenly, the group all floats off of each other with glowing auras encompassing them and then back down to the ground on their own two feet. A mysterious anthropomorphic Eastern dragon wearing a long sleeved blue shirt and darker blue pleated skirt then appeared to the far side of them, smiling at and surprising them.

"I was, of course, talking about the Power Rangers that helped *protect* Anilandia, Miss Jocelyn," He said, winking at Jocelyn. "It would be a very different story if I was talking about the other Power Rangers group, now wouldn't it?"

"Who are you, and how do you know my little sister?" Oliver said, coming up to Jocelyn and holding one of her upper paws protectively.

"I am Guardian Jing, and I read her, your, and everyone else's minds when you all were falling in the hole that led to this place," The Eastern dragon explained. "I read your minds because I wanted to be sure that you're not threats to the Morphing Grid, which is-"

"A device that holds immense power and which can be used to make Power Rangers, which, judging from your earlier comment, you're going to make us into!?" Jocelyn exclaimed, looking like she was barely restraining herself from squealing at this point.

"Correct!" Guardian Jing said, smiling broadly. "You're using your previous knowledge to good use, Miss Jocelyn!"

"Power Rangers?" Edgar said. "You mean the soldiers wearing bright uniforms that Mr. Braveheart told us about? I thought that those guys originated from a myth that was created by a guy who was clearly high on bath salts when he made it!"

Jocelyn then suddenly glared at Edgar, making Edgar see what seemed to be pure primal rage in her eyes.

"Um..." He said, suddenly *very* intimidated by this small squirrel girl. "I'm sorry?"

*"You should be,"* Jocelyn growled.

Frowning, Guardian Jing tapped his foot onto the floor, causing multicolored staffs to rise out of the ground. He then went over and gathered up all the multicolored staffs in his arms, walking over to the group once he did.

"Now, I must tell you why I have chosen you all to become Power Rangers," Guardian Jing said. "Based on your memories, there's a siamese cat named Shadowdusk who somehow got The Amulet of Reality and is now terrorizing your collective classes and teachers. Am I correct?"

"Yep," Oliver said while Ruth looked at the ground, looking ready to cry. "That's practically it."

"Alright," Guardian Jing said. "Now, as Power Rangers, you will have an advantage over Shadowdusk. Her power comes from The Amulet of Reality, which is powerful, yes, but you can cancel out its power over you with your weapons and have a higher level of resistance to it than civilians."

"Andrew, you shall be the new Red Ranger," Guardian Jing continued, giving the red staff to Andrew, making the red staff turn into a red bracelet with a red helmet charm in the middle. "You will be the leader of the new Power Rangers."

"Hey!" Edgar exclaimed. "Why aren't *I* the leader? I'd be just as capable as Andrew would be!"

"While you are smart, Edgar, you are also arrogant," Guardian Jing said, walking over and giving the blue staff to Edgar, making the blue staff turn into a blue bracelet with a blue helmet charm in the middle. "That's why you will be the Blue Ranger instead."

While Edgar was sulking, Guardian Jing gave the pink, yellow, and black staffs to Ruth, Jocelyn, and Oliver, making the staffs also turn into bracelets with helmet charms in the middle of them.

"The way for you all to turn into Power Rangers is for you to touch the helmet charm in the middle of your bracelets and say, "Ranger magic, activate!"" Guardian Jing said. "Andrew, you won't have any glasses in your Ranger form, but you won't need them, as your Ranger magic will immediately improve your vision for you."

"Awesome!" Andrew said, grinning broadly. "So, when are we going to go back to the surface?"

Suddenly, a cry for help echoed throughout the cave, the owner of the voice who made that cry being one that Oliver and Jocelyn knew all too well.

"Right now," Guardian Jing said, snapping his clawed fingers and making an extra bracelet appear in Andrew's pocket before he and the rest of the group were all teleported up to the surface.

"Oh, and Andrew, I put an extra Ranger bracelet in your pocket!" He shouted up to the surface, hoping that Andrew could hear him. "Give it to someone *you* *absolutely trust* when you *need their help,* alright!?"

Well, that was interesting. Leave it to those guys to make it that way, am I right, Chen?

Guardian Jing(Chen) sighed and looked at me.

"Lavender, be serious," He said. "Are you *sure* that these *children* are better suited to being Power Rangers than a group of *adults* would?"

Hey, what do you have against children? Children can be just as capable as adults, you know!

"You know that's not what I mean," Chen said. "Did your visions tell you that they'd have a better chance of winning than any adults would?"

Ding ding ding! That's correct, Chen! They'll also grow and develop more than adults, which just makes things even more interesting!

Chen sighed and facepalmed.

"Of course you're more interested in that than their or Anilandia's well being," He said. "You're now the medium between another reality and ours, after all, and mediums *always* have skewed priorities."

I sighed, then snapped my feather fingers and caused a butterfly, my symbolic insect, to appear on Chen's shoulder. I would've put my wing on his shoulder, but...well...

Hey, you know me. I would *never* leave Anilandia hanging. As for the kids, well...they'll probably end up fine as well. My visions stop before the final battle, but judging on what they'll do, they'll be alright.

"Thank you, Lavender," Chen said, smiling at me. "I do wish that I could do more, though, and not be stuck in this mountain."

I could watch over the kids for you- Oh, shoot! The kids! I'm supposed to be telling their story right now! Hang on, Chen, I'll be back-

"Promise me you will," Chen suddenly says, looking straight at where my eyes were. "Promise me that if something happens that neither they or anyone else can take care of, you'll keep them safe."

...Chen, you know that I'm limited in what I can do. The gods in charge of me allow me to do so much, and yet so little at the same time.

Nevertheless, I will try to uphold your wish anyway. I promise.

~

Back with the kids, they all had already transformed into Power Rangers, with modifications on their suits having already been made to accommodate their species' bodies, like Andrew's snout and such.

Hmm, their uniforms don't look like mine and Chen's previous ones at all, but that's okay, I guess! The evil ones' uniforms didn't look like ours, either-

Wait, they're already transformed into Power Rangers and fighting against Shadowdusk!? Hey, no fair! I wanted to see what happened before they did that!

Oh, well. I guess that's what happens when I get distracted. I miss out on important details.

Honestly, I should see what Chen's doing when the kids are asleep or something. That way, I won't miss out on anything!

*Anyway,* the kids were, as I've already said before, fighting against Shadowdusk.

"YOU'LL NEVER DEFEAT ME, POWER LOSERS!!" She said, cackling evilly and summoning five animated suits of armor from her brooch.

"Seriously?" Edgar(who I'll be referring to as the Blue Ranger from now on) deadpanned while barely dodging a suit of armor's sword. "*That's* the best insult you could throw at us?"

*"DON'T MAKE FUN OF MY INSULTS!!"* Shadowdusk yelled, making the suit of armor try to strike the Blue Ranger once more. Thankfully, Andrew(who I'll be referring to as the Red Ranger from now on) sliced the suit of armor in half with his sword.

"You know, I totally could've defeated that thing by myself," The Blue Ranger huffed.

"...You're welcome?" The Red Ranger replied before he and the Blue Ranger had to fight two new suits of armor.

"So, what's the plan?" Oliver(who I'll be referring to as the Black Ranger from now on) asked the Red Ranger while battling yet another suit of armor close to him.

"Well, it seems like Shadowdusk gets her powers from her brooch," The Red Ranger said, countering a suit of armor's sword with his own. "It's probable, then, that if we can get the brooch, we can get rid of Shadowdusk."