Storyteller: A short time ago, there was a dimension filled with wonderful magic. But then, darkness came into power, and the great battle began.
Storyteller: An army of the undead, led by a powerful warrior, swarmed over the land, setting their sights on the human realm and beyond.
Storyteller: All seemed hopeless when a small legion of brave and true wizards came forth. Against insurmountable odds, they battled heroically. They drove the evil back from the edge of the human world.
Storyteller: And then, the bravest wizard of them all cast a spell that sent the armies into the Underworld. He sealed darkness inside giant gates for eternity, and evil disappeared from the surface world. But with great victory comes great loss.
Storyteller: The human world never knew of the great battle, or the sacrifices that were made to save them from destruction. Even to this day, they live in peace, totally unaware of what is about to awaken…
Nick: So… that must be Briarwood…
Madison: Go Vida! *laughs* Sounds great sis!
Madison: Whoa! Battling again, Chip?
Xander: Heeey!
Madison: Hey Xander.
Xander flashes a toned muscle. Madison turns in the other direction, only to encounter her boss standing in the doorway, wearing googles, a snorkel, and flippers.
Madison: Oh! Toby!
Xander: Hey! Nice snorkel boss.
Vida: Weren't you taking the day off today?
Toby: Yes, as a matter of fact, I was at the beach, snorkling with the little fishies. And one swam right up to my mask! And he looked at me with these big fish eyes, and he said “Are your employees cleaning the store like they said they would do?”
Toby: Now I have to go back to the water, back to the reef, find the fish, and say–no!
Xander: Why don't you relax boss? Take a breather! I'll gather the troops; assign them things to do. Like sweep the floor, stock the merchandise, put out the trash, etcetera etcetera.
Toby: Oh, you–you mean, do the jobs I pay you for. Guys!
Xander: Alright, you heard the man, snap to it. Chip, grab a broom, Madison, deal with the stock, Vida, throw out the trash. *claps hands* Snap, snap!
Chip and Madison wander off to do their respective duties, while Xander walks over to a couch and hops into it, picking up a skating magazine. Vida follows. She yanks the pillow behind Xander's head away.
Vida: And what're you doing?
Xander: I'm glad you asked. I'm supervising. Hey, its not as easy as it looks. I know it looks like I'm not doing anything, but I'm actually very busy–
Vida: Uh-huh.
Xander:–up here. *Xander taps head.
Xander: Earthquake!
Vida: Everybody take cover!
Chip: It's the end of the world!
Chip: Just kidding.
Madison: Chip!
Toby: Don't panic, don't panic! Remember the safety procedures!
Toby is trying to read from a little pink piece of paper while staggering back and forth. Vida is peering out from under a table, while Xander is looking around the corner of a counter, skating helmet sideways on his head.
Toby: Get under a desk!
Nick: Whoa!
Nick is shown on his motorcycle on the road, fighting to stay on it. He loses, and the motorcycle drives off onto the grass, sliding sideways. Nick crawls off and raises the visor of his helmet, looking out.
Mysterious Voice: Oh no. The darkness has been unleashed.
Madison: Is it over?
Chip: I'm alive!
Madison: Oh, great. The store's messier than before.
Vida: You'd have thought that wouldn't be possible.
Xander: Well, the good news is, the worst is over.
Koragg: After all these years, I'm free.
Mysterious Voice: There is a crack in the gate.
Mysterious Voice: The darkness has returned.
Madison: After narrowly escaping death, the human species copes with it in very different ways.
Madison: Some use physical activity. Some listen to music.
Madison: And, some eat. Tell me, Chip Thorn, what type of pizza are you eating?
Chip: chicken, pepperoni, cheese, and chocolate marshmallows.
Madison: Eww… a fine example of the non-human species.
Old Man: Somebody please help me.
Old Man: Please. Someone. Anyone. I need help.
Old Man: It's my brother. We were walking just up the road, and some creature grabbed him. I fear the worst. It's just out of town; the creature took him into the woods.
Xander: Can you imagine that, V? Him asking for someone to go into the woods.
Xander: V?
Old Man: Won't somebody please help me?
Nick: I will.
Nick: I could use a break.
Old Man: Thank you.
Xander: Hey, I'm a–I'm Xander. You're new around here, aren'tcha? Probably not aware of all the facts. And there's just one: you go into those woods, you don't come out.
Nick: Heard about it. But the guy needs help. No one else in this city seems to care.
Vida: I'll go with you!
Vida: Not everyone in this city's a coward.
Chip: I'll go too! I've always wanted to go on a dangerous quest.
Chip: This is a dangerous quest, right?
Vida: Perilous.
Chip: Sweet!
Nick: Well, let's go.
Madison: Don't look at me! I'm the sister with the common sense.
Morticon: Report, Necrolai.
Necrolai: I have seen the human world. It is all that we imagined, and let it be destroyed!
Morticon: Destroyed, it will be.
Necrolai: Let me be the one!
Morticon: In due time, hag. We must not make the same mistakes!
Morticon: We must be clever. Ruthless. This time, we will be victorious!
Morticon: Listen, my undead warriors! You have lived only in nightmares. But no longer! Where is Koragg? Send him forth to all who live in the light! To destroy!
Koragg: Careful, Morticon. You are only a servant of the Master.
Danger: Keep Out, warns the sign in front of the forest. The Old Man, Nick, Vida, and Chip file in a line past it.
Old Man: You sure you're willing to enter? The woods are a very scary place.
Nick: You ask a lot of questions for someone whose brother is in danger.
Old Man: Everyone's in danger.
Chip: Everyone's in danger? Yeah!
Vida: Xander! I told you if you ever took my car I'd rearrange your limbs.
Xander: You're going into the woods and never returning. As if you're even gunna see it again.
Chip: He's got a point.
Madison: You're my sister. Where you go, I go.
Old Man: And so, there is five.
Madison: Ugh, its creepy out here.
Xander: You got that right.
Madison: Huh? What was that? I felt something weird.
Nick: Wait! Where's the old man?
Chip: Ten seconds in the woods and we're already lost. Alright!
All of the teens are looking around in bewilderment. Time fast-forwards, and we pick up again in the middle of a rant, complete with hand gestures, from Chip.
Chip: –trolls, goblins, and elves live in the woods, too. I've also heard that a witch lives here. She's hideous, with green skin and a black tongue with yellow drool that slowly drips from the corner of her mouth when she speaks.
Nick: You've been reading too many fairy tales, friend.
Nick: Guys. There's no such thing as witches.
Nick: Okay, so now you're playing with me. *falsetto* Ooo! Someone's behind me! I'm so scared. Boo!
Vida: There is someone behind you!
Madison: Anybody wanna run?
Xander: Already tried, but my feet won't move.
Vida: She brought friends!
Madison: Watch out!
Cloaked Figure: Mysto Aerotan!
Five brooms fly out of nowhere, and pick up the five teens in various ways, causing them to flail wildy hundreds of feet in the air. Meanwhile, the Hidiacs rush the cloaked figure, who uses her wand to blow them up.
Chip: Yeah!
Everyone Else: Whoaaaaa!
The brooms are flying the teens closer to a gigantic tree deep in the forest. Only Chip seems to be enjoying the flight. The teens are dumped on their faces on the ground, while the brooms fly away. The group stands up, brushing off the dirt from their landing.
Xander: Okay. So, new guy. Now you know why no one goes into these woods.
Nick: The name's Nick.
Vida: What is this place?
Cloaked Figure: I call it: Rootcore.
Chip: Quick, in here!
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Cloaked Figure: I thought it best you were brought here.
Xander: Hi, I'm Xander. It's a really nice place you got here, its–its really… *knocks on nearby table*… woody.
The cloaked figure raises her wand in a flash of sparkles, and the brooms appear in color-coded stations along the wall. The cloaked figure dramatically throws off her cloak. She is revealed to be an older woman, with long red hair, dressed in white.
Udonna: I am the sorcerous Udonna. Welcome to my home.
Chip: Wow… this is awesome!
Udonna: When the five of you went to the forest, you stepped into a magical dimension.
Chip: A parallel dimension outside of Briarwood? Do we live in a great city or what?!
Udonna: A few years ago, there was a great battle in our world. Dark magic conquered our realm, and was about to enter your dimension, when we finally defeated them, and sent them back to the underworld. But at a great cost.
Udonna: The gate was sealed with a powerful spell. However, during the recent earthquake, a crack appeared in the gate, and evil has slipped through.
Xander: Remember me? Xander? Look, I'm just wondering: what does that have to do with us?
Udonna: It could mean the end for both our worlds.
Nick: Please. *laughs* None of us are buying this fairy tale.
Udonna: This is not a fairy tale. What I tell you is what happened.
Nick: *scoffs* Guys.
Vida: Hey! Let's hear what she has to say. We can always leave after that.
Udonna: The Xenotome. The Book of the Unknown. In it, is everything we do not know.
Madison: What kind of language is that? I've never seen it before.
Udonnna: It is the language of the ancients. You will soon learn it. It says, that when evil rises again, five mystical warriors from the human realm will step forward. You are those warriors. You… are the POWER RANGERS.
Chip: Nice!
Xander: *raises his hand* Uh, excuse me. There must be some mistake. How are we gunna defeat pure evil? Our high school hasn't even won a football game in like, six years.
Udonna: These are your magic wands. Never go anywhere without them.
Clare: Udonna! Oh! Hello. Nice to meet you.
Clare: Uh, excuse me. Udonna!
Udonna: You must stay here until I return. Do not go into the woods by yourselves.
Clare: I wish I could do that; I practice and I practice, but, tch, nothing!
Clare: Oh, um, hello, again. Um, I'm Clare, sorceress in training here at Rootcore.
Nick: Okay. That's it. I'm out of here.
Clare: No! You can't go.
Nick: No?
Clare: Udonna said you had to stay here until she returned.
Madison: We all better go.
Clare: Oh, this is not good. Oh I know! I will conjure a spell that will freeze you where you stand until Udonna gets back.
Clare: Corum Oviat Ditrum!
Clare is enveloped in light, only to be replaced by a sheep. All five teens jump backwards in shock, and Nick throws his hands up in denial, practically tossing his magic wand back onto the Xenotome, and running away from Sheep!Clare. The other teens follow his lead.
Clare: Oh boy, is Udonna gunna be mad at me.
Nick: C'mon.
Vida: Look.
Xander: Who're they?
Udonna: I should have known you wouldn't stay at Rootcore.
Madison: What happened here?
Udonna: Woodland Village was destroyed. Tomorrow it will be another village. The darkness destroys everything within their path, until they find what they want.
Chip: What're they looking for?
Udonna: Me. And then they will go after you.
Nick: Hold on just a sec. I never agreed to be part of this.
Elf Leader: It is them! It is them! The protectors are here. Hail, the Mystic Force.
Villagers: Hail!
Xander: I always wondered what it would be like to be worshipped.
Xander: Its not so bad.
Xander: Okay, that's bad!
Udonna: Take out your wands!
Chip: Uh, we kinda left them back at the tree.
Udonna: Alright, stand back. You leave me no choice.
Udonna: Magical Source, Mystic Force!
Udonna: Flurry of snow! White Mystic Ranger.
Vida: Now that's cool.
Udonna: Fire!
The blast has no affect upon the ogre, who tries to smash Udonna with his fist. Udonna flips backwards out of the way. The Hidiacs, meanwhile, sneak up on the teens.
Nick: Guys… we have company.
Chip: Well, as I see it, we have two choices. We can surrender and be destroyed–
Madison: Or fight?
Nick: We fight.
Xander: Whoanononono. There's a third option: plan Xander. I'll just reason with 'em.
Xander: Hi. I'm Xander. We're not really from these parts, hey, so if its okay with you, we'll just be heading off in another–
Xander: Guess we fight.
A Hidiac shoots energy at them, resulting in a big explosion. The teens go flying. While they are on the ground, the Hidiacs advance, ready to rip them to shreds.
Vida kicks a Hidiac in the chest, is flipped backwards, then trips backwards. She lands on her butt, then kicks a chair at some Hidiacs.
Nick rolls around, avoiding Hidiacs, while Xander fends off a few with a chair before being flipped on his back. Chip is dragged by his feet down a line of Hidiacs trying to hit him with swords, then is tossed over the remains of a hut. Madison is flipped to the ground, while Vida is pushed into a wall. The ogre finally manages to hit Udonna with its fist, sending her flying. She rolls to a stop, then stands up.
Udonna: Just remember: to use magic, all you need to do is believe in magic!
Everyone gets flung around in various ways. Nick is swung around by his foot, Xander is catapulted by a cart, Chip tries to climb a tree, Maddie gets kicked into a wall, and Vida is flung into trash.
Chip: What'd she say? To use magic, all I need to do is believe? Well I do! I believe in magic!!
Chip: It works? Guys! The magic really works! Just believe!
Xander: I believe! I believe in magic!
Madison: I believe in magic!
Vida: I believe. I believe!
Vida: Whoa! I'm a tornado? And I'm pink?!
Vida: I like! Well… all except the color.
Udonna: Snow Staff!
Udonna: You're iced.
Udonna: No…
Nick: Okay. I guess I believe too.
Udonna: Power down.
Udonna: Well, well. Very nice. You truly are the ones. Are you up to the task? Are you now ready to accept your legacy?
Chip: Oh yea! *holds up fist* Bring it on.
Vida: I'm in. I kicked some serious evil back there.
Madison: This is so unlike me, but I'm–I'm sticking with my sister.
Xander: Someone's gotta look after these guys, right?
Nick: Me? No way. I'm oughtta here.
Udonna: Are you sure this is what you choose?
Nick: *despondently* Look, the “I believe in magic” thing? It didn't work for me.
Madison: *hopefully* Try believing again; maybe it didn't catch on the first time.
Udonna: *shakes head* He is a non-believer. I can do nothing for him. Clare will see you out of the woods safely. Clare!
Clare: Here I am!
Udonna: Oh, my dear child. When will you get your spells right? See him safe passage out of the woods.
Clare: Yes, Udonna.
Clare: Follow me.
Koragg: You may have defeated my Hidiacs, but you'll not defeat me. Wolf Attack!
Koragg: It is the end for you.