“So, talk to me,” Pinkie Pie said, “You and Rainbow Dash, what's up there?”

“What do you mean what's up?” Fluttershy asked with a raised eyebrow. Applejack poked her head out of the kitchen.

“I think she's tryin to imply that y'all two are more than jus' friends,” Applejack said playfully.

“Of course they're more than just friends,” Pinkie Pie teased getting behind Fluttershy and rubbing her arms with a suggestive smile, “They're best friends, right?” she raised her eyebrows up and down, causing Fluttershy to squeal and rush to the couch and sit down.

“It's not like that!” Fluttershy stated immediately with a deep blush, “Rainbow Dash and I are just really close.”

“Yes, I'm sure we could all see that,” Rarity said walking downstairs, everyone save for Applejack turning to her in surprise, “Twilight's on her way. Her Dad's driving her. I saw her on the way here."

“Thanks Rarity,” Applejack said, completely unfazed by Rarity being there suddenly.

“What, were you always here or something?” Pinkie Pie asked with a raised eyebrow.

“I bet you'd like that,” Rarity said playfully walking over to the couch and sitting down, “But no, I just got here. I just jumped in from Applejack's window.”

“And… Applejack is okay with that?” Fluttershy asked.

“She's been doin that for weeks now,” Applejack said, bringing two big bowls in with her, one full of potato chips, and the other with popcorn, “But seriously, 'Shy, forgive us for thinkin there's more to yer friendship with Dash, considerin' how yer always holdin onto each other.”

Fluttershy blushed looking down, “Well, I'm just happy is all. That and, maybe a little afraid she'll disappear again.”

Any teasing faces vanished immediately, replaced by looks of understanding.

“Right, that's, still a thing sadly,” Applejack rubbed the back of her neck.

“Has she told you anything about where she was all this time?” Rarity asked Fluttershy, who shook her head sadly.

“No, nothing. Only that she's happy to be back. Any time I try to bring it up, she always changes the subject.”

“She must have had a rough time,” Pinkie Pie pointed out sitting on a nearby chair, “She seemed sort of out of it today. Oh, speaking of, did you guys notice how great she looked today?”

“I did!” Rarity gasped, “I actually found myself getting a little jealous of all the attention she was getting.”

“She did look really amazing today,” Fluttershy admitted with a soft smile, “But… something about her seemed really tense at school.”

Applejack frowned to herself thinking. Was it possible that she found that? She didn't have a reference to compare her to, sadly, but she was almost certain that Rainbow Dash didn't look like that yesterday.

DING DONG

“Let's get Twilight in on this too,” Applejack said rising up to answer the door, surprised to see Twilight and her father standing together, the latter carrying three boxes of Pizza Hut pizza, and Twilight herself carrying a bag with two bottles of soda in them.

“Hey Applejack!” Twilight chirped, “Hope you don't mind me bringing refreshments.”

“I'm supposed to be mad that ya brought pizza? I'm more angry I didn't think of it myself,” Applejack joked taking the pizza from her father, “I got it from here, sir,” she said, eager to shoo him away so they could get back to their increasingly Ranger related conversation.

“Thank you, Applejack,” he turned to Twilight, “Have fun with your friends, Twilight.”

“Thanks Daddy,” Twilight hugged her father, “I love you.”

“I love you too,” Twilight's dad said returning the hug. He then waved to the rest of Twilight's friends and left out the house, clear reluctance in his movements.

“He seems nice, if a bit overprotective,” Rarity said.

“Daddy's been raising me all by himself since Mommy died,” Twilight said sitting down on the couch next to Fluttershy and Rarity, “I guess he's just surprised by me suddenly being more social. So, what were you guys talking about before I came?”

“We were talking about Rainbow Dash and how she looked super hot today. Also we're discussing the heavy lesbian undertones of her and Fluttershy's relationship.” Pinkie Pie stated in a matter of fact manner.

“Pinkie Pie…” Fluttershy groaned hiding behind her hair.

“Rainbow Dash?” Twilight frowned a bit, “That makes things easier for me.”

“Why? Did ya run into Dash?” Applejack asked walking back into the living room.

Twilight nodded, “First though I have to tell you all something,” she looked around briefly to ensure no one was close by, “I saw putties today.”

“What?!” Rarity exclaimed, mirroring everyone's shock.

“Oh no, not again,” Fluttershy whimpered.

“They looked weird though,” Twilight continued, “They had these green stones all through them, and they were both stronger and smarter. I almost didn't make it out of there.”

“How did you?” Pinkie Pie asked, not even trying to be jovial.

“That's the strange thing;” Twilight looked down unsure, “Rainbow Dash showed up and helped me.”

“Rainbow Dash fought the putties?” Fluttershy asked, visibly taken aback.

“She did, but something was wrong. She sounded possessed by something, and she was oddly violent. She was smiling the entire fight,” Twilight said.

Applejack pressed a finger to her lips in deep thought, “Fluttershy, was Dash a violent kid growin’ up?”

“If it came to me, yes,” Fluttershy said, “Rainbow Dash was always super protective of me, and sometimes she did seem to enjoy herself while she fought.”

“Maybe it's something similar,” Rarity pointed out, “No offense darling, but you do give off the air of someone who needs protecting.”

“None taken,” Twilight shook her head, “But I don't think this was her wanting to protect me. She saw my lance.”

“As in, yer Ranger lance?” Applejack asked warily. Twilight nodded slowly in shame.

“I'm sorry Applejack. She came in the middle of the fight, and I didn't have time to put it away. She didn't ask about it though. Actually,” Twilight frowned, thinking back to that odd meeting, “It seemed like she didn't even remember the fight.”

“She blacked out before the fight?” Pinkie Pie asked, “That… sounds bad.”

“Yes it does,” Fluttershy agreed, “I hope Rainbow Dash is alright.”

“What I wanna know is,” Applejack opened one of the boxes of pizza and took a slice while she spoke, “Why were putties walkin' around?”

“You don't think it's Luna again, do you?” Fluttershy asked worriedly.

“She said she wasn't going to fight us anymore,” Pinkie Pie said eating a slice of sausage pizza.

“Also, Celestia would have told us somehow,” Rarity said, taking a slice of pepperoni pizza, “Those green gems though. Girls, do you think they might be looking for the Green Power Coin?”

“If so, we need to find it, fast,” Applejack said, “I do not want whoever is controllin' the putties to get their hands on the Power Coin.”

“I know we were all looking forward to tonight,” Fluttershy said quickly finishing her slice of cheese pizza, “but maybe we should go warn Celestia and Spike about this.”

“Yeah, I agree,” Pinkie Pie added, “Let's move our party to Celestia's place.”

“If that's the plan, I suggest we use these,” Twilight opened up her backpack and pulled out four more of the watches that she wore.

“These are the communicators you were working on?” Pinkie Pie asked as all four girls each picked up one.

“Yep. By using the Morphing Grid, these can not only allow us to communicate with each other, but they'll also transport us to the source of the Morphing Grid on this planet,” Twilight explained, “I also plan on connecting these to the Spell Matrix in the Command Chamber, which will allow Celestia to contact us and transport us anywhere she needs us.”

“Allowin us to be way more efficient,” Applejack smiled at Twilight, “Great job, Twilight.”

Twilight preened at the compliment, smiling bashfully.

All five of them put on the new watches, packed up the food, and then ran out into the main field of Applejack's farm. There, the girls all pushed the button that Twilight specified, and were all engulfed in bright lights of different colors, which then shot straight up into the sky.

A few seconds to a minute later, the five lights landed in the middle of the throne room, once again materializing into Applejack and her friends.

“That… was so much more convenient,” Rarity said looking around.

“I'm totally using that to come here from now on!” Pinkie Pie said excitedly.

“That's the idea,” Twilight said, “These are far more secure than just us walking here, and once I'm finished, we'll be able to use similar methods to get around all over Ponyville if not the world.”

“That'll all come later though,” Applejack said stepping forward, “Let's go see our leader.”

Applejack placed a hand on the side of the throne, which glowed and moved to the side, revealing a long staircase. The Rangers all walked downstairs, arriving in the large white and golden room that was the Command Chamber, their own personal name for this base.

“Oh good, you came just in time,” Spike said walking out of a side room, “Celestia was telling me I needed to try and retrieve you.”

“Twilight made something that we can use to quick jump here,” Applejack said, “We actually came to tell y'all somethin as well.”

I imagine we're all here to discuss the same thing then.

play song

Celestia's voice echoed through the room. A second later, Celestia materialized before them in a bright golden light, “The Power Rangers are needed once again.”

“I already got attacked by a group of Putties,” Twilight said, “Oooh! Before that, I finished the transport system you wanted me to make along with the communicators!”

Celestia clapped her hands happily, “Oh wonderful, Twilight! I knew I could count on you! Spike, could you assist Twilight with connecting to our Spell Matrix while I update the other Rangers on their mission?”

“Sure thing,” Spike said, “We'll still be close by, so you can hear what they're saying, Twilight.”

Twilight nodded happily and skipped over to Spike, pulling out her laptop and consulting with him on something only they understood apparently.

“You said mission,” Rarity said, “What do you need for us to do?”

“As Twilight already found out, putties have been seen walking through the forest,” Celestia explained floating around the girls as if pacing, “They appeared sometime last night, and since have been seen walking around searching for something.”

“I bet they're looking for the Green Power Coin,” Pinkie Pie suggested, “Those green gems on them seem suspicious to me.”

“But why now?” Fluttershy asked thoughtfully, “Why didn't the putties show up earlier to search for it?”

“You see it too,” Celestia said gravely, “Something has changed. I have reason to believe that someone has already found the Power Coin.”

“That's not good at all!” Rarity cried, “It's still corrupted, right? What would happen to someone if they got a hold of it?”

“Nothing good, I'll tell you that,” Spike said, he and Twilight walking up to the group now, “The Power Coin's been bathed in darkness for millenniums, but Luna had adjusted herself to the corruption over time. If a regular civilian got it like you all found yours, the results could be catastrophic.”

“We've found a particular clearing in the forest that the putties seem the most attracted to,” Celestia continued, “We'll be sending the five of you there to investigate and see what you can find there,” she turned to Twilight and Spike, “I take it everything is ready?”

Twilight nodded happily, “Everything is set up, Celestia. For now, you can transport us anywhere within the forest or Ponyville. You can also use this to keep in contact with us, so if anything happens; you'll be able to warn us quickly.

Celestia smiled and hugged Twilight, “Thank you so much, Twilight. This makes things a lot easier for both Spike and myself.”

“I'm happy that I could help, Celestia,” Twilight said returning the hug. It was almost like seeing a mother and daughter together. Considering how Twilight's biological mother was dead, that might have been the case.

Applejack wondered if Celestia had any descendants.

“We should depart immediately,” Rarity said, “Just in case someone did find that Power Coin.”

“Agreed,” Applejack said, “Everyone, let's get into position.”

play song

All four girls nodded and stepped up to the pedestals in the center of the room, each choosing the one of their respective color: Red for Applejack, Yellow for Fluttershy, Blue for Twilight, Pink for Pinkie Pie, and Black for Rarity. Applejack looked around at her team, smirked, and then stepped onto the middle of her pedestal.

“It's Morphin' Time,” Applejack stated. All five of them closed their eyes as the energy swirled around them. Unlike the first time they did it, they were all confident that the armor would appear fully.

Sure enough, all five of them felt their clothes become lighter and then vanish. Almost immediately, alien body armor appeared on all of them, completely covering their bodies. Finally, on each girl appeared a helmet with black visor over the eyes and silver mouth piece shaped like a woman's lips.

"I'll use Twilight's new transport system to send you," Spike said at the control panel behind them, "

Once fully morphed, they were all engulfed in the light of their respective color and then teleported straight out of the Command Chamber. The Power Rangers were back in action.

The atmosphere was intense. The crowd was loud. And everyone was chanting Soarin's name. This was what Rainbow Dash needed to take her mind off of how strange things were today. Except as she sat in the front row, she found herself unable to really concentrate on Soarin's match. Not when she couldn't remember a small chunk of her night.

She was walking through the Everfree Forest, and then she felt a sharp pain in her head, and then the next thing she remembers, she's standing in front of Fluttershy's friend Twilight. She claimed that she just blacked out, but something about that felt off. Only made worse with her vaguely remembering she was moving around a lot.

“Was I… fighting someone…?” Rainbow Dash said thoughtfully. She looked up briefly, seeing Soarin throw his finishing move, which was a one two uppercut punch combo. All three blows impacted with his opponent's face and jaw, and he went down for the count.

After checking to see if his opponent was out cold, the referee held up Soarin's fist and presented him to the crowd. Everyone cheered loudly, but Rainbow Dash shook her head and stood up clapping for Soarin a second later than everyone, as she wasn't fully paying attention.

Soarin smiled at her, and she blew him a kiss in return. She then flinched back a bit as she felt another sharp pain in her head. She grimaced in pain and then quickly pushed through the crowd out of the arena, making her way outside.

Once alone, she leaned against a wall breathing heavily. Something was definitely wrong. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the Green Power Coin, which was flashing a green light on and off.

“What… the hell…?” Rainbow Dash asked slowly.

“Rainbow Dash!” Soarin called out, running outside looking around for her, “There you are. Are you okay?” he asked running up to her.

“I don't know,” Rainbow Dash said once again holding her head, “I still feel a bit funny, and the gem won't stop flashing.” she held it up to Soarin.

“What in the world…” Soarin asked, looking at it now concerned, “Okay, you need to get away from that thing for a bit. I'll tell the manager to postpone my next match so I can drive you home.”

Rainbow Dash shook her head; “No Soarin, I'll be fine,” Rainbow Dash said with a smile, “You stay here. I can make it home on my own. I might go see what Fluttershy's doing right now.”

“Are you sure…?” Soarin asked with a raised eyebrow. Rainbow Dash laughed playfully and started pushing him back toward the arena.

“Yes I'm sure. I don't need you to protect me 24/7, Soarin,” she laughed.

“Okay, okay, I'll let you go,” Soarin laughed and turned to Rainbow Dash, holding her close, “Stay safe, Rainbow Dash.”

“I will, Soarin,” Rainbow Dash said, pulling Soarin in to kiss him softly on the lips, “I love you.”

“I love you too,” Soarin said caressing Rainbow Dash's cheek. He reluctantly pulled away and walked back inside, leaving Rainbow Dash feeling cold and alone, not just because of the cool night air.

She sighed and began walking back toward her and Soarin's place, pulling out her cellphone and trying to give Fluttershy a call. Oddly though, he got her answering machine almost immediately.

“Fluttershy doesn't strike me as the type to turn off her phone,” Rainbow Dash muttered to herself, “Maybe it died or somethi-” she screamed holding her head in pain. It hurt so much this time that she fell to her knees, “W-what's happening to me…?!” Green flames grew around her, and she felt that same invasion in her head appear again. This time she could tell. Something was possessing her. She tried to stop it, but its force became too much. She screamed at the top of her lungs as her entire body was engulfed in the green flame.

The Power Rangers appeared in another part of the forest, this one being deeper in apparently. The trees were thicker in this spot, and assuming any of them could reach their phones, it was almost certain that they'd have no service.

Still fully armored, the five of them slowly walked around, keeping an eye for anything that stood out. Twilight had two fingers pressed to the side of her head and two lights shined out of the top of her helmet as she looked around.

“Anyone see anythin' unusual?” Applejack asked, her voice slightly distorted from her helmet.

“This section is a lot more quiet than the rest of the forest,” Rarity said, noticing the lack of birds or crickets, “Fluttershy, is that normal?”

“Not even,” Fluttershy shook her head, “The life in the forest would only silence itself if something was very wrong.”

Twilight's eyes stopped at the base of a tree. Through her visor, she saw odd energy converging at that spot.

“Girls, the energy around here is really strong,” Twilight said, catching everyone's attention.

“Can ya tell what that energy is?” Applejack asked as the whole group gathered around Twilight.

“Give me a sec,” Twilight said, squinting her eyes behind her visor as she analyzed the energy patterns, “This is the same frequency as the Morphing Grid.”

“What does that mean?” Pinkie Pie asked nervously.

“Exactly what you're afraid of,” Twilight said lowering her hand and turning to Pinkie Pie, “The Green Power Coin was probably here, but then someone found it.”

Before anyone could say anything else about that, footsteps were heard around them. The Rangers all turned around and saw a group of putties walking toward them.

“I'm guessing they followed the signal too,” Rarity said pointing with a shaking hand.

“We're already morphed, so this should be a cinch,” Applejack said materializing her sword, “Let's go, Rangers!”

All of the Rangers materialized their weapons and charged at the putties. Although they were indeed stronger, just as Applejack said, it was much easier morphed.

This time, Twilight's attacks were far more aggressive, and with actual power behind them. With two Putties surrounding her, she fought them off with ease with her lance, slashing one in the stomach knocking it back and then kicking the other one in the chest stunning it. She then spun her lance above her and slashed downward, slicing the golem in half before it exploded. The second Putty then grabbed her from behind.

“Ah!” Twilight screamed. Fluttershy reacted immediately, running toward the Putty that held Twilight. She jumped up, flipping once, and then came down kicking it in the side, forcing it to release Twilight, “Thanks Fluttershy!” Twilight called out before continuing her assault on the putty.

Fluttershy did a spin kick to one behind her, “What are friends for?” she said. One Putty got brave and tried to tackle Fluttershy, but she grabbed it and wrestled it to the ground. She then got on top of it and slashed it in the chest with her daggers before elegantly flipping off it as it exploded.

Pinkie Pie fired at three Putties with her bow and arrows, knocking them briefly to the ground. She then turned around and ran toward a tree as two more chased her. The Pink Ranger then ran up the tree and kicked off it, jumping behind the golems and fired at their backs. As they exploded, she landed safely, but then had to use her bow to block an attack as another Putty tried to slam its fists down on Pinkie Pie.

“Um… a little help over here would be nice!” Pinkie Pie cried.

“Got it!” Applejack said. She turned to Twilight a bit away from her, who nodded to her. Both of them got their weapons ready and charged at the Putty, Applejack slashing with her sword and Twilight with her lance.

With that done, Pinkie Pie managed to get the opening she needed to push the Putty back. She then got on one knee and fired her arrows as fast as she could until it exploded.

“Yes! Go Team Ranger!” Pinkie Pie cheered. Applejack shook her head laughing to herself, and then ran over to Rarity's side. Currently the Black Ranger was fighting back four Putties with her ax, which wasn't surprising as they'd quickly learned Rarity was physically the strongest in her Ranger form.

Applejack flipped into the fight, landing back to back with Rarity, “Need a hand?” she asked.

“Please, I was saving them for you,” Rarity taunted, “I could have ended this myself at any time.”

“Sure ya could,” Applejack said. She and Rarity stayed close to one another as they fought the Putty's off, slashing them away and covering each other perfectly, Applejack's speed and Rarity's strength.

After a few more minutes of fighting, all of the Putties exploded, and the Rangers all gathered together.

“Freaking awesome!” Pinkie Pie cheered, “We've gotten so good at this!”

“At least now we know our training isn't going to waste,” Rarity said, “But that was weird, wasn't it?”

“Putties don't have minds of their own,” Twilight said, “They'd only attack us like that if they were ordered to do so ahead of time. Also, why were they even here to begin with?”

“Maybe they were drawn to the Green Power Coin's energy,” Fluttershy said, “and once they saw us, they reacted to the threat.”

Applejack folded her arms thinking about that, but stopped when she heard clapping.

“Not bad. Not bad at all, Power Rangers.”

play song

Everyone turned around, and their hearts leaped out of their chests. The person walking up to them was unknown, but they were wearing a familiar green and silver suit of body armor and matching helmet, but theirs had a sharp and fancy golden chest and shoulder guard with a white gem in the middle. Her helmet was of the same fashion as theirs, only it looked more shaped like a dragon.

“Here I was thinking of joining in to fight those guys too, but little did I know they were nothing but chumps,” her voice sounded sort of familiar, but due to both the natural distortion of her voice coming out of the helmet and her somewhat manic tone, it was hard to place who that was.

“Who are you?” Applejack asked, tightening her grip on her sword just in case things got ugly.

“My name's not important right now,” the Green Ranger said looking around at the Rangers, “I'm here for one reason.”

“And what's that?” Rarity asked slowly.

“Blood,” the Green Ranger said, materializing two weapons. One being a scary looking sword with a hilt shaped almost like a gun, and a funny looking dagger with an odd shaped hilt and buttons on the handle almost like a flute, “In particular, your blood.” to emphasize her point, the Green Ranger pointed her gun blade at the Rangers, and shot green lasers at all of them. All five girls screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

“W-what the…?” Pinkie Pie groaned rising to her knees, “What is this, a surprise Boss Battle or something?”

“Blood…?” Twilight asked looking at the newcomer closely. That sounded very familiar.

“So, you five took out those putties with ease,” the Green Ranger said, resting her sword/gun on her shoulder arrogantly, “You ready for a real fight?”

“I don't know who this is, but we gotta take her out and retrieve that Power Coin!” Applejack said as they all rose to their feet, “Let's go, Rangers!”

All five of them charged at the Green Ranger, who didn't even flinch or move. It was five on one, so this should have been easy for them. They managed to fight off Luna, right?

Surely they’d be able to fight off someone with even less experience than them.

Author's Notes:

I'll begin working on the next batch of these chapters as soon as this is posted, so I won't make you wait too long to see this fight. But seriously, tell me what you think of the Green With Evil arc? I'm trying to give it a different and more epic feel than the original.

Also, I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on Dash's character so far as a whole. This is a different take on Rainbow Dash, and I'm hoping that I'm doing her justice. There are a few references to Tommy with her character. I wonder if you can find them all.

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