//------------------------------// // The Dark Side of the Power Rangers // Story: Super Dream Team: A Power Ranger Christmas // by Lawton //------------------------------// The Mane 6 kept on running trying to escape the Gigadrones and Vivazords. But, They are too big and too fast for them. They blasted the ponies and dragon with their green fire breath. Because Twilight and Spike are the furthest form the center of the explosion, The shockwave separated them form their friends. “No! Starlight!” Gasped Twilight as she got up. “Twilight!” Cried Starlight as she tried to get up. Suddenly, Ashuradas showed up behind them and opened the stone book in his hands and revealed a shocking and dark discovery. The Dark Energem! “Is that….” Gasped Spike “The Dark Energem!” Gasped the alicorn princess. “But, I thought the Dino Charge Rangers destroyed it!” “Starlight Glimmer, My Master once told me you were evil many years ago.” Said Ashuradas. “Enraged by foolishly blaming cutie marks for the reason you lost your brother that day you were young. And thanks to this pathetic princess, You were a fool to join her. Now, You along with your friends will return to the Dark Side and join ME!!!” “Oh no! Starlight, Get away!” Shouted Twilight. Starlight, Sunset, and Cozy Glow were too injured to move an inch. Deboss levitated the Dark Energem closer and closer to Starlight. “Stay away from him before it’s too late!” Cried Spike. But, It was too late to get away. The Dark Energem touched Starlight’s horn and it’s energy began to spread on Sunset and Delta. “NO!” Cried Twilight and Spike. Starlight, Sunset, and Cozy’s eyes turned red and black scars showed up all over their bodies. “And there’s more than just red eyes and scars!” Shouted Ashuradas as he installed 3 Dark Sentai Gears into his Dark Geartaliner and cranked it up before shooting it’s power onto the possessed ponies. 17 Bang! 29 Bang! 25 Bang! Starlight morphed into the Red Squadron Ranger, Sunset morphed into the Red Mystic Ranger, and Cozy Glow morphed into the Red Wild Force Ranger. But, the suits were black with dark purple visors. DAIRANGER! MAGIRANGER! GAORANGER! “What the heck!?” Gasped Spike. “Wild Force, Mystic Force, and Time Force.” Said Twilight in shock. “What have you done to them!?” “You see…...” Explained Ashuradas. “Not only did I turn them against you, I also released combined the Power of these Dark Sentai Gears with the Dark Energem’s power in your friends, turning them into our own Power Rangers. The Dark Rangers!” Then, Twilight remembered the Dark Rangers that attacked them before in the castle. “You mean….. You turned more of our friends into Dark Rangers!?” She realized in shock. “Yes.” Said Ashuradas as the first 10 Dark Rangers showed up. “Your little Wizard, Cutie Mark trio, and small students belong to me, Now!” BATTLE FEVER! “Trixie.” Gasped Twilight. SUN VULCAN! “Applebloom.” Gasped Applejack. JETMAN! “Scootaloo!?” Gasped Rainbow Dash. FLASHMAN! “Sweetie Belle!” Gasped Rarity. TURBORANGER! “Sandbar.” Gasped Twilight. CHANGEMAN! “Gallus.” LIVEMAN! “Silverstream.” BIOMAN! “Ocellus.” DYNAMAN! “Smolder.” FIVEMAN! “Yona.” “And soon, You’ll all be joining us!” Replied Void Knight. “Starlight, Sunset, Cozy, Snap out of it, Man!” Shouted Rainbow Dash. “It’s no use!” Said Applejack. “I think I fear the Dark Energem is blocking their friendship inside from reaching us!” Rarity realized. “You know what they say.” Said Ashuradas. “If you can’t beat them, Join them!” He installed two more gears into his Morpher and cranked it up. 26 Bang! 31 Bang! “Run for it!” Cried Rainbow Dash as she and Fluttershy tried to escape by flying. “You can’t run!” Shouted Ashuradas as he fired the gears and they hit Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy before sending them crashing to the ground. “Rainbow!” Cried Applejack. “Fluttershy!” Cried Pinkie Pie as Rainbow Dash turned into the Ninja Storm Red Ranger and Fluttershy turned into the Jungle Fury Red Ranger. HURRICANGER! GEKIRANGER! “Ninja Storm! Jungle Fury!” Gasped Rarity. “Now, It’s your turn!” Shouted Ashuradas as he installed three more gears and started to crank. “Let’s get out of here!” Cried Twilight as she and the others started to escape the drill monster “Too late!” He roared as he fired on Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie. 21 Bang! 22 Bang! 28 Bang! “NO!!!” Cried Spike. The three ponies transformed into the dark red rangers from In Space, Lost Galaxy, and S.P.D! MEGARANGER! GINGAMAN! DEKARANGER! “We’ve run out of friends!” Gasped the little dragon. “Don’t worry.” Said Ashuradas. “You’ll be joining them soon enough.” Then, Stacaesar installed two more gears into his Morpher and energized. 24 Bang! 27 Bang! “Spike, Run!” Cried Twilight as she and Spike managed to get out of Ponyville as Stacaesar fired the Dark Gears. “Do not let them escape!” Demanded Ashuradas. Many Tronics charged in front of Twilight and Spike. They blocked their only way out of Ponyville! “Oh no!” Gasped Spike. “What do we do, Now!?” “We make our way out!” Said Twilight as she blasted half of the Tronics out of the way with her magic horn. Then, Spike burned the other half of soldiers with his dragon breath. Twilight Sparkle and Spike charged through the flames of the explosion before the dark gears shot through the flames. The duo made it through and managed to escape Ponyville and hide in the Everfree Forest. “Phew!” Panted Twilight. “That was a close one. We have to find a way to free all our friends against that new monsters. Are you with me, Spike?” But, She saw Spike one his knees. “Spike? Spike, What’s wrong with you? You’re my friends and friends help each other in situations like this.” The little dragon grew black scars on his body. He turned his head and his eyes turned red. “I am no ones friend.” Growled Spike in an Evil Voice as stone surrounded him and turned into Dino Thunder red before breaking out! ABARANGER! “Oh no! Not you, Too!” Gasped Twilight. “By the all powerful Ashuradas, You shall become one of us. And if you refuse, Then I’ll do it by force!” Growled Spike as held the other Dark Gear in his hand. He tried to get it to Twilight. But, She created a force field blocking Spike from getting to her. “Spike, You have to snap out of it! You’re not a Dark Ranger! You don’t know what you’re doing!” Cried Twilight. “I know what I’m doing.” Said Spike as he summoned a dark version of the Tyranno Staff. “Making you a serve to the true ruler of the multiverse! BEHOLD, THE POWER OF THE MASTER!” With one smash from the staff, He broke through the force field before punching the Dark Gear into Twilight’s chest. She felt the Darkness flowing through her body and started to cover her rear hooves in stone which began the Dark Ranger transformation on Twilight. “No!” Cried Twilight as the stone covered her torso. And then, Her front hooves. “SPIKE, STOP IT!” The stone started covering her head and wings. “NOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!” The stone shattered revealing Twilight turned into the Dark Version of the Red Ranger of Time Force. TIMERANGER! “Yes!” Roared Spike delighted. “Now with you on our side, We’ll help Ashuradas conquer Equestria and rule the Morphin Grid! Dark Rangers will be the only Rangers!” Just then, Spike felt a punch on his back and it knocked him down. “What!?” Spike got up and saw that it was Twilight the Dark Time Force Red. “But, How!?” “Dark Rangers will never take over the Morphin Grid!” Shouted Twilight as he threw another punch on Spike. “The Magic of Friendship will always overcome Darkness! And in case you forgot, I used Dark Magic years ago without turning against my friends! RED BATTLE WARRIOR!” She turned into a dark version of Time Force Red Battle Warrior. “But, Not all evil is always the way it is! Friendship still burn within those who believe!” “If you won’t join us, Then, I’ll have to destroy you!” Roared Spike. “SUPER FIRE POWER!” He transformed into a Dark version of the Triassic Battlizer. “Bring it on!” Shouted Twilight as she jumped up and slashed down on Spike. But, He blocked the sword with his staff and pushed Twilight back. She started to charge up again. “Let’s see how you like a taste of your masters own dark medicine! IGNITE!” She ignited the flames on her sword to full Blaze and sent a powerful slash to her friend. “BATTLE BLAST!” Growled Spike as he fired his cannons. The two beams collided and a huge explosion came up. Twilight and Spike yelled and charged right at each other through the flames of the explosion, delivering a devastating punch right in the chests. Just then, The Dark Gears on both of them shattered like glass and the two fell to the ground. The darkness in Spike was gone. When Twilight woke up, He saw Spike. “Spike!” Gasped Twilight. “Are you ok?” “Y-Yeah.” Said Spike as he got up. But, He froze for a moment. “What? What is it, Spike?” Twilight asked. She looked at her front hooves and gasped. They have became human arms. “Wha-What’s happened to my hooves!?” She looked down and saw naked breasts on her body. Her entire pony body has became human! Except the head, wings, and tail. Twilight screamed as she covered her breasts with her arms. “Whoops!” Gasped Spike. “Sorry, Twilight!” It was then he saw himself as a half human, Too. “Whooo! Very handsome if I say so myself.” “Not as handsome as being naked!” Said Twilight super embarrassed. She then spotted an old piece of cloth stuck in the trees. She got it down and ripped it into smaller pieces of cloth and covered her breasts and bottom waist. Spike did the same to his bottom waist. “Phew! That’s better.” “Ok. So, Now what do we do?” Spike asked. Twilight then noticed a little talk and peeked out of the forest. There, She saw Ashuradas talking to someone through cybernetic radio. “What is he up to?” Twilight asked herself. “You must go to the Beast Morphers world and infiltrate Grid Battleforce.” Said the voice through the radio. “Yes, Ryjack.” Said Ashuradas. “Everything is going according to plan. The entire multiverse suspects nothing. Soon, The Powers of the Death Sentai Gears will spread from universe to universe until the entire multiverse will bow down to our power!” “Good.” Said Ryjack. “Now, Go!” Ashuradas charged into the Everfree Forest. Twilight and Spike heard him coming and hid behind some bushes as they pasted. “Ryjack? Is he that drill heads boss?” Spike wondered. “Whatever those things are They’re really bad.” “Then, We have to make sure they never get their claws on them.” Said Twilight. “We have to get to Grid Battleforce before that drill guy does and warn our Power Ranger friends.” “Got it!” Said Spike rather loudly. “Sssssshhhh!” Shushed Twilight. “Sorry.” Said Spike. “Let’s go.” And so, The two brave heroes began to follow Ashuradas trying to find what they’re looking for and destroy him to make sure they never fall in the wrong hands.