//------------------------------// // Prologue: The Concept Of Discipline // Story: She Talks To Gold // by TheSuperTransformerFan //------------------------------// It was a nice day outside at Coral Harbor park. The rangers were playing some football catch together, and it looked like the day couldn't get any better, as they threw the ball to each other and were having a great time. Ravi threw it to Nate, who then threw it to Devon, then Ben, then Zoey, and then, Steel, as he caught the ball triumphantly. "And, touchdown!" The Beast Bot said, as they cheered. "Right? That's how it works?" The rangers were about to enjoy another game. Things were going well. Well, except for Fluttershy, who was already at the park, trying to get some of the geese to practice the choreography for Twilight's coronation in Canterlot. So far, it wasn't going well for her. "Eloise, Hubert, we've barely practiced for the coronation at all today." She tried to reason with them. "How can you be tired already?" The geese just squawked in frustration, as they wanted their food. Fluttershy luckily got out a bowl of greens for them to happily munch on. She arrived to one of the doves. "Any luck with the rest of the flock, Josephine?" She kindly asked. The dove just pointed up to the other doves, who were just flying frantically, as it flew up. Fluttershy was already getting worried about her animal friends, that she wouldn't get anything done in time. "Hi, Fluttershy." Zoey said as the pegasus turned to see her. She yelped, as she fell on her behind. "Oh, Zoey you scared me." she said, shaking nervously. "Oh, sorry." Zoey said, quickly. "Did you still want me to see the rehearsal?" "I do, but I don't know what's gotten into everyone. Getting them to practice has been a real challenge. And the choreography for the coronation is very specific." Fluttershy said worriedly, as they dodged to dove herd briefly. "I hope we have enough time to get it all down." "I'm sure that whatever you have planned, there's no one better for the job than you." Zoey said, confidently. "I hope so. At least things have been better with you guys fighting the Storm King ever since you got the Green Ranger in your side. And, Angel seems to have a handle on the butterflies and hummingbirds." The kind pegasus said, as her pet bunny, Angel was holding up a flower. But, he ducked behind her as the butterflies went right for him. "Or maybe not." Fluttershy said sadly. "I'm already nervous about the performance, and this isn't helping." She sighed in defeat. "I just don't understand why no one will listen." "Do you think the animals might be picking up on your stage fright?" Zoey asked her. "I remember how much of an issue that's been for you." "I guess that might be why none of the animals are responding to me." Fluttershy said in realization. "I hoped having you here might inspire them, but that doesn't seem to be the case." The doves flew over them briefly again, as they dodged them again. "I know I should get tough with them, but it's just so hard." As she was talking to her friend, a little girl was enjoying a sandwich on the bench with her father, as they saw the game the teens were playing. She unwrapped the sandwich, thew the wrapping on the ground. The father noticed her doing that and frowned slightly. "What do you think you're doing, young lady?" He asked, calm but strict. Fluttershy took notice and saw the father scold his daughter. "Like that." She said, as she pointed to what she saw unfold. Unbeknownst to her, Steel was watching the same thing too. "You can't just toss your trash on the ground." The father continued to say to her. "I want you to pick up 3 extra pieces of trash. Right now. Go on." "Aw, Dad." The girl said, as she put her sandwich down to do the chore her father told her to. As she did that, Steel was a little confused about all this. "Wow." Steel said, as Fluttershy and the others took notice. "That's one mean father, punishing the poor kid." "Not at all." Nate said, trying to help him understand. "He's just teaching her a lesson so that next time, she won't litter." "So...it's a good thing?" The bot asked confused. "It's called 'Discipline.'" Ravi said to him. "It's basically the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience." Ben added, as Ravi nodded. "Been there, done that." Devon said in agreement. "When I acted up, my parents punished me by making me pull weeds in the yard. It straightened me up fast." They then started to get back to their game...except for Fluttershy that is, as she wanted to further explain this new concept to him. "Steel, discipline isn't a bad thing." She reasoned to him. "It can be good to teach many to learn about what to do next time. Nothing wrong about that." "So, people use punishment to teach each other lessons, Fluttershy?" Steel asked. "Of course." The kind pegasus said. "It helps people to make the right choice in the future, as to not repeat that mistake again." "Interesting..." Steel thought, intrigued about learning the concept of discipline more. Meanwhile in the Crystal dimension, Vaygoyle was busy getting his plan working on the Morph-X laptop, ready to construct his new plan, when Robo-Blaze, Robo-Roxy, & Grubber came in. Blaze was already carrying a pink paper bag. "Vargoyle!" Robo-Blaze said, as the robot turned to face them enter. "Well, it's about time!" The metal dreadlock robot said in glee and seriousness. "I've been waiting all day! Did you get what I need?" "Yeah, we got it." Robo-Roxy said as Robo-Blaze opened the bag, and handed the puppet to him. "Your precious puppet." Grubber managed to snicker as he saw the color of the bag. "Shut up! It's not that funny!" The Amber-suited robot said to him seriously, which made him stop snickering. At that moment, The Storm King and his lieutenant, Tempest Shadow came in as well. "Get to work!" The Storm King ordered. "At once, your Storminess!" Vargoyle said, as he got out a creation key ready. "Remember...our target is the Gold Ranger." Tempest said to him. "We can't afford any mistakes." She snarled under her breath, "Not since that new Green Ranger interfered." The robot plugged the key into the puppet, making it transform into a Manta Ray-like blue and red-colored Robotron with a black and white puppet. He jumped before the new legion. "Controlatron is ready to get this puppet show going!" He introduced himself. "Who do I get to play with?" "Ah, that's easy." Grubber said to him. "Your target is at Grid Battleforce!" "I was going to say that." Tempest snarled under her breath, as Grubber looked nervous at her. "Sorry." He confessed. "No matter." Tempest said, as she turned to them. "Blaze! Roxy! Grubber! Take him!" She commanded. "Yes, Tempest!" Robo-Blaze said, as all three of them started to teleport. "The fun begins!" Controlatron said in glee, as they teleported away to get to Grid Battleforce. That destination was their next target, as the Gold Ranger was the next Prime target for their new plan.