Normal POV

The next morning, after breakfast, Traci walks outside. She still has Antonio's scarf on. Mike and the others look over at her.

"Traci, did Antonio give you that?" Mia asks.

"Yeah, he said it was a souvenir," Traci says.

"That's so romantic," Emily says.

"Yeah, I know," Traci says.

"Guys, we can get her to talk about her date later," Jayden says.

"It wasn't a date, so what are we going to do today?" Traci says.

"We are going to do some practice sparring," Jayden says.

"Are we going to spar with our spin swords or the bamboo ones?" Traci says.

"Our Spin Swords. I thought we could spar if you're up to it," Jayden says.

Traci nods. They morph and walk over to the platform. Ji could tell that Traci was nervous because her hands were shaking while holding her sword. He was about to tell her to relax. When he notices her tighten her grip suddenly and hears her let out a deep breath.

"How do we know when to start?" Traci asks.

"You can start now," Ji says.

Jayden charges in, and Traci begins to hum her favorite song to train by herself. Traci blocks his attack before counter-attacking by taking one step back before doing a downward strike of her own. Mentor Ji boasts about Jayden's skills.

"Traci is graceful with a sword, too," Mia says.

"Yeah, she is right up there with Jayden," Mike says.

Traci gets distracted hearing the others' compliments and forgets where she is in the song. She swings her sword to the left instead of the right. Jayden knocks Traci's sword away. She hears her sword make a clunking sound when it hits the platform. She stops humming and starts to get scared that the others will laugh at her for what just happened. The Rangers are confused as they watch Traci slowly walk back to the platform's edge. Ji has a good idea of why Traci is acting like this. They watch as she gets to the edge and falls back to the ground. Traci demorphs when she hits the gravel. Jayden sets his sword down and jogs over to her.

"Traci, are you okay?" Jayden asks as he holds out his hand.

"Yeah, I'm all right," Traci says.

Traci slaps his hand away before getting to her feet by herself. Then she takes out her morpher and draws a symbol to make her spin sword disappear. Jayden demorphs and is confused when he sees Traci turn her body towards the house.

"Traci, a real samurai, never runs from a fight," Kevin says.

"That's true, Kevin, but this isn't a fight. It's just practice," Traci says as she jogs into the house.

"I'll talk to her. Kevin, why don't you spar with Jayden," Ji says.

"Okay, mentor," Kevin says.

Jayden morphs again. Kevin does too, and they start sparring. In the woods, Metamot arrives and scares off the fellow hikers. At the house, Ji sees Traci practicing in the Dojo with her spin sword. He watches her do a few flips before the gap sensor goes off. The loud sound causes her to lose her train of thought again. Her dyslexia kicks in, and she swings her sword in the wrong direction and trips over her own two feet. She gets up and sees Ji standing in the doorway.

"Hi Ji," Traci says.

"Traci, what happened out there?" Ji asks.

"I got distracted when I heard everyone complimenting me. After making that mistake, I was afraid that the others would laugh at me." Traci says.

Traci saw the Rangers run into the room and decided to change the subject. She walks into the living room to activate the map.

"Where is the nighlok?" Emily asks.

"The forest right outside of town," Traci says.

"Let's go, team," Jayden says.

~ A Dyslexic Ranger~

The Rangers race to the scene to face off against Metamot, who summons the Tiger Zord. Red Ranger immediately recognizes the zord. The nighlok explains how he was able to save and tame the zord. Traci sees that Metamot will blast Kevin with his mind control beam.

"Kevin, look out," Traci shouts.

She runs over to him and pushes him out of the way. The blast hits her, and she feels the spell taking control. Under her helmet, Traci's dark blue eyes turn to a lighter shade of blue. A few seconds later, she drops to her knees. Kevin runs over to her.

"Traci, are you okay?" Kevin asks.

Traci leans back onto her elbows. She kicks him in the chest. Kevin rolls along the forest floor a few times before stopping in front of a tree. Traci walks over to Metamot. Mia sprints over to Kevin and helps him up.

"It looks like I have a new minion. I call her Silver. Now, destroy the Rangers." Metamot says.

Traci starts to attack the other Rangers.

"Traci, we're your friends," Mia says.

"Mia's right. You have to fight the nighlok's spell," Kevin says.

"I don't need friends. You have two choices, one fight and destroy me. Two, not fight and let the city you love to get overrun by the nighlok," Traci says.

Traci activates her hail storm symbol. The stones hit the team, except for Jayden. He uses his symbol power to melt the stone before it hits him. The others fly in different directions after trying to block them with their swords. Each ranger hit the tree closest to them. Jayden runs towards Metamot, who fires a blast at him. He uses Symbol Power to block the attack. Traci defeats the Rangers with her spin sword attack. Jayden turns around to see his team lying on the forest floor, demorphed. He runs over to them and retreats.

"I need to go back to the river to rehydrate. Sliver, wait here with the tiger zord." Metamot says.

"Yes, sir," Traci says.

At the Shiba House, Jayden and Mentor Ji plan their next move.

"There is one thing I don't understand," Mike says.

"What's that, Mike," Jayden says.

"If Traci said she doesn't need friends, why did she take that hit for Kevin?" Mike says.

"Maybe she is letting down her guard," Kevin says.

"Jayden, you may have no choice but to fight Traci," Ji says.

"I know Ji, but we need to break the Nighlok's spell on her before I do that," Jayden says.

~A Dyslexic Ranger~

Back with Traci and the tiger zord, she breaks free from the nighlok's spell. She demorphs and tries to call the team.

"Jayden, please pick up before the spell takes control again," Traci whispers.

A few seconds later, she hears Jayden's voice on the other end, "Traci, you need to come back to the house now so that Metamot can't use you as a pawn in his twisted game of chess." Jayden says.

"I can't, Jayden. What if I come back, and I hurt Ji while Y'all are out batting Metamot. I'm sorry, Jayden, but that is one risk I'm not willing to take to save the world." Traci says.

Jayden hears Traci's groans of pain as the spell takes control again. He is about to ask her where Metamot is going to attack next. Traci hangs up and morphs again before Metamot returns. Back at the house, Jayden put his morpher back in his pocket.

"Jayden, is she coming back so we can protect her?" Kevin asks.

"No, she didn't want to risk Ji's safety while she was still under the spell," Jayden says.

"She broke free to call you, didn't she?" Emily asks.

"Yes, but she was only able to remain in control for a few seconds," Jayden says.

~A Dyslexic Ranger~

At the quarry, Metamot watches proudly as his evil Silver Ranger attacks the workers. Still, Metamot didn't know that Traci broke free from the spell again long enough to apologize to the workers for her actions. The Gap Sensor alerts the Rangers to battle. Mentor Ji informs the Rangers that Jayden went without them. The Rangers decide that they must help Jayden. At the quarry, Jayden confronts Traci. The Rangers enter the scene. Jayden morphs into action. Metamot and the Rangers watch Traci and Jayden engage in a fierce fight.

The Rangers watch as their friends fight each other. Deker enters the scene and becomes the official commentator.

"It seems that the nighlok has underestimated the Silver Ranger's willpower," Deker says.

"How can you be so sure," Mia says.

"The Silver Warrior wants to show the nighlok how strong she is, but deep down, she knows what she is doing is wrong," Deker says.

"So she isn't just fighting Jayden. She is fighting herself, too," Kevin says.

"Exactly, but they both have a good stance. It's hard to tell when this battle will end," Deker says.

The Rangers watch as Traci does the same thing while sparring this morning.

"It looks like Traci heard the compliment," Emily says.

"It sure looks like it, Em," Mike says.

They watch Jayden activate the disk to attack Traci. The flames swirl around the blade, and he slices her right above her belly button. Traci starts to groan as the disk's power begins to work, helping to break free from the spell. Under her helmet, Traci's eyes return to their original color, and she begins feeling lightheaded before faints. The Rangers run over to her; Kevin puts her head on his lap. A minute later, she awakens to see her teammates.

"Hey, how did I get here?" Traci asks.

"We'll tell you later," Kevin says as he helps Traci up.

Jayden reveals his plan to Metamot. The Rangers morph into action except for Traci.

"Traci, we need you, morph already," Mike says.

"No, you don't, Mike. I've done enough," Traci says.

She goes to a safe spot and lets them handle the nighlok. Jayden summons the Lion Zord to take on the Tiger Zord. The Rangers face off against the Nighlok. After a brief battle, the Lion Zord defeats the Tiger Zord. Jayden leaps into the Tiger Zord and uses the Resist Disc to break the spell. The Rangers use the Quintuple Slash attack to defeat the Nighlok. Metamot grows into his large form. Tiger Zord fights quickly against Madimot. The Rangers form the Tiger Drill Megazord. Metamot uses his shield to block the new formation's attacks. Tiger Drill Megazord uses the drill attack to break the shield and destroy the Nighlok. Back at the Shiba House, the Rangers sit in the living room talking about their recent victory.

"Everyone, I'm sorry about what happened today," Traci says.

"Traci, it wasn't your fault," Emily says.

"Yes, it was. I should have come back here as Jayden told me to. Instead, I let that nighlok continue to control me, and you all got hurt because of me. I guess I'm not as strong as my mom after all." Traci says.

"Traci, don't say you're even stronger than your mom. You mastered a disk that she and your aunt couldn't." Kevin says.

"You were able to break free from nighlok's spell, too," Ji says.

"True, but I wasn't able to break free for very long before it took over again," Traci says.

"Metamot was the one who was playing games out there today," Jayden says.

"I know, and we were the pieces. Jayden, I raised my sword against you. I could have hurt you, and then we wouldn't have a leader." Traci says.

"Yes, and I had to raise mine against you," Jayden says.

"Traci, there may be another battle in the future where you may have to put the others at risk," Ji says.

"I know, but I should have trusted my instincts instead of my heart. I need to stop listening to my heart; all it does is get me into trouble." Traci says.

Traci gets out of her chair and runs out of the room. She runs down the hallway to her room, quietly closes the door behind her, and locks it.  After packing up her backpack and wearing it on her right shoulder,  she goes to her desk, sits down, and starts writing a letter.

Dear everyone,

I'm sorry, but I believe that the team would be better without me. You deserve a ranger who is a better fighter than me, has faster reflexes, grew up in a loving home with two parents who loved you, and someone who dedicated their whole lives to their training, not just a few months. I appreciate that you all acted like real friends to me and made the Shiba house feel like home. I don't belong here. I guess the bullies were right. I'm meant to be friendless and never fall in love.

Traci

Traci takes off the scarf Antonio gave her and sets it down next to the letter. Then she takes her zord out of her pocket, places it to the right of the letter, gets up and walks over to the bed, climbs to the window, sits down on the sill, and takes out her morpher one last time before looking back outside and draws the avalanche symbol. After activating it, placing her left hand behind her and lets go of her morpher. She glances back and sees it sitting on her pillow. She jumps down from the window and lands softly on her created snow pile. She walks out, dusts the excess snow, and runs off into the woods as fast as possible.