Episode 3
The New Beginning Part 3: A Big Problem
While Albus Dumbledore and the staff of Hogwarts tried to battle the two bulky creatures, the students, including the Head Boy and Girl and all the prefects, stayed behind within the Great Hall for protection. Well, all that is, except for four fourth years. Harry, Padma, Susan, and Daphne had snuck away into an antechamber located off of the hall.
Nodding to one another, they held their wrists up and called out: "Orbs of Light! Magical Knights!"
The very same Orbs appeared from the morphers worn on their wrists, and surrounded the four. By instinct, they called out the name of their mystic beasts as they transformed.
"Red Griffin!"
"Blue Raven!"
"Yellow Badger!"
"Green Basilisk!"
As Korda and Vickis shrugged off the teacher's spells and began marching to them, they were stopped by energy blasts exploding at their feet.
"What!?" they both screamed.
As they and the teachers looked to the source of the blasts, they saw four multi-colored warriors standing several feet away.
"Hold it right there, demons!" said a red warrior. "You're not wanted here. Go away or suffer the consequences."
"Who do you think you are?" demanded Korda.
"Heir of Godric Gryffindor! Red Griffin Ranger!" answered the red warrior. His three companions, all females, followed suit.
"Heiress of Rowena Ravenclaw!" said a blue warrior. "Blue Raven Ranger!"
"Heiress of Helga Hufflepuff! Yellow Badger Ranger!" called a yellow warrior.
"Heiress of Salazar Slytherin," said a calm green warrior. "Green Basilisk Ranger."
"Rangers?" asked a confused Vickis.
"That's right," said the Red Ranger. "But we're not just any rangers. We're..."
"Power Rangers: Magical Knights!" called the team, as they posed in their individual fighting stances.
"Big deal," sneered Korda. "Demonics! Kill them!"
Several Demonics suddenly appeared. As they charged the rangers, the Red Ranger looked at the Headmaster and the teachers. "We've got this. Head back inside," he commanded, before easily countering a Demonic's attack. As the rest of the staff did so, Minerva noticed that Albus wasn't following.
"Albus, let's go!"
"Nonsense, Minerva," he said, his blue eyes twinkling. "I will be alright. I doubt either side will be able do any harm to me." Shaking her head, she rushed back in.
The Rangers began fighting the Demonics in earnest, their suits able to give them a basic ability to fight. As Demonics surrounded her, Daphne held out her hand and called: "Basilisk Staff!" As the staff appeared, Daphne began swinging the staff, slamming it into the demons and turning them into dust. Suddenly, there were several demons standing a dozen feet from her. They all gathered orange bolts of magic in their hands before shooting them at her. Daphne quickly used the staff to bat away the bolts. Energy then gathered atop her staff, before she launched it at the demons, calling out: "Serpent Strike!" The energy took the form of a giant basilisk, which swallowed and destroyed the demons.
Turning to the others, she called out, "Careful! These things have gotten an upgrade!"
Susan was busy blocking and countering her demons when Daphne's warning came. Distracted, she was hit and sent sprawling. Quickly standing, she held out her hands and called: "Badger Sais!" The sais materialized in her hands, and she quickly used them to slash the demons. Seeing several Demonics ready to step in, Susan gathered energy and called out: "Badger Blast!" A badger of pure energy rushed at the demons and easily turned them to dust.
Padma, upon hearing Daphne's warning quickly cried out: Raven Lance!" She immediately began slashing at her own opponents, destroying them with ease. Suddenly, Vickis was standing in front of her. "Not bad fighting demons, little girl. Let's see how you do against the demon Vickis!"
The creature withdrew a large axe, and began slashing at the Blue Ranger. Padma quickly blocked all of the strikes, but before she could retaliate, Vickis struck her across the chest, sending her to the ground. Padma quickly stood and powered energy through her lance. "Raven Rush!" she cried. The blast took the form of a raven, which slammed into Vickis. "GAAHHH!" she screeched.
Meanwhile, Harry had quickly called out: "Griffin Sword," before quickly and easily destroying the remaining Demonics. Korda then stood in front of him. "Ok Red Ranger. Deal with me then!"
"Who are you?" Harry asked.
"Korda, a member of the Demon Triad!"
"Ok. Korda. Let's see what you got."
Korda pulled out one of his swords, and the two quickly dueled. Slash, parry, strike, block, it seemed as if the two were equal. As they both sent a strike, they were both hit, splitting them apart. Korda gathered energy and cried out, "Demon Sword Strike!"
Harry also gathered energy, calling out, "Griffin Slash!" The two energies met in the middle, before exploding. The explosion caught both fighters, sending them sprawling. The other Rangers ran up to a downed Harry to make sure he was ok, while Vickis rushed over to Korda.
"Get up, you lazy bum!" she screeched.
The Rangers suddenly heard Godric's voice in their helmets. "Rangers, combine your weapons in order to destroy the remaining duo!"
Nodding to one another, they quickly presented their weapons.
"Staff of Slytherin!"
"Sais of Hufflepuff!"
"Lance of Ravenclaw!"
"Sword of Gryffindor!"
After the weapons combined, Rowena's voice came, saying, "Behold, Rangers. The Hogwarts Cannon!"
"Ok, ladies," said Harry. "Let's finish this."
Together, the Rangers cried out, "Hogwarts Cannon! Energy Blast!" A huge ball of energy was shot out, and rushed to the two cousins. Korda quickly jumped out-of-the-way, but Vickis wasn't so lucky. The energy slammed into her, and just before she collapsed, she weakly said, "That's not fair," before exploding.
In anger, Korda said, "Next time, Rangers." He then disappeared.
Back at Demon Castle, Korda rushed into the throne room. "Master, we have failed!"
"What?" said Quirinus angrily. "How?"
"A group of four warriors appeared. They call themselves, Power Rangers!"
"They must be using the Founder's weapons," he said in anger. "Where's Vickis?"
"Beaten, m'lord. Destroyed by the Ranger's weapons, which they combined."
"We aren't necessarily beaten, Korda," said Avis calmly. "Vickis may still be of use to us."
"How so," asked his master.
"Allow me to show you, sire." Opening his tome, he cried out, "Gargantuis: Vickis!"
The demons then summoned a magical window to witness the battle.
As the Rangers were busy celebrating, they almost didn't notice Dumbledore striding towards them. "Well done, Rangers! Well done, indeed!"
"Thank-you, sir," said the Red Ranger. "But shouldn't you have gone inside?"
"I assure you, young man, I was perfectly safe," Albus said, his eyes twinkling. Before Harry could retort, Susan cried out: "Griffin, look!"
The group turned to see the fires where Vickis had been suddenly glow bright, before they disappeared. In its place was a very large and renewed Vickis. "Ha, ha! Look at me, Rangers! I'm bigger and badder than ever!"
"What do we do?" asked a worried Padma.
"Rangers," came Helga's calm voice. "You can still win. To be victorious, you must call upon mechanical beasts to aid you. Call for your zords!"
"Alright," said Harry nodding. "Let's do it, ladies."
"We need Hogwarts Zord power, now!" the Rangers cried.
"Green Basilisk Hogwarts Zord!" Daphne's zord came from the Chamber of Secrets.
"Yellow Badger Hogwarts Zord!" Susan's zord came from near the greenhouses.
"Blue Raven Hogwarts Zord!" Padma's zord flew from atop the catle.
"Red Griffin Hogwarts Zord!" And Harry's zord came deep within the Forbidden Forest.
The four looked excitingly at their zords. "Alright girls," said Harry. "Let's go."
The four leapt/transported to within the cockpits of the zords.
"Man, I didn't realize flying was this much fun!" gushed Padma. Quickly bringing her zord about, she cried, "Raven Rush!" The zord's talons started glowing blue, before quickly striking Vickis.
"You think that's great?" asked Daphne. "You should see how fast I am in this thing!" The zord's eyes glowed yellow, before Daphne called out, "Serpent Strike!" as two bolts of energy struck Vickis.
Before she could retaliate, she was tripped from behind by Susan's badger zord. "You two are having a little too much fun, "she said. The Badger's tail also glowed as Susan cried, "Badger Blast!" before slamming into Vickis.
"Ok ladies, let's bring 'em together," Harry commanded. The four zords were quickly brought together, the Badger turned into two legs as the Basilisk transformed into a humanoid form before jumping into the badger's parts. The Griffin then parted and covered the serpent's arms, while the Raven came in and covered the chest with its feathers, and replacing the serpent head with its avian one.
"Hogwarts Megazord!"
"Big deal!" said Vickis. She withdrew her axe and began swiping at the megazord. The Ranger's tried countering as best they could, but it wasn't enough.
"Harry," came Salazar's voice. "Call for Godrics blade as the Mega Griffin's Blade."
"Right," he said. "Mega Griffin's Blade!"
The sword of Godric Gryffindor appeared, enlarged, in the hands of the Megazord.
"You think that thing will be enough to stop me?!" Vickis screeched.
"Yup," Harry confirmed. The blade began glowing. Together the rangers cried out, "Mega Griffin's Blade! Mega Griffin Slash!" The Megazord brought the blade to bear, and slashed at Vickis. Not only did it destroy her weapon, it also connected with her. "NNOOO!" she screamed, right before she exploded.
Together, the Rangers stated, "We've downed a demon."
"Darn it all!" raged Quirinus. "How dare those Rangers. I swear, I will have my revenge. Those weapons will be MINE!"
Twenty minutes later, Dumbledore stood in front of the Great Hall. "Students, this year seems to want to be perilous, prehaps more so than last year. Thankfully, we have a far better protection from this evil. We are fortunate indeed to have the Power Rangers Magical Knights to protect us."
As he said this, several students shared a secret smile. They had a long way to go to win, but today had been a good start.
A/N: How was that, everyone? The Rangers are on the go, and are ready to defend Hogwarts from Quirinus and his evil demons. Let me know what you think.
Next time: A tortured creature is turned loose on the school!
Episode 4: Unforgivable Acromentula