Chapter 14

The next morning saw Severus Snape escorting the six Power Rangers to Diagon Alley for their school supplies. He'd suggested portkey, the teenagers decided on teleportation. Arriving, Severus decided their teleportation was quite a bit easier on a person than apperation, portkey or even flue, something he hadn't noticed the first time in the worry for his nephew.

They were a colorful group, Snape noted. Despite the fact they'd been sorted into the four houses, they each refused to wear the usual black robes with their house shield but instead wore robes in their Ranger colors. The teenagers had looked shocked and disgusted at the thought of wearing the common school uniform, Albus had immediately stated they were welcome to wear their colors. Albus also supplied the money for this trip from his own vault. Severus had a feeling there was something he was missing in that but he wasn't quite ready to try questioning his nephew. Without asking any questions, Severus was sure of one thing. Ranger magic was quite a bit different than wizardry. Enough different he wasn't sure how well they would take to the change.

They'd teleported in near the front of Gringotts Bank so Severus headed west to Ollivander's. They might as well start with wands. After all, if they couldn't work with a wand, most the supplies would be useless to them.

The Rangers were mostly following Snape in silence, their eyes taking in the sights around them. Kat noticed the sign over the shop, 'Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.'

"I didn't think anything on this world lasted that long," she commented as they followed Snape inside.

"Whoa!" Zack said as he got his first look inside. The place was floor to ceiling with thousands of little boxes, he couldn't tell if there were walls or shelves or anything else behind the boxes, there were so many. "Don't look like they've straightened the place out since they opened."

Tommy smirked, commented, "It's a hundred times better than Rita's storage rooms. You wouldn't want to see that, trust me. Bits and pieces of broken weaponry and defeated creations, some of that rots, and I don't think she threw out anything in the last 10,000 years."

Zack, Jason, and Billy laughed at this. Trini looked like the thought disgusted her while Kat just looked confused. Kat quietly asked Trini, "Is he joking about the evil Green Ranger days? I can't imagine joking about something like that. I'd just want to forget it all."

"No," Trini said. "I'm sure he's completely serious. -- Tommy's … different. He has this major guilt issue around that time even though we've come a long ways towards convincing him of his innocence. But guilty or innocent, he refuses to forget a thing about it. What he learned of our enemies while among them is indispensable. Even something like that, I can't see what advantage knowing that could possibly give but I've seen Tommy save us with something just as obscure. Knowledge is power. Combined with Tommy's tactically inclined mind, knowledge is monumental power."

"Ah, Mr. Uainedragan," an elderly man said as he appeared before them from behind the stacked boxes. "I was wondering when you would return to our world. I missed you when you turned eleven, it would have broke your mother's heart. A kind girl, willow, 9 ¾", swishy, unicorn hair. Never sold a wand to your father, never saw him with a wand. Strange man he was."

Tommy sighed softly. "Mr. Ollivander, could we skip the history lessons and just get our wands?"

"Six wands?" he questioned, taking in each of the teenagers.

"On the Headmaster's account," Snape drawled, handing Ollivander a scroll.

Ollivander started pulling out wands, sticking them in different hands to differing results. The wands reacted to each of the Rangers though, so they would all be able to learn wand magic. Kat's was found first, 10 ½" willow with a phoenix tail feather. Then Trini's was 9 ½" mahogany with griffin hairs. Zack found an 11" hawthorn with a drop of lion blood. A 12 ¼" oak wand cored with dragon's blood became Jason's while Billy found 10 ¾" elm with unicorn hair core. Which left only Tommy.

Tommy eventually grew bored of waiting for Ollivander to find his wand for him so instead of waiting when Ollivander ran to the back for more, Tommy wondered into the stacks of wand boxes.

"Mr. Uainedragan?" Ollivander called when he returned from the back, his arms full of wand boxes.

"That one," Tommy pointed at a box that was unique in it was locked in a clear case separate from all others. Ollivander saw where Tommy pointed and dropped his boxes in shock.

"It can't be," Ollivander breathed as he approached the lock case almost reverently. He unlocked the case, removed the box and offered it to Tommy. It was obvious when Tommy touched the wand it was made for him. "My grandfather made that wand, it is the last wand he ever made and he imbued it with power just to see if it was possible. It was too much for anyone to handle, many died from touching it so we locked it in this case. It is woven of ash and yew wood, cored with phoenix tears, a phoenix tail feather, dragon fang, and basilisk venom. It is powerful beyond the mortal coil. Who are you, child? How can you possibly carry such power within you as to match this wand?"

Tommy offered the man a small smile but didn't try to respond to those words. "Thank you, Mr. Ollivander," he softly said. "We have to be going now."

As they walked out, Tommy flashed his wand away, storing it in the same pocket dimension as his Ranger weaponry. The other Rangers quickly copied him.

Snape led them passed Gringotts again to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. Madam Malkin greeted them as they entered. She was a squat witch with a friendly demeanor.

"We need complete wardrobes," Tommy said for them all. "Most our stuff's been destroyed recently." All of his when the Command Centre imploded. The original Rangers didn't have much that would fit in the wizardry world and they had lost a lot from it being destroyed in battles. Kat also didn't have wizardry clothing and what she did have wasn't pink.

"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?" Madam Malkin asked in a low voice, glancing around like she thought even this would draw him to her. Most the wizardry world listened to the Daily Prophet's version of events and refused to believe him returned. Madam Malkin however trusted Dumbledore.

"No. My father," he answered truthfully as her tape measurer took his measurements. The other Rangers almost choked on this. It was true of course but they couldn't believe he said so, let alone said it so casually. "We need everything to match the colors we are currently wearing."

"Not Hogwarts robes?"

"Sorta."

She didn't ask anymore questions, just finished the measurements on them all. Severus said, "Send the wardrobes to Hogwarts when completed and place the bill on the Headmaster's account."

They went to Flourish and Blotts next then the stationery store, picked up a few miscellaneous items at shops in between and finally ended at the Apothecary.

Billy smirked as he saw one of the pre-made potions. "You know, Tommy, that looks suspiciously like what you made to take out Nimrod."

Jason picked up another. "And this looks and smells just like that 'cure' you brought when the delegates from Switzerland were poisoned."

"That's 'cause they are," Tommy responded easily enough. "You ever regret turning down that chance, bro?"

"The Peace Summit?" Jason returned. "No. It would've been cool I guess but I'm more into action."

Giggling, Trini pointed out, "Remember what Bradley said when he took the offer? He was joining the Peace Summit to 'save the world'. I think we do that much more as Rangers."

"You like potions then, Tommy?" Severus questioned softly.

Tommy didn't respond immediately. He gathered quite a bit more than was necessary for fifth year potions classes though. "They have their uses," he finally said. "I do what I must for the team."

Billy pointed out, "You 'do what you must' with those potions as I do with my inventions, Tommy. Did you learn that from your uncle?"

"I was four years old. I learned most everything on my own," Tommy stated, a hint of anger and pain in his tone. After a slight pause he softly admitted, "I learned to love potions from him." He stalked out the door. Severus started to follow his nephew but Billy stopped him.

"He does that," Billy stated. "Just give him time. This is hard for him, you know."

"I know," Snape said. It had to be hard for the boy. It was certainly hard for Severus.