Chapter 35 – Shell Shocked

The ancient seat of the Malfoy family echoed to the sound of two people screaming in excruciating pain. Amycus and Alecto Carrow cried themselves hoarse as the Dark Lord hit them with various curses including the Cruciatus and some of his favourite Chi creations. The twins were almost catatonic when Voldemort's anger finally abated. The twins had been at Hogwarts for less than a week and they had already been outwitted by the Longbottom squib and this so called Dumbledore's Army. Not only that, Harry Potter himself had snuck into the castle and defeated the pair of them without even raising a wand.

Snape had discovered them unconscious on the seventh floor, both of them were bleeding from injuries to their faces and Alecto had a horribly disfigured arm. After reviving them, the new Headmaster found out that Potter and Chang had gotten into the castle and dropped them with their muggle martial arts. Snape didn't even bother healing the pair before dragging them to Malfoy Manor. As predicted the Dark Lord had been furious and it was with great satisfaction that Snape watched the pair be tortured within an inch of their sanity.

"Get them out of my sight", Voldemort roared and a couple of low level Death Eaters pulled them across the floor by the ankles, "heal them up and send them back to Hogwarts".

Snape pushed himself off the wall and moved out of the shadows, "I always knew the pair were useless", he drawled.

"You hardly come out of this covered in glory Severus", Voldemort replied icily, "two of the Mystic Squadron were able to sneak into your school without anyone noticing". The Dark Lord sat in his chair and stared intensely at Snape, "That doesn't reflect well on the Headmaster does it?"

Showing no signs of intimidation, Snape held the Dark Lord's stare before replying, "Forgive me My Lord but I am still getting up to speed with the wards and defences of the castle. Usually the outgoing Headmaster passes this onto his successor but given the nature of Dumbledore's", he paused briefly, "departure, that wasn't possible".

Voldemort leaned back and contemplated this for a moment, "Do you at least know how Potter got in?"

"It appears there is a hidden passageway between Honeydukes in Hogsmeade and the castle", the Headmaster began, "I have sealed this off and begun a sweep for any further entrances".

"Good", the Dark Lord, "perhaps Honeydukes should suffer an unfortunate accident, for their lack of diligence". He laced his fingers together and continued, "This confirms my suspicions that Potter and the others seek the hidden Chi power of the Jade Turtle".

Snape frowned, "I thought you said that was just a myth My Lord".

"I thought so until I sensed a spike in positive Chi energy", the Dark Lord replied, "the sickening positivity can only belong to the turtle spirit. The mysterious absence of the Greengrass family only confirms my suspicions that they are the ones that protect the Jade Turtle". He stood up and began to pace, "Unlike other Pureblood families, the Greengrass family just arrived in the country five hundred years ago and have no other roots in our society".

"And they also refused to join up with our noble cause", Snape added.

Voldemort's head snapped towards the man, "Yes, thank you for reminding me", he snapped, "they continue to remain neutral but that is going to change". A sick smile appeared on his face, "I think it's time to truly test the limits of my power", and he began to laugh manically. Snape slowly backed away, when the Dark Lord acted like this then my God have mercy on whoever got in his way.

Sitting in the rolling plains of the rolling hills of Somerset sat a large manor house that the majority of the population couldn't see. Greengrass Manor was heavily waded against muggle intrusion and attacks from invaders. The house itself was large but not as ostentatious as other Pureblood residences. The most significant feature of the property was the large ground that the property sat in, easily the size of several Quidditch pitches.

Just on the edge of the wards Dean and Hermione were dressed in their fake Auror costumes. Their initial plan of entrance was to use their Nicks and Buckingham identities to enter the property and gain the information they needed. "I still don't see why we can't just teleport in", Ron stood with his hands on his hips.

"It'll rude to just drop in on them mate", Hermione replied with her fake Auror Buckingham voice.

"Blimey it's scary who much she enjoys this character", Ginny added. The yellow ranger was fully disguised and was chewing gum with her arms folded across her chest.

"I think Ronald is just jealous that he doesn't get a cover identity", Dean replied with his fake upper class voice, "now to ring the proverbial door bell",

As the others hid, Dean and Hermione reached the edge of the wards, "Sebastian Greengrass", Dean called out, "Aurors Nicks and Buckingham, we have a warrant".

A few moments later a house elf popped out, "My Masters are no here", the creature squeaked.

Hermione crouched down, "Come on now little buddy, we're not here to hurt them. We just want to ask them a few questions".

"Please leave this place", the house elf clapped his hands together and pushed the pair through the air. They landed on their backsides with a thud and the tiny creature disappeared again.

"Smooth", Cho pulled the yellow ranger off the floor, "looks like this calls for plan B".

Harry smiled, "Good I preferred that plan anyway".

Inside the wards Sebastian Greengrass observed the red cloaked Aurors get up off the floor. They were surrounded by four others in brightly coloured shirts but from his distance, he couldn't tell who they were. The Greengrass Patriarch was a tall man with dark greying hair and a powerful build. He was physically intimidating and quick with a wand. He knew the family legend of the Jade Turtle well and until a few months ago, he too believed that it was a myth. Then the Mystic Squadron and their giant beasts showed up together with some giant monsters. Suddenly the legend felt very real and he knew that it was only a matter of time until someone showed up for the Turtle.

Two teenage girls wondered into the main drawing room of the property. Like their father they both had dark hair, although the youngest hair was slightly lighter. Both of them had a natural beauty that didn't need to be augmented, however, the eldest daughter wore a mask of cold indifference, "Are they gone father", the eldest daughter asked.

"For now Daphne", Sebastian replied, "but I don't think they'll be gone for long".

"Were they Death Eaters?" the youngest, Astoria, asked.

Their father shook his head, "I don't think so, it didn't feel like their style".

Daphne looked past her father and her eyes widened. Coming straight towards them was a large mechanical white tiger with what looked like the red ranger's humanoid craft riding on top, "Father, you might want to see this".

Sebastian turned around and too saw this most unusual sight. He thought that the wards would repel the tiger but it ran straight though like they weren't there. The wards were still present but it was like they knew to allow the white tiger entrance. The beast stopped on their lawn and the six Mystic Squadron rangers jumped down. The white ranger tapped the tiger on the leg and both crafts dissolved into the air, "Mr Greengrass", a voice boomed, "forgive the unusual entrance but our subtle approach clearly didn't work".

Confused and slightly intrigued, Sebastian Greengrass left the drawing room and stepped outside his property, "Stay behind me girls", he ordered and gripped his wand tightly. He walked down the steps leading up to the front door and addressed the rangers, "My apologies ranger but you hardly made your presence clear".

"The art of subtlety is lost on some people", he heard the one in green grumble.

"Not now", the red ranger hissed, "we've come for the Jade Turtle, I'm sure you know what we're talking about".

"Perhaps if you showed us your faces", Daphne shouted from the doorway, "it's hard to trust people who you can't really see".

The rangers looked among themselves before the red one shrugged, "Why not, everyone else knows our identity".

In a flash of light the rangers powered down, revealed six of their fellow students, "Potter", Daphne shook her head, "it just had to be him didn't it".

The rangers and the Greengrasses retreated into the drawing room and sat awkwardly on the chairs with the rangers on one side and the Greengrass family on the other. Harry gave them a quick overview of events so far before moving onto their discovery in one of the books in Grimmauld Place. "So that's our story", Hermione began, "now what we don't know is how the Greengrass family came into possession of the lost Chi spirit of the turtle".

Sebastian sighed, "Girls this is something I was going to share with you when you were older".

"When you knew they weren't married to some hidden Death Eater", Ron snorted. The three Greengrasses glared at the blue ranger but their anger was abated when Ginny slapped him around the back of the head.

"I apologise for my brother, I do strongly believe that he was dropped repeatedly on his head as a child", the white ranger stated.

"Despite his lack of tact, Weasley isn't too far off the mark", Daphne began, "it was only a few months ago that Lucius Malfoy was pestering father about a marriage contract between our two families".

"Naturally I told the preening peacock where to stick his contract", Sebastian added, drawing a laugh from the rangers, "however, I knew that it wouldn't be too long before they came back".

"So that's why you pulled Daphne and Astoria out of school?" Cho filled in the gaps.

"In part but it also has something to do with this", he held out his hand to his youngest daughter, "your necklace please Tori".

Astoria complied and reached underneath her top, pulling out a golden necklace with a green coloured turtle on the end, "I don't know the whole story but this has been in my family for centuries, millennia even", Sebastian began. "The story passed down from one head of the family to another is that it holds great power, stronger than any magic every known. It's been said that whoever wears the turtle is impervious to any spell short of an Unforgivable".

"Sadly that's not true", Astoria sighed, "if it was then Pansy bloody Parkinson wouldn't have been able to charm my hair green as a prank".

"A lot of myths do get lost in translation", Cho replied, "my family have been studying Chi for centuries but the Jade Turtle doesn't appear in any texts that I can recall".

"Which brings us onto the part of the story I'm least proud of", Sebastian began, "like yours Miss Chang, the Greengrass family has its roots in Ancient China. The name Greengrass is a bastardised version of the original family name Lu Caodi".

"We guessed that thanks to a very useful translation program", Harry stated.

Sebastian nodded, "Legend has it that not long after the fall of the Gormal, The head of the Lu Caodi family stole the turtle from one of the other mystic families. Unfortunately he was unable to use it but for some reason, the turtle recognised the Lu Caodi's as the rightful owner. Not long after, there was a civil war between the tribes which ended in them scattering all over the world".

"That's explains what most of us don't know of our Chinese ancestry", Dean summarised.

"I would assume so", Sebastian nodded, "and I would guess that over time, they gradually forgot about their heritage and the Jade Turtle became nothing but a symbol".

"Until now", Harry stated, "Mr Greengrass I think you know what I'm about to ask". Before Harry could ask the question, the entire manor shook like a bomb had just gone off. A second blast rocked the building but nothing appeared to be damaged, "What the hell is that?"

"Something's attacking the wards", Sebastian leapt up, "but what could be causing that?"

"I sense old snake face at work", Ginny ran up to the window, "and for once I'm sorry that I'm right".

Towering over the Manor was a white bodied creature wearing a battered black robe. The creature had sharp claws but its most unique feature was its head, or multiple heads to be precise. Laid out in a cross shape, the monster had four identical faces that where all linked together. The monster could look forwards, sidewards and backwards all at the same time, "Just when I thought they couldn't get any uglier", Ron shuddered.

"Looks like we've got work to do", Harry then turned to the Greengrass family, "you might want to stand back for this part", he said. They did as instructed and the rangers prepared their morphers, "Mystic Squadron, Transform".

"White Ranger, Tiger Power".

They quickly ran outside, they needed to defeat this monster before it flattened the Manor, taking the Jade Turtle with it.