Magi Ranger

by Tenstar12

Betrayed by the world he had given his all to save, Harry finds himself cast into the void. With some help Harry ends up in another dimension, but in classic Harry Potter fashion gets himself into trouble almost immediately. Can he make his way in this strange world he finds himself in where giant monster attacks are a daily occurrence and hardly anything is familiar? AU Harry, MOD

15. Chapter 15

Magi Ranger

By: Tenstar12

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Power Rangers.

Chapter 15, In Which the Trap is Sprung and Things Get That Much Worse…

It didn't take more than a few blocks for the Rangers and Harry to completely lose sight of Goldar. His giant size made him more easily visible but also much faster as it came with a stride that the regular sized Rangers just couldn't match. They were eventually forced to contact Alpha, who reported a small amount of progress in his search for Zordon, so they could teleport to the shoreline that was Goldar's most likely destination based on the direction he had been heading. The location was a few miles north of Angel Grove proper and was the first location along that particular stretch of coast that could really be called a "beach."

They quickly realized that they had teleported to the right place when they heard the familiar cackle of Rita Repulsa sound out from the top of a nearby cliff with Scorpina standing next to her. "Ah, Rangers and the Mageling! What took you so long?"

Harry rolled his eyes at Rita's theatrics. "Anybody see the bus?"

Kimberly was the first to respond, pointing down the beach frantically. "Look over there!" Harry's gaze traveled along the edge of the cliff in the direction Kimberly had indicated. He immediately noticed the cliff's height increasing the further down he looked as the beach beneath it dwindled to nothing until he got to the bus's location, around a hundred yards from where they were currently standing. The bus was precariously close to the edge of the cliff and rocking ever so slightly as he watched. Beneath it was nothing more than a straight drop onto jagged rocks with waves crashing over them.

"Oh man!" Zack shouted next. "It could go over any second."

"We've gotta save them!" Jason predictably shouted.

Harry chose that moment to cut across the Rangers' panicked shouting. "OK, we know where the bus is, but does anybody see Goldar?"

The Rangers paused before glancing around again. "How in the heck do you hide a one hundred foot golden monkey so well?" Zack joked after a few moments.

"Alright, so I'll go after the bus then while you guys take this chance to call the Megazord." Harry commented easily before checking to make sure his hood was up and secure. It wouldn't do for Bulk and Skull to recognize him if they managed a glance outside the bus's windows.

"Call the Megazord?" Jason seemed confused.

Harry, still feeling uneasy about the entire situation, rounded on Jason with a look of exasperation. "Yes, call the Megazord. You know, that big robot that you guys use to fight the giant monsters? The one you've been trying to call since we left the Command Center? The one Goldar was keeping you from calling? That Megazord. Call it and I'll deal with the bus and saving Bulk and Skull."

"But we can't." Jason's voice gained confidence as he spoke. "We can't escalate a battle, I know Zack and the others told you about that. Besides, we don't need Megazord to save the bus."

Harry just gave Jason a blank stare, forgetting for a moment that the obscuring charm was as effective as the Rangers' helmets at hiding his face and expressions. "Yes, they did and you're right, Megazord isn't necessarily needed for that. I am more than capable of taking care of the bus with my magic, but just because we changed locations doesn't mean that the situation has changed. Giant Goldar is still around here somewhere and you guys need to call the Zords so that you can hold him off if he decides to take an interest in me while I try to save the idiots trapped in the bus on the cliff!"

Jason seemed about to say something further, but Billy rested a hand on his shoulder, effectively cutting him off. The Red Ranger spun to see the other four staring at him. "Jason," Billy said slowly. "Harry has a point."

He glanced at each of the other Rangers momentarily before letting out a harsh breath of air. "Alright, we'll go with your idea." Harry could clearly tell that Jason's attitude toward him was quickly reverting back to its original state. Apparently, saving someone's life around here left an impact that quickly faded after a single night's sleep.

Their planning was once more interrupted by Rita's laughter. "If you are all done having your little discussion down there…" Rita turned toward the bus and waved her free hand airily. "Send it over!"

"HARRY! GO!" Jason bellowed before turning back to the others. "Alright, guys. Let's do it!"

Harry rolled his eyes as he twisted in place and vanished with a soft pop while the Rangers' call echoed across the area. "WE NEED DINOZORD POWER, NOW!"

Reappearing at the top of the cliff, Harry took a moment to examine the situation. He was standing on the opposite side of the bus from where Rita and Scorpina were still staring down at the Rangers on the beach. The bus itself, a mere thirty or so feet from him, was surrounded by a dozen Putties. Though that number was a guess based on the six he could see on his side, he had no idea how many were on the other side just now as all he could see of them were several pairs of randomly shuffling feet and the occasional head seen through the bus windows. The putties were the reason the bus was rocking as they bounced around it, slamming into it at random intervals with their customary sound filling the air.

From inside the bus, Harry heard the screams of panic and fright, one much higher pitched than the other, that could only be coming from Bulk and Skull. Unless there was a six year old girl in there too and one of the two bullies had passed out…

Behind the bus stood Squat and Baboo. The monsters were each grasping a long log with one end tucked under the bus. They were grunting and straining as they lifted the logs up, slowly but surely forcing the bus closer and closer to the edge.

Harry took all this in in a few seconds before taking a deep breath to center himself and whipping his wand up.

His first spell was a cutting charm. The flash of light caused by his spell caught the attention of the two monsters and gave them enough time, if only barely, to scramble back out of the way as it flew through the space they had previously occupied. It did serve the purpose of slicing the two logs in half though, effectively making them useless for their previous purpose.

"AH!" Squatt squealed in a pig-like fashion. "It's the Mageling!"

"Oh no!" Baboo started waving his hands frantically over his head as he panicked, the image nearly making Harry laugh from the sheer level of ridiculousness. "Putty Patrol, hold him off while we push this bus over the edge!"

Harry narrowed his eyes as the putties on his side of the bus twisted suddenly, catching sight of him before charging him in their unique, tumbling style. Momentarily cursing himself for not apparating in under the Cloak of Invisibility, Harry met the creatures' charge with the wave banisher that had worked so well on them in the past.

The magical wall of force slammed into the first wave of putties and slammed them back into the side of the bus, consequently renewing the screams coming from within. The second wave though, a group of seven that came from the far side of the bus, managed to avoid it by simple premise of having leapt over the bus and so over the spell.

With skillfully executed rolls and tumbles, the airborne putties hit the ground and came up charging, forcing Harry to backpedal even as he began flicking his wand this way and that, each movement releasing a spell to encumber or force back the encroaching horde. Any spell that he could use to take any of them out of the fight permanently would take too long to cast, leaving him vulnerable to the rest of the group. Not to mention that if the nimble soldiers managed to dodge one of his more destructive spells it would more than likely hit the bus behind them.

This was one of the biggest reasons he hated fighting putties.

With a grunt of frustration, Harry twisted again, apparating himself behind the full group of putties before turning quickly and jabbing his wand toward them. "Bombarda Maxima!" Harry's exploding charm rocketed forward and crashed into the back of the rear-most putty. The group of clay constructs were taken off guard by the sudden attack, having lost track of Harry when he apparated, and were completely obscured by the dust and smoke created by the following explosion.

Harry braced himself as the ground shook slightly as a result of the explosion he had caused, only to quickly glance up and look around when the shaking didn't stop after a few moments. His fears were realized when Goldar's memorable face appeared over the edge of the cliff before rising up higher and higher, finally topping around twenty feet over his head as the monster glared down at him, a certain vicious eagerness in his eyes.

"WELL, WELL… IF IT ISN'T A LITTLE MAGELING FOR ME TO PLAY WITH!" Goldar threw back his head and laughed while Harry could only look on, wide-eyed.

"I THINK IT'S TIME TO PUT AN END TO OUR LITTLE GAMES, MAGELING!" the giant simian taunted as he reached with one of his colossal hands to grab onto the still paralyzed Harry. "I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO SCORPIN-AHHH!"

The monster was interrupted by the giant metal fist of the Megazord being planted into the side of his head. Harry was forced to duck slightly and turn away to protect himself from the massive shower of sparks only to fall to the ground when Goldar caused a minor earthquake when he crashed into the comparatively shallow water at the base of the cliff.

Harry felt an extreme amount of gratitude when he heard Jason's voice from his communicator. "We'll keep him occupied, Harry, you just focus on saving Bulk and Skull."

"Yeah, no problem…" Harry idly gasped as he forced himself to his feet once more, still a bit weak in the knees from his near brush with death.

Once he had regained his feet, not an easy task with the two titanic combatants stomping around nearby and constantly shaking the ground as a result, Harry turned once more to the putties just in time to see two of them struggle to their feet from amongst the pieces of their former comrades. Harry only took long enough to mentally note that one of them was missing an arm and the stump looked rather similar to a shattered stone sculpture before sending two piercing hexes right into the construct's foreheads, causing them to once more collapse to the ground.

With a sigh, Harry turned to face the bus once more just in time to see Squat and Baboo, through the use of full body charges and a great deal of pushing, manage to get the front axle over the edge of the cliff. He could see Bulk and Skull clinging to each other within the buss, sitting right next to the doors at the front in fact, with their faces pale in fear as they screamed. Why they hadn't just opened the door and run out before the front of the bus went over the edge he didn't know, but for now Harry turned his attention to Rita's minions.

"Alright boys," Harry said loudly, his wand trained on Squat and Baboo as they froze in place. "Step away from the bus and I promise I won't hurt you too bad."

The pair of misfit monsters exchanged a glance before Baboo spoke. "We have to follow Rita's orders, Squat. You keep pushing, I'll hold him off."

The blue monster merely nodded before backing off a few feet and charging once more, slamming into the bus and budging it forward another few inches. Harry idly considered hitting the bus with a sticking charm before Baboo stepped forward to square off with him.

"You sure you want to do this?" Harry asked, keeping his wand trained on his opponent. "You don't really think you can stand up against me when I've beaten down Goldar, Scorpina, and Rita already do you?"

Baboo didn't respond, choosing instead to reach behind himself and pull out a long, thin, rapier-like sword and brandish it in a mocking salute. "I will not let you interfere in Empress Rita's plans anymore!"

With that declaration, the dark furred being charged at Harry only to trip over his own feet after a few steps, falling flat to the ground and losing his grip on his weapon. Harry idly watched as the sword spun away across the ground before flicking his eyes back toward Baboo. The monster leapt to his feet again in a heartbeat. "That's fine, I didn't need that sword to defeat you anyway." He brought his right hand up to this face, holding it with his fingers spread wide so he could still keep track of Harry through the gaps as his eyes started glowing faintly. "Take this!" With a flourish, Baboo flung his arm back down away from his face and the light in his eyes lanced forward in a destructive beam of energy.

A destructive beam of energy that stretched out for about two feet before sputtering out, the entire attack fading away shortly after.

"What the…" Baboo had a look of utter confusion on his face as he glanced back and forth between Harry and his own hand several times before bringing his hand up once more and repeating the entire process. "Take THIS!"

This time, the beam faded away after a few inches, leaving Baboo even more befuddled and Harry fighting to hold back his own laughter.

Then he heard a loud crunch followed by a triumphant cry from Squat as the bus began sliding over the edge of the cliff, pulled by its own weight and momentum from the monster's last shove. Harry snapped back to reality with a curse as he realized he had allowed himself to be distracted from his actual goal. With an almost negligent wave of his wand, Baboo, still looking confused as to why his attacks hadn't worked, was banished back into Squat, the two monsters falling to the ground in a pile of flailing limbs.

Quickly facing the bus, Harry jabbed his wand forward. "Arresto Momentum!" While the two monsters struggled to stand again, invariably knocking each other back to the ground in the process, Harry watched as the bus slowed its movement before finally stopping just as the rear tires slipped over the edge.

Sweating slightly, Harry gave his wand a quick swish and flick. "Wingardium Leviosa." The bus jerked in place slightly when Harry's first spell gave out in place of his levitation spell, but it still followed his wand's movement up into the air and back over solid ground while Squat and Baboo just watched in wide eyed astonishment.

Straining only slightly, Harry lowered the bus back down close to the ground before cutting his spell and letting it fall the last few feet, if only to hear Bulk and Skull's reaction. With a slight smile at their startled screams, Harry turned back to Squat and Baboo who were now staring at him with fear in their eyes.

Harry just smirked. "Boo!" And the two monsters were up like a shot and running for all they were worth. Harry almost casually waved his wand and they fell to the ground once more before being bundled up in conjured ropes, tying the two together with enough rope that they wouldn't even be able to so much as twitch a finger.

Taking a moment to gather himself after nearly failing his part of the mission, Harry made his way over to the doors to the bus, idly eyeing Bulk and Skull as they stared at him through the glass doors. He just stood there for a second, seeing the petrified looks on their faces, and realized that with his long black cloak and shadowed face, he probably cut something of an intimidating figure to the two. Add that on top of them having been kidnapped by one of Rita's monsters and it wasn't too surprising that they hadn't made any move to leave the bus yet due to their overwhelming cowardice.

Rolling his eyes, Harry waved his wand and the bus doors opened, causing the two bullies to squeak in fright once more. After a moment of thought, Harry cast a charm to mask his voice, just in case, and stepped to one side, gesturing with his free arm for them to leave the bus. "Whenever you gentlemen are ready. The coast is about as clear as it's going to get right now."

This seemed to spark the two into action as they quickly stood and brushed themselves off in as casual a manner as they could before making their way down the short steps and out of the bus. Once they got out, Bulk turned to face him as Harry waved his wand again, closing the bus doors. "So… Who are you anyway?"

Harry once again wished that someone could see his face past the obscuring charm on his hood. It just wasn't the same when people couldn't read your facial expressions to get the full impact of your comment. "I'm a friend of the Power Rangers. They asked me to step in while they took care of the big guy."

"Big guy?" Bulk asked dumbly before his eyes widened as the ground shook once more. Harry took a quick glance up to see that this time it was caused by the Megazord landing hard, apparently having taken a strong blow from Goldar's sword if the slightly smoking weapon in the monster's hand was any indication.

"Oh…" Bulk squeaked, slowly turning away from the battle and toward the disguised Harry. "That big guy…"

Harry rolled his eyes again. "Yeah, that big guy." He turned slightly before pointing down the coast in the direction of the city. "Angel Grove is that way. You guys may want to get going before things get even more dangerous."

Bulk and Skull exchanged a panicked look before the bigger bully drew himself up. "Yeah, well, we -ah- need to get going anyway. Have lots of things to take care of… and stuff…"

Skull, nodding stupidly next to him, finally found his own voice. "Yeah, things and stuff…"

After exchanging another look, Bulk turned and started walking back toward Angel Grove. "So… bye." Skull followed him without a word, matching Bulk's almost casual pace as they tried to save face for whatever reason they felt was important. It only took the earth shaking once more from the giant battle nearby though before they changed that seemingly casual walk into a dead sprint. Bulk was moving surprisingly fast for a person of his weight and Harry couldn't help but be impressed at how little time it took before they were out of his sight and, hopefully, out of immediate danger.

With another sigh, Harry removed the vocal charm on himself and activated his communicator. "Guys, its Harry. Bulk and Skull are safe. I sent them back toward Angel Grove and I have Squat and Baboo restrained here. How are things on your end?"

As Harry watched, Goldar and the Megazord exchanged a few blows, Goldar using his sword and the Megazord almost easily avoiding most of them to get close enough to land several punches. Moments later, Jason's voice echoed from his communicator. "Surprisingly well, actually. I'm really starting to agree with your trap idea now, Harry." And Harry could just tell that it bugged the Red Ranger to admit that. "This is just way too easy."

Harry then heard a loud cackle from Rita before he felt an enormous burst of magic in the area around them. "Ah… I think Rita just cast some kind of spell. I could literally feel it washing over me."

"What do you think it was?" Kimberly asked.

Harry glanced around, taking special notice that the distant figures of Rita and Scorpina were still standing in their original position, apparently having been watching the battle the entire time. It was only then that he noticed that it seemed to be getting darker. "Is it just me or is it getting dark all of a sudden."

It was Billy who confirmed his suspicion. "Affirmative. A solar eclipse has started."

"That must be what Rita's spell did," Harry spoke slowly, confusion apparent in his voice. "But why would she use so much magic on something like that?"

"Most likely because she somehow knows that the Megazord is solar powered." Billy answered quickly even as Goldar landed another blow on the Megazord. Once the Ranger stabilized themselves again, Billy continued. "We're already down to seventy-five percent power. The Megazord's reaction speeds are slowing."

"Damn it!" Jason shouted. "She must be trying to take out the Megazord!"

Harry's next comment was cut off as Rita's voice once more echoed across the area. "Scorpina! Go!" Harry turned in time to see one of the small figures, he assumed Scorpina, leap from the cliff and land on the beach where Harry and the Rangers had arrived. "Now let's see her GROW!"

The distant form of Rita flung her scepter down to the beach where it landed next to Scorpina, the gem flashing brightly even as the earth split open to release a gout of steam that engulfed the woman/monster as Rita's unique growth spell took effect.

The monster that emerged was nothing like what Harry had expected.

Based on his previous experience with Rita's monsters, Harry was just expecting a larger form of the surprisingly human looking Scorpina. What he got when the steam dispersed was a far more monstrous creature. She had a large, wicked looking pincer in place of her left hand and her entire body was covered in dark brown and red plates that resembled an insect's exoskeleton. Her head had turned red as well and grew a muzzle like protrusion full of deadly looking teeth with two hooked horns that came from each side of her head and ended down near the bottom of her jaw. From the back of her head, there were several long spines jutting out around a longer, thicker one that hung down and ended in a wicked scorpion-like stinger. The only real item that linked Scorpina's previous form with her current one, other than the obvious scorpion motif, was the boomerang-like sword that she still carried.

"Damn… she sure isn't hot anymore…" Harry mumbled before shaking himself and lifting his communicator once more. "Guys, heads up. Scorpina has just had a growth spurt and is heading your way."

"Got it Harry," came the quick reply, this time from Zack, before the channel closed again as the two monsters converged on Megazord.

The fight that followed was painful for Harry to watch. Mostly because he knew there was little to nothing he could do to help.

Megazord, piloted by the Rangers, did the best it could, warding off most of the blows that came its way with deft movements that greatly resembled Jason during the various spars that Harry had seen him in. But as the moon moved further and further over the sun, its movements started becoming more and more sluggish. Finally, with the sun fully hidden behind the darkness of the moon, the now monstrous Scorpina and a laughing Goldar moved as one, Scorpina leading in with a flurry of strikes with her weapon and Goldar following up with a flying dropkick that smashed into the Megazord's chest plate and knocked it to the ground.

After waiting for a few moments for the robot to rise again, Goldar and Scorpina began laughing wildly at their apparent victory. Harry activated his communicator again. "What's going on in there guys!"

"Our solar power cells are almost completely drained!" Trini's frantic voice announced. "We can't get back up!"

Harry recoiled slightly. How inefficient was that thing if it went down from lack of power in less than two minutes if the sun wasn't shining? Shaking himself, Harry glanced down at his wand and considered his options. Firming up his resolve, Harry looked back at the giants before him, the Megazord was twitching ineffectually as it rested on its back in what was probably twenty or thirty foot deep water with its upper torso slightly propped up on some submerged rocks while Goldar and Scorpina laughed and taunted the helpless Rangers.

He may have had his differences with Jason, but the rest of the Rangers were his friends and there was no way Harry James Potter was going to leave his friends out to dry if there was absolutely anything he could to do save them.

It just wouldn't fit in with his image and "Saving People Thing."

Smiling ruefully, Harry twisted and vanished with a pop only to reappear on the chest of the Megazord. Glancing down with a smile, Harry recognized the moment that the Rangers, housed in their control room beneath him, realized where he was.

His communicator activated almost immediately. "Harry!" Kimberly's voice rang out this time. "What are you doing?!"

He just smiled at them. "Stepping in to try and give you guys a breather. And you might want to look away for a moment."

Without paying them any more mind, Harry lowered his communicator and lifted his wand. Goldar and Scorpina didn't seem to have noticed his presence just yet, but he was going to change that. Taking his own advice and closing his eyes as he looked away, Harry called out his first spell. "Lumos Solem!"

He realized that his play at getting the giants' attention worked immediately as they let out twin roars of pain as the bright light emitting from his wand scorched their eyes. It was Goldar who first identified him as Harry let his spell fade. "MAGELING! YOU THINK TO STAND AGAINST US EVEN NOW! WE HAVE DEFEATED THE POWER RANGERS. MY EMPRESS'S PLAN WORKED FLAWLESSLY AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP US NOW!"

Harry pointed his wand at himself this time. "Sonorous. I'M AFRAID I JUST DON'T WORK THAT WAY, GOLDAR." He said, his voice echoing just as loud as the giant's, clearly shocking both monster's as it did. "IT'S LIKE I TOLD RITA BACK ON THE MOON: I'M KIND OF PREDISPOSED TO FIGHT EVIL LIKE YOU GUYS. AND HONESTLY, GIVING UP ISN'T IN MY NATURE EITHER."

Goldar and Scorpina exchanged a glance before the simian sent a smirk toward Harry. He assumed that Scorpina was doing something similar, but Goldar's face was infinitely easier to read than hers at present. "SO BE IT, MAGELING!" Goldar spoke with a nod before the two stomped forward. "DON'T SAY YOU WEREN'T WARNED!"

Harry nodded and silently canceled his voice amplification charm. For his plan, such as it was, to work, he needed them as close as possible.

"Harry, just get out of here. We'll be fine!" Trini's voice once more came from his communicator, prompting Harry to respond.

"Give me some credit here, Trini. I do actually have a plan you know… kind of." He trailed off and winced internally as he knew that it didn't exactly inspire confidence.

"And that plan is…?" Zack prompted.

Harry just shrugged and shot another uneasy smile at the Rangers through the eyes of the Megazord before looking back up toward the monsters. By this time Goldar and Scorpina were standing just beyond where the Megazord's feet were obscured by the water and were lifting their swords over their heads to finish off Harry and the Rangers.

"ANY LAST WORDS, MAGELING?"

Harry smirked. "Only that that is probably the worst question to ask a fully trained wizard who uses vocal spells as his primary method of casting." Knowing that Goldar and Scorpina wouldn't have heard that, and slightly wishing he hadn't canceled his Sonorous, Harry settled for jabbing his wand toward the two and shouting as loud as possible, gathering up his magic and pushing as much into the spell as he possibly could. "REDUCIO MAXIMA DUO!"

Harry's knees nearly buckled and he was almost sure he sprained his right elbow from holding it steady through the kickback from his spell leaving his wand. The bright light shot forward several feet before splitting off into two separate bolts guided by his willpower, one heading for each of the giant monsters poised to kill him and the Rangers. The instant the spells impacted into the monsters' chests, Harry felt a massive strain on himself as his magic battled with Rita's to assert dominance.

Growling to himself, Harry widened his stance slightly and put his left hand over his right on his now heavily vibrating wand. With an internal heave, the Man-Who-Won showed why Dolores Umbridge and her supporters had been afraid of his power as he flung the full force of the most powerful wizard of his generation behind his spell with a furious shout.

He could feel the holly wood of his wand heating up beneath his fingers as he once more strained against the physical kickback from the immense amount of magical energy flowing from his focus. He was happy to note, however, that he had overpowered Rita's spell quite handily.

Harry felt a small smile stretch across his face through the strain as he watched Goldar and Scorpina start to shrink. The two monsters seemed unable to move, though the panic in their eyes told him that they were certainly trying. There must have been something in the intent of Harry's spell that kept them from escaping their now inevitable fate.

Less than ten seconds later, the two monsters finally stopped shrinking. They had been losing size centered around the impact points of Harry's spell on their chests and so it was that when his spell finally released its hold on them they were left to fall nearly forty feet into the water below. Harry fell to his knees as his spell sputtered out, his wand giving out a short burst of sparks before going silent as well.

He looked up briefly in time to see the two shrunken monsters burst through the surface of the water, struggling mightily to stay afloat despite their most likely heavy armor. He was mildly interested to notice that Scorpina was still in her scorpion monster form instead of having reverted to her more human looking form. These were his thoughts as his body began to give out on him and he collapsed face down on Megazord's chest, his head coming to rest facedown which allowed him a wonderful view at the seemingly paralyzed Rangers within.

Harry gave them a weak smile as he pulled his free hand into view and made a thumbs up. "Got you covered, guys…" And then he went limp as consciousness deserted him once more.

-MR-

Harry woke with a groan to the familiar black ceiling and sounds of the Command Center. "I really have to stop doing this…"

His comment brought the attention of the five Rangers immediately to him and a short scramble ensued as they quickly made their way to his side. It was Trini who asked the question they were all thinking though. "Stop doing what, Harry?"

Shooting her a self-depreciating smile, Harry sat up slowly with one hand to his head to sooth the slight headache he felt growing. "Stop doing stupid stuff that knocks me unconscious so that I end up waking up on a cot in the middle of the Command Center. It's getting a bit monotonous."

Trini and Billy moved to help him turn on the cot, allowing him to sit facing Zordon's still empty tube before he spoke again. "So what happened after I blacked out? Is the Megazord safe?"

The Rangers exchanged a few uneasy looks before Jason shook his head slowly. "Alpha teleported you here right after you passed out. And then the Green Ranger showed up, giant-sized…"

"Bugger…" Harry mumbled, resting his face in his palms as his mind raced.

"Yeah, that's about right," Zack confirmed. "We called the Power Sword and Billy managed to use it to recharge the power cells enough to fight him, but just when we started to get the upper hand, Rita stepped up and blasted us."

Harry shot him a look when he stopped talking before sweeping his gaze around to the others. None of them looked like they were going to pick up the story. Finally, he decided more prompting was necessary. "And…? What happened? Was the Megazord destroyed?"

The Rangers just flinched, but it was Alpha who spoke from behind one of the consoles as he wobbled back to the center. "Not exactly, but none of the Zords can be accessed. It is clear the destroying the Zords was Rita's intention, but with your intervention that was made impossible before the eclipse would have ended, recharging the Megazord's power cells and allowing the Rangers to defeat the Green Ranger."

"And that still tells me nothing," Harry was starting to get a bit irritated at this point. "So if the Megazord wasn't destroyed then why is everyone so bummed out?"

Alpha once more answered his questions. "Rita trapped the Megazord deep underground and sealed it there with powerful magic. I'm afraid that the Megazord is out of our reach for the foreseeable future. Unless something miraculous happens, it may as well have been destroyed."

"Yeah, man, and it's like…" Zack trailed off for a moment. "We've had the Zords for a while. We've fought alongside them… it's like they're a part of us, you know?"

"And now they're gone." Billy said simply, leading to another brief silence amongst the teens.

"Without our Zords, there's nothing we can do against Rita's monsters if she grows them." Jason said slowly. "They were our most powerful weapon and unless we can get them back we're at a serious disadvantage."

A few more minutes of silence passed before Trini suddenly perked up. "Hey, at least we still have Harry's magic! So things aren't totally bad, right?"

Zack was quick to pick up on her train of thought. "Yeah, Harry totally kicked ass out there! He shrank Goldar and Scorpina back to normal size like nothin'!"

The other Rangers seemed to lighten up slightly at their enthusiasm and Harry couldn't help the small smile that grew on his face too. "I can't understand why Scorpina stayed in that scorpion monster form instead of changing back to human though," Billy said.

Harry shot him a mischievous smile. "That's because my spell didn't cancel Rita's, it just shrank their current size back to something closer to normal."

"Isn't that the same thing?" Kimberly asked with confusion written on her face.

"Not exactly," Harry responded sitting up straighter. "Part of Rita's spell is what made Scorpina change, so I can only assume that since she didn't change back, both spells were in effect at once."

Billy, his brain working faster than the others, seemed to get what Harry was hinting at if his growing smile was anything to go by, but the others still seemed confused. Finally, Jason was the one to ask. "So what does that mean?"

Harry chuckled before he spoke. "It means that if my spell lasts longer than Rita's, which it should since I put so much power into it, once Rita's wears off Goldar and Scorpina should end up somewhere in the vicinity of six inches tall until mine fades."

The Power Rangers all shared a laugh at the image of a pint sized Goldar and Scorpina raging at their circumstances.

Once they had calmed down, Harry voiced another question. "Hey, where is my wand, by the way?"

The Rangers looked around in confusion before Alpha spoke up. "I have it here." The robot walked up with Harry's wand in his hand and the faint smell of char washed over the assembled humans. "I took it from you when you were teleported here. It was smoldering slightly and I didn't want you to get burnt."

Harry's eyes widened as he took the slightly blackened stick from Alpha. "Smoldering?"

Alpha nodded his saucer shaped head before turning back to the consoles and resuming his work. "Yes. It wasn't quite on fire, but there was a trail of smoke and a few embers. I didn't want to take any chances."

The Rangers had all gone still as Harry stared at his most recent focus, only now realizing that he no longer felt the faint tingle of magic as he held it.

"What…" Trini started quietly before clearing her throat and speaking again. "What does that mean?"

Harry slowly turned the wand over in his hands as he spoke. "You remember when I told you guys that my wand was unstable because of how it was made? How the core components weren't meshing as well as I would have liked and that it could have consequences?"

The Rangers nodded and it was Harry's turn to fail to speak this time. After all the work he had put into the wand, it was rather painful to see what had happened. He wouldn't have done anything different if placed in the situation again, saving the Rangers was more than worth it, but it was still disheartening.

"What is it, Harry?" Trini asked, kneeling down next to him and putting a hand on his arm.

In response, Harry lifted his wand and gave it a sharp flick. It was a standard spell-casting movement, one that the Rangers had seen him use multiple times both in and out of battle, but this time was different. This time, the weakened wood of the burnt out wand cracked and the top few inches broke free, flipping through the air before landing with a soft clatter, the burnt ashes that had once been the core of Harry's wand fluttering through the air in its wake.

Harry idly examined the portion of the wand remaining in his hands, watching as more ashes poured from the exposed cavity within the wooden shaft.

There was silence in the Command Center for several moments before anyone spoke.

"Could you make another one?" Jason asked, his voice already sounding defeated, as if he knew the answer before asking.

Harry shook his head. "Not in any acceptable amount of time. It would take at least a day just to carve out an appropriate wand shaft. Besides that, I'd need more core components. Pretty much everything I had was destroyed in the magical storm that was created when I sealed this one up. And I doubt Rita will be sending many monsters I can harvest from as long as she has Tommy at her command.

In the back of Harry's mind, he was slightly surprised at Jason's lack of outburst at his mentioning Tommy. But then he realized that if Zack had told Jason about his education on their rules against escalating battles that he had probably also explained about their confirmed theory on the Green Ranger's identity. Then those thoughts were cast aside as his mind was once more overtaken by grief over the loss of his wand. He could fully sympathize with the Rangers over losing their Zords. It may not have been the best wand, being unbalanced and made from less than ideal materials, but Harry had put a lot of work into it. It was, just as Zack had said, like losing a part of himself.

"Is there nothing that can be done?" Alpha asked, pleading apparent in his mechanical voice. Harry's silent shake of his head was the only answer offered.

Finally, after several seconds of silence. "We're fucked," Zack deadpanned.

Harry sighed. "Only slightly…"

-MR-

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