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

17. Chapter 17

-Magi Ranger

By: Tenstar12

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

Chapter 17, In Which Harry Steps Back Into the Fray

"Harry," Alpha prodded, his panic now turning to elation since Zordon spoke. "You did it! You brought Zordon back!"

"Yes, Alpha," Zordon spoke. "Harry appeared before me at the heart of the Morphing Grid and explained the situation to me. We were able to obtain the help I sought before we returned as well. Our chances of victory have never been higher, even with the obstacles the Rangers now face."

"What do you mean, Zordon?" Alpha sounded confused, but turned to Harry when Zordon nodded in his direction. With a smirk, Harry opened his hand and showed the shocked robot the item held there.

"Harry… Zordon… Is that a…?"

"Yes, Alpha," Zordon's voice was heavily tinted with pride. "Now you see why I am so confident in our victory."

Alpha seemed speechless as he repeatedly looked between Harry and the object he held in his hand. Finally, Zordon spoke once more. "Harry, listen well. Now that you hold the Power of the Morphing Grid there are a few things you must know about its use. I will do all in my power to train you more thoroughly in the future, but I fear the Rangers will need your help too soon for a detailed lesson now."

Harry nodded, a grim look on his face as he closed his fist around the Grid's gift once more. "I understand, Zordon. And I'll do what I can to fix things."

Zordon shook his head slightly. "Do not try to take everything upon yourself, Harry. The imbalance is already being corrected merely with your presence among those who use the Grid. Taking back the Elder Wand from Rita will inevitably speed up the process, but just having you join the side of good has already done what had to be done. Now, observe the Viewing Globe."

Turning, Harry walked closer to the glowing orb and watched as a picture faded into view from within its depths. The image showed a massive, bipedal dragon-like robot that was largely black and silver with a few green and gold portions destroying parts of the harbor in Angel Grove. He couldn't get much of a size scale, but it appeared to be nearly the same size as Jason's Tyrannosaurus Dinozord. The massive machine was mostly stomping around and using the spinning drill bit like end of its tail to tear into various buildings, but as Harry watched it ripped a smoke stack off of one factory and bit it in two.

"What you see before you is the mighty Dragonzord. This is the Zord associated with the Green Ranger's Power Coin. Rita has awakened it now that she believes the Megazord to be beyond our reach in order to more easily destroy Angel Grove."

As Harry watched, the scene switched to the five Rangers fighting valiantly against the Green Ranger in the middle of a city intersection, probably nearby the harbor if Harry's guess was any good. The result was much as Harry had grown to expect as of late: Tommy was defeating them all handily with a combination of the Sword of Darkness and a new, much smaller blade held in his off-hand. Each time they fell, the Rangers would rise once more to continue the fight though. They seemed to have taken Harry's earlier words to heart. "The Rangers are combatting the Green Ranger in the hopes of stopping the Dragonzord," Zordon continued. "However with Rita's magic enhancing his strength there is little chance they will be able to defeat him alone. This is where you will come in."

Harry turned back toward Zordon as he spoke. "Just tell me what to do, Zordon."

Zordon nodded before closing his eyes briefly. "This shall be your first lesson on using the Power, Harry. I fear yours shall be a highly unorthodox education, but I will do my best to pass on as much of my knowledge as you can take. In your particular case, you are used to taking your magic and weaving it to your will, but with this power you must let it guide you. You can direct it, but it knows the form that must be taken to achieve the ends you desire. Any attempt to force it to do otherwise could be disastrous. I fear the hardest part for you will be this surrender as your brand of magic must be commanded and controlled carefully to avoid similar disastrous results."

Harry flinched slightly. Giving in to the magic within you and letting it have free reign was generally frowned upon and the lesson to avoid such was hammered into his head since his first year at Hogwarts. Careful pronunciation, precise wand movements, and strong force of will and concentration were hallmarks of early magic use as he knew it. It was true that parts of the formula could be dropped as one became more adept, but the fact remained that Zordon had a point, this was going to take him once more out of his comfort zone.

"Until we have time to begin your in depth lessons, you would probably be better off drawing directly only from your own natural magic while in combat. If you are able to let the Power guide and protect you it will be all to the better, but until you have a better grasp on it I would not advise actively trying to channel its energy yourself."

Harry let off a deep sigh before speaking. "Alright then. So try and relax and go against every magic lesson I've received to date and don't try to throw around any Grid powered fireballs just yet. Got it."

Zordon chuckled slightly. "Indeed. If you look within yourself now, Harry, you should feel a separate energy source near the core of your being." With a deep breath, Harry sank into a partial trance, careful to listen as Zordon spoke, and reached down within himself for his magic. Upon finding his core, Harry first realized that it truly was much smaller than when he had last interacted with it. It made sense since the Grid had said it was going to take half of his magic, but it was still rather jarring to "see" the proof first hand. Once he had gotten over his shock, it was only a matter of moments before he found the comparatively smaller mote of light that resonated with the pure energy of the Morphing Grid's Power.

"As you have no doubt guessed, this is the representation of your access to the Power. As you practice and use it more, your strength will grow, granting you the ability to draw on more of the Power and use it to cast more and more powerful spells, much like exercising increases the size and strength of a muscle. If you are able to pull this power up and surrender yourself to the guidance of the Morphing Grid, you will be able to use the Power you have been given and put a stop to Rita's current plans."

Tentatively, Harry reached out and "touched" the mote of Grid energy. Almost immediately he felt his mind overcome with a wash of power and he instinctively slammed his Occlumency shields to full as he panicked. It was a few moments later that he realized that this was exactly the opposite of what he was supposed to be doing and took a deep, calming breath before tentatively lowering them a crack.

It started slowly, just a trickle of warmth wrapping around his mind just inside his Occlumency barriers and offering comfort. As he slowly lowered his shields to their previous state, a sense of confidence and peace, as well as a hint of satisfaction that could only have come from the Grid consciousness itself, settled into place before fading to a kind of background buzz as he tried to accept the gift he was given. Then, his mind was flooded with information. He knew what he had to do to begin to access his new Power.

Shaking himself out of his trance, Harry looked back up at Zordon. "Why do I get the sinking feeling that I'm going to be waving my arms around like a crazy person and making ridiculous poses like the rest of the Rangers now?"

The humor in Zordon's voice was unmistakable. "Some sacrifices must be made for the safety of the galaxy, Harry."

Harry just sighed, his free hand massaging his forehead to ward off the slight headache he felt building. "Fine… I don't like it, but it's what has to be done. What's the plan?"

Zordon nodded in satisfaction, a slight smirk still on his face, before speaking. "Alpha, teleport the Rangers to the location where the Megazord was buried. Rita will most likely order Tommy to pursue them and send reinforcements to help ensure her victory. Once they have arrived, Harry will teleport to their side so they may begin the counterattack while you and I see about freeing the Megazord from Rita's spell before the Dragonzord is able to catch up."

"Right!" Alpha cheered. "It's good to have you back, Zordon."

Zordon smiled once more. "It is good to be back, Alpha. Now, are you prepared, Harry?"

Harry firmed himself up and nodded. "As I'll ever be, Zordon. Alpha, whenever you're ready."

"Alright, teleporting now!"

-MR-

It was to yet another large valley clearing that the Rangers found themselves teleported to, having been abruptly pulled from their battle with the Green Ranger at almost the same instant they were informed that Zordon had returned. They had been overjoyed to hear of their mentor's return, but the emotion was quickly overcome by confusion.

"Why did Alpha teleport us here?" Jason shouted, as he looked around.

Zack was quick to follow up as he held one hand to the singed chest of his suit. "Yeah, I don't see how getting our butts handed to us outside the city is any different from where we were…"

"Wait," Billy suddenly piped up. "Isn't this where Rita trapped the Zords?"

Glancing around, the other Rangers quickly realized that their resident genius was indeed correct. Their battle with the giant Green had led them out of the shallows off the coast and into the very valley they were now standing in where Rita had blasted the Megazord and trapped it underground. If nothing else, the numerous giant footprints from the Megazord gave it away.

Any further contemplation on their parts was interrupted as a crack split the air as a bolt of lightning arced across the sky briefly before raking across the ground, leaving a horde of putties behind in its wake. Another flash, this time three points of yellow light, flared into existence just in front of the horde before quickly fading to reveal Goldar, Scorpina, and the Green Ranger. The fact that Scorpina was still in her scorpion monster form led the Rangers to believe that Harry's theory about his spell outlasting Rita's could be right.

"You won't be getting away that easily, Power Rangers." Tommy's voice shouted across the thirty or so feet between the two groups. "You will be destroyed this day, all for the glory of Empress Rita!"

"Oh great," Kimberly moaned, taking a shaky fighting stance alongside her teammates. "Just what we needed: more bad guys…"

"I hope Zordon sent us here for a reason," Trini near growled as she glared at Rita's forces behind her helmet. "Because this is starting to look really bad. We were having enough trouble just facing Tommy."

A crack split the air once more, though this time it was the familiar crack of apparition as Harry appeared just in front of the Rangers dressed in his conjured black cloak once again, though with the hood down this time. "Come on now, guys. Give the old guy a little credit. Of course there's a plan here."

The group's shout of, "HARRY!" only barely surpassed Goldar's furious roar from across the clearing and only because of Harry's proximity.

"MAGELING!" the simian roared in fury, only Scorpina's claw hand clamped around his arm stopped him from charging in a blind rage. "YOU DARE SHOW YOURSELF AFTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME! WHAT YOU DID TO SCORPINA! I WILL TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN DESTROYING YOU PERSONALLY!"

Harry barely turned toward Rita's forces before calling back. "I believe I've said it before, Goldar: greater men than you have threatened me like that, and I'm still here."

"And how do you intend to fight against our army?" Goldar seemed to have calmed down slightly by this point. "I notice you have yet to draw your focus, Mageling. Surely you don't intend to fight without it as you did after our first encounter."

"Oh, no worries there, Goldar." Harry smirked, waving his hand airily in the simian's direction before deliberately turning back toward the Rangers. "That wand burned out when I shrank you and Scorpina."

"Harry!" Jason snapped. "Why would you tell him that?"

"Yes, why would you give up a potential tactical advantage so superfluously?" Billy queried immediately after.

"And what are you doing out here anyway?" Kimberly demanded, sounding rather angry with him as well.

Seeing Zack and Trini weren't saying anything, either to decry him further or in his defense, Harry shot them a smile. "Relax, guys. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't prepared. Besides, I already told you there's a plan…"

Almost casually, Harry flipped the object in his right hand into the air, letting the sunlight glint off of its golden surface as it spun before catching it once more.

"Harry…" Trini said, seemingly short of breath. "Is that a…"

"ANOTHER POWER COIN!" Goldar was back to shouting his comments again. "HOW DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER POWER COIN!? THERE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE MORE THAN SIX!"

Harry turned back toward the now nervously shifting horde, although in all honesty it was rather impossible to tell if the putties were nervous or just being their normal, twitchy selves. "Things change Goldar. Especially when a dimensional traveling wizard is involved. When you and Rita stole my Elder Wand from me, you changed the rules. Because of that, we were able to make a deal and change a few things of our own. But enough of that…" Harry flipped the coin one more time before catching it and idly rubbing his thumb across the embossed image on its face. After a moment of silence, Harry snapped his head back up and stared Goldar down once more. "For now, it's time to POWER UP!"

With his victorious shout, influenced more than a little by the Grid much to his chagrin, Harry raised his right hand, holding the coin between his thumb and forefinger. Bringing his left palm up to the face of the coin, Harry concentrated his magic into the small disk before slowly pulling his left hand away. As Rita's forces and the Power Rangers all watched, Harry's Power Coin lit up with a bright golden light as it stretched out to follow his palm while the other end stayed firm between his fingers.

Mere moments after he began, Harry pulled his left hand free from the tip of the now eleven inch long rod that had once been his Power Coin. One end of it was much narrower than the other with a gradual slope up to a clearly defined handle where he shifted the grip of his right hand. With a slight grunt, Harry thrust his golden wand diagonally up and toward Rita's forces, the sunlight once more glinting off of it, though this time highlighting three parallel bars that extended from each side of the narrow end, starting a quarter inch or so from the tip and with the center bar sticking out a little further than the other two.

He was entirely unprepared for the massive shower of sparks that shot forth from the tip of his wand as the construct of magic made from a fusion of the Grid's power, Harry's own magic, and the magic of two of the three Deathly Hallows bonded to its new user, feeling as good as his old holly and phoenix feather ever had. He was even more unprepared for the random explosions that went off some distance behind him, though being held firmly in the thrall of the Morphing Grid's Power and guidance, he didn't even flinch.

The same could not be said for everyone though.

The shockwave of the explosion washed over the Rangers with relatively little reaction, though they could have been paralyzed from shock or held within the Grid's Power as well so it wasn't too surprising. When the shockwave passed Harry, with his cloak flapping dramatically in the wind as it did, it picked up speed, kicking up a wall of dust and debris before slamming into Goldar, Scorpina, and Tommy. The three leaders were staggered slightly but when it washed over the army of putty patrollers behind them, a great many of them were knocked to the ground.

"Well…" Harry mumbled as he relaxed his stance and brought his new wand to his side. "That felt… unnecessary…"

"Is that another wand?" Kimberly asked, stepping up next to Harry and studying the focus in his hand.

"And it was that Power Coin you had a second ago, wasn't it?" Zack asked, stepping up on her other side, his excitement tinting his voice. "It changed just like ours do when we're piloting our Zords!"

Harry shrugged as he turned his attention back to Rita's recovering forces. "I don't know anything about that, but yes, this wand is the direct result of my little trip through the Grid to find Zordon. I understand you guys were having a bit of trouble while I was gone."

"That is an extreme understatement…" Billy said, putting a hand to his helmeted head.

"How much of a difference will that thing make," Jason spoke, his voice firm and demanding as he stepped up on Harry's free side. "Do you have any thoughts on how to get us out of this?"

Harry nodded firmly. "Zordon is working on a way to break Rita's containment spell and free the Zords before the Dragonzord gets here. In the meantime, I was instructed to help stall for time."

"ENOUGH!" Goldar's shout echoed across the clearing as he grew tired of waiting. "I will not stand here and watch you pathetic Power Brats talk amongst yourselves any longer! Prepare to die!" With more unnecessary flourishes, Goldar brought his hand up to his face briefly before flinging it back down to his side, twin beams of energy lancing from his eyes and right toward Harry.

To his credit, Harry didn't even flinch. This was partially because of the minor influence the Grid still had on him. The Power was pulsing within his being, filling him with confidence and keeping his head clear which let him draw on his training from his own world, as well as a flare for the dramatic that the Power brought with it, more easily than ever before.

With a flick of his new wand and a pulse of his magic, the ground before Harry and the Rangers cracked before a section of stone shot straight up at the last possible instant, forming a ten foot high wall that Goldar's attack slammed into with a massive explosion. When the smoke cleared, the Rangers were left confused while Rita's forces were enraged on top of that. There were multiple chunks of stone, clearly the remains of Harry's wall, just floating in midair.

"I seriously hope you have something better than that, Goldar." Harry taunted as the last few Rangers stepped up to join the line on either side of him. "But for now, it's my turn." With another flick of his wand, Harry transfigured the floating stones into metal spears that then flipped in the air to face the pointed end toward the assembled army.

Harry was just able to witness Goldar's blue face appear to pale slightly before giving his wand a dramatic swish, simultaneously banishing the spears forward. Goldar, Scorpina, and Tommy leapt into the air, easily clearing the cloud of pointy death heading their way, but the same could not be said for the putties behind them. In mere moments, the army of putties that had to have been at least fifty strong was cut down to a mere handful with the rest having been skewered or sliced to pieces by the cloud of transfigured spears.

And then the spears exploded.

Harry flinched slightly before glancing down at his wand in exasperation. "Alright, now I know that that was unnecessary."

As the smoke cleared once more, Goldar, Scorpina, and Tommy regrouped in front of the crater that had once been their army of putty patrollers. In the very center of the burnt section of earth, a lone figure stood from a crouch. The single remaining putty glanced around at the remains of its brethren before letting out a panicked gurgle/mumbling sound and turning on his heel. The construct was so eager to escape that it didn't even let tripping over its former comrades' pieces slow it down, occasionally keeping its momentum on all fours as it struggled back to its feet. It wasn't until the grey figure was halfway through scaling the near vertical cliff wall that had been to their backs that Goldar's optic blast vaporized it.

"COWARD!" the monster roared before turning back to the Rangers. "No matter, we don't need the putties to deal with the likes of you, Power Rangers!"

"Yes, of course, Goldar," Harry taunted as he raised his wand to a ready position once more. "Because you guys have had such a great track record so far."

Goldar's response came in the form of a roar as he charged, his sword held out before him and with Scorpina and Tommy flanking him to each side.

As the Rangers charged forward to meet them, Harry prepared himself once more to play a support role. While it was fun to rile up Goldar when he had the chance, without the protections provided by the Rangers' suits it still wasn't a smart idea to get involved in a melee, new wand or not.

With a quick flick of his wand, a jet of light flew forward, impacting Goldar's sword just as he brought it over his head to strike the approaching Jason. Much to Harry's private amusement, the blade of the weapon began shrinking. As the unaware monster brought his weapon down, the now six inch blade passed well short of the Ranger, allowing Jason to make his own attack with his Power Sword, sending Goldar flying backward in a shower of sparks.

Turning his attention to where Zack and Trini were fighting against Scorpina, Harry watched calmly as the two Rangers alternated dodging in and out of the monstrous woman's range, attacking with their respective weapons before moving away as the other struck her. It seemed that Scorpina's current speed wasn't enough to keep up with the far more nimble Rangers, most likely a consequence of being stuck in her giant form for the time being. More power, but less speed worked well on fighting giant, clunky machines or destroying large amounts of real estate, but was rather less effective on agile martial artists.

Seeing that they had their battle well in hand, Harry turned to the third skirmish, where Kimberly and Billy were facing off against the Green Ranger. Here, things were going more as he had expected. Tommy had been able to fight off the entirety of the team by himself, so the Blue and Pink Rangers alone stood no chance. Still, each time he knocked them down, which happened often, they stood right back up and resumed their assault.

Scowling, Harry twisted in place, apparating behind Tommy much like in their earlier battle, and gave his wand a swish before jabbing it in his direction. The ground started to rumble before a chain burst forth in a shower of stone, catching Tommy off guard and wrapping around his right wrist just before he could bring the Sword of Darkness down across Billy once more.

For his part, Tommy only froze for a moment. When the chain pulled taught, yanking his arm out to his side and making him stumble slightly, he seemed to come to his senses long enough to figure out what was happening. When a second chain erupted from the earth on his left side and aiming for that arm, he spun to his right, dodging the new chain neatly, before swiping at it with his shorter weapon, slicing through the transfigured chain like a hot knife through butter. As that chain broke apart, Tommy let out a shout of exertion as he brought his weapon down across the other chain, destroying it just as easily and freeing himself just in time to roll out of the way of a few blasts from Billy and Kimberly's blade blasters.

Having expected that outcome, Harry just began his assault anew. Moving his focus fluidly, and once more marveling at how well it channeled his magic, Harry started casting a near constant stream of offensive hindering spells. He would have liked to use something more destructive, but since Billy and Kimberly were rather close to his target and they were looking to free Tommy from Rita's spell without ending his life at the same time, body binds and stunners it was.

The battle was furious. The Green Ranger was a non-stop blur of movement as he avoided or deflected each of Harry's spells, the occasional shot from Kimberly's blade blaster, and eventually all of Billy's attacks with his Power Lance.

Finally, his concentration was shot when Jason's voice rang out. "Harry! Behind!"

Spinning in place, Harry caught sight of Goldar coming toward him from a flying leap with one fist drawn back, apparently having discarded his shrunken weapon and with a wicked smirk on his face.

"I have you now Mageling!"

Harry merely raised an eyebrow before jabbing his wand forward. "Arresto Momentum!"

He could only watch as Goldar's eyes widened when he came to an abrupt stop in midair. It was almost comical how the monster began flailing about in panic while Harry merely watched.

With a smirk of his own, Harry pointed his wand at Goldar. "Reducto!"

The blasting curse lanced toward the immobile monster, but was intercepted at the last moment by the bulky form of Scorpina. "I think not, little mage!" Her voice was quite deep and the sheer volume made Harry wince slightly. On top of that, Harry's spell did little to no damage to her, most likely due to the larger power he had earlier assumed she possessed in her current form.

"Well Bugger…" Harry groaned just before Scorpina's large claw-hand backhand slammed into his torso, sending him flying back through the air. His mind blanked out for a moment as he flew, vaguely noticing as Goldar was pulled down to the ground by Scorpina before the two began charging toward Tommy's battle.

Then Harry's travel was interrupted with a short scream as he landed on another body. It took only a moment for Harry to return to his senses and find himself in a tangle of arms and legs. Those that didn't belong to him were clad in yellow.

Rolling off of the downed Trini, Harry slowly pulled himself to his feet before offering her a hand while his other was wrapped around his aching torso where he had been struck. "That's two I owe you," he said with a small smile as she took his hand.

Their attention was drawn by a pair of small explosions as Goldar and Scorpina's respective attacks struck Billy and Kimberly, knocking them well away from Tommy as the three servants of Rita regrouped. Groaning slightly, Harry jogged after Trini as she and the other Rangers gathered around their downed companions and helped them up.

"Just face it Rangers," Tommy began taunting them as he stepped forward. "Even with the help of your pet mage, you cannot hope to stand against the power of Empress Rita."

"Tommy, don't do this!" Kimberly was pleading now, reaching toward him with one hand while her other was pressed to the chest of her still slightly smoking suit. "This isn't you! Rita is controlling you!"

"You have to fight it, man!" Jason shouted, stepping forward as he did so with a dramatic hand gesture of his own.

Harry just rolled his eyes as he cast a few first aid charms on himself to help dull his pain.

"I am now and forever more a servant of my empress!" Tommy shouted back, sounding rather angry now. "She has opened my eyes to true power and I will serve her loyally until my dying day."

"It's no use…" Zack growled. "Rita's spell is too strong. We can't get through to him this way."

"You are correct, Zackary," Zordon's voice sounded from each of their communicators. "Rita's spell has a powerful hold over Tommy's mind, but if you can destroy the Sword of Darkness, the spell will be broken."

The Rangers' elation at finally having an answer, the difficult of obtaining that answer momentarily ignored, was interrupted by another furious shout from Goldar. "Zordon?! He's back?! Impossible!"

Smirking slightly, Harry stepped up. "I'm afraid so, Goldar. And that would be my fault again."

"GRAAAAH! MAGELING!" Goldar roared, his voice suddenly booming out much louder than before.

Everyone froze, even Rita's servants, before a smirk came across Goldar's face as he began to grow before their very eyes. Moments later, Scorpina let out a victorious cackle of her own as she too began to grow.

Harry just smirked for a moment before he felt himself being grabbed and thrown over a Red shoulder as the Rangers leapt an easy fifty yards to escape the immediate proximity of the two monsters who were once more growing to gigantic proportions.

With a grunt, Harry once more found himself on his feet with Jason staring at him. "Why weren't you moving, Harry? It looks like your spell just wore off!"

Harry idly brushed his shirt down and resettled his robe before answering pleasantly. "Yes, it certainly does."

"And why don't you sound at all panicked about that?" Zack asked incredulously.

Harry shot the Black Ranger an amused smile. "Because my type of shrinking spell tends to have rather negative side effects on living beings once it wears off."

Billy was the first one to respond. "So the sudden increase in their overall mass would have a potentially negative effect on their physical being?"

Harry blinked before nodding. "If that means that they're going to be hurting in a moment, then yes, it will."

True to Harry's prediction, the victorious laughter of the two leering monsters, now back to their full giant height, was cut off almost simultaneously before they fell to their knees as pain wracked their bodies. "WHAT IS HAPPENING!?" Goldar roared as Scorpina found herself unable to do anything more than scream.

"You messed with the wrong kind of magic, Goldar!" Harry shouted back before flicking his wand twice in the direction of the two. The twin body-bind curses washed over the two monsters almost simultaneously and the effects were immediate and earth shaking. Goldar and Scorpina stiffened and their legs snapped together while their arms became locked to their sides. Moments after, they teetered ominously before falling to the earth with a massive crash. Scorpina fell backwards, but Goldar landed flat on his face and his growls of rage and pain were easy to make out even through his locked jaw. Before anyone could make another move, the two massive forms vanished in a flash of light, most likely getting recalled to Rita's palace after their defeat.

For his part, Harry felt an immediate wave of weakness wash over him and dropped to one knee. "Alright, note to self…" Harry mumbled. "Don't cast any more general effect spells on giant monsters. Especially not two of them one after the other."

He felt hands on his shoulders after a few moments when the Rangers were able to take their shocked attention off of the fallen monsters long enough to notice he was down as well. "Are you alright Harry?" Zack asked from his left side.

"What just happened?" Jason asked/demanded from his right.

When the other Rangers echoed his sentiments, although with significantly less demand from them, Harry groaned and pulled himself to his feet again. "The shrinking spell wore off and every part of their body started aching at once from the strain. Then I hit them with a body-bind curse, which was probably not a good idea as it took way more magic than I thought it would."

"So did you overexert yourself like when you shrank them?" Kimberly asked, once more concerned.

Harry shook his head. "I'm still conscious aren't I? Besides, I wasn't fighting against once of Rita's spells this time and the body-bind is a much simpler spell so it didn't take as much magic as that particular shrinking spell. It actually probably wouldn't have worked if they hadn't been in so much pain already. No, I just used too much magic in one go."

Any further questioning or explaining was cut short when Tommy landed twenty or so feet from them. "I don't know what you did to defeat Goldar and Scorpina, but it looks like it pretty much finished you off, Mageling. And we already know that the Rangers can't defeat me. This battle is already over!"

With another groan, Harry straightened himself and shook off Zack's supporting hands. He couldn't afford to show weakness now. With an internal glance, Harry winced at the state of his magical reserves. After his initial barrage of spells and the two full body binds he was down to around a quarter of his total magic, and eighth of what he used to have. Certainly not the most ideal situation to go into a fight against the Green Ranger with, but he would have to work with it as best he could.

Then, the ground began shaking.

With a growing feeling of dread, Harry looked around wildly with the Rangers only for Billy to cry out and point off to their right, back toward the city. It was a wide-eyed Harry who saw the Dragonzord stomping its way toward them.

"Oh no!" Trini shouted out. "It's the Dragonzord!"

"Shit!" Jason growled, his fist once more clenched in anger. "Harry, I don't suppose you have any ideas here, do you?"

Harry frowned slightly. "Maybe… but I don't know how-"

Harry was cut off by Tommy's faux-villainous laughter. "And now my Dragonzord has arrived! You are through, Power Rangers."

"Harry?" Kimberly asked, sending a wary and saddened glance toward Tommy. "You said you might have a plan."

"Yeah, but I don't-"

Harry was once more cut off, but this time by Zordon's voice coming from his communicator. "Harry. We are ready, but I will need some additional help on your end."

Harry's eyes widened before he lifted his communicator. "I don't know how much help I'll be Zordon. I pretty much wiped myself out taking down Goldar and Scorpina."

"There is another way, Harry, and you know it."

Harry sighed. "Yeah, that was kind of already my plan. I was just hoping to put it off for a bit longer."

There was humor once more in Zordon's voice as he responded. "As I said before, Harry, sacrifices for the safety of the galaxy."

"Yeah, yeah…" Harry groaned before lowering his communicator and glaring up at Tommy.

The Green Ranger merely stood there for a moment, smugness practically emanating from him. "Are you done with your last ditch planning session? Surely you know that nothing you can do will allow you to defeat my almighty Dragonzord!" Tommy's comment was echoed by the massive machine that had just stepped fully into the valley, although still quite some distance away, as it let out a mechanical roar that sent a chill down Harry's spine.

"And now, you're finished!" Tommy called out before lifting the guard of his dagger to the lips of his helmet. What happened next both confused and fascinated Harry. The dagger started playing music. The Ranger's hand began working a few keys on the handle of the weapon and it letting out a sound that was rather reminiscent of a group of trumpets.

The effect it had was much less fascinating.

The Dragonzord immediately let out another roar, attracting the Ranger's attention to the flashing lights on its chest as it whipped its left arm out and pointed it straight toward them. It was difficult to tell what was happening from their distance, but the telltale whistling sound and trails of smoke that started getting closer mere moments later was enough warning for Harry to whip his wand up and surround himself and the Rangers in a Protego.

The missiles that the Dragonzord launched impacted with Harry's shield and nearly sent him to his knees once more. Even as the Rangers stared at him in what he could only assume was awe as he couldn't see their faces, the smoke cleared around them and the Green Ranger staggered back a step.

"HOW! How did you do that?!" He demanded, recovering quickly from his surprise. "How are you still alive?!"

Harry took a deep breath before reluctantly reaching down deep and embracing the mote of Power within him once again, forcing himself to relax enough for the grid to give him another set of instructions. With a grim smile, Harry stepped up to the front of the group, the rest of the Rangers spreading themselves behind him in a "V" formation as he felt the Power begin influencing them as well.

Ever the showman, that Morphing Grid…

"You should know by now, Tommy, that you should never underestimate a magic user, me least of all." Harry stated calmly, letting the Power flowing through him bolster his own flagging strength and confidence. "You said that this battle is already over, but I can assure you that it is far from it."

"What are you talking about?!" Tommy demanded, appearing slightly off balance after Harry's declaration. "There is nothing more you can do. I have already proven able to defeat you all myself and with the Dragonzord by my side and without your Zords, you cannot possibly hope to stand against me!"

Harry let out another deep breath before locking his gaze on Tommy's visor and shifting his stance. Turning his body to the left, Harry lifted his right arm, his wand held tightly in his hand and pointed toward Tommy. His left hand was brought up, palm out, near his left shoulder and parallel with the ground. He slid his feet around for a moment before bending his knees slightly and settling into a combat dueling stance he had been taught for someone with the capability of using wandless magic alongside a wand. His left hand was available for whatever wandless spells he needed, usually shields and other defensive spells, while the majority of his offensive magics would come from the wand. But his purpose wasn't a magical duel this time.

"It's rather simple, Tommy." Harry said, allowing his confidence to shine through his eyes and in his voice even as he pulled his Morphing Grid Power to the surface, throwing the evil Ranger off even more as his form lit up with a dark purple aura. "You say everything is over. I say… It's Morphin' Time!"

-MR-

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