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

42. Chapter 42

Magi Ranger

By: Tenstar12

AN: Shout out to Soundbitespartner who was the 1000th follower for Magi Ranger. In addition, they were also the 900th to favorite Magi Ranger. Gotta love it. : )

Also, because so many people asked, no, there was not a reference to Power Rangers Mystic Force last chapter. No, Harry will not be affiliated with Mystic Force in any way for the duration of Magi Ranger.

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

Chapter 42, or Pirantishead vs the Rangers, Round 3!

Another bout of waiting so soon after the last made the entire situation that much more stressful for Harry.

Billy, Alpha, and Trini were all standing near a table that Alpha had teleported in. The table was strewn with various mechanical parts and circuits that the trio were slowly assembling into a large box with an antennae on top. Assumedly, this was the device that would break Pirantishead's control over the Megazord and allow Zordon to reenergize the Zords.

Due to Harry's complete lack of technological knowhow, not to mention the volatile reaction that his magic tended to cause around sensitive electronics, Harry was basically banned from the immediate area around the table, none of those involved willing to risk an accident with the stakes as high as they were.

Kimberly, Jason, and Zack, by contrast, were clustered nearby the table, eagerly watching the more mentally gifted trio work so there was no help in alleviating his boredom coming from that direction either. He couldn't even work on his galleons in his room or do any Grid Magic meditation exercises or anything, Zordon having cautioned against any upswings in his magic while the delicate work was going on.

So yeah, Harry was bored.

So lost in his boredom was he that he nearly jumped out of his skin when the Command Center's alarms once more went off.

"Rangers!" Zordon said immediately. "Pirantishead has appeared once more near Angel Grove."

Jason was quick to jump into action. "Is it attacking the Rally again?"

Zordon shook his floating head. "No, Jason, this time the monster is near the mountains where the Command Center is located. And the sensors indicate that the Megazord is moving in this direction as well."

"Oh man…" Zack groaned. "They must be coming after us directly."

"That is indeed possible, Zack," Zordon confirmed. "We must act quickly. Jason, you, Zack, Kimberly, and Harry must go and stall the monster while Trini and Billy remain here to help Alpha finish the disruption device. It is imperative that the device is finished as quickly as possible so that the Megazord can be recovered."

"And then we can take that overgrown guppy down!" Zack cheered, still showing the most excitement over the proposed power up.

Ignoring his friend, Jason nodded to Zordon. "Alright, we'll hold them off as long as we can. Are you ready guys?"

Still influenced by the Power within him, Harry nodded along with Zack and Kimberly and formed up behind Jason, though off to one side.

"It's Morphin' Time!"

"MASTODON!" "PTERODACTYL!" "TYRANNOSAURUS!" "MAGI RANGER, POWER UP!"

-MR-

As the light of the Rangers' teleportation faded in a typical rocky area in the mountains surrounded by tall cliffsides, they were immediately met with Pirantishead's taunting laughter. "Ho ho! So you came to face me again, Rangers! Think you can do any better than before?"

"Don't count us out just yet, fish lips," Jason shouted. "We've only just begun!"

"Well I'm not out of tricks yet either!" the monster fired back. "Putty Patrollers!"

From behind the monster, a putty patroller leaned out to its left, sticking little more than its head and shoulders into view. Then, another one did the same thing on the monster's right. Another popped up on the left, slightly lower than the first and with its arms stretched up over its head. A fourth copied that one on the right side. Another putty stuck its head from directly behind the monster, both its hands raised with one finger pointing upward on each hand. Finally, one putty patroller leapt into the air, flipping over Pirantishead's head and landing on its toes with its heels pressed together, its knees bent, and its arms reaching forward and up.

Harry blinked. What the…

"Remember guys," Jason said, surprisingly quietly considering he was in morph and tended to yell everything under those circumstances. "We're trying to buy as much time as we can. As long as we're fighting putties, Pirantishead probably won't get involved himself or bring in the Megazord."

"Yeah," Zack followed with a nod. "Remember what Zordon said about Zedd. He likes to drag things out as long as he thinks he's winning."

Kimberly nodded as well. "So we'll use that against him to buy Billy, Trini, and Alpha the time they need."

"Exactly," Jason concluded with his own nod. "So even though we know how to beat these guys easily, we shouldn't hit the 'Z' too quickly, and we don't want to make it look like we have too much of an advantage so the monster doesn't get involved himself."

Harry snorted. "Yeah, that would probably turn the tables around a bit too quickly for comfort."

A vague plan in place, the Rangers squared up with the six Z-putties and took their fighting stances.

After a few tense moments, Pirantishead seemed to have had enough of the standoff. "Putties, attack!"

The putties charged.

If there was any question in Harry's mind as to the physical superiority of Zedd's putties compared to Rita's it was laid to rest almost immediately. The putties cleared the thirty or so feet to the Rangers in a few seconds, rather impressive when coming from a dead stop, and used the momentum to add to their initial attacks.

Just as in their first encounter, a pair of them took to the sky, jumping and flipping to land behind the Rangers as their four compatriots engaged them directly. Harry barely managed to sidestep his initial opponent's opening punch, deflecting it further to the side as he moved before kicking the side of the putty's knee and dropping it to the ground.

He then spun just in time to duck under a kick from one of the two extra putties, which, as before, gave the first enough time to regain its feet and round on him again. Now faced with two opponents, Harry did the only thing he could do, he surrendered to the Grid Power within him.

Taking the initiative, Harry moved in and launched a rapid fire series of punches at one putty, forcing it to block or dodge as best it could, which honestly wasn't very well. Each blow that landed on the shoulders, arms, and stomach of the putty echoed across the rocky area with the same almost-metallic clang that had become so familiar with Rita's putties. Then, Harry twisted in place, apparating behind the other putty and delivering a powerful kick that knocked it to the ground.

As the construct struggled to rise, Harry hopped forward, landing with both feet in the small of its back, before using it like a springboard and leaping further into the air, twisting and flipping around as he went, before scissoring his legs as he came down toward the first putty again, violently whipping its head to one side and throwing it off its feet with his scissor kick. With a quick burst of Power, Harry launched a forcewave at the ground beneath him just before he hit, the resulting burst of energy effectively negating his own momentum and allowing himself to spin just enough to get his feet under him again, landing safely and rising again to take his fighting stance.

Harry smirked beneath his helmet before turning his attention to his teammates. Jason, predictably enough, was fighting two of the putties and easily handling them. His typical strongly offensive fighting style replaced in this instance with one more focused on blocking his opponent's attacks, mixed in with the occasional shoulder throw when the opportunity presented itself.

Kimberly was almost literally jumping and flipping circles around her putty. The Pink Ranger's agility and flexibility allowing her to almost easily avoid the construct's attacks.

Zack, once again utilizing his Hip Hop Kido, was befuddling his opponent with quick strikes mixed in with various dance moves. If the putty went to attack high, Zack would drop to the ground and lash out with his legs to trip it up. If the putty went low, Zack performed one of his impressive vertical leaps, usually coming down on the putty's head with an axe kick or the like before returning to his dancing.

Harry was sure that if the putty was capable of feeling frustration, it probably would be at that moment.

For all that the putties were stronger and faster and, arguably, more durable than Rita's they were still no match for the Power Rangers now that they knew what they were up against.

Still immersed within the Power within him, Harry came back from his musings as the two putties tried to attack him from either side. He quickly apparated a few feet back, taking himself out of harm's way. The two putties, showing that for all their strength they were still just as stupid as Rita's had been, managed to land a pair of straight punches right into the "Z's" on the other's chest, leading to the now familiar whir-static-crack that signaled their destruction.

Zack shot a glance over at Harry. "What the heck, man?!"

Harry just shrugged. "I didn't do it! They hit each other!"

"Don't worry about it now!" Jason shouted, followed by a grunt as he caught a kick to his side from one putty before twisting and throwing it into the other. "Just stick to the plan."

Nodding and seeing as Jason was now the only one fighting more than one putty, Harry moved to assist him when a shadow fell across him. Acting quickly, Harry dove forward just in time to avoid Pirantishead as the monster landed where the Magi Ranger had been standing. "You seem to be more than a match for my putties, but do you think you can handle me so easily?"

Harry clenched his fist before summoning the Magi Staff. He really wasn't looking forward to this, but he had to buy time, and that meant playing along. "Only one way to find out, mate."

Without another word, the monster charged him.

The first exchange went about as expected. The monster charged in, lashing out with one of the fish ends on its chain weapon like a club. Harry almost negligently ducked under the attack before swinging the Magi Staff hard into the fish's chest… and nearly dropping the weapon when his attack did little more than rattle his own bones. Taking advantage of Harry's stunned state, Pirantishead brought its other fish-club around and whacked him across the face with it, making a sharp slapping sound as it did as though it was a real fish.

Harry was sent sprawling from the blow and spent the next few seconds lying on his back and trying to figure out why there were stars dancing in front of his eyes.

"Ha ha!" the monster laughed. "Looks like you still can't manage to pierce through my scales, eh Magi Ranger?!"

Pierce?

That one word stuck in Harry's mind as he slowly climbed back to his feet. Could that be the answer? So far, just about every attack the Rangers had tried had involved blasting or burning the monster, to no effect. Even Harry's summoned lightning attack had done little more than scorch it. In their defense, attacks like that had always been enough to overwhelm any opponent in the past, but Pirantishead was able to shake off such attacks with relative ease.

Retaking his stance and brandishing the Magi Staff, Harry began gathering his magic. So far, every attack they had tried had been a whole bunch of damage spread all over, but what if he focused his attack on a single point?

Pirantishead was still laughing and taunting Harry over his inability to hurt it, which gave Harry plenty of time to prepare a Grid Powered piercing hex and launch it at the monster's torso.

In an instant, the spell shot forward. The monster's eyes widened and it threw itself to the side, but not quite fast enough to avoid contact and an ensuing explosion.

Unfortunately for Harry, the blast was far too close and he was sent flying backwards in the shockwave, losing his grip on the Magi Staff as he went.

Once his ears stopped ringing and his head stopped spinning, Harry found himself staring up at Jason, Zack, and Kimberly, apparently having dealt with their Putties in the time that Harry was fighting Pirantishead. "Harry!" Kimberly was near-shouting, one hand shaking his shoulder as his head lolled lazily. "Harry, are you alright?"

"Ugh… anyone see the Hippogriff that ran me over?"

"Yeah, he's talking about creatures we've never heard of before, he's fine." Zack quipped before the Ranger's attention was drawn to a scream of rage.

"Curse you Power Rangers!" Pirantishead shouted, all hints of humor in its voice now gone as it staggered out of the drifting smoke from the explosion. "I won't let you get away with that!"

Far from unscathed as it had been in the aftermath of all the Rangers' other attacks, Pirantishead was now sporting scorch marks all over its body and it walked with a visible limp. But most obvious of all, was the chunk missing from its left arm where Harry's Grid overcharged piercing hex had hit it.

The missing chunk that it seemed to be bleeding from.

"Woah…" Kimberly said weakly. "What did you do, Harry?"

Harry shrugged, nearly as shocked as Kimberly. "Uh… best guess is that the piercing hex I used managed to get through Zedd's protective magics, which reacted poorly and caused an explosion. Probably similarly to how his putties explode when we hit the 'Z.'"

It was strange, Harry mused as he climbed to his feet once again with assistance from Zack and Kimberly while Jason stood protectively before them, but Harry had never really thought of the monster's they fought as real, living beings. It somehow made it easier to fight and destroy them if he avoided doing so, and all of Rita's monsters had simply let off sparks when damaged and exploded when enough damage was done. No blood to be seen.

But maybe it was because Zedd actually turned a real fish into the monster or some other quirk of the villain's Power, but this monster was very clearly bleeding. Its arm hanging limply at its side as it glared at the four Rangers before it.

But whatever the matter, he wouldn't let some new, if admittedly off putting, feature with Zedd's monsters stop him from fighting against them, it just wasn't in him to do so. But he had his experiences with his old world and the War against Voldemort to rely on. The other Rangers had nothing…

"You all thought I was tough before, but I was just playing around with you." Pirantishead raged. "I'm going to enjoy tearing you apart with my bare fins!"

With that, the monster charged again, its injured arm still limp, but its other one raised with its webbed hand spread wide. Jason met the charge head on, delivering a few rapid fire punches before he was sent spinning by a strike from Priantishead.

Zack and Kimberly were already there though, Zack grabbing the monster's one remaining arm in an attempt to restrain it while Kimberly landed several strikes with her blade blaster, drawing forth a shower of sparks for her effort while the monster roared in pain and anger.

"Look!" Jason exclaimed as he climbed back to his feet, one hand pressed to a fresh scorch mark on his chest. "Kim is actually doing damage to it! Maybe you really did break down his defenses, Harry!"

Harry blinked, somehow not believing what he was seeing. He hadn't expected it at the time, but it really did look like he had, at least temporarily, cancelled out whatever had made their earlier attacks so supremely ineffective. His explanation earlier had been complete conjecture, but there might have been something to it after all!

"Come on, Harry, we've gotta take advantage of this!" Jason shouted, summoning his Power Sword before joining Kimberly in her assault while Zack continued to restrain the monster.

Shaking himself slightly, Harry summoned his staff back to his hand and jabbed it toward the monster. Instantly, ropes sprouted from the end and snaked their way around both the monster's legs and its one good arm, yanking said arm out of Zack's grip, and lifting the monster up into the air. He considered entangling the injured arm as well, but doing that would pretty much prevent the other Rangers from attacking for fear of cutting through the ropes and freeing the monster.

"Wow…" Zack said slowly. "That works a whole lot better… huh… POWER AXE!" Zack quickly regrouped and manifested his axe before laying into the monster with it as well.

This continued for a few seconds, Harry focusing his magic and will on keeping the monster from escaping while the other three did as much damage as possible as quickly as possible.

Then the ground started shaking.

It was only the slightest of quakes at first, but after the fourth time it got slightly stronger, Harry finally figured out what it was.

"Uh… guys…" Harry said, glancing over his shoulder and catching sight of the spiked head he had been worried about. "We may have a bit of a problem."

"HAHAHAHAHA!" Pirantishead let out a burst of insane laughter. "YES! COME TO ME, MEGAZORD, AND PUT AN END TO THESE POWER PESTS!"

"Oh great," Kimberly groaned as the three attacking Rangers turned to face the new threat. "Now what're we gonna do?"

"Well," Harry said, idly moving Pirantishead so it was floating, still restrained by his conjured ropes, between the Rangers and the approaching Megazord. "We could always use our little friend here as a shield to buy more time. I mean, I doubt that Pirantishead will direct the Megazord to attack while it can't get out of the way."

"That's not a bad idea, but then what?" Jason said, keeping his eyes locked on the Megazord. "We just wait for Billy and Trini?"

"And hope nothing else goes wrong in the meantime?" Kimberly followed, sounding incredibly uneasy with the idea.

Harry idly rubbed at the back of his helmet with his free hand. "Unless you guys have any better ideas…"

"I have one!" Pirantishead shouted before its previously limp and wounded arm reached over and grabbed the ropes restraining its other one, ripping them off after only a second's hesitation.

Harry blinked in surprise before trying to renew the spell, sending out another group of ropes to entangle both arms, but it was too late. With a quick heave, the monster bent over and freed its legs, falling to the ground and rolling away to dodge Harry's spell.

It jumped to its feet with surprising agility before leaping high into the air and landing some twenty yards away. "How about I get out of the way and you all die! HA HA!"

If nothing else, Harry mused, at least the monster's good humor had returned, not that that was especially helpful with the Megazord now bearing down on them.

"Now, Megazord!" Pirantishead shouted as the mechanical colossus came to a stop behind (and technically above) it. "Destroy the Power Rangers!" The monster's command was followed with another bout of insane laughter as it began dancing, its once wounded arm moving freely again as if it was never hurt, though Harry wasn't near close enough to tell if it had healed it already. That would be just their luck to have to face another monster with incredible regenerative abilities on top of its near impenetrable defense.

"Harry," Jason said quickly. "Can you disable the Megazord with your magic? Like you did to Cyclopsis?"

Harry grimaced. "I probably could, though it would likely leave me wiped out for some time afterward. Not to mention the Zords would be of no use to us for Zordon's plan until they could be repaired. And that's assuming that Zedd didn't go ahead and destroy them or something once they were no longer of use to him."

"Well we have to try something!" Zack said, watching as the Megazord's eyes began flashing before a glow traveled up the horns on the side of its head, jumped as electricity to the tip of the central horn, and began to gather there.

Harry started gathering his own Power up. If nothing else, he might be able to shield them from the Megazord's attack. At the very least, it would buy them more time.

"GUYS!" Billy's very welcome voice echoed out behind them as he and Trini came running up in morph, a large box with an antennae on the top being carried between them. "Guys, we've got it!"

"Just in time too," Jason said, relief in his voice. "Turn it on, quick!"

Mere moments before the Megazord would have released its attack, Billy and Trini set the box down and Billy pressed a prominent red button on the top.

Harry stopped breathing.

It seemed as though the entire world had frozen for a moment.

Then the moment passed and the white blur that had overtaken the Megazord faded away along with the glow of a charging attack atop its head.

Harry's heart started beating again as he, and the other Rangers, let out a breath of relief.

"NO!" Pirantishead shouted, once more in a rage. "How did you free the Megazord from my control?"

"You're finished now, fish face!" Jason said, triumph in his voice as the other four members of his team formed up behind him while Harry stood off to one side. "You're defense has been broken and we've got the Megazord back. It's time to end this! Let's bring them together!"

"POWER AXE!" "POWER BOW!" "POWER DAGGERS!" "POWER LANCE!" POWER SWORD!"

"POWER BLASTER!" The Rangers chanted together as they formed up around Jason holding the cannon. "FIRE!"

As the lance of light shot toward its target, Harry felt a huge upsurge in Power just as a bolt of lightning shot down in front of Pirantishead, disrupting the blast from the Rangers' weapon and saving the monster. The next blast headed, not for the Rangers, but for the Megazord, and the resulting explosion was enough to knock it back into the individual Zords, each one slowly changing back from their Megazord configuration.

"The Zords!" Jason shouted before a third blast of lightning struck the ground in the middle of where the Zords were lying, causing the ground to break away beneath them and sending the Zords into the fiery abyss below.

"NO!" The Rangers shouted, Harry included, as they watched their hopes for an easy victory be snatched away from them by Lord Zedd.

Pirantishead started laughing again, even as it lifted up one hand to catch one of Zedd's grey orbs. "Oh boy, lookie what I've got!" Without another word, the monster smashed the orb into the ground, triggering another explosion before the now giant form of Pirantishead emerged from the smoke.

"I'M HUNGRY!" the monster roared as it towered over the downtrodden Rangers before glancing down as if it had just noticed them. "AH, LUNCH!"

Harry and the others took a few steps backwards in shock. "Harry," Jason said after a brief moment. "I guess you're up."

"Yeah," the Magi Ranger said with a sigh. "I guess I am."

"Just remember what Zordon said, Harry," Trini said, giving his arm a squeeze. "You are on the verge of unlocking your own new Power. Maybe that'll be enough to give you an edge."

"And plus," Zack said, adding his own bit of encouragement. "You aren't going into the fight blind this time. You have a better idea of what Pirantishead is capable of. If you fight smart, you'll be able to take this guy down!"

Harry smiled beneath his helmet and nodded firmly, incredibly glad for the extra support if nothing else, but before he could call Hedwig, their communicators went off. "Rangers," Zordon's voice echoed from their wrists. "All is not yet lost. Harry, while you fight Pirantishead, the other Rangers must return to the Command Center. Alpha was able to save enough of the old Zords to create the new Zords, but the Rangers must return here to begin the enhancement process."

The mood amongst the Rangers took an immediate upswing. "Seriously, Zordon!" Kimberly asked, happiness now suffusing her voice.

"Indeed, Kimberly, but we must hurry. The process will take a little time, and Harry will be fighting all alone."

The mood soured a bit at that, but Jason quickly nodded. "Right, Zordon, we're on our way. Harry, we'll get back as soon as we can."

"No worries, Jason." Harry said, giving the Red Ranger a nod. "Hedwig and I will hold down the fort as long as we can."

Without another word and a tight but quick hug from Trini, the Might Morphin' Rangers teleported away, leaving Harry to face the gigantic Pirantishead monster alone.

"Awww," the monster taunted. "Did your little friends leave you all alone? Or are you making the heroic sacrifice to stall the big scary monster so the others can fight another day?"

Harry smirked, channeling all the bravado he could. "No, I just wanted another crack at you myself."

The monster let out a bark of laughter, throwing its head back before glaring hungrily down at Harry again. "Well then bring it on little Ranger, or am I going to have to eat you before I get my entertainment?"

"Alright, fish face, let's get to round 2." Harry shouted before throwing up his arm with a burst of Power. "I call upon the Silver Owl Zord, Hedwig!"

Hedwig appeared high overhead with a screech and the familiar flash of light. Once she had fully manifested, Harry wasted no time in leap/teleporting to her head. "Are you ready, Hedwig?"

-Indeed, Harry/Wizard,- the Zord responded. –This time, we will be ready.-

Harry nodded, suppressing his doubts as best he could. Pirantishead was the strongest enemy the Rangers had fought yet, and he and Hedwig hadn't done well against it the first time at all. But Hedwig and the others were right, they were better prepared this time. He just hoped that it was enough to make the difference. "Begin Silver Owl Warrior Mode Transformation Sequence!"

When Harry and Hedwig had fused and transformed once more, they faced off against Pirantishead, what had once been rocky cliffs around them now only knee high obstructions. "So, Magi Ranger," Pirantishead began. "We find ourselves here once again. Surely you remember how our last encounter turned out."

"I certainly do," Harry responded as he reached behind his wings/cloak and pulled forth a pair of feathers that changed into his Feather Sabers in a flash of light. "Which is why I'm trying a different approach this time." Gritting his teeth (which was an interesting sensation when one's body is metal), Harry flipped the blade in his left hand into a reversed grip before charging, the ground shaking beneath his feet with every step.

"Oh ho! Playing with knives are we?" Pirantishead said with a chuckle before manifesting is fish-ended chain weapon and shifted his grip to hold a fish in each hand, the one in his left reversed to mimic Harry. "I'll play along then! It'll be so much more fun to beat you at your own game!"

Harry led off with a swing from his right hand blade that the monster blocked with his left weapon. Harry was then forced to block similarly as Pirantishead took a swing with its right handed fish. This put the two into a deadlock, each straining against the other. It was a deadlock that the bulkier Pirantishead was slowly winning as Harry slid backwards.

Finally, with a grunt of effort, Harry shifted his stance down and pushed upwards, breaking the deadlock and knocking the monster's guard wide. He quickly followed up by ducking a bit further down and ramming his right shoulder into the monster's chin/stomach, sending it stumbling backwards.

While Pirantishead struggled to regain its breath, the dome on Harry's chest began glowing. The glow quickly spread to his blades as he shifted the left hand one back to a proper grip. "Alright," Harry said grimly. "Let's see if this works better this time. Silver Owl Zord, Twin-Blade Buster!"

Harry charged forward, his blades glowing brightly as Pirantishead recovered, bringing up its fish clubs to meet Harry's as he brought them down. The resulting explosion when the two weapons met sent both combatants flying backwards. Harry quickly found himself rolling head over feet several times before finally coming to a rest at the base of a particularly tall cliff.

"Ugh…" Harry groaned as he climbed back to his feet, miraculously having kept a hold on the Feather Sabers during his tumble. "That didn't quite go as planned…"

"You… ha… you're pretty good there Magi Ranger…" Pirantishead panted as it too clambered back to its feet. "You could've had me there if I wasn't me."

Harry was sure that that had made some kind of sense, but quickly put the thought aside when Pirantishead stiffened slightly before nodding and looking upward. "Right-o, Lord Zedd." The monster then looked back down toward him. "Sorry Magi Ranger, Lord Zedd has commanded that I stop playing with you, so it's time for me to take things seriously."

Was Lord Zedd talking to his monster telepathically? Was there some kind of link between them so it could hear his commands from, presumably, the Moon Palace? Harry's musing was cut short when the monster flung one of the fish at him, smacking him across the face and making him nearly drop his blades in shock.

"AH! Bloody Hell!" Harry cursed, keeping his feet, if only barely, as Pirantishead reeled his weapon back in and began spinning the chain again to build momentum. Thinking quickly, Harry once more gathered Power into his sabers and ran at the monster. It had nearly worked once, maybe he would get lucky the second time when the monster wasn't as ready to guard against both blades.

Harry's charge was almost immediately stymied however, when Pirantishead once more threw his fish at him. Harry hopped to the side, angling himself to preserve as much momentum as he could while dodging the attack so he could continue his charge. Then the monster jerked the chain to one side, somehow manipulating the weapon so that it looped around behind Harry and quickly had him wrapped up, tripping him and sending him sliding.

"Now, this looks familiar, doesn't it?" Pirantishead taunted as Harry came to a stop in front of it before putting one of its massive feet on his chest.

Despite his struggles, Harry found himself unable to break free from the chain around him. His swords were pinned to his side at an awkward angle and, with the monster pinning him as it was, he couldn't move much anyway.

The monster seemed to be taking his time again, reveling in his apparent victory as Harry struggled to find some way out of this mess. If nothing else, he could always hope for a last second save from the other Rangers. Their Zords had to have gotten the necessary charge to increase their Power in whatever way Zordon was shooting for by now, right?

Right?

Then, Hedwig spoke. -Harry/Wizard, remember what Big Head said before. You have the Power within you now to call the first of the Others to aid us. All you have to do is reach for it and let Voice From Nowhere guide you.-

Right, Zordon had mentioned something about a breakthrough of his own, hadn't he? And Harry had already spent so much time in the last week with the Grid enjoying extra influence over his actions, much to Harry's chagrin, so what did it matter if he gave it a bit more influence now, when the alternative was being crushed/exploded/eaten by a giant fish monster?

He'd take embarrassing speeches and stupid poses over death and dismemberment any day.

And so, Harry reached down deep within himself. Down to the mote of light that represented his connection to the grid. A mote that was surrounded by an ever growing ball of Power that represented his personal reserves of Grid Power.

Taking the mote into his metaphysical hands, Harry surrendered himself to the Grid and felt its Power flow through him. "It's about time," the Grid spoke as Harry made the connection. "I was getting worried that you wouldn't let me help."

Harry took the slight chastisement for what it was and forced himself to relax further as his Power began shifting without his mental control. He felt it flex within him before pulsing once as a majority of what he held was expended in a single casting.

Then, the words came to him and he tilted his head back as much as he could before calling them out. "Heart of Mischief! Soul of a Marauder! Power of the Cloak of Invisibility! I call you forth: Black Grimm Zord! PADFOOT!"

-MR-

AN: Ok, first things first, NO, Padfoot is NOT animated by the soul of Sirius Black. That is not now, nor has it ever been intended to be, and nor will it ever be a thing in Magi Ranger. Sirius Black died when he went through the veil. Hedwig only arrived in the MMPR dimension because of the interference of the Grid with the Resurrection Stone's power mixed in. So Sirius cannot use the same method, or, more specifically, have the same method used on him. Now that that has been put to rest, we now return to your regularly scheduled end of chapter AN.

So am I the only one who found it utterly ridiculous that, in canon, Billy took Trini back to his lab to create his oversized box thingamajig instead of working with Alpha in the technologically advanced Command Center to create it? Thing probably would have been easier to carry around if he had. And I doubt the batteries would have been backwards either. *sigh*

Also, I took a step into the weird world of the Z-putties entrances in this chapter. What did you think?

So this one isn't quite as long as I originally pictured it, but it was where I felt things should stop. I did have a bit of a time crunch on this chapter too. I've been getting into some more technical training and such at work, meaning I don't have as much time to brainstorm, and have been playing on a private server for Ark: Survival Evolved with a few friends while at home, so Magi Ranger was kinda pushed to the wayside for a bit. But, last week, when I suddenly remembered, "Holy cow! I still need to post a chapter this month!" the inspiration came surprisingly easily, even if my muse kinda decided to stop where it did. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed it.

Next chapter we should see the end of the "Rebellion" episode stuff so we can get Season 2 well and truly under way.

BTW, kudos to anyone who caught the Dragonball Z reference in this chapter.

Thanks for reading and don't forget to review,

Tenstar12