CHAPTER 18 - WHAT ARE YOU

"Justin?" Green Ranger said, still not looking away from Severus Snape.

Justin answered, "All injured civilians have been healed, none were hurt badly either. All Rangers and support personnel have also been healed. We're good."

Connor spoke next. "All scans are clean, no Power buildups anywhere."

"Cosmetic damage to a few buildings around town, a few holes in sidewalks and a couple cars destroyed but nothing dangerous now," Kat said. "Well, unless some idiot is too stupid to walk around a big hole in the ground anyway. No building's are gonna fall down or anything."

Billy frowned in thought, "Perhaps I should?"

Tommy nodded. "If we leave them, I know at least two boys will manage to stumble into those holes no matter how careful they are," he said wryly, and most the teens laughed, knowing exactly who he was speaking about there.

"I'll help," Zack volunteered. When Tommy nodded acceptance, Billy and Zack teleported out.

Tommy turned to the gathered civilians. "We'll take you home in a second. First, I would ask that you each give your word not to reveal anything you saw or heard here."

Each of the gathering swore to keep silent, except Severus. Tommy noticed his silence but made no comment on it yet. "Kitten?"

Kat and her girls moved over, each taking a person's arm though none approached Severus as they'd all noticed Tommy's focus upon him. Once the girls were ready to take the civilians home, Justin broke the circle he'd made in the room. Severus frowned as he felt the trap lift, he hadn't noticed its presence until it was gone. What was most surprising to him though was that the magic had come from one of the teenagers he'd assumed an average muggle working for these Power Rangers. Obviously, he'd misjudged these teenagers. While he was thinking this, the civilians were taken out and Justin re-invoked the circle, trapping Severus in with the Rangers.

Once it was just Severus and Power Rangers in the room, Tommy turned to Severus and questioned, "What are you?"

"What am I?" Severus repeated. "That is a rather odd question."

Tommy chuckled. "You know, the last time I asked that question and received that response, I was talking to a vampire. Ask an average human that question, they'll usually answer with their career or the like. Only those of us with an aura of Power tend to so conveniently avoid answering."

Brandy commented, "He's the guy that pulled out a little stick when we were fighting the putties around him."

"A stick?" Tommy repeated this time. He scanned the man before him, and catching sight of the 'stick' in a holster on the man's arm, hidden under his shirt, he smirked to himself. There was only one thing such a small stick giving off such a level of Power could be. "A wand huh. Never knew anyone that used a wand. Zedd uses a staff, like all Sorcerers. Rita is more into potions though I heard the witches of Lokar were known to use wands. Zordon?"

'He is not of Lokar,' Zordon's voice came over the comm. system. 'I do read a power around him however it only showed when I specifically scanned him. A general room scan does not pick up on his power in the slightest. He is not of any of the species of my worlds nor of Zedd's empire. It would appear that he is native to this world. In fact, the scans correspond with those taken of yourself and the White Ranger.'

'I just really don't like not being able to watch my brother's back,' the White Ranger had said. The last time I asked that question and received that response, I was talking to a vampire. The Green Ranger's words this time. Putting this together, Severus asked the Green Ranger, "Was that vampire's name Patrick?"

Green Ranger turned his full attention back to Severus, dropping his conversation with Zordon mid-word. That was all the confirmation Severus needed. Snape explained, "I am a wizard - of Earth," he added, since they seemed more familiar with magic from other worlds. "The Wizardry world has been here as long as the muggles … non-magical peoples have existed, though it has been as a hidden society for over a thousand years now."

"What are you doing here?" Tommy asked, suspiciously.

"I started out searching for a child missing from our world. Along the way, I discovered a second child of our world had basically adopted the one I was searching for as his brother. We were unaware of the second child beforehand. The one boy is named Harry Potter, the second was called Thomas."

While the Green Ranger gave no reaction, the White Ranger startled at hearing his name and most the others reacted to the names as well. Tommy demanded, "And what is the point of your search?"

"To bring the children home, or to offer them schooling if they have a safe home now," Severus answered easily. "They are nearing eleven years of age which is the point in which we begin magical school. Both boys have been accepted to attend the most prestigious of schools, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"Huh," Tommy said, smirking under his helmet. "Well, good luck with that. Kitten will take you back to town so you can continue your search."

Severus smirked. "I believe I'd rather continue speaking with you."

"Your search means so little?"

"Considering you are Thomas and the White Ranger Harry Potter, it would be rather pointless to continue elsewhere."

"That's quite an assumption there."

He will most definitely be in my House, Snape thought to himself. "I have followed your trail long enough to know a bit about you both. Your reactions are good, Thomas, however the others confirmed what I suspected."

"Don't call me Thomas," Tommy said after a moment. "Swear the oath to keep our secrets."

"If I do so?"

"Then we can Power Down and we will talk."

Severus thought about this a moment. "I swear I will keep the secrets of the Power Rangers unless and until keeping those secrets endangers those under my protection. So mote it be."

Tommy took a moment to think about this oath before leading the Rangers to Power down. "We'll talk in my room," Tommy said as he walked out of the room, Harry at his side. Justin broke the circle, allowing Severus to follow after.

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