Disclaimer: FOR GODS SAKE, I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER OR POWER RANGERS MYSTIC FORCE!

~Full Summary~

The crystal ball has sensed dark magic in England. Udonna sent the Mystic Force to investigate this activity. As they went on the search, Dumbledore found them and asked them to protect Harry from Voldemort, undercover as exchange students from the Rootcore School of Magic. Will they manage to protect Harry or will they fail?

Suspicions

After the fight, the students could only talk about these Power Rangers. A dozen muggle-borns have heard about them and know some things, while the others listened to those things. Hermione couldn't help, but notice that the Rootcore students seem to know awfully much about these Rangers. When she asked them about it, turns out they live in the very same city they protect.

"Coincidence? I disagree." Hermione told herself, when she tried to think the level of possibility about it. No way, in Merlin's Hair, can that be such a coincidence. Although, when she checked the activity of the monsters and Rangers, turns out that they appear in different cities, like Angel Grove (Mighty Morphin), Reefside (Dino Thunder), Blue Bay Harbor (Ninja Storm), Mariner Bay (Lightspeed Rescue). With most of the cities being randomly placed in America, this makes it possible just to be a coincidence that Briarwood is the same city where both the Rangers and the Rootcore students are.

"Something just doesn't feel right about this. Magic students in a magic school, in a city small and suburban like this – I get, but the fact that heroes, that also use magic, are there too – doesn't make sense." Hermione rubbed her face.

"You're thinking about this too much." Ron tries to take away those muggle newspaper clips, she found, from her.

"But how else can you explain it? They have something to do with the Rangers. They came to Hogwarts and the Rangers also appear. That is NO COINCIDENCE!" Hermione exclaims.

"What if it is?" Ginny, who was also there, asks.

"I don't know. It just can't be." Hermione sighs heavily.

"I somehow doubt that will work. In an anime – maybe; but in real life – doubtful." Vida tells him. Ever since that attack, the Rangers have been thinking how to make Hermione loose her suspicion. Somehow, it looked a lot easier on TV.

"What other ideas you have? We confuse her enough, then go one direction, as Rangers appear from the opposite one right before we get out of sight and she could drop her suspicion." Xander explains.

"That's why I said – could work in an anime." Vida repeats.

"Seriously, we are not those anime heroes: we can't do such fast transformation and appear in another place so suddenly." Nick crosses his hands.

"What idea you have?" Xander asks the Red Ranger.

"Maybe we make it seem as if we and the Rangers are 2 separate people. How about we make it clear to Hermione that the Blue Ranger is a kind and friendly soul normally, she'll place Maddie as the Blue Ranger, since she is kind and friendly. Vida changes her appearance from the Pink Ranger to the Blue Ranger. This should knock her off her suspicions for a while." Nick tells him.

"Sounds better then yours, Xander." Chip comments, while crushing paper.

"What are you doing?" Vida asked.

"I'm working no a magic trick to surprise the kids." Chip opens his palm for a small white paper real looking butterfly to fly out. It looked so real that, if you didn't know it was paper, you would think it is real.

"How did you make that one?" Maddie asked.

"Well, I was looking threw some books with magic and I saw some neat spells with wands to make different things, but those words are long, so I decided to make my own way of making something small, like butterflies." Chip takes another paper, crumbles it and opens his hand to show the little butterfly.

"No, I meant how exactly are you doing that?" Maddie re-asked.

"I'm not exactly sure myself, but I do know that I crumble the paper, put some magic into it and think of the thing I want it to be." Chip thinks about the process.

"This is rich. He does the trick, yet he's got no idea how he is doing it." Xander says.

"Not my fault. I'm just doing it on feelings." Chip defends.

"Like love?" Xander asks.

"Maybe." Chip says and Vida gets a slight red shade. Chip takes another paper, crunches in and when he opens his hand a small sparrow flies out.

"Neat. Maybe you can make some toads for Umbrige not to feel lonely anymore." Xander said.

"Ooh. I'll need a lot of green paper." Chip leaves to find that bag of green paper.

"10 bucks he fills her office." Nick bets.

"From her clothes." Maddie guesses.

"Should I feel traumatized of the idea or scared that you will actually like the thought of toads coming out of a bigger one?" Nick shrouded at both thoughts.

"I don't know, but what makes you think I'm scary?" Maddie walks up to him, with a bit seducing voice, something Vida thought her a bit.

"Ew, if you 2 are planning on a serious make out fest, please find a room for yourselves or else you might accidentally traumatize innocent people that have done nothing wrong." Xander frowned at the idea of his 2 friend doing something in front of him. They just glare at him, enough for Xander to be glad that looks don't kill.

Still suspicious, Hermione went to find and follow the Rootcore students to see are they or are they not the Rangers. She took Harry's invisibility cloak and went looking for them. She found them in a small room, with the door halfway open. The door had a weird circular symbol and drawings that looked like the same ones from the costumes of their costumes.

"Like they would want to learn a trick like that Chip." She heard Xander comment something.

"Oh c'mon! That would be so awesome. Besides, Fred and George did say, when I can do a wicked spell, they will let me plan out some pranks on Umbrige and I think working with Veteran Pranksters is a very good idea. They know the school better then either of us does and if I have a great plan, they will make it real." Chip explains.

"Maybe they are bad influence on you. Vi, fix him." Nicks voice sounds, some footsteps and a series of 'Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow ow!' Comes from Chip.

"That's not what I meant." Nick replays to that. When Hermione looked threw the door, she saw Vida holding Chip by his ear, as he runs around trying to get free from her grasp. (A.N.: Think Castle when Beckett grabbed his ear in Castle season 1 episode 3: Hedge Found Homeboys) Vida the shrugs and lets him go.

"That hurt, Vi. It really did." Chip checks if his ear is still in place.

"You were the one running, I was only holding." Vida points out with a small smile.

"She has a point." Xander agrees.

"Possibly." Nick agrees and Maddie grabs them both by ear and they run around a bit.

'They're acting childishly now. Must be to make people loose their suspicions.' Hermione thinks as she watches them threw the invisibility cloak.

Unknown to her, she is very visible to the Rangers. Dumbledore told them about the cloak, so they casted a spell on the door, so that the occupants of the room can see the person under the cloak. When Hermione came, they started to try out Xanders plan, since Nick's needs a bit bigger spot and with more people to fool the bushy haired witch.

However it was visible that the plan isn't working, as Hermione still has that suspicious look, so Nick barely visibly shook his head in a negative, which is invisible for Hermione, but very visible for them.

"Ugh, guys I remember that I still have some workload by Teacher Toad left and if I don't do it, detention. Sorry." Vida then painfully remembers the workload.

"Uh, not good. How about I come and help you out?" Chip asked.

"Perfect. Let's go wizzy boy." Vida says and they both leave almost hitting Hermione with the door, but that was almost intentional. They have to pretend like they don't see or know she is there.

"When's big and bushy supposed the come back?" Xander asked.

"Few weeks later. Why?" Maddie asked back.

"He likes exotic and rare animals. I think Fire-Heart is very exotic and rare." Xander points out.

"Oh yeah, Dumbledore told us he had one, before it was taken away. That could be nice to show him Fire-Heart, after all he will have to put up with Umbrige too and I bet Fire-Heart misses you, Nick." Maddie gets it.

"I don't know. You better ask my parents, if they agree to let him be here." Nick states.

'Fire-Heart? Who is that?' Hermione tries to figure out what are they talking about.

"Let's ask Chi and Vi what they think about having Fire-Heart here, after all, we will all take responsibility over him." Nick adds.

"Good idea," They both agree, before Xander asked, "Ever had the feeling you're being watched?"

"Your paranoia's kicked in again." Maddie states and they also soon leave the room to go back to the Common Room.

'So someone will soon come to Hogwarts and whoever is this Fire-Heart sounds like a troublemaker. Maybe they have some diaries and I can try to see what this is about.' Hermione knows it is bad to read other people personal thoughts and opinions, but for the sake of finding out who they are, she has to read them, when she finds them that is.

"I'm not sure she bought us." Xander whispered.

"Maybe my plan will work better. Let's only hope it won't backfire on us." Nick says and they leave out of Hermione's line of sight.

Chapter 11: Suspicions – Finished

Yeah, sorry for being gone, but it turns out that my whole right side is badly bruised from the crash and I will have to go threw severe rehabilitation to make sure everything is operable and good, but I can barely walk, so it isn't good.

I am glad it's the holidays, meaning no school. Ever went to school with one side practically bruised and in pain? No pain killers help them.

Let's see what the docs will tell me this weekend. Until then, later and review.

Next chapter: Chapter 12: A Dragon and a New DADA Teacher