- Rating:
- 15
- House:
- Astronomy Tower
- Ships:
- Charlie Weasley/Original Female Witch Ginny Weasley/Harry Potter Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley Original Female Witch/Remus Lupin Original Female Witch/Oliver Wood
- Characters:
- Ginny Weasley Original Female Witch Remus Lupin Sirius Black Severus Snape Harry and Hermione and Ron
- Genres:
- Humor Drama
- Era:
- The Harry Potter at Hogwarts Years
- Spoilers:
- Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prizoner of Azkaban Goblet of Fire Order of the Phoenix Half-Blood Prince Quidditch Through the Ages Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them J.K. Rowling Interviews or Website
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Published: 09/09/2004Updated: 03/15/2007Words: 145,113Chapters: 50Hits: 17,460
Lupin's True Love Returns
Carey Ann Lupin
- Story Summary:
- Eighteen years have passed since Veronica was at Hogwarts. The Memory Charm is failing and Veronica is beginning to remember the times of fun and horror at the school. As a teacher she knows how to make class fun. She learned a lot while away including how to fight. Will she be able to teach Harry all she has learned or will she have to bring others in to help
Chapter 43 - Chapter 43-Enter the Mystics
- Chapter Summary:
- A man dressed in gold stepped from the forest. He lifted his right arm to his left shoulder and let it drop. “Power down.” He walked over to Veronica and lifted her hand to his lips. “I am Daggeron, the Solaris Knight.”
- Posted:
- 10/31/2006
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- 252
September 16, 1996
Veronica watched the others leave the room before she laid the schedule she'd been working on back onto her desk. She waited until the others had left. "What do you need to talk to me about, Obi-Wan?" She conjured to overstuffed chairs and a ceramic tea set.
Obi-Wan heaved a sigh as he sank into one of the chairs that Veronica had conjured. He watched her as she made a pot of tea from some of the herbs that Sessho-Maru had brought for her. "I don't know where to start."
"How about you tell me what happened when Qui-Gon died?" Veronica handed him a cup of tea.
"He was killed by a Sith Lord. You know that. That's when I took Anakin as my apprentice." Obi-Wan ran a hand through his hair as he looked at the window. I wonder if...
"Don't even contemplate that, Obi-Wan. You wouldn't hit the ground before one of my spells caught you." Veronica's head whipped around at the sound of screams coming from the grounds. "Oh, shit!"
She and Obi-Wan jumped to their feet and hurried to the window. "Who is that, Veronica?" A man in silver and blue armor was facing off against Logan, who had his claws extended.
"No clue but I'm going to find out." Veronica whistled once. Her Firebolt zipped across the room. She swung her leg over the hovering broomstick before pulling Obi-Wan on behind her. "Hang on!"
She and Obi-Wan crashed through the glass window and zoomed to the ground and the strange man. Veronica hovered above the ground as Obi-Wan scrambled off the broom and hurried over to Logan.
"Look, bub. I don't care who the fuck you think you are but ain't no one gonna to hurt these kids. At least not while my claws are still intact." Logan's claws were aimed at the stranger as Obi-Wan lit his lightsaber.
"I am ready for battle." The stranger pulled out his sword.
"Not before we land, Koragg!" A voice boomed above the screams of the running children.
Veronica and Remus looked up and saw five people zooming over on broomsticks. Each one wore a different color. They jumped off their brooms and landed gently on the ground in front of Veronica and Remus.
"Ma'am." The young woman dressed in blue turned to Veronica. "I think you and I better get the children into the castle."
Veronica looked behind her only to find that the prefects had already come out and were now herding the First Years into the castle. "I think that is a moot point."
"Of course." The girl in blue hurried back to the others and stood with them before Koragg.
"I am ready, Rangers." Koragg ignored Logan and Obi-Wan as he turned to face the Rangers.
Veronica took one look at Remus and shook her head while pulling out her wand. "They're not the only ones you're going to have to fight, bucket head."
The man in yellow laughed slightly. "I like that. Bucket Head. That's Koragg's new name."
Logan rolled his eyes slightly. "Shut up, lightning boy."
Veronica shook her head as she looked at the young women in blue and pink. "I think three more guys here has finally made Logan develop foot in mouth syndrome."
"The ability to insert his foot in his mouth while making an ass of himself." The young woman in pink giggled. "I like."
"Well, ladies, shall we show this boy what happens when you piss off a woman?" Veronica raised her wand as the girls grabbed the magic-staffs hanging from their waists.
"Wind power." The girl in pink formed a tornado and spun toward Koragg.
Veronica smiled slightly. "And I like."
The Koragg's shield opened. "Dark Magic Attack!"
"Everyone down!" The man in red yanked Logan and Obi-Wan to the ground as the dark magic flowed from the shield.
Veronica looked up as the cloud of
dust cleared. Koragg was nowhere to be
seen. "Where the hell did he go?"
The man in red climbed to his
feet and looked at Veronica through his helmet.
"That's the way Koragg is. He
shows up, causes mischief, and disappears."
"Yeah. Well, there was a reason he showed up here at Hogwarts." Veronica crossed her arms and glared at the strangers.
"Of course there was." A man dressed in gold stepped from the forest. He lifted his right arm to his left shoulder and let it drop. "Power down." He walked over to Veronica and lifted her hand to his lips. "I am Daggeron, the Solaris Knight."
"What? The Solaris Knight was just a legend." Veronica took a small step back toward Remus. "It's not possible."
"The Mystics were also legend, Veronica. That doesn't mean that they weren't real." Remus laid a hand on his wife's shoulder.
"I know that." Veronica rolled her eyes. "I'm just saying that no one's heard of the Mystics or of the Solaris Knight since the time of the Founders."
"That is why you look so familiar." Daggeron watched Veronica for a moment. "I knew Lord and Lady Gryffindor."
Veronica whipped around to stare at Daggeron. "What?!"
"I knew the Founders of this school. I was one of their teachers for sword fighting." Daggeron watched Veronica sway on her feet. "Are you okay, my lady?"
"'Tis good to see thee again, Sir Daggeron." Veronica curtsied to the Solaris Knight standing before her.
"Lady Esmeralda? Is that you?" Daggeron watched as Veronica moved toward him.
"Aye. I reside here within Veronica. Please teach her and young Mr. Potter all that you know." Veronica's body crumpled to the ground as Daggeron jumped forward to catch her before she landed.
"What just happened, Daggeron?" The man dressed in red knelt next to Daggeron and Veronica.
"Power down, Rangers. These people aren't going to hurt you."
The Power Rangers powered down and looked around at the adults gathered around them. There were three young men and two young women. Each was dressed in leather outfits with coordinating colors to their Ranger forms and their capes snapped in the wind. The man in red had dark hair that reminded Remus of James in some ways. He was the unspoken leader of the group. Beside him stood the woman that had been wearing the blue uniform. Her black hair hung straight to the middle of her back. The other woman was obviously her sister since she had the same facial structure and black hair, except hers was cut extremely short and had pink highlights. She leaned against a tree while the yellow Ranger bounced slightly on the balls of his feet. With his bright red hair and sparkling eyes, it was a wonder that he wasn't mistaken for a Weasley. Of course his antics woke Veronica from her faint. The green Ranger was smiling at the group before him. His brown hair reminded Veronica of her days as a teacher in the Muggle world.
"Do you know who they are, Daggeron?" The Red Ranger continued to stare at the woman Daggeron had caught only moments before.
"These folks are the one that Udonna wanted you to learn from." Daggeron looked at the Red Ranger. "You need to learn to control your temper, Nick."
"I can control it just fine." Nick crossed his arms and glared at the Veronica. "What are you looking at?"
Veronica rolled her eyes as she swept Nick's feet from under him. "First lesson, kid. Never let your guard down unless you know that you're with friends."
The Blue and Pink Rangers looked at each other before bursting into giggles. The Yellow Ranger hauled Nick to his feet while the Green Ranger shook his head.
"She's good." The Green Ranger had spoken with a soft Australian accent.
Veronica accepted Daggeron and Remus's help in getting her to her feet. "Thank you. I've had decades of experience." She looked at Daggeron. "Now would you care to explain to me how I know you?"
"I do not know you, my dear lady, but I do know Lady Gryffindor who resides within you." Daggeron gave Veronica a small smile. "Now, may I introduce my students?"
Veronica nodded slightly. "I think that would be the best thing but I believe it would be better for us to meet in the DADA office. There's a bit more privacy there." Veronica bent to retrieve her Firebolt only to find Nick handing it to her.
"Sorry about my attitude earlier." Nick waited for Veronica to take the broom from him. "Daggeron's right. In some ways I do need to control my temper."
"Well, most of us do." Veronica took her broom from Nick before turning to the rest of the group. "Follow me."
"Is the DADA office still behind the classroom?" Daggeron walked beside Veronica and Remus.
"Nope. Dumbledore gave us one of the abandoned classrooms up on the sixth floor." Veronica wearily climbed the steps into the Entrance Hall. "We've got quite a walk."
Daggeron watched Veronica start to climb the stairs. He noticed that she was tired and seemed to be a bit weak. He lagged behind her slightly and motioned to Remus to follow him. "What is wrong with her?"
Remus looked at his wife leaning heavily on the banister. "I'm not sure. She's pregnant with our triplets but I haven't ever seen her look this tired."
Veronica's knees buckled and she almost started to fall back down the stairs. Nick and the Green Ranger caught her and carried her up to the next landing. Remus and Daggeron took the stairs two at a time and arrived on the landing just as Nick and the Green Ranger were laying Veronica on the floor. The Yellow Ranger had taken off his cloak and was covering Veronica with it.
"What's wrong with her?" Nick looked up as Remus dropped to knees beside Veronica.
Remus shook his head slightly as he picked up Veronica's hand and held it tightly. "I'm not sure but I need someone to go and get Madam Pomfrey from the Hospital Wing."
"I'll go." Daggeron looked around at the Rangers. "Madison, come with me."
"Right." Madison flipped her hair over her shoulder as she hurried behind Daggeron.
"Is she going to be okay?" The Yellow Ranger watched as Remus kept stroking her hand.
"No idea, kid." Logan clapped the Yellow Ranger on the shoulder. "But if anyone can fix her up it'll be Poppy."
"Name's Chip." Chip held out his hand to Logan.
"Logan. You've got spunk, kid, but spunk ain't gonna get you anywhere in life." Logan chewed on the end of his cigar.
Chip nodded as the Green Ranger jabbed him in the ribs. "What, Xander?"
"I think she's coming around." Xander pointed to Veronica moaning on the floor.
Chip knelt on the left side of Veronica as Remus and Nick looked on from her right side. Madam Pomfrey hurried down the corridor with Daggeron and Madison right behind her. "Is she coming around?"
"We're not sure, Poppy." Remus climbed to his feet and watched as Madam Pomfrey pushed Nick out of the way.
"I warned you to keep the stress levels down with her. She's going to have problems with this pregnancy already and she does not need to be worrying about everything in the world." She looked up at the men surrounding her and Veronica. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, ma'am." All the men jumped slightly at the anger in the healer's eyes.
Chip watched as most of the men seemed to cower before this lady but he wasn't afraid. Daggeron had told him that some of the witches in this world could be like fire; if you didn't watch them, they'd burn you. Chip was anxious to get the training that Udonna had told them that they would need to defeat the darkness and evil of the Master. He looked around the group and could see that most of the teachers here were not even witches or wizards. He quickly turned his attention to the students starting to fill the corridors. He jumped to his feet and grabbed Xander and Nick.
"What's up, Chip?" Nick looked at his friend.
"We're going to have to keep the student body from her. Let's go." Chip grabbed his cell phone wand, or Mystic Morpher, and flipped it open. "Ready, guys?"
"Ready." Nick and Xander were standing beside Chip with their Mystic Morphers out as well.
"Wait a tick. You guys aren't going to have fun and leave me and Vida out of it, are you?" Madison pulled out her Mystic Morpher as her sister, Vida, did the same.
"Just thinking about protecting the one woman here that seems to know about the Mystics and Daggeron." Nick nodded once before doing a quick maneuver with his arms. "Magical Source, Mystic Force!"
There was a flash of light and suddenly the young adults were dressed in their bright costumes of the Mystic Force Power Rangers. They each took up positions around Veronica and Madam Pomfrey and ushered the teens around the group standing on the landing. Harry noticed that Veronica was the one lying on the floor and tried to get past Nick and Xander.
"That's my aunt." Harry tried to jump over Nick's arms.
"Sorry, kid. She's out of it for now. You'll have to go to the Hospital Wing later to check on her." Nick barely managed to keep Harry from getting past him.
"You don't seem to understand. She's the only family I've got left." Harry struggled as Regina came up to the Mystic Rangers. "Regina, they won't let me see Aunt Veronica."
"Calm down, Harry. Most likely Mother's had another of her Esmeralda episodes and passed out." Regina looked up at the Mystic Rangers. "Who exactly are you people?"
"We're the Mystic Force Power Rangers." Xander looked over the young woman standing before him and held out a hand. "Name's Xander."
"Keep your eyes in your head, Xander. She might be taken." Vida rolled her eyes as she watched Regina starting to get pissed at all the staring.
Regina looked at the hand for a moment before turning back to Harry. "Madam Pomfrey will let us see her once she's settled in the Hospital Wing."
"But I want to..." Harry looked down at his cousin.
"I know but since the idiot patrol..." Regina pointed at Xander and Nick. "...Won't let us go to her side we'll just go and wait at the Hospital Wing. Besides, I think Daddy and Logan are getting pissed."
Sure enough, Remus and Logan pushed Nick and Xander to the side and allowed Regina and Harry to come close to Veronica. Remus wrapped his arms around his daughter as they watched Veronica on the floor. "She's going to be okay, sweetie."
"I know, Daddy. She's got a lot on her plate with the war and all." Regina leaned back into her father's arms and watched the healer conjure a floating stretcher.
"Could two of you place her gently on here?" Madam Pomfrey climbed to her feet as Nick and Chip lifted Veronica onto the stretcher. "Thank you." She directed the floating stretcher before her and started back to the Hospital Wing. "You may check on her in two hours, Mr. Lupin."
"Thanks, Poppy." Remus watched his wife float away on the stretcher. "We're going to have to take some of the stress off of her."
Logan tucked his unlit cigar into his leather jacket. "Right. Who wants to take over teaching?"
"We'll discuss it later, Logan. Right now we've got to find out why the Mystic Rangers are here." Remus nodded toward the five young adults that were powering down.
"The Xenotome told us that the Rangers needed to train at the home of the four greatest witches and wizards." Daggeron walked beside Remus and Regina as they continued to the DADA offices.
:Starts ducking flying plates and glasses: My mind did this I just started typing and this is what happened. Don't kill me! Please let me live to write the next chapter. Hopefully it'll all be explained there.