Harry Potter: Rise of Red Lightning
Prologue
Vigilante Harry Challenge Fic! A DZ2 Challenge!
Inspired by this summer's mass of superhero movies – Batman, Spiderman, Avengers etc – I came up with this mysterious challenge:
Basic Plot:
Wanting to find another way to battle Voldemort and the evils of the world, Harry gains new skills – or powers – and becomes a wizarding hero/vigilante;
Rules:
Story must start anytime after Harry's 13th birthday – for age and violence purposes
Harry must become a vigilante through either gadgets and weaponry – like the Punisher – or powers and abilities – like Spiderman, Blade or Daredevil
Harry must become anti-Dumbledore and anti-Ministry, but certain members of either the Order or the Ministry can be kept safe
The first person to discover Harry is the vigilante MUST be the person he'll be paired with in the story
Hermione. Duh!
Guidelines:
Pairings DON'T have to be included in the story, but if they are, then there's no restrictions save one: Harry/Ginny – definitely NOT!
If going from the time around POA/GOF, Harry CANNOT be entered into the Tournament
No Horcruxes
False Prophecy
Harry has a mentor to help guide him through the trials ahead
Harry – later in the story – gains an assistant/sidekick
XOvers ARE welcome as are original ideas
Forbidden:
Harry using his newfound skills/powers/weapons to aid either Dumbledore or Voldemort
The Golden Trio staying together – one way or another, ONE of them MUST be disbanded from Harry or Harry himself exiles himself from Ron and Hermione
Snape Bashing – simply because his skills COULD help Harry
Evil Harry – Grey or Neutral only
Good Dumbles
Harry/Ginny – because things are bad enough as it is with her stalking him and not bothering to speak to him;
My Response to Challenge:
Most of those rules will be followed. This is a Harry/Hermione fic. Mine almost always are unless I have a SUPER good reason.
Snape will be neutral, so don't expect some super redeemed Snape coming to the rescue. He and Harry come to respect each other, but not until something big happens.
I won't spoil the surprise, only increase your interest by saying the Mentor bit and the Horcrux bit both have interesting twists. Horcruxes WILL exist, but not for long…
This is a Harry Potter/Power Rangers/Tony Stark/Avengers XOVER. That means you'll see some characters from all of those sagas.
Couples (a big factor for some people, myself included):
Harry/Hermione
Tommy/Kimberly (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
Conner/Kira (Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
Wes/Jen (Power Rangers Time Force)
Tony/Pepper (Iron Man)
And more! (as I come up with more characters while trying to not overdo it)
This will start the summer before 4th year and Harry will NOT compete in the tournament, but not for some evil not trying… read to find out what I mean.
This means, that some chapters will be just like canon (by some, I mean the first one or two after the Prologue). Sorry.
Another warning, is that this will sounds a lot like a Power Rangers fic, but technically they are still Vigilantes, so I'm not incorrect for having a similar idea. This will be different though than your run of the mill Power Rangers fic... at least I think so and hope you all agree
I'm pretty sure that covers everything.
And if anyone else wants to take this challenge, please message DZ2 to let him know since it is HIS challenge!
"Speech"
'Thought'
Spell/Incantation/Curse
"ZORDON SPEECH OR YELLING DEPENDING ON THE PERSON"
~Parseltongue~
The characters belong to Marvel, J.K. Rowling, Saban, and Disney. If they belonged to me…. Well, they would not be as awesome, but there would also be different pairings.
Thanks! And Enjoy!
(1006)
One thousand year ago, a powerful entity known as Cruciatus wrecked havoc across the lands. Four brave young sorcerers were granted even greater powers than they had ever known before to defeat him. They were Godric Gryffindor, the Red Lightning Sorcerer, Rowena Ravenclaw, the Blue Mist Sorceress, Helga Hufflepuff, the Yellow Aqueous Sorceress, and Salazar Slytherin, the Green Terra Sorcerer. With these extra powers over Fire/Thunder, Air/Sky, Water/Ice, and Earth/Plants, the four were able to defeat Archerius and entomb him underneath a Castle, which would one day be known as Hogwarts.
Although they were victorious, not all was well. During the last battle, Archerius fired a spell at Godric. Salazar jumped in front of the blast and was fatally wounded. With his last breath, Salazar used his own magic to personally ensure the great evil would never escape.
Unknown to them, one thousand years later, that great evil would rise again, more driven than ever before and with a new ally stronger than they would have ever imagined…
(1993)
With one last push, the sound of a newborn baby crying was heard in the delivery room. The mother and father both breathed in relief, even if both were saddened by what they were about to do.
Two rooms down, a similar birth occurred, but the child was so weak he had to be rushed to another room to try and keep him alive. Unfortunately, the child would not survive the night.
In the first room, the parents gave their child to the nurse before turning to each other crying.
"Tommy!" cried Kim. "I know we decided to give him up, but I really don't want to!"
The man, named Tommy shook his head crying as well. "I know, Beautiful, but we both agree that since we are only juniors in High School and Power Rangers on top of that, we cannot keep him!"
"I Know, Handsome, but it doesn't make it any easier," cried Kim.
"I know… I know."
Later that evening, Tommy thought about how they would get rid of their child. The very thought of doing that tore him in two, but he knew it would be necessary. Standing outside the observation room, he saw his child lying there asleep. Two over, a much smaller baby looked like it was struggling to survive. It was attached to many machines, but the doctors standing around the child didn't seem to think the baby would survive. Suddenly, Tommy knew how he could give his child the parents that would love him as their own, since they would think it was their own.
Looking inside, he saw the nurses and doctor shake their heads, before turning off the machines attached to that other baby. Tommy realized, he had not made it.
Once the doctors and nurses left, he decided that it was time. Slipping into the room, he switched the information cards between his unnamed son and the dead baby. That way, they would think the Oliver baby died and not the… Potter boy.
Once the switch was made, Tommy looked back at his son for the last time.
Tommy would never know it, but his son would one day face a destiny even greater than his as a Power Ranger. And that one-day, they would stand side-by-side facing an evil greater than the likes of Rita or Zedd.
He later told Kim what he did and though she agreed it was the right thing to do, a part of her died that day. She still loved Tommy, but she just wanted some room. A month later, she was gone making up an excuse about the Pan Global's and a trainer in Florida to get as far away from her memories as possible. She would later break up with Tommy using a letter explaining that there was another guy, but that was all a lie. There never was another guy, and there never would be. She would love him forever.
The parents of the boy who died were delighted to find out the next day that their son had survived and was already getting stronger. The doctors thought it odd that the boy was so strong already, but none were willing to question their good fortune since they never had the chance the previous night to tell the Potter's that their son had died. One of the nurses, a squib, just assumed it was something magic related that helped the child and decided to not question fate either.
Holding their little boy for the first time, twenty-one year olds James and Lily Potter decided to name him Harry, Harry James Potter.
(2004)
Jen and Wes stood outside of the Time Ship crying in each other's arms.
"Jen! I don't want you to leave again! Can't you stay this time?" asked Wes.
Jen crying as well, shook her head. "You know that's not possible Wes. I have to go back to my time again."
Wes decided then and there that he would correct a mistake he had made the previous two times Jen left in 2003 and slowly leaned towards her.
Jen was surprised when Wes' lips descended onto hers, but she quickly reciprocated and kissed him back with all of her love.
Finally splitting, Jen turned and walked back to the ship, not once turning back for fear that she wouldn't be able to continue on if she stopped.
The Time Ship took off and was gone from sight. Wes felt someone tap his shoulder. Seeing Eric, he tried to put on a brave face, but he could tell that Eric wasn't buying it. They then left together, driving back to Silver Guardian Headquarters in Silver Hills.
(2006)
It was over! Finally over. Using the last of their powers, the Dino Thunder team was about to finally defeat Mesagog once and for all! Smiling they heard the last voice they ever wanted to hear.
"Hello, Rangers," said Cassidy.
Turning around, the Dino Rangers saw Cassidy and Devin standing behind them, with the recently redeemed Elsa standing off to the side.
"So you know then," said Conner after looking to the rest of his team. They all looked as uneasy as he felt.
Devin spoke up at this point, "Well, I kinda already knew, but I had to show Cassidy in person." He looked sort of sheepish, but also very proud of himself.
Again, Cassidy spoke, "This is, like, the greatest thing ever!" She quickly hugs Devin before turning to face the Rangers again. "And we've got it all on tape! You know, a reporter could make a whole career out of this," she said smiling like she just won the lottery, which technically she kind of did in a sense.
Tommy, looking at the worried faces of his team members said, "Cassidy, do you realized what our lives will be like if that tape gets out?"
Cassidy, still smiling, but almost kindly compared to how she had been smiling before said, Yeah, I do. That's why I'm giving this to you." She then handed the tape to a stunned Doctor Oliver. Devin smiled on proudly behind her.
Kira couldn't help but blurt out, "Wait! Cassidy passing up the scope of a lifetime? Why?"
Cassidy turned to the recently depowered Yellow Ranger and said smiling, "Because you're my friends. It wouldn't be right to ruin your lives just to make mine better. Not after everything you've done for us." They could see she was slightly blushing at the statement she just made, but they could tell it was legitimate and she truly believed this.
Ethan, having dated her at one point said in surprise, "I always knew there was a heart deep down in there somewhere."
Conner just looked at his friend in blue before Cassidy spoke up again.
"Yeah, I just needed someone to help me find it. Now, if you'll excuse us…"
"Yeah, we're off to the Prom," finished Devin, presenting his arm to Cassidy who took it. The two walked off with a smiling Elsa following close behind.
The Power Rangers all stood around, still slightly shocked by the admissions from Cassidy before Kira said happily, "Finally! I thought those two would never get together!"
Ethan and Trent smirked at each other before Ethan said, "Speaking of 'finally' and 'together'…"
Trent finished the statement, "What about a certain Yellow and Red Ranger? When will they get together?"
Now it was Conner and Kira's turn to smirk at each other before Kira said, "About that…"
Conner finished the sentence for her, "About two months ago."
Conner and Kira turned to each other laughing at the shocked faces their friends were showing before Kira and Conner linked their hands together and walked off, but not before kissing each other in front of Trent and Ethan who were still impersonating fish.
As they walked off, Trent followed trying to get the story on how they had hidden their relationship for two months.
Ethan still standing by Tommy said to the Veteran Ranger, "And just like that, life goes back to normal."
Tommy just smiles, shaking his head, "Our lives may be normal, but never the same."
The two joined their other team members overhearing Kira make a sarcastic comment about how easy it was to hide a relationship when they had all the practice hiding being Rangers from the rest of the world.
Unknown to them, they would soon be called back to face an evil more powerful than the last one they defeated, but they would gain new allies along the way…
(Later that year)
Underneath a Castle in Scotland, an ancient evil was awake, planning his return. He had first been awoken two years previously with the opening of his holding place, the Chamber of Secrets. It had taken almost this entire time to just enable himself to move free of the magic containing him, but now he was ready. There was just one last thing to do.
"Rise, my Generals! Join me here today!"
Smoke started swirling up from the ground, where his Generals once lay dormant. Waiting for him to be freed. There were three of them that had survived the final battle. Two of old and one… one that would be his greatest weapon against the light.
Smirking, his two greatest Generals looked to their companion and laughed evilly.
Avaderius, the Demon who created the Avada Kedavra Curse and Imperius, the Vampire Lord who created the Imperio Curse were his most ruthless of Generals and warriors. He wouldn't wait to see them in action again.
"Let the games begin," he said before summoning a creature before him, he commanded, "Centimax! Destroy the Heart of the Empire of Light!"
The Insect-like creation clicked its mandibles together and ported off to the Heart, now known as London.
Continents away, a being long thought dead woke up. Looking at its surroundings, the being quickly went to work, repairing the center, which had been destroyed a few years back. Upon completing his task, the alarm began to wail. Upon looking a the viewing globe, the being known as Zordon looked on in shock as a monster attacked downtown London.
"HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? MY WAVE OF GOOD ENERGY SHOULD HAVE DESTROYED ALL THAT WAS EVIL IN THE UNIVERSE! I MUST ASSEMBLE A TEAM AT ONCE!"
As Zordon began planning, he hoped that he wouldn't be too late.
Many miles away, a phone began to ring. The man lounging in his chair shooting paper balls into a trash bin quickly stopped and picked up the phone.
"Yello! Stark here. What's the situation?"
Sound was heard from the other end, but Pepper, who had just walked in to make sure her boyfriend of three weeks was doing his work, noticed the crease in his brow. She knew it had something to do with his Superhero business. That was the only thing he seemed serious about most of the time, although if she had to admit, she was amazed at how much effort Tony was putting into being her boyfriend. Sure, they started dating only three weeks ago, two days after the incident at the Expo with Whiplash, but she was still surprised based off of the way he treated most of his past girlfriends. 'Maybe he is finally growing up,' thought Pepper.
She looked up from her thoughts to see Tony smirking at her.
"Welcome back to the land of the living, Pepper. Have a nice dream?"
Pepper just rolled her eyes and ignored his question by presenting her own. "Was that Iron Man business?"
Tony just waved her worry off and said, "Yeah, just some weird alien-like thing attacking London. I was just leaving to go get suited up."
Pepper looked worried, but only said, "Just be careful."
Tony smirked and said, "Hey! Its me!" He then walked out but he could swear he heard Pepper say "That's what I'm afraid of…"
Suiting up, Tony launched off to deal with the treat, not knowing that this time, things would end differently than normal…
Just a note, for this story to work, I'm having to make changes to the timeline of all stories included. Please don't sue me.
1006: The first ever Power Rangers defeat the evil ruling over the land, entombing him. The Green Ranger sacrifices himself to see to it that the evil remains entombed forever.
1993: Harry Potter is born
1993: Kimberly Hart leaves Angel Grove
1994: Tommy Oliver graduates from High School. He is now a Zeo Ranger.
1995: Tommy Oliver becomes the Red Turbo Ranger. Later that year, he hands the power over to T.J.
2003: Time Force Rangers goes back to the year 3003 for the first time
2004: Time Force Rangers come back from the year 3004 to fight Mutorgs. Return same year.
2006: June, Dino Thunder Team loses their powers and defeats Mesagog
2006: Year of current events. Harry Potter and Hermione Granger enter 4th year at Hogwarts
Ages of main characters named so far (as of the year 2006):
Dr. O: 30
Kimberly: 30
James: 34 (Dead)
Lily: 34 (Dead)
Harry: 13
Conner: 18
Kira: 18
Ethan: 17
Trent: 18
Cassidy: 18
Devin: 18
Elsa: 28
So, what do you all think? I'm just laying down the foundation with this chapter. The real story begins Chapter 1. Hope you all enjoyed the first part of my Vigilante Harry Fic.
Please Review! Thanks!