Recaps

Pomona began her life at Hogwarts, where she formed new connections and uncovered the school’s hidden dangers while trying to understand her own abilities. After discovering Remus Lupin’s secret and finding a way to calm the Whomping Willow, she faced pressure to choose whether to remain at Hogwarts.

• Pomona traveled to Diagon Alley with Pete, obtained a beechwood wand with Veela hair from Ollivander, and conjured a swan Patronus.
• Pomona chose Hogwarts over Beauxbatons after receiving her father’s warning, was sorted into Hufflepuff, and learned from Dumbledore that dark wizards sought the Resurrection Stone.
• Pomona befriended her Hufflepuff roommates and Lily Evans while navigating tension with Severus Snape and the divisions between Hogwarts Houses.
• Pomona calmed the raging Whomping Willow with a potion, and Slughorn asked her to care for the abandoned greenhouse’s magical plants.
• After Snape disarmed and threatened her, Pomona sought help researching the tree, entered Hogwarts’s hidden book room, and fled after hearing a hissing whisper.
• Pomona worked with Remus Lupin to understand the Whomping Willow, found that its soil was unsuitable, and learned that Lupin was a werewolf nearing the full moon.
• Pomona decided to keep Lupin’s secret and concluded that Dumbledore expected her to stay at Hogwarts as a Herbology professor.
• Slughorn accused Pomona of serving Dumbledore, took two Hufflepuff points, and went to investigate Lupin’s interrupted voice as Pomona headed for the Hufflepuff basement.

Pomona tried to protect Hogwarts’ students and creatures while uncovering the dangers surrounding Lupin, Snape, and her own visions. She returned to Hogwarts with Snape’s feelings made clear, but the mysteries of fate and resurrection remained unresolved.

• Pomona organized Hufflepuffs, Lupin, and Hagrid’s Dugbogs to tend the Whomping Willow, then rescued the House-elf Robby after witnessing Death Eaters torture him in a greenhouse.
• Pomona learned that Bellatrix’s humiliation of Nancy had driven her from Hogwarts, and the older Hufflepuff girls planned retaliation while Pomona kept her distance.
• Pomona warned Lily about Slytherin and the growing danger between the Houses, while she and Snape tried to prepare antidote until Lily accidentally shattered their cauldron.
• Pomona heard visions about Harry and Neville, told Auror Longbottom that Evan had entered Hogwarts, and learned from the House-elves about a Basilisk living in the castle.
• At a house being considered for Lupin’s transformations, Pomona objected to Frank Longbottom’s plan to treat Lupin like an animal and demanded to be treated with respect herself.
• Pomona’s memories revealed her past involvement with Lily, Dumbledore, the Resurrection Stone, and Harry, and she later found Snape unconscious near the Forbidden Forest and negotiated with him over Harry and Neville.
• Pomona learned that Snape had mastered nonverbal Legilimency and wanted to conquer death, while Dumbledore warned her that she could not change fate, and she also recalled Snape’s abusive childhood and her failed attempt to prevent Sirius’s death.
• Pomona returned to Hogwarts, spoke with a mermaid about the lake, and asked Snape whether he wanted her or merely a beautiful wife, and Snape tearfully told her he wanted her.

Pomona and Severus navigated their fraught relationship, the war’s aftermath, and the loss of their daughter while the Malfoys and the Ministry faced new dangers. The stretch ended with Pomona and Severus confronting old grievances and drawing close again.

• Neville urged Severus to help develop a potion for the Unforgivable Curses, while Pomona overheard Severus’s despair and later learned that he had used forbidden research to keep her alive.
• McGonagall brought Severus and Neville to Spinner’s End as werewolves surrounded Hogwarts, and Pomona sensed that a new war was beginning.
• Severus proposed to Pomona, and after their reunion she was taken to Malfoy Manor, where Draco introduced her to Narcissa as Severus’s wife.
• Pomona’s pregnancy became known at Malfoy Manor, where Narcissa chose to trust Severus and protect Pomona despite Bella’s threats.
• Pomona lost her unborn daughter after the Cruciatus Curse, and Severus took her to Lily’s grave, where he revealed that their daughter was buried and Pomona named her Lily Snape.
• Pomona forgave Severus for using forbidden magic and asked him to involve Draco and Theodore Nott in researching a Cruciatus antidote.
• Severus proposed that Pomona live with him in an isolated manor, but she rejected his attempt to control her and demanded respect before he left the room.
• Pomona woke to find Severus in her room, where he admitted using Legilimency, discussed his fear of being blamed for Barty Crouch’s murder, and kissed her.

Pomona woke from her long sleep and worked to guide Draco, Hermione, and Narcissa while reconnecting with Severus. She planned to return to Hogwarts and rebuild the Order as the story turned toward the Weasleys and the dangers surrounding the war.

• Pomona confronted Severus about his past and their relationship, then explored the wine cellar while reflecting on the boy she had once protected.
• Pomona persuaded Narcissa and Lucius to plan a charity gala, told Severus she had placed the Sorcerer's Stone in Lily's vault, and accepted a Slytherin ring from him.
• Pomona and Severus discussed their history, Hermione's memory magic, and Draco's vows, while Narcissa asked Pomona to protect Harry and help Draco.
• Pomona revealed her Veela form to Hermione and encouraged her to develop her talents, while Severus offered to teach Hermione Occlumency.
• Pomona declared that she would return to Hogwarts, then guided Draco toward controlling his magic, hiding his emotions, and leading the young Slytherins.
• Pomona and Narcissa discussed the Black family and Snape's choices, and Pomona confessed her guilt and grief before summoning Severus with her ring.
• Pomona warned Severus that Draco's desire to uphold pure-blood supremacy threatened the Unbreakable Vow and urged him to have Hermione investigate Arthur Weasley's dealings in cursed objects.
• Pomona and Narcissa discussed Draco, Lucius, and Pomona's plans for Hogwarts before entering Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, where George recognized Pomona's Order signal.