Vol. 27The Locket and the Mirror

Pomona and Severus pursued Horcrux clues, tested their bond, and faced memories and visions tied to time travel and the Mirror World. Georgiana navigated political threats in Brussels and followed Guillaume Fabolt toward the arsenal’s new location as warnings of a returning king of terror lingered.

  • Severus used Borgin’s memory to help Albus locate the Gaunt home and Voldemort’s ring Horcrux, while Albus hid the Resurrection Stone in a Golden Snitch for Harry.
  • Severus and Pomona left Grimmauld Place together and walked hand in hand through London.
  • Pomona watched Severus’s Wolfsbane Juice trial, where Remus transformed while remaining conscious and Fudge questioned him about Sirius Black.
  • Pomona kept Albus’s offer of a Cairo appointment from Severus and weighed the choices that might change their lives.
  • Severus and Pomona planned to infiltrate the former Death Eaters’ gathering as a couple.
  • Georgiana learned that the Genoese had taken Feilier, then Feilier returned as a stone sphinx awakened and Cavallo offered Queen Maeve’s Crown.
  • Georgiana negotiated a loan backed by patent taxes with Dominic and resolved to break free of her cage and return to the happiness she remembered at Hogwarts.
  • Georgiana followed Guillaume Fabolt’s invitation to see where Bonaparte had moved the arsenal.
Chapters 2607–2706 Read from ch. 2607

Arc 105The Cup and the Locket

Pomona and Severus pursued clues to Hufflepuff’s Cup and the missing Slytherin’s Locket while their work on Hogwarts and the Tournament continued. Albus traced Voldemort’s ring Horcrux, and Pomona and Severus left Grimmauld Place together, walking hand in hand through London.

  • Tina recounted Queenie’s journey with Jacob and Leta Lestrange’s attack on Grindelwald, while Pomona planned changes to the maze and considered how Harry had cast Patronuses in two places.
  • Albus explained how interns would help prepare the maze, and Severus confronted Pomona about Remus Lupin’s memories before Brick revealed that a life debt bound him to Georgiana.
  • Pomona and Severus discussed her investigation into Hufflepuff’s Cup, while Pomona considered Hogwarts’s hidden spaces and decided to have the House-elves move the broken Vanishing Cabinet.
  • Pomona restored the petrified victims with a Mandrake bath as Georgiana explored whether necromancy and elemental magic could reinforce underground defenses.
  • Pomona learned that the Hope family’s London warehouse had burned, attended the Smith family gathering with Cedric, and asked Sporos Langham to train Hogwarts interns.
  • Severus told Pomona that Hepzibah Smith’s heirs had fought over the missing locket and cup, and Pomona recalled that Riddle had seen Hepzibah hide both items.
  • Severus obtained Borgin’s memory of selling Slytherin’s Locket, allowing Albus to locate the Gaunt home and Voldemort’s ring Horcrux, while Albus hid the Resurrection Stone in a Golden Snitch for Harry.
  • Severus entered Grimmauld Place with Pomona, grew angry after questioning her about Sirius and Remus, and left with her before they walked through London hand in hand.
Chapters 2607–2631 Summaries Read

Arc 106The Wolfsbane Trial

Pomona followed Severus through the public test of his Wolfsbane Juice and grew closer to him as they confronted Remus’s exposure and the consequences of time travel. The arc ended with Pomona keeping Albus’s offer of a Cairo appointment from Severus and weighing the choices that might change their lives.

  • Pomona returned to the Smiths’ gathering, where Severus identified Horsa Smith as Nicolas Smith’s killer, and she later challenged Severus over his attempt to steer Cedric toward political advancement.
  • Pomona collapsed after confronting Severus, then learned from Flitwick that Harry’s Patronus had been shaped by time travel and reflected on her own past with Albus and Severus.
  • Pomona watched Severus’s Wolfsbane Juice trial at the Ministry, where Remus transformed while remaining conscious and Fudge questioned him about Sirius Black.
  • Pomona, Severus, and Flitwick discussed time reversal and the failed Polyjuice Potion, and Pomona resolved to face Remus herself rather than hide behind others.
  • Pomona accepted Severus’s invitation to London, and they celebrated his successful trial at an old Order of the Phoenix safe house while discussing time-reversal symmetry.
  • Pomona told Albus that Remus had taken the potion, and Albus revealed Severus’s bargain to protect Lily and offered him a visiting scholar position in Cairo.
  • Pomona considered giving Severus Albus’s Cairo letter but kept it, then reflected on hope, Harry and Hermione’s time travel, and her willingness to make the wrong choice.
Chapters 2632–2656 Summaries Read

Arc 107The Sphinx and the Crown

Pomona and Severus prepared to infiltrate a gathering of former Death Eaters while Pomona’s visions carried her through questions of love, memory, and the Mirror World. As Georgiana dealt with the Genoese bankers and their schemes, a sphinx awakened, Feilier returned, and Cavallo offered Queen Maeve’s Crown.

  • Firenze explained that he had rescued Harry from the creature drinking a Unicorn’s blood after sensing danger in the stars, while Pomona later saw a shadow near the Grand Staircase and linked it to Severus’s strange magic.
  • Pomona dreamed of Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and the Blood Pact, then met a mysterious man connected to Hathor and Cleopatra before returning to the Wizarding World.
  • Severus took Pomona to a hidden hotel bar and helped arrange a bartender for the Malfoy Manor gathering, while they planned to infiltrate the former Death Eaters’ event as a couple.
  • Hathor showed Pomona visions of Hatshepsut and challenged her to understand how she had entered the world her teacher created, while Pomona later confronted Shadow and Georgiana returned to Brussels.
  • Pomona urged Dumbledore to take responsibility for his choices and told Severus what she knew about his Blood Pact with Grindelwald, while Georgiana welcomed the Genoese and raised the threat of famine and political unrest.
  • Georgiana hosted the Genoese, staged a sword contest between Brick and Augereau, and toured the museum as the bankers pressed her over their dealings and Napoleon’s promises.
  • A stone sphinx awakened, accused Georgiana of carrying traces of a violation of magical law, and questioned her about Tom Riddle, and Georgiana learned the Genoese had taken Feilier and negotiated for her return.
  • Feilier returned and translated for the sphinx, whom Georgiana called Carter, and the guests prepared to leave as Carolan Lestrange and concealed French wizards planned to alter Muggles’ memories, and Cavallo offered Queen Maeve’s Crown.
Chapters 2657–2681 Summaries Read

Arc 108The Mirror World and the Arsenal

Georgiana navigated conspiracies, unrest, and the burdens of power in Brussels while Pomona’s memories of Hogwarts and Severus surfaced alongside her political life. The arc left Georgiana following Guillaume Fabolt toward the arsenal’s new location as warnings about a returning king of terror lingered.

  • Georgiana learned from Leon Cavallo that the First Consul had taken Queen Maeve’s Crown, while she searched for a way out of the Mirror World.
  • Georgiana negotiated a loan backed by patent taxes with Dominic, then resolved to break free of her cage and return to the happiness she remembered at Hogwarts.
  • Pomona recalled Snape’s return to Hogwarts, her concern over his compromises, and their kiss in the kitchen as the Order faced Umbridge and Voldemort’s return.
  • Georgiana revived a bloodied owl carrying Parvati Patil’s note, then met Father Stanislas and agreed not to force the people in the forest to leave.
  • Georgiana addressed Brussels officials and business leaders as unrest eased, but felt her heart pound and feared she might have been poisoned.
  • Georgiana learned that the Portrait Curse attacks had stopped after Patricia left Hogwarts, then secretly had Feilier’s memory erased after he revealed a hidden contract.
  • Georgiana examined scrolls bearing a skull, a Deathly Hallows symbol, and a blue rose, taught Feilier the phrase “Virus ariete fortior,” and went to find Mango.
  • Georgiana freed Mango from Mary and Charlotte, discussed the Beast of Gévaudan with them, and followed Guillaume Fabolt’s invitation to see where Bonaparte had moved the arsenal.
Chapters 2682–2706 Summaries Read
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