Chapter Summaries

Pomona Sprout invited Newt Scamander to lunch at Hogwarts, where they discussed the Dementors, a possible Triwizard Tournament, and preparations for a maze. As Pomona tried to find a way to bring happiness to herself, the story shifted to her departure from a convent, leaving her past unresolved.

• Pomona Sprout brought Neville Longbottom to the greenhouse, where he guarded the plants and met Newt Scamander and his Bowtruckle, Picket.
• Over lunch, Scamander told Pomona and Neville that the Ministry might host a Triwizard Tournament and suggested that cooperating with the Ministry could help remove the Dementors.
• Pomona and Scamander visited the empty Quidditch Pitch, where Scamander proposed turning it into a maze and Pomona recruited Neville to help.
• Pomona asked Scamander to let Neville spend the summer at his home, while Scamander questioned Neville's confidence that he would come last in his exams.
• Pomona reflected on happiness and the Cheering Charm, then the narrative showed her leaving a convent as the nuns watched silently.

Pomona considered Neville’s isolation and his attempt to keep Harry from risking himself, then questioned Scamander’s motives and delayed the spread of news about next year’s visitors. The story left her riding through a historical scene with Napoleon’s dead dragoons, as a hungry Thestral flew overhead.

• Neville avoided the Gryffindor common room and ran to the greenhouse because he feared Sirius Black and had no one to remember the password for him.
• Pomona reflected on Neville’s caution and learned that he had asked the teachers to stop Harry from going to Hogsmeade.
• Pomona doubted Scamander’s explanation for visiting Bhutan and went to ask Albus about his intentions.
• Pomona told the Fat Friar to wait until after exams before spreading news of possible foreign visitors next year.
• Pomona rode north past Brussels with Napoleon’s dragoons and spotted a hungry Thestral overhead.

Pomona questioned Albus about the Triwizard Tournament and learned how Grindelwald’s followers, including Queenie Goldstein and Yusuf Kama, had been connected to his plans. The chapter ended with Georgiana visiting the burned ruins of a monastery and questioning what she should believe in.

• Pomona asked Albus whether Scamander’s news about the Triwizard Tournament and the Wizarding Confederation election was true, and Albus confirmed it while discussing the proposed maze.
• Albus showed Pomona Memories of Leta Lestrange, Yusuf Kama, Queenie Goldstein, and Jacob Kowalski, explaining their connections to Grindelwald and his plans.
• Albus spoke to Pomona about love and loneliness, then hinted that she could find answers in the Arithmancy classroom; Pomona left determined to demand her turtle back.
• Georgiana arrived at the ruins of a burned monastery near Metz and Felford with the major and Lupe, and learned that it had been destroyed for selling beer without permission.
• Georgiana recognized a hop flower among the ashes and wondered about the Fat Friar’s choices, then questioned whether heaven or hell existed and what she should believe in.

Georgiana surveyed the ruins of a Belgian monastery and reflected on the destruction of war, while considering the Blood Pact, Grindelwald, and the choices surrounding her own magical work. The chapter ended with her spotting a large black dog that looked at her tearfully.

• Georgiana walked through the ruined monastery and recalled how war and changing taxes had affected monasteries, beer brewing, and charitable institutions.
• Georgiana considered how the Blood Pact bound Albus and Grindelwald to change the world together and how it had finally shattered when Aberforth joined their conflict over Credence.
• Georgiana decided to simplify her Qimen Dunjia maze so its Life Gate led to the finish and the other gates merely left contestants lost.
• Georgiana reflected on the lonely path Albus had chosen for her, the magical scholars she did not want to emulate, and the summer when the boy on the Kelpie stopped appearing.
• Georgiana heard a dog bark, turned around, and saw a large black dog looking at her as if it were about to cry.

Pomona searched the Arithmancy classroom for an answer, borrowed a book, and encountered Snape after a black dog fled down the corridor. The story shifted to a winter scene where a woman was driven away from a black dog and needed help from the major and Mont.

• Pomona reflected on Hogwarts’ history, Dexter Fortescue’s fight to establish Astronomy, and Lockhart’s influence on students.
• Pomona entered the empty Arithmancy classroom, searched its shelves, and borrowed a book after Celestina failed to return.
• A bedraggled black dog approached Pomona but ran into the darkness when it noticed something behind her.
• Snape emerged from the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom after delivering medicine to Remus, and Pomona told him what Scamander and Albus had said about Malfoy.
• In a winter scene, a dragoon drove a black dog away, and the woman accepted smelling salts from the major and Mont before being helped back to the carriage.

As Dementors approached Hogwarts, Pomona discussed their agreement with Snape, questioned him about the past and parallel universes, and learned he had discovered Neville’s new role as greenhouse gatekeeper. After Snape stormed out, Pomona wondered whether she could return to the time before everything happened, then encountered a phantom resembling Albus who urged her to find out how she had entered this world.

• Pomona and Snape discussed why the Dementors were allowed to enter Hogwarts at night and whether the Ministry could control them.
• Pomona asked Snape about Dexter Fortescue, time travel, and parallel universes, but their conversation ended with Snape leaving in anger.
• Snape revealed that Neville had stopped him at the greenhouse because he could not answer the password, and Pomona explained that she had made Neville the gatekeeper to build his confidence.
• While sitting in a carriage, Pomona thought about Harry, Draco, and whether she would use a Time-Turner to return to before everything happened.
• A phantom resembling Albus told Pomona that she needed to understand how she had entered this world in order to find a way out, then vanished.

Roger Malone told Pomona he wanted to leave Hogwarts because Slytherin students bullied him and he feared the Dark Lord’s return, while Sirius Black unexpectedly appeared and asked her for help. The story then shifted to Georgiana at a Paris museum, where she considered whether the Beast of Gévaudan was a magical creature and spoke with Saint-Hilaire.

• Roger Malone told Pomona he wanted to leave school because he felt unsafe and believed Draco Malfoy and his family could do as they pleased.
• Pomona told Roger to wait until exams were over, then asked Cedric Diggory to bring him hot chocolate and see whether he feared the exams.
• Sirius Black entered Pomona’s office in dog form, revealed that he recognized her as Nox, and pleaded for help settling accounts with a traitor.
• Pomona agreed to take Sirius away from the crowded area rather than let him remain near the common room.
• Georgiana examined the Beast of Gévaudan specimen and considered whether it might be a werewolf, an Animagus, or another magical creature.
• Saint-Hilaire gave Georgiana a sandwich and discussed her unexpected arrival at the museum.

Pomona reflected on survival, cooperation, and Tom Riddle’s isolation before meeting Sirius Black in the museum dining area. Sirius asked her to get Hagrid’s help finding Ron’s missing rat, and Pomona agreed, hoping the search would eventually reveal what happened in Godric’s Hollow.

• Pomona considered how humans survived through cooperation, contrasting their shared strength with Tom Riddle’s lonely pursuit of power.
• Pomona joined Sirius at the dining table after the Thestral arrived, and Sirius asked for her help.
• Sirius explained that Ron’s rat was missing and might have fled the castle, perhaps to the Forbidden Forest or an empty building.
• Pomona agreed to ask Hagrid to help search for the rat, and Sirius said the truth about Godric’s Hollow would come out once he found it.
• Sirius left in his large black dog form, and Pomona realized she might need to ask Hagrid to visit Diagon Alley for rat control.

Pomona asked Hagrid to buy cleaning supplies, help find Ron's supposedly dead rat, and reconsider his lessons, while he remained focused on Buckbeak. Later, she met Saint-Hilaire and discussed his expectations of her before trying dishes at his suggestion.

• Pomona visited Hagrid, asked him to shop in Diagon Alley, and raised concerns about his Care of Magical Creatures lessons and Buckbeak.
• Pomona noticed a covered cage moving in Hagrid's hut and asked whether he had been in the Forbidden Forest and whether the Dementors had harmed him.
• Pomona asked Hagrid to look for Ron's rat, insisting it was alive, and said she would ask the House-elves to watch for it.
• Pomona reflected on survival and the dangers of feeding a Thestral, then spoke with Saint-Hilaire about Egypt and his research.
• Saint-Hilaire urged Pomona to be clever and remain in charge of the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, but she refused his framing of her role.
• Saint-Hilaire asked Pomona which dish best represented France, then recommended foods for her to try.

Pomona found a classroom infested with Chizpurfles and asked Snape to brew a large quantity of potion while preparing food for Sirius. In a separate storyline, Saint-Hilaire recounted the Institute of Egypt’s history to Georgiana before their conversation ended in a bitter disagreement.

• Pomona and the House-elves fled a room full of oversized Chizpurfles that had infested old wands, and Remus suggested asking Snape for help.
• Pomona gave the House-elves lunch duties, retrieved a picnic basket prepared for Sirius, and encountered Snape, who asked to borrow her Invisibility Cloak.
• Pomona agreed to lend Snape the cloak in exchange for a ton of Chizpurfle potion before the holidays.
• Saint-Hilaire described Napoleon’s research program in Egypt, the Institute’s changing leadership, and the loss of the Rosetta Stone to the British.
• Saint-Hilaire criticized Georgiana’s conduct and questioned whether she could work as a researcher, and Georgiana denied losing her composure.
• Saint-Hilaire ended their meal after Georgiana asked if he had wanted to discuss his travels.

Pomona questioned Filch about the neglected lost wand storage room and noticed an unexplained footprint before leaving Hogwarts. Saint-Hilaire showed Georgiana a living fossil and shared details about the Institute of Egypt, its members, and a mysterious ceremonial weapon, leaving her suspicious about the First Consul’s choice of goddess.

• Pomona asked Filch about his last inspection of the lost wand storage room, and he explained that he had not visited it in three years because of other duties and Harry Potter’s rule-breaking.
• Peeves harassed Filch on his ladder until the Bloody Baron appeared, and Pomona spotted an unexplained footprint in the dusty entrance hall before heading to Hogsmeade.
• Saint-Hilaire apologized to Georgiana, showed her a Nile bichir and its anatomical drawing, and gave her an unpublished copy of Description of Egypt.
• Saint-Hilaire told Georgiana that Malus and Fourier were interested in Fresnel’s research and discussed Malus’s studies of mirages in Egypt.
• Saint-Hilaire showed Georgiana a portrait of the Institute of Egypt’s members and a ceremonial weapon decorated with a possible image of Isis, but he would not explain the First Consul’s choice.

Pomona confronted Snape about the creatures in the lost-wand room, asked about reopening the Chamber of Secrets, and accused him of failing to protect her; he eventually joined her picnic in silence. She then considered how the Basilisk petrified its victims and concealed what she knew about Fresnel, before the story shifted to Georgiana leaving Saint-Hilaire and his assistants after donating one hundred thousand Francs.

• Pomona reflected on Lucius Malfoy's role in the Chamber of Secrets crisis and on how Harry had freed Dobby.
• Pomona met Sirius at the Quidditch Pitch, where he promised to donate money to restore Hogwarts and repair the pitch.
• Pomona summoned Snape from his Invisibility Cloak and questioned him about hairy crabs and a Crup in the lost-wand room.
• Pomona asked Snape how to reopen the Chamber of Secrets and challenged him over his willingness to protect her; he sat down to eat with her.
• Pomona reasoned that the Basilisk's victims had seen its image indirectly, and she decided to keep her knowledge about Fresnel's research secret.
• Georgiana departed after donating one hundred thousand Francs to Saint-Hilaire and his assistants.

Pomona failed to summon Scabbers, discussed the Triwizard Tournament with Cedric, and comforted Snape when he grew jealous and upset about the Basilisk. She then reflected on Cedric’s Transfiguration talent and found herself back in Brussels, where Bertin greeted her carriage.

• Pomona tried twice to summon Scabbers from Hagrid’s rat traps, but the spell failed, and Hagrid fed the rats to Buckbeak.
• Cedric asked Pomona whether he could enter the Triwizard Tournament, and Snape told him contestants had to be at least seventeen.
• Snape followed Pomona to the dungeons, accused her of wasting time on Neville and suggested she sell something instead of dissecting the Basilisk.
• Pomona pulled Snape into her office and hugged him, telling him he should stop thinking about the Basilisk.
• Pomona recalled Cedric’s advanced Transfiguration work and arrived in Brussels, where Bertin emerged from the palace to greet her carriage.

Pomona encouraged Neville to confront his fear of Snape and arranged for him to deliver ingredients to the Slytherin dungeons next term. After secretly selling harvested magical plants in Hogsmeade, she defeated three attackers with a flood, then hurried after a black dog when Dementors arrived; the chapter then shifted to Georgiana inspecting new police uniforms in Belgium.

• Pomona found Neville working in the greenhouse, learned that Simon had brought him food and Hermione’s predicted exam questions, and told him to take the rue sprig someone had given him.
• Neville told Pomona that he had let Snape into the greenhouse and was not afraid of him or Draco Malfoy, so Pomona arranged for him to deliver herbs to the Slytherin dungeons next term.
• Pomona harvested magical plants, sold them to a Goblin at the Hog’s Head, and was followed by three wizards as she left Hogsmeade.
• Pomona flooded the stream to trap the attackers, but a black dog bit another pursuer before Dementors arrived; Pomona released the three men and chased the dog when she could not Apparate.
• Georgiana examined three proposed Belgian police uniforms made by Italy’s Golden Scissors, then left with Bertin for a bright corridor.

Pomona found Sirius Black hiding in a mountain cave and brought him food after defending herself from attackers. Later, amid a gathering where she enjoyed her freedom to speak with others, she briefly glimpsed a changed and healthier Sirius before he disappeared into the crowd.

• Pomona followed a black dog to Sirius Black’s hidden cave and revealed that she was a half-blood Veela.
• Sirius confronted Pomona about risking capture, then accepted the food she had brought and explained the danger Dementors posed in Azkaban.
• Pomona reflected on how social rules and power shaped life at court, and on the task Hathor had given her.
• Pomona spotted Sirius in different clothes raising a toast, pretended not to see him, and continued discussing police uniforms.

Pomona visited the weakened Sirius Black, learned that he was searching for Ron’s rat, and returned to Hogwarts with a Chizpurfle attached to her cloak. Snape took money from her for a potion and explained Dumbledore wanted the Basilisk’s hide for armor; the chapter then shifted to Georgiana, whom Bertin coached on how to handle Madame de Vaudey.

• Pomona brought Sirius food and asked whether he had found Ron’s rat, while Sirius recalled the Marauder’s Map’s message, “Leaving is a good thing.”
• Pomona returned to Hogwarts through Honeydukes’s secret passage, discovered a Chizpurfle on her cloak, and encountered Snape, who gave her a potion and took twenty Galleons.
• Snape told Pomona that Dumbledore believed the Basilisk’s skin and scales could make armor against the Death Eaters.
• Bertin told Georgiana stories about Madame Estrade and Madame de Pompadour, then instructed her to smile and greet Madame de Vaudey.

Pomona agreed to help Remus turn a classroom into a practical Defense Against the Dark Arts examination room, then set out to find Neville after Remus questioned her about Neville’s interest in Harry’s essay. In another scene, Georgiana confronted Madame de Vaudey at a gathering before leaving amid a toast to public prosperity.

• A Ravenclaw first-year questioned Pomona about the magic animating a suit of armor, and Remus sent the student away so he could speak with Pomona.
• Remus asked Pomona to help clear hairy crabs from a classroom and prepare it for combat scenarios, and she agreed.
• Remus told Pomona that Longbottom had asked whether Harry had submitted his Defense Against the Dark Arts essay, prompting her to go look for Neville.
• Madame de Vaudey greeted Georgiana at a gathering and said she would spend Christmas in Brussels rather than travel with the inspection delegation.
• Georgiana criticized courtly diversions and praised work for citizens’ welfare, then left the gathering while Bertin remarked that she had been impolite.

Pomona and Snape suspected Harry was pursuing a secret way to visit Hogsmeade after Neville explained why he had asked about Harry’s essay. In a separate account, Bertin told Georgiana how Madame de Choiseul’s court intrigue ended in her death and her duchy’s extinction, leaving Georgiana to question why the king tolerated her.

• Pomona questioned Neville and learned that he had asked Professor Lupin about Harry’s already-submitted essay after Harry had used an excuse to get rid of him.
• Snape suspected Harry was on another secret mission, while Pomona returned to her office and later warned Sirius that Neville had heard a prediction of a terrible accident.
• Sirius asked whether the prediction concerned Harry, and Pomona told him to wait while she used her maze-like divination device.
• Bertin recounted how Madame de Choiseul’s letter to Count Stainville reached Madame de Pompadour, prompting the king to dismiss and exile Duke of Choiseul.
• Bertin told Georgiana that Madame de Choiseul died in childbirth and that the Duchy of Choiseul perished without an heir.
• Georgiana asked why the king tolerated her, then dismissed Bertin and smashed a transformed teapot turtle that kept spinning on the floor.

Pomona searched for Harry and Neville, encouraged Neville after his grandmother’s Howler, and helped Sirius resist revealing himself to Harry while Snape confronted him. The chapter then shifted to Georgiana, who reflected on noble families being used as pieces in political games before a teapot shattered in her hands.

• Pomona confronted Minerva over denying Neville the Gryffindor password, then found Neville in the Owlery with a Howler from his grandmother.
• Pomona offered Neville a place to stay over the summer and assigned him to retrieve her turtle from Scamander.
• Pomona waited near the secret passage with Sirius and watched Snape berate Harry, while Sirius struggled not to intervene or flee with him.
• Pomona reminded Sirius of his responsibilities as Harry’s godfather, and Neville arrived to give Harry an excuse before Snape left.
• Sirius departed in dog form, and Pomona reflected on the Longbottoms before the story shifted to Georgiana transforming a turtle and shattering a teapot.

Pomona prepared for the coming Triwizard Tournament and learned that the Ministry trusted Dementors’ account of Sirius Black’s alleged crimes. After a meeting with Severus, she let go of the Fire Opal Ring and the bracelet containing the hair, then put on a Black Swan Pendant.

• Pomona asked Justin Finch-Fletchley to organize volunteers to help foreign students and considered ways to keep the Triwizard Tournament safe.
• Grubbly-Plank told Pomona she would substitute for Hagrid next term and that Dumbledore had called a meeting that evening.
• Sinistra told Pomona about a serial killer and missing girls, including three believed connected to Death Eaters, and Pomona asked Snape about renting houses in Hogsmeade.
• Snape warned Pomona that the Ministry believed the Dementors’ claim that Sirius Black had killed three wizards in Hogsmeade, and said the meeting might concern the matter.
• Pomona wondered whether to reveal the truth at the meeting, then welcomed Severus back and followed him upstairs.
• Pomona removed the Fire Opal Ring and the bracelet containing the hair, then placed a Black Swan Pendant around her neck.