Chapter Summaries

Pomona relived a painful scene from the future, then returned to a night when Frank Longbottom and Professor McGonagall brought her to a gathering. Before entering the house, she delivered a cryptic warning about the Time-Turner and clashed with a greasy-haired man.

• Pomona endured visions of Neville Longbottom, a Cruciatus Curse, and a remorseful person, then awoke outside a dilapidated house with Professor McGonagall and Frank Longbottom.
• Frank comforted Pomona with brandy-filled chocolates and told her he had recently married Alice.
• Pomona warned a Christmas cactus, "Beware the Time-Turner!" and asked Frank whether his mother knew he had joined the Aurors.
• Frank explained that someone was covering for their nighttime arrival, and Pomona entered the house with him and Professor McGonagall.
• Pomona argued with a greasy-haired man in black robes and told Marlene McKinnon that she saw nothing in him.

Pomona argued with Frank and Professor McGonagall over how to contain Remus Lupin during his werewolf transformations, then asserted her independence and left for the Forbidden Forest. She ended the chapter intent on finding an attractive man whose soul would satisfy her.

• Professor McGonagall and Frank inspected an old house as a possible place to manage Remus Lupin’s transformations, and Frank proposed trapping him inside like an animal.
• Frank asked Pomona to use her Veela gift to help exhaust Remus, explaining that bitten half-Veela and Animagi would not become werewolves.
• Pomona realized that Dumbledore’s group had treated her and Lupin as experimental subjects, and she told Frank she wanted to learn a painful version of the Severing Charm.
• Pomona compared Frank’s proposed treatment of Lupin to animal training and made him apologize after revealing her true Veela appearance.
• Pomona ordered Frank to assist Professor McGonagall each full moon, warned them not to treat her like Remus, and left the house.
• Pomona resisted the urge to find a man in Hogsmeade and instead headed toward the Forbidden Forest in search of a delicious soul.

Pomona’s memories revealed her role in erasing Lily Potter’s parents’ memories and her painful history with a man who wanted to end her pregnancy. After emerging from the forest, she found Severus Snape lying unconscious at its edge.

• A Legilimency attempt failed to penetrate Pomona’s Occlumency, and she became trapped in darkness before reliving memories of Lily and Dumbledore.
• Pomona remembered wiping Lily’s parents’ memories of her and later pleading with a man not to abandon their unborn child.
• She recalled finding the Resurrection Stone after Harry Potter discarded it and telling Dumbledore its secret, which led to his death.
• Pomona fell onto the grass at the edge of the Forbidden Forest and discovered Severus Snape unconscious in a Slytherin student uniform.

Pomona guided Snape after a Unicorn kicked him unconscious, then challenged his plans to distance himself from Neville and Harry while warning him about Karkaroff and Sirius Black. She left Snape with a wager about the Christmas ball and a reminder that Harry was Lily’s child, while wondering what Tom Riddle had taught him.

• Pomona found Snape unconscious beside Unicorn hairs after he had tried to scrape powder from a Unicorn’s horn, and led him toward Hagrid’s hut while temporary blindness kept him obedient.
• Pomona asked Snape about how he had met Lily and urged him to teach her Potions, but Snape insisted their relationship was none of her business.
• Pomona told Snape she would stop visiting and have Neville bring his ingredients, but Snape refused to forgive Neville and agreed to resume their negotiations after she promised to isolate Harry.
• Snape and Pomona wagered on whether Harry or Cedric would ask Cho Chang to the Christmas ball first, and Snape said he would dance with Pomona if Harry succeeded.
• Pomona warned Snape that Karkaroff could be dangerous, reminded him that Sirius Black had not killed Lily, and told him not to treat Harry as an enemy before she left.

Pomona remembered her past with Snape and her reasons for leaving Hogwarts as Neville visited her, then faced Augusta Longbottom’s demand to keep Neville away. She recalled promising Lily to protect Harry and feared that Harry might have to die again.

• Pomona remembered Snape’s clumsy invitation to the dance and how a young man drove him off.
• Neville visited Pomona and asked why she had left Hogwarts, whether Snape’s pregnancy decision was because she feared having a child like him, and when she and Snape had started their relationship.
• Pomona remembered that Neville had sensed Alice’s pain during Bellatrix’s torture and that she had feared her unborn child would carry similar suffering.
• Augusta Longbottom told Pomona to keep Neville away from her affairs, warning that Neville was not Harry and that she could not risk losing him.
• Pomona recalled promising Lily to protect Harry and worried that Dumbledore’s choice might force Harry to die again.

Pomona witnessed young Snape confront Hagrid after reporting James Potter and Sirius Black near the Forbidden Forest, then awoke in the present with Snape explaining how Fenrir Greyback’s blood was used in the Wolfsbane Potion. Snape avoided her question about how he obtained the blood and left her to fall asleep again, promising to see her tomorrow.

• Pomona and the blinded Snape found James Potter and Sirius Black near the Forbidden Forest, and Pomona urged Hagrid to look for them.
• Snape admitted to Hagrid that he had followed the students, then proudly embraced being called a snake.
• Pomona awoke to find middle-aged Snape beside her and learned that Greyback’s blood was the active ingredient in the Wolfsbane Potion he made for Lupin.
• Snape said the Aurors were drawing Greyback’s blood in Azkaban, but he avoided Pomona’s question about how he had obtained it.
• Snape removed the object from Pomona’s neck and promised to see her the next day as she drifted back to sleep.

Pomona struggled with her bleak mood, argued with Pete about his behavior, and learned of a secret Hufflepuff tunnel map. Later, Snape used Legilimency to probe her thoughts and began advancing on her, leaving her unable to resist.

• Pomona arrived at breakfast feeling that she had lost the strength to live, and Pete invited her to Hogsmeade.
• Pete showed Pomona a secret Hufflepuff map of tunnels beneath Hogwarts and proposed taking a passage to Honey Baron's storeroom.
• Pomona questioned Pete about a pregnant girl and his relationships with other girls, and Pete angrily left the table.
• Snape spoke to Pomona about Lily, his childhood, and the vision he had seen in the Mirror of Erised.
• Snape revealed that he had learned nonverbal Legilimency, read Pomona's thoughts, and began unfastening his clothes while she could not stop him.

Pomona’s testimony helped expose Snape’s deception, while her Legilimency revealed his ambitions to master death and his growing power. In a vision, Snape appeared to Pomona and demanded to know why she had resurrected him, prompting her to seek Lily Evans.

• Pomona told Professor McGonagall that she had entered the Forbidden Forest looking for Unicorns and had become lost before meeting Snape.
• Snape’s appearance changed as Pomona’s Legilimency reached his mind, revealing his knowledge of the Deathly Hallows and his desire to conquer death.
• Pomona recalled Snape warning that desire could overwhelm morality and law.
• Patricia interpreted the Chariot card as a prince seeking to control life and death, then turned over the Empress card.
• Snape appeared naked in Pomona’s classroom, demanded to know why she had resurrected him and what task Dumbledore had given her, and Pomona went to find Lily Evans.

Pomona experienced a distorted vision of Severus Snape’s first days at Hogwarts, where James Potter and Sirius Black bullied him and Lily Evans tried to intervene. Dumbledore warned Pomona that fate could not be changed and questioned her about using the Resurrection Stone, leaving her uncertain about what she could do for Severus.

• Pomona saw a vision in which Snape was welcomed by Slytherins after reporting Sirius Black and rescuing a lost Hufflepuff, before the scene shifted back to him sitting alone.
• James Potter, Sirius Black, and other Gryffindors mocked Snape in the Great Hall, while Lily Evans defended him and Snape rejected her help.
• Pomona questioned Dumbledore about the vision, and he said she had not been present during Snape’s childhood and could not change fate.
• Dumbledore asked Pomona whether she remembered where Snape died and noted that first-year students arrived at Hogwarts by boat.
• Dumbledore urged Pomona to focus more on her friends, called her his favorite student, and described Minerva as the friend he trusted most.

Pomona relived Severus Snape’s painful childhood and reflected on the failed attempt to change fate with a Time-Turner, which had only prolonged Sirius Black’s life. After returning to Hogwarts, she spoke with a mermaid and wondered whether Severus wanted her for herself or merely as a beautiful wife.

• Pomona dreamed of young Severus describing his abusive father and his mother Eileen’s refusal to fight back.
• Pomona recalled that James Potter had humiliated Severus after the fifth-year Ordinary Wizarding Levels, fueling Severus’s hatred of being powerless.
• Pomona warned Tom Riddle that reviving him with the Resurrection Stone could have unknown effects, and recognized that he was not ready.
• Pomona remembered that the Time-Turner experiment had failed to prevent Sirius Black’s death, though it had given him two more years with Harry.
• Pomona returned to Hogwarts and talked with a mermaid about how the mermaids had settled in the lake.
• Pomona asked Severus whether he wanted her specifically or only a beautiful wife, and he tearfully said he wanted her.

Neville tried to persuade the grief-stricken professor to keep living and help others, but he refused. Alone with Pomona, he considered killing Wormtail and spoke of his guilt and hatred, while Pomona could only listen.

• Neville told the professor that Harry wanted to name a child Albus Severus Potter and asked when he had last slept in a bed.
• The professor admitted that he did not care what magic he used as long as it worked, and Neville hugged him and urged him to help develop a potion for treating the Unforgivable Curses.
• The professor sent Neville away, and Neville promised to return the next day.
• After Neville left, the professor suggested that he and Pomona die together, then wept and said he had not meant to poison her.
• The professor cursed Wormtail and considered killing him, while Pomona listened and thought that Neville and Harry both had kind hearts.

Pomona learned that Severus had used forbidden magic in an attempt to preserve her, then confronted Dumbledore over his choices and her treatment as a test subject. As Pomona began to vanish, McGonagall and Neville stopped an attack, leaving a human attacker unconscious on the floor.

• Pomona learned that Severus had used a snake egg and forbidden research into the Sorcerer's Stone to keep her body from weakening.
• Dumbledore warned Pomona not to let personal feelings guide her choices and reminded her that effort could not earn Severus Lily's place.
• Pomona accused Dumbledore of allowing Severus into Hogwarts and failing to protect Harry, then called herself his test subject and wished him a painful death.
• Pomona began to dissolve into mist, but a witch cast Finite Incantatem and restored her body.
• Pomona saw a dagger in the reflection of blood-red eyes, and McGonagall and Neville disarmed and stunned the attacker.

Professor McGonagall sought Severus’s help as werewolves threatened Hogwarts, and she led him and Neville to Spinner’s End while Pomona recalled her possessive, troubled love for him. They arrived at his old home with a new war looming and Severus carrying Pomona in his arms.

• Professor McGonagall told Severus that werewolves had surrounded Hogwarts and demanded the release of their leader, then asked him to help.
• Professor McGonagall sent Neville to ask Charlotte whether the patients could be moved and warned Severus not to stay at the hospital.
• Pomona recalled Severus’s threats, his jealousy, and the guilt she felt about their relationship as he professed his love for her.
• Professor McGonagall took Neville and Severus to 23 Spinner’s End, where Severus warned Neville not to bring dog dirt into his house.
• Pomona felt safe in Severus’s arms and thought that a new war was about to begin.

Pomona relived memories of her past and listened as Snape confronted her about Sirius, Neville, and the people who had shaped her life. As she withdrew into darkness, she found a crying child and led him onward, keeping her identity secret.

• Pomona remembered Frank revealing that she had a younger sister in France, and she chose to rely on Sirius instead.
• Snape interrupted Pomona’s memory, and Neville questioned him about the spell he had cast on Professor Sprout.
• Professor McGonagall changed into Muggle clothes and asked Snape about visitors to Eileen’s house, including Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix.
• Snape had Robby prepare lunch, then laid Pomona in his childhood bedroom and questioned her about his strength and her feelings for Sirius.
• Snape accused Dumbledore of favoring Gryffindor and using Sirius and Pomona for political ends, and Pomona retreated into darkness.
• Pomona found a crying child, took his hand, and kept her identity secret as she led him forward.

Dumbledore and Pomona discussed Severus Snape’s application to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts and the future of the Potions post. In a later encounter, Snape revealed that Voldemort had given him a magical ring, used it on Pomona, and urged her to spend the life she had left.

• Dumbledore showed Pomona Snape’s application for Defense Against the Dark Arts and discussed moving him into Potions while Slughorn retired.
• Pomona recalled Lupin’s death and wondered about the fate of his young child.
• Snape complained about Dumbledore’s sweets, mentioned Narcissa paying his water bill, and showed Pomona a salamander-shaped ring gifted by Voldemort.
• Snape described how Dumbledore had kept Pomona close and revealed that he had acted to help bring Harry Potter to his death.
• Snape put on the ring and used its tongue to pierce Pomona’s skin, sending golden runes into her body and restoring her strength through pain.
• Pomona challenged Snape over Lily’s rejection of him, and Snape threw a teddy bear under the bed.

Pomona tried to keep Snape from pursuing the Sorcerer’s Stone and urged him to honor his promise to Narcissa and care for Draco, while he struggled with jealousy and his past. The chapter left Snape’s fierce possessiveness and history of violence exposed as he recalled killing his father and wondered whether he had truly meant the insult that drove Lily away.

• Pomona told Snape she would rather die than accept the forbidden spell and warned him against seeking immortality through the Sorcerer’s Stone.
• Pomona reminded Snape that he had promised Narcissa to care for Draco, and they discussed Bella’s curse, the Unbreakable Vow, and Kreacher’s possible visit to Tom.
• Pomona worried that she might no longer be able to have children, while Snape said he was content to have Draco as his godson and recalled how she had encouraged him to endure for revenge.
• Snape became jealous when Pomona remembered Sirius and shook her, insisting that she look only at him.
• Snape recalled killing Tobias with a dagger to avoid using magic outside school, then questioned whether he had truly meant to call Lily a Mudblood.

Pomona woke from a confused dream to find Severus caring for her and confessing his fears about Dumbledore, Lily, and the Unbreakable Vow. Before leaving to fight, Severus proposed, Pomona accepted, and he sent her to Malfoy Manor with Robby and Honey.

• Severus told Pomona that he suspected Dumbledore had used Lily and other kind people, and worried that his Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa still bound him to protect Draco.
• Severus arranged for Pomona to leave Spinner's End and stay at Malfoy Manor with Robby and Honey.
• Severus confessed that he had once followed Voldemort, later sought Dumbledore's acceptance, and would never become a self-sacrificing Phoenix.
• Severus proposed to Pomona, and she accepted.
• Severus sent Pomona away with the House-elves, then left his childhood home to join the fight.

Pomona tested Snape by luring him away from his office and taking his Polyjuice Potion antidote, then rekindled their affair as she questioned his loyalties. She was taken by House-elves to Malfoy Manor, where Draco recognized her and offered to handle her arrival.

• Pomona disguised herself as a Muggle woman, summoned Snape, and tested the antidote he brought by drinking it.
• After the antidote restored Pomona’s half-Veela appearance, she persuaded Snape to follow her with the velvet box he had brought, and they resumed their affair.
• Pomona reflected on Snape’s loyalty, his past, and the reasons he had joined the Death Eaters.
• House-elves Apparated Pomona to the neglected Malfoy Manor, where Narcissa answered the doorbell and Draco told her he would handle their visitors.

Pomona was brought to Malfoy Manor after suffering the Cruciatus Curse, where Draco and Narcissa received her while Lucius remained withdrawn. Draco believed Snape’s warning that darkness would return in another form and saw Pomona’s presence as a chance to change things.

• Draco ordered the elves to carry Pomona to a sofa and told Narcissa that she was Severus’s wife.
• Draco explained that Pomona had suffered the Cruciatus Curse, and he arranged for her to stay in a guest room.
• Narcissa welcomed the House-elves Robby and Honey and ordered them to remove the remains from the kitchen.
• Draco told Lucius that his godfather had warned them not to give up hope as darkness returned in another form.
• Draco said that Snape had taken Dumbledore’s treasured Pomona and declared that they still had a chance to turn things around.

Pomona recalled Dumbledore blaming her for revealing the maze’s defenses to Snape and suspending her from Hogwarts, then reassured Sirius about restoring the Black family and finding Regulus. Sirius asked her to accompany him to his first ball, but she refused as Snape and Hermione passed by, leaving Pomona watching Snape’s retreating figure before someone called her away.

• Dumbledore accused Pomona of exposing the maze’s defensive wards to Snape, blamed her for Cedric’s death, and ordered her to leave Hogwarts for the Black family’s old house.
• Pomona reflected on Horcruxes, magic, and her wish to return to the wilderness cottage with Madam Sprout.
• Sirius told Pomona that Voldemort wanted the locket and the Black family, and she encouraged him to find Regulus and reclaim his place in society.
• Sirius asked Pomona to be his partner at his first ball, but she withdrew her hand and told him to ask someone else.
• Hermione followed Snape to ask him questions, while Sirius mocked Snape and Pomona insisted he deserved respect.
• Pomona watched Snape leave and then answered a call from the kitchen.