Chapter Summaries

Noah planned to deal with Voldemort’s Horcruxes by first handling the Basilisk and using the diary to explain his preparations to Dumbledore. On the first morning of term, he and his friends went to History of Magic, where Ernie told them Harry and Ron had crashed a car into the Whomping Willow.

• Noah recalled Voldemort’s Horcruxes and resolved to deal with the Basilisk before approaching Dumbledore about the diary.
• Noah returned to the dormitory, spoke with Kate and the others, and spent the night cultivating in the System Space.
• Noah, Evan, Kate, and Luns complained about their first class, History of Magic, and headed to the classroom.
• Ernie joined Noah’s group and told them that Harry and Ron had driven a car to school, been seen by Muggles, and damaged the Whomping Willow.
• Noah predicted that Ron would receive a Howler because the car belonged to his family.

Noah returned to Hogwarts and told Hermione and Ernie that he had become The Ancient One’s disciple. He encouraged them to keep improving so they could pursue further study at Kamar-Taj after graduation.

• Ron received a Howler from his mother in the dining hall, and Noah teased the boys who had thought Harry and the others’ prank was cool.
• Noah, Luns, and Kate joked about sparring together over the summer before heading to the Room of Requirement.
• Noah told Hermione and Ernie about his experiences in the United States and becoming The Ancient One’s disciple.
• Noah promised to try to recommend outstanding students, including Hermione, for study at Kamar-Taj after Hogwarts.
• Hermione and the others agreed to keep working hard as Noah warned that the future would not be simple.

Noah and his friends attended Gilderoy Lockhart’s first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson and watched him boast before giving the class a quiz about himself. After the students failed to answer, Lockhart was furious but did not dare confront them.

• Noah, Evan, Luns, and Kate complained about Lockhart as he introduced himself, while Hermione defended the professor’s appointment.
• Lockhart handed out a quiz filled with questions about his books and personal details, leaving the students puzzled and frustrated.
• Noah told Evan to make up answers, then handed in a paper full of nonsense.
• Lockhart saw that Noah and his friends had answered almost nothing correctly and grew angry, but he held back because of their family connections and Dumbledore’s warning.

Lockhart released dozens of Cornish Pixies during his Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, then fled when they overwhelmed the classroom. Noah petrified nearly all of them, showing the students how powerful he was and making clear that Lockhart could not be relied on.

• Lockhart scolded the students over their test results and introduced a caged creature as a lesson in facing their fears.
• Lockhart revealed a cage full of Cornish Pixies and released them, causing the classroom to descend into chaos.
• The pixies seized Longbottom and carried him up to the chandelier while Lockhart lost his wand and ran from the room.
• Noah cast Petrificus Totalus on nearly every pixie, leaving Longbottom untouched as the others fell to the floor.
• The students cheered Noah, and he explained that he wanted Lockhart to know he was unreliable.

Noah and the others welcomed new students into their Mage Alliance as classmates sought to join after losing respect for Lockhart. They agreed to consider Ernie’s friends and Kate’s Slytherin contact, then Hermione revealed that Harry and Ron also wanted to join.

• Ernie asked Noah if his friends could join the Mage Alliance, and Noah agreed as long as Ernie screened them fairly.
• Noah asked Kate about recruiting someone from Slytherin, and she said Canis Lopaci was willing to join.
• Noah told Kate and Ernie to bring their recruits along when the time came.
• Hermione told Noah that Harry and Ron had been asking to join the group.

Noah organized the Mage Alliance as an open but secretive group, set its rules and recruitment test, and continued studying The Ancient One’s notes. After Hannah and Justin joined, Kate and the others confronted Slytherins who insulted Hermione, and Hannah summoned Noah as a fight threatened to break out.

• Noah decided that new members would be tested on second-year material in the dormitory and established rules requiring secrecy, equality among blood statuses, and mutual support.
• Noah focused his studies on body training and natural magic, postponing Space magic and other advanced disciplines.
• Hannah and Justin barely passed Kate and the others’ test and joined the Mage Alliance, delighting Ernie.
• Hannah told Noah that Kate and the others were about to fight the Slytherin Quidditch team after Malfoy called Hermione a “Mudblood.”

Noah hurried to the Quidditch pitch after Draco insulted Hermione with a blood-status slur, arriving as Gryffindor and Slytherin students faced off over Ron. When Marcus Flint challenged him, Noah refused to back down, and the two prepared to duel.

• Noah used wind Elemental Magic to rush to the Quidditch pitch after hearing that Draco had insulted Hermione.
• Noah arrived to find Ron vomiting slugs as Gryffindor and Slytherin students confronted each other, and Kate welcomed him with relief.
• Noah ordered Marcus Flint to move aside or draw his wand, refusing to be intimidated by the older student.
• Marcus drew his wand to teach Noah a lesson, and the crowd cleared space for their duel.

Noah Finneal formally dueled Marcus to make him apologize to Hermione and defend the Mage Alliance. Noah’s unfamiliar golden magic overwhelmed Marcus, leaving him shaken and his wand cut in half.

• Noah challenged Marcus to a formal duel, intending to make him apologize to Hermione without killing him.
• Marcus opened with Expelliarmus, but Noah’s Heavy Armor Charm blocked it and golden magic appeared around his wand.
• Marcus cast Petrificus Totalus, but Noah remained unharmed, and Marcus realized Noah was using unfamiliar magic.
• Noah summoned sharp wind blades and sent them through Marcus’s defenses, shattering his protective spells.
• Noah’s wind blade cut Marcus’s wand in half and tore his clothing, leaving Marcus stunned and frightened.

Noah defeated Marcus and forced Draco to apologize to Hermione, who accepted the apology but refused to forgive him. The students applauded Hermione, but Professor Snape arrived and demanded to know what had happened.

• Noah put Marcus to sleep and confronted the frightened Draco.
• Draco apologized to Hermione after Noah threatened to duel him.
• Hermione accepted Draco’s apology but declared she would prove herself his equal or better.
• Students from the other houses applauded Hermione, and she thanked Noah and the Mage Alliance.
• Professor Snape arrived, surveyed the crowd, and demanded an explanation from Noah and the others.

Professor Snape investigated the confrontation between Noah and the Slytherin students, and Draco admitted that he had insulted Hermione. Snape dismissed the Slytherins after reprimanding Draco, then spoke with Noah about the magic he had used and promised to restrain his students.

• Snape demanded an explanation for Marcus Flint's injuries and the Slytherins' frightened state, then asked Draco to recount what had happened.
• Draco admitted that he had called Hermione a Mudblood and described how Noah had defeated Marcus with unfamiliar magic.
• Snape criticized Draco's behavior and ordered him to study a book on etiquette before dismissing him and the other Slytherin Quidditch players.
• Snape told Noah that his talent was rare but questioned whether he had gone too far, and Noah said his organization required members to help one another.
• Snape agreed to restrain the Slytherins, and Noah thanked him before heading back.

After Noah defended Hermione and dismissed the Slytherins’ punishment, Harry and Ron learned that he had a powerful wizard as his teacher. Noah offered them a chance to join his group if they passed tests covering first- and second-year material, and both agreed to try.

• Harry and Ron left Snape’s office amazed that Snape had reprimanded the Slytherins and let them go.
• Noah thanked Harry and Ron for standing up for Hermione, though they said they had barely helped.
• Noah revealed that he knew Harry and Ron wanted to join his group and said they would need to pass tests on first- and second-year material.
• Harry and Ron accepted the chance to take the tests, and Noah promised better training and more knowledge to those who passed.

Noah agreed to let Harry and Ron join the Mage Alliance after Kate suggested Ron could help demonstrate the group’s method of improving magic power. He warned them that they could be expelled if they failed to meet the standards, then welcomed them into the Room of Requirement as new members.

• Noah struggled to decide whether Harry and Ron should join, while suspecting that Professor Dumbledore had arranged events around Snape’s intervention.
• Kate proposed admitting Ron because his ordinary abilities could show whether the Mage Alliance’s magic-power method worked for someone without exceptional talent.
• Noah accepted the proposal, warned Harry and Ron that they could be expelled and have their memories modified to protect the group’s secrets, and they agreed to join.
• Noah led Harry and Ron to the Room of Requirement, where they saw the group’s Library and dueling area.
• Noah explained how the group used the room for study and combat training, then welcomed Harry and Ron into the group.

Harry and Ron grew stronger through training with the Mage Alliance and became more devoted to its rules and members. In November, Harry was stuck helping Lockhart answer fan mail when he heard a cold, hoarse whisper.

• Harry and Ron asked Noah how their magic and mental strength had grown, and Noah explained that exhausting them in combat strengthened them.
• Harry and Ron reaffirmed their loyalty to the Mage Alliance and rushed to the Room of Requirement after classes to train.
• Harry continued Quidditch practice, determined to face Draco Malfoy, while Lockhart repeatedly made him help answer fan letters.
• As Harry prepared to write another reply, he heard a gloomy, icy whisper and asked who was there.

Harry heard a threatening voice coming from behind a wall and followed it through Hogwarts. Noah and the others joined him, and they followed Harry toward the source as spiders fled the corridor.

• After helping Lockhart answer fan letters, Harry heard a strange voice that no one else seemed to notice.
• Harry heard the voice threaten to kill someone and traced it to behind a wall.
• Noah and the others found Harry, and he told them about the voice.
• Noah recognized that Ginny had released the snake and hoped to use the incident to expose Voldemort's Horcrux to Dumbledore.
• Harry led the group toward the voice, and they saw spiders fleeing in all directions.

Harry, Noah, and their companions followed spiders through Hogwarts and found a petrified Mrs. Norris beside a bloody warning about the Chamber of Secrets. Filch arrived and blamed Noah for the cat’s condition.

• Harry examined the spiders and said they seemed to belong to the same family, while Evan suggested they might be descended from Acromantulas.
• Kate recalled that Hagrid had once raised such spiders, and Noah led the group onward after Harry pointed out where the voice had come from.
• Hannah spotted a bloody message on the wall declaring that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened and warning the Heir’s enemies.
• Hermione recognized the petrified cat as Filch’s Mrs. Norris as students from the other houses gathered around them.
• Filch rushed through the crowd, saw Mrs. Norris hanging near Noah, and accused Noah of killing her.

Noah was accused by Filch of petrifying his cat and nearly faced him with a wand before Dumbledore intervened. After the other students left, Dumbledore asked Noah to talk in his office.

• Filch accused Noah of killing his cat and tried to grab him, so Noah pointed his wand at Filch and Kate, Ron, and the others backed him up.
• Dumbledore arrived, told the students to put away their wands, and sent everyone except Noah away.
• Dumbledore explained that Filch's cat had been petrified, while Lockhart claimed he could cure it.
• Filch accused Noah of using the Petrification Curse on his cat and other creatures, and Noah recalled that he had used the curse before.
• Dumbledore invited Noah to his office for a chat, and Noah agreed.

Noah recounted how Harry heard a mysterious voice before they discovered the petrified cat and the message written in blood, then shared his theory about the Chamber of Secrets. The professors accepted his promise to avoid dangerous spells and asked him to explain what he thought was happening.

• Noah told Dumbledore and the Heads that Harry had heard a strange voice and led them to the petrified cat and the blood-written message.
• Snape questioned why Harry could hear the voice, and Noah suggested it belonged to a bloodthirsty creature.
• McGonagall asked how Noah knew about the Chamber of Secrets, and he said he had read about it in a book from the Room of Requirement.
• Noah explained that magic itself was not good or evil, but that a wizard needed education and judgment to use it responsibly.
• Dumbledore warned Noah not to casually try dangerous spells, and Noah swore he would not use them lightly on fellow students.
• Dumbledore asked Noah for his theory, and Noah said the monster in the Chamber was behind the attacks and that Harry could hear and understand it.

Noah connected Harry’s ability to speak Parseltongue with the monster hiding in the Chamber of Secrets and concluded that it was a snake moving through the ventilation ducts. Dumbledore realized Harry’s rare talent also linked him to Voldemort, leaving the mystery more troubling.

• Noah argued that Hagrid’s spider had been wrongly blamed for the Ravenclaw student’s death and suggested asking it what had driven its descendants from Hogwarts.
• Noah asked Harry whether he could communicate with animals, and Harry admitted that he had once spoken with a snake at the zoo.
• Ron explained that Harry was a Parselmouth like Salazar Slytherin, shocking Harry and the professors.
• Noah reasoned that the Chamber’s monster was a snake whose voice Harry had heard traveling through the ventilation ducts.
• Dumbledore recognized that Voldemort could also speak Parseltongue and worried that he might have returned.

Dumbledore focused the search for the Chamber’s attacker on finding the snake and told Noah to keep Harry from acting alone. As mid-November Quidditch approached, Noah declined to watch Harry’s match against Slytherin but urged him to beat Malfoy and warned him not to trust Lockhart if he got hurt.

• Dumbledore sent Snape with Hagrid to question the spider and told Noah to watch Harry, who agreed not to act alone.
• Noah and the others stayed quiet while Hagrid moved around more widely after learning about the spider’s past.
• Harry invited Noah to watch Gryffindor’s match against Slytherin, but Noah declined because he had no interest in Quidditch.
• Noah encouraged Harry to teach Malfoy a lesson on the pitch and warned him that Lockhart was unreliable if he suffered an injury.

Noah visited Harry in the infirmary after Harry and Draco were injured during a Quidditch match, then helped Harry prepare for the possibility of another attack. After Colin Creevey was petrified by the Basilisk, Harry vowed to find the person behind the attacks.

• Noah praised Harry for standing up to Draco and advised him not to admit to the elbowing incident.
• Noah expected Harry to recover in time for Lockhart’s next Defense Against the Dark Arts class and recalled that Harry had learned not to speak to snakes.
• Noah sparred with Professor Snape in the Room of Requirement before returning to his dormitory.
• After another attack, Noah learned that first-year Gryffindor Colin Creevey had been petrified after seeing the Basilisk through his camera.
• Harry told Noah and their friends that he had heard strange sounds the previous night but had been unable to investigate because his arm was injured.
• Noah told Harry to stay alert and report anything he heard, and Harry swore to find whoever was behind the attacks.