Chapter Summaries

Professor Lupin taught the third-years about Boggarts and asked Noah to demonstrate the Boggart Banishing Spell. The Boggart revealed Noah’s fear of Ms. Heifen dying, then transformed into a bizarre dancing purple giant before Lupin sent it back into the trunk.

• Lupin explained what Boggarts were and how to drive them away, while Noah described both the banishing spell and a way to kill one.
• Lupin asked Noah to demonstrate, and Noah approached the trunk as the Boggart emerged looking like a bloodied Ms. Heifen.
• The Boggart collapsed before Noah, wearing a glove set with six colored gems, and Noah realized the sight had frightened him because he feared Ms. Heifen’s death.
• Noah cast the Expulsion Curse, turning the Boggart into a purple-skinned giant in beach clothes, and Lupin banished it back into the trunk.
• The students stared in stunned silence, and Evan asked Noah why the dancing giant made him happy.

Noah guided Lupin toward the truth about Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew by asking about their old friendship and showing him the Marauder’s Map. Lupin discovered Peter’s name on it and ran off, while Noah kept the students’ Boggart lesson under control until Lupin returned dejected.

• Neville defeated the Boggart by making its Snape form dance, and Noah later discussed his Mage rank and past encounters with Voldemort with Lupin.
• Noah asked Lupin about his former friends and returned the Marauder’s Map, which Fred and George had given him.
• Lupin activated the map and saw Peter Pettigrew’s name, then hurried away from the lesson in shock.
• Noah instructed Evan, Kate, and the other students to maintain order while they continued their Boggart tests.
• Harry faced a Voldemort-shaped Boggart, and Noah helped him find the courage to defeat it.
• Lupin returned near the end of the lesson looking dejected.

Professor Lupin discovered Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder’s Map but could not find him, leaving him furious and confused. Noah helped him realize Peter was likely hiding as a rat and offered to take Lupin to Kamar-Taj to seek a cure for his werewolf condition.

• Professor Lupin dismissed class and sat in despair after seeing a supposedly impossible ghost on the Marauder’s Map.
• Noah used a Calming Charm on Lupin, identified his werewolf condition, and offered to help him at Kamar-Taj.
• Lupin explained that Peter Pettigrew’s footprint remained on the map even though he could not find anyone where it led.
• Noah reminded Lupin that Sirius Black had been arrested with only a finger found at the scene, then asked whether Peter had been an Animagus rat.
• Lupin realized Peter could have spent the past twelve years hiding as a rat and cursed himself for overlooking it.

Noah helped Professor Lupin bring Peter Pettigrew, disguised as a rat, to Dumbledore and laid out why Sirius Black might have been framed. After Dumbledore revealed Peter’s true form, Lupin lowered his wand, and Noah proposed questioning him further.

• Noah accompanied Professor Lupin to retrieve Ron’s rat, and they brought it to Dumbledore’s office with several students as witnesses.
• Dumbledore summoned the four Heads of House, and Noah explained his suspicions about Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and the Fidelius Charm.
• Noah pointed out that Black had not seriously attacked the Aurors and that Peter’s missing finger could have been a deception, prompting the professors to reconsider the old case.
• Dumbledore transformed the rat into Peter Pettigrew, and Lupin restrained him while aiming his wand at him.
• Dumbledore urged Lupin not to kill Peter in front of the students, and Lupin lowered his wand as Noah called for further questioning.

Peter Pettigrew was captured after Lupin found him with the Marauder’s Map, and Dumbledore used magic to uncover his memories and crimes. Noah arranged to seek out Sirius Black in Hogsmeade with Snape, leaving the professors and students stunned by his portal magic.

• Lupin found Peter Pettigrew in rat form and brought him to Dumbledore’s office, where Peter learned Noah had suggested he might be hiding secrets such as resurrection magic.
• Dumbledore examined Peter’s memories and discovered his escape, his plans, and the Death Eaters’ plans, then worried that Azkaban might not hold an Animagus.
• Noah asked how to find Sirius Black and record evidence, and Dumbledore offered to preserve the memories in his Pensieve and said Black was last seen in Hogsmeade Village.
• Noah opened a portal to Hogsmeade, then went through it with Professor Snape to find Sirius Black while Dumbledore urged him not to hurt Black too badly.

Noah and Professor Snape traveled to the Shrieking Shack to find Sirius Black, whom Snape initially intended to return to Azkaban. After a brief fight and argument, Noah told Sirius that Dumbledore was waiting to hear his explanation.

• Noah and Professor Snape arrived near the Whomping Willow, and Noah stopped it with a wandless Arresto Momentum.
• Snape and Noah found dog tracks in the tunnel and concluded that Sirius Black had entered the Shrieking Shack.
• Sirius burst through the door, knocked Snape down, and was punched after recognizing him.
• Snape accused Sirius of betraying his friends and threatened to send him back to Azkaban, while Sirius insisted he was innocent.
• Noah stopped their argument and told Sirius that Dumbledore was waiting for him.

Sirius reunited with Lupin and Harry after Noah helped uncover the truth about his case. When the group argued over what to do with Peter, Peter tried to escape as a rat, but Noah stopped him and insisted he had only killed a rat.

• Sirius arrived with Noah and Snape, then embraced Lupin after recognizing him.
• Lupin explained how Noah had uncovered the truth, and Sirius thanked Noah before meeting his godson, Harry.
• Snape asked what should be done with Peter, and the professors argued over whether to kill him or hand him to the Ministry.
• Peter transformed into a rat and ran for a sewer opening while the others were distracted.
• Noah stopped Peter, and when Harry asked if he had killed someone, Noah said he had only killed a rat.

After killing Peter, Noah reflected on his lack of guilt and his determination to protect those he cared about, while Dumbledore explained why Peter could not safely have been handed over to the Ministry. The group learned that Voldemort was expected to be reborn the following year, and Snape asked Noah about taking Lupin to Kamar-Taj.

• Noah felt nauseated by Peter’s dead rat form but remained convinced that Peter deserved to die, and Dumbledore and Lupin checked that he was all right.
• Dumbledore revealed that Peter knew how to resurrect Voldemort and likely would have escaped Azkaban by transforming into an Animagus.
• Dumbledore said Peter had sensed Voldemort’s soul attached to a pregnant woman and predicted Voldemort’s rebirth the following year, so the group resolved to find the child.
• Snape asked Noah about Lupin’s werewolf condition, and Noah said he had already agreed to take Lupin to Kamar-Taj.
• Snape told Noah that he shared the group’s goal of killing Voldemort and asked if he could accompany them.

Noah brought Professor Snape and Professor Lupin to Kamar-Taj, intending to help Lupin with his trouble and make Snape accept that Lily could not be revived. After Noah blurted out the idea of cloning a child from Lily’s genes, Snape revealed he had kept a lock of her hair and resolved to find a biologist.

• Noah brought Professor Snape and Professor Lupin through the London Sanctum to Kamar-Taj.
• Noah accidentally told Snape and Lupin that Muggle science might clone a child using Lily Potter’s genes.
• Snape asked Noah to explain the process, then revealed he had kept a lock of Lily’s hair since her burial.
• Noah said they would need a biologist, and Snape announced he would go to the Muggle world to find one.
• Noah reminded Snape that they had come to help Professor Lupin, and Snape agreed to leave once Lupin’s trouble was resolved.

Noah brought Professors Lupin and Snape to Kamar-Taj to ask The Ancient One for help curing Lupin’s werewolf condition. As The Ancient One began treating Lupin, Noah planned a trip to New York and asked about removing an extra soul from a person.

• Mordo and Wong greeted Noah, Snape, and Lupin at Kamar-Taj and directed them to The Ancient One.
• Lupin and Snape nervously bickered on the way to meet The Ancient One, while Noah tried to reassure them.
• The Ancient One learned that Lupin had been bitten by a werewolf and began treating him with golden magic, sealing the room in Mirror space so his cries could not be heard.
• Noah and Snape drank tea while Lupin endured the painful treatment, and Noah told The Ancient One they planned to visit New York once Lupin recovered.
• Noah asked how to remove another person’s soul from an ordinary person, and The Ancient One said he already knew the spell he had used against Dementors.

Noah realized he could use a soul spell to remove Voldemort’s fragment from Harry, but chose Nagini as a safer experiment. The Ancient One cured Lupin’s lycanthropy, and Snape agreed to handle Nagini while Noah stayed at Hogwarts.

• Noah realized he might be able to drive Voldemort’s soul fragment out of Harry, then decided to practice on Nagini instead.
• The Ancient One removed the dark mass from Lupin and burned it, curing him of his werewolf transformation.
• Lupin thanked The Ancient One and Noah, and she left after warning Noah she would test him next time.
• Snape conjured a full moon to show Lupin he no longer transformed, then asked Noah about Harry’s condition.
• Noah told Snape he wanted to deal with Voldemort’s snake, and Snape agreed to handle Nagini.
• Snape threatened to inspect Noah’s dormitory, and Noah joked that Ravenclaw would bar Snape and Sirius Black from entering.

Noah, Snape, and Lupin traveled to Pym Technologies to find biologist Hank Pym. After they confronted Pym and his assistant Klaus in the laboratory, security guards arrived, but Noah questioned Pym’s confidence that they would be arrested.

• Noah and Snape brought Lupin to the New York Sanctum after Lupin safely spent time beneath the full moon.
• Noah chose Hank Pym as his target, and the three traveled to Pym Technologies without paying for a taxi.
• Hank Pym and Klaus continued working late on research related to the Quantum Realm and Hank’s missing wife.
• The laboratory lost power, and Noah’s group appeared inside before the lights came back on.
• Pym identified himself and said the intruders would spend time in prison when security guards entered, but Noah asked why he was so confident.

Noah, Professor Snape, and Professor Lupin used Mirror space to confront Pym, hoping he could help them with cloning. After discovering Pym specialized in biochemistry rather than genetics, they prepared to erase his memories, but Pym offered to take on the genetics work instead.

• Noah revealed that the guards could not see or touch them because they were inside Mirror space.
• Pym learned that Noah, Professor Snape, and Professor Lupin were wizards, and Noah knocked Klaus unconscious to keep their conversation private.
• Noah asked Pym for help with cloning, but Pym explained that he was a biochemist, not a geneticist.
• Professor Snape asked how they should deal with Pym, and Lupin suggested erasing his memories.
• Pym pleaded for them not to erase his memories and claimed he could handle the genetics work.

Noah, Snape, and Lupin forced Hank Pym to lead them to S.H.I.E.L.D. geneticist James Rickard, hoping to use preserved genetic material to solve Snape’s problem. Rickard agreed under the Cruciatus Curse, but the wizards discovered they still needed a surrogate mother.

• Noah stopped Snape from erasing Pym’s memories and asked Pym to name a geneticist who could help them.
• Pym named his former S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague James Rickard and revealed that Rickard lived in Queens.
• Noah broke the Mirror space, and Lupin used a Memory Charm on Klaus before the wizards took Pym to Rickard’s laboratory.
• Rickard resisted the wizards, so Snape used the Cruciatus Curse to force him to cooperate.
• Rickard confirmed he could work with the preserved male genetic material and hair, but said they needed a surrogate mother.

Noah, Snape, and Lupin left Pym with a Silencing Charm to keep him from revealing their existence, then returned to Britain. As they reached Hogwarts beneath the full moon, Snape and Lupin reflected on their changed lives, and Noah congratulated Snape on his coming child.

• Dr. Richard proposed using a bionic device to simulate pregnancy, and Snape agreed to the plan for having his child born.
• Snape questioned Pym about cloning and test-tube babies, while Noah explained the difference between cloning and resurrecting someone with a soul.
• Noah cast a Silencing Charm on Pym instead of erasing his memories, warning him not to reveal the wizards’ existence.
• Noah, Snape, and Lupin traveled through the Sanctums and arrived in Hogsmeade, where Lupin and Snape celebrated their changed circumstances.
• At Hogwarts, Snape and Lupin admired the full moon, and Noah congratulated Snape on becoming a father before joking about his child’s eyes.

Noah learned that Barty Crouch Jr. had escaped into the Muggle world with the snake he had been searching for. Dumbledore told Noah that the Order of the Phoenix had decided to let Voldemort return to life, leaving Noah stunned.

• Dumbledore’s release of records about Sirius Black’s arrest and trial plunged the Ministry of Magic and Fudge into a crisis.
• George and Fred asked Noah to let Angelina Johnson try to join the Mage Alliance, and Noah told them she would need to pass its tests.
• Angelina passed the Mage Alliance’s first test, but she still had to wait until Christmas break to take the second.
• Dumbledore summoned Noah to a meeting with members of the Order of the Phoenix and told him that Barty Crouch Jr. had escaped into the Muggle world with the snake.
• Dumbledore told Noah that the Order had decided to let Voldemort return to life.

Noah explained to Dumbledore that Voldemort’s return could expose pure-blood extremists and help reshape the magical world. He reassured Dumbledore that his sixth-tier strength could defeat Voldemort, leaving Snape eager to test that claim.

• Noah considered how Voldemort’s ideology and the pure-blood faction threatened the magical world, and concluded that Voldemort’s return could draw extremists into the open.
• Noah told Dumbledore he supported reshaping the magical world into a freer, more integrated society.
• Dumbledore admitted he feared Voldemort’s return would cause many innocent casualties.
• Noah said Dumbledore could defeat Voldemort and the Death Eaters, and suggested he spar with Snape to gauge his strength.
• Snape’s eyes brightened when Noah proposed that he fight Dumbledore.

Professor Dumbledore effortlessly defeated Professor Snape in a duel, and the group planned to revive Voldemort so they could take control of the Ministry and deal with the Death Eaters. Snape told Noah that he opposed the plan because he would soon become a father, but insisted he still intended to kill Voldemort himself and needed Noah’s support.

• Professor Dumbledore defeated Professor Snape in the Forbidden Forest without being harmed, confirming how powerful he had become.
• The group decided to revive Voldemort and wait for him to summon the Death Eaters before taking action against them and the Ministry of Magic.
• Professor Snape called Noah to his office, where Noah found the supplies Snape had prepared for his soon-to-be-born child.
• Professor Snape explained that the child would be born in a few weeks because Ricard and Pym had accelerated its development, and that he now had to consider his child’s future.
• Professor Snape told Noah that he would still personally kill Voldemort and asked Noah to support him.

Noah returned to the orphanage with Harry for Christmas and reflected on Snape’s plan to take revenge on Voldemort. During dinner, Ms. Heifen announced she would study at Kamar-Taj, while Noah revealed he might travel to the United States with Snape and help someone complete an exorcism test.

• Noah returned to the orphanage with Harry after leaving Hogwarts early, and Ms. Heifen put them to work preparing for Christmas.
• Noah considered Snape’s renewed desire to avenge Lily by confronting Voldemort himself, and he had agreed to support Snape.
• Ms. Heifen told Noah she planned to study at Kamar-Taj next year, and Noah accepted her decision.
• Ms. Heifen asked about their progress as mages, and Harry said he had reached first rank, level seven.
• Noah said he might travel to the United States with Professor Snape and would also take someone through the Mage Alliance’s required exorcism mission.

Noah brought Angelina Johnson through a portal to Constantine’s office in London for her exorcist test. Constantine revealed he was heading to Hungary to deal with vampires and werewolves, while teasing Noah about Angelina.

• Angelina recounted why Noah’s magical feats had convinced her to join his group, and explained that she had passed its first test but lacked combat experience.
• Noah opened a magical portal in his room and led Angelina through it to Constantine’s office on Baker Street.
• Constantine greeted Noah and complained that he had disappeared over the summer, leaving him to look after the group’s younger members.
• Constantine said he was going to Hungary to help a friend deal with vampires and werewolves, then mistook Angelina for Noah’s girlfriend and teased him.