Chapter Summaries

Harry and Hermione prepared for the second-year tournament as Harry dealt with Snape’s Tongue-Tying Curse and watched Neville defeat Crabbe with powerful Explosion Spells. Harry then entered his match against Ron, and the chapter left them facing each other in a wind-swept arena surrounded by cliffs and boulders.

• Harry and Hermione discovered the tournament schedule and saw that the second-year matches were set for Saturday.
• Harry examined Hagrid’s broken wand, while Snape later cursed Harry’s tongue when he insisted on competing.
• Harry and Hermione visited the tournament market, where Percy exposed a drink as lemon juice mixed with Felix Felicis.
• Neville defeated Crabbe with two Explosion Spells, winning his first match despite worrying that he had hit Crabbe too hard.
• Harry faced Ron in the next match, and the terrain changed into grassy ground surrounded by cliffs and huge boulders.

Harry defeated Ron in the dueling arena, and the other matches ended with Hermione and Draco winning. Dumbledore and Uncle Mu En left after Ab Foras sent a Patronus, and they found Nagini awake but transfixed by a photograph of Ab Foras and Aurelius.

• Ron attacked Harry with fire, but Harry turned the flames into a dragon and tripped Ron with a Transfiguration spell before binding him with vines.
• Hermione defeated Justin Finch-Fletchley with a bolt of lightning.
• Draco tripped Seamus during a spell, causing Seamus to blow himself unconscious.
• Ab Foras sent a Patronus, so Dumbledore and Uncle Mu En left the matches and hurried to the Hog's Head Inn.
• Ab Foras showed them Nagini standing silently in a cage and staring at a photograph of Ab Foras and Aurelius.
• Nagini touched Aurelius's face in the photograph and said that it was the first time she had seen him smile like that.

Nagini returned to the world but felt disconnected from her inherited memories, leaving Mu En and Dumbledore divided over whether she was truly Nagini. Days later, Harry defended her at the Hog’s Head Inn and went outside to fight a man who had harassed her.

• Nagini told Dumbledore and Mu En that her memories felt like someone else’s story and that she needed time to find herself.
• Nagini asked to visit Credence’s grave, and Ab Foras took her away while Dumbledore and Mu En debated whether she was Nagini.
• Dumbledore argued that Nagini’s spirit and memories made her the same person, while Mu En accepted that the result was not identical to the original.
• On Wednesday, Harry and Draco visited the Hog’s Head Inn, where Nagini was working behind the bar.
• When a bandaged man harassed Nagini, Harry attacked him with an Explosion Spell and challenged the other drinkers.
• Harry went outside to fight the man and returned singed and limping, silencing the tavern.

Harry and Draco Malfoy questioned Paul Shana about Azkaban, learning that it had an outer prison and a harsher inner level on a Mother-Child Island. Paul pointed them toward a disabled former Hit Wizard who might know more, and Harry and Draco left to find him.

• Harry intervened when patrons harassed Nagini, and Ab Foras told her to defend herself if it happened again.
• Mundungus returned to the tavern with Paul Shana, a former Azkaban prisoner, and Harry and Draco took him outside to question him.
• Paul explained that Azkaban had an outer level for ordinary criminals and an inner level for serious prisoners, where Dementors tormented inmates in isolated cells.
• Paul described Azkaban's nearby island, its Hit Wizards, and its location somewhere in the North Sea, but could not give Harry and Draco a precise location.
• Paul told them that a disabled former Hit Wizard might know more, and Draco paid him before Harry and Draco vanished.

Harry decided to obtain information from a retired Azkaban Hit Wizard without making the man bear the consequences of Harry’s choices, while Hagrid gave him a bloodied black thread for his wand-repair work. After watching Hellenred crush a Ravenclaw seventh year, Harry told Draco that his next outing would be too dangerous for Draco to join.

• Harry used a Citrine Pendant to divine that seeking information from the retired Hit Wizard might work if certain conditions were met.
• Mu En advised Harry to take responsibility for the consequences himself and let the Hit Wizard blame Harry for giving him information.
• Harry met Hagrid, who gave him a bloodied black thread, and promised he might finish repairing Hagrid’s wand in about a month.
• Harry and Draco watched Hellenred defeat a Ravenclaw seventh year with a powerful Earthquake Charm.
• Harry told Draco not to join his next outing because confronting the retired Hit Wizard could put Draco at risk, but Draco argued that the man should bear the consequences of his own choices.

Mu En took Cendrillon to the Hog's Head Inn, where she met Ariana, Ab Foras's younger sister, and the two paintings began talking. Ab Foras revealed that Ariana had become an Obscurial, and Nagini left the inn after hearing him say it.

• Cendrillon asked Mu En to show her the outside world, and he took her to the Hog's Head Inn.
• Mu En greeted Nagini and Ab Foras, then attacked a man who mocked him, knocking him through a wall and cutting off his mouth.
• Cendrillon began speaking with Ariana through their connected paintings, and Ab Foras joined them after realizing his sister was talking again.
• Ariana invited Cendrillon to visit her garden in the painting world, while Ab Foras admitted he had kept Ariana from interacting with others.
• Ab Foras told Mu En that Ariana had become an Obscurial, and Nagini abruptly left after hearing him.

Mu En discovered that Nagini’s soul was still under growing pressure and could mutate, while Dumbledore had found a clue to a possible Horcrux at the Gaunt Family residence. Mu En agreed to investigate the dangerous site with Dumbledore, insisting he wanted any valuable discoveries.

• Cendrillon told Mu En that she and Ariana had exchanged gifts, and Mu En noticed the blue necklace Cendrillon wore.
• Mu En found Nagini grieving at Aurelius Dumbledore’s grave and examined her soul, discovering that it was becoming increasingly dense and disordered.
• Mu En warned Nagini to rest and report anything unusual, then returned to the Shrieking Shack.
• Mu En told Dumbledore that Nagini’s soul might undergo a snake-like or stranger mutation and could require regular cleansing and relief from pressure.
• Dumbledore explained that his investigation of Riddle’s life had led him to suspect a Horcrux was connected to the Gaunt Family residence, where powerful magic interfered with spellcasting.
• Mu En offered to accompany Dumbledore to investigate, demanding a share of anything valuable they found.

Mu En and Dumbledore investigated the Gaunt Family Residence, where Mu En burned away nettles concealing a formation and smashed open the warded door. Inside, they discussed the Deathly Hallows and the Gaunts’ possible link to the Resurrection Stone, leaving their investigation of the house ongoing.

• Dumbledore explained that Slytherin’s daughter had married into the Gaunt Family and that Iolanthe Peverell, a Gaunt descendant, had taken Slytherin’s wand to America.
• Mu En and Dumbledore reached the Gaunt Family Residence, where Mu En’s blue-violet flames burned away nettles that had concealed hundreds of trapped souls and a formation.
• Mu En punched open the house’s warded door after its snake guardian barred entry to anyone without Gaunt blood, freeing a soul that Dumbledore identified as possibly Voldemort’s father.
• Dumbledore showed Mu En the Elder Wand and said Harry’s Invisibility Cloak appeared to be another Deathly Hallow, while the Gaunts might have inherited the Resurrection Stone.
• Inside the filthy house, Mu En and Dumbledore discussed whether the Peverell brothers had created the Hallows and whether the Grim Reaper story had any truth.

Mu En and Dumbledore discovered a hidden chamber beneath the Gaunt house, where a Resurrection Stone ring tempted them with powerful illusions. Mu En stopped Dumbledore from taking the ring, and Dumbledore began testing ways to retrieve it safely.

• Dumbledore explained how young Riddle’s pride in magic and his fear of weakness had shaped him, while Mu En found a snake relief that opened a passage to a deep chamber.
• Mu En sent a transformed swallow to retrieve the ring from a pedestal, but three spectral pirate captains appeared and taunted him into fighting them again.
• The ring’s visions drew Dumbledore toward the object with memories of his family, but Mu En slapped his hand away before he could touch it.
• Dumbledore admitted that the ring’s illusions had overwhelmed his buried grief, and Mu En realized the swallow had died from delayed poison.
• Dumbledore tried to move the ring with the Elder Wand, then conjured a small stone creature to handle it.

Mu En brought Snape the poisoned Gaunt family ring, revealing that the black gemstone held the Resurrection Stone, and Snape worked tirelessly to cleanse it. After finally testing the gemstone on a toad that survived, Snape opened his door to find Lily’s translucent figure waiting for him.

• Mu En showed Snape the poisoned Gaunt family ring and confirmed that its gemstone was a Hallow containing the Resurrection Stone.
• Mu En asked Snape to remove the poison, and Snape began testing the ring and brewing a cleansing potion.
• Snape immersed the gemstone in the potion, but his first test toad died, so he continued his research through Sunday.
• Snape’s final test toad survived for three hours with the gemstone in its mouth, and he examined it before preparing to pick up the stone.
• Lily called to Snape from outside his office, and he opened the door to find her translucent figure waiting.

Snape reunited with Lily’s ghost and struggled with his guilt and fear of losing her while Mu En pressed him to finish resolving the situation. After a week of rain, Snape took Lily to the Black Lake and accepted that she should be Lily Potter, deciding that their time together had to end.

• Snape apologized to Lily, and she told him not to blame himself and asked him to let go.
• Snape brought Lily to see Harry at Potions class, and she thanked him for taking care of her son.
• Mu En warned the Student Council about students misusing their authority and later pressed Snape to finish what he was working on.
• Mu En learned from Fawkes that Dumbledore was continuing to investigate whether Voldemort had made more Horcruxes.
• Snape refused to let Lily leave him, then took her to the Black Lake and said she should be Lily Potter and that their time together had to end.

Snape returned the Resurrection Stone after confronting a false vision, while the Fourth Year dueling finals saw Cedric and the Weasley twins advance amid chaotic tactics. Harry finished repairing Hagrid’s wand, tested it with Hagrid, and then entered the Forbidden Forest with Norbert to hide his Animagus potion in a prepared formation.

• Snape gave Mu En the Resurrection Stone and described how a false dream had reflected his hatred and grief before Dumbledore declared the experience over.
• Cedric defeated Katie, then Fred and George won their matches using snow camouflage and relentless taunting, securing two of Gryffindor’s top-three places.
• Fred and George began their finals match by arguing over the rules of rock, paper, scissors instead of dueling.
• Harry completed the repairs to Hagrid’s wand and demonstrated rapid, accurate spellcasting to Draco Malfoy, who returned to training after seeing Harry’s five fireballs hit a dummy.
• Harry tested the repaired wand with Hagrid, whose spells enlarged melon vines, made a hoe fly into the Forbidden Forest, and nearly involved Fang.
• Harry entered the Forbidden Forest under his Invisibility Cloak, followed Norbert to a bear cave, and began setting up a formation to hide his Animagus potion.

Harry visited former Azkaban guard Dimo Long to learn about the prison, after promising he would do nothing good. Dimo agreed to answer, but froze when Harry asked for the information needed to break someone out of Azkaban.

• During dinner, Hellenred discussed the Duelling Tournament with Harry and Draco Malfoy, then told Draco that his father could begin arranging the trip to the Muggle world.
• Harry used the passage behind the one-eyed witch statue and traveled by Floo Powder to Diagon Alley, where he went looking for Dimo Long.
• Harry offered Dimo a bottle of Dragon's Blood Rum and asked about his time guarding Azkaban; Dimo described the dangerous inner section and his attack by Dementors.
• Dimo accused the Ministry of neglecting Hit Wizards and asked Harry what he thought of the world; Harry promised he was up to no good and agreed to get more alcohol.
• Harry asked how to break someone out of Azkaban and demanded details about the prison's location, defenses, reinforcements, guards, and Dementors, leaving Dimo stunned.

Harry gathered intelligence from Dimo about Azkaban, then stunned and left him behind when their goals diverged. Back at Hogwarts, he learned Draco was orchestrating Jemma Farley’s rise among Slytherin girls, while Draco warned Harry to watch for love-potion chocolates as Valentine’s Day approached.

• Harry questioned Dimo about Azkaban’s layout, Dementors, guards, defenses, and routines while Dimo grew drunk and offered to help free the prisoners.
• When Dimo urged them to leave together, Harry tried to erase his memory, fought off his counterattack, and stunned him before leaving with the Dragon's Blood Rum.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts, recorded the information, and slept until Draco woke him the next morning; he later told Hermione about his trip to Diagon Alley.
• Jemma Farley reprimanded Draco for ignoring his father’s advice, but Draco placated her and later told Harry he had helped make her popular among Slytherin girls.
• Draco teased Harry for barely knowing the girls in his House and warned him that students might give him chocolates containing Love Potion for Valentine’s Day.

Muen inspected the Quidditch pitch before watching the fifth-year duels, where Finn faced his girlfriend Olivetta and lost. Trelawney then prophesied blood and death at Muen’s tournament, and though Muen dismissed the warning, Snape took it seriously.

• Muen cleared the weeds and boarded windows outside the Shrieking Shack and noticed Nagini standing on a distant hillside.
• Muen inspected the ancient rune arrays beneath the Quidditch pitch and spoke with Finn about Ancient Runes and Olivetta.
• Trelawney arrived to watch the fifth-year duels, and Finn fought Olivetta after revealing that he had not prepared her a Valentine’s Day gift.
• Olivetta’s spells transformed and injured Finn, who lost the duel and lamented that he had lost his betting money.
• Trelawney grabbed Muen and prophesied blood, death, and a dirge at his tournament, while the other professors tried to calm her and Muen remained untroubled.
• Snape dismissed Trelawney as a drunkard but privately considered her prophecy worth taking seriously.

Snape warned Dumbledore about Trelawney’s prophecy that Mu En and others who could oppose Voldemort would die, but Dumbledore urged him not to act on it. At the second-year Duelling Arena finals, Draco and Harry learned their first opponents after the draw.

• Snape told Dumbledore that Trelawney had prophesied Mu En and the others capable of opposing The Dark Lord would die in the tournament.
• Dumbledore convinced Snape not to take unnecessary action because of the prophecy, then discussed its implications with the portraits and Dalis.
• The second-year finalists gathered for the afternoon matches, and Draco told Harry that winning was his primary goal.
• Hermione drew a blank lot, while Draco drew a Ravenclaw opponent whose name he could not remember.
• Harry discovered that Neville was his opponent, and both of them prepared for the match.

On May Day, Sophie Hait met Mu En Jones, who ordered a hat and gave her a Clover Brooch. After a strange day that left her questioning her future and her sisters’ choices, Sophie was attacked by the Wilderness Witch, and the brooch drove the witch off while poisoning her; the witch fled in fear of Mu En and Hal.

• Sophie stayed at the Hait Hat Shop to finish sewing while the other workers went out, and she watched Hal’s Moving Castle disappear into the wasteland.
• Mu En Jones commissioned a tricorne from Sophie and gave her a Clover Brooch before leaving the shop.
• Sophie learned that Letty and Martha had secretly switched identities because each wanted a different future, and Letty asked Sophie what she wanted for herself.
• The Wilderness Witch entered the closed shop with magical puppets and attacked Sophie, but the Clover Brooch struck the witch with a powerful spell.
• The Wilderness Witch fled after realizing the brooch was harming her and fearing Mu En Jones might come after her.

Harry and Neville began their first match in a four-story manor, where they searched cautiously for each other. As Harry climbed toward the upper floors, Neville waited in ambush at the stairway entrance, leaving the duel on the verge of a confrontation.

• Harry and Neville entered the arena, and the match’s random terrain created a manor with Harry outside and Neville on a fourth-floor balcony.
• Harry entered the manor and began searching while Neville cautiously left his bedroom to look for him.
• Harry searched the first floor, then released five snakes to warn him of unexpected approaches as he continued upstairs.
• Neville searched the fourth floor and took up a concealed position at the stairway entrance.
• Harry searched the second and third floors without finding Neville, then approached the stairs where Neville waited in ambush.

Harry defeated Neville in the arena after outmaneuvering his traps and discovering where he was hiding. As the match ended, Neville broke down, convinced that he had disappointed Grindelwald despite the training and care he had received.

• Neville waited on the stairs, but Harry attacked from below with an Explosion Spell and sent Neville crashing to the second floor.
• Neville hid beneath the shattered floor and prepared to ambush Harry, while Harry changed his wand and moved away.
• Neville entered a room to lie in wait, but Harry spotted a clue on the doorknob and threw a bright ball of light inside.
• Neville's Earthquake Charm struck the door as Harry deflected it with Protego and Expelliarmus, ending the match in Harry's victory.
• Harry explained how the doorknob clue revealed Neville's hiding place, and Neville sobbed that he had only excelled at disappointing those who cared for him.

Harry watched Neville impress everyone with his improved combat skills, then competed against Draco in the tournament’s semifinal. Draco deliberately let Harry defeat him so he could preserve his strength for the losers’ bracket and aim for third place.

• Harry reassured Neville after his match, and Ron and Seamus helped Neville to his feet.
• Draco asked Harry to assess his chances against Neville, then fought a Ravenclaw opponent and returned injured but determined to continue.
• Draco and Harry drew their semifinal numbers, setting up an all-Slytherin match while Hermione prepared to face Mike Cartlens.
• Hermione used a sandstorm to obscure Mike’s vision, changed position, and disarmed him to win their match.
• Harry blasted Draco into a snowbank and won the semifinal, after which Draco revealed he had feigned weakness to save his strength for the losers’ bracket.