Chapter Summaries

Muen and Dumbledore brought the rescued children to Hogwarts, where McGonagall and the staff cared for them. Neville reunited with Stacey and then told Grindelwald he hoped to use his magic to protect others, earning his teacher’s approval.

• Dumbledore persuaded Fudge to let Muen take the rescued children somewhere safe, then stayed behind to discuss contacting the police.
• Muen used Floo magic to transport the children to Hogwarts, where McGonagall organized their care and Neville took Stacey to the hospital wing.
• Muen and the House-elves cleaned the children, treated their minor injuries, and gave them food while they waited to be reunited with their families.
• Stacey thanked Neville for saving her and admitted she had felt happy when he appeared because it offered her a chance to escape; Neville said he was glad he had been able to help her.
• Neville told Grindelwald he did not know whether the world needed people willing to protect others, but hoped to be one of them, and Grindelwald said Neville now knew what to raise his wand for.

Neville asked Grindelwald where Barty Crouch Jr. was and resolved to protect his parents and grandmother, so Grindelwald began teaching him how to kill. Meanwhile, Dumbledore and McGonagall arranged help for the rescued children, and Mu En returned to Hogwarts to find Severus had left them to wander on their own.

• Neville told Grindelwald he wanted to protect his family from Barty Crouch Jr., and Grindelwald challenged him to act decisively.
• Neville committed to facing the danger, and Grindelwald began teaching him how to kill someone.
• McGonagall gave Dumbledore the rescued children's family clues, and Dumbledore planned to coordinate with the London police to return them home.
• Dumbledore asked McGonagall to gather the students for an evening welcome for the children without revealing their trauma.
• Mu En returned from Hogsmeade, told Draco to contact Harry with their coin, and met the children, who said Severus had left them to explore Hogwarts on their own.

Harry helped Slytherin’s new Muggle-born students settle in while Draco guided them around the House. Later, Astoria appeared gravely ill and asked Draco to take her to an empty classroom, where he saw her eyes turn scarlet.

• Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts had welcomed new children, including four Muggle students assigned to Slytherin.
• Garrard gave Harry his prefect badge and asked him to arrange accommodations for the new students, and Harry and Draco showed them the Slytherin Common Room.
• Draco helped the two girls find their dormitory with Astoria’s assistance, then settled the two boys and returned to studying.
• Astoria emerged from the girls’ dormitory trembling and cold, asked Draco to take her to an empty classroom, and collapsed on the stairs.
• Draco carried Astoria to his regular classroom, where her shadow twisted and her eyes became scarlet.

Draco Malfoy discovered Astoria’s secret when she transformed into a fox, then promised to keep it hidden. Meanwhile, Harry trained with Draco and the Muggle children explored Hogwarts classes before the children began leaving, and Neville took injured Stacy to the Halloween feast.

• Draco Malfoy returned to the classroom, subdued a white fox, and learned that it was Astoria transformed; he agreed to keep her secret.
• Harry woke Draco and described his training, then invited the Muggle children to join the group for practice.
• Professor McGonagall offered the children classes to observe, and they sampled lessons across Hogwarts, including Potions with Professor Snape.
• Under Dumbledore’s supervision, Fudge advanced cooperation between the Ministry of Magic and the Metropolitan Police, and the children began leaving Hogwarts after taking photographs with Neville.
• On Halloween, Neville visited Stacy in the hospital wing, told her her parents had not yet been contacted, and took her to the Great Hall for the feast and a movie.

Mu En helped reunite Karen with her parents, one of eleven families recovered through the effort, then returned to Hogwarts for the Halloween feast. The chapter ended with Mu En and the students posing for photographs that showed both his familiar appearance and his Halloween costume.

• Karen recognized her parents at Scotland Yard and ran into her mother's arms after Mu En explained that she could share her magical experiences without arguing if others did not believe her.
• Mu En gave Karen farewell gifts from Dumbledore, the Weasley Brothers, and Colin Creevey, then left as her family learned his name was Mu En Jones.
• Mu En returned to Hogwarts, where Neville, Draco, Harry, Hermione, Fred, George, and other students gathered for the Halloween feast.
• Colin invited the students and Mu En to pose for a Halloween photograph, and Mu En asked for two pictures, including one showing how people really looked.
• The developed photographs showed the group at the Great Hall entrance, including Mu En's neat black hair, hollow cheeks, and faint smile.

The Weasley Brothers’ Halloween film screening of Bram Stoker’s Dracula moved the students, while Mu'en helped Cedric approach Cho Chang. The next day, Fred and George gathered students who wanted to pursue creative ambitions and asked Mu'en to sponsor their Not-So-Magical Club, which he agreed to support.

• Fred and George introduced their screening of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the students watched the film in the Great Hall.
• Harry thought Dracula resembled Sirius Black, while Snape left the hall after seeing the vampire’s face.
• Mu'en used magic to give Cedric a handkerchief, and Cedric shyly offered it to the crying Cho Chang.
• Fred and George asked Mu'en to attach his name to a club for students pursuing interests beyond magic, and nearly twenty students joined them in his office.
• The students explained their ambitions in art, music, photography, and other pursuits, and Mu'en agreed to support their Not-So-Magical Club.

Mu En established a Not-So-Magical Club and discussed Harry’s Bio-Alchemy experiments, which had left him with failed magic patterns and a successful enchanted white mouse. Mu En demonstrated that magical empowerment required resisting nature in both body and mind, then began showing Harry how to endure change.

• Mu En promised the students that the Not-So-Magical Club’s first event would begin within a week and assigned Fred and George responsibility for its affairs.
• Harry told Mu En that his attempts to preserve magic patterns beneath his skin had failed, though he had successfully empowered a white mouse with a Sharpening Charm.
• Mu En inspected Harry’s work, explained the importance of balance and the principle of Resist Nature, and empowered the mouse with a Life Infusion.
• Mu En explained that creatures instinctively resisted change, and that humans could use their initiative to overcome that resistance.
• Mu En laid his rune-covered arm on the table and began demonstrating the process on his finger.

Mu En taught Harry how to design and engrave a one-use rune that made objects rapidly wither into ash. After the lesson, Mu En went to meet the Greek delegation, hoping for a successful cooperation.

• Mu En explained the conduit runes on his fingers and began teaching Harry how to create a rune for a different kind of death: fading away.
• Dumbledore arrived to tell Mu En that the people from Greece, including the Hellenic Minister of Magic, were waiting at The Three Broomsticks Inn, but Mu En asked them to wait until the lesson ended.
• Mu En engraved the rune on his finger and explained that magic had to guide and protect the whole body so the new rune could integrate with existing runes.
• Mu En pressed his finger against parchment, causing it to wither, blacken, and crumble into ash before the one-use rune faded away.
• Harry took the rune’s parchment with Mu En’s permission, and Mu En left to meet the Greek delegation.

Mu En met with Dumbledore, Loreton, and Minister Eugene Atlas to plan an international magical exposition at Hogwarts, while discussing political ambitions and the search for Voldemort’s Horcruxes. The exposition was set for Christmas, and Snape persuaded Mu En to give him the Rage Potion formula early so he could pursue a new Wolfsbane Potion theory.

• Mu En encouraged Cedric to speak more comfortably with Cho Chang, then joined Dumbledore, Loreton, and Eugene Atlas at The Three Broomsticks.
• Atlas proposed expanding a British-Greek exposition into an international event, and the group agreed to hold the first exposition at Hogwarts at Christmas.
• Dumbledore offered the Resurrection Stone and his alchemical manuscripts with Nicolas Flamel, while Mu En agreed to display nearly all of his private collection.
• After Loreton and Atlas left, Mu En and Dumbledore discussed their failure to find the remaining Horcruxes and considered luring Voldemort to the exposition.
• Snape said he had never obtained a Horcrux and asked Mu En for the Rage Potion formula, explaining that it could help him develop a potion using wolfsbane.
• Mu En agreed to recite the formula, and Snape hurriedly turned his wand into a fountain pen to write it down.

Neville, Ron, and Seamus helped an elderly visitor reach Dumbledore's office, where the Hogwarts gargoyle recognized him as its father. Hermione identified the visitor as Nicolas Flamel and explained that he had come ahead of the Anglo-Sino Expo, where the Philosopher's Stone would be displayed.

• Neville said goodbye to Stacy and told Ron and Seamus that his memory had improved and he had remembered her address.
• Neville, Ron, and Seamus met a frail old man who asked them to guide him to Dumbledore's office.
• The old man reset Ron's broken hand and asked whether Professor Jones was at Hogwarts; Neville said Jones had just left.
• The old man recognized the gargoyle he had made, and the gargoyle called him Father before letting him into Dumbledore's office.
• Hermione joined the boys and identified the visitor as Nicolas Flamel, who had come to display the Philosopher's Stone at the Anglo-Sino Expo.

Mu En met Nicolas Flamel, who agreed to display his alchemical manuscripts and achievements at the expo, and then arranged the Not-So-Magical Club’s first gathering. News spread through Hogwarts, where Harry decided to join, and the gathering was about to begin as the weekend arrived.

• Mu En met Nicolas Flamel in Dumbledore’s office, and Flamel examined Mu En’s body and discussed his alchemical work.
• Flamel offered to display centuries of manuscripts and achievements at the expo while keeping the Philosopher’s Stone’s creation secret.
• Mu En set the Not-So-Magical Club’s first gathering for Sunday at three in the afternoon and asked Fred and George to spread the news.
• Fred and George circulated the announcement, prompting students and teachers to speculate about the club and its purpose.
• Harry agreed to join the club after Draco Malfoy told him about it.
• The weekend arrived, and the club’s first gathering was about to begin.

Mu En introduced his new club on the Hogwarts roof, where students used enchanted magic to create photographs of the scenes they most desired. Neville finally revealed that his deepest wish was for a peaceful country home and a complete family.

• Mu En led the gathered students to the roof and explained that his club would focus on art and other pursuits unrelated to schoolwork or careers.
• Colin described his dream of taking photographs throughout his life, and the enchanted platform created the scene for his photograph.
• Students, including Draco Malfoy and Hermione, revealed their ambitions through imagined scenes, while Ron received a photograph of the Quidditch World Cup.
• Mu En encouraged Neville to describe what he truly wanted, and Neville conjured a vision of a country cottage and a lively family gathering with his parents and grandmother.

During the students’ photography club gathering, Harry described a long-held fantasy of the Chaos Sea and wanting to become a captain, prompting Mu En to reveal that he could help Harry reach a world beyond their own. Mu En warned him that the pursuit held no clear end, and Harry glimpsed a weathered face beneath Mu En’s feline appearance before it vanished.

• Mu En praised Neville for speaking openly about his hope to live peacefully with his aunt, and the students applauded him.
• Harry told the group he wanted nothing in particular, then recalled a world beyond the world: the Chaos Sea, where he wanted to become a captain.
• Mu En realized Harry’s vision lay beyond what the magical rune array could create, so he conjured the Chaos Sea himself and Colin took the photograph.
• After the gathering, Mu En invited Harry to his office and offered to take him to a world beyond their own, while cautioning him not to make the endless pursuit his sole goal.
• Harry asked what lay beyond each mountain, and briefly saw a weathered face where Mu En’s familiar feline face had been.

As Hogwarts grew tense ahead of the Christmas Anglo-Sino Expo, Mu En showed Damocles Belby plans for a wizard-hat exhibition hall and explained how the event would help researchers commercialize their work. Damocles embraced the plan and declared that Mu En would change the world.

• Students at Hogwarts welcomed the Not-So-Magical Club as a new way to spend their time, while anticipation grew for the coming exhibition.
• Damocles Belby arrived at Hogwarts, where his nephew Marcus identified him as the inventor of the Wolfsbane Potion; Lupin thanked him, while Snape objected that he brewed Lupin's potion.
• Mu En showed Damocles the design for a giant wizard-hat exhibition hall planned for the mountain near Hogwarts and Hogsmeade.
• Damocles told Mu En that he wanted a commercial exhibition area to help fund his research, and Mu En explained that the expo would give researchers a path to commercialize their work.
• Damocles clasped Mu En's hand and declared that Mu En would change the world.

Luna Lovegood brought Mu En her late mother's unfinished spell, hoping to submit it to the Anglo-Sino Expo so people would learn about her mother's work. Mu En recognized the spell's bold design, and Luna revealed that her mother had died because of it.

• Luna practiced her mother's fire-summoning spell in Ravenclaw Tower, injuring herself repeatedly before she managed to stabilize its form.
• Luna hurried to Mu En's office with her drafts after the spell worked.
• Mu En read the manuscript and demonstrated the spell by conjuring a large flaming cat.
• Mu En recognized that the spell combined the Fiendfyre Curse with the Patronus Charm and noticed Luna had not written the manuscript.
• Luna told Mu En that the spell was her mother's final work, that her mother died because of it, and that she wanted others to know about it.

Luna showed Mu En her mother’s unfinished Fire God Spell, and he warned her that her attempts were dangerous. He advised her to seek Harry Potter’s help with its stability, leaving Luna at Draco Malfoy’s door as she asked him to contact Harry.

• Mu En examined Luna’s manuscript and learned that her mother had created the Fire God Spell before dying in a spell accident that left Luna hospitalized.
• Luna demonstrated the unstable spell, and Mu En dispelled the swelling mass of fire before it could cause harm.
• Mu En advised Luna to ask Harry Potter for help stabilizing the spell and directed her to Draco Malfoy to make contact.
• Luna found Draco and explained that Professor Jones had suggested she seek Harry’s help with her spell research.
• Draco agreed to contact Harry after hearing that Professor Jones had sent Luna.

Harry examined Luna Lovegood’s draft for a dangerous flame spell and identified its central flaw: it used anger as fuel. He proposed protection as the right emotion, and Luna recognized that this matched the flames that had once saved her.

• Draco brought Harry to his secret classroom, where Luna explained that she wanted help with a dangerous spell and showed him her scarred hand.
• Harry showed Luna his burned, withered arm and described flames as a fierce but dependable friend, confirming that his view matched the vision behind her spell.
• Harry reviewed Luna’s manuscripts and concluded that the spell combined elements of the Patronus Charm, Fire Shield, and Transfiguration.
• Harry identified the spell’s use of anger as fuel as its central problem and suggested using protection instead so the flames would not harm their caster.
• Luna remembered surviving a raging fire under someone’s protection and realized that protection, not anger, was the right emotion for the spell.

Harry and Luna presented Mu En with their revised Fire God Spell, while Hermione struggled to remember knowledge from the future and warned Mu En that Miss Cendrillon had guided Voldemort. After Hermione returned fifteen days to the past to prevent a coming disaster, Mu En began constructing the exhibition venue by leveling a mountain.

• Harry and Luna showed Mu En their thirteen-inch draft of the Fire God Spell, and he criticized their revisions as needless flourishes that weakened the spell.
• Hermione arrived at Mu En's office, and he explained that the world's single-timeline logic blurred her memories when she tried to share knowledge from the future.
• Hermione told Mu En that Miss Cendrillon had dealings with and guided Voldemort at the future exhibition, and he urged her to keep the warning secret and protect herself.
• Hermione, who had traveled fifteen days back with her Time-Turner, worried that Mu En was not taking the future threat seriously.
• Mu En blasted apart a mountain to form the foundation of the exhibition venue, then declared himself tired and suggested going to the Black Lake to catch fish.

Mu En taught the young wizards about Bowtruckles and answered their questions about the upcoming expo. The lesson ended when three dragons and two broomsticks approached Hogwarts, bringing visitors from Norway.

• Mu En substituted for Lupin and taught the class about Bowtruckles, letting the students leave early for free activities.
• Dean Thomas asked whether he could bring his Muggle family to the expo, and Mu En said the event would provide guides.
• The students questioned Mu En about the expo, and he pointed out that visitors were approaching from the sky.
• Draco Malfoy recognized the three approaching creatures as dragons, and Hagrid identified their breeds as a Norwegian Ridgeback, a Welsh Green, and a Hebridean Black.
• Mu En sent fireworks into the sky to guide the arrivals as Harry revealed that he had modified his glasses.
• A sturdy boy riding one of the dragons reached for the bow on his back, but someone told him to behave.

Mu En welcomed Evan Maxen and his son Kerry to Hogwarts, warned Scrimgeour not to treat the law as a political tool, and arranged for the guests and fire dragons to settle in. As Harry and the other young wizards met Kerry, Draco learned that Kerry was a Muggle and asked what unusual abilities he had.

• Mu En asked Scrimgeour about Fudge and cautioned him against trying to manipulate the legal system or claim Bones as an ally.
• Evan Maxen greeted Mu En, and Mu En arranged to take him to Hogsmeade and introduce him to Hagrid.
• Kerry greeted Harry by the nickname Pete, and Hermione laughed when she learned Harry had once concealed his real name.
• Evan warned Kerry to behave as he and Mu En joined Hagrid to settle the three fire dragons in the Forbidden Forest, where Norbert was resisting the newcomers.
• Kerry said he was not a wizard and suggested he could fight Harry without magic, prompting Draco to ask what unusual abilities he had.