Recaps

Anton guided the tournament through its second round while confronting Voldemort’s schemes and exploring new forms of magic. The story left him preparing to offer a powerful Animagus transformation as the third task’s prize, with Slughorn eager to help.

• Anton used the contestants’ shared magic to help them survive the first round, then explored magical rivers and discovered that Harry still held a shining Horcrux trace.
• Fudge offered George and Fred a shop in Diagon Alley, while Harry resolved to focus on learning magic after Sirius warned him against acting from hatred.
• Anton proposed a ritual to give Muggles wizard bloodlines through the Monster Maze, and Hermione and Ron each tried to help their parents enter the competition.
• The Champions faced Boggarts: Petunia overcame Voldemort’s image, Ron summoned a silver teddy bear, and Hermione protected her mother from a Cockatrice.
• Voldemort revealed his plan to complete his rebirth through Harry, but Snape and Sirius defeated him as Snape died after warning Sirius about Dumbledore’s plans for Harry.
• Anton found Snape trapped in his memories and killed Tom Riddle, then arranged for the Dursleys to drink potions that could give them wizard bloodlines.
• The second round ended with Hermione impressing McGonagall, and Lockhart announced that the third task, “Hogwarts in the Sky,” would begin in a month.
• Anton explored new magic with Dumbledore and recruited Slughorn, who warned him about Pedro before Anton explained his plan to create a Goblin Human Animagus and offer an Antlered Great White Bear Animagus as the tournament prize.

Anton’s tournament, research, and political maneuvering reshaped relations among Hogwarts, the Ministry, and the Magical Congress as Voldemort’s influence shifted to the Americas. He altered Barty Crouch Jr.’s memories and arranged to make him the tournament’s fourth-round reward, while Dumbledore and Scrimgeour saw how far Anton’s magic had advanced.

• Anton taught the Hair Ionic Straightening Charm at Hogwarts, and Hannah’s recorded lesson spread through the Wizarding World as she and Anton planned a network built with help from Muggle programmers.
• Grindelwald arrived with Durmstrang’s students, and Anton agreed to help Dumbledore and Pedro research a human Goblin Animagus while keeping his promise to study a goblin Human Animagus later.
• The third task sent contestants across Azkaban Island toward Hogwarts, where Ron repaired and awakened a helicopter, Dudley grew giant beanstalks, and the contestants tested the school’s defenses.
• Anton’s ritual transformed the contestants into Antlered Great White Bears, including Harry, while the tournament’s closing events restored Sirius to human form and exposed Barty Crouch Jr. to the Ministry.
• Fudge asked Anton to transform Muggle scholars into wizards for a new information office, and Anton planned trial sites such as the Barrel Cottage while Lockhart prepared to publicize the idea.
• Tom Riddle became Speaker of the Magical Congress and appointed Lucius Malfoy and other allies to major posts, while Rookwood warned Anton that Riddle’s proposed Wizarding Wisdom Library could constrain Sanctuary Tower.
• Anton learned that the One Ring granted access to Riddle’s library, sent Fudge the instruction “Choose the Nail,” and developed hidden spaces within Barty’s Animagus for Moody to use on a return to Voldemort’s territory.
• Anton made Barty the fourth-round tournament reward, altered Barty’s Inner Memories, and entered his mind with Dumbledore, Fudge, and Scrimgeour before bringing Dumbledore and Scrimgeour safely back out.

Anton’s research and Cabin’s inventions advanced as Voldemort launched his campaign for Riddle Supremacy and attacked Azkaban Academy to free Barty Crouch Jr. The battle ended with Anton saving Snape and Dumbledore preparing changes at Hogwarts, while Anton returned to the Barrel Cottage to test his Muggle-to-Wizard theory.

• Dumbledore explained how Transfiguration could restore infinite possibilities, and Grindelwald revealed that Dumbledore had created the Phoenix after Ariana’s death out of love and guilt.
• Anton studied Boggarts and Bloodline traits, then witnessed Voldemort rally magical beings against Witch Hunters and announce his ambitions to become Magical Emperor.
• Draco defeated Vanessa Baldini in the Top 100 Tournament, while Anton’s Cabin friends developed the Space Transposer and discussed turning his spells into products.
• Voldemort led his followers into Azkaban Academy to free Barty Crouch Jr., who transformed into Snape and attacked Voldemort with curses, potions, and a dagger.
• Anton’s injury-linking spell connected Voldemort and Snape, and Anton’s friends joined the fight as Dumbledore collapsed the cavern to stop the battle.
• Anton used the Free Windbird to evacuate the combatants and traded his life for Voldemort’s promise to spare Snape, then released Barty Crouch Jr.
• Dumbledore told Anton he would step down as Headmaster and recommend Professor McGonagall, while Anton proposed a Magical Research Institute and assessed Cabin’s growing influence.
• Anton chose the Floo Powder Factory from Fudge’s proposed assets, then visited the Barrel Cottage and offered its Siren’s vengeful Wraith the choice to enter the World of the Dead or remain a Dark Magic Creature.

Anton developed his ideas about Gray Magic while the tournament’s final rounds tested the students’ skill and control. As the finalists battled, Anton’s friends and the Muggle recruits watched from Barrel Cottage’s hidden island, where Harry began mastering his Repelling Charm.

• Montgomery brought Sam Reed and Frank Longbottom to Barrel Cottage, where Anton incorporated the Siren’s Curse into his Ritual Magic and restored the cottage.
• Hermione won the tournament’s fourth round, while Ron overcame his fear in Anton’s fire trial and earned a shared victory with her.
• Anton taught Basic Magical Theory, helped the Weasley twins develop flying products, and advised Vernon to learn magic and choose his own path.
• Anton and the Magical Research Institute explored transforming bloodlines, and Anton used Ritual Magic to turn Pedro into a human and complete his Animagus Transformation.
• Anton identified a difference between spells shaped by Collective Consciousness and spells shaped by personal will, then planned to use the tournament to help his friends experience his approach.
• Voldemort joined the tournament as Tom Riddle, and Anton revealed that the final round’s Magic Enhancement prize involved strengthening the mind like a controllable Obscurus.
• Hermione eliminated a Beauxbatons Champion in the final, and Harry later formed a giant likeness with his Repelling Charm and knocked a Durmstrang student off the platform.
• Hannah admitted Scrimgeour, Montgomery, and the Muggle recruits into Barrel Cottage’s hidden island space, where Anna projected the tournament for the ritual gathering.