Chapter Summaries

Anton, a young time traveler held captive and tortured by an old dark wizard, learned that his magic was nearing a dangerous outburst and pretended to welcome the wizard’s offer to teach him spells. When the wizard announced a trip to Knockturn Alley, Anton confirmed he was in the Harry Potter world and hoped to reach Hogwarts for a safer life.

• Anton survived another Cruciatus Curse and recalled how the old wizard had captured him after he tried to escape.
• The old wizard warned Anton that his magic was nearing a critical point and offered to teach him spells if he obeyed.
• Anton pretended to accept the offer while considering how he might break the old wizard’s wand and escape.
• Anton cooked noodles for the old wizard, remembering that his attempt to poison him with Fly Agaric had been discovered.
• The old wizard told Anton to get ready for a trip to Knockturn Alley, confirming that they were in the Harry Potter world.

Anton followed the old wizard from a destroyed cabin to London and into Knockturn Alley, where he suspected the man lacked some basic spells. After spotting Ron Weasley and realizing it was two years before Harry Potter began school, Anton passed up a chance to seek help and continued waiting for a chance to escape.

• The old wizard collapsed the cabin, strengthened Anton so he could carry the trunk, and took him to London in a vintage car.
• The old wizard entered Diagon Alley through the Leaky Cauldron and moved the dustbin before opening the passage, then led Anton into Knockturn Alley.
• The old wizard left Anton outside a shop and dragged the trunk inside, prompting Anton to suspect he could not cast the Levitation Charm.
• Ron Weasley and his family stopped near Knockturn Alley, and Anton recognized Ron and deduced the year from the twins' plans to buy their own wands.
• Anton considered asking Molly for help but stayed put because he feared the old wizard had taken precautions against his escape.
• The old wizard returned and told Anton he would take him to buy a wand, leaving Anton to follow and wait for another opportunity.

Anton followed Fiennes into Knockturn Alley, where Fiennes bought him a used wand and took him to an inherited Safe House. Fiennes forced Anton to learn the Soul-Transferring Charm within a week, and Anton unexpectedly cast it on him.

• Fiennes took Anton to a Knockturn Alley shop, haggled for two used wands, and left with one free wand and stolen herbs.
• Fiennes led Anton to a hidden Safe House by a lake and explained that its concealment would fail in about ten years.
• Fiennes fed Wolfsbane Potion to a werewolf in a cage and demanded that Anton learn the Soul-Transferring Charm within a week or face the Killing Curse.
• Fiennes taught Anton the charm's wand movements, incantation, and need for unwavering resolve.
• Anton imagined fighting Fiennes to survive, then cast the Soul-Transferring Charm and sent a blue glow into Fiennes's chest, astonishing him.

Anton learned that the Soul-Transferring Charm briefly let him switch bodies with the old wizard, who then forced him to brew a potion under threat. After the old wizard tortured and disarmed him, Anton recognized the captive werewolf as Moony and realized he might be able to help him.

• Anton used the Soul-Transferring Charm and briefly found himself in the old wizard’s body before snapping back into his own.
• After recovering from the spell and two days without food, Anton cooked noodles, then was ordered to prepare a complex potion for the old wizard.
• Anton completed the potion while considering whether he could use the Soul-Transferring Charm against the old wizard.
• The old wizard cast the Cruciatus Curse on Anton, disarmed him, and packed his manuscripts while preparing to finish his experiment with the captive werewolf.
• The captive told the old wizard his name was Moony, and Anton recognized him as Lupin and thought he might need a wand.

Anton used the Wizard's Eye potion and Soul-Transferring Charm to help the old wizard complete a magical diagram, then sabotaged the work and forced the old wizard to drink the remaining potion. As the old wizard's body cracked apart, Anton passed his wand to Lupin, who freed himself and introduced himself.

• The old wizard transformed Lupin into a werewolf and ordered Anton to drink the Wizard's Eye potion.
• Anton saw magical patterns throughout the room and Lupin, then cast the Soul-Transferring Charm as the old wizard instructed.
• Anton filled in the old wizard's diagram with a deliberately incorrect line while the old wizard studied it.
• Anton secretly fed the old wizard the potion left in the vial and took his wand as dark green cracks spread across the old wizard's body.
• The old wizard attacked Anton with a weak Cruciatus Curse, but Anton gave the wand to Lupin.
• Lupin freed himself from his chains, deflected the curse, and introduced himself to Anton.

Anton confronted the old wizard rather than flee from the magical mark on his arm, and stabbed him in the neck when he moved close. The old wizard died, but the room began to shake, leaving Anton to flee with Lupin and the corpse packed in the enchanted trunk.

• Anton rejected Lupin's offer to Apparate away and approached the old wizard, pretending to apologize while hiding a knife.
• Anton grabbed the old wizard's hair and stabbed him in the neck, but a burst of force threw him toward the wall.
• Lupin caught Anton, then took the old wizard's Cruciatus Curse while the old wizard prepared to cast the Killing Curse.
• Anton saw magical cracks spreading from the knife wound before the old wizard died, and the room began to shake with glowing lines across the floor.
• Anton put the injured Lupin and the old wizard into the enchanted trunk, grabbed the old wand, and ran from the room.

Anton escaped Knockturn Alley and reached the Leaky Cauldron, where he met Hagrid and Snape. Seeking money, he offered Snape a Moonlight Turtle Brain and walked away after Snape made a low offer, leaving Snape calling after him.

• Anton scared off a pursuer in Knockturn Alley by pretending to cast the Imperius Curse, then made his way to the Leaky Cauldron.
• Anton considered seeking help from the Weasleys but realized he did not know where they lived and needed money to survive.
• Anton recognized Hagrid and Snape talking at the Leaky Cauldron and decided to sell something from his Suitcase.
• Anton checked on Lupin in the Suitcase, then took out a jar containing a Moonlight Turtle Brain.
• Snape offered Anton ten Silver Sickles for the brain, but Anton refused and pointed out that it was a rare potion ingredient.
• Snape called after Anton as he started to leave.

Anton sold Snape a Moonlight Turtle brain with Hagrid’s help and gained enough money to settle into the Leaky Cauldron. In his room, he wondered whether to stay in the magical world or return to the Muggle world.

• Anton offered Snape the Moonlight Turtle brain for 500 Galleons and explained how he had captured the creature.
• Snape agreed to help Hagrid, who paid Anton with a pouch of Galleons and took Snape away.
• Anton asked Hagrid to let him write about cute, furry animals, then noticed pub patrons watching his money.
• Anton paid Old Tom for a room and a double portion of meat, and Old Tom led him to room eleven.
• Anton looked out over Charing Cross Road and considered returning to the Muggle world before speaking with the talking mirror.

Anton rescued the badly injured Lupin and persuaded him to become his Charms teacher, offering him Gold Galleons in exchange. As Anton considered where they should live, Lupin collapsed from the lingering effects of the Cruciatus Curse.

• Anton brought Lupin out of his trunk to share the meal, but Old Tom insisted that the Werewolf could not stay at the tavern.
• Anton ate the Roast Suckling Pig and encouraged Lupin to accept discrimination and find a way to survive.
• Anton offered Lupin Gold Galleons to teach him Charms, and Lupin agreed on the condition that Anton stay away from him during the Full Moon.
• Anton asked Lupin whether they should live in the Muggle world, then watched him fail to eat and collapse.

Anton sought treatment for the unconscious Lupin and learned that a Goblin doctor could treat him discreetly. Preparing to risk learning a soul-manipulating curse to protect Lupin, Anton found notes describing the spell and discovered that its creator had later gone mad and killed their teacher and others.

• Anton asked Old Tom where to take Lupin, and Old Tom warned him that St Mungo's would not treat Werewolves and that a legitimate hospital would require explaining the Cruciatus Curse attack to the Aurors.
• Old Tom gave Anton an address for Pedro, a Goblin doctor who treated patients outside legitimate channels, and Anton promised to repay his help.
• Anton carried Lupin into his suitcase, gathered supplies, and searched the Old Wizard's books for an offensive spell he could learn quickly.
• Anton found Alex Fiennes's notebook and read that Olaro had studied soul-related spells, including the Displacement Soul Curse, which could separate a person's soul from their body.
• Anton memorized the spell notes, then read that Olaro had gone mad, killed their teacher and others, and tried to kill herself.

Anton left the Leaky Cauldron aboard the Knight Bus to reach a tiny island near France, where a Goblin he had been told about lived. The bus dropped him at the island and vanished, leaving him with his suitcase and no sign of the Goblin yet.

• Old Tom showed Anton how to summon the Knight Bus and wished him luck as he boarded.
• Stan Shunpike explained that the bus could not go to France but could take Anton to an island between Britain and France for fifteen Silver Sickles.
• Anton rode the Knight Bus, watched its strange travel distort the surroundings, and overheard two dark wizards mention using leeches to extract Potions.
• Stan helped Anton off at a tiny island with one tree and a wooden cabin, then the Knight Bus vanished.

Anton brought the badly injured Lupin to meet Goblin Pedro and waited at the home of Anna Rosier. Pedro recognized Anton from a past gathering, while Anton remained wary and prepared for danger.

• Anton carried unconscious Lupin into the house and met Anna Rosier, who said Mr. Pedro was away.
• Anton worried that Lupin might die from the Cruciatus Curse and decided he could not abandon him.
• While waiting, Anton recalled the Displacement Soul Curse and resolved to use his rebellious feelings to cast it.
• Mr. Rosier and Goblin Pedro arrived, and Pedro recognized Anton as Alex Fiennes's young apprentice.
• Anton recognized Pedro from a gathering where he had sold the Goblin a Moonlight Turtle body, and tightened his grip on his wand.

Anton brought Lupin to Pedro the Goblin, who explained that the Cruciatus Curse caused incurable damage to the soul and claimed he alone could heal Lupin. Pedro offered Anton a potion on the condition that he put it in Alex Fiennes’s food, forcing Anton to choose between his teacher and his uncle.

• Anton pretended Lupin was his uncle and told Pedro he would do anything to help him.
• Pedro examined Lupin and explained that the Unforgivable Curses could not be cured by ordinary magic.
• Pedro offered Anton a potion that could heal Lupin if Anton put it in Alex Fiennes’s food.
• Anton refused to betray his teacher, but Pedro insisted he had no choice.

Anton struck a bargain with Pedro to protect his uncle Lupin, and Pedro promised to cure Lupin in six months. With the curse on his wrist removed, Anton left alone and decided to return to the wizarding world.

• Pedro convinced Anton that the bottle held the tears of a Two-Headed Siren and persuaded him to vow to pour it into his teacher's food within a year.
• Rosier cast an Unbreakable Vow binding Anton and Pedro to their agreement.
• Pedro attached a magical White's Hand to Anton and used a Confundus Charm to remove the spell mark from his wrist.
• Pedro promised to cure the injured Lupin in six months and allowed Anton to visit him once every two weeks.
• Anton left with his suitcase and Gold Galleons and chose to return to the wizarding world.

Anton searched Diagon Alley for a compact item enchanted with the Undetectable Extension Charm, but learned that private use was prohibited and bought a Dragon Hide pouch instead. Still burdened by his large Suitcase, he went to Gringotts to rent a small private Vault.

• Anton decided to seek a smaller storage item and visited Wiseacre's Magical Supplies Shop in Diagon Alley.
• The shopkeeper explained that the Ministry forbade privately using the Undetectable Extension Charm on anything except Suitcases and Tents, so Anton bought a Dragon Hide belt pouch.
• Finding the pouch too small for his belongings, Anton headed to Gringotts with his Suitcase.
• Anton asked a Goblin to open a small private Vault, and the Goblin assumed he wanted somewhere to hide his savings from his parents.

Anton used his apparent pure-blood status to receive special treatment at Gringotts, where he stored the old wizard’s potion ingredients and books in his vault. As he deposited his coins, the goblins discovered that Hagrid’s shabby pouch was handmade from unicorn hair and treated Anton with even greater respect.

• Anton noticed that Griphook gave him easier service than the witch at the counter and used his apparent pure-blood status to his advantage.
• Griphook led Anton to a small vault near a fire dragon, where Anton transferred the old wizard’s potion ingredients and research materials from his suitcase.
• Anton kept The Apprenticeship Journey of the Great Alex Fiennes, left the old wizard’s corpse and bed in the suitcase, and took a hundred Galleons for expenses.
• Griphook gave Anton a goblin wallet that could hold up to a hundred coins, and Anton transferred his Galleons into it.
• Griphook fetched an elderly goblin, who examined Hagrid’s shabby pouch and discovered it was handmade from unicorn hair, prompting both goblins to show Anton even greater respect.

Anton bought books, a Wand, and a Cleansweep Eight, then took the Old Wizard’s body to a deserted cabin to dispose of it. The corpse’s destruction released a strange magical pattern, while White's Hand exploded and revealed the outline of a crooked building in the air.

• Anton bought three beginner magic books, a Wand, and a Cleansweep Eight Flying Broomstick after rejecting more expensive options.
• Anton left the Leaky Cauldron at night and flew to a deserted lumberjack's Cabin in a Forest outside the city.
• Anton poured Goblin Pedro’s potion into the Old Wizard’s mouth, breaking the Unbreakable Vow and causing the corpse to erupt in unnatural blue flames.
• The Old Wizard’s remains turned to fine gray sand, from which green threads of light formed a magical pattern.
• White's Hand exploded, blasting through Anton’s suitcase and revealing the faint outline of a crooked little building in midair.

Anton fled the Old Wizard’s enchanted house on his Flying Broomstick and destroyed it by luring it into a mine. He discovered that the Old Wizard was a Ghost controlling a suit of armor and flew away, free to seek a new life.

• Anton escaped as the Old Wizard emerged from a magical formation and transformed the little house into a flying pursuer.
• Anton endured the chase, waiting for a chance to exploit the terrain because casting a Charm could leave him too weak to stay on his broom.
• At a mining site, Anton maneuvered the little house into the ground and repeatedly used the terrain to damage it.
• The little house crashed into a mine and shattered, breaking apart the magical formation as the Old Wizard cried out for his armor.
• Anton realized the Old Wizard was a Ghost controlling enchanted armor, admired the feat, and flew away.

Anton woke to find his dead teacher haunting him, persuaded the Ghost to leave, and then studied his magical textbooks, disappointed by their lack of practical instruction. He ended the chapter reading the Old Wizard’s book when the Ghost returned, furious that Anton was reading his diary.

• Anton woke to the Old Wizard’s Ghost, who cursed him and passed through him when he attacked.
• Old Tom brought Anton breakfast and was shocked to see the Ghost.
• Anton encouraged the Old Wizard to explore the world as a Ghost, and the Old Wizard floated away.
• Anton read his three Hogwarts textbooks and found them short on practical spellcasting guidance.
• Anton began reading The Apprenticeship of the Great Alex Fiennes, and the Old Wizard returned to accuse him of reading his diary.

Anton endured the Old Wizard’s grotesque haunting while studying the Diary’s dangerous Dark Magic. The Old Wizard warned him to master no more than three spells and offered a deal, but Anton refused and went to sleep.

• Anton tried to ignore the Old Wizard’s constant pranks, which haunted him in the washroom, bathtub, and cooking pot.
• Anton studied the Diary and discovered that its Dark Magic required intense emotions and could harm its caster.
• The Old Wizard warned Anton that powerful spells demanded strong emotions and that Dark Wizards were advised to master no more than three spells.
• Anton accused the Old Wizard of teaching him through cruelty and said he would never forgive him.
• The Old Wizard offered Anton a deal, but Anton refused and went to bed.