Chapter Summaries

Anton traveled from Hogwarts to London through a Vanishing Cabinet and asked his allies for help with the Confundus Charm, Hufflepuff’s Legacy, and the Weather Charm. Pedro removed the charm and restored Anton’s memories of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, leaving Anton thinking about the strange entrance to Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets.

• Anton skipped Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions, then used a Vanishing Cabinet to travel from Hogwarts to his London home.
• Anton asked Lupin, Pedro, and Rosier for help with his lost memories, Hufflepuff’s Legacy, and the Weather Charm.
• Pedro explained how memory and thought worked, then removed Voldemort’s Confundus Charm from Anton.
• Anton recovered his memories of the Horcruxes, Tom’s Diary, and the Basilisk.
• Anton wondered why Slytherin had placed the entrance to his Chamber of Secrets in a girls’ bathroom.

Anton learned from Pedro about an ancient Goblin method for making Fantastic Beast guardians, then discussed Hufflepuff's Legacy and the magic behind its lightning corridor with Lupin and Rosier over hot pot. Rosier explained how Stupefy connected to the corridor's soul-soothing effects and urged Anton to study the method for making spells permanent.

• Pedro gave Anton a Notebook describing an ancient method that erased a Fantastic Beast's memories and grafted on a fragment of the caster's will to create a guardian.
• Lupin, Pedro, Rosier, and Anton gathered for hot pot and wine while the family was away.
• Lupin described walking through Hufflepuff's Legacy lightning corridor, and Anton wondered whether its effects could be dangerous for someone who already had an Animagus form.
• Rosier identified the corridor's magic as Thunder of the Mind and explained how Stupefy and Rennervate related to vitality and the soul.
• Rosier advised Anton to focus on learning how Thunder of the Mind was made permanent, and Anton reflected on the complexity of wizarding magic before turning his attention back to the meal.

Anton returned to Hogwarts amid rumors that he had Petrified students and learned that Dumbledore had been dismissed by the School Governors after a violent confrontation. He discovered Dumbledore was faking his grave condition, then left with a plan to give him “a little intelligence.”

• Lupin, Rosier, Pedro, and Anton discussed the dangers of losing oneself to magic and speculated about souls, Animagi, and Werewolves.
• Anton returned to Hogwarts and heard that students blamed him for the new Petrifications because he had been away.
• Neville told Anton that Lucius Malfoy and the School Governors had fired Dumbledore, who was injured in a fight, while Professor McGonagall and the others detained the Governors.
• Anton bypassed the Hospital Wing's entrance, stunned Crabbe, and confronted Dumbledore, who revealed that he had been pretending to be gravely ill while secretly eating snacks.
• Anton left the Hospital Wing and decided that giving Dumbledore a little intelligence would make the already chaotic situation even messier.

Anton rode a Thestral from Hogwarts toward Nurmengard, intending to free Grindelwald and disrupt the balance of power. During the flight, he realized his magical progress had stalled because he had tried to turn spells he loved into weapons, and accepted Lupin’s advice to follow his own path.

• Anton decided to take responsibility for the changes he had caused and sought a powerful ally who could change the game.
• Anton fed one of Hagrid’s Thestrals, climbed onto its back, and set off from Hogwarts for Nurmengard in Austria.
• Anton concealed himself with mist as he flew across Europe, enjoying the journey and observing its cities, countryside, and hidden magical communities.
• Anton realized that his Levitation Charm grew stronger when he flew freely and happily, while his efforts to make it an attack had stalled his progress.
• Anton remembered Lupin’s advice about pursuing inner peace and wonder, and concluded that he was not meant to be a warrior or a hero but could follow a more carefree path.

Anton entered Nurmengard to meet Grindelwald, who said he had foreseen Anton killing Dumbledore and urged him to destroy the Horcruxes. Seeing Grindelwald’s despair, Anton decided to change things and prepared to free him so he could speak to Dumbledore himself.

• Anton used his Wizard’s Eye and clay puppets to explore Nurmengard and discovered that Grindelwald’s magic powered the castle’s prison charms.
• Grindelwald recognized the three souls within Anton as Horcruxes and said he had seen a future in which Anton killed Dumbledore.
• Anton told Grindelwald that Dumbledore was near death, and Grindelwald said the Horcrux inside Anton meant Dumbledore would not die so easily.
• Grindelwald told Anton to urge Dumbledore to destroy the Horcruxes and either die quickly or live properly.
• Anton refused to leave Grindelwald in despair and drew his Wand, suggesting Grindelwald should deliver the message to Dumbledore himself.

Anton examined the magic imprisoning Grindelwald and found a way to free him without breaking Dumbledore’s spell. He destroyed much of Nurmengard Castle and carried the magical cage away with Grindelwald inside it.

• Anton told Grindelwald about Voldemort’s rise and urged him to help Dumbledore, but Grindelwald warned that the imprisonment spell could only be broken at the cost of his life.
• Anton spent two days recording Dumbledore’s complex spell and learned that it was bound to Grindelwald rather than to Nurmengard Castle.
• Anton decided to destroy the castle from within so he could remove Grindelwald without breaking the spell’s defenses.
• Anton’s magic tore apart much of Nurmengard Castle, and he carried the intact magical cage away with Grindelwald inside it.

After Anton helped Grindelwald escape, the two traveled to Berlin, where Grindelwald showed off his Transfiguration and told Anton about Dumbledore’s published research. Anton left with a lead on advanced Transfiguration in old issues of Transfiguration Today.

• Grindelwald stepped from the prison breach, used a Levitation Charm to land safely, and agreed to help Dumbledore.
• Anton Apparated beside Grindelwald, and the two went to a wizarding shopping street beneath Berlin’s Sapphire Shopping Center.
• At Gringotts, Grindelwald transformed into a ragged old man without using magic to maintain his disguise, impressing Anton.
• Grindelwald told Anton that Dumbledore had published research on Human Transfiguration and Cross-Species Transfiguration in Transfiguration Today.
• Grindelwald retrieved a concealed suitcase from his vault, and Anton remembered that Hogwarts’ library held old issues of the magazine.

Grindelwald discovered that Tom Riddle’s Remains had been subtly pushing Anton toward reckless decisions and severed its soul threads from him. Anton then went with Grindelwald to shop, get a makeover, and enjoy French food before heading to France.

• Grindelwald drew the Black Threads linking Anton to Tom’s Remains and warned that the Horcrux had been subtly making him restless and impulsive.
• Anton reviewed his memories and realized he had rushed into many dangerous choices since making Voldemort a Horcrux, often under the influence of the Sunshine Charm.
• Grindelwald snapped the Black Threads connecting Anton to Voldemort and explained that relying on soul threads for magical power could make Anton lose himself.
• Grindelwald urged Anton to take his time, then gathered money and decided they would shop, get their hair done, and visit a hot spring before going to France for a proper meal.
• Anton agreed to join Grindelwald and set aside his worries about the chaos at school for the time being.

Anton asked Grindelwald to teach him the Weather Charm, and Grindelwald explained how magic could be guided from nature rather than imposed on it. The lesson led Anton to realize he might use the same principle to release the magic in the damaged Horcrux.

• Anton asked Grindelwald for pointers on the Weather Charm and demonstrated his Sunshine Charm and related spells.
• Grindelwald explained that everyone possessed magic, and that the Weather Charm worked by sensing and releasing nature’s magic.
• Grindelwald told Anton that he had used this principle when his Levitation Charm destroyed part of Nurmengard Castle.
• Grindelwald suggested that Anton could release the magic in the damaged Horcrux, and Anton saw a possible solution to his problem.

Grindelwald took Anton to watch the sunrise, then repeatedly Apparated around the Earth while keeping one ray of sunlight just out of reach. The experience stirred Anton’s memories of being manipulated by a Human Resources senior at his old programming job, and the chapter ended with him confronting her with evidence.

• Grindelwald floated Anton above a freezing island near Norway and waited with him for the sunrise.
• When sunlight appeared, Grindelwald enclosed Anton and the Thestral in a rune-woven sphere and Apparated them around the Earth, keeping the ray of sunlight in view but never letting it break through.
• Anton’s bottled emotions stirred memories of his former senior, who had pressured him into secretly accessing databases and sabotaging coworkers.
• The senior pushed Anton to plant a backdoor in a project, but Anton wrapped the USB drive in paper and revealed that he had recorded her and preserved evidence.

Anton experienced a breakthrough while learning the Weather Charm from Grindelwald, creating an inner light he named the Mind Clarification and Insight Charm. He realized Grindelwald had been influencing him and asked why he was avoiding Dumbledore, prompting Grindelwald to say he might wait until Dumbledore died once before meeting him.

• Anton spent his birthday alone, then bought a scallion from a clown’s Sunshine Flowerpot stall and found joy in watching it grow.
• Grindelwald revealed that he had used a Confundus Charm and old memories to help Anton merge with nature, and Anton showed him a ray of sunshine in his palm.
• Anton examined his soul and found a warm light at his heart, explaining that he wanted to change himself rather than the world.
• Anton named his new charm Mind Clarification and Insight, saying it could help him hold to his convictions and resist others’ influence.
• Anton confronted Grindelwald about avoiding Dumbledore, and Grindelwald said he might wait for Dumbledore to die once before meeting him.

Anton left Grindelwald after learning to summon a black-robed guardian from the damaged Horcrux, while Hogwarts fell under the control of Tom Riddle and Voldemort. Lucius was ordered to gather loyal Death Eaters and find Harry Potter and Anton, then fainted when Anton arrived at the Black Lake.

• Anton decided to return to Hogwarts and risk his life to undo the damage caused while he was under Voldemort's Confundus Charm.
• Grindelwald taught Anton to treat the damaged Horcrux like nature and summon a guardian with the Guardian Knight Charm, which Anton used to cast Petrificus Totalus across the sea.
• Lucius watched as the School Governors pressured Lockhart to remain Headmaster, then met Tom Riddle and the Basilisk in the girls' washroom.
• Tom Riddle ordered Lucius to find a loyal Death Eater to fill the Defence Against the Dark Arts position, while Voldemort, speaking through Filch, demanded that Lucius locate Harry Potter and Anton and summon named Death Eaters to Hogwarts.
• Lucius collapsed beside the Black Lake after Anton arrived on a Thestral, and Anton wondered why Lucius had fainted.

Lucius told Anton that Voldemort had been hiding inside Filch while Dumbledore lay in the hospital, and Anton realized the competing plans at Hogwarts were even more dangerous than he had thought. Meanwhile, Neville rallied students to form Dumbledore’s Army and fight for Dumbledore and Anton, leaving Anton moved by their loyalty.

• Lucius reported that Dumbledore was dying, Lockhart had been appointed Headmaster, and Voldemort had arranged for the un imprisoned Death Eaters to come to Hogwarts.
• Anton recognized that Voldemort had hidden inside Filch and reflected on the plans of Voldemort and Dumbledore.
• Anton heard Neville lead students in forming Dumbledore’s Army to oppose the School Governors and defend Dumbledore.
• Neville and the students vowed to fight for Anton, and Anton became emotional as he listened from outside Cabin.

Neville and the students discovered Anton’s hidden training chamber, while Anton entered Snape’s memories to witness Lily’s death and understand Snape’s attempt to save her. Anton returned to Snape’s office wondering how many times Snape had traveled through time.

• Neville read Anton’s letter, which urged the students to grow stronger and left them a password and a dried Elephant-Eating Vine tendril.
• Neville’s password, “press on,” opened an underground chamber filled with Anton’s Charms notes and a door concealing a Runespoor.
• Anton revealed himself after delivering the letter disguised as an owl, then went to Snape’s office to investigate the Time-Turner.
• Anton and Snape watched Voldemort kill James Potter and attack Lily, and Snape asked whether James had loved Lily more than he had.
• Snape wondered how he could save Lily, and Anton returned to the office beside the petrified Snape, questioning how many times he had traveled through time.

Anton waited in Snape's office as Voldemort's former Death Eaters gathered at Hogwarts, then discovered Snape's unfinished research notebook. After reading Snape's reflections on love, the Patronus Charm, and Anton, he wondered how he could bring Snape back from the River of Time.

• Anton watched Lucius enter Hogwarts with several former Death Eaters and waited for Dumbledore's plan to close around them.
• Anton found Snape's research notebook, which described how the Patronus Charm could mend Sectumsempra wounds and potentially deflect the Killing Curse.
• Anton read Snape's notes about trying to heal Anton's damaged soul and complaining that his student would not practice the Patronus Charm.
• Anton reached out to the Time-Turner hovering in front of Snape and wondered how to pull him out of the River of Time.

Snape revisited the moment he failed to follow Lily, while Anton argued that changing the past could erase him and refused to risk entering Snape’s final time travel unprepared. Back in the present, Anton was stunned to see Lupin arrive at Hogwarts with Lucius.

• Snape confronted Lupin in the past, and Lupin told him Lily had rejected him because they belonged to different worlds.
• Snape regretted not chasing after Lily when she overheard the conversation and ran away, but Anton warned that changing the past could erase him.
• Anton returned to the present and concluded that neither Snape nor Lily had made the wrong choice, though their love had been an unsolvable knot.
• Anton considered entering Snape’s final time travel but stopped when he realized Snape had truly stepped into the past and the date was unclear.
• Anton saw Lupin chatting with Lucius outside Hogwarts and rushed to the window in disbelief.

Lupin joined Hogwarts as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Anton confronted him over the danger of serving Dumbledore. After discovering Dumbledore had brought Lupin in to restrain him through family ties, Anton attacked Dumbledore and left the story with a killing curse racing toward him.

• Lockhart packed up his belongings and left Lupin to move into the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.
• Anton confronted Lupin about joining Hogwarts and showed his anger over Lupin risking his life and Aunt Ilsa’s future.
• Dumbledore warned Lucius to behave if he wanted the Malfoy family to survive, while Anton arrived and turned Lucius to stone.
• Anton accused Dumbledore of using Lupin and his family to keep him in check, then declared that he wanted Dumbledore dead.
• Anton summoned a huge shadow and fired a powerful Avada Kedavra at Dumbledore.

Anton confronted Dumbledore over his attempt to use a Horcrux to control him and threatened Aberforth if Lupin died. Meanwhile, Lockhart’s defiance of the governors and call for a new era drew the Wizarding World’s attention to Hogwarts as a storm gathered.

• Dumbledore dodged Anton’s Killing Curse, and Anton accused him of planting a Horcrux in his soul before warning that he would kill Aberforth if Lupin died.
• After Anton left, Dumbledore dismissed Lucius, and Harry Potter emerged from the Cockroach Cluster.
• Anton questioned Lupin’s willingness to forgive Fiennes, then discovered that Lupin’s Dark Mark was concealed by a Phoenix-shaped spell.
• Lupin became Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at the end of the first month of Anton’s second year.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Lockhart had defied the Board of Governors and proclaimed the start of the Lockhart Era, prompting a flood of letters and an angry roar from a girls’ washroom.

Lockhart announced sweeping changes as Hogwarts’ new headmaster, winning over nearly all the students with plans for mixed-House Quidditch teams and a student newspaper. Anton mocked Dumbledore over being replaced, while Dumbledore left for the Hospital Wing, frustrated but hoping Lockhart would improve the school.

• Lockhart replaced the single-House decorations with banners for all four Houses and declared that Hogwarts should unite beyond House rivalries.
• Lockhart abolished House-versus-House Quidditch and announced the Gold Cup and Silver Cup teams, led by Professor McGonagall and Madam Hooch.
• Lockhart appointed Rita Skeeter editor-in-chief of the Hogwarts Daily and invited students to form study groups and publish articles.
• Anton laughed at Dumbledore and said Lockhart had devised the changes himself, while Dumbledore admitted the new headmaster might bring Hogwarts a fresh atmosphere.
• The students chanted Lockhart’s name as Anton joined in, and Dumbledore left for the Hospital Wing in irritation.

As Hogwarts transformed under Lockhart’s energetic leadership, Anton visited the ailing Dumbledore and discovered that the old headmaster knew Anton had come from a novel. Dumbledore admitted that losing his position made him realize Hogwarts was the part of his life he cared about most.

• McGonagall organized Gryffindor’s Quidditch team, while professors, students, and Filch became absorbed in new clubs and research projects.
• Lockhart planned a giant statue of himself by the Black Lake and asked Lupin for help finding a sculptor.
• Anton visited Dumbledore with honey and asked whether Lockhart’s abilities could involve Human Transfiguration; Dumbledore said he had already investigated.
• Dumbledore revealed that he knew Anton had come from a novel and asked him to judge whether he had been a good headmaster.
• Anton explained that he knew the original course of events but that the world had changed, then asked Dumbledore which of his roles mattered most.
• Dumbledore said losing the headmaster position showed him that Hogwarts was his home and the role he truly cared about.