Chapter Summaries

Anton explained how Cabin sat at the intersection of the wizarding factions, and his friends eagerly expanded their plans for magical research. Meanwhile, Draco organized a tense gathering by the Black Lake that threatened to erupt into a brawl, while Anton offered Neville a chance to gain extraordinary power.

• Anton explained the positions of Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Voldemort, and Fudge, and Neville identified Cabin as a meeting point between their factions.
• George, Fred, Hannah, and Neville proposed breeding Fluffy Rabbits and exploring new uses for their droppings, herbs, and crossbreeds, and the Cabin members toasted their shared future.
• Draco gathered students by the Black Lake for an exchange between Dumbledore's Army members, where Percy defended his siblings and Ginny against Fane's taunts.
• George and Fred drew their wands on Fane, while Ravenclaw reporters watched and Neville told Anton he had already left Dumbledore's Army.
• Anton offered to make Neville stronger by transforming him into an Antlered Great White Bear with Thestral wings, and Neville said he trusted Anton to do it.

A feud between Gryffindor and Slytherin erupted into a sprawling Hogwarts brawl, and Neville asked Anton to help stop it. Anton transformed Neville into a powerful Antlered Great White Bear, and Neville charged into the fight to break it up.

• A Gryffindor student attacked a Slytherin, prompting Draco to urge the Slytherins to fight back as students from several Houses joined the brawl.
• Percy tried to calm the students but was hit with icy water, then cast a Swamp Jinx that turned the fighting ground muddy.
• Neville lamented that the fight had ruined the Houses' chance to get along, and Anton offered to help him stop it with a transformation spell.
• Anton transformed Neville into a five-meter-tall Antlered Great White Bear, and Neville charged into the brawl despite incoming spells.
• Neville grabbed students and hurled them through the air, while Anton used his wand to make them land safely.

Neville transformed into an antlered great white bear and ended a fight between Hogwarts students by injuring nearly a hundred of them. While Anton helped Madam Pomfrey treat the students, he learned about healing potion training and heard Snape explain his connection to the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers; Snape then joined the treatment.

• Anton realized Neville drove his transformation with protective will rather than emotion, while Neville charged through the fighting students.
• Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore arrived after nearly a hundred students had been sent to the Hospital Wing.
• Anton helped Madam Pomfrey make room and used a group Full Body-Bind Curse to quiet the injured students and slow their injuries.
• Madam Pomfrey explained the training and career paths for potioners as she and Anton prepared healing potions.
• Snape revealed that he had nearly become president of the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers before Harris took the position, then helped Madam Pomfrey treat the students.
• Madam Pomfrey promised the students they would recover by the end of the weekend, and the ward groaned when Snape entered with another potion.

After the House rivalry incident, Neville described the dangerous power he had unleashed as the Antlered Great White Bear, prompting Anton to reconsider the transformation spell. The next day, Old Ronaldo recruited Anton for a practical stealth lesson that involved a plan to seize a centuries-old Mandrake from Dark Wizards, leaving Anton to play along with the Ministry’s convenient cover story.

• Professor McGonagall deducted enough House points to leave Slytherin and Gryffindor at zero, while Ravenclaw took the lead.
• Fred and George held a party for Neville, who told Anton that he had felt both an urge to destroy everything and a need to protect everyone while transformed.
• Anton explained that Neville’s transformation resembled the struggle between human and animal nature, and said he would research the spell before letting Fred and George try it.
• Old Ronaldo arrived to teach Anton stealth and proposed that they infiltrate Dark Wizards planning to cut down a two-hundred-year-old Mandrake guarded by River Trolls.
• Old Ronaldo explained that the Ministry would confiscate the Mandrake and entrust it to Anton for making Werewolf Experience Candy, and Anton toasted Minister Fudge in apparent loyalty.

Old Ronaldo introduced Anton to the Auror Office and offered him access to a rare Ministry concealment Charm, but Anton refused because he did not want to owe Minister Fudge. Minister Fudge then arrived at Old Ronaldo's office, eager to speak with Anton.

• Old Ronaldo brought Anton to the Ministry, explained that procedural justice and obtaining warrants were central to an Auror's work, and showed him around the Auror offices.
• Old Ronaldo explained the Ministry's hidden security Charm and presented Anton with a confidentiality agreement authorizing him to learn it, crediting Scrimgeour and Minister Fudge for the approval.
• Anton refused the agreement and asked Old Ronaldo to tell Minister Fudge that he preferred equal exchanges to investments.
• Old Ronaldo explained Auror customs and career paths to Anton over coffee until Minister Fudge hurried into the office and greeted him.

Anton rejected Fudge’s offer of an open-ended alliance and instead transformed him into an Antlered Great White Bear as a transactional favor. While studying the transformation, Anton discovered a new collective-consciousness River of Stars, and Scrimgeour’s confrontation with Old Ronaldo ended with Fudge charging at him in bear form.

• Anton told Fudge he would work with him only through clear transactions, then offered to help protect him by transforming him into an Antlered Great White Bear.
• Anton entered the Depths of the Soul and discovered a new Antlered Great White Bear Collective Consciousness River of Stars that he could connect and disconnect individuals from.
• Anton reasoned that a powerful transformation required balancing human self-awareness with animal instinct, then completed Fudge’s transformation into a gigantic white bear with purple antlers.
• Scrimgeour confronted Old Ronaldo over Fudge’s visit and warned him not to bypass the Auror Office’s chain of command.
• Old Ronaldo opened the office door, and the transformed Fudge roared and lunged at Scrimgeour.

Anton learned about an Auror spell called Slow Controlled Group Apparition Mentos, which Old Ronaldo demonstrated using a steering wheel as a magical aid. Old Ronaldo gave Anton the spell instructions and planned to practice with him before their mission that night.

• Anton erased his memory of finding Fudge and Scrimgeour sprawled together after their fight.
• Old Ronaldo explained that Scrimgeour had no authority over Anton while Anton remained his apprentice, then offered to teach him an Auror spell.
• Anton signed a magical contract and discovered that the box contained a steering wheel and a booklet titled Auror Focus Magic, Top Secret, No. 619.
• Old Ronaldo explained how Discontinuous Apparition allowed its user to move invisibly while changing direction, and demonstrated the spell for Anton.
• Old Ronaldo told Anton to study the casting instructions before they practiced, with their Dark Wizard gathering target scheduled for around eight that night.

Anton reflected on his unusual magical education before Old Ronaldo taught him to use Little Waltz Phantom Traversal. After a rough first trip, Anton mastered the spell well enough to take the steering wheel and head for Glasgow with Old Ronaldo.

• Anton recalled how his teachers’ focus on Ancient Magic had slowed his progress in the standard Modern Magical System, while Potions remained his strongest subject.
• Old Ronaldo and Anton used Little Waltz Phantom Traversal to travel from London to Edinburgh, where Anton became violently ill.
• Old Ronaldo explained how years of practice had made the spell his specialty and warned Anton that mastering it could save his life.
• Anton cast the spell again, relaxed into its rhythm, and successfully took control of the steering wheel.
• Old Ronaldo joined Anton as they set off toward Glasgow city center.

Anton registered at the Glasgow Auror Office and trained with Old Ronaldo to use Phantom Traversal for silent movement and stealth. After practicing across the city, they hid by a cruise ship, where Anton recognized a glamorous woman as a dangerous Dark Witch.

• Old Ronaldo explained Glasgow’s under-resourced Auror Office and taught Anton how Phantom Traversal could help them sneak around.
• Anton focused on the Transit Passage, traveled silently through a supermarket, and emerged beside Old Ronaldo without being noticed.
• Old Ronaldo identified Anton’s silent technique as a Rosier family skill, then the pair continued searching for safe places to emerge.
• Anton followed Old Ronaldo from downtown to the docks and hid behind a shipping container near a departing cruise ship.
• Old Ronaldo mistook the glamorous women aboard for Dark Wizards, while Anton recognized the Blond beauty as an elderly Witch who sold Fiendfyre Liquid and used a beauty Potion made with men’s kidneys.

Old Ronaldo and Anton infiltrated a Dark Wizard gathering aboard a cruise ship and discovered that 168 people were joining an operation. Ronaldo warned that Anton’s inventions and the spread of magic to Muggles had fueled worldwide unrest, leaving Anton excited by the prospect of the Aurors facing an unprecedented challenge.

• Old Ronaldo disguised himself as a Dark Wizard and coached Anton on blending in at the gathering.
• Master Andrew recognized Anton, asked about Fiennes, and lost interest when Anton said his teacher had gone away.
• Anton and Old Ronaldo went onto the cruise ship’s upper deck and learned that 168 Dark Wizards were taking part in the operation.
• Old Ronaldo suspected Muggle Squibs and other ambitious Muggles might be behind the unrest, noting that Werewolf Experience Candy could let armed teams act for twenty minutes.
• Old Ronaldo said the changes in the Wizarding World made You-Know-Who’s old terror seem outdated and questioned whether Anton should join the Aurors; Anton secretly relished the challenge.

Camilla Hurst rallied the Dark Wizards aboard the ship to support their escaped King and announced their plan to seize a giant Mandrake as a gift. Anton realized the crowd was chanting his name as their King, leaving him embarrassed but unexpectedly thrilled.

• Camilla Hurst froze the pool into a platform and told the assembled Wizards that they would do something big for their King.
• Hurst denounced the White Wizards for questioning their King and his Magical Theory, and the crowd roared its agreement.
• Hurst revealed that the ship was heading to a River Troll colony to take a two-hundred-year-old Mandrake for making Werewolf Experience Candy.
• Hurst called for everyone to raise their holy book, and Old Ronaldo discovered the books were titled "Muggles, Werewolves, and Pure-bloods."
• Hurst and the crowd chanted "Weasley! Our King!" while Anton felt mortified and then unexpectedly thrilled.

At the Dark Wizards’ gathering, Keaton exposed the witch Hurst as a supposed fake fan while declaring his devotion to Anthony Weasley. As the crowd argued over who was Anton’s truest follower, Anton revealed his identity and froze everyone on the deck with a mass Petrificus Totalus.

• Keaton accused Hurst of using Anton’s name to manipulate the gathered Dark Wizards and seize a Mandrake.
• Keaton declared himself Anton’s true believer, showing his Anton and Deathly Hallows tattoos and claiming he had heard Anton speak in Azkaban.
• Old Ronaldo realized the danger of Keaton’s claims while Anton struggled to explain that he had no knowledge of the gathering.
• Anton announced that he was Anthony Weasley, but the crowd ignored him and continued arguing over who was the most loyal fan.
• Anton cast Petrificus Totalus across the deck, silencing and immobilizing everyone.

Anton refused to accept the Dark Wizards as his subordinates without imposing standards of morality, respect, and loyalty, so he created a dangerous trial that would turn failures into bears in the Arctic. Keaton and Hurst entered the black flames, and Keaton transformed into a giant antlered white bear.

• Anton confronted the Dark Wizards and asked whether he had agreed to their claims that they were his fans.
• Old Ronaldo recognized Anton's reverse Little Waltz Phantom Traversal and was amazed by his skill.
• Anton declared that he would not acknowledge the Dark Wizards as subordinates unless they met his standards of morality, respect, and loyalty.
• Anton created black flames that would turn those who failed his trial into bears and send them to the Arctic, where they would lose their Magical Power.
• Keaton pledged his loyalty and entered the flames, transforming into a giant white bear with purple antlers.
• Hurst rose from the ground, performed an act of worship, and charged into the flames.

Anton used Soul Black Lines and the Memory Charm to redirect the Dark Wizards’ devotion, then turned their gathering into material for a book about an investigation that supposedly revealed Voldemort as the mastermind. In Albania, Voldemort heard the gathered wizards chanting his name and mistook their fear for loyal devotion, vowing to return and lead them.

• Thirteen Dark Wizards followed Anton into the black flames, while the others claimed loyalty and defended themselves.
• Anton sent Soul Black Lines over the remaining wizards, altered their memories of whom they worshipped, and told Old Ronaldo he planned to write about the gathering.
• Anton proposed that Voldemort was the true mastermind behind the gathering, and the Dark Wizards chanted Voldemort’s name before falling silent in fear.
• The wizards on the ice platform were treated as leaders and pressed to devise a plan to obtain the Mandrake.
• In Albania, Voldemort heard the wizards’ chant through a Runespoor and resolved to return, believing they had been waiting for him.

Anton and Old Ronaldo investigated a gathering of Dark Wizards near the dangerous estuary, where they discovered nearly three hundred gathered behind six leaders. Old Ronaldo sent an Auror danger alert while Anton considered the procedures and flexibility of Auror work, leaving them to wait for the Ministry’s response.

• Anton explained River Trolls and the protective enchantments around the estuary as he and Old Ronaldo approached by boat.
• Their boat ran aground, and nearly three hundred Dark Wizards assembled behind six powerful leaders.
• Old Ronaldo broke a metal alert rod to notify the Auror Office that a large group of Wizards posed a high danger but could be contained.
• Anton learned that Director Scrimgeour had not been told the investigation’s true purpose and that Old Ronaldo had planned to gather Mandrake before calling for help.
• Anton discussed Auror rules and procedural justice with Old Ronaldo, who was impressed by his student’s quick understanding.

Old Ronaldo explained that the Statute of Secrecy protected wizards by regulating other magical beings, then led Anton into an operation to capture every Dark Wizard in the country. Their assault on the River Trolls began with a violent exchange of improvised weapons and spells.

• Old Ronaldo told Anton that the Statute of Secrecy protected wizards and kept magical creatures from being wiped out, while Aurors also protected those creatures under the law.
• Old Ronaldo revealed that the Aurors planned to arrest all the Dark Wizards after they caused enough destruction to provide conclusive evidence, and Anton agreed to join the operation.
• Old Ronaldo and Anton entered the Transit Passage and approached the Dark Wizards gathered near the river.
• The River Trolls tried to defend themselves by hurling a massive tree trunk and stones at the wizards, crushing the leading old wizard and fatally wounding a witch.
• A Dark Wizard released a cloud of red smoke from a glass bottle toward the River Trolls.

Anton tried to protect the River Trolls from a host of Dark Wizards while Old Ronaldo tested his ability to operate under pressure. He abandoned subtlety, revealed himself as an Auror, and left the Dark Wizards facing his demand to surrender.

• Anton saw Female River Trolls shielding their younglings as Dark Wizards attacked, and he realized he lacked the finesse to handle the changing battlefield quietly.
• Anton used the Transit Passage to move along the mountainside, then chose a reckless approach when he decided subtle magic would not work.
• Anton raised a ring of fire, guided the Female River Trolls and their younglings toward a safe passage, and announced that the Dark Wizards were surrounded.
• Dark Wizards recognized Anton as Fiennes's Apprentice and shouted at him for joining the Aurors, while Anton recalled the cruelty he had witnessed in the Edge Lands.
• Anton deflected a curse, transformed the ground beneath one Dark Wizard into a pit that crushed him, and ordered the others to drop their Wands and raise their hands.

Anton subdued the dark wizards who had invoked his name, then reflected on his inability to match the skill and power of wizards like Voldemort. He left the surrendered prisoners behind and headed toward the battle between dark wizards and River Trolls.

• Anton ordered the remaining dark wizards to surrender after fighting them, and they dropped their wands and raised their hands.
• Anton considered how Old Ronaldo’s advice had not given him the fine control he needed and concluded he was still too weak to defeat Voldemort.
• Anton weighed his limited options against powerful opponents and rejected making another “Tom’s Remains” because it affected his sense of self.
• A young witch kissed Anton’s shoe as she knelt before him, leaving him bewildered.
• Anton continued toward the battlefield where dark wizards were fighting adult male River Trolls.

Anton reflected on his personal will and his theories about the Ego’s three elements, then tested how beastliness and Dark Magic affected the soul. He spread a silver-white mist across the battlefield to transform the Dark Wizards and River Trolls.

• Anton traced his reckless pursuit of freedom and satisfaction to his previous life and decided he would yield only to the three strongest wizards.
• Anton explained that will, memory, and emotion shaped the Ego, and considered how those forces had helped Neville and Harry grow stronger.
• Anton connected his theory to Transfiguration and went to observe the River Trolls fighting the Dark Wizards.
• Anton reasoned that Dark Magic had twisted the Dark Wizards’ Egos and left them especially vulnerable to beastliness.
• Anton raised his wand and filled the battlefield with silver-white mist, using Magical Power and the Patronus Charm to test his theory.

Anton experimented with transforming Dark Wizards into beasts and discovered that the human and Fantastic Beasts collective consciousnesses were aspects of the same River of Stars. The experiment continued as the transformed wizards fought the River Trolls.

• Anton used mist and his magic to guide a Dark Witch into transforming into a giant spider.
• The spider bound a River Troll with silk while other Dark Wizards transformed into creatures and attacked the Trolls.
• A transformed mantis fell into the river and was killed by a River Troll.
• Master Andrew transformed into a giant porcupine and shot quills into a trapped River Troll's eyes.
• An electric eel and a wizard caught between human and tiger forms were killed during the chaotic fight.
• Anton looked into the Fantastic Beasts Collective Consciousness River of Stars and saw that it was one with the Human Collective Consciousness River of Stars.