Chapter Summaries

Anton began Scrimgeour’s magical Animagus transformation in the Forbidden Forest, using a shortened ritual involving a Mandrake leaf and a fear-inducing Fantastic Plant. Scrimgeour buried the prepared ingredients and began reciting the transformation spell as students, professors, officials, and reporters watched.

• Students, Aurors, and senior witches and wizards gathered the ritual ingredients while the Professors assembled to witness Anton’s experiment.
• Lockhart planned to publish a special issue about the transformation and promote Anton’s and Dumbledore’s books.
• Anton exposed Scrimgeour to a Mandrake-derived Black Thread and warned him to endure the bloodlust it caused.
• Anton used the Green Little Hand to frighten Scrimgeour, who trusted Anton and let himself be drawn into the Black Thread.
• Anton combined Scrimgeour’s hair, a Death’s-head Hawk-moth chrysalis, Wolf hair, water, and the Black Thread in a bottle, then buried it.
• Scrimgeour stood over the buried bottle, drew his Wand, and began reciting the Animagus spell.

Anton guided Scrimgeour through a new Animagus transformation, and Scrimgeour successfully became a werewolf and returned to human form. Fiennes watched the breakthrough, felt his former research had been completed by his student, and headed back toward the Castle.

• Anton explained how to awaken the buried potion and warned Scrimgeour about the risks of a failed transformation.
• Scrimgeour drank the potion and transformed into a werewolf while the crowd watched.
• Scrimgeour confirmed that he remained conscious, tried to cast a spell with his wand, and then changed back into a human at Anton's instruction.
• Scrimgeour said his human body felt weak, though he could still use magic.
• Fiennes watched from the edge of the crowd, felt his student had completed his werewolf Animagus research, and walked toward the Castle.

After Scrimgeour’s successful Werewolf Animagus transformation, Anton studied the students’ transformations and discussed his changing place in the wizarding world with Dumbledore. When Neville’s transformation spiraled into a dangerous hybrid form, Anton intervened and knocked him unconscious, returning him to Human Form.

• Professor McGonagall and six Ministry experts examined Scrimgeour, declared his Werewolf Animagus transformation a success, and arranged supervised lessons for the Aurors and students.
• Anton observed the students’ transformations while he and Dumbledore discussed Anton’s sense of belonging, Dumbledore’s political standing, and the possibility that Anton had appeared as Tom.
• Dumbledore revealed that he had recognized Anton as the Tom who visited the Hospital Wing, and Anton wondered how death could free Thought from the body’s influence.
• Neville grew into a giant Werewolf and developed an unstable hybrid form with antlers and Bear features, while his Cruciatus Curse practice fueled Dark Magic.
• Anton transformed into a giant Werewolf, struck Neville until he lost consciousness, and watched him return to Human Form.

After the Werewolf Animagus gathering ended with a celebratory breakfast, Fudge tried to recruit Anton to lead a Ministry office built around teaching the transformation. Anton declined for now, saying he was still a student focused on building his magical foundation.

• Fudge asked Anton to turn him into a Werewolf and later asked Anton to keep an eye on Umbridge as she learned the Werewolf Animagus.
• Dumbledore ended the gathering at dawn and conjured tables for a celebratory breakfast.
• Fudge offered Anton tuition funds, then had Umbridge bring him a box of Mandrakes when Anton rejected money and power.
• Fudge warned Anton that the Werewolf Animagus would attract attention and described the magical experts, resources, and opportunities Anton might gain.
• Fudge proposed an independent Ministry Werewolf Animagus Office with Anton as its head, offering public training, potions, and a research centre.
• Anton declined the position because he was still a student, and Fudge claimed he understood.

Fudge offered Anton leadership of an independent Ministry office to organize Werewolf Animagus training in exchange for his political support, and Anton accepted because the work could help him study magic and the Boundless Void. Later, Neville proposed practical ways to test the new werewolf abilities, impressing the students and earning Gryffindor points from McGonagall.

• Fudge outlined plans for Anton's Ministry office, training center, staff, and monthly duties, asking for Anton's support in return.
• Anton agreed to become head of the office, hoping that helping many wizards transform would reveal more about the Boundless Void.
• Anton joined Draco, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville as they discussed a joint meeting and a werewolf wrestling tournament.
• Neville suggested mixed teams and listed spells and tactics that could counter werewolves, silencing the other students.
• Anton laughed at Neville's demonstration, and McGonagall awarded Gryffindor thirty points while Snape glared at Anton.

Fred and George showed Hogwarts students that they could cast spells while partly transformed into werewolves. In Cabin, Neville continued testing Anton’s potion and practicing the Cruciatus Curse, and an old wizard challenged him to cast it at him.

• Fred demonstrated that his enlarged werewolf arm could cast spells and crush a stone, while George joined him for Angelina’s photograph.
• George and Fred explained that their discovery grew from their work with Anton and his book about Muggles, werewolves, and pure-bloods.
• Neville brewed an unnamed potion and gave some to a rabbit, which transformed into a noseless adult wizard.
• Neville tortured and killed the transformed wizard with the Cruciatus Curse, then preserved the body and disposed of it in a pit.
• The old wizard told Neville that knowing he was casting the curse on a rabbit was hindering his research and urged him to try the curse on him instead.
• Neville refused, but the old wizard insisted that he could not be harmed unless Neville was more powerful than Dumbledore.

Scrimgeour let Anton study Box 411’s spell while keeping him out of the Azkaban manhunt and explaining that he would remain an Auror trainee. Anton tested the spell on Fat Ball, then found an injured Owl carrying Montgomery’s urgent request for backup after Death Eaters ambushed them.

• Scrimgeour told Anton that Brennan Cavendish had been captured and sent to Azkaban, and warned him not to join the fugitive hunt.
• Scrimgeour authorized Anton to study three Ministry boxes under confidentiality rules and said he would remain an Auror trainee until he finished teaching the prisoners.
• Anton learned that Box 411 contained Reversal of Colossal Objects, a spell that sent incoming colossal objects back along their original paths.
• Anton tested the spell on Fat Ball, sending the Owl flying backward, and realized the spell could draw on humanity’s shared instincts.
• Anton found an injured Owl carrying Montgomery’s letter reporting that they had found Death Eaters, been ambushed, and needed backup.

Anton met with Scrimgeour, who explained the Ministry’s plans for the escaped prisoners and lent him a box containing a spell to study. Anton learned the spell could reverse colossal objects, then received an injured Owl carrying an urgent message about an ambush by Death Eaters.

• Scrimgeour told Anton that Brennan Cavendish had been arrested and explained why Anton should stay out of the fugitive manhunt.
• Scrimgeour lent Anton Box 411 to study and said he would remain an Auror trainee rather than become a full Auror.
• Anton discovered that Box 411 contained the spell Reversal of Colossal Objects, which could send large incoming objects back along their path.
• Anton tested the spell on Fat Ball, sending him flying backward, then apologized with food and Potions.
• Anton found an injured Owl still carrying Montgomery’s message that Aurors had found Death Eaters, been ambushed, and needed reinforcements.

Anton reassured Neville that learning Dark Magic did not define him and took him to confront the Death Eaters who had tortured Neville’s parents. Meanwhile, Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived at Cabin and found Grindelwald in the underground Chamber of Secrets.

• Anton explained to Neville that advanced Magic depended on a wizard’s soul and control, not whether the spells were Dark or White, and called such wizards Gray Wizards.
• Neville decided he would continue studying the Cruciatus Curse despite fearing he was becoming a Dark Wizard, because he wanted his parents to recover.
• Anton told Neville that escaped Death Eaters had tortured his parents and offered to take him to use the curse on them while helping an Auror capture them.
• Anton and Neville left to change clothes before going after the Death Eaters, leaving Grindelwald alone in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered Cabin and encountered Grindelwald at the bottom of the staircase.

Anton and Neville followed a magical paper crane through the Forbidden Forest while Anton tested a new tracking technique. Elsewhere, Bella overpowered Rodolphus and defended her vision of Dark Magic and pure-blood supremacy before heading to kill the captured Aurors.

• Anton used Montgomery's letter as a medium to make an Origami Crane that guided him and Neville through the sky on Thestrals.
• Anton watched a Soul Black Line extend toward the person who had summoned his Unicorn Great White Bear.
• Bella tried to go to the cellar to kill the Aurors, but Rodolphus slapped her and warned her to calm down.
• Bella claimed that embracing madness and cruelty made a Dark Wizard stronger, then blasted Rodolphus into a tree and pinned his head to the ground.
• Bella condemned Rodolphus for wavering in his loyalty to Dark Magic and argued that the Ministry had persecuted pure-blood families.
• Bella declared that she would kill the Aurors and left for the cellar.

Neville Longbottom attacked Bellatrix Lestrange and the Death Eaters, using his werewolf strength and mastery of the Cruciatus Curse to overpower them. Anton watched and prepared to hide the fight, while considering whether Neville would need his memories of the curse erased.

• Anton explained to Neville that the Dark Wizards were relics of the past and urged him to jump down and crush them.
• Neville leaped from the clouds, transformed into a giant werewolf, and landed on Rodolphus and two Death Eaters before attacking them.
• Neville pulled Bellatrix out of the cellar, declared himself the son of Frank and Alice Longbottom, and vowed revenge for his parents.
• Neville withstood Bellatrix’s Cruciatus Curse and countered with a powerful version of the same spell, leaving her writhing in pain.
• Neville cast the Cruciatus Curse across the ground and incapacitated the other Death Eaters as Anton silenced the cellar and watched him closely.

Anton used a Ritual Magic circle fueled by extreme emotions to transform Fudge’s Dementor Robe into a garment that protected his thoughts. He named it the Ghost Robe and called it the Fourth Hallow of Death.

• Anton reflected on how the Cruciatus Curse damaged memory and praised Neville’s restraint as he researched the curse.
• Anton used a Death Eater’s corpse to create a blood-and-Rune magic circle, advancing his work on combining Potions, Charms, and Ritual Magic.
• Anton arranged Bella, the Death Eaters, Rodolphus, Neville, and an Auror around the circle as sources of extreme emotions, then added Fudge’s Dementor Robe.
• Anton activated the circle and saw the blonde woman in the Dementor Nebula examine a Soul Black Line turning platinum-gold.
• Anton retrieved the transformed robe, found it no longer carried negative emotions, and named it the Ghost Robe, the Fourth Hallow of Death.

Anton guarded Neville as he tortured Bella through their Shared Pain, then discovered that Rodolphus had an unusual Fantastic Beast-like Magic Image and a body that healed itself. When the Aurors arrived, Neville collapsed from exhaustion, and Anton staged his apparent death while altering Bella’s memories; Scrimgeour recognized Neville as the son of a heroic family.

• Neville used an Herb to experience Shared Pain with Bella while torturing her, and Anton altered the other Death Eaters’ memories and magical traces.
• Anton examined Rodolphus, found that his body was a Magic Image with extraordinary strength and healing, and collected a blood sample for Snape to study.
• Anton realized that Scrimgeour’s earlier hint had referred to a Ministry spell that could counter giant creatures.
• As Aurors arrived, Neville collapsed, and Anton hid Neville’s Wand and gave him a spare.
• Anton used Pepper Water to make Bella cry, altered her memories, and pretended that Neville had died while protecting her.
• Scrimgeour and the Aurors saw Anton holding Neville and acknowledged the boy as a hero like his parents.

After Neville survived the attack, Anton sensed an unknown observer and unleashed a powerful Sectumsempra into the sky, apparently driving the gaze away. Scrimgeour suspected Muggle surveillance and ordered a covert, lethal operation against the scientists and politicians behind it.

• A female Auror confirmed Neville was alive, and Susan took him to the hospital through the Aurors’ rapid-response entrance.
• Anton offered to remove the Full Body-Bind Curses on the Aurors and Death Eaters, then sensed someone watching from above through Soul Black Lines.
• Anton summoned two Thestrals, equipped the Resurrection Stone, and cast a massive Sectumsempra that cleared the sky.
• Anton fired another spell into the sky, after which the strange gazes disappeared, and he Apparated away to check on Neville.
• An Auror suggested a satellite was watching them, and Scrimgeour ordered a covert operation to kill the Muggle scientists and politicians involved.

Anton watched over Neville at St Mungo’s after Neville’s dangerous encounter with Bellatrix, then revealed that Neville had devised a possible counter-curse to the Cruciatus Curse. Dumbledore used Prior Incantato to show the ward the events, leaving Neville’s family and the professors watching his experiment with Bella.

• At St Mungo’s, Susan told Anton that Neville had suffered brief Cruciatus Curses and urged him to accept the risks of being an Auror.
• Anton used his Ray of Sunshine Charm to help Neville recover, and Dumbledore discussed Anton’s soul research and his progress in Transfiguration.
• Augusta and Algie arrived, and Anton explained that he had taken Neville to meet Bellatrix and that Neville had experimented with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Anton revealed that Neville may have developed a counter-curse, prompting Dumbledore to use Prior Incantato to show what had happened.
• The memory showed Neville casting the Cruciatus Curse at Bella and using Brain-Binding Grass to share the curse’s effects as McGonagall examined the scene.

Anton returned to the Ministry and overheard Scrimgeour confronting Lucius Malfoy, who had come to promote Anton’s book on defending against the Killing Curse. Scrimgeour then asked Lucius to use the Malfoy family’s Muggle connections to investigate the Mysterious Force forum and its satellite surveillance of wizards.

• Anton left Hogwarts, retrieved the No. 666 and No. 411 Magical Trunks, and headed to the Auror Office.
• Anton overheard Scrimgeour accuse Lucius Malfoy of being a Death Eater and question his claims of having been coerced.
• Lucius offered Scrimgeour Anton’s new book, Anton's Adventures: How to Defend Against the Killing Curse, and asked him to help promote it.
• Scrimgeour told Lucius that Aurors had raided a Satellite Ground Station and learned that one of its executives belonged to the Mysterious Force forum.
• Scrimgeour asked Lucius to use his family’s Muggle connections to investigate the forum and its satellite spying, offering to help watch some Death Eaters in return.

Scrimgeour showed Anthony how Muggles were using the Mysterious Force Forum to uncover Wizarding locations and warned that a Witch Hunt could threaten the secrecy of the Wizarding World. Anthony accepted two boxes to learn Box Magic and said he would study spells for the New Era, leaving his future role in any conflict undecided.

• After Lucius left, Anthony asked Scrimgeour about the Mysterious Force Website Forum, and Scrimgeour explained the recent headlines and the growing concern about a Witch Hunt.
• Scrimgeour took Anthony through a hidden entrance to a secret Muggle Network Information Collection Company run by the Auror Office.
• Scrimgeour showed Anthony a forum post listing Wizarding locations and warned that Muggles were piecing together their patterns despite protective charms.
• Scrimgeour urged Anthony to consider the danger to the Wizarding World, then offered him two boxes containing Box Magic and support for a Ministry career.
• Anthony signed the confidentiality documents and told Scrimgeour he intended to become a scholar like Nicolas Flamel and develop spells to protect Wizards in the New Era.

Anton studied two Goblin-derived box spells and wrestled with the burden of deciding how to use his abilities. Dumbledore reminded him to pursue magic for the wonder and joy it gave him, leaving Anton smiling as he remembered his love of magic.

• Anton visited Neville in the hospital and observed that Neville's childhood memories were healing along with his injuries.
• Anton examined Box 324 and Box 324-1, learned that their books described creating a little world and preserving its scenery, and memorized both spells.
• Anton considered the effort required to learn music and painting, then reflected on the looming conflict between wizards and Muggles and his responsibility to others.
• Anton watched Harry Potter play Quidditch before Dumbledore joined him and advised him to remember the joy he had felt when learning magic.
• Anton recalled how much he had loved the Scarecrow Curse and affirmed that he still loved magic, even when facing Voldemort.

Dumbledore told Anton that Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes included Slytherin’s Locket and Harry, and asked Anton to remove Harry’s Horcrux and its Dark Magic once Harry had learned enough Dark Magic. Back in Dumbledore’s office, Anton began explaining his ideas about portraits, ghosts, and spirits sustained by Horcruxes to the eager headmasters.

• Dumbledore told Anton that he had destroyed Voldemort’s diary and Gaunt ring, while Hufflepuff’s Cup and Ravenclaw’s Diadem had been found and Slytherin’s Locket and Harry remained.
• Dumbledore explained that he planned to leave a Horcrux as bait because Voldemort would sense if they were all destroyed, and predicted that Voldemort would make another one.
• Dumbledore asked Anton to remove the Horcrux and Dark Magic from Harry after Harry gained a command of Dark Magic, but Anton refused to teach Harry.
• Anton and Dumbledore returned to the Castle after Harry caught the Golden Snitch, and Anton visited the lively portraits in Dumbledore’s office.
• Anton asked Dumbledore about ghosts, portraits, and spirits sustained by Horcruxes, then prepared to explain his ideas to the headmasters.

Anton explained his theory of the soul and the River of Time to Dumbledore and the professors, describing how memories, emotion, will, and thought interacted with bodies and magical objects. The professors were left pondering his ideas, while Dumbledore promised to answer the Sorting Hat’s questions about what it was.

• Anton told the professors that the River of Time was formed from intelligent beings’ memories imbued with emotion and will, and that it protected those memories.
• Anton described memory, emotion, will, and thought as the four elements of a soul, explaining how bodies, portraits, ghosts, and Horcruxes affected thought.
• Anton said that people could persist after bodily death in the World of the Dead, as wandering spirits, or in portraits, and explained when a person truly disappeared from the River of Time.
• Anton privately recognized that Goblin Pedro’s plan would anchor the Goblin clan’s memories in the River of Time and could allow a future Goblin to return the dead clan to the real world.
• The Sorting Hat asked Anton what it was, and Anton told it to ask Dumbledore; Dumbledore promised to explain and led the professors in applauding Anton.