Chapter Summaries

Lupin reunited with Arthur and Molly at King's Cross after twelve years, and introduced them to how much his life had changed. Meanwhile, Anton befriended Ron and offered Fred and George ideas for their inventions before they boarded the Hogwarts train.

• Lupin and Arthur recognized each other at King's Cross and embraced, while Arthur marveled at Lupin's changed appearance.
• Lupin welcomed Arthur, Molly, and the children into a café, where Anton showed Fred and George his goblin-made watch and discussed ideas for magical gadgets.
• Molly warned Fred and George not to skip class, while Ron waited outside until Anton invited him to join.
• Anton and Ron bonded over train snacks and Chocolate Frog cards, then headed toward the train together with their trunks floating behind them.
• Lupin told Arthur and Molly that he had a company, a house, a car, and a girlfriend, then invited them to visit and offered Arthur a ride in his blue car.

Anton rode the Hogwarts Express and eagerly bought Chocolate Frogs, using his magical sight to study the unfamiliar magic animating them. After merging the frogs into a giant toad and eating it in front of Hermione, he looked forward to arriving at Hogwarts.

• Fred and George told Anton that Harry Potter was alone in the last compartment, then hurried off to see Lee Jordan's Bag Spider.
• Anton left Ron with their trunks and food so he could buy ten Chocolate Frogs, while Ron went searching for a seat.
• Anton used the Goblin's Eye secret technique and Wizard's Eye potion to examine the Chocolate Frogs' magic and record its patterns.
• Anton merged his Chocolate Frogs into a giant toad and ate it when Hermione came looking for Neville's frog.
• The train announced that the young wizards should change into their school robes before arriving at Hogwarts in ten minutes.

Anton arrived at Hogwarts with Harry, Ron, and the other first-years, jokingly terrified them about the Sorting Hat before it sorted him into Slytherin. His unexpected house placement stunned Draco, Harry, Ron, and the Weasley twins.

• Anton met Harry and Hermione on the train, convinced Neville that his missing Toad had been a Chocolate Frog, and used the Levitation Charm to gather his luggage.
• Anton, Harry, Ron, and the first-year students reached Hogwarts and crossed the lake with Hagrid before waiting for the Sorting Ceremony.
• Anton told Draco and the other students that the Sorting Hat might twist off their heads, frightening them before the hat sang and began sorting students.
• Hannah Abbott and Seamus Finnigan were sorted into Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, and Hermione was also assigned to Gryffindor.
• Anton was sorted into Slytherin, surprising Draco, Harry, Ron, and the Weasley twins.

After dinner, Anton settled into the Slytherin dormitory and clashed with prefect Fane Goldstein, who tried to intimidate him. Anton transformed into a giant viper and forced Fane and his roommates to accept him, then went to bed delighted with Hogwarts.

• Anton joined the first-years as prefects Gemma Farley and Fane Goldstein led them to the Slytherin Common Room beneath the lake.
• Draco Malfoy argued with Fane about sharing a dormitory, and Fane threw Draco onto a bed before warning Anton that his roommates hated him.
• Anton challenged Fane’s claim that the weak were prey to the strong by transforming into a giant viper and pinning him with a crushing coil.
• Anton disarmed Fane, frightened him into admitting respect, then returned to human form and thanked him for the guidance.
• Anton’s roommates agreed with him, and he went to sleep happily after watching the Giant Squid swim past the window.

Anton became an eager student at Hogwarts, discovering unexpected lessons in Professor Binns’s History of Magic class and earning a reputation in Slytherin. He left his classmates to their Flying Class drama and focused on studying.

• Anton listened closely to Professor Binns’s lecture about the Muggle-Repelling Charm and tried casting it in the classroom.
• Anton realized wizards could address major problems by developing spells specifically to counter them.
• After a Slytherin student mocked Anton as a Ravenclaw spy, Anton and Draco Malfoy took the student to the Common Room and hung him from a wall sconce overnight.
• The next day, Anton studied without further interruption, though he found Rolanda Hooch’s Flying Class boring.
• Draco Malfoy bragged about dodging a Muggle helicopter, then approached Harry Potter and started another argument involving Neville’s Remembrall and Ron’s Wand.

Anton’s homework made him popular among his classmates, but when Snape summoned him and ordered him to join Slytherin’s Quidditch team as Seeker, Anton refused. After Snape left his office, Anton found a sickly pink bird, and Hagrid arrived to ask about it and reconnect with Anton.

• Anton lent his homework to Ron, Harry, Neville, Seamus, and other classmates, making his work circulate through much of the year group.
• Snape summoned Anton and complained that Harry Potter had been chosen as Gryffindor’s Seeker.
• Snape ordered Anton to join Slytherin’s Quidditch team as Seeker, but Anton refused and called Quidditch dangerous and stupid.
• Snape angrily told Anton to leave, then walked out of his office himself.
• Anton found a hoarse, pink-feathered bird on a shelf in Snape’s office.
• Hagrid entered to see the Draconic Species, recognized Anton from the Leaky Cauldron, and asked why Anton had never sent him an Owl.

Anton visited Hagrid, who told him about a dragon-unicorn hybrid and invited him to his cabin. Snape tried to turn the visit into a Potions lesson, but his insult about Hagrid’s ancestry sparked a fight that ended with professors arriving.

• Anton gave Hagrid Lupin-Ilsa Information Consultants’ card and learned that Lupin was living at Grimmauld Place.
• Hagrid invited Anton to visit his cabin and showed him a fluffy hybrid of a Hungarian Horntail and a Unicorn.
• Snape ordered Anton to kill the hybrid and drain its blood as a Potions lesson, and Anton eagerly agreed.
• Hagrid objected, and Snape insulted his ancestry, prompting Hagrid to punch him and pin him to the ground.
• Anton tried to stop the fight as students gathered, and Dumbledore and McGonagall arrived to reprimand Snape and Hagrid.

Anton woke Snape in the middle of the night and learned his theories about blood, souls, and magical extraction, gaining a new direction for his research. On his way back to the Slytherin Dormitory, he discovered Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville hiding in the corridor just as Filch’s cat appeared.

• Anton went to Snape’s office at one in the morning, where Snape ordered him to drain a Draconic Species creature’s blood as punishment.
• Snape stopped Anton and explained how blood related to bones and the soul, describing several methods of magical blood extraction.
• Snape lectured Anton until four in the morning, then ordered him to visit the office every Saturday.
• Anton applied Snape’s ideas to his research on Lupin, Nagini, and Anna, then examined a sample of his own blood with the Secret Art of the Goblin’s Eye.
• Anton found Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville hiding in the corridor after Hermione revealed that they had encountered a Three-Headed Dog.
• Filch’s cat screeched nearby as Anton continued toward the Slytherin Dormitory.

Anton distracted Filch from Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione, then persuaded him to provide a place for Fred and George to work on magical inventions. The group planned to develop a Campus Shop, while Ron, Harry, and Hermione returned to their homework.

• Anton used Professor Snape's authority to keep Filch from discovering the four students hiding beneath the armor.
• Anton intrigued Filch with the prospect of magical items that could help him cast spells and convinced him to find Fred and George a workspace.
• Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione emerged after Filch left, and each reacted to Anton in their own way.
• Anton told Fred and George that Filch would find them a laboratory and proposed starting their Campus Shop with an Imitation Wand.
• Ron complained that Anton had taken his brothers, while Harry and Ron continued copying homework as Hermione scolded them.

Anton, George, and Fred tried to turn Filch’s old cabin into a base, but it collapsed when they opened the door. They gathered students to rebuild the site, and Anton returned with a blood-fed vine as the group considered how to clear the enclosure.

• Filch gave George the key to his former cabin after Anton promised the Imitation Wand would be improved within three months.
• The cabin collapsed when Fred pulled the stuck door off, so Anton and the Twins recruited students to help rebuild it.
• Draco rallied Slytherin students, while Harry brought Hagrid, who supplied four large logs for the house.
• Hagrid identified the enclosure as a former home for Swallowtail Dogs and explained that their dung had attracted Giant Hairy Worms.
• The students debated how to level the uneven ground, but rejected Transfiguration and Muggle machinery as solutions.
• Anton returned with a vivid-green vine, explaining that pig’s blood kept it alive.

Anton used an Elephant-Eating Vine and Goblin earth magic to build a house beside the Stone wall, which the Weasley Twins claimed as the Weasley Cottage and planned to use as their base and shop. The chapter ended with Anton and the Twins dividing up the rooms while Ron learned they would charge him for their products.

• Anton showed Hagrid and the others an Elephant-Eating Vine, then used Goblin earth magic to level the ground beside the Stone wall.
• Harry accidentally crumbled an earth Doll, and Anton claimed his magical craft came from the Weasley family's inheritance.
• Anton fed Dragon Blood to the vine and controlled its growth to build a house from vines, wood, and Stone.
• Fred and George named the house the Weasley Cottage, and Hagrid asked Anton how to raise a vine of his own.
• Anton and the Twins divided the Cottage's rooms, with the Twins choosing the middle room for their products and shop.
• Ron asked for a self-inking Quill, but Fred and George told him it would cost two Silver Sickles.

Anton resumed his research and settled into a happy routine at Hogwarts. During Defense Against the Dark Arts, he became fascinated by Professor Quirrell’s Scarecrow Curse and approached him with questions.

• Anton examined Lupin’s new werewolf furniture and prepared to restart his experiments with two samples of Lupin’s blood.
• Anton enjoyed his classes, including Madam Hooch’s Flying Class and Snape’s Potions class.
• Professor Quirrell taught the Scarecrow Curse, but most students ignored him while Anton listened closely.
• Anton asked Draco to quiet the class, then moved to the front row to question Quirrell about the curse and its incantation.

Anton attended Professor Quirrell’s class and later received a private lesson on the Scarecrow Curse. Quirrell revealed his composed, Voldemort-like manner, but Anton focused on learning the spell’s history, principles, and countermeasures.

• Professor Quirrell identified the Scarecrow Curse as a variant of ancient Runes magic, and Anton silenced the laughing students by making dust tremble throughout the classroom.
• Professor Quirrell ended class and told Anton to visit his office for a proper explanation of the curse.
• Anton avoided talking with Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Neville outside Quirrell’s office, then went inside alone.
• Professor Quirrell spoke elegantly, praised Anton, and offered to teach him what he wanted to study.
• Anton asked to learn the Scarecrow Curse, and Professor Quirrell explained its origins, casting, uses, countermeasures, and cures while Anton eagerly took notes.

Anton questioned Professor Quirrell about the Scarecrow Curse, then grew alarmed when Quirrell arranged another lesson and suspected Voldemort had taken an interest in him. On his way to seek Dumbledore, Anton ran into Quirrell again and instead went to Professor Snape with ideas about Potions.

• Anton eagerly questioned Quirrell about the Scarecrow Curse, its Goblins, and its Runes spell until Quirrell ended the lesson.
• Quirrell learned Anton studied Potions with Snape on Saturdays and told him to come to his office on Sunday.
• Anton left Quirrell's office and decided to find Dumbledore because he suspected Voldemort had singled him out.
• Anton encountered Quirrell in the corridor and claimed he was going to ask Snape about new Potions insights.
• Quirrell let Anton go to Snape's office, then left while listening to Snape angrily answer Anton's knock.

After Professor Quirrell's lesson inspired him to study the origins of transformation magic, Anton used his notes to master a full-body Werewolf transformation. He revealed it to his friends, ending with Hermione casting a spell as the Werewolf lunged at them.

• Anton drew inspiration from Professor Quirrell's lesson and Snape's guidance to study his Werewolf transformation diagrams.
• Anton sneaked into his Laboratory and practiced transforming a finger into a Werewolf's claw.
• Anton discovered George, Fred, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and the Old Wizard watching him after he began undressing to attempt a full-body transformation.
• Anton showed the group that he could transform his entire body into a seven-foot-tall Werewolf.
• Anton lunged at the group, and Hermione Granger shouted "Petrificus Totalus!"

Anton’s Snake Transformation Candy accidentally turned Ron into a snake, and the group took him to the Hospital Wing for help. Anton was allowed to assist with making an antidote, while the Twins promoted the candy to the gathered students.

• Anton used his snake-like transformation to scare the group until Filch searched their cabin and left without discovering them.
• George and Fred warned Anton to hide his ability to transform, but Anton showed them his Snake Transformation Candy.
• Ron ate the candy and transformed into a three-foot snake, while Anton admitted he had not created an antidote or Counter-Curse.
• The group spent the night trying to reverse Ron’s transformation, then carried him to the Hospital Wing at daybreak.
• Madam Pomfrey let Anton help make an antidote, then sent him out while the Professors stayed with Ron.
• The Twins showed the candy to the gathered students and called it a revolutionary product.

Fred and George promoted their Snake Transformation Candy after Ron’s transformation, but Snape confiscated the jar and punished Gryffindor. Anton continued his lessons and experiments, then joined the twins in testing Fever Fudge.

• Fred and George pitched their Snake Transformation Candy, and Snape confiscated the jar and took ten points from Gryffindor.
• Students crowded around Anton, the twins, Harry, and Hermione, leaving Ron forgotten outside the Hospital Wing.
• Anton kept attending Voldemort’s Sunday lessons, Snape’s Saturday lessons, and working in his lab at Weasley Cottage.
• Anton watched Fred and George test Fever Fudge on each other and decided against making them his research assistants.
• Fred and George fed Anton Fever Fudge, and the three of them danced and played with their long tongues.

Anton studied dragon-lung experiments and then received a brutal lesson from Voldemort on the Arrow Charm and an ancient Bone Separation spell. He returned to the dormitory bloodied and nauseated, finally collapsing after a long shower.

• Anton reviewed Snape’s notes on dragon lungs and learned about their uses in spells and potions.
• Anton went to Professor Quirrell’s office, where Voldemort taught him about the Arrow Charm and the differences between Ancient and Modern Magic.
• Voldemort explained that an ancient spell could separate an animal’s flesh from its bones and had been restricted by the Ministry.
• Voldemort made Anton practice the Bone Separation spell on thousands of rats, leaving Anton covered in blood after several mishaps.
• Anton returned to the dormitory, vomited for half an hour, showered, and collapsed into bed.

Quirrell argued with Voldemort after the Dark Lord used his restored strength to teach Anthony, then agreed to obey while planning to steal the Philosopher’s Stone at Halloween. The next morning, Anthony wrote to Lupin for advice about a good teacher who was also a villain and received a confused reply.

• Quirrell drank a potion made from Fantastic Beasts’ blood and cleaned his bloodied office after Voldemort finished using his body.
• Quirrell complained that Voldemort had wasted his savings and strength, then revealed his plan to release a Troll on Halloween and steal the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Voldemort told Quirrell that Anthony was a delectable treat and ordered Quirrell to obey him.
• Anthony wrote to Lupin about a teacher who treated him well but was a villain, and Lupin replied by asking whether Anthony had already killed him.
• Anthony clarified that he had met another villain and sent Lupin’s owl back with his correction.

Anton used Wizard’s Eye Potion and the Goblin’s Eye Secret Art to study a fluffy Draconic Species, then accidentally triggered a transformation that made it grow to the size of a Fire Dragon. The giant bird burst through Snape’s office window with Anton clinging to its feathers.

• Anton prepared to open the Weasleys’ shop with the Twins, but Dean Snape’s sales ban kept his transformation candies off the market.
• Anton dismissed Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s warning that Malfoy planned to steal Snake Transformation Candy from his Laboratory.
• Snape left Anton a cage and research materials on the Draconic Species, warning him not to copy or share the Dragon Farm’s research.
• Anton drank Wizard’s Eye Potion and recorded the Draconic Species’ Magic Image with the Light and Shadow Note Charm.
• Anton used the Cruciatus Curse to nudge the creature’s tangled throat Magic Image, and it suddenly grew into a giant, water-breathing bird.
• The Draconic Species shattered Snape’s bay window and flew away with Anton clinging to its feathers as McGonagall called for him to be rescued.