Chapter Summaries

Anton observed how the young wizards’ shared fear and spellcasting formed a Collective Consciousness that made their Arrow Deflection Charms more consistent and easier to learn. The first round ended with 1,080 contestants still aboard their boats, whom Tom Riddle declared the future of the Wizarding World.

• Anton transformed into a Platypus Puffskein and studied the creatures’ movement and the young wizards’ defensive spells as contestants were knocked into the sea.
• Anton noticed the contestants’ repeated use of the Arrow Deflection Charm shaping a Collective Consciousness that gradually made the spells’ effects alike and helped young wizards learn faster.
• The number of contestants dropped rapidly from 3,625 to 1,080, then stopped as the remaining young wizards coordinated their defenses against the Platypus Puffskeins.
• Tom Riddle praised the remaining contestants as the finest of their generation and mocked the older wizards by predicting the youths would replace them.
• Lockhart ordered the Young Reporters to investigate the remaining contestants and prepare stories for the next Hogwarts Weekly tournament special.

Anthony used the tournament’s final trial to teach more than a thousand young wizards through the Collective Consciousness, strengthening their Arrow Deflection spell as they endured repeated waves. The contestants reached the island dock, while Tom Riddle realized Dumbledore believed Anthony had organized the competition to claim their attention.

• Anthony sent the Platypus Puffskeins beneath the boats, and Hermione, Draco, and Harry warned the contestants not to relax before reaching the dock.
• The young wizards chanted Arrow Deflection together and used their combined magic to withstand the first towering wave.
• As the Platypus Puffskeins struck repeatedly, Anthony used the Collective Consciousness to share spell insights and deepen the contestants’ understanding of Arrow Deflection.
• The contestants endured the successive waves and discovered they had reached the island dock, where the tournament judges awaited them.
• Tom Riddle watched the young wizards greedily, and Dumbledore told him that they belonged to Anthony and that he could only watch from the sidelines.

Anton used the collective magic of the tournament contestants to enter the world beneath magic, where he explored the rivers of consciousness, fate, spirituality, life, and traces. He discovered that Harry Potter was the only Horcrux trace still shining and found a lively Voldemort presence inside Harry before deciding to return to watch Dumbledore and Tom Riddle.

• After the tournament's first round ended, Anton swam away from the docks with a group of Platypus Puffskeins and entered a wondrous dimension through the contestants' collective magical power.
• Anton explored the intersecting magical rivers and recognized the curtain-like Trace River, where spells, ideas, and creations appeared as clusters of light.
• Anton examined the Horcrux traces and found that Tom Riddle's Diary, the Gaunt Ring, Ravenclaw's Diadem, Hufflepuff's Cup, and Slytherin's Locket were shattered, while Harry Potter still shone.
• Anton visited the River of Life and identified four Voldemort existences, including a lively presence sleeping inside Harry Potter's soul.
• Anton concluded that his discoveries would aid his Gray Magic research and decided to return to watch Dumbledore and Tom Riddle stir up trouble.

Fudge offered George and Fred a Ministry-owned shop in Diagon Alley in exchange for hiring their Platypus Puffskeins to guard Azkaban Island’s shipping route. After Harry discussed Voldemort and the next tournament round with Sirius, he felt at home, while Kreacher secretly watched them and used House-elf Magic.

• Fudge asked George and Fred to have their Platypus Puffskeins guard the route to Azkaban Island, where the Ministry planned to move its headquarters.
• Fudge offered the twins a spacious shop in Diagon Alley, and they eagerly accepted the prospect of opening their own business.
• News of Voldemort’s appearance at the tournament spread, and Harry stared at a photograph of him sitting beside the judges.
• Sirius urged Harry not to let hatred drive him to act rashly, and Harry agreed to focus on learning stronger Magic.
• Sirius advised Harry to avoid powerful monsters in the next round’s Monster Maze and seek easier targets, and Harry promised he would.
• Harry shared a celebratory meal and wine with Sirius at 12 Grimmauld Place, while Kreacher watched them from a corner and pointed his finger at them with House-elf Magic.

Lockhart asked Anton to write for the Wizard Tournament Gazette, and Anton proposed adding a ritual to the Monster Maze that could turn Muggles into wizards. The chapter ended with Hermione rushing off to find Harry, hoping to secure a tournament place for one of her parents.

• Lockhart asked Anton, whom Hannah revealed was the Top 100 Tournament organizing committee’s president, to write an article for his new newspaper.
• Anton explained that the Monster Maze’s monsters were Boggarts and proposed using the Champions’ encounters to create a ritual that could give Muggles wizard bloodlines.
• Lockhart enthusiastically urged Anton to include the ritual, and Anton wrote that Champions should bring Muggles, protect them, and give them potions from the treasure chests.
• Anton told Hannah to reclaim the originally planned prizes to help cover the potions’ expense.
• Hermione hurried off to find Harry and ask him to give up a tournament place for one of her parents, while Anton said she could ask him to bring more people.

Dudley begged Harry to take him into the competition so he could help his parents, while Hermione asked Harry to take her father instead. Ron urged Harry to help Dudley and promised Hermione he could protect her family, then demonstrated wandless magic before collapsing.

• Dudley pleaded with Harry to take him into the competition so he could help his parents become wizards.
• Hermione rushed in and begged Harry to take her father, but Ron offered to use one of his Champion spots to help her instead.
• Hermione stormed away, and Ron followed her to the Animal Paddock gate and tried to convince her to trust him.
• Ron explained that the Dursleys were Harry's only blood relatives and that Harry might regret missing his chance to make peace with them.
• Ron faced his fear of spiders and produced a wandless magical shield that briefly enclosed him and Hermione.
• The shield burst apart, and Hermione caught Ron as he collapsed and carried him toward the hut on the hillside.

Anton’s article about wizards’ origins and his ability to turn Muggles into wizards caused an uproar, drawing intense attention to the Top 100 Tournament’s second round. As the Champions led their Muggle companions into the Monster Maze, audiences around the world watched, wondering whether Anton’s ritual could change the world.

• Anton’s article in the Wizard Tournament Gazette provoked arguments about whether wizards came from Muggles and whether Pure-bloods were superior.
• Anton told Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Newt, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and the others that readers could not reproduce his magic even though he had explained it in detail.
• Interest in the tournament boosted sales of Anna’s Magic Mirrors, and crowds gathered to watch the second elimination round begin.
• The Magic Mirrors showed a vial of purplish-red liquid hidden in the forest on Azkaban Island and a monster lurking nearby.
• Viewers spotted Muggle Prime Minister Jim Hack among the Champions’ Muggle companions and speculated about the consequences of him becoming a wizard.
• Lockhart announced the start of the second round as the Champions led their Muggle companions toward different parts of the Monster Maze.

Gilderoy Lockhart explained that the Champions would face Boggarts, whose power grew with their victims’ fear, while the Weasley family watched the tournament through Magic Mirrors. When Harry’s Boggart appeared as Voldemort with what seemed to be a real wand, his image cut to static, leaving his family unsure whether it was only a Boggart or something more dangerous.

• Lockhart announced that the Champions would face Boggarts and warned that fear could make them more powerful.
• Molly, Bill, and Charlie watched the tournament from Azkaban Academy, tracking their family and friends on the Magic Mirrors.
• Bill spotted Voldemort appearing beside Harry and called Molly and Charlie over to watch.
• Voldemort appeared to hold a wand and address Harry before Harry’s Magic Mirror turned to static.
• Charlie questioned whether the wand was real, but Bill believed Harry’s fear had made the Boggart seem able to cast spells.
• Molly said they could not contact Arthur or Dumbledore because the tournament site blocked interference, so the family could only hope Harry was safe.

Hermione prepared to confront the Cockatrice while Rolf Scamander became the first contestant to pass the second task by recognizing a Boggart. After a Death Mark appeared, Dumbledore and Tom Riddle vanished, and Anton went after Tom while Grindelwald claimed Rolf for the Saints.

• Hermione shielded her mother from the Cockatrice’s gaze and prepared to cast Anton’s Sunshine Cockcrow Charm.
• Rolf Scamander passed the task after realizing the monster was a Boggart, and Lockhart announced him as the first contestant to succeed.
• A Death Mark appeared over the woods, prompting Dumbledore and Tom Riddle to disappear.
• Anton drew his coreless wand and followed them, saying he intended to kill Tom Riddle.
• Grindelwald told Rolf he was now one of the Saints and ordered him to visit Durmstrang after the competition.

Dudley and Petunia faced a Boggart disguised as a Troll, and Petunia used what she had learned from Lily’s letters to defeat it by laughing. Madame Maxime declared Petunia the winner and led her to the potion that could make her a witch, while quietly guarding against the real danger that had nearly killed her.

• Dudley used the Arrow Deflection Charm to protect Petunia from the Troll, but the spell’s force broke his legs and his Wand snapped.
• The Troll transformed into Voldemort, revealing Petunia’s deepest fear, and Dudley urged his mother to run.
• Petunia remembered Lily’s notes about Boggarts and forced herself to laugh until the creature vanished.
• Madame Maxime treated Dudley and told Petunia that she had won the competition and could become a witch by drinking the potion in the chest.
• As Petunia approached the potion, Madame Maxime stayed on guard, aware that Voldemort’s Killing Curse had nearly struck Petunia.

Ron overcame his fear of spiders and transformed his Fear Spirit into a huge silver teddy bear to fight one, while the competition’s magic mirrors announced that Dudley Dursley and Ron Weasley had passed. The chapter left Ron facing the giant spider with renewed confidence.

• Tom Riddle taunted Dumbledore as they raced through the woods, while Anton chased after Tom and called for him to play.
• Mr. Granger helped Ron calm down and recognize that he wanted to win the competition and prove himself.
• Ron remembered the teddy bear his mother had sewn for him and realized he was no longer as afraid of spiders.
• Ron cast Fear Spirit and summoned a nine-foot silver teddy bear to fight the giant spider.
• Molly explained Ron’s Fear Spirit to the parents watching the magic mirrors, which announced that Dudley Dursley and Ron Weasley had passed.

Anton and Dumbledore pursued Tom Riddle while their competing magical ideals shaped the chase, and Dumbledore secretly steered Tom toward Harry. Harry’s encounter with Voldemort revealed that Voldemort had been reborn inside him and planned a ritual using Harry’s Blood Kin Magic, leaving Harry hurled toward a deadly statue as the Dark Mark appeared.

• Anton used the tournament’s collective magic to pursue Tom, then realized Dumbledore was guiding Tom toward Harry.
• Harry cast Riddikulus on Voldemort’s Boggart, but Voldemort repaired his severed head and explained his own theory of Boggarts.
• Voldemort reminded Harry that he had drunk Voldemort’s blood, breaking the Confundus Charm and bringing back Harry’s memories of Sirius.
• Barty Crouch Jr. revealed himself after appearing as Professor Sirius, and Voldemort explained that he had been reborn inside Harry through his own Resurrection Ritual.
• Voldemort said he intended to complete his rebirth through Harry and use Harry’s Blood Kin Magic, while also arranging a possible Self-Sacrifice ritual involving Tom Riddle.
• Barty cast the spell that summoned the Dark Mark, and Voldemort sent Harry flying toward a statue’s spike.

Harry Potter escaped Voldemort with Uncle Vernon’s help, but Vernon was left mortally wounded as Voldemort used his sacrifice to advance a ritual. Severus Snape attacked Barty Crouch Jr. and summoned a silver passage into the World of the Dead, attempting to send Voldemort there permanently.

• Vernon caught Harry as the wind dragged them toward the statue, then shoved him down a hillside so he could escape.
• Harry saw the statue pierce Vernon’s chest and ran to find Dumbledore, Anton, or another contestant who could summon help.
• Voldemort used green flames to torture Vernon and said Vernon’s sacrifice and anguish were fulfilling the conditions of his ritual.
• Snape emerged from the woods, bound Barty Crouch Jr. with a Full Body-Bind Curse, and confronted Voldemort over Lily’s death.
• Snape cast Expecto Patronum, creating a silver forest and a path to the Veil, then tried to send Voldemort into the World of the Dead.

Severus Snape used a Patronus powered by love to shield himself from Voldemort’s Killing Curse and trap Voldemort in a tree-like transformation. As Voldemort tortured Snape with the Cruciatus Curse, Snape held the spell in place and faced death while imagining Lily calling him back to school.

• Voldemort attacked Snape with the Killing Curse, but Snape’s silver Doe Patronus made it harmless.
• Snape cast Riddikulus, causing Voldemort’s Boggart body to turn into a tree as the silver forest and Veil drew closer.
• Voldemort used the Cruciatus Curse to try to force Snape to stop the Patronus, but Snape endured the agony and urged Voldemort to die.
• Snape imagined Lily calling him to hurry and felt ready to meet her, while reflecting on his former loyalty to Voldemort and the despair after Lily’s death.
• Snape laughed through his tears, then felt his heart clench as blood vessels surfaced in his Eye Sockets.

Voldemort died after his attempt to complete the Ritual Magic failed, and Sirius rescued Vernon before hearing Snape's warning about Dumbledore's plans for Harry. Snape died in Sirius's arms, leaving Sirius grieving and regretting that he never apologized.

• Voldemort used Sectumsempra on Barty and lifted the Full Body-Bind Curse, causing him to shift between Barty and Sirius before settling into Sirius's form.
• Sirius disarmed Voldemort, who turned into a tree and was consumed by the silver light and Veil.
• Sirius lowered Vernon from the Grim Reaper statue and used Essence of Dittany to treat his wounds.
• Snape warned Sirius that Dumbledore intended to keep Voldemort sealed inside Harry and might order Snape to kill Harry to stop him becoming a weapon against Anton.
• Snape died in Sirius's arms, and Sirius wept as he mourned him and apologized for never having said he was sorry.

Anton sensed the immense Ritual Magic Voldemort had built around Harry and recognized how its pieces drew on powerful forms of magic, but he chose not to disrupt it. He told Sirius that Snape was not dead, then saw a strange rose blooming on Snape's soul as he wondered whether Snape wanted to wake.

• Anton sensed Voldemort's Ritual Magic and identified its use of Lily's Love Magic, the prophecy, Dumbledore's Human Heart Magic, Grindelwald's Fate Magic, and Life Magic.
• Anton considered killing Harry to ruin Voldemort's ritual but lowered his Wand because he did not want to destroy Voldemort.
• Anton found Sirius grieving over Snape and revealed that Snape was not truly dead.
• Sirius urged Anton to save Snape, but Anton hesitated and saw a vivid rose blooming on Snape's soul.

Anton failed to wake Snape, who had chosen to remain in a happy memory of his early days at Hogwarts, and left to confront Tom Riddle. As Tom threatened Harry and Hermione in the Arena, Anton arrived and unleashed a massive Killing Curse.

• Anton entered Snape's soul and found him reliving his first days at Hogwarts with Lily Evans, refusing to wake.
• Anton explained to Sirius that Snape would remain trapped in his memories until his body decayed, then said he planned to separate Barty Crouch Jr. from himself and Voldemort from Harry.
• Anton told Sirius to take Snape to Professor Fiennes and said Harry could use his dead Boggart to begin the Ritual Magic that would make him a Wizard.
• Tom Riddle Apparated through the Arena with Harry captured by a Runespoor and threatened to devour him, then cast the Killing Curse at Hermione.
• Dumbledore blocked the curse and realized Tom intended to fuse with Harry and take his Love Magic and Blood Kin Protection.
• Anton Apparated beside Hermione and cast a gigantic bolt of plasma at Tom, sending a pillar of light from the North Sea into space.

Anton’s Killing Curse killed Tom Riddle in front of the tournament’s witnesses, convincing Dumbledore that the Wizarding World had entered a New Era under Anton’s leadership. Anton planned to deal with Voldemort in the third task while continuing to train the next generation, leaving Voldemort’s pure-blood ideology increasingly out of step with the changing world.

• Anton cast the Killing Curse and killed Tom Riddle, astonishing the tournament’s witnesses with its power.
• Dumbledore accepted that no wizard could stand against Anton and considered how Anton’s rise might shape the future of the Wizarding World.
• Anton realized Voldemort had survived and decided to separate him from Harry, along with Barty Crouch Jr. from Sirius, during the third task.
• Anton resolved to keep teaching his students and to let them learn Gray Magic while reserving the Horcrux material for himself.
• Anton anticipated that Potions and Ritual Magic would undermine Voldemort’s Pure-blood Supremacy and leave him with few followers.

The champions completed the Monster Maze as Rita Skeeter questioned Harry Potter and Lockhart arranged for Vernon and Petunia Dursley to drink their potions together. The Dursleys underwent a magical outburst, and Anton watched their transformation while explaining that the potion granted a magical bloodline rather than guaranteeing wizardhood.

• Rita Skeeter pressed Harry Potter about the vanished Boggart, but Lockhart defended Harry and explained that the Magic Mirror could be disrupted by powerful magic.
• Harry told Rita that Vernon Dursley was his uncle and the man who had raised him, while Vernon asked to give his chance to become a wizard to Petunia if Dudley had failed.
• Lockhart learned that Dudley Dursley had passed and arranged for Vernon and Petunia to drink their potions together, bringing Harry and the group to Dudley's arena with Rufus Scrimgeour's help.
• Vernon and Petunia drank their potions as Lockhart presented the moment to the Magic Mirror audience.
• Anton explained to Dumbledore and Grindelwald that the potions granted the Dursleys wizard bloodlines but could not guarantee they would awaken as wizards.
• A magical outburst lifted the Dursleys and nearby spectators into the air, and Anton studied the couple's transformation through his lake of the mind.

The second round of the Top 100 Tournament ended with 498 contestants advancing, and Hermione Granger impressed spectators with her skill. Lockhart announced that the third round, held in a month, would explore magic’s practical uses and its potential to make wizards indispensable to humanity, while Anthony wondered how his ideas were changing those around him.

• The second round eliminated more than half of the contestants, while Jim Hack earned goodwill by protecting the injured young wizard beside him.
• Hermione Granger protected a Muggle mother and used spells and Transfiguration to lure a Basilisk into a pit, impressing Professor McGonagall.
• Lockhart announced that the third round, “Hogwarts in the Sky,” would take place in one month and let Champions compete through their strongest magical skills.
• Lockhart presented Anthony Weasley's vision of magical breakthroughs improving society and making wizards indispensable to humanity.
• Anthony reflected that his research and ideas were influencing Lockhart and others, and he looked forward to a brighter future.