Chapter Summaries

Hermione faced Ron in a duel and tried to defeat him quickly with her Werewolf Animagus transformation. Ron’s unconscious Fear Spirit magic turned the match around, leaving him the winner and Hermione furious.

• Hermione told Ron she was determined to win the duel and revealed her Werewolf Animagus form after the competitors saluted.
• Hermione charged behind Ron and knocked him off the platform, but Ron’s Fear Spirit spell caught him and returned him safely to the opposite platform.
• A six-foot Spider appeared in front of Hermione, and she realized Ron had cast magic through an instinctive response.
• Hermione feinted at the Spider, changed back into Human Form, and aimed her Wand at Ron, but his web spell bound her and sent her toward the safety personnel.
• The judge declared Ron Weasley the winner, while Ron stared in confusion and Hermione stormed off the platform.

After Ron won the first round of the best-of-three contest, Hermione beat him in History of Magic, tying the score. Ron chose Charms for the deciding round, and Anton turned the test into a dangerous challenge amid a vast sea of fire.

• Ron Weasley defeated Hermione Granger in magical dueling, and Hermione chose History of Magic for the second round.
• Bathilda Bagshot examined Ron and Hermione on Wendelin the Weird and the wandless magic reform, and Hermione won the round.
• Ron chose Charms for the deciding round, and Anton volunteered to set the test.
• Anton cast Incendio, transforming the platform into a sea of fire, and challenged Ron and Hermione to see who could last longest using the Flame-Freezing Charm.

Anton tested Ron and Hermione with a terrifying sea of magical flames, while Dumbledore recognized that the fire was actually a Full Body-Bind Curse attacking their will. Hermione identified the Flame-Freezing Charm as the intended solution and used Compound Casting to create a safe space, leaving her ready to face whatever Anton did next.

• Anton revealed that his apparent fire spell was a Full Body-Bind Curse that burned away its victims’ will, and Dumbledore recognized the danger to Ron and Hermione.
• The flames distracted the tournament, and Harry lost his duel with Cho Chang after looking toward Ron and Hermione’s match.
• Ron and Hermione tried the Flame-Freezing Charm but still suffered from the heat, dwindling oxygen, and ground turning toward lava.
• Hermione reasoned that the test concerned the Flame-Freezing Charm and decided to strengthen its effect through Compound Casting.
• Hermione combined the Flame-Freezing Charm with Reducio, restoring the ground and pushing the flames back three feet around them.

Ron endured the sea of fire by repeatedly casting the Flame-Freezing Charm, drawing courage from thoughts of his loved ones as the spell began to shine with silver light. The judges ended the trial and awarded Ron and Hermione victories, and the fourth-round rankings placed Hermione first overall before the final was scheduled for June.

• Ron remembered Charlie being burned by George and Fred’s candy and fought his fear by repeatedly casting the Flame-Freezing Charm in the sea of fire.
• Ron drew strength from thoughts of his family and friends, and his spell began to sparkle with faint silver light.
• Dumbledore praised Anthony’s teaching, while Grindelwald said guiding Anthony had been his greatest source of pride.
• Dumbledore and the judges stopped Anthony from making the trial harder and agreed that Ron and Hermione had both earned victories.
• The flames vanished, and the judges finalized the fourth-round rankings with Hermione in first place and five Hogwarts students among the top ten.
• Lockhart announced that the final would take place on Monday of the third week of June, when the school holiday began.

Anton taught a packed Azkaban Academy lecture on magical theory, comparing wing spells before beginning an explanation of how wands and Flying Broomsticks suited their users. He left the audience considering the principle behind the discovery that a wizard could choose a broomstick that matched them.

• Azkaban Academy grew to around ten thousand students, while people across the Wizarding World studied its courses in person and through a magical platform.
• Anton explained how Megan’s Thestral-like bat wings and Siga Mali Rosier’s conjured angel wings used different forms of magic.
• Anton began his popular Basic Magical Theory lecture by comparing wands and Flying Broomsticks, citing shared Applewood and Jackalope antler materials.
• Anton revealed that George Weasley and Fred Weasley had conducted experiments showing that a wizard could find a Flying Broomstick suited to them.
• Anton asked the audience to consider what magical principle explained the connection between a wizard and a Flying Broomstick.

Anton taught how prolonged use of compatible magical tools and substances could gradually influence a wizard’s mind, magic, and bloodline. He demonstrated how to find a form of flight suited to one’s nature, then ended class after conjuring wings with his own magic.

• Anton explained that wands, Flying Broomsticks, magical items, and Potions could temporarily supplement a wizard’s abilities and slowly affect their magical traits through repeated use.
• Anton transformed apple wood and jackalope antlers into a wand, a Flying Broomstick, and a wing-producing ring, then brewed and drank a Potion that gave him wings.
• Anton said that matching these tools and effects to one’s mind, soul, and wizarding bloodline could speed up the process of learning a personally suited form of flight.
• Anton conjured a pair of enormous brown wings using only his magic and intent, then concluded the class as the students applauded.

Anton’s flying rings and Flying Wing Potion inspired a rush to produce new flying products, and George and Fred revealed they had developed Flying Wing Candy. The Rosier family agreed to produce it, while Mr. Rosier also tried to connect the twins with his newly graduated daughter, Liddell Rosier.

• Anton explained that each wizard had to adjust flying magic to find a rhythm suited to them, though most people would be better off studying his recipes.
• Mr. Rosier and Pedro asked Anton for improved flying recipes, and Pedro offered him 20% of his Goblin factory’s shares for a better flying ring.
• Anton brought them to the Animal Paddock, where George and Fred offered to license their Flying Wing Candy to a factory and described their plans to make Fantastic Beasts cherished companions.
• Mr. Rosier arranged for his potion workshop to produce the candy and said his daughter Liddell Rosier would contact the twins.
• Anton wondered whether the Rosier family’s inherited talent might be its ability to connect its descendants with influential people around the world.

Pedro offered George and Fred the Goblins’ sword-making craft in exchange for a superior Flying Ring, hoping the product would help Goblins survive and gain acceptance. Vernon asked Anton for advice on choosing between a Ministry post and leading a Goblin Magic Factory, and Anton welcomed the question.

• Pedro offered George and Fred the craft used to make the Sword of Gryffindor if they made the best Flying Rings they could.
• Pedro explained that he wanted Flying Rings to help Goblins survive and gradually earn greater freedom among humans.
• George and Fred began designing the Flying Rings with help from the Chicken Leg Trio, Anna, Anton, and Hannah.
• Vernon told Anton that Fudge had offered him a Ministry post while Pedro had asked him to lead a Magic Factory employing a thousand Goblins.
• Vernon said he was drawn to both offers but hoped a Ministry career would let him support Dudley and Harry, so he asked Anton which path to take.
• Anton reassured Vernon that he was glad Vernon had come to ask him.

Anton told Vernon that he would decide the futures of his apprentices and encouraged him to learn magic so he could better protect his children. Vernon left with Anton’s paper on love magic and the prospect of attending Azkaban Academy.

• Anton explained to Vernon that talented people tended to appear in clusters and that he was guiding his apprentices to a brighter future.
• Anton told Vernon that no one else, including Dumbledore, Voldemort, or their families, would arrange his apprentices’ futures because Anton called the shots.
• Anton reassured Vernon that he could choose between Fudge and Pedro without worrying about his children resenting him, since Anton would speak to them.
• Anton advised Vernon to learn magic, then told him that every heart could wield magic and suggested he enroll at Azkaban Academy.
• Anton gave Vernon his paper on blood-kin love magic and said its magic might suit Vernon’s heart if he stayed true to his intentions.

Professor Snape taught a lesson on the Bat Wing Potion, tracing how ancient wizards tried to gain Fantastic Beasts’ abilities and how the Vampire-making potion was altered to grant wings instead. He left the students facing the unsettling fact that the potion’s wings would be permanent, while Anton recognized Snape was teaching them how to adapt potions to suit themselves.

• Snape warned the students that using Cabin's Flying Potion Sweets to disturb portraits could earn them detention, then scolded Harry Potter for his behavior and Gryffindor’s lost points.
• Snape introduced the Bat Wing Potion and told the class about ancient wizards’ attempts to control, graft parts from, or inject blood from Fantastic Beasts.
• Snape explained that Werewolves and Vampires were the surviving results of those dangerous methods and credited Anton Weasley with curing Werewolf Venom.
• Snape described how the Bat Wing Potion implanted the Amot Bat’s bloodline, and how an improved version gave wizards wings without turning them into Vampires.
• Snape warned that the wings would remain on the drinker’s back forever, then began teaching the principles behind adapting the potion.
• Anton listened with interest as he realized Snape was teaching students to develop potion recipes suited to themselves.

Anton reflected on why he preferred staying at Hogwarts and learned that Percy had chosen a Ministry career over joining Dumbledore’s Magical Research Institute. Percy left excited to become Director of the Muggle Information Collection Office, while Anton wondered whether he had made the wrong choice for Cabin.

• Anton decided Hogwarts suited him better than becoming an Unspeakable or seeking access to the Wisdom Library.
• Anton asked Percy whether he had chosen the Magical Research Institute, but Percy said he preferred pursuing his own ambitions at the Ministry.
• Percy thanked Anton for helping him secure the directorship of the Muggle Information Collection Office.
• Anton advised Percy to seek guidance from his father, Arthur, and mentioned Arthur’s friendship with Prime Minister Jim Hack.
• Percy eagerly planned to ask Arthur for an introduction to the Prime Minister, while Anton doubted Percy’s political judgment and went into the Magical Research Institute.

Anton joined Professor Slughorn, Professor Snape, and Fiennes as they researched how to make the Biomimicry Charm Potion alter a wizard’s magical bloodline. Their discussion connected Polyjuice Potion and death to the Dormant Resurrection Ritual, and they sent Fane to retrieve books about it.

• Anton entered the Institute’s meeting room and found Professor Slughorn, Professor Snape, and Fiennes arguing over how to improve a potion based on his Biomimicry Charm.
• Fiennes gave Anton their notes, and the group explained that the potion changed a wizard’s appearance but left their blood human.
• Anton suggested that Polyjuice Potion might work because a wizard who died while transformed retained that form.
• Professor Snape reasoned that death could act as an additional ingredient, while Fiennes connected the idea to the Dormant Resurrection Ritual.
• Professor Snape sent Fane to fetch a book about ancient mummy rituals, and Professor Slughorn named another book containing records of the ritual.

Anton connected research on the Dormant Resurrection Ritual and bloodlines to his own past experiments, while the professors debated a safe way to pursue the work. He then took Goblin Pedro aside to test his theory of a Goblin Human Animagus.

• Snape, Slughorn, and Anton studied the Dormant Resurrection Ritual and its use in creating powerful cross-species bloodlines.
• Anton presented the Heart-Rending Lung-Splitting Potion and explained how the heart and lungs could link bloodline and life.
• Slughorn rejected using a goblin heart, and the professors debated how goblin hair might fit into the ritual instead.
• Anton left the Potion-makers to continue studying the Goblin Human Animagus, a subject he had promised Pedro he would investigate.
• Anton led Pedro to a quiet corner and invited him to try an experiment.

Anton used a spell that drew on the minds and memories of everyone in the Magical Research Institute to turn Pedro into a human, discovering how Volkanova had used time and possibility to transform him. The Weasley twins then turned themselves into goblins, while Dumbledore considered using the transformation to influence the situation at the Magical Congress.

• Anton gathered the ingredients for Ritual Magic and cast a spell to turn Pedro into a human.
• The spell distorted time and space, and Anton realized Volkanova had made one possible future real by using Time Reversal, Transfiguration, and a Wish-Granting Spell.
• Pedro transformed into a human, and Fiennes recognized him as his teacher.
• Anton explained that Gray Magic had drawn on everyone present, while Dumbledore marveled that Pedro’s Animagus Transformation was complete.
• George and Fred turned themselves into goblins, and Dumbledore considered sending transformed wizards or Squibs to the Magical Congress.
• Anton joined George and Fred in running around as a goblin.

As finals approached, Anton realized that Neville’s limited Cooling Charm reflected Gray Magic’s restrictions, while his own spellcasting followed a different principle. He decided to teach Cabin’s friends the distinction at Barrel Cottage and build the group into a powerful organization, while keeping Harry and the others outside its inner circle.

• Dumbledore continued to reject most students from the Magical Research Institute, accepting only Cedric Diggory among current students, while Anton and his friends remained unofficial members.
• Crabbe practiced Agitated Confusion on a Sloth in the Animal Paddock, trying to make the spell part of himself through repeated casting.
• Neville cast Anton’s Cooling Charm without a Wand, prompting Hannah to complain about its limits and Anna to point out that Anton’s version lasted a whole day.
• Anton concluded that Neville’s Cooling Charm was Gray Magic shaped by Collective Consciousness, whereas his own spell followed his personal will, and linked the distinction to their different uses of the Levitation Charm.
• Anton told Neville not to summon Harry and the others, saying they had been chosen by Grindelwald, Dumbledore, and Voldemort, and planned to explain the discovery to Cabin’s friends at Barrel Cottage during finals.

Anton explained how Wizards could rebuild spells around their own will instead of following inherited casting patterns, revealing this as the basis for nonverbal spellcasting. He planned to use the Top 100 Tournament final to help his friends experience this approach, while Crabbe unknowingly cast spells outside the reach of Anton’s concealed house.

• Crabbe successfully cast Agitated Confusion on a sloth, but the Concealment Charm hid Anton’s house and made him forget where Anton was.
• Anton explained that spellcasting relied on incantations, gestures, and mindset, and that his early training had led him to focus on emotion and will.
• Hannah connected Anton’s ideas about the Rhythms of Magic to his way of rebuilding spells, and Anton confirmed her explanation.
• Anton told his friends he would use the Top 100 Tournament to help them experience his approach to spellcasting.
• Anton planned to draw on the tournament audience’s collective consciousness to power a transformation ritual at Barrel Cottage and awaken his friends to the method.

After the exams, Anthony resolved to keep his magical path independent of Dumbledore’s and prepared to let others find their own ways. The Top 100 Tournament final began with Voldemort arriving as Tom Riddle, while Grindelwald revealed that Bellatrix was expecting his child.

• Dumbledore’s Magical Research Institute began studying a reversal of magical life transformation, which Anthony understood as a possible counter-curse for Horcruxes.
• Anthony decided to share his knowledge of Gray Magic only within the cottage and to keep his public teaching within the realm of Wizards as Gods.
• Lockhart opened the Top 100 Tournament final and introduced the ten finalists, including Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy.
• Voldemort arrived in a silver-gray suit and joined the judges as Tom Riddle, greeting Lockhart by name.
• Grindelwald told Anthony that Bellatrix was now called Bellatrix Riddle and planned to name her unborn child Delphi Riddle.

Anton revealed that the tournament champion would receive Magic Enhancement, a process that could strengthen a Wizard's mind and magic like a controllable Obscurus. Voldemort became determined to obtain the technique and imagined using it to empower the American Magical Congress.

• Voldemort reflected on building support for the American Magical Congress by presenting himself as a peaceful leader while concealing his ambitions.
• Lockhart introduced Anton and asked him to explain the tournament's final round and its Magic Enhancement prize.
• Anton explained that strengthening the mind could enhance magic, then described the process as something like a controllable Obscurus.
• Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Voldemort, and the audience reacted with shock to Anton's revelation.
• Voldemort resolved to acquire the technique and planned to use it to strengthen the Magical Congress's combat forces.

Anton introduced a final match that tested the Champions’ control over magic, with their spells taking the form of Fantastic Beasts under tattered cloaks. The duel began, and Hermione quickly knocked the first Champion off the platform.

• Anton explained that the final match would test magical control and that the last Champion with a Fantastic Beast remaining would win.
• Anton expanded the platform, and the Champions’ cloaks appeared as Dumbledore identified them as Tom’s Remains.
• Lockhart started the match, and Harry attacked Draco with Expelliarmus while Draco countered with Target Confusion.
• Hermione countered Harry’s spell, then attacked a distracted Beauxbatons Champion with Full-Force Repulsion.
• Hermione’s eight-armed monkey pushed the Beauxbatons Champion off the platform, making her the first contestant eliminated.

Aurors and Muggle recruits entered the Cabin’s ritual space, where they watched a projection of the Top 100 Tournament while the ritual preparations continued. During the finals, Harry discovered how to control his Repelling Charm and used it to send an opponent’s attack back at them.

• Hannah let Scrimgeour, Montgomery, and the Muggle recruits enter Barrel Cottage’s hidden island space.
• Anna projected the Top 100 Tournament, while George and Fred’s buried Space Transmuter and the Mist Projection Charm connected the finals to the ritual site.
• Neville explained to his parents how Anton’s magical theories could help competitors control the fantastic beasts they created.
• Harry drew on his memories of Hagrid and formed a giant likeness with his Repelling Charm, realizing he could control the spell.
• Harry used the giant’s club to bat away a Durmstrang student’s Dizzying Charm, knocking the student off the platform.
• Fred and George celebrated Harry’s achievement as the perfect Repelling Charm.