Chapter Summaries

Neville Longbottom transformed into a giant Werewolf after Draco Malfoy and other Slytherins bullied him, earning cheers from most of Hogwarts. Anton recognized Neville’s potential and made him his assistant, assigning him to recruit Hannah Abbott.

• Anton watched Gryffindor and Slytherin each lose fifty House Points as George and Fred announced that Draco Malfoy had led a group in bullying Neville Longbottom.
• George and Fred revealed that Neville had eaten a Werewolf Experience Candy and transformed into a three-meter-tall Werewolf, sending his bullies to the Hospital Wing.
• Anton explained that the Candy’s transformation depended on the eater’s will, and the students outside Slytherin cheered Neville as a hero.
• Anton identified Hannah Abbott as a promising future Healer and went to the Hospital Wing after dinner to see Neville.
• Anton changed Neville back from his Werewolf form, praised his talent, and ordered him to recruit Hannah as his first assignment; Neville agreed.

Anton recruited Neville and Hannah to help prepare herbs, creating a vine-built workspace at Weasley Cottage and teaching them a modified spell for separating fruit flesh. After warning them not to use the spell on people or animals, he left them to process Ruby Pomelos so he could spend more time sleeping.

• Anton explained the difference between Herbology and Potions, then used the Elephant-Eating Vine to build a second floor and terrace at Weasley Cottage.
• Anton offered Neville and Hannah guidance in Herbology and Potions in exchange for their help preparing herbs, and both agreed to join him.
• Anton taught Neville and Hannah a plant-only Flesh-Separating Charm and instructed them to remove the ruby stones from baskets of Ruby Pomelos.
• Anton warned them that using the spell on people or animals could violate Ministry of Magic regulations and lead to Azkaban.
• Anton went downstairs to run experiments, pleased that his new helpers would save him time.

Anton realized he wanted an exciting, extraordinary life and used a Time-Turner to spend a year developing a transformation Charm that let him switch between human and Color-Changing Windbird states. He then attended the House Cup final, where Gryffindor faced Hufflepuff and Slytherin hoped to retain first place.

• Anton reflected on his past and decided he wanted to live like a legend rather than lead an ordinary life.
• Anton used Anna's Time-Turner to spend a year modifying the Color-Changing Windbird transformation Charm.
• Anton fused the Charm with other magical properties and turned it into a unique way of switching between human and Color-Changing Windbird states.
• Anton discovered that the transformation let him bypass Dumbledore's restrictions and avoid the Cruciatus Curse by briefly switching forms.
• Anton appeared in the Slytherin section at the House Cup final, where Fane welcomed him and cheered for Slytherin.

Anton watched a Quidditch match, then noticed through his developing Wizard’s Eye that Voldemort was draining Quirrell’s already deteriorating body. He confronted Quirrell, while Voldemort warned that Anton had taken the wrong path and criticized his research.

• Anton used a Wizard’s Eye potion to study the Golden Snitch’s magic and realized its winglike magic image could improve his Color-Changing Windbird.
• Snape took points from Gryffindor and awarded Hufflepuff penalty shots as Hermione, Ron, Draco, Neville, Goyle, and Crabbe fought in the stands.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch, and Anton left the match to return to the Castle.
• Anton went to Professor Quirrell’s office and used his imitation of the Wizard’s Eye to see that Voldemort had split into two parts linked by black threads and was draining Quirrell through dark green cracks.
• Voldemort warned Anton that he had taken a wrong turn and mocked his deep study of the Levitation Charm and transformation magic, while Anton replied that the Scarecrow Goblin was the origin of a curse-type Transfiguration Charm.

Voldemort threatened Anton with the Human Restoration Spell and ordered him to gather Fantastic Beasts' blood and brew a potion for Quirrell. After Anton left, Voldemort warned Quirrell to be careful of him, then punished Quirrell for imagining an insult.

• Voldemort threatened to undo Anton's transformations and demanded that he collect Fantastic Beasts' blood from the Forbidden Forest to brew a potion.
• Anton hid his amusement behind a show of fear, agreed to help Voldemort, and left with the potion recipe.
• Voldemort returned to Quirrell's head, and Quirrell collapsed in agony as possession overwhelmed him.
• Voldemort realized Anton had not truly feared him and warned Quirrell to be careful of Anton.
• Quirrell imagined Voldemort with a hole in his head, and Voldemort's Legilimency exposed the thought, causing Quirrell to convulse in pain.

Anton delayed going to the Forbidden Forest until Quirrell and Voldemort pressured him for a Runespoor, while he studied their deteriorating condition. Back at Weasley Cottage, he discovered that Hannah had accidentally animated a rag doll with black material from a Mandrake, which he recognized as an unsettling mass of writhing threads.

• Anton observed through the Wizard's Eye that Voldemort's condition had worsened and that the soul and Quirrell's body were damaging each other.
• Quirrell demanded that Anton enter the Forbidden Forest for blood, but Anton blamed the delay on his ruined broomstick.
• Voldemort ordered Anton to catch a Runespoor so he could change bodies when Dumbledore was away, and Anton agreed to go once his broomstick arrived.
• Anton returned to Weasley Cottage and found George and Fred examining a rag doll that moved by itself.
• Hannah explained that she had accidentally hit Anton's Mandrake with a Flesh-Separating Charm, and Neville offered to repay him for killing it.
• Anton fed the dead Mandrake to an Elephant-Eating Vine and pulled the writhing black threads out of the doll for inspection.

Anton discovered that Mandrake black threads could affect the body and soul, leading him to a new theory about Animagus transformations and a possible treatment for cursed werewolves. He proposed a simplified Animagus experiment at Weasley Cottage, and the group prepared to gather ingredients over the weekend.

• Anton tasted a Mandrake black thread and experienced vivid hallucinations, then concluded that it could control the body and affect the Ego.
• Anton explained the traditional Animagus process and theorized that a Mandrake leaf anchored a person’s true form during transformation.
• Anton proposed simplifying the process by combining black threads, hair, dew, and a Death’s-head Hawk-moth pupa under moonlight before waiting for a thunderstorm.
• Anton asked Neville and Hannah to obtain Mandrake leaves and told George and Fred to arrange Flying Broomsticks for a Forbidden Forest trip to collect dew.
• George and Fred eagerly agreed to the Weasley Cottage group activity while Neville and Hannah remained nervous.

Anton and Snape developed a potion that could deceive a werewolf’s will and potentially prevent transformations, giving Anton hope that Lupin could be saved. Snape threw Anton out after learning the potion was for Lupin, and Professor McGonagall arrived to see him.

• Neville and Hannah practiced the Full Body-Bind Curse on a Runespoor while the Twins instructed them and Anton watched.
• Snape gave Anton an ancient potion to nourish his soul, and Anton realized that potions could bridge the body and soul.
• Anton identified the potion’s ingredients by taste, and Snape explained their connections to the Polyjuice Potion.
• Anton and Snape devised the Deceive the Will potion, which Anton believed could stop werewolf transformations for about ten years.
• Snape threw Anton out of his Office after Anton said the potion could save Lupin, and McGonagall appeared outside the door.

Anton took Fred, George, Neville, and Hannah into the Forbidden Forest to collect dew for their Animagus preparations. After spotting countless Runespoors with his Wizard’s Eye, he told the group to draw their Wands as the creatures emerged around them.

• Anton led Fred, George, Neville, and Hannah into Augurey territory to gather dew for their Animagus preparations.
• He explained how the newcomers should collect dew while keeping their Wands ready and focusing on their intended Animagus forms.
• As he worked, Anton used his Wizard’s Eye to spot Magic Images of Runespoors surrounding the area.
• Anton asked the others if they wanted to do something after collecting the dew, then told them to draw their Wands and prepare to fight.
• The Augureys shrieked as Runespoors slithered out from the treetops, leaves, and rocks.

Anton trained Neville, Hannah, Fred, and George to fight the Runespoors in the Forbidden Forest, guiding them as they improved through repeated battles. Neville saved Hannah with a lethal version of Anton’s Flesh-Separating Charm, and Anton revealed that it was Dark Magic.

• Neville and Hannah struggled to cast spells as the Runespoors surrounded them, while Fred and George fought back and Anton urged them to try different charms.
• Fred, George, Neville, and Hannah began using their spells and the surrounding terrain more effectively, while Anton secretly protected them and repeatedly drove the Runespoors away.
• The four children improved their teamwork, but none of the 231 Runespoors died during their day of fighting.
• A Runespoor lunged at Hannah, and Neville used the Flesh-Separating Charm to dismember it before Anton's Shield Charm blocked the fragments.
• Anton told Neville, Hannah, Fred, and George that Neville had used the illegal Dark Magic original of the Flesh-Separating Charm.

Anton and four companions endured a night of resisting bloodlust to prepare for an Animagus transformation, then buried their Potions while waiting for a thunderstorm. Later, Voldemort possessed a Runespoor and tried to recruit Anton, whose argument against bloodline supremacy faltered when he could not think of accomplished Wizards from several generations of mixed ancestry.

• Anton and Neville, Hannah, Fred, and George kept the tiny transformed Potion Ingredient in their mouths through the night while resisting violent impulses and silently repeating the Animagus transformation spell.
• Anton buried the Potion bottles beneath Weasley Cottage with help from the Elephant-Eating Vine and waited for a thunderstorm to begin the transformation process.
• Anton gave Quirrell a Runespoor-blood Potion, and Quirrell drank some before falling asleep in his Office.
• Voldemort left Quirrell’s body and possessed the Runespoor, while Anton watched through the Wizard’s Eye Charm and recorded the possession with a Magic Image.
• Voldemort offered Anton a place among the Death Eaters, but Anton challenged his pure-blood ideology and argued that a Wizard’s strength came from within.
• Voldemort pointed to the lack of outstanding Wizards from several generations of mixed ancestry, and Anton was shaken when he could not name any.

Dumbledore and Voldemort each tried to persuade Anton about the Wizarding World’s relationship with Muggles, leaving him exhausted from acting as their go-between. He finally carried a nonsensical message from Dumbledore to Voldemort, who was baffled.

• Dumbledore told Anton that Muggle-born and half-blood wizards had once been persecuted and argued that the Muggle World was the source of the Wizarding World’s strength.
• Anton suggested Grindelwald’s influence had helped change wizarding society, and Dumbledore admitted that Grindelwald had once been there.
• Voldemort argued that Muggle-blooded wizards threatened the Wizarding World and warned Anton against trusting Dumbledore’s account of wizarding authority.
• Dumbledore claimed that wizarding institutions above the Ministry controlled decisions affecting wizards and Muggles.
• After spending the day carrying arguments between Dumbledore and Voldemort, Anton decided their conflict had nothing to do with him.
• Anton returned to Quirrell’s office and asked Voldemort when the washing machine would be fixed, leaving Voldemort confused.

After a week of debate weakened Voldemort, Anton used his recorded Magic Image to transform into Voldemort and studied how body, soul, and Ego influenced one another. Voldemort ended their lessons and demanded that Anton help Quirrell reach the Mirror of Erised and obtain the Philosopher’s Stone, warning that he would take Anton’s life if they failed.

• The debate continued for a week, leaving Voldemort too weak to speak for long while possessing Quirrell, so he often possessed the Runespoor to talk with Anton.
• Anton completed a detailed Magic Image of Voldemort possessing the Runespoor, including the Mother Tom’s Embrace Charm.
• At Weasley Cottage, Anton used his transformation spell and the recorded image to take Voldemort’s adult, noseless form, discovering that his soul had also become wraith-like.
• Anton concluded that the body, soul, and Ego influenced one another, then returned to his normal shape and began testing his Trinity Theory.
• Voldemort told Anton he was about to fall into a deep sleep and ordered him to help Quirrell find a Unicorn and obtain the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Anton agreed only to help Quirrell reach the Mirror of Erised, and Voldemort warned that he would take Anton instead if they failed to get the Stone.

As Easter approached, Snape gave Anton a caged, unnamed Draconic Species after finishing his experiments on it. Neville asked Anton to take him back to the Forbidden Forest so he could become braver, and Anton agreed to go with him.

• Hermione worried that exams were only ten weeks away as the students prepared for the Easter holidays and their heavy homework.
• Anton received letters from Anna, Lupin, and Pedro, then agreed to arrange a House-elf to help Lupin and Ilsa at home.
• Snape handed Anton the Draconic Species and warned him not to let it turn into a water dragon again.
• Harry and Ron hurried off to warn Hagrid after Anton mentioned going to see him, while Draco smugly watched them.
• Neville told Anton he wanted to return to the Forbidden Forest and become as brave as him, and Anton agreed to take him.

Anton taught Neville to use the Full Body-Bind Curse as they ventured deeper into the Forbidden Forest, then made Neville nervous by leaving his wand in his pockets and turning a petrified rabbit into bait. Anton said they would spend three days and nights hunting Runespoors, which had become unusually common in the forest.

• Anton demonstrated how the Full Body-Bind Curse could silence a large area, encouraging Neville to master the spell and build his courage.
• Anton put his wand away and told Neville that their survival now depended on his spells, making Neville watch their surroundings anxiously.
• Neville repeatedly petrified a rabbit, and Anton enlarged it and left it hanging as bait for Fantastic Beasts.
• Anton explained that they were looking for blood and planned to cull the Runespoors overrunning the Forbidden Forest.
• Anton told Neville they would stay in the forest for three days and nights, and Neville worried about what awaited them after dark.

Anton took Neville into the Forbidden Forest, where Neville hunted a Runespoor and Anton killed it, prepared its blood, and cooked it into soup. They continued deeper into the forest as Anton revealed he was searching for Unicorns, while Neville learned that unicorn parts were commonly used as Potion ingredients.

• Neville petrified a Runespoor, then fell asleep in an armchair Anton conjured while Anton handled the remaining danger.
• Anton killed the Runespoor, collected its blood, and cooked its meat into soup while Neville slept.
• Neville woke in a shelter made from Elephant-Eating Vine and ate the Runespoor soup with Anton before they headed farther into the forest.
• Anton told Neville he was searching for Unicorns because their blood had magical properties.
• Neville objected to harming Unicorns, and Anton explained that unicorn horns were sold and routinely used in Potions, including in Professor Snape's classes.

Anton taught Neville about Unicorns and explored the Forbidden Forest with him before giving Quirrell a magically guided branch to lead him to the Unicorns. Anton planned to kill Quirrell after the final exams if Harry Potter did not kill him first.

• Anton taught Neville about Unicorns’ magical uses and explained how a maiden could lure one close enough to kill it.
• Anton and Neville explored the Forbidden Forest for three days, where Neville learned Petrificus Totalus and practiced cooking Runespoor.
• Anton gave Quirrell a branch enchanted with Guiding Will that pointed toward its mother tree near the Unicorn gathering grounds.
• Anton told Quirrell to target a lone Unicorn and decided he would kill Quirrell after the final exams if Harry Potter had not already done so.

After Professor Voldemort’s lessons ended, Anton settled into a quieter routine of reading and researching flight and Werewolf transformations. At Cabin’s naming celebration, he and his friends invented a three-dimensional War Chess game set across Hogwarts and began planning its stages.

• Anton spent his days studying flight, Draconic Species wings, and ways to give a Werewolf Transformation wings.
• Anton, the Twins, Hannah, and Neville renamed Weasley Cottage Cabin and arranged its laboratory, greenhouse, and shared second floor.
• When the friends gathered to celebrate Cabin’s new name, Hannah suggested playing Wizard Chess, but the group admitted they were poor at it.
• Anton suggested turning Hogwarts into a three-dimensional War Chess map, and the others proposed including the Quidditch Pitch, Forbidden Forest, and secret passages.
• The group imagined a fugitive leading Dark Wizards against Hogwarts and wrote down stages including the Chamber of Secrets, duelling and Quidditch tournaments, and secret passages.
• Anton proposed Comeback as a theme for the War Chess map.

Anton’s research into Flying Broomsticks stalled as he experimented with feathers from the Draconic Species. During a sudden storm, Anton and his friends began the Animagus transformation ritual, and the chapter ended as they sensed a second heartbeat.

• Anton discovered that naturally shed Draconic Species feathers worked better in Potions, while attached or plucked feathers boosted flight when combined with wood.
• Anton tested an oak workbench with the flight-boosting effect, sent it crashing into a wall, and lamented that his research had reached a dead end.
• The twins led Neville and Hannah through Hogwarts to Cabin, where Anton prepared to use the storm for their Animagus ritual.
• The Elephant-Eating Vine brought up the five bottles of red potion, and Anton, the twins, Neville, and Hannah drank them and chanted the Animagus incantation.
• The five young wizards felt a strange second heartbeat as the transformation began.

Anton and his friends attempted their first Animagus transformations in the Elephant-Eating Vine cabin, each revealing a different animal form. After Anton tested his new owl form outside Hogwarts, Neville overcame his fear and transformed into a giant python.

• Anton transformed into a tawny owl and flew through the storm around Hogwarts before returning to the cabin.
• Anton used the Biomimicry Charm to become a rabbit as the cabin's partitions opened and the others revealed their forms.
• Hannah transformed into a turtle, while Fred and George both became kangaroos and joked about their pouches.
• Anton and Hannah encouraged a shaken Neville, who transformed into a five-meter python and could only speak in Parseltongue.