Chapter Summaries

After the exams and end-of-term celebrations, Anton received Voldemort’s summons and agreed to lead Quirrell to the mirror guarding the Philosopher’s Stone. He and Quirrell reached the fourth-floor corridor and opened the door to the chamber, where a large dog was waiting.

• Anton spent the final two months of the school year with his friends, studied with Dumbledore and Snape, and completed his exams.
• While the other young wizards celebrated, Anton waited by the Black Lake until Voldemort summoned him.
• Voldemort asked whether he could trust Anton, and Anton claimed credit for helping prepare the plan to reach the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Voldemort ordered Anton to take Quirrell to the mirror, and Quirrell reluctantly agreed despite his resentment.
• Anton used potions and spells to avoid detection as he led Quirrell through the castle to the fourth-floor corridor.
• Anton opened the door to the Chamber of Secrets, and they heard a large dog growling inside.

Anton forced Quirrell through the challenges beneath the Trapdoor, overpowering the Three-Headed Dog and leaving Quirrell injured by the Devil’s Snare. At the flying-keys challenge, Anton tested the danger with a stone doll, which the keys immediately destroyed.

• Anton transformed into a werewolf, knocked the Three-Headed Dog unconscious, and dragged Quirrell through the Trapdoor.
• Quirrell jumped into the chamber and broke his arm on the stone floor after Anton had removed the Devil’s Snare cushion.
• Anton criticized Quirrell and led him down a dark corridor to the flying-keys chamber.
• Anton sent a stone doll to take a broomstick, and the flying keys swarmed together and smashed it.
• Anton said, “Waddiwasi!” as the broomstick returned unharmed to the corner.

Anton helped Quirrell pass the flying-key, chess, and troll challenges while refusing to take the knight’s place. After Quirrell drank the potion Anton claimed was lethal poison, Voldemort revealed that Anton was only messing with him.

• Anton used an enhanced broom to catch the correct flying key, opened the door, and pushed Quirrell through as the other keys shattered it behind them.
• Quirrell solved Professor McGonagall’s chess challenge without forcing Anton to sacrifice himself, then bragged about his success.
• Anton restrained the Mountain Troll with Tethering Ropes and gave Quirrell a bottle of Professor Snape’s Potion for passing through the flames.
• Quirrell drank the potion and headed onward, but Anton claimed he had given him lethal poison, prompting Quirrell to try to make himself vomit.
• Voldemort shrieked that Anton was messing with Quirrell.

Anton watched Quirrell fail to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone while Harry confronted him, and Dumbledore intervened before Quirrell could kill Harry. Quirrell disintegrated, leaving Anton unsure whether Lily's protection or Dumbledore's spell had destroyed him.

• Quirrell searched the Mirror of Erised for the Philosopher's Stone while Anton watched and Voldemort remained unable to explain how to unlock it.
• Harry entered, and Quirrell confessed his role in the events at Hogwarts before trying to use Harry to reveal the Stone.
• Harry found the Stone in his pocket but pretended not to see anything in the mirror, then tried to escape as Quirrell pursued him.
• Harry's touch caused Quirrell intense pain, and Quirrell struggled to attack him even after Voldemort urged him to use a spell.
• Dumbledore appeared, blasted Quirrell away, and knocked Harry unconscious; Quirrell cracked apart and disintegrated into ash.

Voldemort taunted Dumbledore and Anton, explaining that he had cut love from his soul to gain power and accusing Anton of being dangerously detached from the world. Anton revealed that the figure Voldemort had addressed was a Moving Figurine, then cast the Cruciatus Curse on himself as Dumbledore subdued Harry.

• Voldemort escaped Quirrell as black mist, transformed a Runespoor into a Wizard, and confronted Dumbledore and Anton.
• Voldemort told Anton that powerful Wizards sacrificed part of their souls, and claimed Dumbledore had taught him that lesson by example.
• Voldemort accused Anton of feeling no connection to the world, but Anton denied it.
• Anton removed his mask, revealing that his body was a Moving Figurine made of Sand, while the real Anton appeared and cast the Cruciatus Curse on himself.
• Harry began to wake, but Dumbledore stunned him and reflected on the past and his decision to kill Tom.

Anton used Dumbledore’s magic to expel Voldemort’s soul fragment, revealing that Voldemort’s Horcruxes kept him alive. After Dumbledore revealed that the Silver Dragon bracelet contained a Phoenix, Anton urged him to stop blaming himself and visit Grindelwald, leaving Dumbledore in tears before he vanished to attend to Harry Potter.

• Anton cast the Killing Curse into his own eye while Dumbledore linked their magic, and the curse pulled Voldemort’s soul fragment out of him.
• Anton identified the fragment as a Horcrux, and Dumbledore realized Voldemort could be killed by destroying his Horcruxes.
• Dumbledore transformed Anton’s Silver Dragon bracelet back into the Phoenix it contained, explaining that it had not blocked the Killing Curse.
• Dumbledore asked Anton to keep the night’s events from Harry, and Anton refused to destroy the Horcrux because he still wanted Dumbledore to teach him.
• Anton told Dumbledore to stop taking blame for everything and said Grindelwald would not blame him; Dumbledore became upset and threw Anton out of his office.
• Professor McGonagall arrived with news about Harry Potter, and Dumbledore ordered her and Anton to keep quiet before vanishing in flames.

Neville struggled with being Petrified by Hermione while trying to stop Harry and the others from leaving after curfew, so Anton encouraged him to focus on his own desires and gave him the task of catching Runespoors. Anton then asked Snape to help develop miniature Flying Broomsticks for War Chess, and they began researching how to turn the Levitation Charm into a potion.

• Neville asked Anton if he was useless after Hermione had hit him with Petrificus Totalus while he tried to stop Harry and the others from going out after curfew.
• Anton told Neville to become himself and uncover what he truly wanted, then suggested he catch Runespoors around Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest.
• Neville accepted the title of Runespoor-catching Champion and headed toward Hogwarts Castle, while Anton and the others laughed and returned to their projects.
• Anton asked Snape to help make miniature Flying Broomsticks for War Chess and explained his plan to turn the Levitation Charm into a potion.
• Snape suggested experimenting with oak, Venomous Tentacula juice, Monkshood, and Mistletoe Berries, then began setting up an experiment with Anton.

At the end-of-term feast, Anton reflected on the House Cup and recalled confronting Dumbledore for treating his painful past as an excuse to give up. Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor enough points to win, and Anton’s first year at Hogwarts ended as he rode the train away from the Castle.

• Anton dismissed the House Cup after Gryffindor lost its points for helping Hagrid send away the Fire Dragon, leaving Harry shunned by classmates.
• Dumbledore told Anton he would keep Anton’s role in the fight against Voldemort secret to protect him and prevent him from becoming corrupted by praise.
• Anton accused Dumbledore of using guilt and fate as excuses to run away from life, then awkwardly tried to take back his outburst.
• Dumbledore awarded Neville thirty points for capturing the Runespoor and recognized Gryffindor’s young heroes, securing Gryffindor the House Cup.
• Anton left Hogwarts on the train as the school year came to an end.

Anton and Anna began a month of intense Apparition training with Mr. Rosier, learning advanced techniques and struggling through exhausting practice. They were pushed back into rapid Apparition while barely recovered from their first session.

• Lupin and Ilsa's Werewolf Home survived negotiations with European competitors and remained in an uncertain state of approval.
• Mr. Rosier took Anton and Anna to Thousand-Flower Castle for a month of special training in Apparition.
• Rosier demonstrated how pausing at points during Apparition could create many copies of himself and taught the three D's.
• Anton and Anna studied Apparition theory and began repeated practice aimed at sensing space and eliminating the sound of Apparition.
• Anton left his arm behind during a practice session, while Anna's body split in half and Nagini comforted her.
• After collapsing from exhaustion and sleeping for a few hours, Anton and Anna were woken by Rosier and sent back into rapid Apparition practice.

Anton mastered an advanced Apparition technique after learning to recognize his limits, then returned to Grimmauld Place with Anna. Lupin and Ilsa came home, and after Anton warned them that Voldemort was still alive, they began preparing to celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday.

• Anton realized Anna had surpassed him at magic and spent a week mastering the Rosier family’s first advanced Apparition trick.
• Rosier and Nagini sent Anton and Anna back to Number 11, Grimmauld Place so they could enjoy the rest of their holiday.
• Lupin and Ilsa returned after handing over their companies, and Lupin revealed he had become a major shareholder in Grunnings.
• Anton told Lupin and Ilsa that Voldemort was still alive and that Harry had to remain with his blood relatives for protection.
• Anton remembered that the next day was Harry Potter’s birthday, so Ilsa took Anna to the supermarket to buy ingredients for a cake.

On his birthday, Harry Potter endured the Dursleys’ preparations for a dinner party before Dobby arrived and begged him not to return to Hogwarts. Dobby’s magic disrupted the party, but a visiting child effortlessly caught the falling pudding, and Harry recognized him as Anton.

• Uncle Vernon planned a dinner party to impress Mr. and Mrs. Lupin, while Harry was told to stay upstairs and out of sight.
• Harry spotted a pair of enormous eyes watching him from bushes, and Dudley mocked him for having no birthday cards.
• Dobby appeared in Harry’s bedroom, introduced himself as a House-elf, and pleaded with Harry not to return to Hogwarts.
• When Dobby refused to stop the dinner party, he made the kitchen dishes float and then crash down, sending the pudding toward a guest’s child.
• The child caught the pudding and guided the dishes safely onto the table with effortless wandless magic, then introduced himself with a greeting.
• Harry recognized the child as Anton, and Dobby Apparated away.

Lupin, Ilsa, and Anton celebrated Harry’s birthday at the Dursleys’ home, where Lupin revealed he had been James’s best friend and offered Harry a stake in Grunnings that made him his uncle’s boss. Anton explained the family’s wizard ancestry, and Harry left the visit joyful and eager to spend time with Lupin.

• Anton introduced himself to Petunia as Professor Snape’s apprentice, and Petunia and Mr. Dursley reacted with shock when they learned Snape had become a professor.
• Lupin apologized to Harry for staying away, explained that James had been his best friend, and said he had feared the Dursleys would reject him because he was a werewolf.
• Ilsa and Lupin gave Harry a birthday cake, and Lupin presented him with a Grunnings share transfer agreement that would make him the company’s third-largest shareholder and give him the right to fire Mr. Dursley.
• Harry signed the agreement, and the Dursleys reluctantly sang him happy birthday while Lupin and Ilsa celebrated with him.
• Anton told the Dursleys that Petunia’s family had wizard blood, that Dudley was a Squib, and that a future descendant might become a wizard.
• Lupin promised to ask Dumbledore to let Harry stay with him during the holidays, and Anton urged Harry not to forget what had first drawn him to magic.

Anton created a Horcrux for Anna to protect her from death, then began building a magical vessel from potions for it. He left Anna's new Horcrux glowing in a hidden chamber beneath Thousand-Flower Castle as he prepared to test his Deceive the Will potion.

• Anton visited Rosier's Thousand-Flower Castle with Lupin and Ilsa while they vacationed with Rosier and Nagini.
• Anton cast the Cruciatus Curse at Anna while carefully using an ancient Goblin treasure box to separate a piece of her soul into a Horcrux.
• Anna examined the empty box and trusted Anton to use it to protect her from death.
• Anna led Anton to the castle's deepest hidden chamber, where they placed the Horcrux in a coffin-shaped pool.
• Anton added Potion Ingredients and transformed them into a purplish-red liquid he identified as Anna's body, preparing to use the vessel to test the Deceive the Will potion.

Anton and Anna left his underground Potion experiments to buy supplies for Hogwarts and visited Borgin and Burkes, where Anton confronted Lucius Malfoy about the Diary. Lucius fled with Draco, leaving Anton’s plans for the Diary unresolved.

• Anton paused his Potion experiments and set out with Anna to buy supplies for Hogwarts, stopping to visit Old Tom at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Anton bought second-year schoolbooks and Potion Ingredients in Knockturn Alley and went to Borgin and Burkes to obtain a Vanishing Cabinet.
• Anton greeted Draco and met Lucius, whose Dark Mark burned when he shook Anton’s hand.
• Anton told Lucius to have Draco bring him the Diary at school, and Draco happily affirmed that he and Anton were good friends.
• Lucius panicked when Mr. Borgin appeared and abruptly dragged Draco away from the shop.

Anton bought magical curiosities with Anna, then returned home and confronted Voldemort, whose will had emerged from the Horcrux in Anton’s mind. Anton kept Voldemort from taking control, treated the encounter as a useful lesson, and left their struggle unresolved.

• Anton bought a Hand of Glory, Bronze Armor, and eyeballs from Borgin and Burkes.
• Anton returned to 11 Grimmauld Place to plant an Elephant-Eating Vine on the rooftop terrace.
• Voldemort took control of Anton’s body and repeatedly failed to Apparate away from the house.
• Anton explained that he had knowingly made Voldemort’s Horcrux in his mind while seeking a way to cure his family’s transformation curses.
• Anton told Voldemort that he valued a complete life over a shortcut to magical power and had allowed him out to learn his Apparition technique.
• Voldemort threatened Anton’s loved ones before withdrawing into Anton’s body.

Anton gave Nagini, Rosier, and Lupin personalized Deceive the Will Potions that would let them manage their conditions, and Lupin discovered he could control his werewolf transformations. Newly able to imagine a future, Lupin proposed to Ilsa, and the group celebrated together.

• Anton explained that the Potions needed to be taken once every ten years and gave Nagini's blue Potion and Lupin's green one to their recipients.
• Anna and Nagini reassured Rosier that they trusted Anton, and Rosier thanked him on behalf of the Rosier family.
• Lupin drank his Potion, transformed part of his body at will, and realized he could freely switch between human and werewolf forms without losing control.
• Lupin returned dressed up, proposed to Ilsa, and she accepted.
• Everyone celebrated with dancing and fireworks, and Rosier pulled the bewildered Pedro into the festivities.

Anton and Anna visited the Weasleys at the Burrow to deliver Lupin and Ilsa’s wedding invitation, where they met the family and Harry Potter. The chapter ended with Arthur and Molly warmly welcoming the news of Lupin’s marriage.

• Lupin hoped to receive his parents’ blessing before marrying Ilsa, who comforted him and left with him.
• Anton and Anna flew to the Weasleys’ home in Ottery St Catchpole to deliver the wedding invitation.
• Anton studied a Gnome and noticed a primitive pattern in its Magic Image before the Weasleys came out to greet them.
• Anton and Anna joined the Weasleys and Harry Potter in the crowded Burrow, where Harry talked about being collected by Ron and the Twins in the Flying Ford Anglia.
• Arthur and Molly praised Lupin and welcomed the news of his marriage, and Anton said Lupin had begun a happier new life.

After visiting the Burrow, Anton realized that powerful magic often pushed wizards away from ordinary human life, and he resolved to rediscover why he had wanted to live and learn magic. Back at Thousand-Flower Castle, he began making bread for Lupin’s wedding and explained to the Old Wizard why he believed Household Magic mattered.

• Anton enjoyed a day with the Weasleys, watched the family’s magical clocks, and borrowed cookbooks from Aunt Molly.
• Anton reflected that wizards were people, and decided that extreme emotions and magical power could make them seem more like gods or madmen.
• Anna and Nagini went with Ilsa to learn the language of flowers, while Lupin, Rosier, and Pedro headed to the Goblin Factory after Pedro conceded defeat in business.
• Anton told the Old Wizard that cooking had been his first success after his rebirth and had helped shape his talent.
• Anton started making bread for Lupin’s wedding and argued that Household Magic let wizards guide magic through their own intentions rather than simply command it with spells.

Anton reflected on how wizarding magic could improve life, then took a Muggle baking class to learn how to make better bread. The instructor’s advice about baking over a flame gave Anton a new idea to explore as he continued his studies.

• Anton criticized the Wizarding World’s focus on destructive magic while eating a raisin-milk bun he had baked poorly.
• Voldemort questioned Anton for spending his time learning to bake, but Anton said he was simply living his life and sent Voldemort back into his body.
• Anton brought his bread to a New York baking class, where the instructor identified its flaws and advised him to bake it closer to a flame for less time.
• Anton realized he had baked the bread with Magical Power rather than fire and recalled a cooking-fire Charm.
• Anton watched the instructor explain how to make pizza and wondered whether he could grow onions in Britain.

As the Weasley family helped prepare treats for Lupin’s wedding, Anton taught them his newly invented bread-making Charm and reflected with Voldemort on how Charms came into being. Anton ended by realizing the Charm could mean more than making bread.

• Anton demonstrated his bread-making Charm and taught the Weasley family, Harry Potter, and the others how its words and gestures shaped the result.
• Anna and the Twins made distinctive buns, Ron’s were ordinary, and Harry’s spit-covered bun made everyone laugh.
• Walking outside Thousand-Flower Castle, Anton discussed with Voldemort whether wizards invented Charms or discovered them, and Voldemort offered his guess about their source.
• Anton suggested that Voldemort’s soul-splitting had limited his ability to keep exploring, leaving Voldemort silent before withdrawing into Anton.
• Anton reached into the sunshine and realized his bread Charm was not only about making bread.