Chapter Summaries

Anton celebrated Ilsa and Lupin’s happiness with their families and friends before joining the children at the gathering. As the children planned their Hogwarts map, Ron spotted a drawing of an unexplored Chamber of Secrets beneath the Castle, leaving Anton intrigued about the coming school year.

• Anton set off fireworks as Ilsa and Lupin celebrated with their families, and he told Dumbledore that he had made the Small Buns.
• Ginny fed Anton’s pink-feathered Draconic Species while he explained its water-related abilities and its provisional classification as harmless and tamable.
• George and Fred showed Harry and Ron their Notebook of Hogwarts locations and discussed making an imaginative map without revealing real secret passages.
• Ron noticed a drawing of a Chamber of Secrets beneath the Castle, where powerful Lightning blocked the way to a huge stone door.
• Anton examined the drawing, realized Hogwarts might have more than one Chamber of Secrets, and anticipated an interesting school year.

Anton sorted his research materials before leaving for school and debated his magical philosophy with Voldemort. He realized that Horcruxes might provide Voldemort with the bodies needed to think, then packed his research and Apparated away.

• Anton sorted his extensive notes and copied Hogwarts books, choosing Apparition, his Bread Charm, and Draconic Species as his main research projects.
• Anton rejected Voldemort's view that a wizard's will should rule over life, explaining that home, magic, and knowledge gave him anchors on his journey.
• Anton reasoned that Fiennes might need a body to think and that Horcruxes let Voldemort keep thinking, then wondered whether destroying all the Horcruxes before Voldemort's resurrection would leave him mindless.
• Anton blocked Voldemort from sensing his dangerous thoughts, packed his research into a Suitcase, and Apparated away with it.

On the Hogwarts train, Anton taught Neville the Summoning Charm and pushed him to succeed by making him fear for Trevor’s life. Neville summoned his toad, and Anton decided he could train Neville as a combat-focused wizard to help with the threat he expected from Voldemort.

• Anton savored the happiness carried by the Chocolate Frog spell and joked with Neville about eating Trevor.
• Anton offered to teach Neville the Summoning Charm and explained the willpower and study it required.
• Neville repeatedly tried the spell without success as Anton urged him to focus and grow more determined.
• Anton frightened Neville with a story about Trevor being run over, and Neville cast the Summoning Charm strongly enough to summon Trevor.
• Anton praised Neville’s potential and thought about training him to help confront Voldemort.

Anton arrived at Hogwarts, comforted Neville about his grandfather, and visited his secret research base before noticing Draco acting strangely. He discovered that Old Voldy had cast a Confundus Charm to make him forget something and attacked the Horcrux with Crucio.

• Anton rode toward Hogwarts with Neville, who told him he could see Thestrals because he had watched his grandfather die; Anton comforted him, and Neville thanked him.
• Anton stopped at Cabin beside the Forbidden Forest to stash his research materials and reflected on the Dungbomb and warning-sign prank cycle he shared with the twins and Neville.
• Anton noticed Draco sitting far from his usual place in the dining hall and wondered what had made him so timid.
• Anton inspected his soul and found that Old Voldy had cast a Confundus Charm, though he could not tell what information the charm was meant to make him forget.
• Anton decided to retaliate against Old Voldy and cast Crucio at the Horcrux, making it tremble.

Anton considered how living Horcruxes might exchange information and continued investigating souls, while at Hogwarts he watched Snape rush out after Harry and Ron went missing. Gilderoy Lockhart arrived as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, and Anton saw unusual cracks in his Magic Image that made him eager to study him.

• Anton reasoned that living Horcruxes could sense each other and resolved to use Old Voldy's Horcrux to study souls, despite the danger to himself.
• Hagrid informed McGonagall that Harry and Ron were missing, and Snape hurried out of the Great Hall in alarm.
• Anton thought about Ginny and the influence Voldemort's Horcrux might have on her, then considered possible connections between Horcruxes and Basilisks.
• Gilderoy Lockhart entered the Great Hall amid fireworks and cheers, introduced himself, and was welcomed as Hogwarts' new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor.
• Anton saw regular dark green cracks across Lockhart's Magic Image and looked forward to examining him.

Anton observed Lockhart’s dark green cracks while arranging a prank that made the professor dance, then noticed a faint crack appear on Draco after Draco began acting secretive and withdrawing from his friends. The chapter left Anton suspecting that Draco had been affected by Voldemort.

• Anton praised Lockhart as the professor struggled to carry his suitcases up the stairs.
• A Dancing Jinx prank arranged by Anton hit Lockhart, who danced until he broke free of the spell.
• Anton watched the dark green cracks on Lockhart shift as the jinx took effect and wore off.
• Anton found Draco writing in a diary, but Draco shut it and hurried out when Anton asked what was wrong.
• Draco returned late that night, and Anton saw a faint dark green crack on him that reminded him of Voldemort.

Anton used the Goblin's Eye to search Draco's memories and discovered that the Diary Horcrux had manipulated him into trying to kill Anton in exchange for control of the Basilisk. After severing the Horcrux's influence over Draco, Anton confronted Old Voldy and began an experiment on his soul.

• Anton used a potion and the Goblin's Eye to enter Draco's memories, despite the danger of absorbing them.
• Anton saw the Diary Horcrux exploit Draco's desire to please his parents and urge him to kill Anton for control of the Basilisk.
• Draco noticed Anton watching him and fled with the diary, intending to hide it in a classmate's robes; Anton saw that this memory had been erased.
• Anton severed the black threads connecting Draco's soul to the Horcrux and told Draco he was looking forward to his choice.
• Old Voldy appeared through black threads and admitted he had made Anton a Horcrux as leverage; Anton then used Soul Scalpel to begin an experiment on him.

Anton attended Herbology with Slytherin and Gryffindor, studied dangerous plants, and began considering how Mandrake cries might affect a Basilisk. He visited Lockhart to ask how a blind wizard could live normally, and Lockhart shared a method for sensing the world through hearing.

• Anton left Hogwarts Castle with his classmates for Herbology and heard students discussing the Howler Ron had received from his mother.
• Professor Sprout taught the class about Mandrakes and awarded Anton fifteen points for identifying the dangerous Eggplant Root Flower.
• Hermione explained that Mandrakes could restore people who had been Petrified, and Sprout awarded Gryffindor ten points.
• Anton wondered whether covering his eyes could protect someone from a Basilisk and considered testing a duel between it and a Mandrake.
• Anton asked Lockhart how a blind wizard could manage, and Lockhart described smearing Mandrake leaves, saliva, and dirt on the ears to hear the shape of the world.
• Anton caught Lockhart's invented anecdote conflicting with his own book and secretly took notes, planning to publish the story later.

Anthony discussed his experimental Mandrake ritual with Snape, who supplied him with Mandrake juice but warned him against reckless experiments. In Lockhart’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Anthony praised Lockhart’s books before Lockhart unveiled a cage of Cornish Pixies.

• Anthony explained to Snape how Mandrake, natural magic, and saliva might anchor a person and grant an ability connected to soil.
• Snape gave Anthony a bottle of Mandrake juice and cautioned him not to try anything reckless.
• Anthony considered testing the potion on Lockhart and watching how the dark-green patterns on Lockhart’s body affected it.
• Lockhart gave the class a quiz, and Anthony and Hermione earned full marks, leaving their classmates astonished when Anthony praised Lockhart’s books.
• Lockhart introduced Cornish Pixies as the class’s fearsome creatures, and the students recognized the familiar signs of a chaotic lesson.

During Lockhart’s disastrous Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, Anton immobilized the pixies and everyone in the classroom with one Charm. After seeing how Lockhart’s soul restricted him to the Memory Charm, Anton wondered whether Old Wizard Fiennes’s Spell Slots worked the same way.

• Lockhart released the Cornish Pixies, and they wrecked the classroom while he failed to control them with his Charms.
• Neville drew his Wand but faltered as the pixies seized him, while Anton’s Confundus Charm kept the creatures away from him.
• Lockhart fled through the professors’ passage and left Harry, Ron, and Hermione to round up the pixies.
• Anton cast Petrificus Totalus across the classroom, freed Neville, and left the students stunned by his power.
• On his way back to the Dormitory, Anton concluded that Lockhart’s soul resisted every Charm but the Memory Charm and questioned whether Spell Slots caused similar limitations.

Anton chose the Bread Charm for his experiment with Old Voldy, while the Cabin members shared their projects and raced through Hogwarts on miniature Flying Broomsticks. The chapter ended with the friends laughing together as they flew through the dark corridors.

• Anton chose the Bread Charm to engrave onto Old Voldy, avoiding spells he thought could cause trouble.
• George and Fred revealed a model of Hogwarts and demonstrated secret passages, while Anton showed miniature Flying Broomsticks and Hannah presented her dream-story book.
• Neville revealed animated wooden figurines he had carved and enchanted, and the group discussed developing their War Chess game.
• George and Fred invited the Cabin members to explore a secret passage beneath Hogwarts and explained how they had found it through the kitchens.
• The group used Flying Broomsticks to race through Hogwarts corridors, evaded Mrs. Norris, and ended up cheering and laughing together.

Anton and the Cabin members visited a lightning-filled chamber they believed belonged to Hufflepuff, where Anton identified its magic as Weather Magic. They chose Weather Charms as their goal for the year and resolved to get through the lightning and open the Chamber.

• George and Fred warned the Cabin members about house-elves before leading them through the kitchens to a fireplace.
• The Twins used Floo Powder to take the group to a stone corridor filled with clouds and lightning.
• George and Fred suggested the corridor was Hufflepuff's Chamber, and Hannah connected its location to Hufflepuff's history with house-elves.
• Anton examined the storm with the Wizard's Eye and identified its magic as Weather Magic, then described several obscure magical fields and Weather Charms.
• The Cabin members agreed to study Weather Charms, add weather effects to War Chess, and try to pass through the lightning to open Hufflepuff's Chamber.

Draco struggled with whether to use a mysterious poison from Knockturn Alley to gain control of a Basilisk, but he could not bring himself to harm Anton. When Crabbe drank the bottle, Fiendfyre erupted from his body, and Anton recognized the dangerous potion.

• The Malfoy house-elves delivered seven Nimbus 2001 brooms, securing Draco a place on Slytherin’s team but leaving him anxious over a small ceramic bottle.
• Anton mistook Draco’s distress for nerves about a coming-of-age ritual and warned him to think carefully before taking an irreversible step.
• Draco admitted to himself that the bottle held poison meant to help him control a Basilisk, but he could not use it to kill Anton, his only good friend.
• Goyle and Crabbe found the bottle, and Crabbe drank it before Draco could stop him.
• Blue flames burst from Crabbe’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nostrils, and Anton identified the potion as Fiendfyre Liquid.

Anton petrified Crabbe to shield him from Fiendfyre while Draco rushed to fetch Professor Snape. Snape extinguished the flames and took Crabbe to the Hospital Wing, while Draco insisted he was worried about his friend.

• Anton used an advanced Full Body-Bind Curse to petrify Crabbe’s body and soul, barely holding back the Fiendfyre.
• Anton recovered Draco’s ceramic bottle and accused him of bringing the dangerous Fiendfyre Liquid to school; Draco denied trying to kill Anton.
• Anton ordered Draco to fetch Professor Snape and warned him that he owed an explanation.
• Goyle admitted he had found the bottle and opened it because he thought it might taste good.
• Professor Snape extinguished the Fiendfyre, and Anton lifted the petrification; Crabbe screamed as Snape carried him to the Hospital Wing.
• Snape ordered Draco to explain himself in his office the next day, and Draco told Anton that Crabbe was his friend.

Anton investigated Draco’s memories and Voldemort’s influence, then realized Voldemort’s Confundus Charm had kept him from reporting the Diary Horcrux to Dumbledore. He decided to counterattack by asking Lockhart to teach him the Memory Charm.

• Anton examined Draco’s memories and found Voldemort’s faint Dark Green Cracks in Draco’s magical color, then smeared a Mandrake mixture on his ear as punishment and a test.
• Anton resolved to tell Dumbledore about the dangerous Diary Horcrux, but noticed he had been avoiding the headmaster since term began.
• Anton wrote a reply to one of Lockhart’s fan letters and considered how Lockhart’s craving for attention related to his talent for Memory Charms.
• Anton realized Voldemort’s Confundus Charm had affected him and resolved to play along with the conflict.
• Anton praised Lockhart and asked him to teach the Memory Charm, prompting the delighted professor to boast about his expertise.

Anton learned from Lockhart how the Memory Charm could affect the Ego and overlap with the Imperius Curse. Later, he found Draco distraught in the Washroom, and a dangerous voice called to him while he showered.

• Lockhart taught Anton advanced details about the Memory Charm, and Anton realized its deepest effects could resemble the Imperius Curse.
• Lockhart grew alarmed at Anton's knowledge and held his Wand as Anton left their lesson.
• Anton returned to the Dormitory, found Draco missing, and later discovered him crying in the Washroom, insisting that someone was dead.
• Anton dismissed Draco's claim, then showered and hummed as he washed.
• Anton sensed danger too late when a familiar yet unfamiliar voice called, "Anthony," from outside the shower stall.

Anton confronted Tom Riddle in the washroom, where Tom revealed he had learned about Anton through the Horcrux in his head and intended to use him to return to life. Anton escaped with his Color-Changing Windbird form, but Tom threatened to frame him for the deaths of his roommates and cornered him again with a Basilisk and the Sunshine Bread Charm.

• Anton left the shower and found Draco unconscious while Tom Riddle introduced himself and explained that he had learned about Anton through the Horcrux in his head.
• Tom revealed he planned to use Anton to return to life, but Anton vanished using his Color-Changing Windbird form.
• Tom taunted Anton by threatening to frame him for killing Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe and said he would wait for Anton in Albania.
• Anton reappeared behind Draco and declared that he would kill Tom, who summoned a Basilisk.
• Tom cast the Sunshine Bread Charm and threatened to use Draco as an ingredient, while the Basilisk faced Anton with its eyes still closed.

Anton fought Tom and the Basilisk in the Washroom, using transformations and spells to survive and briefly restrain them. After Tom escaped by channeling the Basilisk’s power through the diary and damaging a Horcrux, Anton connected it to his own soul and discovered he could use its vast Magical Power.

• Anton transformed into a Werewolf and kicked Petrified Draco toward Dumbledore’s office with enchanted flight assistance.
• Anton dodged Tom’s spells and the Basilisk’s attacks by switching between a Werewolf and a Color-Changing Windbird, then tricked Tom with a Moving Figurine and stole his Wand.
• Anton bound the Basilisk with ropes, forced its eyelids shut, and noticed a magical connection between it, the diary, and Tom.
• Tom channeled the Basilisk’s Magical Power through the diary, damaged the Horcrux in Anton’s mind, and escaped with the Basilisk and diary.
• Anton used black threads from his own soul to connect with the cracked Horcrux and discovered he could cast Reparo without using his own Magical Power.

McGonagall and Snape investigated Draco Malfoy’s petrification and followed a trail to the Slytherin common room’s Washroom, where they saw Tom Riddle disappear with the Basilisk. Voldemort then emerged from Anton, who bound him with black threads and repaired the damaged room, leaving both professors stunned.

• Snape complained that Dumbledore had rejected his application to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts and hired Lockhart instead.
• McGonagall and Snape found Harry, Ron, Hermione, and a petrified Draco, but their spells could not undo the petrification.
• McGonagall followed a trail of golden light while Snape flew after her, ordering Harry to take Draco to the Hospital Wing and Hermione to find Dumbledore.
• The professors reached the Slytherin common room’s Washroom and saw Tom Riddle vanish with the Basilisk after Anton fell.
• Voldemort emerged from Anton, who used black threads to bind him and repaired the Washroom with a spell.
• McGonagall and Snape stared at each other in shock as Anton laughed.

Anton explained that he had captured and was holding together a collapsing Voldemort Horcrux whose violent emotions and magic threatened to taint him. Dumbledore agreed to monitor Anton rather than restrict him, and offered to show him how the wizarding world was adapting to the Information Age.

• Anton told Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape about his work with the Horcruxes and asked Dumbledore to remove the spell that had obscured his memory of the Chamber of Secrets events.
• Anton released the cracked, translucent Voldemort Horcrux and explained that it had lost its sense of self and survived only because Anton was slowing its collapse.
• Dumbledore said Anton should let the dangerous Horcrux die and moved to impose restrictions, but McGonagall argued that teachers should guide students rather than simply limit them.
• Snape supported McGonagall, warning that Anton would eventually become powerful enough that no one could restrain him; Dumbledore then agreed to watch Anton himself.
• Dumbledore said he would focus more attention on Hogwarts and offered to take Anton to see how the wizarding world survived the Information Age if Anton studied Muggle Studies.