Chapter Summaries

Jon accompanied Tonks to the Ministry of Magic, where he registered Barty Crouch Jr.'s Wand under his assumed identity as Kristoff Patrick. As he left, he overheard Dolores Umbridge arranging to obtain two Dementors from Yaxley within seven days.

• Tonks brought Jon into the Ministry of Magic and led him through a security inspection.
• Jon registered Barty Crouch Jr.'s Wand at the International Magical Law Office, where it was marked with Trace Silk.
• Jon parted ways with Tonks and returned to the Ministry's golden hall.
• Jon overheard Dolores Umbridge order Yaxley to assign her two Dementors, and Yaxley agreed to arrange it within seven days.
• Jon walked past Umbridge and Yaxley without revealing that he had overheard them.

Jon Hart, living under the name Kristoff Patrick in London, read a German Hogwarts letter and caught up on news about Dumbledore and Sirius Black. The newspaper’s latest headline accused Harry Potter of being a narcissist, delusional, or a murderer.

• Jon used a German dictionary to decipher the Hogwarts letter welcoming Kristoff Patrick and listing the school supplies and books he needed.
• Jon read the Daily Prophet’s report that Albus Dumbledore had been stripped of two leadership positions and that his Order of Merlin was under review.
• Jon concluded that the Ministry had pushed Dumbledore out after he announced Voldemort’s return, and considered whether Dumbledore had deliberately appeared weak.
• Jon read that Sirius Black had appeared in Tibet and seemed to have reached an agreement with the Yetis.
• Jon turned to a Daily Prophet headline attacking Harry Potter.

Jon read a Daily Prophet article portraying Harry Potter as a dangerous wizard and murderer, then considered how Voldemort’s return and the Ministry’s denial would leave the Order of the Phoenix at a disadvantage. On his fourteenth birthday, living as Kristoff Patrick, Jon resolved that he had little left to fear from becoming involved.

• Jon read Barnabas Cuffe’s article accusing Harry Potter of violence, dark associations, and murdering Jon Hart, while condemning Dumbledore for protecting him.
• Jon found no other news about Dumbledore, Harry, or familiar Death Eaters and threw the Daily Prophet away.
• Jon noted that July 15, 1995, was his fourteenth birthday and reflected that few people knew he was alive under the name Kristoff Patrick.
• Jon considered how Fudge’s efforts to suppress Dumbledore would let Voldemort and the Death Eaters grow stronger while most of the wizarding world remained unaware.
• Jon decided that exposing Voldemort sooner could reduce the sacrifices ahead, and felt his new identity and his parents’ safety left him little reason to stay out of the conflict.

A disguised boy watched Dolores Umbridge arrange for two Dementors to pursue Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley in a tunnel. After following them, he transformed into Severus Snape and confronted Umbridge, claiming he was making a home visit to a student who had done poorly in Potions.

• A foreign-looking boy watched Dolores Umbridge from an ice cream stand in Little Whinging.
• Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley argued, and Harry nearly drew his Wand before the weather changed.
• Umbridge signaled two Dementors to pursue Harry and Dudley into a tunnel, then followed them.
• The boy left the stand, removed an Iron Ring, and transformed into Severus Snape.
• Snape confronted Umbridge outside the tunnel and questioned why she was there.

Severus Snape encountered Dolores Umbridge near the tunnel after she arranged a Dementor attack, then watched Harry drive off the two Dementors with a Patronus. Snape escorted Harry and the unconscious Dudley to Privet Drive for a supposed home visit, where Petunia recognized him.

• Dolores Umbridge fled after Snape questioned her about her Ministry business near the Dementors.
• Harry conjured a Silver Stag Patronus that drove off the Dementors attacking him and Dudley.
• Snape arrived, mocked Harry, and ordered him to carry Dudley home while an invisible force supported him.
• Harry wondered whether Dumbledore had sent Snape to protect him as they went to Number 4 Privet Drive.
• Petunia opened the door, dropped her teacup, and quietly called Snape by name.

After a Dementor attacked Dudley on Privet Drive, Snape arrived and helped him recover, while Harry discovered that Snape and Aunt Petunia had known each other as children. Snape left after ordering Harry to keep the encounter secret.

• Harry saw Aunt Petunia greet Snape by his first name and wondered how they knew each other.
• Dudley vomited and collapsed, and Snape used Scourgify to clean the floor.
• Aunt Petunia revealed that Snape had been her and Lily's childhood neighbor.
• Snape explained that a Dementor had attacked Dudley and gave him a Cheering Charm potion.
• Snape dragged Harry outside and ordered him not to tell anyone about what had happened.

Harry questioned Aunt Petunia about her connection to Snape, and she recounted how Snape and Lily had been inseparable as children in Cokeworth. Petunia stopped short of explaining what happened when she later went to find Snape, leaving Harry troubled by how little he knew about his parents and Snape.

• After Snape left, Harry wondered why Petunia knew him and considered writing to his friends or Sirius, but could not decide what to say.
• Vernon took Dudley to the hospital, while Petunia stayed behind and said she needed to tidy the living room.
• Harry confronted Petunia, who said she and Lily had grown up in Cokeworth and that Lily often met Snape at Spinner's End.
• Petunia told Harry that Lily and Snape had been close since childhood, while she and Snape argued and called each other names.
• Petunia began to describe her first visit to Spinner's End to see Severus, then abruptly refused to continue and ordered Harry to bed.
• Harry lay awake, questioning why nobody had told him about Lily and Snape's relationship.

Jon returned to London and moved to The Leaky Cauldron to stay among the wizarding community for the rest of the summer. Meanwhile, Dumbledore learned that Snape had appeared at Privet Drive and went to 12 Grimmauld Place after receiving another letter.

• Dumbledore read Arabella Figg’s report that two Dementors had attacked Harry and his cousin, and that Snape had appeared at Number Four, Privet Drive.
• Fawkes delivered a second letter to Dumbledore, who burned both letters and decided to go to 12 Grimmauld Place.
• Jon returned to his East End inn, put away the Polyjuice Potion containing Snape’s cells, and gathered his belongings for Hogwarts.
• Jon left the inn and went to The Leaky Cauldron on Charing Cross Road, where Tom Abbott welcomed him.
• Jon chose to stay in Diagon Alley because he considered it safer and wanted to keep up with news from the wizarding world.

Jon Hart spent the summer watching the Ministry-backed attacks on Harry Potter and Dumbledore, then traveled to Hogwarts under the identity Kristoff Patrick. As the train departed, he wondered whether Harry and his friends would join him, and three people entered his compartment.

• Jon Hart noticed that the Daily Prophet had promoted Percy Weasley and repeatedly mocked Harry Potter while attacking Dumbledore less openly.
• On September 1, Jon entered Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and boarded the Hogwarts Express under the identity Kristoff Patrick.
• Jon saw Cedric Diggory wearing a Student Council President badge, along with Zacharias Smith, Ernie Macmillan, and Hannah Abbott on the platform.
• Harry Potter arrived alone, and Jon spotted Nymphadora Tonks watching nearby before Hermione Granger and the Weasley family arrived with Mad-Eye Moody and Sirius Black in dog form.
• The Hogwarts Express departed, and Jon wondered whether he would share his compartment with Harry and his friends before three people burst inside.

Jon met Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle on the train to Hogwarts and befriended Crabbe and Goyle after Malfoy left. Jon ended the chapter asking Crabbe whether their fathers had also been friends.

• Draco Malfoy entered Jon's compartment with Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, and Jon introduced himself as an exchange student from Durmstrang.
• Jon and Draco chatted about their schools and families, and Draco offered to look after Jon if he joined Slytherin.
• Draco left to receive instructions from the Head Boy and patrol the corridors as a prefect.
• Jon, Crabbe, and Goyle bought food from the trolley and chatted as they ate.
• Jon asked Vincent whether their fathers and Draco's father had been close friends when they were young.

Jon gathered limited information from Crabbe and Goyle and learned about the prefects from Draco Malfoy aboard the Hogwarts Express. At Hogsmeade Station, Alastor Moody led the first-years and Jon toward the lake, leaving Jon wondering why Moody had replaced Hagrid.

• Jon questioned Crabbe and Goyle but learned little useful information about Voldemort or the Death Eaters.
• Draco Malfoy returned to the compartment, named the prefects, and left with Crabbe and Goyle to tease Harry Potter.
• Malfoy and his companions changed into their school robes before the train reached Hogsmeade Station.
• Alastor Moody gathered the first-years, and Jon joined them after Moody confirmed Dumbledore had told him about Jon.
• Moody led Jon and the first-years down a dark, slippery path until they reached the black lake.

Jon returned to Hogwarts as an exchange student and joined the first-years for the Sorting Ceremony. The Sorting Hat warned that Hogwarts faced danger and needed unity, just before the students were sorted.

• Jon crossed the lake to Hogwarts with the first-years, guided by Alastor Moody.
• Professor McGonagall told Jon that exchange students had to undergo the Sorting Ceremony with the new students.
• Jon entered the Great Hall and recognized Dumbledore, Moody, and Dolores Umbridge at the High Table.
• The Sorting Hat sang about Hogwarts facing danger and the need for unity, prompting discussion at the four House tables.

At Hogwarts' Sorting Ceremony, Kristoff Patrick was sorted into Slytherin despite being Muggle-born, leaving him stunned as he joined the house. Astoria Greengrass offered him a seat at the Slytherin table.

• Professor McGonagall began the Sorting Ceremony after the ghosts explained that the Sorting Hat's warning song signaled danger to Hogwarts.
• Euan Abercrombie was sorted into Gryffindor, and Joanna Brewster was sorted into Ravenclaw.
• Jon considered which house to choose for his second Sorting as the ceremony continued.
• The Sorting Hat sorted Kristoff Patrick into Slytherin before he could express a preference.
• Draco Malfoy welcomed Jon to Slytherin, and Astoria Greengrass told him to sit beside her.

Jon joined the Slytherin students at the feast and observed his new classmates. Dumbledore announced that Dolores Umbridge would temporarily teach Care of Magical Creatures while Hagrid was away.

• Astoria Greengrass made room for Jon, then moved to sit beside Daphne Greengrass as other Slytherins introduced themselves to him.
• Draco Malfoy told Jon that Astoria's boyfriend had died, then warned him about the Bloody Baron.
• The Sorting Ceremony ended, and Dumbledore welcomed the students to the feast.
• Jon ate while watching his Slytherin classmates, including Crabbe, Goyle, Malfoy, Sean Avery, and Madeleine Yaxley.
• Dumbledore announced that Alastor Moody would return as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and that Rubeus Hagrid would return late.
• Dumbledore introduced Dolores Umbridge as the temporary Care of Magical Creatures teacher, and she stood to polite applause.

At the start-of-term feast, Jon learned from Draco Malfoy and other Slytherins that Dolores Umbridge was close to Cornelius Fudge and that the Ministry was preparing to act against Hogwarts. After Umbridge gave a speech criticizing change, Jon left the Great Hall with Daphne Greengrass, who offered to guide him to the Slytherin common room.

• Draco Malfoy told Jon and several Slytherins that Umbridge was Fudge's confidante and that the Ministry was preparing to make a move against Hogwarts.
• Jon noticed that the Greengrass sisters were not part of Malfoy's clique of Slytherin students.
• Umbridge interrupted Dumbledore and delivered a speech praising tradition and opposing progress for its own sake.
• Dumbledore resumed his announcements, dismissed the students, and Jon waited in the Great Hall but received no message to visit his office.
• Daphne Greengrass introduced herself to Jon and offered to show him the Slytherin common room.

Jon followed Daphne Greengrass to the Slytherin common room, where he concealed his identity from Tiffany Selwyn before Draco Malfoy led him to his dormitory. Jon settled into his bed and fell asleep.

• Daphne Greengrass showed Jon the password and led him through the Dungeon into the Slytherin common room.
• Jon met Tiffany Selwyn, then pretended to have diarrhea to avoid risking that she would recognize his lack of German.
• Draco Malfoy returned with the first-year students and took Jon to the dormitory he shared with Sean Avery and two other boys.
• Jon listened to the lake water outside and fell asleep in his bed.

Jon Hart began his first day at Hogwarts as the Slytherin exchange student Patrick, received an unexpected note, and attended Herbology with Ravenclaw. The chapter ended as he and the Slytherins headed to Hagrid’s hut for Care of Magical Creatures.

• Pansy Parkinson gave Jon his timetable, and he chose Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, and Ancient Runes as his electives.
• A white owl delivered Jon a note, and he saw Astoria Greengrass enter the Great Hall.
• Professor Pomona Sprout taught the class about Gillyweed, and Jon correctly explained its uses to earn five points for Slytherin.
• The students squeezed Gillyweed tubers and collected their caustic pus under Professor Sprout’s instructions.
• After Herbology ended, Jon and the Slytherins headed toward Hagrid’s hut for Care of Magical Creatures.

Dolores Umbridge took over Care of Magical Creatures class and denounced Hagrid as dangerous, leaving Ginny Weasley sent away with detention for defending him. Umbridge then began the lesson by putting posters on Hagrid's hut.

• The Gryffindor and Slytherin students gathered outside Hagrid's hut and waited for Dolores Umbridge.
• Umbridge made the students repeat their greeting until they addressed her loudly as Professor Umbridge.
• Umbridge criticized Hagrid and called his appointment as a teacher irresponsible, prompting Ginny Weasley to defend him.
• Umbridge questioned Ginny about her father, dismissed her defense of Hagrid, and ordered her to report for detention on Saturday evening.
• Umbridge waved her Wand and made several posters appear on the door of Hagrid's hut.

Professor Umbridge taught Gryffindor and Slytherin students that creatures such as werewolves and centaurs were evil and should be controlled or exterminated. Astoria Greengrass challenged her claims, and the lesson ended with Umbridge furious and Astoria walking away from Tiffany Selwyn.

• After Ginny Weasley left, Umbridge showed the students gruesome pictures and condemned werewolves, centaurs, and trolls as sinful creatures.
• Umbridge called for werewolves to be exterminated and other creatures to be confined, until Astoria Greengrass raised her hand to object.
• Astoria argued that werewolves could retain their sanity with Wolfsbane Potion, centaurs were intelligent and peaceful, and trolls were unrelated to giants.
• When Umbridge asked her name and threatened to report her to her mother, Astoria identified herself as Diana Greengrass's daughter and stood by her challenge.
• Umbridge spent the rest of the lesson teaching students how to kill dangerous creatures, and Astoria left after brushing off Tiffany Selwyn's warning.

Jon impressed Professor Flitwick by mastering the Accio Charm and asked him to identify a mysterious silver octahedron. After Flitwick explained that the Mithril Core required a creator-linked key, Jon connected it to Grindelwald and opened it with the substance produced by Obliviate.

• Jon ate lunch, visited the Room of Requirement, and went to Professor Flitwick's Charms class.
• Jon successfully summoned a feather with Accio, earning ten points for Slytherin and astonished looks from his classmates.
• After class, Jon showed Professor Flitwick the silver octahedron, which Flitwick identified as a Mithril Core that needed a key from its creator.
• Jon tried common objects on the Mithril Core throughout the afternoon and evening, but it did not react.
• Late at night, Jon cast Obliviate and guided the resulting milky substance onto the Mithril Core, which opened, absorbed it, and flashed brightly before closing again.