Chapter Summaries

Jon searched the Restricted Section for answers while Umbridge threatened Trelawney’s position and his reputation as a prophet grew. After Malfoy secretly gave him Voldemort’s message for Moody, Jon asked Moody about the Blood Curse as the professor’s departure seemed imminent.

• Trelawney’s classes deteriorated as Umbridge appeared ready to dismiss her, while students spread exaggerated rumors about Kristoff Patrick’s prophecy.
• Malfoy handed Jon a sealed parchment from Voldemort and asked him to deliver it to Moody; Jon concealed the exchange from Ron.
• Jon excelled in Charms, then completed Moody’s exhausting Defence Against the Dark Arts training.
• Jon stayed behind after class and asked Moody what he knew about the Blood Curse.
• Moody asked how much Jon wanted to know, and Jon replied that he wanted to know everything.

Jon learned from Professor Moody that a Blood Curse gradually lets a snake’s soul consume an unborn witch, eventually turning her into a dangerous Maledictus. Before leaving, Jon delivered Malfoy’s parchment to Moody with a coded message identifying him as Mr. Crouch and conveying the Dark Lord’s regards.

• Moody led Jon to his tent and explained that Herpo’s Blood Curse fused a snake’s soul with an unborn child’s soul.
• Moody said a cursed girl could resist the snake’s soul for years, but it would eventually take control and transform her permanently.
• Moody told Jon that the curse usually manifested within twenty years, could worsen with negative emotions, and had no safe method of removal.
• Moody explained that Maledictus became dangerous after transforming and that the Ministry’s creature-disposal committee executed them before the curse manifested.
• Jon placed Malfoy’s parchment on Moody’s desk and whispered, “The Dark Lord sends his regards, Mr. Crouch!”

Jon read the Daily Prophet’s report accusing Alastor Moody of being a Death Eater and learned that Moody and Sirius Black had escaped a Ministry trap at Hogwarts. The report left Jon stunned and convinced that Umbridge had falsely blamed Moody after her plan failed.

• Harry and Hermione suspected Umbridge had intercepted Harry’s letter and captured Hedwig, while Harry noticed Kristoff Patrick returning to the castle.
• Jon saw that students were gathered around copies of the Daily Prophet and read its headline declaring Moody a Death Eater.
• The article claimed Umbridge had traced contact with Sirius Black to Moody, then led Aurors and Dementors in an attempt to capture them both.
• Jon inferred that Umbridge had set a trap for Black, but Moody escaped after the Death Eaters warned him through the parchment Jon had given him.
• Jon concluded that Umbridge had fabricated the accusation against Moody after the escape and wondered whether the Ministry would face public backlash.

After Alastor Moody escaped, Dumbledore appointed Newt Scamander as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and welcomed Hagrid back as Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Jon delivered a report about Harry Potter’s group to Umbridge, then spotted Diana Greengrass’s name circled on a document in her office.

• Neville Longbottom defended Alastor Moody at the Halloween feast and returned to the Gryffindor common room with bloodied hands after being summoned to Umbridge’s office.
• Umbridge questioned Snape about his repeated applications for the Defence Against the Dark Arts position, and Dumbledore later announced two new teachers.
• Newt Scamander arrived and was welcomed as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, while Hagrid returned as the Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
• Jon gave Umbridge a parchment detailing Harry Potter and his friends’ movements, then noticed a document listing targets on her desk.
• Jon saw that Alastor Moody’s name had been crossed out on the document and Diana Greengrass’s name was circled.

After Umbridge was forced out of her office, Hagrid returned to teaching Care of Magical Creatures despite arriving badly injured. The chapter ended with Hagrid recognizing Jon as the student he had met at Beauxbatons and warmly welcoming him to Hogwarts.

• Jon left Umbridge's office as she packed her belongings, and Umbridge had to pitch a tent outside the castle after McGonagall refused her an empty room.
• The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan threw Dungbombs into Umbridge's tent, while students looked forward to Hagrid's return to teaching.
• Hagrid arrived at Care of Magical Creatures with a bruised, bloodied face and introduced the class to Nifflers borrowed from Professor Scamander.
• A Niffler lunged for Tiffany Selwyn's watch, and Hagrid warned students to remove shiny accessories before approaching the creatures.
• Hagrid recognized Jon as Patrick, the student he had met at Beauxbatons, and enthusiastically welcomed him to Hogwarts.

Dolores Umbridge dismissed Professor Trelawney, but Professor Dumbledore stopped her from being driven off Hogwarts grounds and had Professor McGonagall escort her back to her room. Afterward, Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy recognized that Jon’s earlier prophecy had come true, and Draco reminded him about the next D.A. meeting.

• After Care of Magical Creatures class, students heard Professor Trelawney screaming in the Entrance Hall and gathered to see what was happening.
• Dolores Umbridge told Professor Trelawney that she had been dismissed under Educational Decree No. 23, following an order signed by Cornelius Fudge.
• Professor McGonagall comforted Professor Trelawney, but Umbridge challenged her authority to keep Trelawney at Hogwarts.
• Professor Dumbledore arrived and declared that Umbridge could dismiss teachers but could not drive them off the school grounds, then asked Professor McGonagall to take Trelawney to her room.
• Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy praised Jon for predicting Trelawney’s crisis and rescue, and Draco reminded Jon about their Sunday D.A. meeting.

After Professor Trelawney was dismissed, Dumbledore hired Firenze as the new Divination teacher, and Umbridge restrained herself from making another major disturbance. Newt Scamander began teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts by explaining how Fantastic Beasts could aid students in a fight, then introduced a Niffler for the first lesson.

• Dumbledore hired Firenze to replace Professor Trelawney, and Professor McGonagall prepared a room for him.
• Umbridge appeared shocked by Firenze's appointment and moderated her behavior after dismissing Professor Trelawney.
• Newt Scamander began teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts to fourth-year Hufflepuff and Slytherin students, earning their attention with his introduction.
• Scamander outlined plans to teach defensive and offensive spells later in the year and discuss Fantastic Beasts before Christmas.
• Scamander brought out a Niffler for the first lesson, and Jon frowned as he hid the hand wearing a ring in his pocket.

Jon attended a meeting of the Knights of Walpurgis, gathered reports about Hogwarts, and gave Draco Malfoy a cryptic prophecy. The meeting ended with Jon discovering that Diana Greengrass had been suspended from her Ministry post pending an investigation.

• Jon went to Hogsmeade and joined Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, and the Knights of Walpurgis for their gathering.
• Draco reported that he was tracking Potter's group, while Blaise Zabini reported seeing Rubeus Hagrid return injured from the Forbidden Forest.
• Jon recorded the members' reports and said he would organize the information for Umbridge.
• Draco asked Jon to predict his future, and Jon warned him that he would receive a nearly impossible task and should seek help from someone he might distrust.
• Jon read the Daily Prophet and saw that Diana Greengrass had been suspended pending investigation.

Jon read that Diana Greengrass had been suspended pending a Wizengamot trial, then met with a distressed Astoria and promised her mother would be all right. Astoria began telling Jon about her family and her mother's care for her, leaving her childhood story unfinished.

• Jon read the Daily Prophet report accusing Diana Greengrass of dereliction of duty and announcing her suspension pending trial.
• Jon left the Knights of Walpurgis gathering and secretly went to meet Astoria at Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop.
• Jon reassured Astoria that her mother would not be sent to Azkaban and that Umbridge would face consequences.
• Astoria blamed herself for Umbridge targeting her mother, but Jon comforted her until she calmed down.
• Astoria told Jon that her father had died when she was very young and that her mother had raised her and Daphne alone.
• Astoria recalled that her mother had brought her to Hogwarts to see Professor Dumbledore when she was four.

Jon met Astoria to discuss her family’s connection to Dumbledore, but Fawkes interrupted them with a message summoning Jon to The Hog’s Head. Jon left Astoria and met Dumbledore there, ready to discuss several matters.

• Astoria told Jon that her great-grandmother had been friends with Dumbledore and began to explain why his help had mattered to her, but stopped before revealing more.
• Fawkes appeared in Jon and Astoria’s room, and Astoria recognized her as the little golden bird that had delivered a letter the previous June.
• Fawkes dropped a golden feather that carried Dumbledore’s message: “The Hog’s Head.”
• Jon left Astoria and went to The Hog’s Head, where the bartender brought him to Dumbledore’s room upstairs.
• Dumbledore apologized for interrupting Jon’s date with Astoria, and Jon said he had several things to tell him.

Jon told Dumbledore about the Knights of Walpurgis and Hagrid’s secret creature, and learned that Mrs. Greengrass would be all right. After Dumbledore left, Aberforth Dumbledore recognized Jon, showed him a portrait of Ariana, and told him he understood nothing.

• Jon told Dumbledore that he had taken charge of the Knights of Walpurgis and warned him that Hagrid’s activities in the Forbidden Forest had drawn notice.
• Dumbledore assured Jon that Diana Greengrass would be all right, and Jon asked him to meet again to discuss Transfiguration.
• Jon left The Hog’s Head with Dumbledore, but Aberforth Dumbledore recognized him and pulled him back inside.
• Aberforth showed Jon a portrait of his sister, Ariana Dumbledore, and said that Jon did not understand anything.

Jon Hart spoke with Aberforth Dumbledore, who warned him that Albus was selfish and dangerous to trust. Jon inferred that Aberforth had remained near his brother out of love for Ariana, but Aberforth insisted Jon would regret following Albus.

• Aberforth accused Albus of hiding his ambitions and sacrificing others for his own idea of justice.
• Jon recalled Albus mentioning Aberforth and Ariana, and described clues suggesting Albus still grieved for Ariana.
• Aberforth revealed that he and Ariana had moved to Hogsmeade fifty-two years earlier, after Albus became Hogwarts headmaster.
• Aberforth warned Jon that Albus valued him because he resembled someone from the past and that those who followed Albus rarely met good ends.
• Aberforth escorted Jon from The Hog's Head and told him he would one day regret trusting Albus.

Jon managed the Dolores Aid Association as Christmas approached, while worrying about Astoria Greengrass’s illness and her mother’s upcoming trial. After leaving the library, he encountered Ron Weasley in the corridor and urged him to check that his father was safe.

• Jon considered selling out Dumbledore’s Army to Umbridge after Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy became too busy with their prefect duties to help the Dolores Aid Association.
• Astoria Greengrass recovered enough to leave the Hospital Wing, and Selwyn told Jon she had found a possible way to expose Marietta Edgecombe’s involvement with Harry Potter’s group.
• Jon postponed Selwyn’s plan until after Christmas and declined her invitation to a ball at Selwyn Manor, saying he would accompany his great-aunt.
• After studying in the Restricted Section, Jon was stopped after curfew by Ron Weasley, and Draco Malfoy arrived with Crabbe and Goyle.
• Jon asked Ron whether Arthur Weasley was well and warned him to write to his father in case he was in mortal danger, then left with Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle.

Jon visited Dumbledore to learn the principles of Transfiguration and the exceptions to Gamp's Laws. Dumbledore began explaining why food and money were restricted subjects, including how gold could be transfigured.

• Draco Malfoy told Gregory Goyle to escort Kristoff back to the common room, and Jon persuaded Goyle to go ahead without him.
• Jon summoned Fawkes in the Dungeon and used the phoenix to travel to Dumbledore's office.
• Dumbledore invited Jon to ask his question while the former headmasters watched from their portraits.
• Jon described Transfiguration as magic that altered the essence of matter, and Dumbledore praised his explanation.
• Dumbledore explained that transfiguring food was prohibited because it could revert inside someone's body, though it could help a skilled wizard survive in an emergency.
• Dumbledore explained that money followed similar restrictions and revealed that his friend Nick had proved gold could be transfigured, briefly devaluing Gold Galleons.

Dumbledore explained the remaining laws and limits of Transfiguration to Jon, who took notes but grew quiet. Armando Dippet then reported that McGonagall and Potter were outside, with Potter shouting that Arthur Weasley had been attacked.

• Dumbledore explained that Transfiguration obeyed the conservation of mass and magic, so greater or more complex changes required more magic.
• Dumbledore said Transfiguration could not alter souls and warned that prolonged Animal Transfiguration could kill or permanently change its subject, while Animagus transformation was a rare exception.
• Dumbledore explained that an Animagus form was linked to a wizard's Patronus and that choosing an unfamiliar animal risked tearing the wizard's soul apart.
• Dumbledore explained that Transfiguration could not affect time because attempting to change time would overwhelm the wizard's soul and magic.
• Jon stopped asking questions and continued taking notes as Dumbledore taught him.
• Armando Dippet returned to the office and reported that McGonagall and Potter were outside, and Potter had shouted that he saw Arthur Weasley being attacked.

Harry told Dumbledore that he had seen Voldemort attack Arthur Weasley through Voldemort’s perspective, prompting Dumbledore to launch a search and arrange medical care. After sending Harry and Ron to Grimmauld Place and advancing the plan, Dumbledore asked Jon about his Christmas plans, and Jon said he wanted to visit France.

• Harry told Dumbledore that he had seen Voldemort attack Arthur Weasley in a vision from Voldemort’s perspective.
• Dumbledore sent Everard to raise the alarm and Delis Derwent to notify St Mungo’s about Arthur’s injuries.
• Dumbledore sent Professor McGonagall, Harry, and Ron to Grimmauld Place and asked her to wake the other Weasley children.
• Dumbledore ordered Phineas Black to find Severus and tell him to go to Grimmauld Place because the plan had to be moved up.
• Jon told Dumbledore that he planned to travel to France for the Christmas holiday.

Harry visited Mr. Weasley at St Mungo's and worried that Voldemort might be controlling him through his dreams. Ron and Harry then revealed that Kristoff Patrick had warned them about the attack and Harry's vision, prompting Hermione to decide to investigate Patrick after the holiday.

• Draco Malfoy invited Jon to spend Christmas with his family and possibly meet Voldemort, but Jon refused and turned down other Knights of Walpurgis invitations.
• Harry learned about the Order of the Phoenix at 12 Grimmauld Place, became angry at being kept in the dark, and worried that Voldemort had possessed him after a disturbing dream.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks escorted Harry, Ron, and Hermione to St Mungo's, where Mr. Weasley was recovering.
• Ron told Harry and Hermione that Kristoff Patrick had warned him about Mr. Weasley's danger and given him a letter to pass along.
• Harry revealed that Patrick had predicted his letter to Sirius and his vision of Mr. Weasley being attacked, and Hermione resolved to investigate Patrick after Christmas.

Jon read that Diana Greengrass had been acquitted, then traveled to Corsica to visit his parents. He reunited with his mother, Judy, who told him their neighbor was Gilderoy Lockhart.

• Jon read the Daily Prophet's report that Diana Greengrass had been acquitted and hoped Astoria would feel better after hearing the news.
• On a flight to Paris, Jon chatted with an auburn-haired fellow traveler and declined her invitation to get coffee.
• Jon continued on to Corsica and reunited with his mother, Judy Hart, at her home.
• Judy told Jon that his father spent time with their neighbor, whom she identified as Gilderoy Lockhart.

Jon reunited with Gilderoy Lockhart on Corsica and learned that Dumbledore had assigned him to protect Jon’s parents. Lockhart also introduced Jon to Memory Reading, a spell that could reveal a person’s memories.

• Jon learned that his mother, Judy, knew Lockhart was a wizard and saw her art room after arriving at his parents’ home on Corsica.
• Jon used Alohomora to force open Lockhart’s door, then repaired it with Reparo after entering.
• Lockhart confirmed that Dumbledore had sent him to protect Jon’s parents and said the island was safe from Voldemort’s influence.
• Jon asked Lockhart about Memory Charms, and Lockhart explained that Jon had learned to invade memories but not read them.
• Lockhart described Memory Reading as a complex spell and suggested using it to discover someone’s preferences and weaknesses.

Jon spent a relaxing Christmas holiday with his parents on Corsica, studying Legilimency with Gilderoy Lockhart before leaving for Hogwarts. Back at school, Harry and Ron met Hermione, who had uncovered Kristoff Patrick’s violent past and decided to ask Viktor Krum for more information.

• Jon enjoyed his holiday on Corsica, where he studied Legilimency with Lockhart and spent time with Eric and Judy.
• After the New Year, Jon left Corsica by plane and said goodbye to his parents and Lockhart at Ajaccio Airport.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts after a difficult Christmas and learned Hermione had gone to the Library to investigate Kristoff Patrick.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron that Patrick had used Dark magic at Durmstrang and was expelled after his teachers could no longer tolerate him.
• Ron questioned Hermione about her correspondence with Viktor Krum, and Hermione decided to write to Krum for more information about Patrick.