Chapter Summaries

Jon Hart met Remus Lupin in Transylvania and learned that Fenrir Greyback had freed a hundred or more vampires from Voldemort’s curse, setting up an imminent massacre and their departure for Britain. Jon faced a choice between fleeing and staying to hunt the vampires, whose teeth he needed to save Astoria.

• Remus Lupin recognized Jon Hart, spotted the Order of the Phoenix mark on his arm, and warned him to leave the werewolves’ camp.
• Jon explained that he knew Lupin was infiltrating Fenrir Greyback’s group for Dumbledore, and Lupin revealed that vampires posed the real danger.
• Lupin said Greyback had lifted the curse that kept Transylvanian vampires from drinking human blood, in exchange for their service to Voldemort.
• Lupin warned that at least a hundred vampires would emerge that night, prey on Muggles at Dracula’s Castle, and then fly to Britain.
• Jon realized there was no time to warn Dumbledore or the Romanian Ministry of Magic and weighed fleeing against confronting the vampires for their teeth, which he needed to save Astoria.

Jon learned from Remus Lupin that the Vampire curse would end at nightfall, and he began arranging a plan with Xander to prevent the Vampires from feeding. Meanwhile, Fenrir Greyback prepared a secret chamber for the Vampires’ return, but growing noise outside disrupted his plans just before nightfall.

• Remus Lupin told Jon that the Vampires would reappear that night, and Jon explained the danger to Xander.
• Jon ruled out seeking reinforcements from Kruja and instructed Xander to help with his plan, taking several Crystal Vials from his suitcase.
• Fenrir Greyback led Werewolves in connecting a secret passage to Dracula's Castle and brought the Vampires into a hidden chamber before nightfall.
• Eliana Dracula fed on a captured Muggle, while Fenrir Greyback ordered the impatient Vampires to wait until dark.
• A Werewolf reported that Jean Cruise had returned and was exploring the castle, then Fenrir Greyback heard a commotion outside and looked through a skylight.

A disguised attacker used Crystal Vials to unleash Fiendfyre across the castle, forcing Fenrir Greyback, the Werewolves, and the Vampires to flee. Greyback then led them toward the Black Forest to hunt the Giant Eagle he believed was responsible.

• Fenrir Greyback learned that a fire had killed Abbot and Jessica and driven the Muggles from the castle.
• Greyback discovered Jean Cruise was an impostor who transformed into a Giant Eagle and dropped Crystal Vials that released magical flames.
• The Fiendfyre engulfed the castle, and Greyback led the Werewolves and Vampires through a secret passage to the sewers.
• After blocking the passage exit, Greyback ordered his followers to pursue the Giant Eagle into the Black Forest.

Jon Hart summoned the Wraiths in the forest west of Dracula's Castle and enlisted them to trap the approaching Vampires and Werewolves. As the pursuers surrounded the disguised Animagus, the forest began to stir.

• Jon turned the Resurrection Stone and summoned the Wraiths of the victims buried in the forest.
• Jon promised the Wraiths revenge and eternal rest if they held the Vampires and Werewolves for five minutes, while sparing two people.
• An armored Wraith agreed to lead the dead in trapping the pursuers.
• Countess Eliana Dracula spotted the Giant Eagle, and the Vampires and Werewolves chased it into the forest.
• Remus Lupin sensed danger as the Giant Eagle landed and transformed into a wizard, whom Fenrir Greyback threatened.
• Soft footsteps sounded from every corner as the forest began to tremble.

Jon used Fiendfyre to drive the Muggles out of Brown Castle, then unleashed it on the forest to destroy the gathered Vampires and Werewolves. Fenrir Greyback escaped, but Mayor Joseph Pistol recognized him and fired a silver bullet.

• Jon recalled the Fiendfyre into a silver octahedral box after the Muggles fled Brown Castle, then returned toward the Black Forest.
• Jon released the Fiendfyre into the forest as Xander and the pursued Vampires arrived; Xander escaped into the sky, and Remus Lupin Apparated away.
• The Fiendfyre and Wraiths trapped and killed the other Vampires and Werewolves while Jon watched from outside the forest.
• Mayor Joseph Pistol led Ghileu Town militiamen toward the burning forest and ordered them to hide when he heard a gunshot.
• Fenrir Greyback escaped the flames and rested nearby, but Pistol recognized him as the Werewolf who had murdered his daughter and shot at him with a silver bullet.

Jon read reports that Romanian authorities had covered up the destruction at Brown Castle and the surrounding forest as a fire, while he carried the spoils of his mission toward Albania. The chapter left him preparing to cross the last mountain range with the injured Xander.

• Jon read news reports describing the Brown Castle fire and a forest blaze that had forced mass evacuations.
• Jon reflected that the Romanian Ministry of Magic had concealed the truth about his killing of the vampires and werewolves, and had blamed Remus Lupin for the incident.
• Jon learned that Lupin was discussing the matter with the Romanian Minister of Magic, with Albus Dumbledore expected to arrive from Britain.
• Jon traveled toward Albania by Muggle transportation because Xander had suffered burns from Fiendfyre.
• Jon finished breakfast, collected his suitcase and snake-skin bag, and set out with Xander to cross the last mountain range into Albania.

Jon returned to Kruja with Xander and proved to the elders that he had hunted the Transylvanian vampires, earning the promised branch of the Kalaba Soul Tree. Elder Phineas gave Jon the branch and explained that he had to place it in water within twelve hours.

• Jon and Xander arrived in Kruja and went to Bat Hall to meet the three elders.
• Jon showed the elders a bag of vampire and werewolf ashes, explaining that he had burned the creatures he hunted and that few, if any, vampires remained.
• Elder Phineas examined the ashes and accepted Jon's account, confirming that he had fulfilled the elders' requirement.
• Elder Phineas took Jon to the Soul Tree in the Black Forest and broke off a small branch for him.
• Elder Phineas warned Jon that the branch needed to be placed in water within twelve hours and would remain viable for up to half a year.

Voldemort hid in an abandoned house with Wormtail and realized that the destruction of his Horcruxes had restored some of his reason. After using the Transylvania fire to draw Dumbledore away from Britain, Voldemort summoned his followers, who gathered outside the house.

• Voldemort ordered Wormtail to light the fireplace and erase traces of their arrival.
• Voldemort concluded that his Horcruxes had influenced his mind and that their destruction had restored his rationality.
• Voldemort read a newspaper report about the Transylvania fire and believed Fenrir Greyback’s operation had drawn Dumbledore away from Britain.
• Wormtail returned after clearing their tracks, and Voldemort burned the newspaper.
• Voldemort pressed Wormtail’s Dark Mark, turning it black as hooded Wizards Apparated around the house and approached.

Daphne Greengrass returned to Hogwarts after a disappointing summer marked by her poor O.W.L. results and concern over Astoria’s serious illness. On the train, she noticed several familiar students and received an invitation from Professor Slughorn.

• Daphne learned that her O.W.L. results would hinder her hopes of getting a Ministry position, while her mother remained disappointed.
• Daphne learned Astoria would not return to Hogwarts because of her illness, and comforted her as Astoria clung to the mirror Jon Hart had given her and hoped he would return from Albania.
• On September 1, Daphne traveled to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters with the house-elf Hode and boarded the Hogwarts Express amid increased Ministry security.
• Daphne saw Zacharias Smith wearing the Hufflepuff Quidditch captain badge, Harry Potter boarding with Ron and Ginny Weasley, and Hermione Granger hurrying into the prefects’ compartment.
• Daphne spotted Draco Malfoy slipping into Professor Snape’s compartment, then received a letter from Professor Slughorn delivered by a third-year girl.

Daphne Greengrass attended Professor Slughorn’s train lunch, where he focused on Harry Potter and later questioned him about Jon Hart. Slughorn then privately asked Daphne to pass an inaudible message to Jon, and she returned flustered to her compartment as the train neared Hogwarts.

• Daphne arrived at Slughorn’s lunch and found more than a dozen students gathered, with Slughorn paying special attention to Harry Potter.
• Daphne felt overlooked during lunch and missed her sister Astoria, who had not come to school with her.
• As the students left to change into their school robes, Slughorn asked Harry and Daphne to stay behind.
• Slughorn asked Harry whether Jon Hart had really died, and Harry said he had seen Wormtail murder him.
• After Harry left, Slughorn questioned Daphne about her closeness to Jon and asked her to pass him a message.
• Daphne hurried back to her compartment, where Millicent Bulstrode reminded her to change before the train arrived.

Jon spent a month in Albania studying indigenous magic while waiting for a Karaba-Soul Tree branch to grow. After receiving a letter from Madame Olim Maxime, he planned to go to Beauxbatons to withdraw, but the letter instructed him to reach the highest point within ten kilometers by five o’clock the next afternoon.

• Jon stayed in Albania to protect the growing Karaba-Soul Tree branch and learn from the Kruja Wizards.
• Jon learned that African magic emphasized emotional control and Wandless Casting, while its wizards were generally less precise with spells than Norse wizards.
• Jon discovered from Xander and other Kruja Wizards that Animagus magic was more wondrous than the account in his book suggested.
• Jon received a letter from Madame Olim Maxime containing Beauxbatons information and a fifth-year course schedule.
• Jon decided to travel to Beauxbatons on September 1 to withdraw and cancel his student status, but the letter told him to reach the highest point within ten kilometers by five o’clock the next afternoon.

Jon traveled from Albania to Beauxbatons aboard an Abraxan carriage, then used a Disillusionment Charm to slip away from the other students. He arrived at the school and began looking for Headmistress Maxime so he could submit his withdrawal application.

• Jon reached Eagle's Nest Mountain with Xander and waited for the transport scheduled to collect him.
• Philip Madan arrived in an Abraxan carriage, and Jon said farewell to Xander before boarding with the Beauxbatons students.
• Jon rode with the students through Macedonia, Greece, and Cyprus toward Beauxbatons, watching the scenery and keeping to himself.
• As the students changed into Beauxbatons uniforms, Jon cast a Disillusionment Charm and left the changing compartment unseen.
• Jon followed the students through Nick Flamel Square and observed the orderly gathering of nearly a thousand students.
• Jon stayed out of the formation and considered how to find Headmistress Maxime to submit his withdrawal application.

Jon infiltrated Beauxbatons by following its students into the castle under a Disillusionment Charm. After changing into a Beauxbatons uniform, he slipped into the Great Hall and joined the crowd at the fifth-year table.

• Jon hid from the rain beneath a statue while Beauxbatons students and teachers waited in formation.
• Madame Olim Maxime welcomed the students, announced school rules and Quidditch assessments, and dried them with a warm gust of wind.
• Jon followed the second-year students into the castle under his Disillusionment Charm.
• Jon found a Beauxbatons uniform in a closet, cleaned it, changed, and rejoined a group of older students.
• Jon entered the Great Hall and quietly positioned himself at the back of the fifth-year table.

Jon infiltrated the Beauxbatons feast under a Disillusionment Charm, then made his way through the castle to find Madame Maxime's office. He reached the painting of The Knight of the Flames, where the chapter ended.

• Jon dropped his Disillusionment Charm, sat with the fifth-years, and used Confundo on a girl who noticed him.
• Jon told a curious student that he had transferred from Durmstrang and asked where Madame Maxime's office was.
• Jon left the feast and searched the seventh-floor corridors for the painting of The Knight of the Burning Stake.
• The Hunchback Ringing the Bell gave Jon directions, and Jon stopped before a painting called The Knight of the Flames.

Jon visited Headmistress Maxime at Beauxbatons to request a leave of absence so he could stay with a seriously ill friend. When Maxime offered to help, he revealed that the friend suffered from a Blood Curse.

• Jon entered the Headmistress's office after the Giant Rooster Statue let him through the Bronze Door.
• Madame Maxime read Jon's records and confirmed his transfer from Durmstrang and his year as an exchange student at Hogwarts.
• Jon asked for a leave of absence, and Maxime warned him that he would miss the important fifth-year O.W.L.s.
• Jon said his close friend in Britain was gravely ill and might die before Christmas, so he wanted to stay with her.
• Maxime asked what illness the friend had and offered to advise him, and Jon told her it was a Blood Curse.

Jon secured an indefinite leave from Beauxbatons, then learned from Madame Maxime that Hagrid might know about a giantess named Frieduvfa who could help with the Blood Curse. As Jon left the Headmistress's Office, the girl in a nearby painting had become ashes, and the saintess's soul rose into the sky.

• Madame Maxime approved Jon's indefinite leave application but initially avoided answering his question about the Blood Curse.
• Madame Maxime told Jon to ask Hagrid about the giantess Frieduvfa and her, without mentioning the Blood Curse.
• Madame Maxime privately apologized to a portrait of Flamel for withholding her origins, and he reassured her that she had done well.
• Jon left the Headmistress's Office and found that the girl in the nearby painting had vanished, leaving ashes behind.
• The saintess's soul rose from the ruins, smiled at Jon, and drifted into the sky.

Jon returned to Hogwarts and asked Hagrid how his wizard father had fathered him with his giant mother, Frieduvfa. Hagrid explained the giants’ unusual magic and his father’s choice to raise him, and Jon ended by asking whether Frieduvfa was still alive.

• Jon left Beauxbatons and used Fawkes to travel back toward Hogwarts.
• At the Hogwarts feast, Hagrid greeted Harry, who argued with Ron and Hermione about whether Snape was helping Voldemort.
• Hagrid told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Grop had moved to a cave in the mountains before heading back to his hut.
• Jon, disguised as Kristoff Patrick, met Hagrid and asked how his parents had conceived him.
• Hagrid said Frieduvfa had captured his father, used giant magic to conceive Hagrid, and later abandoned them, while his father stayed to raise him.
• Jon asked Hagrid whether Frieduvfa was still alive.

Jon asked Hagrid about the giants but learned they had left their settlement near Dijon and could be hiding anywhere. After Fawkes warned him of someone nearby, Jon concealed himself and watched Professor Slughorn slip into the Forbidden Forest, while an owl searched overhead.

• Hagrid told Jon that his mother had died and that the giants had left their old home near Dijon after Aurors searched it.
• Jon realized the giants could be scattered across Europe and escaped when Hagrid wondered whether he was a Half-Giant.
• Jon asked Fawkes whether Dumbledore was at Hogwarts, and she indicated that he was away.
• Fawkes sensed danger, so Jon used the Disillusionment Charm to hide with her.
• Jon watched Professor Slughorn enter the Forbidden Forest carrying several twig-like objects, then noticed an owl circling above him.

Jon received a warning from Daphne Greengrass that Death Eaters had discovered his identity and were trying to kill him. Suspecting a connection to Professor Slughorn, Jon burned the letter and went to the Headmaster’s Office to investigate.

• Jon revealed himself to an owl so it could deliver Daphne Greengrass’s letter, then read it outside Hagrid’s hut.
• Daphne warned Jon that Slughorn had told her Death Eaters knew Jon Hart and Kristoff Patrick were the same person and wanted revenge on him.
• Jon wondered how the Death Eaters had learned his identity and removed the Iron Ring from his hand.
• Jon saw Slughorn returning from the Forbidden Forest, burned Daphne’s letter with Fawkes, and asked her to take him to the Headmaster’s Office.
• Jon reached the Eighth Floor, moved the sleeping Stone Gargoyle out of his way, and climbed the staircase to the office.

Jon returned from Albania to Hogwarts and learned from Dumbledore that Voldemort’s followers had been carrying out attacks, including one near Jon’s former home and the killing of Dedalus Diggle. Dumbledore grew grave when Jon told him that Slughorn had warned that the Death Eaters knew Kristoff Patrick was actually Jon.

• Jon arrived in the Headmaster’s Office, where the portraits celebrated because Dumbledore was away, and told them he had returned from Albania on his own.
• Dumbledore hurried back to Hogwarts after Fawkes told him Jon had returned, and the portraits quickly hid their games and revelry.
• Dumbledore told Jon that Minister Amelia Bones had kept reports of recent Death Eater attacks out of the Daily Prophet.
• Dumbledore said Death Eaters had attacked Eastley Road in Southampton without causing Muggle casualties and had killed Dedalus Diggle in Budleigh Babberton.
• Jon told Dumbledore that Daphne’s letter relayed Slughorn’s warning that the Death Eaters knew Kristoff Patrick was actually Jon, and Dumbledore became grave.