Chapter Summaries

Jon told Dumbledore about Horace Slughorn’s warning and asked for help locating the giants who might know how to split souls. Dumbledore was searching for Voldemort’s final Horcrux, Hufflepuff’s golden cup, while Jon continued seeking a way to save Miss Greengrass.

• Dumbledore warned Jon to stay cautious because Horace had connections to Death Eaters, and Phineas Black arranged for his portrait to accompany Jon.
• Dumbledore told Jon he was searching for Hufflepuff’s golden cup and suspected Voldemort might be carrying a decoy while hiding the real Horcrux elsewhere.
• Dumbledore said he had found no sign of the golden cup and that Voldemort’s injuries from the Department of Mysteries battle were healing.
• Jon recounted his trip to Albania and the information he had received from Madame Maxime and Hagrid about the giants’ method of splitting souls.
• Jon asked Dumbledore where the last European giants were, since they had apparently joined Voldemort.

Jon learned that Voldemort had contacted the giants and traveled from Hogwarts to Greengrass Manor to see Astoria. He left the Karaba Soul Tree branch with her for safekeeping and asked for a room to brew potions, still desperate to find a way to lift her curse.

• Dumbledore told Jon that a spy had reported the giants were in contact with Tom more than half a month earlier.
• Jon collected Phineas Black's portrait, thanked the Hogwarts headmasters, and used the Floo Network to travel to Greengrass Manor.
• Emily fled when Jon arrived, and Hode explained that Astoria had been staying in her room under orders from her and Diana.
• Astoria rushed out to embrace Jon, and Hode asked him not to take her away from the manor.
• Jon placed the Karaba Soul Tree branch in Astoria's cabinet and told her it might help lift her curse.
• After Astoria described her recent drowsiness, Jon asked her to find him a quiet, well-ventilated room so he could brew potions.

Jon prepared Potions at Greengrass Manor while Diana Greengrass offered him access to Azkaban prisoners for Astoria’s Horcrux plan. After learning that giants had attacked western England, Jon realized they might be the key to saving Astoria and called on Phineas Black for help.

• Jon and Hode cleared a Dungeon and brewed several useful Potions, while Astoria watched briefly with Emily.
• Diana Greengrass returned from an emergency Ministry meeting, learned that Jon had obtained a branch of the Soul Tree, and offered to arrange access to Azkaban prisoners.
• Jon told Diana that a giant soul-separation method might improve Astoria’s chances, so he wanted to seek the giants rather than proceed with the Horcrux plan.
• Diana revealed that giants had caused a devastating disaster in Lancashire and Cheshire only hours earlier, with Death Eaters apparently driving them.
• Jon was shaken by the giants’ proximity and called to the portrait of Phineas Black for help.

Jon told Phineas Black that Tom Riddle might have released the Giants to lure him into a trap, then concealed his suspicions from Diana Greengrass. After learning that Aurors would hunt the Giants, Jon made a plan to join the operation in disguise and left Greengrass Manor to prepare.

• Jon told Phineas Black about the Giants’ devastation and suggested Riddle might have released them to draw him into a trap.
• Phineas Black questioned whether Madame Maxime could be trusted, and Jon stopped him from leaving to discuss another plan.
• Jon kept his suspicions from Diana Greengrass, then heard how the Ministry would cover up the attack and send an Auror team after the Giants.
• Jon asked to inspect the list of temporary members assigned to the Giant hunt and quietly revealed his plan to Diana.
• Diana reacted with shock when Jon said he would disguise himself, and Jon picked up his suitcase and left.

As Hurricane Goliath devastated northern England, the Ministry gathered a temporary team to travel to the West Coast. Jon Hart, disguised as David Yorman, joined the operation and learned from Kingsley Shacklebolt that it could be dangerous.

• BBC Radio reported that Hurricane Goliath had struck Blackpool, causing severe casualties and prompting a state of emergency across northern England.
• Amos Diggory, Dirk Cresswell, Cuthbert Mortotrich, and other temporary Ministry workers waited by a London phone booth while David Yorman listened to Muggle news on a radio.
• Rufus Scrimgeour arrived on the Knight Bus and ordered the temporary workers to be interrogated individually before the trip to the West Coast.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt questioned David Yorman in a compartment, where Jon Hart revealed his identity and explained that the real Yorman was asleep under a dose of Draught of Living Death.
• Kingsley praised Jon's defeat of Fenrir Greyback, warned him that the operation might be dangerous, and then told Scrimgeour that Yorman was fine.

Jon Hart, disguised as David Yorman, traveled with a Ministry rescue team to investigate the devastation in Blackpool. While searching giant footprints on the beach, he noticed Walden Macnair behaving strangely.

• Jon strapped himself to a Knight Bus seat, and Amos Diggory copied him after the bus lurched into motion.
• Rufus Scrimgeour arrived in Blackpool with the Ministry party and divided them into groups to search for Dark magic and giants.
• Jon joined Dirk Cresswell’s group and discreetly watched Walden Macnair, while Kingsley and Tonks stayed with the Aurors.
• The group distributed relief supplies to refugees as they searched the ruined city.
• The investigators found giant footprints on the beach that all ended at the shoreline, and Jon noticed Macnair moving strangely.

Jon went invisible to investigate Macnair’s suspicious behavior, but Voldemort and a group of Death Eaters arrived and attacked the beach. Jon remained hidden as Voldemort searched for him, and a green snake drew closer to the ruins where he was hiding.

• Jon noticed Macnair acting strangely and used the Disillusionment Charm to hide among the ruins.
• At least fifteen Death Eaters surrounded the beach and killed Muggles while attacking the Ministry employees.
• Dirk Cresswell was knocked unconscious, and Amos Diggory’s attempt to Apparate was stopped by an invisible barrier.
• Voldemort arrived, bound the Ministry employees with a green rope, and praised Macnair for helping set the trap.
• Voldemort asked Macnair whether he had found Jon, then sent green snakes searching the beach as Jon hid and watched one approach the ruins.

Aurors and Order of the Phoenix members fought off a Death Eater ambush on the West Coast while Voldemort withdrew from the beach with captured Ministry employees. Jon Hart hid in the resort ruins, but Voldemort fired a Killing Curse at his hiding place as the chapter ended.

• Rufus Scrimgeour and the Aurors discovered the Death Eaters had trapped them by disabling Apparition, then survived a barrage through Scrimgeour's shield and their quick reactions.
• Scrimgeour and Nymphadora Tonks fought together while Kingsley Shacklebolt battled Yaxley and other Death Eaters.
• Alastor Moody and more than ten Order of the Phoenix members arrived by makeshift Portkeys, turning the fight against the Death Eaters.
• Albus Dumbledore joined the battle and captured nearly all the fleeing Death Eaters, while Scrimgeour went to help the injured Gedwin Robards.
• Voldemort ordered the Death Eaters to retreat with captured Ministry employees, then spotted the ruins where Jon Hart was hiding and cast Avada Kedavra at them.

Jon Hart woke up in the Hogwarts hospital wing after Voldemort's Killing Curse missed him and rubble struck his head. Dumbledore explained how Fawkes protected him and brought him back to Hogwarts, while Madam Pomfrey ordered the visitors to let him rest.

• Snape told Dumbledore that Jon was alive and expected to wake soon, despite having been presumed dead for over a year.
• Phineas Black learned Jon had survived and left to tell Elizabeth Burke and Eupraxia Mole to postpone their welcome ceremony.
• Jon regained consciousness and asked Dumbledore what had happened.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort's curse missed Jon, rubble hit his head, and Fawkes protected him until Voldemort fled.
• Madam Pomfrey interrupted Dumbledore and sent him away so Jon could rest.

Jon escaped the Hospital Wing at night to speak with Dumbledore about Voldemort’s giants and the informant who had revealed his identity. Dumbledore confirmed that Rufus Scrimgeour had betrayed Jon and that Diana had been taken to Azkaban, leaving Jon furious and hurt.

• Madam Pomfrey refused to let Jon leave the hospital but agreed to keep his survival secret, then locked him in the ward.
• Jon used Alohomora to escape the Hospital Wing and climbed under a Disillusionment Charm to Dumbledore’s office.
• Jon told Dumbledore that Voldemort might be hiding the giants on the Isle of Man, and Dumbledore offered to help him search once he had recovered.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Rufus Scrimgeour had exposed Jon’s identity and that Scrimgeour had taken Diana from Greengrass Manor to Azkaban with official permission.
• Dumbledore passed on Diana’s plea that Jon spare her innocent daughters, and Jon silently accepted her message while struggling with anger and disappointment.

Jon learned that Diana Greengrass had betrayed his secret to Voldemort, whose attack on the West Coast nearly killed him, but Dumbledore and the Order helped turn the battle against the Death Eaters. After Snape left the Headmaster’s Office, Jon remembered that Daphne had warned him Voldemort was beginning to suspect him.

• Jon concluded that Diana Greengrass had helped Voldemort uncover his identity, though he had hoped she had an explanation.
• Jon disguised himself as David Yorman and joined the West Coast operation, where he learned Dirk Cresswell was leading it and Walden Macnair was among the members.
• Voldemort and the Death Eaters attacked the Ministry team after Macnair alerted them, but Dumbledore and the Order joined the fight; Jon avoided Voldemort’s Killing Curse by hiding in the hotel ruins.
• Snape realized Jon had likely been the target and admitted that he had once betrayed someone he loved by telling Voldemort about a prophecy.
• Jon left the Headmaster’s Office feeling better after remembering that Daphne Greengrass had warned him Voldemort was beginning to suspect him.

After a failed attempt to capture a boy, Voldemort reassured Yaxley, suspected his followers of disloyalty, and laid out a plan to use the Ministry employees they had taken as hostages. The chapter ended with Voldemort ordering Yaxley to send photographs of the hostages to the Daily Prophet.

• Joseph Yaxley begged Voldemort for punishment, but Voldemort told him he had made no mistake and blamed the failed capture on the boy and Dumbledore being forewarned.
• Voldemort warned the Death Eaters that some might be seeking a way out and promised rewards to those who served him without betraying him.
• Wormtail asked what Voldemort wanted to do with the Ministry employees captured during the West Coast encounter.
• Yaxley offered to kill the hostages, but Voldemort refused because the Ministry held Death Eaters too.
• Voldemort ordered Yaxley to photograph the frightened hostages and send the pictures to the Daily Prophet.

Jon learned that Death Eaters had taken eleven Ministry employees hostage and were demanding a prisoner exchange, while the Ministry argued over how to respond. Dumbledore then urged Jon to visit and comfort Miss Greengrass, who was alone after Diana was taken away.

• Madam Pomfrey let Dumbledore take Jon out of the Hospital Wing after confirming he had recovered.
• Dumbledore showed Jon a Daily Prophet report announcing the Death Eaters' hostage exchange demands and the eight o'clock deadline.
• Dumbledore explained that the paper had been secretly altered and that Scrimgeour and Amelia disagreed over whether to reject the demands.
• Jon worried that the Ministry and the Order of the Phoenix were losing ground as the Death Eaters grew stronger.
• Dumbledore suggested Jon visit Miss Greengrass, who was alone in the old house after Scrimgeour and the Aurors took Diana away.

Jon Hart went to Greengrass Manor while Albus Dumbledore summoned Daphne Greengrass to ask about a warning she had sent Jon. Daphne refused to explain why she had lied about Slughorn, and Dumbledore let her leave for class, leaving the reason for her warning unanswered.

• Jon Hart agreed with Albus Dumbledore and used the Headmaster's Office fireplace to go to Greengrass Manor.
• Dumbledore prepared to visit the Ministry of Magic, then received Daphne Greengrass in his office.
• Daphne told Dumbledore that Hogwarts students were spreading hurtful gossip about her mother and sister.
• Dumbledore asked Daphne why she had claimed Horace Slughorn told her to warn Jon, since Slughorn denied doing so.
• Daphne declined to answer, and Dumbledore let her leave for Transfiguration class.

Jon returned to Greengrass Manor and found it in disarray after Aurors arrested Diana and killed Emily. He comforted Astoria, whose condition had worsened, and told her he had come to take her away, leaving her uncertain but listening.

• Jon arrived at Greengrass Manor and learned from Hode that Aurors had taken Diana and killed Emily during the raid.
• Jon found Astoria in her room and saw her panic at his arrival, though she welcomed him inside.
• Astoria tried to discuss her mother's arrest, but Jon asked her to leave the matter unspoken and comforted her.
• Astoria revealed that her condition had worsened and offered Jon the Soul Tree branch, suggesting they part ways.
• Jon told Astoria he had come to take her away, and she reacted with conflicted disbelief.

Jon Hart brought Astoria Greengrass to the Isle of Man to keep her safe from the Death Eaters and search for magical traces that might reveal where Voldemort had hidden the giants. After arriving by Muggle passenger liner, Jon contacted Headmaster Phineas Black to send a message to Dumbledore.

• Jon Hart and Astoria Greengrass arrived in Douglas Harbour on a Muggle passenger liner and planned to stay at a local inn.
• Jon had brought Astoria away from Greengrass Manor because he feared the Death Eaters could use her to threaten him and hoped the trip would lift her spirits.
• Jon planned to search the Isle of Man for traces of magic while touring its regions, hoping to find the giants Voldemort had concealed there.
• Astoria played with a tailless Manx cat at the inn while Jon returned alone to their room.
• Jon hung an empty portrait on the wall and summoned Headmaster Phineas Black, who asked what message he should deliver to Dumbledore.

Jon learned that Igor Karkaroff had been found dead in Siberia and that Voldemort was believed to have joined the hunt, prompting Jon to search the Isle of Man for traces of magic. At Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy used the Imperius Curse on Madam Rosmerta to arrange for a cursed opal necklace to be delivered to Albus Dumbledore.

• Phineas Black told Jon that Igor Karkaroff had been found dead in eastern Siberia and that Dumbledore suspected Voldemort had taken part in the hunt.
• Jon realized Voldemort might be far from Britain, warned Astoria not to use magic, and left to search for traces of giants and magic.
• Draco Malfoy waited for Madam Rosmerta, whom he had placed under the Imperius Curse during the summer.
• Malfoy gave Rosmerta a bottle of Mead and instructed her to have a Hogwarts student deliver the opal necklace to Dumbledore without touching it.
• Rosmerta left with the necklace, and Malfoy returned toward Hogwarts Castle with the Mead.

Jon recruited Hogwarts House-elves to search the Isle of Man for the giants, then returned to the inn where his Sneakoscope suddenly reacted to a nearby threat. The chapter left Jon alert and unsure what had triggered it.

• Jon searched the Isle of Man with a Sneakoscope but found no traces of magic.
• Klyne arrived after Dumbledore told the Hogwarts House-elves that Jon was alive and needed their help.
• Jon asked more than a hundred House-elves to search the island for the giants and warned them to avoid danger and conflict.
• Jon returned to the inn where Astoria was staying, and his Sneakoscope began glowing, spinning, whistling, and shrieking.

Jon discovered that Astoria’s Blood Curse had transformed her into a giant snake and subdued her before she could kill him. After Astoria woke and feared she would hurt him again, Klyne arrived with news that the house-elves had found the giants.

• The Sneakoscope warned Jon of danger, and he found Astoria missing from their room as a giant snake lunged at him.
• Jon summoned his Iron-Eating Beast Patronus and used Devil’s Snare and a Binding Spell to capture the snake, then erased the Muggles’ memories of the disturbance.
• The snake transformed back into Astoria, who learned that her Blood Curse had begun and begged Jon to kill or confine her.
• Jon reassured Astoria that they still had a plan, while deciding he needed to begin creating a Horcrux.
• Klyne Apparated into the room and told Jon that the house-elves had found the giants; Jon asked where they were.

Jon Hart located the giants’ habitat on the Isle of Man and confirmed that Voldemort’s concealment magic hid it behind an illusion. After escaping the giants, Jon contacted Headmaster Phineas Black and sent word for the Ministry to dispatch Aurors.

• Jon left Astoria at the inn with the house-elf Klyne and traveled to the Isle of Man to find the giants.
• A house-elf led Jon past Voldemort’s defenses and into the hidden habitat, where Jon discovered a stream, bloody waste, and caves inhabited by giants.
• When a giant nearly detected them, Jon used a Potent Confusion Draught to provoke it and another giant into fighting.
• Jon and the house-elf escaped the habitat and returned to their hiding place outside the defenses.
• Jon summoned Headmaster Phineas Black and asked him to alert Headmaster Chris Everard and the Ministry Aurors to the giants’ location.