Chapter Summaries

Jon revealed that the Order of the Phoenix and Grindelwald had staged a series of attacks to lure Voldemort into Hogwarts, then urged him to surrender after destroying his final Horcrux. Voldemort refused and threatened to escape, but Harry was freed from his control and Jon led him away from the graveyard.

• Jon explained that Dumbledore's apparent death and the attacks on the Order, Hogwarts, and Azkaban had all been staged to deceive Voldemort.
• Jon revealed that Kingsley Shacklebolt and Grindelwald's followers were alive and that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were waiting beyond Hogwarts to confront Voldemort.
• Jon told Voldemort that his final Horcrux had been destroyed and demanded that he surrender and face imprisonment in Azkaban.
• Voldemort rejected Jon's offer, boasted that he could escape, and threatened Jon before fleeing.
• Harry was released from Voldemort's control, and Jon took his arm and hurried him away from the graveyard toward Hogwarts.

Voldemort abandoned his body and fled Hogwarts after the destruction of something vital to him, while the defenders learned that Dumbledore had used himself as bait. Harry and Jon reached Hogsmeade, where an unexpected wizard stunned Madam Rosmerta and revealed himself to Harry.

• Voldemort shed his body and escaped beyond Hogwarts, leaving the confused Death Eaters to flee as the defenders caught up with them.
• Lupin, Flitwick, and Sprout found Voldemort's remains, while McGonagall searched anxiously for Dumbledore.
• Sirius Black and Tonks brought Anthony Dolohov to the defenders, and Dolohov claimed that Voldemort had killed Dumbledore.
• Kingsley and Moody explained that Dumbledore had served as bait while others destroyed something crucial to Voldemort.
• Jon brought Harry from the graveyard to Hogsmeade, where an approaching Madam Rosmerta was stunned by an unknown wizard.
• Harry recognized the wizard who had stunned Rosmerta as an elderly man with silver-white hair, a long beard, and bright blue eyes.

Harry and Jon encountered Aberforth Dumbledore in Hogsmeade and learned that he had been monitoring Madam Rosmerta, who was under the Imperius Curse. At the ruins of Hogwarts’s Astronomy Tower, Aberforth confirmed that Albus Dumbledore was dead.

• Aberforth Dumbledore knocked out Madam Rosmerta, and Jon introduced him to Harry as Albus Dumbledore’s brother.
• Aberforth explained that Rosmerta had met two hooded men and that he had captured them at the Hog’s Head.
• Aberforth said Albus had arranged for him to watch Rosmerta, then pointed Harry and Jon toward the Dark Mark above Hogwarts.
• Jon took the shaken Harry back to Hogwarts, where they found McGonagall, Moody, and other members of the Order gathered by the Astronomy Tower ruins.
• Ron and Ginny rushed to support Harry, and Ron reacted in shock at seeing Jon alive.
• Aberforth confirmed to McGonagall that Albus Dumbledore was dead.

After Dumbledore’s apparent death, Jon revealed he had survived and infiltrated the Death Eaters, helping uncover Voldemort’s Horcruxes. The survivors learned how Dumbledore had lured Voldemort to Hogwarts to destroy the final Horcrux, and Jon went to search the place where Dumbledore had vanished as McGonagall took charge of the school.

• Harry showed Hufflepuff’s Cup, and Jon explained that it had been one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes.
• Jon revealed he had been alive and undercover among the Death Eaters, while Moody explained how Barty Crouch Jr. had impersonated him and been sent to Voldemort.
• Harry, Moody, Kingsley, Jon, and Aberforth explained how they had discovered and destroyed most of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, and how Dumbledore had lured Voldemort to Hogwarts to destroy the last one.
• The witches and wizards accepted that Dumbledore had likely died, and Flitwick said no trace of his body remained.
• Jon went to inspect the place where Dumbledore had vanished, while McGonagall temporarily assumed the duties of Hogwarts Headmaster.

Jon returned to the Hufflepuff common room and reunited with his friends, who welcomed him home and told him that Cedric blamed himself for Jon’s apparent death. Jon explained that he had been expelled from Hogwarts and could not return as a student, then revisited his old dormitory and took a tiny, wrinkled chick from his pocket.

• Jon entered the Hufflepuff common room, where the students cheered and welcomed him back.
• Zacharias Smith, Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Ernie Macmillan, and Steven Lucas embraced Jon, and Hannah explained that Professor Sprout had told them why he had kept his mission secret.
• Susan Bones told Jon that Cedric had blamed himself for Jon’s apparent death and had joined the Ministry of Magic as a trainee auror.
• Hannah and Ernie offered to help Jon resume classes, but Jon told them Dumbledore had cancelled his enrollment and he had been expelled.
• Ernie led Jon to his old dormitory, where Jon sat down and took a tiny, wrinkled chick from his pocket.

As Hogwarts prepared to bury Albus Dumbledore, delegations and mourners gathered, while Jon Hart and the students faced the loss in the Great Hall. The chapter ended with Professor McGonagall summoning Jon, leaving the reason unclear.

• News of Dumbledore's death and Voldemort's escape spread worldwide, and Hogwarts suspended classes and postponed examinations.
• Madame Maxime and several official delegations arrived at Hogwarts as Hogsmeade filled with mourners and celebrants.
• Jon Hart joined his Hufflepuff friends in the Great Hall, where students and staff gathered in formal mourning before Dumbledore's funeral.
• Harry Potter struggled with Dumbledore's death and missing memories, while Hermione searched old Daily Prophets and Natalie Pavlova asked Harry about Jon.
• Professor McGonagall entered the Great Hall and ordered Jon to come with her.

Professor McGonagall brought Jon to the Headmaster’s Office and confirmed that Hogwarts had chosen him as its next headmaster. Jon accepted the role and its responsibility to protect the school, and McGonagall planned to announce the decision at Dumbledore’s funeral.

• Professor McGonagall took Jon to the Headmaster’s Office and asked whether Dumbledore had told him anything before he died.
• Jon explained Dumbledore’s decision, and McGonagall objected that he was far too young to control Hogwarts.
• Phineas Black and Delis Derwent explained that Hogwarts itself chose its headmasters and had chosen Jon.
• Jon chose Hogwarts, and McGonagall named him master of the castle and its surrounding lands, with the duty to protect and lead the school.
• McGonagall left to inform the other professors and said she would announce Jon’s appointment at Dumbledore’s funeral.
• Jon left the office and headed back to the Great Hall to finish his salmon.

Jon attended Albus Dumbledore’s funeral at Hogwarts, where the wizarding community mourned and a white marble tomb appeared in a burst of golden flames. After Minerva McGonagall declared that Hogwarts would welcome its future, Hermione said she understood something about the Phoenix-shaped shadow.

• Professor McGonagall led the students to Hogsmeade Lake, where a large crowd gathered for Dumbledore’s funeral.
• Jon secretly released an immature Phoenix, and Fawkes’s mournful song and the Merpeople’s elegy filled the grounds.
• Hagrid placed Dumbledore’s robes, spectacles, and hat on the marble table, and Elphias Doge and Amelia Bones delivered eulogies.
• Golden flames formed a Phoenix in the sky and vanished, leaving a white marble tomb; the Centaurs honored Dumbledore with arrows shot into the air.
• Hermione watched the Phoenix-shaped shadow and said she understood, while Minerva McGonagall announced that Hogwarts would welcome its future.

At Dumbledore’s funeral, Professor McGonagall announced that Hogwarts had chosen Jon Hart as its new headmaster. Jon calmly approached the tomb and addressed the noisy crowd.

• Professor McGonagall explained Hogwarts’ history of choosing its own headmasters and revealed that the school had selected Jon Hart.
• Rita Skeeter’s Quick-Quotes Quill exploded when she heard the announcement, while many attendees struggled to remember or recognize Jon.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, the Hufflepuffs, and the professors reacted with shock, and Astoria confirmed that she had known.
• Jon rose from the back of the crowd, walked to the tomb, and called for everyone to quiet down.

At Albus Dumbledore’s funeral, Jon Hart used a powerful illusion to show the crowd how Hogwarts chose him as its next headmaster. The revelation quieted doubts about his youth, while Newt Scamander recognized the magic as one he had seen Gellert Grindelwald use long ago.

• Jon Hart addressed the funeral guests and explained that Dumbledore had told him Hogwarts chose him as its next headmaster.
• Jon used his Green Bamboo wand and a glowing box to cast an illusion that transported the guests to a starry version of Hogwarts Castle’s top floor.
• The guests watched an illusion of Dumbledore explaining Hogwarts’s legacy magic and how the castle chose Jon.
• Jon ended the illusion, returned everyone to Dumbledore’s tomb, and said he would fulfill his duty as headmaster.
• Harry Potter praised Jon’s ability, while Newt Scamander recognized the illusion magic from a long-ago encounter with Gellert Grindelwald in Paris.

The Daily Prophet announced Voldemort’s flight from Britain and published Elphias Doge’s remembrance of Albus Dumbledore. The newspaper’s entertainment section then introduced Rita Skeeter’s article about the Boy Who Lived and the Hogwarts headmaster.

• A tawny owl delivered the Daily Prophet to the room, where a strange ugly bird paid it before letting it leave.
• The front-page article by Barnabas Guffe declared Voldemort gone and described the Ministry’s victory and the capture of Death Eaters.
• The Daily Prophet printed a memorial by Elphias Doge recalling how Dumbledore befriended him at Hogwarts and helped him overcome Dragon Pox.
• The newspaper turned to Rita Skeeter’s headline questioning whether the Boy Who Lived was a joke or an ambitious schemer.

Jon Hart read the Daily Prophet’s coverage of Voldemort’s defeat and an article accusing him of unlawfully becoming Hogwarts headmaster. He dismissed the accusations, then prepared for a trial of Death Eaters at Azkaban.

• Jon removed a strand of memory with the Elder Wand and placed it in a basin before checking whether Fawkes had paid for the Daily Prophet.
• Jon read reports celebrating Voldemort’s defeat and an article by Elphias Doge remembering Albus Dumbledore.
• Jon read Rita Skeeter’s claim that he had used illegal means to become Hogwarts headmaster, while the former headmasters in the portraits angrily condemned the article.
• Jon learned from Chris Everard that he was due at Azkaban at nine for a trial of Death Eaters.
• Jon burned the newspaper and summoned breakfast, planning to eat before leaving for Azkaban.

Tom Riddle returned to the Albanian Black Forest after abandoning his original body and possessing a forest ranger. Realizing his soul remained stronger than expected despite his other Horcruxes being destroyed, he concluded that Harry Potter was his seventh Horcrux.

• Tom Riddle reached the Albanian Black Forest, where he had previously hidden after losing his body and created a Horcrux.
• Tom possessed a viper, followed an Albanian forest ranger, and took over the ranger’s body.
• Tom reflected that Jon Hart might have deceived him into abandoning his original body, though he decided the precaution had been worthwhile.
• Tom recognized that his soul was stronger than it should have been after all his known Horcruxes were destroyed.
• Tom concluded that a fragment of his soul had attached itself to Harry Potter when his Killing Curse rebounded, making Harry his seventh Horcrux.

Jon Hart attended a Ministry of Magic hearing, where Horace Slughorn faced accusations of aiding Voldemort's followers and participating in Dumbledore's murder. Slughorn pleaded guilty and began offering information, naming Severus Snape as a Death Eater.

• Chris Everard reminded Jon that he needed to leave for the Ministry hearing, and Jon traveled there with Fawkes.
• Jon entered the First Trial Room, greeted Minister Amelia Bones, and sat beside Kingsley Shacklebolt, who asked him to explain Dumbledore's decision to the Order of the Phoenix.
• Amelia Bones called for the first prisoner, and two Dementors brought Horace Slughorn into the chained chair.
• Rufus Scrimgeour accused Slughorn of passing intelligence to Voldemort's followers and helping murder Albus Dumbledore and attempt to murder Sybill Trelawney.
• Slughorn pleaded guilty, offered to help the Ministry hunt Voldemort's followers, and named Severus Snape.

At Slughorn’s hearing, he accused Draco Malfoy of becoming a Death Eater and implicated him in attacks on Rosmerta and Katie Bell. Jon Hart testified that Snape betrayed Dumbledore and presented Dumbledore’s instruction supporting Slughorn’s cooperation; Slughorn was returned to Azkaban pending further review, and the next prisoner was summoned.

• Slughorn accused Snape of being a loyal Death Eater, but Amelia Bones said Dumbledore had vouched for Snape’s defection and service as a spy.
• Facing a return to Azkaban, Slughorn accused Draco Malfoy of joining the Death Eaters, using the Imperius Curse on Rosmerta, injuring Katie Bell, and participating in Dumbledore’s murder plot.
• Jon Hart testified that Snape had failed to meet Dumbledore at their planned location and had vanished after the Battle of Hogwarts.
• Jon presented a Phoenix feather bearing Dumbledore’s instruction that Slughorn had renounced the Death Eaters and was cooperating with Dumbledore.
• The Ministry returned Slughorn to Azkaban pending a more appropriate hearing, then called Diana Greengrass as the next prisoner.

At the Wizengamot, Diana Greengrass admitted willingly aiding the Death Eaters, but Jon Hart secured her release on bail while the Ministry reviewed her case. He then asked why she had not left Azkaban with Lucius Malfoy.

• Amelia Bones presided as Diana Greengrass was tried for leaking the Ministry team’s movements to the Death Eaters, resulting in eleven employees being captured.
• Diana admitted both the crime and that she had acted of her own free will, prompting outrage in the courtroom.
• Jon cited the Magical Criminal Decree of 1826 and requested bail for Diana on behalf of Daphne Greengrass.
• Amelia Bones and a majority of the Wizengamot approved bail, with Jon as Diana’s guarantor after he paid 300 Galleons.
• After the interrogations ended, Jon went to collect Diana and asked why she had not left Azkaban with Lucius Malfoy.

Jon visited Diana Greengrass after her interrogation and urged her to accept help, but she chose to face the consequences of her actions. Diana was released on bail to return to Greengrass Manor, where Jon was reunited with Cedric Diggory, the auror assigned to her case.

• Jon told Diana that her admissions had made a favorable outcome unlikely and offered her Barty Crouch Jr.'s Wand.
• Diana refused to flee, explaining that she wanted to protect her two daughters from the trouble her escape would cause.
• Diana said she had told the truth during the interrogation and thanked Jon for saving Astoria and becoming Hogwarts headmaster.
• Jon encouraged Diana to spend her bail period with her daughters and promised to seek another solution for her case.
• An auror ordered Diana to obey strict bail restrictions, then greeted Jon warmly and revealed himself as Cedric Diggory.

Jon reunited with Cedric Diggory after learning Cedric had blamed himself for Jon’s supposed death, then escorted Diana Greengrass home from the Ministry of Magic. Diana arrived at her manor and embraced her daughter Daphne.

• Cedric Diggory greeted Jon and warned him not to trust Diana, whose actions had nearly gotten Cedric’s father killed.
• Jon thanked Cedric, then offered to take Diana home after Cedric left to report to Scrimgeour.
• Jon used the phoenix Paisley to transport himself and Diana from the Ministry to Paisley, Renfrewshire.
• Diana activated the Elk Statue’s entrance to her manor and was welcomed home by its gate.
• Daphne ran to Diana, and mother and daughter embraced.

Diana Greengrass returned home from Azkaban and reunited with Daphne and Astoria, but Jon warned Daphne that Diana still faced likely life imprisonment. Jon agreed to keep the danger from Astoria for now, then went to visit her as she studied for her O.W.L.s.

• Diana reunited with Daphne and hurried to see Astoria.
• Jon told Daphne that Diana had confessed to her crimes and was unlikely to escape a severe sentence.
• Jon explained that Diana's release was temporary and that Minister Amelia Bones might help her case.
• Daphne asked Jon to keep their mother's legal trouble from Astoria, and he agreed.
• Jon declined Daphne's offer of lunch and went to Astoria's room, where she recognized his voice.

Jon Hart visited Astoria Greengrass, encouraged her to study for her O.W.Ls, and then returned to Hogwarts, where he faced a rush of staff and Ministry business. He left the chapter arranging to meet Professor Minerva McGonagall and investigate Andrew Kirk's claims about exam favoritism.

• Jon Hart visited Astoria Greengrass and encouraged her to rest while she worried about her O.W.Ls results.
• Astoria told Jon about the exam stress affecting Madeleine, Melinda Bobbin, and Andrew Kirk, and Jon assured her that the Wizarding Examinations Authority was fair.
• Jon kissed Astoria goodbye, woke Fawkes, and returned to Hogwarts Castle.
• The portraits told Jon that Minerva McGonagall, Rubeus Hagrid, and a Ministry official were waiting to discuss urgent school matters.
• Jon ordered Phineas Black to investigate Andrew Kirk's father and asked Armando to contact Minerva McGonagall.