Chapter Summaries

Jon attended Potions class and read about Sirius Black being spotted near Loch Ness. In his first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, Professor Lupin demonstrated the Waddiwasi spell on Peeves before leading the class onward.

• Jon transferred three Devil's Snare spores into a flowerpot, earning Hufflepuff five points.
• Jon read a Daily Prophet report that Sirius Black had been spotted near Loch Ness but escaped the Aurors.
• Jon and Astoria prepared Swelling Solution in Professor Snape's Potions class, and Snape inspected it without comment.
• Remus Lupin began his first Defence Against the Dark Arts class with a practical lesson and led the students into a corridor.
• Peeves insulted Lupin and ignored his warning, so Lupin used Waddiwasi to shoot chewing gum into Peeves's face and send him flying.

Lupin taught the students about Red Caps by revealing the creature hidden in the cage and explaining its hunting methods and dangers. He demonstrated the Shedding Curse, then gave the class parchment to practice on.

• Lupin led the students into a dim classroom, where they saw a sobbing little girl inside a cage.
• Lupin transformed a rock into a grey wolf, and the girl revealed herself as a Red Cap and smashed the wolf to pieces.
• Jon Hart identified the creature as a Red Cap, earning five points for Hufflepuff.
• Lupin explained Red Caps’ strength, habits, and methods of luring prey with the appearance and sobs of a little girl.
• Lupin cast Diffindo to tear away the Red Cap’s fur and told the students to practice the spell.

Jon joined Hufflepuff Quidditch practice and suffered a string of crashes, leaving him wrapped in bandages. After deciding he would never pass Flying class by ordinary means, he found a school rule that might let him pass through an outstanding contribution and asked Astoria to help organize his research.

• Jon considered experimenting with werewolf saliva but postponed the idea because of the danger.
• Cedric invited Jon to Hufflepuff Quidditch practice, and Jon agreed despite his lack of flying skill.
• Jon was struck by Bludgers four times, fell from his broom six times, and crashed into a goalpost during practice.
• Astoria visited the injured Jon in the Library and urged him to see Madam Pomfrey.
• Jon showed Astoria Hogwarts School Rule Article 67 and asked her to organize the data on his scrolls.

Jon Hart visited Madam Hooch with twenty years of Quidditch records and argued that the rules gave Seekers too much influence over match outcomes and length. He began presenting further problems with the game, including the limited role and vulnerability of Keepers.

• Jon Hart brought Madam Hooch records of Hogwarts Quidditch matches and asked for her guidance on his findings.
• Jon showed that Seekers caught the Golden Snitch in a way that decided most matches, and Madam Hooch questioned his conclusion.
• Jon argued that finding the Snitch depended on chance, citing matches that ended in minutes and one that lasted over four hours.
• Madam Hooch conceded that Jon had a point about match length.
• Jon presented statistics showing that Keepers made few saves and described how the hoops and Bludgers left them vulnerable.

Jon Hart proposed changes to make Quidditch fairer and more engaging, and Madam Hooch agreed to seek Professor Dumbledore’s advice. Jon asked her to keep his role in the proposals private if they were adopted.

• Jon criticized the Keeper and Beater positions as too ineffective and described Chaser play as overly brutish.
• Jon suggested a protected area for Keepers, gloves for Beaters to handle Bludgers, and a time limit on how long Chasers could hold the ball.
• Jon proposed removing Seekers and the Golden Snitch, but suggested a slower Snitch could circle the pitch and end the match after a set time.
• Madam Hooch took notes and said she would consult Professor Dumbledore about improving Quidditch rules.
• Jon asked Madam Hooch not to reveal that the proposals came from him if they were implemented, and she agreed.

Madam Hooch brought Jon Hart’s Quidditch reform proposals to Dumbledore, where the former headmasters argued over them. Dumbledore approved several suggestions, awarded Jon a Special Contribution Award, and learned that it could exempt him from one examination.

• A boy announced that Madam Hooch had canceled the first-years’ Flying class and moved it to Sunday morning.
• Madam Hooch showed Dumbledore Jon Hart’s proposed Quidditch rule changes, prompting the former headmasters to argue over his ideas.
• Dumbledore approved protective gloves for Beaters and a protective spell for Keepers, and asked Hooch to discuss a Quaffle time limit with team players.
• Dumbledore crossed out the proposals to remove Seekers and the Golden Snitch, saying Jon could pursue that idea himself in the future.
• After Hooch revealed Jon had asked for recognition, Dumbledore awarded him the Hogwarts Special Contribution Award and kept it from being publicized widely.
• Dumbledore asked Oliver Cromwell about the award’s benefits and learned it could exempt Jon from one examination.

Jon attended his first Patronus lesson with Snape and struggled to control the powerful Iron-Eating Beast Patronus. After Snape changed his instructions, Jon learned to relax and communicate with it, successfully producing a complete Patronus before Snape disappeared.

• Jon ignored Malfoy's insults and attempted attack after Lupin interrupted Crabbe and Goyle.
• Jon studied in the Room of Requirement before going to Snape's office for tutoring.
• Snape showed Jon the Wolfsbane Potion and explained its purpose, then took him to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.
• Jon's first attempt to cast a Patronus failed when the Iron-Eating Beast drained his magic and burst into silver dust.
• After Jon drank a Reviving Potion, Snape told him to relax and communicate with his Patronus instead of trying to control it.
• Jon summoned a complete Iron-Eating Beast Patronus, and Snape left the classroom without a trace.

Jon settled into the first weeks of term, excelling in his classes and practicing his Patronus while watching for a chance to test it against a Dementor. When Hogsmeade-bound students gathered to leave, he persuaded Hannah Abbott to take a bag of dog biscuits there for stray dogs.

• Jon practiced summoning his Patronus in the Room of Requirement and planned to test it against a Dementor.
• Lupin's Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons won over most students, while Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures classes drew complaints for focusing on Flobberworms.
• Jon impressed Sprout with his work in Herbology and performed strongly in Potions, Transfiguration, and Charms.
• Gryffindor students discussed new Quidditch rules, and Wood invited eligible students to meet at The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade.
• Jon, who could not visit Hogsmeade as a second-year, gave Hannah Abbott dog biscuits and asked her to feed stray dogs there.

Jon learned that Sirius Black had entered Hogwarts and followed the Hufflepuffs to the Great Hall while the staff searched the grounds. He understood Black’s true purpose but chose not to interfere, focusing instead on gaining power and preventing Dumbledore’s future accident.

• Hannah told Jon that a huge black dog had taken the bag of dog food she had prepared, and Jon was relieved that Sirius Black had eaten it.
• Jon attended the Halloween feast with the Hufflepuffs, where Zacharias Smith asked him to cheer at the upcoming Hufflepuff-Gryffindor Quidditch match.
• The Fat Friar announced that Sirius Black had appeared at Hogwarts and attacked the Fat Lady’s portrait, so Professor Sprout led the students to the Great Hall for protection.
• As the students speculated about Black’s entry, Jon realized that Black had used his Animagus form to enter Hogwarts and intended to kill Peter Pettigrew, disguised as Ron’s rat, Scabbers.
• Jon decided not to help Black, reasoning that Voldemort’s return was inevitable, and resolved to keep learning and prevent Dumbledore from using the Resurrection Stone ring.

Jon disguised himself as a Ravenclaw to test his Patronus from the top of Ravenclaw Tower during the Quidditch match. He drove off the approaching Dementors with his Iron-Eating Beast Patronus, then left Luna in another student’s care without erasing her memory.

• Jon used Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as a Ravenclaw student and gained entry to Ravenclaw Tower by answering the eagle knocker’s riddle.
• Luna Lovegood recognized that Jon was not Michael Corner, guessed he was a Slytherin, and agreed to take him to the tower roof.
• As Dementors approached, Luna became distressed by memories of her mother’s death, while Jon resisted their influence with Occlumency.
• Jon summoned an Iron-Eating Beast Patronus, which tore through several Dementors before Dumbledore’s phoenix Patronus drove the attackers away.
• Jon noticed his Patronus had grown larger, considered casting a Memory Charm on Luna, then left her with Melinda Bobbin and departed Ravenclaw Tower.

After Dementors attacked a Quidditch match and injured students, Dumbledore confronted Minister Fudge and demanded an explanation. On the next full-moon day, Snape replaced Lupin for Defence Against the Dark Arts and began a lesson on werewolves, questioning Jon.

• Fudge rushed to Dumbledore’s office and demanded that Hogwarts answer for two dead and three injured Dementors.
• Dumbledore blamed the Dementors’ unauthorized entry for endangering a student and dismissed their casualties as an accident.
• Susan told Jon that Dementors had attacked Potter during the Quidditch match, and Cedric had caught the Snitch before the match was stopped.
• Jon noticed that Monday was circled as a full-moon night and attended Defence Against the Dark Arts class that afternoon.
• Snape substituted for the ill Lupin, assigned the class to study werewolves, and asked Jon how to distinguish one from a true wolf.

Jon focused on his studies while trying to find a way to obtain Hermione Granger’s Time-Turner, but he never caught her using it. As Christmas approached, he chose to stay at Hogwarts and returned to the nearly empty school after seeing Astoria off.

• Jon continued studying magic, mastering basic Transfiguration and Charms, improving his defensive spells, and gaining experience in Herbology and Potions.
• Jon devised a plan to catch Hermione in two places at once and pressure her into revealing the Time-Turner, but repeated attempts to spot her failed.
• As Christmas approached, Jon decided to remain at Hogwarts rather than return to Southampton and wrote to his parents to explain.
• Jon said goodbye to the departing Hufflepuffs and saw Astoria onto the Hogwarts Express before returning to the nearly deserted school.

Jon spent Christmas at Hogwarts, exchanged gifts, and received a letter from Gilderoy Lockhart saying he was safe in Corsica. At the Christmas feast, Jon overheard Hermione discussing Black and Harry’s Firebolt with Professor McGonagall, then joined Dumbledore for dinner.

• Jon stayed in the Hufflepuff common room to study during the Christmas holiday and sent presents to his parents, the House-elves, and Astoria.
• Jon opened gifts from Judy, Eric, Astoria, the House-elves, Professor Sprout, Zacharias, and Hannah on Christmas morning.
• Jon received a letter from Gilderoy Lockhart in Corsica and replied that he had mastered the Memory Charm and was glad Lockhart was safe.
• Jon ran into Hermione Granger at the Great Hall, where she spoke urgently with Professor McGonagall about Black and Harry’s Firebolt.
• Jon ate the Christmas feast with Professor Dumbledore, who wore a flower-decorated lady’s hat.

Jon returned to studying in the Room of Requirement as the new term began and watched the school buzz over Harry Potter receiving a Firebolt. He reflected on the declining wealth of pure-blood families and how Voldemort’s ideology appealed to them, while Malfoy stared jealously at the broom.

• As students returned from the holidays, Jon left the crowded Hufflepuff common room and resumed studying and practicing magic in the Room of Requirement.
• Zacharias Smith told the Hufflepuffs that Harry Potter had received a Firebolt, prompting speculation about who had given it to him.
• Professor McGonagall and Madam Hooch returned the Firebolt to Harry after finding nothing unusual about it, and students from several houses crowded around to see it.
• Jon noticed Draco Malfoy staring at the crowd with a furious, jealous expression.
• Jon considered how pure-blood families were losing their inherited wealth and how Voldemort’s ideology promised them riches through the exploitation of Muggle-born wizards and Muggles.

After Gryffindor crushed Ravenclaw, Jon found Hermione crying alone and learned that Buckbeak had lost his case and faced execution. Jon offered to research an appeal, while Hermione thanked him and noticed his pendant.

• Harry Potter and his Firebolt helped Gryffindor defeat Ravenclaw, leaving the Quidditch Cup race dependent on Hufflepuff's match against Ravenclaw.
• Jon heard a strange sound in the Charms classroom and found Hermione Granger crying over books about magical creatures and their laws.
• Peeves teased Jon and Hermione, so Jon used Waddiwasi to shoot a feather into Peeves's nose and drive him away.
• Hermione gave Jon Hagrid's note saying Buckbeak had lost and his execution date had not been decided.
• Jon offered to research ways to appeal Buckbeak's case and asked Hermione to tell him the final verdict.
• Hermione thanked Jon and complimented the pendant around his neck.

Jon researched Hippogriffs before returning to bed, but Cedric woke him when Sirius Black broke into Gryffindor Tower again. The students spent the night in the Great Hall while the professors searched the castle, and Jon went back to sleep thinking about Buckbeak's execution.

• Jon researched Hippogriffs in the Library and returned to his dormitory late that evening.
• Cedric woke Jon and told him Sirius Black had entered the castle and attacked someone in Gryffindor Tower.
• Professor Sprout and Professor Charity Burbage led the Hufflepuff students to the Great Hall, where Dumbledore ordered everyone to stay overnight during a search.
• Ron Weasley told the students that Black had torn his bed curtains and fled after Ron screamed.
• Percy Weasley sent the students to sleep, and Jon fell asleep again while Hannah and Susan discussed Black's escape.

As Hogwarts students faced exams and Hufflepuff lost the Quidditch Cup, Hermione told Jon that Buckbeak had been sentenced to death on June 6, 1994. Jon declined to attend the execution but took note of its timing and secretly saved Devil's Snare spores for possible future use.

• Jon sent Georgelin to London and received a brass telescope, which he said might help with his Astronomy exam.
• Hermione gave Jon the notice sentencing Buckbeak to death on June 6, 1994, and asked him to attend; Jon declined because he expected to have an exam that afternoon.
• Jon tended the greenhouse plants and collected Devil's Snare spores instead of destroying them, storing them in a sealed herb pouch with Blovver juice.

Jon completed his exams and sent the Ministry of Magic a letter reporting Sirius Black’s whereabouts, hoping to claim the informant’s bounty. He then received a note from Albus Dumbledore summoning him to his office at four.

• Jon finished his exams, and after the History of Magic exam he saw Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge near Hagrid’s hut.
• Jon watched Buckbeak by Hagrid’s hut and saw a yellow cat and a large black dog beside the Whomping Willow.
• Jon calculated when the Ministry would receive a letter and wrote to Mrs. Amelia Bones reporting that Sirius Black was at Hogwarts.
• Jon sent Georgelin to deliver the letter to the Ministry of Magic.
• Jon received a note from Albus Dumbledore asking him to come to his office around four.

Jon told Dumbledore that he had seen Sirius Black near the Whomping Willow, but Dumbledore revealed his doubts about Black’s guilt and took Jon under a Disillusionment Charm to Hagrid’s hut. There, they discovered Harry, Hermione, and Ron inside, while Minister Fudge and a second Dumbledore approached with witnesses and Macnair.

• Jon reported seeing Sirius Black beside the Whomping Willow to Dumbledore, who shared reasons to doubt Black’s guilt.
• Dumbledore explained that he had hired Remus Lupin, an old friend of Black, to teach at Hogwarts and revealed that Lupin was a werewolf.
• Dumbledore cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself and Jon and led him to hide behind an oak tree near Hagrid’s hut.
• Jon and Dumbledore heard Harry, Hermione, and Ron inside Hagrid’s hut.
• Fudge, Macnair, two Ministry witnesses, and another Dumbledore approached the hut, leaving Jon alarmed by the sight of two Dumbledores.

Dumbledore used a disguise and a distraction to help Jon free Buckbeak while the Ministry officials believed the Hippogriff was still at Hagrid’s hut. After returning, Jon learned that a black dog had dragged Ron beneath the Whomping Willow and Harry and Hermione had followed.

• Dumbledore explained that Fawkes had transformed into a temporary likeness of him, allowing him to appear in two places at once.
• Dumbledore threw a stone at Hagrid’s hut, distracting the Ministry officials as Harry, Ron, and Hermione slipped out the back.
• At Dumbledore’s request, Jon approached Buckbeak respectfully, unlocked its chain, and lured it into the Forbidden Forest with a pickled herring.
• Jon tied Buckbeak to an oak tree and returned to Hagrid’s hut, where Fudge and Macnair argued about the Hippogriff’s disappearance.
• Dumbledore told Jon that Fawkes had seen a black dog drag Ron beneath the Whomping Willow, followed by Harry and Hermione.