Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore and Jon watched Lupin reveal Peter Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shack, but Peter escaped during Lupin’s transformation into a werewolf. With Dumbledore pursuing Peter and Harry and Hermione missing, Jon drew Lupin’s attention with a silver-bullet pistol.

• Dumbledore realized Sirius Black had escaped Azkaban and entered Hogwarts as an Animagus, then he and Jon followed Lupin and Snape into the Shrieking Shack.
• Lupin explained the Marauders’ history, and the trio disarmed Snape with Dumbledore’s help before Lupin turned Scabbers back into Peter Pettigrew.
• Harry stopped Black from killing Peter, and the group left the Shrieking Shack with Peter chained up.
• Lupin transformed into a werewolf, broke free, and fought Black while Peter escaped after knocking down Ron and Crookshanks.
• Dumbledore went after Peter, and Jon fired a silver bullet past Lupin to draw the werewolf away from Harry and Hermione.

Dumbledore stopped Peter Pettigrew in the Forbidden Forest and heard his account of James Potter’s secret plan, Peter’s betrayal, and his search for an item hidden in the Weasley home. Dumbledore said he would spare Peter if he agreed to a condition.

• Dumbledore forced Peter out of his rat form and questioned him about betraying James Potter.
• Peter claimed he had helped James use an ancient protective spell, but Lily Evans disrupted their plan and died when she returned to James.
• Peter said he framed Sirius Black to avoid Azkaban and search for an important item James had entrusted to Gideon Prewett.
• Peter revealed that the item passed to Molly Weasley, and that he had searched for it beneath the Weasley home while living as their pet.
• Dumbledore said Peter’s story was coherent and offered to spare his life on one condition.

Jon trapped Lupin with Devil’s Snare, freed him with fire, and distracted him with dog food before returning to the Whomping Willow. There, Dumbledore told Jon he had let Peter Pettigrew escape, while a silver doe Patronus drove away the Dementors threatening Harry, Hermione, and Sirius.

• Jon shot Lupin with silver bullets, then used a Herb Pack of Blovver juice and Devil’s Snare spores to trap the Werewolf.
• Jon stopped Devil’s Snare from strangling Lupin by burning the vines, then used dog food to distract him.
• Jon rode Buckbeak back to the Whomping Willow and asked Dumbledore whether he had caught Peter.
• Dumbledore told Jon that he had let Peter Pettigrew leave.
• Jon saw Harry, Hermione, and Sirius surrounded by Dementors as a silver doe Patronus drove the creatures away.
• Dumbledore said Severus had saved the two people he hated most in the world.

After the night’s events, Dumbledore arranged for Sirius Black to be rescued and a cover story to protect the people involved. Jon altered Harry and Hermione’s memories, then left Hermione with a pendant named Time-Turner.

• Snape handed Sirius Black over to Cornelius Fudge and took Harry, Hermione, and Ron to the Hospital Wing.
• Dumbledore arranged for McGonagall and Flitwick to rescue Black and Buckbeak, while planning a cover story involving Harry and Hermione.
• Jon visited the unconscious students in the Hospital Wing and used Obliviate to alter Harry’s and Hermione’s memories.
• Jon hung the pendant around Hermione’s neck and named it Time-Turner.

Jon Hart read the Daily Prophet on his final day at Hogwarts, then chose his third-year electives before preparing to return home. As he headed back to the Hufflepuff common room, a stern woman stopped him and asked if he was Jon Hart.

• The Daily Prophet reported that Sirius Black had escaped after Minister Cornelius Fudge captured him at Hogwarts, and it also revealed Remus Lupin was a werewolf and warned that a Hippogriff was on the run.
• Jon Hart decided to take Divination, Ancient Runes, and Care of Magical Creatures in his third year, and Professor Sprout accepted his course form.
• Jon told Professor Sprout that what he learned mattered more than his O.W.L. results, since he wanted to become stronger before facing the Death Eaters and Voldemort.
• A stern middle-aged woman called Jon Hart by name and asked whether he was Mr. Jon Hart.

Jon received a 2,500-Galleon bounty from the Ministry for information about Sirius Black and boarded the Hogwarts Express for the summer. On the train, he declined Astoria’s Quidditch World Cup invitation because he was traveling to the United States, then received his returned golden pendant with a brief note signed “AD.”

• Amelia Bones assured Jon that his identity as an informant would remain secret and paid him the promised bounty for his information about Black.
• Jon saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione at Hogsmeade Station, where they discussed Hermione’s Time-Turner and Harry’s Patronus.
• Ron told Hermione that Jon had visited her in the Hospital Wing after they were injured, and Hermione wondered about his concern.
• Jon told Astoria he could not attend the Quidditch World Cup with her because he was going to the United States with his parents to watch another World Cup.
• An owl delivered Jon’s golden pendant with a note signed “AD,” and Jon pocketed the pendant and destroyed the note.

After returning from America, Jon Hart found a swarm of owls delivering his belated birthday gifts and letters. He learned that England had already been eliminated from the Quidditch World Cup and read a small report about Bertha Jorkins’s disappearance.

• Eric Hart, Judy Hart, and Jon returned to Southampton after England’s loss in the Muggle World Cup final left Eric bitter about their trip to America.
• Jon opened his bedroom window and let in the owls, then unpacked his Hogwarts report card and birthday gifts and prepared to reply to his friends.
• Jon declined invitations from Astoria Greengrass and Mrs. Longbottom to attend the Quidditch World Cup, wary of the danger surrounding the event.
• Jon read that Transylvania had crushed England 390–10 in the opening match, making England the first team eliminated.
• Jon found a brief report stating that Bertha Jorkins had been missing for two months and that Ludo Bagman expected her to return.

Jon considered the coming Triwizard Tournament and Voldemort’s plans, then used his reward money to buy potion ingredients and arranged to sell a large quantity of gold. The chapter left Jon preparing to turn wizarding gold into money in the Muggle world.

• Jon learned that Bertha Jorkins had revealed Barty Crouch Jr.’s release and the upcoming Triwizard Tournament to Voldemort.
• Jon decided that he would use the next year to learn Dark magic from the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and considered transferring to Beauxbatons.
• Jon bought several large bags of potion ingredients with the Galleons he had received for Sirius Black.
• Jon, disguised as Warian Urien, paid Robert Wilson to connect him with someone who could melt down and sell nearly two thousand ounces of gold.
• Jon reflected on how alchemy and wizarding history had caused the value of gold to fall.

Jon converted more than a thousand Galleons into certified gold bars and arranged for Sergei Pavlov to find former comrades who could protect him from a possible future threat. As Jon left Pavlov’s home, he unexpectedly encountered Severus Snape, who ordered him to stop.

• Jon had a gold shop in Winchester melt his Galleons into certified Gold Bars, accepting a five percent loss.
• Jon traveled to East London and found Sergei Pavlov, asking him to recruit former comrades to protect Jon if his enemy came to Britain.
• Sergei agreed to help, and Jon met Pavlov’s eleven-year-old daughter, Natasha.
• Severus Snape arrived to deliver a Hogwarts letter to Natasha, startling Jon with his unexpected appearance.
• Jon tried to leave Pavlov’s home, but Snape ordered him to wait.

Jon Hart bluffed Severus Snape by claiming to be a Soviet “Invisible Guardian” assigned to protect Miss Pavlova. After escaping suspicion, Jon let his disguise wear off and headed to Charing Cross Road.

• Jon Hart tried to conceal his identity when Severus Snape confronted him and drew his wand.
• Jon claimed he had secretly watched over Miss Pavlova on behalf of the Soviet Union, presenting himself as the “Invisible Guardian.”
• Jon greeted Sergei Pavlov in Russian and left the cottage while Snape watched him go.
• Jon kept checking for pursuers, then waited in a supermarket restroom for the Polyjuice Potion to wear off.
• Jon returned to his original appearance, hailed a taxi, and asked to go to Charing Cross Road.

Jon went to Diagon Alley to buy his school supplies and new robes, where he unexpectedly met Snape escorting a Muggle-born girl. Snape left the girl in Jon’s care and ordered him to take her to the places McGonagall had taken him two years earlier, then bring her home before dark.

• Jon bought his books, Dragon Hide protective clothing, and a crystal ball before visiting Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions.
• Jon found Zacharias Smith trying on a robe and then bumped into Snape.
• Snape emerged from a fitting room with Natalie Pavlova, a Muggle-born Hogwarts first-year he was introducing to the magical world.
• Snape ordered Jon to take Natalie to the same places McGonagall had taken him and buy her the same supplies, then bring her home before dark.
• Snape left Jon at Madam Malkin’s and disappeared.

Jon escorted Natalie Pavlova through Diagon Alley and then spent the rest of the summer brewing potions at home. He failed twice to prepare Veritaserum’s primary liquid and planned to investigate the recipe at school.

• Jon helped Natalie Pavlova shop in Diagon Alley, carefully hiding that he had met her family before.
• Jon returned to Eastwood Road with a piece of Parchment from Sergei Pavlov containing information about former KGB comrades.
• Jon stayed in Southampton for the rest of the summer and worked on brewing Veritaserum from Strong Potions.
• Jon twice failed to combine the potion’s solutes into a purple-green primary liquid, and he decided to check the Library after returning to school.
• Jon successfully brewed Reviving Potion, Revival Potion, and Confusing Potion, then stored them in his backpack.

After arranging for Captain Malashenko to survey Little Hangleton, Jon boarded the Hogwarts Express and reunited with Astoria. A red-haired girl with emerald-green eyes then entered their compartment and recognized him.

• Jon said goodbye to his parents and traveled from Southampton to London for the new school year.
• Disguised with Polyjuice Potion, Jon hired Captain Malashenko to bring former subordinates to Britain and secretly map Little Hangleton.
• Jon planned the survey because Voldemort and Wormtail were believed to be hiding near the cemetery where Voldemort would later resurrect.
• Jon boarded the Hogwarts Express and met Astoria, who excitedly described Ireland's World Cup victory over Bulgaria.
• A red-haired girl with emerald-green eyes entered the compartment and called out to Jon.

Jon Hart, Astoria Greengrass, and Natalie Pavlova shared a train compartment before Alastor Moody joined them and revealed he would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts that year. The train began its journey with Moody watching for danger from the window.

• Natalie Pavlova asked Jon Hart to help bring her trunk into the compartment, then sat beside him and introduced herself to Astoria Greengrass.
• Jon explained how Professor Snape had asked him to help Natalie shop in Diagon Alley, and Natalie told Astoria about her difficult childhood in Moscow and London.
• Alastor Moody entered the compartment, and Astoria recognized him as the former Head of the Auror Office.
• Moody introduced himself as the students' Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and recognized the potion bottles in Jon's trunk.
• Jon, Astoria, and Natalie gave Moody their names, and the train began moving as he scanned outside the window.

Jon arrived at Hogwarts in a storm, learned from Astoria that a long-absent competition would reopen that year, and attended the start-of-term feast. The Sorting began, and Natalie Pavlova was called but had not yet been assigned a House when the chapter ended.

• Mad-Eye Moody left the train at Hogsmeade to inspect the grounds, while Jon, Astoria, and Natalie traveled on to Hogwarts.
• Astoria told Jon that a great competition was reopening that term and that her mother might return to see it.
• Jon entered the Great Hall, greeted the Fat Friar, and spoke with Zacharias Smith about their encounter with Professor Snape over the summer.
• Professor McGonagall brought the first-years into the Great Hall, where the Sorting Hat sang before the Sorting began.
• Natalie Pavlova sat on the stool and put on the Sorting Hat.

Jon attended the Hogwarts feast, where Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament and explained its rules. As Jon prepared to return to the Hufflepuff common room, the Fat Friar delivered Dumbledore’s invitation to visit his office.

• The Sorting Hat placed the new student in Gryffindor, and Jon began eating while Ernie Macmillan and Zacharias Smith talked about the coming year and the Quidditch World Cup.
• Dumbledore introduced Mad-Eye Moody as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Dumbledore announced the Triwizard Tournament and explained that Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang would each choose a champion, with students under seventeen barred from competing.
• Hufflepuff students looked to Cedric Diggory as a possible champion because his birthday would make him seventeen by the tournament.
• The Fat Friar told Jon that Dumbledore had invited him to visit his office.

Jon visited Dumbledore’s office, where he discussed his train journey and Professor Moody with the Headmaster. After Jon left, Dumbledore considered his answers while holding a Silver Rat Statue.

• Jon entered Dumbledore’s office and met the portraits of Delis Derwent and Phineas Black while waiting for the Headmaster.
• Dumbledore asked Jon about his summer and his train compartment with Alastor Moody and Astoria Greengrass.
• Jon described Moody as strange but potentially an excellent Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Dumbledore said he shared that opinion.
• After Jon returned to the Hufflepuff common room, Phineas Black claimed Jon had been lying, and Delis Derwent bound and gagged him.
• Dumbledore silently contemplated Jon’s answers while holding a Silver Rat Statue.

Jon attended his first Divination lesson with Professor Trelawney and mocked the practice by inventing predictions. He left having offended Trelawney, though he predicted that he would fail his Divination final exam.

• Jon received his crowded semester schedule and went to the North Tower for Divination with Hufflepuff and Gryffindor students.
• Professor Trelawney introduced herself and announced that the class would study tea leaves before moving on to palmistry.
• Jon and Zacharias Smith fabricated interpretations of their tea leaves, including a prediction that Jon would marry a Slytherin girl.
• Trelawney praised Jon's written work and asked him to make predictions, but grew angry when he said she would be driven out of Hogwarts.
• Jon claimed he would fail his Divination final exam after Trelawney denied that he had any talent.

Jon attended his first Transfiguration lesson of term, where Professor McGonagall introduced Animagus magic and its dangers and restrictions. The lesson ended with Jon and Zacharias heading to lunch before their afternoon Care of Magical Creatures class.

• Jon and Zacharias reached Transfiguration after getting delayed by a staircase riot, and Jon noticed Ginny and other Gryffindor girls whispering about him.
• Professor McGonagall explained Animagus transformations, their risks, and the Ministry's registration rules, while Ginny correctly defined an Animagus.
• Professor McGonagall transformed into a tabby cat to demonstrate, then said interested students could seek her guidance in sixth year if they earned Outstanding marks in Transfiguration and Potions.
• Jon found that his textbook only introduced Animagi and gave no instructions for transforming, while Zacharias joked about using an animal form to sneak into the girls' bathroom.
• Jon reminded Zacharias that he needed top marks and hurried with him toward lunch before Care of Magical Creatures.

Jon attended Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid, where the students learned to feed Bowtruckles Billywigs. Jon and Astoria earned a Bowtruckle’s trust together, and Astoria told Jon she was happy they had met.

• Jon walked with Hufflepuff students to Hagrid’s hut for Care of Magical Creatures, where Slytherin students joined them.
• Hagrid led the class to the forest and showed them Billywigs; Jon identified them, and Astoria explained they were food for Bowtruckles.
• Hagrid awarded Jon and Astoria five House points each for their answers.
• Jon and Astoria fed a Bowtruckle beneath a willow tree until it emerged and let them pet it.
• Astoria told Jon she was happy she had met him.