Chapter Summaries

Amosta’s colleagues visited his office to investigate his mental-world method for teaching magic, which they found effective but too demanding for him to provide widely. Dumbledore proposed using alchemy to overcome the method’s limitations, leaving the staff considering a possible solution.

• Dumbledore, Flitwick, McGonagall, and other Hogwarts staff asked Amosta to demonstrate his mental-world teaching method.
• Amosta explained that the method offered tailored guidance but depended on his own experience and mental strength, making it difficult for other teachers to use on many students.
• Flitwick, McGonagall, and the other professors experienced Amosta’s method and praised its precise evaluations and corrections.
• Amosta explained that magical structures could not be seen in the real world and that supporting many students would drain him.
• Dumbledore proposed using alchemy to solve the method’s limitations.

Amosta and Dumbledore designed a plan for a magical Learning Machine that could teach spells and generate income for Hogwarts. Before parting, Amosta asked about Neville Longbottom’s parents and learned that the Cruciatus Curse had left them severely impaired, prompting Dumbledore to warn him not to give Neville false hope.

• Amosta and Dumbledore began designing an alchemical device that would guide young wizards through a virtual mental space using professors’ memories and magical instruction.
• Amosta proposed selling access to the Learning Machine’s spell lessons through a company Remus would establish, while keeping the connection to Hogwarts concealed until the school’s finances were secure.
• Dumbledore agreed to the plan on the condition that Hogwarts students would not have to pay extra to use the machine.
• Amosta asked Dumbledore about Neville Longbottom, and Dumbledore explained that Neville’s parents, Frank and Alice, had been tortured with the Cruciatus Curse and remained in care at St. Mungo’s.
• Dumbledore warned Amosta that he should not raise Neville’s hopes unless he was certain he could heal his parents.

Hermione went to the library to research mental defenses and found Professor Breen being scolded by Madam Pince after two Ravenclaw students flirted with him. Angelina pulled Hermione into teasing him, and the chapter left Angelina asking why he had refused the students when he had no girlfriend.

• Hermione reflected sadly that she, Harry, and Ron spent less time together as their classes and studies diverged.
• Hermione arrived at the library and saw Madam Pince reprimanding Professor Breen for allowing students to flirt with him there.
• Angelina told Hermione that two seventh-year Ravenclaw witches had given Professor Breen love letters and asked him to autograph their shirts with lipstick.
• Professor Breen gathered his books and tried to leave the library, but Angelina called him back and dragged Hermione over to block his path.
• Angelina asked Professor Breen why he had refused the Ravenclaw students and whether he had a girlfriend.

Angelina asked Professor Breen about his views on love, and Hermione listened closely before seeking him out alone. Hermione asked whether he would give students who had quit physical education another chance, and Amosta guessed she was asking for Ron Weasley.

• Angelina pressed Professor Breen to explain what kind of girl he would choose as a girlfriend.
• Professor Breen said he valued spiritual resonance and would rather remain single than choose a partner just to have one.
• After Angelina returned to the library, Hermione followed Professor Breen to a quiet corridor to speak privately.
• Hermione first asked about magic that resisted mental attacks and Unforgivable Curses, but Professor Breen recognized that was not her real question.
• Hermione asked whether Professor Breen would accept students who had quit physical education and give them another chance.
• Amosta asked Hermione if she was asking on behalf of Ron Weasley.

Hermione asked Professor Breen to give her friends another chance to take his physical education class, but he refused and urged her not to blame herself for their choices. When they heard a cry from a disused classroom, Professor Breen revealed that a House-elf was struggling to give birth and prepared to help her.

• Hermione pleaded with Professor Breen to let Ron and the other students return to his class, but he declined.
• Professor Breen told Hermione that people needed more than effort to change their circumstances and that she should not take responsibility for her friends’ choices.
• Hermione heard cries of pain from a sealed classroom and asked Professor Breen what was inside.
• Professor Breen explained that a House-elf was in difficult labor and might not survive without help.
• Hermione protested that no one had cared for the House-elf and offered to fetch Hagrid, but Professor Breen said there was no time and prepared to help himself.

Amosta and Hermione found Regga, a badly injured House-elf in an abandoned classroom, struggling to give birth. After Amosta used Potions and healing magic to restore Regga’s strength, the baby was born.

• Amosta and Hermione entered a dark, decaying classroom and followed a trail of blood to Regga.
• Regga apologized for troubling them and tried to obey Amosta despite its severe condition.
• Amosta determined that Regga’s child was stuck because it was too large, while Hermione urged him to help.
• Amosta gave Hermione a restorative Potion for Regga and cast a healing spell to restore its strength.
• After five minutes, Regga’s child slid onto the floor.

Amosta saved Regga's newborn House-elf using a Muggle method, but Hermione accidentally gave the child clothing and became its acknowledged master. Regga returned to her castle duties, leaving the newborn clinging to Hermione as Amosta explained that House-elves cared for their young only until they found masters.

• Amosta realized Regga's newborn was suffocating and tried to revive it while Hermione watched anxiously.
• The newborn coughed and vomited, and Amosta returned it to Regga after it began breathing.
• Hermione covered the newborn with a piece of her robe, and the child acknowledged her as its master.
• Amosta explained that Hermione's clothing had made her the newborn's master, while the elf pleaded not to be driven away.
• Regga asked Amosta and Hermione whether she could serve them, then vanished to return to her castle duties.
• Amosta explained that House-elves cared for offspring only until the young found wizards willing to accept them.

Hermione was left responsible for a newborn house-elf after giving it clothes, and she named it Dom while insisting it was free. She returned to the Gryffindor common room with Dom hidden in her bag and asked Harry and Ron for help.

• Hermione learned that giving the newborn elf clothes had bound it to her, and she named it Dom.
• Hermione told Dom it was free and offered to help it find its mother, but Dom insisted on serving her.
• Hermione argued with Professor Breen about house-elf rights and learned that persuading house-elves to accept those rights would be difficult.
• Professor Breen suggested Dom work in the kitchens or stay in Hermione's dormitory, then left her to decide.
• Harry and Ron noticed Hermione's torn robe and nervous behavior when she returned to the common room.
• Hermione sat down with her bag clutched to her chest and told Harry and Ron she needed help.

Hermione told Harry and Ron that she had helped a House-elf give birth and had brought the newborn, Dom, with her. When Hermione struggled to decide how to protect Dom, Harry took her and Ron to ask Hagrid for help.

• Hermione secretly showed Harry and Ron the newborn House-elf Dom hidden in her schoolbag.
• Hermione explained that Professor Breen had helped her with the birth, and she planned to return Dom to its mother, Regga.
• Hermione and Ron argued over whether Dom should return to the kitchens or be taught to fight for its rights.
• Harry pointed out that Regga might not want her child, leaving Hermione uncertain about what to do with Dom.
• Harry decided to seek Hagrid's advice and led Hermione out under the Invisibility Cloak, while Ron followed.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione visited Hagrid to ask for help caring for a newborn House-elf named Dom. Hermione argued that House-elves were being exploited, while Hagrid warned that changing their treatment would be difficult.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaked through the grounds to Hagrid's hut, where they learned Professor Moody patrolled the Forbidden Forest for him.
• Hermione let the newborn House-elf Dom out of her backpack, and Hagrid examined it before Hermione stopped him from asking it to wash dishes.
• Hermione explained how Professor Breen had saved Dom's mother, Regga, but had expected her to return to work and suggested Dom could work in the kitchens.
• Hermione complained about wizards treating House-elves as property, and Hagrid told her that persuading powerful owners to grant them rights would be difficult.

Hermione argued with Hagrid about House-elf rights, then founded the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare and left Dom in Hagrid’s care. As Harry, Ron, and Hermione returned to the castle under an Invisibility Cloak, Professor Moody caught them and questioned their nighttime outing.

• Hagrid explained to Hermione that most House-elves would not want wages or holidays and that freed elves would lack protection from wizards.
• Hermione caught Dom cleaning Hagrid’s hut, then declared that Harry, Ron, and Hagrid were members of her new Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare.
• Hermione left Dom with Hagrid under strict rules and began planning the society’s campaign to recruit members and secure rights for House-elves.
• Professor Moody spotted Harry, Ron, and Hermione beneath the Invisibility Cloak outside the castle and asked why they were out after bedtime.
• Hermione claimed she had gone to ask Hagrid about Blast-Ended Skrewts and said Harry and Ron had accompanied her for safety.

Professor Moody caught Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaking out to visit Hagrid, but praised Hermione’s concern for House-elves and let them return to their dormitories. Over the next month, Hermione promoted S.P.E.W. while Dom transformed Hagrid’s hut, and a new development arose during Professor Breen’s physical education class in late October.

• Professor Moody revealed that he had seen Harry, Ron, and Hermione approaching Hagrid’s hut under the Invisibility Cloak, praised Hermione’s concern for House-elves, and let the three students go without punishment.
• Hermione founded S.P.E.W. and repeatedly brought Harry and Ron to visit Dom, who grew rapidly and cleaned and organized Hagrid’s hut.
• Hermione briefly hid Dom in a chest of drawers in the common room, but returned him to Hagrid’s hut after his cleaning caused trouble with the other students.
• Hermione faced mockery while promoting S.P.E.W. in Professor Breen’s class, but Ginny, Luna, Hannah, Cho Chang, and others joined, and Professor Breen donated ten Gold Galleons.
• A new development arose during Professor Breen’s physical education class on a Wednesday evening in late October.

Amosta watched his students train and announced that Durmstrang and Beauxbatons would arrive for the Triwizard Tournament the following Friday. An urgent message then forced him to leave Hogwarts for several days, leaving Hermione, Neville, and Luna to supervise the next physical education class.

• Harry, Draco, Hermione, and the other students practiced combat spells against suits of armor while Amosta observed their progress.
• Amosta worried that Neville was struggling to control his magic and was losing confidence despite his persistence.
• Amosta told the students that Durmstrang and Beauxbatons would arrive the following Friday and that the champion-selection rules would be announced when the guests arrived.
• An owl delivered an urgent message, and Amosta's expression turned solemn as he read it.
• Amosta assigned Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood to supervise Friday's class, then left Hogwarts for several days.

Amosta took responsibility for securing Remus’s release, persuading Dumbledore not to intervene so Cornelius Fudge would not be pressured from both sides. Meanwhile, an unnamed infiltrator entered a protected factory compound in Diagon Alley and identified its office building.

• Amosta met Dumbledore and learned that Remus was being held by the Auror Office after Cornelius Fudge ordered his arrest.
• Amosta asked Dumbledore to leave Remus’s case to him, and Dumbledore lent him Fawkes to help buy time.
• An unnamed infiltrator hid beneath a cargo carriage carrying raw materials through Diagon Alley toward a guarded factory.
• The infiltrator slipped past the factory’s inspection and escaped beneath a cluster of bushes after entering the compound.
• The infiltrator looked toward the lit office building as moonlight revealed a dark-gold plaque bearing the words “Floo-Pow.”

Sirius and Tonks guarded the Floo-Pow factory while chatting about Hogwarts and their past, but an explosion below revealed that the operation had gone wrong. They recognized the unmasked intruder as the others dealt with the aftermath.

• Sirius and Tonks kept watch over Floo-Pow while Kingsley and Delix waited inside the factory.
• Tonks and Sirius discussed the Triwizard Tournament, Harry, Amosta, and their memories of Hogwarts.
• Sirius told Tonks about his friendship with James, Remus, Lily, and Peter as they watched a convoy enter the factory.
• An explosion tore through the building and hurled a black-cloaked figure into the corridor.
• Kingsley confronted Sirius and Tonks, while Delix attacked the unconscious intruder; Sirius and Tonks stared at the face beneath the shattered mask.

Amosta met Sirius and Tonks in London after Remus was captured during an Auror stakeout. He arranged for them to buy Remus two or three days while he prepared a way to secure his release without forcing the Ministry’s hand.

• Amosta arrived in London with Fawkes and sent a Tengshe through the ground before meeting Sirius and Tonks on a rooftop.
• Sirius explained that Remus had been caught at Floo-Pow during a stakeout and was being held unconscious in the Auror Office.
• Tonks questioned why Remus had been investigating break-ins at companies that had lost nothing, and Sirius suspected he was investigating their true controlling families for Amosta.
• Amosta told Sirius to get word to Remus to remain apparently unconscious and seek treatment at St Mungo’s to gain two or three days.
• Amosta left to make preparations, and Sirius and Tonks returned to the Ministry to ask Kingsley to pass the message to Remus.

Amosta visited Gringotts World Bank and met with Gerson Bana, who welcomed him with an elaborate breakfast. Amosta said he had come to make up for rejecting Bana’s earlier offer, leaving their potential partnership to be discussed.

• Gingo and Ladi prepared Mr. Bana’s office for a distinguished guest and wondered who he would receive.
• Amosta arrived by fireplace, startling Gingo and Ladi, whom he remembered from their earlier confrontation.
• Gerson Bana welcomed Amosta and explained that the goblins had learned of his legendary duel at the Quidditch World Cup.
• Amosta praised the tea and reminded Bana that he had refused the goblin’s earlier offer to advertise at the Triwizard Tournament.
• Amosta told Gerson Bana that he had come to make up for the missed partnership.

Amosta proposed that the goblins broadcast the Triwizard Tournament live across Europe using Monitoring Mirrors, with the profits funding a British alchemical workshop. He left Mr. Bana intrigued but uncertain about what Amosta intended to manufacture there.

• Amosta gave Mr. Bana a Monitoring Mirror and suggested broadcasting the Triwizard Tournament through WWN’s European signal stations.
• Mr. Bana recognized the broadcast’s profit potential and began considering related ventures, including Quidditch League matches.
• Amosta said the goblins should give ten percent of the profits to the tournament champions and keep the rest.
• Amosta asked the goblins to provide a British alchemical workshop with complete production capabilities in exchange for the opportunity.
• Mr. Bana guessed Amosta wanted the workshop to mass-produce Monitoring Mirrors, but Amosta said he had other things to manufacture.

Amosta Breen and Gerson Bana agreed to partner on a new workshop, with the goblins providing business support for ten percent of its annual profits. After Amosta raised the issue of wealth embezzled from wizarding vaults, Bana ordered an investigation, suspecting that exposing the corruption had been Amosta’s true purpose.

• Amosta Breen and Gerson Bana agreed to transfer a broomstick-maintenance workshop to Amosta and let the goblins support its future operations for ten percent of its profits.
• Amosta arranged for Remus Lupin to work out the details with the goblins, and Bana assigned Gingo to handle the matter.
• Amosta asked whether Gringotts and Ministry employees secretly sold the assets of wizards who died without heirs and divided the proceeds.
• After Amosta left, Bana ordered Gingo to investigate the goblins and Ministry employees involved in the scheme and send Amosta a copy of the findings.

Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy prepared anxiously for Amosta Breen’s visit, fearing both his judgment over their actions at the Quidditch World Cup and the possible return of the Dark Lord. When Breen appeared at the manor gates, the Malfoys went to receive him together.

• Narcissa warned the servants to ensure the dinner proceeded without any lapse in etiquette.
• Lucius revealed his unease over Amosta Breen’s visit and gave Narcissa a Portkey spoon for emergencies.
• Lucius recalled how the Dark Mark had changed when Breen defeated an unidentified dark wizard at the Quidditch World Cup.
• Narcissa reassured Lucius that Fudge and Dumbledore would not let Breen harm the Malfoy family.
• After a servant announced Breen’s arrival at the manor gates, Lucius and Narcissa went to welcome him together.