Chapter Summaries

Lady Ravenclaw subdued the Stone Archway’s turbulence with a powerful domain, revealing to Amosta a path beyond conventional magic. Lady Hufflepuff then sent a dozen silver doubles into the archway, leaving the others to wait for her return.

• Lady Ravenclaw enveloped the room in blue light and restrained the Stone Archway’s pull.
• Amosta realized the Hogwarts founders had forged their own magical paths and felt he had found a direction for his own advancement.
• Hermione worried about Amosta, then reflected on how much she still had to learn about magic.
• Lady Hufflepuff’s eyes shone with silver light, and threads from them formed more than a dozen doubles of her.
• The silver doubles said they would return soon and entered the darkness beneath the Stone Archway.

Lady Hufflepuff discovered that the path beyond the Stone Archway led to a world threatened by darkness, but the incomplete gate could destroy magic and had to be sealed. After the memory ended, Amosta and the others returned to the corridor, where Regga unexpectedly embraced Dom.

• Lady Hufflepuff's silver phantoms returned from the Stone Archway, and Lady Ravenclaw pulled out the cracked black coordinate, calming the gate.
• Lady Hufflepuff said the path reached another world but was incomplete, required an intact coordinate and immense magic, and could drain all magic from their world.
• Lady Hufflepuff revealed that a war against darkness still raged in the sea of stars and said they had to help the person from Salazar Academy; Lady Ravenclaw agreed to keep the coordinate safe.
• Lady Hufflepuff lost consciousness, ending the memory, and Amosta and the others fell back into the corridor by the ghostly blue wall.
• Regga rushed to embrace Dom, then jumped away in confusion and apologized to Professor Breen.

Amosta led Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the House-elves out of the sealed corridor beneath the kitchen, deciding not to reopen Hufflepuff’s hidden office. He ordered everyone to keep what they had witnessed secret, then sent the three students away with a punishment.

• Amosta examined the wall and refused to break through it, saying Hufflepuff had sealed her office and should be respected.
• Harry described how touching the wall had pulled him, Ron, Hermione, and the House-elves into the illusion, and Amosta suspected Harry’s contact had triggered it.
• Amosta led them out through the kitchen and told them not to reveal what they had seen unless Dumbledore asked them directly.
• Amosta reminded the students to keep the name they had learned secret, then told them to return to their dormitories.
• Hermione admitted they had broken school rules, so Amosta assigned the three students to clean the physical education classroom after every lesson until Christmas without magic.

Amosta searched for clues to the Deathly Hallows and Death's Door, finding a manuscript about the Hallows’ history. He encountered Hermione and Viktor Krum discussing the Yule Ball and told Hermione about the tournament tradition.

• Amosta considered the clues to the Hallows’ locations, suspecting Slytherin’s descendants might hold the Resurrection Stone.
• Amosta found a manuscript about the Deathly Hallows and their followers while searching the Restricted Section.
• Amosta left the library carrying the manuscript and encountered Viktor Krum inviting Hermione to the Yule Ball.
• Amosta explained the Yule Ball tradition to Hermione and suggested she attend with Hogwarts champion Cedric.

Amosta Breen told Hermione and Krum that the Triwizard champions had to choose partners for the Yule Ball, leaving Hermione embarrassed by Krum’s invitation. Krum then revealed that he believed Breen worshipped Gellert Grindelwald because he had seen Grindelwald’s mark on the papers Breen carried.

• Amosta explained the Yule Ball’s champion-partner tradition and encouraged Hermione and Krum to take a walk outside.
• Hermione realized Krum had invited her to the ball, felt flattered, and worried about what Harry and Ron would think.
• Krum told Hermione he did not understand why a powerful wizard like Amosta Breen would worship Gellert Grindelwald.
• Krum identified the symbol on Breen’s papers as Grindelwald’s mark and explained that Grindelwald had killed his grandfather and inspired followers who revered his rule.

Hermione rejected Krum’s invitation after defending Professor Breen against his suspicions about Grindelwald. Amosta visited Professor Binns to ask about the manuscripts, but Binns mistook him for someone else and asked whether he shared a name with a famous wizard.

• Krum suggested that Professor Breen might be researching Grindelwald, and Hermione angrily accused him of prejudice.
• Krum invited Hermione to the ball, but she declined and said she would rather go with her classmates.
• Hermione told Krum that Professor Breen was superior to Grindelwald in both magic and character, then left him alone in the corridor.
• Amosta carried the manuscripts to Professor Binns’s office and reflected on the unusual magic sustaining the ghost.
• Professor Binns mistook Amosta for a student and asked if he shared a name with the wizard who arrested Vitia Creona.

Amosta learned from Professor Binns that Salazar had owned the Resurrection Stone as a ring and wondered whether Voldemort had made it a Horcrux. After Moody sought him out, the chapter shifted to Vitia, whose followers faced a winter food shortage in the Secret Realm.

• Amosta showed Professor Binns the Resurrection Stone, and Binns recalled that Salazar had worn it in a gold ring.
• Amosta left Binns's office wondering whether Voldemort had turned the ring into a Horcrux and where he might have hidden it.
• Moody found Amosta and beckoned him to discuss something privately in his office.
• Elder Horn warned Vitia that the Centaurs could not supply enough food to sustain her followers through winter.
• Vitia said she had spent her wages on Potions ingredients, and Horn suggested that the Centaurs gather valuable plants to trade for food or money.

Vitia, disguised as Professor Moody, considered how the Druids could earn money through cultivating Potions ingredients, then sought Amosta Breen’s signature on an application. Amosta noticed her guarded behavior and kept the conversation going with tea and sweets just as she was about to present the form.

• Vitia weighed Elder Horn’s proposal to have the Druids cultivate and sell Potions ingredients, though she knew it would take time to earn money.
• Vitia watched Hogwarts students enjoy the first snowfall and felt conflicted about threatening their peaceful lives.
• Professor McGonagall signed Moody’s application but said it also needed Amosta’s approval if Moody would not ask Albus.
• Moody found Amosta and followed him to his office, where Amosta noticed the flask in her pocket and teased her about trusting his tea.
• Amosta offered Moody sweets and biscuits, delaying her attempt to produce the application until a knock sounded at the office door.

Fleur came to Amosta’s office to ask him to be her Yule Ball partner, but he refused her outright. When she challenged him about the ball gown he had sent her, Amosta said it had been Harry’s apology gift and that he had only advised him.

• Fleur entered Amosta’s office and, after discovering Professor Moody was there, decided to ask Amosta about the Yule Ball anyway.
• Fleur invited Amosta to be her Yule Ball partner while Moody listened.
• Amosta immediately refused, explaining that he did not intend to take a dance partner or invite anyone.
• Fleur angrily asked why Amosta had sent her a ball gown through Harry.
• Amosta said Harry had given Fleur the gown to apologize for breaking her nose and that Amosta had only offered him advice.

After Fleur left in anger, Amosta signed Professor Moody's salary advance application after learning he used his pension to support injured former Aurors. He then gave Moody several thousand Galleons for his old comrades.

• Fleur stormed out after Amosta treated her coldly, and Moody questioned whether he needed to be so harsh.
• Moody asked Amosta to sign his salary advance application, explaining that Minerva had already signed it but the Board of Governors required another signature.
• Amosta asked why Moody needed the advance, and Moody explained that he paid for former Aurors' treatment because their pensions and the Ministry's support were inadequate.
• Amosta signed the application and gave Moody a money bag filled with several thousand Galleons for his old comrades.

Amosta gave Moody money to help retired veterans, then questioned his interest in using the Monitoring Mirror for the underwater task. After receiving a short letter from Sirius, Amosta left to see Dumbledore.

• Amosta insisted that Moody accept his money as a donation to help retired veterans.
• Moody praised Amosta, then asked whether the Monitoring Mirror could work underwater for the next Triwizard Tournament tasks.
• Amosta explained that water disrupted the Monitoring Mirror’s magic, and Moody left after thanking him.
• Sirius’s owl delivered a short letter that made Amosta grave.
• Amosta put away his blueprint and hurried to Dumbledore’s office.

Amosta told Dumbledore that Barty Crouch had taken extended sick leave and proposed visiting him openly, which Dumbledore reluctantly approved. Amosta then revealed a possible new Horcrux, a black stone set in a gold ring, and realized Dumbledore recognized it.

• Amosta told Dumbledore that Barty Crouch had taken sick leave and handed his work to Percy.
• Amosta proposed visiting Barty openly, and Dumbledore agreed despite the danger that Voldemort might be at Barty's home.
• Amosta asked Dumbledore what definite information they had about Voldemort's Horcruxes, and Dumbledore listed the known objects and Harry.
• Amosta conjured an image of a black stone that might be another Horcrux and said it was probably set in a gold ring.
• Amosta noticed Dumbledore's troubled reaction and asked whether he had seen the stone before.

Dumbledore told Amosta that Voldemort’s ring held the Resurrection Stone and explained that he was searching for the remaining Horcruxes. They split up to investigate, and Amosta sent a message to Harry, Ron, and Hermione announcing that he had taken leave again.

• Dumbledore showed Amosta an image of Voldemort wearing the Resurrection Stone as a ring and said Tom had inherited it from his uncle.
• Dumbledore revealed that the ring was likely another Horcrux and that he and Amosta had destroyed three, making five known Horcruxes in total.
• Dumbledore planned to meet Horace Slughorn, whom he believed held key information about Tom’s Horcruxes.
• Dumbledore left with Fawkes while Amosta returned to his office and prepared to leave on his own investigation.
• Amosta sent paper cranes to Gryffindor Tower, where Hermione caught one and told Harry and Ron that Professor Breen had taken leave again.

After hearing Krum accuse Professor Breen of admiring Grindelwald, Harry, Ron, and Hermione questioned the meaning of a mysterious symbol and considered investigating the secret behind a strange vision. Ron reflected on his past failure to persist in training, then chose to begin the next stage of practice.

• Harry and Ron became furious over Krum's accusations against Professor Breen, and Ron said he would throw away his Krum figurine.
• Hermione agreed with Ron that Krum might be wrong about the symbol, while Harry wondered if it was connected to the mysterious door and the Deathly Hallows.
• Harry and Hermione considered investigating Professor Breen's activities, but Ron urged them to wait until their punishment ended.
• Ron entered the physical education classroom and wondered whether he had rushed into dodge training after only half a month of running drills.
• Hermione explained how the two training stages could overlap, and Ron decided to begin the next stage with Harry and Hermione.

Harry and Hermione explained the armor-dodging training to Ron before he made his first attempt. Ron dodged one Dungbomb but was struck by another and fell, leaving Harry to remind him to stay alert in every direction.

• Hermione and Harry told Ron to stay calm, watch the armor, and dodge late and deceptively.
• Ron began the course, focused on an armor suit to his right, and tried to wait until its Dungbomb came close.
• Ron failed to track the fast-moving Dungbomb and threw himself toward the front left.
• Ron was struck in the calf by another Dungbomb, fell onto the floor, and howled in pain.
• Hermione stopped the armor, and Harry reminded Ron to keep his eyes and ears open in every direction.

Ron completed his first grueling evasion-training session with Harry and Hermione’s help, then recovered enough to prepare for a run. Draco, Pansy Parkinson, and Astoria entered the classroom, and Draco taunted Ron as the groups faced one another.

• Ron endured twenty minutes of evasion training before Harry and Hermione cleaned him up and helped him recover.
• Harry and Hermione praised Ron’s performance, and Hermione explained that Professor Breen refused to let students quit once they reached the second stage of training.
• Harry treated Ron’s injuries with a Sopophorous Bean, and the three watched students skate on the frozen Black Lake until Filch chased them off.
• After resting, Ron agreed to finish the day with a run and went to retrieve his clothes.
• Draco, Pansy Parkinson, and Astoria entered the classroom, and Draco mocked Ron by asking whether he was having second thoughts.

Draco Malfoy mocked Ron and challenged Harry to a secret duel, while Hermione tried to stop them from breaking Professor Breen’s rules. Harry agreed to fight Malfoy one-on-one if they both swore to keep the duel secret.

• Draco Malfoy taunted Ron about his training and Hermione’s performance in the Triwizard Tournament.
• Harry and Hermione defended Ron and traded insults with Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson.
• Pansy drew her wand at Harry, but Harry restrained himself from retaliating.
• Draco revealed that he wanted to compete against Harry using Professor Breen’s sparring rules and claimed the duel could be kept secret.
• Hermione and Ron urged Harry not to accept, but Harry agreed to duel Malfoy one-on-one if they both swore not to tell anyone.

Harry and Draco began a secret duel in the physical education classroom, but their opening exchange turned into a dangerous contest of spells and summoned serpents. Harry faced two attacking black serpents as Draco remained hidden in spreading mist.

• Hermione and Astoria warned Harry and Draco about the consequences of dueling, but both boys swore their friends would keep it secret and prepared to fight.
• Draco sent Astoria to guard the corridor while Harry and Draco took positions across the classroom and searched for an opening.
• Astoria warned that Longbottom was approaching, and Harry and Draco attacked at the same moment.
• Harry fired a Disarming Charm, while Draco dodged and filled the classroom with black mist to block Harry's view.
• Harry evaded Draco's first black serpent, but Draco sent two serpents at him from opposite directions, leaving Harry to assess how to defend himself.

Harry dueled Draco Malfoy in PE class, struggling against the black mist that concealed Malfoy and gave him an advantage. Harry shattered a window to let in the winter wind, dispersing the mist, and charged at Malfoy as the duel continued.

• Harry split his Disarming Charm into two beams and destroyed Draco Malfoy's summoned black serpents.
• Draco attacked from inside the black mist, keeping Harry on the defensive as both exchanged spells.
• Harry tried using fire to disperse the mist, but Draco knocked him off balance with a Freezing Charm.
• Harry shattered a classroom window, and the cold wind scattered the black mist, revealing Draco.
• Draco lost his chance to disarm Harry, and Harry sprang up and charged at him.

Harry and Draco fought a fierce duel that turned into a deadly standoff when Draco revealed a venomous snake on Harry’s shoulder. Neville burst into the classroom before either boy could act, leaving everyone frozen.

• Harry and Draco exchanged rapid spells, and Harry gradually gained the upper hand.
• Harry grabbed Draco’s wrist and pointed his wand at him, but Draco revealed a snake hidden in a suit of armor and grabbed Harry’s sleeve.
• Draco declared victory as the snake perched on Harry’s shoulder, but Harry threatened to kill Draco with his wand if the snake attacked.
• Hermione tried to intervene, but Neville burst through the classroom door and stopped everyone in their tracks.