Chapter Summaries

Amosta exposed Adam Vogel’s scheme to use Hermione’s attack to draw Dumbledore and Amosta to Nurmengard and revive Grindelwald’s cause. He sent Vogel to Azkaban, then left Grindelwald with a pocket watch whose photograph stirred a faint recognition.

• Amosta explained that Vogel had arranged Hermione’s attack and planted clues to bring him and Dumbledore to Nurmengard.
• Amosta concluded that Vogel’s plan failed because Grindelwald was no longer the powerful man Vogel imagined.
• Amosta destroyed Vogel’s enchanted glasses, spared him, and sent him unconscious to Azkaban.
• Amosta left a gold pocket watch on Grindelwald’s desk and departed with Vogel.
• Grindelwald opened the watch and stared at its photograph of an old man and a girl as his hand began to tremble.

Amosta Breen addressed the wizarding press about the destruction of the dark organization, the planned trials, and the authorities’ responsibilities toward the murdered Muggles. After the press conference, he agreed to pass Bana’s apology and job offer to Hermione Granger, while Kingsley reminded him that Louise Ander was waiting.

• Amosta Breen announced a three-minute silence for the Muggles killed by the organization, then answered reporters’ questions about the arrested dark wizards and their possible sentences.
• Amosta said the Ministries of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards would form a temporary tribunal chaired by Vip Draegen and aim to finish reviewing cases before Easter.
• Amosta said wizarding authorities should work with Muggle governments to explain the deaths and compensate victims’ families, while arguing that the Ministries should not be excessively blamed for the organization’s existence.
• Ministry employees escorted the reporters away before they could press Amosta about the organization’s history, the Sachsenhausen clash, and its experiments on Muggles.
• Vip urged Amosta to chair the tribunal, but Amosta declined, and Bana apologized for the wager that had led to Hermione Granger being hurt and asked Amosta to convey Gringotts’ invitation to her.
• Amosta noticed Cornelius Fudge’s wariness, and Kingsley reminded him that Louise Ander was waiting before he visited Hermione at St Mungo’s.

Louise faced the end of her time with Amosta as she prepared to have her memories of the wizarding world erased. Before the spell took effect, she asked to keep the memory of meeting him and kissed him, then lost consciousness.

• Louise reflected on her time at the Auror safe house and understood why Amosta had said there was no point in joining the investigation.
• Amosta visited Louise and told her about his remaining work, including seeing his recovered student and Onisto Pastore at the hospital.
• Louise asked whether erasing her memories would hurt, and Amosta assured her he would manage the risk while Kingsley arranged Fraser's return and compensation for her family.
• Louise asked Amosta to let her remember their first meeting at the underground station, and he agreed.
• Louise asked Amosta to close his eyes, kissed him, and then lost consciousness as two purple moons appeared before her.

Amosta watched Louise from afar before continuing his journey, while Hermione recovered at St. Mungo's and worried about catching up on schoolwork and preparing for the Triwizard Tournament's second task. Tonks brought news that Amosta had returned, and he appeared at Hermione's ward.

• Amosta watched Louise laughing with her colleagues, decided to leave her alone for now, and flew onward.
• Hermione studied at St. Mungo's after her curse vanished, anxious about missed lessons and the upcoming underwater task.
• Tonks told Hermione that she and Sirius had helped restrain a man who had been bitten by a Werewolf.
• Tonks showed Hermione a Daily Prophet special edition reporting Amosta's return and his explanation of the Berlin duel and fire.
• Amosta appeared at Hermione's ward and asked whether her stay at St. Mungo's had been pleasant.

Amosta told Hermione she had recovered and could return to Hogwarts, then explained why her attack had been concealed and apologized for keeping the organization’s true purpose secret. He planned to remain at St Mungo’s to treat Onisto Pastore, while Augusta Longbottom asked whether he could cure him.

• Amosta examined Hermione, confirmed her magic had fully recovered, and said she could return to Hogwarts.
• Amosta explained that Hermione’s location had been concealed for her safety and apologized because the organization had used her to draw him and Dumbledore into its plans.
• Hermione asked whether she could tell Harry and Ron, and Amosta agreed.
• Amosta told Tonks he planned to stay at St Mungo’s and try to ease Onisto Pastore’s condition and restore his sanity.
• Sirius arrived with Augusta Longbottom, praised Amosta for defeating the organization, and Augusta asked whether he could cure Onisto.

Harry and Ron struggled to control their anger and worry while Hermione remained at St Mungo’s, and Hagrid urged them to trust her healers. Professor McGonagall summoned them to meet Sirius, who had brought news about Hermione that she expected would reassure them.

• Harry snapped at Angelina when she asked whether he had heard any news about Hermione, then threatened Cedric when Ron pointed out that he was watching them.
• Harry and Ron accused the Triwizard champions of conspiring against Hermione, while Neville and Seamus feared their increasingly hostile behavior.
• Hagrid reprimanded Harry for mistreating Angelina and urged him and Ron to trust Professor McGonagall, Professor Breen, and Dumbledore.
• A Blast-Ended Skrewt dropped Neville, and Professor McGonagall arrived to help him and summon Harry and Ron.
• McGonagall told Harry and Ron that Sirius was waiting in Gryffindor Tower with Hermione’s textbooks and good news from St Mungo’s.

Harry learned Hermione was out of danger and could return to Hogwarts, while Cedric asked him to pass along a message to her. Neville despaired over his poor spellwork, then fled after Professor McGonagall said Dumbledore was taking him to St Mungo's.

• Cedric asked Harry whether Hermione had recovered, and Harry confirmed that she could return after staying at St Mungo's for two more days.
• Cedric asked Harry to tell Hermione he wanted to speak with her to repay her help during the first task.
• Neville worried that his poor Disarming Charm would make him a burden and get him expelled, and Harry tried to reassure him.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Neville to Dumbledore's office and said Dumbledore was taking him to St Mungo's.
• Neville panicked, knocked Professor McGonagall aside, and ran from the classroom.

Amosta appeared to have cured a Muggle whose mind was damaged by the Cruciatus Curse, drawing a crowd of astonished healers at St. Mungo’s. After Dumbledore examined the patient, he privately confronted Amosta, asking whether he had erased the Muggle’s memories.

• Dumbledore brought Neville to the fifth floor, where healers celebrated the Muggle’s apparent recovery and Delores said Amosta had treated him alone.
• Hermione met Neville and offered to explain what had happened to his parents, but Neville hesitated, ashamed that she knew about them.
• Dumbledore entered the ward with Amosta and met the recovering patient, who called himself Jit and thanked Dumbledore for training Amosta.
• Dumbledore put Jit into a genuine sleep, and Amosta obscured the ward’s window and blocked its sounds.
• Dumbledore’s smile vanished as he asked Amosta whether he had erased the memories of the Muggle named Onisto Pastore.

Amosta explained how he restored Onisto Pastore by erasing his damaged memories and replacing them with an incomplete personality, prompting Dumbledore to praise his soul magic. Dumbledore described breaking the barrier that protected his soul from existing outside his body, but said his unstrengthened soul had to return before it dissipated.

• Amosta told Dumbledore he had removed Onisto Pastore’s memories, Dark Magic, and malicious thoughts, then written Jit’s personality into his mind.
• Dumbledore accepted Amosta’s decision and expressed surprise at the depth of his soul magic.
• Amosta explained that studying Herpo the Foul’s Blood Curse had helped him learn to wield deeper soul power.
• Amosta pressed Dumbledore about the barrier between body and soul, and Dumbledore said he had first broken it after the duel with Gellert.
• Dumbledore recounted how his soul left his body and instinctively sought something among the stars, but had to return before it dissipated.

Amosta questioned Dumbledore about his ability to separate his soul from his body and learned that aging had left much of Dumbledore’s magic unusable. After discussing Voldemort’s power, Amosta described Onisto Pastore’s bleak life to Dumbledore, who quietly asked whether Pastore had realized his mistake.

• Amosta asked whether Dumbledore had separated his soul from his body only once, and Dumbledore warned him against becoming lost in the freedom of doing so.
• Dumbledore explained that he had lost the ability as his body aged, because much of his magic had become bound to his flesh and blood.
• Amosta realized Dumbledore could no longer command all his magic, then asked how Dumbledore assessed Voldemort’s strength.
• Dumbledore said Voldemort’s damaged soul would prevent him from reaching the realm Amosta was approaching, but his Dark Magic still made him formidable.
• Amosta considered how to arrange care for Onisto Pastore and described Pastore’s cold, impoverished life to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore asked whether Pastore had realized his mistake, and Amosta replied that he probably had not yet calmed down.

Amosta discussed a possible way to restore Neville's parents by erasing their memories and rebuilding their personalities, but he and Dumbledore agreed that only Augusta and Neville could decide whether to pursue it. An urgent letter prompted Amosta to leave, while Dumbledore promised to speak with Augusta.

• Amosta explained to Dumbledore that treating Alice and Frank would require gathering memories from people who knew them and using those memories to reconstruct their personalities.
• Dumbledore said that only Augusta and Neville had the right to decide, and Amosta urged him not to burden Neville with another trial.
• An owl delivered Amosta a letter, which he read several times before announcing that he needed to leave and might return the next morning.
• Dumbledore promised to consult Augusta and, if she agreed, gather memories from people who knew Alice and Frank.
• Amosta declined to explain his experimental treatment to the gathered healers, reassured Sirius and Tonks, and hurried away.

Hermione reassured Neville that Professor Breen might be able to heal his parents, while they talked about school and Harry and Ron’s concern for her. Mrs. Longbottom arrived with Dumbledore and asked Neville whether he wanted his parents to return to normal.

• Hermione welcomed Neville, asked about school, and gave him a wrapper from Drooble's Best Blowing Gum.
• Neville told Hermione that Professor Breen believed he might be able to wake Neville’s parents, Frank and Alice.
• Hermione encouraged Neville by describing Professor Breen’s recent success treating a Muggle whose mind had been damaged by the Cruciatus Curse.
• Neville told Hermione that Harry and Ron had treated the school as suspects in her attack and earned detentions, and Hermione became tearful.
• Dumbledore and Mrs. Longbottom entered, and Mrs. Longbottom asked Neville whether he hoped his parents would recover.

Neville chose to let his parents undergo a risky treatment, and Amosta returned to Breen Manor after receiving a letter from the dying Lawrence. The chapter left Lawrence sitting up in delighted surprise at seeing his young master.

• Hermione and Neville realized that Mrs. Longbottom and Dumbledore were concerned about the dangers of Professor Breen's treatment plan.
• Neville decided he wanted his parents to recover, despite the risks the treatment might bring.
• Amosta arrived at Breen Manor after receiving a letter from Lawrence, the manor's current manager.
• Amosta found Lawrence gravely ill in his bedroom and told him he still had time before death came for him.
• Lawrence opened his eyes, sat upright, and cried out in delight when he recognized Amosta as Young Master Breen.

Amosta visited the ill Lawrence, who hoped he would return to the Breen estate and inherit the family. Amosta told him that the Breen Family endured through its people and his name, not the old house, leaving Lawrence reassured.

• Amosta stopped Lawrence from getting out of bed and asked what was troubling him.
• Lawrence admitted that he had donated to Hass Orphanage without Amosta's permission, and Amosta said he would not blame him.
• Amosta told Lawrence to abandon the estate if it had become a burden and could not restore the past.
• Lawrence apologized and asked Amosta to return to the estate and inherit the Breen Family.
• Amosta explained that he had not abandoned the Breen name and that the family continued through him, brightening Lawrence's expression.

Amosta stayed overnight at Breen Manor after helping Lawrence recover and rethink his priorities. Over breakfast, Lawrence revealed that he wanted to turn the manor into a welfare school, then asked Amosta whether he was still in contact with Harry Potter and whether the boy had encountered trouble.

• Lawrence recognized that people mattered most, and Amosta invited him to visit Hass Orphanage during the holidays.
• Lawrence persuaded Amosta to stay the night at Breen Manor and arranged a lavish breakfast for him the next morning.
• Lawrence told Amosta he planned to renovate the manor into a welfare school, and Amosta approved while warning him about costs and opposition from the neighbors.
• Lawrence privately asked Amosta whether he was still in contact with Harry Potter and whether Harry had run into trouble.

Amosta learned that parcels sent by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley had been linked to a Muggle postman's death, and he suspected someone had magically forced a Chocolate Frog down the victim's throat. The chapter ended with him asking Lawrence to confirm whether the death had been deliberately caused.

• Lawrence grew suspicious that Amosta was involved in the mysterious deaths and told him to examine a newspaper article.
• Amosta recognized the location in the article as the street outside Hass Orphanage and read that postman Dicent Both had choked on chocolate.
• Lawrence revealed that he had seen a living Chocolate Frog inside a parcel box and said the parcels had been sent by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley.
• Amosta realized that a Chocolate Frog would not normally crawl into someone's throat and asked Lawrence whether someone had made it fly into Dicent Both's throat.

Amosta questioned Lawrence about the murder of a Muggle deliveryman and used magic to view his memories. The memory revealed that the killers were Aurors acting under orders, leaving Amosta to reckon with a scandal that could bring down the British Ministry of Magic.

• Lawrence recounted seeing two men petrify a deliveryman and force a black Chocolate Frog down his throat.
• Lawrence said the parcels included donations sent by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, and Amosta realized the incident had followed Hermione's attack.
• Amosta told Lawrence he was a wizard and asked to view his memories; Lawrence agreed.
• Amosta extracted Lawrence's memory and watched the two men kill the deliveryman.
• Amosta recognized one of the men as Delix and concluded that Aurors had murdered an innocent Muggle under orders from the Ministry's higher-ups.

Amosta recognized that Umbridge was using Harry’s actions as leverage and arranged for Lawrence to hide at an orphanage. Two days later, Amosta attacked Delix and used his violet gaze to make the Auror relive memories.

• Amosta suspected Umbridge had arranged the attack and weighed the political risks of exposing her scheme.
• Amosta thanked Lawrence for witnessing the murder and told him to stay at Hass Orphanage as a possible trial witness.
• Lawrence agreed to keep quiet and leave the manor for the orphanage.
• Two days later, Amosta blasted Delix into a magical barrier while concealing the fight from nearby Muggle neighbors.
• Amosta subdued Delix and told him to look at memories he treasured.

Delix reported that Harry Potter had sent magical candy to a Muggle orphanage, giving Umbridge a chance to persuade Fudge to use the incident against Dumbledore and Amosta Breen. Fudge agreed to exploit the situation, and Umbridge sent Delix to stop Harry under the Ministry’s orders.

• Delix told Fudge and Umbridge that Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione had mailed items to a Muggle orphanage, and that Harry had bought large quantities of Honeydukes candy.
• Umbridge argued that the candy could endanger the Statute of Secrecy and that the Ministry could use the incident to gain leverage over Dumbledore and Breen.
• Fudge hesitated, then accepted Umbridge’s plan to use Harry’s actions as an opportunity to strike against Dumbledore and Breen.
• Umbridge asked Delix to prove his loyalty and told him to stop Harry Potter’s actions, promising that he could lead the new Hit Wizard force.

Amosta met Dumbledore at St Mungo's after secretly extracting memories from Delix, then prepared to begin treating Frank and Alice Longbottom. The chapter ended as Amosta and Dumbledore sealed off a ward and readied themselves to start the procedure.

• Amosta repaired Delix's house, extracted silvery memories from him, and sent the unconscious man back to his bedroom.
• Dumbledore met Amosta outside St Mungo's and asked about the disturbance, but Amosta kept its cause secret.
• Dumbledore told Amosta that he had collected memories of Frank and Alice from their family, friends, former teachers, and caregivers.
• Amosta and Dumbledore saw Neville sleeping beside his parents while Augusta, Sirius, Tonks, and Hermione waited nearby.
• Amosta and Dumbledore moved Frank and Alice into a ward, sealed it against intrusion, and prepared to begin their treatment.