Chapter Summaries

Amosta watched the battle for Diagon Alley from the train, where he sent Typhoeus and the unconscious Thanatos away and reacted sharply when he saw Hufflepuff's Cup. At Grimmauld Place, the Weasley family received word that Arthur had been seriously injured and taken to St. Mungo's.

• Amosta reassured Typhoeus that Thanatos would recover, then told him the train's gold would ultimately be returned to Gringotts and placed in the Ministry's underground vault.
• Amosta watched Kingsley kill Alecto Carrow before Amycus attacked the fallen Kingsley, who was carried from the battlefield by Hit Wizards.
• Arthur and Alastor fought Antonin Dolohov; Arthur killed him, but Dolohov's final spell gravely wounded Arthur, and Alastor helped remove him from the battlefield.
• The Longbottoms gained the advantage against Bellatrix until a huge wizard joined the fight to help her, while Sirius and Lucius remained evenly matched.
• Amosta spotted Hufflepuff's Cup in the mud, and his power caused every bottle on the train's wine rack to explode.
• At Grimmauld Place, Hermione repaired a broken plate for Mrs. Weasley, then the family received a Ministry message saying Arthur had been seriously injured and sent to St. Mungo's.

Harry and the others arrived at St. Mungo’s to help care for the wounded and witnessed the devastation brought back from the battlefield. They found Mr. Weasley alive in a hospital bed, while Harry remained haunted by the possibility that Sirius might be among the dead.

• Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny arrived at St. Mungo’s and saw healers treating a stream of badly wounded people.
• Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey rushed to treat a burned Auror’s companion as Harry watched the hospital fill with grief and panic.
• Harry recognized the crawling Evan Rosier as a Death Eater, but healer Foley took him for treatment because he was a wounded patient.
• Mrs. Weasley learned that Mr. Weasley was on the third floor and hurried upstairs with her children while Hermione led Harry away from a grieving mother and child.
• Harry and Hermione saw Kingsley recovering from a broken leg, then found Mr. Weasley bandaged in bed as he tried to comfort Mrs. Weasley.

Harry left the hospital to join the battle and help Sirius after seeing the casualties and learning that Sirius had been pursuing someone. Meanwhile, Lucius Malfoy confronted Sirius near Hufflepuff's Cup, hiding his secret alliance with Amosta Breen as the fight began.

• Harry and the Weasleys saw Arthur badly injured in the hospital, while the family stayed by his bedside as he fell asleep.
• Harry saw more wounded Aurors arrive and watched one learn that his comrade had died.
• Harry told Hermione he would go help Sirius, then broke away and followed an Auror back to the battlefield.
• Lucius Malfoy realized Sirius had been drawn to him and worried that Sirius would try to kill him.
• Sirius recognized Lucius despite his disguise and mocked him for digging through gold, so Lucius charged at Sirius.

The Hit Wizards began surrounding the declining Death Eater legion as Sirius fought Lucius Malfoy amid the ruins. Voldemort appeared in the storm and nearly killed Sirius, but Amosta arrived in time to block the killing curse.

• Alastor and the experienced Aurors helped the Hit Wizards encircle and divide the Death Eater legion.
• Sirius and Lucius Malfoy battled until a mudslide trapped Malfoy and buried nearby fighters.
• Sirius told Malfoy that Voldemort could no longer plunge Britain into fear, but Voldemort manifested as a colossal face in the storm.
• Voldemort impaled Sirius with rock spikes and fired a killing curse at him.
• Amosta left the train at King's Cross, blocked the curse with a platinum shield, and greeted Riddle.

Amosta Breen confronted Voldemort in the ruins of Diagon Alley after Voldemort revealed himself to the gathered wizards. Their duel devastated the battlefield, and the chapter ended with Amosta surrounded by Golden Fiery Trial as black mist filled the sky.

• Amosta freed and tended to the wounded Sirius, then challenged Voldemort as Voldemort took human form before the assembled wizards.
• Voldemort declared himself invincible and offered Amosta a chance to repent, but Amosta rejected him and said it was time for him to leave the stage.
• Amosta and Voldemort began dueling, and their clashing curses sent destructive shockwaves through Diagon Alley and injured people nearby.
• Amosta hurled their joined magical attack into the clouds, where it exploded and restored sunlight, then continued fighting Voldemort at great speed for two minutes.
• Amosta reappeared near Sirius as black mist engulfed the sky, drew a deep breath, and wrapped himself in Golden Fiery Trial.

Amosta Breen held Voldemort back as the battlefield was evacuated, while Harry found Hagrid and rushed to Sirius. After Alastor Moody rescued them, Amosta unleashed his full power and sent a blazing sun hurtling into the black mist above.

• Harry found Hagrid on the battlefield and learned that Sirius was still alive.
• Amosta ordered everyone to withdraw as the duel’s heat and destruction intensified, and Bellatrix fired a Killing Curse at his sun without effect.
• Harry ran toward the wounded Sirius, with Hagrid following, and Bellatrix spotted them as Voldemort’s lightning struck.
• Amosta deflected the lightning, and Alastor took Harry, Hagrid, and Sirius away instead of attacking Bellatrix.
• Amosta’s golden sun expanded and vaporized the battlefield before he launched it into Voldemort’s black sea of clouds.

Amosta fought Voldemort in the sky, struggling against the black mist and its overwhelming magical power. He shattered his blazing sun to strike the Hufflepuff’s Cup, causing Voldemort and Harry to suffer intense pain, then feigned ignorance about the giant face that briefly appeared.

• Amosta sensed that Voldemort’s black mist contained magic and hateful remnants from the wizards and magical creatures he had killed or experimented on.
• Amosta intensified his attack, shrinking the black mist, but realized he was spending magic faster than Voldemort.
• Voldemort taunted Amosta as his mist-form pressed the attack.
• Amosta shattered his blazing sun into four pieces, sending golden comets crashing across the earth.
• One comet struck the twin-eared Hufflepuff’s Cup, causing Voldemort to cry out in pain and Harry to collapse as his scar burned.
• A giant face of black smoke emerged from the scorched ground and vanished, and Amosta questioned Voldemort about what it was.

Amosta Breen destroyed Voldemort’s Horcrux in Bellatrix’s vault while concealing that he had planned it, and Voldemort left to attack Harry and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry’s wand released a golden-red radiance that engulfed Voldemort, whose fate remained unknown.

• Voldemort realized his Horcrux had been destroyed and decided to leave before Dumbledore could join Amosta Breen against him.
• Amosta recalled how he had traced the Horcrux to Bellatrix’s vault and disguised its destruction as an accident; Voldemort accepted his act of defiance as genuine.
• Voldemort vanished, and Amosta guessed that he was heading for Harry, but hesitated before pursuing him.
• Harry collapsed in agony as Voldemort appeared above the Order of the Phoenix and aimed a killing curse at them.
• Harry raised his wand without looking and released golden-red radiance that destroyed Voldemort’s spell and engulfed the Dark Lord.

Harry’s golden-red magic drove Voldemort away, but Harry collapsed from exhaustion afterward. Amosta and Dumbledore examined Hufflepuff’s Cup, the fourth Horcrux Amosta had destroyed, and realized they had gathered the four founders’ True Magic Scripts.

• Harry’s spell sent Voldemort fleeing, and Harry collapsed as the Order of the Phoenix rushed him toward St Mungo’s.
• Amosta reassured the Order that Harry was only exhausted, while Sirius and Remus carried Harry away for an examination.
• Amosta and Dumbledore inspected the ruined Diagon Alley and found Hufflepuff’s Cup in the magma.
• Amosta and Dumbledore discussed the remaining Horcruxes, deciding they still needed to locate the ring and arrange for Nagini’s death without alerting Voldemort.
• Amosta recognized the True Magic Script on the cup and realized they had obtained relics bearing the four Hogwarts founders’ scripts.
• Dumbledore summoned Fawkes to take him and Amosta back to Hogwarts.

Harry woke at Grimmauld Place after the battle and learned that his wand had mysteriously controlled him to cast the spell that drove Voldemort away. Sirius confronted him for recklessly joining the fight, and Harry explained he had gone because he feared losing Sirius on the anniversary of his parents’ deaths.

• Harry woke in his bedroom at Grimmauld Place and wondered how his wand had forced him to attack Voldemort.
• Harry found Sirius, Remus, Hagrid, Hermione, and the Weasleys gathered in the kitchen.
• Hermione embraced Harry, then punched him for frightening everyone by rushing onto the battlefield.
• Harry told the others that his wand had controlled his hand and cast the spell that drove Voldemort away.
• Sirius demanded to know why Harry had made such a reckless choice, and Harry said he could not bear to lose Sirius on the day his parents died.

Amosta examined the four founders’ artifacts with Dumbledore and wondered whether they could preserve the founders’ thoughts, while warning that a greater danger might lie ahead. They turned their attention to Voldemort’s likely response and the heavy work of rebuilding after the battle.

• Amosta rang Hufflepuff's Cup against the other three legendary artifacts, but nothing happened, disappointing him.
• Amosta told Dumbledore he had hoped the four founders would emerge from their legacies, and Dumbledore realized he meant they might have left their thoughts behind.
• Amosta warned Dumbledore that he feared a more troublesome threat but had no evidence and did not want to create unfounded worries.
• Dumbledore and Amosta agreed Voldemort would likely become cautious after the defeat and would seek to conceal his failure.
• Amosta considered the victory’s consequences, including the destruction of Diagon Alley, fallen Hit Wizards, and the burden of rebuilding the wizarding world.

Harry and the Weasleys visited Arthur at St. Mungo's as they mourned losses from the war and learned Neville's parents had been injured again. The visit ended with an unexpected commotion downstairs as people cheered Minister Bones.

• Sirius told Harry and the others that Greengrass had killed Dedalus while Sirius tried to reach Lucius Malfoy, and George suggested forcing Death Eater families to answer for their children.
• Mrs. Weasley sent the children to bed after Harry's birthday cake, and Ron privately agreed with George's suggestion.
• Harry and the Weasleys went to see Arthur, who had been moved from intensive care to a ward on the fourth floor; Sirius stopped on the second floor to change his bandages.
• Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys encountered Neville, who said his parents had suffered external injuries and were receiving daily treatment.
• A commotion broke out on the first floor, where the group heard people cheering and calling out Minister Bones.

Harry and the others watched Minister Bones comfort the family of a fallen wizard at St Mungo’s and promise support for those harmed in the war. She declared that the Ministry of Magic would fight Voldemort to the end and never surrender.

• Harry worried that Voldemort’s agents might attack Minister Bones at St Mungo’s.
• A grieving witch named Nami Ross told Minister Bones that her husband, Kush Tucker, had died fighting in the resistance.
• Minister Bones honored Kush as a hero and promised financial support for Nami and her child.
• Minister Bones promised compensation and medals for the fallen, wounded, and disabled, then urged the wizarding world to keep fighting Voldemort.

After Minister Bones openly said Voldemort’s name at St. Mungo’s, the crowd applauded her, and Harry’s friends and the Longbottoms praised her boldness. Amosta revealed that he and Amelia planned a new Ministry department and had asked Arthur Weasley to take a role in it, leaving Arthur weighing the proposal.

• Minister Bones’s speech naming Voldemort drew loud applause, while Scrimgeour guided her away to visit injured patients.
• Sirius, Harry, and their friends met Frank and Alice Longbottom, who praised Bones and asked after Arthur Weasley.
• Frank wondered why the Ministry had suppressed news of Harry’s role in driving Voldemort back, and the group found Amosta beside Arthur’s bed.
• Amosta said he had stayed out of the public spotlight to leave room for Bones to lead, while Arthur said he hoped to leave the hospital by month’s end.
• Amosta disclosed that he and Amelia planned a new Ministry Department of Scrutiny and had asked Arthur to consider joining it.

Minister Bones presented the Department of Scrutiny to the Wizengamot and Ministry officials, and the proposal passed unanimously despite their resentment. Amosta and Amelia discussed the resistance facing further reforms, including granting goblins the right to use wands.

• Minister Bones outlined the independent Department of Scrutiny, naming Arthur Weasley as director and Frank Longbottom as deputy director, then distributed its draft regulations for review.
• Ludo questioned whether the regulations were too harsh, but Amosta urged him to raise his objections during the meeting.
• Amosta announced that the department would open next month and invited Ministry employees to apply for investigative posts.
• The attendees unanimously approved the Department of Scrutiny, and the meeting ended amid tense silence.
• Amelia worried about resistance to the department and to granting goblins wand rights, while Amosta explained his plans and insisted that the reforms were necessary.

The Muggle prime minister waited for a call while brooding over London's unexplained explosions, then learned that the magical world existed when Madam Amelia Bones and Amosta Breen arrived to warn him of Voldemort's possible attacks. The chapter ended with Amosta restraining the prime minister and preparing to explain the situation.

• The prime minister recalled how London's unexplained booms had led to public conspiracy theories and left the government unable to offer a convincing explanation.
• A portrait informed the prime minister that Madam Amelia Bones and Amosta Breen wanted an immediate audience, then they emerged from the fireplace.
• Madam Bones told the prime minister that Voldemort and his Dark Wizards might retaliate against the Muggle world after losing the war.
• The prime minister tried to sound an alarm and flee, but Amosta froze the alarm button and restrained him with magic.
• Amosta discovered that the prime minister had never been informed about the magical world, and he offered to explain everything once the prime minister stayed quiet.

Amosta and Amelia introduced the wizarding world to the British prime minister and warned him that Voldemort’s return had plunged Britain into war. The prime minister learned that wizarding violence had caused large numbers of Muggle deaths, including the recent London explosion.

• Amosta freed the petrified prime minister and invited him to sit down and talk with Amelia.
• Amosta explained the wizarding world, while Amelia told the prime minister that Britain had nearly sixty thousand resident and transient wizards.
• The prime minister objected to the Ministry of Magic supervising the fireplace in his office, and Amelia explained that it was a precaution against hostile wizards.
• Amosta and Amelia told the prime minister that Voldemort had returned and was waging war against the wizarding government.
• Amelia revealed that Voldemort and his followers had killed at least tens of thousands of Muggles, with the Ministry covering up incidents under the Statute of Secrecy.
• Amosta told the enraged prime minister that the recent massive explosion in London had resulted from a battle with Voldemort and his army of Dark Wizards.

Amosta and Amelia informed the prime minister about Voldemort’s hidden disasters and the danger his war posed to Britain. They announced plans to protect the prime minister and isolate London with a Magical Barrier if the conflict reached the city, leaving him desperate for Voldemort’s defeat.

• The prime minister accused Amosta and Amelia of causing the alarming reports, but Amosta explained why revealing the magical world would create greater chaos.
• Amosta listed deadly disasters caused by Voldemort, and the prime minister demanded that the wizards defeat him quickly.
• Amelia told the prime minister that the Ministry of Magic would assign personnel to protect him from magical threats.
• Amosta explained that the Ministry planned to build a Magical Barrier around London to isolate the city if a European wizarding war broke out there.
• After Amosta and Amelia left, the prime minister called Bernard and ordered him to send Humphrey to his office immediately.

Evelyn and John worried about their six-year-old daughter Pona and the closure of local workshops after the Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Greengrass. John revealed that the villagers were planning to confront the Ministry, leaving Evelyn afraid he would challenge powerful wizards and risk his life.

• Evelyn accidentally wrecked lunch while trying to use an old wand, and John rescued what remained of the stew.
• John and Evelyn discussed Pona, who had gone up Stoatshead Hill to play with Luna Lovegood.
• John told Evelyn that the Greengrass broom workshop and the Charles family cauldron workshop had closed after the Ministry's arrest warrant damaged their reputations and orders.
• John said the Ministry had to take responsibility for the workshops' closure and revealed that he and others had already been planning something.
• Evelyn grabbed John's hand and feared he planned to oppose the Ministry and Mr. Breen.

John worried that the Ministry would ignore poor workers like him and prepared to speak with a respectable wizard, while Evelyn and Pona stayed with Mr. Lovegood and Luna. After cleaning his house and himself for the meeting, John was met by a well-dressed man arriving through the fireplace.

• John told Evelyn he wanted to keep his broom-related job and hoped the Ministry would pay attention to poor people, while hiding his darker worries from her.
• Evelyn agreed to stay with Pona at Mr. Lovegood's home after John admitted that he had invited friends over to drink.
• Evelyn used Floo Powder to ask Mr. Lovegood if she and Pona could visit, and John inferred that he had agreed to host them for the night.
• John spent the afternoon repairing and cleaning the house, treating the Bundimun beneath the floor carefully and hiding his old wand in a cupboard drawer.
• John hurried to wash and change before his meeting, then watched a well-dressed man emerge from the kitchen fireplace.