Chapter Summaries

Jugo Angris gathered unemployed workers at John Cena's home and persuaded them that he was joining their resistance to the Ministry of Magic. He began recalling the freedoms and prosperity of the British wizarding world, then lamented that they had vanished.

• Jugo Angris arrived at John Cena's home and checked that the house was empty before inviting the others in.
• A second gentleman and the Shire brothers came through the fireplace, followed by a woman who had once worked at John's broom workshop.
• Rolf Shire explained that Angris had offered to help the unemployed workers, prompting them to question his motives.
• Angris introduced himself and bowed to the workers, calling them warriors with justice and a spirit of resistance.
• Angris said he was helping himself as well as the workers, then praised the freedoms and prosperity he remembered from his youth.
• Angris asked what had become of the British wizarding world and declared that its prosperity had vanished.

Angris rallied struggling wizards against the Ministry of Magic, blaming Amelia Bones and Amosta Breen for their hardships and urging them to demand change and bring Fudge back. As the gathering grew heated, a girl emerged from John’s fireplace and asked if they were practicing singing.

• Angris blamed the Ministry’s actions under Bones and Breen for the war’s damage and the crowd’s losses.
• Angris urged the gathered wizards to find more people dissatisfied with the Ministry and make their voices heard.
• The Shire brothers demanded work, stable lives, compensation, and Fudge’s return, stirring the crowd’s anger.
• A girl with dark golden-brown hair and carrot-shaped earrings jumped out of John’s fireplace, prompting Angris and the gray-eyed wizard to draw their wands.

Evelyn visited Mr. Lovegood’s unusual home with fresh vegetables and found him writing an article claiming a Graphorn horn proved Voldemort had used Graphorns in the Battle of Diagon Alley. She reunited with Pona, listened as Luna told stories about Professor Breen, and remained at the Lovegoods’ home until nightfall.

• Evelyn entered Mr. Lovegood’s home, left the vegetables downstairs, and found him writing upstairs beside a Graphorn horn.
• Mr. Lovegood told Evelyn he was writing that the horn proved Voldemort had used Graphorns during the Battle of Diagon Alley.
• Luna and Pona joined Evelyn, and Pona asked when she could attend Hogwarts and take Professor Breen’s physical education class.
• Luna invited Evelyn and Pona to her room and began recounting how Professor Breen had driven away dozens of Dementors.
• Evelyn noticed a photograph of Luna with her late mother and stayed in Luna’s room listening until nightfall.

Luna returned to Evelyn’s house to retrieve Pona’s nightclothes and encountered John and a group of wizards gathered with Angris. She reassured Evelyn that nothing had happened and invited her and Pona to sleep in her room.

• An explosion in Mr. Lovegood’s house startled Evelyn, but Luna calmly continued gathering strange fruits with Pona while her father handled the problem.
• Luna noticed Evelyn’s worry and listened as Evelyn began asking whether Luna’s claims about Professor Breen were true, but Pona interrupted them.
• Luna used Floo Powder to travel to Evelyn’s house and collect Pona’s nightclothes, where she found John, Angris, and other wizards gathered.
• Luna told Angris that she thought things were fairly good despite Voldemort, then returned with Pona’s nightclothes after John fetched them.
• Luna told Evelyn that the group had only been complaining and invited her and Pona to sleep in her room.

Adam and Lucius Malfoy investigated the Lovegood home after suspecting Luna had deliberately entered a Death Eater gathering, but found no evidence of a plot. Adam considered killing the sleeping family, then relented when Lucius warned him against provoking John Cena; Luna watched them leave with her silver eyes open.

• Adam questioned Lucius about losing his wand and discussed the Dark Lord, Harry Potter, and the prophecy as they walked to the Lovegood home.
• Lucius explained that Adam had joined the plan because he disliked dealing with the people used to lure Bones out of hiding.
• Adam and Lucius entered the undefended Lovegood home and found Mr. Lovegood asleep at his worktable.
• The two men inspected Luna's room and found a wand supporting a bonsai, suggesting her appearance at the gathering had been accidental.
• Adam raised his wand toward the sleeping Luna and her family, but Lucius stopped him by warning that killing them would anger John Cena.
• Adam and Lucius vanished from the room, while Luna opened her silver eyes.

Luna went to the Ministry of Magic to find Amosta Breen while her father stayed behind to watch Evelyn and Pona. There, Amosta discussed the Goblins’ relocation plans with old Bana and proposed establishing a major Gringotts branch in London to reassure France.

• Luna asked Mr. Lovegood to help her reach the Ministry of Magic through the Floo Network, then set off after learning Amosta was in his office.
• Amosta entertained old Bana in his sparsely furnished office and explained that he had kept it plain to counter accusations that he was lining his pockets.
• Old Bana described the French Ministry of Magic’s opposition to Gringotts transferring part of its business from Paris to London.
• Amosta said Britain and France needed an explanation that would ease French concerns without damaging their cooperation.
• Amosta proposed that Gringotts establish a major London branch to oversee its financial support for rebuilding Diagon Alley.

Amosta negotiated with Old Bana over the Goblins’ support and their request for more exchange places, then waited in his new Ministry office for Luna. The chapter ended as Luna entered and Amosta welcomed her.

• Old Bana asked Amosta for five exchange places to ease Goblin opposition, and Amosta offered ten instead.
• Old Bana left, while Amosta reflected on how his growing power had made even an old friend cautious around him.
• Amosta uncovered the enormous sand table in his office and waited for an unexpected visitor.
• A Ministry employee explained to Luna that Amosta had refused a senior post but become chief commissioner of the newly created British Wizarding World Development Committee.
• Luna arrived at Amosta’s office, and he welcomed her inside.

Amosta showed Luna his plan to transform Diagon Alley’s ruins into a modern Magic City, explaining its districts and financing. Luna then told him she had seen Lucius Malfoy that night.

• Amosta showed Luna a scale model of the planned Ministry of Magic building and explained its design.
• Luna recognized that Amosta planned a new Magic City with a rebuilt commercial district, transit stations, housing, and other facilities.
• Amosta described the luxury estates, which would be sold through qualification reviews, a lottery, and advance payment.
• Amosta explained that the project could take twenty or thirty years and said they had to address present difficulties.
• Luna told Amosta that she had seen Lucius Malfoy that night.

Luna told Amosta that Lucius Malfoy was using a false face in Saint Catchpole, but Amosta sent her back without involving the Ministry, saying he knew more than he could explain. He warned Amelia that the Death Eaters might stir up unrest and hinted that he had a candidate for Hogwarts's vacant teaching post.

• Luna told Amosta she had recognized Lucius Malfoy at John Cena's home in Saint Catchpole and feared the villagers were being drawn into a conspiracy.
• Amosta praised Luna's quick thinking but said Ministry protection could bring the villagers greater danger, then sent her home while hinting he was aware of the situation.
• Amosta visited Amelia and urged her to rest and stay alert because the Death Eaters might cause unrest again.
• Amelia discussed Hogwarts's upcoming term and asked whom Amosta would recruit for the vacant subject post, but he kept his candidate secret.

Harry and Ron finished their History of Magic essays and welcomed Hermione back from her trip to Dijon. The group prepared to visit Diagon Alley, where Harry learned that Gringotts had survived the war and would compensate customers for minor losses.

• Harry finished his essay before Ron and won their one-Galleon bet.
• Hermione arrived at Grimmauld Place, hugged Harry and Ron, and told them about her trip to Dijon.
• Hermione said she had taken the Knight Bus to reach them, and the trio hurried downstairs to join the Weasleys.
• Mrs. Weasley promised Ron a new robe and reminded the children that their fifth year would include O.W.L.s.
• Harry asked Mrs. Weasley whether Gringotts had been destroyed, and she assured him that the vaults were safe before he stepped into the fireplace.

Harry and the Weasleys visited the ruins of Diagon Alley after the battle and saw how the Ministry had set up a road and temporary shops among the wreckage. They left the chapter exploring the makeshift marketplace, while Ron looked forward to buying a broom and trying out for Gryffindor’s Keeper position.

• Harry, the Weasleys, and Hermione arrived in Diagon Alley and found it reduced to rubble, with scavengers searching through the ruins.
• A Public Order Management officer directed them through the arrival platform as Harry and his friends heard visitors express confidence in the Ministry and praise Amosta Breen’s victory.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the Weasleys met Ernie, who discussed Hogwarts reopening and the coming Quidditch season.
• Ron learned Gryffindor needed a new Keeper and persuaded Mrs. Weasley to let him buy a broom, then arranged to visit Quality Quidditch Supplies with Ernie.
• The group entered the temporary marketplace, where merchants operated from magical tents bearing the names of their former shops.

Harry and Ron shopped in the tent-filled Diagon Alley, where Gringotts had changed how customers withdrew money while repairs continued. After buying school supplies and Ron’s first proper Quidditch broom, Harry asked Tom whether the Ministry would compensate him for the loss of his pub.

• Harry spotted Cho Chang entering Eeylops Owl Emporium and turned away, drawing contemptuous looks from Ginny and Hermione.
• Harry, Ron, and their friends withdrew gold from Gringotts, and Harry received enough money for the school year while Mrs. Weasley arranged to buy supplies for the children.
• Hermione withdrew a thousand Galleons and kept her plans private, then went into Flourish and Blotts while Mrs. Weasley took Ginny to buy a cauldron.
• Ron bought his first proper Quidditch broom at Quality Quidditch Supplies after Harry helped him choose between the Cleansweep and Comet series.
• Harry and Ron visited The Leaky Cauldron’s tent, where Tom said business had collapsed and the Ministry would not restore the original Diagon Alley for at least half a year.
• Harry asked Tom whether the Ministry was compensating him for his losses.

Harry and Ron learned about the Ministry's plans to rebuild Diagon Alley as a Magic City and discussed buying property there. Their conversation ended when they encountered Narcissa and Draco Malfoy, whose wary reaction to Harry deepened the tense standoff.

• Old Tom explained that the Ministry planned to build a Magic City and would offer landowners replacement shops or Galleon compensation.
• Old Tom described compensation and tax relief for businesses affected by the Battle of Diagon Alley.
• Ron suggested investing in Magic City shops, but Harry said he wanted a home of his own rather than relying on Grimmauld Place.
• Narcissa and Draco entered the bar, and Harry and Ron stared at them with hatred over the losses caused by Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
• Draco avoided Harry's gaze while Narcissa watched him warily, apparently aware that Harry had driven Voldemort away during the battle.

Harry and Ron encountered Narcissa and Draco Malfoy in a Diagon Alley pub, where Draco acted unusually subdued and slipped away from his mother. Suspecting Draco was up to something, Harry followed him under the Invisibility Cloak into Borgin and Burkes.

• Narcissa and Draco sat apart from Harry and Ron, and Draco showed little appetite while his mother urged him to finish shopping and go home.
• Harry and Ron taunted the Malfoys about the Death Eaters, but Narcissa and Draco left without retaliating.
• After leaving the pub, Harry spotted Draco sneaking out of Madam Malkin's and decided to follow him.
• Harry took out his Invisibility Cloak, told Ron to find Hermione, and tracked Draco toward the edge of the street.
• Draco entered a black tent marked Borgin and Burkes, and Harry followed him inside under the cloak.

Harry followed Draco Malfoy into Borgin and Burkes while hidden under his Invisibility Cloak and overheard Malfoy asking Borgin for a way to open a magically protected door without leaving a trace. The chapter ended before Borgin answered.

• Harry slipped into Borgin and Burkes behind Draco, who briefly looked toward him but did not discover him.
• Draco told Borgin that his father was doing well and dismissed rumors to the contrary.
• Borgin showed Draco a dangerous necklace and claimed it could kill even a dragon, but Draco declined to buy it.
• Draco asked Borgin for something that could remove the magic protecting a locked door without leaving a trace.

Harry overheard Draco Malfoy order Borgin to obtain an alchemical device capable of breaking protective magic and opening locks, and suspected it was connected to the mysterious door from his dreams. After Draco caught him spying, Harry confronted him about the device’s intended use.

• Harry hid in Borgin’s shop and overheard Draco ask for a powerful lock-picking device, which Borgin agreed to obtain within a month for a large payment.
• Harry waited for Borgin to leave the counter, then slipped out of the shop.
• Draco caught Harry outside, removed his Invisibility Cloak, and held a wand to his head.
• Draco revealed that he had tracked Harry by the footprints he left in the packed earth.
• Harry challenged Draco about why he wanted the device and accused him of planning to steal.

Harry confronted Draco Malfoy in Borgin's shop alley, but a sudden explosion and reports of Death Eaters sent Diagon Alley into chaos. After Narcissa took Draco away, Harry raced under his Invisibility Cloak toward the disturbance and found Hermione at the front of the crowd, where the scene shocked him.

• Draco lowered his wand, returned Harry's Invisibility Cloak, and warned him not to follow him at Hogwarts.
• Harry suggested he could provide the Alchemical Device Draco wanted, but a thunderous blast from nearby interrupted them.
• Harry and Draco ran toward Rammed Earth Avenue as panicked wizards fled, and an elderly woman said people were shouting that Death Eaters had returned.
• Narcissa arrived, pulled Draco away, and refused to explain what had happened before taking him home.
• Harry put on his Invisibility Cloak, ran toward the disturbance, and found Ron with Lavender and Hermione at the front of the crowd.

Harry and Hermione witnessed unemployed Muggle-born workers protest the Ministry of Magic in Diagon Alley, where the Hit Wizards’ response and the crowd’s anger drove the standoff toward violence. After a protester threw an exploding bottle, Hermione rushed between the civilians and the Hit Wizards to stop them from attacking.

• Harry and Hermione arrived at the ruined wall in Diagon Alley and realized that hundreds of Muggle-born workers, not Death Eaters, had gathered there.
• The workers marched onto the drop-off platform, demanded to see Bones and Breen, and grew angrier when a Hit Wizard called them rioters.
• Harry shouted down a spectator who urged the Hit Wizards to attack the protesters, while Hermione worried as two Hit Wizards left to fetch reinforcements.
• The protesters pounded their tools and chanted for work, income, and an end to the Ministry’s tyranny as Ron and Lavender joined Harry and Hermione.
• A villager threw a bottle that exploded against a Hit Wizard’s Protego, and the Hit Wizards raised their wands to retaliate.
• Hermione charged forward, shouting that the protesters were civilians and urging the Hit Wizards not to attack.

Harry and Hermione tried to stop the Ministry’s Hit Wizards from attacking protesting Muggle-borns in Diagon Alley, where they discovered Luna disguised as John. As more Hit Wizards arrived, Hermione devised a plan to halt the violence by having Luna take Harry hostage.

• Hermione rushed to stop the Hit Wizards, but they shoved her aside and continued attacking the protesters.
• A protest leader rallied the civilians to charge, and the Hit Wizards Apparated around them to regain control.
• John recognized Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Lavender, and Hermione realized he was Luna using Polyjuice Potion.
• More Hit Wizards arrived through the fireplaces as reporters photographed the crackdown and civilians scattered.
• Hermione turned Luna’s spatula into a dagger and had Luna hold it to Harry’s throat while she shouted that Harry Potter had been taken hostage.

Hermione’s shout revealed that John had taken Harry hostage, forcing the Ministry to pause its confrontation with the marchers. Minister Bones arrived to hear their demands, but an injured marcher accused the Ministry of ignoring them and said Harry’s kidnapping was the only way to secure a meeting.

• Hermione announced that Harry had been taken hostage, and Harry reluctantly confirmed his identity to stop the fighting.
• Luna demanded a meeting with Minister Bones or Mr. Breen while John kept Harry at knifepoint.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt arrived with elite Aurors, secured the platform, and warned the marchers to keep Harry safe.
• Sirius arrived, followed by Minister Bones, who said she had come to rescue Harry and hear the marchers’ demands.
• A Shire brother accused the Ministry of injuring the protesters and said they had taken Harry hostage because otherwise Bones would not have met them.