Chapter Summaries

Amosta arrived early at Remus and Tonks's home before their wedding and was roped into rehearsing as best man. As he escorted Fleur during the rehearsal, she asked whether he preferred reserved girls like Vitia Criona.

• Amosta reached Remus and Tonks's home and reassured the armed guests that he was not Voldemort.
• Remus welcomed Amosta, who found Tonks, her parents, Amelia, Fleur, Percy, Crewe, Mrs. Weasley, and Bill inside.
• Tonks and Amelia dressed and styled Amosta for the wedding rehearsal after asking him to be best man.
• Amosta escorted Fleur during the rehearsal and asked about her work developing the market in Asia.
• Fleur described the region and asked Amosta whether he liked reserved girls like Vitia Criona.

On the eve of Remus and Tonks’s wedding, Amosta reassured Remus that Voldemort would not attack the gathering, though some guests might arrive late. Amosta spent the evening with Bill and Mrs. Weasley, leaving the danger elsewhere and the promised late arrivals unexplained.

• Tonks and the others joked during the wedding rehearsal while Fleur shared advice about pregnancy and childbirth.
• Remus told Amosta that Tonks planned to leave her Auror job after their child was born to care for their family.
• Amosta reassured Remus that Voldemort and the Death Eaters would not disrupt the wedding, though a few guests might be late.
• Bill joined Amosta outside, asked about the witch who had once attacked them, and accepted Amosta’s advice to forget her.
• Mrs. Weasley brought Amosta food, and he complimented the emerald brooch Arthur had given her.

Mrs. Weasley and Percy discussed how the Weasley family’s lives had improved and their plans for work, while Amosta offered Percy and Penelope advice. Later, Amelia asked Amosta about his reluctance to pursue love and rumors about Vitia Criona, and he admitted he might no longer be able to accept anyone’s love before asking about Amelia and Sirius.

• Mrs. Weasley told Amosta that Arthur had gained respect in the Ministry and considered sending Fred, George, and Ron to the Learning Machine Workshop.
• Percy told Amosta he planned to work at the workshop for two more years before joining the International Trade Division, while Penelope intended to stay at the workshop and marry him.
• Amosta encouraged Percy not to rush through life and praised Penelope’s courage in leaving her hometown to make her own choices.
• Amelia joined Amosta under the stars, and he draped his jacket over her shoulders as they leaned together.
• Amelia asked whether Amosta avoided romance because of his past and whether he loved Vitia Criona, and Amosta said he might no longer be able to accept anyone’s love.
• Amosta asked Amelia about rumors concerning her and Sirius.

Amosta supported Amelia's feelings for Sirius and spent the night talking with Fleur and Remus before Fawkes arrived. He left for Hogwarts to handle urgent matters, promising to return for Remus and Tonks's wedding.

• Amelia told Amosta she admired Sirius's courage and sense of responsibility, and Amosta wished them happiness.
• Fleur brought Amosta tea and snacks, and they talked about her travels in Asia.
• Remus confided his worries about becoming a husband and father, and Amosta reassured him.
• Amosta told Remus he preferred staying at Hogwarts and might sometimes wander as Golden Viper.
• Fawkes arrived, and Amosta left with him for Hogwarts, saying he expected to return for the wedding.

At a Paris banquet for the wizards preparing to form a Joint Force, Minister Bones, Sirius, and Alastor were approached by a suspicious waiter with a message from Vice Chairman Breen. The waiter led them toward Bana, leaving their reason for meeting him unclear.

• A Muggle couple passed the decrepit abandoned hotel near the Seine and joked about rumors that it was haunted.
• Sirius and Alastor guarded Minister Bones at a banquet attended by European wizarding leaders before the Joint Force's final preparatory meeting.
• Minister Bones spoke with Sirius and Alastor, who complained about the political gathering and its formalities.
• A waiter asked Minister Bones, Sirius, and Alastor to meet Bana upstairs, saying the invitation was Vice Chairman Breen's plan.
• After questioning the waiter and considering the situation, Minister Bones agreed to follow him to Bana.

Minister Bones, Sirius, and Alastor followed old Bana to meet the real Hope Draegen and learn about Amosta’s secret plan to lure Voldemort’s forces into an ambush. They arrived at Goblin’s Twin Moon Town and discovered that the Confederation and the Goblins had assembled a vast force.

• An attendant led Minister Bones, Sirius, and Alastor from the banquet to a seventh-floor room, where they found old Bana and the real Hope Draegen.
• Hope explained that Amosta had kept his plan secret because the elite forces needed for it could leak information.
• Old Bana and Hope revealed that the plan, called “Please Come Into the Urn,” would use Ministry heads and other political figures as bait to draw in the Death Eaters and Oxta prisoners.
• Amelia recognized the danger of making so many leaders into bait, then chose to follow Hope and old Bana through a directional Portkey.
• Old Bana welcomed the trio to Goblin’s Twin Moon Town, where Hope said the Confederation and the Goblins had gathered their forces before The Daily Prophet reported on the preparatory meeting.

Sirius and Alastor watched as Minister Bones quietly led political leaders away from the banquet, while Adam Vogel and Vitia prepared their operation from the tower. The chapter left Vogel ready to begin the attack and Vitia focused on Sirius Black.

• Sirius and Alastor returned to the banquet hall and watched the garden, but Alastor saw no suspicious activity.
• Minister Bones privately spoke with three other Ministers for Magic, then led groups of politicians out of the hall in a series of discreet meetings.
• Adam Vogel learned that the Anti-Apparition Charm was active, the Floo Network was under control, and the barrier could be activated.
• Vogel questioned Madam Cliodna about the politicians’ plans, but she said her only task was Sirius Black.
• Vogel turned toward the Goblin Hotel and shouted for the night to burn.

Death Eaters caused the hotel hosting the Ministry of Magic leaders to collapse, and the wizards escaped as Muggles witnessed the destruction. The attack escalated when the Eiffel Tower stood up before crowds along the Seine.

• Sirius and Alastor heard rumbles as the banquet hall began shaking, and Sirius warned everyone that the building was collapsing.
• Alastor blasted through a wall and led Sirius and the other wizards out of the hotel as it toppled.
• The building crashed down, and Alastor and the wizards used magic to contain the dust while searching for the Death Eaters.
• A strange clang sounded along the Seine, and Minister Nash and Hope realized the attack was unfolding before Muggles.
• The Eiffel Tower stood up as wizards and Muggles watched from both banks of the Seine.

The Iron Giant formed from the Eiffel Tower rampaged through the Seine, endangering Muggles as wizards and Goblins fought to stop it. Adam Vogel kept the giant moving, while Minister Bones and Minister Nash faced the problem of involving the Muggle Prime Minister.

• The Eiffel Tower transformed into a towering Iron Giant and waded into the Seine, flooding the banks and imperiling sightseers.
• Alastor identified hundreds of desperados using the Cruciatus Curse to coordinate the transformation, and wizards and Goblins bombarded the giant from broomsticks.
• Adam Vogel raised a magical barrier around the giant and attacked the wizards, prompting Sirius, Alastor, and the others to join the battle.
• Adam made the Iron Giant swing its arm, killing some fighters and sending others falling into the river as its barrier resisted their spells.
• Fighter jets flew overhead, and Alastor told Sirius to keep the Muggles from getting involved.
• Minister Bones urged Minister Nash to contact the Muggle Prime Minister, but Nash doubted he could persuade him amid the chaos.

As the battle over the Seine threatened to expose magic, Old Bana gave Minister Nash Diricawl venom to help keep Muggles away while the wizards fought Oxta’s prisoners. Sirius discovered that Kreacher might be able to penetrate the prisoners’ magical barrier and asked him to take them inside.

• Old Bana revealed Amosta’s Diricawl venom and urged Minister Nash to use any means necessary to restrain the Muggle President’s military.
• Sirius and Alastor drove off a Muggle fighter jet with protective Charms, and Alastor left with a flask to carry out a new mission.
• The Joint Force and the Goblins continued attacking the steel giant, but its magical barrier held and its blows threw fighters into the Seine.
• Sirius rescued a Goblin and learned that Goblin Apparition could not penetrate the barrier, while house-elf Apparition might.
• Sirius summoned Kreacher and asked him to take them inside the barrier.

Sirius and the Joint Force fought their way inside the steel giant, where they discovered the Oxta prisoners were being controlled by the Cruciatus Curse. As the prisoners gathered around the giant’s neck, Sirius and Kreacher broke through their blockade and found Viti inside its head.

• Sirius asked Kreacher to take him through the giant’s magical barrier, and Kreacher brought him inside.
• Sirius fought the mind-controlled Oxta prisoners while Kreacher brought Hope and other Joint Force wizards through the barrier.
• The Joint Force gained ground in the giant’s interior, and Sirius realized the Death Eaters were missing and worried about Remus’s family and Amelia.
• Sirius noticed the prisoners gathering around the giant’s neck and suspected their controller was hiding in its head.
• Kreacher took Sirius through the prisoners’ blockade, and Sirius found Viti inside the giant’s head.

Kreacher died protecting Sirius, while Adam unleashed Fiendfyre inside the iron giant as the Joint Force fought its way toward the giant’s brain. The flames consumed the giant and sent it toward Muggle businesses along the Seine.

• Kreacher told Sirius that Harry had left Hogwarts to save him, then died after recalling Mistress Black’s praise of Sirius.
• Adam revealed himself to Vitia and unleashed Fiendfyre, while Vitia escaped the iron giant’s brain with Sirius and Kreacher’s body.
• Alastor Moody and Hope led the Joint Force in defeating the prisoners at the chokepoint, but the remaining prisoners suddenly summoned Fiendfyre together.
• Goblins rescued nearby wizards as the Fiendfyre engulfed the iron giant.
• The burning iron giant moved toward Muggle businesses near the collapsed Goblin Hotel.

The wizards and Goblins trapped the Fiendfyre giant behind a golden barrier, ending its threat to Paris at great cost. Sirius mourned Kreacher and learned Vitia had been told to keep him away from the British Ministry of Magic until events were over, then realized Harry was in danger.

• Hope and Alastor led the survivors in a desperate but ineffective defense against the Fiendfyre giant.
• Minister Bones and other reinforcements arrived, and Old Bana ordered the wizards and Goblins to surround the giant and drive their wands into the ground.
• The united forces cast Finite Incantatem and raised a golden barrier that trapped the Fiendfyre giant.
• Sirius held Kreacher's body and questioned Vitia about whether Voldemort had sent her to kill him.
• Vitia said Voldemort had ordered her not to let Sirius appear at the British Ministry of Magic before everything was over, and Sirius suddenly cried out, "Harry!"

Harry watched Malfoy and worried about recent dangers while Hermione, Luna, and Ginny worked with the exchange group. In the Gryffindor common room, Ron’s argument with Chazel over a confiscated frisbee revealed that Ron had dealt with the item on the day Harry went to Avalon Prison, leaving both Ron and Harry startled.

• Hermione told Harry that glaring at Malfoy would not drive him out of Hogwarts, then explained that Hagrid was away because it was the full moon.
• Luna, Hermione, and Ginny left to organize the exchange group’s results and tutor Loya and the others, while Ron went to patrol the castle.
• Harry dozed in the Gryffindor common room while inventing a death for Professor Trelawney’s assignment.
• Ron returned from patrol and argued with Chazel, who wanted back the Wolf-Fang Frisbee Ron had confiscated and handed to Filch.
• Harry asked when Ron had confiscated the frisbee, and Ron said it had happened on the day Harry went to Avalon Prison; both boys froze.

Harry and Ron realized Malfoy may have used Filch’s office to smuggle Polyjuice Potion and extra wands into Hogwarts, then rushed to investigate. They encountered Crabbe alone on the stairs before they could continue.

• Harry and Ron questioned Chazel, who recalled seeing people disguised as Ron and Pansy in the common room but could not identify them.
• Neville pointed out that Chazel had managed to bring a Wolf-Fang Frisbee into Hogwarts, and Ron said the boy had used a Charm to open Filch’s office.
• Harry deduced that Malfoy could have smuggled Polyjuice Potion and extra wands through the post office and hidden them in Filch’s office.
• Harry remembered seeing Malfoy near a sealed corridor by the Entrance Hall and concluded he might have broken into Filch’s office there.
• Harry, Ron, and Neville ran through the castle, then met Crabbe alone on the stairs as he ordered them out of his way.

Harry, Neville, and Ron found Filch injured in his office and discovered that something had been taken from a hidden alcove. They split up to get help, while Harry went to find Hermione.

• Snape caught Harry, Neville, Ron, and Crabbe after curfew, punished the Gryffindors, and let Crabbe go after he claimed he had a cold.
• Harry, Neville, and Ron went to Filch's office, where Neville used his sword to break open the locked door.
• They found Filch unconscious beneath a fallen cabinet and noticed that a hidden alcove had been emptied.
• Ron lifted the cabinet and checked Filch, while Neville determined that at least two of Filch's ribs were broken.
• Harry told Ron to take Filch to the Hospital Wing, sent Neville to notify Professor McGonagall, and went to find Hermione.

Harry rushed to find Hermione after Malfoy attacked Filch and stole the wand hidden in Filch’s office, but a strange vision overtook him. In the vision, Sirius went to the Department of Mysteries on an important mission, where Harry saw the mysterious corridor and black door from his dreams.

• Harry left Ron in the Hospital Wing and hurried to find Hermione, suspecting Malfoy had stolen the wand and might be trying to leave Hogwarts.
• Harry’s vision blurred as Hermione, Ginny, and Loya came out of their room, and he collapsed in the corridor.
• Harry’s consciousness appeared in the Ministry of Magic’s reception hall and overheard Amos Diggory say Minister Bones was away in Paris.
• Sirius told Amos that he had an important mission, then went down to the Department of Mysteries.
• Harry saw the corridor and black door from his recurring dreams and froze.

Harry dreamed that Voldemort ambushed Sirius in the Department of Mysteries and demanded a crystal sphere, then woke in terror as Sirius screamed. The chapter left Sirius’s fate unknown and Harry shaken among his friends.

• Harry followed Sirius through a series of doors into the Department of Mysteries, unable to warn him.
• Sirius found the ninety-seventh row of shelves holding crystal spheres and began inspecting them.
• Harry’s viewpoint descended into Voldemort’s body, and Voldemort ordered Sirius to retrieve a sphere he could not touch.
• Sirius refused to hand over the sphere after Voldemort insulted James and Lily, and Voldemort attacked him.
• Harry woke screaming and waving his wand, then slowly calmed when Ginny embraced him.

Harry recovered from a vision of Voldemort torturing Sirius and realized Malfoy had slipped out of Hogwarts with a wand. He convinced Professor McGonagall that Sirius was in immediate danger, but she planned to send a message while Harry insisted they had to act at once.

• Harry learned from Ron that Crabbe was missing and from Ilune that Malfoy had escaped through the Hunchbacked Witch passage using another face.
• Harry rushed to the Hospital Wing to find Professor McGonagall and told her that Voldemort had captured Sirius at the Department of Mysteries.
• Harry explained that Voldemort had arranged for Dumbledore and Professor Breen to be away, and that Sirius was guarding a crystal ball at the Ministry of Magic.
• Professor McGonagall agreed to notify Amosta and Albus, but Harry demanded that they find them immediately as his scar burned and his eyes flashed crimson.

Harry became convinced that Voldemort had captured Sirius and set out to reach the Ministry of Magic before it was too late. Ilune offered to take Harry and his friends to London, and the group left Hogwarts with Fred and George joining them.

• Harry insisted that Sirius was in danger and decided to go to the Ministry of Magic despite Professor McGonagall ordering him to stay in the Hospital Wing.
• Ilune revealed that she had marked Malfoy with her blood and tracked him to London, while Hermione suspected he had taken the Knight Bus.
• Ilune offered to transport Harry to London, and Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Luna chose to accompany him.
• Harry and his friends left the Hospital Wing, retrieved their brooms, and escaped Hogwarts through the passage to Hogsmeade.
• Harry, Ilune, and the others met Fred and George outside Honeydukes, and Ilune enveloped the group in red radiance to take them away.