Recaps

Andy arrived at Hogwarts, joined Ravenclaw, and began exploring how emotions could strengthen magic while building a friendship with Hermione. After a strange Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, he secretly enlisted Malfoy in a plan to complain about Quirrell, leaving Hermione curious about their scheme.

• Andy received his Hogwarts letter, bought a pine wand with a Phoenix Feather core, and discovered that practicing magic raised his system’s progress and Potential Points.
• Andy traveled to Hogwarts, met Hermione and Neville, and was sorted into Ravenclaw alongside Hermione while Harry joined Gryffindor.
• Andy and Hermione brewed Snape’s Cure for Scabies Potion correctly, earned Ravenclaw a point, and began studying together in the library.
• Andy read Pandora Lovegood’s Modern Spell Theory and later used grief to cast an unusually powerful Petrification Curse, showing Hermione how emotions could affect magic.
• Andy practiced spells with Hermione and gained progress quickly, then joked to his roommates that he had gone on a date with her.
• Andy found Quirrell’s Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom filled with garlic fumes as Quirrell recounted his supposed battles with dangerous creatures.
• Andy sent Malfoy an enchanted letter proposing that they jointly complain about Quirrell and have the Malfoy family raise the matter with the school board.
• Malfoy agreed to Andy’s plan and requested a private meeting, while Hermione asked Andy what he and Malfoy were plotting.

Andy and Hermione help drive Quirrell from Hogwarts while Andy pursues his studies and draws Dumbledore and Snape’s attention to his curiosity about magic. After celebrating Hermione’s birthday together, Andy improves his spellcasting and continues exploring what magic can do.

• Andy and Hermione signed a petition against Quirrell, and Malfoy organized Slytherin’s complaints until students across Hogwarts backed the campaign.
• Dumbledore accepted that the united students would force Quirrell out, while Snape began watching Andy for signs of interest in the Dark Arts.
• Andy practiced magic with Hermione, studied magical theory, and was warned by Dumbledore not to seek knowledge he was unprepared to handle.
• After Quirrell left Hogwarts, Dumbledore discovered that Voldemort had possessed him, and Snape temporarily took over Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons.
• Andy led Hermione through a secret passage to Hogsmeade for her birthday, where they visited Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop, Honeydukes, and Zonko’s Joke Shop.
• By late October, Tony Dunn had taken over Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Andy spent Potential Points to improve his Charms before demonstrating advanced spells to Hermione.
• Andy told Hermione that he loved magic, while she said she had no particular dream yet, and in Flitwick’s lesson, Andy levitated a feather without his wand.

Andy investigated Malfoy’s attack and suspected Quirrell was trying to return to Hogwarts, while Dumbledore’s plans drew Harry and Ron into the Philosopher’s Stone mystery. After confronting Dumbledore and deciding to leave the danger to others, Andy and Hermione began searching for Rowena Ravenclaw’s hidden library.

• Andy suspected Malfoy’s attack was a diversion for Quirrell, while Dumbledore and the professors found Malfoy gravely injured by Dark Arts.
• Andy secretly entered the Restricted Section and read about magical transformation, then spent Christmas learning combat techniques from Helen and heard that Fudge had led Aurors to Hogwarts.
• After Harry and Ron told Andy they believed Snape planned to steal the Philosopher’s Stone, Andy urged them to write Dumbledore and sent his own letter warning that the Stone endangered students.
• Dumbledore and Snape discussed Quirrell, Voldemort, and Andy’s role, then Dumbledore caught Andy reading about human transfiguration and answered his questions about Voldemort and Hogwarts.
• Andy chose to focus on studying magic rather than investigating Quirrell, and he practiced Transfiguration with Hermione.
• Andy and Hermione planned to search for Rowena Ravenclaw’s library, but the Grey Lady left in distress after Andy suggested Ravenclaw would have traded wisdom to see her daughter again.

Andy tried to avoid being pulled into the hunt for the Philosopher’s Stone while warning Dumbledore about Quirrell and Malfoy. Voldemort escaped Hogwarts after draining Quirrell, and Andy returned to studying before George and Fred asked for his help.

• Andy and Hermione searched Ravenclaw’s library, and Lady Grey revealed that all Four Founders had sought the origin of magic without finding an answer.
• Harry and Ron investigated the Forbidden Forest, were injured, and received detention, while Andy decided to avoid confronting Quirrell and Voldemort.
• A fire in the Forbidden Forest drew the professors away, and Dumbledore discovered that Professor Tony Tang En had been tortured and that Voldemort’s plans remained unclear.
• Andy saw Malfoy enter the Fourth Floor Forbidden Area and warned Snape and Dumbledore, who found Malfoy unconscious and confirmed he had gone looking for the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Harry and Ron asked Andy to help catch the attacker, but Andy and Hermione urged them to trust the professors and stay out of danger.
• Quirrell reached the Mirror of Erised, but Dumbledore confronted him and learned that Voldemort had separated from him and was seeking another host.
• Snape offered to serve Voldemort, but Dumbledore arrived, and Voldemort drained Quirrell’s life force and escaped Hogwarts as black mist.
• Andy learned that the lockdown had ended, received Hermione’s revision notes, and was approached by George and Fred for help.