Chapter Summaries

Andy visited Riddle in the basement after keeping him caged for seven days and prepared to use him in a Dark Arts Transformation Ritual. After waiting for Riddle to calm down, Andy cast Soul Extraction on him.

• Andy used a Time-Turner to leave the castle and reached the laboratory in the Forbidden Forest.
• Andy cleaned Riddle's cage and told him he needed a magical experiment, promising to spare him if he survived and swore loyalty.
• Andy waited silently until Riddle calmed down, then introduced himself as Andy Collins.
• Riddle recognized Andy from newspaper reports about his Patronus Charm and Animagus achievements and accused him of experimenting on people.
• Andy confirmed Riddle had regained his composure and abruptly cast Soul Extraction.

Andy completed a Dark Arts Transformation ritual using Riddle’s blood at the Godric’s Hollow cemetery and imprisoned him again under the Imperius Curse. Back at Hogwarts, Andy weighed his own progress against the experiment’s results and practiced Fusion Magic, which produced a powerful explosion.

• Andy took Riddle to the Godric’s Hollow cemetery, secured the area with a Patronus and magical barrier, and ordered him to perform the Dark Arts Transformation ritual.
• Riddle completed the ritual, and Andy saw his blood absorbed into the earth around the buried vial.
• Andy returned Riddle to the basement, treated his wound, supplied food and water, and kept him under the Imperius Curse in the iron cage.
• Andy returned to Hogwarts and decided to wait for Riddle’s experiment results before choosing when to perform his own transformation.
• Andy used the Room of Requirement’s Practice Room to test Fusion Magic, blasting a wooden target apart with an explosive orange-red spell.

Andy advanced his concealed casting, fusion magic, and Protego practice while balancing his exhausting use of the Time-Turner. Harry grew suspicious of Snape’s unusual concern, and Ron revealed that Malfoy had repeatedly sought out Andy.

• Andy practiced concealed casting and fusion magic, strengthened his Protego by casting it repeatedly, and left the Room of Requirement late at night.
• Andy received a letter from Black saying the Ministry had paid the bounty and asking how to send the money to him.
• Andy suggested leaving the money in his vault and teased Hermione that it might someday become their money.
• Harry complained to Ron that Snape had stopped deducting points and had asked how Harry was doing, which made Harry suspect Snape was plotting against him.
• Ron told Harry that Malfoy had repeatedly gone looking for Andy since term began.

Harry and Ron suspected that Malfoy and Snape were conspiring with Lucius Malfoy against Andy, but Ron’s overheard conversation revealed that Malfoy was recruiting Goyle and Crabbe to join Andy. Andy realized Malfoy had begun recruiting allies without keeping it secret.

• Harry and Ron discussed Ron overhearing Malfoy mention Collins and concluded that Malfoy, Snape, and Lucius might be plotting against Andy.
• Harry and Ron warned Andy that Malfoy’s father and Snape might be targeting him, alarming Hermione as well.
• Ron recounted hearing Malfoy ask Goyle and Crabbe to follow him and say he had visited Collins several times.
• Andy realized Malfoy was recruiting Goyle and Crabbe to work under him and silently cursed Malfoy for revealing the plan.

Andy reassured Hermione that he was safe and hinted that Lucius Malfoy had chosen Dumbledore over Voldemort. He set aside Malfoy’s recruiting efforts to focus on his Dark Arts Transformation experiment, then headed to Divination with Hermione.

• Ron told Andy, Hermione, and Harry that Malfoy had been recruiting followers before discovering him eavesdropping.
• Andy told Harry and Ron that Malfoy had approached him about the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, but withheld details of their later conversations.
• Andy dismissed Malfoy’s plans as unimportant and focused on completing his Dark Arts Transformation experiment and pursuing immortality.
• Andy told Hermione that Lucius Malfoy had decided to side with Dumbledore after Voldemort’s decline and Lucius’s failure.
• Andy and Hermione headed to Divination, where Hermione recommended that he study See the Future Through the Mist, and Andy insisted he would become a master of prophecy.

Andy used a crystal ball in Divination class and saw Neville break a cup just before Neville broke one in the classroom. Professor Trelawney celebrated Andy’s apparent first real prophecy, while Hermione watched in surprise.

• Andy and Hermione argued over whether Divination depended on book knowledge or second sight, and Andy pointed out that Professor Trelawney favored him.
• Professor Trelawney gave Andy a crystal ball and asked him to study the textbook before trying to divine with it.
• Andy followed the instructions and saw Neville breaking a cup in the crystal ball, while Hermione apologized for interrupting him.
• Neville accidentally broke a teacup in the classroom, matching the scene Andy had just seen.
• Professor Trelawney praised Andy’s success, and Andy asked why the crystal ball divination had felt so natural.

Professor Trelawney explained how sight and magic shaped divination, and Andy successfully used a crystal ball to see Minister Fudge arriving at Hogwarts with two Aurors. The students planned to wait at the entrance to verify Andy’s prophecy, while Andy anticipated that his success would attract more people seeking divination.

• Professor Trelawney explained that sight could perceive the future, while magic and physical tools could help reveal it through a medium.
• Andy understood that crystal-ball divination suited him and agreed to try again as Professor Trelawney encouraged him.
• Andy saw Hogwarts Castle and Minister Fudge entering with two Aurors in the crystal ball.
• Andy predicted that Fudge would arrive between half past nine and ten, and the students discussed going to the entrance to check.
• Ron asked whether Professor Trelawney could divine with a crystal ball, and she said the class could learn it next term.
• Andy suspected that Professor Trelawney could not use magic to reveal images through the mist and considered his own magical ability unusual among diviners.

Professor Trelawney asked Dumbledore for a raise and credited Andy Collins’s accurate prediction of Fudge’s arrival to his talent for divination. Fudge arrived at Hogwarts with two Aurors as students gathered to witness Andy’s prediction come true.

• Trelawney visited Dumbledore to request a raise and told him Andy had predicted Fudge would arrive before ten o’clock.
• Dumbledore considered Andy’s divination talent and compared image-based predictions to those of Gellert Grindelwald and Nicolas Flamel.
• Hermione waited with Andy at the castle entrance and vowed to stop studying divination if Fudge arrived.
• Fudge approached Hogwarts with two Aurors, and the students recognized that Andy’s prediction had come true.
• Fudge greeted the crowd of students gathered at the entrance.

Convinced that Dumbledore had orchestrated the attacks and scandals to control him, Fudge went to Hogwarts to seek his support as his position crumbled. He entered Dumbledore’s office asking for help, while Dumbledore asked whether the Aurors had found any clues.

• Fudge blamed Dumbledore for the break-ins, Sirius Black’s release, and the accusations against him, believing Andy Collins was Dumbledore’s pawn.
• Fudge questioned the Aurors who had fought the intruder and concluded that the attacker had deliberately spared them and released a Death Eater.
• Fudge arrived at Hogwarts hoping to regain Dumbledore’s support, but the children crowded around Andy to hear about his prophecy instead of welcoming the Minister.
• Fudge went to the Headmaster’s Office and told Dumbledore that he needed his help because the Aurors had found no clues.

After raising his Mind attribute, Andy found that his magic had become easier and more powerful to control, then focused on practicing Concealed Casting, Fusion Magic, and Divination. As Peter Pettigrew’s execution approached, Andy believed Hogwarts would determine whether the Wizarding World remained peaceful.

• Andy spent six Potential Points on Mind, tested the stronger effects with the Splitting Curse, and chose to raise Will next for Magical Transformation.
• By early October, Andy had practiced Concealed Casting and Fusion Magic, while his accurate prophecy brought Hogwarts students to him for paid divinations.
• Andy learned that Lupin Professor had used a Boggart in Gryffindor’s Defense Against the Dark Arts Class, where Neville’s fear of Snape led to punishment in Potions Class.
• Andy heard that Lupin Professor had begun using the Invisibility Cloak when alone, but he had not seen whether it worked.
• Andy read the Daily Prophet and exchanged letters with his family and Sirius, while expecting Hogwarts to shape events as Peter Pettigrew’s execution approached.

Andy visited Snape while he prepared Wolfsbane Potion and asked to join him in rescuing someone from Azkaban for combat experience. After probing Andy’s ambitions, Snape agreed to notify him before the operation and asked what identity he would use.

• Andy left the Room of Requirement and visited Snape in his office, where Snape was brewing Wolfsbane Potion.
• Andy acknowledged Lupin’s condition and offered to assist Snape with a rescue operation, saying he wanted practical combat experience.
• Snape questioned Andy about his pursuit of power, and Andy explained that he wanted to learn magic and find a practical path to immortality.
• Andy said he might become a Dark Lord if immortality proved impossible, then joked that he could become Hogwarts’s headmaster instead.
• Snape agreed to notify Andy the day before the operation, and Andy suggested using the Imperius Curse as his identity.

Andy realized Dumbledore had maneuvered him into helping Snape rescue Peter Pettigrew, and agreed to join the operation. After leaving Snape’s office, Andy decided to prepare a Portkey for the dangerous execution-day rescue.

• Andy asked how Snape would attend Peter Pettigrew’s October 8 execution despite having classes, and realized Snape intended to use a Time-Turner.
• Snape recalled how Dumbledore had suspected Andy of infiltrating the Department of Mysteries, then dismissed the suspicion after Andy enrolled in every Elective Course.
• Andy recognized that Dumbledore had steered him into volunteering and resolved to find a way to make Dumbledore regret it without disrupting the plan.
• Andy agreed to help Snape and asked to be notified the day before the operation.
• Andy considered the Aurors and Hit Wizards expected at the public execution and decided to prepare a Portkey before going to bed.

Andy and Snape used a Time-Turner to travel four hours back so they could begin their operation, while Snape realized how rapidly Andy’s power had grown. Andy left first for their agreed meeting place.

• Newspapers portrayed Peter Pettigrew as a powerful and cunning Death Eater, and Harry eagerly awaited his execution at noon.
• Andy reflected on his fourth Dark Arts Transformation ritual and calculated that he might test its effects by December.
• Andy met Snape in a restroom and used the Time-Turner to take them four hours into the past.
• Andy vanished with wandless magic, leaving Snape stunned by his strength and worried about what he might become.
• Andy left Snape in the restroom and headed for their agreed meeting place.

Andy and Snape prepared to use a Portkey to reach Azkaban and rescue Peter Pettigrew during the Ministry’s planned execution. They set off disguised as others, with Snape intending to reach Peter and Andy ready to escape if the operation turned dangerous.

• Andy and Snape met on Scotland’s eastern coast and discussed the Ministry’s heavily guarded plan to administer the Dementor’s Kiss to Peter Pettigrew.
• Snape explained that they would have to create chaos to reach Peter, who was held on Azkaban’s lowest level, and Andy agreed to join the assault.
• Snape said Peter was his responsibility and told Andy he would wait no more than five seconds for him to activate the escape Portkey.
• Snape offered Andy Polyjuice Potion, but Andy drank his own and transformed into a masked figure wearing Death Eater-style clothing.
• Andy and Snape touched the marked stone together, activating the Portkey to Azkaban.

Andy and Snape used a Portkey to reach Azkaban ahead of Sirius Black’s execution, then split up to explore the island. Andy evaded the Dementors and suspected Snape had discovered something connected to Lily or the Resurrection Stone.

• Andy and Snape arrived on the shore of Azkaban by Portkey.
• Snape explained how to evade the Dementors and said they had nearly two hours before the execution.
• Andy transformed into a cat and agreed to split up with Snape, who set a meeting time of nine thirty.
• After Snape disappeared, Andy concealed himself and approached the Dementors, finding they did not notice him.
• Andy wondered whether Snape had discovered something about Azkaban’s history or the Resurrection Stone.

Andy approached Azkaban and suspected Ekrizdis had created Dementors while researching the power of death. He made a Portkey to return to the island and then sneaked into the prison to investigate Ekrizdis’s secrets.

• Andy observed the Dementors and considered whether they were failed products of Ekrizdis’s experiments into death and souls.
• Andy planned to capture a Dementor for research but decided not to risk alerting the others.
• Andy cast Mentos on an empty potion bottle to make a Portkey to Azkaban’s island.
• Andy transformed into his Animagus form and furtively entered Azkaban, eager to investigate Ekrizdis.

Andy explored Azkaban and found a magically protected door at the basement entrance. After analyzing and opening it, he entered and saw a corridor lined with black iron doors, leaving the basement’s contents unknown.

• Andy explored Azkaban, observed a prisoner, and noted how the Dementors’ presence had driven many inmates toward madness.
• Andy saw Peter Pettigrew’s cell guarded by four Hit Wizards and decided that attempting a rescue there would be too risky.
• Andy searched the upper floors for Ekrizdis’s research but found only cells and headed down to the basement.
• Andy discovered a powerful magical defense on the basement door, concealed himself from the Dementors, and analyzed the spellwork.
• Andy opened the iron door and entered a corridor lined with black iron doors and viewing windows.

Andy explored the sealed basement beneath Azkaban and discovered a hidden chamber covered in murals. The mural figures tried to lure him inside, but Andy recognized their behavior as suspicious and stayed at the entrance, on guard.

• Andy searched an ordinary cell and then found a large laboratory containing iron beds fitted with shackles.
• Andy used Trace Reveal to follow footprints to cabinets concealing a passage and a hidden chamber.
• Andy illuminated the chamber and saw that its walls and ceiling were covered in murals whose figures came to life and complained about the light.
• Andy noticed that the mural figures should not have been blinded by the Lumos Charm and realized their invitation to enter was a trap.
• Andy remained outside the chamber while the mural figures tried to entice him with promises of secrets.

Andy tested the murals in Azkaban and discovered that they led into a world that could absorb living beings. After the Fat Cat Patronus explored the murals and returned with its memories, Andy considered whether a false third dimension could let it escape.

• Andy silenced the figures in the murals and studied their depictions of Ekrizdis's experiments and Azkaban's past.
• Andy sent a Transfigured mouse into a mural, where a painted figure killed it and the mouse reverted to a potion bottle.
• Andy found that an ordinary potion bottle could not enter the murals, so he sent the Fat Cat Patronus into the painted laboratory.
• The Fat Cat Patronus read the books and notebook, searched the murals for an exit, then dissipated and returned when Andy summoned it again.
• Andy received the Fat Cat Patronus's memories and wondered whether creating a false height within the Mural World could let it escape.

Andy investigated how the Fat Cat Patronus perceived the Mural World and realized that its apparent three-dimensionality relied on deception of vision and perception. He devised a way for the Patronus to construct true height and leave the mural, but its breakthrough made it stronger through happiness, leaving Andy envious.

• Andy sent the Fat Cat Patronus into the ceiling mural to try to create true height, but it could not escape.
• Andy used Mind Power to experience the Patronus's perspective and noticed that the apparent dimensions and distances were deceptive.
• Andy sent the Patronus back into the mural with a new idea, and it successfully flew out.
• The Fat Cat Patronus glowed and grew stronger from its happiness, making Andy resent that it could improve without studying or practicing magic.