Chapter Summaries

Andy demonstrated newly developed flying magic before dueling Lupin, then overwhelmed him with rapid spells and superior magical strength. The students and Snape were stunned by how much Andy had improved, while the duel showed that Lupin could not match him head-on.

• Snape sent Andy to duel Lupin, and Andy flew onto the platform using magic he had developed himself.
• Andy and Lupin began their duel, but Snape urged them to show a real battle instead of a teaching demonstration.
• Andy launched a rapid barrage of spells, forcing Lupin onto the defensive and suppressing him.
• The students watched in astonishment as Andy proved far stronger than Lupin in a head-on fight.
• Snape realized that Andy had grown enormously stronger since their last fight a few months earlier.

Andy defeated Lupin in a duel and challenged Snape, who attacked without warning. Andy and Snape exchanged powerful magic, and the duel continued as Snape summoned Fiendfyre.

• Andy disarmed Lupin and ended their duel, earning praise from Lupin for his magical skill.
• Andy challenged Snape to a duel, and Snape agreed to fight without holding back.
• Snape attacked first, but Andy sent out his Fat Cat Patronus and rebounded Snape’s spell with wandless Protego.
• Snape used Transfiguration to turn his robes into a steel-like wall, then knocked the Fat Cat Patronus away with Protego.
• Andy summoned two giant fire eagles, but Snape swallowed them with Fiendfyre.

Andy fought Snape in a duel demonstration, countered his Fiendfyre with Curse of Vanishing and a Fat Cat Patronus, and gained ideas for using Transfiguration in combat. The duel ended in a draw, and Lupin Professor began teaching the students basic defensive and combat magic.

• Snape controlled a Fiendfyre serpent that threatened Andy, while Lupin Professor and Professor Flitwick stood ready to intervene.
• Andy cast Curse of Vanishing as his Fat Cat Patronus attacked Snape, forcing Snape to abandon control of the Fiendfyre and allowing Andy to suppress it.
• Andy called the duel a draw and told Snape that the fight had inspired him to explore Transfiguration in battle.
• Professor Flitwick praised Andy but warned him that Snape could have attacked while Andy maintained Curse of Vanishing; Andy replied that his Patronus could protect him.
• Hermione checked that Andy was unharmed, then Lupin Professor began teaching the students basic combat magic.

Snape arranged a duel between Harry and Malfoy, and Harry won after a close exchange. The Duel Club continued with students dueling in groups, while Andy reflected on Harry’s protection and Voldemort’s fate.

• Lupin Professor finished explaining how to cast spells, and Snape called Harry and Malfoy up to demonstrate a duel.
• Harry and Malfoy traded spells evenly as Andy watched and considered how Harry’s blood had changed Lily’s protective magic.
• Harry defeated Malfoy but was hit by one of his nasty curses, which pleased Snape.
• Lupin Professor divided the students into groups for more duels, with Snape, Andy, and Professor Flitwick helping supervise.
• The Little Wizards abandoned proper dueling and began showing off an assortment of nasty curses.

After the Duel Club, Andy asked Fred and George for Dungbombs, joking that he might use them against Voldemort, while Hermione warned him of the danger. On June 3rd, Harry dreamed that Voldemort had captured Sirius and demanded a Prophecy Sphere from the Department of Mysteries, leaving Andy to suspect Sirius was truly in danger.

• After the Duel Club ended, Andy asked Fred and George to make him Dungbombs, and they agreed to prepare some for free.
• Hermione warned Andy that using Dungbombs against Voldemort would make him a target, but Andy reassured her that he would only do so when it was safe.
• Hogwarts returned to calm as Voldemort and the Death Eaters remained hidden, while the Ministry prepared for war and Dumbledore moved between Hogwarts and the Ministry.
• On June 3rd, Harry told Andy, Hermione, and Ron that Voldemort had captured Sirius in a dream and demanded a Prophecy Sphere from the Department of Mysteries that day.
• Hermione suspected the dream might be a trap, but Andy reasoned that Voldemort's demands meant Sirius might really have been captured.

Andy deduced that Voldemort had captured Sirius and planned to help Harry retrieve him, while warning Hermione and Ron about the dangers of confronting Death Eaters. Andy and Harry agreed to meet that evening, and Hermione accepted that she might face danger again in the future.

• Andy concluded that Voldemort had captured Sirius and told Harry they needed to inform Dumbledore before attempting a rescue.
• Andy inferred that the exchange might happen at the Ministry of Magic and agreed to go with Harry that night, just the two of them.
• Hermione and Ron offered to join them, but Andy refused and challenged them to consider whether they could kill in a fight.
• Andy told Harry to prepare for the danger and set a meeting time of five-thirty that evening.
• After leaving Harry and Ron, Andy comforted Hermione, who said she understood danger could not always be avoided and promised to be more helpful next time.

Andy recruited a House Elf to help with his operation and took Harry to London by Apparition. They planned to enter the Ministry of Magic after work, but Andy first wanted to try Muggle food, and Harry had no money to pay for it.

• Andy entered the Hogwarts kitchen and asked a House Elf to help him, then used Soul Extraction to control it and stored it in an enchanted pocket.
• Andy met Harry and led him to the Forbidden Forest, where he Apparated with Harry to an alley in London.
• Andy erased a Muggle witness's memories after the man saw them appear, then told Harry the Ministry of Magic was beneath them.
• Andy explained that he planned to wait until Ministry employees had left work before entering, and asked whether Harry had brought Muggle money.

Andy and Harry entered the Ministry of Magic to retrieve the Prophecy Sphere, fight the Death Eaters, and rescue Sirius, relying on Dumbledore to arrange the Ministry’s cooperation. They reached the Ministry and Andy bluntly ordered Auror Nymphadora Tonks to keep her people out of their way.

• Harry admitted he had no Muggle money to treat Andy, so Andy took him to a restaurant and paid for their meal.
• Andy explained that their plan was to get the Prophecy Sphere, fight the Death Eaters, and rescue Black, and Harry confirmed he had sent Dumbledore a letter using Fawkes.
• Andy reassured Harry that Dumbledore would arrange Ministry cooperation, then discussed the operation with him before they left at 6:10.
• Andy and Harry entered the Ministry of Magic through the visitor telephone booth and headed for the elevators without stopping at the security desk.
• Nymphadora Tonks questioned the two students, and Andy identified her as an Auror before ordering her to tell her people to stay out of the way.

Andy and Harry reached the Ministry of Magic with Tonks providing cover, and Andy brushed off Mad-Eye Moody and traded pointed remarks with Lucius Malfoy. Andy told Tonks they planned to take the Prophecy Sphere and warned that the Ministry might need rebuilding after the Death Eaters suffered heavy casualties.

• Tonks waited at the Ministry to shield Andy and Harry from questions about their presence there.
• Andy told Mad-Eye Moody he had no obligation to explain himself and reminded him that he was retired.
• Harry recognized Lucius Malfoy as a Death Eater, but Andy calmed him and exchanged veiled remarks with Lucius.
• Tonks entered the elevator and asked Andy what he and Harry planned to do; Andy said they would take the Prophecy Sphere and leave.
• Andy warned Tonks that the Death Eaters might suffer devastating casualties that night and joked that he would not pay to rebuild the Ministry.

Andy and Harry entered the Department of Mysteries while Tonks explained the plan to delay the Death Eaters and rescue Sirius. Andy intended to protect Harry while exploring the department and searching for clues left by his future self.

• Tonks told Andy and Harry that Sirius had been captured and warned that about ten Death Eaters might bring him to the Department of Mysteries.
• Andy told Tonks he could handle the Death Eaters without her help, reasoning that Harry and Tonks could each deal with only a few of them.
• Andy and Harry left the elevator, and Andy led Harry toward the Prophecy Room.
• Andy entered the circular room and searched for clues he might have left for himself after traveling there with a Time-Turner.

Andy and Harry searched the Department of Mysteries for Harry’s prophecy orb, only to be ambushed by Death Eaters holding Sirius captive. The chapter ended as another Death Eater arrived carrying a second prisoner.

• Andy found no message from his future self and decided he and Harry would try the doors one by one.
• Andy and Harry entered a room full of prophecy orbs, and Harry sensed and retrieved the orb concerning him.
• Harry heard the prophecy while Andy noticed four masked Death Eaters surrounding them.
• A middle-aged witch revealed that the Death Eaters had tortured Sirius and demanded the prophecy orb.
• Andy confirmed Sirius appeared to be genuine, then another Death Eater arrived carrying someone else.

Andy confronted Little Barty Crouch and the Death Eaters, killing several of them with the Killing Curse and driving the others back with Fiendfyre. Little Barty escaped, while Lucius Malfoy surrendered, and Sirius and Tonks remained unharmed inside Andy’s controlled flames.

• Andy recognized Little Barty Crouch and the captured Nymphadora Tonks, then asked whether Voldemort had come.
• After the Middle-Aged Witch shouted at him for saying Voldemort’s name, Andy killed her with the Killing Curse.
• Andy unleashed Fiendfyre, and the Death Eaters argued over whether to retreat or fight it together.
• Andy disarmed Little Barty with his Fat Cat Patronus and killed more Death Eaters as the fight continued.
• Little Barty fled after the Death Eaters suffered heavy losses, while Andy’s Fiendfyre left Sirius and Tonks unharmed.
• Lucius Malfoy threw down his wand and lay facedown as Little Barty escaped through the Black Door.

Andy extinguished the Fiendfyre, freed Tonks, and examined Sirius while Harry and Tonks dealt with the captured Lucius. Andy and Harry then pursued the fleeing Death Eaters, who ran into Bones, Scrimgeour, Moody, and a large group of Aurors in the Ministry Main Hall.

• Little Barty Crouch left Andy surrounded by the dying Fiendfyre, and Andy extinguished it before lifting the curse on Tonks.
• Andy examined Sirius and found no Imperius Curse or altered memories, but suspected that Sirius had been tortured with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Tonks knocked Lucius Malfoy unconscious, while Andy told Harry to stay with Sirius and then agreed to let Harry join him in pursuit of the Death Eaters.
• Little Barty Crouch and five other Death Eaters fled toward the Ministry's Floo Network after their plan failed, with six of their group dead and one captured.
• Bones, Scrimgeour, Moody, and more than twenty Aurors met the fleeing Death Eaters in the Main Hall, where Little Barty Crouch ordered an attack and cast Avada Kedavra.

Voldemort appeared in the Ministry of Magic’s Main Hall and overwhelmed the Aurors after learning that Andy Collins had killed six Death Eaters and captured another. As Voldemort fired a Killing Curse at Mad-Eye Moody, Andy arrived and countered it with a red beam.

• Little Barty Crouch fought Mad-Eye Moody and Scrimgeour while the Aurors subdued most of the Death Eaters.
• Voldemort appeared, learned that Bellatrix and five other Death Eaters had been killed and another captured, and flew into a rage.
• Voldemort killed an Auror and fought off the Ministry forces, reflecting their spells and knocking five Aurors unconscious.
• Minister Bones ordered the Aurors to use the Killing Curse, but Voldemort blasted them back and aimed a Killing Curse at Moody.
• Andy entered the Main Hall and sent a red beam into Voldemort’s Killing Curse as it approached Moody.

Andy confronted Voldemort at the Ministry, using his spells and Fat Cat Patronus to hold off the Dark Lord while the Aurors contained the Fiendfyre. Voldemort recognized Andy as the Masked Man from Azkaban, and their battle remained unresolved as Andy assessed the limits of Voldemort’s power.

• Little Barty identified Andy as the wizard who had killed Bella, and Andy exchanged spells with Voldemort before interrupting their duel with an enlarged stone and the Fat Cat Patronus.
• Andy and Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre, while Scrimgeour organized the Aurors to contain the spreading flames.
• Voldemort recognized Andy as the Masked Man from Azkaban and offered to join forces against Dumbledore, but Andy mocked Voldemort’s destined conflict with Harry.
• Voldemort attacked Andy with the Killing Curse, which Andy blocked with an enlarged stone, then Andy and the Fat Cat Patronus counterattacked together.
• The Aurors held back the Fiendfyre as Andy and Voldemort continued fighting, and Andy concluded that Voldemort was immensely powerful but had not surpassed human limits.

Andy held off Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic until Dumbledore arrived, but Voldemort fled rather than face them together. Dumbledore explained that the surviving Horcruxes prevented him from killing Voldemort, and Andy reported that Sirius was badly injured and Lucius Malfoy had been captured.

• Voldemort unleashed a powerful attack, and Andy used his Fat Cat Patronus to hold it back.
• Dumbledore arrived, extinguished the Fiendfyre near the fireplace, and confronted Voldemort.
• Little Barty and the other mobile Death Eaters escaped through the fireplace before Voldemort vanished.
• Dumbledore told Andy that Voldemort had fled because he could not win against them together and could not be killed while his Horcruxes remained.
• Andy told Dumbledore that Sirius had been tortured by the Cruciatus Curse and that Aurors had captured Lucius Malfoy.

After the battle, Dumbledore questioned Andy about killing the Death Eaters and warned him to restrain himself, while Andy admitted he had chosen the simplest solution. The Ministry celebrated its victory over Voldemort and Andy’s role in it, and Andy told Minister Bones that he wanted to become Hogwarts Headmaster.

• Dumbledore learned that Sirius had been tortured with the Cruciatus Curse, and Andy said he had checked that Sirius was not under the Imperius Curse or suffering altered memories.
• Dumbledore discovered that the other Death Eaters were dead, then warned Andy that he needed to consider whether killing was truly necessary.
• Andy agreed to consider Dumbledore’s advice, though he remained uncertain that a safer alternative had been worth the risk.
• Minister Bones praised Andy’s power and asked whether he would work for the Ministry after graduation, and Andy said he wanted to become Hogwarts Headmaster.
• Bones and the others discussed how the Ministry’s victory and photographs of Andy holding off Voldemort could restore the Wizarding World’s confidence.

After the battle, Dumbledore reassured the others that Andy was unlikely to become a Dark Lord, while Moody questioned the boy’s power and composure. Andy used a Time-Turner and Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as Sirius and enter the Department of Mysteries again.

• Harry asked Andy what it felt like to kill someone, and Andy said it had been a struggle before leaving for the bathroom.
• Moody warned Dumbledore to keep an eye on Andy, but Dumbledore guaranteed that Andy had no interest in becoming a Dark Lord.
• The group turned its attention to Voldemort and the Death Eaters after Dumbledore reassured them.
• Andy used a Time-Turner to return two hours earlier, then transformed into Sirius with Polyjuice Potion.
• Andy disguised himself in Death Eater-style clothes and concealed himself with the Disillusionment Charm to find another way into the Department of Mysteries.

Andy returned to the Department of Mysteries to investigate the mysteries of magic and time, but he could not bring himself to leave his past self a hint. After finding the Department of Death, he probed the Veil with magic and recognized the soothing influence on his soul as the same feeling as the Imperius Curse.

• Andy arrived at the Ministry of Magic and entered the circular room in the Department of Mysteries.
• Andy realized that he could not leave a hint for his past self because doing so would alter history, and he wondered why their actions formed a closed causal loop.
• Andy decided to search for answers in the Department of Time and entered the room containing the Veil.
• Andy touched the archway with his wand and cautiously fed magic into it to probe the world behind the Veil.
• Andy felt a gentle power caressing his soul through his magic and recognized its influence as identical to the Imperius Curse.

Andy explored the Department of Mysteries, reflected on the Death Dimension, and investigated the Department of Time and its looping Crystal Glass Cover. When he probed the cover, his mind briefly went blank, and he asked his Fat Cat Patronus what it had witnessed.

• Andy recognized the archway’s comforting influence as resembling the Imperius Curse, withdrew his wand, and left without investigating further.
• Andy entered the Prophecy Room, found a hidden door near the fifty-third shelf, and discovered the Department of Time beyond it.
• Andy examined the Crystal Glass Cover and wondered whether the Time-Turner truly sent him into the past and what would happen if he broke time’s rules.
• Andy opened a cabinet of Time-Turners and took one, thinking about how much he disliked taking twelve classes.
• Andy probed the Crystal Glass Cover with his wand, briefly lost awareness, then summoned his Fat Cat Patronus and asked what had happened.