Chapter Summaries

After Dumbledore defeated Voldemort, Andy used Side-Along Apparition to follow a Death Eater and forcibly changed their landing point. The Death Eater was Splinched, and Andy decided to keep him alive as a test subject.

• Andy reflected on Dumbledore's battle with Voldemort and resolved to practice using Transfiguration in combat.
• Voldemort appeared before the Death Eaters, taunted Dumbledore, and the Death Eaters began fleeing through the fireplace.
• Andy grabbed a masked Death Eater as he Apparated and followed him using Side-Along Apparition.
• Andy altered their landing point, and the Death Eater was Splinched in a wilderness.
• The Death Eater pleaded for his life and offered Voldemort's secrets, while Andy considered using him for experiments and stunned him.

Andy ambushed Voldemort at his hideout, severing Voldemort’s arm and killing Little Barty Crouch before dueling him. The chapter left Voldemort horrified as Andy’s magic overpowered his Killing Curse.

• Andy incapacitated a Death Eater guarding the Apparition landing spot and concealed himself before approaching Voldemort’s hideout.
• Andy found Snape, Little Barty Crouch, and another Death Eater waiting for Voldemort, then prepared a surprise attack.
• When Voldemort arrived, Andy’s Sectumsempra severed half his arm and cut Little Barty Crouch in half.
• Andy attacked the other Death Eater and Snape while the Fat Cat Patronus knocked Snape aside.
• Voldemort reappeared and clashed curses with Andy, but Andy’s spell drove Voldemort’s Killing Curse back and left him terrified.

Andy overpowered Voldemort and collected his severed hand, while Snape chose to protect Voldemort rather than let him fall. Andy claimed his power came from love, and Voldemort took the explanation seriously before Andy demonstrated his magic on a distant hill.

• Andy drove Voldemort's magic back, but Snape weighed the chance to defeat him against the risks of leaving his Horcruxes unresolved.
• Snape fired the Killing Curse at Andy, giving him an opening to retreat while secretly hoping to learn about Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes.
• Andy vanished from the curse and collected Voldemort's severed hand with his wand.
• Snape asked after Voldemort, who ignored him and questioned Andy about his strength and repeated Magical Transformation.
• Andy told Voldemort that his power was the Power of Love, and Voldemort wondered how love could become magical power.
• Andy pointed his wand at a distant hill and fired a Crushing Curse.

Andy tricked Voldemort with a story about the power of love, then provoked his jealousy by claiming Dumbledore favored him. After Andy escaped, Voldemort ordered Snape to treat the wounded and find a new meeting place, while resolving to expose and eliminate Andy and Dumbledore.

• Andy claimed that love was a power he had mastered, and Voldemort recalled that Lily and Harry Potter had once defeated him through love.
• Voldemort tried to turn Andy against Dumbledore, but Andy said Dumbledore had promised him a Hogwarts teaching job and his Phoenix.
• Voldemort asked Snape to confirm Andy's claims, and Snape reminded him that they had already discussed Dumbledore's special regard for Andy.
• Andy vanished, and Snape repaired Little Barty Crouch while Voldemort considered why Andy had taken part of his arm.
• Voldemort ordered Snape to find out how Andy discovered their meeting place and decided that he had to eliminate Andy and Dumbledore.

After his defeats by Dumbledore and Andy, Voldemort considered expanding into Europe while preparing a plan to turn the two against each other. Andy returned home after the World Cup and read the Daily Prophet’s account of the Ministry battle, which portrayed Voldemort as defeated and barely mentioned the chaos at the venue.

• Voldemort admitted that he could not confidently face Andy and Dumbledore together, so he planned to prepare a foothold in Europe while pursuing a scheme to divide them.
• Andy reviewed the night’s battles, decided Snape should study the arm he had taken from Voldemort, and planned to research related magic himself.
• The next morning, Andy learned that it was already past ten and joined the others in packing up before they left the World Cup campsite.
• Andy took Hermione to London for a movie and dinner, then returned home late and told Kyle he had been on a date.
• Andy found the latest Daily Prophet and read its detailed report on the Ministry battle, which showed Dumbledore defeating Voldemort while giving only brief mention to the World Cup venue.

Andy read Rita Skeeter’s insinuating report about Dumbledore and learned that Death Eaters were active in Knockturn Alley. After Rita’s enemies destroyed her home, she asked Andy to meet and revealed that she had seen a mysterious man visit Borgin’s shop.

• Andy read Rita Skeeter’s claims that Dumbledore had ties to Grindelwald, Voldemort, and Snape, and considered whether the report contained useful information.
• Andy received a letter from his aunt, Aisha Collins, saying Rita Skeeter needed his help, and agreed to meet her.
• Andy met Aisha and Rita at the Three Broomsticks, where Rita said people were hunting her and had destroyed her house because of her report.
• Rita told Andy that she had seen a mysterious man visit Borgin’s shop after Andy left and that Death Eaters had since been active in Knockturn Alley.
• Andy challenged Rita’s claim that she had stayed silent out of loyalty and suggested she had withheld the information because public interest in him had faded.

Andy learned that Death Eaters had repeatedly visited Borgin's and arranged a safe house and a way to contact him for Rita Skeeter. He then interrogated Amicus Carrow, who offered information about Voldemort's conspiracy against Andy and Dumbledore.

• Rita Skeeter told Andy that important Death Eaters had repeatedly entered Mr. Borgin's shop while others guarded the outside.
• Andy asked Rita to gather secrets from the First Wizarding War and gave her a charmed Bronze Knut so she could summon him.
• Andy cast defensive spells on a safe house for Rita before returning to the wilderness where he had left an unconscious Death Eater.
• Andy brought the Death Eater to the Shrieking Shack, where the man identified himself as Amicus Carrow.
• Carrow agreed to talk and told Andy that Voldemort was planning a conspiracy aimed at Andy and Dumbledore.

Andy interrogated Amicus Carrow about Voldemort’s plans, then agreed to spare him in exchange for money and a Death Eater for magical experiments. Carrow revealed that Voldemort planned to use a pair of Vanishing Cabinets to launch a surprise attack on Hogwarts, and Andy sent him back to try to deceive Voldemort.

• Amicus Carrow offered Andy money and information about Voldemort to save his life.
• Andy agreed to release Carrow in exchange for five hundred thousand Galleons and a Death Eater, then marked Carrow so he could track him.
• Andy asked why Voldemort had attacked the Ministry, and Carrow said the Dark Lord had become unpredictable.
• Carrow revealed that Voldemort planned to use Mr. Borgin’s Vanishing Cabinet and its counterpart at Hogwarts for a surprise attack.
• Andy let Carrow go and told him he could survive if he managed to fool Voldemort.

At Lestrange Manor, Voldemort learned from Snape that Dumbledore and Andy Collins were connected to the Deathly Hallows, and he reconsidered abandoning Britain. A Death Eater then reported that a reporter who had smeared Dumbledore had secretly met Andy, leaving Voldemort to suspect Andy was behind the article.

• Voldemort told the Death Eaters that Dumbledore’s power came from the Elder Wand and that he had learned the secret behind it.
• Snape explained that Andy Collins possessed the Resurrection Stone, had experimented with the Invisibility Cloak, and believed it could evade curses.
• Snape speculated that the Deathly Hallows were powerful alchemical items, while Voldemort weighed the possibility that all three were at Hogwarts.
• Voldemort confirmed with Snape that Dumbledore trusted Andy Collins and reconsidered leaving the British Wizarding World.
• A Death Eater reported that the reporter they were hunting had secretly met Andy Collins, prompting Voldemort to wonder whether Andy had arranged her attack on Dumbledore.

Voldemort heard that Rita Skeeter had published a report implicating Dumbledore and concluded that Andy Collins might be plotting to seize the Deathly Hallows. After Amicus Carrow revealed that Andy had captured and released him, Voldemort suspected Carrow had betrayed him and assigned Snape and Little Barty Crouch new tasks.

• Voldemort questioned Snape and Peter Pettigrew about Andy, and they described him as intensely devoted to magic and not close to Dumbledore or Ron Weasley.
• Amicus Carrow returned and told Voldemort that Andy had followed him from the Ministry battle, captured him, questioned him about Knockturn Alley, and released him after he paid money.
• Voldemort kept Snape and Little Barty Crouch behind and said he suspected Amicus had betrayed him, but wanted to use him to feed Andy false information.
• Voldemort ordered Snape to gather intelligence about Hogwarts and the Deathly Hallows, and tasked Little Barty Crouch with retrieving something he had entrusted to Bella.

Snape learned that Voldemort had entrusted him and Barty Crouch Jr. with a task involving an unknown Horcrux, and decided to inform Dumbledore. At the start of his fourth year, Andy shared a compartment with Hermione, Harry, and Ron, confirmed Harry’s suspicion about Snape, and warned him not to discuss it at Hogwarts.

• Snape realized Voldemort’s important task concerned an unknown Horcrux, concealed his reaction, and resolved to tell Dumbledore after leaving the meeting.
• Snape wondered whether Voldemort was testing him and worried that Andy might kill Dumbledore if the Deathly Hallows were involved.
• Andy arrived at King’s Cross alone, used a Confundus Charm to pass unnoticed, and considered inventing magic to counter Muggle technology.
• Andy sent his Fat Cat Patronus to find Hermione, but she arrived with Harry and Ron, who asked to share his compartment.
• Harry asked Andy about Snape, and Andy confirmed Harry’s suspicion while warning him not to discuss Snape at Hogwarts.
• Andy drew Hermione close to make Harry and Ron uncomfortable, while Hermione realized why Andy had done it.

Harry and Ron fled the compartment after feeling awkward around Andy and Hermione, then returned with Malfoy, who had come looking for Andy. Malfoy revealed that Death Eaters were seeking a way out after Voldemort’s defeats, and Andy realized they had chosen him as their candidate.

• Harry and Ron made an excuse to leave Andy and Hermione alone, then talked about finding girlfriends in the corridor.
• Malfoy found Harry and Ron and asked where he could find Andy; they led him back to the compartment.
• Malfoy asked Andy whether he had caused trouble for Voldemort, surprising Andy because the incident had been kept secret.
• Malfoy explained that people connected to his father believed Voldemort was nearly finished and were looking for a way out.
• Malfoy recalled the secret meeting and realized the Death Eaters wanted to turn to Andy, not the Ministry or Dumbledore.

Malfoy told Andy that many Death Eaters wanted to abandon Voldemort and believed Andy could lead them. Andy declined to commit, while Malfoy mistook his reluctance for a secret plan to become the next Dark Lord.

• Malfoy explained that pure-blood families and other self-interested Death Eaters were losing faith in Voldemort and saw Andy as a powerful, ambitious alternative.
• Andy said he would think about the proposal, though he had no interest in gaining power or leading the pure-blood families.
• Malfoy interpreted Andy's answer as a cover for his ambitions and privately credited him with plotting to eliminate both Voldemort and Dumbledore.
• Malfoy hinted that Voldemort knew about the Deathly Hallows but held back further details because Harry, Ron, and Hermione were present.
• Andy ended the conversation and asked to rest as Malfoy continued to believe in his supposed grand plan.

Andy returned to Hogwarts for his fourth year, eager to study love and alchemy and considering whether magic could make space travel possible. He planned to improve his Constitution, Mind, and Alchemy attributes as he began the new term.

• Andy explained to Hermione that he had won a secret contest after Dumbledore's Phoenix took him away from the Quidditch World Cup.
• Harry and Ron returned to Andy's compartment to collect their trunks and change into Wizard Robes before the train arrived.
• Andy and Hermione reached Hogwarts, where Andy reflected on how much he had changed since beginning his magical studies.
• Andy checked his System Panel and planned to raise his Constitution, Mind, and Alchemy attributes to seven.
• Andy told Hermione he hoped to study alchemy and perhaps build a spaceship to explore outer space, and she encouraged him.

Andy returned to Hogwarts for fourth year, reunited with friends, and anticipated new professors and growing trouble beyond the school. After the feast, Malfoy secretly asked whether Andy planned to kill Dumbledore, leaving Andy stunned by the rumor.

• Andy reunited with George and Fred, remembered their World Cup bet, and agreed to use their winnings as startup capital for a Magical Amusement Park.
• Andy joked with Hermione during the Sorting Ceremony, then reflected on Voldemort, Grindelwald, and the year's likely unrest.
• Andy learned that Sirius Black would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts and Horace Slughorn would replace Snape as Potions professor.
• Andy noticed Malfoy waiting for him after the feast and went to hear what he wanted.
• Malfoy asked Andy whether he planned to kill Dumbledore, and Andy demanded to know who had started the rumor.

Malfoy told Andy that Voldemort suspected him of targeting Dumbledore and the Deathly Hallows, while defecting Death Eaters wanted to support Andy. Andy directed them to seek Dumbledore’s help after the war, leaving Malfoy convinced Andy was secretly manipulating both sides.

• Malfoy told Andy that Rita Skeeter’s article accusing Dumbledore of masterminding events and rumors about Dumbledore’s wand had led Voldemort to suspect Andy wanted the Deathly Hallows and Dumbledore dead.
• Andy explained that he did not want the Deathly Hallows gathered in one person’s hands and had no intention of killing Dumbledore himself.
• Malfoy told Andy that former Death Eaters wanted to abandon Voldemort and back Andy, and Andy instructed them to contact Dumbledore for help clearing their names after the war.
• Andy made Malfoy their liaison, and Malfoy concluded that Andy planned to keep Dumbledore alive while outmaneuvering him and Voldemort.
• Andy returned to Ravenclaw’s Common Room and reflected that ambitious pure-blood wizards saw him as a safer political bet than Voldemort or Dumbledore.

Andy spent the first evening of term resting in the library with Hermione before returning to the Ravenclaw dormitory. He reflected on his growing dislike of the wizarding world and decided to keep engaging with it for the sake of his family, ending the night by joining his roommates for a chat.

• Andy visited the library, where he sat with Hermione and said he would put off studying until the next day.
• Hermione asked what Malfoy had said, and Andy told her he had sent him to see Dumbledore.
• Andy fell asleep in the library, then returned to the dormitory and found his roommates discussing the Quidditch World Cup.
• While washing up, Andy considered how much the wizarding world irritated him and how difficult it would be to withdraw from society while he still had family.
• Andy decided to keep participating in the world rather than run from it, then sat up to chat with Anthony and his other roommates.

Andy studied alchemy at Hogwarts and wrestled with whether its reliance on external power fit his goals. After discussing his dilemma with Hermione, he realized he had originally planned to study alchemy and reconsidered why he was hesitating.

• Andy read books in the Restricted Section and learned that alchemy was a distinct magic system with three supreme arts: the Panacea, the Philosopher's Stone, and the creation of artificial humans.
• Andy weighed alchemy against traditional magic and considered the Philosopher's Stone as an alternative to splitting his soul with Horcruxes.
• Hermione asked why Andy was reluctant to study alchemy, and Andy explained that it would compete with his other plans, including studying the Power of Love.
• Hermione advised Andy to choose his studies according to his ideal of achieving immortality through magic.
• Andy remembered that he had planned to study alchemy during summer vacation and realized he needed to reconsider the reason for his hesitation.

Andy began studying alchemy to gain another way to earn Potential Points and learned from Professor Flitwick how alchemical symbols let matter cast magic. The lesson left Andy wondering whether all things truly had spirits and considering Dumbledore’s remarkable alchemical knowledge.

• Andy opened an alchemy book and began studying it while Hermione read beside him.
• After lunch, Andy and Hermione attended Professor Flitwick’s first Charms lesson of the term, where he let Andy read an extracurricular book.
• Professor Flitwick noticed Andy’s alchemy book and explained that its Magic Rune Symbols acted as incantations that made matter cast magic.
• Hermione became fascinated by the idea that alchemical creations could cast magic themselves.
• Andy asked whether all things truly had spirits, and Professor Flitwick suggested Dumbledore might answer his question.

Andy and Hermione questioned Professor Flitwick about whether alchemy and spellcasting were forms of the same magic expressed in different languages. Andy left intrigued by alchemy and considered studying All Things Have Spirits as he pursued magic’s highest mysteries.

• Andy asked Professor Flitwick how alchemical creations differed from ordinary magical items, and Flitwick explained that alchemy was a distinct magical system capable of feats such as creating the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Hermione questioned whether spells required incantations or gestures and suggested that spells and alchemical Hieroglyphs might be the same magic in different languages.
• Professor Flitwick explained that incantations helped wizards direct their minds, while Hieroglyphs served as matter’s incantations, and he suggested both forms of magic might share the goal of making things happen as one wished.
• Andy reflected on the connection between mind, magical power, love, and magic’s highest achievement, and thanked Professor Flitwick for his explanation.
• After Seamus caused another explosion, Andy told Hermione he would begin exploring All Things Have Spirits because matter and wizards were fundamentally different.