Chapter Summaries

Scrimgeour suspected Dumbledore and proposed cooperating with Andy to investigate him and find the item stolen from Gringotts. Andy agreed to share intelligence about Dumbledore and pointed Scrimgeour toward the Deathly Hallows, leaving Scrimgeour with a new lead.

• Scrimgeour reasoned that Dumbledore was suspicious and considered how the failed manhunt and Grindelwald's growing strength might affect events.
• Scrimgeour warned Andy that Death Eaters blamed him for Skeeter's article and would face trial in seven days, but Andy said he did not care about rumors or Dumbledore's opinion.
• Scrimgeour told Andy the Gringotts item might be connected to Voldemort and asked whether Andy wanted help finding it.
• Scrimgeour proposed that he help Andy track down the stolen item while Andy helped him investigate Dumbledore, and Andy agreed to share intelligence about Dumbledore.
• Andy advised Scrimgeour to investigate the Deathly Hallows, revealing that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had sought them together and that Dumbledore might possess the Elder Wand.

Andy told Scrimgeour about the Deathly Hallows, prompting him to investigate Dumbledore and the Elder Wand. At Hogwarts, Hermione worried that the Ministry’s victory had intensified students’ hatred of one another.

• Scrimgeour questioned Andy about the Deathly Hallows, and Andy claimed he had only overheard the information.
• Scrimgeour gave Andy an address for future news, and Andy destroyed the note before Scrimgeour left.
• Andy decided his conversation had gone as planned and returned to studying in the library.
• News of the Death Eaters’ arrests spread through Hogwarts, where the other Houses celebrated the Ministry’s victory and feared Voldemort’s retaliation.
• Hermione warned Andy that students were turning against one another because Death Eaters and their opponents had killed each other’s family members and friends.
• Andy said the students needed time to calm down, while Hermione connected the hostility between Gryffindor and Slytherin to hatred carried over from the previous wizarding war.

Andy and Hermione saw that resentment between Gryffindor and Slytherin persisted after the war, while Malfoy approached Andy to ask about Voldemort’s death and Dumbledore. The chapter ended with Malfoy seeming to expect Andy to move against Dumbledore, leaving Andy exasperated by Malfoy’s ambition.

• Andy and Hermione discussed the hatred between Gryffindor and Slytherin and hoped the professors could keep the students from causing trouble.
• Andy and Hermione learned that Gryffindor and Slytherin students had fought over the deaths of their fathers, and Professor McGonagall had punished both Houses.
• Hermione worried that the students would not let go of their hatred, while Andy considered how difficult revenge would be to pursue.
• Malfoy told Andy that his father had written to ask whether Voldemort was dead, and Andy confirmed that he and Dumbledore had killed him.
• Malfoy asked Andy about Dumbledore and appeared to wonder when Andy would move against him, leaving Andy exasperated.

Andy told Malfoy that Grindelwald had escaped and sent him to gather intelligence in Europe, while keeping the pure-blood families’ ambitions at a distance. After Malfoy left, Andy decided to focus on his studies and consider asking someone for help with his stalled research into love.

• Andy told Malfoy that Grindelwald had escaped from prison and said Dumbledore had gone to Europe to investigate.
• Malfoy considered whether Grindelwald could oppose Dumbledore and thought the Malfoy family might benefit from supporting him.
• Andy told Malfoy to ask his father to gather intelligence about Grindelwald in Europe and refused to discuss any possible cooperation.
• After Malfoy left, Andy reflected that the pure-blood families were seeking greater influence and decided to use them while pursuing his own goals.
• Andy chose to focus on studying and considered asking a certain love-struck person for help with his research into love.

After the Battle of Diagon Alley and Voldemort’s defeat intensified tensions between Gryffindor and Slytherin, Andy and Hermione avoided joining efforts to boycott Slytherin. Hermione then proposed that love was a power of willing sacrifice and that hatred fueled the Dark Arts, giving Andy a new direction for his research into Mind Power.

• Andy warned Hermione not to get involved if students tried to organize a boycott of Slytherin.
• Andy’s roommates urged him to join the boycott, but he dodged the request by saying he needed to focus on his studies.
• Hermione told Andy that she had used the same excuse when students approached her and reflected on how group pressure shaped people’s feelings.
• Andy explained that Voldemort had intensified class conflict but had not created it, and said time might eventually ease tensions.
• Hermione argued that love was willing sacrifice and a great power, then pointed out that hatred was its opposite and a source of Dark Arts power, such as the Killing Curse.

Andy and Hermione discussed whether love could power magic, leading Andy to consider using self-love to strengthen Protego. He left breakfast excited by the possibility of developing magical defense through the fusion of mind and magic.

• Hermione told Andy that love required devotion to a target and that intense emotions could fuel powerful magic.
• Andy joked that Hermione was the target he would give everything for, and she was pleased despite recognizing his sweet talk.
• Andy and Hermione entered the Great Hall and saw the other three houses excluding Slytherin.
• While eating breakfast, Andy decided he could not achieve pure love for another person but did love himself and magic.
• Andy reasoned that self-love could mean protecting himself and considered infusing Protego with the Power of Love to strengthen his magical defense.

Andy struggled to strengthen Protego through the purest Mind Power and realized his own mind could not achieve the required purity. He discovered that his Fat Cat Patronus might provide a different path, and the chapter ended as he sensed it could cast Protego merely by thinking.

• Andy researched Protego and concluded that the purest Mind Power could potentially reach the realm of wishing things into reality.
• Andy rejected sacrificing his life to achieve that power and considered whether the system could offer another path.
• Andy realized the Fat Cat Patronus embodied the purest part of his heart and summoned it.
• Andy connected with the Fat Cat Patronus and had it cast Protego on him.
• Andy sensed that the Fat Cat Patronus had cast the spell simply by thinking about it.

Andy discovered that the Fat Cat Patronus could cast protective magic instantly through its desire to protect him, and considered whether raising his attributes could let it block the Killing Curse without sacrifice. With Voldemort dead and no immediate need to fight, Andy decided to prioritize other attributes and urged Cat Brother to break through on its own.

• Andy sensed that the Fat Cat Patronus could cast Protego immediately when it wanted to protect him, though its other spells worked normally.
• Andy realized the Patronus’s unusual protective magic could shore up his defensive weakness and might even stop the Killing Curse.
• Andy considered using the Passive Resistance Spell but rejected treating the immortal Patronus as a one-use sacrifice.
• Andy theorized that raising his Mind Power to level eight might let the Patronus use the spell as ordinary magic, but weighed that against improving Alchemy and constitution.
• Andy decided not to allocate points to the Patronus for now and encouraged Cat Brother to make a breakthrough on its own.

Andy considered how love and death might awaken the Fat Cat Patronus’s potential, then developed a chilling theory that Dumbledore had deliberately spent decades cultivating love for the Wizarding World before sacrificing himself. The chapter left Andy with a clear idea: the Patronus might unlock the Power of Love by willingly giving its life for him.

• Andy told the Fat Cat Patronus to evolve on its own, though he knew its abilities were limited by his own.
• Andy reasoned that the Patronus’s pure mind might need to face real danger before its desire to protect him reached its peak.
• Andy speculated that Dumbledore’s death might have been planned, allowing him to take love to its limit and retain his sense of self after death.
• Andy theorized that Dumbledore had abandoned his ambitions after Ariana’s death and spent decades teaching until he had come to love the Wizarding World.
• Andy realized that if the Fat Cat Patronus willingly gave its life for him, he might master the Power of Love.

Andy decided to prioritize raising his magic power and willpower, using the Dark Arts and Alchemy to earn Potential Points while developing the Fat Cat Patronus as a defense for his mind. At Hogwarts, an emergency edition of The Daily Prophet announced Grindelwald’s escape and European wanted orders, while Andy suspected the news was intended to trouble Dumbledore.

• Andy decided the Fat Cat Patronus could either fight beside him or sacrifice itself to protect his mind, and he resolved to focus on magical defense.
• Andy calculated that raising his magic power and willpower would require thirty-nine Potential Points, so he chose to study the Dark Arts with Alchemy as a supplement.
• Andy left the Room of Requirement and told Hermione that his magical research had made new progress.
• Owls delivered an emergency edition of The Daily Prophet announcing Grindelwald’s escape and his wanted status across Europe.
• Andy told Hermione that the European Ministries had likely gone public because they could no longer conceal Grindelwald’s escape, and he suspected the news was meant to cause trouble for Dumbledore.

After Grindelwald escaped, Slytherin factions weighed how to profit from the coming chaos, while Harry sought guidance from Andy. With Hogwarts lifting its Magical Barrier, Andy planned to visit Snape and follow up on his research into Voldemort’s arm.

• Malfoy and his allies discussed their plan to use Andy’s future influence at the Ministry while hoping Grindelwald’s escape prolonged the turmoil in Europe.
• Harry and Ron asked Andy what he knew about Grindelwald, and Hermione reminded Harry that students could not intervene.
• A student announced that the professors had lifted Hogwarts’s Magical Barrier, and the Great Hall erupted in alarm.
• Andy told Hermione he would leave that afternoon to see Snape and handle other matters, and Hermione agreed to cover for him.
• Andy planned to ask Snape about his progress studying Voldemort’s arm.

Andy visited Snape at Spinner's End and questioned him about Dumbledore's character and motives. He proposed that Dumbledore had devoted his life to loving the Wizarding World and was waiting for a chance to elevate it, even if that meant dying.

• Andy left Hogwarts and traveled to Spinner's End to visit Snape.
• Snape told Andy that the Ministry would soon hold trials for the Death Eaters and that he had to testify.
• Andy asked Snape what kind of person Dumbledore was, suggesting that Dumbledore could seem heartless despite being trusted and respected.
• Andy explained that he believed Dumbledore had chosen love over death and spent nearly a century making himself love the Wizarding World.
• Andy told Snape that Dumbledore was waiting for an opportunity to elevate the Wizarding World and would die for it.

Andy explained that he was investigating the connection between Love and Death as part of his magical future, and Snape began to question whether Dumbledore had understood that connection through Lily. Snape remained uncertain about Dumbledore’s motives, while Andy described willing self-sacrifice as a possible peak of magic.

• Andy told Snape that he needed evidence to understand how Love and Death interacted, and that Dumbledore was his main lead.
• Snape admitted he could not judge Dumbledore, describing him as sometimes strange, sometimes wise, and someone who inspired trust without necessarily answering it.
• Snape reconsidered how James Potter and Lily had concealed their Safe House from Dumbledore and wondered whether Dumbledore had pursued the Power of Love through Lily.
• Snape asked Andy why he was not interested in the magic Lily used to protect Harry, and Andy explained that her sacrifice had left protective magic in Harry’s blood.
• Andy argued that willingly dying for someone one loved could bring the mind to a moment of sublimation and represent the pinnacle of magic.

Andy unsettled Snape by suggesting that Dumbledore might have hidden motives involving Lily, Love, and Death, and the two considered how to uncover his purpose. Andy then grew suspicious that Dumbledore had concealed what happened when Dementors destroyed Voldemort’s remnant soul, and asked whether the Dementor’s Kiss would occur at the Death Eaters’ trial.

• Andy’s claims about Dumbledore left Snape distraught because they made him question whether Dumbledore had allowed Lily to die.
• Snape asked Andy for evidence, and Andy admitted he had none but argued that Dumbledore’s present self was still worthy of respect.
• Snape proposed finding Dumbledore’s purpose, reasoning that he would act if Love and Death were his aims, and Andy agreed.
• Andy speculated that the Death Dimension might seek the love contained in human souls and connected that idea to the locked room in the Department of Mysteries.
• Andy asked Snape whether the Dementor’s Kiss would be carried out at the Death Eaters’ trial, then said Dumbledore had avoided him and Harry had glossed over how Dementors destroyed Voldemort’s remnant soul.

Andy told Snape he would investigate the Dementor's Kiss and asked him to report any planned Kissings of Death Eaters. Left alone, Snape reconsidered Dumbledore's role in Lily's death and Sirius's imprisonment, ending with growing doubts about what had really happened.

• Andy reasoned that Dumbledore had concealed something about the Dementors and said he would confirm Harry's account.
• Andy told Snape he was investigating the Dementor's Kiss to understand Love and Death, and asked Snape to alert him if the Ministry planned to Kiss a Death Eater.
• After Andy left, Snape recalled overhearing the prophecy, telling Voldemort, and defecting to Dumbledore to protect Lily.
• Snape questioned why Dumbledore had not stopped him from hearing the prophecy, known about the Potters' Safe House, or investigated Sirius's imprisonment.
• Snape reconsidered the past and grew increasingly suspicious of Dumbledore's part in what had happened.

Andy questioned Harry about what he remembered when a Dementor removed Voldemort’s remnant soul and suspected Dumbledore had concealed something about the event. He decided he needed to witness a Dementor’s Kiss to investigate where the souls went, while Harry celebrated Voldemort’s death becoming public.

• Andy asked Harry to recall what happened when the Dementor sucked Voldemort’s remnant soul out of him, and Harry remembered little beyond feeling cold before passing out.
• Andy reasoned that Dumbledore might have altered Harry’s memories to hide something about the Dementor’s Kiss and wondered where the souls Dementors took went.
• Andy concluded that he would need to witness a Dementor’s Kiss himself to confirm his suspicions about the Death Dimension.
• Harry told Andy that Voldemort’s death had been made public and celebrated that people would know Dumbledore and Andy had defeated him.
• Andy warned Harry to return to the castle with him, then learned Harry wanted to go to the library to research his Transfiguration essay.

After Voldemort’s death was announced, Andy and Hermione slipped away from Hogwarts’ curious students, while Harry redirected their questions toward the pair. Fred and George then rallied the students to find Andy and demand an explanation.

• The Daily Prophet announced Voldemort’s death, and Hogwarts celebrated while Slytherin remained silent over its families’ losses.
• Andy and Hermione escaped the Great Hall under a Confundus Charm, and Hermione worried about growing resentment between the houses.
• Andy told Hermione that Slytherin lacked the courage and ability to cause trouble, though he privately doubted some pure-blood families would stay quiet.
• Harry was surrounded by students asking about the battle, and Ron walked away feeling overlooked and jealous.
• Harry told the crowd to question Andy and Hermione, prompting Fred and George to launch “Operation Find Andy.”

Andy and Hermione used a Confundus Charm to hide after the Weasley Twins posted a missing-person notice for Andy, while the twins were punished with real pig heads. Andy then received a box bearing Grindelwald’s Deathly Hallows symbol and concealed its mark and contents from Hermione, leaving him to consider Grindelwald’s invitation to visit the German Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries.

• Andy and Hermione found a missing-person notice for Andy and used a Confundus Charm so Hogwarts students would overlook them.
• Andy turned the Weasley Twins into pig heads after realizing they had put up the notice, and the twins attended breakfast mocked by the other students.
• Andy received a box marked with the Deathly Hallows symbol, which Hermione recognized and feared was connected to a dangerous plot.
• Andy erased the symbol, told Hermione the box contained alchemy books, and kept it from her so she would not learn of his connection to Grindelwald.
• Hermione warned Andy against an adventure at the Department of Mysteries, while Andy privately wondered whether to accept Grindelwald’s invitation to visit the German Ministry’s department.

Andy received alchemy books and an invitation from Grindelwald to visit the German Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries during Christmas, and decided he would go while concealing his identity. He learned the Ministry would administer the Dementor’s Kiss to some Death Eaters in ten days and resolved to witness it to investigate what happened to their souls.

• Andy opened Grindelwald’s box, found hundreds of alchemy books and an invitation to visit the Department of Mysteries, and decided to accept despite the risks.
• Andy planned for the Christmas trip, intending to ask Malfoy about Europe and prepare potions while continuing his other research.
• Andy received news that the Ministry would give the Dementor’s Kiss to especially heinous Death Eaters in ten days, while well-connected Death Eaters escaped punishment or were acquitted.
• Andy suspected the Ministry’s verdict was meant to distract the public and decided to witness the Dementor’s Kiss to learn what happened to the souls it took.

Andy learned that Grindelwald was gaining support across Europe by warning that Muggles would eventually threaten the Wizarding World, while Andy himself was nominated for the Order of Merlin. He used a Time-Turner to reach Azkaban ahead of the Ministry of Magic’s secret execution and watched the prison as Dementors continued to guard it.

• Malfoy reported that Grindelwald had won supporters across Europe, held private gatherings, and faced little effort from Aurors to arrest him.
• Andy judged Grindelwald’s prophecy about Muggles hunting wizards to be a likely scam, though he considered conflict between Muggles and wizards unavoidable if the Wizarding World were exposed.
• Someone nominated Andy for the Order of Merlin, and he expected the attention from young witches and wizards to prolong his need to sneak around.
• Andy used a Time-Turner to travel to Azkaban before the Ministry of Magic carried out the Dementor’s Kiss on three Death Eaters.
• Andy turned invisible and found two Auror squads guarding Azkaban while dozens of Dementors patrolled the prison.