Chapter Summaries

Ted returned to Diagon Alley for the holidays, where alchemy gave him enough money to support himself and fund his studies. He resumed work at Mr. Giggs's potion shop and ended the day by donating money to the orphanage.

• Ted checked into a large room at the Leaky Cauldron and entered Diagon Alley.
• Ted exchanged an ounce of alchemically transmuted gold for 64 Galleons, then traded 20 Galleons for 100 Pound Sterling.
• Ted visited Mr. Giggs's potion shop and agreed to work there over the holidays while studying ingredients and potions.
• Ted returned to the orphanage and left the matron 100 Pound Sterling to help support it.

Ted planned a secondhand magical-item trading platform to improve his Appraisal Technique and make wizarding transactions easier. After Mr. Giggs tested and approved his appraisal talent, Ted opened Salted Fish Net outside Giggs Apothecary and attracted a crowd.

• Ted considered creating a trusted platform for buying, selling, and bartering secondhand magical items, and decided to use the business to develop his Appraisal Technique.
• Ted asked Mr. Giggs for permission to set up a stall and explained that his talent let him identify items’ properties and information.
• Ted appraised Mr. Giggs’s Two-Headed Ogre statue and Uruguay Magic Power crystal accurately, but learned little about the unknown fruit.
• Mr. Giggs approved Ted’s talent and supplied goods for the first listings, while Ted bought a Guardian Wood trunk at an internal price.
• Ted opened Salted Fish Net outside Giggs Apothecary and loudly advertised its appraisal, consignment, sale, and bartering services, drawing in passersby.

Ted launched Salted Fish Net to connect buyers and sellers of secondhand wizarding goods, while Jerry moved to Diagon Alley to work for him. The site gained customers and Ted appraised several valuable items, but he found no bargains and acquired two useful magical materials.

• Ted promoted Salted Fish Net in Diagon Alley and sold a waterproof cloak to its first customer.
• Anzu delivered Ted's letter to Jerry in Livingker, and Jerry's mother agreed to let him leave for work in Diagon Alley.
• Jerry arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, and Ted introduced him to Muggle shops and hired him to help at Mr. Giggs's apothecary.
• Ted made Jerry Salted Fish Net's receptionist and gathered secondhand goods from his contacts and local shops to build up the listings.
• Ted appraised five or six high-end items, including two red-quality items, but they were family heirlooms and none became a bargain; he also obtained two usable magical materials.

Ted used rare materials to create a Spirit Crystal Servant named Parker, gaining a substantial boost to his abilities, while the Salted Fish Net continued to grow during the holiday. The chapter ended as Ted received notice that his Otherworldly Knowledge talent had activated on July 1.

• Ted found Terra Mithril Ore and a High-Intensity Magical Creature Fossil cheaply, but learned that hatching Karia's Last Egg still required many rare materials.
• Ted used the Magic-Patterned Amethyst to hatch a Spirit Crystal Servant, named it Parker, and gained increased attributes and psychic power.
• Ted continued developing the Salted Fish Net, earning money through sales and appraisal fees while taking a day off with Jerry.
• Ted studied safer magic in the Leaky Cauldron basement and replied to letters from Hermione, Ron, Neville, Hagrid, and Harriett.
• Ted opened his eyes on July 1 and received a system notification that his Otherworldly Knowledge talent had activated.

Ted discovered Pokémon training knowledge among his Otherworldly Knowledge, then combined his magical research with potion-making to invent purple hair dye and sell its formula for 450 Galleons. With his funds and reputation growing, Salted Fish Net reached a steady but modest scale, while Ted’s appraisal skills attracted attention from wizards.

• Ted redeemed the Pokémon training manual and considered applying its methods to magical creatures, but set the idea aside until he gained more skill in spellcraft.
• While brewing Skin Moisturizing Oil, Ted discovered that Purple Shamrock leaves and Dog Carp Oil produced a vivid, persistent purple color.
• Ted spent five days developing Handsome Hair Dye: Purple, earned 880 experience for inventing the formula, and sold it to Ms. Pernel for 450 Galleons with five years of exclusive rights.
• Ted’s available funds reached 500 Galleons, while Salted Fish Net settled at roughly thirty or forty listings and sales per day and about two hundred items in total.
• Ted used his improved Appraisal Technique to uncover the functions and taboos of a centuries-old red-quality inherited item, earning a reputation among wizards as a talented young appraiser.

Ted refused to help a man sell an artificial gemstone as natural ore, then used Parker to learn that Borgin and Burkes had arranged the deception. After raising Mind Mage to level 4, Ted struggled to control his greatly increased Mind Power and drew a new talent.

• Ted identified the man's gemstone as an artificial imitation but refused to certify or list it for sale.
• Ted sent Parker to follow the man and overheard him complain to Karakatus Burke at Borgin and Burkes.
• Karakatus Burke decided to stop targeting Ted, and Ted realized Voldemort's reputation had helped deter him.
• Ted spent 8,100 experience to raise Mind Mage from level 2 to level 4, causing a powerful surge of Mind Power that he struggled to control.
• Ted put his two attribute points into Spirit and used his new talent draw.

Ted chose the Heartbeat Voice talent and spent two days getting his spirit energy under control. When Hermione visited Diagon Alley, she reunited with him at the end of his basement seclusion.

• Ted chose Heartbeat Voice (Red) over the defensive Spirit Energy Skin and the conspicuous Embedded Forehead Eye.
• Ted spent two days training his spirit energy until he stopped accidentally breaking cups and making water float or evaporate.
• Hermione arrived in Diagon Alley on the last day of July after a month without using magic or reading The Daily Prophet.
• Old Tom and the bar patrons teased Hermione about Ted's appraisal business, and Anzu led her down to the basement.
• Ted and Hermione greeted each other, and Hermione declared she would beat him for first place in their year.

Ted reunited with Hermione, Ron, Neville, Harriett, and Jerry in Diagon Alley, where Neville described being harassed by an unfamiliar House-elf. The friends traveled by Floo Powder to The Burrow, where Molly welcomed them and the Weasley family gathered with the group.

• Ted reunited with Hermione and Ron at the Leaky Cauldron, then took them to the basement to avoid wizards telling Ron about the magical wand story.
• Neville arrived through the Floo Network, and Ted helped rescue him from a crowd of fans.
• The friends ate ice cream and caught up on their holidays, and Neville said an unfamiliar House-elf had threatened him and urged him to leave school.
• Harriett arrived with Sirius and Ms. Olivia, joined the group, and then went with them to visit the Weasleys.
• Ron, Neville, and the others traveled through the fireplace to The Burrow, where Molly welcomed them and the Weasley family joined the gathering.

Ted visited The Burrow, learned that Potato Imps were magical creatures born from concentrated magic, and heard about attacks on wizards by creatures from another world. The visit ended with Ron showing his friends his room while Harriett and Hermione frightened Ginny with a fabricated account of the Hogwarts Sorting test.

• Molly told the children to entertain their guests and warned Fred and George not to cause trouble while Arthur questioned Ted about Muggle technology and magical radios.
• Ted examined a Potato Imp that Ron caught and concluded that such creatures arose from magical activity rather than normal reproduction.
• At lunch, Arthur told the family that unknown creatures from another world had attacked remote wizards and killed one, and that the Ministry was raiding houses for illegal Dark Magic items.
• Ron took Ted, Neville, and Jerry to his room, where their praise eased his embarrassment about its modest furnishings.
• Ginny asked Harriett and Hermione about Hogwarts, and they tricked her into believing that students had to pass a dangerous Sorting test.

Ted spent time with the Weasley Twins discussing prank inventions and learned about House-elves, then received a green Manufacturing Expertise Book that introduced him to magical item-making. He began studying the new knowledge and considered how Salted Fish Net could supply materials for his experiments.

• Ted advised Fred and George to study Potions and spells before attempting their prank-candy ideas, and Peggy explained her understanding of how House-elves came from ancient magical homes.
• Ted reassured Hermione after the discussion about House-elves unsettled her, then saw her off as she left with Mr. Granger.
• On August 1, Ted exchanged experience for the Manufacturing Expertise Book (Green) and absorbed its knowledge of making magical items, including Spell Scrolls.
• Ted decided to study alchemy and manufacturing, noting that Salted Fish Net could provide the unusual materials he needed.
• Ted observed that Salted Fish Net had become a lively gathering place where wizards traded items and stories.

Ted struggled to create lasting magical items and copied simple spell scrolls before joining Hermione, Jerry, Neville, and the Weasleys in Diagon Alley to buy schoolbooks. There, Gilderoy Lockhart announced he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts and forced Neville into a public photo while presenting him with his books.

• Ted made little progress with lasting magical items and copied only a Lumos scroll, discovering that anyone with Magic Power could use scrolls and learning about Deep-Sea Squid Ink That Loves to Dive.
• Hogwarts sent Ted the second-year book list, which included seven books by Gilderoy Lockhart, and Hermione told him she would shop for textbooks on August 26.
• Ted met Hermione and Jerry in Diagon Alley, where they encountered Neville and the Weasleys, and Ted offered to copy Lockhart's expensive books to save money.
• Ron, Jerry, and the Weasley children agreed to use copied or secondhand books, while Hermione objected to piracy and Ted urged them to keep it discreet.
• Lockhart spotted Neville, announced that he had accepted the Defense Against the Dark Arts post, gave Neville a stack of signed books, and forced him to pose for photographs.

Ted stopped Lockhart from exploiting Neville by setting his robes on fire, and the resulting chaos let Neville escape with Lockhart’s signed books. At Flourish and Blotts, Mr. Weasley and Lucius Malfoy fought until the owner intervened, while Ted kept Ron from joining in and reflected on the Malfoys’ troubles and the importance of destroying the diary.

• Ted pointed at Lockhart and set his backside on fire, causing his fans to accidentally strip him to his strawberry-patterned underwear as he fled.
• Neville escaped Lockhart and gave his stack of signed books to Ron to copy, while Hermione agreed that Lockhart did not deserve their respect.
• George and Fred spotted Mr. Weasley fighting Lucius Malfoy inside Flourish and Blotts, and Miss Peggy struck Lucius with a secondhand cauldron.
• The bookstore owner stopped the fight, and Lucius handed Ginny the secondhand books and cauldron while insulting Mr. Weasley’s poverty.
• Ted restrained Ron from rushing into the fight and considered the Malfoys’ declining power, Mr. Weasley’s crackdown on Dark Magic items, and the danger of leaving Voldemort’s diary intact.

Ted recognized that Lucius planned to use Voldemort’s diary against the Weasleys, but a monster outbreak from Knockturn Alley interrupted the confrontation. A magically resistant Bugbear led escaped Fishmen and Goblins into Diagon Alley, where they attacked Gringotts.

• Ted suspected Lucius intended to slip Voldemort’s diary to Ginny to undermine Arthur’s policies, and worried the chance to destroy the Horcrux might be lost.
• Wizards fled Knockturn Alley as escaped creatures rampaged through the street, and Ted sent Anzu ahead to investigate.
• Ted saw Fishmen and savage Goblins pursuing wizards, led by a Bugbear that had broken free after surviving repeated magical attacks.
• The Bugbear charged Gringotts and battered a goblin guard, while one of the attacking Goblins killed another guard with a glass shard.

A monster riot swept through Diagon Alley as wizards struggled to defend themselves and flee. Ted and his companions slowed the attackers and tripped a charging Bugbear, leaving it crawling cautiously across their slippery spell-covered ground.

• A Bugbear killed a Gringotts Goblin, while another Goblin Apparated away and the monsters charged after fleeing wizards.
• Ted and other defenders fought Fishmen as Arthur Weasley arrived and rallied the nearby wizards; Lucius Malfoy Apparated away.
• Molly tried to take the children to safety, but Fred and George insisted on helping, and Ron revealed that he and his friends had defeated a Troll.
• Ted used Rays of Frost and coordinated spells to slow and knock down Fishmen, then stunned a Fishman leader.
• Ted and his companions cast Sliding Charms in front of the charging Bugbear, making it fall and giving the wizards time to retreat.
• Arthur stunned the Bugbear and the wizards attacked it, but its tough hide resisted their spells, so it cautiously advanced over the slippery ground.

Ted helped the Weasleys and other wizards freeze a Bear Goblin long enough to retreat, then reflected on the hidden role he had played in stopping it. Mr. Weasley returned with a special edition of the Daily Prophet, revealing that the group had made the newspaper.

• Ted and the others used water and repeated freezing spells to immobilize the Bear Goblin, then retreated into the Leaky Cauldron as it broke free.
• The Weasley Couple brought the shaken group home, where Aunt Molly served lunch and questioned Ron about his claims of fighting Trolls at Hogwarts.
• Ted reviewed the encounter and recalled that Parker had relayed his Mental Spike, while Anzu had set fire to a shop in Knockturn Alley amid the chaos.
• Ted received rewards for completing quests to handle the monster attack and appear in a mainstream newspaper.
• Mr. Weasley returned with a Daily Prophet emergency special edition and announced that they were in the newspaper.

After the monster attack made Ted and his companions briefly famous, Ted studied two new cards, secretly helped get Borgin and Burkes sealed, and prepared to return to Hogwarts. On September 1, he discovered a new recipe collection and boarded the Hogwarts Express, where Hermione arrived excitedly to begin the school year.

• The Daily Prophet reported the monster attack, and Ted was relieved that it praised his Freezing Charm without drawing too much attention to him.
• Ted tested the Anticipate the Enemy's Move card and examined the Celebrity card before taking Hermione and Jerry home as Diagon Alley emptied.
• As the Ministry cracked down on Knockturn Alley, Ted had Parker plant disguised traces that helped get Borgin and Burkes sealed.
• Ted cleaned up his basement laboratory and received the Kamura Village Felyne Meal Recipe Collection as new Otherworldly Knowledge.
• Ted shrank his luggage, said goodbye to Old Tom, and traveled to Platform 9 3/4, where he boarded the Hogwarts Express before Hermione arrived with her father.

Hermione reunited with Ted on the Hogwarts Express, where he admired her rapid progress and newly awakened talent. Meanwhile, Neville, Ron, and Harriett were blocked from Platform 9¾ by Dobby’s interference, and Harriett proposed using the Weasleys’ flying car to reach Hogwarts.

• Hermione joined Ted in his compartment, and Ted appraised her impressive growth in magic, Potions, and her God of Study talent.
• Ted and Hermione discussed Potions and their summer activities until Jerry arrived shortly before the train departed.
• Jerry asked where Neville, Ron, and Harriett were, prompting Ted to realize something had gone wrong at King’s Cross.
• Ron and Harriett tried to pass through the Platform 9¾ pillar but crashed into it because Dobby had altered its magic.
• Harriett noticed the Weasleys’ old-fashioned car and suggested flying it to Hogwarts, while Neville and Ron protested.

Harriett, Ron, and Neville missed the Hogwarts Express and followed it in the Weasley flying car, while Ted and the other students arrived at Hogwarts and attended the opening feast. Ted’s magically affecting song moved the Great Hall to tears, and the flying car’s passengers had yet to arrive.

• Harriett, Ron, and Neville drove the Weasley flying car after the Hogwarts Express because they missed its departure.
• Anzu spotted the flying car in the sky, and Ted recognized it as Mr. Weasley's car carrying the missing students.
• Ted, Hermione, Jerry, and the other students reached Hogwarts and watched Ginny, Colin Creevey, Luna, Qi Maha, and Caitlin get Sorted.
• Dumbledore introduced Lockhart as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and the students pressured Ted to lead the School Song.
• Ted sang “Little Cabbage,” and his Heartbeat Voice talent stirred deep sadness in nearly everyone in the Great Hall.

Harriett, Neville, and Ron crashed the Weasley family flying car into the Whomping Willow after the platform entrance failed, then faced Professor McGonagall and Snape's fury. The next morning, the three recounted the crash at breakfast, where a Howler landed in front of Ron.

• Ted sent Anzu to find Harriett, Neville, and Ron, and Anzu reported that Professor McGonagall had found them.
• Harriett lost control of the flying car, which crashed into the Whomping Willow; the tree battered the children, Ron's wand snapped, and the car fled into the Forbidden Forest.
• Professor McGonagall questioned the three in her office, and Harriett explained that a House-elf had harassed Neville before they took the car; McGonagall left them food without announcing a punishment.
• Ted arranged for Jerry to bring them extra food, and the next morning Harriett and Ron told their friends about the crash while Hermione scolded them for their recklessness.
• A Howler landed in front of Ron at breakfast, and he reacted with alarm.

After Ron received a humiliating Howler, Ted reframed the flying-car incident as a daring adventure and lifted his spirits, though Snape punished Ravenclaw for the cheering. Later, Ted protected the class from Seamus’s failed Expansion Charm, and Flitwick rewarded him and offered to explain his rapid Shield Charm technique.

• A Howler scolded Ron for stealing and flying Arthur Weasley's car, while congratulating Ginny on joining Gryffindor.
• Ted told the Great Hall how Ron, Harriett, and Neville had flown the car to Hogwarts, turning the incident into a story that won the students' cheers.
• Snape ended the celebration by deducting twenty points from Ravenclaw for encouraging students to break school rules.
• In Charms class, Seamus's Expansion Charm went wrong and caused an explosion, but Ted contained it with a reverse Force Shield while Flitwick shielded nearby students.
• Flitwick awarded Ted twenty points and offered to discuss his technique for casting several Shield Charms quickly.