Chapter Summaries

Dylan returned home for Christmas, where Hubert and Maeve welcomed him with a surprise and a family dinner. His parents revealed that Hubert’s bizarre Christmas decorations and gift were based on a naked childhood photograph and carving of Dylan.

• Dylan said goodbye to Neville, Seamus, and Dean, then took a taxi home when his parents were not waiting at the station.
• Hubert and Maeve startled Dylan with Christmas lights, a gift box, and a festive dinner, and Maeve gave him a telescope.
• Dylan questioned the naked male angel atop the Christmas tree and explained that wizards did not generally worship gods.
• Dylan opened Hubert’s gift and found a photograph and wooden carving of a naked child pointing a gun.
• Hubert revealed that the angel decoration depicted Dylan as a child, and Dylan remembered the photographer his father had hired to take the picture.

Dylan celebrated Christmas with his parents, Hubert and Maeve, and agreed to make them a portable-space ring despite the risks of the Ministry of Magic discovering it. The family shared dinner with Luna and Coal Ball, and the chapter ended with Dylan magically cleaning up after the meal.

• Dylan discovered that Hubert had secretly taken embarrassing photos of him as a baby and joked about using an Obliviation Charm on his father.
• Hubert asked Dylan for a portable space, and Dylan agreed to make his parents a protective Space Ring before he returned to school.
• Dylan and his parents teased one another about their Christmas plans, with Dylan pointing out that Hubert had not yet decided where to take Maeve.
• Dylan summoned Luna and Coal Ball, and Maeve and Hubert fed the pets turkey during the family meal.
• Dylan, Hubert, and Maeve raised their glasses to wish one another a Merry Christmas.
• Dylan used spells to clean and put away the dinnerware while Hubert admired the convenience.

Dylan brought the Portrait of Ravenclaw into his Suitcase Space and spoke with Rowena Ravenclaw, who had no memory of what happened before she became a portrait. With Dylan’s consent, Ravenclaw stepped out of the painting and welcomed the chance to live in his world.

• Dylan entered the Suitcase Space with Coal Ball and took out the Portrait of Ravenclaw.
• Ravenclaw awakened in the portrait, questioned Dylan about her surroundings, and learned he was a Gryffindor student.
• Dylan showed Ravenclaw his forest and ocean world and explained that he might bring the other Hogwarts founders there.
• Ravenclaw sensed a connection between her portrait world and Dylan’s space, and Dylan offered his hand through the canvas.
• Dylan pulled Ravenclaw out of the portrait, and the painting shrank into an embroidery on her skirt.

Dylan brought Ravenclaw out of her portrait and showed her the world he controlled, where she discovered a thriving magical ecosystem. Ravenclaw accepted his invitation to become the world's steward and began planning to explore it.

• Dylan showed Ravenclaw the diadem containing Voldemort's soul, and she recognized its evil aura.
• Ravenclaw discussed her memories of Hogwarts and estimated that she retained about eighty percent of her strength.
• Dylan invited Ravenclaw to become the steward of his world, and she accepted, asking him to call her Rowena.
• Dylan and Ravenclaw descended toward the forest and ocean while she studied the world's balance of life and nature.
• Ravenclaw asked to explore the world and wondered whether its creator might become a god.

Dylan introduced Ravenclaw to Norberta and the Basilisk, and Ravenclaw explained how the Hogwarts founders’ beliefs and studies led to Slytherin’s estrangement. Their conversation turned to Voldemort’s Horcruxes and Dylan’s own abilities, leaving Ravenclaw curious about his Dementor Power and Dylan saying it did not affect him.

• Dylan brought Ravenclaw to meet Norberta, who obeyed his instructions and accepted Ravenclaw’s presence.
• Ravenclaw learned that Slytherin had created the Basilisk and planned to use his heir to target Half-blood Wizards, then recalled how his pursuit of power and Dark Magic drove the founders apart.
• Ravenclaw revealed that Gryffindor had studied Dark Magic too, but tried to improve it without paying its usual price.
• Dylan told Ravenclaw that Voldemort was Slytherin’s heir, had not yet resurrected, and had made Horcruxes; Ravenclaw recognized that Dylan had stopped his earlier attempt.
• Dylan said he could achieve immortality by absorbing emotions and souls, and Ravenclaw asked whether he was a Dementor and whether his power affected him.
• Dylan denied being a Dementor and said his Dementor Power did not affect him, while admitting he could not know whether anyone else could use it.

Dylan let Ravenclaw stay in his world and prepared Christmas gifts, including a protective necklace for Luna, whom he tasked with delivering the gifts overnight. He then followed Ravenclaw's treasure map to a hidden site beneath the sea, where the map revealed the entrance to her treasure.

• Dylan stored the Suitcase Space inside the System Panel so Ravenclaw could not leave on her own.
• Dylan gave Luna a magical necklace that helped it fly and protected it, then assigned it to deliver the Christmas gifts.
• Dylan decided to prepare Ravenclaw a Portable Magic Library and considered adding books from her treasure.
• Dylan transformed into Karthus and followed the treasure map to a marked stretch of sea.
• The map revealed glowing runes and a bronze chain emerging from the dark current beneath Dylan.

Dylan found Ravenclaw’s submerged palace and overcame its stone guardians after punishing the red-eyed statue with a powerful version of the Cruciatus Curse. He entered the palace and found himself in an alternate-dimensional space filled with a strange, star-like fragrance.

• Dylan silenced and concealed the area as the sea sank to reveal Ravenclaw’s palace, then gave the guardians the key.
• The stone statues tricked Dylan and kept the key, but he used a radiant Cruciatus Curse to torture the red-eyed statue until it begged for mercy.
• The statues returned the key and asked Dylan questions, which he answered correctly, then the red-eyed statue opened the palace doors.
• Dylan entered the palace and found himself in another world with a scent that reminded him of the stars.

Dylan explored Ravenclaw's hidden palace, collected its manuscripts and magical equipment, and discovered a vast trove of Galleons and enchanted Diamonds. He left with his fortune increased to over a million Galleons and began considering how to spend it.

• Dylan examined the palace's enchanted hourglass, Ravenclaw's shifting manuscripts, and a working miniature armillary sphere, then stored the scrolls and sphere in his System Panel.
• Dylan explored Ravenclaw's large laboratory and found preserved potions and professional equipment.
• Dylan opened a side room to find mountains of Galleons and a suspended cloud of magical Diamonds, with an empty space suggesting something had once been displayed there.
• Dylan gathered the Galleons into his palm and saw his balance rise to 1,297,000 Galleons, prompting him to consider expanding his space and unlocking Spell Traits tasks.
• Dylan searched the palace's living quarters, found nothing else valuable, collected the remaining scattered items, and walked out.

Dylan took Ravenclaw’s palace and its stone guardians, then returned home and discovered his parents had secretly prepared Christmas presents for him. He acted delighted when they surprised him, and the chapter ended as he opened their first gift, an easel and paints.

• Dylan took the palace, along with the Red-eyed Stone Statue and the Blue-eyed Stone Statue, and left the underwater site after sensing that someone else had noticed the commotion.
• Dylan returned home and found Hubert and Maeve secretly arranging Christmas presents for him, then went to bed without telling Ravenclaw about the palace.
• On Christmas morning, Dylan greeted his sleepy parents and told them they were his Santa Claus.
• Hubert and Maeve brought Dylan to the living room and showed him the presents they had prepared.
• Dylan opened a gift containing an easel and paints, then told Hubert that his school did not teach drawing.

Dylan gave Hubert and Maeve matching enchanted storage rings for Christmas, then let his tired parents go back to bed. After making breakfast with magic, he returned to the bedroom to read.

• Dylan thanked Hubert for the painting supplies and tried on the sweater Maeve had bought and decorated with a crooked whale.
• Dylan gave Hubert and Maeve matching rings enchanted with storage, locking, and concealment charms, and explained how to use them.
• Hubert tested his ring by storing a gift box, while Maeve tried hers and named the rings Starlight and Flowing Light.
• Maeve and Hubert went to rest after Dylan reassured them about using magic, and Maeve reminded him to eat breakfast.
• Dylan used a Cooking Charm to make eggs, sausages, and noodles, then returned to the bedroom.

Dylan brought Ravenclaw to the palace he had moved into his world, where she recognized the Blue-eyed Stone Statue as her former husband, Everett Thorne. She revealed that he was Helena’s father and had been a Muggle who struggled to adapt to the Wizarding World.

• Dylan gave Ravenclaw a Magical Library for Christmas, and she found one of her old Memory Charm manuscripts inside.
• Dylan took Ravenclaw across the ocean to the palace and explained that he had found her manuscripts, laboratory, and Magical Ingredients there.
• Ravenclaw encountered the Red-eyed Stone Statue and Blue-eyed Stone Statue, who recognized her as Rowena.
• Dylan asked Ravenclaw about the statues, and she identified the Blue-eyed Stone Statue as Everett Thorne, her former husband and Helena’s father.
• Ravenclaw explained that Everett had been a Muggle who could not adapt to life in the Wizarding World, so they had separated after Helena was born.

Dylan reunited Ravenclaw with her former husband, Everett, and left them to talk before spending Christmas with his parents. Later, he installed and tested the Ghostly Aura array in his Muggle safe houses, leaving them guarded by a powerful evil ghost.

• Ravenclaw failed to recognize Mara Beckett, and Dylan left her and Everett alone to discuss their past.
• Dylan spent Christmas with his parents, shopping with them and sharing a meal at home.
• Dylan thought of Luna and hoped she would like the gift he had sent her.
• Dylan visited his safe houses late at night and installed the Ghostly Aura array in those outside the Wizarding World.
• Dylan tested the array by creating a puppet and summoning an evil ghost, which attacked the puppet before Dylan subdued it.
• Dylan judged the array stronger than the one at the manor and returned home.

Dylan spent the rest of Christmas at home, where his parents’ affection and reliance on his magic drove him to return to Hogwarts early. He reunited with his friends and began the new term with Potions class under Snape.

• Dylan visited Borgin and gave him a bottle of Acromantula venom to sell.
• Dylan spent Christmas with Hubert and Maeve, helped with dinner using magic, and left home after watching his parents dote on each other.
• Dylan returned to Hogwarts with Neville and met Luna, who told him about her Christmas with her father and showed him her new boots.
• Dylan reunited with Harry, Ron, and the others, tricked them about the flavor of a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean, and handed out gifts.
• Dylan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to their first Potions class of the term, where Snape entered and shut the windows.

Dylan attended Divination, where Neville and Trelawney interpreted the tea leaves in Dylan’s cup as a sign that he was seeking answers and changing. He then studied Dark Magic and experimented with the Goblet of Fire spell in his private space before returning to the Common Room to find Hermione stopping Harry and Ron from skipping homework for Quidditch practice.

• Hermione eagerly raised her hand in Snape’s Potions class, but Snape ignored her, while Ron complained about her rigid behavior.
• Neville read Dylan’s tea leaves as a sign that Dylan was anxious but would soon find an answer, and Trelawney gave a similar interpretation.
• Dylan entered his private space, asked Ravenclaw about the Unforgivable Curses, and learned that a caster could be affected by a curse such as Avada Kedavra.
• Dylan tested the Goblet of Fire spell on a Transfigured puppet, but the blue flames left it unharmed, so he decided to strengthen the spell.
• Dylan returned to the Common Room with onion rings and finished homework, where Hermione confronted Harry and Ron for planning to avoid their assignments by attending Quidditch practice.

Dylan explored the Forbidden Forest at night, where he encountered a Centaur and a Mermaid, then discovered that Professor McGonagall's portrait had been waiting among his unopened Christmas gifts. He ended the chapter with the portrait in hand and returned to classes with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

• Dylan left the dormitory at night to search the Forbidden Forest for magical creatures and materials, and briefly spotted a fleeing humanoid shadow.
• Dylan restrained a Centaur who threatened him, then watched the lake freeze and thaw before a Mermaid leaped at him.
• Professor McGonagall took twenty points each from Harry and Ron for arriving late to Transfiguration Class, and Dylan later asked her about the portrait she had promised him.
• Dylan realized he had not opened his Christmas gifts, returned to his dormitory, and found Ron's crystal-ball gift and Professor McGonagall's portrait among the boxes.
• Dylan joined Hermione in the common room, where she was engrossed in the book of wizarding legends he had given her.

Dylan discussed how to extract Voldemort’s soul fragment from Ravenclaw’s diadem without destroying it, while Ravenclaw said she would accept destroying the heirloom. He let Ravenclaw enter the cottage in his world-space, where they discussed Lockhart’s history and examined another Horcrux diary.

• Dylan entered his world-space and told Ravenclaw he was still researching how to remove the soul fragment from her diadem without damaging it.
• Ravenclaw said Dylan could simply destroy the diadem, but accepted his decision to seek another method.
• Dylan let Ravenclaw enter the cottage and sent Lockhart outside while he and Ravenclaw discussed Lockhart’s ambitions, fabricated exploits, and fan clubs.
• Ravenclaw noticed the Horcrux diary on the table, and Dylan explained that its soul fragment had already emerged from the diary before he forced it out.

Dylan released Tom Riddle’s soul from the Diary and revealed Ravenclaw to him, then tasked him with awakening the soul fragment hidden in her diadem. Riddle reluctantly agreed under Dylan’s threat, despite warning that the fragment might not wake while another soul remained undying.

• Dylan freed young Tom Riddle from the Diary and introduced him to Ravenclaw, whose relic Riddle had made into a Horcrux.
• Ravenclaw questioned Riddle about creating a Horcrux so young, while Dylan explained that Dumbledore had defeated another Dark Lord.
• Dylan produced Ravenclaw’s Diadem, and Riddle panicked when he sensed the soul fragment hidden inside it.
• Dylan ordered Riddle to persuade the fragment to leave the diadem within two days, threatening to punish him if it did not appear.
• Riddle warned that the fragment might not awaken while another soul remained undying, but he gritted his teeth and agreed to try.

Dylan left Riddle and Voldemort’s soul under Ravenclaw’s watch, then returned to find Harry recovering from Patronus practice. Harry explained that his broom was being examined for Dark Magic and revealed that Wood had tried to drown himself in the rain.

• Ravenclaw asked Dylan whether it was safe to leave Riddle and Voldemort’s soul together, and Dylan trusted her to watch over them in his world.
• Dylan returned to the Gryffindor Common Room and found Harry exhausted from practicing the Patronus Charm with Professor Lupin.
• Harry told Dylan he had eaten too many Chocolate Frogs while training, so Dylan gave him a variety of sweets and chocolates.
• Harry explained that Professor McGonagall was holding an anonymously sent broom for inspection, while Wood argued that Harry should still be allowed to train.
• Harry told Dylan that Wood had stood in the heavy rain during the last match and tried to drown himself before Hagrid carried him away.

After Slytherin defeated Ravenclaw, Wood resumed intensive Quidditch training with Harry, leaving him to finish a week’s homework in one night. Dylan helped Harry and Ron with their assignments, while Ron noticed Hermione seemed to have attended an Arithmancy class that was not on the timetable.

• Slytherin defeated Ravenclaw, and Wood excitedly told Harry that Gryffindor could still reach second place by beating Ravenclaw.
• Wood persuaded Harry to train nearly every day, and Harry agreed despite worrying about his homework and lessons with Professor Lupin.
• Dylan stayed behind to read about magical experiments while Wood dragged Harry to the training grounds.
• Harry and Ron worked in the Library on their overdue assignments, and Dylan offered to improve Harry’s paper for Professor Snape and let Ron use some of his revisions.
• Ron noticed Hermione discussing an Arithmancy class with Professor Vector even though no such class had appeared on Thursday’s timetable.

Dylan reflected on the possibility of dating while helping Ron and Harry with their homework, then went to the Hufflepuff kitchen with Luna to develop a magical food production line. The chapter ended with Cedric spotting Dylan and Luna together and asking whether they were on a date, while Cho looked on.

• Dylan teased Ron about investigating Hermione's class attendance, and Ron denied being concerned about her.
• Dylan returned Harry's paper and left Ron and Harry to work through their assignments without his help.
• Dylan met Luna at the kitchen and explained his plan to use the Secret Oven's spells to create a food production line.
• Luna offered to help Dylan develop the production line, and they went together to study the Secret Oven.
• Dylan and Luna found Cedric and Cho by the oven, and Cedric stepped in front of Cho before asking whether Dylan and Luna were on a date.