Chapter Summaries

Dylan and Luna shared cookies with Cedric and Cho before arranging to investigate possible Unicorn Blood in the Forbidden Forest that night. Luna watched Dylan hurry away, pleased by the cookie he had given her.

• Cedric and Cho offered Dylan and Luna freshly baked cookies, and Dylan handed Luna one to try.
• Cedric and Cho left the kitchen, and Luna reassured Dylan that Cedric had only been joking about them.
• Luna remarked that Dylan had not recently invited her to the Forbidden Forest or to cook, then told him she had found what might be Unicorn Blood there.
• Dylan agreed to investigate the blood with Luna and arranged to meet her at midnight near Hagrid's Hut.
• Dylan hurried back to his Common Room while Luna watched him leave and smiled at the memory of the cookie.

Dylan encouraged Neville’s Herbology ambitions, then met Squall at the edge of the Forbidden Forest after midnight while waiting for Luna. Luna eventually walked toward the forest carrying a basket, leaving the purpose of her meeting with Dylan unrevealed.

• Neville encouraged Dylan about his research, and Dylan urged Neville to pursue his own goals and continue studying Herbology.
• Harry and Ron returned late after working on Snape’s paper, and Harry went to bed exhausted while Ron fell asleep without changing.
• Dylan rested until midnight, then transformed into a shadow and appeared in the woods behind Hagrid’s Hut.
• Dylan encountered Squall, fed the Hippogriff warmed roasted meat, and kept the food’s smell from reaching Hagrid’s Hut.
• Dylan sensed Luna approaching the Forbidden Forest along the path with an open-weave basket in her hand.

Dylan and Luna encountered Aurelius in the Forbidden Forest and clashed over their past fight and suspicions about missing Unicorns. Aurelius revealed that he had found traces of Unicorn Blood but no bodies, and Dylan pressed him to explain what he knew.

• Dylan followed Luna into the Forbidden Forest as she collected plants and led him deeper along a route she knew.
• Luna spotted Aurelius hiding in a thicket, and Dylan raised his wand when the Centaur aimed an arrow at him.
• Aurelius recognized Luna, who explained that she had treated him before, and she sided with Dylan when he called Aurelius detestable.
• Aurelius lowered his bow because he did not want to hurt Luna, then accused Dylan of causing panic and killing Unicorns.
• Aurelius said he had found traces of Unicorn Blood in several places but had seen no Unicorn corpses, and he corrected Luna by giving his name.
• Dylan challenged Aurelius to share what he knew about the Unicorns, while Aurelius protested that Dylan was slandering him.

Dylan and Luna followed Aurelius to another Unicorn bloodstain in the Forbidden Forest, where Dylan used his Starry Sky Tarot Cards to examine the scene and prophesy that Aurelius would venture beyond the forest. The blood matched what Dylan had collected from Unicorns before, leaving him to consider what that meant.

• Dylan convinced Aurelius that he had not necessarily killed the Unicorn, and Aurelius offered to guide him and Luna to the bloodstains.
• Aurelius led Dylan and Luna to a second site, where Luna confirmed the blood carried a curse and Dylan uncovered it despite Aurelius's warnings.
• Dylan revealed his Starry Sky Tarot Cards, startling Aurelius with his ability to control astrological power.
• Dylan prophesied that Aurelius would see distant stars in a broader world, stirring the Centaur's desire to leave the forest.
• Dylan examined the blood and recognized it as identical to the Unicorn blood he had collected before.

Dylan examined Unicorn blood in the Forbidden Forest and used a Blood Diamond to see fragments of the injured Unicorn’s memories. The vision showed the Unicorn walking deeper into the forest, though Luna had found the bloodstains in a different direction.

• Dylan detected residual life in the cursed blood and showed Aurelius the Blood Diamond, which Aurelius mistook for a Unicorn’s heart.
• Dylan denied killing a Unicorn, then insulted Aurelius until the Centaur nearly cried before angrily insisting he was not stupid.
• Dylan told Luna that he had saved the Unicorn and explained that the Blood Diamond could reveal fragments of what it saw before bleeding.
• Dylan joined the Blood Diamond with the bloodstains and saw an injured Unicorn calmly walking through the Forbidden Forest.
• Dylan pointed toward the forest’s depths, while Luna said she had found bloodstains in a direction at a right angle to his.

Dylan pressed Aurelius to ask his Centaur tribe to let them visit, while Luna agreed to join if he succeeded. After returning to Hogwarts, Dylan helped Harry wake for Quidditch practice, and Harry later complained that Wood wanted him to use the Firebolt Sirius had given him in the competition.

• Dylan challenged Aurelius to persuade the Centaurs to let him and Luna visit their settlement within a month, and Aurelius promised to try.
• Aurelius threatened to fight Dylan but backed down when Dylan raised his wand, then hurried home to speak with his tribe.
• Dylan and Luna left the Forbidden Forest and returned to the Castle, where Luna reflected on how mysterious Dylan was.
• The next morning, Wood woke Harry for Quidditch training, and Dylan used a spell to dispel Harry's fatigue before Wood hurried him away.
• While working on homework, Harry told Ron and Dylan that Wood wanted him to compete on Sirius's Firebolt rather than the broomstick Dylan had given him.

Harry told Dylan about Wood’s reckless priorities and Professor Lupin’s warning, while Dylan concealed his role in making Lupin’s Wolfsbane Potion smell like Harry’s lost sock. Later, Dylan visited Riddle, who feared he would be discarded now that another Horcrux had been captured, and Riddle faced him in dread.

• Harry explained that Wood had told Professor McGonagall he would accept Harry falling from his broom as long as Harry caught the Golden Snitch, and Ron reacted with disbelief.
• Harry told Dylan that Professor Lupin had advised him to stay in the dormitory, then apologized after learning Dylan had thrown away his smelly sock.
• Dylan revealed in private that he had extracted the sock’s odor and added it to Lupin’s Wolfsbane Potion, unlocking the Summon Stinky Sock spell.
• Several days later, Dylan asked Ravenclaw whether Riddle had made any moves, then went to the cabin while she stayed behind to feed the Basilisk.
• Riddle cursed at the silent diadem, fearing that Dylan would torture or destroy him now that another Horcrux was in his possession.
• Dylan entered the cabin, and Riddle braced himself uneasily as Dylan approached.

Dylan forced the soul fragment inside Ravenclaw's Diadem to emerge by threatening to destroy the artifact, then trapped Coronet Riddle with Holy Light. The chapter ended as Dylan began showing him something terrifying, with eyes appearing in the void.

• Dylan struck the Diary with Holy Light and tortured Diary Riddle until he begged for mercy, then restored the damaged Horcrux with Life Force.
• Dylan threatened to destroy Ravenclaw's Diadem unless its soul fragment came out, and ordered Diary Riddle to call to it once.
• Coronet Riddle emerged from the Diadem and confronted Dylan, demanding to know who he was and what he wanted.
• Dylan immobilized Coronet Riddle with Holy Light after he tried to return to the Diadem, then promised to show him something unforgettable.
• Dylan released a terrifying surge of magic, and eyes began appearing in the void.

Dylan made Coronet Riddle agree to record his magical knowledge in exchange for avoiding regular torture, then returned from the Suitcase Space to find Harry celebrating the return of his broomstick. Ron ended the chapter by announcing that Scabbers had gone missing.

• Dylan showed Coronet Riddle his terrifying magic and persuaded him to write down his spells and knowledge each day.
• Dylan told Ravenclaw to collect the Riddles’ writings, organize them, and care for the creatures in the Suitcase Space.
• Dylan left the Suitcase Space with Coal Ball and found Harry delighted that Professor McGonagall had returned his broomstick.
• Dylan promised Harry another broomstick when a new model came out the following year.
• Ron arrived looking upset and told Harry that Scabbers was missing.

Ron accused Hermione’s cat, Crookshanks, of eating Scabbers, but Harry revealed that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew. Dylan explained that he had used Fabrica Sogni Maxima to make Peter believe Crookshanks was hunting him, causing him to flee.

• Ron blamed Crookshanks for Scabbers’ disappearance and presented ginger fur as evidence, while Harry tried to defend Hermione.
• Dylan urged Harry to tell Ron the truth, so Harry pulled Ron behind his bed curtains and explained that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew.
• Ron rushed to the washroom and vomited after learning the truth, while Dylan showed Harry his condition with a Crystal Ball.
• Dylan revealed that he had implanted false memories of Crookshanks attacking Peter, making Peter flee from Ron and hide until the danger passed.
• Dylan considered using Fabrica Sogni Maxima to reshape the Centaurs’ memories and bring their tribe into his world if Aurelius failed to persuade them.

Harry and Cho competed to find the Golden Snitch as Gryffindor faced Ravenclaw in a Quidditch match. The score shifted after Ravenclaw rallied, and the chapter ended with Cho blocking Harry’s dive toward the Snitch despite her injured wrist.

• Harry taunted Malfoy about his poor flying after Malfoy mocked the Firebolt.
• Dylan questioned whether Cho’s wrist had recovered, and Cedric said she had tested it that morning.
• Madam Hooch started the match, and Harry raced ahead of Cho on his Firebolt while Lee Jordan praised the broom during commentary.
• A Ravenclaw Beater sent a Bludger at Harry, George retaliated, and Katie Bell scored to put Gryffindor ahead eighty to zero.
• Ravenclaw’s Chasers scored three goals in succession, bringing the score to eighty to thirty.
• Harry spotted the Golden Snitch and dived toward it, but Cho cut across his path and blocked him, apparently aggravating her wrist.

Harry hesitated when Cho Chang blocked his path, then outmaneuvered her to pursue the Golden Snitch. He caught it and won the match for Gryffindor after spotting three Dementors near the pitch, leaving Professor McGonagall furiously confronting them.

• Dylan and Cedric discussed Harry's unusual attention toward Cho Chang while watching the match.
• Harry baited Cho into a steep dive, then used his Firebolt's superior speed to leave her behind and spot the Golden Snitch.
• Cho warned Harry about three Dementors near the Spectator Stands, and Harry cast Expecto Patronum to drive them back.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch, giving Gryffindor a 280–30 victory over Ravenclaw.
• Cedric hurried to comfort Cho as Harry celebrated with his teammates, while Professor McGonagall angrily confronted the three cloaked figures.

After Gryffindor’s Quidditch victory, Dylan escaped the celebrations and then brought Butterbeer to the overworked Hermione. He guessed that she used her Time-Turner only for lessons, and Hermione reaffirmed their oath as their conversation turned to her many open books.

• Professor McGonagall punished Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, and Flint for pretending to be Dementors, while Dumbledore arrived and calmed her.
• Dylan left the scene, saw Harry celebrating with Professor Lupin, and retreated to Suitcase Space amid Gryffindor’s victory festivities.
• Fred and George brought drinks and sweets to the Common Room, where Dylan joined the late-night celebration with Butterbeer.
• Dylan noticed Hermione studying alone and gave her another cup of Butterbeer, but she continued working on her Potions paper.
• Hermione explained that she wanted to finish her assignments and earn top marks, despite Dylan warning her not to exhaust herself.
• Dylan guessed that Hermione used her Time-Turner only during lessons, and she confirmed that she had sworn to use it only for studying.

After Sirius Black broke into Gryffindor Tower, Dylan helped Neville recover from the attack and modified his Remembrall while Harry and Ron questioned why Black had targeted Ron. The next morning, Professor McGonagall searched the Common Room and fixed her gaze on Neville.

• Dylan advised Hermione to use her Time-Turner to get more sleep and reconsider classes she did not enjoy, and she began rearranging her schedule.
• Sirius Black broke into the Gryffindor boys' dormitory with a knife, and Professor McGonagall woke Dylan and the others after the disturbance.
• A boy blamed Neville for leaving the week's passwords on a piece of parchment, while Dylan comforted Neville and improved his Remembrall with magic.
• Harry and Ron discussed how Black had targeted Ron's bed and wondered why he had spared Dylan and reacted strangely when he saw Ron.
• The next morning, Professor McGonagall searched the Gryffindor Common Room and fixed her gaze on Neville.

Neville endured McGonagall’s escalating punishments and a Howler from his family, while Dylan protected him from the letter’s public humiliation. Later, Dylan’s Divination vision revealed a tender moment between young Dumbledore and Grindelwald, leaving him amused by their past relationship.

• McGonagall banned Neville from Hogsmeade, assigned him nightly detention, and barred him from learning the Gryffindor Tower password.
• Neville endured daily mockery while waiting outside the tower, then learned he was also forbidden from attending Quidditch training that term.
• Dylan cast a Silencing Charm as Neville’s Howler reprimanded him, preventing the Great Hall from hearing it.
• Harry received Hagrid’s invitation to tea and planned to ask him about Sirius Black and his parents, while Dylan declined to go.
• Dylan used his Divination vision to watch young Dumbledore and Grindelwald grow close in Godric’s Hollow, including Grindelwald’s remark that Aberforth did not seem to like him.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron learned that Hagrid had lost Buckbeak’s case and worked together to find grounds for an appeal while comforting Hagrid. As they continued searching the case files, Dylan remained detached and focused on his visions of Dumbledore and Grindelwald.

• Dylan watched a vision of young Dumbledore and Grindelwald, then later returned to a vision of the older pair.
• Hermione cried over the news that Hagrid had lost Buckbeak’s case, and Harry and Ron promised to help her appeal.
• Hermione apologized to Ron about Scabbers, and Harry revealed that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew; Hermione scolded them for hiding the truth.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione searched old Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures rulings and supported Hagrid while trying to clear Buckbeak’s name.
• After Hogwarts increased security because Sirius Black had tried to break in, the trio continued their appeal research during the day, and Dylan practiced the Cheering Charm with Neville in Charms class.

Dylan considered using Fabrica Sogni Maxima to create emotions that could help someone cast difficult magic, while Neville practiced the Cheering Charm and Hermione decided to quit Divination. As Easter break began, the students faced heavy homework and Quidditch training, while Ron continued researching Buckbeak’s case.

• Neville struggled to cast the Cheering Charm on Dylan, who recognized that Neville’s father’s wand might not suit him and cast the spell to encourage him.
• After Neville made slight progress, Dylan considered testing whether Fabrica Sogni Maxima could help Peter Pettigrew cast a Patronus and whether Cedric could cast Fiendfyre.
• Hermione told Harry and Dylan she planned to drop Divination after Professor Trelawney insulted her, while Harry privately worried about Trelawney’s prediction of disaster after Easter.
• As Easter break began, Hermione used her Time-Turner to manage her classes and assignments, while exhausted Gryffindors complained about their holiday workload.
• Ron studied Hippogriff behavior and told Harry that Buckbeak had acted defensively after Malfoy provoked him, while Wood increased Quidditch training by an hour each day.

Dylan reassured Neville about choosing only Divination before attending the Quidditch Final, where Gryffindor faced Slytherin. During the match, Dylan unexpectedly encountered Luna in the stands and animated her handmade Lion Head Hat.

• Dylan advised Neville to focus on Herbology instead of worrying about taking more classes, and Neville relaxed and ate Dylan's grapes.
• Wood told Harry to wait until Gryffindor had scored at least fifty points before catching the Golden Snitch.
• Cedric worried that Harry liked Cho Chang, and Dylan encouraged him to talk with her about the match.
• Madam Hooch started the final, and Slytherin intercepted the Quaffle after Alicia Spinnet charged toward their goal.
• Dylan spotted Luna wearing a handmade Lion Head Hat and used an Animation Charm to make it blink and roar.

Gryffindor took the lead in a rough Quidditch match as Slytherin players repeatedly fouled their opponents and both teams received penalty shots. The chapter left Harry Potter and Malfoy diving after a glimpse of the Golden Snitch.

• Luna visited Dylan to show him her animated Lion Head Hat, and Dylan called it cute.
• Marcus Flint rammed Angelina Johnson, so Fred Weasley struck Flint with a bat; Madam Hooch awarded a penalty shot to each team.
• Alicia Spinnet scored Gryffindor's penalty shot, while Oliver Wood blocked Slytherin's, putting Gryffindor ahead twenty to zero.
• Montague reached for Katie Bell's head during a play, earning Gryffindor another penalty shot; Katie scored and extended the lead to thirty to zero.
• Harry Potter suddenly dove toward the northwestern corner of the pitch, and Malfoy followed after claiming he had spotted the Snitch.

Gryffindor built a commanding lead as the Quidditch match turned increasingly violent, while Luna told Dylan they were cut from the same cloth. After Malfoy nearly cost Harry his chance at the Snitch, Harry caught it in a daring dive, leaving the outcome of the match imminent.

• Harry evaded Bole and Derrick, causing their bats to collide, while Lee Jordan mocked Slytherin over the commentary.
• Bole struck Aaliyah, George retaliated, and Madam Hooch awarded each team a penalty shot before Wood saved Slytherin’s attempt.
• Katie, Angelina, and Aaliyah scored as Gryffindor extended its lead to seventy–ten, while Slytherin’s fouls injured Wood.
• Dylan shared wine with Luna, who described invisible Blibbering Humdingers and said they seemed to avoid him.
• Malfoy grabbed Harry’s broom to disrupt his chase for the Snitch, drawing a penalty and angering the Gryffindors.
• Harry spotted the Snitch again and caught it after diving from his Firebolt, beating Malfoy to it.