Chapter Summaries

After Gryffindor won the Quidditch match, Dylan used a soul-splitting spell to separate Voldemort’s soul from the Diadem of Ravenclaw and transfer the fragments into cockroaches. He destroyed the diadem’s Horcrux connection, kept the restored relic, and considered how to put captured Death Eaters to use.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch, winning the match for Gryffindor as Dylan slipped away to the dormitory.
• Dylan used a spell from a manuscript by Herpo the Foul to split the soul fragment in the Diadem of Ravenclaw and guide the detached piece into a cockroach.
• Dylan repeatedly split Voldemort’s soul fragment and transferred the free pieces into cockroaches until the connection to the diadem was severed.
• Dylan searched the final soul fragment’s memories, then picked up the diadem and decided to preserve its aged appearance.
• Dylan considered capturing Death Eaters during the summer holiday and using them in future plans.

Dylan considered recruiting imperial chefs and studied whether a portrait could be made more independent through a method resembling Horcrux creation. Ravenclaw asked him to return her diadem to Helena, and after agreeing, Dylan emerged from his Suitcase Space to find Harry and Ron waiting with an urgent matter.

• Dylan discussed the limitations of the magically animated portrait of himself and considered whether a Horcrux-like method could give it greater independence.
• Dylan decided he should visit Grindelwald soon and considered making an additional arrangement before the trip.
• Ravenclaw asked Dylan to give her diadem to Helena, and he agreed because he had nearly separated its useful ability for his experiments.
• Dylan left his Suitcase Space and found Harry and Ron waiting; Harry began explaining why they had come to see him.

Dylan helped Harry retrieve the Invisibility Cloak and later brought Helena Ravenclaw her mother’s letter and the Diadem. After reading the letter and seeing a statue of Rowena, Helena found peace and decided to leave, offering Dylan the chance to read the letter.

• Harry told Dylan that he and Ron feared the Committee would execute Buckbeak before the appeal and planned to free him if necessary.
• Harry asked Dylan to retrieve the Invisibility Cloak from the passage beneath the One-Eyed Witch Statue, and Dylan agreed.
• Dylan and Luna visited the Forbidden Forest, but Dylan did not find the young Centaur.
• Dylan showed Helena Ravenclaw the Diadem and Rowena’s letter, then took her to Rowena’s Chamber of Secrets.
• Helena read the letter and guided Dylan as he made a statue of Rowena, then thanked him and said she was leaving.
• Helena offered to let Dylan read her mother’s letter.

Helena discussed her choice to move on and helped Dylan examine his idea for Thoughtforms, magical copies of a person’s personality anchored to someone’s memories. After Helena agreed to show him her departure, Dylan implied she would not truly disappear, leaving his plan for her unclear.

• Helena told Dylan that ghosts could choose to move onward, though remaining as a ghost meant enduring emptiness and restraint.
• Dylan explained that Helena’s mother’s diadem had inspired his theory for creating Thoughtforms, and Helena praised the idea while warning that it was selfish and dangerous.
• Helena questioned whether Dylan could copy a person’s entire personality, and Dylan insisted that Thoughtforms were copies rather than lives stripped from their originals.
• Helena studied Dylan’s manuscript and found it so familiar that she thought it resembled something her mother might have written.
• Helena agreed to let Dylan observe her fading away, but Dylan told her she would not truly disappear.

Dylan returned the Ravenclaw Diadem to Professor Flitwick and told him Helena Ravenclaw was ready to leave after a new House ghost was chosen. As Helena and Dylan spoke about Salazar Slytherin, she explained that he had been wary of Half-blood students but was not the villain later stories made him out to be.

• Helena asked Dylan to give the diadem to Professor Flitwick and arrange for Ravenclaw to choose a new House ghost before she departed.
• Professor Flitwick recognized the Ravenclaw Diadem, broke down with emotion, and awarded Gryffindor five hundred points after Dylan explained how he had found it.
• Dylan told Professor Flitwick that Helena was ready to leave, and Flitwick agreed to arrange a successor and share the news about the diadem.
• Helena thanked Dylan, praised his character, and said Hogwarts' founders besides Salazar Slytherin would be proud of him.
• Helena explained that Slytherin believed Pure-blood Wizards were more talented and distrusted Half-blood students after Hogwarts had been attacked, but that he had cared for his students and was not vile.

Dylan retrieved Harry’s Invisibility Cloak and unlocked an achievement that rewarded him with a different cloak. He discovered that the new cloak could conceal him from detection and let him pass through solid objects, though it offered little protection from powerful spells.

• Dylan asked Helena whether Pure-blood Wizards or Half-blood Wizards were more talented, and Helena said Half-blood Wizards were generally more rational and successful.
• Dylan opened the One-Eyed Witch Statue’s passage, summoned Harry’s Invisibility Cloak, and returned it to Harry in the Common Room.
• Dylan claimed the Cloak of Death! achievement reward and received a black cloak that looked unlike Harry’s heirloom.
• Dylan found that the new cloak let him pass through Coal Ball and other solid objects when he did not perceive them as obstacles.
• Dylan tested the cloak and discovered that it resisted Accio and ordinary spells but could be damaged by powerful lethal magic.
• Dylan used a parchment that revealed people’s locations and saw that the cloak concealed him completely from its detection.

Dylan tested the Invisibility Cloak, used Divination to see how the Peverell Brothers made the Deathly Hallows, and speculated about future system rewards. As Hogwarts exam week began, he completed several exams with ease while his classmates struggled with the pressure.

• Dylan found that the Invisibility Cloak concealed its wearer without leaving traces, then used Divination to confirm that the Peverell Brothers had crafted the Deathly Hallows alongside other magical objects.
• Dylan put the cloak away and wondered what forms the system’s future Deathly Hallow rewards might take.
• Hogwarts entered a tense exam week, and Dylan saw that Dumbledore had not yet added the five hundred points Professor Flitwick awarded him to Gryffindor’s score.
• Dylan finished the Transfiguration exam by turning a quill into a lifelike bird, then reassured Hermione that her sea-turtle-like teapot transformation was probably acceptable.
• Dylan took the Charms exam, where Professor Flitwick secretly gave him a Honeydukes candy, and then completed the Divination exam with Neville while Harry and the others awaited their scheduled exam.

Dylan completed Professor Trelawney’s Divination exam and later dazzled Professor Lupin during the practical Defense Against the Dark Arts exam. With the term’s exams nearly over, he hurried to prepare a celebratory meal before the evening’s events.

• Neville told Dylan that he had described a tragic death during his Divination exam and hoped he had earned a high score.
• Dylan divined a young Unicorn in the crystal ball, and Professor Trelawney reacted to an unseen revelation before dismissing him with congratulations.
• The remaining Potions, Astronomy, History of Magic, and Herbology exams took place over the next two days.
• Dylan transformed the Grindylows and Red Caps, filled the pits, and made a flower bridge to cross Professor Lupin’s practical exam course with ease.
• Neville cautiously completed the course, and Professor Lupin praised Dylan after he emerged from the box containing the Boggart.
• Dylan left to arrange a private celebratory dinner, planning to gather food from the House-elves and Cedric and prepare Crispy Sweet-and-Sour Pork.

Dylan stopped Peter Pettigrew from escaping by disarming and severely injuring him, then bound him and took part of his soul. He and Professor Lupin hurried toward another fight, where Professor Snape and Sirius Black were facing off as Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched.

• Dylan ate in the Forbidden Forest with Squall while waiting for Peter Pettigrew to arrive.
• Peter Pettigrew fled into Dylan’s clearing and attacked him with a Blasting Curse, but Dylan erased the spell and struck Peter with a transformed branch.
• Dylan and Professor Lupin disarmed Peter, left him badly wounded, and bound him; Dylan stunned him and silently collected part of his soul.
• Dylan told Squall to guard Peter, then ran with Professor Lupin toward the sounds of fighting.
• Dylan and Professor Lupin found Professor Snape and Sirius Black exchanging precise spells while Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched anxiously.

Dylan intervened when Snape and Sirius fought, restraining Lupin and nearly striking Sirius with Sectumsempra before Lupin revealed that Sirius was not Harry’s enemy and identified Peter Pettigrew as the man Dylan had subdued. Snape and Dylan prepared to interrogate Sirius with Veritaserum, while Harry remained unsure whether to intervene.

• Snape and Sirius fought while Harry, Ron, and Hermione failed to persuade them to stop.
• Lupin and Dylan arrived, and Dylan raised his wand against Sirius before Lupin tried to block his spell.
• Dylan suspended Lupin upside down, disarmed him, and canceled Sirius’s attempt to attack before his Sectumsempra cut down nearby trees.
• Lupin tried to explain that Sirius had not come to kill Harry and that Peter Pettigrew was an Animagus, but Dylan silenced him with soap bubbles.
• Dylan told Snape that he had knocked Peter Pettigrew unconscious and offered Veritaserum and other potions to interrogate Sirius.
• Harry wondered whether he should step in as Snape and Dylan kept their wands trained on Sirius.

After Lupin and Sirius chased Peter Pettigrew into the forest, Harry and his friends remained confused about the hidden truth. Dylan and Snape fought Sirius until he was exhausted and bound, leaving him in their custody.

• Lupin and Sirius exchanged a brief, cryptic conversation, embraced, and ran after Peter Pettigrew.
• Hermione suspected Dylan and Snape already knew what had happened, while Harry worried about Sirius and wondered if he could be his godfather.
• Dylan urged Sirius to surrender, but Sirius refused because he feared Snape would hand him to a Dementor.
• Snape and Dylan attacked Sirius together, with Dylan using silent spells and Snape unleashing a relentless barrage.
• Sirius eventually collapsed from exhaustion, dropped Ron's wand, and Dylan bound him with Incarcerous.

After Dylan captured Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Professor Lupin, Snape brought them to Dumbledore, where Sirius began explaining the truth about the Secret-Keeper switch. Dumbledore questioned how Peter and Lupin had ended up incapacitated, and Dylan started recounting how he had encountered them in the Forbidden Forest.

• Dylan restrained Sirius Black with chains and used an Anti-Animagus Charm on him, then lowered Professor Lupin and summoned Peter Pettigrew with magic.
• Snape carried the three captives toward the Castle and led Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dylan to Dumbledore's office; Hermione realized Lupin had missed his Wolfsbane Potion because it was a full moon.
• Sirius told Dumbledore how the Secret-Keeper had been changed, while Harry stayed to hear the account and grew furious at the unconscious Peter.
• Dumbledore asked how Peter and Lupin had ended up incapacitated and frozen, and Dylan explained that he had gone to find Squall after worrying about Buckbeak.
• Dylan said Peter had appeared in the Forbidden Forest and attacked him with a Blasting Curse, so Dylan disarmed him and returned a controlled curse.
• Dylan continued that Lupin arrived, and they went toward the sound of spells clashing because they suspected an intruder had entered the school.

Dylan explained why he had subdued Sirius Black and frozen Professor Lupin, then Madam Pomfrey stabilized Peter Pettigrew’s injuries. The chapter ended with Dylan removing the curses that had left Pettigrew unconscious.

• Dylan told Dumbledore that he had suspected Sirius Black and Professor Lupin, and that he had restrained himself during the fight.
• Dylan explained that he had frozen Lupin to prevent him from hurting classmates after the Full Moon triggered his transformation.
• Dylan said Dementors had injured Peter Pettigrew, and Madam Pomfrey treated Pettigrew until his condition stabilized.
• Dylan cast Aguamenti on Pettigrew and removed the Soul-Loss Curse and Fabrica Sogni Maxima.

Dylan and Dumbledore forced Peter Pettigrew to reveal how he betrayed James and Lily, clearing Sirius Black’s account. After the truth came out, Sirius seized Peter, who pleaded that fear had made him betray his friends.

• Peter Pettigrew woke in Dumbledore’s office, where Sirius Black tried to attack him before Dylan blocked him with a Shield Charm.
• Dylan and Dumbledore pressed Peter to tell the truth, and Dylan immobilized him and administered Veritaserum.
• Under the potion’s effects, Peter confessed the details of changing the Secret-Keeper and betraying James and Lily.
• When the potion wore off, Sirius grabbed Peter and accused him of serving Voldemort and betraying their friends.
• Peter claimed that Voldemort’s threats had forced him to act, but Dylan pointed out that he had had chances to seek help.

Dylan helped expose Peter Pettigrew, told Dumbledore that Voldemort had taken an interest in the diadem, and concealed what he knew about it. After Harry struggled to ask whether Dylan had witnessed the day’s events, he brought up Lupin’s resignation instead.

• Dumbledore condemned Peter Pettigrew’s choices and sent a letter to Fudge while Sirius released Pettigrew into the chair.
• Dylan thawed Professor Lupin, and Dumbledore restrained the transformed werewolf and sent him toward the Shrieking Shack.
• Dumbledore hinted that Gryffindor would win the House Cup and praised Dylan’s humility when he declined to give a speech.
• Dylan told Dumbledore that Helena had said Tom was interested in the diadem, prompting Dumbledore to consider whether Voldemort had collected the founders’ relics.
• Harry waited for Dylan after the meeting, then walked back to Gryffindor Tower with him without asking what he had discussed with Dumbledore.
• At dinner, Harry asked whether Dylan had seen what happened that day, then said Snape had revealed Lupin was a werewolf and Lupin had resigned.

At the End-of-Year Feast, Dumbledore announced that Ravenclaw’s Diadem had been returned to Hogwarts and honored Dylan Hawkwood for recovering it. He also awarded Gryffindor one thousand points, leaving the House Cup ceremony underway.

• Dylan told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Lupin’s resignation could protect him from the dangers of teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• At the End-of-Year Feast, Dumbledore revealed that Ravenclaw’s Diadem had returned to Hogwarts, delighting Ravenclaw and surprising the other students and professors.
• Dumbledore presented Dylan with the Hogwarts Special Contribution Award for recovering the diadem, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione questioned him about it.
• Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor one thousand points, explaining that he would reward students’ contributions even though Gryffindor already led the House Cup standings.

After Dumbledore praised the students’ efforts, the Great Hall erupted in applause, and Harry was stunned to see Snape smile sincerely. Dylan sensed a mysterious force he associated with love and reflected on the hidden powers and dangers of the magical world, leaving him mindful of how little he knew about its deepest mysteries.

• Dumbledore told the students that every point they had earned mattered and praised their efforts, prompting applause throughout the Great Hall.
• Snape briefly smiled, astonishing Harry, Ron, and Hermione, while Dylan calmly recognized that Snape cared about his students.
• Dylan sensed a faint force enveloping the Great Hall and speculated that it was the power of love.
• Dylan considered the Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries and the dangerous forces its Obliviators studied, including love, time, thought, the future, the stars, and death.
• Dylan recalled Eloise Mintumble’s disastrous experiment with time, which aged her by five centuries, altered descendants’ lives, and disrupted the duration of days.
• Dylan weighed the unknown powers of time, space, and fate against his own strength and concluded that the magical world held dangers he could not afford to underestimate.

At the end-of-term feast, Dumbledore announced that The Grey Lady was leaving and introduced a new Ravenclaw ghost, while Dylan focused on the achievements and rewards he had unlocked. As he settled down to sleep, he heard a faint cry coming from the Dark Forest.

• Dumbledore announced that The Grey Lady would continue her unfinished journey and that another Ravenclaw ghost would take her place.
• The new ghost appeared silently in the Great Hall, bowed, and vanished as the students speculated about her.
• Dylan avoided Harry and the others after the feast and examined his System achievements, including Ravenclaw's Blessing, Trelawney's Overnight Tea, Spell Fluency, and Half-Blood Prince's Occasional Inspiration.
• Dylan prepared to sleep, then heard a faint cry coming from the Dark Forest and opened his eyes.

Dylan followed a strange cry into the Forbidden Forest, where he found Luna, Aurelius, and the Unicorn Dodo. Aurelius explained that a secret group of Dark Wizards hunting Unicorns seemed to serve a Dark Lord, leaving Dylan to suspect the group might be connected to Delphini and plan to question Aurelius’s uncles.

• Dylan met Luna at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where she said she was searching for a Crumple-Horned Snorkack.
• Dylan led Luna deeper into the forest, where they found Aurelius beside the Unicorn Dodo.
• Aurelius apologized for missing their previous meeting and explained that his uncles had stopped him from leaving or revealing the Centaur settlement.
• Aurelius said his uncles planned to release Dodo if the next month or two passed safely, and explained that an unknown secret organization of Dark Wizards had hunted the Unicorn.
• Dylan suspected the organization might be connected to Delphini and decided to question Aurelius’s uncles, then told Aurelius to leave while he spent time with Dodo.

Dylan collected blood from a recovering Unicorn, then returned to Hogwarts with Luna and learned he had to attend a Wizengamot hearing about Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. After the Hogwarts Express reached London, Dumbledore led Dylan to the Ministry’s entrance, which turned out to be a toilet.

• Dylan took about a third of a cup of blood from the Unicorn despite Aurelius’s protests, then learned Aurelius could speak with Magical Creatures.
• Dylan and Luna returned to Hogwarts, and Dylan received a letter summoning him to a Wizengamot meeting as a key witness.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Luna explained why Minister Fudge might support clearing Sirius Black and issuing an arrest warrant for Peter Pettigrew.
• Dylan met Dumbledore at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and followed him into a restroom to travel to the Ministry of Magic.
• Dylan questioned whether a toilet could be the Ministry entrance, and Dumbledore told him to rub its edge.