Chapter Summaries

Kayson spent Christmas at Hogwarts, where the students prepared for the Yule Ball and he avoided a Love Potion hidden in a gift. At the ball, Professor McGonagall revealed that Harriet was a Champion, leaving Draco and the other students stunned.

• Kayson learned from Snape that Harriet had become Draco's dance partner, then chose to stop worrying about it.
• Kayson found a bottle of whiskey laced with Love Potion among his Christmas gifts and turned it into fertilizer.
• Kayson canceled his lesson and led the students through Hogwarts to maintain alchemical rails and Iron Golems.
• Kayson and Snape settled into a corner of the Great Hall to watch the Yule Ball, while Draco arrived with Harriet and searched for Harry.
• Professor McGonagall told Draco that Harriet was a Champion and that they had to open the dance, surprising Draco and the watching students.

At the Hogwarts Christmas Ball, Harriet revealed her identity to Draco, while Kayson and Snape watched the guests for suspicious behavior. After Snape and Sirius argued and headed toward the Forbidden Forest, the group discovered a figure resembling Neos in the dragon camp.

• Harriet showed Draco her lightning-shaped scar, and Draco realized she was Harry Potter before reluctantly dancing with her.
• Kayson and Snape monitored the ball, discussed the absent Barty Crouch, and watched the guests for anything unusual.
• Kayson observed Hermione and Ron dancing while Snape watched Lily and questioned Kayson about his lack of a dance partner.
• After the first dance, Snape and Sirius traded insults and agreed to settle their dispute in the Forbidden Forest.
• Kayson and Lupin followed Snape and Sirius to the dragon camp in the Forbidden Forest, where they saw a figure resembling Neos.

Neos and Barty Crouch Jr. unleashed a giant three-headed dragon protected by a magic-deflecting field, but Kayson and Professor McGonagall activated the Hogwarts Titan to fight it. As the Titan tore through the dragon, Neos tried to retreat with Barty, but someone pierced Neos through the chest from behind.

• Kayson, Sirius, and Lupin were teleported back near Hogwarts, and Kayson returned alone to confront Neos while Snape stopped Sirius and Lupin from following.
• A massive three-headed dragon approached Hogwarts, and Kayson warned that magic could not penetrate its deflection field before bringing Sirius and Lupin inside.
• Kayson urged Professor McGonagall to use the Hogwarts Titan, and she activated it with a button hidden in her necklace.
• Professor McGonagall appeared inside the Titan, which rose and punched through the dragon before firing alchemical bullets into it.
• Neos decided to abandon the attack and escape with Barty Crouch Jr., but Neos was suddenly pierced through the chest from behind.

Kayson killed Neos and returned to Hogwarts after the dragon battle, where Professor McGonagall recovered and the group discussed the Death Eaters behind the attack. Dumbledore and Grindelwald suspected Barty Crouch was involved, while Kayson challenged Dumbledore’s decision to let the innocent Barty suffer for the sake of protecting others.

• Kayson crushed Neos's heart, but Barty Crouch Jr. escaped by activating a Portkey before Kayson's mechanical arm struck.
• Snape and several young wizards dismantled the dragon for potion and alchemy materials, while Professor McGonagall returned Hogwarts to its foundations and went to the Hospital Wing.
• Professor McGonagall ate roast chicken as the professors visited her, and Kayson brought Neos's corpse, which Dumbledore said had no recoverable memories.
• Kayson burned Neos's body to ashes, then told Dumbledore and Grindelwald that Neos and another skilled Death Eater had fused three dragons to create the monster.
• Kayson and Dumbledore suspected Barty Crouch because he was the only absent outsider and the Death Eaters attacked after he left.
• Dumbledore said they should use the victim to protect others, and Kayson objected that Hogwarts was shifting its responsibility onto an innocent person.

As the second task approached, Kayson tested his new Sea's Repulsion enchantment on Cedric and agreed to take him on as a mentor. Krum planned to have Pheobe seduce the enchantment from Kayson, but their scheme was interrupted when Harriet arrived.

• The Romania Dragon Sanctuary staff returned home with compensation for their losses, while Lupin stayed at Hogwarts on leave.
• Kayson created Sea's Repulsion to help champions escape underwater opponents and tested it on Cedric in the Black Lake.
• Cedric used the enchantment to burst out of the lake, and Kayson acknowledged him as his mentor.
• Krum watched the test and decided to send Pheobe to obtain the enchantment from Kayson.
• Kayson sent Cedric to find Harry, then Pheobe arrived and tried to charm Kayson into giving her the enchanted book.
• Harriet arrived before Pheobe could continue her attempt.

Kayson helped prepare for the second task by arranging for Ron and Cho Chang to be taken as the Champions’ treasures, then watched the competition and suspected Barty Crouch was the spy at Hogwarts. After the task, Hagrid told Kayson that Madame Maxime had agreed to go out with him, and Kayson guessed what had changed her mind.

• Dumbledore asked Kayson to arrange for Ron and Cho Chang to be taken for the second task, and Kayson summoned them with a crystal ball.
• The four Champions entered the Black Lake to rescue their treasures while Kayson watched Barty Crouch in the stands, suspecting him of being Hogwarts’ spy.
• Cedric finished first, Pheobe second, Hally third, and Krum last; Hally returned with Ron nearly frozen.
• Hagrid told Kayson that Madame Maxime had agreed to go out with him, and Kayson guessed she had changed her mind after Professor McGonagall took control of Hogwarts and defeated the three-headed fire dragon.

Kayson helped Hagrid prepare for his date with Madame Maxime by explaining Hogwarts’s alchemical devices, but Rita Skeeter published a false story accusing Hagrid of selling the school’s secrets for love. Kayson confronted Rita at her home and drew a purple blade, promising her the same treatment Minister Fudge received.

• Kayson offered to explain Hogwarts’s alchemical devices to Hagrid before his date with Madame Maxime, and Hagrid agreed.
• Kayson and Hagrid toured the alchemy upgrades around Hogwarts, though Hagrid struggled to remember their names and functions.
• At dinner, the Daily Prophet published sensational stories about Hermione, Ron, Krum, Harriet, and Draco, and accused Hagrid of betraying Hogwarts for Madame Maxime.
• Hagrid furiously denounced the article, while Professor McGonagall and Snape realized Kayson had gone after its author.
• Kayson appeared at Rita Skeeter’s home, trapped her in a web, and recalled the two earlier times he had punished her for false stories.
• Rita dismissed the possibility of an apology, so Kayson drew a purple blade and told her she would receive the same treatment as Minister Fudge.

Kayson helped Hagrid and Ministry planners build the maze for the Triwizard Tournament’s third task, then transformed its iron trophy into pure gold. As the remaining weeks passed, Kayson learned that Hagrid had closed himself off to love after Sirius and Lu Ping convinced him Madame Maxime might be using him.

• Kayson read Rita Skeeter’s article in the Daily Prophet and admired her audacity.
• Kayson, Hagrid, and Ministry planners constructed the third task’s maze at the Quidditch pitch.
• Kayson used magic to turn the iron inside the tournament trophy into gold, making it too heavy for Hagrid to lift.
• Kayson teleported Hagrid and the planner out of the maze.
• Kayson learned that Hagrid had stood Madame Maxime up and, after drinking with Sirius and Lu Ping, decided she had been stringing him along.
• Kayson realized Sirius and Lu Ping may have discouraged Hagrid because he might marry into Beauxbatons.

Kayson prepared Cedric and Harriet for the Triwizard Tournament’s third task, expecting Hogwarts’s traitor to strike. When the tournament ended in a trap that sent Cedric to a graveyard and targeted Harriet for her blood, Kayson intervened, but the attackers escaped with the trophy and a blood-filled bottle.

• Kayson gave Cedric and Harriet Ender Pearls so they could summon him if they encountered danger, and Harriet asked why she had not changed back after the potion wore off.
• Kayson guided Cedric and Harriet through the maze, and they reached the trophy almost together.
• A hidden attacker struck at Cedric and Harriet; Cedric was transported away, and Harriet summoned Kayson with her Ender Pearl.
• Kayson exposed a disguised attacker taking Harriet’s blood and returned to the graveyard to help Cedric.
• Kayson wounded two Death Eaters, but the attackers fled with the trophy while Cedric and Kayson remained in the graveyard beside an opened coffin.

Kayson returned Harriet and Cedric safely to Hogwarts after Voldemort’s return, while Grindelwald deduced how Voldemort had regained a body. Dumbledore sent Kayson to search Barty Crouch’s home for an innocent person, where Kayson discovered a suspicious portrait and smashed through it.

• Kayson brought Harriet and Cedric back to the platform, where he told Dumbledore and Fudge that Voldemort had returned.
• Cedric reunited with his parents, and Dumbledore arranged an award ceremony for him that evening.
• Grindelwald examined the graveyard and explained that Voldemort had likely used Harry Potter’s blood, his father’s bone, and a servant’s flesh to restore his body.
• Kayson and Grindelwald returned to the Headmaster’s Office, and Dumbledore sent Kayson to Barty Crouch’s home to try to save an innocent life.
• Kayson searched the mansion, found a suspicious portrait in the hall, and punched through it and the wall behind it.

Kayson rescued Barty Crouch from imprisonment and brought him to Hogwarts, where Crouch revealed that Voldemort had returned and Barty Crouch Jr. had escaped Azkaban. Fudge resisted Dumbledore’s demand to act, while Crouch argued with him and concluded that everyone in the office except Fudge was a friend.

• Kayson found Barty Crouch bound in a hidden cell, gave him a Life Restoration Potion, and brought him back to Hogwarts.
• Snape identified the signs that Crouch had been kept for Polyjuice Potion, and Kayson gave him a calming draught.
• Barty Crouch warned Dumbledore and Fudge that Voldemort was alive and that his son, Barty Crouch Jr., had escaped through a substitution arranged by Crouch and his late wife.
• Dumbledore urged Fudge to choose a response, but Fudge said he needed to consult the Ministry’s sponsors.
• Barty Crouch and Fudge traded accusations about their failures and political ambitions, while Dumbledore told them to focus on Voldemort.
• Barty Crouch decided that everyone in the office except Fudge was a friend.

Dumbledore rejected Fudge’s offer and explained why he wanted Fudge and Barty Crouch competing for support. After helping Sherlock and Watson flee Britain, Kayson returned to Hogwarts, where Sirius decided to visit his office.

• Dumbledore dismissed Fudge from his office and arranged for Kayson to send Barty Crouch back to the Ministry of Magic.
• Barty Crouch promised to use his influence over the Daily Prophet, while Dumbledore explained that he wanted Fudge and Crouch to remain rivals.
• Kayson visited Harriet in the Hospital Wing, where Snape told her the antidote would be ready in one month.
• Kayson packed Watson and Sherlock’s belongings and sent them to the airport to fly to America and hide from his enemies.
• McGonagall sent Sirius and Lupin to visit Harriet, but Madam Pomfrey turned them away, so Sirius suggested visiting Kayson’s office.

After the banquet, Kayson watched Dumbledore and Snape coordinate their spy operation and help Karkaroff bargain for his life. Dumbledore sent Kayson to deliver a letter, and Kayson returned the next day after spending the night in a cage.

• At the banquet, Cedric struggled to hold the Golden Goblet while his parents applauded him, and the other schools began leaving Hogwarts.
• Snape asked Kayson to let Harriet remain Harriet if Snape died, then left the Headmaster's Office as black smoke.
• Karkaroff begged Dumbledore for protection, and Dumbledore proposed that he use information about Snape to bargain with Voldemort.
• Snape returned to the office, revised his plan to account for what Dumbledore and Karkaroff had said, and left again to catch up with Karkaroff.
• Dumbledore gave Kayson a letter to deliver, and Kayson returned the next day after sleeping in a cage.

As the Ministry of Magic’s factions fought over Voldemort’s return, Fudge enlisted Umbridge to use the Dementors for a political attack. Umbridge instead targeted Harry at the Dursleys’ house, where a Ministry summons and Sirius appeared as the trap was set.

• Lupin and Sirius were caught in the cage in Kayson’s office, and Kayson released them.
• The Ministry factions led by Fudge, Barty Crouch, and Scrimgeour fought for nearly a month while wizards chose whether to flee, resist, or support Voldemort.
• Fudge asked Umbridge for a way to deal with his political opponents and gave her the Dementor controller.
• Umbridge sent Dementors to Harry’s bedroom at the Dursleys’ house, intending to provoke Harriet into attacking them.
• A Ministry of Magic summons appeared alongside Sirius at the Dursleys’ house.

Sirius and Kayson learned that the Ministry had arranged a Dementor attack on Hally and summoned her to the Wizengamot for using magic outside school. With many of Dumbledore’s allies transferred away, Hally faced a hearing backed by Kayson, while Umbridge hinted at the trial’s danger.

• Sirius destroyed the Dementor that attacked Hally, tore up the Ministry’s letter, and comforted her after Umbridge delivered another summons.
• Dumbledore read reports of Fudge transferring Wizengamot members and sent Kayson to check on Harry and the other young wizards close to him.
• Kayson heard Hally and Sirius recount the attack and concluded that the Ministry’s plan was to prosecute Hally while Dumbledore’s allies were away.
• Hally, Sirius, and Kayson went to the Wizengamot, where Hally sat as the defendant and Kayson supported her from behind.
• Umbridge approached Hally and Kayson at the hearing and told them to enjoy the trial, and Kayson calmly agreed.

At Harriet’s Wizengamot hearing, Kayson asked the court to find her guilty so he could expose the Ministry’s hypocrisy over underage magic and the Dementor attack. He left Umbridge and Fudge unable to answer his accusations.

• Susan Bones opened the hearing into the laws Harriet had allegedly broken, and Umbridge read out the charges.
• Kayson stunned the court by asking the Wizengamot to find Harriet guilty, then challenged Umbridge’s reliance on the underage magic law.
• Kayson cited the law against sending Dark creatures to coerce citizens and presented a trace of Dementor tissue from Harriet’s Wither Charm.
• Kayson accused Umbridge of allowing a Dementor to attack Harriet at Privet Drive and challenged her to explain how it had reached the house.
• Kayson questioned Umbridge and Fudge about whether they valued young wizards’ lives or Ministry regulations, then demanded that Fudge answer him.

After Kayson helped Harriet through the Wizengamot hearing, Fudge angrily dismissed Umbridge for her pointless attack on Harriet and Dumbledore. Dumbledore’s cryptic request led Sirius to arrange a place for the group to gather, and Kayson ended up at Neville’s home with Sirius and Lupin.

• Harriet praised Kayson for his performance as they left the Wizengamot, and Lupin questioned why Umbridge had targeted her.
• Fudge berated Umbridge for using the Dementors to frame Harriet and antagonize Dumbledore, then ordered her out of his office.
• Kayson received a cryptic letter from Dumbledore, and Sirius realized it was a request for a house and sent a reply.
• After the Dementors threatened the Dursleys, Harriet decided not to keep living with them, and Sirius and Lupin gathered the group elsewhere for safety.
• Sirius and Lupin brought Kayson to Neville’s home, where Kayson acknowledged that he had never visited for a family dinner.

Kayson, Sirius, and the others gathered at the Black family manor prepared for the young wizards to spend the holiday there under protection from Voldemort. Sirius assigned rooms and announced that the children could not leave the manor, prompting the Weasley twins to appeal to Kayson.

• Kayson explained that he had been recruited to provide security, and Sirius said he had sent the manor's house-elf to Hogwarts.
• Kayson teased Ron about Hermione, and Ron explained why they had not kept in touch during the holidays.
• Dumbledore arrived with several exhausted people, and Sirius handed out room keys to the gathered guests.
• Sirius told the young wizards they must stay inside the manor because Voldemort made it dangerous to leave, though they could explore or arrange a barbecue.
• The Weasley twins asked Kayson to support their demands, and he refused.

The Order of the Phoenix gathered after dinner to discuss Voldemort’s next move, and Kayson proposed attacking Azkaban. Dumbledore expanded the idea into a plan to ambush Voldemort’s forces there.

• Ron told Mrs. Weasley that Hermione had gone to Italy with her parents, and the group began dinner after Snape arrived.
• Snape gave Harriet an antidote, while she reflected that she would soon turn back into a boy but would have to face his sharp tongue again.
• Dumbledore introduced Kayson Heath as a new member of the Order, though Kayson was surprised because he had not agreed to join.
• Tonks reported that Scrimgeour had increased security at Azkaban because Voldemort might attack it to free the Death Eaters.
• Kayson suggested attacking Azkaban first, and Dumbledore proposed hiding there to ambush Voldemort’s forces when they arrived.

Dumbledore’s group arranged a covert mission to Azkaban during a guard shift change, while Snape agreed to pass the meeting’s plans to Voldemort. The next morning, Kayson’s team prepared to travel, and Moody learned that Kayson could teleport to Azkaban despite never having visited it himself.

• Dumbledore assigned Kayson, Sirius, Lupin, Moody, and Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom to infiltrate Azkaban during a one-minute-and-forty-second shift change at seven the next morning.
• Snape agreed to relay the meeting’s discussion to Voldemort, hoping to exploit his pride and tactical weaknesses.
• Dumbledore declined to join the mission because he would be stationed at the magical association, and he told Kayson that Voldemort could try to attack Azkaban.
• The next morning, Moody prepared combat supplies and a broomstick, while Kayson arrived half-asleep and burned his hand on a sausage.
• Sirius pointed out that Kayson had never visited Azkaban, but Kayson explained that his future self had already been there, allowing him to teleport there.
• Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom explained Kayson’s ability to Moody, who angrily asked why everyone had let him make a fool of himself.