Chapter Summaries

Loren and Harry attended Lockhart’s Memory Charm lecture, while Hogwarts began selecting students for its Transfiguration and Potions Clubs. The chapter ended with Snape and Dumbledore discussing plans to sell student-made potions to fund Hogwarts’s independence and Snape’s Resurrection Potion experiment.

• Loren and Harry left Lockhart’s office after a theory lecture, and Harry heard a murderous voice in the corridor that Loren pretended not to hear.
• Professor McGonagall held an exam for the Transfiguration Club, and Loren, Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Neville stayed to take it.
• Loren and Hermione wrote essays on Gamp’s Fundamental Laws of Transfiguration while the other students struggled with the open-ended question.
• Snape sent Potions Club invitations to Loren, Hermione, and Harry, but not Ron, and Harry worried that Snape wanted to torment him.
• McGonagall told Flitwick that she planned to teach an Animagus guidance class through the Transfiguration Club.
• Snape told Dumbledore that students would make potions for sale in Africa through the Malfoy family, and Dumbledore asked about Snape’s Resurrection Potion experiment.

Snape began the Potions Club by assigning its members to make Wormwood Essence, explaining that the club would help Hogwarts earn its own income, while Loren learned that Snape had separate plans for the Resurrection Potion. As October brought rain and colds to Hogwarts, Ron drank one of George and Fred’s prank potions and ended up covered in zebra-like stripes.

• Professors Flitwick, Sprout, Dumbledore, and McGonagall discussed a possible Herbology Club while Lockhart and Trelawney lamented that no one wanted their clubs.
• George and Fred encouraged students to protest Snape’s invitation-only Potions Club, but the would-be protesters fell silent when Snape arrived.
• Snape told Loren that the Potions Club would make Wormwood Essence to generate income for Hogwarts and said he had separate arrangements for the Resurrection Potion.
• At the first club activity, Snape assigned students to pick rue leaves, extract juice, and brew Wormwood Essence, then left them to work.
• Rolf explained to Loren, Harry, Hermione, Draco, and Michael Corner that Snape’s repetitive tasks could show students whether they could endure potion-making as a career.
• As October’s rain spread colds through Hogwarts, Ron drank a prank potion from George and Fred and turned black and white like a zebra.

Hermione, Loren, Harry, Ron, and Neville joined Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration Club, where she explained the dangers of Human Transfiguration and announced plans for an Animagus class. The club’s promise of Animagus lessons excited the school, while Hermione began preparing for the next selection test and Loren continued his other studies and detentions.

• Neville, Hermione, Loren, Harry, and Ron learned that they had passed the Transfiguration Club selection test.
• Professor McGonagall described the tragedies of Mirabella Plunkett and Thaddeus Thistlewick, explaining why the Ministry had restricted the teaching of several branches of Transfiguration.
• Professor McGonagall announced that the club would teach Transfiguration theory and hold another selection test after Christmas for an Animagus class.
• The prospect of learning Animagus magic became the talk of Hogwarts, and Hermione began gathering books to study for the next test.
• In the Gryffindor common room, Loren discussed the Potions Club and Percy described the Charms Club’s unstable Ancient Magic activities.
• Harry, Ron, and Loren left for their detentions, and Harry worried that Slytherin’s Nimbus 2001 brooms would make the coming Quidditch match difficult.

Ron hit upon a new way to think about Gryffindor’s Quidditch tactics, while Loren and Harry heard Nearly Headless Nick’s story and agreed to attend his five-hundredth deathday party. They arrived late at Lockhart’s office, where Loren’s explanation turned the delay into an opportunity for Lockhart to write about ghosts.

• Ron imagined the Quidditch match as a chess endgame and left Harry and Loren without saying goodbye, heading toward the Prefects’ bathroom.
• Loren and Harry found Nick grieving because the Headless Hunt had rejected his application, and he explained that his neck had not been completely severed.
• Nick recounted his life, his botched attempt to fix Lady Grieve’s teeth, and his execution by forty-four blows from a blunt axe.
• Nick invited Loren, Harry, and their friends to his five-hundredth deathday party, and they accepted.
• Loren and Harry arrived late at Lockhart’s office, where Loren said they had been gathering information about a ghost gathering for Lockhart’s next book.
• Lockhart welcomed them and eagerly asked when the ghost gathering would take place.

Loren persuaded Lockhart to help with Nearly Headless Nick’s deathday party, while Harry became convinced Lockhart was a Dark wizard and urged his friends to investigate. Meanwhile, Voldemort offered Crabbe a way to gain knowledge, and Loren prepared to confront the awakened Basilisk with Flamel’s encouragement.

• Loren persuaded Lockhart to help organize Nick’s five hundredth deathday party and to follow the ghosts’ wishes.
• Harry heard the sinister voice again in Lockhart’s office, suspected Lockhart was keeping a dangerous Dark Arts object, and decided to investigate him with his friends.
• Professor McGonagall taught the Transfiguration Club about Animagi, and Loren’s friends agreed to attend Nick’s party while Seamus and Neville shared suspicions about Lockhart.
• Crabbe complained to the unseen Voldemort that he still could not pass Transfiguration, and Voldemort offered him magic that could put knowledge in his head for a price.
• Loren examined the Deluminator and, after consulting Flamel, prepared to face the weakened Basilisk and test its eyesight.

Loren and Flamel found the Basilisk hiding in Hogwarts’s pipes and subdued it with Transfiguration and Hellebore potion, then Loren studied its lethal gaze as a possible magical medium. They restored the Third Floor corridor and left the sleeping Basilisk behind, while Dumbledore emerged from the washroom and checked on it.

• Loren explained that rat remains, bloodstains, and the spiders’ flight had led him to suspect the Basilisk was hiding on the Third Floor.
• Loren used the Sorcerer’s Stone and Transfiguration to trap the Basilisk in debris, then poured Hellebore potion into its mouth and nostrils until it fell asleep.
• Loren extracted the Basilisk’s gaze with the Deluminator and discussed with Flamel whether its magic could be used as a weapon or magical medium.
• Loren refused to take the Basilisk’s eyes because Dumbledore still needed it, then returned the creature to the pipes and repaired the corridor.
• Dumbledore emerged from the nearby washroom, checked the sleeping Basilisk, and joked about whether the Draught of Living Death would make it sleep for another thousand years.

Loren, Hermione, and their friends attended Nick’s five-hundredth Commemoration Feast, which Lockhart had taken over organizing. During Nick’s recital, Harry heard a murderous voice moving through the Castle and rushed upstairs with Ron to find its source.

• Loren and Hermione discussed their studies over breakfast before Nick arrived and complained that Lockhart had taken over his feast.
• George set off crackers inside a giant Jack-o'-lantern at the Halloween celebration, sending bats and mice flying through the Great Hall.
• Hermione brought Loren and the others to the Dungeon Classroom, where Lockhart welcomed them to Nick’s Commemoration Feast.
• The Headless Hunt Team performed for the gathered ghosts, and Lockhart then introduced Nick’s poetry recital.
• Harry heard the familiar murderous voice coming from upstairs and ran off with Ron to pursue it.

Loren and Hermione attended Nick's ghostly deathday party, where Sir Patrick explained why ghosts remained attached to the living world. After returning to Hogwarts's Halloween feast, they found Mrs. Norris hanging motionless beneath a warning that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened.

• Loren and Hermione met Sir Patrick, who explained that ghosts remained in the living world because they feared death and could no longer experience its pleasures.
• Sir Patrick argued that Nick should accept death, and Loren and Hermione left after Nick finished his song.
• Loren heard Lockhart planning to alter Nick's story and memories for a book, and resolved to master the Memory Charm.
• Loren and Hermione returned to the Great Hall, where Dumbledore ended the Halloween feast and a Ravenclaw student reported that something had happened.
• Loren and the others followed Dumbledore to the Third Floor, where Harry and Ron stood beside Mrs. Norris, who hung motionless from a torch bracket beneath a warning about the Chamber of Secrets.

After Mrs. Norris was petrified, Harry and Ron returned to Gryffindor and told their friends what had happened. A week later, Dumbledore summoned Loren to accompany him to Gaunt's old house, seeking clues about Voldemort and Horcruxes.

• Draco taunted Harry after Mrs. Norris was found hanging from a torch bracket, while Dumbledore took Filch, Harry, and Ron to the staff room.
• Harry and Ron told Loren and Hermione that Harry had heard a strange voice and that Mrs. Norris had been petrified, not killed.
• Hermione investigated the Chamber of Secrets and Moaning Myrtle, while she and Loren helped Filch remove the writing from the wall.
• Harry and Ron discussed their homework in the Library as Loren brought Hermione a copy of Hogwarts: A History.
• Dumbledore met Loren in the Third Floor corridor and asked him to help visit Gaunt's old house to investigate Voldemort and Horcruxes.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione investigated the Chamber of Secrets while Loren helped them brew Polyjuice Potion, and Harry learned that Dobby had tampered with the Quidditch match and warned him of danger at Hogwarts. After Colin was attacked and panic spread through the school, Loren met Dumbledore to leave the Castle and investigate a possible Horcrux clue.

• Hermione found the Hogwarts: A History account of the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry worried that his Parseltongue meant he might be Slytherin's heir until Ron and Hermione reassured him.
• Dumbledore told Loren that Bob Ogden had given him a lead to a possible Horcrux, and Loren asked to visit Windsor Castle for a Unicorn Horn.
• Hermione, Harry, and Ron planned to brew Polyjuice Potion to investigate Malfoy, and Loren joined them after they sneaked into the Restricted Section to copy the recipe.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch and won Gryffindor's match against Slytherin despite a tampered Bludger, then learned that Lockhart had removed the bones from his arm.
• Harry told Loren, Hermione, and Ron that Dobby had tried to drive him from Hogwarts and that Colin had been attacked; days later, Loren met Dumbledore to leave the Castle.

Dumbledore took Loren to Windsor Castle to retrieve a Unicorn Horn while explaining that Voldemort had set a House-elf to watch him. After they escaped the spy, Dumbledore brought Loren to the Gaunt family’s old house in Little Hangleton and began recounting Voldemort’s family history.

• Dumbledore told Loren that Winky had reported an unfamiliar House-elf spying on him, and that the spy served the Crabbe family and was working for Voldemort.
• Loren detected the House-elf watching them, but Dumbledore stopped him from confronting it because Voldemort still had uses for the spy.
• Loren retrieved a Unicorn Horn from Windsor Castle and Apparated away with Dumbledore, leaving the House-elf behind.
• Dumbledore brought Loren to Little Hangleton and described how Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt were imprisoned after attacking Ministry officials, while Merope used secret methods to make Tom Riddle elope with her.
• Dumbledore and Loren reached the decaying Gaunt house, where Dumbledore began explaining the family’s history.

Loren and Dumbledore found Gaunt’s Ring, but its influence drew Dumbledore into a vision of his sister and the Resurrection Stone. Loren used his Orca Patronus to break the ring’s hold on Dumbledore, though the Horcrux remained intact.

• Dumbledore explained Merope’s fate and how Voldemort later murdered the Riddle family, framed Morfin, and hid Gaunt’s Ring in the old house.
• Loren sensed the ring’s dark magic, and Dumbledore became entranced by its Deathly Hallows symbol and the promise of seeing Ariana again.
• Loren discovered magical lines connecting Dumbledore to the ring and met the phantom Tom Riddle, who said ordinary spells could not affect a Horcrux.
• Loren cast his Orca Patronus across Riddle, the ring, and Dumbledore, breaking Dumbledore’s trance and making Riddle’s phantom disappear.
• Dumbledore awoke unharmed, while Gaunt’s Ring remained intact and continued to radiate dark magic.

Hermione brewed a secret potion in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom as Harry and Ron brought her information identifying the Basilisk. At Gaunt’s old house, Loren urged Dumbledore to resist the Resurrection Stone’s lure, and Dumbledore sealed the ring and entrusted it to Loren.

• Hermione brewed the potion and learned that Moaning Myrtle had been spying on prefects in their bathroom, then asked Myrtle to keep the brewing secret.
• Harry and Ron arrived with a book passage identifying the Basilisk as a deadly monster known as the king of serpents.
• Dumbledore told Loren the story of the Deathly Hallows and explained how the Resurrection Stone’s illusion had nearly overcome him.
• Loren insisted that Dumbledore destroy Gaunt’s Ring immediately, but Dumbledore instead sealed it in a transformed ceramic sphere.
• Dumbledore gave Loren the sealed Horcrux to safeguard until it was time to destroy it.

Loren examined the sealed Resurrection Stone, returned home for the weekend, and suspected a House-elf had caused the Windsor Castle fire. Back at Hogwarts, he warned Harry, Ron, and Hermione about the Basilisk’s lethal gaze and continued his Memory Charm lessons with Lockhart while the House-elf secretly followed him.

• Loren studied the Alchemy Arrays sealing the Resurrection Stone and spent the weekend at home with Bates, where he read that Windsor Castle had burned shortly after he and Dumbledore left.
• Loren suspected the House-elf had started the fire, then helped Bates plant Sycamore Trees before returning to Hogwarts.
• Loren found Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussing the Basilisk and warned them that a direct encounter with it could kill, prompting Harry and Ron to hurry to Dumbledore while Hermione continued brewing Polyjuice Potion.
• Loren noticed that the House-elf missing a finger was following him more closely through the Castle, and heard the House-elf blame his master’s punishment on his failure.
• Loren visited Lockhart, learned that Lockhart planned to start a Duel Club, and began another lesson in the Memory Charm.

Loren mastered the Memory Charm, used it on Lockhart, and ended their lessons before confronting the House-elf spying on him. After learning that Pyg served Voldemort and had been passing messages among the Crabbe family, Werewolves, and the Ministry of Magic, Loren decided to tell Dumbledore and erased Pyg’s memory.

• Lockhart discouraged Loren from practicing Memory Charms, so Loren distracted him with the possibility that the Chamber of Secrets monster was a Basilisk and cast Obliviate on him and the office portraits.
• Loren told Lockhart he was quitting the lessons, and Lockhart gladly accepted while planning his next book.
• On the way to Gryffindor Tower, Loren hid from the House-elf following him, immobilized it, and learned its name was Pyg.
• Loren used Legilimency on Pyg and discovered that it had burned Windsor Castle to appease its master and had been delivering messages for a venomous snake that was actually a wizard.
• Pyg’s memories revealed that its master had ties to Werewolves, Crabbe Manor, and the Ministry of Magic, so Loren resolved to tell Dumbledore the next day.
• Loren cast Obliviate on Pyg, intending for the House-elf to wake without remembering their encounter.

Loren uncovered the Fantasy Book’s hidden furnace and used it to begin repairing Bloody Mary’s mirror, while Hogwarts students gathered for the first Duel Club meeting. The chapter ended as Lockhart introduced Snape as his sparring partner for a demonstration.

• In the Gryffindor Common Room, Harry told Loren that Dumbledore might close Hogwarts or restrict admissions if the Basilisk threat continued.
• Flamel examined the sphere containing the Resurrection Stone, then told Loren to bring the required alchemy materials to the Room of Requirement.
• Loren placed the Sorcerer's Stone beside Nicol's portrait on the Fantasy Book, revealing a furnace that he used to melt a Unicorn Horn, ores, and the Soul Stone into mirror material.
• Hermione hurried from brewing the Polyjuice Potion to the Great Hall, where Harry and Ron realized Lockhart was hosting the Duel Club.
• Lockhart introduced Snape as his dueling partner and prepared to demonstrate their skills.

Lockhart’s chaotic Duel Club turned dangerous when Crabbe attacked Loren with powerful magic, while Neville smashed a conjured snake and Harry revealed his ability to speak Parseltongue. Dumbledore watched Harry leave amid suspicion and hinted that he was willing to sacrifice much to bring about Harry’s rebirth.

• Snape blasted Lockhart during their demonstration, then intervened when the students’ duels caused injuries and chaos.
• Hermione admitted to Loren that she had taken a hair from Millicent for a future Polyjuice Potion.
• Crabbe challenged Loren, attacked him with dangerous spells, and struck a mysterious black light on his chest with a Shattering Curse that Loren deflected.
• Crabbe conjured and multiplied black snakes, which Loren restrained with Transfiguration while one escaped toward Neville and Justin.
• Neville smashed the escaped snake, but Lockhart restored it into a giant python, and Harry drove it away by speaking Parseltongue.
• Snape sent the students away and warned them not to spread rumors as Ron and Hermione escorted Harry from the Great Hall; Dumbledore told Loren that a phoenix had to be reborn, even if every feather had to be plucked.

Loren argued with Dumbledore about using Dark Arts and Legilimency, while Dumbledore tried to steer him toward restraint by telling him the story of the Fountain of Good Fortune. Dumbledore offered to reveal the Fountain’s location in exchange for Loren’s promise not to use Legilimency, and their agreement ended with Loren being thrown out of the Headmaster’s office after drafting an elaborate contract.

• Dumbledore warned Loren that Voldemort was cultivating new Death Eaters and asked him to help Harry grow stronger.
• Loren told Dumbledore about the House-elf Pyg’s collusion with Werewolves and the Ministry of Magic, and Dumbledore warned him against using Legilimency.
• Loren insisted that using Dark Arts against enemies like Pyg and Crabbe was justified, while Dumbledore urged him to wait until he was older.
• Dumbledore told Loren the tale of the Fountain of Good Fortune and offered to reveal its location if Loren agreed never to use Legilimency again.
• Loren drafted a lengthy contract with numerous exceptions, and Dumbledore activated the agreement before magically ejecting him from the office.

Loren supported Harry after Gryffindors accused him of being the Heir of Slytherin, and helped him regain his resolve on the Astronomy Tower. He showed Harry, Ron, and Hermione a repaired magical mirror that caused brief memory loss, and the night ended with Harry chasing Ron for repeatedly flashing it at him.

• Loren defended Harry in the Gryffindor Common Room, while Ginny, Neville, Seamus, Percy, and the Quidditch players also supported him against Maclagan's accusations.
• Seamus told Loren that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had gone to the Astronomy Tower to get some air.
• Loren bluntly reminded Harry that his friends had stood up for him, and Harry decided to explain himself to Justin and Dumbledore.
• Hermione laid out a plan to keep a low profile, finish the Polyjuice Potion, and investigate Malfoy for clues about the real Heir.
• Loren showed the others his repaired hand mirror and explained that its reflection caused short-term memory loss.
• Ron repeatedly flashed Harry with the mirror until Harry threatened him, and Ron fled.

Loren used the hand mirror to recover the memory of his parents’ deaths and learned that Peter Pettigrew had killed them during a duel. After Flamel explained the awakening of Loren’s Magic Power, Loren vowed to hold Peter accountable and demanded answers from Sirius Black.

• Hermione tried to use Loren’s flower-shaped mirror on him, but Loren snatched it away, tapped her on the head, and ran from her retaliation.
• Seamus asked Harry to let him join the search for the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry agreed to have him watch Malfoy.
• Loren entered the mirror’s illusion and recovered memories of his parents taking him to a film and being caught in an explosion caused by Peter Pettigrew.
• Loren broke free from the illusion in severe pain and told Flamel that witnessing his parents’ deaths had triggered his Magic Power awakening and sealed the memory.
• Loren declared that Peter Pettigrew should answer for the Muggle victims and said he wanted Sirius Black to give him an answer.