Chapter Summaries

Loren and Hermione exchanged scarves and spent Christmas morning reading together, missing the first Animagus ritual, while Harry and Ron grew suspicious about Professor Lupin’s illness and searched for him. The Marauder’s Map revealed that Remus Lupin was in the Shrieking Shack, and Harry and Ron set out to find him.

• Loren accepted Hermione’s scarf, and Hermione straightened it while privately resolving to give him a more special gift next Christmas.
• Loren and Hermione read The Daily Prophet together until they missed the sunrise Animagus ritual, then continued their cozy Christmas morning.
• At the Christmas feast, Trelawney warned that thirteen diners meant the first to rise would die, and she predicted that Professor Lupin would not stay at Hogwarts for long.
• Harry and Ron questioned Hagrid about Professor Lupin’s illness and suspected Snape might be involved, then searched the professor’s office and the Hospital Wing.
• Harry used the Marauder’s Map and found Remus Lupin in the Shrieking Shack, so he and Ron decided to go there.

Harry and Ron entered the passage beneath the Whomping Willow and found a werewolf in the room above, while Dumbledore and Snape discussed Lupin’s secret. The next day, Loren and Hermione bought Mandrake Leaf in Diagon Alley and encountered Professors McGonagall, Flitwick, and Snape at the Leaky Cauldron.

• Harry and Ron used a floating stone to press the Whomping Willow’s knot and crawled into the passage beneath its roots.
• Dumbledore reassured Snape that he trusted him and explained that he hoped Remus would entrust his secret to Harry and Ron.
• Harry and Ron found a werewolf gnawing on something in the room above, and it recognized Harry by name.
• Loren and Hermione decided to go to Diagon Alley for Mandrake Leaf after their Gringotts inquiry brought no news.
• Loren and Hermione bought ten portions of Mandrake Leaf at slug & Jiggers, then went to the Leaky Cauldron for a hot drink.
• Loren and Hermione saw Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, and Snape at a table as Tom joked about their drink orders.

Loren and Hermione overheard the professors discussing Bellatrix Lestrange, Hogwarts, and a Time-Turner at The Leaky Cauldron. An explosion sent a Bone Knife and Sorcerer's Stone Powder into the Time-Turner, leaving the damaged hourglass spinning through the air.

• Loren and Hermione hid behind the professors’ table and listened as Professor Flitwick, Snape, and Professor McGonagall discussed the Ministry’s plan to capture Bellatrix Lestrange and open the Lestrange Vault.
• Professor McGonagall revealed she planned to store Hogwarts’ Time-Turner in a Gringotts vault so the school could avoid coordinating with the Ministry in the future.
• Snape showed the professors a pouch of potions and an accidentally packed Bone Knife coated with Sorcerer's Stone Powder.
• An explosion hurled the Bone Knife into the Time-Turner, shattering its lower half and sending the crimson powder into the golden Sand of Time.
• The damaged hourglass flew from the table and spun through the air as the powder dissolved into the golden light.

Loren, Hermione, and three professors were swept through scenes from The Leaky Cauldron’s past by the Golden Hourglass. They witnessed wizards rallying to save the tavern, then arrived in an earlier era where Muggles and wizards mingled openly, and Mrs. Daisy Dursley offered them a drink.

• The Golden Hourglass transported Loren, Hermione, Snape, McGonagall, and Flitwick into a past version of The Leaky Cauldron, where the professors shielded the students.
• The group overheard wizards discussing Minister Faris Spavin’s plan to abandon The Leaky Cauldron and the Ministry’s effort to prevent its demolition.
• The wizards organized a campaign to save the tavern, naming Potter, Malfoy, Weasley, Flume, and Bagshot as people to contact.
• The wizards passed through Loren and the others without seeing them, and the Golden Hourglass carried the group farther back in time.
• Loren and the others watched Daisy Dursley serve a Muggle and wizards in a tavern where they mingled openly.
• Mrs. Daisy Dursley approached Loren and the others and asked whether they wanted something to drink.

Loren, Hermione, and three professors met Daisy Dodderidge in the sixteenth-century Leaky Cauldron and learned that they were trapped in a day separated from real history. Daisy explained that they could return to their own time by spending the excess magic power from the Sand of Time, and brought out a strange barrel.

• Daisy told the time travelers that only she could see them and led them behind the bar to speak privately.
• Daisy explained that a ritual using the Sand of Time had separated that day from the river of time, creating a Private Time with no effect on the real world.
• Loren suspected that Daisy was imprisoned in the repeating day, while Professor McGonagall asked how the group could return to their own time.
• Daisy said they needed to return to the time in which they existed and wait for time to pass until the excess magic power was spent.
• Daisy found a strange, silver-riveted oak barrel among the empty barrels.

Professor McGonagall and Snape entered Daisy’s time-travel barrel, which sent Snape back to his childhood at Spinner’s End. He encountered Lily and began to make a small bird for her before Professor McGonagall ended the vision and followed him into the barrel.

• Daisy explained that the barrel could send people to a time when they existed and warned that they could not change history.
• Professor McGonagall decided that she and Snape would enter the barrel while Professor Flitwick stayed behind with Loren and Hermione.
• Snape entered first, and the flames showed him reverting to childhood before he appeared in the hollow of a tree at Spinner’s End.
• Snape saw young Lily being chased by Petunia and frightened Petunia away with his stare.
• Snape shaped his Magic Power into a small bird for Lily, but Professor McGonagall extinguished the flames and entered the barrel.
• Professor Flitwick began questioning Mrs. Dursley while Loren warned Hermione not to dwell on Snape’s encounter with Lily.

Daisy Dodderidge spoke with Professor Flitwick, Hermione, and Loren about her original hope of bringing Muggles and wizards together, then drugged Flitwick and Hermione so she could speak privately with Loren. She revealed that they were in a fragment of spacetime and began explaining that Merlin had sent a group of pure-bloods there.

• Daisy proposed trading answers with Professor Flitwick, then explained that leaving the repeated day would make her cease to exist.
• Professor Flitwick told Daisy that The Leaky Cauldron still existed but had been hidden from Muggles, and Daisy grieved that her vision of unity had failed.
• Hermione argued that wizards and Muggles would eventually live together, comforting Daisy and prompting Daisy to address Loren by name.
• Daisy's wine put Professor Flitwick and Hermione to sleep, and Loren defended them with magic before Daisy stopped him and promised she meant no harm.
• Daisy told Loren that a powerful wizard's magic had shaken a day out of time and that other wizards had trapped it with Sand of Time.
• Daisy began describing the pure-bloods she knew and said Merlin had thrown a group of them into the strange spacetime.

Daisy recounted how Merlin led a rebellion against the immortal wizards who ruled the ancient world, revealing that Merlin’s spell became the origin of the Killing Curse. She then began describing how Vivian betrayed Merlin and Fairy Morgan intervened, but stopped before explaining what Morgan did.

• Daisy explained that ancient wizards achieved near-immortality, then claimed the world and established pure-blood lines through their descendants.
• Merlin joined King Vortigan in weakening an Immortal’s power, and King Arthur helped him kill the Immortal with a spell sealed inside a sword.
• Daisy revealed that Merlin’s spell was the origin of the Killing Curse and that his rebellion inspired uprisings against the other Immortals, which suffered devastating losses.
• Merlin resisted the Immortals’ offer to join them and fought them for twenty years before Vivian appeared and won his trust.
• Vivian lured Merlin into a lake-side trap planned with the other Immortals, but Fairy Morgan stepped forward to intervene.

Daisy told Loren how Merlin and Morgan trapped the Immortals in a sealed fragment of space-time, and how the Immortals later influenced gifted wizards through dreams. She began explaining the origins of Hogwarts and its founders, leaving the story with Godric Gryffindor seeking a goblin-made vessel to investigate the dreams.

• Daisy explained that Merlin and Morgan captured the Immortals in a space-time fragment, where Merlin pursued Vivian while Morgan erased the Immortals’ traces from the real world.
• Daisy revealed that the Immortals reached the real world through bloodlines and dreams, inspiring Hailbo to create Basilisk-breeding methods and Horcruxes before he destroyed his Horcrux and chose death.
• Loren asked whether Voldemort’s Horcruxes carried the same danger, and Daisy reassured him before beginning the story of Hogwarts’ founders.
• Daisy said Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin founded Hogwarts after sharing similar dreams guided by the Immortals.
• Daisy explained that Slytherin and Ravenclaw recognized the dreams were significant, and Gryffindor sought King Ragnuk I to commission a vessel for investigating their source.

Professor McGonagall woke in the early years of her marriage to Elphinstone and cherished their time together. Meanwhile, Daisy told Loren how the founders defeated the Immortals and revealed that their final curse foretold a future war between wizards and Muggles.

• Professor McGonagall awoke in her newlywed home, reunited with Elphinstone, and chose to enjoy the pudding he had made.
• Daisy told Loren that the founders found Fairy Morgan's Wand, learned the truth of the other space, and fled after failing to defeat the Immortals.
• Daisy explained that the founders used Ravenclaw's Diadem and Hufflepuff's Goblet to destroy the Immortals' minds, but the Immortals' hidden magic later reached the real world and caused the Black Death.
• Daisy told Loren that Slytherin had glimpsed the Immortals' curse through prophecy and that it foretold a war between wizards and Muggles.
• Daisy warned Loren that either side's victory could lead to the subjugation or persecution of the other.

Loren, Hermione, and the professors returned from the past to the real world just as the Leaky Cauldron came under attack. As Loren and Hermione headed back to Hogwarts to report to Dumbledore, Loren suspected Slytherin had arranged the journey through time, while Daisy’s final warning about Morgan left him with new questions.

• The Sorcerer’s Stone’s magic ran out, and Snape was pulled from his memories of meeting Lily Evans at Hogwarts in 1971 and McGonagall’s later life in 1982.
• Daisy told Loren that Morgan could transform into animals naturally, but the Sand of Time carried Loren, Hermione, Flitwick, McGonagall, and Snape back to the moment they had left.
• A blast struck the Leaky Cauldron, and McGonagall raised a stone wall while Snape sent Loren and Hermione to the road outside Hogwarts and ordered them to find Dumbledore.
• Hermione recalled their journey through time and complained that Daisy Dursley had drugged them, while Loren suspected Slytherin had arranged the events to reveal the past.
• Loren and Hermione crossed the snowy Hogwarts grounds, and Loren promised to explain what had happened after they reached Dumbledore.

Loren and Hermione told Dumbledore about their accidental journey into the distant past and the ancient history of the Immortals, Merlin, and Fairy Morgan. Dumbledore urged the young wizards to keep the history secret and focus on the present, while the chapter ended with Harry and Ron confronting Loren and Hermione about hiding Lupin’s secret.

• Harry and Ron spotted Loren and Hermione returning to Hogwarts and followed them to Dumbledore’s office.
• Hermione told Dumbledore that an explosion at The Leaky Cauldron had sent her, Loren, and several professors back in time, and Loren recounted their journey and Mrs. Dursley’s account of ancient history.
• Dumbledore asked the young wizards to keep the revelation secret, explaining that the pursuit of immortality could drive people to extremes.
• Hermione asked whether the prophecy about a future war was true, and Dumbledore advised them to do their own things well rather than try to change the future.
• Dumbledore left after receiving a Ministry of Magic letter, and Harry and Ron complained that Loren and Hermione had hidden Lupin’s werewolf identity from them.

Loren and Hermione visited Lupin before Dumbledore summoned them and revealed that Hufflepuff’s Goblet had been recovered as another of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. Dumbledore explained the Diagon Alley attack and Hokey’s connection to Hepzibah’s murder, then took Loren and Hermione home as night approached.

• Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron visited Lupin, who explained that he had been eating soft food to protect the Mandrake Leaf for the Animagus ritual.
• Loren gave Harry and Ron Mandrake Leaves, and they began practicing while Loren said he and Hermione would start after the next full moon.
• Dumbledore summoned Loren and Hermione to his office, where he showed them Hufflepuff’s Goblet and identified it as a Horcrux.
• Dumbledore told Loren and Hermione that Bellatrix Lestrange had stolen the Goblet during an attack in Diagon Alley, but Minerva and the others had recovered it; Snape had been injured and Bellatrix escaped.
• Dumbledore explained that Hokey’s memory could reveal how Voldemort killed Hepzibah to obtain Slytherin’s Locket and Hufflepuff’s Goblet, and Hermione worried about Hokey’s fate.
• Dumbledore took Loren and Hermione home with Fawkes as the sun was setting.

After learning about Slytherin’s possible legacy and his own animal affinity, Loren tried to understand whether he could transform, while Dumbledore and Snape discussed the Golden Cup and the Horcruxes. The chapter ended with Voldemort inhabiting Wormtail’s body and discovering the Snake Tree at Ilvermorny, which he believed Morgan had prepared for him.

• Dumbledore said goodbye to Loren and Hermione, and Loren comforted Hermione about Hokey after they returned to the Granger house.
• Loren told Flamel about Slytherin’s prophecy and asked about his connection to Nicol; Flamel denied Nicol had played a role in ancient history.
• Flamel suggested Loren’s animal affinity might be inherited from Fairy Morgan, and Loren realized he could instinctively understand animals such as Crookshanks.
• Loren dreamed of an island where a Witch vanished into the fog while a rabbit and a crow fled, and Crookshanks pursued them.
• Snape told Dumbledore that he had let Bellatrix escape after she delivered Voldemort’s message, and they discussed the Golden Cup and how to learn how many Horcruxes Voldemort had made.
• At Ilvermorny, Voldemort used Wormtail’s body and praised the Snake Tree made from Salazar Slytherin’s wand, wondering whether Morgan had left it for him.

Voldemort restored his strength with Snakewood and ordered Bellatrix to aid the werewolves, hinting that they could become Inferi. At home, Hermione discovered that Loren had transformed into a cat and teased him while he waited to change back.

• Voldemort reassured Bellatrix that losing Hufflepuff's Goblet was not her fault and said Snape could serve an unexpected purpose.
• Voldemort ordered Bellatrix to send food and clothing to the werewolf community, then asked whether she knew what Inferi were.
• Hermione woke at her parents' home, saw them off on their date, and Apparated to Loren's bedroom.
• Hermione found Loren transformed into a sleeping white lion cat and watched over him until he woke.
• Loren recalled that his transformation followed his exploration of Transfiguration and learned that he would change back without a professor's help.
• Hermione carried Loren to eat and spoon-fed him milk after he resisted being treated like a cat.

Loren spent a day trapped in his cat form while Hermione gleefully played with his tail, then returned to human form and threatened to get even. He began investigating his unusual transformation with Flamel, and a week later Bates left Loren alone at home, expecting Hermione to visit.

• Hermione fed and teased the cat-form Loren while he waited for his strange Magic Power to recover.
• Hānhan delivered newspapers, and Hermione spent the evening playing with Loren’s tail until he transformed back into a young man.
• Loren and Hermione argued over her teasing, and Loren threatened to turn her into a cat using human Transfiguration.
• Loren tested his transformation in the Library of the Fantasy Book, where Flamel identified it as a possible unique talent rather than Animagus transformation.
• A week later, Bates left the villa after teasing Loren about dating Hermione and suggesting they watch a movie together.

Loren and Hermione watched movies, and Loren practiced turning Flamel into a chimpanzee while learning about the risks of Transfiguration. After Hermione read about House-elf trials and executions, she watched Schindler’s List and resolved that Hokey’s fate should not be repeated, while Loren warned that freeing House-elves could bring new dangers.

• Loren and Hermione struggled to choose a movie before settling on Home Alone, and Hermione secretly examined Loren’s hand while they watched.
• Loren transformed Flamel into a chimpanzee and discussed how long someone could safely remain in an animal form.
• Hermione showed Loren a book documenting House-elf cases and told him that every elf tried by the Ministry was found guilty, while many others were killed by their masters.
• Hermione and Loren watched Schindler’s List, and Hermione compared the House-elves’ condition to the persecution shown in the film.
• Hermione argued that House-elves should not suffer for their ancestors’ actions and said she wanted to prevent another tragedy like Hokey’s; Loren cautioned that their freedom might lead to another war.

Hermione prepared to begin the Secret Potion ritual while Loren transformed her into a cat and gave her a massage. Meanwhile, Lupin hid his potion ingredients, and the Longbottom family agreed to pursue revenge against Bellatrix.

• Lupin prepared the Secret Potion ingredients as a werewolf, then ran into the Forbidden Forest to hide the potion while Harry and Ron began the ritual with Mandrake Leaves.
• Frank and Alice discussed traveling to the United States to track down Bellatrix, and Mrs. Longbottom declared that the Longbottom family would make her pay for harming them.
• Hermione put a Mandrake Leaf in her mouth as Hānhan arrived with Loren in owl form.
• Loren transformed Hermione into a Munchkin cat and massaged her while reminding her to keep the Mandrake Leaf in her mouth.

Loren and Hermione returned to Hogwarts after the holidays, where Hermione continued to fuss over Loren’s homework and secretly planned to transform him into a cat. At the feast, Seamus boasted about witnessing the Diagon Alley attack until Harry revealed that Loren and Hermione had been caught in the explosion themselves.

• Hermione checked Loren’s holiday homework and criticized his messy handwriting, while Loren teased her before leaving to pack.
• Loren packed with Grandpa Bates, who warned him not to adopt strange wizarding habits, then Loren and Hermione left for Hogwarts from King’s Cross.
• On the train, Hermione urged Loren to rewrite his homework, and he fell asleep against her shoulder during the journey.
• Professor Sprout and Professor McGonagall showed Lupin the excited Mandrakes, which Hogwarts was growing to help with his Animagus training and Wolfsbane Potion.
• Seamus and Dean told Loren and Hermione about Bellatrix’s attack on Diagon Alley, and Seamus complained that Dean had stolen his chance to tell the story.
• At the feast, Seamus recounted how close he had come to the explosions, until Harry revealed that Loren and Hermione had been there too and Snape had sent them back to school.

Hogwarts began the new term with a Care of Magical Creatures lesson where Loren and the others studied Fire Salamanders. Later, Loren visited Dumbledore to ask about his transformation talent and Horcruxes, and learned that Voldemort’s soul fragments might differ in size.

• Ron and Seamus complained about the muddy grounds and wished the holidays would last, while Theodore Nott questioned Draco about the Malfoys’ share of the Lestrange fortune.
• Hagrid introduced Fire Salamanders and invited the students to build bonfires; Loren’s group attracted the creatures, and Hermione guided one through blue flames.
• Hermione planned to ask Professor McGonagall about Transfiguration, while Loren went to Dumbledore’s office to discuss his transformation talent and Horcruxes.
• Finding the office empty, Loren examined Hufflepuff’s Goblet, and Dumbledore explained that Voldemort’s soul fragments may differ because splitting the soul through murder was uncontrollable.
• Loren told Dumbledore that he could turn into a kitty.