Chapter Summaries

Loren told Harry and his friends that Dumbledore suspected Voldemort had stolen Peter Pettigrew’s body, and Harry dreamed about Voldemort that night. At Hogwarts, Lupin began a Patronus Charm review with Loren, Harry, and Hermione as teaching assistants.

• Dumbledore discussed Loren’s animal transformations and asked him to watch for unusual dreams from Harry after Peter Pettigrew’s body disappeared from St Mungo’s.
• Loren shared Dumbledore’s suspicion with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and they discussed Voldemort’s likely need for a host body.
• Harry went to sleep thinking about Voldemort, while Voldemort sensed a faint disturbance in his soul from his new position as Professor Tom Gaunt.
• Lupin held a Patronus Charm review in the Great Hall and introduced Harry, Morgan, and Granger as teaching assistants.
• Loren and Hermione helped students practice the charm as Ron struggled to produce more than a small ball of light.

Loren coached Slytherin students in the Patronus Charm and heard from Draco that Ilvermorny visitors had demanded nearly ten thousand Galleons from his family. Meanwhile, Cedric and Neville successfully cast corporeal Patronuses, while Tom Gaunt began teaching Ilvermorny students to conquer fear by attacking an illusory firebird.

• Loren guided Slytherin students, including Daphne Greengrass, Pansy Parkinson, Theodore Nott, and Draco, as they practiced the Patronus Charm.
• Draco told Loren that Ilvermorny visitors had demanded nearly ten thousand Galleons from his father during the Christmas Holidays, and Loren offered to help if needed.
• Cedric demonstrated a corporeal water buffalo Patronus, and Neville summoned a lion Patronus before Gryffindor students lifted him in celebration.
• Professor Snape pointed out that Cedric was asking Cho Chang for a reward, prompting the professors to laugh.
• At Ilvermorny, Tom Gaunt criticized the students' lessons and conjured an illusory firebird, urging them to attack it and conquer their fear.
• The Ilvermorny students stabbed the illusory firebird as Voldemort, controlling Wormtail's body, laughed and smeared blood across a young Witch's face.

Voldemort used a brutal lesson to make Ilvermorny students overcome their fear, then agreed to change his teaching approach when Deputy Headmaster Aegilbert Fontana challenged it. News of a revived Triwizard Tournament led Voldemort to decide to keep his professor position through the next year, while at Hogwarts Slytherin defeated Ravenclaw and Loren went with Hagrid to collect Fire Salamanders.

• Voldemort had Ilvermorny students stab a scarlet firebird until it died, then praised their courage and ordered them to keep the lesson secret.
• The Gnome William warned that the new professor was dangerous and said he had to alert Fontana, but Voldemort searched his memories and left him unharmed.
• Aegilbert Fontana confronted Voldemort about the disturbing lesson, and Voldemort agreed to change his teaching method before hearing that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang wanted Ilvermorny in a revived Triwizard Tournament.
• Voldemort decided to keep his position until at least next year and began writing plans to teach and test a young wizard he had noticed.
• At Hogwarts, Slytherin beat Ravenclaw after Draco Malfoy caught the Golden Snitch, and Loren left the Quidditch stands with Hagrid to get Fire Salamanders.

Loren discussed magical-creature research and his animal transformation with Professor McGonagall, who advised him on testing his abilities and told him to stop attending the Animagus class. Back in the Gryffindor Common Room, Loren received a mysterious letter signed by Tom Gaunt, Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

• At Hagrid's hut, Loren collected Fire Salamanders, teased Hagrid about bathing Fang, and joked with Hermione while Harry and Ron talked Quidditch.
• During Animagus class, Loren realized that studying magical creatures might help him discover new kinds of magic, especially the phoenix's power of rebirth.
• Loren told Professor McGonagall he planned to leave the class, demonstrated his white lion cat transformation, and discussed ways to test his animal form's abilities.
• Professor McGonagall advised Loren to experiment with transforming between animals and using simple wandless magic, then told him he need not attend the class anymore.
• Loren returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, where Hermione gave him a letter signed by Tom Gaunt.

Loren received a letter from Voldemort, who had taken over Peter Pettigrew's body and become Ilvermorny's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and consulted Dumbledore about how to respond. Later, while Loren and Hermione relaxed in the courtyard, he discovered that she was studying Human Transfiguration with plans to turn him into a cat, and they made a different agreement instead.

• Voldemort wrote to Loren, probing him about Wormtail and asking for Hogwarts's Defense Against the Dark Arts curriculum for younger students.
• Loren showed the letter to Dumbledore, who judged that Voldemort would not immediately endanger Ilvermorny and advised sending him First- through third-year textbooks without replying.
• Dumbledore added two Muggle books to the parcel, and Loren prepared to send it to Voldemort.
• At a Potions Club lesson, Loren learned that Snape had taken over brewing Wolfsbane Potion while Lupin practiced becoming an Animagus.
• Loren and Hermione went to the courtyard, where he discovered her Human Transfiguration notes listed cat breeds and accused her of plotting to turn him into a cat.
• Hermione proposed an agreement, and Loren insisted that they swear to different terms instead.

Loren and Hermione spent their Hogsmeade outing honoring their agreement, with Hermione serving as his attendant while keeping a Mandrake Leaf in her mouth. The day ended with Loren using Human Transfiguration to create a cheek pouch that made holding the leaf easier.

• Loren reminded Hermione that she had agreed to be his attendant for the day in exchange for him turning into a kitty that night.
• Loren and Hermione visited The Three Broomsticks, where Hermione fed him lunch because of their agreement.
• Loren pretended he was about to French-kiss Hermione, then used his wand to create a small pouch inside her cheek for the Mandrake Leaf.
• Hermione tested the new pouch with her tongue and found that the leaf's constant foreign-body sensation had vanished.

Loren and Hermione spent the day in Hogsmeade, where Hermione kept thinking about her new cheek pouch and Loren’s teasing. Back at Hogwarts, Hermione made Loren stay transformed into a white cat while she did her homework, leaving him regretting that he had not asked for a kiss.

• Loren brought Hermione fried fish, then took her to Honeydukes and Zog's Joke Shop before they headed back to Hogwarts.
• On the walk back, Loren noticed the Dementors had disappeared and wondered whether the Castle’s tunnels had reopened.
• Loren offered to help Hermione practice Human Transfiguration the next day, and Hermione happily agreed while avoiding his questions about turning him into a cat.
• That evening, Harry and Ron found Hermione doing homework with Loren transformed into a white cat in her lap.
• Loren fended off Harry’s attempt to pet him, then resigned himself to Hermione’s promised two hours of keeping him transformed.

Loren and the others practiced the Patronus Charm and prepared for the next stage of the Animagus Ritual. In the Forbidden Forest, Firenze warned Loren and Hermione to beware the darkness, leaving them uncertain about the stars’ meaning.

• Loren explained the symbolism of Harry and Neville’s Patronuses and said his own Patronus was an orca.
• Loren playfully read Hermione’s palm and confirmed that he planned to join her for the Animagus Ritual that night.
• Professor McGonagall led the young wizards to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to brew and bury their Secret Potions under the Full Moon.
• Loren and Hermione went into the forest to retrieve their old potions and bury Hermione’s prepared Crystal Vial.
• Firenze found Loren and Hermione, relayed the stars’ warning to beware the darkness, and left them puzzled.

Loren and Hermione discovered their buried Secret Potions had turned into a foul, unfinished mixture, then Loren teased Harry about Firenze’s prophecy until Harry lost sleep over it. The next day, Dumbledore discussed the prophecy and his plans to restore Hogwarts’s Secret Passages, while Professor Tom Gunt remained unimpressed by the Muggle books Dumbledore had sent him.

• Loren and Hermione recovered their buried Secret Potions, and Hermione destroyed the vials in a fire that Loren scolded her for starting.
• Loren told Harry that he and Hermione had met Firenze, then fell asleep before revealing what the Centaur had said, leaving Harry awake and worried about the prophecy.
• Harry, Ron, and Neville completed the Animagus Ritual at sunrise, and Loren finally told Harry Firenze’s words: “Beware the darkness.”
• Loren, Hermione, and Harry asked Dumbledore about the prophecy, and he suggested it might concern astronomy before planning to consult the Centaur elder.
• Dumbledore explained to Harry why he wanted to restore Hogwarts’s Secret Passages and approved Harry’s suggestion to place an exit in Zog's Joke Shop.
• At Ilvermorny, Professor Tom Gunt looked over the books Dumbledore had sent him and avoided opening two of the Muggle books.

As the first thunderstorm of 1994 arrived, the Hogwarts Animagus class gathered at the edge of the Forbidden Forest to begin their transformations under the professors’ supervision. Hermione prepared to drink her Secret Potion with Loren’s reassurance, while Dumbledore watched over Professor Lupin as he entered the forest.

• Loren and Hermione discussed the approaching storm and the Animagus ritual as they walked to Professor Bubage’s office.
• A month later, the first thunderstorm struck during Patronus practice, and Professor McGonagall led the Animagus students to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
• Hermione retrieved her blood-red Secret Potion, and Loren reassured her while the professors warned the students how to manage their transformations.
• Dumbledore and another person under Disillusionment Charms entered the Forbidden Forest, and Loren told Hermione, Harry, and Ron that Dumbledore was watching over Professor Lupin.
• Professor McGonagall gave the students final instructions, and Hermione prepared to begin the ritual after Loren promised to grant her any request if she transformed successfully.

Hermione successfully transformed into an ermine, and Neville endured a painful transformation into a lion before changing back. Harry began the ritual and suffered a painful near-transformation, while Ron and the professors learned that Loren had apparently succeeded without performing the ritual.

• Hermione drank the Secret Potion and transformed into an ermine, then returned to human form and reported her success to Professor McGonagall.
• Neville transformed into a lion and gave a powerful roar before Professor McGonagall guided him back into human form.
• Ron and Harry began the ritual; Ron showed no real reaction, while Harry suffered intense pain and collapsed after an unusual heartbeat and bodily changes.
• Professor McGonagall told Harry that the turmoil meant he was close to succeeding, and Ron realized that Loren had also transformed successfully.
• Professor Flitwick reported that three students had completed their transformations and thirteen had shown partial changes, while Snape suspected Loren had helped Hermione succeed.

Professor McGonagall reviewed the Animagus transformations and advised the students about the risks, while Loren admitted he had once transformed Hermione into a cat and accepted an extra essay. At dinner, Neville was overwhelmed by classmates demanding to see his forms, until Hannah stopped Ernie Macmillan from pressuring him and Ron blamed Fred’s Butterbeer prank.

• Professor McGonagall reported that Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger, and Loren Morgan had completed their Animagus transformations, and Lupin told Loren that his own transformation had succeeded despite setbacks.
• Professor McGonagall explained that Animagus forms reflected character, warned the students about the dangers, and told Harry that his stag Patronus did not mean he would become a stag.
• Loren admitted that he had once used Human Transfiguration to turn Hermione into a cat, and Professor McGonagall assigned him an essay about the dangers of Human Transfiguration and Animagus magic.
• Loren and Hermione left together, and Loren acknowledged that their close relationship did not give him the right to use magic on her against her wishes.
• At dinner, Neville said he had summoned his Patronus seventeen times after students repeatedly asked him about his transformation.
• Hannah Abbott pulled Ernie Macmillan away from Neville, and Ron accused Fred of serving Macmillan the strange Butterbeer.

Dumbledore told Hermione that Hokey had died, then showed her, Loren, Harry, and Ron the House-elf’s memories of Hepzibah Smith’s murder and buried Hokey’s ashes in the Forbidden Forest. The funeral left Hermione reflecting on her feelings, while Harry and Ron discussed Voldemort and Horcruxes.

• Percy told Hermione that Dumbledore wanted to see her and said Harry, Ron, and Loren could come too.
• Dumbledore told Hermione that Hokey had died and explained that he had brought her ashes back to Hogwarts for burial.
• Dumbledore showed them Hokey’s memories, including Tom Riddle visiting Hepzibah Smith and Hepzibah’s death after Hokey added strange sugar to her cocoa tea.
• Dumbledore, Hagrid, Hermione, Loren, Harry, and Ron buried Hokey’s ashes in the Forbidden Forest.
• As they left the funeral, Hermione wondered what her own feelings about Hokey’s death meant, while Harry and Ron whispered about Horcruxes.

Gryffindor defeated Slytherin in the Quidditch final after Harry caught the Snitch, and the team celebrated winning the cup. Oliver Wood began preparing Harry and Ron to carry the team forward, quietly signaling his farewell as captain.

• After Easter, tensions between Gryffindor and Slytherin escalated, and a fight outside the Great Hall sent two students to the Hospital Wing.
• Before the final, Loren told Hermione he hoped to use the Magic Power of magical creatures directly and planned to consult Dumbledore before experimenting.
• Gryffindor beat Slytherin 80–60 when Harry caught the Golden Snitch, and the crowd carried the celebrating players onto the pitch.
• Loren hugged Hermione during the celebrations, but she stopped him from turning the embrace into a kiss.
• After the championship party, Oliver Wood spoke with the players about his mistakes and the team's future, giving Harry and Ron particular attention.

Loren and Hermione visited the Hogwarts Kitchen, where Hermione questioned Winky about House-elves living independently and clashed with his beliefs. On the night before the full moon, Lupin went to the Shrieking Shack to test whether an Animagus transformation could restrain his werewolf transformation, only to find a crowd of staff and students waiting there.

• Loren brought Hermione to the Kitchen, where Winky greeted him excitedly and treasured the scarf, hat, and socks Loren had given him.
• Hermione asked Winky how unwanted House-elves survived and whether they could live independently, but Winky called the idea a betrayal and argued with her.
• Loren mediated between them and led Hermione away, reminding her that her approach had frightened the House-elves.
• Hermione continued researching House-elves with Professor Bubage, while Loren completed a Fire Salamander transformation in the Fantasy Book but could not use its magic or endure Blue Belladonna Flames.
• On April 24, Harry and Ron took Lupin through the Whomping Willow passage to the Shrieking Shack, where he found Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey, McGonagall, Loren, Hermione, Flitwick, Sprout, and Snape waiting to witness his transformation.

Professor Lupin discovered that transforming into his Animagus form during the Full Moon prevented him from becoming a dangerous Werewolf. He planned to visit a Werewolf community before deciding whether to return to Hogwarts.

• The professors discussed whether magic could control a Werewolf’s wild nature, while Loren, Harry, Ron, and Hermione listened nearby.
• Under the Full Moon, Lupin transformed into a gray wolf and remained in control, proving that his Animagus form suppressed the Werewolf transformation.
• Professor McGonagall escorted the four students back to the Castle and explained that Lupin could now sleep soundly and roam freely on Full Moon nights.
• The next day, Lupin told Dumbledore he planned to visit a Werewolf community and might return to Hogwarts afterward.

As final exams approached, Hermione drove Loren, Harry, and Ron through an intense revision schedule. Loren persuaded Hermione to ask Hagrid about the Care of Magical Creatures exam, where Hagrid revealed it would be simple, leaving Hermione frustrated.

• Hermione supervised Loren, Harry, and Ron as they memorized extensive material for their final exams, while Loren had already earned an O on his recitation.
• Loren closed Hermione's book and suggested they visit Hagrid to ask about the Care of Magical Creatures exam scope.
• Hermione made Harry and Ron stay in the library to keep studying while she went with Loren to find Hagrid.
• Hagrid told Hermione that his exam would be simple and that even Fang could pass it, adding that Professor McGonagall approved.
• Loren pulled the frustrated Hermione away after promising Hagrid they would tell the other students about the easy exam.

Loren and Hermione balanced revision with playful outings as Hogwarts’ third-year final exams began. The exams continued with the students facing practical tests in Transfiguration and Charms, then Care of Magical Creatures, Potions, Astronomy, History of Magic, and Herbology.

• Loren admitted he had taken Hermione outside to admire her in the sunlight, and they later revised in spots around the grounds and Castle.
• Harry and Ron buried their Animagus Secret Potion during the May full moon, though they doubted it would work before the school year ended.
• The third-year students took their Transfiguration exam, where many worried about flaws in their teapot-to-turtle transformations.
• During the Charms exam, Harry accidentally overpowered Ron with the Cheering Charm, and Professor Flitwick then called Hermione and Loren in for their test.
• The students took their remaining exams, including Hagrid’s easy Flobberworm test, and looked forward to finishing Herbology the next day.

Loren passed Professor Lupin’s Defense Against the Dark Arts practical exam by avoiding the course’s hidden dangers, and Harry and Neville also earned full marks with cautious spellwork. After Harry reported that Professor Trelawney had made a prophecy about Voldemort’s return and the Dark Arts, Loren went upstairs for his own Divination exam.

• Loren sealed the reef hiding Red Caps, avoided the marsh’s Hinkypunks, and passed Lupin’s practical exam with full marks.
• Harry and Neville used Disarming and Stunning Spells throughout the course, earning full marks despite Lupin’s frustration.
• Ron, Harry, and the other students took their Divination exams while Loren waited and considered whether he had the Inner Eye.
• Harry hurried down from Trelawney’s classroom and told Loren she had prophesied that the Dark Lord would return with his servant and that the Dark Arts would unleash darkness.
• Trelawney called Loren Morgan upstairs for his Divination exam.

Loren questioned Professor Trelawney about prophecy during his Divination exam, then told Hermione about the strange prediction she made. After Harry and Ron returned from a long meeting with Dumbledore, the Common Room was still in chaos.

• Loren asked Trelawney how the Inner Eye worked and what happened to prophecies made unconsciously, then improvised visions of fleeing Werewolves for his exam.
• Trelawney interpreted Loren’s vision as a prophecy about the Ministry driving Werewolves out and pressed him to describe their deaths.
• After their Arithmancy exam, Loren and Hermione compared answers, and he recounted the Divination exam and prophecy to her.
• Hermione suspected Trelawney was a fraud despite wondering whether her own lack of talent was real, then suggested they visit the United States during the holidays to see the International Confederation of Wizards.
• Loren and Hermione returned to the Common Room, where Harry and Ron had come back bewildered after spending nearly two hours with Dumbledore.