Chapter Summaries

Loren and Hermione watched American Magical Congress Aurors contain the Werewolf Inferi as the disaster spread through Brooklyn, while Dumbledore confronted Voldemort above the city. In Brooklyn, Lupin persuaded Taylor Lotner and the Werewolves to leave their building and help.

• Loren and Hermione escaped the flooded sewers and concealed themselves near a Brooklyn manhole as Aurors spread dense fog and broadcast a cover story about a sewage emergency.
• Werewolf Inferi poured from the manholes, and the Aurors immobilized and captured the first wave in spatial suitcases before more manholes burst open.
• Voldemort met Dumbledore atop the Statue of Liberty, explained that a small accident had prompted him to release the Inferi, and traded probing remarks about prophecies and Horcruxes.
• Dumbledore suggested that Voldemort used Inferi to guard his Horcruxes, startling him and provoking his fury.
• After Jimmy reported the danger in the streets, Lupin urged Taylor Lotner not to flee, and Taylor called the Werewolves together to help.

As the Aurors and Werewolves struggled to contain endless waves of Werewolf Inferi in Brooklyn, Dumbledore defeated Voldemort’s borrowed body atop the Statue of Liberty. With the defensive lines still collapsing, Loren discovered two prominent lights in the Deluminator, including one cold gray cluster.

• Mike and the exhausted Aurors fought off successive surges of Werewolf Inferi while vagrants rushed in to help restrain them.
• Bellatrix Lestrange and Fenrir Greyback led a group through the underground pipelines and sent more Inferi surging up through a main opening.
• Loren and Hermione watched the defenders weaken as they waited for reinforcements and wondered what the Woolworth Building had prepared.
• Dumbledore fought Voldemort atop the Statue of Liberty, drove off his Wraith, and burned Wormtail’s body to ash.
• John Moon helped the defenders build a wall of petrified Inferi, but the line continued to crumble as Loren searched for a way to intervene.
• Loren opened the Deluminator and saw two especially bright clusters of light, one of them a stiff, cold gray.

Loren transformed into a Basilisk and petrified the Inferi horde, helping end the Brooklyn crisis and clearing the way for Lupin to speak at the International Wizarding Congress. After the congress recognized the Werewolves’ contributions and proposed a special action group, Loren and Hermione discussed when to bring their families back, just as the hotel telephone rang.

• Lupin and Jimmy began withdrawing the exhausted Werewolves while Taylor Lotner stayed behind to hold off the Inferi.
• Loren transformed into a Basilisk, carried Hermione toward the battlefield, and petrified the Werewolf Inferi with his right eye.
• Lupin learned the Basilisk had been Loren and watched as the congress proposed repealing the Anti-Werewolf Law and forming a Werewolf Special Action Group.
• Lupin addressed the congress, announced that a treatment for Werewolf Disease had been found, and received loud applause.
• Loren and Hermione ate fast food in their hotel suite and discussed when to bring their families back before the telephone rang.

Hermione and Loren returned to the International Wizarding Congress as its second day focused on magical laws and creature protections. Dumbledore offered Loren a First Class Order of Merlin for his role in the New York incident, but Loren refused, leaving the honor under consideration for Newt.

• Hermione reassured Wendell and Monica by phone, and Loren described their cheeseburger lunch as bread, beef patties, pickles, and lettuce salad.
• Rita watched Dumbledore at the congress and wondered what role he had played in the recent Werewolf and Inferi incident.
• Loren and Hermione listened as the congress discussed restrictions on misleading Muggles, flying near steel birds, and protections for magical creatures.
• Loren and Hermione read the American Magical Congress’s history, and Dumbledore pointed out that its officials had not used magic against Bartholomew Baribone despite his exposure of their secrets.
• Dumbledore told Loren that officials were considering awarding Newt a First Class Order of Merlin and offered Loren the same honor if he revealed his identity; Loren refused.

Loren and Hermione received news of Nagini and heard Dumbledore publicly warn that Voldemort had returned, while Hermione’s family and Bates learned more about the Werewolf Inferi incident. The chapter ended with Harry dreaming of Ilvermorny as a woman and her master discussed true resurrection and Harry Potter.

• Dumbledore gave Loren a postcard from Nagini, who was revisiting places from her past.
• Dumbledore announced at the International Wizarding Congress that Voldemort had returned, prompting alarm and questions from the gathered officials.
• Monica confronted Hermione about hiding the Werewolf Inferi incident, punished her with chores, and asked why she trusted Loren’s account more.
• Loren told Bates about the incident and Voldemort, and Bates asked whether Loren could guarantee his family’s safety.
• Harry dreamed of fleeing through fire to a Castle he recognized as Ilvermorny, then heard a woman and her master discuss resurrection and Harry Potter.

Harry dreamed that Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange were planning a true resurrection involving him, then wrote to Dumbledore and his friends for answers. Loren and Hermione received Harry’s letters, and Loren began calling Harry to discuss the dream.

• Harry woke from a painful dream in which Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange discussed a true resurrection that depended on Harry.
• Harry wrote letters to Dumbledore, Ron, Loren, and Hermione about the dream and sent them with Hedwig.
• Harry endured the Dursleys’ weight-loss breakfast while secretly enjoying snacks from his Storage Scale.
• At the Granger house, Loren and Hermione received Harry’s letters and read about his dream.
• Hermione suggested that Loren call Harry, and Loren went to use the telephone.
• The telephone rang at the Dursley house.

Harry spoke with Loren, who recounted the International Wizarding Congress and urged him to reconsider Occlumency, while Dumbledore discussed the aftermath with the Centaur elder Hoss. Loren later experienced a vision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 striking Jupiter, then woke as Flamel told him to sense the Magic Power inside his body.

• Harry answered Loren’s call, heard about the Werewolf Inferi incident and the International Wizarding Congress, and agreed to reconsider Occlumency.
• Loren and Hermione shared cola and watched a report about Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 approaching Jupiter.
• Dumbledore told Hoss about the Congress and Voldemort’s Werewolf Inferi, and Hoss warned that other creatures could also be made into Inferi.
• Hoss asked Dumbledore to care for the Centaur foals after his death and remarked that Jupiter was bright.
• Loren opened The Book of Abraham, fell into a vision of the comet fragments striking Jupiter, and perceived distant worlds beyond it.
• Loren awoke at his desk, and Flamel told him to sense the Magic Power inside his body.

Loren discovered that his Magic Power had grown enough to cast powerful spells without a wand or incantation, while questions about The Book of Abraham and Mary remained unanswered. At the Crouch estate, Little Barty Crouch briefly resisted his father’s control and learned that the Dark Lord might return, while Barty Crouch encountered Bertha Jorkins at the Ministry and recalled erasing her memory.

• Loren sensed his heightened Magic Power and cast a sustained Fire Charm without using his wand or speaking.
• Loren reflected on his encounters with Mary, Bloody Mary's Mirror, and Jupiter, then wondered about The Book of Abraham's author and its connection to him.
• Little Barty Crouch briefly broke through the Imperius Curse, asked Winky about the Quidditch World Cup, and read newspapers.
• Little Barty Crouch read a report about Dumbledore warning that the Dark Lord would return and resolved to find his master and announce his return.
• Barty Crouch finished work at the Ministry and met Bertha Jorkins in a lift, remembering that he had used Obliviate on her after she discovered Little Barty's secret.

Barty Crouch stopped Bertha Jorkins from traveling to Albania and reluctantly agreed to let his imprisoned son attend the Quidditch World Cup final. In Diagon Alley, Hermione secretly bought materials for Loren’s birthday gift while Loren improvised a mixed-flavor ice cream for her.

• Barty Crouch persuaded Bertha Jorkins to postpone her holiday to Albania and help with the Quidditch World Cup instead.
• Crouch returned home, saw his vacant son under an Invisibility Cloak, and agreed that Winky could take him to a private box at the final after the crowds had left.
• Hermione left Loren waiting at Florian Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlour while she secretly bought Alchemy materials and Goblin-forged coins for his birthday present.
• Loren bought strawberry and mango ice cream, then handed Hermione the strawberry tub while hiding his unusual behavior.
• Hermione and Loren mixed their ice cream flavors together and agreed that the combination tasted better.

Loren and Hermione went to Gringotts to buy Quidditch World Cup tickets, but Bill Weasley intervened and brought them to The Burrow. Molly warmly welcomed them and proposed that they stay with the Weasleys until school began, then arranged to visit their families the next day.

• Loren and Hermione browsed Diagon Alley's World Cup merchandise and decided to ask Gringotts for tickets.
• A goblin teller offered to sell them tickets at a high price, but Bill Weasley stopped the deal and invited them to watch the match with his family.
• Bill Apparated Loren and Hermione to The Burrow, where Molly called him in to clear gnomes from the yard.
• Molly greeted Loren and Hermione enthusiastically, while Ginny saw them and withdrew inside.
• Molly invited Loren and Hermione to stay at The Burrow until school began, then decided she and Arthur would visit their families the next day.

Harry received Molly Weasley’s invitation to join the Weasleys for the Quidditch World Cup and learned they planned to collect him regardless of the Dursleys’ answer. Meanwhile, the Weasleys arrived at the Grangers’ home by Floo and became trapped in its sealed fireplace, where Arthur eagerly questioned the Muggles about electricity.

• Harry read Molly Weasley’s letter inviting him to stay with the Weasleys and attend the Quidditch World Cup, and Uncle Vernon angrily agreed to let him go.
• Harry received Ron’s note saying Molly would visit Loren and Hermione before collecting Harry the next afternoon, whether the Dursleys approved or not.
• Harry replied to Ron and then ate some of Hagrid’s birthday cake while waiting for the Weasleys to arrive.
• Loren and Hermione packed for the visit, while the Grangers nervously prepared to host the Weasley family.
• Arthur, Fred, George, and the others tried to enter the Grangers’ home through its sealed fireplace and became trapped inside.
• Loren and Hermione returned to help, while Arthur enthusiastically asked the Muggles about electricity and the twins delightedly discussed getting electrocuted.

Loren and Hermione visited the Granger home with Arthur Weasley and his sons, where their families chatted and explored Muggle and magical technology. After Arthur remembered they had to collect Harry from Dursley house, Loren and Hermione traveled by Floo Powder to the Burrow and were welcomed by Molly Weasley.

• Arthur Weasley and his sons emerged from the Grangers’ sealed fireplace, and Arthur explained how he had connected it to the Floo Network.
• Wendell and Arthur discussed electricity and the Floo Network while Monica chatted with George, Fred, and Ron.
• Arthur realized it was nearly five and that Harry was still waiting at Dursley house, so he sent the others to the Burrow and left to collect Harry.
• Fred, George, Ron, Loren, and Hermione traveled through the Floo Network to the Burrow, where Molly greeted Loren and Hermione.
• Loren looked around the Weasley home and noticed its magical household books, unusual clocks, and orderly rooms.

Harry arrived at The Burrow, where Molly welcomed him and the family gathered for a summer dinner with Loren and Hermione. The night ended with Harry, Loren, and Hermione settling into the crowded Weasley home, where Ron and the Twins continued bickering.

• Arthur brought Harry to The Burrow, and Molly fussed over his weight and hurried to prepare more food.
• Molly sent George and Fred to summon Bill, Charlie, and Percy while Loren, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Harry carried dinner outside.
• Bill, Charlie, and Percy returned, and the family ate together as Hermione and Loren asked Percy about his Ministry work.
• After dinner, everyone chatted in the garden before Molly sent them to wash up and go to bed.
• Hermione shared Ginny's room, while Harry and Loren joined Ron, the Twins, and Percy in the crowded bedrooms upstairs.
• Ron argued with George and Fred over the sleeping arrangements until Molly shouted at them to be quiet.

Loren spent the morning at the Weasley home, where George and Fred revealed their growing mail-order joke business and their plans to open a shop. He traded them Storage Scales for a set of their joke products, and the family headed outside to drive Gnomes from the yard.

• Loren used magic to comb Hermione’s hair, then joked with her about charging for the service.
• Molly served the family breakfast and fussed over Harry, while Ginny and Molly argued about Bill’s long hair.
• George and Fred showed Loren their modified Fat Tongue Toffee and explained that they were secretly filling mail orders to save money for a joke shop.
• Loren offered to fund the Twins’ shop, but George and Fred asked to buy or rent his Storage Scales instead.
• Loren gave George and Fred Storage Scales in exchange for a set of their joke products, and they promised to deliver it that night.
• The Weasley children went outside to drive Gnomes from the yard.

Loren spent a night at the Burrow as Molly discovered George and Fred’s joke-making business and scolded them, but the Twins remained determined to build Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. After Loren heard movement downstairs, the story shifted to Frank Bryce, who entered the abandoned Riddle House and heard voices inside.

• Loren and Hermione watched Harry, Ron, and Ginny clear Gnomes from the Burrow's garden while Bill and Charlie explained the nearby village and wizarding families.
• Molly found George and Fred's prank products and order forms, angrily ordered them to destroy the goods, and complained about their behavior and Hogwarts's letters.
• The Twins tied up the Ghoul in the attic, then reassured Loren that they still planned to continue their business and promised him free products.
• Loren reflected on Molly's concerns and the Twins' ambitions before noticing a faint light and the sound of things being moved downstairs.
• Frank Bryce entered the neglected Riddle House and heard cold voices speaking inside.

At The Burrow, Loren reassured Molly about George and Fred’s ambitions, prompting her to return their inventions to them under strict conditions. Meanwhile, Voldemort killed Frank Bryce at Riddle House, and Harry woke from a dream with his scar burning before seeing the Twins reconcile with Molly.

• Molly searched The Burrow’s storeroom for George and Fred’s inventions while worrying about their future and poor O.W.L. results.
• Loren told Molly that George and Fred had not sold their inventions at school or seriously troubled their professors, then reminded her how she and Arthur had built The Burrow together.
• Molly went to retrieve the Twins’ inventions, and Arthur followed after his Flashlight’s batteries failed.
• At Riddle House, Bellatrix urged Voldemort to use another wizard as a body, but he insisted on waiting for Harry; Voldemort then killed Frank Bryce after Frank overheard them.
• Harry woke with his scar burning and later watched Molly return the Twins’ inventions on the condition that Arthur inspect them and that they avoid trouble at school.

At The Burrow, Harry told Loren, Hermione, and Ron about his dream of Voldemort killing a Muggle, while Hermione worked with Ginny on a secret birthday gift for Loren. The chapter ended with an explosion from the girls’ room, where Hermione and Ginny’s Rune work had gone wrong.

• Harry told Ron, Loren, and Hermione that his scar had hurt and he had dreamed of Voldemort plotting in an old house; Loren suggested that Dumbledore had withheld information because Voldemort might see through Harry and urged him to practice Occlumency.
• Harry decided to put off practicing Occlumency until after the summer visit, then went with Ron, Charlie, Fred, and George to play Quidditch on the hill.
• Hermione secretly began making Loren a birthday gift from Mithril and a Goblin Silver Coin, while Ginny watched and asked whether Loren put the same thought into gifts for Hermione.
• Loren reflected on Voldemort’s approaching resurrection and the uncertainty of changing events, then settled down beneath a tree for a nap.
• An explosion shook The Burrow, and Hermione and Ginny admitted to Molly that Hermione’s Ancient Rune work had caused it; Hermione quickly refused Loren’s offer to help.

The Weasleys celebrated Loren’s birthday at The Burrow while Molly experimented with a fruit cake and Hermione secretly worked on rune-inscribed coins. Loren, Harry, Ron, and the others went into the mountains to gather walnuts, then returned to a warm, noisy household where the celebration preparations continued.

• Molly prepared a fruit cake for Loren’s birthday while Loren, Harry, and Ron cleared breakfast dishes.
• Hermione worked with Ginny on rune-inscribed Goblin Silver Coins designed to pass messages between them.
• Molly’s first cake collapsed, so she sent Loren, Harry, and Ron to gather walnuts with Bill and Charlie.
• Hermione and Ginny stayed behind to conceal their project, while Loren guessed they were keeping a secret.
• Loren and the others collected walnuts, and Bill started a playful walnut-throwing fight that drew everyone in.
• The group returned dirty, Molly scolded them and put them to work shelling walnuts, and Loren fed Crookshanks and the owls.

Loren celebrated his birthday with a lavish dinner at The Burrow, where his family and friends gathered to eat and drink. The evening ended with Fred and George singing drunkenly after sneaking a sip of Molly’s sour apple wine, while Loren and Hermione shared a quiet laugh.

• Arthur and Percy returned to The Burrow with whiskey and champagne, and Percy explained that Mr. Crouch had given them the bottles for the birthday.
• Molly served a feast in the garden and refused to let the underage guests drink alcohol, instead giving everyone a glass of her homemade apple wine.
• Arthur led the group in wishing Loren a happy birthday, and everyone shared the dinner and cake.
• Fred and George secretly split some of Arthur’s apple wine, grimaced at its sour taste, and began singing different songs at once.
• Loren quietly asked Hermione whether she had finished her Ancient Runes homework, and they giggled together when she refused to answer.

On his birthday, Loren received Hermione’s enchanted communication coins and a kiss before they spent the night talking in a sycamore tree. As the Quidditch World Cup final approached, the Weasleys prepared to attend while Molly stayed behind, and George and Fred’s dragon-dung prank left Percy stuck with a foul-smelling package.

• Loren woke after his birthday party and pretended to be asleep when Hermione entered his room in her Ermine Animagus form.
• Hermione gave Loren one of two Rune-engraved Goblin Silver Coins that could send simple messages, and Loren coaxed a birthday kiss from her.
• Loren and Hermione stayed in the sycamore tree through the night, where he told her a story and they fell asleep leaning against each other.
• By late August, Loren and Hermione used their coins to exchange morning greetings as the Quidditch World Cup final drew near.
• George and Fred sent Percy a package of dragon dung disguised as a work sample, and Percy admitted he would have to keep it until after the World Cup.
• Molly said she would stay at The Burrow while Arthur, the children, Loren, and Hermione prepared to attend the match.