Chapter Summaries

Loren worried about Bates on the full moon and Hermione mistook his distress for signs that he was a Werewolf. After Loren cleared up the misunderstanding, the two friends talked together in the Hogwarts Clock Tower attic.

• Loren planned a combat system built around defensive, control, and offensive spells, and Flamel said the plan was suitable for a student.
• As the full moon approached, Loren lost his appetite because he was worried about Bates, while Ron and Hermione noticed his unusual mood.
• Hermione took Loren to the Clock Tower attic and revealed that she thought he was a Werewolf.
• Loren explained that Bates was the Werewolf and that he was worried about him, not about transforming himself.
• Hermione apologized for her mistaken guess, and Loren comforted her before they chatted about everyday matters.

Loren invited his roommates on a night-roaming trip, and they discovered Dumbledore feeding Fluffy in the room with the Mirror of Erised. Dumbledore let them stay and chat, leaving the boys in on his secret.

• Loren suggested that he and his roommates go night roaming, and Harry, Ron, Seamus, and Neville responded to the idea.
• Loren, Harry, Ron, and Seamus slipped out of the common room and startled at a falling axe before Nearly Headless Nick revealed himself and let them pass.
• At the locked door on the Fourth Floor, Loren used Alohomora after Harry and Ron admitted they did not know the unlocking spell.
• The boys entered the room and found Dumbledore feeding Fluffy beside the Mirror of Erised.
• Dumbledore introduced Fluffy, told the boys their visit would be a secret, and offered them candy as they chatted about their friends.

After leaving Dumbledore and the Mirror of Erised, Loren practiced the Shield Charm with Hermione and learned it could reflect spells. At his weekly appointment, Snape began training Loren in Potions and assigned him painstaking work to repay his debt.

• Dumbledore warned Harry not to dwell on dreams, and the group returned to their dormitories without discovering what the Three-headed Dog guarded.
• Loren took Hermione to the Room of Requirement to practice the Shield Charm, and his spell reflected Hermione's Binding Charm back at her.
• Loren pretended Hermione had agreed not to mention his twenty-two-to-zero record, then Hermione beat him back to the dining hall.
• Snape quizzed Loren on his Potions reading and told him that his future brewing work would help repay the cost of Wolfsbane Potion.
• Snape brought Loren trunks of Flowing Liquid Flowers and ordered him to remove their stamens by hand.

Loren sent Grandpa Bates a letter with the Wolfsbane Potion and began training in the Duel Chamber, where Flamel taught him the realities of wizard dueling. After repeated defeats, Loren started lasting longer and occasionally landing a spell, while Flamel ended the session urging him to learn how to control a battle’s rhythm.

• Loren wrote to Grandpa Bates and enclosed the Wolfsbane Potion, then prepared to have Hānhan deliver the letter.
• Loren entered the Duel Chamber and asked Flamel to spar with him after practicing the Shield Charm for a week.
• Flamel used basic spells to overwhelm Loren, showing him that dodging, countering, and controlling the pace mattered more than simply relying on the Shield Charm.
• Loren kept challenging Flamel and gradually improved, surviving longer and occasionally interrupting Flamel’s attacks with a hit.
• Flamel ended the training session, praised Loren’s progress and determination, and told him to learn to control the rhythm of battle.

Loren learned that Grandpa Bates could control himself after taking the Wolfsbane Potion and planned to travel. Snape praised Loren’s brewing talent and began another lesson, leaving Loren to wonder what potions might make possible.

• While observing the moon, Loren reassured Hermione that Grandpa Bates had received the Wolfsbane Potion, and the Twins failed to ambush Professor Quirrell.
• Loren and the other students joked about Quirrell’s worsening garlic smell and paleness, while Loren recalled that Quirrell and Voldemort might soon hunt for blood in the Forbidden Forest.
• Loren received Grandpa Bates’s letter saying the potion let him control himself after transforming and that he planned to travel; Bates also threatened him over its bitterness.
• Loren visited Snape, read detailed comments on his essay, and told him that Bates was doing well.
• Snape called potions a great discipline, said Loren had a little talent, and began the lesson.

Loren wondered about immortality after Snape’s remarks, then set the question aside as his busy Hogwarts routine continued toward Halloween. During Charms, Trevor disrupted Professor Flitwick’s lesson, and the class began practicing the Levitation Charm.

• Loren considered the flaws in different forms of immortality and speculated that ancient wizards had traveled the world, leaving behind legends of eternal life.
• Flamel discussed immortality legends with Loren, then began their lesson without resolving where ancient immortals had gone.
• Loren kept up his classes, evening lessons, Friday work with Snape, and weekend reading with Hermione as Halloween approached.
• Harry told the class that Neville’s toad Trevor was missing, and the students found Trevor climbing onto Professor Flitwick.
• Professor Flitwick used the Levitation Charm to float Trevor around the classroom and return him to Neville’s desk.
• Professor Flitwick explained the Levitation Charm’s technique and pronunciation, then paired the students to practice with feathers.

Loren realized Ron was struggling with shame over his worn-out wand and family poverty, then feared Ron would be in danger when a troll entered the Castle. Loren and Harry rushed to find him, with Hermione following, as the professors organized the students and searched for the troll.

• In Charms Class, Hermione corrected Ron, and Loren explained that Ron's worn wand was holding him back; Ron felt exposed and inferior.
• Seamus accidentally exploded his feather, blackening his and Ron's faces and drawing laughter from the students.
• At the Halloween Feast, Harry said Ron had gone to the toilet, and Quirrell burst in to announce that a troll was in the dungeons before fainting.
• Dumbledore ordered the prefects to lead students to safety while professors investigated, and Loren and Harry set out to find Ron.
• Loren asked Seamus and Neville to alert a professor, then hurried toward the toilet with Harry; Hermione followed to apologize to Ron.
• Harry saw someone in green robes, whom he thought was Snape, disappear up a staircase as Loren warned that Ron might meet the troll before the professors arrived.

Loren, Harry, Hermione, and Ron were trapped in a passage with a troll, and their spells only held it back temporarily. As the firewood ran out, Ron charged the troll to give his friends a chance to escape, but it kicked him into a wall and left him bleeding.

• Loren led Harry, Hermione, and Ron into the restroom to hide from the approaching troll.
• The troll smashed through the restroom door and destroyed the compartments as Loren's and Harry's spells failed to stop it.
• Loren used a Fire Charm to drive the troll back, and Hermione lifted and ignited broken planks to keep it at bay.
• Loren, Hermione, and Harry used levitated fire to force the troll toward the corridor, but Hermione warned that their supply of wood was dwindling.
• Ron charged the troll and tried to attack its feet, but it kicked him into a wall, leaving him curled on the ground and bleeding from the mouth.

Harry and Loren defeated the troll after Harry attacked it and Loren struck its weakness with a powerful spell, leaving Loren unconscious from exhausting his Magic Power. In the Hospital Wing, Loren recovered and began explaining what he had seen to Dumbledore, including red light around Harry and Ron.

• Harry rushed up the troll and punched it in the nose, leaving a black mark on its weakness.
• Loren used Piercing Bolt to blast through the mark and kill the troll, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Loren woke in the Hospital Wing, where Harry told him Ron had broken ribs and internal injuries and had not yet woken.
• Madam Pomfrey warned Loren that he had nearly drained all his Magic Power and ordered him to rest.
• Hermione brought Loren class notes, and Dumbledore asked to hear what he had seen during the attack.
• Loren told Dumbledore that he had seen a brown barrier around the troll, a black mark on its nose, and red light around Harry and Ron.

Dumbledore explained that the four students had experienced Magic Surges after their encounter with the troll and warned them to avoid using their full strength for a week or two. He offered them fifty Galleons for defeating the troll, but assigned them detention with Professor Snape for breaking school rules.

• Dumbledore suspected Voldemort's power in Harry's scar had produced the dark mark that injured the troll.
• Dumbledore explained how emotions could trigger Magic Surges, described their dangers, and warned Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Loren to limit their spellcasting while their magic continued to grow.
• Harry and Hermione said Ron felt guilty about endangering them, while Dumbledore praised Ron's courage and loyalty.
• Dumbledore offered the students fifty Galleons for defeating the troll, enough to help Ron buy a wand.
• Dumbledore canceled any loss of House points but assigned all four students detention with Professor Snape.

Loren, Harry, and Ron recovered in the Hospital Wing after their fight with the troll, discussing how close they had come to dying and what they might do next time. Ron learned that his Magic Power had surged and that they would receive a share of the troll reward, while visitors reassured themselves that he was safe.

• Madam Pomfrey brought Loren and Harry a meatless dinner, collected their snacks, and gave unconscious Ron a potion.
• Harry asked Loren whether he had feared dying and admitted he would have traded himself for his friends; Loren warned that charging in would only have gotten him killed sooner.
• Harry told Loren that all four boys had experienced a Magic Power surge, with Ron's being the strongest, and said Dumbledore would divide about fifty Galleons among them as a reward.
• Ron joked about buying Charlie's Cannons autographs before agreeing to buy a wand, then wondered if his increased Magic Power meant he could beat up George and Fred.
• Madam Pomfrey said Ron's lungs still needed observation, and Loren advised him to learn stronger spells before relying on his Magic Power.
• Hermione, Neville, Seamus, Percy, George, and Fred visited the boys, and Percy finally relaxed after seeing that Ron had recovered.

After recovering from their injuries, Loren, Harry, and Ron returned to a Gryffindor celebration for the troll’s defeat. Hermione told Loren she wanted to train with him so she could better protect herself, and she resumed teasing him about their dueling record.

• George and Fred teased Ron in the hospital wing while Neville blamed himself for the troll incident and Loren and Hermione reassured him.
• Madam Pomfrey discharged Loren, Harry, and Ron on Sunday evening, and The Fat Lady announced their return to the Gryffindor common room.
• The Gryffindors welcomed the three with a party, while Seamus, Dean, and Ron embellished Harry’s role in defeating the troll.
• Loren and Hermione slipped away from the crowd to eat, and Hermione told him she wanted to practice fighting with him because magic could be dangerous.
• Hermione teased Loren about his old Twenty-Two to Zero record, and he protested that he had won their latest match.

After the Halloween troll incident, Loren and his friends celebrated, made peace with Ron’s guilt, and returned to classes. Loren tested a new spell in the Fantasy Book while Harry and Ron rushed their overdue homework, and Ron later sent his mother a carefully polished account of the adventure.

• Professor McGonagall ended the celebration, and Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron talked alone, where Ron apologized before the friends reconciled.
• Loren realized Harry and Ron had forgotten their Transfiguration homework and lent them his work before entering the Fantasy Book.
• Loren demonstrated Piercing Bolt to Flamel, who called it a poorly designed spell and explained how genuine spell creation worked.
• Professor McGonagall reprimanded Harry and Ron during Transfiguration Class for acting recklessly and letting their schoolwork suffer.
• Ron swore he would stop leaving homework until the last minute, then sent his mother a letter describing how he and his friends defeated the troll while omitting his injuries and hospital stay.

Ron received a Howler from his mother for fighting the troll, and the first-years later discussed Snape’s actions on Halloween and their upcoming detention. The chapter left Loren intent on staying out of the mystery while the others planned their Friday afternoon.

• Ron opened a Howler from his mother, who scolded him for fighting the troll and ordered him home for the weekend.
• The Howler’s shouting left the Great Hall briefly unable to hear, and its envelope burned to ashes.
• In the Gryffindor common room, Ron speculated about Snape while Harry recalled seeing him go upstairs on Halloween night.
• Harry asked Loren whether Snape had acted strangely, but Loren kept his suspicions to himself and reminded them about their detention with Snape.
• Ron planned to visit Madam Pomfrey, Harry planned to see Hagrid, and Hermione planned to work on her homework.

Loren took Harry, Ron, and Hermione to Snape’s office, where Snape assigned them to collect venom from enchanted snakes. During the task, Harry revealed that he could speak Parseltongue, and his friends agreed to keep the ability secret.

• Snape led Loren, Harry, Ron, and Hermione to a storage room and ordered them to process potion ingredients or face a month of Friday detentions.
• Loren showed the others how to collect venom from enchanted Green-striped Vipers, and Hermione overcame her fear to try it.
• Harry spoke to the snakes in Parseltongue, surprising Ron and revealing an ability associated with Salazar Slytherin.
• Loren, Ron, and Hermione reassured Harry and promised to protect his secret.
• Harry asked the snakes to spit venom into test tubes themselves, making the work easier and ending the task with laughter.

After Snape failed to return, Loren and his friends collected their reward and left detention. The next day, Loren trained Hermione in dueling, repeatedly catching her off guard before she began to grasp the Shield Charm, and he announced that he was narrowly ahead in their sparring record.

• Loren, Harry Potter, Hermione, and Ron finished extracting venom from two trunks of snakes while Snape was away, then left with sixty Galleons to split among them.
• Hermione asked Loren to train with her the next day, and he agreed as they walked back to the common room.
• Hermione and Loren began practicing the Shield Charm in the Room of Requirement, where Loren repeatedly caught her off guard with Petrificus Totalus.
• Hermione gradually improved at dueling and came close to grasping the Shield Charm by the end of their morning practice.
• On the way to lunch, Loren announced that his sparring record with Hermione was twenty-three wins to her twenty-two.

Ron showed off his new wand and invited Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron to visit the Weasley home over the summer. Loren then sought a chance to commentate on Quidditch, and after getting Professor McGonagall’s approval to test him on the rules, he studied Quidditch Through the Ages overnight.

• Ron described his new willow wand with a Unicorn Tail Hair core until Harry and Seamus recited its qualities for him, and he invited Loren, Hermione, and Harry to visit his family during summer.
• Harry discussed his upcoming first Quidditch match and the pressure of training, while Loren reminded Harry and Ron about their Transfiguration homework, prompting them to imitate a troll’s roar as they worked.
• Loren asked Professor McGonagall to let him commentate alongside Lee Jordan, and she agreed to test his Quidditch knowledge the next evening.
• Hermione recommended Quidditch Through the Ages, and Loren read about the sport’s history, teams, balls, and rules before studying them in the Fantasy Book overnight.
• Loren woke the next morning with a swollen head and went to the window for fresh air.

Harry struggled with the pressure of homework and his first Quidditch match, while Loren prepared to commentate and the friends found ways to enjoy the cold weather. The chapter ended on the eve of the match, with Harry reading about Quidditch to calm his nerves.

• Harry worried about his assignments and upcoming match, and Loren lent him Quidditch Through the Ages to help him prepare.
• Professor McGonagall authorized Loren to learn about commentary from Lee Jordan and warned him not to cause trouble during the match.
• As November grew colder, the students warmed themselves with blue flames and spent time outdoors in the courtyard.
• On Friday, Loren and Hermione reviewed assignments while Ron played with the flames and Harry read amusing Quidditch stories to ease his nerves.

Loren visited Snape after the professor injured his leg guarding Fluffy, and helped him reach the Staff Room for treatment. Harry glimpsed the wound and concluded Snape had tried to get past Fluffy, while his friends developed suspicions about Loren too, leaving the four of them caught in a misunderstanding.

• Hermione stopped Loren and Ron’s fire game, and Snape confiscated Harry’s library book while taking five points from Gryffindor.
• Harry set out alone to ask Snape for his book back, while Loren went to Snape’s office and heard him apologize after losing his temper.
• Loren helped Snape to the Staff Room, where Filch treated Snape’s badly mangled leg from Fluffy’s bite.
• Harry saw Snape’s injury and overheard him mention Fluffy, then fled before Snape could explain.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione suspected Snape was trying to steal what Fluffy guarded and debated whether Loren was involved.
• Loren returned without learning of their suspicions, and Harry stayed awake pondering what he had seen.

Loren’s taunting commentary helped turn the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match increasingly hostile, but Harry caught the Snitch after his broom was bewitched and Gryffindor won. The chapter ended with Gryffindors adopting Loren’s mocking phrase, setting off a new wave of teasing across Hogwarts.

• Loren introduced the Gryffindor players enthusiastically, while Lee Jordan gave Slytherin a curt introduction that angered its team and supporters.
• During the match, Loren mocked Slytherin’s players and keeper, and Angelina Bell scored for Gryffindor after passing through their defense.
• Slytherin players resorted to covert fouls, and the tense match grew increasingly rough as Harry dodged Bludgers.
• Harry’s broom began bucking wildly, but after a fire interrupted Quirrell’s spell, Harry steadied himself and caught the Golden Snitch.
• Seamus, Dean, and other Gryffindors repeated Loren’s phrase to mock the defeated Slytherin students.