Chapter Summaries

Loren and the professors investigated the living Horcrux in the Snake Tree and concluded that Voldemort had created a body to serve as a new wand core, while Vincent Crabbe’s soul was gone. Meanwhile, Voldemort gathered the Death Eaters in New York and announced that Harry Potter was coming there.

• Loren used the Soul Stone to confirm that Vincent Crabbe’s soul had vanished, and Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had made the body to create a wand core capable of matching the Snake Tree.
• Dumbledore told Loren, Hermione, Nancy, and Pickley that the professors had found no solution yet, but he had asked Aegilbert to wait two more days before they paid the price of restoring the Snake Tree.
• Lucius gave Rodolphus a Gringotts key and funds to support the Death Eaters’ relocation, then the Dark Mark summoned them to a gathering.
• Voldemort warned the Death Eaters not to abandon him and questioned Lestrange about intelligence he had gathered in New York.
• Voldemort revealed that Harry Potter had completed his immigration formalities and would soon arrive in New York, prompting him to propose a welcoming ceremony.

After Lucius learned that Old Crabbe was distressed over his missing son, he hinted that he knew where Vincent was. Harry and Professor McGonagall visited the Ministry of Magic to complete Harry’s departure paperwork, while Loren and Hermione toured Ilvermorny, where efforts to separate the living Horcrux from the Snake Tree remained unsuccessful.

• Lucius drew Old Crabbe into a private conversation and claimed he knew where Vincent was.
• Harry and Professor McGonagall entered the Ministry of Magic and completed Harry’s exit forms with Mrs. Edgecombe.
• Tykros explained Loren’s theory of Apparition and his research group’s attempts to develop a different method of spatial teleportation.
• Loren and Hermione toured Ilvermorny with Pickley and Nancy, learning about its history and famous Muggle visitors.
• The group went to dine at the side hall after the professors reported little progress separating the living Horcrux from the Snake Tree.

At Ilvermorny, Dumbledore and Fontano waited for Crabbe’s relative to decide what to do about Crabbe and the Snake Tree, while Lucius set Old Crabbe on a path out of the Death Eaters’ base. The next morning, Fawkes was sent to bring a visitor from halfway up Mount Greylock to Loren.

• Snape explained that separating Crabbe from the Snake Tree would damage both, and Fontano struggled with the choice between protecting the tree and saving his former student.
• Loren said Lucius had passed the message to Mr. Crabbe, while the Death Eaters’ protected base and uncertain secret keeper complicated contact.
• Old Crabbe stunned Old Goyle with Obliviate and left the Death Eaters’ base, while Lucius watched and pretended to be drunk.
• Loren and Hermione joined the others for breakfast at Ilvermorny, where Dumbledore asked whether Loren could move freely around the school.
• Dumbledore summoned Fawkes and sent him to bring a guest waiting halfway up the mountain.

Old Crabbe reached Ilvermorny and learned that Voldemort had erased Vincent Crabbe’s soul and transformed his body with the Snake Tree. After keeping vigil beside Vincent, Old Crabbe saw the shell respond to his touch and cast Fiendfyre.

• A phoenix’s flames transported Old Crabbe to Ilvermorny, where Dumbledore welcomed him and offered him food.
• Old Crabbe told Dumbledore he would share information about Voldemort if Vincent was safe, and Dumbledore led him to the Snake Tree.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had attached a soul fragment to Vincent’s body, erased Vincent’s soul, and intended to make the body into a wand.
• Old Crabbe asked to be alone with Vincent and kept vigil beside the hollow through the day and night.
• When Old Crabbe called his name, Vincent’s empty shell touched his hand, and Old Crabbe cast Fiendfyre on it.

Loren and Dumbledore watched the Snake Tree burn, destroying Vincent Crabbe’s living Horcrux, while Old Crabbe resolved to take revenge on Voldemort. As a joint ambush operation took shape in New York, Harry discovered that the Order of the Phoenix and Ministry Aurors had secretly joined his flight, and the plane approached the city where the Death Eaters were waiting.

• Loren and Dumbledore watched Fiendfyre consume the Snake Tree and Vincent Crabbe’s empty shell, destroying the living Horcrux as Old Crabbe vowed revenge against Voldemort.
• At dinner, Dumbledore explained that Harry’s trip to New York would continue because Voldemort might attack and Harry could not hide forever; Fontana said the Snake Tree’s roots would grow new branches in spring.
• Loren learned that the American Magical Congress had traced dark wizards to Brooklyn and that Auror squads were preparing an ambush while passengers and Muggle equipment were secured.
• On Flight 941, Harry recognized Remus, Tonks, and Sirius, then discovered that Minister Scrimgeour, Mad-Eye Moody, Order members, and Ministry Aurors were aboard for the operation.
• Scrimgeour considered the mysteries surrounding Dumbledore’s intelligence and the gathered leaders as the plane descended toward New York, where the Death Eaters waited.

Harry and the Ministry’s forces confronted Voldemort and the Death Eaters at New York Airport, where Voldemort unleashed Killing Curse magic across the runway and battled Harry. The fight spread around the plane, with both sides trading attacks as the defenders tried to capture the Death Eaters.

• Harry and the Aurors and Order members faced Voldemort at the rain-soaked airport, and Scrimgeour led them in a volley of spells.
• Voldemort raised the Dark Mark and turned its falling green flames into a deadly storm; Harry engaged him with Expelliarmus as the others scattered or fought the Death Eaters.
• Lukewood confronted Scrimgeour near the plane’s engine while McGonagall, Moody, and Kingsley fought Death Eaters elsewhere around the aircraft.
• Bill and Charlie disarmed Antonin Dolohov and beat him after he claimed he would surrender and had been under the Imperius Curse.
• Lupin, Sirius Black, and Tonks cornered the Lestrange Brothers and the Rohl Siblings; Tonks blocked a Cruciatus Curse aimed at Lupin, while Sirius’s decoy smoke emerged as a doodle of Peeves.

Lucius Malfoy and Lestrange tried to escape the battle at the airport, but Hermione and Loren captured them, while Harry faced Voldemort and appeared to die. Loren then unleashed a blazing, sunlike power against Voldemort, who was confronted by the charging Old Crabbe.

• Lucius Malfoy avoided the main fight and tried to flee the airport alongside Lestrange.
• Hermione stopped Lucius and Lestrange with two spells, and Loren told Pickley to treat Lucius as one of their own.
• Loren told Pickley that he and Dumbledore were waiting for the moment Harry died before acting.
• Voldemort struck Harry with the Killing Curse, and Sirius Black cried out as Harry fell.
• Harry's body disappeared as blazing heat filled the airport, and Voldemort recognized Loren as the source of the sunlike flames.
• Voldemort aimed his wand at Loren, but Old Crabbe charged at him through the heat.

Loren destroyed Voldemort at New York Airport, ending the Dark Lord’s return and leaving the wizarding world celebrating. As the rain stopped, Loren reflected on the uncertain future before he and Hermione went to find a room for the night.

• Loren’s Rainbow Light overwhelmed Voldemort’s Silver Shield and burned his body and Wraith to ash.
• Scrimgeour and Samuel G. Kowhaug surveyed the restored airport as the wizards celebrated Voldemort’s defeat and discussed Loren’s power.
• Loren waited in the VIP lounge, where Hermione joined him and asked whether Voldemort was truly gone and how Harry was doing.
• Newt Scamander learned that no one had seen a white Basilisk during the battle and regretted preparing Mandrakes.
• Loren and Hermione left the airport for a hotel, where Loren booked them a couples’ suite.

Bellatrix attempted to escape capture by jumping from a rooftop, but Nagini caught and subdued her. In the Pensieve, Harry reunited with Lily, while Dumbledore summoned Voldemort and tried to bargain for what he knew about Slytherin and the prophecy before scattering his temporary body.

• Rita Skeeter and Nagini confronted Bellatrix on a rooftop and ordered her to surrender to the Ministry.
• Bellatrix leaped from the rooftop, but Nagini caught her with her tail and knocked her unconscious.
• Harry awoke in the Pensieve, met Lily, and left with her to find his father.
• Dumbledore used the Resurrection Stone to reunite seven of Voldemort's soul fragments into a temporary body.
• Dumbledore asked Voldemort for Slytherin's memories about the future and the prophecy, but Voldemort refused without his conditions being met.
• Dumbledore scattered Voldemort's body and departed into the silver mist.

Loren and Hermione spent the night together in their hotel suite, while Harry planned a trip across America after his experience in the Pensieve. The next morning, Harry discovered that Loren and Hermione had already checked out, leaving him unsure where they had gone.

• Loren and Hermione flirted in their hotel room, and Loren stopped when Hermione asked him not to go further.
• Hermione told Loren she loved him, and he teased her before they fell asleep together.
• Harry planned to travel around America and decided to find Loren and Hermione after breakfast.
• Harry found Sirius Black and other members of the Order of the Phoenix and Aurors dining at the hotel.
• Harry learned at the front desk that Loren and Hermione had checked out an hour earlier.

On Loren’s seventeenth birthday, he and Hermione watched the sunrise at Haleakala, where he took a photo of them together. Meanwhile, Draco received reports that Scrimgeour and the Auror Office had disappeared, then heard a familiar voice at Malfoy Manor.

• Loren and Hermione Apparated to Haleakala and climbed to the crater to watch the sunrise.
• Loren photographed the sunrise, then took a selfie with Hermione and praised how beautiful she looked.
• Draco read messages from Theodore and others reporting that Scrimgeour had been absent for two days, Madam Bones was handling his affairs, and the Auror Office’s main force had disappeared.
• Draco noticed Loren had sent only an exclamation mark on the Communicator and put the devices away to consider other sources of information.
• A familiar voice called Draco from the courtyard entrance, and he turned with disbelief and delight.

Loren and Hermione celebrated his seventeenth birthday at Mallory, watching the sunset and sharing a kiss. The chapter ended with Hermione wishing Loren a happy birthday.

• Loren and Hermione Apparated to Mallory in Key West, hiding their arrival amid the noisy festivities.
• Hermione and Loren watched the sunset while sharing food and drinks, and Loren teased her about kissing him.
• Loren kissed Hermione as the sun sank into the sea, and they watched twilight settle over the town.
• Hermione wished Loren a happy seventeenth birthday.

Loren told Hermione Flamel’s account of magical history and explained his theory that a wizard’s defining traits could lead them toward the essence of magic. He warned that the growing merger of wizard and Muggle civilization could bring conflict and catastrophe, leaving Hermione wondering whether the clues left by legendary wizards could prevent it.

• Loren and Hermione camped on the beach and watched the stars beside a bonfire.
• Loren told Hermione that Flamel had divided magical history into four periods, from ancient dark wizards through the modern era.
• Loren explained that deep exploration of the soul and strong personal traits could bring wizards closer to magic, while Voldemort’s fear of death and hollow soul had made him vulnerable.
• Loren said the present era would bring wizard and Muggle societies closer together, but warned that magical research into souls and emotions could become dangerous.
• Loren warned that Muggle technological growth could damage magical creatures’ habitats and provoke conflict between the two societies.
• Hermione asked whether the crisis could be solved, and Loren said the old wizards’ clues and plans might prove useful or useless.

Loren explained to Hermione how the World Will and the Magical Consciousness might have shaped the Sages’ legacies and guided them to avert disasters, then teased her and lost the birthday gift she had planned for him. At The Burrow, Molly began to suspect that Marjorie was hiding something about Bill and Charlie, who had been away for several days.

• Loren told Hermione that The Book of Abraham and prophecy might have been influenced by the Magical Consciousness, which guided chosen wizards to prevent disasters.
• Loren explained that Merlin and Fairy Morgan left time-and-space magic to exile dangerous wizards, while Salazar Slytherin’s motives for his many legacies remained unclear.
• Hermione withdrew her planned birthday gift after Loren distracted her, and Loren pretended to reverse time while she later kissed his forehead before sleeping.
• At The Burrow, Molly invited Marjorie to visit the joke shop and complained that Bill and Charlie had been away working at Gringotts for several days.
• Marjorie tried to distract Molly with an offer to visit a Muggle supermarket, and Molly realized she might be hiding something about Bill and Charlie.

After returning to New York, Loren and Hermione learned how the wizarding world was handling Voldemort’s defeat and the captured Death Eaters. The American Magical Congress was preparing to publicize the victory, while Loren had to decide whether to accept the honors offered for defeating Voldemort.

• Loren and Hermione returned to New York by train and found Harry undergoing examinations and questioning at the hotel.
• Harry complained that Loren and Hermione had spent the summer traveling, then rushed off to ask Minister Scrimgeour for leave after Loren and Tonks warned him that post-graduation holidays were difficult to arrange.
• Scrimgeour passed Harry’s request to Dumbledore, and Hermione predicted that Dumbledore would grant it.
• Samuel G. Kowhaug and Nancy briefed Loren, Hermione, and the others on the investigation, including the arrests of Death Eaters and the discovery of a spy in the Ministry of Magic.
• Scrimgeour revealed that Bellatrix Lestrange was pregnant and that the Ministry would monitor her and the unborn child until her trial.
• Kowhaug told Loren that he could receive international honors for defeating Voldemort, but Loren said that even hearing about them made his head hurt.

Loren accepted seats in the Wizengamot and the International Confederation of Wizards, while Hermione agreed to intern with Kowhaug’s task force in New York. At a gathering at Nott Manor, Theodore Nott concluded that the joint operation had likely defeated Voldemort and urged the assembled families to abandon their captured Death Eater relatives.

• Loren accepted the offers of positions in the Wizengamot and the International Confederation of Wizards.
• Kowhaug invited Hermione to intern with his task force, and she accepted.
• Scrimgeour accused Kowhaug of recruiting Hermione to get close to Loren, while Loren and Hermione returned to their hotel room for the night.
• Guests from Pure-blood Families arrived at Nott Manor, where Draco greeted them and joined Goyle.
• Theodore Nott told the gathering that the Ministry of Magic and the American Magical Congress had mounted a large joint operation and urged them to abandon Death Eaters who had been captured.

Hermione questioned Nancy about the American Magical Congress before starting her internship, while Loren visited Ilvermorny and learned that Dumbledore and Snape had left. Headmaster Fontana offered Loren Snake Tree ashes as a goodwill gift, and Loren took some for research.

• Hermione questioned Nancy about the American Magical Congress’s policies, werewolf programs, staffing, and promotion opportunities over breakfast.
• Loren returned to Ilvermorny to look for Dumbledore and Snape, but Headmaster Fontana told him they had left the previous day.
• Fontana invited Loren to visit Ilvermorny’s Library and Alchemy Research Center and told him professors planned to study the burned Snake Tree’s ashes and regrowth.
• Loren examined the Snake Tree stump and recognized that its ashes had powerful healing and life-extending properties.
• Fontana offered Loren some ashes as a gift from Ilvermorny, and Loren stored a handful in a glass vial.

Loren studied Ilvermorny’s research and cared for an exhausted Hermione, while Snape visited Lily’s grave and accepted a new role at Hogwarts. The chapter left Loren exploring Ilvermorny’s research and Astronomy, including a spell that could locate distant celestial bodies.

• Loren reviewed Ilvermorny’s files on the Snake Tree, Horned Serpents, Parseltongue, and school reforms, and planned to share some materials with Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.
• Hermione arrived at Ilvermorny through the Floo Network, and Loren washed her hair while she rested and thought about her work and his attention to Fleur.
• Snape visited Lily Potter’s grave, read his Hogwarts appointment letter, and left after resolving not to disturb her again.
• Loren continued studying at the Ilvermorny Library, suggesting new approaches to Snake Tree research and reading about the school’s Astronomy studies.
• Loren learned about a professor’s Pathfinding-based spell that could locate celestial bodies regardless of the caster’s location or the bodies’ movement.

Harry recounted his trip through New York, where Tonks and Remus turned his solo getaway into a couples’ holiday while Hermione impressed the American Magical Congress. The group returned to London, and Loren and Hermione arrived home to find their families waiting and a wedding card from William Arthur and Fleur Isabelle.

• Harry wrote to Ginny about the trip and described how Tonks and Remus accompanied him after Minister Scrimgeour refused to let him travel alone.
• Harry heard that Hermione had excelled during her internship and joined Congressman Kowhaug’s campaign team, while Loren made progress on celestial positioning magic at Ilvermorny.
• Loren, Hermione, Harry, and the delegation returned to London by Portkey, with Kowhaug shielding Loren from Scrimgeour’s scrutiny.
• Wendell prepared a secret romantic dinner with Monica, then realized Loren and Hermione were returning and rushed to greet them.
• Loren and Hermione arrived at the Granger house, where Monica asked Hermione about her relationship and Wendell invited Loren to stay while Bates and Winky attended an opera.
• Hānhan delivered Loren a wedding card announcing William Arthur and Fleur Isabelle’s wedding.

Loren returned home and discussed Muggle society and the challenges facing House-elves with Winky before catching up on messages from his friends. A week later, Loren and Hermione attended Bill and Fleur’s wedding at The Burrow, where the guests gathered and the celebration began.

• Loren reunited with Grandpa Bates and Winky, who had spent several weeks learning about Muggle society.
• Loren advised Winky to analyze the wizarding world’s problems for himself and consider how House-elves could protect their interests among other magical races.
• Loren read messages from Neville, Harry, Ron, and Draco, then replied to Draco with a single period.
• Loren and Hermione arrived at The Burrow for Bill and Fleur’s wedding and found the Weasley brothers helping guests in the heat.
• A procession of Veela arrived, and Loren and Hermione entered the decorated tent, where they met Xenophilius Lovegood and saw Luna greeting the Gnomes.