Chapter Summaries

Loren returned to Hogwarts for the start of the 1998 school year, shared a quiet morning with Hermione, and learned from Dumbledore that wizard–Muggle integration was gaining attention. Dumbledore revealed that Mr. Kowhaug had asked about Loren and the integration idea, leaving his response undecided.

• Loren combed Hermione’s hair in the Gryffindor Common Room before the students traveled back to Hogwarts.
• Loren met Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall near the Great Hall, and McGonagall reminded him to report to Filch for his detention.
• Dumbledore told Loren that discussions about wizard–Muggle cooperation had grown and that the International Confederation of Wizards would soon debate the issue.
• Loren said that he had met Mr. Kowhaug once, and Dumbledore explained that Kowhaug had written to ask about Loren and his views on integration.
• Dumbledore told Loren that he had not yet decided how to answer Kowhaug’s letter.

Loren learned that Hogwarts had awarded him two commendations, then attended the opening feast as Professor McGonagall gave a speech that hinted she would become headmistress. Later, he settled in for the night while Harry and Ron argued over Quidditch.

• Dumbledore told Loren that Hogwarts had awarded him the Outstanding Character Award and Special Contribution Award, which were displayed in the trophy room.
• Professor McGonagall delivered the opening-of-term speech and declared the feast open after Dumbledore quietly stopped her from discussing prohibited items.
• Loren teased Hermione about Harry looking like Draco as the students celebrated McGonagall’s speech.
• Neville skipped the Prefects’ Bathroom because Moaning Myrtle was there, while Harry and Ron hurried through homework using Loren’s and Neville’s model answers.
• Loren asked about the next Quidditch match, prompting Harry and Ron to argue over Hufflepuff’s players and their understanding of Quidditch tactics.

Loren began his detention by helping Argus Filch clean the Prefects' bathroom. While they worked, Loren asked Filch whether spending decades at Hogwarts surrounded by magic he could not use had ever made him despair.

• Loren left dinner and reported to Argus Filch for detention, which had been assigned for placing alchemical items on school grounds.
• Filch explained that the washrooms and courtyard needed no work, so he took Loren to clean the Prefects' bathroom.
• Loren noticed Filch's carefully maintained Fake Wand had little Magic Power left, but he said nothing about it.
• Loren and Filch wiped the displays and medals in silence while Mrs. Norris stayed nearby.
• Loren asked Filch how long he had worked at Hogwarts, then asked whether being unable to use the magic around him had ever made him despair.

Loren questioned Filch about the pain of living in the magical world as a Muggle-born who could not use magic. Their conversation left Filch uncertain about whether he would have suffered if he had never known magic, and he noticed Loren’s name on a Special Contribution Award.

• Filch polished a Special Contribution Award engraved with Gaspard Singleton’s name and reflected on his longing for the magical world.
• Loren described the ways Filch was powerless to enforce Hogwarts rules and asked what had sustained him through thirty years as caretaker.
• Filch told Loren that he would rather suffer in the magical world than live an ordinary Muggle life.
• Loren asked whether Filch would still have suffered if he had grown up without ever encountering magic, and Filch admitted that he did not know.
• Filch polished a newly placed Special Contribution Award and saw that it bore Loren Morgan’s name.

Loren and Hermione discussed his Special Contribution Award, while Harry discovered Ron training and advising Gryffindor’s reserve Quidditch players. As Easter approached, Loren asked Hermione about her holiday plans and learned that Lupin had invited them to visit his family after the birth of his child.

• Loren arrived late at the Quidditch match and watched Slytherin defeat Hufflepuff, while Hermione caught him listening to Hufflepuff students joke about poisoning their opponents.
• After the match, Loren suggested sneaking into Hufflepuff’s Common Room for the players’ party, but Hermione warned that they would earn more detention.
• Harry followed Ron to the Quidditch pitch and overheard him coaching the reserve players on rival teams and preparing them to take over Gryffindor’s team.
• Ron told the reserves that they could lose early matches while finding their own style, and Harry left confident about Gryffindor’s upcoming final.
• Loren showed Hermione his Special Contribution Award cup in the Prefects’ bathroom, and she pointed out Tom Riddle’s cup beside it.
• Loren asked Hermione about the Easter holiday, and she told him that Lupin had invited them to his home after his child was born.

Loren and Hermione visited Remus Lupin and Tonks in Hogsmeade to meet their newborn son, Teddy. Loren examined the baby and revealed that he had inherited Tonks’s Metamorphmagus ability, leaving Lupin furious at Loren for letting him fear Teddy had inherited werewolf disease.

• Loren and Hermione walked to Hogsmeade for Easter and teased each other along the way.
• At Lupin and Tonks’s home, Harry and Ginny eagerly showed Loren and Hermione the newborn Teddy.
• Tonks told Ginny about the frustrations of pregnancy while the others admired the baby.
• Lupin asked Loren to assess Teddy, and Loren saw that the baby had inherited Lupin’s special Magic Power.
• Loren clarified that Teddy had inherited Tonks’s Metamorphmagus ability, not werewolf disease, and Lupin angrily called Loren’s name.

Loren attended the gathering for Teddy’s birth and approached Bertha Jokins with a business proposal. At St Mungo’s, Bellatrix Lestrange gave birth to a daughter, and Lucius named the child Delphi Malfoy as the Malfoys agreed to raise her.

• Harry teased visitors by suggesting Teddy’s inherited Metamorphmagus ability might be connected to his parents’ unusual traits.
• Bertha Jokins and Percy Weasley discussed Ministry promotions, and Loren asked Jokins to discuss a business deal.
• Bellatrix Lestrange gave birth to a healthy daughter under heavy guard at St Mungo’s.
• Scrimgeour told Lucius and Narcissa that Bellatrix would return to the Ministry for trial while they took the child and raised her under strict conditions.
• Lucius and Narcissa accepted the arrangement, and Lucius named the baby Delphi Malfoy.

On a moonlit boat ride, Loren explained to Hermione his plan to move magical life to the Promised Land before a new era brought disaster. The chapter then moved to the final school Quidditch World Cup match of the year, where Gryffindor and Slytherin battled as Harry and Draco raced for the Snitch.

• Hermione asked Loren about his plan, and he explained how the Book of Abraham and the collective consciousness of magical creatures had guided him toward creating the Promised Land.
• Loren told Hermione he planned to work with the American Magical Congress and the British Ministry to promote a New Spatial Displacement Device and transport magical life, though key details remained unresolved.
• Hermione asked whether Dumbledore knew, and Loren said he had not told him but believed the Headmaster already knew; Loren planned to leave practical problems to him.
• After watching the sunrise, Loren asked Headmistress McGonagall to let him sit in the commentator's stand for the final Quidditch match, but she refused.
• Slytherin took an early lead against Gryffindor before Gryffindor rallied, while Harry and Draco raced closely for the still-unseen Golden Snitch.

Harry caught the Golden Snitch to win the final for Gryffindor, while Loren later told Dumbledore that his New Spatial Displacement Device needed a solution to control thousands of Sorcerer’s Stones at once. Dumbledore believed the Fountain of Good Fortune could solve the problem, and Loren told Hermione they would seek it on their graduation trip.

• After four hours of play, Harry caught the Golden Snitch, giving Gryffindor the victory over Slytherin.
• The players shook hands, and Colin Creevey took a photograph of Harry, Loren, Hermione, and the graduating Gryffindors with the cup.
• Loren found Dumbledore by the Black Lake and explained that the New Spatial Displacement Device needed precise, synchronized control of tens of thousands of Sorcerer’s Stones.
• Dumbledore recalled his vow with Loren and identified the Fountain of Good Fortune as a possible solution to the device’s final obstacle.
• Loren told Hermione they would seek the Fountain of Good Fortune on their graduation trip, and Hermione questioned him as they collected dinner.

Hermione reviewed her old Patronus notes and realized Loren’s playful behavior answered her question about how their Orca and Dolphin Patronuses might have influenced each other. Before Potions class, Loren told Neville that his temperament did not suit becoming an Auror, leaving Neville to consider career counseling as final examinations approached.

• Hermione reread her Patronus Charm notes and reflected on the Orca and Dolphin Patronuses she and Loren had mastered five years earlier.
• Loren stomped down the staircase and playfully nudged Crookshanks, leading Hermione to conclude that Loren’s Orca nature explained his teasing.
• Loren and Hermione arrived for Snape’s Potions class, where they saw Draco staring blankly at a letter after the Quidditch final.
• Neville asked Loren whether he was suited to become an Auror, and Loren argued that Neville’s gentle temperament made him a poor fit.
• Neville explained that Hannah planned to take over The Leaky Cauldron after graduation and admitted he wanted a similarly cool job, then decided to seek career counseling.

As the N.E.W.T.s began, Snape advised students not to let exam pressure define their futures, while Loren completed his exams and reflected on graduating with Hermione. On the final day, Loren finished the Ancient Runes paper and secretly wrote something in an undeciphered inscription section as Professor Babbling and the invigilator watched.

• Snape taught advanced Potions Master theory, discussed exam anxiety, and reminded students that their lives would extend far beyond their results.
• Loren took the Transfiguration N.E.W.T., whose questions and practical marks favored students trained in Animagus transformation.
• Loren completed his other N.E.W.T.s and spent an exam-free evening atop the Astronomy Tower with Hermione, where they agreed they were graduating.
• Loren finished the objective questions on the Ancient Runes exam quickly, then translated the clearer sections of several ancient inscriptions.
• Loren concealed a string of words in a blank space on the final page, leaving Professor Babbling and the invigilator unable to see what he had written.

Babbling tried to discover Loren’s final Runes answer, while Hermione faced a History of Magic exam whose final question challenged wizards to consider war, secrecy, and technological progress. Hermione argued that wizards could not stop Muggle development and should seek a better future beyond the conflict, leaving Madam Marchbanks quietly pondering her response.

• Babbling glimpsed the word “completed” on Loren’s paper but could not see his answer until the exam ended, when she read that he had written, “Complete your own academic research.”
• Hermione began the History of Magic exam and recognized that its final source-analysis question addressed the choices facing the wizarding world.
• Hermione wrote that wizards could not halt technological progress, that a war with Muggles would bring devastating losses, and that they should seek a better future among the stars.
• Hermione handed in her paper without revising it, and Madam Marchbanks told her that seeing her answer had given her food for thought.

After finishing their final exams, Loren and Hermione reflected on their plans and shared a lively night with their friends in the Gryffindor Common Room. Loren left early with Hermione, reminding her to use the next day to say goodbye to school and consult the professors about their futures.

• Loren waited outside the examination room with hazelnuts while Hermione finished her Magical Affairs exam.
• Loren and Hermione went to the tower, where Hermione asked about his blank final essay and his plans for the International Wizarding Congress; Loren said he did not need anyone's help.
• Loren and Hermione returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, where Harry, Ron, and their friends reminisced about school and past Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.
• After their friends suggested staying up to watch the sunrise, Loren took Hermione back toward the dormitory and advised her to say goodbye to the ghosts and speak with the professors about careers and recommendations.

As graduation approached, Loren said goodbye to Winky and Nearly Headless Nick, then learned that the Bloody Baron feared Helena would leave for the world of the dead. He visited Snape in the Potions office, where the professor put him to work marking papers.

• Loren visited the Kitchen, joked with Winky about Dobby’s eight-hour workday, and encouraged Winky to pursue reforms without fearing punishment.
• Loren told Winky that he and Hermione were graduating, invited her to visit his home, and hinted that he might need her help in the future.
• Loren told Nearly Headless Nick that he was leaving Hogwarts; Nick struggled with the farewell but invited him to watch the first three acts of his play at the End-of-Year Feast.
• The Bloody Baron asked Loren whether Dumbledore could send ghosts to the world of the dead and concluded that Helena was leaving.
• Loren visited Snape in the Potions office, and Snape asked him to help mark the third-year papers.

Loren shared lunch with Snape, discussed the planned Potions laboratory and Hogwarts's future leadership, then went looking for Hermione. On the way, Myrtle confronted him about leaving without saying goodbye, and Loren wondered whether she would remain at Hogwarts much longer.

• Loren ate lunch with Snape and learned the Potions laboratory was expected to be completed by the end of summer, with club members receiving priority when it recruited students.
• Loren teased Snape about becoming Deputy Headmaster and speculated that McGonagall would succeed Dumbledore before retiring; Snape privately reflected on his hopes for Loren and Hermione.
• After lunch, Loren remembered Hermione had gone to say goodbye to Professor Bubage and headed upstairs to find her.
• Myrtle stopped Loren and complained that he and Hermione had said goodbye to Nick but not to her; she admitted she wanted to stay at Hogwarts because she had recently begun receiving attention for her plays.
• Loren listened as Myrtle described her adapted play and wondered whether she would remain at the school much longer.

As Loren prepared to leave Hogwarts, he said goodbye to friends and discussed his plan for a new spatial device with Dumbledore. He met Hermione outside Professor Bubage’s office, and they left together to visit the Kitchen.

• Sir Cadogan hurriedly bid Loren farewell after Loren pointed out that his zebra was running away inside the portrait.
• Loren met Dumbledore on the stairs, and they discussed the support and international challenges facing Loren’s spatial-device plan.
• Dumbledore offered to explain Loren’s plan to magical communities during his travels, and Loren thanked him without wavering in his resolve.
• Loren waited outside Professor Bubage’s office and met Hermione as she said goodbye to the professor.
• Loren and Hermione linked arms and decided to visit the Hogwarts Kitchen together.

Hogwarts held its End-of-Year Feast, where Professor McGonagall announced Dumbledore’s departure and he declared the meal begun. As the feast continued, the seventh years reflected on their uncertain futures while Hogwarts celebrated its departing students and Headmaster.

• Loren talked with Hermione about younger students’ impressions of Snape and heard rumors about the school’s future leadership.
• Professor McGonagall announced that Dumbledore was leaving Hogwarts, and Dumbledore opened the feast with a brief speech.
• McGonagall and Snape discussed the school’s forty-thousand-Galleon surplus, while Flitwick protested that Charms research lacked funding.
• Loren urged Hermione to enjoy the House-elves’ food and secretly stored desserts with his space pendant.
• Justin, Dean, Seamus, and Parvati discussed their worries about finding work after graduation, and Seamus accidentally drank real wine.
• The seventh years watched the Ghost Play and quietly faced the end of their student lives at Hogwarts.

Loren, Hermione, and their friends left Hogwarts after graduation and traveled to King's Cross, where they reunited with their families and said goodbye. As they parted, Harry complained that he was expected to start Auror training while Hermione planned a trip with Loren, and he announced he would travel with Ginny.

• Loren and Hermione walked with their exhausted friends to Hogsmeade Station and boarded the Hogwarts Express after saying goodbye to Hagrid.
• On the train, Harry explained that he and the others had stayed up all night walking around the Castle and had seen Hagrid crying.
• The seventh years waved goodbye to Hagrid and Hogwarts as the train departed, then slept for most of the journey to London.
• At King's Cross, Hermione hugged her mother while Loren greeted Grandpa Bates and heard Neville invite him to visit the Lumbards' new shop.
• Loren and his friends said their farewells, and Harry objected to being told to report to the Auror Office while Hermione went traveling with Loren.
• Harry declared that he would travel with Ginny, prompting Loren to joke that he had expected Harry to choose Ron.

After spending time with their families, Loren and Hermione set out on their graduation trip to find the Fountain of Good Fortune in an Egyptian desert. They began searching among the dunes after arriving by Spatial Teleportation.

• Loren and Hermione rode home with Hermione’s parents and Grandpa Bates, where Wendell disapproved of their closeness and Monica served them dinner.
• Hermione received an acceptance notice from the Ministry of Magic before her N.E.W.T. Grade Report arrived, while Loren received Dumbledore’s letter about magical creatures and the Fountain of Good Fortune.
• Loren and Hermione left home on June 22 after reassuring Mr. and Mrs. Granger and Grandpa Bates that the trip was manageable.
• Loren and Hermione arrived in a desert valley in Eastern Egypt and dressed in sun hats and cloaks to protect themselves from the heat and sand.
• Loren spotted a magical glow behind a dune as they searched for the Fountain of Good Fortune.

Loren and Hermione explored the hidden oasis created by the Fountain of Good Fortune and met the Snowy White Brocade Snake, which asked them to prove their pain. Their attempt to offer tears brought on by an onion failed, leaving them to face the challenge again.

• Loren and Hermione entered the hidden garden and Loren explained how the Fountain of Good Fortune sustained the oasis and revealed its path on the summer solstice.
• Loren led Hermione through the peaceful garden toward a pool, clearing vines from their path with spells.
• Hermione recognized the Snowy White Brocade Snake as resembling the creature from the Fountain of Good Fortune story, and Loren recalled the trial of proving pain.
• The Brocade Snake asked Loren and Hermione to prove their pain, so they used an onion to make themselves cry and offered their tears.
• The Brocade Snake rejected their tears with disdain, and Loren and Hermione realized their happy lives had given them little pain to show.