Chapter Summaries

Loren and Hermione encountered three Brocade Snakes while searching for the Fountain of Good Fortune, discovering that each accepted an unusual item connected to a past hardship or sacrifice. After passing the first two encounters, they paused to eat beside the third snake, whose challenge Loren suspected involved surrendering a treasured memory.

• Loren and Hermione tried many objects before the first Snowy White Brocade Snake, which eagerly licked the Red Coral Stone linked to a Mermaid Elder's suffering.
• The first snake returned to the lake without clearly confirming they had passed, and Loren and Hermione continued through the oasis to a second lake.
• Loren and Hermione tested their belongings before the second Brocade Snake, which licked residue from Unicorn Tail Hair Loren had received after saving a Unicorn.
• At the third lake, Hermione searched for an offering while Loren prepared a picnic, and they agreed they would not surrender their beautiful memories together.
• The third snake showed no response before lunch, and Loren guessed its challenge required a treasured memory he should have let go.

Loren and Hermione found the remains of the Fountain of Good Fortune’s Alchemy Array, which Flamel used to complete the Spatial Displacement Device. They arrived at the 1998 International Wizarding Congress in London as delegates from around the world gathered.

• Loren extracted a memory and shared it with the Brocade Snake, then realized he had found the Fountain of Good Fortune.
• The Fountain’s magic transformed the oasis into desert and revealed hundreds of springs arranged as the blueprint from the final page of The Book of Abraham.
• Loren and Flamel incorporated the Alchemy Array into the Spatial Displacement Device and resolved its remaining design problems.
• As international delegates arrived in London, Loren saw Tonks and Harry answering questions from French Ministry of Magic officials.
• Loren and Hermione Apparated into the Ministry of Magic, passed wand inspection, and entered the lift toward the Congress venue.

Lucius and Draco Malfoy attended the International Wizarding Congress, where Draco noticed a familiar figure. As representatives gathered, Madam Bones opened the conference, and Mr. Kowhaug announced that its sole matter was the Magical Civilization Migration Plan.

• Lucius and Draco Malfoy took front-row seats in the observers' section, where Draco spotted a familiar figure and reacted with tension.
• Rita Skeeter secured a front-row seat, prepared her quill and camera, and noticed Dumbledore and Loren in the central seats.
• Loren followed Dumbledore to the central seats as representatives from wizarding governments and magical creature races assembled.
• Madam Bones welcomed the attendees and reviewed the history and recent achievements of wizarding governments.
• Mr. Kowhaug stood and announced that the congress would discuss the Magical Civilization Migration Plan.

Madam Bones warned that Muggle technology and environmental damage were endangering the Statute of Secrecy and magical creatures, then introduced Loren Morgan to present the Magical Civilization Migration Plan. Loren outlined the plan’s New Spatial Displacement Device, and representatives began voting in favor.

• Madam Bones demonstrated how Muggle communications technology made the Statute of Secrecy increasingly difficult to uphold.
• Madam Bones described the dangers Muggle weapons and exploration posed to Mermaids, Centaurs, and other magical creatures.
• Madam Bones introduced Loren Morgan, who presented the Magical Civilization Migration Plan and its New Spatial Displacement Device.
• Loren called on magical creatures to cooperate in creating a better future, then took his seat.
• Madam Bones opened the vote, and representatives including those from Britain, America, France, and Egypt voted in favor.
• Rita Skeeter recorded Loren’s speech as the hall recognized the moment’s historical significance.

Loren spent a quiet summer day at home while Hermione worked late at the Ministry of Magic, and the migration plan’s preparations continued around the world. At dinner with the Grangers, Bates suggested to Monica that she take a summer holiday, prompting Wendell’s surprise.

• Loren listened to a radio report about the migration plan and Hermione’s new Ministry job, then reflected on how the plan’s preparations were progressing.
• Loren explained that Hermione was working overtime on negotiations and relocation preparations while he stayed home with Crookshanks and Hānhan.
• Grandpa Bates invited Loren to buy ingredients for dinner, but Loren suggested they eat out because Hermione would be late.
• At a restaurant, Wendell asked Loren about the Department of Magical Creature Management and Control and its work with magical creatures.
• Bates asked Monica whether she had taken a summer holiday in years, and Wendell reacted with widened eyes.

Loren and Hermione attended the opening of Neville’s new shop, Longbottom’s Fine Goods, where their friends gathered to celebrate and discuss the Ministry’s recently lifted import ban and Loren’s Migration Plan. The shop opened amid a busy Diagon Alley, while Hermione’s planned leave would let her attend Loren’s birthday celebrations.

• Hermione told Loren she had arranged leave to attend Neville’s shop opening on Wednesday and spend his birthday and the weekend with him.
• Loren prepared food and water for Crookshanks and Hānhan, then went to Diagon Alley with Hermione.
• Loren and Hermione met Hannah working at The Leaky Cauldron before joining Harry and the others on their way to the opening.
• Neville welcomed his friends to Longbottom’s Fine Goods, a spacious shop selling magical goods, including newly permitted imports.
• Neville explained that most customers still preferred broomsticks to flying carpets, and Ron revealed he was applying to be Charlie’s Cannons’ Assistant Coach.
• The group discussed Muggle-inspired shop design and Loren’s Migration Plan, which Hermione’s Ministry was helping prepare.

Neville hosted his former classmates at the Longbottom family's new shop and a reunion lunch at The Leaky Cauldron. After Mrs. Longbottom asked him to approach Loren about the Spatial Teleportation device business, Loren agreed to let Neville's family participate.

• Neville showed his friends the Longbottom family's boutique and explained its plans to sell imported toys and practical trinkets.
• Neville and Hannah welcomed their former classmates to lunch at The Leaky Cauldron, where the group reminisced and joked together.
• Augusta, Mrs. Longbottom, privately argued with Neville, who returned to the gathering without explaining what had happened.
• As the group explored Diagon Alley, Loren noticed Neville was distracted and asked whether his grandmother had given him a message.
• Neville told Loren that the Longbottom family wanted to join the Spatial Teleportation device business, and Loren agreed to contact Malfoy and the Nott family.

Loren and Hermione spent the night together at the Granger house after Loren teased her with a song and claimed his overdue birthday presents. The next morning, they woke in each other’s arms, and Loren asked Hermione for another birthday gift.

• Loren returned to the Granger house with Hermione and sang a suggestive song while preparing to bathe.
• Crookshanks scratched at the bathroom door as Loren showered, while Hermione waited and then bathed in another bathroom.
• Hermione asked Loren to stop singing, but he invoked her overdue birthday presents and called himself her master for the night.
• Loren sent Crookshanks into the courtyard with his wand, and the lights went out as he and Hermione drew close.
• The next morning, Loren and Hermione woke up cuddling, exchanged declarations of love, and Loren asked for a birthday gift.

As the magical migration plan reached its final stage, Loren activated the global network of Space Teleportation Devices on New Year's Eve, sending magical creatures toward the New World. The chapter ended with Dumbledore recognizing the meaning of a prophecy as fireworks lit the sky.

• Hermione returned late to the Granger house after handling an escaped Horned Serpent, and Loren told her family that he planned to get engaged to Hermione next autumn.
• Loren explained that the migration would happen gradually, beginning with pure-blood wizards and magical creatures before expanding to other wizards over decades.
• Wizards and magical creatures gathered in the Scottish Highlands as representatives around the world confirmed they were ready for the migration.
• Loren placed the Sorcerer's Stone in the rune array and used Time-Space Magic to activate the Space Teleportation Devices across the planet.
• Magical creatures around the world became motes of light and traveled through the stars toward the New World.
• Watching the New Year fireworks at Thames Riverside, Dumbledore understood the prophecy about the Blue-Black Person and the turning of the old and new.

Neville took Loren and Hermione’s twins, Emeris and Imogen, shopping in Diagon Alley before their first year at Hogwarts. Their questions about magical society left Neville struggling to explain the history behind Hermione’s reforms.

• Neville met Emeris and Imogen at the Leaky Cauldron and led them into Diagon Alley.
• Neville reflected on Imogen’s mischievous nature and her resemblance to her father, Loren.
• Emeris admired the many magical beings in Diagon Alley and asked why House-elves and Giants were absent.
• Neville explained that some beings traded with wizards while others remained apart until their societies were ready.
• Imogen questioned why Goblins were absent, and Neville deferred the answer to a history lesson.
• Neville recalled Hermione’s role in ending goblin trade and House-elf slavery, then the twins urged him to continue shopping.

Nineteen years later, Neville took Imogen and Emeris shopping in Diagon Alley while Marjorie Carver joined a secret laboratory studying Gubra'i Immortal Fire. At Hogwarts, the new school year began with the Sorting Ceremony, where Emeris was sorted into Gryffindor and Imogen into Slytherin.

• Neville took Imogen and Emeris through Diagon Alley, where he considered the changing shops and agreed to buy them ice cream before their wands.
• Marjorie Carver joined a heavily guarded research team at Dalton Institute and saw a golden flame the researchers called Gubra'i Immortal Fire.
• Loren and Hermione attended Hogwarts's Sorting Ceremony with their children as the school began a new term.
• The Sorting Hat placed Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Potter, and Imogen Morgan in Slytherin, and Emeris Granger in Gryffindor.
• Hermione reacted with surprise to her children's sorting, and Loren fed her pudding while saying their story was now theirs.