Chapter Summaries

Moriarty flew Professor McGonagall and the other Hogwarts professors around the Quidditch Pitch, then completed his make-up exams with perfect marks and reviewed the year rankings. He went to Narcissa Malfoy's shop, where she was working to win his trust and secure the Malfoy family's chance to sell his future Alchemy Items.

• Moriarty accepted the professors' requests for a flight after taking Professor McGonagall around the Quidditch Pitch, earning their gratitude and friendship.
• Moriarty discussed equality and a Vampire's desire to become human with Dumbledore as they returned to the Castle.
• Moriarty earned perfect marks in every make-up exam and saw that he had topped his year, while Soldaya narrowly beat Cedric among the first-years.
• The Hogwarts professors, including the LeMay Couple, told Moriarty they had accepted Narcissa Malfoy's invitation to watch his final.
• Moriarty used Snape's office fireplace to reach Hogsmeade and visited Narcissa Malfoy's shop, where she was serving a customer and hoping to gain his business.

Narcissa Malfoy teased Moriarty while asking him for the distribution rights to the Alchemy Items he had developed with Nicolas Flamel. When she offered him a diary she had found among the Malfoy family's Dark Magic items, Moriarty suspected it was Voldemort's Horcrux.

• Narcissa Malfoy gave a foreign wizard a Wand Cleaning Set and hinted that the Malfoy family deserved Moriarty's trust.
• Moriarty teased Narcissa Malfoy about her attempts to attract his attention and her jealousy over Nimbus Company.
• Narcissa Malfoy asked Moriarty for the distribution rights to the Alchemy Items he had developed with Nicolas Flamel.
• Moriarty said the request depended on his plans and refused to discuss the Nimbus 1990S further.
• Narcissa Malfoy offered Moriarty a diary she had found while sorting the Malfoy family's Dark Magic items, and Moriarty suspected it was Voldemort's Horcrux.

Moriarty confronted Narcissa Malfoy about the diary and revealed it was Voldemort’s Horcrux. Narcissa agreed to take him to Malfoy Manor so he could destroy it, and they arrived there together.

• Moriarty challenged Narcissa’s claim that the diary was ordinary, and she explained that Voldemort had given it to Lucius.
• Narcissa said she would not remarry because she wanted to protect Draco and live independently.
• Moriarty identified the diary as Voldemort’s Horcrux, frightening Narcissa, who begged him to destroy it.
• Narcissa took Moriarty to Malfoy Manor, where Dobby opened the gates, and she asked Moriarty to wait in the hall.

Moriarty accompanied Narcissa Malfoy to the Malfoy family's underground chamber and took possession of Voldemort's Diary. Back in the drawing room, he began tampering with the diary by crossing out Tom Marvolo Riddle's name and writing Rubeus Hagrid's above it.

• Moriarty insisted on staying with Narcissa Malfoy while she retrieved Voldemort's Diary and revealed that he knew Malfoy Manor's layout through Luke and Dobby.
• Narcissa Malfoy led Moriarty into the underground chamber, where he earned two Exploration Draws for discovering it.
• Narcissa retrieved the diary, and Moriarty earned two more Exploration Draws when he discovered and touched it.
• Narcissa recognized Tom Marvolo Riddle's name and reasoned that the diary preserved a soul fragment, while Moriarty explained that it contained a memory of Voldemort opening the Chamber of Secrets and killing Moaning Myrtle.
• Back in the drawing room, Moriarty crossed out Tom's name in the diary and wrote Rubeus Hagrid above it.

Moriarty used the diary to impersonate Hagrid and trick Tom Riddle into believing he was speaking with his former classmate in a future where Voldemort had taken over the wizarding world. Tom offered to show Hagrid a memory containing a way to become stronger, and Narcissa asked Moriarty to take her inside it.

• Moriarty wrote that he was Hagrid and fed Tom a false account of Voldemort killing Dumbledore and conquering Hogwarts and the Ministry.
• Moriarty pretended to fear Voldemort and the Death Eaters, convincing Tom that he was the gullible Hagrid.
• Tom offered to help Hagrid defeat Voldemort by showing him a memory connected to the Chamber of Secrets.
• Tom opened the memory, and the diary settled on a page for June 13 that appeared like a miniature magical camera.
• Narcissa asked Moriarty to take her into Tom's memory.

Moriarty and Narcissa entered Tom Riddle’s diary and met the young Voldemort in the Slytherin boys’ dormitory. Moriarty revealed that Tom was his younger relative and had a Muggle father, leaving Narcissa flustered by Moriarty’s teasing.

• Moriarty and Narcissa entered the diary together and arrived in the Slytherin dormitory fifty years in the past.
• The system identified Tom Riddle as Voldemort’s first soul shard and explained how the seven shards were designated.
• Tom suspected Moriarty and Narcissa had come from the future, while Moriarty and Tom silently studied each other.
• Narcissa recognized that Moriarty and Tom were both descendants of Slytherin, unsettling Tom.
• Moriarty revealed that Tom’s father was a Muggle and said his own bloodline was purer and that he was Tom’s elder.
• Narcissa asked which of them was bigger, and Moriarty’s teasing implication made her blush.

Moriarty confronted Tom in the Slytherin dormitory, thwarted his spells, and revealed that he had already sent the Basilisk Shiva back to Slytherin Castle. Tom transformed himself into a giant soul-snake and swallowed Moriarty and Narcissa Malfoy, leaving their fate unclear.

• Tom accused Moriarty of being a fake Slytherin and attacked him with a wandless Cruciatus Curse, which Moriarty froze with Water Elemental Magic.
• Tom turned his next Cruciatus Curse on Narcissa Malfoy, but Moriarty blocked it, and Narcissa teased Tom by calling him Moriarty's little nephew.
• Tom considered luring Moriarty into the Chamber of Secrets to use the Basilisk, but Moriarty revealed he knew about the plan and had sent Shiva to Slytherin Castle.
• Moriarty revealed that he had read Tom's thoughts with Legilimency, while Narcissa mistook his explanation for a scheme to control people.
• Enraged, Tom shook the dormitory and transformed into a giant snake made from his soul, then swallowed Moriarty and Narcissa Malfoy, who fainted.

Moriarty escaped Tom’s soul-transfiguration trap by freezing Voldemort’s Diary while protecting its soul fragment and Narcissa Malfoy. After leaving Narcissa safely in her bedroom, he returned to Slytherin Castle and went back to Hydrose, while Narcissa awoke and realized that her underwear was missing.

• Moriarty used Tide Surge and Bubble Shield to protect Tom’s soul fragment, then froze the soul sheets with Touch of Frozen Wrath and escaped the diary with Narcissa Malfoy.
• Moriarty stored Voldemort’s Diary, carried Narcissa to her bedroom, and left Malfoy Manor after the System gave him Narcissa’s underwear as a check-in reward.
• Moriarty returned to Slytherin Castle and took the players to Canada by Portkey the next morning.
• Draco Malfoy knocked on Narcissa’s bedroom door, and Narcissa woke from a vivid dream and confirmed that she was still dressed.
• Narcissa discovered that her favorite underwear was missing and suspected Moriarty had taken it, blushing as she remembered her dream about him.

Narcissa Malfoy led Hogwarts students, professors, and the Eternal Shine Fan Club to Hydrose for the Quidditch final, where officials welcomed them and the students reunited with Diana. Narcissa suspected Diana had a romantic connection with Moriarty, and an unseen speaker greeted the Hogwarts students at the chapter’s end.

• Narcissa Malfoy woke from a dream, gathered Draco and his friends, and joined Dumbledore and the Hogwarts delegation for the Portkey trip to Hydrose.
• Narcissa questioned Dumbledore about the absent professors and Diana Sarvar’s name on the travel list, and Dumbledore suggested Moriarty could explain.
• Hagrid activated the Portkey, carrying more than three hundred people from Hogwarts to Hydrose, where crowds recognized Dumbledore and the Eternal Shine Fan Club.
• Canadian and international Quidditch officials welcomed Dumbledore and Narcissa, while Malfoy family wizards arranged lodging for the Hogwarts group.
• Lilith and the students met Diana outside the hotel, and Narcissa concluded from Diana’s blush and demeanor that she had an unusual relationship with Moriarty.
• An unidentified speaker greeted the Hogwarts students from outside the hotel.

Pheobe went to Moriarty’s suite to demand back her notebook, while Lilith and Diana reflected on their feelings and on the women they considered rivals. Moriarty invited Pheobe inside, leaving her surprised.

• Pheobe arrived at the hotel and exchanged a polite greeting with Lilith, who imagined visiting Beauxbatons with Moriarty.
• Gemma warned Lilith that Pheobe might be seeking Moriarty, but Lilith left for the track, believing magic mattered more to him than beauty.
• Narcissa Malfoy wrestled with her feelings for Moriarty, while Diana sensed her emotional turmoil and considered her a rival.
• Diana recalled spending the night with Moriarty and went to get food as Pheobe knocked on his door.
• Pheobe demanded her notebook back and said Moriarty no longer needed her help, but Moriarty told her to come inside.

Fleur recovered her confidence after finding messages of gratitude from Moriarty and the British Team in her notebook, then helped Moriarty prepare for the Quidditch World Cup final. Diana arrived and clashed with Fleur over her place on the team, leaving Moriarty to manage their rivalry.

• Fleur entered Moriarty’s suite to reclaim her notebook, then found the British Team’s messages and Moriarty’s promise that she could sign the World Cup trophy.
• Fleur told Moriarty she no longer wanted the notebook or his answer, then returned to discussing the Japanese Team’s weaknesses with him.
• Diana entered the suite and mistook Fleur for the team’s new secretary.
• Fleur sharply corrected Diana, who asserted her authority over magical beings and flirted with Moriarty.
• Moriarty pushed Diana’s hand and foot away as Fleur began to speak.

Diana, Pheobe, and Tonks competed for Moriarty’s attention as more women arrived to see him in his hotel room. The chapter ended with Narcissa Malfoy approaching the hotel after Jericho and the others had fled.

• Pheobe challenged Diana’s teaching and closeness with Moriarty, then sat beside him to study the Japanese Team.
• Diana dressed herself up and teased Pheobe, who revealed she was a key player at Beauxbatons.
• Tonks returned with her Nimbus 1990S, sat on Moriarty’s lap, kissed his cheek, and invited Pheobe to play Quidditch.
• Jericho revealed that Pheobe had followed Moriarty from France, making Tonks and Pheobe tense; Penelope and Gemma then entered with soup for Moriarty.
• Lilith arrived with a goblet of Magical Food for Moriarty, and Jericho and the others left to avoid the growing crowd of visitors.
• Narcissa Malfoy appeared at the hotel entrance after the others had gone.

Narcissa headed to lunch with Moriarty while six women gathered in his suite, each vying for his attention. Moriarty tried to keep the peace by sharing Lilith’s ice wine and the soups, but the women’s uneasy gathering was interrupted by another visitor at the door.

• Narcissa finished settling the children at the beach and went to Moriarty’s hotel room, planning what to order for lunch.
• Pheobe mocked Lilith’s Magical Food, but Lilith explained that she had made it with Canadian ice wine and offered it to Moriarty.
• Lilith began drinking the ice wine, and Moriarty stopped her, drank the rest, and praised her improved drink-making.
• Moriarty served Penelope and Gemma’s chicken and pigeon soups to the women, while Lilith refused to drink soup made by her rivals.
• The door rang again as the women remained gathered in Moriarty’s suite.

Narcissa Malfoy confronted Moriarty about her missing wardrobe items, then joined the girls in his lounge and faced their questions about her connection to him. After tensions flared, Narcissa invited Moriarty to lunch, and he decided they would all go together.

• Narcissa Malfoy came to Moriarty's door and asked whether he had touched her wardrobe, teasing him about her missing bathrobe and underwear.
• Diana invited Narcissa inside, and Lilith pulled Moriarty away as Narcissa joined the girls in the lounge.
• Narcissa asked after Andromeda, then refused Lilith's question about what had happened at Malfoy Manor.
• Tonks asked what had happened between Narcissa and Moriarty, while Pheobe implied Narcissa had been unfaithful; Narcissa insulted Pheobe in response.
• Moriarty ended the argument and told everyone to eat, and Narcissa invited him to lunch with Hydrose's chef.
• Moriarty gathered the girls and said they would all go eat together.

Moriarty’s companions confronted him about their relationships, but their discussion turned into a card game with the women wagering their clothes. Meanwhile, Lilith rejected Tsukamura Kogoro’s invitation, unaware that he planned revenge with help from Magician and Boss.

• Pheobe proposed that the women talk, and Tonks, Diana, Narcissa Malfoy, Penelope, and Gemma led Moriarty to his room while Lilith stayed behind.
• Lilith left to stroll around Hydrose, rejected Tsukamura Kogoro’s invitation to the finals ball, and heard him threaten her after Magician summoned him for Boss’s task.
• In Moriarty’s room, Diana, Narcissa Malfoy, and Tonks suspected that one of them had spent the night with Moriarty, while Penelope and Gemma were initially overlooked.
• Penelope suggested playing cards, and Tonks persuaded Narcissa Malfoy to join after she objected to the Muggle game.
• Diana proposed that the women wager their clothes, and they agreed to play.

Moriarty was forced out while six women began playing six-player Dou Dizhu, with clothing at stake. Diana and Pheobe were revealed as teammates, while the women began trying to determine whether Narcissa Malfoy was a landlord or a farmer.

• Moriarty eyed the women and tried to stay as the referee, but Tonks and the others forced him out of the bedroom.
• Penelope explained six-player Dou Dizhu, and Diana supplied three decks while Moriarty showed off his knowledge of the rules.
• The women drew their cards, and Diana revealed herself as the landlord with the Ace of Diamonds.
• Pheobe discovered she was a hidden landlord alongside Diana and resented being teamed with her.
• Narcissa Malfoy used a bomb to beat Tonks's pair of tens, then played a nine; Diana answered Gemma's queen and Penelope's king with a bomb of three eights.

Narcissa Malfoy concealed her skill and identity during the card game, helping the farmers defeat Diana, Pheobe, and Gemma. After the losers removed their shoes, Diana started another round, and the women immediately joined forces against Narcissa Malfoy.

• Narcissa Malfoy played misleading cards until she revealed six twos to stop Diana from playing her final card, exposing herself as a farmer.
• Narcissa Malfoy identified Gemma as the other landlord and deduced that Diana's last card was a nine.
• Narcissa Malfoy took control of the game, and the farmers won after Diana failed to play her final card.
• Diana, Pheobe, and Gemma removed their shoes, while Tonks argued that the penalty did not count.
• Diana shuffled the cards for another round, and the women immediately coordinated to target Narcissa Malfoy.

Narcissa Malfoy and the girls spent the afternoon playing cards and removing clothing as forfeits, while Moriarty waited outside. After dinner, the girls gathered on the sofa and began discussing what Gemma's teddy bear meant.

• Narcissa Malfoy deliberately played more casually, and the girls won the second round, making her remove her scarf while Penelope and Pheobe took off their socks and stockings.
• The group played cards for hours, with the girls and Narcissa Malfoy losing clothing as the rounds continued and Moriarty repeatedly waiting outside the bedroom.
• When Moriarty called them out for dinner, he overheard the girls teasing Pheobe about torn stockings and Gemma about her teddy bear before they got dressed.
• Diana came out and dragged Moriarty away from the bedroom, and he noticed Pheobe's stockings had a hole that Narcissa Malfoy had covered with her scarf.
• The girls rushed through dinner and gathered on the sofa in Moriarty's suite, where they began talking about what Gemma's teddy bear meant.

After a card game left the women arguing over fairness and clothing, Diana proposed playing against Moriarty, with the loser stripping in front of him. Moriarty suggested they all wear the same outfit—nothing but briefs—and the women were shocked as Diana realized what his proposal meant.

• Diana teased Narcissa Malfoy about losing the earlier game, and Narcissa challenged everyone to play more rounds.
• Tonks transformed into Moriarty and tricked Diana and Narcissa into embracing her, then revealed herself and confronted them about their feelings for Moriarty.
• Diana proposed that the women play cards against Moriarty, with the losing side stripping in front of him; Narcissa agreed but demanded that everyone start with the same number of clothing items.
• Tonks objected to the clothing limit, while the women argued over fairness and competing to win.
• Moriarty stepped in and proposed that everyone wear the same outfit as him, revealing that he wore only briefs; Diana recognized that the plan meant they would have to strip.

Moriarty and the girls played Dou Dizhu after changing clothes, with losing players removing garments and tensions turning into playful rivalry. As night fell, the exhausted girls drifted to sleep, and Moriarty slipped away after tucking them in.

• Diana and the other girls went to buy clothes, while Narcissa Malfoy stayed behind with Moriarty and Pheobe returned in a more alluring outfit.
• The girls changed into distinctive outfits and began a three-against-four game of Dou Dizhu.
• Moriarty studied the players and carefully controlled the rounds, while the girls competed to make one another lose garments.
• Gemma won three rounds in a row, causing Moriarty, Pheobe, Narcissa Malfoy, and Diana to remove outer garments or trousers.
• The game continued as the girls grew sleepy and eventually fell asleep, and Moriarty tucked them in before quietly leaving the bedroom.