Chapter Summaries

William commentated as Ravenclaw defeated Slytherin after Cho Chang caught the Golden Snitch, and Moriarty kissed her after the match. Harry felt unsettled as Moriarty walked off with Cho, while Jericho prepared him for special training ahead of Slytherin’s next match.

• William returned to commentate on the Quidditch match between Slytherin and Ravenclaw, where Harry made an awkward entrance as Slytherin’s new Seeker.
• Jericho and Soldaya built Slytherin’s lead, but Cho Chang encouraged Ravenclaw and outmaneuvered Harry while searching for the Golden Snitch.
• Cho Chang caught the Golden Snitch, giving Ravenclaw a 140–150 victory and drawing angry jeers at Harry from Slytherin’s supporters.
• Jericho reassured Harry that Slytherin could still contend for the championship and promised to teach him Seeker techniques.
• Moriarty kissed Cho Chang after the match and walked away with her, while Hermione complained about his behavior and Harry felt uncomfortable watching them.
• Jericho began special training with Harry for Slytherin’s match against Gryffindor the following week.

Hermione planned to use Polyjuice Potion to discover which girls liked Moriarty, with Hannah helping her obtain ingredients and arrange a distraction. Meanwhile, Ron and Zabini joined forces against Harry and Draco, and Ron began asking Zabini to steal girls’ clothing for him.

• Hermione comforted Hannah after Moriarty rejected her hopes, then secretly admitted that Moriarty had once saved her too.
• Hermione proposed using Polyjuice Potion to imitate Moriarty and draw out the girls who liked him, and Hannah agreed to help.
• Hannah distracted Snape while Hermione stole prepared Polyjuice Potion ingredients, including brewed Lacewing Flies, and planned to obtain Moriarty’s hair.
• Harry gained popularity after winning two Quidditch matches, while Ron resented his success and recruited Zabini to help target Harry and Draco.
• Ron and Zabini began studying together and plotting in secret, and Ron first asked Zabini to steal Pansy’s socks, then requested girls’ underwear the next day.

Ron attacked Lavender in the Great Hall and was overwhelmed by spells, while Hermione used the commotion to steal a hair for her brewing plans. The chapter ended with Princess Sophie revealing the hair was hers, as Percy found stolen socks beneath Ron’s pillow.

• Zabini beat Ron after Ron insulted Zabini’s mother, and Ron left the washroom consumed by anger and sexual obsession.
• Ron lunged at Lavender in the Great Hall and groped her before older students struck him with spells and knocked him unconscious.
• Hermione distracted Hannah and slipped into Moriarty’s private dormitory, where she picked up a gray hair while Violet and Princess Sophie watched.
• Princess Sophie told Violet that Hermione had taken one of her hairs, but Violet dismissed the matter and rested with her.
• Pansy searched for Draco’s missing socks, and Percy found a pile of smelly socks beneath Ron’s pillow.

Ron was exposed for collecting Draco’s socks, while Harry was sent with Lupin to learn about his parents. Meanwhile, Hermione drank a flawed Polyjuice Potion and transformed into a catgirl, prompting Hannah to rush to Moriarty for help.

• Percy, Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall discovered Draco’s socks beneath Ron’s pillow, and the incident spread through Hogwarts as the November Sock Incident.
• The Ministry sentenced Peter Pettigrew to Azkaban, cleared Sirius’s name, and tried to persuade Harry to claim Sirius’s medal and inheritance.
• Harry asked Moriarty to tell him about his father, and Dumbledore nodded for Lupin to take Harry aside.
• Moriarty learned that the Cain Brotherhood had destroyed Yakei Go’s base and that Princess Sophie was a demon of the Brotherhood.
• Hermione drank her Polyjuice Potion and transformed into a white-furred catgirl who craved blood.
• Hannah hurried to Moriarty’s private dormitory after Hermione told her something was wrong with the gray hair.

Hermione Granger turned into a catgirl after brewing Polyjuice Potion with Princess Sophie's fur, and Moriarty brought her back to his dormitory. After Hermione's transformation triggered a craving for blood, Sophie suggested another way to satisfy it, and Hermione asked Moriarty what they were to each other.

• Hannah told Moriarty that Hermione had turned into a cat after drinking Polyjuice Potion, and Moriarty used the Marauder's Map to find her in a bathroom.
• Moriarty found Hermione in a bathroom stall, where she warned him that the gray cat in his dormitory might be involved in her transformation.
• Princess Sophie revealed that Hermione had used her fur, which could make the transformation last longer than an hour, and Moriarty brought Hermione back to his dormitory.
• Moriarty arranged for Hermione to share a bed with Violet while he planned to sleep on the sofa, but Hermione's transformation caused her to crave blood.
• Sophie suggested another way to feed Hermione, and afterward Hermione asked Moriarty what they were to each other.

Hermione woke beside Moriarty, struggled with her feelings about their intimacy, and went to Charms class without breakfast. As Christmas began, Draco visited Lucius's grave, Ron secretly set off for Marseille, and Moriarty celebrated at Slytherin Castle with a gathering of women.

• Hermione woke beside Moriarty and remembered the previous night, then hurried to Professor Flitwick's Charms class after he lent her clothes and comforted her.
• Hermione told Hannah that she had drunk milk, while remaining distracted by her feelings for Moriarty.
• Draco trained for the Quidditch match and decided to visit Lucius's grave at Christmas, while Ron's punishment remained unresolved and Voldemort's remnant soul grew stronger inside him.
• Ron was taken home for discipline, then stole his parents' money and set off by Knight Bus for Marseille Old Port.
• Draco sat beside Lucius's gravestone as Moriarty welcomed Lilith, Penelope, Narcissa, Tonks, Violet, the Ventrue Queen, Victoria Cappadocia, Fleur, Gabrielle, and Professor Purlie to Slytherin Castle.

Moriarty obtained Marvolo Gaunt’s Ring and subdued the remnant soul inside it, while Voldemort began gathering what he needed to resurrect Lucius. The chapter ended with Voldemort returning to England with Abraxas Malfoy’s bones as Moriarty spent the night with Narcissa and the others.

• After dinner, Moriarty collected Marvolo Gaunt’s Ring from the Ventrue Queen and found the Peverell Crest engraved on its black gemstone.
• Voldemort’s remnant soul released Black Smoke from the ring, but Moriarty resisted its influence and made the soul retreat.
• Ron, possessed by Voldemort, went to Château d’If, killed the Jewish Marquis, and used Legilimency to locate the Kunlan Vampires.
• Voldemort discovered Ron could not cast the Killing Curse again within two hours, so he abandoned the attack and sought Abraxas Malfoy’s bones for Lucius’s resurrection.
• Ron returned to Marseille and boarded a ship for England with the bones while Moriarty joined Narcissa and the others at Slytherin Castle.

Ron resurrected Lucius Malfoy through ancient magic and forced Lucius and Draco into Voldemort’s service, while urging Lucius to seek revenge on Moriarty Slytherin. After Lucius visited his former allies and found them largely indifferent, he ended the night in Horace Slughorn’s house, reflecting on something Mrs. Zabini had told him.

• Draco grieved at Lucius’s grave until Ron appeared disguised as Voldemort, promising to resurrect his father and demanding the Malfoy family’s House-elf.
• Ron used Abraxas Malfoy’s bones, a Vampire’s blood, and Dobby’s body to restore Lucius to life, then revealed himself as Voldemort by activating Lucius’s Dark Mark.
• Ron ordered Lucius and Draco to join the new generation of Death Eaters and urged Lucius to help him destroy Moriarty Slytherin and reclaim Narcissa Black.
• Draco defended Moriarty and Narcissa’s relationship, but Lucius agreed to Ron’s orders to visit their former allies and announce his return.
• Lucius visited several wizarding families and Ministry officials, who showed little beyond shock, while Horace Slughorn offered him, Draco, and Ron a house.
• Lucius lay awake that night, remembering something Mrs. Zabini had said during his visit.

Lucius considered marrying Mrs. Zabini to restore the Malfoy family’s wealth, but Ron took him and Draco to Azkaban and refused Lucius’s plea to spare his son. After more than twenty Death Eaters escaped, Moriarty prepared the Hogwarts Pure-Blood Army to deal with them.

• Mrs. Zabini told Lucius that the Malfoy family needed her wealth, and Lucius reported his predicament to Voldemort while Draco overheard.
• Ron brought Lucius and Draco to a strait overlooking Azkaban, where Lucius begged him to spare Draco and was refused.
• Moriarty read reports of Lucius’s resurrection, while Narcissa explained that she had left her old marriage behind and belonged with Moriarty.
• The Daily Prophet announced that more than twenty Death Eaters had escaped Azkaban, and Moriarty identified Voldemort’s return as the cause.
• Moriarty sent Ingo to warn Soldaya, ordered Luke to contact their people, and declared that the Hogwarts Pure-Blood Army would handle the escaped Death Eaters.

Moriarty investigated the Azkaban breakout and discovered that the island’s sand absorbed Water Elemental Magic, suggesting its history went back further than the prison. After a London theater date with Tonks, he returned home to news of Lucius Malfoy’s marriage and found the women gathered as if they had something to tell him.

• Moriarty and Tonks arrived at Azkaban, where Rufus Scrimgeour reported that two Aurors had been tortured to death and Death Eaters had escaped.
• Moriarty found that the prison wall had been blasted from outside and that the island’s sand absorbed Water Elemental Magic, but he kept his suspicions to himself.
• Moriarty questioned Scrimgeour about Azkaban’s history and learned that the Ministry had turned it into a prison in 1718, then departed with Tonks.
• Moriarty took Tonks on a date to Shaftesbury Avenue, where they watched a Christmas theater program and later encountered Hermione’s family at lunch.
• Luke delivered a Daily Prophet reporting that Lucius Malfoy had married Mrs. Zabini and that Zabini Manor had been renamed Malfoy Manor.
• Moriarty noticed that the women in his house had gathered on the sofa as though they had something to tell him.

Moriarty suspected Lucius Malfoy had married Mrs. Zabini to help her reach Voldemort, so he attended their wedding to investigate. He arrived at New Malfoy Manor with Pheobe and met Jericho, Helena, and Lilith as the guests gathered.

• Moriarty concluded Mrs. Zabini wanted access to Voldemort and decided to attend Lucius's wedding, bringing Pheobe as his companion.
• The Malfoy family sent a wedding invitation after Christmas, and Moriarty threw it away before he and Pheobe flew to New Malfoy Manor.
• Lucius welcomed Moriarty warmly and thanked him for avenging him, while Moriarty took Pheobe around to greet the guests.
• Moriarty met Jericho, Helena, and Lilith, who explained that she had come to Mrs. Zabini's wedding to show the Peverell family would not grant her respect.
• Fudge arrived last, completing the list of wedding guests.

At Lucius Malfoy’s wedding, Gilderoy Lockhart stole the spotlight by announcing an Anti-Dark Wizard campaign and winning support from powerful pure-blood families. Moriarty praised Lockhart’s performance, while Lucius’s wedding night ended in humiliation with Mrs. Zabini.

• Lucius led Mrs. Zabini through the wedding ceremony as Draco and Blaise Zabini followed unhappily.
• Gilderoy Lockhart arrived late, announced his return from the Americas, and launched the Anti-Dark Wizard Storm.
• Lockhart presented Lucius with his new book, embarrassing him by advising him to learn spells to protect himself and his wife.
• Several pure-blood families and Horace Slughorn pledged resources to Lockhart’s Special Operations Team, leaving Lucius wondering whether Lockhart had arranged their support.
• After the wedding, Lockhart asked Moriarty whether he was satisfied, and Moriarty praised his performance.
• Lucius tried to take Mrs. Zabini to bed, but she slapped and insulted him before dragging him away.

Moriarty equipped Lockhart’s task force with magically modified gear and planned a trap in Devon to capture Old Selwyn. He then asked Lilith to establish a Mutual Aid Foundation that would promote insurance and challenge the Goblins, leaving her astonished by the scope of his plans.

• Moriarty showed Lockhart defensive, offensive, and utility equipment made with Nicolas Flamel, and Lockhart planned to supply it to his task force and profit if his campaign succeeded.
• Moriarty agreed to help Soldaya confront his escaped Death Eater father and instructed him to use his grandfather to lure Old Selwyn to Devon, where Lockhart’s force would capture him.
• Moriarty explained that Devon’s Dumbledore-aligned Pure-blood families were unlikely to help Old Selwyn, while other families might support Moriarty because of his wealth and strength.
• After Jericho left Moriarty and Lilith alone, Moriarty asked her to have the Justice League establish a Mutual Aid Foundation and use Lavender Brown’s case to promote insurance.
• Lilith listened as Moriarty outlined requiring insurance for people seeking legal help and stared at him in amazement.

After Christmas, Moriarty returned to Hogwarts and continued making plans to combat the Death Eaters while keeping watch on Ron. Hermione struggled to hide her craving for Moriarty’s milk, and Jane secretly brewed the Cat Potion again, determined to drink it.

• On the Hogwarts Express, Moriarty explained that the Aurors’ “NB” badges stood for the Anti-Dark Forces Taskforce, which Lockhart had equipped to fight the Death Eaters.
• Hannah Abbott and Hermione Granger visited Moriarty; Hermione awkwardly asked for milk, and Moriarty warned her against drinking milk from unknown sources too often.
• Lilith and Gemma discussed plans for the Mutual Aid Foundation and insurance with Moriarty, then urged him to keep an eye on Ron because he had been away from home during the Azkaban breakout.
• At Hogwarts, Dumbledore spoke briefly about the Death Eaters before the students ate.
• At midnight, Jane left the Ravenclaw Common Room and began brewing the Cat Potion, determined that no one would stop her from drinking milk.

Moriarty suspected Ron might be a living Horcrux and feared Harry Potter could become Voldemort’s next target. Meanwhile, Lilith and the Justice League expanded the Mutual Aid Foundation across the wizarding world, and Moriarty put Jericho in charge of helping insurance spread further.

• During Charms class, Moriarty told Lilith and Jericho that Ron might be Voldemort’s Horcrux and warned that Harry Potter could be next.
• Lilith launched the Mutual Aid Foundation at Hogwarts, where more than seventy percent of the students joined, and Percy collected the membership fees.
• Lilith used Old Peverell’s connections to secure a Ministry office and a room for the foundation’s funds while the Justice League prepared to expand internationally.
• After receiving thousands of questions and facing accusations of mishandling donations, Lilith published the foundation’s rules and offered Wizengamot and international representatives access to its accounts.
• Percy promoted insurance by making Lavender Brown its first beneficiary, publicizing her compensation and anti-pervert ankle guard, while Moriarty recognized that the plan could appeal to vanity.
• At the Three Broomsticks, Moriarty asked Jericho to help solve the insurance plan’s slow growth, and Jericho agreed.

Moriarty expanded the Mutual Aid Foundation’s influence before discovering Hermione had used Sophie’s cat hair in Polyjuice Potion to transform into a Catgirl. After warning Hermione not to risk transforming again, Moriarty learned that the Cain Brotherhood had been nearly wiped out in an attack by unknown wizards.

• Moriarty, Lilith, and Jericho celebrated the success of the Mutual Aid Foundation and insurance across Europe and America.
• Marcus told Moriarty that Hannah Abbott had been searching for him, and Hannah admitted she had given Hermione a hair from Sophie.
• Moriarty found Hermione and Violet Ventrue in his dormitory and discovered that Hermione had safely transformed into a white Catgirl.
• Moriarty warned Hermione that using Polyjuice Potion to transform was dangerous and got her to promise not to do it again.
• Sophie told Moriarty that unknown wizards had attacked the Cain Brotherhood as it returned to England, leaving fewer than one in ten survivors.

Moriarty and Sophie investigated the Cain Brotherhood’s destruction, with Dumbledore joining them on the journey to Edinburgh. They found six survivors, but an ancient tracking curse led their pursuers to the group, and one survivor transformed under a Devil’s Pact.

• Moriarty learned that the Cain Brotherhood had been wiped out and set out with Sophie to investigate.
• Dumbledore emerged from hiding with notes about the Old Witch and joined Moriarty and Sophie, traveling with Fawkes toward Edinburgh.
• Sophie transformed into a woman and followed a trail of black blood to six surviving members of the Cain Brotherhood in a basement.
• Dumbledore recognized that the Cain Brotherhood’s leader carried an improved Blood Tracking Charm and warned that their enemies had found them.
• White-cloaked wizards attacked the basement, and Moriarty shielded the group from the explosion.
• A Blood Clan survivor under a Devil’s Pact attacked Sophie and began transforming into a devil, so Moriarty said he could not be saved.

Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Sophie fought white-cloaked attackers who turned out to be Liches, and Moriarty sealed most of them beneath the North Sea. Tracking a surviving Lich led them to the waters near Azkaban, where they prepared to uncover its creator.

• Moriarty destroyed a Blood Clan attacker, while Dumbledore identified the white cloaks' red spells as ancient banishing magic and Sophie discovered they had no hearts.
• The white cloaks overwhelmed the group with powerful attacks, killing the four remaining Blood Clan members and splitting the battle among Sophie, Dumbledore, and Moriarty.
• Moriarty unleashed a storm that exposed the attackers as Liches, then used water magic to sweep them into the North Sea and seal them there.
• Moriarty deliberately let one Lich escape with his Ghost Snake attached so it would lead them to its master.
• Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Sophie tracked the surviving Lich to an island surrounded by familiar dark waters and recognized the nearby building as Azkaban.

Moriarty and Dumbledore investigated Azkaban after noticing the Liches had passed its rear without alerting the Dementors. Their search led them to suspect the Dementors might have been created, and Moriarty believed most had gathered at the island’s cemetery.

• Moriarty recognized the island as Azkaban, but Dumbledore warned him that its Dementor guards made a reckless landing dangerous.
• Dumbledore revealed that he had once suspected Dementors were created by a Dark Wizard, and Moriarty chose to investigate them rather than land on the island.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore used Disillusionment Charms to explore Azkaban, while Sophie noted its vast size and Moriarty explained its concealment and history.
• Moriarty proposed that the island had once been inhabited, and Dumbledore admitted that he knew little about its origins.
• Moriarty revealed that his Ghost Snake had searched the prison and noticed that unusually few Dementors were present; he suspected most had gone to the cemetery.
• Dumbledore considered that Dementors, like Liches, might have been created, and Moriarty’s focused resolve stirred memories of Dumbledore and Grindelwald.

Moriarty learned that Hermione had formed a study group and was sneaking into the Restricted Section with Zhang Qiu. He caught them and discovered Hermione wanted to learn Animagus so she could turn into a cat.

• The Slytherins celebrated Gemma’s birthday, while Harry brooded over his weakness and told Moriarty that Hermione’s study group was sneaking into the Restricted Section.
• Moriarty left the party and went to the Ravenclaw common room, where Penelope said she did not know where Hermione was and noted that Zhang Qiu had not studied with her lately.
• Moriarty and Penelope found Hermione and Zhang Qiu using a Disillusionment Charm in the Restricted Section, and Moriarty sent Penelope to take Zhang Qiu back to the dormitory.
• Moriarty reprimanded Hermione for risking herself to study advanced magic, but Hermione explained that she wanted to learn Animagus so she could transform into a cat and drink milk.