Chapter Summaries

Luan questioned Lynn Bailey about the Outer God Cult and learned that its believers were being hunted on Solman Island. After Lynn discovered he had become Star Ember Island’s High Priest, she sought a closer alliance with him to protect the Bailey Family from the Unbelievers.

• Luan asked Lynn Bailey about the Outer God Cult, and she said pirates and the governor were hunting its believers.
• Lynn told Luan that captured believers in Shi Lian City would be burned in seven days, so Luan decided to go there with Lang.
• Lynn learned that Luan was the High Priest of Star Ember Island and was shocked that the Tribal Wizards had accepted him.
• Lynn offered greater support from the Bailey Merchant Guild, hoping the Bailey Family could depend on Star Ember Island to survive the Unbelievers’ threats.

Lynn Bailey asked Luan to save the Bailey Family from the Unbelievers, who were taking over its merchant guild. Luan captured one of the three Unbeliever wizards, while Lynn regretted not going with him to learn magic.

• Lynn Bailey explained that the Unbelievers had placed three wizards in the Bailey Family and were preparing to seize its business and resources.
• Luan agreed to help Lynn and planned to lure the three Unbeliever wizards back one at a time by offering the secret location of the family warehouse.
• An Unbeliever wizard returned alone to the castle after receiving Lynn's letter, hoping to claim the warehouse's wealth for himself.
• Luan petrified the wizard before he reached the castle gates, while Lang complained that the fight had ended before he could act.
• Luan ordered the guards to bind and isolate the captured wizard, and Lynn watched from the castle before regretting that she had not gone with Luan to learn magic.

Luan and Lang fought the Unbeliever wizard sent to replace Montoya, while Luan battled his Ground Bat in the air. Luan defeated the creature and the wizard, who surrendered, leaving both captives immobilized.

• Luan spotted the Ground Bat guarding Meyersburg Castle and told Lang to occupy the Unbeliever wizard while he dealt with the creature.
• The Ground Bat dove at Luan as the Unbeliever attacked Lang and the castle guards with powerful sound-based magic.
• Luan cast Muffliato on Lang, who counterattacked, but the wizard reflected his spells with Mirror Tide Reversal.
• Luan evaded the Ground Bat on his broomstick, wounded its wing with Sectumsempra, then overwhelmed it with spells until it crashed unconscious.
• Luan attacked the Unbeliever from the air, set his robe on fire, and immobilized him with three Petrifying Charms after he surrendered.

Luan defeated the Unbeliever wizards and their Ground Bat, then agreed to help the Bailey Family escape to Star Ember Island. Lynn Bailey revealed the location of the family’s hidden warehouse and offered its wealth in return for refuge, while Luan stayed at Meyersburg Castle to guard against another attack.

• Luan had the Ground Bat restrained and claimed its valuable parts as spoils of war.
• Lynn Bailey thanked Luan for saving the Bailey Family and agreed to handle the slaves aboard the Unbelievers’ ship.
• Lynn Bailey told Luan that the Bailey Family’s hidden warehouse lay beneath the waterway outside the castle and offered its wealth to support his magic school.
• Luan agreed to arrange temporary refuge for the Bailey Family on Star Ember Island and remain at the castle to deter the Unbelievers.
• Over the next three days, ships carried the Bailey Family to Star Ember Island as Luan confirmed the underwater warehouse’s entrance and then returned to Hogwarts.

Muun returned to Hogwarts after the holidays and reunited with Hermione, Neville, Harry, and Ron. Harry and Ron told him they had discovered a secret at Hagrid’s and invited him to visit the cabin the next afternoon.

• Muun boarded the Hogwarts train and found Hermione correcting Neville’s homework.
• Hermione greeted Bouncing and Zhizhi after Muun explained that Zhizhi wanted her attention too.
• Hermione urged Muun to study harder, while Muun privately admired how quickly she had improved.
• Muun, Hermione, and Neville rode Thestral-drawn carriages back to Hogwarts, where Harry and Ron greeted Muun.
• Harry and Ron told Muun they had seen Hagrid during the holidays and invited him to Hagrid’s cabin in the Forbidden Forest the next afternoon.

Luan learned that the Ministry of Magic had dropped its penalty for using magic outside school after he was attacked by a Dark Wizard in Diagon Alley. After thanking his professors, he joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione at Hagrid’s hut to see an egg.

• McGonagall gave Luan the Ministry’s letter rescinding his penalty and asked what had happened in Diagon Alley.
• Luan told McGonagall that a Dark Wizard had attacked him with the Cruciatus Curse and that her Shield Badge had protected him.
• McGonagall agreed to repair and strengthen the badge, then went to tell Dumbledore about the attack.
• Luan visited Flitwick, who praised how he had handled the danger, and returned to his studies at Hogwarts.
• After Herbology on Monday, Luan followed Harry, Ron, and Hermione to Hagrid’s hut, where Hagrid showed them an egg that had not hatched yet.

Hagrid showed Harry, Ron, Luan, and Hermione the Dragon Egg he was trying to hatch in his fireplace, and Luan realized Hagrid had misunderstood the instructions about Chicken Blood Brandy. Bouncing sensed that the egg was absorbing energy from the flames, and Luan agreed to let it stay with Hagrid until the Dragon hatched.

• Hagrid revealed the Dragon Egg in his fireplace after Bouncing drew Luan’s attention to it.
• Luan corrected Hagrid’s misunderstanding of the hatching instructions, and Bouncing reassured everyone that the egg was absorbing energy from the flames.
• Hermione warned that keeping Dragons was illegal and dangerous, while Ron explained that wild Dragons lived in Britain and the Ministry concealed them from Muggles.
• Bouncing sensed that the Dragon inside the egg was strong but full, and Hagrid agreed to feed it less Chicken Blood Brandy while monitoring it.
• Luan agreed to let Bouncing stay with Hagrid for a few days to keep the Dragon Egg company.

Luan searched for Zhizhi’s parents while improving his two-handed spellcasting, and he noticed that Professor Quirrell had grown pale and thin and seemed to hate him. The chapter left Luan wondering what had changed Quirrell’s behavior.

• Luan asked Hagrid where Zhizhi’s home trees had been cut down, but Hagrid refused to let him enter the Forbidden Forest, so Luan planned to search the castle’s Owlery instead.
• Luan encouraged Harry to study with Hermione because he expected Harry might face danger, and Ron reluctantly joined them.
• Luan practiced casting spells with both hands, using left-hand training to reduce magical conflicts and Flitwick’s plan to build his mental strength.
• Luan searched the castle for Zhizhi’s parents over the following days but found nothing.
• During Wednesday’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, Luan noticed Quirrell looked pale and thin, smelled of garlic and wood, and regarded him with both appreciation and hatred.

Quirrell and his master prepared to bypass Lu Wei’s defenses, while Luan spent the Christmas break caring for his companions and helping Zhizhi search for its parents. After Snape returned to Hogwarts looking exhausted, he gave Luan thirty doses of Growth Potion and promised to make the rest next week.

• Quirrell questioned his master’s plan to get past Lu Wei, but the weakening master insisted they make humanoid decoys and warned that they might need Unicorn blood to sustain him.
• Zhizhi told Luan about life with Hagrid and the Dragon Egg, and Luan promised to keep searching for Zhizhi’s parents.
• Ron connected Luan’s ability to speak with animals to Merlin, while Hermione wondered about Luan’s mysterious family; Luan agreed to visit the Weasleys during summer vacation, and Harry said he would go too.
• Snape called Luan into his office after Potions Class, gave him thirty doses of Growth Potion, and said he would make the rest next week.

Luan collected Snape’s potions, practiced Alchemy Runes, helped settle the Bailey Family on the Vena Islands, and continued modifying spells before returning to Hogwarts. There, Bernard discovered that someone had stolen his adhesive from the Herbology Club.

• Luan collected Snape’s batch of Plant Growth Potions and learned that Snape had brewed them using a brass automatic stirring cauldron.
• Luan practiced combining Alchemy Runes into a protective Magic Array, while Hermione struggled to keep up with his progress.
• Lynn Bailey moved the Bailey Family’s assets to the Vena Islands, where the three great wizards gave them an island to settle on.
• Luan mastered the Unbelievers’ Explosive Sound Technique and continued modifying spells, advancing Mirror Tide Reversal into Mirror Guard and Dream Illusion Technique into Spirit Dream.
• Luan returned to Hogwarts and entered the Herbology Club with Cedric, where Bernard reported that someone had stolen his adhesive.

Professor Sprout used Trace Manifestation to investigate the theft of Snail Grass sap and Spore Powder, but the trail vanished outside the castle grounds. Back in the Club Classroom, Luan demonstrated remarkable speed and skill by healing the damaged Snail Grass, impressing Professor Sprout.

• Professor Sprout found adult-sized magical footprints near the damaged Snail Grass and traced them to two missing bottles of Spore Powder, but the tracks disappeared beyond the castle grounds.
• Professor Sprout told the students to return to class and went to inform Headmaster Dumbledore.
• Bernard and Molinar tried to heal the Snail Grass while Cedric warned Luan not to interfere.
• Luan cast a rapid Growth Spell that healed a leaf and caused new green tissue to grow.
• Professor Sprout praised Luan's herbology talent, surprising the students who had witnessed his spellcasting.

Luan helped Bernard save his Snail Grass with Growth Potion, then joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione in sneaking to Hagrid’s hut to witness the Little Fire Dragon hatch. The dragon emerged under Bouncing’s gaze as a small figure appeared outside the hut’s window.

• Luan gave Bernard the remaining Growth Potion, and Professor Sprout said the Snail Grass should recover within three days.
• Luan asked Professor Sprout about the break-in at the club, and she said Dumbledore would investigate.
• Zhizhi told Luan that the Little Fire Dragon was about to hatch, so Luan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione used Harry’s Invisibility Cloak to visit Hagrid at night.
• Bouncing told Luan that it considered them parents of the Little Fire Dragon, and Luan hesitated at the idea of sharing that role with Hagrid.
• The Dragon Egg cracked late at night, and the Little Fire Dragon emerged as a small figure appeared outside the hut’s window.

Hagrid’s newly hatched Norwegian Ridgeback bonded with Bouncing, but Malfoy discovered the dragon and threatened to report them. As Dumbledore and other professors arrived at Hagrid’s hut, Luan prepared to help conceal the dragon for Bouncing’s sake.

• Little Fire Dragon bit Hagrid, then embraced Bouncing before eating weasel meat and drinking Chicken Blood Brandy.
• Hermione worried that the rapidly growing dragon would be discovered, while Hagrid insisted it would be safe in his hut.
• Malfoy spotted the secret dragon and ran toward the castle, prompting Harry, Ron, and Hermione to chase after him.
• Luan persuaded Hagrid not to hide Little Fire Dragon under an iron bucket and covered it and Bouncing with his Invisibility Cloak.
• Luan saw Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape approaching, then went to answer the door and promised to handle the situation.

After finding Luan at Hagrid’s hut late at night, the professors punished him for leaving the castle and Dumbledore inspected his unusual wand. Luan returned to the Common Room, where he learned that Gryffindor had lost twenty points for each student involved and fallen to last place.

• McGonagall confronted Luan at Hagrid’s hut, and he explained that he had come to study magic.
• Luan transformed a chair into a lifelike wooden Little Fire Dragon, and McGonagall deducted twenty points and gave him detention for being out after curfew.
• Snape searched Hagrid’s hut but found no real dragon, while Dumbledore told Hagrid he should not have taken Luan in.
• Dumbledore examined Luan’s wand, recognized its unusual materials, and told him to handle the night’s matter properly.
• McGonagall escorted Luan back to the castle, where he found Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Neville in the Common Room.
• Hermione asked whether the professors had discovered anything, and Luan learned Gryffindor had lost twenty points and fallen to the bottom.

After Harry and his friends lost Gryffindor one hundred House points, Luan helped them begin earning the points back while Harry struggled with the backlash. Luan arranged to take Hagrid’s growing dragon, Norbert, to his hometown, and the chapter ended with Hagrid agreeing it had to leave.

• After Professor McGonagall caught Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Luan sneaking around at night, Luan comforted Harry and Ron before they returned to the dormitory.
• Luan received Hagrid’s worried letter about parting with the Little Fire Dragon and asked Zhizhi to have Bouncing find out whether it would go to his hometown.
• The next morning, Gryffindor’s loss of one hundred points made Harry the target of criticism, while Bernard and Cedric reassured Luan that he could help earn the points back.
• Luan and Hermione earned House points in Charms by demonstrating the Banishing Charm, while Harry became withdrawn after being mocked by students and the Quidditch team.
• Malfoy continued searching for the Little Fire Dragon, unaware that Zhizhi was keeping watch on him whenever he left the castle.
• After learning that Bouncing had persuaded the dragon, Luan visited Hagrid, who decided to send Norbert away, and Bouncing told Luan that Norbert wanted to go wherever it went.

Luan arranged with Hagrid to relocate Norbert secretly on Sunday night, while the Giant Squid frightened Malfoy and his friends away from the hut. The chapter ended with Cedric telling Luan that a professor wanted to see him, without saying why.

• Luan told Hagrid that he could take Norbert somewhere safe and free, and Hagrid agreed to keep the unusual method secret.
• When Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe approached the hut, Luan enlisted the Giant Squid to scare them; Malfoy fainted, and Snape revived him and warned him against relying on his family name.
• Snape questioned Luan about seeing Quirrell outside the castle, then hurried toward the Forbidden Forest after Luan said Quirrell had gone that way.
• Harry and Ron worried about Norbert's fate at breakfast, while Luan reassured them that Hagrid would take care of him and kept the relocation plan secret.
• After breakfast, Cedric told Luan that a professor had asked to see him, but did not know what the meeting was about.

Professor Sprout asked Luan to care for Devil's Snare while she treated damaged plants in the Forbidden Forest, and taught him how to reach the plant through a hidden door. Luan agreed in exchange for the chance to work with Devil's Snare and the promise of fifty House points, then hurried to Potions Class.

• Professor Sprout asked Luan to care for the Christmas Cactus, which was actually Devil's Snare, while she tended rare plants in the Forbidden Forest.
• Luan asked how to reach Devil's Snare, and Sprout explained that he could use a spell to reveal a hidden door in her office.
• Sprout told Luan that the four Heads of House could enter only their own Guardian Stages, and that anyone seeking the Philosopher's Stone had to enter through the fourth-floor corridor.
• Luan agreed to care for Devil's Snare, and Sprout taught him the hidden-door spell, reviewed the plant-care instructions, and offered him fifty House points for succeeding.
• Luan arrived late to Potions Class, where Snape warned him not to do so again and began a lesson on brewing Coughing Potion.

During detention in the Forbidden Forest, Luan and the others investigated the injured Unicorn and encountered Firenze, who warned that a dangerous creature was hiding in the woods. The creature attacked the group, but the Little Fire Dragon saved Malfoy before it escaped.

• Hagrid led Luan, Hermione, Neville, Malfoy, and Harry and Ron into the Forbidden Forest to search for the creature that had injured a Unicorn.
• Luan’s Niffler reported that a large bat had attacked the Unicorn, and the group met Firenze and two other Centaurs, who spoke of danger and Mars shining brightly.
• Luan, Hermione, Neville, and Malfoy followed the Unicorn’s blood trail to a clearing, where a flying black cloak attacked Luan and the others.
• Luan’s Shield Badge deflected the first strike, and Hermione sent up red sparks to summon Hagrid as the creature dodged their spells and advanced on Malfoy.
• The Little Fire Dragon flew out from beneath Luan’s Invisibility Cloak, knocked the creature away from Malfoy, and the creature fled when Hagrid arrived.

Luan and the others found a dead Unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, and Firenze revealed that Voldemort was seeking the Philosopher's Stone to regain his strength. After the students returned safely, Malfoy thanked Luan for saving him, while the professors took over the investigation.

• Hagrid and the students found a Unicorn killed by the creature, and Firenze explained that drinking its blood brought a curse and that its killer sought something to restore his strength.
• Firenze hinted that the creature was connected to Harry and the Philosopher's Stone, but Professor Sprout arrived before Harry could name Voldemort.
• Malfoy told Sprout that Luan had driven off the creature with a Shield Charm, and Sprout sent a message to Dumbledore before examining the Unicorn.
• Hagrid escorted the students out of the Forbidden Forest, and Malfoy quietly promised to keep Luan's secret and thanked him for saving his life.
• Professor McGonagall met the students outside the forest and assured Harry and Luan that Dumbledore, Snape, and Flitwick were handling the danger.

After the school banned students from entering the Forbidden Forest, Luan warned Zhizhi to keep Bouncing away from it while Harry and his friends discussed Voldemort and the Philosopher’s Stone. Luan later entered the hidden corridor to tend its magical plants, set Spore Powder traps for the suspected thief, and left Professor Sprout a diagram before escaping an attacking Devil’s Snare.

• Dumbledore issued a ban on Care of Magical Creatures classes entering the Forbidden Forest and forbade students from going there without authorization.
• Luan told Zhizhi to warn Bouncing to stay away from the Forbidden Forest and go near the Black Lake instead.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Luan discussed Voldemort’s plans for the Philosopher’s Stone, but Luan redirected Harry’s attention to his Transfiguration essay.
• Luan entered the hidden corridor through Professor Sprout’s office, fertilized the Devil’s Snare and Sleepyface Fungus, and hid packets of Spore Powder as traps for the suspected Dark Wizard.
• The Devil’s Snare attacked Luan, but he escaped through the passage and left Professor Sprout a diagram of the traps.