Chapter Summaries

Tierra joined the Weasleys in Diagon Alley, where he exchanged money and reunited with Harry. After Harry explained that Dobby had intercepted his letters and warned him Tierra was controlled by Voldemort, Tierra reassured him—but caught himself urging Harry to trust him completely.

• Tierra gave Arthur Weasley pounds to examine, and Molly scolded Arthur before he accepted the money as thanks for hosting Tierra.
• Tierra exchanged Galleons at Gringotts, where the Weasleys and Harry visited their vaults.
• Fred and George learned Tierra had accidentally eaten one of their prank candies and invited him to help test recipes next term.
• Tierra reunited with Harry, who explained that Dobby had intercepted his letters and claimed Voldemort controlled Tierra.
• Tierra reassured Harry that they were friends, then froze when he heard himself telling Harry to trust him completely.

Tierra realized that Dark Magic was eroding him and resolved to restrain his use of power, especially after recognizing that he had considered manipulating Harry. While shopping with Harry, Hermione, and Ron, Tierra resisted Harry’s kindness but accepted his offer to buy rare ingredients, including Phoenix Feather.

• Tierra reconsidered his plan to manipulate Harry and concluded that Dark Magic was magnifying his desires and eroding his judgment.
• Tierra connected Dumbledore’s withdrawal from power and conflict to his effort to restrain the erosion of Dark Magic.
• Tierra resolved to curb the erosion by avoiding temptation and limiting his use of power.
• Hermione emerged with ink and parchment, while Ron reluctantly left behind the Chudley Cannons robes he had been eyeing.
• Harry led Tierra into Jiggery Pokery and offered to buy him Cat Leopard tail fur and Phoenix Feather, and Tierra silently accepted the temptation of the rare materials.

Harry showered Tierra with magical ingredients and gifts while they shopped in Diagon Alley, then returned to Gringotts for more money before joining Hermione and Ron at Gilderoy Lockhart’s book signing. The chapter ended with Hermione devising a scheme to resell signed books at a profit.

• Harry gave Tierra Phoenix Feather, Cat Leopard tail hair, and a large bundle of potion ingredients, hoping the gifts would cheer him up.
• Tierra thanked Harry and bought him a color-changing scarf, while Harry bought ice cream for everyone.
• Harry returned to his vault for more Galleons because he had spent much of his money on Tierra’s ingredients and still needed to buy Lockhart’s books.
• Harry and Tierra joined Hermione and Ron at the crowded Flourish and Blotts signing, where Hermione had everyone collect copies of Gilderoy Lockhart’s books.
• Hermione told Tierra the signed books could be resold for a profit and gathered extra copies to sell for even more if Lockhart wrote romantic messages in them.

Harry met Gilderoy Lockhart at Flourish and Blotts, where Lockhart announced he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Tierra turned the signed books into a small business, and the group continued shopping in Diagon Alley while Lucius and Draco Malfoy stayed away.

• Lockhart recognized Harry, pulled him into the spotlight, gave him his books, and announced he would become Hogwarts's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Tierra sold Harry's nine signed books for 180 Galleons and arranged to sell Lockhart photographs to a witch after school began.
• Hermione sold her signed books for 170 Galleons, while Ron sold two books and Fred and George were thrown out after trying to resell theirs.
• Tierra sensed through the Dark Mark that Lucius and Draco Malfoy had left Diagon Alley, and Dobby continued following him from a distance.
• Harry bought Tierra a cauldron, and Hermione bought books for herself and Tierra, including How to Pursue a Witch.
• Tierra returned How to Pursue a Witch to the shelf and told Hermione he did not want to date anyone.

After dinner with the Grangers, Tierra went with Harry and the Weasleys to The Burrow, where he examined Ron’s room and searched Scabbers’s memories for information about Voldemort. He learned little from the memories, but discovered that Scabbers had rejected female rats and suggested trying male rats instead.

• Hermione said goodbye to Ron, Harry, and Tierra after dinner, and Mrs. Weasley took Tierra and Harry to The Burrow.
• Mrs. Weasley sent Tierra upstairs with Ron and Harry, then scolded Fred, George, and Arthur for asking the Grangers rude questions.
• Ron showed Tierra his room, where Tierra saw the tadpoles and recognized Scabbers as Peter Pettigrew.
• Tierra searched Peter Pettigrew’s memories about Voldemort but found little useful information.
• Tierra asked Ron whether he had considered breeding Scabbers, and Ron said the rat had shown no interest in female rats.
• Tierra suggested that Scabbers might prefer male rats, while Peter Pettigrew silently objected.

Tierra spent a warm half-month with the Weasleys, reassuring Harry that the Malfoys’ purchases of Dark Magic supplies were nothing to worry about. On the morning of August thirty-first, the family rushed to prepare for Hogwarts while Tierra waited neatly dressed at The Burrow.

• Tierra photographed Raven, Hedwig, and Scabbers, making sure to capture Scabbers's incomplete toe.
• Harry told Tierra that he had seen Draco Malfoy and Lucius Malfoy selling goods and ordering Dark Magic supplies at Borgin and Burkes, and Tierra persuaded him not to investigate.
• Tierra grew accustomed to the Weasleys’ affectionate household, helping Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, and the Weasley Twins with their chores and activities.
• The Weasleys celebrated the night before school with a lavish dinner, Fred and George’s Filibuster Firework display, and hot chocolate.
• The next morning, the Weasleys hurried to get ready for Hogwarts while Tierra sat dressed in his uniform beside his suitcase.

Tierra traveled to King's Cross with the Weasleys and Harry, then boarded the Hogwarts Express with Arthur Weasley. Harry and Ron failed to appear before the train departed, and Tierra later spotted their pale blue flying car above the fields.

• The Weasleys returned home twice so George could retrieve a Filibuster Firework and Fred could fetch his flying broomstick, then reached King's Cross with Tierra and Harry.
• Tierra bought the group coffee and egg tarts, thanked Mrs. Weasley, and entered Platform Nine and Three-Quarters with Arthur Weasley to avoid Dobby.
• Tierra boarded the Hogwarts Express, but Harry and Ron did not appear before it left at eleven.
• George, Fred, and Hermione searched for Harry and Ron, and Tierra suggested they ask the conductor what to do.
• Tierra glimpsed a battered blue car outside the train, then later saw a pale blue flying car soaring above the fields while Hermione spoke with him.

Tierra watched Harry and Ron face the consequences of arriving at Hogwarts in a flying car, then met Draco Malfoy in the basement to give him instructions for Lucius. He returned to the kitchens to collect food for Harry and Ron.

• Tierra told Hermione and the Weasley Twins that Harry and Ron had driven a flying car to school, and the Twins spread the news around the train.
• Harry and Ron arrived late and missed the Sorting Ceremony, where Tierra noticed Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood.
• Snape left the feast, and McGonagall and Dumbledore later departed; Tierra reassured Hermione that Harry and Ron would not be expelled.
• Harry and Ron returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, where their fellow students celebrated their arrival, while Hermione scolded them.
• Tierra met Draco Malfoy outside the Slytherin Common Room, accepted a suitcase, and gave him a list for Lucius to gather before Christmas.
• Tierra asked the House-elves to pack two servings of food for Harry and Ron and left carrying them.

Tierra returned to the dormitory and joined Harry and Ron for the start of classes, where Ron received a Howler from his mother for stealing the flying car. Tierra tried to turn Ron’s punishment into motivation by proposing a tutoring contest with Hermione, leaving the trio set to focus on helping Ron improve his grades.

• Tierra returned to the Gryffindor dormitory with a food box and found Harry there.
• At breakfast, owls delivered parcels and Errol dropped a Howler from Mrs. Weasley in front of Ron.
• Mrs. Weasley shouted at Ron for stealing the car and nearly getting himself and Harry killed, then threatened to take him home.
• Tierra gave Ron Hermione’s notes and suggested he could earn his mother’s forgiveness by getting into the top ten.
• Tierra challenged Hermione to tutor Ron alongside him, with the winner earning one reasonable request from the loser.

Tierra agreed to tutor Ron in History of Magic and Astronomy while Harry offered to help, then the group headed to Herbology as Tom Riddle considered finding a watcher. Later, Hermione challenged Tierra over his disguised textbook before Harry and Gilderoy Lockhart arrived for Defense Against the Dark Arts.

• Harry offered to tutor Ron, but Tierra assigned him History of Magic and Astronomy and refused to let him teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• Tierra told Tom Riddle that Ron had received a Howler, and Tom Riddle considered finding a watcher while asking about Tierra's interest in magical creatures.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tierra went to Herbology, where Professor Sprout took them to Greenhouse Three with Gilderoy Lockhart.
• Tom Riddle cursed Lockhart after Tierra identified him as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Hermione discovered that Tierra had Transfigured his copy of The Inheritor to look like Travels with Vampires and confronted him.
• Harry entered the classroom with Lockhart, greeted Tierra, and sat beside Ron in the back row.

Tierra deliberately flattered Gilderoy Lockhart and earned a perfect score on Lockhart’s self-obsessed quiz, hoping to make him a target for Tom Riddle’s Diary. Lockhart’s lesson with Cornish Pixies descended into chaos, and he left Tierra, Harry, Ron, and Hermione to clean up.

• Tierra decided Lockhart’s growing hunger for power could make him a useful match for Tom Riddle’s Diary, and he praised Lockhart in front of Hermione and Tom Riddle.
• Lockhart gave the class a three-page quiz about himself, and Tierra answered every question correctly, earning one hundred points.
• Lockhart released Cornish Pixies in class, and they wrecked the room, hoisted Neville onto the chandelier, and threw Lockhart’s wand out the window.
• The Inheritor flew around swallowing pixies while Lockhart hid beneath his desk and the students fled as the chandelier crashed down.
• Lockhart ordered Tierra, Harry, Ron, and Hermione to put the remaining pixies back in their cage, then left and shut the classroom door.

Tierra explained that The Inheritor had consumed the Cornish Pixies and joked that he had a gift for prophecy. After his predictions about Harry and the students’ detentions came true, he charged Seamus for a prophecy and secretly planted a Curse Worm on him.

• The Inheritor swallowed most of the Cornish Pixies, easing its hunger as Tierra reviewed the Dark Magic it contained and the spells he had learned.
• At dinner, Tierra joked that he could prophesy Hermione would come first in the year and predicted Harry would be chased by a Bludger and suffer a rubbery right arm.
• Tierra accurately predicted Harry would answer Gilderoy Lockhart’s fan mail and Ron would clean the trophy room, shocking Hermione, Harry, Ron, George, and Fred Weasley.
• Neville asked Tierra to use prophecy to discover what he had forgotten, but Tierra warned that he could not choose what he foresaw.
• Seamus asked whether his Charms class would catch fire again, and Tierra demanded a Galleon, claiming prophecy required payment to protect the customer from fate’s price.
• Tierra showed the students his missing little finger, then took Seamus’s Galleon, secretly planted a Curse Worm on him, and predicted he would soon suffer a brief illness.

Tierra’s accurate predictions attracted more students, while his tricks and knowledge of their secrets strengthened his reputation. As October brought widespread colds to Hogwarts, Snape had Tierra help Madam Pomfrey by brewing three potions at once.

• Seamus recovered from his minor cold and spread the word that Tierra’s prediction had matched Madam Pomfrey’s diagnosis.
• Tina Tilia received no prophecy, while Tierra warned Neville about his forgotten Transfiguration essay and predicted a disastrous confession that nevertheless brought a boy and an older Ravenclaw girl together.
• Harry grew uneasy about Tierra’s first prophecy, while Tierra continued to evade Tom Riddle’s attempts to lure him into opening the Chamber of Secrets.
• As colds spread through Hogwarts, Snape sent Tierra to help Madam Pomfrey brew Invigoration Potion, Calming Draught, and Dittany Potion simultaneously.

Tierra treated Harry’s fever and secretly searched the Restricted Section before returning to the dormitory. After Harry woke and thanked him, Tierra headed to breakfast and asked Tom Riddle’s diary where the Basilisk was.

• Madam Pomfrey watched Tierra brew potions and allowed him to help in the Hospital Wing, where her Potent Elixir quickly halted the flu outbreak.
• Harry returned soaked from Quidditch practice, caught a fever, and called Tierra’s name in his sleep.
• Tierra removed a pale black worm from Harry’s head, gave him Sleeping Draught and restorative potion, and stayed nearby while he slept.
• Tierra used Lucius Malfoy’s wand and the Invisibility Cloak to enter the Restricted Section, where he inspected a forbidden book before returning to the dormitory.
• Harry woke, thanked Tierra for caring for him, and Tierra left for breakfast with Tom Riddle’s diary, asking where the Basilisk was.

Tierra used Occlumency to make Tom Riddle believe he had uncovered a ritual that could grant them greater power and restore Riddle to life. As Riddle embraced the supposed opportunity, Tierra revealed the elaborate summoning ritual he had secretly prepared.

• Tierra concealed his true thoughts behind false memories and showed Tom Riddle a fabricated story of his growing admiration for Gilderoy Lockhart and declining affection for Riddle.
• Tierra revealed that he had found a parchment describing a ritual to summon the God of Wisdom and Magic, convincing Tom Riddle that it was genuine.
• Tom Riddle concluded the ritual could restore him in a more powerful form and decided to use it.
• Tierra's supposed ritual used a dual-altar arrangement, with sacrifices on the main altar and the officiant protected on a second altar.
• Tierra had translated and embellished the ritual's invocation, which summoned Yog-Sothoth through the Gate of a Thousand Doors.

Tierra tried to get Tom Riddle to reveal the Chamber of Secrets’ location, then used a library request and a spell to advance his own plans. He left Lockhart signing his request slip after engineering a public challenge to the professor.

• Tom Riddle warned Tierra that waking the Basilisk during winter hibernation could make it lose control, and Tierra went to the library for a Restricted Section request slip.
• Tierra told Pince he wanted to borrow Magical Experiments on Muggles and Mudbloods for a paper, and she gave him a form that required Lockhart’s signature.
• In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Gideon accused Lockhart of lying about curing werewolves, while Tierra had secretly used Whispers of Emotion to amplify Gideon’s anger and doubts.
• After class, Tierra asked Harry to leave, then presented Lockhart with the library request slip, and Lockhart eagerly took it to sign.

Tierra manipulated Gilderoy Lockhart into signing out Magical Experiments on Muggles and Mudbloods, then used his blood to extract and recreate selected words from the book. He left the chapter preparing to conceal Tom Riddle's Diary from the other Horcrux using the Yuggoth Cloak.

• Gilderoy Lockhart tried to coax Tierra into revealing why he wanted the book, and Tierra learned Lockhart feared being exposed and driven from Hogwarts.
• Tierra pretended to offer Lockhart Tom Riddle's Diary, but a strange tremor in his mind made him hide it and flee with the borrowing slip.
• Madam Pince checked Tierra's slip and lent him Magical Experiments on Muggles and Mudbloods from the library.
• Tierra took the book to the Room of Requirement and used his blood to activate it, extract selected words, and assemble three pages.
• Tierra removed the diary embedded in his chest and prepared to use the Yuggoth Cloak to block the resonance between the Horcruxes.

Tierra found Ravenclaw's Diadem in the Room of Requirement and prepared a ritual to refine the Philosopher's Stone. After arranging the ritual and readying his tools, he began by setting the diadem and Phoenix Feather ablaze with ordinary fire, then summoned Fiendfyre and Spiritual Fire.

• Tierra sensed danger near a pile of clutter and avoided it when his Tidying Charm failed to affect the heap.
• Tierra used a troll specimen and the Vanishing Cabinet as landmarks, then found the cabinet containing Ravenclaw's Diadem.
• Tierra transformed a blanket into a python to retrieve the diadem and cleared a large space for his ritual.
• Tierra laid out the ritual's Spiritual, Material, and Divine Dimensions, placing the Phoenix Feather and diadem at its center.
• Tierra meditated after drinking potions, then summoned The Inheritor and prepared Merlin's Early Staff.
• Tierra cast Incendio over the Phoenix Feather and diadem, then he and The Inheritor cast Spiritual Fire and Fiendfyre.

Tierra used the Divine Triangle, Curse Worm, and a sacrifice of his own soul, flesh, and magic to destroy Voldemort’s soul fragment and complete the Pope’s Robe. He named the robe “Parasite” and returned to the dormitory with the Inheritor and the recovered items.

• Tierra and the Inheritor restrained the ritual flames as Voldemort’s soul fragment emerged and attacked him.
• Tierra sacrificed part of himself to ignite the Phoenix Feather, and his shed skin shielded him while the flames burned Voldemort’s soul.
• The ritual’s materials and flames converged into a ball of light that exploded, leaving the completed Pope’s Robe above the crater.
• Tierra tested the robe’s transformations and abilities, then named it “Parasite.”
• Parasite drew magical items, Tom Riddle’s Diary, and debris into its inner cavity, then carried Tierra and the Inheritor to the dormitory.

Tierra manipulated Tom Riddle into revealing a ritual hidden in Magical Experiments on Muggles and Mudbloods. When Tom Riddle opened the diary to inspect the pages, Tierra was pulled inside and met the sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle.

• Tierra hid the ritual waste in Lucius’s trunk, took the ritual book and diary, and left Peter Pettigrew asleep in the dormitory.
• Tom Riddle suggested a ritual might help Professor Lockhart, then recalled that the instructions were hidden inside Magical Experiments on Muggles and Mudbloods.
• Tierra showed Tom Riddle the three pages of human skin paper, and Tom Riddle opened the diary to examine them.
• Tierra fell through the diary and arrived in a black-and-white version of Hogwarts’s Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom from fifty years earlier.
• Tierra met the sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle and handed him the three ritual pages.