Recaps

Harry spent the summer with his friends and family, helped cure Anne Salu’s curse, and trained the Dueling Club against dangerous creatures. At Hogwarts, he challenged Umbridge’s refusal to teach practical defense and was appointed acting Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, while tensions over Anne and the Ministry continued.

• Harry and the invited families traveled to the Isle of Wight, where Veratia joined the holiday and warned that Fudge planned to take control of Hogwarts.
• Harry tested his Purification Charm on imprisoned Dark Wizards, and Mr. LeMay removed Harry’s magical restriction so he could cure Anne’s curse.
• Harry brought Anne out of Garrick’s Cave and cured her, after which she reunited with Sebastian and Ominis and prepared to return to Hogwarts.
• Harry trained the Dueling Club to fight dangerous creatures, and the students later traveled to Hogwarts for the new school year.
• At Hogwarts, Umbridge denied Voldemort’s return and refused to teach practical defense, so Harry disarmed, restrained, and silenced her in class.
• Pabbie used her authority on the Board of Governors to secure unanimous student support for Harry’s appointment as acting Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor.
• Harry discussed business ideas with Fred and George, encouraged Ron before Keeper tryouts, and agreed to speak with Luna’s father for The Quibbler.
• Sebastian confronted Harry over Anne, punched him, and warned him to stay away from her before Harry prepared his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson.

Harry defied Umbridge’s inspections and restrictions by teaching students practical defense, while Pabbie challenged Umbridge’s authority at Hogwarts. Gryffindor defeated Slytherin in Quidditch, but Umbridge gained sweeping new powers over student punishments and privileges.

• Harry helped Ron win the Gryffindor goalkeeper tryout, and Percy’s letter warned that Fudge planned to undermine Dumbledore and Harry.
• Umbridge inspected Hogwarts professors and Harry’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, where he levitated her and taught students to cast Protego.
• Ron sneaked into Umbridge’s office and found reports criticizing several professors, including Scamander, before stunning Umbridge and escaping.
• Harry taught fifth-years practical defense at the Hog’s Head, and Hermione told them Voldemort had returned before the students practiced Protego.
• Umbridge ordered student organizations disbanded, but Pabbie confronted her and stayed at Hogwarts while Harry organized more lessons and the students named their group Potter’s Army.
• Harry and the Gryffindor team prepared for the Slytherin match, and Ron drank what Harry claimed was Felix Felicis to steady his nerves.
• Ron blocked Warrington’s shot as Harry caught the Golden Snitch, giving Gryffindor a 220–210 victory over Slytherin.
• Umbridge posted Educational Decree No. 25, granting herself supreme authority over student punishments and privileges.

Harry’s fifth year brought Christmas at Grimmauld Place, Umbridge’s expulsion, and the return of Remus Lupin to Hogwarts. As O.W.L.s ended, Harry joined Dumbledore’s effort to free Nagini from Voldemort and entered a Horcrux memory where Tom Riddle detected him.

• Harry and his friends spent Christmas at Grimmauld Place, exchanged gifts, and visited Frank and Alice Longbottom with the Weasleys.
• Harry encouraged Neville to be proud of his parents, then considered asking LeMay to help treat their injuries.
• Harry agreed to lead Hogwarts’s effort to form a team for the International Quidditch School League, while Draco pledged Slytherin’s support for him in the captain election.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts, learned that ten criminals including Bellatrix Lestrange had escaped Azkaban, and promised to drive Umbridge out as she tightened her restrictions.
• After Umbridge threatened Harry and Professor Trelawney, Harry turned her into a pink toad, and students celebrated her expulsion after Sirius became acting Minister for Magic and abolished the Educational Decrees.
• Harry traveled to 1887, met Gareth Weasley, and was sorted into Gryffindor alongside classmates including Cassandra Malfoy, Anne Salu, Sebastian Sallow, and Pabbie Sweeting.
• Dumbledore rehired Remus Lupin, showed Harry Trelawney’s prophecy, and arranged Potions tutoring with Snape for Ron, who began preparing for his O.W.L.s.
• After the exams, Dumbledore revealed that Nagini was Aurelius Dumbledore’s wife and asked Harry to help free her from Voldemort, and Harry practiced Legilimency with Veratia, entered Hufflepuff’s Cup, and watched Tom Riddle notice him in Slughorn’s memory.

Harry destroyed several Horcrux fragments, faced Voldemort’s return, and uncovered more of Runcorn’s role in Voldemort’s power. As Sirius dealt with the escaped Death Eaters and Veratia lost the Confederation election, Harry prepared to travel to Antarctica with his friends.

• Harry erased the Horcrux fragments in Hufflepuff’s Cup and Ravenclaw’s Diadem, then survived Voldemort’s attack through the ring’s memory and learned a curse could amplify his negative emotions.
• Sirius became Minister for Magic and told Prime Minister Major about the escaped Death Eaters, but Bellatrix and the others attacked Number 10 before Harry captured six of them.
• Harry visited Dudley, then entered Lily’s memories with Veratia and learned about her childhood with Snape and the painful rift between Lily and Petunia.
• Seamus began dating Lavender, but Mr. Brown took her away, while Voldemort and Runcorn fled to America and later attacked Chicago and Gringotts.
• Harry entered Nagini’s memories and learned that Runcorn’s Soul Crystal Horcrux and Goblin magic had strengthened Voldemort, then removed a soul fragment from Voldemort and returned it to Dumbledore.
• Harry, Veratia, and Cassandra watched Voldemort seek a Hogwarts teaching post and realized he had cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, while Veratia lost the Confederation election to Dumbledore by two votes.
• After the American Ministry barred Harry and Veratia’s allies from entering the country, Harry invited Ron, Hermione, Neville, Seamus, and Draco to travel with him and Veratia to Antarctica.