Chapter Summaries

Harry invited friends and their families to spend the summer holiday on the Isle of Wight, then returned to London with Cassandra and Sirius. The group began arranging the trip, and Sirius agreed to join them.

• Harry invited Veratia to the holiday, but she declined because she was busy at the Ministry.
• Harry, Pabbie, Hermione, and Ron planned an Isle of Wight trip and invited the Weasley, Scamander, Granger, and Malfoy families; Cassandra agreed to come with Lucius and the others.
• On the train to King's Cross, Harry invited Seamus, Neville, and Draco, but Seamus and Neville could not go, while Draco expected his Father to accept.
• At King's Cross, Harry left with Cassandra and Sirius in Sirius's modified, invisible Bentley, which flew into the sky.
• Cassandra told Sirius she planned to apply to become Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, and Sirius accepted Harry's invitation to the Isle of Wight.

The families gathered at Grimmauld Place, Number 12, and set off together for a summer holiday on the Isle of Wight, where Sirius discussed expanding wizarding businesses into the Muggle world. On the journey, Harry fell asleep and saw Voldemort standing before a sleeping dragon that seemed to be Runcorn.

• Sirius and Harry agreed to Mr. Granger's proposal to spend the summer on the Isle of Wight, and the families arrived at Grimmauld Place, Number 12, to begin their holiday.
• Sirius showed Lucius his Bentley and proposed developing wizarding businesses among Muggles, while Mr. Weasley revealed his new Ministry position and Sirius's expected appointment.
• The Granger, Weasley, Malfoy, Scamander, and Diggory families boarded Sirius's enchanted Thestral carriage for the Isle of Wight, and Fred and George taught the children to play twenty-one.
• Ron won the card game, while Harry rested with his head on Cassandra's lap and drifted to sleep.
• Harry dreamed he was in an underground cavern, where Voldemort stood over a sleeping dragon that Harry recognized as Runcorn.

Harry and his companions settled into a wizarding hotel on the Isle of Wight, ate dinner together, and relaxed after the journey. During a call with Veratia, Harry agreed that they could discuss marriage after he graduated.

• Sirius assigned rooms at the wizarding hotel, and Ron wrote to Seamus and Neville to invite them to the Isle of Wight.
• Harry slept until Sirius woke him, then joined the others for dinner at a Chinese restaurant, where Cedric mentioned his girlfriend Cho Chang.
• After dinner, Mr. Granger shared cigars with the adults, while Harry returned to his room and called Veratia at Pabbie's urging.
• Veratia agreed to visit the Isle of Wight, and Harry tried to reassure her about Cassandra's feelings toward her.
• Veratia suggested that she and Harry get married, and Harry said it was too early before graduation, so they agreed to discuss it afterward.

Harry spent the morning with his friends on vacation before Veratia joined them, exhausted from her work as Minister for Magic. After giving Harry a formal outfit, Veratia flirted with him and sparred with Cassandra, leaving the group headed toward lunch together.

• Harry woke early and told Sirius that Veratia was still sleeping, so the group delayed breakfast.
• After breakfast, the families decided to split into groups for meals, with the Weasleys and Grangers eating together and the Malfoys joining Sirius.
• Veratia woke at noon, embraced Harry, and said Miss Farley could handle the remaining Ministry work while she joined the vacation.
• Veratia gave Harry a formal outfit and flirted with him, but Cassandra knocked on the door before they could continue.
• Cassandra and Veratia traded barbs over their past connections to Harry, and Veratia teased Cassandra until Harry intervened.
• Harry suggested they get oysters with Pabbie, and Veratia annoyed Cassandra by boasting that she had met Leo Tolstoy and other famous artists.

Harry, Cassandra, Veratia, and Pabbie went to eat at LittleGloster, where Veratia warned them that Fudge planned to oust Dumbledore and place a trusted ally at Hogwarts. Cassandra’s bid to become Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor appeared unlikely to succeed, and Veratia opposed her taking the cursed post.

• Harry and Cassandra agreed that Veratia could stay in Harry’s spacious room, while Cassandra insisted on keeping watch over her.
• The four of them went to LittleGloster and encountered Sirius and the Malfoy family as they left the restaurant; Sirius warned Harry that Fudge would soon make a move.
• After the meal arrived, Veratia cast a Muggle Repelling Charm and explained that Fudge intended to take control of Hogwarts and remove Dumbledore.
• Veratia predicted that Fudge would install a confidant as the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, since Alastor Moody was unlikely to continue in the role.
• Pabbie noted that Cassandra had applied for the position, but Veratia said Cassandra’s application would probably fail and that she would not let Cassandra take the cursed post.

At a seaside meal, Cassandra admitted she felt lost after graduating and being separated from the world she knew, but she secretly played on Harry’s sympathy to get his affection. The group headed to the beach, where Harry planned to surf with Pabbie while Cassandra and Veratia sunbathed.

• Pabbie said she planned to become a Magical Creatures conservationist, and Cassandra teased her before Veratia asked Cassandra what she would do after graduation.
• Cassandra told Veratia that she felt out of place in the present and had lost everyone she once knew, then pretended to sob in Harry’s arms while secretly gloating at Veratia.
• Cassandra asked Harry for a kiss and not to share a bed with Veratia that night, prompting Veratia to join Harry’s embrace and Pabbie to pile on as well.
• Harry suggested they go to the beach, and Pabbie agreed to surf with him while Cassandra and Veratia chose to sunbathe.
• After changing into swimsuits, Cassandra compared her figure with Veratia and Pabbie’s and grew unhappy with her own.

At the beach, Veratia and Cassandra teased each other while Harry applied sunscreen, and Veratia discussed a future Grindelwald-Potter heir with him. Their conversation turned to Anne’s Dark Magic Curse, and Veratia proposed testing a possible cure on someone else first.

• Cassandra used a Muggle Repelling Charm and settled in with Harry and Veratia on the beach.
• Veratia suggested Cassandra pursue work in Vienna or represent the Malfoy family in Muggle commerce, then asked Harry whether one of their future children could take the Grindelwald-Potter surname.
• Harry agreed to Veratia’s request, and the group joked about Gellert before Harry calmed Veratia and Cassandra’s argument.
• Veratia asked about finding a cure for Anne’s Dark Magic Curse, and Harry said he feared removing her seal without being able to treat her.
• Veratia proposed finding someone to experiment on as a way to test a cure.

Harry, Veratia, Cassandra, and Pabbie agreed to test Harry’s ability to purify Dark Magic curses on prisoners in Vienna to help lift the curse on Saru. At the Greater German Ministry of Magic, Veratia finished reviewing her documents and prepared to retrieve two prisoners.

• Cassandra and Veratia settled on testing Harry’s curse-purification ability on Dark Wizards imprisoned in Vienna, and Harry agreed to learn political combat by confronting Fudge.
• Veratia reassured Harry that Cassandra had accepted responsibility to protect him, and Harry kissed Veratia and then Cassandra.
• Veratia joked that Cassandra and she had indirectly kissed, leaving Cassandra flustered and Pabbie stunned.
• The group traveled to the Greater German Ministry of Magic, housed in Nurmengard Castle, where Veratia reviewed diplomatic documents and discussed her proposed European Magical Alliance.
• Veratia announced that she would retrieve two prisoners from the dungeon, then summoned Ruby to bring desserts while they waited.

Veratia, Harry, Cassandra, and Pabbie tested Harry’s Purification Charm on Dark Wizards and sought Mr. LeMay’s advice to remove the Dark Magic Curse trapping Anne. After LeMay unlocked Harry’s magical restrictions, Harry fully purified the curse but accidentally destroyed the Dark Wizard with an overpowered Disarming Charm; the group then set out to find Ominis’s portrait for Anne’s location.

• Veratia brought four Dark Wizards to her office so Harry could test ways to lift the curse trapping Anne, but her first two attempts killed the prisoners.
• Harry’s Purification Charm partially weakened the curse on the third Dark Wizard, so the group took him to Mr. LeMay for advice.
• Mr. LeMay unlocked Harry’s magical input restriction, and Harry’s strengthened Purification Charm completely removed the Dark Magic Curse.
• Mr. LeMay revealed that Harry would not age or die and that intimate contact with him would preserve the women’s life force and youth.
• Harry accidentally obliterated the cured Dark Wizard with an overpowered Disarming Charm, and Mr. LeMay warned him to control his magic.
• Veratia asked where Anne was, and Harry said Ominis knew, so the group went to find his portrait.

Harry and his companions learned from Aurelius Gaunt where Anne was hidden and prepared to find and cure her Dark Magic Curse. They reached the sealed chamber in Garrick's Cave, where a magically opened door left them poised to discover Anne.

• Harry told Aurelius Gaunt and Sebastian that the Purification Charm could remove Anne's Dark Magic Curse, and Aurelius revealed she was hiding in Garrick's Cave.
• Veratia warned that Anne was too frail to see Sebastian and Aurelius immediately, so Harry agreed to bring her to Mr. LeMay for treatment first.
• Mr. LeMay gave Harry a potion to stabilize Anne, and the group entered the Forbidden Forest to reach Garrick's Cave.
• Harry released Alfonso to drive off the Acromantulas, then followed Veratia through the cave and across a Crystal Bridge toward Aurelius's Guidance Charm.
• The Crystal Bridge vanished behind the group, but they continued until Harry touched a warded door and opened it; Cassandra joked that he should kiss the sleeping Snow White awake.

Harry removed Anne’s Dark Magic Curse, and she reunited with her friends after awakening from a long sleep. At Hogwarts, Anne learned Sebastian was a ghost and fainted when she saw him, leaving him worried beside her.

• Harry removed the Green Snake Pendant from Anne’s hand, woke her, and dispelled her Dark Magic Curse.
• Anne recovered enough to travel with Veratia, Cassandra, and Pabbie, then stayed in Cassandra’s room and ate a meal.
• The next morning, Harry went ahead to Hogwarts while the women prepared Anne for the changes since her time, including Sebastian’s death.
• Harry told Ominis and Sebastian that Anne was cured but did not know they were a ghost and a dead man.
• Veratia brought Anne to see Sebastian, and Anne fainted when she saw his ghostly form.
• Sebastian rushed to Anne, and Veratia reassured him that she had only fainted from shock.

Anne woke to learn that Sebastian had become a ghost and Ominis was dead, then accepted the others’ comfort and plans to return to Hogwarts. Cassandra arranged for Anne to stay at Malfoy Manor, and the group prepared to secure her transfer into school.

• Anne woke, saw Sebastian as a ghost and Ominis in a portrait, and fainted from grief before waking again.
• Harry, Sebastian, and Ominis reassured Anne that their deaths were not her fault, and Harry suggested she resume her education at Hogwarts.
• Cassandra arranged for Anne to stay at Malfoy Manor during the holidays, while Pabbie offered the Scamander home as an alternative.
• Cassandra brought Anne to the Isle of Wight, where Lucius agreed to let her stay at Malfoy Manor.
• Veratia said Pabbie could arrange Anne’s transfer through her position on the Hogwarts school board.

Pabbie used her school board authority to admit Anne Salu to Hogwarts as a transfer student, while Harry and his friends gathered on the Isle of Wight for summer training. Harry began teaching the Dueling Club to identify and develop each wizard’s strongest Charms, and the chapter left off as he asked Cho which Charms she excelled at.

• Pabbie declared that Anne Salu would enter Hogwarts as a fifth-year transfer, and Cassandra allowed Pabbie to stay with Harry and Veratia.
• Harry woke the next morning and invited Seamus and Neville to join the group on the Isle of Wight.
• Seamus and Neville arrived by Knight Bus, and Neville showed Harry the Chinese chomping cabbages and other aggressive plants he had cultivated.
• Megan and Cho joined the group, and Veratia spoke with Cho in several languages while the friends discussed their families’ views on Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic.
• Harry led the Dueling Club through a training session focused on mastering familiar Charms, and Seamus demonstrated his explosive magic by blasting a training dummy to ashes.
• Harry asked Cho whether she had any Charms she was particularly good at.

Harry and Veratia prepared a week-long combat trial for the Dueling Club students on the Isle of Wight, while Veratia investigated illegally modified Trolls and the possibility of another enemy besides Voldemort. The first trial began with the students catching a spell-resistant pig, and the chapter ended as an armored Troll entered the arena.

• Veratia told Cho that the club would train against Magical Creatures, and Harry gave the students a week to prepare before the trial.
• Veratia, Harry, and Cassandra discussed illegally modified Trolls and whether Runcorn might be involved in a growing threat alongside Voldemort.
• Harry and the others established a temporary arena, and Veratia returned a week later as the Dueling Club students began their trial.
• The students wore away the oily coating on a pig with repeated spells, then Cedric caught it with Wingardium Leviosa.
• Mr. Bagman announced the next trial, and a Troll in Red Metal Armor entered the arena, frightening Ron and the other students.

Ginny defeated an armored Troll during the Dueling Club’s summer trials, which later included a dangerous fight against a Chimera. As the students returned to Hogwarts, Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Anne shared a train compartment with Luna Lovegood, who spoke mysteriously about Healers.

• Cedric and the students attacked an armored Troll, and Ginny destroyed its head with a powerful Reductor Curse.
• The Dueling Club faced many dangerous creatures over the summer, including a Chimera that they fought to a draw before it spared them.
• Harry and the others traveled to King's Cross Station, passed through Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, and boarded the Hogwarts Express.
• Ginny found a compartment with Luna Lovegood and brought Anne inside; Ron, Hermione, and Harry joined them.
• Luna identified the students and told Anne that many Healers were around her, while Hermione explained that Luna believed in invisible creatures that meddled with people's brains.

Ron and Hermione learned they had become Gryffindor’s prefects as the students traveled back to Hogwarts, while Harry and his friends discussed the other Houses’ prefects. Draco delivered Cassandra’s altered clothes to Harry, and the group arrived at Hogwarts, where Harry reassured Anne and greeted Hagrid.

• Ron announced that he and Hermione had been named Gryffindor’s prefects, and the group discussed the prefects from the other Houses.
• Ron argued with Hermione about using his prefect authority against Slytherins, then joked about making Goyle write lines.
• Hermione insulted The Quibbler in front of Luna, whose father edited it, and Harry reassured Luna that its Ancient Runes article was accurate.
• Draco entered to boast about becoming a prefect and threaten Harry with detention, so Harry turned one of Draco’s ears into an orange before lifting the spell.
• Draco gave Harry uniforms and scarves that Cassandra had altered and worn, then left to look for the Weasley twins.
• The train arrived at Hogwarts, and Harry told Anne to stay with him before greeting Hagrid on the platform.

Harry and his friends arrived at Hogwarts for the new school year, where they met the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Dolores Umbridge, and watched the Sorting Ceremony begin. Harry recognized Umbridge as a threat to his plans and wondered about the Sorting Hat’s warning for the Houses to unite.

• Anne agreed to try Hagrid’s Rock Cakes as Harry and the others rode the Thestral-pulled carriages to Hogwarts.
• Anne sat with Harry at the Gryffindor table, where Harry joked about Dolores Umbridge’s resemblance to Neville’s toad, Trevor, and Draco warned him that she worked for Fudge.
• Harry noticed Cassandra was absent from the Great Hall and remembered her, while the Sorting Hat sang about unity among the four Houses.
• Nearly Headless Nick told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that the Sorting Hat had called for unity in 1889, when Phineas Black was Headmaster.
• Professor McGonagall began sorting the First Year Students, and the Sorting Hat placed Euan Abercrombie in Gryffindor.

At the feast, Anne was sorted into Slytherin after the Sorting Hat erupted in frustration, and Dumbledore introduced Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Umbridge delivered a long Ministry speech, and the students left for their dormitories with Ron and Hermione guiding Gryffindor’s first-years.

• The Sorting Hat shouted that Anne belonged in Slytherin, and Professor McGonagall sent her to the Slytherin table, where Daphne comforted her.
• Nearly Headless Nick told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that the Sorting Hat had warned of danger and called for the houses to unite.
• Dumbledore introduced Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Umbridge interrupted him to deliver a Ministry-focused speech.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione mocked Umbridge’s appearance and speech, while Ron suggested making her a target for pranks.
• Dumbledore led the school song and dismissed everyone, and Hermione reminded Ron to escort Gryffindor’s first-years back to the Common Room.

Harry supported Ron’s bid to become Gryffindor’s new Keeper and offered to help him prepare for Friday’s tryouts. As the students faced a grim timetable and the Weasley twins teased Ron about Hermione, the chapter left Ron fuming while Harry privately recalled his younger, clueless self.

• Ron returned to the dormitory exhausted from his new Prefect duties, and he and Seamus discussed the Ministry’s denial of Voldemort’s return.
• The Weasley twins posted a notice recruiting students for risky part-time work, and Hermione agreed to leave it up after Harry argued it might keep them out of trouble.
• Angelina told Harry that Gryffindor needed a new Keeper, and Harry encouraged Ron to attend Friday’s tryouts.
• Hermione offered to cover some of Ron’s Prefect duties so he could train with Harry before the tryouts.
• Hermione read the Daily Prophet’s denial of Voldemort’s return, and the twins warned that their O.W.L. year would be exhausting and promoted their class-skipping sweets.
• The twins teased Ron about Hermione, leaving him angry as Harry privately thought of his younger self and Cassandra.

Harry attended Snape’s first Potions class of the year, where Snape repeatedly deducted points from him despite his correct answers and finished potion. After class, Harry learned from Sirius’s letter that Sirius had sent Snape photos of Lily, James, and Snape being humiliated, explaining Snape’s hostility.

• Harry and his friends discussed their classes and homework before heading to Potions.
• Snape warned the class about their O.W.L.s and assigned them to brew a Calming Draught.
• Harry answered Snape’s questions correctly, but Snape deducted points for showing off and daydreaming.
• Harry and Anne quickly brewed a Calming Draught, and Snape deducted more points because Harry had not followed the proper steps.
• Hedwig delivered Sirius’s letter to Harry, revealing that Sirius had sent Snape photographs of Lily and James and of Snape being hung upside down.