Chapter Summaries

Harry attended the start-of-term feast, heard Dumbledore's announcements and school song, and followed Percy toward Gryffindor Tower. Peeves appeared in the corridor and seemed to recognize Harry.

• Dumbledore warned students away from the Forbidden Forest and the fourth-floor corridor, banned corridor magic between classes, and announced Quidditch tryouts.
• Dumbledore led the school in singing the Hogwarts song, and the Weasley twins finished it to the tune of the Funeral March.
• Percy led the Gryffindor first-years toward their common room as Harry and Ron noticed Draco's dejection over losing points.
• Peeves blocked the corridor with floating walking sticks, ignored Percy's threats, and hovered over Harry while calling him an old acquaintance.

Harry and the other first-years reached the Gryffindor Common Room and settled into their dormitory, where Neville told them about his family. The revelation that Neville’s parents had been tortured by the Cruciatus Curse reminded Harry of his own experience with the spell, and he tried to turn the conversation to snacks.

• Peeves fled when Harry pointed his wand at him, surprising Percy, who led the students to the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Percy assigned Harry, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Seamus Finnegan to share a dormitory.
• Seamus and Neville shared stories about their families, and Neville explained that his parents had been tortured by the Cruciatus Curse and never woken up.
• Harry remembered using the Cruciatus Curse on Verathea and the painful memories it left him.
• Ron brought up the snacks in Harry’s trunk, and Harry offered them to his roommates to change the subject.

Harry shared Muggle snacks with Ron, Seamus, and their new friends, then began exploring Hogwarts with Ron while other students stared at his scar. In Transfiguration class, Harry recognized the tabby cat on the teacher’s desk as possibly Professor McGonagall in her Animagus form.

• Harry gave Ron Coca-Cola, and Ron eagerly drank it before Harry shared snacks with the others.
• Harry and his dormmates stayed up chatting until the middle of the night.
• Harry found students from other Houses watching him and whispering about his glasses and scar.
• Harry guided Ron around Hogwarts as they encountered its shifting staircases, tricky doors, and troublesome ghosts.
• Harry stopped Ron from petting the tabby cat in the Transfiguration classroom, suspecting it was Professor McGonagall as an Animagus.

Harry excelled in Transfiguration, earned Gryffindor points, and helped his classmates practice at lunch. After afternoon Herbology, he recalled his fondness for Professor Garick and the jealousy Cassandra had expressed.

• Professor McGonagall taught the first-years Transfiguration, and Harry turned his matchstick into a patterned needle, earning Gryffindor five points.
• Hermione asked Harry how he had transformed his matchstick so quickly, and Seamus suggested it was because Harry was the Savior.
• Harry demonstrated Transfiguration with a cup, then encouraged Neville and Ron as they tried turning their cups into bowls.
• Seamus tried to transform his cup, but blasted it into the air instead.
• Professor Sprout led the students to the Greenhouse for Herbology, and Harry remembered how Professor Garick had taught him to grow Chinese Chomping Cabbage and how Cassandra had complained about his attention to her.

Harry impressed Professor Sprout by befriending a Chinese Chomping Cabbage and received a small one to keep. He settled into his Hogwarts classes, earning points in Charms while finding History of Magic familiar and Defense Against the Dark Arts disappointing.

• Professor Sprout praised Harry for shielding the class from Bubotuber pus after Seamus accidentally blew up a pot, then reprimanded Seamus and gave him a cake.
• Harry asked Professor Sprout about Chinese Chomping Cabbages, touched one without being bitten, and received a smaller cabbage to take away.
• Neville cared for Harry's cabbage and asked Harry for Herbology advice, while Ron worried it might bite Scabbers.
• Professor Binns's dull History of Magic lecture made Harry drowsy, and Professor Flitwick awarded Gryffindor five points after Harry cast an exceptionally bright Lumos.
• Professor Quirrell told the class about his adventures and garlic, then taught the students the Leg-Locker Curse.

Harry wondered about Professor Quirrell’s garlic and considered starting a Dueling Club after finding his classmates poor at magic. In Potions, Snape questioned Harry about an ingredient combination, and Harry interpreted it as a hidden message of grief for his parents before replying, “It’s all right, Professor.”

• Harry and his classmates speculated that Professor Quirrell’s turban was stuffed with garlic, while Fred and George admired Harry’s Snapping Cabbage.
• Harry judged his classmates’ magic skills to be poor and began considering restarting the Dueling Club.
• Hagrid invited Harry to tea on Friday afternoon, and Harry accepted by sending a reply with Hedwig.
• In Potions class, Snape delivered a stern introduction and singled Harry out with a question about Asphodel root and Wormwood.
• Harry recalled Victorian flower language, interpreted Snape’s question as an expression of grief over his parents, and gently told Snape it was all right.

Snape remembered Lily after Harry recognized the meaning behind his copy of Whispers in Petals, then treated Harry with cold suspicion in Potions class. Harry brewed a flawless potion and helped cure Neville, and he decided to ask Hagrid about Snape’s history with his parents.

• Snape recalled Lily confronting him over his interest in Dark Arts and throwing Whispers in Petals at him.
• Snape took two points from Gryffindor after Harry’s remark, then watched the class brew Boil-Curing Potion.
• Harry brewed the potion perfectly, and Snape grudgingly praised him while overlooking his work.
• Neville’s cauldron spilled potion and covered him in boils, so Snape blamed Ron and took three points from Gryffindor.
• Snape used Harry’s potion to cure Neville, and Harry decided to ask Hagrid what had happened between Snape and his parents.

Harry and his friends visited Hagrid, where Harry learned that his parents had a deep connection with Snape. The visit ended when Harry and Hermione found Harry’s name in an old newspaper article.

• Harry brought Ron, Neville, Seamus, and Hermione to Hagrid’s Hut, where they shared snacks and Hagrid’s Rock Cakes.
• Harry asked Hagrid about Snape, and Hagrid confirmed that Harry’s parents had a deep connection with the professor.
• Harry explained Snape’s question about Victorian Flower Language, while Ron and the others reacted with surprise.
• Hagrid changed the subject to Ron’s brother Charlie, and Harry noticed a newspaper beneath something on the table.
• Hermione picked up the newspaper and told Harry that his name appeared in it.

Harry remembered his battle with Runcorn in 1891 while Hagrid told the first-years about the earlier Harry Potter, a forgotten Savior whose name inspired James Potter to name his son. Harry learned that the older Potter had fought alongside friends but died with Runcorn, and he asked Hagrid what became of them.

• Harry's scar pain brought back memories of defeating Runcorn on September 6, 1891, and of Verathea and Cassandra calling out to him before he returned to 1991.
• Hagrid told Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the others that the earlier Harry Potter had crushed the Goblin Rebellion and died fighting Runcorn, while Gringotts had paid to bury his story.
• Hagrid explained that the older Harry had also destroyed The Ashwinder Party and earned the title of Savior, though history books omitted his deeds.
• Hagrid said James Potter had named his son Harry to honor the earlier Savior and hope he would defeat The Dark Lord.
• Harry asked Hagrid what had happened to the older Harry Potter's friends.

Harry connected the Gringotts break-in to the cloth bundle Hagrid had taken from the searched vault and wondered why his old friends had disappeared. He planned to investigate the Map Chamber that night for clues left by Verathea.

• Hermione read a newspaper report saying the vault targeted in the Gringotts break-in had been emptied earlier that day, and Hagrid avoided Harry’s questions about the incident.
• Harry concluded that the mysterious wizard had likely been after the cloth bundle Hagrid took from the vault and wished Ominis could help him investigate.
• Harry considered asking Ron or Draco about their ancestors, Gareth Weasley and Cassandra Malfoy, but decided he could not question them directly.
• Ron and Draco boasted about near-collisions with Muggle flying machines, and Hermione mocked Draco’s claims about flying.
• Harry decided to visit the Map Chamber beneath the castle that night and look for clues from Verathea.

Harry tried to return to the Map Chamber but found its entrance sealed by Ancient Magic, so he went to the Room of Requirement and recreated the Order of the Phoenix’s old meeting room. He was left alone with memories of his friends and the group’s founding.

• Harry discovered that Ancient Magic had concealed the Map Chamber’s entrance and gave up trying to enter.
• Harry went to the Room of Requirement and summoned a meeting room by thinking of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Harry remembered how Verathea, Cassandra, Sebastian, Ominis, Pabbie Sweeting, Gareth, and Amit Sakaha had approved the group’s name.
• Harry called for Dico, then sat alone and said he missed his friends.

Harry searched for traces of his old friends but found nothing, then grew furious when Draco bullied Neville and took his Remembrall. After Neville crashed during Flying Lesson, Harry confronted Draco in the air and aimed his wand at him, still considering whether to use Legilimency.

• Harry searched the Order of the Phoenix meeting room and the Room of Requirement for clues about his old friends but found none.
• Draco took Neville's Remembrall at breakfast and insulted him, while Harry and Ron demanded that he return it.
• During Flying Lesson, Neville flew out of control and broke his wrist despite Harry's attempt to slow his fall.
• Draco took Neville's Remembrall again and flew out of reach, so Harry mounted a broom and followed him.
• Harry confronted Draco in midair and pointed his wand at him while debating whether to use Legilimency.

Harry saved Draco and Neville’s Remembrall after Draco’s broom went out of control, then followed Professor McGonagall to meet Oliver Wood. McGonagall told Wood that she had found him a Seeker.

• Draco panicked when Harry drew his wand, swerved on his old broom, and was thrown from it.
• Harry used Accio on Draco’s clothes, caught him, and dived to retrieve Neville’s Remembrall.
• Harry caught the Remembrall just before hitting the ground, then used Scourgify on Draco after Draco insulted the Weasleys.
• Professor McGonagall stopped Harry and took him to meet Oliver Wood.
• Professor McGonagall told Wood that she had found him a Seeker.

Harry celebrated being named Gryffindor’s Seeker and learned he would receive a Nimbus 2000, while he considered how to enter the Map Chamber before awakening Ancient Magic. The chapter left him preparing for his first Quidditch training session that evening.

• Harry told Ron that he had joined the House Quidditch team as its Seeker, and Fred and George congratulated him before heading off to investigate a secret passage.
• Ron told Harry that Draco had insulted Hermione and that she had washed his mouth out with a spell; Harry then worried about Draco and the inaccessible Map Chamber.
• After reading that Gringotts was still making claims about its security, Harry remembered that the package he had retrieved with Hagrid had carried an aura of Ancient Magic and might help him enter the Map Chamber.
• McGonagall sent Harry a Nimbus 2000 with a letter instructing him not to open the package publicly and telling him to meet Wood for training.
• Ron opened the broom package in the Great Hall, and Wood reminded Harry to attend training that evening so the team could prepare to beat Slytherin.

Harry learned that Gareth Weasley, an old friend from the past, had died before Ron was born, leaving him shaken and worried about what had happened to the others he once knew. The chapter ended with Harry struggling with grief and uncertainty.

• Wood taught Harry the rules of Quidditch and praised his flying, predicting that he would lead Gryffindor to victory.
• Hermione found an article about Harry Potter in a book and discovered that Peeves had feared Harry because he mistook him for the famous wizard.
• Hermione showed Ron that his great-grandfather Gareth Weasley had fought alongside Cassandra Malfoy against The Ashwinder Party and in the Goblin Rebellion.
• Harry suggested that Ron ask Gareth about the article, but Ron revealed that Gareth had died before he was born and had left no portrait.
• Harry apologized to Ron and worried that Sebastian, Ominis, Cassandra, and Verathea might also be dead.

Harry struggled with grief over learning that his old friend Gareth had died, while Hogwarts students prepared for Halloween. When Professor Quirrell announced that a troll was in the dungeon, Ron realized Harry was still in a first-floor bathroom and rushed to warn Hermione.

• Harry sat withdrawn in the dormitory, and Ron tried to comfort him as he mourned Gareth.
• Harry learned the Levitation Charm in Charms class and caught Professor Flitwick with a spell when he fell.
• Hermione helped Ron practice, while Seamus accidentally exploded his feather and apologized after Hermione offended him.
• At the Halloween feast, Ron realized Harry had gone to the bathroom and was distracted by the food before Quirrell announced a troll in the dungeon.
• Dumbledore ordered the prefects to lead students to their dormitories, and Ron told Hermione that Harry was still in a first-floor bathroom and needed warning.

Harry encountered a troll in the bathroom while trying to sneak toward the Crypt, then disarmed and restrained it before beating it with its own club. Ron and Hermione rushed to find him and reached the bathroom, where Ron saw an unforgettable sight.

• Hermione and Ron ran against the crowd, worried that Harry might be in danger from the troll.
• Harry met the troll in the bathroom and, after realizing it had blocked his way to the Crypt, disarmed it with Expelliarmus.
• Harry transfigured a broken door panel into shackles and used the troll's levitating club to pound it.
• Ron and Hermione heard the troll's cries and hurried toward the bathroom, fearing for Harry.
• Hermione urged Ron to open the door quietly, and Ron pushed it open and saw a scene he would never forget.

Harry defeated a troll in the bathroom and accepted Ron and Hermione as his friends after they risked their safety to warn him. As the trio returned to the second floor, Harry invited them to learn dueling techniques with him.

• Harry knocked the troll unconscious with its own club as Ron and Hermione entered the bathroom to warn him.
• Harry told Professor McGonagall that the three of them had defeated the troll together, and she deducted points for Ron and Hermione breaking school rules before awarding Gryffindor points for their bravery.
• Professor Quirrell jumped in fright when the troll snorted, while Snape watched Harry closely.
• Harry thanked Ron and Hermione, embraced them, and decided to regard them as his friends.
• Harry explained that he had used spells learned from dueling books and offered to teach Ron and Hermione.

Harry found Cassandra's letter in the Crypt, which suggested Verathea had attempted forbidden Time Magic and may have vanished as a result. He brought dueling books back to Hermione and Ron, leaving the trio with a place to practice and a troubling clue about Verathea.

• Harry agreed to help Ron learn Minor Curses and said he would find a place for them to practice.
• Harry entered the Crypt and found Cassandra's letter warning that Verathea had been experimenting with forbidden Time Magic.
• Harry suspected Verathea had disappeared because her experiment had gone wrong and resolved to obtain the object that could awaken his Ancient Magic.
• Harry took books on dueling and Minor Curses from the Crypt and returned to the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Hermione inspected the Minor Curses book and was alarmed by how dangerous its spells seemed.

Hermione warned Harry and Ron that the Gaunt family book of curses was dangerous, while they helped Harry prepare for his first Quidditch match. Snape gave Harry detention for bringing a Quidditch book to Potions, and Harry discovered Snape had a serious leg wound before deciding to ask Hagrid what had hurt him.

• Hermione told Harry and Ron that the Gaunt family book listed the Imperius Curse as a minor curse, and Harry identified it as Aurelius Gaunt's book.
• As November brought freezing weather, Ron maintained Harry's broomstick and Hermione gave him Quidditch lessons and shared portable blue flames with their friends.
• During Potions, Harry brewed a perfect Draught of Living Death, but Snape took points from Gryffindor and assigned Harry detention for bringing Quidditch Through the Ages to class.
• After class, Ron pointed out that Snape was limping, and Harry went to the staff room to ask for his book back.
• Harry saw Snape's bleeding leg wound and heard him complain about a three-headed creature before Snape ordered him out.
• Harry decided to ask Hagrid what had injured Snape.