Chapter Summaries

Harry and his friends returned to Grimmauld Place, Number 12, to celebrate Christmas with the Weasley family. As they decorated and prepared for the holiday, Ron endured teasing and punishment, while Neville learned that Professor Snape might be joining them.

• Harry exchanged contact information with Imelda and arranged a classmate reunion before leaving Professor Slughorn's office with Anne.
• Draco learned that his parents would spend Christmas at Grimmauld Place, Number 12, and joined Harry and the others on the journey home.
• Lupin and Mr. Weasley collected the children from King's Cross Station and drove them to Grimmauld Place, where Walburga welcomed Harry and Draco.
• The family decorated the house, and Fred and George revealed that the golden angel atop the Christmas tree was a disguised garden gnome.
• Mrs. Weasley took Ron's wand and made him peel cabbage after Ginny reported on him, while Ginny teased him about his romantic troubles.
• George told Neville that Professor Snape had been invited for Christmas, leaving Neville trembling with fear.

Harry asked Lupin about the Half-Blood Prince and learned that Levicorpus had been popular at Hogwarts during Lupin’s school years. Sirius returned with news that the Aurors had captured Fenrir Greyback, whose attack had turned Lupin into a werewolf.

• Neville mistook Fred and George for each other, and the twins teased him until Ginny defended him.
• Harry asked Lupin about the Half-Blood Prince, and Lupin said he did not know who it was but recalled Levicorpus being widely used at Hogwarts.
• Sirius arrived at Grimmauld Place with news that the Aurors had caught Fenrir Greyback, and Lupin revealed that Greyback had bitten him as a child.
• Lupin explained Greyback’s deliberate campaign to infect children, while Harry praised Lupin for enduring his werewolf condition.
• Mrs. Weasley refused to let Ron have eggnog, but Ron secretly drank some and the twins exposed his boast about drinking Firewhisky.

Ron secretly shared whisky with Draco and Neville, leading to drunken confessions and Ron’s reconciliation with Hermione. The next morning, the Weasleys discussed Christmas preparations and the upcoming wedding, while Harry expected Veratia to arrive that evening.

• Ron invited Neville and Draco to his room and challenged them to drink whisky; all three drank and became intoxicated.
• Neville confessed that he liked Luna, while Draco described his ideal girl and Ron concluded that Draco might like Ginny.
• Ron confronted Draco about Ginny, then reconsidered after Draco pointed out that Ginny was dating Dean Thomas.
• After Draco and Neville left, Ron apologized to Hermione through his Crystal Ball, and she replied that it was okay.
• Ron told Harry that he and Hermione had made up, then fawned over her at breakfast while Mrs. Weasley organized Christmas and wedding preparations.
• Pabbie asked when Veratia would arrive, and Harry said he expected her before five that evening.

As Sirius prepared to marry Miss Farley, Harry discovered that Sirius’s old room was covered with Muggle girl posters stuck fast by a Permanent Sticking Charm. The group found a way to cover them with new posters, but Miss Farley and Cassandra arrived before they could finish.

• Percy reunited with his family at Grimmauld Place, where Fred and George teased him about his new position and pranked him with signs on his back.
• Harry reminded Sirius that Miss Farley might see the Muggle girl posters in his bedroom, and Sirius asked him to help remove them.
• Harry, Fred, and George tried spells and a fading solution, but the posters’ outlines remained visible.
• Hermione, Ron, Draco, and Neville joined them, and Ron suggested covering the old posters with new ones.
• Harry sent Ron to fetch Quidditch posters, then went to distract Miss Farley and Cassandra as they reached the doorway.

Harry helped Sirius conceal the Muggle girls’ posters before Miss Farley visited his room, and the two grew closer while planning a renovation. Later, Veratia joined Harry and the women confronted him about his admirers; the chapter ended the next morning with Harry finding gifts and Mrs. Weasley proudly showing off her presents.

• Harry distracted Miss Farley and Cassandra while Ron covered the Muggle girls’ posters in Sirius’s bedroom with Quidditch posters.
• Miss Farley suggested covering the posters with wall panels, and Sirius happily agreed to redecorate with her.
• Harry welcomed Veratia to the Black family home, and Draco teased Sirius about how devoted he had become to Miss Farley.
• Cassandra, Pabbie, Veratia, and Anne confronted Harry about enjoying other women’s attention, then closed in on him to teach him a lesson.
• Harry woke refreshed to a pile of gifts and found Mrs. Weasley wearing a new witch’s hat and necklace from Fred and George.

Ron received healing ointment from Snape along with a two-foot essay, while the gathered families celebrated Christmas at Grimmauld Place with a lavish dinner. After the guests returned to the living room, Harry and Sirius reflected on how different the gathering felt from Christmases past.

• Hermione explained that Ron's painful gums were inflamed, and Snape gave him ointment while assigning him two feet of parchment about it.
• Draco teased Ron about a future Weasley child being sorted into Slytherin, and Mrs. Weasley insisted that only Gryffindors would be welcome in her home.
• The guests gathered at Grimmauld Place, where the decorated house hosted Mrs. Longbottom and a large Christmas dinner featuring the Weasley twins' magical crackers.
• Ron healed his gums with Snape's ointment, while Draco bought Christmas crackers and tried to curry favor with him.
• Harry and Veratia exchanged suggestive remarks over dinner, and Ron said it was the most lavish Christmas dinner he had ever attended.
• After dinner, the guests mingled in the expanded living room, and Sirius gave Harry Butterbeer as they agreed that Christmas felt different from before.

Sirius thanked Snape for brewing Wolfsbane Potion and discussed his upcoming wedding with Harry, including Veratia’s role and their honeymoon plans. Harry then watched Fred and George demonstrate their Mini Knights, which defeated a Venomous Tentacula, while the twins aimed to test them against increasingly dangerous magical creatures.

• Snape told Sirius that the Wolfsbane Potion was waiting in Madam Pomfrey’s Hospital Wing, and Sirius thanked him without trading insults.
• Harry and Sirius discussed the wedding arrangements, Veratia’s inability to serve as a bridesmaid, and Sirius and Gemma’s honeymoon in Buenos Aires.
• Harry joined the others as Draco and Neville won their bets when a Chinese chomping cabbage defeated the toy knights.
• Fred and George unveiled flying Mini Knights, which resisted the Venomous Tentacula’s poison and defeated it with coordinated attacks.
• The twins said they wanted their product to take on 5X dangerous Magical Creatures.

Sirius Black and Gemma Farley married at Hogwarts in a grand ceremony attended by political leaders and former classmates. The celebration continued with a lavish feast, while Veratia discussed international threats with other Ministers for Magic.

• Sirius suggested buying the houses beside Grimmauld Place, and Veratia proposed that she and Harry buy Number 13 as their own home.
• Veratia teased and restrained Cassandra after Cassandra mocked Pabbie's idea for designing their future house.
• Harry, Veratia, and their companions arrived at Hogwarts for Sirius and Gemma's wedding, where Hagrid, Snape, and McGonagall welcomed them.
• Dumbledore officiated as Sirius and Gemma exchanged vows, and magical snow and glowing decorations celebrated their marriage.
• The guests attended a lavish wedding feast, where Veratia discussed the American Ministry of Magic and the threats posed by Voldemort and Runcorn.
• Snape drank wine while watching Sirius marry Gemma, his former Prefect.

After following Cassandra to Malfoy Manor, Harry faced her father’s questions about marriage and then advised Draco on pursuing Ginny. The chapter left Draco resolved to act on his feelings before Ginny reunited with Dean Thomas.

• Harry followed Cassandra to Malfoy Manor, where he secretly entered her bedroom during the night.
• The next morning, Lucius greeted Harry, and Cassandra later brought him to meet her father’s portrait, Mr. Septimus.
• Septimus pressed Harry about when he would marry Cassandra and what would happen to his other confidantes, but Cassandra silenced the portrait and led Harry away.
• Draco privately admitted to Harry that he liked Ginny and had learned she had broken up with Dean Thomas.
• Harry urged Draco to be brave and pursue Ginny, prompting Draco to imagine her with Dean and clench his fists.

Harry helped Draco pursue Ginny and returned to Hogwarts after Christmas, where Ron and Ginny encountered the Sphinx guarding the Gryffindor Common Room. The chapter ended as Dean Thomas approached them, upsetting Ron and Ginny.

• Harry agreed to ensure the Weasley family would not prevent Draco from pursuing Ginny, while leaving Draco to win her over himself.
• Harry and Cassandra discussed their relationship and Cassandra regretted taking Harry to Vienna in 1888, where they met Veratia.
• Veratia bought Grimmauld Place, Number 13, while the Weasley twins moved their parents into Number 11 and the Grangers bought Number 10.
• Harry received Imelda's invitation to a class reunion on March 12, then traveled to Hogwarts through the Ministry of Magic's Floo Network with Ron and Ginny.
• Ginny answered the Sphinx's riddle and entered the Gryffindor Common Room with Ron, where Hermione shared pomelo with them.
• Dean Thomas approached the group, making Ron and Ginny visibly unhappy.

Harry gave his friends Mr. LeMay’s new Philosopher’s Stone devices, and Ron showed them off to Fred and George. As sixth-years anticipated Apparition lessons, Seamus earned a new nickname after a Charms mishap, while Harry offered to teach his friends once they had mastered the spell.

• Harry handed Ginny, Hermione, and Ron new Philosopher’s Stone phones and tablets, and Ron called George to brag about the unreleased devices.
• Harry showed Ron a wilderness survival video by Bear Grylls, whose graphic meal of a beetle larva disgusted Ron but made him eager to watch more.
• Harry gave Seamus, Neville, Cedric, and Megan new devices, and Seamus and Neville stayed up late using theirs.
• Sixth-years found a notice for a twelve-week Apparition course, and Harry told Ron that he could teach him Apparition with Phoenix’s help despite the school restrictions.
• Seamus accidentally turned a Charms water spell into a dragon that drenched Professor Flitwick, who assigned him lines and prompted the nickname “Frizzy-Haired Baboon.”
• Harry described the discomfort and dangers of Apparition, revealed that he sometimes traveled to Vienna, and offered to teach his friends after they mastered the spell.

Ron earned ten points from Snape by using a Bezoar as an antidote, and his achievement spread through Hogwarts. Hermione planned an educational video channel, while Ron began considering a channel of his own.

• Snape questioned Ron about Golpalott's Third Law, and Ron answered correctly, earning two Gryffindor points before Snape deducted them for his posture.
• During an antidote exercise, Ron retrieved a Bezoar from Snape's storage cabinet and presented it as his antidote, earning ten points from Snape.
• Fred and George called Ron to celebrate his points and showed him their new phones, which they planned to use to promote Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
• Hermione proposed making educational videos for young wizards, and Harry and Ron advised her to make the program approachable and entertaining and test an episode with children.
• Hermione hurried off to plan her first episode, and Ron asked Harry for ideas for his own channel before Seamus suggested livestreaming Ron eating chicken legs.

Harry watched the sixth years begin Apparition lessons, where students struggled with the spell and suffered mishaps. Ron managed to Apparate at the cost of half his hair, while Seamus became inspired to develop a flying spell; afterward, Harry spotted Seamus and Lavender kissing in public.

• Harry joined the sixth years’ first Apparition class, where Wiggly Tykros taught them the three Ds and warned them to remain inside the Great Hall.
• Susan Bones splinched her left leg during practice, and Harry used Accio to stop Seamus from crashing into the ceiling after he rocketed forward.
• Seamus became eager to develop a flying spell after Harry encouraged him and suggested calling it Rocket or Trident.
• Ron successfully Apparated on a later attempt but lost half his hair, earned twenty points for Gryffindor, and asked Hermione to accompany him to the Hospital Wing.
• After class, Harry saw Lavender and Seamus passionately kissing in public.

Ron celebrated his birthday with Harry, Hermione, Seamus, and Neville after the Hogsmeade trip was canceled, and the friends visited Hagrid, who gave Ron a rare gift. Harry checked a group chat with former classmates on the new Philosopher's Stone 1 device, and the chapter ended with Garrick joining unexpectedly.

• Hermione scolded Harry and Ron for kissing in public as February brought bad weather and the Hogsmeade trip was canceled.
• Harry and Ron's friends stayed up to wish Ron a happy birthday, and Harry gave him Quidditch keeper gloves the next morning.
• Harry suggested visiting Hagrid, and the group found out from Newt and Tina that Hagrid had gone into the woods to see the ailing Aragog.
• Hagrid returned and gave Ron a Unicorn-hair handkerchief, then hosted the group for Rock Cakes and added them on Wizzchat.
• Harry received a message from Imelda in the group chat, and Garrick unexpectedly joined it.

Harry and his friends spent the weekend with Hagrid, encountered Professor Garick in their group chat, and helped Hermione research stories for her planned video. The chapter left Hermione reconsidering her presentation after Ron and Seamus suggested making the historical tales more entertaining.

• Harry recognized Professor Garick from her garlic avatar, and she confirmed that she would attend the March twelfth reunion.
• Harry bribed Mrs. Norris with cat food to persuade Filch to overlook the students returning late from Hagrid's Hut.
• Hermione asked Harry, Ron, Seamus, and Neville to help research interesting History of Magic stories, and Neville agreed after she promised to help him pursue Luna.
• Neville spoke with Luna at lunch, while Draco mocked them and then retreated when Ginny arrived.
• Hermione's group chose stories about Emeric the Evil and Ulysses the Odd for her video, then Ron and Seamus urged her to add entertaining gimmicks to her explanation.

Harry visited Veratia in Vienna and fell asleep, experiencing a vision of Runcorn meeting Miss Merope Gaunt in a cave. Veratia concluded the scene was in America, and she began considering how to uncover their plans.

• Hermione chose the stage name Hermione Khan the younger and planned to write a script for her new project.
• Harry left Hogwarts for Vienna to meet Veratia, while Ron stayed behind for Hermione’s planned reading.
• Harry fell asleep in Veratia’s office and dreamed from another person’s perspective as Runcorn met Miss Merope Gaunt and received a bound maiden.
• Veratia and Pabbie struggled to wake Harry until Veratia used magic, and Cassandra watched with disgust.
• Harry described the cave vision, and Veratia used the daylight and time difference to infer that Runcorn and Miss Merope Gaunt were in America.

Harry and Veratia moved into the renovated Grimmauld Place, Number 13, before preparing to attend a class reunion. On the way to the party, Veratia teased Cassandra about a painful memory involving Cassandra Trelawney, and Cassandra remained upset as Veratia apologized.

• Veratia argued with Harry, Cassandra, and Anne about finding Voldemort in America, then decided they should return to Grimmauld Place, Number 13.
• Veratia and the others took a Portkey to Britain, but Harry missed it and used Intercontinental Apparition to reach Grimmauld Place, Number 12 before joining them at Number 13.
• Veratia showed Harry and the others the renovated house, including its grand living room and enchanted rooms on the upper floors.
• The next day, Veratia complained that she was out of magic and playfully bit Harry before they discussed the upcoming class reunion and the former Argentine Minister for Magic's funeral.
• Harry, Veratia, Cassandra, Anne, and Pabbie rode a Thestral carriage toward the reunion and discussed Thestrals and Professor Trelawney.
• Veratia revealed that she knew about Cassandra's humiliating encounter with Cassandra Trelawney through Harry's memories, and Cassandra angrily accused them of conspiring against her.

Harry and his companions attended Imelda’s reunion in Northern Ireland, where he reunited with former classmates and Professor Garick. The gathering ended with Professor Garick revealing that she had bred venomous Chinese chomping cabbage, and Harry asked her to resume the work.

• Harry and his companions reached Imelda’s estate and joined the reunion with their aged former classmates.
• Professor Garick arrived, greeted her former students, and joked with Harry about his four girlfriends.
• Harry told the classmates that Voldemort was hiding in America, and Imelda suggested asking Nerida for help.
• Professor Garick told Harry that her plant-hybrid experiments had produced Chinese chomping cabbage with venom.
• Harry welcomed the discovery, and Veratia joined them as he explained Professor Garick’s results.

At a reunion banquet, Veratia recruited Professor Garick to research hybrid plants while Harry and Cassandra teased their friends. Back at Hogwarts, Harry proposed taking the students into the Forbidden Forest to face Acromantulas, despite Ron’s fear of spiders.

• Harry told Veratia and Professor Garick that poisoned Chinese chomping cabbage could be useful to wizards, and Veratia offered the professor resources to recreate her hybrid-plant experiment.
• Anne praised Cassandra, and Cassandra joked that Ignatius Malfoy had pursued Professor Garick despite her preference for women.
• Cassandra and Veratia teased Pabbie, and Harry eventually comforted her after she sulked.
• After the reunion banquet, Veratia invited Professor Garick to research hybrid plants at the European Ministry of Magic, and she agreed.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts the next day and suggested taking Neville, Ron, and the others into the Forbidden Forest to confront Acromantulas; Ron admitted Hermione already knew he feared spiders.

Harry attended Aragog’s funeral with Hagrid and Professor Slughorn, then noticed Slughorn secretly collecting the Acromantula’s venom. After the burial, Harry brought up his dueling practice organization, catching Slughorn’s interest.

• Hermione passed the Apparition test, while Ron failed because the examiner noticed he had left behind half an eyebrow.
• Harry helped Hermione reshape her video introduction around an entertaining story about Ulysses the Odd, and she eagerly revised her draft.
• Hagrid called Harry to say Aragog had died, and Harry went to comfort him after Ron refused to come because of his fear of spiders.
• Harry, Hagrid, and Professor Slughorn held Aragog’s funeral, and Harry saw Slughorn secretly take some of the spider’s venom.
• Harry raised his dueling practice organization with Hagrid, and Professor Slughorn showed immediate interest.