Chapter Summaries

Harry told Ron, Hermione, Seamus, and Neville that Voldemort was seeking the Philosopher's Stone, and reassured them that Hagrid had warned Dumbledore. After Potions class, Harry stayed behind to ask Snape for help preparing the best Blood Replenishing Potion for Pabbie.

• Harry told his friends he had rescued a Unicorn from a Dark Wizard who was using its blood to restore his strength and pursue the Philosopher's Stone.
• Hermione identified the Dark Wizard as Voldemort, and Harry said Hagrid had already warned Dumbledore.
• Snape awarded Harry one point for brewing a perfect Swelling Solution, then took five points from Gryffindor after Neville burned his cauldron dry.
• Harry asked his friends to wait outside after class because he wanted Snape to brew a Blood Replenishing Potion for Pabbie.
• Snape sarcastically asked Harry what he wanted as Harry stayed behind.

Harry obtained six bottles of Blood Replenishing Potion from Snape for Pabbie, then brought his friends to meet the Unicorn at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. His friends were astonished by Harry’s claim that Snape was easy to talk to and by Pabbie’s unusual appetite for human food.

• Harry asked Snape for potion for an injured friend, and Snape gave him six bottles of Blood Replenishing Potion.
• Harry showed the potions to Ron, Neville, and Seamus, who praised him for getting them from Snape; Snape overheard Ron and took ten points from Gryffindor.
• Harry brought Ron, Neville, Seamus, and Hermione to the Forbidden Forest and gave Pabbie a bottle of potion.
• Pabbie told Harry that one bottle would last a week, and Harry said Snape was easy to talk to, shocking his friends.
• Harry introduced Pabbie to his friends and offered her food; Pabbie happily ate a bacon-and-sausage sandwich, leaving Hermione speechless.

Pabbie revealed that she had known Harry for 105 years and recalled how an earlier Harry Potter and his companions defeated the Ashwinder Party. She described his friends and ended by prompting Hermione to ask whether Pabbie was related to a Hufflepuff named Pabbie Sweeting.

• Pabbie told Harry's friends that she had known him for 105 years, though Harry offered a vague explanation that he had met her in the Forbidden Forest.
• Pabbie described how the earlier Harry treated the Forbidden Forest like home and helped destroy the Ashwinder Party with his companions.
• Pabbie named Gareth Weasley as Ron's ancestor and listed Harry's other friends, including Verathea Grindelwald, Gellert Grindelwald's sister.
• Ron wondered how Verathea would react to her brother becoming a Dark Wizard, and Pabbie warned him not to say that around the Grindelwalds.
• Hermione asked Pabbie whether her name was connected to Pabbie Sweeting, the Hufflepuff from the earlier Harry's group.

Pabbie revealed herself as Pabbie Sweeting from Hufflepuff, then Harry spent the lunch break with her and his friends. Later, Fred and George showed Harry a Canary Cream Biscuit and suggested using it to uncover what Quirrell hid beneath his turban, leaving Harry unsure whether the prank would go too far.

• Pabbie claimed she was Pabbie Sweeting from Hufflepuff, and Hermione rejected the idea that she could be an Animagus who turned into a magical creature.
• Hagrid arrived with Fang, and Harry said Fang had fainted from fright when he encountered the Black Robe.
• Harry said goodbye to Pabbie and returned to the dormitory with his friends.
• Fred and George told Harry they had no new clues about Quirrell and showed him their Canary Cream Biscuit.
• Fred and George suggested giving the biscuit to Quirrell to reveal what was beneath his turban, and Harry worried the prank might be too much.

Harry suggested that Fred and George develop milder prank products to sell to wealthy Muggle students, and the twins rushed off to explore the idea. After Snape took over Defense Against the Dark Arts for two weeks, he awarded Neville points for a Disarming Charm and assigned him personal instruction with Harry, leaving Neville terrified of his new detention.

• Harry proposed that Fred and George create less conspicuous prank products for Muggles and sell them through Dudley at Smeltings Middle School.
• Fred and George got excited about the possibility of earning money from wealthy Muggle families and hurried off to research it.
• Professor Quirrell remained absent from Defense Against the Dark Arts for two weeks, so Snape taught the class and deducted points from students for minor faults.
• Snape awarded Neville two Gryffindor points for a well-cast Disarming Charm, then ordered him to attend personal Potions instruction with Harry every Wednesday and Saturday.
• Neville worried that Snape's instruction would be unbearable, while Harry tried to reassure him that Snape was gentle and easy to talk to.

Gemma told Harry that Draco Malfoy had introduced a mysterious Notebook in the Slytherin Common Room that traded help with spells and homework for soul power. Harry suspected it might be connected to Cassandra, then discovered that Professor Quirrell bore a hidden cursed mark left by him.

• Neville accepted that he would receive an Extra Lesson from Professor Snape and devoured several steaks at dinner.
• Gemma summoned Harry and warned him that Draco Malfoy's Notebook drained a small price from Slytherin students, possibly their soul power.
• Gemma asked Harry to help investigate, offering him her loyalty, and Harry agreed to provide appropriate help without promising more.
• Harry spent the following week feeding Pabbie and training with the Dueling Club while privately considering how to investigate the Notebook.
• Harry returned to Defense Against the Dark Arts and noticed that Professor Quirrell had a tiny cursed mark left by Harry.

Harry discovered that Voldemort was hiding with Quirrell and suspected Quirrell planned to steal the Philosopher's Stone. When Dumbledore was called away and Professor McGonagall dismissed Hermione's warning, Harry set out to stop Quirrell with four friends beside him.

• Harry sensed the mark he had left on Voldemort while listening to Quirrell teach and told Ron and Hermione that Voldemort was connected to Quirrell.
• Hermione concluded that Voldemort was hiding beneath Quirrell's turban and hurried to warn Professor McGonagall after deciding the Philosopher's Stone was in danger.
• Hermione returned and reported that Dumbledore had left for the Ministry and Professor McGonagall had not believed her warning.
• Harry decided to stop Quirrell's plot, and Ron and three other friends insisted on joining him despite the danger.
• Harry retrieved the Felix Felicis Snape had given him, and Neville and Ron affirmed that they would not back down.

Harry led Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Seamus past Fluffy and into the passage beneath the trapdoor, where they overcame Devil’s Snare and reached a room full of flying keys. The group stood before a locked door with the right key in Harry’s hand.

• Harry gave Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Seamus Felix Felicis and led them beneath the Invisibility Cloak to Fluffy’s room.
• Hermione played a harp to lull Fluffy to sleep, and Harry jumped through the trapdoor to scout ahead.
• The Devil’s Snare trapped the group, but Neville identified it and Seamus blasted it away, accidentally singeing Neville.
• The group followed a corridor to a room full of flying keys and found a broomstick beside the locked door.
• Neville spotted the large key with injured wings, and Harry summoned it with Accio.

Harry and his friends played the giant chess game guarding the next room, and Ron and Seamus were knocked unconscious after sacrificing themselves to let Harry checkmate the king. Harry sent Hermione and Neville to get help, passed the troll and potion obstacles, and confronted Professor Quirrell before casting Avada Kedavra at him.

• Harry and his friends entered the giant chess room, and Ron assigned them black chess-piece positions after a spell failed to destroy a white piece.
• Ron directed the game, sacrificing black pieces while protecting Neville and Seamus from danger.
• Ron let the white queen knock him off the board, and Seamus followed his plan before the queen struck him unconscious.
• Harry checkmated the white king, then sent Hermione and Neville to take Ron and Seamus to the Hospital Wing.
• Harry passed the unconscious troll and potion challenge, drank from the smallest bottle, and entered the room with the Mirror of Erised.
• Harry confronted Professor Quirrell and cast Avada Kedavra at him.

Harry killed Quirrell and took the Philosopher’s Stone, then faced Voldemort, who tried to manipulate him through the Mirror of Erised. Voldemort took control of Quirrell’s body and attacked with Fiendfyre as Harry drew power from the Stone and raised a ring of blue flames around himself.

• Harry killed Quirrell with a second Killing Curse and found the Philosopher’s Stone in his pocket after seeing it in the Mirror of Erised.
• Voldemort appeared in the mirror and tried to persuade Harry to give him the Stone by offering power and a chance to bring back his parents.
• Harry mocked Voldemort about his abandonment, then rejected his claims that Dumbledore had sacrificed Harry’s parents and Quirrell.
• Voldemort took control of Quirrell’s body and attacked Harry, who blocked a Killing Curse with a transfigured brick shield.
• Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre, and Harry absorbed power from the Philosopher’s Stone before raising a ring of blue flames around himself.

Harry defeated Quirrell with Gubraithian Fire and absorbed the Philosopher’s Stone’s energy, while an unknown attacker failed to kill him and a ghost captured Voldemort’s soul fragment in his diary. After waking in the hospital wing, Harry learned more about his mother’s protection and questioned Dumbledore about the confrontation.

• Harry used Gubraithian Fire, an Explosive Barrel, and lightning to fight Voldemort, who abandoned Quirrell’s body and fled as a soul fragment.
• An unseen attacker cast the Killing Curse at Harry, but he dodged it; after absorbing the Philosopher’s Stone’s energy, he collapsed and Quirrell’s body crumbled to dust.
• Near the Forbidden Forest, the Slytherin Beauty Ghost tore pieces from Voldemort’s soul and pressed them into his old diary, which vanished.
• Harry woke in the hospital wing and heard from Dumbledore that his mother’s love had protected him from Quirrell’s touch and that the Philosopher’s Stone could no longer be used.
• Harry asked Dumbledore about Quirrell, the Stone, and whether he had been guided toward the underground chamber; Dumbledore said Voldemort’s return meant Harry had no choice but to resist him.

After Harry returned to Hogwarts, he shared the credit for stopping Quirrell with his friends and received a photo album of his parents from Hagrid. He entered the Map Chamber and discovered Vivi’s portrait waiting for him.

• Harry returned to the Gryffindor Common Room and publicly praised Hermione, Neville, Seamus, and Ron for helping him stop Quirrell.
• The students celebrated Harry and his friends, while Cedric hesitated to speak to Harry.
• Hagrid apologized for revealing how to get past Fluffy, and Harry reassured him before receiving an album of photographs of his parents.
• Harry left the Common Room at night, used Ancient Magic to open the Map Chamber, and found Vivi’s portrait among the four portraits.
• Vivi greeted Harry from the portrait, and Harry froze in surprise.

Harry found Verathea’s portrait in the Map Chamber and learned that he needed several rare materials, including a Basilisk Fang, to reach her in Slytherin’s study. Verathea showed him his mother Lily’s memory, where he witnessed her defend Mary from Mulciber and later confront James and Snape, leaving Harry to understand why Snape had reacted so angrily to his invented story.

• Harry found Verathea’s portrait and learned that Angel Feather, Dragon Heart, Phoenix Tears, and a Basilisk Fang were needed for the Time Magic ritual.
• Verathea told Harry that his mother’s memory in the Pensieve would explain his connection to the Ancient Charm and the Potter Family.
• Harry entered Lily’s memory and watched her and Marlene help Mary after Mulciber and two Slytherins attacked her.
• Harry followed Lily to the beech tree, where James and his friends were tormenting Snape.
• Lily tried to stop James, but Snape insulted her as a Mudblood, and Harry understood why Snape had once reacted so fiercely to his invented story.

Harry witnessed memories of Lily’s life through her visits to Veratia’s portrait, from her heartbreak over Snape’s insult to her relationship with James and the birth of Harry. The chapter ended as Lily, exhausted and in tears, began telling Veratia about Professor Trelawney’s prophecy.

• Lily followed Harry’s father away from Snape and went to the Map Chamber, where she wept to Veratia about Snape calling her a Mudblood.
• Lily later told Veratia that James Potter was pursuing her, and Veratia urged her to consider him, claiming it was a prophecy.
• While pregnant, Lily told Veratia she planned to name her son Harry, and Veratia assured her that he would be powerful.
• Harry witnessed Lily’s playful family life with James, Pads, and Wormy as they helped with chores and teased one another.
• Lily returned to Veratia’s portrait looking worn and tearful, then began recounting Professor Trelawney’s prophecy about the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord.

Harry recovered memories of Voldemort killing his parents and reassured Veratia that he did not blame her for the spell that had helped him survive. He learned that his wand could lead him to a Gringotts vault and planned to find a Basilisk to free Veratia, while she prepared to leave her portrait and visit her brother Grindelwald.

• Harry relived his parents' deaths, then told Veratia he did not blame her and credited her help with keeping him alive.
• Harry asked Veratia where he could find a Basilisk, and she recalled hearing that one was being bred in Greece a century earlier.
• Harry told Veratia that Pabbie had become a Unicorn through Magical Animagus and could not turn back, and Veratia said she had a guess about how to help her.
• Veratia revealed that Harry's Holly Wood wand was behind her portrait and served as the token for their Gringotts vault; Harry found it marked with a crimson gemstone.
• Harry told Veratia that Dumbledore had defeated and imprisoned her brother Gellert Grindelwald, and Veratia resolved to visit them both after she returned.
• Veratia sent Harry back to the common room to sleep, then realized that he had returned to Hogwarts as a twelve-year-old while the Veratia in the Slytherin Study was seventeen.

Harry reflected on Snape’s hatred of Gryffindor, finished his exams, and healed Pabbie’s wound with a Dispelling Charm. While riding with Pabbie, he recalled how she had helped him and Cassandra become friends, and he was left feeling grateful for her comfort.

• Harry told Hermione and Ron that his father had humiliated Snape, and Ron wondered if he should apologize.
• Harry learned that Pabbie planned to meet him the following week, then sat his end-of-term exams with his classmates.
• Ron excelled in the History of Magic exam because he remembered Pabbie’s stories about the Goblin Rebellion.
• Pabbie met Harry, Hermione, and Ron by the Black Lake, and Harry healed her wound with a Dispelling Charm.
• Harry rode Pabbie and told her he had found Veratia’s portrait and a clue to summoning her, while Pabbie suggested asking Cassandra’s descendants about a Basilisk Fang.
• Pabbie teased Harry about Cassandra and cheered him up, and Harry thanked her for helping him understand his past with Cassandra.

Harry sought a way to rescue Veratia and asked Draco about the Slytherin Notebook, discovering that Draco had been deceived by a fake and that Cassandra had stolen the Malfoy family’s inherited secret treasure. The chapter ended with Draco noticing Harry’s concern for Cassandra.

• Harry discussed finding Basilisk Fangs with Pabbie, then reunited with Hermione and Ron by the Black Lake.
• Pabbie watched Harry catch the Golden Snitch in three seconds and help Gryffindor win the Quidditch final against Ravenclaw.
• Harry summoned Draco to an abandoned classroom and subdued him with a lion made of Azure flame.
• Harry used Legilimency on Draco and showed him that the Notebook he had received was a fake, unlike Cassandra Malfoy’s real Notebook.
• Under threat of another Legilimens, Draco told Harry that Cassandra had stolen the Malfoy family’s inherited secret treasure and disappeared.

Harry warned Draco that Merope’s Notebook drained life force and revealed that Draco bore a sinister mark, then hinted he was the Harry Potter from a century earlier. Before the summer holiday, Harry learned that Cassandra may have used Time Magic to reach the future, while Vivi urged him to search for her and explained how Cassandra had secretly protected him at Hogwarts.

• Harry told Draco that Merope’s Notebook was a Dark Arts creation that drained life force, and Draco discovered a black skull-and-snake mark on his arm.
• Harry claimed to be Draco’s ancestor and revealed that he had defeated Voldemort while Voldemort was attached to Professor Quirrell; Draco accepted his explanation and agreed to ask his Father about the mark.
• Harry left Draco and planned to speak with Lucius during the holiday about Cassandra and the Malfoy family’s access to Basilisk Fang.
• Harry received a row of O grades, while Hermione resolved to earn the same marks next year and Ron received mostly E and O grades.
• Harry told Verathea that Cassandra had stolen a Malfoy family heirloom and vanished, and Vivi suspected Cassandra had used it to travel through time in search of him.
• Vivi urged Harry not to give up on finding Cassandra and revealed that Cassandra had secretly pressured the Flint family to stop its students from bullying him.

Harry learned more about Cassandra’s kindness and planned to seek Basilisk fangs and rescue their missing friends during the holidays. After Gryffindor won the House Cup, he found Pabbie by the Black Lake and invited her to come home with him, leaving her startled that he meant to take a Unicorn to the Muggle world.

• Harry realized Cassandra had given him two old Slytherin robes after he had offended her, and he told Veratia he planned to visit the Malfoys to seek Basilisk fangs.
• Veratia promised to leave Slytherin’s study and accompany Harry to find Cassandra and rescue Pabbie, while portraits in the Map Chamber discussed Veratia’s feelings for him.
• Harry reflected on Hogwarts’ poor standards for magical education as the students approached the holidays.
• At the House Cup ceremony, Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor two hundred points for Harry’s achievements, overturning Slytherin’s lead and making Gryffindor the winner.
• Harry found Pabbie by the Black Lake before boarding the Hogwarts Express and asked whether she wanted to go home with him; Pabbie questioned his plan to take a Unicorn to the Muggle world.

Harry smuggled Pabbie out of the Forbidden Forest in his magically expanded suitcase and returned to Hogwarts, where he accepted Cedric’s request to let Hufflepuffs join the Dueling Club. As the students left for summer, Harry revealed that the club’s next lesson would be resistance training against the Imperius Curse and planned to visit Knockturn Alley for supplies.

• Harry convinced Pabbie to hide her horn and climb into his suitcase, then carried her back to Hogwarts Castle.
• Neville’s friends found his toad in the girls’ bathroom, and the students departed Hogwarts aboard the train.
• Cedric asked Harry to let Hufflepuff students join the Dueling Club, and Harry agreed on the condition that they keep its curse practice secret from professors.
• Harry told Hermione and Ron that their next learning objective was the Imperius Curse, explaining that repeated exposure would build resistance to it.
• Harry arrived at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, accepted Mrs. Weasley’s invitation to visit, and decided to buy a second wand in Knockturn Alley.