Chapter Summaries

Harry returned to Hogwarts, reunited with Veratia in the Map Chamber, and told her that Gellert had emptied her Gringotts vault. Veratia concealed her shock from Harry, but after he left she revealed that the stolen fortune was 2,763,215 Galleons she had gathered herself, including money earned before she turned fifteen as a Squib.

• Mrs. Weasley confiscated the Weasley twins' fireworks and joke-shop goods, while Harry worried about how to tell Veratia that Gellert had taken her money.
• Harry and his friends traveled to Hogwarts, watched the Sorting, and learned that Gilderoy Lockhart would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• Harry told his roommates that the Dueling Club would train in real combat and welcome Cedric Diggory and other Hufflepuffs.
• After his friends fell asleep, Harry visited Veratia and told her that Gellert had withdrawn everything from her Gringotts vault in 1899.
• Veratia suggested that Harry tell Gringotts Dumbledore had the Angel Feather, so the Goblins could pursue it; Harry agreed and planned to press them to find Basilisk Fang.
• After Harry left, Veratia broke down over losing 2,763,215 Galleons and told the portraits she had begun gathering the money before she turned fifteen, when she was a Squib.

Veratia recounted how Harry Potter rescued her from her cruel Grindelwald cousins in 1888, leading Princess Sisi to defend her and punish the family. In the present, Harry started term with a dangerous Mandrake lesson, met Luna Lovegood, and heard his friends discuss their new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

• Gellert Grindelwald learned that his sister was returning and tortured his cousin Wilhelmine while warning her that Veratia might come back.
• In 1888, Veratia endured Hydra and Wilhelmine's bullying until Harry retrieved her coronet and spoke up for her at Princess Sisi's gathering.
• Princess Sisi expelled Hydra and Wilhelmine from the gathering and threatened to have the Emperor reconsider the Grindelwald family's standing.
• Veratia told the professors that her surviving Grindelwald relatives were dead, while Harry recalled helping her during his visit to Vienna.
• Harry repotted a Mandrake by frightening it with Gubraithian Fire, earning Professor Sprout's approval and leaving his classmates stunned.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione met Luna Lovegood, who spoke of Wrackspurts, before Hermione praised the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and Ron dismissed him.

Harry demonstrated an unconventional use of Accio in Charms, then watched Lockhart impress his students by teaching them to identify and fight an Inferius. After receiving a letter and money from Nicolas LeMay, Harry planned his next steps, while Vida Rosier’s report left Gellert enraged over her photograph with Harry.

• Harry used Accio to pull Ron and Professor Flitwick toward him, earning Gryffindor thirty points in Charms.
• Snape deducted more than thirty points from third-year Gryffindors in Potions, and later Lockhart gave second years a test about his personal life before releasing an Inferius in class.
• Hermione explained what an Inferius was, and Seamus blasted its face with Confringo, sending an eyeball onto Pansy Parkinson before Lockhart awarded Gryffindor points.
• Lockhart asked Harry to help answer fan mail, and Colin Creevey took a photograph of them; Harry later received Nicolas LeMay’s letter and a large bag of Pound Sterling to buy computers.
• Harry told Hermione and Ron that the Dueling Club would begin the night after tomorrow and planned to tell Bodric that Dumbledore possessed Angel Feather.
• Vida Rosier sent Gellert a report praising Harry and included a photograph of herself with him; Gellert burned the photograph and muttered about whether his Sister would mourn Harry.

Harry learned the Fire-Making Spell in Charms, while Professor Lockhart’s unusual lessons and questions prompted Harry to reflect on Hogwarts and wizarding society. After hearing a strange voice in Lockhart’s office, Harry contacted Bodric and asked Gringotts to obtain an Angel Feather from Albus Dumbledore.

• Hermione asked Professor Flitwick to teach fire spells for fighting Inferi, so he taught the class the Fire-Making Spell; Seamus and Neville accidentally blew apart a barrier during practice.
• The Weasley twins told Ron, Harry, and Hermione that Professor Lockhart had used an Acromantula in their lesson, and they praised his approach to teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• Professor McGonagall taught the class to turn beetles into buttons, and Harry and Ron asked her about Animagus instincts and whether Transfigured food could be swallowed.
• Harry went to Professor Lockhart’s office to help answer fan mail, heard a threatening voice that Lockhart could not hear, and answered Lockhart’s questions about wizard-Muggle relations by criticizing the education of young wizards.
• Harry used the Room of Requirement, took Ageing Potion, and contacted Bodric through the Two-way mirror to ask Gringotts to obtain an Angel Feather held by Albus Dumbledore.

Harry discovered that Colin Creevey had been petrified by an unknown Dark Arts spell, then recruited Cedric Diggory and Megan Jones into the Dueling Club and taught the group Accio. Ron accidentally used the spell to pull off Hermione’s sock, stirring Harry’s regretful memories of a similar mishap with Cassandra as he resolved to ask her what she thought of him when he found her.

• Harry heard that Colin Creevey was missing, joined Percy and the Prefects in finding him petrified on the second floor, and learned that only a Mandrake antidote could restore him.
• Dumbledore examined Colin’s damaged camera but could not identify the spell, while Snape agreed to brew the antidote once the Mandrakes matured.
• Draco told Harry’s friends that Harry was the legendary wizard from a hundred years earlier, but Ron and Hermione dismissed the claim even after Harry confirmed it.
• Harry welcomed Cedric Diggory and Megan Jones to the Dueling Club, demonstrated dueling tactics, and taught the members how to use Accio.
• Ron used Accio to pull off Hermione’s sock, prompting Harry to remember accidentally pulling off Cassandra’s clothing during practice and regretting how she had rejected his apologies.
• Hermione pinched seven purple marks into Ron’s arm, and the Dueling Club ended before Harry and his friends returned to Gryffindor Tower ahead of Potions Class.

Harry brewed two cauldrons of Herbicide in under a minute, astonishing Snape and earning Gryffindor ten points. Snape told Dumbledore that Harry might have inherited Lily’s Ancient Magic talent, and they decided to confirm the possibility.

• Neville worried about Potions Class, and Snape overheard Ron dismissing House points and deducted three from Gryffindor.
• Pansy correctly answered Snape’s questions about Herbicide, while Snape penalized Hermione for giving extra information and mocked Ron.
• Harry brewed two cauldrons of Herbicide in forty-five seconds using Azure flames, and Snape awarded Gryffindor ten points.
• Snape visited Dumbledore and reported Harry’s extraordinary speed, suggesting that Lily’s Ancient Magic inheritance might have passed to her child.
• Dumbledore and Snape considered whether Lily’s love spell had transferred her Ancient Magic talent to Harry and agreed they should confirm their guess.

Harry investigated why Pabbie thought bitter chocolate tasted sweet and learned that Newt Scamander was her nephew. After telling Veratia he had eaten Pabbie’s chocolate, he left her portrait cracked in shock.

• Harry found that Ron had chewed Hermione’s bitter Muggle pills and offered him chocolate, only to discover that the chocolate tasted bitter to both of them.
• Harry asked Hagrid about Unicorns’ sense of taste, and Hagrid directed him to Newt Scamander for expert advice.
• Harry met Newt Scamander, who explained that ordinary Unicorns disliked dark chocolate and could not speak, then realized Pabbie might be his missing aunt, Pabbie Sweeting.
• Newt left to visit Pabbie in France, while Harry returned to Hogwarts and heard the mysterious voice cry, “Kill... Kill! Destroy them!”
• Harry told Veratia about Newt’s family connection to Pabbie and admitted he had eaten the chocolate she had tasted, causing Veratia’s portrait to crack.

Harry and the professors deduced that the voice moving through Hogwarts belonged to a Basilisk controlled by a descendant of Slytherin, and Veratia warned Harry to investigate and seek Dumbledore's help. After Harry left to report the danger, the professors questioned Veratia about what she had hidden from him and cautioned her about Pabbie and her feelings for Harry.

• Veratia speculated that Pabbie's unusual behavior might be a consequence of using Animagus magic to become a magical creature.
• Harry told Veratia and the professors about the murderous voice he had heard inside the walls and connected it to the petrifications at Hogwarts.
• Veratia recalled Slytherin's letter, and Harry imitated the voice in Parseltongue, leading the professors to identify it as likely coming from a Basilisk.
• Harry realized Colin Creevey had been petrified after seeing the Basilisk through his camera, and Veratia warned him that Slytherin's descendant might be controlling the creature.
• Veratia urged Harry to investigate Gaunt family descendants and ask Dumbledore for help, and Harry agreed before leaving to warn him.
• After Harry left, the professors challenged Veratia for hiding the truth about her nature and advised her to consider how she would explain her eventual rescue and how to show vulnerability to Harry.

Harry visited Dumbledore, learned from a memory that Tom Riddle had framed Hagrid for Myrtle’s death, and told Dumbledore that a Basilisk was behind the attacks. Dumbledore suspected Tom was Slytherin’s heir, while Harry asked Professor Binns about Slytherin’s letter and heard the history of the Chamber of Secrets.

• Harry entered Dumbledore’s office, watched a memory of young Tom Riddle accusing Hagrid’s Acromantula of killing Myrtle, and discussed the memory with Dumbledore.
• Harry told Dumbledore that a Basilisk had petrified Filch’s cat and Colin and had killed Myrtle; Dumbledore learned that Harry’s mother had found the Map Chamber and revealed her Ancient Magic inheritance to him.
• Harry explained that Tom Riddle might be Slytherin’s descendant, and Dumbledore suspected Tom had controlled the Basilisk and framed Hagrid fifty years earlier.
• Dumbledore introduced group travel rules at Hogwarts, then escorted Harry back to Gryffindor and gave him Honeydukes sweets.
• Harry asked Professor Binns about Slytherin’s letter; Binns confirmed the letter was genuine and described the legend of the Chamber of Secrets, then returned to his usual dull teaching.

Harry kept Pabbie away from Hogwarts while a Basilisk remained loose, and she discovered that Newt and Theseus Scamander were her nephews. After Pabbie’s family learned of her feelings for Harry, she received his call from Hogwarts as Harry began teaching his classmates to resist the Imperius Curse.

• Harry sent Pabbie a letter and a Two-way mirror, urging her to remain with Mr. LeMay in France until the Basilisk threat was resolved.
• Newt and Tina Scamander visited Mr. LeMay, where Pabbie recognized Newt as the son of her sister Linda and revealed that she was Pabbie Sweeting.
• Newt brought Theseus to meet Pabbie, and the brothers learned about her transformation into a ghost and a Unicorn.
• Pabbie’s relatives realized she had feelings for Harry, and Newt, Tina, and Theseus promised to support her; Harry then called Pabbie and explained why she should stay away from Hogwarts.
• Harry taught Cedric, Megan, Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Seamus about the Imperius Curse and had them practice resisting it in pairs.
• Ron broke free of Hermione’s Imperius Curse after resisting an order not to eat chicken legs, surprising everyone, including Harry.

Harry helped second-year students practice resisting the Imperius Curse, then discussed the Basilisk attacks with Dumbledore and uncovered a likely connection to Voldemort’s old notebook. Dumbledore realized Voldemort was controlling a Hogwarts student through the notebook, and they planned to search for it and the Chamber of Secrets.

• Harry recalled practicing the Imperius Curse with Cassandra, and Veratia arrived to interrupt their teasing contest in the Crypt.
• Harry taught his classmates to resist the Imperius Curse and warned them that the Cruciatus Curse and Killing Curse required a genuine desire to harm or kill.
• Harry and Veratia discussed the lack of recent Basilisk attacks with the professors in the Map Chamber, and Veratia suggested the attacker might be a Slytherin student.
• Harry visited Dumbledore, who told him about Merope Gaunt and recognized that Voldemort had used her name for the notebook that had influenced Slytherin students.
• Harry connected the school lockdown to the attacks, and Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort was controlling a student through the notebook.
• Dumbledore planned to search Hogwarts for the notebook, while Harry insisted they also needed to find the Chamber of Secrets and destroy the Basilisk.

Harry considered how to deal with the Chamber of Secrets while attending Lockhart’s practical lesson on Grindylows, where Neville and other students successfully fought the creature. Hermione then helped Harry avoid Snape’s hostility in Potions Class with Muggle masks, and Snape stunned the class by awarding Hermione twenty points for stirring with her left hand.

• Harry weighed whether to find and kill the Basilisk or lure Voldemort out, while keeping his plans from Ron and Hermione.
• Lockhart taught the students how to defend themselves against Grindylows, and Neville defeated one after dodging its attacks.
• Harry used Ancient Magic to slam a Grindylow repeatedly into the floor, and Lockhart recognized the magic but concealed his reaction.
• Flitwick taught the Revealing Charm, and Harry later failed to get Snape’s permission to visit the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest.
• Hermione arranged masks from her father’s dental clinic so Harry’s face would be hidden from Snape during Potions Class.
• Snape praised Hermione’s use of her left hand and awarded Gryffindor twenty points, leaving the class astonished.

Harry learned that Gareth Weasley had left him a fortune, a letter, and a Notebook revealing Gareth’s secret role in Cassandra and Veratia’s rivalry for Harry’s attention. At the Dueling Club, Ron defeated Fred and Draco, but Pansy Parkinson challenged Hermione and used magic to force her to bow.

• Snape warned Harry not to confront the Basilisk, then hinted that Hogwarts equipment would be inspected on Monday night.
• Harry asked Bodric to investigate Gareth’s Gringotts vault and arranged for the Weasley family to receive a yearly allowance from Gareth’s inheritance.
• Harry read Gareth’s letter and Notebook, discovering that Gareth had secretly taken money from Cassandra and Veratia to monitor Harry and influence their competition for him.
• At Lockhart’s Dueling Club, Ron defeated Fred and then Draco, who had attacked before the duel officially began.
• Pansy challenged Hermione, called her a Mudblood, and used an overwhelming force to make Hermione bend forward before the duel started.

Harry investigated Pansy Parkinson’s suspicious dueling skills and planned with the professors to find and ambush Voldemort’s hidden soul. After failing to find Moaning Myrtle, he finally met her and told her the monster that killed her had returned, leaving her to explain how she died.

• Hermione disarmed Pansy at the Dueling Club, while Harry suspected Voldemort had helped Pansy conceal her true abilities.
• Harry and the professors in the Map Chamber discussed killing the Basilisk, keeping its death secret, and luring Voldemort into an ambush; they decided Myrtle might know where she died.
• Harry told Dumbledore about the plan, and Dumbledore agreed to consider a false dismissal as a signal for the trap.
• Harry searched unsuccessfully for Myrtle, then learned she had been flushed into the Black Lake by Ravenclaw girls after spying on Cedric in the Prefect Bathroom.
• Harry staged a mock attack in the Forbidden Forest, tested the students’ reactions, and lectured them on responding quickly to unknown threats.
• Myrtle appeared in Harry’s dormitory the next morning, and Harry took her to an empty classroom and told her the monster that killed her had returned.

Harry found the Chamber of Secrets, persuaded its Basilisk Alfonso that he was Aurelius Gaunt, and brought the creature under his control. After Lucius Malfoy took over as Headmaster and revoked the lockdown, Harry waited in the Chamber and confronted Pansy, whom he identified as Tom Riddle.

• Harry and Myrtle discovered the snake-marked faucet in the girls' bathroom and opened the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.
• Harry entered the Chamber, used Parseltongue to summon the Basilisk, and convinced it that he was Aurelius Gaunt and Voldemort was a half-blood impostor.
• Harry named the Basilisk Alfonso, took two of its fangs, and placed it in his enchanted wallet before reporting his discovery to Dumbledore.
• Harry and Dumbledore arranged for Draco to ask Lucius and the Board of Governors to remove Dumbledore as Headmaster, while Harry planned to rescue Veratia and find someone who could cast the Cruciatus Curse.
• Lucius announced that Dumbledore had been removed and that he would temporarily become Headmaster, then revoked the lockdown.
• Harry waited in the Chamber of Secrets and confronted Pansy as she arrived, asking whether he should call her Pansy or Tom Riddle.

Harry confronted Pansy in the Chamber of Secrets, exposed Voldemort’s identity, and forced Voldemort to emerge after his plan to summon the Basilisk failed. Voldemort believed Harry was the legendary Harry Potter from a century earlier and became submissive, while Harry prepared to demonstrate Ancient Magic.

• Harry restrained Pansy and revealed that Tom Riddle was Voldemort, provoking her with the truth about his half-blood origins and his mother, Merope Gaunt.
• Pansy attacked Harry, but he blocked her spells and forced her to bow before Voldemort emerged from her as black mist.
• Voldemort summoned Slytherin’s statue to release the Basilisk, but nothing appeared, and Alfonso denounced him from Harry’s wallet.
• Harry claimed kinship with Aurelius Gaunt and said his bloodline gave him authority over the Basilisk, then mocked Voldemort as his grandson.
• Voldemort recognized Harry as the Harry Potter from a hundred years earlier, called himself Tom, and listened as Harry asked whether he had seen Ancient Magic.
• Harry raised his wand toward Voldemort, preparing to show him Ancient Magic.

Harry rescued Pansy from the Chamber of Secrets and destroyed Voldemort’s soul fragment there. He brought her to Dumbledore, who learned she had acted under the Imperius Curse and offered her Cockroach Clusters as punishment.

• Harry destroyed Voldemort’s black mist, then questioned Pansy after she woke and learned that Voldemort’s Notebook and Imperius Curse had compelled her.
• Pansy drank Truth Serum and recounted what happened; Harry decided she would still face punishment but left it to Dumbledore.
• Harry took Pansy to the Headmaster’s Office, where Lucius revealed that Dumbledore was waiting outside and gave Harry a box from the Goblins of Gringotts.
• Lucius summoned Dumbledore with Fawkes, and Harry spoke with Phineas about keeping his identity secret from Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore returned, heard that Pansy had been under the Imperius Curse, and offered her live Cockroach Clusters, making her sob.

Harry freed Veratia from the Slytherin Study’s time seal, but after reuniting with him and learning what had happened, she discovered that she had lost her magic. The chapter also revealed that Voldemort’s soul had escaped into a Horcrux and left Harry preparing to face the remaining threat.

• Dumbledore discovered that Lucius had replaced his Cockroach Candy with real cockroaches, and Snape later exposed the prank at the welcome-back feast.
• Harry and the professors discussed Voldemort’s possible Horcruxes, and Harry prepared to rescue Veratia using Farina to break the study’s seal.
• Harry entered the Slytherin Study, placed the required materials on the disk, and removed the bronze barrier surrounding Veratia.
• Veratia awoke with silver-white hair, reunited with Harry, and found that Fiona had been reborn as a young Phoenix.
• Veratia learned about recent events, including Gellert’s use of her money, and planned to leave the study with Harry.
• As Veratia prepared to leave, she realized that she had lost her magic.

Harry helped Veratia adjust to the modern world and traveled with her to France, where Mr. LeMay discovered a way for her to replenish her lost magic through physical contact with Harry. The chapter ended with Veratia learning that the larger the area of contact, the faster her magic would return.

• Harry took the magicless, frail Veratia to The Leaky Cauldron, where they discussed modern Muggle technology and planned their trip to France.
• Harry and Veratia visited Hermione and her father, bought five discounted computers, and asked Gringotts to arrange Muggle identities and visas.
• Veratia retrieved her crown from Vault 313, then she and Harry flew to France and reached Mr. LeMay's Alchemy Room.
• Veratia reunited with Luchi and Pabbie, while Harry learned that Newt would ask Dumbledore to hire Hagrid as an assistant.
• Mr. LeMay examined Veratia and explained that Harry, now a walking Philosopher's Stone, could replenish her magic through physical contact.

Harry and Veratia used physical contact to restore her depleted magic, then learned that Cassandra had left Veratia a letter challenging her to compete for Harry’s affection. Veratia and Harry prepared to travel to Nurmengard to find Cassandra, while Hogwarts discovered that the Book of Admissions had unexpectedly enrolled Verathea Grindelwald.

• Mr. LeMay demonstrated that Harry could replenish Veratia’s magic through contact, and Veratia’s silver-white hair turned gold as her power returned.
• Mr. LeMay gave Veratia Cassandra’s letter, which prompted Veratia to resolve to face Cassandra in their rivalry over Harry.
• Mr. LeMay suggested seeking Cassandra’s location through Gellert Grindelwald’s prophetic gift, and Veratia decided to go to Nurmengard with Harry.
• Veratia restored more of her magic by holding Harry, and Harry agreed to help her find Cassandra while they discussed returning to Hogwarts.
• Professor McGonagall told Dumbledore that the Book of Admissions had written the name Verathea Grindelwald, leaving him alarmed and trying to remember who she was.