Chapter Summaries

After dinner, Brook helped Newt refine his design for an anti-theft vault by focusing on the Nifflers’ enjoyment of the challenge. Newt invited Brook to co-author a revised edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Brook accepted.

• Tina invited everyone to stay overnight, and they split up, with Brook joining Newt at his worktable while Hermione, Evelyn, and Rolle went to the study.
• Newt showed Brook his miniature three-level vault, designed to challenge Nifflers with magical and Muggle security mechanisms.
• Brook suggested using one vault that grew more difficult over time and including a treasure the Nifflers could never obtain to sustain their interest.
• Newt praised Brook’s insight into the Nifflers’ psychological needs and asked him to co-author a revised edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
• Brook initially declined but accepted Newt’s offer after considering the value of their work.

Brook visited Newt and Tina’s home, where Newt showed him a miniature anti-theft vault and worked with him on toys for magical creatures. Newt then introduced Brook to Frank the Thunderbird, who welcomed him, and explained how he had rescued Frank and released him into the wild.

• Brook joined Hermione, Evelyn, Rolle, and Tina for breakfast and learned that Newt had spent the night building an anti-theft vault for Nifflers.
• Newt showed Brook the three-story vault, and Brook praised its design.
• Hermione and Evelyn asked Tina to continue recounting her adventures, while Newt drew Brook into designing toys for magical creatures.
• Newt and Brook created a changing maze for an Occamy, bark puzzles for Bowtruckles, and a moonlit dancing platform for Mooncalves.
• Newt took Brook to a simulated Arizona desert and introduced him to Frank the Thunderbird, who welcomed Brook.
• Newt told Brook that he had rescued Frank from smugglers in Egypt, released him in Arizona, and later saw him return.

Brook visited more of Newt's magical creatures and came up with entertainment ideas for them. Newt then led him through the mist to reveal a gigantic snail.

• Newt told Brook that Frank bore a scar from a curse cast by a Dark wizard seeking Thunderbird feathers, and Brook suggested building Frank a lightning-powered racetrack.
• Newt introduced Brook to Green Bean, a venomous leopard rescued from poachers; Brook equipped her with cat toys, and she invited her family to play.
• Clara, a Toxic Horned Beast, charged at Brook and Newt until Newt stopped her with shiny silver coins, inspiring Brook to suggest a mountain of shiny objects for the creatures.
• Newt showed Brook the Demiguises and Brook considered building them a vault filled with silver trinkets.
• Newt led Brook along a misty path, where they discovered a gigantic snail with a car-sized shell.

Brook and Newt studied entertainment for magical creatures, and the Prophecy Snail showed them a mysterious girl holding a glowing flag amid ruins. After dinner, Brook brought Newt to his Ring Space to show him his own collection of animals.

• Newt showed Brook the Prophecy Snail, whose shell displayed a black-haired girl holding a glowing flag among the ruins of a Muggle city.
• The snail's shell shifted to a blurry image of shadows walking on the moon, and Newt led Brook out without exploring the path shrouded in black light.
• Brook, Newt, and the others stayed at Newt's home to continue researching activities for magical creatures, while Hermione and Evelyn remained to hear Tina's story about Credence and Grindelwald.
• After dinner, Brook invited Newt to see the animals he kept and took him to his Ring Space, where Newt found himself in an enormous farm.

Brook brought Newt into the Shanhe Sheji Map and showed him the world inside, including its greenhouses, orchard, pasture, and magical creature habitats. Newt admired Brook’s care for the animals and was surprised to see that he even kept Acromantulas.

• Brook welcomed Newt into the Shanhe Sheji Map and introduced him to An An, the House Elf tending its fields and orchard.
• Brook and Newt walked through the orchard, where Bear One, Bear Two, Five Silly, Bowtruckles, and dancing Mooncalves gathered around Brook.
• Brook showed Newt the quiet pasture and explained that it would be livelier when they returned during the day.
• Brook led Newt through habitats for magical creatures, and Newt reacted with surprise when he saw the Acromantulas.

Brook spent seven days with Newt, receiving several magical creatures and planning to have Hagrid care for their young and eggs. On his final day, Newt revealed that Credence Barebone was imprisoned within an Obscurus and asked Brook to help him; Credence sensed something familiar in Brook.

• Brook agreed to take several of Newt’s magical creatures and planned to leave their young and eggs with Hagrid until they could live independently.
• Brook and Newt watched Frank race around the desert in her specially made vehicle.
• Newt led Brook to a magical barrier containing Credence Barebone, whom Tina had believed dead.
• Newt explained that Credence was Albus Dumbledore’s nephew and that the Obscurus had irreparably damaged his body and soul.
• Newt asked Brook to help Credence, and Credence’s mist formed a pained face as he asked who Brook was and why he sensed a familiar presence.

Brook discovered that his bloodline was likely connected to the Dumbledore family after a phoenix appeared during Credence’s outburst. He kept the revelation from Dumbledore, then returned home with Hermione and Evelyn and began catching up on the news.

• Brook’s name triggered Credence’s confused memories, and Credence violently attacked the magical barrier as he tried to recall his past.
• Newt asked Brook about his connection to Fawkes, and a phoenix phantom appeared when Brook touched the barrier opposite Credence’s misty hand.
• Newt restrained Credence with golden chains, and Brook concluded that Credence was likely his grandfather and that his father’s family came from the Dumbledores.
• Brook asked Newt to keep the revelation secret from Dumbledore, and Newt agreed.
• Brook, Hermione, and Evelyn said goodbye to Newt’s family and left the next morning.
• Brook returned home, gathered the newspapers waiting at the door, and began reading the news.

Brook considered who should become Head of Auror Office after Scrimgeour’s fall and went to Hassen for help finding a candidate. He proposed Arthur Weasley, and Hassen began making tea as they discussed the vacancy.

• Brook read reports of Japan and Russia accusing each other over the Hiroshima explosion while British newspapers continued blaming Great Xia.
• Brook read that Scrimgeour would stand trial and could face fifty years in prison, leaving the Head of Auror Office position soon to be vacant.
• Brook ruled out Percy as a candidate and realized Hassen might know suitable people.
• Brook opened a Space Gate to the Bones family’s old residence, where Hassen’s alarm magic alerted him to Brook’s arrival.
• Brook asked Hassen for candidates and said Arthur Weasley would be suitable.

Brook accepted the Bones Lord Ring from Hassen and returned home, reflecting on the value of family alongside power. As the new school year approached, he took Hermione and her parents to Diagon Alley so they could explore the wizarding world.

• Hassen offered Brook Galdwin Robards as a candidate to influence in the Auror Headquarters, and Brook stayed to talk with his grandfather.
• Hassen gave Brook the Bones Lord Ring early, granting him authority over the Bones family, and promised that the family would always support him.
• Brook returned home and reflected on Hassen's advice while insisting he would continue pursuing his own pleasures and ambitions.
• Brook and Hermione received their Hogwarts letters and Hogsmeade permission forms, and Hermione said she wanted to take her parents shopping in Diagon Alley.
• Brook opened a Space Gate and brought Hermione and the Granger parents to Diagon Alley, where Mrs. Granger marveled at the magic.

Brook, Hermione, and the Grangers explored Diagon Alley, where they ran into Harry and learned that the Ministry had dealt with his accidental inflation of Aunt Marge without punishing him. Harry explained that he had lost control after she insulted his parents, then excitedly admired a Firebolt while Brook offered to buy him one.

• Brook and the Grangers sampled Diagon Alley’s shops, treats, and magical novelties.
• Hermione and Brook encountered Harry near Quidditch Boutique, and the Grangers went to look around Madam Primpernelle’s Beautifying Potions.
• Harry told Hermione that he had inflated Aunt Marge, fled on the Knight Bus, and been told by Minister Fudge to remain in Diagon Alley for two weeks.
• Harry explained that Aunt Marge had insulted his parents, prompting Hermione to sympathize with his restraint and Brook to offer him a pistol.
• Harry described the Firebolt in the shop window, and Brook asked why he did not buy it.

Brook and Hermione shopped for their schoolbooks in Diagon Alley, then reunited with the Granger parents after Mr. Granger spent heavily on beauty potions. The four left the shops together at sunset, with Mrs. Granger questioning her husband about his purchases.

• Brook froze the attacking copies of The Monster Book of Monsters, allowing the manager to sell him and Hermione two copies.
• Hermione bought her textbooks and a large stack of extra reading, spending 1,275 Gold Galleons on books.
• Brook and Hermione found Mr. Granger listening to Ailishiya’s sales pitch while Mrs. Granger waited nearby.
• Mr. Granger bought more than 3,000 Gold Galleons’ worth of beauty potions, and Hermione paid the bill.
• Mrs. Granger questioned Mr. Granger about the perfume he had bought, while Brook blamed Ailishiya’s perfume for his behavior.

Brook read that Sirius Black had returned to Britain, then spent the summer at ease before bringing Hermione to Hagrid on September 1st to celebrate his new post as Care of Magical Creatures professor. He gave Hagrid rare magical creature eggs and arranged to raise young creatures in the box, with Fleurina agreeing to share her territory in exchange for malt beer.

• Brook read the Prophet's report that Sirius Black had secretly returned to Britain, then continued enjoying his relaxed summer with Hermione and the kitten he had given her.
• Brook and Hermione arrived at Hagrid's hut on September 1st and congratulated him on becoming the Care of Magical Creatures professor.
• Brook presented Hagrid with a collection of magical creature eggs, including a Thunderbird egg, and invited him into the box.
• Brook persuaded Fleurina to let him use part of her territory by giving her a crate of malt beer.
• Brook marked out and prepared an area in the box, then released several young poisonous-horned beasts and Venomous Pouch Leopards.

Brook left Hagrid in charge of magical creature cubs and eggs, and Hermione persuaded Hagrid to introduce the young creatures in class. At the start of the school year, Brook and Hermione reunited with the Hogwarts professors and students, while Brook exchanged pointed gifts and remarks with Snape and Dumbledore.

• Brook entrusted Hagrid with raising the magical creature cubs and eggs, saying he would take some offspring back once they bred.
• Hermione persuaded Hagrid to use the young creatures in his lessons so students could learn to care for them, and Brook encouraged Hagrid to cultivate future magizoologists.
• Brook and Hermione entered the Great Hall and greeted the professors; Brook offered Snape two bottles of black liquid, which Snape quietly took.
• Dumbledore gave Hermione the chance to receive his notes on Runes, while Brook said he felt safe staying in Britain with Dumbledore there.
• Fred and George told Brook and Hermione about their Egyptian adventures and their plan to invent a potion that would temporarily turn people into skeletons.

Brook returned to Hogwarts for the new school year, where Professor Lupin and Hagrid joined the staff and the students enjoyed a feast and an unusual rendition of the school song. The next day, Harry learned that Professor Trelawney had predicted he would die, but Professor McGonagall, Brook, and Hermione dismissed the omen.

• Brook admired the freshly cleaned Sorting Hat as Professor McGonagall brought the new students into the Great Hall.
• Dumbledore welcomed Professor Lupin as the new Dark Arts teacher and announced that Hagrid would teach Care of Magical Creatures, while Snape glared at Lupin.
• The students ate a feast featuring Chinese dishes, and Fred and George played the school song from a cassette player.
• Brook skipped his first free period to sleep, then attended Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration lesson on Animagus transformation.
• After the class learned that Trelawney had predicted Harry's death, Professor McGonagall reassured him that her predictions were unreliable.
• Ron told Brook and Hermione that Trelawney had seen a Grim in Harry's tea leaves, and Hermione and Brook agreed the prediction was ridiculous.

Harry told Ron and Hermione that he had seen a huge black dog, and Brook transformed a glass into one to cheer him up. At Hagrid’s first Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Draco volunteered to approach a hippogriff named Buckbeak.

• Harry told Ron and Hermione that he had seen a huge black dog on the night he left the Dursleys’ house, and Brook turned a glass into a barking dog to tease Ron.
• Brook, Harry, Ron, and Hermione headed to Hagrid’s lesson and met Draco and two other Slytherins on the way.
• Harry and Draco reunited joyfully, then joined the others at Hagrid’s hut for the lesson.
• Hagrid showed the students how to open The Monster Book of Monsters and went into the Forbidden Forest to fetch the lesson’s creatures.
• Hagrid brought twelve hippogriffs to the enclosure, explained how to approach them respectfully, and Draco volunteered to go first.
• Hagrid removed the leather collar from Buckbeak, whose orange eyes showed anger as the students watched.

During Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures class, Draco and the students successfully approached and rode hippogriffs, making the lesson a schoolwide sensation. The next Herbology class began with Professor Sprout warning the students about deadly poisonous mushrooms.

• Draco bowed to Buckbeak, earned its trust, and rode it on a fast flight around Hogwarts.
• Draco encouraged Harry to ride Buckbeak with him, while the other students took turns approaching the hippogriffs; Neville fled in fear and scraped his hand.
• Brook reminded Hagrid to assign homework, and the students left excitedly discussing the lesson as Draco, Harry, and Ron stayed to play with Buckbeak.
• Word of Hagrid’s popular class spread through Hogwarts, and students looked forward to his next lesson.
• Professor Sprout showed the Herbology class several dangerous fungi, including Destroying Angel, Bleeding Tooth Fungus, Fly Agaric, and Death Cap.

Brook obtained two poisonous mushroom cultures from Professor Sprout before attending his first Ancient Runes class. There, he revealed an instinctive mastery of the Runes by summoning a flame with Kaunan, astonishing the class.

• Professor Sprout warned her students about poisonous mushrooms, then gave Brook two mushroom cultures after he pleaded with her.
• Brook and Hermione hurried to Ancient Runes, where Professor Bathsheda Babbling introduced four elemental Runes.
• Brook found the Runes strangely familiar and sensed he could use them without studying them.
• Hermione practiced writing and pronouncing Ansuz, but her Rune produced no magical reaction.
• When Professor Babbling asked Brook to demonstrate his knowledge, he spoke Kaunan and conjured a flame on his fingertip, stunning the class.

Brook impressed Professor Babbling with his mastery of more than a hundred Ancient Runes, then negotiated a sale of Acromantula venom to Snape. Later, Lupin led his Defense Against the Dark Arts class into a practical lesson and drove off Peeves with a spell.

• Brook demonstrated several runes for Professor Babbling, who invited him to help research ancient texts, and he promised Hermione he would teach her.
• Snape asked Brook for Acromantula venom, and Brook sold him three catties for the price of one while accepting payment in Potions.
• Lupin took his students out of the classroom for a practical Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson.
• Peeves ignored Lupin's warning, so Lupin used Waddiwasi to shoot chewing gum into his nostril and send him fleeing.

Brook stopped Lupin from using Neville to turn the Boggart into Snape, condemning Lupin for his past cruelty and ingratitude toward Snape. Brook took over the lesson and helped Neville choose Malfoy as the funniest thing he could imagine, leaving the class ready to face the Boggart.

• Lupin explained that Boggarts took the form of people's fears and asked Neville to confront his fear of Snape.
• Brook interrupted Lupin's plan to dress the Boggart-Snape in Neville's grandmother's clothes and accused Lupin of publicly humiliating Neville and mistreating Snape.
• Brook confronted Lupin over the Marauders' past treatment of Snape, Snape's support for Lupin, and Lupin's lack of remorse.
• Brook defended Snape as a rigorous and dedicated professor, then flung Lupin against the wall and resumed the lesson.
• Brook asked Neville what he found funny, and Neville suggested Malfoy, making Harry and Ron laugh.

Brook helped Neville and the other students defeat the Boggart, then comforted Hermione when it took his dead appearance. After the school calmed down over Brook’s conflict with Lupin, An An and the House Elves made Five Kernel Mooncakes that caused a severe allergic outbreak at Hogwarts.

• Neville turned the Boggart’s Snape into a Draco-like figure, and Seamus and Ron transformed it into a mouse and a spider in high heels.
• The Boggart showed Hermione a dead Brook, but Brook forced it back into the wardrobe and comforted Hermione.
• Brook’s argument with Lupin spread through Hogwarts, prompting students—especially Slytherins—to boycott Lupin until the Heads of House intervened.
• Professor McGonagall praised Brook and told him he could choose whether to attend Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• An An and the House Elves served Five Kernel Mooncakes in the Great Hall, and Cho Chang recognized them as a Mid-Autumn Festival treat.
• More than three hundred students developed severe rashes the next morning, twenty-three went into shock, and Hogwarts suspended classes for the day.