Chapter Summaries

After Five Kernel Mooncakes made more than half of Hogwarts’s students ill, Snape and Madam Pomfrey treated them while Brook explained the allergy problem to Snape and An An. Brook then helped An An make safer mooncakes, which Ron and the other students eventually tried and enjoyed.

• Snape summoned the upper-year Potions students to brew an antidote, then searched the kitchen and found no poison except for the Five Kernel Mooncakes.
• Brook explained that the students had suffered food allergies, and admitted he had failed to warn An An that the mooncakes were unsuitable for them.
• Snape and Madam Pomfrey brought the students’ symptoms under control within twenty-four hours, and Snape banned the mooncakes’ ingredients from the Hogwarts kitchen.
• Brook comforted the tearful An An and taught her to make mooncakes better suited to British children.
• Ron tried a Fresh Meat Mooncake, prompting the students to sample the new varieties and praise them; the Little Badgers later formed a mooncake club and approved beef kidney as a filling.

Brook left Hogwarts for Japan to prepare Naruto Tenno’s trip to Great Xia, where he would pose as Naruto’s bodyguard. He and Voldemort arranged a soul exchange between Naruto and Rolle, leaving Rolle to impersonate Naruto while Brook accompanied him.

• Brook’s recognition of 222 Ancient Runes expanded the known glyph catalog, and Professor Babbling relentlessly pursued him with questions until he began using Space Gates to avoid her.
• On October 22, Brook got Professor McGonagall’s permission to take leave and traveled to Voldemort’s fortified base on Sado Island.
• Brook learned that Voldemort had arranged Naruto Tenno’s schedule and prepared a person to exchange souls with him.
• Brook used the Soul Transfer Great Art to exchange Naruto and Rolle’s souls, and Rolle agreed to follow Leonardo’s instructions while impersonating Naruto.
• Brook transformed himself into Naruto’s bodyguard, Abe Shota, and left with Naruto for the trip to Great Xia.

Naruto's visit to Great Xia moved from formal Kyoto ceremonies and talks to a tense dispute over his demand to visit Jinling's memorial. Brook intervened and gave Mr. Liu a note to pass to his leaders, leaving their decision unresolved.

• Naruto and his wife received a high-level welcome in Kyoto, and the delegation held formal talks that afternoon.
• At the state dinner, Brook coveted the boiled cabbage while Naruto barely touched it.
• The next day, Naruto told Mr. Liu that he wanted to visit Jinling, rejecting his suggestion to choose another destination.
• After Naruto insisted he would return home early rather than skip Jinling, Mr. Liu sought instructions from his superiors.
• Naruto specified that he wanted to visit the memorial, and Brook handed Mr. Liu a note for his leaders before Mr. Liu went to consult them again.

After receiving a secret symbol linked to the 1991 gifts, Great Xia’s leader suspected Naruto’s visit could present a major opportunity and ordered security to watch him closely at the Jinling memorial. Naruto shocked the delegation by publicly confessing Japan’s crimes, kowtowing nine times, and apologizing on behalf of the imperial family.

• Mr. Liu told the leader that Naruto had insisted on visiting the memorial and showed him a note bearing the symbol from the 1991 gifts.
• The leader reviewed Abe Shota’s suspiciously clean file, ordered Naruto’s itinerary to proceed normally, and arranged for Shen Monkey and Xu Dog to monitor him.
• Brook watched through Flying Pig’s shared vision and saw the delegation arrive at the heavily secured memorial in Jinling.
• Naruto placed chrysanthemums at the memorial, then dropped to his knees and declared Japan’s guilt while his wife tried to stop him.
• Naruto confessed to Japan’s atrocities, kowtowed nine times until his forehead bled, and apologized to the victims on behalf of Japan’s imperial family.

Brook helped deliver an original file documenting the Nanjing Massacre to Great Xia, then met Bi Youlong to discuss the coming turmoil in Japan. He revealed that he had arranged the attack on Yasukuni Shrine and asked Great Xia to draw Old Mi into the conflict when the storm began.

• Naruto presented Great Xia with the imperial family's original Nanjing Massacre file, and Mr. Liu accepted it as evidence.
• A stealthy man approached Brook and assured him that the groups targeting Naruto had been captured.
• Bi Youlong took Brook to a shop, where Brook stored the two bottles of Maotai in his Space Ring.
• Brook told Bi Youlong that he was a stranger from another land with roots in Great Xia and admitted that he had sent someone to burn Yasukuni Shrine.
• Brook warned Bi Youlong that turmoil was coming to Japan and asked Great Xia to drag Old Mi into the mess.

After returning from Great Xia, Brook helped Harry get permission to visit Hogsmeade by signing Vernon Dursley’s name on his application. In Hogsmeade, Brook and Hermione began their outing by shopping for quills, while the Shrieking Shack remained on their plans.

• Brook returned to Hogwarts and attended Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration class, where she reminded students to submit Hogsmeade applications before Halloween.
• Harry told Brook that his application lacked a signature, so Brook signed Vernon Dursley’s name on the form.
• Harry submitted the form to Professor McGonagall on Halloween Eve, and she allowed him to go to Hogsmeade.
• Harry and Ron headed for Zonko’s Joke Shop while Brook and Hermione went to Scrivenshaft’s Quill Shop.
• Hermione chose a white swan-feather quill and gave Brook the black raven-feather quill she had first admired.

Brook and Hermione explored Hogsmeade, where Brook bought Hermione a crimson-and-gold robe and she joined Harry and Ron at the Three Broomsticks. After the Halloween Feast, they found the Fat Lady’s portrait had been deliberately damaged, and Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall arrived to investigate.

• Brook bought Hermione a fitted crimson-and-gold robe as a Christmas present, and Hermione wore it while visiting Honeydukes with him.
• Hermione and Brook explored the Shrieking Shack, then met Harry and Ron at the Three Broomsticks.
• Brook showed Hermione how to eat a scallion pancake with soybean paste at the Halloween Feast.
• Brook noticed the Fat Lady’s portrait was missing and its frame had been scratched when the group returned to Gryffindor Tower.
• Ellie Sinclair called for Dumbledore, while Peeves sang about the missing Fat Lady, and Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall arrived.

After Sirius Black attacked the Fat Lady’s portrait, Dumbledore brought the students into the Great Hall while the professors searched Hogwarts. Brook revealed what he knew about Black and Harry’s parents, then used the Marauder’s Map and recognized Peter Pettigrew in Gryffindor Tower.

• Peeves told Dumbledore that Sirius Black had attacked the Fat Lady, and Dumbledore gathered the students in the Great Hall for the night.
• Brook told Hermione, Ron, and Harry that Dumbledore was using the students as bait to discover Black’s target.
• Brook explained that Black had been blamed for betraying Harry’s parents, and Harry angrily tried to leave before Brook restrained him.
• Brook described the Fidelius Charm and the role of a Secret-Keeper in protecting Harry’s parents.
• Brook checked the Marauder’s Map, saw Dumbledore hidden near the Great Hall’s doors, and found Peter Pettigrew in the Gryffindor boys’ dormitory.

Brook used the Marauder's Map to alert Dumbledore that Peter Pettigrew was alive and hiding in Gryffindor Tower. Dumbledore and Snape found Scabbers and transformed him back into Peter, whom Dumbledore began questioning about James and Lily's deaths.

• Brook showed Hermione, Harry, and Ron the Marauder's Map, which revealed Peter Pettigrew in Gryffindor Tower.
• Dumbledore took the map and hurried to the tower after Brook suggested he bring Snape.
• Dumbledore found Scabbers beside Ron's bed and transformed the rat into Peter Pettigrew.
• Snape demanded to use Peter as bait to kill Black, but Dumbledore stopped him.
• Dumbledore questioned Peter about the night James and Lily were killed, and Peter claimed Black had informed Voldemort.

Dumbledore and Snape forced Peter Pettigrew to confess that he had betrayed the Potter family, while Ron searched Hogwarts for his missing rat, Scabbers. Snape then substituted for Lupin’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class and questioned the students about werewolves.

• Snape gave Peter Veritaserum, and Peter confessed that he had revealed the Potters’ location to Voldemort after Sirius Black made him Secret-Keeper.
• Peter explained that Black had chosen him because he seemed like an unlikely target, and Dumbledore bound him after questioning him further.
• Ron searched for Scabbers, and Brook’s Summoning Charm failed, suggesting the rat was no longer in Hogwarts.
• Hermione privately agreed with Brook that Scabbers was likely Peter Pettigrew, and Brook advised her not to tell Ron.
• Snape took over Lupin’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class, asked how to distinguish a werewolf from a wolf, and called on Hermione.

Hermione suspected that Lupin was a werewolf, while Fred and George persuaded Brook to attend the rain-soaked Quidditch match after Harry supposedly got hurt. Brook took to the air on Flying Pig as the match began, and Draco moved to block him from reaching the Golden Snitch.

• Hermione connected Snape's unusual behavior and Lupin's illness on the full moon, then decided to keep her suspicion that Lupin was a werewolf secret.
• Hermione tried to persuade Brook to attend the Quidditch match, but he refused until Fred and George arrived and admitted that Wood had sent Harry to the infirmary over a small cut to keep him out of the bad weather.
• Brook agreed to go to the match after Fred and George confessed that they wanted him to end it quickly, and the crowd cheered when he appeared in a scarlet Quidditch uniform.
• Madam Hooch started the match, and Brook's Flying Pig found the Golden Snitch while Brook held back to give the other players a chance.
• Draco maneuvered his Nimbus 2001 in front of Brook, hoping to tie him down and prevent him from catching the Snitch too quickly.

Brook won the storm-lashed Quidditch match for Gryffindor, then joined Harry and the others as Harry revealed the truth about Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. The chapter ended with Brook summoning Fawkes and sensing that his dormant Dumbledore bloodline had awakened.

• Brook spotted Dumbledore with a huge black dog, then caught the Golden Snitch and won the match for Gryffindor, 200:20.
• Brook learned that Professor Lupin had taken Harry away after the match and realized the black dog was Sirius Black.
• Harry told Brook, Hermione, Ron, and Hagrid that Black was his godfather and that Ron's rat, Scabbers, was Peter Pettigrew; Ron rushed outside in shock.
• Hermione worried that Peter might not confess at trial, while Brook said Dumbledore would find a way to clear Black's name.
• Brook called for Fawkes, who appeared and flew into his arms, and Brook felt his dormant Dumbledore bloodline resonate.

Brook brought Fawkes to Hogwarts and kept the Phoenix in his Space Ring, while Harry grew closer to Black. In Japan, the power struggle between Naruto’s Royalist Faction and the Cabinet Faction escalated into full-scale armed conflict, with Naruto controlling the cities surrounding Tokyo.

• Brook fed Fawkes cooked Mandrakes, then brought the Phoenix into his Space Ring and instructed An An to care for it.
• Harry spent time with Black, learned more about his parents, and received a Firebolt, while Snape and Black continued insulting each other through him.
• After receiving a letter that the deal was about to fall through, Brook opened a Space Gate and went to Japan to confront Voldemort.
• Naruto rallied public support for restoring a constitutional monarchy, and Japan split between his Royalist Faction and the Cabinet Faction.
• Brook supported Naruto’s side with public attacks and covert assassinations, while the Cabinet Faction launched raids against Naruto’s residence.
• The conflict escalated to fighter jets, tanks, and missiles, and Naruto’s forces took control of the cities surrounding Tokyo.

Brook criticized Voldemort for relying on conventional firepower in Japan’s conflict and urged him to use magic to sow chaos and fear. Voldemort accepted the advice and began planning a different approach, while Brook told him to consult military experts.

• Voldemort told Brook that his forces controlled only one military base, faced a shortage of ammunition, and could not obtain supplies through theft or purchases.
• Brook questioned why the weapons shipment had not reached Voldemort, and Voldemort admitted that he had rejected the counterfeit cargo.
• Brook rebuked Voldemort for fighting Muggles on their own terms and explained that wizards should use magic to create chaos and fear.
• Voldemort considered disguising Fiendfyre and Dementors as divine punishment and using spells to make enemy forces distrust and attack one another.
• Brook advised Voldemort to seek help from people with military expertise, and Voldemort agreed.

Brook used Flying Pig transformed into Iron Man armor to raid the Beihai Road Military Base and steal its weapons for the Royalist Faction. After destroying the ammunition depot, he left the base under attack and had Flying Pig destroy four pursuing fighter jets.

• Brook chose the Beihai Road Military Base as a target and used Flying Pig to transform into red-and-gold armor resembling Mark 3.
• Brook opened a Space Gate to the base and sent Flying Pig through its walls to the underground weapons depot.
• Brook used his Space Ring to take tons of weapons and ammunition while enemy soldiers fired at him without effect.
• Brook tossed a missile into the warehouse, triggering explosions, then flew out through the concrete ceilings as the depot caught fire.
• Four F-15J fighter jets pursued Brook, but Flying Pig evaded them and destroyed all four at speeds exceeding Mach 10.

Brook supplied Voldemort’s base in Japan with ammunition, then returned to Hogwarts exhausted and slept through the morning. Meanwhile, Japanese news reported the Iron Man attack on Beihai Road Military Base and left the attacker’s identity and motives under investigation.

• Brook flew Flying Pig to America, landed near Fort Hood Military Base, and returned to Japan through a Space Gate.
• Brook found the weapons depot nearly empty and refilled it with ammunition from his ring, while Voldemort described plans for a military meeting with Muggle generals.
• Brook returned to Hogwarts, and Professor McGonagall sent him away from Transfiguration with Hermione after he claimed he had caught a cold.
• Brook went back to sleep, and Hermione later brought him lunch and asked why he was so tired.
• Tokyo Daily News reported that an armored attacker had devastated Beihai Road Military Base and destroyed four F-15J fighter jets, while Japan’s Ministry of Defense said the attack was under investigation.

News reports portrayed Iron Man as a potential American superweapon after the destruction of Bekkai Island Military Base, while Brook planned to exploit America’s assumed ownership of the armor. Frightened by the armor’s apparent ability to defy physics, the Cabinet Faction halted its offensive, giving Voldemort time to prepare as Naruto drew cheering crowds.

• Asayuki News and American newspapers published reports claiming Iron Man could transform military power, with commentators speculating about America’s role in the attack on Japan.
• Brook decided America would publicly claim Iron Man as its own achievement, then planned to expose its weakness later by attacking an American military base.
• The Cabinet Faction examined intact surveillance footage and concluded that Iron Man’s force field could stop attacks and eliminate air resistance.
• Fearing Iron Man might be a divine messenger or an extraterrestrial, the Cabinet Faction suspended its attack on the Royalist Faction.
• Voldemort gained time to make arrangements while Cabinet Faction officials vanished from public view and Naruto attracted cheering crowds.

Voldemort met with Japanese Royalist officials, who devised plans to use magic to terrify the Cabinet Faction and win public devotion through miracles. He rejected several proposals that risked exposing the magical world, while the officials’ schemes left him shaken by their ruthlessness.

• Royalist media ratings soared as Cabinet Faction outlets lost viewers, and the trend reinforced itself.
• Voldemort demonstrated Transfiguration, Fiendfyre, Legilimency, and the Imperius Curse to Japanese officials, who began drawing up plans.
• The officials proposed releasing Dementors, creating Inferi, framing Cabinet officials with Polyjuice Potion, and altering their staff’s memories; Voldemort rejected a plan to spread plague.
• The officials’ “Miracles Descend” plan centered on offering magical cures and expanded housing in exchange for public loyalty.
• Voldemort rejected transforming the dying into soul forms, fearing the magical world would discover the scheme and destroy his influence in Japan.

Brook cared for Fawkes after the phoenix ate a poisonous Bird Nest Toadstool and underwent Nirvana, then persuaded it to stay in his magical space. Dumbledore, unable to summon Fawkes, suspected Brook had Dumbledore blood and considered approaching Aberforth.

• Fawkes emerged from its ashes after Nirvana, and Brook fed it ginseng and collected its ashes for Regeneration Potions.
• Brook and Hermione cared for Fawkes in the Shanhe Sheji Map until it recovered over the course of a month.
• Brook asked Fawkes to stay with him, and Fawkes agreed to live in the space while supposedly returning whenever Dumbledore summoned it.
• Dumbledore found that he could not summon Fawkes and regretted losing the phoenix as a convenient way to travel.
• Dumbledore connected Brook's ability to summon Fawkes with the Dumbledore family and decided to seek answers from Aberforth.

Albus Dumbledore told Aberforth that Brook Lott could summon Fawkes and might be his son, Aurelius, prompting Aberforth to want to meet him. The chapter ended as Hagrid arrived to reveal his promised Christmas surprise to the Hogwarts students.

• Aberforth threw Albus out of the Hog's Head Pub, then softened as he comforted Ariana's portrait.
• Albus told Aberforth that Brook Lott had summoned Fawkes and explained the clues connecting Brook to Aberforth's son, Aurelius.
• Aberforth demanded to see Brook, but Albus warned that approaching him abruptly could backfire and described his suspicions about Brook's role in recent events.
• Aberforth refused to help Albus and sent him away; Albus mentioned that students would visit Hogsmeade the following weekend.
• At Hogwarts, students gathered for Hagrid's final Care of Magical Creatures class before Christmas, eager to see his surprise.
• Hagrid arrived wearing a red fur coat with a golden bell tied to his beard.