Chapter Summaries

Andrew was summoned from Herbology after two prisoners escaped from Azkaban, including Mundungus and Peter Pettigrew. Dumbledore asked Andrew to provide a memory of the fight that had sent Mundungus to prison.

• Professor Sprout told Andrew that Professor McGonagall urgently needed him to correct a mistake in a notice.
• Bob told Andrew that there had been a prison break and hurried him to Professor McGonagall's office.
• Andrew read the Ministry's letter and learned that Mundungus and Peter Pettigrew had escaped from Azkaban.
• Dumbledore said he was more concerned about why Mundungus had escaped than about Peter Pettigrew.
• Dumbledore asked Andrew to show him his memory of the fight with Mundungus, and Andrew placed the memory in a crystal vial.

Andrew brought Dumbledore a Pensieve so the professors could review his fight with Mundungus, while a strange joke from the Sorting Hat about Dumbledore’s letter left him confused. The memory revealed a glint in Mundungus’s possession, and Dumbledore paused the scene to examine it.

• Dumbledore asked Andrew to recount his fight with Mundungus and fetch the Pensieve from his office.
• The Sorting Hat told Andrew that Dumbledore had anonymously written to Magical Legends Magazine asking for the next installment of A Legend.
• Dumbledore used Andrew’s memory to show the professors how Mundungus had attacked and restrained him.
• Dumbledore stopped the memory after noticing a glint in Mundungus’s possession, which Andrew suspected was connected to the escape from Azkaban.

Andrew and the Hogwarts staff realized the escapees posed a serious danger, while Mundungus discovered that the locket he had stolen was controlling him. Voldemort took over part of Mundungus and set out to confront Dumbledore.

• Dumbledore reviewed the Memory, noticed the Locket Necklace, and became suspicious of its danger.
• Sirius recognized the locket, and Dumbledore questioned him after Andrew left the office.
• Dumbledore reassured the staff, while Professor McGonagall assigned Andrew to help protect students during Hogsmeade Week.
• Mundungus remembered stealing the locket and realized it had affected his behavior and helped him resist the Dementors.
• Voldemort partially took control of Mundungus and declared that he was coming for Dumbledore.

Peter escaped from a dark house with his memories missing, while Voldemort’s power continued to drain away in Albania. At Hogwarts, Andrew returned to lessons and studying after learning that Dumbledore was handling the day’s events, and Hal was taken away by a Prefect.

• Peter woke in the woods with a headache and no memories, then turned into a rat and fled from the dark house.
• Peter’s hunger returned as he wandered, and he struggled to recall the forests of Albania.
• Voldemort’s power drained away from his shadowy form in Albania, and he blamed Albus for laying a trap with the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Andrew returned to Herbology, warned Hal that a Prefect was waiting outside, and finished his work quickly.
• Professor Sprout praised Andrew’s work and awarded him three points, while Ravenclaw students celebrated their House Cup victory.
• The Prefect led Hal away, and Andrew decided to return to normal by going to the Library with his roommate.

Andrew and his roommates discussed Ravenclaw’s poor Quidditch brooms before prefect Norman Carson summoned Andrew with news that the house was getting new ones. Andrew followed him to the Head of House’s office, unsure why he had been called.

• Bell told Andrew and Kevin that he hoped to make the Quidditch team after two older players graduated.
• Kevin explained the broom brands and complained that Ravenclaw’s Seeker had flown a cheap Comet.
• Andrew and his roommates went to the library, where Norman Carson found Andrew and said something good had happened.
• Norman told Andrew that Ravenclaw was getting new brooms and led him to the Head of House’s office.

Andrew attended a meeting where Professor Flitwick approved new broomsticks for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, then discussed Andrew’s studies and cautioned him against reckless spell research. Flitwick also gave Andrew permission to borrow two Restricted Section books and said he would need to visit again during the term.

• Professor Flitwick gathered the Ravenclaw Prefects, laboratory members, and Quidditch team to review broomstick prices with Andrew.
• Professor Flitwick approved Cleansweep Seven brooms for the team and a Comet 260 for the new Seeker, funded by Quidditch-loving graduates.
• Professor Flitwick told the team to hold tryouts soon, then arranged a group photograph and thank-you letter for the sponsors.
• Professor Flitwick asked Andrew about his coursework and spell practice, praised his progress, and warned him against rushing into spell research or overusing the Time-Turner.
• Professor Flitwick gave Andrew a signed list to borrow two Restricted Section books and said Andrew would need to visit his office several more times.

Andrew celebrated Ravenclaw’s order of new Quidditch brooms with his classmates, then attended Arithmancy, where his mathematical skill quickly impressed Professor Vector. By the middle of the lesson, he had earned Ravenclaw thirteen points and realized he might be ready for the certification exam after one year.

• Andrew confirmed that Ravenclaw had ordered a set of Cleansweep Sevens, prompting students to celebrate.
• Andrew’s classmates joked that Hal was still cleaning the common room, while first-years watched Andrew and feared his growing reputation.
• Andrew thought over what he knew about Arithmancy and heard older students explain the differences between Professor Vector’s and Professor Taylor’s lessons.
• Andrew answered Arithmancy questions with ease and earned Ravenclaw thirteen points before the lesson was halfway over.
• Professor Vector praised Andrew’s logic and said she wanted to speak with Professor Flitwick, while Andrew privately considered taking the certification exam after the year.

Andrew dominated the first Arithmancy lesson with his university-level mathematics, while Professor Victor mistook his strong foundation for extraordinary talent and Hermione was shaken by losing to him. The class ended with Andrew earning eighteen points and Hermione resolving to stop Harry and Ron from copying her homework.

• Andrew answered Arithmancy problems quickly and earned eighteen points, while Hermione earned none.
• Professor Victor praised Andrew’s talent, recommended Latin books, and planned to ask Professor McGonagall about putting him with the Advanced Class.
• Hermione, exhausted from using the Time-Turner, felt defeated and worried that Andrew might overtake her overall marks.
• Ravenclaw students congratulated Andrew and speculated that he was related to Professor Taylor, but Andrew denied it.
• Hermione checked her timetable and decided she would not let Harry and Ron copy her homework.

Andrew heard that something had happened with Slytherin and looked forward to seeing the fallout, then attended Professor Nina’s Care of Magical Creatures class, where the students faced a Boggart. The lesson ended with the Boggart’s severed hand turning into a bucket of blood before a Ravenclaw’s spell transformed it into chocolate beans.

• Andrew finished processing employment forms and ate before hiding in the Empty Room to wait for Bob.
• Bob told Andrew that major news involving Slytherin had come out that morning, but Andrew kept it to himself.
• Andrew met Hal before class and realized that the Gryffindors had not heard the news either.
• Professor Nina opened a chest containing a Boggart and had prepared students face it while the others watched.
• Dean Thomas kicked the Boggart’s severed-hand form, which turned into a bucket of blood and splashed Nash.
• A Ravenclaw cast Riddikulus, turning the blood into chocolate beans.

Professor Nina taught the students how to handle Boggarts through demonstrations, explanations, and spot checks. Neville successfully turned a Boggart-shaped Professor Snape into a joke, while Hughes failed to defeat a Boggart that took Professor Nina’s form and lost Ravenclaw points.

• Kevin used Riddikulus to give the Boggart a dog’s swollen front paws, and Andrew turned his own boastful double into a sleepy version of himself before freezing the Boggart’s melted ice cream.
• Professor Nina explained Boggarts and their weaknesses, then tested the class again and deducted points from a student who failed.
• Andrew warned Professor Nina that Neville’s Boggart might become Snape, but she let the spot check continue despite the risk of angering a Head of House.
• Neville turned the Boggart-shaped Snape into a figure wearing an old-fashioned ladies’ hat, making the class laugh.
• Hughes failed to defeat a Boggart that became Professor Nina, so she transformed its double into a mud-covered figure and deducted points from Ravenclaw.

After Professor Nina’s Anti-Dark Arts class, Andrew’s friends joked about grades, Hermione, and illicit publications while Professor Snape glared at the celebrating Gryffindors. Andrew looked forward to a mysterious event in the afternoon’s Care of Magical Creatures class.

• Bell praised Professor Nina’s adventuring skills, and Hal and Nash discussed the points she awarded and deducted.
• Hal teased Andrew about Hermione’s conjured likeness of him, while Kevin vowed to pursue first place in Anti-Dark Arts.
• Hal claimed older students circulated illicit illustrated publications and offered to spread word about finding Andrew a girlfriend.
• At lunch, Andrew noticed Snape glaring at the Gryffindors and kept his promised afternoon surprise secret from Hal.

Andrew attended Hagrid’s first Care of Magical Creatures lesson and learned that magical lamps and cheaper Herbology ingredients had driven major advances in Potions. The news causing whispers at Hogwarts was that Lucius Malfoy was expecting a second son, leaving Draco stunned.

• Andrew, Kevin, and Hal joined the other students at Hagrid’s Hut for the combined Care of Magical Creatures class.
• Hagrid led the students toward their lesson and introduced them to Puffskeins as their first magical creatures.
• Andrew noticed Draco Malfoy’s dazed behavior and quietly asked a fellow student about the rumors surrounding the Malfoy family.
• The student explained that magical lamps and cheaper Herbology plants had spurred major advances in Potions research.
• Andrew learned that Lucius Malfoy was expecting a second son, a pregnancy confirmed by a Diviner and a Potions Master.

As cheap herbs and a new fertility potion offered hope to the declining wizarding population, Narcissa Malfoy discovered she was pregnant again. Lucius celebrated the coming child and planned to tell their son and recommend the potion to other families.

• New herb technology drove prices down, and wizards began using the cheaper herbs to make potions for reproduction.
• The Malfoys invested in the potions market, and a fertility potion developed by a mysterious wizard spread among pure-blood families.
• Narcissa learned she was pregnant, overcame her initial fear, and became joyful about welcoming another child.
• Lucius arranged potion testing and a Divination reading, then decided he had to write to his son about the baby.
• Lucius resolved to promote the potion and urge the Goyle and Crabbe families to use it.

After learning that his mother was expecting another child, Draco Malfoy worried that a younger brother might take his inheritance, family business, or place in the Malfoy family. By Magical Creatures class, his fears had turned the news he first welcomed into the darkest day of his life so far.

• Draco read his father's letter announcing that he would become an older brother and eagerly imagined teaching and caring for his sibling.
• Crabbe and Goyle suggested that Draco would have to share his inheritance and allowance with the new child.
• Older Slytherin students warned Draco that his brother might inherit the family business or displace him, citing the Black family and speculating about possible godparents.
• Draco angrily insisted that his brother was a member of the noble Malfoy family, but he privately feared the possibility because of what had happened to his mother's family.
• Draco skipped lunch in the Dining Hall, ate the sweets his mother had sent, and wondered whether she had made them differently because she was distracted.
• Draco's fears peaked in Magical Creatures class, where he had once hoped to learn enough to take over the family's breeding grounds.

Andrew reflected on how changes in potion-making and Muggle Studies showed the wizarding world beginning to develop, and imagined using Transfiguration to accelerate that progress. He left determined to begin his Human Transfiguration Experiment that weekend, after realizing he had been squeezing a Puffskein too tightly.

• Hal asked Andrew whether he had known about the changes, while Malfoy stared in devastation and dropped his Puffskein.
• A student explained to Hal that Hogwarts had changed little overall, though Muggle Studies had received a new textbook and course content.
• Andrew reflected on recent potion advances and imagined a future wizarding world with internet, phones, games, and a transformed Hogwarts.
• Andrew decided he wanted to push the world’s development forward and resolved to kill Voldemort, whom he dismissed as ignorant of the future.
• Andrew focused on Transfiguration and planned to cast a spell on his left hand for a Human Transfiguration Experiment that weekend.
• Hal warned Andrew he was strangling the Puffskein, and Andrew realized he had been gripping it too tightly.

Andrew and his Ravenclaw classmates discussed which subject Draco Malfoy might pursue before asking Professor Hagrid about magical creatures and their connection to magic. They left class after earning fifteen points, while Hagrid’s explanation left Andrew intrigued by the subject.

• Andrew told Hal that Draco Malfoy might focus on Potions, Herbology, or Care of Magical Creatures, and Hal and Keen reasoned that his family’s breeding farms made Care of Magical Creatures the likeliest choice.
• Kevin suggested that the four Ravenclaws impress Professor Hagrid and try to earn House points.
• Andrew and his classmates asked Hagrid about the definition of magical creatures and how their magic differed from wizards’ magic.
• Hagrid asked whether Andrew had consulted Dumbledore, and Andrew explained that Dumbledore had said it was too early for him to learn about the subject.
• Hagrid ended class when he noticed the time, and Andrew and the others slipped away after collecting fifteen points.

Andrew received the Ministry’s investigation report and wanted posters for Peter Pettigrew and Mundungus, then helped Professor McGonagall prepare Hogwarts security and Hogsmeade Week arrangements. After Trelawney’s ominous Divination lesson unsettled Harry, the Ministry’s wanted notices appeared in the evening papers and at school.

• Andrew received the Ministry’s investigation report and wanted posters for Peter Pettigrew and Mundungus, and brought them to Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew to draft the Student Council’s Hogsmeade Week notice, show the documents to Dumbledore, and notify Filch about security preparations.
• Ron told Harry and Hermione that Taylor often visited Dumbledore’s office, and Hermione said Dumbledore had once taught Transfiguration.
• Trelawney’s Divination lesson frightened Harry with predictions of doom and omens.
• Wanted notices for the fugitives appeared in the newspapers and on the school noticeboard.

Andrew prepared for Hogsmeade Week and spoke with Professor Nina, who planned to lead the trip despite the escaped prisoners. He then learned that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were troubled by a Divination lesson and pointed them toward a Centaur reading, leaving them eager to seek Hagrid’s help.

• Andrew learned that Professor Nina would lead the Hogsmeade trip and invited him to meet the year representatives there.
• Andrew stopped Harry, Ron, and Hermione when they seemed distressed and took them to an empty classroom.
• Harry told Andrew that Professor Trelawney had predicted a death in a lesson, followed by the sudden appearance of a Wanted Poster.
• Andrew suggested that the three ask Hagrid to arrange a reading from a Centaur.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione decided to find Hagrid, intending to use the Invisibility Cloak and break a school rule.

Andrew was called out after curfew when Harry and two other students went to Hagrid’s, and he joined Professors Nina and Black to retrieve them. Professor McGonagall left the matter in Andrew and Black’s hands, and they set off for Hagrid’s grounds, expecting to search the Forbidden Forest.

• Bell said he was confident he would make the Ravenclaw House team at Sunday’s tryouts.
• Norman told Andrew that Professor Nina was waiting outside the Common Room for him.
• Sirius told Andrew that Harry and two others had broken curfew and gone to Hagrid’s.
• Professor McGonagall authorized Andrew and Professor Black to handle the students’ late-night excursion.
• Andrew and Professors Nina and Black headed to Hagrid’s grounds, where Andrew expected they might need to search the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid led Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, Andrew, Nina, and Taylor into the Forbidden Forest to seek a Centaur’s help. A Centaur divined that Harry’s misfortune had left him, though Andrew doubted the reading and left without answers about its meaning.

• Hagrid told Harry and Ron that he had informed Sirius about their trip into the Forbidden Forest, and Andrew arrived with Nina and Taylor to take charge of the students.
• Hagrid led the group through the forest, explaining nocturnal magical creatures while Nina, Sirius, and Hermione listened.
• Hagrid met the Centaur Miguel and asked for help, then the Centaurs called Harry over for a divination.
• The Centaur divined that Harry’s misfortune had left him, while Harry remained confused and Andrew doubted the prediction.