Chapter Summaries

Wizards gathered in Diagon Alley to watch a replay of the Triwizard Tournament Champion Selection, presented through a new Dream Projection. The display ended by announcing a Dream Construction and Application Contest with a 3,000-Galleon first prize.

• A customer at the Leaky Cauldron told the drinkers that Diagon Alley would replay the Champion Selection ceremony, and Old Tom said the Ministry had notified him about it.
• Old Tom and the drinkers discussed Taylor’s inventions, the lower cost of goods, and the Ministry’s expanding alchemy factories.
• Old Tom directed the drinkers to the square in Diagon Alley, where Ministry employees used a Dream Projection Charm to show the ceremony.
• Dumbledore selected the Triwizard Tournament Champions in the replay, and the gathered wizards noticed that Fudge received the most screen time.
• A detailed dragon appeared after the ceremony, and Dumbledore used it to reveal the Dream Construction and Application Contest and its 3,000-Galleon first prize.

Andrew finished building a strong theoretical foundation in Potions and proposed that recipes could use different ingredients with equivalent magical properties. Professor Snape confirmed Andrew’s rewritten Polyjuice Potion formula should work and urged him to brew and test it.

• Andrew distributed his twenty-thousand-Galleon share from the Quidditch League deal as prizes and left the competition’s administration to the Ministry of Magic.
• Andrew reviewed his Potions notes and considered asking Mr. LeMei for advice, but he went to Professor Snape instead.
• Andrew recognized that Snape had altered the ingredients in a potion burning in his office, which sparked an insight about substituting Potions ingredients.
• Andrew explained his theory to Snape and showed him a tentative alternative recipe for Polyjuice Potion.
• Professor Snape said Andrew’s formula would work, declared him ready to earn his NEWTs Certificate, and told him to brew and test it.

Andrew used Transfiguration to develop and test a faster method of brewing Polyjuice Potion, earning Professor Snape’s confirmation that his costly experiment had succeeded. He then revealed a second, cheaper ingredient set and claimed it could work under special restrictions.

• Andrew explained his theory about Potions to Professor Snape, who agreed to let him test it using his own ingredients.
• Andrew gathered two sets of ingredients and began brewing Polyjuice Potion in Snape’s office, using expensive substitutes to compress the month-long process into less than two hours.
• Andrew added the ingredients at precise moments and used Transfiguration to check the potion after it turned into black sludge.
• Professor Snape confirmed the potion had succeeded and cautioned Andrew not to cast with hand gestures.
• Andrew showed Snape his second set of ingredients and said the cheaper materials should complete the Potion Ritual under certain special restrictions.

Andrew tested whether a charm’s power could be sealed into a potion, and Professor Snape confirmed the idea was viable while dismissing its practical value. Andrew kept his larger plans secret and returned to his laboratory, determined to pursue a future where magic could reach everyone.

• Andrew used Transfiguration to create conditions for testing a charm-infused potion in Professor Snape’s office.
• Professor Snape recognized Andrew’s aim, said the technique might work, and criticized it as impractical and impossible for others to reproduce.
• Andrew thanked Professor Snape and left, satisfied that he had confirmed the technique’s viability.
• Andrew considered how combining potion-making with Alchemy could enable factories, but decided not to reveal the idea because it could disrupt the potion trade.
• Andrew resolved to keep researching ways to make magic accessible to everyone and returned to his laboratory.

Harry and Ron worried about Hermione’s exhaustion as Gryffindor’s Champion, then learned in Potions that Snape had excused Taylor from his remaining classes because of his talent. Snape declared Taylor’s first-place standing settled until graduation, and Hermione responded with resolve.

• Harry and Ron urged Hermione to rest, while Hermione admitted she had overworked herself with studying, tournament preparation, and her Time-Turner.
• Harry noticed Taylor was absent from Potions, and he and Ron hoped to see Snape confront him.
• Snape took points from Ron and Harry before praising Taylor’s ability and explaining that Taylor no longer needed to attend his remaining classes.
• Snape announced that Taylor’s first-place standing was settled until graduation and challenged him to earn full marks on his O.W.L.s and NEWTs.
• Harry saw Hermione’s gaze turn resolute after Snape’s announcement.

Andrew prepared his Laboratory for Mr. LeMei’s visit and discovered that the Alchemy lesson would take place inside an enormous hidden workspace. Mr. LeMei showed him a replica of the Emerald Tablet and explained that top-tier Alchemy could create a space as large as a small island.

• Andrew recalled that Professor Snape had expelled him from Potions class after deciding he had graduated from the subject.
• Mr. LeMei arrived at Andrew’s Laboratory and gave him a leather pouch containing materials and tools for Alchemy lessons.
• Andrew reached into the pouch and was pulled into a vast hidden Laboratory filled with advanced Potion equipment and Alchemy materials.
• Mr. LeMei showed Andrew his reconstructed Emerald Tablet and said the original was believed to remain in Egypt.
• Mr. LeMei told Andrew that top-tier Alchemy could create a self-sustaining space as large as a Castle or possibly a small island.

Andrew struggled to reconcile Muggle science with Mr. LeMei’s principles of Alchemy while learning how Alchemists created a self-sustaining miniature biosphere. Mr. LeMei demonstrated the Philosopher’s Stone by turning iron into gold, leaving Andrew stunned.

• Andrew asked Mr. LeMei how the artificial island’s atmosphere and weather were maintained, and Mr. LeMei explained that Alchemists used the Weather Charm and fixed its effects with Alchemy.
• Mr. LeMei introduced Alchemy’s five substances—earth, fire, wind, water, and aether—and urged Andrew to set aside his existing assumptions.
• Andrew reframed the idea of air in terms of basic particles and explained how temperature differences made air move as wind.
• Mr. LeMei began a practical lesson by placing a stone on a piece of iron.
• The iron turned gold, and Andrew recognized the stone as the Philosopher’s Stone.

Mr. LeMei demonstrated the Philosopher's Stone's ability to turn iron into gold, then let Andrew test it during his first alchemy lesson. Andrew gained a preliminary understanding of alchemical elements and agreed to spend time developing alchemy with Mr. LeMei.

• Mr. LeMei transformed iron into gold with the Philosopher's Stone and let Andrew examine the result.
• Andrew asked questions about the transformation and, with Mr. LeMei's permission, began experiments using the stone.
• Andrew recorded that alchemy worked in sealed, vacuum, and underwater conditions, and formed an initial theory about alchemical elements.
• Andrew reproduced an alchemical transformation that let him create air by expending magic and alchemical elements.
• Mr. LeMei proposed that they develop alchemy through experiments and discussion, and Andrew agreed to devote his time to it.

Andrew learned that the Dream Weaving research had been published and was already transforming the Wizarding world. After Professor Flitwick urged him to improve his Charms, Andrew discovered that Hogwarts students were using Dream Weaving to create and share immersive dreamscapes, revealing applications he had not anticipated.

• Professor Flitwick told Andrew that the Dream Weaving research had been published, and Andrew learned the new issue had sold out after the Ministry's promotion and prize money drew attention to it.
• Professor Flitwick confirmed Andrew had reached NEWTs level and challenged him to earn full marks on next year's OWLs, so Andrew promised to study Charms seriously.
• Andrew left Professor Flitwick's office with a copy of the magazine and snacks, expecting to wait for the Triwizard Tournament.
• Lena McKinney asked Andrew for advice on making dreamscapes more lifelike and explained that students had been studying Dream Weaving and organizing a showcase.
• Lena described how clubs used cheap equipment to experience dreamscapes featuring idealized appearances, Quidditch, Unicorns, and Dragons, and Andrew realized the technology had far broader uses than he had expected.

Andrew saw Dream Weaving grow into a popular field as students and wizards found new uses for dreams, including cosmetic changes and dream broadcasts. He watched the school’s Dream Playback Device begin showing a dream to a crowd, marking the start of the Dream Era.

• Andrew taught Lina how to use Dream Weaving and demonstrated transforming dream appearances into other species.
• Andrew learned that the Student Council had agreed to install a Dream Playback Ball featuring messages of support for the Triwizard Champions.
• Hal said he hoped to become a dream reporter, but Andrew refused to help him get around his Ministry contract and suggested traditional journalism instead.
• A Ravenclaw prefect activated the Dream Playback Device, and students gathered to watch a projected battle between the Four Champions and Dumbledore’s phoenix, Fawkes.

Harry warned Hermione that the Triwizard task involved dragons, and she spent the night trying to devise a way to face them. By dawn, Hermione had found a possible lead and planned to discuss it with the others.

• Harry told Hermione that each school’s champion would face a pair of dragons in the task on the twenty-fourth.
• Hermione reassured Harry, then stayed awake considering her options and ruling out spells and subjects that would not help against dragons.
• A house-elf came to replenish the common-room fire, and Hermione realized that a simple charm might target a dragon’s unprotected weak spot.
• Hermione considered possible weak spots but did not reach a complete solution before dawn, deciding to share her reasoning with the others.

Andrew oversaw the Triwizard Tournament’s first task as Koldovstoretz’s Champions faced the dragons with coordinated shields, armor, and clever tactics. Their run ended with one Champion recklessly trying to climb onto a dragon, leaving Andrew and Mr. LeMei ready to deduct points.

• Hermione told Harry she had secretly spread a plausible theory about the task to protect Hagrid.
• Andrew and Mr. LeMei discussed tournament advertising and safer ways to broadcast Dreamscapes before noticing that Protective Magic had been placed on the dragons.
• Koldovstoretz’s four Champions used summoned armor and linked shields to redirect a dragon’s fire and slide toward the nest.
• The Champions reached their target after enduring the female dragon’s attacks, but their shields broke and the dragon sent them spinning away.
• A Champion at the finish line grabbed the male dragon’s claw and tried to climb onto it, prompting Ministry staff to intervene and Andrew and Mr. LeMei to decide to deduct points.

Andrew judged the Durmstrang champions’ reckless dragon challenge, then watched Beauxbatons use Pheobe’s ritual magic and captivating charm to retrieve the golden egg. The round ended with Beauxbatons’ champions succeeding almost effortlessly, while Andrew was left affected by Pheobe’s magic.

• Andrew and the other judges scored the Durmstrang champions’ performance, with Karkaroff and Dumbledore giving nine points and Vladislav giving six.
• Mr. LeMei teased Andrew about dating and finding a partner for the Christmas ball until Beauxbatons’ champions arrived.
• Pheobe began chanting as the male dragon charged, while the other Beauxbatons champions used Impediment Jinxes to slow it down.
• Pheobe’s spell struck the distant female dragon, which collapsed, and then her charm began affecting the field.
• Pheobe approached the distracted male dragon and retrieved the golden egg, ending the round for Beauxbatons.

Andrew watched the Durmstrang and Hogwarts teams complete the first Triwizard event, as Krum’s team overwhelmed two Dragons with a punishing chain of spells and Hogwarts used illusions to draw the Dragons away. Hogwarts earned perfect scores and took first place.

• Andrew and Mr. LeMei discussed the judges’ scores for the previous performance, with Mr. LeMei arguing that injuries prevented a perfect score.
• Krum and the other Durmstrang Champions used coordinated Dark Magic to knock out both Dragons, though the strain left three of them incapacitated and Krum struggling to retrieve the egg.
• Hogwarts’s Champions used Dream Orbs to create Dragon illusions, drawing the real Dragons away from their nest.
• Montague flew in on a Broomstick, seized the Dragon Egg, and escaped while the other Champions remained hidden.
• The judges gave Hogwarts full marks, putting the team in first place, and Hermione credited Fred and George’s earlier trick for inspiring the plan.

Dream Orb broadcasts of the Triwizard Tournament drew crowds across the Wizarding world and renewed interest in shared dream-based communication. After seeing a recording at Ilvermorny, the headmaster urged his staff to develop a way to make their voices heard too.

• Old Tom packed The Leaky Cauldron with patrons watching the Triwizard Tournament broadcast on a Dream Orb.
• The patrons celebrated that all four Hogwarts Houses had champions and discussed Taylor's invention and the next event.
• Toby told the crowd that the first event's broadcast had ended and that the next event would take place on February twenty-fourth.
• Dream Orb recordings spread beyond Europe, and the Quidditch League funded the technology as dream-based communication gained attention across the Wizarding world.
• The Ilvermorny headmaster watched a recording from Europe and asked a professor to help develop their own way to broadcast.

Andrew and Professor Flitwick went to St Mungo’s after Healers found a way to weaken Lockhart’s Memory Charm through dreams. They arrived as the first Dream Isolation Method treatment was underway, and Andrew prepared to help assess it.

• Professor Flitwick told Andrew that St Mungo’s had discovered that forgetting a forgotten memory could break the Memory Charm, then asked him to come along as an expert on dreams.
• Andrew got permission to leave class and traveled with Professor Flitwick through the Floo Network to St Mungo’s.
• Healer Ed led them to the Fifth Floor, warning that cheap Dream Orb copies had filled the Magical Artefact Accidents Department.
• Healer Ed explained that the Dream Isolation Method used the link between memories and dreams to draw the Memory Charm into a dream, where it could gradually fade.
• Andrew learned that this was the treatment team’s first attempt and was glad to be involved.

Andrew and Professor Flitwick helped St Mungo’s Healers treat a patient whose memories had been damaged by Lockhart’s Memory Charm. The treatment appeared to work, though the patient agreed to further examination after learning Andrew was a Hogwarts professor rather than a Healer.

• Doctor Pork and another Healer began extracting the patient’s memories and projecting them through a Dream Orb.
• Andrew judged the dream stable until the Healers reached the memory affected by the Memory Charm, which resisted as he tried to turn it into a dream.
• The patient’s resistance caused Doctor Pork to suffer a backlash, and the stream of memories stopped.
• The patient woke, blamed Lockhart for attacking him, and apologized to Doctor Pork.
• Mr. Ed identified Andrew as a Hogwarts professor and Great Transfiguration Master, prompting the patient to agree to a thorough examination.

Andrew and Professor Flitwick discussed St Mungo’s next experimental treatment, which would use Dream Weaving to treat amnesia caused by Dark Magic. Their preparations were interrupted when a Ministry of Magic official arrived.

• Andrew questioned why St Mungo’s planned another treatment so soon after confirming the morning patient was safe, but reconsidered after a Healer explained how busy the hospital was.
• Andrew realized the hospital had scheduled difficult cases to make the most of his and Professor Flitwick’s limited time there.
• Professor Flitwick told Andrew that the afternoon patient had amnesia caused by Dark Magic and that the experimental treatment might cost the patient many memories.
• A Healer interrupted Andrew and Professor Flitwick’s planning to report that someone from the Ministry of Magic had arrived.

Andrew led an experimental treatment for the Longbottom son, using a woven dream to locate memories hidden by the curse after ordinary methods failed. When Mister Lake triggered a painful reaction, Andrew and Professor Flitwick combined spells to shield him.

• Andrew and Professor Flitwick planned the treatment while Minister Fudge visited the earlier patient instead of attending their discussion.
• Mrs. Longbottom chose her son to undergo treatment first, and Andrew used the Daydream Charm to examine his dreams.
• Andrew and the Healers found no damaged memories through the Daydream Charm, so Andrew cast Soul Entering Dream to draw the patient into a woven dream.
• A Dream Orb shattered, and Mister Lake located the patient's normal memories locked away by the curse.
• Mister Lake screamed in pain, and Andrew joined Professor Flitwick in casting a barrier before him.

Andrew and Professor Flitwick helped the Healers remove the Cruciatus Curse trapped inside Mister Longbottom by weakening it with dreams and carefully treating his damaged memories. After his memories were restored, Mister Longbottom woke and mistook the gathered Wizards for people at school.

• Andrew and Professor Flitwick used successive Dream Orbs to draw out and weaken the lingering Cruciatus Curse in Mister Longbottom, while its backlash struck the people nearby.
• Once the curse subsided, the Healers examined Mister Longbottom’s memories and found extensive damage that made ordinary memory reconstruction risky.
• Andrew proposed storing intact memories in a Pensieve, processing damaged memories through dreams, and using a Memory Charm to counter the remaining curse.
• Andrew, Professor Flitwick, and the Healers cast the Memory Charm together until it neutralized the last of the Cruciatus Curse, then restored Mister Longbottom’s memories.
• The Healers woke Mister Longbottom, who sprang up asking what time it was and wondering who the gathered Wizards were.