Chapter Summaries

Andrew rested after treating Frank Longbottom and prepared the dreams needed for the next treatment, which was planned for that evening. Fudge visited St Mungo’s to meet Frank, support the staff and Aurors, and arrange for the next treatment while Andrew focused on his work.

• Andrew left Frank with Professor Flitwick, then went to sleep after asking Healer Ed about the treatment.
• Fudge arrived at St Mungo’s, learned that Frank was recovering well, and arranged food and rest for the Aurors and Hit Wizards on duty.
• Fudge learned that Andrew planned to begin the next treatment that evening and adjusted his schedule so he could attend.
• Andrew woke, accepted that he would miss more classes, and checked that he had enough Dream Orbs for the treatment.
• Andrew ate food provided by the Ministry, then went to a quiet room to weave the dreams needed for the evening’s treatment.

Professor McGonagall told Neville that his parents had woken up and took him to St Mungo’s to see them. Neville reunited with Alice and Frank, and his grandmother’s Bag brought Frank’s disbelief about how much time had passed to an abrupt end.

• Neville struggled to follow Professor Moody’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson while worrying about Slytherin’s new reinforcements.
• Professor McGonagall told Neville his parents had woken up and said Augusta had asked her to take him to St Mungo’s.
• Neville rushed to the fifth floor and Alice recognized him, lowered her Wand, and embraced him.
• Frank saw Neville and questioned whether the boy before him was really his son.
• Augusta struck Frank on the backside with her Bag after he protested that Neville was nearly as old as him.

Andrew and Professor Flitwick arranged for Frank and Alice to recover at Hogwarts under Madam Pomfrey’s care, away from the public attention surrounding their return. Andrew also encouraged Neville to focus on Charms and told him he might skip the Christmas ball.

• Andrew agreed with Professor Flitwick that Frank and Alice’s recovered memories could benefit from time at Hogwarts, and learned that Madam Pomfrey was an exceptional Healer.
• Andrew and Professor Flitwick settled on taking Frank and Alice back to Hogwarts after a brief discussion with Fudge, and they received donations and praise.
• Andrew noticed Neville’s awkward attention and reassured him that he had only helped Professor Flitwick with the recovery work.
• Andrew encouraged Neville to aim for first place in Charms, and Neville resolved to work toward it.
• Neville mentioned that older girls hoped Andrew would ask them to the Christmas ball, but Andrew said he might not attend.

Frank’s recovery required him to return to Hogwarts as an O.W.L.s student, while Alice’s memories improved with Neville’s visits. As the Christmas holidays began, Andrew helped revise the Yule Ball rules so younger students could attend but not enter the dance floor.

• Madam Pomfrey reported that Alice was recovering well but recommended that Frank attend Hogwarts to rebuild his knowledge and strengthen his memories.
• Frank agreed to study for his O.W.L.s after Alice urged him to set an example for Neville.
• Andrew learned Frank and Alice had earned the qualifications required to become Aurors, then returned to his assignments.
• Most students stayed at Hogwarts for the Christmas holidays and the Yule Ball, and younger students asked Andrew for invitations.
• Andrew consulted Professor McGonagall, and a new notice opened the ball to all students staying at school while barring anyone below fourth year from the dance floor.

Neville worried about finding a Yule Ball partner until a new rule barred younger students from dancing, while Andrew admitted he had proposed the rule and sought a way to avoid unwanted invitations. The chapter ended with Kevin suggesting Andrew invite a younger student so he could attend without dancing.

• Neville reflected on how his parents’ teaching had improved his schoolwork, then worried that he had no one to invite to the Yule Ball.
• Neville learned that younger students could no longer dance and that everyone staying at school could attend the ball, so he decided to give up on finding a partner.
• Hal questioned Andrew about the new rule, and Andrew admitted he had proposed it to let more students attend and to stop people asking him to the ball.
• Andrew told Hal he had not invited anyone and had turned down girls whose interest made him uncomfortable.
• Kevin suggested Andrew invite a third-year student to avoid dancing and unwanted invitations, and Andrew praised the idea.

Andrew sought Ginny’s help finding a third-year girl to accompany him to the Yule Ball without dancing, but he reconsidered the transactional plan and decided to handle the ball himself. Ginny’s friends teased her about wanting to go with Harry, and she hurried off to ask someone else about Andrew’s predicament.

• Andrew asked Ginny for help finding a suitable third-year girl to accompany him to the Yule Ball.
• Ginny suggested Hermione, but Andrew rejected the idea because taking a Triwizard Champion as his date could upset the other schools.
• Andrew apologized for asking too much and decided not to rush into a temporary arrangement, saying he would sort out the ball himself.
• Beverly teased Ginny about wanting to attend the ball with Andrew, and Luna said Ginny wanted to go with Harry.
• Ginny denied it, then hurried away to ask someone else after Luna urged her to act before other girls approached Harry.

Professor McGonagall realized Andrew was treating the Yule Ball as far more serious than a casual social event and arranged for him to find a partner and learn to dance. On the night of the ball, Andrew still did not know who his partner was as he dressed and headed downstairs.

• Andrew told Professor McGonagall he had no suitable partner, and she insisted he needed someone to accompany him rather than a girlfriend.
• Professor McGonagall discussed Andrew's cautious approach to relationships with Professor Flitwick and Dumbledore, and Flitwick decided Andrew needed dance lessons.
• The Fat Friar taught Andrew basic dance steps and etiquette in a Charms classroom, though he could not tell Andrew who his partner would be.
• Andrew returned to his Dormitory on the night of the Yule Ball, found his Dress Robes waiting without any explanation, and put them on.
• Andrew followed his Roommates downstairs to the Common Room, still confused about who his partner was.

Professor McGonagall told Andrew Taylor to accept invitations and keep dancing at the Triwizard Tournament ball, where he endured a string of partners and sore feet. The ball ended with Andrew exhausted and determined to choose a more comfortable partner next time.

• Professor McGonagall instructed Andrew to dance with anyone who invited him, avoid drinking, and never dance more than two songs with the same partner.
• Andrew checked his formal robes, met Mr. LeMei in the Great Hall, and learned that the champions would open the ball after the banquet.
• Andrew enjoyed the banquet’s limited-edition ice cream before the champions began the first dance.
• A Gryffindor prefect joked that McGonagall had offered Andrew as a reward for the prefects, and students then invited him to dance throughout the ball.
• Andrew danced until the music ended, repeatedly got his feet trodden on, and refused his partner’s suggestion to sit among the roses.

Andrew discussed Hal’s interest in his dance partner and went to the Laboratory, while his roommates discovered Hal had been dosed with a Love Potion. The chapter ended with Hal realizing a Third Year girl had tricked him, and Kevin revealed that Taylor was also a Love Potion victim.

• Hal told Andrew that Professor Snape had caught many students the previous night, and Andrew said he had spent the night dancing.
• Andrew petrified Hal after Hal teased him about romance and Andrew’s preference for older girls, then left for the Laboratory.
• Hal praised Ophelia extravagantly, prompting Kevin to hit him with a Sleeping Curse while Hughes gave him an antidote.
• Kevin and Hughes concluded that Ophelia had dosed Hal with a Love Potion to learn about Andrew’s preferences.
• Hal woke, realized a Third Year girl had tricked him, and Kevin said Taylor had also been dosed and was refusing food and drinks from others.

Andrew joined his roommates to watch a friendly Quidditch match between Ravenclaw and Krum’s team, while noticing Roger’s interest in Pheobe and the unusual crowd around the pitch. As the match began, Andrew considered the Quiz Duel he had proposed for the next Triwizard event and anticipated how the Champions’ hidden strengths might be exposed.

• Andrew learned that Hal had been dosed with Love Potion and heard that the potion had led him to call upper-year girls old hags.
• Roger Davies invited Andrew to watch Ravenclaw Quidditch practice, and Andrew agreed to go with his roommates.
• Roger revealed that the practice had become a friendly match after Krum asked to test Ravenclaw’s team, drawing students from Hogwarts and the visiting schools.
• Andrew noticed Roger watching Pheobe and suspected that her Veela allure had influenced him.
• Andrew recalled the confidential Quiz Duel format he had proposed for the next event and imagined the Champions revealing their abilities before it began.
• Andrew put aside his private amusement and cheered with his roommates as the match got underway.

After Ravenclaw won the Quidditch match against Durmstrang, Andrew explained his vision for a magical network where wizards could share dreams. He realized the visiting students were an ideal audience for spreading the idea and invited them to learn how to create a spectacular dream.

• Hal said Ravenclaw had won by a landslide, and Andrew blamed Roger's poor play for the match's outcome.
• Andrew described how a vast dream-sharing platform could let wizards across the world exchange and discover dreams.
• Andrew recognized that the visiting students from four magical schools could help spread dream sharing throughout the Wizarding world.
• Andrew decided to treat the remaining Triwizard Tournament as a personal speaking tour and offered to show the gathered students how to make a spectacular dream.

The Dark Lord reached the Riddle Family house with Bertha and Wormtail to prepare his Resurrection Ritual, while convincing Bertha that they shared a cause. He began manipulating Frank into hatred, hoping to use his blood in the ritual.

• Bertha brought the Dark Lord to the Riddle Family house and apologized for arriving late.
• The Dark Lord blamed Crouch and the Ministry for Bertha’s misfortune, persuading her to help him seek revenge.
• The Dark Lord recalled his failed attempt to obtain the Philosopher’s Stone and planned to resurrect himself, use Taylor to build a Dreamscape, and prove his power.
• The Dark Lord ordered Wormtail to fetch a Muggle and considered using Frank’s blood for the Resurrection Ritual.
• The Dark Lord told Frank that he had arranged Frank’s imprisonment and hardship, provoking his confusion and fury.

Andrew demonstrated Dream Weaving to students from all Four Schools and pitched a network for sharing messages, dreamscapes, and magical ideas. He invited the students to meet in an empty classroom the following afternoon to discuss the future of magic.

• Tom recognized Frank, the Muggle who had witnessed the Riddle family's deaths, and ordered Bertha to bring him along as part of his resurrection.
• Andrew enlisted Kevin to help demonstrate Dream Weaving, but their conjured dragon frightened the crowd and vanished when Kevin lost control.
• Andrew recruited a Beauxbatons student to help and demonstrated a dreamscape interface for sharing messages and photos.
• Andrew described how wizards could share dreamscapes and ideas, then invited the students to gather the next afternoon to discuss new magic and the future.

Bertha and Wormtail completed the resurrection ritual, restoring Voldemort to a powerful new body. As Voldemort celebrated his return, Harry disarmed him before Bertha could hand him his Wand.

• Voldemort urged Bertha to begin the ritual in the Muggle graveyard.
• Bertha added Father's Bone to the Cauldron, and Wormtail sacrificed his right hand as the Servant.
• Bertha cut the tied-up Muggle and poured his blood into the Potion as the Blood of the Enemy.
• Voldemort emerged from the steam in his new body and asked Bertha for his clothes and Wand.
• Harry cast Expelliarmus and took Voldemort's Wand.

Tom confronted and outmaneuvered Voldemort during his resurrection, using poison and traps to weaken him. Tom killed Voldemort but failed to learn where he had hidden Ravenclaw's Diadem.

• Tom stunned Bertha and Wormtail, then revealed that he had tracked Frank and poisoned the graveyard to prepare for Voldemort's resurrection.
• Tom mocked Voldemort's lack of planning and rejected his claim that they were the same, saying he would keep the name Tom and had learned from Taylor and Muggles.
• Tom said he had discovered the key to a new kind of power and intended to claim it, while Voldemort insisted that personal power mattered most.
• Tom asked Voldemort where he had hidden Ravenclaw's Diadem, but Voldemort refused to tell him.
• Tom cast Avada Kedavra at Voldemort.

Tom killed Voldemort and made a new Horcrux by trapping him in Slytherin’s Locket, then prepared to rebuild his strength with Bertha and Wormtail. He led them toward a remote island and a Muggle prison where he planned to begin his next phase.

• Tom trapped Voldemort in Slytherin’s Locket and made it a Horcrux.
• Tom burned Nagini to ash and used Fiendfyre to destroy the evidence of the ritual.
• Tom deceived Bertha into believing he was the returned Dark Lord and asked her to wake Wormtail.
• Tom told Bertha they would recover their strength somewhere remote, without summoning the other Death Eaters.
• Tom led Bertha and Wormtail toward an island he described as a Muggle Azkaban, and Wormtail reluctantly followed.

Andrew organized an upscale tea party at Hogwarts as an informal exchange of ideas for students from the Four Schools, hoping to inspire innovation across the wizarding world. The students arrived at a magically transformed classroom, and Andrew began explaining the gathering before starting the discussion.

• Andrew rejected a classroom format and decided to host a tea party where students could exchange ideas over tea and pastries.
• Andrew arranged for Hogwarts house-elves to prepare the gathering and opened it to all students staying at school, while reserving speaking turns for fourth-years and above.
• Harry and Ron decided to attend, and they joined the many students heading to the second-floor Empty Classroom.
• Harry and Ron found the room transformed with circular tables, cushions, a huge Crystal Ball, and magical safeguards that controlled sound and movement.
• Andrew welcomed the students, invited them to share ideas and objections, and said he would begin with the upper-year students.

Andrew introduced the students’ discussion of the Wizarding world’s future by arguing that magically synthesized materials could drive its next advances. He began presenting an experiment with air as a material, leaving the Upper Years watching his projection.

• Andrew told the students to focus their discussion on ways to improve wizards’ lives rather than on their convictions.
• A Koldovstoretz Seventh Year asked what would drive the Wizarding world’s next advance, and Andrew answered that new magical materials would be the foundation.
• Andrew explained that wizards could develop new materials instead of relying only on traditional ones, including by creating new magical plants and creatures.
• Andrew described air as a promising material for Transfiguration and began projecting an experiment on the Dream Orb.

Ron and Harry discussed Andrew Taylor’s ambitious magical research, while Fred and George told Harry that Durmstrang had invited them to become trainee professors and wanted him to train with Krum. Hermione returned exhausted and reminded them that the tournament was still ahead.

• Ron excitedly told Harry about Taylor’s demonstration of a future moon laboratory and his research into Air Brooms and magical conductivity.
• Fred and George told Harry that Headmaster Karkaroff had invited them to teach at Durmstrang after graduation and offered them trainee positions in their seventh year.
• George said the twins were still considering the offer because they preferred opening a joke shop and doing practical research.
• Fred told Harry that Karkaroff had invited him to train with Krum, and Harry had not yet answered.
• Hermione joined the group, said she had missed Taylor’s demonstration, and reminded them that the tournament was still coming.

After the first Tea Party, Andrew planned a practical research challenge for the students: defining the properties of common substances and establishing a unit of Magic. He decided to raise the larger goal of redefining Magic at the next gathering, then prepared to publish a new installment of A Legend.

• Andrew reflected that the students from the Four Schools had followed his ambitious proposal to explore the moon and build a Lunar Laboratory.
• Andrew planned to ask the students to define the properties of common substances and considered establishing a publishing house to support the work.
• Andrew struggled to find a consistent way to measure Magic and decided to invite proposals, with the most widely accepted one naming the unit.
• Andrew expanded the challenge to include defining magical resistance and destructiveness, aiming toward a unified theory of Magic.
• Andrew straightened the manuscript of A Legend and began copying it with a Self-Writing Quill, keeping a backup idea for measuring Magic in reserve.