Chapter Summaries

Andrew refined his spells by changing their incantations and wand movements, giving them greater control and flexibility, then hurried to seek help from Professor Flitwick. Flitwick reflected on Andrew’s progress and the value of studying basic materials as he returned to his research.

• Andrew adjusted his familiar spells, improving his control over levitation, jinxes, and the shape and focus of his Shield Charm.
• Andrew realized that developing spells through his own insights would be easier with expert help, tidied his laboratory, and went to contact Professor Flitwick.
• Professor Flitwick studied basic materials and considered how the research could support his work on synthetic materials.
• Professor Flitwick reflected that Taylor’s pursuit of knowledge suited Ravenclaw and that studying Charms or Transfiguration could help him understand magic.
• Professor Flitwick set aside his thoughts about Taylor and returned to analyzing the complex material data.

Professor Flitwick reflected on Ravenclaw’s independent-minded students and anticipated Taylor’s future as a Prefect. Andrew then showed Flitwick that he could adapt charms to suit his own casting, and Flitwick advised him to keep studying and modifying spells.

• Professor Flitwick considered Ravenclaw’s tradition of debate and how students could accept Taylor’s achievements while still challenging rules.
• Professor Flitwick received an urgent letter from Andrew and rushed back to school after learning what Taylor had accomplished.
• Andrew told Professor Flitwick that altering charms had become easy and that he could make them suit his way of casting spells.
• Andrew demonstrated his Levitation Charm by making a Quill float and move freely through the air.
• Professor Flitwick praised Andrew for entering the deeper practice of charms and advised him to study, understand, and modify the spells he knew best.

Professor Flitwick asked Andrew what he wanted to do with his future, and Andrew said he hoped to make the Wizarding world better through resources and entertainment. They began exploring areas where Andrew might contribute, leaving travel and further entertainment ideas open for discussion.

• Professor Flitwick praised Andrew’s talent and asked what he wanted to do beyond choosing a career.
• Andrew said he wanted to make the Wizarding world a better place, mainly by providing resources and entertainment.
• Andrew explained that he did not know enough about wizard society to propose ideas without first investigating it.
• Professor Flitwick broke down resources and identified travel as an area Andrew had not explored, then asked about entertainment he might add.

Professor Flitwick urged Andrew to choose a field to pursue deeply and warned him against carrying too much responsibility for magical progress. Andrew asked to hear the plan Flitwick had withheld, and Flitwick revealed a book series by someone from their house whose title startled him.

• Professor Flitwick told Andrew to prioritize learning Apparition so he could escape danger.
• Professor Flitwick asked Andrew what he wanted to study in depth, listing his many promising projects.
• Andrew admitted he felt scattered and wanted eventually to focus on Transfiguration or Alchemy.
• Professor Flitwick warned Andrew that he was putting too much pressure on himself, then told him to follow his own judgment.
• Andrew pressed Professor Flitwick to share his abandoned plan, and Flitwick produced a book series and a letter from someone in their house.
• Andrew read the book's title and froze at its claim to present a framework for understanding the world.

Andrew discovered that Elizabeth had persuaded Professor Flitwick to investigate whether Newton’s work revealed a connection between magic and gravity. Professor Flitwick recruited Andrew to lend his name to the project, leaving Elizabeth to organize its early research.

• Andrew examined Newton’s Principia Mathematica and wondered whether Hogwarts planned to teach mathematics or physics.
• Professor Flitwick proposed researching the relationship between gravity and magic, noting that Magical Creatures gathered around places where wizards lived.
• Professor Flitwick explained that Elizabeth had collected Newton’s alchemical and theological writings and believed Newton had uncovered the power of magic.
• Professor Flitwick told Andrew that Newton lived across the enactment of the Secrecy Law, making it possible that Newton had encountered magic.
• Professor Flitwick said Elizabeth would find researchers and leads while he and Andrew lent their names and joined the later research, and Andrew agreed to manage his time.

Andrew helped Professor McGonagall handle Hogwarts’s preparations for the new school year as the staff worked to establish the Dream Tree and introduce additional classes. Dumbledore arrived with news that he had completed his work on the tree.

• Andrew spent his free time studying and practicing Apparition until Professor McGonagall returned and school preparations began.
• Andrew and Professor McGonagall prepared student letters and admissions lists while Dumbledore and Professor Sprout worked on integrating the Dream Tree into Hogwarts’s defenses.
• Andrew read the Ministry’s reply and learned that mathematics would be introduced as a compulsory class, prompting plans to adjust timetables and recruit teachers.
• Professor McGonagall discussed Andrew’s O.W.L. prospects and explained why Harry and Ron were suited to their school and Quidditch responsibilities.
• Dumbledore knocked on the office door and announced that he had finished his work.

Andrew helped Dumbledore search for a site to cultivate the Dream Tree while discussing his Transfiguration studies and the tree’s growing methods. He proposed weaving the banyan’s roots into a large-scale Transfiguration field that might bring things from the Dreamscape into being.

• Professor McGonagall told Andrew that he should help cultivate the Dream Tree for at least two hours a day, and Dumbledore asked him to help choose a site.
• Dumbledore offered Andrew lessons and explained that reaching Transfiguration’s final stage would require Magical Transformation, though Andrew should not rush.
• Dumbledore and Andrew inspected possible planting sites, but they rejected one because it received too little sunlight and changing the ground would affect the Castle’s defenses.
• Dumbledore said Professor Sprout would raise the sapling and asked Andrew what they could do with the banyan’s roots.
• Andrew suggested using the roots to weave a large-scale Transfiguration field that could bring things from the Dreamscape into being.

Andrew accompanied Dumbledore deeper into the Forbidden Forest, where Dumbledore revealed a vast steel construction he had built: an artificial sun. Dumbledore explained that he had experimented with alchemy, Muggle technology, and Transfiguration to contain its radiation, but had not yet found a way to keep it burning consistently.

• Dumbledore rejected dream-based lessons as a substitute for real Charms practice and explained that the Hogwarts tree would help students communicate ideas and reproduce Transfiguration results.
• Dumbledore inspected possible planting sites with Andrew, recorded one suitable location, and then led him deeper into the Forbidden Forest to show him something.
• Andrew discovered a huge, enchanted steel structure hidden in a clearing and asked Dumbledore what it was.
• Dumbledore said he had built an artificial sun using steel, alchemy, Muggle technology, and a Transfiguration field.
• Dumbledore explained that he had tested materials to shield against radiation but still could not keep the artificial sun lit consistently.

Andrew discovered that Dumbledore had built a nuclear reactor in the Forbidden Forest to help produce an unlimited supply of Alchemy Oil. Dumbledore showed Andrew a newspaper about an incident from the previous year, and Andrew froze when he read its headline.

• Andrew stared in shock at Dumbledore's nuclear reactor and asked whether it used fission or fusion.
• Dumbledore explained that he had studied nuclear power and was combining it with Alchemy to produce an unlimited supply of Alchemy Oil.
• Dumbledore mentioned that a Muggle boy had nearly caused a catastrophe the previous year, but Andrew did not know what had happened.
• Dumbledore left and returned with a newspaper, then handed it to Andrew.
• Andrew read the headline and froze.

Andrew learned that Dumbledore was building a nuclear reactor through Transfiguration to produce Alchemy Oil, but Dumbledore told him to focus on his O.W.L. Examinations. Andrew accepted the delay and began making lead armor so he could safely inspect the project later.

• Andrew connected the name David Hahn to a news story about a teenager who built a reactor and realized why Dumbledore had not found the idea absurd.
• Dumbledore explained that he planned to build a reactor and eventually establish a factory on the moon to produce Alchemy Oil.
• Andrew offered to help, but Dumbledore insisted he concentrate on his O.W.L. Examinations and promised to show him the finished project.
• Dumbledore advised Andrew to learn Protective Magic, make lead clothing, and drink his radiation-warding tea before observing the reactor.
• Andrew began using Spellcasting to make lead armor.

Dumbledore showed Andrew how he combined Alchemy, Transfiguration, and Muggle science to build a contained Fusion Reactor, explaining how its protections could contain explosions and radiation. After Andrew grasped the principles, Dumbledore prepared to ignite it, leaving Andrew abruptly alarmed.

• Dumbledore explained that radiation behaved like a natural curse and could be treated by removing affected tissue and regenerating it.
• Dumbledore showed Andrew the Alchemy Arrays and Transfiguration rules used to create and contain the reactor’s extreme conditions.
• Andrew studied the reactor and realized its spatial protections could keep an explosion and radiation from escaping.
• Dumbledore asked Andrew to check his protective gear before they ignited the reactor, and Andrew suddenly understood what he was about to do.

Andrew joined Dumbledore inside the protected Alchemy Array and witnessed a controlled Fusion experiment. The experiment ended when the array’s materials began to fail, leaving Andrew with new insights and plans for further experiments.

• Andrew checked his Lead Suit and potions before agreeing to enter the Reactor with Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore activated the Alchemy Array, mixing gases and containing a brilliant burst of Fusion energy.
• Andrew felt the energy and its underlying rules, gaining new ideas about how emotion might relate to transfiguration.
• Dumbledore stopped the experiment because the array’s materials could not withstand continued use.
• Andrew concluded that Fusion was transfiguration too and prepared to conduct further experiments safely.

Fifth Year students on the Hogwarts Express complained about the added General Mathematics class and discussed the Dream Tree Hogwarts had obtained from Castelobruxo. Harry and Hermione left to perform their Prefect rounds as the students looked forward to the Dream Tree’s Quidditch broadcasts.

• Hal complained about the added Mathematics class, while Hughes said it would help with wizarding currency calculations.
• Kevin and Hal discussed Andrew Taylor’s appointment as Head Boy and his influence among the Prefects and professors.
• Hal mentioned that Upper Year students had returned early because Hogwarts had acquired an extraordinary plant.
• Neville told the students that he had visited Castelobruxo and seen the Dream Tree, which could provide immersive Quidditch broadcasts.
• Hermione wondered about the coming O.W.L.s and her need to earn top marks.
• Harry urged Hermione to return to their compartment, and they hurried off to begin their Prefect rounds.

Andrew disguised himself and broke into a Gringotts Vault to retrieve a cup, then escaped before the Goblin he controlled recovered. The Goblin later woke with a bag of Galleons and no clear memory of what had happened.

• Andrew used Hogsmeade as a decoy before traveling to Diagon Alley in disguise.
• Andrew distracted a Gringotts Goblin, used Legilimency to learn the Vault’s location, and controlled him.
• Andrew bypassed the Vault’s defenses and took a cup, sealing it in a wooden box.
• Andrew erased traces of his magic and broke the spell preventing Apparition before leaving Gringotts.
• The Goblin recovered from the mind-control curse, found the Galleons, and decided that nothing had happened.

Andrew sealed a box containing a soul fragment, then traveled to Little Hangleton to find the Gaunt family’s old house and test his Transfiguration against its Dark Magic defenses. He reached the ruined hut, ready to face the trap inside.

• Andrew used powerful Transfiguration to seal the box and contain the soul fragment.
• Andrew checked the time and headed toward Little Hangleton, confident he could escape if danger arose.
• Andrew used a map and information from a farmer to locate the Gaunt family’s remote home.
• Andrew followed a rough path through the woods and found the half-collapsed, overgrown hut.

Andrew retrieved the Black Opal Ring from the Gaunt family's last house, neutralized its curse, and destroyed the house. Back at Hogwarts, he reflected on his completed understanding of Transfiguration and considered whether he could remove the soul fragment inside Harry, though he planned to let Dumbledore try first.

• Andrew used Transfiguration and protective magic to uncover the hidden room in the Gaunt family's last house and overcome its traps.
• Andrew sent magical butterflies to neutralize the curse on the Black Opal Ring, sealed the ring in a box, and reduced the house to dust.
• Andrew returned to Hogwarts before the Hogwarts Express arrived and stored the ring in his laboratory.
• Andrew concluded that his completed Transfiguration could adapt to circumstances and create creatures capable of absorbing hostile magic.
• Andrew considered using Magical Transformation to remove Voldemort's soul fragment from Harry and decided to wait for Dumbledore to attempt it first.

Harry and Hermione guided the First Years to the boats and learned that the Dreamscape Broadcast had made Hermione famous among them. Andrew then briefed the Prefects on new school rules and Hogwarts’s developing Dream Mushroom, which could store and exchange memories through the Dreamscape.

• Harry and Hermione helped Hagrid lead the excited First Years safely to the Black Lake.
• Hermione said the Triwizard Tournament broadcast had made her a celebrity among the newcomers.
• Harry noticed that Taylor was absent from the Prefects, then Andrew arrived and led them back to the Castle.
• Andrew told the Prefects to explain the new Common Room fixtures, enforce Forbidden Forest rules, and watch for students wandering at night.
• Andrew explained that Hogwarts had grown a Dream Mushroom in the Forbidden Forest, where professors were developing it as a way to store memories and connect with the Dreamscape.

Andrew brought Harry to Dumbledore and revealed that a Pure-blood had given him information about Voldemort, including two objects and another uncertain lead. He suspected something had invaded Harry’s soul, and Dumbledore confirmed that a fragment had been there but had already been removed, leaving Andrew to examine Harry for damage.

• Andrew took Harry to Dumbledore’s office and silenced him before revealing two Wooden Boxes.
• Andrew explained that a Pure-blood had supplied information about Voldemort in exchange for Andrew’s friendship, and mentioned another uncertain lead.
• Andrew told Dumbledore that Harry’s soul felt incomplete and that he suspected something had invaded it.
• Dumbledore confirmed that a fragment had been removed from Harry, though the procedure had not been precise.
• Dumbledore allowed Andrew to examine Harry and assess the damage to his soul.

Andrew transformed Harry into a white stag and repaired the nearly healed wound in his soul, stabilizing its lingering damage. Harry left confused but recovering, while Dumbledore considered giving Andrew an office after the school year.

• Andrew transformed Harry into a white stag and saw the scar of a wound in his soul.
• Dumbledore told Andrew that Snape had destroyed the soul fragment inside Harry during Andrew’s first year.
• Andrew explained that the wound remained suppressed by lingering Dark Magic and used transfiguration to help it heal.
• Harry cried out as the wound closed, then returned to human form and learned his soul was tired.
• Andrew told Harry to drink potions, avoid the Forbidden Forest and lawns for a few days, and return after the feast for an explanation.
• Dumbledore considered giving Andrew an office after the school year and worried that a journal might portray Taylor as merely lucky.

Andrew learned that Dumbledore would sponsor him to visit the Department of Mysteries after his O.W.L.s year, while the Sorting Hat warned him not to publicize or misuse Dumbledore’s large-scale curse. At the start of term, Andrew patrolled the students as Student Council President, and rumors spread that the Chocolate Frog collection would add seven cards, including one for him.

• Dumbledore praised Andrew’s bargain and offered to sponsor a Department of Mysteries visit after his O.W.L.s year, advising him to focus on Magical History.
• Andrew considered preparing for his O.W.L.s and wondered what secrets the Department of Mysteries held.
• The Sorting Hat warned Andrew that Dumbledore’s large-scale curse was dangerous and told him not to announce or use it to start a fight.
• Dumbledore and Andrew brought the Sorting Hat to the Great Hall, where Professor McGonagall assigned Andrew to patrol the students.
• Upper-year students whispered about Andrew’s new role and a rumor that seven cards would be added to the Chocolate Frog collection, possibly including one for him.