Chapter Summaries

Andrew and Percy helped Professor McGonagall handle Hogwarts finances, then practiced drafting replies to repeated applications asking the school to raise a dragon. Andrew rejected each request, but Professor McGonagall gave them past Prefect responses and told them to try again.

• Andrew and Percy counted and handed over the Galleons, and Percy reflected on how much money the Ministry of Magic managed.
• Professor McGonagall praised the boys' work and decided they could help with school accounts.
• Professor McGonagall gave Andrew and Percy an application requesting permission to keep a dragon at Hogwarts.
• Andrew and Percy drafted rejections as applications from Professor Kettleburn and Hagrid repeatedly asked the school to raise a dragon.
• Professor McGonagall gave them old Prefect responses to study and ordered them to write another reply.

Gryffindor prefects continued trying to track down Peeves as bad luck plagued them, while Percy stayed behind and concealed his own reasons. Andrew learned Percy had secretly been courting Penelope and teased him into revealing that he had been seen on their date.

• The Gryffindor prefects pursued Peeves, but a streak of bad luck struck them, especially the fifth-year prefect Penelope.
• Percy told Andrew that the others suspected Peeves could control bad luck, and claimed he stayed behind to supervise younger students and prepare for his OWLs.
• Hal told Andrew and their Ravenclaw roommates that Percy and Penelope seemed close, and the roommates agreed to keep the gossip secret.
• Andrew asked Percy about the prefects' luck and then teased him about his date with Penelope.
• Percy panicked and admitted he had checked to make sure no one was watching, while Andrew left pleased with his mischief.

Andrew struggled to plan Dumbledore’s next story, then outlined a book-writing adventure centered on Ravenclaw’s Blessing and a self-repairing phoenix-feather quill. Meanwhile, Peeves’s treasure-hunting chaos engulfed Hogwarts, and Andrew fled when Peeves unleashed a potent hair-loss potion.

• Andrew decided Dumbledore would write a book about his thoughts on magic after others dismissed his adventure as unbelievable.
• Andrew added Ravenclaw’s Blessing and a self-repairing phoenix-feather quill to the story outline, then hid the finished outline in a bead.
• Students across Hogwarts joined the hunt for treasure on Peeves, while fights between Gryffindors and Slytherins largely stopped.
• Students questioned Professor Binns about Peeves and learned that Peeves had been in the Castle before Binns began teaching.
• Peeves appeared glowing gold and chased students with a hair-loss potion that bypassed some shields and sent victims to the hospital wing.
• Andrew sprinted downstairs to escape Peeves and the panicked crowd.

Andrew worked through Hogwarts funding applications while discussing the school’s lack of a plan for Peeves and its repeated failure to find a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. He found an unusually expensive alchemy request and left it for Professor McGonagall to review before heading to the dungeon.

• Andrew decided his next story would teach students that perseverance paid off, while hoping Peeves might reach his most dangerous form.
• Andrew and Percy discussed the school’s failure to deal with Peeves and the recurring vacancy in the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.
• Percy gave Andrew his old Defense Against the Dark Arts notes and left him to process the rest of the funding applications.
• Andrew considered how Professor Snape’s low funding requests had earned Slytherin privileges and noted that Potions could generate revenue.
• Andrew found a costly alchemy application that did not meet Professor McGonagall’s guidelines and set it aside for her to review.
• Andrew finished sorting the remaining forms, closed the office, and went to the dungeon.

Andrew discovered Dumbledore’s early achievements in Transfiguration and invented a hidden-book story for his own biography. The next day, he learned that Professor Sinjide’s proposal to research a Philosopher’s Stone replica had been rejected, but Sinjide left him a small Alchemy-made lighter to encourage his interest.

• Andrew found that Dumbledore had published a Transfiguration thesis as a Hogwarts student and added a fictional hidden-book tale to his biography.
• Andrew noticed that Professor McGonagall had also won an award from Transfiguration Today, but decided not to write about her.
• Andrew overheard Professor Sinjide asking Professor McGonagall to approve a project to replicate the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Professor McGonagall rejected the proposal as too risky, and Professor Sinjide said it could be reconsidered within three years.
• Professor Sinjide gave Andrew a small silver lighter-like object, and Professor McGonagall told him to keep it as an example of Alchemy.

Professor McGonagall explained Alchemy’s demanding requirements and warned Andrew that Professor Sinjide’s Philosopher’s Stone project made her reluctant to lose him to the subject. After completing paperwork, Andrew examined the Alchemy Lighter and considered how to meet Alchemy students and obtain their creations.

• Professor McGonagall explained that Alchemy required strong OWL results, involved dangerous and expensive work, and could lead to lucrative careers.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew to focus on his current work, and he processed reports about Peeves’s damage, Filch’s proposed measures, and Hospital Wing supplies.
• Andrew examined the Lighter, which displayed an Astronomical Model and a message about Divination and personal choices.
• Andrew decided he might visit Professor Sinjide’s students to learn about their Alchemy creations and obtain useful items.

Andrew examined Transfigured objects whose spells had worn off, completed experiments for his assignment, and found his progress in Transfiguration limited by his age. When Peeves’s ink prank left Hal with an insult on his face, Andrew covered it with a realistic Ravenclaw crest patch, and Hal headed to the Hospital Wing for help.

• Hughes told Andrew that two Transfigured objects had reverted, and Andrew took some to Nelly to have them cut open.
• Andrew compared the dismantled objects with control samples and confirmed that his findings matched the reference book.
• Andrew reflected that Professor McGonagall’s guidance had helped him broaden his Transfiguration foundations despite hitting an age-related barrier.
• Hal rushed into the dormitory warning Andrew and Hughes about Peeves’s ink prank, which had left an insult on Hal’s cheek.
• Andrew said he could not remove the advanced Transfiguration but created a realistic Ravenclaw patch to cover it, and Hal left for the Hospital Wing.

Madam Pomfrey and Professor Snape could not remove the cursed ink on the students’ faces, so the Gryffindors turned the insult into a joke with school crests. Andrew then helped Professor McGonagall respond to Hagrid’s discovery of a Dragon Egg, and she allowed him to try raising it briefly before it would have to be sent away.

• Professor Snape examined the students’ marks and said the cursed ink would disappear on its own in two days.
• The students used Transfiguration to replace or supplement the words with school crests, and Andrew joined in the laughter at the Gryffindors’ Slytherin-themed faces.
• Andrew asked a Gryffindor Sixth Year Prefect who had devised the prank, but the Prefect refused to reveal the name.
• Hagrid arrived at Professor McGonagall’s Office to tell her that he had obtained a Dragon Egg from a foreign merchant.
• Andrew fetched Professor McGonagall and suggested letting Hagrid raise the egg briefly before the Ministry confiscated it.
• Professor McGonagall rejected Andrew’s plan to involve the Ministry but agreed Hagrid could try raising the egg for a little while before it was sent away, and she left Andrew to supervise Transfiguration practice.

Andrew supervised a Transfiguration class while Professor McGonagall was away, then learned she wanted him to help Hagrid and Huffman buy a smuggled dragon egg. The chapter ended with McGonagall awarding points based on Hermione’s judging notes and teasing her for being too strict.

• Andrew told the students to study the theory and demonstrate the spell, then asked Hermione to judge their work while he sat at the back.
• Hermione graded the students strictly, drawing resentment from her Gryffindor classmates, before McGonagall returned and collected her notes.
• McGonagall praised Andrew and instructed him and Huffman to join Hagrid in buying the dragon egg and donating it to the school.
• McGonagall awarded five points to Hufflepuff and five to Gryffindor using Hermione’s list, then told Hermione she had been too strict.

Andrew and Huffman accompanied Hagrid to the Hog's Head, where Hagrid bought a Dragon Egg amid a secretive trade in contraband. On their return to Hogwarts, they found Dumbledore waiting outside the carriage after apparently overhearing them discuss people who disliked him.

• Hagrid took Andrew and Huffman to the Hog's Head on a weekday to buy a Dragon Egg.
• Andrew and Huffman saw the bar owner throw out two wizards for discussing a magazine and novels, then insult Dumbledore.
• Hagrid completed the purchase and said he would contact Professor Kettleburn about the egg.
• Huffman remained shaken by the visit, and Andrew tried to reassure him that even Dumbledore had detractors.
• Andrew and Huffman heard a voice agree with Andrew's remark, then saw Dumbledore standing outside the carriage.

Andrew, Huffman, and Hagrid witnessed Dumbledore restore a Dragon Egg that had cracked, then learned the dragon would be hatched and cared for at Hagrid’s Hut. Andrew and Huffman were assigned to monitor its health and report to Professor McGonagall, and the group arrived at Hagrid’s Hut to wait for Professor Kettleburn.

• Dumbledore arrived as Hagrid held the Dragon Egg, which cracked and spilled its contents when Hagrid tightened his grip.
• Dumbledore used a Dragon Egg Mending Charm to restore the egg and said it had likely been sold illegally.
• Dumbledore arranged for Professor Kettleburn to oversee hatching and care for the dragon at Hagrid’s Hut, with Hagrid keeping an observation Diary.
• Dumbledore assigned Taylor and Huffman to visit Hagrid weekly, check the dragon’s health, and report to Professor McGonagall.
• Andrew, Huffman, Dumbledore, and Hagrid reached Hagrid’s Hut, where Hagrid’s dog greeted them.

Andrew and Huffman visited Hagrid’s hut to monitor the Dragon Egg and discovered that Professor Kettleburn planned to help it hatch and raise it in the Forbidden Forest. Dumbledore assigned them weekly check-ins, but Andrew decided he had no intention of transferring to the Headmaster’s office.

• Huffman pointed out the hut’s valuable magical equipment, and Andrew realized how much trust and responsibility Hagrid held at Hogwarts.
• Professor Kettleburn arrived, scolded Hagrid for not warming the Dragon Egg over a fire, and set it to hatch in the hearth.
• Kettleburn said the dragon was female and supported raising her in the Forbidden Forest, while Dumbledore took Andrew and Huffman outside.
• Dumbledore instructed Andrew and Huffman to check on Hagrid and Kettleburn weekly and report to Minerva McGonagall.
• Andrew and Huffman wondered whether Dumbledore had hinted at a job in his office, but Andrew resolved to stay in Professor McGonagall’s Office.

Andrew sent off the new issue’s manuscript and learned that Norberta was about to hatch, so he hurried to Hagrid’s Hut for his assignment. He arrived as Harry, Ron, and Hermione joined Hagrid, Huffman, and Professor Kettleburn to watch the egg crack.

• Andrew finished the manuscript and witnessed Norberta’s hatching after visiting Hagrid’s Hut with Huffman once a week.
• Andrew received a letter from Professor Kettleburn saying the dragon was about to hatch and Dumbledore was there.
• Andrew obtained Professor McGonagall’s permission to miss Transfiguration and rushed to Hagrid’s Hut.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived at Hagrid’s Hut, and Hagrid invited them inside to watch Norberta hatch.

Andrew improvised a class for Professor Kettleburn’s students so they could witness Norberta hatch while keeping Hagrid’s dragon secret legitimate. Norberta emerged and tried to bite Hagrid before turning to her eggshell, while Andrew grew too tired to continue recording.

• Harry, Ron, and their classmates arrived at Hagrid’s Hut and were surprised to find Andrew and Professor Kettleburn there.
• Andrew prompted Professor Kettleburn to summon his sixth-year Advanced Class students, and Andrew and Huffman delivered the invitations by owl.
• The students gathered quietly as Norberta broke out of her egg, sneezed fire, and attempted to bite Hagrid’s finger.
• Norberta failed to hurt Hagrid, then rested and began eating her eggshell while Andrew recorded the hatching.
• Andrew stopped recording when the precise spellwork exhausted him, so Professor Kettleburn told the other students to continue and make backups.

Norberta hatched while Dumbledore secretly watched the Weasley twins investigate Peeves, and Harry and Ron enjoyed seeing Hermione stumped. Meanwhile, three editors reviewed a manuscript about Dumbledore and decided it deserved another print run.

• Norberta finished eating her eggshell and fell asleep before Dumbledore arrived, while Professor Kettleburn told Andrew that Dumbledore had missed a wonderful hatching.
• Huffman shook off the dragon's spell, submitted his report, and let Kettleburn fill in the details Andrew had missed.
• Dumbledore secretly followed George and his brother as they investigated Peeves's hiding places, but they disappeared from view and he gave up following them.
• George and his brother saw Dumbledore appear on the Marauder's Map, fled, and agreed to avoid using the map for a while.
• Harry and Ron joked that they had found something Hermione did not know, while Hermione wondered why the students watching the hatching seemed excited despite being unprepared.
• Three editors corrected the manuscript's historical inconsistencies and agreed to arrange another print run.

Andrew and Huffman observed Hagrid’s dragon, and Huffman suffered burns and singed hair before heading to the Hospital Wing. Meanwhile, Lockhart read the new issue of Magical Legends, suspected the story borrowed from his life, and decided its claims about real people would be exposed as false.

• Andrew helped Huffman clean up after the dragon singed his hair, then reminded him to go to the Hospital Wing and report for his work rotation.
• Huffman told Andrew that the new issue of Magical Legends had arrived, and they agreed to read it together later.
• Lockhart opened the new issue at his hotel and grew alarmed when its story described Dumbledore writing a book.
• Lockhart recognized similarities between the story and his own career, then relaxed when Dumbledore’s book turned out to be scholarly work rather than adventure stories.
• Lockhart decided the story’s claims about a Fifth Year’s journal publication and O.W.L. performance were fabricated, but continued reading to learn from its pacing.

Students gave up trying to defeat Peeves and flocked to the Library to search for Dumbledore’s hidden book, while stories about Peeves spread through the Wizarding world. Ron showed Hermione a Daily Prophet article about the treasure, and Hermione read it as the Library filled with students searching or studying.

• Most students abandoned their campaign against Peeves and went to the Library to search for Dumbledore’s Secret Treasure.
• The remaining students sent owls asking for help, and accounts of Peeves’s strength spread through the Wizarding world.
• Inventors linked several products to Peeves, prompting Magical Legends to print more copies of its issues and the Daily Prophet to publish a related photograph and interview.
• Ron showed Hermione a Daily Prophet photograph, and Hermione read the article while resenting how the treasure hunt disrupted quiet study.

Andrew struggled to plan the library expansion while Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore arranged to keep students interested in a rumored hidden book. The former Headmasters pressed Dumbledore to write it, and McGonagall proposed blaming Peeves for stolen, damaged manuscripts.

• Andrew left the library expansion plan to three eager Prefects after finding the requirements daunting.
• Professor McGonagall read the magazine story about students searching the library and decided the rumored book needed to seem real.
• The former Headmasters urged Dumbledore to write a book and give one of them credit as a coauthor.
• Professor McGonagall suggested assembling damaged pages from former Headmasters' manuscripts and claiming Peeves had stolen them.
• The group agreed that Peeves could be blamed for the manuscripts' damage, then looked expectantly at Dumbledore.

Andrew learned that students were searching the Library for Peeves’s supposed treasure while Dumbledore and the former headmasters prepared forged manuscript fragments to guide their search. The headmasters planned to hide the fragments in books that night and encourage students to study them.

• A graduating Gryffindor Prefect invited Andrew to join a final investigation into Peeves’s hidden treasure, but Andrew declined because of his duties in Professor McGonagall’s Office.
• Huffman told Andrew that students sneaking into the Library at night had left him exhausted, and admitted he was searching adventure books for Dumbledore’s hidden writings.
• Dumbledore transformed newly written theories into aged manuscript fragments while the former headmasters and headmistresses planned where to hide them.
• The former headmasters and headmistresses agreed to place the fragments in obscure books and biographies, with a message directing students to keep searching.
• Dumbledore was told to hide the fragments that night while the others planned to crack down on students staying up late.

Andrew and Huffman reported that Norberta had grown too dangerous to remain at Hagrid's Hut, prompting Professor McGonagall to ask Dumbledore to arrange for her removal. Dumbledore also worked on a hidden book that would appear inside Library books and offer readers relevant knowledge, and he said its first appearance was nearly ready.

• Andrew and Huffman told Professor McGonagall that Norberta had grown too large and dangerous to stay at Hagrid's Hut.
• Professor McGonagall praised Andrew and Huffman, then said she would discuss Norberta's removal with Dumbledore and excuse them from attending her departure.
• Dumbledore agreed to speak with Hagrid and the others about donating Norberta, and explained to Professor McGonagall that he was developing a hidden book that could appear inside other books.
• The Headmasters on the wall said they had decided to make their knowledge appear to students who found prerequisite books.
• Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall that the damaged page was ready and the students would see the hidden book soon.