Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore, Harry, Ron, and Hermione investigated Ginny’s disappearance and searched Myrtle’s bathroom for the Chamber of Secrets, while Charles followed a clue from the Marauder’s Map into a Secret Passage. Charles found a freshly breached stone wall and prepared to squeeze through in his Animagus form.

• Dumbledore learned that Ginny had gone to the third-floor girls’ bathroom, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed him there to investigate.
• Charles noticed a fleeting letter on the Marauder’s Map, then flew from the Common Room and found a Secret Passage where the mark had vanished.
• Charles summoned Dobby to warn Jack that his Secret Passage might have been discovered, and Jack left to investigate the Chamber of Secrets.
• Dumbledore and the others found several traces of magic in Myrtle’s bathroom, including a glowing faucet, and began examining it.
• Charles found a fresh, fist-sized hole in an ancient stone wall at the end of the passage and transformed into his Animagus form to enter.

Charles found Tom Riddle guarding a wand protected by powerful magic and refused to join him in seeking ancient power. After distracting Tom with a conversation about family, Charles attacked and destroyed him, saying he acted for Myrtle Elizabeth Warren.

• Charles entered the courtyard and met Tom Riddle, who asked whether Frederick von Weisen and Dumbledore had arrived.
• Tom explained that he was a memory and offered to work with Charles to find ancient magic that could resurrect the dead.
• Charles tested the protection around the floating wand with a weed, which lightning reduced to ash.
• Charles distracted Tom by talking about the loneliness of powerful wizards, then struck him with a rainbow-colored Killing Curse.
• Charles severed Tom's wand hand and fired more Killing Curses, telling him he had acted for Myrtle Elizabeth Warren.

Harry opened the Chamber of Secrets entrance with Parseltongue, and the group descended in search of Ginny. At the chamber door, they found a blood-written message that implicated Snape in Dumbledore’s death.

• Harry used Parseltongue to open the hidden passage in the girls' bathroom sink.
• Professor Flitwick went down first, and the professors and students followed him into the passage.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione disobeyed Dumbledore and joined the professors, with Harry knocking Snape down as he slid out.
• The group found a huge, recently shed snakeskin in the damp corridor and continued toward the chamber.
• Harry spotted writing in Thestral blood on the stone door, and Dumbledore read the message aloud.
• Harry read the final line, which said, "He who kills Dumbledore, Snape also," leaving everyone startled.

Harry, Ron, and their allies battled the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets while trying to save Ginny. Ron killed the Basilisk with a spell from Merlin’s Trial, but Harry and Ron both lay unconscious as the professors entered.

• Dumbledore identified the final line on the wall as a later addition and told Harry to open the Chamber of Secrets.
• Harry rushed inside to protect Ginny, Ron followed, and Hermione held the closing Stone Door open while the others tried to help.
• Harry broke the Basilisk’s fang, and Ruby and Fawkes blinded it as Dumbledore, Professor Sprout, and Ron attacked.
• Charles and Seamus arrived outside the Chamber, and Charles stopped Dumbledore from pulling Ron away, saying Ron could handle the Basilisk.
• Ron cast Cruciatus Sword into the Basilisk’s mouth, killing it, but the Chamber door closed as Hermione ran out of strength.
• Seamus opened the door, and the professors found the dead Basilisk, a poisoned Harry saved by Fawkes’s tears, and Ron unconscious after being struck by a stone.

After the Basilisk was defeated, Charles harvested its venom and meat while Dumbledore found the ruined Horcrux notebook and feared the soul had moved elsewhere. Charles returned to the Chamber with Jack to discuss the mysterious writing on its door.

• Seamus collected Basilisk scales, then joined Charles in examining its cut tail and discussing how to cook the meat.
• Charles extracted the Basilisk's venom and considered using it to enchant weapons, while Dumbledore found the burned Horcrux notebook inside the Slytherin statue and suspected Tom's soul had moved elsewhere.
• Dumbledore shouted at Charles for cutting up the Basilisk, but Seamus defended him and demanded compensation from Slytherin House; McGonagall docked Seamus three points for his rudeness.
• Dumbledore and Charles took everyone away from the Chamber, bringing the Basilisk's remains and shed skin with them.
• Charles returned to the Chamber, pieced together the broken door, and asked Jack about the writing; they discussed whether its author had come from another world before Jack cursed Charles for his joke.

After the Basilisk attack, Charles dealt with the remaining loose end by helping Dumbledore restore Dobby’s memories of the Horcrux notebook. The story ended with Dumbledore asking Charles to move the Basilisk’s corpse into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom for preservation.

• Rita Skeeter’s Daily Prophet article praised Ron, Harry, and Seamus for their roles in defeating the Basilisk while implying Lucius Malfoy was the Heir of Slytherin.
• Seamus asked Charles to get more Basilisk meat, but Charles said Dumbledore had warded the corpse against him; in class, McGonagall awarded Seamus six points for answering a question.
• Dumbledore summoned Charles to the Entrance Hall after curfew and asked him to bring Dobby, then questioned the elf about the damaged Horcrux notebook.
• Dobby recognized the notebook, remembered that his master planned to kill Hogwarts students, and Disapparated Charles and Dumbledore to 4 Privet Drive while searching for Harry.
• Dumbledore and Charles returned with Dobby to Hogwarts, where Dobby recognized Harry and clung to him, apparently recovering his memories.
• Dumbledore lifted the wards, and Charles put the Basilisk’s corpse in his Bag of Holding and carried it to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Charles received letters and packages from his friends, then learned that Hogwarts would host a Parents' Visit Day and that Hermione's and his fathers had agreed to attend. Hermione worried about her father learning about her grades and sweets habit, while Charles teased her with fruit scones.

• Charles read Pheobe's letter, considered her hints about their relationship, and set aside his uncertainty about memories of a wife from his previous life.
• Charles received Erika's spicy garlic seeds, Yamada Hakko's dried sea cucumbers, Lily's General Tso's Chicken, and Professor Mikhail's wand-locking sword and saber.
• Hermione told Charles that Hogwarts planned a Parents' Visit Day and that Mr. Granger and Mr. Smith had agreed to come.
• Charles teased Hermione about her sweets and her father discovering her habits, and Hermione decided to stop eating sweets.
• Charles offered fruit scones to the students and told Ginny to take Hermione's extra portion, while Hermione secretly resolved to order Charles extra dental checkups.

Hogwarts hosted its first visit by Muggle parents, including Mr. Granger and Jack, whose unnerving return frightened the ghosts and impressed Professor Snape during Potions Class. Jack asked Snape to award his and Mr. Granger’s House points to Malfoy, leaving everyone astonished.

• Dumbledore welcomed Mr. Granger and Jack to Hogwarts, where Peeves abruptly offered them cream cakes after recognizing Jack.
• The Fat Friar, Nick, and Peeves hid in the Dungeons, identifying Jack as a former Hufflepuff who had returned and fearing he might kill again.
• Jack warned Snape that Malfoy was about to ruin his potion, and Snape stopped him and deducted ten points from Slytherin.
• Jack and Mr. Granger brewed excellent Blood-Replenishing Potions, outperforming the students and earning points for Gryffindor.
• Jack asked Snape to give the points to Malfoy, surprising the staff and students and improving Charles’s impression of him.

Jack Smith and Mr. Granger visited Hogwarts, where Mr. Granger impressed the students by examining a Chinese Mandrake and Jack received Draco Malfoy’s thanks. Mr. Granger left satisfied, but Jack remained disappointed that he had missed Transfiguration Class, while Charles wondered why Rita Skeeter had not visited.

• Jack learned from Professor Sprout that The Hat magazine wanted to publish Charles’s research on Muggle fertilizer and herbs, prompting Mr. Granger to compare Charles favorably to Hermione.
• Mr. Granger examined a Chinese Mandrake’s teeth while feeding it meat, and Dumbledore recalled an old Hogwarts prank using the plant’s biting leaves.
• The Slytherin student head made Draco Malfoy loudly thank Jack for preventing Slytherin House from losing points in Potions Class, and Jack urged Draco to preserve his conscience.
• Mr. Granger watched Charles’s Nundu specimen in Defense Against the Dark Arts Class, while Hermione earned her father’s praise in Spell Class.
• Mr. Granger left Hogwarts satisfied, Jack complained that he had missed Transfiguration Class, and Charles wondered why Rita Skeeter had not shown up.
• Rita Skeeter remained in St. Mungo’s Hospital after falling down the stairs at home.

Jack tried to catch Grindelwald stealing food by drugging a bottle of black tea, while Grindelwald set a trap of his own. Sirius Black woke back in his Azkaban cell, unsure whether his escape and nights of stealing food had really happened.

• Grindelwald complained that the newspaper praised Jack, while Jack scolded him for leaving food wrappers and cans around the kitchen.
• Jack drugged a bottle of black tea and left it where Grindelwald would find it.
• Grindelwald used his wand on the dining room's only chair after spotting anglers outside.
• Sirius Black, disguised as a black dog, sneaked into the villa, ate food, and drank Jack's drugged tea.
• The enchanted chair activated as a Portkey and sent Sirius Black back to Azkaban, where the Dementors found him alive.
• Sirius Black woke in his cell and wondered whether his escape and food theft had been a dream.

Charles prepared an expanded herb-growing experiment plan for Dumbledore while making summer plans with Harry and Hermione. An incoming letter revealed Old Man had started a company and invited a guest to Britain, and the chapter ended with Jack welcoming that guest at the airport.

• Charles told Harry and Hermione about his summer plans, then realized the July full moon meant he needed to visit Germany's Black Forest before Marseille.
• Charles received a letter saying Old Man had started a company and appointed Vernon Dursley as its manager, which meant Vernon would be traveling abroad frequently.
• Charles noticed Hermione's dark circles and learned from Ginny that Hermione had been staying up late to study alchemy, so he told Ginny to supervise her bedtime.
• Jack welcomed an elderly visitor from far away at the airport, and the visitor greeted him as Brother Jack.

Jack, Old Nine, and Grindelwald entered a cavern to investigate a lake filled with hundreds of Inferi and found that these Inferi could spread their condition. Old Nine planned to reverse the curse and free the corpses, and Grindelwald returned from searching for the needed black dog blood with a conveniently unconscious black dog.

• Jack opened a route through the cliff, and the three entered a cavern where Old Nine used a Corpse-finding Talisman to reveal hundreds of Inferi beneath a black lake.
• Jack said he wanted the Inferi's relatives to see them one last time, so the group brought a young man's Inferius out of the lake for study.
• Old Nine immobilized the Inferius with a Talisman and used a bronze bell to lead it and the hen's corpse out of the cave.
• Old Nine explained that these Inferi could turn their victims into more Inferi and said he could undo the spell using black dog blood.
• Jack sent Grindelwald to find a black dog, and Grindelwald returned less than ten minutes later with an unconscious one.

Black recovered at Grindelwald’s home after escaping Azkaban, unaware that Old Nine planned to use his blood in a ritual involving an Inferius. At the seaside cave, Black transformed back into a man and recognized the corpse as Regulus.

• Black stayed in Grindelwald’s home for several days while Jack visited Muggle parents with Dumbledore and Old Nine prepared for his ritual.
• Grindelwald and Old Nine paralyzed Black, drew some of his blood, and took him to the cave in a burlap sack.
• Old Nine arranged a ritual beside the lake with the blood, an Inferius, incense, candles, and red cord.
• Black began to break Grindelwald’s spell, and Jack recognized him as the dog they had found.
• Jack freed Black, who transformed into human form and lunged at the corpse, calling out to Regulus.

Black learned that Regulus’s corpse had been found, then helped Jack, Grindelwald, and Old Nine destroy the Inferi in the lake. Jack retrieved the Small locket for Black, who left with Regulus’s body, while Grindelwald confronted Old Nine about the copper bell.

• Black mourned Regulus and thanked Jack, Grindelwald, and Old Nine for helping him find his brother’s corpse.
• Old Nine used talismans and glowing blood to draw the Inferi out of the lake, while Black rang the copper bell.
• Old Nine spat blood over the Inferi, disabling them all in less than a minute.
• Jack destroyed the poisoned basin with lightning and retrieved the unharmed Small locket beneath it.
• Black took the Small locket and left with Regulus’s corpse without opening it.
• Grindelwald asked Old Nine whether the copper bell had been meant to attract the Inferi.

On the first day of the 1993 summer vacation, Charles learned about Voldemort’s suspected Horcrux and was reminded of his outstanding work for Dumbledore. Harry prepared to travel to Egypt with the Weasleys under another identity, while Charles planned a summer trip and arranged professional reviews of Hogwarts’ network project designs.

• Dumbledore showed Jack and Charles his plan for a miniature Titanic as Hogwarts’ new transport, and Charles agreed to donate a thousand Galleons.
• Arthur Weasley arrived with Ron after winning the Daily Prophet grand prize, donated fifty Galleons to the ship project, and invited Harry and Charles to join the family’s trip to Egypt; Harry accepted, but Charles declined.
• Dumbledore asked that Harry leave Britain under someone else’s identity, then went with Jack, Arthur, Harry, and Ron to meet Mr. Granger.
• Charles asked Dumbledore about the corpses found in a seaside cave, and Dumbledore explained that they had been Inferi guarding a likely former Horcrux site that Voldemort had abandoned.
• Charles prepared to move his computer to his villa and travel to Germany for herbs, but Dumbledore reminded him to review the oil-painting network designs and prepare prize money for the August Firewall cracking competition.
• Charles said he had hired professionals to review the designs, and Dumbledore worried that Charles might have brought in foreign wizards.

Charles traveled with Dumbledore, Erika, and Marlene to Germany, where he encouraged Erika to market her unusually pungent garlic and Marlene guided the group toward Weissenburg’s ancient herb market. They reached the market at dawn after passing through a misty mountain and an old cemetery.

• Charles and Dumbledore traveled through the British and German Ministries of Magic to Lake Titisee, where Charles advised Erika to patent and sell her pungent garlic.
• Marlene took Charles and Erika to Weissenburg and explained the history and early-morning schedule of its thousand-year-old herb market.
• Erika locked Charles in the hotel suite with her and Marlene, and the three left together the next morning after a long night.
• Marlene led Charles and Erika through the mountain fog by following the distinctive scent near an ancient cemetery.
• Erika explained that a cursed potion could use the corpse of someone who died unexpectedly and make its victim die in the same manner.
• Charles, Erika, and Marlene reached the mountaintop market beside a lake, where wizards were setting up stalls of medicinal herbs.

Charles, Marlene, and Erika visited a mountain herb market, where they searched for plants to grow in a greenhouse and bought seeds. Their stroll ended when a man offered to take Marlene to Hogwarts to see Dumbledore’s phoenix, and she reacted with hostility.

• Marlene gave shivering Erika a long-sleeved shirt, and the group went into a market restaurant for breakfast.
• The restaurant owner joked that Charles ate as much as Smith from Hogwarts, making Erika and Marlene laugh.
• Erika recognized Widow’s Berries, and Marlene bought ripe seeds because Charles was too young to purchase poisonous herbs.
• Charles found Phoenix Feather at a nearby stall, and Marlene asked him to bring Ruby to her when the seeds became available in September.
• A man offered to take Marlene to Hogwarts to see Dumbledore’s phoenix, and Marlene’s face twisted when she heard his voice.

Charles defended Marlene and Erika from Rudolph Otto at the herb market, then spent several days with them before receiving a Dancing Grass as a gift. After Charles left for Marseille, the German Ministry accused Seamus Finnigan of attacking Otto, and the Daily Prophet turned the incident into a joke.

• Erika told Charles that Rudolph Otto had long pursued Marlene, and Marlene kissed Charles and introduced him as her boyfriend to drive Otto away.
• Otto drew his wand, but Charles and the stall owners intimidated him into leaving; Charles secretly made Otto repeatedly stub his toes as he walked away.
• Charles bought Thornwood branches and noticed Marlene and Erika acting strangely, then spent two days helping Erika tend her flower fields.
• On the full moon, Erika gave Charles a Dancing Grass, which curled and writhed when he sang, so she suggested he give it to Gabrielle instead.
• Charles left for Marseille, and the German Ministry demanded that Britain arrest Seamus Finnigan for injuring Otto; the British Ministry dismissed the accusation, and the Daily Prophet published it as a joke.

Charles visited Pheobe in Marseille and discovered that a curse had left her covered in scars. He persuaded her to drink a rare dragon-blood potion, which caused an unexpected fiery side effect when Gabrielle returned.

• Charles found the Delacour family’s hidden seaside lodging and learned that Pheobe’s body was covered in scars from a curse she had suffered at Velvet Mountain.
• Pheobe told Charles that the curse could not be fully cured and that she would bear the consequences of her own recklessness.
• Charles reminded Pheobe that he valued her courage and sense of justice, and Ruby confirmed that he had been protected from the Nundu’s poison after giving Pheobe the gas mask.
• Charles offered Pheobe a dragon-blood potion made by Nicolas Flamel, and after she refused, he insisted that she drink it.
• Gabrielle returned and found Pheobe and Charles sitting upright on the sofa; Pheobe’s mouth then sprayed a half-meter pillar of fire, which Charles said was a temporary side effect.

Charles reviewed alchemy textbooks for Hogwarts while staying with Pheobe and Gabrielle at a seaside home, then took Gabrielle into Marseille for ice cream and supplies. After agreeing to meet their taxi driver for the return trip, they sat by the sea to enjoy their chosen flavors.

• Charles checked the English alchemy textbooks Nicolas Flamel had written and finished the first chapter of the difficult seventh-year book.
• Gabrielle teased Charles about furrowing his brow, and Pheobe turned an empty juice glass into an iron to help with the joke.
• Charles and Gabrielle left for Marseille by taxi after Pheobe warned Charles not to buy Gabrielle more snacks.
• The taxi driver sped along the mountain road, and Charles arranged for him to collect them later.
• Charles and Gabrielle chose ice cream flavors and sat on a stone bench beside the sea to eat.