Chapter Summaries

At a dinner hosted to discuss Harry and Ginny’s upcoming wedding, Molly grew angry that Harry, Ron, and Arthur arrived late because of work. The gathering ended with the wedding still needing attention, while Ron’s report revealed that the Ministry was investigating families mass-producing werewolves.

• Molly worried that Arthur, Harry, and Ron had not arrived and complained that they were neglecting the wedding preparations.
• Albert arrived at Sirius’s home with Moody and joined Hermione, Lupin, and the others for dinner.
• Harry, Ron, and Arthur arrived late, and Ron explained that the Ministry suspected Voldemort-aligned families were mass-producing werewolves.
• Molly reminded Harry that his wedding to Ginny was approaching, and Harry apologized for leaving the arrangements to her.
• George told Harry that the twins had prepared wedding fireworks and that he should take time off to prepare for the ceremony.
• Molly served Albert an enormous dinner and an unappetizing Red Bean Pie.

Albert, Moody, and Lupin discussed security for Harry and Ginny’s wedding in Avalon after the threat of an attack involving werewolves during the full moon. They agreed to strengthen the protections and prioritize early warnings so the guests could respond to any attack.

• Albert considered writing a cookbook but abandoned the idea as too time-consuming and impractical.
• Moody asked Albert and Lupin to plan security for Harry and Ginny’s wedding, and Albert showed them his enchanted Marauder’s Map, which warned when strangers approached Avalon.
• Albert said Kingsley’s attack made him wary of a sudden assault, and Arthur revealed that the Ministry suspected Voldemort’s supporters would use werewolves on the next full moon.
• Moody suggested moving the wedding before the full moon, but Arthur explained that Ginny’s birthday fell on the eleventh and the family did not want her to marry while underage.
• Albert, Moody, and Lupin agreed to reinforce Avalon and the wedding venue with protective magic while using the map to provide an early warning of intruders.

Hermione discussed her future with Albert, who explained the relationships with his other lovers and why he had accepted her. After they returned several hours through the Time-Turner, Albert worked with Lupin and Moody on Avalon's defenses, until Lee Jordan reported an attack on The Burrow.

• Hermione told Albert she still intended to join the Ministry of Magic after Hogwarts, and he promised to support her choice despite warning that the Ministry would be difficult.
• Albert explained how Catherine, Valeria, and Louise had become his lovers, and told Hermione that she was his first lover because of her devotion to him.
• Albert and Hermione used the Time-Turner to return several hours earlier, then Hermione went to handle her affairs while Albert met with Lupin and Moody at Avalon.
• Albert, Lupin, and Moody discussed strengthening Avalon and planning Protective Magic for Harry's wedding venue.
• Lee Jordan reported that a group of Death Eaters had attacked The Burrow and set it on fire.

After Dark wizards burned down the Burrow, the Weasleys and their allies struggled to understand the attack while the Ministry found no evidence and feared a larger plot for the Full Moon. Percy urged patience and said they needed an opportunity to take revenge.

• Lee Jordan told Ginny that Mrs. Weasley had escaped to Grimmauld Place No. 12, and Albert sent Ginny there with Lupin.
• Albert sent Lee Jordan to warn Fred and George and asked Moody to contact the Ministry, while the Aurors arrived too late to catch the attackers.
• Mrs. Weasley mourned the burned Burrow, and Sirius invited the Weasleys to stay at Grimmauld Place No. 12.
• Ron proposed retaliating against the Pure-blood families, but Mr. Weasley, Fred, and George restrained him; Fred and George secretly planned to support Nelson.
• Kingsley and Percy told the group that the Ministry had found no evidence and suspected the attackers wanted to distract them before the Full Moon.
• Percy cautioned Ron that revenge needed an opportunity, while Ron publicly questioned why Albert could not use Divination to identify the attackers.

Rita Skeeter’s article about Harry and Ginny’s marriage overshadowed the attack on the Weasley family, prompting Ginny to explain their relationship and pregnancy on the Wizard Lookout Station Broadcast. Fred and George then took revenge on Skeeter, while Harry and Ginny were publicly cleared of suspicion.

• Rita Skeeter’s Daily Prophet article focused on Harry and Ginny’s impending marriage and minimized the attack on the Weasley family.
• Harry faced questions and congratulations at the Ministry, while Ginny and her companions at Avalon discussed how to respond to Skeeter’s article.
• Fred and George led a group that burned Skeeter’s house, marked it with the Dark Mark, and transfigured her into a sow-like creature before hanging her outside.
• Ginny told listeners about her relationship with Harry, their upcoming wedding, and her pregnancy, moving the audience and answering concerns about their marriage.
• A breaking report about Skeeter’s attack interrupted Ginny’s broadcast, and Aurors including Harry rescued Skeeter before the fire killed her.
• The public turned its attention to Skeeter’s attack, while Harry and Ginny had alibis and the remaining Death Eaters took the blame.

Albert and Hermione discussed Rita Skeeter’s attack as they inspected Avalon’s protections, then joined their friends at the backup headquarters to prepare for a possible werewolf operation on the Full Moon. Albert warned that werewolves would be a serious problem, and the group rested ahead of the night’s uncertain events.

• Albert told Hermione that Fred and George had nearly killed Rita Skeeter, and he cautioned Hermione against lecturing others about how to act.
• Albert and Hermione returned to the backup headquarters, where Shanna arranged lunch and the others prepared for the night.
• Angelina asked Albert for feedback on a stool she had made, and he advised her to practice making more useful furniture.
• Kenneth asked Albert about his Divination, and Albert said he knew werewolves would appear but could not predict how many.
• The group debated whether the Ministry could punish the wizarding families behind the Death Eaters, and Albert ended the discussion by telling everyone to rest before the operation.

Tonks reported that Remus was asleep under the potion Albert had provided as Gadwin Robards briefed the Aurors on preparations for a possible werewolf attack and discussed the Ministry’s plans to manage werewolves. After the Aurors waited through the night without incident, Gadwin Robards’s assistant announced that werewolves had appeared.

• Tonks told Harry that Remus was asleep and Sirius was watching over him.
• Gadwin Robards warned the Aurors to prioritize their safety and use their harshest spells against transformed werewolves.
• Harry asked why the Ministry had not trained Aurors in Albert’s Human-Shape Restoration Charm, and Gadwin Robards explained that it was too difficult to master.
• Gadwin Robards described Kingsley’s plans to register and manage werewolves, using Albert’s sleeping potion to control them during the Full Moon.
• The Aurors waited through the night, and Gadwin Robards’s assistant announced that werewolves had appeared.

The Ministry of Magic captured three werewolves during a quiet night, easing the Aurors’ fears even as Kingsley suspected the danger had not passed. In a hidden dungeon, Death Eaters secretly mass-produced werewolves by infecting captured Muggles one finger at a time.

• Gadwin Robards sent Dawlish and his team to Charles Old District, where they quickly captured a werewolf and boosted the Aurors’ morale.
• The Aurors captured two more werewolves overnight, but the attacks appeared to involve ordinary werewolves rather than Voldemort’s forces.
• Kingsley remained on high alert, suspecting Voldemort’s followers had hidden themselves despite the lack of widespread attacks.
• Death Eaters in a secret dungeon infected captured Muggles by having controlled werewolves bite off their fingers, creating a supply of expendable werewolves.

At Harry and Ginny's wedding, Albert and Isobel slipped away to explore Avalon before Kingsley summoned Albert to talk. Isobel later advised the girls visiting the newlyweds' home to keep realistic expectations about marriage.

• Valeria envied Isobel for attending the wedding with Albert, while Catherine and Katrina dismissed weddings as boring.
• Albert and Isobel walked through Avalon, where he explained that a portal would connect their homes and that Avalon would serve as a public front.
• Lupin and Tonks told Albert that unpleasant rumors had surfaced after the full moon, but Albert said he did not care what people thought.
• Hagrid brought Albert back to the wedding, where Percy directed him to Kingsley, while Isobel went with the girls to see Harry and Ginny's new home.
• Isobel spoke to Cho Chang and the other girls about married life, warning them that everyday responsibilities and family issues could make marriage less effortless than they imagined.

Isobel advised the girls to wait until they felt ready before marrying, while Albert discussed Kingsley’s concerns about hidden enemies. Cho planned to marry next year, but Angelina wanted to pursue Quidditch first, leaving her future with Fred uncertain.

• Isobel told the girls that marriage was best approached when they felt mentally prepared and had established their lives, and she cited her engagement to Albert as an example.
• Albert and Isobel discussed Kingsley’s worries about enemies hiding in the shadows and why he had asked Albert for help.
• Cho Chang said she planned to marry Cedric next year, and Cedric mentioned that he had wanted Albert to be his Best Man.
• Fred complained about Muriel and said he and Angelina should marry next year, but Angelina said she wanted to try out for the Holyhead Harpies first.
• Fred suggested that he and Angelina get engaged and postpone the wedding, while Penelope warned the girls that relationships could fade after leaving Hogwarts if neither partner maintained them.

Harry and Ginny’s wedding began amid family gossip, heartfelt blessings, and a formal ceremony, then continued with a banquet and dancing. As the celebration went on, Hermione and Ron’s awkward dance and Percy’s wedding-day note-taking left Ron irritated.

• The guests passed the long wait by chatting and praising the Hogwarts House-elves’ desserts, while Kingsley attended as Harry’s former companion.
• Mr. Weasley led Ginny down the aisle, and whispers about the couple’s age and Ginny’s pregnancy angered Sirius as the ceremony began.
• Hermione served as Ginny’s bridesmaid, while Ron watched her closely; Albert and Isobel discussed the similarities between Harry’s ceremony and their own.
• Harry and Ginny danced after the banquet, followed by Fred and Angelina, Albert and Isobel, and an awkwardly distracted Hermione and Ron.
• Hermione left the dance floor and asked Percy what he was writing; Ron brought her champagne and grew annoyed when Percy ignored him and spoke with Hermione.

Percy advised Hermione to join the Ministry of Magic before vacancies were filled, but she explained that she wanted to help House-elves gain rights. As Albert and the others prepared Harry and Ginny’s wedding fireworks, Voldemort’s remnants disrupted the celebration with the Dark Mark and a few spells before fleeing.

• Percy urged Hermione to take a Ministry position immediately, but she said she planned to finish Hogwarts and work to improve House-elves’ rights.
• Hermione explained that Albert had advised changing wizards’ attitudes and using laws to protect House-elves, and that she planned to write a story about them.
• George asked for help launching the wedding fireworks, and Albert, Isobel, Hermione, Ron, and Percy joined him.
• A Dark Mark appeared above Avalon, and Albert dispelled it as scattered spells struck the barrier.
• Moody, Kingsley, and Albert repelled the attack, but the remnants escaped and left the wedding guests frightened.

Death Eaters disrupted Harry and Ginny’s wedding before retreating, leaving the Aurors unable to catch them and the guests unsettled. The reception resumed with fireworks, while Albert warned Kingsley that eliminating Voldemort’s remnants would require real resolve.

• Dean, Seamus, Neville, and the other guests reacted to the Death Eaters’ retreat, while Hannah reassured Justin that she would ask about housing in Avalon.
• George and Fred encouraged Harry, then George led Harry and Ginny out to watch fireworks with the wedding guests.
• Dawlish complained that the Aurors had failed to catch the Death Eaters, but Moody and Kingsley pointed out that the attackers had been cautious and would not have posed much danger.
• Albert told Kingsley that Death Eater attacks would likely continue and that defeating Voldemort’s remnants would require the Ministry to make up its mind.
• Albert left the Aurors’ meeting when fireworks went off, and Kingsley sent the others back to the wedding.
• Albert and Isobel watched the phoenixes cross the sky as Hermione looked at them and thought their relationship was enviable.

After Harry and Ginny’s wedding ended early, Albert returned to Avalon and learned that former war participants wanted to settle there. Percy then asked him to address a newspaper scandal and help locate a werewolf lair, while Hermione realized that the apparent conspiracy might have been fueled by someone who had done nothing.

• Harry thanked Albert for helping protect the wedding, and Albert agreed to be the godfather of Harry and Ginny’s son, James.
• Albert found Harry and Ginny had skipped their honeymoon because the wizarding world remained unsafe, while Avalon’s residents worked harder toward their new homes.
• Shanna told Albert that many members from the last Wizarding War wanted to settle in Avalon, and he deferred a decision until construction was complete.
• Percy gave Albert a newspaper about a scandal and asked him to explain it, then said Kingsley wanted Albert to divine the location of a werewolf lair.
• Hermione read the newspaper and suspected a conspiracy, but Albert suggested that the person behind it had simply done nothing.

Albert suspected that Death Eater remnants were spreading rumors to discredit him and Avalon. Shanna addressed the rumors on Lee Jordan’s radio program, explaining Avalon’s purpose and residency, and the rumors soon disappeared.

• Albert learned that a reporter who had written about Avalon was hospitalized after being placed under the Imperius Curse, while rumors about the village continued to spread.
• Cedric asked Albert why he did not explain the uproar, and Lee Jordan arranged for Avalon administrator Shanna to discuss it on the Wizard Lookout Station.
• Shanna said Avalon had Ministry support, was built on land Albert had bought, and was funded by his reward for killing Voldemort, including money for injured wizards and bereaved families.
• Shanna explained that Death Eater remnants had spread the rumors and that Avalon was built to shelter those who fought Voldemort.
• Shanna said current residents had helped build Avalon and that future residents would be chosen first from among those who fought Voldemort.
• After the broadcast, the rumors about Avalon disappeared from the wizarding world.

Albert arranged for Obscurus Books to publish the final volume of his Defence Against the Dark Arts Guide and agreed on a price and royalties. He then met Professor McGonagall at Hogwarts to review the class timetable and discuss his office arrangements.

• Albert visited Obscurus Books and gave Mr. Max the manuscript for the final Defence Against the Dark Arts Guide volume.
• Albert asked Mr. Max to credit Isobel as a co-author and negotiated a three-Galleon price for the textbook.
• Albert and Mr. Max agreed on the publishing terms, including a fixed price for the series and a separate hardcover collector's edition.
• Albert went to Hogwarts and told Professor McGonagall that publication should be ready before term began and that the book would cost three Galleons.
• Professor McGonagall gave Albert the Defence Against the Dark Arts class timetable and recommended that he take a separate office.

Albert returned from Hogwarts to his family and discussed the departures of Catherine and the others, Louise’s likely pregnancy, and his plans to travel after Voldemort’s defeat. He later spoke with Hermione about his Defence Against the Dark Arts Guide and went to visit Katrina at the Witch Beauty Shop.

• Albert left Hogwarts after speaking with Professor McGonagall and delivered Butterbeer to Avalon.
• Albert learned that Catherine and the other two women had left Britain without saying goodbye, and he and Isobel discussed Louise’s pregnancy and her choice not to tell him about the child.
• Albert told Isobel he might travel around the world next year, after Voldemort’s death left Britain no longer in need of him.
• Hermione praised Albert’s Defence Against the Dark Arts Guide as a demanding advanced course, and Albert said Kingsley had approved its publication.
• Albert gave Hermione the sample guide, bought ice cream from Florean, and planned to visit Katrina at the Witch Beauty Shop.

Hermione designed furniture for Avalon while Ginny worried about finding a life and career beyond caring for her family. Shanna reassured Ginny that Avalon offered work opportunities and asked Hermione to display her designs at the Potter family villa.

• Hermione told Ginny that Diagon Alley was quieter, though Fred and George’s joke shop and the Witch Beauty Shop were popular.
• Ginny admitted to Hermione that she felt uneasy about focusing entirely on family life after marrying Harry and considered pursuing work after James was born.
• Hermione suggested Ginny gain experience at Sirius’s Defence Reporter magazine and explained that Sirius planned to establish a publishing house for Albert’s books.
• Shanna told Ginny that Avalon would offer opportunities, including childcare and teaching, and suggested Hermione could open a furniture shop.
• Shanna asked Hermione to move her furniture designs to the Potter family villa so Avalon residents could view them and help plan material purchases.

On Hogwarts' new student intake day, Albert arrived to begin teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts but made clear he had no intention of living at the school or taking on more duties. Professor McGonagall asked him to return as a professor and Gryffindor Head of House, but he refused and suggested other staffing options.

• Albert arrived at Hogwarts by House-elf Apparition and prepared his Defence Against the Dark Arts office, saying he would use it to work on his guide rather than live there.
• Cedric met Albert at the office and told him he had won a bet with Hagrid that Albert would arrive on time.
• Professor Flitwick asked Albert to help with preparations for the welcome feast, while Professor McGonagall took him to inspect the school's security measures.
• Professor McGonagall explained that Hogwarts lacked suitable staff and asked Albert to return as a professor and Gryffindor Head of House.
• Albert declined, saying he planned to travel with his family the following year, and suggested Cedric train as Transfiguration Professor and Harry Potter return as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor.

Albert discussed Hogwarts’s shortage of professors with McGonagall and suggested Cedric as a possible Transfiguration teacher. At the welcome feast, Neville agreed to become Sprout’s assistant before eventually succeeding her, while Albert learned he had been added to a Chocolate Frog Card.

• McGonagall considered Albert’s suggestion that Cedric teach Transfiguration after Albert refused to join Hogwarts as a professor.
• Cedric asked Albert why McGonagall had offered him the Transfiguration position, and Albert told him he could refuse or discuss keeping his Ministry post with Kingsley.
• At the professors’ table, Slughorn said Damocles was unlikely to replace him, while Sprout revealed that Neville had agreed to work as her assistant before taking over her position.
• The students welcomed Albert enthusiastically, and Slughorn told him that an old friend had put him on a Chocolate Frog Card.