Chapter Summaries

Lin Yue searched Pure-blood family castles for Voldemort's Horcruxes while Harry's speeches in Diagon Alley raised his and his friends' standing and angered Fudge. When the Ministry sent Dementors after Harry, he drove them off with a Patronus and wrote to Lin Yue for advice, leaving her and Hermione to receive his letter.

• Lin Yue searched the Parkinson family castle but found no Horcrux, then continued considering which Death Eaters might have been entrusted with one.
• Harry improvised a powerful speech in Diagon Alley, and Hermione and Ron watched as his speeches over five days made the trio familiar and popular among witches and wizards.
• Lin Yue and Hermione predicted that the Ministry might try to force Harry to use magic with Dementors, and Hermione told Harry to use magic if he was in danger.
• Fudge ordered Dolores to put the plan into action, and two Dementors attacked Harry while he was arguing with Dudley.
• Harry pulled Dudley behind him and drove off the Dementors with his silver stag Patronus, then wrote to Lin Yue for advice while Vernon threatened to have him expelled.
• Lin Yue and Hermione received Harry's letter at the Granger family home, and Lin Yue opened it.

After the Ministry expelled Harry and summoned him to a hearing, Lin Yue rescued him from the Dursleys and brought him to the Grangers’ home. She arranged for Harry to speak out against the Ministry and discovered that her new instant-delivery spell could send letters to Dumbledore.

• Harry told Lin Yue and Hermione that Dementors had attacked him and that the Ministry had expelled him, threatened to destroy his wand, and ordered him to attend a hearing.
• Lin Yue asked Harry whether he wanted to leave the Dursleys, then Apparated to his home and packed his belongings.
• Petunia insisted Harry had to stay, but Lin Yue promised to protect the Dursleys, cast a protective spell over their home, and took Harry with her.
• Lin Yue brought Harry to the Grangers’ home, where Hermione suggested he write about the Ministry’s actions and deliver a speech in Diagon Alley.
• Lin Yue wrote to Dumbledore and used her new spell to deliver the letter instantly; Dumbledore replied that Harry was safe with her.

Harry used a Truth Serum Q&A at a Diagon Alley speech to reveal that Dementors had attacked him and a Muggle and that the Ministry had tried to expel him and summon him for an unlawful hearing. Umbridge arrived with Aurors to confront the crowd, while Lin Yue stepped forward to stop them from attacking.

• Lin Yue had a young apothecary witch verify that Harry's potion was perfect-quality Truth Serum, then revealed that she had brewed it herself.
• After drinking the serum, Harry confirmed that he had used the Patronus Charm to protect himself and a Muggle from two Dementors in a Muggle neighborhood.
• Harry revealed that the Ministry had sent him an expulsion notice, threatened to destroy his wand, and ordered him to attend a hearing on August 12th.
• Harry said Dumbledore had told him to keep his wand and that Lin Yue had taken him away, prompting the crowd to denounce the Ministry and defend Harry.
• Umbridge arrived with more than a dozen Aurors and claimed the Ministry had acted lawfully, but the Flourish and Blotts shopkeeper and other wizards openly challenged her.
• Lin Yue approached Umbridge and the Aurors under her Magical Pressure and asked whether they planned to attack the innocent wizards.

Lin Yue drove Umbridge and the Aurors away from Harry’s speech, then deduced that Fudge planned to send Umbridge to Hogwarts as a professor and decided she could use the plan against the Ministry. After Harry completed six Truth Serum speeches and spread the news about his hearing, the Order of the Phoenix praised the group’s impact, and Harry was told he could stop drinking Truth Serum.

• Lin Yue challenged Umbridge to arrest her, and the Aurors fled rather than confront her.
• Umbridge called the gathering a misunderstanding and vanished, while Lin Yue inferred that Fudge planned to install her at Hogwarts as a professor.
• Lin Yue decided she could let Umbridge target her at Hogwarts if it helped Harry, Hermione, and the wider Ministry effort.
• Harry gave five more Truth Serum speeches in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, spreading the story of his Dementor encounter and Ministry hearing.
• Sirius watched one of Harry’s speeches and condemned Fudge and the Ministry, while Dumbledore and the Order praised Lin Yue and Harry.
• Lin Yue told Harry that his six Truth Serum sessions were enough, and Harry joked that he had feared being forced to tell the truth forever.

Lin Yue accompanied Harry to his Ministry hearing, where she challenged Fudge’s illegal tactics and prepared to protect Harry if he was convicted. The hearing began with Fudge and Umbridge facing mounting pressure, and Dumbledore arrived as Harry’s witness just as they had hoped to proceed without him.

• Lin Yue took Harry to the Ministry of Magic, where Nodis told them that Fudge would be sued for his misconduct and that Ministry allies would challenge any guilty verdict.
• A Ministry employee tried to move Harry’s hearing forward without proper notice, but Lin Yue confronted her and followed her to the courtroom.
• Umbridge demanded that Lin Yue leave, but Lin Yue invoked the law and sat beside Harry, with a Wizengamot member confirming her right to stay.
• Fudge began the hearing before Dumbledore could appear, but Dumbledore entered the courtroom and announced that he had arrived three hours early.

Lin Yue helped Harry win his hearing, and Fudge was taken in for investigation as Dumbledore learned that Lin Yue had found the Resurrection Stone. As the summer ended, Lin Yue, Harry, and Hermione boarded a new vacuum maglev Hogwarts Express built to protect its passengers from Voldemort.

• Lin Yue challenged Fudge's threat to change the law, and Harry was declared innocent.
• Investigators entered the courtroom, restrained Fudge's allies, and ordered Fudge to cooperate with an investigation into his abuse of authority and release of Dementors.
• Lin Yue told Dumbledore that she had destroyed a ring at the old Gaunt family home and showed him the Resurrection Stone left behind; Dumbledore explained that it only produced projections of the dead.
• Lin Yue and Harry returned to the Granger home, where Hermione congratulated Harry and offered to cook lunch with his help.
• News of Harry's innocence and Fudge's investigation spread through the Wizarding World, and the Ministry failed to interfere with the students' return to Hogwarts.
• At Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Lin Yue showed Harry and Hermione the new vacuum maglev Hogwarts Express, which could reach Hogwarts in three minutes and was designed to thwart Voldemort.

Lin Yue’s upgraded Hogwarts Express brought the students to Hogwarts in minutes, where Dumbledore welcomed them and announced that the Sorting Ceremony would take place that evening. Lin Yue then considered how to draw Umbridge into hurting her without letting her Mothers intervene, so she could use the Ministry’s abuse against it.

• Lin Yue’s new Hogwarts Express carried Hermione, Harry, and their friends to Hogwarts so quickly and quietly that Hagrid was surprised to see it arrive.
• Lin Yue explained that she had replaced the train without the Ministry’s approval and that the School Board’s votes had been evenly split.
• Dumbledore thanked Lin Yue for donating the train, welcomed the students, and said the Sorting Ceremony would happen that evening.
• Lin Yue noticed the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor’s seat was empty and suspected Umbridge had not yet learned that the students had arrived early.
• Lin Yue planned to let Umbridge harm her so she could put the Ministry at a disadvantage, while arranging for her two Mothers to be away and unable to protect her.

Lin Yue and Hermione spent the afternoon studying before the Sorting Hat warned that danger threatened Hogwarts and urged the school to unite. After the first-years were sorted, Dumbledore introduced Professor Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, drawing scowls from students who knew her.

• Lin Yue, Hermione, Qiuzhang, and Marietta discussed friendships between houses and the divisions caused by Draco Malfoy and pure-blood beliefs.
• Lin Yue led Hermione to the Library, where she explained the dangerous liquid curse in a Restricted Section book while Hermione studied defensive spells.
• The Sorting Hat sang about Hogwarts' Founders and warned the students and teachers that danger had arrived and Hogwarts needed to unite.
• The first-years were sorted into their houses and waved to the friends they had made, including friends sorted into different houses.
• Dumbledore introduced Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and students who knew her scowled.

Lin Yue provoked Umbridge and planned to make herself a target so she could justify striking back at Umbridge and Fudge, but Hermione and their friends rejected her willingness to suffer for them. Hermione and students from all four houses attacked Umbridge, while the professors shielded her from the barrage; Lin Yue realized her friends wanted to protect her too.

• Lin Yue conjured the feast early, interrupting Umbridge's speech, and the students began eating despite Umbridge's anger.
• Hermione figured out Lin Yue meant to provoke Umbridge into targeting her so Lin Yue could retaliate against Umbridge and Fudge.
• Hermione, Qiu Zhang, Marietta, and Penelope told Lin Yue that she mattered more to them than any plan, and Hermione vowed to deal with Umbridge without making Lin Yue suffer.
• Hermione disarmed Umbridge and sent her crashing into a wall, while Harry destroyed Umbridge's wand with Reducto.
• Students from all four houses fired spells at Umbridge until the Heads of House raised shields, and Rowena and Helga reminded Lin Yue to let her friends protect her.

Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff publicly appeared at Hogwarts, praised the students for protecting the school, and thanked them for supporting Lin Yue. They joined the dinner as Lin Yue reunited with her friends, while Umbridge remained stuck in the wall.

• Rowena and Helga revealed themselves to the students, astonishing the Hogwarts Houses.
• Rowena praised all four Houses for defending Hogwarts, and Helga awarded each House two hundred points.
• Rowena and Helga thanked the students and professors for protecting Lin Yue, then Rowena reminded Dumbledore of his past mistakes.
• Dumbledore welcomed the Foundresses and organized the students back to dinner before inviting them to join the Teachers' Table.
• Lin Yue answered her classmates' questions about her mothers, and Hermione embraced her as they settled in to eat.

Rowena and Helga reassured Dumbledore and the professors about their return, explained Salazar’s original views, and said the Founders would not take over the coming fight against Voldemort. Lin Yue anticipated Umbridge’s retaliation and began planning how to unite all four Houses against her.

• Hermione comforted Lin Yue after dinner, and more than a hundred owls carried students’ letters away from Hogwarts.
• Rowena and Helga told Dumbledore they had not used the Philosopher’s Stone or Horcruxes to remain young, and said Godric and Salazar would awaken later.
• Helga explained to Snape that Salazar had not intended to promote pure-blood supremacy, and Rowena warned that Salazar would reprimand those who had distorted his beliefs.
• Rowena and Helga said they would not defeat Voldemort themselves, but would protect Hogwarts students and give him a beating for harming Lin Yue.
• Lin Yue concluded that Umbridge would likely stay at Hogwarts and retaliate against students, so she began planning to unite all four Houses against her.

After Umbridge reported the students’ attack to Fudge, he brought Aurors to Hogwarts to arrest Lin Yue and Hermione, but the students and professors stood against them. Rowena and Helga then hurled Fudge and Umbridge into the Great Hall, where the breakfasting students saw the unconscious Minister and Deputy Minister.

• Umbridge woke in the Medical Wing and called Fudge to report that Hogwarts students had attacked her.
• Fudge decided to arrest Lin Yue and Hermione as the students’ alleged leaders, then arrived at Hogwarts with Umbridge and Aurors.
• Flitwick, McGonagall, and Dumbledore blocked the Ministry party, but Fudge insisted on taking Lin Yue and Hermione for trial.
• Lin Yue, Hermione, Qiuzhang, and Marietta confronted the Ministry party, and the Aurors backed down rather than arrest them.
• Rowena and Helga emerged from their daughters’ watches and blasted Fudge and Umbridge into the Great Hall.
• The Aurors entered the Great Hall, where Hogwarts students saw the unconscious Fudge and Umbridge.

Rowena and Helga proved they were Hogwarts' Founders and erased Umbridge's and Fudge's names from the Book of Admittance for their attacks on the school. Umbridge stayed on as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but Lin Yue turned her first lesson into practical spellwork, leaving Umbridge screaming as the students struggled to shield her.

• Rowena showed the Aurors the Book of Admittance, proving that she and Helga were Hogwarts' Founders.
• Rowena erased Umbridge's name from the Book of Admittance, and Helga erased Fudge's for meddling in Hogwarts' affairs.
• Fudge left Hogwarts with the Aurors after Rowena ordered outsiders to go, while Helga told Umbridge she could remain as a target for the students' training.
• Umbridge began her Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson by ordering the students to put away their wands and read, but they refused to cooperate.
• Lin Yue told the students to stop every spell she cast at Umbridge, and the class desperately used protective magic while Umbridge screamed.

Lin Yue turned Umbridge’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson into practical spell practice, then students across Hogwarts began copying the exercise. In the next class, Harry challenged Umbridge’s refusal to teach defensive magic and rallied the room against her, leaving Hermione unsure whether his taunts could actually anger Umbridge to death.

• Lin Yue had fifth-year Little Eagles and Little Badgers take turns attacking and defending until class ended, then praised their spellwork and left Umbridge frightened.
• At lunch, Lin Yue told Hermione, Qiuzhang, and Marietta that Umbridge had intended to teach theory only; Hermione kissed Lin Yue, and Marietta and Qiuzhang kissed as well.
• Lin Yue explained how to balance the attacking and defending groups, and word spread through Hogwarts about using Umbridge as a practical teaching aid.
• Before the next lesson, Hermione organized Gryffindor and Slytherin fifth-years into attacking and defending groups, but Umbridge ordered them to put away their wands.
• Harry challenged Umbridge’s claim that the Wizarding World was safe, citing Voldemort and the Ministry, and other students joined in criticizing her.
• Harry asked Hermione whether he might anger Umbridge to death, and Hermione said there was probably no law about it while watching Umbridge’s furious reaction.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron resisted Umbridge in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Lin Yue explained why Umbridge might still target them through underhanded means. Lin Yue gave Harry and Ron Protection Badges and said badges for all Hogwarts students would arrive the next morning.

• Umbridge took fifty points from Gryffindor and assigned Harry and Ron detention, but Hermione warned that they could defend themselves if the detention harmed them.
• Hermione disarmed Umbridge, Harry and Ron destroyed her wands, and the students practiced dueling while Umbridge was caught in the crossfire.
• Hermione brought Harry and Ron to Lin Yue, who reasoned that Umbridge might target students she considered weaker rather than Lin Yue or Hermione.
• Lin Yue gave Harry and Ron Protection Badges that could block and reflect most Dark Magic and curses, and announced that badges for the other students would arrive at Hogwarts the next morning.
• Hermione wondered about Lin Yue's network of factories as she reflected on how much she wanted to understand and grow closer to her.

Lin Yue equipped Hogwarts students with mass-produced Protection Badges and prepared hidden cameras and Communicators to protect Harry and Ron from Dolores Umbridge. As the girls watched the boys begin detention remotely, Lin Yue recognized a Dark Magic quill on Umbridge’s desk and suspected she planned to use it on them.

• Lin Yue explained that her Factory produced Protection Badges for fifteen Pound Sterling each, while custom versions sold for fifty thousand Pound Sterling, funding the free badges for Hogwarts and factory workers.
• Lin Yue made miniature cameras and Communicators for Harry and Ron so she could monitor their detention and give them instructions if needed.
• After confirming the devices worked, Lin Yue and the other girls watched Harry and Ron enter Umbridge’s pink, cat-covered office through the camera feed.
• Harry and Ron met Dolores Umbridge, and Lin Yue spotted a quill on her desk that she recognized as imbued with Dark Magic.

Lin Yue helped Harry and Ron turn Umbridge’s Dark Magic detention quills against her, leaving her exhausted and injured while they wrote pages of “I must not tell lies.” The detention ended with Umbridge still recovering, and Harry and Ron left after Lin Yue assured them she would survive.

• Umbridge ordered Harry and Ron to write “I must not tell lies” with enchanted quills that carved the words into the writer’s hand.
• Lin Yue told Harry and Ron that their Protection Badges would rebound the quills’ harm onto Umbridge, so they began writing rapidly.
• Umbridge’s hand was cut repeatedly, and Lin Yue warned the boys whenever Umbridge tried to speak so they would keep writing.
• The other girls watched Umbridge suffer, and Lin Yue explained that the quill’s marks could not be removed and grew deeper with repeated use.
• When detention ended, Harry had filled five pages and Ron four, while Umbridge slumped over her desk, pale and exhausted.
• Harry asked whether Umbridge might die, and Lin Yue reassured him before Hermione told the boys to leave the quills and go.

After Harry and Ron escaped Umbridge’s Dark Magic quill with Lin Yue’s Protection Badges, Hogwarts’ professors confronted Umbridge and declared their support for their students. The chapter ended with Lin Yue sending Protection Badges to everyone at Hogwarts, including the professors.

• Harry and Ron left Umbridge’s office after the Protection Badges reflected the quill’s pain back onto her.
• Penelope told Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall that Umbridge had used a Dark Magic quill on Harry and Ron, and the professors condemned her actions.
• Professor McGonagall confronted Umbridge in the Great Hall, while Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Sprout backed her and warned that Hogwarts would resist Ministry interference.
• Umbridge denied the accusation, then hurried away from the Great Hall as students and professors stood united against her.
• Lin Yue sent Protection Badges and manuals to the students and professors at Hogwarts, and the professors accepted and wore them.

Rowena and Helga disrupted a financial scheme targeting Lin Yue’s Factory, while Hermione and her friends learned that Harry and Ron’s families were coming to confront Umbridge over her Dark Magic quill. Percy arrived at Hogwarts first, revealed he had resigned from the Ministry, and attacked Umbridge.

• Rowena and Helga searched the room of a man obstructing Lin Yue’s products, copied his documents, erased the witnesses’ memories, and destroyed the equipment.
• Lin Yue told Hermione and the others that the Foundresses had left Hogwarts to deal with financial interference against the Factory.
• Harry and Ron received letters showing that Sirius and Mrs. Weasley knew Umbridge had threatened them with a Dark Magic quill, and Hermione urged Harry to accept support from his family and friends.
• Percy entered the Great Hall and warned Fred and George to watch over Ron and Ginny after Ron nearly suffered harm from Umbridge’s Dark Magic item.
• Percy grabbed Umbridge and burned her with his wand, then announced that he had resigned from the Ministry before coming to Hogwarts.

Percy, Sirius, and the Weasley parents confronted Umbridge in the Great Hall after she tried to harm Ron and Harry, while Percy revealed that he had resigned from the Ministry. Mr. Weasley arrived to face Umbridge and hinted at a connection to Lin Yue, leaving her wondering what he had prepared.

• Percy threatened Umbridge, warned her to stay away from his siblings, and explained to Ron that family mattered more than his Ministry job.
• Sirius entered the Great Hall, attacked Umbridge after she had targeted his godson, and encouraged Harry to stand up for himself.
• Hermione and Lin Yue watched the confrontation and joked that they would keep Harry's impulsiveness in check.
• Mrs. Weasley arrived furious at Umbridge, then hugged Percy and checked that Ron was unharmed.
• Ron told Mrs. Weasley that Lin Yue's Protection Badges had shielded him and Harry, and she said Mr. Weasley had prepared a gift for Lin Yue.
• Mr. Weasley confronted Umbridge and glanced at Lin Yue, leaving her to wonder what he had done involving her.