Recaps

Jon Smith received his Hogwarts letter, discovered his magical heritage, and joined Hufflepuff, where Helga Hufflepuff revealed herself to him in a portrait. As Jon studied magic and tracked signs of political unrest, he suspected Voldemort’s followers or German dark wizards were preparing to act and planned to investigate Albania after Voldemort’s defeat.

• Jon received his Hogwarts letter, chose a Vine Wood wand, and learned that his magical bloodline had resurfaced, bringing him the Smith Family’s Old Manor and a Gringotts vault.
• Jon moved into the renovated manor, trained in magic with Kaledi, and left for Hogwarts with Bella, while his mother went to the hospital because she was pregnant.
• Jon arrived at Hogwarts, was sorted into Hufflepuff, and met Helga Hufflepuff in a dream, learning that he was her descendant and that she could teach him about portrait magic.
• Jon found Helga’s portrait in Rowena Ravenclaw’s hidden study, learned about the founders’ portraits and the mysterious aura she sensed in him, and left a locked drawer untouched.
• Jon settled into Hufflepuff and began classes, impressing his professors in several subjects while hiding his studies of dark magic and trying to improve at Potions.
• Jon spoke with Helga about the decline of magic and wrote notes linking magical history to Muggle political and economic upheaval, including the possibility that dark wizards were exploiting the unrest.
• Jon told Helga he suspected Voldemort’s followers or German dark wizards were behind the unrest, agreed to learn combat spells, and reasoned that Voldemort might be hiding in Albania until he could pursue Harry Potter.

Jon built the Hufflepuff Magic Research Society, recovered Rowena Ravenclaw’s glasses, and used them to glimpse the world-spanning flow of magic. After Helga and Rowena shared the vision, Helga disappeared from her portrait, while Jon prepared plans for his return to Greenwich.

• Jon entered Ravenclaw’s Common Room to meet Bella Yang, who bound him with a spell, scolded him for neglecting her, and dragged him to the dining hall.
• Jon broke into Filch’s office, duplicated the Marauder’s Map, and opened a protected drawer with Helga’s help, finding Rowena’s glasses and manuscripts.
• Jon used the Marauder’s Map to reach Hogsmeade through a secret passage, then returned to Hogwarts determined to make his own choices rather than take over Harry Potter’s fate.
• Jon persuaded Professor Sprout to establish the Hufflepuff Magic Research Society, which became a popular study room where Stephen earned fifteen House points for improving Lumos.
• Jon stole Unicorn Hair for Helga’s magical array, but Mr. Unicorn charged him and Hagrid stopped the chase after Jon fled injured.
• At Christmas, Jon had Grandpa Jin fit Rowena’s monocle lens into protective glasses and used Helga’s portrait and the completed array to reconnect her to her Magic Space.
• Jon used Ravenclaw’s glasses to see magical threads connecting beings, objects, and places, but the vision drained his magic and left him collapsed.
• Helga preserved Jon’s vision in her Portrait Space, where Rowena’s remaining will appeared before fading, and Jon later found Helga absent from her portrait as he prepared plans for his return to Greenwich.

Jon developed his magic with Helga, pursued plans to invest in the Muggle world, and investigated a dark wizard operating near Hogwarts. The pursuit ended when Dumbledore killed Edmund, while Snape revealed the wizard’s identity on a parchment.

• Helga showed Jon the Rainbow Light and created Magic Fairy Castle, where she later tested him and sent him into a memory of the witches’ war against the Church.
• Jon survived the vision of Jörmungandr, passed Helga’s assessment, and began learning Ancient Magic as Hogwarts prepared to reopen.
• Jon returned to Hogwarts, helped Professor Sprout secure support for Professor Flitwick’s Charms reforms, and trained Stephen while making investments through Anthony.
• After sensing that someone was watching him, Jon followed Bane Rossi and Eddie Carmichael through the castle and learned that Bane’s behavior was tied to a hidden wizard.
• Jon and Helga planned to capture the dark wizard, and Jon enlisted Eddie and Stephen’s help while the wizard Edmund refused orders to abandon his mission.
• Jon and Eddie followed Bane to a wood and confronted Edmund, but his violin magic overpowered them until Dumbledore arrived and burned Edmund to ashes.
• Snape arrived and gave Dumbledore a parchment detailing Edmund’s identity.

Jon survived a dark wizard’s attempt to kill him, then left the danger to Dumbledore and struggled with whether he could kill Bayer in revenge. After the school year ended, Jon traveled to Manchester with Bella and prepared to approach Gilderoy Lockhart about teaching him Memory Magic.

• Jon and Eddie returned the unconscious Bane to Ravenclaw Tower, and Helga later explained that American dark wizards used sound magic and the Bloodline Origin method to control and cultivate wizards.
• Jon learned that his mother had given birth to his little sister, continued his studies at Hogwarts, and began investigating a ticking gift that contained a dangerous pocket watch.
• Helga removed a Soul Suggestion from Jon and rescued him when it trapped his soul, after which Jon asked Professor Sprout to arrange a meeting with Dumbledore.
• Jon told Dumbledore about the attack and asked him to protect Jon and keep his Hufflepuff lineage secret, while Jon gathered books and artifacts from the hidden repository.
• Snape captured Bayer and killed Kelly, then brought Bayer to Dumbledore, who arranged for Jon to handle the dark wizard himself.
• Jon tried to strangle Bayer in Snape’s storeroom but could not go through with it, and Snape warned him about the effects of hatred.
• Jon finished his exams, invited Stephen to visit, and arranged to take Bella to Gilderoy Lockhart’s signing event in Manchester.
• Jon met Anthony in Manchester, advised him on managing their company, and decided to visit Lockhart at a nearby bookstore to discuss business.