Recaps

Jon uncovered Peeves’s history, secured a private residence at Hogwarts, and advanced his research and political plans while making contact with a German dark wizard. As Halloween brought a troll into the castle, Jon followed Snape after Harry and Ron went after Hermione.

• Jon learned from the Fat Friar that Peeves had been the infant Piert, protected by Helga Hufflepuff’s magic and later transformed into Peeves after losing control of Hogwarts’s defenses.
• Jon set plans in motion to reduce his visibility, then negotiated with Dumbledore for a safer place to live and built a cottage on the training ground.
• Jon began working with Perenall and Nicol Flamel, who explained their Time-Turner research and said Jon’s arrival had helped them investigate a temporal anomaly.
• Jon gave Dumbledore his Magical World Transformation Plan, then lifted an illusion trapping students near the Forbidden Forest and returned to classes.
• Jon arranged a meeting with Reel Gavin, a German dark wizard connected to Grindelwald, and agreed to provide him with food and lodging in London.
• Jon secretly followed Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville to the room guarding Fluffy, then discussed his plans to leave Hogwarts before his fourth year.
• Jon warned Stephen, Scaly, and Fren to be cautious at the Halloween feast and assigned Peeves to record any incident.
• Professor Quirrell announced that a troll was in the dungeons, and Jon followed Harry and Ron as they went after Hermione and then pursued Snape.

Jon balanced his plans for leaving Hogwarts with his growing work on the Hufflepuff legacy and Helga’s evolving realm. As Voldemort’s threat grew and Harry misread Snape’s actions, Jon prepared to ask Dumbledore for access to the Dragon Soul Lair.

• Jon bandaged Snape’s injured leg after Fluffy bit him, then watched Harry mistake Snape’s actions for a threat during the Quidditch match.
• Jon taught Stephen, Fren, and Scaly the Flying Charm, and later reassured Scaly when he felt overwhelmed by pressure.
• Jon dreamed of meeting Grindelwald, who explained his interest in Jon and gave him a stone shard that Jon recognized as connected to the World Tree and his Hufflepuff ancestry.
• Jon reviewed Kaledi’s research into the Hufflepuff family, ordered him to preserve its history, and chose a family precept from Walden Pond.
• Jon received Perenall’s perfected pendant at Nicol Flamel’s funeral, then told Dumbledore he would choose his own path rather than depend on Hogwarts for protection.
• Jon used Soul Migration to visit Helga’s Magic Fairy Castle, where he learned more about Helga’s godhood and the World Tree’s connection to the Hufflepuff bloodline.
• Jon tried to decipher the stone fragment with the World Tree’s power but awoke exhausted without discovering its contents, then learned Helga wanted him to borrow the Dragon Soul Lair.
• Harry followed Snape into the Forbidden Forest and overheard him confront Quirrell about the Philosopher’s Stone, while Jon later asked Snape to find out when Dumbledore could meet.

Jon entered the Dragon Soul Lair and underwent Helga’s ritual, which sent him through visions of the past and the Destiny Bureau. He returned to Hogwarts changed, while Grindelwald’s plans and Dumbledore’s concerns remained unresolved.

• Jon asked Dumbledore to let him enter the Dragon Soul Lair, and learned from Peeves that it was the sealed third level beneath Hogwarts, tied to the Sleeping Dragon Barrier and a dangerous dragon soul.
• Jon entered the lair with Dumbledore’s help, drank the final dose of Helga’s potion, and searched its dark passages until Helga appeared and led him to the Starshine chamber.
• Helga warned Jon that her ritual could assimilate his soul, then sent the Destiny Bureau into his brow and began the ritual with the World Tree’s phantom.
• Jon experienced visions of a former life and ancient encounters with Greek wizards, a Qilin, and the Mysterious Bird Tribe’s High Priest, learning that the bird was linked to destiny and the past and future.
• Jon returned to the chamber after more than a month had passed, then Apparated into Snape’s bedroom and escaped with Peeves after an awkward argument.
• Jon confronted Grindelwald about the stone, and Grindelwald said he hoped to salvage the future with Dumbledore before leaving the reward to Helga to explain.
• Dumbledore and the professors discussed Jon’s improved spells and concluded he was not their enemy, while Dumbledore warned Snape that Harry and his friends would serve detention in the Forbidden Forest.
• Jon learned that Deler could relay messages from Helga, considered his role in helping Grindelwald, and flew toward the castle to meet Dumbledore.

Jon dealt with Dumbledore’s knowledge of Helga, helped bring Lockhart toward a new role at Hogwarts, and watched Voldemort’s threat grow around the Forbidden Forest. As Harry and his friends uncovered how to get past Fluffy, Jon became involved in their attempt to reach the Fourth floor.

• Jon told Dumbledore that Helga’s return would be difficult, discussed Voldemort’s Horcruxes, and recommended Lockhart for the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.
• Dumbledore investigated Lockhart’s history of stealing others’ achievements, then invited him to Hogwarts for an interview.
• Jon followed Harry’s detention into the Forbidden Forest, where Firenze drove Voldemort away from the unicorn burial ground and helped Harry.
• Dumbledore tested Lockhart in a duel with Snape and proposed that he teach at Hogwarts under a new identity.
• Lockhart told Jon how his mother’s expectations and his own insecurity drove him to seek fame, then agreed to leave his old life behind.
• Stephen showed Jon a ruined Invisibility Cloak that might have belonged to Voldemort, and Jon and Stephen later overheard Harry discussing his worsening scar.
• Harry learned from Hagrid that the stranger seeking the Philosopher’s Stone had discovered music could put Fluffy to sleep, while McGonagall dismissed Harry’s warning.
• McGonagall exposed Jon’s disguise as Filch, then Jon learned Harry, Ron, and Hermione had left Gryffindor and were heading for the Fourth floor.