Chapter Summaries

Jon and his three roommates joined the effort to reach Harry and the others, knowing they would face the professors’ defenses without earning a reward. They reached Fluffy’s door and prepared to descend through the trapdoor before the music stopped.

• Jon, Stephen, Scaly, and Fren discussed their unease as they made their way through Hogwarts, and Stephen reminded Jon of Dumbledore’s agreement.
• Stephen, Scaly, and Fren followed Jon, trusting him as they headed toward the Fourth floor.
• Jon asked Peeves about the situation, and Peeves said he had delayed the others long enough for them to catch up.
• Jon played a small harp with Poseidon’s Waterline to put Fluffy, the Three-headed Dog, to sleep.
• Jon told his roommates to descend through the trapdoor quickly and use the Levitation Charm when the music stopped.

Jon and his companions crossed the Devil’s Snare and reached the room of flying keys, where Stephen and Fren searched for the key while Jon monitored Harry’s progress beyond the next door. When activity on the other side stopped sooner than Jon expected, he prepared to intervene if Harry needed help.

• Jon stopped Stephen from using fire on the Devil’s Snare and drove it away from Fren with a bright flash spell.
• Jon led the four of them across the chamber while hovering, and they entered the room filled with flying keys.
• Jon identified the key as one of the birds and let Stephen and Fren search for it while he monitored the space beyond the door.
• Jon told Scaly to help protect Harry’s companions if they went to send a message to Dumbledore, while he planned to stay near Harry.
• After a little over ten minutes, Jon sensed that activity beyond the door had stopped.

Jon and Stephen passed the chess challenge and reached Quirrell’s troll room, where they waited for Harry and the others to get past Snape’s magic. Jon left Fren and Scaly behind to guard Ron, expecting Hermione to return, and ended the chapter considering sending Stephen back with her.

• Jon froze the flying key so Stephen could catch it and unlock the door beyond the ruined chessboard.
• Jon told Fren and Scaly to stay behind and protect the unconscious Ron, while he and Stephen continued onward under Disillusionment Charms.
• Jon and Stephen found Quirrell’s unconscious troll and avoided touching it.
• Jon sensed Harry facing Snape’s challenge and decided to wait rather than risk alerting him.
• Jon asked Stephen whether he would return with Hermione when she came out.

Jon and Stephen followed Harry and Hermione toward the final room, while Hermione helped Harry solve the potion puzzle and escaped through the purple flames. Jon and Stephen bypassed the black flames with magic and watched the next scene through a conjured mirror.

• Jon refused to let Stephen stay behind, disguised himself as Dumbledore, and entered the puzzle chamber with him.
• Hermione identified the potions that would carry her through the purple flames and Harry through the black flames, then drank her potion and left to find Ron and summon Dumbledore.
• Harry drank the smallest potion and passed through the black flames into the final room.
• Jon watched Hermione leave, then used Finite Incantatem to steady the flames so he and Stephen could cross the earlier blue fire.
• Jon conjured a mirror to observe the final room and asked Stephen to recall the plan they had discussed.

Quirrell revealed to Harry that he had tried to kill him and had framed Snape, then explained his loyalty to Voldemort while searching the Mirror of Erised for the Philosopher’s Stone. As Quirrell failed to unlock the mirror, Voldemort told him to use Harry.

• Quirrell admitted that he had cursed Harry’s broom and let the troll into Hogwarts, while Snape had secretly protected Harry.
• Jon stopped Stephen from intervening and explained that the Mirror of Erised held the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Quirrell told Harry that Snape hated Harry’s father but had never wanted Harry dead.
• Quirrell described meeting Voldemort while traveling and serving him ever since.
• Voldemort’s voice ordered Quirrell to use Harry.

Harry obtained the Philosopher's Stone from the Mirror of Erised and lied to Quirrell about what he saw. Voldemort revealed himself on the back of Quirrell's head and demanded the Stone, while Harry's mother's protection began to burn Quirrell when he touched him.

• Harry saw the Philosopher's Stone appear in his pocket through the mirror and told Quirrell he had seen himself winning the House Cup.
• Voldemort revealed his face on the back of Quirrell's head and demanded the Stone from Harry.
• Voldemort taunted Harry about his parents' deaths, but Harry refused to hand over the Stone and ran for the door.
• Quirrell caught Harry, but his hand blistered and burned when he touched him, and Voldemort ordered him to kill Harry.
• Quirrell raised his hand to cast a killing curse, but Harry sprang up and grabbed Quirrell's face.

Jon disrupted the black flames and confronted Voldemort, who fled after leaving Quirrell’s body. Dumbledore arrived, ended Quirrell’s life, and took the Philosopher’s Stone; Jon then agreed to look into the Mirror.

• Harry clung to Quirrell, whose body was ravaged by Lily’s protective curse, until Harry lost consciousness.
• Jon used Finite Incantatem to pause Snape’s black flames, crossed them, and confronted Voldemort, who fled as black mist.
• Jon returned to his own appearance and found Dumbledore waiting with Stephen; Dumbledore said Voldemort had escaped and was fleeing.
• Dumbledore killed Quirrell and removed the black flames so Stephen could join them and Harry.
• Jon handed the Philosopher’s Stone to Dumbledore, who said he would return it to Perenall for destruction.
• Dumbledore invited Jon to look into the Mirror, and Jon agreed.

Jon reflected on the limits of relying on Helga and tried to use his Patronus to see beyond the Mirror of Erised’s surface. The chapter left him preparing to confront what the mirror might reveal, while he considered the work and time needed to stand on his own.

• Dumbledore lifted the unconscious Harry with magic and noticed that the child’s magical fluctuation was stronger than expected.
• Dumbledore told Jon that the Mirror of Erised had shown him a pair of thick wool socks, and Jon speculated that he longed for family affection.
• Stephen said he had seen his dream of becoming a Legendary Wizard in the mirror, then stepped aside for Jon.
• Jon removed his glasses and tried to summon his Patronus so the Mysterious Bird could help him glimpse fate through the mirror.
• Jon considered how long Helga might remain in the Muggle world and concluded that he needed to become independent and rely on his own efforts.

Jon failed to glimpse useful clues about the future in the Mirror of Erised, then prepared to leave Hogwarts for summer holiday after the aftermath of Quirrell’s death was settled. He warned Dumbledore that Germany had become unsettled before saying goodbye until next term.

• Jon used the Mysterious Bird Guardian’s power with the Mirror of Erised but saw only a void and gave up after nearly ten minutes.
• Jon asked Dumbledore about Quirrell’s sandified corpse, and Dumbledore explained that the curse had caused it.
• Jon spent the final peaceful days at school and prepared to leave for summer holiday, visiting the teachers who had cared for him.
• Jon thanked Dumbledore for looking after him and warned him that Germany had not been peaceful lately.
• Jon said goodbye to Dumbledore and left for the school gates with his suitcase.

Jon arrived at A.O. Fund's London branch and reviewed its investments and economic strategy with Secretary Jin. Secretary Jin reported that their positions had earned strong returns, while Britain's high-interest-rate policy was facing mounting pressure.

• Jon met Secretary Jin at the company's reception hall and told him to handle his daily needs, travel, and decisions in London.
• Secretary Jin led Jon to his office and described A.O. Fund's reduced Soviet presence and its growing British operations.
• Secretary Jin explained that A.O. Fund had followed Starry Sky Fund into profitable projects and captured part of several related markets.
• Secretary Jin reported that Britain had asked Germany's Federal Bank to lower interest rates, but the bank had refused over fears of inflation and economic collapse.

Jon reflected on the Smith family’s future before discussing Britain’s weakening economy and the company’s plans to profit from the pound’s decline. He approved increasing the company’s investment and asked Secretary Jin to send Lenna to see him.

• Jon considered why he had founded his company and the need to protect future Smith descendants, including any who might be unable to use magic.
• Secretary Jin reported that Britain’s economy was declining and that the pound was nearing its exchange-rate limit against the German mark.
• Secretary Jin said the British government planned to spend £3.3 billion defending the pound, while analysts expected the intervention to fail.
• Jon kept the existing plan and approved pushing the company’s investment further, even if it required moving resources from headquarters.
• Jon stopped Secretary Jin before he left and told him to have Lenna come see him.

Jon waited at the A.O. Fund for Lenna and examined a mysterious box marked with unfamiliar patterns. As he leaned closer, darkness suddenly fell over him.

• Jon came to London to guide the A.O. Fund's direction and oversee its international work.
• Jon planned to stay in London after Joanne and Rank returned to the Dursleys' neighborhood.
• Jon recalled Laura's research into magic and wondered what ordinary people might achieve as magical elements grew stronger.
• Jon waited at his office for Lenna, who was away from the company.
• Jon found a strange box on his desk, sensed no danger from it, and leaned in to inspect its patterns.
• Darkness suddenly fell before Jon's eyes.

Jon was pulled into an unfamiliar illusion where a desert transformed into an ocean, and he cautiously explored its strange surroundings. He reached a small island and sat on a rock, uncertain how to leave without harming his soul.

• Jon woke in a desert landscape inside an illusion and confirmed he could still use magic.
• Jon searched the empty desert while considering the dangers of the unfamiliar environment.
• When the sky darkened, the sand abruptly turned into water and Jon found himself above a sea.
• Jon used magic to protect himself and flew toward a distant shoreline.
• Jon reached a small island, sat on a rock, and watched the moonlit waves while worrying that he could become trapped in the illusion.

Jon endured a dangerous nocturnal illusion until a crack allowed him to escape, but the illusion captured a trace of him. Far away, a black-robed priest began a ritual that branded an incantation onto the island’s guards.

• Jon recognized the ocean-and-water-lily vision as an illusion connected to the Egyptian world of the dead and stayed alert as eerie voices tried to lure him away.
• Jon used the Mysterious Bird’s power to escape when a crack appeared, leaving behind a trace that the withering water lily captured as a leaf.
• On a remote island, guards gathered at an altar that had appeared shortly before Jon fell asleep.
• A black-robed priest recited an incantation from a phantom book, branding it onto the kneeling guards and declaring that he had restored what she destroyed.

Two divine envoys, Laura and Ryan, investigated a bloody ritual site and discovered evidence linking it to the Ancient Egyptian pantheon and possibly to Sea Kingdom water magic. They cleaned up the scene and left to report the discovery to their lords.

• Laura and Ryan arrived at the island and found the remains of a ritual that had killed the security guards.
• Laura drew a skin covered in hieroglyphs from the blood, and Ryan identified the writing as an Ancient Egyptian incantation from the Book of the Dead.
• Ryan and Laura discussed the surviving Ancient Egyptian pantheon, the limits on their actions, and the danger of interfering in China.
• Laura found a trace of immature Sea Kingdom Water Manipulation Art and wondered whether wizards or someone from their pantheon had been involved.
• Laura and Ryan cleaned up the site, agreed to report the matter to their lords, and departed.

Jon woke from the illusion inside the box Lenna had brought back from the Mediterranean and joined her for dinner. After returning to his empty London residence, he summoned Kane and called Secretary Jin to retrieve the box from his office.

• Jon woke in his office and greeted Lenna, who had recently arrived to see him.
• Jon asked Lenna about the box on his desk, and she said she had bought it at an antique market during a Mediterranean trip.
• Jon and Lenna went out to dinner and talked about her time in the East and his past decisions.
• Lenna drove Jon to his London residence, where he read Joanne's letter and fed Kane after the owl flew in.
• Jon remembered he had left the box at the company and called Secretary Jin to bring it to him.

Jon read Joanne’s research materials on ancient mythology and considered how myths helped ordinary people understand the world, while gods and wizards shaped those beliefs. He was about to study a collection on Ancient Egyptian mythology when the doorbell rang.

• Jon made coffee and read Joanne’s books on ancient mythological civilizations.
• Jon reflected on mythology as a way for ordinary people to explain the unknown and find order in the world.
• Jon considered how gods and wizards helped shape mythological systems and guide ordinary people.
• Jon found Joanne’s research materials on Ancient Egyptian mythology and reached for them.
• The doorbell rang before Jon could open the materials.

Jon used a decoy box to lure out a hidden intruder, but the black-robed figure dodged his spell and escaped. As Jon wondered how to protect the real box, someone knocked at his bedroom door.

• Secretary Jin delivered a box to Jon, then left the villa while someone secretly followed him.
• Jon noticed the hidden watcher and placed an illusion of the box on his desk, keeping the real box inside his ring.
• Jon hid himself in the bathroom, then used Apparition to return to his bedroom and catch the intruder reaching for the decoy.
• Jon's Stupefy missed, and the black-robed figure escaped by Apparition without taking the box.
• Jon considered how the intruder might return, then heard someone knock from the hallway.

Professor Sprout visited Jon in London and discussed the mysterious box he had brought back. Unable to identify it, she suggested that Jon open it.

• Professor Sprout arrived at Jon’s London residence after following her owl and explained how owls used magic to find letter recipients.
• Jon asked Professor Sprout about the strange box and recounted what he had experienced in its illusion.
• Professor Sprout questioned Jon about the box’s origin and contents, but he admitted he knew nothing about them.
• Jon suggested the box might be an Alchemical Item and asked Professor Sprout to appraise it.
• Professor Sprout said she was not an alchemist and told Jon to open the box, which he agreed to do.

Jon and Professor Sprout investigated the mysterious box and its connection to an unseen wizard, then Jon began opening it by analyzing its mechanism with Poseidon’s Waterline. Professor Sprout identified a bee relief as the likely key, leaving them ready to test her theory.

• Professor Sprout stopped Jon from opening the box, but Jon argued that they needed to inspect it and trusted his Mysterious Bird Guardian to warn him of danger.
• Professor Sprout said she had written to Dumbledore about the wizard who had followed Lenna and suspected he was a foreign visitor trying to recover something she had taken.
• Jon checked the box for traps and used Poseidon’s Waterline to map its internal mechanism.
• Professor Sprout helped analyze the mechanism and pointed to a bee relief as its likely control, drawing on her knowledge of Ancient Egyptian mythology.