Chapter Summaries

Jon and Seshatri went to the Astronomy Tower to await the result of Trelawney’s work while Dumbledore remained tense. Meanwhile, Peeves persuaded Filch to help protect Harry by offering him the chance to become a wizard, and Filch agreed.

• Jon and Seshatri arrived at the Astronomy Tower, where Dumbledore told them Trelawney would soon be finished.
• Peeves found Filch smashing confiscated items in his office and warned him that Voldemort’s things had brought the Basilisk back.
• Filch insisted he would not abandon his duties despite the danger and promised not to harm Harry.
• Peeves offered Filch the Headmaster’s help in becoming a true wizard as a reward for cooperating.
• Filch accepted the offer.

Jon and Seshatri followed Dumbledore and Grindelwald to the Headmaster’s office after a tense discussion on the Astronomy Tower. The four gathered to discuss the prophecy and Ariana’s possible resurrection, but the chapter ended before the two Legendary Wizards explained what they had learned.

• Jon and Seshatri followed Dumbledore and Grindelwald to the Headmaster’s office after Seshatri chose to stay awake for their discussion.
• Seshatri asked Jon whether the ominous situation involved them and the prophecy, and Jon agreed that it likely did.
• Jon reflected on Ariana’s importance to Dumbledore and Grindelwald and on whether her resurrection could help solve their own problem.
• Dumbledore said the situation was not optimistic, and the group entered his office while the Headmasters’ portraits slept.
• Jon’s thoughts wandered to magical portraits and the Magic Net before Seshatri brought him back to the discussion.
• Jon asked to begin, but Dumbledore and Grindelwald only looked at each other and neither spoke.

Jon and Seshatri explained their plan to build a Magic Net at Hogwarts after Dumbledore and Grindelwald revealed that Trelawney’s prophecy tied it to sustaining Ariana’s soul. The group agreed the plan could help, but Jon wondered whether it would conflict with the original “Truman” plan.

• Jon urged Dumbledore and Grindelwald to explain why they had been reluctant to discuss Trelawney’s prophecy.
• Grindelwald said Ariana might be revived if a powerful network could sustain her soul, and that the key lay with Jon and Seshatri.
• Jon and Seshatri agreed to help and revealed that they were trying to build a Magic Net within Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore said the Ministry had researched the Magic Net but that constructing one was difficult without a reference model.
• Jon said he and Seshatri had a reference system and could avoid forbidden matters, prompting Dumbledore’s support for the project.
• Jon asked whether focusing on the Magic Net would conflict with the original “Truman” plan.

Jon explained how Dumbledore’s plan for Harry had been inspired by The Truman Show before he, Seshatri, Grindelwald, and Dumbledore discussed building a Magic Net to protect Jon and Seshatri. They settled on using dreams to conceal their existence, leaving the question of what it meant to exist unresolved.

• Jon explained that The Truman Show was a plan to guide Harry’s education, with Dumbledore acting as the only participant among those present and others serving as spectators.
• Jon said the plan had only been partly carried out because teachers and students could not always be controlled, and the biographies about Harry would not circulate until Voldemort was defeated.
• Grindelwald created a model of a web-like Magic Net, with a central spider and people as its nodes, to connect wizards through their magic.
• Dumbledore warned that the Magic Net might not be ready in time and that Jon already had protection, but Jon explained that Seshatri needed protection too and their alliance meant they had to face danger together.
• Jon said they planned to hide within dreams, erasing their presence from the world without dying and making it difficult for even revived gods to find them.
• Jon described human existence as both individual life and being noticed by others, then questioned what existence meant if nobody could see a person.

Jon and Seshatri explained a plan to use dreams and the Magic Net to create anchors that could allow them to be reborn. When Dumbledore asked whether it could resurrect Ariana, they said it could not, but Jon offered a better method.

• Jon reflected on the Magic Net, immortality, and the importance of creating connections rather than relying on others.
• Seshatri explained that guiding people through dreams could make them nodes in the Magic Net and create anchors for their rebirth.
• Dumbledore asked whether the same method could bring Ariana back to life.
• Jon and Seshatri said the method was immature and required a powerful will to survive, so it could not resurrect Ariana.
• Jon offered Dumbledore a better method and took something from his chest.

Jon, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald agreed to build the Magic Net and nurture Ariana’s soul until Helga could advise them, while Dumbledore focused on protecting Hogwarts from the Basilisk. As dawn broke, Jon reflected on his years at school with Seshatri, who reminded him that most people simply hoped to see tomorrow’s sun.

• Jon explained that rebirthing Ariana in Magic Fairy Castle would be risky and could leave her separated from Abufus.
• Grindelwald agreed to build the Magic Net and nurture Ariana’s soul until Helga awoke and could help decide what to do.
• Grindelwald divided their efforts, with Dumbledore handling Harry Potter’s matter and Hogwarts security while the others worked on the Magic Net and Ariana’s situation.
• Dumbledore promised to increase teacher and ghost patrols to protect students from the Basilisk.
• Jon walked across the grounds with Seshatri at dawn and reflected on the path he had often taken during his first year.
• Seshatri teased Jon about his reflections and said most people focused on seeing tomorrow’s sun.

Jon and Seshatri discussed the danger surrounding Hogwarts as students grew fearful after Mrs. Norris was attacked. The chapter ended with Grindelwald summoning them to begin constructing the Magic Net that night.

• Filch obsessively guarded the scene of Mrs. Norris's attack and punished students for flimsy reasons, while Ginny remained downcast and Hufflepuff students restricted their movements.
• Harry saw Justin Finch-Fletchley flee from him, then found Ron in the library measuring his History of Magic essay.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron that she was searching for legends about the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts, A History, but every copy had been borrowed.
• Jon and Seshatri discussed the danger of the Basilisk as they resumed their magical practice lessons while preparations for the Magic Net continued.
• An owl delivered Grindelwald's letter, and Jon told Seshatri that the Magic Net's anchor point was chosen and they had to begin construction that night.

Jon and Seshatri headed into the Forbidden Forest to visit the Acromantula colony and discuss Grindelwald’s plans for the Magic Net. Jon revealed his family’s blood feud with Voldemort and said Voldemort had to die, while insisting he would leave the fight to others unless they failed.

• Peeves warned Jon and Seshatri that the giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest were dangerous, and Seshatri urged Jon to stay cautious.
• Jon and Seshatri discussed Harry and his friends’ actions at Hogwarts, with Peeves criticizing their recklessness and Jon saying it made them easier to manipulate.
• Jon and Seshatri traveled toward the Acromantula colony, where Grindelwald had chosen Aragog as the living foundation of the Magic Net.
• Jon mentioned Voldemort’s name and dismissed the danger of being tracked by its curse, while Seshatri cautioned him.
• Jon told Seshatri that his family had a blood feud with Voldemort and declared that Voldemort had to die, though he would not interfere unless others failed.

Jon and Seshatri joined Grindelwald in the Forbidden Forest to assess Aragog as the foundation for constructing the Magic Net. They found the spider colony already linked by a soul-level network, and Grindelwald explained that Aragog’s limited remaining lifespan could eventually leave the Magic Net as a controlled, mindless construct.

• Jon told Seshatri that his hatred of Voldemort came from Voldemort killing his great-great-grandmother and stealing Hufflepuff's Golden Goblet, but said they should focus on larger goals for now.
• Jon and Seshatri entered the depths of the Forbidden Forest and found Grindelwald trapping Aragog beneath a dome of blue flames.
• Grindelwald explained that Aragog’s old age made him a useful vessel, since the spider’s death could strip the Magic Net of awareness while preserving its structure.
• Jon put on his glasses and saw a pale network connecting Aragog to the spiders throughout the colony.
• Jon questioned whether the colony would compromise the Magic Net’s objectivity, and Grindelwald said its influence could be managed until Aragog’s lifespan ended.

Jon, Seshatri, and Grindelwald discussed building a Magic Net using Aragog and his spider colony as its foundation. Seshatri worried that Aragog could not bear the strain, but Grindelwald said he would remove him once the Magic Net matured.

• Grindelwald said the Magic Net’s basic framework was in place and that they could proceed without drawing the World Will’s interference.
• Jon dismissed Grindelwald’s reassurance about the divine pantheon and focused on changing Aragog’s condition.
• Grindelwald explained that Aragog’s authority over the spider colony would pass to a new king after his death, and that their task was to preserve the Magic Net through that transition.
• Jon revealed that he knew Dumbledore’s family Patronus was a Phoenix, and Grindelwald praised his observation.
• Seshatri joined them after studying the possibility of building the Magic Net on Aragog and warned that his Spiritual Power and shell might not withstand it.
• Grindelwald said Aragog would serve only as an initial catalyst and that he would remove the Magic Net from his body once it matured.

Jon and Seshatri prepared to test a method involving Aragog by observing spiders in Grindelwald’s specially constructed Soul Space. They examined the space’s information-gathering structure and its connection to the Azure Deep Sea, while the experiment itself remained in preparation.

• Grindelwald captured small Acromantulas from the Forbidden Forest for experiments, and Seshatri suggested trying ordinary spiders first.
• Jon stopped Seshatri from using Professor Sprout’s cultivated spiders and cleared the webs from the room with Whirlwind Sweep.
• Grindelwald constructed an illusory Soul Space so Jon and Seshatri could observe the spiders and their information network.
• Jon and Seshatri inspected the space’s magical-element room and information synapses, then identified its external processor linked to the Azure Deep Sea.
• Jon and Seshatri examined the flow zone, where fragmented rules and traces of distorted rules gathered.

Jon and Seshatri refined the structure of the Magic Net while discussing how it could connect human souls and transmit information. Seshatri proposed that magical elements might interact with electromagnetic fields, and Jon suggested they had a better idea to pursue.

• Seshatri compared Voldemort's ability to track people who spoke his name to the Magic Net, and Jon acknowledged Voldemort's exceptional magical talent.
• Jon examined Grindelwald's web-like model and explained how the Magic Net could transmit information while avoiding interference from the chaotic consciousness of its users.
• Jon described how shared foundations in human soul configurations could help the Magic Net connect its nodes and terminals.
• Seshatri wondered whether magical elements had electromagnetic reactions and could act together with magnetic fields.
• Jon agreed the idea might have merit, then said he had a better idea.

Jon and Seshatri explored using soul power to send souls over long distances by giving them temporary material bodies. Their experiments with flowers exposed problems of stability and control, and Jon proposed using air before Seshatri raised concerns about how to distribute Magic Net nodes through it.

• Jon explained that he wanted to send souls instead of bodies over long distances, and Seshatri examined his earlier blueprint.
• Seshatri proposed using moldable materials such as flowers, leaves, water, or sand as foundations for temporary bodies.
• Jon failed to control water, while Seshatri struggled to use a flower as a stable material carrier.
• Seshatri said a carrier needed greater quality or quantity to withstand the rapid frequency of soul power.
• Jon suggested using air, but Seshatri questioned how they could accurately distribute Magic Net nodes through it.

Jon experimented with creating a false body from water vapor and used the Magic Net to connect it to his original body for spellcasting. Seshatri then drew on stored moonlight to begin making a rough false body of her own.

• Seshatri urged Jon to test whether he could form a visible false body from water vapor, and he agreed.
• Jon used ice crystals and his force field to shape a water-vapor duplicate, but found that it needed a reliable supply of water molecules.
• Jon connected his false body and original body through the Magic Net so the duplicate could receive his soul’s signals and cast spells.
• Seshatri created an indistinct light-shadow false body and began drawing stored moonlight from the jade ring around her neck.

Jon and Seshatri practiced creating divine false bodies and discussed how to make the Magic Net work in the Magic Space. They went to inspect Aragog, where Jon proposed a soul-level approach to avoid environmental interference.

• Jon and Seshatri agreed to postpone contingency plans while they stabilized their false-body magic, then practiced above the lake.
• Seshatri called lives created through imagination and granted spirituality the Elf species, and Jon showed her a vine from his ancestor’s derivative world.
• Seshatri said she intended to leave after their coming journey so she could see her mother.
• Jon proposed creating an illusory vessel for the Magic Net and implanting it into Aragog rather than relying on Aragog’s cooperation.
• Jon and Seshatri left the house to inspect Aragog, and Jon explained that the Magic Net might operate more easily on the soul level than in the obstructed forest environment.

Jon and Seshatri watched the Order of the Phoenix gather at Dumbledore’s secluded estate while discussing their own work in the Forbidden Forest. After sensing that someone was watching them, Seshatri proposed moving their research outside Hogwarts and using an Austrian laboratory backed by wealthy investors.

• Dumbledore arrived at the Order of the Phoenix’s temporary base in Hogsmeade, where several wizards were waiting for a secret meeting.
• Jon and Seshatri watched a swarm of spiders in the Forbidden Forest and discussed Dumbledore’s absence and their agreement to handle their own side of the work.
• Seshatri sensed that someone was watching them and suggested they might have entered territory already claimed by other wizards.
• Seshatri proposed setting up laboratories in Muggle society and told Jon about an Austrian laboratory funded by wealthy investors to research life extension.
• Jon questioned whether the researchers would help them, since they were envious of the Wizarding world’s achievements.

Jon and Seshatri discussed using a researcher at the Life Laboratory to study their technology, then watched Aragog’s spider colony hunt and considered how the Magic Net should handle minds and matter. Jon outlined a three-stage design, beginning with the material foundation, then life, and finally supernatural phenomena.

• Seshatri explained that she could use the Life Laboratory’s resources because she had invested in it and controlled a researcher whose brain tumor she had slowed with her family’s bloodline ability.
• Jon suggested sending technology to the researcher, and Seshatri said Professor Grindelwald would deliver materials while they handled elemental mimicry, souls, and magic themselves.
• After the feeling of being watched vanished, Jon and Seshatri waited before flying back and planned to take a circuitous route.
• Aragog’s spider colony began hunting, and Jon and Seshatri observed that its spiders acted in coordination without apparent independent thought.
• Jon proposed dividing the Magic Net’s design into three stages: establishing a material foundation, accounting for material life, and then considering supernatural creations shaped by consciousness.

Jon and Seshatri discussed the Magic Net’s design before returning to the cabin, where Jon later tested his unfinished framework. He used Aragog’s control over his descendants as a model and left the experiment interacting with a fish in the Black Lake.

• Jon explained his three-stage approach to creating the Magic Net, and Seshatri compared it to a soul-based form of bionics.
• Jon and Seshatri used Apparition to return to the cabin and agreed to rest until morning.
• After Seshatri left, Jon considered how the Magic Net could transform communication and give Hogwarts a central role in the wizarding world.
• Jon recognized Aragog’s influence over his descendants as a model for a network with a controlling core.
• Jon sent the unfinished framework’s threads into the Black Lake and began experimenting on a fish, calling the result a Void Spiderweb.

Jon worked to construct a Magic Net from water vapor, light, and shadow, using his spiritual knowledge and experiments to build its material foundation. After Seshatri woke, she sensed Jon’s experiment affecting a fish, and Jon admitted he could not control the Magic Net’s return to its original state.

• Jon used his knowledge and the Poseidon Training Method to build the Magic Net’s foundation from water vapor and light and shadow.
• Jon spent twelve hours experimenting with water molecules and refining the Magic Net’s changing structure.
• Seshatri woke and sensed the Magic Net’s threads reaching into the water and altering a fish’s life essence.
• Seshatri urged Jon to rest, and Jon told her he had failed to bring the Magic Net back under control.
• Seshatri asked whether the Magic Net had gone out of control.

Jon and Seshatri worked to hide the active Magic Net inside a Faraday Cage, while Seshatri took over investigating events at Hogwarts during Jon’s recovery. The chapter ended with Jon deciding to summon Peeves to ask about Moaning Myrtle and the students’ activity in the girls’ bathroom.

• Seshatri explained how a Faraday Cage could shield the Magic Net, and Jon agreed that she should build one to conceal it.
• Seshatri used the power of her divine artifact to construct the cage while Jon fell asleep in his chair.
• After Jon returned from the space of consciousness, Seshatri reported that Hermione had asked Lockhart for a signature to enter the Restricted Section and that students had been active in the girls’ bathroom.
• Jon said Dumbledore’s silence meant Lockhart’s signature was not a concern, then asked whether Peeves had dealt with Moaning Myrtle.
• Seshatri said Peeves had not resolved the matter, so Jon decided to have him come over that night.