Chapter Summaries

After returning to Hogwarts, Jon learned that Cedric had died and suspected that Mad-Eye Moody was actually Barty Crouch Jr. He sent Stephen to have the House-elves watch Harry and sent Dumbledore a warning about the Minister for Magic.

• Jon arrived at the stadium after Harry returned and learned that Cedric had died.
• Jon spotted Amos Diggory and learned that the burly man helping Harry was Mad-Eye Moody.
• Jon suspected Moody was Barty Crouch Jr. and told Stephen to send the House-elves to watch Harry.
• Professor Sprout and Cedric's parents carried Cedric's body to her office while Jon followed silently.
• Jon gave Stephen a letter for Dumbledore warning that the Minister for Magic would not accept what had happened to Harry.

Jon returned to Hogwarts and told Professor Sprout and the Diggorys that he had brought Cedric's soul back and could restore him to life. He began using his magic to reconnect Cedric's soul with his body, but the process was difficult and time-sensitive.

• Jon entered Professor Sprout's office and announced that Cedric's soul could be returned to his body.
• Mr. and Mrs. Diggory hurried to Jon, and Professor Sprout's nod persuaded Cedric's father to let him proceed.
• Jon examined Cedric's body and explained that the remaining magic could preserve it for only a limited time.
• Jon placed his hands against Cedric's temples and carefully stirred the magic in Cedric's body.
• Jon began transmitting Cedric's soul through the magical circulation in his body, focusing on the brain.

Jon restored Cedric’s body and returned his soul, though he warned that Cedric might lose memories or change in personality. After Cedric began breathing again, Jon left Professor Sprout to handle the situation and keep his identity secret.

• Jon pressed his hands to Cedric’s temples and used magic to return Cedric’s soul to his body.
• Cedric began breathing, astonishing Professor Sprout and Cedric’s parents.
• Jon explained that Cedric was unconscious and might suffer memory loss or personality changes because part of his soul had dispersed.
• Cedric’s parents asked how to wake him, and Jon told them he would recover without lasting physical effects.
• Jon signaled that he needed to discuss his sensitive identity privately with Professor Sprout, then left her with Cedric and his parents.

Jon and Stephen discussed the unrest at Hogwarts after Cedric's death and Jon's return, while Jon speculated about Dumbledore's recent behavior. They then saw an angry Cornelius Fudge leaving the castle, and Jon sensed that Grindelwald had met him and altered his memories.

• Jon praised Stephen for managing the new Hufflepuff students, and Stephen told him to state whatever favor he wanted directly.
• Jon declined to intervene in the disorder, saying the prefects and visiting schools could manage their own students.
• Stephen said Dumbledore had become muddle-headed and delegated more responsibilities, while Jon attributed it to Dumbledore focusing on Harry.
• Jon said he wanted to visit Sirius and discuss Cedric's recovery and future with him, then promised Stephen he would explain his experiences later.
• Jon and Stephen saw an angry Cornelius Fudge leaving Hogwarts, and Jon sensed Grindelwald's Dark Magic on him and said Grindelwald had erased Fudge's memories of himself.

Jon returned to the training ground and planned to reunite with his friends while considering Ariana’s soul and Dumbledore’s troubles. He concluded that he would have to deal with Voldemort himself if he could not persuade Dumbledore or Grindelwald to act.

• Jon asked Stephen where Professor Lockhart was, but Stephen said he had not seen him for a long time.
• Jon asked Stephen to invite his friends and Penelope Clearwater to dinner at the training ground.
• Jon considered Ariana’s preserved soul and decided they could resume work on it now that he had returned.
• Jon watched the people at the training ground and reflected on how Dumbledore remained bound by his responsibilities and attachments.
• Jon worried that Voldemort might regain his strength and become a Legendary Wizard, leaving Jon to confront him if Dumbledore and Grindelwald would not act.

Jon wrote to Seshatri about their plan to challenge the divide between the magical and mundane worlds, then discussed Cedric’s recovery and future with his parents. After Professor Sprout visited, Jon asked whether she would become a goddess in his ancestor’s divine kingdom.

• Jon wrote Seshatri a letter about his safe return and their plan to act in the East as well as the West.
• Cedric visited Jon with his parents, and they discussed Cedric’s lost memories and plans to send him abroad after treatment.
• Cedric’s parents said they had met Harry Potter at Dumbledore’s request and expressed understanding and gratitude.
• Jon assured Cedric’s parents that Dumbledore’s Memory Magic expert could help, and they left with Cedric.
• Professor Sprout visited Jon, who asked her to become a goddess in his ancestor’s divine kingdom.

Jon considered recruiting people for Helga’s divine kingdom and wondered about Dumbledore’s strange behavior and secrets. He waited for Dumbledore, expecting him to come because of Ariana’s resurrection, and welcomed him with tea.

• Jon explained that Helga’s divine kingdom needed more gods and asked Professor Sprout to consider joining it.
• Professor Sprout left after Jon raised the possibility, and Jon reflected on his reluctance to involve her in his dealings.
• Jon questioned whether Dumbledore’s behavior had changed because of age and recalled Grindelwald’s unusual attitude toward Dumbledore’s mortality.
• Jon waited for Dumbledore, believing Ariana’s resurrection would bring him to seek answers.
• Jon warmed the tea and greeted Dumbledore as he emerged from the distorted air.

Jon questioned Dumbledore about the troubles at Hogwarts, Voldemort's early resurrection, and Grindelwald and Lockhart's unexplained absence. Dumbledore began to explain that his age and dwindling strength had shaped the situation, leaving Jon to consider the cost of his responsibilities.

• Jon told Dumbledore that events had gone less smoothly than expected and asked whether their plan had gone out of control.
• Dumbledore admitted that the Crouch family's troubles had changed events and said he blamed himself.
• Jon reminded Dumbledore that their original goal had not been to deal with Voldemort and asked where Grindelwald and Lockhart had gone.
• Dumbledore agreed to explain their absence, then told Jon that he was already very old.
• Jon reflected that Dumbledore's responsibilities and attachments had consumed his strength and lifespan.

Jon questioned Dumbledore about his changing outlook and learned that Minister Fudge’s actions had stirred his anger and made him confront his own mortality. Dumbledore feared he had too little time to prepare a successor, while Jon suspected he was ready to leave if a suitable opportunity arose.

• Dumbledore told Jon that Grindelwald had taken Lockhart to search for something that might extend Dumbledore’s lifespan.
• Jon asked whether Fudge’s actions had prompted Dumbledore’s change, and Dumbledore admitted that they had angered him.
• Dumbledore said he had begun to feel his time was running out and recognized that age had changed him.
• Jon suggested Dumbledore still had time to nurture a successor, but Dumbledore said he could no longer accompany the younger generation as they grew.
• Jon suspected Dumbledore would leave quickly if he had a reasonable way to do so, though no mature successor was ready.

Jon and Dumbledore discussed Dumbledore’s wish to leave Hogwarts and whether Jon could take over the responsibilities that followed. They agreed to stay in contact and handle any future problems together, while Dumbledore said Grindelwald would soon return.

• Jon reflected on the sacrifices made by powerful figures and said he wanted his friends and respected elders to live as they wished.
• Dumbledore asked whether Jon could handle matters if he left, and Jon agreed that Dumbledore should not have to exhaust himself further.
• Jon and Dumbledore discussed possible successors, but Jon said Stephen could not be given away because he guarded the Hufflepuff family.
• Dumbledore said he had arrangements at the Ministry of Magic and did not need help from Jon’s maternal grandmother.
• Jon and Dumbledore reached an understanding, and Dumbledore said Grindelwald would return soon.

Jon waited for Grindelwald’s return while preparing to expand his plans, and he arranged to acquire Hogwarts’ training grounds. At the world passage, Deler arrived to help him.

• Jon welcomed Filch’s visits and learned that he planned to retire after several years of work so he could focus on practicing magic.
• Jon asked Filch to tell Dumbledore that he wanted to buy the training grounds.
• Jon watched the Magic Net continue to develop as he considered the plan he had discussed with Grindelwald, Dumbledore, and Seshatri.
• Jon went to the ancient tree where the world passage opened and greeted Deler as he emerged.

Deler arrived to transform the training ground into a portable castle, giving Jon World Tree seeds and a control item before beginning the work. Back in his Hogwarts dormitory, Jon was tasked with reorganizing materials about Cedric so Joanne could revise her books, while an awkward family safeguard prevented him from confronting Stephen.

• Deler was reassembled at the passage exit and confirmed that she had come to help Jon.
• Jon showed Deler the training ground, accepted the World Tree seeds and castle-control item, and left her to begin digging up the site for the portable castle.
• Deler used borrowed authority from the real world to start transforming the training ground.
• Jon moved back into his dormitory, where Stephen asked him to reorganize material about Cedric for Joanne to rewrite.
• Jon recognized that Stephen was teasing him by asking him to approach Joanne, but could not retaliate because the Hufflepuff family safeguard barred him from attacking Stephen.

Jon discussed Dumbledore’s plans and the Order of the Phoenix with his exhausted roommates while balancing the Magic Research Society’s work. Cedric’s apparent death and the burden it left on the Society had weighed on the others, but Jon believed they would recover after learning the truth.

• Jon’s name disappeared from Hogwarts and Ministry of Magic records after Dumbledore concealed his presence.
• Stephen, Scaly, and Fren questioned what Dumbledore intended, and Jon used magic to refresh them.
• Jon suggested balancing the Society’s affairs with Dumbledore’s work and said he would explain the Order of the Phoenix the next day.
• Jon recognized that Cedric’s apparent death and the Society’s workload had left Stephen and the others discouraged, but expected them to adapt.

Jon’s friends finished their school year, and Stephen invited Penelope to join the Magic Research Society’s organization after graduation. Back at Biro Manor, Jon planned to use the Magic Net and a passage through Helga’s Magic Fairy Castle to help his father become a wizard.

• Jon explained that the training grounds had become a fortified mobile space and informed those who needed to know that the cottage was no longer accessible as before.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Bella said she would stay home after graduation, while Penelope planned to travel and look for work.
• Stephen offered Penelope a position in the Magic Research Society’s organization, and Jon encouraged her to consider joining.
• After arriving at the station, Jon said goodbye to his friends and went home with Bella, where his father was waiting.
• Jon decided that the passage through Helga’s Magic Fairy Castle could let the Magic Net reach his manor, and planned to help his father become a wizard.

Jon returned to his family estate with the hidden Mobile Castle Deler had modified for him and prepared to leave again soon. He discussed his family and their bloodlines with Bella, leaving his plans for his uncle unexplained.

• Jon played ball with Blair in the garden while Bella told him he could leave home without worrying about the family.
• Bella revealed that she had discovered what Jon had done to Filch by keeping him under surveillance.
• Jon said he would explain his plans for their uncle after making the necessary preparations.
• Jon considered how Helga's influence and the conflict between bloodlines had shaped his own bloodline and Blair's.
• Jon reflected that Bella's family's Mysterious Bird bloodline had become diluted and that they might not accept his help.

Jon discussed his growing responsibilities and his family’s concerns with Bella, then asked Mr. Smith whether he wanted to become a wizard. Mr. Smith readily agreed, leaving Jon to begin preparing the process.

• Jon and Bella discussed when he could prepare to make his father a wizard, given his many obligations.
• Bella passed on their maternal grandmother’s warning that Jon should not sacrifice himself for Dumbledore’s plans.
• Jon assured Bella that he acted according to his own judgment and knew how to protect himself.
• After dinner, Jon had Kaledi bring Mr. Smith to his study and explained his plan to make him a wizard.
• Mr. Smith said he was willing to become a wizard.

Jon successfully awakened the Hufflepuff bloodline power in Mr. Smith and planned a laboratory to develop blood-purifying potions. That night, Jon entered a fate illusion realm to glimpse his future, but found himself at the orphanage where young Tom Riddle had grown up.

• Jon modified Mr. Smith with Kaledi's help, and Mr. Smith sensed the newly awakened Hufflepuff bloodline power within him.
• Jon decided to establish a laboratory in their Greenwich house and arranged for Mr. Smith and his mother to travel around Europe and buy Mr. Smith a wand.
• Jon began training to uncover the Mysterious Bird bloodline's ability to glimpse fate, knowing the effort could bring a chilling backlash.
• Jon entered the fate illusion realm and saw an orphanage associated with Voldemort, but realized he could not choose where the vision took him.
• Jon extended his magic through the surroundings to search for young Tom Riddle's magical presence.

After glimpsing young Voldemort’s past, Jon considered why their fates were connected and reaffirmed his determination to control his own destiny. With the Smiths preparing to travel and Anthony handling the laboratory, Jon focused on breaking down the barrier between Muggle and wizarding society, weighing Austria as a possible starting point.

• Jon woke at two thirty after watching young Voldemort kill the children in the cave during a glimpse into fate.
• Jon reflected on Voldemort’s past and wondered why Voldemort’s fate had appeared in his vision despite their lack of contact.
• Jon concluded that he had to gain control of his own fate rather than drift along with others’ arrangements.
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith prepared to leave on their European trip, while Anthony had already arranged the architectural laboratory’s preparations in America.
• Jon considered how Voldemort’s actions could remove obstacles such as the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding Noble Families.
• Jon judged Britain an impractical place to begin breaking down the barrier between wizarding and Muggle society and considered using Austria’s remaining authority and Grindelwald’s reputation.

Jon met the girl he had sought, the once-proud warrior whose soul had been shattered after the World Will used her body to fight Isis. He realized he could not restore her, leaving her alive but empty as he prepared to face the limits of his power.

• Dumbledore wrote to Jon, intending to introduce him to the Order of the Phoenix and hand him responsibility for its plans and strategy.
• Jon asked Kaledi to locate the girl, and Kaledi took him to a Mediterranean coast where she had been found.
• Jon approached the deranged girl and saw her consciousness briefly clear as she recognized his arrival.
• Jon used his Mysterious Bird bloodline to perceive the Fire Prison and understood that the girl's soul had been torn apart in the battle between the World Will and Isis.
• Jon realized that neither he nor the World Will could restore her soul, and he saw the desolation in her eyes.

Jon helped the girl escape the sea of fire by extracting her soul, fulfilling her final request as she accepted her death. After her body turned to ashes and the wind scattered them, Jon returned to Kaledi and said they should go see Dumbledore.

• The girl asked Jon to free her soul from the sea of fire so she could die, and Jon agreed.
• Jon used the Mysterious Bird bloodline to slowly draw the girl's soul energy out of the flames while she endured the pain in silence.
• The girl told Jon that the god had not been resurrected, that she had no wishes left, and that they owed each other nothing.
• Jon extracted the last trace of the girl's soul energy, and she smiled as the flames consumed her body, leaving only ashes.
• Jon returned to Kaledi and said they should go see Dumbledore.