Chapter Summaries

Jon explained his plan to use Voldemort to advance their goals, then eliminate him, and said they would need the Order of the Phoenix's manpower to put it into action. Dumbledore said the Order should have gathered and prepared to introduce Jon to them.

• Dumbledore asked Jon why he seemed unhappy, and Jon said he had just seen a friend off.
• Dumbledore invited Jon to meet the Order of the Phoenix and offered to put its strength at his disposal later, but Jon declined the offer.
• Jon argued that Voldemort's goals partly overlapped with theirs and that they could use him to break down the barriers between wizarding and Muggle society before getting rid of him.
• Dumbledore applauded Jon's plan, and Jon said he would lead only because no one else knew the whole situation.
• Jon said the Magic Research Society's students were too young for high-level decisions and that they would need the Order of the Phoenix's manpower.
• Dumbledore said the Order of the Phoenix should have gathered by then.

Jon met the Order of the Phoenix members for the first time as Dumbledore introduced him as a collaborator who would help direct their efforts against Voldemort. The members reacted with varying degrees of acceptance and resentment, and Jon prepared to present his plans.

• Dumbledore introduced Jon to the assembled Order of the Phoenix and described him as a key figure against Voldemort.
• Jon observed that some members accepted his role, others were indifferent, and some resented being expected to follow a young stranger.
• Jon noticed Sirius Black's resentment and realized Sirius still did not know Dumbledore had arranged his escape from Azkaban.
• Dumbledore told the Order that Jon had formulated some of their upcoming plans and encouraged them to accept his leadership.
• Jon decided he would speak with Dumbledore after the meeting and began presenting the plan to the Order.

Jon addressed the Order of the Phoenix, explaining that they needed to help Harry grow strong enough to face Voldemort and the danger of his connection to him. He asked Sirius for a private conversation because Sirius was crucial to the next stage of the plan.

• Jon opened by appealing to the Order members’ trust in Dumbledore and explained that he was offering help as a collaborator, not trying to take over the Order.
• Jon recounted the work of the Order, Hogwarts’ operatives, and the Hufflepuff Magic Research Society while Dumbledore kept the meeting secret and magically protected.
• Jon said the Order needed to train Harry quickly because Voldemort’s return and the connection between them placed Harry in grave danger.
• Jon warned that the Order would have fewer resources if the Ministry fell to Voldemort and the Dementors of Azkaban joined him.
• Jon asked Sirius for a private conversation, citing Sirius’s importance to the next stage of the plan.

Jon told Sirius that Phineas had arranged for his escape from Azkaban and urged him to learn from his ancestor. He left Sirius with the responsibility of guiding Harry as a father and becoming a more capable elder.

• Jon told Sirius that his escape from Azkaban had come through a deal with Phineas.
• Jon encouraged Sirius and Phineas to speak directly, but Phineas left the conversation to them.
• Jon explained that Harry needed a dependable parental guide to help him accept his responsibilities.
• Jon told Sirius to guide Harry like a father and learn how to be an elder without spoiling him.

Jon visited Joanne to help with questions about her manuscript and explained the true Time-Turner Dumbledore had described. He offered to write down its safeguards, then asked about the Ministry’s stored Time-Turners.

• Jon burned Joanne’s letter and traveled from Biro Manor to her home.
• Jon and Joanne discussed her manuscript, and Jon agreed to stay for several days to help revise it.
• Joanne showed Jon a section she had left blank because it involved a Time-Turner unlike the Ministry devices she knew.
• Jon explained that Nicolas Flamel had created a genuine time-traveling Alchemical Item, with limited jumps and safeguards against temporal conflicts.
• Joanne said the Ministry of Magic stored nearly all remaining Time-Turners in the Western wizarding world and traded them with other countries.

Jon advised Joanne on revising her story about Hogwarts, recommending a student-centered narrative organized around the school years and streamlined for wider publication. Joanne recorded his suggestions, while Jon planned how to guide Voldemort toward the fate they had chosen.

• Jon told Joanne he could now leave Hogwarts freely and would visit often to help with the plan and her writing.
• Joanne explained that she wanted to discuss the story’s structure, and Jon recommended centering it on students, with each school year forming its own story linked by an overarching thread.
• Jon advised Joanne to prioritize a complete, compelling plot over detailed worldbuilding and to cut material that did not help the story spread.
• Jon suggested portraying Voldemort ambiguously and omitting his rumored love life, since his death would leave readers free to imagine him.
• Joanne wrote down Jon’s revision plan, while Jon resolved to devise a plan to steer Voldemort toward their intended ending without making his knowledge seem suspicious.

Jon discussed whether Muggles could be transformed into wizards and explained why he wanted to test the Magic Net’s power on true Muggles. He left Joanne as a possible first subject for the experiment.

• Jon arranged for Rank to secretly protect Harry Potter by staying near Mrs. Figg.
• Jon asked Joanne whether she had ever considered learning magic and told her about dark wizards’ method of turning ordinary people into wizards.
• Joanne explained that MI0’s attempts to bridge the gap between Muggles and wizards had failed, partly because wizards would not cooperate.
• Jon reasoned that the world was returning to a prosperous period in which wizarding power and the number of Young Wizards would grow.
• Jon decided he needed true Muggles familiar with the Wizarding world as test subjects and considered starting with Joanne.

Jon coordinated the search for experimental candidates and considered how to advance his plans with Zhu Sha, while continuing to travel between Privet Drive and Biro Manor. As summer ended, Rank reported that Harry had encountered danger.

• Jon explained his experimental plan to Joanne and sent it to Dumbledore, while Joanne agreed to look for a confidential candidate.
• Jon considered how Voldemort’s return gave him a deadline to complete his work and reflected on Dumbledore’s treatment of the Malfoy Family.
• Jon received a letter from Seshatri, who had changed her name to Zhu Sha after returning to her maternal family in China and gaining new powers.
• Jon concluded that he would need to open a path from the West to advance the matter he and Zhu Sha had agreed to undertake.
• Jon continued traveling between Privet Drive and Biro Manor until Rank reported that Harry had encountered danger.

Rank watched over Harry as Dementors appeared in the alley, while Jon and Joanne monitored events from a nearby villa. Harry drove the Dementors away with a Patronus, and Jon left Rank to report what happened so they could return to work.

• Rank kept watch over Harry in the dark alley and judged that Dumbledore's appointed protector, Mundungus, was unreliable.
• Rank sensed the temperature drop as Mrs. Figg hurried outside, and Jon noticed the Dementors' arrival from the villa.
• Jon told Joanne that Rank could handle the Dementors and insisted that the account must say Harry drove them away.
• Harry cast a Patronus that drove off the Dementors.
• Jon and Joanne returned to work, leaving Rank to report the events accurately.

After Harry used the Guardian Spell to defend himself from Dementors, Jon alerted Dumbledore and arranged a rapid response to the Ministry of Magic’s disciplinary action. The Ministry expelled Harry and summoned him to a hearing, while Jon prepared to get trusted allies to support him.

• Jon and Joanne discussed the likelihood that the Ministry would discover Harry had used magic, while Rank sent them images of Mrs. Figg confronting Mundungus Fletcher.
• Jon used advanced transmission magic to tell Dumbledore that Harry had been attacked by Dementors and had cast the Guardian Spell, and Dumbledore set off for the Ministry.
• Jon sent his written plan through the notebook linked to Phineas, who could notify Sirius; Jon inferred that Sirius was carrying out his instructions.
• Rank showed Jon and Joanne the Ministry’s letter expelling Harry and ordering him to attend a hearing on August 12.
• Jon told Joanne that he had asked Sirius to find the Weasleys so Mr. Arthur Weasley could write to Harry.

Jon and Dumbledore worked to keep Harry safe at the Dursleys' home while arranging to involve Petunia in their plan. Four days after the incident, the Dursleys left briefly, giving the Order of the Phoenix a chance to arrive and take Harry away.

• Joanne watched Harry refuse to leave the Dursleys' home, while Jon considered adding Petunia Dursley to his reserve list.
• A revised official letter arrived, and the Dursleys argued as Dumbledore prepared to intervene.
• Jon proposed involving the Dursleys in the Truman Plan and suggested offering Petunia the chance to become a witch.
• Jon discussed the plan with Dumbledore and contacted the Order of the Phoenix to arrange Harry's departure.
• On the fourth day, Dumbledore arranged for the Dursleys to leave briefly, and members of the Order of the Phoenix arrived at their home.

Jon watched the Order of the Phoenix escort Harry from Privet Drive, then went ahead to Grimmauld Place to attend a meeting. He planned to alter Mundungus’s memories while Rank continued protecting Joanne and later sent a letter to Dumbledore.

• Jon and Rank watched the Order of the Phoenix gather to escort Harry, while Joanne observed the wizards leaving Privet Drive.
• Jon told Rank to keep protecting Joanne and to send a letter to Dumbledore after he left.
• Jon went to Grimmauld Place before Harry and the others arrived and greeted Mrs. Weasley and Sirius.
• Jon entered the meeting room, where he found Snape and Mundungus, and cast magic on Mundungus.

Jon erased Mundungus's memories of him and implanted a suggestion that would make Mundungus forget him whenever they met. As Harry arrived at the Order of the Phoenix meeting, Mrs. Weasley secretly attached Jon's monitoring spell to him so Jon could gather information for Joanne.

• Jon altered Mundungus's memories and made him unconsciously forget Jon whenever he saw him.
• Jon and Sirius discussed Sirius's responsibility to continue his family line, and Sirius accepted that he had to bear it.
• Jon asked about the next steps, but Sirius said they had to wait for the other Order of the Phoenix members to return.
• Mrs. Weasley welcomed Harry and took him upstairs, where Ron and Hermione were staying.
• Mrs. Weasley secretly attached Jon's monitoring spell to Harry, and Jon felt the spell take hold.

The Order of the Phoenix meeting at Grimmauld Place ended with Jon asking Snape to speak with him outside. Harry witnessed the house’s chaotic portraits and met Sirius’s mother before heading to dinner, while Snape went to meet Jon.

• Jon ended the meeting and told Snape he would wait outside to speak with him.
• Jon warned Mrs. Weasley that the children upstairs were becoming difficult to contain, then tore through space and left the house.
• Snape cautioned Sirius against revealing details about Jon, and the meeting’s guests left Grimmauld Place.
• Tonks tripped over the umbrella stand, waking the portraits, and Sirius and Lupin shut the curtains on Sirius’s screaming mother.
• Sirius explained his mother’s portrait and the house to Harry, then led him to the basement kitchen for dinner.
• Snape walked across the street to meet Jon, who greeted him with a smile.

Jon met Snape in a deserted London wasteland and urged him to consider surviving Voldemort’s defeat under a new identity, though Snape remained indifferent to his own fate. Jon then asked Snape to deliver a letter arranging a meeting with Mr. Weasley.

• Jon walked with Snape to an abandoned park and asked how he was coping with Voldemort’s return.
• Jon and Snape discussed Snape’s loyalty to protecting Harry and his willingness to risk his life for Lily’s memory.
• Jon asked whether Snape would consider living under a new identity after completing his work, but Snape said his survival did not matter much to him.
• Jon gave Snape a letter for Mr. Weasley requesting a meeting, and Snape agreed to deliver it before vanishing.

Jon reflected on his uncertain place in the magical world and accepted that his connections with others gave him a sense of belonging. He decided he still had time to consider his responsibilities and used his ring to summon Mr. Weasley.

• Jon considered whether an unknown power was manipulating his fate and concluded he could accept being chosen for a reason.
• Jon recognized that his actions had changed the world and that he had become one of the people expected to hold it together.
• Jon reflected that advancing the magical world could help him achieve his goals and uncover secrets in his memories.
• After sitting alone for over an hour, Jon sorted through some of his thoughts and reminded himself that he had two or three years to decide what to do.
• Jon activated his ring and waited for Mr. Weasley to arrive.

Jon invited Arthur Weasley to a disused park and asked him to help with a laboratory he planned to build beneath it. Arthur warned that the work would require difficult MI0 authorization, and Jon began explaining how they might bypass it.

• Arthur Weasley received Jon's envelope, left Grimmauld Place, and went to the abandoned park.
• Jon greeted Arthur with coffee and said he wanted to discuss a personal matter unrelated to the Order of the Phoenix.
• Jon told Arthur that he planned to build an underground laboratory and asked him to become an employee.
• Jon explained that he wanted Arthur's expertise modifying Muggle objects, but the research required MI0 authorization.
• Arthur said he could not obtain authorization and warned that MI0 opposed wizards.
• Jon said they could avoid MI0 if the Ministry of Magic did not investigate, then asked Arthur to hear his plan.

Jon tried to recruit Arthur Weasley to help guide a project involving Muggle technology, but Arthur hesitated because the plan risked violating a law he had written. Jon explained that Voldemort posed little personal threat to him, leaving Arthur to recognize that Jon had the power to be dangerously arrogant.

• Jon offered Arthur a bag of Galleons and asked him to help guide researchers in their work with Muggle technology.
• Arthur wanted the money but worried that the project would turn his small, private rule-breaking into a major violation of his own law.
• Arthur asked why Jon was focusing on the project while Voldemort remained a threat.
• Jon said Voldemort could barely draw with him at full strength and explained that he and Dumbledore were constrained by the need to protect people and maintain stability.
• Arthur understood that Jon had the strength to be arrogant and could have become another Voldemort under different circumstances.

Jon offered Arthur Weasley money and a role in his plans, but Arthur deferred his decision and went to Hogwarts to seek Dumbledore’s advice. Meanwhile, Peeves noticed Hogwarts Castle’s increasing magical fluctuations and went to play with Filch.

• Arthur told Jon he needed time to consider the offer, and Jon said he could consult Mrs. Weasley and needed a definite answer soon.
• Jon left a bag of gold coins as an advance payment and warned Arthur to keep the matter secret if he declined, while allowing him to ask Dumbledore for advice.
• Arthur took the gold and went to Hogwarts, where he sensed a magical fluctuation near the office before deciding to seek Dumbledore.
• Peeves noticed Arthur but did not recognize him, then reflected that Hogwarts’s fluctuations came from Helga’s advancement and went to visit Filch.

Jon visited his company and called a meeting with its senior staff to discuss his plan to buy land and build a laboratory. The chapter ended with the meeting underway and Jon asking for opinions on his proposal.

• Jon went to his company overnight and considered building a laboratory on land near Grimmauld Place, relying on his influence in Muggle society to secure it.
• Secretary Jin found Jon in his office at dawn, and Jon ordered him to arrange a meeting with the senior staff, including Laura.
• Lenna arrived and discussed her work with Jon before Secretary Jin announced that the meeting room was ready.
• Jon presented his laboratory proposal to the staff and asked them to share their opinions.
• The staff began discussing the proposal, while Anthony's support made the meeting largely a formality.