Chapter Summaries

Harry, Ron, and Hermione discovered Katie Bell suffering from a curse on the way back to Hogwarts. They found a cursed Opal Necklace in the package Katie had been carrying, but its sender remained unknown.

• Hermione read a message in her notebook, and she and her friends headed back to Hogwarts with Katie Bell and Lini.
• Katie rose into the air and began screaming after the package she and Lini argued over fell open.
• Harry ran for help and found Hagrid, who carried Katie toward the castle.
• Lini explained that Katie had taken the package from the Three Broomsticks and said it was a gift she had to deliver.
• Harry recognized the Opal Necklace as cursed, wrapped it in his scarf, and prepared to return to school with Hermione and the others.

Hermione visited Jon in Hufflepuff's secret study room to report events from Hogsmeade and the journey back to Hogwarts. She told him a female student had been injured by a Dark Magic necklace, leaving Jon to wonder what kind of magic it contained.

• Jon welcomed Hermione to the Hufflepuff Magic Research Society's study room and explained that the Society trained students and monitored Harry's life.
• Hermione told Jon that she and Harry had caught Mundungus selling items from Sirius's house, but Mundungus escaped by Apparition.
• Jon said Sirius had chosen to discard the items and suggested that Harry use the House-elf Kreacher to deal with Mundungus.
• Hermione reported that a female student had been injured by a Dark Magic necklace she had seen in a Dark Magic shop.
• Jon recalled being injured by a similar Dark Magic item and wondered what the necklace's magic would do.

Jon explained the cursed necklace and confirmed that Harry had correctly guessed its nature, then offered Hermione an internship with the off-campus Magic Research Society. Dumbledore continued searching for Horcruxes, while Jon kept the real Hufflepuff Golden Goblet Horcrux destroyed and prepared to serve as the final safeguard against Voldemort.

• Hermione described the necklace, and Jon recognized it as the cursed object sold at Borgin and Burkes to Draco Malfoy.
• Jon explained the necklace's curse, Malfoy's plan involving Katie Bell and Dumbledore, and that Voldemort had always intended Snape to kill Dumbledore.
• Jon told Hermione that Harry's guess was correct and asked her not to share the answer with others.
• Jon offered Hermione an internship with the off-campus Magic Research Society, and she accepted while prioritizing their current responsibilities.
• Dumbledore continued searching for Horcruxes, while Jon revealed that he had replaced the real Hufflepuff Golden Goblet with a forgery and destroyed the soul fragment inside the original.

Harry returned for his lesson with Dumbledore, who explained Katie's condition and began showing him memories about Merope Riddle. The lesson left Harry and Dumbledore entering a memory of young Dumbledore visiting a London orphanage.

• Harry learned that Snape had stopped Katie's curse from spreading and that she was expected to recover.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Carcassus Burke had bought Slytherin's locket from a pregnant Merope for ten Galleons.
• Dumbledore explained that Merope had stopped using magic after Tom Riddle abandoned her, and compared her choice with Lily Potter's.
• Harry entered Dumbledore's memory and followed the younger Dumbledore to a London orphanage.
• Young Dumbledore asked the girl at the door to fetch Mrs Cole.

Harry and Dumbledore discussed the warning signs in young Tom Riddle’s memories, including his isolation and collection of trophies. After Harry left, Jon updated Dumbledore on the Magic Net plan and his determination to leave the world, while they reflected on the limited time remaining and the coming Quidditch match.

• Dumbledore told Harry that young Riddle’s cruelty, secrecy, desire to be unique, and collection of stolen trophies were important clues about Voldemort.
• Harry noticed that Marvolo Gaunt’s ring was gone and asked whether Dumbledore had a harmonica before leaving the office.
• Jon arrived and told Dumbledore that Hermione was the student most worth teaching, while explaining that he wanted to use his limited time to leave the world.
• Jon reported that Hogwarts could serve as the Magic Net’s point of origin and help spread magic, while Dumbledore urged him not to take revenge on old-guard families too far.
• Jon dismissed the Quidditch match as irrelevant and reflected on how quickly time was passing.

As Christmas approached, Harry tried to navigate Ron and Hermione’s bitter argument while learning that girls planned to use Love Potions to secure dates with him. After inviting Luna Lovegood to Slughorn’s party, Harry faced Ron’s disbelief and Ginny’s approval, though he remained troubled by his feelings for Ginny.

• Ron complained to Harry that Hermione had no right to be angry about his relationship with Lavender, while Hermione insisted in the library that she did not care who Ron kissed.
• Hermione warned Harry that Romilda Vane and other girls planned to use Love Potions on him, and Harry wondered whether Malfoy could disguise a cursed necklace in the same way.
• Madam Pince seized Harry’s copy of Advanced Potion-Making, but Harry recovered it and left the library with Hermione.
• Romilda offered Harry drinks and chocolates, and Hermione left the Common Room after seeing Ron and Lavender together.
• After Ron mocked Hermione during Transfiguration, Harry caught up with Hermione and asked Luna to Slughorn’s party; Luna happily accepted.
• Peeves spread the news that Harry had invited Luna, Ron questioned his choice, and Ginny told him she was glad he was taking her.

Jon learned that Draco was acting secretly on Voldemort’s orders and refusing Snape’s help, prompting Jon to seek an update from Snape. He found Snape absent and left him a note while Ministry reports revealed growing unrest.

• Hermione told Jon that Harry had noticed Draco looking sickly at Slahogern’s dinner party.
• Jon read the ghost’s record of Draco arguing with Snape, denying responsibility for Katie’s injury and refusing to explain his plan.
• Draco accused Snape of trying to take credit for his task and walked away.
• Jon decided he needed to speak with Snape, but found his office empty and left a note beneath a book.
• Jon received confidential Ministry information through the Magic Research Society and learned that the Ministry of Magic was unsettled.

Jon arranged a twelve-week Disapparition course for Hogwarts sixth-years while searching for Snape and working to integrate Hogwarts with the Magic Net. Later, he discussed Dumbledore’s dangerous soul transfer with him as Dumbledore prepared for a ritual to restore his life.

• Jon asked Professor McGonagall to arrange Disapparition lessons for the sixth-years and asked her to tell Snape he was looking for him.
• Harry, Ron, and many other eligible students signed up for the twelve-week course, and Harry spent the day answering questions about his experience with Side-Along Disapparition.
• Harry escaped the students’ questions and went to Dumbledore’s for his lesson.
• Jon offered to use a life-restoration spell to repair Dumbledore’s cursed hand, but Dumbledore refused.
• Jon told Dumbledore that his Teacher was preparing a powerful ritual and worried about whether Dumbledore’s soul would survive the transfer.

Jon and Dumbledore discussed the need for a safeguard to protect Dumbledore’s soul during its transfer, but Jon left before they settled on one. Harry then told Dumbledore about Scrimgeour and his suspicions about Malfoy and Snape, but Dumbledore dismissed his concerns and began a lesson about Tom Riddle.

• Jon told Dumbledore that they needed a new safeguard for the soul transfer because Ancestor Helga had not awakened, and he said his own power was too weak to help.
• Harry entered Dumbledore’s office and told him that Scrimgeour had asked him to support the Ministry and find out where Dumbledore went.
• Dumbledore explained that Scrimgeour had tried to arrange a meeting and had sent Dawlish to follow him, but neither effort had revealed his whereabouts.
• Harry told Dumbledore that he had overheard Malfoy and Snape at Slughorn’s party, but Dumbledore said the information did not alarm him and reaffirmed his trust in Snape.
• Dumbledore began the lesson by offering to show Harry two memories and resumed Tom Riddle’s story as he approached Hogwarts.

Jon worked with Reel and Rank to complete preparations for establishing magical schools across Britain, using government and royal support to overcome obstacles. He explained that Voldemort’s hatred of his Muggle father and his own mixed heritage made him dismiss Muggle society and want to kill Muggles.

• Jon left Hogwarts to arrange Magic Net anchors and prepare for the planned transformation of British society after Voldemort’s death.
• Jon, Reel, and Rank visited schools and negotiated the final arrangements for the anchors, using official approvals and magical means to address opposition.
• Jon noted that the Prime Minister, the Royal family, and MI0 supported the plan to turn ordinary people into wizards and had begun working with Joanne.
• Reel questioned why Voldemort had not learned about the plan, and Jon explained that Voldemort despised Muggles because he hated his Muggle father and his own mixed blood.

Jon explained why Voldemort had failed to recognize the power of a larger coalition, then let Reel and Rank return to their experiments. He surveyed the Muggle world that would become magical, accepted that its transformation would take generations, and prepared to leave Cambridge.

• Jon told Rank that Voldemort’s arrogance and past had led him to misunderstand the value of a larger board, and said there was no need to dwell on it.
• Jon told Reel and Rank that they could leave, and the two Apparated away to resume their experiments.
• Jon concealed himself atop a high-rise and watched the pedestrians, believing they would all become wizards in the future.
• Jon reflected that tearing down the wall between Muggles and wizards would not change ordinary lives overnight and that Hermione could help guide the world’s gradual transformation.
• Jon resolved that Voldemort would have to pay for his choices and accepted that he might not live to witness the transformation’s outcome.

Jon decided to build an independent world-system around himself so he could become Legendary, become a god, and leave his current world. After finishing his preparations, he told Grindelwald he was ready to begin, though Grindelwald warned that his Legendary Omen needed more refinement.

• Jon resolved not to abandon the powers and connections he had earned, and planned to use a World Domain to reach Legend and become a god.
• Jon and Grindelwald used traces of world laws, the World Tree’s structure, and Helga’s Earth Scepter to create an independent illusory world with Jon as its central trunk.
• Jon completed the final adjustments to his force field and Poseidon’s Net, then emerged from the laboratory and told Grindelwald it was time.
• Grindelwald urged Jon to keep preparing, warning that a complete Legendary Omen required refinement and that his plan to become a god and leave the world made failure especially dangerous.

Jon agreed to travel with Grindelwald to Siberia to forge his Legendary Omen, leaving Dumbledore to manage the Order of the Phoenix and activate a contingency plan if they were delayed. The pair reached the Siberian Great Plain, where their people were waiting.

• Jon and Grindelwald decided to head to Siberia together, though Jon asked to settle a few matters first.
• Jon returned to hand over Order of the Phoenix affairs and told Dumbledore to activate the contingency plan if he did not return on time.
• Jon declined to attend Dumbledore's lesson for Harry about Hokey's memories and said he wanted Voldemort dead rather than changed.
• Jon completed the final preparations and set off for Siberia with Grindelwald.
• Jon and Grindelwald arrived at the Siberian Great Plain, and Jon spotted their people in the distance.

Jon entered the Hanging Garden in Siberia to use the remnants of the dead gods as the foundation for his advancement to Legendary Wizard. He began his breakthrough beside the garden’s sustaining sapling while Grindelwald stood ready to intervene, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Jon explained that the Hanging Garden held the remnants of the gods and could let him advance safely despite his unusually high foundation.
• Jon used a leaf from Helga's World Tree to locate and open the Hanging Garden, and Grindelwald brought Jon and the others inside.
• Jon found the sapling sustaining the floating garden and told his followers they could absorb the remaining divine power before he finished.
• Jon sat on the stone platform and began his breakthrough while Grindelwald watched tensely, unsure whether the dead gods' wills would allow it to succeed.

Jon used the Mysterious Bird and a seed to absorb the frozen chains of divine laws, then grew a world within Poseidon’s Net. The seed drew him into the ruined Sumerian pantheon, where the former gods watched him as an intruder.

• Jon saw that his fate had been frozen in the Arctic and decided to rely on himself to break free.
• Jon sent the Mysterious Bird to draw the chains of divine laws into a seed, which the bird swallowed and fused with his spirit.
• Jon used the seed to grow a world inside Poseidon’s Net, as the World Tree’s phantom became a leaf and new lands and life formed.
• Jon felt outside pressure from the sapling, fell into ice, and was pulled away by signals he tried to understand.
• Jon arrived in a ruined hall and recognized the Magic Net and Mysterious Bird on a pillar among the Sumerian gods’ veils.
• The hollow-eyed former gods watched Jon as an uninvited intruder.

Jon faced an ancient trial that judged him unworthy of the World Will’s favor and blamed him for harming the world. He rejected the dead gods’ authority, broke free of his chains, and demanded that they let him complete his advancement.

• Jon was bound by law-forged chains as the gods began judging him without allowing him to defend himself.
• The gods formed a scale to weigh Jon’s World Tree sapling against an entire world, and the scale tilted sharply toward the world.
• The gods condemned Jon as selfish, reckless, and harmful to the world, declaring him unworthy of the World Will’s favor.
• Jon argued that he owed the world nothing and had never tried to harm it.
• Jon tore a chain from the ground, stood under the pressure, and told the dead gods to stay silent while he completed his advancement.

Jon endured the Sumerian gods’ assault in the Soul Realm and condensed his Legendary Omen into a tree, then awakened with the initial stage of the Blood of Immortality. Grindelwald explained the risks and history of wizarding attempts at longevity before urging Jon to return.

• Jon broke free of his chains, resisted An’s power, and waited for the gods’ unrenewable energy to fade while his Legendary Omen adapted.
• Jon’s sapling devoured the fading godly phantoms, and he survived their final attempt to destroy him as his Legendary Omen condensed into a tree joined with the Mysterious Bird.
• Jon awakened in the Muggle world, and Grindelwald confirmed that the crisis had passed and that Jon’s clash with the gods had also benefited him.
• Grindelwald identified the glass-like radiance on Jon’s arm as the initial stage of the Blood of Immortality and explained Nicholas Flamel’s earlier longevity research.
• Grindelwald discussed the costs of immortality with Jon, then interrupted him and told him they needed to return.

Jon learned that the Smith Family had become active again and might seek to exploit his bloodline, while he prepared to deal with Aragog’s lingering soul. Hog revealed that a member of the Smith Family was already in Jon’s house at Hogwarts, and Peeves had gone to investigate.

• Dumbledore warned Jon that the Smith Family had reappeared and could come looking for him because information about his identity had leaked.
• Jon decided to meet the Smith Family and judge their sincerity before deciding their fate.
• Jon spoke with Aragog in the Underground Palace and promised to resolve his condition within five days.
• Hog told Jon that a member of the Smith Family was in his house at Hogwarts, and that Peeves had gone to investigate.
• Jon told Hog to wait and see what the Smith Family was doing.

Rance Smith awakened the Smith Family’s altered elders, who decided they needed Jon’s help to preserve the family. Jon agreed to consider their request if they found an item he wanted, which might be in their treasury.

• Rance Smith awakened in an underground mausoleum as the Smith Family’s altered elders emerged from the walls.
• The elders discussed their dwindling ability to protect the family and decided to approach Jon, a potential Legendary Wizard.
• A Smith Family envoy met Jon outside Hogwarts and explained why the family had not sent its student to negotiate.
• Jon inferred that the elders were running out of time and offered to help in exchange for an item listed on a slip of paper.

Jon negotiated with the Smith Family for its Earth Cores in exchange for transforming Squibs into wizards, while preparing a toxin-laced branch to use against the family’s elders. He left the elders’ fate to their desire for longer life and the temptation of the branch.

• Jon demanded Earth Cores from the Smith Family to help awaken Helga before Dumbledore’s ritual.
• The Smith Family’s envoy requested Jon’s method for transforming people into wizards, but Jon rejected the demand and insisted the family understand its position.
• The envoy offered a narrower condition: Jon would transform some Squibs from the family into wizards, and Jon accepted.
• Jon prepared a branch grown from poisonous ash that would be harmless to most people but lethal to the long-lived elders.
• Grindelwald questioned Jon’s plan, and Jon explained that the elders’ fear of death would tempt them to absorb the branch’s life-giving vitality.