Chapter Summaries

Jon reflected on Hogwarts’ magical restrictions and his exemption as the last remaining Founder’s descendant, then sent Anthony instructions to watch Apple. He encountered a girl waiting for him by the stairs as he headed to dinner.

• Stephen left Jon to study with Fren and Scaly, whose magical abilities had recently reached the level of second-year students.
• Jon recalled that Hogwarts administrators could bypass the castle’s restrictions, while Founders’ descendants had their own exemptions.
• Jon noted that Helga had taught him about the castle’s restrictions and explained the Founders’ history to him.
• Jon wrote to Anthony, telling him to keep an eye on a company called Apple, and sent the letter by owl.
• Jon headed toward the dining hall and saw a young girl waiting beside the stairs.

Jon met Bella, who delivered Penelope’s return gift for his birthday present, while Bayer Slytherin and Kelly discussed Dumbledore’s absence and the failed arrangements at Hogwarts. Jon put the ticking package in his robes, and Bayer decided to wait before acting against him.

• Jon met Bella for a meal and asked about exam tips, but she refused to share Ravenclaw notes and blamed him for the Houses’ hostility.
• Bella gave Jon a return gift from Penelope, who had prepared it to thank him for her birthday present.
• Jon put the wrapped gift in his robes without noticing that it was ticking.
• Bayer told Kelly that Dumbledore had gone to visit Nicolas Flamel and that their arrangements at Hogwarts had been dismantled.
• Bayer and Kelly discussed the Dark Lord’s likely return, and Bayer chose to wait before making a move against Jon.

Helga removed a Soul Suggestion from Jon and warned him that he needed to strengthen his resolve when facing enemies. Jon admitted he still could not accept killing, and the chapter ended with Helga congratulating him on advancing to Instructor.

• Helga found and erased a Soul Suggestion planted in Jon, then told him to check for anything unusual around him.
• Helga confronted Jon for holding back against the Dark Musician, explaining that he could have incapacitated him without killing him.
• Jon admitted that he was not mentally prepared to kill someone, and Helga urged him not to show mercy to enemies.
• Helga warned Jon that his resolve might be tested by future dangers and said she did not want him to end up trapped like her.
• Helga congratulated Jon on advancing to Instructor, and Jon thanked her with a smile.

Jon escaped a deathlike trap outside his body with Helga’s help and returned to Magic Fairy Castle. After nearly dying, he accepted that he had been wrong to expect a peaceful life and resolved to crush threats before they could harm him.

• Jon recognized that Helga’s suggestion had trapped his soul outside his body and that indistinct shadows were luring him toward death.
• As Jon’s consciousness faded, Helga’s protective restriction activated, and a honey badger pulled him through a rift into the deep layer of the world.
• Helga appeared, gathered Jon, and brought him back to Magic Fairy Castle.
• Jon noticed that the castle now had the fragrance of flowers and reflected that he could not live peacefully while carrying memories of the future.
• Helga told Jon that the dark wizards had come looking for him and that their attack was not his fault.
• Jon put away his emotions and told Helga that he should now be able to return to his body properly.

Jon discovered that an enchanted pocket watch had nearly lured him away in his sleep, and suspected it had been sent by dark wizards seeking revenge for Edmund. He decided to ask Professor Sprout for help and considered meeting Dumbledore, but wondered whether the headmaster was at school.

• Jon used [Listening to Wind Whispers] to locate the source of the suggestion and found a pocket watch hidden in the gift he had received.
• Jon recognized the watch as an expensive Alchemical Item containing Dark Magic and suspected Edmund's associates had sent it to kill him.
• Jon considered asking Professor Sprout to introduce him to Dumbledore and decided he could reveal that he was Hufflepuff's descendant.
• Jon wrote Professor Sprout to request a meeting, sent the note by owl, and wondered whether Dumbledore was at school.

Jon suspected Dumbledore already knew about his involvement with the Dark Musician and asked Professor Sprout to arrange a meeting with him. After Sprout delivered Jon’s box and warning about a dark wizard watching him, Dumbledore agreed to see him that evening.

• Jon visited the library, saw Eddie, Bane, Bella, and Penelope, and guessed that a dark wizard’s hideout might be in Hogsmeade.
• Jon asked Professor Sprout to help him meet Dumbledore and gave her a wooden box containing a pocket watch, claiming a dark wizard had been watching him.
• Sprout consulted Acalido Landridge through her portrait and learned that Dumbledore was available.
• Sprout brought the box to Dumbledore, who recognized the item as a fine Alchemical Item and agreed to meet Jon at seven that night.

Jon met with Dumbledore to explain how the Dark Musician died and ask for protection from the dark wizards pursuing him. Dumbledore agreed to handle the threat while keeping Jon’s identity private.

• Jon discussed his plan to seek Dumbledore’s protection with Stephen, then went to the headmaster’s office that evening.
• Jon gave Dumbledore a polished account of discovering Bane, confronting the Dark Musician, and the danger from the dark wizards.
• Dumbledore acknowledged that he knew Jon was Helga’s descendant and said the school was responsible for his safety.
• Jon asked Dumbledore to drive off the dark wizards before the holidays and keep his identity secret.
• Dumbledore promised to handle the matter, and Jon left to prepare for his final exams.

Jon reflected on his mistakes, his separate arrangements with Helga, and the gradual recovery of the world’s magical environment. He left the chapter studying Helga’s research while she remained busy with her own work.

• Jon sat in his classroom and wrote down the matters he needed to handle, reflecting on his disastrous argument with Helga.
• Jon decided to leave the dark wizards to Dumbledore and considered what Helga had learned from Edmund’s damaged memories about Voldemort recovering in the Americas.
• Jon noted that he had kept his preparations against the dark wizards and his activities in the Muggle world from Helga.
• Helga stayed busy studying the recovering magical environment and researching how to create souls within the Magic Fairy Castle.
• Jon studied Helga’s materials and recognized that her observations and experiments had far surpassed his own.

Jon prepared to continue researching the magical environment during the holidays and went to the hidden book repository to find materials. He found the repository still intact, but the magic mirror he remembered was gone.

• Jon decided to gather research materials before returning home for the holidays, since studying the magical environment could strengthen his magic and understanding of the world.
• Jon concealed himself with the Disillusionment Charm and entered the Room of Requirement on the Eighth Floor.
• Jon used Ravenclaw's Magic Glasses to enter the hidden corridor leading to the book repository.
• Jon searched the repository and noticed that the familiar magic mirror had disappeared.
• Jon examined the old books and sensed that someone was beside him, though no one else was visible.

Jon searched the hidden book collection for useful historical notes and found several valuable records. He then took Ravenclaw’s Diadem down from its statue, but felt a chill at the back of his neck as he sent it toward his head.

• Jon sorted through the hidden books and began reading a notebook about Rilanchi, a former Inquisitorial Judge of The Church.
• Jon found a few useful items, including Kuntaro’s notes, a stolen headmaster’s report, and old issues of Magic Analysis Today.
• Jon wrapped the materials in a silk scarf, stored them in his ring, and restored the book piles.
• Jon decided to take Ravenclaw’s Diadem, reasoning that its removal would not disrupt the main storyline.
• Jon used the Levitation Charm to bring the diadem down from the statue and sent it toward his head, then felt a chill at the back of his neck.

Jon narrowly avoided contact with Voldemort's soul fragment in the diadem, then the Hufflepuff Magic Research Society's managers discussed plans for next year. In Hogsmeade, Snape captured Bayer Slytherin and killed Kelly Plankton, leaving with Bayer unconscious.

• Jon snapped out of a mysterious state, realized the danger of the diadem, and returned it to the statue.
• Sophia and Ed discussed the Society's vacancies and agreed that Truman would become the next secretary-general.
• Bayer told Kelly that they could not leave Hogsmeade and believed someone had planted a suggestion in his mind.
• Snape entered Kelly's shop and identified Bayer Slytherin and Kelly Plankton as having crossed the line.
• Bayer attacked Snape with the Killing Curse, but Snape dodged and used Dumbledore's enchanted pocket watch to knock Bayer unconscious.
• Snape killed Kelly with a Killing Curse, cleaned the scene, and carried Bayer away.

Severus Snape captured the American dark wizard Bayer and questioned him about the attempt to kill a Hogwarts student. After reflecting on his mother and the child who would enroll next year, Snape took Bayer to see Dumbledore.

• Snape brought the unconscious Bayer to his room, restrained and silenced him, then washed up.
• Snape looked at photographs of Lily and his mother, Mrs. Prince, and resolved to keep his mother safe from Voldemort’s followers.
• Snape thought about the child enrolling at Hogwarts next year and anticipated having to deal with someone who looked like Potter.
• Bayer woke and wondered why he had needed to kill the student, while Snape eased his pain and challenged his assumptions about the student’s death.
• Snape tormented Bayer to extract information, then picked him up and said he would take him to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore and Snape interrogated Bayer, the dark wizard who had nearly killed Jon, and decided to hand him over to Jon. Helga told Jon what awaited him and hinted that he could learn to enter Magic Fairy Castle earlier.

• Snape gave Dumbledore his notes from Bayer's interrogation and returned the gemstone used to monitor Bayer's thoughts.
• Dumbledore ordered Snape to drain Bayer's magic and deliver him to Jon, then had Bayer locked in a detention room for the night.
• Helga told Jon that Bayer had been caught and that she had asked Dumbledore to let Jon handle him.
• Jon agreed to meet Snape and said he wanted to see the dark wizard who had nearly killed him.
• Jon reported on his research and explained that final exams had kept him from visiting Magic Fairy Castle often.
• Helga told Jon there was a way for him to learn to enter Magic Fairy Castle earlier.

Jon focused on learning to enter and leave Magic Fairy Castle freely, while Helga’s research into creating souls reached a result. The chapter ended with Helga offering the Garden Elves a chance to receive souls.

• Jon stood up from the swing to listen to Helga’s teachings on controlling his soul.
• The chapter explained that Helga had created soulless Garden Elves because she wanted companionship without trapping other souls.
• Helga had pursued soul creation as a shortcut to give the elves souls and help Jon enter and leave Magic Fairy Castle freely.
• Jon left the space with Helga’s guidance while Helga went into seclusion to complete her research.
• Helga appeared in the garden holding a crystal ball containing a blue object and asked the Garden Elves which of them wanted a soul.

Jon went to Snape’s office to deal with a dark wizard who had nearly killed him. After finding the unconscious man in Snape’s storeroom, Jon prepared to kill him, having decided not to show mercy.

• Jon’s roommates refused to accompany him to Snape’s office, so he went alone after dinner.
• Snape told Jon that the dark wizard was unconscious in the storeroom and that Jon could handle the matter himself.
• Jon found the pale, unconscious dark wizard among Snape’s potion ingredients.
• Jon asked Snape whether he could make a mess in the storeroom, and Snape told him not to disturb the ingredients.
• Jon returned to the storeroom with a cold smile, ready to kill the man who had nearly taken his life.

The Prophet disbanded the American dark wizards’ involvement with Voldemort and ordered him and Quirrell to leave, while Jon confronted Bayer but could not bring himself to kill him. Jon returned to his dormitory shaken, after telling Snape that he would let go of his hatred.

• The Prophet told the American dark wizards that they would stop sending people to Hogwarts and ordered Daniel to tell Voldemort and Quirrell to leave.
• Voldemort and Quirrell left the United States a month earlier than planned, and the Prophet decided to avoid further conflict with Dumbledore.
• Jon faced Bayer in Snape’s storage room and tried to strangle him with a conjured rope, but his hands gave way and he let Bayer live.
• Snape warned Jon that hatred could twist his state of mind, and Jon replied that everything would eventually pass.
• Jon returned to the dormitory and collapsed onto his bed, trembling uncontrollably.

After Helga’s first attempt to give elves souls failed, Jon practiced soul magic and decided to recruit Gilderoy Lockhart as his Memory Magic tutor. As Jon helped Fren and Scaly prepare for exams, Hogwarts’s final exams arrived and his first year reached its end.

• Helga used lessons from her failed experiment with elf souls to begin creating a new version of Garden Elves from soul essence.
• Jon practiced magic that could sense and channel the power of souls, but realized he needed an experienced teacher.
• Jon decided to find Gilderoy Lockhart and wrote to his mother, believing he could persuade Lockhart to teach him Memory Magic.
• Jon joined Stephen to tutor Fren and Scaly for their final exams.
• At the end of June, Jon rose early and joined the nervous students heading to their first final exams at Hogwarts.

After exams, Jon cleaned out his classroom, invited Stephen to visit him during the holiday, and returned the key to Professor Sprout. He then found Bella and offered to take her to meet Lockhart at a signing event in Manchester.

• Jon kept his exam marks just behind Stephen's and cleaned out the little classroom with Stephen, Fren, and Scaly.
• Jon invited Stephen to visit his home for holiday tutoring, and Stephen said he might come after spending a few days with his parents.
• Jon returned the classroom key to Professor Sprout and wished her a happy holiday.
• Jon showed Bella Mrs. Smith's letter and offered to take her to Lockhart's signing event in Manchester.
• Bella eagerly accepted, and Jon reminded her not to use magic freely in the Muggle world.

Jon and Bella arrived in Manchester, where Anthony had prepared for their visit and briefed Jon on the company’s difficulties in the Americas. Jon dismissed Anthony’s complaints about unfair treatment and asked whether he would still object to the rules if he benefited from them.

• Jon and Bella got off the Hogwarts Express in Manchester and met Anthony, who had returned from the Americas after receiving Jon’s instructions.
• Anthony drove them to a hotel near the University of Manchester and said he would return to the Americas after their Manchester business was finished.
• Jon warned Anthony to keep his distance from Lockhart, whom Jon described as an international agent, and said they would attend a signing event before heading home.
• Anthony visited Jon after dinner and explained that the company was being treated as a foreign-funded enterprise and excluded from some protections in the Americas.
• Jon told Anthony that local shareholders were being protected and asked whether he would still consider the rules unfair if he became one of their beneficiaries.

Jon advised Anthony on the company’s role as an investment intermediary and urged him to delegate while keeping management loyal. After reviewing records of Gilderoy Lockhart, Jon decided to meet him at the bookstore he frequented.

• Jon explained to Anthony that their company invested in promising ventures and should not cling to clients who moved on.
• Jon told Anthony to preserve the earlier contract terms, delegate work, and build a management team from their own people.
• After Anthony left, Jon stayed up watching television and woke around noon the next day.
• Jon reviewed records showing that Gilderoy Lockhart visited a bookstore near a wizarding street each afternoon.
• Jon decided to meet Lockhart at the bookstore to discuss business.