Chapter Summaries

Linley studied Green’s notes on Occlumency and Legilimency, then trained under Green until he could keep his mind blank against Legilimency. Green ended the special Occlumency training and prepared to teach Linley Legilimency.

• Linley finished reading Green’s Magic Notes and explained his understanding of Occlumency.
• Green cast Legilimency on Linley, whose memories surfaced before Green jolted him out of his daze.
• On a second attempt, Linley resisted Legilimency more effectively, though he still revealed fragments of memory.
• Green trained Linley against Legilimency for three days, until Linley could keep his mind blank and conceal information.
• Green ended Linley’s Occlumency training and said they would begin learning Legilimency.

Linley completed his Legilimency training with Green, who then took him to meet his grandmaster, Nicolas Flamel. Meanwhile, Newt brought Irina to an oasis in Arizona to visit an old friend, and they waited as storm clouds gathered.

• Linley used Legilimency on Green, but Green's Occlumency blocked his probing and Green assessed his skill.
• Green gave Linley two more days of special training before telling him to pack for a visit to Nicolas Flamel.
• Irina met Newt at Hogwarts, and they used a Portkey to travel to Arizona.
• Newt led Irina across the desert to an oasis, where a sudden storm gathered overhead.

Newt introduced Irina to his old friend Frank, an adult Thunderbird, and discovered that she could understand him. After Frank took them to his desert nest and entrusted his baby Thunderbird Tim to Irina, Newt watched enviously.

• Frank flew out of the clouds and greeted Newt, who introduced him to Irina as the Thunderbird he had rescued years earlier.
• Frank showed an immediate fondness for Irina, who stroked his head and understood his offer to take them somewhere.
• Irina and Newt rode on Frank's back to a desert oasis, where Frank flew up to his nest and returned with a baby Thunderbird.
• The baby Thunderbird, whom Irina named Tim, leapt into her arms and clung to her.
• Frank told Irina he wanted her to raise Tim, leaving Newt envious of the trust she had earned.

Irina accepted Frank’s baby Thunderbird, Tim, and brought her into the Pocket Dimension in her suitcase. After Frank chose a barren area for Tim’s home, Irina and Newt transformed it into a desert and filled it with sand, then prepared to find an oasis to transplant.

• Frank entrusted Tim to Irina, who agreed to adopt the baby Thunderbird.
• Irina invited Frank into her Pocket Dimension, where he chose a barren plain as Tim’s future home.
• Newt explained how to shape the area into a Thunderbird habitat, and Irina used the Environmental Modification Charm to clear weeds and spread sand.
• Irina and Newt went outside the suitcase, and Irina magically gathered desert sand to fill the uneven ground inside the Pocket Dimension.
• Irina asked Frank to take her back to the oasis where they had first met so she could find a place to transplant.

Irina and Newt transplanted an oasis into the Pocket Dimension to give Tim the baby Thunderbird a suitable home. After Irina stabilized its ecosystem, Newt praised her for fulfilling his long-held wish to raise a Thunderbird.

• Frank carried Irina and Newt to an oasis that Irina chose as a home for Tim the baby Thunderbird.
• Irina and Newt worked together to shrink the oasis, and Irina carried it into the Pocket Dimension inside the suitcase.
• Irina restored the oasis to its original size and cast the Environmental Modification Charm to preserve its lake and ecosystem.
• Tim chirped happily and built a nest in the oasis’s large tree, while Frank left the Pocket Dimension.
• Newt congratulated Irina for accomplishing what he had never managed: raising a Thunderbird.

Newt took Irina on a month-long journey to visit his old friends, and she returned to Hogwarts with sixteen gifted magical creatures. Meanwhile, Linley reunited with Nicolas Flamel in France and showed him the Purgatory Demon Puppet, prompting Nicolas to study the Ancient Magic behind it.

• Newt revealed that he carried more than a dozen Portkeys and took Irina to visit a Magizoologist friend in Paris, who tested her knowledge and gave her a Mooncalf calf.
• Newt and Irina visited more than a dozen old friends around the world, and the hosts gave Irina magical creature calves; she returned to Hogwarts with sixteen additional creatures, including a Demiguise and an Occamy.
• With Green's guidance, Linley met Nicolas Flamel in France and told him that he had received the Philosopher's Stone and learned an Ancient Magic during Christmas.
• Linley summoned the Purgatory Demon Puppet and explained its creation to Nicolas, who praised its magical construction and examined it closely.

Linley taught Nicolas Flamel the Purgatory Demon Puppet, and Nicolas quickly mastered it before beginning Linley’s advanced alchemy lessons. Nicolas introduced the Time Stop Formation and gave Linley notes to memorize, leaving their practical lessons to begin the next day.

• Nicolas Flamel learned the Purgatory Demon Puppet from Linley and created a stronger one in a single afternoon.
• Nicolas began teaching Linley advanced time alchemy and introduced the Time Stop Formation and Time Loop Formation.
• Nicolas explained that the Time Stop Formation could freeze enemies but consumed Sand of Time quickly and could operate for at most one hour per grain.
• Nicolas gave Linley notes on the runes and formations for the Time Stop Formation and told him to memorize them before their lessons began the next day.

Linley learned Nicholas's time-related Alchemy Formations and watched him demonstrate the Time Stop Formation. After Linley quickly created and corrected his own version, Nicholas recognized that Linley's potential might surpass his own.

• Linley memorized all the time-related Alchemy Runes and Alchemy Formations in Nicholas's notes overnight.
• Nicholas demonstrated how to create and activate a Time Stop Formation, explaining that it froze everything inside, including a wizard's thoughts and memories.
• Linley created more than a hundred formations in about ten minutes, then used golden magic to repair their flaws.
• Nicholas admired Linley's quick progress and thought that Linley's achievements might have far surpassed his own if they had shared the same starting point.
• Linley placed a grain of Sand of Time into his repaired formation, allowing it to draw out the grain's power.

Linley tested the Time Stop Formation and learned how it could freeze incoming spells for a lethal ambush before Nicholas taught him the Time Loop Formation. By nightfall, Linley had built a working formation, but Nicholas told him to practice both until he could create an Alchemy Formation in under five minutes.

• Linley tested the Time Stop Formation with a stone and spells, which froze at its boundary until he removed the Sand of Time and let them fly onward.
• Nicholas described how he had used a Time Stop Formation to trap wizards and kill them with spells released when the formation failed.
• Nicholas explained the Time Loop Formation’s mechanics and taught Linley its fifteen new Alchemy Formations.
• Linley learned the new formations and, with Nicholas’s help, built a working Time Loop Formation by nightfall.
• Nicholas instructed Linley to practice the Time Stop and Time Loop Formations daily until he could create an Alchemy Formation in under five minutes.

Linley completed his practice of the Time Stop and Time Loop Formations and said goodbye to Nicholas before returning to Green’s cottage. Irina arrived to join him, and Green suggested they share the cottage’s only guest room, leaving Linley flustered and ready to sleep in the living room.

• Linley learned that the Time Loop Formation let specially tokened allies retain their memories and determined that a loop needed to last at least ten minutes for him to escape it.
• Linley told Nicholas he was leaving to practice the Unforgivable Curses with Irina, and Nicholas encouraged him to bring his “little girlfriend” back next year.
• Linley returned with Green to Green’s cottage after completing his Alchemy Formation practice.
• Irina arrived by Cross-border Portkey and greeted Green at the cottage.
• Green explained that the cottage had only one guest room and suggested Linley and Irina share it, so Linley offered to sleep in the living room.

Linley and Irina stayed overnight in Irina’s suitcase villa, where Linley toured the Fantastic Beasts she had gathered and heard about their names. The next morning, Green took them to L'enfer Alley, where Irina killed a dark wizard who attacked them with the Killing Curse.

• Linley and Irina entered the villa inside Irina’s suitcase after Green went to rest in his cabin.
• Irina showed Linley the five new areas of her Pocket Dimension and introduced its Fantastic Beasts, including Little Galleon, Little Sickle, Silver Sparkle, and Wishful.
• Linley and Irina slept in separate rooms in the villa, then emerged the next morning to find Green waiting for them.
• Green brought Linley and Irina to L'enfer Alley and warned Irina that its residents were wicked.
• A black-robed dark wizard cast the Killing Curse at Irina, but she dodged it, froze the wizard with her Power of Cold Ice, and killed them with a Killing Curse.

Linley and Irina practiced the Unforgivable Curses by hunting dark wizards in L'enfer Alley until Green stopped them as their targets grew suspicious. They returned to England and traveled to the Quidditch World Cup campsite, where they arrived among the first spectators.

• Irina killed a black-robed wizard, and Linley gave her the Clear Heart to ease the curse's negative effects.
• Linley and Irina spent half a month hunting dark wizards in L'enfer Alley at night and using the Patronus Charm to recover afterward.
• On August 16, Green noticed the dark wizards' unusual movements and stopped Linley and Irina from hunting that night.
• Linley and Irina said goodbye to Green on August 17, then used Irina's Cross-border Portkey to return to England.
• The evening before the Quidditch World Cup, Linley and Irina traveled by Portkey to the event's campsite and learned their field was about a quarter mile away.

Linley and Irina arrived at the Quidditch World Cup, where they reunited with Harry and the Weasleys in their top-level box. The Weasley twins gave Linley a piece of candy, and he revealed that it was covered in Alchemy Runes, demanding an explanation.

• Linley and Irina set up Newt's Magic Tent at the campground and rested until afternoon.
• Linley and Irina walked through the lively campground, passed the souvenir vendors, and followed lanterns toward the stadium.
• Linley and Irina showed their tickets and entered the top-level box, where Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys were seated.
• Fred gave Linley a piece of candy while George teased him as the Great Alchemist and Fred called him the Fire God.
• Linley revealed Alchemy Runes on the candy and asked Fred and George to explain them.

Linley examined the Weasley twins’ prank inventions and gave them alchemy advice after receiving their parents’ permission. Irina reunited with Hermione and the others at the Quidditch World Cup, where Cornelius Fudge arrived with the Bulgarian Minister for Magic.

• Fred and George showed Linley their Fainting Fancies, and he identified how its runes made a wizard’s tongue swell.
• Mr. and Mrs. Weasley gave Linley permission to advise the twins, and he reviewed their inventions and suggested improvements.
• Irina apologized to Hermione for missing her invitation, explaining that she had left the letter in Austria while traveling with Newt.
• Hermione envied Irina’s summer travels with Newt and her use of Cross-border Portkeys.
• Cornelius Fudge entered the private box with the Bulgarian Minister for Magic, and Percy hurried to greet Fudge.
• Fudge introduced Harry to the Bulgarian minister and recognized Irina as the witch whose advice had helped him clear Sirius Black’s name.

At the Quidditch World Cup, Irina met Minister Fudge as the Bulgarian and Irish mascots prepared to perform. Linley watched the Veela dance, protected from their enchantment by his bracelet, before the Irish mascots dazzled the crowd with a huge shamrock and golden rain.

• Fudge greeted Irina and learned her name as the Malfoys joined the box, where Lucius and Mr. Weasley eyed each other warily.
• Ludo Bagman opened the 422nd Quidditch World Cup and introduced the Bulgarian National Team's mascots.
• A hundred Veela danced, enchanting Harry and Ron while Hermione tried to stop their embarrassing antics.
• Irina saw that Linley was unaffected by the Veela and felt relieved, unaware that his bracelet protected him.
• The Irish National Team's mascots formed a rainbow and a dazzling shamrock, which showered golden raindrops over the stadium.

Linley watched the Quidditch World Cup as the Irish and Bulgarian teams began a fierce match, but the spectacle descended into fouls and mascot interference. The match continued after the referee was distracted by the Veela, leaving Linley to conclude that even the magical world's grandest event was childish.

• Linley recognized the shamrock in the sky as Irish leprechauns, while Ron collected their vanishing coins and gave them to Harry.
• Ludo Bagman introduced the Bulgarian and Irish teams, including Viktor Krum, and Hassan Mustafa took the field as referee.
• Mustafa started the match, and both teams displayed high-level Quidditch skill as the score reached 130 to 10 for Ireland.
• Krum's Wronski Feint sent Lynch crashing to the ground, but Lynch recovered and continued playing.
• The match turned rough, and Mustafa awarded Ireland a penalty after the Bulgarian Keeper fouled a Chaser.
• The Veela distracted Mustafa with their dancing, so a field medic kicked him back to his senses before he stopped them; Linley judged the World Cup childish.

After the Quidditch World Cup match ended, Linley and Irina prepared to confront the Death Eaters’ march through the campsite. Seeing the Death Eaters torment the Roberts family and kill one of their children, Irina attacked them with the Killing Curse.

• Krum caught the Golden Snitch, but the Bulgarian Quidditch National Team lost to Ireland 170:160.
• Linley and Irina armed themselves and checked their equipment, expecting the Death Eaters’ march and identifying Barty Crouch Jr. as a major threat.
• Linley and Irina left their Magic Tent as the masked Death Eaters advanced through the campsite, crushing and burning tents.
• The Death Eaters floated Mr. Roberts, his wife, and their children overhead, and one child had already died.
• Irina roared and fired Avada Kedavra at a masked Death Eater.

Linley and Irina confronted a group of Death Eaters, with Linley using Mana Suppression Flame to seal their magic while Irina entered the fiery cage to fight them. The Death Eaters turned on Irina, though one of them recognized her and reacted with fear.

• Linley killed a Death Eater with the Killing Curse, then warned Irina not to use Unforgivable Curses and hurled Fiendfyre at the group.
• The Death Eaters combined Vanishment Charms to extinguish the Fiendfyre while Irina slipped behind them with an Ice Crystal Spear.
• The Death Eaters attacked Linley, but his Mana Suppression Flame blocked their spells and formed a cage that suppressed their magic.
• Linley allowed Irina through the flames unharmed, making her the only wizard in the cage able to use magic.
• A Death Eater who recognized Irina showed fear as another Death Eater lunged at her.

Irina slaughtered the Death Eaters trapped inside the Mana Suppression Flame, while Barty Crouch Jr. failed to harm her with a Disarming Charm. Linley secretly cast the Soul Insertion Charm on Barty, giving him and Irina a way to monitor Barty and gather intelligence on Voldemort.

• Irina killed a Death Eater who charged her, then crossed the hall to freeze and shatter three more.
• Barty Crouch Jr. cast a weakened Disarming Charm at Irina, but her ice armor deflected it.
• Irina spared Barty and signaled Linley through their matching metal rings.
• Linley used the Disillusionment Charm to slip behind Barty and cast the Soul Insertion Charm on him.
• Linley withdrew from the ring of fire, allowing him and Irina to track Barty through his vision.

Linley and Irina continued fighting the Death Eaters until Barty Crouch Jr. escaped and cast the Dark Mark. Aurors then attacked Linley, and Barty Crouch Sr. defended their actions, leaving Linley accusing the Ministry of siding with the Death Eaters.

• Irina killed or wounded more than half the Death Eaters trapped inside Linley's Mana Suppression Flame.
• Barty Crouch Jr. blew a gap in the ring of fire with his severed fingers, escaped, and cast the Dark Mark before Apparating away.
• Twenty Aurors Apparated and fired Stunning Spells at Linley, who blocked them with Alchemy Formations and knocked several Aurors down.
• Mr. Weasley tried to stop the Aurors, identified Linley, and reminded them that Linley had helped kill a thousand-year-old Basilisk.
• Barty Crouch Sr. suggested Linley had disguised himself, and Linley accused the Ministry of Magic of being in league with the Death Eaters.