Chapter Summaries

Magical fireworks insulted Umbridge in the Great Hall, and her attempt to destroy them triggered a counterattack that injured her. Fred and George then launched more fireworks and hit Umbridge with an improved Stink Pellet, while Professor McGonagall left the mess for Umbridge to handle.

• Magical fireworks displayed insults about Umbridge and Fudge above the Great Hall, delighting the students and enraging Umbridge.
• Umbridge fired an Explosion Charm at the fireworks, but they swallowed the spell and struck her with a golden beam that sent her flying.
• Umbridge ordered Filch to knock down the fireworks with a broom, and he spent more than half an hour sweeping them down while burning many of his brooms.
• Fred and George set off more fireworks from the marble staircase and dodged Umbridge's Stunning Spells.
• Fred threw an improved Stink Pellet that burst across Umbridge's face, soaking her and Filch in foul liquid and filling the Great Hall with a terrible stench.
• Professor McGonagall covered her nose and left without intervening, leaving Umbridge to deal with the chaos.

Fred and George attacked Umbridge and Filch with homing magical fireworks and Stink Pellets, then prepared to unleash a hundred connected boxes of fireworks at Hogwarts. The chapter ended as Fred lit the fuse and George called out to the school.

• Umbridge fired powerful Dark Arts spells at Fred and George, who dodged the beams as they corroded the stone steps.
• Fred and George launched homing firework monkeys at Umbridge and Filch, burning their hair and bodies.
• Umbridge tried to cast an Unforgivable Curse, but the twins interrupted her with improved Stink Pellets.
• Fred and George emptied their enchanted bags and connected a hundred boxes of magical fireworks with a long fuse.
• Fred lit the fuse, and George pulled out a Nimbus 2000 Flying Broomstick and told Hogwarts to remember the day.

Fred and George’s prank left Umbridge humiliated and struggling to control Hogwarts, while the professors let her handle the magical fireworks herself. By February, Linley joined the sixth-years at the Quidditch pitch for their first Apparition lesson, which began as Professor McGonagall called for quiet.

• Fred and George escaped on their brooms as Umbridge failed to stop the magical fireworks from igniting.
• The fireworks flew through Hogwarts, forcing Umbridge to spend the day answering professors’ requests while they refused to remove them.
• Umbridge remained covered in the stink of the improved Stink Pellets for weeks, and the students continued enduring her rule.
• Linley arrived at the Quidditch pitch for the first Apparition lesson and joined Irvin among the gathered sixth-years and their four Heads of House.
• After the students arrived and whispered excitedly, Professor McGonagall called for quiet.

Wicky Teklos began teaching the young wizards the principles and risks of Apparition on the Quidditch pitch. As he explained Splinching, the students learned that an incomplete desire could leave part of their bodies behind.

• Wicky Teklos introduced himself as the Apparition instructor and told the class to practice only on the Quidditch pitch, where Dumbledore had lifted the restriction for an hour.
• Twycross placed wooden hoops before the students and taught them to focus on their destination, determine to reach it, and deliberate.
• Twycross explained that Apparition used magical power transformed into spatial force and that desire could guide the process of wrapping the whole body.
• Linley and Irvin recognized that the Apparition Key experience shared similarities with Twycross's instructions and suspected he was more capable than he appeared.
• Twycross explained that Splinching happened when weak determination left part of a wizard outside the spatial force during Apparition.

Linley and Irvin learned Apparition under Twycross and demonstrated exceptional skill, even managing to Apparate across the Quidditch pitch. Twycross said they were ready for the examination, but their ages meant they would have to wait for the July test.

• Twycross explained the dangers and steps of Apparition before having the students practice.
• Linley and Irvin successfully Apparated on their first attempts while the other students stumbled or failed.
• Twycross praised Linley and Irvin and asked them to Apparate across the Quidditch pitch.
• Linley attributed their skill to their experience traveling by Portkey.
• Twycross learned that Linley and Irvin were not yet old enough for the April examination and said they could take the July examination instead.

Linley and Irina saw that Umbridge had alienated students across Hogwarts and decided the time had come to restart the D.A. Army. Outside the school, Fudge faced public fury and a renewed impeachment that could force him from office by July.

• Twycross let Linley and Irvin practice Apparition freely, while most students struggled and one Hufflepuff student lost an arm and a leg before Professors McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout restored them.
• Dumbledore's expulsion stirred anger among wizards, and Fudge received Howlers and dangerous gifts as Wizengamot members launched another impeachment against him.
• Umbridge restricted students' visits and letters, increased Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons, and imposed morning and evening study sessions, leaving students miserable.
• During Easter break, Linley and Irina met by the Black Lake and agreed that Umbridge had lost support across Hogwarts, even among Slytherins like Malfoy.
• Linley told Irina that their next plan would address events inside and outside Hogwarts, beginning with restarting the D.A. Army.

Linley and Irina planned to restart the D.A. Army and coordinate Umbridge’s removal with Fudge’s fall. Linley revealed a way to locate Bellatrix and use her to lead Dumbledore to Hufflepuff’s Cup, then set plans in motion for the next day.

• Linley explained that restarting the D.A. Army would channel the young wizards’ anger against Umbridge, while Irina stressed that Fudge must fall at the same time to prevent Umbridge from escaping or returning to power.
• Linley proposed giving Dumbledore a legitimate reason for being away by having him find one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes.
• Linley showed Irina the visions he had stolen from notable Death Eaters, including Bellatrix Lestrange, using the Soul Insertion Charm.
• Irina realized Linley intended for Dumbledore to rob Gringotts and destroy Hufflepuff’s Cup, and Linley agreed that it was their best opportunity.
• Linley planned to capture Bellatrix alive during Easter holiday and scheduled the D.A. Army’s next meeting for the following night.
• Irina agreed to gather the D.A. Army members and cast a Memory Charm on Umbridge before the meeting.

Linley used Dumbledore’s permission to travel to Lestrange Manor and launched a devastating attack on the Death Eaters gathered there. He confronted Bellatrix and Voldemort’s newly recruited followers, leaving the outcome of the confrontation unresolved.

• Linley skipped breakfast, prepared a timed Apparition Key, and waited for it to activate while viewing Bellatrix’s perspective.
• Linley appeared outside Lestrange Manor and reflected on how Rowena had reduced the Lestrange Family’s wealth and forced them into a smaller, shabby estate.
• Linley blasted apart the manor gates with Bombarda, destroying nearby buildings and trapping the Death Eaters behind their Anti-Apparition Charms.
• The Death Eaters emerged from the manor and recoiled at the destruction caused by Linley’s spell.
• Linley recognized Bellatrix among the masked Death Eaters and concluded that Voldemort had recruited the others since his return.

Lynn attacked Lestrange Manor to find out where Voldemort’s Horcruxes were. After killing the Death Eaters and destroying the manor, he used Legilimency on Bellatrix and stored her extracted memories.

• Bellatrix and the Death Eaters recognized Lynn and feared him for his duel with Voldemort.
• Lynn killed all twenty-six Death Eaters with Sectumsempra and bound Bellatrix with golden ropes.
• Lynn demanded that Bellatrix reveal the locations of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, while Ziwei Heavenly Fire consumed Lestrange Manor.
• Bellatrix refused and tried to use magic, but Lynn’s crimson flame prevented her from doing so.
• Lynn used Legilimency to extract Bellatrix’s memories and placed them in a Cloud Sync Memory Bottle, leaving her unconscious.

Linley killed Bellatrix and destroyed Lestrange Manor, then visited Dumbledore with a memory revealing where Voldemort had hidden Hufflepuff's Cup. The chapter ended with Dumbledore concluding that they would have to rob Gringotts to retrieve it.

• Linley killed Bellatrix, burned Lestrange Manor, and declared the Lestrange Family struck from the Sacred Twenty-Eight Pureblood Families.
• Linley arrived at 12 Grimmauld Place and told Sirius Black that Dumbledore had given him permission to travel freely from Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore told Linley that a memory pointed toward the Gaunt Family, and Linley offered to show him Bellatrix's memories.
• Linley and Dumbledore watched Voldemort give Bellatrix Hufflepuff's Cup and saw her hide it in the Lestrange vault at Gringotts.
• Dumbledore concluded that they would have to rob Gringotts to retrieve the Horcrux.

Linley and Dumbledore planned a frontal assault on Gringotts to retrieve Hufflepuff's Cup, while D.A. restarted its secret meetings under Irina's protection. The chapter ended with Irina entering Umbridge's office and casting a Memory Charm on her.

• Linley told Dumbledore that robbing Gringotts would require at least two Demon King level wizards, and Dumbledore agreed to plan the operation.
• Linley and Dumbledore left the Pensieve and joined Sirius Black for dinner after spending the afternoon examining Bellatrix's memory.
• D.A.'s Alchemy Quills reactivated, and Irina assured Hermione that the group could safely resume practicing in the Room of Requirement.
• The D.A. members gathered at night and used Disillusionment Charms to sneak to the Room of Requirement.
• Irina left the group, entered Umbridge's office, and cast Obliviate on her.

Irina stunned Umbridge so the D.A. could meet, and Linley explained that Fudge was close to losing power and announced Marietta Edgecombe’s expulsion for betraying the group. The revelation that the Magical Contract had made Marietta unable to use magic shocked the D.A., while Cho Chang protested that the punishment was cruel to an underage witch.

• Irina stunned Umbridge, locked her office, and returned to the eighth-floor corridor, where Linley arrived by Apparition Key.
• Linley and Irina joined the D.A. in the Room of Requirement, and Linley welcomed everyone back to the group’s first gathering since its suspension.
• Linley explained that Umbridge had intercepted letters about the outside world and told the D.A. that Fudge faced impeachment and might soon be removed from office.
• Linley announced that Marietta Edgecombe was expelled from the D.A. for betraying them, but warned the group not to harm her because she was still their classmate.
• Cho Chang said Marietta could no longer use magic, and Linley confirmed that the Magical Contract had made her a Squib until an unspecified time.
• Cho Chang protested that turning Marietta into a Squib was too cruel a punishment for an underage witch.

Linley defended his punishment of Marietta and defined friends as loyal companions and enemies as those who threatened or betrayed them. He then sent all the D.A. members into five expanded Illusion Formations to experience the difference for themselves.

• Cho Chang questioned Linley for stripping Marietta of her magic, and Linley replied that responsible traitors would face death.
• Linley addressed the D.A. members, describing their shared training and loyalty as proof that they were friends.
• Linley identified Voldemort, the Death Eaters, Umbridge, Fudge, and betrayers as enemies who threatened or harmed them.
• Cho Chang and the other students reflected on Marietta's betrayal as Linley announced an exercise about friends and enemies.
• Linley used five Illusion Formations to envelop the more than fifty D.A. members.

Linley and Irina used the D.A. Army’s Illusion Trials to teach young wizards about loyalty, betrayal, and teamwork while continuing to incapacitate Umbridge at weekly meetings. As Irina’s O.W.Ls approached, Dumbledore urgently summoned them to 12 Grimmauld Place.

• Linley explained that the Illusion Trials tested the young wizards’ judgment and resilience through scenarios involving comrades, traitors, and betrayal.
• The young wizards experienced repeated illusions and emerged grateful for the lessons they had learned.
• The D.A. Army resumed weekly meetings, and Irina and Linley continued using Memory Charms and Stunning Spells to incapacitate Umbridge.
• Umbridge tried surveillance equipment and other precautions but failed to discover who was attacking her.
• One week before Irina’s O.W.Ls, Dumbledore sent Linley, Irina, and Professor McGonagall an urgent message summoning them to 12 Grimmauld Place.

Dumbledore gathered Linley and Irina at 12 Grimmauld Place to plan a Gringotts robbery, bringing in their teachers Valison Green and Newt Scamander as experts. They set the operation for the day Fudge’s impeachment was due, though Irina noted it clashed with her History of Magic O.W.L. exam.

• Linley and Irina used their Apparition Keys to reach 12 Grimmauld Place after receiving Dumbledore’s message.
• Dumbledore introduced Valison Green and Newt Scamander as experts on Gringotts’ defenses and the dragon guarding its vaults.
• Green and Linley greeted each other, while Newt agreed to handle the dragon and said he would assess Irina’s progress.
• Dumbledore proposed a robbery date a little over a week away, when the Wizengamot would decide whether Fudge was removed from office.
• Irina pointed out that the proposed time conflicted with her History of Magic O.W.L. exam, and Dumbledore explained that the Ministry would be too chaotic to send Aurors to Gringotts.

Dumbledore and the others planned their Gringotts raid, with Green explaining how they could disable the Thief's Downfall and bypass the vault doors. They settled on a plan requiring Linley to reveal the Downfall's Alchemy Formations and Newt to create goblin-identifying gloves.

• Irina said she would finish her O.W.L. exam early so she could join the Gringotts operation that day.
• Dumbledore began planning how the group would overcome Gringotts' defenses, including the Thief's Downfall and the vault doors.
• Green concluded that the Thief's Downfall injected its Mana Suppression Power into anyone who passed through it, sealing their magic only briefly.
• Green asked Linley to reveal the Downfall's Alchemy Formations so he could dismantle them and destroy the mechanism.
• Green asked Newt to collect goblin biological samples and use them to make gloves that would fool the vault doors, and Newt agreed.

Linley, Dumbledore, Newt, and Irina finalized their plan to rob Gringotts and retrieve Hufflepuff's Cup, then recruited Sirius Black to handle logistics. The group prepared to target the Lestrange Family vault while minimizing goblin casualties.

• Newt assigned Irina to devise the plan for subduing Gringotts' fire dragon, and she proposed luring it with Magic Rice Balls before calming it into her suitcase.
• Dumbledore said he wanted to spare the goblins, so Linley made Dumbledore the main attacker and planned to support him with magic suited to suppressing the goblins' weapons.
• Linley suggested appointing a logistics officer, and Irina recommended Sirius Black, who agreed eagerly when Dumbledore offered him the role.
• Dumbledore explained that Bellatrix had hidden Hufflepuff's Cup, a Horcrux, in a Lestrange Family vault and outlined the group's plans for Gringotts' defenses.
• Sirius Black learned that the group intended to rob Gringotts and excitedly asked what he needed to do.

Green equipped the group with alchemical communicators, surveillance devices, and a signal jammer to support their planned Gringotts raid. Linley stopped the meeting to warn that they also needed a public justification for taking the Horcrux from Gringotts.

• Green gave the group alchemical earpieces that let them communicate through magic and across any distance.
• Green handed Linley surveillance spheres for Barty Crouch to place around the Ministry of Magic and gave Sirius Black a tablet to monitor the feeds.
• Green assigned Sirius Black to watch Diagon Alley and later track goblin movements underground at Gringotts.
• Green presented a signal jammer to block goblins from tracing their alchemical devices back to 12 Grimmauld Place.
• Dumbledore declared the Gringotts battle plan complete, but Linley stopped the group and argued that they needed a just cause the public could accept.

Linley planned how to justify the assault on Gringotts to destroy Voldemort’s Horcrux, Hufflepuff’s Cup, and the group prepared for the operation. Newt traveled to France and captured a goblin to obtain a biological sample.

• Linley proposed announcing the Horcrux at Gringotts on the day of the operation and publicly asking the goblins to surrender Hufflepuff’s Cup before attacking.
• Linley gave Barty Crouch Sr. communication devices and explained how to use them.
• Irina created a fire-dragon habitat at the edge of her suitcase’s Pocket Dimension.
• Newt went to a dark wizard gathering place in France, captured a goblin, and collected one of its fingers as a biological sample.

Green refined Goblin gloves and worked out how to make them bypass Gringotts vault security. At Hogwarts, the Wizarding Examinations Authority arrived before the O.W.L.s, and Hermione went to revise with Irina, leaving Harry and Ron together.

• The captured goblin awoke and rejoiced that Newt had taken only one finger before Newt returned to 12 Grimmauld Place and gave Green its biological sample.
• Green refined five pairs of Goblin gloves and explained that Gringotts vault doors required both a goblin's identity and an authorized token.
• The Wizarding Examinations Authority arrived at Hogwarts, where Professor Marchbanks mocked Umbridge for driving Dumbledore away and doubted the Ministry could find him.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Irina discussed the upcoming O.W.L.s, and Hermione hurried off with Irina to revise.
• Harry and Ron were left behind together, dismayed by Hermione's continued studying.