Chapter Summaries

Linley studied the Mirror of Erised’s alchemy and discovered how its runes read minds and create illusions. Before leaving, he hid a grenade inside the mirror with a retrieval condition aimed at anyone who wanted to use the Philosopher’s Stone, and Dumbledore noticed something unusual when he returned.

• Linley followed Harry to the abandoned classroom and received Dumbledore’s permission to study the Mirror of Erised for one night.
• Linley used his Wand to reveal and examine the mirror’s Alchemy Formations, identifying runes that read minds, create illusions, and confuse people.
• Linley realized the mirror combined mind-reading and illusion formations, and that its powers could be made lethal by changing their proportions.
• Linley discovered the mirror’s storage formation and hid a Mk2 grenade inside, setting it to be retrieved by someone who wanted to use the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Dumbledore returned to move the mirror and noticed something unusual when he touched it.

Irina stood up for Neville after Malfoy cursed him, encouraging Neville to fight back. She then reassured Harry that she would protect him during the upcoming Quidditch match against Hufflepuff, where Snape would referee.

• Hermione and Ron urged Harry to avoid the Quidditch match after learning Snape would be the referee, but Harry said Gryffindor had no substitute Seeker.
• Neville arrived in the Gryffindor Common Room under a Leg-Locker Curse and told Irina that Malfoy had cursed him.
• Irina led Neville, Harry, and Ron to Malfoy, disarmed him, and urged Neville to stand up for himself.
• Neville punched Malfoy while Harry and Ron cheered, and Irina warned Malfoy to leave Neville alone.
• Irina told Harry she would disarm Snape if he tried to hurt him during the match, and Harry agreed to play.

Harry won the Quidditch championship, then followed Snape into the Forbidden Forest and overheard him questioning Quirrell about the Philosopher’s Stone. Harry told Irina, Hermione, and Ron, who concluded that Snape and Quirrell might be trying to steal it and began discussing how to stop them.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch shortly after the Quidditch match began, winning the championship for Gryffindor.
• Harry spotted Snape heading toward the Forbidden Forest and secretly followed him on his Nimbus 2000.
• Harry overheard Snape ask Quirrell about getting past Hagrid’s beast and warn him to decide whom he would serve.
• Harry told Irina, Hermione, and Ron what he had witnessed, and they discussed the Philosopher’s Stone’s guardians and protections.
• Irina suggested that Quirrell also wanted the Philosopher’s Stone, and the others agreed to be wary of both him and Snape.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Irina visited Hagrid to learn who had helped protect the Philosopher’s Stone, while Irina noticed Hagrid was hiding a dragon egg. Hagrid named the professors involved and revealed he knew how to get past Fluffy, then Irina asked to witness the egg hatching.

• Irina tried to reassure Hermione about the upcoming final exams while Harry and Ron played Wizard Chess.
• Harry asked Hagrid about the protections guarding the Philosopher’s Stone, and Hagrid agreed to speak with them later.
• At Hagrid’s hut, Irina and the others avoided eating more rock cakes and persuaded Hagrid to explain who had helped protect the Stone.
• Hagrid named Sprout, Flitwick, McGonagall, Quirrell, Dumbledore, and Snape as the people involved, and said only he and Dumbledore knew how to get past Fluffy.
• Harry spotted a dragon egg in Hagrid’s fire, and Irina asked Hagrid to let her witness its hatching.

Linley Rowle offered Hagrid alchemical equipment and a space for his fire dragon in exchange for precious creature materials and a vial of the dragon’s fresh blood. He planned to use the blood to create a strength-amplifying Magic Crystal, while preparing for the remaining threats before the final exams.

• After Irina and the others left, Linley visited Hagrid and revealed that he knew about the fire dragon egg.
• Linley demonstrated an alchemical plate that simulated the heat needed to hatch a fire dragon and offered Hagrid a spacious, legally made suitcase for the young dragon.
• Linley asked for materials from magical creatures, including shed Unicorn horns and feathers, and a vial of fresh fire dragon blood.
• Hagrid agreed to the exchange on the condition that Linley would not hurt the dragon, and Linley left the alchemical plate and suitcase with him.
• Linley planned to prepare the materials and knowledge for a strength-amplifying Magic Crystal at Rohl Manor, while keeping the approaching final exams and Quirrell’s threat in mind.

Hagrid's dragon egg hatched, and the baby dragon took an immediate liking to Irina while rejecting Hagrid, Harry, and Ron. After Hermione questioned how the dragon would be housed, Hagrid spotted Malfoy fleeing after spying on them.

• Hedwig delivered Hagrid's note saying the dragon egg was about to hatch, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Irina visited his hut during break.
• Hagrid showed them the egg on a flame-producing metal plate that Rory had provided, and the egg hatched into a baby dragon.
• The baby dragon bit Hagrid but settled happily in Irina's arms, while it hissed at Harry and Ron.
• Hagrid revealed that Rory had also given him a suitcase with an expanded interior as a place for the dragon to live.
• Hagrid spotted a boy peeking through the curtains and running back toward the school, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Irina saw Malfoy fleeing with a malicious smile.

Irina frightened Malfoy into keeping quiet about the baby dragon, and Hagrid agreed to send it to Charlie’s dragon reserve. On Saturday night, Harry, Ron, Irina, and Hermione arrived at Hagrid’s Hut to take the dragon to Charlie’s friends, where they found Linley waiting to collect a vial of its blood.

• Irina stopped Malfoy from reporting the baby dragon by pretending to threaten him with a Memory Charm, and Hermione intervened before he fainted from fear.
• Hermione urged Hagrid to send the dragon away, and Ron suggested asking his brother Charlie to take it to a Romanian dragon reserve; Hagrid agreed.
• Charlie wrote that friends would collect the dragon at the highest tower on Saturday night, and Irina burned his letter to protect their plan.
• Harry, Ron, Irina, and Hermione arrived at Hagrid’s Hut on Saturday night and found Linley there to fulfill his agreement with Hagrid and collect dragon blood.
• Hermione thanked Linley for the healing potion that had saved her on Halloween, and Hagrid opened the suitcase where the baby dragon had been living.

Irina, Harry, Ron, and Hermione helped Hagrid send the baby dragon away, but Filch caught them and Professor McGonagall punished them with detention and a loss of Gryffindor points. When their detention began in the Forbidden Forest, Linley appeared to accompany them as the incident was about to unfold.

• Linley joined Hagrid and the others in sending the baby dragon away, and Charlie's friends carried it off in an alchemy-enhanced suitcase.
• Filch caught Irina, Harry, Ron, and Hermione after they left the tower, and Professor McGonagall assigned them detention and removed fifty points from Gryffindor for each student.
• The four students became unpopular with Gryffindor, but Irina told Harry that sending the dragon away was right and urged him and Ron to study to recover the points.
• Before the end-of-term exams, Professor McGonagall summoned the four students to begin detention with Filch at eleven that night.
• Filch led the four students to the Forbidden Forest and handed them over to Hagrid, where Linley appeared and said he would accompany them.

Linley joined Hagrid’s search party in the Forbidden Forest to stop Quirrell from drinking Unicorn blood. When the group found a dead Unicorn and a masked figure feeding on it, Linley attacked with a muffled Mk2 grenade, which exploded at the figure’s feet.

• Linley persuaded Hagrid to let him join the search party with Harry and Irina.
• Linley deployed his Alchemy Floating Cannons as the group followed Unicorn blood deeper into the Forbidden Forest.
• Harry, Irina, Linley, and Fang found a dead Unicorn in a clearing and saw a hooded figure drinking its blood.
• Linley stopped Irina from attacking with a Glacier Spell and threw a magically muffled Mk2 grenade at the masked figure.
• The grenade exploded beside the masked figure, engulfing the area in flames and a powerful blast wave.

Linley and Irina fought Voldemort, who possessed Quirrell, after a grenade wounded Quirrell and Harry was taken to safety. Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre, and the chapter ended as several unseen voices cast the Vanishment Charm.

• Linley’s enchanted grenade wounded Quirrell, and Voldemort took control of his body and attacked.
• Irina sent up a signal, ordered Fang to carry Harry away, and joined Linley in assaulting Quirrell.
• Voldemort blocked their attacks with a Shield Charm and destroyed one of Linley’s Alchemy Floating Cannons with a Killing Curse.
• Irina and Linley intensified their barrage, but Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre.
• Linley used the Mana Suppression Flame to hold the Fiendfyre back briefly before Voldemort’s stronger flames overwhelmed it.
• As Linley and Irina faced the advancing Fiendfyre, several unseen people cast the Vanishment Charm.

Linley and Irina survived Voldemort’s attack in the Forbidden Forest after the four Heads of House intervened, and McGonagall learned that Linley had also killed the Halloween Troll. Back at Hogwarts, Linley went with Snape while Irina reunited with her worried friends.

• McGonagall, Sprout, Flitwick, and Snape arrived and protected Linley and Irina as Voldemort escaped in Quirrell’s body.
• McGonagall apologized for bringing Irina into danger, and Irina credited Rory’s flames with saving her.
• McGonagall deducted and restored fifty Slytherin points for Linley, then waived his detention after Irina said he had saved her life twice.
• Linley told the professors that he had killed the Halloween Troll, shocking them, especially Snape.
• McGonagall explained that Fang had taken Harry to Hagrid, then escorted Linley and Irina back to Hogwarts.
• Snape left with Linley, while Irina returned to the Gryffindor Common Room and reassured Hermione that she was alive.

Irina explained that a Dark wizard had targeted the Unicorn for its blood and the Philosopher’s Stone, while Harry wrongly suspected Snape. Snape questioned Linley about his power, then considered his potential and looked at a picture of a red-haired girl.

• Irina told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Unicorn blood could prolong life and that the Philosopher’s Stone might restore the Dark wizard’s magic and life.
• Harry concluded that Snape was helping Voldemort, but Irina argued Snape was likely innocent after he and other professors had protected them.
• Harry realized that whoever wanted the Philosopher’s Stone would have to come for it, so they could focus on protecting it.
• Snape questioned Linley about killing the Troll, and Linley demonstrated silent Wandless Magic to explain the powerful fire traces.
• Snape let Linley leave and reflected on his talent, hoping he would be guided well, before looking at a picture of a young red-haired girl.

After the final exams, Harry and his friends realized the stranger who gave Hagrid a dragon egg had learned how to get past Fluffy. Unable to persuade Professor McGonagall to act and worried Dumbledore was away, they agreed to sneak out that night and reach the Philosopher’s Stone first.

• Harry wondered whether the stranger had deliberately approached Hagrid, and the four friends rushed to question him.
• Hagrid admitted that he had told the stranger Fluffy could be put to sleep with music.
• Harry and his friends tried to alert Professor McGonagall, but she said Dumbledore had left for London and Harry could not explain their concern.
• Irina stopped Harry from telling McGonagall about the Philosopher’s Stone and warned that their surveillance could expose them.
• Harry persuaded Ron and Hermione to join him in sneaking out that night to reach the Philosopher’s Stone, and Irina agreed.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Irina entered the trapdoor beneath Fluffy while Linley followed after knocking the dog unconscious. In the final room, Quirrell tried to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone from the Mirror of Erised but received an enchanted grenade instead, which exploded and tore through him.

• Hermione restrained Neville, and Harry scared Peeves away by impersonating the Bloody Baron as the four headed to the fourth-floor corridor.
• Irina summoned a harp and played Fluffy to sleep, allowing Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Irina to jump through the trapdoor.
• Linley arrived, used magic powered by a Magic Crystal to blast Fluffy unconscious, and concealed himself and his Alchemy Floating Cannons before entering the trapdoor.
• Quirrell saw the Philosopher's Stone in the Mirror of Erised, and Voldemort told him to wish for it.
• Quirrell pulled a smoking, pineapple-shaped Mk2 grenade from his pocket, and Voldemort recognized the trap and ordered him to throw it away.
• The grenade exploded beside Quirrell, and its blast and fragments tore through his body.

After Voldemort healed Quirrell from the grenade blast, Quirrell searched for a way through the Mirror of Erised. Irina, Harry, Ron, and Hermione passed the Devil’s Snare and enchanted-key challenges, then attacked the giant chess pieces blocking their path to the Philosopher’s Stone.

• Voldemort took control of Quirrell, healed his wounds, removed the shrapnel, and warned him to find a way through the Mirror of Erised.
• Irina, Harry, Ron, and Hermione escaped the Devil’s Snare with Harry’s Fire Spell and entered a room filled with flying keys.
• Irina’s Universal Counter-Curse dispelled many keys, and Harry caught the silver key with blue wings to open the heavy door.
• The group reached a giant chessboard, and Irina chose to destroy the pieces rather than play by the rules.
• Hermione blasted a black knight, and Irina froze and shattered a black pawn as Harry and Ron harassed the attacking chess pieces.

Harry, Irina, Hermione, and Ron solved the potion riddle and entered the final chamber, where they faced Quirrell and Voldemort. After Harry obtained the Philosopher’s Stone and Voldemort tried to take it, Linley arrived and shot Quirrell.

• Irina identified the smallest bottle as a Fire Protection Potion, and Ron drank from the far-right bottle to return for help from the professors.
• Harry, Irina, and Hermione crossed the black flames and found Quirrell at the Mirror of Erised, where Voldemort urged him to seize Harry.
• Quirrell knocked Hermione unconscious and bound Harry, while Irina lost her Wand and pretended to be incapacitated.
• Harry saw himself holding the Philosopher’s Stone in the Mirror, and the Stone appeared in his pocket.
• Voldemort revealed his face on the back of Quirrell’s head and tried to take the Stone from Harry.
• Linley entered the chamber and shot Quirrell three times as the black flames parted for him.

Linley and Irina attacked Quirrell, whom Voldemort controlled, while Linley tried to get Harry to hand over the Philosopher’s Stone so he could stop the Fiendfyre. Harry mistook Linley for another enemy and refused, so Linley pulled him toward himself with a Levitation Charm.

• Linley returned Irina’s wand, then wounded Quirrell with enchanted bullets and attacked him with spells and Alchemy Floating Cannons.
• Linley used a powerful Flame Spell and a Magic Crystal-powered Confringo to break through Voldemort’s defenses while Irina freed Harry and joined the fight.
• Voldemort summoned Fiendfyre, and Linley used Mana Suppression Flame to hold it back.
• Linley asked Harry for the Philosopher’s Stone so he could extinguish the Fiendfyre, but Harry refused, suspecting Linley wanted it for himself.
• Irina urged Harry to give Linley the Stone, but Linley seized Harry by the tie with a Levitation Charm and dragged him closer.

Linley used the Philosopher’s Stone to unleash immense magic, defeat Quirrell, and trap Voldemort’s remnant soul with Mana Suppression Flame. Voldemort escaped after sacrificing most of his remaining soul, leaving Linley to believe he had greatly weakened him.

• Linley took the Philosopher’s Stone from Harry and used its magic to erase the room’s other flames and cast an enormous Disarming Charm at Quirrell.
• Irina struck Quirrell with a Blasting Curse, killing him and destroying Voldemort’s temporary vessel.
• Voldemort’s remnant soul emerged from Quirrell’s corpse, and Harry fainted when his scar burned.
• Linley surrounded Voldemort with Mana Suppression Flame, preventing him from freely escaping as a remnant soul.
• Voldemort sacrificed two-thirds of his remnant soul to cut through the flames and flee, leaving Linley to conclude that Voldemort had been severely weakened.

Linley and Irina returned to Hogwarts with Dumbledore after stopping Quirrell, though Voldemort escaped. Dumbledore told Linley that Nicholas Flamel wanted him to keep the Philosopher’s Stone as an elder’s gift.

• Dumbledore arrived after Quirrell died, praised Linley and Irina, and took them and their unconscious friends back to Hogwarts.
• Irina and Ron carried Hermione and Harry to the school hospital while Dumbledore invited Linley to his office.
• Linley returned the Philosopher’s Stone to Dumbledore, who pushed it back and said it belonged to Linley.
• Dumbledore explained that Nicholas had asked him to give Linley the Stone as a gift after the matter was settled.

Linley accepted the Philosopher’s Stone from Dumbledore, who revealed that Linley’s father, Hendry Rowle, had secretly served the Order of the Phoenix rather than Voldemort. A letter suggested Hendry had joined Regulus Black to retrieve a weapon that could defeat Voldemort, leaving Linley wondering where the Horcrux they took had ended up.

• Dumbledore recalled that Green had asked him to give the Philosopher’s Stone to Linley, and he offered it to Linley as a gift from Nicholas.
• Linley accepted the Philosopher’s Stone and explained that he could draw its magic gradually to advance his alchemy.
• Linley questioned whether Dumbledore trusted him despite his father’s supposed Death Eater past, and Dumbledore revealed he had been the Secret-Keeper of Rohl Manor.
• Dumbledore told Linley that Hendry Rowle had been an Order of the Phoenix undercover agent among the Death Eaters who supplied intelligence against Voldemort.
• Dumbledore showed Linley Hendry’s letter saying Regulus Black had found him and wanted to take him to a weapon hidden away that could defeat Voldemort.
• Linley inferred that Hendry and Regulus had taken Voldemort’s Horcrux, and he wondered whether it was still in the Black family home.