Chapter Summaries

Linley and Irina discovered that they had both come from the same world and bonded over their shared past. As October arrived at Hogwarts, Draco joined the Slytherin Quidditch team, and Linley settled by the fire to escape the damp chill.

• Linley and Irina recognized each other as fellow travelers from another world, shared how they had died, and introduced themselves by their former names.
• Linley and Irina returned from the abandoned classroom in better spirits, and Linley threatened Malfoy after Malfoy teased him about his gloomy demeanor.
• Irina told Hermione that she and Rory had met as children at an amusement park, concealing the truth about her connection to Linley.
• Lucius Malfoy donated Nimbus 2001 brooms to the Slytherin Quidditch team, and Draco used his connections to join as Seeker before provoking Harry's team.
• Irina suggested that Ron sell Lockhart's books to buy a new Wand, while cold weather and Snape's bitter Pepperup Potion affected Hogwarts.
• Linley stayed beside the Slytherin common-room fire because the damp, rainy weather made him uncomfortable.

Harry fled Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party after finding its food revolting and returned to the Halloween feast. There, he heard a chilling voice threatening to kill, and Irina restrained him as the students headed toward the danger.

• Harry went alone to Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party after Irina, Hermione, and Ron declined his invitation.
• Harry saw the party’s maggot-ridden food and fled before Peeves could stop him.
• Harry returned to the Great Hall and told Irina, Hermione, and Ron what he had seen.
• Harry heard an unseen voice threaten to kill and realized that only he could hear it.
• Harry tried to pursue the voice, but Irina held him back as students began leaving the Great Hall.
• Irina recognized that the Basilisk had left the Chamber of Secrets to wreak havoc on Halloween Eve.

Harry and the others found Mrs. Norris petrified beside a warning about the Chamber of Secrets, and Filch mistook Malfoy for the culprit. Linley and Irina discussed how the altered events affected their plans, then Linley taught Irina the Disillusionment Charm, which she failed to cast properly.

• Harry, Irina, and the crowd discovered Mrs. Norris hanging petrified from a torch beneath a message written in blood.
• Malfoy insulted the Muggle-born students, and Filch attacked him, believing he had harmed Mrs. Norris.
• Dumbledore stopped Filch and took both him and Malfoy away, leaving Linley and Irina surprised that the story had changed.
• Linley gave Irina a Two-way Mirror and asked her to share information about the Chamber with Harry and seek Ginny Weasley's diary.
• Linley taught Irina the Disillusionment Charm, but her attempt made her appear in visible strips before she canceled it.

Linley agreed to take Irina to Hogsmeade for Halloween, where she hoped to find magical plant seeds and visit Honeydukes. After Hermione teased Irina that the outing was a date, Linley and Irina met at the castle entrance and prepared to use a secret passage beneath the Whomping Willow.

• Linley praised Irina for mastering the Disillusionment Charm and told her to practice casting it silently.
• Irina asked to accompany Linley to Hogsmeade and explained that magical plants seemed to respond to her; Linley warned her that dangerous plants like Venomous Tentacula were not sold there.
• Irina got up early and told Hermione she was sneaking out with Linley, prompting Hermione to call their outing a date.
• Irina met Linley at the castle entrance, and he prepared to lead her through the secret passage beneath the Whomping Willow.

Linley and Irina traveled through the passage beneath the Whomping Willow to Hogsmeade, where Linley bought materials for alchemy glasses designed to protect against the Basilisk. When Irina failed to return from Honeydukes, Linley feared something had happened to her and rushed to find her.

• Linley and Irina used Disillusionment Charms to reach the passage beneath the Whomping Willow, narrowly missing Professor Sprout.
• They crossed the passage to the Shrieking Shack, where Linley planned to teach Irina the Shield Charm later.
• Linley and Irina entered Hogsmeade, and Linley sent Irina to Honeydukes while he went to buy alchemy materials.
• Linley purchased materials for glasses meant to protect against the Basilisk's Death Magic and Petrification Magic.
• Linley returned to the Shrieking Shack before Irina did, feared something had happened to her, and hurried toward Honeydukes.

Irina chased a Niffler that had stolen her sixteen Silver Sickles and discovered four dark wizards using it to steal money in Hogsmeade. She attacked them, freezing two while Qing Nü helped disable another, but the fight was still underway.

• Qing Nü alerted Irina that a Niffler had stolen the pouch containing her sixteen Silver Sickles, and Irina chased it through Hogsmeade.
• Irina found the Niffler delivering stolen money to four masked dark wizards in a dead-end alley.
• Irina silently cast a Glacier Spell, freezing Fourth, and the other three dark wizards attacked her.
• Irina fired Stupefy, Expelliarmus, and Diffindo, but the leader blocked her spells with a Shield Charm.
• Irina broke through the leader's Shield Charm with repeated Glacier Spells and froze Third while Qing Nü grabbed Second.
• Irina severed Second's right arm with Diffindo after Qing Nü's attack made him drop his Wand.

Irina defeated four Dark wizards after tracking them over her stolen wallet, but Linley destroyed the frozen wizards’ bodies, leaving her shaken by the violence. As they headed back to the Shrieking Shack, Irina resolved to grow stronger and keep up with Linley.

• Irina froze three Dark wizards, then fought their leader, a former elite Auror who used advanced Dark Arts.
• Linley arrived and used three Alchemy Formations to overwhelm the leader, giving Irina the opening to freeze him.
• Qing Nü returned Irina’s money pouch, and Linley blasted all four frozen Dark wizards into pieces.
• Irina vomited at the sight of the remains and admitted she had never truly killed anyone.
• Linley cleared away the bodies and told Irina to learn the Shield Charm as they walked toward the Shrieking Shack.
• Irina followed Linley and silently vowed not to become a burden to him.

Irina accepted the Niffler that had followed her and named it Little Treasure before Linley taught her how to cast the Shield Charm. The lesson ended when Little Treasure stole something from Irina again and started a fight with Qing Nü.

• The Niffler followed Irina to the Shrieking Shack, and she forgave it and named it Little Treasure.
• Linley taught Irina the Shield Charm’s casting technique, and she successfully deflected his Disarming Charm on her first attempt.
• Linley demonstrated how to angle a Shield Charm to rebound a spell or use enough magic power to destroy it.
• Qing Nü and Little Treasure began fighting, and Irina pulled them apart after Little Treasure stole one of her things.

Irina told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened and helped them plan to use Polyjuice Potion to question Malfoy. She offered to trick a permission note out of Lockhart, then asked Linley if he wanted one too.

• Irina and Linley left the Shrieking Shack, and Irina coaxed Little Treasure into giving up the stolen Silver Sickle with a glass bead.
• Irina told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that the Chamber of Secrets monster had attacked Mrs. Norris, and they suspected Malfoy was the Heir of Slytherin.
• Hermione proposed making Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as Slytherins and question Malfoy, but the group lacked permission to borrow the needed book.
• Irina offered to obtain Lockhart's signature on a permission note, since he still believed she was one of his fans.
• Irina contacted Linley with the Two-way Mirror and asked whether he wanted her to trick a signed note out of Lockhart for him.

Irina obtained more than a hundred of Lockhart’s signatures for Linley, then asked Professor Sprout to help her test whether magical plants were drawn to her. The chapter ended with a Venomous Tentacula wrapping a vine around Irina’s wrist and seeming to feel attached to her.

• Irina flattered Lockhart into signing over a hundred sheets of parchment, leaving him with a cramped hand and an empty ink bottle.
• Irina gave most of the signed notes to Linley, who teased her about favoring him and promised a gift in return.
• After the Halloween break, Irina asked Professor Sprout to let her approach the Venomous Tentacula and Chinese Mangle-Snapper under supervision.
• The Venomous Tentacula reached for Irina, and Professor Sprout prepared to destroy it until Irina stopped her.
• Irina let the plant coil its vine around her wrist and sensed a trace of attachment from it.

Irina discovered that magical plants were friendly toward her and handled a Chinese Mangle-Snapper under Professor Sprout’s supervision. Meanwhile, Linley began using Spell Alchemy to combine curse-resistant materials into a new creation.

• Professor Sprout watched as the Venomous Tentacula affectionately reached for Irina and recognized her talent for magical plant affinity.
• Irina approached a Chinese Mangle-Snapper, touched it without being attacked, and carefully lifted it from its pot before returning it.
• Irina left the greenhouse thinking about the magical plants and knowing she could not openly keep them under Ministry rules.
• Linley experimented with Alchemy Glasses in the Slytherin dormitory using a shed Unicorn Horn and Mandrake seedlings he had stolen from the Third Greenhouse.
• Linley combined the ingredients associated with resisting curses in a golden orb of magic and refined them with crimson flames.

Linley completed Alchemy Glasses designed to resist the Basilisk’s Death Magic and petrification, then asked Irina to ensure Colin Creevey wore them during the weekend Quidditch match. Irina worried that Colin would be used as an experimental subject, but Linley pointed out that the Basilisk would otherwise petrify him anyway.

• Linley forged crystal-and-bronze Alchemy Glasses and inscribed them with formations for resisting curses and reflecting spells.
• Linley tested the glasses and decided they needed a real trial against the Basilisk’s unfamiliar magic.
• Linley found Irina after dinner and took her to an abandoned classroom.
• Linley gave Irina the glasses and asked her to make Colin Creevey wear them during the Quidditch match.
• Irina questioned using Colin as an experimental subject, and Linley said Colin would be petrified regardless if he did nothing.

Linley and Irina planned to capture Dobby during the Quidditch match and arranged for Colin to wear Alchemy Glasses that might protect him from the Basilisk. After Colin agreed, Hermione teased Irina about keeping a secret with Linley, making Irina blush.

• Irina agreed to give Colin Linley's Alchemy Glasses and decided not to prevent Lockhart from treating Harry, so Dobby might appear at the hospital wing.
• Linley asked Irina to record Lockhart's spell on Harry with a Two-way Mirror so he could study the Bone Extraction Curse.
• Linley summoned Gael and explained that the House-elf would help capture Dobby and take him to Rohl Manor.
• Irina and Linley agreed to wait in the hospital wing during the Quidditch match and restrain Dobby when he appeared.
• Irina persuaded Colin to wear the Alchemy Glasses throughout the match by offering him ten autographed photos of Harry.
• Hermione asked Irina whether she and Linley had a little secret together, and Irina blushed.

Irina denied Hermione’s suspicions that she and Rory were dating, then joined Linley in checking that Colin wore the Alchemy Glasses before Harry’s Quidditch match. During the match, a bewitched Bludger repeatedly attacked Harry, and he told Fred and George to leave him to handle it so he could search for the Snitch.

• Hermione teased Irina about Rory, and Irina insisted they were only friends despite their frequent secret trips to the same place.
• Hermione explained that Harry and Ron also knew where Irina and Rory had been going, leaving Irina embarrassed by the dating rumor.
• On the morning of the Quidditch match, Linley and Irina saw Colin wearing the Alchemy Glasses as promised.
• Irina asked Harry for ten signed photos for Colin, and Harry reluctantly agreed to give Colin the photos later.
• During the match, a Bludger relentlessly attacked Harry, and Fred and George called for a timeout after realizing it had been tampered with.
• Harry told Fred and George to stop guarding him and let him deal with the Bludger while he searched for the Golden Snitch.

Harry was injured in a Quidditch match after Lockhart removed the bones from his arm, while Irina recorded the spell and Linley helped her sneak back to the infirmary. Harry woke to find Dobby at his bedside and questioned how the elf knew he had missed the train.

• Harry insisted that the Quidditch match continue, and Wood allowed him to face the rogue Bludger alone.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch but was struck by the Bludger, and Lockhart accidentally removed every bone from his arm while trying to heal him.
• Irina secretly recorded Lockhart's spell, then Ron, Hermione, and Irina carried Harry to the infirmary.
• Irina gave Linley the recording, and the two used a Disillusionment Charm to sneak back to the infirmary after dinner.
• Harry woke in pain and found Dobby beside his bed, then demanded to know how Dobby had learned he missed the train.

Harry learned that Dobby had blocked the King's Cross barrier and sent the Bludger that attacked him, while Dobby insisted he had been trying to protect him. Linley and Irina captured Dobby and took him away, and Linley later explained that he hated Dobby for neglecting his duties to the Malfoy family.

• Harry confronted Dobby about blocking the King's Cross barrier, and Dobby admitted it while claiming he had meant to keep Harry safe.
• Dobby revealed that he had sent the Bludger, and Irina seized the moment to bind him with a Full Body Bind.
• Linley stunned Dobby, summoned Gael, and ordered him to keep Dobby until the end of the school year.
• Linley and Irina left Harry in the hospital wing, then Linley told Irina he hated Dobby for failing to fulfill his responsibilities to the Malfoy family.

Linley explained to Irina why he believed the Rory family could not accept a disloyal House-elf like Dobby. Meanwhile, Colin encountered the Basilisk but survived because his Alchemy Glasses protected him, leading Dumbledore to realize Linley had made them.

• Linley told Irina that even a well-treated House-elf who betrayed the Rory family would have no place in it, and Irina reflected on the risk of trusting the wrong servant.
• Colin Creevey encountered the Basilisk in a Hogwarts corridor, but its gaze failed to kill him and he escaped.
• A girl in Gryffindor robes appeared with the Basilisk, called it useless, and decided they should leave because they might have been discovered.
• Colin told Professor McGonagall what he had seen, and she brought him to Dumbledore's office.
• Colin explained that Irina had given him Alchemy Glasses, and Dumbledore examined them and recognized Linley's handiwork.

Dumbledore borrowed Colin’s Alchemy Glasses and summoned Linley and Irina to ask why they had given them to Colin. After Irina described her dream as a possible prophecy, Linley arranged to make more glasses for the professors, leaving Dumbledore to consider whether prophecies could be changed.

• Dumbledore borrowed Colin’s Alchemy Glasses after learning they could protect against the Basilisk, and McGonagall escorted Colin back to the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Dumbledore brought Linley and Irina to his office and asked why they had given the glasses to Colin.
• Irina told Dumbledore that a vivid dream of Colin being petrified had prompted them to lend him the glasses, making Dumbledore question whether a prophecy could be changed.
• Linley urged Dumbledore to act against the Basilisk and offered to make five more pairs of Alchemy Glasses for the professors.
• Linley gave Dumbledore a list with five times the materials needed, and later told Irina he intended to receive compensation for his work.

Linley delivered five pairs of Alchemy Glasses to Hogwarts professors, then took Irina to the Room of Requirement to plan how they could defend themselves against the Basilisk and Tom Riddle. He proposed transforming the glasses into concealed contact lenses, and Irina approved the idea.

• Linley finished five pairs of Alchemy Glasses and delivered them to Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, and Lockhart after Dumbledore declined his pair.
• Irina suggested that she and Linley meet in the Room of Requirement instead of their usual abandoned classroom, and Linley led her there.
• Linley explained that the Alchemy Glasses could defend against the Basilisk but warned that Tom Riddle might try to make them remove the glasses before attacking.
• Linley proposed using Spell Alchemy to transform the Alchemy Glasses into concealed contact lenses, and Irina welcomed the plan.

Linley made Alchemy Contact Lenses for himself and Irina while they prepared for the Polyjuice Potion and the approaching Christmas holiday. At Hogwarts' new Duelling Club, Snape humiliated Lockhart, and Irina ended up paired against Linley.

• Linley gave Irina Alchemy Contact Lenses with an added invisibility effect, and they wore them together.
• Irina repeatedly failed to find Ginny's Horcrux Diary, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione borrowed Moste Potente Potions and began preparing the Polyjuice Potion.
• Linley and Irina bought Polyjuice Potion ingredients in Hogsmeade, and Linley borrowed books using Lockhart's signed notes.
• Linley told Irina not to stay at Hogwarts over Christmas, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione planned to use the Polyjuice Potion to question Malfoy.
• Lockhart started a Duelling Club with Snape, who disarmed Lockhart with Expelliarmus during their demonstration.
• Snape paired Linley and Irina for a duel, and Irina pleaded with Linley to go easy on her.