Chapter Summaries

Irina and Hagrid rode the Knight Bus to Dorset to visit Newt Scamander, enduring its violent, magically enhanced journey. After reaching a villa district, Irina noticed that house number 42 was missing between 41 and 43.

• Stan Shunpike welcomed Irina and Hagrid aboard the Knight Bus, and they paid for their trip to Dorset.
• Irina chained herself to a bed, then used more chains to secure Hagrid after his bed collapsed when the bus lurched forward.
• The Knight Bus raced through streets and narrow alleys, making Irina feel violently ill while Hagrid drank hot chocolate.
• The Knight Bus reached Dorset in under half an hour, and Irina and Hagrid walked onward to Newt Scamander's home.
• Irina noticed that the villa numbered 42 was missing between houses 41 and 43.

Hagrid brought Irina to visit Newt Scamander, where she met Newt and Tina and introduced her companions, Qing Nü and Little Treasure. Newt then led Irina and Hagrid to his magical suitcase to meet a Zouwu.

• Hagrid gave Irina a note with Newt Scamander’s hidden address, and the villa appeared between two neighboring homes.
• Newt welcomed Irina after hearing how much she cared about magical creatures, then introduced her to his wife, Tina.
• Qing Nü and Little Treasure emerged from Irina’s backpack, and Newt gave them the old plates once used by Pickett and his Niffler.
• After lunch, Newt led Irina and Hagrid to his suitcase and told Hagrid that the Zouwu had become friendly enough to pet.

Newt showed Irina and Hagrid the magical-creature habitats inside his suitcase, where Irina’s unusual affinity made even the Zouwu and other creatures warmly approach her. After Irina explained that she and another young wizard had killed a thousand-year-old Basilisk, Newt speculated about why Basilisks resisted her affinity and led them toward the final area, where a Swooping Evil lived.

• Newt explained that the Zouwu was a gentle creature he had rescued from a Paris circus, then led Irina and Hagrid into his suitcase’s habitats.
• Hagrid fed the Zouwu naturally deceased chickens and ducks, and the creature accepted his touch.
• The Zouwu pounced on Irina but affectionately licked and cuddled her, then let her rub its head and belly.
• Newt showed Irina and Hagrid several other magical creatures, all of which eagerly approached Irina.
• Irina told Newt that Basilisks disliked her and recounted how she and another young wizard had killed a thousand-year-old Basilisk.
• Newt proposed that Basilisks might resist Magical Creature Affinity because they were artificial or inherently opposed to wizards, then led the group toward a Swooping Evil.

Irina, Newt, and Hagrid visited the Swooping Evils’ habitat, where Newt explained the creatures’ habits and they witnessed a hatchling emerge from its cocoon. The hatchling imprinted on Irina as its mother, leaving Newt worried about her caring for a dangerous Magical Creature.

• Newt showed Irina a Swooping Evil and explained that it regarded him as its mother because he was the first creature it saw after hatching.
• The adult Swooping Evil alerted Newt to a small cocoon beside its own, and Newt realized its child might hatch soon.
• The adult Swooping Evil threatened Hagrid, so he watched from a distance while Newt and Irina waited near the cocoon.
• The baby Swooping Evil hatched, opened its eyes while looking at Irina, and later broke free of the adult’s wings.
• The hatchling flew onto Irina’s head and treated her as its mother, surprising Newt and worrying him because the creature was dangerous.

Irina accidentally became the Little Swooping Evil’s chosen mother and agreed to raise it. Newt gave her an enchanted suitcase with habitats for her creatures, leaving her ready to develop the remaining space herself.

• The newborn Little Swooping Evil imprinted on Irina and refused to leave her, so Newt told her to raise it and supplied food.
• Irina promised to care for the Little Swooping Evil and brought it with her and Hagrid back to Newt’s villa.
• Irina introduced the Little Swooping Evil to Qing Nü and Little Treasure, and the three creatures made friends.
• The Little Swooping Evil declined a new name, and Irina decided to keep calling it Little Swooping Evil.
• Newt gave Irina an enchanted suitcase with living areas for her Bowtruckle, Niffler, and Little Swooping Evil, telling her to build out the rest herself.

Irina settled in with Newt to study magical creatures and learn how to care for her companions. Meanwhile, Green taught Linley about time alchemy but refused to teach him how to wield its power, leaving Linley with knowledge of its dangers and ways to resist it.

• Newt told Irina she would stay with him for two weeks and teach her about magical creatures, and Irina agreed.
• Irina and Hagrid settled into Newt's home, where Irina helped care for the creatures, studied their habits, and tended her own Pocket Dimension.
• Linley continued studying alchemy with Green and mastered formations that could influence emotions, minds, and souls.
• Green explained time alchemy, the dangers of meddling with time, and how the Time-Turner combined Spell Alchemy with Formation Alchemy.
• Linley asked Green to teach him time-related Alchemy Runes, but Green said he would teach only the theory and ways to deal with time, leaving its use for Linley to explore himself.

Linley returned the Philosopher’s Stone to Nicholas, who planned to use it to brew enough Elixir of Life for himself and Perenal. Nicholas then offered to teach Linley time alchemy and demonstrated how Sand of Time could be temporarily controlled before it transformed a rabbit back into a teacup.

• Linley removed the Philosopher’s Stone from the Demon God's Authority and handed it to Nicholas, who said he would keep it until the following summer to brew Elixir of Life.
• Linley told Nicholas about his alchemy studies, and Nicholas offered to teach him how to refine Sand of Time.
• Nicholas revealed that Green had never learned time alchemy because he lacked the talent, and explained his own experience with the Time-Turner experiment.
• Nicholas used a magical cluster of light to restrain a grain of Sand of Time, then let it touch a conjured rabbit, which reverted into a teacup.

Linley learned from Nicholas how the Sand of Time could be controlled and what it cost to use, then spent a week mastering its refinement and secret art. He successfully made his own grain and discovered that using it quickly exhausted his energy.

• Nicholas demonstrated that his secret art could suppress the Sand of Time and fix its effects to either accelerate or reverse time.
• Nicholas explained that each grain cost ten years of lifespan to refine and could be used three times before needing a recharge, and revealed that the Philosopher's Stone held power drawn from a million dying people.
• Linley agreed to learn the refinement method, and Nicholas taught him over the week before Linley finally made his own grain with the Philosopher's Stone paying the lifespan cost.
• Linley learned Nicholas's secret art and practiced using the Sand of Time three times, after which Nicholas recharged it with the Philosopher's Stone.
• Linley discovered that using the Sand of Time drained his energy so heavily that he could use it only three times a day without fainting.

Linley returned to England after learning temporal alchemy and mastering the Sand of Time, then used an Unforgivable Curse to kill a Muggle thug who attacked him. The next day, he met Irina outside The Leaky Cauldron to go buy textbooks, though she worried about his haggard appearance.

• Linley bid farewell to Green and Nicholas, then used a Cross-border Portkey to return to Rohl Manor and see Rowena.
• Linley slept for much of the next day to recover from his month of practicing curses and studying temporal alchemy.
• After wandering through England at night, Linley killed a Muggle thug who tried to rob him with a fruit knife and disappeared from the alley.
• Linley spent the rest of the night lying in the grass and watching the stars.
• The next day, Irina met Linley outside The Leaky Cauldron and worried about his bloodshot eyes before following him toward Diagon Alley.

Linley realized the Unforgivable Curses had been affecting his judgment and told Irina about his summer studying Dark Arts. Irina asked him to teach her the spells, including the Fiendfyre Curse and the Unforgivable Curses.

• Irina told Linley that he seemed like a dark wizard, and Linley put on Clear Heart after realizing the Unforgivable Curses had altered his mood and appearance.
• Irina said the Chinese Mangle-Snappers and Venomous Tentacula she planted in her Magic Plant Bag had matured, and Linley suggested testing them on someone in Knockturn Alley.
• After Irina recoiled from his suggestion, Linley cast Expecto Patronum and apologized, then promised to explain what had happened over the summer.
• At a coffee shop, Linley told Irina that he had secretly learned Dark Arts and practiced the Unforgivable Curses in French L'enfer Alley.
• Irina asked Linley to teach her the Dark Arts, including Fiendfyre and the three Unforgivable Curses, saying she wanted to experience the pain and trials he had endured.

Linley helped Irina learn the Patronus Charm before beginning her study of the Dark Arts. Irina successfully summoned a silver fox Patronus, then followed Linley to study Dark Arts theory at Roer Castle.

• Linley told Irina to master the Patronus Charm before learning Dark Arts spells, and Irina agreed.
• Irina traveled with Linley to Rohl Manor and practiced the Patronus Charm in the castle training grounds.
• Irina’s happy memories, including Linley comforting her in the hospital, helped her summon a corporeal silver fox Patronus.
• Linley congratulated Irina and led her to the fourth floor of Roer Castle to begin studying Dark Arts theory.
• Linley arranged the Dark Arts books from least to greatest by danger and backlash, and Irina accepted his plan to study them in order.

After studying Dark Arts theory, Irina accompanied Linley to visit the Weasley family at The Burrow. The visit began warmly as Linley and Irina demonstrated their corporeal Patronuses and explained how they had learned the charm.

• Irina spent the evening studying Dark Arts books at Roer Castle and went to bed after reading until one in the morning.
• Linley and Irina traveled by Floo Powder to The Burrow, where Ron and the Weasley family welcomed them.
• Mr. Weasley asked about the Patronus Charm, and Linley conjured a Silver Wolf for the family to see.
• Irina conjured a silver fox, impressing the Weasleys with her ability to cast a corporeal Patronus.
• Linley said he had learned the charm from Valison Green, and Irina told the Weasleys that Linley had taught her.

Linley and Irina stayed with the Weasleys before the school year began, while Linley carefully trained Irina in Dark Arts. The group went to Diagon Alley, where Ron got a new wand and Irina tamed a copy of Hagrid’s unruly textbook.

• Linley and Irina stayed at The Burrow, where Linley took Irina to practice Dark Arts spells and protected her from their effects.
• Mr. Weasley told the family that Harry had received a warning for using magic outside school, and Mrs. Weasley arranged a trip to Diagon Alley.
• Linley, Irina, Hermione, and the Weasleys went to Diagon Alley, where Ron bought a fourteen-inch Willow Wand with a Unicorn Tail Hair core.
• The group bought schoolbooks and supplies, and Irina calmed a Monsters Book of Monsters so she could remove it from its cage.

Harry met Hermione, Ron, Irina, and Linley in Diagon Alley, where they discussed his trouble with Fudge and planned to stay at The Leaky Cauldron before traveling to King's Cross Station together. The group went to a magical creature shop so Ron could seek help for Scabbers and Hermione could look for an owl.

• Irina gave Hermione and Ron copies of Monsters Book of Monsters, then joined them and Linley on their way to meet Harry.
• Harry told his friends he had accidentally blown up his aunt, and Linley and Irina warned him that Fudge had spared him for political reasons.
• Ron said the Weasleys, Linley, Irina, and Hermione would stay at The Leaky Cauldron and go to King's Cross Station together the next day.
• Hermione said she wanted to buy an owl, while Ron clarified that Errol belonged to the Weasley family and showed the group Scabbers.
• Harry led the group to a magical creature shop so Ron could ask about Scabbers and Hermione could look for an owl.

Ron took Scabbers to a magical creature shop, where Crookshanks attacked him, while Hermione bought the cat. Linley offered Ron an alchemy cage for Scabbers, secretly intending its formation to slowly weaken Peter Pettigrew until he died unnoticed.

• Ron asked a witch to examine Scabbers, and she offered him Mouse Tonic after noting the rat's age and shabby condition.
• Crookshanks sprang onto Ron and chased Scabbers out of the shop, but Ron recovered him from beneath a cardboard box.
• Hermione bought Crookshanks, and Ron complained that the cat had nearly hurt him and would frighten Scabbers.
• Linley offered to make Scabbers a protected alchemy cage as a gift, and Harry, Ron, and Irina accepted his offer.
• Irina privately asked Linley about the cage, and he revealed that its formation would gradually weaken Peter Pettigrew and could kill him without anyone noticing.

Harry overheard Arthur and Molly Weasley arguing about whether to tell him that Sirius Black was believed to be hunting him. Meanwhile, Linley began forging an alchemy cage intended to weaken Peter Pettigrew.

• At The Leaky Cauldron, Harry asked Arthur Weasley whether the Ministry had caught Sirius Black, and Arthur said the search had made no progress.
• After dinner, Percy and Ron argued over their missing belongings, and Harry went to look for Ron’s Mouse Tonic.
• Harry overheard Arthur argue that Black was looking for Harry and that Harry needed to know, while Molly insisted that telling him would frighten him.
• Linley forged a bronze cage and began engraving it with his Mithril Engraving Knife because he no longer had the Philosopher’s Stone to power his alchemy.

Linley completed a sinister alchemical cage for Scabbers and gave it to Ron, then joined Harry and the others aboard the Hogwarts Express. Harry sought a private conversation, but his friends insisted Linley was one of them, and they entered a compartment occupied by a sleeping, shabby middle-aged wizard.

• Linley engraved the cage with numerous harmful Alchemy Formations, concealed them inside it, and finished the cage for Peter Pettigrew.
• Linley gave Ron the cage, and Scabbers tried to flee before Linley caught him and put him inside.
• Mr. Weasley led the group to Ministry Auror cars, which took them to King's Cross Station and the Hogwarts Express.
• Harry boarded at the last moment and asked to speak privately with Ron, Hermione, and Irina, while looking toward Linley.
• Irina and Ron vouched for Linley, so Harry led them to the train's only unoccupied compartment, where a sickly middle-aged wizard was sleeping.

Harry and his friends encountered a Dementor aboard the Hogwarts Express, and Harry collapsed when it drained his happiness. Linley and Irina summoned corporeal Patronuses to attack the creature.

• Harry told Ron, Hermione, Linley, and Irina that Mr. Weasley had warned him Sirius Black had escaped Azkaban and might be seeking him.
• As the Hogwarts Express entered thick fog and stopped, Linley sensed unwelcome guests, and the train plunged into darkness.
• Professor Lupin woke and lit his Wand just as a Dementor entered the compartment.
• The Dementor’s presence overwhelmed Harry, who lost consciousness as Ron and Hermione caught him.
• Linley and Irina cast Expecto Patronum, sending a Silver Wolf and a Silver Fox to charge the Dementor.

Linley and Irina drove the Dementors from the Hogwarts Express with powerful Patronuses, impressing Professor Lupin. After Harry awoke, Linley accused Cornelius Fudge of sending the Dementors to help capture Sirius Black, and Lupin recognized Linley as Hendry’s son.

• Linley and Irina cast corporeal Patronuses and drove dozens of Dementors away from the train.
• Professor Lupin asked about their Patronuses, learned Linley was taught by Valison Green, and recognized him as Hendry’s child.
• Harry awoke, and Professor Lupin gave him chocolate to recover.
• Irina explained that Dementors were guards of Azkaban and that the Patronus Charm could repel them.
• Linley accused Cornelius Fudge of risking the students’ lives to capture Sirius Black and protect his public standing.
• Professor Lupin reflected on Hendry Rowle’s past as a spy for the Order of the Phoenix inside Voldemort’s ranks.

After Dementors caused Harry to faint on the train, Professor McGonagall questioned him and learned that Linley Roll and Irina had cast complete Patronus Charms. The students returned to the start-of-term feast, where Dumbledore began an unusually important announcement.

• After the train reached Hogwarts, Harry felt the Dementors' chilling presence as the students passed through the gates.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Linley, Irina, Harry, and Hermione, praised Linley and Irina for casting complete Patronus Charms, and asked Harry about his fainting spell.
• Madam Pomfrey examined Harry, but he insisted that nothing was wrong; Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey let him, Linley, and Irina leave while Hermione stayed behind.
• Hermione returned to the Great Hall wearing a clock-shaped pendant after receiving her Time-Turner from Professor McGonagall.
• At the start-of-term feast, Dumbledore stood to make an unusually important announcement before the students began eating.