Chapter Summaries

Sirius and Regulus Black were born into the Black family, where Walburga and Orion began raising them according to pure-blood traditions. Regulus, whose soul remembered another life and his tragic fate, resolved to choose a different path, while Orion recognized that his quiet behavior came from careful observation.

• Walburga gave birth to Sirius, and she and Orion named him after the brightest star and hoped he would lead the Black family to glory.
• At ten months old, Sirius stood and awakened his magic, prompting Walburga to begin teaching him the Black family lineage and its rejection of Muggle-born connections.
• Walburga gave birth to Regulus Arcturus Black, whose adult soul remembered his former tragedy and vowed not to repeat it.
• At Sirius's second birthday celebration, Regulus sensed Bowtruckles hidden in the garden vines, though Walburga and Druella could not see them.
• When Walburga worried that Regulus was slow to react, Orion watched him study a magical picture book and explained that he was quietly observing and learning.

Regulus Black demonstrated an advanced understanding of magic as a toddler, then watched Sirius lose control of his growing magical power during Christmas preparations. The chapter left Sirius shaken but proud after Regulus acknowledged what he had done.

• Regulus made Orion’s enchanted Teaching Broomstick levitate and explained the idea to Sirius, who could not yet grasp it.
• Orion ordered Kreacher to let Regulus pursue what he wanted, monitor him, and report on him daily.
• Regulus reflected on his new life and resolved to use the Black family’s resources to pursue ambitions beyond the original story.
• Sirius tried to make a Christmas tree bell ring, but his uncontrolled Magic Power shook the tree and shattered the living room windows.
• Walburga calmed Sirius and praised his abundant Magic Power while telling him to aim it better next time.
• Sirius admitted that he had caused the damage, and Regulus called it impressive.

At Walburga’s tea party, Regulus reversed Sirius’s disastrous Transfiguration of the silver Tableware and repaired a bent spoon, astonishing the guests. After Sirius ran off feeling overshadowed, Orion warned Regulus to hide his abilities and avoid attracting the attention of Tom Riddle.

• Sirius lost control of his Magic Power and Transfigured the children’s silver Tableware into earthworms.
• Regulus used precise Magic Power to restore the Tableware and repair the bent spoon, impressing the gathered family members.
• Walburga praised Regulus as a genius while Sirius ran upstairs, hurt and jealous.
• Orion questioned Regulus about his restoration magic and advised him that displaying too much talent could invite jealousy and fear.
• Regulus mentioned Bellatrix, and Orion cautioned him about her obsession with power and the rising figure Tom Riddle.

In 1965, young Regulus Black realized Voldemort was already building support among Pure-blood families and asked his parents for access to books and magic. After beginning his studies in the Black family library, he saw the Forbidden Section and resolved to learn how Voldemort gained power, though he lacked permission to enter.

• Sirius told Regulus that Bellatrix had described a powerful man gathering Pure-blood followers, and Regulus recognized him as Voldemort.
• Regulus asked Orion for books about knowledge and magic, and Orion granted him an hour a day in the library while Walburga warned that the family’s future required more than etiquette.
• Kreacher led Regulus into the Black family library, where Regulus studied the genealogy and identified several families that would join Voldemort.
• Regulus approached the Forbidden Section and read titles about Dark Arts, blood curses, and necromancy, but he left without entering.
• Regulus watched London from his window and thought about Tom Riddle and the war he would unleash.

On his fifth birthday, Regulus challenged Walburga’s Pure-blood teachings and began considering how Sirius might escape the Black family’s future. After a dinner argument about love and arranged marriages, Sirius quietly left, while Regulus made clear that resisting the family’s rules meant being disowned.

• During a genealogy lesson, Regulus questioned why the Black family stopped marrying families that accepted Muggle-borns, and considered that Sirius might be better off leaving the family.
• In a lesson about bloodline supremacy, Regulus argued that Muggles’ technological advances could eventually threaten the wizarding world, leaving Walburga stunned.
• At dinner, Walburga told the family that a Nott daughter had been imprisoned for wanting to marry a Muggle-born, and Sirius angrily challenged the punishment and the family’s marriage rules.
• Regulus told Sirius that he could accept the Black family’s rules or leave, and Sirius quietly walked out of the dining room.

Six-year-old Regulus investigated whether strengthening the body could increase a wizard’s magical capacity, then learned that his ancestor Arcturus Black had pursued the same idea and ended in madness. Regulus promised Orion he would not seek Arcturus’s notes, but returned to the attic wondering what would happen if body and soul fused completely.

• Regulus learned to guide magic into his right arm and felt a slight increase in strength.
• Regulus observed that Walburga and Orion showed physical strain after using magic, while Sirius was exhausted after casting a spell.
• Regulus asked Orion whether strengthening the body could increase magical capacity and learned that no systematic study had tested the idea.
• Regulus revealed that he knew about Tom Marvolo Riddle and the choices facing the Black family, and said he needed power.
• Orion told Regulus that Arcturus Black had tried to strengthen the body to contain more Magic Power, but went mad and left frightening notes.
• Regulus promised not to seek Arcturus’s notes, then wondered whether complete fusion of body and soul could avoid the danger.

Regulus watched Abraxas Malfoy try to draw the Black family into Voldemort’s movement, and publicly supported the Pure-blood order to secure his place with his parents. Afterward, he considered Voldemort’s expanding influence and resolved that he needed more strength.

• Sirius’s escalating defiance deepened the rift between him and Regulus, who believed Sirius saw his loyalty to the family as betrayal.
• Abraxas Malfoy visited the Black family and promoted Voldemort’s plans for a Pure-blood-led New Order, inviting them to a gathering in Wiltshire.
• Sirius challenged Abraxas’s claims, but Regulus argued that Pure-blood Wizards should lead if they had greater magical talent, disappointing Sirius.
• Orion said the family needed time to consider the invitation, while Walburga praised Regulus and said the Black family could do without Sirius.
• Regulus reflected in his dark attic laboratory on Voldemort’s global ambitions and violent methods, then concluded that he needed strength.

After hearing Muggles land on the moon, Regulus questioned the limits of magic and the wizarding world’s indifference to space exploration. He left his conversation with Orion determined to keep his ambitions hidden until he was strong enough.

• Eight-year-old Regulus broke the protective charm on Alphard Black’s storeroom and repaired an old radio, learning that Muggles were preparing to land on the moon.
• Regulus listened to Apollo 11’s moon landing and wondered why wizards used their abilities for power struggles instead of exploring the stars.
• Regulus asked Orion how high wizards could fly and whether magic could take someone beyond the atmosphere.
• Orion explained the limits of magical flight and protection, then admitted that he knew Muggles had landed on the moon.
• Regulus proposed that wizards could pursue space exploration instead of blood-purity conflicts, but Orion warned that wizarding society was consumed by its own problems.
• Orion told Regulus that his ideas would be treated as heresy and urged him to conceal them until he was strong enough.

Regulus watched Sirius reject the Black family’s Slytherin tradition and later saw his cousins reveal their different paths amid the family’s pure-blood politics. As Andromeda left to marry Ted, Regulus was left with her warning not to let compromise erase his own heart.

• Sirius told Walburga and Orion that he would choose Gryffindor, and Hogwarts later confirmed his sorting; Walburga collapsed after reading the letter.
• After Sirius left home, Walburga focused her expectations on Regulus, who gained greater access to the family library and developed his magical capacity, control, and recovery through daily practice.
• Bellatrix urged Regulus to support Voldemort’s campaign to restore pure-blood rule, while Narcissa taught him to value strategy, secrecy, and usefulness.
• Andromeda told Regulus she planned to leave Britain and marry Ted, a Muggle-born wizard, and warned him not to let the family consume him.

After Sirius returned from Hogwarts, he openly rejected the Black family's expectations and embraced the home he had found with his friends. Regulus demonstrated extraordinary magic to Orion, who gave him three family heirlooms before Hogwarts.

• Sirius argued with Walburga at dinner, declaring that Regulus was the heir and that he wanted to leave the family's expectations behind.
• Sirius told Regulus that Hogwarts and the Potter family felt like home, while Regulus worried that Sirius would lack the power to protect those he loved.
• Orion tested Regulus in a backyard duel, where Regulus intercepted a barrage of spells using precise wandless magic.
• Orion praised Regulus's ability and advised him to conceal how unusual he was at Hogwarts.
• Orion gave Regulus a replica Family Ring, a Magical Notebook, and a Meteorite Amulet, and reminded him that other worlds lay beyond Hogwarts.

Regulus Black boarded the Hogwarts Express for his first year at Hogwarts and encountered his estranged brother Sirius and his friends. When James Potter attacked Severus Snape with a Disarming Charm, Regulus stopped the spell in midair, leaving everyone stunned.

• Regulus arrived at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and saw Sirius with James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.
• Regulus boarded the train, passed Lily Evans and Severus Snape, and settled alone in an empty compartment to work on his Ancient Runes notes.
• James entered Regulus's compartment with Remus and Peter and accused Regulus of bullying Sirius.
• Sirius arrived and told James he had warned him not to come, while Lily and Snape joined the confrontation.
• James cast Expelliarmus at Snape, and Regulus stopped the red spell in midair with a flick of his wand.

Regulus Black stopped James Potter’s Disarming Charm with advanced Magic Interference, then met Lily Evans and Severus Snape in the corridor. After explaining his technique and discussing their shared interest in learning, he left them to meet again at the Sorting Ceremony.

• Regulus dismantled James Potter’s Disarming Charm, leaving James and the others stunned.
• Sirius Black warned James that he could not beat Regulus and led the group away.
• Lily Evans checked on Regulus, and he thanked her and Severus Snape for intervening.
• Regulus introduced himself and explained that he had used Spell Analysis and Magic Interference.
• Regulus said he planned to join Slytherin, and Lily and Severus left after agreeing to meet him at the Sorting Ceremony.

Regulus arrived at Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin, joining his new Housemates as the Sorting Ceremony continued. He watched the enchanted ceiling’s starry sky, leaving the chapter at the start of his life at Hogwarts.

• Regulus followed Hagrid and the first-year students through the woods, crossed the lake by boat, and saw Hogwarts Castle.
• Professor McGonagall welcomed the students and explained the House system before leading them into the Great Hall.
• Regulus saw James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily among the students and listened as the Sorting Hat sang.
• The Sorting Hat considered Regulus and placed him in Slytherin, where Rababstan and other students welcomed him.
• Regulus watched the remaining students get sorted, then looked up at the enchanted ceiling’s stars.

Regulus Black entered the Slytherin common room and faced a fifth-year Travers who mocked his family and questioned his place in Slytherin. Regulus calmly exposed Travers’s family history and disarmed him with a precise spell, leaving the students wary of provoking him before he found his dormitory assignment.

• Lucretius Black led Regulus and the other new Slytherin students to the common room and reminded them that Slytherin valued bloodline, ambition, intelligence, and loyalty.
• Travers mocked Regulus over his brother’s choice of Gryffindor and questioned how long Regulus would remain in Slytherin.
• Regulus cited the Travers family’s past ties to Muggle merchants and challenged Travers’s idea of independence.
• When Travers reached for his wand, Regulus intercepted it with a spell and ordered him to pick it up.
• Travers retrieved his wand and left, while the other students reconsidered Regulus as a powerful and dangerous first-year.
• Regulus found his name listed in first-year dormitory A with Avery Cuthbert, Hermes Mulciber, and Alex Rosier.

Regulus settled into Slytherin dormitory life, challenged Avery to speak for himself, and impressed his roommates with his Shield Charm. The chapter ended as Professor Slughorn welcomed the first-years to Potions class.

• Regulus met his roommates Avery Cuthbert, Hermes Mulciber, and Alex Rosier as they unpacked in the Slytherin dormitory.
• Avery praised Regulus for making Travers lose face, and Regulus challenged him to stop relying on his father's authority.
• Hermes asked how Regulus blocked a flying wand, and Regulus revealed that he had used the Shield Charm.
• Avery explained what casting the Shield Charm required, and Regulus told him that his insight showed he was not trash.
• Regulus met his Gryffindor deskmate Mary Macdonald, who asked about his encounter with James Potter and said she had heard the Gryffindors were awful.
• Professor Horace Slughorn entered the Potions classroom and introduced himself and his expectations for the subject.

Regulus impressed Professor Slughorn with his potion-making and Professor McGonagall with a flawless Transfiguration, while raising questions about how magic changes matter. Narcissa warned him that his abilities had drawn the attention of Voldemort’s circle and that he might be expected to choose a side.

• Regulus produced an exemplary potion, and Professor Slughorn invited him to his office, introduced him to rare ingredients, and gave him diluted Felix Felicis.
• Regulus transformed a matchstick into a perfect silver needle on his first attempt and questioned Professor McGonagall about the nature of Transfiguration and the Banishing Charm.
• Professor McGonagall awarded Slytherin five points and kept watching Regulus during the rest of class.
• Narcissa told Regulus that Rababstan Lestrange had been asking about him and warned that his talent had attracted the Dark Lord’s attention.

Narcissa warned Regulus that his growing reputation could draw Bellatrix and the Dark Lord’s attention, then cautioned him about Travers and Lucius Malfoy. During Flying Class, Regulus’s precise broom control provoked Alphard Pruitt into a confrontation that ended with their Disarming Charms colliding in midair.

• Narcissa advised Regulus to rein in his public displays of talent and warned that Travers might retaliate through older students or followers.
• Narcissa told Regulus to be polite but cautious if Lucius Malfoy wanted to meet him, then left.
• During Flying Class, Regulus hovered steadily and flew in a straight line while his classmates struggled with their brooms.
• Alphard Pruitt mocked Regulus’s flying, and Regulus challenged Alphard’s manners as their classmates gathered nearby.
• Alphard and several students drew their wands, and Alphard’s Expelliarmus collided with Regulus’s faster, equally precise Disarming Charm.

Regulus outmaneuvered three Gryffindors during Flying Class without directly attacking them, then used the incident to win respect and protect Slytherin’s House points. Back in the dormitory, he confronted Hermes about briefly considering a spell against him, leaving Alex wishing he could change dormitories.

• Regulus stopped the Slytherins from joining the confrontation, then used simple spells on the Gryffindors’ broomsticks and the ground to make their attacks miss.
• Madam Hooch punished Alphard, Colin, and Gareth with lost Gryffindor points and detention, while Regulus avoided punishment by explaining his spells as harmless repairs and cleaning.
• Regulus told the Slytherins that restraint had spared their House points and won them respect, and Prefect Lucretius Black praised his tactics.
• Avery asked Regulus if he had planned the incident, and Regulus asked Hermes whether he had wanted to cast a spell on him.
• Alex silently wondered if he could change dormitories because living with Regulus felt terrifying.

Regulus excelled at the Levitation Charm in Professor Flitwick’s class and asked questions about how it worked. He helped Alex Rosier improve, then reflected on the value of family branches and school friendships as Flitwick reminded him to do his own homework.

• Regulus cast the Levitation Charm perfectly, earning praise and points for Slytherin from Professor Flitwick.
• Regulus asked how the charm countered an object’s weight and handled changes in mass, and Flitwick explained that Magic Power balanced gravity and adjusted while the caster concentrated.
• Regulus coached Alex Rosier through a smoother wand movement, helping him levitate his feather briefly.
• Regulus told Avery Cuthbert that side branches could preserve a family when its main branch failed, and spoke about the classmates people would remember years later.
• Professor Flitwick overheard Regulus and joked that he should write his homework himself, making the class laugh.

Regulus found his Defense Against the Dark Arts class shallow and sought ways to strengthen his mind through meditation. In the library, he discussed friendship and House divisions with Lily Evans, leaving their acquaintance on warmer terms.

• Regulus judged Professor Merlisse’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons inadequate and thought the class was not worth attending.
• Regulus read about will, magic, and reality, then found a booklet on astral meditation and hid it to retrieve later.
• Lily Evans approached Regulus in the library and asked about his remarks on shared memories and homework.
• Regulus told Lily that friendships mattered more than exam ranks and that House labels did not define people after Hogwarts.
• Lily recalled Martha Cotton sharing an umbrella with her, and she and Regulus agreed that people could defy House stereotypes.
• Regulus considered Lily a potential trusted collaborator and hoped to build a lasting friendship with her.