Chapter Summaries

Percy and the Disciplinary Committee punished Malfoy after he tried to duel and resist them, while Snape declined to intervene. The committee escorted Malfoy to detention, leaving the students stunned by Snape’s response.

• Malfoy aimed his wand at Percy and accused him of protecting Ron, but Percy warned him three times to lower his wand.
• A Ravenclaw Disciplinary Committee Member petrified Malfoy, and the committee surrounded him and his followers.
• Percy ordered Malfoy taken to detention, doubled his punishment, deducted ten more points from Slytherin, and revoked his scholarship eligibility.
• Hermione and the other members disarmed Goyle and Crabbe’s resistance, while Harry and Ron admired the committee.
• Snape arrived, heard Percy explain Malfoy’s violations, and continued on without helping Malfoy or challenging the committee.

Lynn was interviewed by Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter, whose Quick-Quotes Quill turned his modest answers into shameless praise. Hermione interrupted to report Malfoy's arrest, then hurried out after Skeeter's quill embellished Lynn's concern for her as a romantic moment.

• Rita Skeeter interviewed Lynn in his office and asked about his time teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts and whether he had accepted a salary.
• Skeeter's Quick-Quotes Quill exaggerated Lynn's answers into glowing claims about his selflessness and achievements.
• Hermione entered and reported that the Disciplinary Committee had arrested Malfoy.
• Lynn told Hermione she could get snacks before the meeting, and Skeeter's quill turned his remark into a romantic insinuation that embarrassed Hermione.
• Lynn complained about the quill's fabrications, and Skeeter apologized before continuing with simpler questions.

Lynn briefed the Student Council on its duties and announced Hogwarts Sunshine Sports Week, centered on a school-wide track and field meet. He assigned preparations for the event, which would award House points and leave the winning House with a medal and priority venue selection.

• Lynn told Percy to keep recording disciplinary actions and publish the recordings, and advised him to use a lower alert level for minor arrests.
• Lynn instructed the Publicity Department to publish its newspaper weekly and remove expired posters from the information board.
• Barrett Swott asked what the Culture and Sports Department should do before Quidditch season, and Lynn presented the approved Sunshine Sports Week proposal.
• Lynn explained that the event would include Hogwarts' first track and field meet, intended to give students exercise and improve their fitness.
• Lynn set the meet for the first two days of a five-day holiday in the final week of September and assigned the Student Affairs and Culture and Sports Departments to prepare it.
• Lynn said students would compete by year group, earn points for their Houses, and compete for the Best House Medal and priority venue selection.

Lynn and Dumbledore planned Hogwarts reforms that would gradually prepare students for physical education and, eventually, moral and ideological instruction, while Lynn kept the latter goal secret from powerful pure-blood families. At a dinner marking the British Magical United Company's first anniversary, Old John began probing the shareholders about Hogwarts and Lynn, leaving them unaware of the scheme he was preparing to use against the Board of Governors.

• Lynn and Dumbledore planned to introduce Hogwarts reforms gradually, beginning with the Student Council and a sports meet before later addressing prejudice through moral and ideological education.
• Lynn kept his plans for ideological education secret because pure-blood families could use their influence in the Ministry of Magic and the Board of Governors to block them.
• Old John hosted a dinner celebrating the British Magical United Company's first anniversary and told shareholders that it had monopolized most of Britain's magical market.
• The shareholders celebrated large profits and dividends, including Malfoy, who had been removed from the Hogwarts Board of Governors after his previous mistake.
• Old John asked about Hogwarts, and a governor said Lynn Belloc was a gifted orphan whose background was difficult to investigate and whose talent would not make him their equal.

At a shareholders’ dinner, Old John proposed taking over the Hogwarts Board of Governors’ administrative authority in exchange for funding the school, but the governors refused. The dinner continued, and a shareholder asked to advise the manager of the United Company’s broom division.

• Old John praised Hogwarts and Dumbledore while the shareholders alluded to Malfoy losing his seat on the Board of Governors.
• The governors complained about Hogwarts’ expenses and asked Old John to join their efforts to pressure Dumbledore to cut costs.
• Old John offered to manage Hogwarts and cover its expenses if the governors handed him their administrative authority.
• The governors rejected Old John’s proposal, preferring to retain their authority while using their United Company dividends to support Hogwarts.
• Old John accepted their refusal and changed the subject as a shareholder asked to guide the inexperienced manager of the United Company’s broom division.

Old John rebuffed Selwyn’s attempt to interfere in United Company and decided to act against the shareholders, while Lynn prepared Hogwarts for its first inter-house sports meet. The chapter left the shareholders plotting to infiltrate the company and the Culture and Sports Department organizing the events and opening ceremony.

• Selwyn tested Old John by offering to advise Jack Stenson, but Old John openly refused to let him interfere and warned the shareholders to respect their contract.
• After Old John left, Selwyn and the other shareholders discussed waiting for another chance to place their own people in the company.
• Back in Germany, Old John ordered his staff to apply to the British Ministry of Magic for a shell company and arrange a meeting with Cornelius Fudge.
• Hogwarts students reacted differently to Sunshine Sports Week, and Lynn’s department transformed the Quidditch pitch into a track-and-field venue.
• Lynn explained and demonstrated the sports events to the Culture and Sports Department members so they could guide students throughout the school.
• Lynn tasked the department’s Ravenclaw deputy with planning the opening ceremony and coordinating rehearsals with the other houses’ Student Council officers.

During Potions class, Tom and Umr worked together to brew Gillywater while discussing the upcoming sports meet and ways to use magic in its events. Their potion worked, but Snape docked Gryffindor five points for chatting during class.

• Umr nearly ate a fig from the ingredients table, and Tom lectured her about overeating before Snape told her to prepare the rat's spleen.
• Tom helped Umr remove and clean the rat's spleen, and they discussed competing against each other in the sports meet.
• Umr explained that athletes could use magic as assistance and told Tom that Percy had confiscated the Weasley twins' devices for the events.
• Snape caught Tom and Umr chatting, tested their finished Gillywater on a frog, and took five points from Gryffindor.

Ron, Harry, and their friends discussed magical techniques for the upcoming athletic events while Peter Pettigrew searched Hogwarts for signs of the Dark Lord’s return. The chapter left Peter fleeing after he encountered Umr riding Crookshanks.

• Ron, Harry, Seamus, and Neville discussed using the Levitation Charm and Transfiguration to improve their athletic performances.
• After the Gryffindors fell asleep, Scabbers slipped out and searched Hogwarts, believing the Dark Mark’s reactions meant the Dark Lord had returned.
• Peter Pettigrew searched near the Potions classroom, where he had previously sensed the Dark Mark react, but found nothing.
• Peter hid from Mrs. Norris, then ran toward the staircase after she left.
• Peter encountered Umr riding Crookshanks, and Crookshanks charged after him as he fled.

Umr told Lynn that Ron's pet rat Scabbers was no ordinary rat after chasing it through Hogwarts with Crookshanks. Lynn already knew Scabbers was dangerous and told Umr to stay away while he handled the matter.

• Peter escaped Umr and Crookshanks after they chased him through Hogwarts, then returned to the Gryffindor common room.
• Ron found Scabbers looking ill and argued with Hermione, believing Crookshanks had frightened him.
• Ian reported the Student Council's sports meet preparations and sponsorship accounts to Lynn.
• Umr told Lynn that she had ridden Crookshanks while pursuing Scabbers and suspected the rat was unusual.
• Lynn said he already knew Scabbers was dangerous and ordered Umr to leave the matter to him.

Lynn warned Umr to stay away from Scabbers after learning that Peter Pettigrew might be dangerous. Meanwhile, Snape confronted Dumbledore, claiming Voldemort had returned and was inside Hogwarts.

• Lynn sternly told Umr not to target Scabbers again because provoking Peter Pettigrew could be dangerous.
• Snape berated Harry during Potions class, where Hermione helped Harry finish brewing a Strengthening Potion.
• After class, Snape went to Dumbledore's office instead of returning to his own.
• Snape showed Dumbledore his burning Dark Mark and insisted Voldemort had returned and was in Hogwarts.

Snape confronted Dumbledore about Voldemort’s return, and Dumbledore convinced him to search for Voldemort and win his trust. After Snape left, Dumbledore revealed that he had lied to him to conceal that Voldemort had become a little blonde girl.

• Snape feared Voldemort had returned to Hogwarts and suspected he was targeting Harry Potter.
• Dumbledore argued that Voldemort was weak and had come to Hogwarts because he needed help, then urged Snape to find him and gain his trust.
• Snape concluded that Voldemort doubted his loyalty and agreed to search for him so they could defeat him again.
• After Snape left, Dumbledore revealed that Lynn had prepared the lies to keep Snape from learning Voldemort’s true form.
• Dumbledore stored his memory of the conversation in the Pensieve and lamented his ruined reputation.

Hogwarts began its first Sunshine Sports Week with students assembling for the track and field meet, receiving competitor tags, and preparing for the events. Lee Jordan and Hanna Flint opened the broadcast as the meet officially began.

• Harry and Ron received competitor tags and discussed their numbers while Fred and George hinted at more secret strategies for Gryffindor's events.
• Umr told Slytherin first-years to use Accio during relay baton handoffs, then defended her plan when a boy pointed out its arithmetic and skill problems.
• The Culture and Sports Department called the House formations for a final check, and the students laughed at Neville for knocking Seamus's shoe off during rehearsal.
• Lee Jordan began commentating, but Hanna Flint interrupted him and criticized his verbosity.
• Professor McGonagall stopped Lee Jordan from arguing with Hanna Flint, and he announced the official start of Hogwarts's first Magical Track and Field Meet.

Jordan and Flint hosted Hogwarts' first Magical Track and Field Meet opening ceremony, mocking and embellishing Professor Lynn Belloc's script as the Houses entered. The ceremony ended with Gryffindor's procession amid cheers, confetti, and Professor McGonagall's angry reprimand.

• Jordan objected to the hosting script until Flint explained that Professor Lynn Belloc had written it, then praised it extravagantly.
• Jordan and Flint introduced Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, joking about the House mascots and Percy Weasley's draw for Gryffindor's last entrance position.
• Flint enthusiastically praised Slytherin's formation and its magically flying snake mascot as Lynn marched with the House.
• Jordan changed his criticism of Slytherin after meeting Lynn's gaze, then predicted Gryffindor would win Best House and revealed his bet with Morrison.
• Professor McGonagall shouted at Jordan to get off the stage as Gryffindor's entrance, the crowd's cheers, and the Weasley twins' sparkling confetti ended the ceremony.

Hogwarts’ Sunshine Sports Week began, and Umr prepared to compete in the first-year girls’ 100-meter sprint. After transforming her shoe soles into springs, she surged ahead of the other runners toward the finish line.

• Dumbledore welcomed the students to the sports meet, and Lynn canceled the chairman’s speech before the competitions began.
• Lynn helped Umr tie her hair and urged her to take care during her events, while Hermione wondered if he was making her too dependent on him.
• Umr checked in for the 100-meter sprint under the name Sophia Bashak and took her place on the track with three other first-year girls.
• At the starting signal, the four runners cast Wingardium Leviosa on themselves, but Umr transformed her shoe soles into springs before charging ahead toward the finish line.

Umr won the first-year girls' 100-meter sprint and competed in the shot put while Tom cast the Levitation Charm. The spell triggered Voldemort's summons, drawing Snape and Peter away as Snape suspected Voldemort had possessed a student at Hogwarts.

• Umr won the first-year girls' 100-meter sprint and cheered that she would help Slytherin win the sports meet.
• Tom began the girls' shot put and cast the Levitation Charm on the shot.
• Tom's spell caused Snape and Peter's tattoos to burn, signaling that Voldemort was summoning them.
• Snape left the stands and slipped toward the second-year students gathered near the field while Peter darted away from Ron.
• Lynn noticed Snape and Peter moving away, and Snape suspected Voldemort was possessing one of the little wizards.

Peter and Snape searched the Quidditch pitch for Voldemort but found no trace of him, while the school sports meet continued. Harry prepared a surprise for the third-year 800-meter race, leaving the crowd watching as he cast Accio on his wooden stick.

• Peter searched the pitch for Voldemort, avoided Snape, and eventually returned to Ron's pocket.
• Snape searched the pitch without success and returned to the stands.
• Gryffindor won the 800-meter race, and Umr won the shot put.
• Harry brought an ordinary wooden stick to the third-year 800-meter race, and Madam Hooch allowed it under the rules.
• Harry's opponents surged ahead while he conjured wheels beneath his shoes and prepared his stick.
• Harry cast Accio Stick toward the space ahead.

Harry won the 800-meter race by using Staff Flying, but the judges ruled that the technique could not be used in later events. After the third-year competitions ended, Lynn and Ian arrived to compete in the fourth-year events.

• Harry used the Summoning Charm to pull himself along on a stick and overtook the other runners to win the 800-meter race.
• Crabbe protested that Harry had not run, and Madam Hooch consulted the other referees about whether his technique broke the rules.
• Madam Hooch allowed Harry's result to stand but banned the use of external objects in later events, explaining that competitors had to rely on their own physical effort.
• Gryffindor's athletes protested the ban but accepted the decision after Madam Hooch pointed out the written rules.
• Lynn and Ian entered the pitch for the fourth-year competitions as students from across Hogwarts cheered for Lynn.

Lynn competed in the fourth-year 1,000-meter race without using magic, while the students mistook his choice for a noble lesson about physical fitness. The race began with Lynn racing far ahead, leaving the crowd and his opponents stunned.

• Lynn crouched into a standard starting position without taking out his wand, surprising the commentators and students.
• Flint claimed Lynn was trying to teach the students that physical fitness was the foundation of magic, and the crowd admired his supposed selflessness.
• Moved by Lynn, his three opponents handed their wands to friends and crouched down to race without magical enhancements.
• Lynn told the referee to start the race, and the referee gave the signal.
• Lynn shot twenty meters ahead in a second, then slowed to sixty percent of his strength as the other contestants froze.

Lynn dominated the no-magic thousand-meter race, finishing in fifty-two seconds, while the other Houses competed for the remaining places. He also won the shot put by throwing it out of the stadium, leaving Ravenclaw students searching for ways to challenge him in the long jump.

• Lynn finished the thousand-meter race in fifty-two seconds, astonishing the referees and spectators.
• The Gryffindor contestant used a fan made from his robe to overtake Ravenclaw and claim second place, while Hufflepuff took third.
• Lynn entered the shot put and long jump, but no student volunteered to face him in another no-magic event.
• Ravenclaw students altered their shot puts to reduce weight and air resistance, but Lynn threw his shot put out of the stadium.

After the first day of the sports meet, Peter searched Hogwarts at night for signs of Voldemort and finally heard his master's voice on the fifth-floor landing. Voldemort questioned Peter's loyalty, and Peter swore that he would serve him as he had thirteen years earlier.

• Hermione dismissed Lynn's joke about his strength, while Harry and Ron seriously considered copying his absurd exercise routine.
• The first day of the sports meet ended with Gryffindor leading the standings, and the exhausted students ate a lavish dinner.
• Peter left the Gryffindor common room as a rat, while Snape slipped out of his office to search Hogwarts; portraits watched both of them.
• Peter and Snape searched the castle through the night, but Snape returned to his office before dawn without finding anything.
• After four o'clock, Peter felt his Dark Mark burning on the fifth-floor landing, transformed into human form, and called out to Voldemort.
• Voldemort asked whether he could trust Peter's loyalty, and Peter pledged to serve him as he had thirteen years earlier.