Chapter Summaries

The sports meet grew more inventive when George used hidden jet boosters to win the high jump and long jump, while Lynn chose not to expose the brothers’ cheating. By the end of the individual events, Hufflepuff led narrowly, with the final team events still able to change the standings.

• George used a concealed booster to win the high jump, and Lynn realized it was not a simple Transfiguration.
• Hermione confessed that George and Fred had obtained the booster from Mr. Weasley and disguised it for the competition, but Lynn refused to report them.
• Lynn told Hermione that friends could receive leniency for minor offenses and praised the potential of combining technology and magic.
• George used the booster only in the high jump and long jump, winning both events without lending it to other Gryffindors.
• Hufflepuff finished the individual events three points ahead of tied Gryffindor and Slytherin, while Ravenclaw remained far behind but still had a theoretical chance through the team events.

After the sports meet, Gryffindor celebrated its victories while the Student Council announced mandatory morning runs. Ron’s missing rat, Scabbers, led to an argument with Hermione, and Professor McGonagall’s failed summoning charm revealed that Scabbers was no longer in Hogwarts; meanwhile, Lynn was away preparing to meet the Minister of Magic.

• Lynn refereed the team competitions, and Gryffindor won both events and the sports meet overall.
• The Student Council announced that the whole school would begin weekday morning runs after autumn started, with house points deducted for unjustified absences.
• Ron accused Hermione’s cat Crookshanks of eating Scabbers after the rat went missing, and Hermione took Ron and Harry to seek help.
• Professor McGonagall tried twice to summon Scabbers but concluded that he had left Hogwarts because the spell could not find him there.
• Ron apologized to Hermione, and Harry suggested that Scabbers might have left because he was old and nearing death.
• Lynn remained away from Hogwarts with Old John, preparing for a private meeting with the Minister of the British Ministry of Magic.

Lynn reviewed Minister Fudge’s political history and his dealings with Old John as they prepared to confirm a partnership. He planned to accelerate their wider scheme afterward, while pure-blood families had begun noticing the rise of Lunjade Company.

• Old John explained how Fudge became Minister for Magic, gained confidence, and sought support after failing to win the respect of pure-blood families.
• Lynn learned that Fudge had tried to sell Ministry positions to Lucius Malfoy, who rejected the offer to avoid drawing suspicion.
• Old John revealed that he had established contact with Fudge through gifts and correspondence, using Lynn’s supposed Prussian royal blood as a pretext for cooperation.
• Lynn prepared to meet Fudge in disguise and concluded that money could satisfy the Minister’s ambitions.
• Old John reported that pure-blood families had noticed United Company's declining market share and warned him about Lunjade Company’s growth.
• Lynn said they would accelerate their plan and make their move once they confirmed cooperation with Fudge.

Lynn told Fudge that Dumbledore would never become Minister for Magic because his immense reputation made the position a risk, and reassured Fudge that Dumbledore was no threat to him. He then urged Fudge to recognize the authority of his own office, leaving Fudge asking what power came with being Minister.

• Lynn met Fudge and said he and his company were dissatisfied with the pure-blood families interfering in their business.
• Fudge described how those families controlled important Ministry positions and wielded influence against him.
• Lynn argued that Dumbledore had no authority over Ministry affairs and would avoid becoming Minister because the role could damage his reputation.
• Fudge asked Lynn what he meant by saying he underestimated himself, and Lynn asked whether he understood the power of his office.

Lynn negotiated with Minister Fudge, offering money and political support in exchange for a Ministry appointment for one of his people. Fudge agreed to help Lynn’s candidate become Head of the Auror Office before the end of the year, while Lynn’s broader plans for the pure-blood families remained ahead.

• Lynn offered Fudge money and help weakening the pure-blood families in exchange for ignoring their complaints about Lynn’s coming actions.
• Lynn asked for the position of Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, but Fudge explained that he could not appoint someone to such a powerful post.
• Lynn shifted his demand to Head of the Auror Office and said he would send a qualified candidate to apply for a post in the Auror Command within three days.
• Lynn gave Fudge a key to an underground Gringotts vault, and Fudge agreed to clear pure-blood families from key Ministry positions and promote Lynn’s candidate before the year’s end.
• Fudge left with the key, while Lynn revealed that Head of the Auror Office had been his real target from the beginning.

Lynn planned to use his appointment as Head of the Auror Office and Fudge’s help to seize pure-blood families’ assets and Board of Governors seats, while arranging for someone to enter the British Aurors. Back at Hogwarts, Hermione suspected Lynn was hiding something, and Old John began acting against the pure-blood families, who were not going to surrender quietly.

• Lynn explained how he intended to use Fudge’s support to prevent pure-blood families from changing laws to drive his company out of Britain.
• Lynn ordered Old John to give a man a clean identity and support him as he worked toward becoming an Auror.
• Lynn visited an elderly man in Abrolos before returning to Hogwarts as the term resumed.
• Hermione asked Lynn about Ron’s missing rat and accused him of hiding something; Lynn admitted it but said she would not be in danger.
• The Hogwarts Student Council began morning runs, and George and Fred lost five points for roller-skating during one.
• Old John began carrying out Lynn’s plan against the pure-blood families, but they resisted.

At a shareholders' meeting, Old John blamed the pure-blood families' meddling for the British Magical United Company's scandals and collapse. With its managers leaving for Lunjade, he proposed filing for bankruptcy.

• Malfoy listed the United Company's scandals, including defective Nimbus broom sales, a divisive advertising slogan, and other shop misconduct.
• A shareholder said Lunjade had taken the United Company's customers and employees, and demanded that Old John restore the business.
• Old John blamed the Selwyn family and the Prewett family for meddling in the company's operations, silencing the shareholders who had been implicated.
• Old John revealed that more than half the managers had resigned to join Lunjade and that their temporary contracts would not protect the company.
• Old John handed the shareholders bankruptcy papers and proposed filing for bankruptcy.

Old John’s United Company went bankrupt, and the heads of Britain’s pure-blood families suspected he had moved their assets into Lunjade Company. They planned to use Barty Crouch to drive Lunjade out of Britain, but Crouch was impeached by Cornelius Fudge before he could act.

• A furious shareholder accused Old John of taking the Yaxley family’s assets, and Old John defended the company’s bankruptcy as the best way to stop further losses.
• The head of the Caro family accused Old John of engineering the collapse and secretly owning Lunjade Company, but Old John denied the allegations and left through the fireplace.
• The Caro family head warned the other shareholders that their families still had resources beyond the assets taken by the company.
• Malfoy asked whether the Caro family head had evidence, and he cited the company’s rapid collapse and Lunjade’s sudden takeover as signs of a scheme.
• The family heads decided to appeal to Barty Crouch and use magical law to remove Lunjade Company from Britain.
• Barty Crouch agreed to settle the matter within three days, but Cornelius Fudge impeached him before he reached his office.

After the pure-blood families failed to find a way to recover their political and financial power, Lucius Malfoy worried that Voldemort had returned and would punish him for abandoning the Death Eaters. Peter arrived at Malfoy Manor and demanded to know whether Lucius remained loyal to the Dark Lord.

• The pure-blood families discussed Fudge’s moves against Crouch and the Ministry’s loss of influence, but came up with no plan.
• Lucius Malfoy returned home, fearing the Dark Mark’s persistent burning signaled Voldemort’s return.
• Dobby told Lucius that an intruder had entered the house and put Narcissa under a spell.
• Lucius found Peter in the sitting room and asked who he was.
• Peter revealed his Dark Mark, said he had met Voldemort, and confronted Lucius about betraying their master.

While Hermione and Lynn visited Hogsmeade, Lynn used a crow to spot Sirius Black hiding in the form of a large black dog. He brought Hermione to the alley and offered the dog a steak, leaving their encounter poised to continue.

• Malfoy insisted that he had not betrayed Voldemort and was told to prove his loyalty.
• Harry stayed at Hogwarts because Mr. Weasley refused to sign his Hogsmeade permission slip while Sirius Black remained at large.
• Hermione went to Hogsmeade with Lynn, and they bought Honeydukes’ new milk toffees.
• Lynn watched Hogsmeade through a crow’s eyes and spotted a large black dog hiding in an alley.
• Lynn bought a steak and led Hermione to the dog, which growled at them as Lynn set the food down.

Lynn and Hermione encountered Sirius Black in Hogsmeade, where Lynn knocked him aside with a steak, while Hogwarts celebrated its Hallowe'en feast. After Ian remarked on Lynn's extraordinary strength, Lynn claimed he had been born with superhuman strength.

• Sirius Black tried to frighten Lynn and Hermione, but Lynn struck him across the face with a steak and left him stunned in the alley.
• Sirius Black eventually got up, picked up the steak, and decided to find somewhere else to hide in Hogsmeade.
• Harry told Ron and Hermione that he had seen Professor Lupin drink a potion brewed by Snape, and Ron worried Snape might have tampered with it.
• Malfoy tried to scare Harry, but Hermione threatened to extend his detention, and Ron said the Malfoy family and other pure-blood families were facing financial trouble.
• Lynn told Cedric and Ian that Ian's werewolf strength would keep growing, and Ian suggested Lynn might be a Dragon Person.
• Lynn said he had been born with superhuman strength.

After Sirius Black destroyed the Fat Lady’s portrait and escaped, Peeves told Dumbledore and Lynn that she had identified him. Lynn and Dumbledore suspected Sirius was innocent but prioritized protecting Hogwarts, leaving the students sleeping in the Great Hall while Snape went to report to Dumbledore.

• Percy arrived at the Gryffindor common room and found the Fat Lady’s portrait torn apart and the Fat Lady missing.
• Dumbledore and Lynn questioned Peeves, who revealed that the Fat Lady had blamed Sirius Black for attacking her.
• Lynn told Dumbledore that Pettigrew’s confirmed identity as a Death Eater suggested Sirius had been wrongly accused.
• Dumbledore and Lynn searched for clues, then agreed that Sirius needed to be found to keep the students safe.
• Dumbledore moved the students into sleeping bags in the Great Hall and assigned professors and senior Disciplinary Committee Members to patrol the castle.
• Snape found Dumbledore and began reporting on someone.

After Sirius Black broke into Hogwarts, the professors failed to find him, and Lynn secretly allowed him to use the castle’s passage again while waiting for the political situation to settle. Harry learned Black was after him and, with Lynn’s support, secured permission to attend Quidditch practice under supervision.

• Snape warned Dumbledore that someone inside Hogwarts might have helped Black enter, but Dumbledore rejected the idea.
• Lynn heard the blind, hunchbacked old witch describe Black’s escape and told her to report his next visit without stopping him.
• The professors searched Hogwarts without finding Black and eventually sent the students back to their dormitories.
• Professor McGonagall told Harry that Black had come looking for him, and Harry revealed he already knew.
• Lynn persuaded Professor McGonagall to let Harry attend Quidditch practice with Madam Hooch supervising.

Snape vented his resentment toward Lupin by repeatedly teaching about werewolves, while Lynn kept Snape’s past private. During a stormy Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, Lynn sensed the unnatural cold and spotted Dementors approaching Hogwarts.

• Lynn told Harry to stop worrying about Slytherin’s tactics and hurry to practice Quidditch.
• Snape covered Lupin’s classes, repeatedly lectured students about werewolves, and hinted at Lupin’s secret to vent his resentment.
• Lynn comforted Hermione after she argued with Snape but chose not to reveal what Snape had suffered as a student.
• Lynn and Ian went to watch Cedric play in the rain as Gryffindor faced Hufflepuff, while Hermione went to support Harry.
• When the cold grew unnaturally intense, Lynn recognized that Dementors were approaching and handed Ian his umbrella.
• Harry spotted the Golden Snitch, but more than a hundred Dementors crossed Hogwarts’s walls and drifted over the Quidditch pitch.

Lynn used an enormously amplified Patronus Charm to destroy the Dementors that had invaded the Quidditch pitch. The chapter ended with Harry and the others waking from a vivid dream of happiness, while Lynn wondered whether the silver tree had been his Patronus.

• A black net conjured by Lynn’s allies trapped the Dementors above the Quidditch pitch, and Lynn stopped Professor McGonagall from attacking them.
• Lynn cast an amplified Patronus Charm, flooding the pitch with silver light that weakened the Dementors and brought warmth and happiness to the students.
• The silver light formed a towering tree that held up the net, and the remaining Dementors vanished into smoke.
• Harry experienced a dream of his family gathered happily around him before the rain brought him back to the pitch.
• The students and professors woke feeling confused and bereft, while Lynn stared at his wand and wondered if the silver tree had been his Patronus.

After Lynn used a powerful Patronus to drive off the Dementors attacking Hogwarts, Harry learned that the students had all dreamed of Lynn. Lynn left the castle to meet with a Ministry of Magic representative, who explained that the remaining Dementors wanted to apologize and be reassigned.

• Harry learned from Fred and George that Cedric had caught the Golden Snitch after Harry fell, giving Hufflepuff the win.
• Ron, Hermione, and the twins told Harry that Lynn had appeared in their dreams, while Hermione kept the details of hers secret.
• Hermione explained that Lynn had cast the Patronus Charm, summoning the enormous tree that drove away the Dementors.
• The Dementors outside Hogwarts fled after sensing Lynn's Patronus, and their leader sent to the Ministry for help.
• A Ministry Auror acquainted with Lynn arrived and said the Dementors wanted reassignment and that their leader hoped to apologize to Lynn.
• Lynn warned Leon to maintain his disguise because observant Aurors might uncover his identity.

After using a powerful spell to manifest his unusual Patronus, Lynn discovered that it had drained nearly all his emotions and weakened his magic. He expected his emotions to return over several days and left the remaining Dementors to Leon while considering his recovery and future plans.

• Leon noticed Lynn acting cold and emotionless and asked whether he had been cursed or taken an unknown potion.
• Lynn checked his System Panel, saw Emotional Detachment at 95%, and realized his Patronus had overdrawn his emotions.
• Lynn tested his weakened magic and decided he could not risk confronting the Dementors until he had mastered the Patronus Charm.
• Leon agreed to return the remaining Dementors to Azkaban and personally lead the Aurors handling Hogwarts's defenses.
• Lynn saw that his emotions were slowly returning and learned that Fudge planned to promote Leon after he earned more achievements.

After discovering that his Patronus was an unprecedented ash tree and that emotional stimuli could reduce his Emotional Detachment, Lynn tested the effect with candy. He sought a stronger stimulus and asked Hermione to kiss him.

• Lynn searched the library’s records and found that no wizard before him had produced a plant Patronus.
• He discovered that Snape’s positive review task was complete and his Potions Talent had gained a point.
• Lynn caught Umr hiding Honeydukes candy, ate some, and saw his Emotional Detachment fall to 88.6%; eating more candy had no noticeable effect.
• Lynn met Ian and Cedric in the Great Hall, where they noticed his expressionless demeanor.
• Lynn called Hermione over and asked her to kiss him.

Lynn asked Hermione to kiss him, leaving her furious and embarrassed before she fled the Great Hall. Later, Hermione kissed his left cheek and warned him not to ask other girls, while his Emotional Detachment value fell to 31.5%.

• Lynn asked Hermione to kiss his right cheek in front of Ian and Cedric, and she ran out of the Great Hall in embarrassment.
• Lynn explained that his request was practical, while Ian and Cedric worried that his behavior meant his mind was unwell.
• Lynn calculated that Hermione was unlikely to agree to another request and noted that his Emotional Detachment value had dropped to 83.1%.
• Hermione waited in an empty corridor, kissed Lynn's left cheek, and told him not to seek out other girls.
• Hermione fled, and Lynn noticed that his Emotional Detachment value had fallen to 31.5%.

Old John negotiated with the ruined pure-blood families, offering them money and returned market shares in exchange for their Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Board of Governors seats. The families agreed to give up the seats, and Malfoy insisted the compensation be paid in Galleons deposited in Gringotts vaults.

• Malfoy asked Old John why he had drawn the pure-blood families into United Company and what he wanted from them.
• Old John denied setting a trap and acknowledged that the families had lost their fortunes.
• Old John said Lunjade Company's chairman would return some of their markets and provide funding in exchange for their Board of Governors seats.
• Malfoy agreed to the exchange on the families' behalf.
• Old John handed out contracts, and Malfoy demanded compensation in Galleons deposited in Gringotts vaults.