Recaps

Harry arrived at Hogwarts, made Hermione his close companion, and quickly distinguished himself in class and magic. As Gryffindor settled into school life, Malfoy began anticipating their upcoming flying lesson as a chance to mock Harry.

• Dumbledore left infant Harry on the Dursleys’ doorstep, and years later Harry escaped their home with Hagrid to begin his journey to Hogwarts.
• Harry collected his school supplies in Diagon Alley, bought Little Cutie and Hedwig, and learned that Voldemort’s wand shared a phoenix feather with his own.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Harry befriended Hermione, confronted Malfoy, and made a wager with him over their House points.
• Harry threatened the Sorting Hat into placing him in Gryffindor, then drove Peeves away with a glowing ball of light and secretly showed Hermione his experiment.
• Harry excelled in several classes while Snape penalized Gryffindor, and Professor McGonagall awarded Harry points for seeing through her cat disguise.
• Harry and Hermione visited Hagrid, where Hermione complained that Snape seemed to hate Harry, and Harry later asked Hagrid to make him a Chinese chess set.
• After Harry stopped a fight between Gryffindor students, Malfoy heard that their Houses would share a flying lesson and looked forward to Harry failing at it.

Harry advanced his magical abilities, helped Neville gain confidence, joined Gryffindor’s Quidditch team, and thwarted Quirrell’s attempt to reach the Philosopher’s Stone. The arc ended with Harry’s first match against Slytherin underway and Flint fouling him as he reached for the Snitch.

• Harry pushed his mental power beyond its limit, expanded his range, and secretly taught Hermione how to sense the elements, though she could not manage it.
• Harry rescued Neville during Flying class, earned Gryffindor points, and received Professor McGonagall’s offer to play Seeker before eventually agreeing to join the team.
• Harry and Hermione collected Hagrid’s Chinese chess set, while Harry began searching Hogwarts for the Mirror of Erised and learned more about Snape’s history with Lily.
• Harry met Cho Chang in the library, then made a plan to build Neville’s confidence by arranging praise and points from his professors.
• Harry trained with Wood, mastered Quidditch drills, and placed numerous spells in a corridor in hopes of stopping Quirrell.
• Quirrell announced that a troll was in the dungeons, but Harry’s corridor traps injured him as he pursued the Philosopher’s Stone, and Voldemort later ordered him to obtain Unicorn blood.
• Harry played Seeker in Gryffindor’s match against Slytherin, spotted the Snitch, and was knocked aside by Flint as Hermione decided to write to the Ministry about Quidditch rules.

Harry won a brutal Quidditch match, uncovered the Mirror of Erised, and spent winter break growing closer to Cho Chang while studying the Half-Blood Prince’s notes. The arc left Harry and Cho realizing that Snape was the Half-Blood Prince as Harry prepared to experiment with the book’s potions.

• Harry knocked several Slytherin players out of the Quidditch match, struck the Golden Snitch with George’s bat, and caught it to win for Gryffindor.
• Harry learned from Hermione that Snape had cast a spell on his broom to save him, then concluded that Quirrell was the danger and warned Hermione not to investigate.
• Harry found the Mirror of Erised with Cho Chang, and Dumbledore explained what it showed before awarding Gryffindor House points.
• Harry used his Light Element to warm the Great Hall, then spent Christmas at Hogwarts after the other students left and shared meals and activities with Cho.
• Harry and Cho found the Half-Blood Prince’s annotated copy of Advanced Potion-Making and copied its notes, while Harry tested Sectumsempra and damaged a table.
• Harry traveled to London, checked the fortune in his Gringotts vault, and bought Christmas gifts for his classmates, including bracelets for Hermione and Cho.
• Harry told Snape that he had found the Half-Blood Prince’s book, and Snape let him collect potion ingredients before burning the book to ashes.
• Harry explained to Cho that Snape was the Half-Blood Prince, and the two discussed Snape’s work as Harry looked for a place to conduct experiments.

Harry’s Christmas brought him closer to Cho Chang and young Astoria, but his relationship with Cho fell apart after his illness. He later helped save a unicorn from Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest and named the unicorn Little Snow.

• Harry tried to leave Cho Chang a Christmas present in Ravenclaw Tower, but she mistook his visit for an intrusion and their awkward explanation ended in uneasy laughter.
• Harry received his father’s Invisibility Cloak and gifts from friends and family, while Hermione’s parents realized she might have made chocolate for someone at school.
• At Malfoy Manor, Harry met Astoria Greengrass, who asked him to call her Nia and be her big brother, and he agreed before leaving in the snow.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts, killed Peeves as he prepared to dump rubbish on Cho Chang, and attended the Christmas banquet with her before falling gravely ill.
• Cho visited Harry in the hospital wing, but he believed their closeness had ended, told her not to visit, and left her an ice sculpture that she destroyed.
• Hermione arrived at Hogwarts, confronted Harry about Cho, and introduced herself to Cho as Harry’s girlfriend, with Harry confirming the claim.
• Harry studied an ancient potion with Snape, then joined Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest and attacked the dark figure drinking a unicorn’s blood.
• Harry used the Light Element to heal the unicorn after Firenze explained that a curse blocked ordinary magic, then later named the recovered female unicorn Little Snow.