Recaps

Harry explored Hogwarts, cared for Hagrid’s dragon, and took the Philosopher’s Stone from the Mirror of Erised before Voldemort attacked. After Voldemort was destroyed and the school year ended, Harry prepared to leave Hogwarts amid awkward farewells and strained friendships.

• Harry discovered the Room of Requirement, visited Aunt Petunia’s house through its door, and found a way to hide objects in a storeroom.
• Harry met Hermione and Penelope Clearwater, played Quidditch, and lost Gryffindor points after McGonagall caught him with Hagrid’s dragon, Big Black.
• Harry entered the fourth-floor obstacles, passed Fluffy, the Devil’s Snare, the flying keys, the chessboard, the troll, and Snape’s potion puzzle, then saw the Philosopher’s Stone in the Mirror of Erised.
• Harry brought Hermione and Cho Chang to the Mirror, where Cho retrieved the Philosopher’s Stone, and Harry later stored it at Gringotts.
• After Dumbledore left Hogwarts, Harry watched Dumbledore fight Quirrell, and Voldemort’s smoke form was destroyed when it charged at Harry.
• Dumbledore confronted Harry about taking the Stone and told him that Voldemort had murdered Nicolas Flamel, while the Ministry concealed Quirrell’s claims that Voldemort was alive.
• Dumbledore’s points brought Gryffindor level with Slytherin, but he awarded Malfoy twenty points and Slytherin won the House Cup, and Harry later shared his parents’ photographs with Snape.
• As Harry prepared to leave Hogwarts, he had an awkward encounter with Cho Chang and then waited in the common room while Hermione arrived with her luggage.

Harry destroyed Voldemort’s soul fragment, built a new life around the Leaky Cauldron and Magic Castle, and returned to prepare for his second year. After a Ministry hearing and a confrontation with the Malfoys’ plans, he took Ginny’s old books and warned Hermione about Lockhart.

• Harry left the train station, bought the Leaky Cauldron from Old Tom, and began rebuilding it while recruiting Muggle hotel staff.
• Harry opened Magic Castle, traveled to Tibet, and persuaded an old monk to destroy Voldemort’s soul fragment in his mind.
• Harry absorbed the fragment’s memories, returned to Britain, and learned Apparition from Dumbledore, who also told him he would receive the Order of Merlin, Second Class.
• Harry discovered that Dobby had hidden Hermione’s and Cho Chang’s letters and had warned him about danger at Hogwarts, then faced a Ministry hearing over underage magic.
• Harry received the Mirror of Erised from Dumbledore and sent it to Snape, who revisited memories of his childhood with Lily.
• Harry reopened the renovated Leaky Cauldron, shopped in Diagon Alley with Hermione, and watched Lucius Malfoy leave after arguing with Weasley.
• Harry traded Ginny’s old books for new ones, kept the black diary, and told Hermione that Lockhart stole other wizards’ stories and erased their memories.

Harry entered his second year at Hogwarts, where rumors and attacks made him look like the Heir of Slytherin while he secretly manipulated the Basilisk and Riddle’s diary. After Ron disappeared and Dumbledore was suspended, Harry confronted Riddle in the Chamber and destroyed the diary, leaving Hogwarts’ crisis unresolved.

• Harry learned that the diary contained a piece of Voldemort’s soul, then used Snape’s Ageing Potion to evade his Trace and traveled to California to demand a camera phone from Steve Jobs.
• Harry befriended Astoria Greengrass on the Hogwarts Express, and she was sorted into Gryffindor, and meanwhile, he dismissed Lockhart’s claims and pranked him during class.
• Harry found the Chamber of Secrets, took Slytherin’s ring, and died when the Basilisk awoke, and afterward, he secretly used the ring to make the Basilisk petrify Mrs. Norris.
• After Colin and Justin were petrified, rumors accused Harry of being Slytherin’s heir, and Harry frightened the school with wandless magic and a summoned snake at Lockhart’s dueling club.
• Harry freed Dobby through Draco and avenged Big Black by leading the Basilisk to kill Aragog and the spider colony, and over the holidays, he visited Hermione, Cho, and Astoria.
• Lockhart was arrested, but Percy and Penelope were petrified as the Mandrakes neared maturity, and Lucius then delivered the order suspending Dumbledore, and Hogwarts prepared to close.
• When Ron vanished, Harry found him in the Chamber and confronted Riddle, who revealed he was Voldemort, and Harry ordered the Basilisk to swallow the diary and destroy Riddle’s soul fragment.

Harry exposed Riddle as the one behind the Chamber attacks, then pursued Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes while Sirius Black escaped Azkaban and found him. At Hogwarts, Harry attacked Trelawney, and Hagrid began teaching Care of Magical Creatures as Harry noticed a mysterious pink letter.

• Harry showed Fudge, Dumbledore, and Hagrid footage identifying Riddle as the one who opened the Chamber, and Ron recovered from his possession.
• Harry found Little Cutie injured, killed Filch, and later told Dumbledore that Filch had served Voldemort as an informant.
• Harry destroyed Ravenclaw’s Diadem and learned that Voldemort had hidden Hufflepuff’s Cup in Gringotts, while Helena Ravenclaw gave the diadem to Dumbledore.
• Sirius Black escaped Azkaban after seeing Peter Pettigrew in a newspaper, found Harry near Privet Drive, and followed him to Diagon Alley.
• Black met Lupin aboard the Hogwarts Express and showed him evidence that Peter, not Black, had betrayed James and Lily.
• Dementors stopped the train, and Lupin drove one away before Dumbledore introduced him as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and Hagrid as the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
• Harry attacked Trelawney with Sectumsempra after she predicted that the Grim meant his death, while Hermione defended Harry and rejected Trelawney’s claims.
• Hagrid brought Hippogriffs to his first lesson, and after Buckbeak attacked Malfoy, Malfoy eventually calmed the Hippogriff and rode it, and afterward Harry saw a pink letter decorated with faint red hearts.