Recaps

Harry exposed Peter Pettigrew as the traitor who betrayed James and Lily, and Dumbledore took Sirius Black to the Ministry to clear his name. As Harry’s friends prepared for a Hogsmeade visit, he helped Helena reconnect with the students and joined the group’s snowy outing.

• Harry captured Peter Pettigrew and brought him to the Shrieking Shack, where Sirius Black and Lupin confronted him.
• Harry revealed Peter’s identity, and Peter confessed to betraying James and Lily after Snape tortured him.
• Lupin safely changed back with Snape’s Wolfsbane Potion, and Dumbledore took Black and Peter to the Ministry to face the consequences.
• Hermione challenged Trelawney’s predictions, and McGonagall told Harry that Black had signed his Hogsmeade permission form.
• Harry created a luxurious apartment in the Room of Requirement and later discussed Black’s pending trial with Lupin.
• Harry helped Helena with Neville’s permission form, and she approved it so Neville and the other students could visit Hogsmeade.
• Cho Chang introduced Helena to Harry, Hermione, and Astoria, and the group kept her identity as Rowena Ravenclaw’s daughter secret.
• The group explored Hogsmeade, where Astoria bought sweets and Cho Chang showed them the village shops.

Harry navigated Hogwarts life as Dementors attacked the school and the Ministry faced public criticism, while his relationships with Hermione, Cho Chang, and Astoria continued to shift. The arc ended with Hermione uncovering Harry’s role in controlling the Basilisk and Dumbledore insisting Trelawney go ahead with her Christmas contest.

• Cho Chang showed Harry, Hermione, and Astoria around Hogsmeade, and Astoria got drunk at The Three Broomsticks before Harry carried her back to Hogwarts.
• Harry teased Penelope Clearwater, learned why Percy Weasley supported Fudge, and worried that Voldemort might still return despite changes to the future.
• Harry watched Cho Chang’s Ravenclaw team defeat Slytherin with her Firebolt, then protected Hermione and Astoria when Dementors attacked the stadium.
• Harry used Salazar Slytherin’s ring to force Rita Skeeter to write an article exposing Fudge and the Ministry, then later destroyed the Dementors with his Patronus.
• Cedric Diggory challenged Harry over Cho Chang, but Cho rejected Cedric and told Harry that Cedric had kept pursuing her despite her refusals.
• Harry stayed at Hogwarts for the holidays with Hermione and Cho Chang, while Hermione challenged Trelawney to a Christmas Day contest.
• Harry took Hermione and Cho into the Forbidden Forest, summoned his Basilisk, and explained that he had controlled it during the Chamber of Secrets attacks to keep its victims alive.
• Hermione, Cho, and Harry returned to Hogwarts, while Dumbledore told Trelawney to prepare for the contest and considered replacing her as Divination professor.

Harry helped expose Trelawney’s deception, urged Dumbledore to reform the wizarding world, and secured Sirius’s acquittal and compensation. Dumbledore became Minister for Magic as Hogwarts returned to term, while Harry’s relationships and a dangerous encounter with a mountain giant shaped the next stretch of events.

• Harry exposed Zacharias Shula’s impersonation of Trelawney, and Dumbledore expelled Trelawney from Hogwarts.
• Harry confronted Dumbledore about the Ministry’s injustice, and Dumbledore agreed to pursue change before attending Sirius’s trial.
• Dumbledore helped Peter Pettigrew confess to betraying the Potters, and the court acquitted Sirius and awarded him compensation and the return of his family’s assets.
• Sirius returned to Grimmauld Place, where Harry used spells to repair his damaged soul and urged him to travel among Muggles.
• Dumbledore became Minister for Magic, gave McGonagall temporary charge of Hogwarts, and named Snape deputy headmaster.
• Snape killed Wormtail after ambushing his escort, and Harry later gave Snape a Unicorn Tear to help heal his arm.
• Cho Chang decided to leave Quidditch after the season, while Hermione discovered the nature of Harry’s proposed group activities and reconciled with him.
• Harry and Astoria encountered a hidden Dark wizard and a mountain giant, and Harry rejected the giant essence’s promise of immortality.

Harry spent the end of term and the start of summer with his friends, while Voldemort returned to Riddle Manor and tried to regain his power. Harry captured Voldemort, destroyed his remaining Horcruxes, and returned to Cho Chang at the Leaky Cauldron.

• Harry took Hermione, Cho Chang, and Astoria to Prada Island, where they met Princess Diana and stayed at her vacation residence.
• Harry faced rising tensions at Hogwarts, humiliated Cedric Diggory, and helped Colin Creevey after wizards destroyed his camera.
• After Voldemort’s soul fragment escaped Gringotts, Harry promised Dumbledore he would find him, while Voldemort sought refuge at Riddle Manor.
• Harry and his friends finished their exams, and Lupin resigned after Snape revealed that he was a Werewolf.
• Harry ended the school year with Hermione and Cho Chang, then spent the start of summer with Cho at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Harry met Alice near Riddle Manor and told her to come to Hogwarts when she turned eleven, then stopped Voldemort from killing Frank Bryce and captured him.
• Harry removed Voldemort’s soul fragment from Nagini, found Marvolo Gaunt’s ring, destroyed its Horcrux, and took the Resurrection Stone.
• Harry returned to Cho Chang after destroying Voldemort’s remaining soul fragments, but she sent him out when he entered the wrong room.