Chapter Summaries

Harry took Diana and the others to her villa, where he used magic to make her staff accept him and his companions. Diana learned that Harry’s prophecy said she would die in two or three years, then the group found a magical Emperor Penguin that injured Astoria and was killed by Harry.

• Harry magically altered Diana’s staff’s perceptions and ordered them to serve him and his companions.
• Diana befriended Hermione, Cho Chang, and Astoria, and learned that Harry had predicted her death within two or three years.
• Hermione and Cho explained that prophecies could sometimes be changed, and that Harry Potter had once escaped a prophecy of death and saved the magical world.
• Astoria found an Emperor Penguin on the beach, and Harry explained that it could make other creatures fear it by climbing onto their heads.
• The penguin pecked Astoria’s hand, Harry healed her with Life Bestowal, then killed the penguin and ordered Diana’s chefs to prepare it for dinner.

At dinner, Diana asked Harry whether he could change her prophesied death, then got drunk and tried to kiss him after he rejected her. Later, she repeatedly tried to climb Big Black, eventually rode the dragon into the sky, and was rescued by Harry after she slipped off.

• Diana asked Harry to prevent her death in a car accident, but he told her to accept her fate before reconsidering whether prophecies could be changed.
• Diana got drunk, revealed royal family scandals, and tried to seduce Harry; Harry pushed her away and went upstairs.
• Diana went to the beach and repeatedly tried to climb onto Big Black, who tossed her into the sand each time.
• Big Black eventually let Diana ride on its back and flew her toward the moon before returning when she felt cold.
• Diana vomited on Big Black and slipped toward the sea, but Harry caught her and carried her back to bed.

Diana woke with no memory of the previous night and believed Harry had violated her, then chose a Love Potion after Harry offered her two potions that could change her future. After Harry and his companions left, Diana returned to London wearing the golden coin he had given her, keeping their visit secret.

• Diana woke with aches and abrasions, concluded that Harry had violated her, and confronted him downstairs.
• Harry offered Diana a Love Potion and a Life Reset Potion; she chose the Love Potion, accidentally inhaled some pink smoke, and Harry secretly regarded her as an experimental subject.
• As Harry and his companions prepared to leave on the black dragon, Diana asked how she could see them again, and Harry gave her a golden coin and told her to call his name if she missed him.
• Diana returned to her villa, ordered Fina to prepare the yacht for London, and told her not to mention Harry and the others' visit.
• Diana arrived in London to a crowd of reporters, reassured herself by touching Harry's coin beneath her clothes, and answered their questions with “No comment.”

Harry visited the rebuilding Ministry of Magic, discussed Lucius with Dumbledore, and explained the new Civil Service Exam to Hermione. On the way to a tense Quidditch match, Harry rescued Ginny from three older boys, but Ginny realized he barely knew her and felt overshadowed by Hermione and Cho Chang.

• Harry toured the old Ministry of Magic, where architects were rebuilding the Ministry in central London, and Dumbledore told him Lucius had wisely chosen to yield and support him.
• Harry explained that Ministry applicants would need to pass a Civil Service Exam, and Hermione decided she wanted to take it and become Minister for Magic.
• During the Easter holiday, Hermione studied late, agreed to wake Harry with a kiss in exchange for help hiding her dark circles, and Cho Chang began studying late too.
• Tensions between Gryffindor and Slytherin escalated before their Quidditch match, with fights breaking out around Hogwarts and Harry punishing students who provoked him.
• Harry found three older boys cornering Ginny and blasted one away when he threatened her, while the other two fled.
• Ginny thanked Harry but felt sad when he left without recognizing her, then overheard Ravenclaw girls praising Hermione and Cho Chang and comparing themselves unfavorably to them.

Gryffindor defeated Slytherin in a chaotic Quidditch match, and a week later Cedric Diggory publicly confessed his feelings to Cho Chang while insulting Harry. Harry stayed outwardly calm, but he secretly formed a dark plan against Cedric.

• Gryffindor and Slytherin players turned their Quidditch match into an aerial brawl until Professor McGonagall restrained them, and Gryffindor eventually won.
• Harry left the match and returned to his cottage while the students celebrated and discussed the fight.
• A week later, Cedric Diggory stopped the Ravenclaw-Hufflepuff match to ask Cho Chang to be his girlfriend and promised to catch the Golden Snitch for her.
• Cedric Diggory insulted Harry for lacking the courage to challenge him, but Harry remained seated as the crowd watched.
• Astoria worried that Cho Chang might leave them, Hermione sensed Harry's anger, and Harry reassured them while privately deciding Cedric deserved a harsher fate than death.

Cho Chang caught the Golden Snitch almost immediately, giving Ravenclaw the championship and humiliating Cedric Diggory. Later, Harry Potter secretly took Colin Creevey and a sheep-transformed Cedric to the Hog's Head, where Colin was assigned to photograph Cedric’s ordeal.

• Cho Chang caught the Golden Snitch within a minute, and Ravenclaw won the Quidditch match.
• Cho Chang mocked Cedric Diggory and left the pitch with Harry Potter, while Roger Davies celebrated Ravenclaw’s victory.
• A group of wizards mocked Harry Potter and Colin Creevey, burned Colin’s photograph, and smashed his camera.
• Harry visited Colin Creevey at night, restored his camera, and took him to the edge of the castle.
• Harry transformed Cedric Diggory into a sheep and brought him with Colin to the Hog's Head, instructing Colin to take photographs without revealing the owner’s face.
• The Hog's Head owner opened Cedric’s room, and Harry reflected that people should not behave that way.

Harry’s prank against Cedric led to Cedric leaving Hogwarts, while students prepared for exams and Percy hoped to join the Ministry under its new reforms. Dumbledore then revealed that Voldemort’s soul fragment had escaped from Hufflepuff’s Cup, and the chapter ended by showing that Voldemort had awakened months earlier and fled Gringotts.

• Hogwarts students found moving pictures of Cedric transformed into a sheep, and they blamed Harry for orchestrating the humiliating incident.
• Cedric received leave from Professor McGonagall and permission to pass his exams, though she dismissed his claim that Harry had framed him.
• Cho Chang teased Harry about what he did while she trained, and Harry responded by bringing out Beast Chess.
• Hermione, Fred, George, and Percy prepared for exams, while Percy took hope from the new Civil Service Exam and Ministry reforms.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Voldemort’s soul fragment had escaped from Hufflepuff’s Cup after Aurors entered Gringotts, and Harry promised to find him.
• The chapter revealed that Voldemort had awakened five months earlier, sensed the loss of his other Horcruxes, and fled Gringotts in search of safety.

Harry used his ability to leave his body to touch Helena’s spirit, leaving her shaken before the first day of exams began. At Hogwarts, third-years completed Transfiguration and Charms exams, while the students prepared for the next day’s tests.

• Harry found Astoria asleep inside his clothes, then saw Helena wearing a maid outfit as she prepared breakfast.
• Harry separated his spirit from his body, caught Helena as she tried to flee, and merged spirits with her before returning to his body.
• Cho Chang joined Harry and Helena for breakfast, then went to sit her exams.
• The third-years took the Transfiguration exam, where Hermione worried that her teapot had become a Donut Turtle and Harry described adding a copy of Along the River During the Qingming Festival to his turtle.
• The students took the Charms exam that afternoon, and Hermione earned an Outstanding on the Cheering Charm.
• After dinner, the students returned to the common room to review for their Care of Magical Creatures, Potions, and Astronomy exams the next day.

Harry completed his exams, ending with a Defense Against the Dark Arts challenge where he destroyed a Boggart that looked like his future self. He told Hermione that he feared aging and death, and said that living forever was a small ambition of his.

• Hagrid tested the students on magical creatures, and Harry earned an Outstanding after the Hippogriffs knelt before him.
• Harry and Hermione brewed perfect Confusing Concoction in Potions, and Harry impressed the Astronomy professor with a miniature solar system.
• Harry brought Astoria ice cream after her exam and noticed a pale girl with short platinum-blonde hair and radish-shaped earrings watching them.
• Harry and Hermione took their remaining exams, and Hermione defeated a Boggart that claimed her grades had been invalidated.
• Harry Apparated past the Defense Against the Dark Arts obstacle course and destroyed a Boggart that had transformed into another Harry.
• Harry told Hermione that the Boggart represented his fear of aging and death, and he described immortality as a small ambition.

After Snape exposed Lupin as a Werewolf, Lupin resigned from Hogwarts and left, though Dumbledore had suggested he join the Aurors to build public trust. Harry watched him depart, noticing a brightly haired witch waiting by the carriage whom Lupin coldly rejected.

• Rita Skeeter and other reporters arrived at Hogwarts, and Rita slipped away after spotting Harry by the lake.
• Hermione told Harry that Snape had revealed Lupin was a Werewolf, prompting reporters to condemn the school and Lupin to resign.
• Lupin told Harry that Snape had waited until he was settled and looking forward to another year before exposing him, and Snape admitted he had wanted revenge.
• Lupin said Dumbledore had suggested he join the Aurors so the public might accept him and he could eventually return to Hogwarts.
• Lupin left Hogwarts by carriage while Snape waved him off, and Harry noticed a brightly haired witch trying to help Lupin, who refused her.

As Hogwarts’ term ended, Harry disrupted Percy Weasley’s attempt to pressure Penelope Clearwater into dating him by pretending to make her his girlfriend. After Penelope helped the ruse, Harry left her behind, and she realized they might never meet again.

• Harry joked about becoming the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, then decided he would rather stay idle.
• Harry, Hermione, Cho Chang, and Astoria earned perfect marks, while Percy used his strong N.E.W.T. results to resume lecturing Fred and George and pursue Penelope.
• Percy threatened that Penelope’s Muggle-born status would make it hard for her to find work unless she dated a pure-blood wizard.
• Harry offered Penelope a lollipop as a girlfriend proposal; she accepted and kissed him, devastating Percy.
• Harry warned Percy to stay away from Penelope, and Penelope revealed she had ranked first in the school on the N.E.W.T.s.
• Penelope told Harry she had only played along to stop Percy, but Harry left, and she was left feeling that they would never meet again.

Ravenclaw won the House Cup, and Harry, Hermione, and Cho Chang spent the night at Harry's Cottage discussing Hermione's decision to stop using the Time-Turner. The locket revealed an image of Hogwarts's four founders, while Harry kept the Time-Turner; the chapter ended with Astoria drunkenly biting Harry's tongue.

• Ravenclaw won the House Cup after its Quidditch Cup performance, leaving Hufflepuff upset at remaining among the lowest-scoring Houses.
• Hermione told Harry and Cho Chang that she had dropped several subjects and returned the Time-Turner to Professor McGonagall.
• Harry asked Hermione to retrieve something from a desk drawer, where she found Slytherin's locket, now free of Voldemort's soul and protective spells.
• Hermione opened the locket and Cho Chang saw a magical image of the four young Hogwarts founders together.
• Hermione found the Time-Turner in another drawer, and Harry explained that he had obtained it from Dumbledore and wanted to keep it for possible future use.
• Harry agreed to take the Hogwarts Express with Hermione and Cho Chang, then returned to his bedroom and was bitten on the tongue by a drunken Astoria.

As the school year ended, Cho Chang welcomed the bullied Luna Lovegood into her compartment, and Harry, Hermione, Astoria, and Cho shared the journey home with her. At King's Cross, Hermione kissed Harry before leaving with her parents, while Harry and Cho returned to the Leaky Cauldron to begin their summer.

• Luna Lovegood struggled to board the Hogwarts Express, and two girls shoved and mocked her as Cho Chang watched.
• Cho Chang invited Luna to share her compartment, where Luna introduced herself to Harry, Hermione, Astoria, and Cho and offered copies of The Quibbler.
• Harry brought a table of food for the group after the trolley witch had passed, and Luna shyly joined them.
• As the train neared King's Cross, Hermione told Harry she would visit on his birthday, and Harry promised Astoria he would see her during the summer.
• At King's Cross, Hermione hugged and kissed Harry before running to her parents, while Harry handed Astoria over to her parents.
• Harry took Cho Chang to his room at the Leaky Cauldron, where they settled together as summer began.

A mysterious black-haired boy appeared in Little Hangleton and drew Frank Bryce’s attention because he resembled the youth Frank had seen around the time of the Riddle family’s deaths. The boy then entered the village pub and stopped time, demanding that the villagers recount the Riddle case from the beginning.

• In 1994, elderly Frank Bryce woke at Riddle Manor and opened the kitchen window.
• Frank saw a black-haired boy beneath a tree who reminded him of the youth from the Riddle family tragedy, but the boy vanished when Frank looked away.
• That evening, villagers at the Hanged Man Pub argued over stories about the Riddle family’s deaths.
• The unfamiliar boy entered the pub unnoticed, sat down, and stopped everyone’s movements with a tap on the table.
• The boy asked the frozen villagers to tell the story of the Riddle family’s deaths again in detail.

In 1944, Harry Potter listened to Little Hangleton villagers recount how they blamed Frank Bryce for the Riddle family deaths despite the police releasing him. Before leaving, Harry revealed himself to Alice and invited her to Hogwarts when she turned eleven.

• The villagers described the Riddle family's deaths and wrongly decided that Frank Bryce had murdered them.
• The police released Frank after the autopsy found no cause of death, and he returned to his gardener's cabin at Riddle Manor.
• The Riddle Manor cook continued to accuse Frank, while the villagers resented that he kept his job under a new owner.
• Alice defended Frank by recalling how he had helped retrieve her balloon, and her father angrily sent her away.
• Alice spoke with Harry Potter, who revealed that she could see him and identified himself as being from another world.
• Harry showed Alice magic, gave her a bronze button, and told her to come to Hogwarts when she turned eleven before vanishing.

Frank investigated a light in Riddle Manor, expecting to catch local boys, but discovered two men discussing a wizarding plot to capture Harry Potter. The chapter ended when the cold-voiced master sensed something nearby as Frank listened at the door.

• Frank heard activity in Riddle Manor and went to investigate, believing village boys had broken in again.
• Frank entered the manor and found a room where a man called Harris was pushing a chair toward the fireplace.
• Frank overheard Harris and his master discuss hiding at the manor until after the Quidditch World Cup and avoiding the Ministry of Magic.
• Harris questioned the plan to target Harry Potter, and his master insisted Potter's blood was needed to restore his power.
• The master mentioned Bertha Jenkins and the opportunity to approach Harry while he was less protected, then abruptly stopped Harris after sensing something.

Frank overheard Voldemort and Harris plotting to kill Harry Potter, but Voldemort nearly killed Frank after revealing himself. Harry appeared and blocked the Killing Curse, then killed Harris, leaving him facing Voldemort.

• Frank tried to retreat from the room but found a giant snake blocking the corridor, and Harris brought him inside.
• Frank confronted Voldemort and mocked him, prompting Harris to turn the chair and reveal Voldemort’s rotting body.
• Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Frank, but Harry appeared and stopped the green beam with his hand.
• Harry killed Harris with a crimson beam, and Harris regretted having followed Voldemort.

Harry captured Voldemort and destroyed the soul fragment hidden in Nagini, then tried to free her from the Blood Curse. Nagini briefly became a woman whom Harry named Bai Suzhen, but the transformation failed and she returned to snake form as Harry looked east of Little Hangleton.

• Harry captured Voldemort in a bead and restored Frank's health before letting him leave Riddle Manor.
• Harry pulled Voldemort's seventh Horcrux from Nagini and shattered the soul fragment.
• Harry tried to remove Nagini's Blood Curse, and she transformed into a beautiful woman with no memories.
• Harry called the transformed Nagini Bai Suzhen, but she soon curled up in pain and reverted to a giant snake.
• Harry stroked Nagini and gazed toward a place east of Little Hangleton.

Harry searched the ruined Gaunt home in Great Hangleton and found Voldemort’s final hidden Horcrux, Marvolo Gaunt’s ring. The chapter recounts the ring’s Peverell and Slytherin lineage and the events that led Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle’s son to become Voldemort.

• Harry traveled with Nagini to the ruined Gaunt home on the outskirts of Great Hangleton.
• Harry searched the house with his magic and levitated Marvolo Gaunt’s ring from beneath a floorboard.
• The ring was revealed to be a Peverell heirloom passed down through the Slytherin family to Marvolo Gaunt.
• Merope Gaunt enchanted Tom Riddle, eloped with him, and later gave birth to their son after Tom fled.
• At sixteen, Voldemort murdered the Riddle family and his grandfather, turned the ring into a Horcrux, and framed Morfin Gaunt.

Harry destroyed the last Horcrux hidden in Marvolo Gaunt’s ring and tested the Resurrection Stone, discovering that it could summon Helena Ravenclaw as a conscious ghost. He left the Gaunt house in ashes and later told Cho Chang that Voldemort could never return, though his mistaken nighttime visit enraged her.

• Harry broke the curse on the ring, destroyed the soul fragment inside, and took the Resurrection Stone.
• Harry summoned Artoria Pendragon, King Arthur, Wormtail Peter, and Argus Filch, then dismissed them after finding them soulless and mindless.
• Harry summoned Helena Ravenclaw and discovered that the Resurrection Stone could bring a ghost to him, then Apparated away with her.
• Harry returned, put Nagini into the ring, and burned the Gaunt family home to ashes.
• At the Leaky Cauldron, Harry told Cho Chang that Voldemort’s soul fragments were destroyed, then admitted he had mistaken her room for his and she ordered him out.