Chapter Summaries

At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore awarded points for the recent events, bringing Gryffindor level with Slytherin in the House Cup race. He began to announce one final matter, leaving the winning House undecided.

• Hagrid apologized to Harry for unknowingly helping Quirrell, and gave him an album of photographs of his parents.
• At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore announced that Slytherin led with 472 points, ahead of Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor.
• Dumbledore awarded Hermione sixty points for her chess game and Cho Chang sixty points for her noble spirit and kindness.
• Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor one hundred points for Harry's role in protecting something important, bringing Gryffindor level with Slytherin.
• Dumbledore said there was one final matter, but the chapter ended before he announced it.

Draco Malfoy received credit for discovering and reporting a fire on the fourth floor, giving Slytherin enough points to win the House Cup. Harry reminded Malfoy of their bet but let him avoid publicly declaring himself Harry’s lackey, and the students prepared to leave school the next day.

• Draco Malfoy followed Harry to the fourth floor, later discovered a fire, and hurried to find Professor Snape when his spell failed to put it out.
• Dumbledore awarded Slytherin twenty points for Malfoy’s actions, and Slytherin won the House Cup for the seventh year in a row.
• Gryffindors complained about losing, while Harry dismissed their attempts to reconcile and reflected that he might have preferred Slytherin.
• Harry reminded Malfoy of their bet, leaving Malfoy pale and embarrassed, but did not make him announce himself as Harry’s lackey.
• Harry enjoyed the lavish dinner, and the results came out before the students left school the next day.

Harry celebrated his grades, prepared to leave Hogwarts, and brought Snape an album of his parents’ school photographs. He accidentally called young Snape a pretty boy who looked like Malfoy, while Snape secretly cut James out of every photograph.

• Harry teased Ron over his grades, then made plans with Hermione to leave school the next day.
• Harry packed his belongings, returned library books, and took his parents’ photograph album to Snape.
• Snape initially refused the photographs but became absorbed in the pictures of Lily.
• Harry mistook young Snape for a Malfoy and joked that he looked gay, then fled after Snape revealed it was him.
• After Harry left, Snape cut James out of the photographs and smiled.

Harry stayed at Hogwarts before his departure, spent time with Hagrid and his magical creatures, and awkwardly tried to grow closer to Cho Chang. After Harry’s crude remark made Cho Chang cry, he took her back to her empty dormitory and stayed the night, unsure what their relationship meant.

• Harry visited Hagrid's Hut, where Little Snow and Big Black showed how much they would miss him, and he kept Little Cutie close so it would not run off.
• At dinner, Harry learned Hermione would share her dormitory with Jessica, then avoided returning to his own dorm because he feared the dark.
• Harry met Cho Chang in the courtyard and tried to explain their awkward relationship to himself before deciding to speak more directly with her.
• Harry told Cho Chang she resembled a sex toy, and Cho Chang burst into tears, saying she was still a child.
• Harry led Cho Chang to her empty dormitory, supported her inside, and lay fully clothed on her bed after she let him stay.

Harry woke up with Cho Chang wrapped in his arms, then helped treat the swelling around her eyes before leaving her dormitory. As Hogwarts students prepared to leave for the holidays, Harry waited with his luggage and saw Hermione arrive in Muggle clothes.

• Harry woke to find Cho Chang asleep in his arms and loudly accused her of climbing into bed with him.
• Harry applied a hot towel around Cho Chang’s eyes, complained when she opened them, and left her dormitory without looking back.
• Harry realized he had left his cat in Cho Chang’s room but did not return for it.
• Harry carried his two suitcases downstairs and waited in the common room as students prepared to leave school.
• Hermione arrived carrying several suitcases and a birdcage, wearing Muggle clothes that made her look like an ordinary little girl.

Harry and Hermione left Hogwarts with Hagrid, then reunited with Cho Chang at the train station for the journey home. At Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Cho invited Harry to her house, but he hugged both girls and walked away, leaving his destination unresolved.

• Harry and Hermione crossed the lake with the students, and Harry told Hagrid he would give him a gift the following year.
• Harry and Hermione found Cho Chang waiting on the platform with her cat, and Little Cutie sprang into Harry's arms.
• Harry, Hermione, and Cho shared a compartment on the train, where Harry fell asleep while the girls watched the passing scenery.
• At Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Cho invited Harry to her house because her parents were away.
• Harry hugged Hermione and Cho, waved goodbye, and walked away without saying where he was going.

Harry stayed at the Charlotte Street Hotel after leaving the railway station, then bought new clothes and cut his long hair while adjusting to life in the Muggle world. He ended up outside the Leaky Cauldron, ready to try an idea he had been considering.

• Harry left the railway station by taxi and chose to stay at the Charlotte Street Hotel.
• Harry booked a deluxe suite, settled in, and slept until late the next morning.
• Harry bought several new outfits, showered, and changed into sportswear.
• Harry visited a barbershop and cut his long hair short, then noticed women still watching him.
• Harry arrived outside the Leaky Cauldron and stepped out of the Muggle world to try his long-held idea.

Harry bought the Leaky Cauldron from Old Tom and began planning to turn it into a modern hotel and bar staffed by Muggles. He sought Hagrid’s help as his representative and went to Knockturn Alley to buy magical contracts for Muggle employees.

• Harry offered to buy the Leaky Cauldron, and Old Tom agreed to sell it and help contact renovation companies.
• Harry signed a contract with Old Tom, and they agreed to meet again after Tom had time to prepare for the handover.
• Harry planned renovations, staffing, and magical contracts, then wrote to Hagrid asking him to act as his representative and bring food for Big Black.
• Harry sent the letter to Hagrid with Little Black and searched Diagon Alley for magical contracts.
• Harry followed a shopkeeper’s hint to Knockturn Alley and bought an expensive contract for Muggle employees.

Harry used a frightening disguise and magical props to recruit Muggle hotel workers for his future London shop, forcing them to sign magically binding contracts. After raiding several nearby hotels over a few days, he decided he had hired enough staff and turned his attention to preparing the Leaky Cauldron before school started.

• Angie woke to Harry disguised as a floating ghost, and she signed his contract to work at a shop in another world.
• Harry revealed his disguise and explained how he had used an Invisibility Cloak, a Freezing Ball, and a Scary Mask to frighten Muggles into signing.
• Harry recruited receptionists, managers, chefs, and waiters from the Charlotte Grand Hotel and planned to approach other international hotels.
• Angie saw Harry in the hotel lobby the next morning and froze when he looked at her as if she were his pet.
• After recruiting workers from several nearby hotels over a few days, Harry stopped and focused on getting the Leaky Cauldron ready to open before school began.

Harry bought the Leaky Cauldron from Old Tom and decided its terrible condition called for demolition rather than renovation. As the pub burned, Hagrid explained that many wizards had never attended magical school, and Harry reconsidered how magical education worked.

• Harry explained to Hagrid that he wanted to spend his Gringotts money, and Hagrid was won over when Harry promised him unlimited free alcohol at the pub.
• Harry transferred the purchase money to Old Tom at Gringotts, signed the contract, and became the owner of the Leaky Cauldron.
• Harry inspected the run-down pub and told the renovation foreman to demolish it and build a new one at least ten times larger, using spatial expansion.
• Harry ordered the foreman to set the Leaky Cauldron on fire, and several wizards began burning the building with their wands.
• Hagrid explained that some wizards learned magic outside formal schools, prompting Harry to rethink his assumptions about magical education.

Harry demolished the Leaky Cauldron and hired two construction companies to build a luxurious new hotel, investing nearly all his wealth. He also opened a fast-food restaurant in Diagon Alley called Magic Castle, planning to serve food inspired by KFC.

• Harry watched the Leaky Cauldron burn down and handed his hotel designs to a contractor.
• The contractor warned that the hotel was too luxurious to build within Harry's deadline, so Harry hired another renovation company and put both teams to work.
• Harry committed roughly six hundred thousand Galleons to rebuilding the hotel and decided to spend his remaining money as well.
• Harry had a Diagon Alley shop renovated, renamed it Magic Castle, and prepared it to become a fast-food restaurant.
• Harry chose KFC-style food for Magic Castle because Diagon Alley had no proper fast-food restaurant.

Magic Castle opened successfully, drawing huge crowds with its discounted fast food. Harry left Britain for Tibet in search of a way to remove Voldemort’s soul fragment from his head, and he overheard a group of foreign travelers say they were going to the Potala Palace.

• Harry opened Magic Castle with three items on its menu and introductory prices that rose each day.
• Customers crowded the restaurant, and the staff limited each person’s purchases as the line lasted until night.
• Harry traveled from Britain to Tibet because he wanted to find a way to destroy Voldemort’s soul fragment in his head.
• After arriving in Tibet and suffering from the high altitude, Harry overheard a group of foreign travelers say they were going to the Potala Palace.

Harry befriended a group of British travelers on their way to the Potala Palace, entertaining them with exaggerated claims and stories about China. After parting from them, he headed behind the palace and learned that a monk’s grand martial uncle wished to see him.

• Harry claimed to be fifteen and Chinese-speaking, then amused the travelers by telling them that every Chinese person knew Kung Fu and could stretch noodles for dozens of meters.
• Harry entertained the group on the bus with lively tales about Chinese history, legends, food, and popular culture, and grew closer to Jessica.
• Harry declined the travelers’ invitation to tour with them, and Jessica revealed that she knew he was not yet twelve before kissing his cheek goodbye.
• Harry went behind the Potala Palace in search of a place where a master might live, and a monk told him that his grand martial uncle wished to see him.
• Harry followed the monk to a quiet meditation courtyard behind the main hall.

Harry met an old monk in China who explained that Western wizards were forbidden from entering under an old treaty and offered to remove the vicious ghost attached to Harry. After Harry agreed to avoid making trouble for Eastern cultivators if he became powerful, the monk prepared to resolve the soul fragment in his mind.

• The old monk recognized Harry as no ordinary person and explained that Eastern cultivators and Western wizards had agreed to bar Western magicians from entering China.
• Harry said a vicious spirit in his head might possess him, and the monk used his Heavenly Eye to spot Voldemort's weak soul fragment.
• The old monk offered to destroy the spirit without payment, but asked Harry to remember the favor and not make things difficult for Eastern cultivators in the future.
• The old monk recalled how Daoist Master Chongxu and other cultivators had defeated Western wizards more than three hundred years earlier and forced them to sign a treaty barring entry to China.
• Worried that Eastern cultivation had weakened and the West might return, the old monk accepted Harry's promise and prepared to resolve his problem.

Harry joined an old monk in the Mahavira Hall to destroy the fragment of Voldemort’s soul in his mind, then left with a Buddhist artifact and new memories from Voldemort. He resumed his journey to London, where he began examining those memories on the plane.

• The old monk explained that scripture could redeem the soul residing in Harry’s mind and began chanting in the Mahavira Hall.
• Golden light filled Harry’s spiritual world, waking Voldemort’s soul fragment as it began to fade.
• Harry attacked Voldemort’s soul while the old monk’s chanting weakened it, and the fragment finally dissipated.
• Harry absorbed the pure soul power left behind and woke feeling refreshed after the nightlong ritual.
• The old monk gave Harry Glazed Transparent Prayer Beads to restrain ghosts, and they parted after Harry kept his promise.
• Harry traveled to Beijing and flew to London, then examined the memories he had gained from Voldemort’s soul.

Harry examined Voldemort’s memories, learning how he rose to power and made Horcruxes, but the memories also began affecting Harry’s personality. Back at his hotel, Harry panicked when he thought Voldemort’s asexuality had taken hold of him, then regained his usual desires through self-hypnosis.

• Harry learned that Voldemort had begun making Horcruxes after opening the Chamber of Secrets and killing Moaning Myrtle.
• Voldemort used his charm to learn where the Grey Lady had hidden Ravenclaw’s Diadem and to steal Slytherin’s Locket and Hufflepuff’s Cup from a wealthy woman.
• Harry learned that Voldemort had recruited the Death Eaters and ruled through a decade of war before Harry defeated him.
• Harry realized that absorbing Voldemort’s memories had affected his personality, though he had also gained knowledge of Voldemort’s magic.
• At the Sherlock Grand Hotel, Harry panicked when he felt no attraction to the women at the front desk and concluded that Voldemort’s asexuality had influenced him.
• Harry hypnotized himself with fantasies until his sexual response returned, while hotel employee Ellie overheard his eerie laughter.

Harry checked on the construction of his new business branches, set four personal goals, and left Little Cutie in the hotel’s care before returning to Hogwarts. He planned to ask Dumbledore to teach him Apparition.

• Harry saw that construction was progressing quickly and planned to open two more Magic Castle branches in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
• Harry set goals to master as much magic as possible, gain power and renown, destroy Voldemort, and make more friends.
• Harry left Little Cutie with the hotel staff and gave the receptionist money for her food and care.
• Harry boarded the Hogwarts Express and returned to school, intending to ask Dumbledore for guidance on learning Apparition.

Harry visited Hagrid to recruit him for opening two new Magic Castle shops, then went to see Dumbledore at Hogwarts and asked to learn Apparition. Dumbledore agreed to teach him, and on their way to the practice classroom, he questioned Harry about Legilimency and the Restricted Section.

• Harry asked Hagrid to accompany him to open two Magic Castle branches, and Hagrid agreed after finishing the weeding in two days.
• Harry learned from Hagrid that Dumbledore was staying at Hogwarts and reflected on Dumbledore’s past and solitude.
• Harry found Dumbledore eating cream cake in his office and asked to learn Apparition, which Dumbledore agreed to teach.
• Dumbledore led Harry toward the sixth-year practice classroom and asked whether he had read about Legilimency.
• Harry said a book about Voldemort had described the subject, and he accused Dumbledore of giving him the Invisibility Cloak; Dumbledore asked how Harry knew it came from him.

Dumbledore tried to introduce Harry to Legilimency and planned to teach him Occlumency, but Harry claimed he had already learned the defensive spell. When Dumbledore tested Harry, Harry repelled his intrusion with overwhelming mental strength, and they went to the Magic Practice Classroom.

• Harry told Dumbledore that Legilimency was terrifying but said he was not afraid because he had learned Occlumency.
• Harry claimed he had found Occlumency in the library, though he had actually inferred how to defend his mind after studying Legilimency.
• Dumbledore warned Harry that Legilimency could cause lasting mental harm, then agreed to test it himself.
• Harry forcibly drove Dumbledore out of his mind, shocking Dumbledore with the strength of his mental defenses.
• Dumbledore accepted that Harry could defend himself, and the two arrived at the Magic Practice Classroom.

Harry learned Apparition under Dumbledore’s instruction and mastered it through relentless practice, though he could not legally use it without a license. Dumbledore then told him Merlin’s Circle had awarded him the Order of Merlin, Second Class, which Harry would receive in half a month.

• Dumbledore explained Hogwarts’ Anti-Apparition protections and taught Harry the three principles of Apparition: destination, determination, and deliberation.
• Harry practiced repeatedly, overcame the disorienting effects, and Apparated as far as London and his aunt and uncle’s home.
• Dumbledore warned Harry that Ministry regulations required wizards to be seventeen before they could take the Apparition licensing test.
• Dumbledore revealed that Merlin’s Circle had decided to award Harry the Order of Merlin, Second Class, for defeating Voldemort.
• Harry learned that the award ceremony would take place in half a month.