Chapter Summaries

Adam traveled back to 1980, stole Helga Hufflepuff's Golden Cup from the Gringotts vault using Bellatrix's appearance, and left behind a convincing fake. He remained in the past and set out to find Number 12, Grimmauld Place.

• Adam used a Time-Turner’s sand and the Return Card to jump back to 1980, with Kero and Suppi accompanying him.
• Adam disguised himself as Gandalf and walked through Diagon Alley, where he noticed the grim mood under Voldemort’s rule.
• Adam disguised himself as Bellatrix and persuaded a Gringotts goblin to lead him to her vault.
• Adam put the goblin to sleep, opened the vault with the Lock Card, and took Helga Hufflepuff's Golden Cup.
• Adam used the Creation Card and a bookmark to leave a lasting fake Golden Cup, then woke the goblin and left the vault.
• Adam wondered where Number 12, Grimmauld Place was and prepared to go there.

Adam arrived at Grimmauld Place and interrupted Regulus Black as he prepared to leave with a box containing a fake Horcrux. Adam revealed he knew about the Horcrux, took the box, and persuaded Regulus to talk before they Apparated away with Kreacher.

• Adam entered Grimmauld Place and disarmed Regulus Black, then stopped Kreacher from attacking him.
• Adam recognized Regulus and realized he was about to leave with the box on the day he planned to die.
• Adam pulled the box from Regulus and identified its contents as Salazar Slytherin's locket, then offered to help destroy the Horcrux.
• Adam used The Love while offering his hand, and Regulus agreed to talk with him elsewhere.
• Regulus retrieved his wand and the box, then Apparated away with Adam following his magical trace.

Adam revealed to Regulus that he had come from the future and explained how time travel and temporal paradoxes worked. He offered to save Regulus by taking him to the future, and the chapter ended after they made magical vows and Adam erased part of Kreacher’s memory.

• Adam explained time travel and temporal paradoxes to Regulus, then demonstrated that he could duplicate a Time-Turner.
• Regulus asked whether he was destined to die, and Adam offered to save him by taking him into the future.
• Regulus and Adam agreed to magical vows governing secrecy, cooperation, and Regulus’s rescue.
• Adam erased part of Kreacher’s memory so events would match the account Kreacher had given in the future.

Adam and Regulus entered the cave where Voldemort had hidden his Horcrux, and Adam used magic to cross the lake and capture an Inferius for study. After reflecting on the possibility of creating Adam Cards related to necromancy, Adam and Regulus prepared to retrieve the Horcrux.

• Adam froze the sea to lead Regulus to the cave, then opened the stone wall with silvery-white threads.
• Adam illuminated the cave and froze the lake instead of searching for Voldemort’s concealed boat.
• An Inferius grabbed Adam’s ankle, but Adam kicked it out of the lake and caught it.
• Adam copied the Inferius into a glass bottle and considered researching Adam Cards based on necromancy.
• Adam froze the lake and beckoned Regulus over, then turned their attention to taking the Horcrux.

Adam helped Regulus replace the cursed locket with a fake and letter, then purified Voldemort’s soul fragment from the real Horcrux. After hiding Regulus in a safe house, Adam went to meet Dumbledore and discovered Grindelwald was with him.

• Adam retrieved the box from the potion pool, and Regulus put his fake Horcrux and farewell letter inside before Adam returned it.
• Adam used a Purify Card to remove Voldemort’s soul fragment from the genuine locket, leaving it as a Founder's relic.
• Regulus ate Adam’s pickled chicken feet and asked when they would travel to the future.
• Adam took Regulus to a safe house, told him to stay there until Christmas break, and promised to bring him more food.
• Adam went to Dumbledore’s office and found Dumbledore gazing affectionately at Grindelwald.

Adam met Grindelwald in Professor Dumbledore’s office and revealed that he had identified and destroyed several of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. The conversation left Professor Dumbledore eager to recover the remaining founders’ relics while resisting the temptation to use the Resurrection Stone.

• Adam entered Professor Dumbledore’s office, recognized Grindelwald, and wondered about the old men’s relationship.
• Professor Dumbledore asked Adam what he knew about Voldemort’s Horcruxes, and Adam listed several objects he had found or destroyed.
• Adam suggested that the other Deathly Hallows and Godric Gryffindor’s relic might also be Horcruxes, but Professor Dumbledore said Voldemort could make only seven.
• Adam explained that he could remove Voldemort’s soul fragments without destroying their vessels, including Rowena Ravenclaw’s Diadem.
• Professor Dumbledore considered the Resurrection Stone, then suppressed his impulse and told Adam to keep it safe.

Adam attended the Christmas Ball with Mirror, then spent the night making barbecue for his hungry friends. The chapter ended with Adam preparing food before his holiday visit to Regulus.

• Adam wondered why Grindelwald had appeared at Hogwarts, then stopped thinking about it as Christmas arrived.
• Adam and his friends dressed for the ball, and Adam brought Mirror as his dance partner in matching Tang Dynasty-inspired clothes.
• After dancing one song, Adam and Mirror left the noisy Great Hall to eat ice cream in the snowy garden.
• Professor Snape caught two students sneaking around, then saw Mirror transform into a card and told Adam that normal interactions between students were encouraged.
• Bernard admitted he had gone hungry because he could not find a place to change during the ball, so Adam offered to make barbecue for him and the others.

Adam told Regulus that his sacrifice had not destroyed Voldemort’s Horcrux, but reassured him that sacrifice was heroic regardless of its outcome. After arranging Regulus’s future and returning to Hogwarts, Adam discussed the remaining Horcruxes with Dumbledore, who identified Harry as one and asked how Adam had removed soul fragments without destroying their vessels.

• Adam told Regulus that Voldemort had two Horcruxes left and that Kreacher had taken a fake locket, not destroyed a real one.
• Regulus despaired that his original sacrifice had achieved nothing, and Adam told him that the act itself made him a hero.
• Adam helped Regulus plan a restaurant staffed by House-elves and returned to Hogwarts on the last day of the holiday.
• Dumbledore showed Adam Godric Gryffindor’s Sword and the Elder Wand, ruling them out as Horcruxes.
• Adam said Harry was likely an unusual Horcrux created when Voldemort’s Killing Curse rebounded, and Dumbledore asked how Adam had removed soul fragments while preserving the Horcruxes.

Adam returned the founders’ relics and the Resurrection Stone to Professor Dumbledore, then worried that Dumbledore was preparing to die. At Hogwarts, Professor Grubbly-Plank took over Care of Magical Creatures temporarily, and a unicorn unexpectedly approached Adam.

• Adam gave Professor Dumbledore Slytherin’s locket and Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup, then revealed that he had hidden the Resurrection Stone among magically shrunk grains of sand.
• Professor Dumbledore used the Resurrection Stone, thanked Adam, and offered him the Mirror of Erised instead of accepting a trade.
• Adam left the Headmaster’s Office concerned that Professor Dumbledore seemed to have nothing left to live for, and considered speaking with Grindelwald.
• Professor Grubbly-Plank began teaching Care of Magical Creatures as a temporary substitute for Professor Hagrid.
• During a lesson about unicorns, the unicorn rushed past the students and approached Adam, who fed it mulberries.
• Professor Grubbly-Plank watched Adam with the unicorn and decided to investigate why it had approached a boy.

Adam helped Hagrid return to teaching after Rita Skeeter’s attack, while Professor Grubbly-Plank left Hogwarts and considered applying to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. At the second Triwizard task, Cedric rescued Cho Chang and won the highest score, and Adam warned him that the third task’s cup was a trap meant for Harry Potter.

• Adam sent Rita Skeeter a warning letter and an Acromantula claw, after which the Daily Prophet shifted to conflicting stories about Hagrid and a romance between Krum and Hermione.
• Hagrid returned to teaching, while Professor Grubbly-Plank left Hogwarts after her research failed and considered applying for the Defense Against the Dark Arts position.
• At the Black Lake, Cedric emerged first with Cho Chang, and Adam gave them ginger tea to warm up.
• The other Champions completed the second task, and Bagman announced the scores and set the final task for June 24.
• Adam told Cedric to hide and stay alert in the maze, warning him that the Triwizard Cup was a trap intended for Harry and that anyone else who touched it would die.

Adam warned Cedric that Voldemort and the Death Eaters were waiting beyond the Portkey, but Cedric entered the third trial after making a decision of his own. Adam altered the maze to keep Cedric from reaching danger and filled his section with magical creatures.

• Adam warned Cedric that the Dark Lord would return and that the Portkey could lead him into an ambush, but Cedric felt unable to warn anyone.
• Adam successfully developed a spell to transform creatures into Inferi, tested it on a Basilisk and an Acromantula, and decided the undead needed more research.
• Cedric entered the third trial maze while his father watched, and Adam secretly used the Maze Card and Wheel Card to make his route confusing.
• After Krum, Harry, and Pheobe entered the maze, Adam tossed Blast-Ended Skrewts and other magical creatures into Cedric's section.

During the Triwizard Tournament, Adam secretly took control of Voldemort’s Horcruxes while Harry returned from the maze and reported Voldemort’s return. After the tournament, Grindelwald met Adam and offered him everything he had in exchange for helping Dumbledore live on.

• Cedric fled a Blast-Ended Skrewt into an Acromantula nest and was later rescued from the maze.
• Krum and Pheobe drove Harry toward the tournament finish line under the Imperius Curse, and Harry vanished after taking the trophy.
• Adam followed Harry, used Time Stop to replace Nagini, and returned after gaining control of all seven Horcruxes.
• Harry reappeared on the lawn and announced Voldemort’s return, while Cedric reunited with his father and the tournament ended with Harry in first place.
• Grindelwald met Adam for tea and offered him everything he had if Adam would help Dumbledore live on.

Adam considered Grindelwald’s offer to help keep Professor Dumbledore alive by removing the chance for his glorious sacrifice. He was drawn to Grindelwald’s dark magic research and influence, and the two reached an understanding that could make Adam his successor.

• Grindelwald said he knew Dumbledore well enough to believe that Dumbledore wanted to die, and that he would remain alive if Voldemort were killed directly.
• Adam initially refused to interfere with Dumbledore’s choice, but Grindelwald argued that Dumbledore would not let his life end without meaning.
• Grindelwald offered Adam his dark magic research, wealth, and Wizarding Supremacist Party network in exchange for helping Dumbledore survive.
• Adam recognized that Grindelwald wanted both to save Dumbledore and to find an heir, and saw the party’s influence as useful to his plans to establish new rules.
• Adam accepted the appeal of Grindelwald’s offer and remarked that expelling him had been Durmstrang’s most foolish decision.

After the school year ended, Adam visited Professor Scamander to study two Obscuruses preserved in his suitcase. His observations raised the possibility that an Obscurus could be a continuous source of magic.

• Klon saw Adam, Eugene, Bernard, and Uther off at Hogsmeade, and Adam offered them safe houses as Voldemort’s return left students worried.
• Uther invited the others to Egypt, Bernard planned to bring his parents, and Adam said he would visit Professor Scamander before traveling to the Americas.
• Adam arrived at Professor Scamander’s home, where a photograph of the magical creature Shan Pi made him resolve to find some in China someday.
• Professor Scamander took Adam into his suitcase and showed him two Obscuruses, one from a girl in Sudan and the other from a young American wizard.
• Adam used his magical vision to examine the Obscuruses and wondered where their magic came from and whether they could provide an infinite source of magic.

Adam ended his research into the Obscurus and explored Professor Scamander’s magical-creature habitats before traveling with him to America. After studying creatures at Yellowstone National Park, Adam and Scamander prepared to leave for their next stop.

• Professor Scamander refused to remove the restraints from the Obscuruses, so Adam turned to examining Bowtruckles and later met Scamander’s wife, Tina.
• Adam spent two days exploring Scamander’s suitcase and learned spells for controlling weather, temperature, and humidity in magical habitats.
• Adam and Professor Scamander traveled to America, where Scamander explained that the Magical Congress had driven Thunderbirds from Yellowstone National Park.
• Adam befriended a Crup at Yellowstone, allowing Professor Scamander to observe the creature as it followed Adam’s instructions.
• Adam prepared a grilled White River Monster for himself, Professor Scamander, and the Crup, then set off with Scamander for their next stop.

Adam and Professor Scamander traveled from the Grand Canyon to Hawaii to visit a magical creature research institute that had captured several Sirens. They arrived at the beachside institute and were welcomed by a young wizard named Reed.

• Adam rode a Thunderbird around the Grand Canyon, then let it return home with its family after admiring it.
• Professor Scamander praised Adam for respecting magical creatures, while Adam privately wrestled with his guilty conscience.
• Professor Scamander told Adam that Sirens had been captured at a Hawaiian research institute and that they were at risk of extinction.
• Adam and Professor Scamander took a cruise to Hawaii and discussed their tastes in seafood.
• Reed greeted Professor Scamander and Adam enthusiastically at the beachside research institute.

Adam’s research into the Obscurus led him to a theory that life depended on matter, mind, and spirituality, and that true immortality required an anchor across all three dimensions. After examining the Sorcerer’s Stone, he realized he could use it to create a lasting anchor and become immortal, but he chose not to abandon his other pursuits for the research.

• Adam studied the Obscurus and concluded that humans, Non-Existents, Obscuruses, and Phoenixes had different relationships to the three dimensions of matter, mind, and spirituality.
• Adam examined the Sorcerer’s Stone and saw that it formed a singularity where all three dimensions overlapped.
• Adam theorized that using the Sorcerer’s Stone to establish an anchor across all three dimensions could make him immortal and grant him endless magical power.
• Adam suppressed his urge to focus exclusively on the Elixir of Life and decided to pursue the fleeting beauties of life alongside his research.
• Adam reflected on his jealousy of Sakura’s magical talent and accepted that his own path was to gain power through study and effort.

Adam returned to Hogwarts aboard the Express, learned he had been appointed a prefect, and joined the other prefects for a meeting. He left his friends after Hannah explained that Professor Sprout had sent his appointment letter by Muggle post because his owl had not returned.

• Adam told Bernard that Regulus had named his restaurant Pure-Blood Glory, and he resolved to ask Regulus to change the name.
• Adam told Uther and the others that he had learned American food spells and brought back two Re'em, whose meat delighted Uther.
• Bernard said Mrs. Lauren had joined Professor Dumbledore's secret organization, while Eugene said his grandmother had urged his parents to stay home and make a pact.
• Adam, Bernard, Uther, and Eugene discussed the Ministry of Magic's failure to confront the Death Eaters and Fudge's attachment to power.
• Adam revealed that Professor Sprout had chosen him as a prefect, and Hannah arrived to summon him to the prefects' meeting.
• Hannah explained that Professor Sprout had sent Adam's letter by Muggle post because his owl had been away for over ten days, and Adam said he had been in America.

Adam began his fifth year at Hogwarts, guided Hufflepuff first-years to the kitchens, and discussed exams and future careers with his friends. He secretly put Umbridge to sleep, then told her the school legend that Voldemort had cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts position.

• Adam and Hannah led Hufflepuff’s first-years to their common room, where Adam showed them the kitchen entrance.
• Adam urged Eugene and Bernard to take their O.W.L.s seriously and discussed Klon’s possible future in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
• Umbridge collapsed at the start of her first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, and Adam told the class to study on their own.
• Dumbledore told Adam that Umbridge’s stubborn magical sleep seemed like the result of a curse, and Adam decided to remove the Sleep Card the next day.
• After waking from a day of nightmares, Umbridge questioned Adam, who told her the legend that Voldemort had cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.

Adam’s remarks led Umbridge to investigate the history of Hogwarts’s Defense Against the Dark Arts professors, and she became convinced the post was cursed and resolved to leave it. Meanwhile, Adam shared his new wine, Sweet Dreams, with Regulus, explaining that it came from his research on the Dream Card.

• Adam listed the fates of recent Defense Against the Dark Arts professors, prompting Umbridge to investigate Ministry records.
• Umbridge discovered that no Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had continued into a second year for forty-seven years, and she feared the post was cursed.
• After suffering three days of nightmares, Umbridge decided she could not teach Defense Against the Dark Arts any longer and prepared to seek Fudge’s help, blaming Dumbledore for her condition.
• Regulus tasted Adam’s wine, Sweet Dreams, and praised its remarkable flavor.
• Adam reflected that Umbridge’s recent experiences had helped him combine the Dream Card with the Sweet Card to create the wine.