Chapter Summaries

Harry watched a film showing his success in Potions, Dumbledore’s search for information about Voldemort, and Draco’s secret plan against Dumbledore. The screening left Draco and Lucius confronting the likelihood that Voldemort had chosen Draco to kill Dumbledore.

• Harry watched his film self brew the Draught of Living Death, earn Slughorn’s praise, and receive Felix Felicis.
• Dumbledore showed Harry a memory of young Voldemort and explained that Slughorn held another important memory about him.
• Slughorn realized the film had exposed his connection to Voldemort, while Draco saw his film self find the Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement.
• Harry’s film self kept studying the Half-Blood Prince’s Potions textbook as Hermione and Ginny remained wary of it, and McGonagall questioned the trio about another incident.
• Draco learned that his film self planned to kill Dumbledore without Snape’s help, and Lucius inferred that Voldemort had chosen Draco after Lucius’s failure at the Department of Mysteries.

Harry and the screening-hall audience watched Felix Felicis help Harry obtain Professor Slughorn’s memory about Voldemort asking how to make Horcruxes. The memory revealed that Voldemort had made multiple Horcruxes, and Harry’s strange reaction to a ring left Sirius Black recalling Professor Dumbledore’s warning that the time was not yet right.

• Harry laughed at Ron’s lovestruck behavior in the movie, then Ron learned that Draco had poisoned him and saw Ginny kiss Harry.
• Harry and Ron argued over Harry and Ginny dating until Sirius Black intervened as the movie moved on to Felix Felicis.
• Harry’s Felix-guided visit to Hagrid’s hut prompted Professor Slughorn to recount how Lily had given him a magical fish that vanished on the day she died.
• Harry persuaded Professor Slughorn to hand over his memory, and Slughorn in the screening hall murmured Lily’s name.
• The memory showed Voldemort asking Slughorn about Horcruxes, and it revealed that Voldemort had made more than one.
• Harry touched the ring that Dumbledore identified as a Horcrux and experienced a strange reaction, reminding Sirius of Dumbledore’s warning to wait.

Sirius Black and the other viewers watched Harry and Professor Dumbledore search for Voldemort’s Horcruxes, while Professor Grindelwald recognized the danger of Dumbledore’s worsening condition. After Dumbledore rescued Harry from the Inferi, Death Eaters arrived at Hogwarts, leaving the viewers waiting to see what would happen.

• Sirius Black suspected Harry might have become a Horcrux on the night James and Lily died, but decided to ask Professor Dumbledore later.
• Harry explained that the movie showed Professor Dumbledore taking him to find another Horcrux, and Professor Grindelwald noticed Dumbledore’s injured hand and connected it to the ring.
• Professor Dumbledore drank the potion protecting the Horcrux locket and suffered visions of his greatest fear, which Professor Grindelwald recognized as Ariana’s death.
• Harry took the locket and was dragged into the lake by the Inferi, so Professor Dumbledore summoned fire to drive them back and save him.
• After Harry and Professor Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, Death Eaters who had entered with Draco’s help approached them, and Dumbledore told Harry to hide beneath the Invisibility Cloak.

The audience watched Draco disarm Dumbledore and Snape kill him, prompting Grindelwald to confront Dumbledore about the sacrifice. The film showed Hogwarts mourning Dumbledore, while the living Dumbledore and McGonagall reacted awkwardly to the funeral scene.

• Draco's movie self disarmed Dumbledore but hesitated until the Death Eaters arrived, and Snape killed Dumbledore with the Killing Curse.
• Grindelwald realized Dumbledore had asked Snape to kill him and angrily confronted Dumbledore about choosing to sacrifice himself.
• Dumbledore explained that he had wanted to spare Harry, and Grindelwald told him, "You are not alone."
• Sirius suggested that Dumbledore had immobilized Harry beneath the Invisibility Cloak so he could not interfere.
• Hogwarts teachers and students mourned Dumbledore by raising their wands, and the theater audience joined them.
• McGonagall lowered her wand after Dumbledore reminded her that he was still alive, and Fawkes's song ended the mourning.

After the film’s premiere sparked debate over Dumbledore’s death and the fake Horcrux, Adam prepared a screening featuring many of the story’s characters. Harry spotted Snape among the audience and panicked when Snape smiled and nodded at him.

• The Wizarding World became fascinated by Dumbledore’s death, Snape’s role in it, and the identity of R.A.B.
• Adam met Regulus at the Nightingale Pub, where Regulus reflected on how his heroic Horcrux substitution had been misunderstood.
• Two weeks later, Adam arranged seats for familiar faces at the next film screening, including Harry, Ron, Hermione, the Weasleys, the Order, Hogwarts professors, and the Malfoys.
• Harry greeted Hermione and Ron, who exchanged civil greetings after their peaceful breakup.
• Harry called out to Snape, then panicked when Snape turned, smiled, and nodded at him.

Harry and the others watched a film that showed the Wizarding World facing Voldemort without Dumbledore, while Harry left the Dursleys and the Order prepared to move him to safety. The chapter ended as Harry saw Hedwig fall after a flash of green light during the attack on the Seven Potters.

• Scrimgeour's speech opened the film by showing how vulnerable the Wizarding World was without Dumbledore.
• Harry said goodbye to the Dursleys, and Hermione used Obliviate on her parents in the film.
• The audience watched Snape attend Voldemort's meeting at Malfoy Manor, where Nagini lunged toward the camera.
• The film showed Bill injured by a werewolf and revealed Lupin and Tonks as a couple, startling the Order of the Phoenix.
• The Order used Polyjuice Potion to create seven Harrys, then scattered as Death Eaters attacked them in the sky.
• Harry saw Hedwig fall after a flash of green light and recognized her.

As Harry watched the film, Hedwig and Moody’s deaths left him fearing who would die next, while the plot followed the trio from Bill and Pheobe’s wedding to their discovery that Umbridge had the locket. The chapter left Harry and his friends infiltrating the Ministry of Magic to steal it, as Fred and George recognized a Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes product and exchanged ideas.

• Adam received a message from the Wizarding Supremacist Party, praised its progress, and told its members to keep operating while he stayed in the screening room.
• At the rebuilt Burrow, George joked with Fred and the Weasley family about losing his ear, while Harry worried about further deaths and agreed that he needed Hermione and Ron.
• At Bill and Pheobe’s wedding, Scrimgeour gave Ron the Deluminator, Hermione The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and Harry the Golden Snitch from his first Quidditch match.
• After Death Eaters attacked the wedding, Harry, Ron, and Hermione fled and hid in the Black family home, where Harry discovered that Regulus Black had the initials R.A.B.
• The trio learned from Mundungus Fletcher that Umbridge had the locket and infiltrated the Ministry of Magic to steal it.
• Fred and George recognized Harry’s attention-drawing prop as a product of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes and said they had ideas.

Harry and Hermione continued searching for Horcruxes while the film showed Voldemort hunting the Elder Wand and the trio splitting up. Harry followed a doe Patronus to the Sword of Gryffindor beneath a frozen river, where the Horcrux nearly drowned him as Hermione questioned why he had not used a branch to retrieve it.

• Ron noticed Hermione’s practical supplies in the film, then watched as Voldemort searched for a stolen wand and Professor Grindelwald realized he was after the Elder Wand.
• The film showed Ron leaving Harry and Hermione after an argument, and Harry and Hermione went to his birthplace in search of Horcrux clues.
• Harry and Hermione followed an old woman who transformed into Nagini, escaped her, and lost Harry’s wand.
• In a snowy forest, Harry followed a doe Patronus to a frozen river and discovered the Sword of Gryffindor beneath the ice.
• Harry went into the freezing river to retrieve the sword, but the Horcrux dragged him away from the opening and nearly drowned him.

The trio learned the meaning of the Deathly Hallows symbol, then were captured and taken to Malfoy Manor while Voldemort went to Nurmengard to question Grindelwald about the Elder Wand. Grindelwald died without giving him information, and Bellatrix began torturing Hermione over the Sword of Gryffindor.

• Ron returned with the Sword of Gryffindor, and he and Harry reconciled after Ron had abandoned the trio.
• Xenophilius Lovegood explained that the symbol was the sign of the Deathly Hallows and told the trio the old fairy tale.
• After Death Eaters took Luna, Hermione protected Xenophilius and Luna, but the trio were captured by Snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor.
• At Nurmengard, Voldemort questioned Grindelwald about the Elder Wand, then killed him when he revealed nothing.
• Bellatrix saw the Sword of Gryffindor, sent Ron and the boy suspected of being Harry to the dungeon, and tortured Hermione.

After the seventh film, wizards debated how Harry could defeat Voldemort, focusing on the remaining Horcruxes and the Elder Wand’s allegiance. Harry and Ron considered who had secretly brought them the Sword of Gryffindor, leaving Harry uncertain whether Snape was an Order of the Phoenix spy.

• Audiences mourned Dobby’s death and noted that Voldemort had taken the Elder Wand from Dumbledore’s grave.
• Media outlets speculated that Hermione could use Polyjuice Potion to enter Bellatrix’s vault and uncover more Horcruxes.
• Ollivander explained that the Elder Wand’s allegiance had passed from Draco to Harry, making Voldemort’s victory unlikely if he fought Harry with it.
• Harry told Ron that the identity of the person who had stolen the Sword of Gryffindor and guided them with a Patronus remained a crucial mystery.
• Harry suspected Snape might have been a spy for the Order of the Phoenix, but questioned why Snape had continued undercover after Dumbledore’s death.

Harry and his friends watched the final film, which revealed Hogwarts under Snape’s rule and followed Harry’s attempt to steal a Horcrux from Bellatrix’s vault. Griphook betrayed the group and escaped with the Sword of Gryffindor, leaving Harry, Ron, and Hermione trapped in Gringotts as Harry proposed riding the Ukrainian Ironbelly to escape.

• Adam celebrated the Christmas release date for the final film and discussed training wizards in Ancient Magic with Yog.
• The film showed Dementors surrounding Hogwarts and Snape watching the students and professors from above.
• Harry learned from Griphook that Bellatrix’s Sword of Gryffindor was fake and that Snape had placed it in her vault.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the vault with Griphook’s help, but the Thief’s Downfall exposed their disguises and left them trapped inside.
• Griphook took the Horcrux and Sword of Gryffindor, then abandoned Harry and his friends as Gringotts guards closed in.
• Harry suggested escaping by riding the Ukrainian Ironbelly out of Gringotts.

Harry returned to Hogwarts as the professors organized the school’s defense and evacuated younger students. With Voldemort closing in, Harry sought the Ravenclaw diadem and learned from The Grey Lady that Voldemort had once possessed it, though its current location remained unknown.

• Harry entered Hogwarts through the passage behind Ariana’s portrait, and Professor McGonagall gathered the students and professors to prepare for battle.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Hogwarts’s Stone Guardians to defend the castle, while the professors raised a powerful protective charm.
• Harry found members of Dumbledore’s Army and the Order of the Phoenix in the Room of Requirement, where Percy returned to his family.
• Harry asked The Grey Lady about Ravenclaw’s diadem and learned that she was Ravenclaw’s daughter and had told Voldemort where the diadem was.
• Harry realized the diadem was a Horcrux and tried to work out where Voldemort had hidden it.

As Harry and his allies searched Hogwarts for Horcruxes, Voldemort shattered the castle’s protective magic and the Death Eaters stormed in. Harry’s group destroyed Ravenclaw’s diadem in the Room of Requirement, then encountered Percy and Fred amid the battle just as a blinding explosion filled the screen.

• Harry headed for the Room of Requirement while Hogwarts prepared for the Death Eaters’ attack, and Hermione and Ron revealed they had brought Basilisk fangs to destroy Horcruxes.
• Ron and Hermione kissed, while Fred and George joked about their possible deaths and Adam offered to record their reactions.
• After Voldemort lost another Horcrux, he shattered Hogwarts’s protective magic, allowing the Death Eaters and their allies to invade the castle.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione found Ravenclaw’s diadem in the Room of Requirement, where Crabbe unleashed Fiendfyre that destroyed the room and the diadem.
• Harry’s group escaped on brooms and rescued Draco and Goyle, then found Percy and Fred fighting as a sudden explosion flooded the screen with white light.

Fred and George confronted the possibility that one of them might die before the other after watching Fred's death in the movie. Meanwhile, Harry and the others continued hunting the last Horcrux and witnessed Voldemort order Nagini to kill Snape.

• Percy found Fred dead in the movie, and George broke down before Fred comforted him and promised they would invent a way to die together.
• Adam explained that a device that killed one twin immediately after the other's death might be possible, though it was not what Fred and George wanted.
• The battle forced Harry and his companions to set aside their grief and continue searching for the final Horcrux, Nagini.
• Harry sensed Voldemort at the boathouse, where Voldemort explained that he believed Snape had become master of the Elder Wand by killing Dumbledore.
• Voldemort ordered Nagini to bite Snape's neck, then left, convinced Snape would not survive.

Harry collected Snape’s memories after Snape died, then watched them reveal Snape’s history with Lily and his desperate attempt to save her from Voldemort. Dumbledore demanded something in exchange for protecting Lily and her family, and Snape promised to give anything.

• Harry caught Snape’s silvery-blue memories in a bottle as Snape died, asking Harry to look at him.
• Voldemort announced a temporary withdrawal and demanded that Harry face him in the Forbidden Forest within an hour or he would kill the survivors at Hogwarts.
• Harry went to the Headmaster’s Office and poured Snape’s memories into a Pensieve, learning that Snape and Lily had once been close before he called her “Mudblood.”
• Snape told Dumbledore that he had revealed the prophecy to Voldemort and asked him to protect Lily and her family.
• Dumbledore asked Snape what he would offer in exchange, and Snape answered, “Anything.”

The film revealed how Snape secretly protected Harry for Lily’s sake and showed Dumbledore asking Snape to kill him rather than let Draco damn himself. Snape questioned what would become of his own soul, while Dumbledore began explaining what Snape must tell Harry after his death.

• The film showed Snape agreeing to protect Harry because Harry had Lily’s eyes, then secretly guarding him through the years.
• The film revealed that a cursed Horcrux ring had blackened Dumbledore’s hand and left him with less than a year to live.
• Dumbledore asked Snape to kill him so Draco’s soul would not be torn apart, and Snape quietly asked, “Then what about my soul, Dumbledore?”
• Yog took Dumbledore’s words literally and wondered whether his own many murders had shattered his soul, while Adam dismissed the thought.
• Dumbledore told Snape that Voldemort would keep Nagini close after the other Horcruxes were destroyed, then began telling him what to say to Harry.

Harry learned that he was an accidental Horcrux and that destroying Voldemort might require his own death. After watching Snape’s memories reveal his lifelong protection and the plan leading Harry toward that fate, Harry left the Headmaster’s Office under the Invisibility Cloak.

• Dumbledore told Snape that a fragment of Voldemort’s soul had attached itself to Harry, making Harry an accidental Horcrux who must die to destroy Voldemort.
• Harry recalled that Voldemort had struck him with the Killing Curse when he was defeated and wondered whether he had died then.
• Snape showed Dumbledore his doe Patronus, revealing that his love for Lily had endured.
• Dumbledore explained how Snape had secretly protected Harry and Hogwarts, guided the Seven Potters operation, and delivered the Sword of Gryffindor.
• Harry watched the memory, absorbed the revelation of his fate, then put on the Invisibility Cloak and descended from the Headmaster’s Office.

Harry walked toward Voldemort’s forest, but first asked Neville to destroy Nagini if Ron and Hermione could not. As Harry entered the Forbidden Forest, he opened the Golden Snitch and found the Resurrection Stone, which he used to summon his dead loved ones before facing death.

• Harry stopped beneath the Invisibility Cloak to tell Neville that Nagini had to be killed if Ron and Hermione could not destroy the snake.
• Professor Dumbledore explained how the Elder Wand and Harry’s acceptance of death connected the final films to the Deathly Hallows.
• Harry entered the Forbidden Forest and opened the Golden Snitch by saying, “I’m ready to die.”
• Harry found the Resurrection Stone inside the Snitch and turned it three times in his palm.

Harry walked into the Forbidden Forest expecting Voldemort to kill him, but after the Killing Curse struck, he found himself in a hall with Dumbledore and learned the truth about their connections. Dumbledore explained that Voldemort’s use of Harry’s blood had preserved Lily’s protection, and admitted he had only guessed the full story.

• Harry summoned the figures of Lily, James, Sirius Black, and Lupin with the Resurrection Stone, then asked them to stay with him as he faced Voldemort.
• Harry met Voldemort without resisting and was struck by the Killing Curse, leaving the theater audience convinced he had died.
• Harry appeared in a glass-domed hall with Dumbledore and a fragment of Voldemort’s soul, and Dumbledore told him he was not dead.
• Dumbledore explained that Harry carried a fragment of Voldemort’s soul and that Voldemort’s use of Harry’s blood had preserved Lily’s protective magic in him.
• Dumbledore said the protection meant Voldemort had to kill Harry himself, then revealed that he had only guessed how the connections worked.

Harry spoke with Professor Dumbledore at King's Cross and chose to return to life, while Voldemort ordered Narcissa to check his body. Narcissa discovered Harry was alive but hid the truth, claiming he was dead after asking whether Draco was safe.

• Professor Dumbledore told Harry that the station’s train would take him onward, and Harry chose to return to the living world.
• Voldemort rose from the ground after Harry’s soul fragment was destroyed and ordered Narcissa to check whether Harry was dead.
• Narcissa quietly asked Harry whether Draco was in the castle, and Harry confirmed that he was alive with a nod.
• Narcissa withdrew her hand and told the surrounding Death Eaters that Harry was dead.