Chapter Summaries

Harley brought Sirius and Peter Pettigrew before Minister Fudge, while Dumbledore explained that Pettigrew had betrayed the Potters and framed Sirius. Harley persuaded Fudge to present Sirius’s exoneration as his own achievement, leaving Fudge eager to shift the blame onto Crouch.

• Harley arrived at the Headmaster's Office, where she reunited with Sirius and learned from Phineas Black that Regulus was dead.
• Dumbledore told Sirius to stay silent and had Lupin watch him before Fudge arrived with Aurors.
• Dumbledore revealed that Harley had caught Peter Pettigrew and that Pettigrew, not Sirius, had betrayed the Potters.
• Fudge questioned whether Pettigrew was genuine, then agreed to take him and Sirius to the Ministry for examination.
• Harley proposed that Fudge frame himself as the Minister who uncovered the truth and blame Crouch for Sirius's unlawful imprisonment.
• Fudge recognized the political advantage and planned to use Crouch's procedural failures against him.

Fudge moved quickly to secure Peter Pettigrew and arrange a public hearing, where Peter was sentenced to life in Azkaban and Sirius was acquitted. As Rita published a sensational article questioning whether Harley might become a Dark Lord, Harley quietly considered dealing with the reporter.

• Sirius warned Fudge that Peter was an Animagus who might escape, and Fudge ordered Kingsley to guard him carefully while Dumbledore kept Sirius and Harley at Hogwarts.
• Dilys Derwent praised Harley’s political talent, and Dumbledore told Sirius to stay with Lupin until his name was cleared.
• Fudge had Peter confess again, publicized the miscarriage of justice, and arranged a Wizengamot hearing with Dumbledore presiding.
• The Wizengamot sentenced Peter to life in Azkaban and acquitted Sirius, while Fudge and Harley spoke with reporters and officials.
• Rita published an article portraying Harley as a potential future Dark Lord, and Harley decided she might need to silence Rita.

Harley decided to use Hedwig to spy on Hagrid’s Acromantula colony and gave her a Spectator Pathway potion. At Christmas, Harley received the Marauder’s Map from the Weasley twins and learned that Lupin, Sirius, and her father had created it.

• Hagrid told Harley and the others that Acromantulas had attacked Aragog’s colony and that he feared Aragog would leave Hogwarts, then received news that Buckbeak’s case had been resolved in his favor.
• Harley brewed a Spectator Pathway potion and Hedwig drank it, after which Harley kept the owl close while she waited for its abilities to develop.
• Harley received gifts from her friends and teachers, including Hermione’s Chinese-English dictionary, Sirius’s Firebolt, Snape’s Felix Felicis, and the Marauder’s Map from the Weasley twins.
• Harley activated the Marauder’s Map and thought about Peter Pettigrew’s role among its creators.
• Hermione told Fred and George that Lupin, Sirius, and Harley’s father had made the map, and Fred recognized Lupin as Moony.

Harley and Hermione joined the Christmas feast, where Professor Trelawney claimed to have dispelled a calamity and clashed with Professor McGonagall. Afterward, they visited Lupin and learned that he feared his werewolf transformation might last longer than usual.

• Hermione explained the nicknames of the Marauders, and Harley identified Peter Pettigrew as Wormtail.
• Dumbledore announced that Lupin was unwell and staying in his office with Sirius, while Snape worried that his altered Wolfsbane Potion might fail.
• Trelawney arrived at the feast on a skateboard, claimed to have dispelled a danger to Hogwarts, and nearly crashed before Harley caught her with Spider Silk.
• Trelawney and McGonagall traded barbs throughout the feast, and Trelawney left with two bottles of Sherry after McGonagall challenged her to predict the next year's budget.
• Harley and Hermione visited Lupin and Sirius, and Lupin said he feared he might remain in werewolf form for a day on either side of the full moon.

Harley translated a passage from Emperor Roselle’s notes and spent the rest of the Christmas holidays studying and attacking Acromantulas. As term approached, Sirius invited Harley to live with him and decided they would move into Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

• Nicolas’s records revealed that werewolves were created by ancient wizards, and Harley left Professor Dumbledore to investigate Professor Lupin’s unusual strength.
• Hedwig reported that Acromantulas were exploring the Forbidden Forest, while Harley translated Roselle’s notes and found a suggestive diary entry about a Demoness.
• Harley repeatedly attacked Acromantula scouting parties, and Aragog halted exploration after none of the dispatched spiders returned.
• Harley spent the holidays reading and helping the Weasley Twins, while Sirius cared for the recovering Professor Lupin.
• Sirius asked Harley to stay with him during the holidays, and, after learning she was curious about the Black family home, decided they would live at Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

Harley secretly captured a Dementor and spent the afternoon testing which kinds of magic could hurt it, while Hogwarts students returned from Christmas eager to hear about Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. By early February, Harley’s Firebolt had been revealed at Gryffindor’s open Quidditch practice, leaving Ravenclaw’s team discouraged before their match.

• Sirius used Dumbledore’s Portkey to travel to Diagon Alley and buy a wand before attempting to enter Number 12 Grimmauld Place.
• The students returned to Hogwarts on the Express and searched for Harley, who was secretly working with a captured Dementor in the Room of Requirement.
• Harley tested Black Flame, ice, and other attacks on the Dementor, then stored it in a box after it became terrified of her.
• Hermione refused Harley’s advice to drop classes, while Snape began teaching Harley advanced Potions, including Baruffio’s Brain Elixir, Polyjuice Potion, and Felix Felicis.
• Harley rode her Firebolt at Gryffindor’s open Quidditch practice, and Katie used Harley’s Nimbus 2000 as Ravenclaw prepared to face Gryffindor.

After leading Gryffindor to a crushing Quidditch victory with her Firebolt, Harley found a cursed crown in the Room of Requirement and discovered it was a Horcrux. She kept it to study and awaited information from Sirius about Dark Magic and Horcruxes.

• Harley used her Firebolt to dominate Ravenclaw during the match, though Cho Chang caught the Snitch, and Gryffindor won 290 to 160.
• Harley entered the Room of Requirement to search for magical objects and found a battered crown that tried to invade her mind.
• Harley used Medusa's emerald light to suppress the crown and used the Magic Mirror to identify it as a Horcrux like Voldemort's Diary.
• Harley froze and warded the crown, then kept it to study rather than hand it over.
• Harley tested the Horcrux with magic, a Dementor, and basilisk venom, learning that her Mythical Creature Form and basilisk venom could damage it.
• Harley decided to wait for Sirius to provide information from the House of Black before continuing her research.

Harley received Sirius’s invitation to visit Number 12 Grimmauld Place over Easter and invited Hermione along. After Professor Trelawney delivered a mysterious Prophecy under the influence of a force from the Spirit World, Harley and Hermione searched the library for clues but found none.

• Sirius invited Harley to visit Number 12 Grimmauld Place over Easter and browse its library, and Harley persuaded Hermione to join her.
• Harley reflected on her sealed Mythical Creature Form and the dangers and ingredients involved in restoring her Sequence 4 strength.
• Professor Trelawney suddenly delivered a Prophecy about numbers, the stars, enemies, friends, and an accident while a powerful force from the Spirit World controlled her.
• Harley told Hermione that a force from the world had connected with Professor Trelawney, and the two left the classroom after Trelawney recovered.
• Hermione spent the afternoon searching astrology books with Harley, but they found no explanation for the Prophecy’s references to the stars.

Harley investigated the Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, killed them, and confronted Rita Skeeter, who had been spying on her. Rita claimed she had come to investigate Hagrid’s suspected illegal breeding ground, and Harley pressed her for answers.

• Harley killed six Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest and harvested useful materials from their corpses.
• Harley spotted Rita Skeeter disguised as a beetle and warned her that she would kill her if she tried to escape.
• Harley struck Rita with an ice pillar and bound her to a tree with Spider Silk after Rita invoked Ministry law.
• Harley told Rita she was not like Dumbledore and demanded to know why she had come to the forest.
• Rita claimed she had followed a lead from Bigrit and Old Nott suggesting Hagrid kept an illegal breeding ground in the Forbidden Forest.

Harley exposed Rita's plan to smear her and used her powers to force Rita into a deal. Rita left convinced that Harley was a rising Dark Lord, while Harley gained a reporter she could control and contact through a hidden mark.

• Hedwig warned Harley that Rita was lying, and Harley restrained Rita with Beyonder abilities and forced her to confess.
• Rita revealed that she had been spying on Hogwarts as an Animagus and planned to publish a sensational story portraying Harley as a dangerous Warlock.
• Harley frightened Rita by suggesting she could become the Dark Lord or White Lord, then offered to spare her in exchange for favorable coverage and future assistance.
• Rita agreed to Harley's terms, offering information about Pure-blood families who abducted and tortured Muggles.
• Harley placed a concealed communication mark on Rita, and Rita mistook it for a Dark Mark and concluded Harley was a new Dark Lord.

Rita Skeeter accepted Harley’s deal and kept the hidden mark Harley had placed on her. During Easter, Harley and Hermione visited the Black family home with Sirius and Professor Lupin, where Sirius led them into the family’s magical library and warned them about its Dark Magic collection.

• Rita concealed Harley’s mark and considered working for her, while Harley explained to Hedwig how the mark and their bargain would discourage Skeeter from betraying her.
• Harley, Hermione, and Professor Lupin used Dumbledore’s Portkey to reach 12 Grimmauld Place for the Easter break.
• Sirius welcomed them to the filthy, neglected house, and Hermione and Harley cleaned and settled into a shared room.
• Sirius guided Harley and Hermione through the library’s magical defenses and opened its door using his blood and an incantation.
• Harley secretly sent her silver Patronus clone to collect Dark Magic books while Hermione selected books on astrological Prophecy.
• Sirius called them away from the library, and Harley and Hermione left with their chosen books.

Harley recognized the silver Locket in Kreacher’s cupboard as a likely Horcrux connected to Voldemort, and Kreacher revealed that Regulus had left it behind after his death. As Sirius grieved for his brother, Harley became interested in the cave’s painful Potion and considered visiting it to study its effects.

• Sirius confronted Kreacher after finding him hiding discarded objects in a kitchen cupboard, and Harley spotted an ornate Locket inside.
• Harley used Spider Silk to retrieve the Locket and warned Sirius and Hermione that it was probably a Dark object connected to Voldemort.
• Sirius ordered Kreacher to explain the Locket’s origin, and Kreacher said Regulus had left it behind.
• Kreacher recounted how Regulus turned against Voldemort, was dragged underwater in a cave, and ordered Kreacher to destroy the Locket.
• Sirius broke down after learning of Regulus’s sacrifice, while Harley considered the cave’s painful Potion and decided to seek a chance to visit it.

After learning that Regulus had died trying to steal Voldemort’s Horcrux, Sirius blamed Kreacher until the others calmed them both. Harley sealed the Locket and agreed to help Sirius retrieve Regulus’s body from the cave, with Kreacher offering to guide them.

• Sirius blamed Kreacher for Regulus’s death and tried to attack it, but Harley restrained them both with Spider Silk.
• Phineas said Dumbledore was in Azkaban for at least a week and identified the Locket as Slytherin’s Locket.
• Harley explained Horcruxes to Hermione, Sirius, and Professor Lupin, including Voldemort’s use of the Diary in their second year.
• Harley sealed the Locket in ice until Dumbledore could deal with it.
• Phineas urged Sirius to retrieve Regulus’s body, explaining that it might have become an Inferius.
• Harley agreed to go to the cave with Sirius, and Kreacher asked to guide them there.

Harley, Sirius, and Professor Lupin entered Voldemort’s cave to find Regulus’s body, and Harley removed the basin holding the Potion to draw out the Inferi. As she froze the creatures and searched for Regulus, two Giant Inferi appeared and Professor Lupin unexpectedly transformed into a werewolf.

• Sirius, Harley, and Professor Lupin agreed to retrieve Regulus’s body, and Kreacher guided them to the cave’s island.
• Harley removed Voldemort’s stone basin and Potion, causing the Inferi in the lake to rise and approach the island.
• Harley froze the Inferi that came ashore while Sirius and Kreacher searched them for Regulus, but they did not find him.
• Two Giant Inferi emerged from the lake, and Harley prepared to restrain them.
• Professor Lupin suddenly transformed into a werewolf and charged at the ordinary Inferi, while Harley sensed an unknown intervention connected to the Rose School.

Harley and Sirius cleared the Inferi from the cave, recovered Regulus’s body, and helped Professor Lupin return to human form. Back at Number 12 Grimmauld Place, Phineas mourned Regulus as the group brought him home.

• Harley weakened and burned the two Giant Inferi, then helped Sirius capture Regulus’s Inferius while she and Sirius destroyed the remaining Inferi.
• Harley used the Hominid Restoration Charm to turn Professor Lupin back into a human, and Lupin said he felt unusually whole after transforming.
• Harley explained that the charm could suppress a werewolf’s transformation for about twelve hours and planned to study it to help werewolves.
• Sirius carried Regulus’s body, and Kreacher Apparated the group back to Number 12 Grimmauld Place.
• Hermione welcomed Harley home, and Phineas recognized Regulus and raised a toast to his favorite junior.

Phineas directed Sirius to restore Regulus’s dignity, while Harley secretly returned to Voldemort’s cave to drink the potion and reclaim her Sequence 4 status. She overcame the Manipulator characteristic’s mental imprint and emerged stronger, confident that no one in the Wizarding World could threaten her.

• Phineas ordered Sirius to remove the Inferius magic from Regulus and bury him in the Black family cemetery, then offered to guide the process.
• Sirius took Regulus to a hidden Black family laboratory with Professor Lupin and Kreacher, while Harley stayed behind and created a double to pretend she was asleep.
• Harley had Dobby take her to Voldemort’s cave, where she restored the stone slab, prepared safeguards, and drank the potion from the basin.
• Harley endured the potion’s physical and mental torment as her Manipulator Beyonder Characteristic left her and Medusa awakened.
• The characteristic’s former owner tried to overwrite Harley’s memories, but Harley resisted and regained control of her Mythical Creature Form.
• Harley rose victorious and declared that she feared no one in the Wizarding World.

After recovering to Sequence 4, Harley explored Voldemort’s cave, tested her Demoness abilities, and collected magical materials before returning to Number 12 Grimmauld Place. She learned startling secrets about the Ancient Sun God and the Kings of Angel, then found Sirius and Professor Lupin had succeeded in their magical work.

• Harley recovered to Sequence 4, dismissed Dobby, and froze the cave and its lake while testing her disaster-causing abilities.
• Harley examined Voldemort’s cave, opened its stone door with Acromantula blood, took the chained boat, and bottled lake water.
• Harley returned to Number 12 Grimmauld Place, merged with her clone, and prepared a Manipulator Potion with Gold-rimmed Glasses.
• Harley read the Manipulator’s memories and learned that the Ancient Sun God may have surpassed Sequence 0 and that the Kings of Angel held immense power.
• Harley woke at dawn and discovered Sirius and Professor Lupin had succeeded, though both fell asleep from exhaustion while she and Hermione fetched breakfast.

Harley, Hermione, Sirius, and Lupin brought Regulus's fake Locket and the account of their cave adventure to Dumbledore at Hogwarts. After Lupin resigned and arranged to tutor Sirius, Dumbledore sent Sirius and Lupin away and asked Hermione to leave so he could speak privately with Harley.

• Sirius read Regulus's note inside the fake Locket, then placed it on Regulus's grave beneath a headstone honoring him as a hero.
• Harley and Hermione studied at Number 12 Grimmauld Place while Lupin decided to resign and Sirius hired him as a tutor.
• Sirius presented Voldemort's Horcrux to Dumbledore, and Harley melted away its ice and concealed curses with black flames.
• Sirius recounted Regulus's sacrifice and the cave events, prompting Dumbledore to investigate Lupin's transformation and consult a specialist.
• Lupin submitted his resignation and lesson plans, and Dumbledore sent him and Sirius away by Portkey.
• Dumbledore asked Hermione to return to the Gryffindor Common Room and remained alone with Harley.

Harley learned more about Voldemort’s Horcruxes from Dumbledore’s memories and agreed to help him investigate one during the summer. After finishing the school year, earning a Charms award for reconstructing a werewolf transformation spell, and training with Professor Flitwick, she left for the Muggle world, where she had to spend a week with the Dursleys before joining Sirius for the Quidditch World Cup.

• Dumbledore showed Harley four memories that revealed clues about Voldemort’s Slytherin’s Locket, Hufflepuff’s Cup, and Gaunt family ring, and Harley agreed to help search for a Horcrux over the summer.
• Dumbledore destroyed Slytherin’s Locket with Fiendfyre, leaving its remains beside the charred Diary.
• Harley completed a paper reconstructing Lockhart’s werewolf transformation spell, and Professor Flitwick submitted it for publication and praised her chances of winning the Most Promising Newcomer Award in Charms.
• Professor Flitwick taught Harley Weather Charms and began training her for the International Wizarding Duelling Tournament, but final exams interrupted their lessons.
• Harley earned top exam results and the Charms award, helping Gryffindor secure the House Cup, before she returned by train with Sirius and Professor Lupin.
• Dumbledore required Harley to stay with the Dursleys for a week, and Sirius arranged to take her to the Quidditch World Cup afterward.

Harley entered the Spirit World and met the Seven Lights, who explained that her journey to another era had actually taken her into the future of the same world. They revealed the Oldest One’s looming awakening and the roles of the deities and Warlocks, then left Harley asking why they had waited for her.

• Harley prepared potions and the Manipulation Glasses, then created a duplicate to handle her life while she explored the Spirit World.
• Harley entered the Spirit World and discovered the Seven Lights, who introduced themselves and said they had been waiting for her.
• The Seven Lights told Harley that her journey had crossed through time rather than between worlds, and that the place she visited was the future.
• The Seven Lights explained the Oldest One’s nature and how its influence had driven gods and other powerful beings into wars that weakened the world.
• Aiur Moria and the others explained Warlocks’ balanced Beyonder Characteristics, the Witch Hunts, and why the Pillars and Great Old Ones had not stopped the Oldest One.
• Harley asked why the Seven Lights had been waiting for her.