Recaps

Dumbledore compared Isaac’s prophecy with the gifts of Grindelwald and Trelawney, then asked Isaac to locate Voldemort. Isaac revealed that Voldemort had returned on the back of Quirinus Quirrell’s head, leaving Dumbledore to confront the betrayal of a man he had recently considered for the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.

• Dumbledore reflected on Grindelwald’s broad prophecies and Trelawney’s rare, uncontrollable visions as he considered Isaac’s unusual prophetic talent.
• Dumbledore asked Isaac whether he was serious about finding Voldemort, and Isaac explained that Death Eaters had targeted his family and Voldemort had already returned.
• Dumbledore drew the Elder Wand and demanded that Isaac reveal Voldemort’s location.
• Isaac told Dumbledore that Voldemort was on Quirinus Quirrell’s head after Quirrell brought back what remained of Voldemort’s soul from Albania.
• Dumbledore remembered Quirrell’s resignation, travels, and application for the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, then realized Quirrell had encountered Voldemort and surrendered.

Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort, failed to find information about the Sorcerer's Stone and was punished for it. Voldemort rejected Quirrell's plan to investigate Nicolas Flamel in France, then sensed someone outside their apartment door.

• Quirrell knelt before a mirror and told Voldemort that he had found no clues about the Sorcerer's Stone.
• Voldemort used Quirrell's body to cast a silent, wandless Cruciatus Curse on him.
• Quirrell proposed traveling to France to investigate Nicolas Flamel, but Voldemort called him an idiot and warned that Dumbledore would grow suspicious.
• Voldemort noticed someone outside the apartment door and ordered Quirrell to hide him.

Dumbledore confronted Quirrell and killed both him and the spirit of Voldemort, then returned to Hogwarts to report to Isaac. The chapter ended with Isaac asking whether Dumbledore had found Voldemort.

• Dumbledore arrived at Quirrell's home and asked him to call Tom out.
• Quirrell panicked and cast the Killing Curse at Dumbledore, who dodged it and destroyed Quirrell with a spell.
• Voldemort fled as black mist, but Dumbledore sealed the exits and stopped him with a protective barrier.
• Dumbledore cast the Killing Curse on Voldemort, whose spirit turned to ash.
• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts and met Isaac, who asked whether he had found Voldemort.

Isaac watched Dumbledore’s memory of defeating Quirrell and Voldemort, then asked who would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts next year. He discussed Horcruxes with Dumbledore and rejected using them, while Dumbledore explained how they had transformed Tom.

• Dumbledore placed a memory of his fight with Quirrell and Voldemort in the Pensieve, and Isaac watched it.
• Isaac asked how Dumbledore would replace Hogwarts’ Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Dumbledore tried to enlist Isaac’s divination.
• Isaac changed the subject by asking Dumbledore about Horcruxes, prompting Dumbledore to explain how they split a wizard’s soul to create a twisted immortality.
• Isaac said he had no intention of making a Horcrux, and Dumbledore explained that splitting the soul damaged a wizard’s humanity, sanity, and appearance.
• Dumbledore conjured an image of Tom as a handsome young man to show how Horcruxes had changed him.

Isaac tried to use prophecy to locate Voldemort’s Horcruxes, but his vision revealed only some of them and made him understand how dangerously incomplete foresight could be. Dumbledore reassured him and sent him to rest, while Isaac later got up to write and sketch.

• Dumbledore asked Isaac whether he had leads on Voldemort’s other Horcruxes and explained why he trusted Isaac not to make one.
• Isaac entered a prophetic trance and saw only some of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, realizing the missing ones could make his knowledge dangerously misleading.
• Dumbledore comforted Isaac, explaining that prophecy was limited and that Horcruxes could be hidden from its sight.
• Dumbledore gave Isaac a Lemon Sherbet, told him Krik would take him to the Great Hall for a surprise, and suggested he refine his spell and write papers.
• Isaac left Dumbledore’s office, returned to his room, then got out of bed and began writing and sketching on parchment.

Isaac reviewed the locations and protections of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, then decided to hide what he knew from Dumbledore because the cursed Resurrection Stone ring could lure him into danger. He planned to meet Hogwarts’s Heads of House the next day and later form a Horcrux Purge Squad.

• Isaac determined that prophecy could reveal the Gaunt ring and Ravenclaw’s Diadem, but not Horcruxes hidden at Malfoy Manor, the Black family home, or Gringotts.
• Isaac reasoned that the curse on the Resurrection Stone ring could endanger Dumbledore and chose not to reveal the Horcruxes’ locations yet.
• Isaac decided to get acquainted with Hogwarts’s professors, then organize a Horcrux Purge Squad to raid Voldemort’s old hiding places.
• Isaac expected to meet Hogwarts’s Heads of House in the Great Hall the next day.

Isaac was honored at Hogwarts by Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge after surviving a Death Eater attack, while Fudge used the gathering to present the Ministry’s response. The chapter ended as Fudge prepared to announce the purpose of his visit.

• Krik woke Isaac and dressed him in a formal robe gifted by Hogwarts’s house-elves.
• Isaac entered the Great Hall, where Fudge, Dumbledore, the Heads of House, Ministry officials, and a Daily Prophet photographer awaited him.
• Fudge introduced himself and apologized for the Ministry’s failure to prevent the Death Eater attack.
• Isaac reassured Fudge and praised the Ministry’s efforts, prompting Fudge to abandon his planned speech and move straight to his announcement.

Isaac received the Order of Merlin, Second Class, and 1,000 Galleons for resisting the Death Eaters. Fudge privately revealed that he had upgraded Isaac’s medal from Third Class, leaving Isaac intrigued by the Minister’s support and knowledge of Lockhart.

• Fudge announced that Isaac would receive the Order of Merlin, Second Class, and a reward of 1,000 Galleons.
• Umbridge brought Fudge the medal and ribbon, and Fudge explained the Order’s classes before placing the purple ribbon around Isaac’s neck.
• Fudge quietly told Isaac that Crouch had sought only a Third Class medal for him, but Fudge had insisted on Second Class rather than give him the same honor as Lockhart.
• Isaac considered Fudge’s political ties to Dumbledore and wondered whether Ministry officials knew that Lockhart was a fraud.
• Isaac praised Fudge as a Minister worthy of respect.

Cornelius Fudge rewarded Isaac Waldore with a thousand Galleons and the enchanted pouch that held them, using the public ceremony to vouch for him. Umbridge then urged Isaac to leave Hogwarts and return home, but Professor McGonagall protected him, and Fudge realized that sending him away now would turn political theater into a scandal.

• Fudge gave Isaac a thousand Galleons in an Undetectable Extension Charm pouch and let him keep the pouch.
• Fudge posed for photographs with Isaac, who smiled enthusiastically for the Daily Prophet.
• Umbridge told Isaac that the Death Eater had been sent to Azkaban and urged him to go home.
• Professor McGonagall refused to let Isaac leave Hogwarts and shielded him from Umbridge.
• Fudge silently loathed Umbridge for proposing that Isaac leave after the ceremony had improved his reputation.

Umbridge tried to carry out Fudge’s order to make Isaac leave Hogwarts, but McGonagall’s intervention left Fudge needing a political escape. Isaac offered to stay and write a paper on his magic, then demonstrated a phoenix-shaped fire spell that made McGonagall suspect it was Grindelwald’s signature magic.

• Umbridge continued her plan to persuade Isaac to leave, while Fudge realized he could not publicly side against Hogwarts and Dumbledore.
• Isaac asked to stay at Hogwarts for help writing a paper about his magic and invited Fudge to guide him.
• Fudge accepted Isaac’s request and asked him to demonstrate his spell.
• Isaac cast Protego Ignita and Protego Fiendfyre, shaping the flames into a phoenix like Dumbledore’s.
• McGonagall recognized the spell’s form as Grindelwald’s signature magic and began wondering whether Isaac was Grindelwald’s son.

Fudge praised Isaac’s Protego Fiendfyre as exceptional elemental magic and decided to leave him at Hogwarts to continue his studies. Isaac agreed to send Fudge a paper, while their handshake suggested a legacy being passed on—whether Fudge intended it or not.

• McGonagall recognized Isaac’s spell as resembling Grindelwald’s magic, while some Ministry officials found him familiar without identifying the source.
• Fudge judged Isaac’s Protego Fiendfyre to be powerful but not Dark Magic, and praised it as a brilliant variation of the Fire-Making Spell.
• Fudge decided Isaac should remain at Hogwarts and told him to learn from his professors while he awaited Isaac’s paper.
• Isaac agreed to ask Fudge to read his paper and shook the Minister’s hand, making the exchange look like a passing of the torch.

After Fudge returned to the Ministry pleased with his visit, Dumbledore introduced Isaac to Hogwarts’ Heads of House. Isaac began writing papers on Transfiguration and a new version of Protego Fiendfyre, leaving him eager to submit the spell to a journal.

• Fudge returned to the Ministry, expecting Isaac’s endorsement to improve his public standing.
• Dumbledore introduced Isaac to the Four Heads of House, and Isaac connected warmly with Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout while Snape remained indifferent.
• Professor McGonagall’s curious manner puzzled Isaac, though she offered to help him with Transfiguration.
• Isaac borrowed Transfiguration Today and Spell Innovation from the Hogwarts library and began writing papers for both journals.
• Isaac wrote up Grindelwald’s imitation version of Protego Fiendfyre, including its requirements and safety precautions, intending to submit it to Spell Innovation.

Isaac took lessons from the Heads of House and told Professor McGonagall that Quirrell had died after Dumbledore destroyed Voldemort’s spirit. McGonagall rushed to ask Dumbledore how Hogwarts would find a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the coming school year.

• Isaac visited all four Heads of House for private instruction, including lessons in Potions from Professor Snape.
• While revising Isaac’s Transfiguration essay, Professor McGonagall mentioned that Professor Quirrell would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• Isaac revealed that Quirrell had returned from Albania with Voldemort hiding on the back of his head, and that Dumbledore had destroyed Voldemort’s wandering spirit at Quirrell’s home.
• Isaac explained that Quirrell had died because he was bound too deeply to Voldemort, and said he had witnessed Dumbledore destroy the spirit using a Pensieve.
• Professor McGonagall gave Isaac the submission address for Transfiguration Today, then hurried to meet Dumbledore about finding a replacement professor.

Isaac received confirmation that his Transfiguration paper had been accepted by Transfiguration Today, making him a published researcher before starting at Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Dumbledore continued interviewing candidates to replace Quirrell as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

• Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall searched for a suitable Defense Against the Dark Arts professor after Quirrell's death.
• Isaac visited Professor McGonagall's office and learned that Dumbledore was interviewing a French witch for the position.
• Professor McGonagall gave Isaac a letter confirming that Transfiguration Today had accepted his paper for its August 1991 issue.
• Isaac read that the journal wanted revisions and planned for Professor McGonagall to coordinate the paper's proofreading and typesetting.

After a demanding Transfiguration lesson with Professor McGonagall, Isaac met Vinda Rosier by the Black Lake and learned she would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. Vinda said Grindelwald had praised Isaac’s published papers, and Isaac ended by asking whether she could help him deal with a powerful Dark Magic item.

• Professor McGonagall taught Isaac complex cross-species transformation, leaving him mentally exhausted.
• Isaac went to the Black Lake, where he met an elegant woman in a green robe.
• Vinda Rosier introduced herself as Hogwarts’ Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the school year.
• Vinda told Isaac that Grindelwald had read his papers in Transfiguration Today and Spell Innovation and asked her to tell him, “Isaac, well done.”
• Isaac asked Professor Vinda whether she could handle a powerful Dark Magic item.

Isaac brought Vinda Rosier to Hogwarts’s Room of Hidden Things to retrieve Ravenclaw’s Diadem, where he prepared to confront Voldemort’s remnant soul. Dumbledore watched them leave the Black Lake and reflected on how Gellert had persuaded him to let Vinda enter Hogwarts.

• Isaac greeted Vinda Rosier warmly, and she interpreted him as a young Grindelwald before agreeing to follow him.
• Isaac led Vinda toward Hogwarts Castle while Dumbledore watched them from a tower and remembered Vinda’s interview and Gellert’s influence.
• Isaac used the Room of Requirement to open the Room of Hidden Things on the Seventh Floor.
• Isaac found Ravenclaw’s Diadem on a stone bust and told Vinda they would proceed as planned.
• Isaac summoned the Diadem with his wand, preparing to face Voldemort’s remnant soul.

Isaac and Professor Vinda destroyed Voldemort’s Soul Fragment in the Diadem of Ravenclaw with Fiendfyre, then Professor Vinda contained the flames before they could consume them. After seeing how difficult the curse was to control, Isaac decided to postpone studying it, and they went to inspect the fallen Diadem.

• Isaac summoned the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and Professor Vinda unleashed Fiendfyre to attack it.
• Voldemort’s Soul Fragment emerged from the Diadem, but Professor Vinda directed the Fiendfyre bird to burn it and destroy the Horcrux.
• The freed Fiendfyre became a huge, noseless Fire Serpent, and Professor Vinda raised a golden barrier to contain and extinguish it.
• Isaac reconsidered learning Fiendfyre after witnessing its danger and Professor Vinda’s effort to control it.
• Isaac asked Professor Vinda if she was all right, and they approached the fallen Diadem.

Isaac and Professor Rosier recovered the shattered Ravenclaw's Diadem, which had been turned into a Horcrux, and brought it to Dumbledore. They left the Headmaster's Office with the Diadem fragments in a box, while Professor Rosier privately questioned Dumbledore's special treatment of Isaac.

• Isaac and Professor Rosier found that the Diadem had shattered, and Isaac reassembled its fragments to reveal its inscription.
• Professor Rosier reflected on the Diadem's power and resented that Voldemort had made it a Horcrux.
• Professor Rosier found only a few Sickles and Knuts in a fine box, and Isaac summoned the Diadem fragments into it.
• Isaac and Professor Rosier went to Dumbledore's office, where Dumbledore welcomed them and Isaac ordered lemonade.
• Professor Rosier watched Isaac enter without needing a password and wondered why Dumbledore treated him specially.

Isaac brought Dumbledore the damaged Diadem of Ravenclaw, revealing that it had been a Horcrux made by Tom and purified with Fiendfyre by Professor Rosier. Dumbledore agreed to ask an old friend whether it could be repaired, while Isaac chose not to use his foresight to learn the outcome.

• Professor Rosier sent the box containing the Diadem of Ravenclaw to Dumbledore, and Isaac identified it as Tom's Horcrux.
• Dumbledore opened the box as the portrait headmasters urged him to show them the Diadem.
• Isaac explained that Professor Rosier had purified the Horcrux with Fiendfyre, leaving the Diadem in smoking fragments.
• Dumbledore said he would send the Diadem to an old friend who might be able to repair it.
• Isaac said he could look into the outcome but preferred to leave some things unknown.

Professor Vinda questioned Dumbledore about Voldemort turning the Hogwarts Founders’ relics into Horcruxes, and Isaac showed that Gryffindor’s sword was safely hidden in the Sorting Hat. The chapter ended with Dumbledore stopping Isaac from putting the sword back into the protesting hat.

• Professor Vinda asked Dumbledore what relics the other Hogwarts founders had left behind, and he named Gryffindor’s sword, Hufflepuff’s Cup, and Slytherin’s Locket.
• Professor Vinda realized that Dumbledore had not prevented Voldemort from desecrating the Founders’ relics as Horcruxes.
• Isaac approached the Sorting Hat and picked it up despite its protests.
• Isaac reached into the Sorting Hat and drew out the Sword of Gryffindor, surprising Professor Vinda.
• Isaac tried to return the sword to the hat, but Dumbledore told him to leave the Sorting Hat alone.

Dumbledore asked Isaac and Hagrid to retrieve the Sorcerer's Stone from Gringotts, while Professor Vinda agreed to introduce Harry Potter to the magical world. On July 31, Isaac, Vinda, and Hagrid arrived in Diagon Alley to begin Dumbledore's errands.

• Dumbledore asked Isaac to fetch the Sorcerer's Stone from Gringotts with Hagrid, and Isaac agreed.
• Dumbledore told Isaac that Hagrid would carry the Stone because he feared Isaac might turn Hogwarts into gold.
• Dumbledore asked Professor Vinda to introduce Harry Potter to the magical world, and she agreed to go with Isaac.
• On July 31, Isaac, Professor Vinda, and Hagrid arrived at Diagon Alley to retrieve the Stone.

Isaac accompanied Hagrid to Gringotts and retrieved the Sorcerer’s Stone from Vault 713, then confirmed it was genuine before handing it to Hagrid for Dumbledore. After Hagrid left, Isaac went to find Professor Vinda, whom he spotted trying on clothes in Diagon Alley.

• Isaac and Hagrid entered Gringotts with Dumbledore’s letter and asked to retrieve the contents of Vault 713.
• Griphook led Isaac and Hagrid through the underground tunnels to Vault 713, where Isaac took a small package wrapped in brown paper.
• Isaac opened the package at the Leaky Cauldron and recognized the genuine Sorcerer’s Stone from his prophecy.
• Isaac gave the Sorcerer’s Stone to Hagrid, who left to deliver it to Dumbledore.
• Isaac walked through Diagon Alley and used prophecy to locate Professor Vinda at Twilfitt and Tattings, trying on clothes.

Professor Vinda arranged a new wardrobe for Isaac at Twilfitt and Tattings, where Dumbledore’s phoenix Fawkes arrived with a letter and a key. Isaac and Professor Vinda left with Fawkes, and witnesses spread rumors that Isaac truly had a phoenix.

• Professor Vinda ordered Twilfitt to measure Isaac and provide him with new clothes at the Rosier Family’s expense.
• Twilfitt’s assistants gave Isaac a tailored outfit and a new hairstyle before he and Professor Vinda prepared to leave.
• Fawkes appeared in the shop with a letter from Dumbledore, and Isaac found a golden key inside it.
• Isaac instructed Fawkes where to go, took Professor Vinda’s hand, and vanished with her on the phoenix.
• Twilfitt told his assistants to keep quiet, but rumors spread through Diagon Alley that Isaac owned a real phoenix.

Isaac and Professor Vinda arrived at the remote reef where the Dursleys were hiding Harry Potter. Isaac gained entry by calmly greeting Vernon, whose hostility eased when he noticed their expensive clothes.

• Isaac and Professor Vinda appeared on the reef, and Isaac sent Fawkes into the sky before approaching the cabin.
• Vernon, Dudley, and Harry heard Fawkes’s cry, and Vernon took up his rifle as he waited for someone to knock.
• Isaac opened the cabin door and reassured Vernon that he and Professor Vinda meant no harm.
• Vernon recognized the quality of their clothes and softened his attitude toward the visitors.
• Isaac introduced himself to the Dursleys and Harry, then sat down to talk while Professor Vinda stood behind him.

Isaac Waldore and Professor Vinda Rosier visited the Dursleys to explain Harry Potter’s place in the Wizarding World and persuade Vernon to accept his Hogwarts education. Isaac left Vernon and Petunia facing the danger of suppressing magical talent, including the deadly risk of becoming an Obscurial.

• Vernon demanded that Isaac and Professor Vinda leave, but Isaac introduced himself and emphasized his wealth and Professor Rosier’s powerful family background.
• Isaac explained that he had come at Albus Dumbledore’s request to introduce Harry to the Wizarding World, while Vernon insisted that Harry would not attend Hogwarts without his consent.
• Isaac warned that the Wizarding World was watching Harry and that wizards could cause the Dursleys far more trouble than the Hogwarts owls.
• Isaac described the three wizarding backgrounds and told Petunia that magical children could appear among the descendants of her family.
• Isaac explained that suppressing a young wizard’s magic could create an Obscurus and that Obscurials almost never lived past ten.