Chapter Summaries

Allen argued that staying in contact with Harry would help protect him from isolation, and he and Hermione sent him letters despite Dumbledore’s instruction. Harry received the letters and a photograph from them, lifting his spirits, though Hermione’s letter focused on studying for exams.

• Allen told Hermione he believed Dumbledore’s effort to keep Harry uninformed could leave him vulnerable to Voldemort, and he planned to send Harry a greeting letter.
• Hermione hesitated over breaking Dumbledore’s rule, but Luna said Voldemort would want Harry cut off from everyone.
• Allen told Luna that his new prophecy might occur near the Dursleys’ neighborhood around August second.
• Harry, lonely and distressed at the Dursleys’, spotted Allen’s owl Benny approaching and hurried outside to meet it.
• Harry opened Allen’s and Hermione’s letters and saw their photograph; Allen’s letter cheered him, while Hermione urged him to study for the Ordinary Wizarding Levels.

Allen, Hermione, and Luna secretly followed Harry and watched as Dementors attacked him and Dudley in an alley. Harry drove them off with a Patronus, while Allen planned to save Luna’s photographs as evidence for Harry’s expected trial.

• Allen, Hermione, and Luna followed Harry to a playground, where they watched Dudley and his friends pass by.
• Dudley followed Harry into a dark alley and taunted him about Sirius Black and his friends.
• Two Dementors attacked Harry and Dudley, but Harry eventually summoned a silver stag Patronus that drove them away.
• Mrs. Figg arrived and led Harry and Dudley away, while Allen and the girls returned to the Harris Family’s Tower.
• Allen told Hermione and Luna he suspected Umbridge had arranged the attack and planned to give Luna’s photographs to Sirius Black during Harry’s trial.

Allen and Daisy visited The Burrow to see Arthur Weasley’s magically modified television and discussed its design and prospects for legal sale. Arthur also told them Harry faced a Ministry hearing after defending himself from Dementors, leaving Allen to reassure him that the Harris family would support Harry.

• Daisy and Allen visited The Burrow, where Arthur showed them his modified Magic Television and introduced its recorded programs and wand-controlled channels.
• Arthur explained that the television used magical power and a modified signal system, and Allen praised the design and said he would arrange for officials to obtain the modification records.
• Daisy asked where Ginny and Hermione were, and Arthur explained that the Weasleys had gone to Old Black Family Manor to discuss Harry’s upcoming hearing.
• Arthur asked Allen whether Lenn Harris could help clear Harry’s name, but Allen said Minister Fudge would preside over the hearing himself.
• Allen reassured Arthur that the Harris people would support Harry’s innocence, then he and Daisy left The Burrow.

Allen gave Sirius photographs that could clear Harry of suspicion and urged him to present them at the hearing without waiting for Dumbledore. The hearing ended before Dumbledore arrived, and Harry told him that the Ministry’s charges had failed.

• Allen and Penelope found Sirius trying to bribe a Ministry official and gave him sealed photographs after he made an Unbreakable Vow not to reveal Allen’s involvement.
• Sirius saw the photographs and questioned how Allen had obtained them, while Allen explained that he had secretly protected Harry and warned Sirius against relying blindly on Dumbledore.
• After learning that Fudge had moved the hearing earlier, Sirius headed for the courtroom with Allen’s advice to present the photographs directly.
• Dumbledore entered Courtroom Ten and introduced himself as Harry’s defense counsel, finding Sirius confronting the Ministry and Fudge looking flustered.
• Harry told Dumbledore that the hearing was already over and the Ministry’s charges against him had not stood.

After Harry’s hearing, Allen persuaded Fudge to contain the fallout from the Dementors’ attack by taking back their management and limiting The Quibbler’s coverage. In exchange, Fudge approved a Ministry department for regulating television, with its personnel chosen by the Harris Family.

• Fudge privately reprimanded Umbridge, then invited Allen to his office for a conversation.
• Fudge asked Allen to keep The Quibbler from reporting on the hearing, and Allen warned that Sirius Black would publicize the incident elsewhere if the Ministry suppressed it.
• Allen urged Fudge to reclaim control of the Dementors as a way to address the management failure without dismissing Umbridge.
• Allen proposed neutral, limited coverage of the attack and asked Fudge to approve a Ministry department overseeing television, with the Harris Family choosing its staff.
• Allen described plans for pilot programs and trial broadcasts, and Fudge agreed to issue the approval document.

Harry learned that Ron had been chosen as a prefect while Hermione was also appointed, and he withdrew rather than show his disappointment. At Harris Manor, Allen received his prefect badge as the family appointed Morgan le Fay Rosier Harris to head the Ministry of Magic Film and Television Management Department, announced Albert and Fleur’s engagement, and asked Hermione to develop a plan for coordinating the family’s expanding ventures.

• Sirius Black complained that the Daily Prophet had buried news of the Dementor attack beneath advertisements for Harris Television.
• Ginny delivered Hogwarts book lists, and Harry discovered that Ron—not Harry—had been named a prefect while Hermione had also received a badge.
• Hermione went to Allen’s room to say goodbye, and Harry congratulated her with exaggerated enthusiasm before she left.
• At Harris Manor, Allen received his prefect badge, and the family appointed Morgan le Fay Rosier Harris director of the Ministry of Magic Film and Television Management Department.
• Owen Harris announced Albert Harris and Fleur Delacour’s engagement and said Fleur would work for the department while hosting Harris Television.
• Worried about the family’s spending, Owen discussed finances with Morgan le Fay, and Hermione proposed coordinated management before Owen asked her to draft a plan.

The Harris family took Emily to Diagon Alley, where Allen and Albert watched the first trial broadcast at the new Harris Wizarding Television Specialty Store and discussed the station’s plans with Xenophilius Lovegood. At Number 12 Grimmauld Place, Harry, Ron, and Sirius traced their family connections and discovered how tangled their relations to Draco Malfoy were.

• Lenn suggested taking Emily to Diagon Alley, and the Harris family bought her magical school supplies and filled her purse with coins from Gringotts.
• Allen and Albert watched the Harris television’s first trial broadcast, featuring Fleur Delacour and Tilden Toots, while the crowd marveled at the new device.
• Allen told Draco that he would put a wizarding television in every Hogwarts house common room.
• Allen agreed to send Xenophilius Lovegood another television and advised him on programs, broadcasts, and advertisements for the station.
• Harry, Ron, and Sirius studied the Black family tree and realized that their families were all related to the Malfoys in confusing ways.

Allen accompanied Emily onto the Hogwarts Express and joined the prefects on patrol, where Ron clashed with Draco over their new badges. In the rear compartment, Allen reunited with Remus Lupin, who explained why Dumbledore had brought him back as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor despite the risks posed by Fudge.

• Sirius Black quietly thanked Allen on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters before Moody hurried Harry and the others onto the train.
• Allen left Emily with Luna in his rear compartment and went to the Prefect Carriage, where Hermione proposed that the prefects patrol the corridors.
• Ron and Ernie Macmillan bought snacks during their patrol, and Draco and Pansy revealed that they were prefects before Draco taunted Ron.
• Allen returned to the rear compartment and found Remus Lupin, who explained that Dumbledore had rejected Fudge's candidate and appointed him as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Allen warned Lupin that Fudge might exploit his identity to attack Dumbledore, and Lupin acknowledged that his return was a hidden danger.

Allen accompanied Emily to Hogwarts and watched her Sorting at the start-of-term feast. Emily was Sorted into Slytherin rather than Ravenclaw, where she was welcomed by many students but drew some hostile looks.

• Emily asked Allen how she could be Sorted into Ravenclaw, but he reassured her without revealing the process.
• Allen rode to Hogwarts with Harry and Luna, who explained that only people who had witnessed death could see the Thestrals pulling the carriages.
• At the feast, the Sorting Hat sang a warning about danger facing Hogwarts and the need for unity.
• The Sorting Hat Sorted Emily into Slytherin, disappointing her and embarrassing Allen after he had predicted Ravenclaw.
• Slytherin students welcomed Emily and filled her plate with treacle fruit pies, while a few watched her with hostility.

Dumbledore announced the term’s notices, including Remus Lupin’s appointment as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and Dolores Umbridge’s role as a Ministry observer, before Umbridge delivered a tedious speech. Allen led the Ravenclaw first-years to their common room, where their excitement over him delayed the group until Luna welcomed them with a Patronus.

• Dumbledore announced Lupin as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and Umbridge as the Ministry’s special observer, then let Umbridge address the students.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron discussed Umbridge’s conduct, while Hermione explained that Snape resented Lupin for getting the teaching post he wanted.
• After Dumbledore dismissed the students, Hermione gathered the first-years, and Allen and Padma led the Ravenclaws out of the Great Hall.
• Allen brought the Ravenclaw first-years to the common room entrance, where they crowded around him for autographs and questions.
• Luna sent a raven Patronus to welcome the first-years to Ravenclaw and remind them that it was nearly curfew.

Padma introduced the new Ravenclaws to their common room and the other houses while Allen noticed The Grey Lady’s unusual attention toward him. In Slytherin, Pansy discovered Emily had petrified a classmate and praised her talent, promising to take her to Allen’s Training Class.

• Padma led the new Ravenclaws through the eagle knocker’s riddle, which Luna answered by saying the Phoenix and flame formed a cycle with no beginning.
• Padma showed the students the common room, introduced The Grey Lady, and explained Ravenclaw’s views of the other houses.
• The Grey Lady left with Luna after Luna called her Helena, embarrassing Padma and surprising the new students.
• A Slytherin first-year complained to Pansy about a disturbance, and Pansy found Emily standing beside a petrified girl.
• Pansy refused to punish Emily, had the petrified student carried into the common room, and announced she would take Emily to Allen’s Training Class.

Harry faced suspicion and mockery at Hogwarts while Ron won the Gryffindor Keeper position despite a disastrous tryout. Ravenclaw captain Allen organized his team’s tryouts as a coach, with cameras filming the training, while Hermione and Luna watched from the stands.

• Harry endured stares and whispers from students who doubted his account of Voldemort’s return, while Hermione kept Allen’s secret and sympathized with him.
• Angelina held Gryffindor Keeper tryouts, where Ron struggled under Slytherin taunts and Katie suffered a persistent nosebleed.
• Harry backed Ron, who became Gryffindor’s Keeper, and Angelina ordered the team to watch Ravenclaw’s upcoming tryouts.
• Allen directed Ravenclaw’s tryouts and training instead of playing, while modified Video Cameras filmed the team and Colin operated one.
• Hermione asked Luna why she was not trying out for Ravenclaw, and Luna said she liked watching Quidditch but disliked flying brooms.

Allen analyzed Ravenclaw’s Quidditch team and began preparing professional coaching plans with Larry Brown’s help, while also warning Umbridge not to target Hagrid. The chapter ended with Fudge ordering Umbridge to stop provoking Allen and focus on putting Sturgis Podmore on trial.

• Allen reviewed Ravenclaw’s tryout footage, prepared it for Larry Brown, and began writing to the famed coach for tactical and training advice.
• Allen struggled with returning to classes and encountered Umbridge questioning Hagrid during Care of Magical Creatures.
• Allen reminded Umbridge that Hagrid worked for the Harris Family’s Magical Creatures Sanctuary and warned her to treat him properly.
• Umbridge reported Allen’s interference to Fudge, who scolded her and ordered her to avoid provoking Allen and prioritize Sturgis Podmore’s trial.

Dumbledore refused Allen’s request to skip classes, while Umbridge visited Fudge and Ron received a letter from Percy urging him to turn against his family and Harry. The chapter ended with Ron tearing up Percy’s letter and returning to his Astronomy homework with Harry.

• McGonagall told Dumbledore that Sturgis Podmore had been arrested trying to enter the Ministry room containing the prophecy, and Dumbledore expected Fudge to send him to Azkaban.
• Allen asked Dumbledore for permission to arrange his study time freely, but Dumbledore refused despite Flitwick’s support.
• Dumbledore told McGonagall he wanted Allen to attend classes to socialize with his peers and worried about his interest in dangerous magic.
• Umbridge left Hogwarts that night and went to Fudge’s home.
• Hermes delivered Percy’s letter to Ron, urging him to distrust their parents and Harry and seek advice from Umbridge.
• Ron tore Percy’s letter into pieces and threw it into the fire before resuming his Astronomy homework with Harry.

Allen supported Hermione's plan to organize the Harris Family businesses into a corporate group and expand into Potions and armaments, then obtained Professor Snape's permission to use the Half-Blood Prince handbook's techniques commercially. Snape directed him to name the resulting charity the Lily Foundation, and Allen encountered Umbridge outside the Great Hall.

• Hermione showed Allen her proposal to unify the Harris Family businesses, develop Potions, and expand the family enterprise.
• Allen suggested adding the development of military equipment to prepare for a possible war with Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
• Allen asked Professor Snape for permission to use the Half-Blood Prince handbook's brewing techniques commercially, and Snape agreed.
• Allen offered to establish a charity for aspiring Potioneers using Snape's share of the profits, and Snape told him to call it the Lily Foundation.
• Snape told Allen not to attend Potions class for the rest of the term and said his N.E.W.T. class required an 'O'; Allen then encountered Umbridge at the Great Hall entrance.

Allen heard Umbridge’s proposal for a Ministry-backed exchange program at Durmstrang and agreed to consider going, while setting conditions and delaying its start. He then obtained permission from Flitwick to skip Charms coursework while he remained at Hogwarts.

• Umbridge offered to arrange a Durmstrang exchange for Allen, revealing that Fudge wanted his consent and that the Ministry could pressure Dumbledore using Sturgis Podmore’s trial.
• Allen agreed in principle but asked Umbridge to delay the exchange, include fourth-year students, and ensure his associates, Training Class members, and Ravenclaw Quidditch players were not mistreated.
• Allen told Umbridge the Training Class would stop accepting members and he would not place more Hogwarts employees in part-time jobs, then said he would not favor Dumbledore in the Ministry’s struggle.
• After Umbridge left, Allen considered how his departure would affect the conflict between Fudge and Dumbledore and what he could learn at Durmstrang.
• Allen asked Flitwick to excuse him from Charms coursework, and Flitwick agreed while apologizing that he had not persuaded Dumbledore to excuse Allen from other classes.

Allen arranged his move to Durmstrang, invited Hermione and Luna to join him, and watched Harris Television’s first broadcast with the Ravenclaws. The chapter ended with Grindelwald watching the new television from Nurmengard.

• Allen wrote to his father, Owen, about Umbridge’s proposal and asked him to investigate information Allen had learned from her mind.
• Allen invited Hermione to Durmstrang, but she declined because she had promised to help run the Training Class and work with the Harris family; he promised to bring back magical knowledge for her.
• Allen asked Luna to go to Durmstrang with him, and she immediately agreed.
• The Ravenclaw students watched Harris Television’s first broadcast, including the evening news, advertisements, and Quidditch footage, while Neville got knocked down by sofa cushions during the commotion.
• Grindelwald watched the broadcast on the television Allen had sent to Nurmengard and considered asking Matthias for popcorn.

Allen trained the Ravenclaw Quidditch team with new attacking tactics and reviewed their performance, then took Hermione to the Harris Family's creature reserve. He showed her giants strengthened and disciplined by the T-103 Potion, explaining that the program aimed to help them work and integrate into wizarding society.

• Allen drilled Michael, Mandy Brocklehurst, and Terry Boot in the Hawkshead Attacking Formation and the Porskoff Ploy, then reviewed their recorded training with the team.
• Allen offered prize money to motivate the Ravenclaw players as their new training system took shape.
• Allen brought Hermione to the Giant Reserve, where she watched a giant smash through a stone wall and endure spells during training.
• Allen explained that Graphorn hide and the giants' natural resilience protected them from most spells, including Avada Kedavra cast by ordinary wizards.
• Allen told Hermione that the T-103 Potion enhanced giants, suppressed their violent impulses, and improved their intelligence, while causing hair loss and pale skin.
• Hermione understood Allen's plan to employ the giants and help them integrate into wizarding society, calling it 'For the greater good.'

Allen and Hermione visited Hagrid, Grawp, and Fridwulfa at the Harris Sanctuary, then reviewed a plan to reorganize the family’s businesses under the name Umbrella Corporation. The chapter left them preparing to establish three connected departments for security and weapons, Potions, and magical creatures.

• Allen found Hagrid visiting Fridwulfa and Grawp, who showed off his new ability to use a fork.
• Fridwulfa stood to greet Allen, and he noticed that her lightning scars had faded as the potion he made her began to restore her strength.
• Allen and Hermione toured the crowded sanctuary and ate lunch in its staff canteen.
• Allen gave Hermione a revised planning proposal that renamed the family business Umbrella Corporation, explaining that he wanted it to protect the wizarding world.
• Hermione read the plans for the Red, Blue, and White Umbrella Departments, covering security and weapons, Potions, and magical-creature research.
• Allen proposed that Penelope lead the Red Umbrella Department and described how Giants could be managed, strengthened, trained, and equipped by the three departments.

Allen received a letter from his father and summoned Emily before meeting Dolores Umbridge to set her Hogwarts exchange-student operation in motion. After Umbridge left, Allen discussed her family history and political ambitions with Hermione and Luna, then learned Emily had mistaken his close whisper to Umbridge for a kiss.

• Benny delivered a letter from Allen’s father, and Allen summoned Emily and sent a reply to Umbridge.
• Umbridge arrived at Allen’s lakeside picnic by magical glove and discussed proposing a Hogwarts–Durmstrang exchange program to Dumbledore.
• Allen introduced Hermione, Luna, and Emily to Umbridge and warned her that their lives at Hogwarts must be pleasant.
• Umbridge left to begin her operation, and the glove placed the investigation of her family background in her handbag.
• Allen, Hermione, and Luna discussed Umbridge’s mixed heritage, family history, and rise within the Ministry.
• Luna told Allen that Emily had thought he and Umbridge were kissing.