Chapter Summaries

Umbridge isolated Harry and tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse to force him to reveal who he had contacted. Allen appeared, stopped her, and exposed her attack on Harry before destroying her wand, leaving her helpless.

• Umbridge confronted Harry after catching him using her fireplace and asked Snape for Veritaserum, but he said it had all been used.
• Harry told Snape that Padfoot had been taken to the place where he was hiding, but Snape denied knowing what Harry meant and left.
• Umbridge sent the others away, dragged Harry into the attic, and threatened to torture him and erase his memory.
• Allen, hidden in the attic, signaled Harry to keep quiet and pointed out a camera recording Umbridge as she cast Crucio on him.
• Allen revealed himself and warned Umbridge that using an Unforgivable Curse could send her to Azkaban; she struck him with Avada Kedavra, but he survived.
• Allen resisted Umbridge's spells, disarmed her, and used her wand to wound her before burning it to ash.

Allen had Umbridge arrested after she used an Unforgivable Curse on Hermione, then treated Harry and dealt with the Gryffindors who came to rescue him. When Harry revealed that Voldemort had taken Sirius to the Ministry of Magic, Allen promised to help and said he had already sent people to prepare.

• Allen ordered Victor and the other Umbrella members to bind Umbridge and take her to Umbrella headquarters, explaining that her insult to Hermione was what mattered to him.
• Doctor injected Harry with a healing Potion, and Harry recovered just as Neville, Ron, Ginny, Flag, and the others entered after knocking Filch down.
• Allen freed Filch and Mrs. Norris, told Filch that Umbridge had been arrested, then deducted ten Gryffindor points for Neville's attack and awarded him twenty for helping capture Umbridge.
• Harry asked Allen to rescue Sirius Black from the Department of Mysteries, and Allen promised to take Harry to the Ministry after his people had made arrangements.

Allen prepared Harry for the mission by teaching him Sectumsempra, and the group entered the Ministry of Magic to search for Sirius. Harry’s vision led them to the Department of Mysteries, where the room’s shifting doors left them unsure which way to go.

• Allen told Harry to protect himself and taught him the Dark Magic spell Sectumsempra, withholding the inventor’s identity.
• The group traveled to the Ministry of Magic by fireplace and entered through the visitor telephone booth.
• Harry felt Voldemort’s connection through his scar and hurried the group down to the Department of Mysteries.
• Harry led Ron, Neville, Ginny, and the others into the circular black room from his dreams.
• The room’s walls rotated, shifting the positions of its twelve identical doors.

Harry and his friends searched the Department of Mysteries for the room from his dream, finding a tank of dangerous brains and then the Death Chamber. Harry was drawn toward the Veil, but Ron recognized the danger and brought him back to his senses.

• Harry led the group into a chamber containing a tank of floating brains, and Flag warned everyone not to touch them.
• Ginny marked the door with a fiery X, and the group returned to the circular room to try another door.
• Ron entered the Death Chamber and explained that the Veil had once been used for executions.
• Harry became entranced by the Veil and started toward it, but Neville carried him away from the dais.
• Ron explained that the Veil had tempted Harry with thoughts of death, then slapped him to bring him back to his senses.

Harry, Ron, Ginny, and their companions found the Prophecy Orb in the Department of Mysteries, only to be cornered by Death Eaters seeking it. Ron used the Orb to hold them back, and the group retreated into the Death Chamber as Aurors arrived outside.

• Harry recovered his memory of dreaming that Sirius Black was imprisoned and tortured, then followed Ron and the others into the room of clocks.
• Ron guided Harry to a shelf in row ninety-seven, where Harry took down a warm glass sphere labeled with his name and a date from sixteen years earlier.
• A group of Death Eaters, including a masked woman, surrounded them and demanded the Prophecy Orb.
• Ron interrupted the woman's Summoning Charm and threatened to damage the Orb, forcing the Death Eaters to let the group retreat.
• Rodolphus Lestrange removed his mask, while Lucius warned him not to reveal his identity; Ron explained that Voldemort had lured Harry there to retrieve a prophecy about Harry and Voldemort.
• Ron led the group into the Death Chamber, where the Death Eaters pursued them as six Aurors in H94 Uniforms confronted other Death Eaters outside.

The Order of the Phoenix joined Harry and his friends in the Department of Mysteries, where they fought the Death Eaters to protect the Prophecy Orb. As more Death Eaters arrived, Moody ordered the children and several others to escape, but Harry refused to leave Sirius Black behind.

• Six members of the Order of the Phoenix Apparated into the execution chamber and joined the battle against the Death Eaters.
• Sirius Black shielded Harry from Antonin Dolohov, and Harry used Petrificus Totalus to defeat him.
• Lucius summoned more Death Eaters, forcing the Order and Aurors to gather on the dais behind Shield Charms.
• Moody ordered Tonks and McGonagall to take the children and the Prophecy Orb away while the others held off the Death Eaters.
• Sirius urged Harry to escape, but Harry refused to leave him, while Ron touched his wand to his arm.

Acromantula, Giants, and Hell Hounds attacked the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries as the Aurors surrounded the chamber. Albert ordered everyone inside to surrender, leaving the confrontation at the point of arrest.

• Acromantula swarmed into the chamber and attacked the Death Eaters, while Rodolphus and Bellatrix rallied them to fight back.
• Ron signaled Lupin to stay quiet as Lupin grew suspicious of Ron’s abilities.
• A Giant smashed through the wall and ignored a Killing Curse, while more Giants and Hell Hounds broke into the chamber with the Aurors.
• The Death Eaters moved to face the Aurors as Kingsley, Sirius, and McGonagall reacted to the arriving force.
• Albert announced that everyone inside was under arrest and ordered them to drop their wands, put their hands on their heads, and crouch down.

Allen Harris revealed that he had disguised himself as Ron through Transfiguration and admitted that he had arranged the night’s events to draw Voldemort into a duel. Voldemort faced him on the steps as the battle continued around them.

• The Death Eaters attacked the Aurors as they tried to establish anti-Apparition protections, while Ron warned the Order of the Phoenix not to attack the Aurors because cameras were recording them.
• Voldemort killed a Giant and used Fiendfyre to disrupt the Aurors’ protections before arriving in the hall.
• Voldemort cleared the Acromantulas from his path and descended the steps toward the Prophecy Orb in Ron’s hand.
• Voldemort recognized that Ron was really Allen Harris, and Allen transformed back into his own appearance.
• Allen told Voldemort he had arranged the events to challenge him to a fair, one-on-one duel.

Allen Harris confronted Voldemort at the archway platform and insisted on facing him alone, while the Order of the Phoenix reluctantly withdrew. He sealed the platform with blue flames to protect the students and prevent interference, and the duel began as Voldemort and Allen raised their wands.

• Allen refused the Order of the Phoenix’s attempts to stop him and challenged Voldemort, who demanded that he call him by that name rather than Tom Riddle.
• Allen showed Voldemort the Omniscience Mark and ordered the Order of the Phoenix to leave the platform; Tonks, Lupin, Shacklebolt, and Sirius led the others away.
• Allen used Protego Diabolica to ring the platform with blue flames, killing a Death Eater and an Auror who were thrown into the fire.
• Voldemort threatened Neville and the other students hiding in passages, while Allen’s flames incinerated two Death Eaters attempting to Apparate across the barrier.
• Allen offered to follow dueling etiquette, and Voldemort angrily raised his wand as green light gathered while lightning formed at the end of Allen’s wand.

Owen Harris confronted Cornelius Fudge with evidence of Umbridge’s crimes and urged him to resign as Voldemort’s return became undeniable. In the Death Chamber, Allen fought Voldemort while Penelope and Bellatrix began a murderous contest of their own.

• Penelope and Hermione left the Ministry monitoring room to join the battle, while Owen Harris told Four-Eyes and Victor to protect them.
• Owen Harris showed Fudge evidence of Umbridge releasing Dementors and using Unforgivable Curses on Harry, then offered him a chance to resign with dignity.
• Wizards and Death Eaters fought throughout the Department of Mysteries as Allen and Voldemort dueled amid the blue flames on the archway platform.
• Bellatrix and Penelope spotted each other and exchanged deadly attacks, matching one another’s methods as Penelope approached Bellatrix.
• Penelope recognized Bellatrix as a rival whose beloved was fighting Allen, and the two embraced the chance to settle their contest in the battle.

Allen summoned a Pit Fiend to attack Voldemort, but Voldemort used Banishment to contest control of the devil and bring their duel to a stalemate. Meanwhile, Penelope drove Bellatrix toward the blue flames as their battle intensified.

• Allen summoned a towering Pit Fiend and ordered it to kill Voldemort.
• Voldemort resisted the Pit Fiend’s fear ability with Occlumency, then used Banishment to try to send it back.
• Allen and Voldemort struggled for control of the Pit Fiend, leaving it unable to move as they watched for an opening.
• Penelope dodged Bellatrix’s curses and taunted her while forcing her back toward the blue flames.

Penelope and Hermione used their magical Animagus forms to turn the battle against the Death Eaters, while Allen and Voldemort continued their duel after the Pit Fiend exploded. Allen admitted that Voldemort seemed likely to win, but the two remained poised to fight.

• Bellatrix urged Rodolphus and Lucius to attack Penelope, and Rodolphus pulled Bellatrix away from Allen’s blue fire.
• Penelope transformed into an Arachne spider-witch and deflected the Death Eaters’ spells, while Hermione fought in Manticore form with Long-Eye’s help.
• Penelope used Levicorpus to lift Bellatrix toward the roof and separate her from Rodolphus and Lucius.
• The Pit Fiend exploded under Allen and Voldemort’s opposing commands, forcing both wizards to shield themselves and retreat.
• Allen and Voldemort recovered and spoke across the fire, with Allen conceding that Voldemort appeared likely to win the duel.

Penelope and Victor attacked Bellatrix and Rodolphus while Lucius treated Rodolphus’s severed hand. As Penelope retreated toward the blue flames, Voldemort was knocked toward the arch by disguised Gryffindor students.

• Penelope dropped onto Bellatrix and broke Rodolphus’s Shield Charm with her venomous fangs, while Victor severed Rodolphus’s right hand with Sectumsempra.
• Bellatrix chased Penelope as Rodolphus cried out, and Lucius treated his wound with Potions and a spell.
• A Pit Fiend exploded inside the blue ring of fire, but Lucius escaped the spreading flames unharmed.
• Penelope abandoned her standoff with Bellatrix and rushed toward the blue wall of fire, prompting Rodolphus to remark that Voldemort should have brought Nagini.
• Neville, Ginny, and Flag, disguised as adult wizards with Polyjuice Potion, struck Voldemort and knocked him toward the arch.
• Voldemort realized the arch might prevent him from resurrecting through his Horcruxes and feared being trapped there.

Allen’s ambush left Voldemort trapped in the Department of Mysteries, where Umbrella fighters and Aurors surrounded him and drove back the Death Eaters. Owen Harris’s plan was to let Voldemort escape rather than risk heavy casualties, while the Harris family prepared to use the battle to strengthen its influence.

• Voldemort escaped Allen’s attempt to fling him through the Veil, but Allen attacked him with a Killing Curse.
• Voldemort, furious at being tricked, unleashed Fiendfyre at Neville and the disguised Umbrella members, who blocked it together.
• Umbrella fighters and powerful wizards entered the Death Chamber and attacked Voldemort as Death Eaters began fleeing.
• Allen announced that an Anti-Apparition Array was being prepared, prompting Voldemort to consider retreating.
• Owen Harris’s plan called for the Harris family to avoid a costly fight, let Voldemort remain a threat, and use the battle to elevate Allen and expand their influence in the Ministry.

Voldemort fled the Department of Mysteries after Allen Harris’s forces overwhelmed the Death Eaters, while Allen declared victory and vowed that the Harris Family repaid its debts. Dumbledore arrived as the Ministry prepared to arrest the Order of the Phoenix, leaving Fudge to confront the fact that Voldemort had been driven off.

• Voldemort blasted his way out of the Death Chamber, ordered his followers to retreat, and escaped with Bellatrix while Lucius Malfoy Disapparated with Rodolphus.
• Allen told Voldemort that the Harris Family’s attack repaid his Triwizard Cup plot and announced that their side had won the battle.
• Aurors captured Death Eaters who failed to escape, while some were killed when their Apparition was interrupted.
• Dumbledore arrived by phoenix and reassured Harry as Moody explained that the Ministry planned to arrest the Order of the Phoenix.
• Fudge entered with Ministry forces, and Owen Harris pointed out that Fudge had avoided Apparating into the chamber while Voldemort was there.

After the Ministry battle, Allen negotiated lenient punishment for the Order of the Phoenix while the Dementors’ rebellion left Fudge politically ruined. The exhausted group waited in the Hogwarts Headmaster’s Office, where a confused woman arrived and mistook their oversized robes for a pajama party.

• Percy reported that the Dementors had deserted Azkaban and joined Voldemort, while the prisoners had escaped.
• Owen Harris blamed Fudge for Azkaban’s failure, and Percy realized he had backed the wrong political side.
• Penelope returned to human form and joined Hermione in supporting the drained Allen, though she remained jealous of Hermione.
• Dumbledore asked Allen to release the Order of the Phoenix, and Allen agreed to give its members only a warning while urging respect for Ministry laws.
• Dumbledore praised Allen and agreed to speak with Owen, while Allen noticed popcorn in Dumbledore’s hood.
• In the Hogwarts Headmaster’s Office, Ginny, Ron, and Neville waited in oversized robes until an unnamed woman entered and asked whether they were having a pajama party.

After Allen was swept through the Veil by a mass of black mist, Hermione and Penelope struggled with whether to follow him. Hermione resolved to find a way to bring him back, while Penelope agreed to wait only if Hermione truly intended to enter the Veil herself if her research failed.

• Allen rested in the Death Chamber and asked Hermione to compensate the families of the fallen in Umbrella's name.
• Black mist erupted from the Veil, swallowed Allen, Hermione, and Penelope, and dragged Allen through the archway after he severed the mist around the women.
• Hermione realized Allen had been protected by a blue film, while Penelope learned from the Umbrella Squad that Allen had been pulled into the Veil.
• Penelope transformed into her spider Animagus form and tried to enter the archway, but Hermione and the others attempted to stop her.
• Hermione promised to bring Allen back and said she would enter the Veil if her research failed, so Penelope agreed to let her try.

Luna arrived in the Department of Mysteries Death Chamber and stopped Penelope from entering the Veil, insisting Allen would return. Luna then entered the Veil herself, revealing a connection to Rowena Ravenclaw before telling Hermione to call her Luna.

• Luna descended into the Death Chamber wearing Ravenclaw's Diadem and explained that the Veil led to the Land of the Dead.
• Hermione told Luna that Allen had been dragged behind the Veil, while Penelope tried to approach it.
• Luna immobilized Penelope and said Allen would come back if they had him dig up the Catnip field.
• Luna entered the Veil under a blue shield, accompanied by shifting images of three women, and Hermione recognized her as Rowena Ravenclaw.
• Luna poked her head back through the Veil, winked at Hermione, and told her to call her Luna.

Allen survived being dragged behind the Veil because Luna’s necklace surrounded him with a blue shield, but he became trapped in a barren, gray realm. He discovered that wandless spells worked but could not break the black substance surrounding him, and his wand and Perception Mark were both unresponsive.

• Allen fell through the Veil and landed on barren hills, protected by the blue shield from Luna’s necklace.
• Allen noticed injuries on his exposed skin and suspected the black mist surrounding him was a powerful Obscurus, though he could sense no host.
• Allen tried to escape in Phoenix form and with Gate, but the black substance confined him and his wand had lost its connection to him.
• Allen cast wandless Stunning, Petrification, and Sectumsempra spells, but none damaged the barrier.
• Allen sensed that the black mist carried powers of death and shadow, then found that his Perception Mark could neither contact anyone nor locate him.

Allen found himself trapped in the Underworld, where despair weakened him and his magic barely affected the undead. Four Death Knights accused him of owing a debt and tried to kill him, but a blue protective membrane stopped their attacks.

• Allen recognized the gray wilderness and its drifting souls as the Underworld he had seen in a Dementor’s mind.
• Allen tried to communicate with the souls but could not understand their distorted speech or escape the despair surrounding him.
• Four Death Knights arrived with skeletons, zombies, and Dementors, and declared that their lord had permitted them to collect Allen’s debt by killing him.
• Allen attacked with wandless Incendio, but the flames only slowed the undead, who surrounded and charged him.
• The Viking Death Knight grabbed Allen while the English Death Knight stabbed at him, but a blue membrane protected Allen from the sword.