Chapter Summaries

Allen investigated the cursed Opal Necklace and learned that Cheryl had been controlled to make Katie deliver it to Dumbledore. Later, at Slughorn’s banquet, Hermione discussed her Muggle parents and Ginny defended the medical technique that had saved her father, while Slughorn assessed his guests and kept Allen at a careful distance.

• Pope brought Allen the Opal Necklace and reported that Cheryl had been cursed into controlling Katie, while the culprit remained unidentified.
• Allen grabbed the cursed necklace without protection, judged that he could safely lift its curse from Katie, then reconsidered his plan after remembering Luna’s request.
• Allen attended Slughorn’s banquet with Hermione and Emily, where Draco served them roasted quail and Slughorn questioned the guests about their families.
• Marcus Belby revealed that his uncle Damocles had joined the Umbrella Corporation, then choked on quail until Slughorn cleared his throat with a spell.
• Hermione explained that her parents were dentists, and Ginny defended the Muggle-derived treatment that had helped her father recover from a magical wound.
• Slughorn favored Draco and Zabini, showed his dislike of Marcus, and entertained Allen warmly while avoiding a closer relationship with him.

Allen invited Slughorn to join his Omniscience Club and persuaded him to arrange joint dinners with members of the Slug Club. After Allen left, Harry questioned Slughorn about Tom Riddle, whose resemblance to Allen briefly alarmed the professor.

• Allen told Slughorn that his Training Class had grown into the Omniscience Club and invited him to join.
• Slughorn asked for time to consider the invitation, then agreed to arrange a joint dinner during the Christmas holidays.
• Allen pointed out that Harry had stayed behind, and Slughorn showed him the shelf of photographs of notable witches and wizards.
• Harry asked whether Tom Riddle had appeared on Slughorn’s shelf and pressed him about what Riddle had been like as a student.
• Slughorn described Riddle as clever, handsome, influential, and well-liked, then stopped himself from comparing him to Allen.
• Slughorn told Harry that Riddle had hidden his true nature, and the hourglass sand began falling quickly.

Allen brought Tonks and his friends to the Mansion to help Tonks and Remus confirm their relationship, while Hermione questioned Allen about Umbridge’s werewolf treatment. The outing ended with Luna sick from Allen’s reckless driving and Daisy changing out of her polka-dot dress.

• Hermione questioned Allen about Umbridge voluntarily testing the Wolfsbane Potion, and Allen explained her consent, compensation, and reunion with her Squib brother.
• Allen gathered his friends to meet Tonks, who wore her Auror uniform and admitted she was nervous about the day’s outcome.
• Allen drove everyone to the Mansion in the Bentley 8 Litre, where Luna became carsick and vomited inside the car.
• Daisy changed her polka-dot dress back to blue and told Allen she would choose a wizard car when they went on sale.

Allen gathered Remus Lupin and his Werewolf friends at Umbrella headquarters and proposed a plan to improve Werewolves’ reputation. Lupin agreed to the sacrifice, and Allen announced that he was betrothing him to Dolores Umbridge.

• Allen welcomed Lupin’s Werewolf friends and Tonks to Umbrella’s headquarters, where they watched Lupin through a one-way mirror.
• Lupin told Allen that he avoided romance because he feared passing on lycanthropy or endangering a partner, despite the Wolfsbane Potion trials improving Werewolves’ lives.
• Hermione noticed Lynch, an undead Death Knight, among the Werewolves, while Luna used gestures to get Emily to photograph Lupin and Allen.
• Allen said Lupin was the best person to carry out a mission that could improve wizards’ views of Werewolves, and Lupin agreed to do it for their sake.
• Allen declared that he was betrothing Remus Lupin to Dolores Umbridge.

Allen teased Remus Lupin by proposing that he marry Dolores Umbridge, then used the ruse to confront him about avoiding Tonks. Lupin confessed his fears, Tonks reunited with him, and the gathering celebrated their relationship.

• Allen told Lupin he planned to arrange a marriage between him and Umbridge, horrifying Lupin and amusing the werewolves watching behind a one-way mirror.
• Allen revealed that the marriage was a joke meant to needle Lupin for rejecting Tonks, and Lupin explained his fears about his lycanthropy, children, and Tonks's future.
• Allen told Lupin how melancholy Tonks had become, and Tonks burst through the broken mirror and kissed him after hearing his confession.
• Lupin and Tonks embraced, while their friends teased them and set off magical fireworks.
• Allen warned Lupin not to mistreat Tonks or hold a secret wedding, and Emily discovered that Luna and Helena had taken her Sugar Quill.

Allen prepared for Emily’s first Quidditch match against Harry and promised her Sugar Quills if she caught the Snitch. Ron struggled with nerves before Gryffindor’s match, but Lavender’s encouragement left him surprised and delighted.

• Allen gave patrolling Aurors an envelope of warnings for Lenn Harris to send out about kidnappings and the Statute of Secrecy.
• Allen found Luna wearing a snake headdress and watched her startle Emily by smashing a plate, which she said was a Danish good-luck custom.
• Allen promised Emily a pile of Sugar Quills if she caught the Golden Snitch, and they sealed the deal with a pinky swear.
• Ron arrived at breakfast anxious about his past Quidditch performances, and Hermione reminded him that he was playing Beater now.
• Ron asked Harry and Ginny about Slughorn’s party, and Ginny said she and Harry could attend the Yule Ball together.
• Lavender praised Ron and wished him luck, leaving him delighted as Ginny and Harry reacted with disgust to her exaggerated flirting.

Harry led Gryffindor into its Quidditch match against Slytherin, facing Pansy’s attacks and Draco’s taunts while Zacharias Smith mocked the team. Slytherin scored first, and Allen returned to the stands with snacks and asked Luna whether the Taboo Curse could reveal what someone was thinking.

• Harry worried about Gryffindor’s missing Chaser Katie Bell and Ron’s move from Keeper to Beater before leading the team toward the pitch.
• Harry and Ron confronted Pansy in the Entrance Hall, and Harry and Draco nearly fought while shaking hands before Madam Hooch started the match.
• Zacharias Smith mocked Gryffindor during the game as Emily and Harry searched for the Snitch and Pansy repeatedly sent Bludgers toward Harry.
• Ron redirected a Bludger toward Emily, while Draco helped Slytherin attack and scored the match’s first goal against Gryffindor.
• Allen returned to the Ravenclaw stands with snacks, muffled a nearby conversation, and asked Luna whether the Taboo Curse could reveal a speaker’s thoughts.

Allen’s clone summoned a snowstorm over the Quidditch match as Slytherin pulled ahead and Harry and Emily raced for the Golden Snitch. Emily caught the Snitch after Ron was badly injured and Harry crashed, while Allen carved a piece of wood and discussed whose name to use for it.

• Allen’s clone sent a magically created snowstorm toward the pitch, then vanished after cutting a branch from a tree.
• Draco scored repeatedly as Slytherin took a ninety-to-thirty lead, while Harry and Emily chased the Golden Snitch into the supports beneath the stands.
• Harry tried to ram Emily but bounced off her, and Pansy and Goyle repeatedly targeted him with Bludgers.
• Ron blocked a Bludger meant for Harry, was thrown into the Hufflepuff stands, and lost consciousness.
• Harry’s broom suddenly veered into the supports and broke, and he suspected Emily had used wandless magic to knock him off course.
• Emily caught the Golden Snitch, while Allen carved the piece of wood and asked the pale-blonde witch whether to use Rowena’s, Eris’s, or Luna’s name.

Lucius watched Draco’s Quidditch victory before leaving Voldemort’s base to search for the Hand of Vecna, while Gilderoy secretly cared for imprisoned Muggles. Lucius caught Gilderoy helping a mother and child, but left without reporting him, and Gilderoy remained too frightened to help them escape.

• Rodolphus and Lucius watched Draco’s Slytherin team win its Quidditch match on a flickering Television.
• Lucius told Rodolphus he was leaving to search for the Hand of Vecna and hoped to secure him a magical replacement hand.
• Lucius saw Gilderoy give food and water to a Muggle mother named Nancy and her young daughter, then mocked him and walked away without reporting him.
• Gilderoy feared Lucius would expose his kindness and warned Nancy that he could not free her or her daughter.
• Nancy pleaded with Gilderoy to rescue her child, but he pulled away and explained that they would be caught or killed if he tried.

Allen and the Gryffindors visited Harry and Ron in the Hospital Wing, then traveled to St. Mungo’s to see Katie. Allen assessed Katie’s curse and told Hermione it was still being contained, but he left the question of whether he could break it unanswered.

• Allen and Emily visited Harry and Ron, where Lavender kissed Ron and Madam Pomfrey treated the injured players.
• Emily gave Harry Quidditch protective gear and reassured him about losing the Snitch; Allen promised to take the Gryffindors to visit Katie.
• Allen and Hermione led the Gryffindors to Katie’s ward at St. Mungo’s, where Katie greeted her teammates and warned them that a bee had been hiding in Lavender’s flowers.
• Katie blamed herself for the team’s losses and worried she had caused the injuries, while Harry and the others comforted her.
• Allen told Katie that her curse was contained but would likely take at least three months to break, then Hermione quietly asked whether he could break it.
• Allen whispered to Hermione and playfully blew warm breath into her ear, leaving her blushing.

Katie Bell encountered Rowena Ravenclaw in a strange vision during a severe flare-up of her curse, then woke at St. Mungo's apparently cured. She realized Ravenclaw had removed the curse during their first meeting, before Katie could ask.

• After watching Gryffindor lose to Slytherin, Katie Bell felt guilty and distressed about missing the Quidditch matches, then suffered a severe curse flare-up in the night.
• A soothing voice guided Katie through a dark space to a five-headed dragon that transformed into Rowena Ravenclaw.
• Ravenclaw asked Katie a riddle, touched her forehead, and sent her through a bewildering vision of space and creation.
• Katie woke in her St. Mungo's bed and found Ravenclaw's wooden statue beside her, then realized she had forgotten to ask for a cure.
• Katie pleaded with Ravenclaw to remove her curse, and Ravenclaw asked, "What curse?" Katie realized she was already healthy.

Katie recovered from her curse and learned that Ravenclaw would offer help to devout wizards through monthly riddles, while Allen and Luna discussed their plan to gather faith and the risks of angering the Grim Reaper. At Harris Manor, Helena revealed that Albert and Fleur might be expecting a child, just before Allen’s family gathered for an important announcement.

• Katie thanked Ravenclaw for curing her curse and asked whether she could tell the other patients to seek help.
• Ravenclaw told Katie that wizards could pray beneath the moon and that she would choose three each full moon to answer riddles in exchange for healing.
• Allen and Luna returned to the Tower, where Luna explained that she could not cure every illness and warned Allen to keep his main body away from the Veil archway.
• Allen and Luna agreed to tell the family about their plans before the Ministry could interfere with the miracle at St. Mungo’s.
• Helena told Emily that Albert and Fleur might have a new niece or nephew after she spied on them in their room.
• Hermione explained that Allen had called everyone to Harris Manor for something important, and Fleur realized Helena had been watching her and Albert.

At breakfast, the Harris family discussed building Luna’s following and warned that the Grim Reaper might threaten them as they researched the Deathly Hallows. Allen revealed his Sorcerer’s Stone, and the conversation ended with Hermione defending its creation while unknowingly repeating Allen’s incomplete account of his role in the deaths it required.

• Allen explained that the family could help Luna gain faith through shrines, prayers, and publicity, while Owen supported a gradual effort.
• Lenn warned that pure-blood families were stirring up opposition through Scrimgeour, Auror Office disputes, and attacks on Umbrella Corporation.
• Allen warned the family to avoid the Department of Mysteries and watch for Dementor attacks, but said his research would continue through clones.
• Luna mentioned the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Allen placed the stone he had made on the table.
• Xenophilius claimed making the stone required many lives and blamed Nicolas Flamel for historic plagues, while Luna said she had seen that Flamel had only used the Black Death.
• Fleur and Albert questioned whether Allen had killed people to make the stone, and Hermione defended him by saying he had used the life force of soldiers who died in three battles in 1066, unaware Allen had helped cause those battles.

Allen explained how the Sorcerer’s Stone’s Elixir of Life could be combined with Ioulaum’s Longevity to extend life while guarding against the spell being dispelled. He left the group with plans to share the Elixir under safeguards, research a Phoenix, and have Hermione help lighten his workload.

• Hermione explained why the group could not use the Sorcerer’s Stone to produce unlimited gold, and Allen described the Elixir of Life’s limits on aging.
• Luna named Ioulaum’s Longevity, and Allen explained that the spell could extend life and restore youth by absorbing life force from living creatures.
• Owen instructed Josephine’s department to seek suitable creatures and Umbrella to provide special funding, while Allen clarified that the spell could be dispelled and should be paired with the Elixir of Life.
• Allen offered to share the Elixir with loved ones and close friends, prompting Fleur to suggest an Unbreakable Vow and Hermione to propose Devil’s Contracts for Muggles.
• Allen said he would eventually announce that he had made the Sorcerer’s Stone and urged everyone to pursue Animagus transformations; Owen also reminded him to research and subdue a Phoenix.
• Hermione volunteered to find books about Phoenixes and summarize their key points for Allen.

Katie returned to Hogwarts fully healed and told students that Rowena Ravenclaw had cured her, while Harry and Hermione prepared for Slughorn’s Christmas party. The chapter ended with Katie asking Luna how to befriend Helena and learning that Helena’s mother liked pudding.

• Katie returned to the Great Hall, where Madam Pomfrey confirmed she had recovered without any aftereffects, and Katie told her friends that Ravenclaw had healed her and offered patients at St. Mungo’s a chance to win healing by answering a riddle.
• Ron speculated that Allen Harris was connected to Ravenclaw, while Katie decided to ask Helena about her mother.
• As Christmas approached, Harry went to the library and Hermione warned him about girls who wanted to use Love Potions on him, then said she would attend Slughorn’s party with Allen to discuss Umbrella business.
• Helena told Luna that girls were plotting to give Harry Love Potions, but Luna explained that the potion was a Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes product and reminded Helena to bring a camera to the party.
• Katie approached Luna for advice on befriending Helena, and Luna told her that Helena’s mother liked pudding.

Dumbledore confirmed that Katie Bell had fully recovered, and Hogwarts celebrated Christmas with a choir performance and a feast. As Allen and Hermione headed to Professor Slughorn’s party, Snape overheard Allen’s joke about his greasy hair and took points from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.

• Dumbledore examined Katie Bell and confirmed that her recovery had left no lingering danger.
• Luna defended Katie’s belief in Ravenclaw after Snape mocked her, and Snape noticed Harry before leaving.
• Professor Flitwick conducted the Hogwarts Choir’s unusual Christmas performance, which received polite applause.
• Harry, Ginny, and other Slughorn invitees left the feast, and Allen waited in the Entrance Hall for Hermione.
• Hermione arrived dressed for the party and complained about the effort she had spent on her hair.
• Snape overheard Allen joke that he refused to use Potter hair products and deducted ten points each from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.

Allen and Hermione attended Slughorn’s crowded banquet, where they met guests and discussed business, Quidditch, and Umbrella. The evening ended with Hermione confronting Annette Bobbin over her prejudice and attempt to pressure Umbrella into controlling potion prices.

• Hermione and Allen entered Slughorn’s expanded office, where Josephine warned Sanguini away from a group of girls and Ambrosius Flume gave him a Blood Lollipop.
• Slughorn introduced Eldred Worple to Allen, and Worple asked to write Allen’s biography.
• Gwenog Jones spoke with Allen about Quidditch, then signed Ginny Weasley’s dress and invited her to fly with the Holyhead Harpies over the summer.
• Slughorn introduced Hermione to Annette Bobbin, who praised her and proposed discussing the falling prices of Potions with Umbrella.
• Hermione refused to intervene in the falling prices, read Annette’s thoughts with Legilimency, and heard Annette mock her Muggle-born status before a familiar female voice interrupted.

At Slughorn’s banquet, Harry learned that Dumbledore had left Hogwarts and secretly overheard Snape warn Pansy Parkinson about her mission. The chapter ended with Snape reminding Pansy that Dumbledore was gone and ordering her not to act on her own.

• Fleur and Hermione mocked Annette Bobbin’s outfit and joked that Umbrella would lower Potions prices.
• Harry ate Dragon Meatballs to discourage people from approaching him, and Cormac McLaggen ate them too.
• After Harry revealed the food was Dragon Egglet, Cormac vomited on Snape and earned a month of detention.
• Snape told Harry that Dumbledore had left Hogwarts and would not return until after the Christmas holidays.
• Harry followed Snape and overheard him warn Pansy to attend the banquet openly, avoid mistakes, and not act independently.

Harry suspected Snape and Pansy were plotting, but at Grimmauld Place he postponed telling Sirius Black and the others. Meanwhile, the Harris family hosted a gathering and discussed their guests after they left.

• On the Hogwarts Express, Harry told Ron and Ginny that Pansy and Snape had discussed Dumbledore leaving Hogwarts, while Lavender flirted with Ron outside their compartment.
• At Number 12, Grimmauld Place, Harry and Tonks cleaned up while Sirius Black resisted an invitation to spend Christmas at The Burrow because Allen still would not see him.
• Harry, Remus Lupin, and Tonks persuaded Sirius Black to go to The Burrow with Harry, and Sirius planned to bring a Mandrake for the children.
• At Harris Manor, guests departed by Thestral-drawn carriages, wizarding cars, Apparition, or Flying Broomsticks after the family gathering.
• The Harrises relaxed in Harris Tower, where Daisy, Xenophilius, Owen, and Morgan le Fay Rosier Harris discussed Percy Weasley and the prospects for families whose elders had died.

Allen and Lenn visited the magical animals with food, and their family members reunited with the creatures they cared for. Allen found Emily amusing herself with a Pygmy Puff and joined her in feeding Galleons to a Niffler, then warned her not to take risks.

• Lenn brought leftover food for the magical animals, and Allen joined him after realizing he had not visited them lately.
• Gaia greeted Lenn instead of Allen, while Tina recognized Allen and asked whether his new work as a professor left him less busy.
• Lassie and Drogon welcomed Luna, and Helena helped bring meat for the dragons.
• Hermione fed Cotton a fleshy worm and promised to take the Thunderbird to Arizona during the holidays.
• Allen found Emily flicking boogers for a Pygmy Puff to eat and joined her in tossing Galleons to the Niffler.
• Allen noticed Emily had plenty of gold and warned her to be careful and not take risks.