Chapter Summaries

Allen asked Hermione how to win over a Phoenix, and she proposed that he use bird courtship dances after spending time building trust with it. The family teased Allen into considering the plan, while Luna’s knowing smile made him suspect she had helped set him up.

• Emily explained that Lenn found comfort in caring for animals because they offered sincere, uncomplicated companionship.
• Allen asked Hermione how they could win over the Phoenix, and Hermione admitted she was unsure how to stop it teleporting away.
• Luna suggested catching the Phoenix and placing it in the Imprisonment Chamber, where its confinement array would block teleportation.
• Hermione revealed that she recommended Allen court the female Phoenix with bird mating dances after first cultivating a bond with it.
• Daisy, Fleur, Lenn, and the others urged Allen to try Hermione’s plan, while Emily defended his right to refuse.
• Allen rejected the plan as immature and realized Luna’s subtle smile suggested she had helped arrange the embarrassing proposal.

Allen comforted Hermione after she apologized for embarrassing him, while Gilderoy Lockhart secretly cared for the imprisoned Muggles in the Albanian Forest. Nancy feared that she and her daughter would soon be executed, and the chapter left her asking Lockhart if their deaths were near.

• Hermione apologized to Allen for discussing his method in front of the others, and Allen praised her research and worried about how little she had slept.
• Allen embraced and kissed Hermione, and they rested together in the library.
• Gilderoy Lockhart worked on a new story in his room, removed his golden wig to reveal his bald head, then put it back on before visiting the Muggles.
• Lockhart distributed food to the imprisoned Muggles and gave Nancy and her daughter extra food for Christmas.
• Nancy's daughter wished that all three of them could escape and see sunlight again, and Nancy asked Lockhart whether they were about to be executed.

Lockhart formed a cautious plan to escape with Nancy and Patricia and win the Ministry of Magic’s trust. The next morning, Allen secretly practiced a phoenix courtship dance in Ravenclaw Tower.

• Patricia urged Lockhart to promise that he would save her and Nancy, while Nancy asked him to take them with him.
• Lockhart realized he could use the mother and daughter’s testimony to seek the Ministry of Magic’s protection and planned to obtain a Portkey with help from his fans.
• Lockhart reassured Patricia that he would find a way to save them, then left their cage after giving them his remaining food.
• Allen sealed Ravenclaw Tower’s Training Room, removed Luna’s hidden cameras, transformed into a phoenix, and practiced a courtship dance.

Luna brought a female Phoenix from the Time Room to the Imprisonment Chamber so Allen could try to conquer it, while Helena chose to keep a Banshee as a pet and hoped to control it herself. The Phoenix tried to attack and escape but remained trapped, and Luna asked Hermione what to do next.

• Luna carried the female Phoenix out of the Time Room and placed it inside an Imprisonment Array.
• Helena refused Luna and Allen's offer to control the Banshee for her, insisting that she wanted to try it herself.
• Hermione and Helena discussed Celestina Warbeck, while Hermione explained the differences between male and female birds to Helena.
• The female Phoenix recognized Luna, attacked her, then tried to escape by turning into flame, but the Imprisonment Array kept it trapped.
• Helena judged the female Phoenix less pretty than Allen and Fawkes, and Luna asked Hermione what they should do next.

Hermione and Luna imprisoned Allen in his Phoenix form with the captured female Phoenix, hoping the two birds would bond. The female Phoenix first guarded her territory and food, then tried to feed Allen, and finally drove Luna away when she entered the Binding Room.

• Hermione had Luna capture Allen in his Animagus form and place him in the Imprisonment Chamber with the female Phoenix.
• Allen tried to approach and communicate with the female Phoenix, but she attacked him and forced him to keep away from her side of the array.
• Luna brought live rabbits and reduced the array, bringing the two Phoenixes closer together; the female Phoenix guarded the rabbits and ate her fill.
• The female Phoenix repeatedly offered Allen a rabbit and tried to teach him to eat it, but Allen refused.
• When Luna entered the Binding Room behind Allen, the female Phoenix adopted a threatening posture to drive her away.

Allen gained the female Phoenix’s trust by feeding and resting with her, then returned to human form. Owen Harris arrived with other wizards and told Allen he could formally proceed to the next step, while the Phoenix remained wary of the crowd.

• Luna used a staged spell to reveal Allen in human form, but the female Phoenix attacked him until he imitated her call and transformed back into a Phoenix.
• The female Phoenix fed Allen raw rabbit, and he ate it in Phoenix form before cooking rabbit for himself after transforming back into a human.
• Allen shared roasted rabbit with the female Phoenix, and the two grew comfortable resting beside each other.
• Owen Harris and a group of wizards arrived at the Imprisonment Chamber to watch Allen and the Phoenix.
• Owen told Allen that he could formally proceed to the next step, while the female Phoenix pecked Allen’s hand and stayed on guard.

Allen’s family pressured him to use Phoenix courtship to bond with the female Phoenix, and he finally performed a dance for her while they watched and recorded. The female Phoenix gradually joined him, and the two Phoenixes danced together inside the Imprisonment Array.

• Owen told Allen that familiarity would not keep the female Phoenix with him and insisted he use Phoenix courtship to become her lifelong mate.
• Allen’s family refused to leave, and Daisy set up a gramophone while Luna prepared to record the dance.
• Allen transformed into a male Phoenix as Daisy played a Flamenco record, and Morgan le Fay concealed the family from the Phoenixes.
• Allen spread his feathers and danced to attract the female Phoenix, who initially turned away from him.
• The female Phoenix slowly approached Allen, and the two pressed their chests together, touched beaks, and spun around in a dance.

Allen and Umbrella Corporation visited St. Mungo’s to distribute Christmas gifts and comfort patients, while Allen attended a full-moon prayer at Ravenclaw’s shrine. The shrine’s blue light soothed the worshippers and apparently cured a wizard’s long-standing curse, leaving the gathered reporters to witness the miracle.

• Allen gave patients gifts, hugged sick children, and delighted one young fan by recreating his Quidditch World Cup outfit.
• Hermione played with injured children, checked their teeth, and gave them safe toys and dental-care items.
• Katie invited Allen to Ravenclaw’s shrine for the full-moon prayers, and he accepted.
• At the shrine, Allen noticed a quiet wizard who was a master of Occlumency and watched as Ravenclaw’s statue began to glow blue.
• The light calmed the worshippers, and the wizard’s cursed, damaged cheek healed before the reporters’ eyes.
• The wizard examined his smooth cheek, realized the voodoo curse was gone, and cheered that he was cured.

At St. Mungo’s, Lawrence recovered from permanent spell damage after Miriam Strout’s prayers to Ravenclaw, convincing witnesses that the shrine’s miracles were real. As Allen Harris prayed beside Katie, moonlight gathered around him and a Phoenix flew from the shrine to his shoulder, drawing awe and envy from the crowd.

• A healer confirmed that the cursed pox scars of a patient praying at Ravenclaw’s shrine had vanished, and reporters questioned him about seeing Ravenclaw.
• Miriam Strout learned that Lawrence had regained his senses in the Janus Thickey Ward, and Lawrence thanked her for praying for him.
• Herbert Spleen witnessed Lawrence’s recovery, while Katie celebrated that Ravenclaw’s miracle had been proven and invited Allen and Professor Toth to pray.
• Allen joined Katie in prayer, and the gathered wizards and several reporters began praying beneath the shrine.
• Moonlight gathered around Allen, and a Phoenix appeared on Ravenclaw’s statue before flying to Allen’s shoulder.
• A ruddy-faced wizard watched Allen with jealousy and muttered that he was favored even by the Deity.

Allen Harris received a Phoenix from Rowena Ravenclaw at St. Mungo’s, drawing reporters’ attention. Ravenclaw then spoke privately with Severus Snape, directed him to Allen for help with Harry’s problem, and posed Snape another riddle as he left.

• Allen asked the reporters to interview him outside the hospital shrine, and they followed him to the landing between the fourth and fifth floors.
• Severus Snape stayed behind in disguise and questioned Ravenclaw’s choice, but she revealed that she knew his thoughts and identified him as a Hogwarts teacher.
• Ravenclaw challenged Snape with a riddle, and after rejecting his first answer of glory, accepted his answer of a secret.
• Ravenclaw told Snape to seek Allen for the problem he wished to solve for Harry, and Snape saluted her before leaving.
• Ravenclaw stopped Snape and asked what powdered root of Sunlight Orchid added to an infusion of Wormwood would produce.

After Ravenclaw showed Snape a brief vision of Lily through the Resurrection Stone, she ordered him to find her chosen one, Allen Harris, after the holiday. Snape returned to Spinner’s End and planned to renovate the house so Lily could stay with him.

• Ravenclaw revealed Snape’s remorse over Lily and briefly summoned her through the Resurrection Stone, which then disappeared.
• Snape begged Ravenclaw for the stone, and she told him to find her chosen one after the holiday for guidance.
• Snape watched Allen Harris being interviewed at St. Mungo’s and suspected that Allen was Ravenclaw’s chosen one.
• Snape returned to his childhood home at Spinner’s End and decided to replace its shabby furnishings and install modern conveniences for Lily.

Allen learned that Snape could not receive the Resurrection Stone until the Grim Reaper was dealt with, then Luna and Anka fought over Allen. At The Burrow, Tonks discussed her coming wedding with Molly, while Arthur warned Lupin about the dangers of careless remarks to a wife.

• Allen and Luna discussed how Lily Evans’s remnant soul would lead Snape toward death if he used the Resurrection Stone, so they decided to wait until the Grim Reaper was dealt with.
• Anka attacked Luna after finding her close to Allen, and Allen caught the Phoenix and tried to calm them both.
• At The Burrow, Tonks told Molly that Allen and Daisy had pressured Lupin to hold a proper wedding and that Molly would be among the first invited.
• Arthur warned Lupin against making thoughtless comments to his wife, and Sirius urged Lupin to listen to him.

At the Weasleys’ Christmas gathering, Harry and Ginny shared a private moment before Ron interrupted them and revealed his bewilderment about Lavender Brown. The family settled into preparations for the night as Percy turned on Wizard Today, whose report described fewer Death Eater attacks and a miraculous appearance by Rowena Ravenclaw.

• Ginny fed Harry one of her pies, and the two shared a kiss while Celestina Warbeck’s Christmas song played.
• Arthur explained that Molly had once sold concert tickets to a neighbor who turned out to be a devoted Celestina Warbeck fan.
• Ron squeezed between Harry and Ginny, then brooded over a Christmas card and kisses from Lavender Brown.
• Fred teased Ron about Lavender, and Ron angrily threw a knife that George transformed into a paper airplane.
• Molly arranged sleeping spaces for the crowded household, and Bill joined Ginny and Harry on the sofa.
• Percy turned up Wizard Today, where Fleur Delacour reported fewer Death Eater attacks and an appearance by Rowena Ravenclaw at St. Mungo’s.

The Weasleys, Harry, and their allies debated whether Ravenclaw’s appearance and the healing at St. Mungo’s were genuine, then Harry revealed his suspicions about Pansy Parkinson and Snape. The discussion ended with the adults questioning the growing conflict between Scrimgeour and the Harris family.

• The group watched news footage of Ravenclaw healing two wizards, and they argued over whether Allen had staged the event or Ravenclaw was real.
• Harry told everyone that he suspected Voldemort had assigned Pansy Parkinson a task and that Snape was helping her target Dumbledore.
• Lupin defended Snape by citing Dumbledore’s trust in him, while Harry insisted that Dumbledore could be mistaken.
• Sirius gave Harry, Ron, and Ginny Mandrake leaves to begin their Animagus preparations, and Harry understood that the leaves would also keep him from speaking.
• Arthur explained that Scrimgeour had sent Aurors to investigate Ravenclaw’s manifestation as a suspected scam, despite knowing the Harris family’s role.

At Christmas at The Burrow, the Weasleys and their guests discussed the growing divisions between the Harris family, Dumbledore, and the Ministry while worrying about Voldemort’s return. Allen arrived with Anka, deflected Sirius Black’s attempt to discuss Kreacher, and gave Mrs. Weasley an enormous stack of Celestina Warbeck concert tickets.

• Arthur, Bill, Percy, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Tonks discussed Scrimgeour’s clash with Albert Harris and the widening conflict between the Harrises and Dumbledore.
• Molly called everyone to Christmas lunch, where Ron struggled to eat while holding a Mandrake leaf in his mouth for Animagus training.
• Fred and George teased the gold-painted Garden Gnome atop the Christmas tree, and Allen arrived at The Burrow with Anka on his shoulder.
• Sirius Black tried to confront Allen about Kreacher, but Allen postponed their discussion and sent Anka outside.
• Allen thanked Mrs. Weasley for her sweater and gave her a gift box filled with Celestina Warbeck concert tickets.

Allen visited the Weasleys for Christmas and gave gifts to the family, including concert tickets for Mrs. Weasley and a luxury robe for Ron. After reassuring Harry about his Animagus preparations, Allen agreed to speak privately with Remus Lupin in the garden.

• Mrs. Weasley initially refused Allen's VIP concert tickets, but Arthur encouraged her to accept them, and Allen gave Percy a gift as well.
• Allen met Bill, handed out gifts to the Weasley family, and praised Percy's ability and Ministry prospects.
• Ron opened Allen's luxury self-repairing wizard robe, and Ginny reminded him that Allen had treated him kindly despite Ron's frequent criticism.
• Sirius remarked that Allen knew how to charm people after seeing Molly and Ron react to their gifts.
• Harry told Allen he was holding a Mandrake leaf in preparation for Animagus Transformation, and Allen advised him to persevere and ask Hermione for help with the stormy weather he would need.
• Remus Lupin invited Allen to talk privately in the garden, and Arthur suggested they take the garden gnome with them.

Remus Lupin warned Allen that his educational dispute with Dumbledore could divide the wizarding world, but Allen defended his plan to teach people to protect themselves against Dark wizards. Allen left Lupin to make his own choice and went to find George and Fred.

• Remus Lupin and Allen discussed Gnomes, and Lupin thanked Allen for helping Tonks and Werewolves.
• Lupin told Allen that Hogwarts governors and Rufus Scrimgeour were aligning with Dumbledore’s opponents and urged Allen to compromise on his teaching plans.
• Allen argued that teaching more wizards practical defensive and offensive magic would save lives, unlike relying on a few people to confront Dark Lords.
• Allen told Lupin he did not have to take sides and could follow his own conscience, then joked that Lupin should invite him to his wedding.
• Allen left Lupin thinking over the dispute and went to discuss business with George and Fred.

Allen visited the Grangers for Christmas and gave them the Elixir of Life, stunning them with the prospect of immortality. The chapter left Mr. and Mrs. Granger struggling to believe they might never die.

• Allen got the twins' powerful laxative formula and promised Sirius Black that he would give him something when they met again.
• Allen visited Hermione's home, where Anka perched on Hermione's head and the Grangers enthusiastically took photos.
• Dobby received a pair of socks from Allen and decided to find roast rabbit for Anka.
• Mr. Granger asked Allen to take some of the family's surplus turkeys, and Allen brought the Grangers a Christmas gift.
• Allen offered Mr. and Mrs. Granger the Elixir of Life, and they asked in disbelief whether it meant they would never die.

Allen persuaded the Grangers to accept a supply of the Elixir of Immortality, explaining Hermione’s role in Umbrella Corporation and the danger posed by the Grim Reaper. The chapter ended with Lockhart and the Death Eaters leading captured Muggles into a cave in the Albanian Forest.

• Allen told the Grangers that the Elixir of Immortality could prevent death from old age, and Hermione revealed that she led Umbrella Corporation.
• Allen explained that the Grangers needed the potion to keep the Grim Reaper from taking their souls before he was defeated.
• The Grangers accepted the gift, and Allen brought out a cauldron full of potion for them to share with relatives.
• Hermione reassured her mother that she could use the Confundus Charm to conceal the potion’s origins, while Allen said he had a good relationship with the prime minister.
• Lockhart followed Rabastan Lestrange and the Death Eaters as they herded newly captured Muggles into a cave in the Albanian Forest.

Gilderoy Lockhart returned to the Muggle prison with a Portkey and promised Nancy and Patricia that he would rescue them that night. Meanwhile, Voldemort met with Baal to arrange the Muggles’ transfer, and his increasingly chaotic behavior showed as he attacked the fire demon with flames.

• Rabastan Lestrange ordered Lockhart to handle the Muggles after the prisoners were brought into the underground cages.
• Lockhart gave Nancy and Patricia food, learned Patricia had been burned for asking for more, and promised to rescue them that night with a Portkey.
• Lockhart told Nancy that he could not save the other prisoners at the same time, leaving her to realize his rescue plan was only for them.
• Voldemort discussed the captured Muggles with Baal, who complained that too many of them were old or children.
• Voldemort attacked Baal with fire, but Baal absorbed the flames, agreed to do as Voldemort wished, and disappeared.