Chapter Summaries

Sirius Black recovered from the poison’s illusions as Allen broke the Stone Basin’s enchantment and collected the poison. The group was interrupted when Inferi began emerging from the lake and advancing on them.

• Hermione defended Sirius Black to Kreacher and reassured him after he drank the poison, while Sirius asked about Crookshanks.
• Allen returned with three Death Knights and studied the Stone Basin’s pedestal before using his staff to break its magic.
• Allen poured the poison out of the basin and stored it in a canteen, explaining that his staff could rupture powerful enchantments.
• Inferi rose from the lake and crawled toward the living people and Death Knights gathered in the cavern.

Sirius Black and Hermione grieved over the countless Muggle Inferi, while Allen and his Death Knights brought the attacking dead under control. With the Inferi contained, Allen removed the golden Locket from the Stone Basin and prepared to examine it with Sirius Black and Hermione.

• Sirius Black and Hermione reacted with grief and anger to the many Muggle Inferi, while Kreacher searched the dead for Regulus.
• Sirius Black warned Allen that the Inferi had surrounded them and urged him to act quickly.
• Lynch and the Death Knights used their power to control the Inferi, turning them into a protective force and stopping the attack.
• Allen ordered the controlled Inferi to line up, then told Lynch to practice his spoken language after the Death Knights' rustic accents drew Hermione's laughter.
• Allen cleared the remaining poison from the Stone Basin, lifted out the golden Locket, and invited Sirius Black and Hermione to look at it.

Allen and the others discovered Regulus’s note revealing that he had stolen a Horcrux to oppose You-Know-Who. Kreacher learned that Allen had destroyed the locket and fulfilled Regulus’s order, while the group discussed You-Know-Who’s Horcruxes and his ignorance of house-elf magic.

• Hermione read Regulus’s note, which revealed that he had stolen the real Horcrux and intended to destroy it.
• Sirius Black regretted having misjudged Regulus, and Kreacher broke down after realizing he had misunderstood his former master’s purpose.
• Allen ordered Kreacher not to hurt himself and told Sirius Black that his treatment of Kreacher had contributed to the house-elf’s actions.
• Allen confirmed that he had destroyed the soul inside Slytherin’s Locket and revealed that he had already destroyed three of You-Know-Who’s Horcruxes.
• Kreacher rejoiced that Regulus’s order had been fulfilled, then became overwhelmed and uncertain about what to do next.
• Hermione explained how You-Know-Who learned about Horcruxes, and Allen observed that he underestimated house-elves and their magic.

Hermione and Allen explained why Sirius Black had to keep Regulus’s sacrifice and the Horcrux hunt secret, while defending Allen’s efforts to spread magical knowledge. Sirius accepted the need for secrecy and helped Allen replace the poison in the Stone Basin with a powerful laxative prank.

• Hermione told Sirius Black that Dumbledore and Allen had kept information from him because he might accidentally alert You-Know-Who, then argued that broader magical education could prevent future tragedies.
• Sirius asked Allen to help clear Regulus’s name and publicize his heroism, but Allen refused because revealing the events could warn You-Know-Who and waste Regulus’s sacrifice.
• Hermione explained that Dumbledore and Allen were seeking and destroying You-Know-Who’s Horcruxes, persuading Sirius to honor his secrecy deal.
• Allen said he had collected the poison partly to analyze it and placed powerful laxatives on the Stone Basin as a replacement.
• Sirius approved of the prank as fitting the Marauders’ style, while Hermione warned him not to ask about the laxatives’ effects or reveal anything about Regulus.

Allen, Hermione, and Sirius Black prepared a locket trap for You-Know-Who while searching the Inferi in the Black Lake for Regulus. The chapter ended with Hermione suggesting that Kreacher help identify his former master before Allen resorted to Divination.

• Allen gave Sirius Black a fake locket containing a parchment for a message to You-Know-Who, then made a more convincing replacement.
• Sirius Black wrote insults for You-Know-Who, while Allen and Hermione poured powerful laxatives into the Stone Basin.
• Allen placed the locket in the Stone Basin and restored the dark magic that forced anyone seeking it to drink the contents.
• Sirius Black searched the Inferi for Regulus but could not recognize him among the sunken corpses.
• Allen prepared to use Divination to locate Regulus, but Hermione stopped him and urged the group to help Kreacher identify him first.

Sirius Black found Regulus among the Inferi and recognized him through a blood-made Black family crest. Remembering their arguments, Sirius released Regulus from the Death Knight’s control and grappled with him, leaving Kreacher to recall how the brothers had played together as children.

• Kreacher searched the Inferi for Regulus while Sirius Black angrily accused him of doing nothing to save his brother.
• Sirius Black used his blood to create a guiding arrow, which transformed into the Black family crest before Regulus’s Inferius.
• Sirius Black recognized Regulus and wept as Kreacher called to his former master.
• Sirius Black remembered telling Regulus to grow up and asked Allen to release his control over the Inferius.
• Regulus charged at Sirius Black, who wrestled him to the ground and rubbed his remaining black hair while Kreacher recalled their childhood.

Sirius Black took the bound Regulus home with Kreacher so the family could bury him, while Allen entrusted Kreacher with the real Slytherin's Locket. Allen and Hermione returned to the Cave entrance to repair it after sending Sirius Black through a Gate.

• Allen said the Muggle Inferi would remain in the lake for now and promised to try to return them to their families or arrange a proper collective funeral.
• Allen persuaded Sirius Black to take Kreacher with him to care for Regulus and attend his funeral.
• Hermione gave Kreacher the real Slytherin's Locket, which Allen ordered him to keep permanently.
• Allen opened a Gate for Sirius Black, Kreacher, and Regulus to return to the Black family home, and Sirius Black agreed to keep the matter secret.
• After Sirius Black went inside, Allen closed the Gate and returned with Hermione to the Cave entrance to repair it.

After witnessing the Inferi at the lake, Hermione worried about the dangers facing their loved ones and urged Allen not to lose himself in the violence. Allen proposed gathering the Harris Family’s relatives in a protected settlement and promised to arrange guards for Hermione’s parents, while the Death Knights misunderstood the couple’s customs.

• Allen restored the cave’s marks, returned the boat to its place, and prepared to leave the lake with Hermione.
• Hermione told Allen that reading could not prepare her for the reality of Regulus, You-Know-Who, and the Muggles affected by their conflict.
• Allen and Hermione embraced and kissed, and Allen silenced the nearby Death Knights with Muffliato.
• Hermione asked to visit her parents, and Allen proposed a protected residential area for the relatives of the Harris Family’s core members.
• Allen promised to have Lynch send Death Knights to guard Hermione’s parents until the settlement could be built.
• Three Death Knights discussed supposed customs for Allen and Hermione while standing guard at the cave entrance.

Hermione and Allen returned to the Granger house and found Penelope’s Aurors guarding her parents. They secretly visited the house, where Mr. and Mrs. Granger worried about Hermione’s relationship with Allen and the complications of her life in the magical world.

• Hermione stopped Dobby from telling her parents she had returned, and Allen praised Penelope for arranging protection for the Grangers.
• Allen told Hermione that Penelope had returned from Africa with Uagadou knowledge and had rescued a girl, whose family she was now helping settle in.
• Allen and Hermione entered the Granger house unseen and heard Mr. and Mrs. Granger discuss the Elixir of Life and Hermione’s future.
• Mrs. Granger wondered whether Luna and a female ghost were romantically interested in Hermione, while Mr. Granger worried Allen might be involved with too many girls.
• Allen and Hermione hurried upstairs after hearing the conversation, while Mr. and Mrs. Granger debated whether Hermione might need to leave the magical world.

Hogwarts students debated reports about Allen Harris and Ravenclaw Temple, while Draco defended the Harrises against claims that Allen planned to challenge the Statute of Secrecy. The chapter ended as Hermione returned to breakfast after being away all night, prompting her friends to ask where she had been.

• Justin Finch-Fletchley discussed studying at Ravenclaw Temple, while Ernie Macmillan worried about the Harris family's past ties to Grindelwald.
• Draco Malfoy denounced Witch Weekly's claims about Allen and accused the magazine of spreading baseless rumors.
• Emily said the reports implied that Ravenclaw Temple was a Harris family scam, and Draco tried to reassure her.
• Millicent Bulstrode argued that Allen's actions could endanger the Magical World, but Draco's glare silenced her.
• Pansy Parkinson read a Quibbler passage stating that Allen upheld the Statute of Secrecy and had warned foreign Ministries about disappearances.
• Hermione arrived at breakfast, and Parvati, Ginny, Harry, and Ron reacted with surprise when they learned she had been gone all night.

Hermione hid the reason she had stayed out overnight while Aurors arrived at Hogwarts, including Apparition instructor John Bassa. After breakfast, Ginny and Ron argued over public displays of affection, and Lavender hinted that Hermione’s and Allen’s absence suggested they were even more intimate.

• Hermione told Harry and the others that she had stayed out because work at Umbrella Corporation required her attention, though Ginny noticed her embarrassment.
• Aurors led by John Bassa met with Dumbledore and joined the students for breakfast; Hermione explained that Bassa was Victor’s father and would teach Apparition.
• Ginny kissed Harry goodbye, prompting Ron to object, and Ginny challenged him about his relationship with Lavender.
• Ginny mocked Ron’s reactions to affection and recalled his old fascination with Fleur Delacour on Television, while Lavender defended him and pointed out that Harry watched Television too.
• Harry and Hermione pulled the angry Ginny from the Great Hall, and Lavender privately told Ron that Hermione and Allen’s absences made them seem more intimate than Ron and Lavender.

John Bassa began the sixth-years’ Apparition course in the Great Hall, explaining the risks and the Three Ds before students attempted their first practice. Ron experienced Apparition with Katie Bell, but arrived dizzy and vomited across the floor.

• John Bassa explained the twelve-week course, warned students not to Apparate outside the Great Hall, and described the dangers and Three Ds of Apparition.
• Hermione and other licensed students arrived to assist, and Bassa had each student focus on an oak hoop before attempting Apparition.
• Harry struggled to concentrate, while Neville fell, Ron strained awkwardly, and Seamus jumped into his hoop during the first attempt.
• Lavender brought Katie Bell over to help Ron experience Apparition, and Ron agreed to go with her.
• Katie Apparated with Ron into the hoop, where Ron became intensely dizzy and vomited onto the floor.

During Apparition practice, Flag Brown was badly injured when his attempt went wrong, but the Aurors and Hermione healed him before he died. Mr. Bassa reassured the shaken students that Flag would recover without a scar.

• Katie brought Ron through a Side-Along Apparition, and Ron grew angry when he saw Harry and Cho Chang holding hands and chatting.
• Mr. Bassa started another round of practice while Harry and Cho Chang encouraged Ron, and Flag Brown and Neville Longbottom worried that they would not master Apparition.
• Theodore Nott insulted Flag and Neville, but Flag focused on practicing instead of arguing.
• Flag began Apparating, then an exaggerated cough distracted him and his lower body was left behind as he arrived in the wooden hoop.
• Hermione and the Aurors treated Flag's severe injuries, while Neville punched Theodore Nott.
• Flag's lower body was restored, and Mr. Bassa assured everyone that timely Dittany would leave no scar.

During Apparition class, Theodore Nott’s deliberate coughing caused Flag Brown to splinch, exposing tensions between pureblood and Muggle-born students. After Draco warned Allen Harris that purebloods might disrupt his Ancient Magic Class, Allen reassured him and wondered whether Lucius Malfoy could still be trusted.

• Mr. Bassa separated Neville Longbottom and Theodore Nott, then sent Theodore away after the students argued over whether he had caused Flag Brown to splinch deliberately.
• Hermione helped Flag recover and quietly watched how the students reacted, while Susan Bones later splinched during practice.
• Harry and Ron discussed a growing division among Slytherins, linking it to Allen’s recent speech and the purebloods’ hostility toward the Harris family.
• Draco told Allen that some purebloods were organizing trouble and might target his Ancient Magic Class, then recounted what had happened to Flag.
• Allen told Draco to avoid openly supporting him, and Draco offered to seek his father’s help if Allen needed it.
• Allen considered whether Lucius knew about Hermione’s attack in Hogsmeade and whether Lucius could still be trusted.

Harry and the other students gathered for Allen’s Ancient Magic class, where Luna brought unusual plants and discussed borrowing Trevor for a mysterious job. Allen began teaching new spells and promised to attend Ravenclaw’s match against Slytherin, while Luna announced she would commentate.

• Harry joined Ginny and the others in class, and they discussed Allen’s conflict with pure-blood students and Flag’s progress with Lightning Magic.
• Luna brought Gurdyroot and Horklump to class, and Neville explained the Horklump’s uses while Hermione warned Luna not to brew tea during Allen’s lesson.
• Luna told Neville she would borrow Trevor after class for an easy job but did not explain what it was.
• Allen entered, fed Anka, and told the students he would teach them new spells.
• Allen agreed to attend Ravenclaw’s final Quidditch match against Slytherin, and Luna said she would commentate at Professor Flitwick’s suggestion.

Allen taught the students the Ancient Magic Vampire's Touch, which healed injuries by draining life force from another living thing, and demonstrated how to transfer damage between targets. He left the class practicing the difficult spell on Flobberworms and young Devil's Snare, warning them that they would have to return any creatures they killed to Hagrid and Sprout.

• Allen asked the students to describe the healing spells taught at school, and Hermione explained the uses and limitations of Episkey and other healing magic.
• Allen cut his finger and demonstrated Vampire's Touch by draining a Flobberworm to heal the wound instantly.
• Allen explained that the spell could heal its caster by taking life force through touch, though it was risky and unsuitable for most combat situations.
• Allen demonstrated Damage Transfer by draining a Devil's Snare and restoring the injured Flobberworm.
• Allen handed Flobberworms and young Devil's Snare to the students and instructed them to practice controlling Vampire's Touch.

Allen taught his students to control Vampire’s Touch, a dark spell that could heal by transferring vitality, while urging them to use it carefully. The lesson ended with Allen rescuing Ginny from Devil’s Snare using a rare long-range technique, leaving the class amazed and curious about its secrets.

• Hermione and Luna successfully cast Vampire’s Touch, while many students struggled to control the spell and accidentally killed their Flobberworms.
• Crabbe quickly mastered the spell but drained all his worms, so Allen gave him more and warned him to practice controlling its strength.
• Allen encouraged Katie Bell, Hannah Abbott, and Ernie Macmillan to overcome their reluctance or hesitation, and his story about treating Fleur Delacour’s grandmother inspired the class to practice.
• Ginny became entangled in Devil’s Snare after choosing it over the Flobberworms, and Harry and Hermione failed to calm her enough to escape.
• Allen used a long-range version of Vampire’s Touch to wither the Devil’s Snare on Ginny, then explained that the technique was too advanced for students to learn now.

Allen warned students against using Vampire's Touch on other wizards and teased them with the promise of unusual summoning and guard magic in the next class. After class, Harry worried that pure-bloods were plotting against the Harris family, while Professor McGonagall took Luna away to prepare her for Quidditch commentary.

• Allen threatened serious punishment for students who used Vampire's Touch on classmates and announced that he would teach summoning and guard magic next week.
• Theodore Nott asked whether Allen would teach magic for summoning the dead, and Draco Malfoy rebuked him.
• Some pure-blood students hurried to the Owlery to write letters, while Hermione assured Harry and Neville that the situation was not a problem.
• Professor McGonagall delivered Dumbledore's invitation to Harry, who went to the Headmaster's Office.
• Professor McGonagall caught Luna and dragged her to her office to help her learn about Quidditch before her commentary assignment.
• Allen's classroom rang with someone asking why he had turned into a Phoenix to dance, followed by two clucks.

Harry visited Dumbledore, who discussed Harry’s progress with the Mandrake-based incantation before Professor Trelawney arrived to protest Firenze teaching Divination. After Trelawney left, Dumbledore explained why he would keep Firenze at Hogwarts, and Harry began recounting Theodore Nott’s deliberate troublemaking in class.

• Dumbledore offered Harry Almond Macaroons and said Harry had passed the first difficult step of the incantation, while warning him not to miss a chant.
• Trelawney arrived and objected to Firenze taking some of her Divination classes, threatening to consider a full-time offer from Harris Television.
• Dumbledore refused to dismiss Firenze, and Trelawney left angrily without deciding whether she would resign.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Firenze had been attacked by other centaurs for teaching at Hogwarts and that he would not send him back to the Forbidden Forest.
• Harry reminded Dumbledore of what had happened in Apparition and Ancient Magic Class and said Theodore Nott had deliberately caused trouble.

Harry told Dumbledore that students and families were divided over Allen Harris’s reforms, while Dumbledore warned that the dispute could destabilize the Magical World. After confronting Harry over his failure to obtain Slughorn’s memory, Dumbledore showed him a memory of Tom Riddle visiting Hepzibah Smith.

• Harry described how Neville, Flag, Dean Thomas, and other students reacted to Allen Harris’s teachings and the pressure from their families.
• Dumbledore explained his concerns about the growing division and asked Harry whether he had obtained Slughorn’s memory.
• Harry admitted he had failed, and Dumbledore’s disappointment led Harry to promise he would pursue the task and borrow Hermione’s Felix Felicis.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Tom Riddle had rejected Ministry work and taken a job at Borgin and Burkes after graduating from Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore placed Hokey’s memory in the Pensieve, and Harry entered it to watch Tom Riddle visit Hepzibah Smith.