Chapter Summaries

Allen and Luna hid in the Black Lake base disguised as Goyle, then decided to sample You-Know-Who’s potion despite its terrifying effects. The potion left them in agony and unable to open their Coca-Cola bottles, and Allen’s hallucination ended with the Grim Reaper’s skull transforming into Luna’s face.

• Allen and Luna removed their Goyle disguises in the secret base and discussed the potion Dumbledore had used to torment them.
• Luna persuaded Allen to try You-Know-Who’s potion, and they poured it into glasses alongside unopened bottles of Coca-Cola.
• Allen drank his potion, then pushed Luna’s still-full cup into her mouth when he saw she had hesitated.
• The potion caused intense pain, thirst, weakness, and hallucinations, leaving Allen and Luna unable to open their Coca-Cola bottles.
• Luna’s Polyjuice Potion wore off as she struggled on the floor, while Allen saw the Grim Reaper approach in a vision and reveal Luna’s face beneath its hood.

Harry and Dumbledore found a letter from Regulus Black in the Locket, while Allen and Luna recovered from the potion in the Black Lake cavern by drinking Cola. The chapter left Harry and Dumbledore returning from the cave and Allen and Luna laughing together.

• Harry helped the weakened Dumbledore inspect the Locket, and they found Regulus's letter inside along with Sirius's rhyming insults against Voldemort.
• Dumbledore identified R.A.B. as Regulus Black and told Harry to keep the discovery secret, while Harry wanted to tell Sirius that Regulus had been a hero.
• Dumbledore used Harry's wand to clean the cave and left with Harry, who carried the Locket.
• Allen recovered from the potion and tried to give Cola to the unconscious Luna, but he drank most of it himself when she choked on the fizz.
• Luna woke, gulped down Cola, and discovered that burping amused her; she and Allen laughed and joined in.

Allen and Luna discussed the Elder Wand and their plan to deal with the Grim Reaper before disguising their condition from Harry and Dumbledore at Hogwarts. In Albania, Lucius Malfoy brought Voldemort the Hand of Vecna and documents hinting at a third artifact made from Vecna’s heart.

• Allen explained the Elder Wand’s history and let Luna disarm him and summon it back with spells.
• Luna admitted she did not know whether defeating the Grim Reaper would make her the new Grim Reaper, and Allen pointed out that her sweater was inside out.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts supporting Dumbledore, and Allen and Luna pretended they had drunk too much Muggle soda before leaving them with Snape.
• Lucius Malfoy presented Voldemort with the Hand of Vecna, which Voldemort safely examined using a protective charm.
• Lucius told Voldemort that documents from the ruin described a third Vecna artifact made from his heart.

Voldemort learned from ancient tablets that the Hand, Eye, and a third piece of Vecna could be gathered, while his Death Eaters discussed exploiting the conflict between Harris, Dumbledore, and Britain’s pure-blood families. He assigned missions to gather intelligence and stir up pressure in Britain, then ordered Lucius to bring Narcissa to keep Bellatrix company.

• Voldemort verified that the tablets were genuine and ordered Parkinson to find information about the Eye of Vecna.
• Lucius read Pansy Parkinson’s letter about Harris’s conflict with Dumbledore and the pure-blood families, prompting the Death Eaters to debate how to exploit the dispute.
• Rodolphus proposed contacting dissatisfied pure-blood families, and Bellatrix urged Voldemort to strike back into Britain.
• Voldemort ordered Lucius to contact British pure-blood families, Rabastan to attack Muggles with Crabbe, and Augustus to approach pure-bloods outside Britain.
• Voldemort told Lucius to bring Narcissa to keep Bellatrix company when he returned to Britain.

After the Dark Lord punished the Death Eaters, Lucius learned from Rodolphus about the failed assassination of Allen Harris’s companion and feared his own deception would be exposed. At Hogwarts, Harry kept silent about his and Dumbledore’s secret adventure while students speculated about Dumbledore’s changed wand.

• Lucius visited Rodolphus, who practiced using his left hand and said Bellatrix had chosen her current path herself.
• Rodolphus told Lucius that Gilderoy Lockhart had rescued Muggles and that a devil’s assassination contract against Allen Harris’s companion had been fulfilled through a loophole.
• Lucius grew pale and anxious as he recalled the information he had given about Allen Harris and realized Allen had not contacted him afterward.
• Bellatrix looked at a photograph of herself with two friends and began viewing one of her memories in a Pensieve.
• At Hogwarts, Harry decided to conceal his nighttime adventure with Dumbledore, while Seamus and other students speculated about Dumbledore’s changed wand.

Harry and other Hogwarts students took the first Apparition exam under the Ministry’s revised age rules. When Pansy’s hostile reaction strengthened Harry’s suspicion that she had helped the Death Eaters steal Dumbledore’s wand, he held back from attacking her and planned to tell Dumbledore after the exam.

• The Ministry allowed students under seventeen who had attended Apparition lessons to take the exam, and Harry went to the grounds with Ron and other students.
• Harry noticed Pansy acting cheerful beside Draco and suspected she had brought the Death Eaters who stole Dumbledore’s wand.
• John Bassa began the exam with Ministry examiners, Aurors, and Dumbledore present, and most of the first students passed.
• Pansy, Padma Patil, and Harry were called for the next round, and Pansy gave Harry a malicious grin.
• Harry asked Pansy whether things had gone as she wanted that night, and she threatened him before entering the exam area.
• Harry resisted cursing Pansy and decided to report his suspicions to Dumbledore after the exam.

Lucius reported to Allen that he had passed false assassination intelligence to Voldemort, and Allen reassured him that he would not punish an honest mistake. Allen and Luna then appeared in Lucius's room, where Luna's unusual insight and their ability to bypass the Anti-Apparition Array left Lucius terrified of their power.

• Lucius contacted Allen through the Perception Mark and reported that Voldemort believed his intelligence and had sent him to search for the Heart of Vecna.
• Lucius admitted he had wrongly believed Voldemort's assassination plan targeted Allen, and Allen told him to flag uncertain information rather than risk making another blind judgment.
• Lucius began to report another matter, and Allen asked whether his room was private before appearing there with Luna.
• Allen explained that he had brought Luna to broaden her horizons, while Lucius realized they had entered Voldemort's base without using Apparition or outside help.
• Luna explained that she could travel through shadows and seemed to answer Lucius's unspoken question, leaving him convinced Allen and Luna could bypass both Anti-Apparition wards and Occlumency.

Allen learned that Voldemort had sent followers to attack Muggle society and recruit pure-blood families, and he decided to obtain a soul from one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. In Hogsmeade, Harry heard Trelawney describe Snape overhearing her prophecy and rushed off to find Dumbledore, shaken by what he had learned.

• Lucius told Allen that Voldemort had sent Rabastan and others to attack Muggles and had ordered Lucius to recruit pure-blood families in Britain.
• Allen told Lucius to carry out Voldemort’s orders while secretly recording the families who agreed to support him, then discussed the threat with Luna in the Forbidden Forest.
• Luna revealed that the souls in her Diadem and Locket remained in the Tower’s time area, so Allen planned to retrieve one instead of seeking Helga’s Cup at Gringotts.
• Harry passed his Apparition exam, and he and Ron went to the Three Broomsticks to celebrate with Butterbeer.
• Trelawney told her supporters that Snape had overheard her interview with Dumbledore, and Harry realized Snape had learned of the prophecy and told Voldemort.
• Harry hurried out of the pub to find Dumbledore, overwhelmed by the revelation about Snape’s role in his parents’ deaths.

Allen and Luna returned to the Tower and found Morgan le Fay and Helga teaching Penelope to cook dinner. Allen then told Owen that Tom had sent Death Eaters back to Britain to attack Muggle society, and Owen said he would discuss it after handling trouble in Bulgaria.

• Allen and Luna followed the smell of cooking to the kitchen, where Penelope was making beef and kidney pie under Morgan le Fay and Helga’s guidance.
• Kreacher greeted Allen and Luna, complained about Maggie and Winky’s manners, and received Allen’s warning to take his Elixir of Life and stop thinking about hanging his head on the wall.
• Morgan le Fay praised Penelope’s cooking and invited Allen to stay for dinner, while Luna asked for fish chin meat and Allen requested Helga’s thick meat soup.
• Allen went downstairs and contacted Hermione and Owen, telling Owen that Lucius had reported Tom was sending Death Eaters to Britain to wage guerrilla attacks on Muggle society.
• Owen replied that he would return with Lenn and discuss the situation after dealing with troublesome matters involving the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic.

Allen and Luna visited the Arcane Garden, then examined two Soul Gems containing Tom Riddle’s Horcrux fragments. Allen taunted the fragments and stored them away before he and Luna went to check whether Trevor had hatched.

• Allen and Luna entered the Arcane Garden, where a young Occamy mistook Allen for Lenn and Anka chased it away.
• Luna explained that Hermione planted Hellebore to make calming-potion syrup for the Unicorns, while Anka tried to intimidate Luna and then flew off.
• Allen and Luna went to the Tower’s storage and time area, where Luna brought out two Soul Gems containing Tom Riddle’s soul fragments.
• Allen spoke to the first fragment, repeated its line to the second before it could speak, and put both gems in his pouch.
• Allen and Luna went to check on Trevor, and Luna worried they might have to buy Neville a toad if Trevor still would not hatch.

Allen and Luna checked on Trevor as it incubated a Cockatrice Egg and discussed Basilisks, Parseltongue, and passing magical abilities to their descendants. Gaia and Tina worried about the egg’s danger, but Allen promised to protect them and planned to mask the hatchling’s eyes.

• Allen and Luna found Trevor motionless in its nest, incubating the Cockatrice Egg under Luna’s magical control.
• Allen and Luna discussed Basilisk breeding, the creature’s dangers, and how Allen had regained Parseltongue through a ritual based on Tom’s notebook.
• Allen considered removing Harry’s soul fragment and sharing Parseltongue with his family, while Luna discussed which abilities their descendants might inherit.
• Gaia and Tina arrived, recognized the egg’s ominous aura, and worried about the danger to the Tower’s residents.
• Allen reassured Gaia and Tina that the hatchling’s gaze would not be deadly while young and promised to protect them, while Luna bribed the creatures with treats.

Allen proposed using two of Tom Riddle’s Horcruxes to create two younger versions of Tom, leaving three Riddles in the world at once. Owen and Lenn weighed the risks, and Owen ultimately asked Allen to release one in Bulgaria to distract its Ministry of Magic.

• Owen, Lenn, and Allen discussed Voldemort’s attacks on Muggles and how to prepare the wizarding world and its media.
• Lenn asked how they should handle pure-blood families that sided with You-Know-Who, and Allen said he wanted two wizard criminals sentenced to death.
• Allen revealed his plan to use two Horcruxes to bring two younger Tom Riddles into the world alongside Voldemort.
• Lenn compared the plan to the multiple revived versions of Manshoon, while Allen argued that Tom’s pride and suspicion would make the three Riddles turn against each other.
• Owen worried about the danger but agreed that the younger Toms were less likely to attack Muggles indiscriminately, then asked Allen to release one in Bulgaria.

Allen hosted a family dinner in the Tower, where Penelope showed off her cooking and exchanged pointed remarks with Hermione. After dinner, Allen took Hermione and Penelope aside to prepare them for the matter involving You-Know-Who, while the others settled in to watch Pride and Prejudice.

• Hermione brought Helena and Emily to the Tower, where Morgan le Fay welcomed Helena and showed her the dishes prepared for her.
• The family enjoyed dinner as Owen praised Penelope's cooking, and Penelope tried to impress Luna and Hermione with dishes tailored to their tastes.
• After dinner, Allen privately called Hermione and Penelope aside to tell them some details about the issue with You-Know-Who.
• Daisy turned on Pride and Prejudice, and Morgan le Fay explained the characters to Helena while the family gathered around to watch.

Allen told Hermione and Penelope about Voldemort’s attacks on the Muggle world, while Luna and Allen helped Helena with her ghostly needs. Harry then confronted Dumbledore over Snape and Pansy, but left the Headmaster’s office still convinced they were dangerous.

• Allen told Hermione that Voldemort had sent Death Eaters to attack Muggles and the Ministry, and described the preparations Owen and Lenn were making.
• Penelope called Voldemort a wild mad dog and urged Hermione to stop overthinking, while Allen and Luna discussed helping Helena watch television and learn to teleport.
• Helena accidentally dropped the food she had been eating, and Luna comforted her while asking her to write a Potions essay.
• Harry confronted Dumbledore, accusing Snape of betraying the prophecy and suspecting Snape and Pansy Parkinson had alerted Voldemort to the Death Eaters’ arrival at the Cave.
• Dumbledore said he trusted Snape completely and dismissed Harry’s suspicions, so Harry left the office insisting that he still stood by his view.

Death Eater attacks with Fiendfyre frightened students, while Harry blamed them for growing bold after Dumbledore's humiliation. At Ancient Magic class, Allen introduced the students to a new subject: Necromancy.

• Wizard Today reported Death Eater Fiendfyre attacks in several Muggle locations, which Aurors extinguished before anyone was hurt.
• Harry angrily blamed the Death Eaters' attacks on their confidence after the Cave and brooded over his parents' deaths; Ginny took his hand.
• Students worried about the attacks, and Hermione reassured Ginny that the Ministry was guarding Ottery St. Catchpole.
• Pure-blood-controlled papers criticized the Ministry's response, unsettling some students before class.
• Allen arrived for Ancient Magic class with three armed Death Knights and had the students Transfigure desks.
• Allen placed bones from the Forbidden Forest on the desks and announced that he would teach Necromancy in the coming lessons.

Allen taught the students basic necromancy and demonstrated how to animate a raven skeleton. Dumbledore arrived with Fawkes and objected to Allen teaching the magic.

• Allen explained that students could create undead from dead creatures or summon them from the Underworld, and described how their abilities depended on skill.
• Ginny and other students felt uneasy about handling bones and corpses, while Draco and Theodore exchanged insults.
• Allen supplied tomb soil, salt water, and onyx, then demonstrated the spell by animating a raven skeleton.
• The raven skeleton rose with red lights in its eye sockets and flew onto Allen’s shoulder as the students watched.
• Dumbledore and Fawkes appeared on the practice field, and Dumbledore told Allen he could not teach this magic to the students.

Allen and Dumbledore clashed over Allen’s Ancient Magic Class and whether students should be exposed to Dark Magic. Dumbledore left without shutting down the course, while Harry openly chose to remain in Allen’s class.

• Dumbledore confronted Allen about teaching magic involving the dead, and Allen defended the course as a way to teach knowledge neutrally.
• Dumbledore threatened to cancel Ancient Magic Class, but Allen argued that the school governors had to agree to expel him before Dumbledore could do so.
• Dumbledore offered students the chance to leave, while Allen insisted that those who had chosen the class had to follow its rules; the students stayed silent.
• Justin Finch-Fletchley and Ernie Macmillan discussed the seriousness of the conflict, while Draco Malfoy criticized pure-blood families that supported Dumbledore.
• Harry rejected Dumbledore’s appeal and said he would accept Allen’s class, prompting Dumbledore to turn back toward Allen.
• Allen told Dumbledore that Harry had made his own choice and said he would make up the time and books lost to the interruption.

Allen faced a growing media campaign by pure-blood families seeking to remove him from Hogwarts and undermine the Ministry, while students felt pressure to choose sides. Draco challenged Allen over the withdrawals, and Neville privately held on to the candy wrappers his mother gave him during visits to St. Mungo’s.

• Newspapers condemned Allen’s Ancient Magic lessons and called for his removal, while the Daily Prophet and The Quibbler published rebuttals.
• Zabini told Allen he was withdrawing from the Harris Training Class and Ancient Magic Class, and Allen accepted his decision without blame.
• Draco confronted Allen about pure-blood students leaving the Training Class, and Allen explained that many were under pressure from their families and were trying not to oppose either side.
• Flag practiced summoning movements in the Gryffindor Common Room and told Neville he wanted the power to protect his family from Death Eaters.
• Neville worried that the conflict would worsen, then secretly kept the candy wrappers his mother gave him at St. Mungo’s.

As Death Eater attacks worsened and the Harris Family came under more pressure, Harry told Hermione his suspicions about Pansy and Snape, and Hermione promised to question Allen. At Ancient Magic practice, Ginny revived her dead Pygmy Puff Arnold as a skeleton, then noticed Susan Bones had arrived without protective robes.

• Fleur Delacour reported that Death Eaters had attacked three more Muggle villages in northern Scotland, while Georgi Monte warned the Ministry about possible punishment under Clause Seventy-Three.
• Hermione wrote a commentary on Clause Seventy-Three, and Harry told her his suspicions about Pansy and Snape; Hermione agreed to press Allen for answers.
• Harry and Ginny dug up Arnold's remains, and Ginny used soil, salt water, and black onyx to revive the Pygmy Puff as a low-level Undead Creature.
• Theodore Nott photographed Ginny's ritual as Hannah Abbott and Susan Bones came over to watch.
• Ginny asked Susan why she had come to practice without protective robes and whether she had quit.

During Ancient Magic practice, Millicent Bulstrode and Daphne Greengrass made a summoned skeleton attack Susan Bones, and Allen healed her wound. Flag accused the pair of staging the incident, while Millicent’s actions were revealed as part of a deliberate effort by anti-Harris pure-blood families.

• Susan explained that her aunt, Amelia Bones, was pressuring her to quit Ancient Magic Class, and Ginny left with Harry to color her Pygmy Puff skeleton, Arnold.
• Millicent summoned a skeleton, and Daphne used Engorgio to enlarge it until it attacked Susan Bones.
• Millicent claimed she had lost control, then dispelled the skeleton after its rusty sword badly wounded Susan.
• Allen removed the rust and healed Susan while Professor McGonagall arrived and asked Flag what had happened.
• Flag accused Millicent and Daphne of deliberately causing the attack, and Millicent’s actions were revealed to be part of a plan by anti-Harris pure-blood families.