Chapter Summaries

After acquiring Slytherin’s Snake Eyes, Skylar feared the inheritance tied him to a dangerous enemy from the past and avoided looking at Sarf or Dobby while he rested. He reflected on his new authority over magical serpents and Sprites, as well as his influence over dragons, before the group continued searching for the rest of the inheritance.

• Skylar realized Snake Eyes could alter, erase, reorder, and fabricate Sarf’s memories, and he speculated that Slytherin had left his inheritance behind while facing a formidable enemy.
• Sarf awoke from her daze and addressed Skylar as her master, feeling an inexplicable mix of infatuation and awe toward him.
• Skylar closed his eyes to avoid using his new power accidentally, conjured an armchair, and told Sarf and Dobby to search the area for anything they had missed.
• Skylar suspected Slytherin’s inheritance was incomplete because the legendary magic was missing, and he rested while waiting for his eyes to cool.
• Skylar considered how his inheritance gave him authority over magical serpents and Sprites, while his Ancient Divine Dragon aura let him command dragons.

Skylar analyzed the limits and costs of Slytherin’s mind-altering spell while searching the basin with Sarf and Dobby. Sarf discovered a hidden chamber containing a bowl of magical poison, and Skylar brought Gallup Lestrange out of petrification to make him drink it.

• Skylar reasoned that Slytherin’s secret spell could be resisted by strong character, mental power, or magical strength, and that casting it risked draining his own magic.
• Dobby cleared the basin while Sarf searched it as a serpent, then Sarf found a concealed hole beneath a rock and alerted Skylar.
• Skylar and Sarf entered a magically sealed underground chamber and found an emerald bowl filled with poison that could sharply reduce a wizard’s magic.
• Skylar concluded that the bowl’s contents were a test designed to deter principled people from risking someone else’s life to retrieve what lay beneath the poison.
• Skylar took the petrified Gallup Lestrange from his Suitcase Space, restored him, and prepared to use him to face the poisoned bowl.

Skylar obtained Slytherin’s Pure Blood after making Gallup drink the poison, then discovered six stone tablets describing Parseltongue magic. He planned to return to Hogwarts and have Sarf study the tablets in his suitcase until she mastered their six spells.

• Sarf forced Gallup to drink the poison until he finished it, while Skylar explained Gallup’s role in an attack that had killed his friend and innocent Merpeople.
• Skylar took the Pure Blood from the red bottle, and it entered his chest before settling as a tiny drop above his heart.
• Six stone tablets rose from the ground, and Skylar and Sarf spent half an hour reading their serpentine inscriptions.
• Skylar explained that Parseltongue magic required understanding the thoughts and worldview of snakes, not merely speaking their language and using a wand.
• Skylar told Sarf to study the six tablets in his suitcase space until she mastered their spells, and she agreed.

After Gallup transformed into a wolf and lost his human memories, Skylar healed him and named him Beowulf. While training the girls and studying Slytherin’s stone steles, Skylar deciphered six spells and realized the Eight Serpents Sealing Technique might have been used to imprison a still-living enemy.

• Skylar healed the wolf Gallup, who remembered nothing of his past and accepted Skylar as his master; Skylar named him Beowulf.
• Back at Hogwarts, Skylar and Sarf studied Slytherin’s six stone steles while Sarf trained Daphne, Morrie, Susan, Cho Chang, Luna, and Astoria in duels.
• The six girls improved through their sparring with Sarf, while Skylar remained uncertain about telling his three girlfriends about her.
• Skylar placed Beowulf in the Suitcase Space, where he befriended Silver Fang and became his subordinate.
• By April, Skylar had deciphered the six spells, including the life-consuming Eight Serpents Sealing Technique, and suspected Slytherin had used it to seal away a powerful enemy who might still be alive.

Hermione offered the Shield Charm as an advanced way to deflect hostile spells and challenged Moody on why students should learn Salvio Hexia instead. Her confidence and changed approach left Skylar reconsidering his distance from her.

• Moody asked the class how to redirect hostile curses, and Hermione gave Salvio Hexia as the standard answer.
• Hermione hesitantly suggested the Shield Charm as another method, surprising Skylar with her advanced reasoning.
• Moody awarded Gryffindor ten points and began to teach Salvio Hexia.
• Hermione asked why they should learn Salvio Hexia if the Shield Charm was more effective in real combat.
• Skylar admired Hermione's practical judgment, while Moody lowered his head and fell silent.

Moody changed the lesson to the Shield Charm, pairing Skylar with Hermione for practice. Hermione revealed her beliefs about Skylar’s rejection, then demonstrated impressive dueling skill by dodging and countering his three-pronged attack, leaving the class astonished.

• Skylar argued that fourth-year students were capable of learning advanced spells, so Moody made the class study Protego.
• Moody paired Draco with Harry and Skylar with Hermione, while Daphne practiced with Pansy.
• Skylar explained that shields could be overcome and taught Hermione to combine offense and dodging with defense.
• Hermione asked whether Skylar had rejected her because she was a Muggle-born Gryffindor opposing the pure-blood establishment, but Skylar refused to discuss their relationship while Moody watched them.
• Hermione blocked Skylar’s attacks and countered his three-spell assault with an agile dodge and Shield Charm, stunning the class.

Skylar received the Order of Merlin, Second Class and eligibility to join the Wizengamot as an alternate member, while strengthening his alliance with Eleanor. She gave him Paracelsus's mysterious book, The Fifth Element, and Skylar began investigating its wordless, curved markings.

• Skylar published the Human Restoration Charm with the International Confederation of Wizards, drawing international attention to his work.
• Amelia secured Ministry approval for Skylar to receive the Order of Merlin, Second Class and become eligible for alternate membership in the Wizengamot.
• Eleanor met Skylar in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets with Daphne present and offered him The Fifth Element as repayment for his help and promise to share the Book of Truth.
• Skylar assured Eleanor that he would honor his promise to share the Book of Truth once his trusted alchemists unlocked it.
• After Eleanor left, Skylar examined The Fifth Element and found that it contained no words, only strange curved lines.

Skylar used his knowledge of Void Space and ancient alchemy to manifest Aether, completing a five-element magic circle. The circle became the same vortex black hole that had brought him to this world, and strange voices came from within as he feared another transmigration.

• Skylar traced the Aether patterns in The Fifth Element and linked the four elemental crystals into a five-pointed star.
• Skylar struggled for nearly forty-five minutes to turn the Aether light into a crystal while sustaining the magic circle.
• Skylar recalled the Seal of Solomon and caused the Aether orb to transform into a large dark green crystal.
• Skylar placed the Aether crystal in the pentagram’s empty corner, causing the magic circle to spin into a vortex black hole.
• Skylar recognized the vortex as the one that had sent him to this world, then heard strange voices from beyond it and feared he would transmigrate again.

After a black hole vanished, Skylar discovered he could transfer magic through space and named his new spatial art “Moon Shifts, Stars Move.” Dumbledore and a prisoner in Nurmengard noticed signs of a changing fate, leaving the old man hopeful that his own second chance had arrived.

• Skylar emerged from a strange two-hour state with a new power after energy from the black hole surrounded him.
• Skylar tested the power by teleporting a conjured sparrow and realized he could transfer magic through space.
• Skylar named his spatial magic ultimate art “Moon Shifts, Stars Move” and wondered whether he or Harry was the true protagonist and Savior.
• Dumbledore examined a magical instrument’s smoke, which formed a serpent and then a sleeping Fire Dragon.
• The elderly prisoner in Nurmengard read the changed Celestial Anomaly Chart and declared that Draco had risen, Phoenix was suppressed, and Serpens had grown dim.
• The prisoner recalled his defeat fifty years earlier and stood, believing the shift in fate might bring him a second chance.

Skylar received the Order of Merlin, Second Class, and became the Wizengamot Youth Representative, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent Easter dealing with homework and Percy’s letter. The letter confirmed Percy had not seen Crouch in person, prompting Harry and Hermione to plan to warn Sirius.

• Skylar accepted the Order of Merlin, Second Class, and Fudge announced that he would join the Wizengamot as its Youth Representative.
• Griselda Marchbanks and Tiberius Ogden showed Skylar the Wizengamot’s administrative offices and courtrooms, giving him access to the Ministry.
• Hermione felt hurt by Mrs. Weasley’s small Easter egg but regained her spirits after Skylar silently encouraged her.
• Hedwig returned with Percy’s letter, in which Percy admitted that he had not seen Mr. Crouch in person.
• Harry and Hermione concluded that Crouch had entered Snape’s office and decided to go to the Owlery to warn Snuffles.

As the Easter holiday ended, Skylar used his knowledge of bloodlines and magic to create the Magic Blood Potion, an improved potion made with Nagini’s and his own blood. He gave the six finished bottles to Daphne, Morrie, Astoria, Luna, Susan, and Cho Chang, while keeping the remaining three.

• Skylar mastered Slytherin’s six branches of Parseltongue magic with Sarf and found that his new aura could influence those around him.
• After comprehending “Moon Shifts, Stars Move,” Skylar felt that fate and prophecy could no longer dictate his future and decided to move the Sleeping Dragon Society into its second phase.
• Skylar brewed an improved Magic-Boosting Potion using Nagini’s blood and drew on Merlin’s bloodline research to devise a way to enhance it further.
• Sarf and Skylar added their own blood to the potion, and Daphne, Morrie, Astoria, Luna, Susan, and Cho Chang used Fianto Duri to stabilize the cauldron.
• Skylar named the finished potion the Magic Blood Potion, and Daphne bottled it into nine portions.
• Skylar kept three bottles and gave one bottle each to Daphne, Morrie, Astoria, Luna, Susan, and Cho Chang.

Skylar observed the Magic Blood Potion awaken and strengthen the girls’ magical abilities, revealing Daphne’s Druid heritage and Luna’s rare Child of Nature bloodline gift. As Luna’s power emerged, Skylar suspected that some wizarding families had concealed their true strength.

• Daphne underwent a second magical outburst, and Skylar protected the girls before helping her into a chair as her power rose to the level of a junior Auror and her Greengrass bloodline awakened.
• Astoria’s magic reached the threshold of an adult wizard, while Morrie’s power rose to junior Auror level and she resolved to help Skylar’s plans.
• Cho Chang’s power rose to junior Auror level, and she sensed that she might finally master the Zhang Family’s secret Transfiguration technique.
• Susan’s magic also reached junior Auror level after the potion strengthened the abilities she had developed through training with Skylar and the Sleeping Dragon Society.
• Luna’s power awakened last, and Skylar recognized her rare Child of Nature gift, then suspected that other wizarding families were hiding their real abilities.

After the Easter holiday, Skylar planned how Daphne, Cho Chang, and Luna could develop their newly enhanced abilities and bloodline talents. Luna demonstrated control over small Fantastic Beasts, and Skylar considered how to make her gift more useful.

• Skylar reflected on Luna's future marriage into the Scamander family and suspected the family had unusual significance.
• The six girls spent the remainder of Easter practicing with their increased magical power and adapting their fighting styles to stronger spells.
• Skylar connected Daphne's awakened bloodline talent to the ancient Druids and considered Madam Rosmerta a possible link to their lost legacy.
• Cho Chang focused on mastering the Zhang Family's secret Transfiguration, including its powerful Paper Soldiers technique.
• Luna effortlessly commanded small Fantastic Beasts in the Chamber of Secrets, while her talent failed to control larger creatures.
• Skylar decided Luna's ability could still be useful for stealth, reconnaissance, and exploration, and began considering another way to develop it.

Skylar gave Luna the Book of Insect Masters, hoping she could use her Child of Nature talent to control combat-capable insects. At a full Sleeping Dragon Society meeting, he celebrated its growth and challenged its members to consider what they were learning magic for and where their future lay.

• Skylar recalled that he had failed to use the Book of Insect Masters himself, so he gave it to Luna to study.
• Skylar convened the third mandatory full meeting of the Sleeping Dragon Society, whose membership had grown to eighty-one.
• Skylar welcomed the members and praised them for building the society from nineteen people into a large platform for magical exchange.
• Skylar warned that the society and its founder would not last forever, then asked the members what their ultimate purpose in learning magic was and where their future lay.

Skylar warned the Sleeping Dragon Society that Voldemort would soon return and argued that the coming chaos would endanger wizards everywhere. He called on the members to unite under his leadership, then unleashed Absolute Dominion as the society faced its choice.

• Skylar explained that the Sleeping Dragon Society depended on him and that most members might leave if he were gone.
• Daphne voiced the members' trust in Skylar, and the young wizards agreed to hear his plan.
• Skylar warned that Voldemort would return and described the danger facing wizards who joined him, hid, or fled abroad.
• Skylar offered the society mutual protection and urged its members to follow him through the coming crisis.
• Skylar unleashed Absolute Dominion, manifesting a gigantic shadow serpent as his eyes turned red.

Skylar inspired the young wizards to unite behind him, and their shared conviction sparked a resonance among their bloodlines. As their magic flowed into him, Skylar realized he had triggered the third magical riot of his life.

• The young wizards recalled Skylar’s past feats, believed he could challenge Voldemort and Dumbledore, and chose to follow him of their own will.
• The young wizards raised their hands and shouted Skylar’s name, forming a united spirit that sent shimmering specks of magic toward him.
• Skylar considered his growing power and his strategy-based fighting style, which let him adapt to stronger opponents.
• Skylar recognized that the magic flowing to him came from a resonance among the young wizards’ dormant bloodline powers.
• Skylar closed his eyes, felt his bloodline surge, and realized he had triggered his third magical riot.

Skylar encountered Fate during his third magical surge and learned that his ability to touch the dimensional barrier had made him an exceptional case. After Fate sent him back with a new power, Skylar discovered that his Lumos could inspire warmth, courage, and fighting spirit in the young wizards around him.

• Skylar was transported to a dark domain, where a voice questioned him about his identity and his contact with dimensional barriers.
• The voice identified itself as Fate, explained that Skylar had broken free of fate’s shackles, and promised to bring him to its domain instead of the Afterlife when he entered Limbo.
• Fate sent Skylar back to the Chamber of Secrets and granted him a power before he could ask more about the secret.
• Daphne told Skylar that less than five minutes had passed while he was distracted, and the young wizards learned that he had triggered a third magical surge.
• Skylar cast Lumos, filling the Chamber of Secrets with light that made the young wizards feel safe, courageous, and ready to fight.
• Luna praised the spell’s effects, and Skylar realized his spells could now connect with the mind as he learned Protective Light and Battle Cry.

Skylar organized the Sleeping Dragon Society into five divisions, assigning leaders and duties to each group. The plan was accepted and began immediately, with the society’s extensive intelligence network poised to support its operations.

• Skylar divided the Sleeping Dragon Society into the combat division led by Daphne and the surprise attack division led by Luna.
• Skylar assigned Astoria to lead the logistics division, with the Carrow Sisters, Joanna Derwent, and Melinda Bobbin as deputies.
• Skylar appointed Morrie and Cho Chang to lead the research division, which would draw skilled members from the other groups.
• Skylar made Susan leader of the intelligence division, which would analyze information gathered by the society’s networks across Britain and Europe.
• The members accepted Skylar’s division plan without resistance, and its implementation began immediately.

Skylar developed new magical-creature evolutions, released Silver Fang and Beowulf to establish a wolf force in the Forbidden Forest, and strengthened the Sleeping Dragon Society’s leaders with rare knowledge and tools. As the month ended, Luna joined him in the laboratory to begin cultivating new species.

• Skylar’s potion evolved Silver Fang into a human-speaking wolf skilled in wind and gravity magic, while Beowulf gained exceptionally tough hide, metal-sharp teeth, and venomous bites.
• Skylar released Silver Fang and Beowulf into the Forbidden Forest, gave Silver Fang a map, and ordered them to unite the wolf packs; the new force was established under Silver Fang’s leadership.
• Skylar began feeding Blood-sucking Midges an evolution potion mixed with San Pedro Cactus and Peyote, and used potion enhanced with Red Cap skulls and Basilisk remains to nourish frozen Acromantula eggs.
• Skylar extracted Rosmerta’s memories of the Druid inheritance, erased her knowledge of her lineage, recorded the spells, and gave them to Daphne to study.
• Skylar gave Morrie Grindelwald’s Element Ring, supplied Astoria with his Potions notes and Hufflepuff’s Cauldron, and left Cho and Susan to continue their family magic studies.
• After Luna mastered insect control, she came to Skylar’s laboratory to cultivate new species with him.

Skylar showed Luna his laboratory and its dangerous creatures, including the Wrackspurts he had bred for her, and the two shared a kiss. Luna demonstrated her control over the Wrackspurts, and Skylar gave her a locket to contain them; meanwhile, a bird hatched in the Scamander family’s Chamber of Secrets, prompting a clan-wide summons.

• Skylar showed Luna the laboratory’s unusual creatures, including a Man-Eating Vine and a Cursed Demon.
• Luna recognized Skylar’s Blood-sucking Midges as Wrackspurts and kissed him to thank him for finding them.
• A green bird hatched from an egg in the Scamander family’s Chamber of Secrets, and Hermann Scamander summoned the family’s important members.
• Luna commanded the Wrackspurts through thirty-three formations while Skylar watched closely.
• Skylar placed the Wrackspurts in a locket, gave it to Luna, and named it Pandora’s Box.