Chapter Summaries

Skylar promised Luna he would seek a way to let her see her mother again, bringing the Resurrection Stone into his plans, then introduced her to the Phantom God Sky Spider. After training Luna to command the spiders, Skylar saw her master a technique capable of trapping hundreds of people at once.

• Luna asked Skylar to help her see her mother again, and Skylar promised he would not let her down.
• Skylar reconsidered his plan for the Resurrection Stone because of his promise to Luna and his interest in Death’s legacy.
• Skylar showed Luna how the Phantom God Sky Spiders blinded, bound, and attacked a two-headed snake with their cries and cursed silk.
• Skylar entrusted Luna with commanding the spiders, and she agreed to remain loyal to him.
• Skylar trained Luna for several hours until she could coordinate the spiders into a vast web he named Ten Directions God-Binding.

Skylar gave Luna custom bracers that held protective magic and Phantom God Sky Spiders, then explained how to use their web-shooting and spider-release spells. He brought Susan to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets to craft a wand suited to the stronger, more determined person she had become.

• Skylar gave Luna black-gold bracers with automatic protective spells and hidden spaces for her Phantom God Sky Spiders.
• Skylar taught Luna the bracers' web-shooting and spider-release incantations, warning her to keep control of the spiders.
• Skylar summoned Susan and took her with Dobby to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.
• Skylar decided Susan's old wand no longer suited her changed ambitions and began crafting a wand exclusively for her.

Skylar made Susan a wand from Graphorn heartstring and rare Soaring Rowan, helping her earn the core’s recognition and trigger a powerful bond with the wand. Susan’s magic rose to Cho Chang’s level, and she awakened her bloodline through a magical outburst that ended with a white skeleton phantom merging into her body.

• Skylar nurtured the Graphorn heartstring’s remnant soul and implanted it in Susan, who spent seven days earning its recognition through her willpower.
• Skylar obtained Soaring Rowan from Bowtruckle Island by disguising his aura and used an elemental ritual to craft Susan’s wand.
• Susan and the wand achieved unity, raising her magical power from junior Auror level to Cho Chang’s level.
• Susan experienced a second magical outburst, which awakened her Bones family bloodline.
• A white aura gathered around Susan, became an ivory-white skeleton phantom, and merged into her body.

Susan awakened the ancient bloodline talent called Holy Spirit's Remains, whose power reacted with hostility toward Skylar. Aquila explained the history behind the inheritance, and Skylar concluded that it was responding to the Parseltongue inheritance he had gained from Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

• Susan opened her eyes and released an ancient power that pressed against Skylar with inexplicable hostility.
• Aquila appeared and identified Susan's awakened bloodline talent as Holy Spirit's Remains, last displayed by Andros of Ancient Greece.
• Aquila recounted Andros's battles with Jafar Yahya and Herpo, and Skylar deduced that Jafar had been possessed by a fragment of Herpo's soul.
• Skylar connected Susan's hostile power to his Parseltongue inheritance from Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and said the two inheritances carried an ancient grudge.
• Aquila was shocked that Skylar had inherited Parseltongue and asked whether he planned to gather the inheritances of all four founders, while Skylar only smiled.

Skylar helped the Basilisk phantom survive by feeding it his blood and a fragment of Susan’s purple-flame skeleton, awakening it as Jormungandr. After the battle, he reconciled Susan’s bloodline power with Jormungandr and revealed that Susan had awakened the rare Holy Spirit’s Remains ability, leaving her newly empowered as a potential guardian of the Sleeping Dragon Society.

• Susan’s power manifested as a giant skeleton wreathed in purple flames, which drained the Basilisk phantom until Skylar intervened.
• Skylar summoned an ancient Dragon Patronus to battle the skeleton, then fed Jormungandr a piece of its rib and his own flesh to give the Basilisk phantom intelligence and strength.
• Jormungandr fought the purple-flame Giant until Skylar ordered it to stop and persuaded the Giant to accept him and Susan as allies.
• The Giant dissolved back into Susan, and Jormungandr returned to the locket as Susan awoke and discovered her magic had increased by at least ten percent.
• Skylar told Susan that she had awakened the rare Holy Spirit’s Remains bloodline talent, also known as Absolute Defense, and praised her as a future guardian of the Sleeping Dragon Society.

Skylar warned Harry about the danger of treating his future lightly, then learned that the Triwizard Tournament’s third task would be a maze. After drawing Harry away to ask about Qiu, Skylar and Harry encountered a bloodied, disoriented Mr. Barty Crouch in the woods.

• Professor McGonagall told Harry and Skylar to meet Mr. Bagman at the Quidditch pitch that night to hear about the third task.
• Skylar advised Harry to take his unusual place in the world seriously, but Harry dismissed the warning.
• Skylar and Harry learned from Mr. Bagman that the third task was a maze containing obstacles, with the Champions entering in score order.
• Skylar took Harry aside to ask whether he liked Qiu, then claimed Qiu was one of his devoted fans and suggested she might like him.
• Mr. Barty Crouch staggered out from behind a tree, battered and muttering about someone named Weatherby.

Harry and Skylar found Mr. Crouch delirious in the Forbidden Forest and summoned Dumbledore, but an attacker struck before he arrived. Skylar sent Harry away and prepared to face Barty Crouch Jr. alone.

• Mr. Crouch collapsed in the Forbidden Forest and begged Harry to tell Dumbledore that he had done something stupid.
• Skylar transformed a dead branch into an owl and sent it to summon Dumbledore, then put Mr. Crouch to sleep.
• Harry brooded over Skylar and imagined defeating him in the final task and winning Cho Chang's admiration.
• An unseen attacker fired a spell at Skylar, who dodged it and urged Harry to escape and fetch Dumbledore.
• Skylar convinced Harry to leave by telling him that Cho would be in his hands if anything happened to Skylar.
• After Harry fled, Skylar identified the attacker as Barty Crouch Jr. and prepared to face him.

Skylar defeated Barty Crouch Jr. in the clearing and secretly took him and his father away before Dumbledore and Harry arrived. After returning to Hogwarts, Skylar met Dumbledore in his office, where the headmaster asked him to explain what had happened.

• Skylar used tornadoes and razor-edged leaves to fight Barty Crouch Jr., who attacked him with the Killing Curse.
• Skylar questioned Barty Jr. about his father and the Master's plan, then blinded and stunned him when he became distracted.
• Skylar stored Barty Jr. and his father in the Suitcase Space, concealed himself, and watched Dumbledore and Harry investigate the empty clearing.
• Dumbledore concluded that Skylar had driven off the attacker, and he reassured Harry that Skylar's strength did not make Harry inferior.
• Skylar returned to Hogwarts ahead of Dumbledore and Harry, then went to Dumbledore's office, where Dumbledore asked him what had happened.

Skylar confronted Dumbledore with a show of power, then explained the attack and returned the rescued Barty Crouch to him. Crouch stayed in the hospital wing for observation, where he abruptly woke at midnight in a cold sweat.

• Skylar conjured an imposing chair to signal his influence and challenged Dumbledore’s authority.
• Skylar told Dumbledore that Mr. Crouch had gone mad and that a likely Death Eater or Shadow of the Magic Dragon had attacked him.
• Skylar released the sleeping Crouch from the suitcase and explained that he had put him to sleep for safety.
• Crouch woke confused, heard Dumbledore recount the night’s events, and agreed to remain at Hogwarts for observation.
• At midnight, Crouch abruptly sat up alone in the hospital ward, drenched in cold sweat.

Skylar’s Absolute Dominion had shattered Barty Crouch Sr.’s memory connections, making them nearly impossible to restore by ordinary magic. When the preset spell restored Crouch’s memories, he recalled Voldemort breaking into Crouch Manor, overpowering him, and arranging his son’s infiltration of Hogwarts to capture Harry Potter.

• Skylar had used Absolute Dominion to sever the connections between Crouch’s memory nodes, leaving them inaccessible to normal memory spells.
• The chapter explained how Dumbledore had eventually uncovered Voldemort’s Horcruxes and recovered memories altered by ordinary Memory Charms.
• At midnight, Skylar’s second Absolute Dominion restored Crouch’s memories to their original state.
• Crouch remembered Voldemort breaking into Crouch Manor and defeating him in a brief battle.
• Crouch recalled that Voldemort rescued his son, placed him under orders to impersonate someone at Hogwarts, and tasked him with taking Harry Potter.

Barty Crouch Sr. broke free of the Imperius Curse and, after surviving Barty Crouch Jr.’s attack with Skylar’s help, decided to seek an alliance with Skylar and have his son killed. Meanwhile, Barty Crouch Jr. woke in Moody’s form believing he had killed his father and concealed the body, unaware that his plan had failed.

• Barty Crouch Sr. escaped Voldemort’s control and traveled to Hogwarts to confess the truth to Dumbledore.
• After recovering his memories, Barty Crouch Sr. realized his son had tried to kill him and resolved to put his career before family.
• Barty Crouch Sr. decided to ask Skylar to kill Barty Crouch Jr. in exchange for his allegiance.
• Barty Crouch Jr. woke in Moody’s form and remembered killing Barty Crouch Sr. and hiding his remains near Hagrid’s hut.
• Barty Crouch Jr. blamed Peter Pettigrew for nearly disrupting Voldemort’s plans and believed he had handled everything successfully.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed the attack on Barty Crouch and Ron concluded that Skylar might have orchestrated it to gain control of Crouch, while Hermione rejected their prejudice against him. The next morning, they went to send Sirius Black a letter and encountered the Weasley Twins arguing over a letter that might involve blackmail.

• Barty Crouch Sr. escaped the infirmary after using a Memory Charm on Madam Pomfrey, still wary of his son and the danger at Hogwarts.
• Harry told Ron and Hermione that Dumbledore’s tracking spell had revealed an adult wizard, a Wind-Spinning Vortex Curse, and a missed Killing Curse at the Forbidden Forest.
• Ron theorized that Skylar had staged the attack to create Harry as a witness and target Crouch, possibly intending to control him rather than kill him.
• Hermione challenged Ron and Harry for judging Skylar through their prejudice, and the three friends parted on bad terms.
• The next morning, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to the Owlery to write to Sirius Black and found the Weasley Twins arguing over a potentially blackmail-related letter.

Barty Crouch Sr. met Skylar Malfoy in secret and agreed to bring the Crouch Family into Skylar’s camp, provided Skylar killed Barty Jr. and erased the secret of their alliance. Skylar offered him places to hide from the Mysterious Man, but Barty Sr. weighed the offer against his ambition and the value he hoped to prove.

• Barty Sr. left the hospital wing at midnight and found Skylar waiting at the entrance to the Slytherin Common Room.
• Skylar checked his Alchemical Watch, confirmed that Barty Jr. was asleep, and led Barty Sr. through a hidden passage to the Chamber of Secrets beneath Miraculous Alchymia.
• Barty Sr. agreed to pledge the Crouch Family and its subordinate families to Skylar, on the condition that Skylar kill Barty Jr. and conceal the secret.
• Skylar warned that Crouch Manor was unsafe and offered Barty Sr. either the school base or a protected safe house at Ella Cottage.
• Barty Sr. considered Skylar’s growing influence and allies, and judged that hiding too readily could make Skylar see him as less valuable.

Barty Crouch Sr. described the growing signs of unrest in Britain and abroad, and Skylar decided he was worth recruiting. Crouch accepted that he was no longer suited to become Minister for Magic, while Skylar revealed that he intended Amelia to take the position.

• Barty Crouch Sr. warned Skylar that foreign spies, pure-blood movements, and new leads from Indonesia pointed to inevitable turmoil.
• Skylar considered Barty Crouch Jr.'s intelligence and achievements as evidence of his father's potential and decided to recruit Barty Crouch Sr.
• Skylar asked whether Crouch still coveted the position of Minister for Magic, and Crouch admitted his ambition but said his damaged reputation made him unsuitable.
• Barty Crouch Sr. guessed that Skylar had chosen Amelia for Minister for Magic, and Skylar confirmed she was his preferred candidate.

Schelling showed Barty Crouch Sr. a detailed map of Britain and revealed that he intended to bring the wizarding world under his control. He identified Sirius Black’s hiding place and proposed that the Black ancestral home could become the Order of the Phoenix’s headquarters, before turning Barty’s attention to the MacFusty Clan in the Hebrides.

• Barty Crouch Sr. asked Schelling what task he had in mind, and Schelling conjured a detailed map of Britain and Ireland.
• Schelling showed Barty how the map identified wizarding locations and residents, including Newt and Porpentina Scamander’s home.
• Schelling revealed that Sirius Black was hiding at the Black ancestral home and said Dumbledore had helped him remain concealed.
• Schelling suggested that the Black ancestral home would likely serve as a future Order of the Phoenix headquarters, and Barty agreed it was strategically important.
• Schelling traced the map to the Hebrides, where a marker identified the dragon-raising MacFusty Clan.

Skylar sent Barty Crouch Sr. to recruit the McFusty Clan, arranging a team of allies and protective measures to support the mission. After Barty departed, Skylar entered the Suitcase Space, where he kept the four Hogwarts students captured during the second task’s underwater battle.

• Skylar ordered Barty Crouch Sr. to travel to Hermetray Island and find a way to bring the McFusty Clan into their camp.
• Skylar explained that the Hohenheim Family, Silver Spear specialists, and dragon experts from the Romanian Dragon Reserve would help Barty confront the clan and negotiate with them.
• Skylar gave Barty an alchemical bracelet that resisted the Imperius Curse and concealed his name from tracking magic.
• Barty passed through a one-time Floo connection and left, and the system announced that the Crouch Family had been acquired as an ally.
• Skylar returned to Hogwarts, then entered the Suitcase Space, where four captured Hogwarts students were imprisoned in an underground dungeon.

Skylar reflected on the relationships he cherished before entering his dungeon and confronting the prisoners responsible for Gemma's death. He resolved to keep using Hector Fawley and Lucida Slughorn while sparing Irina Selwyn and Miles Bletchley, who had no direct part in Gemma's murder.

• Skylar summoned an ink dragon that rotated an old locust tree nine times, opening a hidden entrance to his dungeon.
• Skylar found Hector Fawley bound to a magic-draining web and Lucida Slughorn chained in the dungeon.
• Skylar recalled that Hector and Lucida led the Ghosts Society, which recruited talented Slytherins for six families that had excluded House of Malfoy.
• Skylar remembered that Lucida had planned Gemma's murder and Hector had led the ambush, and he vowed never to forgive them.
• Skylar spared Hector and Lucida on the condition that they obeyed him, and he decided not to punish Irina Selwyn or Miles Bletchley because they were not directly involved in Gemma's death.

Skylar turned Irina Selwyn and Miles Bletchley into loyal servants, assigning them new identities and missions. He then confronted Hector Fawley and Lucida Slughorn, claiming he had come to give them their final release.

• Irina Selwyn and Miles Bletchley knelt before Skylar and reported that Hector Fawley and Lucida Slughorn remained alive under their care.
• Skylar gave Irina and Miles Magic Blood Potions and assigned them the codenames Night Cat and Eagle Eye.
• Skylar ordered Night Cat to unite Knockturn Alley’s unregistered residents and forces, and directed Eagle Eye to organize Bagman’s creditors into a debt collectors’ alliance.
• Skylar sent Night Cat and Eagle Eye to the Malfoy Armor Shop to receive new appearances and identities.
• Skylar mocked Hector for wetting himself and denied Lucida’s accusation that he had broken his promise to spare them.
• Skylar told Hector and Lucida that he had come to fulfill his promise by giving them their final release.

Skylar offered Lucida Slughorn and Hector Fawley freedom in exchange for lifelong service, then bound them with the Eternal Slave Blood Curse and transformed them into House Elves. He left them obediently awaiting assignment under Dobby as he expanded his European intelligence network.

• Skylar summoned an ancient parchment and offered Lucida and Hector a chance to live as his servants for life.
• Lucida accepted, and Hector agreed after stipulating that he retain his limbs, magic, and freedom of movement when not disobeying Skylar.
• Skylar cast the Eternal Slave Blood Curse, transforming Lucida and Hector into House Elves and binding their thoughts and behavior to serve him.
• Hector became Dum-Dum and Lucida became Dazed, and both displayed immediate obedience to Skylar.
• Skylar told Dum-Dum and Dazed they would serve under Dobby and ordered them to obey his arrangements and deployments.

Harry received Sirius's warning that a dangerous adult at Hogwarts might be targeting him, so he practiced defensive spells with Ron and Hermione for the third task. Skylar developed his group and magic studies, then turned fifteen on June 5th, became a Junior Auror, and mastered Illusory Clone and Unsupported Flight.

• Sirius reprimanded Harry for entering the Forbidden Forest with Skylar and urged him to stay with Ron and Hermione, prepare for the third task, and practice defensive spells.
• Harry practiced Stupefy on Ron and trained with Ron and Hermione to learn more curses.
• Skylar strengthened the Sleeping Dragon Society and expanded Dobby's intelligence network with two new House Elf recruits.
• Skylar studied the Zhang Family's Illusory Clone technique and the Unsupported Flight Snape had taught him.
• On June 5th, Skylar turned fifteen, advanced to Junior Auror, and mastered Illusory Clone and Unsupported Flight.