Chapter Summaries

Skylar reviewed the Sleeping Dragon Society’s growth and directed its leaders to expand supplies, research, and intelligence gathering as threats gathered strength. In the Suitcase Space, he used a simulated Black Sun Eclipse to give the Society’s girls the Magic-Enhancing Curse Mark, awakening the marks on all of them except Sarf.

• Skylar praised the team leaders’ progress, and Astoria reported that her contact with Uncle Ali had secured steady supplies from the French Magic Garden, boosting potion production.
• Skylar gave Morrie Tilden Toots’s research notes and urged the Dragon Soul Team to accelerate Growth Potion research because the Shadow of the Magic Dragon and Voldemort were gathering forces.
• Susan named Augusta Longbottom, Muriel Prewett, and Gerlsta Marchbanks as leaders of the Pure-Blood Traitor Faction, and Skylar ordered investigations into their connections and the Weasley family while offering to approach Gerlsta himself.
• Daphne reported that Tiberius McLaggen had rebuked Cormac and would not let their dispute damage his alliance with Skylar.
• Skylar moved the meeting into the Suitcase Space, simulated a Black Sun Eclipse, and performed a ritual that gave every girl except Sarf the Magic-Enhancing Curse Mark.

Skylar gave the girls a Magic-Enhancing Curse Mark that greatly increased their magical power when activated, then brought them to meet the Hebridean Blacks they would train with for the Magical Dragon Rider Corps. The girls began bonding with their dragons, while Skylar reserved the twelfth dragon for Fleur Delacour.

• Skylar explained the Magic-Enhancing Curse Mark and taught the girls the mental technique needed to activate it.
• Daphne, Susan, and the other girls entered Magic Wielder Form, and Skylar sensed that their magical power had risen dramatically.
• The girls' transformed state lasted about ten minutes, with Daphne, Luna, and Susan sustaining it for nearly fifteen.
• Skylar took the girls to his Suitcase Space, where they met twelve tamed Hebridean Blacks and chose dragons to train with.
• Daphne asked about the unclaimed dragon, and Skylar said it was for Fleur Delacour before assigning the girls to begin training for the Magical Dragon Rider Corps.

Skylar ordered the Sleeping Dragon refitted into a self-aware warship for Savannah, while Harry, Hermione, and Ron visited Hagrid and learned about the disastrous mission to the Giants. Back at Hogwarts, Hermione and Harry both struggled to sleep as they dwelled on Cho Chang kissing Skylar.

• Skylar directed Redbeard and the Goblin forger to enlarge and upgrade the Sleeping Dragon with physical and magical defenses, self-awareness, and six magical cannons.
• Redbeard and the Goblin forger accepted the challenge, and Skylar promised to secure the rare materials they needed.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron visited Hagrid, who told them that Golgomath had rebelled against Karkus and that Dark wizards had attacked him and Madam Maxime, separating them from Fleur.
• Hermione returned to Gryffindor Tower and admitted to herself that she was jealous of Cho Chang for kissing Skylar, though she resolved to forget him.
• Harry lay awake, uncertain whether he resented Skylar or was upset that Cho Chang had shown no interest in him.

On Tuesday, September 3, Hogwarts students began intensive O.W.L. preparation, while Skylar impressed his classmates with his unusual affinity for Bowtruckles and a magical method for completing homework. He left the Slytherin common room for Charms Club after finishing his essays with enchanted quills.

• McGonagall introduced the Vanishing Spell, and Daphne mastered it on her third attempt while Draco failed; Flitwick assigned a large amount of Charms homework.
• Hagrid taught the students about Bowtruckles, and Hermione, Harry, and Daphne each gained one’s trust, while Skylar attracted every Bowtruckle in the enclosure.
• Draco mocked the Gryffindors after class, and Harry suspected Skylar had used obscure magic to charm the Bowtruckles.
• The Slytherins complained about their homework in the common room while Skylar relaxed with an unrelated book.
• Skylar extracted memories from his mind and used specially made Hohenheim Family quills to write his essays, explaining how he organized knowledge for retrieval.
• Skylar finished his essays, declined his classmates’ requests to rent the quills, and left for Charms Club.

Skylar helped Vicky Frobisher enter the Charms Club and learned about Name Tracking Magic from Professor Flitwick. After Cho Chang confronted him about his feelings, Skylar admitted he liked her and returned her kiss, accepting that she chose to be with him despite his other girlfriends.

• Skylar corrected Vicky Frobisher's pronunciation of the Charms Club password and opened the statue entrance for her.
• Professor Flitwick welcomed Vicky to the Charms Club and taught the students the Tracking Charm.
• Skylar asked Professor Flitwick about tracking people through physical traces and learned about Name Tracking Magic.
• Cho Chang waited for Skylar after the club and asked what he felt for her.
• Skylar told Cho Chang he liked her but warned that he already had too many girlfriends, and Cho kissed him anyway.
• Skylar returned Cho's kiss, admitted his feelings, and accepted her choice to be with him.

After reflecting on his growing number of romantic relationships, Skylar purified Hufflepuff's Cup and tested its magical properties. The cup rejected every drink and potion he tried, so he planned to investigate whether it would accept Fantastic Beast blood.

• Skylar worried about the responsibilities and complications of having numerous girlfriends, then set those concerns aside to examine Hufflepuff's Cup.
• Skylar cast the Soul-Torture Curse on the cup, removing its Horcrux corruption, and Aquila recognized it as one of Lady Hufflepuff's treasured possessions.
• Skylar poured water, alcoholic drinks, and many common and rare potions into the cup, but each liquid vanished, including his sole bottle of Phoenix Immortality Potion.
• Aslan suggested the cup might accept blood from Fantastic Beasts, and Skylar decided to ask Ali Bashir to gather samples for further experiments.

Harry struggled through exhausting classes and Umbridge’s blood-writing detentions while Skylar enjoyed the privileges of being a prefect. Skylar explored Hogwarts’ restricted books and prefect facilities, met Cedric in the prefects’ bathroom, and grew closer to Elsie in the prefects’ lounge.

• Harry stayed up late trying to finish his homework after Umbridge kept him in detention until midnight, where her enchanted quill carved “I must not tell lies” into his hand in his own blood.
• Harry resented Umbridge, Dumbledore, and his own helplessness, while fearing that his anger and desire for power could lead him toward cruelty.
• Skylar used his prefect access to copy Hogwarts’ forbidden books and add them to his private library.
• Skylar relaxed in the prefects’ bathroom, where he talked with Cedric about Quidditch and Hufflepuff’s chances against Slytherin and Gryffindor.
• Skylar met Elsie Montgomery in the prefects’ lounge, discussed O.W.L. revision and life after graduation, and accepted her offer to share old exam questions.
• Skylar and Elsie continued talking until their polite conversation developed into a closer friendship.

At Gryffindor’s goalkeeper tryouts, Vicky Frobisher declined the position to prioritize the Charms Club, leaving Ron Weasley as the team’s goalkeeper. Elsewhere, Voldemort forced Ludo Bagman to reveal a clue about Azkaban and branded him as a Death Eater, while the Sleeping Dragon Society welcomed new Hufflepuff members.

• Vicky Frobisher outperformed Ron Weasley in the goalkeeper tests but refused Angelina Johnson’s offer because she wanted to focus on the Charms Club, so Ron got the position.
• During detention, Harry Potter felt pain in his forehead scar and upper abdomen when Umbridge inspected the words carved into his hand.
• Voldemort tortured Ludo Bagman until he revealed a clue about Azkaban’s entrance and its special Portkey, then branded him with the Dark Mark.
• Skylar welcomed Eurig Cadwallader, Summerby, and other Hufflepuff students into the Sleeping Dragon Society, raising its membership to eighty-seven.

Harry set out to send Sirius Black a letter while Skylar considered how to expand the Sleeping Dragon Society and investigated Sturgis Podmore’s arrest. Skylar gave Cho Chang a thoughtful birthday gift for her mother, and after she kissed him in the Great Hall, he offered to accompany her to the Owlery.

• Harry wrote to Sirius Black about Umbridge and his scar, then took a detour toward the Owlery after Nearly Headless Nick warned him about Peeves.
• Skylar reflected on the Sleeping Dragon Society’s need for more members and read that Sturgis Podmore had been sentenced to six months in Azkaban for infiltrating the Department of Mysteries.
• Skylar decided to investigate why Podmore had entered the Department of Mysteries and waited in the Great Hall for Cho Chang.
• Cho told Skylar she had forgotten her mother’s birthday, and Skylar gave her a navy-blue Sky-Veil Feather Hat as a gift.
• Cho kissed Skylar in the Great Hall, and Skylar secretly concealed them from the other students.
• Skylar offered to go with Cho to the Owlery.

Skylar took the Paracelsus Bust from Peeves and helped Cho Chang send a gift to her mother. Later, he witnessed Harry attack Filch and kill Mrs. Norris, then altered Filch’s memories before leaving.

• Skylar took the Paracelsus Bust from Peeves and told him to spread the story that he had smashed it.
• Skylar sent Cho Chang’s gift to her mother with Ulysses, and Cho kissed Skylar before leaving.
• Harry met Filch outside the Owlery, where Filch accused him of planning to order Dungbombs.
• A voice in Harry’s mind urged him to punish Filch, and Harry used magic to immobilize Filch before killing Mrs. Norris.
• Harry erased Filch’s memory and disappeared, while the invisible Skylar witnessed the incident.
• Skylar made Filch sleep, altered his memory so he believed Mrs. Norris had died years earlier, erased traces of his presence, and left.

Harry avoided telling Ron and Hermione what was troubling him, while Hermione grew frustrated with Gryffindor’s lack of interest in studying. During Quidditch practice, Ron’s nerves worsened under Slytherin’s scrutiny, and his poor performance left him yearning for the money to buy a better broom.

• Harry sat with Ron and Hermione at breakfast and concealed what was troubling him, then joined Ron in skipping homework to fly for two hours.
• Hermione warned Harry and Ron about their neglected assignments and privately wondered whether she would have been better off in Slytherin.
• Draco, Pansy, Cassius, and Montague watched Gryffindor’s Quidditch practice, and Draco judged that Ron’s poor keeping came from nerves rather than lack of skill.
• Ron became increasingly flustered under Slytherin’s gaze, missed the Quaffle repeatedly, and nearly fell from his Broomstick.
• After the Slytherins left, Ron blamed his old broom and began longing for a Firebolt and the money to buy one.

Skylar trained the Slytherin girls, then opened the Gate of Truth using the first half of the Book of Truth and the Paracelsus Bust. He discovered the secret behind the Philosopher’s Stone and returned with the complete Book of Truth, titled Truth Beyond.

• Skylar drilled Daphne, Morrie, and Susan in their practical spells until they were exhausted, and they went to the Prefects' Bathroom.
• Skylar reflected on his growing reliance on Felix Felicis and the mistakes his overconfidence had caused.
• Skylar placed the first half of the Book of Truth beside the Paracelsus Bust and opened the Gate of Truth.
• Skylar used his Magic Eye to perceive the secret of the Philosopher’s Stone: it required power from a realm he understood as “a heaven beyond heaven.”
• Skylar returned to find the bust and first half of the book gone, replaced by the complete Book of Truth, Truth Beyond.

Skylar created four enchanted maps that tracked people across Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, linking them to an alert system for the Sleeping Dragon Society. Two days later, Hogwarts students learned that Dolores Umbridge had been appointed High Inquisitor, as the Ministry moved to undermine Dumbledore.

• Skylar enchanted a map of Hogsmeade to reveal the names and locations of everyone in the village.
• Skylar made maps for Hogsmeade, Diagon Alley North Street, Diagon Alley South Street, and Knockturn Alley that could answer questions and send warnings to his watch.
• Mrs. Norris's disappearance drew little concern from the students, while Filch became increasingly erratic and forgetful.
• Hermione read a newspaper report announcing that Dolores Umbridge had been appointed High Inquisitor under Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three.
• The newspaper portrayed Dumbledore as unfit to lead Hogwarts and reported that Griselda Marchbanks and Tiberius Ogden had resigned in protest.
• Percy Weasley had already sent Skylar a secret letter about Umbridge's appointment, and most Slytherins knew the news before breakfast.

Umbridge inspected several teachers and punished Harry after he challenged her in Defense Against the Dark Arts, while Skylar secretly interrupted Harry’s growing rage. The next day, Umbridge continued her inspections and arrived at Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures class, leaving the students uneasy.

• Umbridge observed Flitwick’s Charms class and Trelawney’s Divination class but found little to criticize.
• Umbridge assigned the fifth-years another chapter of Defensive Magical Theory, and Hermione lost Gryffindor five points when she challenged the textbook’s claims.
• Harry insulted Umbridge by recalling Quirrell and Voldemort, and Umbridge gave him another week of detention as his anger surged.
• Skylar caused the vase on the podium to explode, jolting Harry out of his rage before he attacked Umbridge.
• Harry silently endured detention, reopened the wound on his hand, and argued with Angelina and Hermione after McGonagall deducted points from Gryffindor.
• Umbridge inspected McGonagall’s Transfiguration class and then waited for the students at Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures class.

Umbridge used Hagrid’s lesson inspection to undermine him, then provoked a confrontation between Hermione and Skylar over Slytherin’s refusal to oppose the Ministry. Hermione left heartbroken, while Skylar stayed committed to keeping the Sleeping Dragon Society out of the conflict and turned his attention back to Hogwarts.

• Umbridge mocked Hagrid during his lesson and recorded criticisms, planning to deliver her inspection results within ten days.
• Hermione condemned Umbridge’s treatment of Hagrid and challenged Draco and the Slytherins when they laughed at him.
• Draco insulted Hermione, and Skylar told her that Slytherin would not take sides in the Ministry’s effort to remove Dumbledore.
• Hermione expressed her disappointment in Skylar and walked away, followed by Harry and Ron.
• Skylar reflected that opposing Umbridge would mean opposing the Ministry, while Daphne comforted him and urged him to pull himself together.

Hermione resolved to fight back against Skylar’s judgment by organizing Gryffindors to learn Defense Against the Dark Arts from Harry. Meanwhile, Skylar discussed reforms at Durmstrang and Beauxbatons that he had secretly influenced, while Hogwarts fell further behind under Umbridge.

• Hermione told Harry and Ron that Umbridge’s lessons were useless and urged Harry to teach students practical Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• Hermione proposed forming a student organization, and Harry asked for time to consider the idea.
• In the prefects’ private common room, Skylar and the others criticized Umbridge’s classes and discussed Durmstrang’s decision to admit Muggle-born students again.
• Skylar explained that Durmstrang’s reforms followed declining student quality and growing opposition to pure-blood supremacy, while concealing his role in them.
• Cedric reported that Beauxbatons had hired Désirée Akahart of Silver Spear to improve dueling training, and Skylar privately acknowledged his influence on that change.

Harry agreed to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts after Hermione raised the idea again, while Skylar expanded his control over the Ministry and strengthened Macnair as one of his servants. The chapter left Skylar poised to deal with the Travers Family after it publicly backed Fudge.

• Hermione asked Harry whether he had seriously considered teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Harry agreed to try.
• Macnair reported to Skylar that he had become captain of the Beast Extermination Execution Squad after the Nogtail riot left Amos Diggory crippled.
• Skylar named Macnair Blood Mastiff, one of his Seven Dragon Fangs, and carved the Blood of the Mad Beast curse mark into his shoulder.
• Amelia reported that Mr. Bletchley and Alvin Carrow had taken senior posts, placing all four top positions in the Department for the Control of Fantastic Beasts under Skylar's control.
• Ludo Bagman returned to the Ministry and regained his post, while the Travers Family publicly supported Fudge; Skylar decided to deal with the Travers Family.

Skylar learned that Voldemort had secretly recruited the Banshees and Ogres, prompting him to add Harry Potter to his chessboard of potential threats. He then took satisfaction in the rapid success of his potion and security businesses as Voldemort’s power grew.

• Blaise Zabini and Megan Jones were selected for the exchange student program, and Slytherins celebrated Blaise’s plans to find girlfriends abroad.
• Prince Bathory reported that Banshees and Ogres had vanished after a single attacker killed three Vampire and Hag surveillors with the Killing Curse.
• Skylar suspected Voldemort had taken the two tribes and might be using his connection with Harry Potter to influence him.
• Skylar placed pieces for the Banshees, Ogres, and Harry Potter on his chessboard alongside Tom Riddle and Fenrir Greyback.
• Skylar read that the Celestial Maiden Elixir had become popular, earned him the McQuaid Potion Contribution Award, and Shield Security Consulting Company had grown into a major Diagon Alley attraction.

Skylar discovered that Hufflepuff’s Cup protected people from the curse of unicorn blood, while Harry invited Cho Chang to join a group studying defensive magic. Cho accepted, then learned Skylar wanted her to bring Marietta Edgecombe to the group’s gathering.

• After a morning of experiments, Skylar discovered that Hufflepuff’s Cup could protect its drinker from the curse in unicorn blood.
• Harry approached Cho Chang after Quidditch practice and invited her to join a group that would study defensive magic outside Umbridge’s classes.
• Cho accepted Harry’s invitation to meet at the Hog’s Head Inn on the first Saturday of October.
• After Harry left, Skylar appeared and told Cho to bring Marietta Edgecombe to the gathering.
• Cho questioned Skylar’s plan but agreed to do as he asked.

Two exchange students, Sazes Vongola and Akabane Sakura, arrived at Hogwarts and chose Slytherin, surprising the school. In the days afterward, the students speculated about their backgrounds while Skylar had little chance to speak with either of them.

• At the feast, Dumbledore announced two exchange students, and Sazes Vongola and Akabane Sakura entered the Great Hall.
• Draco recognized Sazes as the heir of the Vongola Family, an old ally of House of Malfoy, while Skylar already knew about his arrival.
• The students learned that Sakura attended Mahoutokoro and was Skylar's longtime pen pal.
• Sazes and Sakura both chose Slytherin, prompting applause from the house and surprise from the other students.
• In the following days, the exchange students focused on their seventh-year workload, and Skylar only exchanged brief greetings with them as students watched their interactions.