Recaps

Vaughan taught Snape the Magic Extraction Method, and Snape recognized its potential despite its difficulty. Snape agreed to teach Vaughan advanced spells, while Vaughan returned to Ravenclaw that night to socialize with the students.

• Vaughan explained how he developed the Magic Extraction Method, and Snape tried it on a potion and successfully separated several ingredients’ properties.
• Snape concluded that the method required talent in Potions and Transfiguration as well as experience with ingredients, but agreed it was valuable.
• Vaughan asked Snape for access to more ingredients, Scarpin’s Revelaspell, and instruction in advanced spells so he could develop a universal model.
• Snape told Vaughan to come to his office the following Saturday and said Dumbledore would agree to the lessons.
• Vaughan returned to the Slytherin common room, wondered why Dumbledore approved of his visits to other houses, then went to Ravenclaw and stayed late with the students and Fruit Tea.

As Hogwarts’s first-years settled into rivalries and heavier lessons, Vaughn’s pranks made him an exception among the divided houses. During the first flying lesson, Harry and Vaughn unexpectedly proved to be the only students who could fly their brooms successfully.

• Harry and Ron clashed with Malfoy’s trio in class, while Harry later pushed Ron to apologize to Hermione and their friendship recovered.
• Vaughn’s spell changed the Slytherin common room entrance from “dungeon” to “seaside villa,” and Filch failed to remove the words as Fred and George mocked the Slytherins with beach posters.
• Before flying lessons, Harry asked Vaughn for advice, and Vaughn revealed that Ron’s story about nearly hitting a Muggle airplane came from a dream after a movie.
• At Madam Hooch’s lesson, Harry, Vaughn, and Hermione were the only first-years whose brooms responded to “Up!” on the first attempt.
• When Madam Hooch told the class to fly, Harry and Vaughn were the only students to rise straight into the sky.

During flying lessons, Vaughan saved Neville from a fall and later helped stop Harry and Malfoy from crashing after their broomstick fight. Harry was allowed to join the Quidditch team but received detention with Malfoy, while Gryffindor lost sixty points and Slytherin lost forty.

• Vaughan and Harry flew around the pitch, and Vaughan and Harry used spells to keep Neville from falling to the ground.
• Malfoy mocked Neville and Harry, prompting Harry to chase Malfoy through the air toward Hogwarts Castle.
• Harry knocked Malfoy from his broom, then caught him, but their broom began falling until Vaughan and Professor McGonagall stopped them with spells.
• Professor McGonagall awarded Vaughan twenty points for Slytherin and reprimanded Harry and Malfoy for their dangerous fight.
• Hermione and Ron learned that Gryffindor had lost sixty points and Slytherin had lost forty, then Harry returned with permission to join the Quidditch team and news that he and Malfoy had detention together.

Harry went to serve detention with Malfoy in the trophy room while Ron and Hermione secretly followed to watch over him. Vaughn appeared with a magically restrained Peeves and befriended Mrs. Norris, leaving Ron eager to learn how he had done it.

• Harry told Ron and Hermione that his detention with Malfoy was in the trophy room, where he hoped to see his father's Quidditch trophies.
• Ron and Hermione followed Harry to the third floor and hid near the trophy room while Filch left Mrs. Norris guarding the entrance.
• Vaughn surprised Ron and Hermione with Peeves tied to a rope and unable to move, and said he had befriended the poltergeist.
• Vaughn offered Mrs. Norris dried fish, and she ate it obediently instead of alerting Filch.
• Vaughn lifted the Silencio spell from Ron, who excitedly asked him to teach him how he had controlled Peeves and won over Mrs. Norris.

Vaughan took Harry, Ron, and Hermione on a nighttime tour of Hogwarts and showed them the Room of Requirement, explaining how it appeared when someone needed a place to hide something. The group ended inside the vast room, surrounded by heaps of stored objects.

• Vaughan soothed Mrs. Norris with dried fish and told Ron and Hermione to let Fruit Tea lead them to him after Harry finished polishing trophies.
• Harry finished his punishment and told Ron and Hermione about finding his father’s Quidditch trophy as Fruit Tea led them to the second floor.
• Vaughan spoke with Moaning Myrtle in the abandoned girls’ Washroom, and Hermione became curious about the ghost’s unusual abilities.
• Vaughan led the group to the eighth floor, paced three times before a wall, and revealed the Room of Requirement.
• Vaughan explained that the Room of Requirement shaped itself around a person’s needs and that he had summoned a hiding place.

Vaughn searched the Room of Requirement for Ravenclaw's Diadem, hoping to give the Horcrux to Dumbledore and weaken Voldemort, but Harry showed no sign of sensing it. After his search stalled, Vaughn returned to Snape and borrowed advanced potion and Dark Arts books from the Restricted Section.

• Vaughn asked Harry whether he felt anything in the Room of Requirement, but Harry felt no connection to the hidden Horcrux.
• Vaughn revealed that he wanted to find Ravenclaw's Diadem and pass it to Dumbledore, but planned to search the clutter himself since Harry could not sense it.
• Harry's Quidditch selection became public after he told his friends, and Fred and George spread the news, frustrating Wood and delaying the trio's plans to explore the room.
• Vaughn returned to Snape's office and received an authorization slip to borrow books from the Restricted Section.
• Madam Pince let Vaughn borrow Advanced Potion-Making, Magical Drafts and Potions, The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6, and An Introduction to Dark Arts.

After studying in the Room of Requirement for three weeks, Vaughan used his reputation points to improve Scarpin's Revelaspell and tested its ability to break down a potion. He left to begin developing potions, then met Dumbledore in the corridor, where they politely pretended their encounter was accidental.

• Vaughan checked his system panel and realized a month had passed while he studied advanced books in the Room of Requirement.
• He reflected on the spells and potions Snape had helped him access, including Dark magic recorded in a book from the Restricted Section.
• Vaughan spent all 22 reputation points raising Scarpin's Revelaspell to LV2 and used it to break a Cure for Boils into its ingredients.
• Vaughan decided to start brewing and developing potions the next day, then encountered Dumbledore outside the Room of Requirement.
• Vaughan and Dumbledore exchanged polite small talk about the room before saying good night and parting ways.

Vaughn reflected on Dumbledore’s rule-bound approach and told Snape about their encounter. At the Quidditch pitch, Vaughn explained his plans to study advanced potions and develop new ones to support his lifelong Magic Extraction Method research, and Snape judged him ambitious but not arrogant.

• Vaughn concluded that Dumbledore had tested him and decided he did not fear or hate the Headmaster because Dumbledore followed rules.
• Vaughn told Snape that Dumbledore was a good man, and Snape took him to watch Gryffindor train in terrible weather.
• Snape mocked the struggling Gryffindor team and asked Vaughn when he would begin refining the Magic Extraction Method.
• Vaughn explained that he would first study advanced potions and develop new ones to identify material properties and test his theories.
• Snape called Vaughn ignorant and fearless, then acknowledged that he was not arrogant.

Vaughan bargained with Snape for support and rewards in exchange for joining the Slytherin Quidditch team and challenging Harry. Later, Harry, Ron, and Hermione told Vaughan that Fluffy guarded something connected to Nicolas Flamel and asked if he recognized the name.

• Snape asked Vaughan whether he could defeat Harry at Quidditch, and Vaughan agreed to try in exchange for potion ingredients, reduced homework, and a book on memory magic.
• Vaughan asked Snape to replace Marcus Flint as Slytherin captain, but they could not find a suitable candidate.
• Vaughan learned that Peeves and Mrs. Norris had chased Harry, Ron, and Hermione into the room where Fluffy guarded a trapdoor.
• Vaughan had advised Harry to tell Hagrid that he had seen the three-headed dog, and Hagrid revealed that Fluffy guarded something related to Nicolas Flamel.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione asked Vaughan if he knew who Nicolas Flamel was.

Vaughn joined the Slytherin Quidditch team as Seeker and demonstrated his flying ability during training. He caught the Golden Snitch in front of a packed crowd, leaving Harry worried about competing with him.

• An owl delivered Vaughn a Nimbus 2000, which he said Professor Snape had given him after recruiting him as Slytherin's Seeker.
• Ron accused Snape of trying to turn Harry and Vaughn against each other, but Harry admitted he feared losing to Vaughn and letting his team down.
• Students from several houses gathered to watch Vaughn's first Slytherin training session, while Harry and Ron joined the crowd.
• Captain Flint released the Golden Snitch, and Vaughn evaded the other players as he pursued it on his Nimbus 2000.
• Vaughn caught the Golden Snitch after one minute, drawing cheers from the stands as Harry saw Wood's pale face.

Vaughn continued his potion research while Harry and his friends discovered that Dumbledore had hidden the Philosopher’s Stone at Hogwarts. After Hermione and the others told Hagrid about their discovery, Hagrid asked to meet Vaughn, who agreed.

• Wood’s despair over Slytherin’s strength led him to intensify Gryffindor’s Quidditch training, leaving Harry exhausted.
• Vaughn told Harry that Nicolas Flamel was mentioned on a Chocolate Frog card, prompting Harry to rush off and investigate.
• Vaughn studied aconite in Snape’s office, and Snape asked him to submit a paper on his analysis of the poisonous plant.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione told Vaughn they had learned the Philosopher’s Stone was hidden in Hogwarts, and Vaughn explained its connection to Nicolas Flamel.
• Harry told Vaughn that Hagrid wanted to meet him, and Vaughn agreed to go.

Vaughan visited Hagrid and asked him to guide him through the Forbidden Forest so he could study possible ingredients for a new potion. Hagrid agreed to a cautious daytime walk, and they entered the forest with Fruit Tea and Fang while Vaughan kept his wand ready.

• Vaughan brought Hagrid an illustrated book about Muggle animals and reassured him that he had kept the Philosopher's Stone secret.
• Vaughan asked Hagrid to guide him through the Forbidden Forest to help him observe magical plants and creatures for potion research.
• Hagrid agreed to avoid dangerous areas and quickly set out with Vaughan, carrying his stone crossbow.
• Fruit Tea chased Fang around Hagrid's hut before the cat and dog joined Vaughan and Hagrid on their walk.
• Vaughan, Hagrid, Fruit Tea, and Fang entered the quiet, shadowy Forbidden Forest, where Vaughan kept his wand drawn.

Vaughn accompanied Hagrid through the Forbidden Forest and learned that unicorns had recently been attacked. After detecting dark magic in a unicorn’s bloodstained soil, Vaughn collected a sample and decided to visit Headmaster Dumbledore.

• Hagrid showed Vaughn Bowtruckles and other magical creatures while explaining their habits.
• Vaughn asked whether creatures in the forest had been injured, and Hagrid said unicorns had been attacked.
• Hagrid led Vaughn to a clearing where an injured unicorn had left blood a week earlier.
• Vaughn used the Revealing Charm and found dark magic corroding the remaining magic in the unicorn blood.
• Vaughn collected some of the soil and told Hagrid he was going to visit Headmaster Dumbledore.

Vaughn brought Dumbledore evidence that someone had used dark magic to injure a unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, prompting Dumbledore to investigate. While Dumbledore was away, Headmaster Black tried to tempt Vaughn with forbidden knowledge before another portrait attacked him.

• Vaughn went to Professor McGonagall and asked her to take him to Dumbledore with an important report.
• Vaughn showed Dumbledore a bottle of unicorn blood and used the Revealing Charm to display the dark magic surrounding it.
• Vaughn explained how he had found the injured unicorn's blood and concluded that a wizard might be seeking the Elixir of Life.
• Dumbledore said he needed to inspect the scene and Apparated away with Fawkes.
• Headmaster Black offered Vaughn forbidden knowledge in exchange for a favor, but another portrait rushed in and began fighting him.

Vaughn explored Dumbledore’s office and learned that a Dark wizard was seeking unicorn blood to brew an Elixir of Life. After Vaughn suggested moving the unicorn herd, Dumbledore took him to meet an old friend who could help.

• Headmistress Weasley told Vaughn that Sirius Black’s imprisonment had driven an ancestor of the Black family portrait mad, and she warned Vaughn to be cautious with Dark magic.
• Vaughn found Dumbledore’s Pensieve and the covered Mirror of Erised, then declined to look into the mirror and asked Dumbledore what he had seen.
• Dumbledore told Vaughn that a powerful Dark wizard was trying to obtain unicorn blood, but that no unicorns had been killed.
• Vaughn suggested relocating the unicorns from the Forbidden Forest, and Dumbledore agreed to seek help from an old friend.
• Vaughn accompanied Dumbledore and Fawkes by Side-Along Apparition to meet the friend.

Vaughn accompanied Dumbledore to visit Newt Scamander in Dorset, where Newt agreed to shelter the unicorn herd. Dumbledore then revealed he hoped Newt would nurture Vaughn’s interest in magical creatures, leaving Newt to recognize that Dumbledore had arranged the visit partly to recruit him as Vaughn’s mentor.

• Dumbledore Apparated with Vaughn to Newt Scamander’s home, where Tina initially slammed the door on them.
• Tina welcomed Vaughn warmly, while Newt learned that Vaughn was Arthur Weasley’s son and Charlie Weasley’s brother.
• Dumbledore asked Newt to shelter the unicorn herd, and Newt agreed on the condition that it would only be temporary.
• Newt and Dumbledore Apparated to the Forbidden Forest to search for the unicorns, while Tina took Vaughn to see fantastic beasts.
• Dumbledore told Newt about Vaughn’s maturity and achievements, then asked him to cultivate Vaughn’s interest in fantastic beasts.

Vaughn and Tina toured Newt’s basement sanctuary, where Newt cared for magical creatures rescued from smugglers. After Vaughn claimed his unicorn-language reward, Dumbledore asked whether he would visit Newt again, leaving Vaughn suspicious of his intentions.

• Tina showed Vaughn the Erumpents and explained Newt’s efforts to rescue and breed them.
• Tina led Vaughn through habitats containing rescued magical creatures, including Kelpies, Nundus, Billywigs, and an Occamy.
• Dumbledore and Newt expanded the basement with the Undetectable Extension Charm, and Newt released the rescued unicorns.
• Vaughn claimed the completed unicorn-rescue quest reward and gained the ability to understand unicorns insulting him and Dumbledore.
• After returning to Hogwarts, Vaughn heard Dumbledore ask whether he would visit Newt again and wondered what Dumbledore was planning.

Vaughn considered Dumbledore’s suggestion about meeting Newt and recorded his curiosity about magical creatures and the nature of magic. At Hogwarts, a flu outbreak filled the Great Hall with steam, while Hermione asked Vaughn for help studying ahead of exams.

• Vaughn weighed the chance to meet Newt against his suspicion that Dumbledore was trying to steer him, then wrote down his ideas about magical creatures and magic in his diary.
• A flu outbreak swept through Hogwarts, and Madam Pomfrey prepared Pepperup Potion that made its drinkers emit smoke from their ears.
• Fred and George shaped the students’ steam, while Dumbledore amused himself and Snape glared at him through the smoke.
• Vaughn sent Fruit Tea after Ron’s pet rat, Scabbers, and the cat chased Ron around the Great Hall.
• Hermione asked Vaughn questions about Transfiguration, and he explained how clear emotions and a strong desire to succeed helped spells work.
• Hermione asked to study with Vaughn regularly, and her talk of exams left Harry worried about how little time remained.

Harry and Ron grew anxious about Halloween as Vaughn advanced his potion research and transformed Scarpin's Revelaspell to reveal a potion's properties. Ron borrowed money from Vaughn for gifts, but Vaughn hinted that he would ask Ron to help with something in return.

• Harry panicked about time passing and Halloween approaching, while Ron worried that he had no money for gifts.
• Harry learned that Gryffindor's first Quidditch match would be against Slytherin, and he noticed Ron behaving strangely around Vaughn.
• Vaughn invested five Reputation Points in Scarpin's Revelaspell and used it to reveal a finished potion's properties instead of reducing it to ingredients.
• Snape praised Vaughn's achievement and awarded Slytherin ten points, then took two points from Gryffindor after finding Ron outside his office.
• Ron asked Vaughn to lend him ten Sickles for Halloween gifts, and Vaughn agreed before saying he needed Ron's help with something.

As Hogwarts celebrated Halloween, Harry and Hermione realized Ron and Vaughn were missing after Professor Quirrell announced that a troll had entered the dungeons. The chapter ended with them deciding to search upstairs for the brothers while the professors went to confront the troll.

• Professor Binns lost his temper when Seamus Finnigan asked about monsters and ghosts during History of Magic.
• Vaughn silenced Ron at the Great Hall table, and Harry pretended not to notice.
• After Quidditch practice, Harry found Ron missing from the Halloween feast while Hermione said Vaughn had called him away.
• Professor Quirrell burst into the Great Hall, announced that a troll was in the dungeons, and fainted.
• Dumbledore sent the students back to their common rooms and led the professors toward the dungeons.
• Harry and Hermione remembered that Ron and Vaughn were missing and decided to search upstairs for them.

Vaughn watched Quirrell leave the Great Hall and head upstairs, then killed the troll that confronted him and Ron. After arranging for Ron to watch the basement exit, Vaughn followed Quirrell toward the Philosopher’s Stone, relying on an object in his pocket for confidence.

• Vaughn saw Quirrell leave the Great Hall and hurry upstairs after the professors had gone to deal with the emergency.
• A troll found Vaughn and the invisible Ron in the corridor, and Vaughn killed it with a rapid series of spells.
• Vaughn removed Ron’s Disillusionment Charm and gave him instructions to watch the basement exit and alert him if the professors returned.
• Vaughn used burned hair to cast a temporary protective spell on Ron and himself, then followed Quirrell upstairs toward the Philosopher’s Stone.

Vaughn used a Disillusionment Charm to move through Hogwarts and discovered Harry and Hermione hiding in a fourth-floor classroom. Harry’s scar hurt when he saw a black-robed figure, and Vaughn intervened as the figure tried to attack him.

• Vaughn practiced the Disillusionment Charm and used an Ear-Enhancing Charm while searching the corridors for Quirrell.
• Harry and Hermione searched for Vaughn and Ron, then hid in a fourth-floor Charms classroom when they heard footsteps approaching.
• Harry saw a black-robed figure pass and collapsed as pain erupted from his scar.
• The black-robed figure turned toward Harry and began casting a spell, but Vaughn appeared and cast Expelliarmus.
• The figure blocked Vaughn’s spell with Protego, but the shield shook under its force.

Vaughn fought Voldemort, who was possessing the black-robed man, and escaped with Harry and Hermione after using a phoenix feather to summon Fawkes. In Dumbledore’s office, the others were sent for medical examinations while Dumbledore kept Vaughn behind.

• Vaughn defended himself from the black-robed man’s attacks and hit him with Sectumsempra as Harry saw Voldemort raise his wand.
• Vaughn ignited a phoenix feather, and Fawkes appeared just as the black-robed man cast Avada Kedavra; the man fled when Dumbledore approached.
• Vaughn took Harry and Hermione into the Charms classroom, then thanked Fawkes, who had been reduced to a naked chick by the green light.
• Dumbledore arrived, checked that Vaughn, Harry, and Hermione were unharmed, and later summoned the students and professors to his office.
• Professor McGonagall scolded Vaughn, Ron, Harry, and Hermione, while Dumbledore sent Snape and Flitwick to clean up the troll and McGonagall to take the others for examinations.
• Dumbledore asked Vaughn to stay behind after the others left the office.

Vaughn confronted Dumbledore about the Philosopher’s Stone, Quirrell’s attack, and the hidden events on the fourth floor, while probing why Harry had begun sensing Voldemort’s thoughts. Dumbledore agreed to explain but asked Vaughn to keep the truth secret, and Snape arrived furious after learning Vaughn was involved in Harry’s training.

• Vaughn questioned Dumbledore about the Philosopher’s Stone, Quirrell’s Killing Curse, and the concealed battle on the fourth floor.
• Vaughn recalled Harry saying he had sensed Voldemort’s anger and hatred, a connection Vaughn thought should not yet exist.
• Dumbledore asked Vaughn to keep his explanation secret, and Vaughn agreed.
• Snape ruined a batch of Draught of Living Death after recognizing Voldemort’s dark magic, then hurried to Dumbledore’s office.
• Snape accused Dumbledore of manipulating Vaughn and Harry, but Dumbledore said Vaughn had offered to help train Harry as part of a deal.

Dumbledore showed Snape the memory proving Voldemort had survived as a soul fragment and explained his deal with Vaughn, while Snape questioned Dumbledore’s motives. After Snape left, Dumbledore revisited Vaughn’s revelation that Voldemort had used a Horcrux, leaving him troubled by what it implied.

• Dumbledore showed Snape the Pensieve memory of Quirrell casting the Killing Curse and Vaughn wounding the Voldemort fragment within him.
• Dumbledore said Voldemort was alive and preparing to return, while Snape feared his hatred of Harry and Vaughn would grow.
• Snape suspected Dumbledore had arranged events, but Dumbledore said the clash between Harry’s and Tom’s fates had caused the disturbance.
• Dumbledore told Snape that Vaughn had demanded recognition and fair treatment in exchange for helping train Harry and oppose Voldemort.
• After Snape left, Dumbledore revisited the memory of Vaughn identifying a Horcrux as the reason Voldemort had survived, and he reflected with fear and sorrow.