Chapter Summaries

After Silvan killed Antonin Dolohov in Hogsmeade and staged the scene to make it look as though Dolohov had escaped, the students returned to Hogwarts and gave their accounts. Harry later questioned whether Barty Crouch Sr. had truly betrayed the Ministry, and Silvan left him with the possibility that Crouch had brought his fate upon himself.

• McGonagall sent the students back to Hogwarts and ordered them to write accounts of what they had witnessed, while Snape stayed behind to search the scene.
• Snape found half a finger that did not belong to Barty Crouch Sr. and wondered how Antonin Dolohov had escaped.
• Ron retold the attack in the common room, and Hermione dispersed the crowd when she heard students calling it exciting.
• Harry recognized Dolohov in a wanted poster, and Silvan told him that the Death Eater had escaped.
• Silvan opened the Horcrux Codex and recalled using its Bombarda spells to kill Dolohov, then using charms to remove the evidence.
• Harry wondered why Dolohov would kill Crouch if Crouch had betrayed the Ministry, and Silvan suggested Crouch might have brought it upon himself.

After Barty Crouch Sr. was murdered in Hogsmeade, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Silvan wondered why Death Eaters had appeared there and why one of them had targeted Silvan. As the Ministry arrived at Hogwarts, Hermione decided the Daily Prophet could not be trusted, and Silvan offered to write to Remus Lupin for information.

• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts during dinner, spoke privately with McGonagall, and left with the professors.
• Hermione told Harry, Ron, and Silvan that a customer at Zonko's had complained about Death Eaters appearing in public and the Ministry failing to catch them.
• Harry noted that Antonin Dolohov had tried to attack Hogwarts students, while Silvan wondered why Dolohov had singled him out and mentioned wands.
• Fudge, several Aurors, and Umbridge hurried through the entrance hall toward the Headmaster's office, and Harry and Silvan criticized Umbridge.
• Hermione threw aside her collected Daily Prophets and asked how they could learn what was happening outside Hogwarts.
• Silvan offered to write to Remus Lupin, who might tell them what the newspapers had left out.

Silvan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were summoned to Dumbledore’s office, where they found Fudge and Umbridge dismissing the students’ account of Barty Crouch’s final words. The confrontation continued as Umbridge questioned Hogwarts’ students and Dumbledore defended their ability to judge others’ goodwill.

• Silvan sent Lupin a letter, and Hermione lamented that the Daily Prophet was the wizarding world’s only newspaper before Fred and George suggested The Quibbler as another source.
• Nearly Headless Nick summoned Silvan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione to Dumbledore’s office and gave them the password.
• As the students approached the office, they overheard Fudge insisting that Crouch had been killed in a Death Eater conflict and Dumbledore challenging his account.
• Umbridge accused Harry and the other students of inventing Crouch’s final words for attention, while Harry and Silvan insisted they had heard him.
• Umbridge criticized the students’ manners and questioned Dumbledore’s ability to educate them, and Dumbledore replied that they could recognize whether others wished them well.

Dumbledore challenged Fudge’s attempt to dismiss the suspicious circumstances of Barty Crouch Sr.’s death, while Umbridge accused Silvan Ollivander of illegally using Bombarda and killing an ordinary wizard. Silvan refused to surrender his wands and warned Fudge that the Ollivanders would leave the United Kingdom if the Ministry framed him.

• Dumbledore questioned Fudge’s account of Barty Crouch Sr.’s death, but Fudge denied that the torture marks proved anything and insisted the Ministry could make mistakes.
• Umbridge accused Silvan of using Bombarda while underage and killing an ordinary wizard, and demanded that he be taken to the Ministry for questioning.
• Harry and Ron defended Silvan, saying the man he killed was Antonin Dolohov, but Umbridge dismissed their eyewitness account as insufficient evidence.
• Silvan pointed out that casting seven Bombarda spells in under a minute would require strength comparable to Dumbledore giving his all.
• Umbridge demanded to inspect Silvan and the others’ wands, but Silvan refused and warned Fudge that the Ollivanders would leave the United Kingdom if the Ministry tried to frame him.

Silvan challenged Fudge and Umbridge after they tried to question him about the attack in Hogsmeade, warning that he could take Ollivanders abroad. After they left, Dumbledore asked Harry, Ron, and Hermione to keep the meeting confidential, while Hermione urged Silvan to warn his grandfather.

• Silvan told Fudge that the Ministry had failed to protect him and threatened to take Ollivanders Wand Shop out of the United Kingdom after graduation.
• Fudge stopped Umbridge from confronting Silvan and asked whether he had seen who cast Bombarda; Silvan claimed he had not.
• Fudge and Umbridge left the headmaster's office, and Silvan explained that he had spoken up to avoid being taken to the Ministry and exposing his secrets.
• Dumbledore asked Harry, Ron, and Hermione to keep the discussion confidential, then let them leave without giving their account of the attack.
• Hermione warned Silvan that Fudge and Umbridge could retaliate and urged him to tell his grandfather to be careful.

Harry's scar flared painfully as he described dreams and visions of Voldemort raging while someone begged for forgiveness. Unsure whether the visions were real, Harry considered asking Sirius for help, but Silvan urged him to speak to Dumbledore instead.

• Harry told Ron, Hermione, and Silvan that his scar had hurt badly during the night and that he had dreamed of Voldemort.
• Harry's scar suddenly burned again as he recounted hearing Voldemort shout at a kneeling person and seeing a witch nearby.
• Ron doubted that Harry's dream proved Voldemort had returned, and Hermione wondered whether Harry's Divination homework had influenced his dreams.
• Harry said he might talk to Sirius, but Silvan warned that investigating Voldemort could put Sirius in danger and advised Harry to tell Dumbledore.

After Harry told Dumbledore about his concerns, Dumbledore asked Silvan to teach Harry Occlumency. Silvan agreed but doubted he could teach Harry using the unusual method by which he had learned it.

• Dumbledore took Harry to his office after hearing him out, and Harry returned late to Professor Flitwick’s Charms class.
• Professor Flitwick taught the fifth-years the Summoning Charm and warned them against summoning things that belonged to others.
• Silvan and Harry discussed Harry’s conversation with Dumbledore while practicing the Summoning Charm.
• Harry told Silvan that Dumbledore had asked him to teach Harry Occlumency, which Silvan said protected memories and the mind.
• Silvan explained that he had learned Occlumency through a special book and was unsure whether he could teach Harry.
• Seamus Finnigan’s feather exploded again, and Professor Flitwick told him to practice after class.

Harry nearly missed Divination after the Occlumency book made him fall asleep, then Professor Trelawney interpreted his fire-dragon dream as a sign that his family and friends would turn against one another. Silvan joked with Harry about the prediction, but his crystal ball suddenly revealed two figures.

• Silvan told Harry he might not be able to teach him Occlumency and recommended three books for him to study.
• Harry read Lock Your Mind, became drowsy, and woke when his magical timer buzzed; he rushed to Divination just as the bell rang.
• Harry told Silvan that the book had made his consciousness blur, and Silvan reassured him it was likely a normal first reaction.
• Professor Trelawney interpreted Harry's dream of a fire dragon as a warning that his family and friends would turn against one another.
• Harry joked with Silvan about fighting the Dursleys, and Silvan's crystal ball cleared to show two figures.

Silvan saw a brief, unclear vision in his crystal ball that seemed to show three figures and a flash of red light, but he told Professor Trelawney the ball had malfunctioned. Later, George and Fred told Harry, Ron, and Silvan that Sirius's Duelling Club had been approved and would begin on Halloween.

• Silvan's crystal ball showed a blurry scene of people on a mountaintop, then glowed red before the vision vanished.
• Professor Trelawney hurried to Silvan's desk, but Silvan said his crystal ball had malfunctioned, and she accepted his explanation.
• Silvan returned to the castle with Harry and Ron, where they met Hermione after her Arithmancy class.
• George told Ron that the notice announced the return of the Duelling Club, approved by the school and run by Sirius.
• Fred said the first Duelling Club event would take place on Halloween, and Harry said he was looking forward to it.

On Halloween, Silvan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione read the Daily Prophet’s claims about Barty Crouch and attended Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid’s substitute, Professor Grubbly-Plank. Harry learned Hagrid had left school three days earlier, and the group wondered where he had gone as they looked forward to the Duelling Club that evening.

• Silvan read the Daily Prophet’s latest praise of Fudge and Umbridge for capturing Barty Crouch and threw the paper aside, while Harry and Ron angrily criticized the Ministry’s claims.
• Hermione asked Silvan whether Remus Lupin had replied to his letter, but no reply arrived.
• Harry and the others reached their Care of Magical Creatures classroom and found Professor Grubbly-Plank substituting for Hagrid.
• Professor Grubbly-Plank told the class that Hagrid had left school three days earlier to attend to other matters.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione quietly speculated that Hagrid’s departure might be connected to Barty Crouch or the Death Eaters, and Ron reminded them about the Duelling Club that evening.

The students enjoyed the Halloween feast and waited for the Duelling Club to begin. Sirius arrived to teach alongside Snape instead of Flitwick, leaving Harry and Ron uneasy about the lesson.

• Silvan ate a ghost-shaped pudding based on Nearly Headless Nick during the Halloween feast.
• A troupe of ghosts performed an elaborate rock dance, entertaining the students and ghosts.
• Fred and George told Silvan they planned to rent a shop in Diagon Alley over Christmas and hire students to help set it up.
• The Great Hall was rearranged for the Duelling Club, and Harry hoped the lesson would include Bombarda until Hermione explained it was considered dangerous.
• Sirius entered the Great Hall with Snape instead of Professor Flitwick, and Ron and Harry reacted with dismay.

Sirius and Snape clashed over which defensive spell to teach at the reopened Duelling Club, and Snape proposed demonstrating Protego. The professors faced off in the Great Hall and simultaneously cast Levicorpus.

• Sirius and Snape appeared together to lead the Duelling Club, surprising the students.
• Sirius announced that he would teach the Body-Bind Curse and mocked the professor who had caused the club to be cancelled.
• Snape objected that the Body-Bind Curse was too simple and proposed teaching Protego instead.
• Sirius agreed to Snape's suggestion and challenged him to demonstrate the spell, but Snape urged Sirius to demonstrate first.
• Sirius and Snape raised their wands and both cast Levicorpus at the same time.

Sirius and Snape turned their Protego demonstration into a fierce duel before McGonagall separated them and they taught the spell to the students. As the students paired off to practise, Montague challenged Silvan to partner with him, and Silvan accepted.

• Cedric and the prefects led students away from the platform while Sirius and Snape fought, casting Protego among their attacks.
• McGonagall broke up the duel, removed Snape's curse, and forced Sirius to take a bezoar for the snake venom.
• Sirius and Snape explained Protego's incantation and wand movement, and the students split into groups to practise.
• Cedric asked Silvan to pair with him, but Montague shoved Cedric aside and ordered Silvan to partner with him.
• Silvan accepted Montague's challenge, while Cedric offered help and Silvan declined.

During Protego practice, Snape and Sirius assigned students opponents, pairing Harry with Malfoy and Silvan with Montague. Silvan deflected Montague’s spell into Goyle, then faced Montague’s conjured venomous snake.

• Snape paired Ron with Crabbe and Hermione with Millicent Bulstrode.
• Snape assigned Silvan to duel seventh-year Montague, while Harry agreed to face Malfoy.
• Silvan deflected Montague’s Rictusempra spell into Goyle, who collapsed laughing.
• Seamus’s Leg-Locker Curse struck Goyle and created a cloud of smoke, prompting Silvan to accuse Montague of ambushing him.
• Montague called Silvan a shameless Gryffindor and conjured a venomous snake with Serpensortia.

Silvan defeated Montague and helped eliminate Millicent before beginning Protego practice with Cedric. Their practice continued with Cedric testing Silvan’s shield, leaving Silvan poised to defend against a Disarming Charm.

• Silvan destroyed Montague’s conjured snake and knocked him into Millicent, leaving both unconscious.
• Silvan teamed up with Cedric, who asked how Silvan had fooled Montague by reciting an incantation in his head before shouting it.
• Silvan and Cedric began practicing Protego, and Cedric blocked Silvan’s Knockback Jinx.
• Cedric fired Expelliarmus, and Silvan cast Protego rather than block the spell with his wand.

Silvan defeated Cedric in a brief duel while the Duelling Club descended into chaos, and Harry won his fight with Malfoy. Snape left the Great Hall with Malfoy after Sirius declared Harry the winner.

• Silvan stunned Cedric after five minutes, forcing Cedric to accept that he had lost.
• Cedric decided to report Sirius and Snape's poor supervision to Dumbledore, but Silvan urged him to wait until their duel ended.
• Harry and Malfoy continued duelling, with Malfoy exhausting himself under Harry's Tickling Hex while Harry's enlarged teeth caused little trouble.
• Sirius blocked Snape from intervening, and Harry disarmed Malfoy after Malfoy's spell misfired.
• Sirius declared Harry the winner, and Snape dragged Malfoy out of the Great Hall.

After Sirius’s reckless Duelling Club session injured students across the school, Silvan helped Harry shrink his oversized teeth and learned that Sirius planned to take him to the Shrieking Shack. The group returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, where Hermione broke up Fred and George’s celebration of the duel’s aftermath.

• Students left the Great Hall nursing injuries, and Silvan helped Dean undo the Leg-Locker Curse.
• Silvan warned Harry that shrinking his oversized teeth could make them disappear, but Harry chose the Shrinking Charm rather than wait at the crowded Hospital Wing.
• Silvan successfully reduced Harry’s teeth to a normal size, though they still looked a little strange.
• Harry told Silvan that Sirius planned to take him to the Shrieking Shack during the next Hogsmeade weekend and share stories about their school days.
• Fred and George celebrated that more Slytherins had been sent to the Hospital Wing, but Hermione drove everyone out of the common room celebration.

Fred and George prepared Skiving Snackboxes and other products for their planned joke shop while Hermione remained angry with them. The Daily Prophet reported that Minister Cornelius Oswald Fudge had withdrawn all charges against Percy Weasley.

• Hermione stayed angry with Fred and George, who joked about her resemblance to McGonagall and avoided provoking her further.
• Fred and George told Silvan they had sold fifty Skiving Snackboxes and were preparing more products for their planned shop.
• An owl delivered the Daily Prophet to Silvan, and he showed Ron the front-page story about Percy.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Cornelius Oswald Fudge had withdrawn all charges against Percy after Barty Crouch Sr. was executed.

Ron learned that Percy had been released from prison and rushed to write to their mother. Silvan received a letter from Remus Lupin revealing that escaped Death Eaters had murdered three former Death Eaters, and he suspected the Order of the Phoenix had begun operating again.

• Ron read that the Ministry had dropped the charges against Percy and ran to send the news to his mother.
• Harry followed Ron with Hedwig, while Fred and George joked about asking Fudge to imprison Percy again.
• Silvan received a letter from Remus Lupin confirming that Dumbledore had sent him on a secret mission and that Casper, Ignatius, and Karkaroff had been murdered by escaped Death Eaters.
• Lupin told Silvan that the Ministry had concealed the killings and asked him to give his regards to Sirius and Harry.
• Silvan suspected the Order of the Phoenix was active again and wondered whether Voldemort was behind the escalating danger.

Silvan, Harry, and Ron attended Transfiguration after Dumbledore was absent again, and Harry and Ron narrowly avoided detention for arriving late. In Charms, Flitwick introduced the difficult Reductor Curse, leaving the students to practice its incantation and wand movement with wooden sticks.

• Silvan found that Dumbledore was absent and went to Transfiguration class instead of waiting to speak with him.
• McGonagall deducted ten points each from Harry and Ron for arriving late but did not give them detention.
• Harry, Ron, and Silvan discussed how detention might have kept Harry and Ron from playing in the upcoming Quidditch match against Slytherin.
• McGonagall introduced the class to cross-species transformation and warned them about its complexity.
• Flitwick taught the fifth-year class the Reductor Curse and had them practice its incantation and movement with wooden sticks.