Chapter Summaries

Ye Ting completed the first step toward becoming an Animagus, received the Order of Merlin, and made a fortune before Mrs Norris was found petrified beside a warning about the Chamber of Secrets. He reassured his Defence Against the Dark Arts students and began explaining the Chamber and Slytherin's Heir.

• Ye Ting buried the vial containing the Mandrake leaf in the Forbidden Forest and left Larey to guard it while he waited for a thunderstorm.
• Ye Ting received the Order of Merlin, Third Class, but evaded reporters and skipped the banquet.
• Ye Ting made a fortune by shorting the pound, bringing his assets to fifteen million US dollars.
• After the Halloween feast, Ye Ting found Mrs Norris petrified beneath the Chamber of Secrets warning, with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley nearby.
• Draco Malfoy accused Harry, and Argus Filch tried to attack him before Dumbledore and the professors intervened.
• Ye Ting told his students that Mrs Norris could be cured with a Mandrake restorative draught, ruled out Harry as the culprit, and began explaining the Chamber of Secrets.

Ye Ting recounted the Chamber of Secrets incident from fifty years earlier and argued that Tom Riddle had opened the chamber and framed Hagrid. He identified Moaning Myrtle as the girl who died, leaving Hogwarts students eager to question the people involved.

• Ye Ting explained the legend of the Chamber of Secrets and described how Tom Riddle had claimed to catch its opener after a student died.
• Ye Ting revealed that Hagrid had been expelled after being blamed for opening the chamber and keeping an Acromantula as its monster.
• Hermione challenged the story, pointing out that Hagrid could not have petrified victims and was unlikely to be the heir.
• Ye Ting rearranged Tom Marvolo Riddle's name into “I am Lord Voldemort” and said Riddle had framed Hagrid.
• Ye Ting named Moaning Myrtle as the girl who died, then ended the lesson and returned to his dormitory.
• Students across Hogwarts questioned the professors, while Hagrid and Myrtle faced repeated questions about the incident.

Ye Ting confronted Dumbledore about the danger posed by the Chamber of Secrets, then prepared to study and fight the Basilisk. During the first Quidditch match, he left in a thunderstorm to begin his Animagus transformation with Professor McGonagall’s help.

• Moaning Myrtle told the story of her death, describing the yellow eyes she saw in the bathroom.
• Dumbledore admitted Ye Ting was right about the Chamber of Secrets but said he had no way to find it or its monster.
• Ye Ting chose not to destroy Tom Riddle’s diary yet, planning instead to prepare weapons and defenses before facing the Basilisk.
• Ye Ting rebuilt Cho Chang’s broom with stronger enchantments and goblin silver, giving her a broom superior to the Nimbus 2001s.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch for Gryffindor despite an out-of-control Bludger and a fractured arm, while Ye Ting left the match to fly toward the Forbidden Forest and asked Hermione to fetch Professor McGonagall.

Ye Ting began his Animagus transformation under Professor McGonagall’s supervision, but discovered that his form was a powerful Dragon whose magic and instincts threatened to overwhelm him. He resisted the Dragon’s corrupting influence as his body changed, with the transformation still underway.

• Professor McGonagall warned Ye Ting that Animagus transformation was dangerous, demonstrated her cat form, and instructed him on how to begin.
• Ye Ting pointed his wand at his heart, recited the incantation, and drank the red potion.
• Ye Ting felt a second, powerful heartbeat and saw that his Animagus form was a platinum-scaled Dragon.
• Ye Ting’s body began developing scales, claws, fangs, spikes, wings, and a tail as his bones shifted.
• Dragonkind’s pride, hunger for power, and other intense desires assaulted Ye Ting’s mind, but he struggled to resist becoming a mad Dragon.

Ye Ting planned to overcome the limits of his dragon transformation by studying dragon blood and testing whether his dragon soul could absorb power from slain dragons. He decided to gather dragon samples during the Christmas holiday and forge alchemical swords to fight creatures with strong magic resistance, beginning with a trip to Hogsmeade for goblin silver.

• Ye Ting considered how dragons were defined across different worlds and concluded that studying dragon blood was his most reliable path to becoming a dragon.
• Ye Ting realized that his soul had gained a dragon-like essence after he resisted the temptation of transformation, though it had not yet granted him tangible power.
• Ye Ting planned to visit fire dragon reserves during the Christmas holiday and collect blood from fire dragons and Horned Water Snakes.
• Ye Ting decided to test whether his dragon soul could grow by absorbing dragon souls, and to make swords capable of harming fire dragons and the Basilisk.
• Ye Ting chose to sneak into Hogsmeade over the weekend to buy goblin silver for his alchemical weapons.

During Lockhart’s duelling demonstration, Snape’s spell sent Lockhart flying, and the students’ practice duels descended into chaos. Snape then challenged Ye Ting to demonstrate against him, and Ye Ting calmly accepted despite Cho Chang and Hermione’s concern.

• Snape disarmed Lockhart with Expelliarmus, knocking him off the stage, while Lockhart claimed he had let the spell land for demonstration.
• Lockhart and Snape paired the students for practice duels, where Harry and Draco Malfoy traded spells and Ron’s broken wand caused Seamus to collapse.
• Hermione and Cho Chang quickly disarmed their older Slytherin opponents, while Snape stopped the chaotic duels with Finite Incantatem.
• Snape singled out Ye Ting, whom he suspected of stealing potion ingredients, and invited him onto the stage for a duel.
• Cho Chang and Hermione warned Ye Ting that Snape intended to harm him, but Ye Ting reassured them and stepped onto the stage to face Snape.

Ye Ting overwhelmed Snape in their duel with simultaneous wand and wandless magic, agile footwork, and a cloak strengthened by dragon magic resistance. Snape countered with a sweeping wall of fire, leaving Ye Ting facing a growing blaze.

• Ye Ting opened the duel with a silent Expelliarmus, and Snape blocked it before countering with Stupefy.
• Ye Ting deflected Snape’s spells with his cloak while attacking with his wand, discovering that his dragon soul strengthened his magical resistance.
• Ye Ting outmaneuvered Snape and battered him with spells as the watching students and professors reacted to the fierce duel.
• Snape used Bombarda against Ye Ting, who raised a stone wall that the blast shattered.
• Ye Ting sent the resulting rubble at Snape with A Thousand Arrows, forcing him to dodge and endure the impacts.
• Snape stopped evading and unleashed a roaring stream of flame that spread toward Ye Ting.

Ye Ting used Transfiguration to turn Snape’s sea of fire into a phoenix, which defeated Snape’s summoned snake and helped Ye Ting disarm him. Snape’s uncontrolled dark magic knocked him unconscious, while one of the small snakes from the explosion threatened Justin Finch-Fletchley.

• Ye Ting shaped Snape’s flames into a phoenix, which Professor McGonagall recognized as a Transfiguration.
• Snape summoned a giant black snake, and the phoenix battled it while Ye Ting kept Snape occupied with spells.
• The phoenix scorched the snake and finally charged into it, setting it ablaze and defeating it.
• Ye Ting sent the phoenix to intercept Snape’s Diffindo, then disarmed Snape as he prepared dark magic; the out-of-control spell exploded and knocked Snape unconscious.
• The explosion scattered small snakes around the stage, and Lockhart’s spell failed to stop one from advancing on Justin Finch-Fletchley.

After Harry’s Parseltongue makes him a target of suspicion, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick are Petrified, and Harry is found at the scene. At Christmas, Ye Ting finishes enchanting his sword, the Infinity Blade, and prepares to hunt dragons for their blood.

• Harry spoke to the snake at the Dueling Club, but Justin reacted with anger and fear and ran away.
• Ye Ting dismissed the snake and identified Harry as a Parselmouth, prompting rumors that Harry was the Heir of Slytherin.
• Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick were Petrified, and Harry was found nearby, intensifying suspicion and fear at Hogwarts.
• Fred and George, Peeves, and other students mocked or avoided Harry as he planned to use Polyjuice Potion to clear his name.
• Ye Ting completed the Infinity Blade with enchantments designed to pierce tough hides and break through spells.
• Ye Ting prepared to travel the world to collect dragon blood, beginning with the Welsh Green Dragon.

Ye Ting hunted dragons around the world to strengthen himself and gather materials, then spent January extracting Ether Factors from dragon blood. After refining them into a near-perfect mixture, he prepared to inject them into his heart to gain the ability to produce True Ether and become a complete dragon through Animagus transformation.

• Ye Ting discovered that souls from the same dragon species gave diminishing enhancements, while souls from different species strengthened him more effectively.
• Ye Ting and Orianna traveled across the world as he hunted nearly twenty varieties of fire dragon and collected dragon materials and Horned Water Snake blood.
• Ye Ting returned to Britain with his magic and soul greatly strengthened, and gave three girls protective amulets designed to guard them from dark magic and the Basilisk.
• Ye Ting entered the Room of Requirement and spent January studying dragon blood and how it could enable dragonification through Animagus transformation.
• Ye Ting extracted and combined Ether Factors from blood of different dragon species, producing a mixture he believed was close to that of true dragons.
• Ye Ting prepared to inject the Ether Factors into his heart, which he expected would let him produce True Ether and transform into a complete dragon.

Ye Ting successfully transformed into a dragon after the aether injection and discovered the strength, flight, and dragon's might of his new form. After reuniting with Larey, he cleared up the centaurs’ misunderstanding and left them awed by his ability to become a dragon.

• Ye Ting transformed into a dragon without mishap and released a roar that filled Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest with fear.
• Ye Ting learned to fly over the Forbidden Forest and found Larey, who recognized him and affectionately rubbed against him.
• A group of centaurs led by Margery arrived with weapons, believing Ye Ting was threatening Larey.
• Larey stood between Ye Ting and the centaurs, aiming her horn at them when she saw their weapons pointed at her master.
• Ye Ting spoke to the centaurs in their language and revealed that the dragon was his Animagus form, prompting Margery to apologize and lower his tribe’s weapons.

Ye Ting explained how he had become the first wizard to transform into a magical creature, earning the professors’ admiration and a new place among them. On Valentine’s Day, Lockhart decorated the Great Hall and sent winged dwarfs to deliver cards, while suspicion about the Heir of Slytherin lingered.

• Ye Ting told Professor McGonagall that dragon blood’s magical factor let him generate dragon magic while transformed, and she praised his historic achievement.
• The Hogwarts professors treated Ye Ting as a scholarly equal, while Hermione admitted to Lisa Turpin that she had stopped trying to catch up with him.
• Harry and Ron’s attempt to investigate Draco Malfoy with Polyjuice Potion failed to reveal the Heir’s identity, and Ernie Macmillan continued to suspect Harry.
• Lockhart covered the Great Hall in pink decorations and announced his Valentine’s Day surprise for the students.
• Lockhart sent twelve winged dwarfs to deliver cards and suggested that Snape teach love potions and Flitwick demonstrate enchantments.

Ye Ting received a mountain of Valentine’s gifts before leaving the Ravenclaw Quidditch team’s pre-match preparations after his protective talismans warned him that Hermione and Penelope were in danger. He raced toward the library while Cho Chang rallied the team to face Hufflepuff without him.

• Ye Ting let his roommates share the chocolates he had received, while recalling the private gifts he had given Orianna, Himari, and Larey.
• As Ye Ting prepared for Ravenclaw’s match against Hufflepuff, his protective talismans activated and alerted him that Hermione and Penelope were in danger in the library.
• Ye Ting realized the girls had likely encountered the Basilisk while investigating the Chamber of Secrets and hurried away from the Quidditch team.
• Cho Chang encouraged Ravenclaw to play without Ye Ting, and Roger rallied the team around the tactics Ye Ting had prepared.
• Ye Ting raced toward Hogwarts Castle on the Sun Wheel.

Ye Ting reached Hermione and Penelope as they fled the Basilisk, then transformed into a dragon to confront it. Tom Riddle appeared beside the monster, and Ye Ting recognized him as Voldemort as their standoff began.

• Ye Ting raced to the library and found Hermione and Penelope hiding from the Basilisk.
• Hermione warned Ye Ting that the monster was a Basilisk, while both girls urged him to let the professors handle it.
• Ye Ting sent Hermione and Penelope away with their eyes closed, and each kissed him before leaving.
• Ye Ting transformed into a dragon and faced the Basilisk, whose gaze made him stiffen until he looked away.
• Tom Riddle appeared beside the Basilisk, and Ye Ting identified him as Voldemort.

Ye Ting fought Tom Riddle and the Basilisk in dragon form, overwhelming the serpent with his fire and strength. He dragged the injured Basilisk through a breach in Hogwarts Castle and onto the open grounds, where the battle continued on a dragon’s home field.

• Tom Riddle recognized Ye Ting and offered him a place at his side, but Ye Ting refused and mocked him.
• The Basilisk attacked Ye Ting, who engulfed it in powerful dragon breath until it shed its burning skin and retreated.
• Ye Ting caught the Basilisk and bit into its head, cracking its skull and blinding it before Tom Riddle blasted him long enough for the serpent to escape.
• Tom Riddle ordered the wounded Basilisk to retreat while using magic to obstruct Ye Ting’s pursuit.
• Ye Ting smashed through a damaged wall of Hogwarts Castle, grabbed the Basilisk by its tail, and dragged it outside onto the open grounds.

Ye Ting killed the Basilisk by carrying it high into the sky and dropping it onto a Hogwarts tower, then decapitated it with the Infinity Blade. Tom Riddle escaped before Ye Ting could find the diary, so Ye Ting planned to use Ginny to track down the Horcrux while keeping his knowledge secret.

• Tom Riddle urged the Basilisk to flee, but Ye Ting's Dragon form caught it and carried it several thousand meters into the sky.
• Ye Ting dropped the Basilisk onto a Hogwarts tower, then finished it off with the Infinity Blade.
• Ye Ting returned to confront Tom Riddle but discovered he had escaped, and decided to secretly use Ginny to locate the diary.
• Hermione and Penelope congratulated Ye Ting and questioned how he could transform into a Dragon.
• Dumbledore and the professors arrived, learned Ye Ting had killed the Basilisk and that Tom Riddle had appeared, and Dumbledore began to suspect the truth.

After killing the Basilisk, Ye Ting explained to Hermione how Voldemort’s diary had possessed Ginny and persuaded her to help him retrieve it. He secretly entered the Gryffindor girls’ dormitory and found Ginny there.

• Ye Ting collected the Basilisk’s remains after dealing with the professors.
• The students celebrated the Basilisk’s death and believed the attacks had ended.
• Ye Ting told Hermione that Lucius Malfoy had slipped Voldemort’s diary into Ginny Weasley’s books, leading to her possession and the attacks.
• Hermione agreed to help Ye Ting sneak into the Gryffindor girls’ dormitory.
• Hermione used her connection to Parvati Patil to enter the dormitory while Ye Ting followed under a Disillusionment Charm and Wingardium Leviosa.
• Ye Ting found Ginny in her dormitory.

Ye Ting and Hermione confronted Ginny about the diary, prompting Tom Riddle to emerge and explain how he had gained control over her. Riddle revealed that he had fed on Ginny's thoughts and secrets, and had grown strong enough to share part of his own soul with her.

• Ye Ting found the diary clutched to Ginny's chest and left her asleep while he fetched Hermione.
• Hermione woke Ginny and asked to see the diary, but Ginny refused and hid it behind her back.
• Hermione told Ginny they knew the truth about the Chamber of Secrets and that the diary was central to the attacks.
• Ginny collapsed unconscious, and Tom Riddle appeared before Hermione.
• Riddle told Hermione that Ginny had confided her secrets in the diary and that he had fed on her fears until he could reveal part of his own soul to her.

Ye Ting destroyed Riddle’s diary and ended the attacks at Hogwarts, while Hermione helped Ginny and revealed the truth to the professors. The petrified students were treated, Lucius Malfoy was removed from the board of governors, and Hogwarts prepared to celebrate with a Basilisk feast.

• Riddle threatened Hermione, but Ye Ting sneaked up behind him and stabbed the diary with Infinity Blade, making Riddle vanish.
• Ginny woke beside the ruined diary, and Hermione reassured her that Riddle was gone.
• Hermione told the professors what had happened without mentioning Ye Ting’s presence, and Dumbledore praised them and awarded Ravenclaw two hundred points for each of them.
• Dumbledore summoned Mr. and Mrs. Weasley to comfort Ginny, and Mr. Weasley took her to St Mungo’s for an examination.
• Lucius Malfoy was expelled from the board of governors, while Professor Snape brewed a restorative draught for the petrified students.
• Ye Ting asked the house-elves to prepare Basilisk dishes for Dumbledore’s victory banquet and planned to turn the Chamber of Secrets into a secret base.

After the Basilisk was killed, Hogwarts celebrated the end of the attacks, canceled exams, and awarded Ravenclaw the House Cup. Lockhart was exposed as a fraud, dismissed, and committed to St Mungo's, while Ye Ting prepared for summer and accepted a First Class Order of Merlin before learning that Nicolas Flamel wanted to meet him.

• Dumbledore announced that the Basilisk had been killed and served its meat at the feast, while Ravenclaw later won the Quidditch Cup and House Cup.
• Dumbledore canceled the final exams, and the Ministry investigated Lockhart's books and found that other witches and wizards had performed the deeds he claimed as his own.
• The Wizengamot revoked Lockhart's Order of Merlin and fined him, Hogwarts dismissed him, and he was eventually sent to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
• Ye Ting spoke with Hermione and Cho Chang about their summer plans to visit France, but Cho refused to explain how she and Hermione had become so close.
• Ye Ting accepted a First Class Order of Merlin for discovering how an Animagus could transform into a magical creature.
• Nicolas Flamel and his wife, nearing the end of their lives after losing the Philosopher's Stone, wanted to meet Ye Ting.