Chapter Summaries

Professor McGonagall approved Wade’s application to restart the Spell Study Group, and the gathered students eagerly began planning its activities. Their discussion was interrupted when Rolf arrived with news that Percy Weasley had issued numerous new Ministry of Magic regulations.

• Professor McGonagall signed Wade’s application and offered to arrange help from any professor.
• Wade showed the approved application to Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Theo, Ryan, Padma, and Michael, who celebrated and began discussing the Spell Study Group.
• Michael told Wade that students had repeatedly asked for the group to reopen and that he and the others enjoyed teaching their classmates.
• Hermione called Wade over to review possible activity times, but Rolf rushed in and warned that Percy Weasley had issued many new Ministry of Magic regulations.

Wade and the SSC members drew the attention of the packed Entrance Hall as they approached a new notice titled Hogwarts Safety Regulations. Lee Jordan began reading the rules, and Astoria questioned whether their vague privacy clause could be used to restrict students from discussing school life with their families.

• Colin Creevey called out Wade's name, and the crowd parted to let Wade and the SSC members reach the notice board.
• Wade asked Lee Jordan to continue reading the notice, titled Hogwarts Safety Regulations.
• Lee Jordan read a rule requiring students to protect personal information and threatening severe punishment for unauthorized disclosures.
• Pansy praised the rule and said Muggle-born students should be silenced, while Daphne defended the importance of the Statute of Secrecy.
• Astoria challenged the vague definition of personal information and asked whether students could be punished for telling their parents about school life.