Recaps

Darren helped defeat Tom Riddle, protected Ginny, and survived Fiendfyre through Carol’s rebirth, then spent the summer studying alchemy and taking on a debt for Fleur. As the new school year approached, Harry fled the Dursleys after inflating Aunt Marge, and Darren reunited with him in Diagon Alley as Sirius Black escaped Azkaban.

• Darren confronted Tom Riddle in the Chamber, destroyed the Diary with Fiendfyre, and stepped into the flames before Harry followed him.
• Carol revived Darren through phoenix rebirth, and Dumbledore explained that love and protection could control Fiendfyre under strict conditions.
• Darren shielded Ginny by claiming responsibility for Tom Riddle’s attacks, then reconciled with her as the petrified students awoke.
• Darren remained with Nicolas Flamel over the summer, met Fleur Delacour, and agreed to share a 200,000-Galleon debt with her over a broken necklace.
• Dumbledore told Harry about Darren’s debt, while Harry remembered his brother’s kindness and offered to use their assets to repay it.
• Sirius remembered hiding Darren as a baby, the betrayals that led to James and Lily’s deaths, and his own guilt while imprisoned in Azkaban.
• Harry inflated Aunt Marge after she insulted his family and ran away, while Darren left Nicolas Flamel’s home to find him.
• Darren reunited with Harry, Hermione, and Ron in Diagon Alley, noticed Peter Pettigrew in rat form, and saw a large black dog nearby.

Darren took Sirius Black in as a disguised dog, then returned to Hogwarts, where he faced an Obscurus attack, competed for prefect, and began using a Time-Turner with Hermione. Trelawney and Professor Victor made ominous predictions, leaving Dumbledore and McGonagall concerned about trouble ahead.

• Darren rescued Black from a wizard, secretly fed him, and gave him an alchemical necklace that transformed his appearance.
• Darren reunited with the Weasleys and boarded the Hogwarts Express, while Mr. Weasley warned him to stay away from Sirius Black.
• An Obscurus attacked the train, and Darren helped repel it alongside Lupin before comforting Harry and Hermione.
• Darren rebuked Hermione for insulting Luna, then reassured Hermione and helped her understand Luna’s grief.
• Snape gave Darren a Time-Turner, and Darren later competed against Malfoy and Cassandra before being named Slytherin prefect.
• Darren began classes with Hermione, faced Trelawney’s predictions of enemies and a Grim, and used the Time-Turner to attend overlapping lessons.
• Professor Victor predicted someone Darren cared about would face trouble, prompting McGonagall and Dumbledore to take the warning seriously.

Darren pretended to break with Harry and let Malfoy use him while he tried to protect Hagrid, then Harry exposed Malfoy’s lie and the brothers reconciled. Darren also comforted Peeves, traded away his Firebolt shares for her sake, and went to Hogsmeade with Hermione and Cho Chang as Harry met Lupin and Snape.

• Darren approached Buckbeak, earned the Hippogriff’s favor, and watched Malfoy get injured after insulting it, leaving Hagrid afraid he would be fired.
• Darren distanced himself from Harry and agreed to become Malfoy’s follower to stop him suing Hagrid, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione realized they had neglected Darren.
• Darren faced the Boggart in Lupin’s lesson, staged painful memories of dead Slytherins, and declared he would stop blaming himself so much.
• Peeves told Darren she had lost most of the Potter family’s money, and Darren stopped her from hurting herself and declared that she was family.
• Darren traded his Firebolt shares and the Potter family’s support for Peeves, while Harry learned that Lucius could not sue Hagrid for intentional murder.
• Harry exposed Malfoy’s false claim, and Darren beat Malfoy before apologizing to Harry and returning to their brotherly relationship.
• Darren went to Hogsmeade with Hermione and Cho Chang, where he explained his inventions to the crowd, while Harry later met Lupin and Snape brought a strange-colored potion.

Darren protected Harry from the Obscuruses, while Harry learned more about Sirius Black and tried to master the Patronus Charm. Black broke into Gryffindor Tower seeking Darren, but escaped before anyone could catch him.

• Snape searched the broken Slytherin entrance and told Dumbledore that Black had been looking for Darren, whose bedroom door had been smashed.
• During the Quidditch match, Darren used a powerful Patronus to drive away the Obscuruses and save Harry, then injured his hands by overusing his magic.
• Darren beat Malfoy after Malfoy mocked Harry, and later helped Harry use the Marauder’s Map to visit Hogsmeade under his Invisibility Cloak.
• At the Three Broomsticks, Fudge explained that Sirius had been James’s Secret Keeper and had betrayed the Potters, prompting Darren to promise Harry he would not search for Sirius alone.
• Darren donated money to the Longbottoms and tried to hide his contributions, while Dumbledore praised his generosity and urged Harry to pay closer attention to him.
• Darren helped Harry learn the Patronus Charm, and Harry eventually cast one by remembering Darren’s sacrifices for him.
• Darren and Harry drove away Slytherin students disguised as Obscuruses, and Darren later confronted the students and was celebrated by Gryffindor after Snape punished them.
• Black entered Gryffindor Tower using passwords Neville had lost, slashed Darren’s bed, and escaped, and Darren reassured Neville that Black was to blame and that he and Harry had put others in danger.