Recaps

Darren and Harry faced Umbridge’s punishments and growing Ministry interference while trying to keep their friends safe. Hermione gathered students in the Hog’s Head Inn to discuss learning defensive magic, and Darren agreed to teach them.

• The Weasleys discovered Ron and Hermione had been named Gryffindor prefects, while Darren refused Snape’s nomination form and comforted Mrs. Weasley after her Boggart took his form.
• Darren and the others reached Hogwarts, where Umbridge joined the staff and Snape announced a prefect tournament that Darren declined to enter.
• Darren challenged Umbridge’s ban on practical Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons, then secretly forced her to cancel Harry’s punishment by threatening to expose her embezzlement.
• Snape arranged for Darren to act as though they had fallen out, while Umbridge made Harry write lines with a blood quill and Darren treated his wounded hand afterward.
• Harry’s scar hurt during Umbridge’s punishment, and Darren urged him to tell Sirius, and Harry sent Sirius a letter and later learned Dumbledore expected the scar pain to continue.
• The Daily Prophet announced Ministry control of Hogwarts and falsely claimed that Dumbledore had tormented Darren, while Darren’s exhaustion and nightmares worried his friends.
• Hermione asked Harry and Darren to teach their friends defensive magic, and after a brief disagreement Darren agreed to help.
• Hermione led Darren, Harry, and Ron to the Hog’s Head Inn, where eighty-nine students gathered and Darren promised they would teach defensive magic despite questions about their exam preparation.

Darren led Dumbledore’s Army as Umbridge tightened her control over Hogwarts and banned him, Harry, and others from Quidditch. After Arthur Weasley was attacked and the group spent Christmas at Grimmauld Place, Darren prepared to resume his secret role in the Order’s plans while Dumbledore arranged Legilimency lessons for him.

• Hermione organized a secret student group, and Darren became its leader when all eighty-nine students chose him, and they named it Dumbledore’s Army and practiced defensive spells in the Room of Requirement.
• Darren enchanted Galleons for the group’s private communications and disciplined Slytherin students who harassed Ron before Gryffindor defeated Slytherin in the Quidditch match.
• After Harry, George, Fred, and Darren were banned from Quidditch, Darren visited Hagrid, who denied having fought giants, and later attended Hagrid’s lesson on Thestrals.
• Cho Chang kissed Darren beneath the mistletoe, but Darren refused her, and soon afterward, Harry dreamed he had attacked Arthur Weasley, and Darren learned Arthur had been taken to St. Mungo’s.
• Darren stunned Umbridge and went with Harry and the Weasleys to Sirius’s home, where they waited for news of Arthur, after Arthur recovered enough to receive visitors, Moody warned Darren that Voldemort might influence Harry.
• Darren reassured Harry that Voldemort could influence him through his scar but could not possess him, while the group celebrated Christmas and later visited Arthur, whose snake wound still would not heal.
• At St. Mungo’s, Darren confronted Lockhart about his past actions and asked his healer to keep a recording secret, and the group also met Neville and his parents, and Darren told Neville that his parents were heroes.
• Dumbledore tested Darren with Legilimency, scheduled lessons, and had the Order rehearse a staged falling-out between Darren and Snape before Snape came to speak with Harry.

Darren and Harry challenged Umbridge’s authority while the truth about Voldemort spread through Hogwarts, and Harry discovered that Snape was poisoning Darren. The arc left Harry, Darren, and Hermione following Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest to meet a giant.

• Snape began secret Legilimency lessons with Harry and Darren, while Dumbledore tested Darren’s ability to resist his probing and gave him a potion to help him sleep.
• Darren and Harry shared their account of Voldemort’s return with The Quibbler, prompting a flood of letters and growing doubt about the Ministry’s denials.
• Darren resisted Umbridge’s restrictions and punishments, while Dumbledore defended him and the Dumbledore’s Army members escaped exposure after the group was discovered.
• Fred and George unleashed enchanted fireworks across Hogwarts and left the school, while Darren and Harry repeatedly evaded Umbridge’s attempts to control them.
• Harry saw Snape’s memories of bullying and poisoning Darren, then escaped the dungeon with Darren’s help and learned that Darren was working on an antidote.
• Harry learned from Sirius and Lupin that James and Lily had eventually fallen in love, while Darren decided to pursue a career as an Auror.
• Hagrid led Harry, Darren, and Hermione into the Forbidden Forest, where he planned to introduce them to a giant and teach him English.

Darren fell through the Veil while saving Harry, leaving Harry grieving as the wizarding world prepared for Voldemort’s return. Darren later reappeared after a month away, and Harry learned he was alive but had to wait for him to recover.

• Hagrid asked Darren, Harry, and Hermione to look after Grawp, but Darren said he would handle the matter himself.
• During exams, Darren shielded Professor McGonagall from Umbridge’s attack on Hagrid, then joined Harry and his friends in their attempt to rescue Sirius from the Ministry.
• At the Department of Mysteries, Darren freed his friends from poisoned ropes, and later pulled Harry and Sirius away from the Veil before falling through it himself.
• Harry grieved for Darren while Dumbledore explained how Voldemort had used Kreacher and the prophecy to lure Harry to the Ministry.
• Darren emerged from a time-space corridor into a later battle at Hogwarts, then vanished again when the corridor’s countdown ended.
• Harry returned home with Darren’s belongings and learned from Sirius that he had been acquitted, while the Ministry sought Darren and Voldemort gathered allies.
• Darren reappeared in London, asked after Harry and the others, and Dumbledore welcomed him back before Snape took him to the Hospital Wing.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Darren had been found alive at St. Mungo’s, then asked him to wait until Darren woke and recovered.