Recaps

Darren returned to Hogwarts as Harry began private lessons with Dumbledore about Voldemort’s past, while Malfoy’s suspected plot and the Half-Blood Prince’s textbook drew the students into new dangers. The stretch ended with Ron losing confidence before the first Quidditch match and Harry devising a way to help him.

• Darren woke from his coma and returned to the Weasleys, where he rejected Fleur’s romantic advances and joined Harry on a tense trip to Diagon Alley.
• Darren followed Malfoy into Knockturn Alley and overheard him threaten Borgin, then later found the Dark Mark on Malfoy’s arm after Malfoy attacked him and Harry on the Hogwarts Express.
• Dumbledore began teaching Harry and Darren about Voldemort through memories, and Darren recognized Grawp as Voldemort’s mother and Tom Riddle as his father.
• Darren stood up to the Centaurs in the Forbidden Forest, confronted Malfoy with concern about his choices, and helped Hermione and Ron repair their friendship after a quarrel.
• Harry used the Half-Blood Prince’s textbook to improve his Potions work, while Darren won Slughorn’s Felix Felicis and gave it to Harry.
• Darren secured a cursed Opal Necklace after Katie Bell was injured, and Harry accused Malfoy of using it while Dumbledore promised to investigate.
• Dumbledore showed Harry and Darren young Tom Riddle at the orphanage, and Darren deduced that Riddle had killed his Muggle father and might seek the founders’ heirlooms.
• Ron planned to quit Quidditch after Slytherin’s taunts shook his confidence, but Harry came up with an idea to help him before the match.

Darren and Harry recovered Slughorn’s true memory, learned that Voldemort had split his soul into seven pieces, and prepared to help Dumbledore destroy them. As danger closed in at Hogwarts, Darren chose to face the war rather than hide.

• Harry tricked Ron into believing he had taken Felix Felicis, and Ron’s brilliant performance helped Slytherin win the Quidditch match.
• At Slughorn’s Christmas party, Harry overheard Snape confronting Malfoy about the Dark Lord’s task, while Darren revealed he had set House-elves and Filch to watch Malfoy.
• Rufus Scrimgeour tried to recruit Harry and Darren, but Darren refused to serve the Ministry as it stood.
• Dumbledore showed Harry and Darren memories of Voldemort’s past, and Darren got Slughorn to surrender the unaltered memory by drinking with him and Hagrid.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had split his soul into seven pieces and revealed that Harry was an Obscurus, but Darren asked him to make Harry forget and vowed to protect him.
• Harry used Sectumsempra on Malfoy after Malfoy attacked him, and Snape healed Malfoy’s wounds.
• Harry challenged Dumbledore over Snape’s role in revealing the prophecy, while Darren and Harry agreed to help Dumbledore search for the Obscuruses.
• Dumbledore gave Darren Voldemort’s Obscurus, and Darren refused to hide from the war as he prepared to leave with Harry and Dumbledore.

Darren and Harry discovered that the Obscurus had been replaced, then lost Dumbledore and learned that Snape had betrayed them. As Voldemort hunted Harry and Darren, the Order helped Harry escape, and the group prepared to leave on their search for the Obscurus. The arc ended with Scrimgeour delivering Dumbledore’s bequests and a cryptic message to Darren.

• Dumbledore drank the potion guarding the locket, and Darren fought off the Inferi before rescuing him and Harry, but Darren was poisoned and the Obscurus remained behind.
• At Hogwarts, Malfoy revealed how he had brought Death Eaters into the school, and Snape killed Dumbledore before escaping after fighting Darren and Harry.
• Harry discovered R.A.B.’s note in the locket, learning that the Obscurus had been stolen and replaced with a fake, while Darren refused Snape’s antidote and struggled with his injuries.
• Darren attended Dumbledore’s funeral, promised Harry he would protect him, and ended his relationship with Ginny so he could stay beside Harry and face Voldemort.
• Snape told Voldemort that the Order planned to move Harry, while Darren arranged for the Dursleys and Hermione’s parents to be taken somewhere safe.
• The Order disguised its members as Darren to draw off the Death Eaters, while Darren posed as Harry and fought Voldemort to give the real Harry time to escape.
• Darren returned badly injured to the Burrow, where he recovered as the Order guarded the family and Harry waited for his Trace to disappear.
• Darren, Harry, Ron, and Hermione prepared to leave for Godric’s Hollow, and Scrimgeour later delivered Dumbledore’s bequests and a message telling Darren to speak with him when he reached the end.

Darren protected Harry and his friends through the Ministry’s fall and their attempt to retrieve the locket, then was captured and taken to Hogwarts. As Harry, Hermione, and Ron fled while pursued by Death Eaters, they learned Darren had secretly left them a clue that Gryffindor’s sword could destroy the Obscurus.

• After the Ministry fell and Scrimgeour died, Darren fought Voldemort’s forces, then led Harry, Ron, and Hermione to safety and healed Moody’s injuries at Grimmauld Place.
• Harry and Darren traced Regulus’s locket through Kreacher and Mundungus, learning that Umbridge had taken it to the Ministry.
• The group infiltrated the Ministry, rescued Mary Cattermole and other Muggle-born prisoners, and searched for the locket, but Darren stayed behind to hold off the pursuing wizards as Harry, Hermione, and Ron escaped.
• Voldemort captured Darren, took him to Hogwarts under Snape’s supervision, and revealed that Darren was his descendant while planning to use him as bait for Harry.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron fled into the countryside with the Obscurus and locket, struggling with hunger, pursuit, and conflict as Voldemort searched for a powerful wand.
• Harry and Hermione overheard Griphook describe how Darren and several students stole Gryffindor’s sword and the Sorting Hat, after which Snape punished Darren.
• Hermione summoned Phineas’s portrait, and Harry realized Darren had left them a clue that Gryffindor’s sword could destroy the Obscurus.