Recaps

Harry and Hermione followed Darren’s clues to Godric’s Hollow, reunited with Ron, and learned about the Deathly Hallows while searching for the Obscuruses. After the Snatchers took them to Malfoy Manor, Darren led their escape, and the group turned toward Bellatrix’s Gringotts vault.

• Ron accused Harry of neglecting his family and Darren, then left with the locket before Harry took it for himself.
• Darren stole the real Gryffindor sword, hid it with Filch, and secretly found temporary magic to reach Harry and Hermione in Godric’s Hollow.
• Harry and Hermione followed Bathilda to her home, where her snake attacked Harry and broke his wand before Darren rescued them.
• Darren explained that Voldemort had multiple ways to escape and that they needed to destroy his Obscuruses, then returned to Hogwarts as his magic ran low.
• Ron returned to Harry and Hermione, destroyed the locket with Gryffindor’s sword, and the trio later learned from Mr. Lovegood about the Deathly Hallows.
• The Snatchers captured Harry, Ron, and Hermione and took them to Malfoy Manor, where Draco recognized Harry but concealed his identity.
• Darren arrived at Malfoy Manor and led Harry, Ron, and Hermione out, while Peter Pettigrew died shielding Darren from Bellatrix’s knife.
• Darren concluded that Bellatrix’s vault held an Obscurus and ordered Bill to arrange a meeting with Griphook so they could enter Gringotts.

Darren and his friends broke into Gringotts, returned to Hogwarts, and searched for the remaining Obscuruses while the castle came under attack. After Darren rescued Snape from Nagini, he entered Snape’s memories as Harry prepared to face Voldemort.

• Snape took the Elder Wand from Dumbledore’s tomb, while Darren refused to pursue it and focused on finding and destroying the Obscuruses.
• Darren and his friends raided Bellatrix’s vault, took the Golden Cup, escaped Gringotts, and destroyed the Cup with black poison.
• Darren and Harry reached Hogwarts through Hogsmeade and joined the students resisting the Carrows, while Darren confronted Snape and learned the Grey Lady had told Voldemort where the Diadem was hidden.
• Darren found Ravenclaw’s Diadem in the Room of Requirement and helped Harry, Hermione, Ron, Malfoy, and Goyle escape Crabbe’s Fiendfyre, then returned to the burning room to retrieve it.
• As the battle spread through Hogwarts, Darren used a potion to turn werewolves back into people and summoned an Azure Dragon to drive the Obscurus from the castle.
• Darren and his friends overheard Voldemort threaten Snape and learned Voldemort hated him for being seen as a father figure to Darren, then Darren rescued Snape after Nagini attacked him.
• Darren and Harry entered Dumbledore’s Office, where Darren viewed Snape’s memories and saw how Snape’s friendship with Lily ended after he called her a Mudblood.

Darren sacrificed himself to destroy Voldemort, but Harry, Dumbledore, Snape, and Ariana helped bring him back. Years later, the story shifted to Darren’s quiet life and Becky’s first encounters with him at Hogwarts.

• Snape revealed that Voldemort meant to kill Lily’s family, agreed to protect Harry, and later accepted Dumbledore’s request to kill him when the time came.
• Darren learned that Voldemort’s soul lived inside Harry and tried to sacrifice himself instead, but Harry broke free before Darren left for the Forbidden Forest disguised as him.
• Darren let Voldemort believe he was dead, while Harry revealed himself, killed Nagini, and watched Dumbledore defeat Voldemort with the Elder Wand.
• Dumbledore explained Darren’s bloodlines and soul, then used the Resurrection Stone with Harry and Snape to reach him, where Ariana helped awaken him.
• Darren returned to life, and Hermione, Ginny, and other women agreed to Marriage Contracts intended to give him reasons to keep living.
• Darren’s fame grew after Rita Skeeter’s interview and Peeves’s book, while Hermione comforted him and later worked toward becoming Minister for Magic.
• Years later, Darren lived at Hogwarts with his wives and children, considered making Muggles into wizards, and watched Polly Flinders be sorted into Hufflepuff while he entered Slytherin in a remembered first-year scene.
• Becky Greengrass met Darren after he saved her from a Killing Curse, then followed him onto the Hogwarts Express and protected him from other students in her compartment.

Becky, Snape, and Cassandra each struggled with their feelings and responsibilities as Darren Potter faced punishment, danger, and his growing connection with Harry. The arc left Cassandra waiting outside Darren’s dormitory after he disappeared from view again.

• Becky hid that Darren had saved her and tried to keep her feelings for him from Bulstrode, while Darren joined Slytherin and endured her staged punishment.
• Snape watched Darren’s first year unfold, protected him when he could, and helped uncover the events surrounding Quirrell’s attempt to steal the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Darren took Voldemort’s Cruciatus Curse in Harry’s place, and Snape later discovered that Darren was his own child.
• Snape and Dumbledore searched for Darren after he vanished, then found him injured and without his memories after a powerful Memory Charm.
• Cassandra watched Darren grow closer to Harry and Hermione, worried over his injuries, and gradually admitted to herself and her family that she cared for him.
• When Darren’s magic went out of control, Snape brought him back to his senses, while Cassandra refused Harry’s request to reveal where Darren was.
• Cassandra defended Darren against Flint, learned Filch had attacked him, and later waited outside Darren’s dormitory when he did not come out.