Chapter Summaries

Darren found Ginny in the Chamber of Secrets and pretended that he had lost his Mind Healing Technique, drawing sympathy from Harry while gaining Paternal Points. He identified Tom Riddle as the one behind the Chamber and the Diary, while Tom revealed his desire to take over Darren’s body.

• Tom Riddle opened the stone door, and Darren found Ginny inside and tried unsuccessfully to heal her.
• Darren feigned exhaustion and said he could no longer use the Mind Healing Technique, while Harry comforted him and promised Dumbledore would help.
• Tom Riddle appeared with Ginny’s wand and mocked the brothers’ concern for each other.
• Darren accused Tom Riddle of opening the Chamber and bringing Ginny there, and Harry questioned whether Tom could be responsible.
• Darren told Harry that Tom had fooled him through the Diary and admitted he should have recognized the danger sooner.
• Tom Riddle recalled wanting to possess Darren’s body but said fear had repeatedly stopped him from attacking.

Tom Riddle tried to exploit Ginny’s feelings to lure Darren into despair and devour his soul. Darren’s soul resisted despite Tom’s repeated attempts, leaving Tom confused by the familiar failure.

• Tom Riddle learned the students had been sent home, then was pleased when Darren arrived with Lockhart.
• Tom Riddle mocked Ginny by reciting her confession that she had fallen for Darren, while Darren defended her as an innocent child.
• Tom Riddle grew angry when Darren called him filthy-hearted and threatened to take over Darren’s body.
• Tom Riddle revealed Ginny’s role in opening the Chamber of Secrets and tried to make Darren despair so he could devour his soul.
• Tom Riddle repeatedly failed to swallow Darren’s soul and wondered why the experience felt familiar.

Darren exposed Tom Riddle as Voldemort and destroyed his Diary with Fiendfyre while Harry watched. After the Basilisk followed Riddle into the flames, Darren received a mission to fake burn wounds and deceive Harry in exchange for increased Carol bloodline concentration.

• Darren warned Harry that Tom Riddle was Voldemort's younger self, and Riddle admitted he planned to devour Darren's soul and use his body.
• Riddle threatened Harry and Darren, claiming he would rise again after killing them and that Dumbledore could not stop him.
• Darren angrily cast Fiendfyre on Tom Riddle's Diary, making Riddle vanish as the Basilisk leapt into the flames.
• The Paternal System issued Darren a mission to pretend he had been burned and obtain Phoenix tears through deception, offering to increase Carol's bloodline concentration by 100%.
• Harry praised Darren for defeating Voldemort, and Darren's expression shifted from a smile to despair.

Darren believed his Fiendfyre was a dark curse and that he was a burden to Harry, then stepped into the flames. Harry rushed in after him unharmed, but Darren’s voice faded as Harry desperately searched for him.

• Darren told Harry that Lockhart had threatened to expose his use of Fiendfyre and make Harry’s reputation suffer.
• Harry defended Darren, insisting that his Fiendfyre came from love and protection, but Darren doubted that the professors’ assurances were sincere.
• Darren said he could not let Harry face the shame of having him as a brother and called himself a jinx.
• Darren stepped into the Fiendfyre, and Harry immediately followed when he realized what Darren had done.
• The flames did not hurt Harry, but Darren coughed and grew silent while Harry searched for him and called for help.

Harry believed Darren had died in the Fiendfyre, but Carol’s rebirth brought Darren back to life. Dumbledore confirmed Ginny was recovering and told Darren to put on wizarding robes.

• Harry searched through the Fiendfyre for Darren and feared he was dead until Fawkes appeared and tried to heal him.
• Carol rushed into the flames, making the Fiendfyre vanish, and an ugly newborn phoenix and a baby appeared.
• Harry discovered the baby was Darren and rejoiced when he found that Darren was alive.
• Darren realized Carol had been reborn alongside him after her bloodline concentration increased.
• Dumbledore appeared beside the recovering Ginny and reassured Darren before suggesting he put on wizarding robes.

After Carol saved Darren from the Fiendfyre, Dumbledore and Harry tried to address Darren’s distress, but Dumbledore’s bluntness made Harry furious and left Darren despairing. Dumbledore then hinted that he had a book that might change Darren’s understanding of the curse.

• Darren realized he was naked after his rebirth, and Dumbledore conjured him a robe while teasing him.
• Darren explained that Carol had come to him as a small bird, and Dumbledore revealed that she was a phoenix who had saved him by taking him through rebirth.
• Dumbledore warned Darren not to enter the Fiendfyre again, while Harry pleaded for reassurance that the curse could be cast out of love and protection.
• Dumbledore insisted that the Fiendfyre was a Dark Curse, and Darren’s face turned pale as Harry tried to take him away.
• Dumbledore stopped them and said that although every book called Fiendfyre a Dark Curse, Darren had not read one particular book.

Dumbledore showed Darren Bathilda Bagshot’s explanation of emotion-infused magic, and Darren apologized for his dangerous actions. Dumbledore then gathered Harry and Darren to discuss Tom Riddle and Ginny Weasley in his office.

• Dumbledore gave Darren Bathilda Bagshot’s book, whose notes explained that magic cast solely from love and protection could control curses under strict conditions.
• Darren realized he had misunderstood the professors, apologized to Dumbledore and Harry, and promised not to hurt himself again.
• Dumbledore asked Harry to stay for a serious talk, then said they would discuss Tom Riddle with Ginny and Ron in the Headmaster’s Office.
• Dumbledore, Darren, and Harry traveled to the office with Fawkes, while Dumbledore arranged for Fawkes to bring Ginny and Ron.

Harry explained how he, Darren, Ron, and Ginny had been caught up in the events involving Lockhart and the Chamber of Secrets, while Dumbledore promised to find Lockhart’s victims. Professor McGonagall and the Weasleys arrived to find the children safe, and Harry began recounting Darren’s jump into the Fiendfyre.

• Darren urged Dumbledore to make Lockhart compensate and apologize to the people whose memories he had stolen.
• Dumbledore said Lockhart should be sent to Azkaban and promised that the victims would be cared for, while Lockhart privately resented Dumbledore for breaking their deal.
• Ron asked what to do with Lockhart, and Dumbledore suggested leaving him in the office while Harry explained what had happened.
• Professor McGonagall and the other professors rushed into Dumbledore’s office after hearing that Darren, Harry, and Ron had disappeared, then questioned them when they found them safe.
• Mr. and Mrs. Weasley arrived, embraced the children, and listened as Harry began recounting the events, including Darren’s jump into the Fiendfyre.

Darren reassured the professors and Weasleys after they learned he had nearly died, then tried to take responsibility for Ginny’s actions under Tom Riddle’s control. The adults realized he was lying to protect Ginny but chose not to expose her, and were left distressed by Darren’s willingness to face Azkaban for her.

• The professors and Mrs. Weasley worried over Darren, and Darren apologized for keeping his distress to himself.
• Darren praised Ron’s help and asked Mr. and Mrs. Weasley to forgive Ron and Harry for taking Mr. Weasley’s car.
• Harry recounted the attack on the school and Tom Riddle’s treachery while Ginny waited anxiously for them to mention her role.
• Darren interrupted Harry and claimed that Tom Riddle had controlled him and made him petrify the students.
• The professors recognized Darren’s lie and understood that he was trying to shield Ginny, so they decided not to expose her.

Darren continued trying to take responsibility for Ginny’s actions, while the professors dismissed his confession and turned their attention to exams. Ginny was spared severe punishment and apologized to Darren, ending the chapter by embracing him.

• Ginny tried to confess that Tom Riddle had used her, but Darren covered her mouth and insisted he had acted with Riddle on his own.
• Snape returned and announced that the students would take their final exams, while Professor McGonagall warned Harry that he could be held back if he performed poorly.
• Darren asked the professors whether they knew he had done the harmful acts, but they refused to believe he was capable of it, and Harry and Ron pulled him from the office.
• Darren worried aloud that Ginny might be sent to Azkaban, but Ginny said the professors believed she had acted unintentionally and would only deduct points from her.
• Darren reassured Ginny and blamed himself for not noticing her distress sooner, and Ginny hugged him and apologized for not trusting him earlier.

Harry resisted Snape’s attempts to provoke him, though Snape still deducted points and mocked him. After the petrified students awoke, Darren reunited with his friends, while Harry recalled Dumbledore’s explanation of the Chamber’s events and worried about his exams.

• Snape summoned Harry to Dumbledore, then provoked him and deducted thirty points from Gryffindor; Harry nearly attacked him as Ron held him back.
• The petrified students awoke, and Justin apologized to Darren for suspecting him and thanked him for his concern.
• Hermione hugged Darren and praised him for protecting her, but Ginny pushed her aside and hugged him too.
• Harry remembered Dumbledore admitting that his suspicions and desire for control might have harmed Darren, and explaining the Sorting Hat’s choice and Tom Riddle’s identity as Voldemort.
• Harry recalled Mr. Malfoy learning that his Diary had caused the term’s events and leaving angrily after Dumbledore removed his authority on the board of governors.
• Harry worried that Professor McGonagall had glared at him during his Transfiguration exam and feared his remaining exams.

Darren and the others boarded the train home after receiving their report cards, and Ginny warned him that Lockhart’s fans wanted him to testify at a Ministry hearing. Darren refused to lie for Lockhart, though he admitted he felt sorry for him, while Harry and Ron revealed they had recorded evidence on Lockhart’s Remembrall.

• Snape gave Darren full marks and warned him to take care of himself over the summer, and Darren promised to be careful and said he would miss Snape.
• Darren, Harry, Ron, the Weasley twins, Ginny, and Hermione boarded the train home after receiving their grades.
• Ginny told the group that Lockhart’s fans were demanding a hearing, wanted Darren to testify, and were calling for Dumbledore to apologize and hand over Lockhart’s Remembrall.
• Darren said he would not give false testimony and wanted Lockhart punished for stealing people’s experiences and casting Obliviate on them.
• Ginny worried Darren might feel too sorry for Lockhart to stand firm, but Darren said Lockhart should be punished for harming others.
• Harry and Ron exchanged sly smiles because they had recorded the whole process with Lockhart’s Remembrall.

Darren persuaded Harry that the title “the famous Harry Potter” reminded him of their parents’ deaths and the burden of being the Chosen One, earning Paternal Points. As Darren stayed with Nicolas Flamel for the summer, Dumbledore grew worried that Flamel had imprisoned or mistreated him and decided to visit.

• Darren asked people to stop calling Harry “the famous Harry Potter” and told Harry he understood his sadness and would support him.
• Harry was moved by Darren’s words and thanked him, while Darren privately admitted he had invented the explanation to gain Paternal Points.
• Darren remained at Nicolas Flamel’s home as the summer passed, despite people expecting him to flee Flamel’s demanding instruction.
• Dumbledore worried because Darren had not written about his summer and Flamel’s only reply to Dumbledore’s letter said that everything was well.
• Dumbledore decided to visit Nicolas Flamel and bring Darren home if he found that the boy was being mistreated.

Dumbledore visited Nicolas Flamel’s home and learned how lavishly Nicolas and Perenelle were indulging Darren. At Beauxbatons, Darren received a system mission to stop Fleur Delacour and a goblin who was following her.

• Dumbledore arrived at Nicolas Flamel’s home and saw the toys, playground, and greenhouses prepared for Darren.
• A house-elf explained that Nicolas and Perenelle had arranged them because Darren enjoyed playing and studying herbs.
• Dumbledore learned that Darren was spending the summer happily with Nicolas Flamel, then prepared to leave.
• Darren recalled how Nicolas and Perenelle had spoiled him after he quickly finished the books they assigned him.
• Darren met Madame Maxime and Fleur Delacour at Beauxbatons, and the system issued him a mission to stop Fleur and the goblin following her.

Darren intervened when Griphook chased Fleur over a damaged necklace and learned that she had taken it from his shop. After the system offered him a fortune and a warning about Peeves’s impending financial ruin, Darren faced a choice over whether to pay Griphook and keep the goblins from reporting the matter.

• Darren accepted a mission to raise Fleur’s favorability and stopped her and Griphook from fighting.
• Griphook accused Fleur of stealing a shop treasure, and Fleur admitted she had broken the necklace and taken it to have it repaired.
• Griphook demanded one hundred thousand Galleons, while Darren suspected the necklace was an overpriced, damaged alchemical item and decided he would not pay.
• The system offered Darren a Gringotts account and one million Galleons if he compensated Griphook and sent him away with the Dark Wizards instead of letting them go to the Ministry of Magic.
• The system warned Darren that Peeves would lose eighty percent of the Galleons in the vault during an economic crisis and could later be driven out of the Potter family.

Darren planned to separate from Harry and claim Peeves and the commemorative coins, while pretending to help Fleur Delacour after she broke a necklace priced at one hundred thousand Galleons. He offered to pay for her, leaving Fleur stunned and questioning whether he could afford it.

• Darren decided to split from Harry after Peeves was driven out, taking Peeves, the commemorative coins, and most of his Galleons while leaving Harry the shared vault's remaining funds.
• Fleur Delacour panicked after Darren said the broken necklace was an alchemical product that might not be repairable and cost one hundred thousand Galleons.
• Fleur took the necklace to Madame Maxime but concealed that she had broken it because she feared exposing her theft.
• Griphook threatened Fleur and warned her not to flee, while Darren used his reputation and strength to stop him from calling Dark Wizards.
• Darren pretended to hesitate before offering to repay Fleur's debt, and she asked whether he really had one hundred thousand Galleons.

Darren Potter arranged a loan with Griphook, gaining access to a secret Gringotts account while agreeing to repay four hundred thousand Galleons. Fleur Delacour insisted on sharing the debt, and they left with contracts for two hundred thousand Galleons each.

• Griphook offered Darren a hundred-thousand-Galleon loan, and Darren proposed an IOU instead, promising repayment in four years.
• Griphook’s associates agreed to a four-hundred-thousand-Galleon repayment, and Darren received a hidden Gringotts account containing one million Galleons.
• Darren realized the lenders had taken advantage of him and privately considered making the creditor disappear later.
• Fleur Delacour refused to let Darren bear the debt alone and offered to sign the IOU herself.
• Darren and Fleur settled on owing two hundred thousand Galleons each, signed the contract, and returned to school.

Darren hid a contract for 200,000 Galleons, and Nicolas Flamel and Dumbledore discovered it while worrying about his distress. Darren explained that he had signed it to help Miss Delacour repay an expensive necklace, leaving both men angry on his behalf.

• Darren worried Nicolas Flamel by acting upset about his health, earning Paternal Points.
• Gigi told Nicolas Flamel that Dumbledore was waiting in the sitting room, and Nicolas returned with Darren.
• Dumbledore noticed Darren hiding something under his robes, and he and Nicolas pressed him to reveal it.
• Dumbledore tricked Darren into surrendering the contract and saw that it demanded 200,000 Galleons.
• Darren tearfully explained that he had agreed to pay for Miss Delacour's expensive necklace after seeing her being chased.

Darren refused Nicolas Flamel’s offer to repay his debts, insisting that he had to earn the Galleons himself, while Dumbledore planned to write to Harry about Darren’s decision. At Number Twelve, Privet Drive, Harry struggled with the Dursleys’ punishment and considered asking Darren for help, but worried about interrupting his work as Nicolas Flamel’s heir.

• Darren told Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel that he would repay his own debts rather than accept Nicolas Flamel’s money.
• Dumbledore urged Darren to care for himself and said he would write to Harry about the matter.
• Harry recalled that the Dursleys had confiscated his school supplies, wand, and broom after they caught him doing magic homework in front of their friends.
• Harry considered writing to Darren for help but decided he could not bear to make Darren apologize to the Dursleys while he was studying alchemy with Nicolas Flamel.

Harry received a letter from Dumbledore revealing that Darren had signed a 200,000-Galleon debt agreement to help a Beauxbatons girl and refused offers to pay it for him. Harry resolved to talk to his twin brother, while the Death Eaters who had tortured Darren remained missing.

• Harry sneaked downstairs to retrieve his books and homework, then began working in his room.
• Hedwig returned with a letter from Dumbledore, and Harry recognized the headmaster's handwriting.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Darren had taken on a 200,000-Galleon debt to repay a Beauxbatons girl's debts.
• Dumbledore said Darren refused help from him and Nicolas Flamel, and would not use the money in Harry's vault.
• Harry recalled Darren's kindness and how Death Eaters and Slytherin students had tortured him before Darren helped conceal what happened.
• Harry remembered that the Death Eaters who attacked Darren had vanished, and the Ministry believed they had fled.