Chapter Summaries

Darren bought the wand Azure Dragon had arranged for him, despite its enormous price, and Ollivander reported Darren’s unusual wand resonance to Dumbledore. The chapter ended with Dumbledore concealing the fact that every wand had trembled for Darren.

• Ollivander told Darren that Azure Dragon’s wand cost ten thousand Galleons, and Darren reluctantly paid for it.
• Ollivander passed Darren Azure Dragon’s message: the title of the book Journey to the West.
• Ollivander sent Dumbledore a letter describing how Darren had resonated with every wand, including evil ones, but chose a wand associated with kindness.
• Dumbledore replied to Ollivander, then told Dilys Derwent there was nothing wrong with Darren and that he did not want news of the trembling wands to spread.

Dumbledore worried that Darren’s unusual wand would attract attention and regretted that Darren had not chosen the Cypress wand he had prepared. Back in Gryffindor, Darren hatched his Phoenix egg, ate some of its eggshell, and began choosing a name for the chick.

• Dilys objected when Phineas Black suggested locking Darren away, while Dumbledore decided he should speak with Ollivander about keeping Darren’s secret.
• Darren admired his Azure Dragon's Reverse Scale wand and suspected it held a secret connected to Journey to the West.
• Darren returned to Gryffindor with Peeves and asked him to distribute the cakes before examining his recent gains.
• Darren followed the system’s instruction to drip blood onto the Phoenix egg, and a featherless chick hatched.
• The chick offered Darren its eggshell, but when Darren ate some and asked for more, it hurriedly ate the rest itself.
• Darren asked whether the Phoenix was male or female and said he would name it Carol if it was female.

Darren discovered that his Dark Arts Talent was unusually high and learned that he could raise his magical talents with Paternal Points. After exchanging points, he explored the Ruyi Wand’s ability to change its wood and core.

• Darren activated the Ruyi Wand and learned it could change its wand wood and core, then transform into creatures after he mastered Transfiguration.
• Darren viewed his Character Panel and saw that his Dark Arts Talent was 9, while his other listed talents were lower.
• Darren worried the Sorting Hat might react badly to his Dark Arts Talent, then realized it could only see his thoughts, not his talents.
• The system told Darren that talents could be raised with Paternal Points and that all talents had a maximum of 100.
• Darren exchanged 700 Paternal Points for seven Talent Points and decided to save them for when classes began.
• Darren experimented with the Ruyi Wand and learned it could take on the properties of different wand woods without changing its appearance.

Darren learned that Peeves had told Hogwarts professors about his difficult past, then went with her to Diagon Alley to shop. At Flourish and Blotts, he watched Draco Malfoy confront Becky Greengrass.

• Darren asked Peeves how the professors had reacted to the cakes, and she said they had praised them while Dumbledore discarded a piece.
• Peeves told Darren that she had shared his orphanage past with the professors, who had felt sorry for him; Darren asked her not to tell others about it.
• Darren accepted the Paternal Points he earned and went to sleep after warning Peeves to say he had lived well if anyone asked about his past.
• The next morning, Darren ate breakfast and traveled with Peeves to Diagon Alley, where he saw Neville Longbottom being scolded by his grandmother for losing their Galleons.
• At Flourish and Blotts, Darren saw Draco Malfoy knock Becky Greengrass to the ground and heard Malfoy say he was taking revenge because she had rejected him at a ball.

Darren intervened when Draco Malfoy humiliated Becky after she refused to dance with him, earning favorability from Cassandra Vole and a boost to his Potions Talent. He wondered when he would meet Cassandra in person.

• Becky refused Draco Malfoy's demand that she apologize to him and declare the Greengrass family inferior to the Malfoys.
• Darren accepted a system mission to defend Becky after Draco grabbed her dress and insulted her family.
• Darren told Draco to apologize, saying pure-blood status did not make anyone superior and that character was what mattered.
• The system rewarded Darren with 50 favorability from Cassandra Vole and 2 Potions Talent points.
• Darren reflected on Cassandra's personality from the game and wondered when he would meet her.

Darren confronted Draco Malfoy’s Pure-blood superiority claims and gained a surge of Paternal Points when his retort resonated with onlookers. He waited for Malfoy to answer, while Becky reconsidered her judgment of him.

• Becky reflected on her dislike of Draco Malfoy’s pursuit and planned to teach him a lesson after school began.
• Draco insulted Darren as a Muggle-born and claimed Pure-bloods were nobler.
• Darren argued that life was equal and that both he and Draco were insignificant before the strong.
• Darren received a large number of Paternal Points and guessed that Half-blood and Muggle-born onlookers had supported his response.
• Darren waited for Draco to argue back, and Becky began to reflect on his words.

After rejecting Becky Greengrass’s offer of friendship on the grounds of equality, Darren gained nearly a thousand Paternal Points. A new mission appeared as Becky chased after him, and Darren accepted it to earn a Bloodline Lottery draw.

• Becky recalled meeting a powerful killer as a child and decided she would become powerful herself.
• Becky introduced herself to Darren and offered her friendship, but Darren refused, saying he could not be friends with someone who placed pure-bloods above others.
• Darren collected a flood of Paternal Points from the people who heard his remarks, bringing his total above twelve hundred.
• The Paternal System issued Darren a mission to shield Becky from a spell and deliver a line afterward, rewarding him with a Bloodline Lottery draw.
• Angry at being rejected, Becky chased Darren with her wand, and Darren accepted the mission as she approached.

Darren survived blocking a Killing Curse meant for Becky, who defeated the masked attacker and rewarded him before taking him to St. Mungo’s. The chapter ended with Becky insisting she only wanted to make sure he did not die.

• A hooded attacker cast Avada Kedavra at Becky, and Darren took the curse while shielding her.
• Becky blasted the attacker with several spells, knocked him down, and sent a signal to her family.
• Darren denied saving Becky on purpose and received a Bloodline Lottery reward after completing his mission.
• Becky offered Darren thirty thousand Galleons and told him to keep the attack secret.
• Becky grabbed Darren and Apparated with him to St. Mungo’s despite his protests.

Darren accepted a mission to donate thirty thousand Galleons to the Longbottoms after overhearing Mrs. Longbottom struggle to pay for her injured son and daughter-in-law’s care. After Becky took him to be examined, she warned him to keep his survival of the Killing Curse secret, and Darren left without revealing his plans.

• Darren accepted the system’s mission to deposit Becky’s thirty thousand Galleons into the Longbottoms’ account and heard that the reward was Voldemort’s bloodline.
• Darren eavesdropped as a doctor told Mrs. Longbottom that the medical expenses were insufficient, and he learned the Longbottoms were struggling to afford care.
• Becky led Darren to her cousin Phiasco for an examination, and Phiasco found only slight malnutrition without examining Darren’s magical core.
• Becky warned Darren not to tell anyone he had survived the Killing Curse and said she would deal with the person responsible.
• Becky dismissed Darren with an arrogant remark, while Darren privately appreciated that she had been trying to protect him.

Darren transferred thirty thousand Galleons from Becky Greengrass's account to the Longbottoms' account, completing his system mission. The system gave him Voldemort's bloodline and increased his Transfiguration talent, leaving Darren worried that Dumbledore might discover his new bloodline.

• Darren assured Becky Greengrass that he would not expect to gain her friendship, and she irritably left him to catch up later.
• Darren handed the St. Mungo's payment clerk Becky's Gringotts key and ordered all thirty thousand Galleons transferred to Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom's account.
• The clerk told Darren that the Longbottoms' remaining balance would cover their monthly expenses for a little over three years, and Darren asked her not to reveal his identity.
• The system rewarded Darren with Voldemort's bloodline and two points of Transfiguration talent after he completed the donation mission.
• Darren failed to persuade the system to take back the bloodline, then resolved to raise his Transfiguration talent to ten while keeping an ordinary image.

After leaving St. Mungo’s, Darren reunited with Becky and Peeves, who told him that Dumbledore had summoned him to his office. Darren worried that Dumbledore had discovered his new Voldemort bloodline, while Peeves secretly resolved to find a way to secure Darren’s place in the Potter family.

• Darren left St. Mungo’s and found Becky waiting at the entrance; she took him to Diagon Alley.
• Peeves explained that she had gone looking for Darren and that Dumbledore had asked him to return to his office.
• Darren apologized for worrying Peeves, and she praised him for treating lives as equal.
• Peeves admitted she had eavesdropped on Dumbledore’s conversation, so Darren warned her that spying was wrong and dangerous.
• Peeves remembered hearing Dumbledore say that Harry alone would inherit the Potter family and privately decided to find a way to help Darren.

Dumbledore questioned Darren under Veritaserum about his motives, while Snape objected to Darren being suspected. The chapter ended as Dumbledore asked whether Darren had a hidden intention when he spoke about Equality of life in Diagon Alley.

• Darren went to Dumbledore's office, where Dumbledore offered him lemon juice containing Veritaserum.
• Darren drank the lemon juice and used 100 Paternal Points to keep his mind awake while the potion took effect.
• Snape criticized Dumbledore for suspecting Darren, and Dumbledore explained that he wanted to prevent anything from endangering Harry's defeat of Voldemort.
• Dumbledore questioned Darren about his identity and then asked whether he had a particular intention when he spoke about Equality of life in Diagon Alley.
• Snape reacted angrily to Dumbledore's question.

Dumbledore and Snape questioned Darren about promoting equality among all forms of life and whether he wanted to claim the Potter family inheritance. Darren denied wanting Harry’s position, and Dumbledore explained why he had promised the family heirship to Harry before asking whether Darren was jealous of him.

• Dumbledore asked Darren why he had promoted the idea that all life was equal, and Darren cited Peeves and the Slytherins he had met as examples.
• Darren’s answer earned Paternal Points from Dumbledore and Snape, while Dumbledore praised his kindness and Snape snorted.
• Snape asked whether Darren would fight Harry for the Potter family headship, and Darren immediately said he would not.
• Dumbledore explained that he had promised Harry the inheritance to protect him from accusations that Darren wanted to seize his property, and because a remaining treasure had to reach Harry.
• Dumbledore asked whether Darren was jealous of Harry, while Snape said he feared the brothers might turn against each other.
• Darren considered how the original Darren might have felt overlooked and mistreated, and realized he could not answer only from his own detached perspective.

Darren persuaded Dumbledore and Snape that he accepted his parents’ deaths and Harry’s place as a hero, while privately using his system to resist Snape’s attempt to erase his memories. Dumbledore told Darren to take the Hogwarts Express to school, and Darren left still suspicious that Dumbledore had been testing him.

• Darren told Dumbledore and Snape that he had once envied Harry but now admired him and wanted to attend Slytherin to watch over its students.
• Dumbledore awarded Darren Paternal Points and argued that Darren should be free to choose his House, while Snape worried about him entering Slytherin.
• Snape cast Obliviate on Darren, but Darren spent 100 Paternal Points to negate it and gained false memories of a pleasant conversation.
• Darren apologized to Dumbledore for having Peeves eavesdrop, and Dumbledore forgave him without exposing his lie.
• Dumbledore told Darren to reach Platform Nine and Three-Quarters before eleven o’clock the day after tomorrow and board the Hogwarts Express.

Darren decided that he wanted to be sorted into Slytherin, partly to unsettle Dumbledore and earn Paternal Points, and discovered that his lottery had awarded him Snape’s bloodline. Snape reflected on his memories of Lily and his doubts about Dumbledore after learning that Dumbledore had asked him to give Darren Veritaserum.

• Darren reasoned that joining Slytherin would keep him from being overshadowed by Harry, put him among people he liked, and give him opportunities to provoke Dumbledore.
• Darren used his Bloodline Lottery and received Snape’s bloodline, which granted him improved Potions talent and innovation ability along with Snape’s suspicious gaze.
• Snape recalled Lily’s final regrets, her death, and how Darren’s resemblance to her had softened him toward the boy.
• Snape remembered Dumbledore explaining that he wanted Veritaserum for Darren because Darren’s helpful nature and good deeds seemed to benefit him in every instance.
• Snape closed his eyes and sat in his chair, having compromised with Dumbledore.

Darren traveled to King’s Cross Station to board the Hogwarts Express and completed a Paternal System mission by helping Ginny Weasley after she fell. The mission earned him a title that increased girls’ favorability toward him, and Ron asked Ginny where she had gotten her candy.

• Darren arrived at King’s Cross Station, where he expected to meet Harry before boarding the Hogwarts Express.
• The Paternal System assigned Darren a mission to help Ginny Weasley after she fell and give her candy before shyly leaving.
• Darren helped Ginny up, gave her a piece of candy, and walked away when she tried to thank him.
• The system awarded Darren the title Nemesis of Little Lolis, which increased favorability from girls under sixteen.
• Ron asked Ginny where she had gotten the candy, and she said a big brother with hair like hers had given it to her.

Darren met Harry at King's Cross and guided him through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, completing his mission and earning Melodious Voice. As the Hogwarts Express prepared to leave, Darren said goodbye, leaving Harry wondering where he was going.

• Darren accepted a mission to find Harry and lead him to the hidden platform without revealing his identity.
• Harry searched King's Cross for Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and feared he would miss the train.
• Darren approached Harry, asked if he was going to Hogwarts, and reassured him when Harry worried about Darren's hair.
• Darren pushed Harry's trolley through the barrier, and Harry followed onto Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Darren earned Melodious Voice and marveled at the Hogwarts Express with Harry.
• Darren said goodbye and started to leave, while Harry asked where he was going.

Harry waited for Darren aboard the Hogwarts Express, met Ron, and learned about Muggle-born wizards and Slytherin. Becky brought Darren into a Slytherin compartment despite the Pure-blood students’ objections, while warning him that Malfoy might retaliate for their earlier confrontation.

• Harry found an empty compartment, where Ron joined him and they began talking about Hogwarts and the Dark Lord.
• Becky forced Darren onto the train before it departed, telling him they could ask Hogwarts professors for help finding his brother.
• Ron told Harry that Becky was a Slytherin Head Girl known as Hogwarts's Bully Flower and explained what Muggle-born meant.
• Frank objected to Darren sitting with the Slytherins, but Becky threatened him into silence.
• Darren wanted to leave and look for Harry, but Becky warned him that Malfoy might attack him over their earlier argument.

Becky gathered her followers to teach Darren not to block spells with his body, while warning him about the pure-blood students in the compartment. Her followers hesitated to mock him after realizing he had saved Becky, and Becky stopped Durogar when he tried to demonstrate a lesson about wands.

• Becky introduced Darren to her followers, including the Frank brothers, the other prefects, and the sleeping Cassandra Vole.
• Becky told everyone to teach Darren not to block spells with his body, and Pizza Frank laughed at him for doing so.
• Becky glared at Pizza Frank, while Ace Frank realized Darren had earned Becky's friendship by saving her.
• The Frank brothers pushed Durogar forward, and he drew his wand to teach Darren a lesson about wands.
• Becky knocked Durogar's wand away with her Cherry wood wand.

Darren shielded Becky Greengrass from a sniper attack aboard the train and gained the Natural Healing talent after being badly wounded. Becky killed the attacking Werewolf and carried Darren toward Madam Pomfrey as frightened students accused her of murder.

• Becky defended Darren when Durogar hesitated to teach him a lesson, and Darren thanked her for looking out for him.
• A Paternal System assigned Darren to shield Becky from an imminent attack, and he accepted the mission for the Natural Healing talent.
• Darren spotted a sniper targeting Becky, shouted for her to get down, and took the shot in his back.
• Becky attacked the assailant as he boarded the moving train, then killed him after he transformed into a Werewolf by throwing an explosive into his mouth.
• Darren received the Natural Healing talent, and Becky carried him toward Madam Pomfrey while nearby students cried that she had murdered someone.