Chapter Summaries

Draco Malfoy watched Darren Potter defy Slytherin expectations, excel at Potions, and draw Snape’s unusual concern. When Becky Greengrass threatened Darren with the Cruciatus Curse, Draco was shocked as she cast it on him.

• Draco earned another detention after learning that the tabby cat he had argued with was McGonagall.
• Draco found Quirrell’s smell unbearable and noticed Darren Potter was the first to flee his class.
• Harry Potter invited Darren to eat with Gryffindor, and Draco was surprised when Darren stood up to go.
• Draco and the other Slytherins discussed punishing Darren, while Draco planned to use the chance to befriend him.
• In Potions, Draco saw Darren improve a potion and noticed Snape reacted to Darren’s actions with unusual concern.
• Becky Greengrass ordered the Slytherins to shun Darren, then cast the Cruciatus Curse on him when he returned.

Draco Malfoy recalled how he failed to help Darren Potter during Becky Greengrass’s Cruciatus Curse, then described Darren saving him from a spell and his own conflicted response. The chapter ended with Draco bringing family ointment to Darren’s dormitory.

• Draco watched Darren suffer Becky Greengrass’s Cruciatus Curse and left the Common Room, ashamed that he had not intervened.
• Draco reflected on his failure to save Little White and admitted that he admired Darren despite finding him irritating.
• Draco snatched Neville Longbottom’s Remembrall and ran from Darren, who chased him without using spells.
• An attacker’s spell threatened Draco, and Darren shielded him, was pierced through the arm, and retrieved the Remembrall.
• Draco sent the attacker to Snape, fetched his family’s best ointment, and went to Darren’s dormitory to check on him.

Draco Malfoy learned through his father that Darren Potter was his half-brother and wrestled with his feelings about Darren and Harry. At Flying Lesson, Draco tried to impress Darren but was stunned when both Potter boys summoned their broomsticks faster than he did.

• Draco noticed Darren's wound had not fully healed, accidentally reopened it, and sent a drop of Darren's blood to his father after contacting him through the Two-way Mirror.
• Draco's father explained the Blood Detection Charm and revealed that Darren was Draco's brother; Draco was relieved Darren had not known and felt sorry for his difficult childhood.
• Draco learned that Harry and Darren were twins and reluctantly agreed to send Harry's blood for testing, while also learning that Darren avoided the Hospital Wing because he healed unusually quickly.
• At Flying Lesson, Draco glared at Harry and tried to show Darren how talented he was at summoning his broomstick.
• Darren and Harry summoned their broomsticks even faster than Draco, leaving him dumbfounded.

Malfoy watched Darren save Neville, then provoked Harry into a broom chase and a fight before returning to Slytherin. He left alone afterward and mocked Harry when McGonagall called him away, convinced he would be expelled.

• Malfoy picked up Neville’s Remembrall after Neville took off too soon, then watched Darren rescue him on a broom.
• Malfoy tossed the Remembrall into the air for Harry to catch, and Harry caught it.
• Malfoy argued with Harry over the Remembrall and fought him until Darren stopped them with a flick of his wand.
• Malfoy returned to the Slytherin group with Harry’s blood and noticed Worey watching him.
• Malfoy left the group alone, saw McGonagall call Harry away, and mocked him by predicting he would be expelled.

Draco tried to frame Harry Potter and Ron Weasley for a nighttime duel, then learned Harry was not his brother and failed to win Darren’s favor with a broom. He stopped picking fights with Harry, feeling that Darren merely watched them as fools arguing.

• Draco challenged Harry and Ron to a wizard’s duel, then planned to have Filch catch them in the Trophy Room that night.
• Draco saw Miss Vole approach Darren and later noticed Darren tugging on Snape’s sleeve, though Snape did not seem angry.
• Draco made his father test Harry Potter’s blood and learned Harry was not his brother; he swore not to reveal what he had seen.
• Draco reported the planned duel to Filch, but Harry and Ron remained at school the next day.
• Draco saw Harry receive a Nimbus Two Thousand and arranged for his father to buy Darren a broom in his name, but Darren returned it after receiving many brooms.
• Draco stopped causing trouble and arguing with Harry because Darren seemed to regard their fights as foolish bickering.

Draco Malfoy recounted the Halloween troll attack, his choice to hide while Darren fought, and his growing shame about failing to act like Darren’s older brother. Before Christmas, he mocked Harry Potter and saw Darren’s reaction, realizing he had hurt someone he considered family.

• Draco explained that he had insulted Hermione to defend the Malfoy family’s reputation and planned to keep seeming foolish to avoid becoming a Death Eater.
• At Halloween dinner, Quirrell announced that a troll was in the dungeons, and Draco hid with the crowd while Darren went to fight it.
• Draco learned that Darren had killed the troll and gone to the Hospital Wing, then saw Miss Vole and Pansy comforting each other.
• Draco told his father about the troll, and his father praised him for protecting himself while blaming Dumbledore for letting the troll into Hogwarts.
• Draco felt guilty when he saw Darren the next day and realized he had failed to help him, though he resented Harry Potter’s courage and closeness to Darren.
• Before Christmas, Draco mocked Harry for being homeless, then saw Darren turn pale and regretted hurting him.

Draco became jealous of Darren’s kindness and popularity, then lashed out at Neville and was punished. After Lucius confronted him, Draco admitted he envied Darren and believed he could have become like him too.

• Draco returned to Malfoy Manor for Christmas, received Darren’s anti-hair-loss shampoo, and attended a nobles’ ball.
• Angry that Darren would not let him confront him, Draco attacked Neville during a Quidditch match but was beaten up instead.
• Draco complained to his mother, prompting his parents to rush to Hogwarts, where Darren refused to apologize or admit fault.
• Hogwarts punished Draco, imposed a new school rule, and removed Lucius from the Board of Governors.
• Lucius demanded to know what Draco had been thinking, and Draco confessed that he was jealous of Darren’s kindness, righteousness, and popularity.