Chapter Summaries

Voldemort tortured Darren with a Stinging Charm to force Harry to reveal the Philosopher’s Stone, but Harry protected Darren and caused Voldemort’s possession of Quirrell to collapse. As Voldemort escaped, he reflected on how Darren might be his son and recalled becoming interested in teaching him.

• Voldemort used a Stinging Charm on Darren and demanded that Harry find the Philosopher’s Stone in the mirror.
• Harry lied that he had seen himself shaking hands with Dumbledore, while Darren struggled to signal him not to give up the Stone.
• Voldemort exposed the Stone in Harry’s right pocket and fired at Darren, but Harry threw himself onto Voldemort.
• Voldemort’s hold on Quirrell’s body collapsed when Harry touched him, and Voldemort fled as black smoke through Harry.
• Voldemort wondered how Darren had become his child and suspected that the Order of the Phoenix had deliberately let the Death Eaters take him.
• Voldemort recalled seeing Darren at the Sorting Ceremony, recognizing his bloodline and talent for Dark Arts, and deciding to teach him through Quirrell’s lessons.

Voldemort watched Darren’s rise at Hogwarts and became convinced that his talented son would follow in his footsteps. After Darren discovered Voldemort hunting unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, Voldemort resolved to keep their connection secret and use Quirrell until he was no longer needed.

• Voldemort grew furious when Darren accepted Harry Potter’s invitation to Gryffindor, but learned that Slytherins overlooked Darren’s actions because of his popularity and that many students had bought him broomsticks.
• After Darren killed the troll, Voldemort erased the Dark Arts traces and decided that Darren could become his heir.
• Voldemort tried to lure Darren away while Quirrell stole potions, but Darren refused to leave, so Voldemort spoke with him until Snape returned and grew suspicious.
• Voldemort sent Darren a book of Dark Arts spells for Christmas, then was delighted to see Darren unconsciously begin casting one of them.
• Voldemort encountered Darren in the Forbidden Forest while hunting unicorns, then made Quirrell drink cursed unicorn blood and resolved to keep Darren’s parentage secret.

Darren woke in the school infirmary after sleeping for more than four days, and Dumbledore told him Harry was safe. Dumbledore admitted his failure to protect Darren and confessed that prejudice and selfishness had shaped his actions.

• Voldemort escaped after encountering Darren, then later pretended to torture him to try to obtain the Philosopher's Stone.
• Darren woke in the infirmary and learned from Dumbledore that Harry had recovered and gone to the feast.
• Dumbledore said Snape and the Slytherin students were angry about Darren's actions and were considering punishing him again.
• Dumbledore apologized for failing to protect Darren from Voldemort and admitted he had been prejudiced against him.
• Darren told Dumbledore he forgave him, but Dumbledore said Darren did not need to forgive him.

After waking in the hospital wing, Darren learned that Dumbledore had destroyed the Philosopher’s Stone and that he and Harry would spend the summer with Aunt Petunia. At the end-of-year feast, Slytherin celebrated taking first place, while Darren expected Gryffindor to win the House Cup and noticed Snape silently threatening him with detention.

• Dumbledore told Darren that he had destroyed the Philosopher’s Stone, and Darren declined the offer of gold while explaining that Peeves’s business would support him and Harry.
• Dumbledore warned Darren that Snape planned to give him detention and said he and Harry would stay with Aunt Petunia over the summer.
• Darren joined the Slytherins at the feast, where Becky said the vote to punish him had repeatedly been sabotaged and let the punishment slide.
• Dumbledore announced Slytherin had 472 points and first place, and the Slytherins cheered over their eighth consecutive victory.
• Harry mouthed to Darren that they should meet after the feast, while Snape glared at Darren and silently mouthed that he would receive detention.

Darren and Harry celebrated the end of the school year as Dumbledore awarded Slytherin the House Cup, and Darren finished first in the year. At Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Darren joined Harry in returning to Aunt and Uncle's house for the summer, carrying gifts for them.

• Darren thanked the Slytherins for looking after him, prompting them to deny it while secretly earning him Paternal Points.
• Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor points for Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Neville, then gave Slytherin sixty points for Darren and declared Slytherin the House Cup winner.
• Darren noticed Snape's attitude toward Harry had grown even more hostile, and the final exam results placed Darren first while Harry and Ron also passed with high marks.
• The students boarded the train and arrived at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, where Ron and Hermione urged Harry and Darren to write and visit during the holidays.
• Harry considered having Peeves scare his aunt and uncle, but Darren handed Harry a gift and said Dumbledore had told him to stay at Aunt's house too.

Darren comforted Harry about their childhoods and persuaded him to feel grateful to Aunt Petunia for taking him in. The brothers met Uncle Vernon, and Darren offered him a new car as a gift.

• Darren accepted the Paternal System’s mission and comforted Harry by sharing his painful memories of the orphanage.
• Darren urged Harry to forgive Aunt Petunia, and the system rewarded him with an Antidote Recipe and a Scene Card.
• Darren inspected the antidote recipe, planned to test and patent it, and saved the Scene Card and a Bloodline Lottery draw for later.
• Darren told Harry they could punch Dudley if they met him, then the brothers went to find Uncle Vernon.
• Darren introduced himself to Vernon and offered him a new car, and Vernon hesitantly accepted the key.

Darren gave Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley lavish gifts, including a slimming potion for Dudley, and won over the Dursleys. Petunia reflected on her complicated feelings about Lily and Harry, then invited Darren to speak with her as the family prepared to leave.

• Darren gave Dudley a slimming potion as an apology for Hagrid's spell and pig's tail, and Dudley eagerly accepted it.
• Darren gave Dudley a motorcycle key and presented Vernon and Petunia with a car, designer handbags, and diamond necklaces.
• Petunia remembered her jealousy of Lily, her fear of the Wizarding World, and the burden she had felt while raising Harry.
• Petunia realized she had treated Harry unfairly and welcomed Darren warmly, then asked him to sit with her while Vernon and Dudley got into the car.

Darren settled into a more comfortable life with Harry at the Dursleys’ house, but the lack of letters and birthday gifts left Harry thinking their friends had forgotten them. Restless, Darren drew Remus Lupin’s bloodline and used a Scene Card, which left him facing an old man on a bridge and ordered him to push the man off.

• Uncle Vernon and Petunia treated Darren and Harry more kindly after Darren gave them gifts, and they celebrated the boys’ birthdays with a cake and new clothes.
• Harry worried that no friends had written or sent birthday gifts, while Darren lay bored and hoped to find Dobby.
• Darren used his Bloodline Lottery and obtained Remus Lupin’s bloodline, which granted werewolf transformation and a gentle aura that attracted kind animals.
• Darren activated a Scene Card and met an unhappy old man on a bridge, who lamented watching his friends grow old and die.
• The Scene Card instructed Darren to comfort the old man and then push him off the bridge; when the old man stopped speaking in terror, Darren followed the command.

Darren completed the Scene Card missions in his mindscape, saving Nicolas Flamel and encouraging him to reconsider his beliefs about immortality. Back in reality, Nicolas woke in Paris and told Perenelle about his dangerous visit to Darren’s mind and his encounter with Death.

• Darren followed the Scene Card missions, confronted an unseen presence, jumped from the bridgehead, and reassured the old man.
• Darren told the old man he reminded him of his grandfather, completing the missions and triggering the Scene Card’s projection into reality.
• Darren returned to reality exhausted and fell asleep.
• Nicolas Flamel woke in Paris and told Perenelle that he had entered someone else’s mindscape.
• Nicolas recalled entering Darren’s unusually pure mindscape, explaining his doubts about immortality, and hearing Darren say that people could choose whether to live forever.
• Nicolas recalled Death appearing to claim his life and Darren interrupting the attempt.

After Darren saved Nicolas Flamel from Death, Nicolas realized he wanted the warmth of family again and proposed adopting Darren as his heir. Dumbledore received Nicolas’s adoption request and wondered whether his old friend had been put under the Imperius Curse.

• Darren jumped from the bridge and rescued Nicolas Flamel, who said Darren reminded him of his grandfather.
• Nicolas decided he wanted an heir and proposed adopting Darren Potter, prompting Perenelle to question whether he had forgotten their plan to die together.
• Nicolas persuaded Perenelle that adopting Darren would let them enjoy raising a child and pass on their knowledge before they died.
• Perenelle urged Nicolas to write to Dumbledore and arrange a meeting with Darren, and Nicolas sent a letter to Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore read the adoption request in his office and wondered whether Nicolas had been put under the Imperius Curse.

Harry encountered Dobby in Darren’s bedroom while Darren entertained guests downstairs, and struggled to understand the filthy House-elf’s emotional behavior. Dobby began punishing himself after speaking ill of his master’s family, and Harry stopped him before asking whether his masters knew he had come.

• Dumbledore learned that Nicolas Flamel had entered Darren’s mindscape to adopt and nurture him, and decided to tell the Potter family about Nicolas’s virtues.
• Harry saw Dobby sitting on Darren’s bed and worried that the House-elf would dirty Darren’s bedding.
• Dobby introduced himself to Harry and loudly said that he had always wanted to meet him.
• Harry told Dobby to sit down, and Dobby burst into tears because nobody had ever treated him so politely.
• Dobby began banging his head against the window to punish himself for speaking ill of his master’s family, and Harry stopped him.
• Harry asked Dobby whether his master’s family knew he had come, and Dobby said they did not.

Dobby warned Harry that returning to Hogwarts would put him in danger, but Harry refused to stay away. After Dobby stole the brothers’ letters and ruined a cake, Darren called on Peeves to help identify him.

• Dobby told Harry not to return to Hogwarts and blamed a terrible danger, while Harry hid him from Darren.
• Dobby revealed that he had stolen Harry and Darren’s letters and demanded that Harry promise not to return to Hogwarts.
• Dobby smashed a levitating cake in the kitchen, and Harry told Darren that the House-elf was trying to stop him from going to Hogwarts.
• Darren summoned Peeves and asked him to find out which family Dobby belonged to.
• Peeves called Dobby a disgrace to House-elves and praised Darren after Darren reassured him.

After Dobby’s magic caused chaos at the Dursleys’ home, Harry received a warning from the Ministry, and Darren tried to take responsibility for it. The Dursleys blamed Harry and ignored him for days, while Darren and Peeves failed to discover who Dobby’s master was.

• Darren caught the owl before Mrs. Mason could see it, but it later delivered Harry a Ministry warning for using the Levitation Charm.
• Darren wrote a letter claiming he had performed the magic and asking the Ministry to revoke Harry’s warning, but Harry never sent it.
• After Mrs. Mason left, Vernon and Petunia blamed Harry for the chaos and ignored him for several days.
• Harry worried that he might be kept from returning to Hogwarts and left behind when Darren, Ron, and Hermione went to school.
• Peeves could not identify Dobby’s master, and Harry refused Darren’s suggestion to ask his Slytherin classmates about Dobby.

Harry struggled with the possibility that Darren might be adopted by Nicolas Flamel, while the Potter family portraits debated whether to let him go. Ron arrived in a flying car to invite the brothers to his home, but Darren insisted they should first tell the Dursleys, and the Paternal System issued him a mission.

• Harry worried that Darren might leave him if Nicolas Flamel adopted him, and he kept his fears from his brother.
• Ron arrived at Harry's window in a flying car with his twin brothers and explained that Darren had written to ask about Harry's Ministry warning.
• Ron invited Harry and Darren to his home, and Harry eagerly packed their belongings before waking Darren.
• Darren objected to leaving without telling the Dursleys and arranging the visit, while the Paternal System assigned him a mission to reassure Harry that the Dursleys still liked him.

Darren convinced Harry to say goodbye to the Dursleys before leaving, and the brothers departed with a large supply of snacks. On the way to the Weasleys’ home, Harry explained the House-elf incident, and the twins suspected Draco Malfoy might be involved.

• Darren refused to let Harry sneak away and persuaded him to return and say goodbye to Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
• Darren received the Alchemy Prodigy title, which increased his Alchemy Talent by 50 and gave him a talent for alchemical innovation.
• Aunt Petunia sent Harry and Darren off with snacks, and Harry left with Darren, Ron, Fred, and George in the car.
• Ron and the twins teased Darren, then asked Harry to explain the House-elf incident and share his analysis.
• After hearing Harry’s account, Fred and George considered whether a Pure-blood with a grudge was behind it and named Draco Malfoy.

Harry feared losing Darren if Nicolas Flamel adopted him, but Darren promised to stay his brother, and Fred and George reassured them about adoption. The group arrived at The Burrow, where Mrs. Weasley scolded the boys before welcoming Harry and Darren inside, and Ginny fled after seeing them.

• Harry told Ron and the others that Dumbledore's letter said Nicolas Flamel wanted Darren as his heir, and Harry worried that Darren would leave him.
• Darren promised Harry that he would not leave, and Fred and George explained that adoption would not mean Darren had to leave Hogwarts or his brother.
• Fred, George, Ron, Harry, and Darren arrived at The Burrow at dawn, where Mrs. Weasley angrily confronted the boys for taking the car.
• Darren apologized to Mrs. Weasley, who softened, led him and Harry inside, and served them breakfast.
• Ginny came downstairs, saw Harry and Darren, shrieked, and ran away.

Darren and Harry settled in at the Burrow, where the Weasleys reacted to Darren’s achievements and welcomed the boys as family. After receiving their school book lists, they prepared to go to Diagon Alley.

• Mrs. Weasley sent Fred, George, and Ron to clear gnomes from the garden, while Darren and Harry later joined them.
• Mr. Weasley came home exhausted from raiding nine houses and recognized Mundungus from Darren’s account of their meeting in Diagon Alley.
• Mr. Weasley praised Darren’s antidote for treating more than three hundred kinds of poison and said Darren deserved an Order of Merlin.
• Ginny blushed around Harry and Darren and told Mrs. Weasley that Darren had once given her candy.
• Mrs. Weasley handed out the school notices and book lists, and the family prepared to visit Diagon Alley.

Harry got lost in Knockturn Alley, overheard the Malfoys, and was reunited with Darren after Hagrid found him. The group visited Gringotts, where Darren discovered that Peeves had greatly increased the Potter family vault’s wealth.

• Harry accidentally traveled to Knockturn Alley, hid in Borgin and Burkes, and overheard Lucius and Draco Malfoy discussing a sale and insulting Mr. Weasley and Darren.
• Harry escaped the shop, got into trouble in a side street, and Hagrid helped him out before Hermione reunited him with Darren and the others.
• Harry told Darren and the Weasleys what he had heard, and Mr. Weasley said he wanted evidence of Lucius Malfoy’s crimes.
• At Gringotts, Darren asked Mr. Weasley whether he had spent his wages on cars, and Mr. Weasley admitted to buying cars and other Muggle items.
• The group reached the Potter family vault, where Darren and Harry were astonished to find that Peeves had replaced the small coins with far more valuable Galleons.

Darren arranged for the Potter family to give the Weasleys books, robes, and other supplies without making them feel pitied, while Peeves announced his antidote had earned him an Order of Merlin, First Class nomination. At Lockhart’s book signing, Lockhart recognized Harry and asked where Darren was.

• Darren asked Harry to use Potter family money to buy gifts and books for the Weasleys, and they decided to present them as gifts from the Potter family’s ancestral portraits.
• Peeves delivered the Weasleys textbooks, robes, supplies, and Darren’s antidote, claiming the Ministry was preparing to nominate him for the Order of Merlin, First Class.
• Mr. and Mrs. Weasley warmly thanked Darren, and Fred, George, and Ginny received new books and other supplies.
• Mrs. Weasley brought the group to Flourish and Blotts for Gilderoy Lockhart’s book signing.
• Lockhart recognized Harry at the signing and asked where Darren was.

At Flourish and Blotts, Lockhart used Harry for publicity while Malfoy taunted him and the Weasleys. Darren defended Harry and Ron, accepted a mission to fight Malfoy without using the Obscurus, and began a brawl that ended with Lucius confronting Mr. Weasley.

• Lockhart pulled Harry into his photographs and announced that he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, while Harry gave Hermione the books Lockhart had handed him.
• Malfoy mocked Harry for appearing in the headlines, but Darren defended his brother and threatened Malfoy.
• Malfoy insulted Ron and his family, prompting Darren to accept a system mission to punch Malfoy without using the Obscurus.
• Darren punched Malfoy, said he would not use his power because Malfoy had helped him before, and challenged him to apologize to Ron if he lost.
• Darren and Malfoy grappled as Harry and Ron tried to separate them, and Lucius arrived and traded insults with Mr. Weasley.