Chapter Summaries

Darren recovered and reassured Harry and Hermione that the Slytherin students had not caused his loss of control. He then offered to buy Ron a replacement wand and received a Scene Card.

• Harry accepted Darren’s apology but promised not to act recklessly again.
• Hermione hugged Darren and conjured heart-shaped buttons for them, then blamed Harry and Ron for what had happened.
• Darren explained that Malfoy and the other Slytherins had told him about Harry and Ron’s flying car, and he called the Slytherin students kind.
• Darren asked Ron about his broken wand and offered to buy him a new one, completing a task and earning a Scene Card.
• Ron happily accepted Darren’s offer, and Harry was glad his friend would get a replacement wand.

Darren watched Lockhart’s useless Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons before defending Gryffindor at the Quidditch pitch and confronting Flint for insulting Hermione. The Paternal System rewarded him with a special Wolfsbane Potion recipe, which he planned to give to Peeves to test and later submit to the Ministry.

• Lockhart quizzed the class about himself, released Cornish Pixies he could not control, and later avoided Darren after Darren questioned his books.
• A week into term, Darren joined Harry and the others at the Quidditch pitch, where Wood confronted Flint and the Slytherin team over their new Nimbus 2001 brooms.
• Darren defended Gryffindor’s older brooms, and Flint insulted him before calling Hermione a Mudblood.
• The Paternal System assigned Darren a mission to make Flint apologize to Hermione, and Darren accepted and pointed his wand at Flint.
• Darren received the special Wolfsbane Potion recipe and decided to have Peeves experiment with it before he submitted it to the Ministry.

Flint’s bad luck brought him repeated trouble and detentions, while Darren studied magic and accepted a task to earn Mr. Filch’s favor by taking Harry’s punishment. The chapter ended with Darren agreeing to clean Filch’s office despite his fear.

• Flint apologized to Darren after losing their confrontation, then suffered a string of mishaps and detentions at Hogwarts.
• Darren studied second-year textbooks and library books, noticing that his Dark Arts Talent increased with everything he read.
• In October, Darren watched Harry return soaked from Quidditch practice and received a system task to earn 80 favorability from Mr. Filch without using system items.
• Darren asked Filch to punish him instead of Harry for getting mud in the corridor, and Filch challenged him to clean his office.
• Darren grabbed Filch’s sleeve and agreed to clean the office.

Darren used his Cleanliness Charm and a staged display of hand-cleaning to win Filch’s approval while completing a system mission. He earned 50 Paternal Points and received an idea for the Muggle-born to Wizard Theory, though he wondered how Filch would react if he discovered magic had been used.

• Darren inspected Filch’s cluttered office and used his newly invented Cleanliness Charm to make it look as though he had cleaned by hand.
• The system issued Darren a temporary mission to dirty his face and pretend to be working, with an idea for the Muggle-born to Wizard Theory as the reward.
• Darren accepted the mission, smeared dust on his face, and scrubbed the desk as Filch returned.
• Filch saw that Darren had cleaned the office by hand and gave him another chance to help when Harry Potter made a mistake.
• Darren received 50 Paternal Points, saw that Filch’s favorability was only 10, and considered what would happen if Filch learned he had used magic.

Darren pretended Harry had hurt him so Harry would leave him behind instead of taking him to Nick’s Deathday Party. After eating too much at the feast, Darren heard the Basilisk and accepted a temporary mission to follow its voice.

• Darren gained Paternal Points by secretly cleaning Filch’s office while Filch was away.
• When Harry said he had promised Nick he would attend the Deathday Party, Darren agreed to go with him to earn Paternal Points.
• Darren showed Harry his bruised shoulders and arms, but refused to explain that he had injured himself, so Harry left him behind.
• Darren returned to the Slytherin table, pretended to be heartbroken, and ate until he had to hurry to the bathroom.
• After leaving the bathroom, Darren heard the Basilisk’s voice and accepted a mission to reach its location within three minutes.

After Mrs. Norris was found petrified beside a threatening message, Darren tried to help her but Snape accused him and Harry of the attack. Snape went to fetch Dumbledore, leaving the brothers facing possible expulsion as Malfoy mocked them.

• Darren joined the crowd, found Mrs. Norris petrified beneath the message, and tried to use the Mind Healing Technique on her.
• Snape stopped Darren and accused Harry and his friends of petrifying Mrs. Norris, then threatened to have them expelled.
• Darren claimed he had petrified Mrs. Norris himself to protect Harry from expulsion, but Harry denied that either of them had done it.
• Harry apologized for dragging Darren into trouble, and Darren insisted that he believed his brother.
• Snape left to fetch Dumbledore, while Malfoy mocked Harry and then backed away from Darren.

After Mrs. Norris was found petrified, Filch accused Darren of attacking his cat and tried to hurt him and Harry. Dumbledore stopped Filch and brought the students to Lockhart’s office, where the professors began investigating the incident.

• Filch found Mrs. Norris stiff on the ground and accused Darren of helping Harry and killing his cat.
• The Paternal System gave Darren a mission to shield Harry from Filch and promised him a method for Squibs to become wizards.
• Filch attacked Harry, but Darren stood in front of him and took Filch’s blows while asking him to spare his brother.
• Harry learned Darren had secretly cleaned for Filch so Filch would not punish him for tracking in mud after Quidditch.
• Filch reached for a dagger, but Dumbledore knocked it away and ordered him not to hurt students.
• Dumbledore took Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Darren to Lockhart’s office, where he examined Mrs. Norris as Harry realized how much Darren had done for him.

Darren and Harry were accused of Petrifying Filch’s cat, Mrs. Norris, while Snape pointed out that Darren had secretly left earlier. Darren used the strange voices he and Harry had heard to explain his actions, and the brothers realized they had both kept the voices secret from each other; Filch still demanded that Dumbledore hand them over for punishment.

• Filch accused Harry and Darren of Petrifying Mrs. Norris, while Dumbledore clarified that the cat was Petrified rather than dead.
• Snape mocked Filch and revealed that Darren had secretly slipped out, prompting everyone to question Darren.
• Darren accepted a system mission and claimed he had followed a frightening voice to the basement bathroom.
• Harry recognized the voice Darren described, and the brothers realized they had both heard it without telling each other.
• Filch dismissed their explanation and demanded that Dumbledore let him punish the brothers.

Darren explained how he had followed the mysterious voice to the basement bathroom and found Harry, Ron, and Hermione, while Snape turned suspicion toward Harry. Harry struggled to explain why he had stayed silent about hearing the voice, leaving his actions under scrutiny.

• Darren told Dumbledore and the professors that he had followed the hungry voice from the feast to the basement bathroom and then searched for it.
• Darren apologized to Filch for failing to report the danger to Mrs. Norris, and Filch turned away in grief.
• Snape suggested that Harry had attacked Mrs. Norris to eliminate Darren and keep the spotlight for himself.
• Darren defended Harry, saying that his brother would never harm him.
• Snape challenged Harry for letting the professors suspect Darren instead of saying earlier that he had heard the voice, and Harry replied that he had forgotten.

Dumbledore considered Harry’s punishment and Filch’s assault on Darren, but Darren’s plea saved Filch from being fired. After Snape agreed to leave Filch in place, Harry and Darren left the office late that night, with Harry apologizing for failing to protect his brother.

• Snape urged Dumbledore to revoke Harry’s Quidditch privileges, but Dumbledore defended the presumption that the children were innocent.
• Dumbledore said Filch would be fired for beating students and using a knife, so Darren claimed the incident had been fooling around and the knife had been fake.
• Darren pleaded with Snape to help Filch, and Snape said Dumbledore should not fire someone when the victim was not pursuing the matter.
• Dumbledore let Darren decide whether Filch stayed, and Filch apologized and promised to punish Harry severely if he broke the rules again.
• Dumbledore assigned Snape to brew the antidote after Lockhart tried to claim the task.
• Harry apologized to Darren for not protecting him and worried about his injured arm, while Darren showed him that it was healing.

As rumors spread that Darren was the heir of Hogwarts, he accepted a system mission to visit the injured Justin and reassure him. Darren gave Justin Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, and Justin ate an intensely spicy one and called for Madam Pomfrey.

• Harry apologized to Darren for blaming him, then asked Ron what the Chamber of Secrets and its heir meant.
• Students suspected Darren of being the heir, and Justin loudly accused him of following the path of the Dark Lord.
• Professor McGonagall gave Justin detention, and he broke his leg after falling down the stairs.
• Darren accepted a system mission to stop Ron from mocking Justin and visit him with a reassuring message.
• Darren visited Justin in the Hospital Wing and offered him Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans while insisting he meant no harm.
• Justin ate a bright red bean, reacted to its extreme spiciness, and called for Madam Pomfrey.

Darren tried to comfort injured Justin and unwell Ginny while Hermione investigated the Chamber of Secrets. In History of Magic, Hermione pressed Professor Binns to address rumors accusing Darren of being Slytherin’s Heir, and Binns dismissed the Chamber as nonsense.

• Justin accused Darren of trying to kill him after eating an unusually spicy Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean, but Madam Pomfrey disbelieved him and Darren took the beans away.
• Darren cared for Ginny with remedies and tonics as she remained listless after Mrs. Norris's fate unsettled her.
• Hermione searched the library for information about the Chamber of Secrets and scolded Harry and Ron for neglecting the mystery and their essay.
• Hermione asked Professor Binns about the Chamber and told him students suspected Darren of being the Heir.
• Darren said the timing of his appearances could make people suspect him, and Professor Binns angrily declared the Chamber of Secrets complete nonsense.

Professor Binns explained that Darren could not be Slytherin’s heir, and Darren searched with Harry, Ron, and Hermione for clues about Mrs. Norris’s petrification. In the girls’ bathroom, Moaning Myrtle revealed that she knew Darren and liked him, then broke down crying when Hermione questioned her about Halloween.

• Professor Binns explained that the Chamber of Secrets could supposedly be opened only by a descendant of Slytherin, and argued that Darren’s Potter ancestry cleared him of suspicion.
• Ron and Hermione discussed Slytherin’s history, and Darren said the Sorting Hat had placed him in Slytherin because he was too brave and needed to learn cunning.
• Darren, Harry, Ron, and Hermione searched the site where Mrs. Norris had been petrified and found scorch marks, spiders, and the entrance to the girls’ bathroom.
• Hermione led the group into the bathroom, where Moaning Myrtle told Darren that she had advised girls to give him candy and shyly said she liked him.
• Hermione asked Myrtle what she had seen on Halloween, but Myrtle began crying after Hermione reminded her that she was already dead.
• Harry and Ron dragged Darren out of the bathroom, while Myrtle’s concern for Darren earned him Paternal Points.

Darren pretended that the Basilisk’s gaze had drained his strength and warned Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Percy about the creature. After escorting the others toward Gryffindor, he headed for Dumbledore’s office and received a system task to let Harry and the others enter it.

• Darren stepped in front of Percy and saw the Basilisk’s brass-colored eyes; it murmured that it was hungry before disappearing.
• Darren feigned collapse, restored Harry’s sight, and told the group that the creature’s eyes could petrify or kill them.
• Darren warned everyone to avoid wandering around and said he would take them to Gryffindor before alerting Dumbledore or Snape.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron returned to Gryffindor while Percy stayed behind, supposedly to report to Professor McGonagall.
• Darren headed toward Dumbledore’s office and received a task to ignore Harry and the others following him so they could enter the office.

Darren reported seeing a pair of brass-colored eyes to Dumbledore, who used Legilimency to inspect his memories and asked whether he had ever lost control. Snape secretly administered a new type of Veritaserum, but Darren used Paternal Points to negate it.

• Darren entered Dumbledore's office and received a Voldemort Soul Fragment from the system.
• Darren greeted Fawkes, then told Dumbledore and Snape that he had seen terrifying brass-colored eyes and urged them to keep students safe.
• Dumbledore used Legilimency on Darren, who showed him fabricated memories of Voldemort's torture, life at The Burrow, and his fear and courage around Harry and Percy.
• Dumbledore praised Darren for reporting the danger and asked whether he had ever lost control or had evil thoughts.
• Darren denied having such thoughts, and the system warned him that he had encountered a new type of Veritaserum.
• Darren spent Paternal Points to negate the Veritaserum while Snape watched him, believing the potion had taken effect.

Snape gave Darren a second dose of Veritaserum while Dumbledore questioned him about malicious presences and his connection to Harry. Darren followed the system’s mission, won Ariana Dumbledore’s soul fragment, and heard her voice in his mind as the questioning continued.

• Snape explained that he had made new Veritaserum because Darren might recognize or counter the older kind, and Dumbledore began questioning Darren.
• Dumbledore asked whether Darren sensed malice or felt drawn to Harry, and Darren realized Dumbledore suspected he carried a fragment of Voldemort’s soul.
• The system ordered Darren to deny feeling drawn to Harry and explain that he worried about keeping his brother safe, and Darren completed the mission.
• Darren used the Soul Fragment Lottery and received Ariana Dumbledore’s soul fragment, which could increase his magic power by fifty.
• Ariana’s voice asked Darren if anyone was there, but Darren stayed silent because he was under Veritaserum and did not want to break character.

Darren concealed Ariana’s soul fragment from Dumbledore while Dumbledore discovered that Voldemort had left a soul fragment inside Darren as well as Harry. Darren blamed the connection on Voldemort torturing him, and Dumbledore and Snape were left facing the revelation that both boys had become Obscuruses.

• Ariana chattered inside Darren’s mind, and Darren continued pretending not to hear her while Dumbledore questioned him.
• Dumbledore examined Darren with his wand and confirmed that Voldemort had left something inside him, allowing him to sense the Dark Lord.
• Ariana hid behind Darren’s soul during Dumbledore’s examination and complained that she did not want to be found by her brother Albus.
• Darren blocked Ariana’s voice and claimed that something had entered his mind when Voldemort tortured him with Crucio.
• Snape confronted Dumbledore, realized Voldemort’s soul had entered both Darren and Harry, and threatened to expel the boys if Dumbledore could not protect them.

Darren reassured Dumbledore that he admired him, while Dumbledore became emotional and left Snape to handle the rest. Snape tried to erase Darren’s memories, but Darren used Paternal Points to negate the spell and prepared to leave with fabricated memories in mind.

• Dumbledore asked Darren whether he hated him, and Darren praised him as a great and worthy White Wizard.
• Darren received several Paternal Point notifications as Dumbledore grew tearful and blamed himself for suspecting Darren.
• Dumbledore left Snape to deal with Darren, and Snape cast Obliviate on him.
• Darren spent 100 Paternal Points to negate Snape’s spell and reviewed the fabricated memories it supplied.
• Snape told Darren to leave, and Darren pretended his legs gave out to earn more Paternal Points.

Darren tried to make Snape keep his distance by acting hurt, but he wondered why Snape suddenly wanted him to hate him. After Darren left Dumbledore’s office, Harry and the others escaped unseen, and Lezi stole their Invisibility Cloak and carried it toward Slytherin.

• Snape mocked Darren, threatened to expel him, and took ten points from Slytherin, while Darren pleaded to stay with his brother.
• Darren dropped his act after Snape left and wondered whether Voldemort had threatened the professor.
• Darren greeted the Sorting Hat and played with Fawkes before leaving Dumbledore’s office, while Harry and the others followed him out under an Invisibility Cloak.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione hid in an empty classroom, where Hermione held Lezi and Ron praised the cloak’s concealment.
• Lezi took the Invisibility Cloak in its mouth and leaped out the sixth-floor window toward the Slytherin floors.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione secretly followed Darren under Lezi’s Invisibility Cloak and overheard Dumbledore and Snape using Veritaserum on him. Angry and worried that Darren would be hurt if he learned the truth, they decided to keep it from him, while Hermione resolved to investigate the Heir and the voice Harry and Darren could understand.

• Hermione persuaded Lezi to lend them its Invisibility Cloak, and the three friends followed Darren unseen to Dumbledore’s office.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione overheard that Dumbledore had repeatedly had Snape give Darren Veritaserum, and Snape later threatened to expel him.
• Harry and Ron condemned Dumbledore and Snape for mistreating Darren, while Hermione hesitantly wondered whether Snape might be a good person.
• The three friends decided not to tell Darren what they had heard because they feared the news could upset him and worsen his condition.
• Back in the Gryffindor Common Room, Hermione proposed investigating the Heir, the voice Harry and Darren could understand, and the person behind it.