Chapter Summaries

Jerry postponed investigating the powerful magical presence he suspected was New York’s Sanctum and returned to the Harry Potter world to strengthen his combat abilities before an approaching alien threat. After catching up on letters and preparing for the new school year, he traveled to Hastings instead of Hogwarts.

• Jerry decided to wait until he was stronger before contacting Kamar-Taj, then used the Peculiar Panel to cross over to the Harry Potter world.
• At the Leaky Cauldron, Jerry found more than a hundred letters from classmates and learned that Ron and his brothers had rescued Harry from his aunt’s house.
• Jerry noticed that Lockhart had written seven of the required second-year textbooks and resolved to deal with the fraud before his Defense Against the Dark Arts classes became useless.
• After checking the date and replying to his classmates, Jerry sent his letters and traveled from King’s Cross Station to Hastings by ordinary train.

Jerry traveled from London to French Magic Street to seek magical creatures or eggs on its black market, settling into an inn before heading there after dark. He entered the underground market by Confunding the guard, who remained unaware that Jerry had passed.

• Jerry rode Black Charcoal across the Strait of Dover and flew to Paris, where he used a hidden entrance to reach French Magic Street.
• Jerry checked into a wizard inn, hoping to stay until Hogwarts began and planning to search the black market for magical creatures.
• Jerry spent several hours studying magic in his expanded Box Space, where Norbert had grown larger and developed powerful fire breath.
• Jerry disguised himself and entered the familiar bar leading to the black market, then cast the Confundus Charm on the guard at the stairs.
• Jerry descended to the first underground level while the guard recovered, confused and believing he had dozed off.

Jerry found the hidden black market for Magical creatures outside Paris and searched it for creatures worth contracting. He discovered that House-elves could protect Hass, Elsa, and Teacher Bailey, but their price was far beyond his savings.

• Jerry learned from an Imperius-cursed vendor that Heaton could take him to the illegal Magical creature market, then erased the vendor's memories with Obliviate.
• Jerry paid Heaton with Gold Galleons and used a Portkey wine bottle to reach a huge tent outside Paris.
• Jerry rejected the creatures at most stalls as poor choices for his limited contracts and continued searching.
• At the largest stall, Jerry found four House-elves and considered using them to protect Hass, Elsa, and Teacher Bailey.
• Jerry learned that each House-elf cost ten thousand Gold Galleons, more than he could afford.

Jerry needed to raise thirty thousand Gold Galleons to buy House-elves, so he devised a scheme to bait the Dark Wizards running a Paris black market. After pretending to be a wealthy, gullible boy, he left the tent with his money, hoping someone would follow him.

• Jerry learned that House-elves were rare and expensive, and decided he needed to buy three for Elsa, Hass, and Teacher Bailey.
• He ruled out potion-making and harvesting Acromantula venom as impractical ways to earn thirty thousand Gold Galleons quickly.
• Jerry returned to the black market disguised as a young boy and pretended to believe a stall owner’s outrageous claims about an ordinary dog.
• He flashed a large bag of Gold Galleons at several stalls, then left the tent alone without buying anything, presenting himself as an easy target for the Dark Wizards.

Jerry lured four Dark Wizards into robbing him, then incapacitated and robbed them in turn. He forced them to return to the black market and deliver a message, and they decided not to risk provoking him further.

• A young wizard warned Big Sis that several Wizards were following Jerry, but she told him not to get involved.
• Jerry deliberately led the greedy Dark Wizards into a deserted forest, where the stall owner and three masked accomplices demanded his Gold Galleons.
• Jerry used anesthetic-coated silver needles and Stunning Spells to take the four men down, then searched them and took their belongings and Magical creatures.
• Jerry bound the four Dark Wizards, threatened them with a Cutting Charm, and ordered them to deliver a message at the black market.
• The Dark Wizards returned to the tent and decided to obey Jerry rather than risk provoking him again.

Jerry returned to the black market to lure its Dark Wizards into another robbery, using a House-elf purchase to make himself appear wealthy and careless. He followed a wizard toward an ambush, while secretly preparing his own forces to strike.

• Benny told another stall owner that Jerry had escaped, then left the market after Jerry robbed him of his Gold Galleons and smuggled creatures.
• Jerry returned to French Magic Street and planned another job, ordering the four Dark Wizards he had robbed to conceal their encounter with him.
• The next night, Jerry deployed twelve invisible Robot Soldiers armed with electrified greatswords before entering the black market tent.
• Jerry bought a House-elf for ten thousand Gold Galleons to reinforce the impression that he was an easy target, and a Dark Wizard offered to take him to a secret base with a rare dragon egg.
• The Dark Wizard led Jerry toward an area protected by an Anti-Apparition Jinx as several accomplices prepared an ambush, while Jerry anticipated looting them.

Jerry survived an ambush by seven Dark Wizards by using an Illusionary Clone, then killed them and seized their wealth. After finding a Peruvian Vipertooth egg among their spoils, he returned to the black market to buy three more House-elves before leaving.

• Four Dark Wizards attacked Jerry’s Illusionary Clone with Killing Curses while three others watched, and Jerry’s real body used silver needles to incapacitate six of them.
• Jerry killed the scrawny Dark Wizard with a Killing Curse, looted the seven men, and used Sectumsempra to kill the six unconscious attackers.
• Jerry found nearly fifty thousand Gold Galleons, rare Magical creatures, and an unhatched Peruvian Vipertooth egg in the Dark Wizards’ spatial equipment.
• Jerry gave the dragon egg to Sun Long to incubate and decided to buy three House-elves to protect Hass, Elsa, and Teacher Bailey, while another helped Sun Long manage the Box Space.
• Jerry returned to the black market tent, where the stall owners realized he had survived the ambush and regarded him warily, and he prepared to buy what he needed and leave.

Jerry bought the three remaining House-elves at the black market, while French Aurors suspected he was a Metamorphmagus but chose not to pursue him. Back at the inn, Jerry met the four House-elf siblings and began placing a contract seal on them.

• Jerry paid thirty thousand Gold Galleons for the three remaining House-elves and stored them in the Box Space.
• The black market’s Dark Wizards discussed Jerry’s strength, but no one dared follow or challenge him.
• A middle-aged Auror told the French Auror director that Jerry might be the Metamorphmagus who had previously fought Aurors; the director decided not to provoke him.
• Jerry returned to the inn after concluding that no more Dark Wizards would take his bait.
• Jerry learned that the four House-elf siblings were named Da Da, Xiao Xiao, Duo Duo, and Shao Shao, and that Da Da was the eldest.
• Jerry promised to treat the siblings fairly and began drawing a Contract Magic array to seal them.

Jerry returned to London with a Russian nesting doll to use as a container for Voldemort’s soul fragments, then exposed Gilderoy Lockhart’s fabricated heroics by magically recording his confessions. He left copies of the account around Diagon Alley and mailed the original to the Ministry of Magic, setting up a public reckoning for Lockhart.

• Jerry bought a seven-layer Russian nesting doll to seal Voldemort’s soul fragments and considered how to learn Apparition and deal with his Trace.
• Jerry found Gilderoy Lockhart surrounded by admirers at the Leaky Cauldron and learned Lockhart would hold a book signing the next day.
• Jerry entered Lockhart’s room under a Disillusionment Charm, used the Imperius Curse, and ordered him to confess how he stole other wizards’ stories and erased their memories.
• Jerry recorded Lockhart’s history in a book titled The Real Lockhart, then put Lockhart to sleep and left with the book.
• Jerry duplicated the book and scattered copies around Diagon Alley, then disguised himself and mailed the original to the Ministry of Magic.

Jerry saw Aurors take Gilderoy Lockhart away for investigation over accusations that he had used Obliviate to steal other people’s experiences for his books. He met Hermione in Diagon Alley, where she struggled to believe the accusations as they prepared to shop and wait for the Ministry’s findings.

• Jerry saw Daily Prophet reporters confront Lockhart and Aurors escort him to the Ministry of Magic for investigation.
• Jerry tried breakfast at the Leaky Cauldron and found its steak tough, though he finished it.
• Hermione arrived with her parents, greeted Jerry warmly, and headed with him to Gringotts to exchange money.
• Hermione and Jerry found Wizards discussing a crude-looking book in Diagon Alley, and Jerry told her Lockhart had been taken away.
• Hermione was distressed by the accusations, and Jerry urged her to wait for the Ministry of Magic’s final result.

Jerry and Hermione shopped in Diagon Alley while waiting for Harry and Ron, then returned to Flourish and Blotts to find that Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy had fought there. Seeing Ginny with her cauldron, Jerry suspected it held Voldemort’s diary and began thinking of how to get it.

• Jerry and Hermione bought their second-year books and other school supplies while the Grangers waited at Flourish and Blotts.
• Harry and Ron were delayed after Harry said “Knockturn Alley” instead of “Diagon Alley” when using Floo Powder.
• Jerry and Hermione returned to Flourish and Blotts and found the shop in disarray after Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy fought.
• The Grangers met the Weasleys, and Ron introduced his sister Ginny to Jerry and Hermione.
• Jerry noticed Ginny’s cauldron and suspected Lucius had placed Voldemort’s diary inside it.

Jerry stole Tom Riddle’s diary from Ginny and began communicating with the soul inside it, hoping to learn magic while keeping Voldemort from manipulating him. After agreeing to visit the Weasleys with Hermione and her parents that weekend, Jerry started feeding Tom information about the wizarding world in exchange for lessons.

• Jerry secretly took Tom Riddle’s diary from Ginny’s spilled books after making her slip on ice.
• Ron invited Jerry and Hermione to The Burrow, and the group agreed to visit that weekend with Hermione’s parents.
• Jerry returned to his room at the Leaky Cauldron, opened the diary, and introduced himself to Tom Riddle.
• Tom claimed he was an alchemical item that could answer questions about magic, and Jerry asked him to teach Apparition.
• Jerry began telling Tom about Voldemort’s defeat and Harry Potter, intending to trade information for magical knowledge without trusting Tom.

Jerry learned Apparition from Voldemort’s diary and traveled with Hermione and her parents to the Burrow, where the Weasley family and Harry welcomed them. The visitors explored the house and Ron explained how his parents had built it up from a stone pigsty.

• Jerry successfully practiced Apparition and thanked Voldemort for teaching him, while keeping the diary closed to prevent it from spying on him.
• Jerry met Hermione and the Granger couple at the Leaky Cauldron and taught them how to use Floo Powder.
• Jerry traveled through the fireplace to the Burrow, where the Weasley family and Harry were waiting.
• Hermione and her parents arrived by Floo Powder, and the Granger couple stayed to talk with the Weasley couple.
• Ron and Harry showed Jerry and Hermione around the Burrow, and Ron explained how his parents had transformed a stone pigsty into their home.

Jerry joined Arthur and Mr. Granger’s conversation about Muggle science, impressing them with his knowledge and respect for Muggles. He then asked Arthur about the Weasley family clock, and Arthur began explaining its alchemical workings.

• Ron invited Jerry, Hermione, Harry, and the Weasley siblings to play Quidditch, but Jerry and Hermione stayed at The Burrow while the others went to the hill.
• Jerry helped Arthur and Mr. Granger understand each other as they discussed Muggle science and inventions.
• Jerry explained that Muggles deserved respect for creating useful things without magic, impressing Arthur and Hermione.
• Jerry asked Arthur whether he had made the Weasley family clock, and Arthur eagerly described its alchemy and spells.

Jerry sought Arthur’s help with alchemy and decided to win Mrs. Molly’s favor so Arthur could teach him without trouble. He impressed her by preparing a spread of Chinese dishes, leaving the family ready to taste his cooking.

• Jerry praised Arthur’s alchemy and asked about learning the subject, prompting Arthur to offer to show him the flying Magical Car and answer his questions.
• Jerry decided to earn Mrs. Molly’s goodwill and went to the kitchen, followed by Hermione.
• Jerry offered to help Mrs. Molly cook and explained that he had studied Chinese cuisine.
• Jerry used cooking magic to prepare Sweet and Sour Pork, kung pao chicken, soup dumplings, water boiled fish, double cooked pork slices, and Xinjiang Big Plate Chicken.

Jerry impressed the Grangers and the Weasleys with his Chinese cooking before joining Arthur to inspect the enchanted Ford Anglia at The Burrow. Arthur explained how he had made the car fly and hide itself from Muggles.

• Hermione admired Jerry’s wide-ranging talents, while Molly praised his Chinese cooking and invited him to exchange recipes.
• The Weasleys tried Jerry’s dishes, and he showed Ginny and George how to eat soup dumplings without burning themselves.
• Jerry, Hermione, and the Grangers followed Arthur into the warehouse and saw his modified Ford Anglia and scattered Muggle appliances.
• Arthur explained that the car had its own thoughts and an expanded interior, then warned them that the Ministry forbade private use of the Unbreakable Charm.
• Jerry asked Arthur about the car’s alchemy, and Arthur described how it absorbed ambient magic to fly and used a Disillusionment Charm to conceal itself from Muggles.

Jerry stayed at The Burrow for over a week to learn Arthur's techniques for modifying Magical Cars, then returned to London and bargained with the diary's Voldemort for a way to evade the Ministry of Magic's Trace. He learned the Shielding Spell and agreed to retrieve something from the second-floor girls' bathroom, while secretly planning to deal with Voldemort and the Chamber on his own terms.

• Jerry used Refreshing Mind to memorize Arthur's alchemical techniques and considered adapting them to his Robot Soldiers.
• Hermione's family returned to London, but Jerry stayed at The Burrow for over a week to study Arthur's alchemy and exchange cooking knowledge with Mrs. Molly.
• After returning to the Leaky Cauldron, Jerry asked Voldemort in the diary how to remove or evade the Trace.
• Voldemort offered to teach Jerry the Shielding Spell if Jerry retrieved something from the second-floor girls' bathroom after school began.
• Jerry agreed, recognizing the bathroom as the entrance to the Slytherin Chamber and suspecting Voldemort meant to use the Basilisk against him.
• Voldemort taught Jerry the Shielding Spell, which Jerry quickly mastered and realized could let him cast magic without triggering the Trace for an hour.

Jerry waited with Hermione for Harry and Ron, anticipating that Dobby would seal the Platform 9 3/4 entrance. When Harry and Ron were blocked, Jerry reopened the passage with his magic, and the group made it onto the train just before departure.

• Jerry and Hermione waited at King's Cross for Harry and Ron instead of entering Platform 9 3/4 first.
• Harry and Ron crashed into the sealed wall, and Hermione determined that its spatial magic was beyond her ability to undo.
• Jerry reopened the passage with his wand, allowing Harry, Ron, Hermione, and himself to enter the platform.
• The four reached the train with less than five minutes before departure, while the Weasley couple still spoke with Ginny and had not noticed Harry and Ron were missing.

Jerry, Harry, Ron, and Hermione boarded the Hogwarts Express and met the sickly wizard Remus Lupin, whom they suspected was Hogwarts’ new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. After the train reached Hogsmeade, the second-years rode Thestral-pulled carriages to Hogwarts, leaving them in the Great Hall before the first-years arrived.

• Jerry, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hurried aboard the Hogwarts Express and squeezed into a compartment with a sleeping adult wizard.
• Jerry recognized the wizard as the likely new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Hermione identified his suitcase label as Professor R.J. Lupin.
• Harry reminded Ron that the Daily Prophet had reported Gilderoy Lockhart’s conviction and Hogwarts’ search for a replacement professor.
• Jerry said the wizard could be powerful despite his frail appearance and recognized him as Remus John Lupin.
• The train reached Hogsmeade at night, where Hagrid gathered the first-years to take boats across the Black Lake.
• Jerry, Harry, Ron, and Hermione traveled with the other upper-year students in Thestral-pulled carriages and reached the Great Hall ahead of the first-years.

Jerry went to the Chamber of Secrets with Voldemort’s diary, hoping to learn Legilimency in exchange for retrieving what Voldemort wanted. He reached a wall guarding the chamber but turned back without opening it, leaving Voldemort’s promise unfulfilled.

• Jerry returned to the Slytherin dormitory after the feast and waited until the other students were asleep.
• Jerry used a Disillusionment Charm to sneak to the abandoned girls’ bathroom and petrified Moaning Myrtle.
• Jerry opened the sink passage and negotiated with Voldemort, who agreed to teach him Legilimency if he retrieved the hidden object.
• Jerry followed the passage to a wall carved with intertwined snakes, where Voldemort urged him to open the chamber.
• Jerry pretended to lose his nerve, ignored Voldemort’s claims about the treasure vault, and levitated back to the bathroom.