Chapter Summaries

Roy attended Defense Against the Dark Arts with Hufflepuff, then faced Snape's hostility during Potions with Slytherin. After Snape threw him out for challenging his description of the Rejuvenation Potion, Roy waited in the corridor, returned for practical work, and finished first.

• Professor Thorn had the students practice the Knockback Jinx on Hinkypunks, then awarded points to the two Houses and to those who helped clean up.
• Professor Thorn reminded Roy to visit his office the following evening, and Roy left with his classmates.
• Snape called Roy to the front of Potions class and asked him to compare Skele-Gro with the Rejuvenation Potion.
• Roy explained that the potions were related but distinct, so Snape berated him and ordered him out of class.
• Roy ate and read in the corridor until Snape returned, then apologized and was allowed back for practical work.
• Roy finished preparing the potion base first, but Snape only inspected it with a cold snort.

Roy spent his free time gathering and treating lumber for his secret cabin in the Forbidden Forest, then began building its walls. After History of Magic, he joined the first-years for their eagerly anticipated Flying lesson, where Madam Hooch assigned them their first broomstick practice.

• Roy gathered logs, brewed green moisture-proof paint, and treated the wood before returning to the castle.
• The next morning, Roy found the treated logs ready, cut them into planks, and spent the morning building the cabin walls.
• Roy heard Cedric and other first-years discuss Flying class and Quidditch, then slept through much of Professor Binns's History of Magic lesson.
• Roy joined the first-years from all four houses for Flying class, where Madam Hooch explained how to summon and mount a broomstick.
• Madam Hooch gave each student an old broomstick and told them to spread out and practice.

Roy joined a flying contest after a dispute between Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Hufflepuff students escalated. The six contestants launched from the starting line to race around Hogwarts's towers.

• Roy used a wandless Summoning Charm to retrieve his unresponsive broom, then showed he could fly it with ease.
• Marcus Flint mocked the Weasley Twins, prompting an argument that Cedric and Madam Hooch stopped before it became a fight.
• Flint proposed a flying contest, and Angelina, Fred, Cedric, Roy, Flint, and another Slytherin agreed to race around Hogwarts's towers.
• Cedric offered Roy a faster broom, but Roy refused to exchange his Nimbus 86.
• Madam Hooch blew the whistle, and all six contestants shot forward.

Roy raced his battered Model 86 against Cedric, Marcus, Fred, Angelina, and another Slytherin, using risky shortcuts through the castle to climb the rankings. At the final corner, he flew through Professor Thorn's office and took first place, leaving Thorn's room in disarray.

• Cedric and Marcus led the race, while Roy overtook Fred around the first corner with a strong outside-line acceleration.
• Marcus flew through the pavilion by the Astronomy Tower and passed Cedric, then Roy used the same shortcut to move into third place.
• The six racers continued around the castle towers as students and professors gathered to watch, and Roy gradually caught up to the leaders.
• Near the final corner, Roy spotted both windows of Professor Thorn's office open and flipped beneath his broom to fly through the room.
• Roy's shortcut put him in first place, while the gust from his passage scattered Thorn's papers across the office.

Roy won the broom race after his Cleansweep 86 surged ahead, then survived a crash into the stands with his unexplained landing technique. Marcus Flint initially refused to honor his wager, but Aisling intervened and he admitted that Slytherin was inferior to Hufflepuff.

• Roy called to his Cleansweep 86, which gained a burst of speed and carried him across the finish line ahead of Marcus Flint and Cedric.
• Roy jumped from his broom before it hit the stands, landed unharmed, and claimed he had used the technique of “Water Landing.”
• Roy taunted Marcus for breaking his promise, and Marcus claimed the race did not count because Roy had cheated.
• Aisling stepped in and told Marcus and the Slytherins to accept defeat, prompting Marcus to admit that he could not compare to Roy and that Slytherin was inferior to Hufflepuff.
• Aisling left with Marcus and the Slytherins while Roy wondered when he would gain her standing at Hogwarts.

Roy and the others were reprimanded by Professor McGonagall for causing trouble at school, then promised to obey the rules. Later, Roy met Elias for an assessment, which began with a written test rather than a duel.

• Professor McGonagall scolded Roy, Cedric, George disguised as Fred, and Angelina for their involvement in a school disturbance, then postponed punishment and made them promise to follow the rules.
• Roy, Cedric, and George left the office grinning, while Angelina watched them go and sighed.
• Roy visited Elias after dinner, and Elias praised his flying while warning him to be careful.
• Elias said he would assess Roy before choosing teaching materials, then announced that the assessment would begin with a written test.

Elias tested Roy’s theoretical knowledge, then challenged him to a practical duel. As Elias began to gain the upper hand, Roy unveiled a strange magic that formed a Duel Cage around them.

• Roy asked Elias how he compared in strength with Mad-Eye Moody and Dumbledore, and Elias praised Roy’s talent while urging him to build a strong foundation.
• Elias gave Roy a written test, which Roy completed with answers that impressed him.
• Elias cleared the office and challenged Roy to a practical assessment, and the two exchanged spells in a fierce duel.
• Roy tried to catch Elias with a feint and Knockback Jinx, but Elias dodged and gained the advantage.
• Roy put away his wand and used old-era magic to create a Duel Cage, then challenged Elias to draw his wand.

Roy’s duel with Elias ended with Elias breaking the Duel Cage, after which he began teaching Roy the Undetectable Extension Charm and protective spells. Roy left with new knowledge for his base and a warning from Elias to avoid attracting too much attention at school.

• Roy used the Duel Cage to suppress Elias’s magic, but Elias destroyed the barriers and ended the duel.
• Elias praised Roy’s strength, and Roy asked him to teach Apparition and the Undetectable Extension Charm.
• Elias agreed to teach Roy the Undetectable Extension Charm and said their next lesson would cover the Patronus Charm.
• Roy successfully expanded his waist pouch slightly, and Elias explained the spell’s risks and taught him protective spells for expanded containers.
• Roy thanked Elias and left for Astronomy class after Elias warned him to develop steadily and draw less attention at school.

Roy received a gold-trimmed fountain pen from Professor Thorn, worked on his wooden house, and sneaked into Snape’s Potions storeroom to take ingredients. Aisling caught him in the act just as Snape arrived, leaving Roy trapped between them.

• Roy found Professor Thorn’s fountain pen and heartfelt note, then sent Professor Thorn a sincere reply.
• Roy went to the Forbidden Forest and finished building the four walls of his wooden house.
• Roy ate food from the Hogwarts kitchens and then picked the lock on Snape’s ingredient storeroom to collect small amounts of Potions ingredients.
• Aisling heard Roy singing in the storeroom, opened the connecting door, and confronted him.
• Snape arrived and called for Aisling as Roy realized he had been caught.

Roy pinned Aisling in a storage room to keep Snape from discovering him, and Aisling covered for him before leaving in anger. Snape praised Aisling for intervening in Roy’s conflict with Slytherin, while she remained distracted by their close encounter.

• When Snape heard a noise in the storage room, Roy pinned Aisling and begged her to keep him from being discovered.
• Aisling told Snape she was changing, and Snape left without investigating further.
• Roy released Aisling and offered her his Potions ingredients, but she refused and warned him not to provoke Slytherin again.
• Aisling returned to the classroom, where Snape praised her for handling Roy’s humiliation of Slytherin and said he would warn the House’s hotheads.
• As Snape continued the lesson, Aisling thought about Roy and blushed.

Roy completed and extensively improved his hidden cabin in the Forbidden Forest, where he cultivated potion ingredients and brewed advanced potions. He continued his lessons and tried to reconcile with Aisling, but made no progress, while his attempts to cast a corporeal Patronus also failed.

• Roy finished roofing and furnishing his cabin, then gradually expanded and decorated it with a fireplace, stone paths, plants, and protective charms.
• Roy kept a low profile at school and avoided provoking Slytherin students, while Snape continued to single him out in Potions class.
• Roy used Ancient Magic to accelerate his magical plants and brewing, completing Polyjuice Potion and Veritaserum before beginning a risky batch of Felix Felicis.
• Roy continued weekly tutoring with Elias, but could summon only silvery-white mist when practicing the Patronus Charm.
• Roy's attempts to greet Aisling brought no progress toward reconciliation, and the days passed without further disturbances.

Roy invited Cedric, the Weasley Twins, Connor, Gabriel, and the others to visit the secret base he had built in the Forbidden Forest. After showing them how their cards revealed the hidden path and opened the cabin, he hosted them for an evening of food and an overnight stay.

• Roy met his friends in the courtyard and handed each of them a playing card to use as a pass.
• Roy led the group into the Forbidden Forest, where the cards revealed a hidden stone path to his secret base.
• Roy showed his friends the cabin, its expanded interior, and the protective magic that concealed the base from outsiders.
• Roy warned everyone not to touch the Potions or plants and invited them to visit again, mentioning that Professor Thorn would come the following Friday.
• Roy and his friends roasted food over a bonfire, then spent the night in the cabin.

Roy sold his Potions through Bill and earned 112 Galleons, using only 50 for himself and letting Bill keep the rest. Aisling bought Calming Draught from Elliott and recognized the bottles as the ones Roy used for his Potions.

• Roy gave Bill Veritaserum, Amortentia, and Calming Draught to sell, asking for only 50 Galleons.
• Bill visited Roy's secret base, praised it, and delivered 112 Galleons from the sale.
• Roy kept 50 Galleons and returned the rest to Bill, then planned to buy an Owl, supplies, and furniture and send money to the orphanage.
• Roy decided to ask Professor Thorn to help him buy an Owl and wondered who had bought his Potions.
• Aisling accepted Calming Draught from Elliott and recognized its plastic bottles as Roy's usual Potion containers.

Aisling used the Prophecy Hookah to spy on Roy and discovered that his card’s Protection Magic blocked her visions once he entered the Forbidden Forest. Two days later, Roy got a raven from Elias, who returned from America exhausted and worried that what came next might affect him.

• Aisling drank Roy’s Calming Draught and recognized the power of Ancient Magic in his Potions.
• Aisling prophesied on Roy and watched his conversation with Bill about selling Potions, then saw Roy lead a group toward the Forbidden Forest before the vision was blocked.
• Aisling realized Roy’s card carried Protection Magic that prevented her from observing him in the forest.
• Roy gave Elias a Calming Draught and asked him to buy an owl, so Elias gave him his Ministry-issued raven instead.
• Elias accepted Roy’s Potion, praised his skill, and privately worried that what came next might affect him.

Mia received a letter from Roy and felt reassured that he would return for Christmas. While cleaning Roy’s room, she discovered his books on dark magic, leaving her first exposure to the subject as a young girl.

• Mia, lonely and ill at Wool's Orphanage, received a letter from Roy delivered by a raven he had left there.
• Roy told the children he missed them, promised to return at Christmas, and sent five hundred pounds for them to spend.
• Mia wrote Roy a reply and sent it with the raven.
• Mia used the spare Keys to enter Roy’s room and opened two locked trunks full of strange items.
• Mia found several coverless books on dark magic among Roy’s belongings and took them out to inspect.

Roy struggled to produce a corporeal Patronus, so Elias suggested he learn Apparition instead. Roy led Elias to his hidden manor in the Forbidden Forest, where they began practicing Apparition in a clearing.

• Roy cast Expecto Patronum, producing only a cloud of silvery-white mist, and Elias explained that Roy needed better emotional control.
• Elias suggested setting aside Patronus practice and teaching Roy Apparition, and Roy eagerly dragged him toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Roy used a card to reveal a stone path leading to his brightly lit forest manor, where he welcomed Elias to the base.
• Roy and Elias relaxed in the cabin before Roy reminded Elias that he had promised to teach him Apparition.
• Elias marked two circles in the clearing and watched Roy repeatedly Apparate between them.

Roy mastered Apparition, then ran into trouble while sneaking through Hogwarts after curfew and hid in an empty classroom containing the Mirror of Erised. The mirror showed him something that left him furious and shaken, while Dumbledore decided to find another viewer and Aisling sensed someone talking about her.

• Roy practiced Apparition for two hours until he had nearly adapted to its disorienting effects, and Elias ended the training after curfew began.
• Elias stayed behind in the Forbidden Forest, turning Roy’s card in his hands and worrying that Roy might be drawn into his plan.
• Roy sensed Hogwarts’ Anti-Apparition Charm while returning to the castle, then accidentally kicked Mrs Norris and was chased by Filch, Peeves, and Snape.
• Roy escaped into an empty classroom and discovered the Mirror of Erised, whose reflection left him breathless and enraged before he fled.
• Dumbledore appeared before the mirror and decided to find another viewer, while Aisling sensed her gift of prophecy flicker and wondered who was talking about her.

Roy finished creating Wizard Auto Chess and introduced it to Cedric, Gabriel, Fred, George, Connor, and the others. Their afternoon of games lifted Roy’s spirits, and Fred and George left with one of Roy’s two sets.

• Roy worked on magical cards and a game board while Cedric noticed he seemed distracted and helped him.
• Roy demonstrated how cards became three-dimensional figures on the board, then finished the game and explained its rules to Cedric.
• Fred, George, Connor, and the others arrived, and Roy taught them to play Wizard Auto Chess.
• Gabriel won the first game with a three-star Professor McGonagall and a full Professor synergy lineup, frustrating Fred.
• The group played together until nightfall, and Roy let Fred and George borrow one of his two game sets.

Roy found Wizard Auto Chess spreading through Hogwarts, with students from several Houses eager to play and Ravenclaw seeking a set of its own. He escaped the crowds to study Ancient Magic Resonance and agreed to make Penelope Clearwater another set, mistakenly accepting thirty Galleons.

• Roy found Hufflepuffs playing Wizard Auto Chess in the common room, and Tonks teased him before mussing his hair.
• Roy discovered Fred and George running games in the dining hall, where they introduced him as the inventor and drew a cheering crowd; he fled without eating.
• Roy retreated to his secret base in the Forbidden Forest and studied alchemy while designing equipment to channel Ancient Magic Resonance and reduce its side effects.
• Penelope Clearwater asked Roy for a Ravenclaw set of Wizard Auto Chess, and he agreed to make one after explaining that Fred and George had taken his other set.
• Roy meant to charge thirteen Galleons, but Penelope offered thirty, and he accepted before she patted his hair.

Roy secretly delivered an Auto Chess set to Penelope, but Professor McGonagall caught them and uncovered their sale. Penelope was allowed to leave after being reprimanded, leaving Roy alone with Professor McGonagall.

• Roy met Penelope in Ravenclaw Tower and delivered the Auto Chess set in exchange for thirty Galleons.
• Penelope asked whether Roy would sell more sets to her friends, including Slytherins, and Roy said they should wait until things calmed down.
• Professor McGonagall confronted Roy and Penelope and brought them to her office after overhearing their conversation.
• Roy denied selling the game and claimed the Galleons and set were unrelated, but Professor McGonagall exposed his excuses.
• Penelope confessed and was reprimanded by Professor McGonagall, who returned her money and sent her away.
• Roy remained alone in Professor McGonagall's office, facing further consequences.