Chapter Summaries

Roy and Aisling visited the Weasleys, where Aisling gave the family gifts that Mr Weasley and Charlie initially refused as too valuable. After Roy and Aisling left to visit Cedric, Mr Weasley remembered Dumbledore's instructions about Harry Potter and took Mrs Weasley aside to speak with her.

• Roy told Mrs Weasley that Dumbledore had declined the Minister for Magic position after Barty Crouch withdrew from the election.
• Fred and George mocked Percy for regretting Barty's withdrawal, and Percy chased them out of the kitchen.
• Aisling gave the Weasleys gifts, but Mr Weasley, Charlie, Ron, and Ginny returned them because they were too valuable.
• Roy mocked Aisling's gift-giving, and Mr and Mrs Weasley eventually agreed to let Ron and Ginny keep the Wizard Cards and sapphire necklace.
• Mrs Weasley welcomed Aisling as a second daughter before Roy and Aisling left to visit Cedric.
• Mr Weasley remembered Dumbledore's instructions about Harry Potter and took Mrs Weasley inside to talk.

Cedric finished his summer homework and worried about Roy after reading that he had been arrested, but Roy and Aisling soon arrived at Diggory House. The three flew to The Burrow, where Cedric and Aisling teased Roy by shouting that he was gay.

• Cedric completed his final summer assignment and began writing a letter to Roy, unsure whether Roy could receive it in prison.
• Roy and Aisling arrived at Diggory House, and Cedric greeted them excitedly.
• Roy told Cedric and Aisling that Dumbledore had given him an old house, but he was concerned about Mia being an Obscurial.
• Roy, Aisling, and Cedric raced their brooms to The Burrow, with Aisling and Cedric getting ahead after Roy tried to start early.
• Cedric and Aisling shouted that Roy was gay as they flew, and Fred and George greeted the three with wicked grins when they landed.

Roy and Aisling led rival teams in the Weasley family’s levitating-table duel, which turned into a water-balloon battle and ended in a collision. Both tables shattered, sending everyone tumbling toward the lawn as Percy watched from his bedroom window.

• Roy’s card tricks were rejected, so Charlie suggested the Weasley family’s duel game and Roy and Aisling each claimed captaincy.
• Aisling picked Charlie, Fred, and Ginny, while Roy chose Cedric, George, and Ron after the teams settled their picks with rock-paper-scissors.
• The teams lifted their tables with the Levitation Charm and began firing water streams and throwing water balloons at one another.
• Roy repeatedly drenched Ginny, prompting Aisling to accuse him of bullying her, while Roy’s team overwhelmed Aisling’s group with a barrage of balloons.
• Aisling’s team charged Roy’s table, and the two tables collided and shattered, sending the players falling toward the lawn.
• Percy saw the children tumble past his window and wondered if it was raining children.

After a chaotic game left the children soaked and scattered across the Burrow lawn, Roy and Aisling washed up and fell asleep from exhaustion. Ginny watched Aisling sleeping and wondered how someone so pretty could be friends with Roy.

• Mrs Weasley found eight children sprawled across the lawn amid broken tables and burst water balloons, then helped Aisling and Charlie clean up and repair the damage.
• Cedric noticed Roy was missing, and the others found him stuck in the chicken coop with startled hens pecking at his hair.
• Aisling and Cedric pulled Roy from the coop, and Mrs Weasley sent the drenched children upstairs to bathe.
• Percy took Roy to Bill's empty room, where Roy bathed, changed, and immediately fell asleep.
• Ginny found Aisling asleep on her bed after their bath and admired her before wondering how she had become friends with Roy.

Roy woke at sunset and withdrew from the Weasley family’s dinner to sit alone by a pond, thinking about the children at his orphanage. Aisling joined him after dark, and they quietly acknowledged what had happened in America.

• Roy woke near sunset, saw the Weasley family and Cedric gathered happily for dinner, and left without joining them.
• Roy sat beside the pond and remembered his years at the orphanage as the sky darkened.
• Aisling found Roy at the pond and sat beside him after he cast a Mosquito Protection Charm on her.
• Aisling thanked Roy for what had happened in America, and Roy replied that she was welcome.

Roy told Aisling that returning from America had left him feeling changed and uncertain whether his life was real, and she promised to face his troubles with him. They joked and gossiped before deciding that, after a while, they would go together to the Thorne family manor without telling Dumbledore.

• Roy told Aisling that he kept dreaming about Elias Thorn and feared that his experiences had changed him or that he had died under Thorne's spell.
• Aisling held Roy's hand and promised to stand by him through Mia's illness, the Ministry trial, and his distress.
• Aisling teased Roy with gossip about Dumbledore and Grindelwald, then frightened him by pretending to act sweet and coquettish.
• Aisling explained that the golden Key and address Elias left Roy led to the Thorne family manor, which was protected by the Fidelius Charm.
• Roy decided that he and Aisling would visit America later without telling Dumbledore, and they returned to The Burrow together.
• Cedric saw Roy and Aisling arrive smiling and concluded that Roy was being toyed with by a bad woman.

Harry slowly woke in the hospital after surviving the Obscurial attack, unaware that the Wizarding World had already made him famous. Surrounded by the Weasley children, he recognized Roy, who greeted him with a bizarre claim about the operation.

• Harry regained partial consciousness as healers discussed his condition and ordered him to be given another dose of Draught of Living Death.
• Two healers praised Roy Smith for defeating an Obscurial and recounted his escape from America after killing dozens of kidnappers.
• A nurse gave Harry water, and he passed out again before waking the next day.
• Harry opened his eyes to find the Weasley children gathered around his hospital bed, with Ginny poking his hair.
• Roy squeezed through the crowd and told Harry the operation had succeeded and that he was now a girl named Hallie.

After Roy healed Harry, he told him that he was a wizard and that his parents had been wizards, then introduced him to the Weasley family. As the Weasleys warmly greeted Harry, Roy left to visit the unconscious Mia in a locked ward.

• Harry woke in St. Mungo's with Roy and Ron beside his bed and asked where his uncle and aunt were.
• Roy healed Harry with his wand, showed him magic, and told him that Harry and his parents were wizards.
• Harry asked about his parents, and Roy said he knew little about them beyond what Dumbledore had told him.
• Roy introduced Mr Weasley, Mrs Weasley, and their children to Harry, and the Weasleys greeted him warmly.
• Roy left Harry with the Weasleys, got a Key from Aisling, and entered Mia's dark, locked ward.

Roy discovered that his Ancient Magic could suppress Mia’s Obscurus, then agreed to visit Aisling’s home at the end of July after she threatened him. He left St Mungo’s for Godric’s Hollow to inspect Dumbledore’s old home and prepare it as his new residence.

• Roy told Aisling that his Ancient Magic could suppress Mia’s Obscurus and estimated Mia would wake within a few days.
• Aisling invited Roy to her home at the end of July, and Roy distractedly agreed after she punched him and threatened him with his Black Eagle Dagger.
• Roy and Aisling declined the Weasley family’s offer to leave with them, and Aisling departed after arranging to see Roy at the end of July.
• Roy traveled by Floo Powder to the church in Godric’s Hollow and set out to find Dumbledore’s Ancestral Home.

Roy explored the ruined Dumbledore family residence on a hill outside Godric’s Hollow and discovered marks left by Ariana’s Obscurus. He planned to build a new home for himself and Mia, hoping their life on the hill would begin anew.

• Roy passed the Potter family ruins and memorial, then continued toward the hills outside Godric’s Hollow.
• Roy found the decayed Dumbledore house on the overgrown hill and explored its empty rooms and cobweb-filled attic.
• Roy discovered dark marks on the attic walls and recognized them as damage from Ariana’s Obscurus outbreaks.
• Roy surveyed the land, recalled Ariana’s death in a nearby clearing, and resolved that things would be different this time.
• Roy imagined building a home for himself and Mia and welcomed the chance to start a new life.

Roy returned to The Burrow and learned that the Ministry had awarded him compensation for his ordeal in America. With the Galleons in hand, he planned to build a house on the land Dumbledore had given him.

• Roy arrived at The Burrow and asked Fred and George why Mr Weasley was away from dinner.
• Mr Weasley returned with Tom and told Roy that the Ministry had inspected the cat while Roy was imprisoned.
• Mr Weasley gave Roy a bag containing 1,200 Galleons in compensation for Roy and Aisling, whose share she had refused.
• Roy decided to use the money to build a house and promised to invite the Weasleys over.
• The Weasleys asked Roy about Dumbledore's house, and Roy said it was safe from burglars.

Roy deposited his earnings at Gringotts, treated Cedric and the Weasley Twins, and showed them his new home in Godric’s Hollow. After buying timber and setting up a magical tent, he prepared to demolish Dumbledore’s old house with a spell.

• Roy took Cedric, Fred, and George to Gringotts and deposited a sack of Galleons into his vault.
• Roy treated his friends to ice cream and lunch, then discussed his plans to update Wizard Cards and earn more money.
• Roy led the group to his new home, where a lumber company manager delivered the timber he had ordered.
• Roy and his friends set up a furnished magical tent beside Dumbledore’s dilapidated house.
• Roy told his friends he would burn down the old house and cast “Amatrass!” at it.

Harry was discharged from the hospital and left with the Weasleys for The Burrow, while Mia woke in the Dark Magic Damage Ward. Dumbledore tried to earn Mia’s trust, but she remained wary and demanded to know what he wanted.

• A nurse told Harry he could leave the hospital, and Mr Weasley arrived with Ron, Ginny, and Charlie to help him prepare for discharge.
• Harry asked where Roy and Mia were; he learned Roy was building a house and that the Ministry was protecting Mia’s location.
• Mr Weasley returned with the discharge paperwork, and Harry left with the Weasleys for The Burrow.
• Mia woke in a dark room in the Dark Magic Damage Ward, weak from the Obscurus’s effects, and recognized Dumbledore as Roy’s old priest headmaster.
• Dumbledore returned Sebastian’s memory book to reassure Mia, but Mia questioned his motives and asked what he wanted.

Dumbledore visited Mia in the hospital and reassured her that she would not be executed for being an Obscurial, though the Ministry would monitor and treat her. He told her she and Roy would start a new life in Godric's Hollow, and left Mia with a secret agreement not to tell Roy about Sebastian in the book.

• Mia asked Dumbledore whether she was an Obscurial and whether the Ministry would execute her, and he said execution was no longer permitted and promised help treating her.
• Dumbledore told Mia that Roy was safe and building them a new home, and that the orphanage children had been Obliviated so Mia and Roy could not return there.
• Mia learned that she had injured Harry, but Dumbledore said Harry was fine and would stay with the Weasley family for six months.
• Dumbledore told Mia that Aisling was another orphan and suggested she ask Roy about her, making Mia suspicious of the girl.
• Dumbledore said Sebastian would no longer teach Mia Dark Magic and that he had added his own memory to the book to teach her instead.
• Mia asked Dumbledore to keep Sebastian's presence in the book secret from Roy, and Dumbledore agreed.

Roy worked through the sweltering heat to finish the first floor of his new house, then collapsed from exhaustion and dreamed that Uluru burned the completed home. He woke at sunset to find Dumbledore and Mia standing beside him.

• Roy returned to the construction site and worked on his new house, hoping to make progress before Mia left the hospital.
• Roy labored through the heat and completed the first-floor walls before collapsing on the grass.
• Roy dreamed that he had built the upper floors in a day, only for Uluru to burn the house with a firebomb.
• Dumbledore and Mia arrived and watched Roy sleep beside the unfinished house.
• Roy woke at sunset, saw Dumbledore and Mia, and wondered why he had not woken from his dream.

Mia was discharged from the hospital and reunited with Roy, who was building a home for her. She chose to live with Roy in his expanded tent, while Dumbledore explained that she might attend Hogwarts if she proved she could control her Obscurus and passed the Ministry’s assessment.

• Roy hugged Mia and checked that she was feeling well after her discharge.
• Dumbledore told Roy that he had become Mia’s legal guardian and reduced her Ministry examinations to once every thirty days.
• Roy showed Mia and Dumbledore the expanded tent where Mia could stay until her new house was finished.
• Mia insisted on living with Roy rather than staying at Hogwarts during the summer.
• Dumbledore explained that Mia could attend Hogwarts if she controlled her Obscurus and passed the Ministry’s assessment, then left to inform the Weasleys.

Roy completed the roof of the cabin he had been building, and he and Mia celebrated their new home. Mia spent the day seeking Roy’s company, eating breakfast, and reading before he brought her out to take a commemorative photograph.

• Roy worked on the roof while Mia woke and called for breakfast, nearly getting hit by a hammer he dropped.
• Roy heated pre-made food for Mia, who tried a few bites before pouring the rest down the toilet.
• Mia read Roy’s books and Hogwarts textbooks, then fell asleep in his bed while Roy finished the cabin roof.
• Roy celebrated the completed cabin, lifted Mia in a spin, and took a photograph with her in front of their new home.
• Roy congratulated Mia on having a home, and Mia told him he had one too.

Roy and Mia settled into their new home, where Aisling arrived with servants bearing expensive furniture and gifts. Before leaving, Aisling invited Roy and Mia to a gathering at her Castle in four days, and Mia wondered whether Roy was being kept by Aisling.

• Roy and Mia returned from breakfast, and Roy went to the attic to work on his project.
• Aisling arrived with servants and asked for Roy, then brought a large collection of gifts into the house.
• Roy and Aisling exchanged jokes, and Aisling invited Roy and Mia to her Castle’s gathering in four days.
• Aisling left in her winged-horse carriage, and Roy and Mia inspected the lavish gifts she had brought.
• Mia timidly asked Roy whether Aisling was keeping him.

Roy left Mia at home and traveled to Grindelwald Castle for Aisling’s banquet, where his casual clothes drew everyone’s attention. After Aisling teased him, he transformed his outfit into a formal suit and surprised the guests with his appearance.

• Roy invited Mia to the banquet, but she refused because she disliked Aisling, and he left her with instructions to take her medicine and contact Dumbledore if needed.
• Roy traveled through the Ministry’s international Floo Powder Network to Grindelwald Castle and passed the attendants who recognized him.
• Roy entered the crowded banquet hall in his usual clothes and became the focus of the guests’ attention.
• Aisling approached Roy with a group of girls and mocked him for not wearing formal attire.
• Roy transformed his robe into a fine suit, drawing admiring whispers from the girls, while Aisling dismissed his appearance as average.

At Aisling’s birthday party, her childhood friend Pheobe Delacour arrived and met Roy Smith and Cedric Diggory. When Pheobe shook Roy’s hand, a violent magical shock struck her and she fainted, while Roy pretended to collapse too.

• Aisling sent Roy upstairs to change into formalwear and greeted Pheobe Delacour, who arrived with her younger sister Gabrielle.
• Pheobe gave Aisling cosmetics and asked about Roy, but Aisling refused to discuss what had happened in America.
• Cedric joined Aisling and Pheobe, and Pheobe praised him before learning Roy had placed second in their year.
• Roy returned in formal robes, exchanged an elaborate handshake with Cedric, and insulted Pheobe by calling her a Pokémon.
• Roy and Pheobe shook hands, and blue lightning surged over her as her magic drained; Aisling separated them, and Pheobe fainted.
• Roy pretended to faint beside Pheobe, leaving Aisling furious on her birthday.