Recaps

Gavin began Hogwarts, distinguished himself through his unusual approach to magic, and saved several students from a troll. After meeting Cordelia Rowle at St. Mungo’s, he started investigating the Obscurus threatening her life and looked for ways to help her.

• Gavin secured admission to Oxford to persuade his parents to let him attend Hogwarts, then left his research with Professor Bill Roscoe and traveled to the magical world.
• Gavin bought his school supplies, tested ideas about magic, and began studying spells before arriving at Hogwarts and joining Hufflepuff.
• Gavin earned House Points through his classes and experiments, discovered the Room of Requirement, and began coaching Cedric Diggory in Quidditch.
• Gavin killed a troll that threatened Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley, then woke at St. Mungo’s beside Cordelia Rowle and sensed her Obscurus.
• Gavin befriended Cordelia and learned about her past and the bracelet suppressing her Obscurus, while Dumbledore assured Gavin he would not be expelled for saving the students.
• Gavin returned to Hogwarts, researched the Obscurus, gained permission to visit Cordelia weekly, and helped Cedric lead Hufflepuff to a comeback win over Ravenclaw.
• Cordelia told Gavin that Healers thought she might not live past her next birthday, and Gavin began testing ideas about suppressed magic and studying psychology and hypnosis.
• Gavin bought a book on abnormal Dark Magic and told Cordelia he was researching the Obscurus to solve her condition, promising to visit her directly next time.

Gavin used the Philosopher’s Stone to free Cordelia from her Obscurus and helped reunite her with Alaric. After fighting a dragon in Romania and recovering Tom Riddle’s Diary, he returned to the growing mysteries surrounding Hogwarts and Cordelia’s future.

• Gavin helped Harry defeat Quirrell, claimed the Philosopher’s Stone, and persuaded Dumbledore to let him use it to save Cordelia.
• Gavin entered Cordelia’s Consciousness Space, where Elizabeth Rowle’s Love Magic helped Cordelia break free of the Obscurus, and Cordelia recovered and reunited with Alaric.
• Gavin returned home, took Cordelia to the zoo for her birthday, and later traveled to Romania, where he and Norbert killed an aggressive Hebridean Black.
• Alaric secured Gavin’s release from the dragon sanctuary, and Gavin stayed at Rowle Manor, where he studied Charms and tried to improve his magic.
• At Flourish and Blotts, Gavin secretly took Tom Riddle’s Diary and used its conversations with Tom to explore Transfiguration and the Super-Sensory Charm.
• Dumbledore approved Cordelia attending Hogwarts under her real name, while Gavin decided to hand him the diary when school began.
• Gavin and Cordelia practiced catching the Snitch at Rowle Manor, where Cordelia adapted her strategy and beat him.

Gavin investigated the missing Diary, Lockhart’s pursuit of Cordelia, and the attacks at Hogwarts while preparing to protect her. He destroyed Tom’s soul fragment in the Chamber of Secrets and found the real Lockhart alive, then emerged to find Cordelia waiting for him.

• Gavin discovered Tom’s Diary was missing and searched for it while Dumbledore remained unreachable.
• Gavin suspected Lockhart was targeting Cordelia, warned her away from his private invitations, and used Polyjuice Potion to investigate him in disguise.
• Tom manipulated Justin into taking the Diary to Lockhart, then used Cyril’s greed to lead him into the Chamber of Secrets.
• Justin confessed that the Diary had influenced him, and Gavin realized someone had broken through the seal and opened the Chamber.
• Gavin confronted Tom and the Basilisk, escaped petrification with his Shield Charm and Obscurus, and destroyed the Diary.
• Gavin fed the Basilisk, sent it back into the Slytherin Statue, and found the real Lockhart unconscious in an enchanted bag.
• Gavin left the Chamber after remembering his promise to Cordelia and found her waiting with her Wand and Nimbus 2000.