Recaps

Will finished treating Frank and Alice Longbottom at Longbottom Manor, then left to attend to other matters. Dumbledore visited Barty Crouch and Igor Karkaroff in their Muggle village, announcing that Karkaroff’s sentence had ended and that he needed to take him away for a task.

• Will found Frank and Alice in good condition but told them they would need at least another month before using magic, and the Longbottoms thanked him.
• Will declined the Longbottoms’ invitation to dinner and Apparated away with a small crystal ball.
• Karkaroff worked under Crouch’s orders in the Muggle village, unable to use magic because of restraints on his wrists.
• Dumbledore told Crouch that Voldemort had returned and the Wizarding World was in turmoil, then clarified that only Karkaroff’s sentence had ended.
• Dumbledore explained that he needed to separate Karkaroff from Crouch to protect his plan, and Karkaroff begged him not to kill him.
• Dumbledore assured Karkaroff that he would be fine if he helped with one task.

Dumbledore incapacitated Karkaroff and left Barty Crouch in the courtyard before Will reviewed the Howard family’s international expansion plans with Mertz Howard. Will postponed their operations in Egypt until he could deal with Ramesses II and promised to make Mertz a wizard once his responsibilities eased.

• Dumbledore knocked Karkaroff unconscious, freed Barty Crouch with a wand, and took the injured Karkaroff away for treatment.
• Will read the Howard family’s report and heard Mertz describe their efforts to spread Will’s gospel through the Americas and prepare for expansion in Africa.
• Will ordered Mertz to remove Egypt from the plans until Will could handle the magical threat posed by Ramesses II.
• Will told Mertz that he would make him a wizard after the initial adjustment period and once the Howard family’s work no longer depended on him personally.
• Mertz pledged the Howard family’s service to Will, and Will drew his wand.

Will finished preparing for his sixth year by studying and securing rats for research, then boarded the Hogwarts Express under increased Auror patrol. He declined to attend the Prefects' meeting and continued reading as the train headed to Hogwarts.

• Will used magical treatments and temporary Charms to restore the old duke's health and instructed him to write if problems arose.
• Will stunned the rats in his Crystal ball and kept them for research, then spent the rest of the holiday studying and reading alchemy books from George and Fred.
• On September 1, 1996, Will boarded the Hogwarts Express and noticed Aurors patrolling the train.
• Will reunited with Sylvia, Hermione, and Ginny, who shared that Neville seemed to have won Hannah over.
• Will refused Ron's invitation to the Prefects' meeting about choosing the Head Boy, while Sylvia went in his place.
• Will read alone as the train approached Hogwarts.

Professor Slughorn invited Will and Sylvia to lunch with a select group of Hogwarts students, where Will impressed everyone with his Transfiguration. After Slughorn urged Will to join his club, Will and Sylvia returned to their compartment, and the train later reached Hogsmeade Station at night.

• Slughorn found Will and Sylvia and invited them to lunch in compartment C.
• Will and Sylvia joined Harry, Neville, Ginny, and the other invited students, and Neville saved a falling bread basket with a Levitation Charm.
• Will transformed the train compartment into a banquet room, earning Slughorn's praise and five points.
• Slughorn spent lunch praising Will and discussing the students' talents and families.
• Slughorn asked Will to visit him and join his club, then Will and Sylvia returned to their compartment.
• The train arrived at Hogsmeade Station after several more hours of travel.

Will and the other students returned to Hogwarts for the start of sixth year, where Dumbledore announced changes to the teaching staff. Slughorn took over Potions, while Snape became the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

• Moody hurried the students into carriages at Hogsmeade Station, where Draco boarded with Harry and Ron and Astoria followed.
• Tonks brought Luna to the carriages, and the Aurors escorted the students safely to Hogwarts.
• The students entered the Great Hall, watched the Sorting Ceremony, and shared the welcome feast.
• Dumbledore welcomed Hagrid back after the Ministry cleared his name and announced Slughorn as the new Potions professor.
• Dumbledore announced that Snape would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, leaving Ron and the others stunned and Harry sighing.

After Voldemort ordered Draco to spy on Snape, Draco told Will about the task and brought him the Surveillance Device. Will took Draco to Dumbledore, who realized Snape was in danger and hinted that he had a plan.

• Dumbledore announced that Lupin had quit and Snape would replace him, and that Aurors would guard Hogwarts and Hogsmeade.
• Draco told Will that Voldemort had ordered him to keep an eye on Snape, and that Lucius had urged him to seek Will's help.
• Will inferred that Lucius wanted him to share the risk of Draco's task, then asked Draco to fetch the Surveillance Device.
• Will brought Draco to Dumbledore, where Draco explained Voldemort's orders and handed over the device.
• Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort was prepared to sacrifice Snape and said, "let him come," suggesting he had a plan.

Dumbledore prepared to confront Voldemort and told Will to help Draco while he was away. As Hogwarts began the new school year, Snape taught the packed sixth-year Defence Against the Dark Arts class about nonverbal spells.

• Dumbledore told Will he might be away for a long time and instructed him to help Draco openly while he handled Severus afterward.
• Will considered the hidden Horcruxes and resolved to grow stronger during the year before Dumbledore and Voldemort settled their conflict.
• The new school year began, and lowered O.W.L. requirements filled Snape’s Defence Against the Dark Arts class with sixth-years.
• Snape criticized previous Defence Against the Dark Arts teaching and introduced nonverbal spells as the first lesson.
• Snape praised Mr. Behrens’s answer about nonverbal spells and asked him to demonstrate his magic.

Will demonstrated his spellwork in Snape’s class, then attended Slughorn’s Potions class with Sylvia and Hermione. Slughorn praised Hermione’s potion knowledge and welcomed Will, setting the stage for the lesson.

• Will used four spells to destroy a target, and Snape awarded Slytherin points while explaining that Will’s second spell was a secret.
• Snape had the students practice nonverbal spells in pairs, and he was surprised by Neville’s progress.
• Will told Sylvia he was thinking about the Howard family and his plans to improve his abilities.
• At Potions class, Hermione identified four potions, including the Draught of Living Death, and Slughorn praised her knowledge.
• Slughorn welcomed Will to class and awarded Hermione fifteen points after learning she was Muggle-born.

Slughorn had his students brew the Euphoria Draught for a chance to win Felix Felicis, while Will Behrens improved the potion and helped Draco Malfoy perfect his own. Slughorn named Draco the winner and awarded him the bottle.

• Slughorn showed the class Felix Felicis, then set a contest to brew the Euphoria Draught, reassuring the students that Will Behrens would not compete for the prize.
• Will prepared his potion with precise magic, accepted Slughorn’s invitation to join his club, and added Peppermint to eliminate the draught’s side effects.
• Draco Malfoy asked Will when to add porcupine quills, and Will gave him exact instructions that produced a perfect potion.
• Slughorn inspected the students’ work and awarded Draco the Felix Felicis for brewing a perfect Euphoria Draught.

After Draco won Felix Felicis and faced Ron’s accusations about his family’s ties to Voldemort, Will spoke with him privately about the burdens of working undercover. Draco admitted his envy of Will’s acceptance, and Will promised that Draco would eventually be recognized as a hero.

• Draco won a bottle of Felix Felicis for brewing a perfect Euphoria Draught after receiving pointers from Will.
• Ron accused Draco’s family of being Death Eaters, and Draco confronted Ron in the corridor before Will intervened.
• At the High Tower meeting, Ron questioned Draco’s loyalty while Astoria Greengrass, Michael, and Sylvia urged restraint until Will had spoken with him.
• Will told Draco that undercover work meant accepting misunderstandings, and Draco admitted he had envied Will’s ability to earn respect.
• Will reassured Draco that he would help restore the Malfoy family’s reputation and ensure Draco was recognized for his sacrifices.

Will expelled Draco from the High Tower as part of a secret plan, while telling Astoria that the decision was not personal. He left Draco to undertake a dangerous mission and admitted Sylvia had guessed the arrangement correctly.

• Will promised Draco that Dumbledore would restore his reputation and asked him to put on a show.
• Will announced that Draco was forbidden from entering the High Tower and asked Hermione to select new ordinary members from Draco's candidate list.
• Will told Ron that the High Tower's members had settled their grudges with Draco and instructed everyone to return to work.
• Astoria asked Will what had happened to Draco, and he advised her to speak with Draco rather than him.
• Astoria left to find Draco, while Sylvia told Will she did not care that Draco had agreed to risk his life for him.
• Will reflected that Draco's mission would help his plan and distance him from Voldemort.

Will assigned the High Tower members to choose their nominees and left Draco to carry out a secret mission to identify Voldemort sympathizers at Hogwarts. Two days later, news of Voldemort’s confrontation with the Ministry in Knockturn Alley reached the school, and Dumbledore summoned Will to his office.

• Will gave the High Tower members the list of nominees and left them to decide while he went to read.
• Astoria found Draco in the Slytherin Common Room and urged him to ask Will to take him back, but Draco said his situation had nothing to do with Will and told her not to trouble him.
• Draco reflected on Will’s secret order to pose as an outcast, gather students sympathetic to Voldemort, and help Will identify them.
• Two days later, the Daily Prophet reported that Death Eaters had confronted Ministry Aurors at the boundary between Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley, claiming the latter for Voldemort.
• Will questioned Voldemort’s motives after reading the report, then received Dumbledore’s message summoning him to the Headmaster’s Office after classes.

Will discussed Charm theory with Professor Flitwick and continued his Potions lessons before meeting Dumbledore and Lupin in the Headmaster’s Office. Dumbledore explained that Lupin and Moody would sometimes impersonate him, then asked Will about Draco and their plans for the near future.

• Will and Professor Flitwick discussed the origins and logic of Charms, and agreed to continue working together on Potion Transfiguration the next day.
• Professor Flitwick ended class early and promised to make up the missed material in their afternoon lesson.
• Slughorn reminded Will to attend the Slug Club on Saturday while visiting him during Potions.
• Will found Lupin with Dumbledore in the Headmaster’s Office, where Dumbledore said Lupin and Moody would sometimes use Polyjuice Potion to handle ordinary matters in his place.
• Will admitted that he had not released Draco and planned to direct him in several tasks, then Dumbledore raised their plans for the near future.

Will agreed to help Dumbledore protect Hogwarts from infiltration and continue searching for Horcruxes, while Lupin reported on the Order’s studies and the Auror battle. At Malfoy Manor, Voldemort brooded over his powerful enemies and searched for a way to counter them.

• Dumbledore asked Will to guard Hogwarts against infiltration and keep working on the Horcruxes, and Will agreed.
• Lupin told Dumbledore that the Order of the Phoenix was progressing with the Origin Spells and reported casualties from the Auror battle near Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley.
• Dumbledore gave Lupin Polyjuice Potion so he could impersonate him, then left with Fawkes.
• Voldemort destroyed a copy of the Daily Prophet and reflected on how Scrimgeour, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald had put him at a disadvantage.
• Voldemort considered his Horcruxes and searched through books in the Hidden Chamber for another answer.

Voldemort discovered that the Resurrection Stone Ring was one of the Deathly Hallows and decided to collect them to increase his power. At Hogwarts, Will demonstrated a spell derived from an Endurance Potion, discussed Potion Transfiguration with Professor Flitwick, and prepared for Slughorn’s first gathering.

• Voldemort examined the Resurrection Stone Ring and learned it contained the Resurrection Stone, prompting him to pursue all the Deathly Hallows.
• Will welcomed Slughorn, who had been searching for a room for the club’s Saturday Gathering.
• Will cast a spell that restored Slughorn’s stamina, and Slughorn recognized it as a spell converted from an Endurance Potion.
• Filch and an Auror investigated Slughorn’s excited shouting, then left after he apologized for the disturbance.
• Slughorn told Will that the first gathering would take place on the top floor of the East Tower.
• Will discussed Potion Transfiguration with Professor Flitwick, who agreed to study the Dream Charm for ways to convert potions.

Will attended Slughorn’s reopened Slug Club gathering, where Slughorn focused on persuading him to publish his Potion Transfiguration research. The chapter ended with Will agreeing to publish one paper each semester in exchange for Slughorn’s private notes and rare books.

• Will climbed to the East Tower and joined Slughorn, Harry, Neville, Hermione, Ginny, Susan Bones, Blaise Zabini, and other students at the Slug Club gathering.
• Slughorn gave Will special attention and spent most of the gathering discussing Potion Transfiguration with him.
• Slughorn urged Will to publish his research, while Will explained that he wanted to develop and verify it further before presenting it to the public.
• Slughorn offered his private Potions notes and rare out-of-print books as support for Will’s research if he published a paper.
• Will agreed to publish one paper each semester if Slughorn provided enough theoretical support, and Slughorn happily accepted the deal.

At Malfoy Manor, Voldemort learned that the Ministry’s Aurors were studying Origin Spells but could not obtain them through his agents. He ordered Lucius to contact Severus and Will, leaving the task of acquiring the spells to them.

• Yaxley reported that Death Eaters had taken control of Knockturn Alley but had not found the two items Voldemort wanted.
• Yaxley told Voldemort that Auror Command had made Origin Spells mandatory and that its agents could no longer infiltrate the Aurors.
• Voldemort demanded a way to obtain the spells, then attacked Yaxley when he admitted he had no plan.
• Voldemort released Yaxley and ordered him to summon Lucius.
• Voldemort told Lucius to contact Severus and Will because he had tasks for them.

Will resumed his soul experiments and was summoned to the Headmaster’s Office, where Lupin told him the Prefects had nominated him for Head Boy. Will refused, but Snape arrived and insisted he would agree before revealing that new word from elsewhere concerned Will too.

• Will continued experimenting on Dark Wizards’ souls in his reopened laboratory.
• Neville told Will that Professor Sprout had assigned him an academic paper on Mandrake.
• Lupin told Will that the Prefects and Hermione Granger had nominated him for Head Boy, but Will declined.
• Snape arrived and declared that Will would accept the position, then told Will to stay because news from elsewhere concerned him.

After Snape explained Voldemort’s interest in the Origin Spells, Lupin learned that Will was working as a spy and worried about the danger he faced. Will proposed controlling how the Death Eaters gained the spells while sharing his converted spells with the Order of the Phoenix, and Lupin prepared to report to Dumbledore.

• Snape told Lupin that Voldemort wanted the Origin Spells, and Lupin asked to speak privately with Will.
• Will told Lupin he had accepted the dangerous spy work to protect his friends and the wizarding world.
• Snape proposed stalling the Death Eaters, while Will argued that the spies could control when and how much information they received.
• Will offered to give the Order of the Phoenix a textbook of spells he had converted from potions.
• Lupin was moved by Will’s plan, and Dumbledore said he would discuss it with the Order of the Phoenix.

Will agreed to become Head Boy after Snape insisted the position stay with Slytherin, and promised to give the Order of the Phoenix his Potion Transfiguration Charms. Meanwhile, Yaxley raided the Ellmsworth estate for Invisibility Cloaks and used Veritaserum to question Tanglian Ellmsworth about the family heirloom.

• Snape confronted Will about refusing the Head Boy position and persuaded him to accept it for Slytherin.
• Will told Snape that he and Professor Flitwick were studying the Dream Potion’s Magic structure, then promised to share his derived Charms with the Order of the Phoenix.
• At Voca Village, Dominic noticed an invisible estate under attack after hearing explosions from the hill.
• Yaxley searched the Ellmsworth family’s storeroom and took an Invisibility Cloak from a box.
• Yaxley forced Veritaserum on Tanglian Ellmsworth and questioned him about the family’s heirloom.

Yaxley raided the Elmsworth manor and forced the family to make Invisibility Cloaks from their Demiguises. At Hogwarts, Draco failed to recruit supporters and went to Will for help, leaving Will intrigued by his account.

• Yaxley discovered that the Elmsworth family heirloom was a parchment explaining how to make Invisibility Cloaks, then used the Cruciatus Curse on Elmsworth when he denied having a legendary cloak.
• Yaxley ordered the family to hand over its Invisibility Cloaks and make more from the Demiguises, threatening to kill them if they failed.
• Elmsworth told his son to make the cloaks while the family sought a way to escape England or find another solution.
• Draco struggled to recruit Slytherins to his group after Will had driven him out of the High Tower, and he decided to ask Will for help.
• Draco waited outside the Room of Requirement until Will returned, then explained his failure inside as Will listened with growing interest.

Will arranged for Draco to become Head Boy so he could use the position to recruit students and identify pure-blood families interested in joining the Death Eaters. The appointment was announced alongside Hermione’s as Head Girl, leaving Slughorn and many students shocked and angry at Draco.

• Draco told Will that Slytherins would not listen to him, and Will promised to help him.
• Will instructed Draco to use the Head Boy position to recruit students and report potential Death Eater supporters.
• Slughorn praised Will’s potion-making and invited him to discuss his paper on the Cold Spell.
• Dumbledore announced that Draco would be Head Boy and Hermione would be Head Girl.
• Slughorn and a crowd of students protested Draco’s appointment as the students turned their attention toward him.

Dumbledore defended his decision to appoint Draco Malfoy as Head Boy, but Draco faced hostility from students and Slughorn. After days of criticism and rumors, Draco received a Paper Crane summoning him to the Kitchens at ten that night.

• Dumbledore explained that he had chosen Draco Malfoy as Head Boy after careful consideration, and the students dispersed.
• Ron and Seamus confronted Draco over taking Will Behrens's position, but Slughorn broke up the argument and sent them away.
• Slughorn harshly criticized Draco in Potions, while students whispered that he had gained his position through family connections.
• Draco found a Paper Crane in his pocket inviting him to meet someone in the Kitchens at ten that night.

Draco visited Will in the Hogwarts kitchens and received secret Origin Spells material along with advice on strengthening his standing as Head Boy. After Draco left, Will reviewed his research goals, but the next morning brought an unexpected development.

• Draco found Will writing and eating in the underground kitchens, then told him about his troubles as Head Boy and the hostility he faced in the High Tower.
• Will gave Draco teaching material on Origin Spells and urged him to master it and use wizarding duels to earn respect in Slytherin.
• Draco thanked Will and left the kitchens to study.
• Will finished a paper on transfiguring a cold-inducing charm and considered his goals for charisma, potions, dark magic, soul studies, Origin Spells, and alchemy.
• Will planned to rest for a few days, but something unexpected happened the next morning.

Will received word from Miles Howard that American wizards had taken a Howard operative in Connecticut, while Dumbledore learned that Death Eaters were stealing Invisibility Cloaks. Both incidents left the characters facing unexplained magical activity and possible larger plans.

• Will received books from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, including the Scroll of Balance, and set them aside in the Room of Requirement.
• Will read Miles Howard's letter reporting that the Howard family's Connecticut operative had vanished after being visited by people believed to be American wizards.
• Will examined surveillance photographs, concluded that wizards were involved, and decided he would have to investigate the American situation himself.
• Moody told Dumbledore that Death Eaters were attacking families and workshops that made Invisibility Cloaks and stealing their stocks and vault supplies.
• Moody added that the Death Eaters kept asking about permanent Invisibility Cloaks, sharpening Dumbledore's suspicion that they had a larger plan.