Chapter Summaries

Will watched Dumbledore fight Voldemort, then returned to Hogwarts and went to meet Dumbledore. Dumbledore turned their conversation to Will’s situation and his approaching Response of Magic.

• Will incapacitated one Death Eater, sent another to deliver a black box to Voldemort, and watched Dumbledore battle Voldemort from Cloud Edge.
• Will decided to avoid attention, leave Harry at the center of the turmoil, and discuss his role as a Double Agent with Dumbledore that night.
• Will ate in the Hogwarts Kitchens while Harry sat injured in the Great Hall and Sylvia looked pale.
• Will entered Dumbledore’s office as Dumbledore Obliviated Karkaroff; Fawkes greeted Will, and Dumbledore raised Will’s approaching Response of Magic.

Will discussed Voldemort, the Horcruxes, and his plans with Dumbledore before disguising himself as an injured escapee and entering St. Mungo's. Two days later, Will woke to find Hobert at his bedside, just as Ministry officials arrived to question him.

• Dumbledore told Will to search for Horcruxes with Severus and warned him to keep Harry uninformed so Voldemort could not discover their plans.
• Will planned to claim he had escaped the Death Eaters and been injured while carrying out Voldemort's resurrection mission, then went to St. Mungo's and collapsed.
• Healers recognized Will and admitted him for treatment, and he woke two days later with Hobert beside him.
• Hobert explained that he had offered a thousand Galleons for information about Will, which healer Suren had claimed.
• Ministry of Magic officials entered Will's room and asked to question him.

Ministry staff came to question Will Behrens about his disappearance, but Hobert Howard drove them away while Will pretended to be gravely ill. Will told Hobert that Voldemort had returned and tried to persuade him to leave England, but when Rock Rowle arrived with a hooded companion, Will put Hobert to sleep to keep him out of danger.

• Ministry staff crowded into Will Behrens’s hospital room to ask about his disappearance, but Hobert Howard and a Healer sent them away.
• After the Healer examined Will, Will told Hobert that Voldemort had returned and that a Death Eater had captured him before he escaped using Wandless Magic.
• Will urged Hobert to leave England, but Hobert refused to abandon him and insisted on staying nearby.
• When Rock Rowle arrived with a hooded man, Will cast a Sleeping Charm on Hobert and cushioned his fall.
• The hooded man pulled back his hood, revealing long platinum-blond hair.

Lucius Malfoy and Rock Rowle visited Will in the hospital to pass along Voldemort's plan to hide his return from the Ministry. After telling Snape what had happened, Will denied knowing anything about Death Eaters or the Dark Lord when Ministry staff questioned him.

• Lucius Malfoy told Will that Voldemort wanted him to keep his return secret while he secretly built strength and undermined Potter and Dumbledore.
• Snape arrived as Lucius and Rock Rowle left, and Will explained Voldemort's plan to him.
• Will told Snape that he had used a Time-Turner and recounted how Grindelwald had died from his Killing Curse.
• Ministry staff questioned Will, and he claimed he knew nothing about Death Eaters or the Dark Lord.

Fudge used Will Behrens’s account of his disappearance to counter Dumbledore’s claim that Voldemort had returned, while Will endured a stream of visitors at St. Mungo’s. After less than a week in the hospital, Will was discharged and headed back to Hogwarts as Fudge helped spread the claim that he had seen nothing.

• Fudge visited Will Behrens at St. Mungo’s with reporters and got him to say that touching the Triwizard Cup had transported him away before he woke injured in Diagon Alley.
• Will suspected Fudge was using his testimony to discredit Dumbledore and keep Voldemort’s return hidden.
• Hobert woke after falling asleep beside Will, who lied that exhaustion had caused him to doze off.
• Ministry staff, reporters, fans, businesses, and Fernando Zed visited Will, and Fernando apologized for previously questioning his research.
• Will left St. Mungo’s and returned to Hogwarts, while Fudge helped spread the story that Will had seen nothing.

Snape brought Will back to Hogwarts, where students and staff welcomed him after his capture by the Death Eaters. As Will reunited with Sylvia and insisted he was ready to return to studying, Hermione spotted alarming news in the Daily Prophet.

• Snape took Will to Hogsmeade and reprimanded him for using Apparition without a license.
• Will entered the Great Hall, where Harry, Cedric, Hermione, Malfoy, Flitwick, and Dumbledore reacted to his return.
• Sylvia rushed to Will and hugged him while he reassured her that he was safe.
• The students cheered Will, and McGonagall warned George and Fred they would face detention for setting off fireworks.
• McGonagall offered Will several days off to rest, but Will said he did not want his studies to fall behind.
• Hermione read the Daily Prophet, became alarmed, and passed it to Harry.

Harry wondered why Will denied being taken by Voldemort and the Death Eaters, while Will attended Potions with Sylvia and acted as though he remembered nothing. The chapter left Harry watching Will walk away, confused by his apparent distance.

• Harry read the Daily Prophet’s report that Will had claimed he was transported to Diagon Alley, and he suspected the Death Eaters had altered Will’s memory.
• Sylvia explained that Igor Karkaroff, Durmstrang’s library books, and two professors had disappeared, leaving Durmstrang students to attend Hogwarts classes.
• Snape docked Harry points for interrupting Potions, then taught the Endurance Potion to Hogwarts and Durmstrang students.
• Will guided Sylvia through the brewing steps, and Snape awarded them five points for their perfect potion.
• After class, Harry asked Will about the Death Eaters and Voldemort, but Will denied knowing what Harry meant and left with Sylvia.

Harry resolved to regain Will’s memories and become strong enough to protect his friends, while Will kept his distance from Harry at Dumbledore’s request. Dumbledore discussed Karkaroff and the Ministry with Will, then revealed that Gellert wanted to meet him.

• Harry remembered Will’s warning as he was dragged away and decided the Death Eaters had caused Will’s memory loss.
• Snape caught Harry, Ron, and Hermione lingering in the Potions Classroom and took points from Gryffindor, but they ran off before he could target Harry.
• Will told Sylvia he could not explain why he was treating Harry coldly, and she accepted his answer without demanding an explanation.
• Will visited Dumbledore, who showed him Karkaroff imprisoned in a trunk and asked whether to hand him over to the Ministry.
• Will argued that Fudge would not believe Voldemort had returned and would view efforts to ally with the giants as a bid for power.
• Dumbledore told Will that Gellert wanted to meet him.

Will met Gellert Grindelwald in Nurmengard and explained why he saw Grindelwald as a product of his time rather than merely a villain. Grindelwald recognized Will’s outlook and invited him to lead the remaining Saints as a new pioneer.

• Dumbledore told Will that Grindelwald wanted to meet him, and Will agreed to go to Nurmengard that night.
• Dumbledore and Will used a Portkey to reach the Tower, where they found Grindelwald in his cell.
• Grindelwald asked Will what he thought of him, and Will recounted his historical crimes before arguing that Wizard-Muggle conflict had become inevitable.
• Grindelwald said few people understood his motives, then asked Will whether he wanted to become a pioneer and lead the remaining Saints.

Will rejected Grindelwald’s suggestion that he try to shape the era, choosing instead to pursue magic, and Grindelwald agreed to teach him. After Will returned to Hogwarts, Harry’s fixation on Will strained his date with Sophie, while Grindelwald began corresponding with Will through Dumbledore.

• Will told Grindelwald that he wanted to explore the limits of magic rather than change society, and Grindelwald warned that pursuing magic’s highest heights would eventually draw him into changing the era.
• Will asked Grindelwald to teach him everything, and Dumbledore arranged for lessons by letter and during Hogwarts holidays, on the condition that Grindelwald stop discussing social reform.
• Grindelwald taught Will Protego Diabolica, which Will mastered before the night ended.
• Will returned to Hogwarts, easing most students’ fears, but Harry and the High Tower’s members remained troubled.
• Harry talked about Will throughout his date with Sophie, upsetting her, and they parted unhappily by the Black Lake.
• Dumbledore delivered parchment, quills, and ink to Grindelwald and insisted on overseeing his correspondence with Will.

Will studied Grindelwald’s spatial magic and named the expanding prison spell the Infinite Cage while Hogwarts students prepared for exams. Over lunch in the High Tower, the group discussed growing interest in joining, and Will asked what was wrong with their existing recruitment standards.

• Will focused on learning Grindelwald’s spatial spell and called it the Infinite Cage, though using it repeatedly gave him headaches.
• Will found Ron, Hermione, Harry, Neville, and Hannah studying in the High Tower common room.
• Cedric returned from the Kitchens with a large spread of food, and George and Fred brought their exam-themed sweets and quills.
• Malfoy told the group that many students wanted to join the High Tower, while Seamus shared some unusual offers from potential recruits.
• Hermione pointed out that the High Tower was only a group of friends, but Malfoy said students treated it as an organization led by three Champions.
• Will asked why the group’s existing recruitment process and standards were a problem.

Will changed High Tower’s recruitment system and promised to expand it, while Hogwarts students received their exam results and prepared for summer. Sylvia invited Will to France, blushed at his affection, and Voldemort muttered Lestrange’s name in a dark room at Malfoy Manor.

• Will proposed a lower-tier organization for High Tower with fifteen core members and ordinary recruits who had no voting rights.
• Hermione earned O grades in every subject, while Ron, Neville, Hannah, Michael, Seamus, Malfoy, Ginny, and Sylvia discussed their exam results.
• Will watched his friends celebrate the end of the school year as plans and conversations turned to summer.
• Sylvia asked Will to visit France and told him that her family and grandfather were looking forward to his arrival.
• Sylvia told Will that Hermione had noticed his coldness toward Harry, and she blushed when Will called her darling.
• In a dark room at Malfoy Manor, the Bald Two-Hole Socket Man muttered, "Lestrange..."

Voldemort planned to use Will Behrens to learn whether Hufflepuff's Cup was still secure in the Lestrange vault. As the foreign students left Hogwarts and the students boarded the Hogwarts Express, Harry approached Will's compartment, where Will remained cold toward him.

• Voldemort recalled that Bellatrix Lestrange had hidden Hufflepuff's Cup in the Lestrange Vault and decided to have Will Behrens investigate it through his connection to Roy Lestrange's granddaughter.
• Harry and Sophie Robert reconciled and said goodbye at the Black Lake, while Ginny watched them resentfully.
• Roger Davies chased Fleur Delacour's departing carriage and cried out to her as it vanished.
• Hermione declined Krum's invitation to visit Bulgaria, and Krum boarded the Durmstrang Ship.
• Will and Sylvia rode the Hogwarts Express together as Harry calculated the cost of visiting Sophie in France.
• Harry entered Will's compartment and asked to sit with him, but Will answered curtly and returned to Grindelwald's letter.

Harry felt shut out by Will and feared the Death Eaters had changed him, but Neville revealed how the Cruciatus Curse had left his parents permanently damaged. Harry resolved to study and grow stronger over the summer, while Dumbledore learned that Will’s distance had been deliberate and regretted failing Frank and Alice.

• Harry tried to talk with Will on the train, but Will stayed focused on his letters and kept his distance.
• After Harry returned to his compartment, he told Hermione, Ron, and Neville that Will had changed since the Death Eaters took him.
• Neville revealed that Death Eaters had tortured his parents with the Cruciatus Curse, leaving them in St. Mungo’s unable to recognize him.
• Neville told Harry that Will might not be ignoring him on purpose, and Harry’s hatred of Voldemort and the Death Eaters deepened.
• Harry asked Stephen Strange to help him study over the summer holiday.
• The Sorting Hat told Dumbledore how Will’s distance had prompted Harry to commit to studying, and Dumbledore regretted failing Frank and Alice.

Dumbledore told the Sorting Hat he would let Harry choose his own fate, while Voldemort assigned Will a secret task connected to the Lestrange family. Will left Malfoy Manor appearing eager to serve Voldemort, but his fervor vanished as soon as he arrived at his destination.

• Dumbledore told the Sorting Hat that he would give Harry a choice and defended Will's true intentions.
• Voldemort spoke of creating a Pure-blood wizarding world and welcomed Will back as his finest student.
• Will pledged loyalty to Voldemort, who assigned him an important task involving the Lestrange family.
• Lucius Malfoy imagined Will's rise would benefit the Malfoy family and offered him a place to stay, but Will declined to prepare for his task.
• Will left Malfoy Manor by Floo Powder, and his eager expression turned cold upon arrival.

Will disguised himself as Weiznan and went to Knockturn Alley to find books and lure Dark Wizards into following him as test subjects. After buying books from Lodals and flaunting a bag of Galleons, he was followed by a crowd and turned toward the wizard who threatened him.

• Will disguised himself and entered Knockturn Alley to catch wizards for experiments.
• Will stepped on Lodals's fake spider, recognized her, and asked to browse her books.
• Will bought a large stack of books from Lodals and paid eighty Galleons.
• Will let a bag of Galleons spill, drawing greedy attention, while black rats collected the coins.
• Several dozen Dark Wizards followed Will through the alley as Lodals watched from her shop.
• A wizard called Will an old bastard and threatened him, and Will turned around with a smile.

Will defeated a gang of Dark Wizards in Knockturn Alley with Transfiguration and his Infinite Cage, then transformed them into rats and carried them away. He left the alley as the hidden onlookers and Borg watched in shock.

• A group of Dark Wizards led by the Scar-Faced Dark Wizard tried to rob Will and attacked him with spells.
• Will animated the paving stones into beetles and snakes, injuring and incapacitating several attackers.
• The remaining Dark Wizards tried to flee, but Will trapped them in his Infinite Cage and attacked them with creatures made from debris and refuse.
• Will turned the defeated Dark Wizards into rats, placed them in a cage, covered it with a Black Cloth, and left Knockturn Alley.
• Borg watched from inside Borgin and Burkes and reacted in shock as Will departed.

Will returned from Knockturn Alley, imprisoned the Dark Wizards, and considered Voldemort’s request about Hufflepuff’s Cup and the danger of an Azkaban breakout. At 4 Privet Drive, Harry woke from a nightmare about Will being tortured and resolved to train, while Mundungus Fletcher kept watch outside.

• Will returned home, drugged the captured Dark Wizards with Draught of Living Death, and prepared a new Potion Room.
• Will considered how to handle Voldemort’s request about the Lestranges and Hufflepuff’s Cup, and whether to warn Dumbledore about a likely Azkaban breakout.
• Harry woke shouting Will’s name after dreaming that Death Eaters tortured Will following Voldemort’s return.
• Harry told Mr. Strange that he felt useless for failing to save Will, and Mr. Strange urged him to train and rest.
• Harry went back to sleep, unaware that Mundungus Fletcher was watching his window on Dumbledore’s orders.

Will passed Weiznan Behrens's warning to Roy Lestrange that Voldemort had returned and was targeting the Lestrange family. He proposed taking over part of the family’s market and giving its profits to Voldemort as cover for his undercover role, while the family prepared for danger and canceled its trip to France.

• Will told Roy that Weiznan had returned and instructed the Lestranges to prepare for war because Voldemort had returned and was watching them.
• Roy agreed to prepare the family and cancel their planned summer trip to France, while warning that Victor’s withdrawal from business could cost them their medicinal herb imports.
• Will proposed taking a share of the market and giving the profits to Voldemort, explaining that the arrangement could protect Sylvia by providing a reason for them to distance themselves.
• Will explained his undercover position among the Death Eaters, and Roy accepted the plan and refused Will’s offer of compensation.
• Sylvia joined them, learned that the France trip was canceled for the family’s safety, and went to make tea while Will began discussing how to coordinate their public story about the Vault.

Will promised Sylvia they would one day live without fear, then spent the summer brewing potions, training his magic, and preparing for the coming turmoil. He kept in contact with Grindelwald and visited the Lestranges while Harry trained under Dumbledore.

• Will agreed to help the Lestranges keep the family fortune secret and promised Sylvia they would someday go somewhere together in peace.
• After dinner at Lestrange Manor, Will checked the sleeping rats in his basement and found that his Transfiguration had kept them from turning back into humans.
• Will began a summer routine of brewing dozens of potions each week and studying Charms to raise his skill levels.
• Will tested potion effects on the Dark Wizards and worked to convert those effects into stable spells.
• Grindelwald sent Will lengthy letters discussing Protego Diabolica, Spatial Magic, and spell structures, and Will exchanged ideas with him when time allowed.
• Will continued visiting the Lestranges to handle business and maintain appearances, while Harry trained under Dumbledore.