Chapter Summaries

Will discussed the Deathly Hallows and the Saints’ increased activity with Dumbledore, who planned to leave Hogwarts for a few days. Back in the High Tower Lounge, Will heard his friends discuss the Ministry’s latest appointments and learned Harry was helping George and Fred plan a prank on Percy.

• Will told Dumbledore he would want to become master of the Deathly Hallows to pursue magic, and Dumbledore said Grindelwald had recently raised the subject of the Resurrection Stone.
• Dumbledore asked whether Grindelwald had contacted Will about reaching the outside world, and Will suggested the Saints’ gatherings might be coincidence.
• Dumbledore said he would leave Hogwarts for a few days and asked Will to give him any letter for Grindelwald within three days.
• Will returned to the High Tower Lounge, where Sylvia, Hannah, Luna, Michael, Blaise, and Neville discussed Macnair and the Ministry’s growing interference at Hogwarts.
• Neville said George and Fred were preparing another prank on Percy and that Harry seemed to be involved, prompting Will to recall what Harry had been doing.

Dumbledore altered Harry's memories so he would not reveal information about Will or Snape if he contacted Voldemort. He then confronted Percy about the Ministry's plans and exposed Percy's attempt to protect his family by siding with Fudge, leaving Percy questioning whether Voldemort had returned.

• Harry entered Dumbledore's office after the Quidditch strategy meeting, and Dumbledore altered his memories to hide information about Will and Snape.
• Dumbledore waited for Percy and asked what the Ministry and Fudge were planning, but Percy denied knowing anything.
• Dumbledore challenged Percy about cutting ties with the Weasley family and explained that Percy hoped to gain the Ministry's trust and protect his family whichever side won.
• Dumbledore warned Percy that Fudge was deceiving himself about Voldemort and that helping him would put the Weasley family in danger.
• Percy began to doubt his faith in Fudge and the Ministry and asked whether Voldemort had truly returned.

Percy watched Dumbledore’s memory of the battle with Voldemort and accepted that Voldemort had returned. He turned against Fudge, offered Dumbledore everything he knew about the Ministry, and became a Weasley again.

• Dumbledore showed Percy a memory of the battle with Voldemort after the Triwizard Tournament.
• Percy saw Dumbledore defeat Voldemort’s attacks and realized the Ministry had concealed the Dark Lord’s return.
• Percy regretted helping Fudge target Dumbledore, Harry, and Hagrid, and feared for his family’s safety.
• Percy offered to reveal the Ministry’s plans and serve Dumbledore, asking him to forgive his actions.
• Dumbledore told Percy to speak with Hagrid and said they had much to discuss.

During Flying Class, Harry experienced a painful vision of Voldemort discussing Romania and collapsed from his broomstick. After recovering in the Hospital Wing, Harry began telling Dumbledore what he had seen.

• Percy continued teaching and reporting to the Ministry while secretly helping Dumbledore, and he gave Fred and George detention for their pranks.
• Harry, Ron, Neville, and their friends flew together during Flying Class while Will read as he flew nearby.
• Harry was struck by intense pain and saw a Death Eater kneeling before Voldemort as Voldemort said, “Romania... ensure... safety...”
• Harry fell from his broomstick, and Ron caught his robes before they both crashed onto the lawn; Malfoy had also rushed to help.
• Madam Hooch and the students took Harry to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey treated him and Dumbledore arrived.
• Harry told Dumbledore that he had seen Voldemort making a move involving Romania, then described the vision in detail as he recovered.

Harry told Dumbledore what he had seen in Voldemort’s memories, including an order to retrieve mysterious goods from Romania. Will avoided visiting Harry and returned to his Laboratory, where he selected Bellatrix for an experiment but began by reading a book beside her.

• Voldemort ordered Yaxley to take men to Romania and bring back a shipment of goods safely.
• Dumbledore wondered whether the goods were a Horcrux or whether Voldemort was seeking allies among Transylvanian vampires.
• Draco brought potions to Harry in the Hospital Wing and agreed to look after him.
• Will declined to visit Harry, left Sylvia, and Apparated to his Laboratory.
• Will chose Bellatrix as a test subject, silenced her screams from his own ears, and fastened her to the Experimental Table.
• Bellatrix pleaded for mercy, but Will opened a book and began reading instead of starting the experiment.

Will studied Stitching Theory and planned to use its staged approach to transform the Despair Curse into the Happiness Charm. A few days later, Percy received a letter from the Ministry of Magic and hurried to Dumbledore's office.

• Will read about Stitching Theory, the Stitching Charm, and the Skinning Curse, then decided to reverse the Despair Curse one layer at a time.
• Will tested Bellatrix as he investigated ways to separate the curse's mental despair from its physical pain.
• Percy wrote an unsent letter apologizing to his family and reflected on how Dumbledore's power had changed his view of the Wizarding World.
• Percy received a letter bearing the Ministry of Magic's seal and appeared in Dumbledore's office less than ten minutes later.

Dumbledore learned that Fudge and the Death Eaters were both heading to Romania, and he suspected Tom planned to target Fudge. He told Will he was going to Romania to intervene, then revealed that his more important reason for summoning Will concerned Gellert.

• Dumbledore read Fudge's letter urging Percy to work with Macnair to remove him and learned that Fudge planned to visit Romania.
• Dumbledore asked Percy to warn Charlie about Death Eater activity in Romania, and Percy worried that his estrangement from his brother would make Charlie ignore him.
• Will received Dumbledore's message in his soup and met him after lunch in the Headmaster's Office.
• Dumbledore told Will that Harry had seen Tom's plans and that he suspected Fudge was Tom's target, so he intended to go to Romania.
• Dumbledore told Will that his more important reason for calling him concerned Gellert.

Will left Hogwarts with Dumbledore to visit Grindelwald at Nurmengard, where Grindelwald served them macaroni and advised Will on his spell research. The visit ended with Grindelwald asking how Will was faring as a Prefect.

• Dumbledore arranged for Will to meet Grindelwald the next day, so Will had to miss the Hogsmeade visit.
• In Lupin's Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, Draco and Harry answered questions about hexes while Will studied spell-splicing in his notebook.
• Will and Dumbledore arrived at Nurmengard, where Grindelwald served them macaroni.
• Will discussed his research into the Wound-Stitching Charm, and Grindelwald pointed out flaws in the approach and explained how to improve it.
• After teaching Will for two hours, Grindelwald asked whether people trusted him and believed in him as a Prefect.

Dumbledore was reassured that Will remained focused on magic rather than power, and Grindelwald set aside plans to develop his leadership skills. Before Dumbledore left for Romania, Grindelwald taught Will advanced Transfiguration, leaving Dumbledore more at ease about his trip.

• Will admitted that he had been too busy researching the Water of Despair to carry out his Prefect duties.
• Dumbledore told Grindelwald that Will's lack of interest in his Prefect role showed he was focused on building his magical skills and sense of self.
• Grindelwald reconsidered pushing Will to develop leadership skills and urged him to eat more.
• Dumbledore asked Grindelwald to share anything important with Will before the trip to Romania, and Will requested help with Transfiguration.
• Grindelwald taught Will advanced Transfiguration techniques for hours, and Will filled his notebook with notes.
• Dumbledore and Will returned to Hogwarts late, and Dumbledore watched Will go, feeling reassured before his trip.

Cornelius Fudge visited the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary to promote a partnership and present the agreement as a diplomatic success. The trip seemed to go smoothly until a major incident occurred that night.

• Will continued as usual over the next few days, while Dumbledore's departure from Hogwarts went largely unnoticed.
• Fudge and Claudiu Serbu toured the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary, where officials escorted them through its concealed breeding grounds.
• Fudge praised the sanctuary and celebrated the cooperation agreement with Romania as a diplomatic achievement.
• Fudge toured the dragon habitats, posed for photographs with the sanctuary, and sampled dragon meat at lunch.
• A major incident occurred during Fudge's trip one night.

A group of masked Dark Wizards attacked Cornelius Fudge at the British delegation’s guesthouse in Bucharest, killing his Auror bodyguard. Albus Dumbledore arrived and subdued the attackers, and Fudge recognized them as traitors.

• A group of masked Dark Wizards broke into Fudge’s quarters and killed the Auror guarding him.
• Fudge panicked and begged the attackers to spare his life, offering Ministry money and power.
• Dumbledore appeared and shielded himself from the attackers’ spells before binding them all in a metallic substance.
• Dumbledore closed the dead Auror’s eyes and apologized for arriving too late.
• Fudge recognized the unmasked attackers and accused them of betraying him.

Dumbledore saved Fudge from Death Eaters who planned to replace him and seize control of the Ministry of Magic. Fudge agreed to follow Dumbledore, while Yaxley learned that the mission had failed and Dumbledore was with Fudge.

• Dumbledore used Legilimency on a captured wizard and explained to Fudge that Voldemort had returned and the Death Eaters planned to impersonate him.
• Fudge, terrified and remorseful, promised to follow Dumbledore, who told him to keep the attack secret and said he would protect him.
• Yaxley waited for the Death Eaters assigned to abduct Fudge, insisting that their plan could not have failed.
• Yaxley sent Torin to investigate, and Torin returned to report that Dumbledore was with Fudge.

Dumbledore discovered Yaxley’s Death Eaters planning to attack Fudge and forced them to withdraw, while Will continued experimenting with Spell Fusion and attended Macnair’s Care of Magical Creatures class. The chapter ended with Macnair asking Will to come to his office after class.

• Torin reported seeing Dumbledore near Fudge’s inn, so Yaxley called off the mission and led the Death Eaters away.
• Dumbledore revealed that he had captured Torin, searched his memories, and followed him to Yaxley while keeping Will and Severus safe.
• Will’s attempt to reverse the Despair Curse produced comforting feelings but left its mental damage intact, and the spell’s components killed a test subject.
• Will used a Cold Charm, then knocked himself unconscious with a Sleeping Charm after the Clear-Headed Charm wore off.
• Macnair taught the class about Erumpents and their weaknesses, and Will correctly identified Wilfred Elphick as the first Wizard on record killed by one.
• Macnair awarded Slytherin three points and asked Will to visit his office after class.

Will told Macnair to stop interrupting his reading in class, then agreed to lend Fred and George 1,500 Galleons to help them open a joke shop in Diagon Alley. Fred and George accepted the loan and promised to repay 1,650 Galleons.

• Will told Macnair that he would inform the professor about Dumbledore's absence and ordered him to stop calling on Will in class.
• Will walked toward the High Tower and met Fred and George near the Black Lake.
• Fred and George explained that they wanted to open a shop for their prank products and showed Will their savings of 113 Galleons, 15 Sickles, and 5 Knuts.
• Will offered Fred and George a 1,500-Galleon loan at ten percent interest to fund the shop.
• Fred and George accepted the loan and promised to repay Will 1,650 Galleons.

Will came close to recreating the Happiness Charm after discovering its magical structure, while Lupin reflected on his gratitude to Will and his resolve to protect the children from Voldemort. The chapter ended as footsteps approached the Dungeon after Will’s latest experiment fell silent.

• Will went to the Ninth Floor to prepare for another attempt to transform the Happiness Charm.
• Lupin watched the full moon, remembered how Will’s surgery had freed him, and resolved to protect Will, Harry, Hogwarts, and the Wizarding World.
• Will’s test subject died, but Will realized he had briefly succeeded in reversing the charm and had seen the Happiness Charm’s magical structure.
• Will took another prisoner from the Dungeon and began constructing the Happiness Charm in the subject’s brain, aiming to make it bring genuine happiness rather than control minds.
• The subject made strange laughing and crying sounds before falling silent, and footsteps approached the Dungeon as Bellatrix and the remaining prisoner cowered.

Will perfected the Happiness Charm’s magical structure on Bellatrix and spent several days turning it into a spell. While Hogwarts professors concluded that Will was missing, he reached Charms LV6 in the Laboratory.

• Will abandoned Spell Fusion after it produced an imperfect Happiness Charm that left a test subject mentally damaged and dead.
• Will directly constructed the Happiness Charm’s magical structure on Bellatrix, examined her memories, and recorded the perfected design.
• Will kept Bellatrix as a test subject while he worked to convert the magical structure into a castable spell, skipping classes and remaining in the Laboratory for days.
• Hogwarts professors told Dumbledore that Will was missing after he returned to the school.
• Will completed a new spell and reached Charms LV6.

Will considered five powerful Charms bonus abilities while Bellatrix watched him in the Laboratory. At Hogwarts, Dumbledore learned that Will had been missing for five days and feared that Gellert had taken him, then vanished in a flash of flame.

• Will reviewed the five bonus abilities offered after reaching Charms LV6, while the injured Bellatrix watched him.
• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts pleased that he had secured Cornelius's cooperation against Tom.
• Professor McGonagall told Dumbledore that Will had been missing for five days despite searches throughout Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore recalled Gellert's growing bond with Will and worried that they had gone off together.
• Dumbledore vanished in crimson and gold flame, leaving the gathered professors behind.

Dumbledore searched for Will and learned that Grindelwald had not taken him. In the Laboratory, Will chose the Meme Bonus Ability to develop his magical system, then returned to the High Tower exhausted and collapsed as the others found him.

• Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald at the Tower, but Grindelwald said he had not seen Will and urged Dumbledore to trust him.
• Will considered the new Bonus Ability options and chose D. Meme to expand his Primordial spell system.
• Will sensed that the Happiness Charm had joined his system, then was overwhelmed by exhaustion.
• Will locked Bellatrix in a cell, transformed into a Phoenix, and Apparated to the High Tower.
• Snape, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, Lupin, Sylvia, Harry, and Neville emerged from the Vanishing Cabinet as Will collapsed on the sofa.

After Will collapsed from exhaustion, Madam Pomfrey confirmed he needed rest, and Sylvia stayed by his side. Once he woke in the night and headed for the Kitchens, Will reflected on how his Charms ability could spread his Origin Spells before spotting a menacing figure in the corridor.

• Madam Pomfrey told the gathered professors and students that Will was exhausted but had no serious injuries, and allowed Sylvia to visit him alone.
• Sylvia watched over Will as he slept, worrying about the dangers he faced while protecting her and the Wizarding World.
• Madam Pomfrey reminded Sylvia to make sure Will rested after his discharge, then let her stay with him quietly.
• Will woke after midnight, cast a Clear-Headed Charm, and decided to go to the Kitchens for food.
• Will considered how his Charms ability could spread his Origin Spells throughout the Wizarding World, then saw a menacing figure at the end of the corridor.

Will told Snape he had reversed the Water of Despair into a Happiness Charm, then demonstrated it after they ate in the Kitchens. The Charm brought Snape back to vivid memories of his childhood friendship with Lily, leaving him reliving a summer moment as Lily confronted him about his friends.

• Snape found Will wandering the corridor and angrily demanded to know why he had exhausted himself.
• Will revealed that he had transformed Snape’s Water of Despair into a Happiness Charm, and Snape agreed to experience it.
• Will and Snape went to the Kitchens, where Will ate a large meal while Snape questioned him about the Charm.
• Will conjured a cabin in the Kitchens and cast the Charm on Snape as he reclined on a sofa.
• Snape relived his childhood memories with Lily, until she challenged him for befriending Mulciber and Avery.