Chapter Summaries

Snape broke the Resurrection Stone’s final seal, hoping to bring Lily Evans back, but instead summoned Salazar Slytherin. At the same time, the archway in the Department of Mysteries reacted, briefly giving Kyle an unexplained sense of being summoned.

• Kyle could not find Hogwarts’ professors, so he used his teacher version of the Little Tyrant Learning Machine to reduce the students’ homework.
• In Spinner’s End, Snape used the Philosopher’s Stone to break the Resurrection Stone’s third seal.
• Snape activated the Resurrection Stone and summoned a young man who identified himself as Salazar Slytherin.
• As Salazar crossed into the living world, the archway in the Department of Mysteries shook and its runes lit up.
• Kyle felt a summons from the direction of the Ministry, but the sensation vanished when the archway went dark.

Snape summoned Salazar Slytherin through the Resurrection Stone, but distrusted his claims and sent him back behind the Gates of the Underworld. The stone called out again, Kyle sensed it from Hufflepuff Common Room, and Snape sealed it, postponing his attempt to resurrect Lily.

• Salazar Slytherin told Snape that Godric Gryffindor had sealed his soul inside the Resurrection Stone after their duel, and explained why he appeared young.
• Snape reopened the Gates of the Underworld and forced Slytherin back through them, refusing to trust his story.
• Snape tried to summon Lily, while Kyle felt the summoning and traced its direction toward London.
• When Slytherin emerged again, Snape shoved him back behind the veil and sealed the Resurrection Stone with several layers of magic.
• Snape decided not to use the stone again until he learned Slytherin's true origins, delaying Lily's resurrection.

After the professors agreed to reduce homework, Kyle and Cedric began recruiting players for Hufflepuff’s Quidditch team, which had few applicants because matches had become dangerously violent. Kyle proposed paying players to attract more recruits, and Cedric struggled to object.

• Kyle received the professors’ replies agreeing to reduce students’ homework.
• Kyle learned that only seven students had applied to Hufflepuff’s Quidditch team, as players feared the violent matches involving Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
• Kyle and Cedric discussed Hufflepuff’s aging roster and its lack of promising reserves.
• Kyle proposed offering Galleon rewards and monthly allowances to recruit more players, leaving Cedric unable to argue against the idea.

Cedric and Kyle recruited Hufflepuff Quidditch players with generous subsidies, drawing a huge crowd of applicants. Kyle put them through brutal tests, and the chapter left Hufflepuff’s tryouts underway as Gryffindor’s Angelina and the Weasley twins compared the selection to training fighter pilots.

• Cedric posted a notice offering Hufflepuff Quidditch reserves and players monthly Galleon subsidies and match rewards.
• Kyle ordered non-Hufflepuffs to leave the tryouts and removed students who had come to claim subsidies or admire him.
• Kyle had the remaining applicants face subsonic Bludgers, and nearly half withdrew before the test began.
• Hufflepuff continued its tryouts after Gryffindor finished, with applicants facing a rotating-wheel endurance test.
• Angelina Johnson and the Weasley twins watched the tests and remarked that Hufflepuff was selecting fighter pilots.

After Pius Thicknesse became Minister of Magic with Death Eater backing, Dumbledore and Kyle discussed how to respond. Dumbledore rejected assassination and decided to accelerate the movement of people into Konoha Village, leaving Kyle eager to stir up trouble.

• Cedric selected five Hufflepuff students for the Quidditch team, including two who passed all five rounds.
• Kyle read that Pius Thicknesse had been chosen as the new Minister of Magic and went with Dumbledore to the Headmaster's Office.
• Dumbledore sent Everard and Dilys to investigate the Ministry, ordered Fawkes to carry instructions to Michael Byrne, and arranged patrols of the Hall of Prophecy.
• Dumbledore told Kyle that the Death Eaters supported Pius and rejected Kyle's suggestion to kill him, saying another puppet Minister would take his place.
• Dumbledore said the Ministry could no longer be trusted and that they needed to accelerate migration into Konoha Village, exciting Kyle.

Kyle dismissed Umbridge’s appointment as Hogwarts High Inquisitor and the Ministry’s move against Dumbledore, then led Konoha Village’s Shadow Division in a coordinated wave of attacks on Voldemort’s followers. The Konohagakure Daily publicized the killings and the Ministry’s failure to respond, leaving the Magical World shaken while Konoha Village remained safe.

• The caretaker posted a notice naming Dolores Umbridge Hogwarts High Inquisitor, and Kyle sneered at the appointment.
• Kyle read that the Ministry had applied to revoke Dumbledore’s positions in the International Confederation of Wizards and the Wizengamot Court.
• Kyle left Hogwarts with several dozen wizards from Konoha Village’s Shadow Division.
• The Shadow Division carried out more than twenty attacks, killing fifty-one pure-blood nobles and leaving twenty-three Dark Marks in the sky.
• Xenophilius’s Konohagakure Daily published a map of the attacks and reported that Konoha Village had repelled an assault.
• The Magical World erupted in outrage as the Ministry’s delayed response became public, while Voldemort, the Death Eaters, and Ministry officials recognized Konoha’s hand in the attacks.

Kyle’s campaign against the Ministry of Magic drove thousands of wizards to move to Konoha Village, while Dumbledore planned to let Umbridge’s actions at Hogwarts undermine the Ministry’s authority. Kyle left Hogwarts again so Umbridge could act without being deterred by his presence.

• The Ministry’s earlier attempt to sabotage Konoha Village had ended with its Hit Wizards killed by Professor McGonagall’s upgraded Stone Guardians.
• After the Konohagakure Daily circulated, nearly a thousand wizards moved to Konoha Village, and Kyle’s Shadow Division spread across the Magical World to cause disruptions.
• Kyle returned to Hogwarts late at night and met Dumbledore in the Headmaster’s Office, where he learned that over three thousand wizards had relocated to Konoha Village.
• Dumbledore told Kyle he planned to let Umbridge act freely at Hogwarts so her abuses would provoke public resentment and weaken belief in the Ministry.
• Dumbledore said he wanted Hogwarts students to rise up against Umbridge, and Kyle agreed it would be best for him to stay away from school for a while.

Kyle tried to reach Hermione in the Gryffindor girls' dormitory, but Rowena Ravenclaw's castle-linked barrier stopped him until he entered as a golden retriever. Hermione recognized him after he licked her awake, and Kyle denied being himself.

• Kyle tried to climb the stairs to the girls' dormitory, but Ravenclaw's magical barrier blocked him.
• Kyle transformed his face to look like Konan, but the barrier still stopped him, so he rejected using Polyjuice Potion.
• Kyle used an alchemical device to become a golden retriever and entered the dormitory without triggering the barrier.
• Kyle found Hermione's bed, batted Crookshanks away, and licked Hermione awake.
• Hermione lit her wand and recognized Kyle, who insisted he was not Kyle.

Kyle told Hermione that Dumbledore planned to use his absence to encourage Hogwarts students to resist Umbridge, and asked Hermione to lead them. He left Hermione prepared to oppose Umbridge and seek help if needed.

• Hermione dragged Kyle, still in golden retriever form, out of the girls' dormitory at two in the morning.
• Kyle explained that Dumbledore needed him to leave Hogwarts so Umbridge would dare to act, giving the students a chance to resist the Ministry.
• Kyle asked Hermione to lead the students against Umbridge, but she doubted her ability and tried to refuse.
• Kyle encouraged Hermione by reminding her of her ambitions and her prefect's badge, and she agreed to take on the role.
• Kyle told Hermione to oppose Umbridge and seek his or Dumbledore's help if she faced trouble, then carried her away from the common room.

After Kyle left Hogwarts, Umbridge began inspecting classes and challenged Snape’s practical lesson on an advanced version of Finite Incantatem. The students practiced the spell despite burns and scalds, and Umbridge ended the class by criticizing the course’s safety risks.

• Kyle left Hogwarts in front of Umbridge, who waited two days before acting after hearing he would be away for a while.
• Umbridge ordered Snape to let her observe his Magical Offense and Defense class and began questioning his plan to have students practice spells.
• Snape taught the students an advanced application of Finite Incantatem, called Every Spell Ends, and had them use it against Incendio.
• Ron insulted Umbridge, who demanded that the speaker step forward, but Snape silenced her with a cold stare.
• Students suffered minor burns and scalds during practice, and Umbridge told Snape that his course posed enormous safety risks.

Umbridge announced plans to end practical work in Snape’s Magical Offense and Defense classes, provoking student anger. Hannah publicly challenged Umbridge and received punishment, then Hermione warned her that Umbridge was part of Professor Dumbledore’s plan.

• A notice announced that students would be barred from using wands in Magical Offense and Defense while Snape taught from the textbook.
• Students complained about Umbridge’s reforms, while Hermione waited for their anger to build.
• Hannah used Sonorus to challenge Umbridge’s claim that Hogwarts was safe and warned that a professor might die.
• Umbridge angrily took fifty points from Hufflepuff and assigned Hannah detention.
• Hermione intercepted Hannah outside the Great Hall and told her that Umbridge was part of Professor Dumbledore’s plan.

Hermione told Hannah how to support Dumbledore’s plan by allowing Umbridge to establish her authority, then prepared protective magic to counter Umbridge’s punishment. Hannah began her detention with Umbridge, but the first stroke of the enchanted quill caused Umbridge to scream in pain.

• Hermione explained that Hannah’s defiance could hinder the plan and proposed protective magic that Hannah could later remove without leaving a trace.
• Hannah entered Umbridge’s office for detention and inspected its decorations, including a portrait of the late Cornelius Fudge.
• Umbridge gave Hannah a Dark Arts quill and told her to write, “I must not talk back to professors,” until she recognized her mistake.
• Hannah touched the quill to the parchment, and Umbridge clutched her face and screamed in pain.

Hannah tortured Umbridge with the enchanted quill, healed her, and altered her memories, while Umbridge’s reforms continued to restrict students’ combat training. Snape suspended his course to study the Resurrection Stone, then released Salazar Slytherin from the Underworld and faced his offer to talk.

• Hannah wrote on the enchanted parchment until Umbridge was gravely wounded, healed her, and altered her memories before leaving the office.
• Umbridge resumed visiting classes as Hogwarts High Inquisitor and ordered safety reforms that restricted combat-oriented lessons.
• Snape suspended his Magic Offense and Defense course and took leave to study the Resurrection Stone.
• Snape removed the seal on the Resurrection Stone, opened the Gates of the Underworld, and summoned Salazar Slytherin.
• Salazar Slytherin asked Snape if he was interested in talking now.

Snape confronted Salazar Slytherin, who offered to restore Lily if Snape gathered the three Deathly Hallows, but Slytherin escaped when Snape tried to send him back to the underworld. At Nurmengard Castle, Kyle Grindelwald defeated Colin Farrell in a classroom demonstration duel, though he realized Colin had deliberately held back.

• Salazar Slytherin offered Snape Lily in exchange for gathering the three Deathly Hallows, which Snape already possessed the Resurrection Stone and knew where to find the others.
• Snape summoned Lily with the Resurrection Stone, but she suffered under the laws of the living world, and Slytherin explained that the Stone alone could not bridge life and death safely.
• Snape tried to force Slytherin back through the Gates of the Underworld, but Slytherin escaped in a burst of light despite the spells blocking spatial movement.
• At Nurmengard Castle, Kyle Grindelwald and Colin Farrell demonstrated a wizarding duel for the students in Colin's Magical Offense and Defense class.
• Kyle disarmed Colin with Expelliarmus, then recognized that Colin had deliberately held back during their duel.

Kyle taught magical offense and defense at Nurmengard, drilling the students in combat and giving Penelope private instruction suited to her abilities. Konan’s arrival left Kyle caught between his girlfriend and his lesson until a strange summons gave him an excuse to leave for Hogwarts.

• Kyle questioned the Nurmengard students about mistakes in his duel with Colin and awarded participation points for their answers.
• Kyle began one-on-one combat training, using Andrew as his first opponent and punishing him for failing to learn his earlier lessons.
• Kyle gave Penelope extra instruction because Nurmengard’s undergraduate curriculum was not very useful for improving her abilities as a Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Konan appeared at the classroom entrance and watched Kyle tutor Penelope, making him fear she would misunderstand the situation.
• Kyle felt a strange summons and told the others that something might have happened at Hogwarts in Britain.

Kyle followed the recurring summoning sensation to the Department of Mysteries beneath the Ministry of Magic, where he found an ancient stone archway veiled in black fabric. He identified it as the source of the summons, but touching it did nothing.

• Kyle Apparated from Nurmengard to London after sensing the summons had previously pointed in that direction.
• Kyle entered the Ministry of Magic through the Floo Network and used Human Transfiguration to disguise himself as Madam Bones.
• Kyle rode the lift to the Department of Mysteries on the ninth underground level, where the summoning sensation returned.
• Kyle followed the summons to a door opening into a sunken chamber with an ancient stone archway draped in a veil.
• Kyle recognized the archway as the source of the summons, descended to it, and touched it, but nothing happened.

Kyle investigated the mysterious archway in the Department of Mysteries, heard repeating Parseltongue phrases from behind its veil, and brought a memory of them to Cedric for translation. Cedric identified the words as a spell in an ancient form of English, possibly older than Merlin’s era, leaving Kyle wondering whether it dated back to The Four Founders.

• Kyle kicked the archway and heard whispers in Parseltongue from behind its veil.
• Kyle tested the veil by sending a Patronus and other summoned beings through it, but they vanished without returning.
• Kyle left the Ministry of Magic and traveled through the Floo Network to the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters.
• Kyle entered Dumbledore's Headmaster's Office, put his memory of the whispers into the Pensieve, and summoned Cedric.
• Cedric translated the phrases as a spell with Old English-like grammar and suggested its origins might predate Merlin's era.
• Kyle wondered whether the spell came from the era of The Four Founders.

Kyle left Grindelwald to research Cedric’s mysterious spell and focused on teaching at Nurmengard, while Umbridge’s interference weakened Hogwarts classes. Facing poor prospects in their exams, Hogwarts students turned to Hermione for help, and she agreed to teach them.

• Kyle gave Grindelwald Cedric’s string of letters and the remembered Parseltongue passage, but Grindelwald had no answer even after more than half a month of research.
• Kyle taught at Nurmengard, while Umbridge’s restrictions and interference worsened practical classes at Hogwarts and stirred growing discontent among the students.
• Fred and George told students that Nurmengard’s entrance exams would replace O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s for those seeking further study there, alarming the graduating students.
• Ginny suggested Hermione teach the students across their subjects, and Hermione agreed.

Hermione organized the Grand Transcendence Association (G.T.A.), recruiting members under cursed contracts and securing a hidden training ground. That night, Harry dreamed he had become a snake and attacked Arthur Weasley, who defended himself with deadly magical armor.

• Hermione named the study group G.T.A. and planned to recruit students she considered loyal to the group.
• Hermione and the Weasley Twins made cursed membership contracts, then secured Snape's former classroom as G.T.A.'s practice ground and built a secret passage to it.
• Hannah compiled a list of prospective members, and Dumbledore's Shadow Division wizards vetted the students before Hermione sent invitations, contracts, and enchanted fake Knuts to those approved.
• Harry worried that he was powerless against Voldemort and considered Grindelwald's suggestion that he remove Lily's protection and become an Obscurial.
• Harry dreamed he had become a snake and attacked Arthur Weasley, who blocked him with silver armor and prepared to unleash Gatling guns and missiles.

Harry dreamed through Nagini’s attack on Arthur Weasley and woke after Arthur’s enchanted armor destroyed the snake. Harry and Ron alerted Professor McGonagall, who learned Arthur was safe but was left concerned about how Harry had shared the vision.

• Arthur Weasley’s armor unleashed a barrage on Nagini, reducing her to ashes and causing Harry intense pain through their connection.
• Harry awoke and told Ron that Arthur had been attacked, then explained that a suit of armor had protected him.
• Ron recognized the armor as the Weasley Twins’ creation and hurried with Harry to warn Professor McGonagall and the Order of the Phoenix about possible reinforcements.
• Professor McGonagall questioned Harry about the vision, and he told her Arthur had chased Nagini and blasted her into ashes.