Chapter Summaries

After Harry reported Arthur Weasley’s attack, Professor McGonagall alerted Dumbledore, who recognized Harry’s vision of the snake as evidence of another Horcrux. Dumbledore summoned Kyle, who arrived at Hogwarts by blasting through the Headmaster’s Office wall on an Intercontinental Ballistic Flying Broom.

• Professor McGonagall took Harry and Ron to the Headmaster’s Office and sent Phineas Nigellus and two other Headmaster portraits to notify Dumbledore and check on Arthur Weasley.
• Dumbledore appeared in the office, and Harry told him that he had seen Arthur’s attack from the snake’s perspective.
• Dumbledore called Kyle on the Little Tyrant Learning Machine and announced that he had found another of Voldemort’s seven Horcruxes.
• Kyle ended the call and arrived moments later, crashing through the Headmaster’s Office wall on an Intercontinental Ballistic Flying Broom.

Kyle arrived at Hogwarts after Dumbledore announced that he had found Voldemort’s seventh Horcrux. Dumbledore planned to use the Prophecy Orb to lure Voldemort into a final battle, despite believing Harry would have to die.

• Kyle rushed into the Headmaster’s Office on his flying broom and learned that Dumbledore had found Voldemort’s seventh Horcrux.
• Kyle asked Dumbledore whether Harry had to die, and Dumbledore said he saw no other choice.
• Dumbledore warned Kyle that Voldemort might have made an eighth Horcrux and explained that they needed to prepare a trap.
• Kyle and Dumbledore discussed using the Prophecy Orb and Harry’s connection to Voldemort to draw the Dark Lord into the final battle.

After Mr. Weasley survived an attack, Kyle told the Weasley Twins that their father might have destroyed Nagini and ordered them to expand production for a wider war. At the Lestrange estate, Voldemort realized that three of his Horcruxes had been destroyed and another had been stolen.

• Dumbledore sent the Weasley siblings to Black Old House, and Kyle took them, Harry, and Ron there by Fawkes.
• The Weasleys found Mr. Weasley safe and eating in the underground kitchen, while Kyle privately told Fred and George that Mr. Weasley might have destroyed Nagini.
• Kyle instructed Fred and George to activate every production line in the underground military factory and build an army for conflicts beyond the Dark Lord.
• Voldemort raged at the Lestrange estate after sensing Nagini's death and realized that the diary and Gaunt ring had also been destroyed.
• Voldemort recalled that the cup had been stolen from Gringotts but had not yet sensed its destruction, leaving him increasingly terrified.

Voldemort worried that his Horcruxes were vulnerable and decided to reinforce the cave where he had hidden the locket. Meanwhile, Hogwarts students prepared to attend G.T.A's first gathering that evening, and the chapter ended as they began sneaking toward the training room.

• Voldemort feared Kyle could find Ravenclaw's Diadem and decided to visit the cave and reinforce the locket's defenses.
• Hermione used the bronze Knuts to summon G.T.A members and assigned Cedric, Cho, and Hannah to bring students from their Houses to the training room at eight.
• Hogwarts students eagerly awaited the gathering through Halloween dinner, while Umbridge remained unaware of their plans.
• Fred checked the Marauder's Map, confirmed Umbridge was in her office, and George led the Gryffindors out toward the training room.

Hermione led the students into the sealed Magic Practice Room for the first G.T.A gathering, where Akatsuki divided them into groups for practical lessons. Cedric began training the seventh-years to apply their known spells flexibly in combat.

• George and Fred cast Silencio on Umbridge's office door as the students passed it quietly.
• Hermione opened Umbridge's magically sealed Magic Practice Room, and students from all four Houses entered.
• Hermione assigned Cedric to the seventh-years and Cho Chang, George, and Fred to the fourth- through sixth-years.
• Cedric used Transfiguration to divide the room into six groups, then began the seventh-years' lesson on applying spells in combat.

Cedric taught the seventh-year students a new combat-training method focused on using spells flexibly, turning the environment into a weapon, and combining magic. He set them to practice against one another for points, with one of his old magic notebooks as the prize.

• Roger Davies asked whether training would make the students as strong as Cedric, who said they could become capable of fighting three to five Death Eaters.
• Cedric divided the students into two facing groups and banned Shield Charms during the training.
• Cedric demonstrated how to attack with wooden stakes by using spells such as Expelliarmus, Accio, and Transfiguration.
• Cedric showed how to exploit surroundings and combine fire, freezing, and shattering spells to destroy a durable metal dummy.
• Cedric displayed a scoreboard and told the students that each successful hit would earn a point, with his old magic notebook going to the highest scorer.
• The students began practicing by attacking one another with the wooden stakes and spells.

Hermione took charge of the fourth-years' training, and the G.T.A. members made progress before safely leaving the Magic Practice Room. At Lestrange Manor, Voldemort realized Kyle had found and destroyed or taken most of his Horcruxes, then called on Lucius.

• Hermione moved Cho Chang to the third-years and taught the fourth-years, helping half of them cast Protego inconsistently.
• Cedric ended the lesson, gave Roger Davies a notebook, and Hermione scheduled the next meeting for Wednesday night.
• Cho Chang led the Ravenclaws through a secret passage, while the Gryffindors also used one to avoid Umbridge and Filch.
• Voldemort inspected his Horcrux hiding places and found the Ring, diary, and cup destroyed or missing, with only the Locket and Diadem remaining.
• Voldemort found his seaside cave defenses dismantled and the message "Kyle was here," then angrily understood that Kyle had used his potion against him.
• After a Death Eater's death and a long silence, Voldemort calmed somewhat and spoke Lucius's name.

Voldemort ordered Lucius to have Draco infiltrate Hogwarts and join the Death Eaters over the holiday. Meanwhile, the G.T.A. students improved their magic, but their growing gatherings drew unwanted attention, and Filch posted Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four.

• Voldemort told Lucius he would not pursue his past betrayal, then ordered him to send Draco to infiltrate Hogwarts.
• Lucius tried to argue that Draco was not ready to become a Death Eater, but Voldemort shut him down.
• Hogwarts students held three more secret G.T.A. gatherings while Umbridge watched, and their magical and dueling skills improved.
• The G.T.A. members suspected their gatherings had attracted a report, and Filch posted Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four outside the Great Hall.

Umbridge established an Inquisitorial Squad to enforce her rules at Hogwarts, and Cedric and the Weasley Twins abducted its new members. They left all thirteen squad members bound and silenced in the Chamber of Secrets for three days and nights.

• Umbridge announced that student organizations with more than three members had to disband, then posted Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five establishing an Inquisitorial Squad.
• More than a dozen students who had failed to join G.T.A joined Umbridge's squad and received pink capes.
• Cedric and the Weasley Twins disappeared along with the new squad members during afternoon classes.
• In the Chamber of Secrets, Cedric and the Weasley Twins frightened the thirteen captives and decided to leave them bound for three days and nights.
• Cedric cast Incarcerous and Tongue-Tying Curses on the captives, then he and the Weasley Twins left the Chamber laughing.

Draco Malfoy received a letter that left him terrified and grieving, then secretly spent time in the Room of Requirement before joining the Inquisitorial Squad. He and the other new members kept a low profile after thirteen students disappeared.

• An owl dropped a letter bearing the Malfoy family crest into Draco's porridge, and Draco snatched it away before anyone could read it.
• Draco hurried to his dormitory, read the letter repeatedly, and cried alone.
• After curfew, Draco entered the Room of Requirement and emerged half an hour later, his actions unknown to everyone except Voldemort and Lucius.
• The next morning, Draco joined the Inquisitorial Squad, whose new members avoided drawing attention after thirteen students vanished.

Draco struggled with whether to warn Dumbledore that Voldemort had ordered him to repair a Vanishing Cabinet at Hogwarts, fearing both Harry’s safety and his parents’ lives. As Gryffindor prepared to face Slytherin in Quidditch, Ron dreaded playing Keeper but stayed silent after noticing Lavender Brown admiring him.

• The first students cursed by members of the Inquisitorial Squad recovered after three days in a sealed basement, and their condition drove many students away from the group.
• Draco agonized over Voldemort’s orders to find a diadem and repair a Vanishing Cabinet, worrying that Voldemort might use it to attack Hogwarts and endanger Harry.
• Hogwarts’ Quidditch teams entered an equipment arms race, leaving Ravenclaw at a disadvantage while the other three teams equipped themselves with Firebolts.
• The Weasley Twins and Ginny arrived at breakfast to cheers before the Gryffindor match against Slytherin, while Ron followed unhappily as the team’s Keeper.
• Ron considered quitting because he feared facing Hufflepuff’s Bludgers, but swallowed his doubts when he saw Lavender Brown admiring him.

Gryffindor crushed Slytherin in a Quidditch match while Voldemort recovered from the poison in his body with Snape’s help. Snape secretly placed a rune on Voldemort’s heart and continued plotting to use Voldemort’s death to resurrect Lily.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch as Gryffindor defeated Slytherin by 1,200 points to 120.
• Snape finished brewing a potion that removed the toxins from Voldemort’s body and gave it to him at Lestrange Manor.
• Voldemort used a spell to complete his recovery, unknowingly causing a dark rune to form on his heart.
• Voldemort offered Snape a reward and taught him two spells, but Snape later threw the spell parchment into the fire.
• Snape clutched the Resurrection Stone and thought that Voldemort’s death would let him resurrect Lily.

After learning that Voldemort had gone to the United States to recruit the Purifiers, Kyle considered the group ineffective but decided to disrupt Voldemort's plans anyway. He tracked Voldemort across the country with help from Grindelwald's followers, carrying Grindelwald's Deathly Hallows badge, which Kyle called the Grindelwald Summoning Scroll.

• Old Mr. Newt told Kyle that Voldemort had appeared in the United States and was contacting the Purifiers.
• Kyle learned that the Purifiers sought to expose and eradicate the Magical World, and he doubted they could help Voldemort gain power.
• Kyle reasoned that Grindelwald already had a strong influence in the United States and questioned why Voldemort would recruit the Purifiers.
• Kyle traveled to the United States and contacted Grindelwald's followers to discover Voldemort's movements.
• Kyle headed toward Voldemort's location with Grindelwald's Deathly Hallows badge, which he called the Grindelwald Summoning Scroll.

Kyle returned to New York and summoned the Saints with a bat-shaped signal while a Brooklyn group led by John agreed to cooperate with Voldemort and find seven young pure-blood children. After the group dispersed, Grant Ward revealed that he had secretly served Lord Grindelwald and attacked John.

• Kyle returned to Brooklyn, contacted the Saints, and summoned them with a bat symbol projected into the clouds.
• John told his group he had accepted Voldemort's terms because they had no other chance to destroy the Magical World.
• Bartrick objected, but Grant Ward argued that their group was too weak to pursue its goal without Voldemort's help.
• John ordered the group to find seven pure-blood children aged five to seven who had just experienced their first magical outburst.
• After the others left, John found Grant Ward serving tea to a blond young man, and Grant Ward said Lord Grindelwald had sent his regards before firing a green spell at him.

Kyle learned that Voldemort planned to create seven Obscuruses from children and intended to use their power, just as Kyle hoped to feed Obscuruses to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. He left Grant Ward disguised as John Garrett to infiltrate the Purifiers and planned to track Voldemort until he could intervene before Voldemort absorbed the Obscuruses.

• Kyle killed John Garrett with Fiendfyre and transformed Grant Ward to look like him.
• Kyle learned that Voldemort's target was seven children who would be tortured into becoming Obscurials.
• Kyle realized Voldemort wanted the Obscuruses to increase his power, while Kyle also needed them to complete the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kyle decided to monitor Voldemort and intervene after the seven Obscurials were created but before Voldemort absorbed their Obscuruses.
• Kyle remained confident that he and his allies, including Hagrid, could defeat Voldemort even if he gathered all seven Obscuruses.

Kyle arranged to bring Ilvermorny into the European and American Magical School Alliance and sent Hermione a letter with a Summoning Scroll for Harry. At Hogwarts, Hermione’s reaction to the letter’s final lines left Cho Chang sensing jealousy.

• Kyle decided to stay in the United States and seek Ilvermorny’s place in the alliance after Beauxbatons had agreed to join.
• Kyle sent a Saint to request a meeting with Ilvermorny’s Headmaster and mailed letters to Britain, including Harry’s Ryūchi Cave Summoning Scroll for Hermione to deliver.
• At Hogwarts, Fred reprimanded Seamus for miscasting a spell during the G.T.A. training session.
• Neville accidentally sent a Rasengan toward Hannah, who caught and crushed it with her hand.
• Hannah gave Hermione Kyle’s letter and scroll, and Hermione’s expression tightened when she read that the scroll was intended for Harry.
• Cho Chang sensed a sour, vinegar-like scent beside Hermione.

Hermione received Kyle’s letter and gave Harry the Ryūchi Cave Summoning Scroll, then helped the G.T.A. students escape when Umbridge’s Inquisitorial Squad raided their practice room. Draco secretly left the squad and intercepted the Gryffindors on their way back to their common room.

• Hermione grew angry that Kyle’s letter barely mentioned her and handed Harry the Summoning Scroll and its instructions.
• Harry eagerly read the scroll and began studying how to use it.
• Toma warned Hermione that Umbridge and the Inquisitorial Squad were coming, so Hermione organized the students’ escape and asked Toma to delay their pursuers.
• Toma created obstacles in the castle corridors, giving the G.T.A. students time to escape through secret passages before Umbridge reached the empty practice room.
• Draco slipped away from the Inquisitorial Squad and intercepted the Gryffindor students on a staircase, where George confronted him.

Draco told Harry that Voldemort was threatening his parents to force him to join the Death Eaters, and Harry comforted him and gave him a Ryūchi Cave Summoning Scroll for an escape. They planned to inspect the Vanishing Cabinet and tell Professor McGonagall and the Order of the Phoenix.

• Draco pulled Harry away from the Gryffindors, and Hermione ordered everyone to keep quiet about the night’s events.
• In the Room of Requirement, Draco showed Harry a letter revealing Voldemort’s demand that he join the Death Eaters and his threat against Draco’s parents.
• Harry found that Draco had no Dark Mark, comforted him as he broke down in tears, and reminded him that they were friends.
• Harry gave Draco the Ryūchi Cave Summoning Scroll so Draco could escape with his parents if necessary.
• Harry asked Draco to show him the Vanishing Cabinet, after which they planned to inform Professor McGonagall and the Order of the Phoenix.

After Draco revealed Voldemort’s plan, Dumbledore decided to let him continue repairing the Vanishing Cabinet while preparing to lure Voldemort to Hogwarts. The chapter ended with Dumbledore and McGonagall discussing the possibility that the plan was a trap.

• McGonagall brought the other Heads of House to Dumbledore, who read Draco’s letter and promised to do what he could to protect Draco’s parents.
• Dumbledore asked Draco what else he knew about Voldemort, then told him to follow Voldemort’s orders and repair the Vanishing Cabinet.
• Dumbledore showed Draco the diadem and told him to report truthfully to Voldemort that he had seen it in Dumbledore’s possession.
• Dumbledore sent Harry and Draco back to their dormitories, then told McGonagall he could not be sure Voldemort’s plan was genuine.
• McGonagall warned that they had to prepare for every possibility before letting Voldemort into Hogwarts.

Draco used the Ryūchi Cave Summoning Scroll Harry had given him and was transported to the cave, where a vast mass of snakes chased him. Kyle watched through a White Zetsu as Draco ran into a sealed wall with the snakes closing in behind him.

• Draco cut his finger and wrote his name on the Ryūchi Cave Summoning Scroll, which transported him from the Slytherin dormitory into a cave.
• Draco followed the scroll’s arrow to a huge stone gate and used the scroll to pass through its barrier.
• Draco emerged into a cavern filled with snakes and fled when they turned on him.
• Kyle descended into a hidden White Zetsu to watch Draco, realizing that Draco could not use Parseltongue to cross the snakes safely.
• Draco ran back down the corridor, crashed into its sealed wall, and faced the approaching snakes.