Chapter Summaries

Draco used Parseltongue to escape the attacking snakes and was brought before the White Snake Sage, while Harry dreamed of Voldemort finding a Prophecy Orb. Draco’s attempt to gain Ryūchi Cave’s power left him facing the Sage’s fangs, and Voldemort sensed Harry’s presence in the Hall of Prophecy.

• Draco spoke Parseltongue, calming the venomous snakes and leading them to escort him through Ryūchi Cave.
• Draco reached a golden temple and saw the White Snake Sage, Yakushi Kabuto, and the three leaders of Ryūchi Cave, who were Kyle’s disguised White Zetsu clones.
• Draco agreed when the fake Yakushi Kabuto asked whether he sought Ryūchi Cave’s true power, prompting the White Snake Sage to bare its fangs.
• Harry dreamed of walking through the Department of Mysteries to Row 97 and seeing Voldemort’s face reflected in a Prophecy Orb.
• Harry woke from the dream as Voldemort set down the orb and sensed that Harry had been there.

Voldemort discovered that Harry was an accidental Horcrux and planned to keep him alive while using their soul connection to lure him out of Konoha Village. Meanwhile, the Purifiers kidnapped children in the United States and delivered them to Voldemort, advancing his plans to create Obscuruses.

• Voldemort realized that a fragment of his soul had attached itself to Harry when his curse rebounded.
• Voldemort concluded that Harry’s survival protected the soul fragment and decided to protect him while using their connection to invade his dreams and set a trap.
• The Purifiers launched coordinated attacks on the American Magical Congress and kidnapped children, including the children of senior officials and young wizards from Muggle families.
• The Purifiers contacted the Death Eaters, and Voldemort traveled from Britain to the United States to collect the children.
• Voldemort inspected the frightened children and appeared satisfied as his plans took shape.

As Voldemort prepared his Obscurus Jinchuriki Plan, Snape expanded his Impure World Army while George and Fred finished producing Konoha’s war equipment. At Hogwarts, nearly all the students planned to stay for Christmas, but Umbridge was preparing to disrupt the festive mood.

• Snape sent his Reanimation Wizards to dig up graves and gather remains, rapidly growing his Impure World Army as the available bodies in Britain dwindled.
• George and Fred completed the final magical alchemy unmanned tank, finishing enough equipment to arm five divisions and the giant population serving Konoha Village.
• More than a month passed as Hogwarts students prepared for Christmas amid rising tensions across the Magical World.
• Professor McGonagall found that nearly every student, including all G.T.A members, planned to remain at Hogwarts for the holiday and attend training gatherings.
• Umbridge prepared to stir up trouble as Christmas approached.

Umbridge ambushed the G.T.A’s final gathering before the holidays, but the trained students defeated her Inquisitorial Squad. Hermione killed Umbridge and declared that the Ministry’s rule would be destroyed and replaced by a new regime.

• Umbridge used the Marauder’s Map’s blind spots to ambush the G.T.A at the Magic Practice Room, unaware that the Weasley Twins’ map revealed her concealed forces.
• Hermione led the G.T.A members into the practice room, where Umbridge blasted through the door and ordered the Inquisitorial Squad to attack.
• George urged the stunned students to fight, and the G.T.A used their practiced defenses and spells to defeat the Inquisitorial Squad.
• Umbridge claimed her Ministry titles as the students surrounded her, but Hermione stopped them and cast Avada Kedavra, killing her.
• Hermione told Marietta Edgecombe that the times had changed, called for the Ministry to be destroyed, and burned Umbridge’s body with Fiendfyre.

Hermione announced that the G.T.A. would stop holding training sessions now that Umbridge was dead, leaving Neville worried about how he would grow strong enough to defeat Bellatrix Lestrange. Harry then dreamed that Sirius Black was being tortured in the Ministry of Magic, and woke within the dream unable to control himself.

• Hermione told the G.T.A. members that their gathering was their final training session, though the association itself would not disband.
• Neville returned to the Gryffindor dormitory fretting that he could not defeat Bellatrix Lestrange without further training.
• Harry dreamed again of the Ministry of Magic’s Hall of Prophecy and saw a figure torturing Sirius Black.
• Dream Harry stopped the Cruciatus Curse and demanded that Sirius retrieve something he could not touch.
• Sirius spat blood at Harry, and Dream Harry cast the Cruciatus Curse on him again.

Harry learned that Sirius had been captured and, unable to reach Hogwarts’s absent professors, turned to George and Fred for help contacting Kyle. Earlier, at Lestrange Manor, Voldemort confronted Snape, and the two unleashed clashing auras that split the clouds above the estate.

• Harry woke from a nightmare and hurried with Ron to find Professor McGonagall, but learned she and the other Heads of House were away and Dumbledore was at Nurmengard Castle.
• Harry told George and Fred that Sirius, whom he called Padfoot, had been captured, and asked them to contact Kyle or another senior ally.
• George put on a ruby-inlaid ring and sent a thought-message toward Austria as an explosion sounded outside Konoha Village.
• At Lestrange Manor, Voldemort demanded everything Snape had and used his overwhelming aura to knock Bellatrix, Lucius, Little Barty, and the other Death Eaters from the room.
• Snape answered Voldemort with an even stronger aura, and their opposing forces split the clouds over Lestrange Manor in two.

Snape agreed to help Voldemort obtain the Elder Wand in exchange for a contract, then led an army of Reanimation Wizards in a frontal assault on Konoha while Death Eaters infiltrated Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet. The Death Eaters’ attack was about to begin when Kyle Grindelwald appeared at the Room of Requirement.

• Voldemort and Snape clashed with their auras, then agreed to bind their deal with a contract: Snape would seek the Elder Wand, and Voldemort would send his people into Hogwarts during an assault on Konoha.
• Snape removed the contract mark by sending a spirit through the Resurrection Stone’s open Gates of the Underworld, then summoned an army of Impure World Reincarnation users.
• Several hundred Death Eaters entered the repaired Vanishing Cabinet in Borgin and Burkes and emerged inside Hogwarts, where they waited in the Room of Requirement for the signal to attack.
• Little Barty prepared to lead the Death Eaters’ assault ten minutes after explosions began outside Hogwarts.
• Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy arrived at the Room of Requirement and called to Draco, who silently stepped aside as Kyle Grindelwald appeared in the doorway.

Kyle battled a mysterious Death Eater whose exposed face belonged to former Headmaster Phineas, then carried him outside Konoha Village. As a colossal fireball descended toward the village, George and Fred fired their newly created Tenseigan and shattered it.

• Kyle unleashed Fiendfyre against the Death Eaters, but a mysterious wizard in Slytherin robes dispersed the attack with Path of the Fire God.
• Kyle trapped the wizard in Fiendfyre armor, which exploded and killed more than a dozen Death Eaters; the wizard survived, and Kyle recognized his cracked face as Headmaster Phineas.
• Kyle suspected Snape might be connected to the resurrection magic, then used Lightning Style Armor to charge Phineas and carry him through the castle walls.
• George and Fred prepared the Tenseigan above Konoha Village as a gigantic fireball descended toward its protective barrier.
• George and Fred fired the Tenseigan's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, shattering the fireball into fragments that rained against the village's barrier.

Professor McGonagall unleashed Konoha Village’s hidden defenses against the Impure World Army, but a powerful enemy counterattacked and appeared above the walls. Meanwhile, Dumbledore confronted a mysterious wizard in the Forest of Death and began fighting him as the wider battle escalated.

• Professor McGonagall used Stone Guardians Mobilize to turn empty houses into artillery, arm the walls, and send tanks and Stone Guardians against the Impure World Army.
• George and Fred fired the giant Tenseigan, and Professor McGonagall used enormous cannons atop Hokage Rock to destroy a Fiendfyre tornado and the Reanimation Wizards around it.
• A golden lightning bolt descended toward Professor McGonagall, but Professor Flitwick blocked it with Dust Release: Limit Detachment Technique, and Professor Sprout arrived beside them.
• Professor McGonagall recognized the floating enemy as someone involved in the Hogwarts Collapse Plan.
• In the Forest of Death, Dumbledore recognized his opponent as one of the wizards who had fought him and Grindelwald, then attacked him with the Elder Wand.

Dumbledore and Antioch’s battle escalated in the Forest of Death, while Kyle faced five resurrected former Hogwarts Headmasters at the Quidditch Pitch. Kyle’s giant armored wooden Buddha weathered their attacks, and he vanished behind them with a lightning-wreathed sword as the fight continued.

• Dumbledore unleashed star-hot phoenix flames at Antioch, whose black mist met them in a blast that devastated a huge section of the Forest of Death.
• Dumbledore led Antioch farther into the forest to keep their battle away from Konoha Village.
• Kyle summoned a towering wooden Buddha clad in dark-blue Susanoo armor to fight Armando Dippet, Everard, Dilys Derwent, Phineas Nigellus Black, and Dexter Fortescue.
• The five Headmasters’ combined magic struck Kyle’s armor, and Kyle answered with the Buddha’s flaming fists before deflecting a massive magical projectile with his Gunbai of Blazing Flames.
• Kyle swept a giant sword at the Headmasters, then appeared behind them with a lightning-wreathed, vibrating blade.

Kyle fought off the resurrected Hogwarts headmasters at the Quidditch Pitch, but new reinforcements arrived and forced him to summon a thousand-meter-tall Great Buddha. Across Konoha’s other battlefields, Hagrid remained locked in a stalemate with Ignotus, while Grindelwald watched students defend Nurmengard.

• Kyle killed the five headmasters who had been fighting him, then beheaded the recovering Phineas Black and Armando Dippet.
• Dilys Derwent reappeared in a new body, and five more headmasters joined the battle against Kyle.
• Kyle summoned a thousand-meter-tall Thousand-Hand Great Buddha over the Quidditch Pitch.
• Hagrid continued fighting Ignotus Peverell, whose body recovered from Hagrid’s attacks, while Hagrid could not seal him.
• Grindelwald watched Nurmengard’s students repel the attacking Impure World Wizards instead of joining the fight.

Harry decided to go to the Department of Mysteries to rescue Sirius and asked Ron and Neville to help him. Ginny and Luna arrived and offered to join the mission, leaving the group with more allies but still needing to work out how to reach the Ministry.

• Harry worried that Hermione and Kyle were tied up fighting while students were still being evacuated from Hogwarts.
• Harry pulled Ron and Neville into an empty classroom and told them he planned to rescue Sirius from the Department of Mysteries.
• Neville agreed to go, but asked whether Bellatrix Lestrange was there; Harry said he had not seen her in his vision.
• Harry argued with Ron that even a small chance of the vision being real was enough to risk going after Sirius.
• Ginny and Luna entered the classroom, and Ginny insisted on helping as a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki while Luna showed them a Slug clan contract scroll.

Harry, Ginny, Luna, Neville, and a fifth companion broke into Dumbledore’s office and used the Floo Network to check whether Sirius was at Grimmauld Place. Finding that Sirius had gone out, they rushed to the Department of Mysteries, unaware that Snape had been watching them and was preparing to summon Peverell with the Resurrection Stone.

• Luna said Hannah had given her the Ryūchi Cave scroll as a Christmas present, and Harry recalled how Draco had used his own scroll to save his parents from Barty Crouch Jr.
• Ginny proposed breaking into Dumbledore’s office through a window, and the group blasted a hole in the wall before Ginny repaired it.
• Harry used the Floo Network to check Grimmauld Place, where Kreacher told him Sirius had gone out.
• Harry and the others traveled by Floo to the Ministry of Magic and hurried to the Department of Mysteries.
• Snape watched the group enter the black door, then raised the Resurrection Stone and called for Peverell to return.

Harry and his friends searched the Department of Mysteries for Sirius, following Harry’s dream to the room of Prophecy Orbs. They discovered a trap set by Death Eaters, and the chapter ended as the group fought back and tried to escape.

• Harry led the group through the circular room and the clock room until they reached the shelves of Prophecy Orbs.
• Harry searched row ninety-seven for Sirius, but found no sign of him.
• Neville found a Prophecy Orb shelf label bearing Harry’s and the Dark Lord’s names, and a Death Eater ambush began.
• Luna shielded the group from Avada Kedavra with a barrier of slugs, while Ginny pulled Harry behind a shelf and warned everyone to find cover.
• Neville charged Bellatrix with a Rasengan, but a tentacle pulled him clear of her Killing Curse, which struck a Death Eater instead.
• Ginny threw explosive devices at the attackers as Ron and the others fought back and tried to escape.

Harry, Ginny, Ron, Luna, and Neville escaped the Hall of Prophecy but were trapped by another group of Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries. As Ginny armed herself with Mr. Weasley’s armor, Kyle Grindelwald arrived and blasted the five of them aside.

• Ginny used magical wings and limbs to carry Harry, Ron, Luna, and Neville out of the Death Eaters’ encirclement, then ignited her scales with Fiendfyre to slow their pursuers.
• The five reached the Entrance Hall, where Ron stopped short and they found another group of Death Eaters waiting in ambush.
• The Death Eaters blocked the group’s attacks and battered their Super Protego, while Harry struggled to keep the shield up as his magic ran low.
• Ginny noticed Harry’s exhaustion and summoned Mr. Weasley’s silver armor, whose Gatling guns began charging their weapons.
• Kyle Grindelwald struck Ginny and her companions with a sickly green bolt, knocking all five to the floor.

Kyle confronted Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic’s Entrance Hall after Voldemort injured Ginny, but Voldemort’s power overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with Voldemort apparently striking Kyle through the chest at point-blank range.

• Harry saw Kyle facing Voldemort and shielded the injured Ginny behind him.
• Kyle summoned Fawkes and combined their flames into a giant phoenix that Voldemort shattered with a flash of magic.
• Voldemort blasted Kyle into a wall, then sent a black, orange-streaked attack through the crater and several walls.
• Kyle reappeared behind Voldemort in a black robe patterned with red clouds, but Voldemort turned and pierced his chest with a stream of black light.

Kyle fought Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries while Neville led Harry, Ginny, and the others away from the Death Eaters. As Voldemort gained the upper hand and trapped Kyle, Kyle crushed a triangular badge, and a figure emerged through the Fiendfyre.

• Kyle attacked Voldemort with a black rod, but Voldemort blasted him through several walls and pulled the bloodied rod from his body.
• Kyle asked Neville to lead the Death Eaters away and guide Harry, Ginny, and the others out of the circular Entrance Hall.
• After Neville and the others left, Voldemort and Kyle resumed their duel, and Voldemort’s Dark Arts burned and corrupted Kyle’s waist.
• Kyle tried to escape through the ceiling, but an invisible barrier blocked him, and Voldemort’s dark torrent overwhelmed his blue energy barrier.
• Kyle crushed a triangular badge, and a thick green beam followed by deep-blue flames appeared as a figure stepped through the Fiendfyre.

Kyle and Grindelwald combined their magic in a devastating attack on Voldemort, while Hagrid held him in place. After the Ministry Atrium was nearly destroyed, Albus Dumbledore arrived, leaving Voldemort stunned.

• Grindelwald appeared and helped Kyle repel Voldemort's attacks with Fiendfyre and a Gunbai of Blazing Flames.
• Kyle and Grindelwald formed a Rasenshuriken and a Fiendfyre fireball, then merged them into Scorch Release: Halo Gale Black Arrow Zero Style.
• Hagrid appeared behind Voldemort in the Seventh Gate and grabbed his head, forcing Voldemort to endure the combined attack rather than escape.
• The combined spell struck Voldemort and unleashed a shockwave that annihilated the Ministry Atrium, though a barrier contained the destruction.
• Albus Dumbledore emerged from the atrium's only intact fireplace, and Voldemort recognized him with shock.

Voldemort faced Kyle Grindelwald, Gellert Grindelwald, Albus Dumbledore, and Rubeus Hagrid after the mysterious wizard’s contract failed to hold back his enemies. Their combined attacks shattered his defenses and devastated the Ministry Atrium, leaving Voldemort battered but alive.

• Voldemort realized the magical contract had failed when its marks vanished from his arm.
• Grindelwald, Kyle, Hagrid, and Dumbledore prepared to attack Voldemort while the Order of the Phoenix sealed the Atrium with the Four Crimson Sun Formation.
• Grindelwald and Dumbledore combined their magic as Kyle and Hagrid launched attacks, and Kyle’s scythe sent a crescent slash toward Voldemort.
• Voldemort raised a silver barrier, but the combined attacks destroyed it and left him bruised and bleeding after his Obscurus magic helped him survive.
• The energy blast tore through the Ministry’s upper floors and punched a hole in the clouds before the Four Crimson Sun Formation collapsed.

Voldemort revealed that Harry was one of his Horcruxes, triggering Harry’s transformation into an Obscurus that attacked everyone in the Ministry. As Snape appeared with the Elder Wand, he turned on Voldemort and pierced his chest, leaving the battle at a sudden turning point.

• Voldemort told Harry that he was a Horcrux, and Harry’s shock caused him to begin transforming into an Obscurial.
• Harry became an Obscurus and attacked the people around him, forcing two figures to rescue Neville, Ginny, and the others.
• Harry’s attack struck Voldemort’s shield and then sent Dumbledore staggering, knocking the Elder Wand across the floor.
• Snape picked up the Elder Wand and approached Voldemort, who expected him to hand it over.
• Snape pierced Voldemort’s chest from behind and told him that he had waited a long time for this day.