Chapter Summaries

Harry Potter relived his accidental engagement announcement with Ginny before Ryan’s training illusion killed him and revealed what he must do as an unknown Horcrux. He woke in the Ravenclaw dormitory, still worried about the engagement and Voldemort’s plans.

• Harry remembered how his and Ginny’s silence led Lisa Turpin to announce their engagement, and Ginny persuaded him and Ron not to deny it.
• A masked attacker cast Avada Kedavra at Harry, and he fell from a battlement as the world collapsed around him.
• Harry spoke with Ryan, who reminded him that he was an unknown Horcrux and needed to retrieve the Resurrection Stone from Gaunt House.
• Ryan restarted Harry’s training in an illusion of a ruined castle, where Harry prepared to face a Half-Vampire Dark Wizard with Snape’s face.
• Ron woke Harry from his nightmare in the Ravenclaw dormitory, and Harry worried about the engagement and Voldemort’s return with two Death Eater servants.

Harry, Ginny, and Ron spent Christmas at Hogwarts while their families dealt with Voldemort, and Ginny tried to learn how to make treacle tart. Percy explained the history of mince pies, while Ryan reflected on Hufflepuff’s large presence in the Ministry of Magic.

• Harry, Ginny, and Ron celebrated Christmas at Hogwarts and discussed how their families were away dealing with Voldemort.
• Ginny brought out a recipe and began reading how to make Harry’s favorite dessert, treacle tart.
• Percy joined them, unknowingly showing off his enchanted badge that read “Dunce,” and explained where Ginny had gotten the recipe.
• Percy told Ginny she would have to wait seven years to marry Harry, then explained that mince pies had once contained meat.
• Ryan listened to gossip around Hogwarts and Hogsmeade and noted that Hufflepuff had the largest share of Ministry employees.

Ryan explained to Harry that Hufflepuffs had often held the Ministry’s top office, while notorious Slytherin pure-blood supremacists had damaged wizarding society. Their discussion left Harry wondering whether Ryan was using history to argue that Percy had chosen the wrong path.

• Ryan told Harry that Faris Spavin was a Hufflepuff whose speaking skills and House’s support helped him serve as Minister for Magic for thirty-eight years.
• Ryan revealed that Eldritch Diggory, a Hufflepuff and ancestor of the Diggory family, had also been Minister for Magic and died of Dragon Pox while trying to abolish Azkaban.
• Ryan explained that most Ministers had come from the wizarding majority, while only five Ministers came from pure-blood supremacist families, all of them Slytherins.
• Ryan listed the harmful actions of Ministers Damocles Rowle, Perseus Parkinson, Josephina Flint, Radolphus Lestrange, and Hector Fawley.
• Harry asked whether Ryan had recounted this history to show that Percy had taken the wrong path, while Percy happily discussed cooking nearby.

Dumbledore met Snape at Spinner's End after Snape escaped Voldemort, who had discovered his betrayal. Snape warned that Draco Malfoy might be the spy at Hogwarts, but Dumbledore insisted Draco had a pure soul, leaving them in disagreement.

• Dumbledore followed a hooded figure near a polluted river, then realized the figure was only a fox and continued to Spinner's End.
• Snape had gone to Voldemort to investigate the Hogwarts spy, but Voldemort exposed his betrayal and sent pursuers after him.
• Dumbledore reached Snape's home, where Snape explained that Voldemort had offered to spare him if he escaped his pursuers.
• Snape told Dumbledore he suspected Draco Malfoy might betray Harry for the sake of Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy.
• Dumbledore said he believed Draco had a pure soul, but Snape disagreed, and the two remained at odds.

Snape hosted Dumbledore and several Order of the Phoenix members, who questioned him about his escape from Voldemort and debated whether to attack. Snape urged them to focus on Voldemort’s Hogwarts spy, “Little Friend,” and warned that Draco Malfoy was suspicious.

• Snape’s modified Monster-Reflecting Mirror alerted him to visitors, and he went to answer the door.
• Dumbledore, Mad-Eye Moody, Dedalus Diggle, Sturgis Podmore, Hestia Jones, and Kingsley Shacklebolt gathered at Snape’s home.
• Kingsley and Moody urged the Order to use Snape’s escape as a chance to capture Voldemort, but Dumbledore warned that Voldemort remained dangerous and had not yet resurrected.
• Snape explained that Voldemort had sent him back to seek peace and argued that the Order should investigate the spy Voldemort called “Little Friend” at Hogwarts.
• Moody questioned Snape about the Carroll siblings and unfamiliar faces, then agreed that Draco Malfoy was suspicious.

Dumbledore revealed that Riddle was a part of Voldemort from his youth and an essential weapon for destroying him. The Order learned that Riddle’s identity was tied to their best plan against Voldemort.

• Moody rejected the idea that Draco Malfoy could betray his family’s nature, while Dumbledore said he had long suspected Tom Riddle.
• Dumbledore expanded Snape’s living room with an Undetectable Extension Charm, then provided food and drinks for the Order members.
• Moody spoke angrily about his past use of Unforgivable Curses and insisted he had acted because he knew his targets were guilty.
• Dumbledore explained that Riddle was a part of Voldemort from his youth and a vital weapon for destroying the present Voldemort.

The Order of the Phoenix debated Dumbledore’s claim that Tom Riddle had joined them and could help defeat Voldemort without Harry sacrificing himself. At Hogwarts, Harry looked forward to spending Christmas with Ginny, and she woke him and Ron to give them their presents.

• The Order members rejected working with Riddle, but Snape argued that Riddle’s plan could spare Harry’s life.
• Dumbledore explained that Riddle wanted to prolong his life and needed Voldemort to return before he could kill him.
• The Order discussed Voldemort’s promise of peace and agreed to wait for his return before fighting him.
• Harry daydreamed about enjoying Christmas dates with Ginny and planned to send Ron to spend time with Percy and the others.
• Ginny woke Harry and Ron on Christmas morning, gave Harry his present, and dismissed Ron’s protests about her entering the boys’ dormitory.

Harry celebrated Christmas with Ginny and Ron, while Ryan restored a forbidden bathroom in Smith Castle and investigated the mysterious Shelburne Farm. Jerry’s report suggested the farm might be connected to Moon City or another hidden wizarding settlement.

• Ron opened Ginny’s practice-made gloves and complained when he saw Harry’s more elaborate pair.
• Hedwig delivered a toothpick and a note from the Dursleys, and Harry opened his other Christmas presents, including a sweater from Mrs. Weasley.
• Ginny sent Ron to the Gryffindor Common Room, leaving her and Harry together in his dormitory.
• Ryan traveled to Smith Castle and used magic to restore the bathroom that had been sealed since George Smith’s time.
• Ryan asked Jerry about Moon City, and Jerry reported that produce from Shelburne Farm vanished beyond the range of their tracing devices.
• Jerry explained that Shelburne Farm had once belonged to William Seward Webber and included a hotel, an educational center, a cattle ranch, and a vegetable garden.

Ryan traced William Seward Webber’s ancestry to Webber Boot and concluded that the Boot and Sayre descendants had built Moon City. At Hogwarts, Ron was cornered by a group of witches demanding to know about Harry Potter.

• Ryan followed William Seward Webber’s name through the river of fate and identified him as a descendant of Webber Boot, whose family history connected him to Isolt Sayre and Ilvermorny.
• Ryan concluded that the Boot and Sayre descendants had created Moon City on the moon, and that he could reach it through Shelburne Farm.
• Jerry told Ryan that investigators had found no other hidden wizard settlements like Moon City.
• In the Gryffindor common room, a group of burly witches surrounded Ron, questioned him about Harry Potter, and made him protest that he had never wanted to get married.

Fred and George pranked Ron with a matchmaking event before revealing that they, Percy, and the Weasley parents had gone to Egypt. Ron learned that he and Ginny had been left behind, along with Harry, and raged at his brothers.

• Ron rushed at what he thought was Fred in the Gryffindor common room, triggering an explosion that left his hair blackened and revealed Fred and George’s matchmaking letter.
• Ron returned to the dormitory and told Harry and Ginny that the witches at the matchmaking meeting had grabbed him.
• Ginny recalled that Fred, George, and Percy had been carrying strange belongings and were not wearing their usual Weasley sweaters.
• Ron’s letter exploded in his pocket, turning Scabbers’ fur black and revealing a message that the three brothers had gone to Egypt to visit Bill.
• Ron discovered that Fred and George had helped refuse the parents’ offer to take him and Ginny to Egypt, leaving him to attend the matchmaking event while Ginny stayed with Harry.

Ron, Harry, and Ginny traveled toward the Moon while trapped in transformed substances, and Ron learned about Moon City and the restored Atlantis. As they were pulled by a Portkey, Ron bragged about modern magical travel before Harry pointed out that Anywhere Doors were only for deliveries.

• Ron regretted agreeing to travel after he found himself merged into a cramped barrel of milk and learned that the destination was the Moon.
• Ron recited the instruction manual and learned about Moon City, built by Sayre’s descendants and the Boots, and the restored Underwater City of Atlantis.
• Harry revealed that he and Ryan had visited Atlantis, prompting Ron to question when they had traveled together and accuse Harry of hiding their earlier connection.
• Harry explained that he had used Ryan’s family’s Poseidon’s Staff to travel to a place with water, while Ginny blushed at memories she had sensed in Harry’s thoughts.
• A Portkey pulled Ron forward, and he praised Anywhere Doors before Harry reminded him that they were intended for deliveries.

Harry, Ron, and Ginny arrived at Moon City under Ryan’s concealment spell and explored the lunar outpost while waiting. Ryan had reached the city separately and planned to bring them back to Hogwarts after preparing for their return journey.

• Harry, Ron, and Ginny emerged in a transparent room on the Moon and saw Earth beyond the lunar craters.
• The three discussed Ryan’s concealment spell and waited by a sealed red-metal door, with Harry telling Ginny about Atlantis.
• Ron wondered why he could not jump higher on the Moon, and Harry noticed warm milk and fresh vegetables that suggested they had arrived through a farm.
• Ryan appeared in Moon City using Harry and the others as coordinates after its concealment magic stopped hiding the city from him.
• Ryan planned to wait about a month, then return Harry, Ron, and Ginny to Hogwarts while masking the passage of time and preserving their vitality.

Ryan arrived in Moon City and learned how its concealment magic worked, while Harry, Ron, and Ginny explored the city. The chapter ended as they followed a worker into a warehouse and watched him use a magical device to collect supplies.

• Ryan read Lewin Sayer’s book and learned that Moon City hid itself using lunar magic, the Fidelius Charm, and Magical Contracts.
• Ryan discovered that Moon City resembled an ordinary wizarding society, where magic supported science and Muggles and Squibs knew wizards existed.
• Ned began his routine warehouse shift and opened the red metal door to collect the supplies delivered from Earth.
• Harry, Ron, and Ginny watched Ned shrink barrels of milk, vegetables, and crates into his cylindrical device.
• Harry and Ginny left the domed building, and Ron followed them as they looked around Moon City.

Harry, Ron, and Ginny explored Moon City on thought-controlled boards, traveling from factories to a wizarding village. A sign for Thayer Library led them onward as Harry noted the city’s connection to Ilvermorny.

• Harry, Ron, and Ginny took self-driving boards and left the factories, while Ned discovered his three boards were missing and complained about having to walk to work.
• Ron raced through passing wizards on his board, while Harry and Ginny hid their recent kiss from him.
• The trio reached a wizarding village, where Ron dismissed its familiar shops and prepared to turn back.
• Ginny spotted a sign pointing to Thayer Library, and Ron eagerly led the group toward it.
• Harry noted that Thayer Library connected the city to Ilvermorny, and he defended Hogwarts by reminding Ron that Ravenclaws helped found Atlantis.

Harry, Ron, and Ginny encountered a Hidebehind in an empty magical-creature shop, and Harry explained its history and abilities. They continued on toward the library, with Ron still dreaming of becoming a writer.

• Ron cheered up when Ginny reminded him that Ilvermorny was founded by a descendant of Slytherin.
• Harry identified the creature glaring at them through the shop window as a dangerous Hidebehind, and Ginny provoked it by giving it the middle finger.
• Harry explained that Hidebehinds could change shape, turn invisible, and launch concealed attacks, recounting how Isolt Sayre and William the Pukwudgie had defeated one.
• Harry told Ron that Hidebehinds descended from a Demiguise and a Ghoul abused by the animal trafficker Phineas Fletcher.
• Ron wished Ryan’s manual could put all their school knowledge in their minds, and Ginny urged the group to go to the library.

Ryan reunited with Harry, Ron, and Ginny in the library after a Hidebehind saw through his concealment magic. He gave each of them a book suited to their abilities, and they began reading before their limited time together ran out.

• Ron, Harry, and Ginny reached the library, where Ryan restored their visibility and explained that his magic also kept them from needing food.
• Ginny and Harry worried that Ryan might have seen them together that morning, and Ryan teased them rather than giving a clear answer.
• Ryan warned the group that they had one hour and fifty-five minutes before they had to leave.
• Ryan gave Harry The Forging of a Mighty Heart, Ginny The Book of Bats, and Ron The Magic of Emotions.
• Harry, Ron, and Ginny began reading, and Harry copied passages from his book onto parchment.

Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix confronted Igor Karkaroff in Knockturn Alley after learning he represented a powerful master. Karkaroff revealed that Gellert Grindelwald had sent him to retrieve the Invisibility Cloak, leaving Dumbledore shaken and asking where Grindelwald was.

• Igor Karkaroff arrived in Knockturn Alley and confronted Borgin, who challenged his authority and refused to be intimidated.
• Mundungus alerted Dumbledore, Snape, and Moody, who surrounded Karkaroff after Borgin retreated into his shop.
• Karkaroff said his master was the only wizard worthy of being called the Dark Lord, and Moody identified him as Gellert Grindelwald.
• Karkaroff relayed Grindelwald's message that he had come for the Invisibility Cloak because it would be needed, causing Dumbledore to lose his composure.
• Dumbledore asked where Grindelwald was, and Karkaroff answered that he was in Durmstrang.

Karkaroff delivered Grindelwald’s message and a pile of dead Death Eaters to Dumbledore, leaving Dumbledore to question Grindelwald’s plans and the meaning of his apparent discovery of the Resurrection Stone. The group went to Lucius Malfoy’s manor to discuss the matter.

• Moody warned Dumbledore that Karkaroff’s approach might be a trap, but Dumbledore said he knew what he was doing.
• Karkaroff explained that Grindelwald had sent him to Diagon Alley to summon Dumbledore, then revealed the bodies of the Carroll siblings and several of Snape’s former students.
• Karkaroff said Grindelwald had used Legilimency on the dead Death Eaters and killed them because they were committed to harming Muggles and Muggle-born wizards.
• Dumbledore stopped the discussion in Knockturn Alley and Apparated with Karkaroff and the others to Lucius Malfoy’s manor.
• Karkaroff dumped the bodies onto the gravel at the manor, and Dumbledore asked Lucius to find them a room to talk.

In Thayer Library, Ryan explained that distance only weakened Harry's connection to Voldemort and could not stop Voldemort from reviving while any Horcrux remained. Harry and the others discussed a book on transforming the body through magic and potions before Ryan called time at six o’clock.

• Harry asked whether Ryan could take Voldemort to the moon and kill him, but Ryan explained that Horcruxes preserved Voldemort through causality, not a signal.
• Harry noticed that Ron and Ginny were absorbed in their books, and Ryan described their reaction as an instinctive drive to grow stronger.
• Harry speculated that training with The Forging of a Mighty Heart could help him fight wizards like a Hidebehind, and Ron pointed out that Ryan had said the book was written by James Stuart.
• Harry explained that Isolt Sayre’s book described integrating a dragon’s heart into a human body and replacing a person’s blood with a potion, alarming Ron.
• Ginny woke and asked what they had been discussing, and Ryan checked his pocket watch and announced that time was up at six o’clock.

Ryan returned Harry, Ron, and the others to the dormitory at six using his pocket watch, and Harry invented an explanation for how the watch had brought them back. At dinner, the group hid their trip to the moon from Draco, who invited them to visit Hagrid afterward.

• Ryan used his pocket watch to return the group to the dormitory, where it showed six o’clock.
• Harry guessed that the watch had created a stretch of time that kept them in the dormitory, and Ryan falsely claimed he had used Poseidon’s Staff to reach the moon before switching to the watch.
• Harry and Ron made up a story for Draco about spending the day hiding from people while searching for Fred and George.
• Draco believed their cover story and asked them to visit Hagrid after dinner.