Chapter Summaries

Ryan witnessed Dumbledore and Snape discussing Grindelwald’s escape, Dumbledore’s reason for accepting his invitation, and the possibility that Voldemort had reached Harry through a dream. Harry and the others postponed meeting Hagrid until the next day, while Ryan weighed watching their plans against the upcoming meeting between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.

• Ryan used his Third Eye intuition and markers to witness Snape confronting Dumbledore about Grindelwald, Harry’s Invisibility Cloak, and the danger of the escaped wizard.
• Dumbledore told Snape that Grindelwald’s mention of the cloak was an invitation he could not refuse, because he hoped to undo everything.
• Dumbledore asked Snape to tell Hagrid to consult his friends and said Voldemort might have contacted Harry through another dream, then vanished with Fawkes.
• Ryan considered whether to watch Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s reunion or Harry and Hagrid’s troubles, but Ron suggested meeting the next day.
• Harry, Ginny, and Ron agreed to rest, while Draco planned to write to Hagrid and Harry remembered to copy the potion recipe from his parchment.
• As the group jogged toward the common room, Ryan concealed his presence and disappeared from their memories.

Grindelwald showed Dumbledore a vision of a boy using the Resurrection Stone to revive a woman, giving them hope of undoing past losses. Dumbledore suspected the ring in the vision belonged to the House of Gaunt and left to question Bob Ogden.

• Grindelwald greeted Dumbledore aboard his ghost ship and said he had seen hope of undoing everything.
• Grindelwald used a skull to show Dumbledore a vision of a Hogwarts student using the Resurrection Stone to resurrect a woman.
• Dumbledore recognized a ring in the vision and decided to confirm whether it belonged to the House of Gaunt by seeking Bob Ogden's memories.
• Dumbledore refused Grindelwald's offer of help, then left aboard Fawkes.

Ryan spent the night with Nagini in his hidden castle, then returned to Hogwarts and found Harry preparing a blood-replacement potion to improve his Quidditch chances. Ron accidentally fell on Harry in front of Ginny, who fled in anger.

• Ryan watched Dumbledore vanish from the Ghost Ship, then spent the night with Nagini in his castle.
• Ryan woke in Ravenclaw Tower as Harry opened potion ingredients Sirius had bought for his blood-replacement potion.
• Harry explained that he wanted to begin replacing his blood before the upcoming Quidditch match against Hufflepuff and Dudley.
• Ron stepped on a potion bottle, fell onto Harry, and accidentally pulled open Harry's clothes.
• Ginny saw Ron pinning Harry to the bed and stormed away after Ron and Harry tried to explain.

Harry and the others visited Hagrid, who served them dragon-meat sausages and asked for their opinions on which dragons to select for next year’s Triwizard Tournament. Hagrid settled on the Portuguese Long-Snout, a dragon he had never seen alive.

• Ginny kept Ron at a distance after the morning misunderstanding and stayed beside Harry on the way to Hagrid’s hut.
• Hagrid served the group sausages made from dragon meat, marinated in Diricawl secretions, which put Ron off his food.
• Hagrid explained that he planned to choose three kinds of dragons for the Triwizard Tournament and listed four possible breeds.
• Draco argued against the Hebridean Black Dragon, Peruvian Vipertooth, and Hungarian Horntail, while Hagrid defended each one.
• Ron suggested the Portuguese Long-Snout, and Hagrid agreed because he had never seen one alive.

Harry and the others questioned Hagrid about Dumbledore’s probe and learned that Fred and George had been sneaking into the Forbidden Forest to gather materials for their joke shop. Harry then saw a strange vision that revealed Hagrid as a powerful figure connected to the forest and dragons.

• Ron wondered why Dumbledore had asked Hagrid to question them, and Hagrid praised Dumbledore’s insight.
• Hagrid asked about Fred and George, and Ron said they had gone to Egypt to visit Bill while Ginny revealed that they had arranged Ron a blind date.
• Ginny realized Fred and George had been at Hogwarts the previous night, and Hagrid admitted he had allowed them to sneak into the Forbidden Forest for joke-shop materials.
• Ginny threatened to tell their mother, but Hagrid assured everyone he would stop the twins if they ever ventured somewhere dangerous.
• Harry saw a vision of Hagrid among magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest and named him Rain-Bringer Stone Hagrid I, Hercules, King of the Forbidden Forest, and Dragon Lord.

Hagrid awakened a power that let him command magical creatures and even animate fire after Harry glimpsed a vision of Hagrid’s ancient title and ancestor. The group named the living fireplace Hephaestus, while Harry considered taking Divination and Arithmancy next year.

• After Ryan nudged Hagrid, Harry glimpsed an ancient name, and the Forbidden Forest’s magical creatures bowed as power surged within Hagrid.
• Hagrid opened his eyes to the creatures’ perspectives, briefly commanded the forest, then broke the connection in alarm.
• Harry asked about titles including King of the Forbidden Forest and Dragon Lord, and Hagrid animated the fireplace flames by reaching toward them.
• Harry described a vision of a Nether Dragon, and the others connected it to Hagrid’s possible ancestry and encouraged Harry to study Divination.
• Harry thought about his childhood rivalry with Dudley and resolved not to lose to him.
• Hagrid named the living fire Hephaestus, then Ron fed it more wood.

Ryan observed how Hagrid’s newly awakened power could animate objects, explaining its costs and how he had avoided them when creating Jerry. In Hagrid’s cabin, Hagrid summoned food from the House-elves, and Diddy revealed that Dobby had tracked Harry and his friends’ food preferences.

• Ryan watched Hagrid and considered how naming an animated object permanently tied it to its creator’s magic.
• Ryan recalled that he had used a cat’s soul, Gubraithian Fire, and Horcruxes to keep Jerry’s animation from draining his own mana.
• Hagrid became hungry and found that he had no food ready to eat in his cabin.
• Harry suggested that Hagrid call the House-elves, and Hagrid summoned Diddy for food.
• Diddy served food suited to Harry and his friends, explaining that Dobby had kept track of their preferences.
• Harry asked whether Dobby was doing well, while Ron and Draco listened with interest.

Harry learned that Dobby was working at Hogwarts without being punished after Dumbledore intervened, while he and his friends spent peaceful days with Hagrid and Hephaestus. Pansy suddenly left Hogwarts after several young relatives died, and Draco was ordered by his father to remain behind as he wondered about the mysterious deaths.

• Diddy told Harry that Dobby had disregarded House-elf customs and disturbed Professor Riddle, but Dumbledore had intervened so Dobby was not punished.
• Hagrid described his extraordinary new perception, and he explained that Nether Dragons went extinct because they rarely reproduced and lived across vast territories.
• Harry spent his days brewing potions with Ginny, while Ron and Draco visited Hagrid and Hephaestus.
• Draco told Harry that Pansy had left after several of her young relatives died mysteriously, and that his father had forbidden him from accompanying her.
• Harry deflected Draco's questions about his potion work by claiming he was developing shampoo made with potions and Muggle products.

Auror Dax described how Arthur Weasley's promotion had brought new patrols and safety measures to the Ministry while Dark Wizards remained largely absent. At lunch, Dax and Dick noticed that the Fountain of Magical Brethren had been removed, and Dick guessed the Ministry planned to replace its tallest male wizard statue with a witch.

• Dax went to work in the Auror Office, where he reflected that Dark Wizards had vanished three years earlier and suspected many had gone to Borgin and Burkes.
• Dax noted that Arthur Weasley's promotion had brought high-grade Portkeys for Aurors and regular patrols, including night shifts.
• After finishing his documents, Dax planned to eat at NEW EAST with Dick rather than have lunch in the Ministry dining hall.
• Dax and Dick found that the Fountain of Magical Brethren statue had been removed from the Ministry's main hall.
• Dick guessed that the Ministry intended to replace the fountain's tallest male wizard statue with a witch statue.

Wayne advised Dick and Dax to advance their careers by following Dumbledore’s ideas, but Hugh was promoted after several influential young pure-blood wizards died. The men blamed Dumbledore and speculated that Tom Riddle was his illegitimate son.

• Wayne told Dick and Dax that promotions under Fudge had depended on pleasing Dumbledore, and urged them to use Dumbledore’s ideas as their standard.
• Wayne claimed he had helped Hagrid select dragons for the Triwizard Tournament, and Dick and Dax believed they had learned how to get promoted.
• Hugh rushed into the elevator and announced that he had been promoted after applying for a vacant position.
• Hugh explained that young members of the Avery, Greengrass, Shafiq, and Rowle families had been killed and that their positions were now open.
• Wayne, Dick, and Dax decided to apply for promotions and speculated that Dumbledore had caused the deaths, with Wayne suggesting Tom Riddle was Dumbledore’s illegitimate son.

Ryan returned to NEW EAST and understood that Grindelwald had killed young Ministry officials to clear the way for Dumbledore’s reforms. Meanwhile, Harry completed and drank a potion meant to transform his body, and Ryan warned that its side effect might make him arrogant and conceited.

• Ryan realized Grindelwald had killed young conservative wizards because he believed their influence was obstructing changes Dumbledore wanted for the wizarding world.
• Dax and Dick celebrated the renewed prospects for reform at the Ministry of Magic.
• Harry completed a potion intended to replace his blood and strengthen his body, despite Ron’s warnings about its ingredients and demanding regimen.
• Harry drank the first dose and immediately showed improved dexterity, prompting Ron’s astonishment.
• Ryan inspected the potion and said Harry’s high-quality Fire Salamander blood might cause a side effect like Felix Felicis, making him arrogant and conceited.

Harry learned that his potion caused temporary arrogance and planned to rest until the side effects wore off. Ryan then checked his experiment to make Felix Felicis eternal, but discovered that it still failed at the final step.

• Ryan told Harry that the potion’s side effects resembled those of Felix Felicis and would take about an hour to digest.
• Ryan warned Harry not to visit Ginny while affected, then disappeared, and Ron urged Harry to sleep.
• Ryan went to his castle basement in Nottingham Forest to inspect the Felix Felicis brewed in magical cauldrons.
• The Main God explained that Jack and the other House-elves’ emotions improved the potion but failed to make it eternal.
• Ryan wondered whether another curse was preventing wizards from wielding this power.

Ryan discovered that ancient godlike wizards had cursed later generations’ access to certain branches of magic, then completed an Eternal Potion version of Felix Felicis for five of his friends. Meanwhile, Ron waited in ambush at Hogsmeade Station to take revenge on Fred and George, and the chapter ended as they arrived.

• Ryan identified the Fates as the source of curses that hindered later wizards’ magic and realized the Department of Mysteries was not to blame for its failed research.
• Ryan completed five bottles of Eternal Potion Felix Felicis and had Jack deliver them to Penelope, Kate, Fleur, Hermione, and Luna.
• Ryan returned to the dormitory and observed Ron prepare to ambush Fred and George at Hogsmeade Station.
• Ron hid in the woods by the station, waiting as Fred and George’s train arrived and its passengers began to disembark.

Ron used an altered Lumos to make Fred and George relive an embarrassing experience, then photographed them and ran off to spread the pictures around Hogwarts. The spell also unexpectedly ended Harry’s potion-induced overconfidence by letting him experience Ron’s memories, and Ron wondered what else it could do.

• Ron ambushed Fred and George with an altered Lumos that made them relive the humiliating memories of their earlier encounter.
• Ron photographed Fred and George as they collapsed, while Percy cleaned Ron’s muddy clothes and questioned him about the spell.
• Ron explained that Harry had taught him how to add his own effects to Lumos, then ran off to spread the photos around Hogwarts.
• Ryan considered the spell’s potential uses but kept quiet about them.
• Harry experienced Ron’s memories through the altered Lumos, returned to normal, and lost his potion-induced overconfidence.

Ryan explained how Ron’s emotion-based magic could share an ideal of peace and awaken people to enjoying life, while Harry focused on how Occlumency might strengthen magic. The chapter left Ron skeptical of using his ability for anything beyond making money, as Ryan described the solitude and concentration required for Occlumency.

• Ron learned that his emotions and memories could become bullets infused with magic, and Ryan said the ability was uniquely his.
• Ron imagined publicizing and commercializing his magic so people with disabilities could briefly experience pleasures they had lost.
• Ryan explained that Ron’s magic could lead its targets to value peace, but Ron compared it to the Imperius Curse and said he still wanted to make money.
• Harry asked whether Occlumency could strengthen magic, and Ryan explained that it trained concentration and gathered one’s thoughts.
• Ryan said Occlumency required solitude, emotional restraint, and regularly spacing out, leaving Ron and Harry interested in its difficult training.

Ryan explained how Harry and Ron could practice Occlumency, but advised them to wait until after turning seventeen before seriously learning it. Ron instead focused on selling his emotion-infused mist at Hogwarts, where Fred and George promoted it as Harry and Ron watched.

• Ryan described using a trusted person’s Legilimency to build resistance and advised Harry and Ron to calm their minds before sleep.
• Harry asked whether he should learn Occlumency, and Ryan told him and Ron to wait until after they turned seventeen.
• Ron asked how he could use his emotional magic for business, and Ryan said it could work with spells such as Episkey.
• Three days after the Christmas holiday, Fred and George sold Ron’s mist in the Hogwarts courtyard while Ron and Harry watched.
• Neville and Anthony showed interest in buying the mist, while Justin questioned whether it had been properly registered; Harry replied that Mr. Weasley had applied for a patent.
• Harry pointed out that some of the witches gathered around Fred and George looked like the women who had gone on blind dates with Ron.

Snape investigated Ron Weasley’s new memory-revealing mist because he suspected it was connected to Harry distancing himself from him. Dumbledore explained that the mist was a Cloud Charm and revealed that Harry’s magic was growing stronger in ways beyond his understanding, leaving Snape shocked to learn Harry contained a purified Obscurus.

• Snape overheard Ernie Macmillan and Justin Finch-Fletchley arguing that Ron Weasley had invented a mist that showed memories from Ron’s first-person perspective.
• Snape questioned the students and learned that Harry had reacted impatiently when Justin raised concerns about Ron’s invention.
• Snape went to Dumbledore and insisted Ron’s invention be investigated, suspecting it explained Harry’s distance from him.
• Dumbledore said Ron’s mist was a Cloud Charm and suggested Harry’s growing magical power had helped Ron discover his talent.
• Dumbledore said Harry’s magic had turned inward and grown stronger, and that Harry’s potential surpassed the limits of his understanding.
• Snape cried out in shock when Dumbledore revealed that Harry contained a purified Obscurus.

Snape confronted Dumbledore over Harry’s Obscurus and learned why Dumbledore had left him with Petunia. At a Quidditch match, Snape used Narcissus’s Eye on Harry and saw a vision of a monstrous version of himself holding Lily in a coffin.

• Snape accused Dumbledore of endangering Harry by sending him to Petunia, and Dumbledore explained that Lily’s blessing protected Harry and that he had feared Voldemort would take over his mind.
• Snape asked why Harry had grown distant from him, and Dumbledore suggested Snape wash his hair before Snape cast Diffindo.
• Snape watched the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff Quidditch match from the stands and decided to use Narcissus’s Eye on Harry.
• Snape cast the Prince family spell while Harry was distracted by the match and entered a vision of an empty, decaying Hogwarts beneath a blood moon.
• Snape followed Harry’s perspective to the Astronomy Tower and saw a coffin containing a pale, fanged version of himself holding Lily Evans.

Snape woke from a vision of himself as a vampire and believed it had been Harry’s dream, while Ryan secretly knew it had been real. After Ravenclaw won the Quidditch match, Ryan entertained his friends with a thinking game and watched Harry’s teammates shrug off the sale of Harry’s training recording.

• Snape saw visions of Vampire Count Severus Snape and Vampire Bride Lily Snape before waking as Harry caught the Golden Snitch and Ravenclaw won.
• Snape decided the vision had been one of Harry’s dreams, while Ryan smiled because he knew it had really happened.
• Hermione challenged Luna’s claims about magical creatures, and Ryan confirmed that he had created the Crumple-Horned Snorkack Luna imagined.
• Ryan gave Penelope an archer template in the thinking game, and she used Arash’s Stella attack as Kate was killed by the shot.
• Fred and George sold recordings of Harry’s training, but Harry’s friends laughed when Draco worried the method would be leaked.

Draco learned that Flint wanted Harry and Ravenclaw to throw a Quidditch match for 100 Galleons, but Harry refused. Meanwhile, Riddle and Dumbledore watched Harry and discussed his rapid improvement and Harry’s dream that Snape was his father.

• Flint asked Draco to persuade Harry to take it easy on Slytherin in exchange for 100 Galleons, explaining that he and his teammates faced family duties after Hogwarts and saw Quidditch as their last chance.
• Draco told Harry and the Ravenclaw team about Flint’s offer, and Harry refused to take the money or throw the match.
• Draco warned Harry that Flint might resort to dirty tricks, and Harry took the team to reject Flint directly.
• Riddle and Dumbledore watched the Quidditch Pitch, and Riddle wondered whether Harry’s agility and reflexes came from a magical-creature bloodline.
• Dumbledore told Riddle that Harry had become distant from Snape after dreaming that Snape was his father, which had left Snape in good spirits.