Chapter Summaries

Ryan explained how wizards could attain immortality through different magical disciplines and described Bleach’s role in choosing heirs, which had brought tragedy to several families. He revealed his plans to keep Harry immortal and restore Lily, then discussed the Arborsage system with Kate.

• Ryan explained that immortality could be achieved through methods such as potions, Horcruxes, ghosts, and the Philosopher’s Stone, and said magical skill mattered less than creativity.
• Ryan described Bleach’s Afterlife and the heir-selection process behind the Savior prophecy, linking Voldemort, Neville, Harry, and himself to its consequences.
• Ryan resolved that Harry would remain a Horcrux and share immortality with Diary Tom Riddle, and said Lily Evans would return to life during the coming school year.
• Kate asked Ryan whether she and Penelope could become Arborsages, and Ryan explained that their existing abilities made the system unnecessary but that he could complete it for them.

Ryan devised a way to use his Divine Descent to help Penelope and Kate enter a strengthened Phoenix Metamorphosis. At Smith Castle, they completed the initiation ritual and transformed into Phoenixes.

• Kate suggested that entering Phoenix Metamorphosis might have the same effect as magical power metamorphosis, and Ryan realized he could strengthen the process and act as a relay.
• Ryan explained that the earlier Phoenix Metamorphosis was too weak for him to guide them through safely, but its strengthened form could work.
• Beneath the disseminating moon at Smith Castle, Penelope and Kate began a new Phoenix Metamorphosis initiation ritual using eight furnaces, Phoenix Feathers, and a poem inscribed in magical script.
• Penelope and Kate chanted a prayer to Ryan as moonlight flowed into the furnaces and a silver-lit Phoenix appeared above them.
• Their skin cracked and released fiery-red liquid that absorbed the ground inscriptions, and Penelope and Kate transformed into two Phoenixes.

Ryan spent the early morning with Luna by a stream, where her unusual intuition revealed how much she had guessed about him. Before leaving, he gave her booklets on Phoenix Metamorphosis and Arborsage, introducing her to two forms of magic.

• Luna left the strange black house before dawn and found Ryan waiting by the stream in Phoenix form.
• Ryan revealed himself, and Luna recognized that he could transform into a Phoenix.
• Luna explained that she would skip Divination and showed she could infer Ryan’s thoughts and connections to Kate and Penelope.
• Ryan and Luna sat together catching and releasing Rainbowfish while discussing the magic he used.
• Ryan gave Luna booklets about Phoenix Metamorphosis and Arborsage and explained what each form of magic could do.

Luna chose Phoenix Metamorphosis, while Hermione made the same choice in London. Harry’s Contract Tree sprouted, helping him confront Voldemort’s memories and awaken from a dream in which Voldemort killed Caradoc Dearborn and said goodbye to Bella.

• Luna chose Phoenix Metamorphosis, and Ryan explained how his enhanced spells could grant new abilities without conflicting.
• Ryan sensed an unexpected change at The Burrow and realized Harry had completed Task Six ahead of schedule after beginning Arborsage.
• Harry tried to dismiss his recurring dreams of Bella and focused on Neville, reminding himself that she was Neville’s enemy.
• Five Holly Tree seedlings sprouted in the flowerpots beneath the Banyan Tree as Harry slept.
• Harry dreamed of Voldemort killing Caradoc Dearborn while bidding farewell to Bella, and he woke in tears, whispering, “Goodbye, Bella—”

Harry was overwhelmed by the pain of imagining Voldemort tearing Bella from his soul, then sent a message by Hedwig. Albus Dumbledore and Alastor Moody found Voldemort’s hidden house and discovered Caradoc’s remains, leaving them grieving.

• Harry accepted Voldemort’s love for Bella and was consumed by the pain of imagining him forcibly removing her from his soul.
• Harry sent a parchment message with Hedwig.
• Albus and Alastor used Harry Potter’s information to find a hidden entrance in a deserted Bedfordshire village.
• Albus broke the chain concealing the entrance, and he and Alastor entered Voldemort’s dusty house.
• Albus said Voldemort had used the house to search for a lost companion.
• Alastor recognized Caradoc’s skeleton by his robe and cried out in anguish as Albus grieved beside him.

Dumbledore and Moody found Caradoc Dearborn’s skeleton and learned that Harry had destroyed the Horcrux Voldemort made from his death. Harry received Dumbledore’s offer of private lessons from two teachers for the school year, though he did not know who the second teacher would be.

• Moody grieved over Caradoc’s remains while Dumbledore explained that Harry had dreamed of Voldemort killing Caradoc and creating a Horcrux.
• Moody urged Dumbledore to teach Harry Occlumency, but Dumbledore considered asking Grindelwald to guide Harry instead.
• Dumbledore told Moody that Harry had destroyed the Horcrux at Grimmauld Place and that its fragments were in Dumbledore’s office.
• At the Burrow, Harry received Dumbledore’s letter offering him private lessons from two teachers for the school year, leaving him puzzled about the second teacher.

Harry told his friends that Caradoc Dearborn had been Voldemort’s victim and explained Dearborn’s connection to Dumbledore and the Gaunts. He then revealed that the Potter, Gaunt, and Longbottom families descended from the three Peverell brothers, leaving Neville astonished to learn that he and Harry were distant relatives.

• Harry explained that Dumbledore’s letter had concerned a dream about Voldemort’s memories and the discovery of Caradoc Dearborn’s body at a manor in Bedfordshire.
• Draco repeated his father’s theory that Dearborn had been a Parselmouth who defected to Voldemort, prompting Ron and Neville to challenge the claim.
• Harry said Dearborn had been Dumbledore’s student and a descendant of the Gaunts, and that Voldemort had killed him and made Slytherin’s Locket into a Horcrux.
• Harry explained that Parseltongue was not limited to Dark Wizards and traced the Potter, Gaunt, and Longbottom families to Ignotus, Cadmus, and Antioch Peverell.
• Neville realized that he and Harry were relatives and reacted with astonishment.

Draco guessed that Dumbledore would arrange for Grindelwald and his wife to teach Harry, while Harry urged his friends to check the updated Daily Prophet for news about Dearborn. At Smith Castle, Ryan explained why Voldemort had kept Dearborn’s death secret and confirmed that Jackson had once planned to target Harry.

• Draco argued that Voldemort’s connection to Harry meant Dumbledore would teach Harry Occlumency and had chosen Grindelwald and his wife as the other teachers.
• Neville suggested the second teacher might be an Arborsage professor, while Ron wondered when his parents would return.
• Harry explained that Sirius’s Daily Prophet updated throughout the day and would likely report Dearborn’s death and the Order of the Phoenix; Ron and Draco rushed inside to find a copy.
• At Smith Castle, Ryan told Penelope that Voldemort hid Dearborn’s death to conceal his Horcruxes, his Gaunt bloodline, and the failed attempt to act against Dumbledore.
• Ryan explained that Jackson had planned to impersonate Harry to claim the Potter family’s wealth, but his malicious intent prevented him from approaching Harry.

Harry and Ron read The Daily Prophet’s account of Caradoc Dearborn, learning that the presumed traitor had secretly kept the Order’s secrets until his death. The chapter leaves Ron wondering why Caradoc’s good deeds had never been known.

• Harry and Ron found the original Order of the Phoenix membership list in The Daily Prophet, and Draco explained why Arthur Weasley had not joined.
• Draco argued that Harry’s parents and Sirius had been unwise to join the Order openly, and Harry agreed that they had acted impulsively.
• Dumbledore recalled that Caradoc was a talented orphan who spoke Parseltongue, joined the Order despite Dumbledore’s objections, and later vanished without betraying its secrets.
• Moody described suspecting Caradoc before trusting him, then said the Order had finally learned Peter Pettigrew was the real traitor and could bring Caradoc home.
• McGonagall remembered Caradoc as a kind person who stood up for victims, and Ron wondered why nobody had heard of his good deeds before.

Ron and the others discussed why fallen Order of the Phoenix members had been forgotten, then celebrated The Daily Prophet’s plan to publish stories about them. Ryan explained that Sirius Black had chosen to promote the Order’s history as a political legacy for his brother and godson, while warning that the Order could become corrupted if its name endured after its members died.

• Draco explained to Ron that prominent families and heroes like Caradoc Dearborn, the MacKinnons, and Dorcas Meadowes had faded from public memory because few remained to preserve their legacies.
• Harry recalled Ryan showing him photos of the Order of the Phoenix’s first members, and Ron realized his father had not appeared in them.
• Ginny showed the group The Daily Prophet’s preview for an article about Marlene McKinnon, and Ron and Draco welcomed the planned coverage of Order members.
• At Smith Castle, Ryan explained to Kate why Draco strongly supported public recognition of the Order and how the Ministry had taken credit for its achievements.
• Ryan revealed that Sirius Black had decided to promote the Order’s history, calling it a legacy for Regulus and Harry, though he predicted Dumbledore might eventually order the Order disbanded.

Ryan challenged Kate’s assumption that Dumbledore founded the Order of the Phoenix alone, naming its five founders and explaining the political support they brought. He left Kate stunned with his account of Elphias Doge’s deep bond with Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s arrival in Dumbledore’s life.

• Kate questioned how Sirius could have persuaded Dumbledore to let the Order become politicized, and Ryan argued that the eulogy for fallen companions gave him a reason Dumbledore would accept.
• Ryan pointed out that The Daily Prophet listed Albus Dumbledore, Aberforth Dumbledore, Edgar Bones, Elphias Doge, and Gideon Prewett as the Order’s five founders, shocking Kate.
• Ryan explained that Edgar Bones and Gideon Prewett connected the Order to powerful wizarding families and Ministry support, while Dumbledore’s strained relationship with the Ministry limited his influence there.
• Ryan said Voldemort might have been contained without Harry if Peter Pettigrew had not betrayed the Order and helped Voldemort destroy the Bones and Prewett families.
• Ryan described Elphias Doge as Dumbledore’s close school friend and suggested their bond might have become romantic before Grindelwald entered Dumbledore’s life.

Ryan explained Aberforth Dumbledore’s formidable dueling ability and why owning the Hog’s Head Pub qualified him to be a founder of the Order of the Phoenix. The discussion ended with the pub’s ancient magical origins and Aberforth’s goat-related preferences still drawing disgust from Kate.

• Penelope and Kate debated Elphias Doge’s relationship with Dumbledore before shifting the discussion to Aberforth.
• Ryan described Aberforth as a skilled duelist who had fought Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore without being outmatched.
• Ryan recalled Aberforth’s prosecution for inappropriate magic on a goat and quoted Albus Dumbledore’s dismissive interview remark about him.
• Ryan explained that Aberforth’s ownership of the Hog’s Head Pub qualified him as a founder of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Ryan said the pub was an ancient magical creation associated with goblins, had served as the headquarters of the 1612 goblin rebellion, and bound its owner to the building.

Ryan explained how the Hog's Head Pub became a dangerous, semi-sentient refuge for the wizarding world's gray forces and described the rules that kept its goblin magic in check. He revealed that Aberforth became its owner because he was powerful and solitary, though he had resisted the role for years to protect his sister.

• Ryan told Kate and Penelope that the Hog's Head Pub had turned into a gigantic boar when Damocles Rowle attacked it in 1718, forcing him to retreat.
• Penelope deduced that the pub itself enforced its rules, and Ryan explained that Raggedy Lala and his followers had fused with it through ancient goblin magic before Kevin Senger subdued it.
• Ryan listed the pub's rules and explained that Mundungus Fletcher had been banned for failing to spend money there.
• Ryan explained that the Hog's Head Pub relied on a wizard owner to restrain its goblin side and prevent it from becoming a murderous boar.
• Ryan said Aberforth became the pub's owner because he was solitary, strong, and able to hold the fort, but he had long refused the role because he could not bear to bring his sister to live in the filthy pub.

Ryan told Kate and Penelope how Aberforth became the Hog's Head Pub's owner and explained why Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, and Mundungus Fletcher were considered as his possible successors. He revealed that Aberforth rejected all three, leaving the pub's next owner undecided.

• Ryan explained that Aberforth inherited the Hog's Head Pub after Ariana's death and that Dumbledore had used information from Aberforth to learn about Voldemort's plans.
• Ryan and Kate recalled that Voldemort had hidden Ravenclaw's Diadem in the Room of Requirement.
• Ryan named Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, and Mundungus Fletcher as Aberforth's candidates to inherit the pub.
• Kate guessed that Snape's hygiene was the reason he was considered, but Ryan said Aberforth saw himself in Snape and rejected him for his ambition and Death Eater ties.
• Penelope guessed that Lupin was a candidate because he was a werewolf, and Ryan explained that Aberforth rejected him because he wanted to return to Hogwarts and was no longer single.
• Kate correctly guessed that Mundungus was considered because he was single and had grown up around the pub, but Ryan said Aberforth rejected him because his magical ability was too poor.

Ryan explained why Aberforth had rejected Snape as Hog's Head Pub's heir and revealed that he had chosen a student in Ryan's year as his next target. Harry spent the remaining weeks helping establish Reminiscence Cemetery before Task Seven warned him that the new teacher would hinder the resurrection ritual.

• Ryan told Kate and Penelope that Hog's Head Pub's former owners had all surrendered the painful immortality created by their bond with the pub, and that Aberforth had chosen a student as his heir.
• Ryan offered a huge gift to whichever of Kate and Penelope found solid evidence identifying his chosen student, turning them into rivals.
• Harry and the adults traveled across Britain to establish Reminiscence Cemetery, where Dearborn, Benjy Fenwick, and Dorcas Meadowes were laid to rest.
• Harry remembered the cemetery trip and Draco's excitement over the Romanian flying vehicle shaped like a Norwegian Ridgeback.
• Harry saw Task Seven instructing him to understand Arborsage before school began and warning that the new teacher would hinder the resurrection ritual, leaving him worried that Dumbledore might be the calamity.

Harry entered the Mirror World to think through how to pursue his quest to resurrect his mother without being discovered. In the real world, Ron claimed Harry's recent behavior came from absorbing his evil self, and Ginny attacked Ron, Draco, and Neville with bats.

• Harry entered the Mirror World through a mirror, which shattered behind him, and considered how to handle Dumbledore's and the unknown professor's private lessons.
• Ginny saw Harry disappear and worried about his desperate behavior, while Ron suggested Harry had been venting lust and destructive urges.
• Draco asked Ron what he had discovered, and Ron claimed his talent let him sense Harry's memories when he touched Harry's hand.
• Ron said Harry had accepted and fused with his evil self, explaining Harry's ability to summon the Nether Dragon and his recent behavior.
• Ginny became angry when Draco, Neville, and Ron discussed Harry getting intimate with her, and sent a swarm of bats after them.

Ginny transformed Ron, Draco, and Neville with an enhanced Bat-Bogey Hex, prompting Draco to question his magical talent. Ryan explained that Draco’s kind nature limited his curses and that Occlumency and Legilimency suited him best, then challenged Kate to guess the ability Harry needed for Task Seven.

• Ginny’s enhanced Bat-Bogey Hex turned Ron, Draco, and Neville into insect-like creatures before she restored them to human form.
• Draco wondered what magic suited him after seeing Ginny’s unusual skill, and Ginny said she had developed her Bat-Bogey Hex using bat legends and information.
• Kate asked Ryan why he had not guided Draco, and Ryan said Draco had merely been unlucky and had a kind nature that held back his curses.
• Ryan told Kate that Draco was best suited to Occlumency and Legilimency because he could not master curses without becoming truly evil.
• Kate asked Ryan to identify the magic that would help Harry transform for Task Seven and obtain the fruit at the end of the Arborsage profession system.
• Ryan challenged Kate and Penelope to guess Harry’s needed ability and explained that it could not have come from Hogwarts.

Harry discovered that he could use Magic Imbuement on his Contract Tree, making himself feel as though he had become the tree. Ryan explained that the tree acted like a wand that learned from its owner, and that Magic Imbuement accelerated that learning.

• Harry reasoned that the magic he had awakened was Magic Imbuement, a step from the First-Year Potion-Making process.
• Harry entered a magical connection with his Contract Tree, experienced the tree as part of himself, and sensed that it had reached its limit for the day.
• At Smith Castle, Kate correctly guessed that Harry had used Magic Imbuement after remembering which book Ryan had recommended.
• Ryan explained that wands absorbed their owners' skills and that a Contract Tree could function like a wand because it contained its owner's hair and could grow into wand wood.
• Ryan said the tree's magical transformation was feedback from its learning, while Magic Imbuement sped up that process.

Ryan explained how secondhand wands and Arborsages related to magical power transformation, and Kate revealed that Phoenix magic had advanced her shadow abilities. The discussion left Penelope eager to develop her own magic as she trained her ability to remember everything she saw.

• Ryan explained that secondhand wands could grow stronger with compatible owners but remained fragile and increasingly difficult for other wizards to use.
• Kate questioned whether Arborsages had any advantage, and Ryan explained how their Contract Trees helped them undergo magical power transformation.
• Ryan warned that transformations could produce uncontrollable abilities that harmed their owners, and Kate worried about becoming like Medusa.
• Penelope was surprised to learn Kate had undergone a second transformation, and Ryan counted Kate's abilities as 2.3 transformations.
• Ryan explained that three transformations belonged to Demigod Wizards, while Kate ignored him and Penelope began reading and training her memory ability.

Ryan explained that Harry Potter’s magic would transform after another ritual on the Contract Tree the next day, while Kate and Penelope tried to guess what ability he would awaken. Kate finally guessed that Harry’s ability would be lying, and Ryan confirmed she was right.

• Ryan told Penelope she had reached 1.5 magical transformations and revealed Kate hiding in her shadow.
• Kate made Penelope sign humiliating agreements before asking Ryan when Harry Potter would undergo a magical transformation.
• Ryan explained the difference between magical strength and transformation, and said Harry would likely transform after a ritual the next day.
• Kate and Penelope anxiously considered what ability Harry might awaken, recalling their many failed guesses.
• Kate guessed that Harry’s ability would be lying, and Ryan told her she had guessed correctly.