Recaps

John secretly watched Norbert hatch, then persuaded Malfoy to delay reporting the dragon to protect Slytherin’s House Cup chances. Later, Quirrell presented John with a test involving the Unforgivable Curses, forcing him to choose between using one and becoming a target for Voldemort.

• John used alchemy to make a bracelet that could cast a Shield Charm when danger approached.
• John secretly went to Hagrid’s Hut and watched Norbert hatch alongside Hagrid, Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
• John caught Malfoy after he spied on Norbert and persuaded him to wait before reporting the dragon, citing Slytherin’s House Cup lead.
• After a week of Malfoy’s threatening smirks, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid decided to send Norbert to Romania with Ron’s brother Charlie.
• John met Quirrell, who told him that using an Unforgivable Curse was the test for acceptance and warned that refusing would make him a target for Voldemort.

Quirrell taught John the Three Unforgivable Curses, and John secretly strengthened his amulet to warn him if the Imperius Curse took hold. When Quirrell later cursed John and took him to the Forbidden Forest, John pretended to obey as Quirrell killed a unicorn; afterward, Ron was bitten by the dragon, and Harry and the others prepared to send Norbert away.

• Quirrell demonstrated the Imperius, Cruciatus, and Killing Curses to John, then had John practice the Cruciatus Curse on him.
• John calmed himself in the washroom, then used the Room of Requirement to add an Imperius Curse warning function to his amulet.
• Quirrell invited John to the Forbidden Forest, and Voldemort urged Quirrell to stop wasting time and cast the Imperius Curse on John.
• John's amulet briefly activated, and he pretended to be under Quirrell's control as they searched for a unicorn.
• Quirrell killed a unicorn and gave John its horn, while John acted as if the killing had shaken him.
• Ron was bitten by the dragon, so Harry and the others planned to send Norbert away on Saturday night.

John made a rune-enchanted amulet and tried to stop Quirrell from killing a unicorn, but his plan to alert the professors seemed to fail. After Quirrell forced him into the Forbidden Forest, John unleashed Fiendfyre, and the professors arrived as Quirrell drank the unicorn’s blood.

• John used dragon blood and Blast-Ended Skrewt material to inscribe his first rune, while Hagrid prepared to send Norbert away.
• Gryffindor lost 150 points after Harry, Hermione, and Neville were caught out at night, and Malfoy mocked Harry for costing Gryffindor its chance to win.
• Quirrell placed John under the Imperius Curse and led him toward the Forbidden Forest, while John secretly sent Basil and Tom to deliver letters to professors.
• Hagrid took Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forest to patrol, where they found signs of another slain unicorn and later split into teams.
• John repeatedly missed the unicorn with his spells, then cast Fiendfyre when Quirrell urged him to kill it; Quirrell blasted John aside and drank the unicorn’s blood.
• A red spell streaked toward Quirrell as the professors arrived.

John pretended Quirrell had cursed him, but Quirrell later attacked again with the Killing Curse, and John survived thanks to his amulet. After three days unconscious, John woke as Hogwarts prepared for Exam Week and he looked forward to learning more about the Philosopher’s Stone.

• Professor McGonagall fought Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest, but he escaped into the forest as Hagrid and Professor Flitwick helped extinguish the Fiendfyre.
• Professor Sprout took John toward the Hospital Wing while Professor McGonagall organized a search, and Quirrell reappeared to cast the Killing Curse at Harry and Malfoy.
• John kicked Harry and Malfoy out of the way, and his amulet’s Shield Charm weakened the curse enough for him to survive before Quirrell fled from the centaurs.
• John slept for three days, while Malfoy, Harry, and Hermione worried about him and Dumbledore and Snape visited the Hospital Wing.
• After waking, John told Dumbledore that his attacker seemed familiar with Hogwarts, then learned the unicorn had survived and Quirrell had taken sick leave.
• John waited for Exam Week and anticipated finding out more about the Philosopher’s Stone.

John completed his exams, strengthened his friendship with Malfoy, and received a unicorn horn and magical materials from Hagrid. After learning that the Golden Trio had uncovered the intruder’s identity and headed for the Trapdoor, John prepared with an amulet, potions, and his greatsword, then followed them inside.

• John passed his exams and accepted Malfoy’s friendship after thanking him for the get-well gifts.
• Hagrid gave John Weiwei’s shed unicorn horn and a basket of magical creature materials, and John praised Tom and Fang for helping summon Professor Kettleburn during the Forbidden Forest incident.
• Harry questioned Hagrid about the cloaked stranger who had won Norbert, and Hagrid revealed details that convinced the Golden Trio the stranger was after the Philosopher’s Stone.
• John prepared an amulet and packed potions and his greatsword while tracking the Golden Trio with the Marauder’s Map.
• John put Fluffy to sleep with a music box and slipped through the Trapdoor.

John forced his way through the obstacles guarding the Philosopher’s Stone, rescuing Ron and advancing past Hermione to help Harry. He defeated the troll and stopped at the purple flames, where he upgraded his Disillusionment Charm before proceeding.

• John used Neville’s music box to get past Fluffy, then broke through Devil’s Snare and smashed open the door to the room of flying keys.
• John destroyed the animated chess pieces, found Ron unconscious, and woke him; Hermione arrived and said Harry had gone on while the antidote was gone.
• John went through the next door alone and defeated the waking troll with a powerful Reducto, completing a Challenge Mission.
• John reached the purple flames and used his discretionary points to raise his Disillusionment Charm to level 4.

John entered the final room and watched Voldemort take control of Quirrell, seize the Philosopher’s Stone, and prepare to leave after he could not harm Harry. As Voldemort passed, John launched a surprise attack from behind with his greatsword.

• John crossed the flames and found Quirrell holding Harry captive before the mirror.
• Harry obtained the Philosopher’s Stone from the mirror and tried to fool Quirrell, but Voldemort exposed his lie.
• Voldemort took control of Quirrell’s body, revealed his face on the back of Quirrell’s head, and killed Quirrell.
• Voldemort forced the Stone from Harry’s pocket, bound him, and taunted him about his parents and his scar.
• Voldemort could not harm Harry because of his mother’s protection, so he headed for the doorway with the Stone.
• John struck Voldemort from behind with his greatsword as Voldemort passed him.

John defeated Voldemort and later used the Philosopher’s Stone in unsuccessful attempts to improve a sword and make protective badges. At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore’s points put Gryffindor in first place, then turned to award John points.

• John severed Voldemort’s hands and destroyed his body, but Voldemort’s smoke passed through Harry and left him unconscious.
• Dumbledore arrived, said Harry was only badly frightened, and allowed John to borrow the Philosopher’s Stone for a while.
• John made nine protective badges with the Stone, but his attempt to improve a silver sword instead turned it into gold.
• At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore awarded points to Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Neville, moving Gryffindor ahead of Slytherin.
• Dumbledore looked toward John and began to announce his final award.

John Wick was celebrated for saving Harry and Draco and securing Slytherin’s House Cup victory before leaving Hogwarts for the summer. Back home, he reunited with his family and began experimenting with the system’s magic blood and his wand.

• Dumbledore awarded Slytherin eighty points for John’s heroism, and the house celebrated its eighth consecutive House Cup win.
• John took the Philosopher’s Stone home, learned he had placed first in the year’s results, and invited Harry to visit during the summer.
• The system rewarded John with magic blood and free points, and he wondered whether mixing the blood with dragon blood would cause dangerous effects.
• John arrived at King’s Cross, reunited with his parents, and signaled to Dudley that Harry was under his protection.
• At home, John’s father repeatedly asked him to perform magic, while John studied the magic blood and tinkered with his wand.

John removed the Trace from his wand and drank magic blood, gaining fire dragon traits and a substantial increase in magic after a painful surge of uncontrolled power. He later realized Harry had received a Ministry warning for magic John had used, leaving Harry to take the blame.

• John extracted the Trace from his wand and prepared a spare wand before drinking magic blood.
• The magic blood caused John agonizing pain and an uncontrolled burst of magic that threw Watson Wick from the basement and transformed objects around the house.
• John recovered and gained Fire-Eating, Intimidation, Hardening, and Dragon Language, along with increased magic and improved fire spells.
• John cleaned the wrecked basement and reassured Mr. and Mrs. Wick that he was unharmed.
• John saw an owl fly toward 4 Privet Drive and realized Harry had received a Ministry warning because Harry's wand still carried the Trace.

After experimenting with magic blood and alchemy, John was visited by Dumbledore, who invited him to meet Nicolas Flamel abroad. John’s family agreed to the trip, and he prepared to leave with Dumbledore by Muggle cruise ship.

• John used magic blood to cast a powerful Incendio and worried that losing control could make him an Obscurial.
• John inscribed a Thurisaz rune onto a badge using the Philosopher’s Stone and dragon blood as ink.
• Dumbledore visited John, praised his Transfiguration, and reassured him that Harry would be fine after receiving a Ministry warning.
• Dumbledore told John that Nicolas Flamel wanted to meet him and invited him to travel abroad.
• John’s parents approved the trip after he agreed to Mrs. Wick’s conditions, including writing home every week.
• John packed his Philosopher’s Stone and alchemy materials, then learned that Dumbledore had chosen to travel by Muggle cruise ship.

Dumbledore brought John to Beauxbatons, where he was assigned to spend two months as a temporary exchange student and began looking for clues connected to Nicolas Flamel. That night, John secretly explored the school, and reports of a ghostly haunting began to spread.

• Dumbledore took John to Beauxbatons and arranged with Headmistress Olympe Maxime for him to stay there as a temporary exchange student.
• Olympe Maxime transformed John's clothes into Beauxbatons robes and left Fleur Delacour to help him settle in.
• Fleur showed John the Abraxan horses, while John wondered how to obtain materials from them and searched for a Restricted Section.
• After learning that Beauxbatons had a Restricted Section he could not enter, John used a level-four Disillusionment Charm to explore the school at night.
• Students later reported hearing unexplained footsteps and seeing a pale figure searching near the Flamel Couple Fountain.

John secretly studied alchemy in Nicolas Flamel’s hidden room and used what he learned to craft magical items and plan a network of allies. He then agreed to travel with Pheobe to the Quidditch World Cup group stage in Bulgaria, though their Portkey guide seemed unreliable.

• Pheobe questioned John about the Abraxans losing feathers, but he denied knowing anything and showed her his alchemy reading list.
• John discovered Nicolas Flamel’s hidden alchemy room and used its enchanted diary to get answers to his questions.
• John crafted flying shoes from Abraxan feathers and improved the directional charms on his badges, intending to give eight badges to future allies.
• Pheobe invited John to watch the Quidditch World Cup group stage in Bulgaria, and he agreed to travel with her by Portkey.
• John and Pheobe reached the Paris Hidden Place and found a shabby, drunken Portkey owner, leaving them unsure whether he could be trusted.

John and Pheobe were stranded in a remote forest after an unstable Portkey dropped them there. They encountered an injured wizard fleeing a Hungarian Horntail, and the dragon turned its attention to John as they ran.

• John and Pheobe paid for a Portkey, which deposited them in an unknown forest instead of their destination.
• After hours of walking, John reassured Pheobe, and they made camp for the night.
• A pale wizard in blood-red robes stumbled from the bushes and warned them to run as a Hungarian Horntail attacked.
• John used a Levitation Charm to pull the wizard out of the dragonfire, drawing the Hungarian Horntail's attention.
• John and Pheobe fled the dragon, while John realized the wizard had apparently ambushed it in its sleep and struck its backside.

John stopped the Hungarian Horntail from attacking by speaking its language, then learned that he and his companions were in Breathless Valley in Scandinavia. After Ammokhan forgave them, John met Heinrich Edgar, a Durmstrang student from a notorious dark-magic family.

• John and Pheobe fled the Hungarian Horntail as the blood-robed wizard fought back and the dragon attacked them with fire and its tail.
• John spoke in dragon language, halting Ammokhan's attack, and explained that their Portkey had brought them to Breathless Valley.
• Ammokhan forgave the three after John apologized and learned that the blood-robed wizard had provoked the dragon by attacking it.
• After Ammokhan left, John introduced himself to the blood-robed wizard, who gave his name as Heinrich Edgar of Durmstrang.
• Pheobe recognized the Edgar name as belonging to a family known for dark magic and challenging powerful opponents.

John and Pheobe escaped Breathless Valley with Heinrich’s help after John defeated him in a duel, then returned to Beauxbatons. Later, Dumbledore sent John to Montmorency Street, where John caught a man following him and stunned him.

• Heinrich challenged John to a duel and promised to explain how to leave Breathless Valley if John won.
• John defeated Heinrich, who directed him to Durmstrang’s Floo Network connection.
• Heinrich led John and Pheobe to Durmstrang, where they used the fireplace to travel to Crooked Hat Square and eventually returned to Beauxbatons.
• John received a letter from Dumbledore asking him to go to Montmorency Street in Paris.
• John spotted a man following him, used Disillusionment to disappear, then stunned the man and levitated him away.

John met Nicolas Flamel, received his alchemical knowledge, and learned that his new teacher was preparing to die. After studying with Flamel through the rest of his holiday, John said goodbye and left France.

• John entered the old house on Montmorency Street and met Nicolas Flamel, who gave him books of alchemical notes and welcomed him as a student.
• Flamel told John that a captured man was a Death Eater and that Voldemort’s followers were still seeking the Philosopher’s Stone to bring their master back.
• John studied alchemy with Flamel, and Flamel explained that he had chosen to end his immortal life and spend his final days with his wife.
• Flamel praised John, urged him to keep exploring alchemy, and departed after John embraced him goodbye.
• John retrieved his diary from Beauxbatons, said farewell to Pheobe, and left the swindling drunk hanging from a statue for three days.

John returned home after a month away, appeased Mrs. Wick with a gift, and learned from his friends’ letters that Harry had not replied to anyone. Worried, John went to 4 Privet Drive and intimidated Vernon into letting him see Harry, then ordered Dudley to open Harry’s sealed room.

• John apologized to Mrs. Wick for not writing and gave her perfume, then read letters from Hermione, Ron, Hagrid, and Malfoy that raised concerns about Harry.
• John brought an apple pie to 4 Privet Drive and persuaded Vernon to let him inside by presenting himself as a neighbor’s son.
• Vernon revealed that Harry was locked in his room and ordered John to leave, so John bent Vernon’s finger and threatened him with his father’s connection to Finn Wallace.
• Vernon relented and sent Dudley to guide John upstairs to Harry’s sealed room.
• John told Dudley to open the door, invoking Britain’s child protection laws.

John visited Harry while he was locked up at the Dursleys’, warned him to stay alert about Voldemort, and later watched the Weasleys rescue him with their flying car. Afterward, John arranged a commissioned sword, received his second-year booklist, and considered finding a professional to sell his dangerous enchanted goods.

• John visited Harry in his locked room, heard how Dobby had caused trouble, and wondered whether someone had sent the house-elf.
• John told Harry that Ron and the Weasleys would rescue him, warned him that Voldemort might return, and persuaded Vernon to bring Harry’s belongings upstairs.
• The Weasleys arrived in a flying car at night and took Harry and his belongings away; Vernon later blamed John for the open window and kept Dudley indoors.
• John commissioned a greatsword from bladesmith Ben Abbott, sending him mithril and wood for the work.
• John received his second-year booklist and considered finding a professional in Diagon Alley to sell the dangerous magical items he made.

John discovered that Mundungus Fletcher had been assigned to watch him and forced him to sell some of his dangerous magical items in Knockturn Alley. The chapter ended with Mundungus keeping most of the proceeds and receiving parchment to contact John for future deals.

• John noticed a cloaked man watching him during his morning runs, then used a tracking map to follow him to Knockturn Alley.
• John identified the watcher as Mundungus Fletcher, who revealed that Dumbledore had told him to keep an eye on John.
• John disarmed Mundungus in a lane and recruited him to sell several dangerous items, promising an eighty-twenty split.
• Mundungus sold the items to Borgin and Burkes, but tried to hide part of the Galleons until John threatened him again.
• John took his share and gave Mundungus parchment to contact him, leaving Mundungus to consider the profitable arrangement.

John enchanted his mithril-decorated sword, managed his growing alchemy business, and went to Diagon Alley with his family. He left Mundungus Fletcher preparing a storefront for a shop selling John’s magical creations.

• John enchanted his new sword with a rune-based Fire-Making Spell, named it the Iron Wick Sword, and put it in his handbag.
• John wrote to Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Hagrid, then arranged more sales through Mundungus Fletcher and learned that Hagrid’s materials would cost twelve hundred Galleons.
• John made Watson exchange Galleons with him before the family traveled to Diagon Alley, where he deposited most of his money at Gringotts and collected water from its anti-theft waterfall.
• John saw Malfoy and Lucius Malfoy heading toward Knockturn Alley, then followed them under a Disillusionment Charm before visiting Mundungus Fletcher.
• John told Mundungus Fletcher to prepare his new storefront for a Johnny Silverhand specialty shop, then left without saying goodbye.

John rescued Harry from a threatening witch in Knockturn Alley, then joined Harry, Hagrid, and the Weasleys in Diagon Alley. At Flourish and Blotts, Harry became the center of attention at Gilderoy Lockhart’s book event while Draco Malfoy fumed with jealousy.

• John broke the old witch’s plate and threatened her with his wand before Hagrid helped him escort Harry out of Knockturn Alley.
• Hagrid reunited Harry with Hermione and the Weasleys, and Harry explained that the Dursleys had kept him locked up.
• Molly and Ginny thanked John for helping Harry, and John escaped their attention by waiting outside Gringotts.
• John walked through Diagon Alley with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and they laughed when he described his true encounter with a dragon in France.
• At Flourish and Blotts, Harry posed for photographs with Gilderoy Lockhart while Draco resented the attention Harry received.

John met potion researcher Damocles Belby at St Mungo’s, then encountered Neville visiting his parents, who had been tortured into madness by Death Eaters. After returning home, John sent Belby more ideas for the Wolfsbane Potion and learned that they worked.

• John watched Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy brawl in Diagon Alley, then noticed an old diary in Ginny’s cauldron as he said goodbye to Harry and the others.
• John coated the Iron Wick Sword with powdered dragon tooth and received a letter from Damocles Belby inviting him to meet at St Mungo’s.
• John met Belby while he was observing a wizard suffering from a werewolf bite, and Belby warmly invited John to visit his manor.
• John found Neville visiting his parents in the Spell Damage Department and comforted him as he saw that they could no longer recognize their son.
• John sent Belby further ideas for the Wolfsbane Potion, and Belby later replied that they had worked.

John and Damocles Belby successfully tested the Wolfsbane Potion, proving that Shelby could remain lucid as a werewolf through the full moon. John hired Shelby as a bodyguard and secured exclusive rights to sell the potion, while Damocles kept the credit for its development.

• Shelby transformed into a werewolf after taking the Wolfsbane Potion, and John urged Damocles to open the cage so he could test Shelby's sanity.
• Shelby recognized John and embraced him, confirming that he could remain rational while transformed.
• After Shelby returned to human form at dawn, John offered him a job guarding his shop in Knockturn Alley, and Shelby accepted.
• John and Damocles agreed that John would receive exclusive selling rights to the Wolfsbane Potion while Damocles received the glory for developing it.

John hired Tommy Shelby to guard the Johnny Silverhand shop and discovered Dobby had broken into his basement with a warning about danger at Hogwarts. On September 1, Harry and Ron found the platform passage blocked, and Watson Wick offered to help them reach Hogwarts by car.

• John paid Tommy Shelby a monthly salary and supplied him with top-grade Wolfsbane Potion as the shop’s business continued to grow.
• John caught Dobby in his basement, learned that the elf feared a dangerous plot at Hogwarts, and agreed to investigate despite Dobby’s refusal to identify the culprit.
• Dobby vanished despite John’s magical defenses, prompting John to plan additional Sneakoscopes before returning to school.
• Watson Wick tried and failed to pass through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, then watched John leave for the train.
• Harry and Ron also found the passage blocked and decided to take the Flying Ford Anglia, but Watson Wick appeared and offered to drive them.