Chapter Summaries

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.