Chapter Summaries

Draco challenged Ron to a flying race, but Madam Hooch stopped them before it began. Neville and Tris then successfully summoned their brooms, and Tris realized his Thought Maze had prevented the broom from sensing his thoughts.

• Draco taunted Ron into agreeing to race him around Hogwarts Castle, while Hermione tried to stop Ron because Madam Hooch had forbidden flying.
• Draco mocked Ron and Hermione, making Ron angry enough to mount his broom and rise into the air as Harry prepared to start the race.
• Madam Hooch returned, ordered Ron and Draco to land, and took five points from Gryffindor and Slytherin for flying without permission.
• Neville summoned his replacement broom after Madam Hooch encouraged him.
• Tris summoned his broom and explained that he had solved the problem by letting some of his thoughts pass through his Thought Maze.

Tris watched Harry display exceptional flying talent, while several students suspected that training with Tris had improved their own flying. That evening, Slytherin held its monthly Chief Student contest, and the first years were about to take their turn.

• Madam Hooch tested the students' flying by having them catch tennis balls, and Harry impressed the class by catching five.
• Draco challenged Harry's talent and insulted Tris, while Daphne defended Tris and Theodore and Blaise said exercise had improved their flying.
• A sixth-year Prefect summoned the first years to Slytherin's monthly Chief Student contest, where Snape explained that strength determined status in the lower years.
• Irina Yaxley defeated five challengers to retain the second-year position, while the fourth-year Chief Student held on and a Prewett took the third-year title.
• The first years' contest began after the other years finished their challenges.

Tris declined to compete for Slytherin’s first-year chief and watched Draco win by teaming up with Pansy. The next morning, Tris gathered students from both houses for a run around Hogwarts, where an overconfident Draco soon began to tire.

• Tris refused Snape’s invitation to compete for chief, while eight first-years entered the ring of fire.
• Draco and Pansy teamed up to eliminate Blaise, and Pansy withdrew to make Draco the first-year chief.
• Tris persuaded the Slytherin first-years to join his morning exercise, and Hermione brought every Gryffindor first-year along.
• Tris proposed a race around Hogwarts Castle, and Tracey challenged his claim that girls had less stamina.
• Tris set off at a steady pace while Draco rushed ahead, only to find his legs tiring a quarter of the way around the castle.

After Tris’s running challenge pushed Draco to keep training, the system rewarded Tris with the Samadhi True Fire technique, which he began practicing to prepare for Voldemort. His exercise program improved the students’ spellwork and altered events leading up to Halloween, leaving Tris curious about what would happen at the feast.

• Draco collapsed after his first run, but Tris provoked him into resolving to continue training rather than admit defeat.
• Tris opened the system’s advanced competition reward and received the Samadhi True Fire technique, then began practicing it.
• After two weeks, Tris had ignited the essence fire and heart fire but had not yet lit the sovereign fire or learned to harmonize the three.
• Professor Flitwick awarded Slytherin ten points when every student successfully performed the Levitation Charm and learned that Tris led their exercise training.
• Padma and other Ravenclaws joined Tris’s morning runs, while Harry and Ron’s training helped them master the Levitation Charm and avoid the conflict with Hermione from the original story.
• Tris wondered how Halloween would unfold now that Harry and Ron had no reason to go to the washroom where the troll might appear.

Tris learned that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had found a three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor in the forbidden Third Floor Corridor, and Harry guessed it was guarding the mysterious object Hagrid had removed from Gringotts. After noticing Harry’s rapid improvement in flying, Tris suspected he had secretly joined the Gryffindor Quidditch team, while the chapter left open whether the troll would still appear at the Halloween feast.

• Harry and Ron told Tris they had entered the Third Floor Corridor after a moving staircase led them there and they fled from Mrs. Norris.
• Ron revealed that he had opened a locked door with Alohomora and that the trio had seen a three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor.
• Harry guessed the dog might be guarding the object Hagrid had taken from Gringotts, and Tris agreed the theory made sense.
• Tris noticed Harry had improved dramatically at flying, and Harry stumbled when Tris asked if he had been practicing in secret.
• Tris concluded Harry had probably joined the Gryffindor Quidditch team and wondered whether a troll would still appear at the Halloween feast.

After the Halloween troll incident, Harry and Ron told Tris they believed Snape had been bitten by the Three-Headed Dog while trying to steal the hidden object beneath the trapdoor. Tris questioned their assumptions and left them to worry about the upcoming Quidditch match.

• Tris watched students discuss the troll, which Professor McGonagall had captured after it wandered into the dungeon.
• Harry and Ron told Tris they had seen Snape limping and borrowing a book about dangerous magical creatures from the library.
• Ron and Harry concluded that the Three-Headed Dog had bitten Snape while he tried to reach the object hidden beneath the trapdoor.
• Tris suggested that Hogwarts professors could handle even a fire-drake and urged Harry and Ron to focus on next week's Quidditch match.

After Harry’s place as Gryffindor’s Seeker was revealed, Tris watched the school’s preparations for the first Quidditch match of the year, Gryffindor against Slytherin. He settled into the stands beside Daphne, keeping an eye on Snape and Quirrell as the match was about to begin.

• A Ravenclaw girl spotted Gryffindor training, and George let slip that Harry was the team’s new Seeker.
• Tris teased George about his crush, then evaded him as George chased him through Hogwarts Castle.
• Harry showed Tris the Nimbus 2000 Sirius had bought him, and Tris explained that Sirius could easily afford it.
• Slytherin intensified its morning training ahead of the match, while Tris dismissed Marcus Flint’s tactics as crude.
• Tris arrived early at the pitch, sat beside Daphne, and watched Snape and Quirrell enter the stands.

Tris watched Hogwarts’ Quidditch match while tracking Snape, Sirius, Lupin, and Quirrell in the stands. When Harry’s broom began shaking violently, Tris saw Quirrell watching in alarm rather than casting a spell, leaving the cause of the danger uncertain.

• Tris spotted Sirius beside Snape, and the two traded insults until Lupin restrained Sirius and led him away.
• Lee Jordan started the match commentary with a rap before Professor McGonagall stopped him, and Gryffindor took an early lead over Slytherin.
• Tris watched Sirius cheer Harry and noticed that Quirrell appeared engrossed in the game rather than preparing to curse Harry.
• Harry and Terence Higgs dived for the Golden Snitch but lost sight of it after getting in each other’s way.
• Harry’s broom began shaking violently in midair, and Tris saw Quirrell watching nervously without chanting a spell.

Tris realized Voldemort was cursing Harry’s broom through Quirrell while Snape and Sirius argued, and Hermione mistook Snape for the culprit. At Hagrid’s hut, the group discussed Sirius’s connection to Harry and Snape’s wealth, ending with Hagrid learning that the children knew about Fluffy.

• Tris deduced that Voldemort was casting the curse through Quirrell, who kept his eyes on Harry while Snape and Sirius argued.
• Lupin calmed Snape and Sirius, and Snape began a counter-spell while Hermione set fire to his robes, breaking Quirrell’s line of sight and helping Harry’s broom recover.
• Hermione told Tris and Ron at Hagrid’s hut that she believed Snape had cursed Harry’s broom, while Tris concealed his explanation.
• Hagrid told Hermione that Harry had left with his godfather, and Ron identified him as Sirius Black, Harry’s father’s best friend.
• Ron accused Snape of trying to steal something from Dumbledore, and Hagrid was shocked when Ron revealed that they knew about Fluffy.

Tris and his friends learned that Nicolas Flamel created the Philosopher’s Stone, while Hermione remained convinced Snape wanted to steal it and Ron and Harry saw little reason to worry. As Christmas approached, Molly invited Tris, Ron, and Harry to France, leaving Tris wondering what would happen to Harry’s chance of finding the Mirror of Erised.

• Hermione found Nicolas Flamel in a book and explained that he had created the Philosopher’s Stone, but Tris stayed silent about his suspicions of Quirrell.
• Ron argued that Snape stealing the Stone could lead to better outcomes than Snape staying at Hogwarts, and Harry agreed while Hermione struggled to name the danger.
• Hermione continued to suspect Snape, though she could not connect him to Voldemort or imagine what harm he would do with the Stone.
• Tris received a letter from Molly inviting him, Ron, and Harry to spend Christmas with the family in France.
• Tris wondered how Harry’s trip to France would affect his discovery of the Mirror of Erised.

Tris and Harry traveled with the Weasleys to 12 Grimmauld Place before their Christmas trip to France. Upon entering the house, both boys sensed something strange, and Tris realized that Slytherin’s Locket was likely inside.

• Tris and the others left Hogwarts for the holidays, and Molly and Arthur collected them from the station.
• Harry, Tris, and the Weasleys said goodbye to Hermione and her parents before heading to Sirius’s London home.
• Arthur explained that Sirius had arranged Ministry approval for the group to travel from 12 Grimmauld Place to France by Floo Powder.
• At 12 Grimmauld Place, Harry and Tris both felt a strange presence, and Tris recognized it as a sign that Slytherin’s Locket was in the house.

Sirius brought the Weasleys, Harry, and Tris to a Black family residence in Paris for Christmas, where they explored the city and learned they would meet Tonks. Tris considered Kreacher’s miserable circumstances and checked his system abilities, leaving the story with Trace the Dao available.

• Sirius prepared the group to travel to Paris, and they used Floo Powder to reach the Black family residence there.
• The group explored the neighborhood, and Sirius told them they could visit Place Cachée with Charlie the next day.
• Tris noticed Kreacher was absent, and Sirius explained that the elf stayed away unless summoned.
• Arthur asked when Ted and Andromeda would arrive, and Sirius said they were waiting for Nymphadora Tonks to finish work.
• Fred and George welcomed the news that Tonks was coming, while Tris checked his system and saw that Trace the Dao was available.

Tris used his new Trace the Dao ability when Nymphadora demonstrated her metamorphmagus transformation. He successfully mastered the rare ability, leaving him with a new power and a month-long cooldown on Trace the Dao.

• Tris received the Trace the Dao ability, which let him learn abilities he witnessed, and considered using it to copy Sectumsempra or acquire metamorphmagus abilities.
• Lupin cooked dinner, and the Tonks family arrived to visit the Weasleys, Harry, Sirius, and Lupin.
• The Twins mourned Nymphadora's retirement from pranks, while Sirius and Andromeda discussed Kreacher and the possibility of finding a new house-elf.
• Harry and Ron asked Nymphadora to demonstrate her transformation, and she changed into Tris.
• Tris activated Trace the Dao during Nymphadora's demonstration and immediately mastered the metamorphmagus ability.

Charlie returned home for Christmas with a flame-shaped scar from a dragon, while Tris kept his brothers on their daily runs and spent the holiday with the Weasleys, Sirius, Lupin, and Harry. When Tris asked about Harry’s presents, he realized the Invisibility Cloak had not been returned to him.

• Charlie showed Molly and his younger brothers the burn scar he had received while helping subdue a black dragon, and Fred and George were scolded for asking him to give them matching scars.
• Nymphadora spoke with Tris, who worried that he could not yet use Samadhi True Fire to destroy Voldemort’s soul fragment.
• Tris woke Ron, Fred, George, Percy, and Charlie for a Christmas morning run, and Percy struggled so badly that Fred and George had to carry him home.
• Lupin gave Percy a vitality potion, and he and Sirius discussed their school years and Harry’s parents with the others.
• Tris asked Harry about his Christmas gifts and noticed that Harry had not received the Invisibility Cloak.

Tris browsed a French bookshop in the Hidden Place, where he encountered Pheobe and traded insults with her. Pheobe challenged him by throwing down her glove.

• Tris left the group’s festivities to browse the Magirade Antiquarian and Quill Shop, where he read advanced dark magic books and memorized their contents with Thought Maze.
• Tris noticed a beautiful silver-haired girl and recognized her as Pheobe, whom he suspected was Fleur Delacour from the original story.
• Pheobe told Tris to move aside, and the two exchanged insults after she noticed his British accent.
• Pheobe became furious when Tris refused to show her special courtesy and called her a shrew.
• Pheobe removed a white silk glove and threw it at Tris.

Tris Weasley accepted Fleur Delacour’s duel and defeated her with a Full Body-Bind Curse after dodging her Disarming Charm. Fleur was left immobilized, and Tris declared that she had lost.

• Pheobe challenged Tris to a duel, and he accepted after provoking her and asking them to wager something.
• Tris and Pheobe introduced themselves, and Tris learned she was a thirteen-year-old Beauxbatons fourth-year while he was an eleven-year-old Hogwarts first-year.
• Tris proposed that the loser accept the winner’s terms, and they agreed that Fleur would let him kiss her if she lost while Tris would insult Hogwarts if he lost.
• Fleur opened the duel with Expelliarmus, but Tris dodged the spell and rushed toward her.
• Tris cast Petrificus Totalus at close range, immobilized Fleur, and declared that she had lost.

After defeating Pheobe in a duel, Tris tricked her into posing for a photograph and gained a Portable Space as a system reward. The group enjoyed lunch in France, learned how to access Hogwarts’s kitchens, and prepared to visit Sirius’s French friend, while his suspicious grin hinted at a possible surprise.

• Tris freed Pheobe after winning their duel, then took a photograph of her puckering up and left her furious.
• Tris received a Portable Space from his system, exchanged money at Gringotts, and secretly bought books while disguised as an adult.
• Sirius took the group to an upscale Muggle restaurant, where he explained how students could enter the Hogwarts kitchens by tickling a painted pear.
• Tris suspected Fred and George had the Marauder’s Map and wondered when they would pass it on to Ron.
• Sirius announced that the group would visit the Hilliacs Family, and Nymphadora remarked that his grin resembled someone arranging a blind date.

After an awkward group matchmaking gathering in France, Tris returned to 12 Grimmauld Place and found the Horcrux hidden in Regulus Arcturus Black’s room. Kreacher revealed how Regulus had stolen it from Voldemort, and Sirius promised to have Dumbledore destroy it safely.

• Sirius brought Harry, Nymphadora, Tris, and other young people to a matchmaking gathering with French wizarding families, embarrassing the youngsters, especially Tris.
• After the group returned to Britain, Tris opened Regulus Arcturus Black’s room and found Slytherin’s Locket on the desk.
• Sirius, Remus, and Arthur examined the locket, while Kreacher recognized it as something Regulus had left behind.
• Kreacher confessed that Regulus had sacrificed himself to steal the locket from Voldemort and had ordered Kreacher to return with it.
• Sirius comforted Kreacher and promised to take the locket to Dumbledore so it could be destroyed safely.

After the holidays, Tris and the others returned to Hogwarts, where heavier lessons and homework awaited them. Tris warned Sirius about Lucius Malfoy and settled a fight between Theodore and Blaise, then faced a hostile fourth-year in the Slytherin Common Room.

• Tris mocked Harry for gaining weight during the holidays, and Ginny defended him.
• Before boarding the train, Tris told Sirius that Lucius Malfoy was a Hogwarts governor, prompting Sirius to promise to deal with him.
• Back at Hogwarts, Theodore and Blaise argued over their rivalry and wrestled until Tris pulled them apart and suggested they team up for the next contest.
• Tris considered modifying his camera to work at Hogwarts and exploit a loophole in the law against enchanted Muggle objects.
• In the Slytherin Common Room, Shocker Pucey confronted Tris, who insulted him in response.

Tris defeated Shocker after the older student tried to bully him, then Snape summoned him to Dumbledore’s office. There, Tris found Harry, Ron, Sirius, Kreacher, several professors, and an unfamiliar man gathered around Slytherin’s Locket, a Horcrux.

• Shocker confronted Tris in the Slytherin Common Room, but Tris blinded him with a Smoke Charm and bound him with a Full Body-Bind Curse.
• Tris tied Shocker up and tickled his foot with a quill to make him reveal who had sent him, but Shocker refused to talk.
• Snape arrived and asked Tris to follow him to the Headmaster’s Office.
• Tris entered the office and found Dumbledore, several professors, Harry, Ron, Sirius, Kreacher, and an unfamiliar stout old man gathered around Slytherin’s Locket.
• Dumbledore offered Tris ice cream, and Tris accepted while looking at the Horcrux on the desk.