Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore gathered Tris, Harry, Ron, and several professors to examine Salazar Slytherin’s locket, which he identified as an exceptionally powerful dark magic object. After the boys were sent away without learning what it was connected to, Harry noticed Professor Quirrell’s absence, while Tris realized Dumbledore might be investigating Horcruxes early and considered searching for Ravenclaw’s Diadem.

• Dumbledore identified the locket as a valuable relic of Salazar Slytherin and asked Tris and Harry about their unusual sensations around it.
• Harry and Tris said they had both sensed something strange about the locket, and Dumbledore confirmed that ordinary methods could not destroy its advanced dark magic.
• Snape and McGonagall urged Dumbledore to destroy the locket, but Dumbledore sent Tris, Harry, and Ron away before explaining its connection to Voldemort.
• Harry pointed out that Professor Quirrell had not been consulted about the dark magic object, and Tris learned the plump visitor was Professor Slughorn.
• Tris suspected Dumbledore had begun investigating Horcruxes ahead of time and considered searching the Room of Requirement for Ravenclaw’s Diadem.

Tris entered the Room of Requirement to search for Ravenclaw's Diadem and discovered several magical objects. After finding the diadem, he uncovered a mysterious metal box containing a blade that might be the Spear of Longinus.

• Tris used Shadow Magic to reach the Room of Requirement without being noticed.
• Tris found two damaged Vanishing Cabinets and stored them in his Portable Space.
• Tris discovered three sealed scrolls and placed them in his Portable Space.
• Tris found Ravenclaw's Diadem on a bust and stored it in his Portable Space.
• Tris followed a strange sensation to a heavy gray box, opened it, and found a short blade that he suspected might be the Spear of Longinus.

After discovering a mysterious weapon in the Room of Requirement, Tris returned to the dormitory and went to sleep. His defeat of Shocker inspired students across Hogwarts to join his morning exercises, and Fred and George’s teasing helped turn the trend into a schoolwide competition.

• Tris stored the mysterious weapon in his Portable Space and returned to the Common Room using Shadow Magic.
• Tris woke early and found many Slytherins ready to join his morning exercise after he had defeated Shocker.
• Several older students collapsed when they tried to match Tris’s intense training, while Draco mocked them.
• Over the following week, students from the other houses joined the exercises after Fred and George spread the story and teased the Slytherins.
• Tris welcomed the growing competition, though no new system task appeared.

Tris was doing History of Magic homework in the library when Harry, Ron, and Hermione asked whether he could speak Parseltongue. Harry revealed that he had spoken to a large snake by the Black Lake, leaving Tris wondering what the snake was and how Harry had discovered his ability.

• Tris increased the intensity of his morning runs, and more than half of Hogwarts eventually joined him, though the system triggered no new quest.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch less than ten minutes into Gryffindor's match against Ravenclaw, which Tris skipped watching.
• On a Hogsmeade visit day, Harry, Ron, and Hermione approached Tris in the library and asked if he could speak Parseltongue.
• Tris explained that Parseltongue was exceptionally rare and that Salazar Slytherin was Britain's most famous speaker, then said he could not speak it himself.
• Harry told Tris that he had spoken Parseltongue to a large snake near the Black Lake after he and Ron encountered it during a run.

Tris discussed the danger of Hagrid keeping a dragon egg, but decided not to strongly oppose it as Hagrid remained determined to keep the dragon. In late March, Harry told Tris he had received a special Christmas present, which Tris recognized as the Invisibility Cloak.

• Tris explained that the Hilliacs Family and Gringotts had official exceptions that let them keep dragons, while ordinary people were forbidden from doing so.
• Hagrid stayed determined to keep his dragon egg despite Tris's warnings, and he began inviting Harry and the others to admire it.
• Tris decided to oppose Hagrid's plan only weakly, partly because a dragon might help defend Hogwarts in the future.
• In late March, Harry secretly told Tris he had received a special Christmas present.
• Tris realized Harry's present was the Invisibility Cloak.

Harry and Ron told Tris they had found the Mirror of Erised and believed it showed the future, but Tris explained that it could not make prophecies. He arranged for them to visit the mirror after dinner, leaving himself curious about what Hermione and the others would see.

• Harry recalled finding the Invisibility Cloak and using it with Ron to sneak out, where they encountered Snape and discovered the Mirror of Erised.
• Ron told Tris he had seen himself become Head Boy, while Harry said he had seen everyone celebrating Christmas together.
• Tris explained that the mirror did not predict the future, but Ron and Harry wondered if they had prophetic abilities.
• Harry and Ron told Tris they had not yet told Hermione because she might scold them for sneaking out at night.
• Tris told them to go to class and arranged for everyone to visit the mirror after dinner.

Tris and his friends discovered that the Mirror of Erised revealed their deepest desires rather than the future, and Dumbledore soon removed it. Later, while running alone beside the Black Lake, Tris heard a snake complain about him, leaving him stunned.

• Hermione deciphered the mirror’s inscription and explained that it showed each person’s heart’s desire.
• Tris refused to tell Harry, Ron, and Hermione what he had seen, and the mirror was moved away within two days.
• Harry and Ron focused on scouting Hufflepuff ahead of their coming Quidditch match, while Tris continued his morning exercise routine.
• Tris ran beside the Black Lake after finding no one at Hogwarts Castle and saw a large green snake basking on a rock.
• The snake slid into the water after Tris heard it say that another person was annoying.

Tris met Nagini and discovered that he could understand Parseltongue, though he was speaking human language. Believing his Samadhi True Fire might break her blood curse, he asked to try it, and the chapter ended as he conjured a small flame.

• Tris called out to Nagini, and she turned back and spoke to him in Parseltongue.
• Tris learned from Nagini that he was speaking human language and realized he could understand Parseltongue.
• Tris returned after his workout and asked Nagini about attempts to help her, learning that Dumbledore and a gifted boy had both failed.
• Tris told Nagini he might be able to break her curse and asked to try.
• Nagini agreed, and Tris raised a finger with a tiny golden-red flame flickering at its tip.

After winning Slytherin's chief selection, Tris used his newly condensed Samadhi True Fire to try to free Nagini from her blood curse. He found the curse wrapped around her soul fire, and the flame entered her body as Nagini shuddered.

• Tris entered Slytherin's chief selection, defeated six challengers, and then beat the current chief, Theodore.
• The system helped Tris project his primordial spirit, letting him condense the upper elixir field lord fire and form a small amount of Samadhi True Fire.
• Nagini sensed the flame and agreed to let Tris use it in an attempt to remove her blood curse.
• Tris took Nagini to the edge of the Forbidden Forest and examined her with his divine sense.
• Tris saw a blood-red thread wrapped around Nagini's soul fire and sent Samadhi True Fire into her body, making her shudder.

Tris used Samadhi True Fire to remove part of Nagini’s blood curse, allowing her to regain human form temporarily, but the treatment left them both in pain and exhaustion. They agreed to meet again for further treatments, while Tris wondered whether Nagini had already become a Horcrux.

• Tris carefully burned away some of the curse’s red threads, then collapsed from the strain as Nagini endured the soul-deep pain.
• Nagini transformed into a human woman, and Tris gave her a robe while she struggled to speak again.
• Tris explained that he had removed about a fifth of the curse and that Nagini would still turn back into a snake unless they continued treating her.
• Nagini agreed to endure more treatments, and Tris arranged to meet her again the night after tomorrow.
• As Tris returned to Hogwarts Castle, he wondered when Nagini had become a Horcrux.

After exhausting himself using Samadhi True Fire, Tris fell asleep and encountered Voldemort’s fragmented soul inside his Thought Maze. He absorbed the fragments and Voldemort’s magical knowledge, leaving him mentally restored and better prepared for their next confrontation.

• After using Samadhi True Fire, Tris collapsed into bed and fell asleep.
• Tris woke in his Thought Maze, where black mist and blood-red eyes disrupted his control and attacked his soul.
• Tris recognized the mist as the soul fragments Voldemort had left behind after escaping his Thought Maze.
• Tris used his connection to the maze to trap and absorb the soul dust, recovering from his exhaustion.
• Tris received Voldemort’s magical knowledge and decided he would kill him the next time they faced off.

After absorbing Voldemort’s powdered soul, Tris reached Grandmaster-level magical mastery and gained confidence in his ability to protect himself and his family. He then joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione after Hufflepuff beat Ravenclaw at Quidditch, and the chapter ended with him chasing Ron through the castle.

• Tris summoned Skeletal Spirit Fire without a wand or incantation and realized his magic had reached Grandmaster level.
• Hungry after using Samadhi True Fire, Tris went to the kitchen for a meal.
• Tris saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione return from a Quidditch match that Hufflepuff had won.
• Ron asked Tris to help Gryffindor deal with Diggory, and Tris jokingly suggested using a Love Potion to sabotage him.
• After Ron asked for a serious plan, Tris threatened to beat him up, and Ron ran before Tris chased him.

Tris searched for a way to increase his magical power before Voldemort returned and identified the Magic Spirit Potion as a possible solution. He planned to obtain basilisk venom from the Chamber of Secrets and considered stealing Hogwarts’s Philosopher’s Stone to make brewing the potion easier.

• Harry and Ron told Tris that Hagrid’s baby dragon was about to hatch, but Tris was more concerned with how slowly his magical power was growing.
• Tris discovered Voldemort’s knowledge of the Magic Spirit Potion, which could accelerate magical growth but required rare ingredients and difficult brewing.
• Tris decided he could use his Parseltongue to request venom from the basilisk beneath Hogwarts, or kill it if it refused.
• Tris realized that Snape might not agree to brew the potion and that his own skills were inadequate for the task.
• Tris considered stealing the Philosopher’s Stone because it could greatly improve the potion’s brewing chances.

Tris reassured Harry and Ron that Dumbledore could protect Hagrid from consequences for keeping the dragon. Later, Tris confronted Draco and openly revealed that Harry and Ron were helping Hagrid raise it.

• Harry and Ron told Tris that Draco had seen the baby dragon hatch and feared he would report them.
• Tris argued that they would face little trouble and that Dumbledore could protect Hagrid from the Ministry.
• Tris finished his morning run while Harry and Ron followed at a slower pace.
• Tris encountered an exhausted, evasive Draco and ordered him to come over.
• Tris told Draco that Harry and Ron were helping Hagrid raise a dragon.

Tris convinced Draco that knowing about Hagrid’s dragon gave him leverage to demand a place in raising it. Meanwhile, Tris focused on his plan to get the Philosopher’s Stone, though Dumbledore’s watchful presence made stealing it from Harry risky.

• Draco froze when Tris casually revealed that he knew Draco had seen the dragon, then denied that he planned to cause trouble.
• Tris considered why Draco feared him, unaware that his defeat of a sixth-year had made him feared and respected throughout Slytherin.
• Tris weighed the obstacles to reaching the Philosopher’s Stone and decided that stealing it from Harry might be easier than fooling the Mirror of Erised, though Dumbledore might catch him.
• Tris asked Draco whether a dragon guarding Hogwarts would be good or bad, and Draco said it would bring him no benefit.
• Tris told Draco to threaten to report Hagrid’s dragon unless Harry and Ron let him join them, and Draco realized it was an option.

Tris completed Nagini’s treatment, leaving her able to control her transformations for at least a decade. At a cemetery, Nagini reflected on Credence and revealed her plans to travel, then offered to help Tris with a problem.

• Tris used Samadhi True Fire to finish removing the blood curse’s external threads, allowing Nagini to transform at will while warning that the curse could regrow after more than ten years.
• Nagini took Tris to Credence’s grave, where they discussed Credence’s unusual survival as a wizard with an Obscurus.
• Nagini told Tris she planned to travel now that she could leave safely and revealed that Credence had left her his wand.
• Nagini offered to help Tris as thanks for breaking the curse, and Tris said he had something she might be able to help with.

Tris watched Harry, Ron, and Hermione become convinced that Snape was after the Philosopher’s Stone, then agreed to help them investigate. He arranged for Filch to catch him outside the Third Floor Corridor and erased Filch’s memory as the trio entered.

• After Norbert was sent away, Harry encountered Quirrell and Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, but wrongly suspected Snape of wanting the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione told Tris that Hagrid had revealed how to get past the three-headed dog, and Harry decided they had to stop Snape.
• When Dumbledore was away and McGonagall dismissed their warning, Tris agreed to help the trio protect the Stone.
• Tris told Theodore to alert Filch to their plans, then met Harry, Ron, and Hermione at the Third Floor Corridor that night.
• Tris sent the trio through the door and cast Obliviate on Filch when he arrived.

Tris entered the Chamber of Secrets and summoned Salazar Slytherin’s basilisk, hoping to collect its venom. The basilisk broke free of his control and lunged at him.

• Tris used Filch’s memories to evade Mrs. Norris and hurried to Moaning Myrtle’s Washroom while Dumbledore was away.
• Tris opened the Chamber of Secrets and traveled through its tunnels to Slytherin’s statue.
• Tris summoned the basilisk and protected himself with Holy Spirit Protection.
• Tris ordered the basilisk to give him venom, but it resisted his control and lunged at him.

Tris fought the basilisk beneath Hogwarts, using protective magic and a suffocating bubble before trapping it in Devil’s Snare. With the creature immobilized, he aimed Sectumsempra into its throat, hoping to kill it quickly so he could return to Harry and the others and steal the Philosopher’s Stone.

• The basilisk lunged at Tris, but he evaded its bite with Shadow Form and resisted its deadly gaze with Holy Spirit Protective Light.
• Tris trapped the basilisk’s head in a Preservation Bubble filled with nitrogen, but the snake kept fighting without tiring.
• Remembering that the basilisk could endure the lack of oxygen, Tris lured it into a pool containing magically treated Devil’s Snare seeds.
• The Devil’s Snare bound the basilisk half in the pool and half on the floor, leaving it unable to move.
• Tris propped open the basilisk’s mouth and cast Sectumsempra into its throat.

Tris harvested the Basilisk’s most valuable parts, then raced through the obstacles beneath the trapdoor to reach Harry, Ron, and Hermione at the wizard’s chessboard. As Ron sacrificed himself to create an opening for Harry, Tris intervened just as the opposing queen struck.

• Tris used Snape’s copied spell to kill the Basilisk and collected its venom sacs, eyes, and gallbladder.
• Tris left the Chamber of Secrets and hurried through the Three-Headed Dog, Devil’s Snare, and Flying Keys to reach the chessboard.
• Tris found Ron, Harry, and Hermione still struggling with the chess game because Ron had to protect Harry and Hermione as pieces on the board.
• Ron decided to sacrifice his knight to open a path for Harry’s bishop and urged Harry to continue.
• As the opposing queen brought her sword down on Ron’s knight, Tris made his move.