Chapter Summaries

Tris rejoined Harry, Ron, and Hermione after Ron’s chess match, and the group moved on through the trials guarding the Philosopher’s Stone. They found a troll in the next room, and Harry proposed distracting it while they ran for the far door.

• Tris cast a Shield Charm to cushion Ron’s fall from the chessboard, and Harry checkmated the opposing king.
• The group crossed the board before its pieces could repair themselves, and Tris praised Ron’s victory as worthy of a Hogwarts Chess Saint.
• Tris searched for Dumbledore with his primordial spirit but found no sign of him.
• Hermione speculated about which professors had arranged the trials, and Harry opened a door to reveal a troll.
• Harry suggested splitting up to distract the troll and reach the far door, while Tris offered to help Ron cope with the stench.

Tris, Harry, Hermione, and Ron outmaneuvered a troll guarding the next chamber, then triggered a magical trap that sealed both ends of a narrow bridge. Hermione picked up a parchment from the platform as Ron panicked and the group faced the black and purple flames.

• Tris cast a Leg-Locker Curse to make the charging troll stumble, and Harry, Hermione, and Ron distracted it with spells.
• The four cast Leg-Locker Curses together, knocked the troll down, and escaped through a small doorway.
• The group entered a chamber with a narrow bridge over a bottomless pit and bottles and jars on a central platform.
• Harry stepped onto the platform, triggering black and purple flames that blocked the doors at both ends.
• Ron cried that they were trapped, and Hermione urged everyone not to panic as she picked up a parchment.

Tris bypassed Snape’s potion puzzle by parting the magical flames with the Fire-Evading Charm, and the four children continued through the chambers. They found Quirrell waiting beside the Mirror, and Tris attacked him before he could explain himself.

• Hermione solved Snape’s potion puzzle, but the group realized the single-dose potions could not get all four of them through the flames.
• Tris used the Fire-Evading Charm to open a path through the black flames, then secretly collected all the potions as the others hurried through.
• The four children reached the final room, where they found Quirrell standing in front of the Mirror.
• Quirrell dropped his timid act and addressed Harry and Tris, but Tris cut him off and cast Expelliarmus.

Quirrell ambushed Tris, Harry, Hermione, and Ron and quickly overpowered them, then revealed that he had tried to kill Harry twice with Voldemort's help. Tris provoked Quirrell into approaching him, and Quirrell began to cast the Cruciatus Curse.

• Tris attacked Quirrell, and Harry joined in while Hermione and Ron hesitated.
• Quirrell defeated all four children, disarmed them, and tied them up in front of the magic mirror.
• Quirrell accused Tris of lacking the ability gifted by the ancient Weasleys, and Harry realized Quirrell had served Voldemort and attacked him in the Forbidden Forest.
• Quirrell admitted he had tried to kill Harry at the Quidditch match and in the Forbidden Forest, with Voldemort beside him.
• Tris taunted Quirrell and Voldemort until Quirrell lost his temper, approached him, and started to cast the Cruciatus Curse.

Tris, Harry, Ron, and Hermione fought Quirrell, using spells and quick teamwork to disarm and incapacitate him. They bound Quirrell and believed they had won, while Tris stayed wary of Voldemort on the back of Quirrell’s head.

• Tris silently cast Sectumsempra, slicing off Quirrell’s wand hand as Quirrell dodged the attack.
• Tris freed Harry, Ron, and Hermione from their ropes, and Harry kicked Quirrell’s wand away when Quirrell tried to reach it.
• Ron hit Quirrell with a Leg-Locker Curse, and Hermione followed with a Full Body-Bind Curse.
• Tris stunned Quirrell repeatedly, bound him with conjured rope, and had Ron retrieve Quirrell’s wand.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione celebrated their apparent victory while Tris continued watching Voldemort on the back of Quirrell’s head.

Quirrell was freed by green flames and revealed that Voldemort had taken control of his body. As Voldemort attacked Harry, Tris remained calm, aware that Dumbledore had arrived and planning to steal the Philosopher’s Stone from Harry.

• Green flames burned away Tris’s bindings, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tris dodged the spreading fire.
• Voldemort spoke through Quirrell’s unconscious body and restored Quirrell’s severed hand with green fire.
• Tris realized Dumbledore had returned and noticed the Philosopher’s Stone bulging in Harry’s pocket.
• Voldemort removed Quirrell’s turban, revealed his face on the back of Quirrell’s head, and identified himself to Harry.
• Voldemort turned the green flames into a giant Fire Serpent and sent it lunging at Harry.

Tris saved Harry from Voldemort’s Skeletal Spirit Fire and nearly wrested control of the flames from him. Dumbledore appeared, and Voldemort attacked him with a bolt of green light.

• Voldemort attacked Harry with Skeletal Spirit Fire, but Tris tackled him out of its path.
• Tris’s Fire-Manipulating Charm halted the flames and threatened to turn them against Voldemort.
• Dumbledore entered the room, while Hermione warned Ron that the newcomer might be an impostor.
• Dumbledore praised Hermione’s vigilance and confronted Voldemort, who prepared to flee.
• Voldemort shouted at Dumbledore not to call him Tom and fired a bolt of green light at him.

Tris watched Dumbledore fight Voldemort, who used Quirrell’s body to unleash a devastating explosion that knocked everyone unconscious. Tris woke in the Hospital Wing twelve hours later and asked Madam Pomfrey if he could leave to go running.

• Dumbledore deflected Voldemort’s Killing Curse with the Elder Wand and turned Voldemort’s Skeletal Spirit Fire against him.
• Voldemort’s flames burned Quirrell and woke him, while Dumbledore refused to be swayed by Voldemort’s taunts.
• Voldemort caused Quirrell’s body to explode, and Dumbledore shielded Tris, Harry, and two others before the blast knocked Tris unconscious.
• Tris woke in the Hospital Wing and checked that he had not missed the start of his daily system quest.
• Madam Pomfrey praised Tris’s fitness, and Tris asked if he could leave to go running.

After waking, Tris resumed his demanding training and learned that Ron had told the school about their defense of the Philosopher’s Stone. Tris revealed to himself that he had taken the Stone and planned to use it to make Magic Spirit Potion, while Harry later helped Gryffindor defeat Hufflepuff in Quidditch; Draco remained confident that Slytherin would win the House Cup.

• Tris insisted on exercising after Madam Pomfrey confirmed that his health was fine, then spent the afternoon reading in his dormitory.
• After Ron woke and recounted the previous night’s events, Fred and George spread the story of how Tris, Harry, Ron, and Hermione had protected the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Tris discovered that the Philosopher’s Stone was inside his Portable Space and planned to use it to make Magic Spirit Potion, which he could secretly give to his friends.
• Harry played in Gryffindor’s final Quidditch match against Hufflepuff and caught the Golden Snitch, securing the victory despite Hufflepuff’s strong Chasers.
• Draco complained that Gryffindor was celebrating and declared that Slytherin would win the House Cup, while Tris expected Dumbledore to intervene.

Tris returned to the Chamber of Secrets during the end-of-term feast and harvested the basilisk, then rejoined the students as Gryffindor celebrated winning the House Cup. On the train home, he learned Dumbledore had spoken with Harry and the others but still did not know whether Dumbledore suspected him of taking the Philosopher’s Stone.

• Tris slipped away from the feast, processed the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, and stored its skin, meat, blood, fangs, and skeleton.
• Tris returned to the Great Hall and learned Gryffindor had won the House Cup after Dumbledore awarded Harry and his friends extra points.
• Tris pointed out that Snape also treated House points unfairly, quieting Draco and the disgruntled Slytherins.
• Tris worried that Dumbledore might suspect him of taking the Philosopher’s Stone, but Dumbledore did not approach him before he boarded the Hogwarts train.
• Tris asked Ron whether Dumbledore had mentioned the Philosopher’s Stone, after Ron said Dumbledore had visited Harry and the others and apologized for the explosion.

Harry, Ron, and Tris spent the summer at Sirius’s house next to the Dursleys, where Dobby served Harry and the boys discussed their school book list. Tris planned to confront Lockhart over allegedly copying his stories, then secretly added Magic Spirit Potion to the cola he served Harry and Ron.

• Harry called Dobby and asked him to make a small blueberry cake.
• Tris recalled that Sirius had brought Dobby from the Malfoys to care for Harry, and that Harry could visit Sirius’s home while still sleeping at the Dursleys’.
• Harry showed Ron and Tris the school book list, which included Gilderoy Lockhart’s books, and Tris recognized what he believed was his own story formula in Lockhart’s latest novel.
• Tris decided he would find a chance to blackmail Lockhart over his use of Memory Charms and stolen stories.
• Tris poured cola for Harry and Ron, secretly added Magic Spirit Potion to all three glasses, and served them.

Tris wondered why Dumbledore had told Harry the Philosopher’s Stone was destroyed when Tris still possessed one, then used the Stone to brew potions with surprising success. After learning about Lockhart’s book signing in Diagon Alley, Tris suspected Lucius might use the crowd to pass the diary to a young wizard and wondered whether he would still hand it over tomorrow.

• Harry told Tris that Dumbledore had said he destroyed the Philosopher’s Stone, so Tris secretly inspected the Stone he possessed and brewed Polyjuice Potion.
• Tris made several successful batches of Magic Spirit Potion and gave some to Harry and Ron.
• Tris asked Dobby whether he had anything important to report, and Dobby told him Sirius planned to take them to Lockhart’s book signing in Diagon Alley.
• Harry looked forward to meeting Lockhart, and Dobby said Sirius had invited Hermione and advised Harry to call her.
• Tris reasoned that Lucius might plan to pass the diary to someone at the signing and wondered whether he would give it away tomorrow.

Lucius Malfoy brought the dangerous Diary to Flourish and Blotts, planning to slip it into Gilderoy Lockhart’s luggage or a Weasley child’s belongings. Tris stole it during the signing-day commotion, leaving Lucius frantically searching the crowded shop.

• Lucius and Narcissa decided to get the Diary out of their home after the Ministry began inspecting dark magical objects.
• Lucius chose Gilderoy Lockhart as someone too incompetent to notice the Diary and planned to pass it into Hogwarts.
• Lucius spotted the Weasleys at Flourish and Blotts and considered planting the Diary on one of their children instead.
• Tris watched Lucius arrive and realized the Diary was in his pocket.
• When Harry and the others arrived and Lockhart’s signing caused a commotion, Tris drew the Diary into his Portable Space.
• Lucius discovered the Diary was missing and searched the crowded shop in alarm.

Tris and his friends returned to Hogwarts without the mishaps that had marked Harry’s previous arrival, and Tris considered how to find Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes. On the carriage ride, Hermione identified the invisible creatures pulling them as Thestrals, and the group approached Hogwarts Castle.

• Tris noted that Voldemort still had six Horcruxes and decided to pursue the Gaunt Ring, whose location Tom Riddle knew.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tris traveled to Hogwarts without the Diary-related conflict, Dobby’s interference, or the flying-car crash.
• At Hogsmeade Station, Ron touched the invisible Thestral harnessed to their carriage, while Tris recognized the creature.
• Hermione worked out from Tris’s clues that Thestrals pulled the carriage and explained that only people who had witnessed death could see them.
• Tris said Hogwarts’s brilliant gamekeeper had tamed the Thestrals as Hogwarts Castle came into view.

Tris watched Harry and his friends begin classes at Hogwarts, where Lockhart’s fame and vanity quickly became apparent. As Harry encountered an eager first-year fan and Draco mocked him, Lockhart appeared, ready to seize the moment.

• After the welcoming feast, Tris took Harry and Ron for a walk by the Black Lake, while Harry looked forward to Lockhart’s lessons.
• In Herbology, Tris and Neville handled repotting mandrakes especially well, and Theodore and Blaise admired Tris’s improved physique.
• Harry excitedly discussed Lockhart before Colin Creevey took his photograph and asked for an autograph.
• Draco mocked Harry by telling the students to line up for signed photographs.
• Lockhart appeared with a dazzling smile after hearing Draco mention signed photos.

Harry lost his enthusiasm for Lockhart after a self-focused test, while Tris unexpectedly matched Hermione with full marks. Lockhart’s practical lesson went awry when he released a cage of Cornish Pixies, and Tris trapped the class inside by shutting the classroom door.

• Lockhart made Harry pose for Colin’s photographs and gave the class a test about his life and interests.
• Lockhart announced that Hermione Granger and Tris Weasley had both earned full marks, surprising Harry and Ron.
• Tris explained to himself that he had read Lockhart’s books and earned the score by recalling details and flattering Lockhart.
• Lockhart unveiled a cage full of Cornish Pixies, prompting Draco and other students to laugh at his dramatic presentation.
• Lockhart opened the cage, and Tris slipped to the classroom doorway and shut the door behind him.

Tris trapped the second-years in their Defense Against Dark Magic classroom as Cornish Pixies overwhelmed Lockhart, then tried to communicate with Riddle's Diary in the Room of Requirement. When the diary stayed silent, Tris threatened it with Samadhi True Fire, and Tom finally responded.

• Tris held the classroom door shut while the second-years struggled against the Cornish Pixies and Lockhart, until fifth-years arrived and dealt with the creatures.
• Tris left to complete his demanding daily training and heard students discussing Lockhart's humiliating performance at dinner.
• Tris finished his homework, entered the Room of Requirement, and wrote to Tom in Riddle's Diary.
• Tris suspected the diary had sensed it could not influence his mind and was pretending to be unresponsive.
• Tris summoned a small flame of Samadhi True Fire and threatened the diary, prompting Tom to ask him to talk.

Tris used Samadhi True Fire to frighten the Tom Riddle soul fragment inside the Diary into revealing its nature and memories, then took the Horcrux with him. He returned to the dormitory, learned Daphne had won the chief competition, and checked a new system quest about Ancient Magic and Talbott.

• Tris threatened the Diary's Tom Riddle with Samadhi True Fire and learned that he was a self-aware Horcrux fragment who could perceive the outside world.
• Tris forced Tom Riddle to recount his life and exposed his omission of how he bullied other children after discovering his powers.
• Tris weakened the Diary with the fire, put it into his Portable Space, and left the Room of Requirement to continue his training.
• Tris returned to the dormitory, where Blaise and Theodore told him Daphne had won the chief competition.
• Tris checked his new system quest and wondered what Ancient Magic and Talbott had to do with it.

Tris spent the first weeks of his second school year improving his magical knowledge while believing he had prevented the year’s major conflicts. Harry and Ron asked him about Draco Malfoy and Slytherin’s new Quidditch brooms, but an urgent report in the Daily Prophet soon threatened to disrupt the quiet year.

• Tris kept Tom Riddle’s Diary isolated in the Portable Space and focused on strengthening his magic.
• Tris watched Lockhart stage classroom plays and dragged Harry into performing, while he studied advanced magical theory.
• Harry and Ron told Tris that Malfoy had joined the Slytherin Quidditch Team and brought seven Nimbus 2001s.
• Tris reminded Harry and Ron that he was in Slytherin and dismissed their worries about the team’s better brooms.
• Tris wondered whether the year would stay peaceful, but the Daily Prophet published a shocking urgent report on Monday morning.

Tris and the Hogwarts students reacted to Peter Pettigrew’s escape from Azkaban, while Tris considered what the Ministry might do next. He worried that the Ministry could respond by adding defensive measures to Hogwarts.

• Tris read that Peter Pettigrew had escaped from Azkaban, and students and professors across Hogwarts reacted with unease and curiosity.
• At lunch, Tris explained to Theodore and Sophie Roper why Peter’s reputation did not inspire the same fear as Sirius Black’s, and defended Peter’s abilities.
• Tris left for a nap with Theodore and Blaise, then discussed Peter’s escape and the Ministry’s likely response with them.
• Tris mocked the Ministry’s slow, bureaucratic approach and hoped it would not add defensive measures to Hogwarts.