Recaps

Amelia brought Su Er to Godric's Hollow to show him his parents' grave and the home she had kept for him. Overcome by grief despite his memories of another life, Su Er learned that Death Eaters had killed his parents, then received Felix Felicis and the key to the house as Christmas gifts.

• Su Er pranked Nymphadora Tonks by making her fall as he and Amelia left the Ministry.
• Amelia Apparated with Su Er to Godric's Hollow, where he saw the statue of James Potter, Lily Potter, and Harry Potter.
• Amelia showed Su Er his parents' grave in the backyard, explaining that she had buried them at home in case their child returned.
• Amelia brought Su Er inside and told him that Death Eaters had killed his parents and that she had sent them to Azkaban.
• Amelia gave Su Er a bottle of Felix Felicis and the key to his parents' house for Christmas.

Su Er spent Christmas with Amelia, learned more about Layered Transfiguration, and accepted the Bones surname. Amelia left after Su Er gave her a Christmas present and called her Aunt.

• Amelia Apparated with Su Er to Lily Street, where Angel greeted him and Mrs. Ellison invited Amelia to lunch.
• Su Er reflected on his Bones family ties, including his close relation to Susan Bones and their murdered uncle Edgar Bones.
• Amelia demonstrated how to animate a transfigured object, and Su Er reasoned that magic temporarily acted as its soul.
• Amelia explained that Dumbledore’s immense magical power let him bypass the usual limits of Layered Transfiguration.
• Amelia warned Su Er not to illegally transfigure intelligent beings, and he promised to obey.
• Before Amelia left for the Ministry, Su Er gave her a Christmas present and called her Aunt.

Su Er delivered Christmas gifts to Hermione and the Grangers, then exchanged presents with Hermione before celebrating Christmas with the Ellison family. The holiday ended with the family hoping to spend next Christmas with the Grangers.

• Su Er visited the Grangers with gifts, and Mrs. Granger encouraged him to deliver Hermione's present in person.
• Hermione opened her bedroom door, gave Su Er a hand-knitted scarf, and accepted his Christmas gift.
• Su Er left without a present for Mr. Granger, who glared enviously at his wife's new scarf.
• Su Er opened Hermione's scarf at home, then gave Angel a set of knitted gifts.
• Su Er and the Ellison family shared a lavish Christmas dinner and toasted the hope of celebrating with the Grangers next year.

When Angel developed a stubborn high fever, Su Er and Hermione rushed to Diagon Alley for supplies and brewed Pepperup Potion at home. Angel recovered after drinking it, and the chapter ended with the family thanking the two young wizards.

• Angel fell ill with a high fever that kept returning despite hospital visits and medicine.
• Hermione suggested using Pepperup Potion, and Su Er went with her and Mr. Ellison to Diagon Alley to buy ingredients and equipment.
• Su Er and Hermione tried brewing the potion, but their first attempts failed as Su Er struggled to stay calm.
• Hermione successfully brewed a pale green Pepperup Potion, which Su Er bottled and gave to Angel.
• Angel's fever broke after several hours, and she woke to find her family, Su Er, and Hermione beside her.
• Mrs. Ellison thanked Su Er and Hermione, and Su Er hugged her and said they were family.

Su Er received Amelia Bones’s warning about underage magic, then returned to Hogwarts with Hermione, who learned that the three-headed dog guarded the Philosopher’s Stone and became convinced Snape wanted it. Su Er let her keep her mistaken suspicion while resolving to stop her from venturing to the fourth-floor corridor.

• Su Er received a Ministry warning letter about his Fire-Making Spell and replied to Amelia Bones with an explanation.
• Little Ash returned to Su Er, and Su Er left spare Pepperup Potions at home while Angel recovered from her fever.
• Mrs. Ellison sent Su Er and Hermione off to Hogwarts, and they returned to school by train after the Christmas holidays.
• Hermione asked Su Er about Nicolas Flamel, and he told her about the Philosopher’s Stone and its ability to produce the Elixir of Life.
• Hermione found a library book confirming Flamel made the Stone and concluded that Snape was trying to steal it.
• Su Er doubted Hermione’s theory but decided to keep her from exploring the fourth-floor corridor.

Su Er secretly used Justin's amplified alarm clock to wake the Hufflepuffs early, hoping to keep them from being late on the first day back. At breakfast, Harry described the Mirror of Erised and Hermione said she had identified Nicolas Flamel, while Justin confronted Su Er about the alarm.

• Su Er set Justin's alarm clock to ring early, amplified its volume, and left it in the Hufflepuff common room.
• Su Er joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione at breakfast, where they discussed a Christmas Eve Love Potion incident in Diagon Alley.
• Ron told Su Er about the Invisibility Cloak, the Mirror of Erised, and Harry's meeting with Dumbledore.
• Hermione challenged Ron for forgetting to search for Nicolas Flamel, then announced that she had already found out who he was.
• Justin accused Su Er of stealing his alarm clock and waking everyone in the common room, but Su Er denied it while privately admitting he had done it.

A sleep-deprived Hufflepuff student’s clash with Slytherin escalated into a Great Hall food fight, costing both Houses heavily and sparking days of retaliation. Dumbledore eventually intervened, and the Heads of House made peace in public.

• During Potions, Snape berated a Hufflepuff student, and Slytherins taunted the badgers after class.
• At lunch, a Slytherin threw a plate and Marcus Flint threw a berry at Gabriel Truman, prompting the Hufflepuffs to draw their wands and the tables to erupt into a food fight.
• Minerva McGonagall stopped the fight, deducted 150 points from each House, and gave Marcus Flint and Gabriel Truman a month of detention.
• Snape kept deducting Hufflepuff points, while Professor Sprout’s Herbology accidents sent Slytherins to the Hospital Wing and House members continued fighting.
• George and Fred sold prank products as duels spread through the Castle, forcing Filch to clean up after them.
• Dumbledore summoned the Heads of House, who shook hands and made peace at dinner.

Gabriel organized Hufflepuff students to keep Slytherin from earning points, and they exploited Professor Binns’s poor memory by posing as Slytherins to get points deducted. Snape’s retaliation briefly put Slytherin ahead, but students from all three other houses joined the scheme before Hufflepuff stopped impersonating them.

• Gabriel rallied Hufflepuff to undermine Slytherin’s points while protecting their own House from deductions.
• Hufflepuffs answered questions across classes to prevent Slytherins from earning points outside Potions.
• Ashe Tryndamere, also called Kvass, pretended to be a Slytherin in Professor Binns’s class and encouraged others to do the same, causing Binns to deduct points from Slytherin.
• Snape confronted Binns over the deductions, then farmed points for Slytherin while taking points from other houses, especially Harry.
• Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students joined the scheme, and Hufflepuff stopped impersonating Slytherins after successfully hiding their involvement.

Dumbledore reset the House points, wiping out Snape’s recent gains and leaving Slytherin in last place. After Neville returned to the Great Hall hexed by Malfoy, Su Er comforted him and hinted at a plan, but refused to tell Hermione what he intended.

• Dumbledore restored the House points to their totals from two weeks earlier and urged students and professors to behave more reasonably.
• Harry told Su Er, Ron, and Hermione that Snape would referee his Quidditch match, and Ron suggested Harry break his leg to avoid playing.
• Su Er freed Neville from a spell after Neville said Malfoy had hexed him while he was returning books for Professor Sprout.
• Neville refused Hermione’s offer to report Malfoy and said he feared being targeted again.
• Su Er gave Neville chocolate and said he would help him get justice, then teased Hermione by withholding his plan.

Su Er watched Harry win Gryffindor's Quidditch match while Slytherin captain Marcus Flint missed the game after the prefects' prank. The chapter ended with Marcus arriving in women's clothes and discovering the humiliating outfit.

• Su Er reassured Harry before the match and recalled overhearing the Slytherin prefects discuss a plan involving Marcus Flint and a Draught of Living Death.
• Hermione warned Su Er to stop Snape if he tried to hurt Harry, while Neville reported that Snape had entered Slytherin's waiting room looking upset.
• Snape awarded Slytherin several penalties, and Malfoy argued with Ron and Neville as Harry flew toward the ground and caught the Golden Snitch.
• Harry's victory ended the match quickly, and Marcus arrived wearing women's clothes, prompting laughter from the stands.
• Hermione jumped into Su Er's arms to celebrate, then blushed and hurried off as Marcus realized he was wearing stockings.

After Flint’s humiliating prank, Su Er settled back into Hufflepuff life while Hermione began preparing for exams. On Easter, Professor Kettleburn’s strange behavior and his closeness with Quirrell left Su Er with a bad feeling.

• Gabriel said Flint had received two months of detention, while students called him Miss Flint and Flint glared at everyone he suspected of dressing him in women’s clothes.
• Hermione presented Su Er with a detailed revision plan, but Su Er tried to persuade her to take afternoon tea at Hagrid’s instead.
• Professor Kettleburn reflected on his friendship with Quirrell and planned an Easter performance featuring Ashwinders, which he saw as creatures reborn from death.
• Students stayed at Hogwarts for Easter and played magical egg-smashing games, while Su Er beat Morn and made him eat a Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean.
• Morn told Su Er that Kettleburn had seemed unusually silly, and Su Er worried that Quirrell might be involved in the old professor’s strange behavior.

Su Er expected a peaceful Easter feast and went to bed unaware that Quirrell and Voldemort were exploiting Kettleburn’s condition to pursue the Stone. Filch discovered a suspicious figure in the Castle, but Quirrell used magic to make him forget what he had seen.

• Su Er noticed Dumbledore was absent from the feast and learned he had gone to handle International Confederation of Wizards business.
• Su Er returned to the Hufflepuff common room, declined Justin’s chess invitation, and fell asleep.
• Filch heard a strange scraping sound, found a figure resembling Professor Kettleburn, and realized something was wrong.
• Quirrell cast a spell on Filch and sent him back to his office without alerting anyone.
• Voldemort, appearing as a gray snake, rebuked Quirrell for sparing Filch and bit him before urging him to retrieve the Stone.

Su Er woke to Ashwinders setting fires in the Hufflepuff common room and helped organize the students to contain them. The Houses joined forces to search Hogwarts for Ashwinder eggs and trails, and Su Er reunited with Hermione as the effort spread through the Castle.

• Su Er woke to a burning smell, found Ashwinders in the common room, and used Sonorus to rouse the Hufflepuffs.
• Su Er stopped Justin from throwing water on the magical fire and helped Morn wake the other students.
• Cedric Diggory explained that the students needed to find the Ashwinder eggs, and Gabriel organized the Hufflepuffs to search and freeze the creatures.
• Professor Sprout arrived, used a Trace Tracking Charm to reveal the Ashwinders’ trails, and sent the students to help defend Hogwarts.
• The Hufflepuffs met Slytherins in the basement and made a bet, then joined the Gryffindors on the third floor, where Su Er found Hermione helping fight the fires.
• The Ravenclaws searched the Library, whose protective charms were threatened by the spreading fires.

Hogwarts students searched the Castle for Ashwinders while Su Er questioned why Voldemort had caused the disturbance. After meeting Quirrell and hearing Harry and Ron misinterpret a confrontation between Snape and Quirrell, Su Er went back to look for Neville.

• McGonagall sent the students to search the Castle for Ashwinders and ordered them to meet again in two hours.
• Su Er joined Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Neville, while Ron froze an Ashwinder and Neville collected its eggs.
• Su Er and Hermione met a trembling Quirrell on the fourth floor, then continued upstairs after he claimed he had cleared the area.
• Hermione pulled her hand away after Su Er squeezed it, and Su Er froze an Ashwinder that passed them on the fifth floor.
• Harry and Ron told Hermione that Snape had pressured Quirrell, and the three speculated that Snape might be after the Philosopher's Stone.
• Su Er learned that Neville was missing and went back to look for him.

Su Er rescued Neville from Ashwinders and joined the students as Professor McGonagall ended the crisis and awarded house points. After the students went to sleep, Dumbledore heard the professors’ report about the Ashwinders and the frozen Professor Kettleburn, then examined evidence Snape had found.

• Su Er found Neville trapped with Ashwinders, freed him, warmed him with Bluebell Flames, and took him to Madam Pomfrey.
• Hermione asked what had happened to Neville, Ron blamed Malfoy, and Su Er pinched Hermione’s cheek before returning to the Hufflepuff line.
• Professor McGonagall declared the crisis over, awarded thirty points to each house, and sent the students back to their common rooms.
• Dumbledore arrived at the Headmaster’s Office and heard Professor McGonagall explain the night’s events and Flitwick describe the egg-producing Ashwinder found at Silvanus’s cabin.
• Professor Sprout reported that Professor Kettleburn remained in an unknown frozen state, so Flitwick and Sprout took him to St. Mungo’s.
• Snape showed Dumbledore a bottle containing silver-soaked earth, and Dumbledore later stared toward the Forbidden Forest.

Dumbledore announced that Professor Kettleburn was leaving his post and that Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank and Hagrid would teach Care of Magical Creatures next year. Su Er set out to visit Hagrid with a gift and investigate his worries, while Hermione secretly followed him into the dark grounds.

• Dumbledore praised the students for preventing a major loss and announced that Kettleburn was leaving because of his health.
• Dumbledore named Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank as Kettleburn's successor and Hagrid as her teaching assistant.
• Su Er suspected Hagrid was troubled about a dragon and decided to visit him with the remaining bottle of liquor as a congratulatory gift.
• Hermione slipped away from the Great Hall to follow Su Er, claiming she was going to do homework.
• Hermione watched Su Er leave the Castle carrying a box, then followed him toward Hagrid's hut through the dark grounds.

Su Er and Hermione visited Hagrid to congratulate him on becoming Care of Magical Creatures teaching assistant, bringing him a gift. Their conversation ended when Hermione noticed a round black object in the fireplace and asked what it was.

• Hermione secretly followed Su Er into the dark, and he revealed himself before they continued toward Hagrid's Hut together.
• Hermione clung to Su Er when Fang startled her outside Hagrid's Hut, then calmed down after Su Er explained that the dog was friendly.
• Hagrid welcomed Su Er and Hermione into his overheated hut and served them tea and rock cakes.
• Su Er gave Hagrid a boxed gift, and Hagrid hung it from a beam to save for later.
• Hagrid said he did not know why Professor Kettleburn had quit or why Dumbledore had chosen him as a teaching assistant.
• Hermione pointed to a round black object in the fireplace and asked Hagrid what it was.

Su Er and Hermione discovered that Hagrid had secretly won a dragon egg, and Su Er agreed to help him identify it. After finding that it was a Norwegian Ridgeback, Su Er hurried off to tell Hagrid while Hermione stayed behind to work on her homework.

• Hermione pointed out the dragon egg in Hagrid’s fireplace, and Hagrid admitted he had won it in a card game.
• Hermione warned Hagrid that keeping dragons was illegal, but she and Su Er promised not to tell the professors.
• Su Er offered to help Hagrid identify the egg, and Hermione reluctantly agreed to keep quiet despite worrying about the danger.
• Su Er persuaded Hermione that watching the dragon hatch would be an unforgettable experience, embarrassing her with talk of telling their future children about it.
• Hermione gathered dragon reference books in the Library, and Su Er identified the egg as a Norwegian Ridgeback.
• Su Er ran off to see Hagrid, leaving Hermione to return to her homework.

Su Er helped Hagrid realize that ordinary fire might not hatch his dragon egg, then joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Library as they worked on their homework. Harry and Ron learned that Su Er and Hermione already knew about the egg, and the chapter ended with Ron identifying Malfoy as the student who had frozen Neville.

• Su Er warned Hagrid that ordinary flames might not provide the magical heat needed to hatch the egg, so Hagrid rushed off to find magical flames in Diagon Alley.
• Su Er went to the Library, persuaded Hermione to leave briefly, and copied her History of Magic assignment while Harry and Ron pretended to work.
• Harry and Ron returned from Hagrid's Hut and revealed that they had found the dragon egg, but Su Er told them that he and Hermione had known about it for days.
• Hermione urged Harry and Ron to finish their homework, but they soon started whispering again, and Neville joined them after leaving the dormitory.
• Su Er asked Neville whether Malfoy had used the Freezing Charm on him, and Ron angrily agreed before Madam Pince warned them to be quiet.

Su Er and the others watched Hagrid’s dragon, Norbert, hatch, but Malfoy discovered the secret, forcing them to consider sending the dragon away. As Hermione, Harry, and Ron tried to persuade Hagrid, Su Er tested Norbert’s powerful bite and eyed Hagrid’s Rock Cakes.

• Su Er encouraged Neville to stand up to Malfoy and offered to help him fight back.
• After the holidays, Su Er left class and joined Hagrid as Norbert’s egg began to hatch.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived in time to see Norbert emerge from his shell.
• Harry spotted Malfoy spying on the hut and confirmed that he had discovered Norbert.
• Su Er tested Norbert’s bite on a strip of wood while Hermione, Harry, and Ron tried to persuade Hagrid to send the dragon away.

Su Er was kept busy redoing homework under Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick while helping Harry, Hermione, and Ron prepare to send Norbert away. At the Astronomy Tower, Norbert was collected by Charlie’s companions and carried off into the night.

• Su Er warned Ron that Norbert’s bite was venomous, and Ron went to Madam Pomfrey for treatment.
• Hermione told Su Er that Charlie’s reply had arrived and that Norbert would leave at midnight on Saturday.
• Su Er taught Hermione and Harry a Weight-Reduction Charm so they could carry Norbert’s crate beneath Harry’s Invisibility Cloak.
• Su Er, Harry, and Hermione carried the crate to the Astronomy Tower, where they briefly saw Professor McGonagall hauling Malfoy along a corridor.
• Four broomsticks arrived, and Norbert was lifted by ropes and taken away into the night.

After Filch caught five students out after curfew, Professor McGonagall punished them with detention and heavy House-point losses. Su Er, Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Malfoy began their detention in the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid, leaving them at the forest’s dark entrance.

• Filch caught Su Er, Harry, Hermione, and Draco out after curfew, then brought Neville to Professor McGonagall’s office as well.
• Professor McGonagall gave the five students detention and deducted fifty points each from Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
• Gryffindor fell to fourth place in the House standings, and Su Er comforted Hermione while the students prepared for exams.
• Professor McGonagall told Su Er that their detention would begin at eleven the next night, and Filch led the group to meet Hagrid.
• Hagrid arrived with his dog, and Su Er reassured the frightened Hermione and Neville before the group approached the Forbidden Forest.

Su Er and Hermione found the dead unicorn in the Forbidden Forest and fled when Voldemort approached, but Su Er was struck by a flash of green light. He awoke beside Ariana, where he learned she was Albus Dumbledore’s sister.

• Hagrid split the students into groups to search the Forbidden Forest for the injured unicorn, then rearranged them after Malfoy frightened Neville.
• Su Er, Hermione, and Malfoy discovered the dead unicorn and saw a black-robed figure drinking its blood.
• Malfoy ran, and Su Er fled with Hermione, but she fell as Voldemort caught up with them.
• Su Er cast several spells at Voldemort, but they failed; he was struck by green light as hoofbeats sounded nearby.
• Su Er awoke beside Ariana and told her about Hogwarts, then realized she was a Dumbledore and likely Albus Dumbledore’s sister.

Hermione asked Dumbledore to use the Philosopher's Stone to wake Su Er, but he told her it had been destroyed. Su Er awoke in the Hospital Wing, and Dumbledore secretly gave him the Stone before leaving him to recover and make up his exams.

• Hermione asked Dumbledore whether the Philosopher's Stone could wake Su Er, and he said it had been destroyed and promised they would find another way.
• After Hermione left, Dumbledore revealed that he had kept the Philosopher's Stone, which had not been destroyed.
• Hermione visited Su Er in the Hospital Wing, and he woke up while she was speaking to him.
• Madam Pomfrey examined Su Er and found him remarkably healthy after more than ten days unconscious.
• Dumbledore questioned Su Er about surviving the Killing Curse, then secretly gave him the Philosopher's Stone.
• Dumbledore reminded Su Er to make up his final exams after his discharge and left for the summer holiday.

After leaving the Hospital Wing, Su Er completed his exams, was suspected of humiliating Malfoy, and spent the start of summer vacation with Hermione. Meanwhile, Harry endured the Dursleys’ treatment at 4 Privet Drive and wondered why his friends had not written.

• Madam Pomfrey discharged Su Er, who made up his Potions and Transfiguration exams and finished his finals.
• Ron told Harry and Su Er that someone had tied Malfoy up and stuffed him into a toilet; Hermione praised Su Er after guessing he was responsible.
• Su Er received higher exam marks than Hermione, who lunged at him in frustration just as Mrs. Ellison entered the room.
• At 4 Privet Drive, Mr. Dursley threatened Harry over Hedwig’s nighttime cries and warned him to keep the owl quiet or get rid of it.
• Harry let Hedwig fly around his small room and missed his Hogwarts friends, wondering why none of them had written to him.