Chapter Summaries

Su Er waited to meet Hermione in Diagon Alley, bought a pink Puffskein as a gift for Angel, and arrived at Flourish and Blotts during a fight involving the Weasleys and Draco Malfoy’s family. He reunited with Hermione and the others, who had bought his books, and invited them to get snacks.

• Su Er found Flourish and Blotts crowded by Gilderoy Lockhart’s book signing and went into the neighboring pet shop to wait.
• Su Er haggled with the shop assistant and bought a pink Puffskein and a bed for one Galleon as a gift for Angel.
• Su Er heard shouting at Flourish and Blotts and saw Hagrid escort Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy out after a scuffle.
• Su Er greeted Hagrid and joined Hermione, Harry, the Grangers, and the Weasleys, noticing Ginny carrying a battered black book.
• Hermione told Su Er she had bought his books, and Su Er invited her, Harry, Ron, and Ginny to get snacks.

After returning from Diagon Alley, Su Er spent the rest of the holidays worrying about his homework and trying to prepare for the coming school year. Hermione returned from the countryside and kept him studying Lockhart’s books, leaving Su Er dreading the teacher she admired.

• Su Er parted from the Weasleys at the Leaky Cauldron and returned to Lily Street with the Grangers, bringing home a Puffskein for Angel.
• Hermione refused to lend Su Er her homework and left with her parents for a week, leaving Crookshanks behind.
• Su Er struggled through his summer assignments while Angel played with the Puffskein and Crookshanks chased it.
• After Hermione returned, she visited Su Er every morning and made him study for their second-year classes using Lockhart’s books.
• Su Er warned Hermione that Lockhart might not teach well, but she defended Professor Lockhart and praised his accomplishments.

Su Er and Hermione traveled to Hogwarts while Harry and Ron were missing, unaware that the boys were following the train in the Flying Ford Anglia. At the feast, Professor Snape arrived with troubling news, and Dumbledore hurried out with him while the school year began without Harry and Ron.

• Fred, George, and Ginny searched the train for Ron and Harry, but Hermione could not find them.
• Su Er guessed Harry and Ron had missed the train, though they were actually flying after it in the invisible Ford Anglia.
• Su Er and Hermione arrived at Hogwarts and watched the Sorting Ceremony, where Ginny was sorted into Gryffindor.
• Professor Snape entered the Great Hall during the ceremony and spoke quietly to Dumbledore, whose smile stiffened.
• Dumbledore began the feast after giving his announcements early, while Professor McGonagall and Snape left the hall with him.

Su Er and the other Gryffindors watched Ron receive a Howler before heading to their first Herbology class, where Professor Sprout prepared to teach them about Mandrakes. Su Er began considering how to obtain a Mandrake leaf and find instructions for becoming an Animagus, while also planning to learn the Patronus Charm.

• Su Er found Hermione angry about Harry and Ron’s reckless journey to Hogwarts and reassured her that they were unharmed.
• Errol delivered Ron a Howler, which shouted that Ron’s actions had endangered his father’s job before burning to ashes.
• Su Er, Hermione, Neville, Harry, and Ron left for Herbology, and Professor Sprout directed the students to the Third Greenhouse.
• Lockhart stopped Harry to speak with him while the others entered the greenhouse without waiting.
• Neville explained that the class would likely repot Mandrakes, and Su Er considered the plants as a possible source of a leaf needed for his Animagus studies.

Su Er attended Herbology and Transfiguration, discovered a useful detail about Professor McGonagall’s cleaning spell, and spent the day with his friends. At dinner, he heard that Lockhart’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson had gone badly and considered asking him to sign a book request slip.

• Hermione answered Professor Sprout’s question about Mandrakes, and Neville revealed that tickling their feet made them easier to handle.
• Su Er noticed Professor McGonagall had used Scourgify to clean the entire classroom with one cast.
• Ron’s broken wand malfunctioned during Transfiguration and destroyed both his and Harry’s beetles.
• Su Er slept through Professor Binns’s History of Magic lesson alongside his classmates.
• Harry and Ron told Su Er that Lockhart had failed to control Cornish pixies, and Hermione asked what books Su Er wanted to borrow.

Su Er charmed Gilderoy Lockhart into signing a slip that let him borrow a book on Human Transfiguration from the Restricted Section. He hid the book and began wondering how to get Ginny’s notebook without being noticed.

• Colin Creevey’s pursuit with his camera drove Harry to flee, while Su Er told Hermione he had been helping Lockhart mark assignments.
• Su Er invented a passage from Lockhart’s book about a spell for a werewolf transformation and flattered Lockhart into signing a Restricted Section borrowing slip.
• Lockhart also signed a stack of blank slips for Su Er to give to his Hufflepuff fans.
• Su Er marked the remaining assignments, gave Ron a failing grade, and left Lockhart’s office with the signed slips.
• Madam Pince checked Lockhart’s slip and brought Su Er the book on Human Transfiguration.
• Su Er hid the book and considered how to take Ginny’s notebook without drawing attention.

Su Er spent an early morning talking magic with Cedric Diggory by the Black Lake, then joined Hermione and Ron on their way to watch Harry practice Quidditch. The trio headed for the pitch with Hermione curious about Su Er’s prank spell and Ron carrying food for Harry.

• Su Er met Cedric Diggory practicing spells by the Black Lake, and they discussed Animagi and magic.
• Su Er and Cedric talked about spells until lunchtime, and Cedric asked Su Er for advice about the Switching Spell.
• After breakfast, Hermione tried to startle Su Er, but his prank spell frightened her instead.
• Hermione and Ron told Su Er they were going to wait at the Quidditch Pitch while Harry trained, and Su Er joined them.
• Su Er explained his face-covering prank spell to Hermione, who suggested using it to scare first-years at Halloween.

Harry and the Gryffindor team arrived at the Quidditch Pitch for practice, where Draco Malfoy provoked them by flaunting new brooms and insulting the Weasley family. After Malfoy called Hermione a slur, Su Er stunned him, and the confrontation ended with the Slytherins leaving; Hermione then learned what the slur meant while Su Er asked Colin about his photographs.

• Harry flew around the Quidditch Pitch before noticing the Slytherin team arrive, and Wood went to confront them.
• Malfoy revealed that he was Slytherin's new Seeker and mocked the Gryffindor team's old brooms and the Weasley family's poverty.
• Hermione defended the Gryffindor team, and Malfoy insulted her with a slur, prompting Su Er to stun him with Petrificus Totalus.
• Malfoy recovered and challenged Su Er, but Hagrid intervened, and the Slytherin team left the pitch without practicing.
• Ron explained the meaning of the slur to Hermione, while Su Er asked Colin whether he had photographed Malfoy's fall.

Su Er visited Hagrid’s hut with Harry, Hermione, and Ron, then was called to Professor McGonagall’s office over casting a spell on Draco Malfoy. He lost ten points for Hufflepuff, while McGonagall promised Malfoy would also be punished, and Su Er considered testing spells on him.

• Colin photographed Harry at practice, then left after Su Er asked him to help with something against Malfoy.
• Su Er and Hermione thanked each other before joining Harry and Ron on a visit to Hagrid’s hut.
• Hagrid showed them his enormous pumpkins and served treacle toffee, which Su Er secretly gave to Hermione.
• Professor McGonagall assigned Harry and Ron detentions, then took Su Er aside while Hermione watched with concern.
• Snape questioned Su Er about casting Petrificus Totalus on Malfoy, and McGonagall deducted ten points from Hufflepuff for the rule-breaking.
• McGonagall told Su Er that Malfoy would also be punished, while Su Er considered trying spells on him.

Su Er ignored Draco Malfoy’s midnight duel challenge, then consulted Professor McGonagall about expanding single-target spells and received lessons and reading recommendations. After leaving her office, he freed a young Gryffindor wizard whom Malfoy and his lackeys had hexed.

• Snape deducted about fifty points from Slytherin after Malfoy called Su Er a Mudblood, and Malfoy sent Su Er a midnight duel challenge.
• Su Er ignored Malfoy’s note, while Malfoy waited in the Charms classroom; the next morning, Su Er saw that Slytherin had lost many points.
• Cedric and Su Er returned to the Great Hall, where Su Er dried Harry with Scourgify and heard that Harry had suffered nightmares all night.
• Su Er asked Professor McGonagall how to apply a single-target spell to multiple targets, and she taught him the advanced technique and recommended foundational books.
• Su Er encountered a young Gryffindor wizard hopping under a spell, freed him, and learned that Draco Malfoy and his two lackeys had hexed him.

Su Er prepared a prank to teach Draco Malfoy a lesson for boasting about his father’s position as a school governor. After luring Malfoy into a classroom and planting Dungbombs, Su Er left Peeves to take over, leaving Malfoy facing a humiliating night.

• Su Er borrowed Harry’s Invisibility Cloak and received Colin Creevey’s developed photographs to prepare his plan against Malfoy.
• Su Er slipped a flirtatious invitation into Malfoy’s pocket and used Transfiguration to leave a false likeness of himself in bed.
• Su Er entered the ground-floor classroom under the Invisibility Cloak and stunned Malfoy when he arrived for the meeting.
• Su Er frightened the unconscious Malfoy by pretending to threaten him with Avada, then planted Dungbombs beneath him.
• Su Er found Peeves near Filch’s office and told him Malfoy was in the classroom, leaving Peeves to cause trouble.

After Peeves’s prank left Draco Malfoy in the Hospital Wing, Professor McGonagall questioned Su Er and other students about the incident. Su Er’s wand showed no magic cast at the time, and Lucius Malfoy had to apologize, though Snape’s gaze left Su Er worried that he knew the truth.

• Su Er overheard students spreading rumors about the prank on Draco, and Harry guessed Su Er was responsible after taking back his Invisibility Cloak.
• Su Er admitted to Harry that he had used Petrificus Totalus to scare Draco, not Dark Magic, and said Draco had earned it for insulting Hermione.
• Professor McGonagall questioned Su Er and more than twenty students whom Draco had bullied, while Lucius Malfoy accused Su Er of being the culprit.
• Lucius demanded that Su Er’s wand be tested with Prior Incantato, but the spell showed no record of magic cast at the time of the incident.
• Professor McGonagall demanded an apology, and Lucius reluctantly apologized before Snape dismissed Su Er.

Su Er publicly humiliated Malfoy with photographs of his muddy fall, then denied responsibility when Malfoy confronted him. As October brought colds and Harry invited Su Er to Nick’s Deathday Party, Su Er remembered that the Chamber of Secrets was about to open and its first victim would soon appear.

• Su Er sent photographs of Malfoy’s fall to the students in the Great Hall, and Malfoy left after seeing them.
• Malfoy confronted Su Er alone, but Su Er denied knowing anything about the pranks.
• Malfoy behaved himself until October and apologized to Hermione, who forgave him.
• Su Er, Hermione, and Cedric continued researching group-target magic, which Su Er named Diffusion.
• Hermione caught a cold and brewed Pepperup Potion, and Su Er laughed when smoke rose from her ears and hair.
• Harry invited Su Er to Nick’s Deathday Party, reminding Su Er that the Chamber of Secrets was about to open.

Su Er tried to persuade Hermione, Harry, and Ron to leave Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party early so they could enjoy Hogwarts’s Halloween feast and performance. The four students arrived at the underground classroom, where Nick welcomed them.

• Hermione insisted that Harry keep his promise to attend Nick’s party, while Su Er and Ron wished to stay for the Halloween feast.
• Malfoy stayed secluded in his common room for several days, and rumors spread that Dumbledore had arranged a Skeleton Dance Troupe performance for Halloween.
• Su Er described the ghosts’ rotten-food feast to Hermione and persuaded her to visit Nick briefly before returning for the show.
• On their way through the Great Hall, Su Er spotted Neville talking with Susan, and Hermione guessed they had met while tending plants with Professor Sprout.
• Su Er, Harry, Hermione, and Ron followed eerie music to the underground classroom, where Nearly Headless Nick greeted them and invited them inside.

Su Er, Harry, Ron, and Hermione explored Nearly Headless Nick’s crowded deathday party in the dungeon classroom, where the ghosts’ chilling presence and rotten food disgusted them. As Nick prepared to give his speech, Hermione suggested they return to the Great Hall afterward.

• Su Er and the others walked among the ghosts, and Hermione hurried them past Moaning Myrtle, whom she feared encountering.
• The four inspected the party food and recoiled from its foul smell and maggot-covered dishes.
• Su Er accidentally passed through a ghost, spoke with him, and learned he had once wanted to attend Hogwarts.
• Moaning Myrtle left the classroom while Peeves chased and pelted her with moldy peanuts.
• Nearly Headless Nick greeted the group, spoke with Sir Meiken, and left to prepare the orchestra for his speech.
• Hermione proposed leaving for the Great Hall after Nick’s speech, and Ron agreed that he wanted to go.

Su Er attended the Halloween feast, heard Harry report the strange voice, and began to suspect the Chamber of Secrets plot was unfolding. He found Mrs. Norris petrified on the third floor beneath a warning announcing the Chamber’s opening, while Malfoy stopped himself from insulting Harry after noticing Su Er.

• Su Er left the ghost gathering with Harry, Ron, and Hermione after Harry heard the voice whispering that it was hungry.
• Su Er told Justin about the ghost gathering during the feast, then noticed Ginny among the Gryffindors and wondered whether the plot had changed.
• Su Er hurried to the third floor with his Wand after leaving his roommates, intending to investigate the monster’s whereabouts.
• Su Er found Mrs. Norris hanging on a wall beneath the message, “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened” and “Enemies of the heir, beware!”
• Malfoy started to taunt Harry but stopped before finishing his insult when he noticed Su Er beside Hermione.

After Mrs. Norris was found petrified, Dumbledore sent the students away while Filch blamed Malfoy and Malfoy spread rumors about the Chamber of Secrets. Hermione persuaded Professor Binns to explain the legend, which left Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Su Er with the story of Slytherin’s hidden chamber and heir.

• Filch found Mrs. Norris hanging from a wall and accused Malfoy of attacking her, but Dumbledore said she was not dead and took her away to be examined.
• Malfoy spread the claim that Slytherin had left a Chamber of Secrets and a monster that would purge students without pure blood.
• Hermione searched for Hogwarts, A History with Su Er, then decided to ask Professor Binns about the Chamber of Secrets.
• Su Er asked Ron how Ginny was doing; Ron said she had been uneasy after the attack but was fine.
• Professor Binns explained that Slytherin had left Hogwarts after a dispute with Gryffindor, then recounted the legend of a sealed chamber that only Slytherin’s heir could open.

After Professor Binns dismissed the Chamber of Secrets as a legend, students began spreading a rumor that Harry was Slytherin’s Heir. Harry, Su Er, Hermione, and Ron investigated the site of Mrs. Norris’s attack, then hid when they heard footsteps approaching.

• Professor Binns described the supposed monster in the Chamber of Secrets as something only Slytherin’s Heir could control, then insisted the chamber and monster did not exist.
• Justin believed Harry was Slytherin’s Heir and planned to leave school, while Su Er joked about Harry releasing a monster.
• Harry told Su Er that other students refused to believe he was not the Heir, and he asked Su Er, Hermione, and Ron to walk somewhere quieter.
• Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Su Er searched the corridor where Mrs. Norris had been attacked and noticed spiders climbing a thread near the window.
• Ron began describing how Fred had once turned his toy into a spider, but the group heard footsteps and hid in a nearby room.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Su Er entered the abandoned girls' bathroom to ask Moaning Myrtle about the attack on the cat, while Su Er searched for the Chamber of Secrets entrance. Myrtle gave them no useful clues, and Percy caught them leaving and took five points from Gryffindor.

• Hermione led Harry, Ron, and Su Er into the girls' bathroom, where Su Er suspected the Chamber of Secrets entrance might be hidden.
• The group asked Myrtle whether she had seen anyone near the cat on the night it was attacked, but she said she had been upset by Peeves and had noticed nothing.
• Ron reminded Myrtle that she was dead, and she plunged into the toilet, splashing water over Harry and Ron while Su Er and Hermione stayed dry.
• Su Er left without finding the Chamber's entrance and decided to return later.
• Percy caught the group outside the bathroom, argued with Ron, and took five points from Gryffindor.

Su Er returned to Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom and won Myrtle's trust by comforting her and hearing how she died. Her memories led him to a snake marking on a tap that never produced water, and he asked Myrtle to alert him if anyone entered the bathroom.

• Su Er left Ron and the others and returned to the abandoned bathroom to search for clues.
• Su Er reassured Moaning Myrtle, who told him she had died in a cubicle after seeing a boy with thick hair and a pair of enormous yellow eyes.
• Moaning Myrtle recalled that Oliver Hornby had mocked her, and that she later haunted Oliver until Oliver left the Castle.
• Moaning Myrtle showed Su Er a tap that had never produced water, and Su Er found a faint snake marking on it.
• Su Er thanked Myrtle and asked her to tell a Hufflepuff if anyone besides him and his friends came into the bathroom.