Chapter Summaries

Hermione explained that Tony could not keep taking potions indefinitely, then gave Natasha a magical bracelet before returning to Hogwarts. There, Hermione found and reshaped the Room of Requirement into a spacious alchemy and planting workspace.

• Hermione warned Tony that repeated potions could kill him, and Fury told him that Howard Stark had left materials at S.H.I.E.L.D. that might help him find a palladium replacement.
• Hermione gave Natasha a bracelet enchanted with a Disillusionment Charm and left by Apparition to teach her class.
• Fury called Natasha about an emergency in New Mexico and asked Hermione to identify an object, which Natasha recognized from the photo as a hammer.
• Hermione searched the seventh floor of Hogwarts, found the hidden Room of Requirement, and transformed its layout to suit her needs.

Hermione used the Room of Requirement to grow magical plants, recharge the Philosopher’s Stone, and begin transforming a horse into a unicorn. After helping Luna recover her stolen shoe, Hermione followed her to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where they waited for a black silhouette approaching from the sky.

• Hermione planted Mandrakes, Venomous Tentacula, and Biting Cabbage, then replenished the Philosopher’s Stone with alchemical materials.
• Hermione injected unicorn blood into a white horse in the Room of Requirement’s breeding ground, and a horn began to grow on its head.
• Hermione found two girls bullying Luna and summoned Luna’s hidden shoe from a ceiling beam.
• Hermione advised Luna to fight back if the girls bullied her again, and Luna followed Hermione after retrieving her shoe.
• Luna led Hermione to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where they waited as a black silhouette flew toward them.

Hermione met Luna and fed Wu Wu, a Thestral, while collecting its blood, then joined Lockhart’s Duelling Club lesson and began teaching the students about dark magic. She left the class poised to explain the Unforgivable Curses.

• Luna told Hermione that she could see Wu Wu because she had witnessed death, and Hermione admitted she had also killed.
• Hermione fed Wu Wu raw meat, collected a vial of Thestral blood, and accepted a copy of The Quibbler from Luna.
• Hermione asked Snape whether Lockhart had leverage over him, and Snape told her not to ask.
• At the Duelling Club, Lockhart introduced Hermione as his teaching assistant and asked her to cover basic knowledge of dark magic.
• Hermione asked the gathered students to define dark magic, and Justin Finch-Fletchley described it as magic meant to harm, control, or kill others.
• Hermione asked the class to name the three Unforgivable Curses.

Hermione taught the students about the three Unforgivable Curses by using them on an Acromantula, shocking the Great Hall. The lesson ended with Luna suggesting that the key was simply not getting caught.

• Hermione enlarged an Acromantula and used the Imperius Curse to control it, demonstrating how the curse removed its victims’ free will.
• Hermione cast the Cruciatus Curse on the spider, making Neville visibly shaken as he watched.
• Snape tried to stop Hermione, but she killed the Acromantula with Avada Kedavra while Harry felt pain in his scar and stayed composed.
• Hermione explained that the curses were forbidden when used on humans, and Luna concluded that a wizard only had to avoid getting caught.

Hermione explained the Unforgivable Curses and advised students to strike first against Dark wizards before redirecting the lesson to the Disarming Charm. After Snape easily disarmed Lockhart in a demonstration duel, Malfoy panicked when Lockhart tried to pair him with Hermione and begged for someone else.

• Hermione described the Unforgivable Curses and recommended striking first, prompting Snape to intervene before she shifted to teaching the Disarming Charm.
• Lockhart challenged Snape to demonstrate the spell, but Snape disarmed and knocked him down almost immediately.
• Lockhart dismissed his defeat as a successful demonstration and asked for Gryffindor and Slytherin volunteers.
• Snape chose Malfoy for the duel, while Lockhart asked Hermione to participate.
• Malfoy collapsed in terror, screamed for Hermione to stay away, and clung to Snape's leg.

During Lockhart’s dueling demonstration, Harry unexpectedly spoke Parseltongue after Malfoy summoned a cobra, frightening the class. Hermione destroyed the snake and made herself seem more threatening than Harry, then left with Luna while Harry and Ron followed.

• Lockhart called Harry to duel Malfoy, and Hermione set the rules that they could use only the Disarming Charm.
• Malfoy and Harry traded spells, and Malfoy summoned a cobra that Lockhart failed to remove safely.
• When the cobra hissed, Harry spoke Parseltongue and approached it, shocking the students and Snape.
• Hermione disintegrated the cobra, then magically lifted Harry and Malfoy until they apologized for breaking the rules.
• Lockhart ended class early, and Hermione left with Luna as the frightened students watched.
• Harry and Ron caught up with Hermione, and Harry thanked her for drawing the class’s fear away from him.

Harry learned that his ability to speak Parseltongue had made students suspect he was Slytherin’s heir, while Hermione recognized that the real heir posed a threat to her. In the Headmaster’s office, Snape urged Dumbledore to keep Hermione away from Harry, but Dumbledore defended her and insisted she was no danger.

• Hermione explained that Harry was a Parselmouth and that students suspected he was Slytherin’s heir because Salazar Slytherin had shared the ability.
• Harry realized that the hidden heir might target Hermione, and Ron promised that they would protect her.
• Snape warned Dumbledore that Hermione was dangerous and demanded that she be kept away from Harry.
• Snape described Hermione’s dark-magic demonstration in class and compared her to the young Voldemort, while Dumbledore said she reminded him more of Gellert.
• Dumbledore defended Hermione’s lesson as a way to teach students about dark magic and reassured Snape that nothing would happen.

Snape discovered Harry dressed as a girl, mistook him for Lily at first, and ordered him to change back. Hermione then accepted Nick Fury’s request to investigate a mysterious New Mexico incident and identified the hammer in the files as Mjolnir, Thor’s hammer.

• Snape told Dumbledore that Harry was a Parselmouth, but Dumbledore remained unmoved and Snape left his office.
• Snape encountered Harry wearing a dress and wig, briefly mistook him for Lily, and told him to change back.
• Harry hurried away, while Snape reconsidered Dumbledore’s advice and thought Harry might need a friend like Hermione.
• Nick Fury asked Hermione to investigate strange events in New Mexico, and she agreed after requesting payment in magical materials.
• Hermione stepped through a portal to meet Coulson, examined the incident files, and identified the hammer as Mjolnir, Thor’s hammer.

Hermione joined S.H.I.E.L.D.'s investigation of Mjolnir and discovered that Odin's enchantment was too powerful for her to break. After witnessing her clash with the hammer's magic, Sitwell began considering abandoning Hydra and attaching himself to Hermione.

• Coulson told Hermione that a captured man might be connected to Mjolnir and took her to the crater where the hammer had landed.
• Hermione tried to lift Mjolnir, then used the Spellbook's newly identified Asgardian Runes to attempt to remove its restriction.
• Odin's magic resisted Hermione's spell, unleashing storms and a powerful will that made her release the hammer.
• Hermione told Coulson and Sitwell that Odin's magic was stronger than hers and that she could not yet break the enchantment.
• Sitwell reconsidered his loyalty to Hydra and thought that joining Hermione might be a better choice.

Hermione met Thor in SHIELD custody, learned that he had been exiled to Earth and believed Odin was dead, and arranged for his release. Thor left with Jane Foster and her companions, while Hermione kept Odin’s true condition secret.

• Hermione visited the captured Thor, identified him by name, and used her wand to unlock his handcuffs.
• Thor told Hermione that Odin had exiled him after his trip to Jotunheim and that Loki had told him Odin was dead.
• Coulson and Sitwell listened in shock as they realized Thor was the Thunder God and Odin was believed dead.
• Jane Foster arrived with Daisy and Dr. Selvig, claimed Thor was their colleague Donald Blake, and asked for his release.
• Hermione signaled Coulson to let Thor go, then questioned whether SHIELD should imprison Asgard’s heir now that they knew who he was.

Hermione explained the Nine Realms and Asgard’s declining power to Fury and Coulson, then confronted Loki after discovering his invisibility. After Hermione blasted him into submission, Loki proposed that they conquer Asgard and Earth together, leaving Hermione laughing at his offer.

• Hermione told Fury and Coulson about the Nine Realms, Asgard’s weakened authority, and the Bifrost, and assured them that Earth could withstand Asgard.
• Fury ordered Coulson to keep watching Thor from a distance and avoid interfering with him.
• Hermione detected Loki hiding nearby and used magic to reveal him.
• Loki attacked Hermione with a dagger, but she hit him with three blasting spells and forced him to surrender.
• Loki proposed that Hermione help him rule Asgard in exchange for his help conquering Earth, and Hermione burst out laughing.

Hermione agreed to help Loki after hearing his offer, though she wanted something other than Earth. Days later, Thor’s Asgardian friends arrived to reveal Loki had taken the throne, but their reunion was interrupted by the arrival of a massive armored figure.

• Hermione blocked Heimdall from listening and heard Loki offer her power and immortality in exchange for helping him take the throne.
• Hermione agreed to help Loki but told him she wanted something other than Earth.
• Hermione visited Thor and Jane, and Thor said he was content to remain on Earth with Jane.
• The Bifrost brought Sif and the Warriors Three to Earth, and they told Thor that Odin was alive in the Odinsleep and Loki had seized Asgard’s throne.
• As Hogun began explaining Loki’s actions, a second pillar of light brought a towering metal figure to the ground nearby.

Thor regained his powers when Mjolnir returned to him, and he joined Hermione in fighting the Destroyer Armor. Hermione restrained the armor while Thor summoned a lightning-filled tornado and crashed into it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Destroyer Armor attacked Thor, and he offered himself to Loki to protect his friends, but it struck him down after turning away.
• Mjolnir flew to Thor, healed him, and restored his armor and powers as the Thunder God.
• Hermione shielded Jane and the others from the Destroyer's fire, then damaged it with spells that it quickly repaired.
• Hermione lifted the Destroyer Armor with Levicorpus and urged Thor to attack while it was restrained.
• Thor summoned lightning and a tornado, then dove into the Destroyer Armor and drove them both toward the ground.

Hermione traveled with Thor to Asgard, where Loki killed Laufey and threatened to destroy Jotunheim with the Bifrost. When Thor confronted him, Hermione turned on Thor, and Loki revealed that destroying Jotunheim had been her plan all along.

• Hermione collected the Destroyer Armor’s remains and joined Thor and the Warriors Three as they returned to Asgard.
• Thor and Hermione reached Odin’s bedchamber, where Loki killed Laufey and claimed he had saved Odin from the Frost Giants.
• Loki fled to the Bifrost control room and told Thor he intended to destroy Jotunheim to prove he deserved the throne.
• Hermione arrived after treating Frigga’s injuries, then disarmed Thor and suspended him with magic.
• Loki revealed that Hermione, not he, had planned to destroy Jotunheim.

Hermione used Loki’s ambition to gain access to the Bifrost and tried to destroy Jotunheim, planning to harvest the Frost Giants’ souls. Thor destroyed the Bifrost to stop her, but Jotunheim was already consumed, and Hermione gained 105927 soul energy.

• Several days earlier, Hermione asked Loki to help her use the Bifrost to destroy Jotunheim and showed him disturbing scenes in a crystal ball.
• Hermione activated the Bifrost and directed its rainbow beam at Jotunheim while Loki blocked Thor.
• Thor broke free of Hermione’s spells and defeated Loki, then charged the Bifrost to stop the attack.
• Thor smashed the Bifrost, which shattered after the beam had already consumed Jotunheim.
• Hermione received a Spellbook notification showing 105927 points of soul energy.

Hermione harvested the energy from the Bifrost’s destruction, while Loki handed her the Casket of Ancient Winters before leaping into the spatial collapse. Odin confronted Hermione over her actions, but The Ancient One arrived and privately told him something that left him shocked and uncertain about Hermione.

• Hermione shielded herself from the Bifrost blast as Odin saved Thor and Hermione pulled Loki back from the spatial collapse.
• Loki gave Hermione the Casket of Ancient Winters and then leaped into the collapsing space, leaving Thor grieving and blaming Hermione for not saving him.
• Hermione defended her actions to Odin, arguing that she had protected Earth and Asgard, and criticized Odin’s mercy toward their enemies.
• As Odin prepared to confront Hermione, The Ancient One arrived through a Portal and cautioned Hermione against taking her actions to extremes.
• The Ancient One spoke privately with Odin, who reacted with shock and looked at Hermione in disbelief.

After returning safely to Earth with the Ancient One, Hermione used uru metal from the Destroyer and the Casket of Ancient Winters’ Ice Core to craft a powerful new wand. The Spellbook confirmed the Destroyer Wand could strengthen her ice magic and accept additional magical properties.

• The Ancient One brought Hermione back to Kamar-Taj, where Hermione met Kaecilius and warned him about his future path.
• Hermione spent over thirty thousand soul energy to raise her magic to level four and discovered that level five required five hundred thousand experience.
• Hermione used the Philosopher’s Stone to melt the Destroyer’s uru remains and dismantled the Casket of Ancient Winters to obtain its Ice Core.
• Hermione separated the dragon heartstring from her original wand and fused it with the uru metal to form a new wand.
• Hermione embedded the Ice Core in the wand, and the Spellbook identified it as the Destroyer Wand, which enhanced her ice magic and could gain more properties.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts and joined Harry and Ron in following Hagrid’s clue into the Forbidden Forest, where Aragog confirmed Hagrid had not opened the Chamber of Secrets. When Aragog’s spiders attacked, Hermione killed him and froze the swarm, leaving Harry and Ron shocked.

• Hermione returned to Hogwarts and learned that Hagrid had been sent to Azkaban and Dumbledore had been suspended after Lucius Malfoy acted against him.
• Harry told Hermione that Tom Riddle’s Diary blamed Hagrid for opening the Chamber of Secrets, and Ron revealed Hagrid’s clue to follow the spiders.
• Hermione led Harry and Ron into the Forbidden Forest, where they met Aragog and learned that Hagrid had hidden him at Hogwarts but had not opened the Chamber.
• Aragog ordered his children to attack Harry, Ron, and Hermione, so Hermione killed him with the Killing Curse.
• Hermione cast a freezing spell that encased the spider swarm in ice.

Hermione froze a vast stretch of the Forbidden Forest while Harry and Ron searched for Ginny, who had been taken into the Chamber of Secrets. Inside, Tom Riddle revealed his plan and knocked Harry and Ron unconscious as an unseen figure stunned Ron from behind.

• Hermione left Harry and Ron, then used powerful freezing magic to turn a large part of the Forbidden Forest into ice and harvest soul energy from its creatures.
• Harry and Ron learned that Ginny had vanished and found a blood-written message threatening her; they blamed Malfoy and went to find Hermione.
• At the forest’s edge, Luna told Harry and Ron that a basilisk was attacking students and led them to the Chamber of Secrets with Lockhart as their captive.
• Harry opened the Chamber entrance with Parseltongue, and the group found Ginny and Malfoy unconscious inside.
• Tom Riddle emerged from the diary and explained that he had controlled Malfoy and Ginny to gain a physical body; he struck Harry unconscious.
• An unseen figure cast Stupefy at Ron, knocking him down as he tried to help Harry.

Hermione revealed Ravenclaw’s Diadem as a future Horcrux and transferred its soul fragment into a replacement Diary. In the Chamber of Secrets, she had Goose devour the basilisk, then froze and shattered its head.

• Hermione showed Tom Riddle Ravenclaw’s Diadem and explained that it held a fragment of his future soul.
• Hermione transferred the Diadem’s soul fragment into a black notebook, creating a replacement Horcrux Diary.
• Tom opened the statue and summoned the basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets.
• Hermione made Goose immune to the basilisk’s gaze, and the cat swallowed the enormous snake whole.
• Hermione ordered Goose to spit out the basilisk’s head, then froze it and blasted it apart.