Arc 2The Answering Notebook

Gerald advanced his cultivation, explored alchemy and talismans, and built a notebook that answered questions from stored books. At Christmas, he met Harry Potter at Privet Drive and decided to help him and capture Peter Pettigrew.

  • Gerald entered the Room of Requirement with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then began learning alchemy from the twins.
  • Gerald met Dumbledore, who recalled visiting him as a child, and afterward Gerald used Seven-Star Dew to refine essence into qi.
  • Gerald developed his magic and aura perception, discovered his Green family’s alchemical history, and killed three Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest.
  • Gerald made potions and talismans, then built a leather-bound notebook that answered questions using information stored inside it.
  • Gerald traveled to Number Twelve for Christmas, treated Grandpa Henry with primordial qi, and noticed Harry Potter outside with a rubbish bag.
  • Gerald introduced himself to Harry, showed him magic, and brought him inside after deciding to help Harry and capture Peter Pettigrew.
  • Gerald threatened Vernon and Petunia with a fireball, and Harry realized Petunia had known he was a wizard.
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Ch. 26The Way of Thunder

Gerald gave Hagrid Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid, then drank Three-Yang Water and advanced to the ninth level of Chain-Form Essence Refinement. He decided to consolidate his cultivation before attempting the next breakthrough and planned to sell his surplus potion at the Hog’s Head.

  • Gerald gave Hagrid three bottles of Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid as thanks, and Hagrid offered to note the locations of herbs for him.
  • Gerald drank Three-Yang Water and advanced to the ninth level of Chain-Form Essence Refinement.
  • Gerald decided not to use Seven-Star Dew yet, choosing to consolidate his cultivation before attempting to refine essence into qi.
  • Gerald decided to sell his surplus Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid at the Hog’s Head and planned to try the next day.
  • Gerald returned to Gryffindor Tower, where Fred and George teased him for being an unusually studious Gryffindor.

Ch. 27The Room of Requirement

Gerald joined Fred, George, and Lee Jordan in searching for a secret base and guided George into summoning the Room of Requirement. The group discovered a large room equipped for developing joke toys, and Fred and George marveled at Gerald’s supposed divination skills.

  • Gerald agreed to help Fred and George find the mysterious room on Hogwarts’s Seventh Floor.
  • Gerald steered the brothers toward picturing a place to develop joke toys, and George walked along the corridor three times while focusing on that need.
  • A door appeared in the wall, and Fred, George, Lee Jordan, and Gerald entered the Room of Requirement.
  • The group found a spacious workshop stocked with alchemical equipment and a workbench.
  • Gerald claimed divination had helped him guide George, leaving Fred and George astonished by his abilities.

Ch. 28George and Fred's Talent for Alchemy

Gerald used the idea of inherited prophecy to explain how he might know things before they happened, while considering how to find Peter Pettigrew and investigate Victor Green’s death. In the Room of Requirement, he became interested in Fred and George’s alchemy and asked them to teach him.

  • Lee Jordan agreed that divination and prophecy were innate talents, giving Gerald a possible explanation for future predictions.
  • Gerald considered tracking down Peter Pettigrew to learn whether he had been involved in Victor Green’s death, but he still needed the date and location of Pettigrew’s staged death.
  • Gerald watched Fred and George study alchemy and learned that they had read hundreds of alchemy books collected by their father.
  • Gerald recognized similarities between alchemy and artifact refining and imagined combining Newt Scamander’s suitcase with a Spatial Ring.
  • After Lee Jordan pointed out that it was eleven at night, Gerald left the workbench with Fred and George and asked them to teach him alchemy.

Ch. 29Professor, May I Grow Something Here?

Gerald began learning alchemy with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then attended Herbology, where he wondered whether magical-plant growing methods could help him cultivate spirit plants. The chapter ended with him asking Professor Sprout if he could grow something in the greenhouse.

  • Gerald told Fred and George he wanted to learn alchemy, and they agreed to teach him while warning that the work would be dull.
  • Gerald, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan returned to Gryffindor Tower and went to bed.
  • Gerald woke early, crossed the rainy grounds, and found Cedric Diggory helping Professor Sprout in Greenhouse One.
  • Professor Sprout taught the class about dittany and bubotubers, then showed them how to grow and harvest dittany.
  • Gerald considered using Herbology methods to grow spirit plants and asked Professor Sprout if he could grow something in the greenhouse.

Ch. 3030: The Secret Passage to Hogsmeade

Gerald secured Professor Sprout’s permission to grow herbs in the greenhouse and considered ways to earn money. He used a secret passage to reach Hogsmeade, where he arrived in the rain.

  • Professor Sprout let Gerald use a greenhouse flowerpot, provided he cared for whatever he grew himself.
  • Gerald considered growing Ironwire Vine and selling potions or other goods to fund his studies.
  • Gerald declined George’s invitation to study alchemy and decided to go shopping in Hogsmeade.
  • Gerald checked the Marauder’s Map and chose the secret passage behind a mirror in a third-floor storeroom.
  • Gerald followed the passage to the back storeroom of Scrivenshaft’s Quill Shop and stepped out onto Hogsmeade’s streets.

Ch. 31An unexpected buyer

Gerald sold Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid at the Hog's Head, where Snape bought a bottle for ten Galleons and Aberforth purchased the remaining stock. As Gerald prepared to leave, Aberforth deduced from his hands that he was a teenager.

  • Gerald entered the Hog's Head and offered Aberforth Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid to sell.
  • Aberforth sampled the potion, agreed to sell it for Gerald, and offered two Galleons per bottle.
  • Snape arrived, questioned Gerald about the potion, and bought one bottle for ten Galleons.
  • Aberforth bought the remaining six bottles for fourteen Galleons and told Gerald to cover his hands next time.
  • Gerald realized Aberforth had recognized that he was a teenager from his smooth, unscarred hands.

Ch. 3232: Gerard’s First Alchemical Adventure

Gerald returned to Hogwarts with alchemy materials and began learning the craft from Fred and George in the Room of Requirement. After successfully purifying moonstone, he considered making a magical book that could converse with its reader and answer questions.

  • Gerald bought potion and alchemy materials in Hogsmeade and returned to Hogwarts through the secret passage.
  • Gerald joined George and Fred in the alchemy workshop, where his powerful Incendio startled them and Lee Jordan fell onto a stool.
  • Fred explained alchemy while George demonstrated how to purify moonstone, and Gerald followed the process with exceptional precision.
  • George approved Gerald's three portions of purified moonstone powder, and Gerald began considering what alchemy item to make.
  • Gerald thought of Tom Riddle's Diary and imagined creating a magical book that could understand questions and provide answers.

Ch. 33Dumbledore's Attention

Gerald studied alchemy and ancient runes intensively while gathering and cultivating spirit herbs at Hogwarts. In early November, Professor McGonagall told him that Dumbledore wanted to see him.

  • Gerald learned alchemy from Fred and George, who gave him a list of five books to study before attempting his planned alchemical item.
  • Gerald spent the next month studying in the library, improving his cultivation and preparing to explore ancient magic.
  • Gerald visited Hagrid twice and gathered mostly Ironwire Vine, along with one Heaven-Subduing Flower.
  • Gerald propagated Ironwire Vine successfully in the greenhouse, and Professor Sprout helped the Heaven-Subduing Flower take root there.
  • Professor McGonagall stopped Gerald in the Entrance Hall and told him that Headmaster Dumbledore wanted to see him.

Ch. 34I saw his shadow in you.

Dumbledore summoned Gerald Green to his office, where he examined Gerald’s Transfiguration and explained why he had watched him since childhood. He warned Gerald that power could lead people astray, leaving Gerald to wonder whether Dumbledore had seen a resemblance to Grindelwald in him.

  • Gerald followed Professor McGonagall to Dumbledore’s office and noticed that Fawkes triggered a message identifying him as an unawakened Phoenix Divine Beast.
  • Dumbledore asked Gerald to transform a quill, and Gerald turned it into a frog with a spell.
  • Dumbledore revealed that Gerald’s name had appeared in the Book of Admittance only when he was eight and that he had visited Gerald in Nameless Town.
  • Dumbledore recalled seeing Gerald care for Henry Hall and described how Gerald’s magic had seemed unusually restrained.
  • Dumbledore told Gerald that he saw a shadow of himself and a gifted young man in him, and urged him to remember what kind of person he wanted to become.

Ch. 35Dumbledore's plans

Gerald considered telling Dumbledore that Peter Pettigrew was alive but decided to wait for a better opportunity. After Dumbledore and McGonagall discussed their preparations against Voldemort, Gerald entered the Room of Requirement to attempt a dangerous cultivation breakthrough.

  • Gerald chose not to reveal Peter Pettigrew's survival to Dumbledore yet, reasoning that the consequences would be difficult to control.
  • Gerald bowed to Dumbledore, who welcomed being addressed as Professor, and left the Headmaster's Office.
  • McGonagall questioned Dumbledore's treatment of Gerald and Harry, and Dumbledore explained that he was preparing alternatives because Voldemort might still be alive.
  • Gerald went to the Room of Requirement, where he had determined it could transform and stabilize existing materials but could not create things from nothing.
  • Gerald drank the Seven-Star Dew and began attempting to refine essence into qi with the Divine Firmament Five-Elements Heavenly Thunder Art.

Ch. 36The Five Elements Gather Primordial Qi, Thunder First Appears

Gerald broke through to the first layer of Refining Essence into Qi, awakening spiritual sense and condensing a thread of thunder. He quickly mastered several cultivation spells and turned to the Qi-Perception Spell for his next study.

  • Gerald refined his primordial essence into five-element qi and advanced to the first layer of Refining Essence into Qi.
  • Gerald discovered that he could perceive the room with his eyes closed and saw a strand of thunder form in his dantian.
  • Gerald unlocked and practiced the Fireball Spell, quickly learning to make the fireball circle his body.
  • Gerald successfully cast the Water Arrow Spell and Thunder Invocation Spell on his first attempts.
  • Gerald stayed in the training room and examined the Qi-Perception Spell's mastery descriptions.

Ch. 37The remarkable Qi-Perception Spell

Gerald discovered that the Qi-Perception Spell let him see wizards’ auras and estimate their magical strength. After demonstrating precise control of Aguamenti in Charms, he saw that Snape’s power matched Flitwick’s, but Snape’s aura was edged with faint black wisps.

  • Gerald saw pale red auras around Charlie Weasley and his teammates, with Charlie’s aura the strongest among them.
  • Gerald confirmed that Flitwick had a much denser, brighter aura than the students, supporting his theory that aura color showed magical strength.
  • In Charms, Gerald conjured water precisely with Aguamenti and earned five points for Gryffindor, while Lee Jordan spilled water across his desk.
  • George and Fred arrived late and learned that Professor Flitwick had deducted points from each of them for oversleeping.
  • Gerald saw Snape’s aura was as strong as Flitwick’s, but noticed faint black wisps around its edges.

Ch. 38Snape's doubts

Snape struggled to identify the unfamiliar body-strengthening potion while teaching the Gryffindors to brew Swelling Solution, and Gerald impressed him with his precise work and an effective ingredient-preparation method. As Snape watched Gerald help George, he felt that Gerald’s figure looked strangely familiar.

  • Snape brooded over the body-strengthening potion he had bought, unable to identify its ingredients despite days of analysis.
  • Snape taught the Swelling Solution lesson carefully, and Gerald brewed a potent batch with Lee Jordan’s help.
  • Snape criticized Gerald’s handling of the bat spleens but acknowledged his precise execution.
  • Vivian Carrow challenged Gerald for slicing pufferfish eyes crosswise, and Gerald defended the method by comparing it to crushing sopophorous beans.
  • Snape confirmed Gerald was right and awarded Gryffindor five points, while Fred and George struggled to brew a proper solution.
  • Snape watched Gerald help George and wondered where he had seen Gerald’s figure before.

Ch. 3939: The Green Family

Gerald discovered that the Green family had been a line of alchemists and suspected its talent had reawakened in him. He entered the Forbidden Forest to gather herbs and found that his Qi-Perception Spell highlighted Ironwire Vines.

  • Gerald noticed the rat in Percy's pocket and chose not to expose it yet.
  • Gerald found an old Alchemists' Council book signed by Braid Green and learned that the Green family had been renowned for alchemy before its bloodline died out.
  • Gerald concluded that his alchemical talent might come from the Green family and decided to seek out its lost manuscripts.
  • Gerald went to the Forbidden Forest to gather herbs after Hagrid failed to answer his door.
  • Gerald activated the Qi-Perception Spell and spotted several glowing Ironwire Vines.

Ch. 40Today really was a perfect day.

Gerald used the Qi-Perception Spell to gather spirit plants in the Forbidden Forest, then fought and killed three Acromantulas. He harvested their venom and hurried toward the forest’s outskirts, pleased with the day’s gains.

  • Gerald gathered twenty or thirty Ironwire Vines and discovered a Darkgold Tree, harvesting its six fruits for a future pill.
  • Gerald sensed three approaching Acromantulas and turned to face them when they caught up with him.
  • Gerald used a fireball, wand spells, a powerful kick, and the Thunder-Summoning Art to kill all three spiders.
  • Gerald collected the Acromantulas’ venom, worth around fifty or sixty Galleons, and hurried out of the Forbidden Forest.

Ch. 41Peeves, Scared Out of His Wits

Gerald refined excellent Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid and successfully made good-quality Darkgold Essence-Gathering Pills, then considered crafting talismans. On his way back to Gryffindor Tower, he confronted Peeves, whose fear of Gerald’s power left him frozen.

  • Gerald harvested two Heaven-Subduing Flowers from his greenhouse plant and extracted twenty-one bottles of excellent Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid.
  • Gerald combined Darkgold Fruits and Heaven-Subduing Flowers to refine five good-quality Darkgold Essence-Gathering Pills.
  • Gerald swallowed one pill, gained 150 cultivation, and stored the other four.
  • Gerald considered making talismans and decided to ask Aberforth whether magical creature blood could serve as an ingredient.
  • Peeves blocked Gerald in a corridor and tried to summon Filch, but Gerald ordered him to shut up, terrifying Peeves into silence.

Ch. 42Do You Have Any Dragon Blood?

Gerald frightened Peeves with his thunder magic, then sold seventeen bottles of Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid to Aberforth and asked about dragon blood. Aberforth revealed three tubes of fire-scaled dragon blood and named a price of twenty Galleons per tube, while Gerald offered acromantula venom in exchange.

  • Gerald silenced Peeves and warned him not to reveal that they had met.
  • Gerald returned to the dormitory, where Kenneth beat Lee Jordan at Wizard's Chess.
  • Gerald left four bottles of Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid behind and took seventeen to the Hog's Head.
  • Aberforth bought the seventeen bottles for fifty-one Galleons after confirming the new formula was better.
  • Gerald asked Aberforth for dragon blood, and Aberforth showed him three tubes of fire-scaled dragon blood priced at twenty Galleons each.
  • Gerald offered Aberforth a half-full bottle of acromantula venom.

Ch. 43An astonishing yet unsettling talent

Gerald traded Acromantula venom for dragon blood and bought materials to experiment with talismans and alchemy. After demonstrating exceptional Transfiguration talent in class and discussing his potion sales with Fred and George, he went to the Room of Requirement to begin drawing an Object-Storing Talisman.

  • Gerald traded a bottle of Acromantula venom and fifteen Galleons to Aberforth for three vials of dragon blood, then bought more alchemical materials in Hogsmeade.
  • Gerald transformed a teacup into a mouse in Professor McGonagall’s class, while Vivian Carrow’s mouse still looked porcelain; McGonagall remained impressed and uneasy about Gerald’s talent.
  • Gerald gave Fred and George some alchemical materials and admitted he had earned money by making and selling potions; they warned him to be careful around the Forbidden Forest.
  • After lunch, Gerald went to the Room of Requirement with his materials and prepared to draw an Object-Storing Talisman.

Ch. 44Drawing talismans

Gerald learned to draw talismans, producing Object-Storing, Lightness, and Mist Talismans with dragon-blood ink. After testing the storage and speed-enhancing effects, he turned to the alchemy materials on his workbench.

  • Gerald repeatedly failed to draw an Object-Storing Talisman before using spiritual awareness to control his brush and successfully make one.
  • Gerald drew three Object-Storing Talismans, activated the best one, and stored books and notes inside its space.
  • Gerald considered whether alchemy could reproduce a magical storage item that wizards could use.
  • Gerald used the remaining ink to make eight Lightness Talismans and nine Mist Talismans.
  • Gerald tested a Lightness Talisman, found that it nearly doubled his speed, burned the ruined paper, and prepared to work on alchemy.

Ch. 45Hello, D Teacher.

Gerald built a passive alchemical notebook that stored and retrieved information from its rune-engraved plates and energy-storage crystals. After wiring the plates into a leather-bound book, he wrote its first line, “Hello, D Teacher.”

  • Gerald prepared the materials and design for a notebook that could answer questions using information stored inside it.
  • He engraved storage, reading, and feedback runes onto three plates, using energy-storage crystals already filled with information from over a hundred books.
  • Gerald connected the plates with copper wire, completing the energy circuit.
  • He fused the plates into a leather-bound notebook and wrote, “Hello, D Teacher,” on its first page.

Ch. 46Every last one of them was a genius

Gerald tested a magical notebook that answered questions using information stored from books and showed it to his roommates. Kenneth realized it could be used during exams, leaving Gerald stunned by the notebook’s potential.

  • Gerald tested the notebook in the Room of Requirement and confirmed it gave accurate answers from stored information or reported when it had no matching results.
  • Gerald returned to the Gryffindor common room, where Fred and George sold Nosebleed Nougat and Percy warned them about Filch.
  • Gerald showed the notebook to Fred, George, Lee Jordan, and Kenneth in the boys’ dormitory, and they tried asking it questions.
  • Kenneth asked who founded Hogwarts and received a detailed answer about the four founders.
  • Kenneth suggested taking the notebook into an exam, and Gerald realized its potential.

Ch. 47Christmas and Privet Drive?

Gerald left Hogwarts for Christmas and reunited with Uncle Jack and Luke in London, looking forward to seeing his family. As their pickup entered a neighborhood, he recognized the street sign as Privet Drive.

  • Gerald wrote to Grandpa Henry and learned that Uncle Jack would pick him up at King's Cross Station.
  • Gerald left Hogwarts on Christmas Eve with Lee Jordan, while Fred, George, and Kenneth stayed at school.
  • Gerald met Uncle Jack and Luke at King's Cross, and learned that Grandpa Henry and the family were spending Christmas with Aunt Mary's parents.
  • Uncle Jack drove Gerald and Luke through London toward the family gathering, and Gerald enjoyed being with them.
  • Gerald froze when he saw a street sign reading “Privet Drive.”

Ch. 48The gears of fate

Gerald visited Aunt Mary's family for Christmas on Privet Drive, where he realized Harry Potter lived nearby and wondered whether their paths would cross. After giving Grandpa Henry bottles of Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid, Gerald spotted a thin boy in oversized clothes dragging a rubbish bag outside.

  • Gerald recognized Privet Drive and passed Number Four, thinking about Harry Potter and whether he should interfere in Harry's life.
  • Gerald arrived at Number Twelve with Uncle Jack and Luke, greeted Grandpa Henry, and celebrated Christmas with Aunt Mary's family.
  • Gerald treated Grandpa Henry's weakened condition with primordial qi and left him bottles of Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid to drink weekly.
  • Gerald accompanied Bill outside to set off fireworks and noticed a thin figure in oversized clothes dragging a large bag of rubbish.

Ch. 49Do you believe in magic?

On Christmas Eve, Harry Potter endured the Dursleys’ neglect until Gerald Green encountered him while he was taking out the rubbish. Gerald helped him and began a conversation that left Harry facing a question about magic.

  • Harry broke a plate while washing dishes, and Aunt Petunia denied him dinner.
  • Harry dragged a heavy rubbish bag outside and passed Gerald Green and Bill playing with sparklers.
  • Gerald recognized Harry Potter, lifted the rubbish bag, and introduced himself as Gerard Green.
  • Gerald sent Bill inside to find Luke, then took Harry to the rubbish bin.
  • Gerald asked Harry whether he believed there was magic in the world.

Ch. 50What was there to fear?

Gerald told Harry that he was a wizard and explained that he would attend Hogwarts when he turned eleven. He confronted the Dursleys about their treatment of Harry and left Petunia frightened by his warning.

  • Gerald decided to stop fearing changes to the timeline and resolved to capture Peter Pettigrew while helping Harry.
  • Gerald showed Harry apparent magic and told him he was a wizard who would attend Hogwarts.
  • Harry followed Gerald home and heard Vernon and Petunia question why he had brought someone inside.
  • Gerald threatened Vernon and Petunia with a fireball, and Harry realized Petunia had known he was a wizard.
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