Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.