Recaps

Edward, Audrey, and Sirius killed the Death Eaters and other dangerous prisoners in Azkaban, then escaped as Lilith and Susie stirred chaos among the remaining inmates. They left for Hogwarts with Sirius transformed into a dog, while Lilith revealed that she had digested more than half her potion.

• Audrey treated prisoners cell by cell while Sirius killed the Death Eaters, and Lilith and Susie went outside with Edward.
• Audrey recognized Bellatrix from the Longbottoms’ mind world, and Sirius killed his cousin after confronting her about the Black family and Tom Riddle.
• Sirius used Polyjuice Potion and the Imperius Curse to disguise himself as a prisoner before killing several other dangerous inmates and hiding the double in his cell.
• Edward, Audrey, and Sirius left Azkaban through a stone door, then saw the remaining prisoners fighting after Lilith and Susie returned.
• Lilith told Edward she had digested more than half her potion, and the group headed for Hogwarts with Sirius transformed into a black dog.

Edward told Dumbledore about the Azkaban operation, including Sirius’s escape and the deaths of the imprisoned Death Eaters, while Dumbledore revealed that the goblins had refused to surrender Hufflepuff’s Cup. The next morning, Edward woke late and joined Cedric for breakfast, where students were discussing Snape, Karkaroff, and Umbridge.

• After Edward and the others left Azkaban, a group of goblins riding shackled fire dragons flew toward the prison, intent on reclaiming what belonged to them.
• Sirius reached Hogwarts, recognized the Whomping Willow, and hid in the Shrieking Shack after Edward promised to arrange a meeting with Dumbledore and Harry Potter.
• Edward told Dumbledore that he had freed Sirius and eliminated the Death Eaters in Azkaban, and Dumbledore agreed to go with Edward to negotiate for Hufflepuff’s Cup at Gringotts.
• Dumbledore said Snape had suspected Malfoy of involvement in the Dark Mark incident, and he planned to use divination to search Hogwarts for the culprit.
• Dumbledore left to seek support from the Wizengamot for Snape, who was still being interrogated by Fudge.
• Cedric woke Edward the next morning, and they went to breakfast as students discussed Snape and Karkaroff being taken to the Ministry of Magic and Umbridge’s return.

Edward and the students learned that Azkaban had been attacked and more than half its prisoners had escaped, while Edward concealed his involvement in the raid. Harry received an unexplained Nimbus 2000, and the chapter ended with Umbridge panicking over the Azkaban reports.

• Harry received a second Nimbus 2000 and suspected Edward had sent it as a Christmas present.
• The Weasley brothers read reports that Azkaban had been breached and more than half its prisoners had escaped.
• Edward read that two attacks had struck Azkaban and realized the Hit Wizards had reported that he and Audrey took their confiscated belongings.
• Cedric suspected Edward and Audrey had gone to Azkaban, but Edward denied that they could have been the powerful attackers.
• Edward told Harry he had not sent the broom and said it must be part of his Christmas present.
• The students celebrated the news about Azkaban and Fudge as Professor McGonagall sent them to class, while Umbridge paced anxiously in her office.

Cornelius Fudge sent Dementors into Hogwarts and blamed Dumbledore for the Azkaban attack, while Edward and Audrey tried to learn what had happened there. Edward lured Dementors with Sirius, killed several, and began a Spirit Channeling ritual with the last one.

• Fudge accused Dumbledore of attacking Azkaban, brought Dementors into Hogwarts, and sought to have Dumbledore impeached.
• Dumbledore told Edward and Audrey that the Azkaban attackers had released prisoners and arrived on fire dragons, while the Dementors could not be questioned normally.
• Fudge learned the ministerial election had been moved to December 20 and went to Gringotts in desperation.
• Edward used Sirius as bait to lure five Dementors through the Whomping Willow and into the Shrieking Shack, where the tree attacked pursuing Aurors.
• Edward killed four Dementors with golden flames, threatened the remaining one into cooperating, and began the Spirit Channeling ritual.

After learning that goblins had attacked Azkaban, Edward and Dumbledore planned to visit Gringotts, while the Ministry’s Dementors caused a crisis at Hogwarts. Umbridge discovered Edward was absent from her Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson and angrily questioned the students about his whereabouts.

• Edward dreamed that goblins riding fire dragons had attacked Azkaban, then told Dumbledore he believed the goblins were involved; Dumbledore agreed to visit Gringotts the next morning.
• Edward sent Sirius away from the Shrieking Shack and advised him to go home and think of a Christmas gift for Harry.
• Malfoy and the Durmstrang students discussed their fears about their headmaster’s arrest, while Emily praised Edward’s Transfiguration abilities.
• Hogwarts condemned the Ministry’s deployment of Dementors after five escaped near the Whomping Willow, prompting Fudge to withdraw half of them.
• Umbridge noticed Edward was missing from her Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson and challenged the students when one called him Professor Edward.

Umbridge objected to Edward teaching Transfiguration, while Dumbledore and Edward failed to persuade Gringotts to let them inspect the Lestrange Vault. They began a plan to gain access under cover of an alibi, leaving Edward and Dumbledore posing as wealthy customers at Gringotts.

• Umbridge learned that Edward was covering McGonagall's Transfiguration classes, complained, and ordered a student to copy a page ten times.
• Dumbledore brought Edward to Gringotts, where Craw refused to let them inspect the Lestrange Vault without evidence or the owner's key.
• Dumbledore accused the goblins of safeguarding an object connected to Voldemort, and Craw threatened to have him escorted out.
• Outside Gringotts, Edward used Divination to suggest that Craw's memories had been altered or protected, and Dumbledore agreed to try Edward's plan.
• Edward and Dumbledore arranged for others to appear in their likenesses as an alibi, while they posed as wealthy customers seeking a vault.
• Edward displayed gold and jewels at Gringotts and asked for a private lounge and a bottle of 1982 Château Lafite.

Edward and Dumbledore uncovered that a one-eyed goblin from the 1612 rebellion had ordered the goblins to work with the Death Eaters, possibly in pursuit of something at Hogwarts. They prepared to investigate the Lestrange Vault, leaving two stunned goblins behind.

• Edward and Dumbledore confronted three goblins at Gringotts, and Edward subdued them after they attacked.
• Edward divined that the goblins were following a one-eyed old goblin who had ordered them to cooperate with the Death Eaters.
• Edward and Dumbledore speculated that the alliance might target a treasure at Hogwarts, though they could not identify it.
• Edward tried to learn the one-eyed goblin's whereabouts through Spirit Channeling, but the three goblins knew nothing.
• Dumbledore suggested visiting the Lestrange Vault to verify whether the Death Eaters were acting without Voldemort's involvement, and Edward placed Craw under the Imperius Curse to lead them there.

Dumbledore and Edward retrieved Hufflepuff’s Cup from the Lestrange Vault and learned that the goblins and Death Eaters might attack Hogwarts on election day. As Hogwarts prepared for the threat, Edward continued recording Beyonder abilities and spoke with Emily Larson about her visits to his Transfiguration lessons.

• Dumbledore and Edward found Hufflepuff’s Cup in the Lestrange Vault, silenced the vault’s protective charms, and rented a high-standard vault to conceal the treasures they took.
• Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick that the goblins and Death Eaters had joined forces and might attack Hogwarts on the day of the Minister for Magic election.
• Over the next two days, Edward used divination and trips beyond Hogwarts to record Beyonder abilities, increasing his recording capacity and advancing his Scribe potion digestion.
• Emily Larson asked Edward whether he minded her attending his third-year Transfiguration lessons, and he explained that he had been traveling to gather material for his travelogue, including a visit to Durmstrang.

After the students drove off the Dementors and overwhelmed Umbridge with Dungbombs, Lucius Malfoy invited Audrey and Edward to a family gathering. Audrey and Edward had other plans for the weekend, and she wondered whether Lucius was plotting something.

• Emily asked Edward for help with Transfiguration, and he offered to assist her with specific problems.
• The Weasley brothers explained how their improved Dungbombs had become popular for driving away Dementors.
• Students bombarded Umbridge with Dungbombs, then soaked her with water until she fainted in the filthy puddle.
• Malfoy gave Audrey an invitation from his father, Lucius, inviting her and Edward to a family gathering that Saturday.
• Audrey told Malfoy she needed time to consider the invitation and asked Edward whether Lucius might be plotting something.

Edward and Audrey consulted Dumbledore about Lucius Malfoy’s invitation, and Dumbledore agreed they should attend the dinner after Edward’s divination showed no danger. During Audrey’s treatment of Mrs. Longbottom, she found the woman waiting for an unknown Messenger.

• Edward and Audrey found Umbridge confronting Dumbledore, who warned her that Fudge was unlikely to win the Minister for Magic election and told her to leave Hogwarts’s children alone.
• Edward gave Dumbledore Lucius Malfoy’s invitation to Audrey, and they discussed whether Lucius wanted to discourage her from investigating his son’s dream.
• Dumbledore told Edward and Audrey to attend the dinner after Edward reported that his divination showed no danger.
• Audrey treated Mrs. Longbottom at St. Mungo’s and found her alone outside the house in her inner world.
• Mrs. Longbottom told Audrey that the Messenger was coming, and Audrey sat with her to wait.

Audrey tried to coax Alice Longbottom out of her Mind World, but a mysterious spirit creature appeared and drained her spirituality. After Audrey helped Mr. Longbottom and Alice showed signs of reconnecting with the outside world, she and Edward left St. Mungo’s to shop before attending the Malfoy family banquet.

• Audrey nearly persuaded Alice Longbottom to leave her Mind World, but a horned spirit creature appeared and Alice returned to waiting for the messenger.
• Audrey’s spirituality was suddenly depleted, so she left Alice’s Mind World and told Edward what had happened.
• Edward suspected the creature was connected to death and might be the Crumple-Horned Snorkack Luna had seen, and he planned to ask Luna about it.
• Audrey treated Mr. Longbottom by soothing him and gradually changing his fear of the Death Eaters.
• Alice sat up and managed to take a bowl and eat lamb herself, prompting the elderly woman to thank Audrey and Edward.
• Audrey and Edward left St. Mungo’s after lunch and planned to shop before attending the Malfoy family banquet.

Edward and Audrey visited Malfoy Manor, where Lucius questioned Audrey about Voldemort’s survival. Edward discovered through Legilimency that Lucius had been asked by former Death Eater families to investigate after Barty Crouch Jr. appeared and demanded their obedience.

• Edward and Audrey discussed the Goddess’s shopping list, struggled to buy grain in bulk, and decided to postpone the list’s harder-to-obtain items before visiting the Malfoys.
• Malfoy led Edward, Audrey, Lilith, and Susie through the Floo Network to Malfoy Manor, where Lilith and Susie eyed the white peacocks.
• Edward unsettled Lucius and Narcissa by mentioning that he had grown up in the same orphanage as Voldemort, then insisted Lucius explain why he had invited them.
• Lucius asked Audrey whether Voldemort was alive, and Audrey said that Professor Dumbledore believed he was.
• Edward used Legilimency on Lucius and learned that Barty Crouch Jr. had recently ordered former Death Eater families to prepare for Voldemort’s return.

Edward and Audrey confronted Lucius Malfoy over his uncertain loyalties and discovered that he planned to pass word of an attack on Hogwarts to Dumbledore. After Edward questioned Lucius, the chapter left them facing his anger over being placed under the Imperius Curse.

• Lucius claimed he would support Dumbledore against Voldemort, while secretly using the meeting to confirm whether the Dark Lord had returned.
• Lucius tried to use Legilimency on Audrey, but her counterattack sent him crashing to the floor, and Edward demanded an explanation.
• Edward confronted Lucius about Voldemort's diary and its effects on Draco, then asked whether Lucius was involved in a Death Eater plot.
• Lucius admitted that the Death Eaters were planning an attack on Hogwarts under Barty Crouch Jr.'s orders.
• Lucius revealed that he had invited Edward and Audrey to help deliver the warning to Dumbledore and negotiate advantages for the Malfoy family.
• Edward questioned Lucius under the Imperius Curse, then released him; Lucius drew his wand and angrily accused Edward of using the curse.

Edward and Dumbledore questioned whether Lucius Malfoy’s sudden offer of allegiance was genuine, and Susie suspected he had been acting for an unseen audience. Edward returned under the Invisibility Cloak to investigate Malfoy Manor and questioned Dobby, but found no clear answer about Lucius’s hidden backer.

• After Edward and Audrey left Malfoy Manor, Susie told Edward and Dumbledore that Lucius’s emotions had seemed like an act.
• Dumbledore reasoned that Lucius must believe Voldemort could not kill him, likely because he had found a new backer.
• Edward put on the Invisibility Cloak and returned to Malfoy Manor while Dumbledore and Audrey stayed behind.
• Edward watched Narcissa comfort Draco and Lucius, then followed Dobby into the kitchen.
• Edward cast the Imperius Curse on Dobby and learned that Fudge and Lucius’s friends had visited, but Dobby knew nothing about why Lucius was unafraid of Voldemort.

Edward discovered that Lucius had a mysterious new backer but could not identify the hidden person in the villa, while Dumbledore suggested teaching Susie and Lilith magic and told Edward that Grindelwald had delivered the items he sought. At Hogwarts, Harry and Hermione learned Hagrid had revealed the Philosopher’s Stone’s location to someone the previous day and rushed to warn Dumbledore.

• Edward questioned Dobby and concluded that Lucius was no longer afraid of Voldemort because he had found a new backer.
• Edward failed to uncover the backer’s identity, then returned to Dumbledore and reported what he had learned.
• Dumbledore proposed teaching Susie and Lilith magic and told Edward that Grindelwald had delivered the items his former subordinates had found.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione questioned Hagrid about Fluffy and learned that Hagrid had accidentally revealed the Philosopher’s Stone’s location to someone while dazed.
• Harry and Hermione suspected someone had used the Imperius Curse on Hagrid and hurried to warn Dumbledore.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione warned Dumbledore that someone wanted to steal the Philosopher’s Stone, but he dismissed their concerns for the professors to handle. At Nurmengard, Edward received his modified ulna back as a wandless-magic aid and asked Grindelwald about the effects of dark magic.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione told Dumbledore they suspected someone had used the Imperius Curse on Hagrid to learn about the Philosopher’s Stone, but Dumbledore sent them away and said the professors would handle it.
• Edward visited Grindelwald at Nurmengard, where Grindelwald showed him an ulna fitted with magical patterns and a rare stone that could serve as a wand core.
• Grindelwald explained that the stone’s magic was finite, then agreed to keep researching wandless magic if Edward left him the spare bone.
• Grindelwald reattached Edward’s ulna, tested that Expelliarmus could not disarm it, and confirmed that Edward could cast wandless spells with it.
• Edward asked whether dark magic harmed its users, and Grindelwald said harmful magic affected the soul through the people it hurt, while fear and guilt increased the damage.

Edward received a suitcase of supposed legendary artifacts from Grindelwald and learned that the stolen phoenix had vanished after escaping its captors. After Edward asked Grindelwald about choosing a direction for a new kind of magic, Grindelwald chose war, and Edward later discussed the feasibility of “For the Greater Good” with Audrey.

• Grindelwald gave Edward a suitcase of purported relics collected by his old friends, including mythical weapons and several supposed burial shrouds.
• Grindelwald told Edward that Kraft and Carrow had captured the phoenix in New Zealand, but it had awakened and Disapparated somewhere unknown on the way to Europe.
• Edward delivered Dumbledore’s letter to Grindelwald and asked what direction he would choose for a hypothetical new kind of magic; Grindelwald answered that he would choose war.
• Edward returned to Hogwarts with Lilith, recorded his visit to Nurmengard, and embellished his account of Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s relationship.
• Edward told Audrey that the plan to unite the Wizarding World under “For the Greater Good” would lead to conflict, then suggested that wizards could instead influence ordinary people indirectly through magic and potions.
• Audrey wondered whether the Church in their world used those methods.

Edward and Audrey investigated the strange resemblance between Ms. Cecilia and Ariana Dumbledore, but discovered that the Cecilia known to the villagers was a different woman. Suspecting deliberate deception and concerned about the coming attack on Hogwarts, they decided to tell Professor Dumbledore.

• Edward and Audrey returned to Godric's Hollow, confirmed through divination that Ariana was buried in her grave, and went looking for Cecilia.
• They visited Cecilia's house and found it empty, then discovered a blond woman entering who claimed to be Cecilia but did not resemble the woman they had met before.
• Edward and Audrey concluded that someone might have used a Confundus Charm or otherwise misled the villagers, though divination showed the woman they met was not a Warlock.
• Audrey pointed out that Cecilia might have approached them deliberately, especially with Death Eaters and goblins preparing to attack Hogwarts, and they decided to find Professor Dumbledore.
• Edward and Audrey returned to the Hog's Head, where Aberforth was awake and thanked them for bringing him back.

Edward and Audrey told Dumbledore about a woman who resembled Ariana and whom they had encountered in Godric’s Hollow, prompting him to reconsider his sister’s death. Dumbledore then announced an early Christmas holiday, leaving Harry worried about spending the break alone until Ron invited him home.

• Edward visited Aberforth at the Three Broomsticks, learned that the girl in the portrait was his late sister Ariana, and asked about her.
• Edward told Dumbledore about the woman who resembled Ariana and described their encounters with her; Dumbledore grew suspicious and went to the Hog’s Head.
• At dinner, Dumbledore apologized for the recent disruptions and announced that Christmas holiday would begin a week early, while promising a feast and gifts for those who stayed at Hogwarts.
• The students celebrated the announcement, and the Weasley brothers joked that Dumbledore would soon become Minister for Magic.
• Harry felt miserable at the thought of going back to the Dursleys or staying at Hogwarts alone, so Ron invited him to spend Christmas with his family.

Hogwarts began its early Christmas holidays, and Edward told Harry that his godfather was alive and would meet him after Dumbledore’s election campaign. At a gathering in the Room of Requirement, Snape returned from Ministry custody and revealed Fudge had sent most of the Aurors away, prompting Dumbledore to warn that Death Eaters and goblins planned to attack Hogwarts on election day.

• Harry decided to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, while Ron and Hermione initially left for home.
• Edward told Harry that his godfather, his father’s old friend, was alive and would meet him after the election campaign.
• Ron and Hermione returned to spend Christmas with Harry, citing their plans and concerns about the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Arthur and Molly Weasley arrived at the Room of Requirement and said they would stay at Hogwarts until the danger had passed.
• Snape returned from Ministry custody and reported that Fudge had sent nearly ninety percent of the Aurors to France.
• Dumbledore warned that Barty Crouch Jr. would lead the Death Eaters in an alliance with the goblins to attack Hogwarts on election day.

Edward taught the professors and Weasleys about Pathways and Ancient Hermes, then prepared Potions for their chosen sequences. Flitwick drank the Warrior Potion and gained enhanced strength, while Molly reconsidered her choice of Assassin.

• Snape explained that Edward had learned about the suspected attack through Divination and Spirit Channeling, though its timing remained speculation.
• The professors and Weasleys chose Pathways: Flitwick chose Warrior, Arthur Savant, Molly Assassin, Sprout Planter, McGonagall Spectator, Lupin Prisoner, and Snape revealed he had already become a Corpse Collector.
• Edward distributed Ancient Hermes textbooks and taught the class the alphabet and basic grammar.
• Edward prepared labeled Sequence 9 Potions and warned everyone that Pathways were lifelong and required acting according to their Sequences to avoid losing control.
• Flitwick drank the Warrior Potion, endured its painful effects, and demonstrated his new strength by bending a desk.
• Molly raised her hand to take her Potion, then apologized and said she had reconsidered choosing Assassin.

Molly chose the Seer pathway and safely advanced after a difficult potion experience, while Edward discovered that teaching Beyonder knowledge slightly increased his spirituality. He and Dumbledore discussed the risks of introducing Beyonder characteristics into another world, and Edward remained at Hogwarts as the twentieth approached.

• Molly took the Seer potion with Audrey using Soothing and learned how to use Spirit Vision, divination, and Spirit Channeling.
• Edward realized that teaching Beyonder abilities had increased his spirituality by a small amount, but Audrey and Dumbledore warned that supplying potions could violate the Law of Immortality of Beyonder Characteristics.
• Edward explained the three fundamental laws of Beyonder characteristics to Dumbledore, who recognized that Beyonders could become targets for people seeking potion ingredients.
• Edward reassured Audrey that he could use Lunatic on the Right to draw the attackers out if they did not appear on the twentieth.
• The Ministry of Magic withdrew its Aurors and Dementors on December 17, and Harry, Ron, and their companions were caught trying to enter the fourth-floor room by Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

Edward discovered that he had no memories of December 20 through 24, though everyone else remembered him taking part in the battle at Hogwarts and spending Christmas with them. His divination and Audrey’s Mind Reading revealed nothing, leaving the cause of the missing days unknown.

• Edward woke on December 25 believing he had gone to sleep on December 19, and Audrey confirmed that they had been together during the missing days.
• Audrey told Edward that Death Eaters, goblins, Dementors, and giants had attacked Hogwarts on December 20, and that Edward had killed Barty Crouch Jr. and discovered Voldemort stealing the Philosopher’s Stone before Voldemort escaped.
• Audrey said Dumbledore had exposed Fudge’s collusion with the Death Eaters, leading to plans for another ministerial election after the Christmas holidays.
• Edward told Dumbledore about his missing memories, and his Dream Divination showed only two black doors.
• Audrey’s Mind Reading found no memories of the missing days in Edward’s mental body, and Dumbledore doubted that Legilimency could reveal memories Edward did not possess.

Edward used Dumbledore’s Time-Turner to travel back to December 19 and investigate how he had lost several days of memories. He watched his past self return to their room and teach Lilith, while preparing to stay close and find out what happened next.

• Dumbledore gave Edward a Time-Turner and urged him to discover the cause of his memory loss, while Audrey and Lilith asked him to return safely.
• Edward traveled back to the afternoon of December 19, changed his appearance, and went to the Hufflepuff Common Room to observe events without being recognized.
• Edward entered his room invisibly and waited for his past self to return, wondering whether he would replace himself or had simply lost his memories.
• At nine that evening, Edward watched his past self teach Lilith Chinese characters and tell her they had something important to do the next day.

Edward tried to discover why he had lost memories of the next few days as Hogwarts faced a Death Eater and goblin assault during Dumbledore’s campaign for Minister for Magic. The attackers breached the school’s shield, and the chapter left the battle ongoing as students screamed and Edward rushed to investigate.

• Edward failed to use Dream Divination to learn what had happened during the missing days and wondered whether he had lost his memories rather than traveled through time.
• On December 20, Dark Marks appeared over Britain as Dumbledore entered the Minister for Magic election, and Death Eaters, giants, goblins, and dragons attacked Hogwarts.
• Hogwarts’ defenders fought back behind the school’s magical shield, while Audrey used Intimidation and Frenzy to disrupt the goblins and dragons.
• The One-Eyed Old Goblin led a renewed assault that broke through the shield, while Grindelwald’s five old companions attacked the invaders from a tower.
• When terrified screams came from inside Hogwarts, Edward left the room guarding the Philosopher’s Stone and followed them to investigate.
• In the Slytherin Common Room, students discussed the attack and noticed that Emily looked anxious and worried.