Recaps

Harry and the Order fought Voldemort at the Ministry, then Dumbledore explained the prophecy, Horcruxes, and the wider forces gathering around the war. As Harry left Hogwarts, Australian wizards ambushed him and his friends, only for an older version of Harry and his companions to appear and defeat them.

• Voldemort’s shield repelled the Order’s attacks until Dumbledore arrived and fought him, while Sirius and Lupin protected Harry and the young wizards joined the battle against Death Eaters.
• Dumbledore sent Harry and eight other young wizards to his office, where he discussed the prophecy, the battle’s casualties, and Horcruxes, while Nagini revealed that she had followed Voldemort in hopes of breaking her curse.
• After Voldemort’s return became public, Dobby told Harry that someone had captured him after saying “Boss Red King,” and Harry and his friends connected the organization to Peter Pettigrew’s apparent death.
• Dumbledore arranged for Harry to meet a gray-haired friend who was studying Nagini’s Horcrux and might remove the soul fragment within Harry without harming him.
• As Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville left Hogwarts, Australian wizards led by Liv Wolsta surrounded them and tried to capture Harry, but Harry resisted their sealing magic while his friends fought back.
• A black-haired Slytherin girl resembling Harry killed a scar-faced wizard with a reflected Ultimate Death, then joined a platinum-blond boy and a petite black-haired girl in rescuing Harry and his friends.
• The older group revealed that they were seventh-years from another world, and the younger group questioned their close Slytherin friendships and the differences between their worlds.
• The younger Hermione confronted Harry about hiding his contact with deities, while the younger Harry compared his strength with the older group that had defeated the Australian wizards.

Harry visited Grindelwald at Nurmengard, where he learned more about the Deathly Hallows and the deities connected to them. He returned to Hogwarts as Voldemort’s return raised security concerns, and Dumbledore urged the students to stand united.

• Harry and Hermione investigated a report of a lone attacker causing heavy casualties at Nagadainaf Magic School, but Harry doubted Dumbledore was responsible and had sensed nothing unusual from Voldemort.
• Dumbledore took Harry from Privet Drive to Nurmengard, where Nagini thanked him for breaking her Blood Charms and restoring her human form.
• Harry absorbed Voldemort’s soul fragment, then Grindelwald challenged his account and questioned him about the Kalkas Magic Array and the deities he had encountered.
• Grindelwald explained the Deathly Hallows’ links to different deities, identified Harry’s yellow figure as the King in Yellow, and said the Elder Wand was a key to the Nameless Mist.
• Dumbledore took Harry to the Burrow, where Harry reunited with Ron and Mrs. Weasley and saw Fred and George’s inventions, and Hermione later told him she planned to erase her parents’ memories in case she died fighting Voldemort.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts with his friends as Lupin resumed teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts, and he overheard Draco tell his companions that loyalty to Voldemort mattered more than school results.
• Dumbledore addressed Voldemort’s return at the feast, urged the students to unite, and announced Lupin’s appointment to widespread applause.

Harry fought two attackers in the Shrieking Shack and killed Biazis, then told his friends about the encounter and struggled with the aftermath. The group returned to lessons and social gatherings as they discussed Hufflepuff’s legacy, Nagudinnaf’s stolen secret, and Jean Gardner’s Animagus magic.

• Dumbledore reopened the Duelling Club under Professor Lupin, while Harry and his friends teased Cedric and Yi Qianqian about their relationship.
• Draco stopped bullying students after a Ravenclaw student mocked his threat, and Harry, Cedric, and the R.B. members discussed him at the Duelling Club.
• Harry visited Dumbledore, who showed him Hufflepuff’s Cup and asked him to help study its effects.
• Harry hid in the Shrieking Shack from the rain and overheard two wizards discussing the passage beneath the Whomping Willow, then fought Korman and Biazis outside.
• Harry used Fiendfyre against Biazis and a vine spear against Korman, who escaped, then collapsed as he struggled with having killed someone for the first time.
• Harry told Hermione, Qiu, Ron, and Lavender about the attack, and Qiu comforted him while Ron praised his decisive response.
• Cedric and Yi Qianqian failed to awaken Hufflepuff’s legacy with the Cup, while Hermione later won Slughorn’s Felix Felicis prize by brewing an improved Draught of Living Death.
• Harry’s group met Jean Gardner in Hagrid’s Hut, discussed Nagudinnaf’s stolen secret, and learned that Jean could choose between peregrine falcon and jaguar forms through her Animagus magic.

Harry and his friends watched Draco Malfoy for signs of a plot against Dumbledore while discovering new magical creatures and investigating the strange immobilization at Halloween. The stretch ended with Harry, Ron, Qiu, Lavender, Neville, and Rolf setting out for Hogsmeade in heavy snow as Hermione remained away.

• Harry and his friends watched Draco Malfoy’s suspiciously good behavior, while Harry kept his Animagus form secret and considered Slughorn’s invitation to a ball.
• At Slughorn’s ball, Harry suspected Terence Higgs was under the Imperius Curse, and Hermione arrived with Jacob Covenas after gaining him entry to Hogwarts.
• Draco secretly used the Imperius Curse on Harry to question him about Dumbledore, and Harry later told his friends he would pretend Draco had succeeded so he could learn more.
• Harry and his friends searched for signs of Draco’s plot, then learned that a Hand of Glory could immobilize people and open doors and locks.
• Rolf Scamander arrived at Hogwarts as Hagrid’s assistant and showed Harry and his friends magical creatures in his suitcase, including a Lava Salamander and Natasha, a being with a snake tail and deadly eyes.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch against Ravenclaw, then found Draco and Pansy Parkinson visiting Slughorn with a rare bottle of Dragon Blood Wine.
• Harry, Ron, Qiu, Lavender, Neville, and Rolf set out for Hogsmeade through heavy snow, while their companions noted the closeness between Rolf and Luna and between Neville and Daphne.