Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore froze Voldemort inside a vast block of ice and sealed it with golden runes, but Harry sensed that something had changed. As a crack appeared in the ice, Voldemort’s eyes no longer showed panic.

• Dumbledore countered Voldemort’s poisonous mist with freezing magic, then imprisoned him in a huge block of ice.
• Dumbledore inscribed the ice with sealing runes, drawing on advanced magic that reminded Harry of the Founders’ Legacies.
• Dumbledore showed his exhaustion after the long battle, and Moody gave him a Restorative Potion.
• Dumbledore thanked Harry for the potions his business had supplied, while Harry grew uneasy watching Voldemort.
• Harry realized the panic had vanished from Voldemort’s eyes, and a crack appeared inside the ice.

Voldemort broke free of the ice as an enormous basilisk and attacked the Hogwarts group. Dumbledore restrained and repelled him, but the basilisk used its venom and targeted the Castle to force Dumbledore to defend it.

• Voldemort burst out of the ice transformed into a basilisk far larger than any known specimen.
• Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, Lupin, and others cast Holy Spirit Barriers as the basilisk charged, and the group escaped its attack; Norberta carried Hagrid to safety.
• Dumbledore bound the basilisk with magically enlarged vines and lifted it into the air.
• The basilisk released venomous mist that corroded the vines, then lunged at Dumbledore and nearly struck the Castle.
• Dumbledore blocked the basilisk with a modified Sponge Armor spell, but the venom dissolved the barrier, and the basilisk attacked the Castle to force Dumbledore to intervene.

Dumbledore trapped Voldemort’s Giant Basilisk with powerful Transfiguration, but Voldemort escaped and countered the combined attack. As the battle continued, Hermione was nearly swallowed before an enormous gray wolf rescued her, leaving its identity unclear.

• Dumbledore sank the ground beneath the Giant Basilisk and raised ten Rock Giants that nearly tore it apart, but Voldemort escaped by turning into smoke.
• Voldemort deflected Sirius’s Annihilation Curse with added magic power, and Lupin saved Sirius by canceling the spell.
• Harry, Lupin, and more than a dozen wizards attacked Voldemort, who transformed into the Giant Basilisk and forced most of them back with its death gaze.
• Hermione replenished her Holy Spirit Barrier and used a Hurricane Charm against the basilisk’s poison mist, but she could not Apparate away when it lunged at her.
• An enormous gray wolf knocked Hermione clear of the basilisk’s jaws, though its identity remained unknown.

Hermione discovered that Jacob was a high-rank werewolf and helped him join the fight against Voldemort, who was driving the group back while shifting between human and basilisk forms. Harry realized Voldemort was manipulating their emotions to tempt him into using the King in Yellow’s power, but a rooster’s crow suddenly froze Voldemort in basilisk form.

• Jacob cushioned Hermione’s fall, transformed into a young man, and learned that she and the others had already figured out he was a werewolf.
• Jacob asked Hermione to teach him the Holy Spirit Barrier, then flew to join the fight against Voldemort.
• Harry, Dumbledore, and the others struggled as Voldemort switched between human and basilisk forms and forced them back.
• Harry considered borrowing the King in Yellow’s power, but Dumbledore warned him not to do anything foolish, and Harry recognized that Voldemort was affecting everyone’s emotions.
• Norberta returned carrying a rooster as Hagrid brought another, and the rooster’s crow made Voldemort tremble in basilisk form.

Harry and the others drove Voldemort off when Hagrid used a rooster to suppress his basilisk form, but Voldemort escaped underground before Harry’s Fiendfyre could hit him. As the group considered how Voldemort transformed and what he might do next, Harry warned that he had created another Horcrux.

• Hagrid held a rooster whose crowing forced Voldemort’s basilisk form to collapse and left him trembling even after he returned to human form.
• Harry cast Fiendfyre at Voldemort, but Voldemort burrowed into the ground and escaped the flames.
• Rolf warned Dumbledore that Voldemort’s power could grow, and Dumbledore predicted he would need time to fix the problem with his body.
• Hermione asked how Voldemort transformed, and McGonagall, Gardner, and Jacob discussed why it did not seem to be an Animagus transformation.
• Jacob and Lupin noted Voldemort’s snake-like features and hidden scales even in human form.
• Harry said Voldemort’s transformation was less urgent than the possibility that he had made another Horcrux.

With Hogwarts’ exams canceled and students sent home after Voldemort’s attack, Harry joined an Order of the Phoenix meeting to discuss the search for Voldemort’s new Horcrux. The Order learned how Voldemort may have gained his basilisk-like body, and Lupin proposed seeking information from the Dark Council through the Xilieikesi family.

• Hogwarts canceled its end-of-term exams after parents refused to let students return following Voldemort’s attack.
• Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix reported that searches of places tied to Voldemort and questioning captured Death Eaters had revealed no new Horcrux.
• Kingsley described evidence from Greece suggesting Voldemort transferred his soul into a hatching basilisk and transformed it into a human body.
• Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort’s basilisk origins explained why he still feared a rooster’s crow, but thought he could eventually overcome that weakness.
• Lupin suggested asking someone outside the Death Eaters for information, and Mr. Weasley proposed that the Xilieikesi family might persuade the Dark Council to help.

The Order of the Phoenix learned that Voldemort had obtained a Basilisk through the Dark Council and may have used the Book of Dreams to enter the Dream Realm. Harry suspected Voldemort had hidden a Horcrux there, but Dumbledore warned that the Dream Realm was not a good place to conceal things.

• You Weier Xilieikesi obtained information from the Dark Council, which revealed that Voldemort had asked them to procure a Basilisk.
• The Dark Council said Voldemort had once borrowed the Book of Dreams from them, but they knew nothing about where he had hidden his Horcruxes.
• Harry recalled that an unknown Wizard had invaded his Dream and wondered whether the Book of Dreams had been involved.
• Cedric consulted Yi Qianqian, who explained that the Book of Dreams could help Wizards enter the Dream Realm.
• Sirius explained that Voldemort's Horcruxes made his soul conspicuous and vulnerable to creatures in the Dream Realm.
• Harry proposed that Voldemort had hidden a Horcrux in the Dream Realm, but Dumbledore said it was not a good place to hide things.

Harry received the Book of Dreams, a bamboo-slip device that opened a gate into the Dream Realm, and considered whether it could help locate Voldemort’s Horcruxes. When the McGonagall Bird cried out, the view through the gate revealed the familiar pyramid Harry had once encountered in a dream.

• Harry wondered whether Voldemort might have hidden a Horcrux inside a dream but concluded that doing so was impossible.
• Sirius brought Harry the Book of Dreams, which the Xilieikesi family had obtained from the Dark Council and identified as the item Voldemort had used.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione tested the bamboo slips and found that their incantation opened a gate into the Dream Realm.
• Harry brought out the McGonagall Bird to feed her while Ron and Hermione watched.
• The McGonagall Bird cried out, changing the view through the Dream Realm gate to a desert containing the pyramid Harry recognized.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the Dream Realm through a doorway that vanished behind them, while Ginny learned Snape had begun to wake and followed Black Ginny’s plan to enter the realm. Black Ginny opened a doorway, but the view beyond it surprised them both.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the Dream Realm through the doorway, and the McGonagall Bird sealed it behind them.
• Mrs. Weasley found the room empty and told Ginny that Snape had briefly woken at St. Mungo’s.
• Black Ginny revealed that she had sensed Harry using the Book of Dreams and persuaded Ginny to follow him into the Dream Realm.
• Black Ginny arranged candles, incense, and essential oil, then used incantations to open a doorway of light.
• Ginny and Black Ginny froze when they saw that the scene beyond the doorway was not what they had expected.

After investigating Nagudinnaf, Daphne learned that Australian wizards in a parallel universe possessed an object connected to a deity and set out to reach their world. She gathered friends with the Founders’ legacies to study how to cross the weakened barrier between universes, leaving Cedric eager to join her trip.

• After graduating, Daphne and her friends discovered that Australian wizards had opened a space-time rift, and Daphne later sealed Harry and the others’ memories of a parallel universe.
• Daphne investigated Nagudinnaf in her own world and confirmed that its wizards had not obtained Evil God power, while the academy in the parallel universe possessed an object connected to a deity.
• Daphne resolved to acquire the object to strengthen herself against the Dark Council, but she could not recreate the Australians’ single-use device or get Grindelwald to teach her how to cross universes.
• Daphne gathered Harry, Neville, Cedric, Qiu, and Luna to study the Tower Chapters and the weakened barrier between parallel universes.
• Daphne looked toward Cedric as she proposed going to Nagudinnaf in another world, and Cedric reacted with excitement.

Daphne and her friends developed a spell that let them travel to a parallel world, then agreed to visit Australia together. After flying into Sydney, they skipped the required Ministry registration and prepared to sneak into the country.

• Daphne and her friends spent weeks developing a spell for traveling to another universe, then argued over whether she should go alone.
• Harry, Draco, Ginny, Pansy, Hermione, Qiu, Cedric, and the others convinced Daphne to take them along to see a parallel world, not to fight.
• Daphne took the group to Australia by plane, where most of them were impressed by Muggle air travel and Hermione recalled the unresolved plane incident from their exchange trip.
• Daphne chose to bypass registration with Australia's Ministry of Magic, and the group followed despite Hermione and Cedric's objections.

Daphne brought the group to an empty house near Sydney and prepared to cross the spacetime rift into the other world. She explained that time there had become unsynchronized, letting them spend weeks across the rift while barely any time passed in Australia, and led everyone through it.

• Daphne revealed she had used Legilimency on a Muggle family to learn they would be away for a week, and the group took shelter in their house.
• Daphne explained that her earlier trip through the rift had lasted nearly fifteen minutes for her but only an instant for the others, and that the other world remained on the day Hogwarts began its summer holidays.
• Daphne told the group they could potentially spend weeks in the other world while less than a second passed in Australia, though she was unsure why time had stopped matching between the worlds.
• Daphne, Harry, and Qiu placed a Confundus Charm and a magical barrier around the house to deter intruders.
• Daphne shrank the others to palm size, carried them on her shoulders, and led them through the spacetime rift, which vanished behind them.

Daphne and her companions arrived in a parallel-world Australia, where she subdued the family living in their chosen house and used the Imperius Curse to keep their presence secret. After dividing up to explore, Daphne set off alone to find the hidden magical school Nagudinnaf.

• Daphne emerged from the spacetime rift into a family's breakfast and stunned the four people who saw her arrive.
• Hermione and Cedric warned that the unconscious family might attract Muggle authorities and the local Ministry of Magic, so Daphne put all four under the Imperius Curse and sent them to their usual duties.
• Daphne told the group to explore Australia while avoiding local wizards, though she said they could disguise themselves if they wanted to meet any.
• Neville asked to accompany Daphne, but Draco persuaded him to stay with the others and focus on his relationship with her.
• Daphne agreed that everyone would return to the house before local sunset, then left to find the concealed magical school Nagudinnaf.

Daphne searched Sydney for a wizard and used an Imperius Curse to learn that Nagudinnaf was a moving island school in the Tasman Sea. She found a Sea Merfolk village that might know the school’s location, but the tribe confronted her as an unwelcome human.

• Daphne detected a powerful wizard in Sydney, controlled him with an Imperius Curse, and learned that Nagudinnaf was on a moving island in the Tasman Sea.
• Daphne learned the local Sea Merfolk might know where Nagudinnaf was and headed into the sea to find their tribe.
• Daphne bypassed the magic concealing the Sea Merfolk village and entered its colorful settlement.
• More than thirty Sea Merfolk surrounded Daphne, and their muscular leader warned her that humans were not welcome in their territory.

Daphne asked the Fish-Folk for directions to Nagudinnaf, explaining that she intended to attack the wizarding community there. After demonstrating her overwhelming magic, she persuaded Fevenna to help, while André ended by asking what a stinkbug was.

• Daphne approached the Fish-Folk and asked for help finding Nagudinnaf, but André initially refused to deal with wizards.
• Fevenna softened toward Daphne until she learned where Daphne wanted to go, then questioned whether she planned to join Nagudinnaf.
• Daphne explained that Nagudinnaf had offended her and that she intended to go alone to attack it.
• Fevenna warned Daphne that Nagudinnaf had become terrifying after its wizards brought back something connected to a deity about a hundred years earlier.
• Daphne immobilized the Fish-Folk with her magic to demonstrate her power, then released them.
• Fevenna agreed to tell Daphne how to reach Nagudinnaf, and André asked what a stinkbug was.

Daphne learned the route to Nagudinnaf from the Fish-Folk and discovered that its moving island traveled in a damaged hexagonal route. Before leaving, she gave them Gubraithian Fire for cooking and continued toward Nagudinnaf despite their warnings.

• The Fish-Folk told Daphne that Nagudinnaf was a fast-moving island whose damaged Magic Array sent it along a hexagonal route.
• André asked Daphne to provide fire so the Fish-Folk could cook underwater, and she agreed.
• Daphne conjured Gubraithian Fire, demonstrated that it continued burning underwater, and gave the torch to Fevenna.
• The Fish-Folk thanked Daphne, but she declined to reveal her name because she planned to make trouble for Nagudinnaf.
• Daphne left for Nagudinnaf despite the Fish-Folk warning her that it was dangerous.

Daphne secretly reached Nagudinnaf's moving island and infiltrated the school, where she investigated its defenses and buildings. She left the central building as her likely target but continued following two advanced-class students to learn more.

• Daphne used spells stolen from the Fish-Folk to reach Nagudinnaf's island as it emerged from the mist.
• She evaded the island's detection array and overheard William and his companion dismissing its alert as a fault before following them.
• Daphne inspected the school's modern buildings and sensed that the chained central building was important and probably held what she sought.
• She discovered that Nagudinnaf's defenses disrupted teleportation and followed the students toward a balcony protected by several invisible spells.

Daphne infiltrated Nagudinnaf and investigated its defenses, classrooms, and sealed central building. After magical automata failed to detect her, she followed them, while the school governors began to suspect an intruder and one set out to investigate.

• Daphne bypassed Nagudinnaf's five alarm spells and saw guards monitoring the island through a crystal ball.
• Daphne explored the teaching block, found its classrooms empty for the holidays, and identified the central building as sealed with ocean-related runes.
• Daphne heard approaching footsteps and concealed herself as a group of armed magical automata entered to scan the room.
• Daphne used her Confundus Charm to evade the automata's airwave detection, then followed them through the school.
• A bushy-bearded wizard suspected the open classroom door was connected to the loss of contact with Wolsta and the others, and went to investigate.

Daphne secretly followed Nagudinnaf’s magical automata into the school’s underground core, where she found a mysterious transparent pillar filled with seawater and a faintly glowing object. As she approached it, a hidden trap struck her with hundreds of electrical currents.

• Scott, Michael, and a woman insisted that no one could enter Nagudinnaf undetected except deities and their avatars.
• Daphne followed the magical automata through a concealed entrance and down a deep staircase, avoiding the school’s detection spells with her Confundus Charm.
• Daphne reached a vast underground chamber with six stairway pillars and a central transparent pillar containing seawater and a faintly glowing object.
• Daphne walked toward the central pillar, but more than a hundred purple lightning blossoms appeared and blasted her with electrical currents.

Daphne survived a hidden lightning trap in Nagudinnaf thanks to her False Sanctity, then faced the group’s core members as they tried to capture her. She left the blonde witch’s attack rebounding toward its caster, while the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Eighteen Nagudinnaf members emerged and watched as hundreds of lightning bolts struck Daphne, but she survived with her clothes and hair barely damaged.
• Daphne identified the trap as Yin-Yang Thunder Powder and explained how the two powders had triggered the lightning when she stepped across them.
• Lord Morrison ordered the others to take Daphne down, and a wizard’s Stunning Spell bounced off her robe but tore its outer fabric.
• A blonde witch challenged Daphne with four corrosive black chains, but they stopped in midair before reaching her.
• Daphne reversed the chains with a flash of silver light, sending them back toward the blonde witch.