Recaps

Harry let Draco Malfoy bring him to the Slytherin table for breakfast, where he teased her and called them good friends. They left for their first class together, with Draco wondering whether she had upset him.

• Malfoy grabbed Harry's hand and hurried him toward the Slytherin table to keep him from being lured away by Weasley.
• Harry chose to sit beside Malfoy, partly to avoid leaving one of his roommates without a place to sit.
• Harry watched Malfoy eat, then gently wiped salad dressing from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief.
• Harry reassured Malfoy that good friends could help each other, and she wondered if her retort had hurt him.
• Harry finished breakfast and asked Malfoy to head to class with him.

Harry and Malfoy grew closer as they left the Great Hall together, leaving their classmates convinced that something was going on between them. Before Potions, Malfoy made it clear Harry would sit with her, and he resigned himself to following her plan.

• Malfoy pitied Harry for growing up with Muggles and hinted that he could visit Malfoy Manor for Christmas.
• Celia, Ramos, Prapus, and Cruz watched Harry help Malfoy and leave the Great Hall with her, then accepted that the two had a special connection.
• Harry’s roommates discussed Snape’s bad reputation and headed with him toward the Potions classroom.
• Malfoy told Harry he could not sit with his roommates after she had brought him along, and Harry apologized to her.

Harry and Draco sat together at the front of Potions class, where Snape’s memories of Lily softened her attitude toward Harry. The lesson began with Snape deciding to spare Harry and give the rest of the class extra scrutiny instead.

• Harry decided not to argue with Draco and followed her into the Potions classroom.
• Draco chose the front row, and Harry neatly arranged his books and supplies on the desk beside her.
• Snape entered the classroom and silently surveyed the students, while Harry and Draco continued chatting.
• Snape noticed Harry’s tidy desk and resemblance to Lily, and her irritation with him faded.
• Snape swallowed his planned reprimand for Harry and turned her attention to the rest of the class.

Professor Snape rearranged the Potions classroom to separate students who knew one another, but Harry and Malfoy remained seated together. As Snape began class, the students suspected blatant favoritism toward the pair.

• Snape assigned Ravenclaws and Slytherins new seats, insisting that students from different houses sit together.
• Malfoy feared being separated from Harry, but they discovered they had both kept their original seats.
• Snape used Legilimency and glimpsed Malfoy's fanciful thoughts about ruling the wizarding world with Harry, while Harry was thinking about studying.
• Snape began class by asking students to share their personal understanding of potions.
• The Ravenclaws and Slytherins resented Snape for letting Harry and Malfoy sit together when everyone else had been moved.

Professor Snape reprimanded Draco for chatting with Harry, then turned her questions on Harry after he helped Draco answer. Harry confidently explained the difference between wolfsbane and monkshood, and Snape’s response was left unstated.

• Professor Snape introduced herself as Potions professor and reprimanded Draco for chatting with Harry.
• Snape asked Draco for the basic materials needed to brew a potion, and Draco repeated the answer Harry quietly supplied.
• Snape called on Harry after catching him helping Draco, while Draco and Harry’s roommates worried he would be punished.
• Harry answered Snape’s question by explaining that wolfsbane and monkshood were both aconite, with their names used in different branches of potion-making.

Harry answered Snape’s questions about Potions with accurate knowledge and his own insights, changing Snape’s initial skepticism into reluctant approval. Snape continued to quiz him, and Harry recognized a possible way to exploit Snape’s guilt over Lily as the class watched.

• Harry summarized Potions concepts with his own observations, leaving Snape unable to refute his answers.
• Snape praised Harry’s summary, then warned him that he had more questions.
• Harry reassured Malfoy and shielded her from Snape’s scrutiny as she worried about their friendship.
• Harry immediately identified the potion made with asphodel root and wormwood as the Draught of Living Death.
• Harry recalled Snape’s remorse over Lily and considered using it to influence how Snape treated him.

Harry answered Snape’s question about the Draught of Living Death and hinted that love could heal grief, prompting Snape to reconsider her feelings toward him and invite him to her office. Snape then resumed the Potions lesson, leaving the students baffled by her unusual kindness and points for Ravenclaw.

• Harry explained that the Draught of Living Death could suppress grief but that love was needed to resolve it, and Snape fell silent as she reflected on Lily and her own remorse.
• Snape softened toward Harry, awarded Ravenclaw five points, and told him to come to her office at seven that night.
• Harry accepted the invitation and privately looked forward to learning Snape’s potion-making, Legilimency, Occlumency, and Dark Magic skills.
• Snape returned to teaching and told the class to study the textbook material before moving on to cauldrons.
• The students wondered why Snape was favoring Harry and awarding Ravenclaw points, but hurried to copy the notes before she erased them.

Malfoy felt relieved that Harry had handled Snape’s questions and spent the rest of Potions class daydreaming about him and worrying that the Weasley girl would get close to him. Snape told her to ask Harry for help after class, while Harry wondered whether Malfoy had fallen for him.

• Malfoy realized Harry had answered Snape’s difficult questions and decided she no longer needed to apologize, though she still wanted to make a gesture toward him.
• Malfoy admired Harry, considered taking off his glasses, and grew jealous at the thought of the Weasley girl spending time with him.
• Snape caught Malfoy looking at Harry instead of following the lesson and told her to ask Harry after class about anything she had missed.
• Malfoy welcomed the chance to study with Harry and imagined sitting with him and touching his hand.
• Harry noticed Malfoy’s lingering gaze and wondered whether she had fallen for him.

Harry found Snape’s unusually fast Potions lesson easy to follow because Snape adjusted his pace and explanations around Harry’s understanding. The other first-years struggled to keep up and were baffled by Snape’s sudden shifts between racing through the textbook and lengthy analyses.

• Harry focused on taking notes and found that Snape’s efficient explanations helped him understand the material beyond what the textbook covered.
• Snape watched Harry closely and tailored the lesson, speeding up when Harry understood and slowing down or explaining more when Harry hesitated.
• When Harry pondered a difficult point, Snape paused to give a detailed analysis, then resumed racing through the material.
• The other first-years struggled to take notes, follow the rapid pace, and understand Snape’s unexpected analyses.
• The Slytherins and Ravenclaws alike failed to understand Snape’s teaching rhythm and considered his lessons illogical.

Harry finished Potions class after Snape tailored her teaching to his quick understanding and praised him while criticizing the other students. Snape looked forward to tutoring him that evening and reaffirmed her resolve to protect Lily’s son, ending with her taking out an old locket containing Lily’s photograph.

• Snape focused her Potions lesson on Harry’s pace, praised and guided him, and casually berated the other students.
• Harry finished his notes, thanked Snape, and left the classroom with Malfoy as Snape reminded him to arrive at seven that evening.
• Snape reflected that Harry’s resemblance to Lily made her want to dote on and protect him, separate from her hatred of James.
• Snape took an old brass locket from her robes and looked at Lily’s photograph.

Snape worried that Quirrell might be possessed by Voldemort and resolved to protect Harry while preparing to warn Quirrell. Draco arranged to tutor Harry later, then grew jealous when Ron linked arms with him and vowed to hold Harry’s arm herself that afternoon.

• Snape remembered Lily, then decided she had to prepare a warning for Quirrell and make sure Harry was not hurt.
• Draco asked Harry why he was not going to the library, and Harry explained that he had Transfiguration and could tutor her at four.
• Draco checked Harry’s timetable and discovered that his Transfiguration class included Gryffindor as well as Ravenclaw.
• Ron appeared beside Harry, linked her arm through his, and greeted him cheerfully.
• Draco crushed Harry’s spare timetable in anger and decided she would hold his arm at four.

Draco grew jealous when Ron put an arm around Harry and devised a plan to get closer to him, while Harry dismissed Ron’s claim that Draco liked him as friendship. Harry then wondered whether Draco’s feelings might change as they grew older and considered learning Legilimency to read her mind.

• Draco saw Ron put an arm around Harry, felt jealous, and returned to the Slytherin Common Room with a plan to win Harry back and take Ron down.
• Draco imagined wrapping her arms around Harry and arranging an accidental kiss, insisting to herself that it would be friendly and selfless.
• Crabbe and Goyle realized Draco and Harry had left them behind and struggled to find their way on their first day of classes.
• Ron teased Harry that Draco might really like him and worried that Snape had upset him during Potions.
• Harry rejected Ron’s claim, but then wondered whether Draco might develop deeper feelings for him and considered learning Legilimency from Snape.

Harry reflected on Dumbledore’s poor instruction and decided he would ask Snape to teach him more magic. During McGonagall’s Transfiguration lesson, Ron fell asleep beside him and murmured his name, leaving Harry puzzled about their closeness.

• Harry concluded that Dumbledore had taught him little beyond Voldemort and Horcruxes, and planned to ask Snape for lessons in dark magic, wandless magic, and the Patronus Charm.
• Ron chatted with Harry as they walked to Transfiguration, and Harry noticed that their arm-in-arm closeness felt more intimate than ordinary friendship.
• Harry chose seats in the fourth row for himself and Ron, who would have preferred the back row by the window.
• Harry listened attentively as McGonagall taught Transfiguration, though he found her pace slow.
• Ron began to doze during class and murmured Harry’s name in her sleep, making him wonder why she was so fond of him.

During Transfiguration, Ron was made to stand at the back of the classroom for sleeping, while Harry considered how to grow stronger and build a loyal circle of friends. Harry decided he might help Ron improve his grades, leaving him eager to see whether Ron could outperform Hermione.

• Professor McGonagall caught Ron sleeping during Transfiguration and made him stand by the back door.
• Ron daydreamed about spending time with Harry and possibly taking him on a holiday in the Weasleys’ Flying Ford Anglia.
• Harry worried that the changed plot could leave him vulnerable to Voldemort and concluded he needed strength and trustworthy allies of his own.
• Hermione muttered that Ron was beyond curing and continued taking notes.
• Harry considered tutoring Ron so that Ron might surpass Hermione’s grades by the end of term.

Harry spent the afternoon planning to study magic independently and experiment with spell control, deciding that a Troll could serve as his test subject. He left Hermione to deal with Ron’s carefree personality and prepared to meet Miss Malfoy for Potions tutoring later.

• Harry decided to wait until after the Troll incident before considering befriending Hermione, expecting Ron to irritate her into changing.
• Harry parted from Ron after lunch while Malfoy watched, and Ron returned to the dormitory to sleep.
• Harry went to the library to study first-year Charms theory and concluded that the Ministry’s warnings about spell limitations were misleading.
• Harry planned to test precise magical control on the Troll that Quirrell would release on Halloween, then use the [Spellbook] to synthesize improved spells.

Harry studied Charms theory and devised increasingly dangerous ways to use simple spells, while Snape watched approvingly from the Restricted Section. As Harry turned to a treatise on the Fire-Making Spell, Miss Malfoy stole his glasses.

• Harry listed spells he wanted to learn and imagined using them to harm targets in unconventional ways.
• Harry decided to keep his ideas from Snape and wait to research them with Black.
• Harry spent the afternoon reading Charms books in the library, while Snape retrieved books from the Restricted Section and admired Harry's studiousness.
• Miss Malfoy sneaked up on Harry and took his glasses, and Harry recognized her by touch and demanded them back.

Harry let Draco Malfoy take his glasses, then watched as their strong prescription left her stumbling around outside the library. After removing the glasses and fixing her hair, he sat beside her to begin the Potions tutoring, leaving Draco startled by his sudden closeness.

• Draco took Harry's glasses and put them on, then flailed about because their prescription made her vision nearly unusable.
• Harry watched Draco struggle as students passing the library stopped to stare.
• Harry removed the glasses and gently smoothed Draco's hair, leaving her blushing and confused.
• Harry invited Draco to begin their Potions tutoring, and she struggled to find the right moment to offer him the new glasses her father had sent.
• Harry put an arm around Draco's waist and sat her beside him, startling her.

Harry tutored Malfoy in Potions outside the Hogwarts Library while she tried to get him to act more affectionately toward her. The lesson ended with Harry holding her hand as they wrote together, leaving Malfoy wondering whether he had taken liberties with her.

• Harry began tutoring Malfoy in Potions at Professor Snape’s request while young witches and wizards watched them outside the library.
• Malfoy asked Harry to keep his arm around her, but he withdrew it and explained the lesson from a more sociable distance.
• Malfoy sulked as she took notes, then grew more upset while Harry continued teaching her.
• As the evening grew colder, Harry laid his cloak over Malfoy’s thighs.
• Harry squeezed Malfoy’s right hand as they wrote together, and she realized he had been holding her hand and keeping an arm around her waist.
• Malfoy reconsidered her anger and wondered whether Harry had been taking liberties with her.

Malfoy grew closer to Harry after class, then gave him expensive new glasses that she had obtained through her father. The chapter ended with her holding Harry’s old glasses against her chest and leaning toward him at the entrance to the Great Hall.

• Malfoy insisted she had not been unhappy in class, then realized Harry’s cloak had fallen from her legs and returned it to him.
• Harry told Malfoy to wear a longer skirt so she would not get cold, and she happily walked beside him with her arms around him.
• Malfoy remembered the new glasses she had arranged for Harry and offered them to him.
• Harry hesitated to accept the costly platinum-framed glasses, so Malfoy took his old glasses and tucked them against her chest.
• Malfoy warned Harry not to try to take his glasses back, then leaned closer to him.

Draco adjusted Harry’s glasses and nearly kissed him before Hermione interrupted them. Harry stopped Draco from insulting Hermione, and Draco followed him to dinner at the Ravenclaw table, pleased to spend more time with him.

• Draco put Harry’s platinum glasses on him and admired his appearance as they drew close.
• Hermione interrupted them, startling Harry and making Draco jump into his arms.
• Draco began to insult Hermione, but Harry stopped her and urged her to eat instead.
• Draco accepted Harry’s reasoning and left with him, deciding not to pursue the argument.
• Draco followed Harry to the Ravenclaw table for dinner and welcomed the possibility that others might misunderstand their closeness.

Draco’s anger at Hermione’s continued questioning boiled over, and she launched into a verbal confrontation while Harry chose not to intervene. Harry and Draco later ate together in the Great Hall, unaware that an older Slytherin witch had photographed them, and Harry only then noticed Draco was holding his hand.

• Hermione pressed Harry to explain what he and Draco had been doing at the Great Hall entrance.
• Draco insulted Hermione and angrily charged into an argument while Harry let the two girls clash.
• Harry left with Draco, thinking about his evening Potions tutoring with Professor Snape and deciding not to get involved with Hermione.
• An older Slytherin witch took a magical photograph of Harry and Draco near the Great Hall entrance.
• Harry and Draco sat together at the Ravenclaw Table and ate while Harry noticed that Draco was holding his hand.

Harry and Malfoy shared an intimate dinner before Harry offered to walk her back toward the Slytherin Common Room. Quirrell abruptly left the Great Hall, and Snape followed him after warning him not to get himself killed.

• Malfoy held Harry's hand while helping him cut their steaks, and the two worked together through dinner.
• Malfoy remembered her concern about Laila Xisi possibly photographing them, but accepted Harry's offer to walk her back.
• Harry left the Great Hall with Malfoy as his roommates and Snape watched them go.
• Quirrell stopped eating, appeared disturbed, and hurried out of the Great Hall toward the dungeons or Ravenclaw Tower.
• Snape suspected Quirrell was up to something, warned him not to get himself killed, and followed him.

Snape secretly followed Quirrell into Ravenclaw Tower and caught him trying to enter the boys’ dormitories, suspecting he wanted information about Harry Potter. Quirrell claimed he was revisiting his old dormitory, but Snape mocked his excuse and continued confronting him.

• Snape followed Quirrell under a Disillusionment Charm as he climbed toward Ravenclaw Tower.
• Snape wondered why Quirrell was heading for the Ravenclaw Common Room instead of pursuing the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Quirrell entered the Common Room and continued toward the boys’ dormitories, prompting Snape to suspect he was looking for information about Harry Potter.
• Snape revealed himself, pointed his wand at Quirrell, and demanded to know what he was doing.
• Quirrell crashed into the fireplace, then stammered that he had wanted to revisit his old dormitory.
• Snape mocked Quirrell’s excuse by asking whether he felt nostalgic for being ostracized by his roommates.

Snape confronted Quirrell in the Ravenclaw Common Room and used Legilimency to discover that he planned to kill Harry as well as pursue the Philosopher's Stone. Quirrell left under the students' gaze, while Snape silenced their criticism with a threat of more Potions homework.

• Snape taunted Quirrell about his school days and challenged his presence in the students' dormitory without the headmaster's authorization.
• Quirrell played the victim in front of the returning Ravenclaws, claiming he was worried about their safety.
• Snape read Quirrell's thoughts and learned of his intention to kill Harry, becoming furious but restraining herself from attacking him.
• Snape ordered Quirrell to leave the Ravenclaw Common Room, and Quirrell apologized before departing.
• After hearing the students whisper about her, Snape threatened to assign more Potions homework, and the Ravenclaws fell silent as she left.

After rumors spread about Snape’s harsh Potions lesson and Harry’s relationship with Draco, Snape returned to her office and prepared for Harry’s visit. She questioned why she had asked him to come, while worrying about the state of her office and what Lily’s child might think of it.

• Students repeated stories about Snape’s strict treatment of the Gryffindors and her difficult questioning of Harry, while rumors about Harry and Draco spread through Hogwarts.
• Snape calmed herself after realizing Quirrell had planned to use and kill Harry, then returned to her office.
• Snape decided she would call Harry by his first name and reflected that he had already learned far more Potions theory than he needed remedial lessons for.
• Snape wondered why she had invited Harry to her office and worried that its clutter would disappoint Lily’s child.
• Snape tried to tidy the office with her wand but gave up, unsure where to begin.