Chapter Summaries

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.

Harry arrived at Snape’s office for their evening meeting, where Snape tried to explain her connection to Harry’s mother. As Snape recalled the humiliating moment when Sirius bound her and forced her to watch Lily and James kiss, the chapter revealed the start of the darkness in her heart.

• After pinching Draco’s cheek and fleeing, Harry left Draco writing down his grievances against him for future payback.
• Harry arrived at Snape’s office, and Snape cleaned a chair before inviting him inside.
• Harry asked whether Snape had called him in for extra Potions tutoring, and Snape praised his talent as being like his mother’s.
• When Harry asked whether Snape had known his mother, Snape recalled her past feelings for Lily and her resentment toward James and Sirius.
• Snape remembered Sirius binding her while she watched Lily and James kissing, an experience that planted darkness in her heart.

Professor Snape relived her painful memories of being bullied by James Potter and Sirius Black and regretted losing Lily after calling her “Mudblood.” She admitted the past to Harry, who spoke about his parents’ deaths, and comforted him with an embrace.

• Snape remembered Sirius Black tying her up to watch James Potter and Lily kiss, then cursing her to vomit slugs as James mocked her.
• Snape recalled how bullying and her isolation deepened her resentment, and how calling Lily “Mudblood” ended their friendship.
• Snape acknowledged to Harry that she had once been close to Lily and had loved her, accepting responsibility for what she had done.
• Professor Snape told Harry that his eyes resembled his mother’s, and Harry recalled hearing about his parents and remembering a flash of green light and Lily screaming.
• After hearing Harry speak, Professor Snape embraced him and soothed him.

Snape comforted Harry about his parents’ deaths and promised to teach him any magic he knew. Harry asked about Snape’s relationship with Lily, and Snape recalled their friendship while barely mentioning James or Sirius.

• Snape told Harry that his parents could not be brought back and offered to teach him any magic he wanted.
• Harry held back from asking for lessons and questioned Snape about his relationship with Lily.
• Snape said he and Lily had been close friends since they met on the Hogwarts Express in their first year.
• Snape fondly recalled Lily and briefly called James an idiot, while Harry listened uneasily to his uncharacteristically tender stories.
• Harry noticed that Snape had not mentioned Sirius Black.

Snape resumed Harry’s extra lesson after reminiscing about Lily and explained why Dark Magic harmed its users. She believed Dark Magic could be learned safely under proper conditions, leaving Harry with a potential expert to teach him advanced spells.

• Snape apologized for becoming sentimental and asked Harry what he wanted to study.
• Harry requested lessons in basic Charms and asked why Dark Magic was considered harmful.
• Snape explained that Dark Magic relied on intense negative emotions and could corrupt both the mind and soul.
• Snape said Dark Magic could be learned under certain conditions and argued that skilled wizards such as Dumbledore and Grindelwald knew it.

Professor Snape explained how firm convictions and protective magic could guard against Dark Magic’s corruption, and Harry decided he wanted to learn it to avenge his parents. As Harry listed the spells he wanted to study, Snape introduced Occlumency and then cast Legilimency on him.

• Professor Snape explained that Dark Magic could permanently affect its users and that strong convictions, protective magic, and vigilance could help prevent corruption.
• Harry asked whether he should master protective spells such as the Shield Charm and Patronus Charm before learning Dark Magic, and Snape agreed.
• Harry said he wanted to avenge his parents, and Professor Snape had him write down the spells he wanted to learn.
• Harry listed basic spells and advanced protective magic, and Professor Snape pointed out that he had omitted Occlumency.
• Professor Snape warned Harry about mysterious forms of magic, raised his wand, and cast Legilimency as Harry braced himself.

Snape used Legilimency on Harry and witnessed memories of the Dursleys abusing him, which left Snape shaken and concerned about Harry's scar. Harry asked to learn Occlumency, and Snape agreed on the condition that Harry address him as Professor.

• Snape's Legilimency showed him six-year-old Harry being beaten by Dudley while Petunia and Vernon ignored it.
• Harry told Snape he planned to leave the Dursleys for the summer, though he would return to their home to maintain Lily's protective magic.
• Snape ended the spell, distressed by Harry's memories, and warned him that others might read his thoughts.
• Snape worried that Harry's scar might connect him to Voldemort and make him vulnerable if Voldemort returned.
• Harry asked whether Occlumency could resist Legilimency, and Snape offered to teach him after Harry called him Professor.

Snape arranged a packed weekly evening study schedule to teach Harry a wide range of magic. Harry eagerly accepted the lessons, which covered basic spells, Occlumency, protective magic, Potions, Transfiguration, and independent study.

• Snape showed Harry a weekly timetable, and Harry was delighted by its packed schedule despite noticing that every extra lesson took place in the evening.
• Snape scheduled Monday lessons in basic spells and advanced techniques, and Tuesday lessons in Occlumency, with possible later study of Legilimency.
• Snape planned to teach Harry protective spells and, if he progressed quickly, Dark Magic on Wednesdays.
• Snape set Thursdays aside for Potions, where she intended to teach Harry her own methods, and Fridays for checking his Transfiguration.
• Snape reserved Saturday for Harry's independent study and questions, and hoped they might also talk about Lily.

Harry agreed to Professor Snape’s evening study schedule and began a private lesson on advanced uses of the Levitation Charm. He learned that the charm could do far more than lift objects, and Snape stopped him when his thoughts wandered toward its dangerous applications.

• Harry welcomed Professor Snape’s study schedule, which kept his evenings occupied until ten.
• Professor Snape began teaching Harry advanced techniques for controlling magical output and balance with the Levitation Charm.
• Snape gave Harry an emerald-green quill that recorded his thoughts as notes.
• Harry learned that the Levitation Charm could be reversed to create a Pressure Charm or used intermittently to disorient someone and draw away the air around them.
• Professor Snape tapped Harry on the head with her wand and told him to focus.

Harry studied Professor Snape’s detailed notes on magic and learned the intricacies of the Levitation Charm. Snape took him to the Potions classroom to practice, where she corrected his first attempt.

• Harry remembered that Professor Snape could use Legilimency and focused on studying her notes.
• Snape watched Harry’s enchanted quill record his understanding and saw that he had finished learning the material.
• Snape offered Harry the remaining lesson time for practical work, and he eagerly agreed.
• Snape led Harry to the Potions classroom and conjured a large foam box.
• Harry cast Wingardium Leviosa, and Snape told him he had used too much force and needed too much effort to maintain the spell.

Snape taught Harry the Levitation Charm and Pressure Charm, guiding him through the magic by hand until he understood their workings. Harry left the Potions Classroom after curfew with his notes and a signed pass from Snape.

• Harry performed the Levitation Charm flawlessly on his second attempt, astonishing Snape.
• Harry struggled with the Pressure Charm, so Snape stood behind him and guided his wand hand and magical flow.
• Harry understood the Pressure Charm and practiced magical control with Snape’s hands-on help.
• Snape gathered Harry’s belongings with a Summoning Charm and gave him a signed note in case Filch caught him after curfew.
• Harry paused at the classroom door to say good night to Snape before heading back.