Chapter Summaries

Douglas gave Professor Kettleburn enchanted mechanical prosthetics and adopted a young Niffler, naming it Wangcai. As the term neared its end, Dumbledore asked whether Douglas planned to remain in his Defense Against the Dark Arts post, and Douglas said he wanted to stay.

• Douglas visited Professor Kettleburn and found Dumbledore there, who had already brought the retiring professor wooden prosthetic limbs.
• Douglas revealed his silver mechanical arm and leg, fitted them to Kettleburn, and explained that he had adapted Muggle-inspired technology with magical materials.
• Dumbledore asked Douglas about his plans after term, and Douglas said he wanted to remain in his Defense Against the Dark Arts position despite not being made permanent.
• Kettleburn introduced a young Niffler that had been separated from its litter, and Douglas lured it with Galleons.
• Douglas named the Niffler Wangcai and left with it tucked into his pocket.

Douglas prepared a fortune basin to keep Wangcai occupied, then attended Hufflepuff’s graduation farewell party. After the party, he caught Wangcai with stolen items and reminded him of their agreement.

• Douglas bought a blue-black fortune basin, enchanted it, and bound a copying Fake Galleon inside to make it Wangcai’s nest.
• Douglas shook Wangcai’s magical pouch empty, found valuable items including a Unicorn Horn and mithril arrowheads, and set some aside to return before placing Wangcai in the basin.
• Douglas prepared food and attended Hufflepuff’s graduation farewell party, where he delivered a speech and celebrated with the students and Professor Sprout.
• Wangcai slipped out of Douglas’s pocket during the party and moved from student to student while Douglas spoke with the seventh-years.
• Professor Sprout asked Douglas about his plans, and he said he intended to prepare lessons or travel before returning to work at Hogwarts.
• Back in his office, Douglas caught Wangcai approaching the basin with more stolen goods, including silver tableware and the Quidditch Cup, and reminded him that he could choose ten of Wangcai’s possessions.

At the End-of-Year Feast, Dumbledore praised Professor Holmes and announced the House Cup standings before awarding Luna Lovegood for helping prevent a crisis that could have closed Hogwarts. Luna ended the feast laughing at the Wrackspurts around her.

• Snape stayed angry with Douglas over his suggestion to exterminate the Basilisk, but Dumbledore's arrival interrupted their exchange.
• Dumbledore praised Professor Holmes's contributions to Hogwarts and announced that Ravenclaw had won the House Cup, followed by Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor.
• Harry and Ron realized Gryffindor would not have overtaken Hufflepuff even without losing points, while George and Fred defended their efforts to earn points back.
• Hermione reminded Harry that his Parseltongue could open the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry hoped Gryffindor would receive points for it.
• Dumbledore praised Luna Lovegood for reporting the danger to the professors, gave her the Special Contribution Award, and awarded Ravenclaw two hundred points.
• Luna laughed as the Ravenclaws applauded her and exclaimed, "So many Wrackspurts!"

Douglas explained why Harry did not receive an award, then prepared George and Fred for supervised research and monthly mock OWLs. After the students left for the holidays, Minister Fudge and a Ministry party arrived at Hogwarts to deal with a dangerous creature, and Douglas reunited with former student Nymphadora Tonks.

• Douglas persuaded Dumbledore not to give Harry an award, arguing that it might encourage him to take reckless risks.
• Douglas returned the Marauder's Map to George and Fred and required them to take monthly mock OWLs before pursuing their research.
• Hogwarts students boarded the Hogwarts Express without receiving their exam results, and rumors spread that the school would send them home.
• Cornelius Fudge, Scrimgeour, Lucius Malfoy, Ministry officials, and Aurors arrived at Hogwarts, where Professor McGonagall led the welcoming party in Dumbledore's absence.
• Douglas greeted Nymphadora Tonks, who thanked him for training that had helped her excel in stealth and tracking during Auror training.

Douglas brought Ministry officials and professors to the girls' bathroom to investigate the Chamber of Secrets, then reopened Myrtle's 1943 murder case and named the basilisk as the real killer. Myrtle began recounting her death, but Fudge's interruption upset her before she could describe what happened.

• Douglas greeted Newt Scamander, whom he had met while traveling in Brazil, and told him he had started keeping a Niffler.
• Dumbledore led the group to the girls' bathroom, where Douglas opened the door and announced that they first needed to address an old case.
• Douglas said Myrtle's 1943 murder had been wrongly blamed on Hagrid's pet and that the basilisk was the real killer.
• Douglas asked Myrtle to describe her death; she recalled hiding in the bathroom after Olive Hornby mocked her glasses.
• Fudge pressed Myrtle to get to the point, and she wept and accused everyone of not caring about her death.

Douglas used Moaning Myrtle’s testimony and Newt Scamander’s expertise to challenge the verdict against Hagrid, leading Fudge to declare Hagrid innocent. Douglas then identified Tom Marvolo Riddle as Voldemort, leaving Lucius Malfoy visibly shaken.

• Moaning Myrtle recalled seeing terrifying yellow eyes before she died, and said no Ministry staff or Hogwarts professors had questioned her afterward.
• Hagrid admitted he had illegally kept an Acromantula named Aragog, paid Fudge a fine, and insisted that Aragog had never hurt anyone.
• Newt Scamander explained that Acromantulas attacked with their chelicerae, webs, and venom, while Dumbledore noted that Myrtle had no wounds.
• Douglas argued that Myrtle’s lack of injuries pointed to a basilisk rather than an Acromantula, and Fudge declared Hagrid innocent and promised a public apology.
• Douglas named Tom Marvolo Riddle as Voldemort, prompting Lucius Malfoy to shout for him to stop while Fudge protested that Voldemort was dead.

Douglas helped prepare the search of the Chamber of Secrets, then kept Lucius Malfoy from going down by inviting him to his office. There, Douglas mentioned finding a diary, and Lucius and Dobby reacted with alarm.

• Fudge dismissed Myrtle's complaint, and Douglas called her a hero of Hogwarts for discovering Voldemort's crime and saving the students.
• Snape opened the Chamber of Secrets entrance with the recorder, and he led the Slytherins and several Aurors below while the others guarded the exits.
• Dumbledore, Douglas, Snape, and Hagrid supplied protections against the basilisk, including Fawkes, special sunglasses, restorative draught, and silenced roosters.
• Douglas invited the hesitant Lucius Malfoy to his office, where Lucius agreed to discuss Draco with him.
• Douglas told Lucius that he had recently come across a diary, making Lucius freeze and Dobby stare at him.

Douglas freed Dobby by arranging for Lucius Malfoy to give him a sock, then confronted Lucius about the Diary and his plans. Lucius left with the ruined Diary after Douglas warned him about Voldemort’s return and told him to leave Dobby alone.

• Douglas presented Lucius Malfoy with the Diary, and Lucius tossed its enchanted sock into Dobby’s hands, freeing the house-elf.
• Lucius tried to attack Douglas, but Douglas immobilized him and took his wand; Dobby accidentally broke a table leg while trying to protect Douglas.
• Douglas stopped Dobby from punishing himself and told him to enjoy refreshments while he spoke privately with Lucius.
• Douglas accused Lucius of using the Diary to undermine Dumbledore and evade the Ministry, then revealed that it contained a piece of Voldemort’s soul.
• Douglas demanded that Lucius leave Dobby alone and urged him to consider preventing Voldemort’s return; Lucius denied the idea and left with the Diary.
• At the doorway, Lucius said Douglas would make an excellent Slytherin if he were not Muggle-born, and Douglas replied that Slytherin would never welcome him.

Douglas offered Dobby a well-paid position as his household butler, and Dobby eagerly accepted despite trying to negotiate for less. After signing the contract and receiving clean clothes, Dobby learned that his first task was to study butlering and write a career plan.

• After Lucius left, Dobby treasured Harry Potter's sock and thanked Douglas for helping him.
• Douglas offered Dobby a butler job with generous pay, time off, clothes, and opportunities to learn, and Dobby accepted the terms.
• Dobby signed the contract, and Douglas made copies and enchanted them for safekeeping.
• Douglas told Dobby to bathe and change, then altered a Muggle suit for him to wear.
• Douglas gave Dobby The Butler's Self-Cultivation and told him to write a plan for his future duties, leaving Dobby dumbfounded as Wangcai laughed.

Douglas returned to the girls' bathroom after the basilisk had been captured alive for Newt Scamander's research, but Snape rewarded him only with a piece of shed snakeskin. After the Ministry left, the Chamber of Secrets door remained open, and Dumbledore assigned Douglas to deal with it.

• Douglas received a piece of shed basilisk skin from Snape and learned that Newt had asked for the basilisk to be captured alive.
• Dumbledore brought the basilisk up in his suitcase, and Fudge left with the Ministry personnel while Newt prepared to take it away.
• Tonks left happily with an updated cookbook, and Scrimgeour asked Douglas to become an Auror, but Douglas declined.
• The professors discovered that the Chamber of Secrets door would not close, and Dumbledore told Douglas to come to his office and handle the matter.
• Douglas proposed turning the Chamber into a practical training ground and replacing the magic that controlled its entrance.

Douglas learned that his maternal family tree connected him distantly to Harry Potter, and Dumbledore asked him to offer Harry some family warmth. Back home, Douglas received the Granger family and watched Wangcai steal the shiny lid from their gift box.

• Dumbledore gave Douglas his family trees, revealing that he was distantly related to Harry Potter through his mother’s side.
• Dumbledore asked Douglas to look after Harry and offer him affection, while explaining that Harry still needed to spend part of each summer with his aunt until he turned seventeen.
• Two days after returning home, Douglas considered whether he should tell Harry about their relationship, then welcomed Hermione and her parents after they knocked at his door.
• Hermione’s parents brought Douglas pastries, and Hermione asked about Dobby after hearing his name from Harry.
• Wangcai emerged from the Fortune Basin and snatched the shiny lid from the Grangers’ gift box, prompting Hermione to explain that Nifflers liked shiny things.

Douglas introduced Hermione and her parents to Dobby, accepted their invitation to France, and agreed that Hermione could visit him during the summer. Meanwhile, Harry endured a miserable stay with the Dursleys, and Douglas began catching up on correspondence while watching the Daily Prophet for news of Sirius Black.

• Douglas introduced Dobby as his free house-elf to Hermione and her parents, then stopped Dobby from revealing that he had warned Harry about danger at school.
• Hermione invited Douglas to France with her family, and Douglas agreed that Hermione could visit him later in the summer, with Dobby arranging her transport.
• Mr. Granger shook Dobby’s hand, while Wangcai fell from a cabinet and hurried back into the Fortune Basin with a gift-box lid.
• Hermione explained that Harry was behaving himself to get his guardian’s signature for Hogsmeade, and Douglas told Dobby to finish his career plan before visiting Harry.
• Harry remained confined at 4 Privet Drive, where Vernon Dursley had locked away his magical belongings, and planned to retrieve his textbooks and visit Douglas when he could.
• Over the next two weeks, Douglas had Dobby subscribe to the Daily Prophet, informed friends that Dobby could receive his correspondence, and began reading old emails and contacting his houses in Egypt and Romania.

Douglas decided to acknowledge Harry as his cousin's son while leaving the soul fragment inside Harry alone for now. After earning nearly 180,000 system points from the year-end exams, he saw the Weasleys in the Daily Prophet and spoke privately with Bill and Charlie by telephone.

• Douglas suspected Dumbledore wanted him to protect Harry and wondered whether Dumbledore expected him to deal with the soul fragment inside Harry.
• Douglas scolded Dobby for neglecting his reading and notes, and Dobby returned to studying management books.
• Douglas received 179,560 points from the year-end exam assessment and decided he could finally browse the system Shop freely.
• Douglas decided to acknowledge Harry as his cousin's son but not to remove the soul fragment inside him yet.
• Douglas recognized Bill and Charlie's secret identity-checking gesture in a photograph of the Weasleys in Egypt.
• Bill told Douglas it was best to keep news of his broken curse quiet, and Douglas arranged to discuss Dumbledore with Bill and Charlie in private later.

Douglas spoke with the Weasley family by phone, heard Mrs. Weasley agree to let George and Fred pursue their chosen careers if they earned decent marks, and teased Percy about Head Girl Penelope Clearwater. The conversation turned to Douglas’s past encounter in the Forbidden Forest before he offered to share two pieces of explosive news.

• Douglas greeted the Weasley family over the phone, and Mrs. Weasley praised their holiday lodging and discussed their children’s report cards.
• George and Fred revealed that Ron had complained about Douglas’s extra homework, while Ron admitted he had completed it and felt guilty about avoiding Douglas.
• Mrs. Weasley agreed to let George and Fred pursue careers they liked if they earned decent marks, but set a condition for their fifth-year OWLs.
• Bill scolded George and Fred, and Douglas told them to return to their rooms before Bill cast a soundproofing spell around the phone.
• Douglas congratulated Percy on becoming Head Boy and teased him about Head Girl Penelope Clearwater, prompting Bill and Charlie to joke about Percy’s romance.
• Bill mentioned Douglas’s past trouble in the Forbidden Forest, and Douglas brushed it off before offering to reveal two pieces of explosive news.

Douglas learned of his distant connection to the Weasley family and planned magical research while keeping watch over Harry. After Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban, Douglas tasked Dobby with searching for him near Harry’s home, then received Professor McGonagall’s letter and a first edition of the new examination collection.

• Douglas told Bill, Charlie, and Percy how he was related to Harry, and they were unsurprised to learn he was connected to the Weasleys.
• Douglas bought reference books on magical architecture and planned to build a concealed research space beneath his home.
• The Daily Prophet and Muggle news reported that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban, so Douglas instructed Dobby to watch the area around Harry’s home and capture a large stray dog.
• Dobby searched nightly but brought back ordinary dogs and reported Harry’s difficult circumstances to Douglas.
• Professor McGonagall sent Douglas the first edition of “Seven Years of N.E.W.T.s, Five Years of O.W.L.s,” which included questions about recent Ministry policies and officials.

The Wizarding Examinations Authority released a new collection of practice books, and Douglas sent Harry twelve volumes for his birthday. Harry received several other gifts from friends and Dobby, but his birthday happiness ended when Aunt Marge arrived at the Dursleys’ home; Douglas received Dobby’s report.

• The Wizarding Examinations Authority released “Seven Years of N.E.W.T.s, Five Years of O.W.L.s,” prompting debate across the wizarding world.
• Douglas left Harry twelve volumes of the practice collection as an unsigned birthday gift, and Harry hid them under his bed.
• Harry turned thirteen and received gifts from Hermione, Ron, Hagrid, and Dobby, including a cake he did not dare eat.
• Uncle Vernon used Harry’s guardian signature to force him to agree to rules for Aunt Marge’s visit, including claiming he attended St. Brutus’s Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys.
• Aunt Marge arrived at the Dursleys’ home, and Douglas received a report from Dobby.

Douglas visited the Dursleys and blasted their front door open after hearing Aunt Marge insult Harry and his family. He confronted Marge, then magically silenced her and sent her to her room, while Harry tried to keep his professor from retaliating.

• Douglas arrived alone at the Dursleys’ house and heard Aunt Marge insulting Harry and the Holmes family.
• Douglas’s arrival blew the front door apart, terrifying the Dursleys and revealing him to Harry.
• Harry introduced Douglas as his professor, while Petunia and Vernon recognized him as the surviving Holmes boy.
• Harry tried to restrain Douglas and calm him, but Douglas warned him about questioning his professor and assigned him more work.
• Petunia shouted at Marge and dismissed the damage as a broken door, then Douglas magically sent Marge to her room until dark.

Douglas visited the Dursleys, revealed that he was Petunia’s cousin and a Hogwarts professor, and tried to discuss Harry’s summer homework. Harry was left eager to learn exactly how Douglas was related to him as Petunia began to explain.

• Douglas subdued Marge, restored the Dursleys’ damaged door, and reassured Harry that the Ministry would not detect his magic.
• Douglas introduced himself to Dudley as Petunia’s cousin and gave him sweets, which Dudley eagerly ate while Harry sampled one too.
• Douglas sat down with the Dursleys and said he had come to see their home and check Harry’s summer homework, then wished Harry a happy birthday and mentioned Dobby’s cake.
• Harry tried to ask how he and Douglas were related, but could not get the question out.
• Petunia addressed Douglas by name and began to explain what she remembered about him.

Douglas explained that Petunia was Harry’s blood relative and that Lily’s magic protected Harry while he lived with Petunia, then challenged the Dursleys to consider how they would treat a future wizard in Dudley’s family. He left the Dursleys facing the possibility that one of their descendants might need a blood relative in the wizarding world.

• Petunia revealed that Harry’s mother and her own mother were cousins, and insisted Harry could not leave the Dursleys’ home before coming of age.
• Douglas told Harry that Dumbledore had explained why he had to stay and said Lily’s magic protected him wherever he lived with someone who shared her blood.
• Harry questioned why he had to remain with the Dursleys, while Douglas explained that their home and Petunia’s blood helped sustain the protection.
• Vernon threatened to report Douglas to the Ministry of Magic, but Douglas asked Petunia why she let another woman insult her blood relatives.
• Douglas told Vernon that wizarding ability was hereditary and asked him to consider whether Dudley’s descendants might need Harry or Douglas as relatives in the wizarding world.

Douglas revealed that he was Harry’s mother’s cousin and arranged for Harry to study at his house during the day while returning to the Dursleys at night. Harry left with Douglas and his belongings, while Douglas gave Dudley a protective charm and recognized Mrs. Figg as the Squib secretly watching over Harry.

• Douglas persuaded Vernon and Petunia to let Harry study at his house and promised Harry would not use magic in the Dursleys’ home.
• Harry asked to delay visiting Douglas so he could finish his Defense Against Dark Magic homework, but Douglas told him to pack his magical belongings and test papers immediately.
• Vernon unlocked the cupboard under the stairs, and Douglas gave Dudley a protective charm that Petunia accepted and hung around his neck.
• Harry left with Douglas carrying his belongings, while Petunia told the neighbors that a teacher would supervise Harry’s studies.
• Harry pointed out Mrs. Figg, and Douglas recognized her as the Squib Dumbledore had sent to watch over Harry.