Recaps

Bell hunted Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, fought their colony and the centaurs, and secretly brought spider meat back to Hogwarts. After Draco insulted Hermione and Bell fought him, Bell served detention with Hermione and began considering how to protect his friends from the Basilisk.

• Bell entered the Forbidden Forest with Fina, killed Acromantulas for ingredients, and was caught in a battle between their colony and the centaurs before Hagrid stopped the fighting.
• Bell had Lim prepare the spider legs as food, then shared the meal with Hermione after concealing what it was until she had eaten.
• After Mrs. Norris was found petrified, Draco insulted Hermione and the Menethil family, so Bell attacked him and was punished alongside him.
• Professor McGonagall deducted points from Ravenclaw and Slytherin, while Hermione promised to help Bell with his detention clearing snow at the Quidditch pitch.
• Bell used Wandless Magic to clear the pitch and told Hermione about his childhood struggle to control his Magic Power, then used a variant of the Memory Charm to calm her.
• Hermione told Bell that the insult “Mudblood” and rumors about the Chamber of Secrets had upset her, and Bell explained his view of Slytherin and the Basilisk.
• Bell realized the Basilisk could endanger Hermione and Penelope, then showed Hermione his lifelike Magic Puppet, Ten Thousand Snakes, which frightened her.

Bell protected Hermione from the Basilisk, and she eventually confessed that she loved him, beginning their relationship. As Bell and Hermione trained and grew closer, Penelope started dating Percy, while the arc ended with Gryffindor and Slytherin’s first Quidditch match underway.

• Bell lent Hermione Ten Thousand Snakes and protective jewelry, then gave Penelope danger-warning and Shield Charm earrings after telling her that a Basilisk was real.
• When Hermione avoided him for a week, Bell sent Fina into the Gryffindor girls’ dormitory to find her and confronted her in the common room.
• Hermione confessed that she loved Bell, and she accepted his request to be his girlfriend.
• Bell took Hermione into Scamander’s Suitcase, showed her its grounds, and began teaching her to control her magic power.
• Bell and Hermione trained together each day, and Hermione met Fina, whom Bell revealed was a powerful Bi’an.
• Penelope learned that Bell and Hermione were dating, then agreed to date Percy after he confessed his feelings for her.
• A month later, Bell and Hermione watched Gryffindor play Slytherin, and Bell refused to interfere when he traced Harry’s targeted Bludger to a House-elf.

Bell returned home for Christmas, reconciled with Shanna and Hermione, then investigated the attacks at Hogwarts after the diary appeared. He killed the Basilisk and rescued Ginny, leaving Dumbledore to question him about what had happened.

• Bell and Hermione attended Lockhart’s Duelling Club, where Malfoy summoned a Black Snake and Harry stopped it with Parselmouth.
• Bell went home for Christmas, where he helped reconcile Elena and Shanna and shared the holiday with his family.
• Bell apologized to Hermione for leaving her without contact, and they spent time together before discussing their elective courses.
• Ron accused Bell of stealing Harry’s diary, but Hermione defended him, and Penelope soon warned that she had escaped danger.
• Bell found petrified students near the Library, then learned that Dumbledore had been removed as headmaster and that Malfoy had arranged it with William’s help.
• Bell confronted Ginny in the Girls’ Bathroom, recognized that Voldemort’s diary controlled her, and faced the young Voldemort and the Basilisk.
• Bell killed the Basilisk, found that Ginny was alive, and gave the diary to Professor McGonagall to pass on to Dumbledore.
• Bell admitted to Dumbledore that he had killed the Basilisk but refused to explain how, while Hermione recounted the events of the attacks.

Bell identified Voldemort’s diary as a Horcrux, rejected Dumbledore’s request to follow the prophecy, and offered Penelope a job before traveling with his family to China. There Bell explored the Cultivator world, survived Shanna’s accidental Thunderclap, studied cultivation methods, and arrived at the Cultivator Alliance for William’s negotiations.

• Bell identified Voldemort’s diary as a Horcrux, challenged Dumbledore over Hogwarts, and refused to let the prophecy dictate his future.
• Bell offered Penelope a job with his family, while Hermione worried that Bell’s family might reject her because she was Muggle-born.
• Dumbledore awarded Harry, Ron, and Neville points for driving away the Acromantulas, and Aragog ordered his colony to flee the Forbidden Forest.
• Bell traveled to China with his family, where Zhao Youde introduced them to Hulu Kou and the Cultivator world.
• At Treasure Pavilion, Bell bought Spirit Concentration Incense and tested Talismans, while Shanna accidentally activated a powerful Thunderclap Talisman.
• Bell and Shanna shielded their group from the lightning until Bell launched them out of its net, though Zhao Youde was left battered and charred.
• Bell studied Cultivator magic and methods at Four Seas Bookstore, then decided to use cultivation knowledge to strengthen his body and Wandless Magic.
• William brought Bell’s family to the Cultivator Alliance for negotiations, where Dong Shuang struggled to find their destination and William pulled him away from a Teleportation Array.