Recaps

Bell began the school year with Yomi’s combat class, continued his Soul Magic research, and sought cooperation with the centaurs. As Hermione faced a disguised attacker inside Hogwarts, Wallace’s group breached the school’s defenses and split up to seize Bell, Bei Lang, and Shanna.

• Bell survived an attack at Platform 9 3/4 and learned that European Pure-blood Families had hired the attackers to target him and Shanna.
• Little Wolf was sorted into Gryffindor, and Yomi became Hogwarts’ Combat Practice professor after defeating Snape in a sparring match.
• Yomi’s first combat class turned into a fierce duel with Bell, who stopped her when the Killing Stone’s malice began affecting her.
• Bell demonstrated Soul Magic to Shanna, then joined Hermione and their friends for a relaxing outing in a hidden maple grove.
• Firenze met Bell in the Forbidden Forest, and Bell asked him to take the Menethil Family’s offer of a new home to the centaur seers.
• Victoria Helmenium attacked Hermione while disguised as Parvati, but Hermione defended herself with shields, spells, and magical items.
• Wallace’s group breached Hogwarts’ Defense Barrier, and Wallace, Hermenium, and Greyback entered separately to capture Bell, Shanna, and Bei Lang.

Bell and his allies thwarted a coordinated attack on Hogwarts, rescued the abducted students, and captured or killed the intruders, though the people behind the assault remained unidentified. After the aftermath, Bell learned of a dangerous cosmic lifeform and agreed to build a Space Battleship to approach it, while his friends returned home for Christmas.

• Hermenium, Wallace, and Greyback infiltrated Hogwarts to target Bell’s allies, but Hermione defeated Hermenium, Shanna captured Wallace, and Little Wolf fought Greyback.
• Bell rescued Hermione and the abducted Phyllis and Lena, while Yomi and Bell stopped Greyback from killing Little Wolf and took the injured students to the Hospital Wing.
• Bell hunted down the attackers concealed outside Hogwarts, killed them, and found that the surviving captive’s memories had been altered so he could not identify his family.
• Bell learned Shanna was holding Wallace, and Wallace revealed where Phyllis and Lena had been hidden before Bell and Shanna found them in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.
• William began a covert campaign against families suspected of targeting the Menethil Family, while Bell arranged security for his allies and discovered that Little Wolf’s bloodline had overcome the Werewolf virus.
• Bell asked Snape for a secluded classroom to practice Soul Curses, then Penelope shared Explorers’ footage of a cosmic creature that swallowed meteors.
• Penelope told Bell that the Cosmic Exploration Department wanted him to build a Space Battleship for close contact with the creature, and Bell named it N'Zoth.
• Bell comforted Hermione when she chose to spend Christmas with her parents, then returned home with his companions, where Panisa mistook Yomi for Hermione.

Bell’s family survived the Cursed Box, while Fina’s transformation and Little Bell’s farewell prepared Bell for a dangerous journey to Dark Star. There, Bell’s team battled Ice Elements and confronted an Elemental Lord as Bell sought its Ice Core.

• Little Bell opened Bell’s sealed Cursed Box, pulling the family into a frozen space where they fought skeletons before Bell led them back to the dining room.
• Bell returned to Hogwarts and resumed soul research, but Hermione and Gabrielle drew him into family and school life, including a chaotic Quidditch final where Little Wolf repeatedly struck Slytherin players.
• Fina’s uncontrolled transformation set fire to her house, and Bell reached her through the flames and helped steady her Magic Power.
• Bell told Little Bell she could not join his dangerous trip, then left with Shanna, Yomi, Hermione, and Penelope for Dark Star.
• Bell’s group explored Dark Star and fought Ice Elements, with Shanna learning to overcome their defenses and the team fleeing a vast swarm.
• After resting, Bell led the team toward an Elemental Lord, whose long-range ice attack shattered his barrier before Hermione and Penelope reinforced it.
• Bell and Yomi attacked the Elemental Lord but could not penetrate its defenses, so Bell spent hours searching for a weak point.
• Shanna’s Undying Flame engulfed the Elemental Lord and grew stronger from its icy Magic Power, leaving Bell worried it would burn away before he could retrieve its Ice Core.

Bell led the Williams to Dark Star, where he helped defeat the Elemental Lord and seized its Ice Core at the cost of both arms. The Williams then confronted N'Zoth, and Bell prepared to send the ship’s Backup Core into the creature as a bomb.

• Bell and Yomi used the Killing Stone to strengthen All Spells End, but the Elemental Lord’s counterattack badly injured them and forced their retreat.
• After recovering, Bell visited Hermione’s family, spent time shopping with her, and then joined Shanna aboard the newly commissioned Williams.
• Bell and Shanna fought the Elemental Lord with Mad Bear, and Bell found its Ice Core’s location so the Williams could strike it with the main gun.
• Bell helped reduce the Elemental Lord to an ice sphere, but breaking through its shell unleashed the Ice Core’s cold and cost him his left arm as well as his right.
• Bell secretly studied the Ice Core while recovering, then left Dark Star with Shanna and the Williams to confront N'Zoth.
• The Williams’s attacks failed to stop N'Zoth, whose mental power and gravitational force overwhelmed the ship and slowed its weapons.
• Bell proposed using the Backup Core’s five Inferior Philosopher's Stones as a bomb, then took the core from Stuart and offered Shanna the chance to detonate it.