Chapter Summaries

Bell took Shanna and her friends to watch a Quidditch match in torrential rain, but the poor play left him and Shanna bored. He promised Shanna he would spend future vacations with her and take her to the Quidditch World Cup, leaving her smiling happily as Hermione and the others remained absorbed in the match.

• Hermione persuaded Bell to take her, Shanna, Phyllis, and Lena to watch the Quidditch match despite the heavy rain.
• Shanna cast barriers to keep their place in the stands dry and warm, and Phyllis asked her to teach the magic to her and Lena.
• Gryffindor and Hufflepuff began playing, but the rain made it difficult for the players to see and led to a series of mistakes.
• Bell offered to take Shanna to the Quidditch World Cup and promised to spend future vacations playing with her.
• Shanna's mood brightened, while Hermione, Phyllis, and Lena continued watching the match intently through the rain.

Bell summoned Qiongqi to devour a swarm of Dementors, hoping the Shikigami would gain enough strength to act independently. Qiongqi consumed many of them, while the rest fled or charged at Bell.

• Bell realized he needed Dementors to feed Qiongqi and help it develop self-awareness.
• Bell told Shanna to protect him as he prepared to summon Qiongqi against the swarm.
• Shanna summoned a tiger-shaped Patronus, and Bell called forth Qiongqi.
• Bell transformed Qiongqi into a sphere with tentacles that seized and devoured numerous Dementors.
• Bell strengthened Qiongqi as it struggled to digest its prey, and many Dementors fled Hogwarts.
• The remaining Dementors charged at Bell after realizing he had summoned Qiongqi.

Bell used Qiongqi to devour the Dementors while Shanna, Hermione, and their Patronuses protected the group. After absorbing the Dementors and much of Bell’s Magic Power, Qiongqi hatched into a new form, whose roar knocked out nearly everyone on the Quidditch pitch.

• As Qiongqi devoured the Dementors, Shanna sent Big Fina to hold them back while Hermione summoned her Little Otter to help protect Bell.
• Bell reshaped Qiongqi into a sphere and poured more than half of his Magic Power into it as it digested the remaining Dementors.
• Shanna kept watch over the group and ordered Hermione, Phyllis, and Lena to stay away from Bell while his Magic Power settled.
• The sphere developed moving black patterns and expelled gray mist before cracks spread across it and it shattered.
• Newborn Qiongqi roared, sending ripples across the Quidditch pitch that knocked the Little Wizards unconscious, while Shanna shielded Hermione, Phyllis, and Lena with Protego Totalum.

After creating the Shikigami Qiongqi, Bell faced Dumbledore and dealt with the students knocked unconscious by the magical accident. Dumbledore warned Bell to be more careful, and Bell returned to the Great Hall for lunch.

• Qiongqi appeared before Bell, who confirmed that his Shikigami creation had succeeded and explained it to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore asked Shanna whether she was enjoying Hogwarts, then told Bell to take responsibility for the unconscious students.
• Bell summoned Lim and sent her to distribute Awakening Potion and arrange for the House-elves to carry the students to their dormitories.
• Bell asked to leave for lunch, and Dumbledore warned him to be more careful when researching magic.
• Bell promised there would not be another accident and returned to the Great Hall with the others.

Bell invited Hermione and her parents to the Menethil Family’s Christmas Eve banquet, while Hermione struggled with insecurity about meeting his family. Bell reassured her and settled the matter by declaring that he would pick them up on the twenty-fourth.

• Bell remained infamous at Hogwarts as the “Great Demon King,” while Hermione defended him and Shanna proudly introduced herself as his younger sister.
• Fudge came to Hogwarts demanding an explanation for the injured Dementors, but he left after facing Dumbledore.
• Bell invited Hermione and her parents to his family’s Christmas Eve banquet, and Hermione became anxious about meeting his parents.
• Bell reassured Hermione about her appearance and told her that her parents would be welcomed at the banquet.
• Hermione admitted that she was not ready, but Bell decided to pick her and her parents up on the afternoon of the twenty-fourth.

Bell took Hermione to Hogsmeade for Christmas shopping, where they ran into Penelope and Percy at the Three Broomsticks. Percy remained hostile toward Bell, and the group sat together while Penelope and Hermione chatted.

• Bell went with Hermione to Hogsmeade, where she bought Christmas sweets and Bell bought her a pale purple dress and matching accessories.
• Bell and Hermione entered the crowded Three Broomsticks and were invited to sit with Penelope and Percy.
• Percy glared at Bell because he resented Bell and doubted the rumors about his abilities, while Penelope kicked Percy to make him stop.
• Penelope complained to Hermione about the expensive tea at Madam Puddifoot's, and Bell said wizards were behind Muggles in such matters.
• Percy snorted at Bell's comment, Penelope kicked him again, and Bell ignored Percy to talk with Hermione and Penelope.

Bell and Hermione spotted Harry in Hogsmeade despite his lacking permission, and Hermione worried that Sirius Black might find him. Percy decided to report Harry too, but Hagrid’s shout interrupted him as he approached Professor McGonagall and Minister Fudge; Harry and his companions hid beneath their table.

• Hermione recognized Harry in the pub and urged Bell to alert Professor McGonagall because Black was targeting him.
• Bell warned Hermione that reporting Harry could cost Gryffindor House Points and lead her fellow students to isolate her.
• Percy overheard them and headed for Professor McGonagall to report Harry, determined to oppose Bell.
• Percy spotted Minister Fudge and tried to make a good impression, but Hagrid shouted at someone nearby and startled him.
• Professor McGonagall asked Percy what he needed, and he pointed toward Harry’s table, where Harry and his companions had hidden beneath it.

Percy revealed that Harry was in the Three Broomsticks, where Harry learned that Sirius Black had betrayed his father and was now hunting him. Professor McGonagall discovered that the students had used a secret passage to reach Hogsmeade and rushed them back to Hogwarts to investigate it.

• Percy told Fudge that Black was targeting Harry, and Professor McGonagall found Harry, Ron, and Neville hiding nearby.
• Harry remained silent after overhearing how his parents had died, while Ron told McGonagall that Harry had found a secret passage to Hogsmeade.
• Professor Flitwick urged McGonagall to investigate the passage, and she took the three students back to Hogwarts after awarding Percy twenty Gryffindor points.
• Fudge left the Three Broomsticks without acknowledging Percy, who bragged to Penelope about his conversation with the Minister.
• Bell told Percy that he and Hermione were leaving, thanking him for helping Hermione with a problem.

Bell brought Shanna, Phyllis, and Lena home to the Bell Family as preparations continued for the Christmas dinner, which was also a press conference. He went to pick up Hermione and her parents, leaving them together just before the dinner.

• Bell and Hermione arrived in London, and Bell promised to pick Hermione and her parents up at four.
• Bell returned to the Bell Family home with Shanna, Phyllis, and Lena, where House-elves were preparing the enlarged restaurant for the guests.
• Elena welcomed the girls, while Shanna took Phyllis and Lena to the garden and Bell went to rest.
• Hermione anxiously waited with her parents, and Mr. Granger looked forward to meeting the boy who had won his daughter's heart.
• Bell arrived at the Grangers' home before four, complimented Hermione, and looked past her toward her parents.

Bell visited Hermione’s home and met her parents, then took the Granger family by Flying Car to the Bell Family’s castle. The Grangers arrived safely and stared in amazement at their destination.

• Bell greeted Mr. and Mrs. Granger, and Mrs. Granger welcomed him warmly while Mr. Granger remained displeased.
• Bell chatted with Mrs. Granger about Side-Along Apparition and explained why he had arrived outside the house.
• Bell told Hermione and her parents they would travel by Flying Car so the Grangers would avoid the discomfort of magical transport.
• Bell enlarged a miniature car with his Wand, and the Grangers climbed aboard its surprisingly spacious interior.
• Bell flew the Grangers to the Bell Family’s home in under an hour, where they gaped at the castle.

Bell brought Hermione and her parents to the banquet hall, where he introduced Hermione as his girlfriend to Elena. Elena was so shocked that she dragged Bell and Shanna upstairs, convinced at first that he had been given a love potion, then unable to believe he really had a girlfriend.

• Bell gave Hermione's parents enchanted bracelets to protect them from the Magical Animals in the garden.
• Bell introduced Hermione and her parents to Elena in the banquet hall, and Hermione nervously greeted her future mother-in-law.
• Elena pulled Bell away from the Granger family and summoned Shanna to meet them on the second floor.
• Elena restrained Bell and asked Shanna to help because she suspected he had been given a love potion.
• Shanna assured Elena that Bell was unaffected by love potions, but Elena remained incredulous that Bell had a girlfriend.

Bell introduced Hermione to his mother at the Menethil Christmas Banquet, where William unveiled Menethil's Power and demonstrated its first product, the Magical Satellite. The presentation ended with William claiming the satellite would help Wizards avoid Muggles while using magic.

• Bell joked with Elena about his girlfriend and then brought Hermione over to meet her.
• Elena scrutinized Hermione and chatted with her while Bell waited beside them.
• William announced the founding of Menethil's Power at the Christmas Banquet.
• William demonstrated the Magical Satellite by showing a live map and using Side-Along Apparition to travel to a nearby location.
• William explained that the Magical Satellite would help Wizards avoid Muggles and address problems caused by the Statute of Secrecy.

William introduced Menethil's Power's Magical Satellite service and defended its privacy and subscription policies, while Bell reflected on the satellites' secret role in monitoring Muggle military bases and testing space exploration. After the banquet began, Shanna found Bell and pulled him toward the food, while Elena kept Hermione back to question her.

• William pitched Magic Navigation and home security, then claimed Menethil's Power would submit to Ministry supervision as Rufus Scrimgeour joined him onstage.
• Bell recalled that the satellites primarily monitored Muggle military bases and served as experimental units for the Bell Family's space exploration plans.
• William announced that Magic Navigation cost one Galleon per month, answered a guest who challenged the price, and opened the banquet.
• Shanna used the Magic Mark to find Bell, then took him to get food after her friends Lis and Lei Lei left to find their parents.
• Elena stopped Hermione from following Bell and Shanna so she could keep chatting with her.

Harry discovered Sirius Black’s name on the Marauder’s Map near the Forbidden Forest and decided to confront him instead of immediately alerting the professors. Ron and Neville opposed the plan but followed Harry, leaving the three friends to set out together.

• Harry used the Marauder’s Map to check who remained at Hogwarts and spotted Sirius Black near the Forbidden Forest.
• Harry insisted that Black was the escaped criminal who had killed his parents and planned to go after him himself.
• Harry told Ron and Neville to stay behind and alert the professors if he failed, then went to retrieve his father’s Invisibility Cloak.
• Ron and Neville caught up with Harry and said they would accompany him as a team.

Harry, Ron, and Neville followed Sirius Black into the Forbidden Forest, convinced that he was using a dangerous Magical Animal to help attack Harry. The chapter left Black alone and starving in the forest, where he heard something moving nearby.

• Harry, Ron, and Neville crossed the grounds under the Invisibility Cloak and followed Black toward the Forbidden Forest using the Marauder's Map.
• Ron reported that Black had vanished from the map, and Harry concluded that he had gone beyond its range.
• Neville found claw marks near a tree, and Harry reasoned that Black planned to use a dangerous Magical Animal as a distraction.
• Ron warned that a creature might make their hunt too dangerous, but Harry refused to turn back.
• Black transformed from a limping dog into a gaunt Wizard and ate his last scraps of food while thinking about revenge.
• Black heard rustling bushes and sniffed for the source.

Harry, Ron, and Neville encountered a large black dog in the Forbidden Forest, which turned out to be Sirius Black in Animagus form. After they captured Black, Harry prepared to kill him, but Black claimed he had been pursuing Peter Pettigrew rather than trying to kill Harry.

• Black scented humans and slipped into the forest as a large black dog.
• The dog ambushed Harry, Ron, and Neville, biting Ron's leg and dragging him toward the darkness.
• Neville tackled the dog, but Black transformed back into a man and tried to grab Ron's Wand.
• Harry disarmed Black, and Neville pinned him down again.
• Harry aimed his Wand at Black and said he would kill him for murdering his parents.
• Black denied intending to kill Harry and said he had wanted to kill Peter Pettigrew, but Harry dismissed the claim.

Harry and Ron rejected Black’s claim that Peter Pettigrew was alive and responsible for betraying Harry’s parents. Ron stunned Black instead of letting Harry kill him, and Neville finally escaped Black’s foul stench.

• Black insisted that Peter was alive, disguised as a rat, and had betrayed Harry’s parents to Voldemort.
• Harry and Ron angrily rejected Black’s story, saying Peter was dead and had been a hero.
• Black collapsed in despair after learning that Peter had died months earlier.
• Harry hesitated to kill Black, and Ron urged him to leave Black for the Ministry of Magic.
• Ron stunned Black, then Neville hurried away to breathe fresh air.

Harry, Ron, and Neville brought the unconscious Sirius Black out of the Forbidden Forest, but Snape attacked Black with the Cruciatus Curse after recognizing him. When Ron tried to stop Snape, Snape deflected Ron’s spell and stunned him, then bound Harry and Neville.

• Harry, Ron, and Neville dragged Black out of the Forbidden Forest and decided to bring him to Professor McGonagall.
• The three entered Hogwarts openly, hoping to report that they had caught Black, and ran into Snape.
• Snape recognized Black and tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Ron fired a Stunning Spell at Snape, but Snape deflected it and knocked Ron unconscious.
• Harry and Neville tried to attack Snape, who bound them before they could move.

Snape tried to kill Sirius Black, but Dumbledore stopped the fight and allowed Remus Lupin to speak with Black. Black insisted Peter Pettigrew had betrayed them and was still alive, leaving Lupin shaken by the possibility.

• Professor McGonagall interrupted Snape as he attacked Black, and Lupin arrived and fired a Disarming Charm at Snape.
• Snape and Lupin exchanged curses while McGonagall tried to stop them, until Dumbledore knocked Snape unconscious and freed Harry and the other two.
• Dumbledore asked McGonagall to hold Black for the Ministry and allowed Lupin to speak with him while they waited for the Aurors.
• Lupin asked Black why he had betrayed their friends, and Black insisted that Peter Pettigrew was the true traitor.
• Black said he had seen a photograph in The Daily Prophet that proved Pettigrew was alive, and Lupin began to suspect Black might be telling the truth.

Lupin learned that Black had been framed for James and Lily's deaths and investigated the claim that Wormtail was dead. Meanwhile, Fudge ordered Black's immediate execution and Aurors escorted him out of Hogwarts, leaving Lupin rushing to Dumbledore with evidence.

• Black admitted that he had urged James to secretly change the Secret Keeper to Wormtail and had stayed silent because he believed himself responsible for James's death.
• Black told Lupin that Wormtail had been killed after disguising himself as the Weasley family's pet rat, and Lupin hurried to verify the story.
• Lupin found a Daily Prophet photograph of the Weasley family and recognized the gray rat's missing toe as evidence that Black might be telling the truth.
• Fudge arrived at Hogwarts and demanded that Black be executed, agreeing to take him away from the school first.
• Five Aurors escorted the bound Black toward Hogwarts's gates while the Dementors waited outside the grounds.