Chapter Summaries

Hermione struggled through three duels after Bell made her remove her Defensive Trinket, while Shanna grew jealous of Bell carrying Hermione. Later, Bell and Penelope held Potions interviews overseen by Snape, whose admiration for Shanna had made him a harsher teacher.

• The remaining three applicants chose Hermione as their opponent, and she lost all three duels despite improving her Shield Charm.
• Bell tried to comfort the sore Hermione, carried her in his arms, and was kicked by her after Shanna complained that they were ignoring her.
• Bell and Penelope returned to the recruitment venue, where Snape and three applicants were waiting.
• Bell set the applicants a two-hour test to brew a Healing Potion, Antidote Potion, or Focus Potion while Snape evaluated them.
• Snape praised Shanna's Potions ability and criticized Hammond for mishandling Tarsh Root, reflecting on how her skill had made him stricter with his students.

Bell and Snape discussed Shanna’s Potions skill and the Menethil family’s need to brew its own supplies. At Hagrid’s first Care of Magical Creatures class after Easter, Hagrid told Hermione that Buckbeak had been sentenced to execution, while Harry and Malfoy’s groups fought and Bell watched.

• Snape inspected Bell, Shanna, and the others’ Potions and asked why the Menethil family needed Potion Masters.
• Bell said the family wanted to make Potions for its Magical Animal caretakers rather than buy them.
• Hagrid arrived at class crying and told Hermione that Buckbeak had been sentenced to execution.
• Harry confronted Malfoy for mocking Hagrid, and the two groups fought while the students watched.
• Hermione called Bell’s attention back from watching the fight.

Hermione tried to help Hagrid save Buckbeak, but Bell refused to involve his father or intervene. Frustrated by the students’ brawl, Hermione set their robes on fire with a carefully controlled Flame Spell, discovering she enjoyed using it.

• Hermione insisted that Buckbeak had not hurt Malfoy, while Bell explained that wizarding society would still treat the incident as a serious attack on a student.
• Hermione asked Bell to save Buckbeak, but Bell refused and said Hagrid had to face the consequences of his choices.
• Hermione shouted at Harry’s group and Malfoy’s group to stop fighting, but the six students ignored her while their classmates watched or cheered.
• Hermione cast Incendio at the fighters, setting their robes alight and making them break apart and roll on the ground.
• Bell questioned Hermione’s use of the Flame Spell, and Hermione explained that she had controlled its heat and targets.

Hermione’s use of the Flame Spell against Harry and five others made her infamous, while Bell took the blame and explained to Shanna why Care of Magical Creatures was dull. As finals approached, Shanna led Lena and Phyllis on a mysterious tour of Hogwarts, studying its layout for an undisclosed plan.

• Bell extinguished the flames on Harry and five others with a Water Spell, and Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures class ended in an uproar.
• Hermione’s actions spread through Hogwarts, where students called her the Great Demon King’s girlfriend, while Bell became even more feared.
• Shanna asked Bell about Care of Magical Creatures and Hermione’s absence, and Bell explained that Hermione was sitting in on Divination.
• As final exams approached, Shanna continued leading Lena and Phyllis through Hogwarts while mapping the castle and refusing to explain her plan.

Shanna abandoned her old plan and decided to take Lena and Phyllis to the Forbidden Forest to retrieve her pet Fina. She set off for the Library to ask Bell for Fina, confident that Professor Snape would not punish them because Bell supplied him with magical materials.

• Lena said she wanted to revise before the exams, but Shanna insisted practical magic mattered more and invoked her Gege's advice.
• Phyllis asked why Fina had not visited lately, prompting Shanna to realize she could use Fina as the excuse for her plan.
• Shanna threw her old plan's notes out the window and burned them with a Flame Spell.
• Shanna announced that they would ask Bell for Fina and then go to the Forbidden Forest, while Lena tried and failed to stop her.
• Shanna told Lena and Phyllis that Bell had once wanted to take her into the forest to catch spiders and that she could threaten to complain to him if Snape punished them.

Shanna took Lena and Phyllis into the Forbidden Forest to search for a suitable hidden place, using Transfiguration to clear their path. As night fell, she tested a cave by throwing Fina inside, where Fina fought a horned Bobo Bear with Dragon Breath.

• Shanna led Lena and Phyllis through the Forbidden Forest while her Transfiguration moved plants and obstacles aside.
• The three searched caves and tree hollows and encountered several Magical Animals, but Shanna rejected each location.
• As darkness fell, Shanna chose a cave and threw Fina inside to test it.
• A Bobo Bear chased Fina from the cave, and Shanna used a Repelling Jinx to keep it from noticing her and her friends.
• Fina unleashed Dragon Breath, partly overcoming the Bobo Bear's sonic shield and setting its fur ablaze.

Fina battled Bobo Bear, using flight, fire, and Shanna’s help to overcome the larger Magical Animal’s attacks. Bobo Bear fled toward its underground nest to escape the flames and Fina’s assault.

• Fina scorched Bobo Bear, then scratched its cheek while dodging its counterattack.
• Lena and Phyllis learned from Shanna that Fina was a powerful Bi'an that could fly and breathe fire.
• Fina attacked Bobo Bear from behind, but Shanna pulled it clear when Bobo Bear tried to crush it.
• Fina surrounded Bobo Bear with flames, and its Sonic Magic only spread the fire and wrecked the nearby forest.
• Fina vanished into the flames and hurled burning debris at Bobo Bear until it charged toward its underground nest.

Fina killed Bobo Bear after ambushing it through the flames, then Shanna extinguished the blaze and concealed the damage. Shanna gave Fina a grave task, leaving the exhausted creature with another ominous premonition.

• Fina struck Bobo Bear’s windpipe and severed an artery, killing it before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Shanna praised Fina and held it while Phyllis and Lena struggled to stop the spreading Dragon Flame.
• Shanna cast Surging Waves to extinguish the fire, shielding Phyllis and Lena behind a stone wall.
• Shanna used magic to bury the water and charcoal and cover the battleground with shifted trees and grass.
• Shanna told Fina she had a grave task for it, and Fina sensed another ominous premonition.

Shanna enlarged Fina and ordered her to stay in that form in the Forbidden Forest for a week, then used Mad Bear to carry Lena and Phyllis back toward the castle. Shanna considered visiting the Centaur Tribe but chose to return safely instead.

• Shanna used an Enlargement Charm on Fina and told her to remain enlarged for a week without using Magic Power.
• Fina realized she would be stranded in the wilderness and wondered whether she could eat Bobo Bear's charred corpse.
• Shanna found Lena and Phyllis too exhausted to stand and said she had run out of Magic Power.
• Shanna enlarged Mad Bear, caught Lena and Phyllis, and carried them on its shoulders.
• Shanna considered detouring to find the Centaur Tribe, but remembered Gege's warning and returned to the castle.

Shanna brought Phyllis and Lena to the Black Lake to hunt the Giant Squid for Teppanyaki Squid, despite Lena’s fear and Phyllis’s excitement. The three entered the lake, where Shanna stopped Phyllis from casting Lumos to avoid alerting the fish, the Giant Squid, or the merpeople.

• Shanna, Phyllis, and Lena flew under the Disillusionment Charm to meet Fina by the Black Lake.
• Fina rushed to Shanna, who scolded it for being dirty after a week outdoors and told it to wait.
• Shanna revealed that she planned to take several of the Giant Squid’s tentacles to make Teppanyaki Squid for Lim.
• Phyllis insisted on joining Shanna in the lake, and Lena followed because she was afraid to stay behind alone.
• Shanna stopped Phyllis from casting Lumos, explaining that light could attract fish and alert the Giant Squid or the merpeople.

Shanna, Phyllis, and Lena navigated the Black Lake at night to find the Giant Squid, using magic to see underwater and evade Grindylows and merpeople. They reached the squid, and Shanna announced she wanted to take some of its tentacles for teppanyaki, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Shanna transformed Phyllis and Lena’s eyes so they could see clearly underwater, and the three girls swam deeper into the Black Lake.
• When Grindylows followed them, Shanna used a whirlpool to send the creatures away.
• Shanna hid the girls from searching merpeople, then Confunded their leader and caused the group to leave.
• The three girls followed Shanna’s magical mark to the Giant Squid, which greeted them with a friendly tentacle.
• Shanna told the Giant Squid she wanted some of its tentacles and argued that losing them would help it develop its regenerative abilities.

Shanna fought the Giant Squid in the Black Lake while Phyllis and Lena tried to help. She weakened it with repeated Freezing Curses and charged forward after driving it away from her friends.

• Phyllis and Lena urged Shanna to retreat as the enraged Giant Squid threatened them, but Shanna refused.
• Shanna used a sonic attack on the Giant Squid, then blocked its faster tentacle strikes with shields.
• Phyllis and Lena cast Petrificus Totalus, but their Curses had no effect on the Giant Squid.
• Shanna secretly attached weakened Freezing Curses to her shields, gradually slowing and weakening the Giant Squid.
• Shanna struck the Giant Squid with a Water Pillar, pushed it beyond reach of her friends, and sped toward it with her Flying Shoes.

Shanna struggled against the Giant Squid underwater, then used Bell’s Petrification Eye and Imperius Curse to take control of it. She prepared to turn it into tomorrow’s teppanyaki while Bell left Fina to keep her company.

• Shanna failed to reach the Giant Squid’s brain before it blasted her with water, but her defensive charms kept her unharmed.
• Shanna used Bell’s Petrification Eye to freeze the Giant Squid, and the gemstone crumbled to powder.
• Shanna reached the Giant Squid’s brain and cast the Imperius Curse, successfully controlling it.
• Shanna told Phyllis and Lena to join her, then began undoing Bell’s Petrification Curse with her remaining Magic Power.
• Bell watched the distant vortex expand, told Fina to keep Shanna company, and disappeared into the night.

Shanna arranged for the Giant Squid to shed three tentacles, then took them and hid the evidence while Bell and Lim stayed out of the actual attack. The next morning, Hogwarts investigated the injured squid, and Hermione accused Bell and Lim, but Bell denied that they had done anything.

• Shanna had Fina rub against the Giant Squid and cover her scent in the Forbidden Forest.
• Shanna made the Giant Squid break off three tentacles, altered its memories, and took the tentacles in her bag.
• Slytherin students noticed the Giant Squid was missing parts and alerted Snape, who reported it to Dumbledore.
• Hermione confronted Bell at breakfast and accused him and Lim of attacking the Giant Squid.
• Bell denied that he and Lim had attacked it, insisting they had not taken part.

Hermione discovered that Bell had lied about the Giant Squid, but the Teppanyaki Squid was too delicious for her to resist. After exams, Hogwarts prepared to award Harry the Order of Merlin, while Slytherin gave up on the House Cup this year and planned to win next year with a Firebolt.

• Hermione asked Bell what the meat was, and he identified it as Teppanyaki Squid despite claiming he and his sister had not attacked the Giant Squid.
• Hermione ate the squid and Bell blamed Shanna and Fina, while Hermione continued worrying that the professors would uncover what happened.
• Final exams arrived, and Shanna astonished the professors by doing at a first-year level comparable to Hermione, the top third-year student.
• Hogwarts prepared for Harry's Order of Merlin, Second Class investiture at the Year-End Banquet for capturing Sirius Black.
• Slytherin students abandoned hopes of winning the House Cup that year and planned to pool their money for a Firebolt next school year.

At the end-of-year ceremony, Harry received two awards while Bell joked with Hermione and teased her about having children. After arriving at King's Cross, Bell left Hermione with her parents and said he would collect her in a week for a mysterious trip, alarming Mr. Granger.

• Harry received the Order of Merlin badge and Dumbledore's School Special Contribution Award badge at the ceremony.
• Hermione scolded Bell for showing no interest in awards, and Bell joked that she could earn a Menethil Family Special Contribution Award by having children with him.
• Bell, Hermione, Shanna, Phyllis, and Lena rode the Hogwarts Express to King's Cross, where Elena greeted them enthusiastically.
• Bell said goodbye to Hermione and the Grangers, telling Hermione he would pick her up in a week to take her somewhere beyond imagination.
• Mr. Granger objected when Hermione said she did not know where Bell planned to take her.

Bell arrived at Hermione’s home to take her on a summer date to a destination beyond her imagination. Hermione’s parents agreed to let them go, while Mr. Granger looked forward to Bell’s invitation to the Quidditch World Cup.

• Hermione told her parents that Bell had invited them to watch the Quidditch World Cup, and Mr. Granger eagerly accepted while pretending it was only to do Bell a favor.
• A week later, Hermione waited nervously at home after spending nearly two hours getting ready for her date with Bell.
• Bell Apparated into the Grangers’ living room and greeted Hermione’s parents.
• Bell declined Mrs. Granger’s offer of tea, saying they had to hurry to their destination.
• Bell told the Grangers they might return in one or two days, though the trip could last up to a week, and Mr. Granger stayed quiet about his concerns.

Bell took Hermione by Side-Along Apparition to a building connected to the Bell Family’s private laboratory, where they needed to complete verification procedures. Hermione learned that Bell had arranged to evade Ministry monitoring and refused to let her use a Wand outside school, while Shanna could do so freely, leaving Hermione angry and determined to learn from Elena Aunt.

• Bell Apparated with Hermione, who struggled with the unpleasant journey, and she asked whether the Ministry would punish him for using magic at her house.
• Bell admitted he had bribed the Ministry employee monitoring Little Wizards’ Wand use, but refused Hermione’s request to arrange the same for her.
• Bell told Hermione she could practice at the Bell Family home, and she suspected he wanted her to spend more time with him.
• Shanna greeted Bell and complained that she had been waiting while he picked up Hermione.
• Bell led Hermione and Shanna toward the aboveground section of the laboratory building to complete verification procedures.
• Hermione learned Shanna could use a Wand outside school and resolved to learn from Elena Aunt.

Bell led Hermione and Shanna through a concealed route to a secure transport platform, where they underwent identity checks and waited for a magical transport device to charge. They arrived at a desolate Mars base, where Bell finally revealed their destination.

• Bell guided Shanna and Hermione through a hidden spatial passage while warning Hermione not to look around because they were under surveillance.
• The three passed identity verification at the Menethil Family platform, and Andrew told Bell that the transport was charging.
• Bell gave Shanna and Hermione defensive badges but kept their destination secret as they waited for the transport to finish charging.
• Bell led the others into a metal cabinet, and they endured a disorienting journey through the transport device.
• Hermione emerged onto barren, sand-swept land as Bell welcomed them to the Menethil Family Mars Base.

Bell, Hermione, and Shanna arrived at the Mars Base after a punishing long-distance journey, and Bell began looking for ways to improve the transport cabinet. Will explained that the base was short-handed and that Mars’s harsh conditions were slowing Arcanite mining.

• Hermione vomited after the journey, and Bell used healing Curses to help her recover while Shanna supported her.
• Will guided Bell, Hermione, and Shanna to a lounge, where he offered refreshments and Potions for the effects of spatial travel.
• Bell questioned Will about the transport cabinet’s poor performance and suggested adding Acromantula silk to its inner layers.
• Will told Bell that the base had too few workers and that miners could remain outside the protective barrier for only about an hour before their Magic Power ran out.