Chapter Summaries

After the Dark Mark incident, Bell spent the rest of summer at home before going to King's Cross Station on September 1 to meet Hermione and her parents. He offered to bring the Grangers onto Platform 9 3/4, leaving Mrs. Granger delighted by his thoughtfulness.

• Bell avoided getting involved in the aftermath of the Dark Mark incident and spent the remaining days of summer reading and researching magic at home.
• On September 1, Bell's family arrived early at King's Cross Station, and Bell used Wandless Magic to interfere with a Ministry of Magic Staff member's perception before entering the station alone.
• Bell waited by the passageway to Platform 9 3/4 and showed his Wand to nervous Little Wizards who mistook him for a Muggle.
• When Hermione and her parents arrived, Bell explained that he had come to take them inside the platform and show them the Wizard train.
• Mrs. Granger eagerly accepted Bell's offer and was pleased by his kindness and respect for her family.

Bell brought Hermione and her parents onto Platform 9 3/4, where they met up with Shanna, Phyllis, Lena, and their families before boarding the Hogwarts Express. On the train, the group discussed the revived Triwizard Tournament, and Bell said he would not enter because he was too young and disliked attention.

• Hermione worried that bringing her parents onto Platform 9 3/4 would break the rules, but Bell reassured her that Ministry patrol officers would ignore them.
• Bell led Hermione and the Grangers through the hidden entrance, and they explored the bustling platform before meeting Shanna, Phyllis, Lena, and their parents.
• Bell and the others said goodbye to their parents and boarded the Hogwarts Express as rain began to fall.
• Phyllis asked whether Bell would enter the Triwizard Tournament, and Hermione warned him against competing because the event was dangerous.
• Bell explained that this year's tournament required entrants to be at least seventeen, so he would not enter, and he added that he disliked being watched.

Bell and his friends arrived at Hogwarts in the rain, and Dumbledore announced that the school would cancel the Quidditch House Cup for the year. The Little Lions protested while the Little Snakes faced the fallout from their costly plans to buy Firebolts.

• Phyllis urged Bell to find a way to enter the Triwizard Tournament, but Bell said he did not know how the selection worked and Shanna changed the subject.
• Bell and his friends crossed the rainy grounds under magical protection, and Bell reflected on how much his life had changed while walking with Hermione.
• Bell and his friends reached the Great Hall near the end of the Sorting Ceremony, and Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would not hold the Quidditch House Cup that year.
• The Gryffindors loudly objected to the cancellation, while the Slytherins remained silent after learning that the Cup would not take place despite their plan to pool money for seven Firebolts.
• Bell learned from William that some young wizards had taken to jumping from rooftops after their parents told them the Quidditch competition was canceled.

Snape regretted rejecting Bell’s transfer application and tried to move him into Slytherin, but Dumbledore refused. Dumbledore began announcing Hogwarts’s major event before Moody arrived and was introduced as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

• Snape calculated that Bell would greatly improve Slytherin’s chances in the Triwizard Tournament and regretted not approving his transfer.
• Snape secretly submitted a new transfer application for Bell, but Dumbledore crossed it out without considering it.
• Dumbledore explained that the Quidditch House Cup was canceled because Hogwarts would host a year-long event.
• Moody entered the Great Hall, interrupting Dumbledore’s announcement, and the students stared at his scarred face and magical eye.
• Dumbledore introduced Moody as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Bell recalled Professor Moody while Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament, which would be limited to students aged seventeen and older. The next morning, Snape asked Bell whether he planned to enter, and was delighted when Bell said no.

• Bell applauded when he saw Professor Moody at the staff table, recalling the combat lessons Moody had taught him.
• Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament and explained that only students aged seventeen or older could compete.
• Bell spent dinner enthusiastically eating while Ravenclaw students warned new students not to sit beside him during meals.
• The next morning, Bell took Hermione to breakfast at the Slytherin table while Gryffindor students discussed ways around the age restriction.
• Bell arrived early for Potions and found Snape already waiting in the classroom.
• Snape asked Bell whether he wanted to enter the tournament, then happily accepted Bell's answer that he did not.

Snape offered to teach Shanna all his Potions knowledge if Bell disguised himself as a Slytherin student and won the Triwizard Tournament, but Bell refused and proposed trading instead. Bell showed Snape a piece of Arcanite mined from Mars, leaving Snape shocked but unconvinced that it was enough to buy his knowledge.

• Snape asked Bell to enter the Triwizard Tournament disguised as a Slytherin and win, offering to teach Shanna all his Potions knowledge in return.
• Bell refused to participate but said he still wanted Snape's Potions knowledge.
• Bell offered Snape a piece of Arcanite and explained that it came from Mars and was available only to his family in the Magical World.
• Snape questioned whether the small piece of Arcanite was worth all his Potions knowledge.

Bell offered Snape a share of future magical materials from the Menethil Family’s cosmic explorations in exchange for teaching Shanna Potions, and Snape agreed to consider the deal. The chapter ended with Bell privately weighing other ways to persuade Snape if he refused.

• Bell offered Snape a share of magical materials the Menethil Family might obtain in the future in exchange for Snape teaching Shanna his Potions knowledge.
• Snape questioned whether Bell could promise such a trade and worried that the promised materials might never appear.
• Bell reminded Snape that he had influence over the Menethil Family’s resources, citing William’s past exchanges with Snape.
• When Little Wizards entered the classroom, Bell asked Snape to give him an answer within the week.
• Snape returned to the podium and glared at the Little Wizards, leaving them unsure whether to enter.

Bell and Hermione attended Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures class, where they encountered his new Blast-Ended Skrewts and decided they might drop the class if the lessons continued to focus on them. After one Skrewt exploded against Bell’s hand, he forced it to eat lettuce, leaving Hagrid puzzled by its sudden appetite.

• Hermione told Bell that Ron had caused a Serpent Vine to rampage in Herbology, injuring students and costing Gryffindor twenty points.
• Bell and Hermione arrived at Hagrid’s class and saw a crate of Blast-Ended Skrewts, which Hagrid had raised over the summer.
• Bell and Hermione agreed to give the class three more lessons before deciding whether to drop it if they kept caring for Blast-Ended Skrewts.
• A Blast-Ended Skrewt’s tail exploded against Bell’s hand when he offered it lettuce, but his shield blocked the attack.
• Bell lifted the Skrewt with magic and threatened it until it ate the lettuce.
• After class, Hagrid wondered why the Skrewt Bell had handled was happily eating lettuce when the others disliked it.

After class, Bell reassured Hermione that the Blast-Ended Skrewt he had overfed would survive, then tested her Legilimency and agreed she could begin learning Apparition. He postponed their first lesson until the weekend so Hermione would not risk Splinching while tired.

• Hermione hurried Bell away from Hagrid's class and asked whether he had killed the Blast-Ended Skrewt he had trained with Lettuce Leaves.
• Bell promised the creature would be alive for the next class, and Hermione made him promise not to do it again.
• Hermione asked Bell to teach her Apparition, and he tested her Legilimency by showing her memories, including a false image of a Basilisk transforming into a little girl.
• Bell warned Hermione that Legilimency could reveal misleading memories, especially against someone skilled in Occlumency.
• Bell agreed Hermione could learn Apparition but scheduled their first lesson for the weekend, and Hermione reluctantly accepted the delay.

Hermione asked Bell about Harry’s crush, Cho Chang, while anxiously testing Bell’s attitude toward her. The chapter ended with Bell suspecting Harry was really trying to get close to Hermione, while Harry worried that Hermione had forgotten to investigate Cho.

• Hermione told Bell that Harry had asked her about Cho Chang, a fifth-year Ravenclaw he had fallen for.
• Luna pointed Cho out, and Bell recognized her as the Ravenclaw Seeker, though he considered her ordinary.
• Hermione asked Bell what he thought of Cho, then grew flustered when he joked about looking at her lying down and pulled her into an embrace.
• Bell saw Harry staring at them and wondered whether Harry’s crush on Cho was a cover for trying to get close to Hermione.
• Harry watched Hermione and Bell anxiously, wondering whether Hermione had forgotten to investigate Cho.

Professor Moody had Bell demonstrate the Unforgivable Curses to the class, beginning with an enlarged spider. The spider’s appearance frightened Ron so badly that he clung to Neville.

• Professor Moody greeted Bell, reminded him to practice Dark Magic, and asked how much he had improved.
• Professor Moody announced that Bell would demonstrate the three Unforgivable Curses using spiders from a glass bottle.
• Bell enlarged one spider so the students at the back could see it clearly.
• A student screamed, and Bell restrained the frightened spider before it could escape.
• Bell saw Ron and Neville embracing, while Ron struggled to contain his fear of spiders.

Bell demonstrated the Unforgivable Curses in Professor Moody’s class, turning the lesson into a chaotic spectacle before killing the spider. After class, the frightened students waited for Bell and Hermione to leave first.

• Bell used the Imperius Curse to make the spider sing and dance, prompting Professor Moody to stop his performance.
• Bell cast the Cruciatus Curse on the spider, and Professor Moody ordered him to silence it.
• Bell killed the spider with the Killing Curse, leaving the class terrified and earning ten points for Ravenclaw.
• Professor Moody explained the Unforgivable Curses and assigned the students to write down his instructions.
• After class, the students stayed seated until Bell left, and Hermione hurried after him.

After Bell tested Professor Moody in class and used the Unforgivable Curses, he reassured Hermione but remained wary of Moody. News of the lesson spread through Hogwarts, earning Bell lurid new titles and rumors, while Shanna gleefully flaunted her connection to him.

• Bell recalled why he had tested Professor Moody and decided to stay alert and warn Shanna about his unease.
• Hermione asked when Bell had learned the Unforgivable Curses, and Bell said he had learned them at eight and argued that magic itself was not evil.
• At dinner, students spread exaggerated stories about Bell's actions in Defense Against the Dark Arts, giving him new titles such as "murderer" and "Dark Wizard."
• Bell was angered by rumors that he ate human flesh and drank children's blood, and he dismissed the claims as absurd.
• Shanna ran to the other Houses' common rooms to boast that Bell was her brother, until Phyllis and Lena dragged her back to Slytherin.

Hermione practiced Side-Along Apparition with Bell inside the magically expanded suitcase and became trapped outside normal space until Bell pulled her back. Bell explained that the suitcase’s reinforced space had made the spell difficult, and Hermione worried that Hogwarts’s Apparition restrictions would prevent her from continuing to learn.

• Bell brought Hermione into the suitcase and guided her through repeated attempts at Side-Along Apparition.
• Hermione finally Apparated successfully but became stuck in the space between locations and could not return.
• Bell pulled Hermione back and admitted that he had forgotten the suitcase’s reinforced space made Apparition harder.
• Hermione bit Bell’s hand in frustration, and he healed the bite with magic.
• Bell explained that Hogwarts’s Anti-Disapparition Jinx and Anti-Apparition Jinx prevented them from practicing there without Dumbledore’s approval.
• Hermione anxiously asked whether the restrictions meant she could not learn Side-Along Apparition.

Bell encouraged Hermione to learn Apparition by trial and error, and she managed to Apparate back from underground after a frightening mishap. Exhausted, Hermione rested with Tranquility Incense Bell had lit for her, then woke feeling refreshed.

• Bell demonstrated Apparition and provoked Hermione into practicing by telling her to learn it the hard way.
• Hermione practiced through the morning and successfully Apparated back, but emerged buried underground and was nearly crushed until Bell pulled her out.
• Bell persuaded Hermione to stop practicing, eat lunch, and rest before continuing later.
• Hermione fell asleep from exhaustion, and Bell lit Tranquility Incense to help her rest without waking with a headache.
• Hermione woke refreshed and reproached Bell for using the precious incense, though she was secretly pleased by his care.

Hermione resumed practicing Side-Along Apparition with Bell and Shanna, succeeding on her first attempt but landing far from her target. She steadily improved through repeated practice, and Bell eventually stopped her for a break while she still wanted to continue.

• Hermione learned it was three o’clock and complained to Bell that he had not woken her earlier, then ate fruit while Bell finished his card game with Shanna.
• Bell led Hermione and Shanna outside, where Hermione successfully Apparated but reappeared about a hundred meters away from the target.
• Bell encouraged Hermione after Shanna laughed at her mistake, and Hermione regained her enthusiasm and kept practicing.
• Hermione’s jumps gradually landed closer to the target, and she eventually reached a range within a 120-degree angle ahead of her.
• After Hermione practiced for nearly an hour, Bell told her to take a break, though she believed she could still make about ten more jumps.

Bell agreed to let Hermione and Shanna visit his laboratory after warning them that what they saw might be disturbing. He opened its heavily protected door and explained that its dense Ancient Runes were encrypted, leaving the two girls at the threshold.

• Bell stopped Hermione from Apparating and made her rest with tea.
• Hermione asked to visit Bell's laboratory, and Shanna eagerly joined her request.
• Bell warned Hermione and Shanna that the laboratory might contain disturbing sights, then agreed to take them inside.
• Bell opened the laboratory door by channeling Magic Power into a black hole in its center.
• Hermione became dizzy looking at the door's runes, and Bell explained that they were encrypted to protect the laboratory.
• Shanna asked Bell to teach her the rune-encryption method.

Bell brought Shanna and Hermione into his alchemy laboratory, where Shanna eagerly explored the equipment and Hermione felt uneasy in an illusion-filled corridor. He showed them a force field generator for his father’s magical yacht after Shanna discovered an unfinished Sword Embryo.

• Bell agreed to teach Shanna his runic encryption method and warned her not to share it with anyone, including their parents.
• Bell deactivated the laboratory door’s mechanism, and the three entered a seemingly endless corridor that frightened Hermione until she held his hand.
• Bell revealed that the corridor’s endlessness was an illusion and led Shanna and Hermione into his alchemy laboratory.
• Shanna found an unfinished Sword Embryo in a cabinet, and Bell explained what it was.
• Bell redirected Shanna’s attention to a Large-scale Force Field Generator designed to protect his father’s Magical Yacht, then secretly returned the Sword Embryo to its cabinet.

Bell took Shanna and Hermione through his laboratories and showed them the Bloodline Fusion Laboratory, where Hermione discovered a living human baby in a specimen case. Bell explained that he had created it by fusing human cells with Magical Animal cells, leaving Hermione shocked and ready to confront him.

• Bell sealed the cabinet containing his failed Sword Embryo and led Shanna and Hermione onward.
• Bell warned the girls that the Bloodline Fusion Laboratory might upset them, and they entered after preparing themselves.
• Hermione saw living specimens and body parts preserved in glass cases throughout the laboratory.
• Hermione spotted a baby in a case and demanded to know where Bell had stolen it from.
• Bell said he had created the baby through a process similar to cloning, using human and Magical Animal cells.

Hermione confronted Bell over his cloning experiments and tried to make him confess to the professors and the Ministry, but Bell refused. She continued following Bell and Shanna through the hidden laboratory corridor, where Bell introduced the Body Enhancement Laboratory.

• Hermione examined the unusual cloned baby and demanded that Bell stop experimenting and confess with her.
• Bell defended his research by comparing it to medical experimentation and refused to turn himself in.
• Shanna interrupted their argument and urged Bell to continue showing them the laboratories because she was hungry.
• Hermione agreed to see more, despite keeping her distance from Bell as they walked down the corridor.
• Bell opened the entrance to the Body Enhancement Laboratory, and Hermione asked him to turn on the lights.
• Bell explained that a magical concealment spell, rather than darkness, prevented her from seeing inside.