Chapter Summaries

On her first day without Gege at home, Shanna tried to cope by training harder and visiting the mountains, where her magic devastated the local wildlife. That evening she remembered her Personal Terminal and called Gege, crying that she missed him.

• Shanna rushed through breakfast and doubled her training because she wanted to surpass her mother and keep her from taking Gege away.
• After growing bored without Gege, Shanna flew to the nearby mountains and searched for animals to occupy herself.
• Shanna unleashed her ice-element Curse, Flock of Flying Birds, devastating the mountains and killing or injuring animals.
• Feeling regret, Shanna warmed the area, repaired the ground, buried the remains, and left without telling anyone what happened.
• William reminded Shanna about her Personal Terminal, and she hurried to call Gege.
• When Gege appeared on the screen, Shanna cried out that she missed him.

Bell video-chatted with Shanna, promised to speak with her every day, and felt lonely after Elena ended their call. More than a week into Hogwarts, he had settled into his routine and learned that the Menethil Family was negotiating with Dumbledore to copy the Library’s books, though the Restricted Section remained disputed.

• Bell rushed to his dormitory to accept Shanna’s video call, and the siblings happily shared details about their lives and Bell’s experiences at Hogwarts.
• Elena ended the late-night call, and Bell’s sadness afterward led him to ask Lim to bring him a lot of food.
• Bell gradually adjusted to Hogwarts and made the Library his favorite place to study.
• William negotiated with Dumbledore to copy the Hogwarts Library’s books to the Personal Terminal network, but they disagreed over including the Restricted Section.

Bell met Hermione in the Library, where she told him about a forbidden nighttime adventure and the Three-Headed Dog guarding a trapdoor. Bell suspected the trapdoor concealed the Philosopher's Stone and considered investigating it, while Hermione agreed to keep the discovery secret.

• Bell found Hermione in the Library, where she complained that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley had broken school rules by sneaking out for a midnight duel.
• Hermione explained that she followed Harry and Ron, got locked out of Gryffindor's common room when the Fat Lady was absent, and ended up with them and Neville in the Trophy Room while avoiding Filch.
• Hermione asked Bell to identify a huge three-headed dog, and Bell told her it was a rare Three-Headed Dog.
• Hermione revealed that she and the others had found the dog in the forbidden Fourth Floor Right-Side Corridor, guarding a trapdoor, and asked Bell to keep it secret.
• Bell suspected the trapdoor concealed the Philosopher's Stone and considered finding a way to investigate, but told Hermione he was not interested.

Bell went to the Spell Training Room to improve the Fiendfyre Curse and explained why he considered the Three Unforgivable Curses less frightening than most Wizards did. He left the chapter focused on developing Fiendfyre, having dismissed the curses’ reputation as a product of fear of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

• Bell finished his morning training, ate breakfast prepared by Lim, and went to the Spell Training Room to work on improving Fiendfyre.
• Bell argued that magic had no inherent distinction between black and white, since supposedly white magic could also kill.
• Bell explained that the Imperius Curse could be resisted by sheer will and that its concealment made it unreliable even for its caster.
• Bell said the Cruciatus Curse inflicted pain without physical injury, while treating the Longbottom couple’s damaged minds with magic risked making their condition worse.
• Bell acknowledged that the Killing Curse was powerful but said it was difficult to land and required substantial Magic Power.
• Bell concluded that Wizards feared Voldemort and the Death Eaters more than the Three Unforgivable Curses themselves.

Bell tried to awaken true Fiendfyre by using an implanted false memory to provoke extreme rage. After the memory drove him into a destructive frenzy, Lim stunned him as he prepared another reckless attack.

• Bell concluded that true Fiendfyre required overwhelming rage and decided to ignite it before attempting to improve the curse.
• Bell implanted a fabricated memory with Lim standing by, instructed her to stun him if he lost control, and made her promise to keep the experiment secret.
• Bell erupted with immense Magic Power, charged the Training Room door, and badly injured his arm when his punch failed to break the reinforced barrier.
• Lim cast a Stunning Spell at Bell, but her restrained attack only brought him to his knees as he struggled to get back up.

Lim stopped Bell from continuing his rampage, restored his original memories, and rushed him to Madam Pomfrey for treatment. Bell remained unconscious as Madam Pomfrey began caring for his injuries, while Lim refused to explain what had happened.

• Lim Apparated above Bell and knocked him unconscious after he dodged her Stunning Spell.
• Lim removed Bell’s fabricated memories, restored his original memories, and used a Healing Potion to ease his pain.
• Bell ordered Lim to take him to Madam Pomfrey without being seen and not to tell anyone what had happened, then fell asleep.
• Lim concealed Bell with a Disillusionment Charm and hurried toward the Hospital Wing, knocking out Little Wizards who blocked her path.
• Madam Pomfrey examined Bell and found severe internal trauma from rampaging Magic Power and excessive Spiritual Power depletion.
• Madam Pomfrey asked Lim what had happened, but Lim refused to reveal anything.

After recovering from a dangerous Magic Power accident, Bell Menethil returned to his dormitory and spent a week resting. He discovered that his body had fused more closely with his Magic Power, but resolved to avoid risking another loss of control.

• Bell awoke in the Hospital Wing and told Lim to undergo a month of advanced training as punishment for failing to stop him.
• Bell asked Lim to send three House-elves to help with safer experiments once his injuries had healed.
• Madam Pomfrey examined Bell, forbade him from using magic for a month, and kept him in the Hospital Wing for another day.
• Bell returned to his dormitory and told his curious roommates that he had slept in an empty classroom after failing to answer the Eagle Door Knocker.
• Bell rested for a week, recovered, and found that his body had fused more strongly with his rapidly growing Magic Power.
• Bell decided to build a solid foundation rather than risk another Magic Power accident to accelerate his transformation.

Bell experimented with the Fiendfyre Curse in the Spell Training Room, successfully producing powerful black-red flames but struggling to control their strength and his emotions. He ended the day convinced that improving his Occlumency was essential to refining the curse.

• Bell arrived at the Spell Training Room, where Ke Ersha and two other House-elves prepared the training area.
• Bell's first Fiendfyre attempt produced a bluish-green imitation that fizzled out before reaching its target.
• Bell pushed his anger to its limit and cast real black-red Fiendfyre, which destroyed the target and spread until the House-elves contained it with an All Spells End Barrier.
• After resting, Bell resumed testing the curse with gradually increasing anger and identified emotional control and casting speed as problems to address.
• Bell stopped experimenting as evening approached and concluded that his Occlumency was not precise enough to regulate his emotions effectively.

Bell spent weeks improving Fiendfyre into a curse called Undying Flame that burned only its designated target, and he successfully tested the finished version. After exhausting himself, he took a short break and reunited with Lim, who had returned after winning first place.

• Bell practiced Fiendfyre and tested his idea of directing its flames toward a specific target while limiting the damage to everything around it.
• Bell's Magic Power increased by nearly half and his Wandless Magic grew stronger as his body continued transforming.
• Bell discovered that others could easily extinguish his improved Fiendfyre, so he changed Undying Flame to devour anything it touched until its target was completely burned away.
• Bell tested Undying Flame on an anti-magic target, and the flames stopped spreading and dissipated after destroying it.
• Bell decided to rest for a few days, and Lim returned after winning first place, then cried with excitement until she collapsed.

Bell learned that Hermione had been alone in the second-floor Girls' Bathroom and went to look for her. Hermione stayed hidden there, hungry and cold, and wondered whether her effort to study, follow rules, and help others had made it impossible for her to find friends.

• Bell discovered that Halloween was the next day and that he had missed the Halloween Eve feast.
• Bell asked where Hermione was and learned she had been in the second-floor Girls' Bathroom, so he left to find her.
• Hermione remained alone in a bathroom stall, convinced that her classmates and roommates hated her.
• Hermione recalled her hopes of finding friends at Hogwarts and how her efforts to help classmates had earned her the nickname "Miss Know-It-All."
• Hermione blamed herself for failing to fit in and wondered whether studying hard and following rules had been wrong.

Bell found Hermione alone in the Girls' Bathroom and reconciled with her before they encountered a Troll in the corridor. He used a display of magical pressure to make it leave, but Hermione insisted they had to stop it from wandering through the castle.

• Bell found Hermione in the Girls' Bathroom and coaxed her into admitting she considered him a friend.
• Bell supported the hungry Hermione out of the bathroom, where they came face-to-face with a Troll.
• Bell projected killing intent through his Magic Power and told the Troll to leave, and it wandered down another corridor.
• Hermione stopped Bell from walking away and insisted they had to keep the Troll from endangering the castle.

Bell and Hermione encountered Professor Snape while trying to report a Troll roaming Hogwarts, but Snape ordered them back to their common rooms and said he would deal with it. Bell escorted Hermione to Gryffindor Tower, then returned to Ravenclaw Tower.

• Bell persuaded Hermione that finding a professor was safer than confronting the Troll themselves.
• Hermione and Bell ran into Snape, who dismissed Hermione's warning and demanded to know why they were out.
• Snape took ten points from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw after Bell laughed at him, then ordered them to their common rooms.
• Bell pulled Hermione toward Gryffindor Tower while she complained that Snape might welcome a Gryffindor getting hurt by the Troll.
• Bell saw Hermione safely back to Gryffindor Tower and returned to the Ravenclaw Common Room.

Harry and Ron left the Halloween feast to find Hermione after Professor Quirrell announced that a Troll was in Hogwarts. While searching for her, they wandered into the Troll's path.

• Professor Quirrell burst into the Great Hall, warned that a Troll was in the castle, and fainted.
• Dumbledore ordered the prefects to escort students to their common rooms and the professors to search for the Troll.
• Ron persuaded Harry to look for Hermione, who had not heard the warning and was crying in a Girls' Bathroom.
• Harry and Ron searched for Hermione, joked about Seamus's month-old socks, and followed the foul smell around a corner.
• Harry and Ron came face-to-face with the Troll, which recognized them from a few minutes earlier.

Harry and Ron were chased by a Troll and fought back after it fell, while Bell secretly tracked the encounter with Magic Perception. Ron’s Levitation Charm sent the Troll’s club crashing onto its head, leaving it unconscious.

• The Troll mistook Harry and Ron for the creatures that had frightened it and chased them through the castle.
• Harry and Ron failed to outrun the Troll, which swung its club over their heads and fell over.
• Bell sensed Magic Power fluctuations around the Troll’s hands and feet as it fell and continued observing from a distance.
• Harry charged the fallen Troll and jabbed at its head with his Wand, but it remained unharmed and reached for him.
• Ron cast Wingardium Leviosa, lifting the Troll’s club and dropping it onto the Troll’s head, knocking it unconscious.

Bell mocked Dumbledore’s staged Troll incident and watched Hogwarts students credit Harry with defeating the Troll, while he grew close to Hermione and resisted her efforts to make him attend class. The chapter ended with Hermione scolding Bell for skipping History of Magic and Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Bell defending his choice.

• Bell watched Ron’s failed Levitation Charm appear to defeat the Troll and criticized Dumbledore for staging the incident to build Harry’s confidence.
• At breakfast, Bell heard Gryffindors celebrate Harry’s supposed victory over the Troll, and Michael dismissed Ron’s role because Harry was famous.
• After becoming friends, Hermione studied with Bell and made him sit beside her in class, though he continued skipping History of Magic and Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• Hermione confronted Bell about missing class, and Bell insisted Professor Binns’s lessons were boring and Professor Quirrell’s were draining the life out of him.

Bell tried to persuade Hermione to skip Defence Against the Dark Arts, but agreed to accompany her to A History of Magic instead. As the first Quidditch match approached, tensions rose between Gryffindor and Slytherin, and Bell looked forward to watching.

• Bell told Hermione that Quirrell’s Defence Against the Dark Arts class was a waste of time and offered to answer her questions instead.
• Hermione worried that skipping class would cost her the chance to earn full marks, so Bell agreed to attend A History of Magic with her but refused to return to Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• Bell planned to use Muffliato to block out Professor Binns’s lectures and considered the Bubblehead Charm as a way to draw opponents’ attention in a fight.
• As November brought colder weather, news that Harry was the youngest Seeker in history intensified excitement for the upcoming Gryffindor-versus-Slytherin match.
• Slytherin students targeted Gryffindor’s players, especially Harry, while Bell stayed out of the rivalry and looked forward to watching the match.

Bell and Hermione watched the first Quidditch match from a warm, food-filled spot, though Bell treated the event more like an outing than a sporting match. When Hermione revealed she could not afford a Personal Terminal, Bell summoned Lim to bring her the latest model.

• Bell set up a Constant Temperature Barrier and Repelling Jinx at the top of the Quidditch Pitch, then laid out a feast for himself and Hermione.
• Hermione asked whether Bell had come to watch Quidditch or go on an outing, and Bell cheerfully admitted he had come for both food and the match.
• Hermione said she had never watched Quidditch before and explained she could not afford a Personal Terminal after buying her school supplies and books.
• Bell summoned Lim and asked him to bring the latest Personal Terminal for Hermione.
• Hermione excitedly asked Bell how Lim, his personal House-elf, appeared and disappeared with a pop.

Bell gave Hermione a Personal Terminal as an early Christmas gift, helped her set it up, and explained how it worked. Their conversation ended as the Gryffindor–Slytherin Quidditch match began.

• Bell explained that House-elves like Lim could Apparate on Hogwarts grounds because the protections did not restrict their magic.
• Bell offered Hermione a Personal Terminal as a Christmas gift, and she accepted it in reddish brown to match her hair.
• Bell helped Hermione bind the Terminal to her magic, explained its functions, and added her as a friend.
• The Quidditch players entered the field, and Hermione waved her flag while the Gryffindor–Slytherin match began.

Bell watched a rough Quidditch match as Hermione grew angry at Slytherin’s fouls, then noticed Harry’s broom behaving violently. Bell suspected Quirrell was cursing it but chose not to expose his suspicions, and prepared to save Harry while Hermione shook his arm.

• Madam Hooch started the match, and Slytherin players repeatedly fouled Gryffindor, leaving some players bleeding.
• Hermione angrily protested the fouls while Bell enjoyed the rough match and Lee Jordan’s biased commentary.
• Hermione spotted Harry’s broom shaking violently and alerted Bell as spectators cried out in alarm.
• Bell recognized that Quirrell was cursing Harry’s broom but avoided attacking Quirrell to keep Dumbledore from noticing his suspicions.
• Bell told Hermione to stop shaking him so he could cast a spell to save Harry.

Bell interrupted Quirrell and Snape’s sustained spells, saving Harry from a cursed broom, though the cheering students never learned who had helped him. Eager to go home for Christmas, Bell was stopped by Filch and had to wait in the Great Hall until eight o’clock.

• Hermione pointed out that Harry was in danger, and Bell used his Counter Spell to interrupt Quirrell’s curse and Snape’s casting.
• Harry landed safely and spat out the Golden Snitch, while Madam Hooch called off the match and the students celebrated Gryffindor’s victory.
• Hermione wanted everyone to recognize Bell’s rescue, but Bell credited her for noticing the danger and led her to the Great Hall for food.
• The next morning, Bell headed for the castle gates to go home, but Filch refused to let him leave before eight o’clock.
• Bell returned to the Great Hall and ate breakfast while waiting for permission to leave Hogwarts.