Chapter Summaries

Bell and his family were ambushed by a group of Wizards at Platform 9 3/4 as they prepared to board the Hogwarts Express. The attackers were defeated, though Bell’s allies and the parents on the platform turned the fight deadly despite his order to leave them alive.

• Bell brought Little Bell and Little Wolf to Platform 9 3/4, where he spotted several suspicious Wizards watching the fireplace.
• The attackers ambushed Bell, but his Shield Charm held, and he blasted their apparent leader with the Elder Wand.
• The attackers closed in and targeted Bell’s whole group, forcing William and Elena to defend themselves while Bell protected Little Bell from her Obscurus.
• Bell told his allies not to kill the attackers, but Yomi and other parents fought back, and none of the attackers escaped.

Bell learned that European Pure-blood Families had sent attackers to kidnap him and Shanna, and he returned to the train with Hermione after the assault. He and Hermione tried to spend time alone in a compartment, but Shanna interrupted them to announce lunch.

• Bell read the leader's memories and learned that European Pure-blood Families had hired Wizards to target him and Shanna, with William and Elena also potential targets.
• Bell complained to Yomi about the attack, reassured Hermione that everyone was safe, and left the aftermath to his parents.
• Bell told Hermione that Yomi would be going to Hogwarts and led her into a compartment to spend time together.
• Hermione resumed studying her textbooks, but Bell distracted her from reading.
• Shanna kicked open the compartment door and called Bell and Hermione to lunch.

Bell sent Little Wolf with Hagrid to the first-year gathering and warned him to behave, while Yomi departed separately. At the Great Hall, the new students arrived safely, but Professor McGonagall was furious after Little Wolf bit her while defending his meat bone.

• Bell warned Little Wolf not to bite or scratch anyone and sent him to follow Hagrid, while Shanna distracted him with a meat bone.
• Yomi left in a special carriage, and Bell kept Hermione curious about where she was going.
• Bell and the others rode to the Great Hall, where the first-years arrived for the Sorting Ceremony; Bell spotted Little Gabrielle among them.
• Professor McGonagall glared at Little Wolf with a bitten, bleeding hand after he growled at the students who approached his meat bone and bit her.

Little Wolf disrupted the Sorting Ceremony by biting Professor McGonagall and pulling apart the Sorting Hat, which sang a new song inspired by Eastern music before sorting the first-years. The chapter ended with Little Wolf removing the hat and revealing his wolf ears to the hall.

• Professor McGonagall tried to take Little Wolf’s meat bone, and he bit her hand when she would not let go.
• Snape urged Professor McGonagall to begin the Sorting Ceremony, and she let the Sorting Hat sing its new song before calling the students.
• Mira Ellie was sorted into Hufflepuff, and Gabrielle Delacour was sorted into Ravenclaw.
• Little Wolf found his wolf pack, finished his meat bone, and went to the Sorting Hat when Professor McGonagall called Bell Wolf.
• Little Wolf pried open the Sorting Hat’s mouth to investigate it, so Professor McGonagall used her wand to free the hat and make him sit down.
• Little Wolf removed the Sorting Hat, revealing his wolf ears to the first-years.

Little Wolf was sorted into Gryffindor, where the students feared him until Hermione called him to sit beside her. Snape then announced two new professors after using Trevor to silence Harry and Neville.

• Professor McGonagall sorted Little Wolf into Gryffindor, and the frightened students cleared space around him.
• Hermione invited Little Wolf to sit with her, while Bell relaxed after seeing him settle nearby.
• Snape mocked Gryffindor and deducted points, drawing loud boos from the students.
• Snape threatened Harry and Neville with Trevor, whom he had taken, and they quieted down.
• Snape announced two new professors, and they entered the Great Hall to applause.

Hogwarts introduced Professor Artia Eleonora as a psychological counselor and Professor Isayama Yomi as the new Combat Practice instructor, whose skill stunned Snape. Bell enjoyed breakfast with Hermione, Little Bell, and Little Wolf before showing Hermione his course schedule.

• Snape introduced Professor Artia Eleonora as Hogwarts' Psychological Counseling Professor and Professor Isayama Yomi as the Combat Practice instructor.
• Snape doubted Yomi's ability, but she defeated him in a sparring match and secured the position.
• Little Wolf shrank back at the sight of Yomi, whom he feared far more than the gentle she-wolf beside him.
• Bell joined Hermione, Little Bell, and Little Wolf at breakfast, corrected Little Wolf's table manners, and helped Little Bell eat.
• Hermione asked to see Bell's timetable, and Bell said he planned to take Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, and Combat Practice.

Bell discussed his and Hermione’s packed schedules, then visited Kremy Sein to hear how he had taken to teaching at Hogwarts. As the new school year approached, Hermione remained determined to overwork herself, while Kremy said he had grown fond of teaching children.

• Hermione asked Bell to join her extra lessons, but he refused and tried to stop her from attending fifth-year classes.
• Bell told Little Bell to keep Hermione from sitting in on those classes, and Little Bell agreed to punish her by spanking her.
• Bell reflected on nearing graduation as he walked through Hogwarts, then went to Professor Lupin’s office.
• Bell cautioned Kremy Sein to maintain a professor’s image and asked how he had enjoyed teaching for a year.
• Kremy Sein said he had grown to enjoy the children and explained that the professors relied on Filch to punish misbehaving students.

Bell learned from Keleimi that Hogwarts’ Defense Against the Dark Arts position had been cursed by someone other than Voldemort. Later, he negotiated an end to Hermione’s close surveillance and rewarded Little Bell with Shadow Bear Tibbers, which could help suppress her Obscurus and alert him if she was in danger.

• Keleimi told Bell he had noticed nothing unusual during the previous school year, and Bell concluded that someone other than Voldemort had cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts position.
• Little Bell continued following Hermione everywhere, frustrating Hermione as she tried to attend classes and go about her day.
• Hermione confronted Bell in the Great Hall and demanded that he deal with Little Bell’s surveillance and stop her from sitting in on fifth-year classes.
• Bell agreed to Hermione’s conditions, then gave Little Bell Shadow Bear Tibbers as a reward for completing her task.
• Bell explained that Tibbers could soothe Little Bell, temporarily suppress her Obscurus, and send him a signal if she was in danger.

Bell and Hermione joined Yomi’s first Combat Practice Class by the Black Lake, where the new professor introduced herself and fielded the students’ questions. After Yomi said she had become a professor by defeating Headmaster Snape, the students demanded to see her strength.

• After lunch, Bell and Hermione walked to the Black Lake for Yomi’s Combat Practice Class, which had drawn a large crowd of students.
• Yomi began class by introducing herself and warning the students that practical combat could lead to injuries, while Bell interrupted her lengthy introduction.
• When a student asked how she had become a professor, Yomi said she had defeated Headmaster Snape, startling the students.
• Yomi answered questions about whether she had a boyfriend and why she came to Britain, glancing discreetly at Bell several times.
• A student called on Yomi to demonstrate her strength, and the students watched expectantly.

Yomi began her first lesson with a demonstration against Bell Menethil on the Black Lake, hoping to impress her students with her strength. Their opening clash drenched the class, and Hermione led the students to safety as a Water Dragon rose from the lake.

• Yomi chose Bell Menethil as her assistant and told the students to protect themselves on shore.
• Yomi and Bell met over the center of the Black Lake and prepared to fight as the class watched.
• The opening clash unleashed a huge wave that soaked the students and forced them to retreat.
• Hermione cast Protego Totalum and urged Harry and the other two to flee with her when they could not help defend the group.
• The students regrouped on shore and saw a Water Dragon leap from the lake.

Bell and Yomi fought a fierce sparring match over Black Lake, while Hermione protected the students from the resulting wave. After Bell noticed the Killing Stone’s malice affecting Yomi, they agreed to spar monthly, then returned to begin Combat Practice Class.

• Bell defeated a Water Dragon, and Hermione raised the ground beneath the students to shield them from the wave it unleashed.
• Bell realized the Killing Stone’s malice had begun affecting Yomi and trapped her with attacks shaped from Black Lake’s water.
• Yomi fought Bell for nearly ten minutes before regaining control and stopping the match.
• Bell apologized for overlooking the malice and arranged to spar with Yomi at the end of every month.
• Bell returned the lake water and Hermione leveled the ground, and Yomi approached the students to start class.

Yomi began teaching the sixth-years the Shield Charm, using the Lion King to frighten them into taking the lesson seriously. She paired the students for practice and ordered one row to attack while the other tried to defend, leaving the class facing a dangerous exercise.

• A Gryffindor student asked whether Yomi was descended from Gryffindor, and she denied it, explaining that she was Japanese.
• Yomi announced that the class would practice the Shield Charm and scolded the students for believing it was too advanced to learn.
• Yomi drew the Lion King and carved a long scar across the lake, frightening the students into silence.
• Yomi split the students into pairs, assigned one row to use the Knockback Jinx and the other to attempt the Shield Charm, and called Bell and Hermione to supervise.
• When the students protested that they did not know the Shield Charm, Yomi told the attackers to avoid their partners' faces and ordered them to begin.

Yomi’s Combat Practice Class left many sixth-years injured after Bell insisted they keep training until they learned to cast the Shield Charm. At dinner, Hermione grew angry over rumors about Yomi, and Bell quietly prepared to punish the students who had upset her.

• Yomi urged Bell to teach the students the Shield Charm, but Bell insisted that combat practice should continue and that Flitwick was responsible for teaching spells.
• Yomi threw a pebble at a student who deliberately missed, then gave the class a break before having the attackers and defenders switch roles.
• By dinner, many injured sixth-years had become reluctant subjects of gossip, and some complained about Yomi while dreading the Potions brewed by Snape.
• Hermione defended Yomi and refused to eat, so Bell coaxed her into eating a piece of beef.
• Bell secretly sent Magic Power through the table and into the ground after deciding to retaliate against those who had angered Hermione.

Hermione was distracted by Bell’s frequent visits to Professor Eleonora and nearly injured a Firethorn Bush during Herbology. The bush attacked her with flames, but Hermione protected herself with a spell and insisted she was unharmed.

• Hermione wondered why Bell kept visiting Professor Eleonora while she trimmed a Firethorn Bush in class.
• Parvati warned Hermione that she was gripping the plant too hard, but the recovering bush breathed fire at her face.
• Harry cast a Water-Cleansing Spell, and the water changed direction to form a shield that blocked the flames.
• Hermione revealed she was unburned and thanked Harry and Ron, while an invisible barrier kept Ron from reaching her.
• Professor Sprout soothed the Firethorn Bush with a firefly and offered to take Hermione to Madam Pomfrey, but Hermione said she had already protected herself.

Hermione worried as Bell secluded himself in his laboratory to conduct a dangerous experiment, but she kept quiet to protect him. She found him leaving Professor Eleonora's office and learned he had been visiting her regularly to talk.

• Hermione recalled that Bell had refused her invitations and withdrawn into his laboratory, and she asked Shanna why she did not persuade him to stop.
• Shanna said this time was different and offered no explanation, while Hermione guessed Bell was keeping quiet because he did not want her to worry.
• Parvati called Hermione back from her thoughts after class, and Hermione hurried to the castle without revealing her concerns about Bell's laboratory.
• Hermione saw Bell leaving Professor Eleonora's office and thanked the professor for talking with him.
• Bell joined Hermione and straightened her hair, while Hermione explained she had expected him to visit Professor Eleonora because his routine had become predictable.

Bell agreed to take Hermione to see the maple leaves after she worried about his worsening condition and asked him to rest from his experiments. He showed Shanna his early Soul Magic research, then warned her to stop studying whenever she felt tired.

• Hermione invited Bell to see the maple leaves by the Forbidden Forest, and Bell agreed to take the weekend off.
• Hermione told Shanna, Lis, and Lei Lei that their study session was canceled so they could join the outing.
• Shanna asked Bell about his Soul Magic research, and Bell demonstrated a basic Soul Howl that made them dizzy and nearly broke the Soundproof Barrier.
• Bell cautioned Shanna to study Soul Magic slowly and stop as soon as she felt tired.

Bell struggled with the psychological strain of researching Soul Magic, so he took a break with Hermione, Shanna, Little Bell, and the others to view autumn leaves in a hidden maple grove. The peaceful outing ended with Little Bell chasing Fina and landing on Bell, who warned her not to make such dangerous leaps alone.

• Bell recognized that the soul's wails were damaging his well-being, but he continued researching to help Kagura with Bai Rui.
• Bell agreed to go maple viewing with Hermione after half a month of exhausting research.
• Shanna led the group to a hidden maple grove in the Forbidden Forest and transformed fallen leaves into a red carpet.
• Bell relaxed as the group played, then rested his head on Hermione's lap and began to fall asleep.
• Little Bell leaped after Fina and landed on Bell's stomach, prompting him to warn her against dangerous stunts when she was alone.

Bell helped Little Bell float after Fina, then comforted her when she failed to catch it. Later, Firenze encountered Bell in the Forbidden Forest, felt he recognized him, and ordered him back to the castle while the centaurs watched the forest closely.

• Bell used a magic bubble to teach Little Bell how to steer herself toward Fina, but she could not catch it.
• Bell reassured Little Bell that Fina enjoyed playing with her, and Fina pretended to agree as Little Bell and the others resumed the chase.
• After the group grew tired and Little Bell fell asleep in Hermione's arms, Bell went walking alone through the woods.
• Firenze met Bell, sensed an unexplained familiarity, and told him that he should leave the Forbidden Forest.
• Bell asked whether the area was part of Firenze's patrol, while the narration revealed that the centaurs had claimed the forest after the Acromantulas moved away and were wary of Hagrid.

Bell met Firenze in the Forbidden Forest and introduced him to Professor Isayama Yomi, whose presence alarmed the centaur. Bell then offered Firenze’s tribe the chance to move to a larger living space provided by the Menethil Family, leaving him with a Personal Terminal and instructions to contact them.

• Firenze explained that he had come to investigate Bell and the others’ voices and offered to escort them out of the Forbidden Forest.
• Bell introduced himself and said the group had entered with Professor Isayama Yomi, who appeared behind Firenze and introduced herself as Hogwarts’s new Combat Practice Class professor.
• Firenze, unnerved by Yomi, prepared to return to his tribe and warn them about the new professor.
• Bell stopped Firenze and asked whether the centaurs had considered moving from the Forbidden Forest.
• Firenze said the centaurs did not want to leave their home, but Bell gave him a Personal Terminal and asked him to pass the Menethil Family’s offer of a larger living space to the tribe’s seer.

Bell offered the centaurs a chance to expand beyond the Forbidden Forest and planned to approach the merpeople next. Later, Hermione agreed to hear Parvati’s private request, though she remained unsure whether she could help.

• Firenze accepted Bell’s Personal Terminal to take Bell’s proposal to the centaur seers.
• Bell decided to send Fina to invite the merpeople of the Black Lake to cooperate with him.
• Bell reduced his Soul Magic research and spent more time with Shanna and Hermione, finding that balancing work and rest improved his efficiency.
• On October 27th, Parvati told Hermione that Lavender and Ron were dating and asked Hermione to come with her because she needed help.
• Hermione agreed to hear Parvati’s request but warned that she might not be able to help.