Chapter Summaries

Parvati lured Hermione into an abandoned classroom and attacked her, hoping to force her to surrender and take her defensive trinkets. Hermione survived the opening assault and fought back, leaving the duel underway.

• Parvati led Hermione to a deserted classroom, claiming she wanted her to deliver a message to Bell.
• Parvati told Hermione to ask Bell to surrender and immediately hit her with a Stunning Spell.
• Hermione's protective shields blocked the spell, but the impact sent her crashing into a stack of desks.
• Parvati activated a sealing barrier and cast a Cutting Curse at Hermione's leg, but Hermione dodged it.
• Hermione drew her Wand and used it to raise the scattered desks and chairs as a barrier between herself and Parvati.

Hermione fought an attacker disguised as Parvati and learned the intruder was Victoria Helmenium, who had taken Parvati captive. Trapped alone in a sealed classroom, Hermione used a Flame Totem and an unfamiliar Counterspell to disrupt Helmenium’s attack, but the duel continued.

• Hermione defended herself from the disguised Parvati’s Curses and realized her opponent was far stronger than her roommate.
• The attacker revealed herself as Victoria Helmenium and said Parvati was alive, at least for now.
• Hermione retreated from Helmenium’s advancing flames, unable to contact anyone because the classroom was sealed.
• Hermione planted a Flame Totem to shield herself and moved across the classroom before casting Reduce to Dust.
• Helmenium’s Defensive Trinket deflected Hermione’s Curse, but Hermione’s Counterspell interrupted her Flame Spell.
• Helmenium dodged Hermione’s next Curse and prepared to continue fighting.

Hermione fought Hermenium in a classroom but was overwhelmed by the Durmstrang student's attacks. Earlier that night, Fenrir Greyback waited near Hogwarts with others as they prepared to attack the Menethil Family, which had spent years hunting him and his werewolves.

• Hermenium summoned a giant snake, but Hermione destroyed it with a magical bead and attacked with Fiendfyre.
• Hermenium blasted the snake's remains into corrosive bone shards, then relentlessly forced Hermione onto the defensive.
• Hermione realized she would lose within minutes and reached for more magical items in her pocket.
• Earlier that night, Greyback complained about the cold while waiting on a hill near Hogwarts.
• Greyback recalled how the Menethil Family had hunted down Dark Wizards and werewolves, leaving him isolated and consumed by resentment.
• Greyback had agreed to join an attack on the Menethil Family, but the attackers encountered barriers.

Greyback’s group spent a week trying to breach Hogwarts’ Defense Barrier while tensions rose among the conspirators. Nelson finally opened a passage through it, and Wallace led the group toward the next stage of their plan.

• Greyback argued with Nelson over how long it would take to break the barrier, while Hermenium threatened Greyback and Wallace intervened.
• Wallace pressed Nelson for an honest estimate, and Nelson explained that Hogwarts’ barrier was far more flawless than their intelligence had suggested.
• Nelson and the other four barrier specialists finally opened a passage through Hogwarts’ Defense Barrier.
• Wallace gathered the others and stepped toward the passage, believing their plan was close to completion.

Wallace led Hermenium and Greyback into Hogwarts after learning that the passage could admit only three people, then assigned them targets to capture without alerting the school. The three split up to begin the operation, planning to regroup in the bushes and escape together.

• Nelson told Wallace that the passage could safely admit only three people, so Wallace chose himself, Hermenium, and Greyback to enter Hogwarts.
• Wallace rejected Greyback’s demand to handle Bell and assigned himself to capture Bell, Greyback to capture Bei Lang, and Hermenium to capture Shanna Menethil.
• Wallace warned Hermenium and Greyback to avoid causing a disturbance and told them to regroup in the bushes after capturing their targets.
• Wallace, Hermenium, and Greyback went in different directions to carry out their assignments before dawn.

Hermenium encountered an Obscurus while trying to sneak into Slytherin's girls' dormitory, forcing her to abandon that plan and target Hermione Granger instead. The Obscurus was revealed to be the one inside Little Bell, which Bell and Shanna monitored with help from Little Bear Tibbers.

• Hermenium entered Slytherin's Common Room and found an Obscurus roaming the girls' dormitory corridor.
• The Obscurus blocked Hermenium when she tried to continue toward her target, so she retreated and warned the other two through her Personal Terminal.
• Hermenium changed plans and headed for the Gryffindor Common Room to capture Hermione Granger as leverage against Bell and the Menethil Family.
• Bell had discovered that Little Bell's Obscurus came out while she slept, but it remained nonaggressive unless she had nightmares.
• Shanna could restrain the Obscurus until Bell arrived, and Little Bear Tibbers provided further protection for Little Bell.

Hermenium failed to find Hermione in the Gryffindor girls’ dormitory, so she used a sleeping student’s memories and hair to disguise herself as Parvati. Meanwhile, Greyback escaped Hogwarts after being delayed by Filch, Mrs. Norris, and Peeves.

• Hermenium entered the Gryffindor girls’ dormitory and discovered Hermione’s bed was empty.
• Hermenium searched a sleeping student’s memories, hid her in a wardrobe, and used her hair to transform into Parvati.
• Hermenium greeted Wallace through her Personal Terminal and went to bed before dawn.
• Greyback fled the common room after his mission went poorly and resisted the urge to turn back and attack Bei Lang.
• Greyback explained that Mrs. Norris, Filch, and Peeves had forced him to wait in the shadows before he could leave.

Greyback entered the Gryffindor Common Room to capture Bei Lang, but Little Wolf sensed him and forced him to retreat. Little Wolf obeyed his Wolf King's orders and returned to bed, while Greyback shivered in the cold after soaking himself to erase his scent.

• Greyback entered the Gryffindor boys' dormitory area, hoping to turn Bei Lang into a Werewolf and use him against the Menethil Family.
• Little Wolf smelled Greyback approaching and left his bed to investigate, readying himself to fight the unfamiliar intruder.
• Greyback abandoned his planned ambush when Little Wolf's alert stance made him fear being discovered, then slipped out of the common room.
• Little Wolf followed the scent to the entrance but decided not to pursue Greyback because his Wolf King had ordered him to stay in the dormitory at night.
• Greyback poured a bucket of water over himself to erase his scent and shivered in the cold Hogwarts corridor.

Wallace failed to attack Bell after Fina nearly injured him, then searched Hogwarts and encountered two girls. A sudden explosion shook the castle, and Professor McGonagall ordered the students to stay put while attendance was taken.

• Wallace entered Bell's dormitory to ambush him, but found his bed empty and froze when Fina sensed his presence.
• Fina slashed at Wallace, who narrowly avoided her claws and spent several minutes escaping the dormitory in silence.
• Wallace searched the castle until dawn, then saw two girls hurrying down the stairs and decided to approach them.
• An explosion shook Hogwarts during breakfast, startling the students and ruining their food.
• Professor McGonagall entered the Great Hall and ordered everyone to remain at their House tables while prefects took attendance.

Bell sensed trouble at Hogwarts and rushed from the Potions classroom to find Shanna spinning Wallace through the air while demanding to know where he had hidden Lis and Lei Lei. The chapter revealed how Wallace had disguised himself as Phyllis and lured Shanna away, but it left Lis and Lei Lei's whereabouts unknown.

• Bell sensed trouble with his Perception Domain and raced from the Potions classroom to a secluded basement.
• Shanna attacked Wallace with repeated spells and demanded that he reveal where he had hidden Lis and Lei Lei.
• Wallace recalled stunning Phyllis and Lena, abandoning his attempt to read their sealed memories, and disguising himself as Phyllis to intercept Shanna.
• Wallace tried to lure Shanna into a sneak attack, but she struck first and kept him spinning in midair.
• Shanna had gone looking for Lis and Lei Lei after they missed training, and someone called out to her as she headed toward the dormitory.

Shanna realized that the Phyllis leading her to an empty classroom was an impostor and defeated her with a series of spells. She began interrogating the captive about Lis and Lei Lei, whose whereabouts remained unknown.

• Phyllis claimed Lei Lei was waiting in an abandoned classroom and pulled Shanna toward it.
• Shanna noticed Phyllis was not wearing her defensive trinkets and sensed that no one was waiting inside.
• Shanna cast Petrificus Totalus, then used Expelliarmus to disarm and blast the disguised impostor, whom she recognized as someone other than Lis.
• Shanna snapped the impostor’s Wand and lifted her into the air with magic.
• Shanna demanded to know what had happened to Lis and Lei Lei, while the captive, Wallace, struggled to stop spinning and begged to talk.

Bell found Shanna forcing answers from an attacker and reassured her that Phyllis and Lena were likely alive. He then rushed to the ruined classroom to check on Hermione, where her defensive spell brought down a weakened wall as he approached.

• Shanna told Bell she was interrogating an attacker to find out where Phyllis and Lena were.
• Bell reassured Shanna that the girls were probably alive, then left to check on Hermione.
• Bell reached the second-floor classroom and sensed that Hermione was still alive inside.
• Bell cleared the dust and found the classroom devastated, with Hermione concealed behind a mound of boulders.
• Hermione's Breaking Curse struck the weakened wall after Bell identified himself, and the wall collapsed.

Bell arrived after Hermione defeated Hermenium in a fierce battle, and he reassured Hermione that her attacker was still alive. Hermenium tried to get back on her feet and escape the castle, hoping to meet Wallace.

• Hermione threw herself into Bell's arms, and he soothed her with magic as she recovered from the battle.
• Hermione asked Bell whether he had seen the attacker disguised as Parvati, and he pointed out Hermenium slumped by the doorway.
• Bell told Hermione that Hermenium was alive, though badly burned, with two broken ribs and a deep blow to her pride.
• Hermione had overwhelmed Hermenium by combining a Hellfire Stone, Exploding Flame Beads, and a Flame Totem in a close-range explosion.
• Hermenium realized her operation had failed and tried to stand so she could escape through a window and rendezvous with Wallace.

Hermenium’s escape attempt failed when Bell bound her and hurried into the classroom, while Little Wolf tracked Greyback through the castle. After a distant explosion revealed that their operation had gone wrong, Greyback decided he had to flee Hogwarts.

• Hermenium prepared to use a berserk potion on Greyback, but Bell arrived before she could escape and ignored her to rush into the classroom.
• Hermenium tried to raise her Wand, but Bell’s binding spell immobilized her.
• Little Wolf followed the scent he had detected in the dormitory and tracked Greyback into a secluded area.
• Greyback considered attacking Little Wolf, then chose to lead him around and avoid drawing attention.
• A violent boom interrupted Greyback, who concluded that Wallace or Hermenium had been exposed and decided to leave Hogwarts.

Greyback ambushed Little Wolf in the Hogwarts corridor, but Little Wolf evaded his attacks despite losing blood. Greyback’s reckless lunge gave Little Wolf a chance to strike, leaving Greyback badly hurt and afraid to approach him.

• Greyback used the explosion to surprise Little Wolf and slash his chest, but Little Wolf shifted into combat mode and kept fighting.
• Little Wolf dodged Greyback’s attacks as his wounds bled, while Greyback grew impatient and worried Hogwarts professors would arrive.
• Greyback lunged without defending himself, and Little Wolf slipped beneath him and struck his crotch.
• Greyback collapsed in agony, then struggled to his feet and hesitated to approach the exhausted Little Wolf.

Bell and Yomi intervened when Greyback was about to kill the badly wounded Little Wolf, and Yomi brutally subdued the Werewolf. Bell healed Little Wolf and explained that he had likely been infected, leaving Yomi to worry about his future transformation.

• Bell questioned Yomi for letting Little Wolf fight Greyback while injured, and she said the battle would help him grow stronger.
• Bell realized Greyback's wounds could infect Little Wolf with lycanthropy and left the concealment barrier to intervene.
• Yomi struck Greyback through a wall and crushed his remaining claw while Bell healed Little Wolf.
• Professors Filius Flitwick and Victor arrived, and Bell persuaded Yomi to stop attacking Greyback.
• Bell said Little Wolf had lost too much blood but would recover, then told Yomi that the infection would take time to transform him and that Wolfsbane Potion could help manage lycanthropy.

After Bell and Yomi subdued Greyback, they carried the unconscious Little Wolf to the infirmary while Filius Flitwick and Professor Victor took Greyback to Snape. The chapter ended with Flitwick regretting that his drunken confession about Yomi had been exposed and agreeing to treat Victor to three rounds of drinks.

• Bell identified the captured Werewolf as Greyback, and Filius Flitwick sent Bell and Yomi to take Little Wolf to the infirmary.
• Yomi carried Little Wolf away with Bell following, and Bell reassured her that Little Wolf had lost blood but would recover.
• Bell urged Yomi to drink a bottle of Potions, though she initially thought it was meant for Little Wolf.
• Filius Flitwick and Professor Victor levitated Greyback toward the Headmaster's Office to leave his fate to Snape.
• Professor Victor reminded Filius Flitwick that he had confessed an interest in Yomi while drunk, and Flitwick agreed to buy him three rounds to secure his silence.

After leaving Little Wolf in Madam Pomfrey’s care, Bell left Hogwarts to confront the group waiting beyond its Defense Barrier. He attacked the seven intruders, killing Pannis, while Nelson vowed revenge.

• Bell left Little Wolf with Madam Pomfrey and departed Hogwarts through the Black Lake entrance.
• Bell used his Enchantment Glasses to find the intruders concealed outside the Defense Barrier.
• Pannis spotted cracks spreading through the sky and lost his left hand to Bell’s invisible Sectumsempra.
• Bell blocked the intruders’ spells with an Earth Wall, turned it to stone, and blasted them with flying rubble.
• Pannis was struck by the stones and died, and Nelson swore to avenge his friend.

Bell fought off the wizards who had come to capture him, killing their leader Maurice and several others as they tried to flee. Three attackers remained before him, too frightened to use Side-Along Apparition, as Bell continued the fight.

• Maurice recognized Bell as their target and ordered the group to split up and escape.
• Bell pulled Maurice out of the dimensional void after he used Side-Along Apparition, and killed him with Annihilation.
• Bell attacked the four remaining wizards with sharpened blades of grass, leaving them struggling to defend themselves.
• Bruno pretended to charge Bell but fled into the sky, and Bell killed him with Magic Power Impact.
• Bell turned back to the last three attackers, who had been frightened out of trying to escape with Side-Along Apparition.

Bell defeated the three attackers who had ambushed him at Hogwarts, killing one after he surrendered and burying another alive. He spared the last man long enough to ask which families had sent them.

• One attacker surrendered, but Bell killed him with a Curse, prompting the remaining two to attack together with Incendio.
• The combined flames engulfed Bell, but he emerged unharmed and trapped both attackers in earth.
• Bell buried one attacker alive after agreeing to his demand to be killed.
• The final attacker broke down and offered money and information to survive.
• Bell asked the remaining attacker which families were behind the attack.