Chapter Summaries

Bell used the Ice Soul Stone to grind down a fragment of N'Zoth's bone after Little Bell failed to damage it. He finally broke through the bone's resistance, but the attempt ended with an explosion.

• Little Bell tried to damage N'Zoth's bone fragment with her Obscurus Magic Power, but she could not mark it.
• Bell comforted Little Bell and explained that he had given up on conventional ways to break the bone.
• Bell prepared to use the Ice Soul Stone, a powerful Gemstone he had created by fusing the Philosopher's Stone with other Gemstones.
• Bell controlled the Ice Soul Stone's Magic Power and steadily increased its force as he ground the bone fragment.
• Bell finally produced bone powder and exclaimed that he had succeeded, then an explosion followed.

After an accident sent compressed Magic Power blasting through the grounds, Bell showed Hermione the bone powder he had produced and described its possible uses. Later, Ravenclaw Head of House Filius Flitwick summoned Bell to his office, apparently preparing to confront him over his decision to skip classes and exams.

• Bell accidentally released the Ice Soul Stone's compressed Magic Power, creating a crater, but his Defensive Trinket's Shield Charm kept him safe.
• Hermione checked Bell for injuries, scolded him, and asked about the powder he was holding.
• Bell explained that the bone powder might help forge magical alloys, summon Skeleton Soldiers, or brew new Potions and poisons.
• Bell's special exemption let him skip classes and exams despite his boycott of the O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s.
• Filius Flitwick summoned Bell and asked whether he had treated him well during Bell's years in Ravenclaw.

Professor Filius Flitwick pressured Bell to help Ravenclaw win the Quidditch and House Cups, but Bell refused to promise anything. During Easter Holiday, Bell took Hermione to a freezing, snowy location, where she insisted on keeping watch over him as he prepared to do something dangerous.

• Professor Filius Flitwick demanded that Bell join Ravenclaw's Quidditch practice and defeat Harry, hoping to win the House Cup, but Bell refused to commit.
• Professor Filius Flitwick surrounded Bell with drinks and urged him to practice, and Bell asked whether he had any cola.
• During Easter Holiday, Bell took Hermione to a freezing, snowy place despite warning her that it would be cold and boring.
• Bell cast Warmth Ward on himself and Hermione and tightened her scarf against the wind.
• Hermione said she would follow Bell to prevent him from doing anything dangerous and threatened to tell Elena Aunt if he stopped her.

Bell took Hermione to a concealed weapon-refining array at Mount Vesuvius and began forging a magical alloy infused with N'Zoth materials. He started hammering the alloy and infusing it with his Magic Power, a demanding process that was still underway.

• Bell brought Hermione through a barrier at Mount Vesuvius and showed her the weapon-refining array and furnace.
• Bell built a Stone House for Hermione and warned her that he would be occupied with the forging until the holiday ended.
• Hermione agreed to study in the shelter while Bell focused on his work.
• Bell used the Elder Wand to ignite the furnace and draw magma from the volcano to heat it.
• Bell melted and combined metal ingots, added magical substances including N'Zoth bone powder, and repeatedly quenched the alloy.
• Bell began hammering the alloy and infusing it with his Magic Power.

Bell spent days forging a magical longsword from an alloy, N'Zoth's bone, a Ram Horned Demon Skull, and an Ice Soul Stone. After pouring his remaining Magic Power into the finished weapon, the furnace exploded, leaving Bell laughing amid the wreckage.

• Bell finished refining the magical alloy and used N'Zoth's core bone to create a highly conductive, durable weapon component.
• Bell forged the sword, set the Ice Soul Stone into the Ram Horned Demon Skull, and attached the skull to the hilt.
• Bell repeatedly inspected the longsword's magic arrays and runes, then poured his remaining Magic Power into it.
• The furnace cracked apart and exploded, sending debris and a shock wave across the mountaintop.
• Bell grabbed a rock to stop himself from rolling down the mountain, then laughed despite being covered in soot and dust.

Bell survived an explosion and revealed that he had successfully forged a Magic Sword. When its icy aura swept over him and Hermione, they drank Potions to protect themselves.

• Hermione rushed to Bell after an explosion and examined him, believing he had been injured and his experiment had failed.
• Hermione tried to comfort Bell and promised to support his next attempt, but Bell told her that he had succeeded.
• A powerful wave of cold swept over Hermione and Bell, so Bell gave them both Potions that protected them from it.
• Bell explained that the Magic Sword had released the Ice Soul Stone’s cold aura, causing it to clash with the furnace’s heat and rupture the furnace.

Bell asked Hermione to hide Mount Vesuvius behind magical barriers after Frostmourne froze the volcano, then spent several days recovering with her. On the final day of the Easter holiday, Bell approached the sword and grasped its hilt despite its freezing cold.

• Bell asked Hermione to cast an Illusion Barrier over the frozen volcano and Repelling Jinxes at its entrances, and she set them up.
• Bell told Hermione they would remain on the mountain for three or four more days while his magic recovered, and they spent the time together.
• Bell observed that Frostmourne had frozen the lava beneath Mount Vesuvius and was causing colder weather and increasingly heavy snowfall nearby.
• Bell told Hermione to stay back, walked through the snow to Frostmourne, and grasped the sword's hilt.

Bell mastered Frostmourne by merging its Magic Power with his own and demonstrated that the sword could amplify his Wandless Magic. Hermione questioned whether he intended to abandon magic for close combat, and the chapter ended with her astonished by his long-range Transfiguration.

• Bell guided Frostmourne's cold Magic Power through his body until it stabilized and he fully mastered the sword.
• Hermione approached Bell and questioned the greatsword's design and whether he planned to give up magic for martial arts.
• Bell insisted that he remained a Mage and explained that Frostmourne would let him cast Wandless Magic as powerfully as, or more powerfully than, Wand-cast magic.
• Bell used Frostmourne's Magic Power to freeze a distant cloud and transform it into an ice-crystal Phoenix.
• Hermione marveled at Bell's feat while Bell concealed how close he had come to overdoing it.

Bell explained how Hermione could use magic from the Philosopher's Stone to cast powerful Curses, but she disliked the idea of carrying Frostmourne and was told her body was not yet strong enough. As they prepared to return to Hogwarts, Bell remembered that they had left Mount Vesuvius frozen and its barriers in place.

• Bell explained that a modified Ten Thousand Snakes could let Hermione draw on the Philosopher's Stone's magic, though she would need a stronger body to use it.
• Hermione reminded Bell to return to classes and make up the schoolwork he had missed.
• Bell and Hermione joked around, then prepared to leave Mount Vesuvius together.
• Bell's attempt to Apparate them away failed, and he realized they had forgotten to unfreeze Mount Vesuvius and remove Hermione's barriers.

Bell restored Mount Vesuvius after testing Frostmourne, then searched Hogwarts for someone to help him practice severing Kagura and Byakuei’s Shikigami contract. Little Wolf led him through the corridors, but Bell learned that his earlier search mistakes had been caused by Little Wolf’s interest in Gabrielle.

• Bell used Frostmourne to melt the ice covering Mount Vesuvius and checked that his actions would not trigger an eruption.
• A week after Easter Holiday, Bell decided to find a test subject before attempting to sever Kagura and Byakuei’s contract.
• Bell asked Little Wolf to track the person he wanted, despite Little Wolf having already mistaken Neville and Gabrielle for the target.
• Little Wolf blushed when Bell asked why he had tracked Gabrielle, and Bell realized he had become interested in her.

Harry remained preoccupied with finding information about Horcruxes, despite Ron’s attempts to reassure him and steer him toward discussing Cho Chang. After Ron suggested Hermione might know about them, Harry decided to seek her out and learned she was with Hagrid.

• Ron worried about Harry’s distraction and tried to ask what had happened between him and Cho Chang.
• Harry insisted Horcruxes existed and suggested searching the Hogwarts Library again, but Ron reminded him they had searched it three times.
• Harry asked Ron which student might know about Horcruxes, and Ron suggested Hermione.
• Harry decided to find Hermione, and Ron said she was with Hagrid caring for Magical Animals.

Harry and Ron found Bell with Hermione, and Harry asked him about Horcruxes. Bell explained that Voldemort had erased the available records, while Harry hesitated over whether to reveal that he was searching for them.

• Harry tried to persuade Ron to move on from his obsession with Hermione, but Ron refused to consider dating Lavender or Luna.
• Hermione brought Harry and Ron to Bell so Harry could ask him about Horcruxes.
• Bell said Horcruxes were nothing special and explained that Voldemort and Dumbledore had helped erase the known records about them.
• Harry was excited that Bell knew about Voldemort's Horcruxes, but hesitated to reveal his own search.

Harry learned that Bell knew about Voldemort’s Horcruxes and traded the Order of the Phoenix’s discoveries for Bell’s information. Bell said he knew the location of one Horcrux, leaving Harry hopeful that it might be the one they still needed to find.

• Bell guessed that Harry was searching for Voldemort’s Horcruxes and revealed that he knew about the Order of the Phoenix.
• Bell denied being a member of the Order and offered to share what he knew about the Horcruxes in exchange for the number Harry had found.
• Harry agreed to the exchange and asked Bell to give him the location if it belonged to the final Horcrux they had not found.
• Harry told Bell that the Order had found Slytherin’s Locket, Hufflepuff’s Cup, Diadem of Ravenclaw, and Nagini, while Dumbledore had destroyed a diary and Marvolo Gaunt’s ring.
• Harry asked Bell whether he knew the identity of the remaining Horcrux and whether the one whose location he knew was the last one they needed.

Bell told Harry that he was Voldemort’s last Horcrux and explained how a soul fragment could enter a nearby container when Voldemort was killed. Harry rejected the claim, and Bell left him with the implication that his scar’s pain could not be treated because he was not injured.

• Bell asked Harry why he could sense Horcruxes and argued that defeating Voldemort could not explain sensing his soul fragments.
• Harry realized Bell knew a secret that only a few members of the Order of the Phoenix had been told and grew wary of him.
• Bell revealed that Harry was the last Horcrux, shocking Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
• Bell explained how Voldemort’s soul could have split during his failed attack on Harry and entered him as a Horcrux.
• Harry insisted that Madam Pomfrey had never treated his scar, but Bell argued that she would have noticed and treated an ordinary injury.

Bell told Harry that Voldemort’s soul fragment inside him caused his scar pain, leading Harry to believe he might need to die to destroy Voldemort. Bell claimed he had a safe way to destroy the fragment, but Harry remained unconvinced and still insisted on sacrificing himself.

• Bell explained that Harry’s scar hurt because the soul fragment inside him resonated with Voldemort’s other fragments.
• Harry concluded that his death would destroy Voldemort, while Ron tried to stop him and accused Bell of manipulating him.
• Harry admitted he had long suspected a connection between himself and Voldemort, and Hermione urged him not to give up his life.
• Bell claimed he had developed a safe, painless method for destroying Voldemort’s soul fragments and promised Harry would survive.
• Harry doubted Bell’s claim and insisted that dying was still the surest way to kill Voldemort.

Bell tried to persuade Harry to accept his method for destroying Voldemort instead of sacrificing his life. Harry agreed to let Bell help him, and they planned to act on Saturday.

• Bell urged Harry to value his life, but Harry insisted he was willing to die to destroy Voldemort and protect his loved ones.
• Bell invoked Ron and Neville to convince Harry that his friends would suffer if he died, and Ron urged him to try Bell's method first.
• Hermione assured Harry that Bell could destroy Voldemort's soul and promised they would keep helping if anything went wrong.
• Harry agreed to trust Bell and asked when they would begin and how the method worked.
• Bell scheduled the plan for Saturday and kept the details to himself.

Bell faced a group of prominent wizards who had gathered after Harry told Professor McGonagall about Bell’s plan to separate Voldemort’s soul from Harry. Despite Kingsley’s suspicions and the others’ concerns, Bell remained confident and led them toward the Forbidden Forest for the ritual.

• Harry apologized to Bell for telling Professor McGonagall about their discussion, and Bell reassured him that he had done the right thing.
• Bell greeted Professor Moody, who warned him that he hoped their families would never end up on opposite sides.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt accused Bell of plotting to absorb Voldemort’s soul, while Arthur defended Bell and Professor McGonagall asked whether he was certain the plan would work.
• Bell assured Professor McGonagall that he and the others would succeed, and Snape urged them to stop talking and get moving.
• Bell said he had chosen the Forbidden Forest for the ritual and asked Professor McGonagall to forgive his unauthorized entry.

Bell led Harry and a group of children and adult wizards into the Forbidden Forest to destroy Voldemort’s soul, dismissing concerns about the danger. He opened a concealed barrier protecting the experiment site, and the group followed him inside.

• Bell gathered his family and friends to join Harry in destroying Voldemort’s soul, while Arthur and Kingsley worried about the children’s safety.
• Bell ignored Kingsley’s taunts, and Arthur stepped between them to keep their argument from escalating.
• Bell led the group into the Forbidden Forest and revealed that he had prepared protective measures for the experiment.
• Bell opened a hidden entrance in a tree, and Shanna and the others followed him through the barrier.
• Snape and McGonagall entered after the children, while McGonagall reassured Kingsley that Isayama Yomi could protect the group.

Bell activated the Soul Essence Conversion Array and prepared Harry to use Frostmourne against the soul of Voldemort hidden inside him. After entering the array, Harry saw in a mirror that his body had changed, leaving him stunned before the confrontation began.

• Bell activated the array with Frostmourne and explained to Harry that it could reveal Voldemort's soul.
• Bell kicked Harry into the array and told him to go to Frostmourne and grip its hilt without touching the blade.
• Harry reluctantly approached Frostmourne, and Bell conjured a mirror so he could see why everyone had stared at him.
• Harry looked in the mirror and saw that his veins had turned icy blue, as if cold Magic Power flowed through them instead of blood.

Bell helped Harry remove Voldemort’s soul fragment from his forehead, but the fragment emerged as a black figure and confronted the gathered wizards. Arthur urged Bell to let everyone attack it rather than risk Harry fighting alone.

• Bell identified the little black snake on Harry’s forehead as Voldemort’s remaining soul and told Harry to pull it off and throw it inside the formation.
• Harry grabbed the snake, endured the pain of tearing it from his soul, and threw it across the ground.
• Voldemort’s soul fragment rose from the muddy snake in a cloud of black smoke and demanded to know who had disturbed him.
• Arthur asked Bell why they were waiting instead of attacking Voldemort’s soul together.