Chapter Summaries

After Snape learned that Peter Pettigrew had been the rat Bell killed, he left to pursue Sirius Black. Professor McGonagall punished Bell for concealing the Secret Passage, and as graduation drew near, Hermione asked him what she should do after Hogwarts.

• Bell told Snape that Peter Pettigrew had been dead before but was now truly dead, and said Black might be in Poland.
• Snape stormed out, determined to find Black’s exact location, while McGonagall confronted Bell about the Secret Passage and his association with Black.
• McGonagall lectured Bell and assigned him work through graduation, including sealing the Secret Passage and helping around Hogwarts; Kagura was ordered to leave.
• Bell arranged lodging for Kagura, sealed the passage, and returned to the lounge exhausted, where Hermione scolded him and massaged his temples.
• Hermione asked Bell what job she should pursue after graduation, and he encouraged her to try different things or work with him if she remained uncertain.

At the Year-End Banquet, Snape reluctantly addressed the school, criticized Ravenclaw’s Quidditch victory, and refused to announce the House Cup winner. Professor Filius Flitwick announced Ravenclaw’s overwhelming win instead, leaving the Ravenclaws celebrating.

• After exams, Professor Filius Flitwick and Professor McGonagall kept watch on Snape while he graded, fearing he would cause trouble.
• At the Year-End Banquet, Snape entered the Great Hall with Professor Filius Flitwick and Professor McGonagall following him.
• Snape criticized Ravenclaw’s Quidditch Cup win, accused some people of cheating, and glared at Shanna for favoring Ravenclaw as a commentator.
• Snape refused to announce the House Cup winner and told the students to check the final points themselves.
• Professor Filius Flitwick climbed onto the table and announced that Ravenclaw had won the House Cup by an overwhelming margin.
• The Ravenclaws erupted in cheers, especially the seventh-years celebrating the victory before graduation.

Bell left Hogwarts with Hermione, attended a lavish graduation banquet at the Menethil Family home, and ended the evening with his father asking him to take over the family business. He rejected the demand, but William urged him to begin learning the family affairs the following Monday.

• Hermione cried as she said goodbye to Hogwarts, and Bell comforted her before they boarded the train home.
• Bell returned Hermione to her parents, then traveled by fireplace to the Menethil Family home, where Elena prepared a grand graduation banquet.
• Elena made Bell wear formal clothes, and he spent the banquet greeting the family’s business partners with Hermione helping fend off their schemes.
• After the guests left, Bell and Hermione rested together until Shanna told him that William was looking for him.
• William urged Bell to begin taking over the family business the following Monday, and Bell firmly refused.

Bell tried to persuade William to take over the Menethil family’s affairs by offering him a Philosopher’s Stone, but William refused to work for centuries and insisted Bell accept his responsibilities as heir. Bell proposed reducing the family’s sprawling business instead, which William agreed to consider, though he still demanded Bell take over.

• Bell gave William a full Philosopher’s Stone, then explained that William could use it to make the Elixir of Life and keep working for hundreds of years.
• William rejected the offer and threw the Philosopher’s Stone back to Bell, insisting that Bell take responsibility as the family heir.
• Bell suggested Shanna become the family head, but Shanna refused to engage with him and William.
• Bell urged William to stop expanding the family’s businesses and hand less important fields to partners and Wizards from other factions.
• William agreed to start reducing the family’s business holdings, but continued insisting that Bell take over the family affairs.

Bell soothed his younger brother, Arthas Menethil, and explained how the baby had been born after Bell and William compromised over the Menethil Family heir. When Arthas woke early, Bell called Elena to return and feed him.

• Bell appeared behind Hermione and calmed the crying Arthas, who smiled and reached for him.
• Bell explained that Arthas was his younger brother, born after the family agreed to have another child while Bell delayed taking over as heir.
• Bell asked Arthas why he had woken early, then claimed he had dreamed of their mother as an excuse to call Elena.
• Bell called Elena on his Personal Terminal, and she asked whether Arthas was hungry again.

Bell discussed the Menethil Family’s ongoing division of the Magical World’s benefits with Elena, then asked Hermione to decide whether she would work beside him. Hermione agreed to accompany Bell on a work trip and try it for herself.

• Bell called Elena and urged her to stop spending so much effort managing the remaining distribution of benefits among the Wizards.
• Elena agreed to keep helping William but promised to bring little Al with her when she tried to persuade him again.
• Bell spent the day caring for little Al, then reviewed progress reports and told Hermione that he could resolve a few minor problems with a trip the next day.
• Bell asked Hermione to decide whether she would help him handle affairs, and Hermione agreed to accompany him and experience the work.
• Hermione concluded that she still wanted to prove herself, but would do so for her own sake rather than to earn others’ approval.

The Bell family went to King's Cross Station to welcome Shanna home from Hogwarts, where she joyfully reunited with her baby brother, Al. As preparations began for Shanna's graduation banquet, Bell was surprised by how many friends she had invited and began to suspect he had somehow limited her friendships.

• Little Al spent his days crawling around the castle and playing hide-and-seek with Elena.
• The Bell family traveled to King's Cross Station and met Phyllis's parents and Lena's parents while waiting for the Hogwarts Express.
• Shanna stepped off the train and happily reunited with her family, picking up Al and playing with him.
• The families returned to the Bell home, where William prepared a grand graduation banquet for Shanna.
• Bell joined the preparations and wondered how Shanna had made so many friends, suspecting that he might have been the reason she had few before.

At Shanna’s graduation banquet, Bell worried about Yomi resigning from Hogwarts and gossiped with Shanna about Little Wolf and Gabrielle. Shanna said she had no romantic interest in anyone because the boys at school were too weak, leaving Bell quietly pleased.

• Shanna joined Bell and Yomi at the banquet and learned Bell hoped Yomi would stay at Hogwarts to watch over Little Wolf and Little Bell.
• Shanna reassured Bell that Little Wolf was strong and Little Bell had her Obscurus under control.
• Shanna told Bell that Little Wolf had confessed to Gabrielle, who had not yet given him an answer and had declined the banquet invitation.
• Bell told Shanna not to interfere in Little Wolf’s relationship, and Shanna agreed to leave the matter to him.
• Bell asked whether Shanna liked anyone, and she said the boys at school were too weak to interest her.

Bell tried to arrange a husband for Shanna through a worldwide martial contest, but she rejected the idea and pointed out that being single was no cause for concern. Her examples of unmarried Hogwarts staff led Bell to suspect that Hogwarts’ widespread bachelorhood explained the British Wizarding World’s stagnant population.

• Bell reflected that his Golden Feathered Phoenixes, which he called Long-Tailed Turkeys, were hardy, delicious, and valuable as food despite their inherited phoenix abilities.
• Bell proposed holding a martial contest to choose a husband for Shanna, believing he could find her a better match than any Hogwarts graduate.
• Shanna rejected the contest and told Bell to get rid of all the contestants if she disliked the winner.
• Shanna reminded Bell that many Hogwarts professors remained single well into adulthood, so she was not worried about her own future.
• Bell considered how few Hogwarts staff members seemed to be married and concluded that their bachelorhood might explain the British Wizarding World’s stagnant population.

Bell decided to establish a Magic University after urging Shanna to stay away from Hogwarts, and Hermione enthusiastically supported his plan. He revealed that the university was already being built at a secret location and scheduled its unveiling for next Monday.

• Bell asked Shanna to avoid Hogwarts after graduation, and she promised to listen to him.
• Worried about Shanna's future, Bell announced that he would establish a Magic University to educate and train Wizards.
• Hermione approved of Bell's idea and asked where he planned to build the university, but Bell kept the location secret from Yomi.
• Shanna asked when the site would be finished, and Bell said it was ready after extra facilities had been added for the occasion.
• Bell postponed the unveiling until next Monday so Shanna could remain at her banquet and preparations could be made.

Bell brought Shanna, Hermione, Yomi, Little Bell, and Little Wolf to an Atlantic island to unveil the project he had spent two years preparing. He launched a worldwide projection of the ocean in the sky, shocking the public and leaving William furious and bewildered about Bell’s plans.

• After graduating on Wednesday, Shanna stayed home for five days to preserve the mystery while the Magical Creatures protested her torment.
• On Monday, Bell took Shanna, Hermione, Yomi, Little Bell, and Little Wolf to a small Atlantic island, where Hermione questioned whether they should proceed.
• Bell confirmed the equipment was ready and ordered his staff to turn on the live streams.
• Instruments hidden by Curses projected the ocean above the entire world, alarming people everywhere.
• William recognized Bell on the projected island and angrily summoned Sebas to demand an explanation.
• Sebas said he knew nothing about Bell’s plan, and William remembered that he himself had assigned Jennifer to assist Bell.

Bell raised the Floating Island from beneath the sea while a magical image broadcast the spectacle across the world. He and his companions reached the island, where Yomi challenged his sanity and Bell prepared to address the live audience.

• William urged Sebas to find Bell and stop him from exposing the Magical World, but Bell began raising the Floating Island with Frostmourne.
• People around the world watched the island emerge and argued over whether it was a home for gods, an alien ship, or a natural phenomenon.
• Bell rescued his companions from the resulting waves and used Side-Along Apparition to take them to the Floating Island.
• Shanna and Little Bell praised Bell, while Yomi confronted him for causing such a dangerous spectacle.
• Jennifer told Bell the camera had already been focused on him, and he prepared to give a speech to the live audience.

Bell Menethil addressed the world to reveal that Wizards existed and introduce Dalaran, a magical city built by the Menethil Family. After Bell joked about Dalaran having no rules, Hermione Granger took over to explain its code.

• Bell recovered from his surprise at being filmed and told the world that Wizards and Muggles existed, explaining why Wizards had gone into hiding.
• Bell introduced Dalaran as a magical city built by the Menethil Family and said it would be activated and stationed in near-Earth space.
• Bell welcomed people of many kinds to Dalaran and joked that its only rule was to make Hermione angry, prompting Hermione to strike him with the Dalaran Code.
• Hermione picked up the code and began introducing its contents to the world, despite feeling nervous about addressing the huge audience.

Bell’s opening ceremony speech was interrupted by three fighter jets approaching the Floating Island, and he continued after silencing their noise. The jets then burst into flames overhead, leaving Bell to insist on the livestream that they had crashed on their own.

• Yomi won another mahjong round, and Bell quit the game while Hermione continued her lengthy speech about Dalaran’s laws.
• Bell stopped Hermione’s speech and began addressing the camera, but three fighter jets appeared in the distance.
• Jennifer identified the jets as coming from a military base, and Bell told her to let them approach while he activated Dalaran’s soundproofing.
• Bell resumed his speech, then watched two explosions flare overhead and protested that the jets had crashed without his involvement.
• Earlier, the Poison Thorn Squad approached the Floating Island, and the pilots and military base personnel were astonished by its size and confirmed it was real.

Poison Thorn Squad’s reconnaissance of Dalaran turned into an attack, and Bell destroyed the squad and its military base in retaliation. He invited people to study at a planned Magic University, declared that the age of magic had begun, and sent the Floating Island away.

• The Poison Thorn Squad split up to reconnoiter Dalaran, but Stinger One and Stinger Two crashed into its barrier and were destroyed.
• Stinger Three fired missiles at Bell and the others, but Dalaran’s barrier stopped the attack.
• Bell froze Stinger Three’s fighter jet, crushed it into a metal ball, and sent it through a Space Spell to the military base, destroying the base.
• Bell invited people to visit Dalaran and learn at the Magic University he planned to establish.
• Bell declared that the age of magic had begun and drew the Floating Island into a spatial vortex, leaving the projection over a calm sea.

After Bell’s reveal of Dalaran stirred worldwide chaos, he stayed out of sight while his father faced official pressure and waited for contact. When William finally reached the family’s Personal Terminal, Shanna told him that Bell, their mother, and little Al were in Dalaran, suggesting its lockdown had ended.

• Bell placed the Floating Island and took his little sister to explore Dalaran while people around the world reacted to his reveal.
• Governments suppressed public disturbances, but magical incidents continued, and Wizards eagerly awaited news about reaching Dalaran.
• A week passed without Bell making an announcement because he was preparing for visitors and hiding from his furious father.
• William’s secretary reported that Bell’s Personal Terminal had connected, and William rushed to confront him.
• Shanna answered instead and told William that Bell was helping their mother care for little Al in Dalaran.
• William realized his wife and youngest son had entered Dalaran despite its sealed passages and wondered whether the lockdown had been lifted.

William failed to summon Bell and instead chatted with Shanna, while the Order of the Phoenix gathered in secret to discuss opposing Bell and the Menethil Family. The meeting left Harry uneasy as Kingsley argued that the family threatened the Ministry of Magic and the wider world.

• Shanna told William that her mother and little brother had arrived that morning and said Bell was busy tending to little Al’s Magic Power channels.
• William gave up on calling Bell over and asked Shanna about her days in Dalaran.
• Harry slipped into the Ministry of Magic Storage Room and met Kingsley, who led him to a secret Order of the Phoenix meeting.
• Arthur opened the meeting, explaining that Bell’s public revelation of the Magical World had burdened the Ministry and fueled calls to oppose the Menethil Family.
• Harry questioned whether they should become Bell’s enemies, and Kingsley insisted that the Menethil Family threatened the entire Magical World.

The Order of the Phoenix planned to send Harry Potter into Dalaran to locate Bell and carry out a covert attack. Harry began the entry interview, using Occlumency to conceal his hostile intentions while giving truthful answers.

• The Order of the Phoenix voted to strike against the Menethil Family and chose Bell and Dalaran as its first targets.
• The Order planned for a small team, including Harry, to enter Dalaran through official channels while other members provided cover and intelligence.
• Harry entered his interview and learned that the interviewers would use Legilimency and that his visitor permit would last fifteen days.
• Harry explained that he wanted to see Dalaran and visit Bell, concealing his plan to cause Bell trouble with Occlumency.
• Harry endured the rest of the interview as the interviewers continued asking him questions.

Harry passed the interview for access to Dalaran but felt troubled by the mission against Bell. Neville admitted he did not hate Bell and had joined the operation only to stand by Harry and Ron.

• The interviewer approved Harry's application and told him when his Dalaran access period would begin.
• Ron went in for his interview while Harry reassured the nervous Neville that the questions had been simple.
• Harry asked Neville whether their operation was right, and Neville replied that Bell was not a bad person.
• Neville explained that he feared Bell but had joined the operation because Harry and Ron were his best friends.
• Harry embraced Neville, understanding that Neville had come to share their hardship and protect them if things went wrong.

Harry's group passed the interview and traveled to Dalaran to gather intelligence for a planned decapitation mission. They arrived and saw Dalaran in person, while their team split up to investigate separately.

• Harry, Ron, and Neville passed their interviews and used Side-Along Apparition to reach the Leaky Cauldron, where they joined the long line for Dalaran.
• Harry introduced Ron and Neville to Jack and Rose, explaining that Jack was in the Order of the Phoenix and Rose was helping as Jack's girlfriend.
• Harry's group and Jack and Rose confirmed their rendezvous plans, then split up to travel to Dalaran and gather intelligence separately.
• After waiting in line, Harry's group traveled through the Teleportation Array and arrived at the platform outside Dalaran.
• Harry's group saw Dalaran's immense magical presence and followed staff toward the transport vehicles.