Chapter Summaries

Bell and Hermione went to clear the Quidditch pitch after a heavy snowfall, but Bell revealed that he could use wandless magic despite Professor McGonagall’s restriction. He began gathering the snow with a spell, leaving Hermione amazed as the field gradually cleared.

• Hermione persuaded Bell to start clearing the Quidditch pitch after breakfast, despite his reluctance.
• Bell used wandless magic to make snow circle them and hit Hermione with a snowball, prompting her to throw snow at him in anger.
• Bell convinced Hermione that using magic without a wand did not break Professor McGonagall’s rule, then walked to the center of the pitch.
• Bell created a point of light and drew snow from across the field toward it, while Hermione watched in amazement.

Bell demonstrated large-scale Wandless Magic to Hermione while gathering snow for Professor McGonagall's task. He spent the wait pelting Hermione with snowballs until she tackled him, then explained that the snow would finish gathering in about three hours.

• Bell used Wandless Magic to form a growing snowball and summon Flying Broomsticks to defrost one another.
• Bell explained to Hermione that books only reflected their authors' understanding of Wandless Magic.
• Bell started a snowball fight, repeatedly hitting Hermione and stopping her from retaliating with a Wand because of the rules.
• Hermione charged at Bell, knocked him down, and pinched his cheeks until she had vented her anger.
• Bell sent the Flying Broomsticks back to the lounge, made reclining chairs and a Constant Temperature Barrier, and told Hermione they only needed to wait for the snow to gather.

Bell explained to Hermione that his strength had come at a price, recounting how uncontrolled Magic Power had kept him sealed in his room until he was five. Hermione broke down in tears, and Bell used a variant of the Memory Charm to temporarily remove her negative emotions, then asked what was wrong.

• Hermione compared herself unfavorably to Bell, and he told her she could grow stronger by paying the price he had paid.
• Bell described how his Magic Power had gone out of control from birth and kept him confined to his room until he learned to control it at five.
• Hermione was shocked by Bell's childhood and began crying as guilt and other negative emotions overwhelmed her.
• Bell used a variant of the Memory Charm to temporarily strip away Hermione's negative thoughts and calm her.
• Bell realized Hermione's accumulated negativity could not have come from their brief conversation and asked her what was wrong.

Bell comforted Hermione after she learned the meaning of “Mudblood” and heard rumors about the Chamber of Secrets, explaining his views on Slytherin and the Basilisk. Hermione then reminded Bell that the Basilisk had already been released, making him realize she could be in danger.

• Hermione admitted that learning the meaning of “Mudblood” and hearing rumors about the Chamber of Secrets had upset her.
• Bell explained that he believed the Chamber of Secrets had been a magical research room and described how Slytherin had left a Basilisk behind.
• Hermione questioned Bell’s explanation, and Bell argued that Slytherin’s concerns about Muggle-born Wizards reflected the danger of Wizards being exposed a thousand years earlier.
• Bell encouraged Hermione to believe in herself and said that magic determined a Wizard’s status.
• Hermione asked whether Bell was afraid of the released Basilisk, and Bell realized that she could be petrified if she encountered it.

Bell worried that Hermione and Penelope could be harmed by the Basilisk, so he showed Hermione his Magic Puppet, Ten Thousand Snakes, as a way to help protect his friends. Hermione mistook it for a real snake and panicked, while Bell revealed its inner workings through an illusion.

• Bell realized that Hermione and Penelope could both be endangered by the Basilisk and decided to look for a way to protect his friends without interfering with Dumbledore’s plans.
• Bell took Hermione’s hand and let Ten Thousand Snakes crawl from his sleeve onto her wrist.
• Hermione panicked and begged Bell to remove what she believed was a real snake.
• Bell explained that Ten Thousand Snakes was a Magic Puppet and asked Hermione to touch it, but its lifelike scales only frightened her more.
• Bell lifted Ten Thousand Snakes from Hermione’s wrist and showed her its mechanisms by creating an illusion of the puppet breaking apart.

Bell armed Hermione with Ten Thousand Snakes and several protective accessories to help keep her safe from the Basilisk. He left her with instructions to flee if the danger-prediction earring warned her.

• Bell showed Hermione Ten Thousand Snakes disguised as a complex mechanical toy and warned her not to touch its parts.
• Bell explained that Ten Thousand Snakes could fight first-year wizards and buy Hermione time to escape the Basilisk, then lent it to her.
• Bell set Ten Thousand Snakes to protect Hermione automatically and alert him when it entered combat.
• Bell gave Hermione a Danger Prediction Earring and told her to flee immediately if it warned her of danger.
• Bell added two accessories that could trigger a Shield Charm while Hermione listened to his safety instructions.

Hermione fled after Bell put a ring on her finger, while Bell later cleared the Quidditch Pitch of snow with his Magic Power. Professor McGonagall found the pitch empty and blamed Menethil, vowing to deal with him another time.

• Bell put a ring on Hermione's finger, and Hermione panicked before running back to Hogwarts Castle.
• Bell gave up on napping, gathered the snow from the Quidditch Pitch with his Magic Power, and left to see Fina.
• Professor McGonagall went to check on the detention and found the Quidditch Pitch completely free of snow.
• Professor McGonagall suspected Menethil had used a House-elf to clear the pitch and decided the matter was not over.

Bell asked Lim to prepare lunch, retrieve protective jewelry for Penelope and Hermione, and organize Hogwarts House-elves to watch for suspicious behavior among the Little Wizards. Lim returned with the jewelry before dinner, and Bell scolded her for rushing and exhausting her Magic Power, but Lim blamed herself for risking the items and vowed to punish herself.

• Bell summoned Lim and asked her to prepare a meat-based lunch and fetch earrings with danger prediction and a Shield Charm for Senior Penelope.
• Bell asked Lim to bring matching replacement jewelry for Hermione, then remembered that Shanna had chosen the pieces as matching pairs for them.
• Bell asked Lim to enlist Hogwarts House-elves to observe Little Wizards and report anyone acting strangely, and Lim agreed.
• Lim returned before dinner with several pieces of jewelry after repeatedly using Side-Along Apparition, and Bell reprimanded her for overexerting herself.
• Lim apologized for risking damage to the jewelry, and Bell forgave her while Lim insisted she would punish herself.

Bell told Penelope that a Basilisk had been released and petrified Mrs. Norris, then gave her protective earrings. Penelope accepted his offer to help keep her safe, though Bell misunderstood her reaction.

• Bell interrupted Penelope's studying and asked her to discuss the previous night's events.
• Penelope shared a rumor about a monster in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and an Heir who planned to purge non-pure-blood wizards.
• Bell denied the rumor about an Heir and a purge, but revealed that a Basilisk was real and had petrified Mrs. Norris.
• Penelope seized on Bell's admission that he was worried about her safety and eagerly accepted his offer of protection.
• Bell gave Penelope a Danger Prediction Earring and a Shield Charm Earring, then explained how to use them.

Bell noticed that Hermione had avoided him for a week and went to Gryffindor’s common room to find her. Unable to enter the girls’ dormitory without alerting Dumbledore, he summoned Fina for help.

• Bell realized Hermione was not simply ill after she missed classes and ignored his messages for a week.
• Bell visited Gryffindor’s common room and persuaded the Fat Lady to let him in with the password.
• Bell reached the girls’ dormitory entrance and realized that entering would trigger its protective magic and alert Dumbledore.
• Bell summoned Fina from afar, and she arrived frightened and angrily clawed at him.
• Bell apologized to Fina and tried to soothe her after asking for her help.

Bell sent Fina into the Gryffindor girls' dormitory to find Hermione while he tried to keep the Gryffindors from learning why he had come. Katie accused Bell of stalking Hermione, and the chapter ended as the Gryffindors moved to subdue him and he agreed to explain.

• Bell told Fina to find Hermione in the girls' dormitory and warned her not to hurt anyone.
• Bell threw Fina into the dormitory area, then ignored the Gryffindors watching him.
• Katie confronted Bell and demanded to know why a Ravenclaw had entered the Gryffindor common room.
• Bell claimed he had come to check on Hermione, who had been avoiding him, but Katie called him a stalker and cast Petrificus Totalus.
• Bell dodged Katie's curse, and she ordered the Gryffindors to seize him and take him to Professor McGonagall.
• Bell agreed to explain himself to avoid a fight breaking out in the common room.

Bell hid under a Disillusionment Charm while the Gryffindors searched for him, as Fina wandered through the girls' dormitory area looking for Hermione. Fina finally found Hermione and sat on the table before her.

• Bell fooled the Gryffindors by making them think Professor McGonagall had arrived, then hid in plain sight under a Disillusionment Charm.
• Katie sent the Gryffindors searching the boys' dormitories, while Bell stayed by the girls' dormitory entrance to maintain his spell on Fina.
• Fina claimed the girls' dormitory corridor as its territory and drew a procession of curious witches by avoiding their attempts to pet it.
• Fina followed Bell's magical reminder to continue its task and eventually found Hermione, sitting proudly on the table before her.

Hermione became convinced that Bell had somehow caused her to obsess over him, leaving her unable to sleep, eat, study, or reply to his messages. Fina arrived to tell her that Bell wanted to speak with her, and Hermione finally heard him.

• Hermione repeatedly thought about Bell and suspected the ring he gave her was causing her strange feelings.
• Hermione visited Madam Pomfrey, who found nothing wrong with her and gave her Calming Potion that did not help her sleep.
• Hermione repeatedly drafted replies to Bell but could not bring herself to send any, while anxiously waiting for his messages.
• Hermione decided that Bell was to blame for her distress and for appearing in all her dreams.
• Fina appeared on Hermione's desk, and Hermione rambled about Bell without noticing that Fina wanted to deliver a message.
• Bell called out to Hermione, and she recognized his voice.

Bell used Fina to contact Hermione after she had avoided him for a week, and pressured her to meet him in the Gryffindor Common Room. Hermione agreed to come out in an hour, while a search for Fina spread through the girls’ dormitory area.

• Fina activated Bell’s magical mark, allowing Bell to speak to Hermione through it and ask her to come out of her dormitory.
• Bell told Hermione he was waiting in the Gryffindor Common Room, and Hermione panicked when she realized he was nearby.
• Bell frightened Hermione by claiming Fina might bite her, and Fina demonstrated its claws by carving a deep mark into a table.
• Hermione pleaded with Bell to restrain Fina, but he insisted she come out and she negotiated for one hour to get ready.
• Several Little Witches searched the girls’ dormitory area after Fina disappeared from the room.

Bell waited for Hermione in the Gryffindor common room after using Fina to help with a curse, then confronted Hermione when she finally appeared. After finding no sign that she had been cursed, Bell asked why she had avoided him, but Hermione could not explain what was wrong.

• Bell dispelled the curse on Fina, comforted her, and waited while the Gryffindor common room was cleaned.
• Hermione came out wearing a black dress, searched for Bell, and panicked when she could not see him.
• Bell pulled Hermione into the concealed corner where he was waiting, and Hermione pounced on him in anger before he bound her with a spell.
• Bell checked Hermione for signs of an evil curse, found none, and removed the Full Body Binding Spell.
• Bell asked Hermione why she had avoided him and ignored his messages, but she stayed silent because she did not know what was wrong.

Bell realized Hermione had romantic feelings for him and asked her to be his girlfriend. Hermione accepted, and the two ended the chapter embracing as Bell celebrated having a girlfriend.

• Hermione admitted that she had felt terrible whenever she thought about seeing Bell and confessed that she liked him romantically.
• Bell asked Hermione whether she loved him as more than a friend, and she admitted that she did.
• Bell asked Hermione to be his girlfriend, and Hermione happily accepted.
• Hermione cried with happiness and embraced Bell, who teased her gently before laughing with joy.

After becoming a couple, Bell took Hermione to his enchanted suitcase and showed her how its Ancient Rune protections worked. He invited her into the larger space beyond the hidden room, leaving Hermione about to see what was inside.

• Bell took Hermione from the Gryffindor common room to his Ravenclaw dormitory.
• Bell opened his suitcase and climbed inside, then beckoned Hermione to follow him down a ladder.
• Bell warned Hermione not to touch the concealed Ancient Runes on the walls and removed them with Curses.
• Bell asked Hermione to channel a little Magic Power into the sphere of Ancient Runes, allowing her to open a nearby door.
• Bell explained that Hermione was not ready to study Ancient Runes yet, then invited her to explore his “Scamander’s Suitcase.”

Bell showed Hermione around his spacious trunk, introducing its training grounds, magical creatures, and House-elves while warning her about dangerous plants. He told Ke Ersha that Hermione might visit often, leaving her newly welcomed into Bell’s private space.

• Bell showed Hermione the living room and proudly described the painting and other gifts from his sister, Shanna.
• Bell led Hermione outside and pointed out the training ground, hound puppies, and Azure Oxen.
• Bell stopped Hermione from touching a Magic Radish and warned her that seemingly harmless plants could be dangerous.
• Ke Ersha appeared and greeted Bell and Hermione, curious about the young witch visiting the trunk.
• Bell introduced Hermione to Ke Ersha, said she might visit often, and dismissed the House-elf so he and Hermione could be alone.

Bell showed Hermione his Bludger and Golden Snitch drills and the dangerous environment used for his practical combat training. He rejected her request to join those exercises for now and gave her an ordinary cloth doll as her starting training tool.

• Bell demonstrated how he trained by dodging two hundred Bludgers while knocking down fifty Golden Snitches with a Wandless Magic Obstruction Jinx.
• Bell brought Hermione to a vast simulated landscape filled with Magical Statues and traps, warning her not to leave the rest area.
• Hermione asked to train alongside Bell, but he said his exercises were unsuitable for her until she completed basic training.
• Bell gave Hermione a cloth doll and clarified that it was an ordinary doll without magic or mechanisms.

Bell taught Hermione to control her magic power by animating a rag doll, but Hermione struggled and accidentally released too much power. After Bell explained why magical control mattered for becoming an exceptional Wizard, Hermione renewed her determination but asked whether there was a shortcut.

• Bell demonstrated how to use magic power to make the rag doll bow and speak to Hermione.
• Hermione tried to animate the doll, and her uncontrolled magic power created a shallow pit beside her.
• Bell comforted Hermione as she worried that she was stupid and that Bell might hate her.
• Bell explained that modern Wizards relied on Wands and simple Curses, while mastering magic power was essential for reaching greater heights.
• Hermione resolved to pursue excellence in magic, then asked Bell whether there was a shortcut.