Chapter Summaries

Bell explained a way to help Hermione sense and control her magic by carefully provoking a sense of danger. Hermione trusted him to try it and successfully levitated Betty, though she lost concentration and dropped her.

• Hermione apologized for asking Bell whether there was a shortcut to learning magic.
• Bell explained that controlled magical stimulation could make it easier to sense magic, while warning Hermione about the risks and the need to interfere with her mind.
• Hermione agreed to Bell's trial spell because she trusted him, and he used his Wand to awaken her magic.
• Hermione sensed her magic flowing through her Wand and attached it to Betty.
• Hermione lifted Betty into the air, then lost focus while cheering and dropped her.

Bell helped Hermione practice controlling her Magic Power, then spent their first day dating with her inside his trunk. The chapter ended with Bell considering giving Hermione a pet after they fed and played with Magical Animals.

• Bell stopped Hermione's practice when she became exhausted and advised her to train gradually without relying on the assisted state.
• Bell showed Hermione around the trunk and told her to stay away from his magic laboratory.
• Bell refused Hermione's request to visit the Library because he wanted to spend their first day dating together.
• Bell and Hermione watched programs, shared a lavish lunch, and then fed and played with gentle Magical Animals.
• Bell remembered Hermione's wish for a pet and considered giving her one, but none of the creatures seemed suitable for Hogwarts.

Bell helped Hermione catch up on magic-control training after she missed classes, pushing her through an exhausting morning of practice. He cared for her afterward, and when he told her to rest that afternoon, Hermione insisted she was ready to continue.

• Bell escorted Hermione back to the Gryffindor Common Room, then brought Scamander's Suitcase there the next morning to begin their agreed daily training.
• Bell coached Hermione through magic-control exercises while she struggled to focus and catch up on her studies.
• After Hermione trained continuously all morning, Bell ended the session, removed the mental interference spell, and helped her recover with a stamina potion and a massage.
• Bell teased Hermione about smelling of sweat, and she angrily went to bathe before returning dressed and refreshed.
• Bell told Hermione to rest that afternoon, but she immediately insisted she could keep training.

Hermione tried to understand why dating Bell felt unlike the romance novels she had read, while Bell explained that she needed to rest after training. The chapter left Hermione learning that Fina was a powerful Bi'an and wondering whether Bell should be allowed to keep her at Hogwarts.

• Hermione blamed Bell for the difference between her relationship and the romances she had read, then became embarrassed when she realized she had spoken aloud.
• Bell told Hermione to avoid mental-interference training that afternoon because she had overexerted herself.
• Fina greeted Bell and Hermione outside the suitcase, and Bell assigned her guard duty in exchange for Crispy Spider Legs.
• Bell revealed to Hermione that Fina was a Bi'an, a powerful Magical Animal that could rival or surpass most Fire Dragons.
• Hermione scolded Bell for bringing Fina into Hogwarts, but Fina’s pitiful act softened her; Hermione suggested Bell could keep Fina at home instead.

Bell and Hermione encountered Senior Katie again in the Gryffindor Common Room, where Katie confronted him over the previous day's incident. The chapter ended with Katie threatening to deduct Ravenclaw points and demanding Bell's name.

• Bell restrained Fina after Hermione suggested leaving it at home, and Fina decided it hated Hermione.
• Katie confronted Bell in the Gryffindor Common Room and accused him of plotting trouble again.
• Hermione stepped between Katie and Bell, and Bell introduced her as his girlfriend.
• Katie blamed Bell for smashing a vase and threatened to deduct twenty points from Ravenclaw.
• Bell questioned Katie's authority, but she insisted she had her own ways and demanded his name.

Bell brushed off Katie’s attempt to punish him, then ate lunch with Hermione at the Ravenclaw table. After helping Bell through his meal, Hermione agreed to return to the dormitory and rest because she was exhausted.

• Bell introduced himself to Katie, dismissed the loss of House Points, and left with Hermione.
• Hermione offered to plead with Katie for Bell, but Bell stopped her and said he had only played a little joke.
• Bell took Hermione to the Ravenclaw table, where she helped him eat and gave him Pumpkin Juice.
• Bell noticed Hermione’s fatigue and urged her to go back to the dormitory for a nap, and Hermione reluctantly agreed.

Bell told Penelope that he and Hermione had started dating, and Penelope struggled to hide her heartbreak. Bell affirmed that he sincerely liked Hermione and wanted to keep moving forward with her.

• Penelope asked Bell whether something had happened between him and Hermione after noticing they seemed closer.
• Bell proudly told Penelope that he and Hermione had started dating.
• Penelope reacted with shock, gripped Bell’s shoulders, and demanded to know when they had gotten together.
• Bell explained that Hermione had confessed the previous morning and he had accepted.
• Penelope realized she had lost her chance by hesitating, bit her lip, and began to cry.
• Bell healed Penelope’s bitten lip with Wandless Magic and declared that he liked Hermione and hoped they would stay together forever.

After Bell rejected Penelope’s blessing and let her leave, Penelope wandered Hogwarts in heartbreak and unexpectedly agreed to date Percy Weasley in an attempt to forget Bell. Percy celebrated the sudden answer, while Penelope remained emotionally detached as their uncertain relationship began.

• Penelope fled the Great Hall after Bell’s engagement, and Bell ignored a Little Witch who urged him to follow her.
• Percy Weasley found Penelope crying in the castle, and she claimed she had sand in her eye.
• Percy confessed that he liked Penelope and asked her to date him.
• Penelope agreed to date Percy, hoping a new relationship would help her forget Bell.
• Percy rejoiced at Penelope’s answer, unaware of her indifference, and they began their uncertain relationship.

A month after Bell and Hermione’s relationship began progressing, they prepared for Gryffindor’s Quidditch match against Slytherin. Hermione worried about Gryffindor’s poor standing and Slytherin’s superior brooms, while Bell watched her mood swing and fed Fina.

• Bell stopped pursuing Penelope after Fina confirmed that nothing was wrong with her, and a month passed as Bell and Hermione grew closer.
• Fina complained about having to wake at six each morning to accompany Bell and act as an early warning system.
• Gryffindor and Slytherin prepared for their first Quidditch match of the year, and Bell was disappointed that Slytherin had not ambushed Gryffindor’s players.
• Hermione fretted that Slytherin had given every player a Nimbus 2001 and that Gryffindor’s House Points had fallen to third place.
• Hermione recalled earning Gryffindor thirty points from Professor Lockhart, who had fled when she asked if he needed Madam Pomfrey.
• Hermione nearly asked Bell to destroy Slytherin’s brooms, but held back, while Bell silently fed Fina and avoided questioning her.

Bell watched Gryffindor play Slytherin while Hermione worried about Harry, whose Bludger was pursuing him relentlessly. After Gryffindor paused the match, the players returned to the air and continued, leaving Hermione baffled.

• Bell watched Slytherin take an early lead against Gryffindor with their faster Nimbus 2001 brooms as rain fell over the pitch.
• Bell used Magic Power to shelter himself and Hermione from the rain while Hermione worried that a Bludger was targeting Harry.
• Bell traced the Bludger’s Magic Power to a House-elf but refused to interfere, saying the players could request a pause themselves.
• Hermione urged Bell to save Harry, but Bell refused, and Gryffindor’s players paused the match to gather together.
• The Gryffindor team, including Harry, flew back into the air and resumed the match, leaving Hermione confused.

During a rain-soaked Quidditch match, Harry caught the Golden Snitch while Draco Malfoy failed to notice it beside him, and Bell watched Slytherin's humiliating defeat. Afterward, Hermione told Bell that Professor Lockhart had removed the bones from Harry's arm while trying to heal it.

• Hermione asked Bell to help, but he refused and explained that kindness was only kindness when someone accepted it.
• Bell noticed the Golden Snitch floating beside Malfoy, who was distracted by watching Harry instead of searching for it.
• Harry seized the Snitch beside Malfoy and then fell from his broom, giving Gryffindor the win.
• Flint smashed his Nimbus 2001 in frustration, while the Slytherin players vented their anger at Malfoy without attacking him.
• Bell rejoined Hermione, who told him that Lockhart had accidentally removed the bones from Harry's arm while treating him.
• Hermione expressed disbelief that Bell was not good at healing curses, and Bell said he was a person, not a god.

Bell and Hermione attended Lockhart’s Duelling Club in the Great Hall, where Lockhart celebrated drawing a crowd and Hermione looked forward to learning from him. Bell regretted coming as soon as he saw Lockhart, but Hermione refused to let him leave.

• Bell told Hermione that a Duelling Club would be held in the Great Hall that evening, and she suggested they attend.
• Lockhart, relieved that Bell had stopped troubling him, organised the club to regain the attention of Hogwarts students.
• Lockhart welcomed the gathered Little Wizards from the central duelling platform with his trademark smile.
• Bell and Hermione arrived together, and Hermione excitedly praised Lockhart while Bell regretted coming.
• Hermione refused to let Bell make an excuse to leave, and Bell lamented neglecting Fina.

During Lockhart’s dueling demonstration, Snape quickly disarmed him, and Bell began teaching Hermione how to defend herself in a duel. The lesson left Hermione learning that Bell considered the Shield Charm essential while she still had not learned it, and ended with her tumbling while dodging his harmless spell.

• Fina sneezed and settled back down, pleased that her fur had grown softer and shinier since her master stopped petting her.
• Snape appeared onstage and sent Lockhart flying with a powerful Disarming Charm, then Lockhart struggled back onto the platform.
• Bell led Hermione to a corner of the Great Hall for a dueling lesson and reflected her Disarming Charm with a Shield Charm.
• Bell learned that Hermione still had not mastered the Shield Charm, despite having told her months earlier to shield herself in battle.
• Bell fired a harmless red beam at Hermione, and she dodged it by diving and rolling, only to fall painfully onto the floor.

Bell coached Hermione in duelling, demonstrating ways to mislead, defend against, and counter Curses while encouraging her to keep practicing. After Hermione exhausted herself casting Curses, Bell began explaining how to conserve Magic Power, but they noticed the Great Hall had fallen silent around Harry and Malfoy.

• Hermione confronted Bell for laughing at her, and Bell apologized before continuing their duel practice.
• Bell demonstrated visual misdirection and explained that dodging by running was a poor way to avoid Curses.
• Bell encouraged Hermione by reminding her how much her aim and Magic Power control had improved, then asked her to keep casting the Curses she knew.
• Hermione attacked Bell with several Curses, and he showed her how to evade them through misdirection, shields, and Transfiguration.
• After Hermione grew exhausted, Bell explained that she wasted Magic Power by not consciously controlling it while casting Curses.
• Bell and Hermione noticed that the Great Hall had gone quiet, with Harry and Malfoy at the center of the gathered crowd.

Bell explained that Harry had used Parselmouth to stop Malfoy’s uncontrolled snake, then returned home for Christmas after Hermione wanted him to stay at Hogwarts. There, he learned Shanna had secretly escalated her feud with Elena by burning one of her favorite evening dresses.

• Malfoy summoned an uncontrolled Black Snake, and Harry used Parselmouth to stop it from attacking a watching Little Wizard.
• Hermione wondered whether Harry was the Heir of Slytherin, but Bell explained that Parselmouth did not prove it and that Harry had been trying to protect someone.
• The Duelling Club ended in chaos, and Hogwarts returned to peace for Bell while Harry’s troubles continued.
• Bell chose to go home for Christmas despite Hermione’s protests, and William strongly urged him to return.
• William told Bell that Shanna had devised a scheme and burned one of Elena’s favorite Evening Dresses as revenge.

Elena confronted Shanna over the destruction of her favorite evening dress, and their argument escalated into a magical duel that wrecked the castle. William was unable to choose which of them to stop as the North Tower collapsed.

• Elena found ashes in her bedroom and realized her favorite dress was missing, then searched the castle for Shanna.
• Shanna denied burning the dress, and Elena cast a Full Body-Bind Curse that Shanna blocked with a shield.
• Shanna fired back, but Elena blocked her spell with a Defensive Trinket she had prepared after Shanna's earlier display of magic.
• Elena and Shanna began trading spells, blasting walls and shattering glass while William tried unsuccessfully to stop them.
• The North Tower collapsed during the duel as William stumbled nearby.

Elena and Shanna fought through the night, wrecking the family home, and continued their feud with traps and magical creatures. William finally stopped their latest demolition by reminding them that Bell would come home for break the next day.

• Elena chased Shanna through the castle, but Shanna used Transfiguration and Flying Shoes to evade her attacks.
• Elena and Shanna battled until morning, leaving the Bell Family home in ruins and both of them exhausted.
• Elena tried traps and sneak attacks to catch Shanna, but William repeatedly fell victim to them instead.
• Shanna recruited Magical Creatures to help prank Elena, and William suffered through their schemes as well.
• William shouted at Elena and Shanna to stop their latest demolition, then announced that Bell would come home for break tomorrow.

Bell took the Hogwarts Express to London with Hermione, but his family was missing when they arrived. As Shanna appeared beside him, the chapter revealed that his mother and sister had spent the night repairing their home after their destructive feud and had deliberately delayed going to the station.

• Bell and Hermione traveled together to London, where Hermione nervously asked whether his family had come to meet him.
• Bell found no family waiting and watched Hermione hurry out of the station without him.
• Shanna appeared beside Bell with a soft pop and called out to him.
• The previous night, Elena and Shanna stopped their fight and ordered Nanu and the House-elves to restore their ruined home before Bell returned.
• After a night of repairs, Elena and Shanna refused William's suggestion that they hurry to the station.

Shanna used Side-Along Apparition to reach Bell at Platform 9 3/4, alarming William and Elena. After her parents arrived and William blamed a supposed Flying Car navigation mishap, Elena demanded to know why Bell had taught Shanna Apparition.

• Elena and Shanna took an hour to get ready while William fell asleep waiting for them.
• Shanna used her Flying Shoes to leave the Defense Barrier with Side-Along Apparition, startling William and Elena.
• Shanna Apparated to Bell at Platform 9 3/4 and threw herself into his arms.
• Elena and William Apparated to the station, and Elena blamed William for taking the Flying Car to Rende, Belgium.
• Bell accepted William's excuse, and Elena confronted him about teaching Shanna Side-Along Apparition.

Bell returned home with Shanna and found the castle and garden in disrepair, though his family offered excuses for the damage. After lunch, he learned Shanna had called Elena “Bad Mom” for months and ordered her to apologize, leaving her in tears.

• Bell erased a nearby Little Wizard’s memory, then took Shanna home with William and Elena following by Apparition.
• William claimed the missing North Tower had been demolished for renovation, while Elena blamed the fleeing Magical Animals on their unfamiliarity with Bell.
• The castle’s front door fell over when Bell tried to open it, and a nearby outer wall collapsed soon afterward.
• After lunch, Bell asked Shanna about her strange behavior toward Elena and learned she had called her “Bad Mom” for months.
• Bell scolded Shanna and ordered her to apologize to Elena, and Shanna burst into tears.