Recaps

Tom settled into Hogwarts, cultivated Professor Herbert’s support, and pursued independent magical research while Mo Fei studied Grindelwald’s stronghold, challenged his Acolytes, and sought Nicolas Flamel in France. The stretch left Mo Fei preparing to cook for the Flamel couple after learning that their flawed Philosopher’s Stone could not prevent their souls from eventually decaying.

• Tom met Herbert Beery while exploring the greenhouses, impressed him with his knowledge of plants, and began helping him tend them every morning.
• Tom brought the first-year Slytherins to Charms, learned Wingardium Leviosa from Professor Flitwick, and demonstrated his precise control by levitating a desk.
• Mo Fei studied Nurmengard’s magic at Grindelwald’s invitation, then cooked a restorative meal for Grindelwald and four Acolytes.
• Mo Fei challenged the Acolytes’ prejudice against Muggles and defeated one witch in a duel, evading her Killing Curse and changing the witnesses’ view of Muggles.
• Grindelwald warned his followers about the growing threat of Muggle technology and ordered them to prepare for either victory or retreat.
• Tom gained Slughorn’s guidance, studied Transfiguration with Dumbledore, and pursued research into Lumos, magical plants, and the possibility of creating Pure Water.
• Tom accepted Abraxas Malfoy’s invitation to a Slytherin ball while Mo Fei traveled from Germany to France and followed Flamel’s stargazing instrument to his home.
• Mo Fei judged Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel’s cooking, praised Perenelle’s roast chicken over Nicolas’s alchemical meat, and accepted Nicolas’s challenge to cook for them.

Mo Fei enlisted Nicolas Flamel and Grindelwald in planning a wizard-only world while preparing to open a shop in Hogsmeade. At Hogwarts, Tom won the Slytherin banquet duel, explored dangerous magic, and became entangled in an attack on Peeves as Dippet’s investigation led Dumbledore to Aberforth and a suspicious Hill family house.

• Mo Fei cooked a savory patty from alchemically combined meats, and Nicolas Flamel and Perenelle explained their views on house-elves and the balance between wizards and Muggles.
• Mo Fei proposed creating a separate world for wizards and Muggles, and Nicolas Flamel began seeking skilled wizards to help build a realm within shadows.
• Grindelwald agreed to help recruit wizards and research barriers, while Mo Fei decided to open a Hogsmeade shop and keep his orphanage.
• Mo Fei introduced Kyle to Nicolas Flamel, who advised Kyle on combining magical fabrics and gave him books on material compatibility.
• Tom attended the Slytherin Dream Tea Party in Kyle’s striking outfit, challenged Dawson to a duel, and defeated him to claim the promised rewards.
• Tom mastered Phosphorus Fire Burn, developed a modified flame that could remove curses, and felt reassured by Mo Fei’s letter that he still had a home at the orphanage.
• Tom experimented on Peeves with gentle magic, but Peeves attacked him until Tom used Parseltongue to stop him, while Dippet discovered that a special Imperius Curse had provoked the assault.
• Dippet sent Dumbledore to investigate suspicious visitors in Hogsmeade, where Aberforth attacked Dumbledore and then revealed that a young wizard had entered a Hill family house.

Dumbledore uncovered the Hill family’s connection to Grindelwald’s followers while Tom faced the rejection of his Gaunt relatives and began studying magic under Grindelwald. Mo Fei transformed the orphanage into a hidden magical refuge, and Dumbledore visited as he and Tom discussed the nature of Transfiguration.

• Dumbledore used a damaged Time-Turner to discover that Mr. Hill had received a mirror capable of storing an Imperius Curse, and Headmaster Dippet dealt with the Hill family as a threat linked to Grindelwald.
• Tom excelled in his exams, accepted Malfoy’s offer of friendship, and returned to the orphanage, where Mo Fei welcomed him home.
• Mo Fei took Tom to meet the Gaunts and Old Riddle, but Morfin rejected Tom and Old Riddle revealed the effects of Merope’s Love Potion, leaving Tom devastated.
• Tom nearly cast the Killing Curse in the Gaunt cemetery but stopped, while the Horned Serpent absorbed a mysterious force and began to change.
• Grindelwald taught Tom about emotion, reason, Meditation, and death magic, and Tom chose to develop both approaches while studying Phosphorus Fire Burn.
• Mo Fei and Grindelwald renovated the orphanage with runes, protections, greenhouses, and a laboratory, and the completed building became difficult for people to perceive.
• Dumbledore visited the transformed orphanage, and Mo Fei challenged his assumptions about Muggles and the wizarding world’s future after Grindelwald’s defeat.
• Tom asked Dumbledore about Permanent Transfiguration, and Dumbledore explained how it worked with reality rather than continually opposing it.