Recaps

The Prime Minister heard a supernatural announcement that thirty international Aurors had invaded London and focused on containing the public and political fallout. He ordered officials to issue a false technical explanation and restrict information while the telephone kept ringing.

• The Prime Minister heard a voice announce that thirty international Aurors had invaded London.
• He anticipated public alarm, media speculation, and attacks from his political opponents.
• His principal private secretary called to report that government departments and the police were receiving urgent inquiries and emergency calls.
• The Prime Minister ordered the secretary to describe the voice as a broadcast fault, compile emergency call records, and tell the Ministry of Defence to say verification was underway.
• The telephone rang again as soon as the Prime Minister replaced the receiver.

The Prime Minister tried to contain public panic over the announcement of an invasion by international Aurors by insisting it was a broadcasting fault. After losing his temper and summoning Fudge, he began considering how to turn the crisis to his political advantage.

• The Prime Minister ordered the Home Office to blame the announcement on a broadcasting fault and told the Ministry of Defence there was no actual security threat.
• Officials from several government departments called, and the Prime Minister repeatedly instructed them to reassure the public with the same explanation.
• The Prime Minister grew furious that wizards had brought chaos to London without informing him and that he was being forced to conceal the truth.
• The Prime Minister smashed the telephone and ordered the little man in the painting to bring Fudge to him immediately.
• The Prime Minister calmed down and began considering how to get through the political crisis and improve his standing.

Prime Minister confronted Fudge over the International Confederation of Wizards deploying thirty Aurors in London without informing the British government. Rather than demand money, he proposed that the wizarding and Muggle governments work together to manage the crisis.

• Fudge arrived at the Prime Minister’s office after receiving an urgent summons.
• The Prime Minister told Fudge that the Aurors’ public announcement had alarmed London and triggered emergency responses across the British government.
• Fudge said the International Confederation of Wizards had arranged the deployment and promised to withdraw the Aurors and take responsibility.
• The Prime Minister demanded cooperation rather than financial compensation and asked whether other countries’ Ministries of Magic had contacts with their Muggle governments.
• Fudge confirmed that such contacts existed, and the Prime Minister said that made cooperation easier.

The Prime Minister pressured Fudge to use the Ministry of Magic to influence Gaul’s Muggle government in exchange for keeping the magical incident quiet. Fudge agreed, withdrew the thirty Aurors, and was left worrying that the deal could expose him to blame from the International Confederation of Wizards.

• The Prime Minister demanded that Fudge arrange for the Gaul Ministry of Magic to influence Gaul’s policies toward Great Britain, especially on trade and monetary integration.
• The Prime Minister reminded Fudge that he had protected the Ministry and Fudge’s position, and Fudge reluctantly agreed to coordinate with Gaul.
• The Prime Minister told Fudge to withdraw the thirty Aurors from London and warned that the International Confederation of Wizards must consult him before acting in his city again.
• After Fudge left, the Prime Minister began recording the meeting in a diary to preserve a written account of the Wizarding World’s affairs.
• Back at the Ministry of Magic, Fudge realized that giving Gaul’s Ministry assets could leave him personally responsible if the International Confederation of Wizards investigated.

After the government announced that Gaul had offered Britain favorable terms in economic and trade talks, Londoners celebrated and dismissed the previous night’s strange radio voice as interference. The excitement was interrupted when Mary spotted a new poster announcing the worldwide release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Part Two).

• The milkman, baker, and accountant’s wife heard a BBC report attributing the strange radio signals to ionospheric interference and announcing Gaul’s concessions to Great Britain.
• Londoners spread the news through neighborhoods, shops, and pubs, celebrating Britain’s strengthened position in Europe.
• Mary arrived early at the Oxford Street bookshop and noticed Bloomsbury Publishing’s new poster for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Part Two), due out worldwide on November 15.

Bookstores across Britain learned that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Part Two would be released on November 15, while Allen collected his mission rewards. He gained Tom Riddle's Parseltongue talent and a purple-patterned fox-face mask that concealed his identity and disrupted tracking magic.

• Mary told Alfred that the publisher had posted an announcement for the second part, and Alfred ordered her to ask about the print run.
• Simon, Duncan, and William learned of the November 15 release and began preparing orders and preorder figures for their bookstores.
• Allen read the release announcement and laughed that the new book followed so soon after the International Aurors' failed search for him.
• Allen settled the emergency mission and drew Tom Riddle's Parseltongue talent at maximum level.
• The system awarded Allen an exclusive purple-patterned fox-face mask that concealed his appearance, magical traces, and location from tracking spells.
• Allen claimed the mask and examined it, pleased that it could make future outings safer.

The International Confederation of Wizards discussed the failed London operation and the mysterious author who had evaded their Aurors while announcing his next book. The secretary-general warned that they had to prevent the author from revealing too much about the Wizarding World to Muggles.

• The secretary-general told the ministers that thirty International Aurors had failed to find their target in London, whose magical disturbance had triggered Muggle alarms and an emergency broadcast.
• Minister Pierre and the retired adviser from Kangaroo Country suggested that the target had avoided the monitored locations or known the surveillance plan in advance.
• Fudge stayed silent because he knew the target was the fox-masked man but feared being blamed for the failed operation.
• The secretary-general presented the target’s announcement of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (Part Two), and Ms. Winslow said it was a deliberate response showing that he could not be touched.
• The old adviser warned that the author could publish secrets about other schools and Ministries, and the secretary-general urged the ministers to keep the Muggle world from learning too much.

The international ministers discussed Allen Vane’s books and agreed to investigate him quietly until his next book revealed more about his aims. Fudge reassured them that Hogwarts would be safe from the Chamber of Secrets, but privately admitted he hoped that was true.

• The secretary-general ordered the ministers to stay publicly silent, investigate Allen Vane’s identity and motives in private, and wait for his next book.
• Pierre taunted Fudge about the upcoming book and whether it would again involve Voldemort.
• Fudge speculated that the Chamber of Secrets contained Slytherin’s means of purging half-blood wizards.
• Fudge assured the ministers that Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix, and Hogwarts’s updated defenses would prevent trouble.
• The secretary-general adjourned the meeting, and Fudge left for Hogwarts while privately hoping his reassurance would prove true.

Ginny told the diary that Allen Vane’s Harry Potter books accurately predicted events at Hogwarts and summarized the released half of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The diary reacted with shock, then fell quiet after Ginny shared news that the second half would be published on November 15.

• Ginny wrote that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone had matched reality and described Dobby’s warning, Harry and Ron’s flying-car journey, and the petrification of Filch’s cat.
• The diary urgently exclaimed that the events were exactly the same as reality, but Ginny hid it when Amy and two other girls entered the dormitory.
• Amy told Ginny that the second half of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets would go on sale on November 15, and the girls discussed their hopes of learning who had petrified Filch’s cat.
• After the other girls fell asleep, Ginny told the diary about the release date and said the book would reveal the culprit.
• The diary slowly replied, “That’s truly wonderful...,” and Ginny put it away and fell asleep.

Allen settled into his secluded villa outside London, where his system confirmed that his home-based subspace entrance and royalty deliveries would follow him. At Hogwarts, Ginny slept beside the diary as its silver writing changed into a warning that darkness lurked beneath joy.

• Allen confirmed with the system that his villa was bound as his home and that deliveries and royalties would be directed there.
• Allen decided to live at the villa and reflected that Sirius's escape in the third book would likely prompt a Ministry meeting.
• Allen went upstairs to sleep, leaving the Jianmu wand on the living-room table.
• At Hogwarts, a breeze opened Ginny's diary to the silver writing on its page.
• The diary's message rearranged itself into the warning, "Darkness lurks beneath joy..."

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Part Two) went on sale across Britain, drawing huge queues to bookstores. As readers across the Muggle and Wizarding worlds began reading, the chapter ended with the story’s long-awaited impact about to erupt.

• Alfred, Simon, Duncan, and William prepared their bookstores and stock for the November 15 launch.
• At nine, bookstores opened and readers rushed to buy the book, while staff worked to keep sales moving and replenish shelves.
• Ian McEwan bought a copy from Duncan Bookstore and left to read it.
• Readers across the Muggle world opened their books, while wizards gathered to read copies in Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron, and elsewhere.
• By nightfall, people throughout the Wizarding World were turning pages as the book’s impact finally seemed ready to explode.

Wizards across Diagon Alley discussed revelations in the book about Tom Riddle’s diary, Ginny’s possession, and Lucius Malfoy’s actions, along with the Ministry’s failures and other issues. As the debate continued into the evening, owls flew toward Hogwarts, where a greater upheaval was about to begin.

• Wizards learned that the diary contained a fragment of Tom Riddle’s soul and that it had controlled Ginny to open the Chamber of Secrets.
• Customers in the Leaky Cauldron argued over how many soul fragments Voldemort had made and condemned Lucius Malfoy for giving Ginny the diary.
• Young witches debated whether Harry’s ability to speak Parseltongue made the language evil or merely reflected its user.
• Blotts and Flourish discussed the Ministry’s treatment of Hagrid and Dumbledore’s suspension, and learned that Malfoy had faced no prosecution.
• Wizards discussed Dobby’s freedom and the treatment of House-elves as debates continued across Diagon Alley, while owls flew toward Hogwarts.

A flood of owls delivered Howlers warning students that Hogwarts was unsafe and telling them to stay away from Ginny Weasley and an abandoned bathroom. Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Harry realized the Weasleys had sent no warning, and Harry proposed checking the book that had prompted the messages.

• Harry had little appetite at lunch while Ron ate and Hermione read.
• Hundreds of owls poured into the Great Hall and dropped letters and parcels onto the students.
• Howlers screamed warnings about Hogwarts, Ginny Weasley, and an abandoned bathroom, alarming the students.
• Percy pointed out that the Howlers came from people outside the school and that the Weasley parents had sent no message.
• Fred and George said their parents would know about Ginny if anyone did, while Ron grew pale with worry.
• Harry suggested they examine Hermione's copy of the book first, and Percy agreed.

After reading the book’s account of Ginny entering the Chamber of Secrets, Harry and the Weasleys discovered that Ginny was missing and set out to find her. Meanwhile, Dumbledore entered the Chamber and found Ginny trapped in the basilisk’s coils just as it attacked him.

• Harry, Hermione, the Weasleys, and other students read about Ginny being controlled by the diary and Harry killing the basilisk.
• Students’ attention turned toward Draco after learning Lucius Malfoy had given Ginny the diary.
• Percy asked whether anyone had seen Ginny, and the Weasleys realized she was missing from the Great Hall.
• Harry agreed with Percy that they had to find Ginny as Fred and George hurried out to search.
• Dumbledore opened the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets and found Ginny unconscious in the basilisk’s coils.
• The basilisk tightened its coils around Ginny and lunged at Dumbledore.

Cornelius Fudge reflected on how Allen Vane’s books had eroded public trust in the Ministry and damaged his authority. An assistant then reported that Arthur Weasley had failed to come to work, prompting Fudge to recall that Arthur was Ginny Weasley’s father.

• Fudge remembered how he had preserved his position by avoiding trouble and keeping on good terms with everyone.
• Fudge blamed Allen Vane’s books and the crises they revealed for the Ministry’s loss of public trust.
• Fudge considered arresting Lucius Malfoy over the diary but decided the Ministry lacked evidence and Malfoy’s political power made it too dangerous.
• Fudge sat alone, feeling that Ministry officials no longer respected him, while he studied the portraits of former ministers.
• Fudge’s assistant rushed into the office and told him Arthur Weasley had still not come to work.
• Fudge recalled that Arthur was Ginny Weasley’s father and the head of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office.

After learning Arthur Weasley had cut off his home’s Floo connection and the Dark Mark appeared above his house, Fudge connected the clues to the sixteen-year-old Dark Lord and ordered an emergency response. As Aurors mobilized, Fudge wondered whether he could survive until the end of his term as Minister.

• Fudge learned that Arthur Weasley had severed his home’s Floo connection without Ministry approval.
• Fudge’s chief of staff reported that the Dark Mark had appeared above Arthur Weasley’s home near Ottery St Catchpole.
• Fudge linked the Weasley family and Ginny’s diary to the events at Hogwarts and declared a highest-level emergency.
• Fudge ordered Aurors to cordon off the Weasley residence and warned that their opponent might be the sixteen-year-old Dark Lord.
• Scrimgeour led the Aurors toward the Floo Network Authority as Fudge watched the Ministry mobilize.
• Fudge asked his assistant and chief of staff whether he could last until the end of his regular term.

Scrimgeour and the Aurors surrounded the Burrow, where Tom Riddle, disguised as Arthur Weasley, held them at bay by threatening to blow up a colleague. Meanwhile, Gilderoy Lockhart set Fiendfyre loose in Diagon Alley and waited for someone to respond.

• Scrimgeour led more than twenty Aurors in a coordinated encirclement of the Burrow beneath the Dark Mark.
• Tom Riddle, disguised as Arthur Weasley, came outside and revealed that he knew about the book that predicted his defeat.
• Tom Riddle warned the Aurors that he would blow up their colleague if they made a move, then kept them from leaving.
• In Diagon Alley, Gilderoy Lockhart reasoned that Dumbledore and the Ministry were occupied by crises he had arranged.
• Lockhart cast Fiendfyre into the crowded Diagon Alley and waited to see who would answer the disturbance.

After the events of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets caused a major plot deviation, Allen received several rewards, including a Tom Riddle character card and mastery of the Gale Spell. An emergency mission then sent him to Diagon Alley to prevent unforeseen consequences, and he teleported there.

• Allen received a limited Tom Riddle character card, the title Restless Butterfly, and a draw from the Chamber of Secrets prize pool.
• The Restless Butterfly title raised Allen's understanding of the Gale Spell to the pinnacle of mastery.
• Allen drew Gilderoy Lockhart's max-level ability to think on his feet and considered how it could help him react quickly.
• The system gave Allen a nonrefusable emergency mission to go to Diagon Alley and eliminate consequences of the plot deviation.
• Allen put on his mask, took his Jianmu wand, and teleported to Diagon Alley.

Allen arrived in Diagon Alley to find it engulfed by rampaging Fiendfyre and learned that ordinary spells could not stop it. He spotted Gilderoy Lockhart standing unharmed at the heart of the flames, and Lockhart silently told him, “You came after all.”

• Allen arrived in Diagon Alley and saw purple Fiendfyre spreading through the shops and chasing fleeing wizards.
• Allen recognized the fire as Fiendfyre and recalled the three ways it could be stopped.
• Allen judged that his own magical power was too weak to suppress the flames and wondered who had unleashed them.
• The flames parted to reveal Gilderoy Lockhart standing unharmed at their center.
• Lockhart met Allen’s gaze and mouthed, “You came after all.”

Allen realized that Lockhart was likely possessed by the sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle and faced the spreading Fiendfyre. After saving Alyssa and her daughter from a flaming wolf, he parted the flames and confronted the blond figure at the center.

• Allen deduced that Tom Riddle’s soul fragment was controlling Lockhart and noted that the Fiendfyre was growing beyond his ability to easily manage.
• Alyssa ran back through the fleeing crowd and rescued her fallen daughter as a flaming wolf approached them.
• Allen descended between Alyssa and the wolf, then used Fiendfyre (Partis Temporus) to scatter the beast and open a path through the flames.
• Allen looked toward the revealed blond figure and said, “Yes, I'm here.”

Allen used the Tom Riddle character card and discovered that it gave him tier-seven magical reserves. After rescuing Alyssa and her daughter from the fire, he faced Riddle in a fierce duel and managed to graze his shoulder, while the surrounding wizards watched in astonishment.

• Allen activated the Tom Riddle character card and felt his magic rise to tier seven.
• Allen checked that Alyssa and her daughter were safe after leading them through the flames.
• Riddle admitted he had set the fire to draw Allen out and demanded to know how Allen made precise prophecies.
• Riddle attacked Allen, who dodged the spell and countered with a Disarming Charm.
• Allen and Riddle exchanged spells; Allen’s Diffindo grazed Riddle’s shoulder as the watching wizards stared in shock.

Allen fought Riddle in Diagon Alley, matching his magic and combat skill until Riddle summoned hundreds of snakes with Parseltongue. Allen answered in Parseltongue too, leaving the snakes confused between their commands.

• Reporters watched the duel and one recorded it for the news while Allen and Riddle traded spells.
• Riddle grew excited and challenged Allen by speaking Parseltongue, causing snakes to pour out of Diagon Alley's sewers.
• The snakes surrounded Allen as the watching wizards fled or climbed out of reach.
• Allen spoke Parseltongue, and the snakes stopped attacking and became confused by the competing commands.

Allen resisted Riddle’s Legilimency and used a relentless spell barrage to drive him into flight. Riddle’s escape was stopped by Dumbledore, who confronted him in the sky and called him Tom.

• Riddle used Legilimency on Allen, but Neville’s Steadfast Will blocked the intrusion.
• Allen attacked Riddle with a rapid sequence of spells, forcing him to dodge and retreat.
• Riddle raised a Shield Charm and fled Diagon Alley using the Flight Spell.
• Allen prepared to pursue Riddle but stopped when Dumbledore approached.
• Dumbledore immobilized Riddle in midair and asked where he was going, addressing him as Tom.

Dumbledore caught Lockhart with Tom Riddle’s diary and destroyed it in the Fiendfyre. After Lockhart tried to use a silent spell on Dumbledore, Dumbledore dropped him into Diagon Alley, where he crashed onto the paving stones.

• Dumbledore froze Lockhart in midair and took the black diary from his robes.
• Dumbledore dropped the diary into the Fiendfyre, which consumed it as it howled and burned.
• Lockhart silently cast a spell at Dumbledore, watching him with greedy anticipation.
• Dumbledore revealed that Lockhart did not understand top-level Occlumency and let him fall.
• Lockhart hit the stone paving of Diagon Alley and lay motionless.

Allen escaped after Dumbledore arrived, and Dumbledore extinguished the Fiendfyre that had devastated Diagon Alley. The Ministry's Aurors arrived afterward to face the angry survivors, leaving the alley's destruction and their delayed response unresolved.

• Allen saw Dumbledore watching him, then teleported away before his temporary power expired.
• Dumbledore used the Elder Wand and Finite Incantatem to extinguish the Fiendfyre in less than ten seconds.
• The wizards surveyed Diagon Alley's burned ruins, and shopkeepers mourned their losses.
• The survivors demanded to know why the Ministry of Magic had not arrived sooner.
• Dozens of Aurors entered Diagon Alley, and their leader apologized for being late as the crowd looked on in anger.