Chapter Summaries

Lorne maneuvered Dumbledore and Harry into agreeing that Magic Mobile Phones should be regulated rather than banned, though Harry’s club application was rejected pending revisions. Harry applied Lorne’s negotiation tactic to ease Ron and Hermione’s pet dispute, and the chapter ended as Hagrid began his Hippogriff lesson.

• Lorne presented a proposal to ban Magic Mobile Phones while Harry argued for their benefits, leading Dumbledore to refuse the ban but require regulation and reject the club application for revisions.
• Lorne explained to Harry that proposing an extreme solution could prompt others to compromise, and Harry later used the tactic during Ron and Hermione’s argument about Scabbers and Crookshanks.
• Ron and Hermione stopped arguing about their pets and soon reunited with Harry to visit Hagrid and spend time together.
• Hagrid began teaching the trio about Hippogriffs, explaining how to approach them and inviting a student to demonstrate.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco attended Hagrid’s Hippogriff lesson, where Harry flew with Buckbeak while Draco struggled to earn one’s respect. The next day, Professor Trelawney introduced tea-leaf divination, leaving Hermione angry and Ron less enthusiastic after a prediction warned Parvati about a red-haired man.

• Harry bowed to Buckbeak, climbed onto his back, and flew above Hogwarts before returning safely.
• Draco bowed to Buckbeak, but the Hippogriff ignored him, so Draco went to try another one.
• Professor Trelawney began Divination by predicting Neville would break a teacup, and Neville dropped it.
• Ron interpreted Harry’s tea leaves as a horseshoe and possibly a bird, while Trelawney told Hermione she lacked perception.
• Hermione left the classroom in frustration, and Trelawney warned Parvati to beware of a red-haired man, making Ron reconsider the class.

Harry was told by Trelawney that he had the Grim, but McGonagall reassured him that her predictions were unreliable. Lupin taught the third-years how to handle a Boggart, while Lorne discussed a Hogsmeade permission proposal with Sirius and offered him an alternative way to help.

• Trelawney read Harry’s tea leaves, declared that he had the Grim, and ended the lesson after her teacup shattered.
• McGonagall told Hermione that Trelawney predicted the Grim for a student every year and that all of them had survived.
• Lupin taught the third-years about Boggarts and had Neville, Parvati, Seamus, Dean, and Ron practise the Riddikulus spell, but he ended the lesson before Harry and Hermione could try.
• Lorne told Sirius that students wanted the General Affairs Office to sign Hogsmeade permission slips, then said he had another plan that would require Sirius to start working for him early.

Lorne arranged to get Harry a signed Hogsmeade permission slip and opened a second Magic Mobile Phone shop in the village. Harry joined his friends for the Halloween Hogsmeade trip after Lorne delivered the slip, hinting that one of Harry’s guardians had helped.

• Lorne secured Sirius’s promise to work for him and took Dobby to the alley beside Harry’s house.
• Lorne arranged to build a Magic Mobile Phone shop in Hogsmeade, which was completed just before Halloween.
• Harry learned he could not visit Hogsmeade because his aunt had not signed his permission form.
• Professor McGonagall waited at the entrance while students left for Hogsmeade, and Lorne delivered Harry’s signed permission slip.
• Lorne told Harry that one of his guardians had asked him to deliver the slip and suggested Harry might meet him soon.

Fred and George resisted buying pranks so they could pursue their magical-items business, while Lorne’s Hogsmeade phone shop drew crowds with a special offer for seventh-years. The chapter ended as Sirius, disguised as Little Banana Star, began teaching them to inscribe Magic Power Matrices.

• Fred and George reminded each other of their plans to make magical prank items and left Zonko's Joke Shop without buying anything.
• Ambrosius Flume told Zonko that Magic Mobile Phones had boosted Honeydukes’ business through their collaboration with Lorne.
• Lorne managed the crowded Magic Mobile Phone shop and offered seventh-years a chance to earn a phone by learning his spells and completing an assignment.
• Ruchel and the other seventh-years entered the basement classroom, while Ron asked to join and Lorne told him to wait or take assignments from older students.
• Sirius, wearing a banana headpiece as Little Banana Star, explained that students could earn phones or Galleons by inscribing Magic Power Matrices and asked who knew the Gouging Spell and Branding and Scoring Charm.

Professor McGonagall, Lupin, and the trio visited Lorne’s Magic Mobile Phone shop in Hogsmeade, where rules about access to the basement sparked an argument over fairness. As the shop drew a crowd, Lorne prepared to launch a Halloween game update and neared completion of his system task.

• Professor McGonagall questioned Harry, Ron, and Hermione about waiting outside the shop, and Ron complained that only seventh-years could enter the basement arcade.
• Lupin arrived to visit Sirius, while Lorne offered Professor McGonagall a magically enchanted phone sleeve and explained Lupin’s special permission to enter the basement.
• Professor McGonagall tried to sign up for the basement lessons, but Lorne turned her away because the lessons were limited to seventh-years, prompting Ron to call out the unfairness.
• Students and Professor McGonagall played games in the busy shop while Lorne watched Harry, Hermione, and Ron using their phones.
• Lorne checked his task progress, which stood at 19,233 of 20,000, and planned to update the storage master game in front of the students during Halloween.

Harry and Hermione tried to learn about the basement from Hagrid, but his recalled message instead revealed that Sirius had been his parents’ Secret Keeper. At the shop, Lorne demonstrated a new way to update games on Magic Mobile Phones and invited students to seek help at Hogwarts’ General Affairs Office.

• Harry and Hermione coaxed Hagrid, who accidentally mentioned that Sirius had been Potter and Lily’s Secret Keeper before recalling the message.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione decided they might investigate Sirius through the Detective Club’s historical records.
• Lorne’s seventh-year students collected stone slabs, and Harry recognized them as the moonstones and garnets pictured on Lorne’s business card.
• Lorne demonstrated how a storage component could update games on Magic Mobile Phones in real time, including Cuckoo.
• Lorne wished everyone a happy Halloween and told students and teachers they could visit him at the General Affairs Office.

Lorne claimed a Race Certification, bought a Permanent Wolfsbane Potion for Lupin, and reviewed messages and player feedback. Meanwhile, Draco protested after Morgana overtook Ella in Wizard Legend’s character popularity poll.

• Lorne completed the Power of Emotion quest and claimed a Race Certification, then bought a Permanent Wolfsbane Potion and split it so he could help two people.
• Lorne checked Cuckoo messages about the game’s popularity, merchandise, and spending before opening the forum to read player feedback.
• Draco logged into Wizard Legend and found Morgana leading the character popularity poll after her new story scene boosted her votes.
• Draco read that the poll winner would receive a skin and that the top voter would earn a unique title, then posted that Ella was the best of the three women.

Lorne watched the voting contest for three characters stir up arguments and used the event to encourage spending and gather Power of Emotion. As Magic Mobile Phone Club activity surged during Hogsmeade week, Harry handed the overwhelmed crowd of students over to Draco.

• Lorne read the Cuckoo Forum debate over Ella, Ozomuna, and Morgana, and saw Morgana gaining unexpected support.
• Lorne had the Longbottoms put several hundred Galleons on Sains's card and instructed him to monitor the event and use shills if needed.
• Draco recruited Crabbe and Goyle to canvass for Ella, then threatened Goyle when he admitted he liked Ozomuna.
• Students flocked to the Magic Mobile Phone Club during Hogsmeade week, overwhelming Harry with requests about phones, events, and shop volunteering.
• Draco arrived to tease Harry, who yielded his seat and let Draco handle the students.

Ruchel showed Dean how to engrave a Magic Power Matrix, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione investigated Peter Pettigrew’s Order of Merlin award and the official account of Sirius Black’s crimes. Harry questioned whether his parents would have trusted someone capable of betraying them as their Secret Keeper.

• Ruchel taught Dean the Flagrata spell and gave him a moonstone slab to practice engraving.
• Draco stumbled out of the crowd, traded insults with Ron, and gave Harry the nickname “Scarheadfly.”
• Ron showed Harry a list revealing that Peter Pettigrew received the Order of Merlin in 1981, and Hermione brought the book they needed.
• Hermione read that Pettigrew had been honored for confronting Sirius Black, while Sirius was accused of betraying the Potters and killing Pettigrew and seven Muggles.
• Harry reflected that his parents would have chosen a trusted person as their Secret Keeper and wondered what else lay behind the betrayal.

Fred and George revealed the Marauder’s Map to Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Neville after discovering Peter Pettigrew’s name beside Ron’s bed. Harry noticed that Sirius Black also appeared on the map in Director Lorne’s office, leaving the group unsure whether the map showed people who were present or had been there before.

• Neville asked Harry, Ron, and Hermione about Peter Pettigrew, and Hermione explained Pettigrew’s connection to Harry’s parents and Sirius Black.
• Fred and George recalled seeing Peter Pettigrew beside Ron on the Marauder’s Map and speculated that he was secretly watching Ron sleep.
• Ron confronted Fred and George, who showed the group the Marauder’s Map and explained how it revealed people and secret passages around Hogwarts.
• Harry pointed out that the map showed Sirius Black in Director Lorne’s office and suggested it might include people who had been there in the past.

Neville went to check on Director Lorne after hearing that Sirius Black had appeared on the Marauder’s Map, and found Lorne safely hiding Sirius beneath his desk. Lorne worried that the map could expose Peter Pettigrew and accepted Dobby’s offer to watch the rat, but would need Dumbledore’s permission for Dobby to take the assignment.

• Hermione, Harry, Ron, and the twins discussed whether the Marauder’s Map was accurate and whether they should investigate Sirius’s appearance.
• Neville left the common room to check on Director Lorne while Hermione waited for him and Ron took Harry upstairs.
• Dobby found Neville outside the General Affairs Office and announced his arrival to Lorne.
• Neville told Lorne about the map, and Lorne reassured him before sending him back to his dormitory.
• Lorne revealed that Sirius was hiding beneath his desk, and they realized the map might expose Peter Pettigrew too.
• Dobby volunteered to watch Scabbers, and Lorne considered asking Dumbledore to approve the temporary assignment with Sirius’s help.

After Sirius Black was believed to have entered Hogwarts, Harry and his friends suspected Professor Lupin might have helped him. Harry then played Quidditch for Gryffindor against Hufflepuff in fierce wind and rain, with Hermione clearing his glasses so he could see.

• The Fat Lady told Dumbledore that Sirius had returned, and the professors searched Hogwarts while the students slept in the Great Hall.
• Harry told Ron and Hermione that Professor Lupin and Sirius were close friends, and Hermione suggested asking Lupin directly after class.
• Slytherin withdrew from the match, so Gryffindor faced Hufflepuff and its Seeker, Cedric Diggory.
• Harry spotted a black dog in the stands before the match and felt that something bad would happen.
• At halftime, Hermione cast Impervius on Harry's glasses, clearing them for the rest of the match.

Harry lost consciousness when Dementors surrounded him during the Quidditch match, and Dumbledore drove them away while Snape slowed Harry’s fall. In the Hospital Wing, Harry learned that Cedric had won and his Nimbus 2000 was destroyed, while Dumbledore approved Lorne’s request and left to visit the Ministry of Magic.

• Harry and Cedric spotted the Golden Snitch and raced into the storm clouds, where Dementors surrounded Harry.
• Cedric caught the Golden Snitch, warned the professors that Harry was in danger, and Dumbledore blasted the Dementors away with Righteous God Purge.
• Snape cast a Slowing Charm on Harry as he fell, and Harry later woke in the Hospital Wing.
• Wood told Harry that Cedric had won and refused a rematch, while Harry discovered that his Nimbus 2000 had been broken.
• Harry told Dumbledore about seeing a black dog in the stands, and Dumbledore approved Lorne’s request to help Minerva watch over the school before leaving for the Ministry of Magic.

Lorne arranged for Dobby to protect Harry at Hogwarts while Sirius bought Harry a replacement broom. Dobby arrived in the Gryffindor common room with beef noodles, cheered Harry up, and explained that Lorne had taught him to cook and put him to work in the Magic Mobile Phone shop.

• Lorne convinced Dumbledore to let Dobby stay near Harry because Sirius was believed to be targeting him.
• Sirius discussed the Marauder's Map with Lorne, then borrowed money to buy Harry a new broom.
• Harry felt miserable about losing the Quidditch match and his broom, while Ron tried to comfort him and Draco mocked him.
• Dobby appeared in the Gryffindor common room with beef noodles and joined Harry and Ron in Harry's dormitory.
• Dobby said Lorne had taught him to make noodles and explained that the banana was Lorne's trademark, adding that Lorne wanted to take down Apple.

Dobby settled into helping Gryffindor students while Hermione questioned him about house-elf rights. Snape took over Lupin’s Defence Against Dark Magic lesson and used it to criticize Lupin and punish Gryffindor, while Lupin left the Shrieking Shack and agreed to help Sirius retrieve the Marauder’s Map.

• Dobby explained to Hermione that he was free, worked at Lorne’s Magic Mobile Phone shop, and enjoyed serving wizards as a hobby.
• Snape substituted for Lupin, ignored Hermione’s answer about Grindylows, and announced a lesson on werewolves.
• Snape deducted points from Hermione and gave Ron three days of detention after Ron challenged his conduct.
• Snape hinted that Lupin had hidden away after the full moon, while Lupin left the Shrieking Shack feeling hopeful about his friendship with Sirius.
• Sirius gave Lupin a broom to send anonymously to Harry and asked him to recover the Marauder’s Map before students discovered Peter Pettigrew.

Harry asked Professor Lupin about Sirius and heard about Sirius’s loyalty to James, then learned Lupin could teach him to fight Dementors if they helped find the Marauders’ Map. Harry and his friends obtained the map from Fred and George, who claimed they had planned to give it to him for Christmas.

• Harry asked Lupin about Sirius, and Lupin described Sirius and James as devoted friends while barely mentioning Peter Pettigrew.
• Harry asked Lupin why he had been kept from practicing against the Boggart and told him he could not defend himself against Dementors.
• Lupin offered to teach Harry a spell for fighting Dementors if Harry, Hermione, and Ron helped search for the missing Marauders’ Map.
• Ron nearly revealed that the map showed Peter Pettigrew and Sirius, but Harry stopped him.
• Harry tossed a Galleon, which landed in Fred’s hand, and Fred and George gave him the Marauders’ Map while claiming it was a Christmas gift.

On Christmas Day, Harry received an anonymous Firebolt and wondered who had sent it, while Hermione suspected Sirius and urged Harry to have the broom checked. They decided to visit Professor Lupin with the Marauder's Map and ask him to teach them the Patronus Charm.

• Draco celebrated Ella's first-place finish in the Wizard Legend vote and looked forward to her rewards and his own title.
• Harry brooded over Sirius's possible betrayal of his parents and resolved to take revenge on Voldemort and his followers.
• Ron went home for Christmas, while Harry stayed at Hogwarts to give Professor Lupin the Marauder's Map and learn to resist Dementors.
• Dobby showed Harry the seven Christmas clothes Director Lorne had given him, and Harry gave Dobby a Christmas hat.
• Harry found a Firebolt among his presents, and Hermione suggested Sirius might have sent it and urged Harry to have it checked for a jinx.
• Harry and Hermione decided to bring the broom and Marauder's Map to Professor Lupin and ask him to teach them the Patronus Charm.

At the Christmas feast, Lorne asked Dumbledore to approve funds for professor gifts and joked about asking for raises. After the meal, Harry went with Lorne and Dobby to find Lupin, despite Trelawney’s warning.

• Harry joined the professors and the few remaining students for Christmas lunch in the Great Hall.
• Trelawney arrived and refused to sit because she believed thirteen diners would bring death, prompting a tense exchange with McGonagall.
• Lorne asked Dumbledore to approve funds for Christmas gifts, and Dumbledore told him the General Affairs Office could use Hogwarts’ additional budget.
• Dumbledore praised Snape and Lorne, and Lorne openly said he had no shame in asking for a raise.
• After the meal, Harry asked where Lupin was, and Lorne offered to take him there with Dobby.

Lorne prepared Christmas gifts for Hogwarts staff and delivered a permanent Wolfsbane Potion to Lupin, who drank it and believed he would no longer turn into a werewolf. Harry gave Lupin the Marauder’s Map and stayed behind to speak with him after Lorne left.

• Lorne prepared personalized Christmas gifts for the professors and planned holiday updates for his games and Magic Mobile Phones.
• Harry asked Lorne to take him to see Lupin, hoping to speak with the professor privately.
• Harry gave Lupin the Marauder’s Map, and Lorne presented him with a potion that could permanently stop his transformations.
• Lupin drank the potion and joked to Harry that he had never been a werewolf.
• Lorne left Harry with Lupin so they could discuss what Harry had come to tell him.