Recaps

Ma Tianlong died in a fall and woke up reincarnated as Draco Malfoy, the young heir to a Death Eater family. After choosing Hogwarts over Durmstrang, Draco joined his parents for dinner, where Lucius asked which school he had decided to attend.

• Ma Tianlong fell into a sewer shaft while watching Harry Potter and died.
• Ma Tianlong awoke in Draco Malfoy's body and recognized himself as the handsome young Malfoy heir.
• Draco considered his future and decided to pursue his own path, including winning Hermione over.
• Draco examined his Hogwarts and Durmstrang admission letters, put the Durmstrang letter away, and kept the Hogwarts letter out.
• Draco went to dinner with Narcissa and Lucius, traded remarks with Lucius, and was asked which school he would attend.

Draco persuaded Lucius and Narcissa to let him attend Hogwarts instead of Durmstrang, using family ties and the Malfoys’ interests in England as his arguments. Lucius finally agreed, though his parents remained prejudiced against Muggle-born students and favored Dark Magic.

• At dinner, Draco said he wanted to attend Hogwarts, but Lucius argued that Durmstrang would be more suitable.
• Draco appealed to his parents by saying Hogwarts was close to home and Lucius could keep an eye on him there.
• Lucius and Narcissa warned Draco against associating with Muggle-born and mixed-blood students, while Draco silently rejected their prejudice.
• Lucius praised Durmstrang’s Dark Magic instruction and pure-blood connections, but Draco argued that his future and family roots were in England.
• Lucius agreed that Draco would attend Hogwarts.

After convincing Lucius and Narcissa to let him attend Hogwarts, Draco activated the Hogwarts Fortune System and gained Fortune Points and mastery of Occlumency. The chapter ended with Lucius demanding to know why Draco had called him an “old geezer.”

• Draco convinced his parents to let him attend Hogwarts, while Hermione received her acceptance letter and felt an unexplained unease.
• Draco activated the Hogwarts Fortune System, which explained that he could earn Fortune Points by changing the original plot or adding new events.
• Draco opened the beginner gift pack and received 10 Fortune Points and the legendary spell Occlumency.
• Draco learned Occlumency instantly and startled Narcissa with his smug grin.
• Lucius warned Draco not to disgrace the Malfoy family, and Draco accidentally called him an “old geezer.”
• Lucius frowned and asked Draco what he meant by “old geezer.”

Draco deflected Lucius's questions by pretending that “old geezer” was a respectful term, winning praise from both parents. Lucius discussed undermining Dumbledore before telling Draco he would take him to Diagon Alley the next day, leaving Draco excited to enter the wider wizarding world.

• Draco told Lucius that “old geezer” meant a respected father, and Narcissa and Lucius accepted his explanation.
• Lucius and Narcissa discussed weakening Dumbledore's influence at Hogwarts, while Draco privately doubted Lucius's chances of success.
• Lucius told Draco to get up early so they could buy his school supplies in Diagon Alley.
• Draco eagerly agreed, thrilled at the prospect of choosing a wand and exploring Diagon Alley.

Draco tried to free Dobby by giving him a garment, but Dobby's terror and ingrained obedience made him suspect it was a test. The chapter ended with Draco tossing the clothes onto Dobby as he remained unable to accept freedom.

• Draco waited for Dobby after dinner and stopped him from repeatedly slamming himself into the manor walls.
• Draco ordered Dobby to fetch his worst garment, then offered it to him as clothing.
• Dobby panicked at the gift and hurt himself, so Draco commanded him to stop and explained that he was giving him freedom.
• Dobby feared Draco was testing his loyalty and insisted he only wanted to serve the Malfoy family.
• Draco urged Dobby to accept his one chance at freedom, then tossed the garment onto him.

Draco freed Dobby, gave him wages, and told him to keep his freedom secret until Draco became head of the Malfoy family. After Dobby left, Draco checked his Fortune Points, found he had 50, and went to sleep planning for Hogwarts and future rewards.

• Draco freed Dobby by giving him clothes, and Dobby endured the pain of the magical contract breaking before realizing he was free.
• Draco reassured Dobby that he had freed him out of guilt and told him not to reveal his freedom to Draco’s parents.
• Draco gave Dobby ten Galleons as wages and asked him to keep working as usual so no one would suspect he was free.
• Dobby promised to protect Draco’s secret, accepted the Galleons, and left to hide his clothes and wages.
• Draco checked the system and saw that he had 50 Fortune Points, browsed the expensive shop, and fell asleep thinking about Hogwarts and how to earn more points.

Draco went with Lucius and Narcissa to Diagon Alley to buy his Hogwarts supplies, where he endured Lucius’s lesson about Malfoy pride and was sent to shop independently. The chapter ended with Draco asking his mother to find him a Chinese village dog, prompting Lucius to scold him.

• Draco arrived in Diagon Alley with Lucius and Narcissa by Apparition, then complained about the discomfort and suggested using the Floo Network next time.
• Lucius defended Apparition as the private, proper choice for the Malfoy family, while Narcissa soothed Draco and suggested a private fireplace as an alternative.
• Lucius told Draco to overcome discomfort and pain as part of becoming a worthy Malfoy heir, and Draco agreed to adapt to Apparition.
• The family discussed Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, and Lucius instructed Draco to visit Madam Malkin's Robe Shop and Ollivander's Wand Shop alone while he and Narcissa bought the other supplies.
• Draco told Narcissa he wanted a dog, then specified that he wanted a Chinese village dog, prompting Lucius to scold him for making things difficult.

Draco separated from Lucius and Narcissa in Diagon Alley and went to Madam Malkin's to order his Hogwarts robes. Madam Malkin promised to tailor flattering robes for him by afternoon tea, and Draco learned that Lucius had shared a similar understanding of tailoring.

• Draco persuaded Narcissa that he would focus on his O.W.L. preparations instead of getting a pet, and Lucius approved of his priorities.
• Lucius and Narcissa headed toward Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, while Draco went to Madam Malkin's Robe Shop to order his school robes.
• Draco introduced himself as a Malfoy and requested Hogwarts robes made from the finest fabrics, which Madam Malkin agreed to finish before afternoon tea.
• Draco asked Madam Malkin to make the robes flattering and charming, and she recorded his request as his exclusive tailoring standard.
• Madam Malkin explained her approach to understated, flattering robes and remarked that Lucius had understood the same principles when ordering clothing.

Draco visited Ollivander's Wand Shop to find a wand, but two different wands failed to suit him. Ollivander brought out a mysterious third wand, which Draco recognized as the wand from the original story, leaving him wondering whether fate had remained unchanged.

• Draco agreed to Madam Malkin's suggestion and left his robes to be prepared before heading to Ollivander's Wand Shop.
• Ollivander identified Draco as Lucius Malfoy's son and had him try an elm wand with a dragon heartstring core, but it produced only a faint spark.
• Ollivander offered Draco a twisted pomegranate wand with a snake's tongue core, but it also failed to produce proper magic.
• Draco questioned whether a wand's shape could affect casting speed, and Ollivander explained that compatibility mattered more than appearance.
• Ollivander went to the back of the shop and returned with an ornate white wand box, which Draco recognized as belonging to the original Draco.

Draco tried a hawthorn wand with a unicorn-hair core, but Ollivander found its magic unusually weak and unsuitable. Draco bonded with a Chinese peach-wood wand with a lion-mane core, and as the shop door opened, a female voice called inside.

• Draco tested the hawthorn wand, which only left a small crack in the floor despite Ollivander expecting more power.
• Ollivander explained that he would not let Draco settle for a wand that did not suit him and asked what kind of wand he wanted.
• Draco asked whether Ollivander had any wands from China, and Ollivander retrieved an unusual wand he had kept aside.
• The peach-wood wand's box sprang open when Draco touched it, and golden light formed a lion as he grasped the wand.
• Ollivander identified the wand as having a lion-mane core, while Draco felt it was his destined companion and gained ten fortune points.
• A woman opened the shop door and called out to ask if anyone was there.

Draco met Hermione Granger and Professor McGonagall at Ollivander’s Wand Shop, where Hermione had come to choose her first wand. After Draco eagerly offered to help her, Ollivander reacted with shock to Draco’s behavior.

• Draco recognized Hermione and Professor McGonagall as they entered Ollivander’s Wand Shop, and his Fortune Points increased by 20.
• Professor McGonagall introduced Hermione to Ollivander as a new Hogwarts student who had come to choose a wand.
• Hermione greeted Ollivander and noticed the wand Draco had been holding.
• Draco put away his wand and eagerly approached Hermione, offering to help her.
• Hermione asked who Draco was, then relaxed after he explained that he had just chosen his own wand.
• Ollivander watched Draco and reacted with astonishment.

Ollivander declared that Draco’s peach-wood wand with a lion’s mane core revealed the boy’s true nature as pure, courageous, and sincere, despite his Malfoy upbringing. Professor McGonagall was deeply shaken by his claim and stood uncertain how to respond.

• Ollivander examined Draco’s wand and said its peach wood and lion’s mane core made it exceptionally unusual.
• Ollivander explained that the wand resonated when Draco showed goodwill beyond blood-status prejudice, and Hermione realized its importance.
• Professor McGonagall challenged Ollivander for drawing conclusions about Draco’s nature from a wand.
• Ollivander insisted that wands did not lie and that Draco’s wand had chosen him at eleven because of his soul’s true qualities.
• Professor McGonagall remained rigid and conflicted after Ollivander’s declaration.

Draco helped Hermione choose a wand and explained how a wizard and wand recognized one another, prompting Ollivander to praise his understanding of wandlore. Ollivander’s heartfelt interpretation left Professor McGonagall visibly shaken.

• Draco redirected attention to Hermione’s wand selection, and Ollivander introduced him as a temporary assistant who could explain wands.
• Draco introduced himself to Hermione as a future Hogwarts student, and they greeted each other warmly.
• Draco described how a wand’s warmth, resistance, or resonance revealed whether it accepted its wizard.
• Ollivander praised Draco’s account as a genuine spiritual understanding of the bond between wizard and wand, then urged him to trust that bond over outside judgments.
• Ollivander told Professor McGonagall that Draco’s wand revealed his true nature, and McGonagall rose from the sofa, visibly shaken.

Draco explained wand resonance and the three wand cores while Hermione tested a mahogany wand that did not connect with her. Ollivander searched for another wand for Hermione, while Draco suggested that a dragon heartstring core might suit her best, prompting McGonagall to question his certainty.

• Draco urged Ollivander to let Hermione test a wand in a quiet atmosphere, and Ollivander agreed.
• Ollivander gave Hermione a mahogany wand with a unicorn hair core, but she sensed that they had not formed a stable magical connection, so he took it back.
• Draco explained how wand wood and cores shaped a wand’s traits, and Ollivander described special cores as rare and discerning.
• Draco outlined the qualities of dragon heartstring, phoenix feather, and unicorn hair cores, then suggested a dragon heartstring wand for Hermione.
• McGonagall challenged Draco’s confident judgment about Hermione’s wand affinity, while Draco privately reflected that he knew more than he could reveal.

Ollivander tried several wands for Hermione, and Draco’s insight into her character helped lead him to a rare vine wood wand that matched her perfectly. Hermione embraced the wand’s connection with delight, while Professor McGonagall acknowledged Draco’s preparation but insisted the final choice belonged to wand and wizard.

• Draco explained how a dragon heartstring wand could suit Hermione’s hunger for knowledge, and Ollivander praised his insight.
• Hermione tested a chestnut wand with a dragon heartstring core, but its weak, unstable resonance showed it was not the right match.
• Ollivander reconsidered Hermione’s ambitions and retrieved a rare vine wood wand with a dragon heartstring core.
• Hermione grasped the vine wood wand, which burst into golden light and resonated with her thoughts and ideals.
• Hermione declared that the wand was speaking to her, and Ollivander described their pairing as extraordinary.
• Professor McGonagall conceded Draco’s preparation deserved recognition, while stating that the final choice rested with the wand and its wizard.

After Hermione found a wand suited to her, Draco asked to be her friend, and she gladly accepted. Ollivander and Professor McGonagall treated their new friendship as an unusually significant bond and urged them to preserve and strengthen it.

• Hermione thanked Ollivander and Draco for helping her find a wand, and Draco asked to become her friend.
• Hermione accepted Draco’s offer, and they agreed to use each other’s first names.
• Ollivander reflected on the resonance between their wands and advised them to listen to each other and remain true to themselves.
• Professor McGonagall advised Hermione about the value of a supportive friend and warned Draco to honor the trust their friendship required.
• McGonagall said she would watch their friendship closely, while Draco privately found the earnest praise and admonitions unexpectedly pleasant.

Draco said goodbye to Hermione after they finished shopping, believing he had made a promising start to their friendship. Professor McGonagall warned Hermione about the Malfoy family's pure-blood beliefs, leaving Hermione wary of Draco as he returned to Malfoy Manor unaware of her changed view.

• Draco met Lucius and Narcissa, collected his finished school robes from Madam Malkin, and Apparated home with his parents.
• Professor McGonagall brought Hermione to the Leaky Cauldron and explained blood-status categories and the Malfoy family's support for pure-blood supremacy.
• Hermione recognized the contradiction between Draco's friendly behavior and his family's beliefs, and agreed to remain cautious at Hogwarts.
• Professor McGonagall led Hermione toward the Muggle world while Hermione reconsidered her goodwill toward Draco.
• Draco returned to Malfoy Manor pleased with his meeting with Hermione, unaware that Professor McGonagall's warning had made her wary of him.

At Malfoy Manor, Draco protected Dobby from Lucius’s anger and gave him a pair of gloves, earning Fortune Points. At dinner, Lucius confronted Draco about befriending a Muggle-born girl in Diagon Alley, leaving Draco to answer for his actions.

• Lucius scolded Dobby for failing to greet him, but Draco redirected the elf to put away his school things and Narcissa stopped Lucius from punishing him further.
• Lucius told Narcissa that he had seen Draco speaking warmly with a Muggle-born girl while Professor McGonagall accompanied her in Diagon Alley.
• Draco gave Dobby a pair of gloves, and the grateful elf promised him unwavering loyalty; Draco gained 20 Fortune Points.
• At dinner, Lucius demanded to know why Draco had acted so friendly toward the Muggle-born girl and accused him of forgetting the Malfoy family's rules.

Draco defended his conversation with a Muggle-born by claiming he wanted Professor McGonagall’s support, then challenged Lucius’s hostility toward Muggles and learned that his father’s deepest concern was preserving the Malfoy family line. He left dinner burdened by the conflict between his family duties and his feelings for Hermione, with no clear way forward.

• Draco told Lucius that he had spoken with the girl to build a relationship with Professor McGonagall, and Lucius warned him to protect the Malfoy family’s pure-blood legacy.
• Draco questioned Lucius’s hatred of Muggles, and Lucius argued that Muggle weapons threatened wizards and that intermarriage could weaken the family’s magical inheritance.
• Draco acknowledged that Lucius was trying to preserve the family, and Lucius told him to put the Malfoys’ interests first.
• Draco left dinner and reflected on how his position as the Malfoy family’s only son burdened him with carrying on its legacy.
• Draco lay awake, hoping his parents might have more children to share that burden, and wondered what he should do about Hermione.

Draco used his system to learn Apparition ahead of schedule, discovered that changing his growth through early spell learning could earn him more fortune points, and successfully Apparated across Malfoy Manor. He was about to study when Goyle and Vincent arrived to visit.

• Draco woke refreshed and considered how to spend the time before Hogwarts, but set aside plans to visit Hermione because they had only just met.
• Draco decided his main goals were to eliminate Voldemort by sharing his knowledge with Dumbledore and to win Hermione's heart.
• Draco opened the system's spell exchange, chose Apparition, and gained 10 fortune points after the system announced that the original plot trajectory had changed.
• Draco absorbed the knowledge of Apparition and used it to travel safely from the sitting room to his bedroom and back.
• Goyle and Vincent came to call on Draco just as he was about to study.

Draco sent Goyle and Vincent to buy their school supplies so they could study basic spells with him, after they arrived expecting to help him practice flying. As Draco settled down to read, another visitor rang the manor doorbell.

• Draco teased Goyle and Vincent about their size and warned them to eat less, but they said they could not resist food.
• Goyle and Vincent arrived expecting to help Draco practice flying, but he told them he had other plans.
• Draco ordered the two lackeys to fetch their magic books and urged them to go to Diagon Alley with their families to buy school supplies.
• Goyle and Vincent agreed to get their supplies before returning to learn spells from Draco, then hurried out of the manor.
• Draco returned to the drawing room and opened his book, but the magical doorbell rang again.

Draco was startled when the unfamiliar-looking girl who visited him identified herself as Pansy Parkinson, and he stared at her as he compared her appearance with his memories. Pansy mistook his surprise for admiration and tried to keep his attention, ending by teasing him about his manners.

• Draco opened the door for Pansy Parkinson but did not recognize her when she entered.
• Pansy grew angry and hurt when Draco asked who she was, then reminded him of their families’ connection and a garden party.
• Draco recognized her name and was shocked that Pansy looked nothing like the image he remembered.
• Draco continued studying Pansy, whose anger gave way to confusion and secret delight at his attention.
• Pansy softened her expression and posture before teasing Draco for forgetting her and staring at her rudely.

Draco apologized to Pansy and complimented her appearance, prompting her to demand proof that he had noticed her changes. She invited him to be her partner in a magical competition at her family’s manor next weekend, but Draco resisted, unwilling to join the event or indulge the pure-blood families attending.

• Draco apologized to Pansy and told her she had become more lovely, easing her anger and delighting her.
• Pansy demanded that Draco prove he had paid attention to her appearance, and he praised her distinctive hair ribbon.
• Pansy invited Draco to her family’s garden competition next weekend and insisted he be her partner.
• Draco said he lacked experience with the Engorgement Charm and could hold her back, while privately rejecting the competition and the prejudiced pure-blood company.

Pansy mocked Draco for not knowing the Engorgement Charm and boasted that she had mastered it, but Draco’s request for a demonstration exposed her bluff. Draco realized she had never learned the spell and chose not to press her further, leaving the competition and their partnership unresolved.

• Pansy felt smug when Draco admitted he did not know the Engorgement Charm and teased him about learning it from a textbook.
• Draco said people changed, while Pansy insisted the weekend competition would still go ahead and claimed she knew the spell.
• Pansy explained the correct incantation and mocked people who mispronounced it, then Draco asked her to demonstrate.
• Pansy panicked and made excuses about needing proper materials and a suitable setting instead of casting the charm.
• Draco realized Pansy had been bluffing, but decided not to embarrass her or get involved in the competition.

Draco argued that Pansy would gain more prestige by presenting her magical skill alone at the garden contest, but eventually agreed to accompany her. Pansy left pleased after arranging his schedule and behavior for Saturday, while Draco kept his own reason for agreeing to himself.

• Draco told Pansy that competing beside him would distract from her achievement, and proposed that the Malfoy family send the Parkinson family a collectible book as a sign of support.
• Pansy complained that she did not want to stand alone at the contest and wanted Draco beside her, so Draco agreed to attend.
• Pansy instructed Draco to arrive at Parkinson Manor at two o’clock on Saturday, wear his silver-green morning robe, and meet her at the east garden pavilion.
• Pansy warned Draco to avoid the Macmillan boy and told him to claim he was still sensing magical fluctuations if Mr Macnair pressed him to cast the Engorgement Charm.
• Pansy left the sitting room pleased, while Draco watched her go and kept his real reason for agreeing hidden.