Recaps

Draco passed San Bakar’s Graphorn trial and entered the final Pensieve memory, where he learned that Morgana had corrupted her father and targeted students to pursue her ideal world. The four guardians confronted Morgana at the repository as she prepared to fight them.

• Draco trusted Hermione’s advice, won the Graphorn’s submission, and rode it to the hidden entrance of the final trial.
• San Bakar praised Draco’s character, warned him against Morgana’s obsession with power, and sent him to view the final memory.
• Draco watched Bakar discover Morgana’s father emptied of emotion and report that Morgana had secretly been targeting students.
• The four guardians reached the repository, ensured a dazed student left safely, and entered under Disillusionment Charms.
• Morgana emerged beside the repository’s emotion-sealing core with gray-white pupils and defended her plan to remove all pain.
• Rackham and the other guardians drew their wands to subdue Morgana as a battle loomed.

Draco completed the final trial and learned how Morgana’s attack ended, with Professor Bakar killing her to stop the disaster. The Keepers told Draco to craft a new wand from their relics before reinforcing the Emotion Repository’s seal, and he arrived at Ollivander’s shop late in the day.

• Bakar killed Morgana with Avada Kedavra, and Rackham shut down the Emotion Repository while Bakar and Rookwood found Fitzgerald badly injured but alive.
• Draco emerged from the Pensieve, reflected on Morgana’s downfall, and completed all the trials.
• Draco reunited with Hermione and Professor Babbling, recounted the final memory, and urged them to focus on the remaining problem.
• The Keepers gave Draco four Ancient Magic relics and instructed him to craft a new wand before reinforcing the seal.
• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling traveled to Diagon Alley, where Ollivander’s shop was closing for the night.

Draco brought four ancient guardian materials to Ollivander, who crafted them into a powerful wand named Watcher. Draco tested it in the shop, and its swift, effortless magic astonished Hermione and Professor Babbling.

• Draco presented four ancient guardian materials to Ollivander and asked him to make a wand.
• Ollivander spent three hours crafting a wand from the materials while Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling waited.
• Ollivander revealed the finished wand, and Draco named it Watcher.
• Draco tested Watcher with Accio and summoned a wand box with extraordinary speed and power.
• Hermione and Professor Babbling remarked on the wand’s strength, while Ollivander recognized that the materials were ancient.

After Draco received his new wand, he and Hermione and Professor Babbling returned to Hogwarts, where Young Rookwood warned that Ranrok was drilling into the secret repository. Draco dismissed Rookwood and insisted they eat before going to the Map Chamber, leaving Hermione racing through dinner despite her worry about Ranrok.

• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling said goodbye to Ollivander and Apparated back to a secluded path near Hogwarts.
• Young Rookwood confronted the trio and revealed that Ranrok had begun drilling into the secret repository beneath Hogwarts after abandoning him.
• Draco refused Young Rookwood’s offer to cooperate and threatened to send him to Azkaban, so Rookwood fled into the trees.
• Hermione warned Draco and Professor Babbling that the Ashwinders and Ranrok could still pose a threat, but Draco said they should eat before heading to the Map Chamber.
• Hermione’s stomach growled as she argued against stopping for food, and Professor Babbling agreed that they needed to eat.
• The trio went to the kitchens near the Great Hall, where Hermione hurried through dinner in fear that Ranrok would reach the Ancient Magic first.

Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling entered the final passage to the Repository and found Ranrok’s goblins drilling through the cavern. Draco used the Watcher to disable the guards and destroy the Earthcore Ripper, then led the others deeper into the tunnel.

• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling entered the hidden basement passage beneath the Map Chamber.
• The three discovered Ranrok’s goblins operating the Earthcore Ripper in a cavern.
• Draco and Hermione flew at the goblin guards while Professor Babbling followed, and Draco knocked out the guards and the drill’s operator within seconds.
• Draco destroyed the Earthcore Ripper with an Ancient Magic-enhanced Reducto while Hermione and Professor Babbling protected them with Shield Charms.
• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling flew through the wrecked drill tunnel into a larger cavern.

Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling fought through a Goblin ambush and discovered the route to the vault’s energy source was blocked by a rock wall. Draco blasted open a hole in it under a protective shield, leaving the way into the hidden space open.

• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling fought off red-armored Trolls and Goblin warriors as a lava Troll approached.
• Draco destroyed the lava Troll with Fire Dragon Attack, but the spell’s aftershock damaged a supporting pillar and sent it crashing toward them.
• Professor Babbling used a Levitation Charm to slow and redirect the falling pillar while Draco transfigured it into stones and struck the remaining Goblins.
• The three searched a dead end until Hermione spotted a narrow crack that concealed a space with an active energy source.
• Draco shielded the group and blasted a hole through the rock wall, with rubble bouncing off the barrier.

Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling fought their way through the goblins and reached an ancient sealed chamber, where Hermione recognized that its rune guardians were opening the door rather than attacking. They found the vessel inside, but Ranrok arrived behind them and thanked them for opening the way.

• Draco cleared a path through the goblins, and the three flew on their brooms toward the passage's deepest chamber.
• Two enormous runic warriors approached the group, but Hermione stopped Draco from attacking them.
• Draco's ancient wand resonated with the warriors, who activated the runes and opened the sealed door.
• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling entered the forgotten chamber and found the vessel on a raised platform.
• Ranrok fired a red shock wave at the group, but Draco blocked it with Protego Maxima.
• Ranrok emerged and mocked the group for opening the door for him.

Draco overwhelmed Ranrok, but Ranrok escaped to the emotional energy vessel and shattered it, unleashing the sealed ancient magic. Ranrok merged with the energy and became a gigantic dragon that attacked Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling.

• Draco pierced Ranrok’s mithril gauntlet and blasted him backward with a spell.
• Ranrok vanished despite Hogwarts’ Anti-Apparition Jinx and reappeared beside the energy vessel.
• Ranrok destroyed the vessel, releasing Morgana’s sealed emotional energy and causing the Repository to shake.
• Ranrok merged with the ancient magic and transformed into a huge dragon of mithril and pain energy.
• Draco protected Hermione and Professor Babbling with Protego Maxima as the dragon unleashed a torrent of energy breath at them.

Draco protected Hermione and Professor Babbling from Ranrok’s attacks, then summoned Fiendfyre and badly wounded the demon dragon. Ranrok fled toward the Repository’s core, hoping to absorb more Ancient Magic and complete its evolution.

• Draco shielded Hermione and Professor Babbling from Ranrok’s breath, then used a burst of flame to propel them away from its claw strike.
• Hermione and Professor Babbling retreated beyond the doors while Draco stood firm against Ranrok’s storm of rubble and dark red energy.
• Draco announced he would slay the dragon and summoned Fiendfyre, which burned through Ranrok’s skeletal wing and ignited the Repository.
• Ranrok released a powerful shock wave to push back the flames, while Draco escaped on his broomstick.
• Ranrok broke apart into black and red energy and fled toward the Repository’s core, hoping to absorb more Ancient Magic and evolve.

Draco overwhelmed Ranrok by summoning rune warriors, shaping Fiendfyre into a dragon, and merging with the dragon-riding super rune warrior. He pursued the fleeing Ranrok through the Repository while Hermione and Professor Babbling watched in disbelief.

• Draco summoned two rune warriors and shaped the Repository's Fiendfyre into a Chinese dragon.
• Draco fused the rune warriors into a super rune warrior and merged with the Fiendfyre dragon and its armor.
• Draco charged Ranrok's energy core, terrifying him and disrupting his absorption of Ancient Magic.
• Ranrok fled, and Draco chased him on the Fiendfyre dragon while mocking his retreat.
• Ranrok demanded a fair fight, and Draco laughed at his shameless plea.

Draco stopped Ranrok from taking Hermione and Professor Babbling hostage, then defeated and trapped him. As Ranrok pleaded for his life and defended his rebellion, Draco prepared to end the fight.

• Ranrok abruptly charged toward Hermione and Professor Babbling, but Draco trapped him inside a magical cube.
• Ranrok transformed into a skeletal dragon and broke free, but Draco severed one wing, hurled him into a pillar, and pinned him there with his sword.
• Ranrok tried to escape as black-and-red energy, but Draco sealed him inside another cube and suppressed his power.
• Ranrok begged for a chance to live and claimed he had fought to change the fate of oppressed goblins, while Draco accused him of hiding greed and ambition behind talk of fairness.
• Draco gathered destructive azure light in his palm as Ranrok made a final plea for his life.

Draco defeated Ranrok and transformed the Fiendfyre dragon into water, then helped Hermione and Professor Babbling seal the remaining emotional energy. As they worked, Ranrok tried to escape, and Young Rookwood arrived with a group of dark wizards to surround them.

• Ranrok surrendered, and Draco destroyed the ancient armor before carrying him out of the runic colossus.
• The Fiendfyre dragon absorbed emotional energy, but Draco transformed it into water and extinguished the flames.
• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling worked together to stabilize and seal the remaining emotional energy after Draco ran out of magic.
• Ranrok tried to slip away, but Draco bound him with Incarcerous.
• Young Rookwood arrived with a dozen dark wizards and surrounded Draco, Hermione, Professor Babbling, and Ranrok.

Young Rookwood and his Dark wizards attacked Draco while Hermione and Professor Babbling tried to seal the negative emotional energy. Draco raised a Fire Domain Barrier that absorbed their barrage, and the chapter ended as he stopped the attackers from retreating.

• Young Rookwood surrounded Draco and the others, claiming that Draco’s wand held the true legacy of Ancient Magic.
• Draco drank a blue potion as Young Rookwood ordered the Dark wizards to attack.
• Hermione and Professor Babbling turned from the seal to try to protect Draco as the attackers unleashed Killing Curses and other Dark Magic.
• Draco cast Fire Domain Barrier, which enclosed the group and the sealed area and made the incoming spells evaporate.
• Young Rookwood ordered his followers to retreat, but Draco stopped them by asking whether he had given them permission to leave.

Draco subdued the dark wizards who had attacked him, forcing them to maim themselves and then ordering them to capture the remaining goblins for the Ministry. He left Young Rookwood disarmed and threatened to take his remaining arm as well.

• A dark wizard tried to flee, and Draco killed him with an invisible shock wave before warning everyone else not to move.
• Draco told the dark wizards that they could not activate the ancient wand and ordered the attackers to break their wands and mutilate themselves according to their crimes.
• The dark wizards broke their wands and cut off their thumbs or arms, with Young Rookwood severing his left arm last.
• Draco ordered the surviving dark wizards to capture the remaining goblins and deliver them to the Ministry of Magic.
• After the others left, Draco mocked Young Rookwood and threatened to take his remaining arm when he praised Draco and mentioned his father.

Draco returned to seal the remaining negative emotional energy, then explained to the Keepers that a small amount remained and they would still need a successor to inherit their duty. The Keepers accepted the imperfect outcome, leaving Hermione and Professor Babbling reassured that their vigil had not been in vain.

• Young Rookwood took Ranrok away at Draco’s permission, promising to keep him alive and make him suffer.
• Draco returned with Hermione and Professor Babbling to seal the remaining negative emotional energy in a container.
• Draco teased Hermione and Professor Babbling as they headed back to the Map Chamber, and Hermione blushed and pinched him.
• Hermione told the Keepers how Draco had used Fiendfyre to purify the energy, astonishing them with his magic and control.
• Draco told the Keepers that a small amount of energy remained and that they still had to wait for the next Keeper.
• Hermione and Professor Babbling apologized for urging Draco to stop the Fiendfyre early, but Rackham, Professor Fitzgerald, Professor Bakar, and Rookwood accepted the incomplete result and reaffirmed their duty.

After completing the ancient magic trial, Draco and Hermione returned to Hogwarts and spent the night together. The next morning, Hermione woke first and pranked Draco while he slept, waking him with his nose and mouth covered.

• Draco and his companions left the Map Chamber after the Keepers invited him to return with questions about ancient magic.
• Draco, Hermione, and Professor Babbling ate a late-night meal in the Great Hall, where Hermione promised to bring Draco along if another dangerous problem arose.
• Draco teased Hermione for volunteering him and carried her to bed, where they fell asleep together.
• Hermione woke at dawn, watched Draco sleeping, and pinched his nose before covering his mouth.
• Draco woke to find Hermione grinning mischievously at him.

Draco playfully punished Hermione for waking him, then teased her about their household roles and their future family. The chapter ended with Hermione stopping his hand as he tried to check her “milk reserves.”

• Draco pulled Hermione over his lap and spanked her for pestering him first thing in the morning.
• Hermione admitted she had woken Draco because she was hungry and wanted him to cook.
• Draco challenged Hermione’s claim that she was a competent wife, and she defended their division of household and outside responsibilities.
• Draco teased Hermione about becoming Minister for Magic and eventually abandoning him for someone more suitable.
• Hermione blurted that Draco needed to feed her so she could feed their future children, then stopped him from touching her as he teased her about her “milk reserves.”

Draco teased Hermione over their future child while making her breakfast, feeding her papaya after she reluctantly gave in. After breakfast, Hermione moved to an open spot in the room and turned to face him.

• Hermione stopped Draco from teasing her further, but he joked that she had started their talk about feeding their future child.
• Draco got up and conjured breakfast, including bowls of papaya, then teased Hermione about its supposed effects.
• Draco coaxed and threatened to feed Hermione the papaya intimately until she reluctantly opened her mouth and ate a piece.
• After breakfast, Draco cleared the dishes while Hermione regained her composure, then stood in the middle of the room and faced him.

Hermione asked Draco to duel her as a true opponent, and they fought in an arena created in the Room of Requirement. She realized Draco was deliberately holding back and stopped the duel, accusing him of humoring her.

• Hermione demanded that Draco spar with her and asked him not to hold back.
• Draco transformed the Room of Requirement into a dueling arena, and Hermione and Draco took their positions.
• Hermione and Draco exchanged spells, with Hermione defending herself and attacking while Draco dodged and countered.
• Hermione noticed Draco repeatedly weakened or redirected spells to leave her openings, then stopped fighting.
• Hermione told Draco he was holding back and asked whether he thought she was too fragile for a real duel.

Hermione demanded that Draco treat her as a real dueling opponent, and they fought with both spells and skill. The duel ended when Draco distracted her with talk of tying her up, then bound her with Incarcerous.

• Hermione told Draco she wanted a serious duel, and he agreed to stop holding back.
• Hermione read Draco's movements and nearly disarmed him with Expelliarmus.
• Draco raised stone spikes around Hermione and nearly trapped her with Incarcerous, but stopped before casting the final syllable.
• Hermione accused Draco of holding back, and he teased her by asking what he should do after tying her up.
• While Hermione protested, Draco cast Incarcerous and bound her wrists, ankles, and waist.
• Hermione struggled against the ropes and glared at Draco as he admired his handiwork.

Draco taunted the bound Hermione and appraised her body, but she seized his distraction to disarm and bind him. After mocking his scrawny build, Hermione lifted the hem of his clothes to check his claim that he had abs.

• Draco examined Hermione while she was bound and insulted her by commenting on her figure and childbearing.
• Hermione secretly cast Expelliarmus, knocking Draco's wand from his hand, then bound him with Incarcerous.
• Hermione freed herself, approached the bound Draco, and mocked his appearance and ability to protect a future wife.
• Draco claimed that he had abs, and Hermione lifted the hem of his clothes to find out.

Hermione briefly gained the upper hand over Draco, but he used a second wand to disarm and bind her, turning the duel around. He reminded her that she had refused to untie him without a favor, and Hermione realized he might use his victory to make her owe him another.

• Hermione teased Draco about his abs, and he embarrassed her with suggestive remarks.
• Hermione proposed canceling one of the three favors she owed Draco as punishment for his defeat, but Draco refused until he seemed to accept.
• As Hermione stepped forward to free him, Draco drew an ancient second wand and disarmed her with Expelliarmus.
• Draco used Incarcerous to bind Hermione, caught her as she fell, and laid her across his lap.
• Hermione accused Draco of cheating by using two wands, but he argued that no rule limited a duelist to one wand.
• Draco asked whether Hermione still refused to untie him unless he was owed a favor, and she realized he might demand a new one.

Draco punished Hermione for refusing to accept her defeat by spanking her while she was bound, then freed her when she threatened to never see him again. Hermione retaliated by biting his shoulder, and Draco ended by teasing her about it.

• Hermione objected to owing Draco four favors, so Draco declared that he would personally carry out her punishment.
• Draco held Hermione across his lap and playfully swatted her while teasing her, despite her protests and accusations.
• Draco stopped when Hermione threatened never to see him again, then helped her up and untied her.
• Hermione sprang free and bit Draco's shoulder until she felt she had gotten her revenge.
• Draco showed her the tooth marks and asked whether she had been born in the Year of the Dog.

After their sparring match, Hermione agreed to keep practicing with Draco but tried to forbid him from using improper rewards. She set the rules of the house, then worried about the bite she had left on his shoulder, while Draco continued teasing her.

• Hermione agreed to spar with Draco again but warned him not to ambush her with two wands or punish her indecently.
• Draco suggested several rewards, prompting Hermione to forbid him from asking for anything and declare that she made the rules.
• Draco accepted Hermione's terms and pulled her into an embrace, easing her embarrassment and anger.
• Hermione noticed the bite mark on Draco's shoulder and asked whether it hurt.
• Draco admitted that it hurt a little, then teased Hermione by mentioning other marks she had left on him.

Draco and Hermione spent a playful day together after their duel, then visited Hagrid and learned that the Ministry had arrested the Forbidden Forest poachers. The chapter ended with Hermione noticing a Daily Prophet report about dark wizards helping capture goblin rebels, while Draco and Hermione continued spending the holidays together.

• Draco joked with Hermione about her bite, easing her guilt, and they went to the library together.
• Hermione ambushed Draco with Expelliarmus by the Black Lake, and they ran along the shore until Fang found them.
• Draco and Hermione visited Hagrid, who told them the Ministry had arrested the poachers but learned their leader belonged to a wider gang.
• Hermione reassured Hagrid that the Ministry would pursue the larger poaching operation.
• Hermione noticed a Daily Prophet report claiming Rookwood and his dark wizards had helped arrest goblin rebels on orders from above.