Recaps

Hermione spent a sleepless night replaying her unwanted closeness with Draco, while he woke in high spirits and waited for her in the Gryffindor Common Room. When Hermione tried to sneak out unnoticed, Draco stopped her and reminded her of their agreement to have breakfast and go to class together, leaving her to follow him angrily.

• Hermione lay awake through the night, distressed by her physical contact with Draco and the emotions it stirred in her.
• Draco woke early, called the boys in his dormitory to get ready, and waited in the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Hermione woke exhausted and hurried downstairs, hoping to avoid Draco before breakfast.
• Hermione tried to slip out of the common room, but Draco called her by name and stopped her.
• Draco reminded Hermione of their agreement to eat breakfast and go to class together, and she reluctantly followed him.

Draco teased Hermione about their night together, then gave her potions to hide her dark circles and ease her fatigue. At breakfast in the Great Hall, Hermione sat with Draco at the Gryffindor table as their friends noticed them and Ron warned Draco to stay away from her.

• Draco teased Hermione about looking tired and suggested she had been thinking about him, making her hurry away in embarrassment.
• Draco stopped Hermione and offered her potions for dark circles and fatigue, which she accepted and used around the corner.
• Draco and Hermione went to the Great Hall and sat together at the Gryffindor table, where he pushed toast toward her.
• Harry, Ron, Neville, Seamus, Lavender, Parvati, and Olivia arrived and noticed Draco sitting with Hermione.
• Lavender asked Hermione whether she had been with Malfoy the previous night, and Hermione claimed she had gone to the library.
• Ron glared at Draco and told him to stay away from Hermione.

Draco maneuvered Hermione into having breakfast and sitting beside him, then predicted that Professor Flitwick would teach Lumos in the first Charms lesson. The classroom door opened after someone cast Alohomora, just as the class was about to begin.

• Draco used Hermione's promise to tutor him as an excuse to eat breakfast with her, and Hermione reluctantly agreed.
• Draco led the group to the Charms classroom and chose a seat beside the window for himself and Hermione.
• Parvati reunited with her twin sister Padma, who chose to sit with the Ravenclaws rather than join the Gryffindors.
• Draco predicted to Hermione and Neville that Professor Flitwick would teach Lumos first, while Hermione remained wary of him.
• Someone called out Alohomora, and the Charms classroom door swung open.

Professor Flitwick flew into the Charms classroom on a broomstick, demonstrated the Accio Charm, and began taking attendance. When he called Harry Potter's name, Flitwick toppled behind a bookshelf, leaving the class laughing and Seamus pointing out where he had fallen.

• Professor Flitwick flew around the classroom on a broomstick and landed silently on a stack of books.
• Professor Flitwick invited the Ravenclaws to discuss his flight after class and told the Gryffindors to focus on mastering the day's lesson.
• Professor Flitwick summoned the register with the Accio Charm, impressing the students, and began calling attendance.
• Professor Flitwick shrieked and fell behind the bookshelf when he called Harry Potter's name, prompting the class to laugh.
• Seamus pointed toward the books behind the lectern and called out that Professor Flitwick was there.

Professor Flitwick welcomed Harry to Charms class and taught the students about precision in spellcasting before demonstrating Lumos and explaining its magical principles. He introduced the counterspell Nox, and Hermione raised her hand.

• Professor Flitwick enthusiastically welcomed Harry to Hogwarts and his Charms class.
• Professor Flitwick stressed precise pronunciation and wand movements, then demonstrated Lumos.
• Draco taunted Hermione about her ability to perform a basic charm, and she coldly told him she needed no reminder.
• Ravenclaw student Comfort asked technical questions about Lumos, and Professor Flitwick explained its light, energy use, and magical principles.
• Professor Flitwick taught the students Nox as Lumos's counterspell, and Hermione raised her hand.

Professor Flitwick taught the class Lumos and held a contest to see whose light lasted longest. Hermione, Harry, and several Ravenclaws held on until Flitwick called the contest a draw, and Draco helped Hermione with her sore arm.

• Hermione asked whether Finite Incantatem could stop Lumos, and Professor Flitwick confirmed it and awarded her five points for applying what she had learned.
• Hermione cast Lumos on her first attempt and earned ten points, while Harry, Ron, and Seamus struggled with the spell in different ways.
• Draco teased Hermione about her supposed professional standards, and she ignored him as she continued practicing Lumos.
• Professor Flitwick started a Lumos endurance contest, and Draco stopped early while Hermione, Harry, and several other students kept their lights steady.
• Professor Flitwick declared the remaining students' contest a draw, and Draco gently stopped Hermione from moving her aching arm.

Draco helped Hermione relieve her sore wrist, then used an obscure healing charm to ease the aches of several Gryffindor students and earn points from Professor Flitwick. The chapter ended with Flitwick asking what other spells Draco knew, and the students waiting eagerly for his answer.

• Draco steadied Hermione’s wrist and showed her how to stretch and rotate it, earning ten points for Gryffindor from Professor Flitwick.
• Neville applauded first, and Ron began stretching Harry’s arm in hopes of earning points too.
• Draco cast the Muscle Relaxation spell on Hermione, whose pain and stiffness disappeared.
• Professor Flitwick praised Draco’s use of the Soft Light Healing Charm and awarded Gryffindor twenty more points.
• Draco used the charm on Harry and the other students who had held out, then told Professor Flitwick that he knew other spells.

Draco entertained Professor Flitwick’s Charms class before being summoned for a private assessment of the magic he used against Peeves. He asked Hermione to accompany him that evening, but she refused on the grounds that her bodyguard duties did not include her time off.

• Draco joked that Lumos was the only other spell he knew, and Professor Flitwick praised him for thinking of how to solve problems.
• Professor Flitwick dismissed the class without homework but told the students to practise Lumos, then asked Draco to visit his office that evening about the Peeves incident.
• Neville worried that Draco might be in trouble, but Draco explained that the school wanted to assess the potential dangers of his magic.
• Draco asked Hermione to come with him, claiming he was afraid of the dark and that protecting him was her job.
• Hermione argued that Draco had never specified her working hours, and she refused to accompany him during her time off.

Draco teased Hermione about accompanying him to hear Professor Flitwick’s assessment of his Peeves spell, and their friends repeatedly teased them about wanting to be alone together. At lunch, Draco revealed that their first Transfiguration lesson would involve turning a match into a needle, prompting more teasing about his supposed preparation for Hermione.

• Draco told Hermione that Professor Flitwick had assessed his spell against Peeves, and Hermione agreed to hear the results while insisting she was not accompanying him for his sake.
• Draco refused to let Neville join them, claiming Hermione was his bodyguard, and Neville accused him of wanting to be alone with Hermione.
• Olivia joined Neville in teasing Draco and Hermione until Hermione blushed, hurried toward the Great Hall, and changed the subject to lunch.
• At lunch, Draco told Neville that their first Transfiguration lesson would involve turning a match into a needle, and Neville praised his advance knowledge.
• Ron accused Draco of using his family connections to get information, while Lavender and Parvati teased Hermione about Draco preparing for her.
• Hermione scolded Lavender and Parvati but secretly added the lesson details to her notes, and Ron insisted that she did not care for Draco’s tips.

After lunch, Draco stayed in the Gryffindor Common Room while Hermione studied, teasing her and urging her to rest before Professor McGonagall’s class. He eventually lay down beside her to sleep, leaving Hermione trying to focus despite his presence.

• At lunch, Draco teased Ron about being late, making Ron flush and angrily attack his steak while Harry tried to calm him.
• After lunch, Draco stayed in the common room as Neville went to rest, finally understanding Draco’s hint that he wanted to be alone with Hermione.
• Hermione blushed as Draco sat beside her and teased her about studying, but she insisted she was fine and showed him the fatigue-relieving potion he had given her.
• Draco conceded that Hermione had planned ahead, then joined two sofas together and lay down beside her.
• Hermione resumed studying, but Draco’s presence nearby kept distracting her.

Hermione struggled to study with Draco resting beside her, and his teasing about her apparent crush left her flustered. After he agreed to be quiet, she eventually focused on her Transfiguration work for an hour and a half.

• Hermione repeatedly lost focus while Draco slept beside her and nearly reached toward his neck before two passing students noticed.
• Draco woke and teased Hermione about having a crush on him, while she denied it and claimed he was distracting her.
• Hermione threatened to leave, but Draco apologized, returned her quill, and lay down again.
• Hermione ignored the passing students' suggestive looks and comments, then concentrated on her textbook for an hour and a half.

Hermione tried to wake the sleeping Draco and became flustered when he caught her wrist and teased her. As they headed to class, she explained that their arrangement was an equal partnership, not an employment relationship, leaving Draco to consider her firm boundaries.

• Hermione watched Draco sleep until footsteps startled her, then tried to wake him before class.
• Draco caught Hermione's wrist in his sleep and held on until she called his name and warned him about Professor McGonagall's class.
• Draco teased Hermione about holding his hand, and she called him shameless before setting off for class.
• Draco followed Hermione and called her his bodyguard and himself her employer, while Hermione insisted he behave in class.
• Hermione told Draco that their agreement was based on mutual assistance and cooperation, and that changing it into paid employment would violate its equality.

Draco bet Hermione that he could teach her to transfigure a match into a needle before class, with the winner earning the right to drop the other's surname. Hermione nearly succeeded on her first try, but hesitated over the bet’s consequences, and Draco challenged her to try again.

• Hermione agreed to Draco’s bet: if he succeeded, they would call each other by their first names, and if he failed, he would become her bodyguard.
• Draco teased Hermione about watching him while he slept, and she hurried ahead to the Transfiguration classroom to avoid answering.
• Draco showed Hermione a fresh box of matches and gave her practical instructions as she prepared to practice.
• Hermione’s first attempt nearly turned the match into a needle, but her wrist faltered and the match fell back onto the desk.
• Draco noticed Hermione’s hesitation about the bet and provoked her by questioning whether she could conjure even one needle.

Hermione successfully transformed matches into needles and honored her bet with Draco by agreeing to use each other’s first names. Their classmates noticed Draco calling her Hermione, and he teased her about it before asking Neville whether Harry and Ron were coming.

• Hermione turned a match into a silver needle, and Draco reminded her to honor their bet.
• Hermione called Draco by his first name, and they agreed to use each other’s first names from then on.
• Draco called Hermione by her first name in front of their classmates, prompting Lavender and Parvati to tease her.
• Neville explained that Ron had said there was no rush, and Draco joked that Harry and Ron must be confident they could find the classroom.
• Neville asked Draco to teach him how to turn a match into a needle during class.

Hermione organized Draco, Neville, Lavender, and Parvati into a Transfiguration study group, handling their teasing with composure. As the students discussed practicing after class, an unfamiliar tabby cat entered and took a seat on the teacher’s desk, leaving Hermione and the others wondering whose cat it was.

• Hermione agreed to help Neville study Transfiguration with Draco and invited Lavender and Parvati to join them after class.
• Lavender and Parvati teased Hermione and Draco, but Hermione redirected them toward practicing Transfiguration together.
• Draco teased Hermione for adapting to their wager, and Hermione calmly focused their conversation on the upcoming practical lesson.
• A tabby cat entered the classroom and drew the students’ attention with its calm, imposing manner.
• The cat sat on the teacher’s desk, and Hermione, Olivia, Parvati, Neville, and Draco wondered who it belonged to.

Draco recognized the tabby on the teacher’s desk as Professor McGonagall in her Animagus form, but tried to pet her anyway. After she evaded him, McGonagall transformed back into a witch and faced the silent class, leaving Draco to return to his seat under her stern gaze.

• Draco recognized Professor McGonagall in cat form while Seamus and Dean wondered whether it was safe to approach her.
• Hermione warned the students that the cat might be dangerous and urged them to read their textbooks.
• Draco ignored Hermione’s warning and reached to pet the tabby, but she sprang out of reach.
• Professor McGonagall transformed back into her human form and thanked Draco for his demonstration.
• Draco returned to his seat as Professor McGonagall surveyed the hushed classroom.

Professor McGonagall disciplined the first-years and began teaching Transfiguration, leaving the class subdued and taking dense notes. Draco remained wary of attracting her disapproval as she explained the theory behind turning a match into a needle.

• Professor McGonagall deducted five points from Draco and Seamus, awarded five to Hermione, and awarded Dean five points for his caution.
• Harry and Ron arrived after the bell, and Professor McGonagall deducted five points from each of them.
• Professor McGonagall took attendance, warned the class about the dangers of Transfiguration, and demonstrated turning a lectern into a pig and back.
• Hermione identified the demonstration as intermediate Transfiguration, and Professor McGonagall explained that students would not learn it until their third year.
• Professor McGonagall introduced the practical task of turning a match into a needle and lectured on spell power and wand movements, while Draco reluctantly took notes.

Professor McGonagall taught the class how to transform matches into needles, and Hermione and Harry succeeded while Neville struggled. Seamus’s attempt exploded, and Professor McGonagall confronted him as he stood dazed and covered in ash.

• Professor McGonagall finished explaining Transfiguration theory and began the practical lesson.
• Hermione transformed a match into a needle on her first try, while Neville managed only a partial transformation despite her advice.
• Draco delayed practicing and urged Hermione and the others to watch Seamus prepare his spell.
• Harry successfully transformed a match into a needle, leaving Ron frustrated that he had not succeeded first.
• Seamus’s spell made the match melt and explode in a puff of smoke, startling the surrounding students.
• Professor McGonagall approached Seamus and addressed him as Mr. Finnigan, and he nervously wiped ash across his face.

Professor McGonagall corrected Seamus for his poor preparation and imprecise Transfiguration, then assessed the students’ attempts to turn matches into needles. Harry and Hermione earned her praise and five points each, while Hermione’s flawless needle received a detailed appraisal.

• Professor McGonagall corrected Seamus’s wand movements and mental focus, took five points from Gryffindor, and assigned him five inches of copying from A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration.
• Draco urged the distracted students to resume practicing as Professor McGonagall moved through the classroom.
• Professor McGonagall told Ron that his match needed a clearer mental image to become a complete needle.
• Professor McGonagall praised Harry’s silver needle and awarded five points to Gryffindor.
• Professor McGonagall declared Hermione’s needle outstanding, explained its precise features to the class, and awarded Gryffindor another five points.

During Transfiguration class, Draco tried to make a slightly flawed needle but accidentally produced one with convincing signs of a long history of use. Professor McGonagall praised his advanced skill, awarded Gryffindor twenty points, and passed the needle around for the class to examine.

• Professor McGonagall praised Hermione's needle and encouraged the class to match its standard.
• Professor McGonagall questioned Draco about his unfinished half-wooden, half-metallic attempt, then reset it to a match.
• Draco transfigured the match into a needle he intended to make slightly flawed.
• Professor McGonagall found realistic wear, fabric fiber, and a faint red mark on Draco's needle, then declared his Transfiguration advanced and awarded Gryffindor twenty points.
• Professor McGonagall passed the needle around for the students to inspect and told Draco that Sprout thought highly of him.

During Transfiguration, Draco impressed Professor McGonagall by turning a match into a flawless sewing needle, while Hermione and their classmates reacted to his skill. McGonagall assigned Draco the harder task of making three kinds of needles, and Hermione challenged him to prove he could do it instantly.

• Professor McGonagall praised Draco's needle and told him his ability deserved recognition.
• Hermione, Olivia, and their classmates examined Draco's work, and Hermione resumed practising while Olivia tried again.
• Professor McGonagall caught Draco slacking and assigned him to transform matches into sewing, knitting, and embroidery needles.
• Hermione teased Draco about having to work and displayed the flawless needle she had made.
• Draco asked what Hermione would say if he succeeded instantly, and she challenged him to show her.

Draco bet Hermione that he could turn three matches into needles instantly, with her home address as the stakes and advanced Transfiguration as his if he lost. Professor McGonagall interrupted their teasing and ordered Draco to demonstrate the assigned task while the class watched.

• Draco challenged Hermione to bet her home address that he could transform three matches into needles instantly, and said he would teach her advanced Transfiguration if he lost.
• Hermione accepted the bet after Draco said he wanted to visit her during the holidays, while Olivia, Lavender, and Parvati teased them.
• Professor McGonagall caught the students chatting and told Draco to show the class how he would complete the task.
• Ron grumbled to Harry that Draco was showing off, while Harry suggested they watch Draco's demonstration.

Draco stunned his Transfiguration class by turning one match into three finely crafted needles at once. Professor McGonagall praised his mastery of multiple magical flows and awarded Gryffindor twenty points, leaving the class amazed by his potential.

• Draco transformed a match into a sewing needle, an embroidery needle, and a knitting needle, shocking Hermione, Ron, Harry, and the other students.
• Professor McGonagall examined the needles, called Draco’s work extraordinary, and awarded Gryffindor twenty points.
• Professor McGonagall demonstrated the needles to the class and explained that Draco had divided his magic into three precise streams to perform distinct transformations simultaneously.
• Professor McGonagall told Ron that Draco had begun to grasp the foundations of Multiple Transfiguration, while Neville and the other students admired Draco’s skill.

Draco impressed Professor McGonagall with three magically suspended needles and used the Answer Assistance Module to invent an explanation for how he had made them. McGonagall praised his revolutionary approach, awarded Gryffindor a hundred points, and left the class regarding Draco with awe.

• Draco worried that his display had drawn too much attention, while Ron privately admitted he envied Draco's talent.
• Professor McGonagall asked Draco how he had constructed his magical framework, and Draco activated the Answer Assistance Module for one Fortune Point.
• Draco explained that he guided the material to express three possible forms of a needle, and McGonagall praised the idea as an exploration of matter and magical idealism.
• Professor McGonagall awarded Gryffindor a hundred points, prompting excitement from Neville and Olivia and shock from Harry, Hermione, and the rest of the class.
• Draco humbly thanked Professor McGonagall and said he had only touched the edge of Transfiguration, earning her further appreciation.

Draco earned Professor McGonagall’s respect with his humility, but she assigned him extra Transfiguration tutoring. After he reminded her that he had three weeks of Trophy Room cleaning to finish, she postponed the tutoring until the punishment was done, leaving him stuck with both obligations.

• Professor McGonagall praised Draco’s wisdom and told him she would arrange a plan to strengthen his foundations.
• Draco said he had to attend Professor Flitwick’s assessment that evening, while Harry, Hermione, and Ron kept quiet about its true purpose.
• Professor McGonagall postponed Draco’s tutoring until the next class, and Neville guessed that Professor Sprout wanted to see him too.
• Draco reminded Professor McGonagall that he still had three weeks of Trophy Room cleaning, so she postponed the tutoring until he finished.
• Professor McGonagall warned Draco not to neglect his lessons or tutoring, and threatened to double both obligations if he did a slapdash job.