Recaps

Draco accepted Professor McGonagall’s schedule for evening tutoring after his Trophy Room detention, while Hermione volunteered to supervise him. After class, students gathered around Draco to ask about his Transfiguration technique.

• Draco tried to avoid evening tutoring because of his cleaning detention, but Professor McGonagall ordered him to come to her office afterward and threatened extra cleaning if he was late.
• Hermione offered to keep an eye on Draco, and Professor McGonagall made her responsible for reporting any trouble.
• Professor McGonagall dismissed the class and encouraged the students to keep practicing Transfiguration.
• Draco transfigured extra needles for Ravenclaw students who wanted to examine them, while Neville offered to help with his detention.
• Olivia teased Neville about Hermione helping Draco, and Hermione denied that she was doing anything beyond following Professor McGonagall’s instructions.
• Lavender and Neville asked Draco to explain his Transfiguration technique and how to control his wrist and magic.

After Draco taught his classmates the finer points of Transfiguration, word of his talent spread through Hogwarts and grew wildly exaggerated. The chapter ended with Draco realizing that Neville’s enthusiastic retelling had made keeping a low profile impossible.

• Draco asked where Hermione was, and the students cleared a path so she could join him.
• Draco demonstrated the needle-transfiguration technique as the group walked to the Great Hall, while Hermione helped answer questions.
• Students entering the Great Hall stared at Draco and Hermione, and several repeated increasingly extravagant rumors about Draco’s abilities.
• Neville vouched for the rumors and eagerly recounted the lesson to Hannah Abbott and her friends.
• Lavender, Parvati, and Ron were drawn into other groups sharing stories about Draco, while Hermione laughed at the growing commotion.

After Draco’s impressive Transfiguration lesson made him the center of attention at Hogwarts, students from several houses discussed his skill while he teased Hermione about why he had chosen Gryffindor. Cho Chang arrived with Ravenclaw classmates and asked to sit beside him, leaving the table’s students watching for signs of tension.

• Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff students praised Draco’s Transfiguration, while some Slytherins dismissed it as dark magic or showing off.
• Pansy watched Draco from the Slytherin table with a complicated expression as Draco asked Hermione whether she thought he was impressive.
• Draco hinted to Hermione, Harry, and Olivia that he had a special reason for choosing Gryffindor, but he did not reveal it.
• Cho Chang approached Draco’s table with Ravenclaw classmates and politely asked whether they could sit there.
• Hermione stiffly invited Cho Chang and her classmates to sit, while Olivia teased Draco and nearby students watched and whispered.

At lunch, Cho Chang and several Ravenclaw girls approached Draco Malfoy after hearing about his Transfiguration talent. Draco’s teasing flustered Emock and drew amused attention from the Great Hall, while Hermione’s jealousy eased somewhat.

• Hermione and Cho Chang reacted awkwardly when Olivia joked that Draco had been mesmerized by Cho, and Draco denied it.
• Cho Chang explained that she and her friends had come to meet Draco, then introduced her friend Emock and several older Ravenclaw girls.
• Emock praised Draco’s Transfiguration skill and popularity, and Draco joked that she might be one of the girls attracted to him.
• Emock blushed and hid behind Cho Chang, while Cho and the others teased her and Olivia called Draco a master at flirting.
• Hermione stopped glaring at Draco but stabbed at her steak as students across the Great Hall laughed and cheered him on.

At dinner, Draco admitted he liked someone, setting off a wave of speculation and teasing about Cho Chang. He shut down the calls to choose a girl, leaving Hermione quietly relieved while gossip about him lingered.

• Draco said he liked someone, and the Great Hall erupted with questions about who it was.
• Emock looked disappointed, while Cho Chang and the Ravenclaw girls teased each other about whether Cho liked Draco.
• Hermione grew tense watching Cho blush, and Harry felt jealous before resolving to work harder to become more outstanding.
• Olivia and Emock joined the students urging Draco to choose Cho, while Hermione angrily attacked her food.
• Draco calmly told everyone to eat and drop the subject, quieting the hall; Cho sighed with relief, and Hermione's tension eased.

Draco teased Hermione after the Great Hall mistook them for a couple, leaving her so embarrassed that she fled. He followed her to Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom, where Hermione and Moaning Myrtle were inside when he knocked.

• Olivia suggested that Hermione knew about Draco, prompting the Great Hall to speculate that Draco liked her.
• Draco teased Hermione by asking whether she would rather he said he liked her or did not, and Hermione fled the Great Hall in embarrassment.
• The students joked that Draco was following Hermione, while Pansy watched him with jealousy.
• Draco left the Great Hall and went to Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom, where Hermione and Moaning Myrtle heard him knock.

Hermione hid from Draco in Moaning Myrtle’s Bathroom after his teasing in the Great Hall, while Myrtle urged her to face him. Draco apologized and reminded Hermione she had agreed to supervise his cleaning, so she left the bathroom to accompany him.

• Myrtle teased Hermione about blushing over Draco and exposed her hiding place when he knocked.
• Hermione insisted she did not want to talk to Draco, but opened the door when Myrtle threatened to do it herself.
• Draco apologized for taking the teasing too far in the Great Hall, and Myrtle urged him to sweet-talk Hermione.
• Draco reminded Hermione that she had promised to supervise his cleaning, and she came out of the bathroom to make sure he did the work.
• Hermione walked ahead of Draco while he matched her pace, and Myrtle watched them leave, amused.

Hermione and Draco traded increasingly flirtatious remarks on their way to the Trophy Room, leaving Hermione flustered as Draco hinted that he might like her and asked about meeting her parents. At the Trophy Room, Filch accused Hermione of helping Draco slack off, and Draco confronted him for targeting her.

• Moaning Myrtle called Draco handsome, and Hermione blushed and hurried away while Draco teased her about it.
• Draco hinted that he might like Hermione, but she froze and changed the subject by asking about their bet and giving him her home address.
• Draco asked whether Hermione's parents would like him, and Hermione denied that he would meet them while secretly wondering what they would think.
• Draco and Hermione reached the Trophy Room, where Filch accused Hermione of helping Draco slack off.
• Draco stopped Hermione from answering and challenged Filch for taking his anger out on her.

Draco defended Hermione from Filch, then cleaned the Trophy Room by hand while teasing her about marrying him. After Filch found no fault with the work, Draco ordered him to put the equipment away and left with Hermione for Professor McGonagall’s tutoring.

• Draco warned Filch that Peeves would torment him if he kept provoking them, and Filch backed down.
• Draco asked Hermione whether he could use magic to clean, but she reminded him that Filch was watching and the rules did not allow it.
• Draco cleaned the Trophy Room without magic while Hermione watched and Filch failed to find anything to criticize.
• Draco teased Hermione about marrying him and taking care of the housework, making her blush and protest.
• Draco ordered Filch to put away the cleaning equipment, then left with Hermione for Professor McGonagall’s tutoring.
• After Draco and Hermione disappeared around the corner, Filch kicked the bucket in frustration.

Draco and Hermione visited Professor McGonagall, who gave Draco permission to borrow two Transfiguration books from the Restricted Section and offered to recommend him for a Quidditch Seeker tryout. She also assigned Draco regular after-class practice and invited Hermione to join him, leaving Hermione thrilled by the tutoring offer.

• Draco and Hermione joked together on their way from the Trophy Room to Professor McGonagall's office.
• Professor McGonagall gave Draco a Restricted Section borrowing slip for two Transfiguration books.
• Professor McGonagall offered to recommend Draco to Oliver Wood for a Quidditch Seeker tryout, and Draco agreed to attend.
• Professor McGonagall told Draco to practice in her office after every Transfiguration class and asked him to bring Hermione.
• Hermione asked Professor McGonagall in delighted disbelief whether she meant to offer her after-class tutoring.

Professor McGonagall arranged advanced Transfiguration lessons for Draco and Hermione, then gave Hermione her personal study notes and asked her to keep Draco diligent. Their first lesson began with McGonagall asking Hermione to explain what happened to an object's essential nature during Transfiguration.

• Professor McGonagall confirmed that Hermione's theory was strong and scheduled lessons for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, avoiding Quidditch practice.
• Draco reluctantly agreed to the lessons after McGonagall insisted that he refine his Transfiguration skills.
• Professor McGonagall gave Hermione her old study notes and teaching records, asking her to supervise Draco's daily practice.
• Hermione eagerly promised to keep Draco from slacking off and carefully placed the notebook beside the lesson table.
• Professor McGonagall asked Hermione about the object's essential nature during Transfiguration, and Hermione began reciting a textbook explanation before McGonagall interrupted her.

Draco impressed Professor McGonagall with his precise Transfiguration during tutoring, while Hermione worked through her understanding of magic. He remembered Professor Flitwick was expecting him for a Banishing Charm assessment and hurried to his office.

• Professor McGonagall asked Draco to demonstrate Transfiguration, and he turned matches into needles with varied and then identical properties.
• Draco made a needle with exceptional hardness, sheen, and symmetry, then transfigured two matches one after another without disturbing the first needle.
• Professor McGonagall ended Draco’s tutoring and continued teaching Hermione while Draco rested nearby.
• Draco remembered Professor Flitwick’s Banishing Charm assessment, told Professor McGonagall he had to leave, and arranged to meet Hermione in the third-floor bathroom.
• Draco hurried to Professor Flitwick’s office, knocked, and was invited inside.

Draco completed Professor Flitwick’s assessment of the Banishing Charm, demonstrating that he could banish a spirit without harming it. He passed and left with a booklet of Flitwick’s spell techniques, pleased despite his busy schedule.

• Draco apologized to Professor Flitwick for being late and explained that his Trophy Room punishment and McGonagall’s tutoring had kept him busy.
• Professor Flitwick prepared an imp doll resembling Peeves and explained how to banish spirits without injuring them.
• Draco cast Expulso with controlled force, causing the doll to retreat without being harmed.
• Professor Flitwick praised Draco’s precision, gave him his Guide to Banishing Spirit Creatures, and confirmed that he had passed.
• Draco thanked Professor Flitwick and left the office feeling that his busy days at Hogwarts were fulfilling.

Draco escorted Hermione from Professor McGonagall’s office after her advanced Transfiguration tutoring, and Hermione excitedly explained what she had learned. As they walked and shared flatbread, she carefully guarded McGonagall’s notebook, leaving Draco to tease her about how precious it was.

• Draco entered Professor McGonagall’s office, and she dismissed Hermione and asked him to escort her.
• Hermione thanked Professor McGonagall and left with Draco, carrying the professor’s notebook.
• Hermione told Draco about McGonagall’s questions on Transfiguration and what she had learned about Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration.
• Hermione urged Draco not to slack off, and he jokingly complained that Hogwarts had turned his plans to coast through life into hard work.
• Draco produced two steaming flatbreads, but Hermione refused to set down or hand over McGonagall’s notebook while she ate.
• Draco teased Hermione that she valued the notebook more than him, and she blushed and denied it.

Draco teased Hermione by feeding her pancakes and sharing bites from the spots she had eaten, leaving her flustered and insisting she could manage without his support.

• Draco coaxed Hermione into taking a bite of his pancake, then ate from the same spot and teased her about sharing an indirect kiss.
• Hermione called Draco shameless and threatened to stop speaking to him, but followed him down the corridor when he urged her to come along.
• Draco offered Hermione the untouched pancake, then took a bite from the spot she had just bitten; Hermione scolded him and claimed both pancakes for herself.
• Draco teased that many girls wanted him to support them, then said Hermione was the only one he wanted to support.
• Hermione choked in embarrassment and insisted that she did not need Draco to support her because she could manage on her own.

Draco teased Hermione about being jealous and wanting to make him hers, then gave her a sea otter bag with a Ministry-approved Space Extension Charm. Hermione worried the charm was illegal, but relaxed when Draco explained it was authorized and tried the bag with her notes.

• Draco teased Hermione about supporting him and finding another woman, and Hermione insisted he was not allowed to look for anyone else.
• Draco asked whether Hermione had been nervous about Cho Chang and the others showing interest in him, and she denied it while criticizing his popularity.
• Draco gave Hermione a sea otter shoulder bag and told her it had a Space Extension Charm inside.
• Hermione objected that an unauthorized charm on a portable item was illegal and urged Draco to take the bag back.
• Draco explained that the magical shop had obtained Ministry approval, and Hermione accepted the bag and placed her notes inside.

Draco teased Hermione after giving her an otter bag, kissed her cheek, and followed her to the Gryffindor Common Room, where the Fat Lady teased them both. Hermione entered ahead of him but lingered near the doorway, still embarrassed as Draco caught up with her.

• Draco told Hermione the otter bag came with a price, then kissed her cheek when she refused to agree to his demand.
• Hermione hurried to the Gryffindor Common Room entrance, where Draco apologized and the Fat Lady teased them about taking their time.
• Draco gave the Fat Lady a bottle of red wine in exchange for opening the portrait door.
• The Fat Lady called Hermione and Draco a perfect match, and Hermione listened from behind the door while Draco agreed.
• Draco entered the common room and caught up with Hermione, who denied that she had been waiting in the passage.

Hermione fled upstairs after Olivia, Lavender, and Parvati teased her and Draco about their promise and the Fat Lady calling them a perfect match. Draco shared flatbreads with the others and went to bed, still smiling as he thought about Hermione, who was secretly listening from upstairs.

• Hermione's roommates teased her and Draco about their conversation, and Hermione blushed before running toward the girls' dormitory.
• The others continued teasing Draco, while Ron grumbled and Neville admitted that Draco and Hermione made a good match.
• Draco offered the group six flaky flatbreads, and they ate them while easing off their teasing.
• Draco went upstairs as Hermione secretly listened from behind a corner, then returned to the boys' dormitory without waking Seamus.
• Draco lay down and reflected on his growing Fortune Points and Hermione's embarrassed reactions.

In the girls’ dormitory, Lavender, Parvati, and Olivia teased Hermione about Draco’s promise, his plans to visit her home, and the gift he had given her. Hermione denied having feelings for him, but her blushing and protectiveness over the sea otter bag gave her friends more to tease her about.

• Harry, Ron, and Neville quietly entered the boys’ dormitory and settled into bed.
• Lavender, Parvati, and Olivia questioned Hermione about her relationship with Draco and the promise he had made to her.
• Hermione denied that Draco’s promise or request for her home address meant anything, while her friends suggested he intended to visit her.
• Hermione blushed as she imagined Draco outside her home, and her friends stopped teasing her for the moment.
• Lavender picked up Hermione’s sea otter shoulder bag, and Hermione hurriedly tried to take it back, claiming she had bought it at an ordinary shop.

Hermione’s friends teased her about the sea otter shoulder bag and urged her to stop denying her feelings for Draco. She admitted she liked him, then fell asleep thinking warmly of him.

• Lavender and Parvati teased Hermione that Draco had given her the sea otter shoulder bag, but Hermione insisted she had bought it herself.
• Olivia told Hermione that Cho Chang and others were discussing Draco and thought they still had a chance with him; Lavender and Parvati warned her about Cho Chang and Emock.
• Lavender, Parvati, and Olivia urged Hermione to respond to Draco’s feelings, and Hermione quietly admitted that she liked him.
• Hermione playfully agreed that she had good taste in Draco while her friends teased her about their future wedding.
• Hermione went to bed hugging the shoulder bag and fell asleep smiling as she remembered Draco.

Draco and Ron wagered on whether Professor Quirrell would teach useful Defence Against Dark Magic, with Ron risking becoming Draco’s underling. The students entered class, where Quirrell appeared thin, nervous, and frightened of the wall chart.

• Lavender and Parvati anticipated an exciting class, but Draco predicted Quirrell would teach only useless basics.
• Ron challenged Draco’s prediction and accepted a bet: he would get a new wand if he won, but become Draco’s underling if he lost.
• Harry tried to dissuade Ron, while Parvati’s teasing pushed Ron to insist he would honor the bet.
• Draco teased Hermione as they prepared for class, and Hermione scolded him and urged him to study.
• Draco and Hermione noticed Professor Quirrell emerge behind the lectern, looking gaunt and visibly frightened.

Draco used an odor-blocking spell to protect himself and Hermione from the garlic in Professor Quirrell’s classroom, then taught the spell to their classmates. As Quirrell’s confused lecture continued, Olivia, Neville, Lavender, and Parvati took over teaching the gathered students.

• Professor Quirrell filled the classroom with strong-smelling garlic and gave a nervous, confusing explanation of defensive spells.
• Draco cast an odor-blocking spell on himself and Hermione, and Hermione moved closer to him.
• Olivia and Neville asked Draco for help, and Draco taught them and the nearby students how to cast the spell.
• Olivia, Neville, Lavender, and Parvati continued teaching the students who gathered around them.
• Hermione teased Draco for letting everyone else handle the teaching while he stayed beside her.

After helping the class master an odor-blocking charm, the students turned their frustration on Professor Quirrell’s slow teaching and questioned him about his garlic smell and scarf. Their questions left Quirrell increasingly rattled as the boy who pretended to rescue him continued interrogating him about Inferi.

• Hermione teased Draco about his claim that he had patiently won her over, while the students learned the odor-blocking charm and shielded themselves from the garlic smell.
• The students began raising questions to disrupt Professor Quirrell’s slow lesson, and a Hufflepuff girl challenged his explanation for wearing garlic to repel a vampire.
• Professor Quirrell claimed he had driven the vampire away, but the girl pressed him on whether it might still be following him into the classroom.
• A boy told the girl to stop troubling Quirrell, then revealed he wanted to ask questions of his own and asked why Quirrell wore a thick scarf.
• Professor Quirrell said an African prince had given him the scarf for warding off evil, and the boy asked how he had dealt with the Inferi, leaving Quirrell stumped.

Draco rescued Professor Quirrell’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson by explaining Jiangshi and reassuring the students that wizards could defeat them. At lunch, Cho Chang and Emock approached Draco, and Hermione’s jealousy became obvious as she insisted she and Draco would not break up.

• Draco described Jiangshi to the class, explaining their origins, appearance, abilities, and traditional ways to fight them.
• Draco said wizards could destroy Jiangshi with the Blasting Curse, and Professor Quirrell praised him and resumed the lesson.
• After class, Professor Quirrell hurried away while students discussed Jiangshi and pressed Draco for more details.
• At lunch, Hermione pinched Draco and claimed she was reminding him that his steak was getting cold as Cho Chang and Emock approached.
• Emock teased Hermione about breaking up with Draco, and Hermione anxiously insisted they would not break up.

Draco and the others joked with Cho Chang and Emock before Olivia taught them the Odour-Blocking Charm to help them endure Professor Quirrell’s garlic stench. After they left, the group teased Harry about watching Cho Chang, and Hermione joined in, hoping he might pursue her.

• Cho Chang and Emock asked Draco to teach them the Odour-Blocking Charm, and he directed them to Olivia.
• Draco and the others teased Hermione about their relationship until he coaxed her with a piece of roast potato.
• Olivia explained the Odour-Blocking Charm to Cho Chang and Emock, who quickly learned it and left to teach their dormmates.
• Ron teased Harry for watching Cho Chang leave, and the others joined in as Harry blushed and denied it.
• Hermione added that Harry had watched Cho Chang throughout the lesson, hoping he would become interested in her.