Recaps

Draco embraced his new life as the Malfoy heir, freed Dobby, and began changing his future by choosing Hogwarts and befriending Hermione. As he prepared for school, he also navigated his family’s pure-blood expectations and agreed to attend Pansy’s garden competition.

• Draco awoke in his new life and persuaded Lucius and Narcissa to let him attend Hogwarts instead of Durmstrang.
• Draco activated the Hogwarts Fortune System, learned Occlumency, and freed Dobby by giving him clothes and wages while asking him to keep his freedom secret.
• Draco chose an unusual peach-wood wand with a lion’s mane core, then helped Hermione find a vine-wood wand that resonated with her.
• Draco and Hermione became friends, but McGonagall warned Hermione about the Malfoy family’s pure-blood beliefs, leaving her wary of Draco.
• Draco deflected Lucius’s questions about Hermione and decided to share his knowledge with Dumbledore to eliminate Voldemort while pursuing Hermione’s heart.
• Draco turned away Goyle and Vincent’s plans to practice flying, then surprised Pansy by failing to recognize her when she visited.
• Pansy invited Draco to partner with her in a garden competition, but he discovered she was bluffing about knowing the Engorgement Charm.
• Draco agreed to attend the competition at Parkinson Manor, and Pansy gave him instructions for the event while he kept his real reason for agreeing hidden.

Draco built connections at Pansy’s competition and on the Hogwarts Express, while quietly earning Fortune Points by teaching spells and helping other students. He left the arc sorted into Gryffindor, shocking the Great Hall and joining Harry, Ron, and Hermione at the table.

• Draco attended Pansy’s Puffapod competition, where Pansy won and credited his support before he departed with Lucius and Narcissa.
• Draco taught Goyle and Vincent the Engorgement Charm and the Mending Charm, earning Fortune Points as they practiced and improved.
• The Malfoys traveled to King’s Cross, where Draco boarded the Hogwarts Express with Pansy, Goyle, and Vincent and searched for Hermione.
• Draco found Hermione with her parents and guided them through the barrier, but later accepted her decision to keep their relationship formal because of his family’s background.
• Draco anonymously returned Neville’s toad with the Summoning Charm and cast Warming Charms and Lumos to help students on the journey to Hogwarts.
• At the Sorting, the Hat considered Hermione before placing her in Gryffindor, and Harry also joined Gryffindor after rejecting Slytherin.
• Draco resisted the Sorting Hat’s attempt to read his mind and demanded Gryffindor, stunning the Great Hall and prompting him to sit beside Harry.
• Dumbledore welcomed the first-years, warned them about restricted areas, and sent the students to their dormitories after the feast.

After his Gryffindor Sorting provoked a crisis with the Malfoys, Draco persuaded his parents to let him return to Hogwarts as an unprotected observer. He formed an alliance with Dumbledore against Voldemort and began negotiating an uneasy friendship with Hermione, while her questions about his departure remained unanswered.

• Draco returned to Malfoy Manor with Lucius, who demanded that he choose between leaving Hogwarts, undergoing reeducation, or staying after losing his heir status and apologizing publicly.
• Draco persuaded Lucius that his disgrace could expose the Malfoys’ enemies and become an advantage, then agreed to return to Hogwarts without public family protection.
• Draco told Dumbledore that Peter Pettigrew was alive, identified him on the Marauder’s Map, and revealed that Voldemort possessed Quirrell and had made Horcruxes.
• Draco disclosed the locations of several Horcruxes and Voldemort’s resurrection ritual, while Dumbledore set plans to protect Harry, hunt Pettigrew, and destroy the Horcruxes.
• Draco sat beside Hermione in the Great Hall and offered to answer questions in exchange for a peaceful place to eat, prompting Ron to argue with him and leave the table.
• Hermione established rules for asking Draco five questions and verified that Lucius had tried to take him home from Hogwarts.
• Draco revealed that he had agreed to leave with Lucius despite Dumbledore’s objections, and Hermione asked what had chiefly driven his decision.

Draco earned the Gryffindors’ respect through his skill in Herbology and his help to his classmates, while Hermione struggled with her growing interest in him. After Peeves attacked the group, Draco used an unknown spell to subdue and command him, then faced questions from the professors.

• Draco told Hermione that his family had left him without support and that he wanted to learn from her and succeed on his own, then asked to speak privately with her.
• Hermione agreed to arrange a private meeting with Draco, but his small request was only for directions to his classrooms.
• Draco impressed Professor Sprout and his classmates with his knowledge of dittany, his careful technique, and his patient help to Neville, Seamus, Hermione, and others.
• During the greenhouse tour, Draco explained the Mimbulus mimbletonia’s defenses, and Professor Sprout praised his insight and invited him to study in her greenhouses.
• Draco, Hermione, Neville, and Olivia encountered Peeves, and Draco shielded them before leading Hermione away while Olivia took Neville in another direction.
• When Peeves cornered Draco and Hermione, Draco invoked Lucius Malfoy’s name, but Ron revealed that Draco had been disowned and was in Gryffindor, prompting Peeves to attack.
• Draco used an unknown spell to make Peeves writhe in silvery light, then dispelled it and left Peeves obedient to his commands.
• Draco sent Peeves through the ceiling and told Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Flitwick that he had tried to handle Peeves with love and reason.