Recaps

Draco and Hermione grew closer as Draco gained attention for his Defence Against the Dark Arts skills and earned a chance to try out as Gryffindor’s Seeker. In Potions, Snape repeatedly targeted Draco and other Gryffindors, but Draco helped his classmates and finished his potion successfully before Goyle’s cauldron exploded.

• Draco explained Voldemort’s curse on the Defence Against the Dark Arts post to Hermione and said he and Dumbledore were allies who understood the headmaster’s hints about Harry.
• Draco and Hermione flirted while studying for Quirrell’s lesson, then Draco commanded the noisy classroom and demonstrated a defensive spell so well that Hermione conceded their bet.
• Draco openly declared that he would win Hermione over, and Oliver Wood invited him to try out for Gryffindor’s Seeker position.
• Professor McGonagall assigned Draco extra Trophy Room detention after questioning him about Peeves, but Draco negotiated the punishment down to one week.
• Draco prepared Harry and their friends for Snape’s Potions questions, but Snape mocked Draco, deducted points from Gryffindor, and punished Neville for objecting to his unfair treatment.
• Draco asked Snape to provide brewing precautions, then supervised his classmates while making a stable Cure for Boils, but Snape accused him of causing Goyle’s cauldron explosion and deducted more Gryffindor points.
• Goyle and Vincent apologized to Draco after class, and Draco invited them to study with him and Hermione on weekends, prompting the Gryffindors to tease Hermione about their relationship.

Draco and Hermione grew closer as they befriended the Giant Squid, shared Draco’s animal-speaking ability, and began using enchanted mirrors to stay in touch. Draco made the Quidditch team as Seeker and impressed his new teammates, while promising Hermione flying lessons.

• Draco and Hermione walked by the Black Lake, where he shared what he knew about its creatures and reassured her they would face his family’s reaction together.
• Draco summoned the Giant Squid, introduced Hermione as his friend, and named it Octopus Brother, then privately kissed Hermione’s cheek in the library.
• Draco and Hermione visited Hagrid, calmed Fang, and agreed to return to the lake with Hagrid, and Harry found a newspaper report about the Gringotts break-in and recalled his birthday visit there.
• Draco passed Wood’s Quidditch tryouts and earned the Seeker position, then gave Hermione a pair of custom Two-Way Mirrors so they could talk at a distance.
• Hermione met Draco through a mirror in the night and asked him to teach her how to communicate with animals, so Draco used Enlightenment to give her Beast Taming and Beast Language Comprehension.
• Hermione summoned Octopus Brother during a group visit to the lake, and the squid greeted her and Draco before splashing the onlookers and returning to the water.
• Draco promised Hermione private flying lessons after she admitted she feared doing badly in Flying Class, then took part in his first formal Quidditch training.
• Draco challenged Coote and Andrew over his place as Seeker, caught the Golden Snitch within seconds, and began training with the team.

Draco taught Hermione to fly, then built a second Quidditch team that challenged Gryffindor’s veterans and won their scrimmage. As the team took on Slytherin, Draco and Hermione helped secure a decisive victory that left Gryffindor celebrating and Slytherin silent.

• Draco helped Hermione learn to fly, and she later joined him and Harry in rescuing Neville during his first flying lesson.
• McGonagall invited Harry and Hermione to try out for Gryffindor’s second team, and Draco helped recruit and train its players.
• During the Halloween troll attack, Draco and Hermione stunned the troll, then Draco told Hermione that Voldemort possessed Quirrell and sought the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Draco gave Hermione a custom broom, and the second team used it to beat the first team 211–210 in a scrimmage.
• Draco took charge of Gryffindor’s House Cup campaign as the team reviewed its rivals and prepared to face Slytherin.
• Hermione scored and helped clear a path for Draco as Slytherin tried to stop him from reaching the Golden Snitch.
• Draco outmaneuvered Higgs and caught the Snitch, giving Gryffindor a 200–70 victory as the teams and professors applauded.

Draco and Hermione won the Quidditch House Cup, grew closer over Christmas at Hermione’s home, and openly revealed their feelings through the Mirror of Erised. Back at Hogwarts, the group began investigating the three-headed dog’s guarded trapdoor and learned that Nicolas Flamel was connected to the Philosopher’s Stone.

• Draco caught the Snitch to give Gryffindor the Quidditch House Cup, then burned Lucius and Narcissa’s letter criticizing his closeness to Hermione.
• Draco and Hermione shared Christmas at Hogwarts, exchanged meaningful gifts, and kissed beneath the mistletoe.
• Draco Apparated with Hermione to her home, where he won over her parents and spent the holiday with the Grangers.
• After returning to Hogwarts, Draco, Hermione, and Ron found Harry transfixed by the Mirror of Erised, and Draco explained that it showed a person’s deepest desire.
• Draco used the mirror to reveal Hermione’s wish for a peaceful life with him and their friends, then admitted that Hermione was his own desire.
• Harry told the group that a three-headed dog guarded a trapdoor, and Draco and Hermione discussed how they might investigate it.
• Harry and Ron learned from Hagrid that the dog fell asleep to music and that he had mentioned Nicolas Flamel, whom Hermione identified as the maker of the Philosopher’s Stone.