Recaps

Draco and Hermione uncovered Voldemort’s plot, stopped him from using unicorn blood through Quirrell, and secretly completed the trials guarding the Philosopher’s Stone. Dumbledore rewarded them at the House Cup feast, where Gryffindor won, and the students celebrated Draco and Hermione.

• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco suspected Quirrell was after the Philosopher’s Stone and agreed to watch the corridor leading to it.
• Hagrid asked Draco to help hatch his dragon egg, and Draco brought Harry, Ron, and Hermione into the secret, and they realized the stranger who gave Hagrid the egg had likely been asking about Fluffy.
• Draco and Hermione helped Hagrid move Norbert to the Romania Dragon Reserve, then investigated a unicorn’s death in the Forbidden Forest.
• Draco attacked the hooded figure drinking unicorn blood, sealed Voldemort’s soul in the Soul-Sealing Jar, and revealed that Professor Quirrell had been possessed.
• Draco and Hermione went through the guarded trials, passing Fluffy, Devil’s Snare, the Flying Keys, the chessboard, a troll, and Snape’s potion puzzle before reaching the Mirror of Erised.
• Hermione retrieved the Philosopher’s Stone from the mirror, and Draco returned it, and they later misled Harry and Ron about why Quirrell had stopped pursuing the Stone.
• At the House Cup feast, Dumbledore awarded Draco 60 points and Hermione 50 points, giving Gryffindor the win and prompting the Gryffindors to toss them into the air.

Draco and Hermione’s relationship deepened as the Malfoys welcomed her, while Ron and Harry each faced major changes in their families. Draco also helped expose Pettigrew, secured Riddle’s Diary for Dumbledore, and challenged Lockhart’s reputation before the students returned to Diagon Alley.

• Draco led Neville, Ron, Harry, Lavender, Parvati, and Olivia through the dungeon challenges, and the group returned laughing about the obstacles they had faced.
• McGonagall exposed Scabbers as Peter Pettigrew, and Dumbledore sent Pettigrew to face trial after Ron rejected him.
• Dumbledore cleared Sirius Black’s name, and Sirius reunited with Harry, who accepted him as his godfather and agreed to live with him.
• Draco told Lucius and Narcissa that he loved Hermione, and they accepted her and welcomed the Grangers to Malfoy Manor, where Narcissa gave Hermione a pearl bracelet.
• Draco told his parents that he had sealed Voldemort’s remnant soul from Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest, then obtained Riddle’s Diary and handed the Horcrux to Dumbledore.
• Draco spent the summer with Hermione, declared that he wanted to spend his life with her, and let her explore Malfoy Manor’s library.
• Draco warned Hermione that Lockhart had stolen other wizards’ achievements, then challenged Lockhart to demonstrate his supposed skills at Flourish and Blotts, prompting him to give away books rather than cast a spell.
• Draco offered to buy Ginny a hair-care potion, and he and Hermione browsed Madam Primpernelle’s shop after the Weasleys left for the Burrow.

Draco and Hermione began their second year at Hogwarts, where Lockhart’s failed lesson and the Chamber of Secrets attacks brought them into a dangerous investigation. After discovering that the Basilisk was targeting Muggle-born students, they prepared to confront it as it hunted them through the castle.

• Draco and Hermione revisited Ollivander, who gave Hermione saved sycamore wood and teased them about their romance before they met Harry and Sirius in Diagon Alley.
• At Hogwarts, Draco used Death Glasses to show Hermione and Ron the Thestrals, then amused the students with theories about Dumbledore’s words at the feast.
• Draco excelled in Herbology, while Lockhart’s released Cornish Pixies wrecked his classroom until Hermione rallied the students to capture them and Draco repaired the damage.
• Draco kept Hermione warm during the cold weather, and the two studied together before Harry heard a murderous voice speaking Parseltongue on Halloween.
• After Filch found Mrs. Norris petrified and a warning appeared on the wall, Draco told Dumbledore he doubted Harry was responsible, and Dumbledore revealed Voldemort’s soul fragment let Harry hear Parseltongue.
• Draco and Hermione connected the attacks to the Basilisk, learned that Voldemort’s diary was a Horcrux, and researched the Chamber while Olivia and Ron watched over Harry.
• Draco deciphered that the Basilisk was obeying Slytherin’s orders to attack Muggle-born students and identified the abandoned third-floor girls’ bathroom as the entrance to the Chamber.
• Draco and Hermione encountered the Basilisk, escaped its pursuit, and prepared to fight after Draco obtained protective items and gave Hermione an immunity amulet.

Draco, Hermione, Harry, and Hagrid ended the Basilisk curse and cleared Hagrid’s name before leaving Hogwarts for summer. Draco and Hermione toured Paris and Beauxbatons with Pheobe and Gabrielle, then returned to the Grangers’ home by Apparition.

• Draco used the mirror fragment to turn the Basilisk’s gaze on itself, petrifying it, then left the classroom with Hermione before the professors arrived.
• Draco and Hermione told Dumbledore they had defeated the Basilisk, and Draco proposed using Harry’s Parseltongue to end the Chamber’s curse permanently.
• Draco, Hermione, Harry, and Hagrid entered the Chamber, where Harry commanded the curse seal to sleep and close it, ending the attacks and clearing Hagrid’s name.
• Dumbledore awarded Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Draco Malfoy fifty points each, and Hermione finished first in her year while Draco placed second.
• Draco and Hermione celebrated in Paris, where Draco used discreet magic, took photographs, and met the Beauxbatons students Pheobe and Gabrielle.
• Draco arranged a visit to Beauxbatons, where Madame Maxime welcomed the group and they toured the school’s gardens, fountain, greenhouse, and Great Hall.
• Draco took Hermione to the Malfoy family’s Paris residence, where he teased her, chose a navy dress for her, and promised to respect her limits after she stopped their kiss.
• Draco, Hermione, Pheobe, and Gabrielle explored Paris before Draco guided Hermione and the Grangers by Apparition to a deserted alley near the Granger home.