Chapter Summaries

Draco challenged Snape over an out-of-year Potions question, then correctly identified the potion despite Snape’s attempts to corner him. Snape still deducted fifteen points from Gryffindor, accusing Draco of disrupting class to show off.

• Snape asked Draco what resulted from adding asphodel root powder to an infusion of wormwood.
• Draco questioned whether the formula belonged to a higher-year curriculum, silencing the dungeon and surprising the students.
• Snape mocked Draco and demanded that he answer, while Draco pointed out that neither a right nor wrong answer seemed acceptable.
• Draco identified the result as the Draught of Living Death, a powerful sleeping potion.
• Snape awarded Draco no credit beyond admitting the answer was correct, then deducted five points for interrupting and ten more for showing off and disrupting class.

Snape targeted Draco with questions, deducting points from Gryffindor even when Draco gave correct answers, and silenced Neville when he protested. He then ordered the class to brew a Cure for Boils without teaching the recipe or procedure, leaving students scrambling through their textbooks.

• Snape questioned Draco about bezoars and deducted ten points from Gryffindor after dismissing his answer as imprecise.
• Draco correctly identified monkshood and wolfsbane as the same plant, but Snape accused him of showing off and deducted twenty more points.
• Neville quietly objected that Snape was being unfair, so Snape took another five points and silenced him.
• Snape told the students to pair up and brew a Cure for Boils, though he had not taught them how to make it.
• Hermione searched her textbook while Harry, Ron, Neville, and the other students struggled to find the recipe and prepare to begin.

Draco asked Snape to explain the potion’s safety precautions, prompting Snape to make him responsible for supervising the class. As Draco quietly passed instructions to the other students, Snape confronted him over acting like a classroom assistant.

• Draco asked Snape to give the students precautions before they brewed the Cure for Boils, and Snape displayed the recipe and instructions on the blackboard.
• Snape ordered Draco to complete his potion while supervising the students around him, warning that any accident would bring double punishment.
• Draco accepted the assignment and told students to pass the safety instructions along, while Ron, Harry, and others relayed them to their classmates.
• Snape caught Lavender and Parvati passing along the instructions, then walked over to Draco and accused him of correcting his teaching and seeking attention.

Draco tried to protect his classmates from unsafe brewing but Snape mocked him, ignored his reasoning, and deducted points when Seamus’s potion became dangerous. After Draco finished his Cure for Boils, Goyle’s cauldron exploded, injuring nearby students and drawing Snape’s reprimand.

• Draco stopped arguing with Snape and submitted to his authority, ending their confrontation.
• Draco checked on Neville and watched Seamus struggle to control his potion as Snape blamed Draco and deducted twenty points from Slytherin and ten from Gryffindor.
• Draco finished brewing a stable Cure for Boils at the twenty-six-minute mark.
• Goyle’s cauldron exploded and scalded several nearby students, while Goyle remained unharmed.
• Snape reprimanded Goyle and warned the class to stop using cauldrons if anything abnormal happened.

During Potions, Snape blamed Draco for Goyle’s cauldron explosion and deducted points from Gryffindor, then Draco reassured Goyle and Vincent that they still had his support in Slytherin. Draco’s public invitation to spend time with him and Hermione embarrassed her, while Goyle’s joke about Draco wanting privacy with her ended the encounter in laughter.

• Snape treated the injured students but blamed Draco for Goyle’s cauldron explosion and took ten points from Gryffindor despite Draco’s flawless potion.
• After class, Goyle and Vincent apologized to Draco, who told them not to feel guilty and advised them to stand their ground in Slytherin while avoiding trouble.
• Draco told Goyle and Vincent to seek him out if they needed help and invited them to spend weekends with him and Hermione in the library.
• Draco’s invitation made the Gryffindors tease Hermione, who blushed but did not deny her relationship with him.
• Ron asked Goyle and Vincent why they had not joined Gryffindor, and they explained that the Sorting Hat had placed them in Slytherin.
• Goyle joked that Draco wanted time alone with Hermione, and Draco praised Goyle for having grown smarter, making Hermione blush again.

After Snape took a record number of points from Draco during Potions, the Gryffindors complained over lunch and thanked Draco for standing up to him. Draco invited Hermione to walk by the Black Lake, and they left together holding hands.

• Draco’s friends complained about Snape’s treatment of them and worried about making up the points lost in Potions.
• Hermione said she wanted to organize her notes in the library, but the others hurried off for the weekend.
• Draco invited Hermione to walk by the Black Lake, and she agreed to join him.
• Draco lifted Hermione in front of passing students, then tricked her into letting him hold her hand.
• Hermione held Draco’s hand confidently as they walked, while Draco reflected that keeping her safe mattered more than earning Fortune Points.

Draco and Hermione walked beside the Black Lake, teasing each other as they discussed its magical creatures. Their flirtation ended with Hermione playfully warning Draco not to bring rain to her clear skies.

• Draco asked Hermione which creatures lived in the Black Lake, and she named the Giant Squid, Merpeople, and Grindylows.
• Draco told Hermione about Selkies and Porlocks, then admitted he had learned about Selkies to share something new with her.
• Hermione teased Draco about knowing Selkies, and he confessed he wanted her to look at him more.
• Draco joked that Hermione's changing expression resembled Kuala Lumpur's weather, and she pinched his arm and called him a smooth talker.
• Hermione ran ahead and compared Draco to intense convection, then told him she wanted clear skies rather than rain.

Draco and Hermione spent an afternoon racing and resting by the Black Lake, where Draco used an upgraded Banishing Charm to drive away the Grindylows. He reassured Hermione that he understood her worries about his family and their relationship, and she began making a plan for their future.

• Hermione and Draco raced across the lawn, then rested together by the Black Lake and talked about studying and the House Cup.
• Draco redeemed a Bubble-Head Charm and upgraded his Banishing Charm, using it to drive the Grindylows away from the nearby shallows.
• Draco told Hermione that his family had old books she could read and promised to introduce her to them in time.
• Hermione worried that Draco's pure-blood family might reject their relationship, and Draco took her hand and promised they would work through it together.
• Hermione remembered Draco had not forgotten what she said in the Room of Requirement and began taking out her notebook to make a plan.

Draco and Hermione relaxed together by the Black Lake, then Draco bet that he could call the Giant Squid. After he used Beast Taming, the lake’s surface rippled and a vast shadow rose, leaving Hermione stunned.

• Draco and Hermione joked about the Giant Squid while planning to observe it from the lakeshore.
• Draco secretly redeemed the Beast Taming ability and tried to call the Giant Squid.
• Draco challenged Hermione to bet on whether he could summon the creature, and she reluctantly accepted.
• Draco activated Beast Taming, and the Giant Squid heard his call and swam toward the surface.
• Hermione teased Draco for failing, then saw the lake ripple and a vast shadow rise beneath the water.

Draco befriended the Giant Squid at the lake, introduced Hermione to it, and gave it the name Octopus Brother. When Hermione eagerly asked how he had communicated with it, Draco promised to tell her alone, prompting students to protest that they were not outsiders; a Hufflepuff girl then offered to be Draco’s girlfriend too, leaving Hermione frozen.

• The Giant Squid surfaced and spoke to Draco inside his mind, asking whether he had called it.
• Draco reassured Hermione, shook the squid’s tentacle, and introduced himself and Hermione as its friends.
• The squid shook Hermione’s hand, and Draco named it Octopus Brother, delighting it and startling the onlookers.
• The squid ignored curious Ravenclaws and squirted water at boys who tried to touch it before retreating into the lake.
• Hermione questioned Draco about how he had communicated with the squid, and he promised to explain privately when they returned.
• Students objected to being called outsiders, and a Hufflepuff girl offered to be Draco’s girlfriend, making Hermione freeze.

Draco and Hermione left the Black Lake after Draco introduced the Giant Squid as Octopus Brother, while the other students learned he had caused the commotion. In the quiet library, Hermione praised Draco for acting like a perfect boyfriend and secretly kissed his cheek.

• Hermione rejected a girl's advances toward Draco and led him away, while Draco declared there would never be a vacancy.
• Draco and Hermione said goodbye to Octopus Brother, and Draco later told Ron and the others that the squid had already gone underwater.
• A Gryffindor student told Ron, Harry, Olivia, and the others that Draco had summoned the Giant Squid and named it Octopus Brother.
• Ron and the others realized Draco and Hermione had concealed their involvement and hurried off to catch up with them.
• In the library, Hermione gave Draco an 'Exceeds Expectations' for his boyfriend performance, then secretly kissed his cheek after he stopped asking for a reward.

Hermione was caught kissing Draco in the library and fled from her friends’ teasing, while Draco deflected their questions about the kiss by promising to explain the Giant Squid rumor. When Hermione returned, she gave the exact same excuse as Draco, and the crowded library settled in to hear his story.

• Lavender and Parvati caught Hermione and Draco together, and Hermione escaped into the bookshelves while Draco denied that she had kissed him.
• Draco diverted the group’s questions by offering to tell them about the Giant Squid, drawing more students to the library.
• Hermione returned with a book and claimed that everyone had seen the angle wrong, matching Draco’s excuse word for word.
• Hermione threatened Lavender with consequences for spreading rumors and withholding homework help, so Lavender agreed to stay quiet.
• Draco prepared to tell the story as students from several houses gathered around, while Madam Pince wondered why the library was so crowded.

Draco deflected questions about his ability to communicate with animals, then joined Harry and their friends on the way to tea at Hagrid’s Hut. They passed the dangerous Whomping Willow and reached the hut.

• Draco claimed he had befriended an animal after saving it as a child, and explained how some wizards communicated with animals.
• Harry remembered the group’s tea appointment with Hagrid, and Draco, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Olivia set off for Hagrid’s Hut.
• Ron asked why students were punished in the Forbidden Forest, and Draco warned them about the Acromantulas living there.
• Neville spotted the Whomping Willow, and Hermione described how its powerful branches attacked creatures that disturbed it.
• The group hurried past the Whomping Willow and arrived at Hagrid’s Hut.

Draco and his friends visited Hagrid, where Draco calmed Fang and quickly won the dog’s affection. Hagrid heard that Draco had befriended the Giant Squid and eagerly asked about it, then served the group rock cakes.

• Harry and the others arrived at Hagrid’s hut, where Fang barked and struggled as Hagrid tried to keep him back.
• Draco spoke calmly to Fang, who settled down, and Ron told Hagrid that Draco had made friends with the Giant Squid.
• Hagrid released Fang while moving a bench, and Fang lunged at the group before Draco stopped him and made him lie down.
• Hermione scratched Fang behind the ears, and Fang playfully licked Ron until Draco told him to stop.
• Hagrid welcomed Draco to visit again and asked how he had befriended the squid; Draco said he had shaken its hand and named it Octopus Brother.
• Hermione said she had also befriended Octopus Brother, and Hagrid offered everyone rock cakes.

Draco and the others visit Hagrid, share rock cakes, and arrange a weekend trip to see the Giant Squid. Harry then notices a report about the Gringotts break-in on the day of his birthday, and Ron wonders if a Dark wizard was responsible.

• Draco stops Hermione from eating a rock cake, while the others discover how hard the cakes are and Fang happily eats Draco's.
• Draco tells Hagrid that the Giant Squid is doing well, and they agree to visit it together on Saturday without attracting a crowd.
• Hagrid praises Draco's accomplishments, welcomes him to visit again, and Fang barks in approval.
• Harry finds a Daily Prophet clipping about the Gringotts break-in and realizes it happened on his birthday, when he and Hagrid were there.
• Draco reassures Neville that Gringotts is secure and that ordinary people's savings are unlikely targets, while Ron worries that a follower of You-Know-Who may have broken in.

After Hagrid abruptly ended their visit when the Gringotts break-in came up, Harry wondered whether the theft was connected to the mysterious package he and Hagrid had retrieved. At dinner, Draco called Hermione his wife, setting off a wave of teasing before the group headed to watch Quidditch tryouts.

• Hagrid hurried the children out after the Gringotts theft was mentioned, and Draco suggested that Hagrid knew something about it.
• Harry recalled retrieving a mysterious package from Gringotts with Hagrid and wondered if it had prompted the break-in.
• Wood invited the students to watch Quidditch tryouts, and they hurried through dinner to attend.
• Draco credited Hermione's influence for his diligence and called her his wife, leaving her embarrassed as their friends teased them.
• Draco warned the group that he would take Hermione away and make them miss the tryouts if they continued teasing, so they stopped.

Draco attended a Quidditch tryout with Wood, who explained the game’s positions and tested Draco’s broom skills and reflexes. Draco passed the flying tests without being hit, and Wood moved him on to the next test.

• Draco and his friends followed Wood to the Quidditch Pitch for the tryout.
• Wood explained the Quidditch positions and confirmed Draco was trying out for Seeker.
• Draco flew smoothly through a straight flight and a set of glowing rings.
• Draco dodged Wood’s deterrent flying balls, avoiding every shot even as Wood increased their speed.
• Wood praised Draco’s performance and announced the next test.

Draco trained for the Gryffindor Seeker tryout and impressed Wood by catching every practice ball. After Wood confirmed Draco had earned the position, the others left him alone with Hermione at the castle fork.

• Wood tested Draco’s flying speed and explained the Golden Snitch and the skills a Seeker needed.
• Draco caught every ball his friends threw during chaotic special training, despite their feints and misdirection.
• Hermione wiped the sweat from Draco’s forehead and neck while the others teased them.
• Wood declared Draco fit to play Seeker and told him to join regular training the next day.
• Harry, Olivia, Lavender, Parvati, and Neville left, leaving Draco and Hermione alone at the fork.

Draco and Hermione completed their cleaning duty after teasing Filch, then spent the evening studying together in the library. On their way back, Draco remembered the Two-Way Mirror and asked the system to customize a pair for them, learning that it would cost extra Fortune Points.

• Hermione reminded Draco that they had to complete their cleaning duty, and they went to the Trophy Room together.
• Draco and Hermione traded barbs with Filch until he ordered them to clean, and Draco left the Trophy Room spotless.
• Draco and Hermione studied together in the library until just before curfew, then walked back toward their dormitories.
• Draco remembered Sirius's Two-Way Mirror and asked the system to redeem a pair so he could stay in touch with Hermione.
• Draco requested pocket-sized mirrors bearing their portraits and an inscription, and the system said the custom design required extra Fortune Points.

Draco gave Hermione a pair of custom Two-Way Mirrors bearing their portraits, and they tested the mirrors together in a deserted corridor. Hermione was left flustered by Draco’s claim that he had remembered every detail of her face from the moment they met.

• Draco ordered two custom Two-Way Mirrors from the system for 20 Fortune Points.
• Draco gave Hermione one mirror, and she blushed at the portraits and the engraved message.
• Draco explained that the mirrors let them see and speak to each other from a distance, then teased Hermione about keeping them as a secret couple’s gift.
• Draco and Hermione opened their mirrors in the corridor and chatted while watching each other through the glass.
• Hermione asked when Draco had the mirrors made, and Draco claimed he had memorized her face at first sight.