Recaps

Mysterious phones connected Hogwarts students to fans who knew their pasts and possible futures, shaping their choices through the school year. As the students left for summer, Harry learned the truth about Scabbers and Sirius, while the group uncovered Dobby’s plan to keep Harry from returning to Hogwarts.

• Owls delivered phones to Hogwarts students and staff, and Hermione discovered the devices gave access to a fan group chat that knew personal details about them.
• The group’s predictions came true when Harry became Gryffindor’s Seeker, Quirrell released a troll, and the students learned that Cedric would die in the Triwizard Tournament.
• Dumbledore and the students used the group’s messages to investigate threats and revelations, including Quirrell’s connection to Voldemort and Lockhart’s stolen stories.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the twins relied on the chat through classes and exams, while the students watched a Muggle cosplay convention and Cedric revealed his identity to his fans.
• After the end-of-year feast, Harry read the group’s messages and realized that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black had been wrongly imprisoned.
• Hermione privately warned Harry about Pettigrew, then wrote Ron the truth about Scabbers and Sirius after Molly confiscated Ron’s phone.
• Harry asked the group about Dobby and learned why his letters had gone unanswered, while Dobby resolved to keep him from returning to Hogwarts.

Harry and his friends used the group chat to avert several dangers, expose Lockhart, and learn how Sirius Black had been framed. The third year began with Harry meeting Sirius, who remained intent on finding Peter Pettigrew as Harry received the Marauder’s Map and a Firebolt.

• Fred, George, and Ron rescued Harry from the Dursleys, and the group secured Ginny’s diary before Dumbledore recognized it as a Horcrux and destroyed it.
• Hermione investigated the Basilisk while Harry, Ron, and Hermione shared information from the group chat, and Harry revealed himself to his fans as the real Harry Potter.
• Fred and George livestreamed their attempt to expose Lockhart, but students and Snape confronted him, and the Daily Prophet reported his stolen stories.
• Sirius recognized Peter Pettigrew in a newspaper photograph of Ron in Egypt and escaped from Azkaban, while Harry left the Dursleys and traveled to the Leaky Cauldron.
• After Dementors attacked Harry on the train, Harry met Sirius at Hogwarts and told him that the group knew Peter had framed him, but Sirius warned Harry not to interfere with his plan.
• Harry fainted during the Quidditch match when Dementors attacked, and Cedric caught the Snitch before passing out as Harry’s broom broke.
• Sirius sent Harry a Firebolt, but Snape confiscated it, and Fred and George brought the Marauder’s Map to Lupin’s office, where Sirius taught Harry how to use it.