Chapter Summaries

Fred and George’s plan to expose Lockhart drew a crowd of former fans, and Snape helped ensure the fraud was publicly disgraced. As the school year ended, Harry and Hermione prepared Ron to face the revelation about his rat and Harry’s godfather.

• Fred and George took Ron’s wand through a secret passage to confront Lockhart, while Dumbledore and Snape watched their livestream and anticipated his downfall.
• Students who had learned Lockhart deceived them gathered to denounce him, surprising the twins and their viewers.
• Snape confronted Lockhart and suggested that investigators could verify his stolen stories and reverse the spells he had used.
• The Daily Prophet reported Lockhart’s deception, destroying his fame, while Harry learned he had missed the spectacle.
• On the train home at the end of the school year, Harry and Hermione prepared Ron for the truth about Harry’s godfather, and the twins teased him about carrying the rat.

During the summer holiday, Harry worried about getting permission to visit Hogsmeade while the Weasleys prepared for a trip to Egypt after Arthur won five hundred Galleons. The online groups celebrated the news and pressured the twins to livestream their trip, while Snape learned that Lupin had been invited to teach Defence Against Dark Magic.

• Hermione ranked first in her year, Malfoy ranked third, and Ron celebrated a much-improved report card that persuaded Molly to sign his Hogsmeade permission slip.
• Harry worried that Uncle Vernon would refuse to sign his permission slip, and fans suggested that he forge the signature himself.
• Arthur won the five-hundred-Galleon prize, and Ron told Harry that the Weasleys were going to Egypt while promising to bring Scabbers.
• Fans demanded that Fred and George livestream their Egypt trip, and the twins agreed before Fred muted a fan who made an explicit comment.
• Snape anticipated teaching Defence Against Dark Magic until he saw Lupin, whom Dumbledore had invited to take the position.

Ron’s family vacation photo reached Sirius in Azkaban, where he recognized Peter Pettigrew and escaped. Harry and Ron celebrated the news while the Weasleys worried about Sirius’s motives.

• Ron shared news from Egypt with his friends, who urged him to photograph Scabbers at the pyramids so Sirius could see him in the Daily Prophet.
• Harry endured Aunt Marge’s insults while the group comforted him, and Grindelwald began watching the Harry Potter movies.
• Hermione read the novels and considered her next year’s courses and whether to adopt Crookshanks.
• A copy of the Daily Prophet showing Ron holding Scabbers reached Sirius, who recognized Peter Pettigrew as alive.
• Sirius transformed into a large black dog, slipped past the Dementors, and escaped from Azkaban.
• Harry and Ron rejoiced at Sirius’s escape, while Molly and Arthur feared he might silence a witness.

Harry left the Dursleys and reached the Leaky Cauldron, where Arthur explained Sirius's supposed threat to him while Sirius watched from nearby. Draco Malfoy and Blaise learned from the group chat that Sirius was Harry's godfather and had been framed.

• Harry followed news of Sirius's escape and told his groupmates he wanted to contact his godfather, but Vernon repeatedly called him away from his suitcase.
• Ron and Hermione waited at the Leaky Cauldron and worried Harry might use magic against his relatives; Fred and George reassured them that Harry would arrive soon.
• Harry left the Dursleys, nearly approached Sirius, then boarded the Knight Bus and went to the Leaky Cauldron after Sirius slipped away into the bushes.
• Fred and George joined the Weasleys at breakfast, while the group chat joked about Ron's fear of a spider during the Egypt trip.
• Arthur told Harry that Sirius wanted to kill him, and Harry replied, “Why would I go looking for someone who wants to kill me?”
• Draco Malfoy and Blaise discovered through the group chat that Sirius was Harry's godfather and that Peter Pettigrew had framed him.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione rode the Hogwarts Express as Dementors stopped the train and one attacked Harry, leaving him unconscious until Professor Lupin gave him chocolate. The train reached Hogwarts, where Luna revealed that the group chat had already spread news of Harry fainting, and Harry dreaded Malfoy’s teasing.

• Molly noticed Peter Pettigrew had not boarded the train, and Ron kept the rat with him while Harry, Ron, and Hermione shared a compartment with the exhausted Professor Lupin.
• Dementors stopped the train, extinguished the lights, and entered Harry’s compartment; Harry fainted, while students elsewhere, including Draco Malfoy, were also frightened.
• Lupin gave Harry chocolate and left to check on the train, and Harry then used his phone to reassure the group chat that he was all right.
• The train arrived at Hogwarts, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Luna rode toward the castle in a carriage.
• Luna showed Harry that she had learned about his fainting from the group chat, and Harry worried that Malfoy would mock him.

Harry endured Malfoy’s taunts at the opening feast, then joined the group chat and watched Ron out-argue Malfoy by typing faster. The next morning, Harry hoped Professor Lupin had received a phone, but none arrived before the students headed to Divination.

• Malfoy mocked Harry for fainting on the train while Dumbledore introduced Professor Lupin at the opening feast.
• Harry told Ron that giving Malfoy attention only encouraged his childish behavior, while Hermione looked forward to Lupin’s classes and dropped Divination.
• Harry checked the group chat in his dormitory, where Ron and the twins traded insults with Malfoy and Ron won their typed argument.
• Harry went to sleep amused, while Ron planned to keep scolding Malfoy and Neville enjoyed watching the exchange.
• Harry watched for an owl to bring Lupin a phone, but none arrived, and Ron challenged Malfoy again on the way to class.
• Harry, Ron, and Malfoy headed to the Divination classroom in poor moods.

Harry and Ron enjoyed mocking Malfoy, while Hermione worried about Sirius’s approaching appearance at Hogwarts. The chapter ended with Snape catching Harry and Ron distracted by their phones during homework, followed by an author’s notice condemning unauthorized reposting.

• Harry and Ron arrived at breakfast in high spirits after taunting Malfoy in the group chat, while Hermione questioned whether their mockery was right.
• Hermione reminded the group that Sirius was expected to appear at Hogwarts during the Hogsmeade trip and attack Ron in the Gryffindor boys’ dormitory.
• Harry said he had given up his chance to visit Hogsmeade and hoped to look for Sirius at school without making everyone more wary of him.
• Harry and his classmates enjoyed Lupin’s Defence Against Dark Magic classes, while group members lamented that they could not contact Lupin through their phones.
• Snape caught Harry and Ron playing with their phones while doing homework, while Hermione had already finished and left.
• The author condemned someone for reposting the story without permission and asked them to delete the unauthorized copy.

Harry encountered Sirius Black in the Hogwarts corridors and learned from the group chat that Sirius wanted revenge on Peter Pettigrew. Sirius introduced Harry to the phone’s group members, then sent him back to bed while insisting he had a plan, leaving Harry worried about what Sirius would do next.

• Harry waited in the Gryffindor common room for Sirius, who entered Hogwarts as a gaunt black dog and fled when he saw Harry awake.
• Harry chased Sirius through the corridors and stopped him by calling out Peter Pettigrew’s name.
• Sirius took Harry to a hidden room, where Harry shared snacks with him and showed him the phone and its group chat.
• The group members told Sirius they knew how Peter had framed him, and Sirius thanked them before asking where Peter was.
• Sirius ended the call and warned Harry not to get involved in his plan to kill Peter; Harry returned to bed worried about what Sirius would do.

Harry and his friends followed Gryffindor’s Quidditch match against Hufflepuff through a group call as Dementors attacked Harry and his broom broke. Sirius planned to give Harry a Firebolt, while he and Lupin discussed finding Peter Pettigrew and clearing Sirius’s name.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione realized that Snape would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts after the full moon and hurried to class.
• Fred and George hid a recalled group-chat message from Wood, but Wood ordered them to focus on practice for the next day’s match.
• Ginny invited Luna to cheer for Gryffindor, and the group arranged for Ron to livestream the rainy Quidditch match.
• During the match, Harry and Cedric pursued the Golden Snitch into the clouds, where Dementors attacked Harry and Dumbledore drove them away; Harry’s broom broke, but Cedric caught the Snitch before passing out.
• Harry told the group that Sirius would get him a Firebolt, prompting Wood to rush over and ask when it would arrive.
• Sirius told Lupin that Harry knew the truth about Peter Pettigrew, and they discussed finding Peter and clearing Sirius’s name while Fred and George played with their phones.

Harry received a Firebolt from Sirius, but Snape confiscated it before he could test-fly it. After Harry and his friends realized Scabbers had been missing, Fred and George returned the Marauder’s Map to Harry, leaving him with a way to search for Peter Pettigrew.

• Harry opened Sirius’s package and found a Firebolt, exciting the Gryffindors and making Malfoy jealous.
• Snape confiscated the Firebolt before Harry could take it for a test flight.
• Harry asked Ron about Scabbers, and Ron admitted that the rat had been missing for a long time; Harry suggested asking Hagrid about Peter Pettigrew.
• Fred and George decided to return the Marauder’s Map to Harry and brought it to Lupin’s office, where Harry and Sirius were waiting.
• Sirius told Harry the map’s story and taught him its activation spell, while Lupin and Sirius reminisced about its creators.