Recaps

Quirrell fought off a pack of Werewolves and explained how their magic strengthened their bodies and disrupted outside spells. As he prepared to face their leader, a brilliant golden light erupted from the Hogwarts Express, prompting the Werewolves to flee.

• Quirrell deflected the Werewolves’ attacks and trapped most of them in a magically created swamp.
• Quirrell told the Werewolf leader that transformed Werewolves channeled their magic into their bodies, forming a field that disrupted spells and affected objects.
• The Werewolf leader revealed that Werewolves could still control magic in one way, then gathered magic around his fur and body.
• A clear cry and dazzling golden light came from the direction of the Hogwarts Express.
• The Werewolf leader pulled his subordinates from the swamp, shouted for them to run, and fled with them into the forest.

Quirrell drove off the werewolves attacking the Hogwarts Express, while their leader ordered Fenrir Greyback to infiltrate Hogwarts and find the Child of Prophecy. Dumbledore arrived with Gori captured and prepared to take the bound vampires with him, as Professor Marlene cleared the landslide blocking the train.

• Quirrell stopped the werewolves' retreat with Impedimenta, but their leader's magical shield broke the spells and the pack escaped into the forest.
• The werewolf leader ordered the others to Disapparate and told Fenrir Greyback to help a human wizard infiltrate Hogwarts, find the Child of Prophecy, and bring them out or kill them.
• The werewolf leader recalled fragments of the prophecy about dancing with death in the sky, creating a miracle amid the impossible, and a family with a long history.
• Quirrell checked the ropes binding the vampires and went toward the engine to see how Professor Marlene was clearing the landslide.
• Dumbledore arrived with Gori bound in golden light and told Quirrell he had detected werewolves as well as vampires.
• Dumbledore said he would question Gori and take the vampires with him while Professor Marlene continued clearing the tracks.

Dumbledore brought Gori and the other vampires to the Forbidden Forest and questioned Gori about the prophecy, suspecting he had invented his claim about Neville. Hagrid took charge of housing the captives, but his eagerness to keep them as bats alarmed Gori.

• Dumbledore transported the bound vampires to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where phoenix flames left Gori badly scorched and the others unconscious.
• Dumbledore asked Hagrid to find a place to confine the vampires and notify the centaurs, warning that they might still have special abilities.
• Hagrid eagerly discussed keeping the vampires as bats, while Dumbledore warned him to take care with their accommodations.
• Dumbledore questioned Gori about the prophecy and challenged his claim that Neville was the Child of Prophecy, noting that the detailed description did not sound like Grindelwald's style.
• Gori stayed silent, and Dumbledore left to prepare for the feast after offering to return if Gori wanted to talk.
• Hagrid returned with large iron cages from Professor Kettleburn, making Gori wish he could persuade Dumbledore to give him a different keeper.

Professor Marlene used powerful alchemy to clear the landslide blocking the Hogwarts Express, allowing the train to resume its journey. Exhausted, she left Quirrell to tell Professor McGonagall about the delay as the students continued toward Hogwarts.

• Quirrell watched Professor Marlene inspect the landslide and considered helping her reopen a passage for the train.
• Professor Marlene covered the mountainside with glowing alchemical patterns and made a huge arched opening through the rock.
• Quirrell marveled at the cleared tracks while Professor Marlene recovered her strength with a potion.
• Professor Marlene asked Quirrell to tell Professor McGonagall about the delay, then headed to the front of the train.
• The Hogwarts Express sounded its whistle and continued toward the castle.

On the Hogwarts Express, Harry punished Herman for insulting her, using a huge black dog to torment him while Ron enjoyed a puppy. The train arrived at Hogwarts, where the first-years were called to gather.

• Herman apologized to Harry and praised her, but a huge black dog held onto his shirt and kept him from sitting down.
• Herman tried to persuade Harry to dismiss the dog by pointing out that Ron was frightened.
• Harry conjured a puppy for Ron, who quickly cheered up and began petting it.
• Herman agreed to Harry’s offer of the same treatment, but the huge dog pinned him down and licked his face until Harry dismissed it.
• The Hogwarts Express slowed beside the castle, and a booming voice called for the first-years to gather after disembarking.

Herman arrived at Hogwarts with the first-years and cleaned the dog slobber from his clothes after Hagrid greeted Harry and reminisced about her family. The students set off by boat across the lake toward Hogwarts Castle.

• Hagrid welcomed the first-years and greeted Neville and Harry, recalling his friendship with Harry's parents and Black.
• Draco recoiled from the dog slobber on Herman and gave him her stained handkerchief, while Neville and Hugo checked on him.
• Herman used magic to clean his clothes and the handkerchief, but Draco told him to choose Slytherin and hurried away.
• Hagrid criticized Slytherin, then led the first-years down to the lake and told them to board the boats.
• Herman joined Ron and Harry in the last boat as the boats crossed the lake toward Hogwarts Castle.

The first-years arrived at Hogwarts after the train attack, and Professor Snape left to prepare protective potions after seeing Harry. The Sorting Ceremony began, placing Hannah Abbott in Hufflepuff, Draco Malfoy in Slytherin, and Neville Longbottom in Gryffindor.

• Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape welcomed the first-years and discussed strengthening Hogwarts's security after the train attack.
• Professor Snape saw Harry, became unsettled by memories of Lily, and left to check potion ingredients.
• Professor McGonagall led the first-years into the Great Hall and explained the Sorting Ceremony.
• Hannah Abbott was sorted into Hufflepuff and waved to Herman, who glanced nervously at Harry.
• Draco Malfoy was sorted into Slytherin and silently told Herman she had instructed the Sorting Hat to place her there.
• Neville Longbottom was sorted into Gryffindor, where Fred and George welcomed him and celebrated the house's chances of winning the House Cup.

Ron and Hugo were sorted into Gryffindor, while Harry’s unexpected placement in Slytherin stirred whispers across the Great Hall. The Sorting Hat rejected Herman’s attempts to choose another house and prepared to place him in Slytherin, leaving him dreading the prospect of sharing a common room with Harry.

• Professor McGonagall called Ron Weasley, and the Sorting Hat placed her in Gryffindor, where George and Fred welcomed her.
• Hugo Granger was sorted into Gryffindor and joined Neville and Ron at the table.
• The Sorting Hat placed Harry Potter in Slytherin, surprising the Great Hall; Draco began applauding, and Harry sat beside her.
• Herman Horace approached the stool as Draco watched hopefully, then told the Sorting Hat he wanted Ravenclaw.
• The Sorting Hat judged Herman’s motives ambitious rather than driven by knowledge, rejected his requests for Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, and insisted Slytherin suited him best.
• Herman argued that he was not pure-blood and tried to negotiate, but the Sorting Hat refused to reconsider, leaving him worried about sharing a common room with Harry.

Herman was sorted into Slytherin, where he joined Harry and Draco, while the Sorting Hat left him wondering about his blood status. Dumbledore welcomed the students and introduced Hogwarts' professors and staff, as Herman noticed a mysterious woman at the staff table.

• The Sorting Hat placed Herman in Slytherin and whispered that he might be a pure-blood, leaving him frustrated by its riddles.
• Herman sat beside Draco, who promised to look after him, while Harry remarked that they would share a House.
• Dumbledore welcomed the students and glanced toward Neville at the Gryffindor table and Herman and Harry at Slytherin.
• Dumbledore introduced the Heads of House and other professors, including Snape, whose attention seemed fixed on Harry.
• Draco told Herman that Snape was her father's old friend and urged him to stick with her, and Herman agreed while privately thinking Harry might be more useful.
• Dumbledore introduced the remaining professors and school staff, and Herman took particular notice of a woman in dark blue robes reading at the staff table.

At the Hogwarts welcome feast, Dumbledore introduced the new professors and warned students about dangers in the Forbidden Forest, a closed third-floor corridor, and pale, sharp-toothed intruders. Herman wondered whether Voldemort and the Philosopher’s Stone plot were still unfolding as expected, and the chapter ended as dinner appeared.

• Dumbledore introduced Charity Burbage as the new Muggle Studies professor and announced that Quirrell would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• Herman studied the composed Quirrell and wondered who Voldemort might be possessing, since Quirrell did not match the original story.
• Draco noticed Herman’s distraction and offered him sweets, which he shared alongside his Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.
• Dumbledore warned students to stay out of the Forbidden Forest and the right-hand corridor on the third floor.
• Dumbledore told students to report anyone with bloodless faces, sharp teeth, pointed mouths, or long fingernails to a professor.
• Dumbledore began the feast, but Herman hesitated to eat because questions about the threats and the Philosopher’s Stone troubled him.

Herman finished the Hogwarts feast, endured Dumbledore’s school-song tradition, and met the first-year Slytherins Crabbe and Goyle. When Crabbe ate a vomit-flavoured Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean, Draco noticed Herman still seemed to smell like vomit, reminding him of the dog that had slobbered on him during the train ride.

• Herman ate with Draco and Harry while pondering the mysteries surrounding Hogwarts and his own past.
• Dumbledore ended the feast and had the students sing the school song before returning to their common rooms.
• Draco introduced Herman to Crabbe and Goyle, who came over to claim the leftover sweets.
• Crabbe ate a Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean and discovered it tasted like vomit.
• Draco blamed Herman for leaving the beans out and remarked that he smelled as if someone had thrown up on him, bringing back Herman’s memory of the dog’s slobber.

Herman entered the Slytherin common room and received a room assignment after the Prefects changed the first-years’ room placements. He realized Snape had moved Harry’s room to keep her under watch, while Draco mistakenly believed the change was thanks to her family’s influence.

• Herman entered the Slytherin common room and learned that first-years would have single rooms.
• A Prefect announced that the room assignments had changed, with girls placed on the right side of the corridor and boys on the left.
• Herman saw that Harry’s room was directly across from his and suspected Snape had arranged the change to watch over her.
• Draco claimed Snape had moved the girls for her sake because he was an old friend of her father.
• Draco grabbed Herman’s arm and pulled him toward the girls’ rooms to see what was better about them.

Herman settled into a cramped Slytherin room across from Harry’s specially upgraded one, then encountered Harry returning from an early morning walk and woke Draco before their first lesson. Draco opened her door half-dressed and flustered, and her nightgown caught in the doorway as she tried to retreat.

• Draco showed Herman Harry’s spacious room and pointed out that her father’s influence had secured the better accommodation.
• Herman moved into his smaller room and wondered why Snape had arranged for him to stay across from Harry.
• The next morning, Herman found Harry returning with a parchment map and dead leaves on her robes; she said she had gone out to learn the castle’s layout.
• Herman knocked on Draco’s door to warn her she would be late for Transfiguration, and Draco opened it in a sleepy, disheveled state.
• Draco tried to close the door in embarrassment, but her nightgown hem caught and pulled her neckline farther open.

Herman and his classmates rushed to their first Transfiguration lesson, where Professor McGonagall demonstrated her Animagus transformation. Herman successfully turned a match into a silver needle on his first try, earning praise from McGonagall and ten points for Slytherin.

• Draco hurriedly dressed after Herman saw her in her dressing gown, and Harry led Draco and Herman through the castle toward class.
• Harry used a moving map to guide Herman, Draco, Neville, and Hugo to the Transfiguration classroom just before the bell.
• Professor McGonagall transformed from a tabby cat into a human and introduced the lesson on changing a match into a silver needle.
• Herman focused on the match's transformation and turned it into a precise silver needle.
• Professor McGonagall praised Herman's magical control and awarded ten points to Slytherin.

Herman successfully transformed a match into a silver needle in Charms class, while Professor Flitwick explained spellcasting and taught the Levitation Charm. As the students began practicing, Neville, Hugo, and Ron made progress with their feathers.

• Herman turned a match into a silver needle, and McGonagall awarded Slytherin ten points.
• Professor Flitwick explained how spells guide magic and taught the class the Levitation Charm.
• Herman listened to Flitwick’s instructions and prepared to practice Wingardium Leviosa.
• Neville briefly levitated his feather, and Hugo raised his feather to chest height before it descended.
• Neville advised Ron to relax her wrist, and her feather rose a hand’s breadth before settling back down.
• Hugo suggested that Ron make her wand movement smaller.

Herman mastered the Levitation Charm with precise magical control and helped Draco improve her spell, while Harry’s effortless casting showed him he still had more to learn. After Professor Flitwick awarded house points, Herman reflected that his adult experience from two lifetimes helped him grasp spellcasting faster than his classmates.

• Herman levitated a feather smoothly on his first try, while Draco’s feather spun wildly and he laughed at her.
• Herman apologized and guided Draco’s wand movements, helping her raise the feather more steadily.
• Harry teased Herman and Draco about standing too close, and Herman noticed that Harry’s feather hovered with even greater control.
• Professor Flitwick assigned an essay on the Levitation Charm and awarded ten points each to Gryffindor and Slytherin for their outstanding students.
• Herman considered how his precise magical control and accumulated experience from two lifetimes helped him learn spells quickly.

Herman reviewed his lessons, then fell asleep and dreamed intimately about Draco, waking embarrassed and puzzling over the dream’s cause. He tried to put it out of his mind before Herbology, but seeing Draco at the greenhouse brought the dream back and left them both awkwardly looking away.

• Herman decided to maintain his concentration in future practical lessons as he returned to the Slytherin common room with Draco and Harry.
• Herman fell asleep in his dormitory and dreamed of holding Draco’s hand before imagining a more intimate scene with her by the common-room fireplace.
• Herman woke flustered, checked that his clothes and bedding were unchanged, and wondered whether his dream made sense for his age and body.
• Herman gave up trying to explain the dream, changed for Herbology, and went to the greenhouse where Draco and Harry were waiting.
• Herman and Draco met each other’s eyes, then both quickly looked away as the dream returned to his mind.

Herman, Draco, and Harry began their first Herbology lesson after awkwardly teasing one another about their dreams. Professor Sprout introduced the value of magical plants, while Herman remained distracted and Draco bickered with him over their plants.

• Draco insisted she had slept well and dreamed of nothing, while Harry teased her and Herman about possibly dreaming about each other.
• Harry privately recalled dreams of repeated massacres, with Herman appearing at the end as comic relief.
• Professor Sprout welcomed the students to the greenhouse and explained how plants contributed to magic and Potions, highlighting silverleaf's role in curing a village plague.
• Herman listened halfheartedly while Neville and Hugo eagerly took notes, and Professor Sprout invited Neville to visit her after class to see unusual plants.
• Draco criticized the appearance of her plant and Herman's, and Herman mocked her spellwork as they bickered quietly.

During Herbology and dinner, Herman reflected on his growing friendship with Harry and considered using his free time to study instead of doing the bare minimum. The chapter ended with George and Fred secretly plotting at the Gryffindor table while Ron tried to overhear them.

• Draca and Herman blushed as they remembered their intimate moments, while Harry pointed out that they were neglecting their plants.
• Harry considered Draca and Herman among her few friends, then focused on learning about Herbology.
• Herman finished Herbology, left the greenhouse with Draca and Harry, and reviewed his light class schedule over dinner.
• Draca advised Herman to copy his textbook for a twelve-inch essay, but Herman decided he could use his free time to study and improve his magic.
• George and Fred whispered animatedly at the Gryffindor table while Ron tried unsuccessfully to eavesdrop.

Herman considered joining George and Fred on a nighttime excursion and decided he would seek their advice before exploring Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Hagrid carried a jar into the Forbidden Forest to visit the vampires Dumbledore had entrusted to him.

• Herman watched George and Fred evade Filch and began planning a nighttime excursion, deciding he needed a destination and help learning the castle and Filch's patrols.
• Draco warned Herman against befriending the Weasley twins and offered Crabbe and Goyle as his lackeys, while Harry mocked the idea.
• George and Fred left the Great Hall with Filch following them, and Herman resolved to explore Hogwarts at night another time.
• Hagrid went into the Forbidden Forest carrying an enormous earthenware jar to visit the vampires he had been helping settle there.

Hagrid met Professor Quirrell near a concealed cave in the Forbidden Forest, then brought pig's blood to Gori and his weakened vampire followers. After one vampire complained about the taste, Hagrid asked whether pig's blood could substitute for human blood, catching Gori's interest with his mention of Muggle zoology.

• Hagrid encountered Professor Quirrell on the path to the cave and claimed he was checking on the forest animals for Dumbledore.
• Quirrell asked about strange happenings and other professors in the forest, and Hagrid mentioned frightened unicorns and tight-lipped centaurs.
• After Quirrell left, Hagrid entered the cave and found Gori still human while several vampire underlings had turned into bats.
• Hagrid brought a jar of blood, and Gori allowed a nearby vampire to taste it.
• The vampire identified the blood as pig's blood and explained that years of hiding from the Church had taught him to recognize different kinds of blood.
• Hagrid asked whether pig's blood would work because pigs were mammals like humans, and Gori became intrigued by Hagrid's knowledge of Muggle zoology.

Gori explained the Vampires’ need for compatible blood to Hagrid, who promised to consult Dumbledore about obtaining human blood. After Hagrid left, Gori used a Vampire’s blood to recover a little strength and cast a spell to locate the Child of Prophecy more precisely.

• Gori told Hagrid that Vampires needed blood to replenish their souls and that pig’s or fantastic-beast blood could cause dangerous corruption.
• Hagrid recorded Gori’s requirements and said he would ask Dumbledore about human blood.
• After Hagrid left, Gori secretly drank a few drops of another Vampire’s blood, but a dark red lock of light suppressed the magic he regained.
• Gori shaped the remaining blood into a rune and sent a spell through the cave to search for the Child of Prophecy’s magical traces in nearby dreams.

Gori carefully continued trying to locate the Child of Prophecy while waiting for Hagrid to bring back useful information. After a vivid dream involving Draco, Herman woke embarrassed and joined Draco and Harry on the way to class, where he noticed that many Slytherins seemed exhausted.

• Gori used a spell to narrow down the Child of Prophecy's location and worried that his dwindling blood supplies would limit future attempts.
• Herman woke from an erotic dream about Draco and took extra time to calm down and get dressed.
• Herman knocked on Draco's door and invited her to class, but she responded tersely and quickly shut the door.
• Harry joined Herman in the corridor and said she had dreamed that a dog chased and licked her.
• Herman walked with Draco and Harry toward the History of Magic classroom and noticed that many Slytherin students looked tired.

Herman struggled to stay awake during Professor Binns's History of Magic lecture, then studied Transfiguration and wondered whether magical ability had defined tiers. He began outlining a power scale in his notebook, labeling its lowest level Apprentice.

• Professor Binns began teaching the origins of Ancient Magic while students around Herman grew drowsy or fell asleep.
• Herman distracted himself by wondering about ghosts and whether Hogwarts paid Professor Binns.
• Herman noticed Draco watching him, then saw Harry looking at him with a faint smile, and quickly turned away.
• Herman gave up on following Professor Binns's lecture and read his Transfiguration textbook, annotating it as he went.
• Herman considered the differences in magical strength and drew a power-tier diagram, defining Apprentice as the level for years one through three.

Herman created a wizarding skill-ranking system and assessed his own and his classmates’ abilities, then went to his afternoon Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson on the grounds. The chapter ended as the students gathered around Professor Quirrell.

• Herman outlined five levels of wizarding ability, from apprentice to legend, and applied the framework to individual subjects.
• Herman rated his Transfiguration and Charms as near the high apprentice stage and estimated Harry, Draco, Neville, Hugo, and Ron’s abilities.
• Herman took a nap without dreaming, woke relieved, and got ready for class.
• Herman, Draco, and Harry joined the other students outside for Defence Against the Dark Arts, where Professor Quirrell waited with his wand.