Recaps

At St Mungo’s, William reassured Harry that his visions of the snake were caused by a connection to Voldemort, not possession, and warned that the connection could expose Harry to danger. Harry left knowing he needed to learn Occlumency, though William said Dumbledore would find him a teacher.

• Harry asked William to explain whether Voldemort had possessed him and made him attack Mr. Weasley.
• William reasoned that Voldemort would kill Harry rather than possess him to attack someone else, and explained that Harry could sense Voldemort through their connection.
• Harry realized the connection might provide useful information, but William warned that it worked both ways and Voldemort could exploit it.
• William told Harry that Occlumency could block the connection, but said he could not teach him and Hermione was not ready to do so.
• Harry hoped Dumbledore would find him a teacher.

Harry’s connection to Voldemort led Dumbledore to consider finding him an Occlumency teacher, while the Ministry’s political crisis intensified as Fudge faced impeachment. William returned to Hogwarts to find students protesting his supposed expulsion, though he had secretly become a professor.

• Harry’s soul fragment and Voldemort’s use of Harry’s blood strengthened their connection, allowing Harry to enter Voldemort’s mind again, and Voldemort considered himself the best person to teach Harry Occlumency.
• Fudge faced a second impeachment, while Scrimgeour gave investigators evidence that Umbridge had tampered with the graveyard battle scene.
• Fudge accused Aurors of detaining him and other Ministry officials at Christmas, prompting Myanmar’s Ministry of Magic to denounce his insinuation of a coup.
• Scrimgeour sought William’s support in the contest to replace Fudge, while William avoided committing himself and Bones remained a strong candidate.
• William, Hermione, and Anne returned to Hogwarts by Apparition after Hermione had taught Anne the spell and both had given her combat lessons.
• Ravenclaw students rallied to protest William’s supposed expulsion, unaware that he had secured a permanent position as a professor, and William noted the ringleaders’ names.

After being expelled, William was appointed Hogwarts’ youngest Ancient Runes professor at Dumbledore’s feast, while Umbridge remained wary of him. Dumbledore then persuaded Snape to teach Harry Occlumency to protect him from Voldemort’s attempts to enter his mind.

• William imagined leading a student uprising, but the students quieted when McGonagall and Snape appeared, and his hopes of rebellion faded.
• Dumbledore announced that he had appointed William Professor Stark, and the students welcomed him at the staff table.
• Umbridge worried about William and followed Fudge’s orders, while McGonagall and Snape celebrated the consequences of William’s removal from the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
• Dumbledore summoned Snape and asked him to teach Harry Occlumency, explaining that Voldemort had already reached into Harry’s mind and might use him to spy on Dumbledore.
• Snape objected to teaching Harry, citing his resemblance to James, but Dumbledore urged him not to let his emotions cloud his judgment, and Snape finally agreed.

William warned Dumbledore that Snape was a poor choice to teach Harry Occlumency and that Voldemort might exploit Harry’s connection to lure him to the Ministry of Magic. He also revealed that Hufflepuff’s Cup was hidden in Bellatrix’s Gringotts vault, leaving William and Dumbledore to consider breaking into the bank.

• William questioned Dumbledore about Snape’s injured foot and warned that Snape’s history with James made him unlikely to teach Harry well.
• William told Dumbledore that Harry wanted to use his connection with Voldemort to steal information, and warned that Voldemort might lure Harry into danger.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort sought the prophecy in the Department of Mysteries and might trick Harry into retrieving its Prophecy Orb.
• William reported that Veritaserum had revealed Hufflepuff’s Cup was hidden in Bellatrix’s vault at Gringotts.
• William said they would have to force their way into Gringotts, confident in his past experience robbing the bank.

William settled into his new office and handed Cho the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain’s badge, while students celebrated the announcement of an Apparition course. He said he would take the course and test despite already Apparating without a license, leaving Umbridge unable to challenge him.

• William chose a spacious office with a balcony and lake view instead of taking over Babbling’s former Ancient Runes office.
• William gave Cho the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain’s badge and reassured her that he would return to help the team.
• Luna showed William and Cho a Quibbler story claiming Fudge had posed as Merlin reincarnated and committed various crimes.
• William gave Cho a notice announcing a twelve-week Apparition course for students old enough to attend.
• William told his Ancient Runes students that he would take the Apparition course and test, then pointed out that he had Apparated without a license in front of Umbridge.

William enlisted Hermione and Anne to help grade the holiday homework, then took them to meet Hagrid for a trip into the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid greeted them armed with William’s enchanted bow, showing that the forest had become dangerous.

• William recruited Hermione and Anne to help grade the large pile of holiday homework.
• Anne criticized William’s office decor and complained that her photograph had been hidden while Hermione’s were displayed.
• William left his office protected by a password-locked sea eagle and a Matagot, then led Hermione and Anne toward Hagrid’s hut.
• William, Hermione, and Anne met Hagrid, who took the enchanted bow William had given him because the Forbidden Forest had become dangerous.

William learned that tensions were growing among the Centaurs after his trade with Ronan and Fire Kiss exposed them to human goods and stories. When Fire Kiss arrived with news that the Centaurs planned to kill Firenze, William rode off with her to intervene.

• Hagrid told Anne and Hermione that he had been put on probation and would leave Hogwarts within a month or two to help the Giants in the Alps.
• Hagrid brought William, Hermione, and Anne to see Grawp, and William led the Giant to a cave he had enchanted for shelter.
• William learned that Ronan had stopped responding to Hermione’s enchanted messages.
• Fire Kiss arrived and told William that the Centaurs were going to kill Firenze, so William rode away with her while Hermione went to alert Hagrid.

Bane confronted Firenze for accepting Dumbledore’s offer to teach at Hogwarts and ordered the Centaurs to kill him. William arrived on Fire Kiss and fought his way through the tribe to reach Firenze, leaving Bane furious as the confrontation escalated.

• Bane accused Firenze of betraying the Centaurs by joining Hogwarts, while Ronan defended Firenze and challenged Bane’s hostility toward wizards.
• Firenze warned that the Dark Lord’s return would draw the Centaurs into war, but Bane insisted the conflict had nothing to do with them.
• Bane ordered his followers to kill Firenze and threatened anyone in the tribe who sided with wizards.
• William rode Fire Kiss into the gathering and used magic to clear a path through the Centaurs.
• William broke a Centaur’s greatsword and reached Firenze as Bane watched helplessly.

William confronted Bane’s Centaurs to take Firenze back to Hogwarts, while supporting Ronan’s challenge to Bane’s leadership. After defeating Bane and several Centaurs without killing them, William asked the tribe who agreed with his decision and who objected.

• William arrived with Fire Kiss and told Firenze that Dumbledore had sent him to Hogwarts, while Bane objected and threatened to detain him.
• Ronan defended William, reminding the Centaurs that he had helped them and arguing that they should not harm him.
• Bane ordered the Centaurs to attack, but Fire Kiss deflected his arrow and William subdued several charging Centaurs with magic.
• William mounted Bane, blocked his counterattack with a Water Shield Charm, and knocked him into the dirt with a Spiral Water Arrow Spell.
• William walked to Firenze and asked the Centaurs who agreed with him taking Firenze away and who objected.

William defeated Bane without killing him, while Ronan rallied the Centaurs to call a referendum for a new chief. Afterward, William discussed cooperation with Ronan and was caught in a dispute over buying Fire Kiss a Goblin-made sword.

• William urged Bane to give up and told the Centaurs he would spare his former friend, but Bane refused to submit.
• Grawp arrived with Hermione and Anne, and Ronan ordered the Centaurs to lower their bows and demanded that William keep Grawp away from the tribe.
• Ronan called a referendum to elect a new chief, and the Centaurs backed him as Bane realized he would likely be displaced.
• William and Ronan discussed restoring ties with Hogwarts and developing the Forbidden Forest together with Akali's Mystery Shop.
• William found Hermione and Fire Kiss sparring with swords while Anne cheered them on, and Fire Kiss asked him to sell her a Goblin-made sword.
• Hermione demanded that William pay for Fire Kiss's sword as compensation for pulling her hair, leaving William to consider changing the profit split with Ronan.

William reflected on his growing influence among magical groups while Firenze agreed to teach Divination at Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Umbridge dismissed Trelawney in front of the students, and the chapter ended with danger looming over her.

• William noted that he had helped Ronan rise to power among the Centaurs and that Firenze had agreed to teach Divination at Hogwarts.
• Umbridge repeatedly disrupted Trelawney's lessons, and Trelawney predicted that Umbridge would receive the Dementor's Kiss.
• Trelawney appealed to Dumbledore and other professors for support, but Dumbledore had already prepared Firenze as a replacement.
• In the second week of term, Umbridge announced Trelawney's dismissal and had her belongings dumped at the Great Hall entrance.
• Umbridge taunted Trelawney and barred her from finding work in Britain, while students gathered and glared at her; danger was about to descend on Umbridge.

Umbridge tried to force Trelawney out of Hogwarts, but William and the others secretly attacked her and the students joined in. Dumbledore let Trelawney stay, while Cedric blamed the beating on Slytherin students.

• Umbridge threatened the students and ordered Trelawney to leave Hogwarts as William, Cedric, Fred, and George watched.
• William cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself, Cedric, and the twins so they could attack Umbridge unseen.
• The twins covered Umbridge's head with a sack, and the students—including Trelawney—rushed forward to beat her.
• Dumbledore arrived and let Trelawney stay at Hogwarts, and McGonagall promised her a raise after Fudge stepped down.
• Cedric told Dumbledore that Slytherin students had beaten Umbridge, leaving Snape furious.

After Umbridge vanished into a broken Vanishing Cabinet and later reappeared in the Hospital Wing, Hogwarts descended into rumors, suspensions, and Quidditch turmoil. With key players from every house sidelined, the school’s teams struggled and the season grew chaotic.

• The twins had hidden Umbridge in the broken Vanishing Cabinet, where she remained for two days before appearing in a fifth-floor toilet.
• Umbridge returned to the Hospital Wing, fired Trelawney, and suspended Malfoy and Montague from Quidditch while docking them points.
• Lavender and Parvati abandoned their promise to resist the new Divination teacher after they became devoted followers of Firenze.
• Without William, Ravenclaw lost three of four matches, while Cho struggled to compensate for the team’s missing offense.
• Anne, Angelina, and Ginny strengthened Gryffindor’s attack, but the team’s weak defense left it struggling too.
• After Malfoy accused Cedric of attacking Umbridge, Umbridge suspended him too, leaving key players from all four Quidditch teams sidelined.

Fudge’s final days in office brought harsh new school rules under Umbridge, while Cedric sought William’s advice about Cho and William traveled to Hogsmeade with Hermione and Anne. William planned to buy the Vanishing Cabinet at Borgin and Burkes, and the Weasley twins went to negotiate for Zonko’s Joke Shop.

• Fudge pardoned wealthy criminals and signed numerous rules that Umbridge enforced at Hogwarts, including restrictions on toilet use and boys and girls spending time alone.
• Cedric worried about being reported for walking with Cho and asked William how to advance their relationship; William suggested an escape room in Hogsmeade.
• Filch and Umbridge inspected students heading to Hogsmeade, while William used a Disillusionment Charm to join Hermione and Anne’s carriage.
• Hermione asked whether the other Vanishing Cabinet was at Borgin and Burkes, and William explained that he planned to buy it and repair the school’s cabinet.
• William, Hermione, and Anne arrived in Hogsmeade, where wanted notices and shop promotions filled the streets.
• The Weasley twins went to Zonko’s Joke Shop to discuss buying it because the shop was losing business and preparing to change hands.

William met Rita at the Hog's Head and warned her that both Fudge and Voldemort's people were searching for her. Rita agreed to spend a year spying on the Death Eaters for William in exchange for two hundred thousand Galleons, while William planned to release evidence against Fudge and Umbridge after Fudge left office.

• William arrived at the Hog's Head with Hermione and Anne, and Aberforth made him buy a bottle of Firewhisky for the room.
• Rita arrived in beetle form, transformed back, and began questioning Anne before Hermione stopped her from using her interviewing quill.
• Rita drank whisky contaminated with goat-related debris from the pub and vomited before William confronted her about appearing in public.
• William told Rita that Fudge and Voldemort's followers were looking for her and warned that Wormtail had been sent to track her down.
• William offered to send Rita abroad or pay her two hundred thousand Galleons to spend a year spying on the Death Eaters, and Rita accepted the spying job.
• William told Rita to release her evidence against Fudge and Umbridge gradually after Fudge stepped down, so they could be prosecuted.

William paid Rita to gather intelligence and discovered Umbridge was pressuring Marietta to report on his tutoring group. He reassured Marietta and told her to pretend to cooperate, while he, Hermione, and Anne anticipated that Umbridge would use the group’s name to draw Fudge into a confrontation.

• William offered Rita two hundred thousand Galleons to focus on gathering intelligence for him.
• Marietta told William that Umbridge had pressured her to report on his tutoring class and threatened her mother's Ministry job.
• William used Legilimency to confirm Marietta was telling the truth, then promised her mother could work at Akali's Mystery Shop if she lost her job.
• William told Marietta to pretend to agree to report on him while secretly remaining loyal to her friends.
• Anne and Hermione reasoned that Umbridge would bring Fudge because the tutoring group was called D.A., which could be read as Dumbledore's Army.
• Harry and Ron stopped William as he and the others headed toward the Three Broomsticks.

Harry learned that Voldemort’s discovery of their mental connection, not Snape’s lessons, caused his scar to hurt more often, then saw Cho kissing Cedric in Hogsmeade. In March, William was roped into supervising the sixth-years’ Apparition class and was asked to help teach it when the instructor fell ill.

• Harry blamed Snape’s Occlumency lessons for his increasingly frequent scar pain, but William helped him realize it had worsened because Voldemort had discovered their mental connection.
• William defended Snape’s loyalty to Dumbledore and gave Harry bottles of concentrated Draught of Living Death to help him sleep.
• Harry saw Cedric and Cho kissing at Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop and went to bed heartbroken after the Hogsmeade trip.
• In March, William agreed to supervise the sixth-years’ Apparition class despite receiving no overtime pay.
• Professor McGonagall told William and the other Heads of House that the Apparition instructor was ill, so they would have to teach the class themselves.

William taught Hogwarts students how to Apparate during a Ministry-run class, while Snape mocked students and dealt with injuries. In the Hospital Wing, Umbridge pressured Marietta by threatening her mother’s career, and Marietta agreed to cooperate.

• McGonagall arranged the students in the Great Hall, and William taught the Ravenclaws the three Ds of Apparition before demonstrating it.
• Marietta, Cho, and other students struggled with their attempts, while Snape insulted Elena Kaslina and Maca McLean after their mishaps.
• Alan Harris was Splinched, and Snape rushed to help him while angrily berating him.
• Umbridge visited Marietta in the Hospital Wing and threatened her mother’s promotion unless she behaved.
• Marietta agreed to Umbridge’s demand, and Umbridge smiled with satisfaction.

As public opinion turned against him and his aides deserted him, Fudge raged over his failing ministry and seized on Umbridge’s claim that William was forming Dumbledore’s Army. He ordered Aurors to Hogwarts, where Umbridge led William and Hermione toward the Headmaster’s Office as the confrontation began.

• Ministry officials doubted Fudge would survive his second impeachment, despite Christian’s confidence in him.
• Cattermole, Clay, and Percy told Fudge that Stan had resigned to become the Daily Prophet’s editor-in-chief and would not suppress Rita Skeeter’s articles.
• Fudge blamed his aides for his political collapse and shouted at them before Umbridge contacted him through the fireplace.
• Umbridge claimed she had witnesses and physical evidence that William was forming Dumbledore’s Army, and Fudge decided to investigate with Aurors.
• At Hogwarts, Umbridge ordered a search of the room and led William and Hermione toward the Headmaster’s Office.

Fudge summoned William to accuse him of forming an illegal youth corps, while William mocked Fudge over his political desperation. Umbridge brought Marietta and Cedric as witnesses, leaving Percy worried that Cedric might take the future secretary position he coveted.

• William and Hermione entered Dumbledore's office with Umbridge, and Fudge confronted William about his activities at Hogwarts.
• William denied knowing why he had been summoned and publicly claimed Fudge had begged him for help staying Minister.
• Fudge accused William of organizing an unregistered youth corps, and William demanded evidence while Dumbledore warned Fudge to produce it.
• Umbridge returned with Marietta and Cedric as witnesses and introduced their family connections and Cedric's qualifications.
• Percy suspected Umbridge was grooming Cedric for a position and worried that Cedric would outshine him.

William exposed Umbridge’s false accusations and revealed that Fudge had ordered her to drive Dumbledore and William out of Hogwarts. With Fudge impeached and removed as Minister, he was left facing trial and pleading for mercy.

• Marietta denied reporting illegal meetings or an organization and accused Umbridge of framing William.
• Cedric reported that Umbridge had punished him with a Dark Magic object and tried to recruit him to frame William, then presented a complaint signed by Hufflepuff students.
• Umbridge produced a supposed D.A. list, but Percy read aloud a letter exposing Fudge’s orders to remove Dumbledore and William from Hogwarts.
• William announced he would sue Fudge and pursue Umbridge for abusing students, while Dumbledore revealed that the Wizengamot had impeached Fudge and removed him from office.
• Fudge begged Dumbledore and Kingsley for help, but Kingsley refused to escort him away and confessed that he belonged to the Order of the Phoenix.
• Fudge fell to his knees and pleaded with William, who told him it was time to repay for the path he had chosen.

Umbridge was arrested and sent to the Ministry, prompting Hogwarts to abolish Fudge’s Educational Decrees and celebrate her expulsion. The Daily Prophet reported that Fudge had been impeached and forced from office, and the Wizarding World mocked him alongside other disgraced leaders.

• Students noticed Umbridge was absent from breakfast, and McGonagall announced that she had been arrested and sent to the Ministry of Magic.
• McGonagall told Filch to post a notice abolishing Fudge’s twenty-seven Educational Decrees and naming Snape temporary Defence Against Dark Magic professor.
• Hogwarts students celebrated Umbridge’s removal with a parade and magical products from Akali’s Mystery Shop.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Fudge had left office after a successful impeachment, and the Wizarding World branded him one of the Four Wonders alongside Gorbachev, Clinton, and Roh Tae-woo.

After Fudge’s downfall, William and Dumbledore maneuvered to keep the Ministry of Magic under their control and rallied the Wizarding World against Voldemort. As Britain prepared for war, Voldemort’s actions in the Alps revealed that he was building an army of Giant Inferi.

• Rumors about Cedric’s role spread through Hogwarts until Rita’s Daily Prophet account portrayed him as having fought Umbridge and listed Fudge’s crimes.
• Wizards called for William and Dumbledore to become Minister for Magic, but Dumbledore refused, and he and William backed Bones as their preferred candidate while Umbridge faced impeachment.
• Dumbledore warned that Voldemort had returned, while William called for a united anti-Voldemort front and Hermione delivered his speech, “A Spark of Magic Fire Can Set the Plains Ablaze.”
• An earthquake struck the Alps near Jungfrau, where Voldemort had likely uncovered Giant corpses and turned them into Inferi.
• Hagrid left Hogwarts to bring the Giants to Britain, while Voldemort’s next targets appeared to include Karkaroff and Sirius.

Voldemort built an army of giant Inferiuses in Switzerland while plotting to conquer Britain by defeating Dumbledore first. William was reinstated at Hogwarts as both a student and professor, but stayed away from classes while pursuing his other plans, including acquiring a second Vanishing Cabinet.

• Voldemort used Occlumency to lure Harry toward the Hall of Prophecy and created a giant Inferius from a corpse.
• Kesla warned Voldemort that Swiss Aurors were approaching, but Voldemort chose to leave them alone and head for Durmstrang to kill Karkaroff.
• Three months after his expulsion, William was reinstated as a student and kept his Ancient Runes professorship, despite objections from the other house heads.
• Professor Flitwick urged William to finish his studies, while Professor McGonagall proposed having the Sorting Hat place him in Gryffindor if he was sorted again.
• William bought the second Vanishing Cabinet from Old Burke at a very low price, claiming he wanted to study its magic.

William and Hermione prepared to travel to Durmstrang over Easter to protect Sirius and deliver Vinda Rosier’s letter to Grindelwald. As exams approached and Hogwarts began its holiday, they left Anne behind with a strict revision schedule and set out through the repaired Vanishing Cabinet.

• William explained that he planned to visit Durmstrang because Voldemort was searching for Sirius, and Hermione suggested they also deliver Vinda Rosier’s letter to Grindelwald.
• Hermione showed William a New York Ghost article mocking Voldemort in comparison with Grindelwald, which William recognized as Little Tom’s work.
• William led Ravenclaw to three straight Quidditch victories, including a 170-point performance against Gryffindor, lifting the team from last place to second.
• Before Easter, Hermione made Anne a detailed revision schedule, while William repaired the Vanishing Cabinet and sent it to Sirius in Northern Europe.
• As the O.W.L. Exams approached, Snape berated Harry and Ron as idiots, and William and Hermione left Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet for Durmstrang.