Recaps

After waking in a second time loop, William planned to investigate the deaths and eventually confront Voldemort while using the loop to study and improve his combat skills. He left Cedric to play in Ravenclaw’s Quidditch match as he went to investigate.

• William confirmed he had entered a time loop when the note beneath his pillow disappeared, and planned to investigate the forbidden area while preparing to face Voldemort.
• William decided to balance study with recreation, learn French and Mermish, and seek combat training from Dumbledore and Voldemort.
• Penelope told William she had bet twenty Galleons that Ravenclaw would reach the final and promised to introduce him to a girl if the team won.
• William found Cedric and asked him to take his place in the Quidditch match, explaining that many people had died and he needed to investigate.
• Cedric agreed to play Chaser, and William advised him to shoot at the hoops from midfield.

William used Polyjuice Potion to disguise Cedric and took Hermione with him to visit Professor Bathsheda instead of letting her go to the Quidditch match. The chapter ended with Lavender and Parvati speculating about William and Hermione’s relationship, while Lavender said she wanted an ordinary-looking boyfriend like William.

• William gave Cedric Polyjuice Potion, and Cedric transformed and changed into William’s clothes.
• William met Hermione, Lavender Brown, and Parvati Patil on the fourth floor and charmed Lavender and Parvati with compliments.
• William invited Hermione to visit Professor Bathsheda, and she chose to go with him instead of watching Quidditch.
• After William and Hermione left, Lavender and Parvati wondered whether they were dating, and Lavender said she wanted a simple romance with a boy like William.

William and Hermione visited Professor Bathsheda Babbling to ask about studying Ancient Runes, and Babbling agreed to teach William after accepting a magical ring as payment. She offered Hermione free lessons in exchange for keeping her company, leaving Hermione staring at the professor in a daze.

• William and Hermione entered Professor Bathsheda Babbling’s dark, windowless office, where Babbling revealed her painting, The Seventh Chapter of Night.
• William told Babbling he wanted to study Ancient Runes, and she demanded something valuable in exchange for teaching him.
• Babbling rejected William’s own ring, accepted the ring Dumbledore had given him, and then noticed another ring on William’s hand.
• Babbling offered to teach William for a year if he gave her the ring, but she settled for teaching him after he said it could not be removed.
• Babbling offered Hermione free lessons if she stayed to keep her company, while Hermione gazed at Babbling in a daze.

Professor Babbling agreed to teach William Ancient Runes after he quickly translated her vocabulary list, then explained why the language’s meanings should be studied rather than simply translated. William left the lesson with a new understanding of Ancient Runes and carried a sleeping Hermione back toward Gryffindor Tower.

• Professor Babbling gave William five pages of Ancient Runes vocabulary, and he translated them in less than ten minutes.
• Babbling agreed to teach William after he promised to help her with something in the future.
• Babbling explained that a mistranslation of Ancient Runes had made people portray Slytherin with a monkey-like face.
• Babbling taught William that Ancient Runes could preserve secrets and that their meanings needed to be pondered rather than translated.
• After five hours of lessons, William carried the sleeping Hermione from Babbling’s office toward the Gryffindor common room.
• Hermione woke on the fourth floor and asked William to teach her Ancient Runes, and he agreed.

During the time loop, William studied magic, explored Hogwarts, and discovered that the Daily Prophet lottery was rigged. He planned to claim the lottery’s second and third prizes after leaving the loop.

• Harry and Ron fell through the trapdoor and died, while Slytherin won the Quidditch match after Cedric deliberately played badly.
• William avoided Cedric’s punishment, returned to the Ravenclaw dormitory, and continued his routine of studying five days and relaxing for two.
• William studied Animagus and Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall, brewed potions in Snape’s storeroom, and occasionally comforted Snape over Potter’s death.
• William learned that Daily Prophet employees changed the lottery numbers whenever someone bought the jackpot or first-prize numbers, so he planned to claim the second and third prizes after the loop.
• William improved his Ancient Runes, got to know more Hogwarts students, and found that Malfoy remained one of his most loyal customers.

William befriended Malfoy and Pansy by posing as a confidant, then encouraged each of them to pursue Malfoy’s affections. After two hundred days at Hogwarts, William asked Dumbledore to teach him Apparition, and Dumbledore admitted he had learned it during his first year.

• William repeatedly found Malfoy watching Harry and Ron, befriended him, and urged him to become friends with Harry.
• Malfoy told William that Pansy expected him to take responsibility after their kiss, though he disliked her and wanted a dragon farm.
• William befriended Pansy and advised her to pursue Malfoy, while she mistook his help for romantic interest.
• After two hundred days, William asked Dumbledore to teach him Apparition, and Dumbledore warned him that he was underage.
• Dumbledore explained that he had learned Apparition during his first year so he could travel home on weekends.

William learned Apparition from Dumbledore and practiced it throughout Hogwarts, causing a brief commotion during a Quidditch match. When William asked what to study next, Dumbledore recommended Occlumency to protect his secrets and mislead opponents.

• Dumbledore taught William the rules and three Ds of Apparition, and William suffered two Splinching injuries before successfully appearing inside a wooden hoop.
• Dumbledore temporarily lifted the Anti-Apparition Charm, allowing William to Apparate around Hogwarts and recover from the nausea with a potion.
• William found Bobocha and Mrs. Norris watching a Quidditch match from the castle spire, then Apparated into the match, scored with the Quaffle, and handed Cho the Golden Snitch.
• William Apparated into Babbling's room, stole her crisps, and continued practicing around campus before returning to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore recommended that William learn Occlumency to guard his secrets and conceal his intentions in combat.

William tried to learn Occlumency by clearing his mind, but his dangerous stunts repeatedly killed him in the time loop. After surviving more than a hundred Hogwarts Thestral races, he mastered mental discipline and learned Occlumency from Dumbledore in three lunch breaks.

• Dumbledore required William to learn Occlumency before leaving the time loop, so William tried balancing on a board atop a castle tower to empty his mind.
• William fell from the tower, was gravely injured, and became the subject of sensational newspaper reports; the Quidditch match was canceled and the Basilisk never appeared.
• In a later loop, William died while racing a Thestral carriage around Hogwarts, then organized the Hogwarts TT Race with a ten-thousand-Galleon prize.
• William held the dangerous race more than a hundred times and was killed in crashes in all but one run, gradually learning to clear his mind.
• William returned to Dumbledore and learned Occlumency in three lunch breaks, astonishing him.

William pursued dangerous activities during his time loops, training until he could climb a Hogwarts tower, diving in the Black Lake, and organizing a fighting tournament with the professors. After the 1,500th loop, he decided he wanted to leave.

• William trained for about ten months before climbing to the top of a Hogwarts tower, then grew bored and took up diving in the Black Lake.
• William nearly drowned during his first dive, so he later stole Gillyweed from Professor Snape and fought repeatedly with the Merpeople, who guarded their chief’s trident.
• William invited Hermione to swim with him, but she refused because she had no swimsuit.
• During the 800th loop, William organized a Hogwarts Fight Club to spar with different opponents and improve his fighting skills.
• William persuaded Professor Snape to join by offering to give up his right to use the fire dragon if Snape won, and Professor Flitwick agreed eagerly.
• When the 1,500th loop ended, William wanted to leave.

After spending nearly seven years in the time loops, William decided to leave and set out to discover why Harry was heading for the forbidden area. Harry, Ron, and Hermione eventually left the Quidditch match and went there to stop Voldemort, while William watched them go.

• William woke early, asked George to take his place in the Quidditch match, and waited in the Gryffindor Common Room for Harry.
• William followed Harry and Ron under a Disillusionment Charm and noticed Malfoy watching them despondently.
• Quirrell appeared and warned Harry that Voldemort planned to steal the Philosopher's Stone during the match.
• Harry and Ron failed to find Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall scolded them before heading to the Quidditch match.
• Harry persuaded Ron and Hermione to leave the stands and go to the forbidden area on the fourth floor, while William watched them depart.

Hermione used her enchanted supplies and knowledge to help Harry and Ron pass the obstacles protecting the Philosopher’s Stone, while Harry chose to face the final chamber alone. Voldemort killed Harry after he swallowed the Stone, but could not touch his body without being burned and fled, leaving Quirrell’s body destroyed.

• Hermione guided Harry and Ron through Fluffy’s chamber and the room of flying keys, using a lullaby, a rope, and the key she had taken earlier.
• Ron won Professor McGonagall’s wizard chess game, and Hermione used a potion brewed by William to pass the final obstacle.
• Harry sent Hermione to alert Dumbledore and entered the chamber alone, while William followed unseen.
• Voldemort revealed that he had lured Dumbledore away and demanded the Philosopher’s Stone from Harry.
• Harry swallowed the Stone and Voldemort killed him, but Voldemort burned himself when he tried to touch Harry’s body.
• Voldemort abandoned Quirrell’s body and fled in a baby-like form as Quirrell’s ghostly body burst apart.

After reviewing William’s memory, Dumbledore explained how Voldemort used Quirrell, why Quirrell could not touch Harry, and how the Basilisk reached the Quidditch pitch. An eagle pulled William out of the time loop and returned him to his bed.

• Dumbledore told William that Voldemort had hidden on the back of Quirrell’s head before abandoning him and using Dark Magic to make him a ghost-like being.
• Dumbledore explained that Lily’s power protected Harry from Quirrell and revealed that the Department of Mysteries studied Prehistoric Mysteries.
• Dumbledore said Voldemort had brought a Basilisk from the Black Lake through a pipe beneath the Quidditch pitch to draw him away from Harry and the Philosopher’s Stone.
• An eagle flew from William’s ring, carried him into a whirlpool, and returned him to his bed, ending the time loop.

William dominated Ravenclaw’s Quidditch match against Slytherin, then killed the Basilisk when Voldemort released it onto the pitch. As Snape argued with William over the valuable venom, both looked up at the sky.

• William scored repeatedly against Slytherin, building Ravenclaw’s lead while Snape watched angrily from the stands.
• William called a timeout shortly before the Basilisk appeared and concealed it in thick fog with Nebulus.
• William leaped from his broom, blinded the Basilisk with Conjunctivitis Curses, and killed it with a rune-enhanced sword.
• Professor McGonagall ended the match and directed the students to evacuate while William collected Basilisk Venom.
• Snape stayed beside William and argued that the venom belonged to the school, despite William saying Dumbledore had promised it to him.
• William and Snape suddenly looked up at the sky.

After Dumbledore drove Voldemort from Hogwarts and repaired the castle, William discussed the aftermath and Quidditch with him. William left after helping Dumbledore recruit Gilderoy Lockhart as the next Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor and suggesting revised acceptance-letter wording.

• Dumbledore stopped the castle from collapsing, destroyed Voldemort’s black snake, drove him away, and repaired the damage while William watched.
• William’s record-breaking Quidditch performance and his defeat of the giant python made him more popular, while rumors spread that Harry had stopped You-Know-Who from stealing the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Dumbledore told William that Harry was recovering in the hospital, explained that he would announce the Philosopher’s Stone had been destroyed, and discussed Snape’s demand for a Quidditch rematch.
• William declined a rematch to spare Slytherin’s dignity and agreed to let Snape have some Basilisk in exchange for any potions he needed.
• Dumbledore asked William to invite Lockhart to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, and William suggested improving the wording of Hogwarts acceptance letters before leaving.

As exams ended, William excelled in the tests and Ravenclaw won the Quidditch Cup before Dumbledore’s awards made it the House Cup champion again. The school year closed with William’s Basilisk victory securing Ravenclaw’s lead over Gryffindor.

• William made and sold cheating tools and planned to collect past exam questions, though the school’s anti-cheating measures kept students from using the tools.
• The students took their written and practical exams; William earned full marks in several tests, and the Defence Against Dark Magic exam was cancelled again.
• Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff to win the Quidditch Cup after nine years without a title, with William scoring two hundred points and Cedric catching the Golden Snitch.
• At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor points for Ron, Hermione, and Harry, tying it with Ravenclaw at five hundred and twenty points.
• Dumbledore awarded William one hundred points for killing the Basilisk, giving Ravenclaw the House Cup and leaving Snape lamenting the lost chance at a seventh consecutive victory.

William finished the school year at the top of his year and planned to buy a house near Cedric in Ottery St Catchpole. As the group arrived at King's Cross, the twins' prank sent Malfoy swimming through a flooded train toilet.

• William earned full marks in every subject, while Hermione placed first in her year despite losing ten Potions points and Cedric remained first in his class.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Cedric invited William to visit his family, and William invited Cho along; he also told his friends he planned to buy a house with his Daily Prophet prize money.
• William considered buying a house in Ottery St Catchpole so he could live near Cedric, and Harry thought about asking Dumbledore to help him buy a home of his own.
• William asked Cedric about making a wand with the Basilisk horn, but Cedric had not found a suitable pairing and planned to consult Ollivander.
• An explosion flooded a train toilet, where Percy found Malfoy struggling in the water; William suspected the twins had set up the prank as a gift for Ginny.
• The Hogwarts Express reached Platform 9¾, ending the school year.

Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa discussed Bellatrix's imprisonment, the Malfoys' fading influence, and Lucius's plan to acquire the Black family fortune. Lucius admitted he hoped the Dark Lord would never return.

• Lucius asked Narcissa about her visit to Azkaban, and she said Bellatrix was in terrible condition and appeared mad.
• Lucius refused to risk rescuing Bellatrix, explaining that the Malfoys could no longer rely on money and influence as they once had.
• Lucius warned Narcissa that the proposed Muggle Protection Act could let Arthur Weasley search Malfoy Manor for Dark Magic objects.
• Lucius urged Narcissa to get Bellatrix to transfer her Gringotts property to the Malfoys as a way to fund her release, but Narcissa said Bellatrix had raved about the Dark Lord and Sirius had laughed at her.
• Lucius proposed visiting Azkaban with Narcissa and said he hoped the Dark Lord would never return.

Narcissa reunited with Draco at Malfoy Manor, where Lucius criticized their son for his behavior and poor school performance. The family’s conversation ended when Dobby reported that Ministry officials led by Arthur Weasley had arrived.

• Draco entered Lucius’s study without knocking, and Narcissa welcomed him while Lucius reprimanded him.
• Draco told Narcissa he had left Pansy alone in the garden and asked for the present she had promised him.
• Draco revealed that Tonks had questioned Stark about Quirrell’s death, and Lucius warned Draco against spending so much time with Stark.
• Draco asked for a Nimbus broom and a place on the Slytherin team, while Lucius offered to arrange it and criticized Draco’s grades.
• Dobby reported that Ministry officials, including Arthur Weasley, were at the door, and Lucius kicked Dobby before going to meet them.

Arthur Weasley led a Ministry search of Malfoy Manor, but Umbridge ended it before the investigators could search beyond the entrance hall. Lucius decided to hide Voldemort’s diary by slipping it to one of the Weasley children, leaving the diary poised to enter Hogwarts.

• Arthur Weasley, Perkins, a law enforcement patrol member, and Mad-Eye Moody arrived at Malfoy Manor to conduct a surprise search under Amelia Bones’s warrant.
• Lucius Malfoy objected and threatened to defend his property, but Moody confronted him and the group entered the manor.
• The investigators found several prohibited items in the entrance hall before Umbridge arrived with Fudge’s order to terminate the search.
• Lucius told Narcissa that Fudge had used the inspection to balance political interests and pressure him for a donation.
• Lucius entered a hidden room and found the fifty-year-old diary bearing the name Tom Riddle among the Dark Magic objects.
• Lucius decided to slip the diary to one of Arthur Weasley’s children, hoping to discredit Arthur and remove the dangerous evidence.

William brought Hermione, Anne, and Bobocha to a secluded house in Ottery St Catchpole that he planned to use as a summer home and safe house. After showing them the property, he named it Bag End.

• William arrived at the house on the Knight Bus with Hermione, Anne, and a carsick Bobocha, and told conductor Shunpike that it belonged to a classmate.
• William announced that the house would be their summer home, but Hermione and Anne hurried off to explore before he finished speaking.
• William fed the koi in the stream while Hermione asked about the word “Demolish” displayed in the courtyard.
• William explained that he had kept the plank from the old cottage and named the house Bag End.
• William began reciting, “In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit...” to explain the name.

William settled into his new house with Hermione and Anne, enjoying its comforts and preparing to study and live with them over the summer. The chapter ended as he began breakfast and promised Hermione a Transfiguration lesson, while their shared life was just beginning.

• William showed Hermione and Anne around the renovated house, and they argued over whose room was better while he played his new game.
• William woke late to Bobocha demanding breakfast, then fed the cat and began cooking for Hermione and Anne.
• Hermione came downstairs, watched William cook with magic, and wondered whether staying at his house counted as living together.
• Hermione offered to cook the next day, and William told her to wash up before their planned Transfiguration lesson and to wake Anne.

William checked Anne’s difficult homework while Hermione helped explain her mistakes, and the two girls traded barbs as he teased them about Hogwarts. A magical doorbell alerted them to a girl riding a unicorn outside the gate, where they watched the pair play in the river.

• William reviewed Anne’s homework, correcting her answers about a sleeping potion and Bezoar while Hermione supplied the right explanations.
• William warned Anne that Snape would target her in class, and Hermione joked that Anne would be sorted into Azkaban.
• Anne and Hermione argued over writing space, then joined William and Bobocha in a staring match.
• Magical wind chimes alerted William to a visitor, and a mirror showed a blond girl riding a young unicorn near the gate.
• The girl tried to coax the unicorn into the river with a carrot, but the unicorn jumped in first, splashed her, and soon ran happily across the water.
• William, Hermione, and Anne watched from the bank and wondered why the girl and unicorn had not used the nearby wooden bridge.

William, Hermione, and Anne met Luna Lovegood, who visited their new home with crêpes and introduced them to her unicorn. Anne and Hermione went with Luna to see newborn unicorns while William stayed behind.

• Luna asked whether William and the girls were related to the Witch of Thorns, and William explained that Olenna Redwyne had moved to the Sunset Red Senior Community.
• Luna introduced herself and recognized William from the newspaper, then defended the Crumple-Horned Snorkack and praised The Quibbler.
• Luna brought the new neighbors homemade crêpes, and William gave her a box of Häagen-Dazs in return.
• Luna invited Anne and Hermione to visit a herd of unicorns and see three newborn foals, and William let them go without him.
• Luna said unicorns disliked male wizards because they had Wrackspurts in their heads, leaving William offended.

Hermione practiced cooking at William’s house, producing disastrous meals that William and Bobocha struggled to endure. After breakfast, William trained Hermione to improve her spellcasting accuracy, leaving her to practice hitting balloons.

• Luna made visiting William’s house a habit, while Hermione became determined to learn cooking.
• Hermione prepared an overly sweet chicken soup and a charred corn sausage, and Bobocha pretended to collapse after tasting the sausage.
• William reassured Hermione about her cooking and ate part of her marmalade sandwich to comfort her.
• William took Hermione to the basement and taught her to improve her spellcasting proficiency and accuracy.
• Hermione missed the balloons with her spell, and William told her that combat skill required constant practice.

William trained Hermione in combat and told her that a thunderstorm was expected soon, allowing him to begin his Animagus transformation. Anne arrived with her Hogwarts acceptance letter, whose bizarrely modern wording showed that Dumbledore had adopted William’s suggestions.

• William gave Hermione potions to restore her magic, then trained her in combat until he Apparated behind her and warned her not to ignore what was behind her.
• William read a letter from Nicolas and told Hermione that he planned to leave soon to begin his Animagus transformation because rainy weather had arrived.
• Hermione agreed to stay with William during the transformation and call his name if he lost his mind.
• Anne rushed in with her Hogwarts acceptance letter after playing hide-and-seek at the Lovegoods’ house and hiding inside their chimney.
• William read Anne’s unusually modern-sounding acceptance letter, and he laughed at Dumbledore’s changes.