Recaps

William Stark received his Hogwarts letter, explored the wizarding world, and arrived at school, where he was sorted into Ravenclaw. His first days brought pranks, new friendships, and a disastrous Potions lesson that left Snape covered in boils.

• William received his Hogwarts letter, and after Hagrid demonstrated magic, he decided to attend Hogwarts while keeping his Muggle comforts in mind.
• Hagrid took William and Roy to Diagon Alley, where William bought his wand and supplies and met Cedric Diggory, who promised to help him find Lao Gan Ma and Weilong.
• William helped the Weasley twins prank Draco Malfoy and later joined them in using a Niffler to steal back money from Slytherin students on the Hogwarts Express.
• William traveled to Hogwarts with Cho Chang and Cedric, illuminated the path to the boats, and was sorted into Ravenclaw after arguing with the Sorting Hat.
• William joined Ravenclaw and moved into the common room, where Robert made the first-years answer repeated riddles before welcoming them.
• William followed Mrs. Norris to the dining hall, while Cedric gave him a map and agreed to help him and the Weasley twins develop a map that tracked Hogwarts’s changing routes.
• Snape penalized William in Potions and made him work alone, but Marietta’s mistake sent Cho’s cauldron spilling and knocked Snape face-first into William’s hot potion, covering him in boils.

William earned Ravenclaw points through dangerous classroom rescues while learning that Hagrid was hiding an illegally acquired three-headed dog. After Snape was taken for questioning, William helped Hagrid and Charlie move Fluffy into the Room of Requirement, where a break-in at Snape’s storeroom drew the professors’ attention.

• William brewed a Cure for Boils potion that healed Snape and Marietta, then received fifty Ravenclaw points from Dumbledore, who warned him about revealing Hogwarts’ secret passages.
• William joined George and Fred in examining a stolen Hogwarts map, while Professor Tywin’s Defence class turned dangerous when Judy Crouch accidentally removed his leg bones and Grindylows escaped their tank.
• William killed a Grindylow and organized the students to fight the others, then learned that Tywin and Snape had a bitter history involving James Potter.
• William, Cedric, and Cho discovered Hagrid was hiding Fluffy, and a newspaper clipping led William to suspect the dog had been smuggled from the Ministry’s Department for the Regulation of Fantastic Beasts.
• William reasoned that the Ministry was using Lucius Malfoy as a scapegoat, while Cedric won a place as Hufflepuff’s youngest Seeker and William rescued Summerby from Devil’s Snare.
• Fudge took Snape away for questioning, and Hagrid later asked William, Cedric, and Cho to help hide Fluffy until Charlie could take him to Romania.
• William, Cedric, Cho, Charlie, and Hagrid moved the sleeping Fluffy into the Room of Requirement, where they left him beside a broken Vanishing Cabinet.
• An alarm revealed a break-in at Snape’s potions storeroom, and Professor McGonagall and Professor Tywin investigated as Filch accused the Weasley brothers.

William discovered that the Ravenclaw Bronze Ring had trapped him in a repeating day as Professor Tywin used it while plotting to resurrect James Potter. Dumbledore explained the ring’s purpose and told William the loop would end when he saved Hagrid and Robert, captured Tywin, and understood the affair.

• William and his friends investigated the stolen Ravenclaw Ring and explored a hidden passage leading to an ancient underground temple guarded by a giant python.
• During the Quidditch final, Robert Hilliard and Professor Tywin were killed, and William found a bronze ring in Fluffy’s mouth bearing Ravenclaw’s motto.
• William told Professor McGonagall that Tywin was the culprit, but the next morning Robert and Tywin were alive again, and William realized the ring had returned him to an earlier point in the day.
• William warned Dumbledore about Tywin, but Robert was killed again and Dumbledore found Tywin gravely wounded before suspending the Quidditch final.
• While waiting in Dumbledore’s office, William entered the Pensieve and saw memories showing Tywin’s closeness to James, his sorting into Ravenclaw, and his feelings after James married Lily.
• Dumbledore told William that Tywin had likely impersonated Snape and stolen the ring to resurrect James, and that William was caught in a time loop.
• Dumbledore explained that the ring let its user relive a day to study the Prehistoric Mysteries, and said the loop would end when William saved Hagrid and Robert, captured Tywin, and understood what had happened.

William used the Ravenclaw Ring’s time loop to train, uncover Tywin’s crimes, and bring him down. After returning to ordinary time and finishing his first year, William reunited with his family and met Hermione.

• William spent nearly two years in the loop studying magic, training with Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall, and practicing Quidditch before deciding to leave.
• William followed Tywin and pieced together how Tywin had used Time-Turners to attack his earlier selves, kill Robert, and pursue the Ravenclaw Ring.
• Dumbledore helped William connect Tywin’s crimes to his history as a Death Eater, and the ring sent William back to April twentieth.
• William attacked Tywin in his office, exposed his Dark Mark to Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, and showed Dumbledore memories proving what had happened.
• William told his friends about the time loop, helped them plan a map-selling venture, and Tywin was convicted and sentenced to life in Azkaban.
• William earned perfect marks, and Dumbledore awarded Ravenclaw the House Cup and William a Special Award with one hundred house points.
• William reunited with Lyanna, Anne, Roy, and Bobocha at King's Cross, then received a golden letter from Nicolas Flamel.
• Nicolas Flamel lent Dumbledore the nearly depleted Philosopher’s Stone, while William welcomed Iris and his family and met Hermione.