Chapter Summaries

William repeatedly tried to provoke Voldemort before his resurrection but found Voldemort kept fleeing, so he waited for a later loop while events at Hogwarts led Draco and several Death Eaters to Voldemort. After Voldemort welcomed his returning followers, Karkaroff refused to kneel, and Voldemort confronted him for rejecting his allegiance.

• Voldemort repeatedly blew himself up or fled when William approached, so William decided to wait until Voldemort had been resurrected.
• In the four hundredth loop, Malfoy and Narcissa found Draco unconscious after a female zombie had dragged him onto the grounds; Draco said someone had stolen his Felix Felicis.
• Malfoy met Karkaroff at the Forbidden Forest, and they agreed to Apparate to Voldemort, while Malfoy suspected Snape had remained loyal to Dumbledore.
• Voldemort completed his resurrection and recounted his family history to Harry before the Death Eaters Apparated to the graveyard.
• Malfoy and the other Death Eaters knelt and kissed Voldemort’s robes, but Karkaroff stayed standing and grinned.
• Voldemort addressed Karkaroff’s past as a Death Eater and his life under the Ministry and Dumbledore’s protection, then reproached him for refusing to kneel and call him master.

William, disguised as Karkaroff, confronted Voldemort at the graveyard while Harry remained bound and helpless. William struck Voldemort with a surprise sword attack, leaving a scar on his neck.

• William, disguised as Karkaroff, challenged Voldemort and dared him to answer to the name Tom Riddle.
• Voldemort tortured Malfoy for interfering, then humiliated him and warned the Death Eaters that he would make them repay the thirteen years he had been gone.
• Voldemort taunted Harry about his mother's death and announced that he would kill him in a duel before the Death Eaters.
• Voldemort demanded that William kneel and kiss his feet, threatening him with torture and forced violence if he refused.
• William Apparated in front of Voldemort, feinted with a roundhouse kick, and slashed his neck with a longsword, claiming credit for the scar.

William Stark confronted Voldemort in the Little Hangleton graveyard, trading attacks with him and provoking him into showing his full power. Voldemort tore apart a mountainside and hurled it at William, leaving him buried in dust as the battle escalated.

• William slashed Voldemort’s throat with a Goblin-made sword, but Voldemort’s wound healed rapidly.
• William and Voldemort exchanged attacks as William’s rune-enhanced arrows pierced Voldemort’s magical barrier and struck Malfoy in the crossfire.
• Voldemort recognized William Stark, and William taunted him about their past encounters.
• Voldemort unleashed his power, split a nearby mountainside with a spell, and sent the falling rocks crashing toward William.

Voldemort killed Harry and overwhelmed William with Fiendfyre despite William's attempts to counter him with lightning. William's death reset the time loop, returning him to his dormitory with another opportunity to learn how to defeat Voldemort.

• Voldemort directed a falling boulder at Harry and crushed him to death.
• Malfoy suffered a broken back from another rock and Apparated away as the other Death Eaters fled.
• William recognized the gap between his strength and Voldemort's and planned to use the time loop to learn counters to his spells.
• Voldemort unleashed spreading Fiendfyre, and William used the resulting storm clouds to attack him with lightning.
• Voldemort blocked William's attacks and engulfed him in Fiendfyre despite his shouted offer to negotiate.
• William awoke in his dormitory after the time loop reset and went to find Hermione for comfort.

William explained the time loop to Hermione, then prepared for another attempt to kill Voldemort while taking her out for an adventure. The chapter ended as William raised his wand at an approaching Knight Bus and described their outing as a guide to getting locked up in Azkaban.

• Hermione came to William for comfort before the evening final, and William explained that she would forget each loop the next day.
• William told Hermione about Vivian and Voldemort, then visited Snape to obtain poison for his sword and coated it with the poison and Basilisk venom.
• William asked Hermione to write to Rita, inviting her to the Little Hangleton graveyard that evening, and told Sirius he could go out and visit Harry.
• William arranged for Anne to take Hermione's place in the evening match and told her to use the Invisibility Cloak to steal Malfoy's Felix Felicis afterward.
• William took Hermione beyond Hogwarts and raised his wand as a Knight Bus came speeding toward them.

William and Hermione commandeered the Knight Bus and set off for Edinburgh, but Hermione’s experiment with its red button led to a crash and reports that they had died. The chapter ended with Sirius hearing the news in custody and breaking down in disbelief.

• William and Hermione bound Stan Shunpike, boarded the Knight Bus, and ordered its passengers off before Ernie Prang showed them how to drive it.
• Hermione took the wheel and sped the bus toward Edinburgh while its magic cleared obstacles from the road.
• Hermione pressed a red button that transformed the bus and doubled its speed, then lost control and crashed into a landscaped strip.
• Newspapers reported William and Hermione’s deaths, prompting mourning and disputes over their estate across the wizarding world.
• Tonks told Sirius, who had been arrested at Gringotts, that William and Hermione had died in a road accident.

William spent years repeating the resurrection night, testing ways to kill Voldemort and learning his magic before turning to adventures with Hermione. After six years in the time loop, he planned to preserve their memories as a gift for her when he escaped.

• Wormtail tried to use Harry’s blood to resurrect Voldemort, but Hermione and William ran him over with the Knight Bus and crushed the infant Dark Lord.
• On the six hundredth loop, William wounded Voldemort with a poisoned sword and escaped by bus while the Death Eaters watched.
• On the seven hundredth loop, William used the Imperius Curse to make Wormtail add powerful Amortentia to the potion, causing Voldemort to confess his love to Malfoy before regaining control.
• On the seven hundred and fiftieth loop, William used the Imperius Curse to launch missiles at Voldemort’s resurrection site, reducing it to scorched earth.
• Over three years, William repeatedly fought Voldemort, studied his magic with Dumbledore, and tried numerous ways to kill him.
• William and Hermione traveled across Britain and to Paris, became roaming dark wizards known as the Black and White Heroes, and William decided to save their memories as a future gift for her.

William spent eight years in the time loop, using each day to grow stronger and cause chaos, but eventually grew tired of living without lasting connections. He decided to leave the loop after discovering how Harry died, though Ron, Krum, and the Durmstrang students’ deaths still needed investigation.

• William continued training through repeated fights with Voldemort and used his time outside Hogwarts to explore and have fun.
• In the two thousand three hundredth loop, William and Hermione raided Gringotts, releasing dragons and triggering a Goblin crisis after the thefts left the bank unable to repay wizarding families.
• In the two thousand five hundredth loop, William posed as Merlin and persuaded Prince Charles to attempt a coup, but the army betrayed him and the Queen had him arrested for treason.
• In the two thousand eight hundredth loop, William controlled John Major and provoked a declaration of war against the United States, France, and Russia, sparking the Third World War.
• After eight years, William decided to leave the loop and realized Winky had turned Harry into Krum with Polyjuice Potion and sent him to Voldemort, where Death Eaters killed him.
• William concluded that he still needed to investigate the deaths of Ron, Krum, and the Durmstrang students aboard the boat.

William traced Ron’s death in the maze and discovered that Ludo Bagman had delivered the real Killing Curse after Harry, disguised as Krum, staged the scene. In another time loop, William caught Barty Crouch Jr. impersonating Krum after he killed Mad-Eye Moody and used Imperius on Karkaroff.

• William watched Harry, disguised as Krum, stage Ron’s apparent death before Cedric arrived, then saw Bagman cast the real Killing Curse on Ron.
• Cedric returned, took Krum’s wand, and sent up red rescue sparks beside Ron’s body.
• Harry revealed that he knew where Krum was, then killed himself and the real Krum in Moaning Myrtle’s Bathroom as the Durmstrang ship burned.
• In another time loop, Karkaroff tried to flee, and Moody confronted him before an unseen attacker killed Moody with a Killing Curse.
• Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Krum, arrived, used Imperius on Karkaroff, and set the room ablaze before William confronted him.

William and Dumbledore questioned the captured Barty Crouch Jr., who revealed how Voldemort’s shifting plans had brought Harry to him and ended with Moody dead. The chapter left William with a fuller account of the conspiracy and Dumbledore mourning his friend.

• William found Moody’s corpse in the Headmaster’s Office, and Dumbledore grieved his friend’s death.
• William confirmed that he wanted to leave the time loop and exposed Barty Crouch Jr. beneath his disguise as Krum.
• William gave Barty Crouch Jr. Veritaserum, and Barty explained that Voldemort recruited him after Stark captured him and his father was placed under the Imperius Curse.
• Barty revealed that Voldemort abandoned the plan to make Harry a Champion and instead used Ron, Ludo, and Wormtail in an attempt to guide Harry to the Triwizard Cup.
• Barty described how the plan changed after Ron failed, Ludo escaped, and his father broke free, forcing Voldemort’s followers to arrange Harry’s disappearance in the maze.
• Barty explained that Ludo helped disguise Harry as Krum, frame Krum for Ron’s murder, and bring Harry to Voldemort, while Barty used Krum’s appearance to kill Karkaroff.

William learned from Dumbledore that Harry was a Horcrux containing soul fragments from both Voldemort and Little Tom, and that Voldemort’s use of Harry’s blood might let Harry survive when Voldemort destroyed the fragment. The time loop ended with Dumbledore grieving over the possibility that Harry might still lack the courage to face his death.

• William reasoned that Harry was a Horcrux and told Dumbledore about his visions, Parseltongue, and connection to Tom.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort’s soul fragment had entered Harry when Voldemort attacked him, and that Little Tom’s fragment had also attached itself to Harry in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Dumbledore explained that Harry’s scar hurt because the soul fragments sought to rejoin their main souls, and admitted he had been preparing Harry to face death willingly.
• Dumbledore said Voldemort’s use of Harry’s blood preserved Lily’s protection in both of them, creating a chance for Harry to survive if Voldemort himself killed him.
• William showed Dumbledore a memory of Voldemort striking Harry in the graveyard, and Dumbledore said Harry had chosen death because he was not ready to return.
• As the time loop ended, Dumbledore watched the stars and confessed that he had never known he could be so cruel.

After waking from the time loop, William told Hermione what had happened and laid out a plan to capture Karkaroff, Barty Crouch Jr., and the Death Eaters at Voldemort’s gathering. He prepared to visit Voldemort that night, while Hermione grieved the memories they had shared in the loop.

• William woke, found the trident had returned to the Black Lake, and went to tell Hermione about the eight-year time loop.
• William asked Hermione to take Felix Felicis from Malfoy during the competition, finish quickly, and ambush Karkaroff with Professor McGonagall.
• William planned for Neville, Mrs. Longbottom, Mad-Eye Moody, and Sirius to capture Barty Crouch Jr., and for Tonks to alert Fudge so the Ministry would send Aurors after the Death Eaters.
• William told Hermione he would go to the graveyard that night to speak with Voldemort, and Hermione asked about their years together in the loop.
• William promised Hermione he would take her to those places again, while the Grey Lady quietly chose not to interrupt their embrace.

Sirius received William’s call to help catch Death Eaters, while Neville’s grandmother agreed to pursue Barty Crouch Jr. William obtained six potions from Snape to brew a poison for Voldemort, whose resurrection Harry would have to help bring about that night.

• Sirius left Kreacher to unclog the toilet after receiving William’s letter, and Kreacher soaked Sirius’s bedding in the toilet before returning it to his bed.
• Neville delivered William’s letter to his grandmother, who agreed to go after Crouch and promised to show Neville what she could do.
• William used Dumbledore’s authorization to obtain six potions from Snape, promising to compensate him later.
• William planned to combine the potions into a poison that would slowly weaken Voldemort after Harry helped him resurrect.
• William reasoned that Voldemort would be resurrected with or without Harry, but Harry’s blood would preserve Lily’s protection and give him a chance to survive.

Voldemort resurrected and rewarded Wormtail with a silver hand before revealing that Harry had been brought to the graveyard by a loyal servant at Hogwarts. William arrived to rescue Harry and battled Voldemort, ending the chapter by destroying a collapsing cliff with wind magic.

• Voldemort mocked Wormtail for returning out of fear, then gave him a powerful silver hand and demanded renewed loyalty.
• Voldemort said several Death Eaters were missing and revealed that a loyal servant at Hogwarts had helped bring Harry to the graveyard.
• William appeared, freed Harry from his bonds, returned his wand, and told him to come back to school.
• William attacked Voldemort with his sword and fists, dodged his magic, and sent him flying into a tombstone.
• Voldemort tore down a cliff and sent its rocks toward William, who shredded the boulder with a powerful gale.

William fought Voldemort in the graveyard while the Death Eaters fled, but the Aurors never arrived because Minister Fudge dismissed the warning as false. After Voldemort escaped, William concluded that Fudge had to be replaced.

• William hurled a magically linked storm of stones at the Death Eaters, then Apparated Harry away as Voldemort pursued them.
• William countered Voldemort’s Dark Light Crossbow Bolt with his own and rejected Voldemort’s offer to teach him Dark Magic.
• William and Voldemort battled for more than a dozen minutes as the Death Eaters watched without intervening.
• A signal burst in the sky, prompting the Death Eaters to flee; Voldemort sent a Killing Curse toward Harry before escaping.
• Sirius and Tonks arrived, and Tonks told William that Minister Fudge had refused to send the Aurors.
• William decided it was time to replace the minister.

Fudge denied Voldemort’s return and prevented the Aurors from investigating, while Umbridge had a Dementor kiss Barty Crouch Jr. William returned from confronting Voldemort, and Dumbledore decided to rebuild the Order of the Phoenix as the Phoenix Order.

• Fudge refused to believe Dumbledore and barred the Aurors from going to the graveyard.
• Mrs. Longbottom told Dumbledore that Umbridge had brought a Dementor to kiss Crouch, leaving him unable to testify.
• Neville confronted Fudge and insisted that Voldemort had returned, but Fudge rejected his claim.
• William returned with Hermione and McGonagall, reported that he had wounded Voldemort, and ignored Fudge’s plea for support.
• Fudge left the office after Hermione refused his prize money, and Dumbledore agreed with William that they needed their own force.
• Dumbledore announced that he would issue the Phoenix Order and restart the Order of the Phoenix, and Fawkes vanished in a burst of flame.

After Harry recounted William’s battle with Voldemort, Dumbledore organized urgent Ministry and covert missions and made Sirius and Snape agree to cooperate. William revealed that Sirius’s assignment was to impersonate Karkaroff and become headmaster of Durmstrang.

• Harry exaggerated the story of William fighting Voldemort and explained that William had kicked him out of danger, leaving him with broken ribs.
• Dumbledore sent Arthur to contact allies in the Ministry and asked Madam Pomfrey to arrange care for Winky.
• Dumbledore revealed Sirius beneath a hospital bed and persuaded Sirius and Snape to shake hands and work together.
• Dumbledore assigned Snape a confidential mission and sent Sirius with William and Hermione for his own assignment.
• William and Hermione opened a trunk containing the captured Karkaroff, and William told Sirius to impersonate him and become Durmstrang’s headmaster.

Voldemort tortured Snape for arriving late, then tested his loyalty and accepted information about Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix, and Fudge. After Snape failed to identify the poison on Voldemort’s arm, Voldemort ordered him to get an antidote from Stark.

• Voldemort confronted Snape for arriving two hours late and tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Snape explained that he had delayed returning on Dumbledore’s orders so he could remain at Hogwarts as a spy.
• Snape told Voldemort that Dumbledore had restarted the Order of the Phoenix and that Fudge doubted Voldemort had returned.
• Snape reported that Crouch and Winky had been captured after Stark uncovered Crouch’s plan, and that Dumbledore and Fudge had fallen out.
• Voldemort showed Snape his poisoned, blackened arm, but Snape could only contain the toxin.
• Snape claimed he had long forgotten Lily Potter, and Voldemort ordered him to obtain the antidote from Stark.

As Hogwarts celebrated Hermione’s Triwizard victory, rumors and unease spread while the students prepared for the O.W.L. exams. William dismissed the need to study, and Professor Flitwick announced the exam schedule and strict penalties for cheating.

• Hermione’s twenty-three-minute victory in the final task made her the overwhelming winner among the twenty-three Champions, though she disappeared from Hogwarts with William instead of celebrating.
• Students learned that Krum, Ron, Malfoy, Ludo Bagman, and Harry Potter had been hospitalized, while the portraits, teachers, and Dumbledore avoided explaining what had happened.
• As the O.W.L. exams neared, students studied anxiously, bought expensive study potions, and encountered counterfeit products that William worked to stop as a Prefect.
• Elena Kaslana, Hoffa Bach, and Ivan Hals humblebragged about their exam preparation, while William claimed he would earn O’s without reviewing.
• Professor Flitwick displayed the two-week O.W.L. schedule, warned that cheating could lead to fines and years in Azkaban, and wished the students good results.

William and his classmates took the written Charms O.W.L. exam, and William deliberately used tricks to unsettle the other students before finishing early and handing in a near-perfect paper. The chapter left Cho anxious about her answers and William’s roommates worried that their showboating had not made up for their exam performance.

• William woke early and gave his nervous roommates Invigoration Draught before they went to breakfast with the other O.W.L. candidates.
• Professor Marchbanks arrived as chief examiner, and the fifth- and seventh-years returned to the Great Hall for their exams.
• William’s roommates followed his advice to act confident, with Bradley announcing that the questions were familiar and Marcus turning pages conspicuously early.
• William rapidly completed the Charms paper and handed it in after half an hour, telling Professor McGonagall that he had a date.
• At lunch, Cho worried over her answers while William advised her not to check them, and Bradley and Marcus feared they might not earn their Charms certificates.