Chapter Summaries

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.

Sirius endured a freezing sled ride back to Durmstrang and reflected on the school’s long history of headmasters dying violently. In his office, he opened a package from William and a Dementor flew out, bringing back his terror of prison.

• Sirius rode a sled pulled by Crups to Durmstrang and went inside to escape the bitter cold.
• Sirius recalled Durmstrang’s history of headmasters dying, including Oberon, who had been killed by Grindelwald’s Acolytes.
• Sirius studied Grindelwald’s Mark on the Weeping Wall before heading to his office.
• Sirius opened a package from William and found a battered metal cabinet inside.
• A Dementor emerged from the cabinet, and Sirius felt the fear of his twelve years in prison return.

William and Hermione reunited with Sirius at Durmstrang and agreed on a plan to disguise themselves while helping keep him safe from Voldemort. They toured the school, where Sirius’s unusual teaching reforms left William worried about its future.

• William reassured Sirius that the Dementor had only been scouting, and Hermione emerged from his Safety Watch to greet him.
• Sirius recognized the Vanishing Cabinet and learned that Voldemort had come looking for him; William said he and Hermione had a plan to protect him.
• William and Hermione decided to use Polyjuice Potion and pose as relatives of the absent School Governor Angelica, while Sirius suggested they pretend to be a married couple.
• Sirius led William and Hermione on a tour of Durmstrang, where they saw banners promoting his ambitious study policies.
• William suspected Sirius’s reforms could ruin Durmstrang and resolved to urge Dumbledore to recruit more students.

William and Hermione visited Durmstrang, where William impressed students by repairing a fountain and defeating Krum at Quidditch. When Voldemort threatened the school and demanded Karkaroff, William answered by accepting the challenge under the banner of being Grindelwald's disciple.

• Karkaroff welcomed William and Hermione to Durmstrang, and William repaired the school's fountain and beat Krum in a one-on-one Quidditch match.
• William, Hermione, and Sirius attended dinner in the Great Hall, where Sirius pointed out Carrow family students monitoring him for the Carrow siblings.
• Voldemort's voice filled the Great Hall, demanding that Durmstrang hand over Karkaroff and threatening to attack if they refused.
• William stood and declared that he, Grindelwald's disciple, accepted Voldemort's challenge.

Voldemort attacked Durmstrang with twelve Giant Inferi and confronted William, who fought him in a duel across the frozen lake. Their magic shattered the lake and destroyed Durmstrang’s ship, while Voldemort remained unaware that William was posing as Grindelwald’s disciple.

• Voldemort learned that Fudge had stepped down and worried that Dumbledore would take control of the Ministry, disrupting his plans.
• After hearing that Grindelwald’s disciple had accepted his challenge, Voldemort decided to test the challenger and consider an alliance with Grindelwald.
• Voldemort summoned twelve Giant Inferi and ordered them to smash Durmstrang’s magical shield.
• William burst through the shield, attacked the Giants, and rode a sled toward Voldemort.
• Voldemort and William exchanged ice and magic attacks before their opposing beams blasted apart the frozen lake.
• Sirius watched as the magical ship was destroyed in the clash.

William convinced Voldemort that he was Grindelwald’s disciple and that Sirius was secretly controlling Karkaroff, leaving Voldemort to believe Sirius could spy on the Order of the Phoenix. After Voldemort demanded to meet Grindelwald within a day, William and Hermione admitted they only knew he was somewhere north of the North Sea.

• Voldemort questioned William about his ties to Karkaroff, and William claimed Grindelwald had sent him to take control of Durmstrang.
• Voldemort demanded William arrange a meeting with Grindelwald by the day after tomorrow, then left.
• Hermione joined William on the sled and explained that Sirius had reassured the students by claiming he drove Voldemort away.
• William told Sirius that Voldemort believed he was a Grindelwald agent spying on the Order of the Phoenix through Karkaroff.
• Sirius urged them to contact Grindelwald, but William and Hermione revealed they only knew he was north of the North Sea.