Chapter Summaries

After Harry disappeared from Privet Drive, William directed the Order of the Phoenix’s search while suspecting Harry had gone looking for answers about Lily. On the balcony, William and Hermione discussed the Philosopher’s Stone and a legendary cauldron that might help them brew life-extending potions, before turning their attention to each other.

• Tonks discovered that Harry and Mundungus Fletcher had vanished from Privet Drive, and William sent the Order of the Phoenix’s intelligence network to search for them.
• William suspected Harry had run away to Lily’s old home or Spinner’s End to investigate his mother’s past.
• Hermione covered William with a blanket on the balcony and worried that creating the Philosopher’s Stone had cost him much of his lifespan.
• William told Hermione that Dumbledore had said all nine Deathly Hallows had appeared at Hogwarts in the Founders’ era, and he believed Hufflepuff’s cauldron could help brew life-extending potions.
• Hermione and William discussed staying young together, then kissed and began to become intimate under the blanket.

William brought Hermione, Anne, and Luna back to Hogwarts as Death Eater attacks continued and Voldemort’s reputation crumbled. He reassured Ron and Ginny that Harry was safe, then encountered Firenze, whose cryptic warning foretold a terrifying power’s return.

• William arranged a Floo Network connection to bring Hermione, Anne, and Luna to Hogwarts safely, while Lovegood produced copies of his book about Voldemort.
• Ron and Ginny told William that Harry was missing, and he assured them Harry was safe with Dumbledore without revealing that he was at Snape’s house.
• Lavender rushed to Ron and kissed him in the corridor while Ginny mocked them, and William left with the others.
• William entered the Great Hall and greeted Firenze, who said Cygnus was brighter and that a terrifying power would return.

William learned that the anomaly in Hydra might have been caused by a greater force connected to Tom’s resurrection, then heard that Dumbledore planned to make him a full member of the Wizengamot. The chapter ended with Harry stunned by the unprecedented appointment.

• Firenze linked the Hydra anomaly to Cygnus and suggested that Tom’s resurrection had been influenced by a greater power.
• At the feast, Hagrid cried because Aragog was near death, while Flitwick and Slughorn showed interest in the Acromantula’s value.
• William entered Dumbledore’s Pensieve and watched Slughorn’s altered memory of Tom asking about Horcruxes.
• Dumbledore told William that Voldemort had been assassinating Wizengamot members and that he would propose William to fill a vacancy before summer.
• Harry was astonished that William might become a Wizengamot member at eighteen.

Dumbledore offered William a Wizengamot seat so he could command a European allied force in the coming final battle against Voldemort. After William left, Dumbledore warned Harry to keep Snape and Lily’s past secret and assigned him to obtain Slughorn’s unaltered memory, while Harry learned William had already destroyed the Horcruxes he had seen.

• Dumbledore told William that seven Wizengamot members had died and offered him a vacant seat, explaining that he planned to retire after the war.
• Dumbledore asked William to command the European allied force in the final battle against Voldemort, and William left the Headmaster’s Office.
• Dumbledore reprimanded Harry for going to Snape’s house alone and told him to keep Snape and Lily’s former friendship secret.
• Dumbledore explained that Slughorn had altered his memory and tasked Harry with getting him to reveal the true version.
• Dumbledore told Harry that William had already destroyed the Horcruxes shown in the memories, leaving Harry to help determine how many remained.

William realized that the Europe Wizard Allied Forces could become the foundation of a Greater Europe Wizard Alliance and offer a faster route to power than his original plan. As exams and Quidditch approached, he cracked down on potion profiteering and agreed to play in Ravenclaw’s upcoming match against Gryffindor.

• William reconsidered his long-term strategy after realizing he could use the coming European allied forces to establish a Greater Europe Alliance and rise to power.
• With major exams nearing, students worried about scores, careers, and the rising cost of concentration and sleep potions.
• William used his position as student council president to investigate counterfeit potions and direct students to buy from the Akali Shop.
• Cho asked William to play in Ravenclaw’s match against Gryffindor after Anne had scored 160 points in their previous encounter and Harry had caught the Snitch.
• Ron hoped a Gryffindor loss would let him replace McLaggen as keeper, while Harry wanted Dean off the team because he was pursuing Dean’s girlfriend.

William returned to Ravenclaw’s Quidditch team for a match against Gryffindor, while Harry hoped McLaggen would knock William and Dean out of play. Luna’s distracted commentary turned the opening moments into a comedy as the match began.

• William entered the pitch to cheers, and Cho was relieved to return to playing with him on Ravenclaw’s team.
• Harry planned to rely on McLaggen’s reckless play to injure William, then decided he also wanted Dean knocked out after seeing him with Ginny.
• McLaggen threw magnesium powder into the air, and Snape accidentally got it in his eyes and deducted thirty points from Gryffindor.
• William rallied Ravenclaw before the match, while Harry reluctantly repeated McLaggen’s advice about flying out of the sunlight.
• After Madam Hooch started the match, Luna misidentified players during her commentary, and Anne stole the Quaffle from William.

During a Quidditch match, William repeatedly outplayed McLaggen, whose reckless fouls and anger put his own teammates in danger. The match ended with McLaggen hitting Harry in the nose with a Bludger, while Ravenclaw held a commanding lead.

• Luna’s commentary mocked McLaggen as William scored seven goals in a row.
• McLaggen lunged at Bradley and poked him in the eyes, drawing only an ordinary foul from Madam Hooch.
• After Bradley returned with injured eyes, William carried Ravenclaw’s attack while McLaggen repeatedly hurled the Quaffle at him and struck Gryffindor teammates, including Dean.
• William scored his twelfth goal, and Harry argued with McLaggen before resuming his search for the Snitch.
• McLaggen took Coote’s Beater’s bat and hit a Bludger that struck Harry on the bridge of his nose.

William set records during a disastrous Quidditch match, then developed the Communication Mirror as the war spread and Akali’s magical products gained popularity. As Voldemort pursued Grindelwald and the Elder Wand, William also learned that Professor Slughorn was dying.

• William broke his single-game scoring record as McLaggen’s play injured five students, including Harry, and Gryffindor lost another hundred points after students beat McLaggen.
• William created the Communication Mirror so Ministry officials could work remotely, while Akali’s Family Map and other products spread across the Wizarding World.
• William learned that Voldemort was pressing Grindelwald for a meeting and seeking Gregorovitch, apparently because he believed Gregorovitch had the Elder Wand.
• Professor Babbling told William that the Snakewood flowers would wither around Easter, offering a chance to obtain Slytherin’s Wand, while Tom focused on strengthening the Scourers.
• William received startling news that Professor Slughorn was dying.

With Slughorn absent and Snape temporarily teaching Potions, Harry told William that he suspected Malfoy had poisoned Slughorn. Harry also admitted he had bluntly demanded Slughorn’s real Horcrux memory, prompting William to realize Slughorn was likely avoiding him; Harry planned to keep attending Slughorn’s parties to win him over.

• Rumors spread that Slughorn had become gravely ill after drinking fake medicinal liquor, and Snape returned to teach Potions in his place.
• William learned from the House-elves that Slughorn was still eating plenty of sweets, easing his worries about the professor’s condition.
• Harry approached William and accused Malfoy of poisoning Slughorn, citing his recent suspicious behavior and earlier attacks at Hogwarts.
• William asked Harry about Dumbledore’s task, and Harry explained that he had directly asked Slughorn about Horcruxes and demanded the real memory, causing Slughorn to flee.
• Harry proposed attending Slughorn’s parties to gain his trust, while William advised him to tell Dumbledore that Slughorn was already dead.

Slughorn avoided Harry and Dumbledore after refusing to hand over his memory, but Hagrid’s invitation to Aragog’s funeral drew him out of his office. William joined Slughorn and Hagrid on the way to the burial site deep in the Forbidden Forest, which William called one of the Wizarding World’s safest places.

• Slughorn hid in his office, pretending to be ill so he could avoid Harry and Dumbledore and keep his memory secret.
• Hagrid sent Slughorn a letter saying Aragog had died and inviting him to the funeral.
• Slughorn decided to attend, hoping to obtain Acromantula venom, and prepared for the funeral with two bottles of wine.
• Slughorn met William and Hagrid outside Hagrid’s Hut, and William said he had arranged to attend because Aragog and his family had helped him.
• William told Slughorn they would bury Aragog deep in the Forbidden Forest and called it one of the Wizarding World’s safest places.

William, Hagrid, and Slughorn brought Aragog into the Forbidden Forest for burial, but Acromantulas ambushed them and dragged Slughorn to their hidden hollow. There, Slughorn came face-to-face with a young Tom Riddle standing atop a Basilisk.

• William and Slughorn accompanied Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest to bury Aragog, while Slughorn secretly collected Acromantula venom.
• Hagrid lowered Aragog into the grave, and Slughorn began delivering a eulogy.
• Acromantulas sprang from the rocks, ensnared Slughorn and Hagrid, and dragged Slughorn away after injecting him with venom.
• The spiders carried Slughorn to a hollow where countless Acromantulas bowed before a Basilisk with a young wizard standing on its head.
• Slughorn recognized the young wizard as Tom Riddle, whom he had not seen for nearly fifty years.

William staged Slughorn's apparent death to extract his memory of Tom asking about Horcruxes, then shared it with Dumbledore. The memory revealed Tom's interest in splitting his soul into seven pieces.

• Tom appeared as his sixteen-year-old self and told Slughorn that his help had led to the creation of Horcruxes.
• Tom ordered the Basilisk to bite Slughorn, leaving him apparently dying from spider and snake venom.
• William and Hagrid arrived, and Slughorn gave William the memory before losing consciousness.
• William revealed that the attack had been staged with Hermione, the Acromantulas, the Basilisk, and his own disguise as Tom; Fawkes's tears would save Slughorn.
• William watched Slughorn's memory with Dumbledore, where Tom asked whether making seven Horcruxes would make him more powerful.

William and Hermione returned to Ilvermorny to tend to the Snakewood, but learned that the Strategic Scientific Reserve had been arresting wizarding families and that Ilvermorny would replace Hogwarts in the revived Inter-School Potions Championship. The chapter left William facing a growing American conflict and an unexpected international school competition.

• Dumbledore suspected that Voldemort’s Runespoor was his sixth Horcrux, while William’s destroyed Horcruxes and remaining targets made destroying the Slytherin Ring and breaking the Horcrux connection urgent.
• William and Hermione left Hogwarts before Easter and traveled to Ilvermorny, where William sensed the school’s grim atmosphere.
• Professor Babbling told William and Hermione that the Scourers had helped the Strategic Scientific Reserve illegally arrest wizarding families since Christmas.
• Professor Babbling announced that Ilvermorny would host the Easter Inter-School Potions Championship alongside Koldovstoretz, Mahoutokoro, and Uagadou.
• Hermione questioned why Ilvermorny had replaced Hogwarts, which had traditionally competed in the championship.

William learned that Ilvermorny and its allies were guarding the snakewood tree, while Tom prepared to lead the Scourers in an assault on the United States Capitol to find a hidden treasure. The chapter ended as Tom sent the Scourers to storm the Capitol, intending to destroy Washington after they seized it.

• Babbling told William and Hermione that Ilvermorny had offered snakewood leaves as a prize to secure an alliance protecting the tree.
• Babbling explained that a Pukwudgie, professors from three schools, and Aurors guarded the snakewood at Ilvermorny.
• William told Hermione to wait for Tom to act, believing Tom would find a way to pursue Slytherin’s Wand.
• In Washington, Tom gathered the Scourers and ordered them to storm the United States Capitol.
• Tom watched the Scourers leave and thought that the hidden treasure inside the Capitol had finally opened its doors to him.

William reluctantly helped oversee Ilvermorny’s Potions tournament, where he watched the contestants and caught students stealing ingredients. The competition was interrupted by news that Tom and the Scourers had nearly captured the Muggle Capitol building.

• Headmaster Eulalie Hicks assigned William to help oversee the Potions tournament at Ilvermorny.
• William stood by the gold-plated cauldron prize and watched contestants identify and prepare magical ingredients.
• William noticed students in pink robes secretly taking ingredients, including African Tree Snake skin.
• Gray Potter arrived with Aurors, spoke privately with Eulalie Hicks, and left with them.
• An unknown girl pulled William aside and told him that Tom had led the Scourers in an attack on the Muggle Capitol building and had nearly taken it.

William, Hermione, and Babbling worked out why Tom had seized the United States Capitol and suspected he was pursuing Prehistoric Mysteries while also planning to steal Slytherin’s Wand. Babbling stayed behind at Ilvermorny and gave William her cherished amulet to help locate Prehistoric Mysteries as he and Hermione headed toward the Magical Congress building.

• William considered how Tom had used the Scourers to attack the United States Capitol and questioned what his real goal was.
• Babbling told William that wizards kept watch on the Muggle government from offices inside the Capitol.
• Hermione recalled that the Magical Congress had once been housed in the Capitol, and William connected it to Tom’s earlier search at Appalachia Wizarding Prison, another former headquarters.
• William concluded that Tom’s commotion might draw Ilvermorny’s Aurors away so he could return and steal Slytherin’s Wand.
• Babbling chose to stay at Ilvermorny and gave William her treasured amulet, asking him to protect it while he and Hermione searched for Prehistoric Mysteries.

William and Hermione went to the Blind Pig in Brooklyn to meet Babbling’s contact and find a way into Washington, where the Scourers had nearly taken over the Capitol. The bar’s owner turned out to be Trene, an old acquaintance of William’s, who did not recognize the pair because they were disguised with Polyjuice Potion.

• The chapter described how Babbling had killed the Blind Pig’s former owner, Gnarlak, and placed her people in control of the bar.
• William and Hermione traveled to the Blind Pig as Babbling’s contingency for gaining access to the unrest in Washington.
• William presented the doorman with a blood-marked gold card, and the doorman let the disguised pair inside.
• William and Hermione entered the bar owner’s office and discovered that its proprietor was Trene.
• William reminded Trene that she still owed him a large magical boat from their time together in Venice.

William and Hermione reunited with Trene, who had come to the United States to help Babbling, and learned she knew a hidden route into the Capitol. With the Capitol surrounded by Muggle troops and Scourers, the three entered the Library of Congress to reach the passage connecting it to the building.

• William recognized Trene and realized Babbling had recruited her separately after he had refused to involve her in dangerous work.
• Trene told William and Hermione that she had agreed to help Babbling because the work sounded interesting, then changed the subject to their reunion.
• William, Hermione, and Trene saw that tanks guarded the Capitol and that its entrances were sealed against Apparition.
• Trene led William and Hermione to the Library of Congress, explaining that a hidden corridor beneath Independence Avenue connected it to the Capitol.
• The three Apparated to the Library of Congress, opened its bronze entrance, and entered the illuminated hall.

William, Hermione, and Trene infiltrated the Capitol through the Library of Congress to find another entrance to the old Magical Congress, whose usual passage was guarded by Muggle troops and Scourers. As Trene and Hermione entered a hidden passage beneath the Capitol dome, William noticed something at the Washington Monument, then rushed inside after hearing a cry.

• Trene led William and Hermione through the Library of Congress and its underground passage into the Capitol rotunda.
• The group found the Mayflower painting entrance guarded by armed Muggle troops and Scourers, so Trene signaled for them to go upward.
• Trene opened a secret passage beside The Apotheosis of Washington, a mural that concealed the old Magical Congress entrance.
• Trene entered the passage first, and Hermione followed while William stayed behind to look toward the Washington Monument.
• William noticed something astonishing in the distance, then rushed into the passage when someone cried out.

Tom failed to find the Prehistoric Mysteries in the Capitol and ordered the S.S.R to destroy the building, hoping the explosion would reveal them. William investigated the Capitol with Hermione and Trene and suspected Tom had searched in the wrong place again.

• Tom reviewed Slytherin's Prophecy and remained unable to locate the Prehistoric Mysteries in the Capitol.
• A Scourer reported that his search had found no markings, so Tom ordered the Scourers to make the S.S.R raze the Capitol with Muggle bombs.
• William rushed to Hermione and Trene after hearing cries and learned they had met the ghost Pierre L'Enfant, whom Trene paid with spirit money.
• William assigned Trene to monitor the S.S.R and Hermione to track the Scourers, then said he would search for the Prehistoric Mysteries.
• Hermione realized William suspected Tom was not in the Capitol, and William said Tom had likely got the location wrong again.