Recaps

Merlin navigated Hogwarts friendships and the Romance System while trying to protect her friends and change the future she remembered. The Marauders formed, Merlin encountered Regulus over Christmas, and Petunia received a mirror that promised to show her the real Hogwarts.

• Merlin arrived at Hogwarts, chose Gryffindor, and began exploring the castle with James while Sirius grew jealous of their closeness.
• After Merlin and Sirius were injured in a classroom clash, Sirius attacked her in the Hospital Wing, and Lily and James confronted him.
• Merlin researched Remus’s condition and tried to brew him a potion, prompting James and Sirius to suspect her before they fought and made peace with her.
• Merlin grew closer to James, Remus, and Lily while Sirius struggled with his feelings for her, and Lily confided her worries about Snape’s interest in Dark Magic.
• James apologized to Merlin, then brought her, Sirius, and Remus together to plan Halloween and form a group, which James named the Marauders.
• Merlin helped Peter during Halloween, wished Sirius a happy birthday, and joined the Marauders as they watched a Quidditch match and clashed with Snape.
• Merlin traveled to Tianjin over Christmas, found no trace of her former life, and secretly encountered Regulus outside Grimmauld Place.
• Merlin sent Petunia gifts and photographs of Lily’s troubles at Hogwarts, and Petunia discovered a Two-Way Mirror with instructions to open it on January 8.

Merlin protects Lily and her friends while growing closer to James and Remus, and the group’s pranks and adventures bring injuries and new tensions. After a holiday visit to Snape’s home ends in a magical disaster, Merlin returns to Hogwarts as Regulus and Sirius remain divided and James joins the Quidditch team.

• Merlin showed Petunia Hogwarts and helped her see the prejudice Lily faced, while Petunia defended Lily and celebrated her birthday with her through the Two-Way Mirror.
• Merlin gave Snape evidence of the attacks on Lily and warned him to protect her, then encouraged Lily to focus on the present despite her worries about Snape.
• James’s dangerous adventure with a tentacled plant left Merlin magically exhausted, but she petrified the creature and helped James escape.
• Merlin reassured Remus after the incident, celebrated his birthday with him, and gave James a map of Hogwarts’s secret passages after accepting his apology.
• Merlin intervened when James and Sirius used an enchanted Mandrake to trap Snape, then joined them in secretly following Remus to the Whomping Willow, where James broke his arm.
• Merlin stopped Avery and Evan from bullying Peter, and Peter later studied with Lily and Snape after the system assigned him a revision partner.
• Merlin visited the Evans home during the holiday, followed Lily to Snape’s house, and was injured when Eileen’s uncontrolled magic struck the family, and Merlin urged Eileen to leave Tobias before collapsing.
• After recovering at St. Mungo’s, Merlin returned to Hogwarts, where Regulus struggled with his place among the Blacks and James and Sirius made the Gryffindor Quidditch team.