Chapter Summaries

In November 1979, Evita Lorand questioned her system, Adele, about being reborn in the Harry Potter world without her memories of its plot. She spent the day learning from her neighbors Newt and Tina Scamander, leaving eager to keep studying magic and caring for magical creatures.

• Evita asked Adele why she had been turned into a newborn and told she could only use her system abilities after a mission began.
• Evita visited Tina and asked about her past work as an American Auror and the spells she had used.
• Newt recalled how he and Tina had befriended Adele and Evita after an accident at the Lorand home six years earlier.
• Evita asked Newt about Gellert Grindelwald, and he diverted her questions by telling her about the magical creatures he had helped.
• Evita said she wanted to keep magical creatures, and Tina agreed to practice spells with her for nearly two hours.

Evita received a Phoenix and a Basilisk from Adele, then traveled with her to France so Adele could study Alchemy under Nicolas Flamel. As Evita settled into life with the Flamels, Adele reflected on raising her and the system rule against emotional attachment to its host.

• Adele gave Evita two eggs that hatched into a Phoenix and a Basilisk, which Evita named Fini and Echidna.
• Adele told Evita that her Alchemy paper had earned Nicolas Flamel's recognition and that they would travel to France so she could study under him.
• Evita said goodbye to Tina, Newt, and their Kneazles before leaving for France with Adele.
• The Flamels welcomed Evita and Adele, and Evita began learning from them while enjoying time with Perenelle.
• Adele reflected on creating a body for Evita and raising her, despite the system handbook forbidding emotional attachment to the host.

Evita moved to Godric's Hollow after Adele transferred her guardianship to the Scamanders and left to explore ruins, though Adele promised to stay in contact. As Evita settled into her new home, cared for animals, and met Bathilda Bagshot, she discovered that her Veela heritage made her unusually sensitive to deception.

• Adele told Evita she had transferred her guardianship to the Scamander family and would leave to explore ruins, while promising to speak with her through their mental link and send animals.
• Evita received a system quest to move to Godric's Hollow, where a residence had been prepared, and remembered that Lily and James had died there.
• Evita said goodbye to the Flamels and Scamanders, then Adele took her to Godric's Hollow and departed.
• Evita settled into a routine of studying, practicing charms, caring for sick animals in her suitcase, brewing potions, and ordering meals from local restaurants.
• Evita met Bathilda Bagshot during her walks, and Bathilda gave her an annotated copy of A History of Magic.
• Evita realized she could sense deceptive emotions, including the false cheer of restaurant workers, and resolved to control her expressions.

Evita used the Dueling Arena to revive Lily and James after Voldemort attacked them, saving their lives and calming the infant Harry. After Dumbledore and Sirius arrived, Evita introduced herself and her phoenix, Fini, and Lily offered her candy.

• Evita found Voldemort attacking James and unlocked the Dueling Arena with Lily and James as her teammates.
• Evita revived James and Lily, and Voldemort disappeared after his Killing Curse failed to kill Harry.
• Evita tried to soothe the crying Harry with a cat teaser, then Lily and James comforted their son.
• Sirius and Dumbledore arrived and found Lily, James, Harry, Evita, and Fini alive inside the house.
• Evita introduced herself to Dumbledore, and Lily offered her candy, which Evita accepted.

Evita explained that she had appeared at the Potter house and helped Lily and James dodge Voldemort’s Killing Curse, while Dumbledore quietly questioned her account. After Sirius realized Peter had betrayed the Potters, Evita suddenly collapsed as Adele explained that changing the events had triggered a mission; the others rushed to get her medical help.

• Lily and James formally introduced themselves to Evita and credited her with helping them evade Voldemort’s Killing Curse.
• Sirius revealed that Peter Pettigrew had secretly been the Potters’ Secret Keeper, and the adults realized he had betrayed them.
• Dumbledore took Evita aside, and she claimed she had appeared at the house and that Voldemort’s curse would have rebounded even without her.
• James said they had to find Peter, while Lily warned Evita that Death Eaters might target her and Evita said she had powerful guardians.
• Adele explained that Evita’s changes to the events had triggered a mission, and Evita lost consciousness as Lily and Dumbledore called for her to be taken to St. Mungo’s.

After recovering from an unexplained two-week unconscious spell, Evita visited Gringotts to claim her vault and secretly helped a chained dragon. She left with money and jewelry, then went with Sirius to Diagon Alley, where she found a makeshift way to keep her fast-growing braids out of her ice cream.

• Evita woke at St. Mungo's after nearly two weeks unconscious, and the healers found nothing wrong with her.
• Lily visited Evita during her half-month stay, told her Harry had survived Voldemort's attack, and explained that she and James would wait to tell Harry about his scar.
• After leaving the hospital, Evita asked Sirius to take her to Gringotts, where she retrieved Galleons and jewelry from her vault.
• On the way to her vault, Evita secretly threw something to the chained dragon, which thanked her and said it would help it recover.
• Evita and Sirius visited Diagon Alley and ate ice cream; Sirius levitated Evita's braids, then cast a Sticking Charm after she tied them together.

Evita brewed a Fluffing Potion and became absorbed in researching Potions while exchanging letters with Newt and Tina. After her Niffler raided Sirius’s house, Sirius carried Evita off to find Lily, leaving her apologizing for her Fantastic Beasts’ chaos.

• Evita created a Fluffing Potion that made James’s hair puff up, and Sirius said he would buy it if she developed it further.
• Lily gave Evita her old Potions notes, which Evita took home to study.
• Evita and Newt and Tina exchanged daily letters about their lives and her research.
• Evita’s Niffler stole shiny belongings from Sirius’s cabinet, and she shook the creature to make its loot fall out.
• Sirius carried Evita toward Lily’s house and listed the trouble her Fantastic Beasts had caused him, while Evita apologized.

Evita met Molly and her red-haired children at Lily and James’s house, where she played cards with the twins and their siblings. After Sirius told Lily about Evita’s dangerous antics, Evita explained why her creatures visited Sirius’s house and promised to keep them out of trouble.

• Sirius teased Evita about being too lenient with her animals, and she started crying until James brought them into the house.
• Lily introduced Evita to Molly, who had wiped away her tears, and Evita shyly asked Lily to tell Sirius she would make her animals behave.
• Evita joined Fred and George and the other children for Exploding Snap, winning most of the games against the younger players.
• Sirius told Lily that Evita had climbed a tree and jumped down while holding a Bowtruckle, prompting Lily to call Evita over.
• Evita explained that her Niffler and other creatures visited Sirius’s house because she kept them away from Harry and Lily’s potions and herbs.
• Sirius forgave Evita but warned her to lock the creatures’ door and not bring home more Fantastic Beasts, and Evita promised to keep them from causing trouble.

Evita accepted Lily’s invitation to spend Christmas with her, James, Sirius, and Harry, then celebrated with them and exchanged presents. After Lily and the others worried about the valuable beasts and ingredients in Evita’s suitcase, Evita changed the subject and settled in for Christmas dinner.

• Evita visited the Fantastic Beast space in her suitcase for two days before Lily invited her to spend Christmas with the family.
• Evita helped Lily hang Christmas decorations and decided to prepare rare Potions ingredients as a present for Lily.
• On Christmas Day, Evita and the others exchanged presents, including gifts for the sleeping Harry.
• Lily and James worried that Evita’s valuable beasts and ingredients could attract dark wizards, but Evita insisted she could protect them.
• Evita opened gifts from Sirius, Lupin, Newt, and Tina, then enjoyed Christmas dinner with the family.

Evita spent Christmas with the Potters, while James and Lily discussed giving her gifts to help her navigate Hogwarts and recalled his schooldays. After reviewing her Fantastic Beasts and playing with Harry, Evita discovered that entertaining a toddler was exhausting.

• James told Lily that he, Sirius, and Remus planned to give Evita two gifts when she went to Hogwarts, and Lily worried they would encourage her to break rules.
• Lily and James reminisced about a secret passage James and his friends had used near Professor Slughorn's office.
• Evita checked the system and found that her twelve types of Fantastic Beasts were healthy and thriving in separate habitats suited to their temperaments.
• Evita joined Lily, James, and Harry in the living room and agreed to play with Harry.
• After two hours of enthusiastically responding to Harry's explanations about his toy car, Evita collapsed facedown on the rug, exhausted.

Evita asked Remus Lupin to manage a shop she planned to open in Diagon Alley, and he accepted after she revealed she could protect him from discrimination over his condition. After Evita rushed off, Lupin and his friends discussed her unusual behavior before she returned to shake stolen valuables out of Sirius's Niffler.

• Evita told Lily and James she wanted to buy a Diagon Alley shop and ask Remus to manage it.
• Evita offered Remus high pay and flexible hours, then revealed her Wampus Cat and reassured him that his condition would not be a problem.
• Remus accepted the job, and Evita gave him a red owl so they could write to each other.
• James and Sirius traded stories about Evita's risky stunts and odd habits while Remus praised her kindness and wondered if their group could defeat her.
• Evita rushed back holding Sirius's Niffler and shook Galleons, silverware, and jewelry out of it before running off again.

On her eleventh birthday, Evita received her Hogwarts acceptance letter and went to Diagon Alley with Lily, James, and Sirius to buy school supplies. At Ollivander’s, she found a wand that suited her: one made of acacia wood with a dragon heartstring core.

• Evita received her Hogwarts acceptance letter, sent replies to Hogwarts and the Scamanders, and told Lily and James the news.
• Lily, James, Sirius, and Evita celebrated and then went to Diagon Alley to buy her school supplies.
• Lily took Evita to Madam Malkin’s, where Evita chose several sets of robes, while Sirius secretly signaled that he would help her get a broom.
• Evita visited Ollivander’s alone and tried several wands before an acacia wand with a dragon heartstring core felt right in her hand.
• Evita showed Sirius her rare wand, and he joked that he was rare too.

Evita said goodbye to her family and friends before boarding the Hogwarts Express for her first year at Hogwarts. After arriving by boat, she reached the Great Hall with the other first years, where Hagrid introduced them to Professor McGonagall.

• Evita wished she could bring more creatures to Hogwarts and hoped she would get a room to herself, while Harry wished the same for her.
• On September 1, 1982, Newt, Tina, Lily, James, Sirius, Lupin, and Harry saw Evita off at King's Cross Station.
• Evita boarded the Hogwarts Express, bought food from the trolley, and fell asleep with her Kneazle.
• After the train stopped, Hagrid led the first years across the Black Lake and toward the castle.
• Hagrid told Professor McGonagall that all the first years had arrived.

Evita Lorand was sorted into Hufflepuff after the Sorting Hat struggled to choose among several houses. She joined her new classmates at the Hufflepuff table as the Sorting Ceremony ended.

• Professor McGonagall led the first years into the Great Hall, where the Sorting Hat sang about the four houses.
• The Sorting Hat considered Evita Lorand for about five minutes, noting her courage, curiosity, tolerance, and love of Fantastic Beasts.
• Evita silently chose Hufflepuff, and the Sorting Hat placed her there.
• The Fat Friar welcomed Evita, and her fellow Hufflepuffs greeted her enthusiastically.
• Evita told the students that Hufflepuff was her favorite house and that an elder she loved had also belonged to it.
• Professor McGonagall read the final name, rolled up the parchment, and left with the Sorting Hat.

Evita attended the Hogwarts welcome feast, joined the other Hufflepuffs, and explored the Hufflepuff common room before settling into her dormitory. Alone in her room, she opened James's gift and discovered an Invisibility Cloak and the Marauder's Map, which showed Hogwarts and its inhabitants.

• Dumbledore welcomed the students, announced that the forest was forbidden, and ended the feast with the school song.
• A Hufflepuff Prefect welcomed Evita and described the house's loyalty and record of having few dark wizards.
• The Hufflepuff Prefects led the students to their common room and explained its vinegar-protected entrance.
• Evita found that she had a dormitory room to herself and opened the package James had given her.
• Evita tried the Invisibility Cloak and activated the parchment to reveal the Marauder's Map and messages from Prongs, Lily, Moony, and Padfoot.

Evita received letters from friends and family before beginning her first Hogwarts classes, where her Potions and Transfiguration work earned Hufflepuff points. She struggled to stay awake in History of Magic and ended the day practicing wand movements in Charms.

• Evita read letters from Sirius, Lily, James, Lupin, Tina and Newt, and Theseus, then sent her own letters by owl.
• In Potions with the Slytherins, Professor Slughorn praised Evita’s technique and awarded Hufflepuff ten points.
• Evita struggled to stay awake during Professor Binns’s History of Magic lesson on Troll rebellions.
• In Transfiguration, Evita turned a match into a rounded silver needle, and Professor McGonagall awarded Hufflepuff ten points.
• In Charms, Professor Flitwick taught the students the wand movements they needed to practice before casting spells.

Evita explored the Forbidden Forest under her Invisibility Cloak and met Aragog and his Acromantula colony, then encountered a centaur. She hurried back to the castle when she realized how late it was and began looking for the kitchen.

• Evita attended Flying Class, learned the proper way to hold a broom, and decided to scout the Forbidden Forest.
• Evita slipped past Hagrid under her Invisibility Cloak and entered the forest with Heloise, her Acromantula.
• Evita met Aragog and his colony, learned they would not interfere with her, and marked their habitat on the Marauder's Map.
• Evita continued deeper into the forest and met a centaur, who remarked that Jupiter was bright.
• Evita noticed the late hour, ran back to the castle under her cloak, and searched for the kitchen when hunger stopped her.

Evita explored Hogwarts, played a trick on Peeves, and finished her first week of classes. She settled into a routine of studying and sneaking around, then attended Defence Against the Dark Arts and Astronomy.

• Evita found the Hogwarts kitchen, accepted food from the House-elves, and gave them a box of fudge in return.
• Evita used Aguamenti to erase Peeves's writing, leaving him to call Filch while she escaped unnoticed.
• Evita asked Fini not to tell Fawkes about her nighttime wanderings, and Fini nodded.
• Evita attended her first Defence Against the Dark Arts class with a nervous, unfamiliar professor and listened to his lesson about dangerous creatures.
• Evita went to Aurora Sinistra's Astronomy class at midnight and found her explanations engaging.

Evita visited Hagrid, who tried to persuade her that Heloise should live among other Acromantulas, but she defended her friend and agreed to keep visiting him. As Halloween approached, Evita earned points in Potions class, asked the House-elves for ingredients to make hot pot, and unsuccessfully tried cooking barbecue in her room.

• Hagrid invited Evita to his hut and said Aragog believed Heloise lacked the instinct to live among her own kind.
• Evita rejected Aragog's suggestion, accused him of wanting Heloise to leave so he could challenge her, and told Heloise she did not have to go.
• Hagrid apologized, and Evita said she had wanted to be friends with him for a long time.
• In Potions class, Professor Slughorn awarded Hufflepuff five points for Evita's potion.
• Evita gave the House-elves a list of hot-pot ingredients and later attempted to barbecue meat in her room, but her cooking tasted terrible and she drank an antidote before bed.

Evita stayed at Hogwarts over Christmas and Easter, where she explored the castle, studied magic, and kept in touch with friends. The chapter ended with Sirius escaping the Hufflepuff Common Room when Evita asked him to help with homework.

• Evita stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas, tried to enter the Gryffindor Common Room while invisible, and failed to guess its password.
• Evita used an Inflating Charm to thwart Peeves’s prank, then hid in the library and read books on Potions.
• Evita opened gifts from friends and family, gave presents to the Fantastic Beasts, and spent Christmas reading and studying.
• Evita neglected History of Magic to copy potion recipes from Moste Potente Potions and work on other assignments.
• Evita stayed at Hogwarts over Easter and received letters and advice from Lily, Newt, James, Tina, and Sirius.
• Sirius visited Evita by Floo Powder, complained about her creatures, and promptly left when she asked him to help with homework.