Chapter Summaries

Rose spent the Hogsmeade outing alone in the Room of Requirement until Sirius returned and gave her sweets, then her friends came back and shared their purchases with her. She learned that the sweets Sirius had given her were Fizzing Whizbees, and realized he had bought them himself after all.

• Rose stayed behind at Hogwarts while her friends went to Hogsmeade and tried to distract herself with a book.
• Sirius returned to the Room of Requirement and gave Rose a box of chocolate sweets, claiming James had received it for free.
• Rose enjoyed the sweets but tried to limit how many she ate, and Sirius promised to get her more.
• Lily and Marlene returned to the dormitory and told Rose about their Hogsmeade trip.
• Marlene and Lily shared their hard-to-find Fizzing Whizbees with Rose and said Sirius had bought the other box.

At Halloween, Rose and Lily followed James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter into the Forbidden Forest as they pursued Hagrid. They discovered the forest floor covered in One-Eyed Giant Spiders, and a burst of fire drove the spiders back only briefly.

• James and Sirius left the Halloween feast with Remus and Peter to discover why Hagrid was going into the Forbidden Forest.
• Lily confronted the boys, and Rose joined her, but the boys slipped past them and ran after Hagrid.
• Lily and Rose followed the boys into the forest, where Lily said she could not let them put themselves in danger.
• After following Hagrid for about twenty minutes, the group saw the ground covered in One-Eyed Giant Spiders.
• An unidentified male voice cast Incendio, driving the spiders back until the flames vanished and they crept closer again.

Rose, Lily, Sirius, James, Peter, and Remus were chased by Aragog and his Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest before escaping back to Hogwarts. Rose learned that she and Sirius had both swallowed their Mandrake leaves, and she later fell asleep in the Gryffindor common room before waking in her bed.

• Hagrid tried to protect the group from Aragog and his Acromantulas, then urged them to flee through the Forbidden Forest.
• Rose and Lily ran through the forest, but Rose emerged with Sirius and worried that Lily was missing.
• Sirius said James was with Lily and admitted that he had accidentally swallowed his Mandrake leaf too.
• Rose reunited with Lily at the castle, while Remus brought back an exhausted Peter.
• James gave Lily the Invisibility Cloak, and the group returned to the Gryffindor common room in batches.
• Rose fell asleep on the sofa and woke in her four-poster bed.

Rose watched Gryffindor lose its Quidditch match against Slytherin, then became Gryffindor’s new Seeker and impressed the team in training. At Christmas, she left Hogwarts and returned to Frenshem with Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, still nervous about going home.

• Rose watched Regulus Black play as Slytherin’s new Seeker, and Gryffindor lost 160 to 170.
• James comforted Billy Thomas after the loss, while Rose reassured him that he lacked confidence rather than skill.
• Alan Macmillan made Rose Gryffindor’s Seeker and Billy a substitute Chaser, and Billy offered Rose his Nimbus broom.
• Rose impressed Alan during Seeker training by spotting the Snitch in the dark and accidentally performing a Wronski Feint.
• Rose traveled home for Christmas and met Mr. and Mrs. Bennett at the station before they drove back to Frenshem.

Rose spent Christmas with the Bennetts, receiving gifts from her friends and sharing a warm holiday with the family. The Bennetts’ sorrow over their absent daughter surfaced during dinner, but Rose left for school with a photograph of her happy Christmas.

• The Bennetts welcomed Rose home and spent the week preparing for Christmas together.
• Rose opened gifts from Lily, the Bennetts, James, Sirius, her other friends, and Snape on Christmas morning.
• Rose and the Bennetts baked, cleared snow, built a snowman, and shared Christmas dinner.
• Mia and Mr. Bennett spoke sadly of their absent daughter, and Rose helped Thomas take Mia to bed without asking about it.
• Rose spent the following week relaxing with the Bennetts, and Mr. Bennett gave her the developed Christmas photograph before school resumed.

Rose reunited with Lily on the train and shared stories of her holiday, while James’s interruption and Sirius’s teasing brought their friends together. Lily warned Rose not to fall too deeply for Sirius because of his family, leaving Rose to picture the suffering Sirius would face in the future.

• Rose said goodbye to Mia at King’s Cross and boarded the Hogwarts Express, where Lily joined her and praised her gift.
• Rose showed Lily a photograph and told her about old Mr. Bennett and her happy holiday with Mia.
• James barged into Rose and Lily’s compartment, mistook Lily’s tears for bullying, and Lily kicked him out of the way.
• Sirius admired Rose’s photograph and told her he had succeeded in swallowing the Animagus potion, promising to show her at school.
• Lily teased Rose about Sirius’s interest in her and warned her about the Black family, while Rose imagined Sirius suffering as a fugitive and shed a tear.

Rose and James secretly planned a birthday party for Lily, but their private conversation hurt Lily and strained her friendship with Rose. On Lily’s birthday, Rose invited Snape to the celebration in an abandoned classroom.

• During Care of Fantastic Beasts, Professor Kettleburn had the students care for Fire Crabs, whose flames kept them warm despite nearly burning Mary’s robes.
• James told Rose that Sirius had succeeded over the holidays and needed more Death’s-head Hawkmoth Pupae; Rose suggested asking Professor Slughorn, then secretly discussed another matter with James.
• Lily overheard James whispering her name and misunderstood Rose’s secret conversation, leaving Rose worried about the distance between them.
• Rose, James, and Marlene prepared a surprise birthday party for Lily, and Marlene distracted Lily while Rose stayed behind after Potions class.
• Rose invited Snape to Lily’s birthday party, and he agreed to attend the gathering in the abandoned fifth-floor classroom at seven.

Rose and the others surprised Lily Evans with a birthday party after she thought the day had been miserable. Snape briefly came to wish Lily a happy birthday but left after facing hostility from James and Sirius.

• Rose and the others decorated an abandoned classroom and prepared food and a cake for Lily’s birthday.
• Marlene led Lily into the classroom, where her friends surprised her with fireworks, decorations, and a crown.
• Lily cried with happiness, thanked her friends, and learned that James had arranged for her mother’s cake to be brought to Hogwarts.
• Snape arrived to wish Lily a happy birthday, but James and Sirius pointed their wands at him until Rose and Lily intervened.
• Snape declined Lily’s invitation to join the party and left, while Rose reprimanded James for insulting Lily’s friend.

Rose met Snape in the library, where he persuaded her to collaborate on magical inventions while insisting they would avoid Dark Magic. She agreed to meet him after dinner in the Potions Classroom, then worked with him to restore the damaged library shelves.

• Rose arrived at the library early to help Madam Pince repair the mess left by two students who had fought.
• Snape praised Rose's dusting spell and used Muffliato to keep their conversation private.
• Snape urged Rose to join him in creating new magical inventions and promised they would pursue ordinary research rather than Dark Magic.
• Rose agreed to meet Snape after dinner in the Potions Classroom to work on magical creations.
• Rose and Snape began returning the scattered books and repairing the library corner.

Rose and Snape grew closer through secret magical research, while Rose made her debut as Gryffindor’s Seeker and helped win the Quidditch final against Hufflepuff. After James made a remark about girls needing to be ladylike, Rose and Lily both turned against him, leaving him angry and confused.

• Rose and Snape discussed combining the Engorgement Charm with Lumos, and Rose agreed to meet him again the next evening.
• Sirius reassured Rose before the final, and her friends encouraged her to eat and trust her abilities.
• James and Caradoc scored quickly for Gryffindor, and Rose caught the Golden Snitch to secure a 120–40 victory over Hufflepuff.
• Eleanor Fosco vowed that Hufflepuff would not always lose after Alan gloated over the win.
• James told Rose to be more ladylike, so Rose angrily walked back toward the castle.
• Lily told James that Sirius was looking for him, and James set off angrily, deciding to break school rules.