Chapter Summaries

After Voldemort’s defeat, Harry woke in his eleven-year-old body as a red-haired girl and realized he had a chance to prevent the losses of his previous life. When Hogwarts offered her a place, Petunia revealed her conflicted feelings about Lily and begged Harry to stay, but Harry chose to go.

• After remembering the people he had lost, Harry fell asleep and woke in a younger, female version of himself in the Dursleys’ home.
• Harry went to the zoo with the Dursleys and discovered that the python remembered her from the previous timeline.
• When Harry’s Hogwarts letter arrived, Petunia admitted she had envied Lily and urged Harry to choose a safe life with the Dursleys.
• Harry accepted that she belonged at Hogwarts, and Petunia began helping her pack while Vernon left the room in anger.

Harry reunited with Hagrid to shop for Hogwarts, chose a wand, and encountered a startlingly courteous Draco Malfoy. A month later, she reached Platform Nine and Three-Quarters with Fred’s help and found herself back in the magical world.

• Hagrid collected Harry from the Dursleys, and Petunia and Vernon reluctantly said goodbye as he promised to keep Harry safe.
• Harry bought robes and trousers, withdrew money from her parents’ vault, and chose a holly wand with a phoenix feather core at Ollivanders.
• Draco Malfoy politely yielded his turn to Harry, called her cute, and left her baffled by his changed behavior.
• A month later, Harry struggled with her luggage at King’s Cross after the Dursleys left, and Molly Weasley explained how to reach Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Fred pushed Harry’s trolley through the barrier and offered to help get her luggage onto the Hogwarts Express.

Harry boarded the Hogwarts Express and reunited with Ron and Hermione, while Draco joined their compartment after apologizing for insulting Hermione. The four first-years traveled to Hogwarts together, and Harry arrived at the castle feeling she had come home.

• Harry rejected Draco's first attempt to sit with her, then welcomed Ron and Hermione into her compartment and teased Ron about her scar.
• Draco insulted the Weasley family and Hermione, Ron punched him, and Harry defended Hermione; Draco apologized and awkwardly joined them.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco discussed their hoped-for houses, then watched Ron fail to turn Scabbers yellow and Draco magically make Ron's hair stand on end.
• The four first-years crossed the Black Lake with Hagrid and saw Hogwarts; Harry felt she had come home, and Draco gently urged her to move along.

Harry began her first night at Hogwarts, struggled with Draco Malfoy’s unexpected attempts to befriend her, and was sorted into Gryffindor while Snape awkwardly tried to seem kind. She settled into the girls’ dormitory beside Hermione, feeling that she had finally come home.

• Harry refused Draco’s offer to walk together and joined Hermione instead, leaving Draco visibly displeased.
• At the Great Hall, Harry became emotional at seeing Dumbledore and Snape, while Snape anxiously tried and failed to smile reassuringly at her.
• Harry insisted on Gryffindor during the Sorting Ceremony and joined Hermione at the Gryffindor table.
• Ron asked about Snape, and Harry recognized Quirrell as the host of Tom Riddle, whom she called the boiled egg.
• Harry exchanged a look with Draco on the staircase, then followed Hermione to their neighboring beds in the girls’ dormitory.

Harry rushed through her first Potions lesson and impressed Snape with her knowledge, then excelled at Flying Class. She rescued Neville, pursued Draco to retrieve his Remembrall, and the chapter ended with Draco admitting he had wanted to compete with her.

• Hermione woke Harry, and they hurried to Potions, where Snape questioned Harry and awarded Gryffindor five points for her correct answer.
• Harry earned more points during the lesson, while Snape watched her closely in Dumbledore’s starry pajamas.
• Harry and Draco summoned their brooms in Flying Class, and Ron persevered until he managed to call his broom to hand.
• Harry caught Neville as his broom carried him into the air, earning another five points for Gryffindor.
• Draco took Neville’s Remembrall and challenged Harry to catch him; they collided in the air and landed safely on the grass.
• Harry recovered the Remembrall, and Draco admitted he had only wanted to compete with her; Madam Hooch deducted five points from each of them.

Harry entered Moaning Myrtle’s washroom intending to find the Chamber of Secrets, but discovered a Basilisk moving through the pipes. She left with Hermione and asked her to help research how to defend against and kill it.

• Harry tried to go to Moaning Myrtle’s washroom alone, but Hermione followed her.
• Harry heard a creature moving through the pipes and rushed out of a stall to warn Hermione to close her eyes.
• Harry saw the Basilisk’s glowing tail disappear into a sink’s drain while Hermione kept her eyes shut.
• Harry pretended she had seen a mouse, then left the washroom with Hermione as Myrtle watched and sobbed.
• Harry told Hermione about the Basilisk and asked her to research its habits, protections, and weaknesses.

Harry and Hermione’s attempt to visit Moaning Myrtle’s Bathroom ended when Snape caught them and took five points from Gryffindor. The next day, Harry sat beside Draco in Charms, where he challenged her to a contest with the Levitation Charm, leaving their wager unresolved.

• Harry and Hermione left the Gryffindor common room to investigate the bathroom, but Snape caught them and sent them back after deducting five points from Gryffindor.
• Snape warned Hermione not to lead Harry astray, and Hermione wondered why he treated Harry differently from other students.
• In Charms, Harry chose to sit beside Draco while Hermione took the empty seat beside Ron.
• Draco challenged Harry to levitate their feathers first, and they agreed that the loser would do one thing the winner asked.
• Professor Flitwick demonstrated Wingardium Leviosa as Draco prepared to compete with Harry.

Harry learned that Madam Hooch had recommended her for a Quidditch tryout, and Professor McGonagall arranged one with Wood. Draco struggled with how to befriend Harry, then decided to ask Lucius to sponsor new brooms for the Slytherin team.

• Hermione told Harry that Ron had been upset after she mastered the Levitation Charm before him.
• Harry avoided Ron and Hermione's awkward situation, then impressed Madam Hooch with her flying and received a Quidditch tryout arranged by Professor McGonagall.
• Hermione celebrated Harry's possible place on the team, and Snape interrupted their hug but offered Harry a grudging congratulations.
• Draco asked Crabbe and Goyle how his friend could befriend a girl, and Pansy advised him to simply tell her directly.
• Draco rejected Pansy's advice and decided to write to Lucius asking him to sponsor new brooms for the Slytherin team.

Harry and Ron searched for Hermione after Professor Quirrell announced that a Troll was in the dungeons, then found the Troll near the library. Hermione knocked it out, but a giant snake seized Harry and dragged her into the darkness.

• Harry noticed Hermione was missing from dinner and left the Great Hall with Ron to look for her.
• Harry and Ron found the Troll near the library, and Ron's faulty wand failed to cast the Levitation Charm.
• Ron distracted the Troll while Harry struck its knee with a piece of armor, freeing Ron from its grip.
• Hermione arrived and used Wingardium Leviosa to make the Troll's club hit its head, knocking it unconscious.
• A giant snake emerged, coiled around Harry, and dragged her away as Ron and Hermione tried to stop it.

Harry awoke in the Chamber of Secrets without her wand or the means to defeat the Basilisk, only to discover that Voldemort had taken control of it. The two confronted the possibility of two Voldemorts existing in the same world, and Harry ended by taunting him with Dumbledore’s likely response.

• Harry woke in the Chamber of Secrets, realized she had no wand, and tried unsuccessfully to open the stone door.
• The Basilisk caught Harry and pinned her against a pillar, but she struck its eyelid and escaped its grip.
• Harry recognized the Basilisk as Voldemort, who revealed that he had awoken after death inside the snake.
• Voldemort told Harry he had found another version of himself and wondered whether two Voldemorts could overthrow the Wizarding World.
• Harry asked which Voldemort Dumbledore would try to kill first.

Harry confronted Voldemort in the Chamber of Secrets, where their injuries mysteriously rebounded onto each other, and escaped after he let her go. Quirrell tried to seize her in the corridor, but Snape rescued her as she lost consciousness.

• Harry challenged Voldemort in the Chamber, but he swallowed her arm and then suffered a wound when she was unharmed.
• Harry tried to stab Voldemort's eyes, only for the injury to appear on her own arm, revealing that their wounds rebounded between them.
• Harry told Voldemort she was leaving, and he let her exit the Chamber while warning her to tell Dumbledore that the game had leveled up.
• Quirrell approached Harry outside Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom, but she saw him reach for his wand and ran.
• Quirrell caught Harry and drew his wand, but Snape stunned him and caught Harry as she collapsed.

Harry woke in the Hospital Wing after the Basilisk attack and concealed the truth about Voldemort from Dumbledore. Dumbledore and Snape then discussed Quirrell’s betrayal and the danger of Voldemort’s return, while Dumbledore resolved to protect the students.

• Harry woke with Ron and Hermione beside her and told Dumbledore that a giant snake had dragged her into a chamber, omitting Voldemort.
• Dumbledore warned Harry that the Basilisk might attack again, then left to alert the other professors.
• Madam Pomfrey confirmed Harry’s injuries had healed and allowed her to leave after resting; Harry glimpsed what seemed to be Snape’s black robe in the corridor.
• Snape confronted Dumbledore for allowing Quirrell to remain at Hogwarts, then took the Sherbet Lemons Dumbledore offered him.
• Dumbledore told Snape that Quirrell had likely joined Voldemort and argued they needed to uncover the forces behind him without alerting him.
• Snape reluctantly accepted Dumbledore’s plan, and Dumbledore reflected that he could not afford to lose more children.

After Harry left the Hospital Wing, she told Ron and Hermione that Quirrell had tried to kill her and defended Snape, who warned her about Quirrell while slipping her Sherbet Lemons. At Herbology, classmates welcomed Harry back before Draco Malfoy arrived and taunted her.

• Harry told Ron and Hermione that Quirrell had tried to kill her, and Hermione questioned Ron for suspecting Snape despite his having saved Harry.
• Harry defended Snape, who appeared in the corridor and told her not to concern herself with Quirrell while secretly giving her Sherbet Lemons.
• Hermione wondered whether Snape's warning meant Quirrell was truly dangerous, while Ron and Hermione debated why Snape had helped them.
• Dean and Seamus welcomed Harry to Herbology and repeated an exaggerated story about her defeating a Troll army.
• Draco Malfoy approached Harry and taunted her about her luck, while Crabbe and Goyle pretended not to be involved.

Harry and her friends exposed Quirrell’s attempt to jinx her broom and learned that another unicorn had been killed in the Forbidden Forest. After Harry received the Invisibility Cloak, she and Hermione suspected Quirrell was behind the attack and confronted Hagrid, who warned them to leave the matter to the professors.

• Hermione spotted Quirrell muttering as Harry’s broom bucked during the Gryffindor-Slytherin match, and she set fire to his scarf while Snape helped cover for them.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch and won the match, while Draco’s hopes of joining the Slytherin Quidditch team faded after Lucius tested his flying.
• Harry unwrapped the Invisibility Cloak on Christmas Eve and showed it to Ron.
• Hagrid told Harry that another unicorn had been found dead near the centaurs’ territory, and Harry suspected Quirrell was responsible.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron caught up with Hagrid and accused Quirrell, but Hagrid warned them to stay out of the investigation.

Harry told Ron and Hermione that Voldemort wanted Nicolas Flamel’s Philosopher’s Stone, and Hermione realized it could help him return to life. While trying to warn Hagrid, the three were caught by Professor McGonagall and sent on night watch, where Harry encountered a cloaked figure feeding on a unicorn and later discovered blood on the back of her robes.

• At dinner, Harry told Ron and Hermione that Voldemort wanted the Philosopher’s Stone, and Hermione explained it could create the Elixir of Life.
• Hermione woke Harry with a book about Nicolas Flamel, and the two set out to warn Hagrid after Hermione concluded Voldemort wanted the Stone to return to life.
• Ron reported seeing Quirrell heading for the Forbidden Forest, and Professor McGonagall caught Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaking out with Draco Malfoy.
• Professor McGonagall took fifty points from Gryffindor for each of the three friends and assigned all four students to night watch with Hagrid.
• In the Forbidden Forest, Draco warned Harry to stop, and Harry petrified a cloaked figure that was feeding on a unicorn before a giant python carried the figure away.
• Draco noticed blood on the back of Harry’s robes, and Hermione hurriedly covered her and took her back to the dormitory, explaining that it was a girl thing.

Harry struggled to accept her first period after being reborn as a girl, while Hermione helped her manage it and classmates learned about it. The chapter ended with Draco giving Harry ginger candy for her cramps and leaving in embarrassment.

• Hermione took Harry to the bathroom, explained how to use a sanitary pad, and gave her cocoa.
• Harry panicked at her reflection and the changes in her body, then woke to bloodstained pajamas and learned about magical tampons from Hermione.
• Harry learned from Ron that Draco had told the school about her period and had offered to bring her a traditional remedy.
• Snape noticed Harry's pain during Potions Class and summoned cocoa, which eased her cramps.
• Draco asked Harry about the bloodstain, gave her ginger candy for her stomachache, and hurried away with red ears.

After her first period ended, Harry was harassed by Voldemort in Basilisk form and later sensed him moving through Hogwarts. Harry led Ron and Hermione toward the Philosopher’s Stone, but fled after opening the final door and seeing what was inside.

• Harry endured her first period and angrily drove away Voldemort when he entered her dormitory as a Basilisk.
• A few days later, Harry’s scar burned, and she told Hermione that Voldemort was somewhere in Hogwarts.
• Hermione urged Harry to stop Voldemort, and Harry took Hermione and Ron to the Philosopher’s Stone’s hiding place.
• After they passed the chess challenge, Harry left Hermione to care for the exhausted Ron and continued alone.
• Harry opened the final door, froze at what she saw, and ran back out.

Harry confronted Professor Quirrell, Voldemort, and a Basilisk who claimed to be Voldemort from another world and the future. After the Basilisk left, Harry used the Mirror of Erised to obtain the Philosopher’s Stone, killed Quirrell with her touch, and fled the room.

• Harry found Professor Quirrell and Voldemort with the enormous Basilisk and tried to escape, but the snake blocked the doorway.
• Harry confirmed the Basilisk’s claim that he was Voldemort from another world and the future, prompting Voldemort to distrust him.
• The Basilisk left, and Voldemort ordered Harry to look into the Mirror of Erised and find the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Harry saw the Stone appear in the mirror and felt it arrive in her pocket, but she denied seeing anything.
• When Quirrell called her a liar, Harry pressed her hand against his face, causing him to burn and crumble to ashes.
• Harry fled into the dark corridor after seeing the people in the mirror encourage her.

Harry defeated Basilisk Voldemort with the Philosopher’s Stone, which transformed Voldemort into a small snake and left a serpent-shaped mark on Harry. After telling Dumbledore what happened, Harry asked whether he believed in rebirth, and Dumbledore said he did.

• Basilisk Voldemort tried to persuade Harry to hand over the Philosopher’s Stone by promising to change the future and bring back Harry’s parents, but Harry refused and struck his eye with his wand.
• Harry’s and Basilisk Voldemort’s blood fell onto the Philosopher’s Stone, which released a red light, shrank Voldemort into a small black snake, and marked Harry’s abdomen with a serpent-shaped pattern.
• Harry carried the cursing snake to Dumbledore’s office and recounted the vision, the struggle for the Stone, and the transformation.
• Harry asked Dumbledore if he believed in rebirth, and Dumbledore answered that he did and said time was more elusive than people imagined.

Harry told Dumbledore about her past life and the final battle, then learned that a contract linked her to Voldemort, now a tiny Basilisk. Dumbledore arranged for Voldemort to stay at Hogwarts as Harry’s pet, leaving Harry to manage him under the contract’s control.

• Harry finished recounting her past life and confirmed that Voldemort had been defeated, though many of her friends had died.
• Harry wondered whether the Philosopher’s Stone and their mingled blood had brought Voldemort back with her, and Dumbledore suggested the connection had a purpose.
• Dumbledore explained that Harry could use a Master-Servant Contract to control Voldemort, and Harry made the Basilisk dance against his will.
• Dumbledore left Voldemort in Harry’s care as her pet, and Harry carried him from the Headmaster’s Office disguised as a snake bracelet.
• Hermione welcomed Harry back to the dormitory and mistook Voldemort for a bracelet, while Harry silenced him with a threat and hid that he could speak.