When Betty joins the Weasley twins for the summer, "Team Trouble" is born. But one prank goes almost too far, and the prank war that began in fun and laughter ends with a vow that could have cost a life.
Harry is not invited to Dudley's birthday. Again. He expects a boring day at Mrs Figg's with cabbage smell and cat photos to look at. But today, there's a girl lying on the carpet in Mrs Figg's living room. And for the first time, Harry feels seen.
Sirius Black takes undeniable delight in provoking the seemingly untouchable youngest daughter of Abraxas Malfoy, Lucinda Malfoy. The Marauders call her the Ice Queen, convinced that Sirius—known for his flirtatious nature—will never win her over. What no one sees beneath her icy, unreadable exterior is a girl quietly yearning to escape the oppressive world she was born into.
Between shifting staircases and whispering portraits, Betty Black—a born Legilimens—senses what others may overlook. While a professor disappears mysteriously one night, another one hides a dark secret, and a terrifying monster beneath the castle turns her classmates to stone.
Twelve years after losing his best friends, Remus Lupin returns to Hogwarts as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor—and meets Harry Potter for the first time.