Noelle Morrigan Potter, James Potter's little sister, Sirius Black's fiancé, left England to learn to be a battle mage. With her credentials, she returned, eager to know why James and Sirius had stopped sending her letters only to learn of the events of Halloween night. What will Harry act like raised by the Morrigan, the only battle witch in the last three centuries?

When Yancy dies, Raleigh can't bring himself to abandon Gipsy. Recovering from the fight with Knifehead, he begins looking for a copilot, only to find that there's no one even close to what he needs. Marshal Pentecost gives him the option to try piloting solo. Does he rise to the occasion, or is the neural strain too much?

Hiccup is tormented by his peers and ostracized by his village until they do something he cannot forgive. How will Gobber and Stoick deal with a selectively mute Hiccup, and his dragon, who wants to burn them all for treating a hatchling so horribly? Is there anything left for Hiccup in Berk?

A muggleborn, Eris Ravenswood, is sorted into Slytherin and figures that if the purebloods won't let her play the game, she might as well flip the board. She meets the Weasley Twins and they decide to wreak havoc in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts. McGonagall becomes an alcoholic, Snape has six aneurysms, and Trelawney's nonexistent third eye blinks wide open just to cry.