A quiet morning at Prince Manor shatters when Draco Malfoy arrives and everything goes wrong. While Snape wrestles with Voldemort’s summons, Draco finds Harry in the garden and unleashes a forbidden curse that leaves Harry broken and terrified. Snape returns, misreads the scene, and drives Harry to clean a forgotten dungeon room while the boy fights pain, panic, and memories of the Dursleys. This guardianship chapter puts suspicion, protection, and hard consequences under a microscope, perfect for listeners who love tense, character driven Harry and Snape mentorship after Goblet of Fire.