Chapter Summaries

Vizet learned from Salazar Slytherin that making a Horcrux could strip away humanity and that an unusually independent soul might indicate too much of the maker’s soul had been torn away. Salazar showed Vizet how to use a Spell Command and his Corporeal Patronus to create a Soul Guiding Box, leaving Vizet with a possible way to deal with the rogue soul.

• Vizet compared Horcruxes to the story of The Warlock's Hairy Heart and concluded they could make their makers emotionless and cruel.
• Vizet told Salazar Slytherin that the Horcrux he had encountered seemed capable of independent action and scheming.
• Salazar said an unusually active soul could mean its maker had torn away too much of his soul, though he could not be certain based on Vizet’s account.
• Salazar identified Vizet’s Obscurus-shaped Patronus as a possible container for a soul and instructed him to apply a Spell Command to it.
• Vizet cast Nauthiz on his Corporeal Patronus, encasing it in a gray shell that Salazar called a Soul Guiding Box.

Vizet learned how to use the Soul Guiding Box to draw the Horcrux’s soul fragment and offered to help Salazar Slytherin. As summer approached, Vizet registered as an Animagus and cared for Fang, whose phoenix feather alerted him to something unusual.

• Vizet reasoned that abundant emotion could draw a soul fragment from its Horcrux and learned from Salazar Slytherin to weaken the fragment before using the Soul Guiding Box.
• Vizet tried to sustain Salazar Slytherin with his Patronus and Soul Soothing Potion, then told Dumbledore that Tom Riddle was likely a Horcrux soul fragment and that he had a way to extract it.
• Vizet brewed and applied more Soul Soothing Potion to Salazar Slytherin’s statue while preparing for final exams.
• Vizet registered as an Animagus at the Ministry of Magic with Professor McGonagall.
• Vizet and Luna took over feeding Fang at Hagrid’s Hut, where Vizet felt a warm sensation from the phoenix feather and suspected something had happened to Mr. Firenze.

Vizet went to the Forbidden Forest after sensing that the Phoenix Feather was disappearing and found Firenze wounded and fighting Acromantulas. After rescuing him, Vizet learned that the spiders might be preparing to attack Hogwarts, and the chapter ended as he tried to trap another hidden Acromantula.

• Vizet sent Luna to deliver a warning to Professor McGonagall, then transformed into a phoenix and entered the Forbidden Forest.
• Vizet found Firenze badly wounded and cut down the Acromantula attacking him with a slash of sword energy.
• Vizet healed Firenze, caught a second Acromantula with Devil’s Snare, and killed it with another slash.
• Firenze explained that Mars had grown bright and that he suspected the Acromantulas were behind the disturbance and might attack Hogwarts.
• A hidden Acromantula attacked Vizet and Firenze, but Vizet burned its web and began forming a Steel Cage around it.

Vizet interrogated an Acromantula and learned that Aragog had sent the spiders to destroy, then confronted Tom Riddle, who ordered the Acromantulas to attack Hogwarts and Vizet. Vizet defended himself with fire magic, while Tom Riddle seethed over Dumbledore’s apparent double standard.

• Vizet frightened an Acromantula into revealing that Aragog had summoned it to help feed him and told the others to destroy something.
• Firenze explained that the young Acromantula might only remember the order to destroy, and Vizet suspected the spiders planned to disrupt the Forbidden Forest.
• Tom Riddle appeared with a dozen Acromantulas and said they wanted to attack because their natural enemy and Dumbledore were gone.
• Tom Riddle revealed that he wanted Vizet dead to make Dumbledore regret it, then ordered the Acromantulas to attack.
• Vizet used Fire Shield to burn away the spiders’ webs and set one Acromantula ablaze, provoking Tom Riddle’s jealous anger about Dumbledore.

Vizet turned Tom Riddle’s attempt to seize control of his fire magic against him and drove off the attacking Acromantulas. He left Tom’s flaming serpent overpowered and mocked Tom as the confrontation continued.

• Vizet’s flames killed an Acromantula and frightened the others into hiding.
• Tom Riddle used Lockhart’s wand to pull fire from Vizet’s wall and form a giant serpent, while the Acromantulas rushed to attack Vizet and Firenze.
• Vizet cast Fiendfyre, spreading flames across the Acromantulas and making them retreat.
• Vizet formed another fire serpent and sent it after Tom Riddle as distant rumbling grew louder.
• Vizet’s serpent overwhelmed Tom Riddle’s, and Vizet taunted him about failing to teach Dark Magic.

Vizet stopped Tom Riddle from killing him, but Tom escaped with a bottle that Firenze suspected contained Unicorn blood. Vizet and Firenze went to the Acromantula nest, where Vizet confronted Aragog about the missing Unicorn and uncovered a hidden attacker.

• Tom Riddle dropped his wand and a bottle of silvery-white liquid, but retrieved the bottle before Vizet summoned the wand to himself, then escaped into the darkness.
• Firenze suspected the bottle held Unicorn blood and explained that drinking it could prolong life but cause a fatal curse and make a person's plans fail.
• When a Troll attacked Acromantulas fleeing through the forest, Vizet transformed into a phoenix and flew with Firenze toward their nest.
• Vizet and Firenze found Aragog among the Acromantulas and their eggs, and Vizet wounded Mosag when she tried to ambush them.
• Aragog claimed another creature had taken the Unicorn, but Vizet and Firenze doubted him; as Firenze prepared to act, Mosag spat spider silk at them.

Vizet defeated Mosag and the other Acromantulas, then learned of Aragog’s connection to Hagrid. Firenze returned with the nearly dead Unicorn, revealing that its blood had been drained.

• Vizet shielded Firenze from Mosag’s attack, then used water and lightning to subdue the Acromantulas and trap them in cages.
• Mosag tried to escape, but Vizet used Transfiguration to block its path and capture it.
• Aragog claimed he and Mosag were Hagrid’s friends, and Firenze confirmed that Hagrid had cared for Aragog in the Forbidden Forest.
• Vizet removed the Acromantulas’ Poison Sacs while Aragog and Mosag argued over who had ordered the ambush.
• Firenze returned carrying a Unicorn whose blood had been drained, and told Vizet they had arrived too late.

Professor McGonagall mobilized Hogwarts after learning something had happened in the Forbidden Forest, while Tom Riddle and Lockhart prepared a resurrection ritual in the Chamber of Secrets. In the forest, Vizet healed the wounded Unicorn’s body but realized its soul and unborn foal were still in danger, and he vowed to save them both.

• Professor McGonagall sent Patronuses to summon help, ordered the students into the Great Hall, and animated Hogwarts’s armor and statues to defend the castle.
• Percy told Professor McGonagall that Harry was missing from the student groups.
• Tom Riddle reached the Chamber of Secrets, where Lockhart brought the unconscious Harry and prepared a resurrection potion using stolen ingredients.
• Firenze tended the wounded Unicorn as Vizet killed Mosag and imprisoned Aragog.
• Vizet used a Phoenix Tear to heal the Unicorn’s body, recognized that its soul remained drained, and cast Expecto Patronum to try another way to save it and its unborn foal.

Vizet healed a soul-drained Unicorn using a modified Patronus Charm and prepared to leave the Forbidden Forest after dealing with Aragog. He followed Harry’s alarm toward the bathroom, while Firenze and the Centaurs learned how Vizet had saved them.

• Vizet used a silver Patronus Charm and Ancient Magic to restore the Unicorn’s damaged soul, and the Unicorn stood up again.
• Vizet checked the Marauder’s Map after Harry’s Parseltongue Whistle alarm reacted and saw that Harry had disappeared near the bathroom, possibly entering the Chamber of Secrets.
• Vizet released Aragog from his cage, struck him with the Affliction Curse, and asked Firenze to feed him until Hagrid returned to Hogwarts.
• Vizet transformed into a Phoenix and flew through the burning spider web as he left the hollow.
• Bane and the wounded Centaurs arrived, and Firenze began telling them what had happened with Vizet.

Vizet watched Tom Riddle’s creatures pour out of the Forbidden Forest and sensed that Harry had reached the Chamber of Secrets, where Riddle and Lockhart prepared a ritual to restore Riddle’s soul. The chapter ended as the cauldron boiled with Unicorn blood and Harry’s scar split with pain.

• Vizet returned to Ravenclaw Tower, steadied himself, and watched the creatures from the Forbidden Forest charge toward Hogwarts as the school’s defenses and students prepared to meet them.
• Vizet sensed through the Parseltongue Whistle that Harry had stopped in the Chamber of Secrets and resolved to take action.
• Harry woke bound in the Chamber, recognized Tom Riddle as Voldemort, and learned that Riddle intended to replace his future self.
• Harry resisted Riddle despite being bound and without his Wand, while Riddle questioned how his future self had been defeated by a child.
• Lockhart announced that the ritual was ready and added Unicorn blood to the cauldron, causing it to boil as Harry’s scar erupted in pain.

Lockhart revealed that Voldemort had been hiding inside his soul and used the resurrection ritual to ensnare Tom Riddle. After Harry passed out, Voldemort began draining Tom Riddle and spoke of his desire to devour Vizet’s unusually powerful soul.

• Lockhart cut the venomous snakes into the cauldron while Tom Riddle explained that he intended to replace his future self and gain a perfect physical body.
• Lockhart added Runespoor eggs and Silver Thread to the cauldron, then threw in the Silver Thread despite Tom Riddle’s protest.
• The cauldron exploded, and its liquid transformed into threads that pierced Tom Riddle and connected him to Lockhart.
• Lockhart transformed into Voldemort, who revealed he had hidden within Lockhart’s damaged soul and had used Tom Riddle to divert Dumbledore’s attention.
• Harry recognized Voldemort before scar pain knocked him unconscious, while Voldemort advanced on Tom Riddle and talked about devouring Vizet’s soul.

Voldemort tried to absorb Tom Riddle, but Vizet emerged from hiding and used the Soul Guiding Box to pull Tom Riddle away. Vizet and Voldemort began fighting in the ruined Chamber of Secrets.

• Voldemort explained that he could use the Silver Thread between himself and Tom Riddle to draw the soul fragment back into his body, then seized Harry's Wand to stop Tom Riddle casting a spell.
• Voldemort attacked the Chamber of Secrets ceiling, bringing down stone pillars and rubble as he searched for Dumbledore and heard Vizet's voice.
• Vizet pieced together how his Patronus had awakened Voldemort and how Voldemort had planned to absorb Tom Riddle, then revealed himself and sent Harry flying clear.
• Vizet used the Soul Guiding Box to increase its absorption and snap part of the Silver Thread, pulling the weakened Tom Riddle toward him.
• Voldemort attacked Vizet with Black Mist, but Vizet dodged with Ancient Magic: Swift Thunder and struck back with levitated boulders that exploded into flames.

Vizet and Dumbledore fought Voldemort in the Chamber of Secrets while Vizet used the Soul Guiding Box and Silver Threads to separate Tom Riddle and Voldemort. The snake-faced phantom entered the box, Lockhart returned to normal, and an exhausted Dumbledore remained beside Vizet.

• Voldemort condensed the Silver Threads into a rope to resist the Soul Guiding Box as Dumbledore arrived and attacked him with transfigured stones.
• Dumbledore and Voldemort exchanged spells while Vizet interfered with Voldemort’s Killing Curses by levering the Silver Threads.
• Voldemort realized Vizet was using Lockhart’s former image of Dumbledore as a fulcrum to pull the threads apart.
• Voldemort touched the remaining Silver Threads, causing Tom Riddle to vanish into Voldemort and a snake-faced phantom to lunge toward Vizet.
• Vizet captured the snake-faced phantom in the Soul Guiding Box, while a ball of fire made Voldemort scream and expelled black mist from Lockhart.
• Lockhart regained his blue eyes and nose as Dumbledore coughed and showed signs of extreme exhaustion.

Vizet protected Dumbledore from Voldemort with a Patronus and struck Voldemort with the Killing Curse, but Voldemort escaped. After examining the Soul Fragment, Vizet and Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort may have prepared multiple Horcruxes, including one hidden in a lake in the Forbidden Forest.

• Voldemort attacked Dumbledore, but Vizet's Patronus blocked the Black Mist and stopped it from reaching him.
• Vizet cast the Killing Curse at Voldemort, whose mist was nearly pulled into a strange, soul-absorbing whirlpool before he escaped into the darkness.
• Vizet and Dumbledore discussed how Voldemort's Horcrux appeared to shield him from death, and Vizet examined the Soul Fragment in the Soul Guiding Box.
• Vizet determined that the Soul Fragment contained parts belonging to both Voldemort and Tom Riddle, and he and Dumbledore inferred that Voldemort may have prepared more than one Horcrux.
• Vizet sensed that Tom Riddle's Horcrux was hidden in a lake in the Forbidden Forest.

Vizet explained how Tom Riddle used unstable Bloodline Magic in an attempt to escape the Horcrux and how Voldemort devoured him. Dumbledore warned that Harry could be needed for Voldemort’s resurrection, while Vizet learned how material similarities and memory affected the magic’s stability.

• Vizet told Dumbledore that Tom Riddle used Bloodline Magic, which he believed came from the Parkinson Family, to create a body and escape the Horcrux’s restraints.
• Dumbledore reasoned that Voldemort and Tom Riddle would never cooperate because each considered the other inferior and wanted to devour him.
• Vizet described the magic’s use of blood, flesh, and bone, and Dumbledore concluded that its dangerous materials made it unstable and suggested Voldemort was attempting to resurrect himself.
• Dumbledore warned that Harry might be the Hated Person required by the spell and said he needed to weigh the risks before choosing how to protect him.
• Vizet explained that Tom Riddle placed a Silver Thread of memory in the cauldron, and Dumbledore said combining real materials with illusory memory changed the magic’s nature and destabilized it.
• Dumbledore advised Vizet to judge materials according to the circumstances, and Vizet resolved that knowledge was more reliable than intuition alone.

Harry woke after witnessing Voldemort's resurrection and worried that he had been useless. Vizet helped him recognize his progress and encouraged him to focus on improving a little each day, leaving Harry reassured and smiling.

• Harry awoke from a dream of his parents' deaths and told Dumbledore and Vizet that Voldemort had returned and Lockhart had helped him.
• Vizet returned Harry's Wand, and Fawkes carried them back to Hogwarts with Lockhart floating behind Dumbledore.
• Harry asked Vizet whether he was useless because he had fainted while Voldemort resurrected, just as he had in the previous year.
• Vizet reminded Harry that he had resisted Tom Riddle and encouraged him to be himself and make small daily improvements.
• Harry understood Vizet's advice, imagined Uncle Vernon failing to recite a sonnet, and thanked him.

After Dumbledore helped defeat the Forbidden Forest creatures, Professor McGonagall kept watch while Hogwarts students learned to fight and process the creatures. The older students later recognized members of the Board of Governors arriving to confront Dumbledore, who calmly invited them into his office.

• Dumbledore bound the Trolls and burned many Acromantulas, while professors and students dealt with the remaining creatures.
• Professor McGonagall directed the defense, recruited Ron to watch for students needing support, and stayed on guard until the disturbance ended.
• Snape made older students dissect Magical creatures in Potions Class and harshly criticized their work.
• Students recognized the arriving Wizards as members of the Board of Governors by their gemstone rings.
• Led by Parkinson and Yaxley, the Board of Governors demanded an explanation from Dumbledore, who told them to come in.

Dumbledore confronted the governors who had come to challenge his return, using evidence from Tom Riddle’s memories to expose their ties to Voldemort. As the governors fled, letters revealed that the Ministry of Magic had begun searching their territories, leaving them fearing Dumbledore had outmaneuvered them.

• Dumbledore told Parkinson, Yaxley, and the other governors that he remained only temporarily suspended and questioned their authority to remove him.
• Dumbledore revealed that Tom Riddle’s memories exposed the governors’ secrets and praised Lucius Malfoy for cooperating.
• The governors blamed Lucius and hurried out of the Headmaster’s Office as Dumbledore returned to his desk and opened the Soul Guiding Box Vizet had made.
• In the corridor, the governors argued over Dumbledore’s plans and received letters reporting that Arthur Weasley and the Ministry were searching their territories.
• The governors realized Dumbledore had arranged for the Ministry to investigate them and recalled Hogwarts’s warning, “Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon.”

Hagrid returned to Hogwarts shaken by his time in Azkaban, and Vizet and Harry told him that Voldemort had used the Acromantulas to cause the Forbidden Forest disturbance. After learning that Aragog was seriously ill, Hagrid left to find him.

• The Governors retreated from Hogwarts as students focused on revision, while reports of searches targeting Pure-blood Families appeared in The Daily Prophet.
• Hagrid returned from Azkaban looking haggard and described the nightmares and misery he had endured there.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, and Vizet visited Hagrid, who offered them Rock Cakes and treacle toffee.
• Vizet and Harry explained that Voldemort had worked with the Acromantulas, which had attacked Hogwarts and a Unicorn.
• Hagrid learned that Aragog was seriously ill and hurried to the Forbidden Forest to be with him.

After Aragog died, Hagrid laid his old friend to rest, while Vizet helped Luna master her Horned Owl Animagus form. During Snape’s tutoring, Vizet discussed his Patronus Charm Healing Technique, but their investigation stalled when Dumbledore announced that Vizet’s Animagus Certificate had arrived.

• Aragog died, ending the Acromantula colony in the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid accompanied him through his final days and funeral.
• Vizet used a shared-memory Magical Connection to help Luna master her Horned Owl Animagus transformation.
• Vizet told Snape he planned to study Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes, then chose Arithmancy instead of Divination on Snape’s advice.
• Vizet showed Snape his Patronus Charm Healing Technique, and Snape explained why the method had worked on the Unicorn but could not be repeated as intended.
• Dumbledore knocked on Snape’s office door and told Vizet that his Animagus Certificate had arrived.