Chapter Summaries

Vizet’s Animagus paper won the Most Promising Newcomer Award, and the Ministry of Magic arrived at Hogwarts to present it amid a carefully staged ceremony. Cornelius Fudge introduced Vizet to the assembled Transfiguration judges, then called Dolores over to explain the award procedure.

• Dumbledore told Vizet that the Ministry’s award visit might be an attempt to mend its relationship with Hogwarts and described the Special Effects Wizards’ work.
• Fred and George promoted their fireworks to a Ministry visitor, claiming Vizet was their technical consultant.
• Vizet observed the Special Effects Wizards decorating the Great Hall while Peeves disrupted their preparations by throwing chalk stubs.
• Cornelius Fudge arrived with reporters and praised Dumbledore’s cooperation with the Ministry, then introduced Vizet as Hogwarts’s rising star.
• Peeves hit Fudge in the nose with a chalk stub as Vizet stepped back from Fudge’s offered handshake.
• Dumbledore introduced the Transfiguration judges and scholars accompanying Fudge, who then called Dolores over to discuss the award procedure with Vizet.

Vizet Lovegood gave Rita Skeeter an interview about his paper and Dumbledore's deal to expose Gilderoy Lockhart. As the award ceremony began, Vizet hinted that he knew Rita's secrets and had corrected her Quick-Quotes Quill's parchment.

• Dolores Umbridge gave Vizet a prepared speech and questions while reporters focused on Fudge and Dumbledore.
• Rita Skeeter introduced herself to Vizet and took him to a nearby room for an interview.
• Rita revealed that Dumbledore had provided material for her to expose Gilderoy Lockhart's fraud and theft of others' achievements.
• Rita questioned Vizet about his paper and speculated that he had changed Dumbledore's outlook.
• When summoned to the award ceremony, Vizet warned Rita that he wanted to uncover her secrets and had corrected errors on her parchment.
• Rita's expression changed as she hurried to inspect the parchment.

Vizet used Rita Skeeter’s unusually deep knowledge of Animagus and her Quick-Quotes Quill to discover that she was an unregistered Animagus who transformed into a beetle. Rita realized he had uncovered her secret and confronted him, asking what he planned to do.

• Rita Skeeter read Vizet’s corrections to her interview draft and grew uneasy as he showed how much he knew about Animagus.
• Rita found a drawing of a beetle with markings resembling her glasses and feared Vizet had identified her Animagus form.
• Vizet recalled Rita’s skill with Animagus and suspected she was an illegal Animagus.
• Vizet used his Fulcrum Theory and Rita’s Quick-Quotes Quill to confirm that she transformed into a beetle.
• Rita confronted Vizet from behind and asked what he planned to do.

Vizet forced Rita Skeeter to cooperate with him by threatening to expose her illegal Animagus secret, then used the award ceremony to snub Cornelius Fudge. The chapter ended with Fudge furious after Vizet thanked Fang instead of him.

• Vizet made Rita Skeeter revise her interview draft, publish Dolores Umbridge's award-ceremony plans, and write for The Quibbler.
• Rita Skeeter agreed to cooperate after Vizet reminded her that her Animagus secret could cost her career.
• Dolores Umbridge discovered that the parchment scroll she had been carrying was missing as Cornelius Fudge went onstage.
• Vizet accepted the Most Promising Newcomer Award and thanked Hogwarts staff and professors.
• When Fudge prompted him to remember someone, Vizet thanked Fang for not digging up his buried potion, leaving Fudge furious.

Vizet won Today's Transfiguration's Most Promising Newcomer Award, while the Ministry began investigating Gilderoy Lockhart. After exams, Ravenclaw retained the Quidditch House Cup, and Oliver Wood vowed to win next time.

• Dumbledore suggested Vizet had been too nervous to deliver the prepared award speech, and Cornelius Fudge questioned Dolores Umbridge about whether she had given it to him.
• News of Vizet's award spread through Hogwarts, Today's Transfiguration sales surged, and the Daily Prophet drew attention by exposing Gilderoy Lockhart's secret.
• The Ministry launched an investigation into Gilderoy Lockhart as Cornelius Fudge faced public criticism.
• Students took their final exams, and Vizet completed his Transfiguration practical in two minutes by turning a rooster into a roasting pan.
• Ravenclaw won every match and retained the Quidditch House Cup, while Oliver Wood promised that Gryffindor would win next time.
• Roger Davies worried that Wood would intensify Gryffindor's training, and Fred and George suddenly shivered and sneezed together.

Vizet and Luna visited the pregnant Unicorn before Ravenclaw won the House Cup and both students finished the year as Top of the Year. On the Hogwarts Express, they learned that Gilderoy Lockhart would be sent to Azkaban, where a prisoner reacted to news of the Weasley family winning the Gold Galleon Award.

• Vizet and Luna visited the pregnant Unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, and Firenze promised to notify them when it gave birth.
• Dumbledore awarded points to Vizet, Harry, and students involved in the Forbidden Forest disturbance, but Ravenclaw still won the House Cup.
• Vizet and Luna both became Top of the Year, while Snape left Hogwarts early on the day students departed.
• Anthony Goldstein read that the Ministry had confirmed Gilderoy Lockhart stole others’ experiences with the Obliviation Charm and would send him to Azkaban.
• An Azkaban guard showed his colleague the news that the Weasley family had won the Gold Galleon Award, and a hoarse voice asked to see the newspaper.

Cornelius Fudge escorted Gilderoy Lockhart to Azkaban and encountered Sirius Black, who seized a copy of The Daily Prophet to do a crossword. After a guard stunned Sirius, the prison guards discussed the incident, and their voices gradually brought Sirius back to consciousness.

• Cornelius Fudge arrived at Azkaban with two Aurors and the sentenced Gilderoy Lockhart, then used a boar Patronus to make the Dementors move aside.
• Cornelius Fudge entered the prison to deliver Lockhart and conduct his annual inspection, then picked up a copy of The Daily Prophet.
• Sirius Black asked Cornelius Fudge for the newspaper so he could do a crossword, took it through the cell bars, and began reading by the window.
• A guard stunned Sirius and retrieved the newspaper after Cornelius Fudge ordered him to take it back.
• The guards discussed Sirius’s unusual behavior and the newspaper, and their voices gradually brought Sirius back to consciousness.

Sirius Black learned from the Daily Prophet that the traitor was at Hogwarts and resolved to escape Azkaban to protect Harry. After preparing himself, he transformed into a black dog and escaped through the mass grave into the sea, carrying a mysterious potion as alarms sounded behind him.

• Sirius Black remembered the Prophet report that the traitor was at Hogwarts and began planning his escape.
• Dementors repeatedly drained Sirius’s happiness, but he resisted their despair by thinking of the traitor and Harry’s danger.
• Sirius prepared his weakened body and waited until the Dementors were elsewhere before transforming into a black dog.
• Sirius leaped from Azkaban into the mass grave, where he found a bottle containing a mouthful of murky potion.
• Sirius took the potion bottle in his teeth and swam into the sea as the prison alarm sounded, repeating that the traitor was at Hogwarts.

Luna spoke with Xenophilius through a Two-Way Mirror while brewing a potion to attract magical creatures, and explained that Vizet planned to take her to see creatures after his meeting. In England, Rita Skeeter submitted an article accusing Cornelius Fudge of conspiring against Sirius Black and insisted it be published under her pen name.

• Xenophilius used a Two-Way Mirror to urge Luna to explore New York instead of spending all her time brewing potions.
• Luna told Xenophilius that Vizet was attending a meeting and planned to take her to see magical creatures in other states afterward.
• Luna explained that she was brewing a potion, based on advice from Mr. Firenze, to attract magical creatures such as Horned Serpents.
• Rita Skeeter gave Xenophilius her article, “Lament of the Pitiful,” which claimed Cornelius Fudge had framed Sirius Black and engineered his escape.
• Xenophilius approved Rita's article for publication, and Rita demanded that it appear under her pen name rather than her real name.

Vizet and Luna explored the hidden Wizards' Central Park, saw its magical creatures and vendors, and fed Horned Serpents by the lake. Professor McGonagall then summoned them to join her.

• Vizet and Luna entered Wizards' Central Park through a hidden path in a tree.
• Vizet explained that warnings about Cat Leopards came from Wizards mistaking enlarged Kneazles for the magical creatures.
• Luna declined to buy an amulet that filtered dreams, saying she had only beautiful dreams and someone else might need it more.
• Vizet and Luna tried a sweet cornmeal snack and fed meat to Horned Serpents at the lake.
• Professor McGonagall sent a Tabby Cat Patronus to tell Vizet and Luna they could come over.

Vizet and Luna met Babajide Akingbade at the Magical Congress headquarters in the Woolworth Building and encountered a distressed wizard who warned of an attack before fleeing. As Professor McGonagall joined them, Draco arrived asking what had happened to his father and why he had not returned all night.

• Vizet and Luna flew to the Woolworth Building, where Babajide Akingbade greeted them and praised Vizet's Animagus research.
• Babajide discussed Vizet's studies, including his plans to investigate Moonstone as a possible path to a second Animagus form.
• The group entered the Magical Congress headquarters, where a distressed wizard dodged a guard's Full Body-Bind Curse and fled after claiming an attack was coming.
• Babajide pulled Vizet and Luna out of the way, and the guard explained that the wizard had run off before giving details about the alleged attack.
• Professor McGonagall arrived, and Vizet told her what had happened.
• Draco Malfoy appeared and asked his mother what had happened to his father and why he had not returned all night.

Professor McGonagall, Vizet, and Luna registered for the Animagus International Symposium at the Magical Congress while learning that Lucius Malfoy had gone missing and an Appaloosa Pygmy Puffs family head had been murdered. The chapter ended as they approached an angry Narcissa, who was demanding to see her husband.

• Narcissa told Professor McGonagall that Lucius had not come home and that the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol had sent her a letter.
• Vizet, Luna, and Professor McGonagall heard Magical Congress staff discuss the poisoned death of the Appaloosa Pygmy Puffs family head and a suspected outsider.
• Vizet wondered whether Lucius had visited the dead family head and recalled a Wizard who had fled the Magical Congress.
• Vizet, Luna, and Professor McGonagall completed their symposium registration and then returned to the front desk to check on Narcissa and Draco.
• Narcissa angrily demanded that the Magical Congress let her see Lucius.

Narcissa learned that Lucius had been detained after the head of the Appaloosa Family was poisoned, and Professor McGonagall offered Hogwarts's support. Vizet suspected the case was connected to the Isaiah Society and asked Dumbledore whether the Woolworth Building had underground levels where the Magical Congress might keep prisoners.

• A Magical Congress employee told Narcissa that Lucius could not be visited until the investigation ended and that he would stand trial if needed.
• Professor McGonagall identified herself as Hogwarts's deputy headmistress and promised to report Narcissa's concerns to the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol.
• Narcissa explained that Lucius had traveled to New York to find supplies and meet a client, whom Vizet identified as the head of the Appaloosa Family.
• Vizet revealed that the Appaloosa Family head had been poisoned and that investigators suspected a foreign wizard, while Draco and Narcissa insisted Lucius was innocent.
• Narcissa left to contact a friend, and Luna told Vizet that events would eventually flow back to him; Vizet concluded the Isaiah Society might be behind them.
• Vizet reviewed his memories of the Magical Congress prison and wrote to Dumbledore asking whether the Woolworth Building had underground levels.

Vizet studied Malo Fufang’s werewolf research and formed a theory that the full moon’s pull affected both a werewolf’s body and soul. After recognizing Lupin as the werewolf Hagrid had mentioned, Vizet received Dumbledore’s directions to a hidden prison and prepared to visit it.

• Vizet reread Malo Fufang’s notebook and wrote a conjecture that the full moon’s pull caused werewolves’ murderous urges by affecting their souls.
• Vizet realized that Gryffindors had practiced Animagus Transformation to keep a werewolf company, and suspected that Moony was Lupin.
• Vizet recalled seeing Lupin at the Magical Congress and considered how he might help a werewolf classmate.
• Dumbledore’s bookmark message revealed the prison’s location on the Woolworth Building’s fifth basement level, its Anti-Apparition Charm, and the best time to enter.
• Vizet decided to visit the prison to learn the captive’s exact situation.

Lucius Malfoy was imprisoned after Appaloosa was found seemingly dead, and Vizet arrived to investigate by extracting Lucius’s memories. Vizet concluded that Appaloosa’s apparent death was unlikely to have been caused by poison, leaving Lucius terrified by Vizet’s grim talk of the Killing Curse.

• Lucius was stunned during dinner with Appaloosa and later woke in a Magical Congress prison, shackled and without his Wand.
• Vizet appeared in Lucius’s cell as the Dark Mark burned away, then asked him to recall what had happened since the previous night.
• Vizet extracted Lucius’s memories and saw a maid stun Lucius during dinner, after which Appaloosa was found bloodless and black smoke rose from his mouth.
• Vizet concluded that the traces did not look like poison and said the Killing Curse was the only reliable way to kill a wizard.
• Lucius grew more frightened as Vizet explained that poison could be treated and recalled Voldemort’s past discussions of death and the Killing Curse.

Vizet discovered that Living Death Potion had been used to make the Appaloosa appear dead and concluded that a third party was involved. After a Magical Congress employee tried to erase evidence, Vizet altered Lucius's memories to protect him while they investigated.

• Vizet extracted Living Death Potion residue from Lucius's sleeve and concluded that the Appaloosa's apparent death could have been faked by a third-party force.
• Lucius told Vizet that Sybill Trelawney had prophesied misfortune, and explained his dealings with the Appaloosa Family and its black-market trade in magical creatures.
• After a beetle returned, Vizet Obliviated Lucius and hid as a Magical Congress employee entered, stunned Lucius, and used Scourgify on him.
• Vizet revived Lucius and suspected the employee had been paid to remove the potion evidence, then learned Lucius's memories had not been altered.
• Vizet warned Lucius that the Magical Congress was untrustworthy and temporarily altered his memories of the potion and Vizet, promising to restore them later.

Vizet investigated the attack on Lucius and used Ancient Magic Power to uncover traces the attackers had tried to erase. He learned that Appaloosa’s forces fought off two third-party Wizards, then followed the attackers’ Apparition traces to a strange triangular mark.

• Vizet reviewed what he had learned from Lucius and Serena Pendragon about Appaloosa’s possibly living head, the Magical Congress, and the Isaiah Society.
• Vizet traveled to the ruined alley where Lucius had been attacked and used Revelio, empowered by Ancient Magic, to recover magical traces.
• Vizet reconstructed the battle: two third-party Wizards fought seven Wizards from Appaloosa, injured one of their own, and then fled.
• Vizet found that Appaloosa’s forces had erased the traces and made the scene resemble what Lucius saw after waking.
• Vizet followed traces of the attackers’ Apparition to the end of the alley, where one mark formed a strange triangle.

Vizet and Luna identified unusual magical traces as evidence that a wounded Metamorphmagus had revealed her true appearance, then connected the witch to Nymphadora Tonks. Professor McGonagall recognized Tonks and heard Vizet’s suspicion that her injury was tied to the Appaloosa Family’s black-market business.

• Vizet showed Luna memories of the magical traces left in the ruined room, and Luna recognized one as the shape of a woman’s chin.
• Luna suggested the woman’s appearance had been changing back to its original form, and she and Vizet concluded she was a Metamorphmagus.
• Vizet recalled a witch with bubblegum-colored hair among Fudge’s group at Hogwarts and asked Luna to draw her.
• Professor McGonagall identified the witch as Nymphadora Tonks, a former Hufflepuff student who had joined the Auror Office.
• Vizet told Professor McGonagall about the ruined room and suspected Tonks had been injured while investigating the Appaloosa Family’s black-market business.

Vizet and Luna disguised themselves with Polyjuice Potion and went to the Blind Pig Bar, a New York black market, to seek information. After gaining entry by offering a high-quality Invigoration Draught, they waited in a private room as the goblin boss arrived.

• Professor McGonagall left to contact Dumbledore after learning that Tonks and Moody might have come to the area.
• Vizet and Luna used Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves and traveled to Number 124, Mark Dougherty Street.
• Vizet knocked on the hidden entrance to the Blind Pig Bar and offered the guard an Invigoration Draught in exchange for information.
• The guard led Vizet and Luna through the crowded bar into a private room, where they waited for the boss.
• A goblin entered the room.

Vizet and Luna visited Goblin at the Blind Pig Bar to find an injured English Werewolf and learn about New York’s growing Werewolf gathering. After Goblin tried to recruit Vizet as a potion-maker, Vizet challenged him by asking whether he planned to rob a robber.

• Vizet offered Goblin Invigoration Potions to learn that an injured English Werewolf lived on Stanton Street in the Lower East Side.
• Goblin explained that the Werewolf had been attacked after meddling in other Werewolves’ affairs, and that many Werewolves had gathered in New York to recruit companions during the full moon.
• Vizet asked Goblin for a cheap source of Living Death Potion ingredients and offered him a Soul Soothing Potion.
• Goblin tested the potion on a House-elf, praised its quality, and offered Vizet work brewing ten cauldrons a day.
• Vizet smiled and asked Goblin, “Are you planning to rob a robber?”