Chapter Summaries

Serena Pendragon, Ominis Gaunt, and Sebastian Sallow raided an Isaiah Society hideout and rescued Muggles who had been flayed and left for dead. After reading that the Fire Dragon attack in New York had been covered up, they prepared to rest and brew potions while anticipating further conflict.

• A messenger reported that New York had only partly succeeded, while the Isaiah Society's leader predicted that disaster would undermine the Statute of Secrecy and bring victory to Isaiah.
• Serena Pendragon used a Niffler to locate the hideout, then subdued its two occupants; Ominis Gaunt stopped her from using the Killing Curse.
• Serena and her allies fought the people in the cellar, captured them, and entered the deeper hall to find flayed Muggles and piles of mutilated corpses.
• Ominis Gaunt directed Serena and Sebastian Sallow to repair the victims' skin and give them Invigoration Potion, bringing the survivors out of danger.
• Serena read that the Fire Dragon had attacked New York and that the Muggle government had helped cover it up; the group planned to rest and replenish their potions.

Serena Pendragon, Sebastian Sallow, and Ominis Gaunt decided to use Living Death Potion on captured attackers and make them help fight the Isaiah Society. Meanwhile, New York recovered enough for the Animagus International Symposium to resume in Central Park, where Vizet and Luna reunited Babajide Akingbade with the lost Animagus Lorenzo Flores.

• Serena Pendragon, Sebastian Sallow, and Ominis Gaunt agreed to use Living Death Potion to control the surviving attackers and enlist them against the Isaiah Society.
• Herpo declared the New York operation a success and urged the Isaiah Society to focus on bringing death, plague, and war to the Middle East.
• After a week of recovery, the Animagus International Symposium moved from the Magical Congress to wizarding Central Park.
• Vizet and Luna told Babajide Akingbade how they had rescued a lost Thick-billed Parrot from the zoo's keepers.
• Babajide Akingbade recognized the Thick-billed Parrot as Lorenzo Flores, a Castelobruxo graduate and fellow Animagus, and praised Vizet's paper and his role in restoring Hogwarts' reputation.

Vizet and Babajide Akingbade discussed the paper on Animagi and the challenges facing their international community. As the seminar brought more Animagi together, Luna warned Vizet that disagreements might arise, leaving him to anticipate that he could be called on to explain the paper.

• Babajide Akingbade told Vizet that it had taken him a week to read and understand the paper, and described how it rekindled his memories of studying at Uagadou.
• Akingbade explained that he raised a Mandrake and supplied its leaves to people who needed them.
• As Vizet, Luna, and Akingbade walked through Wizarding Central Park, they saw Animagi from around the world, including African wizards transformed into elephants and giraffes.
• Akingbade said the Fire Dragon attack had disrupted his plans to recommend Vizet’s paper and discussed how secrecy and limited communication hindered Animagi.
• Vizet began to suggest that Animagi could still advance, but a Cheetah transformed into a wizard who interrupted to greet Akingbade.
• Luna compared the seminar to the Runespoor and warned Vizet that poor communication could lead to disputes over the paper, which he might have to explain.

Vizet attended the Animagus International Symposium, where European witches and wizards credited his paper with helping them succeed in Animagus practice. As African researchers presented their work, European attendees began challenging them, and the symposium turned tense.

• Vizet noted that Uagadou might have made a new Animagus breakthrough using mature Mandrake leaves.
• Sophie Crieona told Vizet and Luna that reading his paper had helped her become an Animagus, and Professor McGonagall described a similar case in the Lapan Family.
• Professor McGonagall introduced Vizet and Luna to European Animagi, whose recent successes seemed linked to studying Vizet's paper before practicing.
• Professor McGonagall agreed with Luna that Vizet had guided other witches and wizards toward successful Animagus transformations.
• Babajide Akingbade opened the symposium, and African Animagi presented research on Mandrake leaves, incantations, and preparing for transformation.
• European Animagi began questioning the African researchers' studies, turning the symposium toward an argument.

At the Animagus International Symposium, Lorenzo Flores presented his theory that the Death's-head Hawkmoth Chrysalis had a magical property of “embrace,” prompting Vizet to connect it with his own research. A young European wizard challenged Lorenzo with a protection theory, and the debate grew heated when African wizards objected to Europeans benefiting from their research while questioning them.

• Lorenzo Flores shared his research on the Death's-head Hawkmoth Chrysalis, arguing that its transformation embodied the magical property of “embrace.”
• Vizet connected Lorenzo's idea to thoughts in his notebook and followed the new line of inquiry, tuning out the tense discussion.
• A young European wizard challenged Lorenzo, argued that the chrysalis provided protection from fear, and demonstrated that he was an Animagus by transforming into a blackbird.
• The young wizard claimed that understanding the potion's protective purpose had helped him overcome fear, prompting an African wizard to accuse Europeans of learning from African research before criticizing it.
• The young wizard named Patrick Sayer, Meredead Plunkett, and Craig Tootley, who each transformed into animals to show they had become Animagi that year.

At a seminar, Vizet Lovegood demonstrated that he could cast magic while transformed into a Golden Eagle and announced that he had found a feasible method for other Animagi to do the same. He left the audience stunned as he began to explain that reproducing his own unusual preparations would be difficult.

• Magnus Gustafsson introduced Vizet Lovegood as the author whose paper had inspired him and other wizards to complete the Animagus Transformation.
• Babajide Akingbade asked Vizet to share his views, and Vizet introduced himself and transformed into a Golden Eagle to prove he was an Animagus.
• Vizet credited the research of the seminar’s attendees and predecessors, especially Lorenzo Flores’s work on the magical property of “inclusiveness,” for inspiring his ideas.
• Vizet announced that he had found a way for Animagi to cast magic, prompting an uproar and skepticism from the audience.
• Vizet transformed into a Golden Eagle and used his wings to levitate and move his notebook without touching it.
• Vizet explained that his personal preparations would be difficult to reproduce, but said he had now found a feasible method for other Animagi to cast spells.

Vizet explained his idea for enabling all Animagi to cast spells, comparing the ability to a pocket sewn into their animal form. He identified the Death's-head Hawkmoth Chrysalis as the key material and connected it to a passage Lorenzo Flores had remembered from a book.

• Professor McGonagall explained to Babajide Akingbade that Vizet's unusual Animagus method relied on difficult-to-replicate knowledge of the soul, Mental Magic, and Magical Artifacts.
• Vizet described Animagus transformation as clothing for the soul and spellcasting in animal form as a pocket sewn into that clothing.
• Lorenzo Flores explained why extending spellcasting to other Animagi would be difficult, comparing it to giving a toad wings and teaching it to fly.
• Vizet demonstrated transformed materials and named the Death's-head Hawkmoth Chrysalis as the crucial ingredient, citing Defense and Deterrence Charms.
• Lorenzo Flores excitedly recognized the book's passage about treating oneself as a moth chrysalis, and Vizet confirmed its title, edition, and page number.

Vizet explained how mature Mandrake leaves and Death's-head Hawkmoth Chrysalis could let Animagi cast spells by deceiving their animal forms and enabling magical self-renewal. He proposed replacing the usual dew in the Animagus formula with Living Death Potion, leaving the gathered wizards to consider whether it could combine safely with the other ingredients.

• Vizet said the Death's-head Hawkmoth Chrysalis enabled self-renewal and absorption of magic, which could allow Animagi to cast spells in animal form.
• Vizet explained that mature Mandrake leaves could deceive an Animagus into believing it was omnipotent, while the chrysalis's properties would sew spellcasting ability onto its animal form.
• Konstantinidis said he had failed to obtain a second Animagus form and asked how the mature leaves and chrysalis could be made effective.
• Vizet explained that untouched dew gathered over seven days provided rebirth and suggested replacing it with Living Death Potion.
• Vizet argued that testing whether Living Death Potion could accommodate the other ingredients would show how close they were to success.

Vizet explained how the Drowsy Bean’s forgetfulness property could be redirected by altering the Living Death Potion, outlining a new formula intended to help Akingbade become an Animagus capable of casting spells. Akingbade volunteered to test it, and Vizet began preparing him for the risks and the limits of magic in his peregrine falcon form.

• Magnus Gustafsson asked Vizet why he had chosen the Living Death Potion, and Vizet explained how Snape’s research linked the Drowsy Bean’s memory-removing property to the potion’s effects on vital signs.
• Vizet explained that Valerian Root guided the Drowsy Bean’s property into stopping vital signs, and a Brazilian wizard concluded that removing the root could let the property act on the soul.
• Akingbade asked whether moonlight was still needed, and Vizet said the waning crescent moon provided enough before listing the ingredients for the new formula.
• Vizet explained that the non-silver dagger would strengthen the Drowsy Bean’s effect and that Moonpetal Flower and its root could compensate for weak moonlight and guide it.
• Akingbade volunteered to test the potion despite its risks, hoping to become an Animagus capable of casting spells sooner than others.
• Vizet asked which spells Akingbade knew, and Akingbade was surprised to learn that an Animagus’s spellcasting choices were not limited to the Levitation Charm.

Vizet explained how Animagi could record and cast a spell suited to their animal forms, and Akingbade and other wizards set out to gather the materials needed to try it. Later, Scott Triltopus arrived with the materials and Kneazles, explaining that Aurors had helped approve the purchase because Vizet needed them.

• Vizet explained that an Animagus could record a chosen spell on a Mandrake leaf and cast it in a form suited to its animal traits.
• Akingbade chose a spell to try, and he and several wizards left to gather the required materials.
• Vizet answered the other wizards’ questions, recorded their ideas, and rested with Luna as the seminar continued.
• Professor McGonagall organized a buffet while the attendees waited for Akingbade and the others to return.
• Scott Triltopus arrived with Kneazles carrying bundles and explained that his business used the animals to deliver goods to New York wizards.
• Scott told Vizet that Aurors had helped process the legal sale of the materials in Vizet’s name, while the Animagi completed Magic Contracts.

Vizet discovered why the Wizards’ Living Death Potion attempts kept failing and explained how dried Drowsy Beans required a silver knife. After clearing the cauldrons, he began brewing the potion again himself.

• Babajide Akingbade and the other Wizards returned from gathering Drowsy Beans, showing signs of Mandrake-induced hallucinations and excitement.
• Vizet recorded the potion instructions while the Wizards’ cauldrons bubbled, and Luna identified insufficient Drowsy Bean juice as a likely cause of one failed batch.
• Several cauldrons exploded or produced dangerous liquids, so Vizet stepped in to help Lorenzo Flores and another Wizard.
• Vizet found that the Wizards had used copper knives instead of silver ones, which could not remove the protective magic from dried Drowsy Beans.
• Vizet cleaned the five cauldrons and began a fresh batch by adding Mugwort Infusion and prepared Moonpetal Flower.

Vizet prepared five portions of Living Death Potion while demonstrating precise multitasking and explaining how to process the ingredients. Babajide Akingbade and the others combined the finished potion with their hair and Death's-Head Hawkmoth Chrysalises, and the bottles began to tremble beneath gathered moonlight.

• Vizet used Levitation Charms and a wandless Fire-Making Spell to stir five cauldrons, process ingredients, and record his instructions while explaining how to press Drowsy Beans with a knife.
• Lorenzo Flores recognized Vizet's meticulous herb preparation, while Luna told Professor McGonagall that Professor Snape preferred Vizet to build his basic skills by handling ingredients and tools directly.
• Vizet added Drowsy Bean juice to the cauldrons and clarified the potion by stirring it counterclockwise seven times and clockwise once in repeated cycles.
• Babajide Akingbade and four others added their hair and Death's-Head Hawkmoth Chrysalises to bottles containing Mandrake leaves, then poured in the Living Death Potion.
• Moonlight gathered around the bottles, which began trembling and making faint rustling sounds.

Vizet and the seminar participants discovered that the Living Death Potion had formed spheres matching each Animagus’s animal traits and personal features. Akingbade and the others swallowed the spheres, then fell asleep as moonlight transformed them into animals.

• The potion vanished from the bottles, leaving spheres covered in feathers, fur, scales, or skin that reflected the participants’ Animagus forms and distinguishing marks.
• Vizet recorded his observations and concluded that the spheres resulted from hair, Mandrake leaves, and Death’s-Head Hawkmoth Chrysalis working together in a way that matched Animagus Ritual Magic.
• Akingbade and the other participants shared their impressions of the spheres and discussed the ritual, while Vizet noted that more examples were needed to confirm his theory.
• Vizet warned that swallowing the spheres could put them into a deep sleep and told them to resist Animal Instinct during the transformation.
• Akingbade and the others swallowed the spheres, fell asleep beneath the moonlight, and transformed completely into animals.

Vizet watched Akingbade and four other Wizards develop Magic Circuits in their Animagus forms, proving that Animagi could gain spellcasting abilities. After the five woke and demonstrated their spells, Vizet was pushed into the Otherworld and later lay unconscious beneath a tree as Luna described the beautiful sea of stars she had seen.

• Vizet used Magic Eye to watch moonlight form Magic Circuits in Akingbade and the other four Animagi, confirming his method could let them cast spells.
• As the Magic Circuits neared completion, Vizet felt a familiar force push him toward the Otherworld.
• Akingbade woke and used a Stunning Spell through his cry, while the other Animagi demonstrated spells including Tap Dancing, Disillusionment, Levitation, and the Shield Charm.
• The five Wizards returned to human form, and the Siamese cat witch used Finite Incantatem to stop her husband from dancing.
• The Shield Charm Animagus found Vizet unconscious beneath a tree, and Professor McGonagall said Luna believed he was only tired.
• Luna said Vizet had visited a beautiful place like a sea of stars, filled with people's secrets and thoughts.

After Vizet fell asleep following his breakthroughs in Animagus research, Professor McGonagall and the others brought him back to the hotel while a fireball struck the tree where he had rested. In the Otherworld, Vizet discovered he could create new Stardust and began testing whether he could explore safely, but he had not yet figured out how to move.

• Professor McGonagall judged that Vizet was exhausted and agreed with Luna that he should rest, so Akingbade and the others escorted him to the hotel.
• After the group left Central Park, a bright fireball fell from the sky and struck the tree where Vizet had been.
• Vizet entered the familiar galaxy in the Otherworld and found the Stardust connected to his Animagus understanding.
• Vizet realized his Aura could gather points of light and form a new Stardust cluster of his own.
• Vizet asked the Animagus Stardust whether his connection was a safety rope and whether he could explore while new Stardust formed; it affirmed both.
• Vizet asked how he could move through the Otherworld, but the chapter ended before he found out.

Vizet explored the Otherworld and discovered a massive Stardust cluster left by Voldemort, which contained a dangerous ritual for a Flying Charm. As his own Stardust finished condensing, he retreated from the Skeleton Figure that appeared nearby and seemed ready to attack.

• Vizet used the inexplicable push as a means to explore beyond the Aura Vortex, relying on the Safety Rope to guide him back.
• Vizet found the starry expanse growing dim and wondered whether it had a boundary beyond which it could expand.
• Vizet discovered a huge, dark-gray Stardust cluster containing Voldemort’s figure and a complex Flying Charm ritual.
• Vizet recognized that Voldemort’s name in the ritual could let Voldemort control anyone who performed it and turn them into a vessel.
• Vizet felt the Safety Rope tug him back once his Stardust had condensed, then saw the Skeleton Figure and fled when he sensed it was about to attack.

Vizet escaped Skeleton Figure’s attack in the Otherworld and deduced that the shadow there had been created by the New York attack. After waking in his room, he learned Luna and Professor McGonagall had gone to investigate Central Park, while Rita Skeeter arrived with news that someone was searching for him and Luna.

• Skeleton Figure fired a pursuing beam of green substance at Vizet, but it vanished before it could reach him.
• Vizet reasoned that Skeleton Figure had used up the things created by the attack on New York, causing the Otherworld’s dimness to disappear.
• Vizet returned to his Stardust and fell asleep, then woke in his room to find Luna’s note and a tray of breakfast.
• Rita Skeeter tried to persuade Vizet to answer questions by claiming someone was searching for him and Luna.
• Vizet reopened the door after hearing Luna’s name, but warned Rita not to make things up and raised his Wand when she mentioned the people he had captured.

Rita Skeeter told Vizet Lovegood that Muggle photographs of the New York attack had led wizards to search for him, then questioned him about his fame and willingness to share ideas. She showed him a report and photographs of a meteorite striking Central Park, leaving Vizet to learn what had happened there.

• Rita Skeeter showed Vizet photographs of the New York attack and said she had wiped the Muggles’ memories.
• Rita told Vizet that her New York Ghost Newspaper articles about him were selling well and asked why he shared his ideas.
• Vizet said others’ kindness had taught him goodwill, while he remained wary of malice, and Rita apologized for publicizing that he was an Obscurial.
• Rita showed Vizet a newspaper report praising his symposium appearance, and he was relieved that its accompanying image did not reveal his unreliable potion brewing.
• Vizet asked about Central Park, and Rita showed him photographs of a meteorite crashing into the park and leaving a scorched crater.

Vizet questioned Rita Skeeter about the Meteorite’s impact and the Magical Congress’s response, then went to Central Park to investigate. There he encountered Olga Goizueta, who revealed that NASA had reported the Meteorite and that the FBI was handling the matter.

• Rita Skeeter told Vizet that everyone had left the buffet area before the Meteorite landed and that the Magical Congress had called the seminar attendees back for questioning.
• Vizet entered Central Park under a Disillusionment Charm after finding it closed for a search for escaped animals.
• Vizet found Olga Goizueta preparing to ride his modified Bicycle toward what he believed was a hidden realm.
• Olga explained that Surveillance Cameras had shown people abruptly turning back from a certain place, which he suspected was caused by psychological influence.
• Vizet showed Olga the pictures, and Olga admitted that he had shared them but insisted he had not meant to bother Vizet.
• Olga said NASA had reported the Moon’s change and the Meteorite’s landing, while the White House had left the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Vizet learned that the Magical Congress was investigating a moon meteorite in Central Park before handing it to the Muggle government, and he wondered whether human knowledge shaped the Otherworld. After Paul Smith explained the investigation and Luna’s questioning, Vizet set off to buy her a cake.

• Vizet warned Olga Goizueta that entering the Otherworld could cost him memories, and Olga gave Vizet his email and address before leaving.
• Vizet suspected the Otherworld held the wisdom of all humanity and wondered whether the New York Attack Incident could change it further.
• Paul Smith told Vizet that the Magical Congress was helping the No-Maj government recover the meteorite and that Luna’s questioning had been a safety precaution ordered by Liam Graves.
• Paul Smith said the New York Attack masterminds remained unknown, while the Appaloosa Family had acted as executors, and praised Vizet’s help during the crisis.
• Vizet concluded that Central Park had been sealed off so the meteorite could be investigated and handed over, then decided to buy Luna a cake.