Chapter Summaries

Remus Lupin returned to his squalid room in Brooklyn, where Dumbledore was waiting with news about Harry and Sirius Black. After learning that Black had escaped Azkaban and repeatedly said he was at Hogwarts, Lupin feared that he was targeting Harry.

• Lupin crossed Hunts Point and returned to his room, where he found Dumbledore waiting for him.
• Dumbledore showed Lupin photographs of Harry playing Quidditch and told him Harry had joined the Gryffindor team as a Seeker.
• Dumbledore gave Lupin a Daily Prophet report confirming that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban nearly a month earlier.
• Dumbledore revealed that Black had repeatedly said, “He is at Hogwarts,” before his escape.
• Lupin realized Harry was at Hogwarts and feared Black was going after him.

Lupin learned that the Ministry planned to let Dementors destroy Sirius Black’s soul without a trial, then accepted Dumbledore’s offer to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. At Tamesis Port, Lucius and Narcissa reconsidered their relationship with Vizet and decided the Malfoy family should adapt to changing circumstances.

• Lupin saw that Sirius Black’s trail led to Hogwarts and suspected that Sirius had escaped for a reason, while Dumbledore said the Ministry intended to have Dementors catch him without a trial.
• Lupin decided he would return to England to find Sirius and demand an explanation.
• Dumbledore offered Lupin the Defence Against the Dark Arts post at Hogwarts and explained that Snape would provide Wolfsbane Potion; Lupin accepted the possibility of returning.
• Vizet and Luna arrived at Tamesis Port aboard a Magical Ship, where three Dementors hovered overhead without attacking.
• Narcissa reminded Lucius that Vizet had helped the Malfoys and argued their situation was safer with him; Lucius agreed they should reconsider their choices and adapt.

Vizet finished organizing his notes and prepared to return to Hogwarts with Luna, who had mastered her Corporeal Patronus. In Diagon Alley, the Lovegoods’ public criticism of Cornelius Fudge’s handling of Sirius Black had drawn attention and put Fudge under growing pressure.

• Vizet completed his notes, whose covers Luna had illustrated, and learned that school would begin in three days.
• Luna sent her horned owl Patronus into Vizet’s room before coming to find him, and Vizet packed for their trip to Diagon Alley.
• Xenophilius Lovegood brought Luna and Vizet to Diagon Alley, where Tom greeted them and other wizards turned to look.
• Xenophilius’s Black Heart Fudge Observer accused Cornelius Fudge of using coverage of the New York Attack Incident to distract from Sirius Black’s escape.
• The Ministry ordered Black Heart Fudge Observer to cease publication and warned Xenophilius, who celebrated Fudge’s growing predicament as Sirius remained uncaught.

Vizet and Luna stayed out of the spotlight while Xenophilius and Old Tom discussed Fudge’s efforts to promote Vizet’s products and protect Harry. Vizet then helped a Flourish and Blotts assistant subdue copies of The Monster Book of Monsters and collected his schoolbooks.

• Old Tom told Xenophilius that Fudge visited the Leaky Cauldron each morning to meet Harry and that Harry had complained about his blurry eyes.
• Xenophilius bought Coolick and pointed out posters and signs using Vizet’s name to promote products, explaining that Fudge was using him to advertise England’s Magical World.
• Vizet and Luna went to Flourish and Blotts, where they found The Monster Book of Monsters fighting inside an iron cage.
• Vizet cast several Stunning Spells to quiet the books, then showed the assistant how a gentler approach could subdue them without damaging them.
• The assistant tied up two copies of The Monster Book of Monsters and gave Vizet the rest of the textbooks on his list.

Vizet met Luna’s dormmate Amica Miller in Diagon Alley, then searched for books on Healing magic while developing his Patronus Charm Healing Technique. He reunited with Harry, who recounted his trouble with Aunt Marge and questioned why Minister Fudge had treated him leniently; Vizet suggested Fudge had changed his strategy because Harry was important.

• Amica Miller greeted Luna and asked to speak with her privately about the New York Fire Dragon incident, and the two sat together at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour.
• Xenophilius went upstairs to write while Vizet headed to the bookshop to look for books about Healing magic.
• Vizet considered how to refine the Patronus Charm Healing Technique and planned to seek Madam Pomfrey's practical advice after returning to Hogwarts.
• Harry reunited with Vizet and told him that Hagrid had already given him The Monster Book of Monsters.
• Harry explained that he had inflated Aunt Marge, fled to Diagon Alley, and expected punishment, but Minister Fudge had instead met him and brought reporters.
• Vizet suggested that Harry's importance and changing circumstances had caused Fudge to alter his approach.

Vizet explained why Harry was celebrated in the wizarding world and why Minister Fudge might be drawing attention to him. Harry then asked Vizet to help with his Shrinking Potion essay, and Vizet began to understand why Snape graded Harry so harshly.

• Vizet told Harry that he represented hope to wizards who had suffered under Voldemort, and Harry began to understand their kindness toward him.
• Harry guessed that Fudge was using his fame to divert attention, and he looked forward to returning to Hogwarts despite having Snape's assignment unfinished.
• Harry took Vizet to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour and asked for help with his essay on the Shrinking Potion.
• Harry told Vizet that Snape routinely gave his essays low marks and mocked them, even though Hermione thought his work was comparable to Ron's.
• Vizet examined Harry's draft, considered Snape's expectations, and used his Wand to think through the professor's reasons before saying he understood a little.

Vizet used examples from Luna’s and Hermione’s essays to guide Harry toward thinking about how students could develop their own Magical Understanding. He left Harry considering what Hermione’s writing revealed about her when viewed from an outsider’s perspective.

• Vizet recalled Flitwick praising Hermione’s homework and connected the idea of Magical Understanding to Dumbledore’s earlier comments and Snape’s remarks.
• Vizet decided to guide Harry toward the idea rather than explain it directly, since deliberately forming Magical Understanding could lead to dangerous misunderstandings.
• Vizet showed Harry Luna’s reflective Transfiguration homework, in which she described observing a feather and imagining it changing into a comb.
• Vizet showed Harry Hermione’s detailed essay about the Tickling Spell, and Harry compared it with his own homework.
• Vizet asked Harry to set aside his usual impression of Hermione and consider what her essay suggested about her as a person.

Vizet helped Harry find a way to approach his Potions essay by treating the research like a Quidditch match and drawing on his strengths as a Seeker. Harry completed the essay with confidence, then left with advice to read widely and use methods that suited him.

• Harry studied Hermione's detailed homework and wondered whether he should write essays like hers.
• Vizet encouraged Harry to identify a subject he was good at, and Harry described the focus, speed, and judgment a Seeker needed.
• Vizet connected Harry's Seeker instincts to choosing the right information for his Shrinking Potion essay, and Harry wrote quickly using Vizet's notes as hints.
• Harry finished the preview essay and Vizet praised his accurate judgments about the potion's magical properties.
• Vizet encouraged Harry to read more and apply his strengths to homework and magic, and Harry asked whether he could share the advice with Ron and Hermione.
• Vizet agreed, then left with Luna to buy more things while Harry remained at the table.

Vizet and Luna traveled to Hogwarts for the new school year, where they met Remus Lupin on the train and learned he would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts. Lupin explained that Dumbledore had arranged Wolfsbane Potion and a safe place for him to transform during the full moon.

• Xenophilius saw Vizet and Luna off, warning them to be careful and asking Vizet to look after Luna.
• Colin Creevey excitedly asked Vizet for a photo after reading about his fight with a Fire Dragon, and showed off the picture afterward.
• Vizet and Luna found a compartment on the train, where Remus Lupin asked to sit with them.
• Vizet recognized Lupin as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and knew he was a Werewolf Wizard.
• Lupin told Vizet that Dumbledore would arrange Wolfsbane Potion, which Snape would brew, and that he would transform somewhere secure away from Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest.

Vizet considered the difficulty and mysteries of brewing the Wolfsbane Potion, then reassured Remus Lupin that he would keep Lupin’s identity secret. Lupin relaxed and recalled strange incidents involving past Defence Against the Dark Arts professors before leaving the train compartment.

• Vizet reviewed the Wolfsbane Potion’s cost and complexity and wondered how it affected werewolves and their minds.
• Vizet told Remus Lupin he would not reveal Lupin’s identity, easing Lupin’s fears.
• Luna asked Lupin about previous Defence Against the Dark Arts professors, and he began recalling their bizarre mishaps.
• As the Hogwarts Express filled, Lupin left the compartment looking more relaxed than before.
• Anthony Goldstein explained that Professor Avakian had been injured by a Crabclaw that had grown after eating a cauldron of spoiled potion.
• Anthony told Vizet that his great-aunt’s friends had been asking about Hogwarts admissions because of Vizet’s reputation.

On the Hogwarts Express, Vizet recounted how he helped resolve the Fire Dragon crisis in North America by working with two Quidditch teams. His friends discussed turning the story into a comic, while Fred and George teased him about Oliver Wood’s envy.

• Anthony explained that his great-aunt was angry because her North American friends planned to enroll at Hogwarts, reopening her old argument with her Hogwarts-born husband.
• Vizet told the students how Benjamin Graves adopted his proposal and coordinated with two Quidditch teams to contain the Fire Dragons.
• The Trolley Witch dispersed the crowd gathered outside Vizet’s carriage and gave the group snacks in appreciation for the story.
• Luna said an editor from L Publishing House planned to adapt the incident into a comic, and Vizet explained that he had requested redesigned character images to avoid unwanted attention.
• Fred and George returned from Egypt and joked that Oliver Wood was envious of Vizet’s time with professional Quidditch teams; Vizet offered to put Wood in contact with them.

Fred and George told Vizet about their Egypt trip and gave him a rubbing of the mysterious Emerald Tablet, whose meaning differed for each alchemist who studied it. The conversation ended with Percy catching the twins teasing him about Penelope, while Vizet wondered about Nicolas Flamel’s connection to the tablet.

• Fred and George described Egypt’s pyramids, their alchemical Inferi, and their failed attempt to sneak away from their mother.
• Vizet asked about the Emerald Tablet, and George explained that both the original and its rubbings let alchemists interpret different meanings for themselves.
• George gave Vizet a rubbing and said Bill would look for materials explaining the tablet, while Fred mentioned that Nicolas Flamel had seen it and used it to create the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Percy interrupted Fred and George as they teased him about Penelope, then chased the twins away.
• The author explained in a note how Nicolas Flamel, the Emerald Tablet, and the Book of Abraham were connected in the story.

Vizet and his dormmates rode the Hogwarts Express as a storm grew and the train suddenly stopped in darkness. Dementors appeared outside, and Vizet and Luna drove back the cold with their Patronuses, leaving their friends astonished.

• Hermione thanked Vizet after joining Harry and Ron in his compartment, while Harry looked as though he wanted to ask Vizet something.
• Ron asked Vizet about Remus Lupin, and Vizet reassured him that Lupin would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• Vizet explained his ideas about homework essays and Magical Understanding to his dormmates as the train traveled through worsening rain.
• The Hogwarts Express abruptly stopped, its lights went out, and Vizet and Luna cast Night Vision Charms for themselves and their dormmates.
• Luna spotted Dementors outside the train, and Vizet and Luna summoned a Golden Eagle and a Horned Owl Patronus to warm the compartment.

Dumbledore watched Dementors attack the Hogwarts Express, where Vizet and Luna’s Patronuses drove them away from the carriages. The Dementors regrouped outside, and Remus Lupin ordered everyone to retreat toward the rear of the train.

• Dumbledore waited in the rain as Dementors swarmed around the Hogwarts Express and entered it to search.
• Dementors rushed the train again, but Patronuses from the carriages and Aurors forced them back and allowed the train to move on.
• Vizet used his Golden Eagle Patronus to spread Silver Light through the train and drive the Dementors out of the carriages.
• Anthony, Michael, and Chris noticed the windows freezing as Dementors gathered outside the train.
• Remus Lupin identified himself as Hogwarts’s new professor and ordered everyone to close the windows and move toward the rear of the train.

As Dementors attacked the Hogwarts Express, Vizet’s unusually powerful Golden Eagle Patronus overwhelmed them and unsettled Professor Lupin. After Vizet restrained the charm and cast it again, the Dementors were weakened enough to drive away, though Oliver Wood interrupted the cheering to ask about a Quaffle.

• Harry fainted after the Dementors’ presence affected him, while Ron and Hermione helped Ginny and wondered what had happened.
• Professor Lupin guided students into compartments as he sensed the Silver Light of Vizet’s Patronus and felt its strange beauty.
• Vizet asked Lupin why the Dementors had gone out of control, and Lupin said Vizet’s Patronus Charm might not have been restrained enough.
• Vizet dismissed the Golden Eagle Patronus, then saw that the Dementors were still approaching but could no longer absorb anything more.
• Vizet cast the Patronus Charm again and hurled the Golden Eagle Patronus through the window to drive off the Dementors.
• Fred and George praised Vizet’s throwing form, and Oliver Wood called from the next compartment to ask who had brought a Quaffle aboard.

Vizet, Luna, and Lupin drove off the Dementors with their Patronuses, and Vizet discovered that his time-tempered Ancient Magic could physically damage one. Afterward, two Aurors apologized and revealed that Dementors would be stationed around Hogwarts, leaving Lupin concerned about the Ministry’s decision.

• Vizet encouraged Colin Creevey to photograph the Aurors and their Patronuses as they fought the Dementors.
• Vizet, Luna, and Lupin sent their Patronuses against the Dementors and drove the swarm into retreat.
• Vizet sent his Golden Eagle Patronus after a fleeing Dementor, and his concealed Ancient Magic pierced it and made it shrivel.
• Two Aurors returned to the carriage, apologized for the incident, and told Lupin that Dementors would be stationed around Hogwarts.
• Lupin questioned the Ministry’s decision, but the Aurors only shrugged and shook their heads.

After the Dementor attack, Lupin urged students to use chocolate if they felt unwell, while Vizet helped Colin Creevey arrange payment for his photographs. Back in the compartment, Vizet tried to summon the cloak left behind by the Dementor he had destroyed.

• The Aurors left the train after telling Lupin they had to contact the scattered Dementors, and the students resumed discussing the attack.
• The Trolley Witch gave Lupin a Chocolate Frog after he asked her to tell weakened students that chocolate could help them recover.
• Vizet praised Colin Creevey's photographs and explained that Mr. Lovegood would select images for publication and that Colin would receive payment for his work.
• Colin Creevey agreed to send the photographs and a message about his payment home to his father and Younger Brother.
• Lupin and Vizet returned to their compartment, where Lupin went to check on Harry's condition.
• Vizet recalled the tattered cloak left behind when he destroyed a Dementor and cast a Summoning Charm to call it to him.

Vizet summoned the Dementor’s Cloak with Ancient Magic and found that cleansing spells only altered its frayed edge before it merged into his Obscurus Core. The core began purifying it as Vizet and Luna arrived at Hogwarts in heavy rain.

• Vizet used an Improved Summoning Charm powered by Ancient Magic to draw the Dementor’s Cloak through the storm to the Hogwarts Express.
• Vizet and Luna felt the cloak’s oppressive influence and tried to cleanse it, shrinking and changing its frayed edge.
• The cloak turned transparent and seeped into Vizet, releasing Negative Emotions that his Obscurus Core absorbed.
• Vizet told Luna that his Obscurus Core was purifying the cloak, and she relaxed after confirming he was all right.
• At the rain-soaked Hogwarts station, Hagrid called the first-year students to follow him, while Michael Corner, Terry Boot, and Anthony prepared to leave the platform.

After Harry recovered from the Dementor attack on the train, he discussed Vizet’s advice about making homework easier with Ron and Hermione on the way to Hogwarts. At the castle, Dumbledore prepared for the Sorting Ceremony while McGonagall went to check on Harry.

• Professor Lupin cast protective spells on the students, gave Harry a Chocolate Frog, and rode with them to Hogwarts.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed how Vizet had helped Harry approach homework through subjects he enjoyed, and Hermione urged Ron to build confidence and read more.
• Lupin asked about Vizet, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione praised his Quidditch, Potions, and magical abilities.
• Dumbledore called Harry a lucky star, then learned from Filius Flitwick that McGonagall had gone to check on Harry and the Weird Sisters had arrived at the Great Hall.

Vizet and Luna discovered that Dumbledore had invited The Weird Sisters to perform a Sorting Song with the Sorting Hat at the opening feast. After the performance lifted the New Students’ spirits, Professor Flitwick began calling names for the Sorting.

• Vizet and Luna saw The Weird Sisters tuning their instruments, and Anthony Goldstein excitedly identified the band members.
• Dumbledore placed the Sorting Hat on a stool in the band’s lead singer position, revealing that it would perform with The Weird Sisters.
• Professor Flitwick brought the shivering New Students into the Great Hall and calmed several who began crying.
• Myron Wagtail and the Sorting Hat performed a song introducing Hogwarts’ four Houses and welcoming the New Students.
• The New Students applauded excitedly, and Professor Flitwick unrolled the parchment and began the Sorting.