Chapter Summaries

Reports in Odin Daily exposed Cornelius Fudge’s attempt to cover up Harry Potter’s Dementor attack, and public anger brought Howlers and other attacks down on the Minister. Xenophilius Lovegood helped drive the story and prepared to rest while Vizet and Luna planned an outing.

• Odin Daily’s report and photographs reached England, revealing that Fudge had changed the subject to The Daily Prophet’s story about Dementor breeding.
• Xenophilius told Vizet and Luna that Diggory’s wife had organized Hogwarts families in Ottery St Catchpole to sign a Howler to Fudge.
• Xenophilius said Fudge had received several Howlers and a letter containing undiluted Bubotuber Pus, and that the Malfoy Family had also become involved.
• Xenophilius declined Luna’s invitation to Leadenhall Market, and Vizet gave him a bottle of Soul Soothing Potion.
• Vizet inferred that Xenophilius had arranged Odin Daily’s report and that Colin Creevey had supplied the photographs of Harry and the Dementors.

Vizet and Luna celebrated Christmas Eve at Leadenhall Market, where they solved riddles, chose gifts, and watched the market’s festive light display. They exchanged Christmas wishes as the celebration began.

• Vizet and Luna visited Leadenhall Market and admired its Christmas decorations and towering tree.
• They answered a stallholder’s riddles about a stuffed doll and a wood carving, then chose scarves as prizes.
• Vizet bought a pottery cup and another scarf for Mr. Lovegood, while he and Luna exchanged hair accessories won from Santa Claus.
• At midnight, Vizet and Luna gripped their Wands when the market lights dimmed, then watched a Christmas performance illuminate the dome.
• Vizet wished Luna a Merry Christmas, and Luna tied her hair back with the hair tie he had won.

Vizet woke on Christmas to find Luna’s gift on his Wand and exchanged warm, wordless smiles with her. After opening gifts and letters from friends and professors, he shared Rita Skeeter’s photo of Cornelius Fudge being chased by a disguised Howler with Xenophilius, who delighted in the sight.

• Vizet admired the colorful wrist cord Luna had tied to his Wand and remembered the bracelet-style gift he had made for her.
• Luna arrived wearing the silver-chain wrist cord Vizet had given her, and they smiled at each other.
• Vizet received gifts from Septima Vector, Bathsheda Babbling, Fred and George, Neville Longbottom, and Draco Malfoy, including books, runes, prank candy, herbs, and a Goblin-crafted ornament.
• Vizet read Neville’s polished thank-you letter and discovered his more excited first draft beneath it, then used Reparo to put the parchment back together.
• Vizet opened Rita Skeeter’s Christmas envelope and found a photo of Cornelius Fudge fleeing a disguised Howler.
• Vizet floated the photo to Xenophilius Lovegood, who laughed and declared that Christmas was especially delightful.

Vizet developed a model of how spirit, soul, and body interacted, using the Animagus transformation as an example. After returning to the Mirror World to tend to Salazar Slytherin’s Statue, he saw it suddenly change.

• Vizet concluded that the body supported life and perception, the soul shaped experiences into memories and emotions, and the spirit gave a person direction.
• Vizet recorded how the Animagus Potion affected the soul and body, how Animal Instinct could unsettle the spirit, and how the spirit and the potion’s hair ingredient helped restore human form.
• Vizet noted that the role of the intense double heartbeat remained unclear, then transformed into a Phoenix and returned to Hogwarts Castle.
• Vizet entered the Mirror World and poured Soul Soothing Potion around the Statue of Salazar Slytherin, which suddenly changed as he prepared to cast the Patronus Charm.

Vizet discussed Voldemort’s diary and Horcruxes with Salazar Slytherin, who explained that making a Horcrux consumed the spirit and damaged both soul and body. Salazar left Vizet to work out why anyone would choose that shortcut to immortality for himself.

• Salazar Slytherin noticed Vizet’s progress in exploring the soul and asked about the Horcrux creator Vizet had dealt with.
• Vizet showed Salazar the Soul Guiding Box and Tom Riddle’s diary, explaining that Voldemort had absorbed the diary’s soul fragment and left it an ordinary, decaying book.
• Salazar concluded that Voldemort must have made more than one Horcrux and called the diary crude, noting it had not been suited to the purpose.
• Vizet compared Salazar’s ideas about spirit, soul, and body with his own understanding, prompting Salazar to explain that Horcrux-making consumed the spirit and injured both soul and body.
• When Vizet questioned whether the cost was worthwhile for living longer, Salazar called Horcrux-making a mad shortcut and urged him to find the answer himself.

Vizet reasoned that Voldemort’s Horcruxes and sacrifice of love created an extreme imbalance that let him wield the Death Curse Order with greater power. Salazar Slytherin confirmed Vizet’s theory, and Vizet then deduced how murder might tear a soul fragment free to create a Horcrux.

• Vizet proposed that making Horcruxes and giving up love intensified the imbalance between Voldemort’s spirit, soul, and body, turning it into an advantage when using the Death Curse Order.
• Salazar Slytherin confirmed Vizet’s answer and explained that emotion could strengthen magic, while Dark Magic often drove emotions toward extremes.
• Vizet connected Voldemort’s lack of love to concentrated negative emotions that made his Dark Magic more focused and efficient.
• Vizet reviewed his memories and deduced that a murder might summon a death-like vortex that devoured the victim’s soul and tore a fragment from the murderer to create a Horcrux.

Vizet explained how he inferred the principles of Horcrux creation from observing Voldemort resist the Killing Curse, and Salazar Slytherin connected Voldemort’s Soul Fragment to his hidden magical abilities. The chapter ended with Slytherin asking Vizet to explain his research on Boggarts and the soul.

• Vizet told Salazar Slytherin that he had observed a death-like vortex restraining Voldemort after using the Killing Curse, but Voldemort escaped Hogwarts.
• Salazar Slytherin recalled testing Horcruxes and explained that the Soul Fragment in Vizet’s Soul Guiding Box might contain Voldemort’s magical ability as blood could carry traits in Bloodline Magic.
• Vizet reasoned that Voldemort’s Soul Fragment lacked his spirit and might conceal his magical ability, then suggested the Soul Guiding Box and fragment were literal forms of the soul.
• Vizet demonstrated the Blood Oath Knight Spell, and Salazar Slytherin agreed it could be considered a literal reference of the soul.
• Vizet said his research into Boggarts had helped him understand the soul and develop his theory of spirit, soul, and body, and Salazar Slytherin asked him to explain it.

Vizet used a memory of his former Obscurus to connect with Voldemort’s Soul Fragment and study his magic. He learned the Cruciatus Curse, completing his mastery of all three Unforgivable Curses, and continued researching the fragment’s other spells.

• Salazar Slytherin explained that Vizet could use memory as a substitute for the malice in his purified Obscurus to connect with Voldemort’s Soul Fragment.
• Vizet used Guardian Meditation and a Memory Thread to draw Voldemort’s Black Mist form into a phantom.
• Salazar Slytherin examined the phantom and speculated about Voldemort’s bloodline magic and his transformation of his body.
• Vizet sensed the phantom’s immense malice and began studying Voldemort’s magic while shielding himself with Guardian Meditation.
• Vizet learned the Cruciatus Curse and then continued researching Voldemort’s other spells.

Vizet explored how the Cruciatus Curse could be adapted to improve his Soul Healing Art, then appeared to consider making a Horcrux to gain more time. He revealed that the aged figure in the Forbidden Forest was a deception meant to expose Voldemort’s trap involving Tom Riddle’s Soul Fragment.

• Vizet concluded that the Cruciatus Curse’s ability to penetrate and torment the soul could help him improve the Soul Healing Art.
• Vizet spent years researching the Cruciatus Curse in the Forbidden Forest, but never completed his improvements.
• As an old man, Vizet wondered whether creating a Horcrux would give him more time to continue his research.
• Vizet confronted Voldemort’s phantom and explained that the apparent temptation to make a Horcrux was a trap built around Tom Riddle’s Soul Fragment.

Vizet rejected Voldemort’s attempt to tempt him into making a Horcrux, recognizing the constructed memories as Voldemort’s experiences and criticizing his claimed victory over death. After the phantom vanished, Salazar Slytherin absorbed a small amount of spirit from the Soul Fragment and revealed Voldemort had been waiting to divide Vizet and was once a Slytherin student.

• Vizet told Voldemort that limited time motivated him and that others could continue his research if he died before finishing it.
• Vizet revealed he had recognized Voldemort’s constructed experiences and used them to study the Cruciatus Curse.
• Vizet mocked Voldemort’s claim to have conquered death, comparing Horcruxes to clinging to a branch to avoid falling.
• Voldemort’s phantom dispersed, and Salazar Slytherin caught the dark light emerging from the Soul Guiding Box and absorbed its small amount of spirit.
• Salazar Slytherin explained that Voldemort had planned to bewitch Vizet into making a Horcrux and divide his soul, then revealed Voldemort had been a Slytherin student.

Vizet and Luna obtained a map of the Dementors’ patrol route from Aberforth and ambushed three Dementors near Hogsmeade. They drove the Dementors back with their Patronuses, and Vizet began attacking one of them.

• Vizet and Luna secretly entered Hogsmeade and met Aberforth at the Hog’s Head.
• Aberforth gave them a map of the Dementors’ patrol route and warned them to finish an ambush within three minutes before Aurors searched the area.
• Vizet and Luna Disapparated to a riverbank along the patrol route and hid inside a bubble made with the Improved Extinguishing Charm.
• After confirming the Dementors had passed, Vizet and Luna cast the Patronus Charm and revealed themselves to three Dementors.
• Luna’s Horned Owl Patronus blocked the Dementors’ escape, and Vizet hurled a miniature Golden Eagle Patronus at the first Dementor.

Vizet and Luna destroyed three Dementors and escaped unnoticed, while Sirius Black witnessed them and decided he needed to return to Hogwarts. After Christmas, Vizet helped Neville use the Summoning Charm to retrieve his password note, but Hermione’s Crookshanks flew in with it.

• Vizet destroyed the three Dementors Luna had trapped, collected their cloaks, and erased the magical traces with a Mending Charm.
• Sirius Black watched Vizet and Luna leave, recognized them from the Daily Prophet, and resolved to return to Hogwarts after the Quidditch World Cup work ended.
• After the Christmas holiday, Vizet suggested Neville use the Summoning Charm to find his missing password note and used Neville’s Memory Ball to encourage him.
• Neville’s Summoning Charm brought the note toward him along with Hermione’s Crookshanks, which clutched the paper in its paws.
• Vizet transformed the note into a cushion, leaving Crookshanks yowling at it after it landed.

Vizet helped Neville recover his lost Charms assignment, then joined Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall to inspect Harry’s anonymous Firebolt for signs of danger. Vizet found no Dark Magic on the dismantled broom, but noticed its metal fastening ring was made with Goblin Craft.

• Neville focused on casting the Summoning Charm and summoned his missing Charms assignment, which Professor Flitwick accepted.
• Professor Flitwick asked Vizet to accompany him to his office, while Harry learned the professors were inspecting the Firebolt and considered following them.
• Professor Flitwick told Vizet that Harry had received the expensive Firebolt anonymously and that the professors feared it might be bewitched to harm him.
• Professor McGonagall showed Vizet the dismantled Firebolt and asked him to complete a final inspection.
• Vizet examined the broom parts with Magic Eye, found no Dark Magic, and noticed that the fastening ring used Goblin Craft.

Vizet restored the torn parchment used to order Harry's Firebolt and discovered it had originally been Seamus Finnigan's transfiguration homework. The clues suggested someone had taken the crumpled paper to write the anonymous order, while Harry waited anxiously to learn whether the Firebolt would be returned and who had sent it.

• Vizet found no sign of Dark Magic on Harry's Firebolt, and Professor Flitwick explained that it had been bought anonymously through Quality Quidditch Supplies using a torn piece of parchment.
• Vizet used Ancient Magic Power with Reparo to restore the parchment, revealing Seamus Finnigan's handwriting and repeated complaints about transfiguration homework.
• Professor Flitwick concluded that someone had taken Seamus's crumpled homework and torn off part of it to write the Firebolt order.
• Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick told Vizet to rest, and Flitwick gave him Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
• Harry asked Vizet about the Firebolt and whether Sirius Black had sent it, then repeated that The Daily Prophet said Black would be killed when the Dementors caught him.

Vizet concealed his identity and traveled to the North Ford Duelling Grounds for the All-England Wizard Duelling Competition preliminaries. He learned that his first opponent was Gabriel Rosier, a former top-sixteen contestant, and stepped into the arena to face him.

• Vizet changed his robes, used Voldemort's Soul Fragment to alter his aura, and disguised himself before turning into a phoenix and traveling to North Ford.
• At the ruined castle, Vizet reviewed the competition rules and learned the preliminaries used single-elimination duels with restrictions on Unforgivable Curses and Dark Magic.
• The reception witch told Vizet his first opponent was Gabriel Rosier, a member of the English Rosier Family and a top-sixteen contestant in the previous competition.
• Vizet waited as injured contestants were carried away, then followed the reception witch into the arena for his match.
• Vizet and Gabriel Rosier took opposite sides of the middle duelling stage as spectators reacted noisily to Rosier's arrival.

Vizet faced Gabriel Rosier in the opening duel and stopped Rosier’s attack before turning his own Blasting Curse back on him. Vizet extinguished the flames and reassured the referee that Rosier’s life was not in danger.

• Spectators discussed Gabriel Rosier’s family history and worried that Vizet would face the dangerous duelist.
• At the referee’s signal, Gabriel Rosier opened the duel by aiming a Flying Sand and Stone Curse at the stage beneath Vizet.
• Vizet blocked the curse with his Wand, causing it to vanish, and flicked Rosier’s Blasting Curse back at him.
• The fireball engulfed Gabriel Rosier, burning him until Vizet cast Water from the Fountain to extinguish the flames.
• Vizet told the referee that Rosier could recover after drinking potions and that his life was not in danger.

Vizet advanced through his duels by applying new combat insights and adapting to his opponents’ spells. Back at Hogwarts, he received a letter from Uagadou and realized it might relate to Animagus research, including Sirius Black’s abilities.

• The Referee confirmed that Gabriel Rosier had no Dark Magic injuries and told Vizet he had advanced to the next round.
• Spectators debated Vizet’s strength and began betting that he would reach the final rounds or become champion.
• Vizet reflected on using spatial intuition to counter spells and resolved to learn from other duelists’ techniques.
• In his next duel, Vizet countered an opponent’s Levitation Charm with Transfiguration, disarmed him, and advanced again.
• Vizet returned to Hogwarts, received a letter bearing a Uagadou-like seal, and remembered the school’s possible exchange and Dumbledore’s comments about Animagus research.
• Vizet realized that Sirius Black had also mastered Animagus.

Vizet reasoned that Animagus transformation could protect a person from Dementors and suspected Sirius Black used the ability to escape and evade the search. After testing the idea as a Golden Eagle, Vizet confirmed that Dementors largely ignored him, though he remained uncertain about Professor Lupin’s possible connection to Black.

• Vizet inferred that an Animagus’s animal instincts could make Dementors mistake the transformed wizard for an animal.
• Vizet considered whether Professor Lupin knew about the method and might be an insider for Sirius Black, but concluded Lupin seemed to lack a motive.
• Vizet shared his suspicions with Luna, who reminded him of how an Occamy could fit into a tiny space and helped him focus on testing the theory.
• Vizet transformed into a Golden Eagle near a swarm of Dementors while Luna cast a Patronus to protect him.
• The Dementors scattered when Vizet first flew among them, then ignored him as he continued circling, leading Vizet to conclude that Sirius Black had used Animagus transformation to escape and evade the Dementors.

After Patronus practice, Harry discussed his fear of Dementors and the Big Black Dog he believed foretold death with Vizet and Luna. They suspected the dog was connected to Padfoot and Prongs, and Luna suggested Harry might see it again and learn it was not an omen.

• Professor Lupin praised Harry's Patronus practice and urged him to trust his own strength when facing Dementors.
• Professor Lupin overheard Harry, Vizet, and Luna mention the Big Black Dog and watched them with a troubled expression.
• Harry told Vizet and Luna that he could produce only silver mist with the Patronus Charm, and Vizet suggested reading a Hogwarts Voice paper about the Wand-Lighting Charm.
• Luna asked Harry about the Big Black Dog, and Harry explained that it had appeared before the Knight Bus nearly hit him and before Dementors destroyed his Nimbus 2000.
• Vizet and Luna connected Padfoot to the Big Black Dog and Prongs to a stag, while Harry said he would rather see Sirius Black.

Harry told Vizet and Luna that he had secretly visited Hogsmeade and learned Sirius Black was his parents’ secret keeper and godfather, whom he believed had betrayed them. After Vizet helped him recall seeing the same Big Black Dog twice, Harry concluded Sirius was an Animagus who had twice tried to kill him and wanted to tell Dumbledore.

• Harry admitted that Fred and George had shown him a secret passage to Hogsmeade, where he overheard professors and Cornelius Fudge discuss Sirius Black’s past.
• Harry learned that Sirius had been James Potter’s close friend and secret keeper, and believed Sirius had betrayed the Potters to Voldemort.
• Luna asked whether the Big Black Dog Harry had seen twice was the same, and Vizet offered to help him recover the memories with a mental spell.
• Harry recalled that the dog had the same bright eyes in both memories and decided it was the same animal.
• Harry concluded that Sirius Black was an Animagus who had twice tried to kill him, and proposed telling Headmaster Dumbledore.