Chapter Summaries

Vizet and Luna considered the strange way the Big Black Dog had watched Harry before finding Professor Trelawney collapsed in a corridor. Trelawney delivered a prophecy about a servant helping the Dark Lord return, and Vizet and Harry then reached Dumbledore’s office, where Lupin was waiting.

• Vizet shared his memory of the Big Black Dog with Luna, and they questioned whether Sirius Black had truly meant to harm Harry.
• Harry found Professor Trelawney collapsed on the stairs, and Vizet used a Blood Oath Knight to help her up.
• Trelawney seized Harry and delivered a prophecy about the Dark Lord’s servant breaking free and helping him return stronger than before.
• Vizet sent Trelawney to the Hospital Wing, then led Harry and the others to Dumbledore’s office.
• Harry and Vizet entered the office and found Lupin there with Dumbledore.

Lupin overcame his fear of losing Dumbledore’s trust and revealed that Sirius Black was an Animagus, along with the secret that he had been a Werewolf since their school days. Vizet, Luna, and Harry arrived with the same discovery, and Dumbledore asked whether they had come to tell him too.

• Lupin struggled with guilt over hiding Sirius Black’s Animagus identity and finally decided to tell Dumbledore, even if it cost him everything.
• Lupin told Dumbledore that Sirius Black was an Animagus, but Harry, Vizet, and Luna entered and revealed they had independently reached the same conclusion.
• Lupin explained that James, Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew had become Animagi to accompany him through the full moon.
• Lupin told the students that he was a Werewolf Wizard who turned into a dangerous werewolf after the full moon.
• Dumbledore asked Lupin why he had waited to reveal the secret, and Lupin confessed he had feared losing Dumbledore’s trust.
• Dumbledore asked Vizet, Luna, and Harry whether they had also intended to tell him about Sirius.

Vizet connected Sirius Black’s Animagus form to Harry’s earlier sightings of a Big Black Dog and questioned why Sirius had not attacked Harry. While searching old issues of The Daily Prophet for clues to Sirius’s escape, Lupin recognized Peter Pettigrew in a photograph with the Weasley family.

• Luna befriended Fawkes while Harry struggled to absorb what he had learned about Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew.
• Vizet explained that animal instincts might disguise a person’s soul from Dementors and recalled Harry seeing the Big Black Dog before the Dementor attack.
• Harry confirmed that the dog had appeared near him after he blew up his aunt, and Vizet and Dumbledore questioned why Sirius had not attacked him then.
• Dumbledore summoned old issues of The Daily Prophet so they could search for clues about why Sirius had escaped.
• Luna found a photograph of the Weasley family, and Lupin recognized the rat on Ron’s shoulder as Peter Pettigrew.

Lupin and Vizet found evidence that Ron’s pet rat Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, but the Marauder’s Map showed that Pettigrew was no longer at Hogwarts. Dumbledore questioned Harry about Scabbers’s disappearance, and Harry realized they needed to find Sirius Black to learn what had happened.

• Lupin enlarged a Daily Prophet photograph and pointed out that Peter Pettigrew was missing a finger, matching the report that only a piece of him remained.
• Vizet used the Marauder’s Map to search for Peter Pettigrew, but the map stayed blank, showing that he was not at Hogwarts.
• Luna reminded Harry that Crookshanks had apparently killed Scabbers, and Vizet connected the incident to Crookshanks finding Neville’s lost password list.
• Harry recalled that Scabbers vanished after Crookshanks found the list, and the group suspected Pettigrew had staged his death and fled Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore asked Lupin to question Ron about Scabbers, then learned Harry had overheard the professors discussing the Fidelius Charm.
• Harry concluded that they needed to find Sirius Black and ask him what had happened.

Lupin and the others discussed Scabbers’s suspicious longevity and how to find Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew, while Dumbledore reassured Ron that Scabbers’s past remained speculation. They decided to prepare for both possibilities and considered whether Crookshanks could help locate Sirius, but he did not know where Sirius was.

• Ron defended Scabbers as an ordinary, well-behaved pet, while Hermione pointed out that rats usually lived only three or four years.
• Dumbledore acknowledged Ron’s attachment to Scabbers and asked him to bring the rat back if he returned; Ron promised he would.
• Vizet explained that he could track Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew near Hogwarts at the next full moon, using clues connected to the Marauder’s Map.
• Dumbledore said they needed to prepare for both possibilities, and Hermione asked whether Crookshanks could help find Sirius.
• Luna interpreted Crookshanks’s cries as meaning he did not know where Sirius Black was, and Crookshanks nodded.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron discussed helping Sirius Black and whether Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, while Harry began to hope he might live with his godfather. Vizet explained Trelawney’s prophecy to Dumbledore, who concluded that Peter Pettigrew would likely return to Hogwarts.

• Hermione used Crookshanks to carry a note with passwords for Sirius Black, and Ron worried that Scabbers might be Peter Pettigrew.
• Ron accepted that Scabbers might be Pettigrew, and he and Hermione discussed the possibility that Sirius Black had come to Hogwarts to protect Harry.
• Harry grew hopeful that Sirius Black might become part of his life and decided to prepare by reading about the Patronus Charm.
• Vizet told Dumbledore that Trelawney’s prophecy might concern Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew, and connected its clues to Pettigrew’s false death and life with the Weasleys.
• Dumbledore agreed with Vizet that Peter Pettigrew’s next stop would likely be Hogwarts.

Vizet discussed Professor Trelawney’s prophecy with Dumbledore and planned to influence how Voldemort’s return unfolded by finding a Death Eater to replace Peter Pettigrew. Dumbledore agreed to help search for a candidate, while Vizet learned that the Lestranges were imprisoned in Azkaban and that Neville’s parents might someday benefit from Soul Healing Art.

• Vizet reasoned that prophecies set a framework for fate, while people’s choices determined how they came true.
• Vizet proposed capturing Peter Pettigrew and finding another Death Eater to continue fulfilling Professor Trelawney’s prophecy.
• Dumbledore identified Bellatrix Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, and Rodolphus Lestrange as loyal Death Eaters imprisoned in Azkaban, and said they had tortured Mr. Longbottom’s parents into insanity.
• Vizet asked whether Soul Healing Art could repair the damage to Neville’s parents, and Dumbledore said the treatment was still undergoing careful review.
• Dumbledore agreed to help Vizet find a suitable Death Eater and mentioned that an academic exchange group from Uagadou would soon arrive at Hogwarts.

Hogwarts welcomed the Uagadou exchange group, whose arrival drew the students’ attention and introduced them to the school’s unusual magical traditions. Headmaster Kamba then told Vizet that the visit was mainly because of him and asked whether he knew the secret of Animagus Second Form.

• Hogwarts students discussed Uagadou’s enrollment practices and Wandless Magic while the Great Hall was prepared for the visitors.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione wondered about the professors’ departure, and students spotted a flying Magic Carpet approaching Hogwarts.
• Percy recognized Babajide Akingbade as a member of the International Confederation of Wizards as the Uagadou visitors arrived.
• Dumbledore introduced the visiting wizards, and Kamba examined Vizet and compared him to Dumbledore in his youth.
• Kamba told Vizet that the visit was mainly thanks to him and asked whether he knew the secret of Animagus Second Form.

Uagadou’s professors arrived at Hogwarts and demonstrated their Animagus forms, impressing the students and beginning an academic exchange. In Dumbledore’s office, Kamba Headmaster told Vizet that his Animagus research had given Uagadou an opportunity to progress, and Vizet wondered if the Otherworld was involved.

• Dumbledore welcomed Kamba Headmaster and invited the Uagadou professors to demonstrate their Animagus transformations.
• Kamba Headmaster transformed into an elephant, Babajide Akingbade became a hyena, and another professor used an ornament to achieve a Black-billed Hornbill form.
• Hagrid opened the castle doors, and the Uagadou professors entered the Great Hall as animals before transforming back to their human appearances.
• Dumbledore introduced the guests and explained that they would hold lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in several magical subjects.
• Kamba Headmaster reminisced about Hogwarts and teased Phineas Nigellus Black, who vanished from his portrait.
• Kamba Headmaster told Vizet his Animagus research had offered Uagadou a chance to progress, and Vizet asked whether the Otherworld was the reason.

Kamba Headmaster explained that a powerful Magic Contract had bound African Wizards to the secret of the Animagus Second Form, but Vizet’s discoveries in the Otherworld had loosened it. Vizet shared a potion formula that might help break the contract, and Dumbledore wondered whether Gellert and the Guardian had planned for Vizet to become a Breaker of the Situation.

• Kamba Headmaster told Vizet and Dumbledore that a contract combining the secrecy of the Fidelius Charm with the deadly binding of the Unbreakable Vow had obstructed research into the Animagus Second Form.
• Kamba Headmaster explained that Vizet’s discoveries in the Otherworld had loosened the contract, though African Wizards could neither break it themselves nor seek outside help.
• Vizet presented Kamba Headmaster with a detailed potion formula for completing the Animagus Second Form and admitted that he hoped to simplify it further.
• Kamba Headmaster said they would share the secrets of the Animagus Second Form with Vizet, since perfecting the formula might break the contract.
• Kamba Headmaster and Dumbledore ended the discussion for the night, and Dumbledore privately wondered whether Gellert and the Guardian had intended Vizet to become a Breaker of the Situation.

Vizet attended a Uagadou lesson on Gesture Magic and discussed its magical tattoos and limitations with Snape. The chapter ended with Snape explaining that African Wizards adopted wands because Gesture Magic set a difficult-to-exceed limit on their power.

• A Uagadou professor explained the school’s Gesture Magic curriculum and showed Vizet and the students his magical tattoos.
• The professor used gestures and a glowing chest tattoo to summon a flame, demonstrating how the magic worked.
• Snape asked Vizet to compare Gesture Magic to Bloodline Magic, and Vizet observed that tattoos stored casting abilities and emotions helped direct the spell.
• Snape argued that the number of tattoos restricted traditional African Wizards to a limited range of spells and that wand users could overpower them.
• Vizet reasoned that tattooing could fix both the emotions and strength of a spell, and Snape said wands offered African Wizards a higher ceiling for magical power.

Snape explained why Uagadou’s delegation had come to Hogwarts and what they hoped to gain from Vizet. Later, Vizet learned from Babajide Akingbade how Soul Stones helped Animagus jewelry connect with a wizard’s soul.

• Snape told Vizet that Kamba’s delegation wanted Hogwarts’ help because they feared African magical secrets would be uncovered, and because they valued Vizet’s talent.
• Vizet revealed that Kamba had promised to share the secret of the Animagus Second Form so Vizet could perfect its potion, and Snape judged that there was no trap.
• Vizet and Babajide Akingbade went to a secluded pond in the Forbidden Forest, where Akingbade prepared ores for making a Soul Stone.
• Akingbade explained that the ores had to be purified and combined to make a Soul Stone that let Animagus jewelry communicate with a wizard’s soul and strengthen the connection between body and soul.

Vizet learned how African Wizards prepared a Soul Stone through dance-based Ritual Magic, then consulted Snape about how Magical Tattoos affected the soul. Snape helped him see that emotion served as the tattoos’ true ink, leaving Vizet with new ideas for analyzing Wolfsbane Potion.

• Babajide Akingbade demonstrated African Ritual Magic, using forceful dance steps to determine where to place the materials and focus his mind.
• Babajide Akingbade explained how Baobab Tree materials and moonlight transformed the ore into a Soul Stone, and said the site should be kept free of humans.
• Vizet brought Snape his research on Magical Tattoos and suggested that they wounded the soul and could be understood through Soul Healing Art.
• Snape argued that emotion was the true ink that made Magical Tattoos endure, and Vizet connected the soul’s injury to the lifelong limits of Gesture Magic.
• Vizet considered how his new understanding might help him further analyze the first part of the Wolfsbane Potion.

Lupin finally saw Sirius Black appear on the Marauder's Map and hurried to follow him, suspecting he had found traces of Peter Pettigrew. Harry, Hermione, and Ron joined Lupin as they set out toward the Forbidden Forest.

• Harry, Hermione, and Ron discussed the evening's demonstration of the Animagus Second Form potion and planned to ask about Sirius Black afterward.
• Ron revealed that Vizet had given him a Soul Stone strap to put on Scabbers if the rat returned.
• Lupin watched the Marauder's Map as it expanded to show a wider area, revealing Sirius Black moving from a Hogsmeade ruin toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Lupin told Harry, Hermione, and Ron that Sirius might have found traces of Peter Pettigrew.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron insisted on going with Lupin, and Ron brought the strap Vizet had given him.

Neville Longbottom worried about demonstrating a potion in front of a crowd, so Vizet suggested he use the Confundus Charm to calm himself. Neville’s spell transformed the people he saw into plants, and Vizet discovered a glowing soul mark connected to Neville’s ability to cast the charm; they then joined the crowd, where Neville mistook Cornelius Fudge for a spotted pumpkin.

• Neville told Vizet he was afraid of demonstrating the potion in front of classmates and professors.
• Vizet asked whether Neville knew the Confundus Charm, and Neville said it felt strangely familiar despite having seen it only once.
• Neville cast a mild Confundus Charm on himself and saw the people around him as plants, which eased his nerves.
• Vizet used a Soul Stone lens to see a glowing pattern on Neville that resembled a tattoo engraved with the Confundus Charm.
• Neville and Vizet arrived on the grass among Hogwarts and Uagadou professors, reporters, and Ministry members led by Cornelius Fudge.
• Neville pointed out Fudge as a green-spotted pumpkin, and Vizet said the man was unimportant.

Vizet joined Cornelius Fudge, Headmaster Kamba, Luna, and Neville at the Uagadou-Hogwarts gathering, where Fudge boasted about the Ministry’s support and his approval of Vizet’s magic. As Kamba moved the ceremony along, he guessed Dumbledore had left because of Sirius Black, then offered to help before Vizet began preparing the Animagus Second Form potion.

• Cornelius Fudge praised Vizet’s Five-Star Medal and claimed credit for approving his magic outside school.
• Headmaster Kamba interrupted Fudge and led Vizet and Neville to make preparations.
• Luna told Vizet she had noticed how uncomfortable Fudge’s attention made him.
• Headmaster Kamba guessed Dumbledore had left because Fudge ordered Dementors to give Sirius Black the Kiss and offered to testify if needed.
• Vizet explained his simplified Animagus Second Form potion and described its ingredients, including oak resin and a Soul Stone.

Vizet explained how River Lethe water changed the form of a Soul Stone while preserving its ability to communicate with souls, as Neville brewed the Animagus Second Form potion. Neville completed the brew, and Kamba Headmaster asked Vizet to proceed to the most critical step.

• Neville ground Moonstone Powder and cleaned the mortar, while Snape deducted ten Gryffindor points after Neville met his gaze.
• Vizet explained that River Lethe water helped dissolve the Soul Stone and made it easier to process without changing its magical function.
• Kamba Headmaster praised Vizet’s explanation, and Snape quietly felt pride at how much Vizet had grown.
• Neville followed Vizet’s instructions, adding ingredients and reciting the Animagus incantation as the potion changed colors.
• Neville extinguished the flame and began portioning out the finished potion, prompting Kamba Headmaster to ask Vizet about the most critical step.

Vizet explained how a pet’s lifelong bond with a wizard could reveal an Animagus Second Form, then demonstrated the transformation to the Uagadou professors. As McGonagall realized Vizet now had three Animagus forms, a distant shadow resembling Dementors appeared in the sky.

• Vizet explained that the Animagus Second Form required a wizard’s hair and something belonging to a deeply bonded pet, and described it as a manifestation of another side of the soul.
• At Kamba Headmaster’s request, Vizet added his hair and a bronze feather from his owl to the potion, then drank it and transformed into a bronze-feathered owl before returning to human form.
• The Uagadou professors completed their own Animagus Second Forms and began displaying them.
• McGonagall realized Vizet appeared to possess three Animagus forms and wondered why he had to be a Ravenclaw.
• A vast black shadow appeared in the distant sky, and Fudge and the students feared it resembled Dementors.

Dementors appeared unexpectedly in the Forbidden Forest, and Vizet suspected they were connected to Voldemort. Dumbledore’s Patronuses drove them away just as a Werewolf attacked, but the Hogwarts and Uagadou professors trapped it before it could harm anyone.

• Cornelius Fudge questioned Dolores Umbridge about why Dementors had appeared despite the Ministry’s patrol arrangements.
• Vizet suspected Voldemort might have formed a connection with the Dementors and flew to question Fudge.
• A Stag Patronus and Dumbledore’s Phoenix Patronus drove away the Dementors, and Vizet identified the Phoenix for Fudge.
• Snape noticed a Werewolf approaching, while Vizet and Luna agreed it was not the person they suspected.
• The Werewolf attacked, but the professors trapped it in a Uagadou Gesture Magic net and a cage of rapidly growing grass.

Lupin, Sirius Black, Harry, and Ron confronted Scabbers in the Forbidden Forest after Sirius claimed the rat was Peter Pettigrew. Their attempts to expose him as an Animagus failed, and a mysterious voice warned that they would not be allowed to leave.

• Lupin checked the Marauder's Map, found Sirius Black but no Peter Pettigrew, and led Harry and Ron toward the Big Black Dog.
• Harry recognized the dog as Sirius Black, who transformed back into a man and insisted that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew.
• Lupin examined Scabbers and used magic to reveal his form, but Scabbers remained a rat.
• Sirius borrowed Harry's wand and tried with Lupin to make Scabbers transform, but their spells failed.
• A gloomy voice told Lupin, Sirius, Harry, and Ron that they would not get the chance to leave.