Chapter Summaries

Harry learned that Lupin and Sirius had complicated history with Snape, while Lupin and Sirius discussed Harry’s rapid progress with the Patronus Charm and Vizet’s influence. Madam Pomfrey treated Lupin and Sirius in the Hospital Wing, and Sirius fell asleep after taking his medicine.

• Lupin told Harry that the old conflicts between the houses were tangled and difficult to explain, while Sirius promised to support his godson.
• Madam Pomfrey sent Harry, Hermione, and Ron out of the Hospital Wing so the patients could rest.
• Sirius asked why Lupin had defended Snape, and Lupin said it was time to move on from the past.
• Lupin explained that Harry had learned to cast a Corporeal Patronus with help from a paper that traced back to Vizet.
• Lupin described Vizet’s remarkable deeds and his support for werewolves, and Sirius compared him to Dumbledore.
• Madam Pomfrey gave Lupin Skele-Gro and Sirius porridge and potion, after which Sirius fell asleep.

Snape warned Vizet to stay out of his old conflict with Sirius, then secretly examined the Dark Mark on his arm. Sirius distributed The Quibbler’s account of Peter Pettigrew’s betrayal, prompting Dumbledore to explain Sirius’s innocence at a Hogwarts banquet and leaving Fudge furious as pressure mounted for a retrial.

• Snape told Vizet to treat Sirius normally and use Levicorpus if he had to fight him, then looked at the Dark Mark on his arm.
• Sirius handed out The Quibbler to Hogwarts students, and Vizet helped prevent one student from falling into an ink bottle.
• Luna gave Vizet a copy of the new issue, which reported Sirius’s innocence and Peter Pettigrew’s betrayal.
• Dumbledore explained the case at a temporary banquet, where Harry applauded Sirius and the gathered students heard the truth.
• Dolores Umbridge told Cornelius Fudge that newspapers, bookstores, and the public were demanding a retrial, and Fudge blamed her for Pettigrew’s escape.

After The Quibbler published a damaging account of Cornelius Fudge’s political history and mishandling of Sirius Black’s case, Fudge ordered Dolores Umbridge to counterattack. Umbridge proposed announcing a review of Sirius’s case, while Fudge told her to dig up secrets about Dumbledore, especially among former Defence Against the Dark Arts professors.

• Dolores Umbridge read The Quibbler’s article accusing Cornelius Fudge of political calculation and criticizing his treatment of Sirius Black, Dumbledore, and the Dementors.
• Cornelius Fudge demanded that Umbridge propose a response, fearing that Dumbledore had seized the initiative and that his office and reputation were at risk.
• Dolores Umbridge suggested publicly announcing that the Ministry would begin reviewing Sirius Black’s case and using The Daily Prophet to spread the news.
• Cornelius Fudge ordered Umbridge to investigate Dumbledore’s secrets and search among Hogwarts’s former Defence Against the Dark Arts professors for damaging material.

Rita Skeeter and Xenophilius Lovegood discussed how her old reports were being rediscovered amid growing public anger at Cornelius Fudge. At the All-England Wizard Duelling Competition, Vizet faced Nox in the knockout round, and their duel was underway when Nox launched a rapid attack.

• Howlers and negative reports increased the public's criticism of Cornelius Fudge, while Rita Skeeter complained that others were reusing her old opinions.
• Xenophilius reminded Rita that she had chosen to publish her Sirius Black report under a pen name and had insisted that its writer be considered dead.
• After the Easter Holiday, Vizet returned to the All-England Wizard Duelling Competition, where the audience cheered his nickname, the Blue Mirror Transcender.
• Vizet and Nox began their duel with nonverbal spells, and Nox raised a Protego against an unseen attack from Vizet.
• Nox flicked his Wand upward and sent a rapid series of sharp projectiles toward Vizet.

Vizet tried to expose the magic behind Nox’s unpredictable footwork by shrinking the dueling area and pelting him with weather magic. Nox vanished using a distinctive form of Disapparition, and Vizet identified how his technique worked, though the duel remained unresolved.

• Vizet recognized that Nox’s footwork relied on magic and sped up their duel to pressure him into revealing it.
• Vizet redirected Nox’s red spell into the ground, then Transfigured the dust into arrows and wove them into a steel cage to confine Nox.
• Vizet summoned rain and then bowl-sized hail while Nox cast a resistance spell.
• Nox vanished to avoid the hail, and Vizet identified his magic as Apparition performed in a distinctive way.
• Vizet reasoned that Nox had stayed still because outside interference made moving dangerous and could cause a “Horcrux.”

Vizet defeated Noth in the All-England Wizard Duelling Competition after understanding and countering his Apparition techniques. Back at Hogwarts, Dumbledore revealed that Noth was a retired Auror helping him investigate the Death Eaters and passed on Noth’s advice about wearing the mask.

• Vizet worked out how Noth used Apparition to dodge attacks and hide in a transitional space, then used an Anti-Apparition Jinx and a Cutting Curse to strike him.
• Noth collapsed unconscious, and Vizet healed his severed arm before Noth thanked him and urged him to do his best in the remaining matches.
• The spectators applauded Vizet for helping Noth, and the commentator praised his sportsmanship.
• On the Moving Staircase at Hogwarts, Dumbledore told Vizet that Noth was a retired Auror friend recruited to help investigate the Death Eaters.
• Dumbledore said Noth appreciated Vizet’s qualities but advised him to treat himself completely as another person when he wore the mask.

Vizet and Dumbledore reconsidered the prophecy after Peter Pettigrew’s soul was lost, distinguishing its likely outcome from details that could still change. Vizet suspected that a Death Eater’s family might help a prisoner escape Azkaban, and he pointed to Lucius Malfoy’s connection to Bellatrix Lestrange.

• Vizet asked Dumbledore about the Auror who had advised him, and Dumbledore said he would pass along his thanks while warning him to stay vigilant around Death Eaters.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had cultivated Dementors and that he had destroyed their breeding ground after Vizet resolved the crisis.
• Vizet proposed that Peter Pettigrew’s fate might affect the prophecy, and he and Dumbledore moved to the Headmaster’s Office to examine it.
• Vizet argued that the prophecy’s prediction of Voldemort’s return seemed difficult to change, while its references to a servant escaping could fit more than Peter Pettigrew.
• Vizet suggested that a Death Eater’s family might have helped a prisoner live more comfortably in Azkaban and break free of their shackles, naming Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange’s family connection.
• Dumbledore and Vizet considered whether the recent removal of many Dementors by Minister Fudge could make such an escape possible.

Dumbledore and Vizet asked Sirius Black about Azkaban prisoners who might escape and what he remembered from his own time there. Sirius agreed to let Vizet examine his memories, using Peter Pettigrew as a keyword.

• Dumbledore summoned Sirius Black to the Headmaster's Office to ask about the possibility of another Azkaban breakout.
• Sirius ruled out Bellatrix Lestrange and other Death Eaters, explaining that their faith in Voldemort kept them in Azkaban.
• Dumbledore asked whether Sirius had noticed anyone behaving strangely while he planned his escape, but Sirius said his memories of that period were unclear.
• Vizet explained that Sirius's memories might be obscured by his Animagus instincts and asked to examine them directly.
• Sirius agreed and named Peter Pettigrew as the person he had thought about most during his time in Azkaban.

Vizet searched Sirius's memories for clues about Peter Pettigrew and saw how Sirius endured Azkaban alongside the Death Eaters. He learned that Sirius discovered Pettigrew was still alive and began preparing to escape, while Bellatrix Lestrange and the other Death Eaters kept chanting their faith in Voldemort.

• Vizet used the keyword Peter Pettigrew to search Sirius's memories and found memories of his imprisonment in Azkaban.
• Sirius encountered Barty Crouch Jr., who declared his loyalty to Voldemort, while the other Death Eaters raged and the Dementors silenced them.
• Vizet watched Barty Crouch Jr. weaken and disappear, as Bellatrix Lestrange and the other Death Eaters repeatedly chanted that Voldemort would return.
• Sirius saw a Daily Prophet photograph of the Weasley family and learned that Peter Pettigrew was still alive.
• Sirius began preparing to escape Azkaban using his Animagus transformation, while Vizet observed the Death Eaters' chanting grow more like a choir.

Vizet searched Sirius Black’s memories of escaping Azkaban and recovered the potion bottle Sirius had lost at sea. He identified its contents as Polyjuice Potion, confirming that more than one special case had bypassed Azkaban’s defenses.

• Vizet watched Sirius Black’s memory of escaping Azkaban and saw him lose a potion bottle in the sea after a wave struck him.
• Vizet told Sirius Black the bottle might be worth investigating, and they realized it could have passed through Azkaban’s protections because it was not ordinary.
• Vizet summoned the bottle from the sea to Dumbledore’s home in the Scottish Highlands.
• Vizet cleaned the bottle and examined the potion mixed with seawater inside it.
• Vizet used the Skarpen Reveal Spell and identified the potion as Polyjuice Potion.

After Sirius Black and Dumbledore concluded that a Death Eater had escaped Azkaban using Polyjuice Potion, Vizet identified Barty Crouch Jr. as the likeliest suspect based on recent newspaper reports. Dumbledore cautioned that investigating Barty Crouch required care, leaving them to consider their next steps.

• Sirius Black, Vizet, and Dumbledore concluded that the person who escaped Azkaban had accomplices but had not found Voldemort, likely because Peter Pettigrew was active without a stable helper.
• Sirius Black regretted failing Harry as his godfather and offered to help with money or connections before leaving Dumbledore's Office.
• Vizet told Dumbledore that Barty Crouch Jr. was his leading suspect, citing reports that Barty Crouch Jr. and his mother had died in 1992 after visiting him in Azkaban.
• Vizet linked Barty Crouch's recent prosecution of a former Azkaban guard to the newspaper reports, and Dumbledore reasoned that Cornelius Fudge publicized the case to damage Barty Crouch's reputation.
• Dumbledore warned Vizet not to push the matter too hard, and Vizet agreed that the prosecution was an example of how such actions could backfire.

Hogwarts students learned that the Fitchburg Finches and Sweetwater All-Stars would attend the Quidditch House Cup Final, sending the Gryffindor team into an exhausting extra training session. Vizet revealed that he had nearly forgotten the guests were coming, just as an offended voice confronted him.

• Terry Boot, Chris Moen, and Anthony Goldstein discussed Gryffindor's chances in the final and the Firebolts used by North American teams.
• Michael Corner admitted that someone had asked him to watch Vizet and find out whether they could get him alone.
• Anthony Goldstein guessed that mysterious guests mentioned on the notice were the Fitchburg Finches and Sweetwater All-Stars, and Michael went to question Vizet.
• News of the teams' visit spread through Hogwarts, and Fred and George told Vizet that Oliver Wood had forced them into an early training session after staying up all night.
• Vizet told Fred and George that he had nearly forgotten about the visiting teams, and a deep voice accused him of forgetting his battlefield brothers.

Vizet and Luna welcomed the Fitchburg Finches and Sweetwater All-Stars players at Hogwarts, where the teams signed autographs and shared professional Quidditch advice with the Ravenclaw team. Joseph Gonzales presented Vizet with a Firebolt, revealing it was the real reason the teams had come to Hogwarts.

• Maxi Branch and Joseph Gonzales led their players into the Great Hall, where excited students crowded around to ask for autographs.
• Professor McGonagall organized the students into a line, and Vizet accompanied the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team and the visitors to the Quidditch Pitch.
• Joseph Gonzales and Maxi Branch explained how professional teams trained and prepared tactics, while Roger Davies and his teammates discussed Vizet's role and Oliver Wood's hard work.
• Joseph Gonzales and Maxi Branch teased each other about recruiting a goalkeeper and the possibility of someone retiring from professional play.
• Joseph Gonzales unwrapped a Firebolt and gave it to Vizet, calling the gift a service from the Sweetwater All-Stars Post Office.

Maxi Branch and Joseph Gonzales visited Luna and Vizet, revealing that Vizet and Luna had been registered as substitute players to help secure Firebolts for their teams. During the Hogwarts House Cup match, Vizet’s spectacular flying and scoring led the visitors to conclude that the competition was too small a stage for him.

• Maxi Branch and Joseph Gonzales joined Luna and her dormmates in the stands, bringing a package containing a Firebolt for Luna.
• Maxi Branch and Joseph Gonzales explained that the Magical Congress had agreed to purchase Firebolts for their teams, with Vizet and Luna listed as substitute players.
• The students discussed whether Vizet would count as a Quidditch World Cup winner if his team claimed the championship.
• Lee Jordan announced the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw teams, highlighting that Vizet and Harry Potter would each fly a Firebolt.
• Vizet scored almost immediately, and his performance helped Ravenclaw build a large lead over Gryffindor.
• Maxi Branch and Joseph Gonzales analyzed Vizet’s flying and concluded that the House Cup was too small a stage for him.

Ravenclaw defeated Gryffindor 190–160 to win the Quidditch House Cup for the third consecutive time, despite Harry catching the Snitch and Wood defending against Vizet’s attacks. After the match, Wood regained his confidence, and Joseph Gonzales praised his goalkeeping and dedication.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch ahead of Cho Chang, while Vizet completed several rounds of attacks and Ravenclaw won 190–160.
• Ravenclaw celebrated its third straight Quidditch House Cup victory as Lee Jordan praised both teams and noted the narrow score gap.
• Fred and George encouraged the disappointed Wood, who admitted he had not planned for Vizet to have a Firebolt and urged Harry to keep working toward next season.
• Harry apologized for not helping Wood win, but Wood reassured him and said the team still had a chance to defeat Ravenclaw.
• Joseph Gonzales praised Wood’s work ethic and goalkeeping, and Fred and George told Harry that they had held back Vizet’s offer to arrange a professional-team trial because Wood might have married Vizet on the spot.

After Ravenclaw won the Quidditch House Cup, Vizet congratulated Wood on joining the Sweetwater All-Stars and the students turned their attention to exam week. The professors found that students handled their first exams unusually well and suspected Hogwarts Voice had helped them prepare.

• Vizet congratulated Wood on joining the Sweetwater All-Stars, and Wood praised Vizet as Ravenclaw’s most outstanding player.
• Students debated whether Vizet or Harry would catch the Golden Snitch faster, but the approaching exams soon took over their attention.
• Students flocked to borrow and discuss Hogwarts Voice as they exchanged revision notes and exam advice.
• Vizet’s year took its Transfiguration written and practical exams, and students emerged looking relaxed after transforming hot teapots into turtles.
• Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Sprout praised the students’ exam performances and noted that their practical work had gone smoothly.
• Professor McGonagall suggested that papers published in Hogwarts Voice may have helped students prepare for the exams.

Snape secretly raised the difficulty of the Potions exams after noticing students had benefited from Vizet’s Hogwarts Voice articles. After the Gryffindors struggled through the test, Vizet’s dormmates compared answers and learned that Snape had planted misleading ingredients as well as detailed questions.

• McGonagall suggested raising exam difficulty next school year, and the other professors agreed while Snape silently left the table.
• Snape explained that he had already increased the written and practical exam difficulty, using ideas from Vizet’s Hogwarts Voice papers to challenge students.
• Snape watched the sixth-grade Gryffindors grow increasingly nervous during their written and practical exams.
• Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner, Chris Moen, and Terry Boot complained to Vizet about the difficult Potions exam after returning to the Common Room.
• Vizet confirmed the correct answer about leech juice for Shrinking Potion and explained that Snape had supplied two different-looking kinds of lovage, only one of which was true lovage.

Vizet explained how the students had confused Lovage with Wild Carrot and helped Harry and Neville assess their Confusion Draught exam results. Neville revealed that he had made the potion thicken by brewing it longer after using a Confundus Charm on himself, prompting Vizet to consider studying Neville’s unusual soul.

• Vizet explained that Lovage had yellowish flowers, while Wild Carrot had white flowers, and Terry said he had avoided the Wild Carrot because its flowers had withered.
• Hermione discussed exam answers with Vizet, and Harry and Ron realized they had likely answered several questions incorrectly.
• Harry told Vizet his potion had stayed thin despite having the right color, and Vizet identified Boiled Castor Oil as the cause and estimated Harry would receive a reduced grade.
• Neville told Vizet he had also used Boiled Castor Oil but had kept brewing until the potion thickened, avoiding the scorching Harry had encountered.
• Neville revealed that he had cast a Confundus Charm on himself before the exam, and Vizet warned him to use the charm in moderation after recognizing it as Neville’s Innate Magic.
• Vizet considered Neville’s unusual soul and wondered whether he could research it further.

Lupin and Hagrid gave the students a joint written and practical exam on magical creatures and Defence Against the Dark Arts, with Sirius Black helping arrange the grounds. Vizet began the practical course and quickly recognized that the first apparent threat, a group of Red Caps, had been confused and given harmless fake weapons.

• Lupin and Hagrid explained the combined exam, which tested knowledge of magical creatures, appropriate spells, and protecting creatures during practical challenges.
• The students completed the written exam and went to the Forbidden Forest, where Lupin introduced Sirius Black and described the practical exam's scoring criteria.
• Lupin selected Vizet to demonstrate the course, and Vizet identified the darkness as the effect of a Nightfall Charm.
• Vizet recognized that the Red Caps were under a Confundus Charm and that their wooden sticks were harmless toys, then used a Disarming Charm to take one away and pass the first challenge.

Vizet completed Lupin’s practical Defense Against the Dark Arts exam in under five minutes by calmly outmaneuvering each obstacle. The other students then began their exams and discovered how difficult the challenges were, with Hermione finally overcoming a Boggart disguised as Professor McGonagall.

• Vizet crossed the Red Caps, pond, Dark Magic traps, and creature-filled mire using quick spells and Transfiguration.
• Vizet reached the Boggart cabinet, where the man inside moved it aside, then returned to the platform.
• Lupin explained that the final test involved a Boggart and mentioned Mental Magic before beginning the next student’s exam.
• The students struggled with the Red Caps, traps, Kappa, and Boggart as they attempted the course.
• Hermione’s Boggart became Professor McGonagall, who frightened her with failing exam results, but Hermione turned the papers into balloons and escaped back to the platform.