Chapter Summaries

Sirius told Vizet and Luna how inheriting the Black Family fortune had left him feeling bound to Grimmauld Place and the family he had rejected. Luna suggested treating the rents as an investment in M, and Sirius became eager to help fund and create Magical Artifacts.

• Sirius described receiving the Black Family inheritance and how its wealth had returned to him despite his estrangement from the family.
• Sirius admitted that he disliked Grimmauld Place and the inheritance, which felt like shackles he could not escape.
• Luna suggested that Sirius treat the rental income as an investment in M, and Vizet supported her idea.
• Sirius offered to invest more money and help develop Magical Artifacts, drawing on his experience modifying a motorcycle to fly and breathe dragon's fire.

Vizet and Luna discussed why Luna wanted Sirius Black involved with M, as she revealed how she had once pretended to struggle with lessons to ease her father’s worries. The chapter ended with Vizet asking Luna to let herself be selfish around him.

• Sirius Black wrote to Neville, Fred, and the others to ask their opinions about becoming M’s Magical Artifact Technical Consultant.
• On the way back to Ottery St Catchpole, Luna told Vizet that her father had taught her practical skills after her mother’s accident.
• Luna explained that she had discovered her father’s Nargles decreased when he worried about her, so she sometimes pretended she could not learn things to ease his worries.
• Vizet realized Luna had noticed Sirius Black’s Nargles and wanted to help him through the proposed arrangement with M.
• Vizet told Luna that Sirius Black deserved fair compensation and that his influence and Grimmauld Place could help M.
• When Luna asked whether she was selfish, Vizet took her hand and asked her to keep being willful and selfish with him.

Vizet and Luna gathered their friends and the Weasleys at Grimmauld Place to begin cleaning the abandoned house. Harry happily reunited with them after Sirius Black and Lupin helped him leave the Dursleys, and the group entered Grimmauld Place together to get started.

• Neville arrived first, and Hanna brought magical cleaning agents from Old Tom that might have been decades old.
• Sirius Black and Lupin arrived with Harry, who joyfully greeted Vizet and the others after spending time with them in Muggle clothes.
• Sirius Black and Lupin changed back into their usual clothes, and Sirius promised to take Harry to the Quidditch World Cup.
• Fred and George arrived with Molly Weasley, Ron, Ginny, Bill, and Charlie to help clean Grimmauld Place.
• Molly warmly greeted Neville and Hanna, while Ron and Ginny teased Fred and George about their Hogwarts complaint letters.

Molly organized the cleanup of Grimmauld Place while Vizet and Luna used magic to locate Flobberworm Eggs. Fred and George admired how quickly others were cleaning, then joined Bill to dismantle an attacking grandfather clock.

• Molly assigned Neville and Hanna to clear Crabclaw nests and led Harry, Ron, Ginny, and the others in dealing with Flobberworms.
• Vizet and Luna used an Improved Summoning Charm and a Tracking Spell to locate Flobberworm Eggs and restore the damaged floorboards.
• Fred showed George the many Flobberworm Eggs he had collected and described how easily Vizet and Luna had found theirs.
• Neville and Hanna finished cleaning the potions room and asked Molly to check for missed Crabclaw nests.
• Bill called Fred and George to help dismantle a magical grandfather clock, and they eagerly followed him.

As Grimmauld Place’s cleaning continued, Vizet found Bill and Charlie trapped by cursed books and began investigating how to free them. He and Bill considered using older words for a counter-curse, but the brothers remained bound as they searched for a solution.

• Molly scolded Fred and George for secretly collecting Doxies, then checked that they were safe after they mentioned an attacking purple robe.
• Professor Lupin brought down a sack of removed portraits at Sirius Black’s request, and Ron joked about the portraits holding a meeting.
• Luna and Vizet discussed what color tent to take to the match as they carried sacks through the house.
• Vizet found Bill and Charlie trapped with their faces pressed into cursed books while Bill tried to devise a counter-curse.
• Vizet asked Bill to raise his head so he could inspect the book’s cover, and Bill suggested trying older words for the spell.

Vizet helped Bill and Charlie break the curses on two books at Grimmauld Place and learned that they contained Ancient Runes. After Kreacher shouted about thieves, Vizet suspected that a Dark Magic item had affected the house-elf, but Bill and Charlie had not noticed one.

• Bill and Vizet explored spells based on liberation and breaking free from bondage, while Charlie jokingly suggested trying Dragon Language.
• Bill cast an Ancient Egyptian spell that partially freed him from a cursed book, confirming that the curse involved liberation.
• Vizet used the spell "Release Bondage" to free Bill and then Charlie from their books, catching each book with a transfigured pillow.
• Bill told Vizet that the books contained Ancient Runes and recalled seeing similar magical artifacts in Egyptian ruins.
• After Kreacher shouted insults about people looting the Black Family, Vizet suspected a Dark Magic item had made him extreme and biased.
• Bill and Charlie said they had noticed no such item, and Charlie suggested asking Sirius Black.

Harry learned that he was related to the Black, Weasley, and Malfoy families, while Sirius and Vizet investigated whether Dark Magic Items were worsening Kreacher’s behavior. They found Kreacher’s hidden collection, but Vizet detected no likely cause and asked to inspect Kreacher’s room.

• Harry and Sirius examined the Black Family Tree Tapestry, and Sirius explained their family connections.
• Sirius asked Vizet whether Kreacher’s behavior had worsened, and Vizet said he and Bill and Charlie had found no Dark Magic Items that could explain it.
• Sirius opened Kreacher’s hidden room, revealing objects Kreacher had collected because they bore the Black Family Crest.
• Kreacher insulted Sirius and Vizet as he carried the hidden objects out, while Vizet examined them with the Magic Eye and the "Soul Stone" Monocle.
• Vizet found no likely mind-altering item besides a music box that caused drowsiness, then asked Sirius for permission to enter Kreacher’s room.

Sirius Black showed Vizet the neglected belongings in Kreacher’s room and spoke of his brother Regulus Black’s death. When Kreacher objected to Sirius’s words, Sirius violently kicked him, and Vizet recognized the Small Golden Box as connected to a Blood Oath Knight.

• Sirius Black ordered Kreacher aside and threatened to give him clothing so he would yield the doorway.
• Sirius Black showed Vizet a rusty Order of Merlin, First Class and explained that his grandfather had bought the honor.
• Sirius Black described how Regulus Black joined the Death Eaters and died at Voldemort’s hands, grieving that his brother had ignored his warnings.
• Kreacher charged Sirius to stop him speaking about Regulus, and Sirius grabbed the Small Golden Box before kicking Kreacher into a wall.
• Vizet tried to summon the Small Golden Box but failed, then identified it with the spell Blood Oath Knight.

Vizet and Sirius Black discovered that an ancient locket had caused Sirius and Kreacher to act recklessly, and Vizet recognized it as one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. He kept its true nature secret from the others and planned to consult Dumbledore about what to do next.

• Two suits of armor restrained Sirius Black and took the locket from him, while Vizet used Ancient Magic to cleanse Sirius and the unconscious Kreacher of its influence.
• Vizet and Sirius examined the ornate locket and suspected its ancient Slytherin designs connected it to Salazar Slytherin.
• Harry, Luna, Ron, and the others arrived after Luna heard a sound, and Vizet asked Luna to be ready to stop him if the locket changed his behavior.
• Vizet touched the locket, recognized it as Voldemort’s Horcrux, and told Sirius only that Dumbledore should help identify the Dark Magic Item.
• Vizet decided to discuss the locket with Dumbledore and keep Voldemort’s Horcrux secret from the others to avoid alerting Voldemort.

Vizet showed Salazar Slytherin's locket to Phineas Nigellus Black, who recognized it but vanished before explaining how he knew it. Dumbledore confirmed the locket was genuine and asked Vizet to accompany him somewhere that afternoon.

• Vizet followed Dumbledore's instructions to Phineas Nigellus Black's portrait at Grimmauld Place and sent Neville on his way.
• Vizet secured the bedroom and provoked Phineas Nigellus Black for interrupting Dumbledore's message and demanding the object.
• Vizet showed Phineas Nigellus Black the locket, and the former Headmaster recognized its details as Salazar Slytherin's work.
• Phineas Nigellus Black admitted he had seen the locket before, then vanished without explaining further.
• Dumbledore confirmed that the locket belonged to Salazar Slytherin and asked Vizet if he was free that afternoon.
• Vizet told Dumbledore he was available, and Dumbledore said he would send the destination once he chose it.

Vizet met Gabriel Delacour in Diagon Alley and agreed to get Luna’s signature for his daughter before joining Dumbledore to examine Slytherin’s locket. They traced the locket to Hepzibah Smith and learned that her House-elf, Hao Qi, had been implicated after Smith’s death.

• Vizet encountered Klotar Baschat and the Hogwarts Voice book club at Flourish and Blotts, where Gabriel Delacour asked him to obtain Luna’s signature for his daughter.
• Dumbledore met Vizet and took him by Side-Along Apparition to a remote location to inspect the locket.
• Dumbledore confirmed that the locket was a Horcrux and said Borgin and Burkes had sold it.
• Dumbledore identified the buyer as Hepzibah Smith and explained that her House-elf, Hao Qi, had been implicated after Smith died of poisoning.

Dumbledore and Vizet investigated the poisoning of Hepzibah Smith and found the elderly House-elf Hao Qi living with a false memory that she had killed her mistress. Vizet extracted a Memory Thread from Hao Qi and prepared to repair her memory.

• Dumbledore explained that the Ministry had blamed Hao Qi for Hepzibah Smith’s death, while he and Vizet suspected Voldemort had poisoned her and framed the elf.
• Dumbledore revealed that Tom Riddle had worked at Borgin and Burkes, where he gained Caractacus Burke’s trust and could have learned about Hepzibah Smith’s locket.
• Dumbledore and Vizet reached Hepzibah Smith’s deserted house and followed small footprints inside to find Hao Qi sobbing over her belief that she had poisoned her mistress.
• Vizet concluded that Hao Qi’s memory might have been modified and extracted a Memory Thread, then raised his Wand to her temple again as Dumbledore asked whether he intended to repair her memory.

Vizet and Dumbledore altered Hao Qi’s false memory of poisoning Hepzibah Smith, replacing it with a dream that freed her from guilt and let her keep tending the garden. They left her in good condition and prepared to use her Memory Thread and a Horcrux to destroy another of Voldemort’s memories.

• Vizet explained that Voldemort’s powerful Confundus Charm could be overwritten by building a new memory around Hao Qi’s nightly routine of tending Hepzibah Smith’s garden.
• Vizet and Dumbledore altered Hao Qi’s memory so she believed the poisoning had been a terrible dream rather than something she had done.
• Hao Qi woke, resumed her duties, and continued caring for the garden as Hepzibah had asked, without being tormented by guilt.
• Vizet and Dumbledore visited Hao Qi, saw that she was well, and left after she welcomed them to the residence.
• Vizet took Hao Qi’s Memory Thread, and Dumbledore said he had a method to destroy Voldemort’s Horcrux when they returned to Hogwarts.

Vizet and Dumbledore examined Slytherin’s locket and tried to destroy it with a Basilisk fang, but the fang shattered against its protection. Vizet detected Ancient Magic within the locket and suggested opening it.

• Phineas Nigellus Black complained about Vizet until Vizet offered to recount what had happened, making him vanish from his portrait.
• Dumbledore showed Vizet a locket, Basilisk fangs, and the Sword of Gryffindor in his office.
• Dumbledore stabbed the locket with a Basilisk fang, but the fang broke without scratching it.
• Vizet detected Ancient Magic inside the locket and suggested that they try opening it.

Vizet opened Salazar Slytherin’s locket with Parseltongue, and he and Dumbledore examined the Horcrux’s defenses and its ability to manipulate minds. After the locket tried to tempt Dumbledore with visions of stolen sweets, he trapped it and prepared to destroy it with a Basilisk Fang.

• Vizet opened the locket by speaking Parseltongue, revealing a pair of living eyes inside.
• Dumbledore lowered his mental defenses and let the Horcrux probe his thoughts while he studied its response.
• The locket showed Dumbledore visions of sweets and urged him to attack Vizet and destroy others to claim them.
• Vizet and Dumbledore recognized that the locket could exploit negative emotions and provoke conflict.
• Dumbledore restored his mental protection, trapped the locket between books, and thrust a Basilisk Fang toward its eyes.

Vizet and Dumbledore watched Hao Qi's memories and saw Tom Riddle charm Hepzibah Smith before discovering Helga Hufflepuff's Golden Cup and Salazar Slytherin's Locket. They returned to the headmaster's office and planned to ask Kreacher where the Golden Cup was hidden.

• Dumbledore confirmed that the Snake Fang had destroyed the locket's Soul Fragment, and Vizet kept the locket.
• Vizet and Dumbledore entered Hao Qi's memories and saw Hepzibah Smith prepare to receive Tom Riddle.
• Tom Riddle charmed Hepzibah Smith with roses and flattery, then examined the Golden Cup and Salazar Slytherin's Locket.
• Dumbledore and Vizet concluded that Tom Riddle's impatience over the locket led him to poison Hepzibah Smith.
• Back in the office, Vizet and Dumbledore decided to ask Kreacher where Helga Hufflepuff's Golden Cup was hidden.

Vizet and Dumbledore joined Sirius, Lupin, and Harry as they confronted Kreacher about the locket and Regulus. Kreacher admitted he had hidden the locket because he wanted to destroy it.

• Luna told Vizet that Kreacher had woken, mourned Regulus, and Disapparated after seeing her and Hanna.
• Sirius ordered Kreacher out of Regulus's room while Lupin urged Sirius to stay calm.
• Vizet connected Kreacher's grief for Regulus to the locket and explained his suspicions to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore asked Kreacher about the locket, but Kreacher punished himself instead of answering Sirius's order.
• Vizet showed Kreacher the locket, and Kreacher touched it, cried, and confirmed that he had wanted to destroy it.

Vizet questioned Kreacher about the locket, and Kreacher revealed that Regulus Black had sent him to help Voldemort with a task in a seaside cave. Kreacher began recounting the ordeal, leaving the story at the moment he reached the island’s basin of potion.

• Vizet asked Kreacher whether Regulus had ordered him to destroy the locket, and Kreacher’s answer made Sirius demand to know if Kreacher had caused his brother’s death.
• Kreacher revealed that Regulus had told him to switch a locket, drink all the potion, and leave to destroy the locket.
• Vizet led Kreacher into Regulus’s room, where Sirius described his brother as brilliant and Harry noticed a photograph of Regulus on the Slytherin Quidditch team.
• Kreacher explained that Regulus learned about the locket through him and had joined Voldemort’s organization before asking Kreacher to serve the Dark Lord.
• Kreacher recounted how Voldemort took him to a seaside cave, cut his arm, and brought him by boat to an island with a stone basin full of potion.

Kreacher recounted how Regulus Black sacrificed himself to steal Voldemort’s locket and ordered Kreacher to destroy it. Dumbledore revealed that the locket was key to defeating Voldemort, while warning Sirius Black and Harry that more such objects remained.

• Kreacher described how Voldemort forced him to drink a potion, abandoned him in the cave, and how he escaped by following Regulus’s order to go home.
• Kreacher explained that Regulus later returned to the cave, drank the potion himself, swapped the lockets, and ordered Kreacher to leave and destroy the locket.
• Kreacher collapsed while recounting how Regulus was dragged into the lake, and Vizet used a blanket as a pillow to support him.
• Sirius Black asked Dumbledore why Regulus had sacrificed himself, and Dumbledore said the locket was key to defeating Voldemort.
• Dumbledore and Lupin cautioned Sirius Black against rushing into revenge, while Harry vowed to help honor Regulus’s sacrifice.

Kreacher revealed that Regulus died in 1979 after stealing Voldemort’s locket, and Sirius resolved to retrieve his brother from the cave. Vizet arranged for Kreacher to take Dumbledore there to investigate the defenses, while Harry learned that one obstacle used blood loss to weaken intruders.

• Kreacher told Vizet that Regulus died after opposing Voldemort, and that Regulus’s mother later died without learning what had happened.
• Sirius remembered his troubled relationship with Regulus and decided he had to bring his brother back from the cave.
• Vizet asked Kreacher whether he could sense the cave, and Kreacher confirmed that he could.
• Dumbledore said the cave’s defenses could help reveal how to defeat Voldemort, and Vizet asked Kreacher to take him there.
• Kreacher and Dumbledore vanished together, and Vizet explained to Harry that a blood-based obstacle weakened intruders through excessive blood loss.