Chapter Summaries

Vizet and Victor began the All-England Wizard Duelling Competition final with matching Cutting Curses, then exchanged more advanced attacks amid a dangerous breach in the arena’s Magical Energy Field. Victor anticipated Vizet’s Apparition movement and slowed him, leaving Vizet unable to rely on that technique.

• Vizet entered the crowded arena and faced Victor, whose Cutting Curse sliced part of the commentator’s desk after the commentator called him the “Silver Blade Dancer.”
• The referee started the duel, and Vizet and Victor fired Cutting Curses that missed each other and cracked the Magical Energy Field behind them.
• Vizet cast Ancient Magic: Improved Cutting Curse while Victor transformed his own Cutting Curse into multiple blades by cutting his magic with Soul Power.
• Their spells collided in an explosion of smoke, and Vizet used an Apparition technique to move toward Victor through the dust.
• Victor recognized Vizet’s movement method and made his steps sluggish, preventing Vizet from using the Apparition technique again.

Vizet battled the masked “Victor,” using Transfiguration and cutting spells against his opponent’s Soul Power and counterattacks. After recognizing Victor as Snape, Vizet heard him warn that the duel was not the place for distractions, and Snape charged again.

• Victor used enchanted footsteps and magic to pressure Vizet and interfere with his Apparition technique.
• Vizet transformed dust into stone spikes, but Victor used Soul Power to sever their connection to Vizet and dispel them.
• Victor charged with a powerful Cutting Curse, and Vizet blocked it with a Shield Charm before turning dust into stone pillars and spikes.
• Victor countered Vizet’s Transfiguration by changing the surrounding environment, then turned the scattered fragments into a Black Python.
• Vizet used an improved Cutting Curse to slice apart the Black Python and attack Victor, who deflected the Sectumsempra spells.
• Vizet recognized Victor as Snape, and Snape charged at him again, warning him to focus on the duel.

Vizet and Professor Snape fought a fast, dangerous duel as the Referees struggled to keep the Magical Energy Field intact. Vizet used Ancient Magic and Fiendfyre to turn the exchange in his favor, ending with Snape forced to retreat and cut away his burning robes.

• Vizet blocked Snape’s Cutting Curse, then transformed broken stones into arrows and sent a sandstorm tornado toward him.
• Snape split the tornado, while spells from both duelists damaged the Magical Energy Field and forced the Referees to repair it and call for help.
• The duel intensified as Vizet and Snape traded curses, feints, and counters at close range, leaving the stage scarred and the audience transfixed.
• Vizet used Ancient Magic: Instant Shield to cancel Snape’s ghostly green flames, then cast Fiendfyre, which Snape dodged.
• Snape retreated from the heat of Vizet’s spreading Fire Ring, but the flames caught his robes, forcing him to cut off the burning hem.

Vizet pressed Snape with a Fiendfyre Phoenix, while Snape countered with an unfinished spell based on the Patronus Charm. As their duel neared a decisive moment, more than fifty Werewolves attacked the spectator area.

• Vizet used Fire Magic to drive Snape onto the defensive and unleashed a Fiendfyre Phoenix assembled from lingering flames.
• Snape cast a crude new spell based on the Patronus Charm to block the Fiendfyre Phoenix.
• The audience focused on the duel, unaware that Werewolves were transforming and attacking spectators around the arena.
• Vizet noticed that more than fifty Werewolves were causing chaos in the spectator area.

Vizet and the elderly wizards fought the rampaging werewolves, with Mad-Eye Moody coordinating a group of veterans while Vizet and Snape dealt with separate areas. Vizet disabled the werewolves near him and surveyed the stands as the fight continued.

• Werewolves attacked fleeing spectators and cornered several elderly wizards who could no longer escape.
• Mad-Eye Moody led the elderly wizards in coordinated volleys of Stunning Spells, knocking down werewolves and dodging their attacks.
• More veteran wizards joined Moody, who learned that Noth was handling another area and saw Vizet fighting there as an Obscurus.
• Vizet knocked down the werewolves in his area, cut off their limbs to delay their recovery, and flew over the stands to check casualties.
• Moody's group kept casualties relatively low, while Snape hunted werewolves nearby and cut off their limbs with Cutting Curses.

Vizet and the retired Aurors subdued Fenrir Greyback and the other Werewolves after a violent attack left dozens of people bitten. As they suspected someone had orchestrated the chaos, Bertha Jorkins emerged from the smoke.

• Fenrir Greyback dodged the retired Aurors' spells and tried to bite an unconscious spectator, but Vizet struck him with Black Mist and battered him with an Improved Cutting Curse.
• Vizet bound Greyback's muzzle with a thorny vine, and the Aurors and Snape brought the remaining Werewolves under control.
• Mad-Eye Moody said most of the Werewolves had likely come from North America after a purge drove them out.
• The Aurors discussed who had stirred up the chaos and noted that Albus had just left.
• A sudden explosion raised smoke, and Bertha Jorkins appeared before Vizet and the others.

Voldemort controlled Bertha Jorkins to break into the storeroom and steal the magical creature egg, but Dumbledore confronted him. Their duel ended with Voldemort escaping through a hole blasted by Fiendfyre, while Dumbledore remained behind to contain the flames.

• Voldemort left the viewing area during the werewolf riot and controlled Bertha Jorkins as she broke into the storeroom.
• Voldemort destroyed the Bronze Gate and the Magical Energy Field, then lifted the magical creature egg from the table.
• Dumbledore arrived, and Voldemort attacked him with Killing Curses and other spells while controlling Bertha Jorkins.
• Dumbledore tried to restrain Voldemort and ease the swelling on Bertha Jorkins's arm, but Voldemort worsened it and attacked with Fiendfyre.
• Dumbledore gathered the Fiendfyre to stop it spreading, while Voldemort controlled Bertha Jorkins as she escaped through a blasted hole.

Voldemort possessed Bertha Jorkins and tried to seize the magical creature egg before escaping through the duelling stage. Vizet prevented his Apparition, and Dumbledore arrived to restrain Bertha.

• Mad-Eye Moody and the others attacked Bertha Jorkins, but Voldemort used her to fight back until her weakening body could barely hold her wand.
• Vizet realized Voldemort wanted the egg and planned to escape using the duelling stage, where Apparition was normally possible.
• Voldemort used a fierce wind to disarm the retired Aurors and stepped onto the stage, but Vizet's Anti-Apparition Jinx stopped his escape.
• Voldemort tried to attack Vizet, but Dumbledore arrived and used the floor to turn into armor that restrained Bertha Jorkins.

Voldemort escaped Dumbledore, Snape, Vizet, and the retired Aurors by draining three Werewolves of their Life Force, leaving Bertha Jorkins severely damaged. Snape and Vizet then began an experiment to reconnect her scattered memory fragments and try to save her.

• Dumbledore confronted Voldemort as he emerged from Bertha Jorkins, and Vizet, Snape, and the retired Aurors attacked him with spells.
• Voldemort dodged Snape's Killing Curses, drained three restrained Werewolves of their Life Force, and escaped through the ceiling.
• Dumbledore repaired the ceiling and said he could preserve Bertha Jorkins's Life Force, though her soul had suffered severe damage.
• The organizers returned to the arena, arranged treatment for injured spectators, and began investigating the incident while Dumbledore left with Bertha Jorkins.
• Vizet examined Bertha Jorkins and confirmed that only scattered memory fragments remained, so Snape proposed an experiment to reconnect them.
• Snape cast Expecto Patronum into Bertha Jorkins as Vizet began using Soul Blade Healing.

Vizet restored some of Bertha Jorkins' damaged memories and concluded that Voldemort had destroyed the most important ones. He and Dumbledore traced the damage to a Memory Charm cast by Old Barty Crouch, which Voldemort later broke, leaving Bertha vulnerable to possession.

• Vizet sewed Bertha Jorkins' Memory Fragments together using Snape's magic and found a blurry memory of her going to the Ministry of Magic and the Department of Magical Games and Sports.
• Snape asked Vizet what he had found, then left after learning that the memories were unclear and not recent.
• Dumbledore returned and asked Vizet to explain how he and Snape had healed Bertha.
• Vizet used the Counter-Curse to Obliviation and Ancient Magic Power to restore more of Bertha's memories, and determined that Voldemort had destroyed the most important ones.
• Vizet and Dumbledore concluded that Old Barty Crouch had used a Memory Charm to hide a secret, and that Voldemort's crude attempt to break it had severely damaged Bertha's soul.

Vizet explained his plan to use Voldemort’s Soul Fragment to reach Barty Crouch Jr. through dreams and undermine his worship of Voldemort. Dumbledore agreed to help, and Vizet was left to decide when to act.

• Dumbledore and Vizet concluded that Voldemort’s attempt to break Old Barty Crouch’s Obliviation Charm had severely damaged Bertha Jorkins’s soul.
• Vizet reflected that Old Barty Crouch had shown both strict devotion to duty and a willingness to use powerful magic to keep Jorkins silent.
• Vizet asked Dumbledore to accompany him to meet Old Barty Crouch and explained that they needed to make Barty Crouch Jr. fit the prophecy.
• Vizet revealed that Voldemort’s Soul Fragment had inspired him to use it as a medium to enter Barty Crouch Jr.’s dreams and remind him of Voldemort’s instructions.
• Dumbledore approved the plan, and Vizet suggested that making Barty Crouch Jr. confront the object of his worship could begin changing him.
• Dumbledore offered to cooperate and asked Vizet when he intended to act.

Dumbledore visited Snape at Spinner's End to ask about the duelling final, but Snape burned the invitation and refused to take part. Meanwhile, Voldemort returned to the Albanian Black Forest, reunited with Nagini, and named Barty Crouch as a potential servant.

• Dumbledore arrived at Spinner's End and spoke with Snape about news of the Dark Lord.
• Dumbledore asked Snape for his opinion on the final, but Snape burned the invitation and told him not to return without news of Voldemort.
• Voldemort flew to the Albanian Black Forest and possessed a snake upon arriving.
• Voldemort reunited with Nagini, promised to take her with him, and said he intended to recruit Barty Crouch.

Xenophilius struggled to believe Vizet had won the All-England Wizard Duelling Competition, while Vizet explained that the trophy did not name a specific champion. The group discussed the Thunderbird egg awarded as a prize and the uncertain claims surrounding its magical properties.

• Xenophilius admired the Golden Cup and asked how Vizet had suddenly brought home the duelling trophy.
• Luna reminded Xenophilius that Vizet had given him a ticket to the competition, and Xenophilius reflected on the many opportunities and business connections Vizet had helped him gain.
• Vizet explained that he had entered to improve his duelling skills, and Xenophilius said Vizet's account sounded believable despite seeming extraordinary.
• Two owls delivered replies from Flitwick and Snape; Flitwick praised Vizet, while Snape told him to take away the trophy and stop sending irrelevant letters.
• Xenophilius asked about the prize egg, and Luna identified it as a Thunderbird egg.
• Vizet described unproven claims about Thunderbird eggs and explained that Thunderbird eggshells could slightly improve the success rate of brewing Felix Felicis.

Vizet and Luna decided to try hatching the Thunderbird Egg and received Newt Scamander’s advice on creating the right conditions. Vizet prepared a dry, hot Magical Energy Field and built a nest, leaving the egg ready to be placed inside.

• Vizet told Xenophilius that he and Luna planned to hatch the Thunderbird Egg, which still contained Life Force.
• Newt Scamander sent a Water Horse Patronus explaining that the egg needed a dry, hot environment and thunder and lightning, while warning that it might not hatch.
• Luna told Xenophilius that Vizet had mastered many Weather Charms, including the Lightning Attraction Charm.
• Vizet used Charms and Transfiguration to create a suitable environment and build a nest from materials gathered from the Small Forest.
• Luna arrived in the Small Garden carrying the Thunderbird Egg and offered Vizet a berry after he finished the nest.

Vizet and Luna built a long-lasting ritual array to surround the Thunderbird Egg with lightning and thunder, hoping to help it hatch. The egg responded faintly but did not sway, and Luna sensed it was still trying and asked whether another method might help.

• Vizet calculated and chose a crystal arrangement for a ritual array while Luna fed him blackberries.
• Vizet buried rune-carved crystals around the nest and cast Summon Lightning to create storm clouds inside the Magical Energy Field.
• The crystals glowed and amplified the field’s ripples into lightning-like flashes, completing the ritual array.
• Vizet and Luna watched the Thunderbird Egg for more than ten minutes, but it only turned translucent and remained still.
• Luna sensed the egg was trying weakly to hatch and asked Vizet whether there was another way to help it.

Vizet and Luna used Soul Healing Art and Soul Soothing Potion to strengthen the weakened Thunderbird Egg. When the egg responded, Luna was drawn into its inner world, and Vizet followed her to find the thunderbird’s fragile soul.

• Vizet and Luna realized the Thunderbird Egg had weakened after spending too long away from its familiar environment, and they chose Soul Healing Art as a way to treat it through its soul.
• Vizet infused the Thunderbird Egg with Soul Soothing Potion using Soul Healing Art, and Luna joined him after he shared the magic with her.
• As they infused more potion, the Thunderbird Egg trembled in response to the thunder.
• Vizet sensed Luna becoming distracted, linked himself to her with a silver Thread, and was pulled through a white-purple door into the egg’s inner world.
• Vizet and Luna found a tiny, down-covered bird soul in the nest, struggling to stand.

Vizet and Luna discovered that Baby Thunderbird was missing its tail and two pairs of wings, but the Mistletoe Bracelet’s Ancient Magic Power completed its soul and restored its body. Baby Thunderbird fell asleep after standing for the first time, and Vizet and Luna emerged safely from its soul world.

• Baby Thunderbird struggled to stand in its nest, and Vizet and Luna caught and lifted it.
• Vizet noticed Baby Thunderbird lacked a tail and two pairs of wings, while Luna reassured him that it could get better.
• Baby Thunderbird reached toward the Mistletoe Bracelet’s silver-blue crystal, and its cold light drew Vizet and Luna into its soul world.
• Vizet realized the light had shown Baby Thunderbird’s lonely experiences and that Ancient Magic Power had completed its soul, restoring its tail and the outlines of its wings.
• Baby Thunderbird stood and took a few steps before falling asleep in Luna’s palm.
• Vizet and Luna returned from the soul world, and Luna confirmed that she felt fine.

Vizet, Luna, and the others met at 12 Grimmauld Place to review M’s progress and plan how to promote Coolick at the Quidditch World Cup. The meeting ended with Fred and George proposing to bundle Coolick with magical fireworks.

• Kreacher welcomed Vizet and Luna and prepared to cook their favorite dishes for lunch.
• Vizet brought a Thunderbird Egg to the meeting, and Sirius Black and Lupin asked about it.
• Lupin presented a summary of M’s operations and sales data, while Regulus woke and listened silently from inside a Crystal Jar.
• Lupin said the Quidditch World Cup could help Coolick reach a wider audience.
• Fred and George suggested promoting Coolick alongside magical fireworks, including offering fireworks as a free gift with purchases.

Lupin revealed that twenty trustworthy Werewolf Wizards were willing to help, and the group welcomed them with a toast. Sirius Black then showed everyone the machines and guided Cauldron designed to simplify brewing Coolick, leaving Neville surprised by how easy the process seemed.

• Lupin said his father had stayed in contact with Werewolf Wizards who maintained their principles, and that he had contacted twenty of them to help.
• Sirius Black called Kreacher to serve Coolick, but Kreacher poured Sirius’s drink last and teased him about maintaining the Black family’s proper grace.
• Sirius Black led Vizet and the others upstairs to a room filled with brewing machines and specially equipped Cauldrons.
• Sirius Black demonstrated the brewing process by adding ingredients as the hourglasses and flashing ball guided him through each step.
• Neville wondered aloud whether the Coolick brewing process was really that simple.

Vizet demonstrated a streamlined method for producing Coolick and explained how assembly lines could help it reach the world. The group then planned to use the Quidditch World Cup to promote their inventions and magical plants, leaving Neville encouraged to share his work.

• Vizet used Amethysts containing traces of Obscurus to determine the dilution ratio for Coolick concentrate and produced bottled Coolick with a machine.
• Lupin, Sirius Black, and Regulus learned how Muggle assembly lines could make Coolick production more efficient, and Lupin resolved to study the method.
• Fred and George discussed using the Quidditch World Cup to introduce their prank products to visitors from around the world.
• Vizet suggested that Neville and Hanna could promote their cultivated herbs to foreign wizards, including those from Castelobruxo.
• Neville worried that others would laugh at his work, but Vizet, Lupin, and Luna encouraged him to have confidence.