Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore reviewed the events of the Troll attack and concluded that Voldemort wanted Vizet’s Obscurus, while Snape agreed to keep contact with Quirrell to learn about the Dark Lord. Their replay revealed that Vizet had calmed the Obscurus by casting a newly devised cleaning spell on himself.

• Dumbledore questioned Quirrell about his whereabouts, and Snape confirmed that they had merely run into each other.
• Dumbledore used Revelio to replay the Troll attack, noting Vizet’s magical strength and the Obscurus’s power.
• Snape told Dumbledore that Quirrell had panicked when he heard Vizet’s voice and had deliberately exposed his back before fleeing.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort wanted to provoke Vizet’s Dark Magic and obtain the Obscurus, and he asked Snape to maintain contact with Quirrell.
• Snape agreed to approach Quirrell again, while Dumbledore suggested Quirrell might still be turned away from Voldemort.
• Dumbledore and Snape watched Vizet’s replay cast Dust and Grime Begone! on himself, revealing how he had calmed the Obscurus.

Snape told Dumbledore that Quirrell had taught Vizet the Compound Magic behind a spell that cleaned grime and suppressed an Obscurus, prompting Dumbledore to consider what to tell him about Voldemort’s interest. Flitwick then escorted Vizet to his office, gave him chocolate, and taught him about Wandless Magic and Nonverbal Spellcasting.

• Snape explained that Quirrell had taught Vizet the theory behind the Compound Magic spell, and Dumbledore reproduced it and wondered how it suppressed an Obscurus.
• Snape urged Dumbledore to tell Vizet everything about Voldemort’s interest in him, while Dumbledore considered how much to reveal.
• Flitwick gave Vizet chocolate and led him through the hidden passage behind the Gargoyle Statue toward his office.
• Vizet asked Flitwick about Charms, and Flitwick demonstrated combining the Water-Making Spell and Icing Spell through Wandless Magic and Nonverbal Spellcasting.
• Flitwick explained that Hogwarts did not teach Wandless Magic and said he would help Vizet practice advanced techniques after his O.W.L. Exam.

Vizet reunited with Fawkes in Dumbledore’s office and told Dumbledore about his suspicions over the Troll and Runespoor incidents. Dumbledore confirmed that a Pure-blood Family had arranged the Runespoor attack, but Vizet was left wondering whether they had targeted him because he was an Obscurial.

• Filius Flitwick introduced Vizet to Fawkes, who recognized him and perched on his arm.
• Vizet fed Fawkes Dirigible Plum and, while petting the phoenix, reflected on the troubling events of the night.
• Dumbledore arrived and invited Vizet to share what was on his mind; Vizet said he planned to write about the night for Mr. Lovegood.
• Vizet asked Dumbledore why the Troll had targeted him and whether the old Runespoor could have laid the eggs he had received.
• Dumbledore said a Pure-blood Family had arranged the Runespoor incident and that his negotiations had secured the eggs; Vizet wondered if they had targeted him for being an Obscurial.

Dumbledore told Vizet that Voldemort had returned and was targeting him, likely through Professor Quirrell, who had carried out the Troll attack. He urged Vizet to remain sincere with Quirrell and stay safe, and Vizet resolved to keep attending his lessons and try to change him.

• Dumbledore explained the history of the Pure-blood Theory and revealed that Voldemort had returned and had set his sights on Vizet.
• Dumbledore told Vizet that Quirrell was strongly suspected of carrying out the operation on Voldemort's orders, but that Vizet's sincerity had made Quirrell waver.
• Dumbledore advised Vizet to act as though he knew nothing, continue treating Quirrell with respect, and take care of his safety.
• Fawkes gave Vizet a magical mark that would let him call for help at Hogwarts.
• Vizet firmly decided to continue attending Quirrell's lessons and do everything he could to change him.

Dumbledore asked Newt whether Vizet’s new spell could help suppress an Obscurus, while Snape confronted Quirrell and learned nothing about Voldemort. Vizet returned safely to the Ravenclaw common room, where his friends eagerly asked how he had defeated the Troll.

• Dumbledore sent Newt a Patronus message asking whether the spell “Dust and Grime Begone” could suppress an Obscurus.
• Snape accused Quirrell of being unable to help the Dark Lord and left after Quirrell denied knowing anything about him.
• Voldemort praised Quirrell for keeping silent about him, ordered him to keep teaching Vizet Dark Magic, and punished him for his failures.
• Vizet answered the Bronze Ring’s riddle with “silence” and entered the Ravenclaw common room.
• Arsenal, Cho Chang, Penelope, Roger, Anthony, and the other students welcomed Vizet back and questioned him about defeating the Troll.

After the Troll incident, Vizet returned to Ravenclaw Tower and received a Halloween letter and handmade toffees from Luna and Xenophilius. He stayed up writing Luna a reply, then woke at noon to find his dormmates had brought him food.

• Vizet gave his companions a fabricated account of how everyone had worked together to defeat the Troll, then returned to the dormitory to sleep.
• Thor delivered Luna and Xenophilius's letter and handmade toffees to Vizet, who tasted the candy and recognized Gurdyroot and honey in its soft center.
• Vizet asked Thor to return the following afternoon and began writing a reply to Luna, staying up until sunrise as he planned a dramatic account of the adventure.
• Vizet slept until noon, when Anthony, Chris, Michael, and Terry returned with food they had brought from the Great Hall.
• Terry and Michael teased each other about the Halloween Feast's Yorkshire Pudding while Vizet ate apple pie and watched them.

Vizet and his friends heard exaggerated stories about his defeat of the Troll before attending Professor Sprout’s lesson on the disguised Devil’s Snare. Sprout demonstrated the plant’s deadly attack and cast Lumos Solem as it crushed a conjured Sheepdog.

• Anthony, Michael, and Chris told Vizet several versions of the story about him defeating the Troll, including one in which it turned into an Inferi.
• Terry told Vizet that Ravenclaw girls had repeatedly tried to ask about him, while Michael lamented that he was not a topic of conversation.
• Professor Sprout taught the class about Devil’s Snare and showed them a harmless Christmas Cactus beside a plant disguised as one.
• Vizet used Magic Eye and Guardian Meditation to watch as the Devil’s Snare seized and crushed Sprout’s conjured Sheepdog until it became a tissue.
• Professor Sprout cast Lumos Solem at the Devil’s Snare.

Vizet’s Magic Eye grew to an intermediate level, letting him see the intricate Magic Circuits of magical plants. After Professor Sprout warned the students about Devil’s Snare, Vizet used Lumos Solem to drive one back into its box.

• Professor Sprout forced the Devil’s Snare into its box with a Shield of Light, then taught the students that warmth and light could repel it.
• Vizet infused Ancient Magic Power into his Magic Eye, which grew stronger and revealed clearer, more intricate Magic Circuits.
• Anthony and Michael asked Vizet why he had been distracted and awake late, and Vizet explained he had been writing a reply and offered them Luna’s toffee.
• Professor Sprout called Vizet forward to practice defending himself against Devil’s Snare, and Vizet apologized for becoming distracted by the Christmas Cactus’s Magic Circuit.
• Vizet cast Lumos Solem when the Devil’s Snare lunged at him, driving it back into the box.

Vizet asked Professor Sprout how Devil’s Snare disguised itself as Christmas Cactus, and she demonstrated the transformation. Vizet studied the plant’s changing Magical Circuit and left eager to return for another lesson.

• Vizet asked Sprout how Devil’s Snare could disguise itself as Christmas Cactus, and Sprout explained their relationship and the plant’s history.
• Sprout used the Moisturizing and Preserving Spell and Solidification Spell to make Devil’s Snare take Christmas Cactus form.
• Vizet used Magic Eye to observe Devil’s Snare’s Magical Circuit changing and recorded his observations in his notebook.
• Sprout restored Devil’s Snare, and Vizet watched the transformation again while refining his sketches and casting the Moisturizing and Preserving Spell himself.
• Vizet told Sprout that Snape had taught him the spell in two weeks, and Sprout praised his progress.
• Vizet left for Flying lesson after Sprout invited him to return for the next Devil’s Snare lesson.

Vizet used his observations of Devil's Snare and Christmas Cactus to develop a new Transfiguration technique, but his experiment transformed the cactus into a mass of dangerous vines that trapped him. Professor McGonagall and Sprout arrived to find the apparent Devil's Snare vanish, and McGonagall demanded an explanation from Vizet.

• After his Flying lesson, Vizet returned to the Greenhouse and asked Sprout to borrow a Christmas Cactus so he could practice Transfiguration.
• Vizet studied his notes and the Metamorphic Transfiguration Theory, then cast Vine Shaping on the Christmas Cactus to make its vines resemble Devil's Snare.
• The transformed cactus's vines wrapped around Vizet and lifted him into the air.
• Sprout and Professor McGonagall came to the Greenhouse and found what appeared to be Devil's Snare strangling Vizet.
• Professor McGonagall cast Fiendfyre, but the vines vanished before the flame could hit them, and Vizet told her that he had caused the incident.

Vizet demonstrated a self-developed Transfiguration that made a Christmas Cactus take on the form and abilities of Devil's Snare, impressing Professors McGonagall and Sprout. After explaining that the plant's essence remained unchanged, he canceled his magical effects and collapsed from exhaustion.

• Vizet apologized to Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout for creating Devil's Snare in the Greenhouse, then demonstrated his Vine Shaping spell on a Christmas Cactus.
• Vizet used the transformed vines to lift himself, form Wisteria Armor, and launch a vine-shaped projectile while the professors watched in astonishment.
• Professor McGonagall realized Vizet had independently performed advanced Transfiguration and that his Magical Understanding had begun to germinate.
• Vizet restored the Christmas Cactus and explained that he had changed its outward form without changing its essence.
• Vizet canceled Guardian Meditation and Magic Eye, then collapsed as Professor McGonagall and Sprout cried out and caught him with a cushion.

Vizet recovered in the Hospital Wing after collapsing from overusing his brain and missed Professor Quirrell's and Professor Snape's classes. After Snape's potion put him to sleep again, Madam Pomfrey confronted Snape about Vizet trying to deduce its recipe while still a patient.

• Vizet woke in the Hospital Wing with a headache, and Madam Pomfrey gave him a potion that quickly eased the pain and made him fall asleep.
• After waking again, Vizet realized two days had passed and he had missed Professor Quirrell's and Professor Snape's classes.
• Vizet's dormmates, Penelope and the Quidditch team, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione visited, but Madam Pomfrey sent them away so he could rest.
• Madam Pomfrey told Vizet that Hufflepuff New Students had sent snacks and Professor Quirrell had sent a silver vessel with lavender-scented mist; Snape also brought him a potion.
• Vizet tasted Snape's potion and tried to deduce its ingredients while taking notes, then fell asleep before finishing.
• Madam Pomfrey confronted Snape about Vizet studying the potion while sick, and Snape said he would make more until Vizet recovered.

Dumbledore learned that Grindelwald may have taken the missing Obscurus, while Vizet recovered and used Ancient Magic to transform his fingers into Devil’s Snare vines. Vizet discovered that the transformation gave him a way to sense his surroundings in darkness, then detected a sudden fire ahead.

• Dumbledore uncovered the mirror in the storage room and heard from Newt’s Water Horse Patronus that the Magical Congress had lost the Obscurus, which Newt suspected Grindelwald had taken.
• Vizet woke in the Hospital Wing, joked with Fred and George, and waited until Madam Pomfrey had left before exploring the ward for Ancient Magic Power.
• Vizet spent the gathered Ancient Magic Power to improve his Transfiguration and gained the spell Ancient Magic: Self-Shaping (Devil's Snare Form).
• Vizet transformed his fingers into Devil’s Snare vines and found that they let him sense objects while his eyes were closed.
• Vizet sensed the area ahead brighten and detected a ball of fire appearing out of thin air.

Vizet recovered in the Hospital Wing and impressed Headmaster Dumbledore with his ability to transform Christmas Cactus into Devil's Snare. Dumbledore discussed how a wizard's soul shapes their magical talents and began demonstrating the nature of Vizet's Obscurus.

• Vizet's Devil's Snare Transfiguration withered when the Hospital Wing lights came on, and Headmaster Dumbledore praised his mastery.
• Dumbledore asked about Vizet's health and his use of the Metamorphic Transfiguration Theory, confirming that his message in the library book was genuine.
• Dumbledore explained that students should develop their own Magical Understanding by discovering what their souls need.
• Vizet identified the soul as what makes wizards differ, and Dumbledore described how distinct souls produce different magical talents.
• Dumbledore said Vizet's soul leaned toward Transfiguration and cited the Obscurus he carried as evidence, then conjured black mist to demonstrate its power.

Dumbledore explained the nature of the Obscurus and revealed that Ollivander had told him about Vizet’s Magic Eye. He gave Vizet a notebook he had shared with Gellert Grindelwald, containing research on Grindelwald’s prophetic Heavenly Eyes, and magically protected it before handing it over.

• Dumbledore described the Obscurus’s malleability and its connection to Transfiguration, then identified Vizet’s Magic Eye as a rare talent.
• Dumbledore showed Vizet the Unbreakable Vow he had made with Ollivander to keep the secret of Vizet’s Magic Eye.
• Dumbledore explained that Ollivander had formed the vow to protect Vizet’s talent, and encouraged Vizet to take more time to enjoy the Magical World.
• Dumbledore gave Vizet the notebook bearing both his and Gellert Grindelwald’s names, explaining that it contained their research on Grindelwald’s prophetic Heavenly Eyes.
• Dumbledore cast a protective enchantment on the notebook and returned it to Vizet, who felt warmth as a soft light enveloped it.

Vizet received Dumbledore’s enchanted notebook and settled into studying at Hagrid’s Hut as Hogwarts entered winter. When an injured, poisoned Crumple-Horned Snorkack appeared, Vizet offered to try healing it with magic.

• Dumbledore showed Vizet how the notebook transformed into a bracelet and explained that its notes included instructions for making one.
• With students still crowding around to watch him after the Troll incident, Vizet began studying at Hagrid’s Hut instead.
• Hagrid told Vizet that the upcoming Quidditch matches would likely distract the students from the Troll story.
• A Crumple-Horned Snorkack named Barry suddenly appeared in Hagrid’s Hut with a wound and signs of poison.
• Vizet offered to use basic healing magic on Barry, and Hagrid brought the creature to him to try.

Vizet treated the injured Crumple-Horned Snorkacks at Hagrid's Hut and discovered their wounds contained Acromantula venom and a Poison Curse. After Hagrid returned from the Forbidden Forest, Vizet told him Acromantulas had attacked the creatures, prompting Hagrid to ask how he knew.

• Hagrid left his hut to investigate the Forbidden Forest, leaving Vizet to care for the frightened Crumple-Horned Snorkacks.
• Vizet identified the poison in their wounds as Acromantula venom, collected some, and discovered that a Poison Curse was preventing his Healing magic from working.
• Vizet used Ancient Magic to cleanse the curse, healed the Snorkacks, and recorded changes in their Magic Circuits as they flickered in and out of apparition.
• Hagrid returned, and Vizet told him Acromantulas had attacked the Snorkacks; Hagrid nervously asked how Vizet knew.

Vizet treated injured creatures for Hagrid and continued his studies before meeting Professor Quirrell for a lesson on the Hanging Shrieking Curse. Quirrell’s worsening condition left Vizet concerned, while Vizet learned a new Ancient Magic and departed after leaving him a Chocolate Frog.

• Vizet told Hagrid he had healed the Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, and Hagrid paid him with Unicorn Hair Bandages for treating injured Magical creatures.
• Vizet spent the week studying and revising his article about the Halloween Eve troll before visiting Professor Quirrell.
• Quirrell demonstrated the Hanging Shrieking Curse by using an opal pendant to torture a venomous snake to death.
• Quirrell explained how the curse combined extended incantations of the Levitation Charm, Stunning Spell, and Full Body-Bind Curse.
• Vizet learned the Ancient Magic Levitation Charm, which could lift larger creatures without consuming Ancient Magic Power.
• Quirrell refused Vizet’s offer to take him to the Hospital Wing, and Vizet left a Chocolate Frog before leaving.

Quirrell obeyed Voldemort’s orders to learn how to get past the Three-Headed Dog by manipulating Hagrid. During Vizet’s private lesson, Snape tested his knowledge of Potion Ingredients and began teaching him deeper principles of potion-making.

• Voldemort ordered Quirrell to approach Hagrid with a magical creature cub and alcohol to learn the Three-Headed Dog’s weaknesses.
• Quirrell agreed to carry out Voldemort’s plan despite worrying about the cost of the cub.
• Vizet identified and explained how to process the Potion Ingredients Snape had laid out for him.
• Snape criticized Vizet’s reliance on rote memorization but acknowledged his progress.
• Snape explained the Soul Soothing Potion and taught Vizet that skilled potion-makers could preserve a potion’s quality through technique, understanding, or substitutes.

During a private lesson, Snape showed Vizet how a Potions Master could shape a potion to achieve a desired effect and revealed that a dangerous creature’s bite had left him badly wounded. After healing Snape’s wound, Vizet took his warning about dangers beyond Hogwarts to heart and resolved to protect himself and his family.

• Snape taught Vizet about the advanced Soul Soothing Potion until sunset, and Vizet struggled to keep pace with his concise instructions.
• Snape revealed that a rare creature’s Malice and Toxin had made his bleeding leg wound difficult to heal, and he let Vizet try to help.
• Vizet cast the Purifying Cleansing Soul Washing Spell, drawing a mass of Deep Malice from Snape’s wound.
• Snape brewed a salve with wand-controlled magic, healed his leg, contained the Malice, and warned Vizet not to trust others or display special magic carelessly.
• Vizet remembered threats beyond Hogwarts and resolved to stay vigilant and protect himself and his family.