Chapter Summaries

Vizet explained to Prime Minister Alain that magic had made the nuclear bombs absolutely safe unless they were dismantled and reassembled, then shared what he knew about the group behind the plan involving the moon. The chapter left Alain and the Ministry officials reviewing Rita Skeeter’s interview draft as Vizet called the sacrificial organization a common enemy.

• Prime Minister Alain questioned Vizet about the nuclear bombs, and Vizet assured him that they were absolutely safe unless dismantled and reassembled.
• Vizet transformed a book into a tiny flying penguin that howled like a wolf, then changed it back to demonstrate Transfiguration.
• The Ministry of Magic directors and Charlotte Bonacourt recognized Vizet’s exceptional skill and decided to trust him to handle the situation.
• Vizet confirmed that the bomb not thrown onto the moon was safe too, prompting Alain to consider whether it could be used for President Jacques’s nuclear test.
• Vizet said he knew little about the moon and asked Rita Skeeter to share her interview draft.
• After reading the draft, Charlotte Bonacourt condemned the planned large-scale sacrifice, and Vizet called the organization behind it their common enemy.

Vizet explained that he and the Ministry of Magic had acted to stop a common enemy, while Prime Minister Alain thanked him for saving the Paris Region. Jacob Kowalski warned that Vizet and the others would likely be busy when the International Confederation of Wizards Congress reconvened, and Rita Skeeter revealed they might receive awards.

• Vizet told Prime Minister Alain that they had acted instinctively to stop the organization threatening the Paris Region, and Charlotte Bonacourt and Honore Clet agreed.
• Prime Minister Alain thanked Vizet for resolving the crisis, then left with Honore Clet while Charlotte Bonacourt returned to her work.
• Jacob Kowalski explained that he would report the events to the Magical Congress and warned Vizet that the upcoming congress might keep him busy.
• After Jacob left, Harry, Ron, and the others wondered why the congress would involve Vizet, and Rita Skeeter said they would likely receive awards.

Rita Skeeter warned Harry and the others that the French prime minister’s visit and the discussion of the Nuclear Bomb had left the Statute of Secrecy an empty shell, making them and Vizet the focus of attention worldwide. When Vizet returned, he suggested they could avoid the scrutiny by simply leaving.

• Rita Skeeter told Harry and the others that the Statute of Secrecy no longer existed and that governments and magical forces would seek to define, recruit, or discredit them.
• Rita said that Vizet and his companions would become the center of the world's attention before the International Confederation of Wizards Congress.
• Harry, Hermione, Ron, Hanna, Ginny, Neville, Wood, and Percy reacted with anxiety or excitement at the prospect of being pursued by outsiders.
• Vizet returned from reviewing Rita’s interview draft with Xenophilius Lovegood and asked what had made the Common Room so tense.
• After hearing that people around the world would be watching them, Vizet suggested that they could simply leave.

Vizet suggested leaving the Paris Region to avoid the people hoping to study them, and the group began planning where to travel next. Percy stayed behind to meet with Mr. Crouch, while Lupin also prepared to leave, and Sirius teased Vizet about spending the summer with Xenophilius and Luna.

• Vizet proposed that the group leave the Paris Region and continue traveling, and Harry and Wood eagerly agreed.
• Fred and George encouraged Percy to stay and document the visitors, and Vizet approved; Percy hurried off to speak with Mr. Crouch.
• Vizet told Rita Skeeter he was planning their travel route and suggested the visitors could look up at the moon instead of studying them.
• Fred and George, Ginny, and Ron urged Mrs. Weasley to stay and travel with them, but she worried about Arthur at home.
• Lupin declined to travel because it was the full moon and he had work to do, but promised to attend the award ceremony.
• Sirius teased Lupin about Tonks and hinted that Xenophilius and Luna might join Vizet for the rest of the summer vacation.

After the group reunited in Paris, they planned to leave Pierre Bonacourt Village and continue traveling while Rita Skeeter stayed to seek an exclusive interview with Charlotte Bonacourt. At dinner, Vizet and Luna secretly played footsie beneath the table, unaware that Fred and George had noticed.

• Mrs. Weasley, the Grangers, and Xenophilius Lovegood joined the traveling party, while Lupin returned to England before nightfall.
• Fleur Delacour found Vizet and the others, agreed to continue guiding them, and asked them to notify her promptly about their plans.
• Vizet and the others decided to leave Pierre Bonacourt Village early the next morning, and Charlotte Bonacourt came to see them off.
• Rita Skeeter stayed behind to interview Charlotte Bonacourt after the French Ministry of Magic chose a cautious approach to publicizing the incident.
• At dinner, Luna and Vizet playfully touched feet beneath the table, and Fred and George noticed their secret game.

Vizet and Luna tested the Crown forged from Ritual Magic, which became invisible when Vizet wore it, before Fred and George teased them about holding hands. The twins fled after failing to decide on a punishment, leaving Vizet and Luna together in the courtyard.

• Old Barty Crouch arrived with Percy to speak with Charlotte Bonacourt, then sought a detailed talk with Xenophilius and Rita Skeeter after learning about Rita's interview.
• Vizet and Luna went to the courtyard, where Luna sensed something different about Vizet and helped him realize he was wearing the Crown forged from Ritual Magic.
• Vizet tested the Crown on Luna and found it remained visible on her but vanished when he wore it, while still blocking the torrent of consciousness.
• Fred and George teased Vizet and Luna about holding hands and asked how they planned to explain themselves.
• Vizet and Luna openly interlaced their fingers and asked Fred and George how they planned to sentence them.
• Fred and George failed to come up with a punishment, claimed they had found inspiration, and hurried away to write it down.

Vizet and his companions traveled to Lyon, where they discovered reporters could track them through their Portkey and decided to continue by other means while avoiding magic. At Place Bellecour, the women’s enthusiastic shopping turned the outing into an exhausting experience for the men.

• Vizet detected reporters following the group into a Lyon restaurant and used a Confundus Charm to make them leave.
• Vizet explained that the reporters had likely tracked their Portkey arrival, so the group agreed to avoid Portkeys and limit magic.
• Fleur suggested visiting Place Bellecour, and the group set out to blend in with Muggles and test whether the reporters could still find them.
• Mrs. Granger and the other women stopped at shop after shop to browse and try on clothes, leaving the men worn out.
• Fred and George joked that Molly had found her own Quidditch, while Harry recalled how Dudley hated shopping trips.

The group finished shopping for the children before persuading Mrs. Weasley to choose new clothes for herself. While the adults waited at a café, Harry described how Gilderoy Lockhart had removed the bones from his arm and how painful Skele-Gro had been; Mr. Granger then asked what spell had done it.

• Ron used Vizet's advice to help Mrs. Weasley choose clothes, and the boys quickly finished their shopping.
• Mrs. Granger, Ginny, Fleur Delacour, Fred, and George persuaded Mrs. Weasley to try on clothes for herself.
• Sirius Black paid for the purchases while the girls took Mrs. Weasley to a shop, then joined Mr. Granger and Xenophilius outside.
• At a café, Mr. Granger asked Harry about Skele-Gro, and Harry recalled that Gilderoy Lockhart had made the bones in his arm disappear.
• Mr. Granger asked Harry whether he knew the spell that had removed his bones.

Vizet returned after a private, soap-slick hand chase with Luna, while the others discussed dentistry and questioned why wizards seemed not to suffer from tooth decay. He tried to hide what had happened, but Fred and George noticed his red ears and wrinkled hands and teased him.

• Mr. Granger explained dentistry and asked Frank Longbottom whether Healers had cared for his teeth during his long stay in hospital.
• Mr. Granger examined Frank's teeth and found no cavities, while Harry said the group brushed their teeth in the morning.
• Vizet told Xenophilius Lovegood that Luna had gone to help Mrs. Weasley choose clothes and that a shortage of hand soap had delayed them.
• Vizet recalled chasing Luna's slippery hands as they washed them together, and his ears burned at the memory.
• Fred and George noticed Vizet's red ears and wrinkled hands, teased him, and he went to the counter to order a drink.

Vizet explained how Gilderoy Lockhart’s attempt to stop Harry’s pain had made his bones disappear, then used dentistry to help Mr. Granger understand the Scouring Charm. The discussion led Vizet to reflect on the connection between magical and Muggle knowledge and why “The Master” sought to contaminate the “Otherworld.”

• Mr. Granger asked Vizet and Harry about Skele-Gro and how Gilderoy Lockhart had removed Harry’s arm bones.
• Vizet explained that Lockhart had meant to stop Harry’s pain by making the painful bones vanish, while Sirius Black condemned Lockhart’s actions.
• Vizet compared Lockhart’s spell to pulling out a painful tooth, helping Mr. Granger understand the magical treatment.
• Mr. Granger asked why Frank Longbottom and Vizet had healthy teeth, and Vizet suggested that Healers’ Scouring Charms cleaned away dental plaque.
• Vizet considered how the Scouring Charm recognized plaque as rubbish and connected this shared understanding to “The Master” and the effort to contaminate the “Otherworld.”

The group stayed at a Muggle-run country cottage, where Mr. Granger reflected on how wizards altered Muggle inventions and Mrs. Weasley made everyone begin their homework. After the others settled in, Vizet and Luna shared a private, affectionate moment in their bedroom.

• Xenophilius, Fred, George, and Ron tried to comfort Mr. Granger about magic by praising Muggle inventions, but their talk of enchanted cars and Sirius Black's motorcycle idea made him uneasy again.
• Sirius Black complained about Harry's aunt and uncle, and Harry nearly spat out his drink laughing.
• Vizet and the others chose a Muggle-run country cottage for the night and ate dinner before gathering in its living room.
• Mrs. Weasley ordered her children to start their homework, then enlisted Sirius Black to help Harry study History of Magic.
• Vizet and Luna finished sorting their clothes, recalled how they had avoided being noticed earlier, and Vizet kissed Luna on the cheek.

Vizet and Luna shared an affectionate “siege” while sorting clothes, but Neville and Hanna’s arrival interrupted them. After the visitors left, the pair finished arranging the clothes and sat together, still flustered and holding hands.

• Vizet kissed Luna repeatedly, and Luna kissed him back as they began a playful new battle.
• Neville and Hanna came upstairs to offer help with sorting the clothes, interrupting Vizet and Luna.
• Hanna realized what she had walked in on and hurriedly dragged a confused Neville back downstairs.
• Vizet and Luna carried the clothes to another room, arranged them, and sat together with their fingers entwined.
• Luna teased Vizet about his flushed face, and Vizet covered her hand with his while feeling her warmth.

Vizet and Luna discovered that their matching smiling-face marks could appear in each other’s palms when they called each other’s names, and decided it was Ritual Magic that would not be noticed. Mrs. Weasley returned and led them downstairs for biscuits, where they found the others occupied with homework and tinkering.

• Vizet and Luna shared a tender moment and suggested marking each other’s palms with a simple design made from the letters “W” and “L.”
• As Vizet finished drawing the design on Luna’s palm, Silver-Blue Light came from his Obscurus Core, her Mistletoe Bracelet, and both of their palms, revealing matching smiling faces.
• Vizet and Luna found that calling each other’s names made the smiling face appear in the other person’s palm, and Vizet identified it as their private Ritual Magic.
• Mrs. Weasley returned without noticing anything unusual, praised their hand-folded clothes, and invited them downstairs to eat biscuits.
• Vizet and Luna saw Ron and Ginny doing homework while Fred and George hid what they had been tinkering with, and Vizet realized nearly an hour had passed.

Vizet and Luna traveled with their friends on a French high-speed train, enjoying the thrill of trying not to wake Xenophilius. During the journey, Vizet overheard Muggles discussing reports of a mysterious object in a new lunar crater and rumors that it was an unexploded nuclear bomb.

• Vizet and Luna quietly took Baby Thunderbird for a walk, then hid from Xenophilius when he woke and yawned.
• The group boarded a French high-speed train after Mr. Granger explained that it was faster than the Hogwarts Express.
• Vizet sat beside Luna while Xenophilius sat behind them, and they tried to act properly as the train began moving.
• Vizet overheard Matthias and Fabio discussing widespread newspaper reports about an unidentified object in a new crater on the moon.
• Matthias told Fabio that newspapers were spreading rumors that the crater contained an unexploded nuclear bomb.

Matthias argued with Fabio over reports of a nuclear bomb on the moon and a worldwide mirage, insisting both were fabrications. Fabio said Emma and her family had seen the same eye, leaving Matthias and Fabio in a heated dispute over whether such events could be real.

• Matthias told Fabio that a nuclear bomb had appeared on the moon and caused a crater, but he dismissed the newspaper reports as nonsense.
• Fabio teased Matthias after learning that Matthias's younger brother had believed the reports and that Matthias had sent money to support his family.
• Matthias complained that newspapers had also reported a worldwide mirage, which he blamed on a theme park publicity stunt or a gas leak.
• Fabio said Emma and her parents had seen the eye in the mirage at home in North America, but Matthias insisted the reports were false.
• Fabio challenged Matthias to ask his North American relatives whether they had seen the eye, and the two argued over science, superstition, and what was possible.

On the train, Vizet read French newspapers about the Paris Region Incident and reflected on how Muggles viewed magic and Wizards. He concluded that Muggle governments were cautiously revealing magic to the public, and felt that leaving Pierre Bonacourt Village had given him a broader perspective.

• Vizet collected several newspapers and periodicals to compare their reporting on the Paris Region Incident.
• Luna leaned against Vizet and fell asleep while Xenophilius slept nearby.
• Vizet read the publications and found that some printed clear pictures, though the photographs had been difficult to take.
• Matthias and Fabio ended their disagreement without reaching an agreement about magic and Wizards.
• Vizet considered how Muggles such as Petunia Evans and the Granger family might respond to magic after encountering it.
• Vizet concluded that Muggle governments were gradually disclosing magic to gauge public reaction and prepare to reveal more.

In Nurmengard, Serena Pendragon and Gellert Grindelwald discussed the Muggle response to the Paris Region incident and the danger posed by the Isaiah Society. Grindelwald compared the Society to Voldemort’s organization and argued that Vizet’s intervention had stopped its plan from succeeding.

• Serena Pendragon read a Daily Telegraph report about the worldwide weather phenomenon to Gellert Grindelwald, then vanished the newspaper.
• Grindelwald warned that Muggles had developed their own methods and that conflicts between the magical and Muggle worlds could lead to a Witch War.
• Grindelwald admitted his past actions had been driven by selfishness as well as his concern about the dangers he had foreseen.
• Grindelwald said the Isaiah Society could have learned from Tom Riddle, or Voldemort, but instead pursued an increasingly uncontrolled plan.
• Serena said the Isaiah Society had nearly succeeded in its plan to sacrifice the Paris Region, but Vizet had thwarted it while traveling there.
• Serena and Grindelwald noted that both the Isaiah Society and Voldemort had ultimately been opposed by Hogwarts students.

Serena Pendragon and Gellert Grindelwald discussed how the Isaiah Society followed a prophecy toward its ruin, while Vizet had chosen his own path beyond its influence. They then considered whether Muggles might intervene in the postponed International Confederation of Wizards Congress, and Grindelwald began to offer a different view of Dumbledore's predicament.

• Serena Pendragon and Gellert Grindelwald compared the Isaiah Society's actions to Voldemort's response to prophecy and discussed how prophecy allowed people to choose whether to follow its direction.
• Serena realized that the Isaiah Society had carried out the complete prophecy about the descent of “The Master,” while Grindelwald had given them a different prophecy to steer them toward another plan.
• Grindelwald said Vizet had already set out on his own road and would not be drawn into the grave awaiting the Isaiah Society and the “Master.”
• Serena and Grindelwald discussed how reckless use of prophecy and seer magic had ruined the Isaiah Society's plans and damaged the “Master.”
• Serena warned that Muggle newspapers' coverage suggested the Muggle World might intervene in the postponed International Confederation of Wizards Congress, making things difficult for Dumbledore.
• Grindelwald disagreed with Serena's assessment of Dumbledore's predicament and began to explain his view.

Gellert Grindelwald explained to Serena Pendragon how the Isaiah Society’s exposure and the Nuclear Bomb on the moon had created a deterrent that could protect Wizards and encourage cooperation with Muggles. He also credited Vizet with helping restore Paris and said Serena’s pursuit of the Isaiah Society had left them no time to recruit Voldemort.

• Serena Pendragon asked whether Gellert Grindelwald trusted Dumbledore, and he replied that Dumbledore had been hindered by the Ministers of Magic.
• Gellert explained that the Isaiah Society’s plan to destroy the Paris Region exposed them as enemies of both Muggles and Wizards, while the threat of a new Witch War placed Wizard children in danger.
• Gellert described the Nuclear Bomb on the moon as a Sword of Damocles that deterred Muggles from attacking Wizards and could help maintain a balance between the two worlds.
• Gellert praised Vizet for helping restore Paris, which showed Muggles that Wizards outside the Isaiah Society could be allies.
• Serena said Voldemort had found the Nuclear Bomb, and Gellert explained that the Isaiah Society had not recruited him because Serena had spent the past century hunting them.
• Serena declared that she and Vizet would make the Isaiah Society pay for what it had done to them.

Gellert Grindelwald explained how magical and Muggle education could become the starting point for an exchange, then assessed the Isaiah Society’s weakened position after The Master’s failed descent. He left Serena Pendragon with no certainty about what the Society’s fractured, unpredictable members would do next.

• Serena Pendragon joked that Vizet was worth several Dumbledores, and Gellert Grindelwald said studying wizards might become an open topic after the International Confederation of Wizards Congress.
• Gellert Grindelwald proposed calling the planned contact between magical and Muggle communities an exchange and said it would likely begin through education, with Albus Dumbledore guiding it.
• Serena Pendragon asked whether the Isaiah Society might recover and launch another large-scale plan, and Gellert Grindelwald said The Master’s failed descent had undermined its members’ faith.
• Serena Pendragon imagined that Isaiah Society members would question The Master after seeing Vizet stop the meteorite, and Gellert Grindelwald agreed that many would become disillusioned and more suspicious of one another.
• Gellert Grindelwald said the Isaiah Society might recruit new members to act for it, but warned Serena Pendragon that its Horcrux-making members were too unpredictable to forecast reliably.