Chapter Summaries

After Vizet’s ritual enabled Muggles to cast spells, he promised that those temporarily left behind would not be abandoned, and the gathered Wizards and Muggles applauded. As the guests departed and the press returned too late to find him, Rita Skeeter prepared to report on the event, seeing Vizet as the one who would decide who could join the magical world.

• Vizet promised that those who had slipped down the slope would not be abandoned, prompting the Round Hall’s guests to applaud.
• Dumbledore declared the ritual concluded and advised attendees to visit St. Mungo’s Spell Damage Department if they felt unwell.
• Prime Minister Major and President Jacques thanked Vizet and invited him to visit France, while reporters returned and failed to notice him leaving.
• Rita Skeeter told her photographer that a Wizard had attacked a Muggle without protest, then explained that the gathering had witnessed Muggles becoming Wizards.
• Rita Skeeter confirmed that she had photographed the Stunning Spell and described Vizet as a referee deciding who could sit at the table.

President Jacques visited Morel's Wand Shop in France and chose a wand that felt perfectly suited to him. Madam Morel and Minister Bonaparte tested Vizet's wand and recognized that his wand-making skill surpassed hers.

• Minister Bonaparte persuaded President Jacques to visit Madam Morel instead of Ollivander's shop, and hurried him back to France.
• President Jacques tried several wands at Morel's Wand Shop and found one that felt like an extension of his hand.
• Madam Morel examined Vizet's wand and noted its Ollivander-style materials, precise craftsmanship, and comfortable feel.
• Madam Morel gave the wand to Minister Bonaparte, who cast Oppugno and found that the wand responded smoothly to his intent.
• Madam Morel concluded that Vizet's wand-making theory and techniques were more advanced than her own.

Madam Morel learned that Mr. Lovegood was behind the wand-making, ritual magic, and research that had drawn attention after the Paris Region Incident. The chapter ended with Minister Bonaparte confirming that Lovegood had also resolved the incident.

• President Jacques repeatedly tested his new wand while Minister Bonaparte tried to reassure Madam Morel about its quality.
• Madam Morel considered leaving her shop to travel and study, and Minister Bonaparte told her that Muggles had become Wizards.
• Madam Morel realized that the Mr. Lovegood who made the wand was the same person who had transformed Muggles through Ritual Magic and was involved in the research with English Wizards.
• Minister Bonaparte confirmed that Mr. Lovegood had also resolved the Paris Region Incident, leaving Madam Morel astonished that all these achievements belonged to one person.

Madam Morel decided to travel to England to visit Ollivander and Vizet, but was shocked to learn that Vizet was still a student and took a holiday instead. Carcas finished describing events he had watched through the Heavenly Eye, and Voldemort's group prepared for Dumbledore's interview.

• Madam Morel decided to settle her shop affairs and travel to England in a week to visit Ollivander and Vizet.
• Minister Bonaparte told Madam Morel that Vizet was still a student, leaving her stunned and prompting her to decide she needed a holiday.
• Madam Morel accidentally struck herself with a wand case while returning the cases to their places, then asked Minister Bonaparte and President Jacques to leave.
• Minister Bonaparte took President Jacques away and said seeing Mr. Lovegood would likely make Madam Morel feel worse.
• Carcas finished recounting what he had observed through the Heavenly Eye and asked Voldemort whether they wanted to rest rather than listen to Dumbledore's interview.

Voldemort and Herpo discussed Vizet’s Ritual Magic, which had seemingly enabled Muggles to cast spells, and Voldemort tortured Carcas over his astonishment. Voldemort then asked Barty Crouch Jr. what Vizet would do next, and Barty carefully pretended to share Voldemort’s contempt for him.

• Carcas reasoned that the Guardian and Dumbledore had planned the Ritual Magic and that the Muggles truly gained the ability to cast spells.
• Herpo recalled Voldemort’s earlier bloodline experiments and silently anticipated Carcas’s punishment.
• Voldemort stopped torturing Carcas and predicted that Vizet would publicize his results and invite Wizards to improve the Ritual Magic.
• Voldemort asked Barty Crouch Jr. what Vizet would do next, and Barty imitated his past self by denouncing Vizet and the Ritual Magic.

Barty Crouch Jr. endured nausea while praising Voldemort, and Herpo urged Voldemort to act before Vizet’s magic turned Muggles into Wizards. The chapter ended with Voldemort agreeing that their plan involved bringing Severus into an attempt to banish Vizet, while Barty considered waiting for a chance to intervene.

• Barty Crouch Jr. finished praising Voldemort, then retched and coughed as Voldemort watched with satisfaction.
• Carcas recovered enough to sit in an armchair, envied Barty’s submission, and remembered his former life in the Isaiah Society.
• Herpo warned Voldemort that Vizet’s magic could transform Muggles into Wizards and make their advantage vanish.
• Herpo explained that he feared transformed Muggles might become exceptions like Vizet, creating unpredictable risks when The Master descended.
• Voldemort recognized that Herpo wanted him to bring Severus into their plan to banish Vizet.
• Barty Crouch Jr. realized Vizet was crucial to their plan and resolved to stay hidden until he could act at a decisive moment.

Herpo proposed exploiting the Order of the Phoenix’s attachment to the dead and using a goblin-made artifact to capture Guardian. Voldemort rejected Herpo’s plan to verify the Ritual Magic through Severus and demanded proof of Herpo’s usefulness, leaving their scheme dependent on the goblins forging the artifact.

• Herpo argued that Guardian and Dumbledore had only brought Order of the Phoenix members into the Misty Illusory Realm to meet the dead, revealing an emotional weakness they could exploit.
• Voldemort dismissed Herpo’s proposed verification through Severus, saying it could expose Severus’s identity and that the Ritual Magic might appear in a Magical Theory journal later.
• Voldemort demanded that Herpo explain his role in the plan and show sincerity rather than offer conjectures.
• Herpo said he had prepared a goblin-made Magical Artifact, and explained that the goblins would cooperate because Gringotts and their status were at risk.
• Herpo said the artifact would use goblin forging techniques to bind and banish Guardian.

Herpo and Voldemort planned to plant something in the Department of Mysteries during Goblin-Ministry negotiations and have Barty Crouch Jr. lead a Guardian there. At Hogwarts, Filch struggled with the students’ attention after the news that Ritual Magic could turn Squibs into Wizards, while Vizet returned to the Great Hall to hear his classmates react to the reports.

• Herpo planned to place something in the Department of Mysteries during Goblin-Ministry negotiations so a servant could lead a Guardian there, and Voldemort praised him.
• Barty Crouch Jr. realized that he had one last chance to act and make up for his mistakes.
• After Rita Skeeter reported that Ritual Magic could transform Squibs into Wizards, students crowded around Filch to demand spell demonstrations until Professor McGonagall intervened.
• Vizet returned to the Great Hall with Luna, where Terry Boot showed him Rita Skeeter’s headline praising him as a figure defining a new era.
• Anthony Goldstein described how Pure-blood families had historically hidden or abandoned Squibs, and the students discussed their anger and fear over the change.

Vizet’s dormmates questioned him about Rita Skeeter’s exaggerated report on his work at St. Mungo’s, and he recounted the confrontation with Muggle officials. Their conversation also revealed the brutal ways Pure-blood Families had secretly disposed of Squibs, while Vizet’s account confirmed that Mr. Gustafsson had attacked a wizard.

• Vizet realized he had forgotten to restrain Rita Skeeter, whose Daily Prophet report about Squib rights was highly exaggerated.
• Anthony told Michael that Pure-blood Families had secretly killed Squibs to hide them from other families, and Michael postponed looking into the subject until after his O.W.L. Exam.
• Terry, Chris Moen, Anthony, and Michael asked Vizet what had happened at St. Mungo’s, and Vizet gave them a concise account of the challenges from Muggle officials.
• Vizet confirmed that Mr. Gustafsson had attacked a wizard while emotionally unstable, and he said the other Muggles had not protested.
• Vizet recalled seeing reports about the incident in other newspapers.

Vizet told his dormmates that he had experimented with making Muggles able to cast spells, shocking them and prompting questions about how the news connected to the recent Ritual Magic and Muggle officials’ resignations. Anthony suspected the magical world had not been told the full story, and the group was left considering that the truth might be too frightening for Rita Skeeter to report.

• Vizet found brief newspaper reports that Karl Gustafsson and Toivo Koskinen had resigned after Easter, and told his dormmates what he knew about the events.
• Anthony tried to ask Vizet about the Ritual Magic, and Vizet revealed that he had experimented to see whether Muggles could gain the ability to cast spells.
• Michael and Chris reacted with disbelief, while Terry argued that Vizet would not lie and that Muggles might be able to progress beyond using a 'Fake Wand.'
• Anthony explained that a relative had dismissed the report as a rumor, possibly spread by goblins to muddy the waters.
• Anthony connected the Muggle officials’ resignations to the news and suggested that Rita Skeeter’s account had skipped something important, since Muggles would not normally let wizards’ actions go unanswered.

Vizet explained to his dormmates that many people regarded as Muggles might actually be Squibs who had blended into the Muggle world, supporting his theory with what he had learned about werewolves. His friends accepted the possibility and ended the discussion admiring Vizet’s reasoning.

• Anthony told Terry that the Muggle inspectors knew nothing about Muggles using magic and had received no orders beyond their planned Hogwarts inspection.
• Michael, Chris, and Terry joked about how dangerous it would be to report Vizet’s claims, and Anthony warned that the Ministry might punish the person who reported him instead.
• Vizet pointed out that wizards often abandoned Squibs in the Muggle world, suggesting that many Squibs could be hidden among people considered Muggles.
• Vizet reminded his dormmates that Muggles bitten by werewolves could become werewolves, while bitten wizards became Werewolf Wizards.
• Vizet proposed that many Squibs had blended into and multiplied within the Muggle world, and Terry praised his insight by joking about saying “Vizet’s beard.”

Vizet explained that his Ritual Magic awakened the abilities of some Muggle officials who were Squibs, while others gained no magic and resigned. Anthony reasoned that the ritual had reshaped Muggle attitudes toward magic, and the group concluded that its uncertain results would deter future challenges to Vizet.

• Vizet said he had verified his hypothesis after treating Laurence Chirac, a victim of the Paris Region Incident whose Anorexia resembled the Family Hereditary Curse.
• Vizet explained that his second Ritual Magic had awakened magical talent in some Muggle high-level officials who were Squibs, rather than granting magic to all of them.
• Anthony connected the officials’ resignations to their failed attempt to establish a committee that would decide who could use magic.
• Anthony argued that the officials resigned to avoid political attacks and that the ritual would make Muggles more open to cooperating with wizards.
• Terry asked whether it had been an accident that some officials lacked magical talent, and Vizet said he had described it as an expected risk of his first experiment of that kind.
• Anthony and Terry concluded that the ritual’s uncertain outcome would give the Muggles room to act and make them less likely to challenge Vizet again.

Vizet explained how he had used Ancient Magic to let Muggle leaders experience magic, then told his dormmates that a Muggle editor had approached Mr. Lovegood about collaborating on a novel inspired by The Quibbler. The proposed book aimed to give readers a glimpse of the magical world, leaving the group eager to learn more.

• Vizet recalled using a Soul Stone to expose Peter Pettigrew's Animagus form when Cornelius Fudge tried to release him, though a Dementor immediately Kissed Pettigrew.
• Vizet explained that he had placed time-matured Ancient Magic in Karl Gustafsson's group, igniting their experience of magic before taking the power back.
• Michael, Anthony, Chris, and Terry discussed how recent events had made the Muggle world increasingly aware of magic.
• Vizet revealed that Mr. Lovegood had told him a Muggle editor, accompanied by Ministry staff, had asked Lovegood to serve as a magic consultant for a planned novel.
• Terry and the others reacted with excitement when Vizet said the editor hoped to build a portrayal of the real magical world from the imaginative contents of The Quibbler.

Vizet and his dormmates discussed Muggles learning about magic and agreed to wait for the Ministry of Magic to reveal the news about a Muggle becoming a wizard. After Draco told Vizet that Astoria had recovered, Vizet proposed using the Greengrass family’s thanks to establish a mutual aid society for people with hereditary curses, then headed to his career consultation.

• Vizet and his dormmates agreed that Muggles who had sought out Mr. Lovegood were already ready to learn about magic, and that the Ministry should disclose the news about a Muggle becoming a wizard.
• Anthony, Michael, Chris, and Terry each considered whether they would tell others about the Muggle wizard, while the group found a notice requiring O.W.L. students to meet their Heads of House about career plans.
• Draco told Vizet that Astoria had recovered and showed exceptional talent with the Amplifying Charm, and that the Greengrass sisters wanted to thank him.
• Vizet asked Draco to suggest that the Greengrass family use their gifts to fund a mutual aid society for hereditary curses, which would record patients’ conditions and receive his Potion Formulas and Ritual Magic Arrays.
• Draco offered his father’s help with the society and reminded Vizet that his career consultation was approaching, so Vizet prepared to find Professor Flitwick.

Draco decided to tell Lucius about Vizet’s plan to organize a mutual aid society for families affected by hereditary magical illnesses. As Vizet explained Astoria Greengrass’s curse to his dormmates, they learned how it could affect a wizard’s health, magic, and lifespan.

• Draco headed to the Slytherin Common Room to tell Lucius about Vizet’s idea, seeing the society as a way to help the Malfoy Family connect with other old wizarding families.
• Vizet’s dormmates questioned him about the Family Hereditary Curse, and Anthony linked the subject to Blood Curses and Blood-Curse Beasts.
• Vizet explained that he had met Astoria Greengrass at the Christmas Ball, given her a potion formula, and later improved it using information from Horace Slughorn and his own research.
• Vizet described the curse as a rare illness that could lie dormant in a family bloodline and weaken a sufferer’s body, magic, and lifespan.
• Chris asked Vizet how long people with the curse generally lived.

Vizet explained that he had developed a Treatment Plan for the Family Hereditary Curse with Horace Slughorn's help, though he wanted more successful cases before publishing it. As the group headed to Professor Flitwick's office, Michael wondered whether Flitwick would face pressure during career counseling because Vizet had received invitations from Wizards, but Vizet said he did not plan to pursue Quidditch professionally.

• Vizet described how the Family Hereditary Curse weakened sufferers and credited Horace Slughorn with helping refine the Treatment Plan.
• Michael pointed out that Vizet had seemingly solved a centuries-old curse while researching Squibs, and Vizet said he would publish the Treatment Plan after improving it with more cases.
• Terry realized that Vizet had asked Malfoy to help Wizarding families form a mutual aid group for the curse.
• As the dormmates walked toward Professor Flitwick's office, Michael suggested that career counseling might put Flitwick under pressure because of Vizet's prospects.
• Vizet confirmed that a Quidditch team had invited him to join after graduation, but said he viewed Quidditch as recreation rather than a career.

Vizet and his friends discussed Quidditch, Ludo Bagman, and their career plans while waiting for Professor Flitwick's career counseling. Michael joked that he could brew a Love Potion to become popular, and Terry emerged to call Anthony in next.

• Anthony, Vizet, Terry, Chris, and Michael discussed the Quidditch World Cup and criticized Ludo Bagman's work at the Ministry.
• Padma Pettier left Professor Flitwick's office and asked the group about their future careers, showing particular interest in Vizet.
• Michael said he planned to open a bar, while Vizet said he was still considering his future.
• Anthony teased Michael about studying Potions to brew Love Potion, and Vizet jokingly named Michael's imagined brew the 'Love Armor Potion.'
• Michael threatened to serve Anthony and Chris expired alcohol at his future bar, and Terry came out of the office to tell Anthony it was his turn.

Anthony and Vizet realized that Quidditch teams were sending Professor Flitwick packages and letters because of Vizet’s championship performance. Professor Flitwick welcomed the attention and praised Vizet’s abilities, while recognizing that Vizet still had to decide how to use his talents.

• Terry told Michael and Chris that Professor Flitwick supported his plan to work for L Publishing House and advised him to improve his Potion-making skills.
• Anthony reported seeing Quidditch team emblems on packages in Professor Flitwick’s office, and Vizet understood they were connected to him.
• Michael decided to focus on Charms so he could join Professor Flitwick’s N.E.W.T. class and eventually run a bar well.
• Vizet entered Professor Flitwick’s crowded office as more owls arrived with letters and packages, including one marked with the Ballycastle Bats emblem.
• Professor Flitwick said he enjoyed receiving praise and gifts for Vizet, praised Vizet’s abilities, and noted that Vizet still had to consider where to apply his talents.

During career counseling, Vizet told Professor Flitwick that he felt uncertain about choosing a future path, then explained his wish to explore overlooked magical phenomena and broaden the world for those who saw what others could not. Professor Flitwick admired Vizet’s idea, leaving their tea-party conversation on an encouraging note.

• Professor Flitwick asked Vizet what he wanted to do with his talents, and Vizet admitted that the many possible paths left him unsure.
• Professor Flitwick reassured Vizet that uncertainty was normal and turned the counseling session into a tea party.
• Vizet discussed the nature of magic, describing it as boundless and saying that unexplored spells might respond to belief.
• Vizet said his research into Dark Magic creatures suggested that creatures dismissed as legends could exist.
• Vizet explained that he wanted to investigate overlooked magical phenomena and help people who perceived unusual things feel less alone.
• Professor Flitwick praised Vizet’s idea.

Vizet demonstrated a spellcasting technique that used Muggle science and collective will to make the Full Body-Bind Curse freeze black tea and the Dance Step Charm heat it again. Professor Flitwick understood that the technique relied on shared ideas about molecular motion, though Vizet left its full potential unexplored.

• Vizet cast the Full Body-Bind Curse on black tea, freezing it solid and astonishing Professor Flitwick.
• Vizet cast the Dance Step Charm on the frozen tea, restoring it to its steaming state.
• Professor Flitwick asked whether Vizet had invented a new kind of magic, and Vizet explained that he had combined Muggle science with magic.
• Vizet linked the technique to his paper about the magical potential of Wizards, Squibs, Muggles, and magical creatures, describing Muggle will as vast and nature-like.
• Vizet explained that he used the shared idea that temperature came from molecular motion, while Professor Flitwick realized the Full Body-Bind Curse stopped the molecules and the Dance Step Charm set them moving.