Chapter Summaries

Wes uncovered the Marauder’s Map’s magic, borrowed it from Fred and George, and spotted Peter Pettigrew near Ron. The next morning, after Pettigrew escaped Crookshanks again, Wes followed the cat under a Disillusionment Charm.

• Wes pulled Hermione and Ron away from Draco and his Slytherin companions before their argument could draw more attention.
• Wes revealed the Marauder’s Map and explained its magical principles to Fred and George, who lent it to him for a few days.
• After Fred and George left, Wes noticed Peter Pettigrew’s name beside Ron’s on the map.
• Crookshanks chased Scabbers through Harry and Ron’s dormitory, but Pettigrew escaped through the door and evaded the cat again.
• Wes used a Disillusionment Charm to follow Crookshanks as the cat searched for Pettigrew’s trail.

Wes followed Crookshanks to a ruined house and found Sirius Black hiding there in his dog form. After feeding Sirius and explaining how he tracked him down, Wes asked what Sirius planned to do next, and Sirius said he would rely on Crookshanks to catch Peter Pettigrew.

• Crookshanks left Hogwarts and led Wes to a dilapidated house, where he met a starving black dog.
• Wes revealed that he knew the dog was Sirius Black and that Peter Pettigrew was alive and had framed him.
• Sirius transformed into a man, and Wes conjured food for him; Sirius ate hungrily and broke down in tears.
• Wes explained that Crookshanks had led him to Sirius and showed him the Marauder's Map.
• Sirius said he planned to catch Pettigrew, but Wes challenged his confidence in Crookshanks finding the rat.

Wes arranged a deal with Sirius Black for the House of Black's records in exchange for help catching Peter Pettigrew. After disguising Sirius as a kitten and bringing him past the Dementors, Wes revealed him to Dumbledore and Professor Lupin.

• Sirius agreed to give Wes the House of Black's documents and records and signed a contract.
• Wes persuaded Sirius to meet Dumbledore and Professor Lupin, then gave him clean clothes and transformed him into a black kitten.
• Crookshanks carried Sirius into Hogwarts, where the Dementors failed to recognize him.
• Wes brought Sirius to Dumbledore's office and summoned Professor Lupin.
• Wes ended the Transfiguration Charm, and Lupin recognized Sirius as his old friend.

Wes revealed that Sirius was innocent and Peter Pettigrew had betrayed James and Lily, then helped capture Peter at Hogwarts. In Dumbledore’s office, Lupin recognized Peter after he was forced back into human form, but Dumbledore stopped Lupin before he could continue torturing him.

• Wes showed the Marauder's Map and Peter Pettigrew’s name, and Sirius explained how Peter had betrayed James and Lily.
• Lupin believed Sirius, hugged him, then punched him and called him selfish and stupid.
• Wes, Sirius, Lupin, and Dumbledore used the map and Crookshanks to corner Peter, and Wes stunned him.
• Wes put Peter in a cage, and Lupin confirmed his identity by his Animagus form and missing toe.
• Lupin cast the Cruciatus Curse on Peter, who reverted to human form before Dumbledore stopped him.

Sirius and Lupin exposed Peter Pettigrew as the one who betrayed James and Lily, clearing Sirius of the truth but leaving him overwhelmed with guilt. Lupin reminded Sirius of his responsibility to Harry, and Sirius resolved to see him, though Dumbledore urged him to wait until his charges were cleared.

• Sirius seized Peter Pettigrew in Dumbledore's office, and Peter tried to blame Sirius for his capture.
• Wes gave Lupin Veritaserum, and Peter confessed that he had been James and Lily's Secret Keeper and had revealed their location to Voldemort out of fear.
• Sirius blamed himself for James and Lily's deaths, while Lupin condemned Peter as a coward.
• Lupin reminded Sirius that he was Harry's godfather, and Sirius regained hope and decided to find Harry.
• Lupin stopped Sirius from leaving because his wanted posters were everywhere, and Dumbledore urged him to wait until Peter's capture cleared his charges.

Dumbledore secured Peter Pettigrew in an enchanted cabinet and arranged for Sirius to hide at Hogwarts as Wes’s supposed pet, Black Tiger. Sirius grew close to Harry, who gradually overcame his fear of the dog, while Black Tiger became a familiar presence around the school.

• Dumbledore bound Peter Pettigrew with a rune-covered chain and locked him in an old cabinet while he contacted the Ministry of Magic.
• Wes took Sirius in his dog form and Crookshanks from the Headmaster’s Office, and Lupin joked that the dog should be called Black Tiger before returning to teach.
• Hermione found Crookshanks, and Ron followed them angrily, demanding to know what the cat had done to Scabbers.
• Sirius knocked Harry down, but Wes explained that the dog was harmless and Harry cautiously petted and fed him.
• Hogwarts students learned that Wes had adopted Black Tiger, who began waiting for Harry outside class and following him around.

Harry and Hermione discussed Black Tiger and Ron's missing rat, while Harry continued caring for the dog. At the rainy Gryffindor–Hufflepuff Quidditch match, Dementors began approaching the pitch unnoticed.

• Harry and Hermione discussed Black Tiger's possible magical ancestry, and Harry explained that Ron was worried because Scabbers had been missing for days.
• Hermione left Crookshanks with Harry, who comforted the underfed Sirius Black while Crookshanks showed his disdain for the dog.
• Wes sealed Sirius Black's mouth after listening to him repeatedly praise Harry.
• Oliver Wood pressured Harry to catch the Golden Snitch as Gryffindor prepared to face Hufflepuff in the rain.
• Dumbledore watched the intense match beside Wes as heavy rain reduced visibility and caused several collisions.
• Dementors stationed around Hogwarts began moving toward the Quidditch pitch, unseen by the spectators.

Dementors invaded the Quidditch match, causing Harry to fall from his broom before Dumbledore drove them away with a powerful Patronus. The attack forced the Ministry to recall the Dementors and gave Dumbledore leverage to press Fudge over Sirius Black’s wrongful conviction, while Wes finished studying Dumbledore’s books.

• Harry spotted the Golden Snitch, but a Dementor frightened him into unconsciousness and he fell from his broom.
• Dumbledore slowed Harry’s fall with Arresto Momentum, while Cedric caught the Snitch and Sirius Black rushed to check on Harry.
• Dumbledore’s phoenix Patronus protected the pitch and drove the Dementors away, and he declined Wes’s offer to intervene so he could use the invasion to pressure the Ministry over Sirius Black.
• Harry recovered in the school infirmary, and Cedric called for a rematch because Hufflepuff’s victory had come under unfair circumstances.
• After public outrage, Fudge ordered the Dementors back to Azkaban and began drafting a compromise in response to Dumbledore’s letter about Sirius Black.
• Wes finished mastering the books Dumbledore had given him.

Harry asked Wes to teach him the Patronus Charm, but Wes directed him to Professor Lupin, who had the skill and experience to help. At The Three Broomsticks Inn, Dumbledore negotiated with Fudge and Umbridge over Sirius Black, and the Ministry agreed to remove Black from its wanted list while delaying his formal exoneration until Peter Pettigrew was interrogated.

• Harry visited Wes's office and asked how to cast the spell that drove away Dementors.
• Wes told Harry that the spell was the difficult Patronus Charm and advised him to seek instruction from Professor Lupin.
• Harry left to find Lupin, with Sirius Black following him in his dog form.
• Dumbledore brought Wes to The Three Broomsticks Inn for a meeting with Fudge and Dolores Umbridge.
• Dumbledore challenged Fudge over the Dementors' attack and Sirius Black's false accusation, while Umbridge tried to ease the tension.
• Dumbledore and Fudge agreed that the Ministry would lift Sirius Black's wanted status but would not formally clear him until Peter Pettigrew had been interrogated.

After giving Wes the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Dumbledore watched him leave as Harry reunited with Sirius, though Sirius still could not regain custody. Wes traveled to Cairo to study Ancient Egyptian with Evelyn and, after meeting her brother Jonathan, offered to fund their expedition to Hamunaptra.

• Dumbledore gave Wes the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and Wes hurried off to study it.
• Harry embraced Sirius after Dumbledore and Lupin vouched for him, but Sirius remained unable to regain custody of Harry.
• Wes traveled to Cairo and hired Evelyn to tutor him in Ancient Egyptian.
• Wes met Evelyn's brother Jonathan, who revealed that they had found a map to Hamunaptra before it was accidentally burned.
• Wes offered to fund Jonathan and Evelyn's expedition, saying he wanted to study Egyptian history and culture.

Wes, Evelyn, and Jonathan recruited O'Connell to lead them to Hamunaptra and funded preparations for the journey. O'Connell warned Wes that the desert was dangerous, while Wes sensed an unfamiliar power in him.

• Wes gave Jonathan gold to fund the expedition and promised to take only two items from Hamunaptra's treasure.
• Jonathan and Evelyn met O'Connell in prison, where Evelyn showed him the Mysterious Box and asked about Hamunaptra.
• O'Connell kissed Evelyn, was beaten by a guard, and demanded that they free him; Jonathan and Evelyn paid ten gold coins to bail him out.
• O'Connell asked Jonathan for money to buy equipment, and the two returned to the hotel with firearms, ammunition, and dynamite.
• O'Connell warned that Hamunaptra had troublesome guards, and Wes sensed an unfamiliar power in him before O'Connell questioned Wes's ability to survive the desert.

Wes and his companions traveled toward Hamunaptra, where Medjai Warriors attacked and burned their ocean liner. After reaching the hidden city ahead of the Americans, Wes and the others entered Hamunaptra as Benny arrived too late.

• O'Connell encountered his former comrade Benny aboard the ocean liner, while Wes sensed the Medjai Warriors boarding at night and concealed himself after protecting Evelyn with Protego.
• O'Connell fought the Medjai Warriors, whose mysterious power transferred to him as they fell, and the warriors set the ship ablaze; O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan, and Wes escaped to shore.
• Wes deflected O'Connell's questions about his identity, and the group bought six camels before pursuing the Americans across the desert.
• At sunrise, Hamunaptra appeared, and O'Connell led the group racing toward the city before the entrance window closed.
• Wes used magic to speed up their camels, allowing his group to enter Hamunaptra before Benny and the Americans arrived.

Wes found the Book of the Sun in the statue of the sun god after using magic to reveal the High Priest's coffin in the wrong chamber. He sensed a presence watching him, thanked the statue of Ra, and returned to the surface at night while the others believed their search had failed.

• O'Connell gave Evelyn and Jonathan pistols, but Wes refused one because he sensed the power protecting Hamunaptra.
• Evelyn identified the statue of Anubis and said the Book of the Sun was buried nearby, prompting Jonathan to hurry underground.
• Evelyn led the group away from the Americans to a chamber beneath the god of death, where Wes blasted open the earth and exposed the High Priest's coffin.
• Wes told the others the Book of the Sun was hidden in the statue of the sun god, then rushed off as Jonathan, Evelyn, and O'Connell questioned his power and identity.
• Wes found the golden Book of the Sun by the statue of Ra, sensed he was being watched, bowed to the statue, and left the underground palace.
• Wes returned to the surface at night, where Jonathan complained that the group had found nothing but a coffin.

Wes revealed that Hamunaptra’s curse was real and told O'Connell, Evelyn, and Jonathan the story of Imhotep and Anck-su-namun. After demonstrating his magic, he admitted that he was a Wizard, leaving the group convinced of his identity but worried about the curse.

• O'Connell confronted Wes about his hidden purpose, but Medjai Warriors attacked the camp before Wes could answer.
• O'Connell, Jonathan, and the Americans fought the Medjai Warriors until Amir ordered them to leave Hamunaptra within a day or face the curse.
• Around the campfire, Wes warned the group that Hamunaptra had a real curse and recounted the story of Imhotep and Anck-su-namun.
• Wes conjured a flame and froze it to prove he was a Wizard, and the others eventually believed him.
• Wes confirmed to Evelyn that the curse of Hamunaptra truly existed.

Evelyn and the others opened Imhotep’s sarcophagus and learned he had been mummified alive under the Curse of the Scarab. Later, Evelyn stole the Book of the Dead from an American professor, but O’Connell caught her in the act.

• Evelyn persuaded Jonathan to stay at Hamunaptra until sunset so they could continue exploring.
• Evelyn used the Mysterious Box to open Imhotep’s sarcophagus and discovered his mummy and the signs of his terrible punishment.
• Jonathan searched the coffin for treasure, while the Americans mocked him with their canopic jars.
• Wes tried and failed to summon the Book of the Dead, then searched for the American who had taken it.
• Evelyn spotted the Americans’ Book of the Dead and sneaked over to steal it while its owner slept.
• O’Connell spoke up as Evelyn was about to leave and told her that she was stealing.

After Evelyn accidentally resurrected Imhotep by reading from the Book of the Dead, a locust plague drove the group into the underground palace, where Wes confronted the newly awakened high priest. Imhotep escaped Wes’s killing curse as sand, while Wes kept the book and warned the others to leave Egypt.

• Evelyn opened the Book of the Dead and read an incantation, summoning a massive swarm of locusts to Hamunaptra.
• O'Connell led Evelyn and the others toward the underground palace as Wes burned through one swarm with a fiery tornado; the American professor stayed behind and was devoured.
• Wes sealed the underground palace, took the Book of the Dead from Evelyn, and advised everyone to leave Egypt before heading deeper inside.
• The Americans chose to seek more treasure, while O'Connell and two others planned to leave; meanwhile, Imhotep searched the underground palace for the five canopic jars taken by the Americans.
• Wes confronted Imhotep and cast Avada Kedavra, but Imhotep turned into sand and escaped, warning that it was not yet time to fight.

Wes fought Imhotep in the underground palace, using spells and enchanted scarabs against the high priest’s insect swarms and magic. Imhotep escaped the assault by turning into sand, and Wes’s search devices failed to locate him.

• Wes followed agonized screams and found Imhotep draining life from several people to restore his body.
• Imhotep summoned scarabs to attack Wes, but Wes took control of them with a spell from The Book of the Sun.
• Imhotep unleashed locusts, and Wes enlarged the scarabs until they devoured the swarm.
• Imhotep absorbed the remaining scarabs, so Wes stopped them and attacked him with Fiendfyre, barriers, and Avada Kedavra.
• Imhotep turned into yellow sand to evade Wes’s spells, and Wes sent alchemical tracking spheres through the palace, but they found no clues.

Wes found that Imhotep had left the underground temple and returned to Cairo, where the Ten Plagues began. As Cairo’s people prayed amid the disasters, Wes suspected the Egyptian gods had arranged Imhotep’s resurrection to restore faith, and saw Imhotep, O'Connell, and Evelyn as their pawns.

• Wes searched the underground temple, found no trace of Imhotep, and reached the hotel before O'Connell, Evelyn, and Jonathan.
• Evelyn insisted on staying in Egypt to atone for releasing Imhotep, while O'Connell and Jonathan argued that they should leave.
• The hotel’s fountain and Cairo’s river turned to blood, and hail battered the city as people realized the Ten Plagues had begun.
• Wes noticed that the plagues had so far been limited to Cairo and that only the Plague of Locusts, the Plague of Hail, and the Plague of Blood had appeared.
• As Cairo’s people prayed, Wes wondered whether their faith was being drawn away and concluded that the gods might have arranged the disasters to restore belief in the ancient faith.

After the Egyptian gods ended the hail and restored the river, Wes suspected they had staged the miracle to preserve their fading influence. He interrupted Imhotep’s attempt to complete his resurrection, then pursued him through Cairo as their magical battle escalated.

• The hail stopped and the river cleared, prompting people to praise the Egyptian gods while Wes suspected they had intervened to maintain their authority.
• Imhotep entered Evelyn’s room intending to use her as the final vessel for Anck-su-namun, but Wes confronted him before he could act.
• O’Connell and the others rushed into the room, and Imhotep attacked with a sandstorm before fleeing when a white cat appeared.
• Wes followed Imhotep into the skies above Cairo, where he blocked a river attack with an Ice Wall and fought off locusts and summoned creatures.
• Imhotep turned a temple and its monks into sand and mummies, and Wes countered by burning them with black flames that formed eagles and dove toward Imhotep.

Imhotep resurrected and hurried to Hamunaptra to begin the ritual for Anck-su-namun, while Wes bargained with him over the Book of the Dead. As Imhotep attacked O'Connell's plane with a sandstorm, Evelyn kissed him to interrupt his magic.

• Imhotep escaped Wes by summoning a massive sand tornado, then trapped O'Connell, Evelyn, and their companions among Cairo's controlled citizens.
• Imhotep fully resurrected after absorbing the last American's life force, and Evelyn threatened suicide to make him spare O'Connell and the others.
• O'Connell escaped Cairo through the sewers, and Wes confronted Imhotep with the Book of the Dead before agreeing to go with him to Hamunaptra.
• Imhotep led Wes, Evelyn, and Benny to Hamunaptra as dawn approached, while O'Connell, Amir, and Jonathan flew toward them in an airplane.
• Imhotep raised a sandstorm to endanger the plane, and Evelyn kissed him to interrupt his magic and give the passengers a chance to escape.