Harry Comes Seeking Help

Resurrection Cage Grass could reverse the condition of any animal within it, wizards naturally included...

Though he had no idea why he had been wrapped up inside it, Sean reacted at once.

He immediately transformed into black smoke and flew out through the slowly closing opening.

The moment he emerged, Sean examined his body.

Sure enough, after only ten-odd seconds inside, Sean could feel subtle changes in his body. It could not quite be described as becoming younger, but his physical condition had indeed changed.

If I stayed in there all the time, wouldn't I grow younger and younger...? Sean muttered.

Only then did he look around.

This was a narrow cave, and the Resurrection Cage Grass that had just enveloped him stood right in its center.

"Damn... no wonder..." Sean sighed as he looked at the enormous plant before him.

He had previously gone to Neville to look at a hand-drawn illustration of Resurrection Cage Grass, so he could confirm that the plant before him was exactly that.

Normally, however, Resurrection Cage Grass was semicircular, with a round opening at the top roughly a dozen centimeters across. When an animal entered, the outer leaves would begin to close upward, eventually forming an oval shape, rather like a large rugby ball.

But the Resurrection Cage Grass before him was as large as a small room!

No wonder he had been completely engulfed the moment he transferred over. No wonder the food transfer process had lasted less than thirty seconds, yet produced such drastic changes.

With Resurrection Cage Grass this large, its effects would naturally be astonishing. Sean had every reason to suspect that this was one Hufflepuff had left behind, and it had continued growing ever since.

Still, Resurrection Cage Grass did not simply "resurrect" or "heal." Its effect was