Chapter Summaries

Wizet received a new wand and welcomed Harry and Arthur Weasley after Harry was rescued from the Dursleys, then went to Diagon Alley and observed Ollivander’s wandmaking process. The chapter ended as Ollivander began completing a wand while Wizet watched with his Magic Eye.

• Wizet chose a new oak wand with a Dragon Heartstring core, thirteen and three-quarter inches long and very flexible.
• Arthur Weasley brought Harry to Wizet’s home and explained that Vernon had starved and confined Harry for nearly five days.
• Arthur thanked Wizet with a basket of Molly’s Yorkshire Puddings and said he still needed to visit Amos.
• Wizet saw a banner announcing Gilderoy Lockhart’s upcoming signing event at Flourish and Blotts.
• Ollivander explained that potions were essential to wandmaking and that a magical contract prevented recording the process.
• Ollivander began making a wand as Wizet watched with his Magic Eye.

Wizet watched Ollivander craft a Dragon Heartstring wand and learned how the wand’s core groove and magical circuits affected its making. Ollivander then recalled how Severus Snape had replaced his wand in 1980 and hinted that finding a suitable wand required uncovering Snape’s hidden nature.

• Ollivander joined two pieces of magical wood around a Dragon Heartstring and used herbs, spells, and Magic Circuits to complete the wand.
• Wizet explained what he had learned about carving the core groove and identified herbs in the liquids, impressing Ollivander.
• Wizet credited Professor Snape for teaching him potion ingredients, and Ollivander recognized the name.
• Ollivander recalled that Snape’s ebony, Dragon Heartstring wand had stopped obeying him in 1980, prompting him to seek a replacement.
• Ollivander said repeated attempts and a glimpse of Snape’s true self had helped him find a wand that suited Snape.

Wizet and Ollivander discussed how timing and magical properties affected wandmaking, and Wizet realized that crafting a wand was a form of Ritual Magic. Ollivander explained that a wand served as a medium for an endlessly looping ritual, allowing wizards to cast magic repeatedly.

• Wizet inferred that wand cores had to be inserted at specific times, and Ollivander confirmed that timing helped restore magical properties lost during the fusion.
• Wizet asked whether the final steps of wandmaking used Ritual Magic and explained how studying wizarding murals in Sweden had helped him learn to cast spells.
• Wizet theorized that a wand was a universal form of Ritual Magic, and Ollivander said the wandmaking ritual abandoned its final result.
• Ollivander explained that the ritual looped indefinitely, with wand materials serving as a medium that supported a wizard's repeated spellcasting.
• Wizet praised the first wand designer for creating a tool that let wizards cast magic without performing Ritual Magic themselves.

Wizet completed his introductory wandmaking lessons with Ollivander, while Luna’s garden continued to flourish around the potted plant. In Diagon Alley, Wizet and Xenophilius encountered Gilderoy Lockhart at his autobiography signing, where Lockhart hinted he had an important announcement.

• Ollivander taught Wizet the theory of wandmaking, and Wizet completed the introductory lessons in a week and a half.
• Luna described how the potted plant had become a companion to the garden as the plants around it thrived.
• Xenophilius read Luna’s Hogwarts book list and suspected that Fudge was using Lockhart’s books to seize control of Hogwarts and Gringotts.
• Wizet noticed Diagon Alley crowded with fans attending Gilderoy Lockhart’s signing at Flourish and Blotts.
• Mr. Bagshot introduced Wizet, Luna, and Xenophilius to Lockhart as the creators of their book, and Lockhart said he had an important announcement to make.

Wizet met Lucius Malfoy at Flourish and Blotts, where Lucius reacted with sudden pain and hurried away with Draco. Bagshot then offered to pay for Wizet and Luna’s schoolbooks, while Gilderoy Lockhart announced that he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

• Gilderoy Lockhart arrived at his book signing and posed for the gathered reporters and fans.
• Lucius Malfoy met Bagshot and reacted painfully after making eye contact with Wizet, who somehow learned Lucius’s name.
• Lucius found Draco and insisted they leave, abandoning their shopping in Flourish and Blotts.
• Bagshot offered to buy Wizet and Luna’s schoolbooks, and Xenophilius accepted the generous offer.
• Lockhart brought Harry to the front of the signing and announced that he would become Hogwarts’ Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Lucius returned to Malfoy Manor and secretly discovered that the Dark Mark had reappeared on his arm, making him fear Voldemort might have returned. After the mark faded and pressing his arm did nothing, he began to calm down, though he remained troubled by his strange dream and the boy at Hogwarts.

• Lucius promised Draco a Flying Broomstick if Draco kept his own promises, then went upstairs to his study.
• Narcissa asked Lucius about his troubled appearance, and he told her that his dealings with Caractacus Burke had gone smoothly and that the Ministry was pursuing a Muggle Protection Act.
• Alone in his locked study, Lucius saw the Dark Mark appear on his left arm and wondered whether Voldemort had survived and who the boy at Hogwarts was.
• Lucius jabbed the spot where the mark had appeared, but nothing happened, and the skin remained merely reddened.
• After confirming that the mark had vanished without causing a burning sensation, Lucius rose and sat at his desk.

Lucius Malfoy considered using a mysterious notebook to frame Arthur Weasley, but the Dark Mark interrupted his plan. He questioned Draco about Wizet Lovegood and learned that Wizet had hunted Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest with a Centaur.

• Lucius recalled that Voldemort had given him a dust-free notebook bearing the name T. M. Riddle, and decided to use it to frame Arthur Weasley and oppose the Muggle Protection Act.
• Lucius remembered that the Dark Mark had flared while he was preparing to approach the Weasleys and slip them the notebook.
• Lucius asked Draco about Wizet Lovegood, learning that Wizet was a Ravenclaw who excelled at school and Quidditch and had helped stop a Dark wizard at Hogwarts.
• Draco admitted that after being sent to patrol the Forbidden Forest, he saw Wizet riding a Centaur who carried a giant spider leg.
• Draco told Lucius that the Centaur said Wizet had been hunting Acromantulas, confirming what Lucius's father had written in his diary.

Lucius connected Wizet Lovegood to Voldemort after his Dark Mark burned and urged Draco to befriend Wizet at Hogwarts. The T.M. Riddle notebook then slipped into Draco’s room, while Lucius remained unaware of its movements and prepared to meet other pure-blood families.

• Lucius told Draco to make contact with Wizet Lovegood at Hogwarts, explaining that befriending Harry Potter and a promising student close to Severus could benefit the Malfoy family.
• Lucius read Abraxas Malfoy's notebook about Voldemort's rise and saw similarities between the young Voldemort and Wizet.
• Lucius wondered whether Voldemort had returned to remind or warn him, then decided Draco should approach him and kept Abraxas's notebook close.
• The T.M. Riddle notebook released black mist into Lucius's nostrils and wandered into Draco's bedroom while the Malfoys slept.
• Draco found the notebook, mocked T.M. Riddle's name, and later told Lucius about it, but Lucius denied having such a notebook.
• Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, and Pansy Parkinson arrived at Malfoy Manor as Lucius asked after their fathers.

Ollivander taught Wizet the ingredients and principles behind activation potions, then began preparing him to brew one for a Willow Wood wand with a Unicorn Tail Hair core. Wizet’s precise work astonished Ollivander, who learned that Snape had trained him to keep improving his potion-making.

• Ollivander explained how mistletoe berries, Oak Sap, and Clover Essence formed the foundation of an activation potion, and Wizet correctly described their effects.
• Wizet suggested using vervain with a Unicorn Tail Hair core, and Ollivander approved before choosing Willow Wood and Unicorn Tail Hair for their example wand.
• Ollivander prepared more than ten sets of ingredients, expecting Wizet might need them to brew one successful cauldron of potion.
• Wizet processed every set quickly and precisely, maintaining consistent technique and little waste.
• Wizet asked Ollivander for advice as he habitually did after processing ingredients, then explained that Snape had taught him to seek continual improvement.
• Ollivander praised Wizet’s talent and reflected that a Hawthorn Wand could be rather twisted.

Wizet brewed a high-quality Vitality Potion on his first attempt under Ollivander’s guidance and inferred that it could give a wand soul-like qualities. Ollivander confirmed Wizet’s insight, and Wizet wondered what would happen if the potion’s properties were increased.

• Ollivander asked Wizet to brew a Vitality Potion while he explained each step, and Wizet agreed.
• Wizet followed Ollivander’s instructions and used his Magic Eye to adjust the brewing process as the potion changed color.
• Wizet completed the potion successfully on his first attempt, producing a clear, impurity-free brew that Ollivander praised.
• Ollivander offered Wizet the work of making his Vitality Potions, but Wizet said he lacked the required potioneer’s certificate.
• Wizet told Ollivander that the Vitality Potion could give a wand soul-like qualities, and Ollivander confirmed he had planned to explain that connection.
• Wizet asked what would happen if the potion’s different properties were increased.

Wizet used Ancient Magic: Potion Equilibrium Conversion to brew a Vitality Potion rich in soul traits, which awakened an ancient Ollivander family secret. The leather revealed an early wandmaking method and left Ollivander speculating that gods once communicated with all things through magic.

• Wizet agreed to try giving a Vitality Potion more soul traits, and Ollivander invited him to return after resting.
• Wizet brewed two batches to refine his technique, then used Ancient Magic: Potion Equilibrium Conversion during his third attempt to enrich the potion with soul traits.
• The magical woods in Ollivander's workshop trembled toward the finished potion, and Ollivander brought out an ancient leather secret to test it.
• Ollivander poured the Vitality Potion onto the leather, which revealed a robed figure communicating with plants and turning a branch into a powerful wand.
• Ollivander explained that the figure might have been an ancient wizard or a god, and suggested that wizards inherited traces of the gods' ability to communicate with all things.

Ollivander explained the Elder Wand’s deadly history and its ability to preserve magic, while Wizet continued learning wandmaking. Wizet completed a wand-core groove with surprising speed and received his junior potion-maker certificate.

• Ollivander told Wizet that the Elder Wand’s power and allure had repeatedly led its owners to slaughter and death.
• Wizet connected the Elder Wand to Emeric the Evil, Egbert the Egregious, and Godelot, then wondered whether the wand had preserved the Dark spells in Godelot’s book.
• Ollivander said the Elder Wand’s history inspired his wandmaking research, though he did not want its legacy to justify killing.
• Wizet carved a groove for unicorn tail hair and embedded the core, finishing the work far faster than Ollivander expected.
• Ollivander gave Wizet a Ministry-stamped junior potion-maker certificate after using Wizet’s Vitality Potion to bypass some procedures.

Wizet and Luna boarded the Hogwarts Express after saying goodbye to Xenophilius, and they met first-year Colin Creevey, who offered to share his photographs. Wizet promised to send Xenophilius magical photographs of Luna, then reunited with his roommates, who asked him about the giant tree in Sweden.

• Wizet and his companions helped first-year Colin Creevey through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Xenophilius said goodbye to Luna and asked Wizet to look after her, while Wizet offered to send him a magical photograph.
• Colin introduced himself, offered Wizet money and milk for brewing a developing potion, and agreed to lend him his Polaroid so he could photograph Luna for Xenophilius.
• Colin boarded the train with Wizet and Luna, then hurried through the corridor looking for Harry Potter.
• Michael Corner, Anthony, Terry Boot, and Chris joined Wizet and Luna in the compartment and asked about the giant tree in Sweden, which Wizet confirmed was near a wizarding ruin by Stockholm.

Anthony shared what Slughorn had remembered about Gilderoy Lockhart’s unimpressive school record and grand ambitions as the Hogwarts Express began its journey. Wizet kept Luna comfortable while reading Lockhart’s book, until Hermione arrived anxiously asking whether anyone had seen Harry and Ron.

• Anthony told Michael, Chris, Terry, and Wizet that Slughorn had taught Gilderoy Lockhart and recalled his average grades and eight hundred self-sent Valentine’s Day cards.
• The Hogwarts Express departed, and Wizet reassured Luna that they would write home together when they reached Hogwarts.
• Luna fell asleep against Wizet’s shoulder, and he used magic to place a pillow beneath her neck.
• Wizet read Gadding with Ghouls and noted its useful lessons about staying calm and finding ways to escape danger.
• Hermione arrived at the compartment and urgently asked whether anyone had seen Harry and Ron.

Hermione worried when Harry and Ron failed to appear, while Wizet reassured her that they would be safe. After Harry and Ron missed the entrance to Platform 9¾, Ron decided not to fly Arthur’s car to Hogwarts and waited for Arthur to return.

• Hermione told Wizet that she could not find Harry or Ron, and Wizet suggested they were probably waiting at the station.
• Harry and Ron crashed into the sealed barrier at Platform 9¾ and realized they had missed the Hogwarts train.
• Ron suggested flying Arthur’s car to Hogwarts, but remembered Wizet’s warnings and decided to wait for Arthur instead.
• Arthur found Harry and Ron in the car, and Ron explained what had happened.
• Mrs. Weasley praised Ron for waiting and hugged him, while Harry felt relieved they had not risked flying the car.

After the platform entrance was sealed, Ron and Harry waited at the Leaky Cauldron for a Hogwarts professor to take them to school. Snape arrived with an enchanted carriage and flew them toward Hogwarts under a Disillusionment Charm, leaving the boys frightened of the heights.

• Arthur returned to the Ministry while Mrs. Weasley took Ron and Harry to the Leaky Cauldron and waited for Hogwarts to send help.
• Ron and Harry guessed that Professor McGonagall or Hagrid would collect them, then dreaded seeing Snape arrive instead.
• Snape questioned Ron and Harry about what they had done after finding the platform entrance sealed, and Mrs. Weasley returned to accompany them.
• Snape led them to a horse-less carriage, where Mrs. Weasley loaded their luggage and said goodbye to the boys.
• Snape cast a Disillusionment Charm on Ron, Harry, the carriage, and himself, then flew them into the sky toward Hogwarts.
• Ron and Harry panicked as the carriage climbed above the clouds and regretted not driving themselves to Hogwarts.

Harry and Ron arrived at Hogwarts with Snape, who took them to his office and left them waiting for Professor McGonagall. After Wizet and Luna reached the school, Wizet rode in a carriage with Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson, where Draco tried to start a conversation with him.

• Snape escorted Harry and Ron to Hogwarts in a fast carriage pulled by an unseen creature that he fed raw meat.
• Snape brought Harry and Ron to his office and ordered them to wait for Professor McGonagall without touching a strange mushroom.
• Wizet and Luna woke on the train, and Wizet healed his roommates before leading Luna to Hagrid.
• Wizet left Luna with Hagrid and returned to the station to find Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson waiting in a carriage.
• Draco invited Wizet into the carriage, then eagerly agreed when Wizet guessed that a magical creature might be pulling it.

Draco Malfoy tried to follow his parents’ instructions by befriending Wizet Lovegood during their carriage ride to Hogwarts. After bonding over dark magic, Wizet left Draco to rejoin his friends, and Draco wondered whether Wizet would help him find something he lost.

• Goyle and Crabbe took a carriage toward the Great Hall while Draco rode with Wizet and tried to start a conversation.
• Draco told Wizet about Borgin and Burkes, and Wizet identified the danger of its Opal Necklace as a likely deadly curse.
• Wizet and Draco discussed dark magic until their carriage stopped near Trevor the toad.
• Wizet used magic to catch Trevor and explained that he belonged to Neville Longbottom.
• Wizet left to join his friends, and Draco asked whether he would help find something Draco lost.

Wizet returned Trevor to Neville and reunited with Harry, Ron, and Hermione before they entered the Great Hall for the start-of-term feast. The Sorting Hat sang a new song and began sorting the first-years, placing Luna in Ravenclaw.

• Pansy mocked Wizet's toad, while Draco wondered what his friends would do if he lost something.
• Wizet returned Trevor to Neville, who thanked him, and Harry and Ron described being stuck in Snape's office until Professor McGonagall rescued them.
• Wizet entered the Great Hall, greeted Flitwick, and noticed Lockhart talking to him at the teachers' table.
• Professor McGonagall brought in the first-years, and the Sorting Hat sang a new song before beginning the ceremony.
• Colin Creevey was sorted into Gryffindor, and Luna Lovegood was sorted into Ravenclaw.

Luna told Wizet that the Sorting Hat had struggled to sort him and planned to perform a death metal Sorting Song with a band next year. After Hogwarts’s opening feast and announcements, Wizet and Luna began planning a magical three-dimensional painting to send to Xenophilius.

• Luna told Wizet that the Sorting Hat had wanted to place her in Ravenclaw but had spent extra time talking with her, and that it had shared stories about sorting Wizet.
• Luna said the Sorting Hat had learned about death metal and planned to ask Dumbledore to invite a band to perform with it next year.
• Ginny Weasley was sorted into Gryffindor, and the final new student was sorted into Hufflepuff.
• Dumbledore welcomed the students, served the start-of-term feast, and announced that Gilderoy Lockhart was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• After the feast, Luna met Wizet in the Ravenclaw common room to write to Xenophilius, and they decided to make him a magical pop-up painting.
• Wizet considered how to craft the painting and planned to improve on the idea using what he had learned from Grindelwald's Notebook.