Chapter Summaries

Wizet investigated the Daily Prophet’s accusations against Dumbledore and learned from Penelope that Hogwarts students had been poisoned and Ministry Aurors were investigating. The reports continued to blame Dumbledore, while Wizet concluded that the Ministry and pure-blood families might be working to undermine him.

• Wizet used Dumbledore’s bookmark to ask about the reports, and Dumbledore said the situation was within his expectations and told Wizet not to worry.
• Rita Skeeter published an article accusing Dumbledore of torturing Mrs Norris, and the Daily Prophet reported that Ministry Aurors had been sent to Hogwarts.
• When Dumbledore stopped replying, Wizet wrote to Penelope Clearwater, who confirmed that students had been poisoned with a curse-laced toxin and that Aurors and Hit Wizards had arrived.
• Penelope’s letter led Wizet to suspect that the Ministry of Magic was involved in the effort against Dumbledore.
• Rita Skeeter published another report accusing Dumbledore of poisoning students, and Wizet recognized that the reports were meant to weaken Dumbledore’s influence.

Students returned to Hogwarts amid rumors about the Daily Prophet’s reports on Dumbledore and Lockhart, and Wizet questioned Dumbledore about Lockhart, Dobby, and the Ministry’s hostility. Dumbledore began to share memories of his youth, leaving Wizet facing an untold story from the Headmaster’s past.

• Students on the Hogwarts Express discussed Rita Skeeter’s reports and Lockhart’s supposed antidote for the unconscious students.
• Wizet noticed Lockhart wore a turban at the feast and later asked Dumbledore whether anything was wrong with him.
• Dumbledore said Lockhart showed no signs of Voldemort’s possession and explained that wand backlash had cost him his hair.
• Wizet told Dumbledore that Lucius Malfoy had sent Dobby to him and that he had signed the House-elf to a paid contract with holidays.
• Wizet and Dumbledore discussed the Ministry’s hostility, Cornelius Fudge, and the dangers of power.
• Dumbledore took out the Pensieve and spoke of his conflicted memories of being young.

Wizet watched Snape and Dumbledore investigate Marcus Flint’s loss of vitality and concluded that an alien soul was draining him through his blood. Back in the Headmaster’s Office, Dumbledore connected Lockhart’s role to Voldemort and revealed that Wizet’s behavior resembled Tom Riddle’s.

• Wizet entered Dumbledore’s memory and watched Snape test potions on Marcus Flint, whose vitality continued to fade.
• Wizet deduced that a soul other than Marcus Flint’s was draining his vitality through his blood.
• Wizet asked whether Lockhart had caused the poisoning, and Dumbledore confirmed that Lockhart had stopped the vitality drain but was likely only an accomplice.
• Dumbledore suggested the events resembled Voldemort’s past, and Wizet inferred that another fragment of Voldemort’s soul might be involved.
• Dumbledore revealed that Voldemort had once been called Tom Marvolo Riddle and described his ambition and social tactics, leaving Wizet to recognize similarities to himself.

Wizet learned that Dumbledore planned to leave Hogwarts voluntarily, using the Ministry and pure-blood families’ campaign against him to pursue several goals. Dumbledore asked Wizet to protect Hogwarts and help Harry if he faced danger, leaving Wizet determined not to let Dumbledore burn himself out.

• Dumbledore told Wizet that his choice to enter Ravenclaw set him apart from Tom Riddle and explained how Voldemort had woven pure-blood families, the Daily Prophet, and the Ministry into a scheme to drive him from Hogwarts.
• Wizet asked whether they should deal with Lockhart, and Dumbledore said he would move matters forward by voluntarily leaving under pressure from the Ministry and the Board of Governors.
• Dumbledore explained that Fudge’s impatience gave him a chance to reduce pure-blood influence on the Board and solve three problems at once.
• Dumbledore told Wizet that his arrival had helped him cast off restraints, and said he had found someone who could let him act more to make up for past mistakes.
• Dumbledore asked Wizet to protect Hogwarts and help Harry if he encountered danger while Dumbledore was away.
• After leaving the Headmaster’s Office, Wizet worried that Dumbledore’s renewed resolve meant he was moving toward his own destruction.

Wizet and Luna set out with Hagrid, Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall to find the mysterious altar in the Forbidden Forest. As they followed Wizet’s spell deeper into the woods, a Centaur confronted them and fired an arrow near Hagrid.

• Wizet used the Four-Point Spell to confirm the altar’s location on the Marauders’ notebook map.
• Wizet gave Luna a dragon-hide cuirass, and she fastened it on before they left.
• Hagrid led Wizet, Luna, Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall into the Forbidden Forest while warning them about dangerous creatures and plants.
• Wizet used the Four-Point Spell again to guide the group farther into the forest.
• A black Centaur ordered the group to stop and shot an arrow into the ground in front of Hagrid.

Wizet reached the Primordial Altar with Dumbledore, Luna, and Bane, then used Ancient Magic and weather charms to activate it. He began the Animagus transformation by drinking the potion and reciting the incantation, as two powerful heartbeats overwhelmed him.

• Wizet told Bane he had once encountered a Unicorn and asked him to guide the group to the altar.
• Bane led Wizet, Dumbledore, and Luna through the Centaur settlement and recounted a nursery rhyme about the Primordial Altar appearing after a storm.
• Wizet placed crystals in the altar and used Ancient Magic to make its Runes glow.
• Wizet cast the Rainstorm Charm and the Thunderbolt and Lightning Charm, filling the sky above the Forbidden Forest with a violent storm.
• With Professor McGonagall encouraging Luna to guide him, Wizet drank the blood-red potion and began the Animagus transformation.
• Wizet felt intense pain and two separate heartbeats merge into a pounding rhythm.

Wizet completed his first Animagus transformation and discovered that the soul could be shaped like clothing. He became an unusually large golden eagle, then returned to reality eager to reassure Luna.

• Wizet restrained and merged the animal instincts until the Animagus potion gave him a third-person view of his soul melting into an animal-shaped mold.
• Wizet realized that the soul could be merged and molded, much like the Crabclaw Orchid he had transformed.
• Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall watched Wizet transform into a giant golden eagle with bronze and brownish-gold feathers and fiery-red wing tips.
• Luna sensed that Wizet remained lucid, and Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore trusted her judgment as he studied his discovery.
• Wizet returned from the third-person perspective and chirped toward Luna after seeing how worried she was.

Wizet tested how his Animagus form could use spells, then entered a vast magical starfield and gained insight into Animagus magic and Protego Diabolica. Back in his body, he focused on the Thunder page in Wizard's Practical Guide and invoked Ansuz to pursue a stronger rebirth.

• Wizet used magical memories to cast Levitation and Severing spells through his golden eagle form, but Reparo failed.
• Wizet realized that only spells connected to his Animagus form could be cast through magical memories.
• Wizard's Practical Guide and the Phoenix Mark drew Wizet into a brilliant galaxy, where he strengthened the possibilities of Animagus by articulating his understanding of it.
• Wizet saw Snape's Sectumsempra spell and Gellert Grindelwald's Protego Diabolica, whose basic casting method he grasped before returning to reality.
• Wizet opened the Thunder page in Wizard's Practical Guide and said, "Ansuz!"

Wizet’s Animagus transformation changed his golden eagle form into a phoenix, and Luna helped him endure the painful change. He regained control and flew into the sky with Luna on his back, but Professor McGonagall explained that he still needed to release his instincts before he could change back.

• Wizet channeled the Ancient Magic Power in the Wizard's Practical Guide into the altar, and silvery-blue lightning struck him as his golden eagle form transformed into a phoenix.
• Dumbledore protected Hagrid, Professor McGonagall, and Luna with magical force fields while Luna approached Wizet and called his name.
• Wizet struggled against the painful flames of transformation until Luna’s voice helped him regain control and the heat subsided.
• Luna reassured Wizet that she would stay with him even if he remained a phoenix, then climbed onto his back as he flew into the sky.
• Professor McGonagall told Hagrid that Wizet still needed to release his instincts before he could return to human form.

Wizet mastered the Phoenix Form Animagus transformation while Luna comforted him, believing he might never become human again. He transformed back after Luna woke, and the two shared a moment beneath a rainbow as Fred, George, and Wood trained on the Quidditch pitch.

• Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Hagrid watched Wizet fly with Luna and discussed his unusual Animagus transformation.
• Luna reassured Wizet that she would find a way to help him or make a life with him as a phoenix, then fell asleep on his back.
• Wizet flew to the Quidditch pitch, where Wizard's Practical Guide revealed the Ancient Magic for the Phoenix Form Animagus transformation.
• Wizet stayed in phoenix form until Luna woke, then transformed back into a human and apologized for worrying her.
• Luna told Wizet that nothing would change between them, and they admired a rainbow together.
• Fred and George mistook Wizet's voice for a hallucination while Wood ordered them to continue training.

Wizet and the M.S.C. members considered how to meet a large new order for Coolik by building a Magic Printing Press. Wizet offered high-purity crystals to help fund it, leaving Fred and George ready to proceed with an IOU.

• Wizet reflected on how the people around him had influenced him and continued preparing his Animagus transformation paper for the professors.
• Hannah and Luna helped make the Mystic Corridor more comfortable by adding magical plants and repaired furniture.
• Hannah shared an order for Coolik from her great-uncle, who would place a much larger summer order if it sold well.
• Luna proposed using a machine to make Coolik, and Fred and George identified a Magic Printing Press as a possible solution.
• Wizet suggested powering the press with a magical pattern based on house-elf magic, but Fred and George worried about the cost of crystal.
• Wizet offered to provide high-purity crystals, and George proposed that Fred and George repay him with an IOU.

Wizet and his friends discussed building a machine to produce Coolik, then Wizet’s Patronus settled into the shape of a phoenix during his lesson with Snape. After learning how to conceal it and asking about making Phoenix Tears, Wizet realized the process might connect to Ancient Magic Power brewed over time.

• Fred and George discussed the design of Wizet’s magical Coolik machine, while Neville suggested an automatic stirring cauldron and Wizet explained it would not preserve Coolik’s base essence.
• Wizet went to Snape’s office, where Snape deducted five Ravenclaw points before beginning their lesson.
• Wizet cast a phoenix Patronus, and Snape explained methods to conceal its distinctive form.
• Wizet tested Snape’s idea by changing his Animagus form before casting, producing a golden eagle Patronus and then a misty one.
• Wizet asked Snape how to create Phoenix Tears, and Snape explained that Ritual Magic required related materials, time, and stable weather.
• Wizet connected Snape’s explanation about time to his failed attempt at making Phoenix Tears and the Ancient Magic Power brewed over time.

Wizet successfully created genuine Phoenix Tears but left them with Snape after their tense exchange. He later told Harry that the strange voice he heard likely meant he could speak Parseltongue, and offered him a magical item to keep ordinary snakes away.

• Wizet created a genuine drop of Phoenix Tears by shedding a tear in phoenix Animagus form and adding Ancient Magic Power aged by time.
• Snape reacted angrily to Wizet's trust in him, pointed his wand at Wizet, and ended their lesson; Wizet left the tears behind.
• Wizet encountered Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who were discussing a strange voice Harry had heard coming from underground.
• Wizet told Harry that the voice suggested he could speak Parseltongue, and Hermione explained its association with Salazar Slytherin.
• Wizet spoke Parseltongue to the group and encouraged Harry to face his ability, offering him an item to keep ordinary snakes away.

Wizet showed Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall a potion formula for achieving a second Animagus form, which he had developed with knowledge from another formula. When Wizet described entering a wondrous realm, Dumbledore identified it as the Otherworld and asked whether Wizet had learned magic there.

• Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall she could oversee the guards, and she eagerly agreed.
• Wizet gave Professor McGonagall his completed paper and showed Dumbledore a potion formula intended to help achieve a second Animagus form.
• Dumbledore recognized that the formula combined ideas from Polyjuice Potion and Animagus practice, while Professor McGonagall praised its use of powdered Moonstone.
• Wizet described finding another formula in a wondrous world, and Dumbledore explained that wizards called the realm Alaya-vijnana, Logos, or the Otherworld.
• Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Wizet shared what they had encountered in the realm, and Dumbledore asked if Wizet had learned magic there.

Wizet demonstrated that he could control Protego Diabolica, then discussed expanding his Animagus paper and attending the summer symposium with Dumbledore and McGonagall. On his way back, he received Lucius Malfoy’s warning about a group plotting to impeach Dumbledore and decided how to respond.

• Wizet cast Protego Diabolica for Dumbledore and McGonagall, showing that he could control the blue flames within the office.
• Dumbledore and McGonagall agreed that Wizet’s Animagus paper was ready, but Dumbledore proposed delaying its submission and asked whether Wizet wanted to attend the summer Animagus International Symposium.
• Wizet suggested adding material about the Animagus’s second form, and Dumbledore offered to handle preparations for the symposium.
• Dumbledore gave Wizet materials about the Otherworld before Wizet left McGonagall’s office.
• A House-elf delivered Lucius Malfoy’s letter asking what to do about people impersonating Wizet and inviting him to join a group seeking to impeach Dumbledore.
• Wizet told the House-elf to ask Lucius whether he intended to keep company with a group doomed to fail.

Wizet used phoenix Apparition to reach the Forbidden Forest and asked Firenze about the danger there, learning that Uranus and Pluto had become abnormal. As Hogwarts faced growing rumors about Dumbledore and the Chamber of Secrets, Wizet heard that the Ministry of Magic might target Dumbledore again.

• Wizet transformed into a phoenix and used flames to Apparate into the Forbidden Forest, though he was not yet able to do it instantly or bring others with him.
• Firenze warned Wizet that Uranus and Pluto were abnormal, accepted a Phoenix Feather from him, and urged vigilance against possible harm to the forest.
• The Daily Prophet published a report implying that Dumbledore had concealed the identity of the person who opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years earlier, and Dumbledore gave no response.
• Wizet found students discussing the Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, Aurors, Dumbledore, and Hagrid near the marble staircase.
• Anthony Goldstein told his roommates that the Ministry had approached Dumbledore after Gellert Grindelwald escaped from MACUSA, suggesting the Ministry might target Dumbledore again.

Terry, Anthony, and Wizet discussed the Ministry’s warning ring on Dumbledore and The Quibbler’s attacks on Cornelius Fudge. Harry and the others then witnessed Fudge’s party escort Dumbledore and Hagrid downstairs, where Hagrid stumbled forward.

• Anthony explained that the Ministry had put a warning ring on Dumbledore to monitor him, and Wizet described how it tracked a wizard’s actions and spells.
• Terry suggested reading The Quibbler, whose editor Xenophilius had published evidence implying Fudge had committed crimes; Wizet and other students agreed the Ministry and the Daily Prophet were slandering Dumbledore.
• Harry and the others reported that Hagrid had been arrested, and Hermione feared the Ministry was also moving against Dumbledore.
• Fudge led Aurors and Board of Governors members, including Mr. Parkinson and Mr. Yaxley, down the marble staircase with Dumbledore and Hagrid; Tonks complained that she had been misled about the mission.
• Dumbledore and Mr. Parkinson argued about Mr. Parkinson’s daughter, while Hagrid visibly trembled and then stumbled forward; an Auror warned Fudge to watch out.

Cornelius Fudge accused Hagrid of attacking him after falling down the stairs, then reopened the Ministry investigation against Hagrid and Dumbledore. In the Mirror World, Wizet asked Salazar Slytherin about a man who possessed others and drained their life force, and learned that the man might have made Horcruxes.

• Fudge fell down the stairs, blamed Hagrid, and threatened to send him to Azkaban, but Harry and other students said Hagrid had not touched him.
• Dumbledore challenged the false accusations, while Yaxley warned him to cherish his last time at Hogwarts.
• The Daily Prophet announced that the Ministry had reopened its investigation into Hogwarts, naming Hagrid and Dumbledore as targets.
• Wizet and Anthony concluded that Lockhart's appearance had been deliberate, and The Quibbler gained more readers as people questioned Fudge's actions.
• Wizet met Salazar Slytherin in the Mirror World and described a supposedly dead man who could possess people and drain their life force.
• Slytherin identified Horcruxes as objects containing pieces of a torn soul and explained that splitting a soul made it unstable.

Wizet learned from Salazar Slytherin that making Horcruxes stripped away humanity and that splitting a soul too many times could create an independently acting soul. Salazar taught Wizet to turn his corporeal Patronus into a Spirit-Calling Casket, leaving them ready to use it against the soul.

• Wizet compared Horcruxes to the wizard’s separated heart in The Warlock’s Hairy Heart and concluded that they made their creators cold and unfeeling.
• Wizet told Salazar Slytherin about a younger, more calculating soul, and Salazar judged that its creator had likely split his soul too many times.
• Wizet summoned his Obscurus-shaped corporeal Patronus, and Salazar explained how to use a Spell Command to create a vessel for the soul.
• Wizet cast Nauthiz on the Patronus, encasing it in a gray shell and forming a Spirit-Calling Casket.

Wizet learned how to use a Spirit-Calling Casket to capture a weakened Horcrux fragment and told Dumbledore about the likely soul fragment in Tom Riddle. As summer approached, Wizet registered as an Animagus and helped Luna care for Fang, whose phoenix feather bookmark signaled that something unusual had happened.

• Salazar Slytherin explained that a Spirit-Calling Casket could draw a weakened soul fragment out of its Horcrux, and Wizet tried to support him with a Patronus and Soul-Soothing Potion.
• Wizet told Dumbledore that Tom Riddle was likely the soul fragment in a Horcrux and that he had obtained an item capable of extracting it; Dumbledore urged him to act boldly.
• Wizet prepared Soul-Soothing Potion and poured it over Salazar Slytherin's statue, which absorbed it.
• Wizet accompanied Professor McGonagall to the Ministry of Magic and registered as an Animagus.
• Wizet and Luna cared for Fang while Hagrid was away, and Wizet felt warmth from the phoenix feather, sensing that something unusual had happened.