Chapter Summaries

Wizet entered the Forbidden Forest after sensing that Firenze was in danger and found him fighting Acromantulas. After rescuing him, Wizet learned that an Acromantula had eaten the Phoenix Feather and that the spiders might be connected to Mars growing brighter, while a hidden attacker prepared to strike again.

• Wizet sent Luna to deliver a note to Professor McGonagall, then transformed into a phoenix and flew into the Forbidden Forest.
• Wizet found Firenze wounded and trapped in webs while he fought a giant Acromantula, and killed the spider with Sectumsempra.
• Wizet sensed a smaller Acromantula lying in ambush, dragged it out with Devil’s Snare, and killed it after giving Firenze an Invigoration Draught.
• Firenze told Wizet that an Acromantula had eaten the Phoenix Feather and that Mars had grown brighter, leading him to suspect the spiders were behind the anomaly.
• Wizet and Firenze realized that a concealed Acromantula was stalking them, and Wizet gathered branches and leaves to form an iron cage around it.

Wizet questioned a captured Acromantula about the other spiders and learned that Aragog had ordered them to destroy things. Tom Riddle appeared with a group of Acromantulas and sent them to kill Wizet, who fought them with Protego Diabolica.

• Wizet frightened the captured Acromantula by extracting venom sacs from two dead spiders, then questioned it about the others.
• The Acromantula said Aragog had summoned it to help feed him and had told the others to destroy things.
• Tom Riddle arrived with more than a dozen Acromantulas and claimed they wanted to attack Hogwarts because Dumbledore had left and their natural enemy was gone.
• Tom Riddle ordered the Acromantulas to kill Wizet, and they attacked him with spider silk.
• Wizet used Protego Diabolica to burn the incoming silk and set one Acromantula ablaze, while Tom Riddle raged that Dumbledore had allowed Wizet to learn Dark magic.

Wizet used fire magic and taunts to turn Tom Riddle’s fiery serpent against him while the Acromantulas attacked and then retreated. Tom’s serpent dwindled under Wizet’s control, and Wizet claimed that Tom’s powers belonged to him.

• Wizet burned an Acromantula from within, and its death frightened the other Acromantulas into retreating.
• Tom Riddle summoned a serpent of flame from Wizet’s protective fire wall using Lockhart’s wand, leaving Wizet exposed to the Acromantulas.
• Firenze offered to help Wizet escape as the Acromantulas closed in, but Wizet cast Incendio and drove them back with a ring of fire.
• Wizet formed another fiery serpent and sent it after Tom Riddle while the Acromantulas withdrew toward their nest.
• Wizet taunted Tom Riddle, and his fire serpent overwhelmed Tom’s, shrinking it almost to the size of an Ashwinder.

Wizet drove Tom Riddle away and learned that he had likely come to the Forbidden Forest for Unicorn blood. Wizet and Firenze reached the Acromantula nest, where Aragog claimed the captured Unicorn had been taken by another creature, just as Mosag attacked them.

• Tom Riddle tried to curse Wizet, dropped Lockhart's wand and a vial of silvery-white liquid, then fled with the vial; Wizet retrieved the wand.
• Firenze suspected the vial contained Unicorn blood and explained that drinking it could cause a person's plans to go awry.
• As Trolls attacked Acromantulas in the forest, Wizet transformed into a phoenix and flew with Firenze toward the Acromantula nest.
• Wizet exposed Mosag, who had hidden above the web to ambush them, and Aragog ordered the Acromantulas to attack.
• Aragog said another creature had taken the Unicorn, but Wizet and Firenze doubted his story; Mosag suddenly spat web at them.

Wizet defeated Mosag and the Acromantulas in the hollow, then learned that Aragog was Hagrid’s friend. The chapter ended with Firenze finding a dying Unicorn whose blood had been drained.

• Wizet used water, lightning, and magic cages to incapacitate the Acromantulas and trap Mosag.
• Aragog claimed his ties to Hagrid and pleaded for mercy, while Firenze confirmed that Hagrid had cared for him.
• Wizet extracted venom sacs from the Acromantulas as Aragog and Mosag blamed each other for ordering the ambush.
• Firenze returned with a nearly dead Unicorn and showed Wizet its drained body and wounds.

Professor McGonagall organized Hogwarts and led students to the Great Hall after an attack began, where Percy reported Harry missing. In the Forbidden Forest, Wizet saved the Unicorn’s body with a Phoenix Tear but realized its soul and unborn foal were still in danger, so he tried another spell.

• Professor McGonagall sent Patronuses, summoned Hogwarts’ armor and statues to defend the castle, and gathered the students in the Great Hall.
• Percy told Professor McGonagall that Harry was missing from the dormitory and had not joined the other students.
• Tom Riddle and Lockhart prepared a resurrection potion in the Chamber of Secrets while Harry lay unconscious nearby.
• Firenze tended to the wounded Unicorn as Wizet killed Mosag and imprisoned Aragog.
• Wizet used a Phoenix Tear to heal the Unicorn’s wounds, then cast Expecto Patronum to try to save its soul and unborn foal.

Wizet used a modified Patronus Charm and Ancient Magic to restore the Unicorn’s damaged soul in the Forbidden Forest. After tending to Aragog and leaving the Centaurs to care for him, Wizet set off toward the Chamber of Secrets, while the wounded Centaurs arrived and Firenze began explaining what had happened.

• Wizet used the Patronus Charm and Ancient Magic to brew a Soul-Soothing Potion without a cauldron and restored the Unicorn.
• Wizet’s Obscurus Core alerted him to Harry’s changing position, and the Marauder’s Map showed Harry near the bathroom before he disappeared.
• Wizet released Aragog from his cage, inflicted Deathly Affliction Torture on him, and asked Firenze to care for him until Hagrid returned.
• Wizet transformed into a phoenix and flew through the burning web as he left the Forbidden Forest.
• Bane and the other wounded Centaurs found Firenze, who began recounting what Wizet had done.

Wizet returned to Ravenclaw Tower as Tom Riddle’s creatures poured out of the Forbidden Forest, while Dumbledore’s preparations held them back. In the Chamber of Secrets, Riddle revealed his plan to replace his future self and began a ritual with Lockhart as Harry resisted.

• Wizet calmed himself in Ravenclaw Tower, sensed Harry reach the Chamber of Secrets, and saw the invasion begin at the Forbidden Forest.
• Wolves, magical creatures, and other beasts charged toward Hogwarts, where Dumbledore’s preparations and the professors’ defenses met them.
• Harry woke bound in the Chamber of Secrets, recognized Tom Riddle as Voldemort, and learned that Riddle wanted to replace his future self.
• Harry resisted Riddle despite being bound, while Riddle ordered Lockhart to proceed with a ritual using Unicorn blood.
• Lockhart added the Unicorn blood to the cauldron, and Harry cried out as his scar throbbed and the potion boiled crimson.

Lockhart completed the resurrection ritual, but Voldemort revealed that he had been possessing Lockhart’s soul and had used the ritual to ensnare Tom Riddle. Harry fainted as Voldemort confronted Tom Riddle and declared his intention to devour him.

• Lockhart killed the venomous snakes and added them and Runespoor eggs to the cauldron as Tom Riddle explained his plan to gain a perfect body.
• Lockhart added a silver thread to the cauldron, and the spell caused the cauldron to explode and send threads from Lockhart into Tom Riddle.
• Lockhart transformed into Voldemort, and Harry recognized him before fainting from the pain in his scar.
• Voldemort revealed that he had possessed Lockhart’s soul and had hidden from Dumbledore while Tom Riddle’s actions distracted him.
• Voldemort approached Tom Riddle, whose body grew increasingly insubstantial, and said he planned to devour him.

Wizet emerged from hiding in the Chamber of Secrets just as Voldemort was close to absorbing Tom Riddle, then used the Spirit-Calling Casket to pull Tom away and fought Voldemort. The chapter ended with Voldemort trapped in Wizet’s flames and challenging him to a duel, which Wizet questioned.

• Voldemort tried to absorb Tom Riddle, who attempted to escape and cast the Patronus Charm, but Voldemort took Harry’s wand and weakened him further.
• Voldemort smashed the Chamber of Secrets with black mist until he heard Wizet’s voice and called him out.
• Wizet recalled how his Patronus had awakened Voldemort and how Voldemort had hidden within Lockhart before plotting to absorb Tom Riddle.
• Wizet summoned Harry away and used the Spirit-Calling Casket to snap some of the silver threads linking Voldemort and Tom, pulling Tom toward himself.
• Voldemort attacked Wizet with black mist, but Wizet dodged and hurled rocks at him, then ignited the dust around him with Ancient Magic.
• Voldemort challenged Wizet to a duel from within the flames, and Wizet asked whether he had to duel him.

Wizet and Dumbledore fought Voldemort while Wizet used the silver threads to separate Tom Riddle from him. Voldemort ended the chapter in agony as Lockhart returned to normal, while Dumbledore appeared utterly exhausted.

• Dumbledore arrived and battled Voldemort, using Transfiguration to counter his fire serpent, Killing Curses, and black mist.
• Voldemort noticed Dumbledore seemed younger, while Wizet interfered with the aim of his Killing Curses.
• Wizet used Dumbledore's former appearance as a fulcrum to break apart Voldemort's silver-thread connection to Tom Riddle.
• Voldemort touched the remaining threads, causing Tom Riddle to merge into him and a phantom snake face to lunge at Wizet, who drew it into the Spirit-Calling Casket.
• A ball of flame struck Voldemort, making him howl as black mist left his body and Lockhart's blue eyes and nose returned.
• Dumbledore coughed repeatedly, showing signs of extreme exhaustion.

Wizet shielded Dumbledore from Voldemort’s attack and struck Voldemort with the Killing Curse, but Voldemort escaped into the darkness. Afterward, Wizet discovered that the soul fragment contained parts belonging to both Voldemort and Tom Riddle, and learned that Tom Riddle’s Horcrux was hidden in a lake in the Forbidden Forest.

• Wizet conjured an Obscurus-shaped Patronus to protect Dumbledore from Voldemort’s black mist.
• Wizet cast the Killing Curse at Voldemort, whose mist was drawn toward a mysterious vortex before he escaped.
• Wizet and Dumbledore concluded that Horcruxes might shield Voldemort from death and discussed his research into souls.
• Wizet examined the mist from the Spirit-Calling Casket and found that it contained soul fragments belonging to both Voldemort and Tom Riddle.
• Wizet sensed that Tom Riddle’s Horcrux was hidden in a lake in the Forbidden Forest, and Dumbledore recognized it as Tom Riddle’s backup plan.

Wizet explained Voldemort’s Bloodline Magic to Dumbledore, including how Voldemort used it to consume Tom Riddle and attempt resurrection. Dumbledore concluded that Harry could remain part of Voldemort’s plan, while Wizet learned that matching the nature of materials could make Bloodline Magic more stable.

• Wizet told Dumbledore that Tom Riddle had used Bloodline Magic to create a body and escape the Horcrux’s restraints, while he and Voldemort had tried to devour each other.
• Wizet described the blood, flesh, and bone components of the ritual, and Dumbledore deduced that Harry’s bones would have been used to help the soul attach to a body.
• Dumbledore warned that Voldemort was attempting resurrection and said Harry might be the person who hated Voldemort, making him a likely part of any renewed ritual.
• Wizet explained that a silver thread had served as the final guidance in the spell and that he had identified and removed it as Voldemort’s memory.
• Dumbledore explained that combining physical materials with intangible memory had changed the magic and that similar materials could form a more stable structure.

Harry woke after Dumbledore and Wizet rescued him from Voldemort’s resurrection, then worried that he had been useless. Wizet encouraged him to value his own courage and improve a little each day, leaving Harry reassured and smiling.

• Harry woke beside Dumbledore and Wizet, warned them that Voldemort had returned, and described how Lockhart had helped young Voldemort.
• Wizet returned Harry’s wand, and Fawkes brought them and the floating Lockhart back to Hogwarts Castle.
• Harry asked Wizet whether he was useless because he had fainted while Voldemort returned, and Wizet reminded him that he had fought back against Tom Riddle.
• Wizet told Harry to be himself and focus on learning and improving each day, while Dumbledore agreed.
• Wizet joked that Harry could ask Uncle Vernon to recite a sonnet, and Harry understood Wizet’s advice and thanked him.

Dumbledore helped Hogwarts repel the magical creatures from the Forbidden Forest, and Professor McGonagall kept watch through the night. The next day, Snape’s brutal outdoor Potions lesson left the older students shaken just as governors arrived to confront Dumbledore.

• Dumbledore restrained Trolls and burned many Acromantulas, while professors and students fought the remaining creatures together.
• Professor McGonagall organized the defense, enlisted Ron to watch for students needing help, and stayed on guard until morning.
• Snape made older students dissect magical creatures outdoors and berated them for their clumsy use of the Severing Charm.
• The older students recognized the arriving wizards as members of the Board of Governors and spread the news through the Great Hall.
• Led by Parkinson and Yaxley, the governors reached Dumbledore’s Office and demanded an explanation.

Dumbledore confronted the governors who had tried to keep him from returning as Headmaster and revealed that he knew about their dealings with Voldemort. After the governors fled, letters showed that the Ministry of Magic had begun searching their territories, leaving them to realize Dumbledore had turned their challenge into an opportunity.

• Dumbledore told Parkinson and the other governors that he had returned with the support of other governors and challenged their authority to remove him.
• Dumbledore hinted that he had evidence of the governors' past dealings with Voldemort, including information from the soul fragments in Wizet's Spirit-Calling Casket.
• Dumbledore praised Lucius Malfoy for acting responsibly, prompting Parkinson to call him a traitor as the governors rushed out of the Headmaster's Office.
• Dumbledore retrieved the Spirit-Calling Casket and expected the Ministry of Magic to arrive soon.
• Owls delivered letters informing Parkinson, Yaxley, and the other governors that Arthur Weasley had begun searching their hidden locations.
• The governors realized their actions had given the Ministry grounds to search their territories and recalled Hogwarts' warning not to tickle a sleeping dragon.

Hagrid returned to Hogwarts from Azkaban deeply shaken, and Wizet and Harry told him that Voldemort had been behind the Forbidden Forest disturbance. Learning that Aragog was seriously ill, Hagrid left to visit him in the Forbidden Forest.

• The students watched the governors leave Hogwarts while Fred and George joked that their father had raided the governors’ manors.
• Hagrid returned from Azkaban haggard and described nightmares in which people accused him of murder and despised him.
• Wizet and Luna visited Hagrid and met Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who asked him about Aragog and the Acromantulas.
• Wizet told Hagrid that Voldemort had worked with the Acromantulas, and Harry confirmed that Voldemort had captured him.
• Hagrid learned that Aragog was seriously ill, then put on his overcoat and left to visit him in the Forbidden Forest.

After Aragog died, Wizet helped Luna master her scops owl Animagus form and discussed his plans for next year's electives with Snape. Their conversation turned to Wizet's idea for healing souls with the Patronus Charm, but they had not found a solution when Dumbledore arrived with Wizet's Animagus certificate.

• Aragog died a week after Hagrid returned, and Hagrid was able to stay with him and hold a funeral.
• Wizet used shared memories to help Luna master her scops owl Animagus form, while deciding she should take no risks pursuing further transformations.
• Wizet told Snape he planned to take Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes, and Snape advised him against Divination and approved of Arithmancy.
• Wizet showed Snape his notes on using the Patronus Charm to deliver potion properties and repair a soul, and Snape explained how a Unicorn's purity let it absorb the healing magic.
• Dumbledore knocked and told Wizet that his Animagus certificate had arrived, leaving Wizet puzzled about why it had come to Snape's office.

Wizet Lovegood prepared to receive the Ministry’s Most Promising Newcomer Award for his Animagus paper as Cornelius Fudge staged a ceremony at Hogwarts. After Peeves disrupted the decorations and struck Fudge with a chalk stub, Fudge introduced Wizet to the Transfiguration judges and called Dolores over to discuss the proceedings.

• Wizet asked Dumbledore why the Ministry was arranging such an elaborate award ceremony, and Dumbledore suggested it was trying to repair its relationship with him.
• Fred and George promoted their fireworks to visitors, claiming Wizet was their technical consultant.
• Wizet observed special effects wizards decorating the Great Hall while Peeves mocked them and drove them into chasing him.
• Cornelius Fudge entered with reporters and praised his relationship with Dumbledore and his efforts to investigate Hogwarts.
• Wizet stepped back from Fudge’s offered handshake, and Peeves accidentally shot a chalk stub into Fudge’s nostril.
• Dumbledore introduced the Transfiguration scholars and journal judges accompanying Fudge, who then called Dolores over to discuss the ceremony with Wizet.

Wizet Lovegood met with Rita Skeeter for an interview arranged through Dumbledore’s deal to expose Gilderoy Lockhart’s frauds. He challenged Skeeter over her past reporting and hinted that he had discovered something about how she obtained information and photographs.

• Dolores Umbridge gave Wizet a prepared parchment while Fudge and the reporters gathered around Dumbledore and the Minister.
• Rita Skeeter introduced herself and took Wizet to a private room, where her Quick-Quotes Quill began writing a flattering account of him.
• Skeeter explained that Dumbledore had given her information to expose Gilderoy Lockhart’s stolen fame, and she interviewed Wizet about his thesis and magical ability.
• Wizet asked why Skeeter had smeared Dumbledore, and she said she liked pulling prominent people from their pedestals.
• When the award ceremony was called, Wizet hinted he would investigate Skeeter’s secrets and told her he had corrected errors in her parchments.