Chapter Summaries

Wizet used Rita Skeeter’s writing and knowledge of Animagus transformation to uncover that she was an unregistered Animagus who turned into a beetle. Rita realized he had discovered her secret and confronted him, asking what he planned to do.

• Rita Skeeter found Wizet’s annotations correcting her academic terminology and grew uneasy as she read them.
• Rita saw Wizet’s drawing of a beetle with markings resembling her glasses and feared he had uncovered her secret.
• Wizet reasoned that Rita’s expertise and the Quick-Quotes Quill’s writing style had let him probe her thoughts using Animagus transformation as leverage.
• Wizet confirmed that Rita was an illegal Animagus whose beetle form helped her spy and obtain photographs.
• Rita confronted Wizet and asked what he planned to do.

Wizet used Rita Skeeter’s exposed Animagus secret to secure her cooperation and then gave an award speech that pointedly thanked Fang instead of Cornelius Fudge. Fudge was left furious as Wizet stepped down from the stage.

• Wizet made Rita Skeeter agree to revise her interview, publish the contents of Umbridge’s parchment, and write for The Quibbler.
• Rita Skeeter realized Wizet was using her reporting to pressure Fudge and Umbridge into supporting a better study environment.
• Dolores Umbridge returned to Fudge, but her smile froze when she found the parchment missing from her pocket.
• Wizet thanked Hogwarts staff and professors during his award speech, then said Fang had not dug up his buried potion.
• Cornelius Fudge turned purplish with anger as Wizet left the stage.

Wizet’s award ceremony drew attention to his Transfiguration research, while the Ministry launched an investigation into Gilderoy Lockhart. After the students completed their examinations, Ravenclaw defended the Quidditch House Cup, leaving Oliver Wood determined to train Gryffindor harder for next time.

• Dumbledore teased Wizet about leaving Fang out of his speech, and Cornelius Fudge left Hogwarts after exchanging pleasantries with him.
• Fudge berated Dolores Umbridge for failing to ensure Wizet used the prepared speech and for neglecting the reporters.
• Hogwarts students sought out Wizet’s award-winning paper, while the Daily Prophet’s coverage of Lockhart’s secrets drew more attention than Rita Skeeter’s award report.
• The Ministry began investigating Lockhart as Fudge faced mounting complaints, and Hogwarts students took their end-of-term examinations.
• Wizet completed his Transfiguration practical in two minutes, and Ravenclaw defended the Quidditch House Cup with an undefeated record.
• Roger Davies worried about Oliver Wood’s future training, while Fred and George suddenly shivered and sneezed in unison.

Wizet and Luna visited the pregnant Unicorn before Ravenclaw won the House Cup and Wizet and Luna tied for first in their year. On the Hogwarts Express, the students read that Lockhart would be sent to Azkaban, while at the prison a mysterious prisoner asked to see the newspaper after hearing about the Weasley family’s prize.

• Wizet and Luna flew through the Forbidden Forest to visit the pregnant Unicorn, and Firenze promised to tell them when it was due to give birth.
• At the end-of-term feast, Dumbledore awarded Wizet and Harry one hundred points each, and Ravenclaw won its second House Cup.
• Wizet and Luna both placed first in their year, while Snape left Hogwarts early with a pot of Horklump.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Anthony read that Lockhart had been found guilty of using Obliviate to steal others’ experiences and would be escorted to Azkaban.
• A guard at Azkaban showed his colleague news of the Weasley family’s seven-hundred-Galleon prize, and a faint voice asked to see the newspaper.

Cornelius Fudge brought Gilderoy Lockhart to Azkaban for imprisonment and an annual inspection, where a Daily Prophet unsettled Sirius Black and Fudge. Sirius regained consciousness after being stunned, and the guards discussed the incident and Fudge’s uncertain political future.

• Cornelius Fudge arrived at Azkaban with two Aurors and Gilderoy Lockhart, driving off the Dementors with a Patronus.
• The guards took Lockhart inside, and Fudge found a Daily Prophet that had been left near the entrance.
• Fudge visited Sirius Black, who asked for the newspaper to work on a crossword and then grabbed it to read.
• A guard stunned Sirius and retrieved the newspaper after Fudge ordered him to take it back.
• Azkaban guards discussed Sirius’s unusual behavior, Fudge’s fear, and the possibility that Fudge could lose his position as Minister.

Sirius Black learned from the Daily Prophet that the traitor was at Hogwarts and resolved to escape Azkaban to protect Harry. After preparing himself, he escaped in his dog form and drifted out to sea with a mysterious potion bottle.

• Sirius Black saw a photograph in the Daily Prophet and realized the traitor was at Hogwarts, giving him hope and a reason to escape.
• A Dementor repeatedly drained Sirius Black’s happiness, while a nightmare reminded him that he blamed himself for James Potter and Lily’s deaths.
• Sirius Black resolved to escape because Harry, his godson, could be in danger at Hogwarts.
• Sirius Black gradually regained enough strength, transformed into a black dog, and leapt from his cell toward Azkaban’s mass grave.
• Sirius Black found a bottle containing a mouthful of murky potion, hid the crater, and swam into the sea as the alarm sounded.

Luna spoke with Xenophilius through a two-way mirror while brewing a potion to attract magical creatures in New York. Back in England, Xenophilius approved Rita Skeeter’s article accusing Cornelius Fudge of manipulating Sirius Black, and agreed to publish it under her pen name.

• Xenophilius encouraged Luna to explore New York while she waited for a meeting and brewed a creature-attracting potion.
• Luna explained that Wizet had bought the potion ingredients and planned to take her to see magical creatures after the meeting.
• Xenophilius ended the call and carefully stored the fragile two-way mirror in a padded drawer.
• Rita Skeeter delivered her article, “The Lament of a Pitiful Man,” claiming Sirius Black had been used in Cornelius Fudge’s schemes.
• Xenophilius approved the article, and Rita insisted that it appear under her pen name rather than her real name.

Wizet and Luna explored the wizarding part of Central Park, where they encountered magical creatures, vendors, and Horned Serpents. Professor McGonagall sent word that they could come to her.

• Wizet and Luna entered a hidden forest in Central Park and read a warning about Wampus Cats and enlarged Kneazles.
• Wizet explained how a wizard had once mistaken an enlarged Kneazle for a tamed Wampus Cat, and Luna suggested taking a photo for Mr. Lovegood.
• Luna declined a vendor’s dream-filtering talisman because she never had nightmares.
• Wizet and Luna sampled a fried cornmeal snack, then fed a Horned Serpent at the lake and watched it glide above the water.
• Professor McGonagall’s tabby cat Patronus told Wizet and Luna they could come over.

Wizet and Luna arrived at MACUSA’s headquarters in the Woolworth Building with Babajide Akingbade, who questioned Wizet about his Animagus research. Their arrival was interrupted by a mysterious wizard warning of an attack, and the chapter ended with Draco asking Narcissa what had happened to Lucius.

• Wizet and Luna met Babajide Akingbade, who introduced himself as Vice President of the International Confederation of Wizards and praised Wizet’s Animagus research.
• As they walked to the Woolworth Building, Wizet told Babajide that he was studying Moonstone as a possible path to a second Animagus form, and Babajide redirected their conversation to Herbology.
• Wizet, Luna, and Babajide entered MACUSA’s headquarters, where a guard tried to stop a ragged wizard who warned that an attack was coming.
• Babajide pulled Wizet and Luna aside as the wizard dodged the guard’s Full Body-Bind Curse and fled before explaining his warning.
• Professor McGonagall arrived and spoke with Babajide and Wizet about the commotion.
• Draco Malfoy arrived with his mother and asked what had happened to Lucius because he had not come home all night.

Professor McGonagall, Wizet, and Luna registered for the Animagus International Symposium at MACUSA while learning that Lucius Malfoy was missing and an American wizard had been found murdered. The chapter left them approaching Narcissa as she angrily demanded to see her husband.

• Narcissa told Professor McGonagall that Lucius had not come home and that MACUSA had sent her a letter about him.
• Wizet, Luna, and Professor McGonagall heard MACUSA employees discuss the poisoned death of the Appaloosa family head and an outsider suspected in the case.
• Wizet wondered whether Lucius had visited the Appaloosa family head and become a suspect, and he resolved to investigate the outsider's identity.
• Wizet and Luna completed their symposium registration with Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall went to help Narcissa and Draco, and Wizet and Luna followed as Narcissa demanded to see Lucius.

Narcissa learned that Lucius had been detained after the head of the Appaloosa Family was poisoned, while Professor McGonagall vouched for him to MACUSA. Back in his room, Wizet connected the events to the Isaiah Society and wrote to Dumbledore asking whether MACUSA had underground areas that might house its prison.

• A MACUSA employee told Narcissa that Lucius would remain in custody during the investigation and that she could not visit him.
• Professor McGonagall presented her MACUSA badge and offered to testify, prompting the employee to report her statement to the Magical Law Enforcement Squad.
• Narcissa explained that Lucius had traveled to New York to find a new supply partner after several pure-blood families cut off the Malfoy Family’s original channels.
• Wizet told Narcissa that the Appaloosa Family head had been poisoned and that investigators suspected a foreign wizard; Narcissa then left with Draco to seek information.
• Luna suggested that events flowed toward a common destination, and Wizet concluded that the Isaiah Society might be behind them.
• Wizet reviewed his memories of MACUSA, reasoned that its prison was likely underground, and asked Dumbledore whether the Woolworth Building had underground work areas.

Wizet studied Marlowe Forfang’s werewolf research and developed a theory linking Lycanthropy to Animagus transformations and the full moon. After realizing why a group of wizards had become Animagi to accompany a werewolf, he received Dumbledore’s instructions about entering the prison beneath the Woolworth Building and prepared to visit him.

• Wizet reviewed Marlowe Forfang’s observations and wrote down a theory that the full moon’s attraction affected werewolves’ bodies and souls.
• Wizet connected Hagrid’s memories and Snape’s injuries to a werewolf’s companions becoming Animagi so they could stay with him safely.
• Wizet recognized the worn-down man at MACUSA as Moony, the Lupin Hagrid had mentioned, and considered how studying Lycanthropy could help prevent harm to Luna.
• Dumbledore’s bookmark revealed that the prison was on the Woolworth Building’s fifth basement level and advised Wizet to enter after eight in the evening.
• Wizet concluded that the Anti-Apparition Magic would not hinder him and decided to visit Dumbledore in the prison.

Wizet visited Lucius in a prison cell and extracted his memories to investigate Appaloosa’s apparent death. After reviewing the attack, Wizet concluded it did not seem to be poisoning and discussed what could reliably kill a wizard.

• Lucius was knocked unconscious during dinner, woke in a prison cell, and worried about Narcissa and Draco.
• Wizet appeared before Lucius, burned the Dark Mark onto his arm, and told him to recall the events surrounding Appaloosa’s accident.
• Wizet extracted Lucius’s memories and saw a maid attack Lucius with a red spell before Hit Wizards arrived.
• Wizet noticed black smoke rising from Appaloosa’s mouth and concluded the incident did not seem to involve poisoning.
• Lucius grew more frightened as Wizet explained that the Killing Curse was the reliable way to kill a wizard.

Wizet discovered that Lucius had been exposed to the Draught of Living Death and suspected a third party had staged Appaloosa’s apparent death. After a bribed MACUSA wizard tried to erase the evidence, Wizet decided to alter Lucius’s memories temporarily to protect him.

• Wizet found traces of the Draught of Living Death on Lucius and concluded that Appaloosa might have been faking death as part of a scheme involving a third party.
• Lucius told Wizet that Sybill Trelawney had warned him of misfortune and explained his dealings with the Appaloosa Family and its black-market magical creatures.
• After a beetle returned, Wizet erased Lucius’s memory of their conversation and concealed himself as a MACUSA wizard entered the cell.
• The MACUSA wizard stunned Lucius and used Scourgify to remove the Draught of Living Death, but Wizet inferred that the wizard had been bribed to clean up evidence.
• Wizet revived Lucius and explained that MACUSA could not be trusted, then began altering Lucius’s memories of the potion and of Wizet.

Wizet investigated the scene of Lucius’s attack and used Ancient Magic Power to uncover traces the attackers had tried to erase. He found evidence of a third party’s escape and a strange triangular mark, but did not identify the attackers.

• Wizet reviewed Lucius’s information and concluded that Appaloosa’s current head might have faked his death, while MACUSA and the Isaiah Society’s New York branches required caution.
• Wizet followed Lucius’s memories to the damaged room and found that ordinary magic could not reveal the destroyed traces.
• Wizet used Ancient Magic Power with the Tracking Charm and reconstructed a fight between Appaloosa’s seven wizards and two powerful attackers.
• Wizet followed the third party’s magical trail to the alley’s end, where he found two Apparition traces and a strange triangular mark.

Wizet and Luna deduced that the unknown witch involved in the magical traces was a Metamorphmagus, then identified her as Nymphadora Tonks. They told Professor McGonagall that Tonks might have been badly injured while investigating the Appaloosa Family’s black-market dealings.

• Wizet showed Luna the memories of the magical traces, and she recognized that the strange mark resembled a woman’s chin.
• Luna helped Wizet determine that the traces belonged to a Metamorphmagus whose appearance had been restoring itself after an injury.
• Wizet recalled seeing a witch with changing hair among Fudge’s group when Hagrid was sent to Azkaban and showed the memory to Luna.
• Wizet and Luna drew the witch and went to Professor McGonagall, who identified her as Nymphadora Tonks, a Hufflepuff graduate and Auror trainee.
• Wizet told Professor McGonagall that Tonks might have been badly injured while investigating the Appaloosa Family’s black-market dealings.

As Sirius Black’s escape caused political trouble for Cornelius Fudge, Wizet and Luna went undercover in New York to visit the Blind Pig and seek information. A goblin entered their private room to meet them.

• Professor McGonagall left to contact Dumbledore about Tonks and Moody’s arrival.
• Wizet and Luna used Polyjuice Potion disguises and went to 124 MacDougal Street.
• Wizet explained that the Blind Pig was a goblin-run black market where people traded contraband, usually by barter.
• Wizet offered the guard a bottle of high-quality Invigoration Draught in exchange for information.
• The guard brought Wizet and Luna to a private room, then returned with a goblin.

Wizet and Luna visited the Blind Pig to find an English werewolf and learn where to buy ingredients for Draught of Living Death. After trading potions for information, Wizet drew the goblin’s interest as a potioneer, and the goblin offered him a job.

• Wizet offered Invigoration Draughts to learn that an injured English werewolf lived on Stanton Street in the Lower East Side.
• The goblin explained that the werewolf had been injured by other werewolves and revealed that many werewolves had gathered in New York to recruit more companions during the full moon.
• Wizet asked where to buy ingredients for Draught of Living Death and offered a Soul-Soothing Potion in exchange for the information.
• The goblin tested the Soul-Soothing Potion on a House-elf, praised its quality, and asked Wizet to brew ten cauldrons of potions a day for him.
• Wizet smiled and asked whether the goblin was planning to rob a robber.

Wizet and Luna fought off the goblin’s guards and giant after the goblin tried to seize Wizet and his supplies. After forcing the goblin to drink Veritaserum, Wizet learned that the Appaloosa Family was stockpiling ingredients for Draught of Living Death and that its head had contacted the goblin and was still alive.

• Wizet blocked a guard’s Stunning Spell and deflected it toward the goblin while Luna knocked the guard unconscious.
• A giant and the other guards attacked Wizet and Luna, but Wizet protected them with a magical barrier.
• Wizet used a Smokescreen Charm and Devil’s Snare to restrain the attackers while Luna stunned the guards.
• Wizet subdued the goblin and made it drink Veritaserum.
• The goblin confirmed that the Appaloosa Family was stockpiling ingredients for Draught of Living Death and that its head had spoken to it and was still alive.

Wizet learned that the Appaloosa Family had hired the goblin to gather werewolves and was stockpiling Draught of Living Death to conceal a magical creature. He enlisted Scott Trittops and the Ohio wizards to interrogate the goblin, find the Appaloosa Family’s leader, and uncover the werewolves’ whereabouts.

• Wizet questioned the goblin, who revealed that the Appaloosa Family paid him to gather werewolves and that it was hiding a magical creature with Draught of Living Death.
• Wizet stunned the goblin and contacted Selina Pendragon, who told him that wizards from Ohio had arrived in New York City.
• Wizet informed Dumbledore about the events as the Ohio wizards reached the Blind Pig.
• Scott Trittops explained that his family’s enhanced Kneazles were part of a successful business that had drawn opposition from New York pure-blood families.
• Wizet asked Trittops and his wizards to interrogate the goblin, find the Appaloosa Family’s leader, and learn where the werewolves were hiding.