Chapter Summaries

Wizet finished organizing his notes and prepared to shop for the new school year with Luna and Xenophilius Lovegood. In Diagon Alley, Xenophilius explained how his banned publication had exposed Cornelius Fudge’s attempt to use the New York attack to distract the public from Sirius Black’s escape.

• Wizet reviewed his notebooks, which included Luna’s illustrated covers and her insights.
• Luna sent her corporeal owl Patronus into Wizet’s room, and he packed his notes before they set off to buy school supplies.
• Xenophilius Lovegood took Luna and Wizet to Diagon Alley, where Tom and the other wizards recognized them because of Rita Skeeter’s reports about the New York attack.
• Xenophilius had published Blackheart Fudge Observer, arguing that Fudge used the New York attack to divert attention from Sirius Black’s escape and protect his position.
• The Ministry ordered Blackheart Fudge Observer to cease publication and warned Xenophilius, who celebrated Fudge’s growing fear while Sirius remained free.

Wizet and Luna stayed out of sight while Fudge promoted Harry’s safety and used Wizet’s name to advertise shops around Diagon Alley. At Flourish and Blotts, Wizet subdued the violent Monster Book of Monsters and helped the clerk gather copies for Hogwarts.

• Old Tom told Wizet, Luna, and Xenophilius that Fudge kept visiting Harry and calling him important, while Harry complained that the minister’s daily photo sessions were making his eyesight blurry.
• Xenophilius bought three bottles of Coolik and criticized Fudge for using Wizet’s name on advertisements to promote England’s wizarding world.
• Wizet and Luna visited Flourish and Blotts, where a clerk explained that he had been expecting Wizet to collect a copy of The Monster Book of Monsters.
• Wizet cast several weak Stunning Spells to quiet the fighting books and advised the clerk to imagine putting them to sleep when casting the spell.
• The clerk gathered copies of The Monster Book of Monsters, collected the other textbooks on Wizet’s list, and handed the books to him.

Wizet visited Diagon Alley with Luna and Xenophilius, where Luna reunited with Emika and Wizet searched for books on healing magic. He later caught up with Harry, who described his recent troubles and questioned why Minister Fudge had treated his accidental magic so leniently.

• Emika Miller met Luna in Diagon Alley and took her to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour to hear about New York and Denmark.
• Xenophilius went upstairs to write an article while Wizet searched the bookshop for books on healing magic to help develop his Patronus Charm Healing Technique.
• Harry met Wizet and told him that Hagrid had already given him The Monster Book of Monsters.
• Harry explained that he had been staying at the Leaky Cauldron, where Minister Fudge had brought reporters to interview him.
• Harry recounted inflating Aunt Marge and said he was suspicious that the Ministry had not punished him, unlike the previous year.
• Wizet suggested that Harry's importance and recent changes had caused Minister Fudge to take a different approach.

Wizet helped Harry understand why people treated him as a symbol of hope and why Minister Fudge might be using his fame to distract the public. After Harry asked for help with his Potions assignment, Wizet examined his draft and began to suspect a deeper reason for Snape’s harsh grading.

• Wizet explained that Harry represented hope to wizards who had suffered under Voldemort, and Harry began to understand the kindness he had received in Diagon Alley.
• Harry and Wizet discussed how Minister Fudge might be diverting attention, then Harry remembered his unfinished essay on the Shrinking Solution.
• Harry took Wizet to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, where he paid for his sundae and asked Wizet for help with his essay.
• Harry complained that Snape gave his essays lower marks than Ron’s and mocked his work aloud, despite Hermione finding the essays similar.
• Wizet read Harry’s draft, considered why Snape might be grading him harshly, and said he thought he understood the reason.

Wizet tried to help Harry understand the purpose of magical homework by comparing Luna’s and Hermione’s Transfiguration and spell essays. He left Harry considering what Hermione’s writing revealed about her as a person.

• Wizet recalled Flitwick praising Hermione’s assignment and reasoned that essays could help students develop their own understanding of magic, though pushing that process too directly could be dangerous.
• Wizet showed Harry Luna’s Transfiguration assignment, which described her observations and feelings as she transformed a feather into a comb.
• Harry found Luna’s writing comfortable and unusual, and Wizet explained that she noticed and recorded beautiful things around her.
• Wizet showed Harry Hermione’s detailed essay on the Tickling Charm, prompting Harry to remember that Hermione had helped him with his own assignment.
• Wizet asked Harry to set aside his usual impression of Hermione and consider what her essay suggested about her character.

Wizet helped Harry use his Seeker instincts to approach a preparatory essay on the Shrinking Solution, and Harry finished it with confidence. Harry left planning to read more and share Wizet’s method with Ron and Hermione.

• Harry reflected that Hermione’s strict, detailed homework revealed her personality and asked Wizet how he could write essays better.
• Wizet encouraged Harry to draw on Flying Class and his Seeker skills, and Harry described the focus, reactions, and judgment a Seeker needed.
• Wizet connected finding useful potion facts to spotting the Golden Snitch, and Harry used the supplied notes to write his Shrinking Solution essay.
• Harry finished quickly and Wizet praised his judgments, explaining that he could find the same knowledge in books and use it in homework and magic.
• Harry asked to share the method with Ron and Hermione, and Wizet agreed before leaving with Luna to shop.

Wizet and Luna returned to Hogwarts for the new term, where they met Remus Lupin on the train and learned he would be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Lupin explained that he would take Wolfsbane Potion and stay away from Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest during the full moon.

• Xenophilius warned Wizet and Luna to stay safe, especially because Sirius Black might be headed for Hogwarts, and asked Wizet to look after Luna.
• Wizet and Luna boarded the train, where Colin Creevey excitedly asked Wizet to pose for a photograph after reading about his fight with a dragon.
• Wizet and Luna found an empty compartment, and Remus Lupin returned after passing by and asked to sit with them.
• Wizet recognized Lupin from New York and asked whether he was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Lupin confirmed that Dumbledore had hired him and explained that Snape would brew Wolfsbane Potion while he stayed away from Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest during the full moon.

Wizet considered the Wolfsbane Potion and reassured Remus Lupin that he would not reveal Lupin’s werewolf identity. As the Hogwarts Express filled, the students discussed the incoming Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and Professor Avakian’s injury.

• Wizet reflected on the Wolfsbane Potion’s cost, complexity, and effects, and thought he might be asked to brew it for Remus Lupin.
• Remus Lupin worried Wizet might expose his identity, but Wizet and Luna assured him they only wanted to learn magic.
• Remus relaxed and recalled strange accidents involving past Defense Against the Dark Arts professors when Luna asked about them.
• As the train’s departure approached, Remus left the compartment, and Michael, Anthony, Chris, and Terry discussed the new professor and Professor Avakian.
• Anthony explained that Hairy Crabs had bitten Professor Avakian after growing large from discarded potion, while the Pest Advisory Office sought help with the unusual toxin.
• Anthony told Wizet that his grand-aunt had received letters asking about Hogwarts admissions because of Wizet’s reputation.

Wizet recounted how he helped resolve the dragon crisis in North America, drawing a crowd aboard the Hogwarts Express. As the students discussed turning the story into a comic, Wizet explained he wanted to avoid public attention, and Fred and George arrived with news of Oliver Wood’s envy.

• Anthony explained that his grandaunt was angry because her North American friends wanted to enroll at Hogwarts, reigniting the old Hogwarts-versus-Ilvermorny argument.
• Wizet told his friends how Chairman Benjamin Graves adopted his plan and worked with two Quidditch teams to resolve the dragon crisis.
• Students gathered around Wizet’s compartment to hear the story until the snack witch asked them to return to their compartments.
• Luna said L.C.A. Comics planned to adapt the story, and Wizet said he had requested new character designs so he would not attract too much attention.
• Fred and George told Wizet that Oliver Wood was jealous of his time with the Quidditch teams, and they advised him not to offer Wood an introduction just yet.

Fred and George told Wizet about Egypt’s alchemy and gave him a rubbing of the Emerald Tablet, whose symbols each alchemist could interpret differently. Wizet wondered about its connection to Nicolas Flamel and the Philosopher’s Stone, while Fred and George promised to seek out more information.

• Michael Corner asked Fred and George about their trip to Egypt, and they described the pyramids and the magical ruins they had visited with their family.
• Fred and George explained that the dancing mummies were alchemical creations and said Bill had told them about Egypt’s Emerald Tablet.
• George showed Wizet a rubbing of the Emerald Tablet and explained that every alchemist interpreted its magical symbols in a personal way.
• Fred and George said Nicolas Flamel had seen the Emerald Tablet and credited it with helping him create the Philosopher’s Stone, then gave Wizet the rubbing and offered to seek out more information.
• Percy interrupted Fred and George while they teased him about Penelope, and the twins slipped away as Wizet and Luna watched.

As the Hogwarts Express traveled through a storm, it abruptly stopped in darkness and cold as Dementors surrounded the train. Wizet and Luna drove them back with corporeal Patronuses, astonishing their roommates.

• Harry, Hermione, and Ron visited Wizet’s compartment, where Ron asked about Remus Lupin becoming the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Wizet shared his organized notes on homework essays and magical understanding with his roommates while the train traveled north.
• A storm darkened the sky, and Wizet studied the Emerald Tablet as Luna hummed and the other students fell asleep.
• The Hogwarts Express slowed to a stop, its lights went out, and Wizet cast Night-Sight Spells on himself and his roommates.
• Luna recognized Dementors outside the train, and Wizet and Luna summoned a Golden Eagle and a Saw-whet Owl Patronus to restore warmth.

Dumbledore watched the Dementors attack the Hogwarts Express, where Wizet and Luna’s Patronus Charm drove them away from the train. The Dementors began circling again, and Remus Lupin ordered everyone to retreat toward the light.

• Dumbledore watched the Dementors gather over the Hogwarts Express while Aurors insisted they had been warned not to cause trouble.
• The Dementors attacked the train, but silver Patronuses from the carriages and the Aurors scattered them, allowing the train to continue.
• Wizet and Luna cast the Patronus Charm, and Wizet spread the golden eagle’s silver light throughout the train, driving the Dementors from the carriages.
• Michael marveled at the Patronus Charm’s power as the windows froze and Dementors circled outside.
• Remus Lupin identified himself as the new Hogwarts professor and ordered everyone to close the windows, leave their compartments, and move toward the back of the train and the light.

After Dementors attacked the Hogwarts Express, Professor Lupin helped guide students to safety and discovered that Wizet's Patronus had overwhelmed them with its beauty. Wizet restrained the charm and cast it again to drive the Dementors away, while Oliver Wood mistook the students' praise for talk of a Quidditch ball.

• Ron and Hermione worried over Harry after he fainted, while Ron steadied Ginny as she lost her balance.
• Lupin guided students into compartments and noticed the unusual beauty of the silver light spreading through the train.
• Lupin found Wizet with the prefects, Luna, the Weasley twins, and other students, and suggested Wizet's Patronus had not been restrained enough.
• Wizet dismissed his Golden Eagle Patronus, and students felt the train grow colder as its beauty vanished.
• Wizet saw the Dementors still charging toward the train, then cast his Patronus again and hurled it out the window to drive them off.
• Fred and George praised Wizet's throwing form, and Oliver Wood called out to ask who had brought a Quaffle onto the train.

Wizet, Luna, and Lupin used their Patronuses to drive off Dementors attacking the Hogwarts carriage, and Wizet discovered that enchanted Ancient Magic could physically destroy one. The Aurors said the Dementors would be stationed around Hogwarts, leaving Lupin worried about the Ministry’s decision.

• Wizet, Luna, and Lupin sent their Patronuses after the Dementors while Colin Creevey photographed the fight.
• The three Patronuses drove the Dementors into retreat, and Wizet’s Golden Eagle struck one with time-tempered Ancient Magic, causing it to shrivel and fall.
• Two Aurors entered the carriage, apologized for the attack, and confirmed that the children were safe.
• The Aurors told Lupin that Dementors would be stationed around Hogwarts and said Dumbledore would explain the decision at the feast.

After the Dementor incident on the Hogwarts Express, Remus Lupin advised students to eat chocolate and returned to check on Harry, while Wizet arranged payment for Colin Creevey’s photographs. Wizet then tried to summon the cloak left behind by the Dementor he had apparently killed.

• The Aurors left after discussing the Ministry’s decision to let Dementors inspect the train, and Remus Lupin watched the Hogwarts Express continue toward Hogwarts.
• Students discussed the Dementors, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Wizet’s Patronuses as the train grew lively again.
• Remus Lupin asked the trolley witch to tell unwell students to eat chocolate, and she gave him a Chocolate Frog.
• Wizet praised Colin Creevey’s photographs and arranged for the magazine payment to be sent to Colin’s family as a reward for his courage.
• Remus Lupin returned to the compartment to check on Harry, while Wizet recalled the vanished Dementor’s cloak and cast the Summoning Charm toward it.

Wizet summoned the Dementor's cloak and, while he and Luna tried to purify it, it merged into his Obscurus Core, which began cleansing it. The Hogwarts Express reached the rain-soaked Highlands, where the students disembarked and Hagrid guided the first-years toward the lake.

• Wizet used Ancient Magic: Improvement Summoning Charm to pull the Dementor's cloak through the storm and caught it outside the train window.
• Wizet and Luna found that their purification spells only visibly changed the cloak's frayed edge, before the cloak turned transparent and seeped into Wizet.
• Wizet explained that his Obscurus Core had absorbed the cloak and was purifying it, and Luna relaxed after checking that he was all right.
• The Hogwarts Express arrived in the cold, rainy Highlands, and Hagrid called for the first-years to follow him.
• Michael Corner, Terry Boot, and Anthony discussed the first-years' lake crossing before Anthony cast Impervius and headed into the rain.

Harry recovered from the Dementor attack while traveling to Hogwarts with Ron, Hermione, and Lupin, and discussed how Wizet’s advice helped him approach homework with confidence. At Hogwarts, Dumbledore learned that Flitwick would lead the Sorting Ceremony because McGonagall had gone to check on Harry.

• Lupin gave Harry a Chocolate Frog after casting Impervius Charms on himself and the group as they left the train in heavy rain.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed their frightening experiences and turned to Wizet’s advice about using personal strengths to make homework easier.
• Hermione urged Ron to use the confidence he showed in his second Wizard’s Chess game and to read more, while Lupin asked about Wizet.
• Dumbledore called Harry a Lucky Star after looking at a Chocolate Frog card, then learned from Flitwick that McGonagall had gone to check on Harry and that Flitwick would preside over the Sorting Ceremony.

Wizet and Luna watched The Weird Sisters arrive at Hogwarts, where the Sorting Hat joined them for a death metal performance of the Sorting Song. The song lifted the first-years’ spirits, and Professor Flitwick began the Sorting ceremony.

• Wizet, Luna, Anthony Goldstein, and Cho Chang saw The Weird Sisters tuning up in the Great Hall and discussed their expected performance.
• Dumbledore placed the Sorting Hat on a stool in the lead singer’s spot, revealing that it would perform with the band.
• Professor Flitwick brought the shaken first-years into the hall and calmed them with flying chocolate.
• Dumbledore welcomed the students and said the band and Sorting Hat would perform to dispel their gloom.
• Myron Wagtail and the Sorting Hat sang about Hogwarts’ four Houses, and the performance excited the first-years.
• Professor Flitwick unfurled the parchment and began calling students for the Sorting ceremony.

Dumbledore warned students that Ministry Dementors would remain around Hogwarts, then introduced new staff and announced the creation of Hogwarts Voice, a student magazine that would reward accepted papers with House points. The chapter ended with students excited about submitting their own ideas, while Wizet showed interest in the essays.

• Dumbledore warned that Dementors would guard Hogwarts's entrances and the route to Hogsmeade, and urged prefects to keep students safe.
• Dumbledore introduced Remus Lupin as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Dumbledore announced that Rubeus Hagrid would replace the retired Silvanus Kettleburn as Care of Magical Creatures professor.
• Dumbledore announced Hogwarts Voice, a new magazine open to student submissions, with accepted papers earning House points up to a yearly limit of two hundred per student.
• Dumbledore explained that students could obtain examination paper through the Hogwarts Voice club and encouraged them to submit their own ideas.

Dumbledore explained that students could submit personally meaningful essays to Hogwarts Voice, with selected work reaching readers around the magical world through Flourish and Blotts. After the start-of-term feast, Wizet and Luna returned to Ravenclaw Tower, where the eagle knocker asked them a riddle.

• Dumbledore encouraged students to write essays on subjects that felt comfortable and interested them, using his improvement of Pepperup Potion as an example.
• Lupin, Hermione, Harry, and Ron connected Dumbledore’s advice to Wizet’s earlier comments about the Seeker and Wizard’s Chess.
• Dumbledore announced that selected Hogwarts Voice essays would be annotated by the Flourish and Blotts Book Club and distributed internationally.
• Dumbledore said details about Hogwarts Voice would appear on the common-room notice boards the next morning, then began the feast.
• Wizet and Luna returned to Ravenclaw Tower, where the bronze eagle knocker asked a riddle.