Ch. 541Is My Danger Level Going Up Again?

Sirius Black discovered that Dementors could be destroyed, but he was wrongly blamed for their slaughter. After leaving the Forbidden Forest, he learned the Ministry planned to increase the Dementor population and resolved to find the real culprit and clear his name.

  • Sirius Black found the remains of two Dementors and realized the deaths might be blamed on him.
  • He traveled through the Forbidden Forest, encountering more Dementor cloaks and wondering who was destroying them.
  • A few days later, Sirius read a Daily Prophet report portraying him as a threat greater than You-Know-Who and announcing the Ministry’s plan to replenish the Dementors.
  • Sirius questioned why Dumbledore had not found the culprit, then resolved to catch the real Dementor slayer and clear his name.

Ch. 542"Patronus Charm Healing Technique" Combined with Sectumsempra

Wizet continued preparing materials for a powerful wand and showed Snape his new Patronus Charm Healing Technique, which combined Sectumsempra with the Patronus Charm. Snape tested the spell and said its promising result was not enough to make it ready for practical use.

  • Fudge told the Daily Prophet he would restore the Dementer population so they could keep hunting Sirius Black, while insisting he would not breed too many.
  • Wizet gathered Dementer cloaks from the Forbidden Forest and discovered that the Obscurus Core could hold up to seven at once without losing purification efficiency.
  • Snape asked Wizet whether he had dealt with the Dementers, and Wizet admitted he had made them disappear.
  • Snape advised Wizet to alter witnesses' memories if he was discovered and told him to extract an unpleasant memory rather than keep it himself.
  • Wizet gave Snape his notes on the Patronus Charm Healing Technique and explained how he combined Sectumsempra, the Patronus Charm, and Arithmancy.
  • Snape tested the spell with diluted Soul-Soothing Potion and concluded that, despite the expected result, Wizet was not ready to use it in practice.

Ch. 543Improved Wolfsbane Potion

Wizet delivered the improved Wolfsbane Potion to Remus Lupin after helping Snape refine a soul-related spell and brewing the potion himself. Lupin drank Wizet’s antidote first, reassured by its description, before facing the improved potion.

  • Wizet and Snape reviewed their progress on the Patronus Charm Healing Technique, and Snape struggled to recite the refined incantation without biting his tongue.
  • Wizet showed Snape suggestions from Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, then finished brewing the improved Wolfsbane Potion.
  • Snape sent Wizet to deliver the potion to Remus Lupin, and Wizet cast a Bubble-Head Charm around the goblet to contain its smell.
  • Wizet gave Lupin an antidote he had prepared in advance, but Lupin dispelled the bubble around the potion and was overwhelmed by its odor.
  • Wizet explained that the potion’s smell had been intensified to preserve its recipe, and Lupin drank the antidote after hearing it tasted sweet and fragrant.

Ch. 544A Little More or a Little Less?

Wizet helped Remus Lupin drink the Wolfsbane Potion by using an antidote that masked its taste, then observed its effects and recorded them. Remus’s memories of Lily’s potion-making gave Wizet an insight that he applied to his Patronus Charm Healing Technique.

  • Wizet gave Remus Lupin the antidote, and Remus drank the Wolfsbane Potion easily before burning the antidote bottle to hide it from Snape.
  • Wizet questioned Remus about the potion’s effects as it took hold, recording his pain, faster heartbeat, itching near his heart, and later swelling sensation.
  • Remus praised Wizet’s potion skills and recalled Snape mastering Golpalott’s Third Law at school and Lily neutralizing poison with a single Bezoar.
  • Remus explained that Lily believed a little more or a little less could sometimes be fine, prompting Wizet to write down ideas for refining his Patronus Charm Healing Technique.

Ch. 545Changes After Taking the Wolfsbane Potion

Wizet discussed how the Wolfsbane Potion affected Lupin and continued working on the Patronus Charm Healing Technique. After Lupin drank the last drops of the potion and lost consciousness, Madam Pomfrey took charge of him, while Wizet returned to Snape with a new idea.

  • Wizet asked Lupin about his experiences on full-moon nights, and Lupin explained that the Wolfsbane Potion kept him safe but left him motionless in darkness until he regained his memories.
  • Left alone, Lupin tasted the remaining Improved Wolfsbane Potion and immediately lost consciousness after swallowing a drop.
  • Wizet found Lupin unconscious and brought him to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey examined him and told Wizet to leave him to rest.
  • Wizet returned to Snape, who had reviewed the improved formula, and told him he had a new idea about the Patronus Charm Healing Technique.

Ch. 546Addition is Useless, So Let's Do Some Subtraction

Wizet and Snape revised the Patronus Charm Healing Technique by stripping away unnecessary additions and hiding the Patronus Charm within a broader healing spell that could reach a wizard’s soul. After completing their revisions, Wizet felt himself being pushed toward the Otherworld for the third time.

  • Wizet explained to Snape that adding more components had made the healing technique cumbersome, and proposed simplifying it like using a Bezoar to treat poison.
  • Snape realized that the Patronus Charm should be concealed within the healing technique, while Sectumsempra’s soul-reaching effects could be retained without its later stages.
  • Wizet explained that relying on happiness could hinder treatment of injured souls, and that the technique should instead draw on what souls have in common.
  • Wizet and Snape used his new approach, Snape’s knowledge of Sectumsempra, and Selina Pendragon’s book on Runes to complete their revisions.
  • Wizet felt an inexplicable force push him out of his body toward the Otherworld for the third time.

Ch. 547Soulblade Spirit Healing

Wizet and Snape used a toad to test the newly named Soul Healing Technique, which could repair damage caused by the Cruciatus Curse. Snape demonstrated that Soulblade Spirit Healing could also take a blade-like form, leaving its other uses unexplored.

  • Wizet explored Snape’s Levicorpus spell in the Otherworld and identified the three Runes it shared with Liberacorpus.
  • Snape learned that Wizet had visited the Otherworld before, praised his promise in magic, and described his own Otherworld as a patch of grass.
  • Snape explained that the Cruciatus Curse damaged the soul and that Soul Healing Technique could treat such injuries.
  • Snape cast Crucio on a toad, and Wizet used Soulblade Spirit Healing with Soul-Soothing Potion to mend the creature’s soul until it fell asleep.
  • Snape demonstrated Soulblade Spirit Healing himself, shaping its silver light into a scalpel and preparing to show Wizet another use for it.

Ch. 548The Dark Mark is Removed

Wizet completed the Soul Healing Technique and discussed patenting it with Snape, who warned that the process could take years and asked not to be credited. Alone afterward, Snape used his Patronus to remove the Dark Mark from his arm and vowed that it was only the first step against Voldemort.

  • Wizet used the Soul Healing Technique and a Soul-Soothing Potion to stop the toad's pain, then named its methods Soul Healing Technique, Soul Blade, and Soul Needle.
  • Wizet told Snape he planned to apply for a magical patent, and Snape warned that the process could take at least four years and advised him to ask Dumbledore for help.
  • Snape told Wizet not to include him in the patent application, and Wizet agreed before leaving.
  • Alone in his office, Snape summoned a doe Patronus that took Lily's form, then changed back after he acknowledged it was not her.
  • Snape's doe Patronus pulled the Dark Mark from his arm, and Snape declared its removal the first step against Voldemort.

Ch. 549The Unique "Otherworld"

Wizet discussed his Soul Healing Technique and the unusual nature of his Otherworld with Dumbledore, who agreed to help with a patent and investigate the tournament impostor. Later, Wizet and Luna visited the centaurs, where Firenze praised the Mallow Wizet had brought.

  • Wizet showed Dumbledore his Soul Healing Technique research, and Dumbledore offered to find an agent and contacts at St. Mungo's to help with the patent.
  • Wizet gave Dumbledore Black Repellent Whistles, and Dumbledore explained that a wizard at the duellist statue had likely been impersonated by a Death Eater using Polyjuice Potion.
  • Wizet asked Dumbledore about other wizards' Otherworlds and learned that records described vineyards, meadows, deserts, and forests, but none like his star-filled space without a foothold.
  • After Wizet left, Dumbledore reflected that Wizet's Otherworld needed to take root more deeply.
  • Wizet and Luna entered the Forbidden Forest, where Firenze met them and praised the quality of the Mallow Wizet brought.

Ch. 550Death of the Forest Troll

Firenze explained the history of Centaur divination and their deteriorating relationship with wizards as Wizet and Luna visited the Forbidden Forest. They discovered a Merlin Trial Ruins beneath the snow, beside a Troll skeleton, and Wizet used Mallow to activate it.

  • Firenze described how Centaurs used herbs and the stars for divination, and how the International Statute of Secrecy worsened their relationship with wizards.
  • Luna summoned her Saw-whet Owl Patronus to play with a young Unicorn, while Wizet greeted the adult Unicorn he had once healed.
  • The young Unicorn, whom Luna named Cornelia, gave her two golden tail hairs, which she tied onto her and Wizet's wands.
  • Firenze recalled that a wizard had once fled from a Troll near a patch of Mandrakes, leaving the Troll dead and the plants trampled.
  • Wizet cleared the snow to reveal a Troll skeleton and the Merlin Trial Ruins, then scattered Mallow over the altar and caused green motes to spread across it.

Ch. 551Trial of the Fire Gryphon

Wizet, Luna, and Firenze faced a trial in the Merlin Trial Ruins, where they destroyed the Fire Gryphons. The ruins then manifested Godric Gryffindor, who opened his eyes and questioned why the visitors were Ravenclaws again.

  • Wizet destroyed the Troll skeletons with fire, disrupting the trial's apparent opening sequence.
  • A Fire Gryphon emerged from the mist and attacked, but Wizet knocked it down and Luna extinguished it with water.
  • Wizet and Luna defeated the remaining Fire Gryphons while Firenze's arrows proved ineffective against the creatures.
  • The Merlin Trial Ruins transformed into a leafy pavilion after the last Fire Gryphon vanished.
  • Leaves gathered into the figure of Godric Gryffindor, who opened his eyes and asked why it was Ravenclaw again.

Ch. 552Lucky Ravenclaw?

After Firenze left Wizet and Luna at the altar, Godric Gryffindor explained how he had saved a badly injured Ravenclaw student by combining him with a Wampus Cat through Ritual Magic. Wizet learned the student had gained the creature’s innate magic, and asked what would happen if he never developed it.

  • Firenze declined Wizet’s potions, accepted his Mallow, and left after offering to help him find altars again.
  • Godric Gryffindor remarked that Firenze seemed to regard Wizet as a friend, and Wizet said he had also met the head of Slytherin House.
  • Wizet and Luna realized Godric Gryffindor’s mysterious Ravenclaw was likely the student who had fought a Forest Troll with Mandrakes.
  • Godric Gryffindor recounted how the Ravenclaw, the Troll, and a Wampus Cat were all injured by the Mandrakes’ cries.
  • Godric Gryffindor revealed that he used Ritual Magic to combine the Ravenclaw with the Wampus Cat, saving his life and giving him its innate magic.
  • Wizet asked what would happen if the Ravenclaw left his Bloodline Magic unguided and undeveloped.

Ch. 553It's Gilderoy Lockhart!

Wizet and Luna worked out how a Ravenclaw’s Wampus Cat blood might affect his magic and realized the wizard was Gilderoy Lockhart. After confirming Lockhart could still use Obliviate, Godric Gryffindor offered them a chance to win combat insight, and Wizet chose the third leaf ball.

  • Wizet and Godric Gryffindor discussed how the Ravenclaw’s soul, body, and Wampus Cat blood could alter his magical abilities.
  • Wizet and Luna suspected the Ravenclaw was Gilderoy Lockhart, based on clues from Lockhart’s book and his mastery of Obliviate.
  • Wizet conjured a bust of Lockhart, and Godric Gryffindor confirmed the identification; Wizet and Luna said Lockhart could still cast magic, especially Obliviate.
  • Godric Gryffindor offered seven leaf balls, only one of which contained combat insight, and Wizet chose the third ball for himself and Luna.

Ch. 554Changing My Position

Godric Gryffindor judged Wizet and Luna to have passed his trial and taught them a quieter, more precise method of Disapparition based on Transfiguration. He expanded the Merlin Trial Ruins and lifted Hogwarts’ Anti-Apparition protection there so they could practice.

  • Godric Gryffindor declared that Wizet and Luna passed the trial because they trusted each other and chose bravely.
  • Godric Gryffindor asked Wizet to explain Apparition and the three Ds, then criticized the usual method as prone to mistakes and Splinching.
  • Wizet realized Disapparition could be understood as changing one’s own position through Transfiguration, with precise magical control rather than forceful determination.
  • Godric Gryffindor explained that his movement technique minimized the sound and traces of Disapparition by making the change self-centered.
  • Godric Gryffindor expanded the Merlin Trial Ruins and temporarily lifted Hogwarts’ Anti-Apparition protection so Wizet and Luna could practice.

Ch. 555The Phantom Manifestation of Two "P" Principles

Wizet and Luna practiced Apparition under Godric Gryffindor’s guidance, and Luna mastered it as winter approached. After Wizet demonstrated rapid, concealed Apparition, Godric suggested Wizet had a talent for flying and they discussed how practice could help them perceive space; the chapter ended with Wizet and Luna preparing to finish linking the remaining areas to the Starlight Map in spring while watching for Sirius Black.

  • Godric Gryffindor taught Wizet and Luna the Two “P” Principles of Apparition, Present Position and Projected Position, and guided their practice in the Forbidden Forest.
  • As the holiday break approached, Luna mastered Apparition, while Wizet continued refining his technique.
  • Wizet Apparated quickly into a designated spot despite Godric changing his directions, producing only a faint vortex and sound.
  • Godric praised Wizet’s performance, suggested he had a talent for flying, and discussed how Apparition practice might help them perceive space.
  • Godric returned to the canopy, and Wizet linked the Merlin Trial Ruins to the Starlight Map, leaving three areas to connect.
  • Wizet and Luna agreed the remaining areas would likely have to wait until spring and noted that Sirius Black had made no moves, though the map would find him if he stayed in the Scottish Highlands.

Ch. 556The Holidays Draw Near

Ravenclaw students discussed lighter holiday homework and prepared for their final Quidditch match before the holidays. Wizet dominated the opening moments against Hufflepuff, leaving Oliver Wood worried that Ravenclaw had gained an exceptional Chaser.

  • Michael Corner said Professor Flitwick had confirmed that students received less homework because they were doing better, and the Ravenclaws discussed sharing Anthony Goldstein's research materials.
  • The Ravenclaws headed to their match against Hufflepuff, while Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner, and Terry Boot debated whether Ravenclaw could win a third consecutive Quidditch House Cup.
  • Madam Hooch started the match, and Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory flew off to search for the Golden Snitch.
  • Two Bludgers charged Wizet, but he dodged both and scored the first goal for Ravenclaw.
  • Oliver Wood praised Wizet's awareness and skill, then lamented that Ravenclaw had gained a formidable Chaser as Fred and George considered telling him something.

Ch. 557Seemingly Turned Into A Gust of Wind

Wizet refined his ability to sense magic and evade attacks while Ravenclaw overwhelmed Hufflepuff in a record-breaking Quidditch match. Cho Chang caught the Golden Snitch and Cedric Diggory saved her from falling as Ravenclaw won 750–30.

  • Wood rallied himself by resolving to train harder so he could face Wizet during Quidditch tryouts.
  • Wizet’s Apparition practice helped him sense enchanted objects and slip past Bludgers, though he could only enter that state occasionally.
  • Wizet scored repeatedly as Lee Jordan announced Ravenclaw’s growing lead over Hufflepuff.
  • Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory chased the Golden Snitch, and Cho lunged from her broom to catch it.
  • Cedric caught Cho Chang and pulled her onto his broom before she fell into the stands.
  • Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff 750–30, setting a new House Cup record.

Ch. 558Cornelius Fudge's Difficult Christmas Holiday

The Odin Daily’s report of the Dementor attack on Harry spread through England, leaving Cornelius Fudge under public pressure and facing a wave of Howlers. At the Lovegoods’ home, Xenophilius explained that Ottery St. Catchpole families were preparing a joint Howler, while Wizet and Luna planned a Christmas outing.

  • Copies of the Odin Daily reached England, and the Daily Prophet could not refute its photographs of Harry and the Dementors.
  • Xenophilius returned home and told Wizet and Luna that Mrs. Diggory had asked him to help write a Howler to Cornelius Fudge, signed by Ottery St. Catchpole families with children at Hogwarts.
  • Xenophilius said Fudge had received several Howlers and an undiluted Bubotuber Pus letter, and that the Malfoys had also become involved.
  • Luna invited Xenophilius to Leadenhall Market, but he chose to rest, and Wizet gave him a Soul-Soothing Potion.
  • Wizet recalled that Colin Creevey had supplied the photographs and suspected Xenophilius had arranged for the Odin Daily to publish them.

Ch. 559Who is Waiting Silently in the Winter?

Wizet and Luna celebrated Christmas Eve at Leadenhall Market, where they solved riddles, exchanged gifts, and chose a present for Mr. Lovegood. As Christmas Day began, a festive light and music display filled the market, and they wished each other a Merry Christmas.

  • Wizet and Luna admired the Christmas decorations at Leadenhall Market and ran through the crowd to see the towering Christmas tree.
  • Wizet and Luna solved two riddles from a harp-playing stall owner and each chose a scarf as a prize.
  • Wizet and Luna answered a third riddle, then bought a ceramic cup and another scarf to take back for Mr. Lovegood.
  • Wizet and Luna received a star-patterned hair clip and a hair tie from a Santa Claus handing out gifts.
  • Wizet and Luna gripped their wands when the market lights dimmed, then watched the Christmas tree and dome illuminate to music as Christmas Day began.

Ch. 560An Especially Happy Christmas

Wizet and Luna exchanged handmade wand wrist straps on Christmas morning, then Wizet opened gifts and letters from friends, professors, and Rita Skeeter. The day ended with Xenophilius laughing at a photograph of Cornelius Fudge being chased by a disguised howler.

  • Wizet admired the colorful wrist strap Luna had made for his wand, and Luna showed him the silver-chain bracelet he had made for her.
  • Wizet received books and rune research from Septima Vector and Bathsheda Babbling, prank candy from Fred and George, and carefully chosen herbs and a letter from Neville Longbottom.
  • Wizet repaired Neville's crossed-out first draft and read Draco Malfoy's thanks and invitation to visit Malfoy Manor.
  • Wizet opened Rita Skeeter's Christmas envelope and found a photograph of Cornelius Fudge fleeing a decorated howler.
  • Xenophilius Lovegood saw the photograph and laughed, declaring that this Christmas felt especially happy.
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