Chapter Summaries

Wizet questioned Cornelius Fudge about the Dementors and learned where their breeding grounds were, leading him and Snape to suspect Voldemort was hiding there. Wizet then told Snape how Sirius Black escaped and revealed that Peter Pettigrew might be alive, leaving Snape to fear Sirius would return to the Forbidden Forest that night.

• Dumbledore left with Remus Lupin and two other werewolves while Sirius wondered whether they were really going back to Hogwarts.
• Wizet asked Cornelius Fudge whether Dementors returned to their breeding grounds, and Fudge said they had no need to go home.
• Snape used Legilimency on Fudge, then told Wizet that the Dementors' breeding grounds were on the edge of the Scottish Highlands.
• Wizet told Dumbledore his suspicion that Voldemort was hiding at the Dementors' breeding grounds.
• Wizet explained to Snape that Sirius had escaped Azkaban as an Animagus and might be pursuing Peter Pettigrew, who could still be alive.
• Snape concluded that Peter had been the Potters' Secret-Keeper and asked whether Sirius would return to the Forbidden Forest that night.

Wizet and the professors learned that Peter Pettigrew was alive and being brought to Hogwarts with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Sirius. When Fudge saw Sirius and Pettigrew, he insisted Sirius was guilty and suspected Harry had been placed under the Imperius Curse, leaving Wizet to intervene.

• Wizet told Snape that Dumbledore had confirmed Peter Pettigrew was alive and that Harry and the others were bringing him to Hogwarts.
• Wizet explained the Animagus Second Form potion to Headmaster Kamba and the other professors while Snape remained on the lawn.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Sirius arrived with Pettigrew, and Fudge ordered Umbridge to fetch the Aurors and Dementors.
• Sirius taunted Fudge and was hoisted upside down by Snape, while Wizet silenced him with a spell.
• Harry told Fudge that Pettigrew had faked his death and framed Sirius, but Fudge suspected Harry was under the Imperius Curse and ordered Snape to restrain them.
• Wizet confirmed he had spoken in support of Harry and waved his wand at Sirius, telling him to watch his words.

After Sirius Black was brought to Hogwarts, Headmaster Kamba and Dumbledore challenged Fudge to let the group investigate the case safely. Harry began presenting evidence that Peter Pettigrew, not Sirius, had betrayed his parents and framed him.

• Snape dispelled Sirius's spell and then hung him upside down again while claiming he had checked him thoroughly.
• Headmaster Kamba proposed safeguards against the Imperius Curse and a search of Sirius before hearing the children’s account.
• Dumbledore created a protective magical field, and Sirius offered Remus Lupin’s and Peter Pettigrew’s wands for examination.
• Harry told Fudge that Peter Pettigrew had been hiding as Ron’s rat and showed a Daily Prophet photograph alongside Peter’s missing finger.

Harry confronted Cornelius Fudge with evidence that Peter Pettigrew was alive, forcing Fudge to reconsider the decision that had made him Minister for Magic. Peter admitted that he had betrayed James under torture, while Snape and Wizet exposed the contradiction between Peter's claim that he had to survive for his mother and Fudge's old article mourning them both.

• Harry showed Cornelius Fudge the magical photograph of Peter's missing finger, reminding Fudge that he had declared Peter dead after finding the severed finger at the scene of Sirius Black's arrest.
• Cornelius Fudge recalled that his declaration had helped him rise to Minister for Magic, and realized that Peter's survival could stain his reputation and expose Sirius's wrongful conviction.
• Snape mocked Harry and Sirius, then Fudge listened as Harry revived Peter Pettigrew with the Reviving Charm.
• Sirius demanded that Peter explain why he had revealed James's secret, and Peter admitted he had given in after Voldemort tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Peter claimed he had to survive for his mother, but Snape and Wizet recalled Fudge's Daily Prophet article describing Peter and his mother as dead heroes.

Wizet and Snape exposed Peter Pettigrew’s story as a lie by showing that Ron’s family had kept him for years without losing him, until he recently vanished. As Aurors arrived to interrogate Pettigrew and investigate the alleged attack on Dementors, Fudge and Umbridge considered letting Pettigrew escape to preserve Fudge’s position.

• Wizet reminded the gathering that Fudge had written a memorial article for Pettigrew’s mother in 1990, and Ron confirmed that Pettigrew had not gone missing until recently.
• Snape argued that Pettigrew had abandoned the mother he claimed to care about after finding a new family, turning the crowd against him.
• Ron retched over having trusted Pettigrew, while Harry and Hermione comforted him; Dumbledore asked Fudge to allow Aurors to interrogate Pettigrew.
• Fudge demanded that the Aurors investigate how Sirius had supposedly slaughtered Dementors, while Sirius, Dumbledore, Snape, and Harry challenged the accusation and Umbridge arrived with Aurors.
• Fudge told Umbridge he believed Dumbledore was trying to force him out of office, and Umbridge proposed letting Pettigrew escape so they could hide crucial evidence and regain control.

Wizet investigated why Peter Pettigrew was missing from the Marauder’s Map and used soul magic to test whether a person’s identity affected the map. The experiment made Ron identify himself as Wizet Lovegood, leaving Harry stunned as both Ron’s and Wizet’s names appeared on the map.

• Wizet confirmed that Peter Pettigrew’s name remained absent from the Marauder’s Map while Sirius Black’s appeared normally.
• Wizet used Soulblade Spirit Healing to split off parts of his soul, placing one in the map and the other in Ron.
• Ron explained the effects and ingredients of Confusing Concoction without making any mistakes.
• When Wizet asked Ron his name, Ron clutched his head and said he was Wizet Lovegood.
• Harry noticed that the Marauder’s Map displayed two names for Wizet.

Wizet tested how his magic affected the Marauder’s Map, restored Ron by startling him with a spider, and explained the Human Presence Spell through a torch-and-shadow analogy. He then found Voldemort’s name on the map and discovered Peter Pettigrew had escaped, just as Dolores Umbridge arrived to report the escape.

• Wizet cast Unplottable on himself and made both of his names disappear from the Marauder’s Map.
• Hermione frightened Ron with a conjured spider, causing Wizet’s overlay to dispel and Ron to return to himself.
• Wizet explained that the Human Presence Spell displayed names and locations like shadows cast by torches, and that he had covered Ron’s torch rather than extinguishing it.
• Madam Pomfrey examined Harry, Ron, and Hermione, then sent them off with instructions to take potion and rest.
• Wizet used Apparition Trace to reveal Voldemort’s name on the Marauder’s Map and realized Peter Pettigrew had escaped.
• Dolores Umbridge entered Dumbledore’s office and reported that Peter Pettigrew had escaped.

After Peter Pettigrew escaped custody, Wizet tracked him to the Shrieking Shack, and Dumbledore led a group to pursue him while suspecting Fudge and Umbridge had planned to frame Tonks. The chapter ended with Umbridge injured during Apparition and the Aurors preparing to expand the Anti-Disapparition Charm.

• Nymphadora Tonks reported that Peter Pettigrew had knocked John unconscious and escaped from the room where she was to take over guarding him.
• Wizet used the Marauder's Map to locate Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shack and refused Umbridge's request to lend the map to the Ministry.
• Dumbledore proposed that they find Fudge and check the interrogation statements, then revealed that the Anti-Disapparition Charm had been expanded to prevent Pettigrew's escape.
• Dumbledore temporarily lifted the charm at the Headmaster's Office so the group could Apparate to the tower, and he told Wizet that the incident should have been blamed on Tonks.
• Wizet suspected Voldemort's soul fragment had influenced Pettigrew, while Umbridge arrived at the tower with her right hand splinched off and received treatment from Tonks and Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore lifted the restrictions at the tower and asked Williamson and Proudfoot to help Wizet expand the Anti-Disapparition Charm.

Wizet sent Aurors to intercept Peter Pettigrew while Cornelius Fudge argued that Sirius Black’s innocence should not yet be announced. Wizet used the Soul Stone to force Pettigrew out of his Animagus form, leaving the group expecting the Aurors to capture him.

• Wizet used the Marauder's Map to direct Williamson and Prout to expand the Anti-Apparition Charm along Peter Pettigrew’s route.
• Cornelius Fudge told Dumbledore that Pettigrew’s escape and Sirius Black’s reputation made public exoneration risky for Sirius and Hogwarts.
• Dolores Umbridge revealed that Wizet’s map could track Pettigrew, and Wizet said Auror Thomas Savage had joined the others near him.
• Wizet summoned the Soul Stone from Nymphadora Tonks and used it to disrupt Pettigrew’s Animagus transformation.
• Voldemort’s name raced off the Marauder’s Map as Pettigrew’s name appeared, flashed, and vanished, while a strap flew into Wizet’s hand.
• Wizet told Cornelius Fudge that Pettigrew would be forced into human form and would soon be brought back in custody.

Wizet learned that Peter Pettigrew’s soul had been consumed by a Dementor after he reverted to human form, and the Aurors revealed that Pettigrew had cried out about the Dark Lord abandoning him. Dumbledore confronted Cornelius Fudge with evidence that Voldemort was still active and warned Fudge that he would no longer need to concern himself with the matter.

• Williamson and Proudfoot returned with Peter Pettigrew, whose vacant eyes and puppet-like behavior showed that he had lost his soul.
• Proudfoot explained that Peter had rushed into a group of Dementors, and one had given him the Kiss despite the Aurors’ Patronus Charms.
• Williamson said Peter had expressed remorse toward James Potter and Lily Potter, while Proudfoot revealed that Peter had screamed about the Dark Lord abandoning him.
• Cornelius Fudge rejected the claim that Voldemort could still be alive, and Dolores Umbridge backed him up.
• Dumbledore told Fudge that Voldemort had caused the previous year’s attack on Hogwarts and warned him that he would not need to concern himself with the matter much longer.

Dumbledore dismissed Cornelius Fudge after Fudge blamed Hogwarts and Dumbledore for Peter Pettigrew’s death, then considered how the Ministry might obstruct him if Voldemort returned. Wizet and Dumbledore recognized that Voldemort’s soul fragment had greater significance than they had assumed, and Snape arrived with control of his Dark Mark.

• Cornelius Fudge angrily accused Dumbledore of using Peter Pettigrew’s death as an excuse to undermine him, then fled and splinched himself; Nymphadora Tonks collected the severed flesh and left.
• Dumbledore restored the restrictions, cleaned the blood, and worried that Fudge would deny Voldemort’s return and smear him if the Dark Lord came back.
• Wizet told Dumbledore that Voldemort had effectively come through the soul fragment attached to Peter Pettigrew, and they agreed they still needed to defeat him.
• Snape entered the Headmaster’s Office, learned that a Dementor had sucked away Peter Pettigrew’s soul, and showed Dumbledore his Dark Mark.
• Dumbledore realized that Snape had already gained control of the Dark Mark.

Dumbledore explained to Snape that Peter Pettigrew had betrayed the Potters’ secret and that Voldemort had possessed Pettigrew, while keeping Voldemort’s fatal weakness undisclosed. Snape left agreeing that knowing the secret would be dangerous, and Dumbledore turned to the pending invitations from two schools.

• Dumbledore suggested that Snape learn the truth about Peter Pettigrew from Wizet so he could accept it, and praised Snape for avoiding trouble during the confrontation.
• Snape inferred that Voldemort had possessed Pettigrew and left him after the Dementors attacked, and he worried that Voldemort had become more powerful.
• Dumbledore withheld Voldemort’s fatal weakness from Snape, explaining that knowing it could endanger him and cause Voldemort to conceal it again.
• Snape said he would rather be trapped in a sheep pen than learn the secret, and Dumbledore agreed.
• After Snape left, Dumbledore told Fawkes that he had not technically revealed the secret to Wizet, then considered how to get the two schools’ invitations approved by the Ministry of Magic.

Voldemort learned from a returning soul fragment that Peter Pettigrew’s plan to kill Harry Potter had failed, and he analyzed the night’s events from a cave. He concluded Harry’s Patronus made him a greater threat, considered using Harry’s blood to remove his magical protection, and remained uncertain about Severus Snape’s loyalty.

• Voldemort absorbed a silver speck containing a soul fragment, and his weakened body collapsed before he escaped as black mist to possess another snake.
• Voldemort learned that Peter Pettigrew had failed, while Harry Potter, Remus Lupin, and others had uncovered Sirius Black’s innocence.
• Voldemort realized Harry had cast a corporeal Patronus against the Dementors and worried that the failed attack had made his enemy stronger.
• Voldemort decided that Harry’s blood might help remove his magical protection, but noted that Peter Pettigrew and his body were no longer available to him.
• Voldemort questioned whether Severus Snape remained loyal or had been kept at Hogwarts by Albus Dumbledore to monitor him.

Voldemort blamed Wizet Lovegood for the events that had thwarted him and considered obtaining both Wizet’s and Harry Potter’s blood, while deciding to pursue an egg from the All-England Wizarding Duelling Tournament. At The Quibbler, Rita Skeeter confronted Xenophilius Lovegood with parchment rolls just as an owl delivered a letter from Luna.

• Voldemort decided to leave Severus Snape at Hogwarts for now, where he could be useful later.
• Voldemort concluded that Wizet Lovegood had helped expose Peter Pettigrew, clear Sirius Black, and guide Dumbledore to the Dementors’ breeding ground.
• Voldemort considered taking both Harry Potter’s and Wizet Lovegood’s blood, then chose to focus on the tournament egg and making the werewolf wizards serve him.
• Xenophilius arrived at The Quibbler’s offices and found Rita Skeeter waiting outside, unusually dishevelled.
• Rita showed Xenophilius two rolls of parchment, and an owl arrived with a letter from Luna Lovegood.

Xenophilius decoded Luna’s hidden letter and read Sirius Black’s testimony implicating Peter Pettigrew in the Potters’ betrayal. Rita Skeeter chose Wizet’s side over Cornelius Fudge’s, burned Fudge’s request, and sensed that a major political upheaval was coming as Clotilde Bagshot arrived.

• Xenophilius used Luna’s candy riddle to reveal a hidden message on two Hogwarts landscape paintings, which bore Dumbledore’s magical signature.
• Xenophilius read Sirius Black’s testimony explaining that Peter Pettigrew had become the Potters’ Secret Keeper and betrayed them to Voldemort.
• Rita received a request from Cornelius Fudge to write a report that conflicted with Wizet’s request, then burned Fudge’s letter.
• Rita concluded that siding with Wizet could expose Fudge’s wrongdoing and bring major changes to magical England.
• Xenophilius tried to conceal his surprise about the testimony, and Clotilde Bagshot called to him from outside the publishing house.

Wizet reassured Luna that he trusted her judgment about Minister Fudge, then joined Harry’s group after hearing a duel in the corridors. They found Snape confronting Lupin and Sirius, and the encounter ended with Snape blasting Sirius backward.

• Wizet told Luna he trusted her judgment and explained that his own poor opinion of Fudge came from their encounters.
• After morning classes, Wizet heard what sounded like a duel and joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they followed the noise.
• Wizet and Harry’s group found Snape facing Lupin, who was protecting Sirius in his large black dog form.
• Snape mocked Sirius and Lupin, prompting Sirius to attack while Lupin raised his wand to defend him.
• Snape struck Sirius with two sharp wand movements and sent him flying backward.

Snape and Sirius Black fought over the past, with Lupin trying to stop the confrontation from endangering the students. Lupin persuaded Sirius to leave for the Hospital Wing, while the feud between Sirius and Snape remained unresolved.

• Snape deflected Lupin’s spell and knocked him down, then taunted Sirius Black and sent him crashing into Lupin with a Knockback Jinx.
• Sirius attacked Snape with a powerful Blasting Curse, but Wizet disarmed Sirius and Snape contained the fireballs with a magical field.
• Snape blamed Sirius for the deaths caused by his reckless plan and silenced him, while Harry shouted at Snape to stop.
• Lupin forced Sirius back into human form and urged him to end the fight because the children were watching.
• Lupin and Sirius agreed to go to the Hospital Wing, and Sirius admitted the danger of his Blasting Curse after Lupin pointed out that Harry and the others had been nearby.

Sirius Black and Lupin discussed Snape, their troubled past, and Harry’s progress with the Patronus Charm in the Hospital Wing. Lupin explained Wizet’s role in helping Harry, and Sirius fell asleep after Madam Pomfrey gave him food and medicine.

• Lupin told Sirius that Snape’s magic had grown stronger, while Sirius offered Harry his support as his godfather.
• Madam Pomfrey sent Harry, Hermione, and Ron out of the Hospital Wing so Lupin and Sirius could rest.
• Lupin explained that Harry had recently learned to cast a corporeal Patronus with help from a paper connected to Wizet.
• Lupin recounted Wizet’s remarkable deeds in North America, including saving MACUSA and helping Animagi cast spells.
• Madam Pomfrey gave Lupin Skele-Gro and treated Sirius, who fell asleep after finishing his porridge and potion.

Snape warned Wizet not to interfere in his old conflict with Sirius and revealed the Dark Mark on his arm. Sirius and Dumbledore publicized the truth about Sirius’s innocence, winning support for a retrial and putting Fudge’s Ministry on the defensive.

• Snape told Wizet that his conflict with Sirius belonged to their generation and advised him to use Levicorpus if he had to confront Sirius.
• Sirius handed out copies of The Quibbler at Hogwarts, while Wizet helped a student who had nearly fallen into an ink bottle.
• Luna gave Wizet a new copy of The Quibbler, and Sirius explained that Dumbledore had arranged an impromptu banquet to announce the news.
• Dumbledore explained Sirius’s innocence at the banquet, and Harry applauded as Sirius smiled.
• Fudge and Umbridge discussed the public demands for Sirius’s retrial, and Fudge blamed Umbridge’s plan for Peter Pettigrew’s escape.

Cornelius Fudge and Dolores Umbridge discussed how to counter The Quibbler's damaging report about Fudge and Sirius Black's case. Fudge ordered Umbridge to find scandals about Dumbledore, leaving her to investigate Hogwarts' former Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.

• Dolores Umbridge read The Quibbler's report, which criticized Fudge's rise to power, his handling of Sirius Black's arrest, and his treatment of Dumbledore.
• Fudge demanded that Umbridge propose a way to reclaim the initiative from Dumbledore and his allies.
• Umbridge suggested publicly announcing review proceedings for Sirius Black's case and using the Daily Prophet to spread the news.
• Fudge ordered Umbridge to dig up Dumbledore's secrets and look for scandals among Hogwarts' former Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.