Ch. 621The "Blue Mirror Transcender" in the Murmurs

Public anger toward Cornelius Fudge grew as old allegations and Rita Skeeter’s anonymous article resurfaced, while Wizet competed in the duelling tournament’s knockout stage at Hogwarts. His match against Nox began with both wizards using nonverbal magic, and Nox launched a rapid spell attack.

  • Howlers continued flooding Cornelius Fudge’s office, and pessimistic interpretations spread about his decisions and the Quidditch World Cup.
  • Rita Skeeter complained that others had plagiarised her old opinions, and Xenophilius Lovegood reminded her that she had written them under a pen name.
  • The public and journalists praised Rita Skeeter’s anonymous article questioning Sirius Black’s conviction and the Ministry’s handling of his case.
  • After Easter, Wizet continued competing in the All-England Wizarding Duelling Tournament as the knockout stage began.
  • Wizet faced Nox, the “Battlefield Veteran,” and their opening nonverbal spells matched before Nox raised a Shield Charm against Wizet’s hidden attack.
  • Nox flicked his wand upward and sent a rapid series of spells toward Wizet.

Ch. 622Unique Applications of the Phantom Manifestation Spell

Wizet used a shrinking arena and changing weather to expose Nox’s unusual movement magic, discovering that Nox had used Apparition to vanish. The duel remained unresolved as Nox stayed still amid the interference, wary of splinching.

  • Wizet studied Nox’s unpredictable footwork while the duelists’ Shield Charms forced referees to protect the spectators.
  • Wizet redirected Nox’s spell, turned dust into arrows, and transformed them into an iron cage that shrank the arena.
  • Wizet cast Drizzling Rain and Frostfall, prompting Nox to vanish as hailstones fell.
  • Wizet recognized that Nox had used Apparition and sensed how he had prepared his destination in advance.
  • Wizet realized Nox remained still because moving through the magical interference risked splinching.

Ch. 623A Retired Auror Friend

Wizet uncovered Nox’s two Apparition techniques and defeated him in the All-England Wizarding Duelling Tournament, then healed his injury. Back at Hogwarts, Dumbledore revealed that Nox was a retired Auror friend who had been helping investigate the Death Eaters, and passed on Nox’s warning about Wizet’s mask.

  • Wizet deduced how Nox used short-range Apparition and a transitional space to evade attacks, then used an Anti-Apparition Jinx and Diffindo to defeat him.
  • Wizet healed Nox’s severed arm, and Nox thanked him before hinting that Wizet would understand his unfinished words later.
  • Dumbledore told Wizet that Nox was a retired Auror friend he had recruited to help investigate the Death Eaters.
  • Dumbledore relayed Nox’s message that Wizet should treat himself completely as someone else whenever he put on the mask.

Ch. 624Re-examining the Prophecy

Wizet discussed the Death Eater threat and Voldemort’s actions with Dumbledore, then re-examined the prophecy in light of Peter Pettigrew’s fate. He proposed that a Death Eater might escape Azkaban with help from family connections, leaving Dumbledore to consider the possibility.

  • Dumbledore advised Wizet to stay cautious and promised to ask trusted old Aurors to watch for Death Eaters.
  • Wizet asked about the Dementors, and Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had partly controlled their breeding grounds before Dumbledore destroyed them.
  • Wizet questioned whether Pettigrew’s death had made the prophecy uncertain, and he and Dumbledore moved to the Headmaster’s Office to examine it.
  • Wizet and Dumbledore agreed that the prophecy’s outcome involved someone helping Voldemort return, but its earlier lines might describe an escape from Azkaban.
  • Wizet suggested that a Death Eater’s family could help a prisoner break free, and he and Dumbledore considered Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, and Bellatrix Lestrange as possible links.

Ch. 625Memories of Azkaban

Dumbledore and Wizet questioned Sirius about Azkaban, hoping to identify which prisoner might have escaped and learn whether anyone had behaved strangely. Sirius agreed to let Wizet examine his memories using Peter Pettigrew as a keyword, and Wizet began explaining how he would do it.

  • Dumbledore summoned Sirius to the Headmaster's Office to ask about Azkaban.
  • Sirius said Bellatrix Lestrange and the other Lestranges were unlikely to escape because they stayed loyal to Voldemort and believed he would rescue them.
  • Sirius explained that he could not clearly remember his own escape preparations because he had spent much of the time in his Animagus form while avoiding Dementors.
  • Wizet suggested examining Sirius's memories, and Sirius agreed.
  • Sirius named Peter Pettigrew as the thing he had thought about most while planning his escape, and Wizet began explaining why he needed a keyword.

Ch. 626The Death Eaters' Choir

Wizet searched Sirius Black’s memories of Azkaban, uncovering the prison’s grim history and the Death Eaters’ unrelenting faith in Voldemort’s return. The memories ended with Sirius learning Peter Pettigrew was alive and preparing to escape.

  • Wizet used Peter Pettigrew as a keyword to search Sirius’s memories and found his long years in Azkaban.
  • Sirius encountered Barty Crouch Jr., who declared his loyalty to Voldemort before the Dementors silenced the prisoners.
  • Bellatrix Lestrange and the other Death Eaters repeatedly preached that Voldemort would return and free them.
  • Sirius saw a Daily Prophet photograph of the Weasley family and learned that Peter Pettigrew was still alive.
  • Sirius began preparing to escape Azkaban by imitating Peter Pettigrew and using Animagus Transfiguration.
  • Wizet continued watching the prisoners as Bellatrix Lestrange and the Death Eaters’ chants began to sound like a choir.

Ch. 627Potion on Bones

Wizet examined Sirius Black’s memories of escaping Azkaban and summoned the potion bottle Black had lost at sea. He identified its surviving contents as Polyjuice Potion, confirming that someone had smuggled a magical item into Azkaban.

  • Wizet searched Sirius Black’s memories and noticed that Black had escaped Azkaban with a bottle of murky potion.
  • Wizet and Sirius Black realized the bottle might have bypassed Azkaban’s protections because it was unusual, so Wizet summoned it from the sea to the Scottish Highlands.
  • Wizet cleaned the bottle and found that seawater had seeped into the potion, though much of the original mixture remained.
  • Wizet used Scarpin’s Revelaspell and identified the potion as Polyjuice Potion.
  • Wizet told Dumbledore that the result supported their earlier assumption that there had been more than one special case.

Ch. 628Suspect: Barty Crouch Jr.

Sirius Black and Dumbledore discussed a dead Azkaban prisoner who had used Polyjuice Potion, and Wizet identified Barty Crouch Jr. as the likeliest suspect. They agreed that the evidence needed careful handling, since pressing Barty Crouch too hard could backfire.

  • Sirius Black concluded that the Polyjuice Potion user was probably a Death Eater with accomplices and worried that Harry remained in danger.
  • Dumbledore explained that Peter Pettigrew had appeared at Hogwarts and that the escaped prisoner likely had not found Voldemort.
  • Sirius Black regretted failing Harry as his godfather and offered to help, then left the Headmaster's Office.
  • Wizet named Barty Crouch Jr. as the likeliest suspect, citing reports that he had grown ill before his death in Azkaban and that his mother died soon afterward.
  • Wizet and Dumbledore discussed Barty Crouch's lawsuit against a former Azkaban guard, which Cornelius Fudge had publicized to damage Crouch's reputation.
  • Dumbledore warned Wizet that investigating Barty Crouch too aggressively could backfire.

Ch. 629The Approaching Fitchburg Finches and Sweetwater All-Stars

Students learned that the Fitchburg Finches and Sweetwater All-Stars would attend the Quidditch House Cup final, exciting Hogwarts and driving Oliver Wood into extra training. Wizet admitted he had nearly forgotten the teams were coming, just as a deep voice confronted him about it.

  • Anthony guessed that the mysterious guests announced for the final were professional Quidditch teams connected to Wizet.
  • Michael asked Wizet about the guests, and news that the Fitchburg Finches and Sweetwater All-Stars would attend spread through Hogwarts overnight.
  • Fred and George told Wizet that Wood had kept them and Harry training before dawn after learning the teams were coming.
  • Luna explained that Wizet had not told her because he had forgotten, and Wizet said he had nearly forgotten too.
  • A deep voice accused Wizet of forgetting their past comradeship on the battlefield.

Ch. 630The Sweetwater All-Stars Post Office is Happy to Serve You

Professional Quidditch captains Maxie Blanche and Joseph Gonzalez visited Hogwarts, where students crowded them for autographs before they accompanied the Ravenclaw team to the pitch. Joseph then gave Wizet a Firebolt on behalf of the Sweetwater All-Stars Post Office, leaving Wizet surprised by the generous delivery.

  • Maxie Blanche and Joseph Gonzalez arrived at the Great Hall with their players, and the students crowded around to request autographs until Professor McGonagall organized them into lines.
  • Wizet walked with the Ravenclaw team and the visiting captains toward the Quidditch Pitch, where Roger Davies discussed professional training and tactics with them.
  • Joseph Gonzalez and Maxie Blanche praised Wizet's flying and discussed the Ravenclaw team's Keeper situation, teasing Joseph about finding a replacement.
  • Maxie Blanche reminded Joseph Gonzalez of their real purpose for coming, and Joseph opened a package containing a Firebolt.
  • Joseph Gonzalez handed the Firebolt to Wizet on behalf of the Sweetwater All-Stars Post Office, and Wizet protested that it was too much trouble.

Ch. 631Quidditch House Cup, This Stage Is a Bit Small

Maxie Blanche and Joseph Gonzalez visited Luna and revealed that MACUSA had arranged Firebolts for Wizet and Luna as reserve players on their team. At Hogwarts, Wizet dominated Ravenclaw's House Cup match against Gryffindor, leaving the visiting captains convinced that the tournament was too small a stage for him.

  • Maxie Blanche and Joseph Gonzalez joined Luna in the stands and explained that MACUSA had promised their team Firebolts after Wizet helped them coordinate a dragon-luring operation.
  • Maxie Blanche revealed that Wizet and Luna counted as reserve players, allowing MACUSA to help acquire their brooms, and Luna worried about the consequences.
  • Lee Jordan announced the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw lineups, highlighting that Harry Potter and Wizet would each fly a Firebolt.
  • Wizet scored almost immediately, and the visiting captains analyzed how difficult it would be to defend against his flying and shots.
  • Ravenclaw built a huge lead over Gryffindor, and Maxie Blanche and Joseph Gonzalez concluded that the Quidditch House Cup stage was too small for Wizet.

Ch. 632Fred and George's Foresight

Harry caught the Golden Snitch, but Wizet’s performance helped Ravenclaw defeat Gryffindor 190–160 and win the Quidditch House Cup. Wood took comfort in the close score and Joseph Gonzalez’s praise, while Fred and George teased him about Wizet offering to arrange a professional tryout.

  • Harry caught the Golden Snitch ahead of Cho Chang, but Ravenclaw won the match by thirty points and claimed its third consecutive Quidditch House Cup.
  • Fred and George encouraged the disappointed Wood, who praised Wizet’s speed and admitted he had failed to account for the Firebolt in his tactics.
  • Wood apologized to Harry for letting the team down, then urged the Gryffindor players to keep working toward next season’s match.
  • Joseph Gonzalez praised Wood’s work ethic and goalkeeping, and Wood agreed that a keeper had to learn from missed saves and stop the next shot.
  • Fred and George told Harry that Wizet had offered to introduce Wood to professional Quidditch teams, then joked that Wood might have married Wizet if he had heard the offer earlier.

Ch. 633Exam Week

After Ravenclaw celebrated its Quidditch House Cup victory, Wood thanked Wizet for helping him join the Sweetwater All-Stars. As exam week began, students relied on past issues of the Hogwarts Voice to revise, and the professors wondered whether the paper had helped them perform well on their practical exams.

  • Wood told Wizet he had joined the Sweetwater All-Stars and thanked him for his support.
  • Students debated whether Wizet or Harry would catch the Golden Snitch first, until exam week made revision their priority.
  • Students borrowed and discussed past issues of the Hogwarts Voice as study material.
  • Wizet's year took its Transfiguration exams, and the students handled the practical task of turning hot-water-filled teapots into turtles with ease.
  • Professor McGonagall and the other professors discussed how calmly students performed in their practical exams.
  • Professor McGonagall suggested that lessons published in the Hogwarts Voice might have helped the students prepare.

Ch. 634Snape's "Thoughtful Tweaks"

Snape secretly increased the difficulty of the Potions exams to challenge students whose skills had improved, and he watched the Gryffindor sixth-years struggle through the test. Wizet later explained some of Snape’s traps to his roommates, though Michael remained unsure how he had chosen the wrong Lovage.

  • At the staff table, McGonagall and the other professors agreed that future exams could be made more difficult, while Snape decided not to wait until next school year.
  • After reading Hogwarts Voice, Snape used Wizet’s articles to devise trickier written questions and practical exam materials for Potions.
  • Snape watched the Gryffindor sixth-years grow increasingly nervous as they struggled with his exam.
  • Anthony, Michael, Chris, and Terry complained to Wizet about the difficult test, and Wizet confirmed the correct answer about leech juice in Shrinking Solution.
  • Wizet explained that Snape had placed one real Lovage and one false Lovage on the practical exam table, leaving Michael puzzled.

Ch. 635Harry and Neville's Different Confusing Concoctions

Wizet explained how to distinguish Lovage from Wild Carrot and helped Harry and Neville understand why their Confusing Concoctions had turned out differently. Neville’s unusual success with the potion and his frequent use of the Confundus Charm left Wizet considering further research into the soul.

  • Wizet explained that Lovage had yellowish flowers, while Wild Carrot had white flowers, and Michael realized he had chosen the wrong herb.
  • Hermione discussed the Potions exam with Wizet, while Harry and Ron worried that they had answered several questions incorrectly.
  • Wizet told Harry that processed Castor Oil had left his potion too thin and estimated that Snape would lower his grade by one level.
  • Neville told Wizet that his potion had thickened after he kept brewing it, despite using processed Castor Oil.
  • Neville revealed that he cast a Confundus Charm on himself before Potions classes, and Wizet advised him to use it in moderation while considering research into Neville’s unusual soul.

Ch. 636Remus Lupin and Hagrid's Cooperative Exam

Lupin and Hagrid held a combined Care of Magical Creatures and Defense Against the Dark Arts exam, with Sirius Black helping design the practical course. Wizet began the practical exam at the Forbidden Forest and calmly dealt with the first test, a group of Red Caps.

  • Lupin explained that the written exam covered magical creatures and defensive spells, while Hagrid described a practical exam that required students to protect themselves and the creatures.
  • Hagrid and Lupin led the students to the Forbidden Forest course, where Lupin explained that speed and appropriate treatment of the creatures would determine their evaluations.
  • Lupin invited Wizet to demonstrate the course, and Wizet recognized that a Nightfall Charm had darkened the grounds.
  • Wizet realized the Red Caps had been Confunded and that their wooden clubs were harmless, then used Expelliarmus to disarm one and pass the first test.

Ch. 637If the journey were shorter, perhaps it could be a little faster?

Wizet completed Lupin’s magical-creature obstacle course in under five minutes, bypassing each challenge with quick spells and mental magic. The students then began their own practical tests, where Hermione struggled with a Boggart that took the form of Professor McGonagall before she defeated it and escaped.

  • Harry recognized Wizet’s Disarming Charm and planned to use it himself as Wizet crossed the Grindylows’ pond and repelled an attacking Grindylow with Relashio.
  • Wizet neutralized the path’s Dark magic traps with Finite Incantatem and drained the water from a Kappa’s head with Aguamenti before knocking it back into the pond.
  • Wizet crossed the Hinkypunks’ swamp by conjuring a bridge and passed the final cabinet, where a burly man moved it aside for him.
  • The students marveled at how quickly Wizet finished, and Lupin explained that mental magic could help against Hinkypunks and Boggarts before Seamus began his test.
  • The students found the course difficult, and Hermione faced a Boggart disguised as Professor McGonagall, turned it into a clown with Riddikulus, and escaped around the cabinet.

Ch. 638Remus Lupin Resigns

Students learned that Professor Lupin had resigned as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Harry, Hermione, and Ron discovered his condition as a werewolf partly motivated the decision. Lupin also admitted that Cornelius Fudge was involved, while Sirius offered to help him after he left Hogwarts.

  • Rumors spread that Lupin had submitted his resignation, and Hufflepuff students confirmed it after overhearing Sprout and Hagrid discussing it.
  • Harry, Hermione, and Ron asked Lupin if he was leaving because he was a werewolf, and he explained that Wolfsbane Potion was costly and difficult to brew and that an accident could cause trouble for Dumbledore.
  • Harry, Hermione, and Ron failed to persuade Lupin to stay, and Sirius offered to let him move in and help him obtain Wolfsbane Potion.
  • Wizet and Luna visited Lupin, and Luna asked whether Minister Fudge was behind his resignation.
  • Lupin confirmed that Fudge was involved but said he was resigning mainly to avoid causing Dumbledore further trouble despite Dumbledore's trust in him.

Ch. 639An Invitation to Remus Lupin

Lupin explained that he planned to resign from Hogwarts to protect his family and prevent Cornelius Fudge from using his werewolf identity against Dumbledore. Wizet invited him to manage the M.S.C. Magic Steam Club during the summer, and Lupin was left considering the offer and Wizet’s goal of bringing Coolik to the whole world.

  • Lupin told Wizet and Luna that Ministry employees had questioned his family, prompting his parents to warn him, and he feared his identity would be exposed if he stayed at Hogwarts.
  • Lupin said he wanted to leave so Fudge would have less leverage against Dumbledore, while Sirius Black offered him a place to live and help fighting Voldemort.
  • Wizet explained that the M.S.C. Magic Steam Club needed someone to manage its growing products and customers over the summer, and invited Lupin to take the role.
  • Wizet offered to provide Lupin with Wolfsbane Potion and account for his monthly full-moon leave, while Luna said her father could help arrange other benefits.
  • Wizet explained that Lupin’s experience in the Muggle world made him suitable to help the club, then shared his goal of taking Coolik around the world.

Ch. 640Bonus Points for the Hogwarts Voice

Wizet persuaded Lupin to join M.S.C., and Lupin agreed to do his best. At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore awarded House points for contributions to Hogwarts Voice before the students celebrated with a banquet.

  • Wizet explained why Lupin’s experience and abilities made him valuable to M.S.C. and asked him to join.
  • Luna and Sirius Black urged Lupin to accept, and Lupin agreed to do his best.
  • Students gathered in the Great Hall and discussed the House standings and the points Hogwarts Voice would award.
  • Dumbledore thanked the students who contributed essays to Hogwarts Voice and handed out Chocolate Frogs.
  • Dumbledore awarded 1,900 points to Ravenclaw, 1,500 to Hufflepuff, and 1,300 each to Gryffindor and Slytherin.
  • Dumbledore announced the end-of-year feast, and the students began celebrating.
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