Chapter Summaries

Mrs. Weasley organized the cleanup of Number 12, Grimmauld Place, while the others cleared Doxies, Hairy Crabs, and magical traps. Wizet and Luna found Doxy eggs with charms, and Fred and George joined Bill to investigate an attacking grandfather clock.

• Mrs. Weasley assigned Neville and Hannah to clear Hairy Crab nests and directed Harry, Ron, Ginny, and the others to help remove Doxies.
• Wizet and Luna used charms to locate Doxy eggs while protecting the floorboards from damage.
• Fred showed George the Doxy eggs he had collected and described how easily Wizet and Luna had found them.
• Neville and Hannah asked Mrs. Weasley to inspect the cleaned potions room for remaining Hairy Crab nests.
• Bill called Fred and George to help dismantle a magical grandfather clock, and they hurried after him.

As the residents cleaned Number 12, Grimmauld Place, Wizet discovered Bill and Charlie trapped by cursed books. He examined the books and suggested that older words might help Bill break the curse, leaving the brothers still bound to their reading.

• Mrs. Weasley scolded Fred and George for trying to take Doxies, then worried over them when they described a dangerous encounter.
• Remus Lupin brought down a sack of hostile portraits, and Ron joked that they could hold a meeting about pure-bloods.
• Wizet and Luna discussed tents for the match as they carried sacks downstairs.
• Wizet found Bill and Charlie with their faces trapped in old books while Bill tried to calculate a counter-curse.
• Wizet examined the books and suggested that Bill try older words to break their curse.

Wizet helped Bill and Charlie free themselves from cursed books using the incantation Emancipatio, then learned the books contained Ancient Runes. The chapter left Wizet suspecting a Dark magical object had affected Kreacher, while Bill and Charlie suggested asking Sirius Black.

• Bill and Charlie joked about trying a dragon-language incantation before Bill and Wizet resumed working to break the books’ curse.
• Wizet used Arithmancy to devise Emancipatio, which freed Bill from a book and let Wizet catch it with a Transfigured pillow.
• Wizet cast Emancipatio again to free Charlie, then discussed his method with Bill and Charlie.
• Bill said the books contained Ancient Runes and described similar magical relics in Egyptian ruins.
• Kreacher shouted insults about thieves, and Wizet suspected a Dark magical object had made him extreme and irrational.
• Bill and Charlie said they had not seen such an object, and Charlie suggested Wizet ask Sirius Black.

Harry learned that he was related to the Black, Weasley, and Malfoy families, while Sirius and Wizet investigated Kreacher’s worsening behavior and searched his hidden belongings for a Dark magic artifact. Wizet found no likely cause among the objects Kreacher had collected and asked to inspect his quarters.

• Harry examined the Black family tapestry and realized he was related to the Weasley and Malfoy families as well as the Blacks.
• Sirius and Wizet discussed Kreacher’s growing extremism and decided to investigate the items he had hidden in his room.
• Sirius opened Kreacher’s concealed room, spilling out the stored antiques and a music box that made people drowsy and weak.
• Kreacher accused Sirius and Wizet of robbing the Black family while he carried the hidden objects out.
• Wizet examined Kreacher and the collected items but found no artifact likely to be altering his mind, then asked to search Kreacher’s quarters.

Sirius and Wizet entered Kreacher’s room, where Sirius revealed the history of a neglected Order of Merlin and spoke about his dead brother, Regulus Black. When Kreacher tried to take a golden box, Sirius violently attacked him, and Wizet suspected the box was affecting Sirius before casting Blood Pact Knight.

• Sirius threatened to give Kreacher clothes, forcing the elf to let him enter the room.
• Sirius showed Wizet a rusted Order of Merlin, First Class and explained that his grandfather had bought it from the Ministry of Magic.
• Sirius showed Wizet a photograph of his parents and Regulus Black, then said Voldemort had killed his brother after Regulus joined the Death Eaters.
• Kreacher defended Regulus and lunged for a little golden box, but Sirius grabbed it and kicked Kreacher out of the room.
• Wizet sensed a change in Sirius, tried to summon the box without success, and cast Blood Pact Knight.

Wizet subdued Sirius Black and Kreacher after they were affected by an ornate locket, which he recognized as one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. He kept the locket’s true nature secret from the others and planned to consult Dumbledore about how to proceed.

• Wizet used Ancient Magic to calm Sirius Black and cleanse Kreacher after the locket had made Sirius reckless and left Kreacher unconscious.
• Wizet and Sirius examined the locket’s serpent and emerald designs and suspected it had belonged to Salazar Slytherin.
• Harry, Luna, Ron, and the others arrived, and Wizet asked Luna to be ready to restrain him if the locket changed his behavior.
• Wizet touched the locket and recognized it as Voldemort’s Horcrux, then told Sirius only that it was a Dark Magic artifact requiring Dumbledore’s help to identify.
• Wizet decided to discuss a solution with Dumbledore while keeping Voldemort’s Horcruxes secret to avoid alerting him.

Wizet showed Phineas Nigellus Black the locket, and Phineas confirmed it was Salazar Slytherin’s before vanishing without explaining how he knew it. Dumbledore confirmed the locket’s identity and arranged to take Wizet somewhere that afternoon, though he had not yet chosen the destination.

• Wizet followed Dumbledore’s instructions to visit Phineas Nigellus Black’s portrait in a third-floor bedroom at Number 12, Grimmauld Place.
• Wizet sent Neville on his way and criticized Phineas for being rude and impatient before showing him the locket.
• Phineas examined the locket, recognized its details, and vanished when Wizet asked whether he had seen it before.
• Dumbledore confirmed that the locket belonged to Salazar Slytherin and asked Wizet to accompany him somewhere that afternoon.
• Wizet agreed, and Dumbledore said he would send the address once he had chosen a destination.

Wizet met a Hogwarts Voice book club member who asked him to get Luna’s autograph, then joined Dumbledore to examine Slytherin’s Locket. They traced the locket to Hepzibah Smith and set out to question her House-elf, Hokey, about her death.

• Wizet met Gabriel Delacour, who gave him a copy of Hogwarts Voice Anthology and asked him to get Luna’s signature for Gabriel’s daughter.
• Dumbledore met Wizet, gave him a Lemon Sherbet, and Side-Along Apparated with him to the countryside.
• Wizet handed Dumbledore Slytherin’s Locket, and Dumbledore confirmed it was a Horcrux before placing it in a protected pocket.
• Dumbledore explained that Borgin and Burkes had sold the locket to Hepzibah Smith, and he and Wizet went to find her House-elf, Hokey.
• Dumbledore told Wizet that Ministry officials had discovered Hepzibah Smith had been poisoned and that Hokey had been implicated after her death.

Wizet and Dumbledore investigated Hokey’s role in Hepzibah Smith’s death and suspected that Voldemort, then known as Tom Riddle, had poisoned her and framed the house-elf. Wizet extracted Hokey’s memory and prepared to restore it, leaving Dumbledore asking whether that was his plan.

• Dumbledore explained that the Ministry had blamed Hokey for Hepzibah Smith’s death but ruled it accidental, and he and Wizet suspected Voldemort had framed her.
• Dumbledore said Tom Riddle had worked at Borgin and Burkes, where he gained Caractacus Burke’s trust and may have learned about Hepzibah’s locket.
• Dumbledore and Wizet reached Hepzibah’s neglected stone house and followed tiny footprints inside.
• They found Hokey reliving a memory in which she believed she had poisoned Hepzibah by mistaking poison for sugar.
• Wizet identified Tom Riddle and Hepzibah Smith as anchors, extracted a memory from Hokey, and pressed his wand to her temple again as Dumbledore asked if he meant to restore it.

Wizet and Dumbledore altered Hokey’s false memory of poisoning Hepzibah Smith, freeing her from guilt and leaving her happy in the garden she had tended. They then prepared to use a special item to destroy one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes after returning to Hogwarts.

• Wizet explained how Voldemort had used a powerful Confundus Charm to make Hokey believe she had poisoned Hepzibah Smith.
• Wizet and Dumbledore changed Hokey’s memory so she remembered tending the garden and fulfilling Hepzibah’s wish to keep it beautiful.
• Hokey woke from a dream about poisoning her mistress and went through her day carefully checking everything she prepared.
• Hokey remembered that Hepzibah had asked her to keep the garden beautiful, and she continued to care for it after Hepzibah died.
• Wizet and Dumbledore visited Hokey, saw that she was in good spirits, and left her to her work.
• Wizet took Hokey’s memory threads, and Dumbledore said he had a specialty that could help destroy Voldemort’s Horcrux when they returned to Hogwarts.

Wizet and Dumbledore examined the locket and tried to destroy it with a Basilisk fang, but its protections shattered the fang without harming it. Wizet detected Ancient Magic Power within the locket and suggested opening it instead.

• Wizet and Dumbledore arrived in the Headmaster's Office, where the portraits fell silent after Phineas Nigellus Black left.
• Dumbledore showed Wizet the Sword of Gryffindor and jars of Basilisk fangs, explaining that the sword had been tempered with Basilisk venom.
• Dumbledore drove a Basilisk fang into the locket, but the fang broke while the locket remained undamaged.
• Wizet examined the locket and detected Ancient Magic Power that he believed came from Salazar Slytherin.
• Wizet suggested that he and Dumbledore try opening the locket.

Wizet and Dumbledore discovered that Parseltongue opened Salazar Slytherin’s locket, revealing a Horcrux that could probe minds and exploit people’s fears and desires. After studying its attempt to manipulate them, Dumbledore trapped the locket and struck at it with a Basilisk fang.

• Wizet and Dumbledore realized the locket might require an unusual method to open, and Wizet used Parseltongue to release its serpent-etched lid.
• The locket revealed a pair of living eyes and tried to resist, probe their minds, and escape across the desk.
• Dumbledore loosened his mental defenses and let the Horcrux respond to fabricated memories, whereupon it conjured candy and urged him to attack Wizet and others.
• Wizet and Dumbledore recognized how the locket magnified negative emotions and could incite conflict among people nearby.
• Dumbledore restored his mental protections, trapped the fleeing locket between books, and drove a Basilisk fang toward its eyes.

Wizet and Dumbledore watched Hokey’s memory and learned how Tom Riddle obtained Slytherin’s Locket and encountered Hufflepuff’s Cup. They planned to ask Kreacher whether he knew where the Cup was hidden.

• Dumbledore confirmed the locket’s soul fragment was gone, and Wizet kept the locket.
• Wizet and Dumbledore entered Hokey’s memory and watched Hepzibah Smith prepare for Tom Riddle’s visit.
• Tom Riddle charmed Hepzibah Smith with flowers and flattery before she showed him Hufflepuff’s Cup and Slytherin’s Locket.
• Dumbledore concluded Tom Riddle poisoned Hepzibah Smith after seeing the locket and being unable to wait to take it.
• Wizet suggested asking Kreacher about Hufflepuff’s Cup, and Dumbledore agreed.

Wizet and Dumbledore joined Sirius, Lupin, and Harry as they searched for Kreacher, whose grief over Regulus had prompted him to flee. Kreacher recognized the locket and admitted he had hidden it because he wanted to destroy it.

• Luna told Wizet that Kreacher had mourned Regulus, then Apparated away when he noticed her and Hannah watching.
• Wizet connected Kreacher's distress to Regulus and the locket as he went upstairs with Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore asked Kreacher about the locket, and Kreacher punished himself rather than answer.
• Wizet protected Kreacher's head with a pillow spell and showed him the locket.
• Kreacher touched the locket, broke into tears, and admitted he had hidden it in order to destroy it.

Wizet questioned Kreacher about the locket, and Kreacher revealed that Regulus had ordered him to replace it before sacrificing himself. Kreacher began recounting how Voldemort took him to a sea cave, leaving the account unfinished at the potion-filled basin.

• Wizet asked whether Regulus had told Kreacher to destroy the locket, and Kreacher revealed that Regulus had ordered him to swap it and had drunk the potion himself.
• Sirius grabbed Kreacher in shock, but Remus pulled him away so Kreacher could explain what happened.
• Wizet led Kreacher into Regulus's room and asked him to tell the story of the locket from the beginning.
• Kreacher explained that Regulus joined Voldemort's organization and asked him to serve Voldemort as a house-elf.
• Kreacher said Voldemort took him to a sea cave, cut his arm, and brought him by boat to an island with a stone basin full of potion.

Kreacher recounted how Regulus Black sacrificed himself to replace Voldemort’s locket and ordered Kreacher to destroy it. Dumbledore revealed that the locket was key to defeating Voldemort, while warning Sirius and the others that Voldemort had more than one such object.

• Kreacher described how Voldemort forced him to drink the potion guarding the locket and abandoned him in the cave, but Kreacher escaped because Regulus had ordered him to go home.
• Kreacher explained that Regulus later took him back to the cave, drank the potion himself, switched the lockets, and told Kreacher to destroy the locket and keep the events secret.
• Sirius demanded to know why Kreacher had not rescued Regulus, and Kreacher said he had obeyed Regulus’s order before collapsing from grief.
• Sirius asked Dumbledore what Regulus had died for, and Dumbledore said the locket was key to defeating Voldemort.
• Dumbledore and Remus urged Sirius to stay calm because Voldemort had more than one such object, while Harry vowed to help make Regulus’s sacrifice count.

Kreacher revealed that Regulus died in Voldemort’s cave in 1979 after trying to destroy the locket, leaving Sirius overwhelmed with grief and determined to retrieve his brother. Wizet and Dumbledore set out to investigate the cave, while Harry learned that its blood-based defenses could weaken intruders.

• Kreacher told Wizet and Dumbledore that Regulus died in 1979 after Voldemort ordered him to retrieve the locket, and that the Black family later died without learning what had happened.
• Sirius recalled how he had misunderstood Regulus and blamed himself for his brother’s choices, then vowed to bring Regulus back from the cave.
• Wizet asked Kreacher whether he could sense the cave, and Kreacher confirmed that he could and realized Wizet wanted to retrieve Regulus.
• Dumbledore, Sirius, Remus Lupin, and Harry discussed investigating the cave, and Dumbledore asked Kreacher to take him there first.
• Kreacher agreed to take Dumbledore after Wizet asked for his help, and they vanished together with a sharp crack.
• Wizet explained to Harry that Voldemort’s blood-based cave defense weakened intruders through blood loss.

Wizet explained how Voldemort’s cave traps worked, and Dumbledore returned from scouting it with news of the enchanted lake and Regulus Black’s locket. Dumbledore agreed to let Harry join the investigation with Wizet, Sirius, and Remus, while the family gathered for dinner.

• Wizet explained that the basin’s potion and the requirement to drink every drop were likely parts of a chain of traps designed to weaken intruders and drive them to despair.
• Dumbledore returned with Kreacher and reported that the cave restricted many spells, barred phoenixes, and held a lake filled with unusual Inferi.
• Dumbledore said he had found Regulus Black’s locket in the basin and suspected the liquid contained a magical contract rather than a potion.
• Wizet agreed to investigate the liquid further, and Dumbledore allowed Harry, Sirius, and Remus to join him, provided they kept the cave secret.
• Mrs. Weasley and Dobby served dinner, and Fred and George hinted that they had caused Percy to work late.

After a pleasant dinner, Wizet and Luna returned to Ottery St Catchpole and repaired Salazar Slytherin’s locket with Ancient Magic Power. Luna sensed that the locket had attracted her because it contained a soul, while Wizet hinted that its history involved Regulus Black.

• Fred and George joked with Ron that Percy would mistake their dragon-dung prank for an official fertilizer sample and was probably pursuing an award at work.
• Wizet and Luna returned to Ottery St Catchpole after the rain, and Wizet shielded Luna from the cold wind.
• Wizet told Luna what had happened after he met Hokey, and Luna suggested they visit her in her garden.
• Wizet used Ancient Magic Power with the Repairing Charm to restore Salazar Slytherin’s locket after an ordinary Reparo failed.
• Luna said she had felt an attraction from a soul while Wizet repaired the locket and observed that Sirius had changed and Kreacher seemed happier.
• Wizet agreed that the locket’s story had more to it and mentioned Regulus Black’s past.

Wizet and the others traveled with Kreacher to the cave where Voldemort hid a Horcrux, but Kreacher could not bring them inside. They landed on a reef outside the entrance, and Dumbledore decided they would search for another way in more cautiously.

• Wizet arrived at Grimmauld Place and joined Harry, Sirius, Lupin, and Dumbledore as they discussed enchanted food-wrapping paper.
• Kreacher offered to transport the group to the cave, and Dumbledore, Wizet, Harry, Sirius, and Lupin set off with him.
• Kreacher brought the group to a reef outside the cave after finding he could not enter with so many people.
• Dumbledore suspected the cave restricted how many people could enter and proposed finding a way inside from outside.
• Wizet suggested the high tide explained the flooded rocks, and Kreacher confirmed his earlier visits had taken place at night.