Ch. 701Shocking Change in the Spectator Area

Wizet turned the duel against Snape by using Ancient Magic to unleash a Fiendfyre Phoenix, while Snape answered with a crude new spell based on the Patronus Charm. As their clash approached its climax, more than fifty werewolves attacked the spectator stands, throwing the venue into chaos.

  • Wizet counterattacked Snape with fire magic, creating rings of fire and driving him onto the defensive.
  • Wizet filled the duelling platform with flames and shaped their remnants into a Fiendfyre Phoenix.
  • Snape cast Expecto Patronum and used dense silver light to block the descending phoenix.
  • Werewolves began transforming and attacking spectators throughout the stands.
  • Wizet raised his wand and spotted more than fifty werewolves causing chaos.

Ch. 702The Werewolf Met a Tough Nut to Crack

Full-moon werewolves attacked the spectator stands, and Mad-Eye Moody and other elderly wizards fought them off with coordinated Stunning Spells. Wizet and Snape dealt with werewolves in other areas, leaving Wizet to survey the casualties.

  • Werewolves rampaged through the stands as spectators fled, then pounced on a group of elderly wizards led by a scarred man with a cane.
  • The cane-wielding wizard directed the group to stun the werewolves in coordinated volleys and evade their attacks.
  • More elderly wizards arrived and said Noss was handling another area, prompting Mad-Eye Moody to recognize Wizet in his Obscurus form.
  • Wizet struck down several werewolves, severed their limbs to delay their recovery, and took to the air to assess the stands.
  • Snape hunted werewolves by cutting off their limbs, while Moody's command helped limit casualties in his area.

Ch. 703Fenrir Greyback Embraces Lycanthropy

Wizet and the retired Aurors subdued Fenrir Greyback and the werewolves attacking the crowd, though dozens of people had been bitten. As they suspected a connection to North American werewolves and the chaos surrounding Dumbledore’s departure, Bertha Jorkins appeared through the smoke.

  • Fenrir Greyback evaded the retired Aurors’ spells and lunged at an unconscious spectator, but Wizet blasted him away before he could bite them.
  • Wizet severed Fenrir Greyback’s limbs with an improved Severing Charm and bound his muzzle, while Snape and the retired Aurors helped capture the remaining werewolves.
  • Mad-Eye Moody said most of the werewolves appeared to come from North America, where a purge had driven many of them out.
  • The Aurors discussed the attack and wondered if it was connected to Albus Dumbledore’s departure, then Bertha Jorkins emerged from the smoke.

Ch. 704I'm Just Here to Watch the Match

Voldemort controlled Bertha Jorkins as she broke into the storage room to steal the magical creature egg, but Dumbledore confronted him and fought to stop his escape. Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre, then fled through a blasted hole while Dumbledore contained the flames.

  • Voldemort used Bertha Jorkins to break down the storage-room door and destroy the magical energy field protecting the prizes.
  • Dumbledore arrived, and Voldemort attacked him with a Killing Curse after recognizing his voice.
  • Voldemort and Dumbledore exchanged spells as they moved away from the storage room, with Voldemort accusing Dumbledore of distrusting him at Hogwarts.
  • Dumbledore tried to counter the swelling in Bertha Jorkins's arm, but Voldemort intensified it and continued attacking.
  • Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre, blasted a hole through the wall, and escaped through the smoke while Dumbledore contained the flames.

Ch. 705Unexpected Move

Mad-Eye Moody, Wizet, and the others confronted Voldemort possessing Bertha Jorkins, who tried to escape with a magical creature's egg. Wizet stopped him from Apparating from the duelling platform, and Dumbledore arrived as Bertha was restrained.

  • Mad-Eye Moody recognized that Voldemort possessed Bertha Jorkins and attacked, while Wizet and the others broke through her magical shield.
  • Wizet noticed Bertha was carrying the magical creature's egg and deduced that Voldemort was charging for the duelling platform to Apparate away.
  • Voldemort used a powerful gust to disarm the retired Aurors, but Wizet raised an earthen wall and cast an Anti-Apparition Jinx on the platform.
  • Voldemort stepped onto the platform but could not Apparate because the jinx remained in effect.
  • The floor transformed into suits of armor that restrained Bertha Jorkins, and Dumbledore arrived with his wand aimed at her.

Ch. 706Snape's Killing Curse

Voldemort escaped the arena after draining the life force of three werewolves, while Dumbledore could only preserve Bertha Jorkins's life. Snape and Wizet began an experiment to repair her fragmented memories and possibly save her.

  • Dumbledore confronted Voldemort as he emerged from Bertha Jorkins, and Wizet, Snape, and the retired Aurors attacked him with spells.
  • Voldemort dodged their attacks, drained three werewolves of their life force, and fled through the arena ceiling despite Snape casting several Killing Curses.
  • Dumbledore repaired the ceiling and said he could preserve Bertha Jorkins's life, though her soul was severely damaged.
  • The tournament organisers returned, arranged medical treatment for injured spectators, and began investigating the incident.
  • Snape examined Bertha Jorkins and proposed connecting her remaining memory fragments while Wizet stitched them together.
  • Snape cast Expecto Patronum into Bertha Jorkins, and Wizet began using Soulblade Spirit Healing.

Ch. 707Bertha Jorkins's "Scabbed" Memory

Wizet pieced together Bertha Jorkins’s damaged memories with Snape’s help and discovered that Barty Crouch Sr. had likely used Obliviate to hide a secret. He restored more fragments, but Voldemort had destroyed the most important memories, and Wizet connected the damage to Bertha becoming a vessel for Voldemort’s possession.

  • Wizet used Snape’s soul-related spell and the Soul Needle to sustain Bertha Jorkins’s soul by stitching together her fragmented memories.
  • Wizet found blurry memories of Bertha arriving at the Ministry, knocking Cornelius Fudge over, and going to the Department of Magical Games and Sports; Snape then left, weakened by the effort.
  • Dumbledore returned and asked Wizet what he had discovered about Bertha’s condition.
  • Wizet used the Memory Charm Counter-Charm and Ancient Magic Power to restore more of Bertha’s memories, finding that the damage was linked to Barty Crouch Sr.
  • Wizet and Dumbledore concluded that Barty Crouch Sr. had likely used Obliviate to conceal a secret, and that Voldemort later broke the charm, severely damaging Bertha’s soul and making her vulnerable to possession.

Ch. 708Inspiration from Voldemort

Wizet proposed using a fragment of Voldemort’s soul to communicate with Barty Crouch Jr. in dreams and turn him against his idol. Dumbledore agreed to cooperate, and Wizet was asked when he planned to act.

  • Dumbledore and Wizet discussed how Voldemort’s attack had damaged Bertha Jorkins’s soul, unlike Gilderoy Lockhart’s, and considered Barty Crouch Sr.’s complicated character.
  • Wizet asked Dumbledore to help him approach Barty Crouch Sr., explaining that the man’s resistance could obstruct their plan for Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Wizet revealed that Voldemort’s soul fragment in the Spirit-Calling Casket had inspired a plan to reach Barty Crouch Jr. through dreams.
  • Wizet planned to make Barty Crouch Jr. dream of Voldemort and recall his instructions, using the fragment as a discreet medium.
  • Wizet argued that having Barty Crouch Jr. destroy the object of his worship could begin changing him, and Dumbledore agreed to support the plan.
  • Dumbledore asked Wizet when he intended to act.

Ch. 709Don't Look for Me in the Later Matches

Dumbledore visited Snape at Spinner’s End to ask about the tournament final, but Snape burned the invitation and refused to be involved. Voldemort returned to the Albanian Forest, reunited with Nagini, and named Barty Crouch as a possible servant.

  • Dumbledore traveled through Cokeworth to find Snape at Spinner’s End.
  • Snape asked Dumbledore about news of Voldemort and learned that Voldemort had been attacked and hit with the Killing Curse.
  • Dumbledore asked Snape for his opinion about the final, but Snape burned the invitation and told him not to return without news of Voldemort.
  • Voldemort flew to the Albanian Forest and possessed a snake when he arrived at his familiar clearing.
  • Nagini approached Voldemort, who promised to take her with him and said he planned to recruit Barty Crouch as a loyal servant.

Ch. 710Now you say it... how can it be so credible!

Xenophilius admired the Duelling Champion's trophy Wizet had brought home and marveled at how many achievements Wizet had accumulated. Wizet explained that he did not consider himself the tournament’s final champion, and the family discussed the prize’s Thunderbird egg.

  • Xenophilius questioned how Wizet had won the All-England Wizarding Duelling Tournament, while Luna reminded him that Wizet had given him a ticket to the event.
  • Xenophilius listed Wizet’s many academic, research, and business accomplishments and wondered how he managed to do so much.
  • Wizet received replies from Flitwick and Snape; Flitwick praised him, while Snape told him to keep the trophy and stop sending irrelevant letters.
  • Xenophilius asked about the magical-creature egg, and Luna told him it was a Thunderbird egg.
  • Wizet explained the claims about Thunderbird eggs and eggshells, including their rumored effects and possible use in brewing Felix Felicis.

Ch. 711Does this count as an early taste of old age?

Wizet and Luna planned to hatch the Thunderbird egg and learned from Newt Scamander that it needed a hot, dry environment with thunder and lightning. Wizet prepared a nest and altered the garden’s magical field, then Luna brought the egg over.

  • Wizet told Xenophilius that he and Luna wanted to hatch the Thunderbird egg and might later use its shell to research Felix Felicis.
  • Newt Scamander sent a kelpie Patronus with advice to simulate Arizona’s dry, hot, stormy climate and warned that the egg might not hatch.
  • Luna explained that Wizet could create thunder and lightning with Weather-Changing Charms, and Xenophilius left through the Floo.
  • Wizet made the garden’s magical field hot and dry, summoned branches and leaves, and built a nest with Luna’s sketch as a guide.
  • Luna arrived carrying the Thunderbird egg and offered Wizet a berry after he finished the nest.

Ch. 712You keep being busy! Let me feed you!

Wizet and Luna created a protected, storm-filled nest with a Ritual Magic array to help hatch the Thunderbird egg. The egg showed only a faint response to the lightning, and Luna suggested there might be another way to hatch it.

  • Wizet calculated and inscribed a Ritual Magic arrangement for crystals around the Thunderbird egg while Luna fed him blackberries.
  • Wizet buried the Rune-inscribed crystals in the nest and cast the Thunderbolt and Lightning Charm over the magical energy field.
  • The crystals activated the Ritual Magic array, sustaining the storm and completing an environment suited to hatching the egg.
  • After more than ten minutes, the Thunderbird egg had turned translucent but had not begun to sway.
  • Luna sensed the egg was still trying weakly and asked Wizet whether another method could hatch it.

Ch. 713The Weak and Struggling Thunderbird Egg

Wizet and Luna used the Soul Healing Technique and enhanced Soul-Soothing Potions to treat the weakened Thunderbird egg. When Luna was drawn inside the egg, Wizet followed and found the Thunderbird's fragile soul struggling in a nest.

  • Wizet and Luna concluded that the Thunderbird egg's shell blocked ordinary treatment and chose to strengthen it from within using the Soul Healing Technique.
  • Wizet infused two drops of enhanced Soul-Soothing Potion with the Soul Healing Technique, and he and Luna began treating the egg together.
  • As they used more potion, the egg grew translucent and began to tremble in response to the thunder.
  • Wizet sensed Luna had entered the Thunderbird egg and used a silver thread of Ancient Magic Power to follow her inside.
  • Wizet and Luna found a tiny, weak bird-shaped soul in a nest, struggling to stand.

Ch. 714The Little Thunderbird's Anomaly

Wizet and Luna discovered that the baby Thunderbird had an incomplete soul, and the silver-blue crystal on Luna’s bracelet restored its tail and wing outlines with Ancient Magic Power. The Thunderbird fell asleep, and Wizet and Luna emerged from its soul world unharmed.

  • Wizet and Luna caught the baby Thunderbird as it struggled in its nest and noticed its missing tail and extra wings.
  • The baby Thunderbird responded to Luna’s mistletoe bracelet, and the silver-blue crystal enveloped it, Wizet, and Luna in cold light.
  • Wizet experienced the baby Thunderbird’s past and realized that the light had restored its defective soul.
  • The baby Thunderbird grew a silver-blue tail and outlines of two more pairs of wings, then stood and walked before falling asleep in Luna’s palm.
  • Wizet and Luna returned from the Thunderbird’s soul world, and Luna confirmed that she felt fine.

Ch. 715M.S.C. Meeting

Wizet and Luna visited Number 12, Grimmauld Place, where Lupin led an M.S.C. meeting about expanding Coolik. The group planned to use the Quidditch World Cup to reach new customers, and Fred and George proposed bundling Coolik with Magic Fireworks.

  • Kreacher welcomed Wizet and Luna and offered to prepare lunch for them.
  • Wizet showed Sirius Black and Remus Lupin the Thunderbird egg he had brought for safekeeping.
  • Neville, Hannah, Fred, and George joined the meeting, and Lupin presented a summary of M.S.C.'s progress.
  • Lupin reported that Coolik had loyal customers in England and nearby magical communities and identified the Quidditch World Cup as a chance to expand.
  • Fred and George proposed bundling Coolik with Magic Fireworks, including offering fireworks with purchases.

Ch. 716As the head of the Black Family, one should maintain proper decorum

Remus Lupin brought twenty trustworthy werewolf wizards to help, and the group welcomed them. Sirius Black then showed everyone his improved Coolik brewing setup, which made Neville marvel at how simple the process was.

  • Neville suggested they needed more people, and Hannah proposed recruiting werewolf wizards.
  • Remus Lupin said he had contacted twenty werewolf wizards and explained that they were friends of his father who had stayed in contact for his sake.
  • Wizet welcomed the werewolf wizards, and Lupin thanked the group before Sirius Black offered everyone Coolik.
  • Kreacher served Sirius Black last and teased him about maintaining proper decorum as head of the Black Family.
  • Sirius Black led the group upstairs and demonstrated a machine-assisted method for brewing Coolik with five rounds of ingredients.
  • Neville watched Sirius Black finish a batch and expressed disbelief at how simple it was.

Ch. 717New Ideas for the Quidditch World Cup

Wizet demonstrated a scalable method for brewing and bottling Coolik, then suggested using the Quidditch World Cup to promote magical products and find collaborators. Neville and Hannah worried about presenting their herbs, but Wizet, Luna, and Lupin encouraged them.

  • Wizet used amethysts containing traces of Obscurus to determine the correct dilution ratio for Coolik base liquid.
  • Wizet produced bottled Coolik with a crude assembly-line machine, and Lupin explained how Muggles used assembly lines to increase production.
  • Fred and George discussed how assembly lines could help them expand their business after the group returned to the sitting room.
  • Wizet proposed showcasing prank products and other projects to visiting wizards at the Quidditch World Cup and seeking feedback or partnerships.
  • Neville and Hannah worried that others might mock their cultivated herbs, but Wizet, Luna, and Lupin encouraged them to have confidence.

Ch. 718Barty Crouch Sr.'s Notebook

Barty Crouch Jr. secretly searched Barty Crouch Sr.'s drafts while under the Imperius Curse and found reports of werewolf attacks and Fenrir Greyback. He suspected the attacks meant his Master had returned, but the curse took hold again before he could act.

  • Winky served Barty Crouch Jr. tea and lunch while he followed his repetitive routine under the Imperius Curse.
  • Barty Crouch Jr. remembered where Barty Crouch Sr. kept his drafts and searched them without disturbing them too much.
  • Barty Crouch Jr. read reports about the Five-Wizard Tournament, the Quidditch World Cup, and werewolf attacks linked to Fenrir Greyback.
  • Barty Crouch Jr. recognized Fenrir Greyback as a former ally of the Death Eaters and wondered whether his Master had returned.
  • Barty Crouch Jr. returned to his seat as the Imperius Curse took hold again.

Ch. 719Barty Crouch Sr.'s Concerns

Barty Crouch Sr. used the Imperius Curse on Barty Crouch Jr. and secured his bedroom before Dumbledore arrived with Wizet Lovegood. Wizet raised Bertha Jorkins’s disappearance in conversation, leaving Crouch to face the fact that she had failed to return to work after her leave ended.

  • Barty Crouch Sr. questioned Winky about Barty Crouch Jr.’s behavior, then used the Imperius Curse to send him upstairs to sleep.
  • Barty Crouch Sr. cast spells on Barty Crouch Jr.’s bedroom and its door, while Winky guarded the entrance and was told to challenge anyone who tried to enter.
  • Barty Crouch Sr. opened the house’s curtains and waited for Dumbledore, who arrived with Wizet Lovegood.
  • Wizet told Barty Crouch Sr. that Bertha Jorkins had been a victim of the werewolf attack at the duelling tournament.
  • Barty Crouch Sr. said Bertha’s leave had ended and that she had never returned to work.

Ch. 720Changing the Strategy for Barty Crouch Sr.

Wizet confronted Barty Crouch Sr. with evidence that he had hidden Barty Crouch Jr. and arranged his escape from Azkaban. Barty admitted the accusation but began to suspect Wizet and Dumbledore had a broader political purpose.

  • Barty Crouch Sr. suggested that Wizet ask Ludo Bagman about Bertha Jorkins and distanced himself from her disappearance.
  • Wizet decided to speak plainly rather than trade hints with Barty Crouch Sr.
  • Wizet showed Barty a bottle found by Sirius Black in Azkaban, and Scarpin's Revelaspell had confirmed it contained Polyjuice Potion.
  • Wizet said Bertha Jorkins's recovered memory placed Barty Crouch Jr. at a location where Sirius had believed he died, suggesting someone used Polyjuice Potion to replace him in Azkaban.
  • Barty Crouch Sr. admitted that Wizet was accusing him of abusing his authority to protect his criminal son.
  • Barty Crouch Sr. considered Dumbledore's conflict with Cornelius Fudge and Xenophilius Lovegood's articles as he tried to determine why they had exposed his secret.
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