Chapter Summaries

Wizet used the students’ collective magical power to recreate the Ministry’s awards hall in the Great Hall, showing them the ceremony’s guests and surroundings. After the students dispersed, they read a report revealing that Wizet had also become the Wizengamot England Youth Representative.

• Wizet sensed the students’ shared will and used consensus magic, war magic, and Ancient Magic Power to recreate the awards hall from smoke and a memory thread.
• Wizet introduced the guests in his recreation, and Anthony Goldstein and the others discussed Horace Slughorn’s unusual visit.
• Wizet’s recreation satisfied the students’ curiosity, and they returned to preparing for the end-of-term feast.
• Owls delivered the Evening Prophet and the Daily Prophet, whose brief report named Wizet the Wizengamot England Youth Representative.
• Anthony asked Wizet why he had not mentioned the position, and Wizet recalled that Director Bones had taken him to a meeting where the Wizengamot voted by show of hands.

Anthony Goldstein explained to Terry Boot and the others why Wizet’s title of “Wizengamot England Youth Representative” carried great importance in the Five-Wizard Tournament. Their conversation ended when Michael Corner spotted Dumbledore and a group of professors entering the Great Hall.

• Anthony explained that the Wizengamot passed laws and that its members included Ministry department heads and Cornelius Fudge.
• He said that Wizet’s title meant he represented young wizards throughout England and described how difficult it was to earn recognition as a Youth Representative.
• Anthony named Dumbledore, Bertie Bott, Devlin Whitehorn, and Gaspard Singleton as previous Youth Representatives, and the students recalled their achievements.
• Anthony argued that other wizarding worlds would need their own Youth Representatives to compare themselves with Hogwarts in the Five-Wizard Tournament.
• Michael teased Anthony about his comments, but Anthony denied implying anything about rival schools, and Michael noticed Dumbledore entering with the professors.

At the end-of-term feast, Dumbledore praised the Champions’ unity and announced that Ravenclaw had won the House Cup. As the visiting schools prepared to leave, Wizet said goodbye to their students and teachers, then Madame Maxime approached him to talk.

• Dumbledore praised the Champions for valuing friendship and unity, announced Ravenclaw as the House Cup winner, and opened the feast.
• Wizet spoke with Headmaster Kamba, promised to send him a copy of his book, and watched the Uagadou students depart.
• Charles Graves and the Ilvermorny students said goodbye to Wizet, and Charles invited him to visit North America.
• Victor Krum told Wizet that Durmstrang students could steer the Magical Ship home despite Karkaroff's departure, then the Durmstrang students left.
• Madame Maxime approached Wizet and asked if he had a moment to talk.

Madame Maxime invited Wizet and Luna into the Beauxbatons carriage and asked about their summer plans. She offered Wizet a visit to Beauxbatons focused on alchemy, then began explaining the deeper purpose behind the invitation, starting with Beauxbatons and Uagadou.

• Wizet and Luna accepted Madame Maxime's invitation and followed her into the Beauxbatons carriage.
• Wizet noticed an unused Voodoo Doll in Madame Maxime's office as she served them tea and asked about their summer plans.
• Wizet said he and Luna had not decided whether to travel, while Harry planned a trip with his friends after spending time at his uncle's house.
• Madame Maxime invited Wizet to visit Beauxbatons and study its alchemy books, and Wizet readily admitted his interest.
• Wizet asked what Beauxbatons expected in return, and Madame Maxime said it offered knowledge in exchange for the future before beginning to explain its history with Uagadou.

Madame Maxime explained how Beauxbatons’ alchemy-centered teaching had become less practical as new spells and Muggle developments advanced. She left Wizet considering how those changes threatened the school’s traditional strengths.

• Madame Maxime recounted how French Muggles’ actions and the Wizarding World War damaged relations with African wizards, while Uagadou’s recent exchange showed their growing openness to change.
• Wizet concluded that African wizards sought change because they recognized their difficulties and could no longer remain isolated.
• Madame Maxime explained that Beauxbatons taught students to combine alchemy with spellcasting, but the method had grown impractical as magical systems and spells evolved.
• Madame Maxime warned that new spells and accelerating Muggle developments could make magical items disappear and undermine Beauxbatons’ alchemy-based education.
• Wizet reacted with surprise as Madame Maxime pointed out that Hogwarts’ focus on spells had kept him from seeing Beauxbatons’ predicament as clearly.

Madame Maxime explained to Wizet how outdated production methods and entrenched interests had weakened France’s magical-item industries, especially its broom industry. She described Universal Brooms Ltd.’s failed attempt to modernize production and suggested that M.S.C. might provide a stimulus for future reform.

• Madame Maxime told Wizet that Muggle industrialization had affected everyday magical-item industries, while powerful interests resisted changes that could lower prices or create new markets.
• Madame Maxime revealed that Nicolas Flamel had supported Beauxbatons but later settled in Devon, implying that opposition had driven him away from France.
• Madame Maxime explained that foreign broom companies had damaged France’s traditional industry after the Cleansweep Broom Company was established in 1926.
• Madame Maxime told Wizet that Universal Brooms Ltd. had tried dividing broom production into stages but went bankrupt in 1978 because it could not keep pace with competitors.
• Madame Maxime said magical contracts protected rival companies’ production methods, leaving France unable to learn from them or develop breakthroughs, and suggested M.S.C. might stimulate reform.

Wizet discussed M.S.C.’s purpose with Madame Maxime and accepted her invitation for its members to visit Beauxbatons over the summer. The chapter ended with Wizet learning that Beauxbatons’ Flying Broomstick books were no longer restricted, while Hagrid reported that the carriage harness was safe.

• Madame Maxime asked whether Wizet worried that Beauxbatons might imitate M.S.C., and Wizet welcomed others learning from and improving the model.
• Wizet told Madame Maxime that M.S.C. belonged to everyone and that its members should focus on doing their work well.
• Madame Maxime invited Wizet and all M.S.C. members to visit Beauxbatons during the summer holiday, and Wizet accepted.
• Madame Maxime explained that Wizet could use Beauxbatons’ Restricted Section for one day and visit the rest of the library freely.
• Wizet asked about Flying Broomstick materials, and Madame Maxime said those books had been moved out of the Restricted Section after Universal Brooms Ltd. failed.
• Hagrid told Madame Maxime that he had checked the harness several times and found no problems.

Hagrid asked Wizet to conceal the secret that You-Know-Who had returned and revealed that Dumbledore had sent him and Madame Maxime to persuade the giants not to join Voldemort. He also made clear his admiration for Madame Maxime, whose reaction to his earlier remark about large creatures had unsettled Wizet and Luna.

• Madame Maxime concealed her displeasure when Hagrid joked that only large people could handle the Abraxans, then said goodbye to Wizet and Luna.
• Hagrid praised Wizet’s potion wand, explaining that it had exposed flesh-eating slugs he used as pumpkin fertilizer.
• Hagrid asked Wizet to lock away the memories of what he was about to reveal, and Wizet agreed after hearing the details.
• Hagrid told Wizet and Luna that You-Know-Who had returned and asked Wizet to conceal the news.
• Hagrid revealed that Dumbledore had sent him and Olympe Maxime to persuade the giants not to side with You-Know-Who, and he praised Olympe enthusiastically.

Hagrid told Wizet and Luna how his childhood and an awkward question about Madame Maxime’s inheritance had strained their relationship. As he prepared to travel with her to contact the giants, Wizet and Luna advised him to talk with her about magical creatures, leaving Hagrid considering how to repair their friendship.

• Hagrid explained that Madame Maxime had agreed to accompany him to find the giants, despite their earlier awkwardness.
• Hagrid recalled telling Madame Maxime about his childhood and asking where she got her inheritance, which upset her.
• Wizet remembered that Hagrid and Madame Maxime had argued after the Yule Ball, though the incident had soon been forgotten.
• Wizet considered the danger giants posed and why Dumbledore wanted Hagrid and Madame Maxime to contact them first.
• Hagrid worried that Madame Maxime seemed unhappy, and Luna and Wizet explained that his question had touched a sensitive subject.
• Luna and Wizet advised Hagrid to treat Madame Maxime as he treated them and talk with her about magical creatures.

Wizet explained to Hagrid why Abraxans favored pure malt whisky and used his Ritual Magic and Potions research to predict how it affected other magical creatures. Hagrid confirmed Wizet’s predictions and wondered whether dragons would enjoy it, while Wizet warned that it might strengthen their dragon breath.

• Hagrid praised Wizet’s guess that Abraxans drank pure malt whisky, and Wizet explained its connection to sunlight and the horses’ origins in Roman mythology.
• Wizet predicted that Hippogriffs became irritable after drinking too much pure malt whisky, and Hagrid confirmed that they fought after more than one glass.
• Wizet described how several magical creatures reacted to pure malt whisky, then predicted that Thestrals avoided its smell.
• Hagrid confirmed that Thestrals stayed away when he smelled of pure malt whisky and understood Wizet’s explanation that they disliked its sunlight-like quality.
• Hagrid wondered whether dragons would like pure malt whisky, and Wizet predicted that it could strengthen their dragon breath.

Hagrid discussed his views on Hippogriffs and Thestrals with Luna and Wizet, who helped him understand how to talk with Madame Maxime about magical creatures. He ended by realizing that sharing how he sees creatures can reveal who he is.

• Hagrid explained that Hippogriffs were sensitive and loyal creatures who responded to respect.
• At Luna's suggestion, Hagrid described Thestrals as intelligent, misunderstood creatures with remarkable abilities.
• Hagrid revealed that Dumbledore sometimes traveled by Thestral, and Luna and Wizet applauded his memorable ending.
• Wizet explained that Hagrid should share his own views rather than focus on what he and Madame Maxime would do.
• Hagrid compared his approach to Newt Scamander's love of magical creatures, and Luna and Wizet encouraged him to talk about how he sees the world.

Wizet and Luna returned from Hagrid’s hut, where Luna said Wizet had given her a chance to shine. At Hogwarts, the Beauxbatons Champions departed, and Cedric told Harry and the others that he planned to become a magizoologist.

• Wizet and Luna walked hand in hand after speaking with Hagrid, and Luna thanked Wizet for giving her a chance to shine.
• Wizet and Luna returned to Hogwarts and greeted Fleur Delacour, Adele Lefevre, and Claudia Laroche as the Beauxbatons Champions prepared to leave.
• Fleur Delacour said she hoped to find work in England and improve her language skills before leaving with the others.
• Harry wondered what he would do after graduation, and Cedric explained that Hogwarts would offer career guidance and information about required grades.
• Cedric told Harry, Draco, and Wizet that he planned to become a magizoologist in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, after earning top marks in Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology.

Wizet and Luna left Hogwarts for the summer, and Wizet told Harry and their friends that he planned to visit France at Madame Maxime’s invitation. On the train, Anthony speculated that the Ministry’s forceful denial of French claims about Dementors reflected Cornelius Fudge’s impending departure, while Wizet and Luna knew the truth was more complicated.

• Luna welcomed the little Thunderbird aboard the carriage and gathered the golden down it had shed while playing with Cornelia.
• Harry asked Wizet about his summer plans, and Wizet said Madame Maxime had invited him to France.
• Anthony discussed the Ministry of Magic’s denial that escaped Dementors had caused days of rain in Paris, arguing that the firm statement suggested the evidence was conclusive.
• Anthony suggested Cornelius Fudge was being used as a shield until he could step down and Amelia Bones could become Minister for Magic.
• Wizet and Luna privately recognized that they had intercepted the Dementors on the night Voldemort destroyed Azkaban, so the creatures could not have caused Paris’s prolonged rain.
• Anthony explained that his granduncle Newt Scamander had clashed with the French Ministry while wanted, and compared his fierce side to a honey badger.

Anthony Goldstein told Wizet and the others secret stories about Newt Scamander’s exploits in France and North America, explaining why Scamander was called fearless like a badger. The group then avoided discussing schoolwork on the train until the trolley arrived and they began shouting that they were magical creatures.

• Anthony Goldstein said Newt Scamander had gone to the French Ministry of Magic to retrieve something belonging to the Lestrange family after Gellert Grindelwald set him up.
• Anthony explained that Scamander had been wanted because he left Britain illegally and broke into the French Ministry while searching for the missing item.
• Wizet told the group that Scamander had caused a major incident in North America while trying to return a Thunderbird to its homeland, and the others agreed that his fearlessness earned him the badger comparison.
• After lunch, Anthony and the others avoided schoolwork and talked about their summer plans until the trolley wheels clattered outside.
• Anthony and the others suddenly shouted that they were a Blast-Ended Skrewt, a Bundimun, a Hairy Crab, and a Troll.

Anthony and his roommates abandoned their plans to postpone studying for the O.W.L. exams, revealing their anxiety about the tests and future careers. Wizet shared a manuscript of his published papers to inspire their homework, while Luna noticed him suddenly lose consciousness as the train neared Platform 9 3/4.

• Michael, Chris, Terry, and Anthony returned to their seats with schoolwork after failing to keep their promises to relax instead of studying over the summer.
• Anthony explained that he had exposed his roommates’ excuses and suggested they call off their bet since everyone had already started revising.
• Wizet recognized that his roommates were anxious about their O.W.L. exams and offered them copies of a manuscript compiling his Hogwarts Voice papers.
• Anthony and Chris used ideas from Wizet’s manuscript to approach their homework differently, and Chris successfully cast a Growth Charm on a quill.
• As the train neared Platform 9 3/4, Luna noticed Wizet lose consciousness and his head slowly tilt back.

Wizet designed a new communication war magic based on the Cheering Charm, combining principles from the Dark Mark and Patronus Charm while adding Ancient Magic Power for protection. When he tested it on a Unicorn from the train, he discovered that countless marks were converging on him.

• Wizet used Voldemort’s Dark Mark and his own magical research to plan a communication war magic that would send precise messages through happy memories.
• Wizet chose the Cheering Charm as the magic’s foundation and planned to combine its principles with those of the Dark Mark and Patronus Charm.
• Wizet added Ancient Magic Power as a safeguard so that any damage to his communication magic would be temporary.
• Wizet chose a Unicorn he had healed in the Forbidden Forest as a distant test target and prepared to contact it before the train reached Platform 9 3/4.
• Wizet cast Ancient Magic: Mark Extraction Charm, then sent a happy mark toward the Unicorn, but found that countless marks were converging on him instead.

Wizet was overwhelmed by the images carried by the strange marks and lost consciousness. As Dumbledore, Voldemort, and Grindelwald each considered the events around him, Voldemort remained troubled by the damage to his soul fragments, while Grindelwald watched Wizet’s rapid progress with fascination.

• Wizet saw countless landscapes and smiling figures within the marks before they engulfed him and made him lose consciousness.
• Snape questioned Dumbledore about Voldemort’s injuries and was advised to adjust his Occlumency memories about Wizet to prepare for Voldemort’s scrutiny.
• Dumbledore told Snape that Voldemort had taught Wizet magic and believed Wizet could face him when the time came.
• Voldemort told Barty Crouch Jr. he needed more time to recover and would deal with a traitor before summoning Snape.
• Grindelwald studied a photograph in the Daily Prophet and wondered how Wizet had developed such advanced magic, deciding the result was worth the risk if it confounded the Isaiah Society.

Wizet woke in a private ward at St. Mungo's, where Luna had kept watch beside him. After they embraced, someone repeatedly knocked at the door, and Wizet prepared to answer it.

• Wizet woke at St. Mungo's and found Luna asleep beside his bed.
• Wizet and Luna embraced after she woke, holding each other until they noticed someone knocking.
• Luna pulled away when the knocking sounded again, and she wondered whether the healers had come.
• Wizet noticed the parcels filling his private ward, assured Luna he felt well, and offered to open the door.

After waking in the Spell Damage ward, Wizet was examined and learned that Lucius Malfoy had returned from North America to bring him a gift from Mr. Trittops. Wizet reunited with Luna, reassured her that he felt well, and arranged for a healer to examine him in half an hour.

• Wizet left his room and told Lucius Malfoy and Fuchihand that he felt well, though he agreed to a healer's later examination.
• Fuchihand examined Wizet with her wand and said he appeared recovered, then explained where to find the nurses and hospital shops.
• Lucius Malfoy gave Wizet a gift from Mr. Trittops and said he had returned from North America after hearing what happened to him.
• Wizet returned to Luna, embraced her, and asked whether she had been sleeping well while he was unconscious.
• Wizet told Luna that a healer would examine him in half an hour.

Five St. Mungo’s department heads examined Wizet Lovegood for lingering effects of his unusual condition. Their tests revealed no immediate problems, but they recommended keeping him under observation for several more days.

• Hecate Graves, Dioscorides Hawley, Hator Morn, Galen Claudius, and Daedalus Wellesley arrived to assess Wizet’s condition.
• Daedalus Wellesley watched Wizet cast a powerful Patronus and nonverbally bind a toad, then recommended three days of observation.
• Galen Claudius and Hator Morn tested Wizet’s reaction to potions, and he felt no urge to drink any of them.
• Galen Claudius explained that a Fafnir Giant Weevil could detect Canaan Dodder, a parasitic plant that could affect human souls, and tested Wizet with one.
• Galen Claudius found no immediate sign of a problem but recommended observing Wizet for a few more days.