Chapter Summaries

At St. Mungo’s, Wizet agreed to remain under observation and asked to study the hospital’s non-restricted records, including information about Canaan Dodder. Robert Bonham revealed that Augusta Longbottom had arrived to discuss the Soul Healing Technique, leaving Wizet to connect her visit with Neville’s family.

• Dioscorides Hawley finished his examination of Wizet and returned to his office, then Robert Bonham arrived and learned that the Healers recommended three days of observation.
• Hecate Graves went to meet Mrs. Longbottom after Robert Bonham said she had arrived to discuss the matter.
• Wizet recalled Neville’s family history and how Neville had become more confident since joining M.S.C.
• Robert Bonham told Wizet that the hospital’s examinations showed no abnormalities and asked him to stay for observation; Wizet agreed and requested access to non-restricted materials.
• Wizet asked Robert Bonham about the Soul Healing Technique and whether Mrs. Longbottom was Augusta Longbottom, and Robert confirmed she was Neville’s grandmother.

Wizet received an offer of honorary consultant status at St. Mungo's, which would let him study magical illnesses and rare plants. Luna showed him around the hospital, and they ate dessert while discussing its departments and treatments.

• Robert Bonham offered to apply for Wizet to become an honorary consultant at St. Mungo's, and explained that the board could approve the application quickly.
• Robert Bonham left to arrange the application and told Wizet that the hospital staff could help him.
• Luna offered to show Wizet around St. Mungo's, and he accepted as they recalled their previous visit.
• Luna guided Wizet through the hospital's departments and explained how its hidden entrance worked.
• A shop clerk gave Luna and Wizet Eton mess, which they ate while talking about the hospital and modern treatments for Spattergroit.

Wizet learned that Neville's parents were patients in the Janus Thickey Ward and shared a tender moment with Luna before Xenophilius arrived. Robert Bonham then informed Wizet that he had become an Honorary Consultant at St. Mungo's, leaving Xenophilius astonished by how quickly he had earned the title.

• Luna told Wizet that Neville's parents were in the Janus Thickey Ward and that Neville had visited while Wizet was a Demiguise.
• Wizet gently wiped cream from Luna's lips, and the two blushed before Xenophilius came to collect her.
• Xenophilius offered Wizet an unusual method for waking from unconsciousness, and Wizet explained that it required becoming an Inferius.
• Wizet asked Xenophilius to bring him the lalo leaves so he could examine them during his remaining three days at St. Mungo's.
• Robert Bonham told Wizet that the board had approved his appointment as an Honorary Consultant of St. Mungo's.
• Xenophilius was surprised that Wizet had gained another honorary consultant title only hours after waking.

Wizet and Luna sorted the gifts sent to the ward before agreeing to join Hecate Graves in visiting Frank and Alice Longbottom. At the Janus Thickey Ward, they met Agnes, a patient whose failed Animagus transformation had left her with a doglike face, and learned that her son had not been able to visit.

• Xenophilius celebrated his new honorary consultant title by taking Wizet and Luna to dinner.
• Wizet and Luna sorted the ward’s gifts, including food, care supplies, books, and a prank puzzle from Fred and George.
• Hecate Graves asked Wizet and Luna to visit Frank and Alice Longbottom ahead of their planned treatment, and they agreed.
• Miriam Strout guided Wizet and Luna into the Janus Thickey Ward, where Agnes hid behind her curtain after realizing they were not the visitors she had expected.
• Miriam told Agnes that her son had been too busy to visit and showed her the letter he had sent.

Wizet visited Frank and Alice Longbottom in the Janus Thickey Ward and learned about their condition and Hecate Graves’s unsuccessful efforts to cure them. Hecate recognized that Wizet’s Soul Healing Technique incorporated methods from the Cruciatus Curse and accepted their use if they helped patients.

• Miriam Strout showed Wizet and his companions Frank and Alice Longbottom, who were severely worn down and largely withdrawn.
• Miriam explained that Alice kept a routine and gave Neville candy wrappers, while Frank was often asleep and could barely stay awake when Neville visited.
• As Wizet prepared to leave, Frank showed signs of pain, and Miriam eased him with a mist made from a potion containing Soul-Soothing Potion and a sleeping draught.
• Hecate told Wizet that Frank had been tortured more severely while protecting Alice, which had worsened his sleepiness and apparent aging.
• Hecate revealed that she had tested the Cruciatus Curse on herself while seeking a cure for the Longbottoms, but their condition remained beyond her ability to treat.
• Hecate recognized Cruciatus Curse techniques in Wizet’s Soul Healing Technique and said she valued any magic that could relieve patients’ suffering.

Wizet discussed the hidden Cruciatus Curse techniques in his Soul Healing Technique with Hecate Graves, who confirmed she had reviewed the patent and would keep the method difficult to detect. He then studied St. Mungo’s records and learned about the Liver Detoxification Method and the Fire Dragon Meat Pain Relief Method.

• Hecate Graves revealed that she had reviewed the Soul Healing Technique and explained that only someone who had used the Cruciatus Curse on themselves extensively might detect its hidden techniques.
• Wizet asked Hecate how to make the Cruciatus Curse techniques harder to detect, and she advised him to report developments promptly.
• Wizet studied St. Mungo’s records and learned how a toad’s liver and eel eyes had once been used to treat Spattergroit.
• Wizet found records of the Fire Dragon Meat Pain Relief Method, which used fresh fire dragon meat to ease pain and help injuries heal.
• Wizet learned that magizoologists still used fire dragon meat to treat injured magical creatures with strong resistance to ordinary healing.

Wizet observed Daedalus Wellesley treat a series of magical artefact injuries at St. Mungo's and learned how Healers prioritized patients’ safety. After Wizet identified suspicious rosewood in a severely damaged wand, Daedalus invited him to consider becoming a Healer.

• Robert Bonham gave Wizet his honorary consultant uniform and explained that he could observe treatment rooms with advance notice.
• Daedalus Wellesley treated a witch whose cursed ring tightened around her finger, then arranged for the artefact to be reported to the Ministry.
• Daedalus cured a patient whose miscast spell made her head shoot sparks and another whose ear was clamped by an enchanted alarm clock.
• Daedalus examined an unconscious wizard injured by an exploded wand, and Wizet identified the wand’s wood grain as rosewood not used by Ollivander's shop.
• Daedalus revived the wizard and encouraged Wizet to join St. Mungo's after graduation, citing his Soul Healing Technique.

Wizet observed Galen Claudius treat a patient with leeches and helped identify the wound as likely caused by a Peruvian Vipertooth. He reunited with Cedric at St. Mungo's, where Cedric explained he was accompanying his father on an informal internship, before Amos called him away.

• Galen Claudius treated a patient's swollen wound with leeches after the patient refused to have it opened.
• Wizet recognized the leeches as a type used for wounds from Peruvian Vipertooth bites, and Galen praised his knowledge of Potions.
• Galen and Wizet prepared to report the suspected Vipertooth injury to the Beast Office and met Amos Diggory and Cedric Diggory.
• Cedric happily greeted Wizet, thanked Luna for reassuring him, and revealed that Cho had helped choose the black tea and scones he sent.
• Wizet explained that St. Mungo's had given him a special robe so he could consult internal records while under observation.
• Amos called Cedric away, and Cedric and Wizet waved goodbye before Amos asked what Cedric wanted to eat.

Wizet and Luna shared biscuits with Nymphadora Tonks, who had come to collect evidence and asked them what gift Remus Lupin might like. Wizet said Lupin liked muffins and occasionally played Gobstones, leaving Tonks surprised that Sirius Black had told her the truth.

• Wizet and Luna playfully called each other Mr. and Mrs. Lovegood while sharing biscuits.
• Nymphadora Tonks arrived to check on Wizet and collect evidence for the Ministry of Magic, explaining that Dawlish had been delayed by stomach troubles.
• Tonks tried the biscuits Cedric and Cho had given Wizet and Luna, then recognized Cedric Diggory's name.
• Tonks asked Wizet and Luna for gift ideas for Remus Lupin, revealing her growing feelings for him.
• Wizet said Lupin liked muffins and sometimes played Gobstones, and Tonks wondered aloud whether Sirius Black had been telling the truth.

Nymphadora Tonks confirmed to Sirius that her feelings for Remus Lupin were serious, despite knowing he was a werewolf. Sirius accepted her resolve and teased that Remus’s situation would be dire.

• Nymphadora Tonks told Luna and Wizet that Sirius had laughed when she first asked him about Remus, then advised her that Remus liked muffins and Gobstones.
• Sirius arrived with Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny, while Ron delivered butter cookies from Mrs. Weasley and the group joked about Gnomes and Fred and George’s inventions.
• Sirius told Nymphadora Tonks he had tested whether her interest in Remus was sincere and asked if she understood Remus’s identity as a werewolf.
• Nymphadora Tonks said she was serious, explaining that she would rather try and risk being bitten than regret never pursuing Remus.
• Sirius praised Nymphadora Tonks’s resolve and joked that Remus’s situation would be dire, while she recalled fighting Death Eaters and committing to see her decision through.

Sirius Black explained to Nymphadora Tonks that he had once suspected Remus Lupin of betraying James and Lily, and that Remus had suffered deeply from the suspicion and its aftermath. After deciding Tonks could be trusted with Remus, Sirius agreed to help her pursue him, though he warned her that Remus might not return her feelings.

• Sirius told Tonks that he was glad Remus had someone who could believe in him wholeheartedly.
• Sirius revealed that, when they suspected a traitor, he had suspected Remus and kept the change of Secret-Keeper from him.
• Sirius described how Remus had endured years of wondering why James and Lily died, and explained that Remus cherished the people around him.
• Sirius told Tonks that Remus liked muffins and Gobstones because Dumbledore had shared them with him before he enrolled at Hogwarts.
• Sirius declared that Tonks had passed his test and promised to help her, but warned that Remus might not be interested in taking their relationship further.
• Tonks said she would try anyway, just as she had not backed down when preparing for the Auror tests.

Harry and his friends learned that Neville’s parents had been tortured into madness by Death Eaters, and that the Soul Healing Technique might help them recover. Neville told Augusta he wanted to earn his parents’ pride without being pitied, then learned Wizet had helped invent the healing spell as Augusta and Neville prepared to bring his parents home.

• Augusta Longbottom told Harry and his friends that Neville’s parents had been tortured into madness while resisting Death Eaters.
• Sirius explained that the Lestranges had captured Frank and Alice Longbottom and tortured them with the Cruciatus Curse, and Hermione identified the Soul Healing Technique as a new treatment for Dark Magic injuries.
• Neville told Augusta he had kept his parents’ condition private because he did not want pity or excuses, and said he wanted to become someone they could be proud of.
• Augusta praised Neville and said she was proud of him, then declared that they had come to St. Mungo’s to bring Frank and Alice home.
• Hecate Graves introduced Wizet to Augusta as one of the inventors of the Soul Healing Technique, and began discussing the treatment plan.

Hecate Graves and the St. Mungo's healers began repairing Alice Longbottom's soul with the Soul Healing Technique, while Wizet observed. As the treatment eased Alice's pain, she briefly spoke Frank Longbottom's name, and Hecate paused to steady herself.

• Augusta Longbottom agreed to the treatment and said she believed in Hecate Graves and the Soul Healing Technique.
• Miriam Strout moved Alice Longbottom's bed from the Janus Thickey Ward to the treatment room, where Wizet and several healers prepared.
• Daedalus Wellesley activated silver instruments that formed a cracked humanoid smoke image of Alice, while the healers cast Therapeutic Bubble-Head Charms and spread potion mist through the room.
• Hecate Graves began the Soul Healing Technique, using potion to refine a silver thread as Daedalus maintained the smoke image and the orderly recorded the procedure.
• Hecate Graves repaired the cracks on the smoke image, and Alice's expression relaxed before she hoarsely called for Frank.
• Hecate Graves stopped the treatment and took a deep breath to steady her emotions.

Wizet and Hecate Graves’s attempt to treat Alice Longbottom provoked a painful resistance, and the treatment did not succeed. After Frank Longbottom was heard calling Alice’s name and Alice murmured Frank’s, Wizet and Hecate saw a possible breakthrough and decided to investigate further.

• Alice Longbottom resisted the Soul Healing Technique, knocking Hecate Graves’s wand away, so Wizet switched to a conservative treatment that eased some of Alice’s pain.
• Hecate Graves told Augusta Longbottom that Alice had resisted treatment and that the couple’s Cruciatus Curse injuries might keep them from waking.
• Miriam Strout reported that Frank Longbottom had called Alice’s name in his sleep, while Wizet said Alice had murmured Frank’s name during treatment.
• Wizet and Hecate decided to hold another meeting and asked Miriam to monitor the Longbottoms and record any further signs of communication.
• Wizet asked Augusta Longbottom and Neville to share every detail they could remember about the couple’s past.

Augusta Longbottom recounted how Frank and Alice endured torture without using Unforgivable Curses, and explained the meaning of Frank’s robe and Alice’s Drooble’s Best Blowing Gum. After Neville healed his injured hands, he said he thought he had felt part of what his grandmother described.

• Wizet asked Augusta what Frank and Alice had done while their captors tortured them, and she agreed to tell him with Neville present.
• Augusta recalled that Frank and Alice refused to use Unforgivable Curses, and that Frank shielded Alice with his body after she fell and his wand was knocked away.
• Augusta explained that Frank had been unable to sleep until Hecate returned Alice’s robe, and that Alice’s jar of Drooble’s Best Blowing Gum recalled her last game with Neville.
• Neville cried as Augusta described Alice making him laugh with a large bubble before leaving home.
• Neville realized he had pierced his palms with his nails, cleaned and healed his wounds, then said he thought he had felt part of what Augusta described.

Wizet used the Longbottoms’ memories, Patronuses, and symptoms to propose that Frank and Alice had accidentally performed bloodline Ritual Magic that linked their lives and shared the damage from the Cruciatus Curse. He left the treatment unresolved, telling Neville that he believed Neville would be the key.

• Wizet explained that Frank and Alice had begun speaking and calling each other’s names, though the Cruciatus Curse appeared to have taken on a new meaning for them.
• Augusta Longbottom told Wizet that Frank’s Patronus had changed from a grey wolf to a Scottish sheepdog like Alice’s after he fell in love with her.
• Wizet connected the Longbottoms’ similar Patronuses, their calls to each other, and the objects they held to unusual cases at St. Mungo’s.
• Wizet proposed that Frank and Alice had accidentally cast bloodline Ritual Magic that made them symbiotic and helped them survive until rescuers arrived.
• Wizet said that comparing the distribution of Frank’s and Alice’s wrinkles would test whether the Ritual Magic had made them share the Cruciatus Curse’s damage.
• Wizet told Neville that he believed Neville would be the key to finding a treatment.

Wizet explained how Neville might enter his parents’ memories and awaken them from the Cruciatus Curse, while helping him prepare to face the Death Eaters within those memories. The chapter ended with Augusta and Neville studying Wizet’s detailed advice and recognizing how much his friendship meant.

• Wizet explained that Neville would need to awaken the Longbottoms from inside their memories and warned that the Death Eaters there might be especially powerful.
• Neville vowed to face Barty Crouch Sr., Bellatrix Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, and Rodolphus Lestrange without backing down.
• Wizet advised Neville that magical plants his parents had encountered could appear in their memories and be used there.
• Wizet asked Augusta to recall the magical items kept in the Longbottom home and wrote down detailed advice for Neville.
• Augusta and Neville read Wizet’s suggestions for navigating the memories and finding useful transportation, and Augusta praised Neville’s friendship with Wizet.

Wizet combined advice from St. Mungo’s healers and Horace Slughorn to draft Ritual Magic plans for entering Frank Longbottom and Alice Longbottom’s souls. Luna identified a possible missing element in the plans: the candy wrappers Neville’s mother gives him.

• Luna visited Wizet at St. Mungo’s, and they shared memories so she could experience what had happened during the treatment that morning.
• Wizet read recommendations from the Creature-Induced Injuries Department and considered Horace Slughorn’s advice on creating a suitable magical environment.
• Wizet wrote a third treatment-plan draft using Ritual Magic, but found that none of the plans could create a passage with enough range.
• Luna connected the missing element to the candy jar Mrs. Longbottom held and reminded Wizet that Neville said his mother gave him candy wrappers.

Wizet used an ancient Runes rubbing, Neville’s memories, and Alice Longbottom’s candy wrappers to complete his fourth treatment plan for the Longbottoms. After returning from the Otherworld, he and Luna shared what they had seen and reflected on the loving secrets their parents had kept.

• Wizet recalled an ancient account of Ritual Magic and used its concept of becoming part of the ritual to devise an anchor point for his fourth treatment plan.
• Wizet completed the plan by using Neville’s candy wrappers and memories to reduce the magical materials that could undermine the Longbottoms’ protection.
• Wizet entered the Otherworld, recorded information about his experience, and resolved to share his insights with Ollivander.
• Luna told Wizet that she had seen a vast garden and him standing before a dead tree sprouting new branches in the Otherworld.
• Luna revealed that she had pretended not to notice her father’s letters written in her mother’s voice, and she and Wizet connected her story to Alice Longbottom’s candy wrapper for Neville.

Wizet and Luna learned that Frank and Alice’s wrinkles were scars from the Cruciatus Curse, giving the healers a new direction for treatment. Wizet planned to refine his treatment plan while the department heads rested, and Hildegard returned from vacation to study it.

• Hecate Graves, Galen Claudius, and Daedalus Wellesley confirmed that Frank and Alice’s wrinkles were Cruciatus Curse scars and discussed their unusual condition.
• Hecate Graves thanked Wizet for helping the healers make progress, then left him and Luna to their break.
• Wizet told Luna he intended to revise the treatment plan while the healers recovered, then discuss it with them.
• A healer found Hildegard back at St. Mungo’s, where she said the treatment plan had made her give up her vacation day.
• Hildegard arrived at Hecate Graves’s office, where Hippolyta laughed at her for returning after supposedly planning to catch up on sleep.