Ch. 1261The Worst-Case Scenario

Morgana le Fay learned that the Guardians had reached Paris and saw the city engulfed by dark clouds and lightning in her crystal ball. She moved the plan forward, prepared to be its final sacrifice, and ordered her allies to activate the next steps.

  • Calchas and Gregory told Morgana le Fay that the Guardians had reached Paris, and she checked their progress with her crystal ball.
  • A storm swept over Paris, and Morgana le Fay's crystal ball showed the city beneath dark clouds before it shattered.
  • Circe mocked Morgana le Fay, who regained her composure and ordered the plan to begin ahead of schedule.
  • Herpo reminded Morgana le Fay that she might have to become the sacrifice in the plan's final step, and she said she would prepare for the worst.
  • Morgana le Fay activated the magic circle, shattered the six mirrors, and sent the Dark Magic creatures through their fragments.
  • Morgana le Fay ordered Gregory to activate the Portkeys and Circe and Calchas to activate the Ritual Magic array; Herpo assured her their servants were prepared to offer themselves.

Ch. 1262What Do You Mean, Using Ritual Magic to Rig a Time Bomb?

Dumbledore and Minister Bonaparte told President Jacques that terrorists had used Ritual Magic to place timed bombs on students in Paris and that wizards were bringing rain clouds to help find them. When the Meteorological Bureau reported unusual clouds and a storm gathered over the Élysée Palace, Jacques began to believe their warning.

  • President Jacques received Dumbledore and Minister Bonaparte at the Élysée Palace.
  • Dumbledore explained that terrorists had put timed bombs on students and altered the weather to hide their actions.
  • Dumbledore asked Minister Bonaparte to show Jacques the materials Charlotte had provided.
  • The Secretary-General delivered an urgent Meteorological Bureau report about rapidly moving unusual clouds.
  • Dumbledore identified the dark clouds outside as the Weather-Changing Charm, and lightning struck as Jacques read the documents.

Ch. 1263Heaven's Wrath

Wizet, Selina Pendragon, and their allies launched the Ritual Magic Array during a lightning storm over Paris to extract Dark Magic creatures, causing terrifying outbreaks across the city. As the creatures rose into the sky, Selina spotted a mysterious figure approaching and confirmed the Isaiah Society had intervened.

  • Charlotte Bonaccord led the French Ministry of Magic employees away from the Thunderbird as it entered the storm clouds and lightning neared.
  • Selina Pendragon ordered her team to activate the Ritual Magic Arrays, and a violent lightning storm engulfed the Paris Region.
  • Celine attacked her mother while Dark Magic creatures writhed beneath her skin, then burst free and passed through the ceiling.
  • Wizet, Luna, and the little Thunderbird arrived at the protected Champ de Mars as extracted Dark Magic creatures rose from buildings into the sky.
  • Selina Pendragon saw a fast-moving shadow wrapped in withered vines approach through the rain and told Wizet that the Isaiah Society had acted.

Ch. 1264"Bloody Mary" of the same origin

Selina Pendragon and her companions discovered that six new dark magic creatures, which they named “Bloody Mary,” shared an origin and were targeting the dark magic creatures being separated by their Ritual Magic Array. The chapter ended with Annie Saru reporting that Bloody Mary had shattered her Dark Magic Creature Container and devoured the creature inside.

  • Wizet, Luna, and Selina Pendragon used Patronus Charms and warned their companions after a dark magic creature appeared.
  • Sebastian Saru, Vinda Rosier, and the others reported sightings of six creatures across the Paris Region, and Wizet mapped their locations and forms.
  • Wizet connected the creatures’ appearances to descriptions of the “Bloody Countess,” and Selina named them all “Bloody Mary.”
  • A companion reported that Bloody Mary was trying to devour the dark magic creatures being separated by the Ritual Magic Array, causing the process to stall.
  • Annie Saru reported that her Dark Magic Creature Container had shattered while she and Dean pursued Bloody Mary, allowing it to devour the creature inside.

Ch. 1265Countering every move

Wizet and Selina Pendragon realized the Isaiah Society was using paired “Bloody Marys” to destabilize the Ritual Magic Arrays, and Wizet went to confront the creatures. The arrays continued to weaken as Wizet pursued the two Bloody Marys with Annie Saru’s team.

  • Annie Saru reported that two Bloody Marys had joined forces, devoured dark magical creatures, and destroyed most of the Corporeal Patronuses, while Demontclair reported that his Ritual Magic Array was destabilizing.
  • Wizet concluded that the Isaiah Society had ordered the Bloody Marys in multiple areas to accelerate and combine their strength to disrupt the arrays, but that the society had only recently discovered this tactic.
  • A nearby Ritual Magic Array dimmed as the Bloody Marys grew stronger, and Selina Pendragon asked Wizet to reinforce the arrays.
  • Wizet said he had a way to counter the Bloody Marys and went to investigate, while Luna offered to help Selina reinforce the arrays.
  • Wizet Apparated to Annie Saru’s group by sensing their Corporeal Patronuses, transformed into an Obscurus, and flew after the fleeing Bloody Marys.

Ch. 1266The Fine Threads in the Container

Wizet gathered the dark magic creatures the Bloody Marys had been devouring into a container and told Annie Saru he had found a way to deal with them. He joined Selina Pendragon and Luna, confirmed that Luna’s strengthened ritual magic array needed no adjustments, and prepared to coordinate their next move.

  • Wizet tested the Bloody Marys’ reactions and found they evaded him rather than attacking.
  • As Annie Saru and her companions delayed the Bloody Marys, Wizet drew the dark magic creatures into his magical energy field and captured them in a container.
  • Annie Saru sent Dean and Zabini after the Bloody Marys, then joined Wizet and learned he planned to find Selina and locate the ritual array’s mediums.
  • Wizet Apparated to Selina Pendragon and Luna with the captured creatures, and said he had found a solution.
  • Wizet inspected Luna’s strengthened ritual magic array and told her it was perfect as it was.

Ch. 1267I'll go find someone I know

Wizet explained that the “Bloody Marys” were following delayed orders to devour dark magic creatures, so the group planned to contain the creatures before the Isaiah Society could regroup all six. After Wizet demonstrated how to process materials for new containers, Selina Pendragon and the others left to find skilled help, while Annie Saru stayed to assist him.

  • Annie Saru joined Selina Pendragon and Wizet as reports confirmed that the six “Bloody Marys” were pairing up and devouring dark magic creatures across the Paris Region.
  • Wizet explained that the “Bloody Marys” followed the Isaiah Society’s orders with a delay, giving the group time to contain the creatures first.
  • Wizet proposed replacing the mediums in Luna’s improved Ritual Magic Arrays with new Dark Magic Creature Containers and demonstrated how to process their materials.
  • Selina Pendragon left to find Omi, and the others Disapparated to seek people skilled in material processing.
  • Annie Saru stayed with Wizet and offered to help make the containers.

Ch. 1268A New Kite Reel

Wizet explained how Bloody Mary could retrieve parasitic dark magic creatures and reasoned that containers made with dementor filament could protect them from it. After his allies completed the new containers, Selina Pendragon reported that the Isaiah Society was gathering the Bloody Marys in the city center, but Ominis Gaunt said they had finished the containers first.

  • Luna's kite-flying comparison helped Wizet clarify how the Ritual Magic Arrays restrained dark magic creatures while Bloody Mary retrieved them.
  • Wizet concluded that Annie Saru's containers had shattered because their host-derived materials left them vulnerable, while dementor-filament containers could absorb the creatures and resist Bloody Mary's influence.
  • Wizet explained that enough new containers, combined with the Ritual Magic Arrays, could contain the dark magic creatures before Bloody Mary retrieved them.
  • Selina Pendragon and her companions, including Ominis Gaunt, helped Wizet make spherical containers containing dementor filament.
  • Selina Pendragon reported that the Isaiah Society was ordering the Bloody Marys to gather in the city center, and Ominis Gaunt said the containers were ready before they arrived.

Ch. 1269Gentlemen, I Crave Destruction

Herpo rallied his followers to unleash destruction on Paris while Morgana le Fay tried to locate the missing Dark magical creatures. After discovering that the creatures and sacrifices had vanished, Morgana left, and Herpo doused the crowd with the potion to complete his plan.

  • Morgana le Fay searched the mirror shards with Bloody Mary’s phantom while Herpo addressed the gathered followers.
  • Gregory brought Herpo the potion for distinguishing friend from foe, and Herpo ordered him to report to Morgana le Fay first.
  • Herpo stirred the crowd’s desire for destruction and urged them to attack Paris and its Muggle inhabitants.
  • Morgana le Fay discovered that all the Dark magical creatures had disappeared and questioned Herpo about the Guardians and the missing sacrifices.
  • Morgana ordered Herpo to apply the potion, then left after refusing to wear the diadem again.
  • Herpo raised his wand, causing the potion in the glass jars to burst into a viscous rain over the crowd.

Ch. 1270The collapse of "Bloody Mary"

Selina Pendragon and her companions replaced the Ritual Magic Arrays’ mediums with containers holding dementor filament, drawing in the dark magical creatures. Although the six “Bloody Marys” stopped moving, Luna warned that the danger might not be over, and Sebastian Saru reported that they were collapsing and releasing black particles.

  • Selina Pendragon coordinated the simultaneous replacement of the mediums while Sebastian Saru warned that the six “Bloody Marys” were converging.
  • The Ritual Magic Arrays activated, drawing rain into a vast waterspout visible to Muggles and onlookers across the Paris Region.
  • The arrays absorbed the dark magical creatures into the containers, where they began merging with the dementor filament.
  • Sebastian Saru reported that the “Bloody Marys” had stopped moving and ignored attacks from Corporeal Patronuses.
  • Wizet remained unsure whether the Isaiah Society’s plan had failed, and Luna pointed out that the rain had not ended.
  • Sebastian Saru reported that the “Bloody Marys” were collapsing and spraying tiny black particles in every direction.

Ch. 1271The Diadem Breaks Out of Its Shell

Wizet and Selina Pendragon investigated the black particles that swept through the camp and prepared for the Isaiah Society’s next attack. The spherical containers holding Dark Magic creatures converged on Wizet, fused, and transformed into a platinum diadem.

  • Sebastian Saru warned that the black particles had passed through his body, and Selina Pendragon saw them race through the camp.
  • Wizet identified the particles as masses of negative emotions, and Selina Pendragon ordered her companions to prepare the second set of Ritual Magic Arrays and monitor Muggles.
  • A spherical container charged at Wizet, then hovered near him after he blocked it with Ancient Magic: Instant Shield.
  • More spherical containers flew into the camp and fused with the one Wizet had touched, while Selina Pendragon told her companions to focus on the arrays.
  • The fused spherical container cracked open in a flash of white light and revealed a platinum-colored diadem.

Ch. 1272The Crown Forged by Will

Wizet examined the diadem formed from the gathered Ritual Magic mediums and discovered that it could shield him from a torrent of magical marks. He suspected it was a protective artifact powered by consensus, and, encouraged by Luna, placed it on his head.

  • Selina Pendragon suggested Wizet try the diadem, while Luna described it as a spider crouching on a web.
  • Wizet used Magic Eye and the Soul Stone monocle to inspect the diadem and found its Magic Circuit resembled a vastly more complex Marauder's Map.
  • Wizet touched the diadem and felt it block the incoming torrent of marks, with a gate he could open to let some marks through.
  • Wizet inferred that the diadem's consensus might make it work best when worn on his head.
  • Luna told Wizet to do what he wanted, and he lifted the diadem onto his head.

Ch. 1273Fury on the Streets

After wearing the crown, Wizet discovered that the Isaiah Society was using aggregates of negative emotions to inflame ordinary people’s rage across Paris. He warned Selina Pendragon, who ordered everyone to prepare as violent attacks erupted around the city.

  • Wizet used the crown to sense that the chaotic halos came from Paris residents and felt that an outside force was igniting their rage.
  • Wizet told Selina Pendragon that the Isaiah Society intended to plunge Paris into chaos and was preparing to activate the second Ritual Magic circle.
  • Selina Pendragon believed Wizet and ordered her people to get ready for the Isaiah Society to emerge.
  • A driver savagely attacked a motorcyclist after their vehicles collided in the rain.
  • A drunk attacked a shop clerk, who fought back with a kitchen knife and stabbed him repeatedly.

Ch. 1274Nundu and Troll

President Jacques was driven into a magical frenzy at the Élysée Palace as Dumbledore and Minister Bonaparte faced chaos spreading through Paris. Dumbledore subdued the arriving Trolls and Nundu, then noticed a comforting white light outside.

  • President Jacques flew into a rage, hurled objects at Dumbledore and Minister Bonaparte, and was restrained by Dumbledore's magic.
  • Minister Bonaparte heard chaos erupting throughout the Élysée Palace and feared the wider effects in Paris.
  • Minister Bonaparte and Dumbledore spotted two Trolls and a Nundu approaching through the rain.
  • Dumbledore summoned six Armor Giants, who killed the Trolls and pinned the Nundu while he stunned it.
  • A gentle white light appeared outside, and Dumbledore said it had arrived faster than he expected.

Ch. 1275The situation escalates

As the Isaiah Society unleashed magical creatures and provoked Muggles into violence across Paris, Wizet accelerated the second Ritual Magic Array by replacing its mediums. After the array was ready, he took control of it and Apparated to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

  • Selina Pendragon received reports that black particles were making Muggles irritable and aggressive, and warned her companions that the Isaiah Society was trying to cause chaos.
  • Selina Pendragon's companions reported Muggles fighting and magical creatures appearing through Portkeys, while Wizet realized the Isaiah Society was using Muggle casualties to its advantage.
  • Wizet asked Selina Pendragon to notify the others as he replaced the second Ritual Magic Array's mediums with more costly materials to speed it up.
  • Selina Pendragon confirmed that the array's light had turned pallid white, and Wizet said he would take control of the arrays while she set traps for intruders.
  • Wizet exchanged a glance with Luna and Apparated to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Ch. 1276City of Light

Wizet activated the Ritual Magic Arrays across Paris and used the Diadem to channel consensus magic into a Necromancy spell. A luminous tree spread from the Eiffel Tower across the city, and onlookers were drawn toward its light, calling Paris the City of Light.

  • Wizet prepared to unite the Ritual Magic Arrays across Paris as a single wand to cast Necromancy using the remains in the Paris Catacombs.
  • Wizet realized the Diadem let him perceive and mobilize every Ritual Magic Array across the region.
  • Wizet used the Diadem to channel consensus magic and direct the Arrays’ power into his wand.
  • Wizet sent a glowing orb into the Eiffel Tower, where it spread into a vast luminous tree that illuminated Paris and its rain clouds.
  • Reporters and weather enthusiasts stared at the radiance, moved toward it, and murmured, “La Ville lumière!”

Ch. 1277Powerless

Harry, Hermione, Ron, and their allies subdued frenzied Muggles in the streets of Paris as the Isaiah Society attacked and unleashed invisible magical creatures. With the battle turning against them, a gentle white light emerged from the Eiffel Tower and shaped itself into an enormous Rowan.

  • Hermione, Harry, and Ron stunned four Muggles while their allies restrained and subdued other Muggles throughout the street.
  • Sirius, Hannah, Neville, Fred, and George used spells, Devil's Snare, a baton, and Dungbombs to stop the fighting Muggles.
  • Selina Pendragon warned the group that the Isaiah Society had appeared and released magical creatures, and the Longbottoms and Sirius raised shields against the Society's attacks.
  • Harry and his allies tried to protect Muggles from falling rubble while the Isaiah Society cast destructive spells and invisible creatures overturned cars and hurled people aside.
  • As the group struggled to resist without harming Muggles, white light shone from the Eiffel Tower and formed an enormous Rowan.

Ch. 1278The Situation Reverses

The Rowan’s sacred radiance calmed the Muggles and shielded them, allowing Harry and his allies to turn the fight against the Isaiah Society. They subdued the society members and captured the invisible creatures, which Hermione identified as Tebo.

  • The Rowan’s light sent glowing figures to comfort the Muggles, and the Muggles remained unharmed when the Isaiah Society attacked them with Confringo.
  • Sirius, the Longbottoms, Hermione, Ron, and Harry froze the street, exposed three invisible creatures with webs and Patronus light, and trapped them beneath Acromantulas.
  • Harry disarmed an Isaiah Society member, Ginny incapacitated him, and Sirius and the others fought off the society’s counterattack.
  • Hermione realized the Muggles were safe, and Fred and George used Whirling Wind Surge to blow Dungbomb smoke back at the Isaiah Society members.
  • Neville knocked several society members out with a short staff, and Hannah bound the group with an improved Devil’s Snare.
  • Hermione identified the captured boar-headed creatures as Tebo, and Harry suggested they had been transported to Paris as dragons had been moved to New York.

Ch. 1279Female Voices from All Directions

Harry and his allies joined Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood, and Barty Crouch Sr. in fighting Trolls and Isaiah Society wizards on Buck Street. After they subdued the attackers, Barty warned that the Society might have infiltrated magical communities elsewhere, just as an angry woman’s voice rang out from all directions.

  • Vinda Rosier directed Harry and his allies to Buck Street, where Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood, and other wizards were battling Trolls and Isaiah Society members.
  • Harry and his allies attacked the enemies, and Ron summoned Acromantulas to help subdue a Troll while Hannah bound the attackers with Devil’s Snare.
  • Percy told Harry and the others that he and Barty Crouch Sr. had been on their way to the International Confederation of Wizards Conference when the attack began.
  • Frank Longbottom briefed Barty Crouch Sr. on the crisis, and Barty recognized an Isaiah Society member as a representative of the Millerfali Family.
  • Barty and Frank suspected the Isaiah Society had infiltrated other magical communities and discussed Wizet’s power as a woman’s voice accused someone of using her magic.

Ch. 1280Just you wait!

Harry and the others heard Wizet question Morgana le Fay, then spotted that part of the Eiffel Tower had been sliced away. Earlier, Morgana had discovered a ritual array carried by someone connected to the enormous rowan tree and vowed to kill them so her plan could continue.

  • Wizet asked whether Morgana le Fay had invented the magic, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione recognized her as a legendary witch and Merlin's enemy.
  • Oliver Wood used his binoculars to spot that a section of the Eiffel Tower had been sliced off.
  • Morgana killed the last Ministry employee on the street and attacked the Muggles, but sacred light from the enormous rowan tree appeared across Paris.
  • Morgana used a blood-fueled Ritual Magic Array and Point Me to locate another array hidden beneath a Confundus Charm in a park.
  • Morgana examined the array's mediums, realized someone carried a Ritual Magic Array on their body, and vowed to kill them so her plan could proceed.
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