Chapter Summaries

Wizet explained to Snape how Luna’s story, cases from St. Mungo’s, and his study of Voldemort’s Flight Charm led him to rethink his improved Polyjuice Potion formula. He ended by revealing that his new understanding of magic came from sorting out the charm, prompting Snape to ask whether Voldemort’s magic had influenced him.

• Wizet told Snape that Luna’s story about children choosing to dirty a sofa instead of a bed had inspired a new approach to improving Polyjuice Potion.
• Wizet explained that he had replaced his costly plan to protect drinkers from animal instinct with one that used materials from the drinker to stabilize the soul and build experience resisting the effects.
• Wizet cited St. Mungo’s treatment of homemade beauty potions, where genuine beauty potions replaced the effects of the homemade ones.
• Wizet told Snape that he had recently sorted out Voldemort’s Flight Charm and gained a deeper understanding of magic.
• Snape asked Wizet whether he had understood Voldemort’s path of magic or been influenced by it.

Wizet explained Voldemort’s Flight Charm and shared his notes on the Dark Lord’s magical path with Snape. Snape questioned what Wizet would think if he ever had to point his wand at him, and Wizet left after giving him a firm but unstated answer.

• Snape worried that Wizet had been influenced by Voldemort’s magical path, but Wizet said he had learned about it by studying Voldemort’s past.
• Wizet explained how Voldemort’s belief that everything revolved around him shaped the Flight Charm, and described how he had improved it.
• Snape asked whether Wizet had recorded the Flight Charm’s principles, and Wizet gave him a copied notebook containing the notes and the improved charm.
• Snape asked Wizet what he had learned about Snape from Quirrell and whether he had anything to say to him.
• Snape asked what Wizet would think if he someday had to point his wand at him, then ended the lesson.
• Wizet said firmly that he had given Snape his answer, and Snape sat silently, staring at the notebook.

Snape read Wizet’s notes on the Flight Charm and realized that a method based on an unforgettable vanished anchor was best suited to him. He tried to summon that anchor and confronted visions of the ruined house and Lily, ending in anguish and a vow that such a tragedy would never happen again.

• Snape fed the Horklump, then read Wizet’s notes and confirmed that Wizet had not followed Voldemort’s path of “I Alone Am Supreme.”
• Snape studied the Improved Flight Charm and Voldemort’s Flight Charm, learning why the latter’s practice was dangerous and gaining insight for a future duel.
• Snape found Wizet’s speculation that an unforgettable anchor that no longer existed could help someone practice the Flight Charm.
• Snape recognized the vanished anchor method as the one best suited to him and conjured a vision of a ruined house, a silver doe, and a woman.
• Snape saw Lily’s eyes and other gentle gazes, apologized, and vowed not to let such a thing happen again.

Snape completed his Flight Charm by using Soulblade Spirit Healing to cut apart a dark figure resembling his past self, then hurtled forward toward an uncertain destination. During a routine dungeon patrol, Harry and Ernie Macmillan heard a crash and saw smoke and dust.

• Snape was pulled between a silver-lit presence and a masked figure in an abyss that wore his former face.
• Snape cast Soulblade Spirit Healing, cut apart the figure, and completed the Flight Charm.
• Harry and Ernie Macmillan patrolled the dungeons while Fred and George used leaves on Mrs Norris and fled from Filch.
• Harry and Ernie reached the end of their patrol when a tremendous crash sounded and smoke and dust billowed through the corridor.

Snape tested an imperfect Flight Charm and realized it depended on anchoring himself in the pain of his past while reaching toward the future. After he walked away from Harry and Ernie, Harry suspected he was an impostor, but Snape turned back toward them.

• Harry shielded Ernie Macmillan from the blast as Snape’s spell tore a hole through the corridor wall.
• Snape reflected that the Soul Healing Technique let him use his past pain as an anchor while the Flight Charm carried him toward the future and his fight against Voldemort.
• Snape decided his Flight Charm practice was complete and left for the Hospital Wing, then turned back after noticing Harry and Ernie.
• Harry and Ernie wondered why Snape had left without speaking, and Harry suspected the man might be an impostor.
• Harry began asking Ernie which professor’s office was closer so they could report Snape, but Snape turned around before he could finish.

Harry and Ernie encountered Snape after damaging a castle wall, and Snape’s familiar point-deducting behavior convinced Harry he was the real Snape. Meanwhile, Wizet received a message from Snape and asked Draco about the Mimic Potion, learning that Goyle had failed a batch after losing focus.

• Snape repaired the damaged wall and took points from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff for failing to keep the castle clean, questioning a professor, and being unable to repair it.
• Harry decided not to seek another professor because Snape’s point deductions seemed so typical that they dispelled his suspicions.
• Harry and Ernie worried about how they would explain their lost points to Professor Sprout and speculated about Snape’s activities.
• Draco gave Wizet a parchment from Snape, saying Snape had insisted it be delivered personally.
• Wizet asked Draco about brewing Mimic Potion, and Draco reported that Goyle had failed once after becoming careless and eating beside the cauldron.

Wizet learned from Draco that Goyle had ruined a potion by dropping jam and biscuit crumbs into the cauldron, earning detention from Professor Snape. On the way back with Luna, Wizet read Snape’s parchment, which detailed a potion and broader research meant to help students understand themselves and master the Flight Charm.

• Draco told Wizet that Goyle had contaminated a potion with food scraps and was serving detention after Professor Snape punished him.
• Draco left to bring Goyle food before the afternoon Potions Class.
• Wizet read Snape’s parchment while climbing the moving staircase with Luna.
• Wizet studied Snape’s unnamed potion formula, including its detailed brewing steps and alternative methods for preparing ingredients.
• Wizet read Snape’s further research on the Flight Charm and considered how it could refine the theory behind the improved charm.

As Christmas break approached, Draco Malfoy and Cedric Diggory discussed their career plans and their progress with Animagus training. Draco revealed that he had mastered Animagus over the summer and learned to dispel Mimic Potion’s effects, while Cedric had not yet crossed the “animal instinct.”

• Draco used the Illumination Spell to warm himself after shutting a window against the storm, and Cedric praised his skill with the spell.
• Cedric said he had begun learning about the Department for the Control and Management of Magical Creatures, while Draco said he planned to take over the Malfoy family business.
• Draco and Cedric headed to Professor McGonagall’s office to discuss their Animagus training.
• Draco told Cedric that he had mastered Animagus over the summer by following Wizet’s paper and using a Portkey to tend to his potion.
• Cedric explained that Patronus Charm practice and Ritual Magic had not yet helped him cross the “animal instinct,” while Draco said he had learned to dispel Mimic Potion’s effects with spells.

Cedric and Draco joined Wizet, Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall in an office discussion about simplifying the Mimic Potion and exploring Ritual Magic. Though the boys struggled to follow the professors’ ideas, Wizet’s explanations and the group’s questions helped them learn from the discussion.

• Cedric and Draco arrived at Professor McGonagall’s office and found her, Professor Flitwick, and Wizet discussing their research.
• Professor Flitwick explained that the General Counter-Spell could replace the specialized spell used for the Mimic Potion.
• Wizet connected the spell’s familiarity to instinctive casting, and Professor Flitwick agreed that a simpler spell would be easier to remember and use.
• Wizet proposed a new idea involving Ritual Magic, and the discussion soon became too complex for Cedric and Draco to follow.
• Cedric and Draco ate Professor Flitwick’s snacks while watching the professors’ magical demonstrations and answering their questions.
• Wizet explained the discussion to Cedric and Draco and quickly summoned books to support the professors’ ideas.

Wizet brewed an adjusted Mimic Potion while explaining its risks and discussing the Animagus research with Draco and Cedric. As the professors prepared the office for their work, Cedric learned that Minerva McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, not Wizet, had initiated the research, and that Cedric had been chosen because Gryffindor students had given up on the tedious training.

• Wizet prepared ingredients and brewed a new potion to work with the General Counter-Spell, explaining to Draco that mixing potions required deep knowledge of their effects.
• Cedric assumed Wizet had initiated the Animagus research, but Draco clarified that Minerva McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were the real initiators.
• Draco and Cedric discussed why Minerva McGonagall had selected Cedric, concluding that Gryffindor students had abandoned Animagus training because its first steps were too tedious.
• Professor Flitwick shrank the office bookshelves with the Harmonic Space Charm, and Wizet correctly deduced how he had cast it.
• The chapter explained that Cedric had completed Animagus training before the Five-Wizard Tournament and joined the control group because no Gryffindor student had persisted with the training.

Cedric and Draco practiced maintaining corporeal Patronuses while in their Animagus forms as they worked to overcome animal instinct. Cedric began testing the Mimic Potion, while Draco successfully completed the exercise and was ready for the next stage.

• Cedric maintained a stable puma Patronus in his Animagus form for five minutes, but told Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick he still could not overcome animal instinct.
• Professor McGonagall gave Cedric a Mimic Potion mixed with jaguar hair, and Cedric drank it to practice casting the General Counter-Spell while transformed.
• Wizet explained to Draco how to control a corporeal Patronus while in Animagus form.
• Draco transformed into a Bresse chicken and controlled its Patronus so it radiated warmth and light.
• Wizet asked Draco to transform back and said they could move on to the next stage.

Draco asked Wizet to recreate memorable scenes from his home, and Wizet explained how Draco’s Occlumency could help him present them. After discussing the Malfoy family’s French heritage and the symbolism of Draco’s rooster Patronus, they began the memory-based spell, leaving Wizet to shape the scene Draco had constructed.

• Draco returned to human form and asked Wizet not to use the Confundus Charm, while requesting help recreating a memorable scene from his home.
• Wizet explained that Draco could use Occlumency to construct memories that Wizet would present through Legilimency.
• Draco recalled Wizet displaying his Order of Merlin ceremony and realized that Wizet had used a similar process.
• Wizet explained that his Illumination Spell with the 'Glory' trait might draw on the Malfoy family’s French heritage and the Gallic rooster’s symbolism.
• Draco agreed to try the spell, and Wizet cast Legilimency as Draco released silver strands of memory.
• Wizet transformed Draco’s memory into a mahogany armchair, a carved tea table, a tea set, and a warmly burning fireplace.

Draco used Wizet’s enchanted room and his Animagus form to approach crossing over animal instinct, entering a vivid memory of his parents. The memory ended with Narcissa telling him she only wanted him to have a better life.

• Draco recognized that the fireplace flame was an Illumination Spell imbued with “glory,” and decided to begin his attempt with Wizet’s arrangements unchanged.
• Draco transformed into a Blaise Chicken and used Wizet’s notes to calm himself and sense the world through his Animagus form.
• Draco focused on the enchanted flame, which drew him toward it and made his thoughts work faster.
• Draco found himself reliving a summer conversation in which he had asked Lucius Malfoy to take him on a business trip.
• Narcissa Malfoy supported Draco’s wish, explaining that she wanted him to have the chance to choose his own path.
• Narcissa told Draco she only wanted him to have a better life.

Draco transcended his animal instincts and summoned a Corporeal Patronus after reliving a happy memory guided by Wizet’s Glory Illumination Spell. Wizet recognized that consensus magic had left Draco with unreleased energy and suggested he try a Clear-Sky Charm.

• Draco remembered how Wizet’s guidance had helped him change and make Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy happy.
• Draco cast Expecto Patronum while in his Animagus form and produced his Blaise Chicken Patronus.
• Draco explained that the Glory Illumination Spell had guided him to a familiar, happy memory and helped him cast the Patronus Charm.
• Wizet recorded Draco’s experience and said it might help Cedric transcend animal instinct more quickly.
• Draco told Wizet he felt energy he could not release, and Wizet identified it as lingering consensus magic.
• Wizet suggested Draco use the Clear-Sky Charm to address the heavy snow before the students’ Hogsmeade visit.

Wizet taught Draco how to approach the Clear-Sky Charm by aligning the weather with his inner state, and helped him recall the soul-light technique he had learned through Occlumency. With a Ritual Magic Array prepared to support the spell, Draco began casting it against the storm.

• Draco worried that the snowstorm would make the Clear-Sky Charm too difficult to cast.
• Wizet explained that Weather-Changing Charms worked by guiding nature and that Draco's Illumination Spell could help him.
• Wizet reminded Draco of the Occlumency method of filling his soul's room with light, which Draco had already mastered.
• Draco prepared to recapture that state while Wizet laid out a complex Ritual Magic Array to support the Clear-Sky Charm.
• Draco steadied himself and cast, saying, “Clear skies!”

Ron was dragged out of bed for Quidditch practice, but a sudden flash cleared the snowstorm and gave the team a chance to train. Angelina Johnson hurried to gather the players, leaving Ron to complain that Wood's spirit had possessed her.

• Fred and George woke Ron and told him the team could use the Quidditch Pitch because another team's practice had been canceled.
• Angelina Johnson insisted they train despite the snowstorm because their match against Hufflepuff was approaching.
• A brilliant flash appeared outside, and the wind and snow gave way to clear skies and sunshine.
• Fred and George guessed that someone had cast a Weather-Changing Charm, while Angelina Johnson welcomed the improved weather.
• Angelina Johnson rushed off to get Alicia and Katie and ordered Ron to get dressed for practice.
• Ron collapsed onto his bed and joked that Wood had died on the pitch and possessed Angelina Johnson.

Ron, Harry, Fred, and George headed to Quidditch practice after Angelina requisitioned them, while Hermione went to Hogsmeade. The weather cleared without warning, and High Inquisitor Malcolm Sharma noticed the sudden change and prepared to photograph it.

• Fred and George told Ron that Wood’s team had won four matches in a row and that Angelina wanted to hold practice, so Ron hurriedly got dressed.
• Harry, Ron, Fred, and George met Hermione, who learned they were going to practice and then decided to go to Hogsmeade.
• The group met Hufflepuff Chaser Cadwallader, who praised Gryffindor’s captains and courage before the players exchanged good-natured challenges.
• Malcolm Sharma noticed that the storm had abruptly stopped, took out his camera, and considered how he could record the clear weather.

After a snowstorm abruptly cleared, Malcolm Sharma sought to learn how powerful weather-changing magic could be and asked Dumbledore about it. Dumbledore confirmed that magic could transform the weather across a region and claimed it could also make volcanoes erupt or part the sea.

• Malcolm Sharma photographed the snowstorm as it swiftly gave way to sunshine and clear skies.
• Malcolm Sharma searched the library for Wizet, then encountered Dumbledore while heading to Quirinus Quirrell's office.
• Dumbledore invited Malcolm Sharma to his office for lemon cake, but Malcolm declined and asked about the sudden change in weather.
• Dumbledore said a Weather-Changing Charm could alter the weather over an entire region.
• Dumbledore added that magic could make volcanoes erupt or part the sea to open a path.

Malcolm Sharma discussed the magical history of Moses with Dumbledore, then learned that Wizet and Professor McGonagall were researching magic in her office. Dumbledore gave him a portion of lemon cake to take there, leaving Malcolm uncertain whether the gesture was simple hospitality or part of a plan.

• Dumbledore described how ancient Canaan wizards had parted the sea while fleeing the ancient Egyptian wizards, and Malcolm compared the account with the Bible.
• Malcolm explained that he wanted to find Wizet to discuss using the Weather-Changing Charm to alter the weather.
• Dumbledore told Malcolm that Wizet was with Professor McGonagall in her office and offered to take him there.
• Malcolm declined Dumbledore's offer, saying he knew where the office was and intended to wait until Wizet finished researching before speaking with him alone.
• Dumbledore handed Malcolm a portion of lemon cake to take to the office, and Malcolm accepted it despite suspecting the gesture might have another purpose.

Draco unexpectedly cleared the stormy sky with the Clear-Sky Charm after Wizet’s attempt to apply “consensus” magic, while Cedric successfully crossed the threshold of “animal instinct” and cast a corporeal Patronus. The professors confirmed both students had experienced no harmful effects and began comparing how familiar magic had guided them.

• Draco cast the Clear-Sky Charm, and a powerful glow spread from the castle, stopping the wind and snow and revealing a clear sky.
• Draco told Wizet that casting the charm had felt as though many people were casting alongside him, and Wizet examined him for lingering magic or side effects.
• Wizet explained that Draco’s experience could be understood as a form of war magic, and Draco agreed to keep the information secret.
• Cedric opened his eyes after successfully casting the Patronus Charm and found that his Patronus had taken the form of a cougar.
• Professor Flitwick reassured Cedric that he had not lost days crossing the threshold, and Cedric described receiving familiar guidance that he believed came from a spell.