Chapter Summaries

Cedric, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, and Wizet discussed why Cedric had not yet found a spell enhanced by his Animagus magic. Their tea party was interrupted when Malcolm Sharma arrived to ask about Draco Malfoy’s weather-changing spell, and Wizet began explaining the ongoing research.

• Cedric tried the Disillusionment Charm and the Severing Charm but found that neither had been enhanced by his Animagus magic.
• Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick told Cedric that he might need time to adapt and invited him to describe his experience to Wizet.
• Draco asked Cedric which spells had been enhanced, and Wizet suggested discussing Cedric’s experience over tea.
• Draco scalded his tongue while sipping tea, then stayed silent when Malcolm Sharma arrived with lemon cake from Dumbledore.
• Malcolm Sharma asked Draco how he had cleared the blizzard, and Wizet began explaining that the spell was connected to their research into Animagus magic.

Wizet and the professors discussed how Animagus magic could strengthen spells by deepening the connection between a person and their Animagus. Cedric considered using his instincts as a Seeker to reach that state, while Wizet explained how Draco had used Occlumency and suggested exploring the underlying process further.

• Malcolm Sharma worried that the discussion concerned secret research, but Wizet assured him it would not remain secret, and Malcolm joined the tea party.
• Wizet proposed that strengthening magic through Animagus magic required considering the soul, and Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall agreed that Cedric lacked deep experience in soul research.
• Cedric asked how Draco had managed the technique, and Draco answered that he had used Occlumency.
• Wizet urged Cedric to reconnect with his Animagus, suggesting he draw on the heightened awareness he experienced as a Seeker.
• Professor McGonagall explained how a Seeker’s focus and heightened senses could help Cedric enter the state, and Wizet confirmed Draco’s experience as a Seeker had helped him.
• Wizet explained that an Animagus was one facet of the soul and that transcending animal instinct could make the Animagus’s instinct their own, enhancing magical effects.

Wizet guided Cedric through practicing his Seeker's state and Animagus transformation while riding Professor McGonagall's Oakshaft broom. Cedric vanished from sight with the broom, while Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick realized Wizet had already mastered Flitwick's magical technique.

• Professor McGonagall lent Cedric her Oakshaft Flying Broomstick so he could practice entering a Seeker's state.
• Wizet cast Resonant Symphony and recreated the sensation of flying, guiding Cedric to connect his Animagus instincts with his magic.
• Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick recognized that Wizet had learned and used Flitwick's Harmonic Space Charm technique.
• Cedric alternated between human and cougar forms, then merged with the sky and disappeared from view while riding the broom.
• Draco reacted to Cedric's disappearance, while Malcolm Sharma recognized Wizet's skill at teaching magic.

After Draco Malfoy used a Ritual Magic Array to amplify his Clear-Sky Charm, Malcolm Sharma asked Wizet about large-scale weather magic and learned Wizet planned to publish his research. Wizet revealed he had requested similar materials from other countries, leaving Malcolm to hurry back and warn his superiors that their attempt to use the materials as leverage would fail.

• Wizet confirmed to Malcolm Sharma that Draco Malfoy had cast the large-scale Clear-Sky Charm after transcending his animal instincts, with help from a Ritual Magic Array.
• Malcolm Sharma asked whether he could learn how to change the weather over a large area, and Wizet said he would publish his research in the intermediate series of Magical Tuning.
• Malcolm Sharma apologized that the promised materials were delayed, and Wizet reassured him that he had also contacted President Jacques, Chancellor Helmut, and Prime Minister John for similar materials.
• Malcolm Sharma realized Wizet did not depend on his superiors for the materials and hurried away to warn them to abandon their plans to use them as leverage.

At Grimmauld Place, Sirius and Regulus spent a snowy day together before Wizet’s owl delivered a letter for Remus. Remus read it and reacted with shock, leaving Sirius anxious to learn what Wizet had written.

• Sirius watched Regulus use the magical artifact he had made to move and teased Kreacher about serving him.
• Sirius let Thor in from the snow and told the owl to rest until the weather cleared.
• Sirius gave Wizet’s letter, addressed to Remus Lupin, to Remus when he entered the room.
• Remus read that the letter concerned a gathering of M.S.C. and began trembling in shock.
• Sirius urgently asked Remus what Wizet had written.

Lupin learned from Wizet that a cure for his lycanthropy was possible and that he needed to gather werewolf wizards for a trip to New York. Sirius shared his joy, and the conversation was interrupted by Nymphadora Tonks’s arrival.

• Lupin read Wizet’s letter, which instructed him to gather werewolf wizards, including those outside M.S.C., and bring them to New York during the Christmas holiday.
• Lupin told Sirius that his lycanthropy could be cured, then handed him the letter and broke down in tears.
• Sirius read the instructions, confronted Lupin for keeping the news to himself, and embraced him as they both struggled to contain their emotions.
• Kreacher announced that Nymphadora Tonks had arrived, and Sirius stepped away from Lupin to greet her.
• Regulus Black greeted Tonks, while Sirius complained that Kreacher should have announced the guest sooner.

Lupin told Nymphadora Tonks that his Lycanthropy could be cured during the Christmas holiday, and she joyfully embraced him. Their relationship appeared to have a future free from the illness that had held Lupin back.

• Kreacher respectfully prepared snacks for Regulus Black and the others, surprising Sirius with his changed attitude.
• Sirius and Nymphadora Tonks teased Lupin about his tears until he recovered enough to explain what had happened.
• Lupin embraced Nymphadora Tonks and told her that his Lycanthropy would soon be cured.
• Lupin said Wizet had told him to prepare for the cure during the Christmas holiday, and Nymphadora Tonks hugged him in delight.

Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius, and Regulus discussed how Wizet had cured Lupin’s Lycanthropy and the danger of Fenrir Greyback learning about it. The conversation ended with Sirius asking Kreacher to insult Greyback, who Kreacher called a filthy mongrel.

• Kreacher interrupted Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks as they hugged and served snacks to everyone.
• Sirius asked Lupin when Wizet had told him Lycanthropy could be cured, and Lupin recalled the M.S.C. meeting at the Hog’s Head Inn.
• Regulus explained that he had kept Lupin’s secret after finding him distressed at home.
• Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks worried that Fenrir Greyback might target Wizet if he learned Lycanthropy could be cured.
• Sirius argued Greyback would be the one in trouble if he attacked Wizet, then asked Kreacher to insult him.
• Kreacher called Fenrir Greyback a lice-covered bastard and a filthy, stinking mongrel.

Imprisoned in Wizet's laboratory, Fenrir Greyback clung to life as he repeatedly dreamed of himself transformed into a werewolf. He began to believe the dreams reflected his own awakening instincts rather than one of Wizet's experiments.

• Snowstorms transformed the former Acromantula territory into a snowy hollow where hares and Bowtruckles made their homes.
• Fenrir Greyback remained shackled and emaciated in Wizet's laboratory, where he had been held for a long time.
• Greyback recalled how he had bitten Remus Lupin as revenge against Lyall Lupin and had cherished the memory to endure his captivity.
• Wizet discovered and erased Greyback's memories of biting Remus during a Lycanthropy attack, leaving Greyback desperate for a reason to live.
• After his last bout of Lycanthropy, Greyback began repeatedly dreaming of himself as a werewolf and sensed that his instincts were awakening.

Fenrir Greyback reflected on how Lycanthropy had shaped his beliefs and ambitions, and clung to a dream of escaping Wizet’s restraints by merging with the werewolf in his visions. His hopes were interrupted when he heard Wizet arrive at the laboratory.

• Fenrir Greyback recalled his first transformation and the exhilaration of hunting after being infected with Lycanthropy.
• Fenrir Greyback explained that he had learned from Voldemort to build a pack by infecting children and turning them into werewolves.
• Fenrir Greyback remembered that Wizet had captured him and made him experimental material, ending his hopes of spreading Lycanthropy.
• Fenrir Greyback imagined mastering the Patronus Charm and merging with his werewolf vision to break free from his restraints.
• Fenrir Greyback heard a rustling in the laboratory and realized Wizet had arrived.

Fenrir Greyback feared Wizet would discover that he dreamed of a transformed version of himself, but hoped to use the time alone to merge with his werewolf instincts and escape. Wizet announced he would be away for the holidays and provoked Greyback by asking what he wanted, leaving Greyback convinced Wizet’s arrogance might give him an opening.

• Fenrir Greyback trembled as Wizet approached, fearing he would use Legilimency and uncover his secret.
• Fenrir Greyback recalled that Wizet justified experimenting on him because Greyback had never considered non-werewolves his kind.
• Wizet told Fenrir Greyback he would be away for the holiday break and asked whether he wanted anything.
• Fenrir Greyback angrily challenged Wizet for comparing him to a stray dog.
• Wizet rephrased his offer as asking whether Greyback would prefer to be a wolf being tamed, and Greyback roared that he would never be tamed.

Fenrir Greyback feared Wizet would discover the secret he was hiding, but Wizet instead offered to consider providing him with food in return for helping with his research. After questioning Greyback about his preferences, Wizet produced a glass bottle containing a strand of silvery thread.

• Fenrir Greyback tried to conceal his fear while Wizet silently watched him in his chained cell.
• Wizet offered to consider Greyback’s food requests, while making clear that he would decide what to provide and would not indulge Greyback’s inhuman appetites.
• Greyback requested warm venison liver and answered Wizet’s detailed questions about what affected its flavor.
• Greyback listed more desired foods, including lamb tenderloin, live rainbow trout, beef neck, and several kinds of berries, while Wizet took notes.
• Wizet closed his notebook and pulled out a glass bottle containing a long strand of silvery thread.

Wizet returned Fenrir Greyback’s memories, believing Greyback’s outburst was genuine. Greyback secretly celebrated that the memories would help him merge with his wolf-transformed self and prepare to escape, while Wizet said they would not meet again until after Christmas.

• Fenrir Greyback panicked when Wizet showed him a vial containing a strand of memory, fearing Wizet would uncover his secret through mental magic.
• Wizet remarked that Greyback seemed different, so Greyback pretended to rage over the memories Wizet had taken from him and demanded to die.
• Wizet accepted Greyback’s outburst and returned the memory by drawing it from the vial and pressing his wand to Greyback’s temple.
• Fenrir Greyback rejoiced inwardly that the restored memories would accelerate his merging with his wolf-transformed self and help him escape during a future Lycanthropy episode.
• Wizet put away the vial and told Greyback he was leaving and would probably not return until after Christmas.

Wizet left Fenrir Greyback in the laboratory, where Greyback prepared to merge with the werewolf version of himself from his dreams and escape during the Christmas break. After shrinking the laboratory with the Harmonic Space Charm, Wizet received a letter from Thor and planned to use Greyback’s memories to find his victims at the next full moon.

• Wizet told Fenrir Greyback that he would leave Hogwarts for Christmas break, and Greyback secretly rejoiced at the chance to escape.
• Fenrir Greyback considered leaving Wizet a farewell message or attacking another student, but decided that escaping without taking unnecessary risks mattered most.
• Fenrir Greyback closed his eyes and prepared to meet the werewolf version of himself from his dreams.
• Wizet shrank the laboratory with Professor Flitwick’s Harmonic Space Charm and lifted the miniature building into his hand.
• Thor arrived with a letter, and Wizet explained that Fenrir Greyback’s memories could help locate werewolf victims and that M.S.C.’s growing influence would help Lupin assist them.
• Wizet looked toward the moon and said he would wait for the next full moon.

On the Hogwarts Express, Wizet and Luna shared the ripe berries Bane had given them, playfully pretending to test for astringency. The train journey continued as Luna fell asleep against Wizet’s shoulder.

• Wizet told Luna that Bane had given him berries as a gift from the forest after they helped it recover.
• Wizet and Luna tasted the ripe berries and teased each other by pretending to investigate their astringency.
• The pair ate nearly half the basket while carrying out their playful “experiment,” then Wizet put the remaining berries away for the others at home.
• When Luna grew tired, Wizet conjured a pillow for her and prepared to read as she rested against his shoulder.
• Luna kissed Wizet’s cheek, told him she was going to sleep, and soon dozed off on the moving Hogwarts Express.

Wizet and Luna prepared Christmas decorations and a meal together at the Lovegood home during heavy snowfall. After Xenophilius Lovegood worried about Luna cooking, Luna and Wizet shared playful kisses before calling him to dinner.

• Wizet decorated the house for Christmas while Luna chose to cook without Domestic Life Magic.
• Jupiter and Thor played together in the kitchen, with Jupiter stealing meat and eventually returning it for Thor to bring to Wizet.
• Xenophilius Lovegood returned from The Quibbler office and worried that Luna might burn herself while frying meat.
• Wizet used a Levitation Charm to catch splattering oil droplets and keep the stovetop clean.
• Luna and Wizet kissed each other under the pretense of checking for oil splashes, then Luna called Xenophilius downstairs for dinner.

Wizet and Luna shared a playful moment while washing dishes, then reassured Dobby that they did not intend to send him away. Dobby accepted Wizet’s invitation to become part of their family and returned with a bag of clinking metal objects.

• Wizet told Luna a story about Sirens and Viking wizards while they played with bubbles at the sink.
• Wizet and Luna clasped hands beneath the water as Xenophilius Lovegood headed upstairs and told Dobby to wake him at the usual time.
• Dobby worried that Wizet and Luna would dismiss him because they had started doing household chores themselves.
• Wizet praised Dobby’s help and explained that they had never planned to make him leave.
• Wizet told Dobby to get used to living as part of their family, and Dobby happily agreed.
• Dobby vanished with a pop and returned carrying a bag that made sharp metallic clinks.

Dobby offered Wizet and Luna all the wages he had saved because he believed family members should share everything, but they helped him understand that his money and freedom were his to keep. Reassured that he belonged with them, Dobby went to wake Mr. Lovegood, while Wizet and Luna healed their wrinkled hands with magic.

• Dobby offered Wizet and Luna his saved wages, explaining that he wanted to contribute to his family.
• Wizet and Luna explained that Dobby had earned the money and could keep it to buy things for himself.
• Luna helped Dobby understand that his freedom, holidays, clothes, and wages were things he could have, while his family gave him something even more precious.
• Dobby asked whether he would stay with them, and Wizet reassured him that he could leave only if he chose to; Dobby declared that he wanted to stay forever.
• Dobby remembered that he needed to wake Mr. Lovegood and went upstairs to call him.
• Wizet healed the wrinkles on Luna's hand with magic, and Luna copied him to heal his arm.

Dobby grew more comfortable in his place with the Lovegoods, sharing his clothing-design hobby and eagerly helping around the home. Wizet and Luna went to Diagon Alley, where they met Neville and the Longbottom family and discussed Muggle criminal groups, Lupin, and the planned treatment for Lycanthropy in New York.

• Dobby began asking Wizet and Luna how he could help and shared his clothing-design books with the family for their opinions.
• Wizet and Luna left for the department store, while Dobby promised to prepare dinner and asked them to bring back yarn or accessories.
• At the Leaky Cauldron, Old Tom told Wizet and Luna that the Longbottom family had gone toward Diagon Alley.
• Neville reunited with Wizet and Luna alongside Frank Longbottom, Alice Longbottom, and Augusta Longbottom.
• Frank Longbottom described Muggle criminal groups working with Dark wizards and modifying secondhand Flying Broomsticks with Magic Fireworks.
• Wizet confirmed that Lupin's Lycanthropy treatment was planned for the next full moon in New York, and that preparations were underway.

The Longbottoms discussed the difficulties of cooperation between magical law enforcement and Muggle authorities, including Dark wizards’ alliances with criminal organizations in North America. After Wizet and Luna left, Augusta and Frank teased Neville about writing to Hannah.

• Alice and Frank Longbottom explained that Dark wizards and Muggle criminal organizations in North America had formed close alliances and modified Flying Broomsticks with alchemy.
• Frank and Alice described how different reporting procedures, rules, and distrust made cooperation between Aurors and Muggle police difficult.
• Frank said Kingsley had told him that the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government had begun discussions to streamline procedures.
• Augusta ended the serious conversation and encouraged Wizet and Luna to continue their plans to shop for decorations and supplies for Dobby.
• After Wizet and Luna departed, Augusta and Frank urged Neville to be braver and write Hannah a letter, embarrassing him.