Chapter Summaries

Silvan shopped for his fifth year at Hogwarts with Fred and George, then learned that Professor Moody had survived but suffered severe memory damage. Sirius avoided discussing what happened in Little Hangleton, but the twins urged him and Silvan to attend a celebration at The Burrow that evening.

• Silvan left the wand shop with Fred and George, who showed him potential shops to rent for their future business.
• Silvan bought his new schoolbooks at Flourish and Blotts and arranged for them to be delivered to the wand shop.
• Silvan, Fred, and George met Sirius, who said Professor Moody had survived but needed at least half a year to recover from a crude Memory Charm.
• Sirius tried to leave when Fred and George mentioned Harry was coming to Diagon Alley, but they told him Harry was no longer angry and would likely see him at The Burrow that evening.
• Fred and George invited Silvan to dinner and hinted that the celebration involved a choice connected to the Triwizard Tournament.

Silvan learned that Harry and Hermione had been appointed Gryffindor prefects, while his Special Award for Services to the School gave him prefect privileges without the duties. The group continued shopping in Diagon Alley, and Silvan joked that Dumbledore had wisely spared him from becoming a prefect.

• Silvan asked Fred why Mrs. Weasley was cheerful, and Fred hinted that Silvan had missed important news in the school materials.
• Hermione showed Silvan her prefect badge and explained that she and Harry had been chosen as Gryffindor’s new prefects.
• Silvan recalled that his Special Award for Services to the School granted him the same privileges as prefects without their responsibilities.
• Fred and George celebrated Silvan’s lack of prefect duties and asked whether he could take points from Slytherins, but Hermione objected that prefects had to follow the rules.
• Silvan agreed that he was not as fair as Harry and Hermione and concluded that Dumbledore had been wise not to make him a prefect.

Silvan joined the Weasleys for a celebration of Harry and Hermione becoming prefects, where Sirius apologized to Harry for staying away and hinted that he had prepared a surprise. Fred and George tried to eavesdrop on their conversation but missed the explanation for why Dumbledore had wanted Harry to stay with his relatives.

• Silvan returned to The Burrow with the Weasleys and saw Mrs. Weasley’s banner congratulating Harry and Hermione on becoming prefects.
• Mrs. Weasley hosted a feast, and Sirius arrived with Mr. Weasley after visiting the injured Alastor Moody at St Mungo’s Hospital.
• Sirius apologized to Harry and explained that Dumbledore had asked him to keep Harry with his relatives for a kind of magical protection.
• Fred and George used Extendable Ears to spy on Harry and Sirius, but a garden gnome disrupted their listening before they learned what the protection involved.
• Sirius gave Harry planet models and hinted at a surprise that would help him, then Ginny called everyone in for dinner.

Silvan finished most of his custom wand orders and traveled to Hogwarts for the start of term. He joined Fred, George, Harry, Ron, and Lee Jordan on the Hogwarts Express, where Lee offered him Butterbeer instead of black tea.

• Silvan completed most of his wand orders, packed his school things, and left a few recent orders to finish after term began.
• Garrick took Silvan to King's Cross Station on September 1, and Silvan crossed to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Fred and George teased Harry and Ron before helping Silvan carry his luggage onto the Hogwarts Express.
• Silvan joined Fred, George, and Lee Jordan in a compartment, where Lee jokingly served him Butterbeer as black tea.
• Silvan avoided drinking anything Fred and George had handled, wary that their magic might transform it.

Harry and his friends rode the Hogwarts Express while speculating about Sirius’s promised compensation, and Silvan declined to join the prefects. Fred and George then showed Silvan their plans for Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, including a shop location across from Ollivanders.

• Mrs. Weasley said goodbye to the children and hugged Harry before the train left the platform.
• Harry told Ron and the others that Sirius was helping Dumbledore and had explained why Harry needed to stay with the Dursleys.
• Fred and George invited everyone to guess what Sirius would give Harry as compensation, and the group suggested several gifts.
• Hermione and Harry went to the prefects’ compartment, while Silvan returned with Fred and George to their compartment.
• Fred and George showed Silvan three possible Diagon Alley shop locations and explained why they favored a spot across from Ollivanders.
• Silvan questioned the plan because Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes would sell noisy products, including fake wands, right beside the wand shop.

On the Hogwarts Express, Silvan discussed his growing magical skill with Fred and George, who planned their joke shop. Ron joined them and mocked The Quibbler, but its claims about goblin pies made the twins and Lee eager to get a copy.

• Fred and George asked Silvan whether Ollivanders Wand Shop might move near Gringotts, and Silvan said it had no rent to pay where it was.
• Silvan demonstrated his improved magic by keeping a Galleon spinning effortlessly on the table.
• Ron came to the compartment and complained about being a prefect and about Luna Lovegood and The Quibbler.
• Ron mentioned The Quibbler's claim that Fudge would stop goblins from being made into pies, prompting Fred, George, and Lee to pool three Sickles for a magazine.
• Fred proposed using the magazine to find seasoning for goblin pies as a replacement for Canary Creams.

Silvan borrowed a copy of The Quibbler from Luna for Fred and George, encountering Neville’s accidental Stinksap mess on the way. The twins were thrilled by the magazine’s wild claims and decided to subscribe.

• Silvan and Ron opened Luna’s compartment door, where Neville accidentally sprayed Ron with Stinksap from a Mimbulus mimbletonia.
• Silvan used a hat to shield himself from the spray, and Cedric noticed his quick, wandless magic.
• Silvan asked Luna for a copy of The Quibbler, and she lent him the newest issue while offering him her older ones to share.
• Fred and George eagerly read the magazine’s outlandish articles, including a claim that Barty Crouch was a Muggle rock star in disguise.
• Lee Jordan explained that Mrs. Perks was an elderly witch who had forgotten she was a witch, and Fred and George decided to subscribe to The Quibbler.

Silvan visited the prefects’ compartment and watched Head Boy Cedric manage the prefects before the students arrived at Hogwarts in the rain. After reaching the castle, Silvan joined Fred, George, and Lee as Peeves’s vinegar prank stank up the entrance hall.

• Fred and George asked Luna how to subscribe to The Quibbler before the train reached the station.
• Cedric assigned prefect duties, confronted Pansy Parkinson and Malfoy over their refusal to help first-years, and sent them to patrol.
• Silvan spoke with Cedric, who explained that he had recently become Head Boy and was busy handling problems aboard the train.
• Hermione urged students to leave the train in an orderly way, and Hagrid greeted Silvan while guiding the first-years across the lake.
• Silvan rode to the castle with Fred, George, and Lee, where McGonagall drove Peeves away after he threw vinegar balloons into the crowd.
• Lee told Fred and George that he suspected Peeves had visited the Hufflepuff common room, and the brothers asked him to take them there sometime.

At the start-of-term feast, Dumbledore introduced Sirius Black as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Harry and Silvan realized Sirius’s promised surprise was that he would be staying at Hogwarts, where he could see Harry throughout the school year.

• Students entered the Great Hall and speculated about who would replace Professor Moody as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.
• McGonagall brought the first-years into the Great Hall, and the Sorting Hat sang before they were sorted into houses.
• After the sorting, Dumbledore announced that Professor Black would succeed Professor Moody.
• Sirius entered in a neatly groomed appearance, surprising Silvan and leaving Harry stunned.
• Silvan realized Sirius had taken the Hogwarts post so he could spend time with Harry during the school year.

Hogwarts welcomed Sirius Black as its new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and Dumbledore announced several changes for the school year. After the feast, Harry and Hermione went to guide the first-years while Silvan headed to Gryffindor Tower, where the new password made Ron feel sick.

• Hogwarts students enthusiastically welcomed Sirius Black as their new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and Harry learned that Sirius had prepared the appointment as a surprise.
• Dumbledore announced Filch’s expanded list of banned items and an earlier Quidditch tryout schedule, giving Gryffindor an advantage because its team had lost fewer players.
• Hermione reminded Harry that they had to guide the first-years, and Harry followed her instead of seeking out Sirius.
• Angelina gave the Gryffindors the password, “Mimbulus mimbletonia,” and Ron grew pale at the reminder of the plant’s foul-smelling fluid.

Harry worried that Sirius had taken the Defence Against the Dark Arts post despite the position’s curse, but Sirius was determined to stay. Silvan joked with Sirius about his cat Tom before Hermione confronted Fred and George over their Skiving Snackboxes.

• Harry told Sirius he was glad to see him but feared the Defence Against the Dark Arts curse, and Sirius explained why he had taken the post.
• Silvan joined them and joked that Dumbledore was unpopular during July and August.
• Harry left to help Hermione guide the first-years through the school.
• Silvan told Sirius that his cat Tom chased Mrs Norris, and Sirius praised the tactic and asked to meet Tom.
• Hermione scolded Fred and George for advertising Skiving Snackboxes and testing them on students, while the twins defended their business.
• Sirius avoided taking sides in the argument, grabbed a sandwich, and left for class.

Hermione failed to persuade the Weasley twins to remove their joke-shop notice, while Silvan wondered why Rita Skeeter had disappeared from the Daily Prophet. The fifth-years received their crowded timetable, and Ron looked forward to Sirius’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson.

• Hermione sought Harry’s help against Fred and George, but Angelina called Harry away to discuss Friday’s Keeper tryouts.
• Fred and George teased Hermione about the pressures of O.W.L. year, then left to research what Hogwarts students wanted from a joke shop.
• Silvan checked the Daily Prophet and found no news from Rita Skeeter, whose disappearance and last article made him suspicious.
• McGonagall handed out the fifth-years’ packed timetables, and Ron worried about the many classes and considered buying something from Fred and George.
• Ron decided against buying the twins’ imperfect products and said Sirius’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson was the day’s main thing to look forward to.

Snape gave the Gryffindors an unexpected Potions test and threatened remedial lessons for anyone who failed. In Divination, Trelawney assigned dream interpretations, and Silvan wrote a prediction about Harry failing Snape’s test and receiving detention.

• Snape deducted forty points from Gryffindor and announced a surprise Potions test, singling out Harry with a warning about remedial lessons.
• The students completed or attempted Snape’s test, and Ron complained afterward about the difficult start to term.
• Silvan, Harry, Ron, and their classmates went to Divination after lunch, parting from Hermione on the way.
• Trelawney gave the class copies of The Dream Oracle and asked students to interpret each other’s recent dreams in pairs.
• Harry struggled to find an interpretation for his dream about snakes, while Silvan wrote that Harry would fail Snape’s test and be given detention as remedial lessons.

Harry and his classmates discussed dream interpretation and their heavy homework before Tom and Crookshanks chased Mrs Norris through the corridor. As Sirius opened the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, Tom suddenly hissed at him.

• Harry, Ron, and their classmates interpreted dreams in Divination and complained about the month-long dream journal assignment.
• The students headed to Sirius's Defence Against the Dark Arts class and saw Mrs Norris flee from Tom and Crookshanks.
• Hermione scolded Crookshanks for chasing Mrs Norris while Silvan called Tom back to his side.
• Sirius opened the classroom door with his wand and told the students to come inside.
• Tom arched his back, flattened his ears, and hissed at Sirius as he passed Silvan.

Sirius began his first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson by introducing himself and explaining that he would focus on practical combat rather than textbook theory. He led the students outside to a larger practice area for the lesson.

• Silvan soothed Tom and sent him downstairs with Crookshanks after Tom warily inspected Sirius.
• Sirius criticized the students for waiting in the corridor and praised Fred and George for their mischief.
• Sirius introduced himself as a former fugitive who had been declared innocent, and the students applauded him.
• Sirius said he would teach practical combat and suggested that students ask Hermione about theoretical questions.
• Sirius opened the classroom door and told the prefects to line everyone up for a lesson outside.

Sirius tested the fifth-years by challenging them to keep their wands while he used only the Disarming Charm. Harry resisted briefly but lost his wand, and Sirius criticized his technique before sending him to rest.

• Sirius explained that he would use the Disarming Charm to assess the students and help form duelling groups.
• Hermione identified the Disarming Charm, earning ten points for Gryffindor.
• Harry was first to line up, earning Gryffindor another ten points before facing Sirius.
• Harry tried a Stunning Spell, dodged Sirius’s first attack, and then lost a clash of Disarming Charms.
• Sirius criticized Harry for rolling away instead of blocking, then told him to rest and called the next student.

Sirius taught the students practical dueling in his first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, then left the school with Hagrid for a drink. Silvan learned that Dumbledore had already left Hogwarts and arranged for the owl post office to send a courier to him.

• Sirius tested the students' ability to resist Disarming Charms and awarded Gryffindor ten points for Silvan's performance.
• Sirius assigned the class to analyze their failures, then left the school with Hagrid for the Three Broomsticks.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione encouraged Neville after he worried about his nervousness in class.
• Silvan asked McGonagall to see Dumbledore and learned that the Headmaster had left the school.
• Silvan explained that he needed to send items abroad, and McGonagall offered to have a courier from the owl post office find him.

Silvan joined Harry, Hermione, and Ron on their day off to visit Sirius, but on the way they learned that Sirius and Snape had nearly fought over Slytherin points and Malfoy's detention. McGonagall had stopped the confrontation, and the group continued toward Sirius's office under the pretense of visiting the Trophy Room.

• Silvan woke late, ate breakfast in the Great Hall, and agreed to accompany Harry, Hermione, and Ron to visit Sirius.
• On the stairs, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Silvan ran into Colin Creevey, who told them Sirius and Snape had nearly fought the previous day.
• Colin said Snape had objected to Sirius taking points from Slytherin and trying to give Malfoy detention.
• McGonagall separated Sirius and Snape, reprimanded them, and cancelled Malfoy's detention.
• Harry told Colin that they were going to see the Quidditch trophies as the group headed toward the third floor.

Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Silvan visited Sirius in his Defence Against the Dark Arts office, where Harry heard about Sirius’s friendship with James and remembered his first encounter with Voldemort. Sirius ended the conversation by revealing that he and James had left a magical map at Hogwarts, though he did not know who had found it.

• Hermione warned Ron that Sirius taking points from Snape or punishing Malfoy could provoke Snape to retaliate against Harry and cost Gryffindor the House Cup.
• Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Silvan entered Sirius’s office and found Hagrid visiting; Hagrid left to feed the creatures waiting for him.
• Sirius told Harry that he had lent Hagrid the motorcycle and listened as Harry described meeting Voldemort through Quirrell.
• Sirius recalled how he and James became best friends near the greenhouses, and Harry asked him to share more memories of his parents.
• Sirius showed interest in the wardrobe where Lupin had tried to trap Boggarts, then revealed that he and James had left a magical map at Hogwarts.

Sirius told Harry and Ron that he, James, Remus Lupin, and Peter had made an enchanted map at Hogwarts, then challenged Harry and Ron to find it themselves. While they searched Sirius's bookshelf, Hermione stopped Silvan from opening a disturbing Dark Arts book and discovered that Sirius's books had been gathering dust for more than a hundred years.

• Sirius recalled how James proposed making an alchemical map to help the four friends evade Filch and the professors.
• Sirius kept the map's purpose secret and suggested Harry and Ron search Hogwarts for it; Harry wondered whether Silvan's map might be the same one.
• Harry noticed Silvan and Hermione studying Sirius's bookshelf, and Sirius admitted he preferred practical work to reading.
• Hermione stopped Silvan from opening a strange-looking Dark Arts book and warned that such books could be cursed.
• Hermione used Scourgify on the dusty books, and Sirius said they might have been sitting untouched for more than a hundred years.