Recaps

Lockhart plotted with Tom Riddle in the Diary to punish Hogwarts students by releasing a hidden helper, despite fearing Dumbledore. Meanwhile, Silan, George, and Fred continued their alchemy research in the Room of Requirement, and Silan finally succeeded in creating a magical crystal core.

• Lockhart complained to the Diary about missing roosters, his ruined boots, and students criticizing him after the friendly match, while Tom Riddle silently endured his rant.
• Tom Riddle urged Lockhart to punish the students and suggested releasing a secret helper, and Lockhart agreed to wait for an opportunity.
• George and Fred recorded their fifteenth failed alchemy experiment before collapsing asleep in the Room of Requirement.
• Silan tested whether the refined materials caused their failures and began another experiment to make a device that could receive complex information and react.
• Silan infused a crystal core with magical runes and a spell, and George and Fred cheered when it remained intact.

Silan and the Weasley twins completed a control crystal core but could not figure out how to implant it into an animal, so they decided to ask Nicolas Flamel for advice. After Melba returned with Flamel’s Christmas gift, Silan prepared a letter and the crystal core for him to deliver.

• George and Fred praised Silan’s completed crystal core, then took over the next stage while Silan went to sleep for four hours.
• Silan woke refreshed and found George and Fred stumped over how to implant the control crystal core into an animal.
• Silan suggested asking Nicolas Flamel for advice, and Melba returned with a package from Flamel.
• Silan read Flamel’s thanks and prepared a letter explaining their research, while George and Fred suggested sending the crystal core as well.
• Silan praised Melba and offered him Owl Supplements before telling him he had performed a divination about him.

Silan pressured Melba into continuing to deliver letters, while Augusta discovered Neville’s growing skill in Herbology and learned that his friend Silan was a Prewett. After Melba returned to Hogwarts exhausted from international deliveries, he found Silan even more exhausted from intense study and training, and Silan went to sleep.

• Silan teased Melba with a story about owls being separated from their mates until Melba vowed to deliver letters for him for life.
• Augusta found Neville quietly reading in the garden and questioned him about his enthusiasm for Herbology.
• Neville accurately answered Augusta’s questions about cultivating Dittany and Belladonna, impressing her with how much he had memorized.
• Augusta saw Silan Prewett’s Christmas inscription and learned that Silan was Fabian Prewett’s son, then praised the Prewett family’s history.
• Melba returned from Paris exhausted, found Silan drained from two days of intense study and training, and watched him collapse into sleep after receiving owl supplements.

Silan, George, and Fred opened Nicolas Flamel’s reply about their idea for controlling animals with Alchemy. Although Flamel ruled out complete control, he suggested a device that could disrupt an animal’s movements, and his enchanted magpie inspired George and Fred to pursue Alchemy creations.

• Silan, George, and Fred read Nicolas Flamel’s letter, which said their plan to control animals completely was impossible and potentially dangerous.
• Flamel explained how an implanted core could release energy to temporarily disrupt an animal’s thoughts and movements, giving Silan a possible way to restrain the Basilisk.
• Silan used his wand to activate the magpie Flamel had sent and explained that its shell contained the core they had made.
• George and Fred became excited about building Alchemy creatures, declared they would learn Alchemy, and eagerly took the magpie to study.
• The wind and snow subsided as the Christmas holiday came to an end.

Hermione brooded over Silan in the library before Lavender and Parvati teased her and lured her into sneaking into the kitchen for dessert. On their way back, they encountered Filch and discovered that Goyle and Crabbe had been petrified, while a strange voice sounded again.

• Hermione sat distracted in the library, wondering whether she should help Silan, until Lavender and Parvati arrived and teased her about thinking of him.
• Madam Pince warned the girls that curfew was near, and Lavender and Parvati persuaded Hermione to join them in the kitchen for pudding.
• Filch caught Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati in the corridor and accused them of being out after hours and possibly harming Mrs Norris.
• After strange screams sounded, Filch escorted the girls toward Gryffindor Tower, where Hermione spotted the petrified Goyle and Crabbe beside cake crumbs.
• Hermione ran toward the Gryffindor common room with Lavender and Parvati, planning to use Hedwig to alert a professor, but the strange voice sounded again.

Hermione, Lavender, Parvati, and Filch were trapped in a dark corridor as the Chamber of Secrets monster approached, and Hermione called for help from the patrol. Hermione’s necklace transformed into a rooster that confronted the monster, leaving the group stunned.

• Hermione used an amplifying spell to call for professors and report that Goyle and Crabbe had been petrified.
• Professor McGonagall told the group to stay put while the patrol hurried toward them.
• The monster approached from behind, and Hermione planned for the girls to turn and attack while Filch ran toward the professors.
• Hermione’s necklace suddenly glowed, transformed into a rooster, and landed on Filch’s head facing the monster.

Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati survived the Chamber of Secrets monster when Hermione’s necklace transformed into a rooster and drove it away. Professor McGonagall examined the necklace, while Snape was told to take the petrified Goyle and Crabbe to the Hospital Wing with Filch.

• Filch, Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati encountered the monster, but Hermione’s necklace became a glowing rooster that crowed and made it flee.
• Professor McGonagall and Snape arrived, and Hermione explained how they had found Goyle and Crabbe petrified and called for help.
• Filch angrily demanded that the rooster be removed, but it dissolved into light and returned to Hermione’s necklace.
• Lavender explained that the necklace had transformed into the rooster and protected them, and Hermione said it was an alchemical gift from Prewett.
• Professor McGonagall examined the necklace and returned it to Hermione.
• Professor McGonagall asked Snape to take Goyle and Crabbe to the Hospital Wing with Filch.

After Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati escaped the monster, McGonagall praised their bravery and Dumbledore considered using Silan Prewett’s protective necklace to safeguard Hogwarts students. News that Goyle and Crabbe had been petrified spread panic, and Ron drew Harry’s attention to Malfoy after hearing Slytherins discuss leaving school.

• McGonagall escorted Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati to the Gryffindor common room, praised their courage, and awarded Gryffindor fifty points.
• Dumbledore and McGonagall discussed the danger to students and the possibility of making more of Silan Prewett’s necklace; Dumbledore asked to speak with Silan after class.
• News that Goyle and Crabbe had been petrified spread through Hogwarts, alarming students who had believed pure-bloods were safe.
• After Transfiguration class, Slytherin students argued about the attacks, and Ron nudged Harry to look at Malfoy.

After Hermione survived the Basilisk thanks to Silan’s necklace, Dumbledore summoned Silan to his office, where Silan befriended Fawkes by treating the phoenix’s sore throat. Dumbledore returned and asked whether Silan could communicate with Fawkes.

• Harry and Ron noticed Malfoy had become withdrawn after Goyle and Crabbe were Petrified, while Silan wondered why Lockhart had sent the Basilisk after them.
• Hermione thanked Silan for the protective necklace, which had kept her safe during the previous night’s attack.
• Professor McGonagall told Silan that Dumbledore wanted to see him, and Silan went to the Headmaster’s Office.
• Silan recognized Fawkes, offered the phoenix Bellflower for its sore throat, and gained 25 proficiency in Animal Bloodline.
• Dumbledore returned with more Bellflower, watched Fawkes turn away from him after eating Silan’s gift, and asked Silan if he could communicate with the phoenix.

Silan explained to Dumbledore how the clues pointed to a Basilisk as the monster in the Chamber of Secrets. Dumbledore understood the danger and thanked Silan, who then asked him for a favor.

• Dumbledore questioned Silan about Hermione's recovery and the necklace that had protected her, but Silan said its rooster transformation had been a coincidence.
• Dumbledore admitted he had hoped Silan could help identify the monster in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Silan cited the necklace's reaction, spiders fleeing the castle, and a line from Shakespeare's Richard III as clues to the creature's identity.
• Dumbledore connected the clues and concluded that the monster was a Basilisk, explaining how it petrified students and why it feared roosters.
• Silan asked Dumbledore to grant him a request, and Dumbledore invited him to explain.

Silan told Dumbledore he could communicate with animals and proposed using a control crystal core to restrain the Basilisk. Dumbledore agreed to let Silan keep it after they found the Chamber of Secrets, then hired Silan and his cousins to make protective necklaces, leaving George and Fred amazed at their 1,500-Galleon order.

• Silan explained that he had heard the Basilisk calling for help and showed Dumbledore a control crystal core he had made with his cousins and Master Nicolas.
• Dumbledore agreed Silan could have the Basilisk after they found the Chamber of Secrets and dealt with the person behind the attacks.
• Dumbledore asked Silan to make one hundred protective necklaces for Hogwarts, offering fifteen Galleons for each.
• Silan accepted the order on behalf of himself and his cousins, then returned to the Room of Requirement and told George and Fred.
• George and Fred focused on the 1,500 Galleons they stood to earn.

Silan recruited Hermione to help George and Fred make protective rooster charms for the students, after agreeing to pay the Weasley twins fifteen hundred Galleons. Hermione offered to work without pay in exchange for Silan spending a few days with her during the summer holiday, and they joined Ron and Harry in the Room of Requirement.

• Silan agreed to pay George and Fred fifteen hundred Galleons for making protective charms, and they proposed recruiting helpers to speed up the work.
• George and Fred went to find Ron and Harry while Silan used the Marauder's Map to locate Hermione.
• Hermione finished reading beneath a tree by the Black Lake and was embarrassed when Silan arrived and teased her about overhearing her thoughts.
• Silan explained the protective-charm job, and Hermione agreed to help without payment if Silan spent a few days with her during the summer holiday.
• Hermione and Silan entered the Room of Requirement, where Ron and Harry were already listening to George and Fred explain the job.

Silan brought Dumbledore to the girls' bathroom to investigate the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, while concealing that he already knew how to open it. The chapter left them trying to discover how to activate the snake-marked tap.

• Harry questioned whether fifty Galleons was too much, while Fred and George teased Ron about his pay.
• Silan explained the assembly-line work, and Hermione joined in to cast spells with exceptional precision.
• After working until the following evening, the group finished thirty rooster-transforming talismans, and Silan prepared to deliver them.
• Silan told Dumbledore he had found clues to the Chamber of Secrets and went with him to the girls' bathroom.
• Silan found the snake-marked tap, and Dumbledore tried several spells before suggesting that Parseltongue might open the entrance.
• Silan offered to try speaking Parseltongue.

Silan and Dumbledore entered the Chamber of Secrets by speaking Parseltongue and searched for the Basilisk. After finding Salazar Slytherin’s statue, Silan prepared to lure the creature out while Dumbledore agreed to protect him.

• Silan imitated Parseltongue to open the hidden entrance, and Dumbledore followed him into the passage.
• Silan and Dumbledore crawled through the tunnels and found the Basilisk’s enormous shed skin.
• Silan opened the carved stone wall with Parseltongue, and the pair entered the Chamber of Secrets.
• Dumbledore warned Silan against luring out the Basilisk, but Silan insisted he had to protect the students and save it.
• Dumbledore agreed to guard Silan as Silan stood before Slytherin’s statue and said, “Speak to me, Slytherin.”

Silan and Dumbledore fought the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, and Silan subdued it with a Golden Hoop and a rooster’s crow. With the Basilisk unconscious, Silan prepared to implant a control crystal core and asked Dumbledore to remove its memories of their visit.

• The Basilisk emerged from Slytherin’s statue and attacked Silan, while Dumbledore struck it with a flash of light.
• Silan covered the Basilisk’s eyes with his device, but it pretended to surrender before lunging at him.
• Silan tightened the Golden Hoop around the Basilisk’s head, and Dumbledore blocked its tail from striking Silan.
• Silan brought out a live rooster, whose crow made the Basilisk collapse unconscious.
• Silan showed Dumbledore the control crystal core and asked him to remove the Basilisk’s memories after it was implanted.

Silan used Sectumsempra to wound the Basilisk, then implanted a control crystal core in its head while Dumbledore watched. After Dumbledore removed and sealed the Basilisk’s memory of the procedure, they left the Chamber of Secrets, with Silan wondering whether a strange magical mass in the Basilisk’s head was connected to Slytherin’s secret treasure.

• Silan failed to cut the Basilisk’s scales with a Severing Charm, then used Sectumsempra to open a wound.
• Dumbledore asked how Silan learned Sectumsempra, and Silan claimed he had learned it from the Half-Blood Prince’s textbook and Snape’s counter-curse instructions.
• Silan drank Baruffio’s Brain Elixir and used Wizard’s Eye to examine the Basilisk, spotting a mysterious glowing mass inside its head.
• Silan implanted a crystal core in the Basilisk’s head, where it connected to the creature’s magical circuits.
• Silan healed the wound, and Dumbledore extracted and sealed the Basilisk’s memory of the implantation.
• Dumbledore restored the damaged wall and erased the evidence before he and Silan left the Chamber of Secrets.

Silan returned from the Chamber of Secrets and spent the night watching the stars with Hermione, who had waited so she would see him first on Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, Lockhart blamed Tom in the Diary after the Basilisk plan failed.

• Dumbledore said he would watch the Chamber of Secrets and let Silan handle the Basilisk once they dealt with the culprit, then left to set up the talismans.
• Silan returned to the Room of Requirement and caught Hermione as she nodded off over a book.
• Hermione persuaded Silan to stay by recalling their childhood stargazing, and he transformed the Room of Requirement into an outdoor night scene.
• Hermione silently recited History of Magic until sunrise, then greeted Silan as the first boy she saw on Valentine's Day.
• Lockhart, exhausted and angry in his office, wrote in the Diary that the Basilisk had failed and blamed Tom.

Lockhart argued with Tom Riddle in the Diary, then planned to exploit Dumbledore’s absence for a few hours. Hermione blushed as Lavender and Parvati teased her about Valentine’s Day, and she later waited nearby while Silan spoke with Professor McGonagall, who noticed someone hiding behind him.

• Lockhart angrily blamed Tom for the Basilisk attack, and Tom retorted that Lockhart had insisted on targeting Malfoy and attacked his lackeys instead.
• Lockhart boasted that he was a great wizard and the king of the world, then decided Dumbledore’s meeting would give him a few hours to act.
• Lavender and Parvati teased Hermione about whether she had shared a first kiss with Silan on Valentine’s Day, and Hermione fled the dormitory in embarrassment.
• Hermione spotted Silan speaking with Professor McGonagall and waited nearby until they finished.
• Professor McGonagall told Silan that Dumbledore had gone to a meeting and would return in a few hours, then noticed someone peeking from behind him.

Silan delivered the amulets he had made to Professor McGonagall, who was astonished to learn Nicolas Flamel had taught him Alchemy. After Silan and Hermione headed to the Great Hall together, Lockhart arrived in a disheveled state and demanded everyone’s attention.

• Silan gave Professor McGonagall thirty amulets and explained that he had made them for Dumbledore.
• Professor McGonagall praised Silan for protecting Hogwarts, then learned he had studied Alchemy with Nicolas Flamel and planned to visit him again during summer holiday.
• Hermione secretly listened to Silan and McGonagall, then joined Silan on his way to the Great Hall.
• Lockhart entered the Great Hall in flamboyant robes, looking exhausted and disheveled, and called for everyone to look at him.

Lockhart, driven mad and emboldened by a Horcrux, declared himself the greatest wizard and insulted students and professors at the Great Hall feast. The chapter ended with him taunting Snape about his blood status and suggesting he had loved a Muggle-born witch.

• Lockhart climbed onto Dumbledore's chair and proclaimed himself the king of the world, then accused students of mocking him during a friendly match.
• George and Fred mocked Lockhart, prompting laughter from the students, while Silan suspected that a Horcrux had driven Lockhart mad.
• Lockhart insulted Professor Sprout and the Hufflepuff students, calling their House useless and deriding its members as Mudbloods.
• Snape attacked Lockhart with a spell, but Lockhart dodged it and taunted Snape about being a half-blood.
• Lockhart suggested that Snape had once loved a Mudblood, provoking him further.

Lockhart provoked Snape into a duel and was brutally beaten, but Silan noticed a disturbing change in Lockhart as the students began to leave. The chapter ended with Lockhart raising his wand behind Snape after Silan warned him.

• Lockhart taunted Snape, who attacked him with a series of spells as students gathered to watch.
• Snape's summoned stones battered Lockhart until he fell from the table and lay groaning on the floor.
• Snape ordered two people to take Lockhart to the Hospital Wing, and the students laughed as they left.
• Silan noticed Lockhart's cries stop and saw his expression change, with a faint crimson flicker in his eyes.
• Lockhart raised his wand behind Snape, and Silan shouted a warning.

Lockhart, possessed by Tom Riddle, attacked Snape and the students with advanced Dark magic and the Killing Curse. After Snape and Professor Sprout fought back, Tom targeted Harry with another Killing Curse, leaving Harry ready to defend himself as the spell flew toward him.

• Snape deflected Lockhart's poisonous mist, then ordered the students to return to their common rooms as Lockhart charged at them.
• Professor Sprout sent a Chomping Cabbage at Lockhart, and he used the Killing Curse against Snape.
• Snape countered with Sectumsempra, severing Lockhart's arm, but realized Lockhart had used the exchange to target the students.
• Tom Riddle, controlling Lockhart's body, fired another Killing Curse at Harry, who raised his wand to fight back.

Silan stopped Lockhart, controlled by Tom, from killing Harry and stayed behind as the students evacuated the Great Hall. The chapter ended when Lockhart blasted a hole in the wall, releasing a strange hissing sound from the pipes.

• Silan shielded Harry from Lockhart’s Killing Curse with stone walls, then sent Harry and Ron toward the Great Hall entrance.
• Snape and Professor Sprout confronted Lockhart as McGonagall organized the evacuation and Professor Flitwick made his way into the hall.
• Silan stayed behind to watch Lockhart, while Hermione led George and Fred away to join the other students and prefects.
• Lockhart feinted toward Silan, attacked Professor Sprout with a spell that her Elephant-Eating Vine absorbed, then blasted a hole through the Great Hall wall.
• Everyone heard something writhing through the pipes and a dreadful hiss.

Tom Riddle, possessing Lockhart's body, summoned a Basilisk and tried to use its deadly gaze against the students and professors. Silan warned everyone and helped shield them from its eyes, but one student was petrified after looking at a mirror as the Basilisk attacked.

• The crowd recognized Lockhart's speech as Parseltongue, and Silan warned everyone not to look toward the hole in the wall.
• Tom commanded the Basilisk to emerge and transformed rubble into mirrors covering the floor.
• Lee Jordan reported what he could see through a gap, while Silan warned everyone not to look at the mirrors or the Basilisk's eyes.
• Silan and the professors covered the mirrors, and Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout recognized that the creature was a Basilisk.
• A student looked into an uncovered mirror and was petrified, and Tom ordered the Basilisk to attack.

Lockhart and the Basilisk overwhelmed the professors with attacks while their fear of the Basilisk’s gaze limited their aim. As Snape struggled to counter Lockhart’s fluctuating power, Silan stepped out of the professors’ protection and approached the Basilisk.

• Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, and Professor Snape fought the Basilisk and Lockhart while shielding the students and avoiding the Basilisk’s eyes.
• Lockhart taunted Snape, Professor Sprout, and Professor Flitwick as his attacks and strength began to fluctuate.
• Snape focused on Lockhart and struck him with Sectumsempra, but Lockhart’s power surged again and he continued attacking alongside the Basilisk.
• Snape tried to conjure a rooster to drive back the Basilisk, but Lockhart interrupted him each time.
• Silan stepped out from the professors’ protection, and Snape shouted for Prewett to get back.
• Lee Jordan reported that Prewett was walking toward the Basilisk.