Recaps

Nicolas Flamel told Madame Maxime and Fleur Delacour that Hilan Prewett, a second-year Slytherin, might become his first disciple and could advance Alchemy. After returning to the orphanage, Hilan found a thousand Galleons in Flamel's ring, donated some money, and asked James whether he wanted to become Prime Minister.

• Perenelle Flamel welcomed Nicolas Flamel home and introduced him to Madame Maxime and Fleur Delacour.
• Madame Maxime and Fleur were astonished when Nicolas said Hilan might become his first disciple despite not yet completing his test.
• Nicolas identified Hilan as Fabian Prewett's son, a second-year Slytherin who had studied Alchemy for only a year, and praised his potential to bring the subject into a new realm.
• Perenelle invited Hilan and Fleur to Devon the following summer, and Fleur asked to meet Hilan.
• Hilan discovered that Nicolas's ring held Alchemical materials and a thousand Galleons, exchanged five hundred Galleons for pounds, and contributed the money to the orphanage.
• After hearing James's report at the orphanage meeting, Hilan asked James whether he wanted to be Prime Minister.

Silan gave James money to care for the orphanage children and told him to watch Kini, whose growing ties to wealthy students made him a potential target in Silan’s plan to punish betrayal. After receiving Hermione’s letter, Silan prepared for their planned trip to London, and the chapter ended with Hermione waking early the next day.

• Silan gave James 2,500 pounds to buy clothes and food for the children and send those old enough to school.
• James told Silan that Kini had become distant after befriending wealthy students, and Silan ordered James to keep an eye on him.
• James asked whether they should kill Kini, but Silan said it was not time yet and revealed that he intended to use Kini as an example and a pledge of loyalty.
• Gerzan delivered Hermione’s letter to Silan, and Silan gave Gerzan owl supplements while refusing Melba’s attempt to take them.
• Silan read that Hermione planned to visit the next day so they could go to London together.
• The next morning, Hermione woke before her alarm.

Hermione dressed carefully for her meeting with Silan, and her parents helped her get ready before driving her to their agreed meeting place. The chapter ended as Hermione and Silan ran toward each other beneath the oak tree, with Silan’s eyes closed when she reached him.

• Hermione chose a pink-and-white dress and worried over whether Silan would like it.
• Mrs. Granger braided Hermione’s hair and urged her to take sandwiches for Silan, while Mr. Granger reluctantly agreed to drive her.
• Hermione hurried out of the car and ran toward the oak tree after spotting Silan waiting there.
• Hermione and Silan ran toward each other, and Hermione noticed that Silan had his eyes closed.

Silan and Hermione shared sandwiches and reminisced about how they first met, while Mr. and Mrs. Granger secretly watched them. Mr. Granger worried about Silan’s closeness with Hermione and his background, but realized Silan had changed dramatically.

• Hermione praised Silan’s willingness to go blind after seeing her, and they sat down to eat the food she had brought.
• Silan and Hermione recalled meeting as children in a park, where Hermione had shared a sandwich with him.
• Mr. and Mrs. Granger put on baseball caps and secretly followed Silan and Hermione to watch their picnic.
• Mr. Granger grew irritated as Hermione fed Silan cake and their shoulders touched, while Mrs. Granger encouraged their closeness.
• Mr. Granger raised concerns about Silan’s background, but Mrs. Granger pointed out that Mr. Prewett had changed, leaving him silent.

Mrs. Granger convinced Mr. Granger that Silan’s closeness to Hermione made him a suitable companion for her in the magical world, and Mr. Granger accepted that the two children were close even if they did not realize it themselves. Later, Hermione wiped cream from Silan’s hand and began having other thoughts, leaving their moment unresolved.

• Mrs. Granger told Mr. Granger that Silan earned money and supported the orphanage, and explained why he could understand Hermione’s life as a witch.
• Mr. Granger stopped tormenting the tree bark and agreed that Silan and Hermione were close, though they did not yet understand their feelings.
• Silan finished the cake and threw its box into a trash can.
• Hermione caught Silan’s wrist and wiped cream from his hand while standing close beside him.
• As Hermione kept wiping, she began having other thoughts.

Hermione and Silan spent time together before going to Diagon Alley, where Tom warned them about Sirius Black's escape. They chose a Hogwarts backdrop for a photograph, and the chapter ended as their photo session began.

• Hermione held Silan's hand while her parents watched from hiding, and Mrs. Granger mused that they might become grandparents in a few years.
• Silan and Hermione arrived at Tom's pub, where Tom warned them that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban and was wanted in both the wizarding and Muggle worlds.
• Silan led Hermione into Diagon Alley and thought that Harry was probably staying in the pub, but decided not to visit him.
• Silan and Hermione chose a photography studio after its owner called them a perfect match.
• The photographer used magic to set a Hogwarts Castle backdrop as Silan and Hermione prepared to take their picture.

Silan and Hermione took a moving photograph together before Hermione returned to the shop to buy extra copies. While buying Hermione a gift, Silan witnessed a wizard fire Lupin after realizing he disappeared around every full moon.

• Silan and Hermione posed for a photograph, and Hermione happily decided to keep copies of it in several places.
• Hermione went back to the photography shop while Silan entered a jewelry store to find her a gift.
• Silan bought Hermione a set of magical hair clips and pretended she was his girlfriend to get a couples' discount.
• Silan saw a short, fat wizard shove Lupin out of a workplace and accuse him of being a werewolf because he disappeared around the full moon.
• The wizard fired Lupin and ordered him to take his wages and leave immediately.

Silan encouraged the impoverished Remus Lupin to seek a teaching job at Hogwarts, and Lupin and Dumbledore both recognized an opportunity when they met in Diagon Alley. Meanwhile, Silan and Hermione ended their day together with an affectionate goodbye.

• A shopkeeper dismissed Lupin and paid him his wages, and Silan returned a spilled Sickle and suggested he apply for a Hogwarts professorship.
• Lupin wandered Diagon Alley, worried about his poverty and his inability to conceal his werewolf identity.
• Dumbledore was thrown out by a former friend who refused to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Lupin and Dumbledore recognized each other and both decided to try to secure a teaching position for Lupin.
• Silan gave Hermione a gift before they parted, and Hermione opened her arms to hug him goodbye.

Hermione and Silan shared a close goodbye, and Hermione discovered the additional gifts he had hidden in her box. Dumbledore persuaded Lupin to become the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, while the Weasleys returned from Egypt and arranged to meet Silan in Diagon Alley.

• Mrs. Granger pulled Granger into the bushes to watch Hermione and Silan embracing at the front door, then stopped Granger from interrupting them.
• After Silan left, Hermione's parents teased her about him, and she retreated to her room with his gift box and their photograph.
• Hermione found a Mokeskin Pouch, a defensive metal sphere, and Silan's note beneath the hair clips, then fell asleep holding their photograph.
• Dumbledore persuaded Lupin to take the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching position and wrote to Professor McGonagall about it.
• The Weasleys returned from Egypt, sent Silan gifts and a letter, and arranged to meet him in Diagon Alley.

Hermione showed her parents the Mokeskin Pouch Silan had given her, and Mr. Granger gave her money to buy him a gift in return. In Diagon Alley, Silan, Hermione, Ron, and Harry prepared to shop for school supplies, while a large black dog disappeared into the crowd.

• Mr. Granger bought Hermione a sturdy Suitcase, but she showed her parents that her packed school supplies fit inside a Mokeskin Pouch.
• Mr. Granger gave Hermione several hundred pounds and told her to thank Silan for the pouch and reciprocate with a gift.
• Mr. Granger picked up Silan from the orphanage and drove him and Hermione to The Leaky Cauldron.
• Silan and Hermione found Ron nursing Scabbers like a baby, and Harry teased Ron about acting like a mother.
• Silan and Hermione told Ron they had chosen Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures, then the group headed to Diagon Alley to shop.
• Silan saw a large black dog dart into the crowd and disappear.

Silan saw Sirius Black in his Animagus form and considered using him to gain influence over the Black family, while Sirius secretly watched Harry and planned to capture Peter Pettigrew. The chapter ended with Sirius wondering whether Silan had recognized him.

• Harry froze when he saw a large black dog in Diagon Alley, and Silan suspected it was Sirius Black.
• Silan planned to help Sirius clear his name and considered recruiting him as a proxy to access the Black family’s wealth and influence.
• Silan, Harry, and Ron bought three Monster Books of Monsters at Flourish and Blotts, exhausting the shop manager.
• Sirius recalled escaping Azkaban after recognizing Peter Pettigrew in a photograph and explained that he had been secretly protecting Harry.
• Sirius met Crookshanks, who promised to help him reach Peter, still disguised as the rat Ron carried.
• Sirius noticed Silan looking toward him and wondered if the boy had seen through his Animagus disguise.

Ron took Scabbers to the Magical Creatures Menagerie, where Crookshanks attacked the rat and drove him out of the shop. Hermione bought Crookshanks, and Silan realized the cat’s connection to Sirius could lead him to Sirius that night.

• Ron brought Scabbers to the Magical Creatures Menagerie because the rat had grown listless after Egypt, and the witch offered him a Rat Strengthening Potion.
• Crookshanks recognized Scabbers as more than an ordinary rat and tried to catch him, but Scabbers escaped while Ron and Harry chased after him.
• Silan guessed that Crookshanks was in close contact with Sirius and decided to watch the cat to find him.
• Hermione bought Crookshanks instead of an owl after Silan offered to give her one.
• Outside the shop, Crookshanks called toward an alley, “See you tonight, Sirius,” and Silan recognized an opportunity.

Silan reunited with the Weasley family at the Leaky Cauldron, where they celebrated Percy's appointment as Head Boy and welcomed Silan warmly. Later, Silan gave Melba and Gerzan Owl Supplement while praising their loyalty, leaving Melba suspicious that he had a task for them.

• Silan and his companions returned to the Leaky Cauldron, where Arthur warned them to be careful because Sirius Black remained at large.
• Molly arrived with the Weasley children and proudly announced that Percy had become Head Boy, prompting Fred and George to tease him.
• Fred and George embraced Silan, while Molly encouraged Ginny to look up to her brother.
• After dinner, Silan summoned Melba and Gerzan in his trunk and gave each of them three bottles of Owl Supplement.
• Silan praised the owls as his most trusted messengers, and Gerzan eagerly pledged both their loyalty as Melba grew wary of his master's smile.

Silan gave Gerzan to Hermione as an owl and secretly followed Crookshanks through Diagon Alley. He caught Crookshanks meeting Sirius, leaving both the cat and the disguised wizard startled by his arrival.

• Silan praised Gerzan into accepting a transfer to Hermione, while Melba realized he would have to resume delivering Silan’s letters and drank three bottles of owl tonic.
• Silan used Wizard’s Eye to watch Hermione’s room and identified Crookshanks as a likely Half-Blood Kneazle.
• After Hermione fell asleep, Crookshanks left the inn and Silan followed under a Disillusionment Charm.
• Crookshanks met Sirius in his black dog form and reported that Peter was difficult to reach because he stayed near the boy.
• Silan revealed himself to Crookshanks and Sirius, confirmed Crookshanks had Kneazle blood, and asked how their conversation had gone.

Silan confronted Sirius Black in Diagon Alley and captured him after Sirius tried to escape. Silan put Sirius in the Suitcase, where he said friends would welcome him.

• Crookshanks realized he could understand Silan, but Silan drew him into the Suitcase before he could help Sirius escape.
• Silan identified Sirius Black and asked to talk, but Sirius charged at him and transformed back into a man.
• Sirius cast Levicorpus at Silan, who countered it and revealed that Professor Snape had taught him the countercurse.
• Sirius pretended to agree to talk elsewhere, then fled as a black dog, so Silan trapped him behind a ring of flames.
• Silan lifted Sirius with a spell and put him in the Suitcase, telling him that friends would welcome him.

Harry overheard Mr. and Mrs. Weasley arguing about Sirius Black’s escape and the danger to Harry, then Silan reassured him that Black would not hurt him. Inside the Suitcase, Sirius discovered its vast landscape and met Lucia, who said she had reluctantly agreed to watch over him.

• Harry heard Mr. Weasley argue that Harry needed to know Sirius Black might be after him, while Mrs. Weasley urged him to keep the news from Harry.
• Silan pulled Harry away from the Weasleys’ door and told him Black would not hurt him.
• Silan left Harry to sleep and returned to the Suitcase, where Sirius marvelled at its grasslands, forest, mountains, and lake.
• Lucia introduced herself to Sirius and claimed that Silan had begged her to look after him.
• Crookshanks appeared, and Sirius recognized him.

Sirius encountered Lucia, Norbert, and a Basilisk inside the suitcase, where they treated him as an honored guest on their master's orders. When he tried to learn the master's name, they refused to say it aloud, leaving Sirius bewildered and more curious about the boy.

• Crookshanks flirted with Lucia, who tossed him aside, while Sirius looked for a way out.
• Norbert emerged from a cave, greeted Sirius, and Lucia translated that their master had instructed them to treat him well.
• A Basilisk appeared, and Lucia explained that his covered eyes made him safe to look at.
• Sirius asked who their master was, but Norbert declared that the master's name must not be spoken aloud.
• Norbert invited Sirius to eat, and Sirius wondered whether he was still in the Wizarding World of England.

Silan followed Arthur and Auror Ryder as they investigated the mysterious fire damage in Diagon Alley, which the Ministry suspected might be connected to Sirius Black. After the Aurors found no evidence linking Black to the incident, Arthur prepared to escort Harry Potter to King's Cross Station for the start of term.

• Silan copied and translated Soul Magic from his memories, destroying each original page after memorizing it.
• Ryder told Arthur that the Ministry had sent Aurors to investigate a huge fire in Diagon Alley and suspected Sirius Black was responsible.
• Arthur and Silan examined the scorched paving stones, and Silan said he doubted Black had caused the disturbance.
• The Aurors found no evidence connecting the fire to Black, and Ryder declined Arthur's offer of beer while working.
• Arthur drove toward King's Cross Station with the others to escort Harry Potter back to Hogwarts.

On the Hogwarts Express, Silan decided to clear Sirius’s name and reunite him with Harry so he could secure the Black family’s wealth and standing. Harry then asked Silan and Hermione to speak privately, just after they found Professor Lupin asleep in their compartment.

• Silan considered how to use Sirius and decided he would need to help reunite him with Harry and clear his name.
• At King’s Cross, Silan and Hermione said goodbye to the Weasleys and boarded the Hogwarts Express with Harry.
• Draco boarded the train while searching the crowd for Prewett, convinced he had changed over the summer.
• After the train departed, Harry watched Ron leave and then asked Silan and Hermione to talk to him alone.
• The three found Professor R. J. Lupin asleep in the last occupied compartment, and Harry said he had something to tell them.

Silan reassured Harry that Sirius Black would not hurt him and told him how to sneak out to Hogsmeade, while Malfoy backed off after spotting Silan on the train. The train then stopped in a storm, and a hooded figure appeared at the compartment door as the air turned icy.

• Harry told Hermione and Silan that Mr. Weasley had warned him Sirius Black might target him, and he worried that he would miss Hogsmeade.
• Silan assured Harry that Black would not hurt him and suggested asking George and Fred about secret passages out of Hogwarts.
• Malfoy taunted Harry about Ron but abruptly retreated after seeing Silan in the compartment.
• The train slowed and stopped in the storm, and the lights went out after something fell.
• Ron, Ginny, and Neville crowded into Harry's compartment, where Silan conjured a small flame and woke Lupin.
• Neville saw a towering hooded figure at the open compartment door and felt the air turn freezing cold.

Silan was struck by a Dementor’s attack and relived his mother Grace’s painful death, then drove the creature away with a phoenix Patronus. Lupin gave the shaken students chocolate and left to speak with the driver.

• The Dementor’s attack forced Silan to relive his mother’s illness and death, renewing his resolve to protect the people he loved.
• Silan remembered Grace and cast Expecto Patronum, conjuring a silver phoenix that drove off the Dementor and restored warmth and light to the compartment.
• Hermione worried about Silan after he grabbed her hand, but he said he was fine and apologized.
• Harry asked what the cloaked creature was, and Lupin identified it as a Dementor from Azkaban and handed out chocolate.
• Lupin gave Silan a meaningful look and left to speak with the driver.

Silan protected Harry and the others from a Dementor with the Patronus Charm, then learned that Professor Lupin was the son of Fabian Prewett. At Hogwarts, Dumbledore warned students about the Dementors and introduced Lupin and Hagrid before Snape summoned Silan after the feast.

• A Dementor entered the train compartment, and Silan drove it away with the Patronus Charm while Hermione warmed his hand.
• Lupin praised Silan's Patronus and learned that Fabian Prewett had been Silan's father.
• The students reached Hogwarts, where Dumbledore warned them that Dementors were patrolling the grounds and barred them from leaving without permission.
• Dumbledore introduced Lupin as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and Hagrid as the Care of Magical Creatures professor.
• After the feast, Snape glared at Lupin, approached Silan, and ordered him to follow.

Silan spoke with Snape, who warned him that Remus Lupin was a werewolf, then collected valuable potions and ingredients from Snape’s storeroom. Meanwhile, Norbert brought Sirius to meet Silan, who greeted him as Mr. Black.

• Snape asked Silan about the Dementor attack and learned that he and Hermione had cast the Patronus Charm using happy summer memories.
• Snape warned Silan that Remus Lupin was a werewolf and told him to be careful and warn Hermione.
• Silan collected potions and ingredients from Snape’s storeroom, then went to the Room of Requirement.
• Sirius wondered why Silan seemed familiar while he waited alone by the lake.
• Norbert seized Sirius and carried him to Silan, who greeted him and offered his hand.

Silan Prewett revealed that he was Sirius Black’s nephew by marriage and said he had captured him to help him clear his name and protect Harry. Sirius, stunned that Silan knew his secrets, asked how he planned to help.

• Sirius offered Silan money to release him, but Silan said he had not captured him for money.
• Silan introduced himself as Fabian Prewett’s son, and Sirius recognized their family connection through Lucretia Black.
• Silan explained that he had captured Sirius to help him get rid of Peter Pettigrew and protect Harry.
• Silan recounted how Peter had betrayed James and Lily, framed Sirius, and been spotted by Sirius in a photograph, revealing that he knew Sirius’s reasons for escaping Azkaban.
• Sirius, shaken by Silan’s knowledge, asked how Silan intended to help him.

Silan persuaded Sirius that clearing his name and caring for Harry mattered more than simply killing Peter, and Sirius agreed to follow his plan. The next day, Pippin summoned Silan to his Hogsmeade shop with important news.

• Silan told Sirius that killing Peter would not solve his wanted status or improve Harry's life, and explained how badly the Dursley family treated Harry.
• Silan offered to clear Sirius's name so he could openly take Harry in, and Sirius agreed to follow Silan's lead while asking to see Harry.
• Silan left Sirius's suitcase after securing his cooperation.
• The next day, Pippin sent Silan a letter asking him to visit his Hogsmeade shop about business.
• Silan used a secret passage to reach Honeydukes, where Pippin greeted him with incredible news.