Recaps

Silan collected his share of the Potion profits from Pippin and negotiated a fairer split for the next batch. At Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Malfoy showed off how to open the Monster Book of Monsters, while Silan sensed something unusual in the Forbidden Forest.

• Pippin told Silan that Snape’s Potions had sold exceptionally well, with the Hemostatic Healing Potions outselling Baruffio’s Brain Elixir because of their rarity.
• Silan noticed Pippin had paid him only twenty Galleons for the Hemostatic Healing Potions, and Pippin admitted the omission and offered him the remaining profits.
• Silan agreed to split the Hemostatic Healing Potion profits fifty-fifty in the future, accepted Pippin’s prepared ingredients, and left for Hogwarts.
• Silan met Hermione outside Hagrid’s Hut, and Hagrid led the students to an enclosure near the Forbidden Forest for their lesson.
• Malfoy demonstrated how to open the Monster Book of Monsters and challenged Silan, but Silan focused on an unusual sound from the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid taught the students how to approach Hippogriffs, and Malfoy impressed the class by bowing to Buckbeak and riding him. Clop arrived urgently and asked Silan to help his daughter, so Hagrid gave Silan permission to go with him.

• Hagrid introduced the students to the Hippogriffs and demonstrated how to bow respectfully to Buckbeak.
• Malfoy volunteered, bowed to Buckbeak, and rode on his back while the class cheered.
• Silan noticed a white unicorn charging out of the Forbidden Forest and recognized him as Clop.
• Clop knelt before Silan and asked him to come help because something had happened to his daughter.
• Hagrid urged Silan to go with Clop, worried the distressed unicorn might endanger the students.

Clop carried Silan and Hermione into the Forbidden Forest to ask for help with his frightened daughter, Jinky. Back at Hagrid’s class, Malfoy was thrown from Buckbeak after provoking him and ended up with his head buried in the dirt.

• Clop lifted Silan and Hermione onto his back and raced toward the Forbidden Forest, while their classmates watched and speculated about their relationship.
• Malfoy kicked Buckbeak and ordered him to fly after Silan, but Buckbeak reared and flung him headfirst into the dirt.
• Goyle and Crabbe pulled Malfoy free, and Hagrid carried him away after dismissing the class.
• Clop told Silan and Hermione that his daughter, Jinky, had nightmares after encountering Acromantulas and asked Silan for help.
• Silan agreed to help Clop, and they arrived at their destination in the Forbidden Forest.

Silan and Hermione found Jinky, a unicorn foal left terrified and unable to sleep after an encounter with spiders. Silan proposed using a Draught of Living Death and a Cheering Potion to help her, and prepared to act despite Hermione not yet knowing how to brew the sleeping potion.

• Clop led Silan and Hermione to the cave where his wife and foal, Jinky, were staying.
• Jinky panicked at the sight of them, crying about spiders and webs before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Mrs. Clop explained that Jinky had not slept for days, and Hermione suggested calming her so she could rest.
• Silan proposed brewing a sleep-inducing potion and following it with a Cheering Potion.
• Hermione worried that ordinary sleeping potions would not work on unicorns and admitted she had not learned the Draught of Living Death.
• Silan said he would brew the Draught of Living Death and revealed that he had a bottle of Cheering Potion.

Silan and Hermione brewed a Draught of Living Death for Jinky, who was terrified by her nightmares. Jinky drank the potion and a Cheering Potion, then fell into a peaceful sleep.

• Silan assured the Clops that Hermione could brew the potion, and Hermione studied the instructions in the Half-Blood Prince's textbook.
• Jinky panicked at the sight of the cauldron, so Silan and Hermione moved outside to brew the potion.
• Hermione prepared the ingredients while Silan followed the textbook's handwritten notes, and they made the Draught of Living Death on their first try.
• Silan secretly gave Jinky the potion, and her cries stopped as she fell asleep.
• Silan gave Jinky a Cheering Potion, and he told the Clops she would have a long, sweet dream.

Silan and Hermione received unicorn hair and broken horn tips from Clop and Mrs. Clop, who joked that the horns could become wedding rings. Clop then asked Silan to find a safe home for Jinky, and Silan offered his Suitcase as a place for the family to live.

• Mrs. Clop and Clop thanked Silan with a tuft of tail hair and broke off the tips of their horns to give to him and Hermione.
• Clop suggested making the horn tips into wedding rings, prompting Hermione to blush and privately say she wanted to wait until after graduation to marry.
• Silan gave Hermione one of the horn tips, and she admired its warmth and appearance.
• Clop asked Silan to help find Jinky a safer place to grow up, and Silan offered space in his Suitcase for the unicorn family.

Silan showed Clop that Mr. Prewett's suitcase had room for the Unicorn family, and Clop moved his wife and daughter inside. Silan and Hermione rode back toward the castle, where they overheard Hagrid mentioning a teacher who had taught for only one day.

• Silan led Clop through the suitcase's grassland, forest, lake, and hills, and Clop agreed it was an excellent home for his family.
• Clop encountered Sirius in his big black dog form and mistakenly bowed to him, while Sirius wondered how Silan had brought Unicorns into the suitcase.
• Clop brought Mrs. Clop and their foal into the suitcase, then carried Silan and Hermione toward the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
• Silan put Clop away before they passed Hagrid's Hut, where they heard Hagrid say that a teacher had taught for only one day.

Silan reassured Hagrid after the Hippogriff incident and arranged to meet Harry alone in the Room of Requirement to discuss something important. Meanwhile, Lucius Malfoy arrived at Slug and Jiggers Apothecary after closing, and Giggs asked what he wanted.

• Hagrid worried that Dumbledore would dismiss him after Malfoy was hurt, but Silan and the others encouraged him and offered to help with his lessons.
• Hagrid hugged Harry and Ron too tightly, then sobered up and escorted the four young wizards toward the castle.
• Silan quietly asked Harry to meet him alone in the Room of Requirement that night to discuss something important related to Harry.
• Giggs closed Slug and Jiggers Apothecary for the night, but Lucius Malfoy pounded on the door and ordered him to open it.
• Giggs welcomed Lucius into the shop and asked what he wanted.

After learning that Draco had been injured at Hogwarts, Lucius bought a large assortment of healing potions and paid a high price for two that appeared to have been made by Snape. He sent potions to Draco and a letter to Snape, while Harry secretly headed to the Room of Requirement to meet Silan, uneasy about a death omen involving a large black dog.

• Lucius rushed to Diagon Alley after hearing that Draco was injured, then demanded the shop's best healing potions from Giggs.
• Lucius examined two Hemostatic Healing Potions, recognized Snape's distinctive workmanship, and bought both from Giggs for three hundred Galleons.
• Lucius returned to Malfoy Manor, sent potions and a letter to Draco, and wrote to Snape to ask about the potions.
• Harry slipped out of the Gryffindor common room under his Invisibility Cloak and headed to the Room of Requirement to meet Silan.
• Harry worried about Professor Trelawney's prediction of a large black dog and reassured himself that none was with Silan.

Silan brought Harry to meet Sirius Black, but Harry recognized him as the escaped prisoner and feared that Silan had conspired to help him kill Harry. The chapter ended with Harry realizing Silan had taken his wand and seen through his attempt to reach for his Invisibility Cloak.

• Silan polished Harry's wand and persuaded him to leave it in a Wooden Box before entering the suitcase.
• Silan led Harry to a prepared table near the Forest and warned him that the visitor was unusual.
• Sirius emerged from the Forest after transforming from a big black dog, and Harry recognized him from wanted notices.
• Harry accused Silan of conspiring with Sirius and reached for his wand, but found it missing.
• Harry tried to reach for his Invisibility Cloak, and Silan calmly told him to leave it.

Silan brought Harry to meet Sirius, but Harry mistook the meeting for a trap and tried to escape. After Lucia caught him, Silan explained that Sirius had important truths about Harry’s parents to reveal, and Sirius began to tell him what happened.

• Harry grabbed his Invisibility Cloak and ran for the Suitcase exit, believing Silan and Sirius intended to capture him.
• Silan called Lucia, who raced ahead and tripped Harry before he could reach the exit.
• Lucia pinned Harry down, and Silan had him tied to a chair after taking his cloak.
• Silan assured Harry that he had brought him to meet Sirius, not to hurt him, and said Sirius knew the truth about who betrayed Harry’s parents.
• Sirius sat down and told Harry that he would explain what had happened.

Sirius drank Veritaserum and told Harry that Peter Pettigrew betrayed Harry’s parents, framed Sirius, and had been hiding as Scabbers. Harry questioned whether Sirius’s account could be proved, so Silan brought out the Marauder’s Map as another way to verify the truth.

• Sirius drank half a bottle of Veritaserum and offered Harry the rest so Harry could check that it was genuine.
• Sirius explained that he had originally been the Potters’ Secret Keeper but persuaded James and Lily to switch to Peter Pettigrew.
• Sirius said Peter betrayed the Potters, staged his own death, framed Sirius, and escaped by turning into a rat.
• Sirius explained that he recognized Peter as Scabbers in a newspaper photograph and escaped Azkaban to protect Harry.
• Harry asked for proof beyond Sirius’s account, and Silan produced the Marauder’s Map.

Silan and Sirius used the Marauder's Map to show Harry that Peter Pettigrew was alive and disguised as Scabbers, and Sirius revealed that he was Harry's godfather. Harry believed Sirius had not betrayed his parents and apologized to Silan, leaving them ready to discuss what to do next.

• Silan activated the Marauder's Map, and Sirius found Peter Pettigrew's name beside Ron Weasley in Harry's dormitory.
• Sirius explained that Peter had hidden as Scabbers and waited for Voldemort to regain power before returning to him.
• Silan told Harry that Sirius was his father's best friend and his godfather, and Sirius confirmed it.
• Harry reconsidered the evidence, believed Sirius had not betrayed James and Lily, and apologized for doubting Silan.
• Silan accepted Harry's apology and said they could now discuss the remaining matters.

Silan laid out a plan to clear Sirius's name by drawing public attention to the case and securing a public trial with Dumbledore's help. Harry accepted Sirius's offer to live with him once his name was cleared, and the chapter ended with two owls arriving at Hogwarts after dawn.

• Silan proposed that Sirius make himself visible, attract attention, and demand a public trial where Peter could be exposed.
• Silan said they needed Dumbledore's support to persuade the Ministry of Magic to hear Sirius's case, and Harry agreed to go with them.
• Sirius told Harry that he could live with him after Sirius's name was cleared, and Harry eagerly accepted.
• After dawn, two owls flew from Malfoy Manor into Hogwarts, with one heading for Snape's office.

Snape received Lucius Malfoy's question about a Hemostatic Healing Potion and suspected Silan had brewed and sold it, but he kept Silan's name out of his reply. Silan withdrew five thousand Galleons from Sirius's vault, bought Sirius a Firebolt, and returned the remaining money, which Sirius told him to keep.

• Snape read Lucius's letter asking whether he had sold a Hemostatic Healing Potion and concluded Silan might be selling potions brewed in Snape's style.
• Snape replied that he had not sold the potion recently and suggested it might have been sold years ago, without mentioning Silan.
• Silan used Sirius's key to withdraw five thousand Galleons from vault 711 and studied the goblin cart's alchemy during the journey.
• Silan stored the Galleons in his Ring, then bought a Firebolt for Sirius at Quality Quidditch Supplies.
• Silan returned to Hogwarts and offered Sirius the money left over, but Sirius told him to keep it.

Sirius gave Silan nearly 3,000 Galleons as thanks and an apology on Harry’s behalf. Hermione gave Silan a pair of enchanted unicorn-horn rings, and after they exchanged them, Fred and George took Silan to discuss something in the Room of Requirement.

• Sirius gave Silan nearly 3,000 Galleons for helping him and apologized for Harry’s earlier behavior.
• George and Fred searched for Silan, while Hermione reached him first and gave him a pair of enchanted rings made from unicorn horn.
• Silan put one ring on Hermione’s finger, and Hermione put the other on his, prompting Lavender, Parvati, George, and Fred to tease them from behind the bushes.
• After Silan and Hermione said goodbye, Lavender and Parvati led Hermione into the castle, while George and Fred pulled Silan aside to discuss something.
• Silan suggested that he and the twins talk in the Room of Requirement.

Silan improved George and Fred’s Wooden Bird by adding runes that stabilized its magic supply, then helped them recognize the business potential of magical toy duels. The chapter left George and Fred eager to learn alchemy from Silan while Hermione endured another beauty routine.

• George and Fred showed Silan their latest Wooden Bird, which still could not fly reliably under their control.
• Silan identified inconsistent magic flow as the problem and added Energy Storage and Magic Transfer Runes to the bird’s crystal core.
• George and Fred tested the improved Wooden Bird, then persuaded Silan to teach them basic ancient runes.
• Silan suggested making magical toy creatures that could cast spells, and George and Fred proposed holding mock-duel tournaments.
• George and Fred declared Silan their teacher, while Hermione was pushed into her chair for another beauty routine.

Hermione received a tea-leaf reading from Lavender and Parvati, who urged her to marry Silan, while Harry secretly kept Peter contained as Scabbers. That night, Harry went to meet Silan but found no one there.

• Hermione asked Lavender and Parvati for a reading about her and Silan, and the tea leaves showed their paths entwined.
• Lavender and Parvati teased Hermione about marrying Silan and asked whether they had kissed, but Hermione insisted they had only gone out together.
• Harry watched Scabbers and concealed from Ron that the rat was Peter, who had betrayed Harry's parents and caused Sirius's imprisonment.
• Harry suggested Ron put Scabbers in an iron cage to keep Crookshanks away, and Ron agreed.
• Harry left the dormitory under his Invisibility Cloak and went to meet Silan, but found no one there.

Harry and Silan visited Dumbledore with Sirius, hoping to prove Sirius had been framed for betraying Harry’s parents. After hearing Harry’s account and seeing Sirius transform from a dog, Dumbledore agreed to discuss the past.

• Silan and Harry entered Dumbledore’s Office under concealment and asked him about Sirius Black.
• Dumbledore recalled that Sirius and James had been close friends but said the evidence had led to Sirius’s imprisonment in Azkaban.
• Harry suggested that Peter Pettigrew had betrayed his parents and framed Sirius, insisting Sirius was innocent.
• Silan released a large black dog from his Suitcase, and the dog transformed into Sirius.
• Sirius explained how he had escaped Azkaban by transforming into a dog, and Dumbledore agreed to talk about the past.

Sirius told Dumbledore how Peter betrayed James and framed him, then asked for help clearing his name. Dumbledore rejected their risky plan, but Silan proposed keeping Sirius at Hogwarts while making a small adjustment to it.

• Sirius explained that Peter had become the Potters’ Secret Keeper, betrayed them to Voldemort, and framed Sirius by killing thirteen Muggles before escaping as a rat.
• Silan showed Dumbledore the Marauder’s Map, which revealed Peter at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore believed Sirius’s account.
• Sirius asked Dumbledore to help him get a trial, but Dumbledore refused to support the plan because he could not guarantee Sirius’s safety during capture.
• Dumbledore offered to seek help from old friends, while Harry looked to Silan for another solution.
• Silan suggested keeping Sirius at Hogwarts instead of handing him over to the Ministry, and said they could adjust their original plan.

Silan, Dumbledore, Sirius, and Harry planned to draw attention to Sirius's case and secure a trial, with Silan publicly defeating Sirius. Sirius gave Harry a Firebolt, then told Silan he planned to leave the next day and asked him to look after Harry.

• Dumbledore suggested Silan pretend to defeat Sirius, using the attention to highlight the Prewett heir and help push for a trial.
• Sirius declined Dumbledore's offer to see Remus, and Dumbledore sent Harry, Silan, and Sirius to rest.
• In the Room of Requirement, Sirius gave Harry a Firebolt for his thirteenth birthday, and Harry flew it excitedly.
• Sirius told Silan he planned to leave the next day and asked him to look after Harry.
• Silan agreed and said he had something to ask Sirius before he left.

Silan asked Sirius for practical advice on becoming an Animagus and learned how to prepare for the process. Meanwhile, Lucius investigated the maker of Hemostatic Healing Potions that resembled Snape’s work and decided to look into the matter.

• Silan asked Sirius how to become an Animagus, and Sirius recommended preparing extra ingredients and sturdy potion bottles.
• Sirius advised Silan to keep a young mandrake leaf in his mouth, have a broomstick ready for moonlight, and bury the Transfiguration Potion in the Scottish Highlands during winter to await a storm.
• Sirius recalled that becoming an Animagus had saved him but that Peter had used the ability to evade capture for twelve years, and he then explained precautions for transforming.
• Lucius read Snape’s letter denying that he had recently sold Hemostatic Healing Potions and concluded that the two bottles he had found were not old stock.
• Lucius considered possible potion makers and resolved to investigate whoever had made the potions.

While Harry worried about Sirius’s plan during Potions, Snape noticed the matching unicorn-horn rings worn by Silan and Hermione and became unusually pleased with them. Malfoy arrived late and used Snape’s favor toward him to demand Silan’s prepared ingredients, leaving Silan facing Malfoy’s provocation.

• Snape taught the class how to brew the Shrinking Solution while Harry remained distracted by Sirius’s departure.
• Snape noticed matching mistletoe-patterned rings on Hermione and Silan, inferred their romantic significance, and awarded Gryffindor and Slytherin ten points each.
• Malfoy arrived with his head heavily bandaged and got Snape to order Ron to chop his daisy roots.
• After Ron ruined the roots, Malfoy demanded Silan’s prepared roots, and Hermione warned Silan that Malfoy was provoking him.

Silan Prewett faced Draco Malfoy’s interruptions in Potions, where Snape ordered Malfoy to behave. Later, Peeves showed Silan unusual deference, and Snape summoned him to his office, delaying his plan to brew potions.

• Harry offered Malfoy his chopped daisy roots, but Malfoy criticized them and kept bothering Silan.
• Snape warned Malfoy to stop disrupting the lesson and make his own preparations, so Malfoy reluctantly chopped the roots.
• Silan met Lupin and his students in a corridor, where Peeves stopped taunting Lupin and fawned over Silan.
• Peeves refused the Gryffindors’ encouragement to prank him, bowed to Silan, and left.
• Snape interrupted Silan and Lupin’s conversation and ordered Silan to come to his office.

Snape brought Silan to his storeroom and offered him a chance to list ingredients for his own potion supplies, ostensibly to replenish materials for Wolfsbane Potion. Dumbledore believed the request would cost little, unaware that Snape had told Silan to write down whatever quantities he wanted.

• Silan wondered whether Snape had summoned him to help brew Wolfsbane Potion and followed him into his office.
• Snape complained about Lupin, then showed Silan his extensive, enchanted potion storeroom and explained that Potions Masters needed storerooms of their own.
• Snape told Silan to copy down any quantities he wanted of the ingredients in cabinets two through six, so Dumbledore could pay to replenish them.
• Silan realized Snape was letting him build his own supply of ingredients and wondered whether they needed to spare Dumbledore any expense.
• Dumbledore fed Fawkes Tonguefire Grass seeds and celebrated persuading Snape to brew Wolfsbane Potion, assuming replenishing the ingredients would not cost much.