Recaps

Silan challenged Lucius Malfoy’s demand for proof that he could increase potion production, then began preparing to demonstrate his skill in Pippin’s shop. The chapter ended with Pippin stunned by Silan setting out three cauldrons while Lucius wondered what he intended to do.

• Silan offered to brew fifty sets of potions in a month, making Lucius hesitate over his promise to accept a smaller share of the profits.
• Lucius insisted that Silan could not meet the target and urged him to accept a twenty-eighty split, while Pippin struggled to defend Silan’s ability.
• Silan asked Pippin for a cauldron and announced that he would prove himself by brewing the difficult Fire-Control Potion on the spot.
• Silan placed potion bottles and ingredients on the counter, then set out three cauldrons, leaving Pippin trembling in disbelief and Lucius confused.

Silan attempted to brew Fire-Control Potions in three cauldrons at once, alarming Lucius and astonishing Pippin with the fiery display. After the flames died down, Silan bottled nine potions and invited them to try them, leaving Pippin puzzled over whether the brewing had succeeded.

• Silan arranged three cauldrons and began brewing Fire-Control Potions simultaneously while Pippin explained the risks and Lucius urged him to stop.
• Silan controlled the ingredients and flames with ease as Pippin watched in fascination and Lucius retreated toward the exit.
• The flames from the three cauldrons merged into a towering fire tornado before abruptly vanishing, leaving smoke and a blackened patch on the ceiling.
• Silan bottled exactly nine flame-red potions with golden threads and invited Lucius and Pippin to try them.
• Pippin suspected the potions were not ordinary failures, fetched testing spoons, and picked up a bottle to test.

Pippin and Lucius tested Silan’s flawless Fire-Control Potion, confirming its quality and prompting a dispute over how to divide the profits. Lucius tried to secure half by invoking Severus Snape’s authorization and threatening to report them, but Silan suggested he had another way to prove their legitimacy and presented a parchment.

• Pippin drank Silan’s Fire-Control Potion, found it heightened his sensitivity to flames, and learned that Silan had used a method he attributed to Professor Snape.
• Lucius tested another potion and confirmed it was Potions Master quality, then proposed splitting profits fifty-fifty despite Pippin’s demand for an eighty-twenty split.
• Silan challenged Lucius to prove his worth and argued that he and Pippin could sell their potions without him.
• Lucius claimed his seniority and friendship with Snape could secure authorization, and warned that Snape might hear about counterfeit potions sold under his name.
• Silan said authorization was not something only Lucius could offer, then took a silk-cord-tied parchment from his ring and told Lucius to open it.

Silan used Snape’s Authorization Order to secure his position in negotiations with Lucius Malfoy, then proposed a profit split that Lucius rejected. Silan ended the discussion and asked Lucius to leave, leaving both Lucius and Pippin stunned.

• Silan told Lucius that Snape had forgiven him and authorized the potions sold under Hilan Prewett’s name.
• Pippin opened the Authorization Order and confirmed that it carried Snape’s seal and named only Silan.
• Lucius realized Silan had secured the authorization before negotiations began and asked how he would divide the profits.
• Silan offered himself sixty percent, Lucius thirty percent, and Pippin ten percent, while requiring Lucius to cover the costs.
• Lucius rejected the terms, and Silan told him to leave, surprising both Lucius and Pippin.

Silan forced Lucius to accept a partnership in which potion ingredient costs came out of profits and the remaining shares went sixty percent to Silan, ten to Pippin, and thirty to Lucius. The deal ended with Pippin appointed to supervise Lucius’s operations and Lucius providing seven thousand Galleons for the first batch of ingredients.

• When Lucius tried to bargain, Silan ordered Pippin to show him out until Lucius accepted a thirty-percent share after ingredient costs were deducted.
• Silan set the profit shares, and Pippin immediately agreed to follow his lead.
• Silan revealed that Lucius wanted the sales events to make Malfoy Manor a center of Wizarding high society, not merely to earn money.
• Silan appointed Pippin as his representative and gave him authority to supervise Lucius’s operations, receipts, and expenditures.
• Lucius accepted the arrangement, shook Pippin’s hand, and put seven thousand Galleons on the table for the first batch of potion ingredients.

Silan secured Lucius Malfoy’s investment and finalized a potion sales contract with Pippin, then returned toward Hogwarts after receiving a note from Snape. Lucius went home shaken by the negotiations, but Narcissa helped him see a chance to use the sales event to display the Malfoy family’s strength.

• Lucius gave Silan 6,000 Galleons, and Pippin set aside 3,000 for ingredients while returning the remainder to Silan.
• Silan, Lucius, and Pippin drafted and signed a contract, and Silan explained that Lucius had pursued family honor rather than profit.
• An owl delivered Silan a note from Snape asking him to come to his office when he returned, and Silan continued to Hogwarts while enjoying the sound of coins entering his ring.
• Lucius returned to Malfoy Manor and told Narcissa that Silan had given him no opening in the negotiations and had agreed to the deal as a favor to Severus.
• Narcissa suggested inviting Severus to the sales event to showcase the Malfoy family, and Lucius enthusiastically agreed.

Pippin celebrated the potion partnership Silan negotiated with Lucius Malfoy and told Vilana how the student had impressed him. Back at Hogwarts, Silan reported the deal to Snape, who praised him and declined a share of the profits.

• Pippin returned home excited about the partnership and told Vilana that Mr. Prewett had put Lucius in his place.
• Pippin explained how he and Silan had arranged to resell potions made by Professor Snape, and Vilana marveled at Silan’s abilities.
• Pippin suggested that their son Tyr spend more time with Mr. Prewett before starting Hogwarts.
• Silan told Snape that Malfoy would cover sales costs, Pippin would receive ten percent, Malfoy thirty percent, and the remainder would go to Silan and Snape.
• Snape praised Silan’s negotiation, refused a share of the profits, and told him to use the money for potion ingredients.
• After Silan left, Snape burned an invitation he had prepared for Lucius, deciding it was no longer needed.

On the full moon, Silan began the first step of becoming an Animagus by placing a moonlit Mandrake leaf in his mouth and practicing speech. Draco mistook his practice for powerful ritual magic and, inspired by what he thought was Silan’s dedication, returned to study spells through the night while Silan went to bed after Hermione’s reminder.

• Silan placed a tender Mandrake leaf in his mouth under the full moon, following Sirius's advice on how to keep it safely in place.
• Silan practiced speaking with the leaf in his cheek by reciting a passage about Grindelwald from Modern History of Magic.
• Draco Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe spotted Silan by a stone window, and Draco decided he was performing powerful ritual magic.
• Draco left Goyle and Crabbe and returned to the abandoned classroom, determined to keep practicing spells and outdo Silan.
• Hermione's watch sent Silan a reminder to go to bed, and he left the window to rest.

Draco stayed up all night practicing magic, then struggled through Transfiguration and mistakenly answered that Professor McGonagall had taught them about raisin biscuits. Silan remained alert with Hermione’s watch and returned to the Room of Requirement, where he began testing whether Fiendfyre could be added to the Dragon-Phoenix Twin Flames.

• Draco practiced spells all night, believing Silan was also staying up late to prepare for their rivalry.
• Draco nearly fell asleep in Transfiguration, gave the wrong answer when McGonagall questioned him, and lost ten points for Slytherin.
• Silan listened attentively in class and earned ten points for Slytherin, while Draco mistakenly celebrated having outlasted him.
• Silan thanked Hermione for the watch she had given him, then went to the Room of Requirement to work on alchemy.
• Silan created a tiny Dragon-Phoenix flame and carefully began adding a wisp of Fiendfyre to it.

Silan tested Fiendfyre with his Dragon-Phoenix Twin Flames, causing an explosion, then worked on copying Nicolas Flamel’s storage ring. In the Room of Requirement, George and Fred teased Hermione after her gift to Silan reminded him to drink water by calling him “darling,” and Hermione fled in embarrassment.

• Silan combined Fiendfyre with the Dragon-Phoenix Twin Flames, and their instability caused an explosion that he blocked with a stone wall.
• Silan smelted a Moonshadow Stone and began copying the runes and functions of Nicolas Flamel’s storage ring.
• Silan saw George and Fred’s upgraded Wooden Birds, which they had equipped to attack each other with Dungbombs, and heard they were developing his suggested combat puppet product.
• Silan’s watch formed the reminder “Time to drink some water, darling” in smoke, prompting George and Fred to tease Hermione about giving it to him.
• Hermione pulled Silan into the lounge, gave him water, and walked away blushing after he teased her about calling him “darling.”

Silan continued his alchemy and translation work while preparing potions for a sale, leaving him visibly exhausted. Draco decided Prewett had engineered his recent embarrassment and made a plan to rest while waiting for Prewett to grow tired, convinced that Silan’s haggard appearance proved his theory.

• Silan returned to the Alchemy Workshop to practice making a Storage Ring and continued translating a book while gathering potion ingredients.
• Goyle and Crabbe returned to the dormitory with cakes and found Draco brooding by the window.
• Draco claimed Prewett had arranged for him to stay up late and embarrass himself in class, and Goyle and Crabbe went along with his theory.
• Draco announced he would stop staying up late and conserve his energy until Prewett became exhausted, while Goyle and Crabbe praised his plan.
• Silan kept up his demanding work and looked increasingly haggard, which Draco took as proof that Prewett had fallen into his trap.

During Potions class, Draco congratulated himself on a plan to tire Silan out before challenging him to a wizard’s duel. Silan accepted Hermione’s help preparing potion ingredients, and Snape summoned them to his office for supervised brewing; they arrived there together after dinner.

• Draco told Goyle and Crabbe that he was pretending to stay up late to make Silan do the same, then planned to challenge him to a wizard’s duel in a month.
• Hermione offered to help Silan with his work, and he asked her to prepare ingredients for his potions.
• After class, Snape told Silan and Hermione to come to his office for professional supervision while brewing.
• Silan and Hermione walked to dinner together, chatting closely as their feelings quietly began to grow.
• After dinner, Silan and Hermione reached Snape’s open office door, and Silan knocked before they entered.

Silan and Hermione visited Snape, whose unusual friendliness toward them made Hermione wonder how close he and Silan had become. In Snape’s workroom, Silan began brewing Hemostatic Healing Potion in three cauldrons at once, while Snape stood ready in case anything went wrong.

• Snape welcomed Silan and Hermione into his office and asked Hermione whether Harry had been bothering her and what she thought of Silan.
• Hermione shyly praised Silan, and Silan interrupted Snape’s questions to suggest they begin brewing potions.
• Snape led them to his workroom, where Silan set out three cauldrons and explained that he planned to brew Hemostatic Healing Potion in all of them.
• Snape warned Silan that brewing in three cauldrons was dangerous, then agreed it was manageable and stood by with his wand as Silan began.

Draco trained with Goyle and Crabbe, then learned that Parkinson, Nott, and Borgin had joined the Glorious Tower; he planned to defeat Prewett before holding a meeting. Meanwhile, Silan brewed three flawless batches of Hemostatic Healing Potion with Hermione’s help, and the two agreed to visit Hogsmeade together.

• Draco defeated Goyle and Crabbe in practice and concluded he could now put up a fight against Prewett.
• Draco received news that Parkinson, Nott, and Borgin had joined the Glorious Tower, but decided to wait until after beating Prewett to hold a meeting.
• Silan brewed Hemostatic Healing Potion in three cauldrons with Hermione’s help, producing potions of identical quality and earning Snape’s approval.
• Silan brewed three batches in two hours, yielding twenty-seven bottles of Hemostatic Healing Potion.
• Silan thanked Hermione, and she told him about the upcoming Hogsmeade visit; they agreed to go together.

Silan finished brewing fifty batches of potions with Hermione and promised Harry a way to get permission to visit Hogsmeade. He sent Harry’s form to Sirius for a guardian’s signature while Pippin delivered the potions to Malfoy Manor.

• Silan and Hermione completed the potions and delivered them to Pippin, who planned to sell them at a November event at Malfoy Manor.
• Harry told Silan that Professor McGonagall would not let him visit Hogsmeade without a signed Permission Form, and Silan promised to arrange Sirius’s signature.
• Silan checked on Scabbers, advised Ron to buy Rat Strengthening Potion, and gave him a few Silver Sickles.
• Silan wrote to Sirius and sent Melba to deliver the letter, promising him extra Owl Supplement for the journey.
• Pippin inspected Silan’s potions and drove them to Malfoy Manor, grumbling that Lucius had insisted he enter through the front door.

Pippin delivered the first batch of potions to Lucius at Malfoy Manor, and Lucius invited him to the upcoming sale event. Meanwhile, Silan finished translating Construction and Use of the Soul Eye and began reading it.

• Pippin arrived at Malfoy Manor with fifty portions of potions and insisted on carrying them inside himself.
• Narcissa welcomed Pippin and showed him to the sitting room while Lucius prepared to meet him.
• Pippin explained that the shipment had to be checked, and Lucius tested the potions before signing the delivery receipt.
• Lucius stored the potions and invited Pippin to the sale event, offering to introduce him to potential business contacts.
• Narcissa and Lucius decided to write to Draco at Hogwarts and remind him to build a good relationship with Mr. Prewett.
• Silan completed and checked his translation of Construction and Use of the Soul Eye, then began reading it.

Silan studied the Soul Eye and practiced constructing it in Soul Space, using Wizard's Eye to control the magic around his eyes. After spending nearly a day there and exhausting himself, he left for Defense Against the Dark Arts class, where Professor Lupin was teaching about Red Caps.

• Silan memorized the Soul Eye instructions, burned the parchment, and entered Soul Space with the Basilisk to practice before class.
• Silan found Tom hiding in his den; Tom resented Silan for ruining his attempt to exploit a loophole in Soul Space and secretly vowed to find another.
• Silan struggled to gather magic around his eyes to construct the Soul Eye, suffering pain and extreme sensitivity when his control faltered.
• Silan activated Wizard's Eye and used it to see and gather magic into threads, weaving the Soul Eye's intricate patterns before stopping himself from looking directly at the soul.
• Silan discovered that almost a day had passed in Soul Space, left exhausted, and went to Professor Lupin's Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson on Red Caps.

During Lupin’s lesson on red caps, Silan briefly used the Soul Eye and discovered that Lupin’s soul differed from the students’ souls, but the effort left him exhausted. Draco decided the time had come to act against Prewett on the approaching Hogsmeade day, while Silan slept to recover.

• Lupin revealed a red cap, explained its danger, and taught the students how to drive it back.
• Silan used the Soul Eye to examine the classroom and noticed that Lupin’s soul was unlike the students’ souls, then stopped when the effort overwhelmed him.
• Draco watched Silan’s exhaustion and decided to carry out his plan against Prewett when Hogsmeade day arrived.
• Draco gathered Goyle and Crabbe in the dormitory and looked forward to convening the Tower Meeting after his plan.
• Silan went into a deep sleep to recover his energy.

Harry was allowed to join the Hogsmeade trip after Silan arranged for Sirius Black to sign his Permission Form and Dumbledore intervened. As Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Silan headed to Hogsmeade, Malfoy waited with Goyle and Crabbe for Prewett.

• Dumbledore received Sirius Black's signed Permission Form for Harry, which Silan had sent to him.
• Professor McGonagall initially stopped Harry from leaving for Hogsmeade because he lacked a signed form.
• Dumbledore appeared and allowed Harry to go, explaining that his guardian had signed the form, though he had forgotten to give it to McGonagall.
• Harry and Ron celebrated, hugged Silan, and left with Hermione and Silan for Hogsmeade.
• Hermione asked Silan how he had secured Dumbledore's help, and Silan explained that he had sent the form to Harry's guardian for a signature.
• Dumbledore slipped away from McGonagall's scolding while Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe waited for Prewett.

Harry and Ron bought sweets at Honeydukes, where Harry floated after eating a Jelly Slug, while Hermione remembered Silan disliked overly sweet treats. Hermione and Silan went to Pippin's Potions, where Pippin changed his story about the shop being closed and welcomed them after recognizing Silan.

• Harry and Ron fought through the Honeydukes crowd to buy sweets, and Ron saved some for Ginny.
• Harry ate a Jelly Slug and floated helplessly until Ron held him and helped him steady himself.
• Ron gave sweets to Hermione and Silan, and Hermione brought Silan mint-flavored Fuzzy-Toothed Peppermints because she remembered he disliked very sweet food.
• Hermione and Silan strolled through Hogsmeade, then headed to Pippin's Potions so Hermione could buy ingredients.
• Pippin first said the shop was closed, but after hearing Silan's name, he recognized Mr. Prewett and invited Hermione and Silan inside for the anniversary celebration.

Hermione bought potion ingredients from Pippin for one Knut, while Pippin hinted that she and Silan belonged together. Draco arranged a public challenge against Prewett and confronted Silan outside the Hog's Head, with Snape and a crowd of students and wizards watching.

• Pippin gave Hermione a large bundle of Hemostatic Healing Potion ingredients for one Knut and teased her about Silan.
• Goyle and Crabbe drank Polyjuice Potion and spread word that Draco was going to challenge Prewett near the Hog's Head.
• Draco walked toward the Hog's Head, confident that defeating Prewett would begin his family's revival.
• Students and adult wizards gathered to watch as Draco stopped in front of Silan.
• Snape left the Hog's Head just as Draco shouted, "Prewett, stop right there!"

Draco prepared to challenge Silan Prewett in front of a crowd, but a message from Lucius revealed that Silan was an important ally of the Malfoy family. Draco abandoned his hostility and put his family’s interests first, while Harry and Ron joined Silan as guards.

• Draco gathered a crowd and prepared to challenge Silan outside the Hog's Head.
• An eagle owl delivered Draco a dark red letter from Lucius, interrupting the planned confrontation.
• Draco read that Silan was an important Malfoy family ally and that he must become Silan’s friend.
• Draco accepted the order, shouted down the spectators urging him to fight, and stopped treating Silan as an enemy.
• Harry and Ron arrived and took up positions beside Silan as his guards.

Draco avoided a duel with Silan by publicly declaring them brothers and promising to defend him, while Silan and Hermione later spent the day brewing potions together. The chapter ended with Hermione reminding Silan that he still owed her something as he walked her to the Gryffindor common room.

• Ron and Harry raised their wands to defend Silan when Draco appeared ready to duel him.
• Draco denied intending to fight and proclaimed that he and Silan were brothers, leaving the crowd bewildered and Goyle and Crabbe to retreat.
• Draco promised that anyone who made an enemy of Silan would answer to him, then obeyed Silan and returned to Hogwarts.
• Draco convinced himself that Silan had secretly outmaneuvered him and sighed that he had lost by a hair.
• Silan and Hermione brewed potions and discussed questions in the Room of Requirement before he walked her to the Gryffindor common room.
• Hermione blushed and told Silan that he still owed her something.

Hermione hugged Silan outside the Gryffindor common room, and he went into the Forbidden Forest to gather ingredients for the next ritual stage. Meanwhile, Lucius and Narcissa read Draco’s letter and learned that he had publicly called Silan his older brother, with Lucius proudly approving of the family connection.

• Hermione gave Silan a shy hug, and Silan pulled her into a tighter second hug before she hurried into the common room.
• Lavender and Parvati teased Hermione about her flushed face, but she denied anything had happened and hid under her blankets.
• Silan checked the ingredients for the next ritual stage and decided to find the required dew deep in the Forbidden Forest.
• Lucius and Narcissa read Snape’s letter about Draco bullying students, then opened Draco’s reply and discovered he had acknowledged Silan as his older brother.
• Lucius decided Draco had cleverly strengthened the Malfoys’ connection to the Prewetts and declared himself proud of his parenting.
• Silan entered the Forbidden Forest through a secret passage and reached the Acromantulas’ nest.

Silan visited the Acromantulas’ nest to collect dew and used his Basilisk to make the spiders obey him. After forcing them to fill bottles with venom, he left with his supplies to continue the next step of his plan.

• Silan found Aragog and the Acromantulas in their hollow and claimed to be Hagrid’s friend, but Aragog ordered the spiders to kill him.
• Silan released his Basilisk, terrifying the Acromantulas into retreating and forcing Aragog to answer his questions.
• Aragog told Silan that no one had visited the nest in the past seven days, and Silan collected dew from the web.
• Silan made the Acromantulas fill glass bottles with venom, and Aragog fainted after filling several bottles.
• Silan gathered the venom and prepared to move on to the second step of his plan.