Recaps

Chris, Noah, and Oliver stayed up all night making maps to compete with Prewett and Weasley, only to discover that maps had been scattered throughout the entrance hall. Their scheme collapsed, and Silan headed to the Owlery to test the [Animal Bloodline] trait.

• In the Slytherin Common Room, Malfoy defended the value of his Limited Edition Map after Pansy Parkinson and another wizard raised concerns that Prewett was making maps.
• Chris and Noah persuaded Oliver to help them produce as many maps as possible overnight, despite Oliver's unease.
• The three used spells to copy maps until exhaustion, then climbed to the entrance hall the next morning.
• Chris and Noah found maps covering the floor, and a young wizard refused to buy Noah's map; Noah and Chris fainted as George and Fred mocked them and took the maps for one Knut.
• Oliver also fainted, realizing their plan had failed, while Malfoy passed by with his Limited Edition Map and Silan went upstairs toward the Owlery to test the [Animal Bloodline] trait.

Silan visited the Hogwarts Owlery to speak with the owls and check on Melba, the owl he had bought in Diagon Alley. After gaining little Animal Bloodline proficiency, he headed to the kitchens to order a birthday cake, but Snape called him into his office.

• Silan greeted the Hogwarts owls in their language and fed them owl nuts and supplements, gaining only 0.5 Animal Bloodline proficiency.
• Silan found Melba cuddling two female owls and learned that Melba had acted listless in Diagon Alley to avoid being bought.
• Silan told Melba he would return when he needed a letter delivered, then chatted with the owls and gained only 1 more proficiency.
• Silan left the Owlery and headed for the kitchens to have the house-elves prepare a birthday cake.
• As Silan passed Snape's office, Snape called, “Prewett! Get in!”

Silan faced Snape over his map business and the injuries to Nott and two other students, then deliberately provoked Snape by invoking the insult against Miss Granger. Snape assigned him half a month of detention and sent him away, and Silan entered the Hogwarts kitchen.

• Snape confronted Silan about the map and the students in the Hospital Wing, but Silan denied responsibility for their injuries.
• Snape brought up Silan’s earlier spellwork and the dining-knife incident, prompting Silan to argue that he had fought back against pure-blood bullies who threatened him and Miss Granger.
• Silan said Nott had called Miss Granger “Mudblood,” triggering Snape’s furious reaction and memories of his childhood friend.
• Snape gave Silan half a month of detention and ordered him to leave his office.
• Silan left Snape’s office and entered the Hogwarts kitchen through the fruit painting.

Silan arranged for Chibi to prepare an exquisite birthday cake for September 19 and reminded Neville to leave early on the eighteenth. With his gift and plans in place, Silan waited for midnight so he could be the first to wish Hermione a happy birthday.

• Silan asked the Hogwarts house-elves to prepare a small, exquisite birthday cake for September 19, and Chibi eagerly accepted the task.
• Dumbledore admired a map made by the young wizards while portraits in his office argued and fought, drawing the Fat Lady away from the Gryffindor common room.
• Silan returned to the Room of Requirement and told Neville to go back early and rest on the eighteenth.
• Silan prepared to wait for midnight on the eighteenth so he could wish Hermione a happy birthday first.

On the night before Hermione’s birthday, she schemed to stay in the Room of Requirement with Silan until midnight. Silan surprised her with a celebration and a gift, and Hermione made a wish that he would still be by her side the following year.

• Hermione tried to persuade Neville to leave the Room of Requirement, but he stayed to finish tending the herbs.
• After Neville left, Hermione asked Silan to practice Charms with her so they could remain in the room until midnight.
• Hermione practiced until she became exhausted and fell asleep on a conjured bed.
• When Hermione woke, Silan lit candles that formed a birthday greeting, then transformed the room into a grand hall.
• Silan gave Hermione an Augurey feather quill and presented her with an elaborate Hogwarts cake.
• Hermione made a birthday wish that Silan would still be by her side next year.

Silan finished his detention with Snape, kept potion ingredients Snape discarded, and focused on brewing potions to build capital. On Halloween Eve, he remembered Hermione’s coming encounter with a mountain Troll and went toward the girls’ bathroom, where he heard someone sobbing.

• Snape criticized Silan for following the textbook while brewing, but Silan stayed quiet and took the ruined Bicorn horns Snape discarded.
• Snape told Silan his three-week detention had ended, and Silan left with some processed potion ingredients.
• Silan inventoried the ingredients in the Room of Requirement and planned to brew potions before investing in George and Fred’s alchemical business.
• Silan brewed potions while Neville tended herbs and Hermione visited the Room of Requirement less often.
• On Halloween Eve, Silan remembered Hermione’s encounter with a mountain Troll and went to the girls’ bathroom, where he heard muffled sobbing.

Silan comforted Hermione after Ron hurt her feelings, then led her toward Harry and Ron when they encountered a Troll. The four students faced the approaching Troll in the corridor with their wands raised.

• Silan sent Hermione a paper crane inviting her to find him for Halloween candy, and Hermione left the bathroom to meet him.
• Silan teased Hermione about childhood memories until she smiled, and she told him she had encountered a foul-smelling goblin after Charms class.
• Hermione smelled the Troll and heard Harry and Ron screaming, so she urged Silan to get a professor.
• Silan took Hermione with him to find Harry and Ron, and they saw the boys fleeing from a Troll.
• Silan and Hermione stood their ground as Harry and Ron reached them, and all four students raised their wands at the Troll.

Silan, Hermione, Harry, and Ron defeated a mountain Troll, and Hermione lied to protect Silan from punishment. After the professors dismissed them, Hermione chose to accompany Silan to the Room of Requirement instead of returning to her common room.

• Silan froze the mountain Troll in a block of ice after he and Hermione obscured the corridor with mist.
• Professor McGonagall reprimanded the students, but Hermione claimed she had brought them there and credited Silan with saving her.
• McGonagall deducted points from Hermione, Harry, and Ron, then awarded five points each to Harry, Ron, and Silan for bravery.
• Ron apologized to Hermione and thanked Silan, while Harry thanked Silan before returning with Ron to Gryffindor Tower.
• Hermione agreed to go with Silan to the Room of Requirement rather than return to her common room.

Harry and Ron discussed Silan’s place in the Weasley family, while Silan and Hermione shared a Halloween meal and reflected on their friendship. Snape summoned Silan to urge him to join Slytherin’s Quidditch team against Harry, but Silan refused, leaving Snape brooding over Harry and memories of the past.

• Harry corrected Ron about the points they had earned, and Ron admitted Hermione had been brave before lamenting that Silan was another talented cousin.
• Silan and Hermione ate a Halloween feast together in the Room of Requirement and toasted their friendship as Hermione wondered if she felt more than friendship for him.
• On Halloween, Hogwarts students spread rumors about Silan defeating the Troll, while Silan spent the day helping Professor Sprout with Neville in the greenhouse.
• Snape told Silan that Harry had become Gryffindor’s Seeker and ordered him to join Slytherin’s team to take Harry down.
• Silan refused to play Quidditch and offered Snape Dittany leaves; Snape dismissed him but kept the leaves and privately compared Silan favorably to Harry.

Silan befriended Fang and learned that Fluffy liked Hagrid’s Rock Cakes, then visited Hagrid and collected a supply of them. After night fell, Silan left the Room of Requirement and headed to Fluffy’s room.

• Silan went to Hagrid’s Hut to prepare for meeting Fluffy, but found Hagrid away and met Fang instead.
• Silan fed Fang a roasted chicken leg and persuaded him to reveal that Fluffy liked Hagrid’s Rock Cakes.
• Hagrid returned and invited Silan inside, where Silan pretended to enjoy the Rock Cakes and got Hagrid to confirm Fluffy liked them.
• Hagrid gave Silan as many Rock Cakes as he wanted, and Silan stored them in his Mokeskin Pouch.
• After the castle went quiet, Silan left the Room of Requirement and headed toward Fluffy’s room.

Silan visited Fluffy under a Disillusionment Charm and used Rock Cakes and Hagrid’s scent to earn the three-headed dog’s cautious tolerance. He returned to the Room of Requirement planning to learn more about Fluffy’s preferences from Fang.

• Silan disguised himself with a Disillusionment Charm and entered the room where Fluffy guarded the Trapdoor.
• Silan discovered that Fluffy’s three heads had distinct personalities and voices, and that he could understand them.
• Silan offered Rock Cakes and claimed to be Hagrid’s friend, but Old Fluffy remained wary and ordered him to leave.
• Silan ate part of a Rock Cake to prove it was safe, gained Animal Bloodline proficiency, and left the cakes behind before departing.
• Silan returned to the Room of Requirement, read about three-headed dogs, and decided to ask Fang what else Fluffy liked.

Silan visited Hagrid and learned that Fluffy liked chewing on round stones, then considered making a sturdy toy with alchemy. After Fred and George approached him looking for a profitable project, Silan led them toward the Room of Requirement.

• Silan asked Fang what Fluffy liked to play with, and Fang said Fluffy enjoyed chewing on round stones.
• Silan praised Hagrid's knowledge of magical creatures and suggested he might become Hogwarts' next Care of Magical Creatures professor.
• Hagrid gave Silan rock cakes before Silan left, still wondering how to make a ball strong enough for Fluffy.
• Fred and George told Silan they were impressed by Ron's actions and wanted a fun way to earn money.
• Silan said he had a project for the twins and led them toward the Room of Requirement.

Silan brought George and Fred to the Room of Requirement, showed them his herb garden and potions, and persuaded them to join his plan to build a business together. After the twins left to sell the potions, Silan headed to the library to study alchemy and make a toy for Fluffy.

• Silan showed George and Fred his thriving herb garden in the Room of Requirement and offered them potions to sell, letting them keep the proceeds.
• Silan told the twins he wanted to restore the Prewett family’s glory and asked for their help.
• Silan proposed starting with Hogwarts sales, then opening a joke shop in Diagon Alley and building the Weasley Trading Company.
• George and Fred agreed to join Silan, and the three pledged to build the business together under the Weasley name.
• The twins set off for Hogsmeade to sell the potions and buy alchemical materials with the profits.
• Silan went to the library to borrow alchemy books so he could make a dog toy to raise Fluffy’s affection.

Silan borrowed an alchemy book and an old autobiography of Professor Flitwick, then declined Hermione’s invitation to watch Quidditch. In Snape’s office, Dittany leaves Silan had previously given him helped with his injured leg, while Harry failed to get his confiscated book back; Silan ended the chapter studying alchemy.

• Silan borrowed An Introduction to Alchemy, and Madam Pince let him take an old autobiography by Professor Flitwick as well.
• Silan passed Hermione, Harry, and Ron in the courtyard, then declined Hermione’s invitation to watch a Quidditch match.
• Filch helped Snape tend his injured leg, and Snape recognized the Dittany leaves Silan had given him.
• Harry asked Snape to return Quidditch Through the Ages, but Snape angrily ordered him out.
• Silan returned to the Room of Requirement and began studying alchemy.

Silan studied alchemy, then visited Fluffy and earned Animal Bloodline proficiency by feeding the little head Rock Cakes and trading jokes with the chatty one. After leaving Fluffy, he returned to the Room of Requirement, where George and Fred were waiting.

• Silan read about alchemy and learned that many magical objects, including the Philosopher's Stone, were alchemical creations.
• Silan visited Fluffy and learned that Snape had recently tried to get through the trapdoor.
• Silan fed the little Fluffy Rock Cakes and exchanged Hogwarts jokes with the chatty Fluffy, gaining Animal Bloodline proficiency.
• Silan left after the Rock Cakes ran out and returned to the Room of Requirement, where George and Fred were waiting.

Silan received the Weasley twins’ handwritten alchemy notes and a prompt to find and dismantle three alchemical items in exchange for trait entries. He set his sights on the Philosopher’s Stone but decided to proceed cautiously, then began experimenting with the twins’ explosion-focused method.

• Silan met Fred and George in the Room of Requirement as they prepared to leave for Quidditch training and talked about Harry Potter joining Gryffindor as Seeker.
• Fred and George gave Silan a handwritten alchemy booklet they had copied from the Restricted Section, triggering a prompt to find and dismantle three alchemical items.
• Silan considered using the Marauder’s Map and other Hogwarts artifacts for the prompt, then fixed on the Philosopher’s Stone as his most valuable target.
• Silan read the booklet’s crude, experiment-driven instructions and decided to put its lessons into practice.
• Silan picked up a rubber ball and his wand to begin making a toy for Fluffy.

Silan made a tough, bouncy stone ball and brought it to Fluffy, whose three heads eagerly played with it. As Fluffy’s Animal Bloodline proficiency increased, Silan glanced at the trapdoor beneath him.

• Silan used Petrification, Softening, and Engorgement Charms to make a large, elastic stone ball.
• On the day of the Quidditch match, Silan used a Disillusionment Charm to visit Fluffy and offered the dog food he had brought.
• Silan learned that Fluffy liked playing with balls and gave him the toy he had made.
• Fluffy’s three heads chased and bit the bouncing ball, raising Silan’s Animal Bloodline proficiency by 40.
• Silan looked toward the trapdoor that had previously been pinned beneath Fluffy.

Silan decided the Philosopher’s Stone was still with Dumbledore and planned to wait until Harry’s trials began before approaching it. He found the Mirror of Erised, studied its runes, and saw a vision of himself atop a tower before Dumbledore spoke behind him.

• Silan concluded that Dumbledore had not yet placed the Philosopher’s Stone beneath the trapdoor and planned to help Harry later to gain contact with it.
• Silan used a toy ball to build favor with Fluffy, then left the room after Fluffy crushed the ball.
• Silan searched the floors and found the Mirror of Erised in an abandoned classroom.
• Silan copied the runes on the mirror’s frame and established contact with the alchemical item.
• Silan looked into the mirror and saw himself standing atop a tower above Muggles and wizards, then heard Dumbledore greet him.

Silan told Dumbledore that his greatest ambition was to unite wizards and Muggles, stirring memories of Dumbledore’s youthful alliance with Grindelwald. Dumbledore urged Silan to build a strong foundation and resolved to watch him more closely.

• Dumbledore found Silan at the Mirror of Erised and asked what he had seen; Silan described marrying Hermione, restoring the Prewett family’s glory, and pursuing “The Greater Good.”
• Dumbledore reacted with distress to Silan’s ideal and remembered his own youthful dream with Grindelwald.
• Dumbledore looked into the Mirror and saw his family restored, with Grindelwald standing behind Silan as Silan stood between them.
• Dumbledore told Silan that his ambition would be difficult but possible, advised him not to lose himself in magic, and gave him a Lemon Sherbet.
• Dumbledore reminded Silan that his father Fabian had fought Voldemort as a member of the Order of the Phoenix, then decided to keep a closer eye on him.

After Harry won the Quidditch match, Hermione hurried to find Silan and joined him and George and Fred in the Room of Requirement. Silan helped the twins begin developing their first Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes product, then invited a gloomy Hermione for a walk.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch with his mouth and won the match for Gryffindor.
• Hermione searched the crowd for Silan, then found him talking with George and Fred and went with them to the Room of Requirement.
• Hermione discovered that the Room of Requirement now contained an Alchemy Workshop named Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
• Silan proposed a quill that automatically corrected spelling as the twins' first product, and George and Fred began researching it.
• Silan noticed Hermione seemed gloomy and asked whether she wanted to go for a walk.

Snape recovered from his leg wound and found Harry and Ron secretly following Silan and Hermione. He confronted the boys after overhearing Ron insult him, and demanded to know why they were following their friends.

• Snape used Silan's Dittany leaves to heal his leg and returned to walking through Hogwarts.
• Snape spotted Harry and Ron following Silan and Hermione as they walked hand in hand toward the Black Lake.
• Harry and Ron discussed Silan and Hermione's friendship, and Ron speculated that Snape would call Hermione a Mudblood.
• Snape approached the boys unnoticed and listened as Ron continued criticizing him.
• Snape confronted Harry and Ron and demanded to know why they were following their friends.

Snape punished Harry and Ron for their insults, then watched Silan and Hermione together and remembered his childhood with Lily. Meanwhile, Silan and Hermione relaxed by the Black Lake as Harry and Ron scrubbed cauldrons.

• Snape erupted at Harry and Ron for their remarks, gave them detention, and deducted ten points from Gryffindor.
• Harry and Ron went to the Potions classroom and began scrubbing its mountain of old cauldrons without magic.
• Snape watched Silan and Hermione holding hands and remembered how he and Lily had been inseparable as children.
• Silan and Hermione rested beneath a tree by the Black Lake, chatted about classes and assignments, and made plans for Christmas.
• Harry and Ron struggled to clean the cauldrons while Hermione grew sleepy beside Silan.

Quirrell sneaked toward the fourth-floor room to seek the Philosopher's Stone while Silan visited Fluffy and used a repaired toy ball to deepen their friendship. Silan upgraded his Animal Bloodline, extracted Tough Skin from Fluffy, and left with a new defensive skill.

• Quirrell went to the fourth floor to try to reach the Philosopher's Stone, then hid when he saw a first-year enter Fluffy's room.
• Silan lifted his Disillusionment Charm and gave Fluffy the repaired toy ball, claiming it had taken great effort to fix.
• Fluffy thanked Silan warmly, and Silan's Animal Bloodline proficiency increased enough to upgrade the ability.
• Silan chose to incorporate the three-headed dog's bloodline and extracted the Tough Skin skill, which reduced magical and physical damage by 30%.

Silan extracted Fluffy’s Tough Skin skill and left the room unharmed, while Quirrell watched and told Voldemort about Silan’s apparent affinity for magical creatures. The next day, Silan promised Neville he would go into the Forbidden Forest at night to collect mooncalf dung for their herbs.

• Silan activated Tough Skin, tested its resistance to spells and physical blows, and left Fluffy’s room unharmed.
• Quirrell saw Silan emerge and behave affectionately toward Fluffy, then watched him vanish under a Disillusionment Charm.
• Voldemort ordered Quirrell to capture Silan and use his supposed magical-creature affinity to find unicorns, and Quirrell agreed to be patient.
• Neville told Silan that their herbs were growing slowly because they lacked fertilizer.
• Silan told Neville he would enter the Forbidden Forest at night to collect mooncalf dung, and Neville believed Silan was doing it for him.

Neville researched and practised the Mooncalves’ dance so he could help Silan lure the creatures out in the Forbidden Forest. After avoiding Filch and Mrs Norris by using a secret passage, Neville and Silan reached the forest at night, and Silan led them toward Hagrid’s hut.

• Neville agreed to accompany Silan into the Forbidden Forest and searched the library for information about Mooncalves.
• Hermione found Neville a book by Newt Scamander that showed how to perform the Mooncalves’ dance.
• Neville practised the dance in an empty classroom for two days so he could help Silan lure the Mooncalves.
• Neville arrived late after Filch and Mrs Norris caught two students near the castle entrance, so Silan used the Marauder’s Map to find another way out.
• Silan and Neville left through a secret passage and reached the forest under the full moon.
• Silan told Neville to go around Hagrid’s hut with him.