Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Harry realizes he is trapped in Silan’s magical suitcase with Silan and Sirius Black, whom he believes to be a dangerous fugitive. He grabs his Invisibility Cloak and tries to flee.
• Silan sends Lucia, a Cat Leopard, after him. She trips Harry, pins him down, and returns him to the others.
• Harry is tied to a chair, with his wand and cloak out of reach. Silan insists he has no intention of hurting him and says he brought Harry to meet Sirius.
• Silan reveals that Sirius can explain what really happened when Harry’s parents died—especially who betrayed their hiding place to Voldemort. Sirius begins to tell the story.

Character developments and interactions

• Harry reacts with fear and anger, feeling deceived by Silan. Though he trusts Silan from past experiences, he struggles to reconcile that trust with being restrained beside a wanted man. The possibility of learning more about his parents makes him listen.
• Silan admits he deliberately brought Harry without explaining the plan, believing Harry would otherwise refuse. He tries to reassure him and frames the meeting as necessary, though his deception has damaged their friendship.
• Sirius is eager to meet Harry but realizes his sudden appearance frightened him. He regrets rushing the encounter and ultimately prepares to explain the truth.
• Lucia follows Silan’s request to stop Harry, despite having previously claimed she takes no orders from him, amusing and puzzling Sirius.

Significant themes

• Trust and betrayal: Silan’s good intentions do not erase the pain caused by misleading Harry.
• Fear and misunderstanding: Sirius’s reputation and appearance make Harry interpret the meeting as a threat.
• Truth and family history: The promise of learning who betrayed Harry’s parents gives him a reason to hear Sirius out.
• Agency and control: Harry’s escape attempt and frustration at being restrained underscore his need to make his own choices.

Plot points

• Sirius asks Silan for Veritaserum and drinks half the bottle to demonstrate that he cannot lie; Harry keeps the rest as a check.
• Under Harry’s questioning, Sirius explains that he was originally the Potters’ Secret Keeper, but persuaded James and Lily to switch to Peter Pettigrew.
• Peter betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, then staged his own death, framed Sirius, and escaped by transforming into a rat. Sirius was imprisoned in Azkaban, believing Peter dead and blaming himself.
• Sirius later recognized Peter as Scabbers in a newspaper photograph of the Weasley family. Afraid Peter would target Harry at Hogwarts, Sirius escaped from Azkaban.
• Harry sees how the clues fit together but asks for proof beyond Sirius’s account. Sirius proposes catching Scabbers; Silan, wary that this would alert Peter, brings out the Marauder’s Map as another possible way to prove the truth.

Character developments and interactions

• Harry moves from fear to focused questioning. He is shaken by Sirius’s confession and begins to believe it, but remains cautious and asks for evidence.
• Sirius reveals his guilt and grief over the Potters’ deaths, explaining both his disastrous trust in Peter and his apparent pursuit of Harry. Drinking Veritaserum is an attempt to earn Harry’s trust.
• Silan supports the disclosure by providing the potion, then intervenes strategically to find proof without exposing Peter prematurely.
• The exchange between Harry and Sirius shifts from suspicion toward a tentative possibility of trust, though Harry is not yet fully convinced.

Significant themes

• Guilt and remorse: Sirius has spent twelve years blaming himself for trusting Peter and failing the Potters.
• Betrayal and misplaced trust: The decision to use Peter as Secret Keeper, intended to deceive Voldemort, instead enabled the betrayal.
• Truth and proof: Veritaserum establishes Sirius’s honesty, but Harry still distinguishes truthful testimony from independent evidence.
• Clues and hidden identities: Scabbers’s unusual longevity and missing toe gain new meaning, showing how seemingly minor details can expose a concealed past.

Plot points and events

• Silan reveals the Marauder’s Map, which he got from his cousin and which once belonged to Filch. Sirius recognizes it as a map he, James, Lupin, and Peter made at Hogwarts.
• Silan activates the map. Sirius locates Peter Pettigrew in Harry’s dormitory, where his name is intertwined with Ron Weasley’s—confirming that “Scabbers” is Peter in disguise.
• Harry is shaken to realize that the man responsible for his parents’ deaths has been living beside him for years. Sirius explains that Peter hid among the Weasleys to keep informed and would not risk acting while Voldemort was weak.
• Silan urges Harry to consider why they would risk so much to tell him the truth. He then reveals that Sirius was James’s closest friend and is Harry’s godfather.
• After reviewing the evidence and hearing Sirius’s plea, Harry believes Sirius never betrayed his parents. Sirius says he expects no forgiveness but hopes to make amends.
• Harry asks how Silan and Sirius know each other. Silan explains that Sirius is his uncle through marriage and that he has been helping him. Harry apologizes for doubting Silan, and Silan accepts that Harry’s fear was understandable.

Character developments and interactions

• Harry moves from confusion and suspicion to belief, grief, and remorse. Learning Sirius is his godfather deepens the emotional impact, and he recognizes how unfairly he judged Silan.
• Sirius is moved by the map’s return and by Harry’s trust. He remains anguished over the past and promises to spend his life trying to make up for his mistakes.
• Silan acts as mediator, using the map and a final revelation to help Harry understand the truth. He reassures Harry rather than holding his accusations against him.
• The map reconnects Sirius with memories of the Marauders and gives Harry tangible proof of Peter’s identity. The conversation between the three turns suspicion into a fragile new bond.

Significant themes

• Truth and evidence: The map confirms what words alone could not.
• Trust and reconciliation: Harry must reassess his assumptions, while Sirius hopes to rebuild a relationship with him.
• Guilt and atonement: Sirius regrets past mistakes, and Harry feels guilty for misjudging Silan.
• Loyalty and friendship: Silan’s risky support and Sirius’s devotion to James and Lily contrast with Peter’s self-serving betrayal.

Chapter summary

• Silan proposes clearing Sirius’s name by making the truth about Peter’s betrayal public before influential witches and wizards. Sirius would deliberately draw attention to himself, allow the Aurors to capture him, and demand a public trial. Peter—whose location is revealed on the map—could then be brought forward to expose what really happened.
• Harry worries the Ministry might ignore Sirius’s demands or punish him without a hearing. Silan argues that Dumbledore’s support could persuade Minister Fudge to listen. Harry and Sirius agree to approach Dumbledore together, with Harry’s presence strengthening their case.
• After Silan leaves them alone, Sirius awkwardly explains that Harry’s parents appointed him as Harry’s guardian and offers him a home once Sirius’s name is cleared. Harry eagerly accepts, saying he wants to leave the Dursleys and live with Sirius. Sirius is overwhelmed with joy, and both realize they finally have family.

Character developments and interactions

• Silan demonstrates calm, strategic thinking and takes charge of planning Sirius’s vindication.
• Harry shifts from guilt and worry to renewed hope. He firmly trusts Silan and openly embraces the possibility of a family with Sirius.
• Sirius admires Silan’s intelligence and, despite his awkwardness and uncertainty, makes a heartfelt offer to care for Harry. Harry’s acceptance brings him visible happiness.
• The chapter closes the emotional distance between Harry and Sirius as they recognize their godfather–godson bond. After dawn, two owls arrive from Malfoy Manor, one heading for Snape’s office.

Significant themes

• Truth and justice: Clearing Sirius’s name requires exposing the truth publicly, not merely knowing it privately.
• Trust and family: Harry’s trust in Silan and his bond with Sirius become sources of hope and belonging.
• Hope after hardship: Sirius’s long confinement and Harry’s unhappy home life give way to the possibility of a shared future.

Plot points and events

• Snape receives a letter from Lucius Malfoy asking whether he recently sold any Hemostatic Healing Potion. Snape has not, and suspects Silan Prewett may have sold a potion he learned to brew from Snape years earlier.
• Rather than expose Silan, Snape tells Lucius the potion may be an old product still in circulation. He privately approves of Silan’s skill and initiative.
• After classes, Silan visits Gringotts with Sirius Black’s vault key to withdraw money. Goblin Griphook takes him to vault 711, where Silan requests 5,000 Galleons.
• On the journey, Silan studies Gringotts’ enchanted cart with Wizard’s Eye, gaining proficiency and learning from goblin alchemy.
• Silan uses his magical Ring to store the coins, impressing Griphook with its sophistication and his precise control over the Galleons.
• Silan buys Sirius a Firebolt for slightly over 2,000 Galleons. Back at Hogwarts, Sirius tells him to keep the remaining money.

Character developments and interactions

• Snape shows a rare, protective fondness for Silan: though he suspects Silan has sold potions resembling his own, he conceals the connection and regards Silan’s talent and resourcefulness approvingly.
• Silan demonstrates practical independence, financial confidence, and curiosity about magical craftsmanship. He uses Sirius’s money as requested, while also learning from goblin technology.
• Griphook is professional and discreet, but Silan’s Ring and abilities surprise him and make him curious about his visitor.
• Sirius gives Silan both the freedom to handle a large sum and, in the closing exchange, the leftover money as a gift.

Significant themes

• Mentorship and quiet loyalty: Snape supports Silan without openly claiming or praising him.
• Skill and self-reliance: Silan turns his potion knowledge into a possible source of funds and continually seeks to learn.
• Wealth and generosity: Sirius’s fortune enables the Firebolt purchase, while his decision to let Silan keep the balance suggests trust and generosity.
• Cross-cultural magical knowledge: Silan recognizes goblin alchemy as a valuable complement to wizarding studies.

Key plot points and events

• Sirius gives Silan 3,000 Galleons as thanks for helping him and as an apology on Harry’s behalf for Harry’s earlier behavior. Silan accepts, bringing his total savings to roughly 3,500 Galleons.
• Fred and George search for Silan to show him their latest invention, but find Hermione speaking with him first. They and Lavender and Parvati secretly watch from behind bushes.
• Hermione gives Silan a pair of silver rings made from unicorn horn, explaining that they can warn against poison, help counteract it, repel dust, and calm the wearer.
• Silan puts one ring on Hermione’s finger; she then puts the other on his. Both are flustered by the intimate, wedding-like exchange, while the hidden observers tease them.
• After the groups separate, Fred and George pull Silan aside to discuss something they have wanted to show him. Silan suggests they talk in the Room of Requirement.

Character developments and interactions

• Silan accepts Sirius’s generous payment and treats it pragmatically. He warmly thanks Hermione for her gift and reciprocates by putting a ring on her.
• Sirius shows gratitude toward Silan and hopes Harry’s mistake will not damage Silan and Harry’s friendship.
• Hermione reveals her affection through a costly, carefully prepared gift, though she insists the rings are only for friends. She becomes increasingly flustered as they exchange them.
• Fred and George remain mischievous and eager for Silan’s advice on their invention; they tease him and Hermione from hiding.
• Lavender and Parvati encourage Hermione and then whisk her away, amused by the romantic moment.

Significant themes

• Gratitude and reconciliation: Sirius’s payment expresses thanks and an effort to repair the harm caused by Harry.
• Affection and ambiguity: Hermione’s practical gift carries romantic overtones, especially when they put the matching rings on each other.
• Friendship and teasing: The observers turn the tender exchange into playful gossip, while Silan and the twins move back toward their familiar friendship.

Plot points and events

• George and Fred bring Silan their latest Wooden Bird, a remote-controlled toy that looks lifelike but cannot fly reliably.
• Silan identifies the problem: the bird’s flight depends on a steady flow of magic, which ordinary users cannot maintain.
• He improves its crystal core by adding an Energy Storage Rune and a Magic Transfer Rune, allowing it to store and regulate magic. The bird then flies smoothly and is much easier to control.
• Impressed by Silan’s advanced rune work, the twins ask him to teach them. He explains some basic ancient runes, drawing on what he learned from Nicolas Flamel.
• Silan suggests making other magical toy automatons, perhaps capable of casting simple spells. George and Fred imagine staged duels and tournaments, giving them a promising new business idea.
• In a brief closing shift, Hermione is again seated under a brightly shining lamp while Lavender and Parvati subject her to their familiar routine.

Character developments and interactions

• Silan demonstrates technical skill and practical problem-solving, while also inspiring the twins’ business ambitions. Though he offers only basic instruction, his knowledge impresses them.
• George and Fred move from disappointment over their failed prototype to excitement about its improvement and the prospect of a broader line of magical toys. Their initial envy of Silan’s expertise quickly turns into playful admiration and a plan to learn from him.
• Hermione appears resigned and mildly exasperated by Lavender and Parvati’s repeated attention.

Significant themes

• Innovation through collaboration: The twins create the design, while Silan diagnoses and solves its central flaw.
• Making magic accessible: The runes compensate for the inconsistent control of ordinary wizards, making the toy practical for more customers.
• Ingenuity and enterprise: A technical improvement sparks a larger commercial concept—magical toy battles and tournaments.
• Family and mutual support: The twins treat Silan as both a gifted cousin and a prospective teacher, blending affection, teasing, and business partnership.

Key plot points and events

• Hermione asks Lavender and Parvati to read the tea leaves about her relationship with Silan. The reading depicts their lives as increasingly intertwined, prompting the girls to insist that Hermione and Silan are practically destined to marry.
• Lavender and Parvati press Hermione about whether she and Silan became physically intimate over the summer. Hermione explains that they went to Diagon Alley and saw a film, but insists they are not a couple and storms off when the girls tease her.
• Across the hall, Harry watches Ron’s rat, Scabbers, knowing it is Peter Pettigrew—the man who betrayed Harry’s parents and framed Sirius. Harry feels guilty about hiding the truth from Ron.
• Ron complains that Hermione’s cat, Crookshanks, frightens Scabbers. Harry suggests putting the rat in a cage, helping keep Peter contained.
• That night, Harry puts on the Invisibility Cloak and goes to meet Silan, but Silan is not there when he arrives.

Character developments and interactions

• Hermione is curious about her future with Silan but remains embarrassed and uncertain about how to define their relationship. Her friends’ teasing exposes the gap between how they view the pair and how Hermione describes them.
• Lavender and Parvati act as playful matchmakers, turning the tea-leaf reading into an argument that Hermione and Silan should marry.
• Harry is burdened by his secret about Peter and feels bad for keeping Ron uninformed, even as he tries to protect him. He also quietly follows Silan’s plan to keep Peter confined.
• Ron trusts Harry’s suggestion about the cage and remains unaware of Scabbers’s true identity.

Significant themes

• Fate versus choice: The reading suggests Hermione and Silan’s paths are bound together, while Hermione questions whether that means anything definite.
• Unspoken feelings and social pressure: Hermione’s embarrassment and her friends’ assumptions highlight the difficulty of naming a relationship.
• Secrecy and loyalty: Harry’s concealment of Peter’s identity weighs on him, showing the strain of protecting a friend through deception.

Key plot points and events

• Harry and Silan secretly make their way to Dumbledore’s office, using Harry’s Invisibility Cloak and Silan’s highly effective Disillusionment Charm.
• They ask Dumbledore about Sirius Black and whether he might have betrayed Harry’s parents. Dumbledore recalls that Sirius and James were close friends, but says the evidence at the time convinced the Ministry to send Sirius to Azkaban.
• Harry suggests Peter Pettigrew survived, was the true Secret Keeper, and framed Sirius after betraying James and Lily.
• Silan releases a large black dog from his suitcase. The dog transforms into Sirius, revealing that he is alive and has escaped Azkaban by turning into a dog—an Animagus form that helped him evade the Dementors.
• Dumbledore recognizes how Sirius escaped and agrees to hear his account, beginning with, “Then let us talk about the past.”

Character developments

• Harry openly commits to believing Sirius is innocent and presses Dumbledore to reconsider the accepted story.
• Silan acts as a discreet mediator, bringing Sirius to Dumbledore and helping make the truth impossible to ignore.
• Sirius reveals both the means of his escape and his lingering bitterness over having been condemned without a chance to prove his innocence.
• Dumbledore shows that he had long harbored doubts about Sirius’s guilt, though he admits the evidence left little room to act.

Character interactions

• Harry looks to Silan for reassurance before approaching Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore questions Harry’s knowledge, then listens as Harry lays out the possibility that Sirius was framed.
• Sirius and Dumbledore reunite with familiarity, but Dumbledore gently reproaches Sirius for involving the children rather than coming to him first.
• Sirius explains that he could not know whether Dumbledore would believe him; Dumbledore accepts the concern and invites him to tell his story.

Significant themes

• Truth versus accepted evidence: The chapter challenges the official account of Sirius’s guilt and suggests that circumstantial proof can conceal a deeper truth.
• Trust and loyalty: Harry’s faith in Sirius and Sirius’s friendship with James are central to reexamining the past.
• The burden of the past: Dumbledore’s reflection and the coming conversation suggest that old memories, mistakes, and losses still shape the present.

Plot points and events

• Sirius explains the truth about James’s Secret Keeper: James initially intended to trust Sirius, but Sirius persuaded him to choose Peter Pettigrew instead, believing the Death Eaters would target him. Peter had already betrayed the Potters.
• After James’s death, Sirius pursued Peter. Peter framed Sirius in public, killed thirteen Muggles with an explosion, cut off a finger to fake his death, then escaped as a rat. He has since hidden with the Weasley family and is now at Hogwarts.
• Silan shows Dumbledore the Marauder’s Map, which confirms Peter is at Hogwarts. Dumbledore accepts Sirius’s account.
• Sirius admits he did not reveal his innocence earlier because his grief and desire for revenge had consumed him.
• Sirius asks Dumbledore to help stage his capture so he can clear his name at a public trial. Dumbledore rejects the plan as too dangerous: he cannot control the Aurors or guarantee Sirius’s safety from the Dementors.
• Dumbledore offers a slower solution through influential acquaintances. When Harry turns to Silan for help, Silan proposes keeping Sirius at Hogwarts instead of handing him over to the Ministry, while adapting their original plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Sirius confronts his lasting guilt over choosing Peter and acknowledges how grief distorted his judgment. He remains determined to expose Peter and clear his name.
• Dumbledore listens carefully and believes Sirius, but is cautious about a plan that could put him beyond Dumbledore’s protection. He and Sirius disagree over how to pursue justice.
• Harry is devastated that Sirius may not be freed soon; he has come to hope he can live with his godfather rather than the Dursleys. He looks to Silan for reassurance.
• Silan recognizes that handing Sirius to the Ministry would surrender control of the situation. He offers a practical adjustment that keeps Sirius at Hogwarts.
• The group’s discussion shifts from Sirius’s painful past to a negotiation over how to protect him and expose Peter.

Significant themes

• Memory and trauma: Reminiscence brings Sirius both happiness and renewed pain.
• Regret and consequences: One decision—the switch from Sirius to Peter as Secret Keeper—shapes years of suffering.
• Loyalty and recklessness: Sirius’s loyalty to James is admirable, but his impulsive pursuit of revenge prevented him from seeking help.
• Justice and power: Clearing Sirius’s name depends not only on the truth but also on navigating the Ministry’s politics and risks.
• Hope and adaptation: When the original plan proves unsafe, Silan finds another way forward.

• Sirius’s plan: Silan proposes that Sirius draw attention to himself and then head toward Hogwarts, where he can be “captured” without the Ministry taking control of him. Dumbledore can use the uncertainty surrounding Sirius’s case to press for a trial. Dumbledore improves the plan: Silan should be the one to defeat and detain Sirius, creating a more compelling public story and drawing attention to Silan as the Prewett family’s heir. Silan accepts, acknowledging that he wants glory too.
• Dumbledore’s motives: Dumbledore reflects that Silan once reminded him of Tom Riddle, but Silan’s choices have eased his suspicions. He hopes Silan’s connection to the loyal Prewett family will help keep him on a good path and distinguish him from Voldemort. He also plans to contact old friends in the Wizengamot once the story spreads.
• Sirius and Lupin: Dumbledore tells Sirius that Remus Lupin is now Hogwarts’ Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Sirius declines to see him, feeling it would be awkward. He tells Harry that Lupin was a close friend of Sirius and Harry’s father, and warns Harry not to visit him on a full moon. Harry notices the oddness but does not press him.
• Harry’s gift: In the Room of Requirement, Sirius gives Harry an early thirteenth-birthday present: the Firebolt Harry had admired all summer. Delighted, Harry flies it enthusiastically, while Sirius proudly compares his skill to James’s.
• Sirius’s departure: While Harry is flying, Sirius quietly tells Silan he plans to leave the next day. He fears that if he tells Harry, he will struggle to go. Sirius admires Harry’s kindness and asks Silan to look after him; Silan agrees. He then says he has something to ask Sirius, setting up a further conversation.
  Character developments and themes: Harry’s despair turns to excitement as the prospect of clearing Sirius’s name—and receiving a meaningful gift—restores his spirits. Sirius’s affection for Harry is clear, but he chooses to leave rather than risk staying and becoming unable to part from him. Silan embraces the chance for recognition, while Dumbledore tries to guide him through family honor and public responsibility. The chapter highlights the desire for glory, the power of public reputation, and the importance of loyalty, family, and belonging.

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.

Silan and Snape prepared an extravagant order of potion ingredients for Dumbledore to fund, with Snape multiplying Silan’s quantities tenfold. Meanwhile, Lucius cleared Slug and Jiggers Apothecary to investigate strange potions.

• Silan listed seven bottles of each potion ingredient in Snape’s storeroom, and Snape criticized the amounts as insufficient.
• Snape added a zero to every quantity, then took Silan and two large ingredient lists to see Dumbledore.
• Lucius reserved Slug and Jiggers Apothecary, and Giggs struggled to persuade the customers to leave.
• Lucius offered to pay for the customers’ purchases, and they left with ingredients while praising him.
• Lucius ordered Giggs to shut the shop so he could investigate the strange potions.

Lucius paid Giggs for information about the disguised seller of the Hemostatic Healing Potions and learned the trail led to Pippin of Pippin's Potions in Hogsmeade. He left intending to find Pippin, while Silan followed Snape to the Headmaster's Office.

• Lucius questioned Giggs about who had sold him the two Hemostatic Healing Potions and offered him Galleons for details.
• Giggs said the seller was disguised with Polyjuice Potion and identified him as Pippin, owner of Pippin's Potions in Hogsmeade.
• Lucius reasoned that Pippin had likely obtained the potions from a Hogwarts student and decided to seek him out.
• Lucius warned Giggs to keep the information secret, then left him with a pouch of Galleons.
• Silan followed Snape to the Headmaster's Office.

Snape brought Silan to Dumbledore to request ingredients for brewing Lupin’s Wolfsbane Potion, then arranged to teach Silan the recipe. Silan returned to the Room of Requirement to prepare his own potion batch, with his Potion Prodigy trait close to leveling up.

• Snape told Dumbledore that Silan would help brew the Wolfsbane Potion, and Dumbledore agreed after hearing of Silan’s previous experience.
• Dumbledore unfolded Snape’s enormous ingredient lists and protested that the costly ingredients seemed excessive and unrelated to the Wolfsbane Potion.
• Snape claimed that every ingredient, including Ashwinder eggs and Billywig stings, was necessary, and Dumbledore agreed to prepare them within a week.
• Snape promised to brew the potion carefully and ensure Lupin drank it, then told Silan to meet him in a week for lessons.
• Silan returned to the Room of Requirement and saw that his Potion Prodigy trait was nearing its next level as he prepared to make another batch of potions.

Hermione's roommates noticed her unusual behavior in Professor Lupin's Boggart lesson and teased her about her feelings for Silan, while Silan prepared herbs and brewed potions. The chapter ended with Lucius reviewing an investigation into Pippin.

• Parvati and Lavender noticed Hermione had stayed at the back of the Boggart line and guessed she feared Silan might like someone else.
• Hermione overheard their teasing, blushed, and fled the dormitory for the library.
• Ron and the others praised Lupin's lesson and laughed about Neville turning the Boggart into Snape dressed in his grandmother's clothes.
• Neville showed Silan his new Herbology tools and promised to care for the herbs in the Suitcase.
• Silan sorted ingredients and brewed Baruffio's Brain Elixir, Blood-Replenishing Potion, and Fire-Control Potion.
• Lucius opened the documents he had gathered about Pippin after returning from Giggs.

Lucius planned to recruit the mysterious student behind Pippin’s potions, while Silan continued brewing and used The Daily Prophet’s coverage to draw public attention to Sirius’s claims. As the wizarding world debated Sirius’s innocence, Silan went to Snape’s office with his Potion Prodigy skill close to leveling up.

• Lucius reviewed information about Perry Pippin and planned to find the potion-maker behind his sales for the Malfoy family.
• Silan brewed potions in the Room of Requirement and rapidly increased his Potion Prodigy proficiency.
• Sirius repeatedly appeared in public to accuse Peter Pettigrew of betraying the Potters, prompting heated debate across the wizarding world.
• Ron left to buy rat tonic for Scabbers, whose condition had continued to worsen despite being kept in an iron cage.
• Silan explained to Harry how The Daily Prophet’s coverage had brought Sirius’s claims into public discussion, and Harry worried about Sirius’s safety.
• Silan left for Snape’s office, thinking his Potion Prodigy skill would level up after the lesson.