Recaps

Umbridge confronted the class over newspaper reports that she had injured Harry, then taught History of Magic by reading from the textbook and punishing students with point deductions. Ron, Seamus, and Neville set off fake fires in her classroom, leaving the lesson in chaos.

• Umbridge demanded to know who had written the reports about her harming Harry and searched the classroom for him.
• Professor McGonagall informed Umbridge that Harry was badly injured and excused him from classes.
• Umbridge docked seventeen Gryffindor points while students ignored her dull lecture.
• Ron and Seamus poured Fire Drink onto the floor while Neville used Summoning Charms to bring them more bottles.
• Several harmless patches of fake fire blazed across the classroom, and the students panicked.

Ron’s Fake Fire Charms caused a panic in Umbridge’s History of Magic class, and the fleeing students trampled Umbridge as she tried to escape. Unable to identify the pranksters or get help from Hogwarts staff, Umbridge contacted the Ministry, which issued a new educational decree a few days later.

• Ron cast more Fake Fire Charms, making the class believe the room was burning while the flames caused no real damage.
• Hermione’s Aguamenti spell failed to extinguish the fake flames, and Ron pulled her into the fleeing crowd.
• Umbridge shoved students aside as she tried to escape, but someone kicked her, sending her to the floor and her wand into the fake fire.
• Students trampled Umbridge as they left, and she discovered afterward that she was unharmed but bruised and covered in footprints.
• Umbridge demanded an investigation and sought help from Snape, McGonagall, and Sprout, but none of them cooperated.
• Umbridge wrote to the Ministry of Magic, and a new educational decree came into force a few days later.

Draco asked Will to help him study healing magic, and Will arranged for Madam Pomfrey to teach him. The chapter left Draco beginning extra lessons as he pursued becoming a Healer.

• Draco asked Will to recommend him to Madam Pomfrey for lessons in healing magic, explaining that he wanted to help fight the Death Eaters.
• Draco and Will discussed Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, which gave Umbridge control over student punishments and allowed her to recruit student assistants.
• Draco rejected the idea of working for Umbridge and followed Will to the Hospital Wing after classes.
• Will introduced Draco to Madam Pomfrey, who agreed to teach him on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, starting the next day.

Draco struggled through his first Healing Magic lessons, while Umbridge failed to recruit students and later seized Will’s book during History of Magic. The chapter ended with Will wondering what Umbridge was planning as she ordered him to visit her office after class.

• Draco told Astoria Greengrass that Madam Pomfrey’s demanding Healing Magic lessons had left him mentally exhausted.
• Astoria brought drinks to Draco and Will, then asked Draco about something after Will left to conduct magical experiments.
• Umbridge found that no students had applied to join her group during the first Hogsmeade visit of the term.
• Will read a Charms book during Umbridge’s lesson, and Umbridge took it and told him to come to her office after class.

Will coerced Umbridge into backing off and preparing to credit him for driving Lupin out, then tested a way to reverse lycanthropy during the full moon. He restored one werewolf to human form, but the severed hand left behind retained an unexplained magical structure.

• Will used the Imperius Curse to learn that Umbridge wanted him to target Lupin and recruit helpers, then threatened to expose her Muggle mother and Squib brother before erasing her memory.
• Umbridge agreed not to bother Will and to write to Fudge claiming Will was responsible for driving Lupin out, while granting Will and his friends more privileges.
• Will brought werewolves and Muggles to his laboratory before the full moon and used an improved Werewolf Venom Curse to confine the werewolves’ transformations to their left hands.
• Will used an altered Sectumsempra to sever one werewolf’s hand and its connection to the werewolf magic, restoring the werewolf to an ordinary wizard.
• Will watched the severed hand lose its fur and claws but retain an intact magical structure, leaving him puzzled.

Will experimented on werewolves to develop a reversal surgery, discovering that removing werewolf magic caused lasting damage to the body, soul, and magical structure. By dawn, he had refined the procedure to leave only minor wounds, but its deeper drawbacks remained as he headed to the Headmaster's Office.

• Will tested removing werewolf magic from severed hands, fingers, and a tiny patch of flesh, finding that the magic persisted unless he damaged the corresponding magical structure.
• Will concluded that reversing lycanthropy inevitably harmed the patient's body, soul, and magical structure, and learned that the least-injured werewolf suffered a severe headache and dizziness.
• Will conducted further overnight trials on fifteen Test Subjects, many of whom died or passed out.
• Will refined the werewolf reversal surgery to target the back and chest, eliminating the need to cut off hands or fingers while leaving minor wounds and lingering damage.
• Will disposed of the dead Test Subjects, renewed his Clear-Headed Charm, and went to the Headmaster's Office.

Will told Dumbledore that he could remove the werewolf form, though the procedure caused unavoidable harm and required further observation. Umbridge interrupted Lupin’s combat lesson to announce a decree banning dangerous activities and threatening professors who led them, leaving Lupin facing her challenge.

• Will told Dumbledore that his procedure could remove the werewolf form but caused pain and damage to the subjects’ souls, bodies, and magical structures.
• Dumbledore agreed that Will should continue observing the subjects and said he had been preparing their plan to protect Lupin from Umbridge.
• Lupin led Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students through team-combat practice and advised them on teamwork, footwork, and defensive spells.
• Umbridge interrupted the lesson and read Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five, banning combat training and private dueling at Hogwarts.
• Umbridge announced that professors who led dangerous activities would receive a warning for a first offense and lose their positions after a second.

Umbridge stopped Lupin’s practical Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson and threatened to dismiss him, while students defended his teaching. Lupin ended the lesson with an essay assignment and went to the Black Lake, where he met Dumbledore.

• Umbridge warned Lupin that his practical lesson violated Ministry regulations and ordered him to teach only from the textbook.
• Ramsay and other students stood up for Lupin, but Umbridge deducted points from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw and threatened expulsion and Lupin’s dismissal.
• Umbridge left after warning Lupin, and he assigned the students an essay on the Shield Charm before their next lesson.
• Lupin walked to the Black Lake, where he found Dumbledore, who asked why he looked unhappy.

Umbridge used Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five to restrict Hogwarts lessons and punish students and teachers who objected. As her warnings spread, Hermione recognized how broadly the vague decree could be applied, while Umbridge began visiting other classes less often.

• Dumbledore told Lupin that they could find a legitimate way to make Umbridge leave Hogwarts.
• Umbridge posted Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five, warned Lupin, and gave a student detention for criticizing the Ministry.
• Umbridge interfered with other lessons, and Fred and George's Skiving Snackboxes grew more popular among students seeking to avoid her classes.
• Umbridge issued written warnings to Professor McGonagall and Professor Grubbly-Plank under the decree.
• Hermione realized the decree's ban on dangerous activities could apply to nearly every class, and students noticed Umbridge visiting other professors' lessons less often.

After Will Behrens warned Umbridge that Lupin might have injured Susan Bones, Umbridge investigated and found conflicting accounts of Susan’s visit to the Hospital Wing. Dumbledore’s concern convinced Umbridge that Lupin had infected Susan, leaving her eager to use the supposed evidence to remove him from Hogwarts.

• Will Behrens sent Umbridge a warning that Lupin was suspected of injuring someone and told her to watch Susan Bones.
• Umbridge demanded access to the Hospital Wing records, but Madam Pomfrey said Susan had not been treated there that term.
• Umbridge questioned a Hufflepuff student, who said Susan had fallen by the Black Lake, visited the Hospital Wing, and stayed there for several days.
• Dumbledore confronted Umbridge after her visit to the Hospital Wing and asked why she was investigating.
• Umbridge interpreted Dumbledore’s concern as proof that Lupin had infected Susan and resolved to use it to drive him out of Hogwarts.

Umbridge planned to expose Lupin as a werewolf during the next full moon, while Voldemort prepared a December operation and ordered Will to join it. After Will confirmed the results of his experiments, he offered Lupin a chance to have his werewolf form removed, and Lupin agreed despite the danger.

• Umbridge decided to gather evidence against Lupin so she could drive him from Hogwarts and damage Dumbledore's reputation.
• Lucius reported Voldemort's growing support and the planned December operation, and Voldemort ordered Will to take part.
• Will told Dumbledore that damage to the soul and magical structure had produced no lasting problems among the test subjects.
• Lupin told Dumbledore and Will that Umbridge had been following him and asked what would happen when she tried to expose him.
• Dumbledore explained that Umbridge planned to catch Lupin transforming and use the Ministry's authority to imprison him.
• Will offered to strip away Lupin's werewolf form, and Lupin agreed even though the procedure could kill him.

Will told Lupin that he could reverse his lycanthropy on the next full moon, leaving Lupin hopeful and grateful. As Umbridge plotted to expose Lupin, Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey prepared a convincing fake wound for Susan Bones, who passed along Amelia Bones’s warning about infiltration at the Ministry.

• Will calmed Lupin and explained that the attempt to reverse his lycanthropy had to wait until the next full moon.
• Lupin thanked Will and resolved to protect him if Voldemort returned, while Dumbledore gave Lupin further instructions.
• Lupin’s sudden cheerfulness puzzled Snape and Umbridge, who concluded Dumbledore was protecting him.
• Umbridge planned to bring reporters to expose Lupin as a werewolf and use the scandal to damage Dumbledore and Amelia Bones.
• Madam Pomfrey finished disguising Susan Bones’s injury, and Susan told Dumbledore that Amelia had noticed people infiltrating the Ministry of Magic.

Will supervised the Slytherin students as they decorated for Halloween, then joined Sylvia at the Hogwarts feast. The celebration was beginning when Will noticed Lupin leave the professors’ table for an unknown destination.

• Will read about the Black Ring Wizards' Society while supervising the Slytherin Common Room decorations for Snape.
• A young Slytherin told Will that Butcher had broken his leg on the stairs, but Draco treated the child and carried him to the Hospital Wing.
• Will conjured a chair and resumed supervising the students, earning Charisma Experience from their admiration.
• On Halloween night, Will and Sylvia entered the decorated Great Hall and joined Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson at the Slytherin table.
• Will spotted Lupin leaving the professors’ table and wondered where he was going.

Cedric warned Lupin that the Ministry would investigate his werewolf condition on November seventh, the same night as Lupin’s planned Werewolf Reversal procedure. Meanwhile, Will and the High Tower members left the Great Hall for their banquet, and Dumbledore sent Will a paper crane.

• Cedric told Lupin that many students knew he was a werewolf and urged him to leave Hogwarts before the Ministry arrived on November seventh with officials and reporters.
• Lupin realized the investigation would coincide with his planned Werewolf Reversal procedure and suspected Umbridge was behind the timing.
• Will told Sylvia he had gone to help a friend, then left the Great Hall with Draco and Sylvia for the High Tower banquet.
• Pansy tried to persuade Draco to stay with her, but he left with Will, while Astoria followed him and Pansy ran to the Slytherin Common Room.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Hannah, Fred, and George began leaving the Great Hall, and Will found a paper crane in his pocket as Dumbledore winked at him.

Will reassured Lupin that he could reverse his lycanthropy quickly enough to face the Ministry and reporters on the next full moon. He returned to the High Tower and opened the Halloween Feast, where the Twins showed off enchanted dancing-skeleton clothes.

• Will left Sylvia and the others to meet Dumbledore and found Lupin worried about Ministry staff and reporters arriving on the night of the next full moon.
• Will told Lupin that Werewolf Reversal would take about half an hour at most, allowing him to appear in his normal state and expose Umbridge's slander.
• Dumbledore agreed with Will's plan, and Lupin left the office reassured; Will sent his regards to Grindelwald through Dumbledore.
• Will returned to the High Tower and saw the House-elves and students preparing a decorated Halloween Feast while Fred and George displayed their dancing-skeleton clothes.
• Will declared the feast open after Anco asked permission to begin.

Will celebrated Halloween with the High Tower, then warned its members that the Wizarding World might soon face upheaval and urged them to stay safe. The chapter ended with Grindelwald feeling an inexplicable unease at Nurmengard.

• Will and Sylvia shared dinner and discussed whether they would visit Flamel Manor for Christmas.
• The High Tower members enjoyed a Halloween feast and desserts before George suggested setting off fireworks.
• Will asked Anco to leave and warned the High Tower to prioritize their safety during the coming upheaval.
• Will urged Harry not to make decisions alone, and Harry and the others promised to seek help and protect themselves.
• At Nurmengard, Grindelwald stopped eating his pumpkin pasty as an inexplicable unease stirred in him.

Umbridge pressured Susan Bones into accusing Professor Lupin of biting her and believed she had secured proof that he was a werewolf. Susan left Umbridge's office, while Umbridge planned to have Lupin arrested the next day.

• Umbridge singled out Susan in History of Magic and ordered her to come to her office after class.
• Umbridge threatened Susan with shame to her family and pressed her to identify who had bitten her.
• Susan cried and claimed that Professor Lupin had bitten her on the night of the full moon, showing Umbridge her arm.
• Umbridge promised to protect Susan, wrote down the accusation, and sent her away without taking a photograph.
• Umbridge realized Susan had left before she could photograph the marks and decided to have Lupin arrested the next day.

Susan had her fake injury healed and feared that Lupin was a Werewolf, while Cedric planned to help Lupin before Umbridge and the Ministry acted. Fudge arrived at Hogwarts with officials and reporters to investigate Lupin, who was preparing with Will to become human again.

• Madam Pomfrey healed Susan’s fake wound, and Susan worried that Lupin was a Werewolf and dreaded the full moon.
• Cedric left Lupin’s office determined to ask Will for help and to delay the Ministry’s people.
• Umbridge prepared for the Ministry’s intervention as the full moon approached.
• Fudge arrived at Hogwarts with Ministry officials, including Amelia Bones, Scrimgeour, Amos Diggory, and Percy Weasley, along with reporters.
• Fudge asked to see Lupin, and Dumbledore objected that the timing was inconvenient.
• Lupin watched Will prepare on a stone platform, hoping to leave his wolf form and become human again.

Will began a procedure to remove Lupin’s werewolf condition, while Fudge arrived at Hogwarts with Ministry officials and reporters to expose Lupin as a werewolf. The operation left Lupin writhing in unbearable pain, and Fudge publicly claimed he had come to protect the students.

• Will restrained Lupin with stone bindings and an anesthetic spell before beginning the painful operation to cut into his flesh, soul, and magic.
• Dumbledore tried to keep Fudge’s group from disturbing Lupin, but Umbridge arrived and fawned over Fudge.
• McGonagall and the other Hogwarts professors gathered as students, Ministry personnel, and reporters crowded the corridor.
• Fudge announced that he had information about a werewolf inside Hogwarts and said he had come to protect the students.

Fudge publicly claimed Lupin was a werewolf, prompting panic and sending Harry and Cedric to find help. Will had already cured Lupin, but as a crowd headed toward the room, Harry and Cedric followed him to check on their professor.

• Fudge announced that Lupin was a werewolf, and Umbridge urged him to identify and restrain Lupin as students panicked.
• Harry and Cedric decided to get Lupin out of Hogwarts, while Ron and Neville stayed behind to stall the crowd.
• Will finished treating Lupin, who realized he was no longer a werewolf and thanked Will.
• Harry and Cedric found Will and told him the Ministry was coming to arrest Lupin, but Will questioned whether Lupin had ever been seen transforming.
• Harry and Cedric began doubting their assumptions and went with Will to check on Lupin as a huge crowd climbed the stairs.

Umbridge accused Lupin of being a werewolf and led Fudge, reporters, and students to search his rooms. She opened the bedroom door and froze at what she saw.

• Umbridge publicly called Lupin a werewolf, while Ron defended him and Percy silenced him.
• Fudge agreed to apologize publicly if Lupin was innocent and followed Umbridge to Lupin's rooms with reporters.
• Dumbledore questioned Fudge's decision, but the door opened to reveal Harry and Cedric inside.
• Umbridge accused Harry and Cedric of lying and demanded to know where Lupin was hiding.
• Cedric pointed Umbridge to Lupin's bedroom, and she froze when she opened the door.

Umbridge tried to expose Lupin as a werewolf, but found him peacefully ill in bed on the full moon. When Susan Bones appeared with no bite mark, Umbridge realized she had been set up and faced Fudge’s anger.

• Umbridge called for Scrimgeour to help, but he and Fudge found Lupin lying in bed, unchanged by the moonlight.
• Harry gave Lupin his medicine and Cedric tucked him in, while Dumbledore urged Fudge to let Lupin rest and clear his name.
• Umbridge insisted Lupin was a werewolf and accused Snape of using Polyjuice Potion to disguise him.
• Umbridge claimed Susan Bones had been bitten, prompting Fudge to hope he could use the accusation against Dumbledore.
• Susan arrived and denied being a werewolf, and Amelia Bones blocked Umbridge from grabbing her.
• Susan showed everyone her unmarked arm, and Umbridge realized she had been set up.

After Umbridge attacked Susan, Dumbledore knocked her unconscious, and Fudge agreed to remove her from Hogwarts. Fudge appointed Percy as the new History of Magic professor, and as the Ministry party left, a gray-robed figure descended from the sky.

• Umbridge accused Susan of being part of a conspiracy and pointed her wand at her, so Dumbledore stunned Umbridge.
• Dumbledore and McGonagall persuaded Fudge that Umbridge was unfit to teach at Hogwarts.
• Fudge proposed Percy as the new History of Magic professor, and Dumbledore agreed to hire him.
• Fudge blamed Umbridge for the false werewolf report and left Hogwarts with Scrimgeour, Percy, and the reporters.
• A gray-robed figure descended from the sky as the departing group headed toward Hogsmeade.

Will appeared as the Grey-Robed Man before Fudge, Amelia Bones, Scrimgeour, Percy, and a crowd of reporters, using strange magic that trapped and terrified them. After surviving repeated Killing Curses by splitting into copies, he declared himself the New God and threatened to transform anyone who disbelieved.

• Will descended from the sky, and his Gray-Black Mist terrified reporters who tried to photograph him.
• Scrimgeour recognized Will as the Christmas Dark Wizard and warned Fudge to run, but Will's magic forced Fudge back to the group.
• Scrimgeour hit Will with a Killing Curse, but Will declared that each strike would make him become two, creating a second copy.
• Amelia Bones and Scrimgeour cast Killing Curses at the two copies, which multiplied into four, while Will's threat stopped Percy from Apparating away with Fudge.
• Scrimgeour demanded to know what Will wanted, and Will declared himself the New God and threatened to turn disbelievers into birds and beasts.

Will’s experiment on Scrimgeour and the others failed to reveal the power of the mind, so he erased their memories and returned them to their original positions. At Hogwarts, Lupin asked Dumbledore to protect Will, but their conversation was interrupted by Snape’s arrival.

• Will transformed Scrimgeour and most of the reporters into animals, then decided his experiment had failed when he could not sense their power of the mind.
• Will put Amelia, Scrimgeour, Fudge, Percy, Umbridge, and the reporters to sleep, modified their memories, and woke them where they had been.
• Dumbledore asked Harry and Cedric to leave Lupin’s quarters so he could speak privately with Lupin.
• Lupin said he would still choose the painful Werewolf Reversal and praised Will’s talents, but worried others would take advantage of his kindness.
• Lupin asked Dumbledore to give Will more help, and Snape entered after urgent knocking interrupted them.