Recaps

Will rescued Harry from the Quidditch storm, developed a new rune-based Sleeping Charm, and published research that brought him attention and scrutiny from magical academics. Meanwhile, he sheltered Sirius at the Shrieking Shack, but Sirius broke into Gryffindor Tower looking for Scabbers, intensifying Hogwarts’s security and the hunt for him.

• Will rejected Lucius’s plan to claim credit for others’ Potions work, arranged to publish his Potion Transfiguration research, and secretly fed Sirius in his black dog form.
• Will studied the improved Wolfsbane Potion with Snape, worked with Flitwick and Babbling on converting spells into charms, and developed a new rune-based Sleeping Charm.
• During the stormy Quidditch match, Dementors caused Harry to fall from his broom, and Will secretly rescued him as a phoenix before the Weasley twins returned him to Hogwarts.
• Will showed Flitwick his newly created rune, and together with Flitwick and Babbling he refined the Sleeping Charm and completed papers on Potion Transfiguration and Wolfsbane Potion.
• Will arranged food and shelter for Sirius at the Shrieking Shack with help from Hermione and Neville, but Sirius later entered Gryffindor Tower and tried to reach Scabbers.
• The Ministry increased Dementor and Auror patrols after the break-in, while Will’s papers spread through magical academia and Lucius arranged publicity for him.
• Snape brought Will to meet Fernando, who challenged the papers’ methods and contributions, and Will defended his research before leaving for lunch.

Will’s new runes and growing public reputation brought scrutiny, while his altered Patronus exposed a troubling connection to dark magic and his past. Meanwhile, Remus and Sirius reunited after Sirius revealed that Peter Pettigrew had betrayed the Potters and was hiding as Scabbers.

• Will’s interview with Rita Skeeter boosted his reputation, and his Charisma reached its limit before he chose Emotion Weaving as his bonus ability.
• Fernando challenged Will’s research at the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers, but Will prepared to answer the accusations by publishing his New Runes.
• Will completed and published his Sleeping Runes paper, earning praise from the Rune Association and an invitation to visit its collection.
• Will visited Sirius in the Shrieking Shack, then met Fudge at the Three Broomsticks as Harry secretly listened to Lupin discuss the Marauders.
• Will’s Patronus practice produced black snakes when a Boggart became a Dementor, prompting Dumbledore to discuss rare Patronus mutations and suspect Will might be half an Obscurial.
• Will remembered the abuse and confinement he suffered as a child, while Dumbledore urged him not to rush his Patronus practice.
• Remus confronted Sirius at the Shrieking Shack, and Sirius revealed that Peter Pettigrew had betrayed James and Lily, framed him, and survived as Scabbers.
• Remus freed Sirius and agreed to catch Peter and protect Harry, but they hid Sirius as a dog when Fisher arrived, just as Remus noticed Severus approaching.

Will experimented with his altered Patronus, worked with Lupin and Dumbledore to expose Sirius Black’s innocence, and helped secure Harry’s Quidditch victory despite a Dementor attack. He then used the Time-Turner to return to September 1992 to improve his Memory Charm and address Peter’s memories.

• Will completed his Hippogriff Animagus transformation, then tested his altered Patronus and found that it produced silver and gray-black mist rather than a solid form.
• Will spent Christmas at Hogwarts, gave Harry a Nimbus 2001 and Snape a vial of Felix Felicis, and received a golden potion from Snape.
• Will studied Lupin’s transformation and identified Werewolf Venom Magic, then persuaded Peter Pettigrew to return to Voldemort’s side.
• Fred and George encountered Sirius Black and Lupin at the Shrieking Shack, and Will helped subdue Black before bringing him to Dumbledore.
• Under Veritaserum, Black revealed that Peter had betrayed James and Lily, faked his death, and escaped as Scabbers, while Dumbledore instructed the group to keep the truth quiet until Peter was caught.
• Will tested his gray-black Patronus on Peter and a village, concluding that it drained joy and that he needed a way to collect and control happiness.
• During the Gryffindor-Slytherin match, Dementors swept over the pitch, but Dumbledore and Will protected the students before Harry caught the Snitch and won for Gryffindor.
• Will worried that his Patronus had caused the dark mist, then used the Time-Turner to travel back to September 1992 and work on his Memory Charm.

Will helped expose Peter Pettigrew and clear Sirius Black, while pursuing the mysteries of memory, the Patronus Charm, and Joy Magic. After meeting Santa Claus and earning a Ministry honor, Will left the arc with new magical knowledge and continued questions about magic and emotion.

• Will abducted Lockhart, learned the Memory Charm, and erased Lockhart’s memories of the encounter.
• Will persuaded Fudge to reconsider Sirius Black’s conviction and carefully altered Peter Pettigrew’s memories while the Ministry began investigating.
• Will helped Lupin transform safely under the Werewolf Venom Curse, and the Aurors captured Peter after he changed back from Scabbers.
• The Wizengamot cleared Sirius, restored his rights, and charged Peter with the crimes previously blamed on him.
• Will tested a darker stage of his Patronus that drained joy, then used it on Muggle villages to draw Santa Claus to him.
• Santa Claus agreed to teach Will Joy Magic in exchange for Will bringing joy to the Muggles he had affected, and warned him about tampering with time.
• Will learned Ancient Magic from Santa Claus and concluded that collective belief sustained Santa as a magical phenomenon.
• Fudge announced Will’s Order of Merlin, Third Class nomination in Hogsmeade, where Will later joined Sylvia and Sirius to discuss the Black family books.