Chapter Summaries

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.

Snape learned that Lupin was no longer a werewolf and struggled to accept that his old enemy could start over. After Snape shared the news with Will, Will realized his research might offer Snape an unexpected gift that could also aid his own rise to godhood.

• Snape confronted Dumbledore and Lupin, then accepted that Lupin was no longer a werewolf.
• Snape admitted he hated seeing Lupin given a new life and said he would settle things with him after the war.
• Snape left Lupin's quarters, and Dumbledore worried about the state of his mind.
• Will found Snape in the corridors and invited him to dinner at the High Tower.
• Snape told Will that Lupin was no longer a werewolf, and Will began considering a gift for Snape that could advance his research and ascent to godhood.

Will asked Snape to teach him the Cave potion, which Snape admitted he had invented, while Will planned to transform it into a Happiness Charm. The next day, the Daily Prophet reported Umbridge’s dismissal and Fudge’s defense of Lupin, leaving Hermione unsure whether she had been wrong about Lupin being a Werewolf.

• Will considered turning the Cave potion’s torment into a Happiness Charm and binding the charm to his name to gather the power of the heart.
• Snape admitted that he had invented the Cave potion and agreed to discuss teaching it to Will in his Office.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Fudge had removed Umbridge from her senior Ministry position after she deceived him about Lupin.
• Hermione wondered whether she and her friends had been wrong about Lupin being a Werewolf, while Ron told her to trust Dumbledore and the Ministry.
• Percy arrived at the Great Hall as Hermione continued to ponder the reports.

Percy Weasley arrived at Hogwarts as its new History of Magic professor and High Inquisitor, earning students’ respect with effective lessons. He tried to recruit Will Behrens for the Ministry, but Will declined and continued researching a potion with Snape as Flitwick arrived to discuss an upcoming Quidditch match.

• Percy Weasley took over Umbridge’s roles as History of Magic professor and High Inquisitor, and introduced himself to the Great Hall.
• Students grew wary of Percy’s appointment, though his engaging lessons soon improved their view of him.
• Percy asked Will Behrens to discuss helping the Ministry, but Will declined because he was researching a potion with Snape.
• Will prepared potion ingredients in Snape’s office while Snape guided him, and Flitwick arrived to ask Snape about refereeing a Quidditch match.

Will continued brewing the Water of Despair with Snape, who realized Will had cured Lupin and asked how he had done it. Snape learned the cure had seriously harmed Lupin’s body and soul, and the chapter ended with Draco calling to Will in the corridor.

• Snape guided Will through brewing the Water of Despair and told him to keep it over a low flame for three days before the next stage.
• Snape asked Will how he had turned Lupin back into a normal person.
• Will explained that he had removed the magic of Werewolf Venom and that the process had seriously injured Lupin’s body and soul.
• Snape admitted he would have preferred Will to cause Lupin even greater harm, and Will joked that Lupin might otherwise have died.
• Will left Snape’s office and reviewed the brewing steps in the corridor until Draco called out to him.

Will arranged for Draco to remain at Hogwarts over Christmas to keep him away from a possible Death Eater operation. Hufflepuff won the rain-soaked Quidditch match against Gryffindor, and Draco later staged a Potions accident that left him and Crabbe injured.

• Will read Lucius's letter inviting him to Malfoy Manor for Christmas and telling him to meet the Death Eaters and prepare for an operation, then told Draco to stay at Hogwarts and arrange a believable excuse.
• The Hogwarts classes continued peacefully after Umbridge's departure, while Will and Sylvia spent the Quidditch match indoors during the freezing downpour.
• Harry and Cedric raced for the Golden Snitch, but Harry's cold-stiffened hands slowed him, and Cedric caught it to win the match for Hufflepuff.
• Draco secretly added an unidentified plant root to his cauldron during Potions, causing it to bubble, blacken, and explode.
• Will turned Draco's textbook into a barrier as potion and cauldron shards flew, but Draco and Crabbe were drenched in the potion and cried out in pain.