Recaps

Brian used Ancient Sealing Magic to stop the curse affecting Harry’s Nimbus 2000, allowing Harry to catch the Golden Snitch and win the match for Gryffindor. Hermione believed Snape had been trying to save Harry, while Snape discovered that he could no longer use magic.

• Harry’s broom bucked wildly and threw him off, leaving him hanging from its handle as the crowd panicked.
• Brian recalled his Ancient Sealing Magic and used it to seal the magic affecting the Nimbus 2000.
• Harry regained control of the broom, caught the Golden Snitch, and won the match for Gryffindor.
• Hermione told Ron, Hagrid, and Brian that she had seen Snape acting against the magic affecting Harry’s broom.
• That night, Snape discovered that he could no longer use magic.

Brian heard students complain that Quirrell had filled his classroom with garlic and that Snape was punishing students more harshly after Gryffindor beat Slytherin. He helped Ron with a stack of books about Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel, then went to investigate why Snape had approached Fluffy.

• Brian listened as Ravenclaw and Gryffindor students discussed Quirrell's garlic and Snape's harsher punishments.
• Brian asked the Book whether two more stones would let it teach him magic to break Ancient Sealing Magic, then reviewed fifth-year Charms.
• Hermione and Ron visited the library to research Nicolas Flamel, and Brian correctly guessed why they wanted the books.
• Ron and Hermione argued after Ron mocked her as a know-it-all, and Brian secretly made Ron's books lighter and smaller.
• Brian went to the Gargoyle outside the Headmaster's Office to investigate Snape's encounter with Fluffy.

Brian found Snape instead of Dumbledore and tried to discover whether Snape knew about the Philosopher's Stone and Harry's jinxed broom. Snape mistook Brian's probing for an approach from a fellow conspirator and took him to his office, where they questioned each other about the broom and Quirrell.

• Brian found a message saying Dumbledore was away and Minerva McGonagall was overseeing school affairs.
• Brian met Snape on the Moving Staircase and hinted that he was searching for a rare stone, prompting Snape to draw his wand and ask whom Brian served.
• Snape lowered his wand and led Brian toward his office, where they encountered a gaunt Quirrell; Snape asked Brian whether Quirrell was on their side.
• Snape accused Brian of tampering with Harry's broom, but Brian denied it and suspected Snape of trying to kill Harry.
• Snape claimed he had no need to kill Harry and said Brian should know who had the right to do so; Brian asked who had jinxed the broom, and Snape answered with an inscrutable smile.

Brian questioned Snape about the troll and Voldemort’s helpers, then sent Dumbledore a warning by owl while keeping Snape under observation. At the Owlery, he noticed the Book’s Food Stone glowing in a high alcove and began considering how to reach it.

• Brian concluded from Snape’s questions that Snape had not let the troll into Hogwarts and did not know about the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Brian taunted Snape about failing to get past the three-headed dog, and Snape warned him not to act rashly because Dumbledore had many watchers in the castle.
• Brian wrote Dumbledore a letter and went openly to the Owlery, where a barn owl with a golden-handlebar-mustache ribbon accepted it and flew off.
• Brian noticed the Food Stone glowing in a high alcove, confirmed that an owl could not see it, and wondered whether he could climb up to it.

Brian found a Firefly Stone fragment in the Owlery after an accidental encounter with a Great Snowy Owl. At the Ministry, Dumbledore persuaded Fudge to secretly reopen Hagrid’s case, just as an owl and a Transparent Tabby Cat arrived through the window.

• Brian accidentally uncovered a hollow in the Owlery, disturbed a Great Snowy Owl, and gave it Rabbit Meat in apology.
• Brian retrieved a Firefly Stone fragment from the owl’s feathers and repaired its roof with the Mending Charm.
• Dumbledore presented Fudge with evidence linking a basilisk to Myrtle Warren’s death and argued that Hagrid had been wrongly accused.
• Fudge agreed to reopen Hagrid’s case in secret and lift the ban on Hagrid’s use of magic.
• An owl and a Transparent Tabby Cat passed through the Minister’s office window, and the cat went straight to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore received a warning that Severus had found an accomplice, while Fudge rejected the possibility that Voldemort would return. The next morning, Brian hurried to Hagrid's Hut after learning Fang was badly hurt.

• Professor McGonagall's Patronus delivered Severus's warning to Dumbledore that he had found an accomplice and that Dumbledore should return to Hogwarts.
• Fudge accused Dumbledore of trying to convince him that Voldemort would return, but Dumbledore insisted the Ministry must be prepared.
• Brian received Hagrid's tear-stained letter asking him to come help Fang, who was badly hurt.
• Brian brushed past Snape, who failed to stop him and headed toward the Hospital Wing instead.
• Brian spotted a long trail of blood leading from Hagrid's Hut while still hundreds of meters away.

Brian healed Fang after poachers badly injured him in the Forbidden Forest, then learned Hagrid had found him while investigating a dragon egg. Brian suspected the poachers were hunting unicorns for a mysterious buyer and that the stranger who gave Hagrid the egg had an ulterior motive.

• Brian found Fang gravely wounded and healed him with magic while Hagrid watched anxiously.
• Brian asked Hagrid what had happened, and Hagrid explained that poachers had attacked Fang while he was studying a dragon egg.
• Brian pieced together how Hagrid had won the dragon egg from a stranger in a card game and heard the poachers discussing a buyer offering an enormous price for unicorn blood.
• Brian suggested they return to Hogsmeade to investigate the unicorn-blood buyer and warned that the dragon egg and its former owner seemed suspicious.
• Hagrid said the stranger had acted like a frightened coward who wanted to get rid of the egg, reinforcing Brian's suspicions.

Jack’s failed attempt to guide Dark Wizards to unicorns left him threatened with death, until Brian offered to help in exchange for a meeting with Jack’s financial backer. Brian urged Jack to cooperate and seek help from the Ministry of Magic, leaving Jack to choose between the authorities and the poachers.

• Jack met a masked Dark Wizard in the Hog’s Head, who blamed him for the failed unicorn hunt and ordered him to join another search that night.
• Jack feared the poachers would kill him if they failed to find unicorns again.
• Brian approached Jack with a blanket made from fresh unicorn tail hair and offered to deal with the Dark Wizards in exchange for an introduction to Jack’s financial backer.
• Jack questioned whether he could trust Brian, and Brian warned that Jack had no better option than to accept his help.
• Brian told Jack to follow the poachers home and reveal where he lived so Brian could ask the Ministry of Magic for help.