Recaps

Gori bargained with Quirrell for a chance to enter Hogwarts and speak with Dumbledore, while Quirrell agreed to report the request to McGonagall. Quirrell then went to check on Professor Malin and found the forest ground scorched and cracked.

• Gori offered information about the prophecy concerning Grindelwald in exchange for help, then asked to be brought into Hogwarts.
• Quirrell refused to admit Gori without Dumbledore’s approval but agreed to report his request and return to watch over him.
• Hagrid agreed to stay with Gori and get him more blood while Quirrell left to inform McGonagall.
• Quirrell reasoned that the vampires had withdrawn after their attack failed and left Hagrid guarding Gori.
• Quirrell retraced his route to check on Professor Malin and found a clearing where the soil had been scorched black and cracked.

Marlene surveyed the aftermath of a battle in the Forbidden Forest and went to check on Hagrid at the cave after Quirrell reported the damage. At Hagrid’s Hut, Neville, Hugo, and Ron suspected Quirrell of wrongdoing while Herman listened.

• Quirrell told Marlene that Hagrid was guarding the damaged cave, where Gori lay wounded and Vampires and Werewolves had been killed.
• Marlene warned that a Werewolf had escaped into the forest and said a Vampire would pose little threat with Dumbledore at Hogwarts.
• Marlene headed to the cave while Quirrell went to report to Professor McGonagall.
• At Hagrid’s Hut, Neville, Hugo, and Ron speculated that Quirrell’s trip into the Forbidden Forest was suspicious.
• Herman listened silently as the trio concluded that Quirrell was up to no good.

Herman listened as Neville, Hugo, and Ron speculated about Quirrell’s possible connection to the Forbidden Forest and the vampire trouble, while Draco challenged their suspicions. Snape arrived to announce a school lockdown and warned everyone to stay away from the Forbidden Forest, keeping his gaze fixed on Herman.

• Neville asked why Hagrid had not returned, and Herman said Hagrid had gone to deal with something in the Forbidden Forest.
• Neville, Hugo, and Ron speculated that Quirrell might be connected to the forest incident and Hogsmeade’s closure, while Draco objected that the vampires might have nothing to do with him.
• Herman argued that the professors were probably handling events connected to the vampires from the train, but Neville called him too kind toward Quirrell.
• Ron and Hugo examined Hagrid’s oddly shaped pastries as Herman and Draco waited to see whether they would try them.
• Snape entered Hagrid’s Hut and announced that the school was under lockdown, warning the students not to leave the grounds or approach the Forbidden Forest.
• Neville agreed to return to the castle and began looking for paper to leave Hagrid a letter, while Snape continued watching Herman.

Snape questioned Herman about Harry’s disappearance and urged him to look after his fellow Slytherins, then left without acknowledging Neville. Draco’s long-awaited bite of Ron’s lava cake ended with Ron breaking a tooth, leaving Draco delighted and Herman deciding not to correct Neville and the others.

• Herman told Snape that Hagrid had gone into the Forbidden Forest, but Snape continued questioning him about Harry.
• Herman said he had not seen Harry since morning, and Snape asked him to look after her and his fellow Slytherins.
• Snape left while Neville tried to report that the message for Hagrid was ready, and Hugo suggested Snape was responsibly warning students away from the forest.
• Draco squeezed Herman’s hand as Ron bit the lava cake and broke a tooth, prompting Ron to cry out in distress.
• Herman saw Draco’s delight and decided not to challenge Neville and the others’ positive view of Snape.

Snape recalled the night he had discovered Lupin’s secret and James Potter had saved his life as he watched the Whomping Willow. When Harry emerged from the passage, Snape warned her not to go outside and offered to help her, then let her pass.

• Snape remembered how Sirius had deliberately lured him into the passage, where he encountered Lupin transforming into a werewolf.
• Snape recalled James Potter rescuing him from Lupin and Dumbledore making him promise to keep Lupin’s identity secret.
• Harry climbed out from beneath the Whomping Willow and stopped its branches by pressing a spot at its roots.
• Snape greeted Harry and, despite her leaving Hogwarts during lockdown, told her to avoid going outside and to come to him if she needed anything.
• Harry thanked Snape, and he stepped aside to let her pass.

Snape followed Harry back toward the castle, reminded of his youth and the red-haired girl he once followed. In the Slytherin Common Room, Draco celebrated Ron’s tooth mishap and watched Crabbe and Goyle devour Hagrid’s Rock Cakes before Herman confirmed that they tasted terrible.

• Snape followed Harry along the path to the castle at a steady distance, recalling how he had once followed a red-haired girl at Hogwarts.
• Draco told Herman how Ron had lost a tooth biting into a cake and learned it would take time to grow back.
• Crabbe and Goyle arrived, and Draco offered them Hagrid’s Rock Cakes.
• Crabbe and Goyle crunched through the hard cakes and complained only that they were dry and not sweet enough.
• Herman tried a Rock Cake, spat it out, and threw it away while Draco laughed at him.

Harry returned to the Slytherin common room after getting lost outside the school and told Draco and Herman she had met a kind man who brought her back. She revealed that Snape had seen her emerge from the Whomping Willow’s secret passage to Hogsmeade, leaving Herman to wonder why she seemed unconcerned about being caught.

• Draco and Herman waited in the common room and discussed whether Harry had returned after missing their trip to Hagrid’s.
• Harry came back and claimed she had gone for a stroll, gotten lost, and received help from a kind man.
• Draco asked Harry about vampires near Hogsmeade, and Harry said they were protected by wizarding law unless they broke it.
• Herman asked whether Snape had found Harry, and Harry said Snape had seen her emerge from the secret passage beneath the Whomping Willow.
• Draco went to bed, while Herman remained with Harry and wondered whether she truly believed Draco’s claims about her father’s influence.

Harry told Herman that she hated Snape because he had once been a Death Eater, even though she knew he had not killed her parents and treated her well. The next morning, Herman went to the Hospital Wing because Harry had kneed him in a sensitive spot, and he noticed the castle was unusually quiet and tense.

• Herman asked Harry why she was so cold toward Snape, and she explained that he had served Voldemort, whom she blamed for her parents’ deaths.
• Herman gently hugged Harry, but she kneed him and left for bed after telling him his chance to cop a feel was over.
• The next morning, Herman decided to visit the Hospital Wing because the pain from Harry’s knee strike had not gone away.
• Herman found the corridors unusually empty, with the few students he saw hurrying nervously, and reached the Hospital Wing.
• Madam Pomfrey checked Herman and asked whether something had happened to Ron’s teeth again.

Herman visited the Hospital Wing for a bruise and found George and Fred there, badly bandaged after stealing fantastic beast eggs. Fred confirmed that the eggs’ parents had injured them, leaving Herman to wonder what the twins had encountered.

• Herman entered the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey examined his bruise while teasing him about how he had been injured.
• George and Fred interrupted from behind a screen, joking about Herman before Madam Pomfrey ordered them to stay in bed.
• Madam Pomfrey healed Herman’s bruise and warned him to avoid strenuous activity, while George and Fred continued to tease him.
• Herman visited George and Fred and saw that they were wrapped in bandages from neck to ankles.
• Herman guessed that the twins had stolen fantastic beast eggs, and Fred admitted that the creatures’ parents had more or less injured them.

Herman learned that Fred and George had entered the Forbidden Forest to collect vampire ashes and Werewolf teeth, but lingering fire magic from Professor Malin’s battle badly burned them. The twins recovered in the Hospital Wing, and Herman asked what happened to their loot.

• Herman questioned Fred and George about their injuries, and they admitted they had gone into the Forbidden Forest to gather vampire ashes and Werewolf teeth for the black market.
• George and Fred said they found a burnt patch of forest filled with vampire and Werewolf corpses, then accidentally touched the lingering magic from Professor Malin’s fire spells.
• The residual magic set George and Fred on fire, and their spells only made the flames grow stronger.
• Professor Malin drew the flames off the twins and into a bottle, then gave them potions that made their burned skin shed.
• Madam Pomfrey treated Fred and George in the Hospital Wing as their skin slowly grew back.
• Herman asked Fred and George what had happened to the vampire ashes and Werewolf teeth they had collected.

Herman visited George and Fred in the Hospital Wing, where McGonagall reprimanded the twins and warned Herman to stay inside the castle during the professors’ patrols. He returned to the Slytherin common room, only to find Snape waiting by the fireplace.

• George told Herman that McGonagall had confiscated the twins’ stolen item, and the twins began planning a beauty-treatment business using Madam Pomfrey’s formula.
• McGonagall confronted George and Fred about breaking school rules, told them their parents would visit that evening, and warned Herman that the castle was safest during the patrols.
• Herman left the Hospital Wing and returned to the Slytherin common room, carefully watching for Snape along the way.
• Herman found Snape sitting alone in the common room, watching the corridor to the student dormitories.

Herman joined Harry and Draco for lunch after Snape ordered him to keep track of Harry. At the Great Hall, Herman worried about the vampires and wondered whether Dumbledore knew the danger he faced.

• Herman greeted Snape in the empty common room, and Snape told him to keep an eye on Harry and report where she went.
• After Snape left, the students and couples returned to the common room.
• Draco emerged with Harry and invited Herman to lunch, and he followed them to the Great Hall.
• Herman saw that most professors were gathered at the high table but Dumbledore was absent.
• Herman worried about the vampires, his lack of protection, and whether to tell Dumbledore what he knew.

Draco, Herman, Harry, Crabbe, and Goyle set out to visit Hagrid after lunch, but Filch stopped them at the castle entrance. Professor Quirrell offered to escort them, while three figures secretly watched from a nearby corridor.

• Draco greeted Hagrid across the Great Hall and invited Herman to visit him that afternoon.
• Draco insisted Harry come along and promised Crabbe and Goyle more of Hagrid’s rock cakes; Herman suggested bringing them to spare himself another taste.
• After lunch, Filch challenged the five students as they tried to leave the castle without permission.
• Quirrell agreed to escort them to Hagrid’s hut because he was heading toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Filch watched the group leave without noticing three people spying from around a corridor corner.

Neville, Hugo, and Ron searched for a secret passage so they could follow Quirrell, while Quirrell took Herman and the others to Hagrid before heading into the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid revealed that vampires had tried to kill his pet, then welcomed Harry into his hut.

• Neville, Hugo, and Ron decided to look for a secret passage near the garden after Filch blocked the castle entrance and the other doors were guarded.
• Quirrell led Herman and the others toward Hagrid's Hut without explaining his urgent trip to the Forbidden Forest.
• Hagrid told Quirrell that the Forbidden Forest had returned to normal and that Professor Malin was keeping watch.
• Quirrell left to relieve Professor Malin, asking Hagrid to escort the youngsters back to the castle.
• Hagrid told Herman that vampires had tried to kill his pet, then invited the group inside and greeted Harry warmly.

Herman and the others visited Hagrid's Hut, where Crabbe and Goyle eagerly ate Rock Cakes while Draco asked Hagrid about his absence the previous day. Hagrid hesitated before answering, leaving the group waiting to hear what he would reveal about the Forbidden Forest.

• Hagrid welcomed Herman and the others into his hut and reminisced about James visiting him years earlier.
• Draco hurried Crabbe and Goyle inside after finding them distracted by Hagrid's giant pumpkins.
• Herman noticed Draco disliked Hagrid's strong tea, while Crabbe and Goyle eagerly focused on the Rock Cakes.
• Hagrid explained that the Rock Cakes tasted better the more they chewed, and Crabbe and Goyle began eating them enthusiastically.
• Draco asked Hagrid what he had been doing the previous day and whether he knew Neville and the others had come looking for him.
• Hagrid hesitated, weighing what he could tell them about the previous night's events in the Forbidden Forest.

Herman realized that Hagrid’s new pets were the vampires Dumbledore had captured, and suspected an internal conflict had led someone to target their leader. After Harry convinced Hagrid that they already knew the truth, Hagrid agreed to tell them more.

• Harry asked Hagrid whether the vampires and werewolves in Hogsmeade were connected to what had happened.
• Hagrid said vampires and werewolves had come to the Forbidden Forest to attack his new pets, which Dumbledore had entrusted to him.
• Draco asked what the pets were, and Hagrid described them as a group of unusually large bats.
• Herman concluded that Hagrid was keeping the captured vampires and suspected someone among them wanted to kill their leader.
• Harry told Hagrid that they knew the bats were vampires and that Dumbledore had given them to him.
• Hagrid relaxed and prepared to explain the situation to Harry, Draco, and Herman.

Hagrid told Harry, Draco, and Herman that vampire elder Gori had survived an attack and was being guarded while Dumbledore was away. After Gori suggested the castle dungeons as a safe place, Herman strongly objected, and the group discussed Hogsmeade’s closure and a possible trip there.

• Hagrid explained that Gori had killed the vampire and werewolf who attacked him and claimed another vampire wanted to become king of the vampires.
• Hagrid said he, Professor Malin, and Professor Quirrell were taking turns guarding Gori until Dumbledore returned.
• Hagrid revealed that Gori had offered to be locked in the castle dungeons and promised to share the contents of a prophecy with Dumbledore.
• Herman objected to letting Gori into the castle, while Harry agreed that he should remain alive under guard until Dumbledore decided what to do.
• Harry offered to take Draco to Hogsmeade by a back route, and Hagrid said he would take them himself when they wanted to go.
• Hagrid mentioned seeing a big black dog in Hogsmeade that looked like the one James used to keep, prompting Herman to reconsider what he knew.

Herman realized Harry knew Sirius Black was hiding near Hogsmeade, then watched Fang bite Crabbe and Harry stop the bleeding with her wand. Hagrid treated Crabbe with a potion made for ordinary animal injuries, leaving Herman to recognize it as veterinary medicine.

• Herman inferred that the big black dog was Sirius Black and that Harry knew her godfather was nearby.
• Fang bit Crabbe's arm, and Goyle failed to pull the dog off him.
• Hagrid ordered Fang to release Crabbe, and Goyle fainted when blood spurted onto him.
• Harry cauterized Crabbe's wound with her wand to stop the bleeding.
• Hagrid gave Crabbe a potion made by Professor Kettleburn, and Crabbe quickly recovered.
• Herman learned the potion treated ordinary injuries in animals and concluded it was veterinary medicine.

After Crabbe and Goyle recovered from their encounter with Fang, Draco took a bag of Hagrid’s rock cakes and kept her plans secret from Herman. The group then discovered several people hiding in bushes beside the path, watching something ahead.

• Hagrid explained that Fang had attacked Crabbe and Goyle because they tried to take the bone from his pot, and the two recovered after drinking his tea.
• Draco asked Hagrid for another bag of rock cakes before leaving with Herman, Harry, Crabbe, and Goyle.
• Herman questioned Draco about the rock cakes, but she kept smiling and refused to reveal what she planned to do with them.
• Harry noticed movement in the bushes, and Herman spotted three people hiding there, including someone with messy black hair, someone with dark brown hair, and someone with red hair.

Herman discovered Neville, Ron, and Hugo returning filthy from a secret passage, which Harry identified as an old dog hole. Draco comforted Ron with a bundle of Rock Cakes, leaving Herman stunned as she opened it.

• Herman recognized Neville, Ron, and Hugo emerging from the bushes covered in dirt and asked what they had been doing.
• Hugo admitted that they had sneaked through a tunnel in the garden without a professor’s permission.
• Harry identified the passage as the dog hole Professor Kettleburn had dug, embarrassing the three students.
• Draco put an arm around Ron, comforted her, and offered her something to eat.
• Draco opened her bundle of Rock Cakes while Herman realized too late that he could not stop her.

Draco tricked Ron into taking a Rock Cake despite her missing teeth, making her cry and run off. Herman felt guilty about the prank and went after Ron, while Draco insisted she had done nothing wrong.

• Draco offered Ron a Rock Cake, then apologized for forgetting Ron had lost her teeth; Ron threw the cake down and ran away as Neville and Hugo chased after her.
• Draco laughed at Ron’s reaction while Crabbe and Goyle retrieved the Rock Cake and argued over how to divide it.
• Herman questioned whether Draco had gone too far, but Draco and Harry claimed Ron had cried because she was touched.
• Herman decided to check on Ron, thinking the prank had amounted to bullying and that he should build a good relationship with her.
• Draco called after Herman, protesting that she had not actually done anything to Ron.

Herman followed Neville and Hugo to the Black Lake, where Ron was crying after Draco’s prank, and his awkward apology helped calm her. Neville then revealed that they had followed Professor Quirrell, and Herman told them Quirrell had gone to the Forbidden Forest.

• Herman left Draco and Harry and hurried after Neville, Hugo, and Ron.
• Herman found Ron crying by the Black Lake while Neville and Hugo tried to comfort her.
• Herman awkwardly apologized for Draco’s prank, and Ron eventually calmed down.
• Neville told Herman that he, Hugo, and Ron had followed Professor Quirrell after he rushed out of the castle.
• Herman told them Professor Quirrell had gone to the Forbidden Forest, and Neville’s expression changed.

Herman covered for Neville, Hugo, and Ron when Professor Malin caught them outside the castle, claiming they were visiting Hagrid. When Malin told them to return with her, the three realized Filch might discover they had sneaked out and hurried back toward Hagrid’s Hut instead.

• Hugo and Neville suspected Quirrell was plotting something in the Forbidden Forest, while Herman kept quiet about the secret vampire elder there.
• Professor Malin arrived from the Forbidden Forest and asked Herman, Neville, Hugo, and Ron why they were outside the castle.
• Herman claimed the three had gone to see Hagrid, and Neville, Hugo, and Ron backed up his explanation.
• Malin told everyone to return to the castle, but Neville realized Filch might expose their sneaking out.
• Neville said he had left something at Hagrid’s, then pulled Hugo and Ron toward Hagrid’s Hut.

Herman asked Professor Malin for advice about the Dissilio spell, and she explained how to cast it more precisely. She agreed that he could visit her on Wednesday afternoons to ask future questions.

• Marlene briefly looked pale and uncomfortable, but continued her patrol toward the castle with Herman.
• Herman asked Marlene about his inconsistent results with Dissilio, which he had found in a library book.
• Marlene explained that Dissilio worked by guiding magic backward through an object's structure and advised Herman to study its materials and construction before casting.
• Marlene praised Herman's magical control and said that experience and observation would improve his results.
• Herman asked whether he could visit Marlene with future questions, and she suggested Wednesday afternoons.

Herman arranged to ask Professor Malin about alchemy on Wednesday, while Hogwarts grew unusually quiet amid concern about Hogsmeade. Draco took Herman to watch Slytherin Quidditch practice for Harry’s first session, but Harry had not appeared by the time the sun began to set.

• Herman agreed to meet Professor Malin on Wednesday afternoon to ask her alchemy questions, and they entered the castle together.
• The next day, the professors and students acted unusually watchful as attention turned toward Hogsmeade, while Herman continued his lessons and magical practice.
• Draco excitedly talked about Harry joining the Quidditch team and dragged Herman to the top row of the stands to watch practice.
• Draco and Herman watched the Slytherin players warm up and train, but Harry was nowhere on the pitch.
• As the afternoon wore on, Draco wondered whether Harry had stood them up again.