Recaps

Morris and Dumbledore searched the ruined Gaunt family home and found a Horcrux: a ring containing the Resurrection Stone. Dumbledore was affected by the ring’s curse, and after Morris snapped him out of it, Dumbledore asked Morris to destroy it.

• Morris and Dumbledore flew to the ruined Gaunt family home to search for a possible Horcrux.
• While searching, Dumbledore said Professor Trelawney had recently made frequent prophecies and admitted he did not know what could make her ability go out of control.
• Morris found a gold ring beneath the floor and recognized the Resurrection Stone set into it.
• Dumbledore reached for the ring, but Morris blocked him and doused him with Aguamenti after noticing the curse had affected his mind.
• Dumbledore recovered, said the ring must be destroyed, and asked Morris to do it.

Morris used a skeleton worker and a Basilisk Fang to destroy the ring while secretly enslaving Voldemort's soul fragment. He obtained the damaged Resurrection Stone from Dumbledore and left for the old Black house.

• Dumbledore gave Morris a Basilisk Fang and asked him to destroy the ring because the stone was affecting his mind.
• Morris used a skeleton worker to pierce the ring, then secretly cast the Enslavement Mark and transferred Voldemort's soul fragment into the skeleton worker.
• The ring crumbled to ash, leaving the cracked Resurrection Stone, which Morris tested but could not use to summon anyone.
• Dumbledore explained that the Resurrection Stone summoned images of the dead rather than bringing them back, and gave it to Morris to keep.
• Morris put the Resurrection Stone in his pocket, and he and Dumbledore departed for the old Black house.

Morris learned that ordinary Horcrux fragments lacked memories, unlike Tom, and wondered whether the Resurrection Stone held a power that required the other Deathly Hallows. He went to the Ministry of Magic, where Robert told him he had repaired Time-Turner No. 47 and planned to test it himself.

• Morris questioned a skeleton worker containing Voldemort's soul fragment, but it could not speak or think for itself.
• Tom explained that his own Horcrux retained memories because he had copied them into it, and said he did not know how to merge soul fragments.
• Morris considered the Resurrection Stone and suspected its full power would emerge after he found the Elder Wand and the Invisibility Cloak.
• Morris visited Phoebe at Quality Quidditch Supplies and told her he worked at the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries.
• At the Ministry, Morris met Robert, who said he had repaired Time-Turner No. 47 and would test it himself because no one else would help.

Morris tested the Ageless Stone and then performed a tier-five advancement ritual on Skeleton Number One, who gained a living-looking head and enormous magic reserves but few abilities. Morris left Guantou to teach him magic and went to prepare for the new school year.

• Morris determined that the Ageless Stone let its user enter a customizable space where time stood still, while further attempts to use the Resurrection Stone produced no images.
• Morris performed an advancement ritual on Skeleton Number One, whose body absorbed the rampaging black mist and grew the face of a young Tom Riddle before the transformation stopped.
• Skeleton Number One denied any connection to Voldemort and showed Morris his vast magic reserves, but could only make his body glow with colored light.
• Morris summoned Guantou and asked him to teach Skeleton Number One magic, then went to the living room to prepare for a trip to Diagon Alley.

Morris returned to Hogwarts, reunited with his friends, and helped Luna after Draco knocked her down on the train. After the Sorting Ceremony, Kyle served as Ravenclaw prefect and introduced Morris to the new students, while Dumbledore prepared to give his opening speech.

• Morris arrived at King's Cross and met Harry, Hermione, the Weasleys, Sirius, and Lupin on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Draco knocked Luna to the floor on the train, and Morris helped her gather her belongings.
• Morris, Fred, George, and Kyle shared a compartment, where Kyle revealed he had become a prefect and the twins showed off their Fireball Spell gloves and Ministry earnings.
• At Hogwarts, Kyle answered the new Ravenclaw students' questions and suggested they could also ask Morris for help.
• Dinner ended in the Great Hall, and Dumbledore stood to give his speech.

At the start of term, Dolores Umbridge announced that the Ministry would oversee Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, while Dumbledore reassured students about Voldemort’s return. The next morning, Morris received his timetable and prepared to attend Umbridge’s first lesson.

• Dumbledore introduced Dolores Umbridge as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, and she declared that the Ministry would ensure lessons met its standards and might send Aurors to teach.
• Dumbledore assured the students that Hogwarts would keep them safe despite Voldemort’s return.
• Kyle led the Ravenclaw students to their common room, where Morris told him the Explorers would gather the following Saturday.
• The next morning, Kyle handed Morris his timetable, and Morris saw that his first lesson was Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Morris and Kyle discussed their plans after graduation before noticing Draco Malfoy acting strangely and hearing the others speculate about his nighttime outings. At their first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, they found Professor Dolores Umbridge had posted dozens of restrictive classroom rules.

• Kyle asked Morris what he planned to do after graduation, and Morris said he wanted to research magic and travel, possibly with Kyle, to Asia.
• Draco Malfoy hurried past Kyle and Morris looking dusty, tired, and panicked, and Kyle suspected he had been out at night.
• At breakfast, Kyle told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Draco might be sneaking out, and they discussed investigating while Morris declined to join them.
• Morris and Kyle arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and saw a new nameplate bearing Professor Dolores Umbridge's name and the Ministry emblem.
• Morris and Kyle found a noticeboard listing dozens of rules for Umbridge's class, and Kyle doubted she would be a good professor.

Umbridge began teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts by assigning students to study Ministry regulations instead of practising defensive magic. After she punished Kyle for questioning the lesson, Morris decided to skip her class.

• Umbridge introduced herself and told the class that her teaching would bring stability and standardization to the course.
• Umbridge reprimanded a Ravenclaw boy for asking a question without raising his hand first.
• Umbridge asked Morris to distribute copies of the Ministry of Magic Wartime Safety Act, and Morris used silent Wandless Magic to deliver them across the classroom.
• Umbridge told students to memorize the Act and write out its Wartime Code of Conduct from memory before class ended.
• Kyle questioned why Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons covered legal provisions, and Umbridge took five points from Ravenclaw.
• Morris decided he would skip Umbridge's class from then on.

Morris visited Umbridge to ask permission to miss most upcoming Dark Magic Defence Classes and other lessons so he could focus on his Ministry research. He used a subtle mind spell to secure her approval, then encountered Draco Malfoy on the staircase.

• Morris told Kyle he did not plan to return to Umbridge's Dark Magic Defence Class.
• Morris visited Umbridge and explained that his Department of Mysteries research required him to miss most upcoming classes.
• When Umbridge refused to make an exception, Morris used a mind spell to make her view his request as reasonable.
• Umbridge approved Morris's absences on the condition that he attend spot checks and exams, earn at least good marks, and keep the arrangement secret.
• Morris left Umbridge's office and encountered Draco Malfoy hurrying up the spiral staircase.

Harry, Ron, and Morris followed Draco Malfoy to the Seventh Floor and discovered he was inside the Room of Requirement. They waited outside for him, and the hidden door finally appeared.

• Harry and Ron found Morris and asked him to help follow Draco Malfoy upstairs.
• Ron led Harry and Morris to the Seventh Floor, where Morris recognized the wall concealing the Room of Requirement.
• Morris explained the room to Harry and Ron and said Draco was likely inside.
• Harry and Ron decided to wait outside the only entrance until Draco came out, while Morris read and shared cake.
• After thirty minutes, a wooden door emerged from the wall, and Harry and Ron watched it closely.

Harry, Ron, and Morris discovered Draco Malfoy searching the Room of Requirement for something, and they began planning to learn what he wanted. Morris later set the mystery aside to attend the Explorers' gathering, where he met Kyle, Neville, and the Weasley brothers by the Black Lake.

• Draco emerged from the Room of Requirement, threatened to report Harry and Ron, and fled after Morris asked what he had been doing inside.
• Morris showed Harry and Ron how to reveal the Room of Requirement, and they found signs that Draco had searched through its stored junk.
• Harry said he had overheard Draco and another Slytherin mention Voldemort, and the three agreed to find out what Draco was looking for.
• Harry and Ron spent their spare time following Draco, while Morris searched the room alone but found nothing unusual.
• Morris, Kyle, Neville, and the Weasley brothers gathered by the Black Lake for the Explorers' gathering.

Morris brought the students to the Ship in a Bottle and introduced his Compendium of Basic Magic, a collection of spells he had invented. He demonstrated how practice could make a weak Chain Lightning spell much more powerful, then agreed to show the others.

• Morris summoned the Ship in a Bottle from the lake, and the Giant Squid splashed Neville as it slid back into the water.
• Morris showed the students that he had expanded the Ship in a Bottle's living room and added old, self-repairing training dummies.
• Morris introduced his Compendium of Basic Magic and had the students access its spells with their Mental Power.
• Fred tried Chain Lightning, producing a small ball of light that scorched a dummy only slightly.
• Morris demonstrated a stronger Chain Lightning that launched and charred a dummy, then reset it with his wand.
• Fred asked Morris to demonstrate the other spells, and Morris agreed.

Morris shared basic wandless spells with Fred, George, Neville, and Kyle, then spent two weeks researching more advanced magic. He later met Harry and Ron with Neville, who had stood up to Slytherins using his stronger magic, before Neville accidentally dropped a pot of Stinkweed.

• Morris demonstrated several basic spells and let Fred, George, Neville, and Kyle practice them.
• Fred and George learned most of the spells quickly, while Neville and Kyle continued practicing.
• Morris researched healing and control magic for two weeks but had not yet completed a spell model.
• Morris met Harry and Ron on their way to the castle, carrying Stinkweed for Professor Sprout.
• Neville arrived with a healed cut and explained that he had chased off Slytherins who had bullied him, though Professor McGonagall had punished him for using magic and fighting in the corridor.
• Neville took the Stinkweed from Ron, but dropped it, shattering the flowerpot and releasing its stench.

Morris learned that Umbridge was assessing Hogwarts and restricting Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons, then watched Fred and George demonstrate their Cooling Pear. After the twins asked whether he knew Legilimency, Morris offered to teach them.

• At dinner, Kyle told Morris that Umbridge was assessing the school for the Ministry and had prevented the Auror from teaching useful magic.
• Fred and George demonstrated their Cooling Pear to a crowd, using Ron as their tester and revealing that it made snow fall over him for a day.
• Morris asked about the pear’s price, and Fred announced that it cost two Galleons.
• After the demonstration, Fred and George took Morris to an empty classroom and asked if he knew Legilimency.
• Morris offered to teach them Legilimency.

Morris agreed to teach Fred and George Legilimency after they explained they wanted to use it for an invention and to investigate a suspicious supplier. During their first practice session, Ron arrived and asked to join, leaving the brothers curious about his reasons.

• Fred and George told Morris they wanted Legilimency for their invention and to find out whether their supplier had been bewitched or impersonated.
• Morris explained that Legilimency usually revealed only surface thoughts and agreed to begin teaching the twins the next day.
• Morris demonstrated Legilimency on Fred and George in the Charms classroom, and both experienced the spell.
• Ron stumbled into the classroom while retrieving his textbook and asked to join the lesson.
• Ron insisted that he wanted to learn Legilimency but refused to tell Fred and George why.

Morris helped the Weasleys improve their Legilimency and witnessed Umbridge assert her new authority over Hogwarts. After receiving news that Voldemort and the Death Eaters were active and Mundungus Fletcher had been attacked, Morris expanded his undead forces, bringing his tier-three skeleton workers to fifty.

• Ron joined Fred and George in practicing Legilimency, and Morris praised Ron's rapid progress.
• Morris encountered Umbridge and Professor McGonagall arguing over Umbridge's interference in Hogwarts teaching and learned she had been appointed High Inquisitor.
• Morris received a letter from Frick reporting Voldemort's renewed activity and Mundungus Fletcher's serious injuries after an attack near Knockturn Alley.
• Morris reserved Frick's batch of Fantastic Beasts' remains to strengthen his undead forces.
• Morris completed the tier-three advancement ritual for his fiftieth skeleton worker.

Morris increased the magic power available from his skeleton workers and went to seek Snape’s advice on brewing Felix Felicis. After meeting Luna Lovegood and reading a copy of The Quibbler, he found Harry collapsed in a corridor and prepared to help him.

• Morris noted that his skeleton workers provided more magic power, though their crystal-condensing efficiency had fallen, and decided his supplies could last for months.
• Morris left the Ship in a Bottle to find Snape about the final stage of his Felix Felicis potion.
• Morris met Luna Lovegood in a corridor after her shoe fell from above, and she gave him a copy of The Quibbler to read.
• Morris read the year-old magazine in the courtyard until the rain began, then headed back inside.
• Morris found Harry leaning against a wall in pain, and Harry asked him to take him to Madam Pomfrey before passing out.

Morris brought Harry to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey found that an outside force had made him sleep. After Harry woke and described seeing through Voldemort’s eyes, he drew the old man Voldemort had been speaking to, and Morris set out to identify him.

• Morris carried the unconscious Harry to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey said he was asleep because of an outside influence.
• Morris waited by Harry’s bed and played Wizard’s Chess with Guantou until Harry woke in a panic.
• Harry told Morris he had been forcibly drawn into Voldemort’s mind and had seen Voldemort speaking with an old man in a flower-filled meadow.
• Morris gave Harry a drawing board, and Harry used it to make a blurry portrait of the old man.
• Harry went to find Dumbledore, while Morris decided to search reference materials because the old man looked familiar.

Morris identified the old man Harry saw through Voldemort’s eyes as Salazar Slytherin and discussed whether Slytherin was still alive with Harry and Dumbledore. At dinner, Morris realized Ron was using Legilimency on Draco during their fight, before Professor McGonagall took them away.

• Morris recognized the portrait as Salazar Slytherin after comparing it with the statue in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Morris told Dumbledore and Harry that the old man was Slytherin, and Harry thought he had seen a living person rather than a ghost.
• Dumbledore said he would investigate and asked Morris whether he could speak Parseltongue, but Morris kept his method secret.
• Morris and Harry found Ron and Draco wrestling in the Great Hall, and Professor McGonagall ordered them to come with her.
• Morris realized Ron had been using Legilimency on Draco while Draco remained unaware.

After Ron and Draco were punished for fighting, Ron revealed that Draco had searched the Room of Requirement for a diadem and had already found one. Morris suspected the diadem might be connected to Voldemort and summoned Tom, hoping to learn more.

• Professor McGonagall took Ron and Draco away, and Fred told Morris and Harry that Malfoy had struck first.
• Hermione arrived from the library, discussed her Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, and left to look for food.
• Ron returned with thirty points deducted from each house, while Draco also received two weeks of detention.
• Ron told Harry and Morris that Draco had been looking for a diadem in the Room of Requirement and had found it.
• Morris agreed that they needed to investigate and returned to his dormitory, where he summoned Tom.

Morris learned that Voldemort had ordered Draco to retrieve Ravenclaw's Diadem from the Room of Requirement. After using Legilimency to uncover Draco's memories, Morris took him outside to confront him about the diadem.

• Tom told Morris that the diadem could be Ravenclaw's Diadem and that Voldemort might have made the Founders' relics into Horcruxes.
• Morris confronted Draco at breakfast and accused him of working for Voldemort and stealing the diadem.
• Morris used Legilimency to see Voldemort order Draco to find the diadem, and to witness Draco retrieving it from the Room of Requirement.
• Draco denied knowing anything about the diadem, but followed Morris outside after Morris ordered him to come along.

Morris confronted Draco about Ravenclaw's Diadem and learned that Draco had handed it to a hooded stranger in Hogsmeade. After wiping Draco's memory, Morris went to seek Dumbledore and encountered Professor Trelawney, whose crystal ball he repaired.

• Morris used Legilimency on Draco and demanded to know where Voldemort's Diadem was.
• Draco said he had given the Diadem to a hooded stranger in an alley behind the Three Broomsticks during last week's Hogsmeade visit.
• Morris questioned Draco about Voldemort's whereabouts, then erased Draco's memory with Obliviate after Draco threatened to report him.
• Morris set off to speak with Dumbledore and met Professor Trelawney near a revolving staircase.
• Trelawney dropped and broke her crystal ball, and Morris used Reparo to gather its fragments back together.

Morris witnessed crystal fragments form the Deathly Hallows symbol and then Ravenclaw’s Diadem, before meeting Dumbledore to report that Draco had taken the diadem from Hogwarts. Dumbledore suspected it was a Horcrux, and they were left to decide what to do next.

• Trelawney claimed the Deathly Hallows symbol offered Morris guidance, but she stumbled and crushed it before she could explain further.
• The crystal fragments reassembled into an image of Ravenclaw’s Diadem with an empty sapphire setting, though neither Morris nor Trelawney knew who had caused it.
• Morris went to Dumbledore’s office, where he waited while Dumbledore used the bathroom and greeted the newly reborn Fawkes.
• Morris told Dumbledore that Draco had taken Ravenclaw’s Diadem out of Hogwarts, leaving out details that could implicate him.
• Dumbledore said Voldemort may have made the diadem into a Horcrux and refused to use Veritaserum on a student.