Recaps

On Halloween, Morris and the Weasley Twins broke into Snape’s office and potion storeroom so Morris could take ingredients for brewing the Draught of Living Death. After their theft went smoothly, they heard a disturbance upstairs and headed back to the Great Hall.

• Morris left the Halloween feast and met Fred and George near the Potions Classroom.
• Fred and George entered Snape’s office with Morris, and Fred retrieved the key to the potion ingredient storeroom.
• Morris used the key to enter the storeroom and took two portions of the ingredients he needed.
• The three returned the key, escaped without being caught, and heard George describe a loud disturbance upstairs that sounded like a troll.
• Morris and the twins decided to return to the Great Hall for more food.

Morris encountered a troll scare at Hogwarts, then concentrated on brewing the Draught of Living Death and successfully filled five vials. He left for his afternoon Potions Class, postponing his experiment with the Gate of Two Realms until evening.

• Morris, Fred, and George heard voices in the girls' bathroom, where Hermione, Ron, and Harry hurried out before Fred was caught by Professor McGonagall.
• George fled with Morris, leaving Fred behind; Morris later learned Fred had lost five points after a troll escaped into the dungeons.
• Morris studied the Draught of Living Death recipe during History of Magic and returned to his dormitory to brew it.
• Morris successfully made the potion and poured it into five small crystal vials.
• Morris realized he was nearly late for Potions Class and put off his Gate of Two Realms experiment until that evening.

Morris was caught taking ingredients from the storeroom to brew a Draught of Living Death, and Snape ordered him to demonstrate his skill before deciding on a punishment. The chapter ended with Morris preparing to brew the potion under Snape’s supervision, with two attempts allowed.

• In Potions class, Snape deducted points from Gryffindor for Ron and Harry talking, then awarded Ravenclaw five points for Morris’s nearly perfect Swelling Solution.
• Snape asked Morris to stay after class and questioned him about the Draught of Living Death, which he identified by its lingering smell.
• Morris apologized, but Snape left the office and returned with a bag of ingredients after discovering that several sets were missing from the storeroom.
• Morris admitted taking the ingredients because he was curious about the potion and apologized again.
• Snape ordered Morris to brew a Draught of Living Death in front of him, giving him two attempts and making the result relevant to his punishment.

Morris improved his Draught of Living Death recipe under Snape’s supervision, then used the potion in an attempt to activate the Gate of Two Realms. The attempt failed, leaving Morris convinced the potion needed a crucial ingredient, so he went to seek Snape’s advice.

• Morris prepared Sopophorous Beans by crushing them and squeezing out their juice, and Snape judged his Draught of Living Death barely passable.
• Snape deducted thirty points from Ravenclaw and barred Morris from entering the potion storeroom without permission, then allowed him to take the potion.
• Morris divided the potion into containers and drew a magic circle for the Gate of Two Realms in his dormitory.
• Morris drank a small amount of the potion and woke an hour and a half later with the magic circle unchanged.
• Morris concluded that the Draught of Living Death lacked something essential and headed to the Potions Classroom to ask Snape for a clue.

Morris learned from Snape that ashes from someone who died hoping to live could turn the Draught of Living Death into a potion that let its drinker experience death. He drank the altered potion in his dormitory and awoke in a mist-filled version of the room, where the clock had stopped at 9:40:52.

• Morris visited Snape at night and asked whether the Draught of Living Death was incomplete.
• Snape revealed that the missing ingredient was seven milligrams of ashes from someone who died hoping to live, which transformed the potion into a Death Experience Potion.
• Morris took the ashes, measured them into his potion, and drank it inside a magic circle while Guantou watched.
• Morris awoke in his unchanged dormitory after the magic circle had vanished, but Guantou was gone and the clock had stopped at 9:40:52.

Morris entered the world between life and death through the Gate of Two Realms, explored an empty Hogwarts surrounded by desert, and returned to his dormitory when the potion wore off. The next day, after learning the Energy Gathering spell but failing to hold the gathered magic power, he prepared to enter the strange world again.

• Morris found Ravenclaw Common Room and Hogwarts empty, with an endless pale desert surrounding the castle, and confirmed that he had entered the gap between life and death.
• Morris explored the desert, tested that his magic still worked, and spotted a wooden cabin before the Draught of Living Death wore off and returned him to his dormitory.
• Guantou told Morris that he had suddenly disappeared, and Morris concluded that he had physically entered a real space between worlds.
• Morris woke the next day and discovered the Energy Gathering spell on the Book of the Mage’s last page.
• Morris learned Energy Gathering and tried to gather magic power, but the glow dissipated each time.
• Morris returned to the magic circle, told Guantou and Yanhua to watch the room, and drank the Draught of Living Death to enter the Gate of Two Realms again.

Morris explored the Gap, gathered energy into crystals, and broke into a protected wooden house, where he found a photograph of an unknown blond man. Two weeks later, as Hogwarts’ Quidditch season began, he learned that Fred and George were playing in the upcoming match.

• Morris used Energy Gathering to condense the Gap’s mist into a pearl-white bead and named it a Gap Energy Crystal.
• Morris found a symbol carved beside the wooden house’s door, broke in with the Bone Summoning Spell, and discovered a photograph of a young blond man.
• Morris explored the seemingly endless desert for several days, collected a bag of Gap Energy Crystals, and failed to identify the symbol or the man in the photograph.
• At breakfast on November sixteenth, Morris offered Fred and George a Draught of Living Death when they said they were tired before the Quidditch match.
• Morris asked where Fred and George would be playing, and the twins realized he did not know they were on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team.

Morris arrived at the Quidditch match, clashed with Draco Malfoy in the Slytherin stands, and then joined Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe among the Ravenclaws. The Gryffindor–Slytherin match began as Morris learned Ravenclaw was missing its injured Seeker.

• Morris arrived early at the Quidditch Pitch and accidentally sat among the Slytherin spectators.
• Draco Malfoy demanded that Morris leave, snatched his Potions book, and mocked him with Crabbe and Goyle.
• Morris summoned his book with Accio, causing Draco to fall, then left without reacting to the jeers.
• Draco told Crabbe and Goyle to follow him after the match so they could teach Morris a lesson.
• Morris joined Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe, learned Ravenclaw's Seeker was injured, and watched the Gryffindor–Slytherin match begin.

Morris watched Harry Potter win the Quidditch match after mistaking Harry’s uncontrolled broom ride for a clever tactic. On his way back to the castle, Morris encountered Draco Malfoy, who blocked his path and demanded an apology for an incident Morris did not understand.

• Morris watched the Quidditch match with Cho Chang and Marietta, struggling to follow the action without binoculars.
• Harry Potter spun wildly on his broom for several minutes, then dived and caught the Golden Snitch, winning the match for Gryffindor.
• Morris assumed Harry’s apparent loss of control had been a deliberate tactic, while Cho Chang remained puzzled by what had happened.
• After the match, Morris returned toward the castle alone and found his undead owl Yanhua carrying his undead cat Guantou through the air.
• Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle blocked Morris’s way, and Draco demanded an apology for something Morris did not understand.

Morris used a Bone Summoning Spell to trap Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle in bone cages after they tried to attack him. He left them behind and headed toward Ravenclaw Tower, where Prefect Robert Hilliard suddenly stopped him.

• Draco ordered Crabbe and Goyle to restrain Morris, confident that three against one would let them overpower him.
• Morris tricked Crabbe and Goyle with a false warning, then summoned bone spikes and a bone lid to cage them.
• Morris trapped Draco in a smaller bone cage and left the three boys, telling Draco to try the Blasting Curse to escape.
• Morris walked away, expecting the cages to disappear after a few minutes and the Dungbomb he had placed inside to go off.
• As Morris headed toward Ravenclaw Tower, Robert Hilliard reached out and put a hand on his shoulder.

Prefect Robert warned Morris that Slytherins, especially Draco Malfoy, held grudges, while Morris remained ready to deal with any retaliation. In December, Morris joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the library, where they were searching for Nicolas Flamel, and asked them to help identify a blond man in a photograph.

• Robert praised Morris for standing up to the Slytherins and advised him to be wary of Draco Malfoy and his family's influence.
• Morris agreed to fight back if the Slytherins bothered him again, and Robert offered to help before leaving for the library.
• In the days that followed, Draco avoided Morris instead of retaliating, and December arrived.
• Morris found Harry, Ron, and Hermione searching library books for Nicolas Flamel and agreed to watch for the name.
• Morris showed them a photograph of a young blond man from the gap world and asked them to look for a matching image.

Morris tested an eye-strain potion on himself, then discovered an undead advancement ritual in the Book of the Mage. He drew its huge magic circle in a clearing near the Forbidden Forest and prepared to begin experimenting.

• Morris offered Hermione his eye drops, then tested them himself and briefly made his eyes glow green.
• Morris and Hermione compared the spells they had learned and quietly began competing to study harder.
• After returning to his dormitory, Morris found instructions for an Undead Creature Advancement Ritual in the Book of the Mage.
• Morris brought his Gap Energy Crystals to a secluded clearing near the Forbidden Forest and drew the ritual’s fifteen-meter magic circle.

Morris performed an advancement ritual on a skeletal dog, which gained the ability to fire explosive bone spikes. He classified it as a second-tier undead creature, but the ritual depleted most of his supplies, leaving him needing money and more Draught of Living Death.

• Morris used a skeletal dog for the ritual rather than risk Guantou or Yanhua, and fed Gap Energy Crystals into the magic circle.
• A violent blast filled the circle, and Morris watched the grayish-black mist enter the skeletal dog until the ritual ended.
• The advanced skeletal dog showed Morris its new ability by firing explosive bone spikes into a tree, and Morris tested the power and range of the blasts.
• Morris called the skeletal dog a second-tier undead creature and considered Guantou and Yanhua first-tier creatures.
• Morris noticed that he had nearly run out of Gap Energy Crystals and Draught of Living Death, and decided he needed to buy the potion or its ingredients.

Morris met Dumbledore after performing a magical experiment in a secluded spot and accidentally summoned a photograph onto the headmaster’s face. Dumbledore recognized the handsome man in the picture as Gellert Grindelwald, another Dark Lord, leaving Morris startled by the revelation.

• Morris stored the skeletal dog in his backpack, then encountered Dumbledore, who had arrived to investigate magical activity.
• Morris told Dumbledore he had been conducting a magical experiment, and Dumbledore warned him to be careful with unfamiliar spells.
• Morris realized his photograph was missing and used the Summoning Charm, accidentally smacking it into Dumbledore’s face.
• Dumbledore examined the photograph gravely and asked Morris where he had found it.
• Morris claimed he had found the photograph in a secondhand book, and Dumbledore identified the man as Gellert Grindelwald, another Dark Lord.

Morris learned that Gellert Grindelwald was imprisoned in Nurmengard and hoped to seek his knowledge of the Gap World once he was capable. Short on money and supplies for his research, he asked the Weasley Twins for ways to earn Galleons but found they could not help him afford the potion ingredients he wanted.

• Dumbledore refused to answer Morris’s questions about the photograph, so Morris looked up Gellert Grindelwald in a book and learned that he was a Dark wizard imprisoned in Nurmengard.
• Morris decided that Grindelwald might know about the Gap World, but recognized that finding and visiting him was beyond his current abilities.
• Guantou and Yanhua returned to the dormitory and played with Morris’s second-tier skeletal dog, which did not resist them.
• Morris declined Professor McGonagall’s offer to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas and planned to try his luck in Diagon Alley with his savings and the money she gave him.
• Morris asked Fred and George Weasley how to earn Galleons, but they said they could not raise the over a hundred Galleons he needed for potion ingredients.

Morris returned to London for the Christmas holidays, reunited with Harold Green, and learned that his former roommate Scott had moved away. He began preparing holiday gifts, including a special idea for Professor Snape.

• Morris left Hogwarts on the Christmas train and met Harold Green at King's Cross, who drove him to the orphanage.
• On the drive, Morris told Harold about magic and Hogwarts while explaining that he could not use magic around ordinary people.
• Morris learned that Scott had moved to a neighboring city and found his old room mostly empty.
• Morris planned to give the Weasley Twins homemade green-glowing eye drops and to buy cards and sweets for other acquaintances.
• Morris decided to prepare a gift for Professor Snape and considered giving him shampoo.

Morris traveled to Diagon Alley by Knight Bus and entered Knockturn Alley in disguise. He headed toward 21 Knockturn Alley to find Ezra Frick, who had sold him his skeletal dog.

• Morris took the Knight Bus to the Leaky Cauldron and rested before setting out for Diagon Alley.
• Morris opened the entrance to Diagon Alley after discovering that someone had moved the dustbin, then bought a map from a second-hand shop.
• Morris used the map to find Knockturn Alley and entered while disguised, carrying his skeletal dog to deter anyone with ill intent.
• Morris checked the address for Ezra Frick and made his way toward the basement at 21 Knockturn Alley.

Morris visited Frick's Bones and General Store to complain that the Crup skeleton he had bought was missing a toe and to demand a replacement or refund. As he and Ezra Frick discussed the animated skeleton dog, Madam Caroline returned to the shop and mistook it for merchandise.

• Morris found Frick's Bones and General Store and explored its shelves of skeletons and sundries.
• Morris met Ezra Frick and explained that the Crup skeleton he bought for thirty Galleons was missing a toe.
• Morris showed Frick the gap in the skeletal dog's right forepaw and said it had become an undead creature.
• Morris demanded that Frick find and replace the missing toe or refund his thirty Galleons.
• Madam Caroline returned for a bottle of Skele-Gro, saw the skeletal dog, and asked Frick how much it cost.

Morris negotiated a 250-Galleon order with Madam Caroline for a skeleton dog, then asked Frick for a complete Crup skeleton to prepare it. Frick agreed to sell him one on credit after confirming Morris was eleven, but kept Morris’s bone dog as collateral and a guard dog.

• Madam Caroline offered Morris 200 Galleons for his bone dog, but he refused to sell it and instead arranged to provide her with another skeleton dog.
• Morris and Madam Caroline settled on a price of 250 Galleons, with the exchange scheduled for two days later.
• After Madam Caroline left in a silver carriage pulled by Thestrals, Frick told Morris she was the famous lead dancer of the Skeleton Dance Troupe and accused him of trying to win her affection.
• Morris asked Frick to sell him a complete Crup skeleton, and Frick accused him of planning to turn it into a skeleton dog for Madam Caroline.
• Frick used a health-checking device to confirm Morris was eleven, then agreed to sell him a skeleton on credit and kept the bone dog as collateral.

Morris visited Ezra Frick’s shop in Knockturn Alley, where debt collector Krenk arrived and provoked a confrontation. After Krenk threatened Morris and Frick’s spell was deflected, Morris challenged Krenk and cast a Bone Summoning Spell.

• Morris reminded Frick to eat his meals on time and was about to leave when Krenk and two accomplices barged into the shop.
• Krenk demanded that Frick repay a debt, and the two men traded insults while their accomplices drew their wands.
• Krenk mistook Morris for Frick’s son and threatened him, but Frick warned Krenk that Morris was his customer.
• Frick fired a Stunning Spell at Krenk when Krenk reached for Morris, but Krenk blocked it with Protego, and the spell shattered a jar of green liquid.
• Morris questioned Krenk about threatening him, declared that Krenk disgusted him, and cast a Bone Summoning Spell.

Morris used bone spikes to stop Krenk and his two men from threatening Frick, then helped Frick deal with them. After Frick said the skeleton Morris wanted had been stolen, Morris proposed a partnership selling skeletal dogs.

• Morris summoned three bone spikes that pinned Krenk and his two men in place, and Frick stunned them.
• Frick explained that Krenk's group had demanded an extra two thousand Galleons after he repaid a loan, and that they had threatened his family.
• Frick cast Memory Charms on the three men, put them in a bag, and took them away from the shop.
• Morris asked Frick to sell him the human skeleton he had wanted, but Frick said it had been stolen from his storeroom.
• Morris proposed a partnership and asked whether there would be a market for the skeletal dog nearby.

Morris struck a deal with Frick to make and sell first-tier Skeleton Dogs, then rented a room at the Leaky Cauldron to transform Crup skeletons. Two days later, Madam Caroline bought one of the finished Skeleton Dogs, though Morris remained faintly connected to it as its original master.

• Frick agreed to provide Crup skeletons while Morris made Skeleton Dogs, with the two splitting the profits evenly.
• Morris disguised his face with a bone mask, rented a room from Old Tom, and began transforming the skeletons.
• Morris transformed two Crup skeletons before stopping to conserve his magic reserves.
• Two days later, Madam Caroline chose a Skeleton Dog at Frick's shop and paid for it.
• Morris told the Skeleton Dog to serve Madam Caroline, while sensing that his original bond with it had not fully disappeared.

Morris sold a skeletal dog, used the Galleons to buy costly Potions ingredients, and learned from Frick about Knockturn Alley's corrupt administrators. The chapter ended when a black-robed customer entered Frick's shop and Morris concealed his identity with a bone mask.

• Frick tried to give Madam Caroline another skeletal dog, but she politely refused and left with the one she had bought.
• Morris questioned Frick about courting Madam Caroline, then left while Frick launched into a story about their first meeting.
• Morris spent most of his Galleons on Potions ingredients and returned to the Leaky Cauldron frustrated by how expensive they were.
• Frick told Morris that a customer had ordered a skeletal dog to make soup and described Knockturn Alley's shops, administrators, and their ties to Ministry officials.
• Frick warned Morris to avoid the dangerous administrators, and Morris insisted he only wanted to run a small business.
• A black-robed figure entered the shop, so Morris formed a bone mask to hide his identity.

Morris recognized a garlic-scented customer as Quirrell after he tried to buy processed Nyx Krait venom, then encountered Snape at Frick’s shop in Knockturn Alley. Snape warned Morris to stay inside the shop and privately asked Frick to look after him, leaving Morris curious about Snape’s concern.

• Morris recognized the black-robed customer as Quirrell by his garlic smell and learned that processed Nyx Krait venom was a valuable medicinal ingredient said to extend a wizard’s lifespan.
• Snape arrived at Frick’s shop wearing a silver mask, recognized Morris, and learned that he was working there over the Christmas holidays.
• Snape warned Morris that Knockturn Alley was dangerous and told him to remain inside the shop.
• Frick told Morris that Snape was a regular customer and a capable figure with protection from someone influential.
• Frick revealed that Snape had specifically asked him to take good care of Morris, and Morris said his Potions grades were good.

Morris explored Diagon Alley, spent Christmas with Harold, and used the Floo Network to travel to the Three Broomsticks. After meeting the Weasley twins and touring Hogsmeade with them, he returned to the pub and spotted several Hogwarts professors.

• Morris bought books in Diagon Alley, including Gilderoy Lockhart’s expensive autobiography, and turned a useless Sneakoscope into a toy for the skeleton dog.
• Morris spent Christmas with Harold and returned to the Leaky Cauldron the next morning to travel by Floo Powder.
• Morris arrived at the Three Broomsticks, ordered Butterbeer, and ran into Fred and George, who had sneaked out of Hogwarts.
• Morris agreed to visit Zonko’s Joke Shop with the twins and discussed whether his eye drops could be sold.
• Morris toured Hogsmeade with Fred and George, then returned to the Three Broomsticks and saw several Hogwarts professors in the main room.