Recaps

Morris and Draco entered the Chamber of Secrets, where Tom Riddle revealed that he was Lord Voldemort and tried to recruit Morris. Morris rejected him and asked to see the basilisk, leaving Tom to respond.

• Morris and Draco entered the vast chamber and stopped before a statue of Salazar Slytherin.
• Tom appeared and asked Morris whether he knew who he was, and Morris identified him as Voldemort, the wizard who had started the war.
• Tom revealed the names Tom Marvolo Riddle and Lord Voldemort, frightening Draco but failing to alarm Morris.
• Tom praised Morris's intelligence and ambition and offered to guide him, but Morris refused and explained that he pursued power and knowledge for their own sake.
• Morris told Tom he disliked his methods and asked him to show the basilisk.

Morris refused Tom’s offer and battled the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, using curses and summoned bone spikes to blind it. The wounded Basilisk still struck Morris hard enough to knock him from the shadows, while Draco fainted after seeing the monster.

• Tom threatened Morris and Draco, then used Parseltongue to release the Basilisk from Slytherin’s statue.
• Morris told Draco to close his eyes and hide, then used Shadow Concealment to avoid the Basilisk’s gaze.
• Morris struck the Basilisk with three curses, but saw that it was adapting to them.
• Morris summoned bone spikes that pierced both of the Basilisk’s eyes, enraging and disorienting it.
• The Basilisk lunged at Morris and disrupted his Shadow Concealment, but his bone armor softened the impact when it knocked him into a pillar.
• Draco opened his eyes, saw Morris and the Basilisk, and fainted.

Morris defeated Tom Riddle’s Basilisk with his Bone Dragon and revealed his plan to use an Enslavement Mark on Tom’s soul fragment. The chapter ended as Morris prepared to bind Tom to his will.

• Morris summoned his Bone Dragon, which battered the Basilisk to death while Tom watched in disbelief.
• Tom accepted that Morris had won and asked him to destroy his soul rather than let him suffer.
• Morris picked up Tom’s black notebook and identified it as a vessel containing a fragment of Tom’s soul.
• Morris explained that he would stamp Tom’s unprotected soul fragment with an Enslavement Mark so it would obey him.

Morris used the Enslavement Mark to bind Tom Riddle, whose soul fragment was in the diary, and moved him into the Skeleton Wolf when the Horcrux began to collapse. After learning how Tom had controlled Ginny Weasley and attacked Hogwarts, Morris stored the Skeleton Wolf and turned his attention to the Basilisk and the waking Malfoy.

• Morris marked Tom Riddle’s soul with the Enslavement Mark, making Tom submit to him.
• Tom explained that the diary was his Horcrux and that the vessel was rejecting him, so Morris transferred him into the Skeleton Wolf.
• Tom told Morris how he had controlled Ginny Weasley, drained her life and magic, and used the Basilisk to attack the castle.
• Morris sent Tom back into the containment circle and tried unsuccessfully to shrink the Basilisk’s corpse.
• Malfoy groaned as he began to wake, and Morris went over to him.

Morris returned from the Chamber of Secrets with Draco and tried to open its entrance by learning the language of snakes. Dumbledore found him outside the girls' bathroom after discovering Lockhart unconscious in a corridor.

• Draco woke beside the mangled Basilisk, and Morris warned him that Voldemort might remember him as an enemy before leading him out of the Chamber.
• Morris used Shadow Concealment to carry Draco up the pipe and told him to keep their adventure secret.
• Morris asked Tom to teach him the language of snakes, but his practice failed to open the passage and Moaning Myrtle drove him from the bathroom.
• Dumbledore found Morris outside the girls' bathroom and explained that he had come after seeing Lockhart unconscious in a corridor.

Morris told Dumbledore that he had defeated the Basilisk and destroyed Voldemort’s diary Horcrux, then learned from Tom how Horcruxes were made and why Voldemort had chosen them. The next morning, Morris headed toward the Chamber of Secrets to deal with the Basilisk’s corpse, but Fawkes appeared and asked him to grab his tail.

• Morris told Dumbledore about the Basilisk and handed over Voldemort’s destroyed diary, explaining that Tom Riddle had lured him into the Chamber of Secrets.
• Dumbledore assured Morris that he would check on Ginny Weasley, while Morris returned to his dormitory and fell asleep.
• The next morning, Morris summoned Tom and learned about Horcruxes, including their creation, dangers, and lasting effects on the soul.
• Morris rejected the idea of making a Horcrux despite wanting a long life, then set off to deal with the Basilisk’s corpse.
• Fawkes appeared on the staircase and prompted Morris to grab his tail, pecking him as he accidentally pulled out a feather.

Morris learned that Parseltongue required him to use his magic, then began repairing the Basilisk’s corpse in the Chamber of Secrets during the Easter holidays. In late April, Hagrid returned from Azkaban, and Morris was summoned to meet Minister Fudge and Lucius Malfoy at Hagrid’s hut.

• Dumbledore told Morris he had entered the Chamber by speaking Parseltongue and explained that Morris’s hissing had failed because he had not used his magic.
• Dumbledore took one Basilisk fang as evidence to help free Hagrid and gave Morris the rest of the Basilisk’s corpse.
• Morris used his magic to open the Chamber of Secrets and spent the Easter holidays trying to repair the Basilisk’s body.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Morris from Charms class and told him that Hagrid had returned from Azkaban.
• Morris arrived at Hagrid’s hut, where Fudge praised him for helping resolve the Heir incident and Lucius Malfoy watched him with a condescending smile.

Morris defended his account of defeating the Basilisk and revealed that Draco Malfoy had supposedly fought alongside him, while hinting that the Malfoy family had owned the diary. Lucius left to confront Draco, and Morris learned about Azkaban as Dumbledore discussed evidence against Lockhart with Fudge.

• Fudge questioned Morris about defeating the monster, but Morris refused to reveal the details, and Lucius Malfoy challenged his account.
• Dumbledore told Lucius that he was under investigation, and Morris explained how Voldemort's diary had controlled Ginny Weasley and released the Basilisk.
• Morris claimed that Draco Malfoy had entered the Chamber of Secrets and helped defeat the Basilisk and Voldemort, then suggested the diary had belonged to the Malfoy family.
• Lucius left to question Draco after Dumbledore warned him to stop spreading Voldemort's possessions, and Hagrid thanked Morris for helping him.
• Morris asked Hagrid about Azkaban while Dumbledore spoke with Fudge about Lockhart and evidence.

Morris confirmed to Harry and Ron that he had defeated the Heir of Slytherin and the monster in the Chamber of Secrets, then explained what had happened to Ginny. Later, Professor McGonagall discussed elective choices with Morris and Hermione, and Morris proposed dropping core classes because he had already reached fifth-year level in most subjects.

• An official notice said the attacker had been stopped, and Professor Snape revived the petrified students with a mandrake potion.
• Harry and Ron asked Morris if he had found the Heir of Slytherin, and Morris confirmed he had killed the monster in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Ron told Morris that Ginny remained in the Hospital Wing, and Morris explained the events that had drained her life force.
• Professor McGonagall told Morris and Hermione that they had both selected every elective and asked how they would fit the classes into their schedules.
• Morris suggested dropping some core classes because he had reached at least fifth-year level in them, and Professor McGonagall said she would speak with Snape about his advanced Potions exam.

Professor McGonagall explained how Time-Turners would let Hermione and Morris attend classes that clashed, then arranged for Morris to take the Ministry’s safety test. The test turned into an unexpected recruitment pitch from Vaughn Hardy, which Morris declined before Hardy began the Time-Turner training.

• Professor McGonagall showed Hermione and Morris a Time-Turner and explained that each turn of its hourglass sent the user back one hour.
• Two days later, Professor McGonagall brought Morris to a fourth-floor classroom to meet Vaughn Hardy from the Ministry’s Department of Mysteries.
• Hardy asked Morris to consider joining the Department as an Unspeakable and presented him with a letter of intent to sign after graduation.
• Morris declined the offer, though he said he might visit the Department of Mysteries sometime.
• Hardy accepted Morris’s decision, took out Morris’s Time-Turner, and prepared to begin the safety test.

Morris tried to use Hardy’s Time-Turner, but it exploded, and Hardy claimed time itself rejected him. After Professor McGonagall helped him seek permission to skip his core classes, Morris won approval to attend only his electives, provided he ranked first in his year.

• Hardy lent Morris a Time-Turner, but it exploded after Morris turned it several times.
• Hardy said Morris was innately unsuited to using a Time-Turner and took the broken device away to report the incident to the Ministry.
• Morris refused Hardy’s invitation to join the Department of Mysteries and told Professor McGonagall that the Time-Turner would not work for him.
• Morris asked McGonagall to remove all his classes except his electives so he could study independently.
• McGonagall required approval from the headmaster and Morris’s professors, along with first place in his year on every exam.
• Morris gained permission to skip all core classes after the headmaster and professors agreed.

Morris demonstrated his Shadow Concealment Stone to Fred and George Weasley and discussed selling his different models. He left the conversation with the twins as potential partners to handle sales and promotion.

• Morris showed George how to activate the Shadow Concealment Stone, which let him enter the shadows until he loosened his grip and was ejected.
• Fred tried the stone and praised its effects, and Morris asked the twins whether students would buy it.
• Morris revealed ten stones with different features and explained that he planned to release new versions over time to encourage customers to upgrade.
• Morris asked Fred and George to help sell the stones, and they spent a long time discussing sales strategies.

Morris mastered Fixed-Point Teleportation and began planning a secret base, then finished rebuilding the Basilisk as an undead creature in the Chamber of Secrets. After Guantou was accidentally flung into a weakened wall, Morris noticed the impact had dented and cracked the ancient stone.

• Morris agreed to a fifty-fifty profit split with the Weasley brothers for selling Shadow Concealment Stones.
• Morris learned Fixed-Point Teleportation, marked a destination with a magic circle, and successfully teleported between his dormitory and the common room despite Hogwarts' Anti-Apparition Jinx.
• Morris decided to prepare a secret base during the summer holiday.
• Morris finished repairing the Basilisk and turned it into an undead creature with soul-fire eyes, patched skin, and steel-like fangs.
• Guantou climbed onto the Basilisk's head, lost its footing, and was accidentally flung into a Chamber of Secrets wall.
• Morris saw that the impact had dented and cracked the wall, whose stone had grown fragile over time.

Morris discovered a hidden classroom and Slytherin’s private office beneath the Chamber of Secrets, then removed the office’s books and scrolls to study them. Slytherin’s notes suggested the other Hogwarts Founders had also left secret legacies, prompting Morris to wonder what they had hidden.

• Morris blasted open a concealed wall and found a passage leading to an underground classroom.
• Tom identified the room as a likely place where Salazar Slytherin secretly taught Dark Magic, then revealed a hidden door with Parseltongue.
• Morris explored Slytherin’s office and found shelves of manuscripts, books, and scrolls that Tom could not yet decipher.
• Morris packed up the office’s contents and spent the following days studying Slytherin’s writings, much of which concerned Dark Magic and the other Founders.
• Morris read a note implying that Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff had also left behind secret legacies.

Morris studied Salazar Slytherin’s Legilimency research and decided to practice on Lockhart. After repeatedly invading Lockhart’s mind and erasing his memories, Morris mastered the skill and learned the extent of Lockhart’s stolen adventures, leaving him eager to practice again before Lockhart was sent to Azkaban.

• Morris found detailed instructions on Legilimency in Salazar Slytherin’s manuscript and decided to use Lockhart as a practice subject.
• Morris followed Lockhart to his office, where he found the professor packing to leave Hogwarts.
• Morris invaded Lockhart’s mind, scrambling his memories and frightening him as he tried to escape.
• Morris blocked the office door and cast Obliviate on Lockhart after the man offered him money or fame.
• Morris repeatedly practiced Legilimency on Lockhart, eventually learning to read his thoughts silently and discovering how many adventures Lockhart had stolen.
• Morris remembered that Dumbledore and Fudge had discussed Lockhart and decided to keep practicing before Lockhart was taken to Azkaban.

As final exams ended, Morris encountered Hermione Granger rushing for help after Gilderoy Lockhart collapsed during a severe headache. Lockhart awoke with his buried memories and emotions overwhelming him, then silently walked away from his office.

• Morris completed his exams confidently, while Snape gave him a Potions paper intended for older students.
• Lockhart learned that someone in the Ministry of Magic was secretly investigating him and suffered another sudden headache.
• Hermione Granger visited Lockhart to ask about exam answers, but he could not answer her questions.
• Lockhart collapsed after a powerful headache, and Hermione ran into Morris and brought him to the office.
• Lockhart awoke as memories and emotions from his past resurfaced, then left without speaking to Hermione or Morris.

Morris learned that Lockhart had turned himself in for plagiarizing his books and erasing witnesses’ memories, then discussed the dangerous history of Hogwarts’ Defence Against the Dark Arts professors and his summer plans. Ravenclaw won the House Cup, and Dumbledore asked Morris to stay behind after the feast.

• Morris told Hermione that Lockhart had gone to repent, while privately recognizing that his Legilimency practice had left Lockhart overwhelmed by guilt and self-loathing.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Gilderoy Lockhart had turned himself in and confessed to plagiarism and repeatedly using memory magic to hide the truth.
• Morris and Kyle heard an older Ravenclaw student recount the grim fates of earlier Defence Against the Dark Arts professors, then discussed their plans for the summer holidays.
• Dumbledore announced that Ravenclaw had won the House Cup, and Morris joined the feast before heading back toward his common room.
• Dumbledore called Morris back as he was leaving the Great Hall.

Morris admitted to Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall that he had used Legilimency on Lockhart, then left for Hogsmeade Station and proposed forming an organization to explore the universe. He and the Weasley Twins agreed they needed partners and funding, but Morris could not invest in their planned shop yet.

• Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall questioned Morris about Lockhart's damaged mind, and Morris admitted he had used Legilimency on him.
• Professor McGonagall reprimanded Morris for using the dangerous spell without reporting his suspicions, while Morris reminded Dumbledore that he had once used Legilimency on him.
• After Morris left, Professor McGonagall confronted Dumbledore about his earlier use of Legilimency on Morris.
• At Hogsmeade Station, Morris told Fred and George he wanted to found an organization devoted to exploring the universe, and the twins agreed to join.
• Fred and George told Morris they planned to open Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes and asked him to invest, but he said he did not have enough money.

Morris welcomed Neville into the Explorers and returned to Knockturn Alley, where he received ship designs for a ship-shaped base. In August, Harry boarded the Knight Bus after accidentally inflating Aunt Marge and ran into Morris on his way to Diagon Alley.

• Morris invited Neville to join the Explorers, and Neville accepted because he trusted Morris.
• Morris returned to Frick's shop and received a collection of ship design drawings from Mundungus Fletcher to use as references for his planned base.
• Morris stayed at the shop for the summer, and more than a month passed before August arrived.
• After Harry accidentally turned Aunt Marge into a human-shaped balloon, he boarded the Knight Bus to Diagon Alley.
• Morris boarded the Knight Bus and sat beside Harry, who explained what had happened and why Dumbledore required him to spend part of each year with the Dursleys.

Harry and Morris rode the Knight Bus, where Morris tested how frightened people were of Voldemort’s name and learned that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban. At the Leaky Cauldron, Harry worried about being punished for using magic, then met Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge, who greeted both boys.

• Harry explained to Morris that he had used Neville’s name, and Morris suggested serving chilled cola on the Knight Bus.
• Stan recognized the surname Black and showed Morris and Harry a newspaper report about Sirius Black’s escape from Azkaban.
• Harry said Voldemort’s name, and Morris repeatedly tested Stan by saying it until Stan fled back to the driver’s compartment.
• Morris reassured Harry that the Ministry would not punish him because he was Harry Potter, though Harry said he did not want to be the Chosen One.
• At the Leaky Cauldron, Cornelius Fudge greeted Harry and Morris, leaving Harry anxious that the Ministry knew he had used magic.

Fudge arranged for Harry to stay at the Leaky Cauldron for the rest of the summer, while Morris questioned him about the mysterious Department of Mysteries and its Unspeakables. More than a week later, Morris eagerly invited Harry to come see a treasure.

• Fudge told Harry he would not be punished and arranged for him to stay in Diagon Alley at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Morris asked Fudge about the Unspeakables after revealing that Mr. Vaughn had invited him to join them after graduation.
• Fudge admitted he knew little about the Department of Mysteries and advised Morris to seek a more promising Ministry position.
• After Fudge left, Harry learned that Morris had only received an invitation and settled into his new life in Diagon Alley.
• More than a week later, Morris greeted Harry with unusual excitement and asked him to come see a treasure.

Morris took Harry to a deserted island and revealed the flying ship in a bottle he had built over the summer. After taking Harry aboard and lifting off, Morris offered to take him anywhere on Earth, leaving Harry to decide where to go.

• Morris Apparated with Harry to an unnamed deserted island, despite Harry's concern that Fudge had forbidden him to leave Diagon Alley.
• Morris summoned a large glass bottle from a lake and showed Harry the sailing ship inside it, his newly built base.
• Morris revealed a doorway in the bottle and led Harry aboard the ship.
• Morris launched the ship in the bottle into the sky, taking Harry ten thousand meters above the ground.
• Morris asked Harry where he wanted to go, and Harry began to consider his options.

Morris took Harry to visit the Weasleys at The Burrow aboard his magically expanded bottled ship, which was powered by a Bone Dragon. The Weasley family toured the ship and learned it would serve as the Explorers' base.

• Harry suggested visiting Ron, and Morris agreed to take him to The Burrow using the map Fred and George had given him.
• Morris flew the bottled ship to the Weasleys' home, using his Bone Dragon to tow it and a spell to hide it from Muggles.
• Morris showed Harry the ship's spacious sitting room and explained that he had expanded the cabin with magic.
• Fred, George, and Arthur greeted Morris and eagerly accepted his offer to tour the ship while Harry ran off to find Ron.
• The Weasley family gathered aboard the ship, and Morris told Fred that he planned to make it the Explorers' base.

Morris visited the Burrow for lunch with the Weasley family, where he shared boat designs with Arthur and learned about the Weasley family clock. He reassured Molly and Arthur that Professor Dumbledore knew he lived in Knockturn Alley, just as a flutter of wings sounded outside.

• On the way to the Burrow, Morris gave Arthur boat designs after Molly warned Arthur against another dangerous project.
• At the Burrow, Morris admired the family clock, and Arthur explained how its magic tracked the family members’ locations and conditions.
• Molly brought Morris tea and biscuits, then asked where he lived; Morris admitted he lived in Knockturn Alley.
• Morris reassured Molly and Arthur that Dumbledore knew about his home, and flapping wings sounded outside the window.

Arthur recalled a prophecy from an Egyptian Seer suggesting Morris might come from a criminal family, and wondered if Morris was connected to the Black family. The discussion ended when Guantou caught Ron's rat, Scabbers, in its mouth.

• Errol delivered the newspaper, and Arthur remembered meeting Sirius Black before he went to prison.
• Arthur told the Weasleys that an Egyptian Seer had predicted he would meet a helpful young man from a criminal family before summer ended.
• Morris considered that his unknown parents might have been connected to the Black family, though Molly and Arthur urged him not to take the prophecy seriously.
• Morris picked up his undead cat, Guantou, after it entered the house.
• Scabbers fell from the banister, and Guantou picked the rat up in its mouth.