Chapter Summaries

Morris captured a Dementor in his suitcase and used his Patronus to drive away another before returning to his compartment. The students reached Hogwarts, where Morris greeted the Thestrals and heard how Fred had once been thrown into the Black Lake while trying to ride one.

• Morris captured a Dementor with his silver raven Patronuses, but Remus Lupin drove away another before Morris could capture it.
• Morris used the Patronus Charm to repel a Dementor blocking his way, surprising Lupin, then told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that the Ministry had sent Dementors to search for Sirius Black.
• Morris offered to teach Fred and George the Patronus Charm, and the train arrived at Hogsmeade Station in heavy rain.
• Morris calmed the shaking suitcase with a Patronus Charm as the students made their way toward the carriages.
• Morris greeted the Thestrals, and George told him that Fred had once tried to ride one and been thrown into the Black Lake.

At Hogwarts, Morris kept his captured Dementor contained with raven Patronuses while Dumbledore warned students that Dementors would guard the school until Sirius Black was caught. The next morning, Morris reviewed his crowded timetable and arrived for his first Divination lesson, where he waited for Sybill Trelawney.

• During the Sorting Ceremony, Morris hid his restless Dementor in his suitcase while Dumbledore announced Remus Lupin and Rubeus Hagrid as new professors and warned students about the Dementors guarding Hogwarts.
• Back in his dormitory, Morris found the Dementor trembling amid raven Patronuses, tried a Weakening Curse, and asked Tom how to incapacitate it, but neither attempt helped.
• The next morning, Morris studied his crowded timetable and discussed Divination with Kyle and Cho Chang, who said Sybill Trelawney often predicted students would die.
• Morris climbed to the North Tower, entered the Divination classroom, and sat at an empty table to wait for Sybill Trelawney.

During Divination class, Morris saw a mysterious old man in Trelawney’s crystal ball and drew his portrait, though Trelawney did not recognize him. The image did not return when Morris looked again after class, leaving him with only the drawing as a clue to the man’s identity.

• Trelawney taught the students to gaze into a crystal ball, and Kyle said he saw a toilet in it.
• Morris saw a clear image of a tall, thin old man in Trelawney’s crystal ball and described him by drawing a portrait.
• Trelawney examined Morris’s drawing but did not recognize the old man, then told Morris he had a special gift.
• The other students failed to see anything in the crystal ball, and Trelawney gave each student a small ball for practice.
• Trelawney asked Morris to look into the large crystal ball again after class, but the old man’s image did not reappear.

Morris gathered the Explorers for an informal meeting, where Neville practiced the Blasting Curse and Morris demonstrated his powerful casting. Morris ended by offering to explain how he practiced, revealing a book titled Wizard Meditation Method.

• Morris failed to identify the old man from Trelawney’s crystal ball after asking several professors, then joined the Explorers in a fifth-floor room.
• Fred and George showed Morris a magically healing practice dummy they had found, which they had given Morris’s face to help Neville practice.
• Morris changed the dummy’s face to match the old man from the crystal ball, then learned Neville was practicing the Blasting Curse.
• Neville struck the dummy with the Blasting Curse, and Morris destroyed it with a single casual cast before restoring it.
• Morris offered to share his practice method and took out a book titled Wizard Meditation Method.

Morris gave Fred, George, and Neville copies of his Wizard Meditation Method to test, but none of them managed to enter Meditation. The next morning, he kept the method secret among the Explorers before heading to Hagrid’s class, where the students were assigned to care for Flobberworms.

• Morris explained the Wizard Meditation Method to Fred, George, and Neville and asked them to practice it for two hours a day.
• Neville tried Meditation that evening but told Morris the next morning that he had spent the time spacing out.
• Morris told Neville that the method was a secret among the Explorers and learned that Fred and George had also failed to enter Meditation.
• Morris arrived at Hagrid’s Care of Fantastic Beasts lesson, where Hagrid announced that the class would learn to care for Flobberworms.

Hagrid gave Morris and Kyle a lackluster Flobberworm lesson after Draco Malfoy was injured during the other houses’ Hippogriff class. Later, Lupin brought his Defence Against the Dark Arts class to the staffroom, where Snape’s presence revealed more tension between the two professors.

• Morris and Kyle learned that Draco had been injured during a Hippogriff lesson, and Morris mocked him when they met in the corridor.
• Pansy confronted Morris and Kyle, but Draco pulled her away and warned her to leave Morris alone.
• In the Slytherin common room, Draco told Pansy that his father had ordered him to avoid Morris because of Morris’s connection to Dumbledore, and Draco complained about Hagrid.
• Lupin led his students to the staffroom for a practical Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson and found Snape resting there.
• Snape exchanged a barbed remark with Lupin, and Morris recognized that Snape was trying to provoke him.

During Lupin’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, Morris faced a Boggart that revealed his fear of living a mediocre life. He overwhelmed it with a powerful Patronus Charm, leaving Lupin astonished and Snape urging him to stop.

• Lupin introduced the class to the Boggart in the shaking wardrobe while Snape watched from the sofa.
• Lupin asked Morris to face the Boggart after acknowledging his special privileges, and Morris agreed.
• The wardrobe first appeared empty, so Morris adjusted his thoughts and Lupin opened it again.
• The Boggart became a grave marked with Morris Black’s name and the words “A life spent achieving nothing.”
• Morris cast Expecto Patronum, filling the room with silver ravens that drove the Boggart into hiding.
• Snape praised Morris and told him not to surprise Lupin too much, and Morris dismissed the Patronuses.

Morris watched Snape and Lupin clash during Defence Against the Dark Arts, then continued researching the Dementor hidden in his suitcase. He successfully transformed it into an undead creature, leaving it weakened and hungry but still able to absorb happiness and perform the Dementor’s Kiss.

• Snape challenged Lupin’s ability to teach Morris, but Lupin calmly sent him out of the classroom.
• Lupin taught the students the Riddikulus spell, and Neville turned the Boggart into Snape wearing a lace dress and flowered hat.
• Morris brought the subdued Dementor to the Undead Creature Transformation Magic Circle and used Patronuses to keep it from escaping.
• The transformation succeeded, and the Dementor fell exhausted, complaining telepathically that it was hungry.
• Morris discovered the transformed Dementor could be harmed by ordinary magic but retained its Kiss and emotion-absorbing ability, with greater resistance to Patronuses.

Morris sold out his first batch of Shadow Concealment Stones through Fred and George, then asked Professor McGonagall for permission to moor his ship on the Black Lake. When he showed her the enormous ship in a bottle, she was astonished and agreed to leave it there pending Dumbledore’s approval.

• Morris saw an older Gryffindor student use a Shadow Concealment Stone to hide from Filch and his cat.
• Fred told Morris that the twins had sold all their Shadow Concealment Stones in two and a half days for ninety-eight Galleons, and Morris urged them to sell more before professors intervened.
• Morris visited Professor McGonagall and asked permission to moor a small wooden boat on the Black Lake; she agreed to inspect it that afternoon.
• Professor McGonagall saw Morris’s enormous ship in a bottle at the Black Lake and questioned whether he had really built it.
• Morris said he would leave the ship there and sail it away during the holidays, while McGonagall said it could stay as long as Dumbledore agreed.

Morris hosted Fred, George, and Neville aboard the Ship in a Bottle and explained the magic that kept it safe underwater. The twins demonstrated their Portable Swamp, and after Fred got trapped in it, Morris rescued him with the Shadow Concealment Stone; Fred agreed to explain how they made it after taking a bath.

• Morris gathered with Fred, George, and Neville in the Ship in a Bottle at the bottom of the Black Lake.
• Morris explained the magic behind the ship while the twins listened and Neville struggled to keep up.
• George showed Morris the Portable Swamp, and Fred stepped into it to demonstrate how its mud trapped anyone caught inside.
• Fred sank into the swamp, and George admitted he had forgotten the removal potion.
• Morris tried to dig Fred out with a summoned shovel, then gave him the Shadow Concealment Stone, which Fred used to escape.
• Fred agreed to tell Morris how to make the Portable Swamp after Morris pointed out the bathroom aboard the ship.

Morris discussed Meditation and the Portable Swamp with Fred, George, and Neville, then studied the dangerous swamp-making book they lent him. The chapter ended with Snape asking Morris to brew the advanced Wolfsbane Potion.

• Morris learned that Fred and George had found the original Portable Swamp instructions in a Restricted Section book and agreed to borrow it.
• Morris urged Fred, George, and Neville to continue practicing Meditation despite their limited results so far.
• Morris read Guide to Making Deadly Swamps in his dormitory and considered studying how to modify its lethal designs later.
• Snape summoned Morris to the Potions Classroom and told him to attempt brewing the Wolfsbane Potion with prepared ingredients.

Morris brewed Wolfsbane Potion for Snape and delivered it to Professor Lupin, correctly guessing that Lupin was a werewolf. Lupin asked Morris to keep his identity secret, then left Hogwarts on the night of the full moon, relying on the potion to retain his reason during his transformation.

• Morris successfully brewed Wolfsbane Potion after wasting two sets of ingredients, and Snape sent him to deliver a goblet of it to Lupin.
• Morris saw the Grindylow in Lupin's office and guessed that Lupin was a werewolf after learning the potion was for him.
• Lupin admitted his identity, drank the potion, and asked Morris to keep his secret; Morris agreed.
• Lupin offered Morris permission to skip Dark Magic Defence Class if he earned an Outstanding, but Morris still planned to attend.
• On the night of the full moon, Lupin left his office and headed for the castle's side door, hoping the potion would keep him from losing his reason.

Morris followed Lupin to the Shrieking Shack and observed his transformation, then collected werewolf samples while Lupin remained in control thanks to the Wolfsbane Potion. At dawn, Lupin warned Morris about the danger, but Morris asked to collect more blood during Lupin’s next transformation.

• Lupin entered the Shrieking Shack through the secret passage and transformed into a werewolf under the rising moon.
• Morris appeared in the Shack, spoke with Lupin, and confirmed that Lupin could understand him but could not speak in wolf form.
• Morris examined Lupin’s claws and collected blood, saliva, nail clippings, and hair while Lupin stayed calm.
• At dawn, Lupin returned to human form and warned Morris that following him had been dangerous.
• Morris said he wanted the samples for research and asked Lupin to let him draw more blood during the next transformation.

After Halloween, the students learned that Sirius Black had broken into Hogwarts and damaged the Fat Lady’s portrait, prompting Dumbledore to keep everyone in the Great Hall overnight. The next morning Black remained at large, and Snape temporarily took over Lupin’s lessons while Lupin recovered.

• Morris escorted the weakened Lupin to his office and left him stamina supplements.
• The Ravenclaw students decorated their common room before attending the Halloween feast, which passed without incident.
• Professor Flitwick ordered the students to the Great Hall, where Dumbledore announced that the professors would search the castle and everyone would stay there overnight.
• Harry learned from Morris that Sirius Black had damaged the Fat Lady’s portrait and proposed using himself as bait, but Professor McGonagall refused to allow it.
• The next morning, Sirius Black had not been caught, and Snape took over Lupin’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons.

Morris learned that Trelawney’s crystal ball could reveal a Seer who had watched him, then suspected the mysterious man in his portrait was Grindelwald. When he asked Dumbledore about the portrait during a Quidditch match, a large flock of Dementors suddenly appeared over the pitch.

• Trelawney told Morris she saw murder in his teacup and explained that her ancestral crystal ball could help him look back at a Seer who had observed him.
• Morris compared the portrait of the old man with a photograph of young Grindelwald and decided he needed Dumbledore’s opinion.
• During the Quidditch match, Morris showed the portrait to Dumbledore, who recognized the man and asked where Morris had found it.
• Morris explained that he had seen the image in Trelawney’s crystal ball, and Dumbledore warned that it was a major problem.
• Dozens of Dementors appeared above the pitch, darkening the sky and sending a chill through Morris.

Dementors invaded the Quidditch match, and Morris used a powerful Patronus to drive them away. Harry was taken unconscious to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey said he would recover soon.

• Dementors flew toward the Quidditch stands, and Dumbledore told the professors to protect the students before taking Morris onto the pitch.
• Harry Potter fell from the sky, and Dumbledore caught him with magic while the Gryffindor players landed after losing the match.
• Dumbledore asked Morris to drive away the Dementors, and Morris summoned more than a hundred silver ravens that forced them to flee.
• Dumbledore carried Harry to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey said the Dementors had affected him severely but that he would wake soon.

Morris spoke with Dumbledore about Grindelwald and became more determined to seek him out despite Dumbledore’s warning. Back in the Hospital Wing, Morris agreed to teach Harry the Patronus Charm after Harry recovered.

• Dumbledore asked Morris whether he had ever communicated with Grindelwald, and Morris said he knew him only from books and a portrait.
• Dumbledore warned Morris that Grindelwald was extremely powerful because he could sway people’s hearts and refused to let Morris visit him in Nurmengard.
• Morris secretly planned to find Nurmengard through information brokers, despite telling Dumbledore he was thinking about dinner and winning over Fawkes.
• Morris returned to the Hospital Wing and learned that Harry could leave at the weekend.
• Harry asked Morris to teach him the Patronus Charm, and Morris agreed to begin after Harry’s discharge.
• Hermione poured the fragments of Harry’s destroyed Nimbus 2000 from her bag, leaving Harry devastated.

Morris saw that Fred and George had learned to summon Patronuses, though they could only produce one each, and showed them a strange magical object he called the Portable Grave. The chapter ended with the twins inspecting the grave and its tombstone, which bore Morris Black’s name.

• Harry summoned a silvery mist after Morris taught him the Patronus Charm, while Fred and George began practicing it as well.
• Fred and George sent Morris two magpie Patronuses, then visited him and tried his spicy hot pot.
• The twins summoned their Patronuses again, and Morris confirmed they could not create multiple ones like he could.
• Morris retrieved a gray cloth bag, called it the Portable Grave, and tossed its black stone onto the floor.
• A burial mound and tombstone appeared, and George read the inscription: “Made by the great Morris Black. Pay tribute to him.”

Morris introduced Fred and George to Champion, a towering skeleton who could overpower the Bone Dragon and was meant to serve as his bodyguard. After hearing the twins planned to give Harry the Marauder's Map, Morris received a letter from Mundungus Fletcher indicating he had a lead on Nurmengard's location.

• Morris summoned Champion from a portable grave and showed Fred and George its imposing armor and enormous greatsword.
• Champion startled the twins by draping its arms over their shoulders, then obeyed Morris and returned to the grave.
• Fred and George discussed passing the Marauder's Map to Harry, and Morris said he no longer needed to study it.
• Yanhua delivered a letter in which Mundungus Fletcher told Morris he had taken the job and would send news, suggesting he had found a lead on Nurmengard.

Morris met Mundungus Fletcher at the Hog's Head to obtain directions to Nurmengard. After paying him, Morris forced him to hand over a magical compass parchment that pointed toward the destination.

• Morris waited at the Hog's Head for Mundungus Fletcher, whom Frick had described as a dishonest thief.
• Mundungus gave Morris a crude map to Nurmengard and asked for eighty Galleons to get more details.
• Morris agreed to pay, then demanded the real map and threatened to take back the money if Mundungus could not produce it.
• Mundungus handed Morris a parchment bearing a magical compass that pointed toward Nurmengard.