Chapter Summaries

Morris interrupted Peter Pettigrew’s ritual, and Voldemort emerged in a grotesquely unfinished body before the live tournament broadcast. After Voldemort attacked, Dumbledore arrived, but Voldemort escaped with Peter, leaving Harry, Morris, and Dumbledore to return.

• Morris’s Undead Unicorn knocked Peter’s cauldron over, interrupting Voldemort’s resurrection ritual and flinging the newly revived Voldemort onto the ground.
• Voldemort stood in an incomplete, misshapen body, while Morris revealed that the Surveillance Crystal Ball was broadcasting the scene live and told him to put on clothes.
• Peter gave Voldemort his wand, and Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Morris, but the Undead Unicorn intercepted it and was seriously wounded.
• Morris used Dumbledore’s phoenix tail feather to summon him, and Dumbledore blocked Voldemort’s next Killing Curse with an earthen wall.
• Voldemort and Peter vanished before Dumbledore could stop them, and Dumbledore freed Harry before taking him and Morris back with Fawkes.

After Morris returned from the graveyard with Harry, he and Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had returned, while Fudge resisted accepting the truth. The group uncovered evidence of sabotage in the maze, but Mrs. Heap had disappeared, and the Triwizard Tournament was suspended pending an investigation.

• Morris showed the crowd the Surveillance Crystal Ball and identified the naked man in its images as Voldemort.
• Harry said Voldemort had regained his body using his blood and one of Peter Pettigrew's hands, but Fudge insisted the incident required investigation.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had returned and reassured the crowd that he was still weak and not an immediate threat.
• Harry said the Triwizard Cup was a Portkey, and Morris reported that a Death Eater had attacked Krum and cleared obstacles for Harry in the maze.
• Morris suggested Mrs. Heap might know who had turned the cup into a Portkey, but Fred said she had left, and professors and Aurors failed to find her.
• Harry objected to being declared the winner, and Fudge suspended the tournament until Voldemort was caught and Mrs. Heap's disappearance was resolved; Dumbledore, Madame Maxime, and Karkaroff agreed.

After surviving Voldemort’s attack, Morris reassured worried students and spoke with Phoebe and Krum before Hermione revealed she had captured Rita Skeeter. At the End-of-Year Feast, Dumbledore urged everyone to unite against Voldemort, while Morris remained more concerned about the mysterious “Death.”

• Morris told the students he had dodged Voldemort’s Killing Curse and urged them not to panic while Hogwarts remained safe.
• Phoebe and Krum checked on Morris, and Krum said Karkaroff wanted the Durmstrang students to leave before noon; he also confirmed Karkaroff had been a Death Eater.
• Guantou indicated that the Giant Squid had stolen its wizard robes, and Phoebe asked Krum whether Karkaroff had been a Death Eater.
• Hermione showed Morris Rita Skeeter trapped as a beetle in a jar and said she planned to keep her imprisoned for a few months.
• At the End-of-Year Feast, Dumbledore warned that Voldemort had returned and called for unity, while Morris thought that “Death” was the greater trouble.

Morris learned that Robert Hilliard had become an Unspeakable and received an invitation to visit the Department of Mysteries, which he postponed until early next month. As the Beauxbatons students departed Hogwarts, Morris wondered whether the suspended Triwizard Tournament would ever resume or produce a winner.

• Morris found Robert Hilliard in the Great Hall and learned that he worked as an Unspeakable at the Ministry of Magic.
• Robert received a Ministry letter instructing him to bring Morris to the Department of Mysteries, and Morris agreed to visit early next month.
• Robert left to see Professor Flitwick while the Beauxbatons students prepared to leave Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore and Madame Maxime spoke about unity and hoped to meet again after the Triwizard Tournament resumed.
• Morris wondered whether Krum and Phoebe would still be eligible to compete if the tournament resumed after they graduated.

Morris accepted Dumbledore’s invitation to visit 12 Grimmauld Place, where he learned that the Order of the Phoenix had regrouped to fight Voldemort. The chapter ended with Morris discovering that everyone there considered him a member, though he had never been told.

• Phoebe told Morris she planned to find a job in Britain, and he offered her a position as his assistant.
• After the Beauxbatons delegation left, Dumbledore asked Morris to accompany him to 12 Grimmauld Place, leaving Guantou behind at the station.
• Dumbledore and Morris met Sirius Black outside Grimmauld Place and entered the house, where members of the Order of the Phoenix had gathered.
• Morris asked Frick why he was there, and Frick said Dumbledore had saved him and that he had come to help.
• Dumbledore explained that the Order of the Phoenix had been founded to fight Voldemort and was regrouping now that Voldemort had returned.
• Sirius said everyone present was an Order member, and Morris asked why he had not known he was one too.

Morris agreed to join the Order of the Phoenix but said he would focus on researching magic rather than searching for Voldemort. He donated a box of Shadow Concealment Stones to help protect the Order as Dumbledore began assigning search groups.

• Dumbledore invited Morris to join the Order of the Phoenix, and Morris accepted.
• Dedalus questioned Morris's suitability, but Sirius identified him as Triwizard Tournament Champion Morris Black.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had an incomplete body and asked the Order to search for him.
• Morris said he had little time to help because he needed to research magic, and claimed he could eventually defeat Voldemort.
• Dumbledore asked Morris to supply protective items, so Morris produced a box of Shadow Concealment Stones and demonstrated one.
• Morris gave the stones to the Order for free, and Dumbledore began assigning search groups.

Phoebe struggled with her loose job at the Phantom Flying Broomstick Company until Morris returned from Somerset and explained that he had explored ancient ruins filled with dark creatures and Inferi. He left Phoebe free to manage sales as she wished, while Fred and George asked to join his next adventure.

• Phoebe delivered Phantom Flying Broomsticks to Mrs Lawson and reflected on her work expanding the company into foreign markets.
• Fred and George told Phoebe that Morris would arrive soon, and Morris joined them after returning from Somerset.
• Phoebe gave Morris her work report and learned that she could decide how to manage sales of the broomsticks he produced each month.
• Morris told Fred, George, and Phoebe that he had followed criminals to ancient ruins, where the criminals died and he faced dark creatures and hundreds of Inferi.
• George asked to join Morris on his next adventure, but Morris refused because he did not want Mrs. Weasley to shout at him.

Morris brought Phoebe to the Ship in a Bottle and introduced her to the Explorers’ secret meditation method. Phoebe mastered mental power and the Sound Transmission Technique in minutes, and Morris announced that it was time for the next step.

• Morris used Apparition with Guantou to take Phoebe and the Weasley Twins to the deserted island where the Ship in a Bottle was kept.
• On the ship, Morris confirmed that Phoebe had officially joined the Explorers and gave her the Wizard Meditation Method to study.
• Phoebe quickly sensed and controlled her mental power, astonishing Fred and George, who had expected her training to take more than a month.
• Phoebe learned the Sound Transmission Technique within minutes and sent messages into the others’ minds in French.
• Morris announced that the group had mastered mental power and was ready for the next step.

Morris taught Phoebe and the Weasley twins the Fireball Spell, which Phoebe quickly learned while Fred and George struggled. After the twins returned home, Phoebe stayed to watch television and have dinner with Morris.

• Morris demonstrated his self-created Fireball Spell and showed the trio how to learn its spell model from a blank parchment.
• Phoebe successfully cast the Fireball Spell, while Fred and George failed to get the knack of it.
• Morris told them he had learned Meditation and the Fireball Spell from an ancient book and asked them to keep it secret.
• Fred and George realized it was late, so Morris sent them to Diagon Alley with Guantou to find Percy.
• Phoebe said Mrs Lawson had given her a place to stay, then chose to remain with Morris to watch television and eat dinner.

Morris began using the Bone Dragon to increase the Ship in a Bottle’s speed and reflected on his ambitions to explore space. He then visited Gellert Grindelwald at Nurmengard to ask about prophecy, but Grindelwald warned him not to trust it and told him he could not become a Seer.

• Phoebe woke aboard Morris’s ship, hurried off to meet Mrs Lawson, and left Morris to consider her responsible help with his broom business.
• Morris sent the Bone Dragon out to pull the Ship in a Bottle faster and decided he needed a more efficient way to travel through space.
• Morris visited Gellert Grindelwald in his cell at Nurmengard and asked how prophecy worked.
• Grindelwald explained that visions could not be forced and might mislead those who relied on them.
• Grindelwald told Morris he could not become a Seer and urged him to leave before the next inspection.

Morris asked Grindelwald for a prophecy, and Grindelwald read his blood and gave him a memory of what he had seen. Morris returned to Hogwarts to view the memory in Dumbledore’s Pensieve, where he found Sirius in the Headmaster’s Office.

• Morris persuaded Grindelwald to attempt a prophecy using his blood.
• Grindelwald studied Morris’s blood, then extracted a memory of his vision into a crystal vial and gave it to Morris.
• Morris returned to Hogwarts and asked Dumbledore to borrow the Pensieve.
• Morris entered the Headmaster’s Office and found Dumbledore with Sirius; Dumbledore pointed out the empty Pensieve.

Morris used the Pensieve to view a memory from Grindelwald and saw the Deathly Hallows symbol form in blood. He told Dumbledore he intended to collect the Hallows, while Sirius learned he would leave his teaching post for a more important task.

• Morris entered Grindelwald’s memory in the Pensieve and saw the Deathly Hallows symbol appear in the blood.
• Morris wondered whether Grindelwald wanted him to seek the Hallows, including the Elder Wand, Invisibility Cloak, and Resurrection Stone.
• Sirius told Morris that he had survived a full term as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor and planned to teach again next year.
• Dumbledore told Sirius he could not continue teaching because he had a more important task for him, and said the Ministry would send several people to help at Hogwarts.
• Morris asked Dumbledore about the Deathly Hallows and said he planned to collect them, prompting Dumbledore to ask what he would do with them.

Morris learned that Dumbledore possessed the wand known as the Elder Wand, then traveled to the Ministry of Magic at Hardy's invitation to visit the Department of Mysteries. He arrived at the Ministry and ran into Arthur Weasley while waiting for Hardy.

• Morris asked Dumbledore about the Deathly Hallows and sensed that Dumbledore's wand might be the Elder Wand.
• Dumbledore confirmed that his wand was called the Elder Wand, though he doubted it made its owner invincible, and said the Invisibility Cloak and Resurrection Stone were not in his possession.
• Morris returned to the Ship in a Bottle and decided to seek information about the other Hallows from Diagon Alley brokers.
• Morris entered the Ministry of Magic through the red telephone box and waited at the reception desk for Hardy.
• Arthur Weasley recognized Morris in the Ministry hall and asked why he was there.

Morris visited the Ministry of Magic, where Arthur Weasley warned him that the Order of the Phoenix was dangerous and the Weasley twins discussed a Ministry purchase. Mr. Hardy brought Morris to the Department of Mysteries and invited him to join the Unspeakables, then offered him a choice of rooms to explore.

• Arthur Weasley quietly told Morris that he was also in the Order of the Phoenix and warned him that the work could be dangerous.
• George and Fred arrived at the Ministry to deliver goods ordered by its purchasing department, but kept the details of their inventions secret from Arthur.
• Mr. Hardy greeted Morris and invited him to join the Unspeakables, then led him down to the Department of Mysteries.
• Mr. Hardy showed Morris the circular hall with a fire-lit pit and several doors, and told him to choose a room to enter.

Hardy showed Morris the Department of Mysteries’ Death Chamber and explained the dangers of the Door of Death. After Morris tested it with an Inferius, Hardy sent Robert Hilliard to show him the Time Chamber.

• Hardy explained that the Unspeakables were older than the Ministry of Magic and that the Door of Death was believed to lead to the world of the dead.
• Hardy warned Morris that at least ten Unspeakables had entered the doorway and never returned.
• Morris tossed a Galleon through the veil and confirmed that it passed through, then sent an Inferius inside with a Surveillance Crystal Ball.
• The Inferius disappeared while the crystal ball fell back, leaving Morris unable to observe what lay beyond the doorway.
• Hardy gave Robert Hilliard permission to show Morris the Time Chamber, where Robert researched Time-Turners.

Morris discovered that the stone used to make Time-Turners reacted to his Mental Power and transported him into his Ship in a Bottle. He returned to the Time Chamber, leaving Robert and Hardy surprised by the stone’s unexplained ability.

• Robert led Morris and Hardy into the Time Chamber, where he showed them the broken Time-Turner Morris had once damaged.
• Robert and Hardy took Morris to a hidden storeroom and revealed a stone that was the raw material used in Time-Turner hourglasses.
• Morris touched the stone, but nothing happened until he extended his Mental Power toward it.
• The stone transported Morris into his Ship in a Bottle, where he found no inhabitants or magical items and discovered his pocket watch had stopped.
• Morris used his Mental Power on the stone again and returned to the Time Chamber before Robert and Hardy.

Morris discovered that the Ageless Stone sent him to a place where time did not pass, then agreed to join the Department of Mysteries after graduating from Hogwarts. After lunch, Fred and George showed him the Ministry of Magic’s order for their protective clothing.

• Morris told Hardy and Robert that the Ageless Stone had taken him somewhere time did not pass, and Robert urged him to help research it.
• Hardy took Morris and Robert to the Ministry of Magic dining hall, where Morris agreed to become an Unspeakable after graduating from Hogwarts.
• Hardy said Morris would first study under him, then had Morris sign a contract.
• After lunch, Hardy left Morris in the Ministry hall, where Fred and George found him and showed him their Shield Hat, Shield Gloves, and Shield Cloak.
• George explained that the Shield Hat could reflect a jinx back at its caster when its wearer looked them in the eye.

Morris inspected the Weasley twins’ magical inventions and cautioned them to keep their Meditation and Fireball Spell work secret. He met Unspeakable Saul Croaker and Minister Fudge, then waited in the Department of Mysteries for Hardy, but Robert arrived instead.

• Morris examined the twins’ Shield Hat and unstable Fireball Spell gloves, and told them not to reveal their work on Meditation or the spell.
• Fred and George left to buy supplies for the Ministry of Magic’s order.
• Morris met Saul Croaker in the corridor and learned that Croaker was an Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries.
• Fudge welcomed Morris as a Department of Mysteries intern and said he looked forward to Morris joining officially after Hogwarts.
• Morris waited in the main hall for Hardy, but Robert arrived instead.

Hardy took Morris to the global Unspeakables’ library, where they discovered a vast collection of magical research and learned that only the two of them could enter from Britain. The library’s ranking system remained a mystery, and Hardy admitted that he was a newcomer too.

• Hardy led Morris through the flames in the Department of Mysteries to a hidden library belonging to the Unspeakables.
• Hardy lit the enormous library and explained that it stored research by Unspeakables from around the world, including ancient work written in unreadable Etruscan.
• Hardy told Morris that they were the only people in Britain who could enter the library and that its books could only be read there.
• Morris learned that the library had a ranking system, but Hardy did not know how anyone advanced through its ranks.

Morris explored the Unspeakables' library and learned that he might need to raise his rank to uncover its secrets. When he and Robert returned to the Time Chamber, they found the Ageless Stone stolen and confronted a thief who looked exactly like Morris.

• Hardy told Morris the library had selected him to become an Unspeakable and suggested he submit research to raise his library access.
• Morris searched the library, found little he could read, and received a note urging him to raise his rank to learn more secrets.
• Morris met Robert, who said he had been in his office since lunch despite Morris believing they had spoken earlier.
• Morris and Robert found the Time Chamber storeroom ransacked and discovered that the Ageless Stone had been stolen.
• Morris's spell was deflected by the scorched Ageless Stone, revealing a cloaked thief who looked exactly like Morris.