Chapter Summaries

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.

Morris met several Hogwarts professors in Hogsmeade, then returned to Hogwarts after a Floo fireplace accident disrupted his plans. Back in his dormitory, he prepared to brew the Draught of Living Death while planning his studies and investigation into Grindelwald.

• Professor Flitwick spotted Morris in Hogsmeade, where Morris explained how he had traveled there and met Professor Babbling, who taught Ancient Runes.
• Professor McGonagall questioned Morris about where he would go next, but a man’s homemade Floo Powder exploded in Madam Rosmerta’s fireplace and caused a commotion.
• Madam Rosmerta gave the guests free Butterbeer and closed the fireplace for repairs, and Professor McGonagall allowed Morris to return to Hogwarts early.
• Morris returned to Hogwarts with the ingredients for the Draught of Living Death and planned to brew it, continue his studies, and investigate Grindelwald and Nurmengard.
• Morris found Guantou in his dormitory and began setting up his cauldron, unaware that the cat had been accidentally packed with his belongings and sent back to Hogwarts.

Morris sparred with Fred under Professor Flitwick’s supervision and discovered he was slightly stronger than Fred, roughly at a third-year level. Later, Harry found Morris in the Great Hall and asked him to see the mirror that night.

• Morris asked Fred and George to help him test his strength in a duel.
• Morris struck Fred with a spell, and Fred blocked it with the Shield Charm before they began sparring seriously.
• Professor Flitwick intervened, learned they were practicing, and agreed to supervise their match.
• Morris defeated Fred by disarming him, then judged his ability to be roughly at a third-year level.
• Harry found Morris in the Great Hall and invited him to see the mirror that night.

Harry took Morris to see the Mirror of Erised, where Harry saw his family and Morris first saw a sea of Galleons. When Morris looked again, the mirror revealed his deepest desire: a boundless sea of stars.

• Morris met Harry at night, and Harry showed him the Invisibility Cloak he planned to use to reach the mirror.
• Morris used a Disillusionment Charm, and the two evaded Filch after Guantou distracted Mrs. Norris.
• Harry and Morris entered an abandoned classroom and found Albus Dumbledore waiting beside the Mirror of Erised.
• Dumbledore explained that the mirror showed what a person desired most, and Harry confirmed that he saw his family.
• Morris looked again and saw himself surrounded by an endless sea of stars, declaring that it was his goal.

After Harry and Morris visited the Mirror of Erised, Morris used curses to stop Peeves from raising an alarm, and Quirrell’s hidden master noticed the result. Back at Hogwarts after the holidays, Morris continued brewing potions and gathering Gap crystals, then received his share of the Skeleton Dog profits from Frick.

• Morris told Harry that the Mirror of Erised showed him mountains of Galleons, and explained that he had never known his parents.
• Dumbledore warned Harry and Morris not to return to the mirror, and Morris told Harry about his life in the orphanage as they walked back.
• Peeves caught Harry and Morris out after hours and shouted for someone to catch Harry, so Morris used the Weakening Curse and Wailing Curse to knock him down.
• Quirrell approached the fallen Peeves, and his master remarked that the curses were interesting.
• After the holidays, Morris spent his time brewing the Draught of Living Death and condensing Gap crystals, but the white mist near the castle ran out.
• Yanhua brought Morris a bag of Galleons from Frick, his share of the Skeleton Dog sales.

Morris studied runes from the Book of the Mage and began experimenting with inscribing them on objects. After combining levitation and explosion runes on a wooden block, he accidentally blasted Draco Malfoy and slipped away.

• Morris discovered a new section on runes in the Book of the Mage and began practicing how to inscribe them.
• After a month of practice, Morris made a levitation rune that lifted a cup briefly before it shattered against a wall.
• Morris skipped Transfiguration to study runes, and Professor McGonagall deducted ten House Points and reprimanded him.
• Morris successfully inscribed a levitation rune on a wooden block and observed how rune effects varied with their design and medium.
• Morris added an explosion rune to the block, accidentally sent it flying into Draco Malfoy's hands, and caused it to explode.
• Draco cried out angrily as Morris quietly left the corridor.