Chapter Summaries

Morris discussed Snape’s upcoming Quidditch refereeing with Harry and the Weasley Twins, then searched Hogwarts for a secluded room to perform advancement rituals. His search led him to a sleeping house-elf named Bobo, who grabbed his leg as Morris tried to leave.

• Morris joined Harry, Fred, and George at dinner and agreed that Snape would favor Slytherin in the next Quidditch match.
• Fred proposed drugging Snape with Morris’s Draught of Living Death, but Morris explained that Snape could trace or detect it, so the plan was abandoned.
• Morris asked Fred and George about a secluded room for his magical experiments, and George suggested an empty classroom before learning Filch had taken their hidden Dungbombs.
• Morris reassured Harry about Snape refereeing, then searched the castle for a place to perform the advancement ritual.
• Morris found the house-elf Bobo asleep in a room and tried to leave after Bobo began punishing himself, but Bobo wrapped his arms around Morris’s leg.

Morris found the Room of Requirement as a secluded place for his Undead Creature Advancement Ritual and returned the next morning to prepare for it. On the way, he intervened when Draco Malfoy and his lackeys were bullying Neville Longbottom, while Malfoy seethed over a humiliating rumor about his recent attack.

• Morris persuaded Bobo to tell him about the Room of Requirement, then found and opened it on the Seventh Floor.
• Morris chose the spacious room for his ritual, hurried to Snape's Potions Class late, and lost Ravenclaw points.
• The next morning, Morris headed for the Room of Requirement with Guantou and Yanhua but stopped to watch Draco Malfoy and his lackeys confront Neville Longbottom.
• Morris approached the group and taunted Malfoy about having been attacked the previous day.
• Malfoy recalled the rumor that he had been rejected by a Slytherin girl and blasted into the air, and suspected Gryffindors had spread it.

Morris drove Malfoy away when he intervened to free Neville, then advised Neville to become strong enough to defend himself. At the Room of Requirement, Morris completed Yanhua’s advancement ritual, and Yanhua demonstrated a new shadow ability by lifting Guantou into the air.

• Morris intimidated Malfoy with the threat of another Dungbomb, and Malfoy left with Crabbe and Goyle.
• Morris lifted Neville’s Leg-Locker Curse and told him to practice magic so he could resist bullies.
• Morris returned to the Room of Requirement and began an Undead Creature Advancement Ritual for Yanhua.
• Yanhua absorbed the ritual’s black mist and completed its advancement in only a few minutes.
• Yanhua used shadow tentacles to bind Guantou’s limbs and lift it into the air.

Morris named Yanhua’s new power Shadow Manipulation, then advanced Guantou, which gained no special ability. At Hogwarts, Morris successfully inscribed multiple runes on a compass, though what it could do remained unknown.

• Morris tested Yanhua’s ability to control nearby shadows, which could restrain enemies and form spikes but remained weak.
• Morris performed an advancement ritual for Guantou, but the cat gained no new ability beyond slightly improved agility and senses.
• Morris suspected Guantou’s lack of abilities might be related to the ritual materials, and planned to try advancing it again after gathering more Gap Energy Crystals.
• Morris collected chocolate cake from the Hogwarts Kitchens and attended History of Magic, where he secretly worked on enchanting a compass.
• Hermione noticed a faint glimmer from the compass, and Morris returned to his dormitory excited that he had inscribed multiple runes onto it.

Morris tested his Death Compass in the Forbidden Forest and found it leading to a dead unicorn surrounded by its herd. The unicorns drove him off, and he escaped using Shadow Concealment.

• Morris built a Death Compass to locate places with strong death auras and find remains for his undead research.
• Morris entered the Forbidden Forest with Guantou and Yanhua, then followed the compass deeper into the woods.
• Yanhua guided Morris to a clearing where a unicorn herd stood around the corpse of an old unicorn.
• The unicorns charged Morris, shattered his Impedimenta barrier, and dodged his Bone Summoning Spell.
• Morris hid with Shadow Concealment, and the unicorns eventually gave up searching and left.

Morris found a complete unicorn skeleton buried in the Forbidden Forest and transformed it into a Skeleton Unicorn. The newly risen undead creature greeted him with an affectionate whinny in his mind.

• Morris escaped a furious herd of unicorns and used his compass to search for another target in the Forbidden Forest.
• Morris found a buried unicorn skeleton beneath an ancient tree, shrank it, and carried it back to the castle.
• Morris consulted A Detailed Guide to the Skeletons of One Hundred Fantastic Beasts and carefully reassembled the skeleton in his dormitory.
• Morris performed the Undead Creature Transformation Ritual, and the Skeleton Unicorn rose with blue flames in its eyes and a blackened horn.

Morris created an Undead Creature Containment Magic Circle to store his undead pets and focused on preparing them for advancement. After class, Neville asked him how to deal with Draco Malfoy, and Morris agreed to teach him the Weakness Jinx.

• Morris used Gap Energy Crystals to activate an Undead Creature Containment Magic Circle on his robe and stored the Skeleton Unicorn and Skeleton Dog inside it.
• Morris assembled a lame Skeleton Wolf and stored it in the containment space, then spent the next few days condensing Gap Energy Crystals instead of gathering materials.
• During Defense Against the Dark Arts, Morris and Hermione agreed that Quirrell's lessons were not useful, and Morris read his Potions book.
• Neville approached Morris after class and asked how he handled Draco Malfoy, who had been bullying him.
• Morris advised Neville to tell a professor or practice magic, then offered to teach him the easy-to-learn Weakness Jinx.

Morris helped Neville learn several spells and encouraged him to believe in his abilities, then discovered that his Death Compass pointed toward Quirrell. He suspected Quirrell was connected to Voldemort but chose to leave the matter to Harry Potter and went to Potions class.

• Morris coached Neville in the Weakness Jinx, which Neville learned in twenty minutes.
• Morris told Neville that his father's wand was poorly suited to him, then encouraged him to try the Levitation Charm; Neville successfully levitated a twig.
• Morris taught Neville the Leg-Locker Curse and left him practicing, confident that he could defeat Malfoy.
• Morris encountered Quirrell in the corridor and noticed that the Death Compass pointed toward him.
• Morris suspected Quirrell was connected to Voldemort but decided not to investigate and headed to Snape's Potions class.

Morris watched Gryffindor beat Hufflepuff in a five-minute Quidditch match, then helped Neville during a brawl between Ron, Malfoy, and their friends. The next morning, a delivery owl mistakenly left Morris’s parcel in front of Cho Chang.

• Morris sat with Neville before the match and advised him to practice his spells until he could cast them even under pressure.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch after five minutes, ending the match, and Ron started a fight with Malfoy over insults about their families.
• Neville joined the brawl against Goyle and Crabbe, while Morris weakened the two with a curse; a prefect eventually stopped the fight.
• Morris gave Ron essence of dittany for his injuries, then went to brew more Draught of Living Death.
• At breakfast, Cho Chang discussed the match, and Frick’s delivery owl dropped Morris’s parcel in front of her by mistake.

Morris discussed improving the Draught of Living Death with Snape, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione warned him that Snape was trying to steal the Philosopher’s Stone. Morris agreed to be careful, though he had already known about the Three-Headed Dog guarding the fourth-floor corridor.

• Cho Chang accidentally spilled the contents of Morris’s bag, and Morris used his wand to return the white powder and granules without letting anyone touch them.
• Morris found Snape and proposed changes to the Draught of Living Death, including replacing sopophorous beans with valaka beans.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione eavesdropped on Morris and Snape, then encountered Morris when he entered their classroom.
• Ron questioned why Morris consulted Snape, and Hermione warned Morris not to get too close to him.
• Harry told Morris that Snape was trying to steal Nicolas Flamel’s Philosopher’s Stone and had jinxed Harry’s broom during a Quidditch match.
• Morris thanked the trio for the warning and said he would be careful.

Morris decided to investigate the Philosopher’s Stone and secretly entered the rooms beneath Fluffy’s trapdoor. He reached the Mirror of Erised, where he found Dumbledore sitting alone and eating something.

• Morris connected Quirrell’s attempt to buy Nyx Krait venom with a desire for the Philosopher’s Stone and decided to search for it.
• Late at night, Morris left the dormitory and noticed Robert Hilliard sneaking out under a Disillusionment Charm.
• Morris used Shadow Concealment to pass through Fluffy’s room and slip beneath the trapdoor without disturbing the Three-Headed Dog.
• Morris bypassed the Devil’s Snare and the rooms of flying keys, chess, a Troll, and potions by moving through gaps in the doors.
• Morris found Dumbledore standing before the Mirror of Erised, then watched him sit down and eat something.

Morris sneaked into the room containing the Mirror of Erised to search for the Philosopher’s Stone, but Fawkes exposed him. Dumbledore questioned him about his motives and his Shadow Concealment, leaving Morris unsure how to answer.

• Morris searched the room after Dumbledore and Fawkes vanished, but found only the Mirror of Erised and a bag of Sherbet Lemon Candy.
• Dumbledore and Fawkes returned, and Fawkes’s flames forced Morris out of hiding.
• Morris admitted he had come to look for the Philosopher’s Stone and told Dumbledore he wanted to study its power rather than use it.
• Dumbledore explained that the mirror would yield the Stone only to someone who wanted it without intending to use it, then asked Morris how he had bypassed the obstacles and hidden in the shadows.

Morris concealed the source of his shadow magic from Dumbledore, who tested him for signs of Dark Magic using Magic Manifestation. Dumbledore let him go without showing him the Philosopher’s Stone, but Morris decided to keep pursuing it by following Harry Potter.

• Morris claimed his ability to hide in shadows was innate, and Dumbledore warned him not to work in Knockturn Alley.
• Morris sensed Dumbledore using Legilimency and confronted him, prompting Dumbledore to stop and apologize.
• Dumbledore taught Morris Magic Manifestation to check whether he had used Dark Magic, and the spell revealed no cause for concern.
• Dumbledore told Morris not to seek the Philosopher’s Stone again and made him promise to keep their conversation secret.
• Morris resolved to keep pursuing the Stone by following Harry Potter, whom he believed would eventually obtain it.

Morris found a notebook of Dark Magic spells that Quirrell dropped and decided to test the Killing Curse. After several attempts, he killed a spider and discovered that using Dark Magic had left a tiny impurity in his soul’s magical manifestation.

• During Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Quirrell struggled to teach, and Morris studied from a fifth-year textbook.
• After class, Guantou startled Quirrell and made him drop his books; Morris picked up the notebook Quirrell left behind.
• Morris discovered the notebook contained instructions for the Unforgivable Curses and other Dark Magic spells, then decided to try them.
• Morris cast the Killing Curse on a spider several times before finally killing it.
• Morris used Magic Manifestation and saw a tiny gray impurity in the strand of magic representing his soul.

Morris kept Quirrell’s missing notebook secret while pursuing Potions research and earning money from Skeleton Dog orders. In the library, he gave Fred and George a potion formula for a rash, and the twins began planning to turn it into a mischievous sweet.

• Quirrell searched the classroom for his missing notebook, questioned Morris about it in the corridor, and received a denial.
• Snape asked Morris what Quirrell had said, then listened as Morris brought him more ideas for the Draught of Living Death.
• Over the next half month, Morris improved the Draught of Living Death formula and received more Skeleton Dog orders from Frick.
• Hermione urged Morris and Ron to prepare for their final exams when Morris met her, Harry, and Ron in the library.
• Morris found Fred and George researching a sweet to make themselves look ill and shared a low-toxicity rash potion formula with them.
• Fred and George decided to turn the potion into a layered sweet, saying that drinking it directly would not be fun enough.

Morris tested the Skeleton Unicorn’s new speed in the Forbidden Forest, where a collision brought him face-to-face with Quirrell. Their encounter was interrupted by a volley of arrows, and Morris heard Voldemort insult Quirrell as the attack began.

• Morris rode the newly advanced Skeleton Unicorn through the Forbidden Forest and dug up a large, porous bone to send to Frick for identification.
• Yanhua warned Morris that adult Acromantulas were approaching, so he fled at full speed after briefly capturing a hatchling.
• The Skeleton Unicorn collided with Quirrell, who had been searching for Unicorns at Voldemort’s command; Morris recognized him but tried to leave.
• Several arrows were fired at Morris and Quirrell, and Morris blocked the arrows aimed at himself with a bone shield.
• Quirrell ducked as an arrow skimmed his turban, and Morris heard Voldemort call him a useless fool.

Morris lured two Centaurs into a chase through the Forbidden Forest before slipping back into Hogwarts, where Prefect Robert caught him but agreed not to report him. Back in his dormitory, Morris sent Yanhua to deliver a large bone to Frick.

• Morris rode the Skeleton Unicorn over the Centaurs’ defensive line and led Bane and an elderly Centaur on a chase through the Forbidden Forest.
• The Centaurs stopped pursuing Morris and decided to report the forcibly driven Unicorn as a threat to the forest.
• Morris returned to the Ravenclaw Common Room under the Disillusionment Charm, where Robert revealed he had noticed Morris’s nighttime wandering.
• Morris and Robert discussed Robert’s night-vision glasses, and Robert agreed not to tell Professor Flitwick about Morris leaving the castle.
• Morris wrapped up a large bone, attached a letter, and sent Yanhua to deliver the parcel to Frick.

Morris assembled more pieces of an ancient dragon skeleton in the Forbidden Forest, then helped Harry and Hermione deal with Ron’s hand after a young dragon bit him. His curiosity led Harry and Hermione to bring him to Hagrid’s Hut, where he got his first look at Norbert.

• Morris found enough dragon bones in the Forbidden Forest to piece together nearly a complete right hind leg, but he cut back on his visits when centaur patrols increased.
• Harry and Hermione brought Ron to Morris after a dragon bite left Ron’s hand swollen, green, and painfully stinging.
• Morris gave Ron an antidote, but it failed to treat the bite, so he recommended that Ron visit Madam Pomfrey.
• Harry told Morris that Hagrid had hatched a dragon, and Morris asked to see it.
• Two days later, Harry and Hermione took Morris to Hagrid’s Hut, where he saw the young dragon Norbert chewing on a piece of wood.

Morris visited Hagrid and used bones to stop Norbert from biting him while secretly collecting a few drops of the young dragon’s blood. Back in his dormitory, he brewed a potion that restored a small amount of vitality to an ancient dragon-bone fragment, leaving him seeking blood from adult dragons.

• Morris visited Hagrid’s Hut, where Hagrid explained that he had won Norbert’s egg in a card game and Harry said Ron’s brother would arrange for people to collect the dragon that weekend.
• When Norbert tried to bite Morris, Morris repeatedly summoned bones to protect himself until the dragon stopped attacking.
• Morris secretly collected a few drops of blood from Norbert while Hagrid prepared the dragon’s food.
• Morris brewed a potion with Norbert’s blood and an ancient dragon-bone fragment, restoring a little vitality to the bone.
• Morris realized he would need blood from adult dragons to fully restore the ancient dragon bones and wondered how to obtain it.

Morris sought dragon blood but lacked the money to buy it, then rode into the Forbidden Forest to collect dragon bones and came upon Quirrell attacking a Unicorn. He knocked Quirrell away, shrank the Unicorn’s corpse, and fled with it, leaving Harry with an approaching Centaur.

• Morris learned that dragon blood was available in Knockturn Alley but could not afford it.
• Harry told Morris that Professor McGonagall had caught him and his friends sending Norbert away, costing Gryffindor points and earning them detention.
• Morris rode his Skeleton Unicorn into the Forbidden Forest to collect dragon bones and briefly encountered a group of Centaurs.
• Morris heard a scream and found a hooded figure attacking a Unicorn while Harry, Malfoy, and Fang watched nearby.
• Morris charged the figure with his Skeleton Unicorn, took the Unicorn’s shrunken corpse, and escaped.