Recaps

William and the others faced Dementors attacking a beach in Biarritz, and William drove them back with his Patronus while Aurors arrived. As the danger seemed to pass, William turned toward the last Dementor with a bold idea.

• William, Hermione, Anne, and Phoebe drew their wands as Dementors flew toward them across the beach.
• Hermione explained that the underage magic rules allowed them to use magic when lives were threatened, while Phoebe asked William whether he knew the Patronus Charm.
• William cast Expecto Patronum, and his silver sea eagle struck the leading Dementor and forced it to flee.
• Hermione’s protective magic failed against a Dementor, while Phoebe’s Patronus attempt produced only white mist.
• William sent his sea eagle after the Dementor near Hermione and made it vanish as Cregan and the Aurors arrived on the beach.
• William noticed the lone remaining Dementor and shouted for everyone to leave it to him.

William used his memories and three sea-eagle Patronuses to capture a Dementor in a rune-sealed cabinet while the Aurors fought off the rest. After the danger passed, he gave everyone Elixir to Induce Euphoria and hid the cabinet from Cregan.

• William used his happy memories to lure a separated Dementor away from Phoebe as the other Dementors attacked the Aurors.
• Hermione brought William a large cabinet, and his three sea-eagle Patronuses battered the Dementor into it.
• William sealed the cabinet with Ancient Runes and retrieved his memories into a crystal bottle for Hermione to store.
• William hid the cabinet, then gave Elixir to Induce Euphoria to the group and the black dog.

After the Dementors attacked Muggles in France, William let them flee and planned to blame Sirius Black for one Dementor’s disappearance while Cregan questioned him and arranged to send Sophie Costa to protect him. William’s group went to a restaurant with Phoebe and Gabrielle, where Hermione and Phoebe both made room for him beside them, leaving him mortified.

• The Aurors drove away the Dementors and erased the Muggles’ memories, while William decided to hint to Rita that Black had escaped and might have killed a Dementor.
• Cregan questioned William about the Dementors, then joked that he would assign Sophie Costa to protect him; William objected, and Cregan left after inviting him and Hermione to visit.
• William’s group set off for a wizarding restaurant with Phoebe and Gabrielle acting as their French guides, while Lyanna looked curiously at Phoebe.
• Anne whispered that William was doomed, then sat beside Hermione as the group took their places at a table with only eight chairs.
• Hermione and Phoebe both moved to make room for William beside them, and Anne laughed at his discomfort.

Hermione sneaked into William’s room with food, mistakenly feared he had gone to Phoebe, and fell asleep on his Safety Watch before finding him inside its expanded space. William showed her the captured Dementor he intended for her Patronus practice, and they shared a late-night snack while the lonely creature watched.

• Hermione tried to enter William’s room with WALL-E’s help, then used her wand when the Bowtruckle fell asleep.
• Hermione found William’s room empty, waited there, and fell asleep while reading an Ancient Runes book beside his Safety Watch.
• Hermione heard the watch tapping, entered its expanded space, and found William trying to open the door from inside.
• William reassured Hermione that he had not gone out and showed her the room where he kept a Basilisk, Devil’s Snare, and captured Dementor.
• William told Hermione she could practice the Patronus Charm on the weakened Dementor, then accepted the baguette she had brought and shared it with her.

After Gabrielle and Anne disappeared from the hotel, William followed their trail to the coast with Hermione and Phoebe. A rescued female Werewolf revealed that the girls and many other children had been taken to an island beyond a huge storm, and Phoebe proposed riding Abraxans there.

• Phoebe told William that Gabrielle, Anne, and the big black dog had vanished while she was bathing.
• William ruled out Muggles and concluded that a powerful adult wizard had taken the girls after Anne's tracking signal disappeared.
• William, Hermione, and Phoebe flew to the coast, where they found Dahei and traces showing the kidnappers had left by boat.
• A female Werewolf William had rescued at the Mysterious Circus told him the children were on an island west of the coast.
• The female Werewolf warned that a huge storm surrounded the island, and Phoebe said they could ride Madame Maxime's Abraxans to reach it.

William and his companions lured the Abraxans from Beauxbatons with dragon blood and whisky, then rode away with five of them. Madame Maxime discovered the herd had fled and vowed to punish whoever was responsible.

• William used Gubraithian Fire to boil seawater mixed with dragon blood and malt whisky to attract Abraxans.
• Madame Maxime spoke with Louis XVI at Beauxbatons, where they discussed Phoebe and William's destruction of Notre-Dame de Paris.
• Brienne warned Madame Maxime that the Abraxans had become restless, and Maxime saw the herd fly toward the Pyrenees.
• Hermione worried about the cost of harming the Abraxans, but William reassured her and told everyone to take one.
• William, Hermione, the female Werewolf, and the big black dog mounted five Abraxans and flew across the sea toward an island.

Anne and Gabrielle escaped from the Werewolves’ cave after overpowering Rickon and fleeing on a broom, but a fierce wind sent them crashing toward a dangerous part of the island. Jacob refused to pursue them, believing they had entered a beast’s territory where a creature was about to give birth.

• Jacob ordered Rickon to guard the captured children while he and Moose left, and Rickon secretly kept a gold watch he had stolen.
• Anne comforted Gabrielle and used her silver pendant to lure Rickon into the cage, where the girls blinded and beat him before reclaiming Anne’s Safety Watch and wand.
• Anne and Gabrielle fled the cave on the Nimbus 2001, promising the imprisoned children they would return to save them.
• The girls fought past Werewolves blocking their route with prank products, bubbles, and a broom charge, then escaped through the opening at Starlight Pool.
• After Anne and Gabrielle flew into the storm, a fierce wind sent their broom plunging toward the other end of the island, and Jacob said they had entered a beast’s territory.

William arrived at the island, killed a Werewolf guarding the cave, and sent Hermione, Phoebe, and Mormont to rescue Anne and Gabrielle while he drew out the remaining Werewolves. He battled the pack alone, leaving them terrified as he challenged them to attack.

• William landed on the island, seized a Werewolf guard, learned the captives were in a cave, and killed him with Avada Kedavra.
• Hermione comforted William before she, Phoebe, and Mormont entered the cave under a Disillusionment Charm to search for Anne and Gabrielle.
• William summoned the Werewolves with fireworks and taunted them while the black dog stayed by his side.
• William fought the Werewolves with spells and a silver sword, killing several and turning the attackers’ fear against them.
• William declared that Avada Kedavra killed too quickly and urged the remaining Werewolves to attack him.

Jacob used the Goblin Gems to turn the Werewolves into wolves and lead them against William, while Moose sneaked back to Starlight Pool. William and Dahei fought the pack as Anne and Gabrielle found a broken broom and an egg watched over by an enormous creature.

• Jacob used the Goblin Gems to create artificial moonlight, transformed himself and the Werewolves, and led the pack out of the cave toward William.
• Moose returned alone to Starlight Pool after the Werewolves left.
• William and Dahei fought the transformed Werewolves, with Dahei attacking Jacob and William controlling a black wolf with the Imperius Curse.
• Anne helped Gabrielle jump safely from a tree, and the girls followed the sound of William's voice through the forest.
• Anne and Gabrielle found Anne's broken Nimbus 2001 and discovered a silver egg as an enormous creature watched them.

Anne and Gabrielle tried to take a clutch of eggs, but Anne’s Thunderbird-feather wand warned her of attacks from a giant Thunderbird. The Thunderbird abandoned its eggs to chase a beam of light, then flew into the mountain and damaged the cave entrance as William rushed inside.

• Anne and Gabrielle decided to take the seemingly abandoned eggs, but Anne’s wand shocked her and warned her to evade a lightning strike.
• The Thunderbird attacked the girls repeatedly, and Anne guessed how to dodge its next moves until a beam of white light distracted the bird.
• William commanded dead wolves to fight the Werewolves while the black dog struggled against Jacob.
• William saw the Thunderbird fly toward the cave, where it crashed into the mountain and sent rocks tumbling onto the Werewolves.
• William slowed a boulder near the entrance and flew into the cave, while his Werewolf mount died after crashing into the rock.

William took the broken gemstone and rescued Hermione, Phoebe, and the children from the collapsing cave, then escaped the Thunderbird with Dahei, Anne, and Gabrielle. The Thunderbird was left raging as it flew toward the coastline.

• William found a giant diamond in the cave, endured the Thunderbird’s lightning, and collected the seven pieces after it shattered the gemstone.
• Hermione and Phoebe watched Mormont fight Moose until William arrived, killed Moose, and learned Anne and Gabrielle had already escaped.
• William used Apparition to carry Hermione, Phoebe, and the children to safety at Biarritz, then returned to the island.
• William lured the Thunderbird away, rescued Dahei, and then carried Anne and Gabrielle off the island as the Thunderbird pursued them toward the coastline.

After rescuing the kidnapped children from the Werewolves, William arranged for Gabrielle and Anne to return to the hotel, then negotiated with Cregan about the Thunderbird. He left Cregan believing the Thunderbird threatened him while trying to make the French Ministry responsible for driving it away and secure compensation.

• Phoebe carried the exhausted Gabrielle back to the hotel, while Hermione took Anne and the black dog followed them.
• Cregan asked William what had happened to the Werewolves, and William said most were dead while some had escaped by Apparition.
• William proposed that the French Ministry handle the Thunderbird, claiming it might attack him after the rescue disturbed it.
• Cregan suspected William had stolen the Thunderbird's egg, but William swore that neither he nor his companions had taken it.
• William rejected Cregan's offers of a medal or Galleons and insisted that the Ministry owed him other compensation.

William asked Cregan to help Akali's Mystery Shop expand into France and arranged a partnership before the Aurors faced the Thunderbird on the coast. William Disapparated, and Mormont, struggling with her Werewolf instincts in a secluded grove, saw him and heard him offer himself as something she could bite.

• William told Cregan that Akali's Mystery Shop planned to expand into France, and they agreed on terms for cooperating.
• The Aurors completed their coastal defenses as the rain intensified and the Thunderbird emerged from the clouds.
• William provoked the Thunderbird, then Disapparated when Cregan asked him to help fight it.
• Cregan charged at the Thunderbird, frustrated by his sense that William had tricked him.
• Mormont hurt herself while suppressing her Werewolf instincts, then saw William and heard him offer to let her bite him.

William healed Mormont, changed her back from a wolf, and persuaded her to live for him after she lost her purpose. He and the girls spent the rest of their holiday playing in Biarritz before saying goodbye to Gabrielle and Phoebe and setting off for Dijon.

• Mormont woke as a human after William used the Homorphus Charm and treated her wounds.
• Mormont told William about her painful life and asked him to kill her, but agreed to live for him instead.
• William carried Anne, Gabrielle, Hermione, and Phoebe through their sunrise watching, seagull chasing, and diving during their holiday.
• William and the girls spent two weeks in Biarritz before preparing to leave for Dijon.
• Gabrielle and Phoebe said goodbye to William, and Phoebe kissed his forehead after Hermione gave her permission.
• Hermione teased William about Phoebe's kiss, then fell into his arms and received a kiss on the forehead.

William trained Hermione in the Patronus Charm and dueling while keeping a captured Dementor for research, including plans to turn its cloak into a flying cloak. After they returned to Hermione’s room, they found Anne lying on the bed with a book, and Hermione confronted her for eating there again.

• Hermione used a newly formed bird Patronus to knock down the weakened Dementor, then challenged William to a duel and was quickly exhausted.
• Hermione said she wanted to improve so she could catch up to Phoebe and eventually beat William.
• William explained that a Dementor’s cloak enabled it to fly and considered turning one into a levitating cloak, though he worried its kind might come looking for it.
• Hermione asked where to keep seven gems that resembled missing Goblin Gems, and William advised her to hide them under her bed.
• William teased Hermione that he might give the gems to Phoebe, prompting Hermione to snatch the box back.
• William and Hermione returned to Hermione’s room and found Anne reading on the bed; Hermione screamed and pounced on her for eating there.

William, Hermione, and Anne dealt with Hagrid’s unruly new textbooks before visiting Gringotts, where William resisted Bogrod’s attempt to sell him a risky investment. The money remained in France, and William continued alone to his vault.

• Anne showed William and Hermione the Monster Book of Monsters and another book that had eaten malt candy, while Hermione accused her of eating in bed.
• William pinned both books beneath a heavy table and heated them with small flames to make them behave.
• William took Hermione and Anne to Diagon Alley by Apparition and asked Bogrod to transfer his French Ministry of Magic compensation into his Gringotts vault.
• After learning that the international transfer fee was seven percent, William and Hermione decided to leave the money in France.
• William went to his vault alone while Bogrod tried to sell him Raw Ore Treasure, and William recognized the offer as a scheme to fleece him.

William returned to Britain and met Minister Fudge, who urged him to accuse the French Ministry of Magic of conspiring against Britain and to help secure Sirius Black’s extradition. Hermione challenged Fudge to focus on catching Black, while William concealed that he had taken the Dementor and leaked the story to Rita.

• Fudge intercepted William, Hermione, and Anne at Gringotts and took them to a private room at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Fudge questioned William about Paris and proposed that he publicly expose the French Ministry of Magic for using him to protect its reputation.
• Hermione criticized Fudge for neglecting Black’s capture, and William supported her.
• Fudge learned that Dementors had attacked William and Hermione in France, then blamed the French Ministry for orchestrating the attack and taking a Dementor.
• Fudge claimed France was sheltering Black to sabotage Britain’s Quidditch World Cup and described Britain’s policy of keeping Europe divided.

William returned from France and deflected Fudge’s request to accuse the French Ministry, while learning Fudge planned to station Dementors at Hogwarts. At the Leaky Cauldron, Harry reunited with William and Hermione, explained why he had run away from home, and worried that Cho had not received his letter.

• Fudge asked William to give the Daily Prophet an interview blaming France, but William avoided committing and said he needed to consult Dumbledore.
• Hermione challenged Fudge’s plan to put Dementors at Hogwarts, and Fudge admitted the Ministry lacked enough staff to guard the school and hunt Black.
• Fudge found Harry at the Leaky Cauldron and warned him not to go to Knockturn Alley.
• Harry told William and Hermione that he had accidentally inflated Aunt Marge and run away from home, and Hermione scolded him for using magic against a Muggle.
• William said he and Hermione were going home, disappointing Harry, who had hoped to hear about their French adventures.
• Harry asked about Cho’s missing letter, and William explained that she was in Australia, reassuring Harry that the letter might simply not have arrived.

William, Hermione, and Anne shopped for school supplies and pets in Diagon Alley, where they met Astoria Greengrass, who accused William of ignoring her sister Daphne’s letters and asked him to repay money Daphne owed her. Astoria stormed off threatening to get Draco to beat him up, while William continued shopping for pet food with the girls.

• William and Hermione bought textbooks at Flourish and Blotts, where Mrs. Longbottom beat a rampaging book with a stick and Neville remembered his elective choices.
• William took Hermione and Anne to the Magical Menagerie to buy food for Bobocha and looked at the unusual animals in the shop.
• Astoria Greengrass confronted William, accused him of ignoring Daphne’s letters, and asked him to repay the money Daphne owed her.
• William refused to pay Daphne’s debt, and Astoria ran off threatening to get Draco to beat him up.
• Anne bought imported cat food while William worried about the import duties.

Hermione chose Crookshanks from the Magical Menagerie, and William agreed to buy him despite already having several pets. After leaving the shop, William, Hermione, and Anne ran into Malfoy, who fled after recognizing them.

• Hermione watched Crookshanks defeat three mongooses and admired the ginger cat.
• Hermione asked William to buy Crookshanks for her birthday, and he agreed despite reminding her that they already had many cats.
• Anne asked William for a new Firebolt, but Hermione offered her own broom instead.
• Hermione warned Anne that Dahei would have to stay with Hagrid and Fluffy because he could not come to Hogwarts.
• Malfoy accused William, Hermione, and Anne of bullying Astoria, then recognized them and hurried away with Goyle, Crabbe, and Astoria.

William returned to Hogwarts for the new term and reunited with Hermione, Anne, and the Weasley twins. After learning Fred and George had tampered with Scabbers's tonic, he watched Crookshanks chase Scabbers at the station.

• William, Hermione, and Anne were mobbed by students at King's Cross before escaping to meet Fred and George.
• William greeted Percy, who proudly showed off his Head Boy badge and offered advice.
• Fred and George told William they had altered Percy's badge to read “Humungous Bighead” and added Niffler hair to Scabbers's tonic.
• Hermione's Crookshanks broke free and chased Scabbers from Ron's hands.

Crookshanks attacked Scabbers before William stopped him, and the group boarded the train. In their compartment, Hermione read a Quibbler article claiming a missing Dementor might have been taken by Time Lords or sent back in time.

• Crookshanks pulled Scabbers from a drain and tried to bite him, but Ron and William intervened.
• Hermione argued with Ron about Crookshanks, while Fred and George urged Ron to give Scabbers his tonic.
• William, Ron, and the others boarded the train and joined Cho, Luna, and Cedric in a compartment.
• William transformed Cedric’s badge into a fake Scabbers, then Cedric changed it back into the real badge.
• Cedric hinted that she wanted to remain with William and Cho, and Luna burst into laughter.
• Hermione read a Quibbler article theorizing that a missing Dementor had been taken by a Time Lord or had traveled back in time.

As the Hogwarts Express departed, William helped the three younger students write jokes for a Ministry contest while Harry returned to flirt with Cho and asked her about a kangaroo fight. A delayed seagull delivered William’s letter to Cho, and Harry realized that the owl he had hired to deliver his letter to Newcastle had probably flown to Australia and died at sea.

• Cedric left the compartment, and Harry arrived after speaking with Mr. Weasley about Sirius; Ron then took Harry to find another compartment because Crookshanks was threatening Scabbers.
• Ginny, Anne, and Hermione worked on jokes about France for a Ministry contest, and William wrote material for them as their ghostwriter.
• Young wizards visited Akali’s Mystery Shop to buy products and seek autographs, while Lee Jordan asked William for a thousand signed photos.
• Harry returned alone, bought prank products from Cho, and asked whether she had received his letter and how she had fought a kangaroo.
• Crookshanks caught a seagull carrying William’s delayed letter to Cho, and Harry revealed that he had sent his own letter to Newcastle through an owl from the Leaky Cauldron.
• William deduced that Tom had mistaken Newcastle in Australia for Newcastle in England and warned Harry to avoid the Leaky Cauldron and Tom.

William and the others discussed Professor Lupin and joked with Percy as the Hogwarts Express began to slow amid a sudden storm. A giant bird emerged from the clouds outside and stared directly at William, leaving him startled.

• William and Hermione finished letters for Phoebe and Gabrielle, and Anne sent snacks to France with the seagull.
• Harry told the others they had met Professor R. J. Lupin on the train, and they speculated about the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Cedric returned to the compartment and sat beside Cho, while Ginny sat squeezed against Harry.
• Cedric mocked Percy's practiced Head Boy speech and reported his warning about fires, thieves, and the Weasley twins.
• The train jolted, Percy stumbled into Ron, and Scabbers struck the opposite compartment door.
• William looked out at the storm and saw a giant bird crackling with lightning stare at him.

William defended the Hogwarts Express from the Thunderbird’s repeated lightning strikes while Percy organized the students to move forward. As William began a powerful Ancient Runes defense with the Sorting Hat’s help, Lupin held the line and the runes spread across the carriage.

• William ordered the prefects to move students toward the front carriages and told the driver to keep moving.
• Percy rallied the students, while William cast Protego Maxima over the damaged carriage.
• Hermione, Lupin, and other wizards joined William as the Thunderbird struck the barrier with a barrage of lightning.
• Cedric led Anne, Cho, the twins, Luna, Harry, Neville, and Ginny toward the younger students.
• Anne placed the Sorting Hat on William’s head, and it gave him instructions for a defensive spell.
• William asked Lupin to hold off the Thunderbird for twenty seconds, then chanted Ancient Runes as protective markings appeared throughout the carriage.