Recaps

Harry washed up after a humiliating mishap, then joined Professor McGonagall in finding Ron. In Dumbledore’s office, the adults suspected Ron’s rat Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, but their spell failed to reveal an Animagus.

• Harry sang and practiced confessing to Cho in the bathroom, then fell repeatedly when Professor McGonagall knocked at the door.
• Professor McGonagall told Harry that his singing and confession had been terrible, asked about unusual events in the dormitory, and warned that Black might return.
• Professor McGonagall told Ron that his parents wanted him to visit Charlie, and asked whether he had a pet to bring; Ron said he had Scabbers.
• Harry, Ron, Professor McGonagall, and Ron’s parents’ group met Dumbledore and Lupin in the Headmaster’s Office, where Lupin said Scabbers might be Peter Pettigrew.
• Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Lupin cast a spell on Scabbers, but the rat did not transform.

During the Christmas holiday, William helped Hermione study and work out a lighter timetable while the Wizarding World praised her for identifying Black as an unregistered Animagus. The holiday ended with William, Hermione, and Anne returning to Hogsmeade, where Tonks shared patrol information and was left to pay for a mountain of sweets.

• William tutored Hermione in the third-year Ancient Runes curriculum, and Hermione planned to drop Muggle Studies and use the freed time to study with him.
• Fudge credited Hermione with helping solve Black's escape, and Rita published articles praising Hermione while attacking the Ministry's failure to identify Black as an unregistered Animagus.
• William used Apparition to bring Hermione and Anne back to Hogsmeade, where they met Tonks shopping at Honeydukes.
• Tonks complained about being an eternal trainee, reported that Moody had retired, and told William about Hogsmeade's coming curfew and the lack of detection spells in the Forbidden Forest.
• William promised to pay for Tonks's snacks, then left with Hermione and Anne; Tonks was stuck with a bill of fifty-eight Galleons.

William returned to Hogwarts and learned that Dobby had quit his latest job, so he offered him work with Akali's Mystery Shop. Dumbledore also asked William to brew the Wolfsbane Potion for Lupin, and William left after raising his suspicions about Scabbers and Peter Pettigrew.

• Fawkes summoned William to Dumbledore's office when he returned to Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore explained that Dobby had left his job at the Hog's Head after shaving the hair off Aberforth's favorite goat, then lost another job at a retirement community.
• William offered Dobby work involving Akali's Mystery Shop.
• Dumbledore asked William to brew Wolfsbane Potion for Lupin because Snape's potion was making Lupin ill, and William negotiated access to Professor Sprout's greenhouses.
• William told Dumbledore that Scabbers seemed suspicious, and Dumbledore said that if Peter was alive, the truth could be deadly.

William introduced Dobby as his new employee and proposed building a House-elf delivery service to expand Akali's Mystery Shop. He left the meeting with his friends poised to launch a logistics company that could replace owl post and grow beyond their shop.

• William told Cho and Cedric that he had received a Firebolt and introduced Dobby as his new employee.
• William gathered Hermione, Cedric, Cho, and the twins in the Room of Requirement to discuss the Wizarding World's slow delivery methods.
• William proposed hiring House-elves to deliver Akali's Mystery Shop orders within an hour.
• Dobby said he knew more than twenty unemployed House-elves who could be hired for deliveries.
• William outlined plans to expand the service to other shops and build a large logistics business.

William persuaded Hermione, Fred, and George to establish a paid package-delivery service employing House-elves, with wages, uniforms, and training. The group named the new business Kiki's Delivery Service, leaving its launch ahead.

• Hermione argued that House-elves deserved wages and protections, while Fred and George claimed they preferred working without pay.
• William convinced the twins that House-elves hired for deliveries should receive wages instead of food and lodging, and proposed paying them the same rate as owl deliveries.
• William explained that Apparition would let House-elves make enough deliveries to earn a living, and Dobby happily accepted the proposed pay.
• William proposed a 996 work schedule and required House-elves to wear clean uniforms, then arranged for Mars to train them for two months.
• Hermione asked what to call the shop, and William named it Kiki's Delivery Service.

William saw Hagrid’s Niffler lesson, gave him a defense statement for Buckbeak’s hearing, and asked where to find Lethifolds for a potion ingredient. Hagrid warned him that Lethifolds were not found in Britain and hinted that Anne was keeping a secret from him.

• The Ministry offered fifty Galleons for information about Black, while Aurors investigating black dogs shut down the Mermaid Feast and Fang was sent to stay with Fluffy.
• Hagrid taught Care of Magical Creatures with Nifflers, and Cho’s Niffler won the coin hunt.
• William gave Hagrid his defense statement for Buckbeak, and Hagrid thanked him through tears.
• William asked Hagrid where he could find Lethifolds, claiming Dumbledore needed Lethifold sashimi for a potion for Lupin.
• Hagrid said Lethifolds lived in the tropics or possibly Albania, warned William not to go there, and complained that he could barely face Roy after promising to watch over William, Hermione, and Anne.
• Hagrid began to mention a secret about Anne but stopped, leaving William wondering what she had done.

William asked the Fat Lady about Black’s Halloween attack and concluded that Peter Pettigrew had infiltrated the Weasley family as a rat. The chapter ended when Anne emerged from the Restricted Section, saw William, and ran back inside.

• Wood argued with Professor McGonagall for Harry’s Firebolt, but she refused to return it until she had ruled out danger.
• William gave up asking for his own Firebolt and asked Professor McGonagall where to find the Fat Lady.
• The Fat Lady told William that someone inside the Gryffindor Common Room had pushed open the door and let Black in on Halloween.
• William concluded that Peter Pettigrew was the mole, had faked his death, and was hiding among the Weasleys as a rat.
• Anne came out of the Restricted Section, saw William, and ran back inside.

William discovered that Anne and Gabrielle had taken two Thunderbird eggs, and that Anne was secretly raising one as Silver Wing. He warned Phoebe that the other egg might be with her at Beauxbatons, but Madame Maxime answered through the Sound Transmission Conch instead.

• William caught Anne, Ginny, and Luna sneaking out and followed them to their secret base.
• Anne revealed a half-grown Thunderbird named Silver Wing, which she said she and Gabrielle had taken from Werewolf Island.
• William realized the Thunderbird that had gone to Beauxbatons was likely searching for the stolen eggs.
• William contacted Phoebe and warned her to check whether Gabrielle had left the other egg with her.
• Madame Maxime took over the conversation and addressed William as Stark.

William learned that Madame Maxime planned to see him over the summer and spend the next school year at Hogwarts, while he and Hermione discussed Anne’s Thunderbird and the possibility of restarting the Triwizard Tournament. William also told Hermione he intended to search the Forbidden Forest for Black, whom he suspected had escaped with Peter’s help.

• Madame Maxime confronted William over his absence and the stolen Abraxan, then said she might spend the next school year at Hogwarts and warned him to stay alive until they met again.
• Hermione learned Anne had a Thunderbird egg, and she and William agreed to return the chick to its mother until Anne could provide it with a suitable space.
• William told Hermione that the International Confederation of Wizards would discuss Arya and that they might have to attend its meeting.
• Hermione speculated that the schools might restart the Triwizard Tournament, which had last been held in 1792, and questioned whether it was safe while Black remained at large.
• William told Hermione he suspected Scabbers was Peter and planned to ask Aragog’s Acromantulas to search the Forbidden Forest for Black.

Hufflepuff crushed Slytherin, while Harry caught the Snitch after Malfoy distracted himself by chatting with him, sparking a brawl and point deductions. William kept busy with Acromantula business, Hermione’s studies, and bringing Wolfsbane Potion to Lupin, but Snape tried to make him take an extra cauldron off his hands.

• Hufflepuff defeated Slytherin decisively, and Gryffindor later beat Slytherin after Malfoy distracted himself chatting with Harry, who caught the Golden Snitch.
• The Gryffindor and Slytherin teams brawled after the match, and Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall deducted points from them.
• William asked Aragog to search for Dahei while Acromantula products and Snape’s venom antidote brought them profits.
• Hermione advanced her Ancient Runes and curse research, while Anne imagined riding Silver Wing after it grew up.
• William brought Wolfsbane Potion to Lupin, but Snape warned him about Lupin and asked him to sell an extra cauldron of the potion.

William brought Lupin the Wolfsbane Potion and discussed his belief that Peter Pettigrew was still alive. As Harry practiced the Patronus Charm, William received a warning that Ludo Bagman was coming to Hogwarts and saw the Boggart kissing Harry.

• William delivered Lupin’s potion, which Lupin drank, while Harry mistakenly thought it was medicine to strengthen Lupin’s kidneys.
• Lupin talked about his former Potions Professor, Slughorn, and asked William whether he still believed Peter Pettigrew was alive; William said he did.
• Lupin began reflecting on the Marauders and his failure to investigate Sirius’s case while Harry resumed practicing the Patronus Charm.
• William read a letter from Bertha Jorkins warning that Ludo Bagman would be coming to Hogwarts.
• Harry’s Patronus attempt failed, and the Boggart, disguised as a Dementor, kissed him while Lupin and William were distracted.

Harry was hospitalized with swollen lips after a Boggart mimicked a Dementor’s Kiss, and rumors about his supposed kissing spree spread through Hogwarts. Later, Professor McGonagall brought William news that Ludo Bagman would inspect and register his Quidditch maneuver, while warning him about the Triwizard Tournament, the Wimbourne Wasps, and Ludo’s gambling.

• Harry begged William and Lupin to conceal that a Boggart had caused his swollen lips, but rumors claimed he had kissed an unidentified man for a day and night.
• Professor McGonagall delivered Firebolts and Hermione’s Invisibility Cloak after the items had been checked for charms.
• Ron volunteered to test Harry’s Firebolt because Harry could not leave the Hospital Wing.
• Professor McGonagall told William that Ludo would inspect and register his Quidditch maneuver that afternoon.
• William guessed that Dumbledore and Ludo were discussing reviving the Triwizard Tournament, and McGonagall told him the matter was still secret.
• McGonagall warned William not to join the Wimbourne Wasps or wager with Ludo, who owed her money from past bets.

Ludo Bagman visited Hogwarts and invited William to join the Wimbourne Wasps, then discussed betting on the Quidditch World Cup. William decided to wager five thousand Galleons against the Goblins, planning to use Nicolas’s visions to win enough money to buy the club, but Hermione held the vault key.

• Ludo Bagman arrived at Hogwarts and took William to the Quidditch Pitch while students followed.
• Ludo told William he planned to give his Department of Magical Games and Sports colleagues time off before the Quidditch World Cup, leaving Barty Crouch’s department busier.
• Ludo invited William to join the Wimbourne Wasps and asked which team he favored in the World Cup.
• William learned that Goblins bet on Quidditch and decided to wager five thousand Galleons with them on the first match.
• William planned to use Nicolas’s visions to win the Goblins’ money and buy the Wimbourne Wasps, but Hermione had the vault key.

William refused Ludo's requests to recruit him for the Wimbourne Wasps and train the national team, but discussed betting with him. Gryffindor beat Hufflepuff and reached the final, while Harry brooded over Cho comforting Cedric; the celebration ended when Ron announced that Scabbers was dead.

• Ludo tried to recruit William for the Wimbourne Wasps and asked him to train the national team's Chasers, but William refused both offers and discussed betting with him.
• Gryffindor narrowly beat Hufflepuff, with Harry catching the Golden Snitch and securing a place in the final against Ravenclaw.
• Harry saw Cho comforting Cedric after the match, grew jealous, and tried to confront him before Fred, George, and Wood stopped him.
• William joined Gryffindor's celebration and quietly planned with Hermione to visit the Forbidden Forest that night because the Acromantulas had found traces of Dahei.
• Ron burst into the celebration carrying a dead rat and announced that Scabbers was dead.

Ron blamed Hermione and William for Scabbers’s death, while Hermione called him an idiot and left with William. Later, William, Hermione, and Anne sneaked to Hagrid’s hut, where Hagrid struggled to read the defense statement for Buckbeak.

• Ron accused Hermione and William of causing Scabbers’s death and insisted the rat had been ordinary.
• Hermione argued that someone had switched Scabbers, then called Ron an idiot and left the common room with William.
• Fred, George, Harry, and Ginny tried to comfort Ron, who refused an offer to buy him an owl and defended his new groundhog.
• William, Hermione, and Anne used the Invisibility Cloak to sneak out to Hagrid’s hut.
• William, Hermione, and Anne heard Hagrid stumbling through the defense statement they had written for Buckbeak.

William and Hermione took Anne into the mountains to find Black, who had been living alone in a cave and starving. When Anne called him Dahei, Black stopped running and cried in the rain.

• William exchanged herbs and materials with Ronan, who shared a cryptic prophecy about dark clouds gathering again.
• After leaving the carriage and Acromantulas behind, William flew with Hermione and Anne toward the mountain where the spiders had located Black.
• Black trapped and ate a rat, reminisced about his time with William, Hermione, and Anne, and feared they would not believe his story.
• William, Hermione, and Anne reached Black's cave, and Black transformed into a dog and ran outside, expecting Aurors and Dementors.
• Anne called Black Dahei, and he cried in the rain before deciding he would stop running.

William captured Black and questioned him in a cave, where Black explained how he escaped Azkaban and why he believed Peter Pettigrew was alive. He admitted that he had secretly made Peter the Potters’ Secret Keeper, leaving the others to confront his account without yet establishing proof of his innocence.

• William restrained the black dog, transformed him into Black, and brought him into a cave with Hermione and Anne.
• Black said Peter Pettigrew was alive as Scabbers, the rat living with the Weasley family’s youngest son.
• Black explained that Fudge had brought Malfoy to visit him, and a newspaper Malfoy left behind showed Scabbers on Ron’s shoulder.
• Black said he escaped Azkaban after recognizing Peter in the newspaper, then admitted he had accidentally gone to France because he had a poor sense of direction.
• Black revealed that he had persuaded James to make Peter the Potters’ Secret Keeper, while suspecting Remus and withholding the change from Dumbledore.

Black explained how he had secretly made Peter Pettigrew the Secret Keeper for James and Lily, then spent twelve years in Azkaban after Peter framed him and escaped. William and Hermione revealed that Peter had escaped their earlier attempt to expose him, and the chapter ended with William briefly suspecting Peter might be disguised as Ron before the map disproved it.

• William questioned Black about why James and Lily had chosen him rather than Dumbledore, and Black explained that they wanted to protect Dumbledore and keep the Fidelius Charm working while they fought for the Order of the Phoenix.
• Black said he had secretly switched the Secret Keeper to Peter, then found Peter after James and Lily died; Peter blew up a street, framed Black, and escaped while Black accepted imprisonment without a trial.
• William and Hermione told Black that Scabbers had died, but William explained that the rat they had examined at Christmas was real and Peter had likely switched places with him.
• Black suggested using the Marauder's Map to find Peter, and William showed him an improved map based on it; they realized Peter had probably erased his name or left Hogwarts.
• William wondered whether Peter had used Polyjuice Potion to become Ron, but the map showed Ron and Harry moving around their dormitory, so he dismissed the idea.

William and Hermione hid Sirius inside the Safety Watch while misleading Fudge about his whereabouts. William agreed to take Sirius back to Hogwarts, where Peter was still hiding, and suspected Tom would arrange a death before Peter could escape.

• Sirius ate with frantic hunger while Anne ignored him, and he teased Hermione about her cooking until she threatened William with a glare.
• William and Hermione wrote to Fudge, implying that Sirius had gone to France, and William told Sirius that Buckbeak could be moved safely without being stolen.
• Sirius explained that he had obtained money from his uncle Alphard’s vault and asked to see Harry, but William refused because Harry would not believe him without proof against Peter.
• William gave Sirius the Werewolf’s wand and told him to stay hidden before taking him back to Hogwarts.
• Sirius hoped they would catch Peter, while William thought Tom had prepared escape plans and wondered who would die this time.

William learned that Buckbeak had been sentenced to death, but he reassured Hagrid that Dumbledore would protect him. On the way back to the castle, Hermione stood up for Hagrid by slapping Malfoy and driving him away.

• William and his friends visited Hagrid, who blamed himself for failing to defend Buckbeak at the hearing.
• Harry and Ron promised to help with a new appeal, but Cho reminded them they had abandoned the research earlier.
• William told Hagrid that Dumbledore would make sure Buckbeak came to no harm.
• Malfoy mocked Hagrid and Buckbeak as the group approached the castle.
• Hermione slapped Malfoy and challenged Crabbe and Goyle, and Malfoy retreated with them.

After the Easter holidays, Gryffindor players Harry, Wood, and Ron were caught sneaking into Hogsmeade and punished, putting more pressure on the team before its Quidditch final against Ravenclaw. On the eve of the match, Penelope asked William whether Ravenclaw would win because she had bet Percy thirty Galleons.

• The students returned from the Easter holidays to a heavy backlog of homework, while William helped Lee's reference answer studio with answers.
• Gryffindor prepared nervously for its final against Ravenclaw, hoping to end its long championship drought before Wood graduated.
• Tonks caught Harry, Wood, and Ron at the gnome footbath shop after they secretly went to Hogsmeade.
• Professor McGonagall docked Harry two hundred points and Wood and Ron fifty points each, leaving Gryffindor at minus 700 points; Ron also received detention and angry Howlers from Mrs. Weasley.
• On the eve of the final, Penelope asked William if Ravenclaw could win because she had bet Percy thirty Galleons.

Ravenclaw and Gryffindor prepared for the Quidditch final as Ludo tried to recruit William to show off his special move to England’s national players. Hermione gave William a badge before the teams took to the air, leaving the match just beginning.

• Ravenclaw received cheers from Hufflepuff and Slytherin, while Gryffindor displayed its two Firebolts and McLaggen bragged about them.
• Ludo told William he had brought two England National Team Chasers to watch and urged him to use his special move, then advised him to bet on England.
• Hermione gave William a badge showing a sea eagle and a white swan, and he wore it as he left for the pitch.
• Lee Jordan introduced the teams amid cheers and boos, and Madam Hooch started the final.
• William, Angelina, and Harry raced ahead on their Firebolts as William carried the Quaffle.

William led Ravenclaw’s attack against Gryffindor in the Quidditch final, while Harry and Angelina tried to contain him with their Firebolts. After Angelina was struck by a Bludger, William rescued her, then outmaneuvered Gryffindor’s defense and scored against Wood.

• Gryffindor used Harry and Angelina to double-team William, while Lee described the Firebolts’ speed during the match.
• Fred and George combined their Beaters’ hits to send a Bludger at William, who dodged it with a Sloth Grip Roll.
• The Bludger struck Angelina and knocked her off her broom, but William caught her robes and brought her safely to the ground.
• Madam Pomfrey treated Angelina, who recovered and returned to the match, though she remained dazed.
• William repeatedly challenged Wood, reclaimed the Quaffle after two saves, and scored when Wood guarded the wrong hoop.

William led Ravenclaw to victory over Gryffindor after scoring repeatedly, while Cho delayed Harry’s pursuit of the Golden Snitch. Harry caught the Snitch, but Ravenclaw won by 160 points, and William left the pitch with Hermione.

• Angelina’s concussion slowed Gryffindor, so Wood changed tactics and had Harry focus on catching the Golden Snitch while William continued scoring for Ravenclaw.
• Harry spotted the Snitch near Gryffindor’s goal but hesitated to collide with Cho, then mistook her teasing for a hint and became distracted.
• William scored a penalty shot after Fred struck his broom, and Cho spotted the Snitch over Ravenclaw’s half of the pitch.
• Cho collided with Harry, then kicked her strained Nimbus 2000 to catapult Harry away from the Snitch before leaping clear.
• Harry chased the Snitch while William scored the final goal; Harry caught the Snitch too late to prevent Ravenclaw’s 160-point victory.
• William checked on the injured Cho, then flew away with Hermione while Anne watched angrily from the Gryffindor stands.

After Ravenclaw’s championship, William and his classmates prepared for final exams, with Cedric, the twins, Percy, and Hermione all facing their own study pressures. William earned top marks in several tests, and the chapter left off with Lupin rushing to check on students who had embraced a ghost during the Defence Against the Dark Arts exam.

• Ravenclaw celebrated its championship, and Cedric sold William portrait badges to help fund a Firebolt for Cho.
• Cedric, Fred, and George studied for their O.W.L.s, while Percy prepared for his N.E.W.T.s and Hermione made Anne and William study with her.
• William told third-years that the entire Ancient Runes book could appear on the exam, prompting many of his visitors to stay away.
• McGonagall gave William full marks in Transfiguration after he changed a bronze eagle into a golden lion, and Flitwick’s Summoning Charm test ended with Eloise’s Bludger injuring students and knocking out McLaggen.
• William earned full marks in Snape’s Potions exam by brewing an antidote for Acromantula venom, while Binns tested the students on the Goblin Gem’s possible hiding places.
• William completed Lupin’s outdoor Defence Against the Dark Arts course fastest and told Lupin that several Gryffindors had embraced the final ghost, sending Lupin rushing over in alarm.