Where the Hippogriffs Don't Fly (S3E24)

Where the Hippogriffs Don't Fly is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It aired on November 16, 2021.

## Synopsis

In the Shrieking Shack, SWOFF hears growling and howling. Alex, Masie, Rosie, and Olive are on the first floor. They see something like a shadow moving about outside. Leaves are rustling out and around the Shrieking Shack. Alex protectively stands in front of Masie. Masie suggests standing back to back so that they can protect each other. Olive and Rosie also stand back to back. They all pull out their wands. Alex warns them not to let the werewolf bite or scratch them. Masie asks what spells are good against werewolves. Olive suggests the Shield Charm. Alex suggests Flipendo, Everte Statum, and Stupefy. They hear scrabbling sounds outside, as if something is scraping at the wall. It sounds like nails or something heavy on wood scraping against the side of the house, the shack.

Meanwhile, upstairs, Clem and Lily are investigating with Albus and Scorpius. They also hear the scraping sounds. Albus slowly makes his way to the boarded up windows that are only letting in the barest hint of light. The moonbeams make their way through the dust, settling on the floorboards. A faint, diffuse light makes its way across the room. Clem’s wand, illuminated by a Lumos spell, lights up the room, as well as Scorpius’s. The floorboards creak under Albus’s steps toward the window. Albus winces with every step, trying his best to move quietly. He leans forward to look outside. He notices something moving outside. He says that it looks like a fast and strange looking creature. He watches it move around the corner and then loses track of it. Clem asks what they should do. Albus says they should let James and Barney know. They hear floorboards creaking above them. Suddenly, candles begin to light up all around. All of the candles that were out around the room. Albus and Scorpius look around wildly in surprise. Clem, Lily, Albus, and Scorpius decide to go find James and Barney together. Albus goes first, taking a step on the landing, which creaks under him. He starts going up the steps and whispers for James and Barney but gets no response. All four of them move up the steps. They hear a howl as they climb. They reach the third landing. Candles are lit up here as well. The candles look fresh and tall, with only a few drippings on the side, indicating that they haven’t been here for that long. They spot Barney standing up against a wall, his eyes wide. Barney signals to James, who is at the window. James comments that he saw something outside and that he thinks it’s a werewolf. As James begins to walk over, the candles dim for a moment and the fireplace lights. A figure all in black with a wolf mask appears in the dark corner of the room. The figure stands still.

Meanwhile, Alex, Masie, Olive, and Rosie notice the candles light up downstairs. They continue to hear growling. They decide to find the others. Alex offers to be at the back of the line. Masie suggests having their wand in one hand and putting their other hand on the shoulder of someone nearby. Alex and Masie end up holding hands. Olive leads the group of them up the stairs. They make it to the second landing. They hear speaking above them. Alex catches part of a whisper that says, “Warn James and Barney.” Alex notices that wolf noises from downstairs have stopped. Alex suggests going upstairs since that’s probably where the others are. He also mentions to the others that he can’t hear the werewolf anymore.

Meanwhile, Clem asks the wolf masked figure who they are. She hears a strange garbled voice come out from the wolf masked figure, who says, “I am a member of the Council.” Clem asks who the Council is. They say, “You know full well who the Council is. We have come today with purpose. And you have come here to this place with purpose, yes?” Clem says, “Yes, to stop you.” They say, “It is just as the Fox said. You would find your way here.” The wolf masked figure then asks them to put their wands on the ground. Clem refuses. The wolf masked figure threatens them. Clem says that they would have to take it from her. The rest also stand their ground. The wolf masked figure then says that they’ll have to do it by force. They wave their wand, and the wood below them starts to break. The wolf masked figure then says that their companion will have to take their friends by force.

Suddenly, a rather spindly yet muscular, hunched, and very scary-looking creature breaks through the walls downstairs, coming through the boarded up windows, crashing through, and landing on the ground where Alex, Masie, Olive, and Rosie are. It has curly and thick matted hair and jaws extended, with a scar across its face. It stares, drooling on the debris in front of them. Alex tries to cast Everte Statum, but the creature moves too quickly. It rushes toward Alex, causing his hand to shake. Alex notices that the creature has an extra set of legs from the sides where its ribs are. Its back and shoulders are strangely jointed. The creature tackles Alex, batting the wand out of his hand. The creature looks Alex right in the eyes. As it gets closer, Alex sees runes carved in, scars amongst the hairs, all about its body. The creature drools. Olive casts Stupefy at the creature, causing it to recoil and slamming it against a bookcase. Masie casts Accio to grab Alex’s wand. She manages to get it closer to her, but not directly into her hand. Rosie casts Flipendo at the creature. However, they notice that Olive’s Stupefy and Rosie’s Flipendo seemed to have not worked completely. At this point, they realize that two of the runes on the creature’s body are glowing and smoking. Alex picks himself off the floor. The creature turns its gaze toward Masie. Masie tries to cast Fumos Lamina, but the horrifically intimidating creature moves too quickly toward her. Alex tries to grab the creature, surprising it. The creature scrabbles at the ground. It turns toward Alex, eyes wide and bloodshot, and growls in his face. The creature backhands Alex. Alex takes the hit in the chest and gets the wind knocked out of him. He slides across the wooden floor, but is able to tough it out. Masie immediately runs to Alex. Olive aims at the glowing runes and casts Incendio. The creature gets hit directly in the rune. Its body twists and turns toward Alex. The creature yelps in pain. Masie helps Alex up, hands him his wand, and hugs him while also moving them away from the creature. Masie casts Fumos Lamina on the smoke coming off of the creature to turn the smoke into a dagger, which falls into her hand. She throws the dagger at the rune on the creature’s body. The creature, however, sees it and knocks down to the side. The creature then lunges toward Masie and Alex. Rosie attempts to throw a Swelling Potion at the creature’s rune, but she misses and it lands near Olive’s feet instead. Olive instinctively jumps away, but the potion still hits her legs and feet, which begin to swell painfully. Olive falls to the floor. The creature pounces on Masie and Alex. Masie injures her right arm at the elbow. Alex becomes dazed and drops one of his potions. The potion spills onto the floorboards.

Meanwhile, Clem hears the sounds of her friends yelling down below and the sounds of scuffling and breaking noises. The wolf masked figure remains still and asks them to reconsider putting their wands on the ground. Clem refuses again and demands that the wolf masked figure let them go. The wolf masked figure refuses and says that they will be taking them all by force. Clem casts Alarte Ascendare at the wolf masked figure. The figure flaps their cloak, and there’s the barest hint of movement as they cast a Shield Charm. James, Albus, Scorpius, Lily, and Barney all begin casting spells (Bombarda, Stupefy, Inflatus), but their spells are all batted away. The figure calls them futile children. James continues casting spells. The figure continues deflecting them. The rest also continue casting spells. Lily yells with ferocity, “Stay away from my brother!” and then shouts “Bombarda!”, but her spell is batted aside. Runes begin glowing on various places of the figure’s body where there is bare skin. They notice a strange glow emanating from underneath their robes. He approaches James quickly but seemingly unconcerned. He grabs James’s hand. James immediately tries to punch him with his other hand. Albus and Scorpius rush forward. Barney also jumps into the fray. They all seem to be grabbing this person, who says, “Enough!” All of them fall to the ground with a thud. The figure remains standing, still holding James, who is wincing in pain. Clem picks up a chair and tries to hit the figure in the back of his head, surprising them. The chair breaks as it hits the figure, but the figure just waves their arm, and Clem is tossed backwards. Clem lands near the fireplace and becomes dazed. The figure says, “Foolish. I did not wish to cause anyone harm. This was avoidable.”

Meanwhile, Rosie notices that the area where Alex dropped his potion starts to become transparent, revealing the first floor below the floorboards. Rosie realizes that their only ways of escape are through the trap door where they came from or through the window where the wolf entered the shack. Rosie helps Olive to her feet. The creature looms over Masie and Alex, trying to pin them down. Its drool falls and lands nearby. Masie casts Incendio at the creature, accidentally hitting Alex a bit. The rune glows brightly, and the creature recoils in pain. Masie grabs Alex and tries to pull him away from the creature.

Meanwhile, Clem gets up from the ground, a bit wobbly. The figure has James’s hand in a vice-like grip. James tries to use his other hand to free himself, but the figure knocks his hand away and tells James to stop struggling. The figure asks them to reconsider surrendering. He says again that he doesn’t want to hurt them and that they have an opportunity as capable witches and wizards. Clem feels a piercing gaze through the almost porcelain-like mask that the figure is wearing. Clem offers to go with the figure if he leaves everyone else alone. The figure refuses, saying that he needs all of them. Clem asks why he needs all of them. He refuses to tell her why. He tells Clem to decide quickly and threatens to do irreparable damage to James’s hand if she continues to refuse. Clem demands him to stop hurting James. He says he’ll stop if they put down their wands. James tells them not to do it. Clem starts to lower her wand slowly, but casts a spell right before it hits the ground. She considers casting Expelliarmus but then realizes that she hasn’t seen the figure holding a wand. Instead, she casts Diffindo. Part of the figure’s cloak is torn by the spell. The barest hint of blood spatters on the ground. Several runes are exposed on the figure’s arm. Clem notices the runes glowing in tandem and little wisps of smoke burning. The figure lets out a grunt of pain. Suddenly, James is thrown at Clem. Clem sees the back of James for a moment, and then everything goes black for her.

Meanwhile, Olive, Rosie, Masie, and Alex hear Clem yell Diffindo and then a large thud. Olive casts another Incendio at the creature’s runes. From upstairs, Rosie hears a voice surrendering. Rosie bolts up the stairs. Masie casts Fumos to create a smoky defense, but the smoke comes out much slower than she expected. She shakes her wand a bit and accidentally flings it out of her hand. Alex casts Accio to get Masie’s wand back. Masie’s wand hits her in the side of the head, and Masie starts blaming herself for their poor situation.

Meanwhile, Rosie rushes up the stairs at full speed. She hears Albus surrendering and telling everyone to put their wands down. Once Rosie arrives at the third floor, she sees Albus, Scorpius, Barney, and Lily putting their wands on the ground and kicking them away; Clem and James lying in a heap off to the side; and a wolf masked figure standing in the center of the room. With a wave of his hand, the wands start sliding across the ground towards him. Rosie runs toward James and Clem and protectively covers their bodies. The figure says, “Welcome, Miss Earthcloud.” Rosie yells at him. He tells her to kick her wand over. She tosses it at him. The wands fly into the figure’s robes. He tells her that her friends aren’t too injured. Rosie tells him to go downstairs and stop the rest of her friends from getting hurt. The figure agrees and as he walks forward, he produces several silver coins from his robes. He spreads them out and motions toward each of the people in the room, saying, “Come here.” Barney looks over at Rosie and mouths, “Are you okay?” Rosie tells them not to touch the coins. The figure says that the coins are portkeys. Rosie refuses to touch the portkey until he saves the rest of her friends. He sighs and moves unimaginably quickly toward Rosie until he’s right in front of her. He forcefully thrusts a coin into her hand. Suddenly, there’s a ripping sound, and things get a little twisty and Rosie feels like she’s being squished. Out of the corner of her eye, she sees Barney reaching out for her before she disappears from the rest of the group.

Meanwhile, Alex, Masie, and Olive hear the sound of footsteps approaching them. The creature continues to growl. Olive casts another Incendio at the creature’s runes. The creature recoils in pain, bounces off the bookcase, and crashes to the ground. The creature looks hurt and in pain. Alex casts Incendio at the creature as well. Olive casts another Incendio and continues to move toward the creature. Masie starts getting upset that the creature is hurting, and she starts wondering whether it was cursed. Alex tries to console her and says they’re just trying to burn the runes away. Masie casts Incendio, but her spell backfires. The wolf masked figure arrives and says, “That will be enough. There you are, Miss Everglade. The Fox said you would be here.” Without looking to see who’s behind her, Olive turns and immediately casts Stupefy. The wolf masked figure casts a Shield Charm and says that he would prefer conversation over injury. He tells them that he has taken their friends and asks them to put their wands on the ground and come with him voluntarily. Olive asks where he has taken their friends. He says he has taken the back to the rest of the Council and that they have work to do which requires Olive’s assistance. Olive refuses to give up her wand. Masie also refuses and stands next to Olive with her wand up. Alex points his wand toward the werewolf, but then points it toward the window it came through and casts Mobilius. White sparks emit from the tip of Alex’s wand and shoot out like a flare. The figure sighs and says, “Very well. So be it.” In a flash, the black robes move and rush toward them. There’s a barest hint of light. Each of them thinks they see a coin. Suddenly, twisting, pinching, and squeezed, they are teleported away from the shack.

It is night. It is dark. Those who are conscious can hear sounds of night time noises. A gentle breeze wafts through an open field. Nearby, firelight illuminates several stones on the ground. Several black cloak robed individuals stand nearby in various places around the stone circle. All of their wands have been removed from them. They all feel a bit dizzy. It’s hard for them to stand, especially for Olive since her legs and feet are swollen. They feel the wind on their skin. The lights flicker. Alex, Masie, and Olive are led by the figure, who tells them that their wands were taken for their safety. They see Rosie, Clem, James, Albus, Scorpius, Lily, and Barney standing tied up nearby, with Rosie gagged. Alex asks not to be tied up because he has asthma. Olive remains silent but grabs Masie’s hand. Masie squeezes her hand back. Masie also tries to comfort Alex. She grabs his hand. The figure walks toward the stone circle. They notice eyes and some larger shapes moving about in the darkness. Olive recognizes her family’s hippogriff. Olive bursts into a run and rushes straight to Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia starts to stand up as Olive approaches. Olive stops at a reasonable distance and makes eye contact with Cassiopeia. Olive bows. Cassiopeia bows in return. Olive offers her hand out to see if Cassiopeia accepts. Cassiopeia starts to walk forward, but then Olive hears the sounds of chains. Olive’s heart breaks and she walks up to Cassiopeia and tilts her head forward to meet Cassiopeia’s head. Cassiopeia nuzzles Olive a little bit. Olive tells Cassiopeia that it’s going to be okay and that she’s going to get her out. They hear the sound of apparating. Another robed figure approaches, carrying someone over their shoulder. Several of the figures begin talking to each other off to the side in hushed whispers. Olive notices that Clem and James are unconscious and tied up on the ground, Rosie is tied up with Barney, Albus, Scorpius, and Lily. Olive investigates the chains on Cassiopeia and notices that they’re attached to a metal plate that looks like it’s riveted into a stone that is part of the stone circle. One of the links looks a little bit broken. She also notices runes on the bit of metal that’s around Cassie’s leg. Olive puts her face close to Cassiopeia’s. Olive tells Cassiopeia about the weak link in the chain and says that she’ll try to free her later. Olive tells her to listen out for her. Cassiopeia’s feathers ruffle as she nods. The wolf masked figure at this point has led Masie and Alex over to the rest of SWOFF.

There is a cauldron prepared near the circle. One of the Council, the fox masked figure, begins walking over to the wolf masked figure. The wolf tells the fox what happened and then they discuss what’s about to happen. The fox asks Olive to join them. Olive shoots one last look at Cassie before hurrying over. The fox asks if the wolf searched them for Muggle technology. The wolf says yes and that he destroyed all of their technology. Alex speaks up and says that he’s lying. Alex then tells Moot that Vasquez was talking about overthrowing him. Masie backs Alex up, but Moot doesn’t take the bait. Moot claims that what they’re doing tonight will prevent anyone from being stifled in cultivating their abilities. Olive says that tying her friends up is stifling. Moot says it’s a precaution. He mentions that Hawk has brought back Potter and that Praying Mantis and Spider are also present. He says that the rest are preparing the other locations as they speak. Alex gives Moot sass, sardonically stating it to be unfortunate that Goldfish could not be present. Masie tries to get him to keep quiet. Moot claims that magic is disappearing from the world. He claims that the Council is doing everything they can to make sure that magic flourishes. Alex asks if Moot has heard of the Magical Mishaps series. Masie elbows Alex in the ribs. Olive asks how Moot’s claim has anything to do with them. Moot says that it doesn’t relate to all of them, just Olive. Moot says Olive’s help is needed. He explains that many places around the world have been used throughout the years and connect to great sources of power throughout the world and that the stone circle they’re standing in is one of them. Moot says that they will perform a ritual that will open portals to the realms of the fae, allowing magic to flow freely between their realm and the fae’s realm. Olive is concerned about the lack of control once the portal is opened. Moot says that the point is not to control it. Alex vetoes the idea, but Moot dismisses him. Moot says that the proper runes have already been scribed and that they have the ingredients for the ritual. He then explains that the magical creatures of the Wizarding world don’t originate from the Wizarding world but come from the fae realms. Moot says that Olive’s hippogriff will be their guide in finding the correct one. Olive says that Cassiopeia wouldn’t listen to them. Moot says that she would listen to Olive. Olive asks why she would help them. Moot moves closer to Olive and kneels in front of her. He removes his mask and looks her in the eye. He asks, “What do you think will happen when magic is completely gone, Olive?” Olive guesses that everyone will be a Muggle, life will get a bit more boring, and they won’t get to fly or go to Hogwarts. Moot explains that the magical creatures that live in the Wizarding world don’t belong to them or their world, but rather the fae realms. Moot says that he didn’t want to chain up Cassiopeia. Olive points out that he did and asks to what end. He says to allow magic back into their world and to stop their reliance on these things that are killing their world (i.e., Muggle technology). He claims that every day something worse happens to their world because of Muggles and their technology. He says that he can’t give up magic and all the magical creatures that he’s spent his life protecting and studying. Olive asks what will happen to the Muggles. Moot says he doesn’t know but that he hopes more people will be given the gift of magic. Olive asks why he gets to be the one to make that decision for millions of people. Moot says it’s because he’s standing here tonight. Olive tells Moot that she thinks he’s wrong and that she thinks the most famous stories in history are about people standing up to people like him. Moot sighs. Olive says that he should be ashamed of himself. Olive spits in his face. Rosie makes muffled noises of agreement. Alex gives Moot more sass. Moot stands up and puts his mask back on. Olive gives Moot sass. Moot returns to the Council and they begin to talk. Masie asks Rosie to lay down slowly and quietly so that she can remove the gag from her mouth. Masie tells Rosie to whisper so as to hide the fact that she removed Rosie’s gag. Masie jostles Clem awake. They update her on what’s happened and try to come up with an escape plan. Clem tries to struggle out of being tied up, but the ties are done too well, probably with magic. Clem thinks about what she's heard about people being able to cast magic without wands and has noticed that Barney has a gift for this. She stage-whispers to Barney and asks him to cast a spell without his wand. Barney shrugs. Alex says that if they’re going to try wandless magic, they should try to do something significant like mess up their ritual. Masie notices a rock near Olive that is a certain percentage of quartz. Masie points the rock out to Alex. They think about using the rock to scratch out runes. Clem says they need to get un-tied first. Clem thinks about rolling over to the rock. Alex stops her and asks if she needs a distraction. They see one of the Council members begin walking over to the cauldron. Rosie leans forward and starts gnawing on the ropes around Masie’s hands, but it doesn’t work. They continue discussing what they could do. Meanwhile, the Council members start spreading out around the cauldron. Rosie decides to get up to go and kick the cauldron over. Masie follows after Rosie. As Rosie runs toward the cauldron, one of the Council members waves their hand, and Rosie is spun on her heel. She wobbles and then falls on her butt. Masie is also spun in place and falls on her butt. Alex tries to cast Wingardium Leviosa on the cauldron without his wand. The cauldron rises up, along with Barney, Lily, and Rosie, who also rise up. Several of the Council raise their hands, but it’s too late. The cauldron rises up into the air and begins spilling and sloshing out, falling all over the place. At this point, Harry Potter begins to move on the ground. Harry reaches out a hand toward one of the Council members, sending them flying backwards. Harry looks at Alex and smiles. Harry then casts a stag Patronus and then casts a spell to untie all of SWOFF. Masie helps everyone up and then runs to Olive. Alex stays focused on the cauldron. Olive notices that their wands are bound up in some kind of cloth that is attached and bound to the ground by some kind of spell. Olive realizes that Alex is casting a spell without a wand and casts Accio on her wand. Her wand flies into her hand. She rushes over to her friends and points her wand at the nearest hooded figure and casts Stupefy, catching them off guard with the hit. Harry’s wand, glowing bright white, also flies into his hand. Harry begins casting several complicated spells. It looks like something extends from Harry’s wand. Harry grabs and pulls, and the Council member spins and twists in the air. Clem runs to the nearest Council member and tries to kick them in the crotch, but she notices some errant magic coming toward her, so she drops to the ground and rolls to avoid it. Masie and Rosie move toward their wands, but Rosie is being suspended in the air inadvertently by Alex. Alex moves the cauldron over a Council member and drops it. At the same time, Rosie, Barney, and Lily also fall. The cauldron lands on the spider masked Council member. As Masie moves to get her and Alex’s wands, she sees the cauldron drop in her peripheral vision and shouts, “Yes, Alex! Well done! I’m so proud of you!” Alex is inspired to be strong and clever. Everyone rushes toward their wands as Harry battles the Council members. Harry yells at them to hurry up. They grab their wands and start engaging in battle. Barney rushes over to Rosie, who has landed hard on the ground. Barney helps her up, and they rush over to get their wands, along with Clem. Olive runs to Cassiopeia, who is a bit startled by the situation and pawing at the ground, trying to free herself from the chains. Olive comforts Cassiopeia and then points her wand directly at the weak chain link and casts Incendio. The chain glows red hot, and Olive hears the pinging sound of metal expanding, but nothing happens. Olive tries to calm Cassiopeia down and lead her closer to the stone so that the chain isn’t taut anymore. She stomps on the weak chain link, burning herself a little bit. The chain breaks, and Cassie is free. Cassie flaps her wings majestically, and she kneels down for Olive. Olive climbs onto her back and wraps her arms around Cassie. She squeezes her ankles into Cassie’s right haunch to direct her up and to the right. Flying up in the air, Olive takes off with Cassie, and Cassie lets out a cry. The battle continues. Harry’s voice rings out into the night, “Now!” Several shapes appear along the horizon. Brooms fly in, and lights appear in the night. Several figures land and coalesce into various forms as they apparate short distances from their brooms. It’s the Aurors. Harry raises his wand and says, “You’re finished. Give up now. Put your wands down on the ground.” The Council members look all around. One of the speaks up, saying, “Mr. Potter. I expected you to be a great wizard, much like all the stories say. But the students here surprised me the most. But unfortunately, we must be leaving. The rituals at the other sites should have already been completed.” Harry asks what other sites. The Council member says that this site wasn’t the only one and that the portals have already opened. Several of the Council members begin to apparate. The one that was hit by the cauldron, however, remains. The Aurors start to cast tracing spells to track the Council members. Harry turns toward the students. He looks injured. There are a few burn marks, cuts, and bruises on his face. Harry rushes to his kids and checks to see if they’re alright. James holds his ribs but says that he’ll be alright.

Masie rushes toward Alex and then rummages through her cloak for anything to make him feel better. He asks for a hug. Masie gives him a giant hug and tells him that she’s proud of him and that he saved them. Alex cries with relief. Masie kisses him. They then check on Clem. Rosie offers Clem chocolate. Alex asks where Olive is. Swooping down, Olive and Cassiopeia land near the light. Olive is illuminated. Rosie tells Olive that Masie and Alex kissed on the lips. Olive gets Cassie to fly up again and casts Mobilius over Alex and Masie and tells them to go again. Alex admits that he owes Masie a kiss, and he kisses her. Olive asks if they’re kissing because she can’t see from high up in the air. Rosie tells Olive that Alex did the kissing this time.

Masie asks Alex what would happen if she wasn’t at Hogwarts anymore. Alex says that it would be way less awesome. Masie asks if Alex would write to her. He says yes. He asks why. Masie picks up something that had fallen out of her robe in the midst of her trying to find something to make Alex feel better. She passes him a letter addressed to Miss Masie Skyler. It’s crumpled and looks like it’s been sitting at the bottom of a bag for weeks, even months. It has ink on the corner. She tells him she got the letter months ago, but she didn’t know what to say and she didn’t know how to tell everyone. She tells Alex to open the letter. Alex opens the letter. Inside, the header of the letter is a Quidditch goal post with a flag underneath it that has multiple colored stripes and an arch over the top of the hoop in the shape of a broom, and it reads, “Valencia College.” It’s a letter from the headmistress of that college explaining that Masie has been offered a place at this prestigious new college to train upcoming talent in terms of Quidditch athletes. Enclosed is also a letter of recommendation from Headmistress McGonagall. Alex says that he doesn’t know what to say. Clem congratulates Masie. Rosie asks if they have good chefs. Masie says that she missed so much of last year. Alex starts to cry and says that he’ll just start practicing Quidditch. Masie says that he doesn’t have to. Alex says he wants to be able to see her. Masie says that they allow visitors some weekends and there are matches that they could attend. Alex says he will attend every time he can. Rosie says they all will attend. Clem agrees. Alex says he’ll write letters the rest of the time. Masie says that they have a really good hospital nearby, which would be good for her mum. Alex agrees that it’s good for her and her family, but it doesn’t feel so good for him. However, he says that he’s happy as well. Masie cries out, “I’m not!” Clem says, “It’s okay. We’ll be happy enough for you until you are.” Rosie says, “And proud.” Alex hugs Masie and tells her all the good things that will happen. Masie says that the college trains Quidditch players that might play for England in the future. Alex says he originally thought from the broomsticks that Masie was being recruited into the big leagues. Masie says she also gets to see her mum every weekend. Alex says he will write letters to her mum too, the first one being an introduction. He says that she can read them to her mum. Masie apologises for not telling them before. Alex says if it was him, he wouldn’t have been brave enough to say anything at all - he would just disappear. He tells her that she’s so brave. Masie points out that he cast a spell without his wand and saved the day. She tells him that he’s so kind, strong, smart, and brave. Alex says he’ll keep improving and suggests meeting up on holidays. Masie says that her dad spoke to Headmistress McGonagall, and she said that she and her dad could stay in Hogsmeade sometimes and they could meet up there. Masie apologizes for choosing the wrong time. They assure her that it’s okay. Olive and Cassiopeia land. Alex tells Masie that she’s a-Masie. Masie says that she will probably have to take so much time off anyway with her mum. She says that she’ll miss Alex so much. Alex says that this doesn’t make him like her any less. He says that she’s still special. She says, “No you.” Alex says that he can’t say it again or he’ll just keep crying. Alex asks if they’re still dating. Masie says, “Yes, please.” Alex lets out a sigh of relief. Masie says only if he wants to, from a few hundred miles. Alex says, “Yes, please.”

Meanwhile, Olive leans toward Clem and Rosie and asks if they didn’t like the spell. Clem grabs Olive’s hand. Olive asks what’s wrong. Clem says that it’s good news. Olive asks why Clem is holding her hand like it’s bad news. Clem tells Olive that Masie got scouted by a really good Quidditch school and that Masie is going to go there. Olive asks when. Masie passes the tear-stained letter to Olive. Masie says, “Next term.” Olive says that’s amazing and that Masie should be so proud. Olive tells Masie that she’s proud of her. Masie gives Olive a hug. Olive asks for confirmation that Masie will visit. Masie says yes and tells her about her ability to stay at Hogsmeade and visit her mum, who will be at the hospital nearby. She says that they can come to her Quidditch matches and that she’s already told them about Olive’s hat with the lions. She says that they told her, “No wonder you got so far with such a good support network.” Masie says thank you. Olive asks if Masie will write back if she writes her letters. Masie apologises for not telling Olive before. She says she didn’t know how and that she wasn’t sure if she was going to go because she didn’t want to say goodbye to everyone. She says that her dad says it’s not goodbye, but see you soon. Olive calls it “See you SWOFF.” Alex calls it “SWOFF you soon.” Olive tells Masie that she doesn’t have to be at Hogwarts to be part of SWOFF. Masie says that she doesn’t have to be in SWOFF. They stop her from saying any more. Olive says that they’re establishing a foreign embassy for SWOFF and she calls Masie a very brave SWOFF international traveler. Alex says she can report suspicious activity. Rosie says she can learn a different language in Valencia. Clem calls it the Valencia chapter of SWOFF. Masie asks for confirmation that they won’t get into trouble without her. They say no, they’ll definitely get into trouble. Clem says that they’ll still keep what Masie would say in their hearts and minds and then gives Masie a big hug. Masie cries. Alex joins the hug and says it’s SWOFF hug time. Olive joins the hug. Rosie also joins the hug while also sneaking every bit of food she can find into Masie’s pockets. Alex says, “SWOFF forever. Doesn’t matter how far you go.” Lily, Barney, Albus, and Scorpius, who have caught half of the conversation, also join in on the group hug. The camera zooms out of the field. Lights dance about as the Aurors cast various tracing spells.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Wacksteven - Headmaster of Doom
* Helloitskolo - Masie Skyler
* LuxieGames - Rosalina Earthcloud
* Mirggles - Clementine Goosanders
* Negaoryx - Olive Everglade
* Zcotticus - Alexander Pippin

## Characters

* Alexander Pippin
* Masie Skyler
* Rosalina Earthcloud
* Olive Everglade
* Clementine Goosanders
* Lily Luna Potter
* Albus Severus Potter
* Scorpius Malfoy
* James Sirius Potter
* Barney Dogwood
* Alberto "Wolf" Vasquez
* Wolf Companion of Alberto "Wolf" Vasquez
* Cassiopeia (Cassie)
* Colin "Fox" Moot
* "Hawk"
* "Praying Mantis"
* "Spider"
* Harry Potter
* Headmistress McGonagall (mentioned)
* Sydney Skyler (mentioned)
* Hal Skyler (mentioned)

## Trait Changes

* Masie: None
* Rosie: None
* Olive: None
* Clem: None
* Alex: None

## Relationships

* Masie: N/A
* Rosie: +1 Masie
* Olive: +1 Masie
* Clem: +1 Masie
* Alex: +1 Masie

## House Points

### Players

* Masie: +10 points, rolled 14
* Rosie: +10 points, rolled 14
* Olive: +5 points, rolled 8
* Clem: +10 points, rolled 10
* Alex: -5 points, rolled 5
* Lilian: +5 points, rolled 9
* Cornelia: +5 points, rolled 7

### Total

* Gryffindor: 360
* Hufflepuff: 220
* Ravenclaw: 310
* Slytherin: 225

## Downtime Moves

* Masie: Social Activities (Heart), 7 (partial success), +1 to everyone (allowed by Wack)
* Rosie: Social Activities (Heart), 10 (success), Hang out with Masie
* Clem: Social Activities (Heart), 7 (partial success), Hang out with Masie
* Olive: Club (Soul), 9 (partial success), joined a club with Masie, learns a secret (probably from a professor/the headmistress)
* Alex: Social Activities (Heart), 5 (fail)

## Quotes

* Masie: Did one of you do that? Olive: No. Alex: No. Rosie: No. I think I burped, but that was it.
* Wack: You’ve already rolled it. Negs: Sorry sorry sorry. Wack: You rolled so ridiculously high, it doesn’t matter.
* Zcotticus: Yeah, I take the injured condition from my eardrums being hurt ‘cause she shouted so loud. Nothing to do with the spell. Wack: Mhm.
* Moot: Hawk has brought back Potter, and we have Praying Mantis here with us, as well as Spider. Alex: Shame Goldfish couldn’t make it.
* Olive: With all due respect, Mr. Moot, you can take your ritual and stick it where the hippogriffs don’t fly. Moot: Unfortunate. Alex: She doesn’t mean a controlled(?) space. She means your butt! Masie: Alex! Olive: Thank you, Alex. Alex: You’re welcome.
* Alex: (*whispering*) Clem! We need your expertise on physical violence! Masie: Alex, just give her a minute.
* Luxie: [about Rosie] Then I’m gettin’ over there and I’m gonna kick it. I’m gonna kick it with my little legs. They’re strong. From yoga.
* Rosie: Olive, I don’t want to spoil anything but they just kissed on the lips!
* Olive: Did they kiss? I can’t see from up here! Rosie: Alex did the kissing this time! Olive: Okay, okay. Be right down.
* Masie: Maybe the right moment is in the chaos. Maybe there’s not really more of a SWOFF moment than this.
* Olive: That’s amazing. You should be so proud. Alex: I am. … Oh, you meant Masie.
* Masie: It’s the worst timing to tell you, but I was just saying that it’s maybe the most SWOFF timing, right? Because what could be more SWOFF than something really crazy and chaotic and dangerous and powerful and then… Alex: Masie, there was an explosion during our first date. I think this is going better than that did. Masie: I think you’re right. I think you’re right. Rosie: We just thrive on chaos. Clem: It thrives on us, I think. Sometimes. Rosie: Yeah, you might be right, I think. Masie: You won’t get into trouble without me, will you? Rosie: No, we definitely will. Yeah, absolutely. Alex: Absolutely. Olive: Oh, absolutely. We wouldn’t lie to you, Masie. Rosie: You are going to be worried, probably. Yeah, you should. Olive: All the time. Clem: But we will all try to keep what you would say to us in our minds and hearts at all times. You’ll be with us always. Masie: Clem, that’s really lovely.
* Mirggles: If only I’d been able to kick that guy in the crotch, then everything would’ve turned out totally different. Luxie: If only my Swelling Solution had hit the right person instead of Olive. She would’ve been way better off.

## Fun Facts

* This episode was the season finale.
* Originally, Kolo announced that this was her last episode as a main cast member, but 5 months later after the season 3 finale, it would be the last episode for the entire cast as Witchcraft and Wizardry was discontinued
* Wack’s little hint: The players drastically changed the course of the future years by the events that happened in this episode.
* Wack asked Luxie a secret question, probably related to the Year 3 Interlude.
* Wack gives a +1 to Masie.
* Wack and Luxie announced the Year 3 Interlude titled “Nightmares and Nonsense”, which will be DM’d by Luxie and played in by Wack.
* Wack mentions that there will be Quidditch matches that will affect house points for Year 3.
* Mirggles took off her Clem wig at the end of the episode.
* In their shoutouts, every cast member told chat to follow Kolo.

## Notes & References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=676
2. ↑ Clem's signature spell (Year 3)
3. ↑ Kolo did not give a +/-1 to a Relationship, probably because it was her last episode
4. ↑ Not 355 because S3E23 should have been 335. 335+25=360
5. ↑ Mirggles accidentally rolled Soul, but Wack allowed the roll to remain
6. ↑ Wack allowed Negs to gain a +1 from an inspiration roll by Masie (who rolled an 8 to inspire)
7. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=1501
8. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=2738
9. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=4319
10. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=7572
11. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=8413
12. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=8589
13. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=9341
14. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=11432
15. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=11507
16. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=11679
17. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=12240
18. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=12401
19. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=12577
20. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=12610
21. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=12558
22. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=13021
23. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=13073
24. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=13112
25. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=13265
26. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=12628
27. ↑ https://youtu.be/FsDokeHhyZM?t=13604