Witchcraft and Wizardry (Season 3)

Year 3 began with Clem reading a letter from Beanie Valence in one of the carriages of the Hogwarts Express. Olive and Rosie then found Clem, and they had a reunion. They also had a brief encounter with Barney. Meanwhile, Masie, Alex, and Lily were waiting to board the train when they noticed Ashley Indigo bullying a first year. Unable to get a closer look, they decided to create a distraction, but things got confusing and Lily ended up slapping Alex sort of by accident, her intention being to cause a scene as they had discussed. Olive saw this from afar and rushed to them, Clem following after her. Rosie stopped to confront Ashley, who eventually left. Rosie comforted the first year, Kaiden Arbutus, who she found out was allergic to nearly everything. Rosie rejoined the rest of the group, and they all learned that Lily hadn't meant Alex any harm. Eventually, they all boarded the train and sat together. Lily told them the news that Albus and Scorpius broke up, to everyone's dismay. Upon arriving at Hogwarts, all of them were able to see the thestrals. They got into the carriages and arrived at Hogwarts, which had a new security feature: a waterfall that dispelled magic. Headmistress McGonagall took Olive away to her office while the rest went to the start-of-term feast, but not without worrying about Olive. At the feast, they met a few new first years. Kaiden Arbutus was sorted into Hufflepuff. Olive had an intense meeting with the Headmistress, who told her that Colin Moot might have a specific interest in her, her family, and her family's creatures, so additional security had been added by the Ministry to keep her safe. She also asked Olive to spy on Ashley Indigo by befriending her. Olive agreed, but with mixed emotions. Olive then left and returned to her dormitory, where she asked Masie and Clem to trust her, even if she was doing strange things. Masie and Clem agreed. Masie began to feel left out because she suspected that her friends didn't tell her everything that happened while she was gone in Year 2, so she asked to have a private time with Alex so she could ask questions without upsetting Olive, who seemed to not want to talk about it. Alex and Masie sat on the bridge alone and talked, eating sausage sandwiches, which Alex taught Masie how to make (in his particular way). Rosie, Olive, and Clem found them, but hid behind a tree, suspecting that Alex and Masie might be on a date. Barney then arrived and greeted Alex and Masie, but was pulled away by Rosie, who brought him back to the tree where Olive and Clem were. Olive and Barney left, leaving Clem and Rosie alone. Rosie confronted Clem about her crush on Olive, and Clem said she was trying to get over Olive because she didn't think it would work out. Later, Olive, Rosie, and Clem went to find their new classrooms for the year, and they met Arithmancy Professor Reef Magpie. Later, Rosie, Alex, and Barney had potions class together. Rosie had a mishap and made a mess, which she had to clean up. Alex tried to help her, but ended up turning the floor into sand. Later, Alex got distracted and ended up making a poor potion, but Rosie and Barney helped him make a new one that turned out alright. Meanwhile, Masie, Clem, Olive, and Lily had Care of Magical Creatures together. Hagrid took them out to find a spry bat. Olive found the spry bat and named it Clementine. Unfortunately, however, the spry bat pooped on Olive and Clem, so they went to the bathroom to clean up. Clem helped to wipe the poop off of Olive's face, and they had a bit of heart-to-heart. Later, Masie went to eat in the Great Hall, but upon spotting Ashley Indigo and Gail Greytwig, she tried to sneakily investigate, but ended up getting caught, so she pretended to get food nearby, but accidentally spilled some on Gail, which resulted in a bit of a food fight. Olive, however, came and put it to a stop, and asked Masie to trust her. Masie left and Olive treated Ashley and Gail as nicely as she could. Meanwhile, the rest of S.W.O.F.F. arrived, and Alex accidentally compared Masie to Ashley Indigo, which upset her greatly. Rosie also confessed her fear of water, so S.W.O.F.F. suggested exposure therapy in the form of pretending to be a tea bag since in a cup of tea (i.e., taking a bath in tea), to which Rosie agreed. Barney offered to get her flowers to put in the tea to make it less scary. Soon after, they heard Olive laughing with Ashley and Gail, which confused them immensely, although they suspected that perhaps Olive was just pretending to be nice to Ashley to spy on her. Masie suggested that they let her do whatever she needed to do. Barney and Alex left early to pick flowers - Barney for Rosie (tea bath) and Alex for Masie (apology flowers). Rosie went to go do yoga since she had a free period. Masie and Clem went to class. On the way, they spotted Olive, who had gone with Ashley Indigo to the Slytherin dungeons. Olive had claimed to need something from the Potions classroom so that she could walk with Ashley, who needed to change her clothes. Olive managed to learn that Ashley had a muggle boyfriend, that Ashley's mom was an actress, and her dad was a content creator who made TikToks. [At this point, wacksteven inserted a joke that alluded to Mirggles being on TikTok for 5 hours, which Pumpkinberry had commissioned DaybyDave to make a meme song out of it.] Ashley also told her that there was a rumor going around the school saying that Alex and Masie were dating. After an awkward conversation, Clem left to use the bathroom while Masie gently confronted Olive about her interacting with Ashley, and Olive told Masie that she couldn't tell her, but to trust her that she was doing what she thought was best for S.W.O.F.F., using her parents not telling her about their family Hippogriff going away as a metaphor. ("I can't tell you about the Hippogriff, Masie.") Masie was satisfied with this answer, and supported Olive, offering to help. Meanwhile, Barney and Alex found flowers and brought them to Rosie and Masie, respectively. Barney made it back in time for class, but Alex did not. However, he enlisted the help of James Sirius Potter, who helped him get past Mrs. Nanny Buckland and back to class without Hagrid noticing. Barney and Alex discussed how their flower-giving went when they suddenly noticed Gail Greytwig staring at them. While trying to spy on Gail, Alex and Barney ended up making a loud noise, which scared away the spry bat and cost them house points. Meanwhile, Masie, Clem, and Olive had Potions class. Masie shared her flowers with Olive and Clem, and they managed to get her to confess that she liked Alex. Olive coached Masie on how to use the technique of waiting a beat and saying "Only Joking" after saying something that didn't result in the desired effect. Using this method, Clem confessed that she had a crush on Olive (but then said, "Only Joking"). At this point, the professor reprimanded them for not focusing on their potion-making, so they all returned to work. While reviewing everyone's final potion, the professor commended Ashley on her potion. Upon peeking at Olive's potion, Ashley made a stirring motion with her hand, to which Olive responded by stirring her potion more, which made it better. Meanwhile, Rosie and Jacinth had Divination class together. Rosie did well in class, although there was surprisingly frequent flatulence from Jacinth throughout the class. After class, Rosie asked Professor Borealis to help her find out who her birth parents were, to which he responded that he could teach her how to do it herself. At dinner, Masie was the first to arrive at the Great Hall. Albus approached and sat with her as she prepared sausage sandwiches for Alex, who arrived shortly after. Olive then arrived and sat next to Albus, across the table from Alex and Masie. Olive and Albus whispered to each other about the new dynamics. When asked what they were saying, they lied that they had created a new secret code language for S.W.O.F.F. Clem arrived and sat next to Olive. Rosie arrived and tried to sit in between Masie and Alex, but was stopped by Masie. Not thinking anything of it, Rosie went to sit next to Clem. Uncomfortable with the whole situation, Olive abruptly left and went to ask a Hufflepuff prefect for permission to use the prefect bathroom to carry out Rosie's tea bath. She managed to convince the prefect to give her the password. Alex also left, leaving Albus, Clem, Rosie, and Masie at the table. Clem told them how she confessed her crush to Olive, but as a joke. Rosie confessed that she might like Barney. Rosie offered to help Clem by asking Olive if she was gay or not. They decided that it would be best if Clem and Masie didn't come to the tea bath so that Rosie could ask Olive. Later that night, Olive met Rosie at the prefect bathroom for the tea bath. Rosie managed to get herself into the tea bath, and started asking Olive questions in a round about way, until Olive got exasperated and just asked Rosie to be straightforward, so Rosie just asked her directly if she was gay, but right at that moment, Moaning Myrtle interrupted their conversation and invaded their tea party. Myrtle essentially scared Rosie and Olive away, and they both returned to their dormitories. Masie noticed Olive return and followed her to the dormitory room, asking her if everything was okay. Olive asked how she knew she liked someone. Masie explained how she felt around Alex. Olive then said she was going to bed, so Masie left her alone. Meanwhile, Barney and Alex talked about whether or not Alex liked Masie. Alex gave no response either way. Barney confessed that he liked Rosie. Later, Gail told Alex about the rumor of him and Masie dating. The next day, Rosie was the first to arrive at breakfast. Alex then joined her and they played a word association game. Masie then arrived, and Rosie left to give them personal time. Masie then asked Alex out on a date, and he took a while to get out his response. In the meantime, Olive arrived, but left after getting a hint from Masie. The same happened with Clem. Eventually, Alex said yes to the date, although it took a long while until he said yes and even confessed that he also liked Masie. Meanwhile, Rosie did yoga with her breakfast burrito outside in the rain, Olive found Rosie and offered her some of her breakfast, and Clem sat in a corner, eating a croissant and reading a Detective Drake book. The three of them eventually met up right outside of the Great Hall just in time to catch Masie exiting the Great Hall. She told them that she and Alex were now dating, and Rosie offered to make food for their date. Alex rushed to Care of Magical Creatures class, but bumped into his father on the way and had a brief conversation with him. Alex and Barney talked about Alex's date with Masie. Alex offered to help Barney with Rosie, but Barney was hesitant. The Gryffindors (Masie, Clem, Olive, and Lily) learned in Defense against the Dark Arts that they would be learning how to duel this year due to the threat of Colin Moot. Olive was terrified. They learned the Protego charm from Professor Bovin. Clem struggled to learn the charm. Olive did her best to help Clem with the spell. Rosie, Rain, and Jacinth learned the Protego charm in Charms class with Professor Flitwick. Rosie was asked if Masie and Alex are dating. She avoided this question by farting. At lunch, Scorpius joined S.W.O.F.F. Rosie tried to figure out a way to get out of dueling. The Gryffindors reported that Masie had gotten hurt practicing the Protego charm and was sent to the hospital wing. Barney and Lily joined lunch as well. For various reasons, Alex ran out of the Great Hall and Barney found him having a breakdown/panic attack. Barney comforted Alex.

Alex and Barney came up with a code word "asparagus" to use if Alex felt another panic attack coming on. Later, Rosie and Alex debated about whether or not it's a good idea to experiment with adding food as an ingredient to potions. Rosie offered to prepare items for Masie and Alex's date (food and knitted blanket). Clem helped Rosie with that while Masie and Alex had a spontaneous date (or rather, just a "hang out" so there's less pressure) and visited Benny in the Owlery. Meanwhile, Clem and Rosie discussed what their ideal date would look like. Rosie accidentally cast Wingardium Leviosa on Clem, but managed to tie her down with the yarn she's using to knit the blanket. Afterwards, Masie and Clem had a heart-to-heart in the Gryffindor common room over some tea-colate (tea plus hot chocolate). They talked about what happened last year and how they were doing. Rose Granger-Weasley, the new Gryffindor Quidditch team captain, also encouraged Masie to tryout for Quidditch this year. Rosie attempted to start a rumor that Alfalfa Silverling and Talia Finney are dating, but after she showed Jacinth the blanket she made (which says "Alex <3 Masie"), nobody was convinced by her rumor. Meanwhile, Alex returned to Ravenclaw Tower and found out that Barney got pushed down the stairs by an invisible something.

Alex convinced Barney that they should tell S.W.O.F.F., and they did so the next day at breakfast. Soon after, Mrs. Nanny Buckland approached and told Barney that Headmistress McGonagall wanted to see him. Rosie accompanied Barney. Headmistress McGonagall suspected that a spell (from a book from the restricted section of the library) was cast on an object and cursed it so that it would hurt Barney. She cast a seeking spell on Barney to check if there's any cursed items on him but found nothing. Thinking that it was obvious to everyone, Olive exposed Barney's crush on Rosie. Masie confronted Olive privately about how Olive felt, suspecting that she liked Rosie. Olive got upset because she didn't know how she felt. Masie apologized and they hugged it out. Meanwhile, Clem reluctantly opened up to Alex about her crush on Olive. At lunch Alex and Masie discussed moving their date from outside to the Bell Tower instead since the weather was bad. Clem, Olive, Barney, and Rosie decided to hang out together, eat cake, drink hot chocolate, play card games, etc. in the Great Hall. Clem, Masie, and Rosie then left, and Barney and Alex proceeded to have a private conversation, not realizing that Olive hadn't left yet. Olive eventually spoke up and left, leaving the two of them to agonize over their lack of social awareness, aka die inside.

The next day after classes, Clem and Olive reassured a very nervous Masie about her date. They gave her tips and she took notes. Clem "joked" again about her and Olive dating, and it got awkward. Rosie rushed to the Kitchens to make sure Alex and Masie got their picnic stuff, but discovered that two Ravenclaw boys had stolen from it. She chased them and managed to hit one with a cookie. He apologized and claimed his name was "Trevor" and that his friend was "Charlie". Meanwhile, Barney helped Alex get ready for his date by giving him a peppermint. Gail Greytwig asked Alex if they could walk together, but Alex told her he was in a rush to get to his date with Masie. Gail asked if Barney was seeing anyone, and Alex said he had to check, and then rushed off. Masie had a conversation with Lily in the dorm bathroom while she was getting ready for her date. They seemed to discuss a secret, but it was unclear what that secret was. Alex and Masie later met up at the basket by the kitchens and went off on their date. Rosie saw them from far away but resisted the urge to replace the stolen cake. She proceeded to the kitchens for some angry baking. Clem, Olive, and Barney met up in the Great Hall for dinner. Barney left early. Clem apologized to Olive for joking about dating. Olive explained that she didn't feel ready to grow up yet. They decided to go to research how to break into restricted section so that they can help Masie do so for Alex, since he likes books. Rosie violently mashed potatoes in the kitchens, under Lottie's supervision. Alex and Masie made it to the clock tower and began their date. Olive snuck into the restricted section of the library and, using her sneakoscope that detects untrustworthy people, discovered someone who sounded and looked like Ashley Indigo inside. She tried to leave the restricted section but suddenly couldn't move. After angry baking, Rosie searched for Barney, Clem, and Olive. She checked the Great Hall and found her picnic basket, the one that Alex and Masie were supposed to take on their date. She grabbed it and ran to the clock tower. When she arrived, there were bright lights coming out from inside the clock tower. Rosie rushed up the stairs and heard a loud boom.

She ran into the clock tower, filled with smoke and debris, finding the fake picnic basket shattered to pieces. She eventually found Alex, giving him a fire protection potion and dragging him out. She then went back in and found Masie, coughing and injured. Rosie treated Alex's wounds, which woke him up, but did not heal him all the way. Members of the Hogwarts staff finally arrived and brought them all to the hospital wing. Meanwhile, Clem asked Madam Pince to help her rescue Olive from the restricted section. While getting reprimanded, they felt the clock tower explosion. Clem and Olive rushed to the clock tower and saw professors levitating Masie, Alex, and Rosie. They tried to catch up, but couldn't quite manage to get through the crowd. In order to ensure that she would get into the hospital wing to be with her friends, Olive cast Stupefy on herself, which partially hit Clem as well, so the two of them were also brought to the hospital wing. Masie, Alex, and Rosie were questioned by the professors, especially Headmistress McGonagall. Olive told Headmistress McGonagall about seeing Ashely Indigo in the restricted section of the library. Olive went to check on Masie and ended up holding her and making ocean sounds so that she would feel safe and could sleep. Clem comforted Rosie. Barney and Lily also came to check on them. A few days later, they were released from the hospital wing. They decided to have Saturday lunch in the Great Hall. Olive investigated the SWOFF table and found a trap underneath the table. She intentionally spilled her stuff so that she could look underneath the table, and she saw runes that were akin to a confusion spell. She drew a sketch of the runes and then directed SWOFF out of the Great Hall.

They found Lily and Barney and together, they went off to find a private place to have a SWOFF meeting. They initially tried the prefects' bathroom, but they heard Moaning Myrtle and Eva Larchmont inside, so they quickly left. At the same, Masie and Lily discussed possibly using the polyjuice potion they made, which they were originally planning to use to prank James Sirius Potter, but they decide to put it on hold. Since the prefects' bathroom didn't work out, Lily suggested the 7th floor corridor and showed SWOFF the Room of Requirement, explaining to them how it works. Clem finally got coffee. Olive told everyone about seeing Ashley Indigo in the restricted section of the library and about Headmistress McGonagall's request to spy on Ashley. Masie then investigated Alex's wand and discovered remaining magic on it - some kind of repelling effect. She asked Alex for his wand, but his wand doesn't let him. Masie tried to give her wand to Olive, but her wand also doesn't let her do so. Olive casted Expelliarmus to get Masie's wand. Alex panicked and tried to leave, but Masie managed to convince the room to keep the door closed. Clem casted Expelliarmus to get Alex's wand. Olive, Clem, and Lily went to bring the wands to Headmistress McGonagall while Rosie and Barney stayed with Masie and Alex. Olive, Clem, and Lily found Headmistress McGonagall with Harry Potter. They went into the headmistress's office and told her about the wands, which had also started to affect Clem and Olive. Headmistress McGonagall used an investigatorium and determined that the wands were cursed. She fashioned a bag out of cloth and one of Harry's shoelaces to hold the cursed wands. She then decided to lend her investigatorium and its manual to Olive so she can learn how to detect curses on wands. Harry requested to talk to Masie and Alex, so Olive, Clem, and Lily returned to the Room of Requirement to get them. They knocked on the door of the Room of Requirement, but Rosie was skeptical, so she asked them the SWOFF code question and other questions before deciding that it was safe to let them in. Olive and Clem gave a report on what happened, and they all decided to leave the Room of Requirement to meet Headmistress McGonagall and Harry.

Harry asked them all about the incident. They told him about Alex's wand and the basket switch mystery, including the Ravenclaw boys ("Trevor" and "Charlie") that stole the food. McGonagall told them that two Ravenclaw boys were in the hospital wing because they ate something that gave them boils. They voiced their suspicions about Gail Greytwig and Ashley Indigo. Masie blurted out that McGonagall shouldn't have asked Olive to spy on Ashley Indigo. Harry mentioned he hadn't found the basket or remnants of it. Rosie tried to cast Accio to get the picnic basket but failed. They discussed casting a tracking spell on the yarn that Rosie ripped off the blanket (that were originally Masie and Alex's initials) to track the blanket. Instead, Harry suggested brewing a divining potion using the yarn, which would be similar to a scrying spell. Harry and Rosie left to make the potion while the rest returned to their dormitories. Harry and Rosie failed to make the potion correctly. Later that evening, they all met up and Harry brought them out to Hogsmeade. He purchased temporary wands for Masie and Alex, and then they traveled via the Floo network to a surprise he prepared for them.

They were supposed to travel from The Three Broomsticks to The Leaky Cauldron, but Rosie accidentally said, "The Leaky Cauldron of Doom." Olive, Masie, and Barney followed Rosie while Lily, Clem, and Alex made it to The Leaky Cauldron. Rosie, Olive, Masie, and Barney discovered an engraved cupboard and a weasel-iguana creature which Olive recognized as the same kind of creature she saw at the party where she met Colin Moot as a child. This caused Olive to panic and feel unsafe. Harry quickly found them and helped them get to The Leaky Cauldron safely, although Masie managed to sneak in a Stupefy at the invisible weasel-iguana creature, but her spell missed. Harry then led the kids out of The Leaky Cauldron onto the streets of London and eventually to a dessert parlour, where Luna Scamander and Ron Weasley were waiting for them. Harry told the children to order whatever sweets they wanted. As they ate their desserts, the group shared tough school experiences and personal traumas, and SWOFF asked the adults for advice. Although they appreciated the desserts, SWOFF voiced their frustrations and fears and the desire to feel safe. Harry told them that he can't promise that they'll never get hurt, but it gets better. Toward the end, Hermione arrived to join them.

She told them about her research on the wand curse and how there might be a way to end the curse on their wands. Alex and Hermione bonded over reading. Harry and Hermione asked them if they knew why people might be targeting them specifically. SWOFF brought up Ashley Indigo and Gail Greytwig. They also told them about the rune under their table in the Great Hall and what happened to Barney. Hermione proposed that Harry give SWOFF extra lessons in the Room of Requirement. Harry roped Ron into teaching with him. They decided to have their first lesson right away. On the way back to Hogwarts, they encountered Professor Longbottom and his wife in The Three Broomsticks. Harry also got called to the Headmistress's office by Auror Wisteria, who also informed him of an incident that occurred while they were out. Ron took SWOFF to the Room of Requirement to start their lesson while they waited for Harry. After demonstrating their spells to Ron, Harry arrived and had them do some target practice.

Afterwards, Barney offered to walk Rosie back to her common room. Rosie misinterpreted this as him wanting to run there, so she starts a race with him. After arriving at the same time, Barney asked Rosie out on a date to Hogsmeade, but Rosie misunderstood and thought he was suggesting that all of SWOFF go out to Hogsmeade together. Alex got Barney to tell him what happened and came up with an idea: a double date involving Masie, Rosie, and Barney. On the way to breakfast, Alex, Barney, Rosie, and Olive ran into each other at the Great Hall entrance. Alex asked to talk to Olive while Barney and Rosie walked in. Alex apologized to Olive for the incident in which he forgot she was still at the table and had talked with Barney as if she wasn't there. Then he asked Olive to help him with the plan he came up with to help set up Barney and Rosie. Olive accepted his apology and gave him advice. Masie then arrived and noticed that Olive was incredibly sad. Thinking that it was Alex's fault, Masie accused Alex after Olive left. Alex then further upset Masie by saying that they should go on a date but include Barney and Rosie. Masie misunderstood this, thinking that Alex would prefer to spend time with Barney and Rosie than her. Lunch was tense. Before joining the SWOFF table, Olive first tried to catch up with Ashley, but it didn't go well. She also investigated Ashley and Gail's table and found nothing. Masie also investigated the SWOFF table and discovered that the rune was gone. Alex left the table because Masie was getting increasingly upset and he didn't want to keep hurting her. Barney felt guilty and apologizes to everyone, confessing that Alex was just trying to help him ask Rosie out on a date. He left to find Alex, leaving Rosie speechless. Rosie passed out, so Masie, Clem, and Olive rushed her to the hospital wing. Meanwhile, Alex hid in the Potions storage cupboard to cry, but he was discovered by Professor Griffis, who tried to comfort him. Alex ran away from Barney and hid in the Bell Tower behind the greenhouses. Rosie, Clem, Masie, and Olive asked Madam Pomfrey questions about feelings and relationships. Masie tried to keep Rosie in the hospital wing to rest, but Rosie escaped by running away, Masie (and presumably Clem and Olive) running after her.

Later, at lunch, Masie spiraled into a panic about dying or killing someone in dueling class and vomited as a result. Olive and Clem comforted her. After helping Masie calm down, Clem took her back to the dormitory to clean up while Olive talked with Alex, who started repeating their conversation from this morning. Realizing that something was wrong with Alex, she got him to go with her to the Headmistress's office. Olive managed to let the Headmistress know what's going on without letting Alex know. Headmistress McGonagall secretly cast a few spells and investigated to see what's wrong with Alex. She suspected that he ingested a Forgetfulness Potion. Olive took Alex to the hospital wing. They ran into Rosie, who was in one of the hospital beds because she knew other people didn't want her to go to class since she wasn't feeling well earlier. Madam Pomfrey confirmed that Alex did ingest a Forgetfulness Potion. Rosie and Olive helped fill Alex in on what the potion caused him to forget, and remembering that he made Masie upset made him very upset. They couldn't figure out if Alex took the Forgetfulness Potion on his own or was tricked into taking it by someone else.

Madam Pomfrey helped Alex restore his lost memories. Meanwhile, Olive, Clem, Masie, and Lily went to class. In dueling class, Masie and Olive successfully cast Protego, but Clem and Lily weren't able to cast Protego successfully. Masie and Olive lost house points for Gryffindor for talking back to the professor, whom they believed was treating Clem in a mean way. After class, they went to visit Alex and Rosie in the hospital wing. Alex apologized to Masie, asked her out on another date, and also gave her a peck on her cheek before running out of the hospital wing, yelling, "SAUSAGES!" Clem, Rosie, and Olive told Masie to run after him, so she did. Clem, Rosie, and Olive decided to grab food and bring it to the Room of Requirement to eat so that Masie and Alex could have dinner alone. After arriving in the Great Hall, Masie and Alex encountered Gail, who approached them, looking like she had gone mad.

Alex casted Expelliarmus on Gail, which caused Gail to panic and rush at Alex. Masie tried to keep Gail back, but Gail let out a bloodcurdling scream and broke free of Masie's grasp. Alex casted inflatus on himself to block Gail's wand, but Gail's scream caused him to lose focus and catch Gail's wand. Alex started to hear familiar whispering and started floating upward. Clem casted Petrificus Totalus on Gail. Masie casted Wingardium Leviosa to get Gail's wand out of Alex's hand. She lifted it up, but the wand actively resisted. Rose Granger-Weasley casted Wingardium Leviosa to take over for Masie. Mrs. Nanny Buckland, Headmistress McGonagall, Harry Potter, and Auror Wisteria rushed in to figure out what happened. Harry sent Auror Wisteria to look for Olive, who had split off from Rosie and Clem on their way into the Great Hall to investigate a group of about twenty students who had left the Great Hall at the beginning of dinner. Harry left to investigate the group of about twenty students that he saw dispersing from the courtyard. The Headmistress asked Mrs. Nanny Buckland to take Gail to the hospital wing. Masie and Alex decided to accompanying them while Clem, Rosie, and Rose went to look for Olive. Rosie, Clem, and Rose found a trail of muddy footprints that led from the courtyard toward the Whomping Willow. They saw three students casting a spell. The students, a dog-like creature, and the Whomping Willow attacked Rosie, Clem, and Rose, and Clem suffered serious injuries. The students passed out after completing their spell, while the dog-like creature fled after being flipped by Rosie's spell. Rose noticed that it looked like they were casting a spell related to the school wards. Meanwhile, Masie and Alex comforted Gail, who was very upset and agitated once the Petrificus Totalus spell wore off. Alex gave Madam Pomfrey a vitamix potion he made as a thank you gift before leaving to get Gail's cat, Whiskers, to make her feel better. As she looked outside through the window, Masie noticed a few students casting a spell outside that caused light to fall all around them and she heard the sound of someone apparating.

Suddenly, a dark robed figure appeared in front of Masie, grabbed her, and apparated away. Madam Pomfrey came out and asked Alex what happened. He told her, and Madam Pomfrey cast a spell to alert the Headmistress. She then drank the Vitamix potion that Rosie gave her and rushed off. Alex grabbed his binoculars and saw a group of students outside spreading out. He also saw Olive getting attacked by one of them. He cast Stupefy to stop that student. Olive rushed over and pulled the wand out of that student's hand (using her cloak, not her bare hands). Meanwhile, Rosie tried to bring Clem to the hospital wing, but on the way, they ran into some students following a masked figure. Rosie and Clem pretended to follow them until they got to the Dark Tower, where they tried to split off. However, the masked figure noticed and ordered the students to capture them. Rosie and Clem tried to fight back but were silenced and captured. Meanwhile, Madam Pomfrey returned to the hospital wing with Headmistress McGonagall, who cast Patronus Maxima to protect the grounds of the school and to lead Olive to a safe location. She then took Alex with her to get Olive, and then the three of them went to the main entrance hall to try to restore the wards. At the entrance hall, they ran into three masked figures, who told them that they will return Auror Potter and the students they're holding hostage if she lets them go freely. One of the masked figures turned out to be Colin Moot, who had runes burned onto his face and claimed that magic was dying and that they were doing this for everyone's sake. He also told Olive that she trained Cassiopeia well. They brought out Clem and Rosie to show that they had been taken hostage. The Headmistress reluctantly agreed to let them go. The Headmistress took Clem, Rosie, Alex, and Olive back to the hospital wing, where they found many other students and Professor Bucks also suffering from injuries. While tending to their wounds, Barney came into the hospital wing and told them that he had been with Lily chasing Ashley Indigo when Harry Potter had found them. At the same time, however, the masked figures and several students had shown up and attacked. Harry had fought them all, trying to protect everyone, but he got hit by a Petrificus Totalus. Barney also said he thought he heard Ashley say, “Where are my parents?”

Meanwhile, Masie woke up in the corridor by the Room of Requirement, surrounded by several students and masked figures. She saw an unconscious and bound Harry Potter and tried to get to him, but she was blocked by several students, one of them being her old friend, Idas Vale. Masie was silenced by a spell. She pulled out her wand, but the wolf masked figure knocked it out of her hand. Idas held his wand on Masie while she watched the praying mantis masked figure approach. She then saw the fox masked figure exit the Room of Requirement with a thick book that looked dangerous. Masie tried to communicate with the masked figures, but they didn't say much before disapparating. Immediately, the silencing charm on Masie wore off, as well as whatever influence they had had over the students. Masie managed to get the Room of Requirement to give her a place to take care of all the students. The Room of Requirement also gave her a shortcut to the hospital wing, where she found the headmistress and reunited with SWOFF. Professor Longbottom helped Clem get Skele-Gro for her broken ribs. Later on, Lily Luna Potter punched Ashley Indigo because she was convinced that Ashley knew where her father was, though Ashley denied this. Masie rushed over and led Lily over to where SWOFF was, and they comforted her. Lily asked for someone to get her brothers. Olive and Rosie offered to get them. They both got into the Gryffindor common room and found James in the middle of a heated conversation with Rose Granger-Weasley. Rose told them off for bringing Rosie into the Gryffindor common room, but James intervened, and they managed to convince him to go with them to get Albus and go to Lily in the hospital wing. James called Albus via a Weasley's Wizard Wheezes chat box, and Olive explained that the reason Lily needs him is because his dad was taken.

Olive and Rosie returned to the hospital wing with James and Albus. SWOFF and the Potter kids started brainstorming a plan of how to rescue Harry Potter. James showed them the Marauder's Map, which he got from his Uncle Ron. On the map, they saw the name "Alberto Vasquez" by the Whomping Willow. Masie remembered this name from an article she read in the paper about a naturalist from South America who was visiting the UK named Alberto Vasquez. The name then disappeared from the map. James explained that he must have left the school grounds. Lily remembered her dad telling them that the Whomping Willow had a passage underneath. The group decided to go investigate the Whomping Willow and this Alberto Vasquez in hopes that it would lead them to Harry. Olive suggested writing a note to let Professor Longbottom know where they went and having Humphrey deliver it in however many hours that they think they should be back by. Olive also suggested using a buddy system for safety. They paired up: Olive with Rosie, Clem with Lily, Alex with Masie, and Barney with James and Albus. Masie reminded everyone of her Polyjuice Potion that they could use. They thought about getting a piece of hair from Ashley, but then decided to try to get a piece of hair from Alberto. Clem and Rosie discovered that their phones now work fine inside of Hogwarts. Alex theorized that this might've been because of the attack on the school wards. They noticed on the Marauder's Map that the Headmistress was in her office with Ashley Indigo and Professor Pinescrew. They decided to drop off Rosie's phone with Jacinth so that they could use Clem's phone to call for help. After finalizing their plan, they all returned to their common rooms to prepare and get supplies for their rescue mission. On the way out, they ran into Scorpius, and he joined their mission. They met back up in the Transfiguration classroom. Once they were ready, they snuck out toward the Whomping Willow. Once they got close, they all cast Immobulus on the Whomping Willow and rushed in, but not without struggling. Olive used her Sneakoscope, which broke but was fixed by Masie, and it lit up, indicating that there was someone untrustworthy nearby. Suddenly, they got attacked by spiders. They managed to escape and get through the passage, which led to the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade. They split up and investigated the shack, agreeing to cast Lumos if they find something dangerous or strange. All of them notice claw marks and ruined furniture everywhere. Clem, Lily, Albus, and Scorpius discovered names written into the floor under a bed in one of the rooms that matched the names on the Marauder's Map. Olive and Rosie discovered traps, detection spells, and bits of hair. Alex and Masie discovered several ruined books related to the phases of the moon and werewolves. Alex also noticed that some of the claw marks were fresh. Suspecting that there was a werewolf in the shack with them, Alex casted Lumos and waved his wand frantically by the stairs to get everyone's attention. Suddenly, they heard a growl.

Alex, Masie, Rosie, and Olive decided to slowly make their way up the stairs to find the others. Meanwhile, Clem, Lily, Albus, and Scorpius decided to go upstairs to warn James and Barney. Before going up the stairs, the candles suddenly began to light up all around them. When they reached the third landing, they found Barney and James, who was looking out the window. James said he thought he saw a werewolf. Suddenly, the fireplace lit up and the wolf masked figure appeared. The wolf masked figure asked them to put their wands down and come with him. They refused, so the wolf masked figure said that he would take them by force. Suddenly, a wolf-like creature crashed through the window of the second floor. Alex, Masie, Rosie, and Olive began to fight against the creature. In the middle of combat, they realized that their spells had a dampened effect on the creature, who's body started glowing with runes. The wolf masked figure asked the rest of the group to reconsider surrendering. Clem attacked and the others joined in, but the wolf masked figure batted away their spells, and runes began to glow on his body as well. The wolf masked figure took hold of James's hand and threatened to do permanent damage if they didn't surrender. Clem offered to go with him if he left everyone else alone. The wolf masked figure refused. Clem lowered her wand but then cast a spell and managed to injure the wolf masked figure slightly, but then he threw James at Clem, causing her to get knocked out. Below, Rosie heard a voice surrendering so she ran up the stairs. Rosie yelled at the wolf masked figure, but handed over her wand (along with the others) and demanded that he stop the fight downstairs. The wolf masked figure forced a coin into Rosie's hand to teleport her away. Alex, Masie, and Olive continued to cast Incendio at the creature to keep it from attacking them and to try to burn the runes away. The wolf masked figure came and told them that he took their friends. He asked them to put their wands down. They refuse, and Alex cast Mobilius out the window. The wolf masked figure forced a coin into each of their hands and teleported them away from the shack to a stone circle in the middle of an open field. Alex, Masie, and Olive were led to the stone circle where they saw the rest of the group tied up nearby, several Council members, and Cassiopeia, Olive's family hippogriff. Olive ran to Cassiopeia and noticed that there was a weak chain link on the chains that were restraining Cassiopeia. Another figure apparated in, carrying someone over their shoulder. The wolf masked figure talked with Colin Moot, who was wearing a fox mask. Alex tried to trick them, but they didn't take the bait. He also gave them a lot of sass. Colin Moot singled out Olive and asked her to help them find the correct fae realm from among the realms that they'll have access to after performing the ritual to open the portal. Olive refused. While Moot and Olive debated, the rest of the group brainstormed ideas, such as attempting to cast wandless magic since their wands had been confiscated. One of the Council members began walking over to a cauldron in the stone circle. Rosie decided to get up to kick the cauldron over, but she was caught and spun around. Masie followed after Rosie and was also caught and spun around. Alex tried to cast Wingardium Leviosa on the cauldron without his wand. He managed to raise the cauldron, as well as Barney, Lily, and Rosie (inadvertently). At this point, Harry Potter jumped up and started attacking the Council members. He also cast a stag Patronus to alert the other Aurors. He also cast a spell to untie all of SWOFF. Olive retrieved her wand with a wandless Accio and joined the battle. Alex dropped the cauldron on the spider masked Council member. Everyone else retrieved their wands and joined the battle. Olive freed Cassiopeia and they flew up into the air. Harry then shouted, "Now!", and several Aurors appeared, joining the battle. Harry tried to get the Council members to surrender, but they began apparating after announcing that the rituals at the other sites should have already been completed. The only Council member that remains was Spider, since they got hit by the cauldron. The Aurors started casting tracing spells to track the Council members. Harry rushed over to the students to check on them. Masie kissed Alex. Olive and Cassiopeia landed, and Rosie told Olive about the kiss. Olive and Cassiopeia flew back up so that Olive could cast Mobilius and ask them to kiss again. Alex kissed Masie. Masie then showed Alex, Clem, and Rosie a letter of acceptance that she received months ago from a prestigious college that trains upcoming Quidditch talent called Valencia College. She explained that she'll be leaving Hogwarts to attend this college, which has a hospital nearby for her mum. She let them know that the college allows visitors on weekends and at Quidditch matches. She also said that Headmistress McGonagall said that she and her dad visit and stay at Hogsmeade, where she could meet up with SWOFF. Masie apologized for not telling them sooner. Alex, Clem, and Rosie are very sad but also very supportive. Alex and Masie decided to continue dating long-distance. Olive and Cassiopeia then landed, and Olive approached the group, confused by their tears. Clem explained that Masie was leaving Hogwarts. Olive was also sad by supportive. The conversation ended with a tearful group hug.