Chapter 5: Research

Ash
Hamilton berates Ash, Reg, Damian, Cara, and Justin after the fight in Damian's room. He expresses his disappointment in all of them—especially Ash. Reg and Damian are suspended for a week while Ash, Cara, and Justin are given detentions. Damian mutters that Reg got off easy, which he hears and almost breaks into a fight in Hamilton's office, but Hamilton yells and Reg storms out, followed swiftly by Ash.

Florence
Florence and Callum have been searching around for Reg for some time, but cannot find him. Eventually, they give up and sit on the ground. Mary quickly joins them and expresses her interest in visiting Fred's grave, which is quickly shut down, as, without permission from Hamilton, there's no way out of the academy.

Ash
Ash completes his detention and leaves late at night only to find Mary trying to use a computer on her own. Ash offers to help and introduces her to WITCHNET. After looking for a while, they can't find anything, only for a website to pop into existence while they're looking. The website is a letter from Mathias telling her that Fred's grave is in Brompton Cemetery and that something has been left for her there. This makes Mary determined to visit Fred's grave "whether Hamilton likes it or not".

Trivia

 * This chapter introduces Florence as a POV character
 * This chapter introduced WITCHNET, a hidden internet concerning all magical things.
 * The "item" left for Mary at Fred's grave turn out to be the Wand of Water.
 * Fred is revealed to have died in 1880, thirteen years after Mary was frozen.
 * The way Reg managed to leave the academy was through Tanner Webster.
 * The chapter's title refers to Mary's research to find Fred's grave.