Chapter Summaries

George, an artificial mutant imprisoned in a laboratory, discovered that he had awakened in the body of Dora, a boy in the Harry Potter world, and could use his mutant abilities through that body. He realized the two bodies might share powers and began considering how to exploit the discovery.

• George trained under a lab handler, concealed his abilities, and hoped to escape with the mutant children, including X-23.
• George fell asleep under laboratory surveillance and felt a sudden, brief tearing pain.
• George found himself able to control a second body belonging to Dora, an abused young wizard in the Harry Potter world.
• George learned from Dora’s memories that a Dark Wizard had adopted and tormented him, and that Dora had tried to kill himself after being denied permission to attend Hogwarts.
• George used Magnetism Control through Dora’s body to retrieve a cup, then discovered that wizarding magic had appeared in his main body as well.

George used his new life as Dora to plan the murder of the Dark Wizard, Mr. Merton, so he could escape his control and inherit his wealth. He engineered a Potion accident and left Mr. Merton mortally wounded with a chandelier through his brain.

• George weighed reporting Mr. Merton to the Ministry against killing him and inheriting his assets, then decided to act himself.
• Mr. Merton ordered George to guard the shop while he brewed a Frenzy Potion in the backyard hut.
• George used his ability to knock over the cauldron, triggering an explosion that injured Mr. Merton.
• George dropped the chandelier onto Mr. Merton, piercing his eye and brain.

After George killed the old wizard Merton, he reported the death as a Potion-making accident and met Aurors Rufus Scrimgeour and Tonks. Scrimgeour arranged for George to inherit Merton’s estate and attend Hogwarts, while Tonks offered to help with the inheritance and George’s requested name change.

• George confirmed that Merton was dead, then raised the alarm in Diagon Alley and brought Aurors to the shop.
• Tonks investigated the scene and reported that Merton had died accidentally while brewing Potions, with no evidence of another wand or missing property.
• Scrimgeour recognized that Merton’s death could free George from a bad situation and explained that he could inherit the shop and Gringotts money and attend Hogwarts.
• George asked to stop using the name Dora and change it to George, and Scrimgeour said Tonks could help with the paperwork the next day.
• Tonks agreed to guide George through the inheritance process and help him change his name.

After inheriting the dead Dark wizard’s shop and fortune, George examined his unusually strong body and decided to keep the shop as a private place to study magic. He returned to his Marvel-world body for training, anticipated a prison break at the experimental base, and learned from the Daily Prophet that he would begin Hogwarts a year after Harry Potter.

• After the Aurors left, George rested in the Dark wizard’s bedroom and considered the value of the inherited shop and fortune.
• George examined Dora’s frail appearance and discovered that the body had also inherited Number 757’s strength and physical abilities.
• George searched the bedroom for forbidden Dark Magic books but found only ordinary books, then put Dora’s body to sleep and returned his focus to the Marvel Universe.
• After training, George watched the mutant children and recalled that a nurse would soon lead them in a mass prison break.
• George read the Daily Prophet over breakfast and realized that it was 1992, meaning he would start Hogwarts a year after Harry Potter.

George ate breakfast with Tonks, then accompanied her to the Ministry of Magic to complete the procedures for inheriting the estate. After seeing the Ministry’s grandeur and inefficiency, he returned to the shop with a broader understanding of the potential of magic.

• George welcomed Tonks into the shop and shared an egg pancake breakfast with her.
• Tonks suggested George would be sorted into Hufflepuff because he was a good cook, while George thought Gryffindor was more likely.
• Tonks took George to the Ministry of Magic by Apparition to register his inheritance.
• George admired the Ministry’s grand hall and magical features while completing the estate inheritance procedures with Tonks’s help.
• Tonks Apparated back to the shop with George, who judged the Ministry inefficient and corrupt but recognized that magic could be dangerous beyond its visible destructive power.

George inherited the old wizard’s Gringotts vault and learned it held 13,200 Galleons. He persuaded Tonks to visit his shop regularly for meals, hoping her presence would protect him in Knockturn Alley and give him a chance to learn more spells before escaping the experimental base.

• Tonks brought George to Gringotts, where a goblin confirmed the inheritance documents and gave him the key to vault 352.
• George learned the vault held 13,200 Galleons and reconsidered his expectations after Tonks compared the sum with her salary.
• Tonks agreed to have lunch with George after he invited her to thank her for helping with the inheritance.
• George served Tonks Chinese dishes, then explained that her regular visits would help keep him safe in Knockturn Alley.
• Tonks agreed to visit when she had time and insisted on paying for the ingredients.

George received his reissued Hogwarts acceptance letter and began buying his school supplies in Diagon Alley. After choosing a large eagle owl that cost one hundred Galleons, he left his shopping unfinished.

• George found his reissued Hogwarts acceptance letter and set out to buy the supplies on its list.
• Borgin greeted George and hinted that he knew Auror Tonks had visited the shop; George warned him that Tonks and Scrimgeour might return.
• George bought his Hogwarts uniform, equipment, and wand in Diagon Alley.
• George entered Eeylops Owl Emporium and chose a nearly meter-tall eagle owl.
• The shop assistant told George that the owl cost one hundred Galleons, ten times the price of a normal owl.

George bought a large eagle owl and ordered books on Gesture Casting before beginning to study first-year magic in Knockturn Alley. He chose to focus on Alohomora so his true body in the Marvel Universe could escape its restraints and the research facility.

• George bought a large eagle owl, hoping it could help him in danger and carry him if he needed to flee.
• At Flourish and Blotts, George paid forty Galleons to have a book on Gesture Casting specially ordered and arranged to collect it within three days.
• George brought the owl and his books back to the potion shop, where the owl obeyed his instruction after he used his psychic abilities to influence it.
• George studied Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 and Magical Theory, then learned how difficult it was to cast spells correctly.
• George decided to focus on learning Alohomora so his true body could remove its mutant ability suppressor and open the research room doors.

George mastered the Unlocking Charm with a wand and then without one, before heading out to meet Harry Potter in Diagon Alley. After Harry accidentally arrived in Knockturn Alley, George introduced himself and offered to lead him out.

• George successfully cast the Unlocking Charm with his wand after ten days of study and practice.
• George mastered casting the Unlocking Charm without a wand after eight more days, though it took several seconds.
• George watched Borgin and Burkes and saw the Malfoy father and son enter, then noticed Harry emerge from the shop.
• Harry explained that a Floo Powder mishap had brought him to Knockturn Alley instead of Diagon Alley.
• George introduced himself to Harry and offered to guide him out of Knockturn Alley.

George met Hermione after helping Harry out of Knockturn Alley, then returned to his Potions shop and befriended Hagrid by selling him a slug-repelling Potion. Hagrid invited George to visit him at Hogwarts, where he promised to make rock cakes.

• Hermione repaired Harry’s cracked glasses and met George, whom Harry introduced as a new Hogwarts student.
• George left Harry and Hermione and returned to his shop, deciding not to interfere with Lucius Malfoy giving Ginny Voldemort’s Diary.
• George found Hagrid outside the closed shop and sold him a bottle of Potion that repelled Carnivorous Slugs.
• George gave Hagrid half off to build a friendship, and Hagrid invited him to visit after school began.

George escaped an execution attempt at the Mexico City Genetic Modification Institute after freeing himself from his ability suppressor and killing his instructor and a guard. As the mutant children rebelled elsewhere in the base, he stealthily made his way toward the laboratory’s exit.

• Dr. Rice ordered Donald to dispose of the rebellious experiment subjects, including Number 757, and planned to mass-produce obedient Wolverine clones.
• George suspected the purge had begun when his usual training session did not start on time.
• George cast Alohomora to remove his ability suppressor, then used Magnetism Control to kill the guard and attack his instructor.
• George shot the instructor, took the men’s weapons, and destroyed surveillance cameras as he moved through the base.
• George heard gunfire and screams from the other mutant children, whose rebellion gave him an opportunity to escape.

George turned back from a chance to escape and fought his way to save the mutant children. He rescued the children in the corridor and entered the cafeteria to help Gabriella and Laura, using magnetic control to bend bullets toward the guards.

• George heard a child's scream, abandoned his escape route, and headed toward the cafeteria.
• Gabriella saw Ladi, Weil, and Ellie dead, then tried to free Laura and send the other children to safety with Riktor.
• Riktor led the children from the cafeteria, but four guards blocked them until George killed the guards and told them to keep escaping.
• George rushed into the cafeteria, where Laura was fighting the guards and Gabriella was pinned down without ammunition.
• George fired two submachine guns and used his magnetic control to curve the bullets toward the guards' vital points.

George used his magnetic abilities to help Gabriella and the mutant children escape the Experimental Base, then destroyed two important areas with grenades. Dr. Rice ordered Donald to recapture the children, while Donald learned that George had killed the guards with near-perfect shots.

• George killed the cafeteria guards with submachine guns and led Gabriella, Little Wolf Girl, and the other children out of the base.
• George asked Gabriella where the key laboratories and archives were, then used grenades to set both locations ablaze.
• Dr. Rice blamed Commander Donald for the escape and damage, and ordered him to capture the mutant children before other organizations found them.
• Dr. Rice said he might send X-24 to help capture the children and test his combat ability.
• Donald learned that Experiment Subject 757 had killed Captain Bis and most of the guards with fatal gunshots, and wondered how George had become such a skilled marksman.

George learned that Gabriella and Isabelle planned to take the Mutant Children across the border into Canada, but he distrusted the Canadian government and intended to leave the children at the border. After hearing that Tony Stark had been kidnapped in Afghanistan, George decided that earning Stark’s protection might offer the children safety and give him a secure place to study magic, and he began considering how to rescue him.

• Gabriella told George that the Canadian government had agreed to receive the children if they reached the North Dakota border before five o’clock the following Friday.
• George warned Gabriella that the Canadian government might turn the children into test subjects, but she said they had no better option than to flee there.
• Gabriella and Isabelle drove the truck into Juarez to buy supplies before continuing north toward North Dakota.
• George heard a news report that Tony Stark had been kidnapped in Afghanistan and realized Stark might be able to protect the children.
• George decided he needed to rescue Tony Stark and make him owe them a favor, but he did not know where Stark was being held.

George researched the history of mutants and proposed finding Wolverine and Professor X to help rescue Tony Stark. Gabriella agreed to his plan, with the children set to cross into Canada if the rescue failed or they were not back by Friday at five.

• George borrowed Gabriella’s phone and learned that mutants had become public in 1973, while the 1983 Westchester Incident had led to Professor X being hunted and mutants disappearing from public view.
• George concluded that Professor X could help locate Tony Stark in Obadiah Stane’s mind and that Wolverine could help protect the rescue team.
• Gabriella said they had heard that someone resembling Wolverine worked as a driver in El Paso, but they had no further leads and worried Professor X might not be able to help.
• George explained his plan to Gabriella, offering to help the children find a life beyond the Experimental Base rather than simply continuing to Canada.
• George said the children should follow their original plan and cross into Canada if Wolverine and Professor X refused to help or the group had not returned by Friday at five, and Gabriella agreed.

George and Gabriella found Wolverine Logan in El Paso County and asked him to help protect thirty-five Mutant children who had escaped a genetic modification institute. Logan refused because he feared endangering Charles, but George offered help for the professor and Logan warned that Tony Stark might betray them.

• Logan was attacked by six thugs stealing wheels from his rented limousine, and George killed the attackers before helping him up.
• George told Logan that he and Gabriella needed help protecting thirty-five Mutant children, but Logan denied being Wolverine and said Mutants were gone.
• George showed Logan the children's powers, and Gabriella explained how they had escaped from the Mexico City Genetic Modification Institute.
• Logan refused to help because he feared that getting involved would put Charles at risk.
• George argued that their plan could provide Charles with medicine and equipment, while Logan cautioned that Tony Stark might betray them and recalled an officer who had once tried to steal his healing ability.

George persuaded Wolverine to help rescue Tony Stark, and the group traveled to an abandoned border factory where Professor X was hiding. Wolverine entrusted Calliban with the Professor’s medicine and savings in case he did not return.

• Wolverine agreed to help George on the condition that Professor X stayed behind, and George repaired the car with a spell.
• Wolverine drove toward the border with George, Gabriella, and the mutant children following in another vehicle.
• Wolverine brought the group to an abandoned factory and introduced them to Calliban.
• Wolverine explained the plan to Calliban, gave him medicine and his savings for Professor X, and warned him that he might not come back.
• Calliban accepted the responsibility reluctantly and handed Wolverine a dose of medicine for the Professor.

George and Wolverine prepared to protect the escaped mutant children from the Experimental Base, while Commander Donald’s forces surrounded the factory. The chapter ended as Wolverine injected himself with a syringe after Donald ordered his men to search the water tank.

• George decided to split up, sending himself and Wolverine to rescue Tony Stark while Professor X, Calliban, Gabriella, and Isabelle took the children toward the North Dakota border.
• Calliban sensed that Logan’s clone was approaching, and George planned to use Wolverine’s Adamantium bullet to kill X-24.
• Commander Donald surrounded the factory with more than twenty vehicles and nearly a hundred armed men, bringing X-24 as backup.
• Wolverine tried to stall Donald by denying that the children were at the factory, but Donald ordered his men to search the water tank.
• Wolverine pulled a syringe from his pocket and injected himself as Donald’s men approached the tank.

Donald’s forces attacked Wolverine while George and Little Wolf Girl raced to confront X-24. George blinded X-24 long enough for Little Wolf Girl to head for the sniper, then used Magnetism Control to evade X-24 and move toward the bus.

• Donald ordered the sniper to keep Wolverine pinned and released X-24 to fight George and Little Wolf Girl.
• George and Little Wolf Girl approached the bus while Wolverine drew the enemy’s attention.
• X-24 charged George, who curved two bullets into X-24’s eyes and threw Little Wolf Girl toward the sniper and four soldiers.
• X-24 recovered and attacked George, who used Magnetism Control to disrupt his swings and dodge toward the bus.

George and Little Wolf Girl defeated the soldiers pursuing them and helped force Commander Donald to retreat from the factory. After regrouping with Logan and Professor X, George urged everyone to leave, but Gabriella said they had decided not to go to Canada.

• Little Wolf Girl fought off the soldiers by the bus but was shot and pinned down as the sniper prepared to shoot her again.
• George killed X-24 with an Adamantium bullet, then used his ability to disrupt the sniper’s aim and shot the men holding Little Wolf Girl.
• Little Wolf Girl climbed onto the bus roof and killed the sniper, while George gathered the soldiers’ weapons and drove the bus toward the factory.
• George’s attack helped Wolverine and the others drive Donald and his remaining men from the factory, after which Wolverine collapsed from exhaustion.
• George reunited with Logan and Professor X and called for everyone to split into two groups and leave, but Gabriella said they had decided against going to Canada.