Chapter Summaries

George impressed Madam Hooch with extraordinary broom control during Flying Class, and Snape tried to recruit him for Slytherin's Quidditch team. George said he preferred studying magic, so Snape offered to let him join without regular training and tutor him in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

• George used Iron Wire and magnetism to control his broom as Madam Hooch taught the students to fly.
• George performed four advanced Quidditch maneuvers, earning twenty points for Slytherin and startling Madam Hooch.
• Madam Hooch brought George to Snape and described his performance as that of a once-in-a-millennium Quidditch prodigy.
• Snape offered George a place on Slytherin's Quidditch team, but George said he wanted to focus on studying magic.
• Snape proposed that George join the team without attending regular training and offered to tutor him in Defense Against the Dark Arts every weekend.

George joined the Slytherin Quidditch team and began weekly tutoring with Snape, who taught him that the right spell depended on the situation. The chapter ended with Ron suffering a rebounding spell and Snape taking points from Gryffindor, including for Harry.

• George told Snape he accepted the private lessons, then returned to the lawn and revealed that he had joined the Slytherin Quidditch team.
• Madam Hooch considered asking Ludo Bagman to watch George play, while news of George's exceptional Quidditch talent spread through Hogwarts and Malfoy sulked.
• Snape began George's Saturday tutoring with the Repelling Charm and explained that choosing the most suitable spell mattered more than choosing the most powerful one.
• Snape brought George to the Quidditch Pitch, where Ron was vomiting slugs after his spell rebounded while he tried to attack Malfoy.
• Snape took twenty points from Gryffindor, first for Ron attacking Malfoy and then for Harry failing to stop him.

George helped expose Malfoy’s insult against Hermione, then secured the Slytherin Seeker position after provoking Malfoy into challenging him. The chapter ended with Snape agreeing that George and Malfoy would compete to decide who became Seeker.

• George prompted Malfoy to admit he had called Hermione a Mudblood, and Snape restored Gryffindor’s points while deducting five from Harry for talking back.
• George used the Universal Counter-Charm to stop Ron’s slug curse, earning five points for Slytherin.
• Snape announced that George would be Slytherin’s new Seeker and assigned Malfoy to play Chaser instead.
• George challenged Malfoy’s claim that Slytherins should not befriend Gryffindors, prompting Snape to punish Malfoy for his remarks.
• George proposed a Snitch-catching contest with Malfoy, and Snape agreed that the winner would be Seeker while the loser would be Chaser.

George beat Malfoy in the Slytherin Seeker tryout but let him keep the position, choosing to become a Chaser instead. Malfoy accepted George’s gesture, and the chapter left them training together as George showed off his skill.

• Flint released the Golden Snitch, and George used his magnetic control to catch it before Malfoy could.
• George gave up the Seeker position, telling Malfoy he could take it and that George preferred the challenge of another role.
• Malfoy thanked George, and George urged him to work with their fellow Slytherins for the team’s honor.
• Snape named Malfoy the Seeker and George a Chaser, then left the team to train.
• George demonstrated his speed and broom control by stealing the Quaffle, dodging, and shooting smoothly.

George prepared a magical Howler to summon Leon to a meeting, using the message to preserve his mysterious identity and keep Leon wary. Leon received the speaking envelope and agreed to meet him alone on the rooftop at midnight.

• George's Hogwarts studies advanced as he read in the library and learned to make simple magical objects.
• George went to the Bronx and created a Howler addressed to Leon, then attached it to a brooch he could control.
• Leon left his dance hall with his underlings after consolidating control of the Chebel family and becoming a major Bronx underworld figure.
• George flew the Howler into Leon's car as the door was closing, and Leon sent his driver and underlings away to be alone.
• The Howler told Leon to come to the Rooftop alone at midnight, then shattered, leaving Leon shaken and wondering what Shinigami was.

George proposed that Leon expand his control of the Bronx underworld, but Leon warned that Kingpin would prevent one family from dominating the area. They agreed that George would help Leon eliminate the Carlson family so Leon could take its territory, and George left to gather the family’s intelligence.

• George asked Leon whether he could take over the territories of the other twelve Bronx families if George killed their leaders.
• Leon explained that Kingpin controlled the Bronx’s thirteen-family arrangement and that a power vacuum could trigger a wider underworld war.
• George abandoned the plan to take over the entire Bronx and proposed eliminating just one rival family instead.
• Leon named the Carlson family as a nearby rival that had seized territory during his family’s internal conflict.
• George agreed to kill the Carlson family’s leaders and split the profits with Leon, then asked Leon to gather intelligence for him to collect the next night.

George ambushed Obadiah Stane to learn where Tony Stark was being held, hoping to rescue Tony and profit from Stark Industries. He used Legilimency on the injured Stane, leaving Tony’s location still to be revealed.

• George decided to travel to the Middle East himself to rescue Tony Stark and avoid risking his investment in Stark Industries.
• Obadiah Stane tried to reassure investors, then ordered his bodyguard to find the Ten Rings’ location so he could kill Tony and the terrorists.
• George softened the road beneath Stane’s car, causing it to flip over.
• George stunned Stane’s bodyguard and used Legilimency while threatening Stane with hovering blades.
• George demanded that Stane tell him where Tony Stark was being held.

George erased Obadiah’s and his bodyguard’s memories after learning that Obadiah only knew the Ten Rings’ hideout was somewhere near Bagram Province. Back at Hogwarts, George found a book of Tracking Charms in the Restricted Section and began studying one that could guide him to Tony Stark, while his main body moved against the Carlson family.

• George used Legilimency and Telepathy to discover that Obadiah did not know the Ten Rings’ exact location, then erased his and the bodyguard’s memories with Obliviate.
• Obadiah reported a car accident, and news of his injuries helped drive Stark Industries’ stock price down while Tony remained missing.
• George decided to search for tracking magic at Hogwarts and obtained Lockhart’s signed note to enter the Restricted Section.
• George found a book containing eight Tracking Charms, including an arrow-guided spell, and chose to study the simplest one to locate Tony.
• George’s main body in the Marvel Universe began an operation to purge the Carlson family’s upper ranks.

George targeted Young Carlson at the Carlson family nightclub and used his abilities to make the heir’s death look like an accident. Old Carlson accepted the explanation, punished the men assigned to protect his son, and worried that the loss of his heir would spark a succession struggle.

• George went to the Carlson family nightclub to find Young Carlson and planned to kill him in a way that would appear accidental.
• Young Carlson chose a young woman on the dance floor, harassed her, and began assaulting her while his men kept her companions from helping.
• George cast a dancing curse on Young Carlson, then locked his legs and made him fall onto a stud that George had secretly controlled.
• Young Carlson died from the stud piercing the back of his head, and George slipped out as the crowd fled.
• Old Carlson’s men concluded that the death was an accident, and Old Carlson ordered them to sink the men who had been responsible for protecting Young Carlson.
• Old Carlson left the nightclub worried that his son’s death would destabilize the family and resolved to choose a new heir.

George eliminated Old Carlson and weakened the Carlson family, then sent Leon to seize its territory and raise funds for an upcoming plan. He and Isabelle flew the X-Jet to Afghanistan to find Tony Stark, with George using a tracking spell to guide their search.

• George summoned a black mamba that bit Old Carlson, and the Carlson family fell into violent internal conflict after his death.
• George told Leon to take over the Carlson territory, keep George’s share of the money in his account, and turn assets into cash and loans.
• Leon’s family seized most of the Carlson territory, and Leon mortgaged his Lincoln to raise funds as George had instructed.
• Isabelle piloted the X-Jet with George aboard to the desert near Bagram Province, Afghanistan, while George used Direction Manifestation to search for Tony Stark.

George used a swarm of summoned rattlesnakes to expose the hidden sentries at the terrorist base holding Tony Stark. As the base leader led his men out with flamethrowers, George prepared to attack him from his sniper position.

• George summoned more than a thousand Desert Rattlesnakes and sent them through the valley to find the hidden guards.
• The snakes bit the concealed sentries, prompting gunfire and drawing the visible guards away to help them.
• The base leader learned that hundreds of snakes were attacking and ordered his men to take flamethrowers outside, leaving two guards to watch Tony Stark.
• Tony and Yinsen heard the commotion and hoped it was unrelated to them while they continued building the Iron Suit.
• George watched the base leader come outside and prepared his sniper rifle to target him first.

George rescued Tony and Yinsen from the terrorists, destroyed the cave to erase evidence, and admitted that he had saved Tony to profit from Stark Industries’ stock. He left Tony wondering who he was and why he had come, while George tried to determine whether Tony would shut down the weapons division.

• George killed the bald leader with a curved sniper shot, then used smoke and Telepathy to eliminate the remaining terrorists inside the cave.
• George killed the last guards, opened the iron door, and told Tony and Yinsen that the cave was clear.
• Tony and Yinsen followed George outside, where Tony saw the dead terrorists and questioned whether George had acted alone.
• George used magic to move Stark Industries’ weapons into the cave, then drove Tony and Yinsen away before detonating the explosives and destroying the site.
• Tony asked why George had rescued him, and George first gave a flattering lie before admitting he wanted to profit from the drop in Stark Industries’ stock.

George rescued Tony Stark and used Tony’s warning about his upcoming press conference to profit from Stark Industries stock. After Tony announced the shutdown of the weapons division, George reinvested and arranged for doctors to help Wolverine and Professor X.

• George told Tony about the Sokovian siblings whose parents had been killed by Stark Industries weapons, and Tony admitted he had been arrogant and vowed not to give up.
• Tony warned George to sell his Stark Industries shares before the press conference, and George left as the army arrived to find Tony and Yinsen.
• George told Leon to buy Stark stock, then planned to protect Tony from Obadiah and find a doctor to treat Wolverine and Professor X.
• Tony’s return sent Stark stock soaring, but his announcement that Stark Industries would shut down its weapons division sent the price plummeting.
• George met Leon on a rooftop, received the profits from their trades, ordered him to buy Stark stock again, and asked him to find top brain and neurology doctors.

George kidnapped Stephen Strange and a group of doctors to treat Professor X and Wolverine, revealing the mutants and their conditions to them. Stephen’s team identified the virus’s effects and proposed treatment, but warned that Charles’s brain damage and epilepsy could not be fully cured.

• Leon threatened Stephen Strange by bringing up his girlfriend, Christine Palmer, and Stephen agreed to cooperate.
• George levitated the doctors into the X-Jet, which Isabelle flew to the Mutant School.
• George showed Stephen and the doctors Professor X, Wolverine, and samples of the virus suppressing mutant genes.
• Stephen and the doctors examined the patients and began developing a treatment plan while George returned to studying magic.
• Stephen requested updated medical equipment and explained that Logan’s healing factor could clear his toxins once the virus was countered.
• Stephen warned that Charles’s epilepsy and brain damage would require long-term rest and that he should stop using his ability.

George arranged for Stephen to restore Wolverine and treat Professor X, while preparing to keep the mutant children safe and secretly monitor Tony. After the doctors finished and were paid, George used a Memory Charm on them before sending them away.

• George learned that Wolverine would need about three days to recover and Professor X close to a month, and promised Stephen he could return afterward.
• Wolverine recovered his youthful body and combat abilities, then agreed to secretly monitor Tony for George.
• Stephen reprimanded Wolverine for smoking in the treatment room, and Wolverine put out his cigar against his palm.
• Stephen cleared Professor X’s toxins and greatly relieved his epileptic symptoms through surgery, leaving him able to live as an ordinary elderly man with regular medication.
• George paid Stephen and the doctors and sent them back to the city, then cast Obliviate on them to protect the children’s secrets.

Sandor Reis advanced Arkley Gene Company's mutant-cloning program and ordered Donald to prepare for another hunt for Wolverine and the escaped mutant children in New York. Meanwhile, Nick Fury sent Black Widow to infiltrate Arkley and gather evidence about its experiments.

• Sandor Reis celebrated breakthroughs in cloning several mutant types and planned to build an army of remotely controlled clones, though their powers were weaker than the originals'.
• Donald told Sandor Reis that Wolverine and Experiment Subject 757's group had entered New York and vanished; Sandor warned him that another failure would cost him his position.
• Sandor Reis planned to clone Calliban to track the escaped mutants and noted that bone-clawed Wolverine Clones could counter Experiment Subject 757's magnetism.
• Nick Fury told Coulson to investigate who had hired the Terrorists to attack Tony Stark and identify the third party that had rescued Stark and Dr. Yinsen.
• Nick Fury assigned Black Widow to infiltrate Arkley Gene Company and obtain evidence about its mutant experiments.

George continued focusing on magic, mastered the Levitation Charm in class, and sought Professor Flitwick’s help with the Muggle Repelling Charm. At lunch, he declined Harry’s invitation to Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party, warning Harry that the ghosts’ food would be inedible and that Halloween might bring danger.

• George decided that studying magic mattered more than his investment in Stark Industries and reasoned that magic had limits and required careful study.
• During Charms Class, George lifted a desk with the Levitation Charm and earned five points for Slytherin.
• George stopped Professor Flitwick after class and spent an hour asking him questions about the Muggle Repelling Charm.
• Harry told George, Ron, and Hermione that Nearly Headless Nick had invited him to a Deathday Party, and Hermione and Ron agreed to go with him.
• George declined Harry’s invitation, warned that ghosts could only enjoy pungent smells rather than normal food, and told Hermione where to find the Book of Ghosts in the library.

George attended Hogwarts’ Halloween feast, where Mrs. Norris was found petrified beside a warning that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened. Later, Harry, Ron, and Hermione suspected Malfoy and asked George to help them infiltrate the Slytherin Common Room with Polyjuice Potion.

• George admired the Halloween feast’s decorations and Skeleton Dance Troupe before joining the Slytherin students on their way back to the dormitories.
• George stopped Malfoy from mocking Harry, Ron, and Hermione after they discovered Mrs. Norris petrified beside the Chamber of Secrets warning, and Malfoy went to summon the headmaster and professors.
• Dumbledore explained that a younger student could not have petrified Mrs. Norris and that she could be saved, while George kept his suspicion about the Basilisk to himself.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione visited George in the library and explained that they suspected Malfoy was Slytherin’s heir.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione asked George for Goyle, Crabbe, and Millicent’s hairs and the Slytherin Common Room password so they could use Polyjuice Potion to question Malfoy, and George asked who had devised the plan.

George helped Hermione find the Polyjuice Potion formula and asked her to teach him the Freezing Charm, then prepared to lead Slytherin into its first Quidditch match against Gryffindor. The chapter ended with George insisting that Slytherin win through its own strength, despite Flint’s doubts about his plan.

• George told Hermione he could use Lockhart’s note to search the Restricted Section for Powerful Potions and offered to find it for her.
• George asked Hermione to teach him the Freezing Charm, and she eagerly agreed to share her casting techniques.
• George retrieved Powerful Potions from the Restricted Section, copied its potion formulas onto a computer, and gave the book to Hermione.
• The trio began gathering ingredients for Polyjuice Potion while Hermione brewed it, and George continued studying magic.
• On the morning of Slytherin’s Quidditch match against Gryffindor, George told Flint that the team should win without resorting to questionable tactics, and Flint reluctantly agreed.

George helped Slytherin begin its Quidditch match against Gryffindor on seemingly fair terms, then dominated the scoring while secretly keeping control over the game’s outcome. The match was still underway when a Bludger began targeting Harry, and George suspected Dobby was behind it.

• George told Harry that Slytherin would use its old Flying Broomsticks except for Malfoy, winning Gryffindor’s admiration while concealing his confidence that he could control the match.
• At the Quidditch Pitch, Ludo Bagman watched George after Madam Hooch praised his abilities, and the match began with Slytherin using its old Flying Broomsticks.
• Lee Jordan announced George’s fairness proposal, and McGonagall awarded Slytherin ten points before Lee praised George’s spectacular goals.
• George led Slytherin to a 120–20 score while the Golden Snitch remained uncaught.
• A Bludger began attacking Harry, and George suspected Dobby was magically controlling it.