Chapter Summaries

Wayne and Hermione renovated Heckley Castle and grew closer before Hermione left for France. Pheobe arrived with Gabrielle, Nicolas, and Perenelle, and Nicolas revealed that he had moved to Britain because he feared future danger.

• Wayne and Hermione used puppets and magic to renovate Heckley Castle, planning laboratories, a library, and a hot spring.
• After seven days together, Hermione left for France on Ho-Oh, promising to return, and Wayne planned to finish the castle’s Protective Charms.
• Pheobe arrived at Heckley Castle with Gabrielle, Nicolas, and Perenelle, and Wayne welcomed them inside.
• Nicolas told Wayne that he and Perenelle had settled in Devon and come to Britain because his Divination warned of coming turmoil.
• Nicolas gave Wayne a Philosopher’s Stone to power the castle, and Wayne began planning Pheobe’s schedule over dinner.

Wayne spent time with Fleur and Gabrielle while managing his businesses, then recognized that Sirius Black’s escape was approaching after seeing a photograph of the Weasley family and a report about Fudge’s visit to Azkaban. Days later, the Ministry announced that Sirius had escaped and offered rewards for information.

• Wayne reviewed letters about Firebolt orders and Celestia's shop, then arranged to give Fleur a broom.
• Wayne let Gabrielle play with his magical creatures, and Nicolas recalled Newt's rescued Qilins while Wayne disputed that one had been a Qilin.
• Wayne took Fleur and Gabrielle sightseeing and helped Gabrielle realize she would need to behave once they returned to France.
• Wayne spotted Peter Pettigrew's missing toe in a photograph of the Weasley family and connected the news of Fudge's visit to Azkaban with Sirius Black's likely escape.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban, and the Ministry offered ten thousand Galleons for his capture and one thousand for useful information.

Fudge enlisted the Muggle Prime Minister, Jim Hacker, to help hunt Sirius Black, while Humphrey pushed for stronger action because Wayne was studying in the Wizarding World. Wayne reassured Humphrey that Black was no threat, then learned that Shavis was the only target from his list who remained unaffected.

• Wayne discussed Black’s escape with Pheobe, who urged him to move to Beauxbatons, but he refused and spent time with her.
• Fudge ordered the Ministry to search for Black and went with Scrimgeour to inform Prime Minister Jim Hacker.
• Hacker agreed to have the Muggle police issue a bounty, while Humphrey argued that the danger might justify deploying the army to protect Wayne.
• Humphrey reminded Hacker that Wayne was his nephew and that newspapers controlled by the Lawrence family could damage the government if Wayne were harmed.
• Wayne reassured Humphrey that Black posed no danger and asked about the people on his list; Humphrey reported that only Shavis remained.
• Wayne realized that Shavis’s apparent immunity might be explained by Old Shavis being cuckolded, then Gabrielle threw herself into his arms.

Harry accidentally inflated Aunt Marge after she insulted his parents, but Minister Fudge arrived and arranged for him to stay in Diagon Alley while Sirius Black was at large. Harry left the Dursleys on better terms than before, and Fudge learned that Wayne had previously helped him.

• Harry received a protective badge and letter from Wayne, then learned Aunt Marge would be staying with the Dursleys.
• When Marge insulted Harry's parents, he cast an Engorgement Charm on her, and Fudge arrived with Ministry employees to handle the incident.
• Fudge told Harry that Sirius Black was a wizard believed to be in London and advised him to stay at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Vernon gave Harry five hundred pounds for his stay, and Harry apologized before leaving with Fudge.
• Vernon and Petunia agreed not to invite Marge when Harry visited again, while Harry told Fudge that Wayne had helped him before.

Harry learned that Wayne’s influence had pushed Muggle authorities to mobilize in the search for Black, while Wayne visited Grindelwald to drink and vent over Cho’s cold treatment of him. After dueling and learning Grindelwald’s Human Transfiguration spell and advice about Cho, Wayne left with plans to try the advice and return before term began.

• Fudge explained to Harry that Wayne’s uncle Humphrey’s influence had prompted the Muggle military to search for Black and offer a large reward.
• Wayne visited Grindelwald at Nurmengard, brought food and whisky, and told him that Cho had stopped paying attention to him after learning about his romantic troubles.
• Grindelwald dismissed Wayne’s worries about women, and the two traded barbs about Grindelwald’s past ideals and Newt before eating and drinking together.
• Wayne and Grindelwald dueled, after which Wayne asked Grindelwald to teach him Human Transfiguration and used a Gender-Swapping Peppermint to pressure him into agreeing.
• Grindelwald gave Wayne advice on handling Cho, and Wayne left with two more bottles of alcohol, saying he would return if the advice worked.

Wayne manipulated Cho into ending her silent treatment, arranged for Newt to deliver a gem fragment and Snakewood to Nicolas for Nagini’s wand, and prepared his game before term began. A letter then led him to break into Barty Crouch’s home, where he hinted that Crouch’s son had escaped Azkaban.

• Wayne’s trick convinced Cho that she had gained weight, and after several days apart he reassured her that he would like her regardless of her appearance.
• Newt brought Wayne a gem fragment, and Wayne asked him to deliver it with Snakewood to Nicolas so he could make Nagini a wand.
• Wayne returned to his laboratory to finish his game, while Cho and Hermione recovered their confidence and their disagreements with him eased.
• A letter reminded Wayne of an unfinished matter, and he went to Barty Crouch’s home shortly before the start of term.
• Wayne introduced himself to Crouch and implied that Crouch’s son might not be the first person to escape from Azkaban.

Wayne forced Crouch to agree to help him build influence within the Ministry by offering him a chance to take revenge on Voldemort and destroy his Horcruxes. Wayne then went with Crouch and Winky to visit Barty Crouch Jr., who greeted his father with an insult before Wayne threw him against a wall.

• Crouch attacked Wayne after Wayne recounted how Crouch had rescued his son from Azkaban, but Wayne subdued Crouch and Winky and took Crouch's wand.
• Wayne told Crouch that Voldemort was still alive and had multiple Horcruxes, then persuaded him to join his plans by offering him a chance to destroy them.
• Crouch agreed to use his Ministry connections to help Wayne, and Wayne secretly placed a Zombie Guard on him while pretending it was a deadly safeguard.
• Crouch ordered Winky to lead Wayne to Barty Crouch Jr., and Wayne bypassed the traps protecting the basement cell.
• Barty Crouch Jr. insulted his father when the group entered, and Wayne hurled him into the wall.

Wayne forced Barty Crouch to cooperate with him, then prepared for the coming school year by visiting Grindelwald and shopping in Diagon Alley with Hermione and Cho. The chapter left Wayne meeting Cedric and Mr. Diggory, who revealed that Cedric had become a prefect.

• Wayne tortured Barty Jr. with the Cruciatus Curse, then gave Crouch documents and ordered him to sever Winky’s bond with Barty Jr. and help Wayne’s shops and protective equipment business.
• After Wayne left, Crouch ordered Winky to obey him and considered the hope Wayne offered of taking revenge on Voldemort.
• Wayne visited Nurmengard before term began, brought Grindelwald a meal, and left him Gender-Swapping Peppermints and Potions ingredients.
• Wayne took Hermione and Cho to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies, and stunned the books of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them when they began thrashing.
• Mr. Diggory greeted Wayne in Diagon Alley and revealed that Cedric had become a prefect.

Hermione bought a plump orange cat named Crookshanks, while Wayne gave Cho and Hermione Firebolt brooms and reunited with Harry and the Weasleys in Diagon Alley. The group ended the day sharing dinner at The Leaky Cauldron, where Ron worried that Crookshanks might eat Scabbers.

• Mr. Diggory proudly showed off Cedric before Wayne took Hermione and Cho shopping for supplies and a pet.
• Harry and Ron met Wayne at the Magical Creatures Shop, where Hermione questioned Harry about inflating his aunt and Ron brought Scabbers in for a checkup.
• Hermione chose and bought a fluffy orange cat with some Kneazle blood, while Wayne revealed that he owned the Firebolt company and gave brooms to Cho and Hermione.
• Wayne and the girls met Mr. Weasley and the rest of the Weasley family at The Leaky Cauldron, where the twins joked with Wayne and Percy showed off his Head Prefect badge.
• At dinner, Ron worried that Hermione's new cat could swallow Scabbers, and Hermione insisted that Crookshanks would not eat the old rat.

Wayne reunited with his friends aboard the Hogwarts Express, while Harry and Ron shared a compartment with the sleeping R.J. Lupin and discussed the warnings about Sirius Black. The group debated The Quibbler’s wild claim that Fudge had helped Black escape, and Wayne noted that the magazine had guessed there was a connection between them.

• Wayne boarded the train with the Greengrass sisters, teased Cedric about being a prefect, and reunited with Hermione, Cho, Ginny, Luna, and Penelope in an enlarged compartment.
• Harry and Ron found an occupied compartment with the sleeping R.J. Lupin after boarding late, then discussed Mr. Weasley’s warning about Sirius Black.
• Ginny and Luna showed the group a Quibbler article alleging a secret arrangement between Fudge and Black, prompting Hermione to argue that the claim was nonsense.
• Wayne pointed out that Fudge had been a junior clerk when Black was tried and that Barty Crouch had overseen the trial.
• Luna continued proposing that Fudge had conspired with Black, while Wayne privately concluded that The Quibbler had somehow guessed Black’s escape was connected to Fudge.

The Hogwarts Express stopped in a storm, and a Dementor entered Harry and Ron’s compartment, causing Harry to faint. Wayne drove the Dementors from the train with a powerful Patronus Charm, then explained that sufficiently powerful magic could do more than its usual effect.

• Wayne shared food with the girls on the train while Astoria fell asleep in his arms, and Percy searched for Fred and George after discovering his badge had been tampered with.
• Malfoy taunted Harry and Ron about their money, then left after Harry drove him away; the train later slowed and stopped in darkness and heavy rain.
• A Dementor entered Harry and Ron’s compartment, and Harry fainted after shouting for someone to get Wayne.
• Wayne unleashed a silver, star-filled Patronus that drove the Dementor from the compartment and forced the Dementors across the train to flee.
• Wayne soothed Astoria and told Hermione and the others that powerful magic could exceed its ordinary limits.

Wayne helped Harry recover after a Dementor attack on the train and explained the creatures to the students. After arriving at Hogsmeade in heavy rain, Wayne offered to make protective gadgets for the girls and promised Ginny and Luna one for free.

• Cho asked Wayne about his Patronus, and Luna said she could see stars around him even before he cast the spell.
• Ron summoned Wayne to Harry's compartment after Harry fainted, and Wayne revived him with two slaps while claiming a Dementor had hit him.
• Lupin explained Dementors and gave Harry chocolate, while Wayne and Ron described the Patronus Charm to the gathered students.
• The train reached Hogsmeade in heavy rain, and Wayne protected the girls with a barrier as he escorted them to the carriages.
• Penelope spotted Dementors near Hogsmeade, and Wayne offered to make protective gadgets, giving Ginny one for free and promising Luna one in exchange for a favor.

Dumbledore persuaded Wayne to stop retaliating against the Ministry’s Dementors, while Harry went to the Hospital Wing after fainting. The Hogwarts feast began, and the students noticed an unusually large number of first-years arriving.

• Malfoy mocked Harry and Ron, but Wayne made Malfoy move aside by reminding him about his unpaid tuition.
• Professor McGonagall sent Harry to the Hospital Wing and warned Wayne about the Ministry’s complaint over the injured Dementors.
• Dumbledore reassured Wayne that the Dementors would stay away from Hogwarts students, and Wayne agreed to let the matter go.
• Wayne returned to the Hufflepuff table and told Cedric and the others that he had not lost any points.
• The new students entered the Great Hall, and Norman and Cedric noticed that there seemed to be an unusually large number of first-years.

Wayne was exposed as the one who decorated the Sorting Hat, then supported the sorting of Rolf Goldstein and the appointments of Hagrid and Lupin. Dumbledore announced the Dementors guarding Hogwarts, while Snape reacted angrily to Lupin’s appointment; afterward, Dumbledore wrote to Fudge about the Dementors.

• The Sorting Hat revealed that Lawrence had decorated it, and the Great Hall turned its attention to Wayne.
• Barnes Austin was sorted into Gryffindor, and Rolf Goldstein was sorted into Hufflepuff as Wayne led the applause.
• Dumbledore warned that Dementors were guarding Hogwarts and announced Hagrid as Care of Magical Creatures professor and Lupin as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Snape reacted with anger to Lupin’s appointment, while Wayne watched with amusement and the students gave Lupin sparse applause.
• After the feast, Dumbledore returned to his office and wrote to Fudge about the Dementors and the Ministry’s motives.

Wayne introduced his relative Rolf to Hufflepuff and made protective brooches to guard students from Dementors. He sold out his first batch at breakfast, while Harry waited to ask whether he had a better version.

• Wayne introduced Rolf to the Hufflepuffs as a shy relative and asked them to look after him.
• Norman and Toby asked Wayne to invent a spell that could charge their game consoles, and Wayne agreed to study the idea.
• Wayne made gemstone brooches infused with Patronus magic to protect Hermione and the others from Dementors.
• At breakfast, Wayne gave Hermione and Ginny brooches and sold the remaining badges to students seeking protection.
• After the badges sold out, Harry asked Wayne whether he had a Plus, Pro Max, or Ultra version.

Wayne and Hermione attended their first Divination class, where Trelawney declared that a black dog foretold Harry’s death. Professor McGonagall dismissed the prediction as Trelawney’s annual scare tactic, and the chapter ended with Wayne discussing map sales and dinner with Cedric and Hannah.

• Wayne and Hermione went to Divination, where Trelawney introduced tea-leaf reading and Wayne told Hermione that Trelawney had once made a genuine prophecy.
• Trelawney interpreted Harry’s tea leaves as an omen of death involving a big black dog, alarming the class.
• Professor McGonagall told the students that Trelawney made such predictions to frighten someone each year and reassured them that Harry was healthy.
• Professor McGonagall demonstrated her Animagus transformation and began teaching the class about Animagi.
• Wayne saw Cedric selling maps and heard that Cedric hoped to repay his debt by the end of the term.
• Hannah offered to cook Wayne a roasted leg of lamb if he lent her Potions homework, and Wayne agreed to borrow Hermione’s work for her.

Wayne advised Hagrid on teaching Care of Magical Creatures and on handling Malfoy, then watched Hagrid’s first Hippogriff lesson begin. After Malfoy quieted down and several students succeeded with the creatures, Neville was thrown to the ground when he startled a Hippogriff.

• Wayne declined to add Care of Magical Creatures to his schedule but advised Hagrid to use safer lesson materials after the first class.
• Wayne warned Hagrid that Malfoy might misbehave and told him to use Norbert’s photographs to keep Malfoy in check.
• Hagrid introduced the students to Hippogriffs, and Harry successfully earned one’s approval and rode it into the air.
• Hagrid silenced Malfoy by promising him photographs of Norbert if he behaved during class.
• Neville lost his footing while bowing, startled a Hippogriff, and was kicked several meters away.

After Neville was injured by a Hippogriff, Wayne sold hundreds of Dementor-resistant brooches and received a request from Dumbledore to help while he was away investigating Tom. Dumbledore learned that Wayne had already mastered Human Transfiguration from Grindelwald, while Tom studied at a Muggle university and planned to prepare for his eventual conflict with another Voldemort.

• Neville was kicked by a Hippogriff during Hagrid’s class, and Hagrid took him to the Hospital Wing for an examination.
• Wayne reminded Astoria that she would duel Harry on Saturday, and she took Gardevoir to the Room of Requirement to train.
• Wayne and Cho sold three hundred Dementor-resistant brooches, and Wayne advised Hagrid to teach younger students about several gentler magical creatures.
• Dumbledore told Wayne he was investigating Tom and needed to leave Hogwarts, so Wayne agreed to help manage the school and asked for a Polyjuice Potion.
• Dumbledore was surprised to learn that Grindelwald had taught Wayne Human Transfiguration during the summer.
• Tom attended lectures at Saint Petersburg State University, adapted to Muggle life, and resolved to prepare to confront another Tom.

Wayne reassured Dumbledore that his visit to Grindelwald would remain secret, then students tested Wayne’s protective brooches against Dementors and learned the protection would not last. After the reckless students were punished, Wayne woke from a nap in History of Magic as Professor Binns began lecturing about the Goblin Rebellions.

• Wayne told Dumbledore that Professor Lockhart’s Memory Charm would keep his visit to Grindelwald secret, and Dumbledore said Professor McGonagall would handle Ministry matters at school.
• During Herbology, Harry told Ron about a vivid dream of attending a Muggle university and remembered the word “Methodology.”
• Dean Thomas, Seamus, Macmillan, and other students used Wayne’s brooches to approach two Dementors, whose protective light drove the creatures back.
• When the brooches’ light faded, the Dementors chased the students toward the castle, and Professor Flitwick rescued them.
• Professor McGonagall gave the students disciplinary marks, detention, house-point penalties, and summoned their parents, then added a rule forbidding students from provoking Dementors without permission.
• Wayne woke during History of Magic as Professor Binns began a lesson on the Goblin Rebellions.

Wayne handled the Ministry’s complaint about students provoking Dementors by persuading Professor McGonagall to defend Hogwarts’s authority, while the incident boosted demand for his badges. After spending the night with Hermione, Wayne returned to school as the students faced parental punishment and Snape began a tense Potions lesson.

• Wayne learned that Seamus, Justin, and the others had provoked Dementors, then told Professor McGonagall to treat the Ministry’s warning as an unwarranted intrusion into school affairs.
• Professor McGonagall agreed to condemn the Ministry and awarded Wayne twenty Hufflepuff points; students’ stories of the Dementor incident drove more people to seek his badges.
• Wayne helped Hermione complete her star chart, and she agreed to meet him later rather than use Draught of Living Death on her roommates.
• Wayne and Hermione returned from the Forbidden Forest and encountered the parents of the students involved in the Dementor incident; both of Thomas’s parents punished him for masterminding it.
• Snape deducted five points from Wayne for arriving late, then assigned the class to brew Shrinking Solution and warned that he would make a student test their potion on a pet.