Chapter Summaries

Wayne and Hermione navigated classes while news spread that Sirius Black had been spotted near Hogwarts, prompting tighter security and renewed interest in Wayne’s Patronus brooches. Lupin began his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson by leading the students toward Peeves, who mocked him in the corridor.

• Snape harshly supervised Potions class, while Wayne finished his potion quickly and later used Gardevoir to travel to Divination.
• Hermione decided to drop Divination, chose Arithmancy with Wayne’s advice, and borrowed last year’s textbook from Cho.
• A Muggle named Mr. Benjamin identified Sirius Black near a convenience store, and Harry joked with Malfoy about whether Black was looking for him.
• Professor McGonagall warned students to avoid Dementors, and Wayne sold more Patronus brooches to Justin Finch-Fletchley and Ernie Macmillan.
• Lupin welcomed the students to a practical Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson and led them down the corridor, where Peeves sang insults at him.

Lupin taught the class how to deal with Boggarts, while Wayne amused himself by photographing Neville’s comic transformation of Snape. When Hermione faced the Boggart, it became a corpse and she reacted with a scream and two spells.

• Peeves fled after recognizing Wayne, leaving Lupin unable to demonstrate his spell.
• Snape mocked Neville and suggested Wayne help Lupin, but Lupin chose Neville as his assistant.
• Lupin taught the class about Boggarts and had Neville face one that became Snape; Neville’s Riddikulus spell gave Snape ridiculous clothes, and Wayne photographed it.
• The students took turns defeating Boggarts, and Hermione’s Boggart became a corpse that made her scream and cast Bone Breaker and Thunderclap Explosion.

Hermione panicked when a Boggart became Wayne’s corpse, but Lupin helped her dispel it, and the creature later self-destructed when it could not find anything Wayne feared. After detaining Wayne to brew Wolfsbane Potion, Snape revealed that Lupin was a Werewolf and challenged Wayne over the danger to his girlfriends.

• Hermione attacked the Boggart with Sectumsempra, and Lupin protected it before reminding her that it was fake so she could cast Riddikulus.
• Wayne approached the Boggart with his Occlumency lowered, but it struggled to transform and exploded into smoke when the class bell rang.
• Hermione questioned whether Wayne feared her leaving or being hurt, and Wayne promised he would never let her go and would protect her.
• Snape gave Wayne detention for failing to greet him and ordered him to brew Wolfsbane Potion, which Wayne finished in two hours.
• Snape told Wayne that Lupin was a Werewolf, and Wayne admitted he already knew.
• Snape accused Wayne of ignoring the danger Lupin posed to his girlfriends.

Wayne took advantage of Dumbledore’s absence to claim the Headmaster’s office as his own, changing its password and enjoying its privileges. He left with the Sorting Hat after searching Dumbledore’s collection for hidden memories and finding none.

• Wayne refused Snape’s request for Tears of the Phoenix King and ashes, then went to the Headmaster’s office despite knowing Dumbledore was away.
• Wayne persuaded the Gargoyle to let him enter and changed the password to Mala Xiang Guo.
• Wayne sat in the Headmaster’s chair, silenced the portraits, and ordered food and Butterbeer from House-elf Kellen on the school’s tab.
• Wayne gave Kellen a cookbook and had Copying Quills copy books from Dumbledore’s collection.
• Wayne searched the office for memories but found none, then took the Sorting Hat with him.

Wayne arranged a duel between Harry and Astoria to assess their progress, while Malfoy faced Daphne. Astoria gained an early defensive advantage with her Shield Charm as the duel continued.

• Hagrid gave Wayne and Cho a sleeping Golden Snitch he had caught in the Forbidden Forest, and Wayne agreed to let Mia help with a Fantastic Beasts lesson.
• Wayne warned Hagrid that students could not approach Mia or disregard her wishes, and Hagrid promised to follow the rules.
• Wayne gathered Harry, Malfoy, Astoria, and Daphne for a joint lesson and paired Harry against Astoria and Malfoy against Daphne.
• Wayne warned Harry that losing would raise his tuition, prompting Harry to take his duel with Astoria seriously.
• Harry and Astoria exchanged spells, and Astoria used her Shield Charm to protect herself while Harry had not yet mastered the spell.

Astoria and Daphne defeated Harry and Malfoy in duels, prompting Malfoy to buy a Potential Potion from Wayne. After dinner with the girls, Wayne spent two hundred draws and received mostly disappointing rewards, including a Gormlaith Gaunt Character Card.

• Astoria used a Fear Charm to distract Harry and disarmed him, then Daphne defeated Malfoy with two conjured pythons.
• Wayne assigned the girls to improve their Shield Charms and Banishing Charms, then sold Malfoy a Potential Potion for two hundred Galleons.
• Wayne hosted the girls for dinner in his suitcase, and they walked through the forest before he sent them back to the castle.
• Cho returned to Wayne late that night, and she went back to her dormitory before dawn.
• Wayne spent two hundred draws and found three runes, a duplicate Invincible Andros template, and a Gormlaith Gaunt Character Card.

Wayne learned that the Holy Grail could grant a wish once its seal was undone, so he ordered Barty Crouch to expand the Triwizard Tournament into a seven-school Holy Grail War. At Hogwarts, Hermione’s departure from Divination became the subject of Trelawney’s class, while several girls eagerly asked Wayne to read their palms.

• Wayne summoned Barty Crouch and told him to expand the Triwizard Tournament to include all seven magical schools, renaming it the Holy Grail War.
• Wayne examined the sealed Holy Grail and learned that a ritual involving contracts, competition, slaughter, and enough specific energy could unlock its power to grant a wish.
• Wayne sent Ho-Oh to deliver the Holy Grail to Crouch.
• Trelawney said Hermione had a weak Inner Eye, and Lavender Brown claimed that Trelawney’s earlier prophecy had predicted Hermione leaving Divination.
• Padma and several other girls asked Wayne to read their palms, while Ron envied the attention Wayne received.

Wayne complained to Professor Sprout about Snape targeting him, prompting her to punish Slytherin students and confront Snape alongside Lupin. As the feud shifted toward Lupin, Snape delivered him a strangely foul-tasting Wolfsbane Potion and revealed that Wayne had already recognized him as a Werewolf.

• Hermione enthusiastically explained Arithmancy to Wayne after class.
• Wayne told Professor Sprout that Snape had taken points from him for failing to greet him, and Sprout vowed to defend him.
• Sprout deducted points from Slytherin students and assigned them detention in Greenhouse Four, then defended her actions when McGonagall and Lupin confronted Snape at dinner.
• Snape visited Greenhouse Four, smelled the finished fertilizer, and decided to extract its essence to use against Lupin.
• Snape brought Lupin his Wolfsbane Potion and watched him drink it, claiming Wayne had brewed an improved version and had already recognized Lupin as a Werewolf.

Wayne spoke with Lupin about the Wolfsbane Potion and learned Snape had altered its taste, prompting Lupin to start a mild feud with Snape. Wayne returned to Hufflepuff, where the Sorting Hat entertained students with founder gossip and Cedric asked him to join Quidditch training; Wayne declined and called Nagini.

• Lupin thanked Wayne for improving the Wolfsbane Potion, then discovered that Snape had changed the potion Wayne brewed.
• Wayne gave Lupin a bottle of his potion and agreed to supply him directly from then on.
• Lupin retaliated against Snape by spreading minor embarrassing stories, and Snape responded by unfairly taking points from Angelina before awarding her points in Lupin’s class.
• The Sorting Hat entertained Hufflepuff students with scandalous stories about Hogwarts’ founders until Wayne took it away.
• Cedric asked Wayne to join Quidditch training, but Wayne declined and told Cedric to trust himself.
• Wayne returned to his dormitory and video-called Nagini.

Wayne heard Crouch's desperate reaction to the Holy Grail's power to grant a wish, then discussed the obstacles to expanding the Triwizard Tournament. He left Crouch to keep working on the tournament while planning to celebrate Hermione's birthday.

• Nagini told Wayne that household goods and Quick-Quotes Quills were selling well, though the Aurors had not answered about the protective equipment samples.
• Wayne prepared a venue in Suitcase World for Hermione's birthday celebration and answered Crouch's mark.
• Crouch begged Wayne for the Holy Grail's wish after learning it might resurrect someone, but Wayne restrained him and said a second Grail might be found if Crouch proved his worth.
• Crouch told Wayne that Fudge was reluctant to fund the Triwizard Tournament expansion, so Wayne proposed getting other schools to contribute.
• Crouch said Dumbledore opposed the plan, and Wayne asked where Crouch had seen him.

Wayne cooked a birthday dinner for Hermione, then transformed the sky into a romantic dance setting while students searched for them. Meanwhile, Cedric discovered that Cho and Hermione had Firebolts, abandoned Hufflepuff’s first training session, and went looking for Wayne.

• Crouch told Wayne that Dumbledore had gone to the Ministry to get a permit to visit Azkaban, and Wayne told him to give Dumbledore the Holy Grail.
• Wayne prepared Hermione a birthday feast, and the two smeared cake over each other during a playful food fight.
• Wayne and Hermione shared dinner, then he created a starry night and invited her to dance as Ho-Oh scattered rainbow light overhead.
• Cedric gathered Hufflepuff for its first Quidditch training session and explained his plans to counter Gryffindor.
• Roger Davies showed Cedric Cho’s Firebolt, and Cho told him Wayne had given it to her and that Hermione had one too.
• Cedric called off training and led the Hufflepuff players to find Wayne, but they found Norman and Toby comparing homework instead.

After spending the day with Hermione, Wayne discovered that the students had been searching for them and lent Hermione’s Firebolt to Harry after the Gryffindors asked. He agreed only if Fred and George beat Ron and Ron took a Gender-Swapping Peppermint to cheer for Gryffindor against Hufflepuff.

• Cedric led the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors in searching for Wayne and Hermione, who had spent the day together inside Suitcase World.
• Hermione returned to Gryffindor and confirmed that Wayne had given her a Firebolt, while Cedric and the Hufflepuffs found Wayne and admired his broom.
• Harry, the Weasleys, and the Gryffindors asked Wayne to let Harry borrow Hermione’s Firebolt, with Harry disguised as a girl to appeal to Wayne.
• Wayne agreed to the loan if the Gryffindors beat Ron and made him take a Gender-Swapping Peppermint and cheer for Gryffindor against Hufflepuff.

Ron took sick leave after the twins carried out Wayne’s plan, while Quidditch training and an approaching flu outbreak occupied the students. Crookshanks reported seeing a strange black dog, and Snape substituted for an ill Lupin, teaching the class about Werewolves in detail.

• The twins completed Wayne’s task, and Ron took two days of sick leave; afterward, he avoided Wayne whenever he saw him.
• Malfoy rejected Flint’s attempt to pressure him into buying the Slytherin team a Firebolt, while Daphne silenced girls questioning why Astoria lacked one.
• Cho caught the flu, and Wayne cared for her as she continued preparing for Quidditch.
• Crookshanks told Wayne she had seen a strange black dog, and Wayne suspected Black had reached Hogsmeade.
• Snape replaced the ill Lupin, deducted points from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, and taught the class how to identify Werewolves and treat their bites.

Wayne helped Professor McGonagall find a way to keep Harry from visiting Hogsmeade while Sirius Black remained at large, then told Harry he was barred from the first visit. After the school announced strict visiting hours, Hermione planned a Hogsmeade outing with Wayne, who suggested they go to Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop.

• Wayne reassured Hermione that the professors knew Sirius Black was near Hogwarts, then met with Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall asked Wayne how to stop Harry from visiting Hogsmeade, and Wayne proposed using Harry’s incident with his aunt as grounds for a school punishment.
• Wayne told Harry he could not attend the first Hogsmeade visit, and Harry felt better when he learned Malfoy and the other Slytherins could not go either.
• The school posted the visiting-day rules, requiring students to return before sunset because Dementors would patrol after dusk.
• Hermione planned a Hogsmeade route with Wayne, and Wayne suggested they visit Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop for lunch.

After Rufus Scrimgeour blocked the Ministry of Magic’s purchase of protective items, Wayne retaliated by halting sales in Britain and recruiting Grindelwald’s Saints. The chapter ends with Wayne taking Luna to the Forbidden Forest to study her.

• Wayne learned from Crouch that Scrimgeour had stopped the Ministry’s purchase and planned to pressure Celia’s Shop for lower prices.
• Wayne told Nagini to remove the protective items from sale in Britain, contacted Cresswell Rosier with Grindelwald’s symbol, and asked Grindelwald to lend him old comrades.
• Grindelwald gave Ho-Oh a list of trusted Saints across Europe and a spell they could use to verify his symbol.
• Wayne gave Susan a pendant containing three long-range Apparition spells to thank her aunt, Amelia Bones, for supporting him.
• After brewing beauty potions with Cho, Wayne met Luna, agreed to take her to the Forbidden Forest, and said he wanted to study her.

Wayne learned that Luna could perceive the stars and changes around him, then used a magical mark to bind her to secrecy. Later, Wayne and Hermione went to Hogsmeade while Harry stayed at Hogwarts under Snape’s supervision.

• Luna drew Wayne as a sun in the past and as a person surrounded by stars in the present, convincing Wayne that her visions revealed something unusual about him.
• Wayne used Legilimency on Luna, then enclosed them beneath a canopy and placed a mark on her tongue to ensure she would keep his secrets.
• Luna agreed to remain silent about Wayne, though she resented that he claimed her as his possession without naming what he had paid in return.
• Wayne continued tutoring Luna and Ginny, teaching Ginny the Bat-Bogey Hex and Bone Breaker, until the day before Halloween.
• Snape kept Harry at Hogwarts to study with Slytherin and warned him that poor grades would cost him future Hogsmeade visits.
• Wayne and Hermione went to Hogsmeade, where Wayne used his relationship with employee Ginas to skip the queue at Honeydukes.

Wayne and Hermione spent the day in Hogsmeade, where they befriended a huge black dog and learned that Dumbledore had disappeared while following a lead connected to Voldemort. They returned to Hogwarts, where Harry complained that Snape had taken points from him during extra Potions lessons.

• Hermione learned Wayne had bought hundreds of Galleons' worth of candy, and the pair shopped and ate together in Hogsmeade.
• Norman and Toby fled from a black dog they had provoked near the Shrieking Shack, and Wayne calmed it by feeding it and teaching it tricks.
• The black dog snatched Toby's magically extended food bag and ran off with it.
• Wayne and Hermione visited Aberforth at the Hog's Head Inn, where they discussed Dumbledore's absence and his pursuit of a lead related to Voldemort.
• The Hogwarts students returned to the castle, and Hermione gave Harry candy as he described his miserable day of extra Potions lessons with Snape.

During Halloween, Sirius Black invaded Hogwarts and slashed The Fat Lady’s portrait, prompting Professor McGonagall to organize a response. Wayne confronted the Ministry Aurors and Dementors outside the castle, refused them entry without Dumbledore’s permission, and forced the Dementors back with his magic.

• Wayne watched the Halloween feast, while Ron remarked that the school had been unusually peaceful that year.
• Harry, Ron, and the other Gryffindors found The Fat Lady’s portrait slashed and learned from Peeves that Sirius Black had attacked it and fled to a landscape painting.
• Professor McGonagall sent the students to the Great Hall and summoned Wayne, Snape, and Lupin to discuss how Black had entered the castle.
• Snape suspected Lupin of helping Black, but Professor McGonagall stopped their argument and ordered them to settle the students.
• Wayne burned the Ministry’s search warrant and refused the Aurors and Dementors entry without Dumbledore’s permission.
• Wayne used a ring of silvery-white magic to drive the Dementors back and warned that Dumbledore would demand an explanation from the Ministry.

Wayne kept the Ministry’s Aurors from reporting his role in driving off the Dementors, then joined Hogwarts’ overnight search for Sirius Black. The school returned to its routines, Harry remained under close watch, and Gryffindor prepared for its first Quidditch match as Slytherin’s attempt to postpone it failed.

• Wayne persuaded Dip Parker to blame the Dementors’ dereliction of duty rather than report him, then told Professor McGonagall he had negotiated with the Ministry.
• Professor McGonagall ordered Wayne to patrol the Great Hall overnight while students and professors guarded and searched the castle.
• Fred and George stunned Percy, and Wayne later silenced Crabbe and Goyle so Malfoy could sleep; in the following days, students traded theories about how Black had entered Hogwarts.
• Filch replaced the missing Fat Lady with Sir Cadogan, whose frequently changed passwords caused trouble for Gryffindor students, especially Neville.
• The Aurors blamed the Dementors to the Ministry, while Fudge accepted their account and Scrimgeour’s objections went nowhere; meanwhile, Harry remained under close supervision.
• Wood told the Gryffindor Quidditch team that Slytherin had failed to postpone the match after Wayne summoned a Phoenix to counter their illness excuse.

Wayne summoned his Aurelion Sol Patronus to attack the hundreds of Dementors threatening Hogwarts during the Quidditch match. As the Dementors began to flee, Luna watched Wayne instead of the dragon.

• Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick prepared to cast Patronus Charms after Wayne slowed Harry's fall.
• A dragon's roar interrupted them, and Wayne's silver-white Aurelion Sol Patronus appeared above the Hufflepuff stands.
• Wayne sent Aurelion Sol to attack the Dementors, which it crushed in great numbers.
• The remaining Dementors fled in panic, and Luna stared at Wayne.