Chapter Summaries

Wayne saved Harry and the students from a Dementor attack at the Quidditch match, then sent Dumbledore a report and a mysterious gift. At St Mungo’s, Dumbledore learned of the attack and opened Wayne’s box, recognizing the object inside as an Alchemy device.

• Wayne’s Aurelion Sol Patronus destroyed many Dementors and drove the rest away, while Professor McGonagall stopped him from continuing the attack.
• Professor McGonagall and Wayne took the unconscious Harry to the hospital wing, where Madam Pomfrey revived him and confirmed he needed rest.
• Harry learned that Gryffindor had won and that the Dementors had attacked because the joyful stadium had attracted them.
• Wayne persuaded Professor McGonagall to contact Dumbledore and sent the headmaster a letter and a small box by owl.
• At St Mungo’s, Dumbledore visited Charles and Frank and Alice Longbottom before reading the report about the Dementor attack.
• Dumbledore’s anger rose as he read that Harry and the students had been endangered, then he opened Wayne’s box and recognized its contents as an Alchemy device.

Dumbledore confronted Fudge after Dementors entered Hogwarts and nearly killed a student, while Lucius Malfoy demanded protection for Draco and the other students. The Ministry agreed to supervise and return the remaining Dementors to Azkaban, but Fudge left the meeting resentful of Dumbledore.

• Dumbledore used Fawkes to travel directly to the Ministry and demanded to see Fudge without registering.
• Crouch escorted Dumbledore past Umbridge and into Fudge’s office, where Lucius Malfoy was visiting.
• Dumbledore told Fudge that Dementors had entered Hogwarts and nearly killed a student, prompting Lucius to demand that the Dementors be withdrawn and punished.
• Lucius blamed Dumbledore for not being at Hogwarts, while Dumbledore joined him in condemning the Ministry’s handling of the Dementors.
• Fudge agreed not to pursue Wayne over the deaths of hundreds of Dementors, barred Wayne from seeking them out, and ordered Aurors to supervise and return the remaining Dementors to Azkaban.
• Dumbledore and Lucius left the office, and Fudge clenched his fists as resentment toward Dumbledore grew.

Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, where McGonagall reprimanded him for neglecting the school while he pursued Voldemort’s Horcruxes. He then discovered that Wayne had changed the password to his office, and the Gargoyle only let him enter after Wayne gave permission.

• Lucius warned Dumbledore to protect Draco before leaving, and Dumbledore accompanied Crouch to his office to discuss expanding the Triwizard Tournament.
• Crouch revealed his ambition to use the tournament as a political achievement and showed Dumbledore a golden cup called the Holy Grail, which Lawrence had sent.
• Wayne directed the Little Badgers who wanted to learn the Patronus Charm to Professor Lupin, then sold out his Patronus brooches after the Dementor attack.
• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts and promised McGonagall he would not disappear without reason again, while keeping the Horcrux secret from her.
• Dumbledore found that Wayne had changed the password to his office, and the Gargoyle opened the passage only after Wayne permitted him to enter.

Wayne told Dumbledore he supported Crouch’s bid for Minister for Magic and urged him to consider the Holy Grail, while explaining that helping Crouch could preserve his family line. After Wayne left, Dumbledore began wondering whether Ho-Oh could help his own family continue through Aberforth.

• Wayne admitted he had been using Dumbledore’s office every day and explained that he supported Crouch’s campaign for Minister for Magic.
• Dumbledore said he would not treat Wayne as an enemy for seeking influence, and Wayne explained that he wanted a Ministry leader who would leave him in peace.
• Wayne connected Crouch’s support for him to the possibility of continuing the Crouch family line with Ho-Oh’s help.
• Wayne showed Dumbledore the Holy Grail, but Dumbledore decided to study it further before agreeing to use it.
• Wayne revealed that the office password was Mala Xiang Guo, then left to meet Hermione for lunch.
• Dumbledore considered asking Wayne to help Aberforth regain his youth and continue the Dumbledore family line, then decided to try Mala Xiang Guo.

Wayne helped students send a flood of enchanted Howlers and complaints to the Ministry, while newspapers attacked Fudge over the Dementor crisis. At Hogwarts, Lupin returned to teach and faced the students’ insistence that he show them the Patronus Charm.

• Wayne taught young wizards a Trap Charm that made Howlers erupt if anyone tried to destroy them, and Snape witnessed their preparations.
• Hundreds of Howlers overwhelmed the Ministry’s letter-receiving office, and Fudge found complaints from students, parents, and pure-blood families.
• Fudge confronted Mrs. Greengrass over hostile articles in The Daily Prophet and Wizarding Weekly, then agreed to support her future bid for Minister.
• Dumbledore missed lunch because of his injury, and Snape laughed after Dumbledore visited him for Potions.
• Lupin returned to Defense Against the Dark Arts and told his students he knew the Patronus Charm.
• Cedric and the other students pleaded for Lupin to teach them the Patronus Charm, and Lupin agreed to consider it.

Lupin planned an open class to teach the Patronus Charm after students crowded him with questions, while Snape criticized the third-years’ essays about werewolves. Wayne agreed to teach Harry and Malfoy the charm, then watched Cho and Cedric take off in the Hufflepuff–Ravenclaw Quidditch match.

• Lupin asked Dumbledore how to handle students eager to learn the Patronus Charm, and Dumbledore suggested an open class with a Dementor as a demonstration.
• Snape substituted for Lupin, criticized the third-years’ werewolf essays, and gave Wayne full marks despite Hermione’s complaint that the marking was unfair.
• Harry asked Wayne to teach him the Patronus Charm, and Malfoy agreed to join them on Saturday.
• Cedric put Hufflepuff through intense Quidditch drills before the match against Ravenclaw, and Wayne joined the team for breakfast as a possible substitute.
• Wayne conjured yellow badgers to cheer on Hufflepuff, while Cho and Cedric began the match on Firebolts and Wood told Harry to watch closely.

Hufflepuff lost a close Quidditch match to Ravenclaw after Cho Chang caught the Snitch, while Wayne continued making protective pendants for an international order. He later discovered that Wizarding Weekly had named him the winner of its Most Charming Smile Award, leaving him to blame Colin’s photograph and glare at Snape.

• Cho Chang used a Lansky Feint to evade Cedric Diggory and caught the Golden Snitch, giving Ravenclaw a 170–150 victory over Hufflepuff.
• Cho credited luck and hard work for her improved flying, though she knew Wayne’s Meditation Technique and Potions had sharpened her concentration and abilities.
• Wayne told the girls in Suitcase World that he had nearly finished five hundred protective pendants ordered by the Ministries of Magic of fifteen countries, then began training with Astoria.
• After classes, the Great Hall applauded Wayne for winning Wizarding Weekly’s Most Charming Smile Award, and the twins revealed the news.
• Wayne saw Colin Creevey’s photograph of him on the magazine cover and realized Colin had entered it in the award competition.

Wayne joined Professor Lupin’s public Patronus lesson, where he helped students practice and the Weasley twins successfully conjured Patronuses. The lesson ended abruptly when a Dementor fled back into its case after seeing Wayne holding Astoria.

• Wayne avoided Dumbledore’s praise for winning the Most Charming Smile Award, and Dumbledore redirected him to Severus when Wayne asked to discuss his improved magic.
• Professor Lupin began the Patronus lesson by teaching the incantation and explaining that the spell required genuine happy memories and sustained concentration.
• Wayne advised Cedric to recall the joy of his first successful cast, while Cedric failed to form a corporeal Patronus.
• Fred and George conjured enormous baboon Patronuses by recalling the time they threw Ron down the stairs.
• Professor Lupin opened the case containing a Dementor for advanced practice, but the creature fled back inside after spotting Wayne holding Astoria.

Harry struggled to overcome his fear of Dementors, while Wayne experimented with taking control of Luna’s body to discover her unusual perspective. Wayne later remembered his promise to find Voldemort’s Horcruxes and decided to seek Ravenclaw’s Diadem before leaving school.

• After Dementors refused to leave Lupin’s suitcase, the open class ended, and students began practicing the Patronus Charm throughout the castle.
• Harry told Wayne that Dementors made him relive his parents’ deaths, and Wayne explained why mastering the Patronus would be especially difficult for him.
• Wayne summoned Luna to the Suitcase World and used Dark Arts to take control of her body, but he still saw the world through his own perspective.
• Wayne stopped experimenting on Luna and remembered his promise to Crouch to find a Horcrux, deciding to obtain Ravenclaw’s Diadem and discuss the Horcruxes with Dumbledore.
• Wayne supervised Luna’s dinner and told her to eat more each day so she would become healthier.

Wayne taught Luna the Patronus Charm and supported Neville through his grandmother’s demand that he go home for Christmas. Later, Penelope told Wayne she wanted an internship in the Department of Magical Transportation, and he agreed to help her arrange it.

• Wayne offered to help Luna find a Graphorn, then taught her the first steps of casting the Patronus Charm.
• Neville received a Howler from his grandmother ordering him home for Christmas, and Wayne gave him a potion for external injuries.
• Dumbledore allowed Harry to join the students’ Hogsmeade visit despite Professor McGonagall’s concerns.
• Wayne noticed Norman and Toby enthusiastically eating the school’s extremely spicy chicken wings.
• Penelope met Wayne near the Forbidden Forest and told him she planned to leave Hogwarts for an internship.
• Wayne suggested the Department of Magical Transportation, and Penelope decided to ask Professor Flitwick for permission.

Wayne spent Hogsmeade’s open day shopping with Cho and Hermione before joining Professors McGonagall and Flitwick, Hagrid, and Minister Fudge at The Three Broomsticks. Fudge discussed Sirius Black’s escape and the Dementors’ searches, and the conversation ended with everyone looking to Wayne after Rosmerta challenged why they had not searched Hogwarts.

• Wayne refused Astoria’s request to join him and went to Hogsmeade with Cho and Hermione.
• Norman and Toby told the Hufflepuffs about the clever black dog and asked them to help find it.
• Cho and Hermione shopped while Wayne followed them, then the three went to The Three Broomsticks.
• Madam Rosmerta welcomed Wayne as a regular, and Harry, Ron, and Neville briefly stopped to greet him.
• Fudge, McGonagall, Flitwick, and Hagrid joined Wayne and the girls, and Fudge teased Wayne about earning another Order of Merlin.
• Fudge said Sirius Black was still troubling him, and Rosmerta complained about the Dementors searching her pub before asking why they did not search Hogwarts; the professors and Fudge turned toward Wayne.

At The Three Broomsticks, Fudge and the professors revealed that Sirius Black had betrayed James and Lily Potter by giving Voldemort their location, while Wayne questioned how the Fidelius Charm worked. Harry learned the truth and vowed to catch Black himself, but Ron’s attempt to calm him with a sleeping potion left him unconscious for two days.

• McGonagall joked that Wayne’s troublemaking made the Weasleys seem tame, and Fudge explained that Black had been James Potter’s closest friend and the Potters’ Secret Keeper.
• Fudge revealed that Black betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, and Wayne asked Flitwick what happened to a Fidelius Charm if its Secret Keeper died.
• After the professors warned Wayne, Hermione, and Cho not to tell Harry, Wayne told Fudge that the Ministry’s Dementors and Aurors were meant to make people feel protected.
• Hannah and other students took turns commanding a large black dog in Hogsmeade while Cho asked Wayne for snacks to try training it too.
• Harry heard that Black had betrayed his parents, studied their photographs, and vowed to catch him himself; Ron gave him too much Draught of Living Death, leaving him asleep for two days and nights.

Wayne found Ravenclaw’s Diadem in the Room of Requirement and secured it, hoping to remove Voldemort’s soul fragment without damaging the relic. As the holidays approached, he agreed to help Harry grow stronger, and the chapter ended with Dumbledore announcing the Second Hufflepuff Chef King Competition.

• Wayne searched the Room of Requirement, found Ravenclaw’s Diadem, placed it in a spell-isolating pouch, and shattered the Slytherin statue beneath it.
• Wayne agreed to make up Harry’s missed lessons, then dueled him and assessed his chances against Sirius Black.
• Harry told Wayne he wanted to capture and kill Black and asked Wayne to help him become stronger; Wayne secretly recorded Harry’s promise to give him the gold in his vault if he ever let Black go.
• After the final week of classes, Dumbledore toasted the students and announced the Second Hufflepuff Chef King Competition.
• George and Fred discussed starting a Gryffindor competition of their own, while Percy warned them not to cause trouble.

Hannah won Hufflepuff’s cooking competition, and Wayne secured Dumbledore’s agreement to let him organize the inter-school competition using the Holy Grail. On the train home for the holidays, Wayne considered Snape’s invitation and asked Cho to join him for Christmas at Nicolas’s home.

• Hannah won the cooking competition, while Cedric placed last and Rolf came third; Wayne awarded the winners their prizes.
• Wayne asked Dumbledore about the Holy Grail, and Dumbledore agreed to the competition on the condition that Wayne not participate and accept a future request from him.
• Wayne returned the Sorting Hat to Dumbledore before the students left Hogwarts for the holiday.
• On the train, Wayne told Cho and the others that Snape had invited him to visit during the holiday.
• Wayne invited the girls to spend Christmas with him at Nicolas’s home; Cho agreed if Wayne could persuade her father.

Wayne reunited with Humphrey and Nagini, used a new talent to turn Ho-Oh’s Sacred Flame into Water of Life, and then visited Crouch to continue torturing Barty Crouch Jr. The chapter left Barty Jr. screaming in Crouch’s underground chamber while Wayne considered increasing the whip’s power.

• Wayne returned home and reassured Humphrey about his relationship with Nagini, while Humphrey eagerly anticipated Wayne extending his life.
• Nagini declined Wayne’s invitation to spend Christmas at Nicolas’s house because she wanted to manage the shop during its busy season.
• Wayne spent his accumulated points on a hundred card draws, gaining master-level Fire God's Path and the Overhealing talent.
• Wayne used Overhealing on Ho-Oh’s Sacred Flame to create Water of Life, which could restore about thirty years of a person’s youth, and let Ho-Oh drink a bottle.
• Wayne visited Crouch and took him to the underground chamber, where he whipped Barty Crouch Jr. with a whip that inflicted Cruciatus-like pain without leaving scars.

Wayne continued building his influence through Crouch, rewarding him with the Water of Life and arranging for Kevin Chang to work over Christmas so Cho could spend the holiday with Wayne. During dinner at Cho’s home, Mr. Zhang revealed that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament next year.

• Wayne broke Barty Jr.’s hand and flogged him before Crouch stopped him and treated his son.
• Wayne told Crouch that Dumbledore had approved the plans and ordered him to expand the Hogwarts events and gather evidence against Scrimgeour.
• Wayne gave Crouch Water of Life, then provided more bottles for him to distribute among influential members of the Wizengamot.
• Wayne asked Crouch to arrange for Kevin Chang to work during Christmas so Cho would spend the holiday with Wayne and an elder.
• Wayne visited Cho’s family, where Mr. Zhang announced that the Triwizard Tournament would return at Hogwarts next year.

Wayne persuaded Cho’s parents to let her spend Christmas with him, then brought her to Nicolas Flamel’s home in Devon. There, Cho met Nicolas and Newt Scamander while Wayne explored the manor and showed Newt his rare creatures.

• Wayne convinced Mr. and Mrs. Zhang to let Cho spend Christmas with him by arranging for Mr. Zhang to be on Ministry duty.
• Wayne and Cho traveled by Knight Bus to a village in Devon, where Wayne used a clock portal to reach Nicolas Flamel’s manor.
• Nabby welcomed Wayne and Cho and led them to Nicolas and Newt, who explained that Rolf had gone to Liechtenstein with his parents.
• Nicolas and Newt discussed ways people could evade Dementors and criticized the disruption caused by the fugitive search.
• Wayne explored the manor, released his creatures into the pasture, and showed Newt his fast-flying Golden Snitch.

Wayne asked Nicolas and Newt about the Founders’ treasures and learned that Hufflepuff’s Cup was said to purify water and transform land. The chapter left the group discussing the cup’s origins, with Slytherin’s true treasure still unknown.

• Wayne asked Nicolas what Hufflepuff’s Cup and Slytherin’s representative treasure could do.
• Newt joined Wayne, Nicolas, and Cho as they discussed the Founders’ treasures.
• Newt said an essay claimed Hufflepuff used her cup to turn the barren swamp around Hogwarts into Black Lake and make the surrounding land fertile.

At Nicolas’s home, Wayne learned more about Hufflepuff’s Cup and spent the evening with Cho before Grace’s Zombie Guard mark alerted him that she was in danger. Wayne’s projection rescued Grace and her companions from a tomb full of dark creatures, then learned that Borgin and Burkes had been lured there by the Rosier family.

• Newt and Nicolas discussed the uncertain history of Hufflepuff’s Cup and the lack of clues about Slytherin’s heirloom before Perenelle ended the conversation for the holiday feast.
• Nicolas showed Wayne and Cho his magical gadgets, and Wayne promised to make Cho a Dressing Mirror and considered using one to bargain with Tomoyo for more photographs.
• Wayne followed Cho to her bedroom after the banquet, then detected that Grace’s Zombie Guard mark had been triggered.
• Grace and five other wizards fled a horde of dark creatures and Knight Armor Golems in a Cambridgeshire forest until Wayne’s projection appeared and blasted their attackers away.
• Wayne destroyed the creatures and golems with powerful spells, then learned from Grace that Borgin and Burkes had led them into a tomb whose guardians had been triggered.
• Borgin and Burkes confessed that the Rosier family had supplied the tomb’s information and sent him to scout it, while the other wizards accused him of deceiving them.

Wayne learned that Grace and Borgin and Burkes had escaped from the tomb of Herwode with the original copy of Godelot’s Dark magic book, “Poisonous Magic,” and claimed the book for himself. After returning to his body, Wayne opened his Christmas gifts, sorting through suspicious fan mail and enjoying presents from his friends.

• Borgin and Burkes told Wayne that the tomb belonged to Herwode, Godelot’s son, and Grace revealed that they had taken the original copy of “Poisonous Magic.”
• Wayne kept “Poisonous Magic” and offered to help Grace find a Ministry job and remove the magic from her brand, while Grace said she was searching for clues about Helga Hufflepuff’s death.
• After Wayne vanished, Borgin and Burkes tried to persuade Grace to work with him, and she accepted because she needed his connections to investigate Hufflepuff’s past.
• Wayne returned to his body and went to bed; the next morning, he found the estate full of Christmas packages and began opening them.
• Wayne burned suspicious fan mail and gifts containing Love Potion, then opened presents from Terwore, Grace, Cedric, the twins, and Hannah.