Chapter Summaries

Wayne received gifts from friends and professors, then told Newt and Tina that the Human Transfiguration he gave them came from Grindelwald. He helped Nicolas investigate how to destroy Voldemort’s soul fragment in the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and the chapter ended with Nicolas examining Gryffindor’s sword and asking Wayne for more Basilisk venom.

• Wayne received gifts from his friends and professors, including an ancient book, a Remembrall, Echo Vine seeds, and handmade clothes from Hermione and the others.
• Wayne visited Newt, Tina, and Nicolas, explained that Grindelwald had taught him the Human Transfiguration, and teased Newt by passing along Grindelwald’s regards.
• Wayne and Nicolas continued studying how to separate Voldemort’s soul fragment from the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and Nicolas proposed making a potion from Basilisk venom to destroy the soul while preserving the diadem.
• Wayne suggested extracting the soul fragment intact to learn the locations of the other Horcruxes, but Nicolas urged him to destroy it instead.
• Nicolas learned that Dumbledore had returned Gryffindor’s sword to Wayne, examined it, and asked Wayne to bring him more Basilisk venom.

Wayne visited the Weasleys and discussed the twins’ inventions before returning Cho to London and going to Grace’s apartment to discuss a business deal. Grace revealed how much she had earned from the expedition, leaving Wayne poised to propose a plan that could help her buy her home.

• Wayne and Cho visited The Burrow, where Mrs. Weasley welcomed them and the twins and Cedric gathered with Wayne.
• Wayne learned Cedric had won Ron’s Chocolate Frog card through Wizard’s Chess and advised Fred and George on improving their Invisibility Ink and Slug Bubblegum.
• Wayne promised the twins that Celestia’s Shop in Diagon Alley could be theirs to take over in the future.
• After dinner with the Weasleys and Diggorys, Wayne took Cho home and used the Zombie Guard to contact Grace.
• Wayne visited Grace’s apartment, learned she had grown up in an orphanage and hoped to buy the place, then asked about her expedition earnings.
• Grace said she had earned about three hundred Galleons from selling items, plus several thousand pounds from antiques.

Wayne persuaded Grace to apply for Auror training before they could investigate Hufflepuff’s disappearance, then dealt with a goblin profit dispute and asked Burke to search for related information. At Snape’s home, Wayne discovered that Snape had restored a corpse’s body functions and explained that the remaining obstacle to reviving Lily was her absent soul.

• Wayne offered Grace an Auror training program and she agreed to pursue it before exploring ancient tombs.
• Warlow told Wayne that two goblins were demanding a larger profit share, so Wayne ordered Bell to replace them and planned to have the pair arrested for theft.
• Wayne collected Poisonous Magic and payment from Borgin and Burkes, asked Burke to look for information about Hufflepuff, and learned Burke planned to retaliate against the Rosier family.
• Wayne visited Snape and found a man in a hidden room whom Snape had restored to a living-dead state after five days of death.
• Snape pleaded with Wayne to help him bring Lily back, and Wayne said the corpse lacked a soul and suggested consulting a ghost.

Wayne helped Snape identify the missing soul and intact body as obstacles to reviving Lily, then supplied him with rare ingredients. Back at Hogwarts, students returned to classes and homework chaos, while Malfoy revealed that he had mastered a corporeal Patronus and taunted Harry, who had not.

• Wayne explained that Snape needed Lily's soul and complete corpse to revive her, and Snape vowed not to give up.
• Wayne supplied Snape with rare potion ingredients in exchange for the formula, and Snape escorted him out of the house.
• The students returned to Hogwarts, where Hufflepuffs traded homework and Cedric copied a roommate's Divination assignment.
• Harry had spent the holiday learning the Patronus Charm from Lupin, while Ron and Harry scrambled to finish their homework.
• Toby and Norman practiced Wayne's Charging Charm all night, and Trelawney predicted hardship and an influenza outbreak.
• Malfoy told Harry he could summon a corporeal Patronus, and Harry realized he still could not.

Wayne learned that Hagrid’s longtime friend was nearing death and suspected it was Aragog, so he went into the Forbidden Forest to visit him. Aragog emerged looking far older than Wayne remembered, leaving Wayne stunned.

• Harry and Ron taunted Malfoy about Harry’s Patronus before Snape took points from Gryffindor.
• Hermione, Harry, and Ron noticed Hagrid was unusually distracted during a Flobberworm lesson, and Hagrid said an old friend was nearing the end of his life.
• Hermione told Wayne that Hagrid’s friend was over fifty years old, leading Wayne to suspect Aragog.
• Wayne visited Hagrid, confirmed that Aragog was the friend, and learned the spider was too old to walk well.
• Wayne entered the Forbidden Forest and found Aragog’s colony, then called out to him.
• Aragog finally emerged from the darkness, and Wayne was shocked by how much older he looked.

Wayne used Water of Life to revive Aragog’s hope of survival and secured his continued cooperation in collecting venom. Back at Hogwarts, he learned that Malfoy had mastered the Patronus, while Harry remained unaware of any rumored Christmas Firebolt.

• Aragog blamed Wayne for his failing health and refused to provide venom until Wayne gave him Water of Life, which restored some of his strength.
• Aragog agreed to serve Wayne in exchange for more Water of Life, and Wayne promised to return in two months for venom.
• Wayne reflected that the Acromantulas would stay in the Forbidden Forest and that he could return there after graduating.
• Wayne asked Harry about a rumored Christmas Firebolt, but Harry said he had received no such gift and joked that he would call its giver Dad.
• Malfoy demonstrated a silver-white ferret Patronus to Wayne and Harry, then smugly offered to teach Harry a few secrets.

Wayne taught Harry and Malfoy the Shadow Bind spell, then announced a mysterious new product launch for Celia's Shop. As Wednesday evening arrived, nearly all the students and most professors gathered in the Great Hall to see what he had prepared.

• Wayne used Legilimency on Malfoy and discovered that many of Malfoy's Patronus memories involved Harry.
• Wayne taught Harry and Malfoy Shadow Bind, demonstrating that the spell could bind people through shadows even in darkness.
• Wayne posted a magically secured notice announcing Celia's Shop's product launch for Wednesday evening, and Snape deducted points from him after failing to remove it.
• Wayne kept the new product secret from the students and Professor McGonagall, saying only that it was a game and would not disrupt classes.
• On Wednesday evening, nearly all the students and most of the professors stayed in the Great Hall for Wayne's launch.

Wayne unveiled Hogwarts: Magic Awakening at a Great Hall launch, where Hermione and Cho demonstrated the virtual dueling game. The demonstration ended with Cho winning, and George asked to try it himself.

• Dumbledore reassured the professors about his bruised eye, while Snape criticized Wayne’s inventions and worried they would add to his workload.
• Wayne arrived with Cho and Hermione, announced a week-long ten-percent discount at Celia's Shop, and introduced Hogwarts: Magic Awakening.
• The professors admired the game’s elaborate projection devices as Wayne demonstrated its cards, spells, creatures, and rules.
• Hermione and Cho dueled using spells and character cards while the students watched and cheered.
• Cho defeated Hermione, the Ravenclaws celebrated, and George asked Wayne if they could try the game.

Wayne introduced a wizarding fighting-card game at Hogwarts, and the students eagerly tested it before he announced machine and card-pack prices. The next morning, Harry and Ron set out to buy machines, with Ron explaining how he had earned the money.

• Wayne expanded the Great Hall and set up eight game machines so students could try the game.
• Snape challenged Dumbledore, while Harry and Malfoy battled with companion and spell cards.
• After the students clamored to buy machines and card packs, Wayne announced the prices and promotional offers.
• The students went to bed excited for the sale, and Wayne arranged to meet them early the next morning.
• Harry asked Ron about his money, and Ron said he had earned it by testing George and Fred's inventions.

Wayne’s card game drew Hogwarts students into a frenzy of buying packs and comparing their rare cards, while he planned public matches to encourage more play. Dumbledore revealed he had bought cards and challenged Wayne to a match, leaving Wayne confident he could beat him.

• Malfoy bought packs, drew a Time-Turner and several Harry Potter cards, and watched Zabini proudly reveal a Golden Snitch card.
• Harry drew multiple Malfoy cards and an Avada Kedavra card, while Ron obtained a complete Water Prison card before the students hurried to class.
• Students discussed their cards throughout lessons, and Padma, Justin, and Erlan asked Wayne to make them into cards.
• Wayne asked Dumbledore to lend him rooms for projection equipment, and Dumbledore approved while asking Wayne to design him a card.
• Dumbledore revealed he had bought packs and drawn two complete gold cards, then challenged Wayne to a match.

Wayne’s card game became Hogwarts’ favorite pastime, earning him thousands of Galleons and draining students’ pocket money. After receiving a merely good rating for the related major event, he gained points and the Frenzied Taunt skill, then prepared to draw more rewards.

• Dumbledore lost to Wayne in a card battle and drove him out of the Headmaster’s Office in frustration.
• Malfoy challenged Harry to a game, but their Companion Cards appeared on the wrong sides, turning the match into a spectacle for the laughing crowd.
• Hogwarts students embraced the game, while Wayne’s free draws and house rewards helped sustain its popularity and card-pack sales.
• Hermione and Penelope reported that the game had earned nearly four thousand Galleons, and the girls celebrated Wayne’s success with dinner.
• Wayne received a good completion rating for the ‘Ancient Greek God of Pocket Money’ event, gained two thousand points, and unlocked Frenzied Taunt.

Wayne gained the Tidecaller inheritance, giving him powerful control over water and spatial movement through it. He then agreed to coach Hufflepuff's Quidditch team and planned to use a borrowed Firebolt and provocative tactics to beat Gryffindor.

• Wayne drew the A Knight Never Fights Unarmed talent and enhanced his wand, then received Nami's Tidecaller inheritance.
• Wayne tested his new powers in the lake, discovering he could move through water across space and emerge completely dry.
• Wayne considered using his new merfolk-like abilities to fool Hermione and fulfill their bet.
• Cedric explained Hufflepuff's path to the Quidditch championship and recruited Wayne as the team's coach.
• Wayne offered the team a Firebolt and told Henderson to provoke Harry with insults about Malfoy and Snape.

Wayne learned that Newt needed help with a problem at the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary, where a Dragon King had made the fire dragons unruly, and agreed to accompany him. Before that, Ron was forced to honor his promise to use Gender-Swapping Peppermint during the Hufflepuff-Gryffindor match.

• Cedric agreed to distract Angelina and Spinnet during the Quidditch match while Henderson trained on a Firebolt.
• Harry defeated Ron in their secret card-game match, and Snape overheard Ron insulting him and deducted twenty points from Gryffindor.
• Wayne reminded Ron of his promise to use Gender-Swapping Peppermint and gave him two candies; Ron reluctantly agreed.
• Wayne rushed to Scamander Manor after Dumbledore said Newt needed help, then learned the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary had a disobedient Dragon King and injured dragon tamers.
• Wayne agreed to return the following Monday and accompany Newt to the sanctuary, then went back to Hogwarts and complained to Dumbledore for not finishing his explanation.

Wayne arranged his trip to Romania, entrusted Penelope with his games, and persuaded Lupin to continue testing a possible Werewolf Poisoning cure. At the Quidditch match, Ron’s Gender-Swapping Peppermint transformation disrupted Gryffindor, while Hufflepuff took an early lead and Henderson harassed Harry.

• Wayne told Dumbledore he would visit Newt in Romania and asked for leave, then agreed to keep the Holy Grail War and Fire Dragons secret from other students.
• Wayne told Hermione he planned to visit Norbert at the Romanian Dragon Reserve and asked her to keep the trip quiet.
• Wayne left Penelope in charge of the games and gave her Costume Cards to release if he had not returned by Easter.
• Wayne persuaded Lupin to continue trying his experimental treatment for Werewolf Poisoning after Lupin reported that his latest transformation had retained some human features.
• The Weasley twins made Ron take Gender-Swapping Peppermint, and Wayne defended him when Professor McGonagall questioned the prohibited item.
• At the Quidditch match, Hufflepuff scored first, while Henderson shadowed Harry on a Firebolt and pressed him about joining Snape’s advanced class.

Hufflepuff defeated Gryffindor after Wayne’s distracting tactics helped Cedric catch the Snitch, and Ho-Oh healed Harry after a Bludger broke his rib. Wayne then visited Nicolas Flamel to examine the purified Diadem of Ravenclaw before preparing to travel with Newt to Romania’s Dragon Reserve.

• Henderson revealed that Wayne had devised Hufflepuff’s tactics, while Cedric distracted Gryffindor’s Seekers and helped Hufflepuff build its lead.
• Harry spotted the Golden Snitch, but a Bludger struck him; Henderson caught him before he fell, and Cedric caught the Snitch to win the match for Hufflepuff.
• Madam Hooch diagnosed Harry with a broken rib, and Ho-Oh healed him before disappearing with Wayne.
• Wayne visited Nicolas Flamel, learned that Nicolas had destroyed the soul fragment in the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and found that it mainly improved concentration and thought speed.
• Wayne told Nicolas that Helena, the Grey Lady, could explain the diadem, then visited Newt and Tina before their planned trip to Romania’s Dragon Reserve.

Wayne accompanied Newt to the Carpathian Dragon Sanctuary, where they learned that a female dragon’s pull had disrupted the Fire Dragons’ courtship and endangered the keepers. They arrived as a Hungarian Horntail battled two other dragons, and Wayne and Newt prepared to help the injured.

• Wayne met Newt’s young Zouwu and tried to persuade Newt to let him help raise it.
• Wayne and Newt traveled to the sanctuary, where Wayne introduced himself to Paul Sutter and reunited with Charlie Weasley.
• Sutter and Charlie explained that dragon courtship had disrupted the sanctuary and left them short of domesticated dragons.
• A keeper reported that Stuart and Braga were attacking Luther, so Wayne and Newt followed the others to the fight.
• Wayne and Newt saw the three enraged dragons battling, and Newt prepared healing remedies while Wayne offered potions made by Gardevoir.

Wayne used a Taunt Spell and explosive-charged stones to stop three enraged Fire Dragons and save Charlie and the dragon keepers. After the dragons recovered enough to return to the settlement, Wayne joined a welcome banquet, where he demonstrated his improved spell on Charlie.

• As dusk and fading light impaired the dragon keepers, Charlie accidentally struck the Hungarian Horntail in the eye, provoking it to pursue him.
• Wayne drew the Hungarian Horntail away from Charlie with a Taunt Spell, then hurled enchanted stones that blasted it from the air.
• Wayne threw stones at the Romanian Longhorn and Peruvian Vipertooth, knocking them into a forest; Newt checked that all three dragons had survived.
• Wayne gathered dragon materials while Newt treated the beasts, and Newt stopped him from taking a claw.
• After the dragons woke and the group returned to the settlement, Sart hosted a banquet in Wayne and Newt's honor.
• Wayne demonstrated his improved Taunt Spell on Charlie, who lunged at Sart and punched him in the eye before apologizing.

Wayne and Newt visited Norberta, the Fire Dragon Wayne had hatched, and discovered she had grown into a powerful, mutated dragon. After Norberta recognized Ho-Oh as her mother and Wayne as her master, Wayne rode her away as the lovesick Fire Dragons chased them.

• Newt told Wayne they needed to investigate the Fire Dragon’s mating problem, and Wayne agreed to stay at the reserve.
• Charlie revealed that Norberta was the dragon Wayne had hatched with Ho-Oh’s flames after Hagrid obtained her egg.
• Wayne summoned Ho-Oh, and Norberta flew from her lair to greet them, calling Ho-Oh her mother and affectionately nudging Wayne.
• Newt and Wayne learned that Norberta had grown to thirty feet in two years, changed color, and defeated three adult dragons.
• Wayne climbed onto Norberta, who flew off with Ho-Oh while a dozen lovesick Fire Dragons pursued them.

Wayne subdued the Fire Dragons at the reserve with his Dragon King's might, helping Newt train them and collect dragon goods before preparing to leave for Paris. Ho-Oh gave Norbert a Rainbow Feather as a farewell gift, and Wayne and Newt set off to attend the European Security Conference with help from Cresswell Rosier.

• Wayne manifested a dragon-shaped apparition whose might forced Norbert and the Fire Dragons to submit, then ordered the dragons to leave Norbert alone.
• Newt trained the Fire Dragons with Wayne's help, and Wayne gathered dragon blood, scales, hides, and ancient treasures while arranging for Norbert to be selected for the school competition.
• Wayne decided to travel to Paris to watch Scrimgeour at the European Security Conference, and Ho-Oh gave Norbert a Rainbow Feather before they departed.
• Wayne and Newt reached Cresswell Rosier's illicit shop, where Cresswell expressed disdain for Newt because Theseus had defeated him in the past.

Wayne met Grindelwald’s devoted Saints and rejected their hopes that he would support wizard supremacy, then watched a Romanian Auror defeat Kingsley Shacklebolt with Wayne’s magical equipment. The British Ministry of Magic was left humiliated, and Wayne admitted he had sold the equipment abroad after Scrimgeour tried to force him to lower his price.

• Cross took Wayne and Newt to the international meeting, where Wayne met Rodriguez and other Saints who asked about Grindelwald and offered their support.
• Wayne told the Saints that Grindelwald was well but had no plans to leave prison, and said he would stand with Dumbledore rather than support wizard supremacy.
• Wayne returned to Newt as the meeting began its Auror exercises, and France and Germany drew before Austria defeated Hungary.
• Scrimgeour sent Kingsley Shacklebolt to duel a Romanian Auror, who used a defensive alchemical item and a ring to disarm Kingsley and knock him onto Scrimgeour’s table.
• Wayne told Newt that the Romanian Auror’s equipment was his creation, which he had sold abroad after Scrimgeour tried to drive down the price.