Chapter Summaries

Harry and the Weasleys traveled by Portkey to the campsite for the Quidditch World Cup, where they met the Diggorys and learned about the event’s preparations. They reached their assigned plot beside the Lawrence family’s and left Arthur Weasley and Sirius Black struggling to assemble a tent while the children went to look around.

• Mrs. Weasley woke Harry and the Weasley children before dawn, and Sirius Black and Arthur Weasley explained that Wayne could use magic freely because of his influence and connections.
• Arthur Weasley led the group to Stoatshead Hill, where they met Amos Diggory and Cedric and used a Portkey to reach the World Cup site.
• At the campsite, the group met Mr. Zhang, who directed them to their camping area, and learned that the Muggle Roberts managed the grounds.
• The Weasleys and their companions found their plot beside one marked Lawrence, near the stadium, and Arthur Weasley and Sirius Black began assembling a tent without magic.
• George asked permission to explore the campsite with the others, leaving Arthur Weasley and Sirius Black to puzzle over the tent instructions.

Wayne learned from Crouch that Barty Jr. had escaped and sensed that he was hundreds of miles away, but advised against pursuing him lest they alert Voldemort. The group finished setting up camp and shared a barbecue as the story left them preparing for the Quidditch World Cup.

• Fred and George opened a souvenir stall while Sirius Black and Mr. Weasley struggled to assemble a tent.
• Wayne brought Sakura, Tomoyo, Hermione, Astoria, and the others to the campsite, where they built a luxurious tent and prepared a barbecue.
• Percy eagerly served Mr. Crouch, who discussed Ali Bashir’s flying-carpet proposal with Mr. Weasley.
• George, Fred, and Cedric revealed that they had each bet one hundred Galleons on Ireland to win.
• Crouch told Wayne that Barty Jr. had escaped, and Wayne sensed him hundreds of miles away but advised against trying to capture Voldemort.
• Wayne gave Crouch two life-saving items, then returned to the campsite and joined the group for their barbecue.

Wayne spent the day at the Quidditch World Cup, meeting classmates and professors while helping Fred, George, and Cedric sell merchandise. After returning to the campsite, the group prepared to divide the day’s earnings, which came to nearly eight hundred Galleons.

• Wayne questioned Cedric, Fred, and George about their bet with Bagman and privately considered how he had arranged to control Bagman’s debts.
• Wayne wandered through the crowded campsites, met Norman, Toby, and Oliver Wood, then joined Professors Sprout, McGonagall, and Flitwick, who bought Ireland merchandise.
• Professor McGonagall told Wayne that Dumbledore had asked her to list his Itching Powder and Gender-Swapping Peppermint as prohibited items, leaving Wayne puzzled about Dumbledore’s motives.
• Wayne, Cedric, and the twins discussed their O.W.L. results and future careers; Cedric said he wanted to play Quidditch before working in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.
• Wayne, Cedric, and the twins returned to camp after selling most of their goods, then Wayne brought Hermione, Cho, and Astoria over as George poured out their nearly eight hundred Galleons in earnings.

Wayne and his friends attended the Quidditch World Cup after profiting from their sales, and Wayne drew the attention of powerful officials in the VIP boxes. The chapter ended with Lucius urging Draco to strengthen his relationship with Wayne as the match was about to begin.

• George and Fred divided the group's earnings, and Cedric repaid Wayne, who passed the money to Astoria.
• The group traveled to the stadium, where Ginny and Luna joined Wayne's box before the match.
• Wayne visited Mustafa and was greeted by Ministry officials, while Harry noticed Winky acting strangely.
• Percy watched officials seek Wayne out, and Fudge was embarrassed when Obulonsk revealed he had understood English all along.
• Wayne quietly negotiated with Obulonsk while Fudge tried to secure his own Ministry's equipment order.
• Lucius told Draco to build a good relationship with Wayne as the match was about to begin.

After Ireland won the Quidditch World Cup, Wayne woke at two in the morning amid commotion at the campsite. The story shifted to Little Hangleton, where firelight appeared in the long-abandoned Riddle Manor and someone asked whether the temperature suited their master.

• Wayne watched Ireland defeat Bulgaria 170–160 after Krum caught the Snitch too late to change the result.
• Wayne and the others returned to the campsite, shared a barbecue, and went to sleep.
• At two in the morning, Wayne woke when commotion broke out.
• The narration described the murders of the Riddle family at Riddle Manor fifty years earlier and the villagers’ continued retelling of the story.
• Dim firelight appeared inside Riddle Manor, where someone asked their master whether the temperature was suitable.

Voldemort learned that Wayne Lawrence had become powerful and planned to kill him after regaining his body, while arranging an ambush for Moody. At the World Cup, Wayne rushed toward a riot and confronted the hooded crowd after Douglas Flint deliberately led them toward his campsite.

• Peter Pettigrew read a newspaper report about Wayne, and Barty Crouch Jr. collapsed in pain when he heard Wayne's name.
• Voldemort ordered Barty and Peter to ambush Moody with Ouroboros, then vowed to kill Wayne and Harry after his resurrection.
• Wayne sent Gardevoir and Nagini to protect the campsite while he joined Sirius and headed toward the riot.
• Douglas Flint steered the hooded rioters toward Wayne's campsite, while Lucius Malfoy slipped away from the group.
• Wayne rescued a young girl from a rioter, found the masked attackers torturing hostages, and confronted them with Fire God Paves the Way.

Wayne confronted hundreds of wizards rioting against Muggle-borns, trapping them in a ring of fire and overpowering their attacks with his magic. As Ministry officials arrived and some attackers surrendered, Wayne began closing the last exit, and several hooded men suddenly cast the Killing Curse in unison.

• Wayne summoned a vast fireball, split it around the crowd, and trapped the rioters inside a ring of fire while Sirius Black and Arthur Weasley slipped in.
• Wayne introduced himself as a Muggle-born wizard and challenged the attackers, then withstood their volley of spells behind a shield of starlight and lightning.
• Wayne blasted the attackers with dark lightning and rescued the Roberts family, while Douglas Flint's Killing Curse struck a hooded man instead.
• Wayne summoned a dragon-shaped phantom and a Lightning Net that killed or immobilized many rioters as the survivors begged or fled.
• Wayne spotted Fudge, Crouch, and Ministry forces arriving, then began closing the ring's only exit despite Arthur Weasley's plea to stop.
• Several hooded men suddenly raised their wands and cast the Killing Curse together.

Wayne helped stop a violent attack at the campsite, while the Ministry and gathered wizards arrested the surviving hooded attackers as terrorists. After questioning several captives and leaving the scene, Wayne returned safely to camp, where his friends learned that Percy had a minor leg injury.

• Wayne used Star River Impact to kill several attackers, and the surviving hooded figures begged for mercy until Aurors and Ministry workers extinguished the flames with End of All Spells.
• Crouch ordered the captives grouped, disarmed, and identified, but Fudge objected before the attackers’ masks revealed several prominent pure-blood families.
• Wayne and Madam Maxime called the assault a terrorist attack, and Fudge finally ordered the hooded figures arrested and sent for trial after the crowd demanded punishment.
• Wayne questioned Goyle’s father and Crabbe’s father, who identified the crystallized attackers as Flint, Parkinson, Rosier, Wilson, Zilberberg, Sivell, and Gibbon.
• Wayne left with Sirius, rejected Sirius’s idea of tutoring him through a Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship, and returned safely to camp, where his friends learned that Bill and Charlie were fine and Percy had a minor leg injury.

After the disturbance at the Quidditch World Cup, Wayne confronted the Selwyns and made them pledge their family’s loyalty in exchange for their lives. He then turned to Rita Skeeter, directing her to shape a sensational report about the incident.

• Sirius Black told Harry and Ron that Wayne had blocked hundreds of spells with what appeared to be Ancient Magic, and urged Harry to learn from him.
• Wayne confronted Arsenio Selwyn and his father, who begged for mercy and offered the Selwyn family’s wealth and loyalty.
• Wayne demanded that the Selwyns acquire a Dragon Reserve and ordered them to select three families to serve him, using Crouch to secure their release.
• The Selwyns told Wayne that Malfoy, Parkinson, and Flint had organized the gathering, and that Malfoy had likely slipped away before the arrests.
• Wayne revealed that the ladybug watching him was Rita Skeeter, then asked her to report on the incident and rejected her proposed angle.

After the World Cup riot, Rita Skeeter published a flattering account of Wayne’s role, while the girls learned how dangerous the night had been and reassured him. Wayne then reminded Sakura of her bet and arranged for her and Tomoyo to choose formalwear, giving Tomoyo a chance to make the promised outfits.

• Mr. Weasley reported that hundreds of rioters had been arrested and that the Ministry would make them pay for the damage, while Wayne refused the diamonds found after the riot.
• Wayne brought the others home with Ho-Oh and sent Cho to her family with Gardevoir before everyone rested.
• Rita Skeeter’s Daily Prophet article criticized the Ministry’s response and praised Wayne as a heroic defender of civilians.
• Hermione and the others confronted Wayne after reading about the deaths, but he acted hurt and they comforted and defended him.
• Wayne reminded Sakura of her bet to provide ten outfits, then suggested she and Tomoyo choose formalwear so Tomoyo could make the outfits there.
• Tomoyo eagerly welcomed the plan, while Sakura tried unsuccessfully to reduce the number of outfits.

Wayne took Sakura and Tomoyo to the Lawrence family fashion company, where Tomoyo began studying with designers so she could make their formal wear. Meanwhile, Selwyn arranged with Crouch to choose three imprisoned Death Eaters for release, then confronted Lucius at home; Wayne later taught Sakura new Clow Cards as she continued modeling for him.

• Selwyn told Crouch that Lord Lawrence had spared him and his son, and asked him to arrange private talks with prisoners so he could select three people for release.
• Crouch agreed to redistribute the chosen prisoners' crimes to secure their release, and Selwyn later found Lucius waiting at his home.
• Wayne brought Sakura and Tomoyo to the Lawrence fashion company, where Tomoyo decided to study design and create their formal outfits herself.
• Tomoyo photographed Sakura in a qipao at home, while Wayne denied taking any pictures and asked Tomoyo to develop an extra copy.
• Wayne taught Sakura the steps for making The Fly Card, then reviewed her progress with the Strength Card and The Snow Card.

Wayne forced Lucius Malfoy to surrender compromising information and arranged terms for Crabbe, Goyle, and Travers, while his influence reshaped the Ministry of Magic’s response to the Death Eaters. As summer ended, Newt and Tina visited Wayne and began recounting their expedition to Gabon, where they found a group of eight Chimeras.

• Wayne made Lucius apologize, surrender the Malfoy family’s compromising information on Ministry employees, and offer compensation to spare Crabbe and Goyle.
• Wayne had Travers provide half his family’s fortune and a copy of its books, then sent Selwyn and Lucius away.
• Crouch publicized the crimes of the dead, and Wayne used the resulting political climate to suppress hostility toward Muggle-borns and Muggles in the Ministry.
• The surviving Death Eaters, except Crabbe, Goyle, and Travers, received prison sentences, and Sakura and Tomoyo prepared to return to school as summer ended.
• Newt and Tina visited Wayne after returning from Africa, and Tina explained that Newt’s restored youth had made him restless.
• Newt and Tina went to Gabon to investigate a Chimera and discovered eight of them, four male and four female.

Wayne reunited with Newt and Tina, saw Sakura and Tomoyo off, and went shopping in Diagon Alley as his fame unsettled the wizarding community. The chapter left Wayne’s Hufflepuff classmates reassured that he had not changed, while the other students still reacted awkwardly to him.

• Newt explained how he and Tina befriended eight Chimeras and left them in a secluded mountain forest, while Tina scolded Wayne for risking his life at the World Cup.
• Newt and Tina departed, and Wayne told Sakura and Tomoyo that he had obtained the Zouwu from Newt by trickery.
• Wayne and his friends saw Sakura and Tomoyo off with a group photo and a video address book so they could stay in touch.
• Wayne, Hermione, Cho, and Astoria went to Diagon Alley, where the crowds treated Wayne with awe because of his actions at the World Cup.
• Hufflepuff students gathered around Wayne in Flourish and Blotts and agreed that he still treated everyone equally.

Wayne and his friends prepared for the school year, joked with the Weasleys and Cedric, and boarded the Hogwarts Express amid hints of a major event at Hogwarts. At Hogsmeade, Hagrid excitedly confirmed that Wayne’s secret plan had come together, and Wayne warned him not to reveal the competition’s contents.

• Wayne suspected Snape had pocketed Hogwarts’ Potions budget when Hermione and Cho bought supplementary ingredients, then bought hundreds of cauldrons for himself and Gardevoir.
• Wayne met Harry, Ron, the Weasley twins, and Cedric while shopping, and the group teased Cedric after Fred exposed his secret adult magazine agreement.
• On the way to school, Charlie and Bill hinted that Hogwarts would have an unusually lively year, while Wayne refused to tell the others what was coming.
• Wayne and his friends arrived at Hogsmeade Station in a storm, where Hagrid said he could finally see Norbert and marvelled at the scale of the plan.
• Wayne warned Hagrid to keep quiet about the competition’s contents so the Ministry would not question him.

Wayne returned to Hogwarts for the new school year and discovered a new building on the grounds before helping Professor McGonagall deal with Peeves. After the Sorting and feast, Dumbledore began the year’s announcements, while the mystery of the new building remained unresolved.

• Wayne declined Hagrid’s invitation to compete, then arrived at Hogwarts and saw a new five-story building connected to the castle.
• Wayne summoned lightning to clear the rain, and Peeves fled after spotting him during a water-balloon attack in the entrance hall.
• Professor McGonagall asked Wayne how he had frightened Peeves, and he offered to share his mind-targeting spell with her.
• Wayne discussed the increased number of first-years and the new building with his friends before Dumbledore arrived for the Sorting ceremony.
• The Sorting Hat sorted the first-years, Dumbledore opened the feast, and Nick explained that Peeves’s kitchen rampage had reduced the food variety.
• Dumbledore announced Filch’s expanded list of banned items and glanced at Wayne and Fred and George.

Dumbledore announced a revamped interschool competition, renamed the Holy Grail War, and introduced Moody as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Wayne revealed that he would serve as a judge, while Cedric emerged as Hufflepuff’s likely champion; the chapter ended with Hermione confronting Wayne about Hogwarts’ house-elves.

• Dumbledore announced that Wayne had received the Order of Merlin, First Class, and a Special Contribution Award for helping clear Sirius Black.
• Moody arrived at the feast and was introduced as Hogwarts’ new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Dumbledore announced that seven schools would compete in the Holy Grail War, with a three-thousand-Galleon prize for the individual winner and an age limit of seventeen.
• Wayne told the students that he had joined the tournament committee as a judge and said Cedric had a strong chance of being selected as champion.
• The next morning, Hermione walked with Wayne and asked whether he knew about the more than one hundred house-elves working in Hogwarts’ kitchens.

Wayne visited Dumbledore and learned that Hogwarts was preparing to host a large exchange delegation, then persuaded him to cover the Potions budget shortfall. Wayne revealed that the current Professor Moody was an impostor, but Dumbledore dismissed his evidence as insufficient.

• Wayne told Hermione he would not help her campaign for the house-elves, and later paid Ron to collect Bubotuber pus for him and Hermione.
• Wayne went to Dumbledore’s office, where Phineas backed down after Wayne threatened to invite a Gringotts Curse-Breaker to the Black family home.
• Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall that visiting students from other schools would attend Hogwarts classes, and left her to prepare for their arrival.
• Wayne accused Snape of looking suspicious over the Potions budget, then got Dumbledore to agree to cover the missing materials.
• Wayne knocked Snape unconscious and told Dumbledore that someone had impersonated Professor Moody and was using Polyjuice Potion.
• Dumbledore rejected Wayne’s evidence, explaining that Moody’s habit of drinking from his own flask did not prove he was an impostor.

Wayne and Dumbledore confirmed that Barty Crouch Jr. had impersonated Moody, while Snape revealed he had undergone dangerous magical modification. Wayne then arranged a plan to catch Crouch Jr. and recruited Malfoy to help.

• Wayne told Dumbledore how Barty Crouch had helped his son escape, and said he wanted Barty to lead the Department of Magical Law Enforcement rather than become Minister for Magic.
• Wayne showed Dumbledore the Marauders' Map, which revealed Barty Crouch in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom while Moody remained in his office.
• Snape woke early from Wayne's Stunning Spell, and Wayne discovered that Snape had modified his body with Dark Arts magic to increase his abilities.
• Wayne and Snape left Dumbledore's office and waited for the students to return from Care of Magical Creatures.
• Wayne sent Hermione into the Great Hall, then called Malfoy aside and explained that he needed his help with a plan to catch Crouch Jr.

Wayne and Snape captured the man impersonating Moody in Dumbledore’s Office. Wayne’s modified spell broke the Polyjuice transformation, revealing Barty Crouch Jr.

• Wayne activated the Put-Outer and trapped Moody and Snape in a dark domain.
• Snape fought and defeated the disguised Moody, then bound him and took his wand.
• Wayne ended the domain, and Dumbledore confirmed the Put-Outer’s origin.
• Wayne used the Marauder’s Map to confirm that Barty Crouch was in the office.
• Wayne cast a modified Finite Incantatem, revealing Barty Crouch Jr., while Jerry picked up the magical eye.

Dumbledore interrogated Barty Crouch Jr. and learned that Voldemort had returned in a weakened state and planned to use Harry’s blood in a resurrection ritual. After Moody was rescued, Dumbledore weighed whether to let Voldemort’s plan proceed under his control or stop it and buy Harry and Wayne more time.

• Dumbledore questioned Barty Jr. with Wayne’s truth serum, learning that Wormtail had brought Voldemort back and that they planned to send Harry to him through the Triwizard Tournament trophy.
• Barty Jr. revealed that a young Basilisk named Ouroboros had helped capture Moody, while Voldemort and Wormtail were raising it elsewhere.
• Snape recovered Moody from the trunk, and Dumbledore assigned him to care for the injured Auror while Wayne insisted that Barty Jr. must remain alive until Wayne or Crouch could decide his fate.
• Wayne asked Dumbledore about Grindelwald and the banned joke products, but Dumbledore sent him out of the office.
• Wayne joined Hermione in the library, then prepared new card packs while Dumbledore considered whether to disrupt Voldemort’s resurrection plot or allow it to unfold under his control.