Chapter Summaries

Professor McGonagall discovered that Wayne had achieved Permanent Transfiguration, and Professor Flitwick’s Summoning Charm lesson ended when Seamus Finnigan collapsed after a spell went wrong. Seamus was taken to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey began examining him while Flitwick waited anxiously.

• Wayne Transfigured a leaf into a crystal ball that Professor McGonagall identified as an example of Permanent Transfiguration.
• Professor McGonagall explained how Dumbledore had used Permanent Transfiguration to repair Hagrid’s wand and gave Wayne her research notes.
• Professor Flitwick taught the fourth-years the Summoning Charm, and Toby lost Hufflepuff two points after trying to pass off a silent Levitation Charm.
• Seamus Finnigan’s spell produced a muffled bang and black smoke, and he collapsed in the classroom.
• Professor Flitwick took Seamus to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey began examining him.

Seamus’s Summoning Charm went disastrously wrong, and Hogwarts endured a crushing load of homework as Hermione reconsidered her efforts to help House-elves. Wayne then urged Snape to strengthen himself by fusing with a magical creature’s bloodline before joining Dumbledore and the awakened Moody, whose missing magical eye Jerry had swallowed.

• Seamus blew up his lungs while casting a Summoning Charm and was sent to St Mungo’s, prompting professors to watch him closely before the visiting schools arrived.
• Hermione finished reading about House-elves, admitted she had been naive, and leaned on Wayne for comfort.
• Snape deducted points from students during Potions while brooding over Voldemort’s return and his losses of money and Harry’s Gender-Swapping Peppermint.
• Wayne told Snape that modifying his bloodline with a powerful magical creature could transform his strength, and Snape left considering the risky suggestion.
• Wayne joined Snape in Dumbledore’s office, where Jerry disgorged Moody’s missing magical eye among its huge pile of stolen treasures.

Dumbledore persuaded Moody to impersonate Barty Crouch Jr. and help track Voldemort, while Snape objected to the dangerous plan. Wayne gained a new Earth-based talent, and Moody began teaching the fourth-years to take the dangers around them seriously.

• Dumbledore proposed that Moody pose as Barty Crouch Jr. to monitor Voldemort’s plans, and he revealed that Voldemort had made several Horcruxes.
• Moody agreed to Dumbledore’s plan, but Snape stormed out after arguing that it would make them accomplices in Voldemort’s resurrection.
• Phineas accused Wayne of failing to help continue the Black family line, but Wayne refused to use a Love Potion or arrange a match for Sirius.
• Wayne earned the Aftershock talent, which gave him Earth Power that enhanced his recovery and resistance when he was in contact with the earth.
• Moody taught the fourth-years their first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, warning them about the dangers they had already faced and urging them to stay vigilant.

Moody taught the students how the Ministry classified harmful spells and what prison sentences Dark Arts carried. He ended the lesson by identifying Wayne’s newspaper-famous fire spell as a combination of Charms and Transfiguration, then assigned an essay on countering Dark Arts.

• Moody invited the class to name spells so he could explain their penalties, and Hermione asked about the Killing Curse while Neville asked about the Cruciatus Curse.
• Moody explained the differences between Charms, Jinxes, Hexes, and Curses after Ron confused the EatSlugs spell with a curse severe enough for Azkaban.
• Students named Dark Arts spells, and Moody described their punishments, including the severe penalties for the Skull-Inflating Curse and the danger of Fiendfyre.
• Moody said Wayne’s fire spell resembled an Ancient Magic prototype called Fire God's Path and classified it as a combination of Charms and Transfiguration.
• Moody assigned the students a two-foot essay on countering the Dark Arts with spells they already knew, and the class left impressed by his lesson.

Wayne upgraded Beauty Spring, drew Snape into a costly bloodline-fusion arrangement, and helped him find ways to earn money. As Hogwarts settled into a peaceful term, Moody’s harsh teaching left Neville discouraged, and Neville asked Wayne for a memory potion.

• Wayne modified Beauty Spring with new runes, explained his cosmetics business plans to Cho, and put her in charge of developing potions.
• Wayne offered Snape Thestral blood and secured his Revival Potion stock and other valuables in exchange for support with bloodline fusion and Wayne’s expenses.
• Snape began writing to potion shops and magical institutions to earn money for his experiments after Wayne depleted his supplies and funds.
• Wayne persuaded Snape to let Astoria skip written homework when her classroom potions were flawless, then arranged a visit for her to meet Mia.
• Moody berated Neville for failing to cast the Shield Charm, struck him with a Petrifying Curse, and assigned the class double homework.
• Wayne and Hermione comforted Neville, who worried about his magical ability and asked Wayne for a potion to improve his memory.

Wayne advised Neville to build confidence and replace his incompatible wand, while Cho’s beauty business rapidly expanded. As Hogwarts prepared for the arriving Ilvermorny and Wagadu delegations, Dumbledore summoned Wayne before dawn to help enlarge the Great Hall and let him test the Elder Wand.

• Wayne told Neville to stop letting his grandmother dictate his choices, replace his father’s wand, and use Courage Potions if needed; Neville bought five bottles and left to write his grandmother.
• Wayne learned Cho had nearly sold out of her beauty products, supplied her with Acromantula venom, and offered to gather more ingredients and supplies.
• A notice announced that the Ilvermorny and Wagadu delegations would arrive on October twentieth, and Wayne told curious students about Wagadu’s emphasis on Human Transfiguration and Animagi.
• Professors McGonagall and Flitwick intensified students’ practice, while Filch patrolled the school as Hogwarts prepared for the visitors.
• Dumbledore summoned Wayne to the Great Hall before dawn to expand it for the delegations and handed him the Elder Wand to test.

Wayne and Dumbledore expanded the Great Hall for the visiting schools, and Wayne’s Thunderbird, Mia, dramatically confronted Ilvermorny’s arriving beasts. The visitors landed safely, and Dumbledore welcomed Professor Fontana while explaining that Mia belonged to a student.

• Wayne and Dumbledore used the Undetectable Extension Charm to more than double the Great Hall’s size, and Dumbledore promised to illuminate the new ceiling.
• The students discovered the transformed Great Hall, while Wayne slept through the morning and prepared for the welcoming ceremony later that day.
• A Thunderbird and Horned Serpent arrived through a storm, pulling a house, and Mia flew up to meet them as the visitors approached the Forbidden Forest.
• Mia’s presence and crimson thunder subdued the two arriving beasts, which landed hard and jolted the passengers inside the house.
• Professor Fontana emerged from the house and complained about the landing before Dumbledore welcomed him and introduced Mia as a student’s pet.

Ilvermorny and Wagadu arrived at Hogwarts for the international school gathering, and the guests shared a feast before retiring for the night. As Wayne was leaving, Cassandra confronted him about ignoring her letters, drawing a crowd and prompting Hermione to hurry back to watch over him.

• Fontana introduced Ilvermorny's students, including Cassandra Warley and Blaze Wilkinson, while their Thunderbird impressed the assembled guests.
• Zaka led Wagadu's students into Hogwarts disguised as wild animals, and he greeted Dumbledore and Fontana after their long journey from Africa.
• Dumbledore welcomed the visiting students to a feast, where Wagadu and Hufflepuff competed to clear the tables.
• Dumbledore announced the remaining schools' arrival dates and sent the guests to their accommodations.
• Cassandra confronted Wayne about failing to answer her three letters, and Hermione returned to the Great Hall as the crowd gathered to watch.
• Wayne said he had been looking for Cassandra, but she teased him for spending dinner eating instead.

Wayne explained to Cassandra why he had stopped writing to her, then showed her Hogwarts and introduced her to Mia. After Cassandra observed Wayne tutoring Hermione and the others, she challenged Hermione to a spar.

• Hermione confronted Cassandra, but Cassandra politely asked Wayne why he had ignored her letters, and Wayne promised to explain the next day.
• Wayne told Cassandra that he had been busy with a lawsuit, his girlfriend, and Sakura’s visit, and Cassandra demanded that he show her around Hogwarts.
• Cedric and the other Hufflepuffs teased Wayne about Cassandra, while Wayne stunned his roommates and suggested Cedric sell maps to visiting students.
• Wayne took Cassandra to meet Mia in the Forbidden Forest, where Cassandra admired the Thunderbird and discussed Ilvermorny’s houses and Seraphina Picquery.
• Wayne tutored Hermione and the others in a classroom, and Cassandra asked Hermione to spar so she could compare their spellcasting techniques.

Hermione and Cassandra held a friendly duel, with Hermione using a mist-filled battlefield to defeat Cassandra with a Freckle Charm. Cho revealed that she had invented several cosmetic blemish charms, frightening the girls watching.

• Hermione accepted Cassandra's challenge, and the two went outside to duel as students and professors gathered to watch.
• Hermione attacked with skilled silent spells, forcing Cassandra to defend herself behind a barrier.
• Hermione spread enchanted mist across the dueling ground, obscuring both fighters from view.
• The mist cleared to reveal Cassandra on the ground with freckles covering her face, and Hermione explained that she had used a Freckle Charm.
• Cho admitted that she had invented the Freckle Charm and other blemish spells for testing skincare products, causing the girls nearby to recoil from her.

Wayne's modified Unicorn helped Astoria defeat Cassandra, while school leaders reconsidered the competition rules. Koldovstoretz arrived at Hogwarts, and its students shocked the others by drinking alcohol at lunch.

• Hermione surrendered to Cassandra, then restored Cassandra's skin with a counter-curse.
• Astoria challenged Cassandra with Diana, whose horn pierced Cassandra's Shield Charm before she could react.
• Wayne explained that he had modified Diana's horn to trade stamina for speed, while Dumbledore agreed to consider adding restrictions on Fantastic Beasts to the competition rules.
• Dumbledore worried over Voldemort's coded instructions to Barty Jr. and the growing wizard population.
• Koldovstoretz's headmistress Katerina and students arrived at Hogwarts, and the students discovered that the visitors were all drinking alcohol at lunch.

The Beauxbatons delegation arrived, and Pheobe and Gabrielle reunited with Wayne, stirring jealousy and alarm among the girls around him. The remaining schools arrived by ships on the Black Lake, but the headmasters had yet to settle the tournament’s rules on the Dark Arts.

• Madam Maxime introduced Pheobe and Gabrielle to Wayne, and Gabrielle ran into his arms while Pheobe openly expressed how much she had missed him.
• Hermione, Cho, and Astoria reacted with alarm to the sisters’ closeness with Wayne, while Gabrielle asked Pheobe whether she could leave Wayne’s side alone.
• The headmasters debated whether contestants could use the Dark Arts, but their votes were divided and they postponed the decision.
• Two ships surfaced from the Black Lake carrying the remaining delegations, and Professor Karkaroff greeted Dumbledore before a Japanese-accented man approached.

The visiting students began Hogwarts’s Sorting Ceremony ahead of the Holy Grail War, while Wayne unsettled Karkaroff by revealing his reputation as the Death Eater Slayer. The ceremony sorted several delegations, and Pheobe asked the Sorting Hat to place her in Hufflepuff after kissing Wayne, but the hat was still deciding her house.

• Professor Koga apologized for the Mahoutokoro delegation’s delay, and Karkaroff introduced Krum as a student who had caught a cold.
• Wayne offered Karkaroff cold medicine and introduced himself as the Death Eater Slayer, making Karkaroff lose his balance and hurry inside.
• Dumbledore announced that the Holy Grail War selection would begin that weekend and that visiting students would be sorted into Hogwarts houses for the year.
• The Sorting Hat placed Cassandra in Slytherin despite her hope of joining Hufflepuff, then sorted Wagadu, Koldovstoretz, and Durmstrang students into the houses.
• Pheobe hugged and kissed Wayne before asking to be sorted into Hufflepuff, but the Sorting Hat said Ravenclaw suited her and then paused when she objected.

The Sorting Ceremony ended with Sakura sorted into Gryffindor and Tomoyo into Hufflepuff, while Dumbledore confronted Hagrid about dangerous Blast-Ended Skrewts. Wayne dodged the girls seeking his attention by claiming he was researching powerful magic, then prepared to draw a guaranteed legendary reward.

• Pheobe failed to persuade the Sorting Hat to place her in Hufflepuff and was sorted into Ravenclaw.
• The Sorting Hat placed Sakura in Gryffindor and Tomoyo in Hufflepuff, prompting the other girls to suspect Tomoyo might be gathering information for Sakura.
• Madam Maxime advised Dumbledore about caring for the Runespoors, and Dumbledore questioned Hagrid about Blast-Ended Skrewts and ordered them removed from class.
• Wayne told Hermione, Cho, Astoria, and Pheobe that he was researching powerful magic and promised to spend time with each of them later.
• Wayne bowed to the Tao Te Ching and spent ten thousand points on a prize draw, obtaining a diamond-light card before preparing to claim the legendary reward.

Wayne learned Feng Hou Qi Men, a new art that let him influence fortune and misfortune within a limited area, then discovered that his latest talent could make Gardevoir unusually flustered. The next morning, Fleur visited him at Hogwarts, where their public arrival stirred jealousy among the girls before Wayne helped her choose courses and rewarded the Sorting Hat.

• Wayne absorbed the knowledge of Feng Hou Qi Men, tested its fifty-meter range by the lake, and then drew the Beautiful Companion talent, which he switched off after it affected Gardevoir.
• Norman told Wayne, Toby, and Cedric about a dream in which he won a school championship by using Toby's potion to knock out Snape.
• Fleur and Gabrielle waited for Wayne outside the dormitory, and Fleur's arrival with Wayne at breakfast prompted jealous reactions from Hermione, Cho, Astoria, Cassandra, and Sakura.
• Wayne reassured the Hogwarts girls, then told Fleur not to deliberately provoke them and helped her select courses for the competition term.
• Snape tried to punish Wayne for criticizing his Potions teaching but deducted only five points after Professor Sprout and Wayne turned to look at him.
• Wayne cleaned the Sorting Hat and gave it Dragon Scales, promising it better treatment when he became headmaster.

Wayne spent time with Tomoyo before Moody shocked the visiting students with a lesson on surviving Dark wizard ambushes. As Champion selection approached, the schools assessed their candidates, and Flitwick said the selection details would be revealed the next evening.

• Wayne learned that Tomoyo and Sakura could enter the competition because Mahoutokoro’s golden-robed students had already met graduation standards.
• Moody tore open his clothes to show his battle scars, then taught the students how Dark wizards used ambushes and traps.
• Hogwarts’ professors impressed the visiting students, while the schools gathered information about likely Champions and noted that several favorites were girls close to Wayne.
• Wagadu’s students proved remarkably skilled at Transfiguration but struggled in several other subjects, prompting McGonagall to suggest they study with younger students.
• Lavender Brown asked Flitwick how Champions would be selected, and he said the details would be revealed the following evening.

Dumbledore began the Holy Grail War’s Champion selection at Hogwarts, warning students about the dangers and explaining how to register. Crouch reunited with his unconscious son and declared he would no longer consider him family, then beat him; Cedric decided to register for the competition.

• Dumbledore introduced Crouch and Bagman, summoned the Holy Grail, and explained the registration process, the Age Line, and the danger of the Champions’ contract.
• Crouch and the other officials inspected the Holy Grail and Age Line, and Crouch warned Karkaroff against trying to break the restriction.
• Wayne took Gabrielle away to tell her stories while Fred and George led Bagman off to speak with him.
• Dumbledore showed Crouch his unconscious son, Barty Jr., but Crouch said he no longer considered him a son and would let Wayne use him as he wished.
• Crouch had Dumbledore remove Barty Jr.’s Stunning Spell and whipped him before leaving the Headmaster’s Office.
• Cedric told Wayne he would register for the Holy Grail War, and Wayne reminded him that his competitors included Champions from outside Hogwarts.

Students from the visiting schools and Hogwarts registered for the Holy Grail competition, while Wayne warned Cedric that Sakura was a likely champion. Fred and George then persuaded Ron to use their Ageing Potion so he could enter the contest, proposing a bet that would pay them if he won.

• Wayne told Cedric that Sakura's magical talent made her the person most likely to win the competition, and Cedric became more wary of her.
• Durmstrang, Wagadu, and Beauxbatons students registered with the Holy Grail, and Harry's opinion of Krum worsened after he heard Karkaroff favored him.
• Pheobe, Angelina, and Cedric successfully registered, while Wayne sensed that the Holy Grail's ancient ritual had begun.
• Fred and George decided to use Ageing Potion to enter the competition but instead offered it to Ron as an investment.
• Ron agreed to consider using three drops of Ageing Potion, with the twins expecting three hundred Galleons if he won the championship.

Ron tried to cross Dumbledore’s Age Line with Ageing Potion and was thrown back with a long white beard. Wayne later interrupted Snape’s dangerous Thestral bloodline fusion, froze him with Chaotic Gold Shears, and calculated how to resolve his condition.

• Ron drank four drops of Ageing Potion and tried to cross the Age Line, but the magic hurled him back and gave him a long white beard.
• Dumbledore joked about Ron’s beard, while George and Fred admitted they had used Ron to test the potion.
• The students who tried other ways to cheat the Age Line were sent to the Hospital Wing, and most participants signed up by Saturday.
• Wayne used the Marauder’s Map and Feng Hou Qi Men to check on Snape, then broke into Snape’s office after finding him there.
• Snape’s Thestral bloodline fusion turned violent, and Wayne’s arrival disrupted his recovery, causing Snape to attack him.
• Wayne froze Snape with Chaotic Gold Shears, calculated how to help him, and found the answer after five minutes.

Wayne helped Snape complete his Thestral fusion by suppressing the creature’s ferocity, then defeated him in a test of his new abilities. At the feast, the Goblet began selecting champions for the Holy Grail War, and Fleur was chosen after five others.

• Wayne used his Star Forging Divine Might to suppress Snape’s Thestral bloodline until Snape regained control and completed the fusion.
• Snape asked to test his increased strength, but Wayne overwhelmed him for ten minutes; afterward, Snape considered seeking stronger creature bloodlines.
• Vane returned to Hogwarts with Astoria and attended the feast, where Dumbledore explained that champions would receive three Command Seals for the Holy Grail War.
• The Goblet chose Krum, Cassandra, Vladimir, and Buso as champions, and each went to the room beside the Great Hall.
• The Goblet selected Fleur, who embraced Vane before heading to the champions’ room, while unchosen Beauxbatons girls cried.