Chapter Summaries

Mulciber and Snape oversaw the training of Werewolves and Muggle mercenaries on the Seber family’s island, while Mulciber used the Imperius Curse to bend captives to his plans. He left a little girl and her family under control and prepared to use the mercenaries against Remus Lupin and Anthony Weasley, framing Gellert Grindelwald to provoke a clash with Dumbledore.

• Mulciber welcomed Snape to the island and showed him Werewolves training with Soviet AK-47s.
• Mulciber entered the Werewolves’ quarters to cast the Imperius Curse, but Snape stopped him from taking over Lupin’s room.
• Mulciber went next door and cursed a father, threatening his wife and daughter when the man resisted.
• The father eventually succumbed, but Mulciber’s command made him pose as if wielding a firearm instead of raising his hand.
• Mulciber planned to turn the family into warriors who would kill Remus Lupin and Anthony Weasley, while making them believe Gellert Grindelwald was their master.

Snape and Lupin pieced together the Dark Lord’s plan to exploit tensions in the Americas and use St. Riddle as a diversion, while Anton explored how collective consciousness and the environment shaped magic and Dark Magic Creatures. The chapter ended with Anton deciding to write a book to stimulate the stagnant wizarding world.

• Lupin told Snape that someone was linking Squib mercenaries, Grindelwald, and Dumbledore, and suspected the Dark Lord was targeting the American Ministry of Magic.
• Snape and Lupin concluded that the Dark Lord planned to drag factions across the Americas into conflict before developing St. Riddle, and Snape left to inform Dumbledore.
• Anton discussed with Anna how memory, emotion, will, nature, and collective consciousness might shape magic and Dark Magic Creatures.
• Anton experimented with Ghostfire, the Fire Charm, and the Freezing Charm, connecting his ideas to the Weather Charm and Ritual Magic.
• Anton complained that magical research lacked resources and decided to write another book to invigorate wizarding society; Anna called him its catfish.

Peter and Julie, two Wizarding World participants with Spider Animagus bloodlines, traveled to Hell’s Kitchen and hid from Mulciber after he appeared in an alley. When Celad Williams attacked Mulciber and failed to kill him, an unseen assailant covered Mulciber in a sticky substance and stole his Wand.

• Peter and Julie put on Spider-Man and Spider-Woman suits and jumped from a balcony to explore Hell’s Kitchen, with Peter landing face-first beside Julie.
• Peter and Julie transformed into spiders and hid from Mulciber when he entered their alley and cast Life Detection.
• Mulciber waited for his subordinate, and Celad Williams arrived on a motorcycle that swerved into the alley.
• Celad Williams cast Avada Kedavra at Mulciber, but Mulciber survived because his Wizard’s Robe had been enchanted with the Animated Object Sprite Charm.
• Mulciber petrified Celad Williams and threatened him, but a fast-moving white substance covered Mulciber’s face and pulled away his Wand before the assailant vanished.

Peter and Julie tried to hide Celad Williams after taking his Wand, but a Dark Wizard’s pursuit drove them into a room filled with captives. Celad realized the wizard was coming for him as the room descended into chaos.

• Julie and Peter took Celad Williams’s Wand and decided to stash him in a hotel until the Petrification spell wore off.
• Anton and Anna spotted Peter and Julie carrying Celad along the hotel wall and recognized him as the Wizard whose Memory Anton had altered.
• Julie saw the Dark Wizard searching nearby on a Flying Broomstick, so Peter carried her and Celad through a broken window into a room.
• A hysterical woman shouted at the newcomers, and Anton and Anna saw that the room was already crowded with people including Falcon and Eva Miles.
• Celad feared the approaching Dark Wizard as he lay trapped in the room with the Squib Mercenary leader and the Head of Magical Security.

Anton and Anna watched Gray Magic stir up the regrets and emotions of everyone in the room, eventually freeing them from their paralysis. Dark Wizard Mulciber arrived at the window and was overwhelmed by fear as the gathered group turned to face him.

• Anton dispelled the Developing Potion and explained that Gray Magic was copying the memories and emotions of people downstairs without forming a conscious mind.
• Anton sensed a force like thunder and lightning, and it dispelled his Full Body-Bind Curse.
• Eva Miles and the others regained the ability to move and erupted into tears and laughter.
• Mulciber flew to the shattered window, found his Squib Mercenaries and the Aurors gathered inside, and froze in fear.

Anton observed the birth of a Dark Magic Creature created by the collective attention and emotions of the people around a wizard. As the Antlered Raven formed and exposed Mulciber’s intentions, Mulciber escaped while Anton, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort watched.

• Anton spotted Grindelwald, Dumbledore, and Voldemort watching the Dark Wizard on a Flying Broomstick from nearby rooftops.
• Anton studied how collective attention and the surrounding environment affected the wizard, while Anna examined his painting of the process.
• Anton documented a Dark Magic Creature taking shape as an Antlered Raven that urged anyone it gazed at to tell the truth.
• Eva Miles questioned Mulciber, and the Antlered Raven revealed that he planned to kill two people dressed as Spider-Man and reporter Celad Williams.
• Eva Miles hesitated when she tried to cast the Full Body-Bind Curse, allowing Mulciber to flee on his Flying Broomstick as Anton, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort watched.

Lupin warned the Weasleys that Voldemort was plotting something, prompting the adults to gather while the children went to Diagon Alley. There, Hannah explained the Cabin faction’s political position and revealed that Peter and Julie’s bloodline stacking had become unstable, so George and Fred prepared to go investigate.

• Lupin arrived at The Burrow and told Molly Weasley that Voldemort was plotting something and the Order of the Phoenix needed to assemble.
• Molly left to alert Ministry officials, while Ron persuaded Harry and the others not to interfere with the adults’ response.
• George, Fred, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the younger Weasleys traveled to the Leaky Cauldron to meet Percy, Neville, and Hannah.
• Hannah explained that Percy’s choice between working for Barty Crouch Sr. or Fudge would affect the Weasley family’s political alignment, and she described their group as the Cabin faction.
• Hannah and Adams reported that Peter and Julie’s wizard and fantastic beast bloodlines were stacking unstably, so George and Fred authorized Adams to take them to investigate.

Adams sent George, Fred, Neville, and Hannah to help Peter and Julie by Portkey, and Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Ron, and Percy followed. Meanwhile, Lupin and the Order of the Phoenix learned that armed Squib mercenaries might be bringing a nuclear warhead to New York and used Portkeys to head there.

• Adams created a sand-circle Portkey for the group traveling to Peter and Julie, and Fred assigned roles to Hannah, Neville, and George.
• Harry and Hermione jumped into the Portkey, followed by Ginny and Ron.
• Percy hesitated over joining Cabin's group, then followed his siblings through the Portkey.
• Lupin told Professor McGonagall and Mad-Eye that Squib mercenaries were heading toward New York with Muggle weapons and possibly a nuclear warhead.
• Lupin showed the Order of the Phoenix Portkeys that could reach his suitcase and return them to headquarters.
• The Order members took return Portkeys and used Lupin's chain to travel to the Americas.

Anton realized that his suitcase-packing magic had revealed a new way to cast the Levitation Charm, then remembered he had left Lupin’s suitcase behind. Meanwhile, the hotel battle intensified as the Weasley siblings, Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Hannah arrived to help fight the mercenaries and wizards.

• Anton used his time-based magic to return everything to his suitcase and recognized its connection to the Levitation Charm.
• Anna asked about Lupin’s suitcase, and Anton realized he had forgotten it in the hotel room downstairs.
• Eva Miles attacked Mulciber, but the mercenaries resumed firing, and a grenade exploded among the Aurors.
• Hannah, Neville, George, and Fred arrived and incapacitated several armed mercenaries with spells.
• Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and Percy appeared and joined the fight as Neville cast a Shield Charm over the group.

Hannah discovered that Peter and Julie had lost their spider transformations and powers after exposure to intense magic, while the children fought their way through a battle between Squib Mercenaries and American Aurors. The Order of the Phoenix arrived to protect them, and Molly was stunned to find her children in the middle of the fight.

• Hannah questioned Peter and Julie about why they could not turn into spiders, and they realized they had also lost their Spider-Man strength.
• Neville led the group toward an exit as gunfire blew apart the door, and Ron summoned a giant spider to charge the attackers.
• Hermione blasted a hole through a wall, and Hannah stunned an Auror who ordered the children to surrender.
• Harry led Ron and the others toward the hole as Neville and the group fought the Aurors and Mercenaries while retreating.
• Mad-Eye and the Order of the Phoenix arrived, and Mad-Eye raised a concrete barrier to shield everyone from the attacks.
• Molly recognized George and Fred and shouted at them, while Professor McGonagall demanded an explanation from the American Aurors.

Percy reflected on the Cabin’s strength as Molly prepared to evacuate them, but a new blast threatened to collapse the building. Anton and the other wizards faced a coordinated Muggle assault, and Voldemort appeared to confront Dumbledore as the destruction spread across the city.

• Percy felt ashamed of his poor performance and reconsidered the abilities of the Cabin, Anton, and the Animagus Office.
• Molly gave the children a Portkey pouch, but an explosion shook the building, prompting Professor McGonagall to warn that it was about to collapse.
• Muggle mercenaries fired bullets, Anti-Magic Potion, and rockets at Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Anton; Anton used Reversal of Colossal Objects to send bullets back at them.
• The mercenaries detonated explosives at several buildings, and Dumbledore restored the structure beneath him as a helicopter crashed nearby.
• Voldemort appeared in the sky, threatened to kill Dumbledore, and declared that he could wipe out everyone gathered there.
• Dumbledore realized the battle would deepen the hostility between American wizards and Muggles and drive a lasting rift between American and European wizarding societies.

Anton transformed the collapsing building into a giant silver dragon and tried to evacuate everyone while Voldemort’s spell trapped them in Manhattan. The Order of the Phoenix searched for the spell’s magical focus as the dragon flew toward the harbor, while Anton prepared to confront the threat.

• Anton used the Animated Object Sprite Charm to transform the ruined building into a silver dragon, carrying everyone on its back.
• Eva and Molly tried to send people away, but the area’s barrier caused both Apparition and the Portkey to return them to the dragon.
• Anton told Anna to stay with the group, then the silver dragon flew toward the harbor while he hovered nearby.
• Professor McGonagall vanished a missile with the Undetectable Extension Charm, then led the Order of the Phoenix to search Manhattan for the barrier’s magical focus.
• Arthur and others cast Disillusionment on the dragon as Hannah, Anna, and Neville wondered why Voldemort had brought no Death Eaters.
• The author’s note said the rest of the chapter would be posted at 4 p.m.

Voldemort revealed a nuclear bomb and detonated it over Manhattan, while Anton tried to stop the blast with a vast Levitation Charm. The explosion engulfed Anton, Voldemort, Grindelwald, Dumbledore, and everyone else in the city.

• Anton bound the fleeing Death Eater to his broom and flew toward the Silver Dragon as Voldemort tried to stop him.
• Dumbledore confronted Voldemort, who declared that they would welcome a new era together and revealed a massive bomb.
• Anton recognized the bomb as nuclear and used his magic to send spell components toward it in an attempt to intervene.
• The nuclear blast engulfed Anton, Voldemort, Grindelwald, Dumbledore, Manhattan, and its inhabitants, raising a mushroom cloud visible across the world.

Voldemort returned to life at Riddle Manor and declared that Dumbledore, Anton, and many others had died in New York. He appointed Snape to lead Hogwarts, but a strange gray-black mist dragged him back into the cauldron, leaving Snape to realize Anton might still be alive.

• Bella and the Death Eaters resurrected Voldemort using a potion and Frank Bryce’s blood.
• Voldemort claimed his return had united Tom Riddle and himself, then ordered the Death Eaters to spread a false account blaming Grindelwald for the destruction of New York and the deaths of Dumbledore, Anton, and others.
• Snape grieved the reported deaths while hiding his feelings, and Voldemort named him headmaster of Hogwarts.
• Barty Crouch Jr. drew his Wand after Voldemort assigned him control of the Ministry’s forces, but strange gray-black whirlwinds pulled Voldemort back into the cauldron.
• Snape recognized the mist as Anton’s and concluded that Anton was still alive.

Anton used his new spell, Traces of Time, to undo a nuclear explosion in New York without reversing time, trapping the city in a repeating sequence of events. Voldemort realized he would face the explosion repeatedly, while Anton wondered why he had explained the spell to him.

• Anton spread his transformed body and used Traces of Time to reverse the destruction caused by Voldemort's nuclear bomb.
• The explosion vanished, but the city's inhabitants remembered it and rushed toward shelters as the Order of the Phoenix searched the skies.
• Dumbledore stopped before reaching Grindelwald and asked where the explosion had gone, while Grindelwald recognized Anton's intervention.
• Voldemort summoned the bomb and found that it would not detonate until the event's next loop.
• Anton explained that the explosion and the minutes leading up to it would repeat, and Voldemort realized he was trapped in an endless cycle of death.

Anton realized the Dark Magic Creature had become entangled with his Traces of Time spell, forcing people to reveal truths while the catastrophic events repeated. The bomb exploded over New York City again, leaving the city’s fate unresolved.

• Anton discovered the Dark Magic Creature had vanished from a fallen Dark Wizard and realized it might have fused with his Traces of Time spell.
• Anton tricked Voldemort into revealing that a green trunk held the key to breaking the citywide Binding Magic and that Mulciber had hidden it.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald joined Anton in surrounding Voldemort, while the Dark Magic Creature’s voice exposed Grindelwald’s secret use of Anton’s research notes.
• Anton explained that he could not undo the repeating spell without finding the Magical Trunk, and McGonagall transformed the floating bomb into a bird.
• The bird exploded above New York City, and the blast killed a couple whose conversation had been exposed by the creature’s truth-telling magic.

Dumbledore watched the city endure repeated nuclear explosions as Anton sought to provoke a new Dark Magic Creature from the population’s collective consciousness. The repeating catastrophe spiraled into battles between Muggles, wizards, and Squibs, and Neville’s Cruciatus Curse sent Voldemort charging at him.

• Dumbledore reflected on his hopes for Muggles and wizards to coexist, then watched Voldemort’s nuclear attack destroy the city as time repeatedly reversed.
• Voldemort joined the repeated searches for the box suppressing Apparition and Portkeys, while Dumbledore grew numb to the recurring deaths and violence.
• Anton sensed the city’s collective consciousness changing and expected the repeated destruction to produce a new Dark Magic Creature; Lupin warned that no one had deliberately created one on such a scale.
• Muggle authorities mobilized troops to test the wizards, the Magical Congress fought back, and Voldemort sent Squib Mercenaries into the battle after a cannon shell hit him.
• The Order of the Phoenix joined the fighting, and Neville unexpectedly cast a Cruciatus Curse on Voldemort, who charged at him in humiliation and rage.

Voldemort abandoned his attack on Harry when Dumbledore shielded him, and the Nuclear Bomb exploded as the Event Loop reset. Anton discovered that Mulciber had become a Dark Magic Creature called the Concealment Spirit, whose soul hid the Green Box containing the Binding Magic, but he could not reach it.

• Voldemort tried to attack Harry, but Dumbledore intervened and later told McGonagall and the others to protect Harry in the next loop.
• The Nuclear Bomb exploded, and observers outside New York saw its blast appear to slow and rebound around an unknown force.
• Anton realized that Mulciber's soul, altered by his Traces of Time spell and the Nuclear Explosion, had become the Concealment Spirit.
• Anton learned that the Concealment Spirit's last remaining purpose was to hide the Green Box containing the Binding Magic for Voldemort.
• Anton sensed the Binding Magic inside the Concealment Spirit but could not reach it, and he became intrigued by the problem.

Dumbledore attacked Voldemort during the paused Event Reversal, furious that Voldemort had tried to destroy a city with a nuclear bomb. When the reversal brought everyone back to the bridge, Dumbledore immediately struck Voldemort again and sent Anton away.

• Voldemort positioned himself to kill Harry after Event Reversal, while Dumbledore realized what he was planning.
• Dumbledore ambushed Voldemort in midair and battered him across the sky, unleashing his anger over the threatened deaths of millions of people and his friends.
• Event Reversal restored the bridge, where Dumbledore appeared beside Grindelwald and Anton, facing Voldemort.
• Dumbledore cast Avada Kedavra at Voldemort, then smacked his Wandering Spirit skyward with a giant flyswatter made of an air wall.
• Dumbledore told Anton to go elsewhere, and Anton gave him a thumbs-up before leaving.

Anton refused to extend his Event Loop, but Muggle and wizard leaders reached an agreement to use New York’s repeated destruction for a month of experiments and international negotiations. As factions and scientists flooded into the city, Anton went to Cabin with Anna and explained the situation to his friends.

• Freya Avery and President Tom Stark asked Anton to extend the Event Loop, but he refused and insisted it would end when they found the box containing the Binding Magic.
• After repeated nuclear explosions, the Muggle authorities and Magical Congress agreed to build Anton a tower in Manhattan and requested a month-long loop.
• Scientists and factions from around the world entered New York to conduct experiments and join the escalating conflict.
• Anton and Anna met Lupin and the others at Cabin, where Anton questioned why Dudley had come along.
• Draco declared that he had come to stand with Anton on behalf of the younger generation of the Malfoy family, and his group began arguing with Harry’s group.