Chapter Summaries

Li Weide and Tom rescued Charlie Prince from Slytherin pure-blood students and welcomed him into their group. After Li Weide argued that all wizards were equally valuable, Tom’s future changed enough to earn Li Weide over five hundred Merit Points, and Charlie revealed that his younger sister was Eileen Prince.

• Tom interrupted Charlie’s confrontation with Andre, and Li Weide warned Andre to choose whether to follow him.
• Li Weide declared Charlie his friend and demanded that the Slytherin students agree; Abraxas dropped his objection and said he agreed.
• Li Weide explained to Charlie that wizards were all rare and that pure-blood families had no reason to look down on others, prompting Tom to reconsider his views and earning Li Weide more than five hundred Merit Points.
• Charlie joined Li Weide’s group, where he said his eight-year-old younger sister was named Eileen Prince.

Li Weide and Tom urged Charlie to resist Slytherin’s pure-blood bullies by becoming strong and fighting back, then revealed how they had defeated the students who blocked them. In Charms class, Tom and several others learned the Levitation Charm, while Li Weide stunned the class by casting it nonverbally, leaving Tom doubting he could ever catch up.

• Li Weide and Tom told Charlie that he should grow strong and fight back against bullies, explaining that they had lost 180 points and received detention after defeating the students who had blocked them.
• Annie, Henry, and Alphard realized Li Weide and Tom had beaten the group, including upperclassmen, and Charlie asked how the two first-years had become so powerful.
• Tom believed Li Weide’s strength came from the resources of an ancient pure-blood family and privately resolved to surpass him and make him call Tom Dad.
• Professor Eulalie Hicks taught the students the Levitation Charm, and Annie Rosier, Cormac McLaggen, Tom, and Charlie successfully levitated feathers.
• Li Weide levitated his feather without speaking, prompting Professor Hicks to praise his nonverbal magic and award Slytherin twenty points; Tom silently wondered whether he could ever catch up.

After Li Weide demonstrated his magical ability, he and his friends planned to find a secluded place to practice and help their weaker members grow stronger. Myrtle delivered detention notices, sending Li Weide and Tom to the Forbidden Forest that night, where Tom was uneasy and Li Weide joked about treating it like home.

• Li Weide and Tom reassured Alphard and Henry that they would help them become stronger, and the group decided to find a hidden place to practice together.
• Li Weide said he would look for a suitable place, thinking of the Room of Requirement, but Myrtle Elizabeth Warren interrupted to deliver detention notices from Professor McGonagall.
• Li Weide discovered that he and Tom had detention in the Forbidden Forest, and Tom complained that he had joined the punishment because Li Weide had insisted on it.
• Li Weide and Tom arrived at Mr. Ogg's cabin with the other students assigned to that night's detention, while several younger students were terrified of entering the forest.
• Tom asked Li Weide why he was not scared of the Forbidden Forest, and Li Weide joked that it felt like going home before Tom remarked that he had no home.

During detention in the Forbidden Forest, Li Weide and Tom abandoned their patrol to harvest valuable magical ingredients, dragging a terrified Andre and Bork along. They found a unicorn and began collecting its tail hair and blood, leaving Andre stunned by their supply-gathering spree.

• Mr. Ogg split the students into two patrol groups, assigning Andre to lead Li Weide and Tom with Bork while he took the other first-years.
• Li Weide reassured Andre with Nagini's ability to sense nearby creatures, then led Tom off the path to find Venomous Tentacula.
• Li Weide and Tom harvested the Tentacula with Dragon-hide Gloves while Andre anxiously watched and Bork followed them.
• Bork found fresh unicorn dung, so Li Weide and Tom followed its trail deeper into the forest, with Andre reluctantly keeping pace.
• Li Weide used Nightmare Magic to daze a unicorn, and he and Tom began collecting its tail hair and blood while Andre protested that they were supposed to be serving detention.

Li Weide and his companions harvested materials in the Forbidden Forest before encountering three goblins and an armored troll. After Li Weide killed the attackers, he began interrogating the surviving goblins, leaving their purpose still unknown.

• Li Weide warned Andre that reporting their detention activities would make him an enemy, and Andre decided to stay out of the conflict between Li Weide and Slytherin.
• Li Weide harvested unicorn materials, then sensed a nearby Ancient Magic hotspot and led the others toward the main road without investigating it.
• Nagini and Bork alerted the group to an armored troll controlled by three goblins, who decided to kill the Hogwarts students and disguise their deaths as an accident.
• Li Weide decapitated the troll with Sectumsempra and incapacitated the goblins with a spell that split into three.
• Li Weide killed one goblin while terrifying him, and the other two begged to reveal their purpose before Li Weide coldly stopped them from speaking.

Li Weide interrogated goblins searching the Forbidden Forest for magical remnants, learned their instrument might lead to his trapped Senior Sister, and killed them to keep the discovery secret. He then persuaded Tom and Andre to seek the power for themselves, proposing that they wipe out the goblin scouts first.

• Li Weide questioned the goblins and learned they sought powerful magical remnants using a pocket-watch-like detector and a detailed map of the Forbidden Forest.
• Li Weide realized the detector might be sensing the remnants around his trapped Senior Sister and took the goblins’ device and map.
• Li Weide verified the goblins’ answers with Legilimency, killed them, and buried their bodies with magic.
• Tom and Andre agreed the goblins could not be allowed to gain the power, while Li Weide warned Andre against reporting what happened.
• Tom suggested they claim the power for themselves, and Li Weide proposed wiping out the goblins’ gathering point before searching for it.

Li Weide used the goblin incident and the promise of strength from magical remnants to recruit Andre as his first follower. Andre pledged an Unbreakable Vow, and Li Weide hinted to Tom that he was beginning to build a force openly.

• Li Weide and Tom agreed that the goblins should be eliminated completely, while Li Weide planned to use their magical remnants to attract followers at Hogwarts.
• Mr. Ogg escorted Li Weide, Tom, and Andre out of the Forbidden Forest, and Li Weide returned to the dormitory with materials he planned to sell through Toby.
• Li Weide told Henry and Alphard about the harmless parts of the forest trip, then sent Toby away to sell the gathered materials.
• Andre came to Li Weide's dormitory and said he wanted to follow him in exchange for access to the magical power.
• Andre offered to make an Unbreakable Vow, and Li Weide accepted, making Tom their witness.
• Li Weide told Tom they had taken their first step, and Tom remarked that Li Weide was finally done hiding his plans.

Grindelwald and Dumbledore considered the consequences of the war’s sudden pause, while Li Weide prepared his group for a night raid on a goblin camp. The chapter ended with Li Weide leading his friends to find the Room of Requirement so they could grow stronger.

• Grindelwald considered recruiting Li Weide and the other child after learning they had formed a group and that Li Weide shared some of his ideas.
• Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet discussed Grindelwald’s disappearance and the vanished Nurmengard Castle, then learned that Li Weide’s group had resisted Slytherin’s Pure-blood students.
• In a dream, Li Weide told Senior Sister he planned to use the remnants to cultivate his followers, and she advised him to limit how much power he gave them and helped scout the goblin camp.
• Li Weide told Tom he would raid the goblin camp that night and teased Tom for seeming concerned about his safety.
• After History of Magic, Li Weide suggested finding a place to train and led Tom, Annie, Alphard, and Henry toward the Room of Requirement.

Li Weide led his friends to the Room of Requirement, where they established a place to practice magic and found food. In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Tom impressed the class by disarming Miss McLaggen, then Dumbledore invited him to duel Li Weide.

• Li Weide opened the Room of Requirement by pacing before the tapestry and showed his group its practice space and spellbooks.
• Li Weide added a dining area with enough food for everyone and told the group to use the room when they genuinely needed it.
• Dumbledore began Defense Against the Dark Arts by teaching the Disarming Charm and guiding the students through practice.
• Miss McLaggen chose Tom as her dueling opponent, but Tom disarmed her before she could finish casting.
• Dumbledore praised Tom, awarded Slytherin ten points, and asked him to duel Li Weide, leaving Tom alarmed.

Dumbledore had Li Weide and Tom demonstrate the spells they had learned in a fierce exhibition duel that stunned the watching students. The match ended when Li Weide trapped Tom in a conjured net and petrified him.

• Dumbledore asked Li Weide and Tom to spar with the spells they had learned from the books he had sent them.
• Li Weide and Tom exchanged powerful spells, and Tom used a gust of wind and mist to conceal his attacks while Li Weide countered with a feather-transfigured shield and nonverbal magic.
• Li Weide and Tom continued their staged duel, shattering the classroom floor and alarming the students, while Dumbledore watched in astonishment.
• Tom transformed broken stone into projectiles, but Li Weide turned them into birds and forced Tom to shield himself with a desk.
• Li Weide transformed the desk wreckage into a net, trapped Tom, and petrified him.

After Li Weide and Tom’s spectacular duel impressed Hogwarts, Li Weide proposed a student club to unite students across Houses and help them improve. The group began training in the Room of Requirement, while Tom confronted Li Weide about a dangerous spell from their match and received an apology.

• Dumbledore praised Li Weide and Tom’s duel, and their classmates gained new respect for them after struggling through their own practice matches.
• Grace McLaggen admitted Tom was stronger, and Li Weide and Dumbledore encouraged her to put aside House rivalry and join a student club.
• Li Weide and Tom decided to establish a club for mutual support, and Grace agreed to be called by her first name.
• Li Weide’s companions gathered in the Room of Requirement to train, while he and Tom planned the club and discussed welcoming students from every House.
• Tom asked whether Li Weide had tried to kill him with Avifors, and Li Weide apologized for nearly hitting him with the dangerous spell.

Li Weide secretly entered the Forbidden Forest and attacked the goblin camp, using Nightmare Magic and his wand to kill its occupants. He defeated the goblin captain and stood over him as the wounded goblin remained barely conscious.

• Li Weide left Tom in charge of the Student Mutual Aid Society and prepared to raid the goblin camp alone, while Tom felt humiliated by his weakness.
• Andre warned Li Weide that Charlie Prince and Annie Rosier would be targeted in their dormitories on Saturday night, and Li Weide decided to make their enemies suffer.
• Li Weide slipped out of Hogwarts through a hidden passage behind a fourth-floor mirror and Apparated to the Forbidden Forest.
• Li Weide silently killed the goblins outside the camp and entered their enchanted tent, where he learned the camp was searching for Kari and a source of magic.
• Li Weide killed the goblins throughout the tent and confronted the goblin captain, breaking his wand and inflicting a grave wound.
• Li Weide approached the barely conscious captain and remarked that vitality disproportionate to strength could also be a flaw.

Li Weide fought six Followers of Grindelwald in the Forbidden Forest, killing them with help from Tom, who experienced the pleasure of killing for the first time. They returned toward Hogwarts and discussed the goblins' alliance with Grindelwald's followers and how they would conceal their involvement.

• Li Weide burned the camp tent, then Apparated away from six Followers of Grindelwald and killed three with a split Killing Curse.
• Li Weide pursued the fleeing wizards, killing two with spells while the last escaped toward Apparition.
• Tom emerged from the forest and killed the final Follower of Grindelwald, then admitted to Li Weide that the act had given him immense pleasure.
• Li Weide and Tom destroyed the evidence and walked back toward Hogwarts through the secret passage from Hogsmeade.
• Li Weide told Tom the Followers of Grindelwald had allied with the goblins to search for the power, and Tom agreed they could deny being involved.

After killing a Grindelwald Follower, Li Weide and Tom discussed their use of Dark Magic and the kind of influence they hoped to wield over the world. They returned to the dormitory with their partnership affirmed, where Li Weide found a list of Pure-blood Wizards he intended to teach a lesson.

• Tom admitted he had secretly taught himself the Killing Curse and killed the Grindelwald Follower with it on his first attempt.
• Li Weide explained his experience with Dark Magic, and Tom accepted candy while easing his jealousy over Li Weide’s apparent advantage.
• Li Weide proposed guiding the world rather than seeking domination like Grindelwald, while Nagini warned them against abusing Dark Magic or becoming like him.
• Li Weide asked Tom to put his strength to work for him, and Tom agreed while insisting he would someday challenge Li Weide.
• Li Weide and Tom returned to their dormitory after three in the morning, where Li Weide found a parchment listing more than a dozen Pure-blood Wizards he planned to teach a lesson.

Li Weide’s group prepared to stop a planned attack on Charlie and Annie by striking first against the pure-blood students. They ambushed Abraxas Malfoy and his friends, then Li Weide used Healing Potion to erase the evidence before the group beat them again.

• Li Weide discovered that pure-blood students planned to attack Charlie and Annie, and Tom agreed they should strike first.
• Li Weide bought Complete Beginner's Potion Recipes and found recipes for potions such as Wolfsbane Potion, Felix Felicis, and the Elixir of Life.
• On Saturday, Li Weide’s group gathered in the Room of Requirement and headed out with a list of targets provided by Andre.
• At the Quidditch Pitch, Li Weide’s group cornered Abraxas Malfoy and his friends, disarmed them, and beat them in the broom storage room.
• Li Weide gave Abraxas and the others Healing Potion to remove their visible injuries, then Henry, Alphard, and the others began beating them again.

Li Weide and his friends beat the Slytherin pure-blood students who had plotted against them, then used the incident to expose how badly Slughorn had let student bullying go unchecked. Slughorn approved Li Weide’s Student Mutual Aid Society, which he believed could help him.

• Li Weide and Tom forced Abraxas to name the students plotting against them, then compared his list with Andre’s to catch additional names.
• Li Weide’s group tracked down and beat the students on the lists, winning the support of students who had been bullied by the pure-bloods.
• Slughorn questioned Li Weide about the violence, praised his resolve, and promised to investigate future complaints and rein in Slytherin.
• Li Weide asked Slughorn to approve notices for his Student Mutual Aid Society, and Slughorn agreed, saying it might help him.

Li Weide founded a student Mutual Aid Society with Professor Slughorn as its faculty adviser, attracting students who wanted academic support and protection from bullying. As the society began recruiting, Tom questioned its open membership, and Li Weide urged him to trust in the power of the majority.

• Li Weide agreed with Professor Slughorn that the Mutual Aid Society could help bring order to Slytherin, and Slughorn became its faculty adviser.
• Slughorn warned Dumbledore that pure-blood families might retaliate against Li Weide, and Dumbledore revealed that he had protected Li Weide and others with a Fidelius Charm because Grindelwald was watching them.
• Li Weide and his group posted notices and handed out flyers for the Mutual Aid Society, naming Weide Li as leader, Tom Riddle as vice leader, Annie Rosier as secretary, and Professor Slughorn as adviser.
• Li Weide promised students that society members would support one another, and a timid non-pure-blood Slytherin student joined.
• Grace McLaggen joined the society after learning what Li Weide had done, and she helped Annie register new members.
• Tom questioned whether the society should screen its members, but Li Weide said they needed to draw on the power of the majority.

Li Weide put Tom in charge of the Mutual Aid Society while planning research into breaking wizards’ limits, then met Professor Slughorn with the society’s core members to draft its charter. He proposed a points-and-prizes system and presented Slughorn with a revised skin-care potion recipe to help fund the society.

• More than 170 students joined the Mutual Aid Society on its first day, and Li Weide told Tom to manage it so members would choose to stay.
• Tom considered taking control of the society but abandoned the idea after recalling Li Weide’s ability to alter people’s perceptions, and he agreed to run it properly.
• Li Weide and Tom agreed to divide their efforts, with Li Weide researching ways to strengthen wizards and Tom growing the society’s influence without intimidating its members.
• The next day, Li Weide brought Annie, Grace, Charlie, and Tom to Professor Slughorn to help draft the society’s charter, impressing him with his Transfiguration.
• Li Weide proposed a monthly points ranking that rewarded members for helping others, and Slughorn agreed to provide prizes.
• Li Weide declined Slughorn’s offer to fund the prizes and asked him to assess a cheaper skin-care potion recipe he had revised; Slughorn found it appeared viable.

Li Weide and Professor Slughorn tested Li Weide’s improved beauty potion, which removed Grace’s freckles and promised to earn money for the Mutual Aid Society. As Li Weide and Tom went to set up the society’s classroom, they found Abraxas Malfoy waiting to ask to join.

• Professor Slughorn agreed to brew Li Weide’s improved beauty-potion formula and use his reputation to help sell it if it worked.
• A house-elf brought lunch, and Professor Slughorn and Li Weide brewed the potion while the others ate.
• Grace applied the ointment, which erased her freckles, and Professor Slughorn confirmed its effect was better than market alternatives.
• Grace and Annie welcomed the potion as a possible prize to attract more girls to the Mutual Aid Society, while Tom reflected that strength mattered more than appearance.
• Li Weide told Tom they needed allies beyond Professor Slughorn, including influential pure-blood families, and explained that Abraxas had little choice after being exposed as an informant.
• Abraxas approached Li Weide and Tom at the society classroom and asked to join the Mutual Aid Society.

Li Weide made Abraxas prove his remorse before allowing him to join the Mutual Aid Society, then delivered a speech at its first gathering about equality and cooperation. At Nurmengard, Grindelwald read Annie’s account of the society and found Li Weide’s speech familiar.

• Li Weide told Abraxas to apologize to everyone he had bullied within three days, and Abraxas later earned their forgiveness.
• Li Weide and Tom prepared the growing Mutual Aid Society’s new activity room, while Li Weide chose members to help manage the group.
• At the society’s first gathering, Li Weide praised Abraxas’s change of heart and urged members to reject bloodline discrimination and work together for the Wizarding World.
• Professor Slughorn praised Li Weide’s speech, and Tom watched him with admiration.
• Vita reported that the investigation teams in the Forbidden Forest had vanished and gave Grindelwald Annie’s notes about the society.
• Grindelwald read Annie’s account of Li Weide’s speech and wondered why it sounded familiar.