Chapter Summaries

Kayson and the Phoenix team entered Azkaban after Voldemort had already freed his Death Eaters and set an ambush at the main gate. Kayson launched a Wither around the corner to attack them, ending the chapter with its explosive impact.

• Voldemort led Death Eaters to Azkaban, killed the guards, freed his followers, and waited at the main gate for Kayson’s team.
• Kayson teleported his team into Sirius’s cell, where Sirius noticed the resemblance between Kayson’s teleportation and the mysterious person who had once rescued him.
• Moody and Mrs. Longbottom explained that the Phoenix had anticipated Voldemort’s move and intended to arrive after him, making Snape’s intelligence seem accurate and protecting his position.
• The team used Wither Charms to herd the Dementors and night-vision potions to approach the entrance in secret.
• Kayson assembled a Wither and hurled it around the corner toward Azkaban’s main gate, where it struck with a thunderous explosion.

Kayson and the others attacked the Death Eaters at Azkaban while a Wither hunted Voldemort’s followers from the sky. After the Wither was destroyed, Kayson faced Voldemort alone and was engulfed by Fiendfyre, but his assassin skills hinted that he might survive.

• Kayson charged Voldemort with Wither Skeleton Skulls and explosive blocks, while Voldemort and Barty Crouch Jr. tried to defend against the attack.
• Kayson’s Wither hunted the Death Eaters, and Moody organized the group to attack the scattered enemies while avoiding the monster.
• Kayson, Sirius, and Lupin joined the fight, using explosive attacks, Dark Magic, and gravity magic against the Death Eaters.
• Voldemort destroyed the Wither with Fiendfyre, then confronted Kayson and attacked him with the Killing Curse.
• Kayson dodged Voldemort’s Killing Curse and struck back with gravity magic, but Voldemort resisted it and engulfed him in a towering Fiendfyre attack.

Kayson fought Voldemort, who escaped after recovering from devastating injuries, then used an enchantment to make the island-wide Fiendfyre vanish. Back at the Black family manor, Kayson explained that Voldemort remained difficult to gauge, and the group discussed their uncertain next steps before Kayson asked where Dumbledore was.

• Kayson wounded Voldemort with his mechanical arms and a Wither Skeleton Skull, but Voldemort healed, declared himself a god, and escaped with a Portkey; the remaining Death Eaters fled as well.
• Kayson used an Enchanting Table and lapis lazuli to turn purple inscriptions gold and make the Fiendfyre disappear.
• Kayson returned with Moody, Lupin, Sirius, Mr. Longbottom, and others to the Black family manor, where they discovered only a little over a minute had passed.
• Kayson told the group that Voldemort's strength and limits were impossible to judge, and that the failed rescue had cost Voldemort many of his less capable loyal Death Eaters.
• Moody said they would wait for the Ministry's power struggles to settle and for Hogwarts to start, while Harry asked what they would do next.
• Kayson asked where Dumbledore was.

Kayson challenged Fudge and Umbridge over the Ministry’s plans for Hogwarts, while Dumbledore accepted that Umbridge would be sent to the school. On the Hogwarts Express, Kayson visited Harry and the others and announced Hermione and Neville as Gryffindor’s new prefects.

• Kayson accompanied Dumbledore to meet Fudge, where Fudge demanded Dumbledore’s support and threatened to appoint Umbridge as Hogwarts’ Head of Moral Education.
• Kayson accused Fudge and Umbridge of excusing Voldemort’s actions while punishing those who fought him, and revealed that he had fought Voldemort in Azkaban that morning.
• Dumbledore left Fudge’s office with Kayson and explained that the Ministry could oversee Hogwarts, while suggesting they could deal with Umbridge once she arrived.
• On September 1, Kayson rode the Hogwarts Express with Harry and the others as Aurors were assigned to protect the students.
• Cedric visited Kayson on the train and said he had signed up for Kayson’s advanced class.
• Kayson gave Hermione her prefect badge and chose Neville as Gryffindor’s male prefect after Ron declined the position.

Kayson prepared Hogwarts for the arrival of the first-year students and destroyed the extra chair intended for Ministry official Umbridge. When Umbridge arrived, she found no seat and tried to displace Professor Trelawney instead, drawing Hermione’s anger.

• Kayson and the Aurors guarded the Hogwarts Express route and escorted the students safely to the school.
• Grindelwald explained that Voldemort’s curse mainly affected people with weak or corrupt foundations, and Kayson teased him about his own past.
• Kayson smashed the extra chair reserved for Umbridge and asked the professors to take their seats early.
• Umbridge arrived with the first-years, posted Ministry rules, and discovered there was no seat for her at the staff table.
• Umbridge tried to make Professor Trelawney give up her seat, while Hermione condemned Umbridge for using Dementors to frame Harry.

Umbridge was publicly humiliated at Hogwarts’ start-of-term feast as McGonagall, Kayson, and the students blocked her attempts to leave or find a seat. After the feast, Dumbledore told her that her Ministry-appointed role required no office, leaving her without the accommodation she expected.

• McGonagall magically knocked Umbridge to the floor, and Kayson used Iron Golems to prevent her from leaving the Great Hall.
• Dumbledore told Umbridge to eat with the students, but the Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff tables all denied her a seat.
• Umbridge stood alone through the feast, the school song, and Dumbledore’s final address while the students kept the Great Hall quiet.
• When Umbridge approached Dumbledore to ask for her office, he told her that she did not need one because her Ministry role had no teaching duties.

Umbridge set up an office at Hogwarts, prompting Kayson to move his seventh-year Alchemy class to her door. He led the students in breaking in and ordered two of them to throw Umbridge out the window, believing she was asleep.

• Dumbledore told Umbridge that her Ministry-created position did not make her Hogwarts faculty or entitle her to an office.
• Umbridge found an empty classroom on the fourth floor, made it her office, and posted its location in the Great Hall.
• Kayson told Cedric to bring the seventh-year Alchemy students to Umbridge’s new office instead of the classroom.
• Kayson and the students gathered outside the office, and the Weasley twins used a Deliberate Blast Punch to smash its door open.
• Kayson hit Umbridge with chalk, and Cedric suggested she might be unconscious.
• Kayson ordered two students to throw Umbridge out the window while she lay in bed pretending to be asleep.

Kayson confronted Umbridge when she tried to ban practical Alchemy lessons, then forced her to apologize to the students. Umbridge was left humiliated and ordered to pick up the cauldron fragments.

• Umbridge claimed she had the right to observe Kayson's class and objected when the students began practical Alchemy.
• Umbridge cited Ministry rules to forbid Alchemy practice and destroyed the Weasley twins' cauldron when they challenged her.
• Kayson slapped Umbridge twice and demanded that she apologize to the Weasley twins and the class.
• The Weasley twins restrained Umbridge, and Cedric took her wand while Kayson threatened her with an enchanted Diamond Sword.
• Umbridge apologized to the students, and Kayson ordered her to pick up the cauldron fragments.

Kayson humiliated Umbridge in class and forced her to repair the cauldron she had smashed, while the Iron Golem stopped her from leaving. The next day, Kayson explained to Cedric why the Ministry had little power over Hogwarts and why Fudge had lost support.

• Kayson ordered Umbridge to repair the cauldron after she gathered its fragments, while the Weasley twins left to make a replacement.
• The Iron Golem blocked Umbridge from leaving and shattered her defenses with one punch, forcing her to mend the cauldron under its watch.
• Kayson and the professors laughed as a portrait recounted Umbridge's humiliation, and Snape volunteered to keep watch over her the next day.
• Cedric told Kayson how Snape had tormented Umbridge during Advanced Potions, then asked why the Ministry had so little influence at Hogwarts.
• Kayson explained that Hogwarts answered to the Board of Governors and that Fudge had alienated both Dumbledore's supporters and Voldemort's supporters.

Fudge and Umbridge devised a plan to keep the Weasley twins tied up in repeated Wizengamot hearings so Hogwarts would be forced to choose between defending them and teaching. Meanwhile, the twins asked Kayson for a year-long leave to travel and conduct market research.

• Cedric joked about her brain becoming a Ministry rubber stamp, and laughter filled the office.
• Umbridge complained to Fudge that she could not work after being struck, and Fudge realized he had to salvage her mission.
• Fudge and Umbridge decided to target the Weasley twins with repeated Wizengamot summonses rather than try to expel them outright.
• The Weasley twins asked Kayson for a year-long leave of absence to take a magical journey and conduct market research.

Fred and George asked Kayson to persuade their parents to let them leave Hogwarts and open a joke shop while Diagon Alley property prices were low. Kayson gave them a gold coat rack as startup capital, but they refused it, and he agreed to speak with Professor McGonagall and Mrs. Weasley instead.

• Fred and George explained that the Dark Lord’s return had lowered Diagon Alley shop prices and asked Kayson to persuade their parents to support their plan to open a joke shop.
• The twins said earning money from Hogwarts students would take six years and explained they wanted to succeed through their own efforts rather than accept charity.
• Kayson transformed a mahogany coat rack into gold and offered it to Fred and George as startup capital.
• Fred and George refused the gift, so Kayson agreed to speak with Professor McGonagall and Mrs. Weasley about their plans.
• As the twins left, Kayson mentioned that another visitor was coming, and they guessed it was Harriet before correcting themselves to Harry.

Kayson asked Ron to encourage George and Fred to seek financial help from their parents, then heard Ron wanted a better broom and extra tutoring. After Harry, Hermione, and Neville explained why the twins had rejected Kayson’s offer of gold, Kayson was left questioning his emotional intelligence.

• Kayson asked Ron to talk to George and Fred about getting support from their parents for their joke shop.
• Ron asked Kayson for extra tutoring and explained that he wanted a better broom for Gryffindor Quidditch tryouts.
• Kayson offered Ron the golden clothes rack, but Ron clarified that he wanted a broom rather than money.
• Harry asked whether Kayson had offered the gold to George and Fred, and Hermione, Harry, and Neville explained why the twins would see it as charity from someone with no standing to provide it.
• Harry suggested treating the gold as an investment, Hermione suggested joining the twins’ business, and Neville suggested lending them money in exchange for an IOU.
• Kayson slumped onto the sofa and questioned why his emotional intelligence seemed worse than the students’.

Kayson and Ron discussed why the Weasley twins wanted to leave school and considered using a disciplinary charge to avoid asking Mrs. Weasley for permission. Meanwhile, Umbridge proposed banning under-eighteens from using broomsticks, and Fudge agreed while blaming England’s wizarding world for letting him down.

• Ron explained that the Weasley twins were embarrassed to ask their parents for money and wanted to leave school rather than force them to admit they could not afford it.
• Kayson and Ron considered inventing a charge to expel the twins, then set the issue aside to discuss Ron’s broomstick.
• Umbridge watched Hogwarts Quidditch practice, devised a plan to restrict broomsticks, and returned to the Ministry of Magic.
• Umbridge proposed banning young wizards under eighteen from using broomsticks, and Fudge told her to proceed.

After the Ministry banned underage wizards from buying flying brooms, Kayson devised a different kind of flying engine and sent its prototype and patent proposal to the Alchemy Association. He left the Association to challenge the ban, while Ron declined a share of the royalties and agreed to return for lessons.

• Ron arrived at Kayson's office as the Daily Prophet reported that the Ministry had banned underage wizards from buying flying brooms.
• Kayson signed the Alchemy Association's joint petition against Fudge and decided to invent an engine that would fall outside the Ministry's definition of a flying broom.
• Kayson built a flying machine from slime blocks, pistons, and Redstone, then mailed the prototype and his paper to the Alchemy Association.
• Kayson offered Ron royalties because his participation could help challenge the age restriction, but Ron declined the payment.
• Kayson told Ron to return the next day to study flying brooms, and Ron thanked him.

Kayson watched the Quidditch tryouts when Slytherin student Gedir asked him to help his parents, who had sought out Voldemort. Kayson agreed to find them and try to free them from Voldemort’s influence, while reflecting on whether his Slytherin students would choose to remain students or become Death Eaters.

• Fudge repealed the broomstick ban after Pure-blood families and the Alchemy Association turned against him, and the Association nearly strangled him with his own alchemical arm.
• Ron invited Kayson to watch the Quidditch tryouts, where the team needed two new Beaters because the Weasley twins were leaving.
• Gedir told Kayson that his parents had gone to seek out Voldemort and that he feared both them and the consequences of their choice.
• Kayson offered to go to Gedir Manor, check whether Gedir’s parents had been placed under the Imperius Curse, and send them abroad, with Lockhart erasing their worship of Voldemort if necessary.
• Gedir asked Kayson to repeat his words about Slytherins and Dark Wizards, and Kayson said that he judged his students by whether they remained students or became Death Eaters.

Kayson followed Gedir to his manor, where Gedir ambushed him and revealed his allegiance to Voldemort and his Pure-blood supremacist beliefs. After confirming Gedir had acted willingly, Kayson killed him and his parents, then mourned his failure to see who Gedir had become.

• Gedir lured Kayson to his manor, where magnetic force trapped Kayson in midair and Gedir attacked him with Avada Kedavra.
• Kayson blocked the curse with his books and wrested control of Gedir’s mechanical arms, killing Gedir’s parents and pinning Gedir down.
• Kayson gave Gedir a potion intended to block the Imperius Curse, then used Veritaserum to confirm that Gedir had not been controlled or coerced.
• Gedir admitted that he had willingly pledged himself to Voldemort because he despised Muggle-borns and Muggles.
• Kayson killed Gedir with a mechanical arm and murmured that he had been blind.

After Kayson’s attack on the Gedir family became a public scandal, Dumbledore and Snape explained that the Ministry was using the incident to target him. Umbridge placed magical restraints on Kayson and took him from Hogwarts, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Kayson read a newspaper report about the Gedir family massacre and learned that Barty Crouch Jr. had devised the scheme.
• Dumbledore and Snape told Kayson that the Gedir family were Death Eaters and that the Ministry might try to remove him from Hogwarts.
• Umbridge arrived to take Kayson for a Ministry evaluation and threatened to summon Aurors if he refused.
• Kayson agreed to wear Umbridge’s magical handcuffs, which left him sleepy and indifferent.
• After Dumbledore and Snape left for the Ministry with Fawkes, Umbridge restrained Kayson’s mechanical arm and prepared to take him away in a night carriage.

Umbridge took Kayson away from Hogwarts in a Thestral carriage, where he discovered that Dark Wizards were waiting in the clouds to ambush him while he was weakened. Kayson defeated the attackers and killed Umbridge, then declared that battle had been exhilarating.

• Umbridge placed Kayson in a Thestral carriage and flew away from Hogwarts, taunting him as he remained unafraid.
• Kayson broke his magical shackles, but Umbridge stopped him from drinking his milk before the hidden Dark Wizards attacked with Killing Curses.
• Kayson defended himself with Obsidian and launchers, then struck a black-robed attacker and drank milk to regain his strength.
• Kayson used Newborn Magic Arts and his magic guidebook to defeat the remaining attackers and return to the damaged carriage.
• Umbridge begged Kayson to spare her, but he killed her with gravity magic and said that battle had been exhilarating.

Kayson survived an ambush by Death Eaters, killed Umbridge and her allies, and returned to the Ministry of Magic on a carriage piled with corpses. He learned that Fudge was under Auror control and left the others wondering how he had fought while restrained and magically sealed.

• Kayson healed his head wound, gathered the fallen bodies onto the carriage, and waited for it to reach the Ministry of Magic.
• Dumbledore, Snape, and Scrimgeour realized Umbridge had likely arranged for Death Eaters to ambush Kayson, and Tonks went to alert the Aurors and Barty Crouch.
• The Thestral carriage crashed into the reception hall, carrying Umbridge's headless body and Kayson, who sat atop a mountain of corpses.
• Snape cleaned Kayson's bloodstained monocle, while Scrimgeour removed the mechanical-arm restraint from his back.
• Kayson demanded to know where Fudge was, and Scrimgeour said the Aurors had him under control.
• When Scrimgeour asked how Kayson had defeated so many enemies without his arm or magic, Kayson credited talent and hard work.

Kayson went to Fudge’s office, where Barty Crouch had taken control and prepared to replace him as Minister for Magic. After learning Fudge would face house arrest, Kayson secretly cursed him, leaving him to wait for the curse to spread and kill him.

• Kayson carried Umbridge’s headless corpse to Fudge’s office while Dumbledore and Scrimgeour followed.
• Barty Crouch ordered the Aurors to keep the day’s events secret and shook hands with Kayson.
• Kayson told Fudge that Umbridge had joined Death Eaters in an ambush, then dropped her corpse before him.
• Barty Crouch said Fudge would have his wand snapped and be placed under house arrest for life.
• Kayson sent a tiny Wither Skeleton Skull to curse Fudge, and the curse spread toward his chest after Kayson and Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts.