Chapter Summaries

After two days of celebrations, Vincent and his friends traveled home on the Hogwarts Express, where they discussed their summer plans and teased him about his secret trip to Italy. At King's Cross, Vincent reunited with his parents and learned that Eric had obtained two impressive sports cars through a business connection.

• Gu Gu snatched Cedric's cookies, but Cho made it return them and scolded it for stealing.
• Cedric gathered his courage and went to sit beside Cho, while Fred and George discussed their family's likely trip to Egypt.
• Vincent told his friends he planned to visit Italy, Germany, and possibly France, but refused to reveal the purpose of the trip.
• Hermione guessed that Vincent's Italy plans were connected to the Wizengamot youth representative election, but he still kept his business secret.
• At King's Cross, Vincent reunited with Eric and Evelyn, reported that he had placed first in his year, and learned Eric had arranged for the family to get two Bugatti EB110s.

Vincent and Hermione learned that Fudge had engineered Dumbledore’s dismissal as president of the International Confederation of Wizards, then discovered a coordinated wave of videos attacking the Ministry and Wayne Enterprises. Vincent recognized the campaign as pressure against him and Dumbledore, and prepared to see how far their opponents would go.

• Eric showed Vincent and Hermione a newspaper report announcing an emergency vote to dismiss Dumbledore, while Vincent suspected Fudge had manipulated the process.
• The International Confederation of Wizards dismissed Dumbledore after eleven representatives voted, and Artemisio Gouffre became its interim president.
• Cheshire told Vincent that Dubidubi Video Platform had been flooded with newly uploaded videos attacking Fudge and the British Ministry of Magic.
• Vincent and Hermione concluded that the videos were part of a coordinated campaign against Vincent and Dumbledore, and Vincent ordered Cheshire to remove them.
• Hermione predicted the Ministry might strip Vincent of his youth representative position and his Orders of Merlin, but Vincent said he did not care about the honors.

Vincent earned top marks during the first-year exams while Gryffindor’s enormous points lead put the House Cup within reach. At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore praised the year’s events and left the students looking toward summer.

• A newspaper article praised Vincent after he helped Egil during a Quidditch match, and Vincent read it with Neville as the odd headlines continued.
• Vincent earned Gryffindor another 100 points for his published paper, bringing the House total to 1,233.
• Vincent excelled in his exams, earning top marks in Transfiguration, Potions, and Charms while several classmates struggled.
• After the exams, Percy mocked Marcus Flint over his results, while Vincent learned that Hermione had also received all O’s.
• Dumbledore addressed the Great Hall, reflected on Quirrell, the dueling tournament, and the Forbidden Forest, and praised Hogwarts.

Vincent and the others spent the afternoon exploring Diagon Alley, where Hermione and the girls visited the Fantastic Beasts shop. Gu Gu and Crookshanks frightened Scabbers into fleeing, and Harry, Ron, and Ginny ran after him.

• Vincent introduced iced Coke at the Leaky Cauldron, and Hermione and Daphne tried it while Tom decided to add it to the menu.
• The parents enjoyed a long lunch together, and Lestrange paid the bill with a bag of Gold Galleons.
• The children explored Diagon Alley separately, and Vincent later found Daphne, Hermione, Astoria, and Ginny at the Fantastic Beasts shop.
• Ron brought Scabbers to the shop for treatment, while the girls petted cats, including a ginger cat named Crookshanks.
• Gu Gu and Crookshanks pounced onto Harry and Ron, Scabbers escaped and ran into the street, and Harry, Ron, and Ginny chased after him.

Eric and Vincent revealed Vincent’s magic to Hunter after Eric challenged the outdated fighter he was shown. Hunter accepted the truth and drove them toward a restricted area, where they hoped to see something the military had kept from them.

• Eric criticized Hunter for showing them the aging Tornado Fighter and revealed that he knew about the EF-2000.
• Eric asked Hunter for help accessing a restricted area, but Hunter refused until Vincent demonstrated that he could make his hand disappear.
• Vincent explained that magic existed and proved it by writing the words “Magic exists” in the air with a spark.
• Hunter collided with an invisible barrier as he tried to leave, then accepted that Vincent was a wizard.
• Vincent told Hunter that the British government and Queen knew about magic and that wizards secretly protected Buckingham Palace.
• Hunter drove Eric and Vincent toward the restricted area while carefully avoiding surveillance.

Rowena joined Salazar and Godric in a brief fight before the three parted ways, leaving Godric to investigate the organization pursuing him. After filming their scenes, Vincent and Hermione learned about Goblins Hall from Sirius Black and joined him and Lupin on a trip to find it.

• Salazar rescued Godric from Dark wizards, then fought Rowena when he noticed her following them.
• Godric stopped Salazar and Rowena from continuing their duel, and the three explained their plans before going their separate ways.
• Lupin ended the day's filming, and Sirius Black told the crew about Goblins Hall, a secret goblin organization.
• Vincent and Hermione joined Sirius Black and Lupin after dinner to seek out Goblins Hall.
• Sirius Black Apparated the group to a remote forest in Scotland and pointed out a towering tree where the goblins might live.

Thaddeus Belge informed the German President that Vincent Wayne, the Wizarding World’s most wanted criminal, was battling over Berlin to expose magic. As the fight approached the German Ministry of Magic, Vincent defeated Muller aboard La Voiture Noire while the vehicle’s defenses came under attack.

• Belge told the German President that Vincent Wayne was behind the unidentified flying object and asked him to suppress news of the wizarding battle.
• Belge returned to the Ministry of Magic and learned that the battle was spreading through Berlin, damaging buildings but causing no casualties so far.
• Adelaide realized that Vincent’s destruction was drawing the battle toward the German Ministry of Magic at Potsdamer Platz.
• Muller pursued La Voiture Noire, broke through its defensive barrier, and confronted Vincent aboard the vehicle.
• Vincent disarmed and battered Muller, then struck him in the forehead with Dominator as spells hammered the vehicle’s barrier.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts after spending the weekend with Vincent, and Umbridge’s injury briefly eased the pressure she put on Hermione. The chapter ended with Umbridge starting another Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson based on silent reading rather than practical instruction.

• Vincent woke and insisted on escorting Hermione safely back to Hogwarts, then gave her a ride in the invisible La Voiture Noire.
• Hermione returned to her dormitory and told Lavender and Parvati about attending a Muggle music awards ceremony with Vincent.
• Lavender told Hermione that Umbridge had slipped on a banana peel and broken her leg, and Hermione suspected Peeves had caused it.
• Snape gave the students unusually lenient marks and reduced homework, then punished Harry and Ron for speculating that he had injured Umbridge.
• Umbridge limped into Defense Against the Dark Arts, ordered the students to put away their wands, and assigned them to read Chapter Two in silence.

Vincent worked with Fred and George to turn a red potion into a bar of soap using Transfiguration. After one failed attempt released a cloud of irritating smoke, he succeeded in making a white bar decorated with green trim and a silver Little Snakes design.

• Vincent found special-forces equipment packed in his suitcase and used it to sneak out of the dormitory.
• Vincent met Fred and George at the Astronomy Tower, where they gave him the last two bottles of potion for making soap.
• Vincent tried to Transfigure the potion, but it released a large cloud of smoke that drifted toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Vincent focused on the final bottle for about ten minutes and shaped the potion into a decorated bar of soap.
• Vincent declared the soap safe and removed his gas mask, exhausted but pleased with his success.

Fred and George collected their winnings from Bagman and bet on the Transylvanian Team. Bagman then found Barty Crouch collapsed outside the commentary booth, where Crouch behaved strangely before leaving.

• Bagman gave Fred and George 114 Gold Galleons in winnings, and they placed another bet on the Transylvanian Team.
• Bagman found Barty Crouch collapsed outside his commentary booth and recognized him as the former official who had once tried to send him to Azkaban.
• Crouch gripped Bagman's arm, repeatedly said that someone had returned, and then abruptly stopped and stood up.
• Crouch thanked Bagman and left, while Bagman decided that something was wrong with his mind and returned to thinking about his debts and future earnings.

Vincent fought Kenny after Kenny confronted him over Jennifer, then returned to the beach with Gu Gu. The Waynes headed back to the hotel as a typhoon approached, while Vincent hoped the love triangle would settle itself.

• Kenny challenged Vincent, and Vincent dragged him underwater and fought him while protecting Gu Gu.
• Rinne and Jennifer pulled Kenny back to the surface, but Kenny demanded a one-on-one rematch before Vincent left.
• Eric scolded Vincent on the beach and told him to resolve the trouble he had caused.
• Vincent explained that Kenny had confronted him out of jealousy over Jennifer, while Rinne also seemed to have feelings for Kenny.
• Vincent went back to the hotel to shower and sleep, and the Waynes left the beach as a heavy rainstorm threatened.

Snape forced Harry and Ron to rewrite their Potions essays, while Vincent taught Hermione alchemy and made a refined iron-copper alloy for new Gwent cards. Hermione became Vincent’s first alchemy apprentice, and Fred and George prepared to sell the cards made from the new material.

• Snape ordered Harry and Ron to rewrite their Potions essays, and Ron later persuaded Harry to skip History of Magic with him.
• Vincent demonstrated alchemy to Hermione, combining iron and copper into a refined alloy and forming it into cards.
• Hermione accepted Vincent as her alchemy teacher and began learning from his notebook of simplified formulas.
• Vincent gave Fred and George the new Gwent cards and explained how the alloy would make them easier to enchant and difficult to counterfeit.

Vincent Wayne negotiated with Takuma Ashiya over the truth behind Yamamoto Tsukumo’s disappearance and the Ministry’s response, securing Takuma’s cooperation while protecting Wizard Cards’ expansion plans. After destroying the evidence, Vincent reunited with Dumbledore, who praised his actions.

• Kagura interrogated Yamamoto Tsukumo at the Ministry of Magic and recorded his confession on three bamboo slips.
• Vincent admitted to Takuma Ashiya that he had orchestrated the disappearance and argued that the truth and the outcome required different approaches.
• Takuma read Yamamoto’s confession and agreed to conceal the matter, while Vincent asked him to delay dissolving the contract with Wizard Cards.
• Vincent warned Takuma that the Malfoys might return to Voldemort and proposed using the Wizard Cards scheme to turn their allies into future scapegoats.
• Vincent destroyed the bamboo slips, left Takuma’s office, and met Dumbledore in the corridor.
• Dumbledore praised Vincent, and Vincent joked that Dumbledore ranked first on his revenge list from the bottom.

In late July 1991, Vincent Wayne received an acceptance letter from Hogwarts while riding with his father, Eric. After recognizing the magical school and its book list, Vincent asked to take leave from Westminster, leaving Eric to consider the mysterious school.

• Vincent passed Westminster's 16+ entrance examination and secured a place in Year Four.
• Vincent teased his father, Eric, about choosing Westminster over Eton as they drove toward Oxford Street.
• An owl carrying a Hogwarts acceptance letter flew into the car and landed with Vincent.
• Vincent read the letter from Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall and recognized Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them from his previous life.
• Vincent asked Eric if he could take a leave of absence from Westminster, and Eric questioned the school's tuition and address.

Vincent Wayne defeated the Black Swan Club after Draco Malfoy refused to kneel, while Daphne and Hermione watched. Byron and two other students decided Vincent was worth following, and news of the fight drew the Hufflepuffs away from History of Magic class.

• Vincent confronted Marcus, Blaise Zabini, and Draco, demanding that Draco admit he was qualified to stand before him.
• Draco refused to kneel, so Vincent slapped him twice and fought off Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle by swinging Draco at them.
• After the Black Swan Club was defeated, Vincent warned its members that any further fight would be against him alone.
• Byron, Zander, and Jeffrey decided to leave the Black Swan and join the Owl Court Club because Vincent had stood up for its members.
• Justin told the Hufflepuffs that Vincent had fought the Black Swan alone, prompting Ernie and the rest of the class to leave Professor Binns's lesson.

Vincent and his friends prepared for his scheduled duel with Marcus Flint by examining Dumbledore’s arena and studying Finite Incantatem. Their discussion of magic’s possible scientific basis ended with Vincent warning that pursuing its secrets too deeply could be dangerous.

• Dumbledore built a protected dueling arena on the Quidditch pitch and wished Vincent luck, while Vincent and his friends discussed its barriers and the duel’s rules.
• Vincent decided to learn Finite Incantatem before the duel, and Fred and George joined Hermione, Cedric, and Rolf in practicing it.
• Fred and George managed only a wisp of smoke by dinnertime, while Vincent, Hermione, and Cedric studied the spell’s theory.
• Vincent explained his theories about mana, wands, and magic using scientific analogies, and Hermione compared the idea to a Tesla coil.
• Vincent cautioned his friends against becoming too absorbed in magic’s mysteries, and Cedric and the others nervously agreed.

Vincent sneaked out to Hogsmeade with Fred and George, explored the village, and joined their joke-shop ambitions. After seeing Frog Spawn Soap at Zonko’s, they came up with a plan to make smoky, dyed prank soaps and carried potions back toward the castle.

• Vincent removed a mirror in the Third Floor Corridor to reveal a passage, and he and the twins used it to leave Hogwarts unseen.
• Vincent showed the twins how quickly he could learn spells, then wore a mask and joked that he was Draco Malfoy.
• Vincent admired Hogsmeade while Fred and George teased him about Cho and showed him around the village.
• Vincent agreed to join Fred and George’s joke-shop venture, and they named it Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes.
• After finding Frog Spawn Soap at Zonko’s, Vincent suggested smoke and dye as prank effects, and the twins bought potions to make the soaps.

Vincent left Draco Malfoy beaten after Hermione helped him avoid leaving visible injuries, then joined Fred and George Weasley in searching for Neville’s missing toad, Trevor. The twins learned what Vincent had done to Malfoy and embraced him as an ally, while they planned to prank Slytherin with Dungbombs.

• Hermione pulled Vincent away after he beat Draco, who threatened to tell his father and get Vincent expelled.
• George Weasley praised Vincent, and he and Fred offered to help find Trevor.
• Fred and George teased Vincent about Hermione and Harry, then accompanied him to Harry and Ron’s compartment.
• Vincent met Harry and shook his hand before leaving with the twins.
• Vincent told Fred and George that he had beaten Malfoy, and the twins approved and planned to target Slytherin with Dungbombs.

Snape treated Draco’s boils while making it clear he believed Harry Potter could never become a Dark Lord. During Charms, Vincent and Hermione tackled Professor Flitwick’s magical-growth problem as Draco waited for a chance to throw a Dungbomb at Vincent.

• Snape roughly applied a healing potion to Draco and said Harry Potter could never become the third Dark Lord.
• Vincent earned points in Herbology, while Hermione suspected that he and Draco had fought the previous night.
• Professor Flitwick demonstrated Charms and explained how small differences in magical power could grow over time.
• Vincent asked Flitwick about magical growth, new spells, and Nonverbal spells, then joined Hermione in calculating the seventh-year difference.
• Draco threw a Dungbomb toward Vincent, but Vincent raised his hand to announce that he had solved the problem.

Vincent joined Fred and George on a nighttime prank at Hogwarts, using the Marauder’s Map to sneak into Slytherin and rig a device in Draco Malfoy’s dormitory. The three returned to Gryffindor unseen, and Fred suggested another excursion once they had learned the Disillusionment Charm.

• Fred and George revealed the Marauder’s Map to Vincent and showed him how it tracked everyone at Hogwarts.
• Vincent and the twins used the map to avoid Filch and Mrs. Norris and reach the Slytherin common room.
• Fred gave the password, “Dark Magic,” and the three entered the common room and found the boys’ dormitory.
• Vincent and the twins hung a wrapped round object beneath Draco Malfoy’s chandelier, suspending it from a hair-thin string.
• The three returned to Gryffindor, where Fred proposed exploring the Third Floor Corridor after they learned the Disillusionment Charm.