Chapter Summaries

During Charms class, Vincent used Flitwick’s Repairing Charm to expose Crabbe as the student who had thrown a Dungbomb, though Draco appeared to have orchestrated the incident. Flitwick awarded Gryffindor points and assigned Crabbe a year of cleaning duties, while Hermione left suspecting the attack was revenge for a duel the previous night.

• A Dungbomb flew through the classroom door and broke in the corridor, filling the classroom with its odor before Flitwick blew the smell away and shut the door.
• Vincent suggested using the Repairing Charm to return the Dungbomb to its original position, and Flitwick’s spell sent it back toward the Slytherins.
• Crabbe confessed to throwing the Dungbomb, and Draco claimed he had seen Crabbe do it, leaving the bomb stopped against Draco’s forehead.
• Flitwick awarded Gryffindor two points for Vincent’s suggestion and took ten points from Slytherin for Crabbe’s misconduct.
• Filch assigned Crabbe a month of cleaning, and Flitwick changed the punishment so he would complete it in stages over the coming year.
• Flitwick awarded Gryffindor three more points before dismissing class, while Hermione left suspecting the incident was revenge for a duel the previous night.

Vincent Wayne’s Muggle-style fighting demonstration turned into a proposed student club, which Percy Weasley arranged to call Owl Court. After the twins warned Vincent that Percy would claim credit for the club’s success, Vincent began plotting how to use Percy’s ambitions to help Gryffindor challenge Slytherin for the House Cup.

• Hermione punched Vincent, then Percy volunteered to try the Muggle-style duel and was swiftly thrown onto the mat.
• Percy persuaded Vincent to keep the activity going as a club and prepared its application, naming Vincent president and himself vice president.
• Gu Gu appeared at the window, inspiring Vincent to name the club Owl Court and suggest an owl badge.
• The twins warned Vincent that Percy would take credit for the club’s achievements, but Vincent accepted that Percy’s help had secured quick approval.
• Vincent and the twins plotted to exploit Percy’s authority as a prefect to undermine Slytherin’s run of six consecutive House Cups.

Vincent noticed that the Ministry was downplaying a break-in at Gringotts, then left Diagon Alley with his family and Professor McGonagall's permission to keep Gu Gu at home. At home, Vincent successfully cast the Levitation Charm and began testing whether he could use other spells before Hogwarts started.

• Vincent found a tiny report that Gringotts had been broken into and suspected the Ministry was covering it up.
• Professor McGonagall praised Vincent, arranged his textbooks, and warned the Wayne family about visitors and reporters.
• Vincent left with his family, wondering about his apparent knack for knowing what people would agree to.
• Vincent went to his room with Gu Gu and successfully levitated a game console with Wingardium Leviosa.
• Vincent pointed his wand at an empty cookie wrapper and tried another spell without knowing its correct pronunciation.

Vincent brought the Gryffindor first-years to Quirrell for a lesson on defending against Dark wizards, exposing Quirrell's inability to cast a Shield Charm and provoking Voldemort. After the students left, Quirrell bought a replacement wand from Ollivander, who charged him for an old, poorly finished wand.

• Vincent led the Gryffindor first-years to Quirrell's office and asked him to teach them magic for fighting Dark wizards.
• Vincent moved the class to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and used Wingardium Leviosa to stack the desks while Quirrell struggled to keep control.
• Quirrell failed to cast a Shield Charm, and Seamus, Ron, Harry, and Neville doubted his ability as a professor.
• Seamus suggested the students learn combat magic from Vincent instead, and Vincent left with them after apologizing to Quirrell about his holiday troubles.
• Voldemort berated Quirrell as he left Hogwarts and went to Ollivander's shop to buy a replacement Alder wand with a Unicorn hair core.
• Ollivander sold Quirrell one of his early, roughly finished wands after seeing the money in Quirrell's pouch.

Fudge inspected Azkaban and offered Sirius Black a newspaper, then arranged to tell reporter Rita about the visit. The chapter ended as Rita prepared to hear Fudge’s major story.

• Fudge visited the thirteenth floor of Azkaban and dismissed Rodolphus Lestrange’s threats and Bellatrix Lestrange’s claims that Voldemort had returned.
• Fudge spoke with Sirius Black, who asked for a newspaper, and Umbridge gave him a copy of The Daily Prophet.
• Sirius saw the Weasley family portrait in Egypt and reacted furiously after Fudge and the others left.
• Fudge returned to the Ministry of Magic, invited Rita into his office, and offered her a major story about his inspection.

A week after the Chamber of Secrets was opened, Gryffindor faced Slytherin in a Quidditch match as Vincent’s fame and Gwent’s commercial prospects continued to grow. The match began with Draco staring at Vincent from the opposing team.

• Wood threatened to jump into the Black Lake if Gryffindor lost, while Fred and George teased him about recording it.
• McGonagall questioned Josen about Cleansweep’s involvement with Vincent and warned she would visit the company’s headquarters.
• Lee advertised the upcoming Gwent card release and school tournament, prompting Josen to propose a larger partnership with Vincent.
• McGonagall and Josen agreed that Vincent had already become a Hogwarts legend, while Lee introduced him to the Quidditch crowd.
• Draco and the Slytherin team mounted their Nimbus 2001s, and Madam Hooch started the match.

Vincent gave Harry and Ron a strenuous daily exercise routine, while Dumbledore told him that Nicolas Flamel wanted to thank him for protecting the Sorcerer's Stone. Vincent learned he would visit Flamel in Devon over Christmas, with Dumbledore possibly accompanying him.

• Vincent led Harry and Ron through weighted frog-jumps and exercises around the castle, then arranged for Gu Gu to wake them each morning.
• A flock of owls woke Harry and Ron at seven, and they found Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati already exercising outside.
• Dumbledore summoned Vincent to discuss Gwent's safety and revealed that Nicolas Flamel wanted to meet him in person.
• Dumbledore explained that Vincent would visit Flamel in Devon during the Christmas holiday and that Fawkes could take them there past the Anti-Apparition Jinx.
• Vincent and Dumbledore ate experimental Fizzing Whizbees and floated toward the ceiling, then wondered how they would get back down.

Vincent Wayne learned Marcus Flint’s jinxes while defending himself, then used Disillusionment and close-quarters fighting to overpower him. Marcus refused to surrender, leaving the match unresolved at 1:1.

• Marcus Flint continued firing jinxes while Vincent Wayne defended and learned the spells.
• The professors discussed Vincent’s strategy, and Trelawney arrived, predicting that Wayne would lose.
• Marcus advanced and raised a stone slab while casting a Leg-Locker Curse, but Vincent vanished with a Disillusionment Charm.
• Vincent shattered the slab, trapped Marcus in a swamp, and struck him in the stomach.
• Vincent disarmed and restrained Marcus, dislocating his shoulder and forcing him to one knee.
• Marcus refused to surrender after Vincent released him, determined to continue the match.

Vincent showed Cleansweep Broom Company’s chief designer how his damaged broom had been strengthened by his magic, then agreed to become the company’s test pilot. Josen took the broom for a custom restoration based on McGonagall’s old design, while Vincent named it Rascal Rabbit.

• Ron barely passed Transfiguration with Vincent’s help, then failed to turn a desk into a pig and blamed his wand.
• McGonagall introduced Vincent to Josen Smith, Cleansweep Broom Company’s chief designer, who found that Vincent’s magic had reinforced the broom’s flight mechanisms.
• Vincent flew the broom while Josen recorded its speed, turning, and stopping performance, and Josen decided to hire him as a test pilot.
• Vincent accepted the offer, and Josen agreed to refurbish the broom before Saturday using McGonagall’s red-and-gold lion-themed design.
• Vincent named the restored broom Rascal Rabbit, and McGonagall hinted she knew about his tricks around the castle.

At the Halloween feast, Trelawney became drunk and delivered a genuine prophecy that alarmed Dumbledore and Snape. Vincent worried about its meaning, while Hermione noticed his unease and the students realized Dementors had reached the school gates.

• Nearly Headless Nick performed his head-throwing act, frightening several students at the feast.
• Trelawney got drunk on sherry and began speaking about a terrifying future, prompting McGonagall to lead her away.
• Trelawney fell into a prophetic trance and foretold that the true Dark Lord would grow stronger and destroy the Wizarding World's order.
• Dumbledore and Snape hurried away with the unconscious Trelawney, while Vincent remained troubled by the prophecy.
• Hermione noticed Vincent's hidden concern, and the students shivered when she identified the cause as Dementors at the school gates.

Vincent exposed Quirrell’s feigned cowardice in Defense Against the Dark Arts, prompting Quirrell to reveal his true confidence and teach the Shield Charm. The lesson’s revelations spread through Hogwarts, while Cedric and Rolf suspected Vincent’s question had been part of a plan.

• Quirrell admitted he had been pretending to be timid after Vincent said he had suspected the truth since their first class.
• Quirrell taught the Shield Charm, explained how nonverbal casting weakened it, and offered points to students who managed to cast it.
• Hermione succeeded after twenty-seven attempts, Vincent produced a large barrier, and Draco struggled to cast the spell.
• Quirrell left class, and news of his revelation quickly spread through the castle.
• Cedric and Rolf discussed Vincent’s question and wondered whether he and the Weasley twins were behind the strange noises near the kitchen.

Vincent skipped History of Magic to buy potion ingredients in Hogsmeade and spent the day brewing a Sense Enhancing Potion. The chapter ended with Draco refusing to apologize and challenging Vincent to defeat him.

• Vincent skipped History of Magic and bought potion ingredients, including Doxy Venom, from a Hogsmeade shop.
• Vincent discovered the Doxy Venom was nearly expired and failed several attempts to brew a potion while his roommates returned from class.
• Vincent successfully brewed a Sense Enhancing Potion and divided it into five bottles.
• Draco confronted Vincent outside the Great Hall, refused to apologize, and challenged him to a contest in any field.
• Vincent accepted Draco's challenge as he entered the Great Hall.

After Dumbledore defeated Quirrell and Voldemort escaped Hogwarts, he reassured Vincent and the other students and explained why the Ministry might conceal Voldemort’s return. The students gathered in the restored Headmaster’s Office, where they learned Voldemort’s real name was Tom and discovered Snape had been rewarded with valuable Acromantula venom; Vincent and the twins then began plotting something.

• Dumbledore stopped Quirrell’s fall after Voldemort escaped, and he told Vincent that Quirrell had already gone beyond Hogwarts’s sensing range.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had returned and warned that Cornelius Fudge would likely suppress the news to protect his position.
• Dumbledore checked that Anna and Hermione were safe, praised the students’ courage, and explained that he had kept Quirrell from waking until the Ministry arrived.
• The students returned to the restored Headmaster’s Office, where Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort’s real name was Tom and explained that speaking the name Voldemort could reveal a person’s location.
• Dumbledore told the students that Snape had offered to send the Acromantulas back to the Forbidden Forest, and Vincent realized Snape would profit from their valuable venom.
• Vincent sat up with renewed interest, and the twins grinned as Hermione, Cedric, and Rolf sensed that trouble was brewing.

Vincent found that the book Secrets of the Darkest Art did not affect him, realizing Dumbledore had been testing his resistance to soul magic. Dumbledore took him to the entrance to the Flamel home, where Fudge, Umbridge, Kingsley, several Aurors, and Alastor Moody arrived for a serious assignment.

• Vincent dreamed of destroying Voldemort and wondered whether binding a soul could prevent his resurrection.
• Vincent entered Dumbledore's office and opened Secrets of the Darkest Art, but the Sorting Hat confirmed that soul-targeting magic did not work on him.
• Dumbledore appeared and called the book a final test, explaining that he wanted Vincent to be more cautious about Tom's condition than he had been.
• Dumbledore Side-Along Apparated Vincent to the entrance of Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel's home.
• Fudge, Umbridge, Kingsley, four Aurors, and Alastor Moody arrived, and Moody announced that the assignment would be his last before retiring.

Dumbledore visited Nicolas and Perenelle, admired Vincent’s Gunblade and saw its enchanted bullets in action. At Hogwarts, the Black Swan Club completed a batch of Polyjuice Potion using Wayne’s hair, and Higgs discovered that it tasted like several meats and dried fish.

• Dumbledore found Nicolas and Perenelle, who showed him Vincent’s Gunblade and explained that Ansgar Merovingian had once pursued Perenelle and taught her wandmaking.
• Vincent demonstrated an Orichalcum Bullet engraved with Magical Circuits, which burned the target’s bullseye.
• Dumbledore asked Nicolas to provide Hogwarts with Magical Automatons for defense, and Nicolas agreed.
• At Hogwarts, Alger Bulstrode finished brewing Polyjuice Potion after forty-six days and divided it into five bottles.
• Higgs added Wayne’s hair to the potion and tasted it, finding that it resembled fried pork, lamb, beef, and dried fish.

Vincent visited Nicolas and Perenelle, then used an alchemical telescope to spot Luna Lovegood watching him from her home. Luna later told her father that she had sensed a magical person, while Nicolas explained that Luna could vaguely detect extraordinary things.

• Vincent ate an elaborate lunch with Nicolas, Perenelle, and Dumbledore, teasing Dumbledore by taking another macaron.
• Vincent asked Nicolas to point out the Weasley and Diggory homes from the top floor, and Nicolas showed him St. Catchpole.
• Vincent spotted the Lovegood home, a strange metal building shaped like a black chess piece, and saw Luna staring directly at him through his telescope.
• Nicolas identified the girl as Luna Lovegood and explained that she had a rare talent for sensing extraordinary things vaguely.
• Luna searched for the magical person she had sensed, then told Xenophilius Lovegood that she thought she had found one.

Vincent completed his Mithril Gunblade after twenty-two days and 307 failures, then tested it with Nicolas in a Mithril-lined laboratory. After comparing several unusual bullets, he loaded a prototype designed to reproduce Uru Metal’s properties, leaving the outcome of the test unresolved.

• Vincent activated the Gunblade’s Magical Runes and successfully completed the weapon.
• Nicolas showed Vincent the Mithril testing chamber and explained that its internal framework was made from Mithril.
• Nicolas provided bullets made from orichalcum, Adamantium, silver-iron, and an extraterrestrial ore for Vincent to test.
• Vincent discovered that the Gunblade’s recoil varied with the bullets’ properties, and the extraterrestrial ore bullet pierced the Mithril wall.
• Nicolas revealed a rough prototype intended to reproduce Uru Metal’s properties, and Vincent loaded it into the Gunblade.

Vincent learned about Mithril, a magical silver material, and received some to make an Alchemical Item before the holiday ended. Nicolas showed him a Mithril tool-glove and revealed that the Voynich Manuscript had been written by his old friend, whose later research had become dangerously obsessive.

• Nicolas explained that Mithril was made from a silver mine and could be shaped freely, but its strength depended on magical power.
• Vincent tested a Mithril sword against a rod and learned that even Albus Dumbledore could barely cut the material.
• Nicolas gave Vincent the remaining Mithril to craft one Alchemical Item before the holiday ended.
• Vincent tried Nicolas’s Mithril ring and discovered that it transformed into a glove and then into different tools.
• Nicolas used magic to translate his manuscript and said the Voynich Manuscript had been left by an old friend who became obsessed after his wife died in an accident.

Vincent learned that Dumbledore had arranged for Nicolas to teach him and discovered why Dumbledore cared about Harry. After seeing Trelawney’s prophecy in Dumbledore’s memory, Vincent feared that he himself might be the protagonist of another prophecy.

• Vincent suspected Nicolas had skipped the first six steps of alchemy after learning that Dumbledore had recommended him.
• Dumbledore arrived early, and Vincent asked whether Harry’s connection to Voldemort explained the professor’s concern for him.
• Dumbledore showed Vincent his memory of Trelawney delivering the prophecy about the child destined to confront Voldemort.
• Dumbledore explained that the prophecy led Voldemort to attack the Potter family, where his own Killing Curse destroyed his body.
• Vincent connected the mentors named in a separate prophecy to Nicolas and Dumbledore, and wondered whether he was its protagonist.

Vincent learned that the Waynes had survived a disturbance caused by Dark wizards, but Eric had spent the family’s savings and maxed out three cards while drunk. Back at Hogwarts, Vincent was welcomed by Gryffindor and the Owl Court, and he prepared for a common-room party while plotting against Black Swan.

• Vincent read Evelyn’s letter and learned that Auror Ninel Ovich Ostolovsky had helped Eric and Evelyn after Dark wizards caused trouble, but Eric had run up large debts.
• Vincent told James, Alfred, and Neville that he had become a second-generation debtor, and Neville comforted him.
• James told Vincent that seventh-year Higgs had turned into an owl-man after mistaking owl feathers for hair, and Alfred, James, and Neville joined Vincent in kicking Black Swan’s door.
• Hermione arrived with card packs, and Fred and George welcomed Vincent with magical fireworks as the Gryffindors applauded him.
• Vincent announced a twenty-percent discount on card packs and a common-room party, which was postponed until after dinner.
• As the students prepared for the party, Vincent suggested tearing down Black Swan’s damaged door, and Hermione told him he could go ahead without her.