Chapter Summaries

Vincent watched Draco provoke the Gryffindors in class and lose a flying contest to Harry, while Quirrell prepared a distraction in the Forbidden Forest for the Halloween feast. Quirrell and Voldemort planned to use a troll and a Graphorn as part of their scheme.

• Quirrell announced self-study during Defense Against the Dark Arts, then deducted thirty points from Gryffindor after Draco and Ron traded insults.
• Draco challenged Harry during flying class, but Harry overtook him and won the contest while Vincent teased him.
• Quirrell secretly entered the Forbidden Forest and met Voldemort, who said one troll would not cause enough chaos.
• Quirrell found a tiny troll and ordered it to guard the stairs, then headed deeper into the forest to use a Graphorn.

Vincent reunited with Kenny, who apologized and thanked him before challenging him to a boxing match. After Vincent won, Kenny invited him to join the group in observing a Furaikan during their vacation, and Vincent learned about Kenny and Rinne’s history.

• Kenny visited Vincent with Jennifer and the others, apologized for his earlier behavior, thanked him, and asked for a friendly exchange.
• Vincent accepted Kenny’s invitation to box, and the two fought for nearly an hour before Vincent won through superior stamina.
• Kenny invited Vincent to observe a Furaikan, a Fantastic Beast associated with typhoons, and explained that the group hoped to earn graduation credits by researching it.
• Vincent learned that Rinne attended Mahoutokoro and that she and Kenny had met during the Polacchi Examination, where Kenny accidentally burned a hole in her robe.

Lucius Malfoy visited the Ministry of Magic to meet Minister Fudge, offering a valuable gift and urging him to reconsider a proposal. The chapter ended with Fudge agreeing to consider it after Lucius hinted at making a generous donation.

• Snape searched Hogwarts for the missing children but found no trace of them, while the children had already returned to their dormitories.
• Lucius Malfoy arrived at the Ministry of Magic and encountered Arthur Weasley, who warned him that he had applied to investigate items connected to Dark Magic.
• Lucius dismissed Arthur’s warning and went to meet Minister Fudge in his office.
• After Fudge’s enchanted tea made their conversation confidential, Lucius presented him with a small box and discussed Voldemort’s return.
• Lucius renewed his proposal to Fudge and offered financial support, prompting Fudge to agree to consider how to proceed.

Vincent defeated Draco in a Great Hall duel, then stood his ground after Draco insulted him with a slur against Muggle-borns. Snape took Draco away while McGonagall summoned Vincent, and Voldemort told Quirrell to ensure Vincent would not become an obstacle.

• Vincent disarmed Draco with Expelliarmus, winning their duel in front of the students.
• Draco charged Vincent and called him a Mudblood, prompting Percy, Alfred, Ron, Fred, George, and others to rush into the ensuing fight.
• Vincent explained that the duel showed bloodline did not determine magical ability, while Cedric explained that Mudblood was a deeply insulting term.
• Ron kicked Draco as the fight continued, until Snape and McGonagall arrived and stopped the students.
• Snape dragged Draco away, and McGonagall asked Vincent to accompany her.
• Voldemort criticized Quirrell for his handling of Vincent and warned him to make sure Vincent did not become an obstacle.

Vincent survived Voldemort’s Killing Curse and used the Sword of Gryffindor to cut down Quirrell and disarm Voldemort. Dumbledore arrived to confront the Dark Lord, who fled through a window as black mist with the Yew Wand.

• Vincent opened his eyes after surviving the Killing Curse, and Cedric pretended to help Voldemort before casting Expelliarmus at him.
• Vincent slashed Quirrell with the Sword of Gryffindor, then cut through Voldemort’s Killing Curse.
• The twins distracted Voldemort with brilliant light while Cedric and Rolf raised a stone pillar for Vincent; a Stunning Spell from the Headmaster’s Office let Vincent cut off Voldemort’s wand hand.
• Voldemort turned into black mist and attacked Vincent with a giant snake, but Dumbledore arrived and blocked the attack with red flame.
• Dumbledore froze Voldemort’s black-mist snakes with the Elder Wand, and Voldemort escaped through a tower window with the Yew Wand.

Fred and George’s revenge on Snape led to a smoke-bomb invasion of Slytherin, while Vincent investigated Quirrell’s altered appearance with Hermione and prepared to test a new broom. The chapter ended with Josen agreeing to add an expensive anti-curse coating to Harry Potter’s broom.

• Fred and George spread the story that Snape had been beaten, then told Cedric their team had two secret weapons.
• Fred and George’s smoke bombs filled the Slytherin dormitories, and Snape failed to enter Gryffindor Tower because he did not know the password.
• Snape scrutinized the students during Potions Class but found no fault with Fred and George’s work, while Lee Jordan and the twins discussed another prank.
• Vincent skipped class with Hermione and used the Marauder’s Map to track Quirrell, whose name appeared as Two-Face and whose skin looked corpse-pale.
• Hermione agreed to keep watch at night while Vincent handled his other commitments, and Vincent went with Josen to test a new broom.
• Josen explained that the anti-curse coating cost about five hundred Galleons, and Vincent arranged for it to be added to Harry Potter’s broom for free.

Vincent competed against Bane in a marksmanship contest before the centaur tribe, with Chief Magorian witnessing the match. After three shots, Vincent’s bullets and Bane’s arrows collided near the target, leaving the outcome unsettled.

• Bane challenged Vincent to a contest, and Vincent agreed after securing a promise that each could make a request of the other.
• Magorian arrived and recognized Vincent as the person who had saved Silvio, explaining that Silvio’s blessing would protect him from true danger.
• Magorian blessed Bane with a traditional herb mixture and declared the contest official, while Hagrid explained the centaurs’ customs.
• Vincent and Bane each took three shots at a small target, with Vincent’s Orichalcum Bullets repeatedly passing through the same narrow path.
• Bane’s third arrow and Vincent’s third bullet collided, and Magorian saw the target largely destroyed with the contest’s result unclear.

Neville escaped Pansy and Daphne by accidentally blinding them with his Flash Spell, prompting Draco’s group to plan to steal a hair from Vincent for a Polyjuice scheme. After hearing Neville’s account, Vincent grew curious about the creatures in the Black Lake and considered exploring it.

• Pansy tried to curse Neville as revenge for what Vincent had done to Draco, but Neville accidentally blinded her and Daphne with his Flash Spell and escaped.
• Draco’s group discussed challenging Vincent to a public duel, then decided Higgs would use a Disillusionment Charm to steal one of Vincent’s hairs for a Polyjuice Potion disguise.
• Vincent and Hermione returned to Hogwarts and heard Neville recount how Pansy and Daphne had cornered him.
• Vincent asked about the Black Lake, and Neville listed some of the magical creatures that lived in it.
• Vincent decided he might explore the Black Lake and test whether Transfiguration could make a small hole.

Vincent and his friends devised a plan to evade Snape’s nighttime patrol, and Vincent confronted him in the Great Hall using a Batman suit, smoke bombs, and enhancement potions. The fight left Vincent revealed only as a huge bat-shaped outline in the spreading smoke.

• Fred, George, Hermione, Cedric, and Rolf planned to meet in the kitchen while Vincent set out to distract Snape.
• Rolf told Hermione that his great-aunt was Queenie Kowalski and that his great-uncle was ninety-three and had attended Nicolas Flamel’s birthday party.
• Vincent entered the Great Hall invisibly and threw smoke bombs to draw Snape toward the doors.
• Vincent drank enhancement potions, outmaneuvered Snape with more smoke and a flash of light, and grabbed Snape’s wand.
• Snape cast a Shield Charm and Homenum Revelio, revealing Vincent’s vague, bat-shaped outline in the smoke.

Draco endured several unpleasant dishes at dinner before learning that Gryffindor had managed to obtain better food from the kitchen. He and his companions planned to use Polyjuice Potion to impersonate Vincent, while Marcus warned that Wayne was trying to isolate the pure-blood Slytherins.

• Vincent teased Draco about the names and flavors of the dishes, and Draco gagged after trying Justin's black pudding.
• Draco ate a filled meatball and desserts until Rolf's remarks about Cedric's half-cooked haggis made him vomit.
• Marcus and Blaise joined Draco, but the three found the remaining food unappealing as Gryffindors cooked food in large pots nearby.
• Cedric returned to the Great Hall, explaining that Madam Pomfrey had cured his stomach trouble.
• Draco gave Higgs an alchemical preservation box for the Polyjuice Potion ingredients, and Higgs planned to collect Vincent's hair in a month.
• Marcus warned Draco that Wayne was dividing Slytherin, and Draco concluded Wayne intended to isolate the pure-bloods.

Vincent proposed entering the car business, but Eric decided the Wayne family could fund a Bugatti acquisition by returning to arms dealing. At King's Cross, Draco showed off his new Silver Serpent broom while Vincent boarded the Hogwarts Express, intending to deal with him later.

• Vincent showed Eric and Evelyn a supercar design and discussed acquiring Bugatti, but Eric worried about the costs and risks of the industry.
• Vincent reminded Eric that he was an Alchemist, and Eric considered using the Wayne family's old arms-dealing connections to raise money for Bugatti.
• At King's Cross, Draco showed off his custom Silver Serpent broom to the gathered students and watched Vincent pass by.
• Vincent joined his friends in compartment W, where he said Draco was begging to be beaten and that he planned to let him enjoy a few days first.

McGonagall and the other professors split up to search Hogwarts for the Basilisk while Snape and Vincent pursued Voldemort outside the castle. Vincent prepared a flashy owl decoy to lure Voldemort out, and the chapter ended as Gu Gu’s amplified cry rang through the castle.

• McGonagall concluded that Voldemort had returned and ordered the professors to protect the children while searching for the Basilisk.
• McGonagall took Harry and Hermione, Sprout took Cedric and Rolf, and the professors warned the children not to act before the group gathered.
• Vincent and Snape flew around Hogwarts on Rascal Rabbit, checking for signs of trouble and discussing how to waste Voldemort’s time.
• Vincent fetched Gu Gu, dressed the owl in a bright costume, and prepared a prototype sniper rifle as part of his plan to bait Voldemort.
• Vincent hung Gu Gu beneath Rascal Rabbit, and Gu Gu used the Amplifying Charm to send its cry across the castle.

Vincent and the professors kept watch in the Great Hall after Tom escaped, while the Acromantula threat was driven back and the captured Basilisk became leverage against him. As dawn approached, Vincent left to get some air and spotted Lockhart retreating into a stairwell.

• Vincent reconsidered Lockhart's suspicious behavior and wondered whether he had helped Tom, while Hermione asked whether Tom had returned.
• The professors and students drove back several waves of Acromantulas, and Sprout left the Great Hall to oversee the remaining guards.
• McGonagall, Snape, and Flitwick returned from the Forbidden Forest with the living Basilisk secured in a bottle, and Vincent agreed that the professors could use it as leverage against Tom.
• Hermione reassured the students that the professors would protect them, while Draco mocked her and the others before leaving.
• Vincent got McGonagall's permission to leave the Great Hall for fresh air, then saw a figure in a gold-embroidered white cloak retreating into a stairwell.

Rita Skeeter’s article recast the conflict between Black Swan and Owl Court as a staged misunderstanding, and Blaise responded by vowing to crush Wayne’s Gwent business. The chapter then revealed Viktor D. Brad in a Diagon Alley card shop, sending an encrypted message to Vida Rosier in France.

• Hermione and Daphne read Rita Skeeter’s article, which described the Black Swan attack and the presidents’ apparent reconciliation as a misunderstanding.
• Blaise vowed to make Wayne pay and proposed using his family’s wealth to undercut Gwent and shut down Owl Court.
• Draco and Pansy tried to dissuade Blaise, while Daphne worried that a price war could let Vincent profit by buying up Wizard Cards.
• At a dim shop on Diagon Alley South Street, Viktor D. Brad read a letter marked with a question mark and assessed its secrecy and power.
• Viktor wrote an encrypted message to Vida Rosier, signed it, and sealed it with a Deathly Hallows symbol made from his blood.

Vincent subdued the snake during Lockhart’s dueling demonstration, then gathered his friends to prepare to fight the Basilisk. The Sorting Hat revealed that Salazar Slytherin had raised several baby Basilisks, and Vincent learned that only one survived.

• Vincent grabbed the black snake and repeatedly struck its tail against the stage until it was too weak to threaten anyone.
• The students realized Harry could speak Parseltongue, while Vincent left the Great Hall with friends to plan how to defeat the Basilisk.
• Vincent and his companions entered Dumbledore’s office to take the Sword of Gryffindor, but found Dumbledore absent and left with the Sorting Hat.
• Vincent questioned the Sorting Hat about the Chamber of Secrets, and it connected Moaning Myrtle’s death to a Basilisk raised by Salazar Slytherin.
• The Sorting Hat told Vincent that Slytherin had raised several baby Basilisks, but only one had survived.

After Higgs transformed into an owl because Bole’s Polyjuice Potion had been tampered with, Draco’s group planned to lure Vincent into an isolated meeting. Meanwhile, Vincent made Orichalcum Bullets in Devon before joining the Flamels and Dumbledore for food and a game of Gwent.

• Higgs transformed into an owl, and Draco realized he had used one of Wayne’s owl feathers in the Polyjuice Potion.
• Bole suspected Wayne had tampered with the potion, while Draco decided Daphne should write to Vincent and arrange a meeting somewhere deserted.
• Draco claimed he had countless plans, and Bole worried that Vincent knew their every move and began thinking about brewing another batch.
• Vincent finished making twenty Orichalcum Bullets and found Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel playing Gwent.
• Vincent ate a baguette with Perenelle Flamel and joked that its hardness made it a weapon in disguise.

Vincent questioned Dumbledore about Snape, the Wizarding World, and the Ministry’s corruption while continuing his work on the Orichalcum Bullet. Dumbledore warned him to look beyond Hogwarts, approved his school tournament application, and told him he had been awarded a Second Class Order of Merlin.

• Dumbledore took Vincent away and praised him as an unusually inscrutable and capable student.
• Vincent accused Snape of leaking the Sorcerer’s Stone secret, and Dumbledore explained that Snape had known Harry’s mother since childhood and regretted past mistakes.
• Vincent questioned Dumbledore about the Wizarding World, and Dumbledore warned that power was corrosive and said Fudge had grown close to suspicious people.
• Dumbledore explained the Pensieve and said he would speak with Snape after school began.
• Dumbledore told Vincent that his Order of Merlin had passed review, but the Wizengamot had awarded him Second Class because he was too young.

A flaw in the Japanese Wizard Card batch caused merchants to panic and brought Lucius’s allies to his manor to demand answers. They blamed Lucius, Wayne, and Dumbledore for the crisis, then agreed that they had to rush the rollout and recover what wealth they could.

• A report revealed that Wizard Cards shattered after repeated transformations, alarming merchants and drawing crowds to the Black Swan Wizard Card Houses.
• Franz Flint accused Lucius of causing the crisis by accelerating the Wizard Card plan, while Argus Parkinson questioned whether the Japanese factory was at fault.
• Lucius warned the gathered families that they would be slaughtered if Voldemort returned and revealed that Yamamoto Tsukumo’s magical contract might have been forged.
• Lucretia Zabini suspected Vincent had schemed against them, but the group concluded that Dumbledore was behind the trap after learning Wayne had met world leaders at Nicolas Flamel’s funeral.
• Lucius urged the others to complete the rollout quickly and harvest whatever wealth they could before their enemies ruined them.

Vincent and his friends finished skiing down Mount Fuji after meeting photographer Giovanni Gastaire, who invited Vincent to work as a model. On the descent, Vincent planned to deliberately injure himself near the Abe Family to force them to respond to his provocations.

• Giovanni Gastaire photographed Vincent, offered him modeling work, and took a group photo with the children.
• Vincent and his friends put their ski gear back on and began skiing down the mountain as night approached.
• James suggested Vincent make calling cards, while Kenny questioned why he had declined Giovanni's offer; Vincent said he still needed to attend Hogwarts.
• Rinne warned Vincent that he had provoked the Abe Family twice, and Vincent said he planned to crash into something near them so they could not ignore his injury.
• Hermione and Daphne joined the conversation and understood that Vincent intended to force the Abe Family to take a public stance.

Vincent visited Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel, learned about their Magical Automatons and circuits, and returned the Sorcerer’s Stone. Nicolas showed him a prophecy in which Voldemort destroyed their home, then revealed that he and Perenelle planned to fake their deaths and destroy the Stone.

• Nicolas showed Vincent his alchemical reception room and explained the capabilities and limits of his Magical Automatons.
• Vincent returned the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Nicolas explained that he had moved it after seeing a prophecy of danger at his home.
• Nicolas showed Vincent a vision of Voldemort breaking into the building and destroying it with dark magic.
• Nicolas said he and Perenelle had decided to disappear and destroy the Sorcerer’s Stone.