Chapter Summaries

Vincent and Hermione researched the Triwizard Tournament and discussed how to stop Dumbledore from making Vincent compete. They took twenty-three Matagots out of the French Ministry of Magic and spent their lunch break feeding and playing with them in Paris.

• Vincent and Hermione learned that the Triwizard Tournament was dangerous and that Hogwarts had the most victories, while Durmstrang had never won.
• Hermione worried that Dumbledore would force Vincent to compete, and she and Vincent discussed tampering with the Goblet of Fire to thwart him.
• Vincent cast a Muggle-Repelling Charm over the Matagots, then took Hermione and the cats out of the French Ministry of Magic.
• Vincent rented a restaurant near Place Furstenberg and cooked a meal for the twenty-three Matagots while curious onlookers watched.
• Vincent and Hermione played catch with the Matagots after they ate, and Hermione joined the cats as they eagerly followed her.

Vincent agreed to make a Pensieve if Sirius's family vault held useful materials, while Dumbledore's gathering assessed Vincent and Hermione's potential and loyalty. Vincent created a compact memory-playback component, and Harry remained troubled by the merpeople's attack during the second task.

• Sirius offered materials from the Black Family vault, and Vincent agreed to check whether they were useful for making a Pensieve.
• After Vincent and Hermione left, Snape criticized Vincent, while Lupin, McGonagall, and Moody praised both students; Dumbledore said Vincent was reliable.
• Vincent integrated Pensieve memory playback into a small Magical Communicator add-on that could also reproduce an immersive projection.
• At the Owl Court Club celebration, Harry worried that the merpeople had attacked him reluctantly but dangerously, and Ron urged him to eat and stop overthinking.

Dumbledore agreed to suspend Snape pending an investigation after Vincent argued that it would protect the school’s standing and help Gryffindor’s House Cup chances. In Transfiguration class, Hermione helped Harry and Ron learn to make their creations move, while Vincent guided Neville in making a dancing figure that looked like Snape.

• Dumbledore recalled how Vincent persuaded him to suspend Snape pending an investigation, then returned to the Headmaster’s Office and recounted the West Tower incident to the former headmasters.
• As final exams approached, McGonagall let her students study independently during Transfiguration.
• Hermione explained how to make transformed objects move and guided Ron and Harry as they practiced with parchment figures.
• Harry and Ron both succeeded, and Harry was relieved that he could keep his friendship with Ron while learning from Hermione.
• Vincent helped Neville make a little black figure dance, and McGonagall recognized its resemblance to Snape.

Harry suspected Sirius Black was watching him at night, so Vincent rushed with him to investigate. They discovered the watcher was Little Black, who eagerly befriended Harry, and the group left relieved that Sirius was not there.

• Harry told Vincent about the feeling that someone watched him every night, and Vincent feared Sirius Black had entered the school.
• Vincent and Harry flew to the pitch, where Harry sensed the watcher nearby and identified Little Black.
• Vincent repeatedly cast Revealing Charms but found no hidden intruder, while Little Black let Harry pet him and licked his hand.
• Hermione and Ron arrived, and Harry explained the misunderstanding; he then admitted he was frightened by the thought of facing Sirius Black.

Snape took over Lupin’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class and clashed with Hermione and Vincent over his decision to teach werewolves. He then shifted the lesson to Dementors, leaving the class facing a disturbing illustration.

• Snape penalized Harry and Ron for arriving late and criticized Lupin’s teaching.
• Snape announced that the class would study werewolves, prompting Hermione to object that the subject was too advanced.
• Vincent defended Hermione and challenged Snape’s teaching approach, citing Hogwarts Staff Regulations.
• Snape ordered Vincent to sit down, then changed the lesson to Dementors and displayed an illustration of one.

The International Confederation of Wizards delegation arrived in Britain to review the case against the pure-blood supremacists, while the Ministry of Magic presented its own version of events. Vincent insisted that following the rules mattered, but Hermione suspected he planned to act privately, especially after she mentioned that Uncle Lestrange had returned from Germany.

• Daphne reassured Hermione that Vincent had already dealt the pure-blood supremacists a serious blow, and Hermione accepted that the Ministry might need to be rebuilt from scratch.
• On May 15, Dumbledore brought Babajide Akingbade and the other Confederation delegates to the Ministry of Magic, where Fudge presented documents that omitted the supposed mysterious force for justice.
• Babajide questioned the rushed hearing and inspected the interrogation rooms, then asked Fudge to let the delegates see the seventeen victims.
• Vincent told Hermione that the Ministry’s attitude toward the delegation mattered more than who had caught the criminals, and he said he needed to keep his public record clean as a youth representative nominee.
• Hermione suggested Vincent might act privately and revealed that Uncle Lestrange had returned from Germany.

Draco returned to Hagrid’s lesson and disrupted the Hippogriff feeding by throwing buckets of bugs into the air, causing a brief frenzy. Hagrid calmed the creatures and ended class, leaving the students filthy and the troublemakers due for punishment.

• After Reeves dropped Draco off, Ron mocked him for having been frightened during the flight.
• Hagrid taught the students how to feed Hippogriffs, and Vincent demonstrated by feeding Reeves a small handful of bugs.
• Hermione overcame her disgust and fed Glynnis, earning three points for Gryffindor.
• Neville and Ron fed Hippogriffs, while Harry encouraged Ron to try.
• Draco returned with Crabbe and Goyle, then threw a bucket of bugs into the air; Pansy and Blaise Zabini followed, and the Hippogriffs devoured all the scattered food.
• Hagrid restrained Cooper and Lucas, ended the lesson, and left the culprits to face punishment.

Harry celebrated his birthday with the Waynes and the Weasleys, receiving gifts that made him happier than ever. Meanwhile, Fudge and Scrimgeour organized a covert search of Little Whinging for the suspicious person believed to be after Harry.

• Arthur left Bill and Charlie with Vincent, and they helped decorate Harry's room while keeping watch for hidden intruders.
• Harry opened Eric's fitness equipment, Evelyn's body-fat scale, and Vincent's self-adjusting glasses, which let him see clearly without his old glasses.
• Fudge and Scrimgeour discussed the suspicious person at the Dursleys' home and ordered Aurors to search Little Whinging in disguise.
• George tried to prank Vincent and Charlie with cake but failed, then hit Dudley, who happily licked the cream from his hand.
• The guests set off small fireworks in the Dursleys' living room, and Arthur repaired the scorch marks with magic.

Vincent teased Draco after sabotaging the Slytherin dormitory, then attended his first Divination class with Professor Trelawney. The class began with Trelawney’s ominous predictions about Neville’s grandmother and Parvati’s warning about a red-haired man.

• Vincent returned to the dormitory after staying awake all night and refused to tell James, Neville, or Alfred what he had been doing.
• Draco and his friends blamed Vincent for covering their dormitory carpet with touch-triggered sticky swamp, and Draco vowed the school would reject Vincent’s School Board Member position when he came of age.
• Vincent arrived early at the Divination Classroom and sat at the front before Professor Trelawney emerged from the shadows.
• Trelawney questioned Neville about his grandmother and warned him not to assume she was well.
• Trelawney warned Parvati to beware of a red-haired man, prompting Parvati to move away from Ron.

Harry felt helpless after facing Sirius Black and worried about being a Horcrux, while Vincent, Hermione, Ron, and Harry visited Jormungandr and Little Black for a barbecue. The evening ended with Vincent noticing Harry’s troubled mood and asking what was on his mind.

• Harry felt shaken after facing Sirius Black, and Ron and Little Black tried to comfort him.
• Vincent invited Hermione, Harry, and Ron to visit Jormungandr, while Little Black stayed close to Harry protectively.
• Vincent and Hermione grilled food for Jormungandr and Little Black, then taught Harry and Ron how to barbecue.
• Harry worried that he was one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes and doubted his ability to master Occlumency.
• Vincent noticed Harry was troubled and asked him what was on his mind.

Vincent and Hermione escaped the werewolf leader’s grasp, but the wounded lanky werewolf fought to protect them until Vincent used an enhanced Blasting Curse to bring the leader down. With more werewolves approaching and Vincent exhausted, Hermione took up the Gunblade and prepared to defend them.

• The lanky werewolf attacked the leader long enough for Hermione to rescue Vincent, then clung to the leader’s leg as he was beaten.
• Vincent and Hermione used his suitcase and Alder Wand to cast an enhanced Blasting Curse that engulfed the werewolf leader in explosions.
• Howls and running footsteps revealed that more werewolves were approaching while Vincent was too drained to move.
• Hermione retrieved the Gunblade, followed Vincent’s instructions, and fired an Orichalcum Bullet into a nearby tree.

The Wayne family visited Grandpa Wayne, where Vincent introduced Gu Gu and revealed that he attended Hogwarts. The grandparents learned that magic was real after Vincent demonstrated it with his wand.

• Eric drove Vincent and Evelyn to Edward Wayne's home in Surrey, where a pack of dogs rushed to greet them.
• Vincent reunited with the Golden Retrievers and introduced Gu Gu, his letter-delivering owl, to Edward and Grandma Wayne.
• Eric told his parents that Vincent attended Hogwarts, a magic school with nearly a thousand years of history.
• Vincent showed his grandparents his wand and conjured a blazing flame, proving that magic was real.

Vincent brought Hermione dinner, then joined Eric for whiskey and a private conversation at the hotel rooftop bar. He promised his father he would eventually explain his serious worries, but kept the details to himself.

• Vincent delivered seafood fried rice and grilled skewers to Hermione, and they ate together in her room.
• Eric invited Vincent to the rooftop bar, where they shared whiskey and food.
• Eric said Hermione had told his parents that Vincent drank with Sirius Black, and Vincent admitted he did not blame her for sharing details about his life.
• Vincent told Eric that some things were much more serious than his argument with Vincent's mother and promised to explain everything someday.
• After their conversation warmed up, Eric recounted how his wife had become angry when he praised every outfit she tried on.

Hermione explored Vincent's room with Gu Gu and discovered his advanced alchemical designs and hidden belongings. She left the room convinced the Draco body pillow was a punching bag and used it to vent her feelings.

• Vincent left Hermione and Gu Gu in his room while he went to change.
• Hermione found snacks in Vincent's desk drawer and a notebook filled with advanced alchemical device designs.
• Gu Gu pointed Hermione toward the space under Vincent's bed, where she found a briefcase containing miniature rockets and returned it.
• Gu Gu brought out adult magazines, and Hermione blushed after seeing their covers.
• Gu Gu dragged out a body pillow with Draco printed on it, and Hermione decided it was a punching bag and punched it repeatedly.

Snape brutally taught Harry Occlumency, exposing painful memories before Harry passed out. Meanwhile, Vincent promoted Gwent with a magical advertisement and overseas newspaper placements, leaving Hermione and the Weasley twins reacting to his ruthless business plans.

• Snape invaded Harry’s mind repeatedly during Occlumency practice, forcing him to relive memories and criticizing his recklessness before Harry collapsed.
• Snape stored extracted memories in a vial and added it to a cabinet full of memory vials.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Vincent’s transforming Magical Runes advertisement had appeared above Diagon Alley, drawing attention away from Wizard Cards before Gwent’s launch.
• Cho fed Gu Gu pieces of pork chop and promised an all-you-can-eat field mouse meal if Gwent’s sales met their target.
• Vincent explained that Gwent’s overseas newspaper placements and limited daily card sales were designed to build demand and preserve the value of rare cards.
• Fred and George asked Vincent to teach them business, while Hermione doubted their confidence and pointed out the Wayne family supermarket was struggling.

Viktor Krum attacked Harry, Pheobe, and Draco under the influence of the pink mist, but Harry stunned him and he and Draco seized the Triwizard Cup. The Cup transported them to a distant cemetery, where a hooded figure approached carrying a baby.

• Krum choked Pheobe and cast the Cruciatus Curse on Harry and Draco.
• Harry stunned Krum, and he and Draco found Pheobe unconscious but alive.
• Harry and Draco raced to the Triwizard Cup and grabbed it together.
• The Cup transported Harry and Draco to an unfamiliar cemetery, where they realized the tournament's dangers had been deliberately arranged.
• A hooded figure approached Harry and Draco carrying a baby wrapped in old clothes.

Death Eaters attacked the camp with explosions and Fiendfyre, but Vincent calmed the survivors and Dumbledore secretly marked the attackers. When Vincent learned their location, he flew after them, determined to make them pay.

• Sirius and Lupin fought to contain the Fiendfyre and rushed toward another explosion as the camp came under attack.
• Vincent used the Magical Projection to expose and extinguish the Fiendfyre, then rallied the camp to rescue the injured and search for the Death Eaters.
• Vincent uploaded a looping recording and found Dumbledore, who revealed that he had marked four fleeing Death Eaters.
• Vincent argued that Dumbledore's cautious plan would let Tom evade discovery and demanded to know where the marked group had gone.
• Dumbledore told Vincent that the Death Eaters were southwest near the Anti-Apparition ward, and Vincent took off after them.

Jorkins began an indefinite vacation in Albania after Bagman approved her leave, while Tonks was assigned to the Special Squad for Quidditch World Cup crowd control. Tonks broke up a confrontation among England supporters and took several fans into custody.

• Jorkins found an approved leave slip dated July 10 and remembered that she had mentioned visiting her cousin in Albania to Bagman.
• Bagman reassured Jorkins that he would handle the World Cup while she was away and urged her not to return early.
• Tonks was ordered to join the Special Squad and patrol the crowd watching England play Belgium outside the Gwent flagship store.
• After England conceded twice, angry fans blamed the Keeper and a confrontation began between supporters.
• Tonks stunned one fan, ordered several others to come with her, and took them away as the remaining crowd quieted down.

Vincent tested La Voiture Noire, his magically enhanced Bugatti, while Wales struggled to keep up, and he agreed with Eric to exhibit the car at the Milan Auto Show. Meanwhile, Barty Crouch awoke in a secure Ministry holding room beside Peter Pettigrew, where Fudge confronted him about sacrificing his family to remain at the Ministry as a spy.

• Vincent drove La Voiture Noire through the Scottish Highlands and outran Wales on his broomstick.
• Vincent called Eric, agreed to exhibit the car at the Milan Auto Show, and revealed Hermione had named it La Voiture Noire.
• Vincent took the car onto the NC500 Road to test its performance as Wales continued chasing him.
• Barty Crouch woke in a secure holding room, saw Peter Pettigrew confined behind thick glass, and tried unsuccessfully to rouse him.
• Fudge visited Barty Crouch and accused him of sacrificing his family so he could stay at the Ministry as a spy.

Vincent and Eric drank at an open-air bar, where Vincent rejected a seductive woman before a jealous, drunken group confronted him. Vincent knocked the men down, including a Russian who might have suffered a concussion, and Eric arrived ready to punish them before Vincent stopped him.

• Vincent and Eric turned down a blonde woman who approached them at the bar, saying they had partners.
• Vincent noticed the blonde with two friends and several men as they left, and the Russian man confronted him out of jealousy.
• Vincent punched the Russian and dislocated his arm, then knocked him down when he attacked again.
• Several other men rushed Vincent, but he dodged them and knocked them all to the ground.
• Eric arrived, questioned the men about attacking Vincent, and moved toward the unconscious Russian before Vincent warned him the man might have a concussion.