Chapter Summaries

As Hogwarts prepared to welcome guests, Vincent completed work on a redesigned car while the students gathered to receive the visiting schools. The Beauxbatons delegation arrived above the Forbidden Forest, though its enormous transport had not yet reached the castle.

• Vincent made Peeves his first school underling after forcing it to agree to a series of treaties.
• Vincent and Hermione redesigned the car's exterior, and assembly of its Mithril components was expected to finish before Christmas.
• Hogwarts decorated the Great Hall and gathered students outside the castle gates to welcome its guests.
• Snape grilled Harry about how to respond to poison during Potions class and declared that he would already be dead while adjusting an antidote.
• Dumbledore announced that Beauxbatons had arrived, and Vincent pointed out a colossal object flying over the Forbidden Forest.

Vincent explored Hong Kong’s Wizarding World with Sheng Bai, who brought him to the Wizards' Purity Party’s Asia branch, a hidden tea house in a banyan tree. After serving Vincent tea and explaining his method of casting hexagrams, Sheng Bai revealed Vincent’s hexagram.

• Sheng Bai complained about the Hong Kong Ministry of Magic alongside a herbal shop owner, then led Vincent through the Wizarding World.
• Vincent and Sheng Bai passed a square where a woman caught Sing-Sing Chow skipping his studies and scolded him.
• Sheng Bai brought Vincent to a banyan treehouse that served as the Wizards' Purity Party’s Asia branch.
• Vincent chose the south-facing chair and the first tea canister, and Sheng Bai brewed Da Hong Pao while explaining the I Ching.
• Sheng Bai told Vincent his hexagram was Nine in the third place: the superior man works diligently by day and stays vigilant at night.

Vincent persuaded Dumbledore to agree to Rita Skeeter interviewing him about Voldemort’s return. At Hogwarts’ end-of-year feast, Krum thanked Vincent for protecting the Champions and challenged him to a fair Quidditch match, which the schools gathered to watch.

• Vincent pressured Dumbledore to accept Rita Skeeter’s interview by warning that Fudge’s removal could make Dumbledore the next Minister for Magic.
• Gryffindor won the House Cup again at Hogwarts’ end-of-year feast, and Harry was recognized as the Triwizard Tournament’s highest-scoring Champion.
• Krum thanked Vincent for protecting the Champions and asked him to cherish Hermione, then proposed a fair Quidditch match.
• Vincent accepted Krum’s challenge and suggested choosing the players by drawing lots.
• Vincent obtained Dumbledore’s written permission for the match, and McGonagall, Madame Maxime, and students from both schools gathered to watch.

Vincent and the Hogwarts Batman Family prepared upgraded suits and ambushed an Auror patrol, beginning their campaign against the Aurors watching the school. The chapter ended with Vincent and the others taking down Roly-Poly before he could cast a spell.

• Tonks argued with Wales over her handling of the Forbidden Forest search, then promised Kingsley she would avoid causing trouble.
• Wood gave Vincent a demanding Quidditch training plan, which he negotiated down to skill-focused exercises.
• Vincent suspected Fudge had sent the Aurors to interfere with Hogwarts and decided to give them a reason to act.
• Vincent gathered Daphne, Hermione, George, Fred, Rolf, and Cedric in the Room of Requirement, where they tried their upgraded alchemical suits and weapons.
• Vincent led the Batman Family out to target the Aurors, and they silently ambushed Roly-Poly in a sixth-floor corridor.
• Vincent leaped down and struck Roly-Poly in the forehead, knocking him out before he could cast a spell.

As the Dementors abandoned Azkaban, Fudge tried to conceal the danger and delay confessing the truth, while Vincent exposed his plan during the hearing. Fudge drew his wand on Dumbledore, and Dumbledore and Vincent escaped as the Aurors moved to stop them.

• Fudge ordered Scrimgeour to contain the Dementors’ departure from Azkaban in secret and insisted the public must not connect it to Voldemort.
• Scrimgeour urged Fudge to tell the public the truth, but Fudge pleaded for more time and tried to stall.
• Vincent revealed that Fudge planned to excuse the Dementors’ absence as a leave for readjustment, prompting uproar in Courtroom Ten.
• Fudge accused Vincent and Dumbledore of staging a trick, then drew his wand on Dumbledore as the hearing descended into chaos.
• Dumbledore vanished in Fawkes’s flames, and Vincent was swallowed by spells as Aurors rushed to stop them.

Draco and the Black Swan Club speculated about Wayne and Hermione’s disappearance, while Theodore warned them not to assume Wayne had been defeated. Draco then saw Wayne’s blue-black Bugatti overtake the Hogwarts Express, and Wayne and Hermione continued toward the train with an uneasy feeling that they were being watched.

• Marcus told Draco that Wayne had disappeared, and the Black Swan Club gathered to discuss the news.
• Blaise mentioned a competition between three magical schools, prompting Pansy to wonder whether Wayne and Hermione had been chosen as Hogwarts’s participants.
• Theodore argued that Wayne surpassed them in every way and reasoned that the Death Eaters could not have abducted him.
• Draco recognized Wayne driving a Muggle sports car as it sped past the Hogwarts Express.
• Vincent slowed the Bugatti Veyron near the train while Hermione worried that someone was watching them.

Vincent and Hermione decided to travel together to negotiate a Quidditch World Cup broadcasting partnership with the Italian Ministry of Magic, with Hermione going as his secretary. They reached St. Peter’s Square in Rome, the entrance to the Ministry, ready to begin their visit.

• Vincent invited Hermione to accompany him on his partnership negotiations, and she agreed to act as his secretary.
• Hermione urged Vincent to leave the next day and studied the proposal he gave her.
• Vincent watched Hermione leave, then teased Crookshanks about how clingy she had become.
• The next morning, Vincent and Hermione dressed formally and drove from Modena toward Rome in his Bugatti.
• Vincent and Hermione admired Rome’s landmarks before arriving at St. Peter’s Square, the entrance to the Italian Ministry of Magic.

Vincent joined a ski race down Mount Fuji, agreeing to grant a request to anyone who beat him. He launched himself down the slopes at extraordinary speed and passed the other racers, leaving the outcome at the finish uncertain.

• Kenny challenged Vincent to a race and bet that the loser would have to call the winner Big Brother, while Vincent asked for a large piece of Snakewood if he lost.
• James, Alfred, Cedric, Neville, Rolf, Hermione, Daphne, Marietta, Cho, Jennifer, and Rinne joined the race, each naming a request for Vincent to fulfill if they won.
• Vincent slowed to help Neville after he dropped a ski pole, then took a steep route and rapidly passed several racers.
• Vincent overtook Jennifer and Hermione, while Jennifer fell trying to copy his jump and lost ground.
• Vincent sped past Cedric and drew near Rinne as Italian tourists at the mountain looked on in disbelief.

Arthur and Eric watched over Harry’s birthday gathering while cooperating with Scrimgeour’s covert plan to track Sirius Black. As the detector vibrated inside the Dursleys’ house, the adults pretended nothing was wrong and waited for the Ministry’s net to close.

• Arthur noticed Vernon and Petunia’s guarded behavior while he and Eric kept watch over the Dursleys.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt brought Arthur to Scrimgeour, who gave him a paired Dark Magic Detector and ordered him to pretend he knew nothing if it reacted.
• Arthur returned to the party and told Eric that the operation was covert as they sat near Harry and the others.
• The detector began vibrating and grew more intense as Arthur and Eric moved toward the buffet, but they calmly continued chatting.
• Vincent, Bill, Charlie, Harry, and Ron discussed Professor Kettleburn and dangerous magical creatures while the adults waited for Sirius.

Vincent and the students reached Hogwarts after a safe but eventful train journey, and the school’s unexpected Dementor guards raised his suspicions about the security measures. The chapter left Vincent confronting the guards while Draco taunted Harry and Ron at the castle entrance.

• Vincent ignored Draco’s attempts to stop him, and Lupin came out of the driver’s cab as prefects and students gathered.
• Vincent told the others that Nagini and her sister had opened a shop in Hogsmeade, then the students arrived at the station and Hagrid guided the first-years across the lake.
• Vincent fed Dragon Blood to the Thestrals, and they flew the students’ carriages to Hogwarts.
• Vincent spotted Dementors guarding the castle and kept his wand aimed at them, suspecting the deployment had been made without proper notice.
• Draco mocked Harry for fainting and shoved Ron aside, while Lupin stepped in and Vincent headed up the steps.

Hippogriff lessons began with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Daphne enjoying flights, while Draco provoked Buckbeak and ignored Hagrid’s instructions. Vincent took Draco flying on Reeves to frighten him, leaving Draco repeatedly fainting and waking to curse.

• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Daphne bowed to the Hippogriffs and flew with them toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Draco entered the enclosure, shoved Harry aside, and slapped Buckbeak’s beak despite Hagrid’s warnings.
• Draco taunted Buckbeak and demanded a flight while Hagrid struggled to restrain the Hippogriff.
• Vincent sent Reeves to snatch Draco into the air and took him on a frightening flight through the trees.
• Draco repeatedly fainted, woke up to curse Vincent, and fainted again as Reeves continued flying.

Snape and McGonagall investigated a crash after Wayne’s briefcase flew into the Forbidden Forest, while Vincent and Hermione faced a pack of werewolves there. The werewolves surrounded them and charged, leaving Vincent and Hermione fighting for survival.

• Snape saw Wayne’s briefcase fly into the Forbidden Forest and set off to pursue the students he believed were behind it.
• McGonagall entered the Gryffindor common room to investigate whether the crash had come from Vincent’s dormitory.
• Vincent caught the briefcase and used his Gunblade to shoot down two werewolves as Hermione helped steady his aim.
• Vincent and Hermione saw seventeen werewolves, including a huge leader, gathering around them.
• Vincent gave Hermione his Mithril robe, switched to Orichalcum Bullets, and prepared to fight as the werewolves charged.

Vincent and Hermione completed the Alchemy Factory and produced its first alchemical product, a pair of protective gloves that could transform into tools. As the new employees pledged to protect the factory, Vincent considered the resistance and uncertainty the product’s birth would bring.

• Cheshire showed Hermione the Alchemy Shop’s showroom, warehouse, offices, and factory, while Vincent explained how the automated operation would work.
• Vincent and Hermione installed eighty-eight Alchemy Mechanical Arms and fifteen Magical Drivers, then Lucifer and the other employees brought raw materials to the factory.
• Vincent activated the factory, and its machinery processed the materials into a silver metal block that a Magical Driver reshaped into protective gloves.
• Vincent tested the gloves and announced that the first alchemical product had been born, prompting Hermione and the seven new employees to celebrate.
• Vincent reflected on the opposition the Alchemy Shop would face, while the employees promised to protect the factory.

At the Yule Ball, Vincent and Pheobe began the Champions’ dance before passing partners between them, drawing attention to Vincent’s striking dance with Hermione. Their tango left the Great Hall focused on them, and they ended the chapter teasing each other about the attention they had stolen.

• Draco recognized Hermione in her black gown and reacted with anger, while Krum admired her and thought Vincent was worthy of her.
• Dumbledore cleared the tables and invited the Champions and their partners onto the dance floor as The Weird Sisters began playing.
• Vincent danced a waltz with Pheobe, then danced jazz with Daphne after Pheobe handed her to him.
• Daphne and Pheobe brought Hermione to Vincent, and Vincent summoned floating instruments as they began a tango.
• Hermione and Vincent danced closely and exchanged playful remarks while the Great Hall watched them.

At Fudge’s hearing, Peter Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jr. testified that Voldemort was dead and that the Triwizard graveyard footage had been fabricated, supporting charges against Dumbledore and Vincent. Vincent challenged them to explain how they had created the convincing duel scene, leaving Fudge flustered and the hearing unresolved.

• Fudge questioned Peter Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jr., who claimed they had planned to announce Voldemort’s return at the Little Hangleton graveyard.
• The witnesses denied Voldemort had returned and said they had fabricated the broadcast footage and used Magical Projection to create the duel illusion.
• Fudge argued that Dumbledore and Vincent had spread damaging rumors and divided the wizarding world.
• Vincent asked the witnesses how they had fabricated the convincing scene of Dumbledore battling Voldemort, and they did not answer.
• Amelia Bones demanded that the witnesses answer, while several Wizengamot members recognized that Fudge had arranged their testimony.

Fudge accused Vincent of conspiring with Dumbledore to cause the Azkaban crisis and ordered his arrest, turning the hearing into a confrontation over the Wizengamot’s authority. Vincent disarmed the Aurors and left them wandless, while Delores’s wand clattered to the floor.

• Fudge claimed Vincent had attacked Hogwarts’s Dementors and ordered them to leave Azkaban, then accused him of employing dark wizards and faking his heroism.
• Fudge ordered the Aurors to arrest Vincent, claiming he had helped Dumbledore escape, while Bones, Marchbanks, and Ogden challenged the legality of his actions.
• Fudge ignored the objections and demanded that the Aurors arrest Vincent, but they hesitated.
• Vincent told Fudge to stop pretending to be a good man, then used the Serpent Staff to disarm Delores and take the Aurors’ wands with Chain.

As the first Triwizard Tournament task approached, Vincent intensified Harry and Draco's training so they could endure dragon attacks, leaving Draco badly injured. Snape showed Draco the dragons, and Draco decided to stay in the competition because he believed his father's influence and the Malfoy family's dragon reserve would ensure his victory.

• After the students returned from seeing the dragons, Vincent tripled Harry and Draco's training and struck them hard to prepare them for the first task.
• Draco tried to quit the training, but Snape refused and led him into the Forbidden Forest to see the dragons.
• Snape warned Draco that he would face the dragons if he survived Vincent's training, and Draco asked whether he could withdraw.
• Draco remembered his father's efforts, his role as a Nobili spokesperson, and the Malfoy family's dragon reserve, then resolved to continue competing.
• As Draco followed Snape back, he imagined Harry being defeated by a dragon and winced from the pain in his back.

Vincent and Dumbledore destroyed the Horcrux in the Gaunt ring while preserving the Resurrection Stone. After Vincent tested the Stone for hidden traps and curses, Dumbledore confirmed it was safe to study.

• Vincent used the Sword of Gryffindor to separate the Resurrection Stone from the ring, then destroyed the ring Horcrux.
• Vincent created a miniature alchemical automaton and used it to test the Resurrection Stone, whose fingertips turned black after touching it.
• Vincent repeatedly struck the Resurrection Stone with spells and the Suanni Patronus, finding only dust and scratches.
• Dumbledore examined the Stone with the Elder Wand and confirmed it bore no remaining traps or curses.

Fudge used a televised speech to turn public opinion against Dumbledore and accuse Vincent Wayne of being brainwashed, then announced a hearing in Courtroom Ten. As Vincent prepared to face the Ministry’s plans, friends and family gathered at the Wayne residence to support him.

• Fudge accused Dumbledore of seeking political power, called Vincent a brainwashed tool, and announced that he would personally hold a hearing in Courtroom Ten.
• Vincent switched off the broadcast, and Evelyn and Eric urged him to protect himself as he prepared to attend the hearing.
• Many of Vincent’s friends and relatives visited the Wayne residence, where Fred and George joked about him crushing the Ministry and Molly scolded them.
• Arthur told Vincent that Fudge intended to ban the Dubidubi Video Platform for spreading false information and might target Vincent indirectly.
• Vincent told Arthur that Fudge’s scheme would fail, while Arthur anticipated that Fudge had underestimated him.

After Merkus recovered from the Imperius Curse, Dumbledore gathered Vincent, Hermione, and members of the Order of the Phoenix to discuss Death Eater spies inside the Ministry of Magic. The group planned to investigate Arthur’s memories for clues, and Vincent hinted that he could make the Pensieves they needed, though the work required rare materials.

• Merkus thanked Vincent for freeing her from the Imperius Curse, and Dumbledore invited Vincent and Hermione to a meeting in his office.
• Vincent and Hermione discovered that Sirius Black, Lupin, McGonagall, Moody, Snape, and Tonks had gathered for a small meeting of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Dumbledore explained that Death Eaters had infiltrated the Ministry and suggested investigating unusual details in Arthur’s past interactions with Ministry officials.
• The group realized they would need Pensieves to examine Arthur’s memories, and Hermione pleaded with Vincent to help provide them.
• Vincent admitted that he could make Pensieves but warned that producing them was difficult and required many rare magical materials.