Chapter Summaries

Moody confronted Fudge over the Ministry’s concealment of Luke Wood’s survival, and Scrimgeour confessed that he had helped cover up Peter Pettigrew’s escape by arranging for Rookwood to be executed in his place. The chapter ended with Vincent suspecting that Fudge would bury the scandal again.

• Moody accused Fudge of knowing that Luke Wood was alive and demanded to know how he had escaped or been released.
• Scrimgeour tried to accept responsibility for the Ministry’s actions, but Fudge and Umbridge attempted to stop him from revealing the truth.
• Scrimgeour explained that after Pettigrew escaped from St. Mungo’s, the Ministry chose Rookwood as a scapegoat to be executed in Pettigrew’s place.
• Scrimgeour revealed that Death Eaters had rescued Rookwood during the execution, after which the Ministry concealed both criminals’ escapes.
• Moody praised Scrimgeour for taking responsibility, while Vincent watched Fudge remain calm and suspected the Minister would cover up the scandal again.

During Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Vincent warned Draco to focus on improving his magic before pure-blood supremacy faded. Hagrid introduced the hippogriffs, and Vincent earned Reeves’s trust before flying with it.

• Hagrid returned Draco’s textbook and went into the Forbidden Forest to fetch the lesson’s creatures.
• Vincent pulled Draco aside, warned him not to provoke him, and urged him to improve his magic instead of relying on bloodline superiority.
• Hagrid led the hippogriffs into the paddock and explained how students should approach them respectfully.
• Vincent bowed to Reeves, received its bow in return, and entered the paddock to pet it.
• Vincent climbed onto Reeves, and the hippogriff spread its wings and carried him into the sky.

After the Ministry seized prohibited items and tried to suppress dissent, Rita and Chief Editor Gufei took refuge at Vincent’s Alchemy Factory and prepared to restart The Daily Prophet. Vincent then escaped Hogwarts to work on a Serpent Staff, leaving its creation about to begin.

• The Ministry confiscated prohibited items across the wizarding world but failed to capture Rita and Chief Editor Gufei.
• Rita and Chief Editor Gufei arrived at Vincent’s Alchemy Factory, where Cheshire showed them the automated newspaper-printing line and their living quarters.
• Rita examined Vincent’s photographs of two Ministry officials and realized she and Gufei could resume publishing once the Ministry lowered its guard.
• Vincent decoded a letter from his parents, learned that the confiscations had begun, and fell asleep after a demanding day.
• Vincent slipped out of Hogwarts into the Forbidden Forest, prepared a late-night meal, and chose the Serpent Staff from Nicolas Flamel’s manuscript as his next project.

Vincent watched the Nobili brand announce two wizarding series and explained to Hermione why expanding magical entertainment would ultimately benefit the Magical Communicator. Hermione designed a dramatic black dream car for Vincent, and the two flirted in the Owl Court Club activity room.

• The Nobili brand announced that Blaise Zabini would play Merlin in The Merlin Legend and revealed plans for a second series, Wizarding Glory.
• Vincent watched the announcement with Hermione and explained that competition among magical entertainment brands would bring more content to the Magical Communicator.
• Hermione agreed that paid on-demand viewing suited the small wizarding population and compared Vincent's ambitions to Wayne Enterprises in Gotham City.
• Vincent said he would delay releasing the Magical Communicator until entertainment brands began competing, while Hermione started redesigning his dream car.
• Hermione drew a sharp, futuristic black car design, and Vincent praised it while teasing her.
• Hermione told Vincent he could look but not touch, then rested her head on his shoulder as he stroked her hair.

After a Dark Magic attack left nearly every Auror injured, Fudge recovered at St. Mungo’s and dismissed the evidence that Voldemort might still be involved. At Hogwarts, Hermione told her friends about Luke Wood’s actions, and Cedric was left alone with Cho.

• Smethwyck brought a potion to the sixth-floor ward, where Healers treated the most seriously injured Aurors.
• Fudge recalled the evidence linking recent events to Voldemort but convinced himself that Dumbledore had fabricated it to seize power.
• Umbridge told Fudge that the Ministry was blaming the attack on confiscated Dark Magic items, and Fudge instructed her not to place all the blame on Rufus.
• Hermione described Luke Wood’s brutal behavior to her friends in the Owl Court Club activity room.
• Cedric startled when Cho approached, and Hermione, Daphne, and the twins left the two alone.

Vincent celebrated the Alchemy Shop’s opening, secured support from his partners, and recruited Newt to help advance the Ban on Cruelty to Animals Act. The shop’s success drew attention and left Vincent preparing for looming threats while arranging a trip to the Gaunt Family Home.

• Vincent welcomed the shop’s guests, whose purchases and the mechanical arm drew crowds to Knockturn Alley, and Fudge praised him before leaving.
• Vincent introduced Cheshire as the shop’s financial director and urged Junyan, Lestrange, and Devin to prepare for wizards who might target the Alchemy Factory.
• Vincent persuaded Newt Scamander to promote and draft the Ban on Cruelty to Animals Act, beginning with protections for Fantastic Beasts.
• Dumbledore and Newt returned Vincent to Hogwarts, where Vincent joined his friends and read newspaper coverage of the shop’s opening.

Neville trained with Vincent for hours, overcoming his exhaustion and earning the common room’s applause and Moody’s praise. Moody gave him books from Professor Sprout’s collection about plants, and Neville went to dinner with the others.

• Neville sparred with Vincent in the common room, surprising the students by blocking and dodging his attacks.
• Hermione explained that Neville had been inspired by Defense Against the Dark Arts, and the twins resolved to tease him less.
• Moody arrived and watched Neville continue sparring with Vincent through the afternoon and into the evening.
• Neville finally collapsed against a ring post after blocking Vincent’s kick, then rose to his feet amid the students’ applause.
• Moody praised Neville’s progress and gave him books from Professor Sprout’s collection about plants.
• Vincent advised Neville to eat foods that would help him recover, and the group headed to dinner.

Eric and Vincent discussed cutting costs and promoting the Bugatti Veyron after Vincent’s successful test drive, while the families spent the night at a nearby hotel. The next morning, Vincent and Hermione met for breakfast with their pets and acquaintances.

• Eric agreed with Luca that the Veyron should be positioned as a top-tier supercar and planned to exhibit the prototype at the Paris and Frankfurt auto shows.
• Vincent said the car handled as he had designed it, though its tires needed improvement, and Eric agreed to contact Michelin about developing stronger tires.
• Eric got Vincent’s permission to use the test-drive footage for promotion and asked him to involve Rita in the campaign.
• Eric and Chris drank together at the hotel bar, while Vincent and Hermione strolled through the garden; the next morning, both dads emerged from their rooms after sleeping on sofas.
• Vincent met Hermione, Cheshire, and Abraham at breakfast with Crookshanks and Gu Gu, then offered to get Hermione a croissant and an espresso.

Vincent dismantled and reforged the EF-2000’s engine with alchemy, then tested his new palm-sized Mithril engine and accidentally blasted through the ceiling. Hermione visited the Wayne home, where Gu Gu told her about Vincent kicking it out for stealing snacks.

• Vincent finished studying the EF-2000 while Hunter persuaded Eric to arrange a secret trip.
• Vincent returned home and forged a compact Mithril RB199-122 engine, removing the need for fuel and compressing it to palm size.
• Vincent activated the engine at ten percent power and shot through the ceiling.
• Gu Gu took snacks from Vincent’s drawer, got caught, and was kicked out of the room.
• Hermione arrived at the Wayne home, and Gu Gu complained to her about Vincent.

Vincent defeated a succession of Hogwarts boys in the Owl Court Club activity room, including a group of twenty who attacked him together. Afterward, Hermione refused Lavender and Parvati’s suggestion that she break up with him, insisting he was not the scumbag they thought he was.

• Vincent defeated Blaise Zabini and thirty-six other challengers in a row, then invited the rest of the boys to attack him together.
• Vincent neutralized the twenty boys’ spells and knocked them all down, leaving himself the only one standing.
• Vincent told the boys to return and challenge him the next day, then left the activity room as the girls watched him admiringly.
• Lavender asked Hermione when she and Vincent would break up, and Parvati eagerly joined in.
• Hermione insisted she would not break up with Vincent and told Lavender and Parvati that he was not the kind of person they imagined, then left with Daphne.

At the Hog's Head Pub, Sirius Black joined Vincent in an arm-wrestling contest and met Nagini and Surya. After learning about Vincent's connection to the Resurrection Stone, Sirius asked to borrow it, and Vincent agreed without asking for anything in return.

• Nagini and Surya joined the celebration at the Hog's Head Pub, where Sirius Black and Vincent started an arm-wrestling contest prompted by Fred and George.
• Sirius Black and Vincent drew, and Vincent and Sirius restrained Fred and George after the twins interrupted the match with cameras.
• Vincent introduced Nagini and Surya to Sirius Black, and they explained that Vincent had helped cure their Blood Curses.
• Harry told Sirius that Vincent was a natural master of Occlumency, and Sirius's view of Vincent changed.
• Sirius asked Vincent to lend him the Resurrection Stone, and Vincent agreed without setting any conditions.

Vincent and Hermione searched the ruined Bat Cave, where Vincent discovered a dramatic improvement in his Transfiguration. They told McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout about the werewolf attack and Snape's arrival, and the professors hurried off to investigate while the students waited in the Great Hall.

• Vincent used Transfiguration to create a suspended tiled floor, then decorated it with a Hogwarts crest without tiring as Hermione watched in amazement.
• Vincent and Hermione entered the Bat Cave and found it wrecked, with broken equipment, spilled potions, and a bed hanging from the ceiling.
• On the Seventh Floor, Vincent falsely shouted that Professor Snape had killed someone to get the attention of McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout.
• Vincent and Hermione explained that Umbridge had returned and that they had suspected Sirius Black was hiding in the Shrieking Shack before a pack of werewolves attacked them.
• The professors heard that Snape had arrived to confront the werewolves and ordered Vincent and Hermione to wait in the Great Hall while they investigated.

Hermione struggled to find formalwear that suited Vincent until she chose a naval admiral-style ceremonial uniform, which prompted Vincent to flirt with her. The encounter revealed Hermione’s hidden submissive side toward Vincent, and the couple left together to shop for lipstick and perfume.

• Hermione had Vincent try several kinds of formalwear before deciding they did not suit him.
• Hermione chose a black-and-gold admiral-style uniform, and Vincent’s intimidating look delighted her.
• Vincent flirted with Hermione while wearing the uniform, and she admitted that she liked it.
• Vincent realized Hermione enjoyed his forceful behavior and concluded that she was submissive only toward him.
• After buying the outfit, Vincent walked with Hermione to shop for lipstick and perfume, teasing her as they went.

Fudge and Kingsley prepared to interrogate Luke Wood while Scrimgeour considered resigning from the Ministry. A sudden Dark Magic attack devastated the Auror Office, leaving Dumbledore, Scrimgeour, Moody, Vincent, Hermione, and Ministry staff to begin rescuing the buried Aurors.

• Fudge visited Kingsley and Barty Crouch, who expected to begin formally interrogating Luke Wood before dawn.
• Scrimgeour told Moody he intended to resign, but Moody encouraged him to remember the young man who had never given up.
• A powerful Dark Magic attack struck the Ministry, and Scrimgeour discovered that the Auror Office's communications had gone dark.
• Scrimgeour, Dumbledore, Moody, Vincent, and Hermione traveled by Fawkes to the damaged Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
• Dumbledore restored the collapsed corridor, and the group found the Auror Office reduced to ruins with Aurors trapped beneath the rubble.
• Moody, Vincent, Hermione, and Ministry staff joined Amelia Bones in the rescue, while Scrimgeour learned that Bones knew nothing about the attack.

Vincent and Hermione arrived at the Ministry of Magic for his hearing, where reporters and spectators watched them enter together. Vincent challenged the Wizarding World to seek the truth, then pushed past the crowd and left its members stunned.

• After dinner, Wales notified Vincent that his hearing was about to begin, and Vincent agreed to drive himself to the Ministry.
• Vincent and Hermione drove to the Ministry together, where Hermione said she wanted to travel abroad with him.
• Wales advised Vincent to avoid the main entrance, but Vincent and Hermione entered the Ministry hand in hand through the telephone booth.
• Reporters questioned Vincent about the hearing and his relationship with Hermione as livestreamers broadcast their arrival.
• Vincent told the reporters that the Wizarding World was a candy house of lies and urged them to find the bitter candies of truth.
• Vincent called the crowd cowards and used magic to clear a path toward the hearing.

Vincent’s sparring sessions with Cedric and the Weasley twins drew a crowd, and Hermione stepped in when girls tried to approach Vincent. After Hermione defeated seven girls in the ring, Fred and George dubbed her Gryffindor’s “Big Sister Head,” leaving her to wonder how quickly the nickname would spread.

• Vincent agreed to guide Fred and George on the condition that Cedric joined them, and the three began sparring in the Owl Club activity room.
• Several girls approached Vincent after a round, but Hermione offered to train them instead and Transfigured tables into a smaller ring.
• Hermione defeated Cape and the other six girls with a series of quick strikes and throws.
• Fred and George praised Hermione and named her Gryffindor’s Big Sister Head, while Cedric objected to Fred swearing on his happiness.

Vincent slept through the Aurors’ overnight inspection, then cleared his scattered belongings with a single spell when the Valentine’s Day post arrived. As he headed to class, a crowd of girls overwhelmed his roommates with gifts and letters for him.

• Wales and two Aurors searched Vincent’s belongings through the night, but found only a notebook of class notes written in Magical Runes.
• An enormous flock of owls arrived at dawn, and Vincent packed his belongings into the Mithril Briefcase with a flick of his wand before receiving the mail.
• Tonks inspected the Valentine’s Day letters addressed to Wayne and reacted with jealousy as more owls arrived.
• Vincent left the letters unopened because he had classes, while Neville, James, and Alfred went to wash and get dressed.
• A crowd of girls surrounded Vincent’s roommates and pressed gifts and envelopes into their hands to pass on to him.

Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the revived Triwizard Tournament, with entry limited to students aged seventeen and older, and introduced Alastor Moody as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. As the students left for bed, Dumbledore spoke privately with Moody and reflected that Horcruxes and Voldemort’s Death Eaters were his remaining worries.

• Dumbledore explained the Triwizard Tournament’s history, the visiting schools’ October arrival, and the Halloween Champion selection, which would award the winner one thousand Galleons.
• Dumbledore announced the age limit of seventeen, prompting Fred, George, and other students to protest.
• Dumbledore asked the students to welcome their foreign guests and support Hogwarts’ eventual Champion.
• Alastor Moody entered the Great Hall, and Dumbledore introduced him as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• After the students left, Dumbledore and Moody discussed the students and Moody’s wish to teach without interference.

Vincent Wayne and his companions captured Yamamoto Tsukumo after faking their disappearances and an attack at sea. Vincent pressured Yamamoto into revealing that Ashiya Mie had ordered the operation, then prepared to question him further.

• Vincent removed his helmet and revealed himself to Yamamoto, who recognized him and realized the supposed attack and disappearances had been staged.
• Vincent confronted Yamamoto in the drained coral reef while his companions watched, and threatened him with the Gunblade and a bottle he implied contained Veritaserum.
• Yamamoto resisted at first but blurted out that Madam Ashiya, Ashiya Mie, had ordered everything.
• Vincent put away the Gunblade and potion, and the group realized he had used the threat to make Yamamoto confess without actually using either.

Krum caught the Golden Snitch, but Bulgaria lost the World Cup final to Ireland by ten points. After the match, he offered Hermione the Snitch and asked to see her again, but she told him she had a boyfriend, leaving Krum to accept that he had lost her.

• Krum ignored warnings and was struck in the nose by a Bludger while pursuing the Snitch.
• The Irish team took the lead, and Bulgaria switched to an all-out attack as Ivanova gained possession of the Quaffle.
• Krum overtook Lin Qi and caught the Golden Snitch, but Ireland won the match 170–160.
• Krum approached Hermione and offered her the Golden Snitch as a souvenir, but she politely refused it.
• Krum asked to meet Hermione the next day, and she declined because she had plans with her boyfriend, offering to contact Fanny instead.
• Krum agreed to wait for Fanny outside the stadium and flew away.