Chapter Summaries

Vincent questioned Grindelwald about his prophecy and Dark Magic, then began learning from him in Nurmengard. Meanwhile, American Aurors and Vincent’s parents searched for him, while the Magical Congress prepared an investigation without being told where he was.

• Vincent asked Grindelwald about the future he had seen, and Grindelwald told him to gain strength and experience events for himself.
• Grindelwald explained how wizards defined Dark Magic and urged Vincent not to reject it; Vincent asked to begin learning.
• Bradley blamed Sam for Vincent’s abduction, while Eric arranged for John McAleese to send a secret Special Squad.
• Sam received orders to find Vincent or face losing his medal and standing trial.
• Newt and Tina arrived at the Woolworth Building, where Dean Lopez prepared to investigate and Randolph welcomed them.

Vincent and the Weasley twins punished Draco and his friends for copying Vincent’s game, while Hermione helped keep the prefects and Lockhart away. Afterward, Hermione searched for Vincent, who had gone to check on Ginny, as Luna stared at him and ignored Ginny.

• Vincent, Fred, and George fought Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle in Draco’s compartment while Hermione distracted Lockhart and the prefects.
• Vincent warned Draco that plagiarism and imitation came at a price, and Draco vowed to gather people for a meeting and retaliate.
• Percy defended Hermione to Marcus Flint, while Lockhart reassured her that she had done nothing wrong.
• Hermione searched for Vincent after finding the corridor empty, and Neville said he did not know where he was.
• Vincent left to check on Ginny, while Luna kept staring at him and left Ginny feeling ignored and insecure.

Vincent traveled through a hidden passage to Hogsmeade and sold Acromantula Venom to Ebenezer Borgin. Borgin tried to interest him in valuable Wizard Cards, but Vincent refused and left.

• Vincent wrote replies to Kenny and Sam, then sent them with Gu Gu after promising the owl a large supply of snacks.
• Vincent used the passage beneath the hunchbacked witch statue to reach Honeydukes, then disguised himself as Vincent Snape and entered Hogsmeade.
• Vincent visited a black-market cave and sold one hundred ounces of Acromantula Venom to a plump wizard for six thousand six hundred Galleons.
• The wizard introduced himself as Ebenezer Borgin and offered Vincent a stack of sought-after Wizard Cards.
• Vincent refused the cards and turned away from Ebenezer Borgin.

Vincent faced Snape and Lockhart in a three-way duel, using rapid Disarming Charms and his corporeal Suanni Patronus to defend himself. After Lockhart ended the demonstration, Snape assigned the students to duel, pairing Harry with Draco and Hermione with Daphne.

• Snape tried to make Vincent fight Lockhart alone, but Vincent insisted that a free-for-all was fair.
• Snape and Vincent exchanged Disarming Charms until Snape summoned his Suanni Patronus to absorb Vincent's spells.
• Lockhart woke and sneak-attacked Vincent with a Stunning Spell, but the Suanni Patronus swallowed it and grew larger.
• Vincent and Snape dismissed the Patronus and ended the demonstration, while Lockhart praised the duel and left the stage.
• Snape assigned Harry and Draco to duel and paired Hermione with Daphne; Vincent went to watch the girls.

Xenophilius introduced Luna to enchanted glasses and told her his suspicions about the Sorcerer's Stone incident, while Nicolas gave Vincent an alchemical case and promised him rare materials. Dumbledore left Nicolas's building thinking about the cursed Defense Against the Dark Arts post, and Vincent suggested Snape keep teaching it.

• Xenophilius gave Luna enchanted glasses and explained that the drifting specks she saw were Nargles.
• Xenophilius told Luna that Quirinus was a Ministry scapegoat and that a dark force had driven him away from the Sorcerer's Stone.
• Xenophilius and Luna agreed to reveal the truth and filled a parchment with Magical Runes.
• Nicolas gave Vincent a silver-white case for his Gunblade and promised to provide rare alchemy materials and change his Gringotts vault's heir.
• Dumbledore left Nicolas's building and reflected on Nicolas's planned funeral and the cursed Defense Against the Dark Arts position.
• Vincent asked whether Snape would be fired, then suggested that Snape remain the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Vincent and his family prepared to leave Hawaii as Typhoon Iniki changed course, while Newt, Tina, Bradley, and the Aurors tried to keep two Furaikans from meeting and unleashing a catastrophic hurricane. The Wayne family reached the docks with Kenny and Jennifer, ready to sail despite the remaining danger.

• Vincent and Gu Gu ate freely while Kenny paid the bill, and Vincent wished Kenny and Jennifer well before they parted.
• Sam diverted Typhoon Iniki with Stunning Spells, then left Newt and Tina to handle Furaikan.
• Bradley learned another Furaikan had appeared, and Newt and Tina realized the two creatures might meet and create a devastating hurricane.
• Newt returned to find Tina worried, and Bradley organized the Aurors to protect the Scamanders and drive the Furaikans away from North America.
• Vincent and his family accepted Kenny's offer to leave, while Rinne paid a dock staff member to arrange their trip and named Eric as their experienced protection.

Takuma returned to Vincent’s Gwent flagship store with enforcement squad members and questioned him about Sam Chavez. Vincent suspected Sam had gotten into trouble, while the others worried that Takuma was targeting him.

• Takuma left the store after an enforcement squad member reported an urgent matter involving Ito.
• Vincent and the other Order of Merlin recipients gave interviews to reporters at the store.
• Takuma returned with ten enforcement squad members and headed upstairs with Vincent and three officers.
• Hermione prepared to secretly listen in, while Daphne worried that Vincent might be framed.
• Takuma asked Vincent whether he knew a man calling himself Sam Chavez, and Vincent realized Sam might be in trouble.

Rinne brought her friends to her grandfather’s younger brother Yoji’s restaurant, where they enjoyed an elaborate Japanese meal and learned about Squibs’ place in the Japanese Wizarding World. After dinner, Kenny tried to get Rinne to pay for a night out in Shibuya, but the group caught on and waited for him outside the bar.

• Rinne introduced Grandpa Yoji as her grandfather’s younger brother and explained that he was a Squib.
• Yoji prepared a meal of King Salmon, Arctic shrimp Tempura, grilled eel, sukiyaki, sushi, and dessert, delighting the group.
• Gu Gu and Leif stole sushi toppings while Yoji cheerfully replenished the dishes.
• After dinner, Kenny tried to charge the group’s night out to Rinne at Regensburg Bar, but the others disappeared before he could point them out.
• Vincent reminded Kenny that using a Confundus Charm on the bar staff would violate Wizarding Law, and Kenny abandoned his plans for further entertainment.

After returning to New York, Vincent and his family attended a gathering at the Magical Congress of America, where Chairman Randolph welcomed them and officials discussed training students on Marvelbestia Island. Vincent reunited with Newt Scamander’s family and learned more about the island as Sam complained about his punishment from Director Graves.

• Sam welcomed Vincent and his family at the Woolworth Building and led them through its magical entrance to the Congress’s grand hall.
• Sam took the family to the fifty-fourth-floor venue, where Randolph and Bradley discussed Vincent’s achievements and the idea of training students on Marvelbestia Island.
• Randolph greeted Vincent and instructed Sam to look after the family, while Sam explained that Graves had punished him with a choice between island duty and doing odd jobs.
• Vincent met Queenie, Jacob, Rolf, and Rolf’s cousin Munson Kowalski, while Sam complained to Munson about his boss and the work of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Vincent endured seven days of Wandless Magic training while the Wizards' Purity Party’s hidden base in New York was discovered by Muggle special forces. The Aurors began a North American manhunt, and Viktor told Vincent that the base’s discovery had forced him to abandon his plans to return to the Americas.

• Grindelwald confirmed that Vincent’s future plans matched his and Dumbledore’s original vision, and Vincent considered developing hidden allies within magical governments.
• Vincent continued Wandless Magic training for seven days but still failed to cast magic under pressure.
• Bradley and the Aurors found an abandoned New York sewer base with help from SAS special forces and discovered that Viktor and a woman had recently been there.
• Randolph ordered most Aurors to search North America for the Wizards' Purity Party while leaving others to defend their territory.
• Vincent served Viktor intensely spicy spaghetti, and Viktor revealed that Muggle special forces had discovered one of his bases.

Lestrange Greengrass met German Minister of Magic Thaddeus Belge to discuss the Wizards' Purity Party and the attack on the Black Swan Wizard Card House. Belge accepted Greengrass's cooperation and learned that Professor Dumbledore had developed a solution to the Greengrass family curse.

• After the Black Swan Wizard Card House was wrecked, Thaddeus Berger issued a 500-Galleon bounty, but Aurors found no trace of the attackers.
• Lestrange Greengrass arrived at the German Ministry of Magic and met Minister Belge for their appointment.
• Belge challenged Greengrass over his ties to the Welsley group and the Wizards' Purity Party, while Greengrass defended the family's change in beliefs.
• Belge accused Greengrass of arranging the attack on the card house, and Greengrass admitted it and called Wizard Cards a scam.
• Greengrass told Belge that Professor Dumbledore had developed a new kind of magic that solved his family's inherited curse.
• Belge warned that worse evil could follow the defeat of evil, and Greengrass told him he could wield his power whenever necessary.

The students began their wilderness-survival outing by learning to cook, while Aragog and Mosag worried that their offspring might attack the young wizards. After most students managed edible meals, Vincent made Gu Gu eat a plain vegetable salad.

• Aragog and Mosag discussed the danger the students posed and feared that their offspring might be exploited by wizards, but Aragog decided to let them learn from a confrontation.
• The professors distributed ingredients and announced that the students would set off at three o'clock and camp on the mountain beside the Forbidden Forest.
• Sprout demonstrated how to prepare beef stew, and Vincent judged her dish perfect while Flitwick's was only passable.
• Blaise ruined his stew with excessive heat, and Draco made an unappetizing mutton stew with too much rosemary; Draco vomited after tasting it.
• Vincent caught Gu Gu trying to eat and insisted that the owl finish a plain vegetable salad in exchange for a promise to find field mice that night.

Vincent accompanied Sam to the Japanese Ministry of Magic after Sam’s unauthorized arrival and attempt to flirt with five non-magical women threatened to become a diplomatic issue. Takuma accepted bail, and Vincent arranged Sam’s release while planning to get him out of Japan quickly.

• Takuma questioned Vincent about Sam’s unauthorized intercontinental Apparition and conduct, and Vincent agreed to accompany him to the Ministry of Magic.
• Hermione and Daphne overheard the confrontation, while Hayahiko reassured the reporters and Yuxuan and Mie suspected someone had framed them.
• At the Ministry, Vincent confirmed Sam’s identity after jokingly challenging him to prove who he was.
• Takuma explained that Sam could face severe punishment under Japanese law, but Vincent paid the fifteen-hundred-Galleon bail.
• Vincent waited in Takuma’s office and planned to take Sam to the airport as soon as the paperwork was complete.

Vincent and his friends reacted to the costly Wizard Cards collector’s edition as Gwent opened its Germany branch and launched the Durmstrang and Wizards' Purity Party factions. The chapter ended with Hermione joining the others in muttering insults about Karkaroff.

• Ron and Harry read about the collector’s edition’s one-in-a-thousand card odds and the 500,000-Galleon buyback price, while Vincent calculated how the scheme could generate enormous profits.
• Vincent discussed the need for a Ministry of Magic tax department with Neville and James, and Hermione silently resolved to pursue the idea.
• Lestrange opened Gwent’s Germany branch at Potsdamer Platz, introducing the Durmstrang and Wizards' Purity Party factions with a limited-time rate-up.
• Thaddeus and Lestrange met Igor Karkaroff at the branch opening and posed for a photo with him despite Lestrange’s discomfort.
• Vincent, Neville, James, and Alfred grumbled about Karkaroff after seeing his picture in the German Silver Bat News, and Hermione joined in after reprimanding them.

The premiere of The Merlin Legend introduced Blaise Zabini as Merlin and drew mixed reactions, while the show’s celebrity cast raised questions for Vincent. Sirius Black recruited Vincent for a cameo as Salazar Slytherin and proposed Hermione play Rowena Ravenclaw.

• The Nobili brand premiered The Merlin Legend in Diagon Alley and broadcast it to Hogwarts, where students watched the lavish production.
• Blaise Zabini portrayed Merlin in a story that presented the Ambrose family as ancient pure-blood wizards, and the episode earned mixed reviews while boosting Blaise’s popularity.
• Vincent wondered about the gentlemen’s ties to the International Alchemists Association and the Ministry of Magic mole, then left the investigation to the Order of the Phoenix.
• Sirius Black asked Vincent to play a pure-blood wizard in a new show, and Vincent agreed to make only a cameo as Salazar Slytherin.
• Sirius Black suggested Hermione play Rowena Ravenclaw, which would let the show feature all four Hogwarts founders if it also added Helga Hufflepuff.

Vincent and the others investigated a faucet in the girls' bathroom and suspected it was connected to the Chamber of Secrets. After Filch and Mrs. Norris were petrified, Vincent realized Voldemort had set a trap and decided the students needed to alert the professors.

• Vincent, Hermione, and their companions inspected the bathroom’s self-turning faucets and discussed how the Chamber of Secrets could have been concealed during the plumbing construction.
• Vincent tested the faucets while the others kept watch, and the group discovered that one of the six faucets always turned itself on.
• Filch screamed, and George spotted his and Mrs. Norris’s locations on the map; Hermione suspected the Basilisk had petrified them through water.
• Vincent warned the group that Voldemort likely knew they could track locations and had lured them into a trap.
• Vincent and the others found Filch and Mrs. Norris petrified, realized the Mandrake potion had not yet been prepared, and went to find the professors.

Rita Skeeter testified that Wizard Cards was a scam by comparing its sales tactics to the Ponzi scheme, while Madam Zabini claimed the defendants had been framed. Lucius Malfoy distanced the other families from her accusation against Vincent Wayne.

• Snape watched Vincent closely through the recess and after the trial resumed, until Dumbledore reminded him to restrain himself.
• Rita Skeeter cited two Muggle books and explained how Wizard Cards’ card draws, pity guarantees, and high-price buybacks resembled a Ponzi scheme.
• Old Flint objected to Rita’s testimony, but Bones ordered him to be quiet, and Rita finished her statement.
• Madam Zabini declared the defendants innocent and accused Vincent of framing them, saying they would learn the truth if Yamamoto Tsukumo were captured.
• Lucius stood up, blocked Madam Zabini from view, and told the courtroom that she spoke only for herself.

Vincent and the Wayne family left two bruised bodyguards behind as they flew to Italy, where Eric explained his plans to turn them into loyal, elite guards. In Modena, they met Bugatti engineer Luca Schreiber and visited the factory as its engineers considered how to save the struggling company with a car capable of exceeding 400 kilometers per hour.

• Vincent saw a newspaper report that Arthur and Molly Weasley had won the jackpot, and Eric regretted not inviting them to Italy.
• Sam dragged in two battered bodyguards and prepared to continue their harsh training after breakfast.
• Eric told Vincent that he had been training the bodyguards to special forces standards and planned to make them loyal to the Wayne family.
• The Wayne family flew from London to Modena, where Luca Schreiber met them with a Bugatti EB112.
• Luca drove the family to the Bugatti factory, where the engineers considered whether a car exceeding 400 kilometers per hour could revive the company.

Sprout exposed Cedric and Rolf’s knowledge of a secret passage to Hogsmeade, then inspired Cedric to ask to become her assistant. Meanwhile, Snape destroyed the Weasley twins’ potion pranks, and Vincent explained how a soul could gain a body as the professors searched for him.

• Sprout led Cedric and Rolf into the passage, discovered it led to Hogsmeade, and gave them Soothing Bloom leaves while explaining the plant’s effects.
• Cedric asked Sprout to become his assistant, and she agreed.
• Snape searched the Gryffindor boys’ dormitory, burned the twins’ potion-making mess with Fiendfyre, and stopped before entering the girls’ dormitory because the founders’ wards would activate.
• McGonagall joined Snape and Vincent, who said he knew how the soul had obtained a physical body.
• Vincent explained the Dark Magic behind stealing life and claimed his teacher had taught him, while Snape questioned whether his account was true.

Vincent exposed Gilderoy Lockhart as Tom Marvolo Riddle and destroyed the diary containing Tom’s soul. The Great Hall was left with Harry rescued and Tom gone as dawn broke.

• Vincent questioned Lockhart about Tom Marvolo Riddle, and the professors recognized the connection to Moaning Myrtle’s death fifty years earlier.
• Lockhart seized Harry as a hostage and demanded that Vincent hand over the diary.
• Vincent revealed the diary and pierced it with the Sword of Gryffindor while Hermione knocked Lockhart unconscious with a chair.
• Vincent stabbed the diary twice more, burning away Tom’s soul as Tom cursed him and faded from existence.