Chapter Summaries

Vincent considered who had tampered with the Goblet of Fire while the twins failed to recruit Bagman for their plan after he insisted he wanted to be a good person. At the Halloween feast, the Goblet began selecting Champions, and Dumbledore announced Viktor Krum as Durmstrang’s Champion.

• Vincent suspected Karkaroff of tampering with the Goblet of Fire, while judging Madame Maxime less likely to be involved.
• Fred and George twice tried to persuade Bagman to help them make money, but he refused because he had turned over a new leaf.
• Vincent comforted the twins and led them to get changed for the feast, then told Hermione about their failed plan.
• Vincent and Hermione saw Hagrid dressed up and entering the Great Hall with Madame Maxime, shifting students’ gossip away from Vincent and Madame Maxime.
• Dumbledore began the Champion selection, and the Goblet of Fire named Viktor Krum as Durmstrang’s Champion.

Vincent confronted Pansy, Daphne, and the students they had gathered by the Black Lake, defeating them with prepared magic and enhancement potions. After the fight, he challenged Pansy’s blood-purity beliefs, and Daphne lowered her wand.

• Pansy and Daphne waited by the Black Lake with more than twenty students, hoping to prove they could defeat Vincent.
• Vincent neutralized their spells, used Transfiguration and vines to immobilize his opponents, and disarmed them one by one.
• Pucey attacked Vincent with the Raven Plane, but Vincent dodged using his enhanced senses and countered with a punch.
• Hermione intervened when Pansy cast a Stunning Spell, and Daphne blocked Hermione’s Disarming Spell before the final opponents were subdued.
• Pansy insulted Muggle-borns, and Vincent argued that power and influence mattered more than bloodline; Daphne lowered her wand.

Eric met his old friend Hunt in Mosul, collected documents, and discussed his plans to buy Bugatti. He then led his men against terrorists occupying a village, where Melvin was wounded while rescuing hostages.

• Eric went to Mosul and met Hunt, a former military comrade serving as a captain.
• Hunt gave Eric a document envelope, and they talked about Eric's son Vincent, their military pasts, and Eric's plan to acquire Bugatti.
• Eric and his men drove to a village east of Mosul where terrorists had seized control.
• Eric's former SAS team attacked the terrorists with FN FAL rifles and ended the fight within minutes.
• Hunt brought the wounded Melvin to Eric, and Melvin said he had rescued three hostages.

Nagini reunited with Surya and discussed whether she would return to Britain, while Dumbledore considered bringing her back to Hogwarts. Dumbledore then revealed his plans for Vincent, who agreed to fund the campaign against the school board and make Dumbledore his shield.

• Nagini and Surya talked about Surya's shop and their pasts, while avoiding the subject of their parents.
• Dumbledore sent Vincent back to Hogwarts and said Nagini was family and might return to Britain.
• Dumbledore explained that Vincent's kindness and choices had shaped his plans, and Vincent questioned whether he could remain kind while pursuing his goals.
• Dumbledore urged Vincent to take all five elective courses next school year and hinted that he could arrange his schedule.
• Vincent handed Dumbledore a sack of money for buying seven Board Seats and told him to act as his shield when the time came.

Sirius Black and Lupin uncovered the Malfoy Family’s history, wealth, and alleged corruption, then discussed how to use rival pure-blood families and a new brand to make the Malfoys lose money. Sirius left with a plan to provoke the Malfoys into investing heavily before forcing them to give up what they had gained.

• Sirius Black read a secret account of the Malfoy Family’s rise through Muggle land, royal connections, and wealth, and condemned their changing stance on Muggles and secrecy.
• Lupin listed the Malfoys’ current assets, while Sirius shared claims that Lucius and Fudge had pocketed money raised through charity fundraisers.
• Sirius suggested recruiting Shafiq and other pure-blood families to establish a competing brand and make the Malfoys nervous.
• Sirius explained that he wanted the Malfoys to invest more before suffering a major loss, and Lupin recognized his old prank-making smile.

Vincent developed Memory Alloy accessories, taught his friends alchemy, and published a Transfiguration paper with Hermione as Hogwarts students grew tired of their experiments. At the hearing for the Gwent scam, Lucius claimed he had been deceived, while Snape felt a strange sense of familiarity listening to him.

• Vincent mastered a method for making Memory Alloy and showed his friends the accessories he had crafted.
• Vincent became an alchemy instructor, and Fred and George struggled to catch up with Daphne, Cedric, and Rolf.
• Vincent and Hermione published a paper on the limits of Transfiguration detail, and their experiments made other students avoid them.
• Wood celebrated Gryffindor's Quidditch championship with Vincent, while Snape worried that Slytherin would lose the House Cup as well.
• Vincent attended the Gwent scam hearing, where Director Bones questioned Lucius about Yamamoto Tsukumo's visit to Malfoy Manor.
• Lucius said Yamamoto had deceived him, and Snape felt an unsettlingly familiar sensation as he listened to Lucius insist he was innocent.

Vincent used his repeated visits to Knockturn Alley to draw out the four members of Fallen Paradise, while the revelation that he was behind the Wizard Cards complaint letters reshaped their options. Cheshire realized they should negotiate with Wayne, and the four prepared to confront him.

• Tonks guessed that Vincent’s troubles came from strict parents or a crush, but Vincent dismissed her teasing and warned himself that Fallen Paradise had better come out before he searched Knockturn Alley door by door.
• Rita Skeeter exposed the Wayne family as the force behind the Wizard Cards complaint letters, and Vincent reassured Hermione before vanishing to Knockturn Alley.
• Vincent told three Aurors that his pet had gone missing, then slipped away toward a dark alley while they searched for Gu Gu.
• Abraham, Sassm, Fanny, and Cheshire concluded that Vincent’s frequent visits were bait and that their base might already be exposed.
• Cheshire ruled out joining Malfoy’s side and urged the others to negotiate with Wayne.

Professor Lupin taught the students how to use the Ridikkulus spell against a Boggart, and Neville faced his fear of Professor Snape. After Neville transformed the Boggart into Snape wearing his grandmother’s clothes, Ron faced a giant spider and made its legs disappear.

• Lupin explained that students had to combine Ridikkulus with a funny image to defeat a Boggart.
• Neville told Lupin that he feared Professor Snape, and Lupin helped him picture Snape in his grandmother’s clothes.
• Neville cast Ridikkulus, turning Boggart Snape’s robes into a dress and its wand into a red handbag.
• Lupin called Ron forward, and the Boggart transformed into a giant spider.
• Ron cast Ridikkulus and made the spider’s legs vanish, causing it to roll toward Lavender.

Scrimgeour and the Weasleys realized Sirius Black had used interference magic to mislead the Ministry and learned how he had planned his escape. The Wayne family arrived at the Ministry for the election ceremony and found it transformed into a crowded celebration, while Black’s fate remained unclear.

• Scrimgeour’s Dark Magic Detectors pointed to the Dursleys’ house, so he held off on acting in case Black was still inside with Harry.
• Arthur realized Black had placed interference magic on Ron, and he returned home to find the detector stopped vibrating.
• Scrimgeour told Arthur that Black had learned about the Weasleys’ Egypt trip from the Daily Prophet and had used knowledge of Harry’s birthday and the Sneakoscope to outmaneuver the Ministry.
• Fudge rejected Umbridge’s suggestion to pretend nothing was wrong and vowed that Black would not get the last laugh.
• The Wayne family arrived at the Ministry for the election ceremony and found the main hall packed with visitors and decorated like a victory banquet.

Vincent performed the forbidden Blessing of Life to divide Astoria Greengrass’s Blood Curse between her and her parents, binding their lives together. The ritual succeeded, though the curse’s effects remained in all three.

• Astoria met Vincent and accepted his alchemical warming device as a gift.
• Vincent explained that the painful ritual would share the Blood Curse among Astoria, Lestrange, and Sigrid and bind their lives together.
• Vincent gathered their blood and used the Alder Wand to draw the Blood Curse into the Greengrass parents.
• Lestrange and Sigrid endured the curse’s transfer while comforting Astoria through her pain.
• Vincent confirmed that the Blessing of Life had succeeded, leaving the family weakened but relieved.

Lockhart’s dueling lesson descended into chaos, and Draco’s Serpensortia spell summoned a black snake that Harry spoke to in Parseltongue. Vincent stepped in to protect Justin and seized the snake, while suspecting Voldemort’s possessed agent would use Harry’s ability to shift blame onto Muggle-born students.

• Hermione disarmed Daphne and gently advised her to recite the incantation silently before casting.
• Students’ dueling practice spiraled into chaos, with many using the wrong spells and suffering minor injuries.
• Snape stopped Lockhart from pairing Neville with Justin and suggested that Draco and Harry resume their duel.
• Draco summoned a black snake while Harry cast a Shield Charm, and Lockhart’s attempt to remove it sent it toward Justin.
• Harry spoke to the snake in Parseltongue, and Vincent stepped in front of Justin and grabbed it beside the head.

Vincent tracked down Lockhart, who knocked himself unconscious while hiding, and found a diary in his suitcase. A name in the Hogwarts trophy case revealed that Tom Riddle had rearranged his name into “Lord Voldemort,” while chaos continued elsewhere in the castle.

• Lockhart panicked as Vincent searched the fourth-floor Trophy Room, then accidentally struck his head on a trophy and passed out.
• Vincent found a diary in Lockhart’s suitcase and noticed Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name on a Hogwarts award.
• Vincent rearranged the letters in Riddle’s name to reveal “Lord Voldemort” and realized the Dark Lord’s original surname was Riddle.
• Vincent dragged Lockhart through the castle and told Cedric that he had not meant to hurt him.
• Vincent carried Lockhart to the Great Hall, where Sprout confirmed he was alive, while Marcus ran past with Percy chasing him.

Hayahiko discussed Vincent's character and the Shingu Family's strategy with Changkichi, while Vincent navigated a tense cultural clash during tea with Rinne and the other girls. He defused the brewing conflict by making each witch a tea she liked.

• Changkichi told Hayahiko that Vincent was disciplined, guarded, and potentially capable of leading the Shingu Family, and Hayahiko chose not to investigate him further.
• Rinne served matcha according to the Shingu Family's elaborate tea customs, making the guests increasingly uncomfortable.
• James drained his tea in one gulp, and Hermione worried that his manners would reflect badly on Vincent.
• Meiko arrived with Cho and Marietta, while Rinne arranged black tea and milk for the British guests, upsetting Daphne.
• Vincent prepared rose tea for Daphne, lemon-cherry fruit tea for Rinne, and plain black tea for Hermione, easing the tension.

Neville confronted Crabbe and Goyle after they mocked his parents, and Vincent took them to the Forbidden Forest so Neville could vent his anger. Neville left them badly injured, then returned to a celebration at the Owl Court activity room, determined to face them again if necessary.

• Snape reported Crabbe and Goyle's actions to Dumbledore and asked him to expel them, but Dumbledore disagreed.
• Vincent led Neville, Crabbe, and Goyle to the Forbidden Forest while James, Hermione, Alfred, and Daphne watched from the castle gates.
• Vincent trapped Crabbe and Goyle in a small circle and let Neville beat them until his anger subsided.
• Neville refused to fear Crabbe and Goyle's revenge, and Vincent told them to seek treatment from Madam Pomfrey.
• Fred and George welcomed Neville back to a party and encouraged him to stand up to Crabbe and Goyle again if they returned.

Vincent spent the day hearing about Hogsmeade, helping Sam recover from a drunken morning, and learning he had been elected Britain's youth representative to the Wizengamot. After Harry invited him to a birthday party, Vincent began crafting a special gift, but hammering interrupted his work.

• Aberforth told Nagini, Surya, and Vincent about Hogsmeade's history and revealed that Hog's Head Pub had served as headquarters during the 1612 Goblin Rebellion.
• Vincent forced Sam to drink American sour pickle-flavored hangover potion, then left more potion with Rosmerta.
• The Daily Prophet announced Vincent's election as Britain's youth representative to the Wizengamot.
• Harry called Vincent, congratulated him, and invited him and his family to his birthday party a week later.
• The Waynes chose exercise equipment and scales as Harry's birthday gift, while Vincent began making a memory-metal present.
• Hammering sounded just as Vincent's memory metal was about to take shape.

Vincent watched the scandal over Wizard Cards spread as foreign governments halted sales and joined the investigation. He considered how to use the resulting pressure on the old masters and planned to leak news about Yamamoto before the trial.

• Vincent and the children watched Lucius and Madam Zabini leave the Gwent flagship store, while Sam learned that Madam Zabini had been married seven times.
• Hermione read Rita Skeeter’s article, and Vincent defended Rita while privately considering how to steer public opinion.
• Vincent found a translation spell in the Hogwarts library, learned it, and helped Hermione translate foreign news.
• France, Japan, and Germany announced measures against Wizard Cards, including bans, investigations, and closures of card houses.
• Vincent realized the foreign crackdowns could weaken the old masters and planned to leak a little news about Yamamoto before the trial.

Gryffindor used Wayne and Harry’s tactics to dominate Slytherin in the rain-soaked Quidditch match, while Hermione watched Vincent draw attention from the stands. As the game continued, Jormungandr and the animals sensed a growing threat in the dark clouds: a force of Dementors searching for Sirius Black.

• Draco doubted that Wayne’s training accident was genuine, but joined the Slytherin team as it entered the pitch confident of victory.
• Wayne scored immediately, and Vincent scored repeatedly as Slytherin realized it had been tricked and Flint grew furious.
• Harry followed Wood’s plan by distracting Draco, while Snape accused Wayne of using prohibited potions and McGonagall celebrated Gryffindor’s advantage.
• Hermione denied being jealous of the girls admiring Vincent, but kept watching the crowd around her.
• Jormungandr, Little Black, Gu Gu, and Crookshanks sensed a cold, despairing presence as a mass of Dementors approached in search of Sirius Black.

Lucius Malfoy paid the Ministry and lost his seat on the Hogwarts Board of Governors, while promising the Malfoy Family would stop providing Hogwarts with resources. Draco lashed out at students who mocked his fall, and the news spread through the castle, leaving him stripped of his former status.

• Lucius arranged to sell assets and signed a contract allowing the Ministry to withdraw Gold Galleons, then learned he would permanently lose his seat on the Hogwarts Board of Governors.
• Lucius told Fudge that the Malfoy Family would no longer provide Hogwarts with any resources, including money.
• Draco smashed things in the Black Swan common room after learning his father had lost his board seat, and Fred and George taunted him with the news.
• Draco threatened Vincent and the other students, then punched Crabbe and kicked Goyle as the crowd watched.
• Seamus and Dean discussed Draco's loss of status, and word of the incident spread through the castle within half an hour.

During the Divination exam, Professor Trelawney gave Vincent Wayne a prophecy about Voldemort’s return and a terrifying power that would bring darkness and disorder. Vincent left shaken, while he and Hermione both failed to see anything in the crystal ball and told Trelawney the truth.

• After the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam, Trelawney collapsed and delivered a prophecy about the false Dark Lord returning with two servants and the true Dark Lord bringing darkness and fear.
• Vincent worried that the prophecy threatened the peaceful school life he had planned, and Hermione noticed his unease.
• Trelawney examined Harry and Hermione with a crystal ball, but Hermione saw only swirling mist and was told she lacked talent as a seer.
• Vincent also saw nothing in the crystal ball and received the same assessment from Trelawney.
• Hermione and Vincent left the North Tower together without regretting their honest answers.

Hermione and Daphne persuaded Vincent to take them to the Ministry of Magic, but he brought them to confront the hypnotized Tash instead. After the girls beat Tash, Vincent’s effort to force the Ministry to address abuses against Muggles remained underway.

• After Potions, Harry went to Snape’s office for another fruitless Occlumency lesson while Ron complained about losing points.
• Hermione and Daphne decided to ask Vincent about the Ministry’s response to the Knockturn Alley cases, and Daphne followed him until he agreed to take them there.
• Vincent led the disguised Hermione and Daphne through a secret passage to the Hog’s Head and down to the cellar, where Sam and the hooded Tash waited.
• Vincent explained that Tash had been magically hypnotized and would remember nothing when he woke, then gave Hermione and Daphne boxing gloves.
• Hermione and Daphne beat Tash, and Hermione stopped after breaking his restored fingers, understanding that Vincent wanted the public scandal to force the Ministry to act.