Chapter Summaries

Vincent told Hermione that Fudge planned to use the Eleventh Decree to keep him from leaving Britain, so they discussed traveling around the country instead. After spending the night together, they were nearly caught by Vincent’s mother and faced knowing looks from their parents at breakfast.

• Vincent told Hermione that Fudge had drafted the Eleventh Decree to target him and restrict his travel, with the law applying retroactively to January 1, 1995.
• Hermione suggested that she and Vincent explore Britain instead of traveling abroad, and they discussed destinations until dinner.
• The Grangers stayed overnight at the Waynes’ home, and Vincent and Hermione secretly spent the night together in his room.
• Evelyn went to wake Vincent and noticed signs that Hermione was hiding beneath his quilt, but Vincent sent her away without revealing her.
• Vincent helped Hermione get dressed, and the two joined their parents for breakfast as the Waynes gave them knowing looks.

Vincent negotiated distribution rights for the Magical Communicator with the Shingu, Greengrass, Rosier, and Lestrange families, while planning how to hide its infrastructure from the Ministry of Magic. He proposed cultivating Hermione Granger for a future role in the Ministry and left the group preparing a secret, worldwide rollout.

• Vincent agreed to give the Shingu Family exclusive Eastern Hemisphere distribution rights in exchange for fifty percent of the Magical Communicator's profits and required them to hide Magical Base Stations through Muggle companies.
• Vincent offered European distribution rights to Lestrange and Devin, and the group worried that the Ministry of Magic might interfere with their plans.
• Wayne used Eric's Muggle connections to propose building a corporate group, while Lestrange argued that cultivating a Minister for Magic could protect their operation.
• Vincent rejected becoming Minister for Magic and suggested Hermione Granger as a candidate, prompting Lestrange to reveal that she was his daughter.
• The group planned to support Hermione's future Ministry career, build hidden Magical Base Stations over three years, and begin with one or two pilot sites in Britain.

Vincent prepared a romantic dinner for Hermione at a restaurant, and they shared an affectionate meal before he drove her home to Manchester. Hermione gave him her first kiss, leaving them both delighted by her growing confidence.

• Vincent cooked two appetizers and two main courses in fifteen minutes, then asked JP to arrange desserts.
• Vincent and Hermione shared dinner while a pianist and violinist performed, feeding each other steak, cod, crème caramel, and soufflé.
• Vincent drove Hermione to her home in Manchester, and they exchanged shy compliments during the journey.
• Hermione kissed Vincent before hurrying inside, while Vincent reflected that having a proactive girlfriend felt nice.

Vincent and his family finalized plans for the Bugatti supercar and flew back to Britain, where they learned that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban. The chapter left Vincent suspecting that Fudge had informed the Muggle government because a greater danger threatened the Wizarding World.

• Vincent suggested adding scissor doors to the supercar, and the Bugatti and Volkswagen teams agreed to adopt the design.
• The teams divided development duties, and the Wayne family boarded a flight back to Britain after visiting the Bugatti factory.
• Vincent reviewed the Alchemy Factory blueprints while Eric and Evelyn watched a news report announcing Sirius Black's escape from Birmingham Prison.
• Vincent recognized Sirius Black from the Magical Runes on his wanted notice and realized the Ministry of Magic had apparently failed to find him.
• Vincent questioned why the Ministry had told the Muggle government about Black and concluded that Fudge must have faced a danger greater than the risk of losing his position.

While decorating Harry’s room, Vincent discovered that the Pocket Sneakoscope was genuine and still warning of nearby danger despite being set to its smallest range. He quietly alerted Arthur Weasley, who planned to notify the Ministry after the party.

• Vincent finished decorating the Dursleys’ living room, and the Weasley children were astonished by Harry’s spacious, tidy room.
• Harry found Ron’s Pocket Sneakoscope ringing in his desk, and Bill dismissed it as a cheap tourist trinket.
• Vincent tested the Sneakoscope and found that it was genuine, though he told the others it might be broken.
• Bill and Charlie realized the warning could signal a real threat, so they accompanied Vincent outside to speak with Arthur.
• Vincent told Arthur that the Sneakoscope might be detecting a dangerous person nearby, and Arthur said he would notify the Ministry after the party.

Vincent devised a plan to speed up the Magical Communicator’s spread by offering governments control of Magical Base Stations in exchange for support, while secretly retaining backdoors and preparing a parallel network. He began organizing global cooperation and production, then told Rita and Chief Editor Gufei that he planned to turn the new newspaper into a global broadcasting company.

• Vincent connected the upcoming Quidditch World Cup broadcast to a proposal for deploying Magical Base Stations worldwide, with governments receiving visible control while he secretly kept backdoors.
• Vincent presented his proposal to Lestrange and Devin, who agreed to help despite doubts about winning cooperation from foreign Ministries of Magic.
• Vincent, Lestrange, Devin, Rinne, and Viktor divided responsibility for approaching governments across different regions, while Vincent arranged mass production of Magical Base Stations.
• Vincent visited the Alchemy Factory and told Rita and Chief Editor Gufei that he intended to transform the new newspaper into a global broadcasting company using the Magical Communicator network.

Rita Skeeter attended Peter Pettigrew’s long-delayed public trial and recruited John Hollingworth, a Witch Weekly reporter, for her partner’s planned newspaper. As the courtroom filled, Rita coached John on how to frame the trial as a debate over the dangers of abusing magic.

• Rita Skeeter entered the Ministry of Magic for Peter Pettigrew’s public trial, and John Hollingworth warned her about the Ministry before she refused to leave.
• Rita learned that John was a Hogwarts graduate and Clare Hollingworth’s great-nephew, then offered him a job at her partner’s new newspaper.
• Rita and John went to Courtroom Ten, where Rita explained that the Ministry’s grand trial could win public support by promising to punish Pettigrew.
• Rita and John discussed possible punishments for Pettigrew, including making him kneel and repent before the Potters’ memorial or residence.
• When relatives of the twelve Muggle victims arrived, Rita showed John how to shape a story about their suffering into a wider question about the dangers of abusing magic.

After giving a perfunctory statement at the Ministry of Magic, Vincent learned from Fudge that the Ministry intended to suppress news of Voldemort’s return. He left London and confronted Wales, the wizard assigned to surveil him.

• Reporters and wizards crowded Vincent in the Ministry lobby, so he planned to leave through a back entrance with McGonagall and Draco.
• Vincent answered the Department of Magical Law Enforcement’s routine questions and then met with Fudge in the Minister’s office.
• Vincent challenged Fudge over the Ministry’s response, and Fudge admitted that it planned to suppress the incident at all costs.
• Vincent wandered through central London and entered Westminster Abbey, where he confronted Wales, who had been following him since he left the Ministry.

During a Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin, an army of Dementors descended on the pitch, but the players continued fighting for victory. Harry caught the Golden Snitch before plunging into the Dementors and falling unconscious, while a black animal raced onto the field.

• Flint tried to ram Vincent and sent a Bludger after him, but Gryffindor protected its formation while Vincent drew Slytherin’s attacks.
• Harry and Draco chased the Golden Snitch as Dementors appeared overhead, prompting Dumbledore and the professors to summon Patronuses.
• Gryffindor scored twice, putting the score at 160:10 and leaving Draco to realize Slytherin would lose unless he acted.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch as it flew toward the Dementors, then disappeared into them and fell unconscious.
• A black-furred animal raced onto the pitch toward Harry.

Vincent and Hermione continued dealing with daily challenges in the common room while the other students trained and speculated about them. A notice announced the arrival of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, and Hermione began to accept the rumored title of Gryffindor’s Big Sister Head.

• Vincent defeated Cedric, Neville, and the Weasley twins in a one-against-four training match, then left to meet Hermione.
• Hermione told Vincent that girls still challenged her every day, and Vincent teased her about becoming Gryffindor’s Big Sister Head.
• Vincent and Hermione saw a notice announcing that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang representatives would arrive on October 30 for the Triwizard Tournament.
• James declared that Hermione would be Hogwarts’ Champion, and Vincent helped her feel less embarrassed about the Big Sister Head nickname.

Vincent and Hermione calibrated Magical Projection equipment on Mont Blanc for the Quidditch World Cup semifinals, while French Minister Russell worried that advancing Muggle technology threatened the Wizarding World. Vincent urged Russell to consider learning more about Muggle society, leaving their discussion focused on whether wizards could overcome their fear and isolation.

• Vincent, Hermione, and Russell traveled to Mont Blanc to prepare Magical Projection for the World Cup semifinals.
• Vincent and Hermione tested more than fifty projections, installing a Magical Base Station to fix a linked-screen problem.
• Russell and the French staff watched Jurassic Park and discussed the possibility that Muggles might revive extinct creatures.
• After watching Star Wars I, Russell asked Vincent about Muggle technology and shared his fears for the Wizarding World's future.
• Vincent told Russell that wizards could adapt to Muggle society and asked whether he had considered understanding it more deeply.

Lupin’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson revealed the Boggart’s true form, and Vincent’s confrontation with it earned Gryffindor and Hufflepuff points. Afterward, Vincent rallied students to resist Snape, and Hermione called him into a greenhouse to question his plan.

• Lupin explained that Vincent was special and that the creature in the wardrobe was a Boggart.
• The Boggart became frightened of Vincent, revealed its true form, and Lupin turned it into soap bubbles and locked it away.
• Lupin awarded Gryffindor and Hufflepuff ten points each and gave the students a short reading assignment.
• Lavender asked Hermione why Vincent had made the Boggart reveal its body, but Hermione said the reason involved his privacy.
• Vincent told Harry and Ron that Fred and George were organizing a student strike against Snape and urged them to join.
• Hermione called Vincent into a greenhouse to ask him about his plan.

Vincent and Hermione helped Cedric stage a heroic rescue of Cho, then invented a curse story to explain the events at Alton Towers. After Doctor Wayne healed Cedric, the four left for a London restaurant, where Gordon Ramsay recognized Vincent and Hermione.

• Vincent and Hermione planned a curse story while Cedric fought the shadow in the mist.
• Cedric knocked down the tree-man and pretended to be injured so Cho would worry about him.
• Vincent and Hermione joined Cho and Cedric, and Hermione explained the invented curse while Vincent exaggerated Cedric’s injuries.
• Doctor Wayne healed Cedric, and the four left Alton Towers for a restaurant in London.
• Gordon Ramsay recognized Vincent and Hermione at the Eggplant Restaurant, and they left the meal up to him.

Barty Crouch revealed himself as Voldemort’s ally and attacked Dumbledore while the resurrection ritual neared completion. Voldemort returned before a worldwide live audience, leaving Dumbledore to openly challenge his claim to victory.

• Barty Crouch attacked Dumbledore with a cursed dagger and revealed that Luke Wood’s plan had targeted Vincent as well.
• Karkaroff tried to stop the ritual, but Dumbledore’s magic struck him down while Barty Crouch defended himself.
• Peter Pettigrew completed the ritual with Harry’s blood, and Voldemort emerged from the cauldron as wizards worldwide watched.
• Voldemort examined Peter Pettigrew’s Dark Mark and began summoning his followers, while Harry’s scar flared with pain.
• Dumbledore told Voldemort that the encounter was being broadcast live, and Voldemort declared himself the era’s only victor.
• Dumbledore told Voldemort that he was certain Voldemort would not win the era.

Cedric enjoyed an expensive meal with Vincent and Hermione while Sirius Black accompanied Harry to take a family portrait with the Dursleys. On September 1, Vincent picked up Hermione in an unregistered Bugatti Veyron and, with police cars pursuing them, set off on a reckless adventure toward school.

• Cedric sampled the elaborate appetizers and lamented the bill as Vincent praised the restaurant.
• Sirius Black asked Harry whether he wanted a family portrait with the Dursleys, and Harry said they treated him well now.
• On September 1, Vincent drove from London to Manchester in a Bugatti Veyron and picked up Hermione and Crookshanks.
• Hermione warned Vincent that the police could impound his car because it had no plates, but he decided to flee with her.
• As police cars pursued them, Vincent explained his wanted-level system and described Earth as a video game.

Vincent spent the evening in Dumbledore's office, where he discussed his Alchemy Shop and asked about his teacher, Nicolas. He left after pretending to sleep through the headmasters' argument, while Dumbledore anticipated more trouble from him.

• Vincent played Gwent with Dumbledore and declined the jelly slugs while the portraits argued about Muggle inventions and the school bus.
• Vincent asked Dumbledore for news about Nicolas, and Dumbledore said that he and Newt would step in when necessary.
• Vincent worried that the International Alchemical Association would retaliate against his Alchemy Shop, but Dumbledore admitted that no one could account for everything.
• Vincent turned his teacup into earmuffs and pretended to sleep while the headmasters argued; they ultimately decided to keep the school bus.
• After midnight, Vincent apologized for disturbing Dumbledore's rest and left the office, while Dumbledore expected him to return with more tricks.

Vincent visited Vida Rosier at White Manor in France and explained his plans for the Succession Society and peaceful coexistence between wizards and Muggles. Vida challenged the feasibility of his vision but was shaken by his resolve to reorder civilization.

• Voldemort believed Vincent had stolen the Serpent Staff and could use it to defeat Dumbledore.
• Vincent arrived at White Manor, the ancestral home of the Rosier Family, and met Vida Rosier.
• Vida called Vincent Grindelwald's heir, but he denied the title and said he would go to Germany to address Grindelwald's followers.
• Vincent told Vida that he wanted wizards and Muggles to coexist peacefully, while she warned that wizards would regard him as an enemy.
• Vincent described the Succession Society's aim to reorder human civilization, and Vida was deeply shaken by his words.

Vincent continued his alchemy research and confronted Dumbledore about the school’s food supply before the third-year strike brought Snape to the Owl Court Club. Snape prepared to punish Vincent and the other strikers, but Hermione admitted that they had collectively broken twenty-seven school rules.

• Vincent made a portable alchemical toilet, then went to the Forbidden Forest to work on the Alchemy Mechanical Arms while keeping two Dementors occupied with his Suanni Patronus.
• Vincent visited Dumbledore’s office, set up a tent, and persuaded Dumbledore to let him decide how much food the school purchased.
• Snape found the Little Snakes trying to remove prank images from classroom frames and destroyed the frames with Sectumsempra.
• Snape went to the Owl Court Club and accused Vincent of organizing the strike and slandering a professor with photographs.
• Snape asked Hermione how many rules Vincent had violated, and she answered that she and the others had broken twenty-seven rules together.

After using a Time-Turner, Vincent struggled to find somewhere to sleep and discovered a mysterious door that opened into a bedroom. The next morning, Hermione received birthday gifts, including a necklace from Vincent, while her roommates nearly recognized her Time-Turner pendant.

• Vincent went back five hours with his Time-Turner and considered staying with the centaurs, the Kraken, or Aberforth and Nagini before deciding each option would keep him awake.
• After crouching beside a tapestry on the Seventh Floor, Vincent found a mysterious door and fell asleep in the bedroom behind it.
• On September 19, Hermione received birthday gifts from her friends and a half-meter-tall cat tree for Crookshanks from Cedric.
• Hermione opened Vincent's gift and learned its Memory Alloy necklace had a Mithril lion pendant she could reshape.
• Lavender and Parvati said Hermione's Time-Turner pendant looked familiar, but Hermione hid it and claimed she had bought it on Oxford Street.

As wizards gathered in Godric’s Hollow for Peter Pettigrew’s public execution, Scrimgeour discovered that Pettigrew had vanished from St. Mungo’s under the Imperius Curse. He returned to the Ministry of Magic and revealed the disappearance to Fudge and the other officials, leaving the execution in doubt.

• Wizards, including Sirius Black, Harry, Vincent, and several prominent families, gathered at the Potter Memorial in Godric’s Hollow to witness Peter Pettigrew’s execution.
• Scrimgeour found Pettigrew’s hospital bed empty and discovered that the guards had been controlled by a powerful Imperius Curse.
• Scrimgeour questioned Mrs. Pettigrew, who named Potter, Black, and Lupin as her son’s old friends but offered no clue about who had taken him.
• Scrimgeour considered possible culprits, then returned to the Ministry of Magic as officials waited to escort Pettigrew.
• Scrimgeour told Fudge and the other officials that Pettigrew had been taken from St. Mungo’s, shocking them.