Chapter Summaries

Vincent told Rinne about his plan to broadcast the Quidditch World Cup and secure exclusive mobile communications rights, then proposed using artifacts from the British Museum to win a partnership with a great Eastern country. Rinne agreed to have her father handle India and left the Wayne home after the discussion.

• Eric and Vincent smelled the Sichuan dishes Evelyn and Hermione were cooking, and the family gathered for lunch.
• Hermione fed Vincent a Sweet and Sour Rib while Rinne endured the affectionate couples around the dining table.
• Vincent explained his Quidditch World Cup broadcast plan and his strategy for controlling mobile communications through alchemical components.
• Vincent showed Rinne blue-and-white porcelain from the British Museum and proposed using the artifacts to secure a partnership with a great Eastern country.
• Rinne assigned India to her father so they could meet the qualifiers in time, then left in her burgundy GT-R.

Vincent negotiated with Fudge to secure the Ministry of Magic’s support for Wayne Enterprises’ magical broadcasting and mobile communications plans. After the deal, he returned home to rest before inspecting military equipment, while Evelyn’s mysterious cooking-class story hinted at a connection to the Grangers.

• Vincent offered Fudge a magical broadcast device and explained how it worked.
• Fudge agreed to endorse Wayne Enterprises in exchange for the Ministry’s control of Magical Base Stations and exclusive operating rights in mobile communications.
• Vincent returned home to prepare for the afternoon equipment inspection and ate Evelyn’s Chinese cooking.
• Evelyn claimed she had enrolled in a Chinatown cooking class, and Eric noticed she seemed to be hiding something.
• After lunch, Evelyn called the Granger family’s familiar number.

Rinne impressed the Wayne family with her cooking and began teaching Evelyn and Hermione, while Vincent continued testing Gu Gu’s Flying Suit. After reading about Peter Pettigrew’s latest hospitalization, Vincent discussed the Ministry’s handling of the crisis and his girlfriend’s political ambitions with Eric.

• Rinne cooked a Chinese-style seafood dinner for the Wayne family before returning to her hotel, exchanging a knowing glance with Evelyn.
• Vincent tested Gu Gu’s Flying Suit the next morning until Gu Gu gradually learned to control its power.
• Vincent returned home and found Evelyn, Rinne, and Hermione cooking together, and Eric told him Rinne had become their cooking teacher.
• Eric and Vincent read that Peter Pettigrew had been hospitalized again and Mrs. Pettigrew had suffered another mental breakdown.
• Vincent criticized Fudge’s handling of Peter’s execution and suggested holding those responsible for Sirius Black’s wrongful conviction accountable or reforming the Ministry.
• Vincent said he would support his girlfriend if she became Minister and joked that problems could be solved by dealing with the people who created them.

Vincent intercepted the fleeing Death Eaters and fought Peter Pettigrew and his companions. He launched a hundred miniature missiles at them, leaving their fate unclear amid the explosions and dust.

• Vincent caught up with the fleeing Death Eaters, and one of them threatened to kill him.
• Vincent dodged a Dark Magic lightning strike and unmasked Peter Pettigrew with a metal baseball bat.
• Vincent used a shield to knock Peter Pettigrew down, where emerald liquid corroded half his face.
• Vincent endured a Reductor Curse and evaded the Death Eaters' spells with his Flying Boots.
• Vincent launched a hundred miniature missiles at the Death Eaters, triggering a chain of explosions.

Kreacher revealed how Regulus sacrificed himself to destroy Voldemort’s locket, and Sirius Black struggled to accept the truth. Dumbledore removed a fragment of a Horcrux that had been influencing Sirius, leaving him to hear how Kreacher had been unable to save Regulus.

• Kreacher told Sirius Black that Regulus had taken him to Voldemort’s cave after discovering the secret of Voldemort’s immortality.
• Sirius attacked Kreacher in grief, but Vincent restrained him while Dumbledore discovered and removed an evil presence affecting Sirius.
• Sirius regained control and learned that the presence was likely a fragment of a Horcrux inside him.
• Kreacher admitted that Regulus ordered it to switch the locket, destroy the real one, and return home without him.
• Kreacher explained that Regulus drank the basin’s liquid and was dragged beneath the lake, while Kreacher could not carry him to safety.

The Ministry of Magic blamed the explosion on illegally modified Muggle grenades smuggled by Goblins Hall, and Fudge used a broadcast to win public support. Vincent decided to expose the cover-up through a Muggle technology documentary, with Rita Skeeter arriving at the Wayne residence as his chosen presenter.

• Fudge claimed the explosion had been caused by illegally modified Muggle grenades and blamed the wiped-out Goblins Hall.
• Vincent and his friends decided not to release their recorded footage immediately, and Vincent proposed exposing the Ministry through a documentary about Muggle technology.
• Vincent revealed that he had someone more suitable in mind to host the documentary but kept the identity a surprise.
• Rita Skeeter arrived at the Wayne residence, where the bodyguards recognized her and welcomed her to breakfast.

Vincent delayed online payments for the Magical Communicator because Gringotts controlled the Wizarding World’s financial system, then prepared with his friends for the Triwizard Tournament’s final task. As Ministry employees built a maze in the Forbidden Forest, Umbridge arrived to replace the injured Bagman as a judge, and Vincent went to investigate the maze alone.

• The Magical Communicator went on sale, and Wayne Enterprises began planning subscription-based series with magical appliance brands.
• Vincent considered online payments but postponed them because Gringotts monopolized banking and would charge high transaction fees.
• Vincent and his friends used the new map to confirm that the teachers and students were themselves and found no hidden Death Eaters.
• Ministry employees led by Barty Crouch arrived to build the final-task arena, and Umbridge entered the grounds to replace Bagman as a judge.
• Vincent’s friends watched Umbridge direct the workers as they built a maze in the Forbidden Forest.
• Vincent left the Room of Requirement to investigate the maze while wearing Flying Boots.

Harry struggled to decipher the Golden Egg’s clue, accidentally deafening himself and his dormmates before deciding to focus on training. A month later, the chapter recapped Vincent’s growing fame and the expanding ventures of Nobili Magical Appliances and Prongs Magical Appliances.

• Harry forced open the Golden Egg, whose shriek deafened him and the other boys in his dormitory, while Vincent and Hermione heard it from the Forbidden Forest.
• Fred and George carried Harry to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey restored the boys’ eardrums, and Harry promised not to open the egg in the dormitory again.
• Harry put away the Golden Egg and trained for a month, improving his strength enough to punch through a five-centimeter wooden board.
• The Daily Prophet reported strong sales for Nobili Magical Appliances, while the Ministry of Magic continued to claim progress in its hunt for Death Eaters without making any.
• Witch Weekly’s annual rankings placed Vincent first on more than a dozen lists and Hermione near the top of several, upsetting a certain little blond wizard.
• Sirius Black’s Prongs Magical Appliances set its release for February 14, 1995, and Lupin announced that the first season of The Gryffindor Legend had finished filming while the second was underway.

Vincent encouraged Harry to consider his own feelings for Ginny, while Harry struggled to approach her and ask for dance lessons. The chapter ended with Vincent and Hermione leaving Harry and Ginny alone together in the activity room.

• Vincent teased Harry about liking Ginny and helped him realize that she might have liked him for a long time.
• Harry decided he needed to consider his own feelings rather than worry about upsetting the Weasleys, while Vincent found that Hermione and Ginny had left.
• McGonagall summoned Harry and offered to teach him to dance, but Harry said his dance partner could already dance.
• Harry told Vincent that he was afraid to ask Ginny for dancing lessons, and Vincent pointed out that Ginny and Hermione were waiting nearby.
• Vincent ended the Owl Club event and left with Hermione, leaving Harry and Ginny alone in the cleared activity room.

Hermione told Eric and Evelyn about Vincent’s achievements at Hogwarts, while Vincent worked on the Alchemy Engine and accidentally caused an explosion. After cleaning himself up, he invited Hermione and Gu Gu upstairs to see his room, leaving her eager to discover what his private workspace looked like.

• Eric and Evelyn learned from Hermione that Vincent was a model student who had helped his House win the House Cup three years in a row and was known as Hogwarts’ number one social menace.
• An explosion upstairs sent black smoke down the stairway, and Vincent came downstairs covered in soot with a metal boot in his hand.
• Hermione gently wiped Vincent’s face, and Eric and Evelyn left them alone before Vincent cleaned himself up and asked Hermione to see his room.
• Vincent used Scourgify to restore his room, then headed upstairs with Hermione and Gu Gu, who pretended to be their guide in hopes of getting more snacks.
• Hermione saw a huge alchemical boiler outside Vincent’s room and grew excited as she imagined the factory-like workspace beyond it.

Vincent watched the maze as Viktor Krum’s strange behavior exposed a plot involving pink smoke. Dumbledore identified the smoke as vaporized Lost Potion, while the judges turned their suspicion toward Umbridge and Karkaroff.

• Harry escaped a Devil’s Snare, and Pheobe slipped away from a Sphinx before the two Champions met and entered the maze’s core together.
• Viktor Krum arrived while fleeing Blast-Ended Skrewts, collapsed, then used Incendio to set the pink hedges ablaze.
• Krum emerged unharmed but acted strangely as the burning hedges filled the maze with pink smoke, prompting Dumbledore to shield the stands.
• Fudge demanded an explanation from Umbridge, who claimed she had only ordered the hedges changed to pink and suspected someone had tampered with them.
• Snape told Dumbledore what he had learned, and Dumbledore revealed that someone had mixed Lost Potion into the hedges.
• The judges learned that inhaled Lost Potion could control emotions, and they looked toward Karkaroff and the suspicious Umbridge.

On Christmas evening, Vincent and the other boys waited for their dance partners to finish getting ready, then watched the girls arrive in formal dress. Hermione and Vincent shared a private first dance in the Gryffindor common room before the ball.

• James, Alfred, Neville, and Vincent dressed for the ball and waited in the common room while the girls got ready.
• Fred met Angelina, and later Alfred and Neville left to collect their dance partners.
• Parvati arrived in a bright pink sari-inspired gown, and James escorted her away.
• Ginny appeared in a wine-red dress, stunning Ron and Harry, while Ron set off to meet Luna.
• Hermione joined Vincent, and they exchanged affectionate promises before Vincent dimmed the lights and danced with her.

Barty Crouch studied the plans for Peter Pettigrew’s public execution and appeared to be plotting something. Vincent Wayne returned to London, received an artifact-level ring from Nicolas Flamel, and rejected the International Alchemy Association’s invitation as he resolved to challenge those who resisted change.

• Barty Crouch reviewed Percy’s Triwizard Tournament records, then carefully read the plans for Peter Pettigrew’s execution and considered an undisclosed scheme.
• Vincent Wayne and the Granger family returned to London ahead of Peter Pettigrew’s execution, which fell on Vincent’s birthday.
• Vincent opened his early birthday gifts, admired Hermione’s silver pocket watch, and hid Fred and George’s Snape body pillow beneath his bed.
• Vincent received an unsigned letter containing a powerful storage ring from Nicolas Flamel, tested its enhancement abilities, and read Nicolas’s explanation that it carried the Goblin King’s blessing.
• Vincent dismissed the International Alchemy Association’s invitation to be a special judge and resolved to confront those who hoarded alchemy and resisted change.

Vincent helped restore Nagini to human form, and Dumbledore discussed Vincent’s plan to buy Hogwarts School Board seats. Nagini woke, met her younger sister Surya, and thanked her for sharing the Blood Curse and calling out to her.

• Vincent’s black mist dispersed after Nagini returned to human form, and Aberforth made a bed for the exhausted women.
• Vincent feigned exhaustion until Dumbledore acknowledged his increased magical power, then asked how much School Board seats cost.
• Vincent and Dumbledore discussed appointing representatives to seven of the twelve Board Seats, including Gu Gu and relatives of staff.
• Nagini woke and learned that Surya was her younger sister and that Surya had helped call her back from the beast.
• Nagini thanked Surya for sharing the Blood Curse and calling out to her.

Vincent, Dumbledore, Harry, and Sirius discovered that Regulus Black had stolen Voldemort’s real Horcrux and died trying to destroy it. Sirius brought Regulus’s body and the locket home to Grimmauld Place, where his mother’s portrait and the house-elf Kreacher confronted them.

• Vincent opened the note and learned that its writer, R.A.B., had discovered Voldemort’s secret and stolen the real Horcrux.
• Sirius identified R.A.B. as his younger brother, Regulus Arcturus Black, and learned that Regulus’s body was the corpse Dumbledore had carried.
• Vincent repaired the locket and returned it and Regulus’s note to Sirius, who decided to take his brother home while keeping the Horcrux secret from Voldemort.
• Sirius carried Regulus to Grimmauld Place, where his mother’s portrait insulted Harry and Vincent and ordered them to leave.
• Sirius stunned the portrait, and Kreacher appeared but admitted that he could not drive away the sole heir of the Black Family.

Harry, Vincent, and their classmates attended Snape’s first Potions lesson, where Snape singled out Harry and deducted points from Gryffindor. Vincent and Hermione brewed a flawless Simple Cure for Boils, and Vincent confronted Snape as the lesson ended.

• Snape questioned Harry about potion ingredients, ignored Hermione and Vincent when they raised their hands, and gave Harry the answers after he could not respond.
• Snape deducted ten points from Gryffindor for Harry talking back and five more for Hermione ignoring classroom discipline.
• Snape paired Harry with Neville and Vincent with Hermione, then prowled among the Gryffindors and criticized their brewing.
• Vincent coughed to distract Snape and added Porcupine Quills at the right moment, helping him and Hermione produce two perfect pink-smoke potions.
• Snape warned Vincent to control his mouth, and Vincent retorted that he could control an out-of-control flying broomstick.

At a ceremony on August 1, 1993, Fudge introduced Vincent Wayne to international magical officials, school representatives, and students before announcing his appointment as Britain’s Wizengamot youth representative. The chapter ended with the guests’ approval and a few dissenters, including Lucius and Madam Zabini, keeping their objections behind smiles.

• Fudge introduced the Wayne family to officials including Lecouffe Adrian and Graves, whose arrival made Vincent worry that Sam might have been exposed.
• Fudge introduced representatives of the International Confederation of Wizards, and Vincent enthusiastically greeted Madam Chen.
• Hafra invited Vincent to consider judging the next Alchemy Conference, and Madame Maxime introduced Beauxbatons students including Fleur Delacour.
• Vincent greeted Fleur in French, while Rita recorded that he was the youngest youth representative in history.
• Fudge announced Vincent as the new Wizengamot youth representative, and most guests laughed approvingly while Lucius and Madam Zabini concealed their disagreement.

Vincent impressed the Gryffindor team at Quidditch tryouts with Rascal Rabbit’s speed and control, while Harry proved himself as a Seeker by catching the Golden Snitch in under ten minutes. The team celebrated their new lineup, and Josen agreed to develop a custom broom for Harry.

• Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell comforted Alicia Spinnet, who had withdrawn from the tryouts.
• Vincent tested Rascal Rabbit’s speed and maneuverability, then scored from long range with a powerful curved shot.
• Vincent encouraged Harry to trust their teamwork, and Harry gained confidence before pursuing the Golden Snitch.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch in under ten minutes, impressing McGonagall and Josen.
• McGonagall persuaded Josen to have the Cleansweep Broom Company design a custom broom for Harry.
• Wood hugged Harry in celebration, while Fred and George joked with Vincent about Wood’s devotion to Quidditch.

Vincent persuaded the former members of the Wizards' Purity Party to join the Succession Society, bringing its membership to forty-one. In response to his escape from Erkstag and the Society’s growing influence, Minister Belge declared Vincent Germany’s greatest threat and moved to ban Wayne Enterprises’ products.

• Old Kramer accepted that the Wizards' Purity Party's ideals were outdated and joined Vincent's Succession Society.
• Isolde and the other former party members followed, bringing the Succession Society to forty-one members.
• Minister Belge heard Muller's account of Vincent's rescue of the prisoners and concluded that Vincent was an exceptionally dangerous dark wizard.
• Belge realized that Wayne Enterprises' products had made wizarding governments dependent on them, but that Germany's public would likely support a ban after the Erkstag breakout.
• At a meeting with senior officials, Belge declared Vincent the greatest threat to Germany since Gellert Grindelwald and ordered a ban on Wayne Enterprises' products despite Adelaide's warnings about unrest.

Snape taught his first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, testing the students on dangerous encounters and pairing them for Disarming Spell duels. Vincent defeated Draco both with and without a wand, and Snape moved on to Harry and the other students.

• Snape questioned Harry about werewolves, dark wizards, and the Killing Curse, telling him to run from the curse rather than overestimate himself.
• Snape paired Draco and Vincent for a Disarming Spell duel, and Vincent knocked Draco backward with a spell.
• Snape ordered a second duel with Vincent forbidden to use his wand, and Vincent dodged Draco’s spell and disarmed him physically.
• Snape called Harry and Goyle next, then paired Weasley and Crabbe as the class continued.