Chapter Summaries

Vincent and the others searched an old Hogwarts storage room for souvenirs, then used a prank to get back at Draco. The chapter ended with Draco trapped in the shower, repeatedly washing off magical powder that grew darker the longer it stayed on him.

• Vincent, Rolf, Cedric, Fred, George, and Hermione searched a dusty storage room and each found old items to keep.
• Fred found a faded Invisibility Cloak, while George discovered an unsent love letter addressed to Charles and signed by Andrew William Jones.
• Vincent checked the Marauder's Map and led the group into the Slytherin dormitory after Snape went to sleep.
• Draco dismantled the dormitory's magical traps and opened the door, triggering a shower of brightly colored powder.
• Draco rushed to the shower room and spent the morning bathing as the powder kept darkening, vowing to find whoever had pranked him.

Vincent and Hermione spent the day exploring Times Square after witnessing a police chase and gun battle, and Vincent secretly used magic to slow a falling helicopter. That night, Kenny investigated the crash site and sensed a familiar magical aura.

• Vincent and Hermione watched a Ford pickup flee police along Broadway as gunfire erupted nearby.
• A homemade explosive damaged a police helicopter, and Vincent used a spell to slow its fall and bring it down safely.
• Vincent and Hermione drove La Voiture Noire to Times Square, where the car drew attention and they spent the day sightseeing.
• Vincent and Hermione ate dinner at a restaurant featuring live performances, then saw a report that the shooting had caused no deaths.
• Kenny examined the helicopter crash site and recognized the lingering magical aura as familiar.

Vincent defended Hermione against Draco and explained his plan to recruit Slytherins into Owl Court. Fred and George warned him that the Greengrass family carried a deadly Blood Curse.

• Lockhart held another study period while Vincent and Hermione openly smelted an iron-copper alloy in class.
• Hermione argued with Draco about the Malfoy family's history, and Vincent challenged Draco over his lack of loyal friends.
• Theodore questioned Daphne about pretending to share her family's old views, and Vincent decided to recruit Slytherins into Owl Court.
• Fred and George warned Vincent that many Slytherin families had Death Eater ties and that the Greengrass family was burdened by a Blood Curse that drained life until death.

Vincent and Snape fought Voldemort, who was possessing Quirrell, in the Forbidden Forest. Voldemort escaped into the forest, and Vincent revealed his identity to Snape as Draco Malfoy before leaving to fetch help.

• Quirrell, controlled by Voldemort, attacked Snape with powerful magic while Vincent fired invisible bullets at him.
• Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre and fled toward the injured Unicorn, while Snape struggled against the flames.
• Vincent revealed himself and attacked Voldemort with a dagger disguised as a wand, causing the damaged Alder Wand to unleash an explosion that injured them both.
• Voldemort dissolved into black mist and escaped into the Forbidden Forest, leaving Vincent and Snape behind.
• Snape shouted for Wayne, but Vincent insisted he was Draco Malfoy and claimed he would get reinforcements.

Vincent’s friends praised his qualities while Harry nervously tried to speak with Cho, and Vincent arranged for her to care for Gu Gu. The chapter ended with Vincent speculating that Harry’s connection to Voldemort was more complicated than that of a perpetrator and victim.

• George chased Cedric through the common room, and Hermione sent them elsewhere.
• Cho and the other girls discussed their hobbies and praised Hermione for becoming more cheerful.
• The girls listed Vincent’s strengths, and he took Gu Gu away to put him on a diet.
• Vincent gave Gu Gu to Harry and asked him to tell Cho to care for the owl that night.
• Harry spoke awkwardly with Cho, while Vincent watched events unfold on the Marauder’s Map and judged that Harry needed more practice.
• Vincent and his friends agreed that Dumbledore’s reasons for caring about Harry, and Harry’s connection to Voldemort, were likely more complicated than they seemed.

Eric and the Ilvermorny students fought a group of Harpies, struggling against their teamwork and piercing cries until a mysterious man in black mist intervened. He introduced himself as someone who knew Eric’s son and said he was not an enemy.

• Eric and the students prepared to defend themselves as the Harpies approached, and Rinne and Jennifer used mist to help the boys attack.
• The Harpies blocked the students’ spells, but Eric shot one and pinned her to the deck before killing her when she threatened them.
• Rinne struck a Harpy with electricity, allowing the boys to blast her off the deck.
• The Harpies’ continuous cries overwhelmed the students, and four of them dived at Eric as he fired at their claws.
• A pale, silver-haired man emerged from black mist, killed or drove off the Harpies with chained nails, and warned Eric not to shoot him.
• The stranger told Eric he knew his son and was not his enemy.

Tonks learned that Vincent had used the stadium inspection as a pretext to help find a mole inside the Ministry of Magic. After Vincent explained the suspected mole and his plan, Tonks agreed that the Ministry might be compromised, leaving the success of the operation uncertain.

• Tonks was assigned to inspect the stadium lawn with a detection crystal ball and complained to Vincent about the job.
• Vincent told Tonks to go through the motions, and she realized the inspection was a cover for his investigation.
• Vincent said he was searching for a mole inside the Ministry of Magic and reminded Tonks that Death Eaters had infiltrated it before.
• Tonks revealed that Augustus Rookwood had died more than half a month earlier, but the Ministry had concealed the news.
• Vincent explained the suspected mole and his fishing operation, and Tonks agreed that someone might be hiding within the Ministry.

Hermione brought encrypted blueprints to Fanny and Bo Ye so they could repair the Magical Projection, then helped Krum approach her and Fanny. Their conversation turned to Wayne’s brutal combat style, leaving Krum curious about seeing him fight.

• Fanny and Bo Ye brawled with underhanded attacks while Ministry staff and the Bulgarian team watched.
• Hermione arrived with encrypted blueprints, and Bo Ye began examining them to assess the repairs.
• Krum recognized Hermione and approached her after Ivanova left him alone.
• Fanny told Krum that he was Wayne’s fan and explained that Wayne taught them to strike vital spots.
• Krum said he wanted to see Wayne disarm someone in a fight, prompting uneasy and amused reactions from Fanny and Hermione.

Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts, where Vincent reunited with Pheobe and Gabrielle while the delegations settled in for the welcome feast. Dumbledore welcomed the guests and announced that the Triwizard Tournament would begin after the meal, while Hermione’s conversation with Pheobe turned to House-elves.

• The Beauxbatons students joined the Gryffindor table, where Vincent greeted Pheobe and Gabrielle and Hermione found Pheobe a seat.
• Viktor led the Durmstrang delegation to the Slytherin table, disappointing Ron, who had hoped to sit with him.
• Madame Maxime and Karkaroff took their places at the staff table, and Dumbledore welcomed the guests before announcing that the tournament would begin after the feast.
• Hagrid entered the Great Hall with his hand bandaged and sat beside Snape.
• Pheobe praised Hogwarts’s French food, and Hermione explained that the castle’s House-elves prepared dishes from around the world.

Vincent and Hermione caught a cloaked intruder tampering with the Goblet of Fire, but Vincent chose not to stop him so the tournament’s selection would remain impartial. Vincent then submitted his own altered entry, and the Goblet accepted it, suggesting the intruder was not targeting a Hogwarts Champion.

• After the twins gave up trying to cross the Age Line, Vincent and Hermione sneaked into the Entrance Hall and watched a cloaked man cast a Confundus Charm on the Goblet of Fire before submitting parchment.
• Vincent let the intruder leave, explaining that he did not want to replace the Goblet as the tournament’s impartial selector.
• Vincent proposed submitting the same name to find out whether the intruder had targeted him, but worried that his entry might make him Hogwarts’ Champion.
• Hermione suggested using Vincent’s magic to affect the selection, and he wrote his name and school on parchment.
• Vincent tossed his altered entry into the Goblet, which consumed it without returning it, leading Hermione to conclude the intruder had not been targeting Hogwarts.

During Harry and Ron’s weekend training with Sirius Black, Sirius helped Ron find a way to fix his dress robes and advised Harry to ask a younger girl to the Yule Ball. Harry invited Ginny, leaving Luna behind with their interrupted Gwent game.

• Harry practiced the Disarming Spell against Sirius Black, who taught him a technique combining a guided spell trajectory with Accio.
• At the Hog's Head Pub, Sirius Black suggested Ron use Transfiguration to alter his dress robes, and Ron became confident he could find a dance partner.
• Sirius Black advised Harry to consider asking younger girls to the Yule Ball after Harry admitted he was intimidated by the girls challenging Hermione.
• Harry found Astoria with Daphne and then found Luna and Ginny together, so he chose Ginny and asked her to leave the common room with him.
• Luna watched Harry and Ginny go, then checked the cards and realized she had won their interrupted Gwent game.

Vincent arranged for Hogwarts to claim valuable goods from the Malfoys and prepared equipment for a plan involving the Forbidden Forest. In Transfiguration class, he helped Neville and Ron, who revealed that his family could not afford a new wand, while Draco remained frustrated with Vincent.

• McGonagall told Vincent he would have priority access to the items she had listed for compensation from the Malfoy family, then privately examined a miniature set of silver knight armor.
• Vincent planned to scheme against Quirrell and sent Gu Gu to fetch equipment from his house.
• Gu Gu delivered a silver-white suitcase to Hogwarts, and Vincent refused to show its contents to curious students, including George and Draco.
• In Transfiguration class, Vincent and Hermione earned points for transforming Blue Fatty, and Vincent patiently helped Neville improve his work.
• Ron told Vincent he was using Charlie's wand because the Weasleys could not afford a new one, and Vincent encouraged him to save for a suitable wand.

Quirrell endured humiliation from Gryffindor students who tested his weak Defense Against the Dark Arts skills, while Vincent quietly manipulated events against him. Vincent ended the chapter by confronting Quirrell with a question about the vampire in Albania and how it had changed him.

• Fred, George, and Lee challenged Quirrell to demonstrate magic for dealing with Dark wizards, then stunned him and mocked his teaching.
• Quirrell fled the office and fell down the stairs, where Snape suspected something had happened and taunted him.
• Quirrell struggled through classes as Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw students lost respect for him, then assigned first-years self-study.
• Vincent watched Quirrell’s distress and reflected on how he and Voldemort were unaware of each other’s schemes.
• Vincent stood during class and asked Quirrell whether the vampire he had encountered in Albania had changed his personality.

Vincent learned that Harry’s Invisibility Cloak and the Elder Wand were Deathly Hallows, and Dumbledore told him he would soon meet Gellert Grindelwald. After hearing the story of the three Peverell brothers, Vincent left with a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

• Vincent examined Harry’s Invisibility Cloak and asked Dumbledore whether it and the Elder Wand had the same creator.
• Dumbledore said his foresight had shown that Vincent would soon meet Gellert Grindelwald, whom he called the master of the Deathly Hallows.
• Dumbledore told Vincent the tale of Antioch, Cadmus, and Ignotus Peverell and their three magical objects.
• Vincent returned the Elder Wand and the Invisibility Cloak and accepted a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
• Vincent remarked that the protagonist of “The Wizard’s Hairy Heart” reminded him of Tom, and Dumbledore discussed Beedle’s more respectful attitude toward Muggles.

Vincent provoked Draco at breakfast, and Percy intervened when Draco grabbed him, prompting Gryffindor students to rally against Malfoy. Harry remained troubled by his conflicts with Draco, House points, and Snape as tensions between the Houses began to rise.

• Vincent asked Gu Gu to deliver a letter home and checked the Marauder's Map, noticing Harry wandering the Seventh Floor after curfew.
• Harry worried over Malfoy, House points, and Snape before returning to his dormitory.
• Draco taunted the Gryffindors at breakfast, and Vincent tripped him as he walked away.
• Draco grabbed Vincent by the collar, but Percy separated them and deducted ten points from Draco.
• Gryffindor students rallied around Vincent, and Draco anticipated that the conflict between the Houses would spread beyond the classroom.

Quirrell escaped the four students, but a trap Vincent had set injured him and left the Dark Lord’s face burned. The Dark Lord accused Snape of being Batman, while Vincent slipped away from the others.

• Quirrell raised a shield against the students’ bullets and spells, then escaped upward through a column of earth.
• Hermione and the twins tried to clear the earth blocking the trapdoor, while Vincent left them unnoticed.
• Quirrell tripped over a rope in the corridor and was splashed with corrosive potion, burning his cloak and the Dark Lord’s face.
• Quirrell found no healing potions in the Hospital Wing, and the Dark Lord ordered him to get ingredients from the dungeons.
• The Dark Lord told Quirrell that Batman was Snape, whom he believed to be a master of Occlumency.

Vincent attended Hogwarts’s Christmas feast, where pranks and mishaps kept the evening lively while Gu Gu ate her fill. He and Hermione discussed the next day’s Gwent launch, and Hermione thanked him for preparing her for a future role.

• Vincent delivered the gifts with Gu Gu, then tried to stop her from sneaking extra food before the feast.
• Vincent entered the Great Hall and saw Dumbledore, Flitwick, and Hagrid dressed for the celebration, with Hagrid drinking alongside Snape.
• Fred and Harry’s firecracker caused a burst of blue smoke, and Percy’s silver Sickle fell into Draco’s soup before Draco tossed it to Vincent.
• Hagrid kissed McGonagall on the cheek, while Fred and George caused more trouble and Snape threw their Bubble Beans out of the castle.
• Fred and George inked Draco’s face and stole Percy’s prefect badge as Vincent fed Gu Gu and enjoyed the feast.
• Hermione asked Vincent about leaving the Gwent launch to her, and Vincent encouraged her while she thanked him.

Viktor D. Brad rescued the Wayne family from the Harpies, left a rune associated with Vincent, and hinted that he and Vincent’s son would understand his motives. Rinne suspected the Saints were watching Vincent on Grindelwald’s orders, but Vincent dismissed her theory, and the group returned to Sam.

• Viktor D. Brad killed the remaining Harpies, told Eric to have Vincent follow the holy relic’s mark, and vanished after carving Vincent’s rune into the deck.
• Vincent returned with Gu Gu, and Rinne concluded that Viktor’s message had been intended for her and suspected he was connected to Gellert Grindelwald.
• Vincent told Eric that the attackers might have come from the International Alchemy Association, then spoke privately with Rinne at the yacht’s stern.
• Rinne warned Vincent that the Saints might be watching him for Grindelwald and urged him to stay on guard, while Vincent dismissed her theory.
• Vincent and Rinne returned to Sam, who teased Vincent about his apparent interest in Rinne and began making inappropriate remarks.

Wayne won the competition and organized a Hogwarts party, while Dumbledore used the gathering to advertise the upcoming release of Gwent. Wayne tried to lure Snape into attending and secretly inspected his office, while Snape wrongly blamed Vienne for the suspicious activity; the party began with Slytherin’s table left empty.

• Trelawney left before the results were announced, and McGonagall declared Wayne the winner.
• Dumbledore announced the upcoming release of Gwent, and McGonagall agreed to let Wayne continue his broom flight-testing.
• Wayne invited students from the other houses to a party and assigned the twins to haul supplies while other students prepared the Great Hall.
• Wayne visited Snape’s office under the pretense of inviting him to the party, but Snape refused and Wayne secretly looked around.
• Snape blamed Vienne for the Acromantula Venom sales and resolved to teach Gryffindor a lesson, believing the permission slip was meant for Vienne.
• Wayne welcomed students to the party, where the houses contributed food and decorations, and Hermione questioned his claims about holding back against Marcus.

At Hogwarts’ party, Vincent performed a cheeky song about the school’s houses and their students, setting off a chaotic chase. Meanwhile, Dumbledore instructed Snape to approach the right person, and Snape left disguised in a tattered cloak.

• Harry served Ron and Vincent steamed duck, and Ron praised Harry’s cooking.
• Vincent told Harry and Ron he would perform a song called “Opening Remarks” at the party.
• In a cave, Dumbledore asked Snape to appear before the right person and discussed the prophecy and Wayne with him.
• Snape drank a potion, disguised himself in a tattered cloak, and followed Dumbledore toward the party.
• Vincent sang teasing verses about Gryffindor and Slytherin, provoking Blaise Zabini, Draco, and others to chase him offstage.
• Snape told Dumbledore that his disguise made him look even more like Voldemort, then vanished into the darkness.