Chapter Summaries

Vincent’s interference helped destabilize Madam Zabini’s allies at the hearing, but the case was postponed until next month. Back at Hogwarts, Snape retaliated against Vincent and Gryffindor in Potions, leaving Vincent and Hermione contemplating how to survive the remaining classes.

• At the hearing, Lucius and the other gentlemen distanced themselves from Madam Zabini, and Bones postponed the verdict until the second hearing next month.
• Vincent returned to Hogwarts and vanished, prompting Snape to discover that his office had been stripped of potions, herbs, furniture, and his bed.
• Vincent, Hermione, the Weasley twins, and their friends shared a meal cooked by Dobby, while Hermione comforted him and Vincent wondered whether Dobby could help change the other house-elves.
• In Potions, Snape claimed Vincent had not submitted his essay and repeatedly deducted points from Gryffindor, costing the house 190 points in one class.
• Vincent saw Gryffindor’s lead over Ravenclaw shrink to only a few dozen points, and Hermione watched warily as he wondered what they could do about their remaining Potions classes.

Hermione defaced Lockhart’s sleeping face after the group found no magic behind Harry’s strange voice, and Vincent discovered a Dark Magic notebook in Lockhart’s desk. Days later, Lockhart introduced a giant Acromantula named Audrey in Defense Against the Dark Arts, but she recoiled when she saw Vincent.

• Hermione covered Lockhart’s face with fluorescent insults, while Vincent found a blank notebook carrying Dark Magic in his desk.
• The group concluded that the House-elf controlling the Ford Anglia had likely caused the voice Harry heard, then returned to bed without exploring the Headmaster’s Office.
• Lockhart took leave from Defense Against the Dark Arts, leaving the class to self-study while Draco recovered in the Hospital Wing.
• Lockhart brought Audrey, a giant Acromantula, to class and tried to repel her with a spell.
• Audrey remained unaffected by the spell but backed away when she saw Vincent, drawing the students’ attention to him.

Vincent caught Peeves in a game of hide-and-seek and made him his lackey after retrieving him seven times. He left Peeves in no doubt that he intended to keep him busy for the rest of the school year.

• Peeves swam and sang in the first-floor boys' washroom until Vincent revealed himself and showed off his Flying Boots and stealth mode.
• Vincent proposed hide-and-seek and tracked Peeves to the Hufflepuff girls' dormitory with the Marauder's Map.
• Peeves fled repeatedly, but Vincent used giant hands formed from different objects to catch and drag him back seven times.
• Vincent declared Peeves his lackey, and Peeves agreed to be his boss in exchange for privileges.
• Vincent refused to grant Peeves any privileges and told him that the seven giant hands would make him accept his new role.

Vincent fought his way through the Ministry of Magic with Pandora, then found evidence of a secret passage while searching for a way out. He prepared a massive cannon to punch through the floors above him.

• Vincent used Pandora's flying gunboat to defeat the Ministry employees guarding the Department of Mysteries and cut through the ceiling.
• Vincent fought past more Ministry employees on the seventh underground level, then reached the Portkey Office on the sixth.
• Vincent met Percy on the fifth underground level and challenged his faith in the Ministry's plan to conceal Voldemort's return.
• Vincent checked the Ministry's projection screen and spotted a cluster of red dots marking a likely secret passage four levels above him.
• Vincent transformed Pandora into a heavy cannon and prepared to fire an Adamantium armor-piercing round through the floors above.

Rinne visited Vincent and learned about his Flying Boots, then spent the afternoon with the Waynes. Vincent later built Gu Gu an alchemical flight suit, leaving Eric to wonder whether he might make one for humans too.

• Rinne learned that Vincent’s Flying Boots used turbofan engines and alchemy, then followed him as he searched camera footage for Gu Gu’s stolen snacks.
• Vincent recovered Gu Gu’s stolen goods and began planning alchemical equipment to help the owl lose weight.
• Evelyn and Eric took Rinne to explore Oxford Street, where she bought snacks and ingredients for dinner.
• Rinne cooked Chinese food while Eric went upstairs to investigate the noises from Vincent’s room.
• Vincent tested Gugu’s Flight Suit, an armored device that sent Gu Gu bouncing around the room, and Eric left imagining a suit for himself.

Vincent and Hermione were attacked by a gigantic snake while investigating the third floor, and Vincent fought it until Dumbledore arrived. Vincent identified the creature as a Basilisk and was sent to the Hospital Wing, where Hermione and the twins were recovering.

• Vincent and Hermione found their route downstairs blocked and escaped through a window after Vincent healed Hermione's bruised arm.
• Vincent stayed behind to hold off the giant snake with Orichalcum Bullets while Hermione climbed down to safety.
• Vincent recognized the creature as a Basilisk, but its gaze left his body increasingly heavy as he continued firing.
• Dumbledore arrived, stabilized Vincent with the Elder Wand, and went upstairs to confront the Basilisk after Vincent reported its location.
• Fawkes carried Vincent to the Hospital Wing, where he told Rolf and the others that the creature was a Basilisk and drank Madam Pomfrey's restorative potion.

Vincent returned to the Shingu Family Estate after Takuma Ashiya handled the incident with the reporters, then recounted how Sam had fooled him twice. At the Ashiya Family home, Takuma urged his children to prepare for their futures while Mie quietly considered acting before the other families made a move.

• Takuma told the reporters Vincent had only been involved in a misunderstanding and escorted him away from the estate.
• Vincent explained the incident to the gathered family, and Kenny laughed at how Sam had tricked him twice; Vincent warned Kenny about using Franklin to pick up girls.
• Sam hid in a tree hollow in a South American jungle, expanded it with magic, and prepared to survive without food or water.
• Takuma returned to the Ashiya Family home and encouraged Hirakawa to pass the enforcement squad examination and Meisa and Kenji to improve their studies.
• Mie told Meisa and Kenji that Takuma was planning their futures, then resolved to act before the other wizarding families made their move.

Vincent confronted Snape over his biased treatment of students and defended the student strike at a meeting with Dumbledore and the former headmasters. Dumbledore acknowledged that Vincent had done nothing wrong but criticized his radical methods, while Snape continued to deny responsibility.

• Vincent told Snape that students were not tools for him to vent his emotions on, and Snape accused Vincent of making excuses.
• Hermione and Daphne joined Vincent as Snape escorted them from the club, while Snape threatened consequences for the students involved.
• At the headmaster's office, Vincent challenged Headmaster Black and argued that respect between professors and students should be mutual.
• Snape demanded that Hermione and Daphne lose their model-student titles, and Vincent argued that yielding to injustice would make them unworthy of those titles.
• Dumbledore said Vincent had done nothing wrong but criticized his radical approach, and Vincent maintained that the strike had shown Snape still refused to admit fault.

Devin and Lestrange discussed the Rosier family's role in Vincent's plans and the risks of opening an alchemical shop in Knockturn Alley. At the Confederation meeting, representatives weighed the evidence against the British Ministry of Magic, leaving the truth about the mysterious force of justice unexposed as the trial approached.

• Devin told Lestrange that the Rourke family had abandoned its pure-blood honor and was destined to disappear.
• Lestrange said Devin should ask Vincent about his ideas, while Devin admitted he could not represent the Rosier Family.
• Devin and Lestrange discussed the risks and potential profits of the shop in Knockturn Alley and agreed to visit Astoria.
• Dumbledore told the Confederation representatives that Rita Skeeter had exposed the Wizard Cards matter, while Madam Chen reviewed the criminals' confessions.
• Babajide and Anatoly accepted that the Confederation would conclude the matter after the trial, though Madam Chen and Kurburski remained uneasy about the unanswered truth.

Hogwarts students entered the Forbidden Forest for a supervised outing after Dumbledore announced that Snape had been injured and McGonagall would lead Slytherin. Draco mocked Harry and Ron, then pricked his face on a defensive flower, leaving him walking beside Harry with spots like freckles.

• Dumbledore announced that Snape had been injured and McGonagall would lead the Slytherin students.
• Draco taunted Harry and Ron as the students formed up and set off for the Forbidden Forest.
• Hagrid and the other professors explained safety precautions before leading the students into the forest.
• Draco ignored Vincent's warning and pulled up an Asian Dragon Tooth Plum, whose thorns pricked his face.
• Ron and Harry laughed at Draco's red spots, while McGonagall gave Hagrid a cold look as he moved to intervene.

Scrimgeour interrogated the captured wizards and learned that an Unbreakable Vow protected the identities of the two mysterious wizards, while Fudge gave him a month to find them. At Hogwarts, Hermione tried to learn what the Ministry would announce, but Snape punished her and her classmates instead.

• Scrimgeour questioned Slade Rolle, who revealed that the captured wizards had sworn an Unbreakable Vow not to identify the two mysterious wizards.
• Slade admitted to abusing a Muggle girl but tried to minimize how often he had done it.
• Scrimgeour reviewed the statements with Fudge, who ordered him to gather evidence and gave him a month to find the mysterious wizards.
• The Daily Prophet published Rita's tearful account of seventeen Muggles, and Hermione struggled to read it.
• Hermione swapped seats with Neville and pressed Vincent for news of Fudge's plans, while Vincent worried that their secret might be exposed.
• Snape deducted fifty points after spotting Hermione and Vincent together, leaving Hermione frustrated with her classmates.

Harry and Ron sneaked into Lockhart's office to retrieve their photographs, but Harry heard a terrifying voice that made him wonder whether Quirrell had escaped again. The six students following them learned what the boys had found and returned to the corridor after they reached Gryffindor Tower.

• Harry and Ron learned that Lockhart had taken Colin's negatives and decided to retrieve them from his office.
• Hermione, Vincent, the twins, Cedric, and Rolf spotted Harry and Ron moving toward Lockhart's office on the Marauder's Map and followed them.
• Harry and Ron found two rolls of film in Lockhart's desk, but Harry heard a chilling voice threatening to kill him.
• Ron took the film, and he and Harry hurried back to Gryffindor Tower while Harry wondered if Quirrell had returned.
• The six students arrived in the corridor outside Gryffindor Tower, where Fred discovered that Hermione had learned the Disillusionment Charm over the summer.

Vincent opened the Gwent shop across from Lucius’s Black Swan Wizard Card House on Thanksgiving, drawing a large crowd and prominent supporters. Lucius’s pure-blood allies opened their rival shop and watched as Minister Fudge, Dumbledore, and other notable figures arrived to support Vincent.

• Lucius and his allies waited inside the lavish Black Swan Wizard Card House, confident their gold-and-gemstone Wizard Cards would outshine Vincent’s Gwent cards.
• Lucretia Zabini mocked the idea that twelve-year-old Wayne would dare take leave to attend the rival opening, while Lucius rebuked Franz Flint for suggesting Dumbledore might be using him.
• Lucius ordered the doors opened after the curtains vanished from Black Swan’s sign, and Jermel entered and bought two sets of Wizard Cards.
• Vincent appeared outside his shop in a Mithril-woven robe and greeted Hafra, who praised his creative work.
• Rita photographed Vincent with Hafra as Minister Fudge, Dumbledore, and other prominent guests arrived, while Aurors led by Director Scrimgeour maintained order.

Dumbledore learned about Tom Riddle’s birth and troubling behavior from Mrs. Cole, then visited him at the orphanage to invite him to Hogwarts. Tom resisted until Dumbledore demonstrated magic, after which he eagerly changed his attitude and listened.

• Vincent considered Dumbledore’s challenge to find an answer to Tom’s plan to enslave Muggles.
• Mrs. Cole told Dumbledore that Tom’s mother died shortly after giving birth and named him Tom Marvolo Riddle after his father and her own father.
• Mrs. Cole revealed that Tom frightened the other children and was associated with vicious incidents, but agreed that Dumbledore could take him to Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore met eleven-year-old Tom in his room, where Tom angrily suspected he had come from an asylum and refused to attend school.
• Dumbledore explained that Hogwarts was a school of magic and demonstrated magic, prompting Tom to become polite and interested.

Dumbledore arranged for Elphias Doge to become Defense Against the Dark Arts substitute professor while he prepared to meet Grindelwald and considered Hogwarts' finances. Doge's first lesson turned into a dispute between Vincent and Draco over Draco's claim that Vincent had bullied him.

• Dumbledore told Hagrid that he would help Harry when Harry was ready, then chose Hagrid's office near the Forbidden Forest and asked Elphias Doge to take a substitute teaching post.
• Dumbledore realized that Gwent's success with Wizard Cards could help replace Hogwarts' lost funding and asked Doge to persuade Vincent to cooperate.
• Doge began his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson and noticed the Gryffindors applauding Vincent while the Slytherins looked displeased.
• Draco accused Vincent of targeting him since Lucius lost his School Board position and claimed Vincent had trapped him in the washroom the previous night.
• Vincent and the Gryffindors disputed Draco's accusation, while Doge tried to make sense of their conflict and Vincent glanced toward Harry.

Devin and Clement discussed Vincent’s influence and signed a deal to develop the French Gwent market, while Vincent practiced Human Transfiguration with McGonagall. Vincent successfully transformed his arm into a lion’s foreleg, leaving him considering becoming an Animagus.

• Clement told Devin that he believed Dumbledore and Grindelwald had reached an understanding about Vincent and the future, and Devin wondered if the threat connected to the Sorcerer’s Stone had returned.
• Clement gave Devin a contract granting the Rosier Family exclusive rights to manufacture and sell Gwent in France in exchange for Wayne Enterprises’ stake and land-leasing rights, and Devin signed it.
• McGonagall demonstrated Human Transfiguration and warned Vincent that failures could cause irreversible harm.
• Vincent tried to transform his arm into a gorilla’s forelimb, but McGonagall stopped the painful attempt before it could fail.
• Vincent transformed his arm into a lion’s foreleg and McGonagall congratulated him on entering the field of Human Transfiguration.
• Vincent changed his arm back and considered becoming Britain’s eighth officially registered Animagus.

Vincent traveled with his companions to Shizuoka while Draco celebrated a newspaper exposé that named Vincent as the instigator behind Sam’s illegal entry. On the bus toward Mount Fuji, Hermione explained a way to make a vehicle dodge obstacles as Rolf questioned Cedric about his distracted behavior.

• Hermione asked Vincent whether he planned to cause trouble at the Magic Institute, and Vincent insisted they had been invited by Aoi Sora.
• Draco read Yamamoto Tsukumo’s exposé naming Vincent as the instigator, then learned Yamamoto planned to resign from the media industry.
• Draco resolved to destroy Gwent’s prospects by expanding Wizard Cards across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
• Hermione explained how an Auto-Dodge Charm could help a bus avoid obstacles, while Kenny settled down beside Jennifer.
• Rolf asked Cedric why he had seemed distracted since New Year’s Eve, and Cedric nearly revealed that he was thinking about someone.

Vincent returned to Hogwarts, where Fred and George caught up with him about his travels and Dumbledore announced school tournaments for the Owl Court Club and the Black Swan Club. At midnight, Vincent and his friends shared souvenirs from Japan with the twins and discussed turning the Wizard Cards tournament into a House competition.

• Fred and George teased Draco about his new broom, then dragged Vincent off to hear about his month away from school.
• Dumbledore announced that the Owl Court Club and the Black Swan Club had permission to hold school tournaments, and said armor guards would take over castle patrols.
• Vincent and his friends met in the kitchen at midnight and gave Fred and George armor, a Japanese wizarding code, prank gadgets, snacks, and other souvenirs.
• Fred and George delighted in Daphne's prank gifts and discussed dealing with troublesome Slytherins, while Vincent suggested making the Wizard Cards tournament a House competition.

Vincent left Ebenezer’s cave after negotiating with the black-market merchant, then returned to Hogwarts and learned that the Black Swan Wizard Card House planned to open a branch in France. Hermione and Daphne studied Muggle finance to find a way to expose the Wizard Cards scam, while Hermione insisted she would not stand by and watch.

• Vincent refused Ebenezer’s attempts to pry for information and left the cave, deciding they could cooperate only as business partners.
• Vincent returned to Hogsmeade by the traditional route, bought sweets, and saw that Wizard Cards were drawing crowds while Gwent offered a more competitive game.
• Vincent gave Fred and George their share of the day’s seven thousand Galleons, and Cedric and Rolf showed him news of a Black Swan Wizard Card House branch planned for France.
• Vincent noticed Hermione reading Charles Ponzi’s autobiography and Daphne studying Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor as they sought a way to dismantle the Wizard Cards scam.
• Hermione rejected Vincent’s suggestion to wait and insisted that they expose the scam and make its operators face consequences.

Vincent led the group up Mount Fuji, then snowboarded down and climbed back up at astonishing speed, leaving the others struggling to keep pace. His daring run caught the attention of Aoi Sora and Yuxuan, while Kenny’s attempt to race him revealed just how much Vincent outmatched him.

• Vincent reached Mount Fuji’s summit first, and the others followed after drinking potions to recover from the climb.
• Vincent snowboarded down the mountain, performing aerial tricks as he passed Kenny and Jennifer and drew astonished looks from nearby climbers.
• Aoi Sora watched Vincent’s stunt and concluded that he was provoking the Abe Family, then resolved to improve his own performance.
• Vincent drank a Vitality Potion and climbed back toward the summit faster than before.
• Vincent caught up with Kenny and Jennifer, taunted Kenny for being slow, and outran him when Kenny tried to chase him.