Chapter Summaries

Wade read about the Fiendfyre fire at the Gaunt estate, then studied ancient curses in the library. He forgot about Ravenclaw’s Quidditch match until Michael reminded him, and the chapter ended as Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff began playing.

• Wade saw reports of the fire in Little Hangleton and examined Muggle newspapers with photographs of the scorched forest.
• Wade borrowed Restricted Section books and studied curses, including blood curses and blood oaths, as he considered how to protect himself from Voldemort.
• Michael reminded Wade that Ravenclaw’s match against Hufflepuff was about to begin, and Wade went to the pitch with Michael, Theo, and Ryan.
• Ravenclaw supporters argued over whether to cheer for Cedric, while Luna thanked Wade for enchanting her paper eagle to screech.
• Cedric took his place as Hufflepuff’s Seeker, and the whistle sounded to start the match.

Wade watched Hufflepuff defeat Ravenclaw, then learned that Sirius had invited him and Harry’s friends to the Black Family home for Christmas. Harry’s fall after the previous match made Wade suspect Dumbledore had been watching over him, so Wade asked Harry what had happened.

• Wade watched Cedric Diggory catch the Golden Snitch and lead Hufflepuff to a twenty-point victory over Ravenclaw.
• Harry told Wade that Sirius had invited him to the Black Family home over Christmas and offered him access to its books.
• Harry worried about facing Cedric in their upcoming match, while Wade recalled how past events had kept them from competing properly.
• Harry invited Wade and his friends to spend Christmas at Sirius’s home and mentioned they might help clean it.
• Wade considered dealing with Kreacher and moving up his plan to visit the Cave, then wondered why Dumbledore had missed the match.
• Wade stopped Harry and asked why he had suddenly fallen from the sky after the previous match.

Wade questioned whether Adrian had attacked Harry during the Quidditch match, then gave Theo his completed A History of Magic study notes to pass on to Cedric as a return gift. Dumbledore invited Wade to the Headmaster's Office at eight that evening and hinted that he wanted cream shortbread.

• Wade asked Harry who had struck him with a spell during the match, and Harry said he suspected Adrian but was not certain.
• Wade gave Theo his detailed A History of Magic notes and asked him to pass them to Cedric as thanks for Cedric's help in first year.
• Theo praised the notes and agreed to give them to Cedric after they returned to the Common Room.
• An owl delivered Dumbledore's invitation for Wade to visit the Headmaster's Office after dinner, along with a request for cream shortbread.

Wade visited Dumbledore and saw the miniature magical pets he had invented, then received feathers from Fawkes. Dumbledore explained Voldemort’s known half-blood origins and invited Wade on another journey to visit an old friend.

• Wade arrived at Dumbledore’s office and saw the miniature pets living in a tiny village on the table.
• Dumbledore asked whether Wade could change the pets’ money-loving personalities, and Wade explained that doing so would effectively kill them.
• The Sorting Hat called Wade a born Ravenclaw, and Wade argued that he could have accomplished something in Hufflepuff as well.
• Fawkes dropped tail feathers, which Wade accepted after Dumbledore explained their uses.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort’s followers knew of his Muggle father but concealed his half-blood heritage, then invited Wade on another journey.

Dumbledore used memory magic to show Wade how Grindelwald was expelled from Durmstrang and met Albus. The chapter ended with Grindelwald arguing that wizards should rule Muggles while Albus listened in silence.

• Dumbledore transported Wade into a recreated memory of Grindelwald at Durmstrang.
• Professors and students found Grindelwald conducting cruel experiments and tried to expel him.
• Grindelwald fought back with magic, was injured, and left Durmstrang after carving a symbol into its wall.
• Grindelwald told Albus about his expulsion and condemned the Statute of Secrecy.
• Grindelwald urged wizards to rule Muggles, and Albus's smile faded as he listened.

Wade witnessed memories of young Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s ambitions, their conflict with Aberforth over Ariana, and the events that led to Ariana’s Obscurus emerging. He told the elderly Dumbledore that he did not have to remember the painful scene.

• Young Dumbledore and Grindelwald discussed ruling the world, finding the Deathly Hallows, and protecting Ariana.
• Aberforth interrupted the boys and called Dumbledore away because Ariana wanted to see him.
• Dumbledore told Wade that Ariana had become an Obscurial after Muggle boys abused her for displaying magic.
• Aberforth opposed Grindelwald’s plan to take Ariana with them, and Grindelwald cursed Aberforth with Crucio.
• Dumbledore knocked Grindelwald down, but Aberforth and Grindelwald fought, and Dumbledore was drawn into the brawl.
• Ariana began releasing black mist as Wade clasped Dumbledore’s hand and told him he did not have to remember.

Wade watched Dumbledore’s memories of Ariana’s death and Grindelwald’s rise, then offered Dumbledore his trust and invited him to join a weekend outing. Wade also completed the first stage of his Animagus preparation and planned an outing with Lupin and Sirius, leaving Lupin about to explain the secrets behind their earlier adventures.

• Dumbledore showed Wade how Ariana died, how Grindelwald became a violent revolutionary, and how Dumbledore eventually defeated him and refused his request to meet.
• Wade told Dumbledore he had nothing to ask, asked what Dumbledore wanted to know, and invited him on an outing the following weekend.
• On December 8, Wade, Sirius, and Lupin confirmed that Wade had kept a Mandrake leaf in his mouth for a month and buried the prepared Crystal Vial in a protected cellar hole.
• Sirius and Lupin instructed Wade to recite the Animagus incantation at sunrise and sunset and explained that an Animagus form reflected a wizard’s deepest self.
• Wade invited Lupin and Sirius to join him for an outing with Dumbledore, and Lupin welcomed the news that they had built trust.
• After Wade left, Sirius pressed Lupin to explain the secret outings, and Lupin began recounting what had happened before.

Wade, Dumbledore, Lupin, and Sirius searched a seaside cave for the hidden entrance to Voldemort’s Horcrux chamber. Wade found the concealed entrance, and Dumbledore prepared to reveal what lay inside.

• Michael and Padma tried to slip away from Lockhart’s photo session, while Draco watched from the shadows and later confronted Crabbe and Goyle.
• Wade led Dumbledore, Lupin, and Sirius by broomsticks down a cliff to a narrow fissure near the sea.
• Lupin found the fissure, and the group flew inside until they reached a large cave.
• Dumbledore and Wade examined the cave and discovered that magic concealed an entrance in the rock wall.
• Dumbledore said he suspected who had hidden the entrance and pointed his Wand at the rock.

Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin, and Wade entered the Cave and found Voldemort’s lake guarded by Inferi. While they cleared the creatures, Sirius recognized his dead brother Regulus among them and struggled with grief before insisting they continue.

• Dumbledore discovered that the Cave’s entrance required blood, and Sirius cut his arm to reveal it.
• The group found a vast underground lake, where Inferi dragged down a broomstick sent to scout ahead.
• Wade spotted a hidden route through the lake and proposed dealing with the Inferi before exploring its center.
• Wade summoned his Firebird, Mihail, and the group used it to lure Inferi from the water and burn them with Fiendfyre.
• Sirius recognized one of the Inferi as Regulus, and the corpse grabbed him and tried to drag him toward the lake.
• Wade restrained Regulus, and Sirius recovered enough to grip his wand and insist that the group continue.

Sirius asked Dumbledore to free Regulus from the Necromancy controlling him, while Wade and Dumbledore crossed the lake to reach the Stone Basin. Dumbledore suggested Wade’s knowledge might come from prophecy and warned him not to let fate dictate his choices; Wade resolved to keep changing the future and pursue peace.

• Sirius asked Dumbledore to remove the Necromancy from Regulus so his brother could rest in peace, and Dumbledore agreed.
• Wade found the enchanted chain that summoned a boat, and Dumbledore decided he and Wade would cross the lake while Lupin stayed with Sirius.
• As they crossed, Wade told Dumbledore that he had created Mihail through Life Alchemy and described the figure in the Fiendfyre.
• Wade asked why Dumbledore had never questioned how he knew what to do, and Dumbledore explained that he suspected Wade had prophetic insight.
• Dumbledore warned Wade not to overestimate prophecy or fall into fatalism, and Wade stepped onto the island resolved to change the future and bring peace.

Dumbledore and Wade discovered that the emerald potion in the Stone Basin could only be consumed, and debated whether anyone should be sacrificed to test it. After a Golem was disabled by drinking several goblets, Wade had Dumbledore transform a magically inclined Gray Pig into a humanoid, intending to test whether the potion required a humanlike drinker.

• Dumbledore examined the potion and told Wade it could not be removed, dispelled, or reached by hand, so they concluded it had to be drunk.
• Wade suggested using a wicked criminal as a test subject, but Dumbledore refused to sacrifice another life for their purpose.
• Wade summoned a Golem, which drank five or six goblets of the potion before becoming rigid and losing its ability to move.
• Wade brought out a Gray Pig with a trace of Teebo Warthog blood and asked Dumbledore to transform it into a person.
• Dumbledore transformed the pig into a plump humanoid creature, which opened its mouth and made a strange cry.

Wade and Dumbledore tested the basin’s Potion on Piggy and then on Acromantulas, draining it enough to retrieve a locket. The locket was a decoy containing a note signed R.A.B., whom Dumbledore identified as Regulus Arcturus Black.

• Wade fed Piggy goblets of Potion, but Piggy suffered severe pain and nearly died before Dumbledore stopped him.
• Wade brought several Acromantulas from Wardrobe Space and fed them the Potion, causing the basin’s liquid to visibly decrease.
• The Golden Locket emerged from the basin, and Dumbledore retrieved it.
• Wade unfolded a note inside the locket that said its writer had stolen the real Horcrux and planned to destroy it.
• Dumbledore identified R.A.B. as Regulus Arcturus Black, who had died resisting Voldemort.

Wade told Dumbledore about the Horcruxes and Regulus’s death, then returned to Hogwarts as Fawkes underwent Phoenix Rebirth. The chapter ended with Mikey warning Wade that someone in Slytherin was secretly practicing Evil Magic and keeping an elf from outside in his dormitory.

• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had split his soul into Horcruxes, and Wade revealed that he had found a diadem and a ring.
• Dumbledore took the locket to tell Sirius and Lupin about Regulus, while Wade returned to Hogwarts with Fawkes.
• Fawkes burst into flames and was reborn as a chick, and Wade fed it three drops of Potion.
• Wade told Phineas Black that Regulus had died opposing Voldemort, and Phineas left his Portrait after hearing the news.
• Wade left the burned diadem for Dumbledore and later encountered Michael and Padma together at Hogwarts.
• Mikey told Wade that two fat people had attacked Slytherin students and that someone was secretly practicing Evil Magic with an elf from outside in his dormitory.

Draco Malfoy struggled with his isolation after his Quidditch failure and the Slytherin dormitory brawl, while Dobby secretly obeyed his orders. Wade learned about Dobby and watched Fawley recruit Draco into a Slytherin club, then asked Mikey to listen in.

• Draco blamed Crabbe and Goyle for turning against him and told Dobby he had already taken revenge on his roommates.
• Dobby stayed hidden in Draco’s dormitory, cleaned the wrecked room, and went without food rather than disobey his orders.
• Mikey told Wade that Draco had kept a powerful House-elf in his dormitory, and Wade asked to meet the elf.
• Students from the other Houses crowded into the Hospital Wing to mock the injured Slytherins, where Fawley and Yaxley urged Draco to unite with his Housemates.
• Fawley led Draco away to join a club, and Wade asked Mikey to listen to what the Slytherins said.

Wade followed Slytherin students into their Common Room and secretly entered the dormitory, where he found Dobby hiding under a bed. Dobby denied acting on the Malfoys’ orders and insisted he was trying to protect Harry from a conspiracy at Hogwarts.

• Wade observed the Slytherin students entering their Common Room and followed Mikey to the dormitory.
• Dobby hid beneath a bed while waiting for Draco Malfoy to return.
• Wade opened the dormitory door and discovered Dobby under the bed.
• Dobby recognized Wade Grey as the student who had helped take Harry away from his Muggle relatives.
• Wade asked whether Dobby had acted on his master’s instructions, and Dobby denied it, saying Harry had to leave Hogwarts because of a conspiracy.

Wade offered to help Dobby gain his freedom and arranged for Mikey to bring him food and medicine. After learning Draco Malfoy had joined the Necromancer Society and received a message-sending ring modeled on the Book of Friends, Wade recognized that the book’s benefits could be used by anyone.

• Wade asked Dobby whether he wanted freedom and promised to help him escape the Malfoy household.
• Wade called for food, introduced Dobby to Mikey as someone who could help him, and left the room.
• Mikey told Wade that Dobby was crying, and Wade asked him to deliver food and burn treatments to Dobby each day.
• Mikey told Wade that Draco had joined the Necromancer Society and received a ring for sending simple messages, inspired by the Book of Friends.
• Wade accepted that the Book of Friends could be used by both good and evil people.

Wade and the others traveled with Lupin to Grimmauld Place to help Sirius prepare a funeral for Regulus. After learning about the brothers’ tragic lives, Harry and his friends volunteered to help, and Wade suggested bringing Regulus’s body home at once.

• Wade accepted the Black Family’s funeral invitation, and Harry invited the Weasleys and most of the Umbrella Room to spend the holiday with him.
• On the journey from Hogwarts, Hagrid stopped the carriages so the group could meet Lupin, who told them that Sirius was struggling to prepare the Black Family Home for Regulus’s funeral.
• Lupin explained Regulus’s history without mentioning Horcruxes, and Harry insisted on going to Sirius rather than leaving him alone.
• Ryan, Fred, Michael, Theo, Hermione, Ron, and the others offered to help clean the house, so Lupin led them to Grimmauld Place through the Floo Network.
• Wade asked where Regulus’s body was, then told Lupin that Sirius should bring it home immediately because the house had been the home Regulus longed for.

Lupin and Wade brought Regulus’s coffin to Sirius’s home so Sirius could bury his brother there. During the flight, Wade experienced flying through the clouds, and Sirius met them when they arrived.

• Lupin agreed to ask Sirius about bringing Regulus home, and Sirius readily accepted.
• Lupin borrowed a carriage from Hagrid, who mourned Regulus as they loaded the coffin.
• Wade and Lupin flew with the coffin in the enchanted carriage, and Wade persuaded Lupin to take them through the clouds.
• The Thestrals carried the carriage over London and brought them to a snowy patch of grass.
• Lupin levitated Regulus’s coffin down, and Sirius thanked Lupin and Wade before taking charge of it.

Wade and Lupin arrived at the decaying Black Family Home with Sirius carrying Regulus’s coffin, where the old house and its residents made the funeral preparations difficult. Wade confronted Kreacher about why they had gathered, leaving the House-elf muttering about the Black family.

• Wade and Lupin found Sirius looking disheveled as he carried Regulus’s coffin into the Black Family Home.
• The house’s Portraits erupted into abuse when Sirius brought the coffin inside, and Lupin silenced them with curtains and Stunning Spells.
• Michael and the other Young Wizards told Wade that their Scouring Charms could not clean the house because it resisted their magic.
• Harry explained that Sirius had kept Kreacher because Regulus had been fond of the House-elf, while Kreacher muttered insults about Sirius and the visitors.
• Wade told Kreacher that they had come for Regulus Black’s funeral.

Wade revealed that Regulus Black’s body had been found and explained the funeral to Kreacher, who rushed to Sirius. Kreacher recounted Regulus’s sacrifice and his failed attempt to destroy the locket, while Harry comforted Sirius and Wade left to contact Dumbledore.

• Wade told Kreacher that Regulus’s body, locket, and note had been found and that Sirius was holding a funeral for him.
• Kreacher Apparated upstairs to see Regulus, and Wade explained that the House-elf would likely help once he understood why they had come.
• After hearing Kreacher’s wail, Sirius demanded to know how Regulus had died and what orders he had given.
• Kreacher recounted how Voldemort used him to test the Cave’s protections, then how Regulus returned to the Cave, drank the potion, and ordered Kreacher to destroy the locket.
• Harry hugged Sirius as he broke down, while Wade asked Lupin to comfort Kreacher and left to notify Dumbledore.