Chapter Summaries

Wade met Harry at Privet Drive, where Vernon Dursley shouted at the wizards protecting the Dursleys before Harry left with them. At the Cave, Sirius brought Regulus’s portrait to witness the destruction of the locket as Dumbledore prepared to begin.

• Wade flew to Privet Drive and met Remus outside the decorated house where Sirius and the others were staying.
• Vernon Dursley shouted at the wizards, and Harry left his house to join Wade and Remus.
• Harry ate breakfast at Sirius’s house, where Kreacher served the group.
• Sirius arrived carrying the Portrait of Regulus, and Fawkes transported Sirius, Harry, Wade, Remus, and Kreacher to the Cave.
• Dumbledore took out the locket and said that the ending would begin where they had found Regulus.

Dumbledore destroyed Slytherin’s locket, enduring a taunting apparition before burning it away with blue-white flames. After the others left the Cave, Wade told Dumbledore that he had another Horcrux, leaving the Headmaster stunned.

• Dumbledore opened Slytherin’s locket with Parseltongue, and a girl’s apparition accused him of killing her before changing into a boy who taunted him.
• Wade’s spell failed to disperse the apparition, and Dumbledore destroyed it and the locket with blue-white flames.
• Kreacher wailed over the destroyed locket, while Sirius discovered that Regulus had left his portrait and gone somewhere quiet.
• Dumbledore sent Sirius, Lupin, Harry, and Kreacher out of the Cave, while Wade stayed behind to speak with him.
• Wade told Dumbledore that he had another Horcrux, and Dumbledore reacted with shock and complicated emotion.

Wade revealed that the Horcrux he had mentioned was Tom Riddle’s Diary, which he had secretly kept in a shielded box inside his Pencil Case. Dumbledore took the Diary to study, and Wade asked him to preserve it after destroying the Horcrux, hinting that it could still be useful.

• Dumbledore asked Wade whether he hoped to destroy the Horcrux, and Wade said the choice should be Dumbledore’s.
• Wade told Dumbledore that the Horcrux was in the Room of Requirement, and they returned to Hogwarts with Fawkes.
• Wade retrieved the Diary from his Pencil Case and explained that he had taken it from Ginny Weasley’s cauldron after seeing Lucius Malfoy plant it there.
• Dumbledore recognized Tom Riddle’s Diary and said it might reveal useful information about Voldemort’s first Horcrux.
• Wade asked Dumbledore to use a Basilisk Fang rather than a Fire Charm to destroy the Horcrux and whispered that the Diary might have another use.

Dumbledore reflected on his grief over Ariana after Wade left, while Wade and Harry ran into Dudley and his friends at a supermarket. Wade confronted the bullies and returned after dealing with them, leaving Harry surprised and the groceries still unpaid for.

• After Fawkes carried Wade away, Dumbledore stared at Tom Riddle's Diary and remembered the false vision of Ariana and his longing for the Resurrection Stone.
• Wade and Harry went shopping for ingredients for Lupin's lunch and encountered Dudley and his friends in the sporting goods section.
• Pete insulted Harry and challenged him, and Wade answered with taunts before following the boys outside.
• A cashier deliberately held Harry back while he paid, but Harry broke free and rushed outside to find Wade.
• Wade returned and told Harry that Pete, Dudley, and the others were crying.

Wade used magic and fighting skills to protect Harry from Dudley’s gang, unaware that Gilderoy Lockhart and Garr were nearby fugitives searching for help. Back at Sirius’s home, a discussion about extraordinary abilities led Lupin to mention Credence Barebone, an Obscurial who had lived to adulthood.

• Wade used fighting techniques and magic to defeat the boys harassing Harry, then explained how he sharpened his senses and altered his appearance without triggering the Trace.
• Dudley’s friends blamed him for failing to help, while Dudley stayed silent about his fear that Harry might use magic.
• Lockhart and Garr spotted Harry and Wade, then fled to avoid Ministry protectors; Garr proposed seeking help from a Vampire relative.
• Wade and Harry returned to Sirius’s home, where Harry described his childhood experiences and wondered why he had once been able to jump extraordinary heights.
• Wade asked whether an amnesiac adult could combine a child’s unconstrained will with a wizard’s control, and Lupin identified Credence Barebone as a possible example.
• Harry asked what an Obscurial was, but Lupin postponed the explanation until after lunch.

Lupin recounted Credence Barebone’s tragic story and Dumbledore’s role in the wizarding wars, prompting Harry to reflect on the burden of preserving peace. At Aslan’s Magic Workshop, the group met Will, who greeted Sirius and Harry with admiration and thanked Wade for giving him a second chance at life.

• Lupin told the group what he had learned about Credence Barebone and Dumbledore’s battles against Grindelwald.
• Harry admired Dumbledore’s courage, while Wade said that a shining hero often meant the era was especially dark.
• Harry, Wade, Lupin, and Sirius traveled to Diagon Alley and headed to Aslan’s Magic Workshop after buying potion ingredients.
• Lupin brought the group into the workshop through a staff entrance, where Will recognized him and warmly welcomed him.
• Will identified Sirius and Harry, asked Harry for an autograph, then thanked Wade for giving him a second chance at life.

Wade visited the workshop store with Harry, Sirius, and Lupin, where a recording of Harry fighting the Basilisk drew a crowd and revealed how dangerous the battle had been. As Harry was mobbed with admiration, Wade slipped away with Marchioni, while a frail girl urgently approached Will.

• Will explained that Remus had helped law-abiding Werewolves by funding Wolfsbane Potion and that he had found work at Aslan's Magic Workshop through his skill with the Duplicating Charm.
• Will led Wade, Harry, Sirius, and Lupin into the store, where a Streaming Mirror showed Harry and other students fighting the Basilisk in Slytherin's Secret Chamber.
• Sirius learned how badly Harry had been hurt and comforted him, while Harry complained that Wade had recorded the battle and added to his unwanted fame.
• Viewers recognized Harry and crowded around him to express their concern and admiration, while Wade quietly slipped away.
• Marchioni asked Wade whether he regretted giving up the chance to become famous, and Wade said he preferred staying out of the spotlight.
• Wade noticed a frail girl clutching his clothes and speaking urgently to Will in a corner of the store.

Wade worried that Marchioni had hired Will without considering the risks, but Marchioni explained his practical reasons and reassured him. Professor Murray arrived to buy Streaming Mirrors, then dragged Marchioni away to test his magical ability while Wade went to find his friends.

• Wade watched Will secretly give money to a blonde girl, then learned from Marchioni that Will was a Werewolf hired for his usefulness.
• Wade admitted he feared he would be responsible if Will caused trouble at Aslan's, and Marchioni laughed at his concern before explaining that Remus had not recommended Will.
• Marchioni told Wade that Remus had helped Werewolves afford Wolfsbane Potion and find work, while Will had been hired because he could handle the work of three employees.
• Professor Murray arrived with a box and told Wade he had bought Streaming Mirrors as gifts for old friends.
• Professor Murray sent Wade to find his friends, then used a Golem to seize Marchioni and drag him away for a magical ability test.

Wade overheard a black-robed wizard press Claire to persuade Will to test a Potion, despite Will having found a job. After the wizard arranged to meet Will the next night, Wade transformed into Werner and approached Claire.

• Marchioni complained that Professor Murray’s Golem was unfairly powerful, and Professor Murray questioned his conclusions about Wade’s sheltered life.
• Wade left Aslan’s Magic Workshop and headed toward the secondhand bookshops after seeing Harry and Sirius among the Sub-Mirrors’ customers.
• Wade overheard Claire tell a black-robed wizard that she was a Werewolf and could take Will’s place testing Potions.
• The black-robed wizard refused Claire, saying only Will’s Magic Power would make the test accurate, and told her to pass on an invitation to meet at the usual place tomorrow night at eleven.
• Wade drank Polyjuice Potion, transformed into Werner, lifted his Disillusionment Charm, and stepped out to approach Claire.

Wade met Claire, a poor Werewolf seeking a way to stop transforming, and offered to involve her in research into curing Lycanthropy. As Claire eagerly asked when she could begin, Wade reconsidered his offer after seeing how desperately she hoped it was real.

• Claire tried to leave when Wade approached her, but he caught her after she stumbled and introduced himself as Werner.
• Wade bought Claire ice cream and told her he wanted a Werewolf to cooperate with his research into curing Lycanthropy; Claire eagerly agreed.
• Wade asked Claire to recruit another Werewolf with Magic Power as a control, and she said she would try to find someone from her community.
• Claire described struggling to find work, hiding during full moons, and being unable to afford Potions such as the Draught of Living Death.
• Wade recalled how Werewolves suffered during transformations and thought about Will's unusually high-spirited demeanor.
• Claire asked when she could start working, and Wade saw how intensely she hoped his offer was genuine.

Wade gave Claire Griffin a page from the Book of Friends so they could stay in touch, then showed his parents a Streaming Mirror and its frightening footage of Quidditch and the Basilisk. The chapter ended with a mirror being pushed into the room of a frail prisoner confined in an abandoned island fortress.

• Wade gave Claire Griffin a page from the Book of Friends and said he would return in about a week to prepare a contract.
• Wade installed Streaming Mirrors in his home and Moody's home, and his parents watched a Quidditch match for the first time.
• Fiona and Ferdinand were alarmed by the players' collisions and by footage of Harry fighting a Basilisk, while Wade explained that he had filmed the event.
• At night, someone pushed a small mirror through the narrow window gap into the room of an old prisoner in an abandoned fortress.

Gellert Grindelwald received a Streaming Mirror in prison and watched a broadcast of a changed Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Wade went with Professor Murray to a private exhibition of Alchemist creations, where ancient Magical Items were to be displayed.

• A visitor left a Streaming Mirror for Gellert Grindelwald, who initially rejected it before turning it on.
• Grindelwald watched a broadcast of Hogwarts students facing a Ball Python in a magical challenge.
• Wade left his room, transformed into a bird, and met Professor Murray in the city.
• Professor Murray led Wade into a small museum and took him by elevator to the private exhibition.
• Professor Murray explained that Apparition and the Floo were prohibited to protect the exhibition’s Magical Items.

Wade attended Gull’s exhibition of ancient Magical Items with Professor Murray, where Orlando praised Wade’s inventions and invited him to study at Beauxbatons. The exhibition began, and Wade’s second sight revealed none of the magic he expected in the seven displayed artifacts.

• Wade and Professor Murray entered the exhibition hall and met Orlando, who recognized Wade and invited him to transfer to Beauxbatons.
• Wade noticed the girl who had greeted guests meet his eyes again as the elevator doors closed, then asked Professor Murray whether he knew her.
• Gull arrived in a burst of fire and introduced his exhibition before raising seven protected Magical Items on stone pedestals.
• Wade examined the artifacts with his second sight and saw no magic in them.

Wade and Professor Murray discovered that the exhibits in Gull’s display were fakes, while the hall’s portraits, statues, and elevator showed signs of a magical trap. When Wizard Matthias accused Gull of using the Imperius Curse, the Alchemists began collapsing as Gull insisted the exhibits were genuine.

• Professor Murray examined the ancient Egyptian slab and concluded that its writing was wrong and the slab was fake.
• Wade noticed that the elevator was sealed and that the portraits and statues had shifted, but he kept his discovery to himself.
• Professor Murray recognized that the Thorn Wreath had been made only a day or two earlier and warned Wade that the exhibits were suspicious.
• Wizard Matthias accused Gull of displaying fakes, and Gull continued to claim that every exhibit was genuine.
• Wizard Matthias realized that Gull might be under the Imperius Curse, and the Alchemists began collapsing around the hall.

Wade Grey realized that strange Golden Dust had incapacitated the Alchemists, while an unseen group orchestrated the attack and began abducting them. He pretended to be unconscious as the kidnappers approached, and one questioned whether he was really Wade Grey.

• The trapped Alchemists failed to escape the sealed room or contact anyone outside, and Professor Murray urged Wade to save himself before passing out.
• Wade noticed the Golden Dust incapacitating people, protected himself with a Shield Charm, and pretended to collapse when the others fell.
• The portraits revealed that the attack had been planned, and the statues withdrew as the dust was cleared from the room.
• A masked group and the girl from the counter entered and began carrying away the unconscious Alchemists.
• Wade rubbed Golden Dust onto his palm and feigned sleep as a kidnapper asked whether he was Wade Grey.

Wade was kidnapped alongside Professor Murray and several Alchemists by a group led by Will, who wanted Wade and his inventions. Hidden inside the truck, Wade moved the captives into his Wardrobe Space and prepared to take Mihail and the Golems outside.

• Will and his companions identified Wade as the inventor they had come to capture, along with the other Alchemists.
• The kidnappers carried Wade and Professor Murray through a hidden passage and loaded the captives into a truck, relying on Gold Powder to keep them unconscious.
• Wade secretly brought out his Pencil Case, expanded it into a Wardrobe, and moved the Alchemists inside, removing the Gold Powder from Professor Murray.
• A grain of Gold Powder affected a Golem but did not burn away on Mihail, prompting Wade to wonder what it was.
• Wade removed the powder from Mihail and said they would go out to stretch their legs, glancing at the imprisoned Acromantulas.

Wade kept the attackers sedated while he considered how to protect himself and his parents without involving Dumbledore, then followed their truck to a cargo ship. The smugglers revealed their faces and discussed Remus Lupin before opening the truck to find Wade’s Acromantulas awake.

• Wade erased his unfinished message to Dumbledore, sedated the people in the compartment, and released the Acromantulas alongside Mihail.
• Wade reasoned that Dumbledore might not protect his parents and considered letting magical creatures kill the attackers instead.
• Wade climbed onto the truck roof, used a Disillusionment Charm, and rode with it to a cargo ship at the docks.
• Will told the smugglers that Remus Lupin was not his friend, and Whiskers agreed that Lupin could not understand their lives.
• Bushy Eyebrows ordered the Freckled Driver to check the truck, and the driver opened the doors to find the Acromantulas staring at him.

Wade subdued two Werewolf guards watching the unconscious wizards and flew off to find an assistant. In London, Rita Skeeter transformed into a beetle to spy on Gull’s exhibition, but a peregrine falcon spotted her.

• The Freckled Driver and Mustache guarded a truck full of unconscious wizards while the rest of their group departed.
• Wade used Obliviate and Stupefy to knock out the two guards, then hid them in the car.
• Wade decided he needed an assistant, gave Mihail instructions, transformed into a peregrine falcon, and flew over the sea.
• Rita Skeeter waited near Gull’s exhibition, then transformed into a beetle to investigate its exhibits.
• A peregrine falcon landed in front of Rita’s beetle and stared directly at her.

Wade recruited Rita Skeeter to investigate a group he suspected of being Dark Wizards, promising her an exclusive interview afterward. Aboard a ship, they identified several suspicious men and found a guarded truck in the lower hold, leaving Skeeter wondering what it contained.

• Rita Skeeter transformed back into human form after a strange bird startled her, and Wade confronted her in the alley.
• Wade persuaded Skeeter to investigate a secretive group by hinting that the Ministry knew nothing about them, and she agreed in exchange for an interview.
• Aboard the ship, Skeeter watched several men eating with Wade and confirmed they were the people he had identified.
• Wade led Skeeter to the lower cabins, where they found two unconscious people and a truck guarded by ship staff.
• Skeeter asked Wade what was inside the truck.

Wade sent Rita Skeeter to investigate the kidnappers’ hideout, giving her a way to contact him and lending her an Invisibility Cloak. After returning to London, Wade broke into the museum and set fire to the locked room where the wizards were trapped.

• Wade explained that the kidnappers had mistaken something else for their intended captive and warned Skeeter to stay back if the truck doors opened.
• Wade gave Skeeter a Book of Friends to contact him and lent her an Invisibility Cloak in exchange for finding the kidnappers’ hideout.
• Skeeter transformed into a beetle and inspected the truck, where she saw enough to panic and collide with the cab.
• Mustache woke and accused the Freckled Driver of wetting his pants, and the two fought while Skeeter watched.
• Wade returned to London, entered the museum, and found the staircase leading to the room where the wizards were trapped.
• Wade opened the iron door without entering and cast Incendio into the room.