Chapter Summaries

Carlyle joined Wade at Hogwarts as a Vampire, and the two caught up while exploring the grounds. Carlyle explained that when they were children, he had tried to prove they both had powers by taking Wade to jump from a tower, leaving Wade to reconsider what he remembered.

• Wade and Carlyle discussed Carlyle’s Vampire diet and his arrangements at Hogwarts, while Michael objected to the special treatment.
• Percy invited Carlyle to his dormitory, but Carlyle persuaded him to wait until eleven so he could spend time with Wade.
• Carlyle insisted that Wade show him the grounds before they visited classrooms, and they walked toward the Forbidden Forest as evening fell.
• Wade said he had thought Carlyle might jump from a tower again, prompting Carlyle to explain that he had believed wizards could fly and had wanted to prove they both had powers.
• Carlyle recalled that he had seen Wade move a cup with magic as a child, then admitted he had dragged Wade to jump from a lighthouse and broken his own leg.

Carlyle entered Gryffindor Tower and settled into the room Hogwarts had prepared for him, where he found a bottle of goat’s blood. Wade worried about the vampire’s danger to the students, but Ralph assured him that he would guard them himself.

• Wade escorted Carlyle to Gryffindor Tower and left him at the Fat Lady’s portrait.
• Carlyle gave the password “Lucky star” and entered the Gryffindor Common Room, where Percy showed him his schedule and dormitory.
• Carlyle found a bottle of goat’s blood in his room and greeted his new life at Hogwarts with a smile.
• Wade recalled how Dumbledore had hunted the vampires and captured Carlyle, then worried about the threat Carlyle posed to young wizards.
• Ralph told Wade that Dumbledore had arranged safeguards and declared that he would protect the children as their guardian.

Ralph told Wade that House-elves had quietly protected Hogwarts students and watched dangerous figures, including Voldemort, while respecting their privacy. As October arrived, Wade settled into his classes, and Carlyle was startled to find that Wade's homework covered a spell they had not yet studied.

• Ralph explained that he had guarded students at Hogwarts, including watching Quirrell and Voldemort, and had helped prevent students from facing mortal danger.
• Ralph told Wade that Dumbledore knew James Potter and the others were Animagi but did not report everything about students to his master.
• Wade thanked Ralph and later wondered why Ralph had referred to himself as "I," but dismissed the thought.
• Wade began enjoying Divination, Arithmancy, and Care of Magical Creatures as the school term progressed into October.
• Carlyle asked to copy Wade's homework, then questioned Wade's analysis of the Vanishing Spell because the class had not studied it.

Wade and Harry visited Lupin in the Hospital Wing, where Lupin described his recovery and explained that an unknown substance had triggered his premature transformation. The investigation identified it as a previously undiscovered hormone, but its source and purpose remained unclear.

• Wade noticed a whip mark on Carlyle's arm and wondered whether Carlyle had truly left his former organization behind.
• Wade and Harry brought food to Lupin, who grimaced through a foul treatment Potion and welcomed the chance to talk with them.
• Lupin reassured Harry that he was not frightened by Professor Trelawney's prediction about Sirius.
• Wade asked what had been injected into Lupin, and Lupin said Snape and Muggle university scholars had identified it as a previously unknown hormone.

Wade learned that hormones may have been used to transform Remus into a Werewolf and contacted Claire to request a new blood sample. In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Abigail asked Wade to make lifelike Magical Creature golems so she could teach the creatures required for the O.W.L.s.

• Wade explained to Harry and Remus that hormones could affect a person's physical and psychological state, and Remus revealed that his friend Will had gone missing after joining an experiment.
• Wade contacted Claire and asked her to send blood collected after her next transformation; he sent Eva with money and a Master Mirror to check on her.
• Wade asked Phil to monitor a Sub-Mirror and record what happened if a young girl appeared in it.
• Professor Abigail ran Defense Against the Dark Arts as a real-life game of Maifa, assigning students identities such as Aurors, villagers, wizards, and Werewolves.
• Professor Abigail asked Wade to make life-sized golems resembling Magical Creatures because Professor McGonagall had told her to teach material needed for the O.W.L.s.

Professor Abigail asked Wade to create Golems for practical Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons, and he began making a Red Cap Golem. Meanwhile, Phil watched Claire work and return to her injured companion Fatos, who stopped her from seeking out Will.

• Professor Abigail commissioned Wade to make Red Cap and other creature-like Golems for her classes, and Wade agreed.
• Phil told Wade that Claire had been working several jobs and that no suspicious people had approached her.
• Wade used Alchemical Materials and magic to shape and enchant a lifelike Red Cap Golem with an ambush attack and weaknesses.
• Claire finished selling goods, brought bread home to the injured Fatos, and told him she wanted to go somewhere.
• Fatos forbade Claire from seeking Will and then turned toward the window, seemingly noticing Phil's observation.

Wade used the Streaming Mirror to watch Claire seek help and medicine in the Wizarding World, then learned Phil wanted a magical Fava Bean like Zoe’s. He promised to give Phil one the next morning.

• Claire received a letter and payment from a wizard, then left to buy Wolfsbane Potion for the injured Fatos.
• Fatos sent a message asking the wizard to protect Claire and warning that he was a Werewolf too.
• Claire traveled toward Diagon Alley while Eva collected the reply and flew back toward Hogwarts.
• Wade thanked Phil for helping with the Streaming Mirror and asked what gift he wanted.
• Phil asked Wade for a summoning Fava Bean like Zoe’s, and Wade promised to give him one the next morning.

Wade turned a fava bean into a tiny magical communication device and showed it to Professor Murray. He described its features and limited range, and Professor Murray suggested that Wade might need to remove some of its functions to solve the problem.

• Wade recognized that the fava bean resembled a wireless earbud and was inspired to build a complex magical device inside it.
• Wade enchanted the bean with layered metal sheets and spells, shrinking it into an ear-sized communication device.
• Wade explained to Professor Murray that the device transmitted sound through a Connection Charm and included protections, tracking, and other features.
• Wade told Professor Murray that the device worked only within a limited range, and Professor Murray suggested removing some features.

Wade refined his Communication Fava Bean design with Professor Murray, who taught him to prioritize reliability and showed him how to make the device’s defenses more dangerous. On the first Hogsmeade Weekend, Wade planned to visit Remus and meet Marchioni, while Michael began explaining how a dance had led to trouble with Padma.

• Wade considered Professor Murray’s advice about subtraction while designing the Communication Fava Bean.
• Professor Murray advised Wade to focus on making the communication tool stable and reliable, and taught him how to combine protective enchantments.
• Professor Murray revised Wade’s Disappearance Charm so that attempts to crack the Fava Bean could cause severe harm, and Wade added the change to his design.
• Wade and Michael went to the Great Hall before the first Hogsmeade Weekend and agreed to meet later at the Three Broomsticks.
• At the school gates, Padma spoke about a boy named Charlie and glanced at Michael, who acted as if he had not heard her.
• Michael told Wade that Lydia had asked him to dance at Eric’s gathering, then began to explain what happened next.

Michael went to Hogsmeade with Wade, Neville, and Hermione, while Carlyle visited the village separately. Carlyle reunited with his parents in a secluded house, leaving him to ask how they had reached Hogsmeade.

• Michael accepted Padma's invitation, but after they argued, Wade urged him to remember how much Padma mattered to him.
• Neville and Hermione joined Michael and Wade in a carriage, and Hermione explained why she and Ron had fallen out over Crookshanks and Ron's Teacup Dog.
• Hermione said Dumbledore had signed Carlyle's Hogsmeade permission form, making Wade wonder why the Headmaster had arranged it.
• Carlyle bought a bloody-flavored lollipop at Honeydukes and explored Hogsmeade among its Halloween decorations.
• A Tattooed Man recognized Carlyle and led him to a secluded house, where a Plump Woman joyfully embraced him.
• Carlyle reunited with his parents and asked how they had come to Hogsmeade.

Carlyle recounted how Dumbledore’s pursuit led to the French Base’s destruction, then faced his parents’ demands that he pursue Wade Grey. Meanwhile, Lupin discussed the lycanthropy hormones used against him, and Harry asked Wade whether extracting them was a non-magical method.

• Carlyle explained that Grant White’s group had targeted Remus Lupin and used lycanthropy hormones to make him transform, but Dumbledore pursued them and led them to the French Base, where valuable researchers and materials were lost.
• Carlyle’s father struck him for the losses, but his mother intervened, and his father apologized before reminding Carlyle to get close to Wade Grey.
• Carlyle agreed to keep working on his mission, while his parents insisted he return to Hogsmeade and seek an opportunity to encounter Wade.
• Sirius mocked Lupin for being caught off guard by the vampire bat, and Lupin explained that Snape had warned the hormones could make a future transformation permanent.
• Harry asked Wade whether extracting hormones was a non-magical method.

Harry argued that the Muggle organization behind the werewolf experiments should be investigated, but Lupin and Sirius cautioned him that inquiries involving Muggles had to be handled carefully. After lunch, Wade accompanied Lupin to the Hog's Head Inn to meet Marco Marchioni, where Wade recognized the innkeeper, Aberforth Dumbledore, and saw a portrait of Ariana Dumbledore.

• Wade told Harry that the Muggle organization had controlled the vampires and directed the experiments, prompting Harry to insist that the Muggles should be investigated.
• Sirius offered Harry a Madeleine, and Harry decided to ask Wade about the adults' withheld information later.
• After lunch, Lupin accompanied Wade toward the Hog's Head Inn and explained that Madam Rosmerta suspected he was a werewolf.
• Lupin paid Aberforth Dumbledore for an upstairs room, telling him they had an appointment with Marco Marchioni.
• Wade noticed Ariana Dumbledore's portrait above the bar's fireplace before following Lupin upstairs.

Wade showed Marchioni and Lupin his Communication Fava Beans, which thrilled Marchioni because they could help him compete with cheap imitations of the Book of Friends. Marchioni explained that Wade’s other products were still selling well, then brought out a counterfeit Golem to demonstrate its poor quality.

• Lupin thanked Aberforth for sheltering them, then cast privacy spells after Aberforth left.
• Marchioni arrived and happily greeted Wade and the recovered Lupin.
• Wade demonstrated the Communication Fava Beans, and Marchioni celebrated their potential.
• Marchioni said cheap imitations had reduced Book of Friends sales, while Wade’s Softlight Badges and Golems remained popular.
• Marchioni placed a poorly made counterfeit Golem on the table.

Wade showed Marchioni how the Communication Fava Bean’s Disappearance Charm could protect it from being copied, and Marchioni prepared to start production. After Wade left the Hog’s Head Inn, he found Carlyle dazed in Hogsmeade, where Carlyle began doubting his memories of being a vampire.

• Marchioni demonstrated a clumsy imitation Golem that spilled water and tea before he vanished it.
• Marchioni worried that his workshop needed new products for the Ministry’s upcoming event, and Wade showed him the Fava Bean’s protective chained spell.
• Marchioni agreed to begin production and arrange the contract with Remus, then warned Lupin that several prominent Alchemists had disappeared across Europe.
• Wade found Carlyle pale and dazed near the Three Broomsticks, and Carlyle claimed that frightening Halloween decorations had startled him.
• Carlyle wondered why his memories contained ordinary food but no blood food, and questioned whether his family had really been vampires.

Wade noticed Carlyle acting strangely, but Carlyle suggested they go to the Three Broomsticks, where Major Baird secretly recorded their friendly interaction. Baird told Sera Abigail that their mission had shifted from obtaining Wade’s Golem blueprints to securing Wade’s help in pursuing a Philosopher’s Stone.

• Wade touched Carlyle’s icy forehead, and Carlyle grabbed his arm before letting go and suggesting Butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks.
• Wade and Carlyle joined the other Hogwarts students at the crowded pub while Baird secretly observed them and recorded that the plan was proceeding smoothly.
• Baird explained to Abigail that Carlyle was being kept cooperative through family affection and that he did not know her identity.
• Abigail objected to having an assistant and said she was close to receiving the Golem Wade had commissioned for her.
• Baird told Abigail that Wade’s exceptional Alchemy made him the organization’s best prospect for creating a Philosopher’s Stone and extending the leader’s life.

Abigail learned that the organization wanted Wade Grey to join willingly and was ordered to cultivate his interest in the Philosopher's Stone. Remembering how she had helped conceal Landon Johnson’s death, she looked at Carlyle and questioned whether her own memories were real.

• Byrd told Abigail that the Leader wanted Wade Grey recruited through friendship and shared ideals, and instructed her to encourage his interest in the Philosopher's Stone.
• Abigail learned that Carlyle’s real name was Caryll Johnson and recalled her past mission to cover up the organization’s failed attempt to capture Landon Johnson.
• Abigail remembered Landon pleading to know whether his child was alive before she erased the evidence and left him to die.
• At the Halloween Feast, Abigail saw Carlyle eating at the Gryffindor table and thought that he was still alive.
• Abigail wondered whether her own memories were fabricated, then reassured herself that they seemed coherent and found she had lost her appetite.

Wade enchanted Hermione’s schoolbag with the Undetectable Extension Charm, making it roomy and almost weightless, then offered to enchant the others’ bags too. Harry arrived at the Umbrella Room soaked and exhausted, carrying a broom.

• Theo practiced the Stunning Spell against a Longhorn Beetle, while Harry was already proficient and practicing the Patronus Charm.
• Hermione arrived with a heavy schoolbag full of books, and Wade realized she had not learned the Undetectable Extension Charm.
• Wade enchanted Hermione’s schoolbag, and she found it could hold all her books without becoming heavy.
• Wade offered to enchant everyone’s schoolbags, and the group eagerly emptied them for him.
• Hermione began filling her bag with notes from her bookshelf until Wade warned her that its space was limited.
• Harry entered the Umbrella Room soaked through and exhausted, carrying a broom and leaving muddy footprints behind him.

Wade explained to Harry why Sirius and Lupin had to investigate the attacks on wizards quietly, since taking action against influential Muggles risked violating the Statute of Secrecy. The next day, Wade showed Professor Abigail his completed Magical Creature Golems, and she ordered one to attack students entering the corridor.

• Wade told Harry that the Statute of Secrecy prevented Sirius and Lupin from publicly investigating the Muggles who had attacked wizards.
• Wade explained that Dumbledore's father had gone to Azkaban after attacking the Muggle boys who harmed Dumbledore's sister.
• Wade warned Harry to keep the investigation secret, even from Hermione and Ron, and Harry silently agreed.
• Using the Time-Turner, Wade arrived early for Defense Against the Dark Arts and gave Professor Abigail a bag of Magical Creature Golems.
• Professor Abigail took out Kappa 03, saw it grow to full size, and ordered it to attack students who entered the corridor.

Professor Abigail put her students through a practical lesson by releasing a Kappa in the corridor, then warned them that more Magical Creatures would attack during class. The chapter ended as the students hurried to prepare before the five-minute countdown ran out.

• Professor Abigail and Wade watched as a disguised Kappa ambushed students in the corridor.
• Michael shouted the Kappa's weakness, and Goldstein bowed until the water drained from the Kappa's head and it collapsed.
• Pansy blamed Hagrid for bringing dangerous creatures into Hogwarts, while Malfoy stayed silent because Hagrid had not taken him to see a Fire Dragon.
• Professor Abigail refilled the Kappa's water dish, then asked the students about Hinkypunks, Red Caps, and Grindylows.
• Professor Abigail led the students into a classroom filled with curtains, and Wade warned them that the creatures would attack in five minutes.

Wade and the professors tested an expanded, curtain-filled classroom with Magical Creature Golems and a Boggart while recording the students’ encounters. Draco Malfoy was trapped near the Boggart and faced terrifying visions of his parents before Professor McGonagall ordered it removed.

• Wade recognized the Undetectable Extension Charm, released his Golems with strict safety instructions, and arranged mirrors to record the students.
• Professor Abigail and Professor Flitwick brought in a Boggart, while Professor McGonagall arranged for Draco to be monitored.
• Draco fought a Grindylow, then saw visions of Lucius rejecting him and Narcissa claiming he was a Mudblood.
• Draco saw Narcissa lying dead and screamed as Professor McGonagall realized he had been repeatedly led back toward the Boggart.
• Professor McGonagall told the others to remove the Boggart because the students had not yet learned how to handle it.