Chapter Summaries

Professor Sprout told Wade that the Ministry had softened its stance toward the rescued children after an Obscurus escaped, though the Board of Governors still opposed admitting older children to Hogwarts. Wade and Michael then visited the newly developed Zone V in the maze, where Wade revealed its Golem creatures and explained that the area would later be moved into the underground maze.

• Professor Sprout told Wade that Dumbledore and the Ministry had secured correspondence magic courses for rescued children over eleven, while the younger children’s future remained under debate.
• Wade and Michael entered the maze, and Hagrid opened a hidden passage to the newly developed Zone V.
• Wade’s troll, Werewolf, and vampire Golems appeared to frighten Michael, but Michael recognized that they were creatures Wade had brought in and relaxed enough to joke with them.
• Wade and Michael explored Zone V, where Wade explained that Dumbledore and Mr. Scamander planned to move it into the underground maze during the holidays.
• Wade summoned a Werewolf, and Michael eagerly prepared to fight it.

Michael tested Wade’s enhanced Golem creatures and was swiftly beaten by the Werewolf and troll, then left cheerful after challenging the Vampire. Later, Carlyle asked Percy about the fate of children taken by an organization and ran off relieved by Percy’s answer.

• Michael challenged Wade’s Werewolf Golem, which reached his throat before he could cast a spell, then chose to fight a troll instead.
• Michael’s spells failed to stop Wade’s enhanced troll Golem, which disarmed him and sent him flying; the protective Cloak returned him unharmed.
• Michael suspected Wade had brought him to test the Golems, but accepted a challenge from the Vampire girl and later entered class smiling despite losing.
• Michael’s mood puzzled his classmates, while Padma guessed he had met a beautiful woman and insisted she and Michael were only friends.
• Carlyle asked Percy whether children taken by an organization would be given new parents, and Percy said they would not; Carlyle thanked him and ran off relieved.
• Percy forgot Carlyle’s odd behavior and reprimanded younger students for throwing magic in the corridor.

Wade helped Fred and George improve their Anti-Curse Vest design, then invited Harry and Michael to spend Christmas at his home. The chapter ended as Michael spotted a Daily Prophet headline about the Ministry rescuing Muggle children.

• Wade joined Fred and George in the Room of Requirement and helped refine their Anti-Curse Vest design using a honeycomb structure and Titanium-Copper Alloy.
• Harry told Wade that he expected to remain at Hogwarts for Christmas because Sirius and Remus were busy.
• Wade invited Harry and Michael to spend the holidays with his family, and Harry accepted so Ron and Hermione could return to their families.
• Wade described Christmas activities at his home, including films, ice skating, markets, and circus performances.
• Michael read the Daily Prophet headline announcing the Ministry of Magic's rescue of Muggle children.

Wade read the Ministry’s sanitized report about rescuing trafficked children and warned his parents that Carlyle was at Hogwarts and should not be trusted. He arranged to invite friends home for Christmas, then called Rita Skeeter to ask about the Ministry’s plans and Mabel.

• Harry read the newspaper, praised the Ministry, and hurried off to tell Ron and Hermione not to sign up to stay at school.
• Wade and Michael discussed how Rita Skeeter’s report differed from her usual sensational style and how students had stopped worrying about the rescue.
• Wade contacted Fiona and Ferdinand Gray, told them Carlyle was at Hogwarts, and warned them not to trust him.
• Wade invited Harry and Michael to spend Christmas at the Westminster house, and Fiona eagerly agreed to host them.
• Wade called Rita Skeeter, who explained that she had been pressured to write the report as she did, and Wade asked about the Ministry’s plans and Mabel.

Rita Skeeter warned Wade that the Ministry planned to kill the Obscurus and its host, and urged him to tell Mabel to flee Britain. Wade then met Dumbledore, discussed the Deathly Hallows, and quickly learned Apparition, though he continued practicing to improve.

• Rita told Wade that Fudge had ordered a special unit to kill the Obscurus and its host, and warned him to tell Mabel to leave Britain if he reached her.
• Wade went to Dumbledore's office, where he read The Tale of the Three Brothers and wondered how the Deathly Hallows could have been made.
• Dumbledore took Wade to a secluded woodland clearing and began teaching him Apparition.
• Wade repeatedly practiced, sometimes Splinching, until he successfully Apparated into the target circle.
• Wade continued practicing to make his Apparition faster and more instinctive, while Dumbledore watched with pride and concern.

Wade finished his secret Apparition lessons and prepared to leave Hogwarts for the holiday, but Carlyle’s talk about both his parents made Wade suspect that something was wrong. Before leaving, Wade returned his Time-Turner, while Hermione considered dropping Divination and Muggle Studies.

• Dumbledore entrusted Professor McGonagall with the holiday arrangements and learned that Harry would stay with House Gray after Wade invited him.
• Wade spoke with Carlyle at dinner, who said he would go home to meet his parents and invited Wade to visit, leaving Wade unsettled by Carlyle’s references to his mother.
• Professor Abigail’s early Christmas celebration cheered the Great Hall, and Wade saw the castle’s magical scripts and currents grow more active.
• Wade copied holiday reading in the library, then discussed Hermione’s elective classes and her doubts about Divination and Muggle Studies.
• Wade and Hermione returned their Time-Turners to Professor McGonagall and left the castle as students boarded the carriages for the holiday.

The Hogwarts Express was surrounded by Dementors, and Wade used his Patronus to protect the students as Harry failed to cast the spell. As Wade struggled to hold off the creatures, Professor Abigail arrived with a silver Patronus.

• Harry and Neville's Golems battled in Wade's crowded compartment while Wade recalled Dumbledore's advice about Carlyle and Abigail.
• The train grew unnaturally cold, stopped in the snow, and lost its lights as Dementors gathered around it.
• Wade cast a silver eagle Patronus that drove off a Dementor and guarded the train, revealing many more creatures circling outside.
• Wade urged Harry to cast a Patronus, but Harry collapsed after hearing the memory of his mother's desperate screams.
• The students sent messages seeking help while Wade struggled to keep the Dementors at bay.
• Professor Abigail appeared outside the train and cast a silver Doberman Patronus toward the Dementors.

Wade and Professor Abigail drove off the Dementors that attacked the train, and Wade used his Patronus to revive Harry and Malfoy. As the train neared the station, Wade went to speak with Abigail, while Harry realized the screams he had heard were his mother's final words.

• Abigail's Doberman Patronus and Wade's silver eagle scattered the Dementors, and Wade urged the students to stay calm and return to the train.
• Wade's Patronus revived Harry, who learned that no one had died and realized the screams he heard had been his mother's last words.
• Pansy asked Wade to check on Malfoy, and Wade used his Patronus to wake him in his compartment.
• Malfoy learned that Wade had saved him but reacted resentfully, while Pansy and Zabini responded to his complaints.
• Wade found Abigail in a compartment, and she dismissed the students so they could talk before the train reached the station.

Wade thanked Professor Abigail for saving the train and learned about her time at Ilvermorny before reuniting with his worried father at King's Cross. As Wade and his friends left the station, a reporter sought an interview with Harry, and the ticket inspector recognized Harry as they passed through the barrier.

• Wade thanked Abigail for arriving in time to stop the Dementors, and she explained that she had already been aboard the train and had attended Wampus House at Ilvermorny.
• Abigail described Ilvermorny's sorting ceremony and how its students traveled to the school before she and Wade exchanged holiday wishes as the train prepared to arrive.
• At King's Cross, Wade reunited with Ferdinand, who hugged him in relief, while Michael wondered whether Wade had Apparated.
• Wade introduced Harry and Michael to Ferdinand, then refused a reporter's request to interview them or publish their names.
• The reporter turned to interview Percy, and Wade led his group toward the magical barrier, where the ticket inspector froze upon seeing Harry.

Harry, Michael, and Wade watched the Ministry dismiss the Dementor attack and spent the day playing games at Wade’s home. Meanwhile, Brolin confronted Abigail about her changed Patronus and reminded her of the deaths of her parents, leaving her shaken and accused of forgetting her purpose.

• Fudge claimed the Dementors had only inspected the Hogwarts train and said the Ministry would not punish the students who resisted them.
• Fiona and Ferdinand left Wade, Harry, and Michael at home, where the boys chose to play The Lost Vikings.
• Abigail and Major Baird visited Brolin at the Antler Tavern, where he questioned Abigail about the Patronus Charm she had cast on the train.
• At Brolin’s demand, Abigail summoned a silver Doberman Patronus, revealing that it had changed from the pit bull it used to be.
• Brolin pressed Abigail about whether Hogwarts had changed her and reminded her that two wizards had killed her parents and other Muggles, accusing her of forgetting her purpose.

Brolin removed Abigail from her mission over doubts about her loyalty, while Byrd struggled to influence Wade Grey and Wade spent the holiday with Harry and Michael. On the Island, Grindelwald demanded a visitor’s wand, and escaped prisoners Lockhart and Garr Troka were followed through a hospital by black mist.

• Brolin told Abigail her mission was complete and sent her away because he suspected her allegiance, while Byrd and the bartender agreed that she knew too much classified information to risk keeping her in the field.
• Byrd reported that Carlyle could rarely reach Wade Grey, and Brolin said they would give Byrd a new assistant rather than keep placing someone in the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.
• Ferdinand arranged a Westminster residence where Wade, Harry, and Michael spent the holiday watching films, attending opera, visiting an amusement park, and playing video games.
• A visitor urged the imprisoned Grindelwald to lead the movement again, and Grindelwald told him, "Give me your Wand."
• Mabel hid in a hospital corridor while Lockhart and Garr Troka, escaped from Azkaban, worried about Dementors, and a streak of black mist silently followed them.

Lockhart and Garr returned to Ryan Trocar’s house, where Ryan received an invitation to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts and decided to accept despite rumors of a brewing conflict. Meanwhile, Mabel searched newspapers for news of the other children and found an advertisement for Wade’s Communication Pea, while Wade finished making a Golem before Remus Lupin arrived.

• Lockhart and Garr avoided using magic in public, rode a bus home, and argued over Garr’s stolen blood bags.
• Ryan told Lockhart and Garr that Hogwarts had invited him to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, and he chose to accept after Lockhart dismissed the idea that Dumbledore needed an army to remove Fudge.
• Mabel hid in the Trocar house’s attic, read the newspapers, found no news of Hailey or the other children, and noticed an advertisement for Wade’s Communication Pea.
• Wade finished shaping a Golem in Wardrobe Space and went downstairs when the bell announced a visitor.
• Harry opened the door and greeted the travel-worn Remus Lupin.

Harry asked Remus Lupin for help overcoming his fear of Dementors, while Michael decided to learn the Patronus Charm from him. Wade learned that investigators had found no useful evidence about the island’s owner, and Abigail and Byrd faced Ilari’s demands to study Wade’s Golems.

• Remus Lupin visited Harry and explained that Sirius was still carrying out a secret task for Dumbledore.
• Lupin promised to find a Boggart so Harry could practice casting a Patronus against a Dementor-like fear.
• Michael asked Harry to teach him the Patronus Charm, and Harry agreed.
• Lupin told Wade that Muggle merchant Roger Milton had apparently died by suicide and that investigators found nothing useful in his records or devices.
• Lupin praised Wade’s Communication Peas and planned to take him to Diagon Alley the next day.
• Ilari begged Abigail to let him examine her Werewolf and Vampire Golems, then demanded that Byrd bring Wade to help with his research.

Wade attended the communication headset launch in Diagon Alley, where Marchioni dressed him for the event and Wade delivered a successful speech about the invention. In the audience, Ilari realized he could copy the Golems and planned to mass-produce them for the organization, while Abigail wondered whether Wade had noticed her and her companions.

• Wade, Harry, Michael, and Lupin traveled to Diagon Alley for the headset launch, and Marchioni took Wade away to prepare him for the stage.
• Marchioni’s stylists outfitted Wade in ornate robes and accessories before the launch event began.
• Harry and Michael joined Lupin at the event, where they saw the Malfoy family and Minister Fudge among the guests.
• Wade explained the communication headset and its Alchemy to the audience, earning enthusiastic applause.
• Ilari told Byrd that he had learned how to copy Golems and declared that the organization would mass-produce them.
• Abigail wondered whether Wade had noticed her and her companions in the audience.

After Wade impressed the audience at the Communication Pea launch, he reunited with his friends and went shopping in Diagon Alley. Lupin secretly bought a protective vest as a gift, while Harry accidentally knocked over a bookstore shelf and met Ryan Trocar, who said he would soon be their professor.

• Professor Murray praised Wade after his speech, and Wade admitted he had improvised part of it when he forgot his prepared lines.
• Wade joined Lupin, Harry, and the others at Gringotts, where Lupin withdrew most of his money and Wade noticed a poorly dressed man heading to expensive Vault 716.
• Lupin bought the displayed Anti-Curse Vest from Aslan's Magic Workshop and sent it anonymously by owl as a gift for a woman he hoped to protect.
• Wade and his friends shopped in Diagon Alley, where Harry accidentally knocked over several bookshelves and Ryan Trocar restored them with his Wand.
• Ryan Trocar introduced himself as their future professor and said he believed the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had resigned.

Ryan Trocar took over as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor after Sera Abigail resigned, while a black-robed wizard carried a snake-faced baby through Knockturn Alley to buy Dark Magic ingredients. Meanwhile, Scrimgeour and Kingsley investigated an intruder’s traces in the Department of Mysteries’ Brain Room, but Bode could not tell them what had been taken or done.

• Ryan Trocar met Harry, Wade, and Michael at the bookstore, and they helped him gather textbooks and explain the students’ progress.
• Wade recognized Sera Abigail outside the bookstore, where she rebuffed Byrd’s taunts about the students forgetting her after her resignation.
• Ilari suspected that a black-robed wizard carrying a swaddled bundle had a Kuman Thong, and Byrd saw him head toward Knockturn Alley.
• The black-robed wizard bought ingredients from Mr. Borgin, then followed the snake-faced baby’s whispered instruction to seek snake venom at Bagwell’s shop.
• Scrimgeour and Kingsley searched the Brain Room for signs of an intruder, but Bode said they could not determine whether anything was missing or what the intruder had done.

The Aurors failed to identify the Department of Mysteries intruder, while Bode and a colleague planted strange seeds in the Brain Room, expecting the intruder to return. In Diagon Alley, Mabel searched for Wade as Wade and his friends received news that a prisoner had escaped from Nurmengard.

• Scrimgeour led the Aurors through a limited search of the Department of Mysteries, but they found no clues and left without investigating the tanks.
• Kingsley asked Scrimgeour whether he knew the intruder, and Scrimgeour warned him never to investigate or seek gain from the Department of Mysteries.
• Bode and a brown-haired wizard retrieved black seeds from Vault 716, buried them beneath the Brain Room floor, and expected the intruder to return for them.
• Mabel lost Ryan Trocar in crowded Diagon Alley, spotted her wanted poster, and fled before a shop clerk could see her face.
• Wade, Harry, Michael, and Lupin left the bookstore after Lupin recognized Ryan Trocar as Hogwarts' new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Urgent messages spread through Diagon Alley, and Lupin told Wade and the others that someone had escaped from Nurmengard.

After Grindelwald escaped from Nurmengard, Lupin escorted Wade, Harry, and Michael out of Diagon Alley while Dementors descended over the city. Mabel was rescued by Ryan Trocar, but when Garr and Lockhart recognized her, her Obscurus emerged and pinned them down.

• Lupin told Wade, Harry, and Michael that Gellert Grindelwald had escaped from Nurmengard, then hurried them out of Diagon Alley.
• Mabel tried to catch up with Wade but fell as the archway closed, and Wade left without realizing she had called to him.
• Lupin took the children away by taxi as Dementors flew above the snowy streets, while Harry and Michael planned to finish their Christmas shopping the next day.
• Ryan Trocar found Mabel, failed to recognize her from the wanted posters, and took her with him when more than a hundred Dementors attacked them.
• Trocar whisked Mabel away from the Dementors and brought her home, where Garr recognized her and her Obscurus pinned him and Lockhart to the floor.

Mabel forced the escaped prisoners Garr and Lockhart to help her contact Wade Grey, while Wade finished making Christmas gifts and went shopping with Harry and Michael. Grindelwald abducted Wade by shrinking him with a Potion, then left in a car with his captive still in his pocket.

• Mabel learned that Garr and Lockhart were escaped prisoners from Azkaban, then asked whether Lockhart knew Wade Grey.
• Wade finished making handmade Christmas gifts and told the Rubik's Cube Golem to mail them before going shopping with Harry and Michael.
• Wade and his friends browsed Harrods, then went to a budget supermarket, where Wade was separated from them near the turkey display.
• Grindelwald drugged Wade, shrank him into a tiny sleeping figure, and hid him in his pocket without anyone nearby noticing.
• Grindelwald left the supermarket in a black sedan and kept Wade from his eager companion, saying he hoped the boy would be worth the risk.

After Wade disappeared, Dumbledore organized a search and Lupin showed him surveillance footage of a suspicious old man approaching Wade. Meanwhile, Wade woke up shrunk in an enormous bedroom, trapped behind magical protections and weighing his chances of escape.

• Tonks tried to reassure Harry and Michael, but they remained focused on Wade's disappearance and the other unresolved dangers.
• Arthur Weasley arrived with his children to take Harry and Michael to the Burrow, while Dumbledore gathered Lupin, Sirius, Kingsley, Moody, and Tonks to investigate.
• Lupin described Wade's disappearance and showed Dumbledore the supermarket surveillance memory, which revealed a suspicious old man approaching Wade.
• Wade woke to find that a cat and insects were enormous because he had been shrunk, and realized he had no access to his stored supplies.
• Wade found that the room was protected by Anti-Apparition, Repelling, and Shielding Charms, and his Diffindo spell barely cracked a window.
• The cat approached Wade as golden, fairy-like light flickered around his Wand.