Chapter Summaries

Wade was captured by Grindelwald, who restored him to normal size and asked him to make Streaming Mirrors display chosen images. Grindelwald ordered an investigation into Wade, while Harry and Michael received Christmas presents and discovered that Wade had sent Harry one.

• Wade used a tiny Wand to frighten Ursula away before Grindelwald and Drayne entered the room.
• Grindelwald restored Wade’s size and returned his Wand, then asked him to bypass Aslan’s Magic Workshop and control what Streaming Mirrors displayed.
• Wade agreed to provide the materials needed to make the device, and Grindelwald told Drayne to watch him and investigate his background and beliefs.
• Harry’s owl returned without a reply, deepening his worry about Wade, while Michael stayed with him at The Burrow.
• Christmas presents arrived, and Harry discovered that Wade had sent him a gift.

Harry and Michael realized they had forgotten to send Wade Gray Christmas gifts, but their packages reached his empty home, where Rubik discovered clues about his disappearance and led Wade’s Golems out to find him. At Hogwarts, the House-elves learned Wade was missing and surrounded Dobby, asking whether he remembered Wade’s help.

• Harry and Michael opened Wade Gray’s gifts, then remembered they had not sent him anything and dispatched their packages with Hedwig.
• Lupin and Sirius found Wade’s bedroom empty, discussed his disappearance and Grindelwald, and left without finding him.
• Rubik read the newspapers, noticed Mabel’s gift, and gathered the broomstick, Peter Two, the Cloak, and Mihail to search for Wade while the bell guarded the Wardrobe Space.
• McGonagall and Snape discussed Wade’s disappearance, and Hogwarts’s House-elves learned the news and debated how they could help.
• Dobby arrived at Hogwarts looking for a job, and Mikey and the other House-elves surrounded him and asked whether he remembered Wade’s help.

Wade completed the Zero-Day Squirrel with John Wawerlett, and Grindelwald revealed that Wade’s family had ties to the Black and Bones families. Grindelwald asked how Wade viewed the relationship between wizards and Muggles, then told him to rest because they would go out together the next day.

• Wade and John Wawerlett finished the Zero-Day Squirrel, which could replace the image and transmit sound and visuals through a Streaming Mirror.
• Wawerlett praised Grindelwald and defended his ideals, and Grindelwald arrived to confirm the device was nearly ready.
• Grindelwald took Wade aside and explained that his maternal grandmother was Rosie Black, his maternal great-grandfather was Marius Black, and his paternal family was connected to the Bones family.
• Grindelwald told Wade that Voldemort or his Death Eaters had killed his grandparents’ families, leaving Amelia Bones unaware that Wade was her Squib cousin.
• Wade said he did not care about his ancestry or want to change his surname, and Grindelwald asked how he viewed the relationship between wizards and Muggles.
• Wade pointed out that he was only thirteen, and Grindelwald told him to rest before they went out together the next day.

Grindelwald and Drayne discussed Wade Gray’s independent views and arranged to give him a Cloak, while Wade interpreted his tea leaves as signs of an approaching turning point. At Ryan Trocar’s home, Mabel waited for Wade’s reply until a Firebird arrived at the window.

• Grindelwald told Drayne that Wade Gray judged right and wrong for himself, and Drayne reconsidered whether Wade belonged entirely to Dumbledore.
• Drayne ordered a subordinate to prepare a Cloak for Wade and abandoned plans to record him for leverage.
• Wade read signs of a turning point and a gift in his tea leaves, then went to bed; House-elf Bippity later took the cup to Drayne, who interpreted its shapes as a possible break with Dumbledore.
• Ryan Trocar hosted Mabel, Garr, and Lockhart for breakfast after Mabel’s Obscurus had thwarted their attempt to control her the night before.
• Mabel asked whether Wade had replied to her message, and a Firebird landed on the windowsill.

Mabel escaped Garr and Lockhart with Mihail and learned that Wade Grey had been captured, while Wade accompanied Grindelwald and the Acolytes in an assault on a Muggle facility. The chapter ended as a breached wall revealed a horrifying scene that left even Grindelwald’s loyal followers stunned.

• Mabel followed Mihail to an abandoned building, where the Rubik's Cube Golem and Peter Two told her that Wade Grey had been captured by an evil Dark Wizard and asked for her help.
• Wade received an identity-concealing Acolyte cloak, and the witch who made it urged him to stay close to Grindelwald and trust him.
• Grindelwald addressed the cloaked Acolytes, then sent them through a Portkey to a Muggle facility and ordered Wade to stay by his side.
• Grindelwald unleashed blue flames on the soldiers and facility as the Acolytes advanced, and Wade used a Shield Charm to deflect a stray bullet.
• A blast brought down a wall, revealing a horrific scene that made the first Acolyte through it freeze in terror.

Grindelwald led the Acolytes through a Muggle base where human experiments had been imprisoned, and Wade killed one at his desperate request. In the surveillance room, Grindelwald explained his goal of awakening wizard resistance, while Wade challenged his hatred and argued for uniting against genuine villains; Grindelwald collapsed into a violent coughing fit.

• Grindelwald entered the laboratory first, where Wade and the Acolytes saw cages full of mutilated human experiments, and Grindelwald ordered the wizards to kill the base personnel and capture their leader.
• A dying experiment begged Wade to kill him, and Wade blasted him dead before Antoine Moreau stopped him from granting the other prisoners' pleas.
• Grindelwald led Wade to the surveillance room, admitted his exhaustion, and said he wanted the Acolytes to remember Muggle cruelty and resist future threats.
• Wade argued that neither Muggles nor wizards should be judged as a whole and that change required uniting allies against those who harmed the majority.
• Grindelwald challenged Wade's belief that Muggles needed protection, then began coughing violently as Wade worried that he had pushed the old man too far.

Wade helped Morrow edit footage of Grindelwald’s attacks while remaining a captive guest, and Grindelwald’s actions shocked the Ministry and the Order of the Phoenix. The chapter ended as the Weasleys’ Streaming Mirror abruptly showed black-clad wizards attacking a building in blue flames.

• Grindelwald recovered after Drayne gave him a Potion, then ordered the captured Muggle leaders brought in and had one tortured with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Grindelwald sent Wade with Antoine Moreau, who brought him to a castle and asked him to edit the recorded footage of the wizards’ attack.
• Wade taught Morrow how to select and edit footage, and Morrow said he would wait for Wade to become one of their companions.
• Kingsley told Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix that Grindelwald had attacked five Muggle locations in one day and showed them black-and-white Photos from the sites.
• The Weasleys, Harry, and Michael watched their Streaming Mirror, which suddenly showed black-clad wizards surrounding a building as blue flames erupted.

The Weasleys watched a Streaming Mirror broadcast showing Grindelwald and wizards attacking Muggles, and Michael warned Harry that the footage might be real. After Mrs. Weasley sent the children to bed, they secretly watched the broadcast continue and learned that the images had been real and the signal had been hijacked.

• Michael told Harry that the realistic-looking spells and gestures suggested the broadcast might show something that had actually happened.
• Mrs. Weasley recognized Grindelwald in the footage, shut off the Streaming Mirror, sent the children upstairs, and strengthened The Burrow’s protections.
• Harry, Ron, the twins, Ginny, and Michael secretly gathered in Harry’s room to continue watching on his small Streaming Mirror.
• The broadcast showed Grindelwald’s speech, the Experiment’s deaths, and a Muggle official’s account, leading the children to suspect the events were real.
• An FMC wizard announced that someone had illegally hijacked the signal and claimed the footage had nothing to do with the company.
• Fred, Ron, and Harry concluded the footage was real, while Michael reacted grimly in the darkness.

Remus Lupin and Sirius Black visited the Italian Manor where Grindelwald’s Acolytes had attacked, hoping to find clues about Wade Grey. Lupin found no trace of Wade, while the authorities struggled to treat the victims and contain the fallout.

• Sirius Black and Remus Lupin entered the Manor site in Italy with British Ministry authorization and learned that Muggles had discovered the attack before wizards contained the scene.
• Lupin recalled how Grindelwald had abducted Wade, how the Acolytes’ broadcasts had won support among distant wizards, and why he feared Wade might choose to remain with them.
• Sirius and Lupin met Barty Crouch, who agreed to send British-born victims to St. Mungo’s and accept twenty more patients despite the Austrian wizard’s plea for fifty.
• Sirius questioned an Auror about the investigation as Lupin searched the burned Manor for magical traces or a message from Wade, but found nothing.

Wade joined the Acolytes’ feast under the disguise of Braun, but Drayne soon summoned him because an operation involving weapons had gone disastrously wrong. Wade arrived in the Basement to find Grindelwald beside several corpses and a Crystal Vial glowing with golden flecks.

• Wade read an account of the German witch hunts before Morrow invited him to the Acolytes’ feast.
• Wade drank Polyjuice Potion and entered the Great Hall disguised as a brown-haired wizard named Braun.
• Wade listened as the Acolytes celebrated their victories and discussed their fight against Muggles and the dangers they faced.
• Drayne recognized Wade and took him from the feast, saying an issue involving weapons required his attention.
• Drayne explained that the Acolytes’ operation had met an unexpected counterattack, then led Wade to Grindelwald, several corpses, and a glowing Crystal Vial.

Wade tested the Gold Powder and explained that it put living creatures into harmless suspended sleep, while Grindelwald identified it as a form of mysterious Time Magic. The group considered how the Muggle organization obtained it, and Wade offered to build a device to counter its effects, promising a finished prototype that night.

• Wade tested the Gold Powder on a Transfigured mouse and explained that it slowed bodily functions and consciousness without causing aging or harm.
• Morrow wondered whether the Gold Powder could grant immortality, but Wade clarified that it only enabled hibernation and could preserve Potions.
• Grindelwald explained that the Gold Powder involved innate Time Magic and described the risks and limits of Time-Turners and time travel.
• Drayne suggested that the organization might have found a new source of Time Magic or gained control of a small Ministry of Magic.
• Grindelwald vowed to uncover the organization, and Wade proposed building a portable self-suction dust collector to remove the Gold Powder, promising it that night.

Michael gave Dobby directions for searching for Wade, and Dobby followed the trail to Wade Grey's parents' home. After Kreacher confirmed he was a friend of Wade, Ferdinand invited Dobby inside.

• Michael told Dobby to check Wade's parents' home, search for a gathering place with many House-elves, and look for other clues to the Acolytes' base.
• Michael left Dobby the address of House Gray and hurried home to write to Professor Dumbledore.
• Dobby searched near Wade's parents' home, where Kreacher caught him and learned he was Wade's friend.
• Kreacher explained that he was protecting Wade's parents, and Dobby told him he had come to search for Wade.
• Ferdinand discovered Dobby outside and invited him into the house after Dobby showed Wade's greeting card.

Dobby visited Ferdinand and Fiona Gray, learned that the Acolytes had kidnapped Wade, and received Ferdinand’s research pointing to John Adler as a possible target. After Dobby left, Donovan contacted Dumbledore from Adler’s manor and reported that the organization expected an Acolyte attack there.

• Dobby told Ferdinand that Wade was missing and revealed what he knew about Grindelwald and the Acolytes.
• Ferdinand showed Dobby his research and identified John Adler as a likely target whose manor might reveal the Acolytes’ whereabouts.
• Fiona gave Dobby a set of Wade’s old clothes, and Ferdinand asked him to continue helping before Dobby departed.
• Ferdinand told Fiona that Wade would stay with the Black Family and would not return before school started.
• Donovan told Dumbledore through a Two-Way Mirror that he was at John Adler’s manor, where the organization had gathered and prepared to ambush the Acolytes.

Grindelwald prepared Wade Grey for another operation by having him test the Time Magic-collecting bells, while Wawerlett secretly gave Wade a Portkey badge in case he needed to escape. Elsewhere, Mabel and the Golems received a lead about a possible Acolyte target, and Grindelwald questioned Drayne about why their cause had failed before.

• Morrow tested the golden powder from a shattered Crystal Vial and confirmed it had not affected him, after which Grindelwald ordered one hundred and eighty bells from Wawerlett and Wade Grey for an operation three days later.
• Wawerlett secretly modified Wade's Softlight Badge into a Portkey back to the castle and urged him to use it if Grindelwald mistreated him.
• Mabel and the Golems continued searching Swedish castles with intelligence from Marchioni, who warned that John Adler might become the Acolytes' next target.
• Grindelwald learned from a House-elf that Wawerlett had made Wade a Portkey and dismissed Drayne's suggestion that Wawerlett was betraying him.
• Grindelwald asked Drayne why their cause had failed before.

Grindelwald admitted that his own arrogance and brutal rule had caused his defeat, and urged Drayne to pursue the Acolytes’ ideals by helping people rather than spreading suffering. Drayne began to understand the change in the Acolytes’ actions and questioned Wade about his motives, then gave him a Book of Friends and asked why Grindelwald valued him.

• Grindelwald told Drayne that he had defeated himself through wrong choices and explained that the Acolytes needed to bring people hope and solve problems instead of relying on extreme violence.
• Drayne observed that the Acolytes had become more relaxed and compassionate, and realized that their acts of rescue and justice were winning people’s trust.
• After finishing the Shivangis Bells, Wade encountered Drayne, who described how the Acolytes had rescued abused girls, arranged their medical care, and paid their expenses with money taken from a Muggle estate.
• Drayne asked Wade whether he had chosen the Acolytes because he wanted the guilty Muggles punished, but Wade denied manipulating them and defended his cooperation.
• Drayne gave Wade a Book of Friends and said he could contact him after returning to Hogwarts, then asked why Grindelwald considered Wade important.

Wade prepared to escape Grindelwald’s castle while Voldemort and Barty Crouch Jr. watched the Acolytes’ attack on Adler Manor. The assault turned into a battle of modern weapons and magic, ending with Grindelwald unleashing bomb-carrying Paper Airplanes against the attackers.

• Wade gathered copied magic books and protective charms as he prepared to slip away from Grindelwald’s sight.
• Voldemort and Barty Crouch Jr. waited near Adler Manor, discussing the Brain Room’s subtle influence and their plans to restore Voldemort’s power.
• The Acolytes arrived at the Manor, where missiles and machine-gun fire failed to break their magical defenses.
• Bomb-carrying Paper Airplanes struck the forces around the Manor, and John Adler demanded that Abigail evacuate him.
• Grindelwald sent more Paper Airplanes toward the Acolytes and explained that wizards could use Muggle methods as well as magic.

Wade questioned Grindelwald about controlling and countering Fiendfyre while the Acolytes fought Muggle forces. Voldemort mistook Wade for Grindelwald’s valued descendant and marked him as a possible target before Grindelwald asked Wade if he planned to escape.

• Grindelwald explained that the Paper Airplanes had been mass-produced and ordered Günther to deal with Muggle forces emerging in armored vehicles.
• Drayne and the Acolytes coordinated their defense as Muggle weapons attacked, and Wade asked Grindelwald about Fiendfyre’s control and countermeasures.
• Grindelwald said Fiendfyre required courage and resolve, then began to reveal the way to counter it.
• Voldemort watched the battle with Barty Crouch Jr. and mistook Wade, who stood beside Grindelwald, for a young descendant who might be his heir.
• Grindelwald put a hand on Wade’s shoulder and asked whether he planned to escape that day.

Grindelwald questioned Wade about the future of wizardkind, then allowed him to return and left him a way to contact him. Meanwhile, Donovan turned against the organization and sabotaged its anti-magic generators with help from Dobby and Mikey, as Dumbledore arrived at the battlefield.

• Grindelwald praised Wade's talent and asked what future he would lead wizards toward, then encouraged him to study both Dark Magic and White Magic.
• Grindelwald gave Wade back his Communication Pea and told him to find a chance to leave when Dumbledore arrived.
• Donovan watched the battle, saw Kruse die, and sent Dumbledore a message before entering the underground complex to seek revenge on the organization.
• Donovan overheard the organization's plan to lure Grindelwald into the Manor and found the Strong Magnetic Field Generators hidden underground.
• Donovan began cutting the generators' wires, and Dobby and Mikey offered to help destroy the machines.
• Mikey snapped a pipe on a generator as Grindelwald attacked the air ahead of him and Dumbledore appeared on the battlefield.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald fought a devastating duel while their followers could only flee and watch. As Grindelwald faltered, Mabel learned that armed Muggles were preparing to attack the wizards’ headquarters, and Dumbledore hesitated to strike his old enemy.

• Dumbledore arrived and battled Grindelwald, whose spells tore apart the Manor and sent both sides’ forces running for safety.
• Drayne tried to reach Grindelwald, but Morrow stopped him, and the two realized Wade Gray was missing from the battlefield.
• Dobby and Mikey went underground to destroy the machines that could suppress magic, hoping to protect Wade from capture.
• Mabel and the Golem team spotted armed soldiers preparing to attack a suspected wizard headquarters, and Mabel overheard their plans before reporting back.
• Grindelwald coughed blood and missed with a spell, but Dumbledore lowered his wandlight instead of attacking, prompting Grindelwald to taunt him.

Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald, learned that Grindelwald claimed responsibility for Ariana’s death, and rescued Wade without killing his former friend. As the Acolytes attacked the Manor, Dumbledore reunited with Donovan, Dobby, and Mikey; afterward, Dobby decided to ask Wade if he could work for House Gray.

• Grindelwald taunted Dumbledore and claimed he had killed Ariana, leaving Dumbledore relieved but uncertain about whether Grindelwald was telling the truth.
• Wade arrived and reassured Dumbledore that he was himself and unharmed; Dumbledore chose to spare Grindelwald and Apparated away with Wade.
• Grindelwald ordered the Acolytes to destroy the Manor, while Organization agents activated their plan after most of the wizards entered.
• Dobby and Mikey disabled a machine, and Dumbledore arrived after Donovan contacted him through the Book of Friends.
• Dumbledore sent Donovan away, thanked Dobby and Mikey for their help, and told Mikey to buy whiskey and return to school without punishing him.
• Mikey returned with whiskey, while Dobby decided to ask Wade whether he could work for House Gray.