Chapter Summaries

A Muggle army bombarded the Acolytes’ hidden castle, but a Firebird, an Obscurus, a Cube, and a Masked Monster fought back. Sirius and Lupin arrived with the Order of the Phoenix and demanded that the Acolytes release Wade Grey.

• High Cheekbones Man launched a shell that shattered the castle’s concealment and revealed it to the Muggle army.
• Wawerlett survived the first bombardment, treated the wounded, and watched the defenders’ magic stop the next wave of shells.
• A Firebird and an Obscurus attacked the Muggles while a Cube and a Masked Monster sabotaged their vehicles and weapons.
• Muggle soldiers disabled the Cube and Masked Monster with electricity, but the Order of the Phoenix appeared and attacked the army.
• The Cube asked the Acolytes where Wade Grey was, and Sirius and Lupin demanded that they release the child.

The Order of the Phoenix found Wade was safe and left Mabel and Wade’s Golems at the castle, while Wawerlett sent Wade his Alchemy notes. Grindelwald returned with the Acolytes, and Voldemort departed confident that he would surpass Dumbledore and Grindelwald after his resurrection.

• Sirius and the Order of the Phoenix confronted the Acolytes while searching for Wade, but Lupin received Dumbledore’s message that Wade had been found and called the group back to Britain.
• Mabel agreed to leave the Muggle soldiers with the Acolytes and warned them not to harm her friends; Lupin and Sirius suspected that Mabel’s companions were Wade’s Golems and chose to keep their connection secret.
• Wawerlett gave Wade his Alchemy notebook through the Rubik’s Cube Golem and wondered whether Mihail possessed a true soul created through Life Alchemy.
• Grindelwald returned with the Acolytes, and the wizards burned the Manor and its evidence with Fiendfyre.
• Voldemort left with Barty Crouch Jr. and Nagini, believing that he would become more powerful than Dumbledore and Grindelwald after his resurrection.

After the organization’s failed operation, Abigail killed John Adler and his companions, searched Adler’s memories, and turned away from the group she had served. Back at Hogwarts, Wade discussed Grindelwald with Dumbledore, who warned him to stay alert to power and ideology.

• John Adler and Abigail watched smoke rise from his burning Manor while the surviving operation members failed to respond.
• Abigail immobilized the people in Adler’s car, explained that she had been deceived by the organization, and killed the secretary and bodyguards.
• Abigail killed Adler, used Legilimency to search his memories, then sent the car over a slope and left with a vial of memories.
• Wade waited in Dumbledore’s Office and watched the miniature world before Dumbledore returned and asked him to recount his experiences.
• Wade questioned why Grindelwald had tried to recruit him, and Dumbledore warned him to resist the temptation of power and ideology.

Wade returned to Hogwarts after Dumbledore rescued him from Grindelwald, and Dumbledore allowed him to keep studying the magic books. Wade then went home to reassure his parents, who welcomed him back and heard how he had been treated.

• Wade asked Dumbledore for advice about the magic books, and Dumbledore told him he could keep them while promising to help if he ever felt lost.
• Dumbledore explained to the portraits that he would not forbid Wade from studying Dark Magic because he wanted Wade to seek his help rather than hide future trouble.
• Fawkes brought Wade home, where Fiona and Ferdinand embraced him and checked that he was truly their son.
• Wade told his parents that Grindelwald had kidnapped him but treated him fairly, and that Dumbledore had defeated Grindelwald and brought him back.
• Fiona decided to send Dumbledore wool socks as a Christmas present after Wade suggested he might prefer them to books.

After returning safely from Grindelwald’s custody, Wade reunited with Sirius and Lupin, then visited his London apartment to collect his belongings and check for Mabel and the missing Golems. As he began leaving them a note, a small ball of fire flew toward the apartment.

• Wade wrote to Michael that he was safe and would return to school on Sunday evening, while his parents insisted he not visit his apartment alone.
• Sirius and Lupin visited Wade, heard about his time with Grindelwald, and reassured him that he was not to blame for what had happened.
• Wade said Mabel had likely led the Golems on a rescue mission, concealing that the Golems may have acted on their own.
• Wade, Sirius, and Lupin went to the apartment, where Wade found his presents and belongings but no sign of the missing Golems or Mabel.
• Wade packed his things and began writing a note for Mabel and the Golems when Lupin spotted a small ball of fire flying toward them.

Mabel reunited with Wade and his Golems after helping rescue him, and Wade welcomed her instead of blaming the Golems for leaving without permission. She agreed to stay in Hogsmeade, where Wade and his friends could help keep her safe and manage the danger of her Obscurus.

• Mabel and the Golems flew back to Wade's home, where Wade thanked them and sent the squabbling Cloak and Broomstick into Wardrobe Space.
• Wade asked Mabel where she had been hiding and invited her to Hogwarts, but she refused because she feared being discovered.
• Lupin and Sirius persuaded Mabel to stay in Hogsmeade, and Wade gave her Galleons, Polyjuice Potion, and hair for disguises.
• Wade promised to share study notes that might help Mabel control her Obscurus through magical education.
• Lupin warned Wade that Obscuruses harmed their hosts and that Mabel might not live long, while Wade stayed hopeful that earlier attempts to save Obscurials could guide them.

Wade welcomed Dobby into House Gray as a free and fairly paid employee, and Dobby quickly settled in with the Grays and their Golems. Wade then opened his Christmas gifts and discovered an invitation from Nicolas Flamel, the surprise Dumbledore had promised.

• Wade returned home and found his parents waiting up for him.
• Dobby asked Wade to hire him, and Wade agreed on terms that protected Dobby's freedom, dignity, and right to leave.
• Dobby signed Wade's contract, moved into the guest room, and cleaned through the night, prompting the Golems to worry he would take their jobs.
• Dobby joined the Grays and the Golems in preparing breakfast, while Kreacher visited briefly and then returned to the Black Family.
• Wade sorted his Christmas gifts, including an inscribed stone from Professor Murray, a book from Dumbledore, and a mythology book from Grindelwald.
• Wade found Dumbledore's promised surprise: an invitation from Nicolas Flamel.

Wade received an invitation from Nicolas Flamel to visit his Manor and discuss Alchemy, then returned to Hogwarts after spending the holiday with his family. At Lupin’s home, Marchioni explained that he was content to leave the Streaming Mirror signal hijacking unresolved.

• Wade rewrote his reply to Nicolas Flamel, then chose the more sincere first version after Fiona advised him to express his genuine feelings.
• Fiona learned that Nicolas Flamel was the legendary Alchemist who created the Philosopher’s Stone, and Ferdinand reassured her that her advice to Wade had been right.
• Wade wrote thank-you letters to those who helped rescue him, while Ferdinand offered to teach Dobby to read and write.
• Lupin took Wade back to Hogsmeade, where Wade revealed that Dumbledore had taught him to Apparate and learned that Mabel was adapting well.
• Wade visited Lupin’s home, where Marchioni said he preferred not to fix the Streaming Mirror hijacking because the Acolytes’ broadcasts benefited his business.

Wade returned to Hogwarts after dealing with the Acolytes and reassured Michael about his time with Grindelwald. He settled back into school and learned that Mabel hoped to see Hailey, which Wade promised to arrange.

• Marchioni reminded Wade to stay at Hogwarts, while Sirius and Lupin discussed Marchioni's greed and the risks of his negotiating stance.
• Wade visited Mabel, praised her progress with the fire-making spell, and promised to ask Dumbledore about arranging a chance for her to see Hailey.
• Wade returned to Hogwarts, spoke with Filch about the Cleaning Crabs, and flew his summoned broom to his bedroom.
• Michael visited Wade, worried about his experience with the Acolytes, and relaxed after Wade explained that Grindelwald had let him leave freely.
• Michael gave Wade his class schedule and homework, and Wade said the professors had excused him from last week's assignments.

Wade returned to Hogwarts, reclaimed his Time-Turner, and arranged a demanding new schedule with Professor McGonagall’s permission to skip lessons he had mastered. In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Trocar’s Boggart demonstration went badly when the creature became a terrifying figure and sent the class into panic.

• Wade reclaimed his Time-Turner from Professor McGonagall, who gave him a detailed schedule and permission to choose suitable classes.
• Wade attended his lessons, and Professor Snape insisted that he continue attending Potions because the subject required constant care and precision.
• Wade reassured Harry, the Weasley Twins, and their friends that he had returned safely, while Hagrid invited them to his hut for Wednesday afternoon.
• Professor Trocar taught the class how to use the Riddikulus Spell and called Daphne Greengrass to demonstrate against a Boggart.
• Daphne panicked and threw her Wand, and the Boggart transformed into a giant centipede-like creature as the students screamed and fled.

Wade’s Boggart revealed a fish tank with an unsettling cosmic meaning, and his explanation unsettled his classmates. The lesson ended more orderly, while Malfoy headed to Hagrid’s hut for detention and found his least favorite people there.

• The students panicked when the Boggart became a centipede female ghost, but Wade faced it and saw it turn into an eerie fish tank.
• Wade cast Riddikulus, transforming the tank into a swimming man with a camera, and Professor Trocar resumed the lesson after reprimanding the students for fleeing and dropping their Wands.
• At dinner, the Weasley Twins brought Wade a fish tank, prompting him to explain his fear that Earth might be a tiny enclosure watched by an unseen keeper; Luna challenged his assumptions about life beyond Earth.
• Wade’s explanation left students pondering the possibility that their world was watched, while Theo and Ryan tried to cheer Wade with food.
• Malfoy’s attempt to spread rumors about Wade was eclipsed by the fish-tank discussion, and Malfoy later went to Hagrid’s hut for detention, only to find people he disliked already there.

Hagrid led a group of students into the Forbidden Forest to visit Norberta, the Norwegian Ridgeback dragon. The group reached her lair and heard her roar, but had not yet seen her.

• Malfoy complained about joining Harry and the others, while Hagrid explained that Snape had only suspended Malfoy's detention for the field lesson.
• Rolf Scamander and Astoria Greengrass joined the students gathering at Hagrid's Hut, and Hagrid warned them about the dangers of the Forbidden Forest.
• Hagrid led the students into the forest with Fang and a crossbow, while Wade and Rolf talked about dragons and Astoria rode a disguised Flying Carpet.
• The students walked through the forest without encountering dangerous creatures and rested briefly along the way.
• Hagrid announced that they had arrived at Norberta's lair, where a deep roar filled the forest and heated the air.

Hagrid brought Harry, Malfoy, and the other students to meet Norberta, who calmly let them feed and pet her after finishing her meal. Wade followed suspicious sounds into the forest, drove off a group of Acromantulas with Mihail, and rescued a wounded Wolf Cub whose father was a Werewolf; he left to take the cub to Madam Pomfrey while an unseen amber eye watched him.

• Norberta nearly struck Harry and the others with her tail, but Hagrid calmed the dragon and invited the students to approach after she finished eating.
• Harry, Malfoy, Rolf, and the other students petted Norberta and fed her fruit while Hagrid kept watch.
• Wade heard movement and whimpering in the forest, left the group with Fang, and found Acromantulas surrounding a hollow beneath a tree.
• Wade released Mihail and ordered him to reduce the Acromantulas’ numbers, then discovered a badly wounded Wolf Cub hiding in the hollow.
• The Wolf Cub told Wade that its father was a Werewolf, and Wade treated its bleeding wounds before putting it to sleep and carrying it toward Madam Pomfrey.
• An amber eye watched Wade as he left the forest with the Wolf Cub.

After Norberta burned several students, Wade treated Malfoy while Astoria challenged him to reconsider his hostility and his friendship with Pansy. The students returned safely to Hogwarts, while a ragged man found Wade’s message and learned that Morris was being cared for in the castle.

• Norberta’s sneeze burned several students, and Wade used Burn Salve to heal Malfoy and the others.
• Harry asked Malfoy not to report Hagrid, but Malfoy rejected him; Astoria then told Malfoy he would not blame Norberta or Hagrid and questioned his friendship with Pansy.
• Hagrid led the students back to Hogwarts, where he assigned them an essay on the Norwegian Ridgeback.
• Wade left a message in the Forbidden Forest, and a flash of fire followed the group as they headed toward the castle.
• A ragged man took down Wade’s board and told the white wolf that Morris was in the castle being healed; he then asked Kallan to explain what had happened.

Wade treated the Wolf Cub Morris after Norberta injured him and learned about the intelligent wolf descendants living in the Forbidden Forest. He later heard that his father Ferdinand had found a renowned scientist to help research lycanthropy, though the man was gravely ill.

• Kallan told his father that Morris had been captured after the cubs went near Hogwarts, and his father set off toward the school to retrieve him.
• Madam Pomfrey examined Morris, recognized him as a descendant of the Wolf Cubs living in the Forbidden Forest, and kept him overnight to recover from Norberta's venom.
• Wade returned to Ravenclaw and heard Michael recount their encounter with Norberta to other students.
• Wade spoke with Ferdinand, who revealed that he had found a top scientist in genomics and related fields but that the man had suffered a severe stroke.
• Wade agreed that they would need to try to treat the scientist before bringing him into the lycanthropy research project, and he reflected on the role of luck.

Wade overheard Draco Malfoy being pressured by a student clique and sent reports to Dumbledore and Snape before taking Morris Holden back toward the Forbidden Forest. Carlyle invited Wade to visit his parents in Hogsmeade, and Wade accepted despite knowing Carlyle was a Vampire, leaving him to decide he would need Dumbledore’s help.

• Wade witnessed Carlyle and several students mock Draco Malfoy and pressure him to attend their gathering, then sent accounts of the incident to Dumbledore and Snape.
• Wade met Morris Holden in the Hospital Wing, learned the Wolf Cub’s name, and carried him toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Carlyle told Wade he had sensed him outside the hospital window and invited him to visit his parents’ Hogsmeade home on the next Hogsmeade Weekend.
• Carlyle pleaded for Wade to accept the invitation, and Wade agreed despite recognizing that Carlyle was a Vampire.
• Morris warned Wade that Carlyle smelled of blood and seemed dangerous, while Wade said he already knew and concluded that he would need to trouble Professor Dumbledore again.

Wade returned Morris to his father, Lucas Holden, who warned him about Vampires dealing with the Acromantulas and criticized Dumbledore for refusing to challenge the Ministry. Later, Lucas found the injured Vampire Thomas, whose failed negotiations with the Spider Tribe were interrupted by approaching footsteps.

• Wade reunited Morris with Lucas Holden at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and Lucas thanked him for saving his son.
• Lucas warned Wade that Vampires had come to the forest and contacted the Acromantula tribe, then criticized Dumbledore for refusing to become Minister for Magic and address the Ministry’s problems.
• Hagrid cautioned Wade against approaching unfamiliar Werewolves, while Wade joked that Hagrid’s new essay assignments might drive away students.
• Wade helped Hermione collect her books after Pansy bumped into her, and Griffiths speculated that Carlyle had a girlfriend.
• Lucas found the wounded Vampire Thomas in the forest and gave him a Potion; Thomas said negotiations with the Spider Tribe had failed because it had fewer members than expected.
• Lucas and Thomas heard shuffling footsteps approach and stopped speaking.

Lucas hid with Morris while Centaurs searched the forest for Thomas, and he wrote to Dumbledore after hearing the Centaurs argue about whether to cooperate with Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Wade studied enchanted quills with Professor Murray and learned about magic that could influence thoughts.

• Thomas fled after Magorian divined that he had left the Forbidden Forest, while Lucas stayed hidden with Morris.
• Magorian explained that Thomas had gone to the Acromantula Tribe, where the spiders had nearly killed him after mistaking him for the one who massacred them.
• Bane opposed cooperation with Hogwarts, while Firenze argued that the Centaurs needed to respond to the changing world; Ronan urged patience and cited the dangers wizards had brought into the forest.
• Lucas wrote a letter to Dumbledore, telling Morris that he had to keep his promises and acknowledging Dumbledore's role in helping them.
• Professor Murray taught Wade about self-inking and Anti-Cheating Quills, then Wade suggested that Communication Peas might be banned from examination halls.
• Wade tested a cursed quill and studied a Quick-Notes Quill as Professor Murray explained how thought-linked magic could influence people.

Wade practiced controlling a Quick-Notes Quill and learned about magical quills from Professor Murray, whose questions about the Acolytes left him uneasy. Later, Wade declined Michael’s invitation to visit Remus for Patronus practice, and he noticed Michael seemed less afraid of Voldemort.

• Wade struggled to control his Quick-Notes Quill, and Professor Murray explained how a wizard’s bond with a magical item grew stronger through care and use.
• Professor Murray showed Wade several rare quills and described the Quill of Acceptance, then spoke about his past with Wawerlett and asked Wade what he thought of the Acolytes.
• Wade told Professor Murray that Nicolas Flamel had invited him to visit, and Professor Murray advised him not to ask about the Philosopher’s Stone or the Elixir of Life.
• While walking to Herbology, Wade wondered whether Professor Murray’s warning not to be influenced by others referred to Grindelwald or Dumbledore.
• Michael invited Wade to join Remus’s Patronus lesson during Hogsmeade Weekend, but Wade said he had already accepted Carlyle’s invitation to visit Carlyle’s parents.
• Michael joked that Harry was not afraid of Voldemort, and Wade sensed that Michael himself seemed less afraid than before.

Wade learned from Professor Sprout where Hailey lived and that her sister could visit her discreetly, while Hailey’s condition still awaited research by Newt Scamander. In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Trocar hinted at a secret Ministry plan and asked Wade to visit his office after class.

• Wade told Professor Sprout that Hailey’s sister wanted to see her and that Dumbledore had contacted Newt Scamander to seek a treatment for Hailey’s condition.
• Professor Sprout gave Wade the address of Hailey’s adoptive family near Kilmarnock and warned him to avoid Ministry watchers.
• Professor Trocar gave a dull lecture about Vampires while Michael and other students struggled to stay awake.
• Morag MacDougal and Blaise Zabini asked why students could not use the underground Secret Chamber for practical training, and Professor Trocar hinted at an unprecedented Ministry plan.
• Professor Trocar advised the class to study Defense Against the Dark Arts and asked Wade to come to his office.