Chapter Summaries

The audience panicked after the Streaming Mirror showed Wade and Harry in danger, while Dumbledore organized a response and urged everyone to trust Wade. The mirror then resumed showing a snake-faced baby beside Barty Crouch Jr., leaving the baby’s identity about to be revealed.

• Hermione, Ron, Sirius, and other spectators reacted in alarm when the Streaming Mirror went blank, while Ferdinand tried to reassure Fiona that Wade would return safely.
• Dumbledore calmed the stands with a Patronus and ordered an investigation into the trophy and the building shown on the screen.
• Fudge agreed to seal off the scene after Rita Skeeter confronted him, and Scrimgeour reported that the Aurors had been deployed.
• Dumbledore sent McGonagall to protect the students, Flitwick to escort the guests, and Moody to guard Mr. and Mrs. Gray.
• The Streaming Mirror turned on again without the FMC operator's involvement, and Marchioni recognized that Wade might be controlling it.
• The mirror showed a snake-faced baby surrounded by venomous snakes beside Barty Crouch Jr., and the baby's hoarse voice began to speak.

Voldemort began his resurrection ritual while Wade tried to understand why he had been brought to the graveyard and restrained. After Voldemort returned to his full body, the broadcasted sight sent the stadium into panic, while Grindelwald watched with contempt.

• Voldemort restrained Wade and offered him a place at his side, but Wade tried to deduce the purpose behind his own presence.
• Voldemort ordered Barty Jr. to begin the resurrection ritual, and Barty Jr. placed Voldemort in the cauldron.
• Barty Jr. added his father's bone and sacrificed his own hand, then used Harry's blood to complete the potion.
• Voldemort rose from the cauldron in a restored body and declared that he had returned.
• The spectators watching the broadcast panicked, Minister Fudge fainted, and Grindelwald called Voldemort the Dark Lord with contempt.

The Malfoys watched Harry’s capture and Voldemort’s resurrection unfold on the screen, while Voldemort restored Barty Jr.’s hand and summoned the Death Eaters. Voldemort had Harry transformed back into a teenager, and Harry regained his memories as he took hold of his Wand.

• Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco watched Harry bound beside Voldemort, and Lucius promised to protect his family.
• Voldemort celebrated his return while believing the outside world would dismiss Harry and Cedric’s disappearance as a Portkey accident.
• Voldemort conjured a new hand for Barty Jr. and reactivated the Dark Mark on his arm.
• Voldemort ordered the Tattooed Woman to use the Golden Kettle on Harry, turning him into a baby before he rapidly returned to his original age.
• Harry put on his clothes and glasses, took hold of his Holly Wand, and regained his memories.

Harry faced Voldemort while trying to protect the shrunken Wade, as the Dark Lord discovered his resurrection had been broadcast live. Voldemort reopened the Streaming Mirror and turned his attention to Wade, whose robin badge suddenly shone.

• Harry saw that Wade had been transformed into a child and bound to a bench, then resolved to protect him.
• Voldemort welcomed the arriving Death Eaters and learned that the Streaming Mirror had broadcast his resurrection to the outside world.
• Voldemort blasted Barty Jr. for shutting off the mirror, but Barty Jr. explained that he had acted because he feared Voldemort would blame him for failing to bring back Ryan Smith.
• Barty Jr. suspected that Dumbledore had placed him under the Imperius Curse, while Voldemort reopened the Streaming Mirror and threatened to show the world the consequences of defying him.
• Voldemort noticed Wade, and Harry realized the Master Mirror was filming from Wade's position as the boy's robin badge gleamed.

Harry protected Wade from Voldemort and resisted him despite facing the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters alone. As Wade began freeing himself from his restraints, Voldemort recounted his past failures, including the night Harry’s mother protected him and the thwarted attempt to steal the Philosopher’s Stone.

• Harry blocked Voldemort’s attack, stood in front of Wade, and challenged the Dark Lord while the Death Eaters threatened him.
• Wade secretly used a strange power to expand the iron ring on his right wrist and free his hand.
• Voldemort caused Harry’s scar to hurt and described how Lily’s sacrifice had protected Harry when Voldemort first tried to kill him.
• Voldemort revealed that he had survived the rebounding curse by shedding his body, leaving the watching wizards fearful of his return.
• Voldemort said his plan to steal the Philosopher’s Stone from Hogwarts had been thwarted by Harry four years earlier.

Voldemort demonstrated that Harry’s mother’s protection no longer prevented him from touching Harry, then blamed Dumbledore for the ambush that had killed him. The accusation stirred an unseen fury in the audience, and Fudge feared that Voldemort’s return would end his time as minister.

• Voldemort explained that Harry’s blood had removed the protection that once kept him from touching Harry.
• Voldemort seized Harry, touched his scar, and threw and kicked him while the Death Eaters mocked him.
• Voldemort accused an impostor disguised as Harry of ambushing him at the Quidditch World Cup and blamed Dumbledore for the attack.
• Voldemort tore the badge from Wade’s chest and used it to accuse Dumbledore of hiding behind students and attacking from ambush.
• An audience member’s fury caused an oppressive pressure to fill the room, and the onlookers stopped scrutinizing Dumbledore.
• Fudge told Percy that Voldemort had returned and questioned how he could remain Minister.

Fudge urged Percy to prepare documents making Dumbledore Minister after Dumbledore’s display of power silenced the crowd. As Voldemort challenged Harry to a public duel, Grindelwald explained that Harry’s restored child body still held his knowledge and magic, and predicted he would astonish everyone.

• Fudge told Percy to draft a proposal for Dumbledore to become Minister and called an emergency meeting.
• Dumbledore met the gaze of an inconspicuous middle-aged wizard, and the stands cracked around the seats as the crowd fell silent.
• Voldemort declared he would kill Harry in a public duel to disprove the belief that Harry could defeat him.
• Drayne and Antoine condemned Voldemort’s decision and worried about the danger to the young Harry.
• Grindelwald reassured Antoine that Harry’s soul, learned magic, and mastered Spells remained intact despite his child-sized body.

Harry dueled Voldemort in the Church, where their connected Wands released figures from Voldemort’s Wand before Harry broke the magical bond. Harry escaped Barty Jr. and fought the Death Eaters, but Voldemort’s Killing Curse struck him as he ran toward Wade.

• Antoine realized Grindelwald hoped Wade would reveal forbidden magic and be driven to join the Acolytes, though Antoine wished Wade could remain free.
• Harry and Voldemort bowed before beginning their duel, and their Spells joined into a golden line that trapped them in a cage of light.
• Harry guided glowing orbs along the golden line, causing figures of Voldemort’s victims to emerge from his Wand.
• Barty Jr. threatened Wade, but a mysterious voice told Wade not to move, and Harry broke the golden bond to release the figures against Voldemort.
• Harry disarmed Barty Jr., fought off the Death Eaters, and charged toward Wade before Voldemort’s Killing Curse struck him down.

Wade broke free of his shackles after Voldemort apparently killed Harry, then mocked and refused Voldemort’s offer to join him. When Voldemort attacked Wade, a dark green leopard Golem burst into the Church and protected him.

• Voldemort celebrated Harry’s apparent death and tried to torture his body, but the spell bounced off Wade’s iron shackle and struck a Death Eater.
• Wade dropped his shackles, found Harry still alive, and hurled aside the scar-faced man who tried to stop him.
• Voldemort explained that Wade’s Golems would become soldiers for him and offered Wade power if he joined the Death Eaters.
• Wade mocked Voldemort and refused to kneel, provoking Voldemort to fire three Cruciatus Curses at him.
• A dark green leopard crashed through the Church windows and pounced at Voldemort as a figure screamed on the floor, leaving Wade unharmed and recognizing the Golem’s role.

Wade revealed a swarm of protective Golems that drove Voldemort and the Death Eaters out of the Church. During the retreat, Lucius Malfoy paralyzed Barty Jr. and revealed his identity, leaving Barty trapped with memories of their past conflict.

• The Cloak and a snakeskin cabinet argued over which was Wade’s favorite as Wade’s Golems poured out and surrounded him and Harry.
• Voldemort and the Death Eaters attacked the Golems, but the swarm of wasps overwhelmed one Death Eater and forced the others to retreat.
• Voldemort conjured a silver wall and a fire serpent to hold back the Golems while the surviving Death Eaters fled the Church.
• Barty Jr. recognized Wade as the person who had disguised himself as Harry and killed Voldemort in his baby form, but he was paralyzed before he could tell his Master.
• Lucius Malfoy dragged Barty Jr. behind a pillar, revealed himself, and taunted him about their past encounter.

Lucius Malfoy killed Barty Jr. and took the monastery address note while Wade discovered that Lord Mihail, a powerful Firebird Golem, could devour Voldemort’s Fiendfyre. Wade left the Church to find the battle outside still at a stalemate.

• Lucius Malfoy dragged Barty Jr. into the shadows, denounced his loyalty to Voldemort, and slit his throat before Ant Golems covered the dagger.
• As Barty Jr. died, he recalled his father and Voldemort and questioned what his life had been.
• Voldemort’s Fiendfyre burned through the Golem swarm, but Wade remembered that fire could be fought with stronger fire.
• A golden-red Firebird emerged from the cabinet and swallowed the fire serpent, then returned to the cabinet.
• Wade learned from the Cloak that the Firebird was Lord Mihail, then left the Church and saw the battle outside at a stalemate.

Wade Grey’s Golems fought Voldemort and the Death Eaters, while tiny Ant Golems incapacitated several attackers. As Voldemort threatened Wade at the Church entrance, a mysterious figure arrived and challenged him to show his true terror.

• Voldemort and the Death Eaters attacked Wade Grey’s Golems, destroying several while the Jellyfish Golem and its hornets resisted their spells.
• Nott realized Ant Golems had covered him and poisoned him, then carried him toward the Church; Avery and Crabbe were also taken down.
• Voldemort raised a wall of black fire to stop the advancing Golems and threatened Wade at the Church entrance.
• The monastery doors exploded, and a long-haired stranger entered through the smoke and said he wanted to see Voldemort’s true terror.

Braun and the Gray-robed Wizards confronted Voldemort and the Death Eaters at the monastery. Braun exposed Voldemort’s mistaken suspicion about Barty Jr. and approached Wade through the Golems, leaving everyone waiting to see what would happen.

• The Gray-robed Wizards appeared in the courtyard, terrifying the Death Eaters with their presence.
• Voldemort realized Barty Jr. was missing and accused him of betraying him, then severed Goyle’s arm with a spell.
• Braun revealed a parchment with the monastery’s address and led Voldemort to believe Barty Jr. had carried it, while keeping Lucius’s role as the real leaker secret.
• Voldemort recognized Braun as Grindelwald’s heir and restrained himself from attacking him because of the Acolytes’ strength.
• Braun walked toward Wade through the swarm of Golems, and the Golems remained still as everyone watched.

Braun reached Wade without being attacked by the Golems, while Lucius recalled how Braun had arranged for him to deliver a note to Dumbledore later. Wade confronted Braun about why the Golems let him approach, and Braun explained that they recognized him as an ally.

• Braun walked through the Golems as they ignored him, alarming the Death Eaters and surprising Voldemort.
• Lucius recalled that Braun had caught him carrying a note meant to expose the monastery's location and told him to deliver it to Dumbledore after Braun gave a signal.
• Wade watched Braun approach and questioned whether his Golems were truly loyal to him.
• The Cloak told Wade that Braun was one of them, but Wade remained wary of the Golems' actions.
• Braun told Wade he had not controlled the Golems, but had made them recognize him as one of their own in their friend-or-foe system.
• Wade asked Braun what kind of magic let him do that.

Wade discovered that Braun was a Golem, then joined him in casting a devastating flame spell at Voldemort. Voldemort escaped by Apparating, while Braun reassured Wade that he was a Golem too.

• Braun picked up Wade, who realized Braun had no pulse and was a Golem like the ones he had created.
• Braun held Wade and his Wand, then urged him to avenge himself against Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
• While Voldemort tried to persuade Braun to join forces with him, Braun whispered the spell Ignis Divinum Furor to Wade.
• Wade and Braun cast Ignis Divinum Furor together, unleashing a torrent of flame that destroyed a Wasp Golem and overwhelmed Voldemort's shields.
• Voldemort Apparated away at the last moment, and Braun told the worried Wade that he was a Golem too.

Braun staged a public confrontation to protect Wade, expose the Death Eaters, and persuade Wade to join the Acolytes. Just as Wade questioned Braun’s threats, Harry Potter arrived and warned him to stay away from Wade.

• Wade asked Braun not to sacrifice the Golems or himself, and Braun promised to protect his own life while urging Wade to remember that survival mattered most.
• Braun led Wade through the Golems, mocked the abandoned Death Eaters, and had the Acolytes bind them and remove their disguises for the camera.
• Braun offered Wade power, resources, and forbidden knowledge, then threatened that the Golems might turn their weapons on him if he refused.
• Wade challenged Braun’s methods, and Braun defended the Acolytes by contrasting them with Voldemort’s followers.
• Harry Potter appeared with a Golden Kettle and warned Braun to stay away from Wade unless he wanted to be turned back into a baby.

Wade rejected Braun’s invitation and unleashed an immense surge of magic, sending radiant beasts stampeding through the monastery. After Wade collapsed, Dumbledore caught him while Harry recognized the wizard.

• Harry confronted Braun and the Acolytes, insisting they leave Wade alone and explaining that his mother’s magic had protected him from death.
• Wade stepped past Harry to face Braun and decided he would no longer let others bear the danger on his behalf.
• As Wade advanced, his magic awakened, revealing golden threads connecting the people and objects around him, and he sent an Acolyte floating into the air.
• Wade refused Braun’s invitation and unleashed the Sunlight Charm, creating luminous beasts that charged through the crowd and knocked Braun and the others aside.
• Wade grew dizzy and collapsed, but Dumbledore caught him before he hit the ground, and Harry cried out in recognition.

Dumbledore praised Harry after Voldemort’s Killing Curse failed to kill him, then confronted the strange, humanlike Golem Braun amid the aftermath of the battle. Grindelwald arrived to challenge Dumbledore’s authority over the foreign wizards, leaving the two old rivals trading barbs.

• Dumbledore told Harry that Voldemort’s Killing Curse had failed and promised to explain why later; Harry kept the Golden Kettle, afraid to use it on Wade.
• Dumbledore surveyed the injured Dark Wizards as the fading Light Beasts continued to attack them, and Braun introduced himself.
• Dumbledore realized Braun was an almost perfectly humanlike Golem and recalled Flamel’s warnings about Life Alchemy, reacting with fury at what Wade had learned.
• Braun said his group had come to stop Voldemort and denied intending to offend Hogwarts, then questioned whether Dumbledore meant to detain them.
• Grindelwald arrived and challenged Dumbledore to name a law his followers had broken; Dumbledore replied sarcastically that he had not known Grindelwald read legal codes.

Grindelwald challenged Dumbledore over the Ministry’s failure to reform the law, then left with his Acolytes as Scrimgeour and the Aurors arrived. Harry watched the defeated Death Eaters being arrested and a tiny Light Beast disappear at dawn before Dumbledore took him home.

• Grindelwald criticized loopholes in wizarding law and accused Dumbledore of hypocrisy for continuing to seek reforms the Ministry ignored.
• Scrimgeour arrived with Aurors, and Grindelwald sent his Acolytes away through a portal before departing himself.
• Dumbledore silently directed Scrimgeour to arrest the defenseless Death Eaters, while Harry felt sorrow for their families and relief that Lucius Malfoy was absent.
• Harry watched a tiny Light Beast run across the battlefield before it vanished as dawn broke.
• Dumbledore told Harry that dawn had come and said they should go back.

Wade woke after a long unconscious spell and learned that Voldemort had been defeated, the Death Eaters captured, and he and Harry Potter declared joint champions. As friends and family gathered around him, Wade felt relieved to be awake and back among them.

• Wade woke in the hospital with Ferdinand and Fiona beside him, and learned that Dumbledore had changed his body back to normal.
• Ferdinand told Wade that the Acolytes had left and the Death Eaters had been captured, while Fiona brought him newspapers about the aftermath.
• Wade read that Fudge had resigned, he and Harry Potter had been named joint champions, and Clementine had survived her injuries and been sent to St. Mungo's.
• Fiona told Wade that Natalia had invited him to visit Koldovstoretz and that Diggory, Krum, and Viven had thanked him for eliminating them.
• Wade questioned why the papers gave no guidance about future security, but reassured Fiona and asked for food.
• Madam Pomfrey began examining Wade while Dumbledore and the gathered visitors waited, and Wade smiled at Dumbledore.