Chapter Summaries

Ferdinand met Remus Lupin to judge whether he was trustworthy enough to work with Wade, while Wade searched Hogwarts for a Secret Passage and discovered that the routes he knew were blocked or watched. Fred and George caught Wade investigating and asked if he was looking for the castle's Secret Passages.

• Wade told Ferdinand he would meet the candidate at the Three Broomsticks if Ferdinand approved of him.
• Ferdinand interviewed Remus Lupin at The Leaky Cauldron and recognized the alert, composed wizard Wade had sought.
• Padma noticed that the recruitment advertisement had disappeared, and Wade quietly finished breakfast without explaining why.
• Wade opened the mirror on the Fifth Floor and found its Secret Passage collapsed by an Explosion Charm.
• Marchioni directed Wade to another passage behind Paracelsus's portrait, but Wade spotted Mrs. Norris watching and decided not to use it.
• Fred and George led Wade away and asked whether he was searching for the castle's Secret Passages.

Wade learned of a secret passage to Honeydukes but decided to seek permission from Professor Murray before using it. House-elf Mikey warned him that Slytherin students planned to attack him during Potions, then vanished after Wade reassured him that protecting someone was nothing to be punished for.

• Fred and George told Wade about the secret passage from the fourth-floor corridor to Honeydukes and encouraged him to use it.
• Wade opened the passage but decided to ask Professor Murray for permission to leave school instead.
• Mikey visited Wade, remembered his name, and cried when Wade greeted him kindly.
• Mikey warned Wade that several Slytherin students planned to teach him a lesson during Potions, but could not name them.
• Mikey tried to punish himself for revealing the students' secret, and Wade stopped him and reassured him that he had acted nobly.
• Mikey thanked Wade and vanished, urging him to be careful.

Wade showed Professor Murray the Softlight Badge and asked permission to visit Hogsmeade to discuss business and meet his new agent, Remus Lupin. Professor Murray approved the visit but insisted on accompanying Wade.

• Wade overheard seventh-year students complain about Professor Murray’s demanding Alchemy lessons and discuss his Book of Friends.
• Wade showed Professor Murray the Softlight Badge, explaining that it used reflected light to make its wearer look more dazzling and lasted about ten days.
• Wade asked Professor Murray for permission to visit Hogsmeade to meet Mr. Marchioni and discuss the Book of Friends and badge production.
• Wade explained that he also planned to meet Remus Lupin, whom his father had hired as an agent after he applied to a newspaper advertisement.
• Professor Murray recognized Remus Lupin as a former Hogwarts student and approved Wade’s visit, but said he would accompany him.

Professor Murray warned Wade about Remus Lupin’s hidden dangers and taught him about magical contracts after Wade chose to honor his promise to consider Lupin as an agent. On Saturday, Murray also cautioned Wade that House-elves with a sense of self were dangerous to wizards.

• Professor Murray explained the dangers of the Unbreakable Vow and Fidelius Charm, then told Wade that Sirius Black had betrayed James Potter and his friends.
• Professor Murray warned Wade not to approach Remus Lupin on full-moon nights and asked if he still wanted Lupin as his agent; Wade chose not to break his promise unless Lupin proved untrustworthy.
• Professor Murray postponed Alchemy lessons and began teaching Wade about Magical Contracts.
• Wade and Professor Murray ate breakfast in the Great Hall, where Wade recognized candies made by the House-elves.
• Professor Murray told Wade that House-elves who possessed a sense of self were extremely dangerous to wizards.

Wade traveled to Hogsmeade with Professor Murray to meet Remus Lupin about managing his business and teaching him magic. Lupin was surprised by Wade’s age and asked whether he wanted to learn Dark Magic.

• Hagrid brought a Thestral carriage, and Professor Murray took Wade to Hogsmeade to study Alchemy.
• Professor Murray asked Wade how he could see Thestrals, and Wade recalled watching a Muggle friend die of illness.
• At the Three Broomsticks, Wade met Remus Lupin and explained that he needed an agent to work with Aslan's Magic Workshop and a teacher for magic.
• Wade listed the spells he wanted to learn, including the Patronus Charm, Animagus, Disillusionment Charm, Apparition, and memory-related spells.
• Lupin asked Wade whether he also wanted to learn Dark Magic.

Wade hired Lupin as his agent and private tutor, offering him a generous salary and a contract that also required him to protect Wade and teach him magic. After signing, Lupin immediately helped Wade present his creations to Marchioni, while Professor Murray watched from nearby.

• Wade explained to Lupin that Dark Magic could be used to protect others, though it carried serious risks and Hogwarts forbade students from learning it.
• Wade gave Lupin a contract offering thirty Galleons a week plus commissions, and Lupin signed it before Wade did.
• Wade showed Lupin the Book of Friends and Softlight Badge, then told him Marchioni would arrive soon to discuss the creations.
• Marchioni praised the Softlight Badge, promised Wade the highest price, and quickly left the Three Broomsticks.
• Wade gave Lupin a Book of Friends and his first week's pay, while Professor Murray observed Wade's confidence from a nearby table.

After Ravenclaw won its Quidditch match against Slytherin, Malfoy insulted Wade and was mocked for his hostility. Eavesdropping on Padma and Parvati, Malfoy learned they suspected he still used Wade’s Book of Friends, then destroyed his own copy and ordered Crabbe and Goyle to watch Wade.

• Ravenclaw defeated Slytherin, and Michael excitedly predicted that Ravenclaw might win the Quidditch Cup.
• Malfoy called Wade a Mudblood, but Wade stopped Michael from attacking and mocked Malfoy as a mad dog.
• Malfoy overheard Padma and Parvati discussing whether he still used Wade’s Book of Friends.
• Padma’s remarks convinced Malfoy that using the book would make him look ridiculous, so he tore up his copy.
• Malfoy ordered Crabbe and Goyle to track Wade’s visits to the Potions classroom and began considering spells to use against him.

Harry continued practicing the Shield Charm with Wade while Neville struggled to master the Disarming Charm and Michael kept returning to help him. After Mikey warned Wade that six or seven students would use the Potions classroom, Wade prepared to learn more, suspecting the Slytherins planned to ambush him.

• Harry practiced the Shield Charm with Wade, but his protection remained weak and he was repeatedly disarmed.
• Michael complained about training but kept practicing with Neville, who still could not cast the Disarming Charm successfully.
• Hermione reasoned that Michael continued helping because he did not want Neville and the others to lose a practice partner.
• Mikey warned Wade not to go to the Potions classroom the next afternoon because other students would be using it, and Wade gave him a Book of Friends to report back.
• Michael noticed the Slytherins acting unusually friendly, and Wade told him they were planning to ambush him in the Potions classroom.

Wade rejected Michael’s plans to use others’ help and decided to face the Slytherins alone, believing he could handle them and that he needed to become braver. After Herbology, Professor Sprout drove off the Slytherins who had been waiting for him, but Wade still insisted he could resolve the misunderstanding himself.

• Michael urged Wade to gather allies or use Professor Snape to deal with the Slytherins, but Wade refused and explained that he wanted to face them himself.
• Wade reflected that Harry and Neville’s persistence had influenced him and that his combat training gave him confidence against the first-years.
• During Herbology, Anthony Goldstein offered to leave with Wade and the Ravenclaws, but Wade declined the help.
• After class, Professor Sprout asked Wade to carry Fluxweed and chased away Malfoy and the other Slytherins waiting outside the greenhouse.
• Wade thanked Professor Sprout but maintained that the conflict was only a small misunderstanding he could handle alone.

Malfoy and the Slytherins set a trap for Wade Grey in the Potions classroom, but Wade turned their ambush against them with enlarged insects. The Slytherins fled in terror as the insects overwhelmed the room.

• Malfoy hid corrosive Pimple-Curing Potion in Wade's desk and planned to attack him with his group.
• Malfoy learned Wade was approaching alone and ordered the Slytherins to throw Dungbombs and potion while he immobilized Wade.
• Wade cast Expulso, filling the classroom with swirling sand and blinding the students.
• Nott threw a Dungbomb at a giant cockroach, which pinned him down as enlarged spiders crawled into the classroom.
• Malfoy and the other Slytherins panicked and tried to escape, but the locked windows and insects trapped them.

Wade defeated Malfoy and the other Slytherins after they ambushed him in the Potions classroom, then warned them not to bully his companions or report the incident. He left with Michael and Padma while house-elf Mikey stayed behind to watch the Slytherins.

• Wade restored the classroom and its insects, cleaned away the Dungbombs, confiscated the Slytherins' wands, and released them from the Full Body-Bind Curse.
• Wade told Malfoy he would not break his wand, but warned him to stop bullying Wade's companions and challenged him to face him openly.
• Wade threatened to make the Slytherins' humiliation public if they complained to a professor, and they reluctantly agreed to let the matter end.
• Michael and Padma emerged from their hiding place and checked that Wade was unharmed before the three hurried away.
• Mikey watched the Slytherins from the shadows as Wade signaled that everything was all right.

After Wade defeated a group of Slytherins, they concealed the incident, and their Housemates began treating him with fearful respect. He continued studying and practicing magic, then asked Lupin to teach him memory extraction and Occlumency so he could recover something he had forgotten and protect his mind.

• The injured Slytherins claimed a potion-making accident had caused their injuries, and Snape questioned Malfoy, who concealed what had happened.
• Wade and Michael encountered Slytherins who yielded to Wade, and Wade noticed that some first-years now admired him beneath their fear.
• Wade focused on studying, struggled with the Undetectable Extension Charm, made two alchemical creations, and led his friends in practice against insect sparring partners.
• Wade asked Lupin through the Book of Friends to teach him memory extraction for use on himself and to help him learn Occlumency.
• While waiting for Lupin’s reply in the Room of Requirement, Wade looked at an empty, gem-studded Stone Basin on a Stone Pillar.

Harry asked Michael whether Ron could join SSC, and Michael challenged Harry to reconsider who was responsible for repairing their friendship. Meanwhile, Wade learned more about Harry’s past and tried to reassure Neville after his Disarming Charm repeatedly failed.

• Harry asked Michael whether Ron could join SSC, and Michael explained that Ron should seek the group’s acceptance himself instead of making Harry plead for him.
• Michael told Harry that friendship required effort from both sides and questioned whether Ron valued their friendship while giving Harry the cold shoulder.
• Michael told Wade and Padma that Harry might have been neglected by his Muggle relatives, and Padma noted that Harry’s clothes often did not fit.
• Wade noticed Harry acting unusually encouraging toward Professor Quirrell, while Snape watched Harry so closely that Harry missed two days of SSC training.
• After Neville failed to disarm his opponent again, Wade asked to talk with him, and Neville wondered whether his Wand was to blame.

Neville wrestled with whether to replace his father’s wand, and Wade helped him realize he already knew what he wanted. During Easter, Wade studied with Lupin while Harry and Hermione worried that Hagrid planned to hatch an illegal Dragon Egg, and the problem remained unresolved as it neared hatching.

• Neville told Wade that his father’s wand was holding back his spellwork, though he felt reluctant to give it up.
• Wade staged a coin toss, then stopped before revealing the result and asked Neville what answer he truly wanted.
• Neville applied to leave school over Easter to find a wand that suited him, while Wade spent the holiday studying spells with Lupin.
• Harry and Hermione told Wade that Hagrid had obtained a Dragon Egg and planned to hatch it despite the danger and illegality.
• Wade suggested arranging for a dragon keeper to hatch the egg, but Hagrid could not bring himself to give it up, and the matter dragged on until it was nearly ready to hatch.

Neville successfully cast the Disarming Charm with his new Wand, and Harry brought Hermione, Neville, and Wade to Hagrid’s hut to watch a Fire Dragon hatch. The Baby Dragon emerged from its egg as Ron and Hermione remained awkwardly tense with each other.

• Neville disarmed Hermione with his new Cherry Wood and Unicorn Hair Wand, and the group congratulated him.
• Harry told Hermione, Neville, and Wade that Hagrid had invited them to watch the Baby Dragon hatch.
• Hermione objected to Hagrid raising a Fire Dragon in his wooden hut, but Harry asked her not to argue with Hagrid.
• Wade found Unicorn Tail Hair in Hagrid’s hut, and Hagrid gave him a large handful while Ron realized how valuable it was.
• The Dragon Egg cracked, and a black Baby Dragon pushed its way out, flapping its wings and spitting sparks.

Hagrid’s baby Norwegian Ridgeback brought Harry and Ron together enough to clear up their misunderstanding about the Study Group. Wade then retrieved a fading memory of his previous life and entered it through the Pensieve.

• Hagrid proudly cared for the newly hatched Norwegian Ridgeback while Harry and Ron fed it and Hermione and Wade left the overheated hut.
• Harry explained to Ron why he had not asked about joining the Study Group, and Ron admitted he had feared Harry was drifting away from him.
• Harry told Ron about the group’s study sessions and defensive spells, then offered to teach him.
• Wade entered the Room of Requirement, drew a silver memory from his mind, placed it in the Pensieve, and plunged into it.

Wade arranged for Lupin and his father to buy the Vanishing Cabinet from Borgin and Burkes, hoping to use it with the cabinet in Hogwarts to travel beyond the castle. He considered the dangers ahead and the people who might suffer in the coming war, ending the night weighed down by memories of loss.

• Wade repelled Peeves's ink-balloon prank and cleaned the corridor before Griffiths admitted he had sent Peeves to cheer him up.
• Wade learned that Griffiths had become popular with students, though Griffiths's guilty reaction suggested he was still troubling other portraits.
• Wade asked Lupin to go with his father to buy the Vanishing Cabinet at Borgin and Burkes, and Lupin warned him to test it safely rather than use it himself.
• Wade told Lupin that another Vanishing Cabinet was in Hogwarts and said it was worth trying to connect the two.
• Wade considered Voldemort's future, the Horcruxes, and ways to destroy them, then burned his notes and thought about the suffering the coming war would bring.

Wade discovered that the Vanishing Cabinet was damaged and dangerous after a Dwarf Pig Monster died during an experiment, while Harry encountered Wade by the Black Lake after spotting a flyer. Their conversation revealed that Hagrid was still hiding Norbert in the Forbidden Forest, where a sudden roar and burst of fire erupted.

• Wade and Lupin tested the Vanishing Cabinets, but a Dwarf Pig Monster died after passing through, so Wade stopped the experiments and examined the cabinet for damage.
• Harry and the Umbrella Room students encountered Professor Quirrell, and Harry praised him for fighting evil.
• Unable to sleep because his scar hurt, Harry flew out of the castle and found Wade by the Black Lake.
• Wade told Harry he had seen a white-haired figure, and they noticed Hagrid heading into the Forbidden Forest with Fang.
• Harry told Wade that Hagrid had kept Norbert in a cave in the forest, and a roar and burst of fire suddenly came from the Forbidden Forest.

Wade and Harry found Norbert badly injured in the Forbidden Forest, and Wade stopped the dragon’s bleeding before Dumbledore arrived. Dumbledore sent Norbert and an injured Unicorn to Madam Pomfrey while Snape and Quirinus searched the forest for whoever attacked them.

• Harry and Wade flew into the Forbidden Forest after hearing a Fire Dragon roar and found Hagrid with Norbert, who had severe wounds.
• Wade used a Dark Magic counterspell to stop Norbert’s bleeding, though he said the dragon needed professional treatment.
• Snape, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, and Dumbledore arrived, and Dumbledore praised Wade’s counterspell.
• Dumbledore examined Norbert and sent Professor McGonagall to take the dragon to Madam Pomfrey.
• An injured Unicorn emerged from the cave, and Dumbledore healed it before Hagrid carried it to Madam Pomfrey with Harry and Wade.
• Dumbledore asked Snape and Quirinus to patrol the Forbidden Forest together while he suspected Norbert’s attacker might still be nearby.

After the injured Fire Dragon and Unicorn were treated, Professor Kettleburn helped Hagrid rename the female dragon Norberta, while Harry told the SSC members he believed Professor Quirrell had attacked the creatures with Snape. Wade then urged the others to tell Harry the truth they had kept from him.

• Madam Pomfrey treated the Fire Dragon and Unicorn, and Professor McGonagall set up a barrier around the dragon while Professor Sprout cared for the Unicorn.
• Professor Kettleburn told Hagrid that Norbert was female and suggested renaming her Norberta.
• Madam Pomfrey gave Wade and Harry calming draughts and sent them to sleep.
• The SSC members visited Wade and Harry, and Harry said he had seen Professor Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest and suspected that he and Snape had attacked the dragon and Unicorn.
• Harry explained that he had overheard Snape pressuring Quirrell to help steal the Philosopher's Stone, then grew upset when the others seemed doubtful.
• Wade calmed Harry and told the others they could reveal what they had agreed to keep from him.