Chapter Summaries

Wade led the Black Team to victory in a series of Battle Royale matches, using Disillusionment, Transfiguration, and enlarged insects to defeat the White Team. The chapter ended with Hermione demanding that Wade stop using the Engorgement Charm after its ants and spiders turned the match into chaos.

• Wade used the Disillusionment Charm to ambush Michael and Ryan, letting the Black Team win the first round.
• The White Team discussed new tactics, but Hagrid rearranged the pumpkins between rounds, and Wade defeated them with Transfigured snakes in the second round.
• Michael persuaded Padma to join a nine-person team against Wade, with Harry and Fred switching sides for the third round.
• Wade used the Engorgement Charm to unleash giant ants and spiders, scattering the nine opponents before they could reach him.
• Hermione demanded that Wade stop using the Engorgement Charm, and Wade pointed out that enlarged insects could attack their own side too.

Wade demonstrated how easily he could defeat the other students in Battle Royale, and the game grew into a large school event. As students fought together against magical creatures, Dumbledore approved of the lessons they learned while Lockhart began planning a safer Dueling Club.

• Wade defeated Fred, George, Neville, Harry, Theo, and the others in the vegetable patch, then agreed to let up to fifty students join the next round.
• Filch complained to Dumbledore about the game, but Dumbledore defended it as a way for students to learn practical skills through play.
• McGonagall left to check that Madam Pomfrey had enough supplies, while Dumbledore watched students from the houses help one another fight magical creatures.
• Flitwick praised Wade's spellwork as Snape recorded which Slytherins performed poorly, and Crabbe's attempted sneak attack failed.
• Lockhart decided Battle Royale was too dangerous for his image and hurried off to propose a Dueling Club.

Wade returned to Hogwarts’s transformed Game Arena, learned that Professor McGonagall’s Animagus form was a cat, and watched Snape defeat Lockhart during the Dueling Club demonstration. After checking his long-brewing Potions in the Room of Requirement, Wade found a strange silver-eyed girl asleep in the Ravenclaw Common Room.

• Students expanded the Game Arena with team games, pumpkins, enchanted statues, dangerous plants, and maze-like furnishings, while rule-breakers faced harsh punishments and Madam Pomfrey repeatedly asked Dumbledore to close it.
• Harry’s question prompted Professor McGonagall to explain Animagus transformations, their risks, and how an animal form related to a wizard’s personality and body weight.
• Lockhart hosted the Dueling Club with Snape as his assistant, but Snape blasted Lockhart off the stage before Wade left with Michael, Theo, and Ryan.
• Wade advised his friends to avoid formal dueling in real fights and to ambush or evade opponents instead.
• Wade checked his brewing Potions, flew to Ravenclaw Tower, and covered a sleeping girl with a blanket before she woke and stared at him with silver eyes.

Wade helped Luna Lovegood find her lost book and prepared a plan to capture Peter Pettigrew. He met Fred and George in the corridor and asked whether they had checked Ron’s dormitory on the Marauder’s Map.

• Wade found Luna Lovegood sleeping in the Common Room and used Accio to retrieve her copy of A History of Magic.
• Wade tracked Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder’s Map and decided not to try buying the rat from Ron, so he would not alert Peter.
• Wade finished brewing Veritaserum and coordinated the capture plan with several people through the Book of Friends.
• Wade met Fred and George, who entertained him with smoke tricks, and asked whether they had checked Ron’s dormitory on the Marauder’s Map.

Wade showed Fred and George that Peter Pettigrew was in Ron’s dormitory, and the twins discovered that Ron’s rat Scabbers was the one they were tracking. Scabbers escaped their first attempt to catch it, but Wade captured it outside the Common Room, leaving Harry confused by the chaos.

• Wade showed Fred and George the Marauder’s Map, and they saw Peter Pettigrew beside Ron’s name in the dormitory.
• Fred and George entered Gryffindor Tower with a bottle of Draught of Living Death and searched Ron’s bed while Ron played chess downstairs.
• Fred and George tried to stun Scabbers and trap it with the potion, but the rat dodged them and fled into the Common Room.
• Scabbers escaped through the Common Room door, and the Weasleys chased it into a mud pit.
• Wade fed the unconscious Scabbers the Draught of Living Death and sealed it in a jar protected by an Immobilization Charm as Harry arrived and asked what had happened.

Wade captured Scabbers after luring the rat out of the Gryffindor Common Room, while Harry and Hermione watched in confusion. The group headed to the Umbrella Room to explain why the Weasley twins believed Scabbers was dangerous.

• Harry and Hermione left the library and found Wade waiting outside the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Wade created a mud pit, and Harry gave the Fat Lady the password; Scabbers darted through the doorway and fell into the mud.
• Wade stunned and bound Scabbers, while Fred, George, Percy, and Ron tumbled into the mud after the rat.
• Wade cleaned the Weasleys and the corridor, then agreed with Fred and George that Scabbers was the creature they had been hunting.
• Wade led the group toward the Umbrella Room to explain, while Ron demanded Scabbers back and the twins warned that the rat would escape.
• Filch confronted the group, but Fred claimed the muddy Weasleys had only been having a friendly exchange.

Wade and the Weasley twins revealed that Ron’s rat, Scabbers, was the supposedly dead Peter Pettigrew in Animagus form. The chapter ended with Wade binding Pettigrew before he could speak.

• Filch caught the group in the corridor but let them go, and Percy scolded the twins for bullying a rat.
• In the Umbrella Room, Wade told the group they suspected Scabbers was an Animagus, while Ron and Percy rejected the claim.
• Fred revealed that the rat’s real name was Peter Pettigrew, and Percy reacted in shock.
• Wade cast the Revelio Charm, transforming Scabbers into Peter Pettigrew before the group’s eyes.
• Wade bound Pettigrew with spells and asked the group whether they believed him now.

Wade captured Peter Pettigrew and secretly brought him to Lupin, who recognized his supposedly dead friend and prepared to question him with Veritaserum. Lupin left Wade outside the Living Room as he carried Pettigrew in to confront the truth.

• Ron recoiled when Wade and the others revealed that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, while Percy began explaining Pettigrew's past.
• Wade gave Pettigrew a Calming Draught and persuaded Percy and the others to let him take the prisoner away temporarily.
• Wade used Zoe and the Vanishing Cabinet to transport Pettigrew to Lupin, who was shocked to see his former friend alive.
• Wade gave Lupin Veritaserum and explained that he had uncovered Pettigrew's identity through the Marauder's Map.
• Lupin carried Pettigrew into the Living Room to confront him and told Wade to wait outside.

Wade arranged for international reporters to question Peter Pettigrew under Veritaserum, exposing how Peter betrayed James and Lily and framed Sirius. Lupin struggled with his regret as Marchioni discussed the success of Wade’s Softlight Badge and prepared to see Wade’s new invention next week.

• Peter Pettigrew confessed that he had joined Voldemort a year before Sirius suggested making him the Potters’ Secret Keeper.
• Peter explained that he had framed Sirius after the Potters’ deaths, then spent eleven years hiding as a rat with the Weasley Family.
• Lupin stopped listening because he feared he would kill Peter, while reporters continued questioning Peter for a sensational story.
• Marchioni told Wade that the Softlight Badge had outsold the Book of Friends and become a hugely profitable product.
• Wade told Marchioni that he had a new invention to show him the following week.

Wade and Lupin brought the captured Peter Pettigrew back to Hogwarts after Wade arranged for reporters to delay publishing their account until the British government denied its past mistakes. The group headed to Dumbledore’s office, leaving Harry and the others grappling with the truth about Scabbers.

• Lupin stunned Peter Pettigrew as the Veritaserum wore off, and Wade asked Marchioni to delay publishing the reporters’ account until the British government denied its mistakes.
• Wade invited Lupin through the Vanishing Cabinet and asked him to claim he had entered Hogwarts through a Secret Passage.
• Hermione found a book describing Peter Pettigrew as a fallen hero, while Harry struggled to believe that Scabbers could be dangerous.
• Fred and George reasoned that Peter had stayed hidden as a rat because he feared Dumbledore, and Ron agreed.
• Wade and Lupin joined the students in the Umbrella Room, and Lupin explained that they needed to take Peter to Dumbledore.
• Professor McGonagall encountered them, learned that Peter had never died, and escorted the group to the Headmaster’s Office.

Lupin explained how Wade and the Weasley Twins captured Peter Pettigrew, then revealed that Peter had betrayed James and Lily and framed Sirius. Dumbledore kept Wade and Ron behind to assist with the next steps while Professor McGonagall escorted the other children away.

• Dumbledore recognized Peter Pettigrew, and Lupin told everyone that he had helped create the Marauder's Map with James, Sirius, and Peter.
• Lupin took responsibility for involving Wade and the Weasley Twins in capturing Peter, and Professor McGonagall rebuked him for putting children in danger.
• Lupin said Peter was the true traitor and had framed Sirius, explaining that Sirius had switched the secret-keeper to Peter shortly before James and Lily were betrayed.
• Dumbledore questioned whether Peter's confession was reliable, and Lupin admitted he had used Veritaserum.
• Dumbledore sent Professor McGonagall to take the children away and summoned Arthur and Molly, while Wade and Ron remained behind.

Wade and Ron witnessed Cornelius Fudge take charge of the investigation after Peter Pettigrew was exposed as the Potters’ true Secret-Keeper and Sirius Black’s betrayer. The Ministry took Peter and the Weasleys for questioning, while Wade left after giving a brief statement and quietly examined a moving dot on a small piece of parchment.

• Wade told Ron that Peter had faked his death and that his betrayal had led to the Potters’ deaths.
• Cornelius Fudge arrived with the Weasleys and Ministry officials, and an Auror confirmed that the captive was Peter Pettigrew.
• Dumbledore explained Peter’s confession, but Fudge insisted the Ministry would investigate before accepting that Sirius was innocent.
• Snape argued that Sirius deserved punishment, while Lupin defended him, and Fudge promised a thorough investigation.
• Fudge departed with Peter, the Weasleys, and Lupin; Wade gave his account to an Auror and then examined a moving dot on a piece of parchment.

Wade tracked Peter Pettigrew while preparing to counter the Ministry’s efforts to keep Sirius Black imprisoned. After newspapers exposed Peter as the traitor, Wade used the Book of Friends to coordinate a strategy with Marchioni and explained that he acted to protect innocent people from the misuse of law.

• Wade attached a concealed Tracking Book of Friends to Peter Pettigrew so he could monitor Peter after handing him to the Ministry.
• Harry told the Umbrella Room group about Sirius being his godfather, while Ron received a new owl to replace Scabbers.
• Lupin told Wade that Fudge supported rumors portraying Sirius as a loyal Death Eater, and Wade agreed it was time to publish their prepared story.
• Marchioni sent Wade foreign newspaper reports about Peter Pettigrew, and the Daily Prophet soon published a prominent account identifying Peter as the traitor.
• Wade asked Marchioni to shift the blame for Sirius’s imprisonment toward Barty Crouch and told Marchioni he wanted to protect the innocent from abuses of law.

As public pressure mounted for Sirius Black’s release, Harry and his friends discussed his case and Gilderoy Lockhart’s boasts before attending Nearly Headless Nick’s deathday party. After a peaceful Halloween, Wade began preparing to practise becoming an Animagus with Professor Sprout.

• Harry told his friends that Lupin expected a hearing to retry Sirius’s case after Halloween, and Wade confirmed that Sirius had a good chance of being acquitted.
• Harry asked his friends to attend Nick’s five-hundredth deathday party, and several reluctantly agreed after learning it would offer little food for the living.
• Wade and the others enjoyed the Halloween feast and skeleton performance while Harry’s group returned from the deathday party exhausted and hungry.
• Wade left transforming masks with blessings for the House-elves and was glad the school’s Halloween had passed peacefully.
• Professor Sprout told Wade that Mandrake leaves were ready for Animagus practice and instructed him to choose a leaf and get used to keeping it in his mouth.

Wade practiced holding a Mandrake leaf in his mouth as part of his Animagus studies, while Professor Murray offered him reference notes from Uagadou. During their lesson, Wade demonstrated an Alchemical Creation that could cast Aguamenti, and Professor Murray assigned him to start fixing two Magic Pattern Circuits.

• Professor Sprout gave Wade several prepared Mandrake leaves to practice with until the full moon.
• Wade visited Professor Murray and explained that he could not speak because he was practicing with a Mandrake leaf.
• Professor Murray criticized Animagus as dangerous but offered to borrow notes from Uagadou for Wade.
• Wade showed Professor Murray his Pumpkin Carriage and demonstrated a little bird Alchemical Creation that refilled a teacup with water.
• Professor Murray praised Wade's work and told him to begin fixing two Magic Pattern Circuits.

Wade woke from a nightmare about becoming a slug, then unleashed a giant insect army at the Game Arena with Fred’s help. Later, he and Harry visited Lupin, who revealed that his public hearing would take place next Friday, while Marchioni asked Wade about his alchemical creation.

• Wade woke from a nightmare about being a slug and covered his dormitory with eagle images to reassure himself.
• Fred gave Wade a jar of insects for the Game Arena, and Professor Flitwick expanded the arena so more students, including Fred and George, would participate.
• The enlarged insects terrified the students, and Wade felt better after the slug crushed a stunned student and covered him in slime.
• Wade and Harry traveled through the Vanishing Cabinet to Lupin’s home, where Lupin said his public hearing would be next Friday and that the case looked promising.
• Lupin offered to ask Dumbledore to let Harry attend the hearing, and Marchioni privately asked Wade about the alchemical creation he had been preparing.

Wade introduced Marchioni to his talking Magic Golem Pets, whose varied personalities inspired Marchioni to plan a broad range of products. Wade continued his studies and Animagus preparations, then joined Lupin and Harry to leave for Sirius's trial at the Ministry of Magic.

• Wade presented Alice and several other Magic Golem Pets to Marchioni, who saw their distinct personalities as a promising selling point and brainstormed related merchandise.
• Wade left the Magic Golem Pet designs and production matters to Marchioni and Lupin while he focused on Alchemy, Animagus transformation, and learning Fiendfyre.
• Wade kept a Mandrake leaf in his mouth through the month and, on a full moon, began the next stage of his Animagus preparations with Professor Sprout's help.
• Wade worked with Fred and George on Alchemy and the Two-Way Mirror, while the trio set aside studying the Marauder's Map.
• Wade went to Professor McGonagall's office, where Lupin and Harry waited in formal clothes before traveling to the Ministry of Magic for Sirius's trial.

Harry, Lupin, and Wade traveled to the Ministry of Magic to attend Sirius Black’s trial, despite Professor McGonagall’s concerns. They arrived at the atrium and began the required security check, where Ministry employees recognized Harry and crowded around him.

• Professor McGonagall sent Lupin, Harry, and Wade through her office’s Floo connection to the Ministry of Magic.
• Wade reflected on McGonagall’s worry for her former students and his plan to improve Two-Way Mirrors for wizarding livestreams.
• At the Ministry atrium, Lupin told Louise Wenger that they had come to attend Sirius Black’s trial.
• Wenger recognized Harry, enthusiastically questioned him, and escorted the group to the Security Checkpoint.
• A Ministry employee named Hansen recognized Harry and introduced himself as he began checking the group.

Wade, Harry, and Lupin entered the Ministry of Magic for Sirius's hearing, held in the crowded Courtroom Three. They took their seats beside Moody, who said he had come to judge for himself whether Sirius was innocent.

• Hansen completed Harry, Lupin, and Wade's security checks, then Mr. Weasley led them through the Golden Gate toward the elevators.
• Mr. Weasley told Lupin that Dumbledore and foreign reporters were already at Courtroom Three and reminded him to stay calm during the hearing.
• Mr. Weasley brought Wade, Harry, and Lupin into the crowded courtroom, where reporters and spectators filled the seats.
• Moody sat beside Wade, greeted Lupin, and said he would decide for himself whether Sirius was truly innocent.

At Sirius Black’s retrial, Harry and Lupin voiced their trust in him as the Wizengamot gathered and Dementors brought him into the courtroom. Dumbledore began presenting Peter Pettigrew’s confession, leaving Sirius shocked to learn that Peter was alive.

• Lupin and Harry told Moody they believed Sirius was not a traitor.
• Cornelius Fudge, Amelia Susan Bones, Rufus Scrimgeour, and the Wizengamot assembled for Sirius’s retrial.
• Dementors escorted a frail Sirius into the courtroom and bound him to the chair.
• Dumbledore represented Sirius and explained that Peter Pettigrew had confessed under Veritaserum to betraying the Potters.
• Sirius reacted in shock and asked whether Peter Pettigrew was alive.