Chapter Summaries

After Peter Pettigrew’s crimes were confirmed, Sirius Black faced trial, but he blamed himself for the Potters’ deaths. Harry defended Sirius in court, and the Wizengamot acquitted and released him.

• Dumbledore explained that Peter Pettigrew had betrayed the Potters, caused their deaths, and framed Sirius by killing Muggles.
• Dumbledore presented Pettigrew’s testimony and Sirius’s wand evidence, which showed that Sirius had not cast the spell that killed the Muggles.
• Fudge argued that Sirius could threaten the Wizarding World if released, while Amelia Bones asked Sirius whether he had anything to say.
• Sirius called himself guilty for persuading James and Lily to make Peter their Secret Keeper, and Harry shouted that Voldemort—not Sirius—had killed his parents.
• The Wizengamot found the charges unproven, and Amelia Bones acquitted and released Sirius.

Sirius Black was acquitted and reunited with Lupin and Harry, who learned Sirius was his godfather. Dumbledore then thanked Wade for helping clear Sirius’s name and spoke with him about the mysterious Department of Mysteries.

• Sirius Black sat in shock after a woman announced his acquittal, until Lupin embraced him and apologized for doubting him.
• Sirius met Harry, recognized James in his appearance, and told him he was his godfather and hoped to care for him.
• Lupin urged Sirius to recover before making plans, then tried to introduce him to Wade Grey, but Moody said Dumbledore had already called Wade away.
• Wade stopped to look at the Department of Mysteries, and Dumbledore explained that it housed dangerous magic studied by the Silent Ones.
• Dumbledore admitted that he had wrongly judged Sirius and thanked Wade for helping secure the retrial; Wade said Sirius likely would not blame him.

Dumbledore took Wade from the Ministry of Magic to meet an old friend, showing him the tragic history of Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle along the way. The chapter ended with Merope dying after giving birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle.

• Dumbledore and Wade discussed prejudice and equality beside the Fountain of Magical Brethren in the Ministry of Magic.
• Dumbledore told Wade he wanted to introduce him to an old friend, then took him by Side-Along Apparition to a valley near the Gaunt home and a cemetery.
• Dumbledore showed Wade how Tom Riddle eloped with Merope Gaunt, then returned alone months later.
• Dumbledore and Wade Apparated to London, where they watched Merope arrive at an orphanage in labor after losing her husband and living in poverty.
• Merope gave birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle and died shortly afterward.

Dumbledore showed Wade Tom Riddle’s life, from his lonely childhood at the orphanage through his years at Hogwarts and his transformation into Voldemort. The vision ended with Voldemort’s defeat by a baby, bringing his rise to power to an end.

• Dumbledore showed Wade young Tom Riddle growing up at the orphanage, where he stole, intimidated other children, and displayed magical abilities.
• Dumbledore recalled bringing Riddle to Hogwarts, where the talented boy won the teachers’ affection and gathered devoted followers.
• Dumbledore described how Riddle implicated Hagrid in the death of Moaning Myrtle and got him expelled, though Hagrid was allowed to stay at Hogwarts as gamekeeper.
• Riddle became Head Boy and graduated, then worked at Borgin and Burkes before disappearing for years and returning as Voldemort with the Death Eaters.
• The vision showed Voldemort’s followers killing and torturing people before Voldemort was defeated by a baby.

Dumbledore showed Wade Voldemort’s life and left him to decide what it meant, but Wade resolved to continue his work unchanged. The news of Sirius Black’s acquittal and Peter Pettigrew’s imprisonment spread through Hogwarts, and Wade headed into another Battle Royale with Michael.

• Dumbledore gave Wade a leaf and explained that what it meant depended on the person looking at it.
• Wade read that Sirius Black had been acquitted and Peter Pettigrew sentenced to life imprisonment, while students celebrated or reacted awkwardly to the news.
• Slytherin students taunted Draco Malfoy about Sirius, and Marcus Flint defended him; Wade noticed Draco gripping his Wand beneath the table.
• Michael invited Wade to the Game Arena, where Professor Flitwick announced a professor-version Battle Royale with Wade as a player.
• Michael pulled Wade into the arena to find cover as the students began preparing for the match.

Michael and Wade took part in Professor Flitwick’s fairy-catching Battle Royale, where Wade’s skill helped them capture a huge number of fairies. After the game ended, Wade proposed making the next escape game more exciting, and Michael began organizing students to help build it.

• Michael and Wade hid in a makeshift fortress, where Michael explained the Battle Royale rules and taught Wade the bubble spell for catching fairies.
• Wade created an oversized bubble that frightened off a fairy, then agreed to limit the spell’s power as they hid from groups and captured lone fairies.
• Students emerged from their hiding places and captured the remaining fairies, while a Gryffindor girl caught the Queen.
• Michael revealed that he and Wade had captured more than two hundred fairies, but the other students quickly left for dinner and the library.
• Professor Flitwick ended the game and released the fairies, then asked Wade whether he had enjoyed it.
• Wade proposed a more exciting escape game, and Michael discussed a scoreboard, rankings, and recruiting students to build it within a day.

Harry spent two days with Sirius and Lupin before visiting his parents’ grave and ruined home in Godric's Hollow, where grief overwhelmed him and Sirius. Back at Hogwarts, Ron rushed Harry and Hermione to a mysterious attraction by the Black Lake, where most of the school had gathered in line at seven doors.

• Harry stayed with Sirius and Lupin, helped arrange Sirius’s care after a visit to St. Mungo's, and watched the old friends talk through the night.
• Sirius and Lupin took Harry to Godric's Hollow, where he saw a statue of his parents and visited their grave, grieving alongside Sirius.
• Harry hesitated to enter his parents’ ruined home, so Lupin led him back to Hogwarts and explained why Sirius needed time alone.
• Hermione gently asked Harry about visiting his parents, but Ron interrupted and hurried them toward a large project by the Black Lake.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione found nearly the whole school queuing before seven doors, and Ron complained that the attraction had opened earlier than expected.

Wade and Michael discussed the name and endless progression of their new challenge game as Hogwarts staff and students built a vast maze filled with magical creatures, traps, puzzles, and a giant snake boss. The trial run began, and students eagerly queued to compete for places on the constantly changing leaderboards.

• Wade argued to Michael that the challenge game should have no ending and proposed increasingly high ranks, while Michael teased him about replacing his unpopular Escape Game.
• Padma and several girls designed a seven-stage maze, and Michael's SSC members selected thirty-seven Fantastic Beasts for it.
• Wade designed the Hero Leaderboard while Hogwarts staff and students worked together to fill the maze with terrain, clues, potions, puzzles, creatures, traps, Thestrals, and House-elf lifeguards.
• The professors rejected Norberta as the final boss and chose an ordinary Ball Python enlarged by magic instead.
• The maze's trial run began, and students repeatedly joined the queues to compete as scores rapidly shifted across the leaderboards.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the maze challenge with Bowtruckles to keep their scores, while Wade patrolled overhead and watched students face dangerous creatures. The chapter ended when Harry was violently thrown through the air and a Thestral appeared to stomp on him.

• George gave Harry, Ron, and Hermione Bowtruckles as scorekeepers and warned them that losing one would erase all their points.
• Ron fashioned a shell suit of armor for his Bowtruckle before entering the maze, where the three friends were separated.
• Hermione was attacked by rabbits, Ron fled from geese, and Harry advanced into the second ring while trying to recover his glasses from a Niffler.
• Wade patrolled the maze on a Thestral and saw Neville trapped, Ryan endangered by Augureys and a Red Cap, Padma eliminated by a Boggart, and Rolf stumped by Snape's riddle.
• After screams came from the maze, Wade's Thestral flew toward them and Harry was hurled backward with blood spraying from his chest.

A thestral named Geraldine attacked Harry after someone fed it khat, and a house-elf whisked Harry away for treatment. Dumbledore suspended the challenge and ordered the other creatures inspected, leaving Geraldine in Hagrid’s care until the effects wore off.

• An elderly house-elf took Harry away as Wade and several others immobilized Geraldine, and Snape learned the thestral had a wound and traces of khat in its mouth.
• Ginny told the professors that Harry had been attacked after helping drive off a Grindylow, while Snape explained that khat could cause fear and hallucinations.
• Dumbledore arrived and confirmed Harry had only superficial wounds, then told Hagrid to return the thestrals to their stables and care for Geraldine.
• Wade advised suspending the challenge, checking the other creatures for tampering, and asking Harry what should happen to Geraldine.
• Dumbledore accepted Wade’s proposal, and the students who had participated in the challenge were to leave while the creatures were inspected.

After Harry Potter was injured by a Thestral fed Khat, Professor McGonagall halted the maze activities and warned the students to identify whoever was responsible. As suspicion fell on Slytherins, Wade discouraged Fred and George from sneaking into their Common Room and suggested powerful protections had kept Harry safe from his enemies.

• Fred and George led students and ghosts in a protest against the cancellation of the Ultimate Challenge, but Professor McGonagall silenced them and announced that a Thestral had attacked a student after being fed Khat.
• Professor McGonagall revealed that Harry Potter had been injured and taken to the Hospital Wing, prompting Ron and Hermione to hurry there as students began suspecting Slytherins.
• Malfoy denied causing the attack, while Professor McGonagall warned students against entering the maze at night and dismissed the gathering.
• Luna asked Professor Kettleburn if she could keep a Bowtruckle, then met Rolf, who introduced her to his Bowtruckle, Ajiel.
• Fred and George asked Wade to use the Disillusionment Charm to help them eavesdrop in the Slytherin Common Room, but Wade pointed out that a House-elf had also tried to stop Harry from returning to school.
• Wade reasoned that powerful protective spells around Harry's home had prevented people with malicious intent from finding him, and Fred and George considered the possibility.

Harry told Wade and the others that Dobby had attacked him in the maze because he believed Hogwarts was dangerous and the Chamber of Secrets would be opened again. As night fell, Wade watched creatures gather around the maze and asked Zoe to bring Dobby to him if she saw him.

• Wade, Fred, and George considered why Dobby might have wanted Harry sent home and whether the maze posed a danger.
• Harry told Wade, Hermione, and the others that Dobby had found him in the maze and warned that the Secret Chamber would be opened again.
• Hermione said she would search for information about the Secret Chamber, while Neville and the others brought Harry food in the Hospital Wing.
• Lockhart woke and claimed he would return to teaching the next day, and Fred and George joked about keeping him in the hospital longer.
• Wade watched Hagrid patrol the maze as creatures from the Forbidden Forest and Black Lake gathered nearby after dark.
• Wade asked Zoe to bring Dobby to him if she saw the house-elf at Hogwarts.

Wade asked Zoe to find Dobby and offer him help gaining freedom, while Hermione led the Umbrella Room in researching the Chamber of Secrets. After Wade identified Salazar Slytherin as a Parselmouth, Harry admitted that he could speak Parseltongue.

• Wade asked Zoe to find Dobby and tell him that Wade could help him gain freedom, and Zoe agreed.
• Wade checked that the Mandrake leaf remained intact in his mouth and continued his Animagus preparations.
• Hermione urged the Umbrella Room members to research Hogwarts' Chamber of Secrets before danger arose.
• Ryan found a notebook saying Slytherin had built the Chamber and left a terrifying creature inside for his heir to control.
• Wade suggested the creature was a snake because Slytherin was a Parselmouth, and the group began researching snakes.
• Harry admitted to Hermione and the others that he was a Parselmouth.

Harry demonstrated that he could speak Parseltongue, and Wade explored how it let Harry command snakes. As the maze reopened and the delayed Quidditch match approached, Wade helped Sirius leave hiding to attend the game invisibly.

• Harry told Neville, Ryan, and the others that he had spoken with a python at the zoo, then commanded Wade’s conjured snake to coil up.
• Wade learned several Parseltongue phrases from Harry and suggested that snakes instinctively obey Parselmouths; the group wondered whether Harry was descended from Slytherin.
• The professors finished inspecting the maze without finding further clues, and it reopened on Saturday as Gryffindor prepared to face Slytherin in Quidditch.
• Wade opened the Vanishing Cabinet and welcomed Sirius, who thanked him for helping him escape and hurried to watch Harry play.
• Lupin cast a Disillusionment Charm on Sirius in his Black Dog form so students would not recognize him, and Wade questioned why Sirius had transformed at all.

Wade and Lupin postponed their plan to watch Harry's Quidditch match, where they reunited with Sirius and watched the game in the rain. The chapter ended with Wade wondering whether the Bludgers would go out of control again and whether Dobby would appear.

• Wade noticed Lupin wanted to watch Harry's match and convinced him to delay their plan to go to the Quidditch Pitch.
• Wade and Lupin discussed Muggles, Dark Magic, and the damage caused by killing as they made their way to the stands.
• Wade and Lupin joined Sirius, who excitedly pointed out Harry and commented on his flying.
• Wade cast a spell to shield himself, Lupin, and Sirius from the rain, and Dumbledore acknowledged Wade from across the stands.
• Wade watched the Bludgers and wondered whether they would go out of control and whether Dobby would appear.

After Gryffindor won the Quidditch match, Lockhart botched a spell on Harry and removed the bones from his arm. Sirius and Lupin secretly visited Harry in the Hospital Wing, where Sirius stayed by his bedside.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch and secured Gryffindor's victory in the rain.
• A fight broke out between the teams, and Dumbledore stopped Wood from hitting the ground after a Bludger knocked him from his broom.
• Spells caught Harry when he fell, but Lockhart's Arm Repair spell removed the bones from Harry's arm.
• Lupin dragged Sirius away from Lockhart, while Wade secretly used a Levitation Charm on Sirius's clothes to stop him struggling.
• Madam Pomfrey treated Harry and sent the other students away as his bones began to regrow.
• Lupin removed the Disillusionment Charm, and Sirius stayed beside Harry's bed after Wade and Lupin left.

Wade and Lupin traveled through Little Hangleton to reach the former home of Merope Gaunt, where Wade intended to practice Fiendfyre. After Wade put the village to sleep with a diluted Draught of Living Death, they arrived at the overgrown house and prepared to clear the area.

• Mac and Pete mistook Wade and Lupin for a couple until Wade’s youthful appearance made Pete realize Mac had been describing a child.
• Wade pointed out Riddle House and told Lupin they were heading instead to the place where Voldemort’s mother had lived.
• Wade used a diluted Draught of Living Death to blanket Little Hangleton in mist and put its residents and animals to sleep.
• Wade explained that he wanted to practice Fiendfyre on the former Gaunt House, and Lupin agreed to help contain the spell if necessary.
• Wade and Lupin reached the overgrown house, and Lupin raised his Wand to clear the area around it.

Wade and Lupin cleared the dead vegetation around the Gaunt house and Wade practiced controlling Fiendfyre to burn the property. As Wade’s flames took on the shape of a golden bird, a familiar scream rang out from inside them.

• Wade and Lupin burned away the dead grass and weeds around the Gaunt house without approaching it.
• Wade replaced his Wand with a Rowan Wood and Phoenix Feather Wand and cast Fiendfyre at the tree beside the house.
• Wade controlled the shifting fire-beasts as Lupin kept the flames from escaping the area.
• The Fiendfyre formed a golden bird, and Lupin heard a familiar scream from within the flames.

Wade and Lupin destroyed the dark shadow guarding the Gaunt Family's Old House, then Wade used Life Alchemy to transform the remaining Fiendfyre into a living Firebird named Mihail. The chapter left Wade wondering whether Mihail was truly alive as he studied the magic patterns woven into its body.

• The black shadow attacked Wade and Lupin after emerging from the Fiendfyre, but Lupin blocked it while Wade's Firebird grappled with it until it vanished.
• Wade controlled the Firebird as it burned the scattered Fiendfyre and the remaining Gaunt family home to ash.
• Wade enveloped the Firebird in silver mist and used Bio-Alchemy to stabilize and reshape it, while Lupin watched.
• The Firebird learned to fly and chirp, then hopped onto Wade's palm without harming him.
• Wade named the Firebird Mihail, and Lupin warned him to keep it under close watch.
• Wade examined Mihail's intricate magic patterns and wondered whether the Firebird was truly alive.

Wade and Lupin escaped the burning woods after Mihail recovered the cursed Resurrection Stone, which Wade sealed away. Wade returned to Hogwarts while Lupin erased witnesses’ memories and left Little Hangleton with the Vanishing Cabinet.

• Mihail burned away the curse on the ring and gave Wade the black gemstone, which Wade recognized as the Resurrection Stone.
• Wade sealed the Resurrection Stone in a magic-blocking box and settled Mihail in his suitcase before leaving the woods with Lupin.
• Wade returned to Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet, where Zoe was waiting for him.
• Lupin cleared away evidence of their stay, packed the Vanishing Cabinet, and prepared to leave the tavern.
• Lupin cast Obliviate on Mac and Pete, erasing their memories of the visitors and their suspicions.