Chapter Summaries

Nick Fury planned to meet the Wizard, while Jerry studied Obliviate and the False Memory Charm and worried about using them without a teacher’s guidance. After school, Jerry turned down another invitation and left to handle his usual responsibilities.

• Nick Fury told Agent Hill to stake out Hell’s Kitchen with Phil so they could follow the Wizard on her broom.
• Jerry reflected that his self-taught memory charms could harm their targets if he used them carelessly.
• Jerry regretted killing the four mercenaries before he could practice the charms on them.
• Jerry declined a senior girl’s invitation to go dancing and hurried away after school.

Jerry beat up a group of teenagers who tried to intimidate him, then continued his routine of caring for Elsa and patrolling Hell's Kitchen. At three in the morning, Maria Hill arrived in a rocket-powered car and invited him to talk, so Jerry transformed into Wizard Miss Hermione before following her.

• Jerry led seven or eight teenagers into an alley and beat them without leaving visible injuries.
• Jerry rode his broomstick home, picked up Elsa after school, and cooked dinner with Bailey.
• Jerry patrolled Hell's Kitchen but found fewer criminals and earned few Little Red Stars.
• Maria Hill arrived in a flying red car with a balding driver and called out to Jerry.
• Jerry agreed to talk with Maria Hill, drank Polyjuice Potion, and followed her in his Hermione disguise.

Jerry met with S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury after Hill and Coulson brought him to the agency’s underground base. He refused to join or take orders from S.H.I.E.L.D., but said he would consider specific paid requests for help.

• Hill introduced Jerry to Coulson and his flying car, Lola, in Manhattan.
• Hill told Jerry that Nick Fury wanted to meet him and ask for a favor, and Jerry agreed to hear him out.
• Coulson used a hidden entrance beneath an old car wash to drive Jerry to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s underground base.
• Jerry met Fury and suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. might drug him, so he declined a drink.
• Jerry told Fury he would use magic to help stop crime but would not join S.H.I.E.L.D. or follow its orders, and he would consider requests only for proper compensation.

Jerry refused Nick Fury’s offer to join S.H.I.E.L.D. but agreed to help cure Tony Stark’s poisoning with a magical potion. After learning Tony had only days left, Jerry agreed to travel to Los Angeles as long as S.H.I.E.L.D. could return him before nine.

• Jerry rejected Nick Fury’s arguments for joining S.H.I.E.L.D., though he agreed to help for compensation when needed.
• Nick told Jerry that Tony Stark was suffering from a poison that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not cure.
• Jerry explained that his healing magic could not treat poisoning, but he could brew antidotes and had Advanced Antidote Potion that might work.
• Jerry agreed to help Tony for free because he thought Iron Man seemed like a good person.
• Coulson reported that Tony’s palladium poisoning had reached 89 percent and that he was at his Los Angeles home with Colonel Rhodes.
• Jerry agreed to go to Los Angeles with Nick, provided they could bring him back before nine.

On the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft, Jerry distracted Coulson’s questions about his disguise by using a Hair-Growing Charm to give him waist-length golden hair. After Nick and Natasha arrived and learned what had happened, Hill asked Jerry to do her a small favor, leaving him unsure what she wanted.

• Coulson asked why Jerry kept his hat, mask, and Wizard Robe on, and Jerry explained that they were enchanted magical items.
• Jerry teased Coulson about his baldness, then cast a Hair-Growing Charm that gave him glossy golden hair down to his waist.
• Hill asked whether Jerry’s Hair-Loss Charm could remove hair from anywhere, and Jerry nodded without understanding her reason.
• Nick and Natasha entered, saw Coulson’s new hair, and learned from Hill how Jerry had grown it.
• Coulson left to trim his hair, while Nick announced that S.H.I.E.L.D. had found Tony and would reach him in about twenty minutes.
• As Natasha went to change for the operation, Hill stopped her and asked Jerry to do her a small favor.

Jerry helped Hill and Black Widow remove their body hair before joining Nick Fury and Tony Stark at a Los Angeles burger joint. As Fury tried to recruit Tony, Jerry realized his mask prevented him from eating without exposing his identity.

• Hill and Black Widow asked Jerry to use magic to remove their underarm and leg hair, and he cast several Hair-Loss Charms for them.
• Nick Fury, Black Widow, and Jerry left the transport plane and headed to a burger joint near Los Angeles, while Hill and Coulson stayed behind.
• Jerry used magic to cook food, then transformed Tony's coffee into milk with a spell.
• Black Widow reported that she had cleared the area, and Tony realized that Fury and his agents had arranged the meeting to recruit him.
• Tony refused to join Fury's team, while Jerry worried that he could not eat with his mask on without revealing his identity.

Jerry cured Tony Stark’s palladium poisoning with an Advanced Antidote Potion, but warned that using the Iron Man Armor would poison him again unless he found a palladium replacement. Nick Fury directed Tony to study items left by his father, while Jerry urged everyone to return to New York.

• Jerry gave Tony Stark an Advanced Antidote Potion, and Tony drank it despite doubting it would work.
• Black Widow tested Tony and confirmed that his palladium level had fallen to zero, leaving Tony relieved and grateful to Jerry.
• Nick Fury warned Tony that using the Iron Man Armor would restart the poisoning, and Jerry said he had only one potion available.
• Nick Fury urged Tony to study the things Howard had left him and had agents surround him; Tony agreed to return to his mansion.
• Jerry asked to head back to New York and reflected that he needed a faster way to travel than his Nimbus 2000.

Nick Fury kept Tony Stark confined at his mansion to study a crate left by Howard Stark while S.H.I.E.L.D. continued investigating Wizard Miss. A report about Bruce Banner’s failed suicide attempt led Fury to a discovery in the Arctic that might involve Captain America’s plane.

• Nick ordered Tony to stay in his mansion and study Howard Stark’s crate, leaving Coulson to supervise him while Natasha remained undercover at Stark Industries.
• Coulson told Tony he would prevent him from leaving, and Tony learned the mansion’s communications had been cut off.
• Hill reported that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not find Wizard Miss’s records and questioned whether her uncovered face was her true appearance.
• Fury decided to pause the search for Wizard Miss’s identity and focus on earning her trust.
• Hill gave Fury surveillance records showing that Hulk had smashed a glacier after Bruce Banner’s failed suicide attempt, where a Russian exploration team later found a plane resembling Captain America’s.

Jerry abandoned Hell's Kitchen and raided every prison in New York, earning a large number of Little Red Stars and learning Obliviate and the False Memory Charm. After he returned home and saw that his panel had upgraded, he discovered that the Second Small World had been acquired.

• Jerry infiltrated a New York prison, used the Imperius Curse to identify inmates, and turned most of its life-sentenced criminals into memoryless idiots with Obliviate.
• Jerry decided to act quickly and swept through every prison in New York in one night, earning as many Little Red Stars as he had recently gained in Hell's Kitchen.
• Jerry's repeated experiments with prisoners gave him an initial grasp of Obliviate and the False Memory Charm.
• Jerry checked his panel while preparing breakfast and found he had seventy thousand Little Red Stars, which he planned to increase to a hundred thousand.
• Jerry saw the panel announce that its upgrade was successful and that the Second Small World had been acquired.

After the panel upgrade let him travel between Small Worlds with living creatures and control his stay, Jerry weighed the risk of missing Hogwarts against exploring the Second Small World. He entered it for the first time and, finding himself in an alley without an assigned identity, realized he was still in New York.

• Jerry examined the upgraded panel and learned he could transport living creatures between worlds and that time would pass in the other Small World while he was away.
• Jerry considered bringing House-elves or magical creatures to protect Hass and Elsa, but worried that spending too long in the Second Small World could make him miss Hogwarts.
• After thinking it over, Jerry decided to enter the Second Small World and planned to explore it for about a week unless its magic proved especially powerful.
• At ten that night, Jerry took his box and wand and used the panel to enter the Second Small World, freezing time in the main world.
• Jerry awoke in an empty alley with his clothes unchanged and no new memories or assigned identity, then stepped out and was surprised to find himself in New York.

Jerry arrived in a version of New York set in 2010 and searched for signs of magic, then encountered a curly-haired youth being chased by enchanted wolves. After Jerry rescued him, a hostile wizard attacked them, leaving Jerry to defend against the wizard’s fire and flying daggers.

• Jerry confirmed he was in a different world and learned from a passerby that it was 2010.
• Jerry searched online for evidence of magic, found none, and began patrolling New York on his broomstick.
• Jerry spotted five wolves chasing a curly-haired youth and used the Arrow Shooting Spell to turn them into book pages.
• The curly-haired youth identified a fat middle-aged man with a scepter as the wizard who had transformed the wolves.
• The wizard attacked Jerry and the youth with a fireball, then sent four daggers flying around Jerry’s shield toward them.

Jerry fought Horvath, a powerful magic user, until Balthazar rescued Jerry and Dave on a giant iron bird. As they escaped, Jerry learned that some magic users could gain longevity, while Horvath survived the attack and set out to find the Hand of Death.

• Jerry deflected Horvath’s attacks, dodged an invisible blast, and prepared to counterattack before Dave spotted a giant iron bird.
• Balthazar trapped Horvath in a ball of water, then struck him with an electric energy ball while Jerry and Dave climbed onto the iron bird.
• Balthazar told Jerry that Horvath had lived for more than two thousand years using Longevity Power, and the iron bird carried them away.
• Horvath emerged from the shop unharmed, killed two responding police officers with his magic, and transformed their police car into a sports car.
• Horvath drove off to search for the Hand of Death.

Jerry rescued Dave and learned that Balthazar believed Dave was Merlin’s successor, while Dave recounted how their earlier encounter had left him mocked and humiliated. Recognizing the events from the film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Jerry introduced himself as a wizard from Hogwarts, a school Balthazar had never heard of.

• Balthazar restored the iron bird to a rooftop decoration while Dave complained about being dragged into the magical world again.
• Jerry stopped Dave and Balthazar’s argument and listened as Dave explained how he first met Balthazar ten years earlier and was blamed for imagining their battle.
• Dave described how the incident ruined his reputation and forced him to transfer schools, then Jerry recognized his story as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
• Balthazar thanked Jerry for saving Dave and asked which school of magic he attended.
• Jerry claimed he was from Hogwarts School, and Balthazar said he had never heard of it despite living for over two thousand years.

Jerry learned that Balthazar had spent over two thousand years mastering magic and sought to build a relationship with him to learn the world’s immortality technique. Balthazar explained that the Hand of Death sealed Morgana and her strongest followers, then urged David to embrace his role as Merlin’s heir; Jerry left thinking about the advantages of ring-based magic and how little threat these Wizards might pose in the modern age.

• Jerry claimed Hogwarts was an ancient, secluded school, and Balthazar warned him that Horvath might come after him.
• Jerry asked about the Hand of Death, and Balthazar explained that it sealed Morgana and powerful Wizards from her faction.
• Balthazar said Merlin had sealed Morgana after Horvath’s betrayal and that only Merlin’s heir, David, could defeat her.
• David denied being Merlin’s heir and said he wanted an ordinary life, so Balthazar revealed Merlin’s Dragon Ring as evidence of his connection to magic.
• Jerry recognized the Dragon Ring, considered how rings could serve as sturdier casting mediums than wands, and planned to take rings from Morgana’s followers.
• Jerry doubted that Morgana could destroy the modern world and recalled that David had killed her with particle cannons.

Jerry joined Balthazar and Dave in the search for the Hand of Death, using a Disillusionment Charm to conceal their flight to Chinatown. Horvath also traced the doll to Chinatown and sneaked into a building while Jerry and Dave waited outside.

• Jerry decided to keep Morgana sealed and became interested in learning Sealing Magic.
• Dave agreed to help Balthazar find the Hand of Death, and Jerry offered to join them and conceal their journey.
• Balthazar awakened the giant iron bird, and Jerry cast a Disillusionment Charm on the group and their ride.
• Horvath used time-reversal magic to discover that an elderly Chinese woman had taken the Russian Nesting Doll, then traveled to Chinatown.
• Horvath spotted Dave and Jerry, transformed himself into a woman, and slipped into a building while they watched the dragon dance.
• Jerry tested Dave's Dragon Ring, confirmed it enhanced magic, and returned it without trying to take it.

Horvath stole the Hand of Death after tricking Balthazar with Veronica’s appearance, then escaped on a conjured pterosaur. Balthazar and Dave pursued him while Jerry stayed behind to fight Sun Long, and their battle continued with neither wizard gaining the upper hand.

• Horvath disguised himself as Veronica, caught Balthazar off guard, and stole the Hand of Death.
• Balthazar tracked Horvath to the rooftop, where Sun Long blocked the way as Horvath escaped on a pterosaur.
• Jerry held off Sun Long while Balthazar and Dave pursued Horvath on the giant iron bird.
• Jerry stopped Sun Long’s silver needles with a Freezing Spell, then fought back with a Sleeping Charm, a Shield Charm, and an Arrow Shooting Spell.
• Sun Long blocked Jerry’s attacks with a shield of fire, and the two wizards continued exchanging spells.

Jerry used concealed Black Mambas to poison Sun Long and defeated him before the Dragon Transformation Spell could turn the fight against him. He cured Sun Long, searched for the magic ring he wanted, and found that Sun Long wore none.

• Jerry relied on his Shield Charm and knowledge of the Killing Curse to hold off Sun Long while planning to capture him alive for his magic ring and magical knowledge.
• Sun Long activated the Dragon Transformation Spell, bringing a giant black dragon to life and sending it toward the rooftop.
• While Sun Long focused on controlling the dragon, Jerry secretly summoned three invisible Black Mambas that bit and poisoned him, dispelling his magic and knocking him unconscious.
• Jerry cured Sun Long's snake venom, put him back to sleep with a Sleeping Charm, and searched for his magic ring.
• Jerry found no ring on Sun Long, who wore only ten golden nail guards.

Jerry defeated Sun Long, took his ruby-set bracer, and joined Balthazar and Dave as they confronted Horvath. When Horvath fled, Jerry attacked him with Sectumsempra, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jerry discovered Sun Long's bracer was his Casting Medium, took it, bound Sun Long, and stowed him in the Box Space.
• Jerry flew after Balthazar and found him brawling with Horvath while a giant iron bird fought a wyvern overhead.
• Jerry's Sleeping Charm briefly stunned Horvath, but a flash from Horvath's sapphire restored him and smoke dispelled Jerry's invisibility.
• Horvath recognized Jerry and realized Sun Long had lost, then fled toward the rooftop exit as Balthazar and Dave welcomed Jerry's arrival.
• Jerry flew after Horvath and fired Sectumsempra at him.

Jerry discovered that his Sectumsempra prevented Horvath’s magic-worm form from healing him, but Balthazar stopped Jerry from killing Horvath. Balthazar explained that the Morgana Faction wizards were needed to reinforce the seals holding Morgana, so Jerry lowered his wand.

• Horvath blocked Balthazar’s Particle Cannon with an Air Shield but suffered an ankle wound from Jerry’s Sectumsempra and transformed into magic worms.
• Horvath reformed, but his Sectumsempra wound kept bleeding, and Jerry realized the spell’s curse prevented his magic from healing it.
• Jerry cast Sectumsempra at Horvath again, while Balthazar restrained Horvath with rooftop iron railings and knocked away his scepter.
• Balthazar told Jerry that Morgana’s followers powered layers of seals around the Hand of Death, and Jerry stopped attacking Horvath to preserve the seal.

After Balthazar sealed Horvath in the Hand of Death, Dave asked to learn magic, and Balthazar agreed to teach him. Balthazar also invited Jerry to study under him, and the three headed to Dave’s hidden underground laboratory.

• Dave brought Balthazar the Hand of Death, and Balthazar sealed Horvath inside it.
• Balthazar offered to leave Dave alone, but Dave asked to learn magic, and Balthazar happily agreed.
• Jerry asked Balthazar for magical guidance, explaining that he had taught himself after his teacher died.
• Balthazar invited Jerry to study magic alongside Dave, and Jerry accepted.
• Dave suggested his hidden laboratory in an abandoned subway tunnel as a place to train, and Balthazar agreed.
• Jerry cast Disillusionment Charms, and the three flew with the big iron bird to Dave’s laboratory.