Chapter Summaries

Mia, Harry, Ron, and Hermione visited Godric’s Hollow, where Harry confronted the memorial to his parents before masked attackers ambushed them. After the attackers stunned Harry, Ron, and Hermione, Mia fought back with powerful Dark Magic and faced off against the remaining attacker.

• Harry, Ron, Mia, and Hermione arrived at Roy’s house in Godric’s Hollow, and Mia showed Hermione around.
• Harry refused to avoid the Potter family home and went with his friends to the ruins where his parents had died.
• Two masked attackers ambushed the children and stunned Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
• Mia countered an attacker’s Stunning Spell with Crucio and struck him with the curse.
• Mia cast Avada Kedavra at the second attacker, who dodged it and blocked her next Crucio.
• Mia and the attacker traded taunts and prepared to continue fighting, with Mia casting Flesh Separation and the attacker answering with Finite Incantatem.

Mia lost control to the Obscurus and devastated the Potter family ruins and the surrounding village, killing one attacker by draining his life force. Tiago watched her battle the arriving Aurors and concluded that the Obscurus had evolved, while wondering how Roy Smith would save her.

• Mia overwhelmed the masked attacker with Dark Magic until she exhausted herself, but a Stunning Spell failed to stop her.
• Mia’s Obscurus erupted with a powerful Dark Magic whirlwind, wrecked buildings across the street, and buried the attacker in rubble.
• Mia dragged the attacker from the rubble and drained his life force until he became a corpse, then turned on the unconscious second attacker.
• Tiago watched from a distant hill as Mia fought the arriving Aurors and knocked down several of them.
• Tiago packed up his telescope and left, concluding that the Obscurus had evolved to absorb other people’s life force and that his plan had failed again.

Slytherin defeated Gryffindor in a Quidditch match, while Roy left the celebration behind to answer an urgent note from Dumbledore. At St Mungo’s, Roy learned that Mia was safe and that two mummified corpses were the attackers she had drained of life force.

• Charlie caught the Golden Snitch, but Slytherin’s lead left Gryffindor more than 150 points behind, and Slytherin won.
• Slytherin celebrated its victory while the Gryffindors shouted back, and Roy exchanged a brief, competitive look with Aisling.
• Roy returned to the Hufflepuff common room to study, but Fawkes delivered a note that sent him rushing from Hogwarts.
• Roy Apparated to St Mungo’s and confronted Dumbledore in the morgue, demanding to know what had happened to Mia.
• Dumbledore assured Roy that Mia was safe and pointed out the two mummified attackers whose life force she had drained.

Roy learned that Mia was stable but dangerously out of control, and Dumbledore kept her sedated while he went to negotiate with the Ministry. Harry, Ron, and Hermione revealed that the attackers had mentioned a mastermind, and Roy took them home after receiving a coin found on one of the attackers.

• Roy saw the attackers’ drained corpses and learned Mia had absorbed their life force and magic, leaving Dumbledore unable to read their memories.
• Dumbledore told Roy Mia was restrained under a Deep Sleep Charm because she had injured Aurors, then asked him to finish protective magic while he dealt with the Ministry.
• Roy reflected outside Mia’s sealed ward before Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived with an ancient North African gold coin recovered from an attacker.
• Hermione told Roy the trio had encountered the attackers at the Potter home ruins and heard them refer to a mastermind behind them.
• Roy took Harry, Ron, and Hermione to Number 4 Privet Drive, then set off with Harry for The Burrow.

Roy took Hermione home after the battle, and she transformed an ancient gold coin into a key. He left to investigate the devastated Godric's Hollow, while Hermione wondered whether she was a witch.

• Roy Apparated with Ron and Hermione to the Burrow, then took Hermione to her home in London.
• Hermione reshaped the ancient gold coin into a key, giving Roy a new clue to investigate.
• Roy left Hermione before she could ask whether she was a witch, and she walked home thinking about the dangers of magic.
• Roy Apparated to Godric's Hollow and found the village wrecked by the battle between Mia and Dumbledore.
• Roy entered the Ministry-cordoned ruins by claiming he lived in the village, then examined the key and began searching for hidden valuables.

Roy searched the muddy ruins for clues but found nothing, then returned to his Special Operations Office, where a drunk Aisling waited. After explaining what he knew about Mia’s attack, he left her asleep and returned to the Hufflepuff dormitory, still troubled by the case.

• Roy searched the ruins in the rain, found no clues, and Apparated back to his office in the Forbidden Forest.
• Roy discovered Aisling waiting in the dark, and she teased him about getting covered in mud.
• Roy explained the circumstances of Mia’s attack to Aisling, but she fell asleep before they could discuss it further.
• Roy covered Aisling with a blanket and returned to the Hufflepuff dormitory, reassuring Cedric that nothing was wrong.
• Roy lay awake thinking, “I’ll never let you go, Fly Head.”

After learning that Mia had been attacked and Godric's Hollow destroyed, Roy prepared to investigate the people responsible. He left the Key with Aisling to identify its lock and set out to trace Mia's route, carrying the Elder Wand she returned to him.

• Roy told Cedric and the others that attackers had targeted Mia and destroyed Godric's Hollow, then asked them to keep the news of his investigation quiet.
• Roy said he would investigate the attackers despite Cedric's warning, and his friends agreed to cover for him while he took leave.
• Aisling followed Roy from the Great Hall, transformed the Key into a gold coin, and agreed to have someone identify what it opened.
• Roy told Aisling he planned to trace the route Mia had taken, believing the attackers had followed her.
• Aisling threw Roy the Elder Wand and urged him to stay alive, and Roy put it in his wand holster before leaving.

Harry told Roy that Mia had withdrawn money from Gringotts, visited Ollivander's shop, and bought Hermione a toy wand before meeting the others. Roy found no answers at Ollivander's, then saw Aisling's Wizard Purist Party associates leaving Gringotts after a clash with its officials, leaving him convinced the bank was central to the mystery.

• Roy questioned Harry about Mia's activities, and Harry described their day while asking Roy to keep Hermione's contact with the Wizarding World secret.
• Harry remembered that Mia had visited Diagon Alley, withdrawn money from a Gringotts vault, and collected a toy wand from Ollivander.
• Roy realized Mia had been using his vault and went to Ollivander's shop to ask whether anyone had followed her.
• Ollivander said Mia had visited but that no unknown person had followed her, so Roy decided to investigate Gringotts.
• Roy saw Wolf and Aisling's associates leave Gringotts angrily after a dispute with its officials, and concluded that the bank was where the problem lay.

Roy tried to use his Gringotts status to uncover who had accessed a vault, hoping to find the killer and protect his sister Mia. His plan was stopped by the bank president, who refused to reveal the vault’s records or contents.

• Roy entered Gringotts in extravagant clothes and demanded that the manager show him the access records for his vault.
• When the Goblins refused to let him inspect the bank’s records room, Roy pressured them into retrieving records for a vault key he supplied.
• Roy secretly substituted an ancient gold coin transformed into a key for the key to his own Vault 1145.
• The Goblin searching for the records returned with Tiago Brando, the president of Gringotts, who recognized that the key did not belong to Roy.
• Roy told Tiago that the vault might reveal the killer’s whereabouts and asked for its records and contents to protect Mia.
• Tiago refused, citing Gringotts’ commitment to protecting its customers’ assets.

Roy and Aisling discussed the mysterious Key and learned it belonged to Vault 901, whose ordinary records made its connection to the slain attackers suspicious. Roy refused Aisling’s plan to pressure Gringotts because Mia’s safety came first, and decided to enter the vault himself as a Wallbreaker.

• Aisling identified the Key as belonging to Vault 901 and explained that its registered owner and account records seemed ordinary.
• Aisling argued that the Key’s appearance on the attackers and Gringotts’s past conduct suggested the bank was involved.
• Aisling proposed using Dumbledore’s influence to weaken Gringotts’s new director and support Goblins willing to cooperate.
• Roy rejected Aisling’s plan because it risked interfering with matters concerning Mia’s health and safety.
• Roy said he would enter Vault 901 and declared that he would be their Wallbreaker.

Tiago ordered his Goblins to secure Vault 901, then used Mia’s blood to transform himself into her and planned to use the remaining blood as a trap. At Hogwarts, Roy finished Potions tutoring with Snape and challenged Aisling to a broom race the night before their Quidditch match.

• Tiago berated his Goblin subordinates for revealing Vault 901 and failing to open it, then ordered them to open or seal the vault.
• Tiago examined Mia’s blood, drank some of it, and transformed into an exact likeness of her.
• Snape tutored Roy in Potions, nearly asked about Roy’s unusual extraction method, and told him to return the next night.
• Roy worried about his lack of Quidditch practice and went to the pitch after curfew to fly.
• Aisling arrived at the pitch, and Roy challenged her to race from there to the Headmaster’s Office tower.

After settling Mia’s punishment arrangements, Dumbledore watched Roy and Aisling race through the night before turning his attention to the Hufflepuff–Ravenclaw Quidditch match. Roy overcame the team’s nerves, scored first, and left Hufflepuff with an early 10–0 lead.

• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts after negotiating with the Wizengamot and watched Roy and Aisling race and trade insults around the tower.
• Roy arrived at breakfast limping from Aisling’s kicks, while the nervous Hufflepuff players prepared for their match against Ravenclaw.
• Connor vomited during warm-ups, and Cedric fetched Madam Pomfrey, who scolded both him and Connor.
• Cedric worried that he was a poor captain, but Roy entered a fierce competitive state and reassured Cedric before the teams took the pitch.
• Roy seized the Quaffle at the opening scramble and scored, putting Hufflepuff ahead 10–0.

Roy helped Hufflepuff defeat Ravenclaw 290–10, then left the celebration with Aisling and Dumbledore for an urgent visit to the Ministry of Magic. They arrived at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

• Roy stole the ball and scored repeatedly as Hufflepuff’s chaotic strategy overwhelmed Ravenclaw.
• Cedric caught the Golden Snitch, securing Hufflepuff’s 290–10 victory, then embraced Roy and cried with relief.
• Hufflepuff celebrated the victory in the common room while Roy slipped away, saying his stomach hurt.
• Roy met Aisling and Dumbledore in the corridor and agreed to leave with them.
• Dumbledore Apparated Roy and Aisling to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in London.

Dumbledore defended his guardianship of Mia Sallow in a Wizengamot hearing, and the proceedings appeared set to preserve his custody until Dolores Umbridge abruptly challenged his supervision. Roy watched from the gallery as the trial’s expected outcome was thrown into doubt.

• Dumbledore told Roy to stay silent, then entered the courtroom and took the defense stand while Roy and Aisling watched from the gallery.
• Newt and Tina joined Roy, and Tina explained that the hearing was expected to preserve Mia’s custody with Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore argued that attackers had triggered Mia’s Obscurus outbreak, and Derrick Croll offered little resistance as the hearing proceeded.
• Dumbledore asked the Wizengamot to restore his custody of Mia and remove her from the Ministry’s high-priority surveillance list.
• As Amelia Bones prepared to announce the agreed verdict, Dolores Umbridge challenged Dumbledore’s supervision of Mia, prompting Roy to ask who she was.

At Mia Sallow’s hearing, Cornelius Fudge tried to use Dolores Umbridge to blame Dumbledore for failing to supervise the Obscurial. Dumbledore offered to resign as a Ministry adviser so he could focus on Mia, and Fudge eagerly accepted.

• Roy asked Aisling who Dolores Umbridge was, and Aisling retorted that Roy was British.
• Dumbledore asked Umbridge for her opinion, prompting Cornelius Fudge to step in and argue that Dumbledore should no longer be Mia Sallow’s guardian.
• Roy cursed Fudge, while the courtroom audience laughed at his maneuver.
• Dumbledore offered to resign as a Ministry adviser so he could devote more energy to caring for Mia, and Fudge gladly agreed.
• Roy accused Aisling of wanting to use Dumbledore’s influence to build a Ministry faction, and Aisling punched her.

After Mia’s preliminary hearing, Dumbledore explained to Roy and Aisling why he had accepted the ruling that kept Mia confined at St Mungo’s until her Obscurus was under control. Aisling challenged his political compromise, and the chapter ended with Roy teasing her before she retaliated.

• Aisling loudly criticized Dumbledore for compromising with Fudge as Roy urged her to lower her voice.
• Dumbledore joined Roy and Aisling, took them away from the crowded corridor, and explained that Mia had to remain in an isolation ward at St Mungo’s until her Obscurus was controlled.
• Roy asked to visit Mia, and Dumbledore agreed to take him there, then led them to Arthur Weasley’s office.
• Aisling asked Dumbledore why he had yielded to Fudge, and he warned her that power could corrupt while insisting Fudge would not doom Britain’s wizarding world.
• Dumbledore left Roy and Aisling to return by Apparition, and Roy teased Aisling by comparing her future self to Umbridge before she struck back.

Roy and Aisling hid under a powerful Disillusionment Charm when Roy sensed someone approaching, and overheard Minister Fudge speaking privately with Gringotts Governor Tiago. Roy recognized their collusion and left eager to act against Fudge, telling Aisling to start preparing to bring him down.

• Roy concealed himself and Aisling with an Ancient Magic-enhanced Disillusionment Charm when he sensed people approaching.
• Minister Fudge and Gringotts Governor Tiago passed through the corridor and discussed relying on each other over Gringotts matters and the Ministry's finances.
• Roy and Aisling realized Fudge and Tiago were colluding, while Aisling stayed hidden as the men went by.
• Aisling searched for Roy and accidentally collided with him as he raced invisibly through the corridor.
• Roy removed the Disillusionment Charm and urged Aisling to begin preparing to bring Fudge down.

Roy completed a device that let him use Phasing without dizziness and combine it with silent, invisible infiltration. After Aisling arrived to discuss important matters, Roy’s prank and careless handling of her confidential documents ended with her knocking him unconscious.

• Roy tested his new stabilizer and Silent Infiltration Gear, finding that he could phase invisibly without the usual dizziness.
• Roy phased away when Aisling entered the hut, leaving her to clean his workshop and complain about him.
• Aisling discovered that her confidential personnel documents had vanished and searched the area for whoever had taken them.
• Roy appeared while reading the documents, and Aisling’s Reducto passed through his phased body without harming him.
• Roy dispelled Phasing and taunted Aisling, who kicked him down and stunned him with Stupefy.

Roy and Aisling planned an operation against Gringotts and selected people to involve, while keeping Dumbledore informed only when necessary. They set Christmas break as the time to act.

• Aisling questioned whether they should notify Dumbledore, and Roy said they could contact him later if needed.
• Roy assigned Dumbledore and Professor Dia roles in the plan, with Dia kept unaware of her purpose.
• Aisling chose Wolf and a Goblin who had defected from the Wizard Purist Party as her candidates.
• Roy proposed asking Lupin to help, and Aisling agreed to consider him.
• Roy set Christmas break as the time for their move against Gringotts.

Roy showed Aisling his detailed plan to rob Gringotts and demonstrated equipment and magic meant to overcome its defenses. Aisling realized his phasing ability could let them bypass physical barriers, but the chapter ended before they attempted the heist.

• Roy presented Aisling with a detailed operational plan for the Gringotts robbery, and she praised its professionalism.
• Aisling challenged Roy to explain how they would open a vault without a Goblin holding a key.
• Roy demonstrated Silent Infiltration Tactical Gear that muffled a person's sounds and made their outline invisible.
• Roy used a Phasing effect on Aisling, causing her to fall through her chair and revealing how he could pass through solid objects.
• Aisling recognized phasing as the power Roy had called his ultimate weapon and wanted to learn its secret.