Chapter Summaries

On the stormy day of the first Quidditch match of term, Kyle, Cedric, and the Hufflepuff team prepared to face Gryffindor, confident that their extreme-weather training would give them an edge. After breakfast, both teams rose and stared each other down, leaving the match about to begin.

• Kyle and Cedric relied on the Hufflepuff team's harsh extreme-weather training to prepare for the stormy match, though they had only used their new brooms for a day.
• Cedric analyzed that Hufflepuff should exploit its experience flying in extreme weather, while Kyle and Hannah trusted their team's ability to face the Weasley Twins.
• Hannah declared she would knock Gryffindor's players out of the sky, and Kyle bumped fists with her.
• Kyle sprang up after breakfast and called the match the greatest high, prompting his six teammates to stand and glare at Gryffindor.
• Oliver Wood led the seven Gryffindor players to rise and meet Hufflepuff's stare as a sudden camera shutter captured the face-off.

Gryffindor and Hufflepuff faced off in a violent storm, with Oliver Wood rallying his team around their new brooms. Hufflepuff scored first through a coordinated Quaffle-and-Bludger play, and George and Kyle began a tight aerial dogfight.

• Oliver Wood rallied Gryffindor by praising the Weasley Twins’ ability to match Hufflepuff’s Beaters and urging the team to crush their opponents.
• Gryffindor and Hufflepuff entered the stormy pitch, where Hufflepuff’s training let its players stay steadier in the wind.
• Kyle struck a Bludger toward Hannah, while Cadwallader advanced with the Quaffle under pressure from Fred and Gryffindor’s Chasers.
• Cadwallader feinted by throwing the Quaffle into open sky, and Kyle’s Bludger knocked it back into his hands, setting up Hufflepuff’s first goal.
• Fred sent a Bludger to George, who maneuvered against Kyle as they began circling each other in a scissors maneuver.

During the stormy Quidditch match, Kyle used a dangerous dive and a powerful stomp to escape George and turn the Beaters’ dogfight in his favor. As Cedric and Harry raced for the Golden Snitch and Hufflepuff trailed Gryffindor, Kyle sent Hannah to support Cedric, then refocused on George as the chapter ended on an unexpected change.

• Kyle broke away from his scissors contest with George by diving toward the pitch, then used the First Leg to brake just above the ground and surge past him.
• Kyle called for Hannah to pass him a Bludger and used the Second Leg to fire it at George, who narrowly dodged it and called for Fred’s help.
• Cedric spotted the Golden Snitch and pursued it, while Harry followed him through the rain.
• With Hufflepuff trailing Gryffindor forty to seventy, Kyle told Hannah to stop helping him and assist Cedric, and she turned toward a Bludger.
• Kyle turned back to face George, but an unexpected change occurred.

Kyle outmaneuvered George during a stormy Quidditch match, damaged George’s broom, and knocked Harry unconscious with a Bludger. Hufflepuff defeated Gryffindor 260–110 after Cedric caught the Golden Snitch.

• George attempted a Cobra maneuver and secretly raised his elbow to hit Kyle, but Kyle dodged and kicked George’s broom, cracking it through his Shield Charm.
• Madam Hooch caught George’s wandless Protego and gave both George and Kyle warnings rather than ejecting either player.
• Kyle struck Harry unconscious with a Bludger, and Dumbledore stopped Harry’s fall before he hit the ground.
• With Harry out and Gryffindor’s morale collapsing, Hufflepuff began a counterattack, and George and Fred surrendered.
• Cedric caught the Golden Snitch, ending the match with Hufflepuff ahead 260–110.

Harry recovered from another Quidditch injury and visited Professor Lupin after being discharged, where they discussed Lupin's health and Harry's memories of his parents. Harry ended by asking whether Lupin had heard from his godfather, Sirius.

• Harry woke in the Hospital Wing after another Quidditch match and accepted a potion from Madam Pomfrey while his teammates left to eat.
• Harry recalled that Snape had been substituting for Lupin's Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons because Lupin was recovering from his transformation during the full moon.
• The next day, Harry visited Lupin, who welcomed him into his office and offered him black tea.
• Lupin said that seeing Harry reminded him of the past he had shared with James, and Harry changed the subject to ask whether Lupin had been in contact with Sirius.

Harry asked Lupin to teach him the Patronus Charm so he could defend himself against Dementors. Meanwhile, Kyle and the Four Troublemakers found Ravenclaw's Diadem in the Room of Requirement, confirmed it was a Horcrux, and set out to take it to Dumbledore.

• Harry envied Kyle's strength and asked Lupin to teach him the Patronus Charm, and Lupin agreed.
• Kyle tested the diadem with his wand, and its attack confirmed his suspicion that it was a Horcrux.
• Kyle and George used protective magic to handle the diadem and recognized Ravenclaw's motto engraved on it.
• Cedric traced the Dark Arts fluctuation to the diadem in the Room of Requirement and confirmed there were no other traces.
• Kyle and the Four Troublemakers decided to take Ravenclaw's Diadem to Dumbledore.

Kyle and the others interrupted a tense meeting between Dumbledore and Minister Cornelius Fudge, then showed Dumbledore Ravenclaw's Diadem, which he recognized as a Horcrux. Dumbledore learned that Cedric had found it in the Room of Requirement and wondered how the group had uncovered it.

• Kyle opened Dumbledore's office door using the alchemical security features he had installed.
• Kyle, Cedric, Fred, and George found Cornelius Fudge arguing with Dumbledore about the Dementors at Hogwarts and their need to feed.
• Fudge left the office after giving Kyle a cold look, and Fred questioned his nerve for visiting Hogwarts.
• Kyle placed Ravenclaw's Diadem on Dumbledore's desk, and Dumbledore recognized it as a Horcrux.
• Kyle told Dumbledore that Cedric had found the diadem in the Room of Requirement, prompting Dumbledore to wonder how they had discovered it.

Kyle and the others discussed whether Voldemort had made Horcruxes from the founders’ relics, then asked Dumbledore if Ravenclaw’s Diadem could be cleansed without being destroyed. Dumbledore agreed to try and put the diadem away before taking them to lunch.

• Kyle welcomed the Four Troublemakers into Dumbledore’s office, and Cedric explained that his Hydra blood made him sensitive to Dark Arts fluctuations, helping him find the diadem.
• Kyle speculated that Voldemort might have turned other founders’ relics into Horcruxes, and Dumbledore said Slytherin’s Locket was plausible while the Sword of Gryffindor was safe.
• Dumbledore warned them to focus on Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup, and Kyle considered how many soul fragments Voldemort might have created.
• Dumbledore examined Ravenclaw’s Diadem, and Kyle asked whether its soul fragment could be destroyed without damaging the treasure.
• Dumbledore said he would try to cleanse the diadem and might seek outside help, then put it in his desk and led them to the Great Hall for lunch.

At Spinner's End, Snape enlisted Lucius Malfoy's help in capturing Kyle Dumbledore during the next Hogsmeade weekend so he could obtain the Elder Wand. Snape planned to use the three Deathly Hallows to resurrect Lily and intended to return Kyle unharmed.

• Lucius visited Snape at Spinner's End after the hidden house appeared before him.
• Snape told Lucius he had found the other two Deathly Hallows and needed help obtaining the Elder Wand from Dumbledore.
• Snape revealed that Kyle was Dumbledore's son and warned Lucius that Kyle was too powerful for them to capture alone.
• Lucius agreed to use former Death Eaters he had recruited to capture Kyle during the next Hogsmeade weekend.
• After Lucius left, Snape reflected that he did not want to harm Kyle and planned to return him safely after resurrecting Lily.

Hagrid taught the third-years about Occamies, demonstrating how one could shrink to fit inside a teapot. As the students examined the creature, Kyle used the more orderly lesson to study Hashirama's Wood Release.

• Draco reflected on how much he enjoyed Care of Magical Creatures with Harley and how Pansy’s absence made the class more pleasant.
• Hagrid asked the students to guess the creature they would study, then gave Hermione an Occamy eggshell after she identified it correctly.
• Hagrid summoned Melania, a gigantic Occamy, from the Forbidden Forest and explained that it could change size to fit its surroundings.
• Hagrid lured Melania with a cockroach in a teapot, and the Occamy shrank to thumb-size before snatching the insect.
• Hagrid passed the teapot to the students while Kyle used the class time to study Hashirama's Wood Release.

Kyle investigated why his natural magic could not produce powerful Wood Release and discovered that the kind of tree he grew affected its strength. After growing a Whomping Willow into a giant tree with a much tougher trunk, he wondered what he could accomplish with the legendary World Tree.

• Kyle concluded that his abundant vitality should let him excel at natural magic, but his Wood Release remained weak.
• While Hagrid and the students fed baby Occamies, Kyle infused a sapling with vitality and magic until it became a giant tree.
• Kyle tested the ordinary tree with a Kunai and found its wood too weak for combat.
• Kyle planted Whomping Willow branches and used Wood Release: Tree Realm Descent to grow them into a tree over thirty meters tall.
• Kyle found the Whomping Willow's trunk much tougher and wondered what would happen if he could grow the legendary World Tree.

After fleeing the Weasleys, Peter Pettigrew was hunted down by Grindelwald’s Saints in the Scottish Highlands. Kyle met the Saints at Hogwarts and took custody of the unconscious Pettigrew.

• Kyle continued working on cultivating the Six Paths of Pain and White Zetsu while planning to modify tree species for Susanoo.
• Peter Pettigrew fled the Burrow after learning that Sirius had escaped Azkaban, then hid in a forest in the Scottish Highlands.
• More than two hundred Saints surrounded Peter’s cabin, stunned him, and captured him after he tried to escape.
• Mads Mikkelsen brought the shackled, unconscious Peter to Hogwarts, where Kyle lifted him and carried him toward the castle.

Kyle brought Peter Pettigrew to Dumbledore’s office, where the professors confronted the captured traitor. Dumbledore prepared to summon the Ministry of Magic, leaving the group to interrogate Peter and arrange Sirius’s retrial.

• Dumbledore received Kyle in his office and sent a Patronus to notify the professors.
• Kyle woke Peter with the Cruciatus Curse, and Dumbledore warned him not to use Unforgivable Curses casually.
• Dumbledore asked Peter why he had survived, and Peter claimed he had betrayed the Potters because he was afraid.
• Lupin confronted Peter, who accused Sirius of leaking the Potters’ secret, while the professors rejected his excuses.
• Kyle used Fiendfyre to cauterize Peter’s bleeding forehead, then left to return to sleep.
• Dumbledore sent a letter to Cornelius Fudge and planned for Peter’s interrogation, Sirius’s return, and Sirius’s retrial.

Cornelius Fudge announced that Sirius Black had been wrongly imprisoned and postponed his trial until after Christmas. At Akina Mountain Manor, Kyle began unsealing the Six Paths of Pain, starting with Deva Path and planning how to distribute their abilities.

• Cornelius Fudge explained Sirius Black's case to Hogwarts staff and students and said Sirius's trial would take place after Christmas break.
• Kyle moved six cloned bodies from their jars onto experiment tables, leaving the White Zetsu body behind.
• Kyle granted Deva Path a portion of his personality, and Deva Path opened his eyes with only basic intelligence.
• Kyle began placing restrictions on Deva Path before granting him magical abilities.
• Kyle decided Black Zetsu would control the Six Paths and considered how to divide their limited magical power and combat roles.

Kyle created most of his Six Paths of Pain and asked George to help modify the remaining Asura Path. At lunch, he gave Hermione a silver ring with a large ruby, leaving her wondering if he was proposing.

• Kyle transferred his combat abilities to the Deva Path and created Mithril rings to link and control the Six Paths of Pain.
• Kyle postponed modifying the Asura Path and went to the Great Hall to ask George for help making a puppet.
• George agreed to help Kyle while they ate hot pot at the Gryffindor table.
• Kyle handed Hermione a black box containing a silver ring with a large ruby, and she wondered if he meant to propose.

Kyle gave Hermione a ring, and the Great Hall mistook it for a marriage proposal. After he explained himself to Hermione and they reconciled, he took her to the kitchens for food.

• Kyle gave Hermione an Akatsuki ring, and Hermione worried that he was proposing too early.
• Alicia Spinnet loudly asked if Kyle and Hermione were getting engaged, and the students began chanting for Hermione to say yes.
• Kyle pulled Hermione from the Great Hall, sealed the doors behind them, and took her to the greenhouses.
• Kyle explained the ring, and Hermione angrily hit and stomped on him before they kissed; she said the ring did not count as a proposal.
• Kyle led Hermione to the kitchens and opened the portrait entrance he had modified.

Hermione saw the House-elves working in Hogwarts’s kitchen and was appalled by their conditions. Kyle explained that the elves rejected his attempts to improve their lives, but agreed to help Hermione pursue change as Minister of Magic.

• Hermione visited the Hogwarts kitchen for the first time and was shocked by the number of House-elves and their working conditions.
• Hermione called the House-elves slaves and scolded Kyle for eating, while Kyle explained that they had refused his offers of clothes, holidays, and wages.
• Kyle told Hermione that House-elves would have to choose to improve their own lives and questioned what she could accomplish as a student.
• Hermione asked whether becoming Minister of Magic would let her pass laws to improve House-elves’ living conditions.
• Kyle joked about killing Cornelius Fudge so Hermione could take his place, then promised to help her seriously.

Kyle invited Grindelwald to Hogwarts for the holiday, and Grindelwald arrived at Hogsmeade Station to reunite with him and Dumbledore. The three headed toward the castle together, leaving Dumbledore carrying Grindelwald’s luggage.

• Kyle stayed at Hogwarts for the holiday to work on the Asura Path with George and sent Grindelwald an invitation by flying broomstick and Idataqi.
• Grindelwald arrived at Hogsmeade Station, where Kyle greeted him with a hug while Dumbledore watched jealously.
• Grindelwald greeted Dumbledore, and Kyle joined their hands before the two old rivals quickly let go and blushed.
• Grindelwald handed his luggage to Dumbledore and walked toward Hogwarts with Kyle, leaving Dumbledore alone on the platform.

Grindelwald visited Hogwarts and toured the castle with Kyle, while Dumbledore struggled with the father and son’s closeness. At lunch, Kyle introduced Grindelwald to his friends as his father, leaving them stunned, while Snape watched from the teachers’ table.

• Grindelwald explored Hogwarts with Kyle, who pointed out his prank traps and received a blow to the head from Dumbledore.
• Kyle took Grindelwald on a castle tour and then sat with Hermione, Ginny, Cedric, and the Weasley brothers for lunch.
• Grindelwald sat beside Kyle, leaving Dumbledore without a seat and prompting him to walk away.
• Kyle introduced George, Fred, and Cedric as his troublemaking friends and called Grindelwald his father, astonishing everyone at the table.
• Snape covertly watched Grindelwald from the teachers’ table and considered how to deal with his unexpected arrival.

Kyle and the Weasley Twins finished outfitting the Asura Path with Uru metal armor and powerful weapon systems, then Kyle healed its body and introduced Black Zetsu. The chapter left Black Zetsu merging with the Deva Path while George and Fred abandoned their attempt to imitate Kyle’s dangerous creation method.

• Kyle and the Weasley Twins used Uru metal, made from Mithril and adamantine, to give the Asura Path shape-changing armor and weapons.
• Kyle chose rapid-fire machine guns that fired Avada Kedavra, Fiendfyre flamethrowers usable only with the Deva Path present, and a laser cannon that could draw power from lightning.
• Kyle speculated that the Asura Path might eventually use nuclear reactors to power a Nuclear Breath attack, but said that was still far off.
• Kyle healed an incision in the Asura Path, then Black Zetsu emerged from his robe and spread across half of the Deva Path’s body.
• George and Fred mistook Kyle’s claim that Black Zetsu was his son for a child with Hermione, and Kyle explained that he had created it by casting the Patronus Charm with negative emotions.
• Kyle warned George and Fred that attempting the technique could make their wands produce maggots that would swallow them, so they put their wands away.