Chapter Summaries

Kyle and Hermione were ambushed at the Three Broomsticks, and Hermione was captured by Dark wizards as bait. Kyle discovered the ruined bar and sent for help, while Hermione was taken to a forest ambush where Fenrir Greyback revealed himself.

• Kyle and Hermione visited the Three Broomsticks, where Hermione went to get their drinks while Kyle waited at their old table.
• Kyle realized the bar patrons were repeating preset routines and saw through the illusion to find the bar wrecked and Madam Rosmerta gravely wounded.
• Kyle summoned his six Paths, sent the Preta Path and Animal Path to Hogwarts for help, and used Legilimency as the Naraka Path treated Madam Rosmerta.
• Dark wizards revealed that they had captured Hermione, sealed her magic, and carried her to a forest to lure Kyle into their trap.
• Hermione saw at least thirty masked wizards in the forest and recognized Fenrir Greyback after he removed his mask.

Kyle rescued Hermione from Fenrir Greyback and the Dark wizards who had captured her, then led a counterattack with the aid of his summoned Paths. After Hermione helped him defeat their leader, Kyle continued fighting the remaining enemies.

• Kyle killed Fenrir Greyback, then surrendered his wand when the Dark wizards threatened Hermione with a dagger.
• Kyle summoned the Deva Path and Asura Path, whose attacks scattered the Dark wizards and created a Fiendfyre barrier around the fight.
• Kyle reunited with Hermione, who clung to him in relief, and left the Asura Path to protect her while she supported him with spells.
• The Dark wizards formed a golden barrier around the Fiendfyre wall, and Kyle charged their ranks with Feng Qiu Huang and a lightning Thunderbird.
• Hermione blasted the leader's wand hand with Reducto, allowing Kyle to strike off his head.

Kyle, Hermione, and the Paths overwhelmed the Death Eaters and werewolves trapped by their own Anti-Apparition Jinx. As Lucius Malfoy watched the massacre, Snape raised a coffin and revealed a tall, thin figure.

• Hermione blasted dark wizards who tried to ambush Kyle while the Asura Path shielded her and the Deva Path attacked fleeing enemies.
• Kyle absorbed an enemy wizard’s Fiendfyre and turned it against its caster, then directed the flames at the other attackers.
• Black Zetsu observed that the battle was one-sided, while the Animal and Preta Paths brought reinforcements and the Naraka and Human Paths took the healed Madam Rosmerta to Madam Pomfrey.
• Lucius Malfoy watched in fear as Kyle cut through the Death Eaters and werewolves trapped by the Anti-Apparition Jinx.
• Snape raised a coffin from the ground, and a tall, thin figure stepped out.

Kyle faced the powerful wizard Ignotus, surviving his cursed-water attacks and countering with Susanoo and close combat. The Deva Path and Asura Path then unleashed a massive combined beam at Ignotus, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Ignotus struck Kyle with a beam, then trapped him in waves of cursed water that corroded his Susanoo until Kyle tore free.
• Kyle attacked Ignotus with his sword, blocked Ignotus's goblin-forged blade, and kicked him through several withered trees.
• The Deva Path supplied magical power while the Asura Path fired six beams that merged into a powerful blast against Ignotus's shield.
• The combined blast flattened the remaining forest, and the Deva Path and Asura Path stopped firing with their magical power nearly exhausted.

Kyle and Ignotus fought with the help of the Paths until Ignotus ambushed and fatally wounded Kyle. Kyle struck back with Feng Qiu Huang as Kirin descended, and the lightning obliterated him before Hermione’s horrified eyes.

• Kyle summoned four more Paths, while Snape stayed to continue the attack with Lucius.
• Black Zetsu gathered magic from the five Paths to power the Asura Path as Kyle and Ignotus traded spells.
• Kyle summoned Lan and prepared to strike Ignotus with Kirin, but Ignotus appeared behind him and stabbed him.
• Kyle bound himself and Ignotus together, opened four Gates, and thrust Feng Qiu Huang through Ignotus’s heart.
• Kirin’s lightning swallowed Kyle and obliterated him, leaving Hermione grief-stricken.

After surviving the battle with the Thunder Beast, Kyle was ambushed by Snape while his magic was exhausted. Hermione tried to protect him but was stabbed, and Kyle unleashed a surge of black energy as Snape turned toward him.

• Hermione mourned the blond boy until Kyle appeared alive, and she embraced him despite his ruined right eye.
• Kyle explained that using Izanagi had drained his magic, but an unknown attacker shattered his potion and stunned him and Hermione.
• Snape appeared and tried to take Kyle away while Grindelwald and Dumbledore were held off by other enemies.
• Hermione refused to flee, confessed that she liked Kyle most, and repeatedly attacked Snape with Gentle Step: Double Lion Fist.
• After Hermione could no longer rise, Snape stabbed her in the back with Feng Qiu Huang, and black energy erupted from Kyle and surged toward him.

Kyle transformed into an Obscurus to drive Snape away, then collapsed after healing Hermione’s worst wound. He woke in the Hospital Wing, learned Hermione would recover, and asked Dumbledore and Grindelwald about his transformation.

• Kyle’s Obscurus overwhelmed Snape’s barrier, but Snape escaped when the Anti-Apparition Jinx was lifted.
• Kyle regained control, found Hermione alive, healed her serious wound, and collapsed as Dumbledore and Grindelwald arrived.
• Kyle woke in the Hospital Wing and learned from Dumbledore that Hermione’s injuries were not serious, though she would need another day to wake.
• Kyle noticed Dumbledore’s crooked nose and inferred that Grindelwald had beaten him after the attack.
• Kyle asked whether he had become an Obscurial, and Grindelwald confirmed it; he and Dumbledore explained that Kyle’s immense magical power made an Obscurus possible.

After waking from two and a half days unconscious, Kyle learned it was Christmas and gave Dumbledore and Grindelwald life-size moving-picture pillows of each other. He comforted Hermione, then began the Insight Project early in his expanded alchemy laboratory before returning to wait beside her.

• Kyle suspected his attackers had meant to capture him as a hostage, while Grindelwald and Dumbledore argued over who had failed to protect him.
• Grindelwald and Dumbledore gave Kyle Christmas presents, and Kyle retrieved his Ninja Tool Pouch to give them enormous body pillows depicting each other.
• Kyle sat beside sleeping Hermione, soothed her, and kissed her forehead before Dumbledore and Grindelwald left the Hospital Wing.
• Kyle summoned Black Zetsu and entered his suitcase laboratory, where he examined the damaged Six Paths of Pain and expanded the laboratory with his Obscurus magic.
• Kyle gave Black Zetsu a flask of his blood and ordered it to begin the Insight Project ahead of schedule.
• Kyle returned to the Hospital Wing, pushed his bed beside Hermione's, and stayed with her through the night.

After Kyle and Hermione recovered in the Hospital Wing, Kyle handed out the Christmas gifts he had prepared for their friends. The chapter ended with Kyle giving Cedric a greatsword instead of the gift he had originally planned.

• Kyle and Hermione flirted in the Hospital Wing until Dumbledore and Grindelwald walked in, then the two men hit Kyle for the gifts he had given them.
• The previous night, Dumbledore and Grindelwald had opened Kyle’s gifts and found life-sized body pillows printed with portraits of each other, which they kept despite deciding to discipline him.
• Kyle used a Disillusionment Charm to leave the Hospital Wing with Hermione despite Madam Pomfrey’s objections.
• Kyle and Hermione met their concerned friends in the Great Hall, where Kyle answered questions about the attack outside the school.
• Kyle handed out belated Christmas presents to his friends, then gave Cedric a greatsword instead of his originally planned gift.

Cedric accepted Kyle’s costly magical materials by swallowing a succession of weapons, using his Hydra bloodline’s ability to store them. The group then discussed Kyle’s Obscurial power, and Hermione eased her worries after Kyle said Dumbledore could help if needed.

• Cedric refused Kyle’s mithril sword until Kyle explained he did not want it, then swallowed it to store it as a wand.
• Kyle offered more weapons and magical materials, and Cedric swallowed them in exchange for Thunderbird feathers and wand-making supplies.
• Cedric eventually pleaded with Kyle to stop after swallowing numerous weapons, while George and Fred envied his haul.
• Cedric asked Kyle about becoming an Obscurial, and Kyle assured Hermione that he could control the increased power.
• Hermione worried about the dangers of Obscurials, but Kyle reassured her by pointing out that Dumbledore was there.
• Ron asked what an Obscurial was, and Ginny began explaining it to him.

Kyle tested his sixty-meter Susanoo over the Black Lake, while Grindelwald and Dumbledore watched proudly. At Spinner's End, Snape and Lucius planned to seek Voldemort's return and recruit more allies after their failed attempt to use Kyle against Dumbledore.

• Kyle formed a winged Susanoo, flew above the Black Lake, and sliced through two mountain peaks with Fiendfyre swords.
• Grindelwald and Dumbledore watched Kyle's display and argued over how much credit each deserved for his abilities before wrestling over Grindelwald's Fertility Potion.
• At Spinner's End, Lucius asked Snape what they would do after their plan to force Dumbledore to surrender the Elder Wand failed.
• Snape said they would need Voldemort's power, but first had to locate the Horcruxes and prepare to restrain him.
• Snape told Lucius that a group of familiar people would soon join them, leaving Lucius surprised.

Harry and Sirius went to the Ministry of Magic for Sirius and Peter Pettigrew’s retrial, which was expected to clear Sirius. The trial began with Sirius unbound and Peter chained, and Harry felt confident when Albus Dumbledore was named as a witness.

• Harry and Sirius left Grimmauld Place and entered the Ministry of Magic through a telephone booth.
• Arthur Weasley joined them in the lift and guided them to Courtroom One.
• Sirius sat in the accused’s chair without being bound, while Harry took a seat among the spectators.
• Aurors brought Peter Pettigrew into the courtroom and chained him to his chair.
• Fudge began the retrial and named Albus Dumbledore as a crucial witness, easing Harry’s remaining anxiety.

Peter Pettigrew was sentenced to life in Azkaban, while Sirius was declared innocent and released. Snape ambushed the prison carriage, killed Peter, concealed the crime from the Aurors, and then turned toward Azkaban’s prison.

• The Wizengamot sentenced Peter Pettigrew to life imprisonment, and Sirius was exonerated and released.
• Snape waited on Tower Bridge and secretly attached himself to Peter’s prison carriage as it flew toward Azkaban.
• Snape knocked out the six Aurors at Azkaban and killed Peter Pettigrew with the Killing Curse.
• Snape burned Peter’s body, altered the Aurors’ memories, and sent them back to the Ministry under the Imperius Curse.
• After arranging the Aurors’ departure, Snape looked toward Azkaban’s black-stone castle.

Grindelwald stayed at Hogwarts as a healer named Gellert Dumbledore, while Rita Skeeter’s article claiming Kyle was Grindelwald’s son reached Minister Cornelius Fudge. Fudge realized the report posed a serious problem and summoned Barty Crouch.

• After the Christmas holiday, Grindelwald remained at Hogwarts and took a healer’s post in the Hospital Wing as Gellert Dumbledore.
• Grindelwald sat beside Dumbledore at the welcome-back feast, prompting a brief stir among the students.
• Rita Skeeter’s article claiming Kyle was Grindelwald’s son appeared in a proof copy of The Daily Prophet, with the Saints’ disappearance and Grindelwald’s imprisonment offered as supporting context.
• Fudge read the article in panic and ordered his secretary to summon Barty Crouch.

After the Daily Prophet exposed Kyle's identity as Grindelwald's son, Dumbledore confirmed it at Hogwarts. Kyle reassured the students that he did not hate Muggles or judge anyone by blood status, just as Fudge and a group of Aurors entered the Great Hall.

• Fudge spoke with representatives of the International Confederation of Wizards through the Floo Network and decided the Daily Prophet would be distributed as usual.
• The Daily Prophet published a front-page article questioning Kyle's origins and suggesting he might become the next Dark Lord, prompting an uproar among Hogwarts students.
• Dumbledore told the Great Hall that Kyle was Grindelwald's son.
• Ernie Macmillan asked Kyle whether he would hate Muggles like his father, and Kyle said he did not hate Muggles or discriminate based on blood status.
• Cornelius Fudge led a group of Aurors into the Great Hall alongside a wizard dressed as if he had come from France.

Kyle confronted Fudge and the French Ministry officials at Hogwarts, rejecting their attempt to take him away and delivering a speech against the Ministry’s discrimination and abuse of power. He surrounded himself with Fiendfyre as students rallied behind him, leaving Dumbledore to step in before Kyle could attack the Aurors outside.

• Kyle refused Fudge and Machen’s demand that he go to the Ministry, and Machen threatened to take him by force.
• When a French official attacked Kyle during his speech, Kyle blocked the spell and sent the man crashing through two walls.
• Kyle held a sword to Fudge’s throat, then withdrew it and continued criticizing the Ministry’s broken promises and abuse of power.
• Kyle conjured a ring of Fiendfyre as the Aurors aimed their wands, and Hermione and other Hogwarts students crossed the flames to stand with him.
• Kyle invited the Aurors to join him and pledge their loyalty, prompting Dumbledore to step forward and tell him to stop.

After Fudge’s failed attempt to take Kyle from Hogwarts, Grindelwald promised to handle the fallout and took Kyle to France. There, Kyle prepared to use a spell at Furstemberg Square, eager to make his move.

• Fudge left Hogwarts in disgrace after Kyle resisted the Aurors, while Dumbledore repaired the damage to the castle.
• Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald about the trouble Kyle had caused, and Grindelwald promised to resolve matters thoroughly without starting a war.
• Grindelwald invited Kyle to take a walk, and the two flew out of Hogwarts before Apparating away.
• Grindelwald brought Kyle to Furstemberg Square in France and asked whether Kyle wanted to act or leave it to him.
• Kyle chose to act, told Grindelwald to save his strength, and raised his wand toward the sky.

After Grindelwald’s return plunged Ministries of Magic around the world into chaos, he appeared with Kyle at the French Ministry of Magic and faced down its officials. He declared that he would make an example of anyone trying to take his son, then ordered the Saints to attack.

• Fudge showed the other Ministers of Magic the memory of Grindelwald II at Hogwarts, and they learned that Nurmengard Castle was empty.
• The ministers argued over how to respond, while Christophe Burnham learned that black curtains bearing the French Ministry’s emblem were descending over Paris.
• Kriester emerged from the French Ministry and recognized Gellert Grindelwald, who had arrived with Kyle and summoned a crowd of nearly a thousand Saints.
• Kriester warned Grindelwald that neighboring Ministries would come to France’s aid, but Grindelwald cast an Anti-Apparition Jinx and said he would make an example of those trying to take his son.
• Grindelwald ordered the Saints to begin, and their spells engulfed Kriester and the Aurors around him.

Grindelwald and the Saints devastated the French Ministry of Magic, leaving its people unconscious and its headquarters in ruins as a warning against targeting Kyle. After Grindelwald stayed in Europe to direct his followers, Kyle returned to Hogwarts and faced Dumbledore, who warned him not to cause more trouble with his father.

• Grindelwald's attack left the French Ministry of Magic wrecked, its employees unconscious, and their wands broken.
• Grindelwald parted ways with Kyle and remained in Europe to personally issue orders to the Saints.
• Kyle returned to Hogwarts hungry and encountered Dumbledore outside the Great Hall.
• Dumbledore confronted Kyle over the attack on Paris and told him not to follow Grindelwald and cause trouble again.
• Dumbledore let Kyle go to dinner after Kyle agreed.

Kyle returned to Hogwarts after secretly traveling to France with Grindelwald, then worked in his suitcase laboratory on White Zetsu for his global intelligence network and Moon's Eye Plan. He planned to use their accumulated energy to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, though he believed he would probably never need to.

• Kyle returned to the Great Hall, where students watched him warily, and told the Weasley Twins he had not harmed Fudge or visited the British Ministry of Magic.
• Kyle told Hermione he had gone to France and suggested she read The Daily Prophet the next day.
• After curfew, Kyle inspected thousands of embryos in cultivation pods at Akina Mountain Manor, created by combining his cells with Whomping Willow cells.
• Kyle explained that the nearly powerless White Zetsu would spread worldwide, sense activity, and reproduce using energy from nearby plants to build his Insight Project.
• Kyle outlined his Moon's Eye Plan: the White Zetsu would gather energy for Infinite Tsukuyomi, after which transformed trees would absorb a small amount of people's mental and life energy.
• Kyle judged that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were on his side and that he would likely become strong enough to face Voldemort, but still wanted more trump cards.