Chapter Summaries

Kyle accelerated Fei's growth, gave Tobi an enormous infusion of magic, and officially formed the Akatsuki, which still effectively had only Kyle as a member. He then sent Black Zetsu and five Paths to Albania to establish a base, leaving the Animal Path behind to guard the White Zetsu production center, while Dumbledore watched and wondered what Kyle was planning.

• Kyle used time magic and life force to accelerate Tobi's growth, then Black Zetsu possessed half of Tobi's body and emerged in the shape of a pitcher plant.
• Kyle poured magic into Tobi, bringing his power to five Kyles and completing the assembly of the Six Paths of Pain and Black and White Zetsu.
• Kyle acknowledged that the Akatsuki effectively had only him as a member, since he had not dared invite George, Fred, and Cedric after Hermione's ring caused a proposal incident.
• Kyle decided to establish the Akatsuki in Albania, where the weak Ministry of Magic and lawless conditions could help the group hide and grow.
• Kyle left the Animal Path to guard the White Zetsu production center and sent Black Zetsu and the other five Paths through a Portkey to Albania.
• Dumbledore watched the group disappear from a tower window and wondered what Kyle intended to do.

As Grindelwald prepared for the International Wizarding Conference, former Death Eaters vanished from Azkaban unnoticed. At Hogwarts, Kyle experimented with combining magical plants and began enlarging a Mandrake, but a crack in the cauldron suggested his spell was going wrong.

• Grindelwald considered the likely outcomes of the International Wizarding Conference and prepared countermeasures.
• A large group of former Death Eaters disappeared from Azkaban without anyone noticing.
• Kyle attended Professor Snape's Potions class and considered combining the Whomping Willow, Devil's Snare, Venomous Tentacula, and Mandrakes for a powerful plant-based spell.
• Kyle used a Refilling Charm to fill a cauldron with soil, then used natural magic to grow a Mandrake from a seed.
• Kyle cast an Engorgement Charm on the Mandrake and poured his life force into it, but a thin crack appeared in the cauldron.

After Kyle caused a Potions-class accident, Snape kept him behind and revealed that Bellatrix Lestrange had let slip a clue to Voldemort’s next Horcrux. Kyle learned it was likely hidden in the Lestrange family vault at Gringotts and volunteered to retrieve it without telling his father.

• Kyle’s exploding cauldron damaged a Ravenclaw student’s face, but Kyle healed him before Snape arrived.
• Snape recognized Kyle despite his Transfiguration disguise and told him to stay after class.
• After sealing the classroom, Snape told Kyle that he had interrogated Bellatrix Lestrange with Veritaserum in Azkaban.
• Snape explained that Bellatrix’s reaction suggested a Horcrux was hidden in the Lestrange family vault beneath Gringotts.
• Kyle told Snape not to inform his father and said he would handle retrieving the Horcrux himself.

Kyle convinced Snape not to tell Dumbledore about Voldemort’s Horcruxes and revealed his plan to raid Gringotts for the one hidden in the Lestrange vault. He recruited Cedric and the Weasley Twins, but the group still needed a way past Gringotts’ security.

• Snape suspected Kyle had ulterior motives and recognized the detailed Gringotts map Kyle had kept for years.
• Kyle refused Snape’s offer to help with the raid and told him to focus on finding clues about Voldemort’s other Horcruxes.
• At lunch, Kyle gathered Cedric and the Weasley Twins and announced that they would search the Lestrange vault for a Horcrux.
• George and Fred eagerly agreed to join, while Cedric asked how they could get into Gringotts without a vault key.
• The group realized they could not simply disguise themselves as Lucius Malfoy because Gringotts’ security recognized keys rather than faces.

Kyle formed Akatsuki with George, Cedric, and Fred and George, then tried to persuade Fawkes to take him to Diagon Alley. Fawkes refused to cooperate after Lan stole the dragon meat Kyle had offered, leaving Kyle to make it another offer.

• Kyle discussed ways to rob Gringotts with the others, then proposed an organization and named it Akatsuki.
• George, Cedric, and Fred and George accepted rings marking them as Akatsuki members.
• Kyle skipped afternoon classes, disguised himself as Dumbledore, and entered Dumbledore's office to ask Fawkes to take him to Diagon Alley.
• Kyle tempted Fawkes with roasted dragon meat, but Lan appeared and ate it first.
• Kyle sent Lan away and offered Fawkes another piece of dragon meat in exchange for taking him to Diagon Alley and staying with him.

Kyle disguised himself as Dumbledore and infiltrated Gringotts to scout the Lestrange family vault and nearby vaults. He escaped without raising suspicion and concluded that Cedric and the others could retrieve Voldemort’s Horcrux.

• Kyle fed Fawkes Fiendfyre-roasted dragon meat, then vanished with him from the Headmaster’s Office.
• At Gringotts, Kyle used Fawkes to pass as Dumbledore and entered the vault tunnels with Griphook.
• The Thief’s Downfall stripped away Kyle’s disguise, so he controlled Griphook with the Sharingan and ordered him to lead the way to the Lestrange vault.
• Kyle defeated the chained Ukrainian Ironbelly with a giant Susanoo and surveyed the locations of several families’ vaults.
• Kyle took some Galleons from the Dumbledore family vault, restored his Dumbledore disguise, and left Gringotts undetected.
• Kyle judged Gringotts’s defenses inadequate and believed Cedric and the others could retrieve Voldemort’s Horcrux from the Lestrange vault.

Kyle gathered the Four Troublemakers, Pain, and Zetsu to plan a raid on Gringotts, where alarms could bring a large force of guards and Ministry officials down on them. On the weekend, the eleven members assembled in Knockturn Alley and prepared to enter the bank in disguise.

• Kyle used the Room of Requirement to bring Cedric and the Weasley Twins together with him and review Gringotts' defenses and the need to delay reinforcements aboveground.
• Kyle introduced Pain and Zetsu as Akatsuki members who would join the operation.
• On the weekend, eleven black-robed figures gathered in Knockturn Alley, and the Weasley Twins wondered about Zetsu's unusual pitcher-plant head.
• Kyle used Human Transfiguration to disguise himself as a rugged middle-aged man and rejected wearing masks because they would attract suspicion at Gringotts.
• The eleven figures left the alley separately and blended into the crowds of Knockturn Alley.

Kyle and the other Troublemakers infiltrated Gringotts’s underground vaults while the Six Paths of Pain and the Saints launched a coordinated assault above ground. The chapter ended with Diagon Alley sealed off as the Troublemakers approached the final vault door.

• Kyle entered Gringotts, and the other Troublemakers followed separately through the underground passages.
• The Troublemakers overcame the Thief's Downfall by taking control of their goblin guide and reached the dragon checkpoint, where they passed the Ukrainian Ironbelly.
• The Six Paths of Pain knocked out the goblins and customers in Gringotts’s hall, then Asura Path suppressed the guards with rapid-fire Stunning Spells.
• The Saints raised an anti-Apparition barrier over Diagon Alley and formed a defensive line around it.
• Four Paths of Pain formed the Four Violet Flames Formation, sealing Diagon Alley while the Troublemakers prepared to break into the vaults.

Kyle and the other Four Troublemakers broke into the Fudge, Lestrange, Malfoy, and Parkinson family vaults to seize their wealth while Ministry forces surrounded Diagon Alley. Rufus Scrimgeour launched an assault on the Leaky Cauldron, where three Saints fought back behind mithril-alloy shields.

• Kyle drilled through the Fudge family vault door with a curse-infused water blade and used Universal Pull to sweep its treasure into his storage bag.
• Cedric, George, and Fred attacked the Lestrange, Malfoy, and Parkinson vaults, while the Four Troublemakers prepared to rob other former Death Eater families if time allowed.
• Rufus Scrimgeour arrived with more than two hundred Aurors and Hit Wizards, sent Kingsley Shacklebolt toward Knockturn Alley, and divided the rest into five assault teams.
• Scrimgeour's forces attacked from the Leaky Cauldron and three other directions, but three Saints behind mithril-alloy shields held them off and knocked Aurors and Hit Wizards unconscious.

Black Zetsu sent armored Re’em to turn the Saints’ northern battle in their favor while Kyle and the others finished looting Gringotts and fought their way toward the exit. Kyle emerged from the underground vaults without revealing his Obscurus form and joined the attack on the guards.

• Black Zetsu summoned armored Re’em, which smashed through the Aurors’ northern formation and gave the Saints a chance to counterattack.
• The Aurors concentrated their forces against the Saints while Knockturn Alley criminals looted Diagon Alley, forcing Black Zetsu to divert attention to summoned beasts.
• Kyle and the other Four Troublemakers left the underground vaults, and Cedric freed the Ukrainian Ironbelly before they escaped.
• Kyle chose not to leave Gringotts in his Obscurus form, then rejoined the Deva Path and the Asura Path beside the stone corridor’s tracks.
• Kyle used Every Spell Ends to block the guards’ barrage, allowing the Four Troublemakers to resume their attack.

Kyle and the Four Troublemakers helped the Saints overwhelm Gringotts’ forces, then fled Diagon Alley while Kyle framed the Death Eaters for the attack. The Four Troublemakers escaped by dragon and broomstick, while the Six Paths of Pain stayed behind to cover their retreat.

• Cedric, Kyle, George, and Fred unleashed powerful attacks that shattered Gringotts’ defenses and routed its guards.
• An elderly goblin ordered the goblins to flee after they realized they could not defeat the attackers.
• The Four Troublemakers joined the Saints on Gringotts’ roof, and Kyle joked with George and Fred about buying a shop after property prices fell.
• Cedric mounted the magically controlled Ukrainian Ironbelly, and the Saints took off on their prepared broomsticks.
• Kyle cast the Dark Mark over Diagon Alley before the Four Troublemakers escaped on the dragon, while the Six Paths of Pain remained behind to maintain the Four Violet Flames Formation.

Cornelius Fudge erupted at Rufus Scrimgeour and the Aurors after they failed to stop the Gringotts robbers, while the raid left Fudge penniless and raised fears that Voldemort’s followers had returned. He dismissed the remaining officials, leaving the Ministry’s response unresolved.

• Rufus Scrimgeour returned to the Ministry and entered Cornelius Fudge’s office as Aurors reported that the robbers had defended Diagon Alley and escaped after looting Gringotts.
• Fudge ordered Scrimgeour, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Kleps, and Burgdorf to remain, then berated them for failing to defeat a much smaller force.
• Fudge demanded that the robbers be captured and threatened to make them return the stolen money and pay with their blood.
• Nymphadora Tonks comforted Gerta outside the office as the Aurors heard Fudge’s fury.
• Tonks understood that the raid had emptied Fudge’s private vault, while the Dark Mark over Diagon Alley made him fear Voldemort’s followers had returned.
• Fudge lamented the Auror Office’s ineffectiveness and told the remaining officials to leave.

The Four Troublemakers and the Saints divided the treasure stolen from Gringotts, with the Saints receiving half and the rest reserved for the Four Troublemakers and the Six Paths of Pain. The Four Troublemakers found Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup among the loot and brought it to Dumbledore, who was dealing with the fallout of the heist.

• Kyle divided the treasure into four shares and gave two shares to Johnny and Max’s teams, while the remaining treasure was set aside for the Four Troublemakers and the Six Paths of Pain.
• Cedric searched the stolen treasure and found Voldemort’s Horcrux, Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup.
• Kyle reasoned that Slytherin’s Locket was likely also in Voldemort’s possession.
• The Four Troublemakers took the Golden Cup to Dumbledore’s office, while Dumbledore faced reports that the Dumbledore family vault had been emptied in the Gringotts heist.

Dumbledore learned that the Four Troublemakers had found Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup, another of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, and realized it might have come from the Gringotts heist. Kyle offered a fabricated explanation before the group fled Dumbledore’s office, leaving him suspicious.

• Dumbledore asked Cedric whether he had found another Horcrux, and Cedric revealed Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup.
• Dumbledore realized the cup was likely from a treasury and connected its discovery to the Gringotts attack.
• Kyle claimed the group had searched the Lestrange family estate for Voldemort’s Horcrux on Snape’s deductions.
• Dumbledore doubted Kyle’s story, while Kyle put the cup in Dumbledore’s desk drawer and hurried away with Cedric, George, and Fred.

Grindelwald resumed investigating the attack on Kyle and suspected Snape might be involved, though he knew he needed proof. After reading Kyle’s letters about Gringotts and a land purchase, he ordered Alfred to bring Rita Skeeter to him alive.

• Grindelwald reviewed Kyle’s memory of the attack and considered the Death Eaters, Voldemort’s followers, his old enemies, and Hogwarts professors as possible culprits.
• Grindelwald became suspicious of Snape because he knew Kyle’s identity, had once served Voldemort, and had studied the Resurrection Stone, but decided he needed evidence.
• Alfred delivered Kyle’s letters, and Grindelwald read that Kyle wanted land in Diagon Alley and had been involved in the Gringotts affair.
• Grindelwald handed Alfred a parchment depicting Rita Skeeter and ordered him to bring her in alive.

The International Confederation of Wizards convened an emergency meeting in New York, where Pavel Graves pushed to unite eighteen Ministries of Magic against Grindelwald. The chapter ended as Grindelwald returned to school.

• The International Confederation of Wizards held its emergency meeting at the American Magical Congress headquarters in the Woolworth Building.
• Pavel Graves’s family history revealed why he feared Grindelwald and had ordered Aurors to kill Kyle if they found him.
• Pavel Graves lobbied the Ministries of Magic to form an Anti-Grindelwald Alliance, despite many delegates doubting the need to oppose him.
• Pavel Graves recruited Cornelius Fudge and Kriester Burnham as allies because both had personal grievances against Grindelwald.
• Grindelwald returned to school.

The International Confederation of Wizards prepared a press conference to rally support against Grindelwald, while Grindelwald infiltrated the American Magical Congress and captured Rita Skeeter. As the conference denounced Kyle Grindelwald as a future Dark Lord, Grindelwald confronted Rita in an interrogation room.

• With Fudge and Kriester's help, Pavel persuaded about a dozen countries harmed by Grindelwald to join the Anti-Grindelwald Alliance.
• The International Confederation of Wizards excluded Dumbledore from its meetings and announced a press conference at the American Magical Congress headquarters.
• Grindelwald and Butler Man infiltrated the venue, and Grindelwald asked to see Rita Skeeter, whom they had brought to the basement.
• At the press conference, a blond speaker warned that Grindelwald had returned and accused Kyle Grindelwald of being his dangerous heir.
• Grindelwald sat in the old interrogation room and summoned Rita, who was terrified to find him alive and in front of her.
• Grindelwald gestured to the chair across the table and told Rita to have a seat.

Willy Picquery declared war on Grindelwald during a worldwide broadcast, and Grindelwald responded by killing him and attacking the American Magical Congress. Three days later, Grindelwald’s Saints had captured the Congress and taken thousands hostage.

• Willy Picquery warned that Grindelwald threatened the wizarding world, revealed Kyle’s blood connection to Dumbledore, and called for unity against Grindelwald.
• Grindelwald questioned Rita Skeeter about exposing Kyle’s origins, then heard Willy Picquery formally declare war on him and his allies.
• Grindelwald summoned a towering Susanoo that seized Willy Picquery and burned him to ashes during the live broadcast.
• Nearly a thousand Saints surrounded the Woolworth Building while infiltrators attacked the American Magical Congress from within, overwhelming its defenses and capturing almost everyone inside.
• Pavel Graves was killed, while Cornelius Fudge and Christophe Burnham escaped through a fireplace.

After the Anti-Grindelwald Alliance collapsed and Grindelwald released his hostages, the Four Troublemakers resumed their plans at Hogwarts while Grindelwald searched for the wizards who had attacked Kyle. They began preparing a huge tower beside Diagon Alley, with space for their headquarters, Akatsuki, the Weasley Twins’ shop, and Cedric’s wand shop.

• Dumbledore mediated an agreement in which Grindelwald released the hostages and the Ministries of Magic stopped opposing him, ending the Anti-Grindelwald Alliance.
• Grindelwald searched the Magical World for the mysterious wizards who had tried to kidnap Kyle, but his investigation of Rita Skeeter revealed she knew nothing about them.
• Kyle focused on controlling the Obscurus, Cedric worked to develop his Hydra bloodline, and the Weasley Twins pursued plans to open a shop.
• With Alfred’s help, the Four Troublemakers acquired land beside Diagon Alley and planned to build Four Troublemakers Tower, assigning its floors to their headquarters, Akatsuki, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, and Cedric’s wand shop.

The Four Troublemakers captured Hogwarts’ giant squid to transform it into an artificial Tailed Beast, then brought it to George and Fred’s expanded alchemy laboratory. The chapter ended as they entered the lab, where George’s alchemy puppets and battle armor stood alongside Fred’s explosive potions.

• In March, Kyle and the other Troublemakers prepared to begin their first complete artificial Tailed Beast transformation.
• Kyle sensed a huge creature beneath the Black Lake, and the four cast the Four Crimson Sun Formation to trap it.
• Kyle used a Deluminator to conceal their activity, then knocked the giant squid unconscious with Stunning Spells.
• The Troublemakers carried the squid into George and Fred’s expanded suitcase laboratory.
• Kyle saw George’s unfinished alchemy puppets and battle armor, as well as bottles of explosives in Fred’s workspace.