Recaps

Hermione learned that Quill had escaped to Knowhere and set out with Yondu to find Ego, who possessed something she wanted. Meanwhile, Quill and his companions brought the Orb to Tivan, who revealed it held the Power Stone, and Gamora admitted she had been sent by Thanos to obtain it.

• Hermione told Yondu she wanted to find Ego and take something he possessed, while Yondu warned her that Ego was a dangerous Celestial.
• Hermione learned that Quill and several companions had escaped prison and gone to Knowhere, so she left Xandar with Yondu.
• Quill, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax offered the Orb to Tivan, who agreed to pay five billion Star Coins.
• Tivan opened the Orb and revealed the Power Stone, then explained the Infinity Stones to Quill and the others.
• Tivan pointed out that Gamora knew what the Orb contained, and Gamora confessed that Thanos had sent her to seize the Power Stone before she decided to betray him.

Tivan explained that most Infinity Stones were held by powerful figures, while Quill realized the Kale Witch had deliberately let him escape with the Orb. Tivan ordered Knowhere onto maximum alert, but the Kale Witch appeared and crushed its defensive cannons.

• Tivan told Quill that the Time Stone belonged to Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, the Space Stone to Odin, and that the Reality and Mind Stones might now be with the Kale Witch.
• Gamora said Thanos had lost the Mind Stone Scepter, and Quill realized the Kale Witch had been waiting for him on Xandar to take the Orb.
• Tivan concluded the Kale Witch was collecting Infinity Stones, while Gamora explained the powerful beings' agreement against claiming a second stone.
• Tivan realized the Kale Witch had let Quill go because she meant to draw out the Orb's other pursuers, and he ordered Knowhere's defenses activated.
• The Kale Witch appeared above Knowhere after crushing its defensive cannons with an unseen force.

Hermione defeated Tivan’s defenses on Knowhere and forced him to surrender the Orb containing the Power Stone, but Ronan arrived to claim it. Before either could take control, Karina touched the exposed Stone and unleashed a violent explosion.

• Hermione refused Tivan’s warning and said she welcomed anyone who came after her.
• Tivan’s weapons and guards attacked Hermione, but her barrier stopped the assault and her power crushed them.
• Tivan knelt and offered Hermione the Orb, but Ronan arrived aboard a warship and demanded it.
• Hermione mocked Tivan as Ronan threatened to destroy Knowhere unless he handed over the Orb.
• Karina rushed for the exposed Power Stone, ignored Tivan’s warning, and exploded as its energy engulfed the hall.

Ronan seized the Power Stone and fused it with his warhammer, unleashing a devastating blast across Knowhere. Ebony Maw fled while Ronan turned his new power toward Hermione and the others.

• Ronan reclaimed the Orb after the explosion, and Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian arrived to demand it for Thanos.
• Ronan refused to hand over the Orb, revealed he would no longer serve Thanos, and claimed the Power Stone for himself.
• Ebony Maw attacked Hermione while Cull Obsidian charged her, but Hermione killed Cull Obsidian and overwhelmed Ebony Maw with her magic.
• Gamora, Quill, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot attacked Ronan, but he knocked them back with his warhammer.
• Ronan endured the Power Stone's energy, fused it with his warhammer, and unleashed a shock wave that devastated Knowhere.
• Ebony Maw fled in his ship, and Ronan raised his powered warhammer toward Hermione with confidence.

Hermione used the Reality Stone to turn Ronan’s attack into bubbles and let him leave Knowhere with the Power Stone. When Quill and Gamora challenged her decision, she struck them down and prepared to kill them before Yondu begged her to spare them.

• Hermione neutralized Ronan’s Power Stone blast with the Reality Stone, and Ronan agreed to leave Knowhere rather than fight her.
• Ronan returned to the Dark Aster with the Power Stone, while Quill and Gamora angrily warned Hermione that he would threaten Xandar.
• Hermione slapped Quill and Gamora through walls, then restrained Rocket Raccoon, Drax, and Groot as she condemned the Guardians’ hypocrisy.
• Hermione prepared to kill Quill and Gamora, but Yondu rushed in, slapped Quill, and pleaded with her to spare them.

Hermione revealed that she had arranged for Yondu to protect Quill and Gamora, then explained that she had let Ronan escape so she could save Xandar and build support for the Witch Cult. As Ronan prepared to destroy Xandar with the Power Stone, Hermione appeared and interrupted him by asking where the Pizza Hut was.

• Yondu revealed that Hermione had sent him to stand by and protect Quill and the others, then helped Quill and Gamora leave.
• Hermione sent Yondu and his men away and explained that she had deliberately allowed Ronan to take the Power Stone to Xandar.
• Ronan and the Dark Aster broke through the Nova Corps defenses and invaded Xandar, overpowering its defenders and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• As Ronan raised his warhammer to destroy Xandar, Hermione appeared in the sky and asked where the Pizza Hut was.

Hermione defeated Ronan on Xandar, took the Power Stone, and was hailed as the Witch for saving the planet. Nova Prime thanked her and asked her to keep the Stone safe.

• Hermione used the Aether to transform Ronan’s Power Stone attack and consumed his arm, then summoned his warhammer with Accio.
• Hermione wielded the warhammer to destroy Ronan’s army and kill Ronan with the Power Stone’s energy.
• Yondu led the Ravagers, Nova Corps soldiers, and Xandar’s civilians in cheering for Hermione.
• Hermione shattered the warhammer and sealed the Power Stone inside the Orb, which raised her power magic level by one.
• Nova Prime thanked Hermione for saving Xandar and asked her to keep the Power Stone out of evil hands.

Thanos arrived on Xandar and demanded that Hermione meet him on Titan, while taking Gamora captive. Quill begged Hermione to help rescue Gamora, but she asked why she should take him.

• Hermione agreed to keep the Power Stone safe, but Thanos's Sanctuary II descended over the battlefield.
• Thanos met Hermione and proposed that she hand the Power Stone to the Nova Corps, then invited her to Titan to talk.
• Thanos threatened to kill Quill and the others unless Gamora came home with him, and Gamora asked where Nebula was before submitting.
• Ebony Maw restrained Quill as Thanos and his followers took Gamora through a teleportation beam.
• Hermione decided to meet Thanos on Titan, and Quill pleaded with her to take him along to save Gamora.

Hermione brought Quill and his companions to Titan to meet Thanos, who greeted her with a show of respect. After Quill demanded to know where Gamora was, Hermione knocked him unconscious, and she learned that Thanos considered Nebula little more than Gamora’s training partner.

• Hermione agreed to bring Quill along if he helped lure someone out, and she told him to bring Rocket, Drax, and Groot, while Yondu also joined them.
• Hermione arrived on Titan aboard the Dark Aster with Yondu and the Ravagers, where Thanos and his forces were waiting to greet her.
• Quill rushed forward demanding to know where Gamora was, and Hermione slapped him unconscious before he could disrupt the meeting further.
• Thanos told Hermione that Gamora was safe in Sanctuary II’s dungeon and said he would always forgive his daughter.
• Hermione asked Thanos about Nebula, and he dismissed her as a playmate and punching bag for Gamora before Hermione teased him about favoring green over blue.

Thanos explained his plan to Hermione and invited her to help him bring balance to the universe by erasing half of all life. Hermione questioned his reasoning but realized he wanted her help to gather the Infinity Stones.

• Thanos explained why he believed Gamora understood his plan while Nebula did not.
• Hermione asked why Thanos had invited her to Titan, and he admitted he had considered killing her before deciding he could not stop her escape.
• Thanos described Titan’s collapse and argued that randomly eliminating half of all life was the only way to preserve the universe.
• Thanos appealed to Hermione’s power and practical outlook, then asked her to join his mission.
• Hermione guessed that Thanos wanted the Infinity Stones, and he confirmed that he planned to use all six to erase half of life instantly.

Hermione rejected Thanos’s offer and fought Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight after they insulted her, overwhelming them with her magic. Thanos stopped Corvus from attacking and asked Hermione to heal Proxima Midnight, leaving her response unresolved.

• Hermione challenged Thanos to offer something worthwhile if he wanted her Infinity Stones and allegiance.
• Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight demanded the Stones, insulted Hermione, and rebuked Ebony Maw when he tried to intervene.
• Hermione blasted Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight into the ruins, then summoned Proxima and inflicted wounds that would not heal.
• Hermione attacked Corvus Glaive, and Fiendfyre melted his Glaive before he released it and prepared to charge her.
• Thanos ordered Corvus to stop, thanked Hermione for teaching his subordinates a lesson, and asked her to heal Proxima Midnight.

Hermione offered Thanos the Space Stone in exchange for the Soul Stone and revealed she already possessed five Infinity Stones. She gave him the Space Stone as a deposit, easing his fears about her intentions.

• Hermione healed Proxima Midnight and proposed trading Thanos the Space Stone for the Soul Stone, while keeping four other Stones for her research.
• Hermione revealed the Space, Time, Reality, and Mind Stones in her pendant, shocking Thanos and the others.
• Hermione said she collected the Stones out of curiosity and claimed she had finished studying the Space Stone.
• Hermione removed the Space Stone from her pendant and handed it to Thanos as a deposit toward their exchange.
• Thanos accepted the Stone and concluded that Hermione was interested in research rather than using the Infinity Stones to reshape the universe.

Hermione struck a temporary alliance with Thanos, secretly using him as a fall guy while she planned to collect the Infinity Stones and their energy. After leaving the Dark Aster, she suddenly remembered Hogwarts and returned to find Snape rebuking her for neglecting the Triwizard Tournament.

• Hermione agreed to let Thanos retrieve the Soul Stone while keeping the other stones until she finished studying them.
• Hermione revealed that she had created replacement Space and Mind Stones and planned to intercept the soul energy released when Thanos used the Infinity Stones.
• Hermione told Thanos that the Soul Stone was on Vormir and that Gamora could explain how to obtain it.
• Hermione left Titan aboard the Dark Aster with Yondu and the others, pleased to have made Thanos her fall guy.
• Hermione suddenly remembered Hogwarts, vanished from the ship, and returned to Snape's potions class to ask about the Triwizard Tournament.
• Snape scolded Hermione for spending time with aliens and forgetting her responsibilities as a Hogwarts student.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts and helped set the Triwizard Tournament’s first task in motion after Sirius’s objections delayed it. She then gave Malfoy an upgraded Polyjuice Potion that transformed him into a girl, warning that the change might be permanent without her antidote.

• Snape told Hermione that Sirius had delayed the Triwizard Tournament until she returned, fearing Karkaroff would endanger Harry.
• Hermione met Dumbledore, Sirius, Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, Crouch, and Moody, and they agreed to begin the first task.
• Hermione overheard Malfoy tell Harry that the task involved stealing a golden egg from a dragon’s nest, and Harry said he would share the information with Cedric.
• Hermione asked Malfoy to drink a potion, which transformed him into a petite girl with long platinum-blond hair.
• Hermione told the horrified Draca that her upgraded Polyjuice Potion might keep the transformation permanent unless he obtained her antidote.

Hermione used her Reality Stone-enhanced Polyjuice Potion to transform Draco into a little girl, then watched as Harry introduced her to Ginny as a new transfer student. The first task of the Triwizard Tournament began, and after Krum and Fleur retrieved their Golden Eggs, Cedric prepared to compete.

• Hermione transformed Draco into a little girl and told her the change would improve her relationship with Harry.
• Harry introduced Draco to Hermione as Draco Malfoy's younger sister, and Ginny became wary when Draco clung to Harry.
• Draco claimed she had just transferred to Hogwarts, and Ginny pulled her away to show her around while Hermione left laughing.
• Dumbledore announced that the Champions had to retrieve Golden Eggs guarded by dragons, and Harry drew the Hungarian Horntail.
• Krum retrieved his egg by disrupting the Chinese Fireball's vision, and Fleur used Hypnotic Magic to distract the Welsh Green and get hers.
• Hermione wished Cedric luck while calling him Edward, and Cedric corrected her as he prepared to face the Swedish Short-Snout.

Cedric and Harry retrieved their Golden Eggs from their dragons, while Hermione revealed her ancient Element Transformation magic to the stunned spectators. After Harry escaped the Hungarian Horntail and won the crowd’s cheers, Hermione admitted she had raised the dragon.

• Cedric distracted the Swedish Short-Snout with a transfigured egg and retrieved the real Golden Egg.
• Hermione transformed into a black-and-red gale, and Dumbledore identified her ability as ancient Element Transformation magic.
• Harry charged toward the Golden Egg as the Hungarian Horntail attacked, but its blows repeatedly missed him.
• Harry retrieved the Golden Egg and was celebrated as the only Triwizard champion to outrun a dragon on foot.
• Harry wondered why the dragon’s attacks had missed, and Hermione said she had raised it.

Hermione revealed that the Hungarian Horntail Harry faced was her pet and admitted she had arranged help for his task. She then disclosed that all four dragons belonged to her, leaving Harry, Ginny, and Draco stunned.

• Hermione led Harry, Draco, and Ginny to the Forbidden Forest and claimed the Hungarian Horntail was her pet.
• The Hungarian Horntail calmed down for Hermione and let her stroke its head, astonishing the dragon handlers and Hagrid.
• Hermione explained that the dragon had carefully staged its attack on Harry and complained that he had not used his wand or broomstick.
• Hermione admitted that helping Harry cheat was unfair but said it was his own advantage and hinted that his victory was already expected.
• Hermione said she had not known which dragon Harry would draw because all four dragons belonged to her, then introduced them by name.

Harry asked Hermione to solve the Golden Egg’s clue, and she revealed that the second task would take place in the Black Lake and involve merpeople. At the lake, Beauxbatons Champion Fleur Delacour approached Hermione with an unexpected request for a signed photo.

• Harry asked Hermione about the Golden Egg, and she took Harry, Ginny, and Draco to the girls’ bathroom.
• Hermione had Harry open the egg underwater, where he heard a shrill song that revealed the task involved water and merpeople in the Black Lake.
• Hermione brought Harry, Ginny, and Draco to the lake the next day to inspect the site.
• Krum and Fleur arrived with students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, and Fleur approached Hermione and drew her wand.
• Fleur asked Hermione to take a signed photo with her.

Fleur Delacour asked Hermione for a signed photograph, and Viktor Krum invited her to the Yule Ball, but Hermione rejected him by challenging him to beat her in a fight. When Cedric arrived with Cho Chang, Harry realized she was with his friend, and Draco’s attempt to cheer him up left them both in an awkward embrace.

• Fleur Delacour asked Hermione for a signed photograph and revealed she had planned their meeting so she could meet her favorite witch.
• Viktor Krum showed off his muscles and invited Hermione to the Yule Ball.
• Hermione told Krum she would go with him only if he beat her in a fight, and Krum understood she was rejecting him and walked away.
• Cedric arrived with Cho Chang, and Hermione told Harry to stop staring because Cho was now his friend’s girl.
• Ginny clung to Harry jealously, while Draco put an arm around him to cheer him up and realized she had created an awkward situation.

Hermione returned to the Dark Aster, where she confronted Quill’s despair and revealed that his father, Ego, was a Celestial who had likely caused his mother’s death. Quill chose to avenge her, and Hermione prepared to help him kill Ego.

• After Cedric mentioned that the second task would follow the Yule Ball, Hermione left Hogwarts by Apparition and returned to the Dark Aster, where the Ravagers celebrated her arrival.
• Hermione found Quill drinking in despair over failing to protect Gamora and briefly dragged him to an open hatch to expose his fear of dying.
• Hermione and Yondu told Quill that his father was Ego, a Celestial, and Hermione said Ego had likely caused his mother’s illness and death.
• Quill resolved to avenge his mother despite learning that killing Ego would cost him his Celestial power.
• Hermione agreed to help Quill kill Ego and announced their target.

Quill reunited with Ego on the living planet, where Ego trained him in his Celestial powers and revealed his plan to consume the universe. The chapter ended with Ego confessing that he had killed Quill’s mother by putting a tumor inside her.

• Hermione sent Quill and Yondu down to Ego, whose energy tendrils attacked their ship until Yondu called out and announced he had brought Ego’s son.
• Ego welcomed Quill and gave Yondu a case of treasures in exchange for bringing him back, and Yondu left the planet.
• Ego showed Quill the planet and taught him to wield his Celestial power, which Quill quickly learned to control.
• Ego told Quill he planned to spread his consciousness across the universe and absorb planets seeded with his power.
• Ego reminisced about Quill’s mother, then confessed he had put a tumor inside her for the sake of his plan.

Quill secretly learned to master Ego’s Celestial power while pretending to support his plan, then joined forces with Hermione to attack Ego. As Ego began reclaiming the borrowed power, Quill used it to rip open the planet and expose Ego’s enormous brain.

• Quill repeatedly persuaded Ego to give him more Celestial power by claiming he needed it to master his abilities and help with the plan.
• Quill revealed that he had mastered Ego’s power, shot Ego with his Element Guns, and introduced Hermione as a hired professional.
• Hermione and Quill fought Ego using the power Ego had taught Quill to wield.
• Ego began reclaiming Quill’s borrowed power and threatened to kill them both once he had taken it back.
• Quill abandoned his defenses and poured his remaining Celestial power into splitting Ego’s planet open, revealing a gigantic brain at its core.

Hermione killed Ego by striking his exposed Core Brain with the Killing Curse, then helped Quill absorb Ego’s remaining divine power. After leveling up to six, Hermione watched Quill take control of the planet and wonder if he could finally overpower her.

• Quill used Ego’s stolen power to hold open a passage to the Core Brain while Hermione aimed her Wand and cast Avada Kedavra.
• Hermione’s curse killed Ego’s core consciousness, causing the planet to collapse as its tendrils and supports failed.
• Hermione stopped Quill from fleeing and told him to absorb the divine power remaining in Ego’s brain.
• Quill absorbed the power, transforming into a blue humanoid energy being and halting the planet’s collapse.
• Hermione spent Ego’s two hundred thousand soul energy to reach magic level six, then lamented the five million needed for level seven.
• Quill wondered whether his newfound strength would let him turn the tables on Hermione.

After Hermione killed Ego, Quill submitted to her and followed her back to the Dark Aster with the unconscious Mantis. Hermione weighed her new power and plans for gathering soul energy before a radiant woman mistook her for Ronan and demanded to know what she was doing there.

• Quill abandoned his attempt to assert himself when Hermione raised her wand, then obeyed her order to carry Mantis back to the ship.
• Yondu, Rocket, Groot, Drax, and the Ravagers praised Hermione after watching her defeat Ego, while Rocket mocked Quill for showing off his new power.
• Hermione reflected that killing Quill would yield little soul energy and rejected the risk of hunting powerful Celestials, deciding instead to prepare for Thanos's snap.
• A radiant woman appeared before the Dark Aster, mistook Hermione for Ronan, and asked what she was doing there.
• Hermione told Yondu to open the hatch.

Hermione met Carol Danvers aboard the Dark Aster and explained how she had killed Ronan and taken control of the Ravagers. Carol recognized Goose and revealed that she was searching for a safe home for the Skrulls, possibly on Earth.

• The Ravagers opened the Dark Aster’s hatch, and Carol Danvers flew aboard, mistaking Yondu and Hermione for kidnappers.
• Hermione identified herself as the Kale Witch, demonstrated her magic, and told Carol that she had killed Ronan and taken the Dark Aster.
• Hermione explained that Yondu and the Ravagers were her prisoners and recounted Ego’s plan and Quill’s newly unleashed power.
• Carol recognized Goose, who jumped onto Hermione’s shoulder, and let go of her suspicion toward Hermione.
• Carol told Hermione she was helping the Skrulls find a safe home and might bring them to Earth if she could not find another place.