Recaps

Hermione returned to Hogwarts much later than expected and discovered that the Ministry had taken control of the school. After reuniting with Harry, Ron, and Draco, she learned that a Death Eater attack on the Ministry had begun the upheaval.

• Hermione explored Hogwarts and found Aurors supervising students while the professors' offices stood empty.
• Hermione revealed herself to Harry, Ron, and Draco as they tried to sneak out through the Greenhouses.
• Harry told Hermione that the Ministry had taken over teaching, banned activities and practical Defence Against the Dark Arts training, and removed Dumbledore as headmaster.
• Draco told Hermione that Death Eaters had invaded the Ministry the previous year to search for a Prophecy Orb in the Department of Mysteries.

Hermione learned that the Ministry had driven Dumbledore from office after Fudge spread rumors that he staged Voldemort’s return and killed her. Draca revealed that Lucius had tried to steal the Prophecy Orb, and the chapter ended with Hermione asking whether Draca believed Dumbledore was guilty.

• Draca explained that Voldemort had sought the prophecy about Harry, but that the Order of the Phoenix stopped him and Dumbledore drove him back in a battle at the Department of Mysteries.
• Draca said most wizards did not believe Voldemort had returned, so Fudge accused Dumbledore of staging the crisis and secretly killing Hermione, then forced him from office.
• Hermione asked how Lucius knew the details, and Draca admitted his father had been sent to steal the Prophecy Orb.
• Ron accused Draca’s family of remaining Death Eaters, while Harry defended and comforted Draca.
• Hermione asked Draca whether he truly believed Dumbledore would have done what Fudge alleged.

Hermione learned how Hogwarts had fallen under Umbridge’s control during her yearlong absence and stopped Harry, Ron, and Draco from trying to escape to find Dumbledore. After sending them back, she went to Snape’s door while remaining hidden.

• Harry explained that Hermione’s long disappearance had fueled rumors and left Hogwarts vulnerable to Umbridge, who had returned as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor and acting headmistress.
• Harry accused Snape of siding with Umbridge, while Ron said Professor Lockhart was restraining Fudge and the Aurors from making matters worse.
• Hermione realized her absence had weakened her influence and decided to handle the crisis herself, while accepting that Voldemort’s return was no surprise.
• Harry said the trio planned to leave Hogwarts during Umbridge’s recall to find Dumbledore, but Hermione warned that a barrier prevented anyone from leaving without authorization.
• Draco persuaded Harry and Ron to trust Hermione and go back, and Hermione told them to keep her return secret.
• Hermione turned invisible, returned to the office area, and went to Snape’s door.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts and reunited with Snape, teasing him before they discussed the school’s situation under Umbridge. She told him she would deal with matters after verifying a few things about Dumbledore, then left her return to the school for later.

• Hermione appeared in Snape’s office, and Snape greeted her return with sarcasm after she had missed a year of classes and her O.W.L.s.
• Hermione claimed she had traveled seventy years into the past to fight Grindelwald, and Snape treated her story as another wild fabrication.
• Hermione told Snape that Harry Potter and Draco had been trying to leave Hogwarts, then revealed she had already persuaded them to turn back.
• Hermione teased Snape about worrying over Gryffindor students, and Snape insisted he had only been concerned about the school’s barrier and Slytherin losing points.
• Hermione said she knew what was happening at Hogwarts, and Snape supported her doing whatever she wanted to deal with the nuisances there.
• Hermione said she would verify a few things concerning Dumbledore before returning to school, and Snape accepted her decision without pressing her.

Hermione checked whether Dumbledore had truly imprisoned Grindelwald and confirmed that her journey into the past had always been part of a single, unchanged timeline. She then destroyed the wards at Nurmengard and left to search for Dumbledore.

• Hermione left Snape after teasing him about grading homework, and he continued marking without showing his concern.
• Hermione reasoned that Dumbledore had gone searching for Horcruxes and worried he might handle the cursed Resurrection Stone ring.
• Hermione checked a history book, then traveled to Nurmengard to verify that Grindelwald had been imprisoned there.
• Hermione exposed the prisoner as a notorious dark wizard posing as Grindelwald, confirming that history had not changed.
• Hermione destroyed the cell's wards with an ice-blue flame and vanished, still wondering where Dumbledore was.

Hermione returned to the Avengers Compound after more than a year away and found every Avenger missing. She caught Scott Lang trying to steal equipment and confronted him, while Hank Pym and Hope watched from a cloaked aircraft.

• Hermione searched the compound with her mental energy and found no Avengers, then spotted an ant-sized figure climbing near the warehouse.
• Hank Pym and Hope realized Hermione had returned and ordered Scott Lang to abort his attempt to steal a signal jammer.
• Scott ignored their warnings and continued toward the warehouse, believing his shrunken size kept him hidden.
• Hermione appeared on the roof and addressed Scott, revealing that she could see him.
• Scott returned to normal size and tried to excuse himself as a fan, but Hermione told him the compound was now her property.

Hermione learned that the Avengers were divided over the Wakanda Accords and that Bucky Barnes had been arrested after attacks on United Nations facilities. After a masked man freed Bucky from the Berlin Joint Counterterrorism Center, Hermione headed to Leipzig Airport, where Tony Stark and Steve Rogers had pursued them.

• Hermione stopped Scott Lang from escaping, restrained him, and demanded that Hank Pym and Hope explain why they had come to her base.
• Hank and Hope explained their mission to retrieve a signal jammer to stop Darren Cross from weaponizing Pym particle technology, and Hermione gave them the device.
• Hermione learned that the Wakanda Accords regulated superpowered people and that Bucky Barnes had been arrested in Germany after attacks on United Nations facilities.
• Hermione learned that a masked man had freed Bucky from the Berlin Joint Counterterrorism Center and that Tony Stark and Steve Rogers had followed them to Leipzig Airport.
• Hermione vanished from Berlin and reappeared in the sky above Leipzig Airport.

Hermione secretly watched Tony and Steve’s teams clash over Bucky, whose attack nearly killed Rhodey. Tony summoned Vision to clear the field, and Vision appeared as a curvaceous female robot.

• Hermione observed the standoff and noticed that Black Panther and Killmonger had joined Steve’s team and outfitted its weapons and armor with vibranium.
• Tony demanded that Steve surrender Bucky, but Steve refused, and their disagreement over the Sokovia Accords turned into a fight.
• Peter pulled Steve forward with a web, while both teams battled; Killmonger’s vibranium claws damaged Tony’s armor, and T’Challa defeated Spider-Man.
• Skye’s shockwave disrupted the brothers’ vibranium suits, but Falcon forced her to defend herself as the fight continued.
• Bucky broke Rhodey’s faceplate and aimed a gun at him, but Tony blasted Bucky away before he could fire.
• Tony called for Vision to clear the field, and Hermione saw Vision materialize in a female robot’s body.

Vision nearly defeated Captain America's team at the airport before T'Challa produced evidence clearing Bucky of the attacks. Bucky revealed that the Dark Lord was targeting five Winter Soldiers in Siberia, and Hermione followed the Avengers there, where they were ambushed.

• Vision overwhelmed Steve, T'Challa, and Killmonger until T'Challa presented footage showing that Bucky had been framed.
• Vision confirmed the footage was genuine, and Tony called off the fight as Steve helped Bucky up.
• Bucky recalled that the Dark Lord had used Hydra's trigger words to question him about five Winter Soldiers in a Siberian base.
• Tony led the Avengers toward Siberia while Hermione followed, suspecting the airport fight had been staged to draw them there.
• The Avengers found the five cryogenic pods empty, then were ambushed by five armed figures as gunfire and a grenade erupted around them.

Vision destroyed the Winter Soldiers, and footage of Bucky killing Tony's parents triggered a brutal fight between Tony, Bucky, and Steve. Just as Bucky tried to kill the helpless Tony, an unseen force stopped his fist, and Hermione greeted the Avengers.

• The Winter Soldiers ambushed the Avengers, but Vision destroyed their weapons and killed all five attackers.
• Hermione used Legilimency on T'Challa and Killmonger and discovered their plot against her.
• A surveillance recording showed Bucky killing Tony's parents in 1991, prompting Tony to attack Bucky while Steve defended him.
• Steve disabled Tony's armor and prepared to leave with Bucky, but Bucky suddenly tried to strike Tony while he lay helpless.
• Bucky's fist stopped just short of Tony's face, and Hermione's voice greeted everyone.

Hermione appeared at the Siberian base and exposed T'Challa and Killmonger as the masterminds behind the plot against the Avengers. She explained their three failed plans, but T'Challa denied her accusations and demanded proof.

• Hermione reunited with Tony and warned the battered group that someone had lured them into a trap.
• Hermione accused T'Challa and Killmonger of orchestrating the events, but they protested and questioned her credibility.
• Hermione revealed that Bucky remained brainwashed as the Winter Soldier and that T'Challa and Killmonger controlled the Winter Soldiers.
• Hermione described the brothers' three plans: provoke an Avengers civil war at the airport, lure the heroes to Siberia, and use the truth about Tony's parents to turn them against each other.
• T'Challa insisted Hermione had no evidence proving that he and Killmonger were behind the scheme.

Hermione exposed T'Challa and Killmonger’s plot against the Avengers by proving their surveillance videos had been prepared in advance and revealing that Bucky had been conditioned to help them. T'Challa admitted his hatred stemmed from the damage the Avengers and Hermione had done to Wakanda, leaving the Avengers silent as they faced his accusations.

• Hermione showed that Vision could find no online trace of the footage, exposing that T'Challa and Killmonger had recorded it in advance and kept it on their own devices.
• Vision explained that Tony’s restrictions prevented him from investigating or acting without a direct order, and Tony realized how close they had come to disaster.
• Hermione released Bucky and used Hydra’s conditioning words to make him describe how the two Wakandans had recruited him to target the Avengers.
• Hermione laid out the plot to kill the Avengers, blame Hermione, and persuade politicians to unite against her and seize her magic.
• Steve demanded to know why T'Challa had betrayed them, and T'Challa revealed that he blamed the Avengers and Hermione for Wakanda’s devastation and loss of vibranium.

Hermione confronted T'Challa and Killmonger over their attempt to reclaim Vibranium, but they revealed a plan to trap the Avengers in a Hydra base and detonate five nuclear bombs. With seconds left, Hermione froze time and Apparated everyone away, leaving the bombs suspended in the sealed hall.

• Hermione mocked T'Challa and Killmonger, insisting she had saved Wakanda from Ultron and owed them nothing.
• Killmonger revealed that he and T'Challa had a D Plan, then they escaped through the blast door and sealed the Avengers inside.
• Shuri activated five offline nuclear bombs buried beneath the base and started a thirty-second countdown.
• Vision said he could neither disable the bombs remotely nor break through the fortified walls in time, and the Avengers panicked.
• Hermione used a glowing green Gem to freeze the hall, then Apparated herself and the Avengers away.

Hermione rescued the Avengers from the Hydra base, then returned T’Challa, Killmonger, and Shuri to the bomb chamber and sealed the nuclear blast underground with the Infinity Stones. After Vision freed Bucky from his brainwashing, Bucky asked Tony to kill him for killing Tony’s parents.

• Hermione transported the Avengers aboveground, then brought T’Challa, Killmonger, and Shuri back to the bomb chamber as the countdown resumed.
• The nuclear bombs detonated, and Hermione used the purple Gem to contain the explosion beneath the ground, killing the three Wakandans.
• The Avengers watched Hermione’s display in stunned silence, while Tony turned his attention to Bucky.
• Hermione told Vision to use the Mind Stone to undo Bucky’s brainwashing, and Bucky regained his memories and broke down in tears.
• Tony said he would not kill Bucky while he could not fight back, but Bucky later asked Tony to kill him, saying he owed him for his parents’ deaths.

Tony confronted Bucky over his parents’ murder, then sent him away with Steve and the others. Hermione defended Tony’s right to choose whether to forgive or take revenge, and the group returned to base after her teasing eased some of his grief.

• Tony punched Bucky for killing his parents and ordered him to leave.
• Tony asked Steve whether he had known about Bucky; Steve admitted he had, and Tony punched him before sending him away with Bucky.
• Sam and Sharon followed Steve and Bucky into the storm.
• Tony accused Hermione of hiding to watch him make a fool of himself, and she said she would have supported his choice even if he killed Bucky.
• Hermione told Tony that only he could decide whether to forgive Bucky or kill him, then mocked Tony’s vanity and his dependence on Pepper.
• Tony told the group to return to base.

Hermione reunited with Natasha and Skye at the Avengers' base, gave them enchanted bracelets, and teased Tony about his armor and technology. The group then discussed the Wakanda Accords, with Hermione and others opposing them while Tony remained conflicted.

• Natasha and Skye enthusiastically embraced Hermione when she arrived at the Avengers' base.
• Hermione gave Natasha an upgraded bracelet with concealment and combat charms, and gave Skye a bracelet with a Shield Charm.
• Tony asked Hermione for a present, but she mocked his damaged armor and urged him to develop nanotech armor; he boasted that he would build anti-Witch armor.
• Hermione said she would never sign the Wakanda Accords, and Natasha and Skye agreed.
• Tony stayed silent, conflicted about the accords because of his guilt over Ultron and his concerns about government control of the Avengers.

Tony and the others refused to sign the Wakanda Accords after Thaddeus Ross claimed they had already agreed and threatened them with legal and financial consequences. At the United Nations meeting, Tony warned Ross that Hermione would retaliate, leaving Ross uneasy.

• Tony announced that the group would not sign the accords, and JARVIS reported that Ross had claimed they had signed and was moving to declare Rogers and Barnes fugitives.
• Hermione suggested that the group appear at Ross’s meeting and publicly refute his claim, and Tony agreed.
• Ross announced that 117 nations had signed the accords, but Tony and the others arrived and refused to sign.
• Ross threatened to outlaw the Avengers, shut down their operations, and damage Stark Industries, while Tony said they could form a new team called the Guardians.
• Tony warned Ross that Hermione would be unhappy about his threats, and Ross felt a foreboding.

Hermione Granger confronted Secretary of State Ross at the Wakanda Accords meeting, condemning his hypocrisy and rejecting his authority over her. Ross threatened to place the Avengers on a worldwide wanted list, but Hermione pointed out that she had never been an Avenger and asked what gave him the right to command her.

• Hermione entered the conference room and reminded Ross of their earlier encounter, unsettling him.
• Ross argued that the Avengers needed oversight to prevent destruction, and Hermione agreed that such destruction was a concern.
• Hermione accused the US government of blaming the Avengers for damage while hiding its own actions, including the nuclear bomb aimed at New York.
• Hermione reminded Ross that he had created Abomination and accused him of seeking control over superpowered people rather than protecting civilians.
• Ross declared that the Wakanda Accords were in effect and threatened to put the Avengers on a worldwide wanted list if they refused to sign.
• Hermione said she had never been an Avenger and challenged Ross to explain what gave him the right to order her around.

Hermione confronted Thaddeus Ross and his armed forces at a government meeting, then used magic to stop them and forced Hulk blood into him. Ross transformed into a towering red creature, leaving the conference room facing a new threat.

• Thaddeus Ross summoned armed soldiers and sonic cannons to threaten Hermione and the Avengers.
• Hermione froze everyone in the conference room with wandless magic and explained that Ross had underestimated her.
• Hermione revealed she had collected Hulk blood and forced Ross to drink it.
• Ross collapsed and transformed into a red giant over two and a half meters tall.

Hermione forced Thaddeus Ross to experience the hostility he had directed at superpowered people, and he transformed into a Red Hulk who slaughtered soldiers and officials. As Ross threatened the Avengers and the remaining politicians, Tony refused to intervene until they followed the Accords’ approval process, leaving them trapped with the monster.

• Hermione freed the soldiers and politicians, who opened fire on Red Hulk, but their bullets and sonic cannons failed to stop Thaddeus Ross.
• Ross destroyed the sonic cannons, then smashed soldiers and politicians with a table and his fists until the conference room was wrecked.
• Ross reveled in his new strength, rejected the Accords, and vowed to kill the Avengers who had given him his power.
• Ross blocked the exit as politicians begged Tony and Skye for help, but Tony stopped Skye and cited the Accords’ requirement for committee approval.
• Tony promised to submit an application that might take a week, leaving the terrified politicians trapped while Ross approached.

Hermione killed Ross after he transformed into Red Hulk and attacked her, then insisted that the Avengers still wanted to sign the accords. The politicians feared her offer was a trap, leaving the Avengers confused about Hermione’s intentions.

• Ross charged at Hermione, but her Shield Charm stopped him and left his fists broken.
• Hermione lifted Ross into the air and crushed him into a ball of flesh.
• The politicians disavowed Ross and scrambled to distance themselves from the accords.
• Hermione repaired the ruined conference room and told the politicians she genuinely wanted to sign the accords and accept oversight.
• The Avengers and politicians stared at Hermione in bewilderment, unsure whether to believe her.

Hermione negotiated government oversight of the Avengers by arranging a corrupt Stark Industries procurement scheme that made the politicians financially invested in supporting them. The officials agreed to the Wakanda Accords while promising the Avengers broad freedom to act.

• Hermione demanded that the officials support Stark Industries, then proposed selling screws and coffee cups at ten times their original prices with a twenty-percent kickback for them.
• The politicians eagerly agreed to the inflated purchases and began dividing procurement quotas, while the injured Ross lay ignored on the floor.
• Hermione secured the officials’ promise to expedite Avengers approvals, and one politician proposed letting the Avengers approve their own applications.
• Hermione showed Tony and the Avengers how the deal had turned government oversight into a financial alliance, and the officials presented them with new copies of the Wakanda Accords.

After securing the Avengers’ autonomy through the revised Wakanda Accords, Hermione joked at Tony’s expense and returned to Stark Tower. There, Pepper embraced her, making Hermione confront how much longer her absence had felt to everyone else.

• Tony realized Hermione had neutralized the accords’ oversight while preserving the appearance that the Avengers would comply.
• Hermione explained that Thaddeus Ross had brought his death on himself and warned that she would accept Betty seeking revenge.
• Hermione teased Tony by describing a bizarre dance involving his Iron Man Armor and Steve, leaving him horrified for the rest of the trip.
• Hermione arrived at Stark Tower, where Pepper rushed to embrace her after waiting for her return.
• Hermione hugged Pepper back and recognized that more than a year had passed for the people she had left behind.

Hermione reunited with Tony and Pepper after more than a year away, bringing Pepper a powerful protective necklace and Tony Wakandan vibranium research. At dinner, she summoned Vision and learned that F.R.I.D.A.Y. had become part of him; Vision began demonstrating his abilities.

• Pepper embraced Hermione, and Tony asked why she had been gone for over a year; Hermione blamed an alchemy accident and a conflict with the Ministry of Magic.
• Hermione gave Pepper a Golden Snitch necklace enhanced with powerful protective enchantments, and Pepper put it on.
• Hermione gave Tony a USB Drive containing Wakandan vibranium and nanotechnology research, which excited him about developing nanotech armor.
• Hermione joined Tony and Pepper for dinner and called Vision out of concealment.
• Tony explained that he had merged F.R.I.D.A.Y. with Ultron's matrix and the Mind Stone to restore JARVIS, producing Vision with F.R.I.D.A.Y.'s appearance.
• Hermione asked Vision to demonstrate his abilities, and he rose into the air.

Hermione tested Vision’s abilities, gave him a human appearance, and renamed him Dumpling. Peter Parker returned to Stark Tower to give back his suit, but Tony told him to keep it, leaving Hermione questioning Tony’s explanation of their relationship.

• Hermione tested Vision’s powers and network access, then changed his appearance and named him Dumpling.
• Happy told Tony that Peter Parker was waiting at reception with the suit and equipment he had borrowed.
• Peter returned the case, but Tony refused to take it back and told him to keep the suit and act as a friendly neighborhood hero.
• Tony invited Peter to stay for dinner, and Hermione recognized him as Spider-Man while recalling his past mistakes.
• Hermione asked Tony whether his student aid packages included battle suits, and Tony struggled to explain.