Chapter Summaries

Steve and Natasha tried to stop Hydra’s Project Insight as the Sky Carriers launched, with Tony helping Steve attack one carrier while Natasha confronted Pierce at the Triskelion. Pierce claimed Hermione could not save herself, and a young man in black robes suddenly appeared before Natasha.

• Steve and Natasha decided to seek Tony’s help, but three Sky Carriers rose toward Washington, D.C.
• Fury told Natasha and Steve that Hydra had activated Project Insight to kill everyone its algorithm identified as a threat.
• Tony arrived in the Iron Man Armor, took Steve to a Sky Carrier, and gave him a virus to disable its weapons targeting.
• Natasha went to the Triskelion to rally loyal agents and confronted Alexander Pierce, who said Hermione could not save herself.
• A young man in black robes appeared as the space before Natasha distorted.

Natasha revealed that Tom Marvolo Riddle, a Ministry of Magic official, was working with Pierce and had magically enhanced Hydra’s Helicarriers. When Hermione arrived at the battle, Fury realized the Helicarrier crisis had been engineered to draw her out, and she was the true target.

• Steve uploaded the virus to the Helicarrier’s console, but it failed to disable the targeting systems.
• Natasha told the team that a wizard named Tom Marvolo Riddle had appeared with Pierce and identified himself as part of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
• The Helicarriers fired magical blue beams at Tony, destroying half his armor and revealing that the carriers had been modified to run on magic.
• Hermione appeared between the Helicarriers and summoned a huge phoenix of flame as Fury and the others expected her to turn the battle in their favor.
• Fury realized Project Insight had been a setup to lure Hermione out and warned the team that she was the real target.

Hermione confronted Riddle, a former Hogwarts upperclassman who led the Ministry of Magic’s forces against her. Riddle trapped her in a giant magic circle and ordered a coordinated attack, leaving her shield cracking under the barrage.

• Three Helicarriers formed a huge magic circle around Hermione, while more than a dozen wizards appeared on their decks.
• Riddle revealed himself and greeted Hermione, who recognized him as her upperclassman and taunted him about his past defeat.
• Riddle declared Hermione a Dark Wizard and ordered his forces to kill her and anyone who interfered.
• Eighteen wizards and the Helicarriers fired magic at Hermione, while the circle suppressed her phoenix and weakened her shield.
• Tony watched from a rooftop as cracks spread across Hermione’s shield.

Hermione explained that the Ministry of Magic and Hydra had trapped her in a Magic-Suppressing Array that drained her magic and absorbed attacks, while Riddle justified targeting her as a threat to the Wizarding World. As her shield continued to weaken, Hermione insisted her magic could withstand the array.

• Tony saw Hermione's shield crack, attacked the Helicarrier, and discovered that its surface absorbed his weapons; a wizard disarmed him, but his modular armor reassembled around him.
• Steve threw his Vibranium Shield at a wizard, who stopped it in midair and immobilized Steve.
• Riddle told Hermione that the Ministry had targeted her as the prophesied Dark Witch and would rely on Dumbledore's respect for rules to avoid consequences.
• Hermione told Tony that the Ministry and Hydra had set up the array to drain her magic, and warned that his attacks had only strengthened it.
• Natasha retook the Triskelion while worrying about the battle outside, and Hermione declared that her magic would not be easily drained.

Hermione overloaded the Magic-Nullifying Array, destroying the Helicarriers, then defeated Riddle in a duel, though he escaped by Apparition. Afterward, Natasha stopped Pierce from acting but discovered he had uploaded S.H.I.E.L.D.'s classified files and information about Hermione.

• Hermione poured so much magic into the Magic-Nullifying Array that it overloaded, causing the three Helicarriers to explode and inflicting magical backlash on the Aurors.
• Tony rescued the unconscious Steve from the falling wreckage while Hermione confronted Riddle.
• Hermione and Riddle fought in the sky, and Hermione overwhelmed him, but she lacked the strength to prevent his escape by Apparition.
• Natasha shot Pierce as he tried to use his phone and found that he had uploaded S.H.I.E.L.D.'s classified files and agents' personal information to the internet.
• Natasha told Fury that Pierce had also uploaded information about Hermione.

Luna Lovegood rescued Coulson, May, and Skye from a black-robed wizard attacking Hub Base, then Victoria Hand revealed that Hydra and the Ministry of Magic had launched an attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. The chapter left Coulson and May stunned by the news that a young wizard had destroyed three Helicarriers and defeated Tom Riddle and eighteen senior Aurors.

• A black-robed wizard overwhelmed Skye, stopped Coulson’s bullets, and hurled May into a wall while attacking the S.H.I.E.L.D. team at Hub Base.
• Luna Lovegood arrived and struck the wizard down with a beam from her wand, then introduced herself as Hermione’s friend.
• Luna surprised Coulson by asking whether he still did not know who the wizard was or why he had attacked them.
• John Garrett arrived with armed soldiers and claimed he had come to support Coulson, while Victoria Hand entered with another squad.
• Victoria Hand announced that Hydra had allied with the Ministry of Magic to attack S.H.I.E.L.D. and reported that a young wizard had destroyed three Helicarriers and defeated Tom Riddle and eighteen senior Aurors.

Luna revealed that Hermione had sent her to protect Coulson’s team, then exposed Garrett’s attempt to attack them. After Luna stopped his soldiers, Garrett was identified as the Clairvoyant.

• Luna explained that Hermione had sent her to deal with trouble while she confronted the Ministry of Magic’s forces.
• Coulson realized Garrett and Victoria Hand might be Hydra infiltrators and accused them of being the Clairvoyant.
• Luna proposed using Legilimency to determine which of them was guilty, and Garrett panicked at the prospect of having his thoughts read.
• Garrett ordered his soldiers to kill Coulson, the others, and Luna.
• Luna blocked the gunfire with Protego and immobilized the attackers with Petrificus Totalus.
• Coulson and the others recognized Garrett as the Clairvoyant.

Luna revealed that she had bluffed Garrett and his men, then Hermione returned and killed the Hydra agents. After Hermione warned that war with the Ministry of Magic might begin soon, the Avengers debated a prophecy predicting that a powerful Dark Witch would enslave all life, and Tony rejected the idea that it meant Hermione.

• Luna told Coulson she did not know Legilimency and had only pretended to read Garrett's mind.
• Hermione returned, greeted Luna, and met Victoria Hand, who explained that Garrett was a high-ranking Hydra infiltrator.
• Hermione killed Garrett and his men with a spell, while Ward realized she had known he was Garrett's mole.
• Hermione said she had fallen out with the Ministry of Magic, that Hogwarts would stand with her, and that she was leaving to prepare for a possible magical war.
• At the Avengers base, Fury raised the prophecy of a Dark Witch who would enslave all life, and Tony dismissed it and questioned why it would refer to Hermione.

Tony defended Hermione when Fury raised the need for contingencies, and Natasha concluded that S.H.I.E.L.D. had to support Hermione against the Ministry of Magic. In the Hogwarts hidden realm, Hermione explained to Tom and Luna that she planned to divide people into rival factions so they would fight and work for her interests.

• Tony accused Fury of doubting Hermione despite her past help and her role in defeating the Ministry of Magic and Hydra.
• Natasha said the Ministry had crossed a line and that the group had to choose Hermione’s side rather than remain neutral.
• Steve privately worried about the file he had received concerning the mysterious Again Man and his friend Bucky.
• Tom asked Hermione why she was creating rival factions instead of ruling the world directly.
• Hermione explained that rival factions would redirect resistance away from her and motivate people to serve her while fighting each other.

Hermione returned to Asgard after Thor summoned her and agreed to help him travel to Muspelheim to stop Surtur in exchange for an Asgardian spaceship and star charts. She discovered that Frigga knew Loki was impersonating Odin and cooperating with him.

• Hermione told Tom to remain in the Ministry and help Hydra expand quietly, then sent Luna back to Hogwarts in her alchemical pouch.
• After returning Luna to Hogwarts, Hermione went through a Portal to Asgard when Heimdall contacted her.
• Thor told Hermione that Odin had been acting strangely and asked her to take him to Muspelheim to destroy Surtur.
• Hermione agreed to help Thor in exchange for an Asgardian spaceship and star charts of the galaxies.
• Odin greeted Hermione with excessive enthusiasm, and Frigga escorted him away before speaking with Hermione privately.
• Frigga apologized for Loki's poor attempt at acting like a king and revealed that she knew who he was.

Hermione learned from Frigga that Odin was dying and had agreed to step down, leaving Loki to prepare to rule Asgard. She then accompanied Thor to Muspelheim, where they confronted Surtur, and Hermione destroyed him before he could fulfill the prophecy.

• Frigga told Hermione that Odin’s Odinforce was fading and that he had agreed to spend his final days in peace rather than maintain his illusion.
• Frigga explained that she intended to guide Loki toward ruling Asgard because he wanted the throne, unlike Thor.
• Hermione and Thor traveled through a portal to Muspelheim and found Surtur at his crude stone palace.
• Thor attacked Surtur to prevent Ragnarok, and the two fought while Hermione watched from a distance.
• Hermione cast a freezing spell that extinguished Surtur’s flames, froze him, and shattered his body, leaving only his horned skull intact.

Hermione realized Surtur would not truly die while the Eternal Flame remained intact, then stayed in Asgard to learn to pilot and modify a spaceship. After the Spellbook finished analyzing the Space Stone and Mind Stone, she returned to Hogwarts during the Triwizard Tournament selection and asked to enter, but Dumbledore said she was too young.

• Thor believed Hermione had helped defeat Surtur and prevent Ragnarok, while Hermione suspected Surtur would return as long as the Eternal Flame remained alight.
• Thor arranged an advanced Asgardian spaceship for Hermione, and Sif taught her to fly it.
• Hermione modified the spaceship with alchemy and enchantments while the Spellbook analyzed the Space Stone and Mind Stone.
• Hermione returned to Hogwarts and learned that the Goblet of Fire was selecting champions for the Triwizard Tournament.
• Hermione asked to enter the tournament, but Dumbledore refused because she was not yet seventeen, drawing the attention of the visiting students and teachers.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament’s champion selection and recognized that Barty Crouch Jr. had entered Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire. Snape revealed that Bellatrix Lestrange had escaped Azkaban, explaining how Crouch Jr. could have regained his freedom as Harry faced the hostility of the crowd.

• Hermione greeted the visiting headmasters and met the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Alastor Moody, while wondering whether he was the real Moody or Barty Crouch Jr.
• The Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory as champions before unexpectedly choosing Harry Potter as a fourth champion.
• Hermione concluded that Barty Crouch Jr. had infiltrated Hogwarts and entered Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire.
• Hermione asked Snape about events during her absence, and he told her that Bellatrix Lestrange had escaped Azkaban after her purge of the Dementors weakened the prison’s defenses.
• Harry grew pale under the crowd’s disapproving stares and instinctively looked toward Hermione.

Harry Potter was forced to compete in the Triwizard Tournament after the Goblet of Fire selected him, while Hermione Granger was appointed special safety officer. In Dumbledore's office, Hermione and Snape agreed Harry had not entered his own name and wondered who had put him in danger.

• Dumbledore announced that the Goblet of Fire's selection was binding and asked Hermione to serve as a special safety officer; she agreed.
• Students accused Harry of cheating, but Draco Malfoy silenced them to protect Hogwarts' reputation.
• Harry asked Hermione what he should do, and after weighing his choices, he decided to compete.
• Snape summoned Hermione to Dumbledore's office, where Dumbledore asked her opinion about Harry's name appearing in the Goblet.
• Hermione denied putting Harry's name in, and Snape demanded to know who had done it.

Hermione became Harry’s safety officer for the Triwizard Tournament and returned to Hogwarts, where she overshadowed Moody’s lesson on the Unforgivable Curses. After class, she went back to Marvel to deal with the Orb before the first task.

• Hermione suggested competing in Harry’s place, but Snape rejected the idea and Dumbledore urged her to keep the other Champions safe.
• Hermione returned to Defense Against the Dark Arts and learned that Ron resented Harry for becoming friends with Malfoy.
• Moody taught the Unforgivable Curses, but the students already knew his lesson from Hermione’s earlier classes, leaving him baffled and resigned.
• Hermione asked Harry when the first task would begin and decided she had time to return to Marvel and handle the Orb.
• Hermione returned to Marvel and woke inside the cockpit of the Asgard ship.

Hermione’s journey to Xandar was interrupted when her ship collided with a Ravager warship commanded by Yondu Udonta. After both ships failed to damage each other, Hermione teleported onto the Ravagers’ bridge and confronted Yondu.

• Hermione used the Space Stone-enhanced jump drive to travel from Asgard toward Xandar, but her ship struck an enormous warship and lost a patch of paint.
• Hermione demanded that the warship open its hatch, but its crew fired on her ship and she retaliated; both vessels’ shields withstood the attacks.
• Captain Yondu Udonta and his Ravagers recognized Hermione’s ship as Asgardian, then convinced themselves they could still defeat it.
• Hermione announced she was coming over and appeared in the middle of the Ravagers’ bridge, telling Yondu, "Here I am."

Hermione appeared aboard Yondu’s ship, killed Taserface with Fiendfyre, and stopped Yondu from attacking with his Yaka Arrow. She claimed the Ravagers had damaged her ship and demanded five billion credits, leaving them stunned.

• The Ravagers mocked Hermione, and Yondu ordered Taserface to seize her for ransom.
• Hermione burned Taserface to ash with Fiendfyre and surrounded the bridge with fiery serpents.
• Yondu tried to use his Yaka Arrow, but Hermione warned she could destroy it, and he let it fall.
• Hermione told Yondu she was from Earth and accused the Ravagers of scraping her ship.
• Hermione demanded five billion credits to compensate for the damage.

Hermione forced Yondu and the Ravagers to promise her the proceeds from the Orb in exchange for their lives, then claimed their ship as collateral. She opened the airlock and began sucking the bridge’s air into space, leaving the Ravagers in immediate danger.

• Hermione demanded five billion Star Coins, and Yondu offered to pay from the sale of the Orb on Morag.
• Yondu explained that he had sent Peter Quill to retrieve the Orb and proposed splitting the proceeds, but Hermione demanded all the money.
• Hermione took the Ravagers’ warship as collateral and dismissed the crew after making the fiery serpents vanish.
• Hermione used Alohomora to open the hatch, and the bridge’s air began rushing into space.

Hermione forced Yondu and the Ravagers to take her to Xandar to retrieve the Orb, terrifying them with a lethal prank and a threat. As the ship arrived, Yondu and Kraglin realized she was the feared Kale Witch and that Peter Quill’s connection to Earth might help them.

• Hermione opened the hatch and sent two Ravagers flying into space, then closed it and claimed she had been joking.
• Hermione ordered Yondu to set course for Xandar and began reading during the journey.
• Hermione renamed Yondu Merle and questioned him about Peter Quill, threatening to kill the Ravagers if Quill failed to bring back the Orb.
• Kraglin told Yondu that Hermione was likely the Kale Witch who had slaughtered the Chitauri Army on Earth.
• Yondu remembered that Quill was from Earth and considered using their shared origin as the Ravager ship reached Xandar.

Hermione brought Yondu to Xandar aboard her ship, where Nova Corps defenses recognized her Asgardian diplomatic credentials and escorted her to a VIP landing area. She arrived to meet a senior Nova Corps officer, while the chapter left their meeting yet to begin.

• Hermione made Yondu accompany her to Xandar aboard her ship, then repaired its scrape with Reparo.
• Hermione sent Thor's credentials to the Nova Corps, who verified her identity as an honored envoy of Asgard and cleared her passage.
• Nova Corps fighters escorted Hermione's ship through Xandar as residents speculated about the important visitor.
• Hermione landed at the VIP docking area and stepped out with Yondu to meet a waiting senior Nova Corps officer.