Chapter Summaries

Hermione helped defeat Grindelwald’s forces, negotiated benefits and pardons from the Ministry, and let Travers share the credit. After the Ministry left, Dumbledore confirmed Credence’s Dumbledore lineage and revealed Leta’s connection to his past, sending her fleeing from the cemetery.

• Grindelwald escaped by Apparition, and Dumbledore stopped the Aurors from pursuing him while Hermione pretended she was too exhausted to fight.
• Hermione asked Travers to lift restrictions on Newt and Thena, leave Queenie and Jacob alone, pardon the surrendered Pure-Blood Party members, and provide alchemical materials.
• Hermione gave Travers and the Ministry credit for the victory, prompting Travers to praise her as generous and the crowd to cheer.
• After the Ministry repaired the cemetery and left, Credence asked whether Hermione’s claim about his family was true, and Dumbledore confirmed that Aberforth was his father.
• Dumbledore revealed that Leta had appeared in Credence’s memories aboard the ship to America, and Leta fled as Theseus followed her.
• Newt started after Leta, but he turned when he sensed Thena staring at him dangerously.

Credence learned that his separation from his family had been an accident and reunited with the Dumbledores as Aurelius. In Godric’s Hollow, Hermione used basilisk blood to suppress Nagini’s Maledictus curse, leaving her human again but with basilisk-like eyes.

• Dumbledore invited Credence to meet his father, gave him a wand, and Credence accidentally blasted apart a gravestone with its magic.
• A month later, Credence had joined his family as Aurelius Dumbledore, and Nagini prepared to let Hermione attempt to resolve her curse.
• Hermione protected everyone from a basilisk’s gaze and summoned her obedient basilisk, surprising Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
• Hermione infused Nagini, in snake form, with basilisk blood and used the Spellbook to control and halt her transformation.
• Nagini returned to human form, and Hermione explained that the basilisk bloodline had suppressed her Maledictus curse rather than cured it.

Hermione turned Nagini into a human-basilisk hybrid and asked her to roam the forests of Albania if Credence died. After the others left, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald discussed how their staged victory in Paris had helped the Witch Cult infiltrate the Wizarding World.

• Hermione explained that Nagini's transformation had halted her blood curse while preserving her human consciousness and granting her weaker basilisk abilities.
• Hermione warned Nagini that Credence's Obscurial condition remained incurable, and Nagini said she had no regrets about staying with him.
• Hermione asked Nagini to wander through the forests of Albania in snake form if Credence died, and Nagini promised to do so.
• After sharing a meal, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald remained in the valley, where Grindelwald praised Hermione's transformation spell and confirmed that Witch Cult members had gone undercover.
• Hermione recalled how the three had used the Paris battle to purge disloyal Pure-Blood Party members, secure cover identities for loyalists, and obtain alchemical materials.
• Hermione said the undercover Witch Cult members would remain embedded throughout the Wizarding World for decades, waiting for her order to seize it.

Hermione explained to Grindelwald and Dumbledore that she had come from seventy years in the future and gained Ancient Magic through Hogwarts’ inheritance. She then watched Grindelwald demonstrate the new contagious ice-blue flame spell they had developed, which the Spellbook recorded.

• Grindelwald asked Hermione whether she had truly come from seventy years in the future, and she showed him the repaired Time-Turner.
• Hermione told Grindelwald that her extraordinary magical traditions came from Ancient Magic and explained that Hogwarts held its single inheritance core, which she had obtained.
• Dumbledore recalled rumors of a Hogwarts transfer student whose deeds had led the school to suppress all traces of Ancient Magic.
• Grindelwald told Hermione that he and Dumbledore had succeeded in combining Fiendfyre’s properties with Freeze.
• Grindelwald demonstrated ice-blue flames that spread while freezing everything they touched, then switched to burning the frozen objects to ash.
• Hermione saw the Spellbook confirm that the new spell had been recorded.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts after her time-travel journey, but the Time-Turner brought her back to a precisely fixed seventy years later than intended. She found the castle sealed and its students silently studying in an eerie atmosphere.

• Hermione copied the icy-blue flame spell after seeing Dumbledore and Grindelwald cast it, then named it the Heavenly Blue Ice Flame.
• Hermione said goodbye to Dumbledore and Grindelwald and vanished through time, leaving them hopeful that they would meet again.
• Hermione realized the Time-Turner was calibrated for exactly seventy years and could not stop the journey when she noticed the error.
• Hermione arrived at Hogwarts, found a powerful barrier around the castle, and slipped inside using a Disillusionment Charm and elemental transformation.
• Hermione entered the Great Hall and saw exhausted students, including the Weasley Twins, studying in complete silence.

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.