Chapter Summaries

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.

Tony introduced Peter Parker as Spider-Man to Hermione, who learned that Thor had returned to Asgard with Banner and disappeared from contact. Suspecting a crisis there and worrying about Hela, Hermione decided she needed to investigate, while Pepper arranged a formal dinner for the group.

• Peter volunteered his identity as Spider-Man, and Tony explained that he had recruited the high school student for the airport fight.
• Hermione asked why Tony had not called Thor, and Tony said Thor had returned to Asgard with Banner and stopped responding to attempts to reach him.
• Hermione suspected Asgard faced a major crisis and considered the danger Hela could pose, deciding she needed to investigate after preparing.
• Pepper took Hermione to change, while Tony told Peter to put on a formal suit for dinner.
• Tony, Pepper, Hermione, and Peter ate at a luxurious Manhattan restaurant, where Hermione eagerly dug into the food and wine.

Tony and Pepper arranged dinner to introduce Peter to Hermione, but Hermione showed little interest in him until she asked to meet his single aunt, May Parker. Peter mistook the request for romantic interest, while Tony and Pepper suspected Hermione had another motive.

• Hermione ate most of the dinner while Tony and Pepper asked Peter about his school, hobbies, and friends, and Peter nervously answered their questions.
• Hermione pointed out that Tony had already asked Peter about his background before giving him the suit, ending their attempt to steer the conversation toward romance.
• Peter grew discouraged as Hermione ignored him, while Tony and Pepper worried that she showed no interest in dating.
• After finishing her meal, Hermione asked Peter to take her to meet May and told him to call her Hermione.
• Peter became convinced Hermione secretly liked him, but Tony and Pepper suspected her request had a different purpose.

Hermione visited Tom’s replica of the Wizarding World in the Marvel Universe and reviewed its construction, staffing, and his progress. She put Dumpling in charge of operations and warned Tom that a major operation against the Ministry of Magic was coming soon.

• Hermione arrived at the isolated site and found Tom building a near-perfect replica of the Ministry of Magic.
• Tom reported that the magical schools, trading districts, and other locations were built, but the world still lacked enough people; he also revealed that his training had brought him to level five.
• Hermione told Tom to stay away from the Ministry for now because she planned to move against it, and explained that Lockhart was protecting his permanent Auror post.
• Hermione transferred operational information to Dumpling and ordered her to manage the Wizarding World and Witch Cult while blocking Tony Stark from access.
• Tom told Hermione that Wanda was training with Agatha, and Hermione promised to gather the Sin Archbishops for a major operation in the next few days.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts and found Dumbledore under Ministry house arrest in the Astronomy Tower. She met him there, and their reunion revealed that seventy years had passed for Dumbledore while only a few days had passed for her; she then asked why he had willingly allowed himself to be confined.

• Hermione slipped through Hogwarts's heightened security and overheard students say Dumbledore had returned and been arrested by the Ministry.
• Hermione entered the guarded Astronomy Tower and found Dumbledore living comfortably under house arrest.
• Dumbledore explained that he had deduced Hermione destroyed his ward at Nurmengard and returned to Hogwarts so she would learn where to find him.
• Hermione revealed herself and addressed Dumbledore as Albus, prompting him to recognize her as the girl who had disappeared from his life seventy years earlier.
• Hermione told Dumbledore that only a few days had passed for her and asked why he had volunteered for house arrest.

Hermione decided to draw Fudge and his supporters to Hogwarts by using Dumbledore as bait. Dumbledore left the Astronomy Tower and met the gathered students in the Great Hall, where Umbridge confronted him.

• Dumbledore explained to Hermione that he had stayed confined to protect Hogwarts and avoid weakening the wizarding world while Voldemort gathered strength.
• Hermione summoned a silver bird to draw Fudge, Umbridge, and their allies to Hogwarts, and Dumbledore recognized that she planned to use him as bait.
• An Auror warned Umbridge that Dumbledore had left the Astronomy Tower and gone to the Great Hall, so she ordered the Aurors to gather and followed him there.
• Students from all four houses gathered around Dumbledore in the Great Hall, while Harry, Ron, and Draco watched from the front.
• Umbridge entered with the Aurors and challenged Dumbledore, who calmly told her he had been comfortable in confinement.

Dumbledore confronted Umbridge after she tried to send him back to his quarters, and Fudge arrived at Hogwarts with a large Auror force to enforce his confinement. Fudge dismissed Dumbledore’s warning that Voldemort had returned and threatened to imprison the Order of the Phoenix and endanger Hogwarts’ students if Dumbledore refused to cooperate.

• Umbridge told Dumbledore that he should not appear in public and ordered him to return to his quarters.
• Dumbledore challenged Umbridge to explain why he was confined despite not being under arrest, and his presence made her and the Great Hall fall silent.
• Cornelius Fudge entered with a large contingent of elite Aurors and told Dumbledore to return to the Astronomy Tower while the Ministry investigated him.
• Dumbledore warned Fudge that Voldemort had returned and was gathering Death Eaters, but Fudge called it a lie and insisted Voldemort had been killed by the Witch.
• Fudge threatened to send the Order of the Phoenix to Azkaban and warned that Hogwarts’ students would suffer if Dumbledore refused to cooperate.

Dumbledore confronted Fudge in the Great Hall and revealed a spare wand he had taken from Grindelwald. As the students united in support of Dumbledore, Fudge prepared to order an attack, but Dumbledore challenged him to explain the rumors behind his actions.

• Dumbledore drew a spare wand taken from Gellert Grindelwald, and Fudge accused him of threatening the Ministry of Magic.
• Fudge tried to use the students as a reason for Dumbledore not to fight, but Fred and George rallied the school against the Ministry and Fudge.
• Harry and Ron joined the Weasley Twins, and students from all four Houses shouted together for Dumbledore and demanded that the Aurors leave Hogwarts.
• Fudge blamed Umbridge for the students' defiance, then decided he could not retreat and prepared to order his Aurors to attack.
• Dumbledore asked Fudge whether rumors that he had tried to kill the Witch were his only excuse for entering Hogwarts and imprisoning him.

Hermione returned to Hogwarts in the middle of the Ministry’s attempt to arrest Dumbledore, forcing Fudge to retreat from his accusations. When Fudge blamed the Daily Prophet for spreading rumors about her death, Hermione claimed she really had colluded with Voldemort.

• Fudge refused to accept Dumbledore’s innocence and demanded that he surrender his wand, while Dumbledore said he had evidence.
• Hermione appeared on the Great Hall dais in a burst of black-and-red particles, and the students erupted in celebration at the Witch’s return.
• Dumbledore asked Fudge whether Hermione counted as credible evidence, and Fudge immediately declared Dumbledore innocent and tried to leave.
• Hermione stopped Fudge and asked whether he had been telling people she was dead.
• Fudge blamed the Daily Prophet for the rumors and insisted the Ministry had been deceived, so Hermione solemnly said she really had colluded with Voldemort.

Hermione confronted Fudge over the Ministry’s rumors about her death and Dumbledore, then used her overwhelming magical power to challenge him publicly. Fudge ordered the Aurors to attack her and fled toward the doors as they raised their wands.

• Hermione exposed Fudge’s double standard and accused the Ministry of starting rumors about her and Dumbledore.
• Hermione unleashed a terrifying display of magic in the Great Hall and told Fudge she needed no evidence because she was a Witch.
• Hermione asked the students whether the Ministry had spread the rumors, and Harry, Ron, and the others loudly agreed.
• Fudge called the students’ response rebellion and ordered the Aurors to seize Hermione.
• The Aurors reluctantly raised their wands while Fudge backed toward the doors to escape.

Hermione defeated over a hundred Ministry Aurors with a single Disarming Charm while Dumbledore protected the students behind a barrier. As the students celebrated, Lockhart arrived with Aurors escorting a woman in a green coat, and Fudge saw him as a possible savior.

• Dumbledore isolated the students from the battle so Hermione could act freely.
• The Aurors attacked Hermione with a barrage of spells, but she blocked them with a barrier.
• Hermione sent a red beam through the Aurors’ combined shield, disarmed them, and knocked them all down.
• The students cheered for Hermione, including the Slytherins.
• Lockhart entered the Great Hall with several Aurors and a woman in a green coat, and Fudge reacted with joy.