Chapter Summaries

Gerald prepared for summer by brewing pills, selling some of his Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid, and saying goodbye to Lupin before planning his journey home. At the last dinner of the school year, George invited him to visit the Weasley family over the holidays.

• Gerald harvested Ironwire Vine, brewed ninety bottles of Foundation-Stabilizing Liquid, sold fifty to Aberforth, and packed the rest for Grandpa Henry and Uncle Jack.
• Gerald visited Lupin, saw how Sirius had furnished the cottage, and heard that Lupin would write when he was ready to travel with him to Crete Island.
• Gerald refined nine medium-grade Yuan-Gathering Pills in the Room of Requirement and stored them for his cultivation.
• At the last school dinner, Gerald's Study Group discussed summer plans and the possibility of becoming Animagi.
• George invited Gerald to the Weasley home to help the twins work on joke items, and Gerald became interested in visiting the Burrow.

As the Hogwarts students prepared to part for summer, Gerald considered creating a way for them to stay in touch. The story then followed Gerald back in Nameless Town, where he found an old Galleon and detected magical energy in a cliff above a pool.

• Vivian said her summer lessons would probably keep her from visiting, and Gerald added making a text-message device to his research plans.
• Gerald returned to Nameless Town and went fishing with Luke and Bill, where he found a Galleon dated 1727 in the pool.
• After dinner, Gerald went back to the pool alone and used his divine sense and Qi-Perception Spell to locate a red magical aura in the cliff above it.
• Gerald climbed the slippery cliff and pulled away the moss and ivy to inspect the stone.

Gerald discovered Braid Green’s hidden alchemy laboratory and learned that Braid had sought a Star Core to power three ancestral devices tied to the Green Family’s curse. The chapter left Gerald identifying a box of blue-gold stones as likely meteoric iron and planning to seek answers from Nicolas Flamel.

• Gerald opened the concealed passage and entered Braid Green’s underground laboratory.
• Gerald read Braid’s records about failed attempts to create a Star Core and Braid’s plan to seek help in Albania.
• Gerald inferred that the Green Family’s curse might have suppressed its magical bloodline and that the three devices could help break it.
• Gerald decided he would eventually ask Nicolas Flamel about Braid, Joseph Green, and the curse.
• Gerald searched the laboratory, found mithril and a box of blue-gold stones, and suspected the stones were meteoric iron.

Gerald discovered that meteoric iron could strengthen his soul and learned from Paracelsus’s notes that soulforce was needed to refine Star Cores, though he lacked the equipment and dragon blood to try. The next morning, Winslet arrived at Grandpa Henry’s house, and Gerald took her outside to speak privately.

• Gerald found that the panel identified the blue-and-gold meteoric iron as high-grade spirit stones, but it would not respond to his yuanqi.
• Gerald reread Paracelsus’s necromancy notes and learned that aether, described as soul fire, was required to refine the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Gerald used soulforce on the meteoric iron and absorbed its energy, realizing that it strengthened his soul and might help him refine Star Cores.
• Gerald abandoned his attempt to refine a Star Core because the laboratory equipment was unusable and he lacked enough dragon blood, then stored the laboratory’s salvageable contents.
• Gerald returned to Grandpa Henry’s house after midnight and went to bed without waking anyone.
• Gerald found Winslet visiting the next morning, pretended she was his teacher, and led her to the backyard, where she dropped her polite expression.

Gerald and Winslet began selling cheap British goods in the Soviet Union, turning Uncle Jack’s savings into a quick profit. Their success in Brest convinced Gerald to abandon his summer plans and pursue larger markets, leading them to a Moscow black market.

• Gerald persuaded Winslet to accompany him to the Soviet Union and help with the trade.
• Uncle Jack gave Gerald his savings, keeping only two hundred pounds for Luke and Bill’s school fees.
• Gerald and Winslet bought clearance goods in London and traveled through East Berlin to Brest.
• They sold three bags of goods in Brest for nearly three thousand dollars and valuable barter goods.
• Gerald chose business over his planned trip to Crete and went with Winslet to Moscow.
• Gerald sold more British goods through a Moscow black-market middleman, where traders offered dollars and unusual barter goods.

Gerald seized the Soviet Union’s impending collapse as a chance to build wealth, first through wizard-assisted smuggling and then through legitimate import-export companies. By mid-August, his fortune had grown to nearly five million dollars, and Winslet wondered whether he could see the future.

• Gerald recruited Lupin and Winslet to help buy goods in London and sell them in the Soviet Union, giving Lupin a pouch of Galleons as payment.
• Gerald, Lupin, and Winslet traded cigarettes and other goods for dollars, fur coats, cameras, vehicles, and other valuable assets, while Winslet used a Confundus Charm to thwart thieves.
• After spotting signs that Soviet state-owned enterprises were being transferred, Gerald expanded the operation and reached a personal net worth of nearly five million dollars by mid-August.
• Gerald brought Sirius into the business and had Lupin, Winslet, and Sirius establish two import-export companies in Britain under Jack Hall’s name, bringing Jack’s family into the work.
• Gerald hired staff to run the companies through legal channels, and Winslet asked whether he could see the future; he smiled and handed her customs documents.

During the last two weeks of summer, Gerald visited Harry at Number Twelve, Privet Drive, then took the Knight Bus to the Burrow. As Gerald arrived on his flying sword, a red-haired girl below pointed at him and begged her mother to teach her to fly.

• Gerald met Harry, who thanked him for helping Sirius and promised to help Gerald whenever he needed it.
• Gerald received another invitation from Fred and left for Ottery St Catchpole on the Knight Bus.
• Gerald searched for the Burrow by flying above the village on his sword.
• A red-haired girl outside the Burrow spotted Gerald and cried, "Mum! I want to learn that!"

Gerald visited the Weasleys, where Fred and George showed him their unfinished magical communication device. Gerald proposed a notebook design that could connect users in separate chats, leaving Fred convinced Gerald was a genius.

• Gerald arrived at the Burrow on a flying sword, and Molly welcomed him inside.
• Gerald gave Fred, George, and Ron piles of Fizzing Whizbees and Chocolate Frogs, while Ginny questioned him about his flying sword.
• Fred showed Gerald the crystal boards he and George had made, which could only transmit messages one way.
• Gerald proposed giving each notebook page an unlinked pair of boards so users could connect pages with friends and chat privately.
• Gerald suggested adding erasure runes and optional storage crystals, and Fred praised him as a genius.

Gerald solved Fred and George’s Chat Notebook problem and proposed opening a joke shop with them in Hogsmeade, using older students to run it while they were still second years. At dinner, he met Arthur and Charlie Weasley and explained how batteries powered Muggle radios.

• Gerald gave Fred and George a solution for the Chat Notebook, impressing both twins.
• Gerald proposed opening a Hogsmeade shop with Fred and George and told them to prepare stock for their joke products and the notebook.
• Gerald suggested hiring older students to work at the shop, and Fred and George delighted in the idea that Percy might serve customers.
• Arthur arrived home and, after finally noticing Gerald, asked him about Muggle radios; Gerald explained that batteries stored electricity.
• Fred and George teased Ginny about her interest in Gerald, while Percy warned him that spending time with the twins could hurt his marks.
• Charlie returned home near the end of dinner, greeted Gerald, and asked whether he liked Molly’s cooking.

Gerald and the Weasley twins completed a long-range group-messaging notebook called Flying Letter, then Gerald returned to Nameless Town to cultivate the Golden Light Mantra. After seven days of meditation, he realized its true power came from within the body, leaving him to reconsider where a wizard’s power originated.

• Gerald, Fred, and George finished three linked messaging notebooks and confirmed they could send messages to one another at the same time.
• Fred tested Flying Letter from Diagon Alley, and the messages reached Gerald and George almost instantly across hundreds of miles.
• Gerald explained that Flying Letter would coexist with owl post, and the three named their invention Flying Letter.
• Gerald returned to Nameless Town, where he prepared to focus on cultivation and eventually smelt the Star Core.
• Gerald meditated on the Golden Light Mantra for seven days and realized its mastery came from cultivating the body within, not merely producing an outward golden glow.
• Gerald began to understand that a wizard’s power might come from neither a wand nor incantations nor other external things.

Gerald traveled to London before term began, visited his family, bought books and supplies, and returned to Hogwarts for the new school year. On the train, he reunited with his friends and discussed their plans to produce and sell joke products and Flying Letter Notebooks.

• Gerald visited Uncle Jack and Grandpa Henry in London, then bought books and sweets in Diagon Alley, where he spotted Cho Chang but did not approach her.
• Gerald stocked up on ballpoint pens, said goodbye to his family, and traveled to King's Cross Station for the Hogwarts Express.
• On the train, Gerald greeted Fred, George, Lee Jordan, and Kenneth as they admired the Flying Letter Notebook.
• Gerald took a large supply of sweets from his Undetectable Extension bag and promised his friends they could each get one for their planned shop.
• George explained that their joke products took up so much room that they had brought barely any clothes, and Kenneth asked where they intended to open their shop.

Gerald and his friends planned to open a joke shop in Hogsmeade, then arrived at Hogwarts for the new school year. At the welcoming feast, Gerald was startled to learn that Sirius Black would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.

• Gerald, Fred, George, Lee Jordan, and Kenneth planned a Hogsmeade shop selling joke items, ballpoint pens, and Flying Letter Notebooks, with Gerald providing the money.
• Charlie told the students to leave their luggage on the train for House-elves to deliver, and Vivian revealed that she had persuaded her family to suggest the change to Hogwarts.
• Gerald saw and stroked a Thestral, while Vivian wondered whose death he had witnessed.
• Cho Chang was sorted into Ravenclaw and joined Vivian at the table.
• Dumbledore announced Sirius Black as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Gerald worried that the cursed post might put him in danger.

Gerald arranged for Lupin to help him open a shop in Hogsmeade, then attended a punishing Potions lesson before Sirius challenged him to a duel in Defence Against Dark Magic. Gerald attacked with several spells, but Sirius effortlessly deflected them, leaving Gerald astonished by his strength.

• Gerald told Lupin he wanted to open a Hogsmeade shop and asked him to handle the premises, contracts, and paperwork; Lupin agreed.
• Snape punished students harshly during Potions, taking points from Gryffindor and assigning Cassius Warrington an essay.
• Sirius challenged Gerald to spar in their first Defence Against Dark Magic lesson, and Gerald accepted the chance to test himself.
• Gerald cast several spells at Sirius, who dodged or parried every attack without using Protego.
• Gerald used the Qi-Perception Spell to examine Sirius and was left even more confused by what he saw.

Gerald sparred with Sirius Black and learned to use Transfiguration more creatively, while Sirius recognized his potential. Sirius then began teaching about curses, revealing that the Defense Against the Dark Arts post was cursed and that Voldemort might be responsible.

• Gerald transformed a desk into a giant and fought Sirius's animated knight, but Sirius dispelled the giant and ended the spar after Gerald defended against his summoned birds.
• Sirius repaired the classroom and reflected on Gerald's unusual strength, while Cedric and Kenneth watched in astonishment.
• Three days earlier, Sirius told Lupin he had accepted the teaching job so he could learn to teach Harry and prepare him for Voldemort; Lupin agreed to help with lesson notes.
• During class, Sirius explained the dangers of curses and said the Defense Against the Dark Arts position was cursed, likely by Voldemort.
• The students reacted fearfully to Sirius's revelation, and he challenged the Gryffindors for being scared.

Gerald secured the Vanishing Cabinet as a secret route between Hogwarts and London, finished preparing his Hogsmeade shop, and left its name undecided as Fred and George asked him to choose one.

• Gerald recalled that the Vanishing Cabinet could let Death Eaters enter Hogwarts and decided to obtain it for his own use.
• Gerald made Flying Letter Notebooks for Lupin and Lila Winslet, asking Winslet to buy the cabinet from Borgin and Burkes.
• Winslet bought the Vanishing Cabinet for thirty Galleons and placed it in the company's London office, while Lupin confirmed the shop was ready to open.
• Gerald agreed to make Sirius a notebook in exchange for a monthly duel and set the shop's opening for the weekend.
• Gerald brought Fred and George through a secret passage to stock the Hogsmeade shop with joke products, pens, and Flying Letter Notebooks.
• Fred and George asked Gerald to name the shop, and he looked up at its blank sign.

Gerald opened the House of Dreamweavers with the Weasley twins and discussed expanding Flying Letter Notebook production before training with Lupin to intercept spells using Finite Incantatem. After succeeding and disarming Lupin, Gerald returned with him to Hogsmeade at dusk.

• Gerald named and opened the House of Dreamweavers with Lupin and the Weasley twins, then asked the twins to recruit Percy and Penelope while keeping the shop's ownership secret.
• Gerald agreed to make a Flying Letter Notebook for Carrow and discussed teaching Lee Jordan and Kenneth to help increase production.
• Gerald asked Lupin to teach him how to use Finite Incantatem against combat spells, and Lupin explained the difference between defense, counteraction, and spell termination.
• Gerald failed repeatedly to intercept Lupin's Petrificus Totalus before succeeding on his thirty-third attempt and using the opening to disarm Lupin with Expelliarmus.
• Lupin praised Gerald's talent, and the two returned to Hogsmeade as dusk fell.

Gerald celebrated the successful opening of his joke shop, then redirected his Study Group’s questions about duelling to Professor Flitwick. Flitwick agreed to find them a practice room and recommended team combat, leaving Gerald to wonder whether the group would start fighting that day.

• Gerald and Fred opened the House of Dreamweavers with Percy Weasley and Mia Campbell helping, and the busy first day brought in more than a hundred Galleons.
• The Study Group members repeatedly asked Gerald how he had held his own against Sirius Black and whether he could teach them to duel.
• Gerald took the group to Professor Flitwick, and Vivian Carrow asked him to arrange a room for their practical exercises.
• Flitwick offered to find them an empty classroom and advised them to practise team fights to learn from combat and different tactics.
• Gerald saw the group excited by Flitwick’s suggestion and worried they would want to start fighting immediately.

Gerald agreed to turn Flitwick’s practical lesson into a three-team battle, with himself fighting alone against the other ten students. As the teams entered Flitwick’s hedge maze, Gerald used divine sense to track both teams while Cedric’s group headed to join Vivian Carrow’s.

• Flitwick created a hedge maze beside the Black Lake for the Study Group’s practical battle.
• Gerald volunteered to fight alone against the other ten students, provoking them into accepting the challenge.
• Flitwick divided the students into Gerald’s solo team, Cedric’s five-person team, and Vivian Carrow’s five-person team, and restricted their offensive spells.
• Cedric explained that Gerald was a formidable duelist and cast Protego on his teammates before leading them toward Vivian Carrow’s group.
• Gerald entered the maze under Protego and used divine sense to track both opposing teams as they searched for him.

Gerald ambushed Vivian Carrow’s team in the maze, using his talisman, divine sense, and spells to overcome their defenses. After Cedric’s alliance regrouped and attacked, Gerald broke Cedric’s Shield Charm and knocked him down, while Vivian’s Freezing Charm and Gerald’s flames filled the passage with steam.

• Gerald used a Lightness Talisman to ambush Carrow’s team, binding Chris White and stunning Damian Grant.
• Vivian, Roger Davies, and Angelina Johnson escaped behind an earthen shield, but Gerald pursued them through the maze and froze Angelina with Petrificus Totalus.
• Cedric and the others arrived in time to shield Roger and Vivian, then joined them to confront Gerald.
• Cedric ordered the group to concentrate their spells, but Gerald dodged their attacks and charged through their defensive line.
• Gerald shattered Cedric’s Shield Charm with Finger-Tip Thunder and knocked him unconscious with a strike to the neck.
• Vivian cast a Freezing Charm across the passage, and Gerald answered with Incendio, filling the maze corridor with thick steam.

Gerald defeated all ten students in the labyrinth duel, leaving Vivian Carrow disarmed and impressed by his skill. After the duel, Pearl the Niffler charmed Vivian, Gerald freed and teased his roommates, and Flitwick praised Gerald’s combat ability.

• Gerald used a Transfigured stone statue and precise spells to defeat George, Roger, Kenneth, Lee Jordan, and Fred, while Vivian Carrow was the last opponent standing.
• Vivian attacked Gerald with Stupefy and Petrificus Totalus, but he deflected both spells, disarmed her, and returned her wand after declaring her defeated.
• Vivian asked how Gerald had become so skilled, then met Pearl the Niffler and lured it out with a Galleon.
• Gerald freed the students from their spells, teased Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, and earned the recovered students’ admiration.
• Flitwick praised Gerald’s attack timing, Transfiguration, nonverbal spellcasting, and exceptional combat proficiency.