Chapter Summaries

Lynn asked Joseph to teach the household magic, but Joseph explained that magic required an innate gene and that a wand could test for it. After seeing several residents display powers resembling accidental magic, Lynn realized he would need to visit the Wizarding World to get a wand.

• Joseph offered to do chores because he felt uneasy accepting free room and board.
• Lynn asked Joseph to teach magic to the children and other residents of the estate.
• Joseph explained that magic depended on an innate gene and described the accidental magic that young wizards could display.
• Tommy made a bag of chips fly to him, Reggie vanished and reappeared, Annie lit her hands, and John floated while warming milk.
• Joseph said a wand could reveal magical aptitude by resonating with anyone who had the magic gene.
• Lynn decided he would need to visit the Wizarding World to obtain a wand for testing the household.

Lynn, John, and Joseph crossed a wizarding shopping street consumed by anti-Vought fury, where Joseph faced public hatred for giving Vought the locations of Fantastic Beasts’ habitats. Lynn reassured Joseph that he had acted to protect his family, then went to an Ollivander shop to buy basic wands and test the children in his family for magical talent.

• Joseph admitted he had given Stan Edgar the first habitat coordinates because Edgar threatened to expose his Muggle daughter and granddaughter to extremist mutants.
• Lynn told Joseph he had been an unfit politician but a good father, and said he would have gone even further to protect his own family.
• Lynn led John and Joseph into the North American branch of Ollivander Wand Shop while the wizarding street outside called for war against Vought.
• Lynn asked the shopkeeper for several basic wands to test whether the children in his family had magical talent.

Joseph brought wands to Lynn’s estate to test for magical genes, but every resident except Lynn made one react, including Buddy the dog. Lynn realized that everyone who passed the test had been injected with Compound V, while he had not.

• Joseph explained how the wands tested for magical genes, and Reggie, Tommy, Annie, and Kevin each made one react.
• Raphael and the other turtles tried the wands and produced magical effects, shocking Joseph.
• Buddy made a wand glow, while Benjamin and Black Noir triggered unusual reactions of their own.
• John’s touch made a wand overheat, snap, and burn to charcoal.
• Lynn tested the last intact wand, which remained silent, and realized he was the only one present who had never received Compound V.

Lynn suspected Compound V was a form of biotechnology that implanted magical genes, and he connected the secret project codenamed "P" to Vought's possible experiments on Wizards and Outsiders. Joseph agreed to teach Lynn and the others practical defensive magic, beginning with Protego and Expelliarmus.

• Lynn reasoned that contact with Compound V caused living organisms to test positive for the magical gene and considered whether Vought had created Wizards by forcibly implanting it.
• Lynn recalled Vought's secret project codenamed "P" on an island in the Pacific and wondered whether Outsiders shared the same origin as Wizards.
• Joseph recovered from testing the group and said he would honor his promise to teach them magic, while refusing to teach torture or killing spells.
• Buddy eagerly asked Joseph to teach him nasty Dark Magic curses, and Benjamin threatened him for suggesting he might use one at home.
• Lynn chose Protego and Expelliarmus as practical spells for the family to learn, and Joseph approved.

Joseph taught the children Protego and Expelliarmus, explaining that their sparse magical genes made spellcasting difficult, while their practice filled Long Island Estate with smoke and sparks. After days of lessons and Buddy’s apparent failure to use magic, the golden retriever woke alone in the living room with a sly gleam in his eyes.

• Joseph demonstrated Protego and Expelliarmus, and the children and turtles tried the spells with chaotic results.
• Joseph explained that the children’s powerful bodies suppressed their sparse magical genes and said they would need at least a month of practice.
• Benjamin and Black Noir gave up on magic, while the children kept practicing and competing with one another.
• Over the following days, Buddy chewed on a wand without producing a spark, and Benjamin mocked him.
• Late at night, Buddy woke in the empty living room and opened his eyes with a sly gleam.

Buddy secretly demonstrated exceptional skill with a Wand, stealing beef jerky while hiding his abilities from Lynn. Meanwhile, nearly three hundred Aurors prepared to attack Vought International’s secret biopharmaceutical plant, believing they were fighting a righteous battle.

• Buddy quietly cast Protego and used a precise Expelliarmus to knock beef jerky from a cabinet, then caught and ate it.
• Buddy hid the empty bag, returned the Wand to the coffee table with slobber on it, and settled back to sleep after remembering Benjamin’s open bedroom door.
• Nearly three hundred North American Aurors gathered under concealment spells near Vought International’s secret plant.
• A young Auror urged the group to avenge fallen colleagues and rescue tortured magical creatures, while the assembled Aurors revered the Ministry officials leading them.

The Ministry of Magic officials prepared a night raid on Vought International, driven by lost profits and the chance to steal Compound V technology rather than concern for Fantastic Beasts. The director sent hundreds of Aurors charging toward the pharmaceutical plant while he returned to his tent to wait for the spoils.

• The director and other Ministry officials admitted that Vought International's hunting had threatened their families' businesses and profits.
• The director revealed that they also wanted Compound V's formula and purification techniques to gain wealth and political power.
• The officials dismissed the Aurors as expendable tools, while the Aurors outside waited unaware of their leaders' motives.
• The director signaled the attack and urged the Aurors to charge at Vought International's pharmaceutical plant.
• The Aurors rushed toward the plant as the director returned to his tent, expecting them to bring back the formula.

More than three hundred Aurors attacked the Vought pharmaceutical plant, only to find a thousand mutant soldiers armed with heavy firearms waiting inside. The Aurors’ defenses collapsed under the combined gunfire and magic-resistant mutants, and a bloodied survivor warned Ministry officials just as the soldiers surrounded their command tent.

• The Aurors blasted through the plant’s fence and advanced toward its main factory building.
• A thousand armed mutant soldiers emerged from the factory and opened fire on the Aurors at a Vought executive’s command.
• The Aurors raised magical shields and counterattacked, but the mutants’ resistance to magic and overwhelming numbers wore down their defenses.
• Massive mutants charged into the broken Auror formation, turning the fight into a massacre.
• Ministry officials celebrated in their command tent until a wounded Auror reported the defeat and warned them about the army.
• Heavy bootsteps closed in around the tent as the officials stared at the survivor.

Vought International’s mutant soldiers defeated a wizard raid, and Edgar ordered the captured survivors killed despite being told to release them. The chapter left Edgar determined to keep Vought’s mass-produced super-soldier program secret.

• The mutant soldiers killed the corrupt officials in the command tent after one official’s Avada Kedavra killed a single soldier.
• Duke reported to Edgar that the wizards had been defeated, with over two hundred killed and several dozen captured.
• An unnamed elderly man called Edgar and ordered him to release the survivors so their memories could be altered and the raid covered up.
• Edgar agreed politely over the phone but decided that releasing the survivors would expose Vought’s mutant army to the supernatural world.
• Edgar ordered Duke to send the prisoners to the port and ensure no breathing survivors remained at the pharmaceutical plant.

After more than three hundred North American wizards vanished during a mission, the old Minister addressed the panicked Ministry, blamed illegal poachers and Dark Magic mercenaries, and vowed to find them. His speech rallied the crowd, who left the hall ready to support him.

• Ministry staff discovered that the magical life signatures of more than three hundred Aurors and officials had gone out overnight, and panic spread through the hall.
• The old Minister arrived and calmed the crowd by acknowledging their grief and fears.
• The old Minister claimed illegal poachers and Dark Magic mercenaries had ambushed the Aurors while targeting magical creatures.
• The old Minister vowed to uncover the villains and seek justice for the fallen, rousing the wizards into a show of support.
• The old Minister bowed deeply to the crowd.

Joseph read that Vought International had killed three hundred Aurors and grieved for the Wizarding World’s losses. The old minister’s defiant speech gave Joseph hope, while Lynn questioned why the minister had concealed Vought’s role and the scale of its forces.

• Joseph read the New York Ghost’s report that three hundred Aurors and other North American Wizarding World officials had been killed.
• Joseph was moved by the old minister’s promise to pursue justice and took his speech as proof that the Wizarding World still had hope.
• Lynn brought Joseph tea and examined the newspaper while Joseph praised the minister’s resolve.
• Lynn wondered why the minister had described the attackers as illegal poachers and Dark Magic mercenaries instead of naming Vought International.

Lynn privately questioned whether the North American minister’s stirring speech concealed the enemy’s strength or political compromises, but spared Joseph his doubts. Meanwhile, Minister Bones offered British support after hearing that three hundred North American Aurors had been killed, while the old minister publicly refused help and privately maintained his sorrowful image before mourners.

• Lynn told Joseph the minister’s speech was moving, keeping his suspicions to himself.
• Madam Bones reviewed intelligence that three hundred North American Aurors had been wiped out and contacted the North American minister through a Two-Way Mirror.
• The old minister thanked Madam Bones for Britain’s offer but said North America would handle the crisis and seek justice for its dead.
• The old minister said he had written to Dumbledore and asked him to curb Europe’s black markets and block the poachers’ escape routes.
• Madam Bones declined to send investigators, respecting North America’s wishes while promising support if needed.
• The old minister put on a sorrowful, resolute expression and went out to comfort mourners gathered in his name.

Edgar confronted a powerful political leader over Vought International’s killing of survivors and the secrets behind Compound V. He left the leader cowed and promised to keep supplying materials from fantastic beasts as long as the man stayed out of his way.

• Edgar answered the leader’s call and defended his decision to kill the survivors, saying it had protected Vought International’s secrets.
• The leader threatened to expose Vought International’s use of wizards in Compound V and its mutation experiments.
• Edgar revealed that the leader had long helped supply wizard bodies and erase records of missing people, making him complicit in Vought’s crimes.
• Edgar reminded the leader that he had provided information used to target Joseph and his family, silencing the leader’s objections.
• Edgar ended the call after warning the leader to keep quiet and promising Vought would continue searching for materials from fantastic beasts.

Joseph decided to leave Lynn’s estate and return to the wizarding world to warn the Ministry about Vought International, despite Lynn suggesting that the old minister might be complicit. Joseph clung to his faith in his former mentor and went to meet him, while Lynn and John watched him leave, expecting danger.

• Joseph packed his belongings and told Lynn he planned to expose Vought International’s mutants and New Compound V to the old minister.
• Lynn warned Joseph that the minister might already know about Vought International and have agreed to the deaths of the Aurors.
• Joseph rejected the suspicion, explaining that the minister had mentored and protected him for decades and insisting he might have been deceived.
• Lynn stopped trying to dissuade Joseph, and Joseph thanked him before leaving the estate for the Ministry.
• John predicted that Joseph was walking into a trap, and Lynn said people in despair clung to those who had once treated them kindly.
• Lynn smacked John for imitating his biological father’s rude manner.

Lynn sent Buddy after Joseph, hoping the dog would save the old wizard and earn a chance to learn Dark Magic. At the North American Ministry of Magic, Joseph was attacked as a traitor before the Minister took him to his office, where Joseph confessed that he had given Vought International the coordinates.

• Lynn exposed Buddy’s secret interest in Dark Magic and told him to follow Joseph and save his life if the chance arose.
• Buddy dropped his act, agreed to help, and hurried out to track Joseph by scent.
• Joseph entered the North American Ministry of Magic, where the furious crowd attacked him as a traitor.
• The old Minister stopped the crowd and brought Joseph to his office, where he greeted him with relief and concern.
• Joseph broke down before his mentor and confessed that he had given Vought International the coordinates to protect his family.

Joseph told the old minister that Vought International had created a mutant army resistant to magic and urged an alliance with Lynn’s group at the Long Island Estate. The old minister promised to hide Joseph in his office while publicly claiming he had been imprisoned, and Joseph trusted him completely.

• The old minister welcomed Joseph, said Pist had confessed to forging documents for Vought International, and explained that the warrant against Joseph was meant to protect him.
• Joseph warned the old minister that Vought’s mutant army had slaughtered the Aurors and could withstand magic using New Compound V made with Fantastic Beasts’ blood.
• Joseph described Lynn, John, Benjamin, and the Long Island Estate, urging the Ministry to ally with them against Stan Edgar.
• The old minister praised Joseph’s intelligence but said clearing his name or publicly seeking an alliance would provoke riots among the grieving Wizards.
• The old minister said he would claim Joseph was imprisoned while secretly keeping him safe in his private quarters, where Joseph could record what he knew.
• Joseph accepted the plan, forgot Lynn’s warning, and resolved to repay the old minister’s apparent kindness by sharing everything.

Buddy found Joseph hiding in the Minister’s Office and discovered that the old wizard was safe and believed the minister was protecting him. After Joseph doubted Buddy could use magic, Buddy revealed his skill with a wand and demanded that Joseph teach him spells.

• Buddy followed Joseph’s scent into the Minister’s Office and found him drinking tea in a hidden sitting room.
• Joseph mistook Buddy’s arrival for a rescue attempt, but Buddy explained that Lynn had sent him to keep watch.
• Buddy accused the old minister of intending to exploit and kill Joseph, while Joseph insisted the minister was protecting him.
• Buddy asked Joseph to teach him practical spells, and Joseph said he could not learn magic just because he could speak.
• Buddy cast a shield and nonverbal Expelliarmus with a wand in his mouth, stunning Joseph with his magical ability.

Buddy learned several combat spells from Joseph but failed to get him to teach Dark Magic, so he decided to infiltrate the old minister’s household instead. He left the Long Island Estate to learn the Unforgivable Curses, stunning everyone with his plan to master Avada Kedavra.

• Buddy forced Joseph to teach him the Aurors’ combat spells, but Joseph refused to reveal Dark Magic or the Unforgivable Curses.
• Buddy suspected the old minister knew Dark Magic and decided to become his dog to learn it undercover.
• Buddy returned to the Long Island Estate and told Lynn that Joseph was secretly helping the old minister gather information about Lynn and the Manor.
• Buddy announced that he was leaving to infiltrate the old minister’s household and learn Avada Kedavra.
• Buddy ran into the night, leaving Benjamin, Leonardo, and Raphael stunned.

Buddy staged a dramatic collapse in the North American Ministry of Magic lobby to make the old minister publicly adopt him. The minister agreed, winning the crowd’s admiration, while Buddy planned to outlive him.

• Buddy dirtied his coat, smeared grime and blood on himself, and prepared to pretend he was near death.
• The old minister gave a tearful interview about the Ministry’s compassion as reporters and mourners filled the lobby.
• Buddy limped into the lobby, collapsed at the old minister’s feet, and pretended to lose consciousness.
• The old minister claimed Buddy was a wounded Auror’s faithful companion searching for his fallen master.
• The old minister promised to care for Buddy in the Ministry’s safest sanctuary, and the crowd applauded his kindness.

Edgar secured the military’s growing reliance on compound V while Vought’s forces devastated North American wizarding communities. The old minister feared that seeking help would expose his collusion with Vought, and Buddy narrowly escaped when the minister nearly cast Avada Kedavra at him.

• At the Pentagon, a general celebrated the thousands of soldiers injected with compound V, and Edgar discussed another Mutant Serum delivery.
• Vought’s Society Organization units and Military Special Forces attacked magical habitats, killing or capturing fantastic beasts and wizards for serum production.
• The old minister refused to request European or Dumbledore’s help because an investigation would expose his secret dealings with Vought.
• Desperate for a way to defeat Vought’s mutant forces, the old minister considered using Unforgivable Curses.
• The old minister began to cast Avada Kedavra at Buddy, who leapt behind the curtains and hid in terror.