Vol. 8Avalon and the Returning Past

Sean uncovered Herpo’s history and the threat he posed, then traveled to Avalon to secure its life-giving water. After Avalon collapsed and his friends escaped, Sean cast Rewind as the curse reached for his soul.

  • Sean learned that Herpo had invaded another version of his Soul World and used him as a vessel, then sent future Hermione back with altered memories.
  • Sean traveled two hours into the past to complete a quest before returning to Daisy.
  • Sean found an intact Blood Pact from another Timeline in the Forbidden Forest and warned Grindelwald as Herpo’s forces attacked Hogwarts and Hogsmeade.
  • Daisy protected the defenders with her Fire Dragon Patronus while Stephanie defeated Daya Rom.
  • Sean and his allies reached Avalon and faced its trials, where Lust explained the Sins’ history and Sean learned more about Voldemort and the Death God.
  • Peter Pettigrew confessed that a great being had compelled him to plant Daisy’s Blood Curse, leading Sean to suspect Herpo.
  • Sean read his predecessor’s diary and learned that he had become the God of Time and created the system and World Rules to fight Herpo.
  • Sean killed Avalon’s Guardian Fairies to claim the lake water as Stephanie, Hermione, and Daisy escaped, then cast Rewind against the curse.
Chapters 729–835 Read from ch. 729

Arc 29The Ring and the Returning Past

Sean uncovered the future Hermione’s time-travel mission and learned from another version of himself how Herpo had taken control of the Realm of Illusion. Back at Hogwarts, Sean and Daisy grew closer while he tested the limits of the Time-Turner and his quests.

  • Sean and Daisy shared an intimate encounter in the Room of Requirement, then were caught leaving the empty Great Hall by Professor McGonagall, who put Sean’s Head Boy position on probation and ordered the partygoers to clean the castle.
  • Sean learned that drunk Hermione and Stephanie had kissed, then connected Hermione’s strange behavior and missing gift to Luna Lovegood and the forgotten world of The Quibbler.
  • Sean found Hermione unconscious in the snow and later discovered that the Lovegoods had been isolated from the world, while Hermione began remembering Luna in ways that contradicted her own past.
  • Sean used a Developing Solution to track down his missing ring and found a warning about Achieving Godhood, then encountered a future Hermione who had traveled back two years to prevent his death.
  • Sean destroyed future Hermione’s memories and entered the ring’s Pensieve, where another Sean explained how Herpo had invaded his Soul World, stolen Pride, and used him as a vessel.
  • Sean learned that Herpo had targeted him because he did not exist on every Timeline, then sent Hermione back with altered memories and began investigating the limits of his talents and resources.
  • Sean and Daisy confronted her worries about his feelings and her Amortentia, and Sean admitted he had wanted her while withholding promises until after the final battle.
  • Sean used a Time-Turner to travel two hours into the past, completed a quest by arranging thirty Ravenclaw points and then having Snape deduct them, before returning to Daisy for the night.
Chapters 729–757 Summaries Read

Arc 30Herpo’s Assault

Sean spent Christmas with family and friends, while his tangled relationships with Hermione, Daisy, and Stephanie continued. After finding a copy of his Blood Pact in the Forbidden Forest, Sean warned Grindelwald and prepared Hogwarts as Herpo’s forces attacked the school and Hogsmeade.

  • Sean summoned a Dementor in class, where Bram endured its despair with happy memories and Daisy drove it back with a powerful Fire Dragon Patronus.
  • Sean helped Colton pursue Sherlock, spent Christmas with Ayla and his parents, and received Grindelwald’s warning that Herpo was assembling an army of corrupted souls.
  • Sean hosted Hermione and Daisy at the Wallop villa, secretly met Stephanie, and let Ayla help ease Hermione’s anger after the holiday.
  • Sean and Hermione reconciled at Hogwarts, Sherlock and Colton returned as a couple, and Sean noticed unfamiliar magic moving through the Forbidden Forest.
  • Sean fought a dark copy that replicated his spells, then uncovered his intact Blood Pact from another Timeline and suspected Herpo had lured him into the forest.
  • Sean summoned Grindelwald and organized Hogwarts’ defenses as Returners attacked the school and Hogsmeade.
  • Stephanie defeated Daya Rom after she killed a captured Returner, while Daisy’s Fire Dragon Patronus protected Hogwarts’ defenders and she dismembered an attacker who could regenerate.
Chapters 758–783 Summaries Read

Arc 31Avalon and the Soul Trial

Sean and his allies defeated the Returners, then followed their clues to Avalon in search of its life-giving water. In a time-bending trial Sean learned more about the Sins and Voldemort, and ended by uncovering Herpo’s role in Daisy’s Blood Curse.

  • Professor McGonagall animated Hogwarts’s statues while Hermione directed the students’ defense, and Sean drove the Returners from the Forbidden Forest.
  • Sean learned that Herpo sought Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup and Avalon’s water, then worked with Grindelwald to identify Glastonbury as the route to Glass Island.
  • Sean, Hermione, Daisy, and Stephanie reached Avalon by boat, where a swamp guardian and the Little Squirrel guided them toward the Lake of Life and its trials.
  • At the Peak of Soul’s Return, Sean entered a childhood illusion, fought Grindelwald, and used Ancient Magic before escaping with Stephanie.
  • Sean spoke with Lust, who explained the Sins’ history, their connection to Herpo, and the Death God’s lingering authority over the Underworld.
  • Sean found Voldemort’s Residual Soul in the cave and made an Unbreakable Vow with him after learning the Death God remained alive and Voldemort sought his soul fragments.
  • Sean summoned the Death Eaters, and Peter Pettigrew confessed that a great being had compelled him to plant Daisy’s Blood Curse, leading Sean to suspect Herpo.
Chapters 784–809 Summaries Read

Arc 32Avalon’s Curse

Sean uncovered his first self’s role as the God of Time and learned that the World Rules had been created to stop Herpo. He secured Avalon’s lake water at the cost of the Guardian Fairies’ lives, while his friends escaped and he faced the curse by casting Rewind.

  • Sean used Wormtail’s death to make a Horcrux from Voldemort’s Residual Soul, then entered Avalon with Stephanie and met its guardian, Dorniya.
  • Sean found his earlier self’s diary and learned that he had spent decades in Avalon, become the God of Time, and created the Annihilated Timelines and the system while fighting Herpo.
  • Sean followed the trial’s paths, encountered Barty Crouch Jr. beyond the Death Veil, and traced the archways to a recording from his predecessor that explained Herpo’s threat and the World Rule that would restart reality.
  • After emerging from the trial, Sean reunited with Daisy, Hermione, and Stephanie, then continued toward Avalon’s lake despite Little Fang Fairy’s warning that obtaining its water required a Guardian Fairy’s heart blood.
  • At Avalon Castle, Sean was overcome by the polluted soil and saw corpses resembling himself, then discovered Pride had been injured as Herpo’s pollution was purged from his Origin.
  • Sean led the others through the castle, killed the eight Guardian Fairies, and used their heart’s blood to turn the spring scarlet and claim its water as Avalon collapsed around him.
  • Stephanie, Hermione, and Daisy fought Herpo’s Half-Dead and escaped to sea on a Grindylow, while Sean endured the curse’s attack and cast Rewind as it reached for his soul.
Chapters 810–835 Summaries Read
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