Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore and Flitwick discussed Grindelwald, a prophecy, and the protections around a real key, while Dumbledore revealed that someone else held his attention. Stephanie asked Sean to help start a wand club because his resistance to her Veela allure was growing, and Sean continued through his first Hogwarts classes, ending as his anticipated Transfiguration lesson began.

• Flitwick worried that Grindelwald and Sybill's prophecy made the wand club risky, but Dumbledore said he was more concerned about someone else and praised Flitwick's Flying Charm on a key.
• Stephanie told Sean she wanted to start a wand club and chose him as her assistant because his resistance to her Veela allure was strengthening.
• Stephanie removed her glasses, and Sean briefly fell under her allure before recovering; she asked him to consider joining the club and went into the Ravenclaw Common Room.
• Sean attended Defense Against the Dark Arts with Quirrell, whose lesson covered spells studied at Newmontgard.
• In Charms, Flitwick taught the Levitation Charm, Seamus Finnigan blew up another feather, and Sean successfully levitated his own.
• Sean went to his first Transfiguration class, the lesson he had most looked forward to.

Sean attended his first Transfiguration lesson, where Professor McGonagall demonstrated the art’s dangers and taught the limits of Gamp’s Law. After Sean questioned the prohibition on transfiguring liquids and gases, McGonagall told him to stay after class.

• Harry entertained the first-years with stories about riding Flying Broomsticks, while Hermione questioned whether they could safely fly near helicopters.
• Professor McGonagall transformed from a tabby cat into a witch and warned the class that Transfiguration was complex, dangerous, and temporary.
• Sean explained that eating a transfigured object could leave its original material inside the body, and McGonagall warned the class never to transfigure food, liquids, or gases.
• Sean recited the five principles of Gamp’s Law, earning five points for Ravenclaw as McGonagall explained that advanced Transfiguration could combine objects.
• Sean asked how transfigured liquids and gases could endanger people, and McGonagall ordered him to stay after class.

Sean successfully transfigured a match into a needle during Professor McGonagall’s lesson and was invited to her office. There, she explained that Transfiguration could not be used to turn solids into liquids or gases for long, leaving Sean with new questions about its limits.

• Professor McGonagall demonstrated Transfiguration and taught the first-years to picture an object’s new form while changing only its structure.
• Sean transformed his match into a silver needle, earning ten points for Ravenclaw and praise from Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall asked Sean to follow her to her office after class, while Harry defended him against Ron’s claim that she had recognized his talent at a glance.
• Sean asked Professor McGonagall whether a malicious wizard could turn solids into liquids or gases to harm people.
• Professor McGonagall told Sean that Transfiguration had limits and that even Dumbledore’s created liquids lasted only a few seconds.

Professor McGonagall warned Sean about the dangers of treating Transfiguration as a weapon, then gave him her student notes. As Sean’s magic studies progressed and Harry won Felix Felicis in Potions, Sean sneaked out at night to seek the Room of Requirement.

• Professor McGonagall explained that Transfiguration had innate limits and cautioned Sean for imagining its use in murder.
• Professor McGonagall gave Sean her student Transfiguration notes and asked him to study them seriously.
• Professor McGonagall told Dumbledore what had happened, and he refused to reveal why he had approached the students.
• Sean showed Hermione the notes and promised to help her learn from them once Professor McGonagall allowed him to teach others.
• Sean improved rapidly at Transfiguration, struggled with Potions, and saw Harry win Felix Felicis from Slughorn.
• Sean secretly left his dormitory late at night to look for the Room of Requirement.

Sean sneaked out at night to find the Room of Requirement, where he discovered a useful place to practice magic and study. After hiding in a Vanishing Cabinet, he emerged in an unfamiliar room and heard an elderly voice addressing Albus.

• Sean searched Hogwarts for the Room of Requirement and escaped Filch after Mrs. Norris noticed him but did not give him away.
• Sean found the tapestry on the eighth floor and opened the Room of Requirement by asking for a place to practice spells.
• Sean explored the room, found shelves of books and magical instruments, and discovered that asking for potion-brewing equipment did not change it.
• When the room’s door began to ripple, Sean hid in a wooden cabinet and realized it was a Vanishing Cabinet.
• Sean opened the cabinet into a brightly lit room, where chamber music began and an elderly voice asked whether Albus had finally come to see them.

Sean Wallop accidentally entered Newmontgard through a repaired Vanishing Cabinet and came face-to-face with Gellert Grindelwald, who restrained him and kept him waiting. While Grindelwald awaited a visitor, Sean used the lottery system and won two powerful beginner sets and a mysterious fragment before the cabinet began to shake.

• Sean emerged from the Vanishing Cabinet and recognized Gellert Grindelwald, then feared for his safety.
• Grindelwald floated Sean to a chair, asked his name, and silenced him when he asked to leave.
• Sean studied the room and secretly spent points on two hundred lottery draws.
• Sean won the Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald Beginner Sets, along with one of seven Unknown Fragments.
• The Vanishing Cabinet shook violently, and Grindelwald laughed in delight.

Dumbledore came to collect Sean from Grindelwald, who gave Sean a mysterious vial and asked why he had chosen Hogwarts over Newmontgard. After Sean left, Grindelwald called him his heir, and he and Dumbledore argued over their agreement and the coming of a new era.

• Dumbledore arrived through the Vanishing Cabinet and told Sean to return to Hogwarts with him.
• As Sean entered the cabinet, Grindelwald asked why he had not chosen Newmontgard, and Sean said its recruiter had seemed friendlier.
• Grindelwald gave Sean a vial containing a silvery substance, and Sean accepted it after Dumbledore nodded.
• After Sean left, Grindelwald called him his heir, and Dumbledore accused Grindelwald of violating their agreement.
• Grindelwald poured wine and showed Dumbledore a parchment bearing seven names as he declared that they could not stop a new era.

After meeting Grindelwald in the Vanishing Cabinet, Sean examined the magical rewards he had obtained and spoke with Dumbledore, who asked him to keep the encounter secret. Dumbledore told Sean to seek him out when he was older to learn from Grindelwald’s insights, then assigned him detention for being out at night.

• Sean inspected his purple items and spells, including Grindelwald's improved Fiendfyre Curse, and found a bottle labeled Grindelwald's Spell Demonstration.
• Dumbledore emerged from the Vanishing Cabinet and asked Sean about his family and upbringing.
• Dumbledore confirmed that he and Grindelwald were old acquaintances but said it was not yet time to explain more.
• Dumbledore asked Sean to keep the night's events secret and told him to visit later when he was ready to understand Grindelwald's insights.
• Dumbledore assigned Sean detention on Saturday for wandering the school at night, leaving Sean indignant.

Sean began his detention in the Forbidden Forest with Harry, Malfoy, and Hagrid, while Hermione worried about the danger and tried to stop him from going. Hagrid took charge of the students and led them into the forest.

• Hermione questioned Sean about leaving the Common Room and objected when he admitted he was going to the Forbidden Forest for detention.
• Sean reassured Hermione that Hagrid would accompany him and left the Common Room.
• At the castle entrance, Sean joined Harry and Malfoy, who were both being sent to the Forbidden Forest for detention.
• Filch escorted the students outside, warned them about the forest, and then handed responsibility over to Hagrid.
• Sean greeted Hagrid warmly and expressed his excitement about meeting Magical Creatures before Hagrid led the group into the forest.

Hagrid led Sean, Harry, and Malfoy into the Forbidden Forest to find a fire dragon hatchling that he believed had become separated from its mother. They found a young Hebridean Black Dragon feeding on a fawn, but the ground began shaking just as Hagrid prepared to capture it.

• Hagrid insisted that the group enter the Forbidden Forest to find a supposedly small fire dragon, despite Malfoy and Harry's alarm.
• Sean found claw marks that led Hagrid to identify the hatchling's trail, and Hagrid speculated that it had fled after the Hungarian Horntail attacked the Hebridean Black Dragon habitat.
• Hagrid admitted that he had not contacted the MacFasty Clan and seemed reluctant to hand over the dragon.
• Malfoy spotted a blood trail, and Hagrid followed it to a young Hebridean Black Dragon eating a fawn.
• Hagrid prepared an arrow coated with Chameleon Giant Snail venom to anesthetize the dragon, but the ground suddenly began to shake.

Sean calmed the rampaging Hebridean Black Dragon and escaped the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid, Harry, and Malfoy. At the forest’s edge, Magical Creatures began attacking one another, and a strange whinny came from the Black Lake.

• Tremors disrupted the Forbidden Forest, and a Hebridean Black Dragon charged at Hagrid, Sean, Harry, Malfoy, and Fang.
• Sean felt the dragon’s sorrow, approached it, and calmed it by gently stroking its head.
• Hagrid led Sean and the others toward safety after Bane warned that something was wrong in the forest.
• The group escaped the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid sent a green signal to notify the professors.
• Magical Creatures began savagely fighting at the forest’s edge, and a strange whinny sounded behind them as the Black Lake erupted.

Sean befriended a gigantic Grindylow after it attacked Hagrid, and helped rescue him from the Black Lake. Harry ended the day amazed by the wonders of Hogwarts and remembered Sirius telling him about the school.

• A huge Grindylow attacked Sean, Hagrid, Harry, and the others on the shore, then caught Hagrid in its jaws.
• Sean flew toward the Grindylow on the Little Black Dragon, and his affinity let him sense its loneliness and calm it.
• Sean befriended the Grindylow and rode it into the lake to retrieve Hagrid.
• The Grindylow carried Hagrid and Sean back to shore, then nuzzled Sean and returned beneath the lake.
• Harry reflected that the day had been more magical than anything he had experienced before and thought that Sirius had been right about Hogwarts.

Sean and his friends escaped the rampage in the Forbidden Forest, where Dumbledore’s magic calmed the creatures. The chapter ended with Sean staying behind to ask Dumbledore a question about what had happened.

• Hagrid led Sean and the others away from the fighting creatures while the Grindylow protected the shore.
• Dumbledore’s white light spread across the Forbidden Forest and calmed the creatures.
• Professor Kettleburn arrived, and Hagrid prepared to take the Little Black Dragon to him.
• Dumbledore appeared, explained that a potion and traces of Ancient Magic likely caused the creatures’ rage, and told Hagrid to care for the dragon until the MacFasty family reclaimed it.
• After Dumbledore sent Harry and the others ahead, Sean stayed behind to ask him a question.

Sean discussed his unusual influence over magical creatures with Dumbledore, who praised his bravery and awarded Ravenclaw ten points. After bonding with Professor Kettleburn and asking about a mysterious egg, Sean heard two familiar people arguing near the restroom.

• Sean asked Dumbledore about his ability to calm magical creatures, and Dumbledore explained that he may have helped them regain their reason.
• Dumbledore praised Sean for rescuing Hagrid and awarded Ravenclaw ten points before leaving in flames.
• Sean met Professor Kettleburn, who complained that Hagrid had shut him out while studying the dragon.
• Sean befriended Kettleburn and asked him to identify a glowing egg with bluish-green patterns, but Kettleburn requested that he find the book first.
• Sean headed for the restroom and heard two familiar voices arguing around the corner.

Sean overheard Quirrell threatening Professor Kettleburn about an incident in the Forbidden Forest, leaving him puzzled about Quirrell’s behavior and motives. After spending the night with Hermione in the Ravenclaw Common Room, Sean met her the next morning and offered to show her a treasure.

• Sean overheard Quirrell accuse Professor Kettleburn of crossing a line and insist that they needed to protect Hogwarts.
• Sean returned to Ravenclaw Tower and found Hermione waiting in the Common Room; he caught her when her numb legs gave way and helped her back to her dormitory later.
• Sean woke late, and Hermione had saved him breakfast, which he ate in the Common Room.
• Sean raised an eyebrow and offered to show Hermione a treasure.

Sean showed Hermione the Little Black Dragon at Hagrid’s hut, then watched as the MacFasty Clan took it back to its own kind. After discovering that someone had impersonated Professor Kettleburn, Sean reported what he had overheard to Professor Flitwick and decided to keep his distance from the trouble.

• Sean brought Hermione to Hagrid’s hut, where she was astonished to see and pet the Little Black Dragon.
• Sean and Hermione listened to Hagrid discuss Magical Creatures while they waited for the MacFasty Clan to arrive.
• The MacFasty wizards collected the Little Black Dragon, and Sean said goodbye as they carried it away in a cage.
• Sean learned that Hagrid had worked with Professor Kettleburn until dawn, and realized the Kettleburn he had encountered the previous night might have been someone else.
• Sean told Hagrid about the encounter, then reported what he had overheard in the washroom to Professor Flitwick.

Sean spent his time improving his magic and attended the Halloween feast with Hermione, expecting a peaceful evening. The feast ended in alarm when Ashwinders invaded Hogwarts, and the students were ordered to remain in the Great Hall as one of the creatures appeared inside.

• Sean reviewed his system panel, noting his progress in Charms and Transfiguration and the slow advancement of Fiendfyre and Occlumency.
• Sean inspected the unchanged Magical Creature Egg and decided to leave hatching it for later.
• Sean and Hermione attended the Halloween feast, where Sean shared a laugh with his classmates and Hermione chided him over lending out homework.
• Professor McGonagall ordered all students to stay in the Great Hall after hundreds of Ashwinders entered the castle and threatened to set it ablaze.
• A student shouted that an Ashwinder had entered the Great Hall, and the crowd broke into chaos.

Ashwinders attacked Hogwarts, and Sean realized they had been altered like the creatures in the Forbidden Forest. A gigantic Ashwinder exploded and gravely injured Percy, leaving Sean to ask who could cast the best Summoning Charm as Fred prepared to carry his brother through the infested corridors.

• McGonagall froze an Ashwinder and left the Great Hall while Charlotte organized the students to defend the younger pupils.
• Sean recognized that the Ashwinders were acting unnaturally and asked Lady Helena to warn the professors that they resembled the creatures from the Forbidden Forest.
• A swollen Ashwinder exploded beside Percy Weasley, leaving him unconscious and badly wounded.
• Sean gave Percy a healing potion, but Charlotte reported that Ashwinders filled the corridors and no teachers were in sight.
• Fred tried to carry Percy to the Hospital Wing, George supported him, and Sean asked whose Summoning Charm was best.

Sean joined Charlotte, Cedric Diggory, Fred, and George in carrying Percy by broomstick to the Hospital Wing after Ashwinders invaded Hogwarts. They reached the ward, but Madam Pomfrey did not answer, and Sean realized the infestation was worse than he expected.

• Sean suggested summoning Flying Broomsticks, and Charlotte, Fred, George, and other students successfully called several to them.
• Cedric Diggory introduced himself to Sean, and the students placed Percy on a makeshift stretcher.
• Sean convinced Charlotte to let him accompany the group after petrifying an Ashwinder with Petrificus Totalus.
• Charlotte led the group through a corridor packed with Ashwinders, and they escaped into the courtyard without encountering any swollen ones.
• The group flew around the tower toward the Hospital Wing, where Sean spotted more Ashwinders outside the windows searching for places to lay eggs.
• Charlotte landed and caught Percy's stretcher with magic, while George called for Madam Pomfrey and received no answer.

Sean and the others entered the Hospital Wing to find Madam Pomfrey stunned and enlarged Ashwinders guarding the ward. After Sean drove the creatures away, Professor Kettleburn appeared and Sean noticed a suspicious blue glow beside him.

• Sean organized Fred, George, Cedric, and Charlotte into a formation before they entered the Hospital Wing.
• Cedric spotted Ashwinders swarming near the ward, and the group found Madam Pomfrey unconscious on a bed.
• Sean stopped George from approaching the bed, then used his influence over the Ashwinders to drive them away.
• Sean and Charlotte suspected someone had infiltrated Hogwarts, and Sean considered Professor Kettleburn a likely suspect.
• Kettleburn arrived and urged the students to leave, but Sean noticed a blue glow beside him and warned the others.