Chapter Summaries

Reinhardt Nott told Theodore that the Nott bloodline could contain and wield magic from Sin, then recruited him into a secret plan. After Reinhardt left Theodore with a Memory Bottle, Sean decided to focus on Theodore instead of capturing Reinhardt.

• Reinhardt told Theodore about the Eight Great Families and claimed the Nott bloodline was compatible with Sin's magic.
• Reinhardt released a trace of Sin's power, which Sean recognized as the same kind he had sensed from Thomas.
• Theodore questioned why Reinhardt had been badly beaten by Wallerup, and Reinhardt explained that wielding Sin's power came at a price.
• Reinhardt appealed to Theodore's ambition and asked him to help when the time came, then handed him a Memory Bottle.
• Sean chose to focus on Theodore after Reinhardt and Theodore left, while Reinhardt returned to Durmstrang's ship and told Leon Schneider he had delivered the item.

Leon Schneider recruited Reinhardt into the Returners’ plot to control Sean Wallerup and take his blood, while Theodore Nott received a Memory Bottle meant to lure Wallerup. Sean captured Theodore, divined that reading the bottle would be safe, and entered its memories, where he found Andros approaching a mysterious temple.

• Leon Schneider told Reinhardt that the Returners planned to control Wallerup through the Memory Bottle and ordered him to use a black crystal and collect Wallerup’s blood.
• Theodore Nott took the Memory Bottle Reinhardt had given him and planned to ask his father for the family Pensieve.
• Sean used Pudding to hypnotize Theodore, captured him, and took the Memory Bottle.
• Sean used his final Unstable Coin divination to confirm that reading the bottle with Slytherin’s Pensieve would not put him in danger.
• Sean entered the bottle’s memory and followed Andros, who opened the black-misted entrance to a small temple.

Sean watched Andros's memory of visiting Sloth, a child imprisoned in a strange temple, and learned that the Returners planned to use Sloth against Pride's host. Sloth sensed Sean inside the memory and put him to sleep, while enormous eyes opened in Sean's Soul World.

• Sean followed Andros through a darkness that erased every sense and watched him reveal a child imprisoned behind black bars in the temple.
• Sean recognized the child as Sloth's host, who had remained captive while the Returners treated his family's Sloth-induced condition in exchange for his cooperation.
• Andros pressured the host to let Sloth emerge, and the host finally gave way as Sloth took control of his body.
• Andros asked Sloth to help with an operation targeting Pride's host, and Sloth agreed after learning the target was his big brother's host.
• As Andros lowered the bars, Sloth noticed Sean in the memory and commanded him to sleep, while enormous eyes opened in Sean's Soul World.

Leon Schneider led Reinhardt Nott into Hogwarts and sent him to the Chamber of Secrets, where Sean remained trapped by Sloth’s magic. Inside his Soul World, Sean negotiated with Pride for help escaping, while Reinhardt waited beside Sean’s motionless body until Sean abruptly opened his crimson eyes.

• Leon Schneider and Reinhardt Nott entered Hogwarts, where Leon used magic to put Filch and Mrs. Norris to sleep before opening the passage to the Chamber of Secrets.
• Reinhardt crawled into the Chamber while Leon stayed behind, and Sean struggled against Sloth’s spell before finding himself trapped in his Soul World.
• Sean spoke with Pride, learned Sloth’s magic had ensnared his body and consciousness, and agreed to accept Pride’s help in exchange for a deal that would make Pride happier.
• Reinhardt arrived in the Chamber and waited beside Sean’s unresponsive body as Leon approached from the shadows.
• Sean suddenly opened his eyes, which glowed crimson.

Pride appeared through Sean and negotiated with Leon Schneider, who offered the Returners' help in exchange for relief from Sloth's erosion. Sean then revealed he had been impersonating Pride, stripped away Leon Schneider's Sloth magic, and destroyed the hidden Returners, but Sloth emerged and attacked him.

• Pride appeared through Sean, and Leon Schneider greeted him and offered the Returners' help to hasten his awakening.
• Leon Schneider asked Pride to suppress Sloth's erosion and requested Wallop's blood and an item in his possession; Pride agreed to discuss terms and offered to help.
• Pride instructed Leon Schneider to open his Magic Power Source, then Sean revealed himself and began pulling Sloth's magic out of him.
• Three Returners attacked Sean, but he stopped their spells and made them crumble into ash.
• Leon Schneider called for Mr. Slytherin, but Salazar Slytherin did not appear; Sloth's magic escaped Sean's control, formed a black shadow, and lunged into his temple.

Sean discovered that his Sky Island was the part of his Soul World under his absolute control, used that authority to kill Sloth’s residual soul, and absorbed the Obscurus Sloth had extracted from Leon Schneider. After returning to the fight, Sean confronted Leon about his motives, and Leon revealed the abuse and humiliation that had driven him to seek power.

• Pride and Sloth fought in the Realm of Illusion, and Sean realized that his Sky Island was connected to the Realm but remained under his sole authority.
• Sean let Sloth enter the Sky Island, froze him with his authority over the space, and killed his residual soul with the Killing Curse despite Pride’s objections.
• Sean absorbed Sloth’s ownerless Obscurus, gained stronger power, and suspended his cooperation with Pride after accusing him of concealing risks and information.
• Sean returned to find Leon Schneider attacking him with a Killing Curse, then questioned Leon about the Returners’ plan while dodging his spells.
• Leon’s Unbreakable Vow stopped him from answering, and he confessed that poverty, abuse, and humiliation at Durmstrang had driven him to seek power and target Sean.
• Sean rejected Leon’s attempt to justify harming innocent people and called him a coward.

Sean defeated Leon Schneider in the Chamber of Secrets and uncovered clues about the Returners’ plans for a New God and Voldemort’s resurrection. After searching for Slytherin’s hidden authority, Sean left, while Slytherin appeared and realized that Dumbledore’s barrier kept him trapped; Sean had secretly stayed nearby to watch.

• Leon Schneider broke his Unbreakable Vow, fired a powerful spell at Sean, and died after the magic tore through his body.
• Sean inferred that the Returners wanted the Black Rhombus Crystal, that Voldemort sought his blood for a resurrection ritual, and that the New God might be the Returners’ hidden leader.
• Sean entered the Chamber of Secrets, called for Salazar Slytherin, and searched for the test and authority Slytherin had left there, but found neither.
• Sean burned Leon Schneider’s body, collected the ashes, and left the Chamber of Secrets.
• Slytherin emerged from his statue, lamented that Sean was not pure-blooded, and found himself confined by Dumbledore’s barrier.
• Sean remained hidden outside the Chamber, watching Slytherin through the entrance.

Sean reviewed what he had learned about Slytherin and the Returners, then examined his system panel and considered his talents, spells, and magical items. He decided to save his next Lottery Draw for a dose of Felix Felicis before the Triwizard Cup’s final task and Grindelwald’s return.

• Sean left the Chamber of Secrets after confirming that Slytherin had appeared, and suspected Dumbledore had trapped him behind a Rune barrier.
• Sean searched for other people involved in the operation but found no sign of Reinhardt Nott or anyone suspicious.
• Sean went to the Room of Requirement, recorded his findings, and reflected on his bloodline and the system’s mysterious origins.
• Sean reviewed his magical items, talents, and spell proficiencies, noting his low Ancient Runes Talent and the rapid growth of his Dark Arts spells.
• Sean decided to delay his Lottery Draw until he could take Felix Felicis before the Triwizard Cup’s final task and Grindelwald’s return.

Sean read about Felix Felicis in Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches and connected the potion’s possible side effects to the death of Minerval Uribe. He suspected that Uribe’s chain of seemingly accidental mishaps had been a consequence of overusing the potion.

• Sean found an account in Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches describing a potion witch called Mina and her research into Felix Felicis.
• Sean recognized Mina as Minerval Uribe, a Potion Master whose work Snape had mentioned in his notes.
• Sean traced Uribe’s history through newspaper reports and learned that she had died after a series of accidents while brewing a potion.
• Sean recalled that Uribe had said she had run out of Felix Felicis and suspected she had overused it.
• Sean concluded that Felix Felicis might cause side effects that bring about an unusually harmful chain of events.

Sean reconsidered the dangers of taking Felix Felicis again, then dealt with Leon Schneider’s disappearance while keeping his role in Leon’s death secret. The Returners put their plan against Sean on hold after discovering that the Obscurus vessel was gone and Pride had awakened.

• Sean theorized that Felix Felicis borrowed luck from a fixed future day, making repeated doses risk a dangerous buildup of bad luck, and postponed his plan to take it again.
• Karkaroff reported Leon Schneider missing, while Professor McGonagall organized a search and Sean joined the investigation with Hermione.
• Sean told Hermione, Stephanie, and Daisy that he had killed Leon after Leon attacked him; he also revealed that Salazar Slytherin lived in the Chamber of Secrets.
• The Hogwarts search found that Leon had left the castle after dinner, and Karkaroff angrily departed with the Durmstrang group.
• Black Hood rebuked Karkaroff for drawing attention to Sean and ordered the plan against Wallerup put on hold.
• Black Hood learned that the Obscurus portion inside Leon had vanished, concluded that Pride had acted, and ordered the Returners to withdraw.

With Leon Schneider still missing, the Four-School Tournament remained tense as Sean prepared for the threats surrounding the final match and planned a rescue mission. Capen Roman turned the school against Young Lestrange after months of bullying, and the chapter ended with Capen falling as a woman shouted at Mr. Lestrange.

• Hogwarts and the Ministry failed to find Leon Schneider, and the schools agreed that Durmstrang would choose a replacement Champion.
• Sean continued investigating Sin and Theodore Nott while preparing with others to infiltrate Durmstrang and rescue children after the tournament.
• Capen Roman befriended students across Hogwarts, then exposed Young Lestrange's bullying, prompting students to isolate and retaliate against him.
• Young Lestrange appealed to Draco Malfoy and the professors before writing to his father, Mr. Lestrange, who arrived at Hogwarts to demand an explanation.
• Capen kicked Mr. Lestrange in the knee and taunted him about abusing his authority, but after Mr. Lestrange threatened him, Capen fell screaming as a woman shouted nearby.

Professor McGonagall and Vinda Rosier confronted Mr. Lestrange after he injured Capen Roman and falsely accused him of staging the attack. Capen went to the Hospital Wing for treatment, then met Mr. Wallop at the tower staircase.

• Professor McGonagall found Capen injured and demanded to know what Mr. Lestrange had done to him.
• McGonagall discovered the Stinging Hex marks on Capen’s face, while Capen denied Mr. Lestrange’s claim that he had cursed himself.
• Vinda Rosier challenged Mr. Lestrange’s accusations, and Capen’s wand revealed only a Levitation Charm when checked with Prior Incantato.
• Mr. Lestrange tried to seize Capen, insulted him and Godric’s Hollow, and Rosier froze him with a spell.
• McGonagall took Mr. Lestrange away, while Capen went to the Hospital Wing and received treatment from Madam Pomfrey.
• Capen reached the tower staircase, where Mr. Wallop slapped him and called him sly.

Sean learned how Capen had carefully set up a plan against the Lestranges, then received Grindelwald’s map and list of Durmstrang’s secret locations. As the final Triwizard Cup event approached, Sean struggled to balance preparations with his O.W.L. examinations, and students reported that construction had begun on the final event’s venue.

• Sean praised Capen’s scheme, healed his face, and heard how Capen had used observations and friendships to arrange a confrontation involving Professor Rosier and the Lestranges.
• Vinda Rosier gave Sean Grindelwald’s map of Durmstrang Castle and its secret locations before leaving to punish someone.
• Hermione showed Sean that the Daily Prophet reported Mr. Lestrange had been injured and would spend over half a year receiving treatment at St. Mungo’s.
• Sean and his friends faced O.W.L. revision, and Hermione gave Sean notes for History of Magic while insisting he study for the exam.
• A student told Sean that construction had begun on the venue for the Triwizard Cup’s final event.

Sean and Hermione noticed that the Triwizard Cup’s final venue was being heavily reinforced, then learned that infiltrators had sabotaged its construction and may have planted objects to target Sean. The prisoners were detained at Hogwarts, but the Ministry’s deep infiltration and the plot’s purpose remained unknown.

• Sean and Hermione suspected the final event could endanger spectators after seeing defensive spells placed around the stands.
• Sean and his companions returned to the construction site after an explosion and found several suspected infiltrators arrested following a fight that injured many workers.
• George and Fred told Sean that the infiltrators had uncovered objects buried beneath the earthen walls before attacking the construction workers.
• Sean listened as Amelia Bones and Karkaroff argued to take the prisoners away, while McGonagall and Madame Maxime wanted them held at Hogwarts; Professor Rosier announced that Grindelwald had ordered their detention there.
• McGonagall told Sean that the buried objects might have been intended to target him, and Sean urged her to keep inspecting the venue and remove all workers after construction ended.

Sean, Hermione, and Stephanie discussed the captured spies and the possibility that the Returners were targeting the Triwizard Cup final, while students became increasingly focused on their exams. The chapter ended with Professor McGonagall distributing examination schedules and warning students that cheating would result in expulsion.

• Sean told Hermione that the captured wizards had been placed under the Imperius Curse and a Memory Charm, and Stephanie explained why the Returners could not simply infiltrate everyone openly.
• Sean, Hermione, and Stephanie urged the professors to keep the prisoners under strict guard, inspect the construction crew, and monitor spectators at the final match.
• As the exams approached, Hermione balanced revision with investigating the Returners, while Ernie Macmillan fretted over his study hours and questioned other students.
• Harry and Ron bought Baruffio's Brain Elixir, but Hermione confiscated it and poured it away; Sean revealed that the supposed Dragon Claw Powder was dried Doxy Droppings.
• Professor McGonagall handed out the O.W.L. schedules and warned that anti-cheating enchantments would expose cheaters, whom she would personally expel.

As Hogwarts students prepared for their Charms exams, Sean heard Ernie’s family lore about Felix Felicis and wondered whether to use it again. After another recurring dream of a bright moon and a vast shadow, Sean completed the written and practical exams, earning Professor Tofty’s praise.

• Hermione and the other students anxiously revised for the Charms exam while Ernie told Sean that Felix Felicis could guide a person toward the best choices but should not be taken in consecutive years.
• Sean saw Dumbledore arrive with the examiners and wondered whether the headmaster approved of his actions.
• Sean dreamed again of warm liquid, fading breaths, a huge blurry shadow, and a clear full moon, then questioned what the recurring dream meant.
• The fifth-years completed the Charms theory exam and later waited to take the practical exam.
• Professor Flitwick sent Sean to Professor Tofty, who praised his Charms performance as splendid.

Sean completed a long stretch of fifth-year examinations, earning praise for his Transfiguration and watching Hermione impress the examiners with her Patronus. After recovering from the strain of Ancient Runes, he handled Potions and Care of Magical Creatures with ease, while Divination remained the next unpleasant test.

• Sean reassured Hermione after her Charms examination, then sailed through Transfiguration by turning a Fire Salamander into a miniature Fire Dragon; Hannah Abbott accidentally transformed her ferret into flamingos, and Neville comforted her afterward.
• Harry, Ron, and Sean speculated about Neville and Hannah, but Snape overheard them and hauled Harry and Sean up by their collars before scolding all three.
• Neville and Hannah exchanged shy glances during later examinations, while Harry was bitten by a Fanged Geranium and found Snape surprisingly helpful when he treated the swelling.
• Hermione demonstrated her Patronus Charm during Defense Against the Dark Arts, while Sean remained frustrated that his own Patronus was still only a shapeless mass of light.
• Sean struggled through Ancient Runes, rested through Saturday, and then completed Potions and Care of Magical Creatures successfully.
• After the Astronomy examination, Sean faced Divination as the next test.

Sean struggled through his Divination exam, then saw the expected grilled steak at dinner and completed his Astronomy exam under a bright full moon. While observing the moon, his soul traveled to the moon and saw the Realm of Illusion collapsing before he fell unconscious as a crimson moon appeared over Hogwarts.

• Sean gave Professor Marchbanks confused readings during his Divination exam, and Harry and Ron felt better after hearing how badly he had done.
• Sean found grilled yak steak at dinner and claimed his vision of a steak had been correct.
• Sean observed the moon during his Astronomy exam, but it appeared impossibly large through his telescope.
• Sean's soul appeared above the moon, where he recognized the Realm of Illusion and watched its wonders collapse into lava.
• A hazy figure nodded when Sean asked if it had brought him there, and a female voice urged him to save them and gather before his consciousness went dark.
• The students on the Astronomy Tower saw a crimson full moon hanging in the sky and panicked.

Sean woke in the Hospital Wing after collapsing during the Astronomy exam and learned that the moon had turned red. He told Hermione, Stephanie, and Daisy about his vision of the Realm of Illusion, and they identified it as a possible Entrusted Dream before recognizing its mountain and tree as the place where Robin lived.

• Sean woke in the Hospital Wing, where Daisy and Madam Pomfrey confirmed he was physically well after fainting during the Astronomy exam.
• Daisy told Sean that the moon had turned red during the exam and that Crabbe's eyes had been burned by its light.
• Sean met Hermione, Stephanie, and Daisy in the Room of Requirement and described seeing the collapsed Realm of Illusion.
• Hermione and Stephanie suggested Sean had experienced an Entrusted Dream, a vision that could convey important content from the future.
• Hermione connected Sean's vision of a mountain, a great tree, and a temple to the illustration of Robin's home in the fable.

Sean and his friends struggled to interpret the fragmented Entrusted Dream, which they suspected Robin had sent from the collapsing Realm of Illusion. Daisy’s observation that Robin must have been confident Sean would understand the vague message gave him a sudden insight, and he sprang up declaring he knew what the dream meant.

• Sean wrote down the fragmented voice from his Entrusted Dream, and Hermione analyzed possible meanings while Stephanie and the others considered its references to coming again, a snake, saving, good luck, and accumulating something.
• The group suspected Robin, the Love God, had created the dream and debated whether it asked Sean to save her or the original residents of the Realm of Illusion.
• Sean wondered why Robin had chosen him and considered whether earlier moon dreams, Felix Felicis, or his reputation as a Seer offered clues.
• Daisy comforted Sean and suggested Robin had been confident that he would understand the deliberately incomplete message, even though it seemed impossible to deduce.
• Sean suddenly stood up, pulled Daisy with him, and exclaimed that he knew what the dream meant.