Chapter Summaries

Sean realized that Robin’s Entrusted Dream had reached him through a more powerful version of himself from another Timeline, and concluded that Felix Felicis was the answer the dream concealed. After his exams, he drank the potion, hypnotized himself into a dream, and returned to the moon in the collapsed Realm of Illusion.

• Sean inferred that Robin had met and trusted a version of him from another Timeline, and identified Felix Felicis as the dream’s answer.
• Hermione, Daisy, and Stephanie questioned Sean about the potion’s dangers and his reasoning, but he asked them to trust him and promised to explain later.
• Sean struggled through his History of Magic exam while anticipating taking Felix Felicis.
• After the exam, Sean drank Felix Felicis alone in the Room of Requirement, then went to Sky Island and cast a Hypnosis Charm on himself.
• Sean awakened on the moon in the collapsed Realm of Illusion and flew toward its tallest mountain.

Sean traveled through Robin’s collapsed Soul World in the Realm of Illusion and learned that the truths he had uncovered were real. Robin urged him to save the lost souls, beware the snake, take a treasure, and remember to accumulate luck before Sean returned to the living world, where Pride confronted him about Robin’s aura.

• Sean climbed the blood-snow-covered mountain and learned from a shadowy figure that the Realm of Illusion was a transit station for the dead and had collapsed after the pillar of paradise departed.
• At the summit, Sean spoke with the fading Robin, who confirmed that his dreams had been Robin’s message and that another version of Sean had instructed her to create them.
• Robin told Sean to save the collapsed world and its lost souls, beware the snake’s true face, take a treasure he had left for himself, and accumulate luck.
• Sean returned to Sky Island and realized that the world he had visited was Robin’s Soul World, but he could not sense either promised treasure.
• Pride appeared and demanded to know why Sean carried Robin’s aura, but Sean teased him with the possibility of revealing information about Robin and the Love God before leaving for the living world.
• Sean returned to the living world and summoned his system panel.

Sean discovered that his bloodline had begun awakening and that his Ancient Runes talent had received a remarkable boost, letting him study the subject without pain. He spent all his saved lottery points under Felix Felicis’s guidance and uncovered several prizes, including a spell-proficiency item that could break the level cap.

• Sean noticed his system panel now described his bloodline as awakening and showed five new Ancient Runes talent points.
• Sean tested a difficult Ancient Runes book and found the symbols no longer caused him headaches.
• Sean decided to follow Felix Felicis’s urging and spent all 2130 points on lottery draws.
• Sean received prizes including a new Unstable Coin, a Deluminator replica, Harry Potter’s Card, and a Chain of Convergence.
• Sean drew two more Unknown Fragments and a Freely Assignable Spell Proficiency Level prize that could raise a spell beyond its usual cap.

Sean used Felix Felicis to choose which spell to upgrade and raised the Killing Curse to Level 4, discovering it could destroy ghosts but carried stronger negative effects. He then received a mysterious key and Sean Wallop's Beginner Set, whose abilities and social effects surprised him.

• Sean considered several spells for his upgrade point, but Felix Felicis rejected each choice until he selected Avada Kedavra.
• Sean upgraded the Killing Curse to Level 4 and found he could cast it silently and without a wand, with greatly increased power and little magical cost.
• Sean used the upgraded Killing Curse to destroy a captured Returner, confirming that the spell could now harm ghosts, then felt its amplified negative emotions.
• Sean received a mysterious golden key that supposedly opened an unknown door, but Felix Felicis indicated he would not find its answer by thinking about it.
• Sean discovered the golden Sean Wallop's Beginner Set, which granted talents, abilities, and favor from many families while making him disliked by Snape family members.

After receiving rewards that strengthened his magic and rewarded caution, Sean followed Felix Felicis’s guidance and prepared to investigate something. He shared a vulnerable embrace with Stephanie, said goodbye to Hermione and Daisy, and headed toward the second floor, where Hermione caught up with him.

• Sean inspected his new abilities, resolved to rely more on planning and ambushes, and let Felix Felicis guide his next move.
• Sean summoned Stephanie to the Room of Requirement, embraced her, and reassured her before leaving to handle something.
• Sean left the room with Stephanie and encountered Hermione and Daisy; Professor McGonagall took Hermione and Stephanie away for career paperwork.
• Sean told Daisy she was important to him, let her straighten his collar, and kissed her hand before leaving.
• Hermione caught up with Sean near the stairs, and his expression turned grave when she asked what he was going to do.

Hermione tried to support Sean as he admitted how exhausted he was from carrying secrets and burdens alone, then watched him leave. Sean dropped his weary act and went to the Chamber of Secrets to summon Salazar Slytherin, provoking a response by calling him Gryffindor.

• Hermione stopped herself from confronting Sean and gently offered to listen, while struggling with jealousy and her feelings for him.
• Sean told Hermione that magical restraints prevented him from sharing certain secrets and confessed that he was tired of being expected to handle everything alone.
• Hermione embraced Sean and promised no words, then watched him leave after he asked for time to deal with his problems.
• Sean revealed that Felix Felicis had guided his interactions with three girls and headed to the abandoned girls' bathroom to enter the Chamber of Secrets.
• Sean called for Salazar Slytherin and received no answer until he called him Gryffindor, causing the statue to tremble.

Sean confronted Salazar Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets, challenging his pure-blood beliefs and revealing what had happened to his descendants. He summoned an intelligent Basilisk that recognized Slytherin as its master, leaving the founder shocked.

• Sean addressed Slytherin in Parseltongue and challenged his claims about bloodline and Hogwarts students.
• Sean argued that Parseltongue could be learned and said he had come to ask Slytherin for help.
• Sean told Slytherin that the Gaunt descendants had become unstable and that Gormlaith Gaunt had tried to unleash the Basilisk at Hogwarts.
• Sean explained that Dumbledore had killed the Basilisk after Sean used roosters to keep it at bay.
• Sean summoned his Basilisk, which spoke to Slytherin and called him master.

Sean explained to Salazar Slytherin that someone had impersonated him centuries ago and ordered the Basilisk to attack Parseltongue speakers, while Slytherin revealed his ties to the Peverell family. Slytherin offered his authority in exchange for Sean marrying Daisy, and Sean agreed under Felix Felicis before Slytherin demanded an Unbreakable Vow.

• Sean told Slytherin that the bespectacled Basilisk had hatched from an egg in Slytherin’s laboratory and that an unknown impersonator had later ordered it to attack Parseltongue speakers.
• Slytherin realized he had died before the impersonator returned to the laboratory and suspected the warning about the Black Lake creatures came from someone connected to Gryffindor.
• Sean showed Slytherin the skull that weakened a Basilisk’s gaze and described the creature he had encountered at the bottom of the Black Lake.
• Slytherin revealed that Cadmus Peverell was his maternal grandfather and asked Sean about the youngest female member of the Peverell bloodline.
• After Sean identified Daisy as about his age, Slytherin ordered him to marry her in exchange for Slytherin’s authority, and Sean agreed under Felix Felicis.
• Slytherin raised his wand and demanded that Sean seal the agreement with an Unbreakable Vow.

Sean negotiated with Slytherin over an Unbreakable Vow to marry a woman descended from Slytherin’s mother in exchange for Hogwarts authority and aid. He agreed after Felix Felicis led him to suspect the vow might not bind as expected, then questioned Slytherin’s claim that he could serve as its witness.

• Slytherin offered Sean one-quarter of Hogwarts’ authority and his help if Sean vowed to marry a woman from his mother’s descendant bloodline.
• Sean tried to challenge the bargain’s value and raised doubts about the unknown state of the descendant family, but Slytherin reminded him that Sean had said he knew a suitable girl.
• Felix Felicis guided Sean to consider that Slytherin’s unusual nature as a Returner might affect the vow’s binding force or duration.
• Sean agreed to become Slytherin’s heir, and Slytherin said he would not interfere with Sean’s future educational philosophy for Hogwarts.
• When Slytherin prepared to make the vow, Sean asked who would witness it, and Slytherin answered that he would be the witness.

Sean completed an Unbreakable Vow with Slytherin, gained a quarter of Hogwarts’ authority, and asked Slytherin for additional help. Back in the Common Room, Sean and his friends connected Robin’s warning and the fables to Herpo the Foul, suspecting he was the Bard and sought immortality.

• Slytherin acted as both vow-maker and witness as Sean vowed to marry Daisy Potter, become Slytherin’s heir, take control of Hogwarts, and continue after Slytherin fell dormant.
• Slytherin gave Sean access to one-quarter of Hogwarts’ authority and agreed to help with a second request Sean whispered to him.
• Sean told Daisy, Hermione, and Stephanie Robin’s warning about saving the Realm of Illusion and the snake’s true face.
• Stephanie and Sean noticed that the Bard’s conversation with a snake suggested he understood Parseltongue, and Daisy identified Herpo the Foul as a possible match.
• Sean and the others concluded that Herpo may be the Bard and proposed that he pursued immortality.

Sean and the girls concluded that Herpo the Foul had died after entering the Realm of Illusion and was seeking resurrection, so Sean planned to capture Voldemort during the Triwizard Cup final to learn the resurrection spell. As the match approached, Sean discovered his family had been brought to Hogwarts after an enemy threat, leaving him furious and concerned.

• Sean and the girls searched ancient records and reasoned that Herpo had entered the Realm of Illusion through his Horcruxes after being tempted by Death, and now sought resurrection.
• Sean decided to use the Triwizard Cup final as bait to capture Voldemort alive and learn the details of the resurrection spell.
• Sean confirmed through divination that no one knew Grindelwald’s location on June 24, then prepared for the final maze match and suspected its trophy Portkey had been altered.
• Professor McGonagall told Sean that his family had been brought to Hogwarts because someone planned to harm them, and Sean saw his parents and sister Ayla in the Great Hall.

Sean’s family arrived at Hogwarts after poison gas attacked their Chelsea home, and Sean arranged for them to stay safe while he prepared for the Triwizard Cup’s final maze. He entered alone, sent Shadow Bugs to scout, and blasted through a wall as the Returners began to move.

• Mr. Wallop told Sean that attackers had released a large amount of magical poison gas in Chelsea, forcing the family to leave home for Hogwarts.
• Sean asked Professor McGonagall to strengthen security and reassured his parents before the Champions’ families gathered for lunch.
• Sean warned Stephanie and Daisy that he planned to enter the maze alone and that they should watch for anyone under the Imperius Curse.
• The Champions entered the maze, where magic separated Sean from Stephanie and Daisy, and Sean sent Shadow Bugs in every direction to scout.
• Sean reached a dead end and blasted the stone wall as a group of people began to move.

Sean made his way through the maze by charming a Sphinx and reuniting with Daisy and Stephanie. Outside the maze, attackers struck the stands and targeted the Wallop family; Sean’s group then encountered a Boggart showing their loved ones dead.

• Sean destroyed a moving stone wall, persuaded the Sphinx to let him pass, and left it to challenge a Beauxbatons girl with its riddle.
• Sean met up with Daisy and Stephanie, and they headed toward the center of the maze while Cedric went to find Fred and George.
• Attackers ambushed the stands, where Colton and Sherlock protected the Wallop family as Aurelius and Aberforth joined the fight.
• Beauxbatons students charged the Wallop family without wands, and one dropped a grenade-like object emitting green smoke.
• Sean, Daisy, and Stephanie heard an explosion in the maze, passed an Acromantula, and found a Boggart’s vision of their loved ones dead.

Sean killed a Boggart with his disguised Killing Curse, then encountered Reinhardt Nott, who trapped him in a Mirror Dimension and revealed that he knew about Sin. The chapter ended with Reinhardt identifying himself as Envy.

• Sean transformed the Boggart into flowers and killed it with a disguised Killing Curse, causing it to dissolve into black mud.
• Sean detected Fred and George in the maze, but rushed into an ambush by Champions controlled by Reinhardt Nott.
• Reinhardt used a Deluminator to isolate Sean in a Mirror Dimension and warned that the Returners had planned to lure Ayla into it during an attack on Sean's family.
• Sean stayed calm as Reinhardt questioned him about Pride and Sloth's Sin Vessel, Leon Schneider.
• Reinhardt introduced himself as Envy.

Sean confronted Reinhardt Nott in the Mirror Dimension, identified Envy’s control over him, and used Sin magic to draw Envy’s power out. Reinhardt explained Dumbledore’s role and revealed the Returners’ plan to use Ayla and the Deluminator to threaten Sean.

• Reinhardt revealed himself as Envy, and Sean deduced that he had cooperated with Envy and manipulated Leon Schneider.
• Sean realized Envy had taken control of Reinhardt and extracted Envy’s black magic, leaving Reinhardt weakened but conscious.
• A grenade exploded near the stands, and a mysterious shadow diverted the blast; Hermione then guided the Wallerup family toward safety.
• Reinhardt confirmed that Dumbledore had found him and hinted to him that Sean could help free him from Envy.
• Reinhardt told Sean that the Returners planned to cause disturbances and use Ayla’s Deluminator to draw her into the Mirror Dimension and threaten him.

Sean questioned Reinhardt in the Mirror Dimension, learned about Envy’s hold on him and the trap awaiting the Triwizard Cup, and advised him on resisting the Sin. Sean then took the trophy’s Portkey and arrived at Old Tom Riddle’s grave, where Voldemort greeted him.

• Sean learned that the trophy was a Portkey and that Envy had not yet entered Reinhardt’s Soul World, then explained how Reinhardt could resist its influence.
• Reinhardt revealed that the Nott family’s last recorded warning was “Beware of flies,” and Sean asked him to investigate the English Nott family’s history.
• Sean emerged from the Mirror Dimension with Reinhardt, left him to watch over the Imperius-controlled Champions, and headed for the trophy with Daisy and Stephanie.
• Sean touched the trophy and was transported to Old Tom Riddle’s grave, where he protected himself with Protego Diabolica.
• Voldemort appeared in the arms of a short figure, introduced himself as the Dark Lord, and Sean challenged the name he preferred.

Sean confronted Voldemort and the Returners in a trap at Little Hangleton, only to discover their crystal vials could make his magic trigger temporal ripples. Voldemort revealed that the Returners intended to exploit those ripples on the day Grindelwald was resolving the Time Incident, leaving Sean forced to choose between fighting and protecting his teacher.

• Sean found himself surrounded by Voldemort and dozens of powerful Returners at Little Hangleton, and he released Shadow Bugs to scout the area.
• The Returners attacked Sean’s Protego Diabolica, and he noticed that their crude trap did not match Voldemort’s apparent confidence.
• When Sean’s spell struck a hooded Returner wearing a crystal vial, a golden fragment in the vial triggered a temporal ripple and filled Sean with dread.
• Voldemort halted the attack and revealed that every Returner wore a vial; two living Returners then rushed into Sean’s flames, provoking more temporal ripples and splitting off a cluster of fire.
• Voldemort explained that the Returners had learned from fragmented prophecies that the day was crucial for Grindelwald and time, then challenged Sean to choose between himself and his teacher.

Sean realized the Returners were using fragments containing another Timeline’s memories and magic to trigger temporal fluctuations against him, and suspected Dumbledore had arranged the trap. As Voldemort threatened him and destroyed a crystal bottle, Sean began to infer that Dumbledore had left him a hint he could only uncover through intuition.

• Sean deduced that the Returners’ crystal bottles held fragments connected to his memories and magic from another Timeline.
• Sean concluded that Dumbledore had likely supplied the Returners with information and arranged the threat, while questioning what Dumbledore wanted him to do.
• Voldemort mocked Sean for staying to protect Grindelwald, and Sean challenged the logic of targeting him instead of Grindelwald.
• A Returner threw a crystal bottle into Sean’s Fiendfyre, destroying it and causing another temporal fluctuation.
• Sean reasoned that Dumbledore could not state his hint directly because learning it might cause severe temporal fluctuations, and began to suspect his other self had deliberately left the fragments.

Sean endured Voldemort’s humiliation while searching for a clue in the scorched graveyard, then discovered fragments that delivered a message warning him to save Dumbledore at Godric’s Hollow. He suspected he needed Voldemort’s help and allowed himself to be captured as he prepared to test that theory.

• Voldemort threatened Sean and used temporal disturbances to pressure him while Grindelwald’s fusion continued.
• Sean picked up two faded fragments from the Returners’ fallen members and received a hazy message telling him to use the Returners to stop Dumbledore from dying at Godric’s Hollow.
• Sean reasoned that the message required the Returners’ power and possibly Voldemort’s, then considered using his Unstable Coin to divine what to do.
• Sean left the ring of demonic flames and insulted Voldemort, who had a Returner bind his hands with a rope.
• Voldemort announced that their journey would begin as Sean submitted to capture.

Sean stalled Voldemort while secretly weaving false memories, but Voldemort completed the Resurrection Ritual and returned to a powerful adult form. As Voldemort inspected Sean’s wounded arm, a round object rolled from Sean’s sleeve.

• Sean pretended to be helpless while secretly using magic to create false memories and draw out Voldemort’s plans.
• Voldemort revealed that he had anticipated Sean’s switch of Old Tom Riddle’s bones and ordered the real bones brought from the grave.
• Voldemort’s servant sacrificed a hand and collected Sean’s blood to complete the Resurrection Ritual.
• Voldemort emerged from the cauldron fully resurrected and restored his servant’s hand.
• Voldemort grabbed Sean’s wounded arm, and a round object rolled from Sean’s sleeve.