Chapter Summaries

Sean and the others faced an Imperius-controlled Kettleburn and a hidden attacker who directed the Ashwinders. Sean trapped the group behind blue flames, but the attacker enlarged the Ashwinders and surrounded them, leaving them in danger.

• Sean recognized that Kettleburn was guarding something and heard a hidden voice order him to attack the students.
• Charlotte, Cedric, and George fought Kettleburn while Sean brought the unconscious Madam Pomfrey and Percy to safety.
• A thrown potion drew the Ashwinders toward the group, so Sean cast Protego Diabolica to shield them with blue flames.
• The hidden voice used Parseltongue to stop the Ashwinders and gather them around the flames, making Sean suspect the speaker was Tom Riddle.
• The attacker enlarged dozens of Ashwinders, surrounding the small ring of fire as the creatures began to tremble.

Sean used Magical Creature Affinity to calm the Ashwinders, but their violent emotions overwhelmed him and drove his magic out of control. After his friends fled and the Ashwinders were burned away, Sean found the blue flame that had spawned them and heard it offer to suppress his rage.

• Sean stained his robe with the red liquid and drew the Ashwinders' attention away from the others.
• Sean made eye contact with the Ashwinders and calmed them, but their violent emotions flooded his mind.
• Sean warned Charlotte, Cedric, and the others to leave, and they fled the infirmary to find the professors.
• Sean's unstable blue fire consumed the remaining Ashwinders as he walked down the burning corridor.
• Sean found a blue flame that spawned a newborn Ashwinder and realized it had caused the incident.
• The flame tempted Sean by offering to suppress the violence overwhelming him.

Sean resisted the magical flame’s attempt to manipulate him, using a patterned egg as a vessel to control his power and clear his mind. He later woke in Dumbledore’s office, where he learned the school was safe but Professor Kettleburn remained unconscious and the Death Eaters were suspected.

• The voice in the magical flame urged Sean to connect their magic, but Sean recognized the trap and refused.
• Sean used the bluish-green patterned egg as a vessel for his magical power, clearing the violent thoughts from his mind before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Dumbledore brought Sean to the Headmaster’s Office, where Sean woke and asked about the school and Percy.
• Dumbledore told Sean that Madam Pomfrey had recovered, Percy had been treated, and no one else was hurt, though the Hospital Wing was ruined by the Fiendfyre Curse.
• Dumbledore said Professor Kettleburn remained unconscious after being hit with the Imperius Curse and identified the suspected culprits as a radical Pure-blood Wizard organization called the Death Eaters.

Sean recovered from the encounter and left Dumbledore’s office, while Dumbledore and Grindelwald discussed Voldemort and the dark magic involved. Grindelwald secretly pulled black mist from a man in Albania, who vowed to keep pursuing immortality.

• Dumbledore reassured Sean that he had informed the Ministry and praised Sean for his actions.
• Sean declined to ask Dumbledore about the other mysteries, then left the office without seeing Fawkes.
• Dumbledore used the Sorting Hat to contact Grindelwald and asked whether he had identified Voldemort.
• Dumbledore questioned Grindelwald about Protego Diabolica and Fiendfyre, and Grindelwald promised he had not personally intervened.
• Grindelwald pulled a mass of black mist from a cloaked man in Albania, who declared that he would not give up on eternity and immortality.

After the Ashwinder attack, Sean learned how Dumbledore and the professors contained the disaster and discovered that his actions had earned Ravenclaw fifty points. He returned to his dormitory and opened the system panel to check the Magical Creature Egg that had saved his life.

• Sean met Hagrid, who was searching the damaged castle for Ashwinder eggs, and learned that Dumbledore had calmed the rampaging Ashwinders.
• Hagrid told Sean that Professor Kettleburn had been controlled by the Imperius Curse and was being treated at St. Mungo's.
• Sean learned from Cedric that Dumbledore had awarded him fifty points for saving Percy Weasley and resolving the Ashwinder incident.
• Cedric explained that Sean's blue fire had destroyed the Hospital Wing while Sean slept amid the rubble, and that Fred and George had spread the news of his survival.
• Sean returned to the Ravenclaw dormitory, changed his robes, and opened the system panel to inspect the Magical Creature Egg.

Sean discovered that the magical creature egg had become a violent variant and begun incubating after absorbing his negative emotions. After reuniting with Hermione and receiving thanks from the Weasleys, Sean learned at Sunday dinner that the egg had made further progress, while Dumbledore sat beside an unfamiliar white-haired wizard.

• Sean noticed the egg had begun incubating as a violent variant, felt a connection with it, and put it away after promising to make things up to it.
• Sean greeted Stephanie Ollivander, who said his resistance to her charm was growing stronger and invited him to call her Stephanie.
• Sean napped in the Ravenclaw Common Room until Hermione woke him with an excited hug, and they went to lunch together.
• Fred and George thanked Sean for helping save Percy, while Ron also expressed his gratitude.
• At Sunday dinner, Sean learned that the egg had made progress, and he saw a white-haired wizard sitting beside Dumbledore.

At the feast, Newt Scamander arrived at Hogwarts to fill in for Professor Kettleburn, and Sean Wallop asked him about a strange magical creature egg. Newt showed Sean an illustration identifying it as a Swooping Evil egg.

• Dumbledore introduced Newt Scamander as the temporary replacement for Professor Kettleburn, delighting the students and astonishing Hermione.
• After the feast, Sean caught up with Newt and described a head-sized egg with bluish-green patterns, blood-red lines, and a bright red glow.
• Newt became intrigued by Sean’s description and invited him to his office to consult an illustrated book.
• In Newt’s office, a Bowtruckle climbed onto Sean’s hand, surprising Newt by readily accepting him.
• Newt showed Sean an illustration matching the egg, which the book identified as a Swooping Evil.

Sean learned from Newt Scamander how to hatch a Swooping Evil egg and arranged to visit him again. A week later, Sean brought the egg to the Room of Requirement and began hatching it with blue Magical Flame.

• Sean told Newt he had seen a furry creature carrying an egg in the Forbidden Forest, and Newt suspected it was a mutated Swooping Evil egg.
• Newt explained that a Swooping Evil egg hatched when Magical Flame burned away its shell, and that Swooping Evils could be fed sheep brains after befriending them.
• Newt invited Sean to visit him on Sunday, and Sean accepted before saying goodbye.
• Sean waited a week for a free day, then created a spacious practice room in the Room of Requirement.
• Sean brought out the gently swaying Swooping Evil egg and cast Protego Diabolica, bringing blue flames toward it.

Sean hatched a Swooping Evil in the Room of Requirement and discovered that it was connected to him, obedient, and hungry for brains. He returned to Ravenclaw's Common Room, where the creature smelled Hermione's brain and Sean awkwardly tried to explain his day.

• Sean placed the Swooping Evil's egg in Protego Diabolica and watched it hatch into a cocoon.
• The newborn Swooping Evil flew around, attacked a dummy, and wrapped itself into a cocoon when it finished its attack.
• Sean fed the creature a sheep brain, and it ate the whole supply before agreeing to wait until the next day for more.
• Sean carried the Swooping Evil back to Ravenclaw's Common Room and stopped it from trying to eat the brains of people they passed.
• Hermione asked Sean where he had been, and Sean stumbled through an excuse as the Swooping Evil eagerly eyed her brain.

Sean restrained his newly hatched Swooping Evil when it considered tasting his sleeping roommate, then took it for breakfast before meeting Professor Scamander. In Scamander’s magical-creature habitat, Sean quickly befriended many creatures, and Scamander took him to break up a fight.

• Sean woke to find the Swooping Evil watching his sleeping roommate and called it back, warning it not to target other people’s brains.
• Sean took the hungry Swooping Evil to the Hogwarts Kitchens and refused its request to watch a girl while it ate.
• Sean visited Professor Scamander’s office, where Pickett greeted him and Scamander invited him into his suitcase habitat.
• Sean fed the magical creatures, which quickly gathered around him, and Scamander praised his ability to befriend them.
• After a roar sounded nearby, Scamander led Sean toward the fighting creatures so they could break up the fight.

Sean accompanied Newt through his enchanted forest and helped care for magical creatures, who proved unusually fond of him. Before Sean left, he persuaded the Niffler to stop fighting with the Runespoor and promised to visit again.

• Newt showed Sean the Niffler and Runespoor, and the two creatures stopped fighting when Sean arrived.
• Newt explained that the Niffler and Runespoor often fought over food and said they seemed to like Sean.
• Sean explored Newt’s sanctuary, helped treat an Occamy’s injured beak, and returned a Fwooper to its branch.
• Newt praised Sean’s rapport with magical creatures and hinted he might soon ask for Sean’s help.
• Sean asked the Niffler to stop fighting with the Runespoor, and it agreed.
• The Niffler roared happily as Sean waved goodbye and promised to visit again.

Sean celebrated his birthday, exchanged Christmas gifts with Hogwarts classmates, and prepared to go home for the holiday. Before leaving to feed Dave, he learned that Lady Helena had passed the Ashwinder warning to Professor Kettleburn, leaving him surprised.

• Sean received birthday presents from his family and friends, including a Monocle from Stephanie.
• Sean sent Christmas gifts to more than a hundred classmates, and Hermione helped him deliver them around Hogwarts.
• Sean went to the Room of Requirement to feed Dave, his unusually hungry Swooping Evil.
• Sean met Lady Helena and thanked her for passing along a message during the Ashwinder incident.
• Lady Helena told Sean that she had delivered the message to Professor Kettleburn, and Sean reacted in shock.

Sean questioned the identity and motives of the two people who had appeared as Professor Kettleburn, but gave up trying to solve the mystery and decided to rest for Christmas. Professor Slughorn then asked Sean to help clean up his study after a Niffler made a mess.

• Sean realized the Kettleburn seen on the fourth floor must have been an impostor, since the real Professor Kettleburn was recovering at St Mungo's.
• Sean recalled clues from the Forbidden Forest and grew more confused about the identities and motives involved in the Ashwinder incident.
• Sean found charred wooden fragments in the Room of Requirement, then played with Dave and decided to leave the mystery to Professor Dumbledore.
• Professor Slughorn asked Sean to help clean his study after a Niffler scattered his potion ingredients, and Sean agreed.

Sean helped Slughorn sort ingredients in his office and received a potion and a notebook of brewing advice. As Sean prepared to leave, banging and muffled cries came from Slughorn’s trunk, and Slughorn confronted him with the words, “So you found out...”

• Slughorn led Sean to his office and asked him to put away ingredients scattered by a Niffler.
• As Sean worked, Slughorn asked about his family, his acceptance to Newmontgard, and why he chose Hogwarts.
• Slughorn rewarded Sean with a vial of Vigor-Boosting Elixir and gave him a notebook of potion-making insights to share with Hermione and Stephen.
• Sean heard muffled noises from Slughorn’s trunk and grew suspicious.
• The office door slammed shut as Sean tried to leave, and Slughorn coldly said that Sean had found out.

Sean realized that the Slughorn in the office was Snape, who confronted him about his Occlumency and mysterious notes. Sean protected himself with Protego Diabolica, but as Snape's spells strained the flames, an unseen voice offered help and sent something through the fire into Sean's hand.

• Sean recognized the cold, disguised Slughorn as Snape and tried to stall while keeping his wand ready.
• Snape warned Sean that his talent and cleverness would bring trouble and said the notes were part of a plan.
• Sean called Snape by name, pretended Dumbledore had arrived, and cast Protego Diabolica when Snape's attention wavered.
• Snape fired spells at Sean, but the blue flames swallowed them as Sean prepared his miniature pistol.
• An unseen voice mocked Snape and offered to help, then sent an object through the flames into Sean's hand.

Sean was transported by the Triwizard Cup to a dark clearing, where the Carrow siblings revealed they planned to offer him to Voldemort. He tricked them into turning around and launched an attack, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Sean was pulled away by the Triwizard Cup, which carried him to a dark, isolated place.
• Amycus and Alecto Carrow appeared and identified Sean, saying they planned to make him the cornerstone of the Dark Lord’s rise.
• Sean realized the siblings were Death Eaters and learned they served Voldemort rather than Grindelwald.
• Amycus approached Sean and threatened him with the Cruciatus Curse, while Sean questioned him about Voldemort.
• Sean claimed Voldemort was behind the Carrows, then sent Dave at Amycus and fired his pistol at Alecto.

Sean killed Alecto Carrow and Amicus Carrow, then checked their bodies to ensure they could not be saved. Outside Hogwarts, Quirrell revealed to Snape that Voldemort wanted Sean Wallerup and had altered the Triwizard Cup’s destination.

• Sean shot Alecto Carrow, and Dave killed Amicus Carrow.
• Sean fired more shots into both Carrows to make sure they were dead.
• Quirrell and Snape argued outside Hogwarts about their betrayal of Grindelwald and the failed attempt to obtain the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Quirrell explained that Voldemort had altered the Triwizard Cup’s magic and sent Sean away for his own purposes.
• Quirrell told Snape that Voldemort wanted the Wallerup boy.

Sean escaped the place where Grindelwald had sent him and used Dumbledore’s message to plan his return to Hogwarts. Quirrell and Snape arrived to find the Carrow siblings dead, while Sean left them a mocking magical firework.

• Snape warned Quirrell not to let anything go wrong as they went to find Sean.
• Sean considered using the Triwizard Cup to return to Hogwarts, then read Dumbledore’s message through Stephanie’s monocle telling him to touch the Cup and visit his office.
• Quirrell and Snape arrived and found the Carrow siblings dead, and Quirrell feared the Dark Lord’s punishment.
• Quirrell searched for Sean, but he and the Triwizard Cup were gone.
• A magical firework mocked Quirrell and Snape, and Snape promised to put in a good word for Quirrell before vanishing.

Sean was transported to Newmontgard, where Grindelwald revealed that he had lured him there using a note forged in Dumbledore’s name. Grindelwald explained Quirrell’s role in his plan and brought Sean to see two chained men bearing the Dark Mark, leaving Sean confused about what Grindelwald intended.

• Sean arrived in Grindelwald’s office at Newmontgard and recognized a phoenix feather and a parchment bearing names including Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom.
• Grindelwald greeted Sean, admitted he had forged Dumbledore’s note, and invited him to talk at Newmontgard.
• Grindelwald explained that Quirrell had once worked for him but had betrayed him to seek Voldemort.
• Grindelwald said he had sent Quirrell to steal the Philosopher’s Stone so he could study it.
• Grindelwald took Sean to a dungeon and showed him two badly wounded men chained there, both marked with the Dark Mark.

Grindelwald revealed that he had protected Sean’s family from Voldemort’s Death Eaters and used the two captured attackers to demonstrate a lethal spell. He let Sean return to Hogwarts with a message for Albus, but did not reveal the prophecy he believed might concern Sean.

• Grindelwald showed Sean an image of the Wallop family villa and explained that his protective measures had defended Sean’s family from two Death Eaters.
• Sean suspected Grindelwald’s interest in him came from a prophecy, but Grindelwald refused to reveal its contents because he had not decided whether to believe it.
• Grindelwald restored the Death Eaters’ tongues, then tore them out again when they failed to introduce themselves.
• Grindelwald burned the two Death Eaters to ash with Combustficus and told Sean the spell left no traces.
• Grindelwald returned Sean to the room with the Vanishing Cabinet and sent him back, asking him to deliver a message to Albus.