Chapter Summaries

Daisy teased Sean and pressed him to define their relationship, while he struggled to balance his feelings for her with his commitment to the other girls. After Daisy gave him her gift in the Room of Requirement, they ended the encounter contentedly in each other’s arms.

• Sean loosened Daisy’s formal dress while she explained how she had planned to surprise him with her gift.
• Daisy asked whether she was Sean’s girlfriend, then saw through his attempt to evade answering and called him out for wanting to have his way with her.
• Daisy teased Sean with an offer he reluctantly refused, then dressed again and withheld the exclusive gift she had prepared.
• Sean whispered to Daisy, and she blushed but agreed before they shared an intimate encounter in the Room of Requirement.
• After Daisy returned from the washroom, she nestled against Sean, who praised her gift as incomparable.

Sean and Daisy spent the night together in the Room of Requirement, flirting and talking about family, status, and what mattered to them. They lingered the next morning, then reached the Great Hall and realized something was wrong when they found it empty and Professor McGonagall waiting at the entrance.

• Daisy teased Sean about his reluctance to go further, then privately worried over how eagerly she had encouraged him.
• Sean brought Daisy iced cola, and they talked about his family's social life and his views on nobility, wizards, and gods.
• Sean let Daisy sleep in, and they stayed in the Room of Requirement after waking, flirting while getting ready to leave.
• Sean and Daisy arrived at the Great Hall and found it strangely empty.
• Professor McGonagall appeared at the entrance and addressed Mr. Wallop as Daisy prepared to slip away.

After Sean’s birthday party left the Great Hall in ruins, Professor McGonagall put his Head Boy position on probation and assigned the revelers cleanup duty. Sean then discovered Hermione’s birthday gift was missing, and Stephanie revealed that she and Hermione had mistaken each other for Sean while drunk and kissed.

• Hagrid mentioned Sean’s birthday party to Professor McGonagall, who took Sean to the Great Hall and scolded him and the other partygoers.
• Professor McGonagall placed Sean’s Head Boy position under probation and ordered the students involved to repair and clean the castle.
• Sean and the other students cleaned the Great Hall, while Hermione regretted failing to control the party and Ginny revealed that Hermione and Stephanie had drunk about eight bottles each.
• After sleeping off his hangover, Sean realized Hermione’s gift had disappeared from his ring workshop, then encountered a distressed Hermione who hurried away.
• Stephanie told Sean in Hogsmeade that she and Hermione had mistaken each other for him while drunk and kissed, though nothing further happened.

Sean and Stephanie concluded that Hermione might be affected by her counterpart from another Timeline after her behavior and Stephanie’s wand defenses changed. They decided to investigate without telling Hermione, while Hermione brooded over what happened the previous night.

• Stephanie explained that her modified wand stored spells and did not defend her against Sean, but normally would defend her against Hermione.
• Stephanie reasoned that her wand’s acceptance of Hermione meant Hermione herself had changed, rather than Stephanie’s magic being altered by the Timeline.
• Sean and Stephanie connected Hermione’s possible influence to the vanished ring from another Timeline and Hermione’s earlier urge to take it.
• Sean remembered that Hermione’s birthday present had also disappeared, and Stephanie recalled Hermione leaving while they were both half-drunk.
• Stephanie insisted they should hide the matter from the other Hermione and said Sean had a way to investigate.
• Hermione sat alone in an empty classroom, regretting her drunken behavior and wondering whether she had cheated on Sean.

Hermione collapsed from an unexplained magical trauma and remained unconscious in the Hospital Wing while Sean searched for its cause. A list of incoming students gave Sean a startling clue when he recognized Luna Lovegood’s name.

• Hermione suffered sudden chest pain in an empty classroom and lost consciousness while trying to reach the Room of Requirement.
• Sean found Hermione buried in snow, took her to the Hospital Wing, and sent Dave and Pudding to search for enemies.
• Madam Pomfrey and Snape found that Hermione had suffered severe trauma without wounds, poison, or signs of a spell, and Snape prepared a potion to keep her alive.
• Sean considered whether the Timeline could explain Hermione’s condition, but found no clear cause and left a Shadow Bug with Madam Pomfrey.
• Neville gave Sean Hermione’s list of new students, and Sean froze when he read the name Luna Lovegood.

After Luna Lovegood’s name appeared in Hogwarts’ admission records, Sean realized that he had never remembered her or the Lovegood family before. He found Luna at home with her father, Xenophilius, and began questioning why she had not enrolled at Hogwarts; Xenophilius’s hesitant reply left the mystery unresolved.

• Sean recognized Luna Lovegood’s name and recalled her place in the wizarding world, but realized he had never thought of her or The Quibbler before.
• Sean asked a student about The Quibbler, confirmed the student had never heard of it, and suspected Hermione’s strange behavior was connected to the Lovegoods.
• Sean obtained Luna’s address from Professor McGonagall and found The Burrow, where Mrs. Weasley vaguely remembered the Lovegood family and pointed him toward their home.
• Sean reached the Lovegoods’ house and met Xenophilius, who spoke excitedly about The Quibbler and seemed confused about how long he had been living there.
• Sean met Luna and saw that she was around Ginny’s age, though she should have enrolled at Hogwarts already.
• Sean asked Xenophilius why Luna had not enrolled, and Xenophilius hesitated when Sean asked whether they had always lived in the house.

Sean investigated why Xenophilius and Luna Lovegood had lived cut off from the world, and discovered that the isolation had suppressed Xenophilius’s magic and hidden Luna from Hogwarts. Luna then noticed that she remembered gifts and supplies from a life neither she nor her father could recall, while sensing that Sean somehow knew her.

• Sean healed Xenophilius’s injured toe and questioned him about his and Luna’s isolated lifestyle and Luna’s schooling.
• Xenophilius admitted he had forgotten how to use spells, and he and Luna described feeling as though they had been hiding from the world in a dreamlike state.
• At Sean’s urging, Xenophilius cast a spell successfully, and Sean concluded that the family’s separation from the world had concealed their presence and magic.
• After hearing the Lovegoods’ account, Sean pondered Luna’s unusual upbringing and her apparent grasp of experiences she had never been taught.
• Luna pointed out that she remembered her father giving her clothes and providing food despite their isolation, then told Sean she felt he knew her even though they had never met.

Sean brought Luna Lovegood to Hogwarts after discovering that her memories seemed confused and that she might have been screened off from the world. Hermione awakened unharmed but could not remember collapsing, and while Harry and Daisy did not know Luna, Hermione began to remember her.

• Luna told Sean that her memories of her mother’s death in a spell accident conflicted with the fact that neither of her parents could use magic.
• Sean brought Luna to Hogwarts for early enrollment, where Professor McGonagall told him that Hermione had awakened and appeared completely unharmed.
• Hermione told Sean that she remembered brewing potions before losing consciousness but could not recall trying to save herself or anything afterward.
• Sean learned that Daisy and Harry did not recognize Luna Lovegood, but Hermione began to remember her.

Hermione remembered two conflicting versions of her life, including memories of Luna, and Sean stunned her before she could collapse. He confined Luna at Hogwarts and sought Snape’s help modifying a potion so he could track his missing ring and Hermione’s gift.

• Hermione recalled memories of Luna and The Quibbler, then realized they conflicted with Sean’s account of the train journey and her own memories.
• As Hermione became overwhelmed by the conflicting memories, Sean stunned her and asked Madam Pomfrey to keep her asleep with a Draught of Living Death.
• Sean asked Professor McGonagall to confine Luna temporarily, and Luna requested a room with a view of the stars and interesting books.
• Sean planned to locate his missing ring and Hermione’s gift by tracking the magic they had absorbed.
• Sean persuaded Snape to provide a formula for a Developing Solution that would react only to Sean’s magic.

Sean used a modified Developing Solution and the Thunderbirds to reveal traces of his magic across London, searching for his missing ring. He found the ring in a deserted hideout beside the Ministry of Magic, along with a warning to stay away from Achieving Godhood and a mysterious person.

• Snape gave Sean a modified Developing Solution formula, and Sean used Half-Blood Prince's Pride to brew it successfully.
• Sean sent eight Thunderbirds across London to spread the potion through the rain, then searched the revealed magical traces as a fire dragon.
• Sean found no suspicious activity at most locations and discovered a trading den selling items he had used.
• Sean followed hidden magical traces to a ruined hideout beside the Ministry of Magic, which reminded him of the secret organization's base in the Annihilated Timeline.
• Sean found a warm fire pit, a note warning him to stay away from Achieving Godhood and a certain person, and the ring he had lost.
• Sean wondered why the ring's thief had returned it and whether the warning meant he would die while Achieving Godhood.

Sean analyzed a note warning that he would die after achieving godhood and concluded that his death was inevitable. He discovered that the time-traveling person trying to save him was a future Hermione, who had come to him despite knowing that returning would seal his fate.

• Sean concluded that the note’s warning was true and that short-distance time travel could not prevent his future death.
• Sean sensed someone nearby and used the Invisibility Cloak to invite the hidden person to speak with him.
• Hermione emerged from the shadows and embraced Sean, confessing that she had missed him.
• Hermione revealed that she had traveled two years into the past and arrived more than half a year earlier, leaving her severely aged on one side of her face.
• Sean told Hermione that death could not be changed, but she insisted she could not return because he would definitely die if she did.

Sean confronted Hermione about her plan to die so he could evade his destined death, but he insisted the future could not be changed and that her sacrifice would achieve nothing. He cruelly blamed her for his death, leaving her devastated as he found the two Time-Turners she had brought.

• Sean covered himself and Hermione with the Invisibility Cloak and urged her to return to her own time before the strain of time travel killed her.
• Hermione said she intended to die so no one could carry the memory of Sean's deception back through time, allowing him to fake his death and later face Herpo.
• Sean argued that the closed Timeline made his death inevitable, while Hermione insisted that he should keep deceiving the future and survive.
• Sean adopted a cold, arrogant manner and violently told Hermione that she had caused his death by coming back, crushing her remaining hope.
• Sean searched Hermione, found two Time-Turners, and mocked her plan as she lay devastated.

Sean erased Hermione’s memories of the future and sent her back, then entered the ring to uncover a memory left by another version of himself. The memory revealed that in a Timeline where Grindelwald defeated Dumbledore, Sean had become a vessel whose smooth path ultimately helped Herpo.

• Sean extracted Hermione’s memories from the future, destroyed them with blue flames, and prepared false memories so she could return early.
• Sean realized Hermione’s plan to erase herself could have hidden the changes in time and helped him fake his death, but he refused to trade her life for his.
• Sean opened the ring and found a Pensieve, a bottle of yellow memories, and a warning telling him to view them under the Invisibility Cloak.
• Sean entered the memory and met an emaciated version of himself, who described Grindelwald’s victory over Dumbledore and Voldemort’s death.
• The other Sean explained that, despite his success under Grindelwald, he had become a vessel for Herpo and that his actions had helped Herpo instead.

Sean listened to another version of himself recount how he entered the Realm of Illusion to find Robin and restore the god, hoping to defeat Herpo. The plan failed when Robin’s Residual Soul lacked the power to make Sean master of the Elder Wand, and the other Sean’s attempt to destroy the Realm of Illusion was anticipated by Herpo.

• The other Sean explained that, after Grindelwald was weakened and the Wizarding World faced defeat, he went to the Realm of Illusion through a hidden route beneath Hogwarts’s Black Lake.
• He described using Pride’s power to enter the Realm of Illusion, where his soul took the form of a Fire Dragon and he faced unstable magic, dark creatures, and the world’s temptations.
• The other Sean revealed that he sought Robin’s Residual Soul and planned to restore Robin to godhood using the Deathly Hallows as a substitute for Robin’s stolen divine authority.
• He discovered that Robin could not defeat him to transfer mastery of the Elder Wand, because Robin had spent nearly all its remaining power on an Entrusted Dream for another Sean.
• The other Sean said Herpo found him, so he tried to destroy the Realm of Illusion by colliding Pride’s power with its drifting magic clusters.
• The other Sean admitted that Herpo knew he would attempt the destruction.

Sean learned that Herpo had entered his Soul Floating Island through Pride, destroyed its defenses, and stripped Pride away before raising Sean's soul. The revelation suggested Herpo had sensed fluctuations in time, and Sean ended with a chilling realization about his presence across different Timelines.

• Sean saw the wound left on his soul after Pride was stripped away and learned Herpo had invaded his Soul World during his attempt to self-destruct.
• The past Sean explained that Herpo had crawled out of Pride's soul, shattered the Soul Floating Island's defenses, and used his authority over the Realm of Illusion to strip away Pride and raise Sean.
• Sean realized Herpo may have sensed fluctuations in time through Robin's authority and recognized patterns across different Timelines.
• The two Sean Wallops concluded that Sean Wallop did not exist on every Timeline.

Sean watched the memory of his past self explain that Herpo had sensed his uniqueness as a transmigrator and had imprisoned his soul. After learning how the earlier Sean had hidden information and prepared a relay for him, Sean left the Pensieve resolved to confront Herpo and end everything.

• Sean realized Herpo had targeted him because he did not exist on every Timeline and his arrival might have caused Timelines to emerge more frequently.
• The Sean in the memory explained that he had feared Herpo would expose his secrets, so he escaped the Realm of Illusion as a soul and entrusted information to his teacher and a ring.
• The memory Sean said the World Will had tried to erase him when he attempted to share what he knew, and that the Invisibility Cloak might conceal the next Sean after his teacher traveled into the past.
• The memory Sean left further information in the baton and told Sean to save up his resources, spend them with Felix Felicis before facing Herpo, and remember when the side effects would arrive.
• The memory Sean's soul faded as the manor became ruins, and the present Sean emerged from the Pensieve and declared it was his turn to end everything.

Sean used the Resurrection Cage Grass to restore future Hermione’s aged body, then planned to replace her memories of the two-year time journey with memories of only a few days. He recognized that Ancient Runes might be crucial to the branching timelines and spent two talent points on it, leaving him wishing for more system rewards.

• Sean sent the Magical Creatures outside and placed future Hermione in the Resurrection Cage Grass, which restored her appearance while she remained unconscious.
• Sean decided to create new memories for Hermione and make her remember a journey lasting only a few days.
• Sean examined his system status and noticed that his Ancient Runes Talent had been unusually restricted and enhanced by the other Sean.
• Sean spent two talent points to raise his Ancient Runes Talent from 2+5 to 4+5, and the system’s description reinforced his suspicions.
• Sean lamented that his easy missions provided too few points to replenish his supply.

Sean helped Hermione use a Time-Turner to return from a day of long-distance travel and sealed most of her memories concerning Luna. After Hermione left the Hospital Wing with Sean, they ran into Snape, and Sean remembered that he had angered him.

• Sean told Hermione to use the Time-Turner to travel back one day and return to Hogwarts.
• Hermione returned safely, and Sean discovered that her body had physically developed during the time travel.
• Sean told Hermione he had sealed most of her memories concerning Luna and urged her to spend more time with her.
• Sean teased Hermione about using Resurrection Cage Grass to restore her body, but she refused.
• Sean and Hermione left the Hospital Wing and ran into Snape.
• Daisy offered Sean pigeon and steak at dinner, but the food made him feel sick after Snape had assigned him disgusting work.

Sean discovered that the system could issue a new personal task after he wondered aloud about repeatable tasks, and he found Daisy alone in the garden to learn what troubled her. Daisy began explaining that she had read something about Sean’s past punishment being a reward, but she stopped before revealing more.

• Snape summoned Daisy after Sean threatened to sleep with her, and Daisy’s pleas persuaded Snape to reduce Sean’s workload.
• Hermione spent time with Luna, while Luna and Daisy quickly became close through their shared imaginations.
• Sean opened the task panel and found a new task offering thirty points for resolving Daisy’s trouble.
• Sean found Daisy drawing in the garden, tickled her until she agreed to explain what was wrong, and heard her say his punishment had been a reward.

Sean tried to figure out why Daisy had been avoiding him, while Luna revealed that Daisy had been visiting the Owlery. After Ron received a suspicious Amortentia package, Sean took it to investigate, and Daisy began coughing when he examined its coded letter at dinner.

• Sean and Daisy joked and roughhoused before Daisy dodged his questions about the surprise she had promised him.
• Over the next few days, Daisy avoided Sean during breaks, and Luna told him she had been visiting the Owlery often.
• Harry, Neville, and Ron told Sean that Ron had received Amortentia and a coded letter, which they suspected was a product from Fred and George sent by mistake.
• Sean took Ron's package to investigate and began decoding the letter at dinner, where Daisy suddenly started coughing.