Chapter Summaries

Sean returned to Hogwarts after meeting Grindelwald, and Dumbledore explained that the prophecy could be affected by what Sean knew and believed. Dumbledore promised to protect Sean’s family and said Sean’s actions had made him look forward to the prophecy’s outcome.

• Grindelwald told Sean to tell Dumbledore that his considerations were thorough, then arranged extra protection around the children’s homes.
• Vita questioned whether Muggle families were worth protecting, and Grindelwald said he was trying to understand love as Albus had described it.
• Sean left the Vanishing Cabinet and met Dumbledore in the Hogwarts corridor, where Dumbledore apologized for putting him in danger.
• Dumbledore explained that belief and awareness could hasten the prophecy’s fulfillment, and that Sean’s choices could change its outcome.
• Sean relayed Grindelwald’s message and described Newmontgard, and Dumbledore promised that Sean’s family would not be placed in grave danger.

Sean spoke with Dumbledore about Hogwarts and Newmontgard before preparing to leave for Christmas, and he ended the chapter on the train with Hermione, Harry, and Neville. He thanked Stephanie for the monocle that had saved his life, while Dumbledore hoped Sean would help Hogwarts in the future.

• Sean asked Dumbledore how Hogwarts compared with Newmontgard, and Dumbledore admitted Newmontgard had surpassed Hogwarts in some respects while hoping to revive Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore wished Sean a Merry Christmas and said he hoped Sean would not disappoint Hogwarts in the future.
• Sean asked Stephanie whether she knew about the monocle, thanked her for the gift that had saved his life, and wished her a Merry Christmas.
• Sean joined Hermione in studying, but distracted her until she failed to finish her spellbook before they left for the station the next morning.
• Sean and Hermione found a compartment on the train, where Harry and Neville arrived and asked to sit with them.

On the train home, Harry told Sean and Hermione about his family’s rejection by the Twenty-Eight Pure-Blood Families and shared stories about his parents and Sirius. At the station, Sirius told Harry that his parents had taken Daisy to St. Mungo’s, and Harry rushed there with him.

• Sean shared snacks with Harry and Neville, and they discussed the Twenty-Eight Pure-Blood Families and Harry’s Muggle-born mother.
• Harry invited Sean to visit his home, while Neville reminded him that his mother was waiting to confront him about sneaking a Flying Broomstick into Hogwarts.
• Harry and Neville entertained Sean and Hermione with stories about their childhoods as the train journey continued.
• At the station, Harry saw Sirius’s grave expression and learned that his parents had taken Daisy to St. Mungo’s.
• Harry hurried away with Sirius, while Neville explained to Sean that it was a family matter.

Sean returned home for Christmas, received a mysterious gift from Stephanie, and learned that Harry’s younger sister Daisy suffered from a dangerous illness. As Sean and his friends returned to Hogwarts, he discovered that Snape had taken a place at the teachers’ table.

• Sean reunited with Hermione’s parents and his own family, while his father considered hiring Dr. Granger and Ayla asked whether Sean had brought back a Hogwarts toilet seat.
• Sean received Christmas gifts, including a temperature-enchanted cloak from Stephanie, and his father gagged after tasting one of Dumbledore’s Every Flavor Beans.
• Sean returned to King’s Cross with Hermione and found Harry troubled; Harry confided that his sister Daisy had a strange illness that could become fatal.
• Harry explained that he stayed cheerful at school for Daisy and promised to write her about what he saw, and Sean praised him as a good brother.
• Sean arrived at Hogwarts and saw Snape seated at the teachers’ table, where Snape met his gaze with a cold, dangerous look.

Dumbledore welcomed Newmontgard’s students to Hogwarts for the academic exchange and urged Hogwarts students to set aside resentment over their defeat. Newmontgard’s disciplined delegation arrived, though Grindelwald was absent, and Sean recognized Colton Sterling among them.

• Sean worried that Dumbledore had rehired Snape despite knowing he was a Death Eater.
• Dumbledore announced that Newmontgard had arrived, prompting hostile reactions from Hogwarts students.
• Dumbledore rebuked the students’ resentment and urged them to learn from defeat and embrace their opponents.
• The Newmontgard delegation entered in orderly ranks, led by a woman and accompanied by an elegant man who greeted Dumbledore.
• Sean spotted Colton Sterling passing Charlotte Hogg without acknowledging her, and Dumbledore invited the guests to sit.

Sean and Hermione watched the Newmontgard students arrive at Hogwarts and discussed their rigorous reputation and unusual approach to the Dark Arts. Dumbledore announced staff changes and introduced Tom Riddle as the temporary Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

• Sean recognized Colton Sterling as the Newmontgard recruiter who had visited his home, and Hermione recalled his rude treatment of her father.
• Sean reassured Hermione about competing with the Newmontgard students and agreed to continue their library study plan.
• Sean observed that the Newmontgard students socialized in small groups and wondered whether Grindelwald had found a way to remove malice from Dark Arts spells.
• Dumbledore announced that Slughorn and Professor Quirrell had left Hogwarts and that Professor Snape would resume teaching Potions.
• Dumbledore introduced Tom Riddle as Newmontgard's Magic Attack and Defense professor, who would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts for the rest of the term.

Sean recognized Tom Riddle at Hogwarts and suspected he was Voldemort, so he went to question Dumbledore. Dumbledore confirmed Sean’s suspicion was both right and wrong but refused to explain, then met another Dumbledore who arrived through the flames.

• Dumbledore announced that lower-year students would take classes together and that Newmontgard students would attend lessons with Hogwarts students.
• Sean tried to reach Dumbledore but was blocked by Newmontgard students, then hurried to wait outside the Headmaster’s office.
• Sean asked Dumbledore about Tom Riddle, and Dumbledore recognized that Sean suspected Riddle was Voldemort.
• Dumbledore told Sean that his suspicion was both yes and no, but said it was not yet time to explain.
• After Sean left, another Dumbledore emerged from the flames into the office.

Sean worried about his Potions skills ahead of Snape’s first class, while Dumbledore and Grindelwald discussed Sean and Grindelwald’s stay at Hogwarts. Snape targeted Harry and Sean during the lesson, leaving Sean relieved that Harry drew most of the professor’s attention.

• Sean returned to the Ravenclaw Common Room and saw older students studying Advanced Potion-Making, reminding him that he would soon face Snape’s class.
• Dumbledore asked Grindelwald whether he had watched Sean closely, then told him to return to Newmontgard; Grindelwald agreed after Dumbledore grew stern.
• Sean reviewed his Potions books the next morning and told Hermione he was nervous about the new professor.
• Snape began class by announcing that everyone would start Potions from the beginning, then quizzed Harry on potion ingredients and procedures.
• Snape took points from Gryffindor for Harry’s remarks and from Ravenclaw for Sean’s slow response, and Sean quietly felt relieved that Harry had drawn Snape’s attention.

Sean struggled through Potions under Snape’s harsh criticism, while Harry also complained about being singled out. In Tom Riddle’s first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, Riddle challenged the students’ understanding of Dark Arts and demonstrated the Killing Curse on a gnome.

• Snape criticized Sean’s potion and assigned him extra homework, while Harry and Hermione also faced his scrutiny.
• Sean and Harry commiserated on the way to the Great Hall, where Harry promised to teach Sean some Potions tricks.
• Sean noticed Dumbledore looked tired as he spoke with Tom Riddle at lunch.
• Riddle began his Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson by asking Hermione to define Dark Arts magic, then questioned the textbook view of it.
• Riddle summoned a gnome and cast Avada Kedavra on it.

Riddle demonstrated that he could cast Avada Kedavra without killing a goblin and argued that magic depended on the wizard wielding it, unsettling the Hogwarts students. He then taught Acupunct Internus and paired Sean with a Newmontgard student to practice.

• Riddle struck a goblin with Avada Kedavra, but the goblin survived and continued struggling.
• Riddle explained that magic itself was neutral, while Hermione objected to exposing students to the Dark Arts and Sean worried about their lack of counterspells.
• Riddle called Oaks forward and taught the class Acupunct Internus, demonstrating the spell on him after dodging Oaks's attack.
• Riddle paired the students for practice, matching Sean with a tall Newmontgard boy who raised his wand with a malicious smile.
• Sean checked his status panel and saw that he had already gained proficiency in Avada Kedavra and Acupunct Internus before Riddle ordered them to begin.

Sean dominated a Magical Attack and Defense practice duel after his Stinging Hex unexpectedly leveled up, leaving Mori incapacitated and the class wary of him. After the lesson, Professor Riddle killed the goblin he had kept in a box.

• Mori cast the Stinging Hex at Sean, but Sean quickly learned the spell and dodged Mori’s attack.
• Sean repeatedly attacked Mori, who could only evade until Sean’s Stinging Hex leveled up and struck him.
• Professor Riddle stopped the duel and confirmed Mori had suffered no serious injury, while Sean realized his upgraded spell had caused the extreme pain.
• The students grew reluctant to practice the spell, and Sean checked his system panel to see that Acupunct Internus had reached level one.
• Professor Riddle awarded Ravenclaw twenty points and dismissed the class, then killed the goblin in the box with Avada Kedavra.

Sean and Hermione returned to the Common Room after Sean’s powerful spell left Mori screaming and other students wary of him. In the corridor, Sean joined Charlotte’s confrontation with Newmontgard students and publicly humiliated Hoffman with a sharp analysis of his insecurities and fake watch.

• Hermione worried that Riddle had taught first-years dangerous magic, while Sean said he did not feel guilty about using the spell on Mori.
• Harry joked that Sean might have a famous Archmage in his family, and Sean claimed Merlin was at the top of his family tree.
• Sean learned that Sterling and other Newmontgard students had taunted Charlotte’s group by saying Kaya deserved what happened to her in last year’s Competition.
• Sean stepped beside Charlotte and answered Hoffman’s demand for an apology by mocking his status, vanity, and expensive Magical Watch.
• Sean used Malfoy’s genuine Magical Watch as an example, leaving Hoffman furious and the Hogwarts students laughing.

Sean provoked Hoffman after the Newmontgard student threatened him, then arranged an ambush with Charlotte and Hogwarts upperclassmen. Hoffman was stunned and beaten before the group left him at the entrance to the Newmontgard Common Room.

• Sean mocked Hoffman and challenged him to attack, but Hoffman backed down when a crowd gathered.
• Sean asked Charlotte to recruit Hogwarts students and explained his plan to ambush Hoffman.
• Hoffman headed back to the Newmontgard Common Room, imagining how he would attack Sean in a secluded spot.
• Hogwarts students hidden near a dark corner hit Hoffman with a barrage of Stunning Spells and knocked him unconscious.
• Sean directed the upperclassmen to beat Hoffman and leave him outside the Newmontgard Common Room before he returned to rest.

After Sean injured Hoffman, Professor Flitwick tried to protect him from punishment, but Vita Rosier proposed restarting the Duelling Club to settle tensions between Hogwarts and Newmontgard. Professor Flitwick said he would ask Dumbledore, while Rosier expected him to agree.

• Sean learned that Hoffman had been found swollen and that Newmontgard students suspected him of the attack.
• Hermione asked Sean why the students were staring at him, and he admitted he had given Hoffman a full-body massage.
• Professor Flitwick summoned Sean and offered to help him claim Hoffman had attacked first.
• Vita Rosier agreed not to pursue Sean's actions but warned that Newmontgard students were upset.
• Rosier proposed restarting the Duelling Club, and Professor Flitwick said he would consult Dumbledore.

Sean avoided Stephanie after she warned him that Newmontgard students planned to teach him a lesson, then encountered Harry, Neville, and Ron being expelled from the library. Harry explained that he was searching for Nicolas Flamel to learn about a magical object that might cure his sister, and Sean said he knew who Flamel was.

• Sean thanked Stephanie for warning him about the Newmontgard students but left without engaging with her.
• Madam Pince drove Harry, Neville, and Ron from the library after they accidentally knocked over a bookshelf.
• Harry told Sean that Sirius had let slip that Hagrid fetched a magical object for Dumbledore.
• Harry revealed that he hoped the object could cure his sister and explained why he was researching Nicolas Flamel.
• Sean cautioned that Dumbledore might already have used the object if it could cure Harry's sister, then said he knew who Nicolas Flamel was.

Sean explained the Philosopher’s Stone to Harry, Ron, and Neville, while the trio connected Professor Riddle to their search for it and suspected he wanted immortality. Meanwhile, tensions between Hogwarts and Newmontgard erupted into their first large physical fight after Hoffman returned and confronted Sean.

• Sean used Dumbledore’s Chocolate Frog card to explain that Nicolas Flamel had made the Philosopher’s Stone, and Harry hoped it might help his sister.
• Harry, Ron, and Neville recalled overhearing Hagrid and Professor Riddle discuss Flamel, then suspected Riddle was seeking the Stone to become immortal.
• As conflicts between Hogwarts and Newmontgard grew, Sean’s classmates increasingly guarded him, with the Weasley twins even following him to the bathroom.
• Hoffman returned and came looking for Sean, but Sean disarmed him and Hogwarts students swarmed to attack him.
• Newmontgard students arrived, and after someone kicked Hoffman, students from both schools put down their wands and began brawling.

After a fight between Hogwarts and Newmontgard students, Professor McGonagall punished everyone involved, but the schools’ hostility continued to grow. When Newmontgard students insulted Hermione and Sean, Stephanie defended them with Silent Casting and left Sean an apologetic note.

• Newt used a dragon’s roar to stop the brawl, and Professor McGonagall marked the participants and ordered them to report for punishment.
• Professor McGonagall punished the Hogwarts students, while Vinda Rosier punished the Newmontgard students for losing the fight.
• Hermione complained to Sean that the exchange had brought her only mockery, as tensions between the schools persisted.
• Newmontgard students insulted Hermione and Sean, and Stephanie answered them with cutting remarks and a spell that filled one student’s mouth with bubbles.
• Stephanie left Sean a note apologizing, and Hermione asked him what had happened between them.

Sean joined Hogwarts students in preparing for the reopened Duelling Club, while Newmontgard students continued mocking them. At the first meeting, Professor Riddle selected Sean to demonstrate duelling with him.

• Sean burned Stephanie's note and went with Hermione to the library.
• Sean frightened a Newmontgard second-year by pretending to practise a spell, then mocked him as Hogwarts students laughed.
• Harry told Sean and Hermione that the Duelling Club would reopen that evening, and Newmontgard students challenged Hogwarts to meet them there.
• Sean and Hermione attended the first meeting in the Great Hall, where Riddle and Snape arrived as the instructors.
• Riddle announced that Snape would assist him, then called Sean onto the stage to demonstrate a duel.

Sean practiced the Stinging Hex against Riddle and used the professor’s advice to improve his spellcasting, unlocking Silent Casting. He tricked Riddle with a silent attack, leaving the students shocked, and received a detention from Snape.

• Riddle invited Sean to attack him during a duel and blocked each Stinging Hex while giving him casting advice.
• Sean’s repeated practice and Riddle’s guidance increased his Stinging Hex proficiency until it reached level two and unlocked Silent Casting.
• Riddle disarmed an exhausted Sean, but Sean secretly cast the Stinging Hex on him without speaking before leaving the platform.
• Black mist rose from Riddle, and the stunned Newmontgard students watched as he calmly praised Sean’s lesson.
• Snape gave Sean detention for the next day, while Riddle prevented him from losing points.

Sean endured Snape’s punishment and suspected that Riddle might not be his original body, while Hogwarts students practiced dueling against Newmontgard’s more combat-ready students. The exchange turned tense when Newmontgard’s Zelos Thomson defeated a fifth-year Gryffindor with silent spells and left him vomiting.

• Sean agreed to return to Snape the next day and reasoned that provoking Riddle would not matter if Riddle intended to kill him.
• Snape ordered the students to practice dueling in pairs and threatened to put something in the Pumpkin Juice if they used nasty curses.
• Sean watched Hogwarts students practice and noticed that Newmontgard students fought with greater discipline and skill.
• Zelos Thomson challenged Hogwarts students in their fifth year or above, and a fifth-year Gryffindor accepted.
• Thomson blocked the Gryffindor’s spells, petrified him with a silent charm, and made him vomit after the spell was lifted.