Chapter Summaries

Hermione lured Lockhart toward a gathering by claiming that Mr. Hermes wanted his advice on writing books. Lockhart followed her to a hidden room, while Hermione braced herself for the plan to begin.

• Hermione tried to persuade Lockhart to visit a fan club, but he initially refused because he was preparing for the Dueling Club event.
• Sean told Hermione to use Mr. Hermes and his interest in publishing an alchemy book to tempt Lockhart.
• Hermione claimed that Mr. Hermes wanted Lockhart’s advice, and Lockhart eagerly agreed to meet him.
• Hannah and other young wizards continued leaving dried fish for the Black Cat statue, and Mrs. Norris grew plumper from eating them.
• Hermione led Lockhart to the Tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, revealed the hidden door, and urged him to enter the room where everyone was waiting.

Hermione and Justin confronted Lockhart, restrained him, and used Truth Serum to expose how he stole other wizards’ achievements and erased their memories. After Sean praised them, he emerged with Dumbledore, leaving Hermione and Justin startled by his unexpected presence.

• Lockhart entered the room, but Justin disarmed him and hit him with a Dancing Charm while Hermione evaded his attempts to grab her wand.
• Hermione and Justin kept Lockhart under watch, then immobilized and bound him when he tried to distract them.
• Hermione used Zombie Float to control Lockhart and gave him Truth Serum while Justin recorded his answers.
• Lockhart admitted that he claimed other wizards’ deeds as his own and used Obliviate to make them forget.
• Hermione and Justin looked for Sean, then heard him praise them as he appeared with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore arrested Lockhart and revealed that Hagrid’s conviction had been overturned, while Sean explained Dementors to Hermione and Justin. Sean then went to Hagrid’s hut, where Will barred Hagrid from entering until Lord Green arrived.

• Dumbledore bound Lockhart and had Hagrid take him to the Aurors, while revealing that the Ministry had overturned Hagrid’s conviction.
• Dumbledore said Lockhart would be sent to Azkaban and that he would recruit a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Sean explained to Hermione and Justin that Dementors fed on happiness and could be driven away by the Patronus Charm, with chocolate helping after an attack.
• Hermione noticed that Sean’s manner and sudden appearances reminded her of Dumbledore, and Sean vanished before she and Justin could say goodbye.
• At Hagrid’s hut, Will refused to let Hagrid enter before Lord Green arrived, despite Hagrid insisting that he was the master.

Sean reunited Hagrid with the master of his hut and heard how Hagrid had won the reopening of his case at the Ministry of Magic. Back at Hogwarts, Sean planned his Charm studies and asked Professor McGonagall to teach him the Patronus Charm.

• Will initially refused to let Hagrid enter Hagrid's hut until Sean identified Hagrid as its master.
• Hagrid told Sean that the Ministry had reopened his case and was planning to elect Sean as a youth representative.
• Sean left Hagrid's hut and reviewed his Charm progress, listing the Patronus Charm, Shield Charm, and Legilimency among his plans.
• Professor McGonagall contacted Sean through the Two-way mirror, and the Pukwudgie butler returned him to a bed in the Hospital Wing.
• Sean asked Professor McGonagall to teach him the Patronus Charm.

Sean studied the Patronus Charm overnight and discovered Ravenclaw’s memories could influence his Transfiguration. The next morning, Professor McGonagall began teaching him the Patronus Charm and explained that it required focusing on a particularly happy memory.

• Sean asked Professor McGonagall to teach him the Patronus Charm, and she agreed to meet him in her office the next day.
• Sean read about Patronuses in the Hospital Wing, and Ravenclaw’s phantom moved the fireplace beside his bed, increasing his Magic Transfiguration proficiency.
• Sean recorded questions about Patronuses and wondered what form his would take, given his multiple Animagus forms.
• Professor McGonagall demonstrated her silver-white cat Patronus and explained how happy memories helped summon one.
• Professor McGonagall wondered what happy memory Sean could draw upon before continuing the lesson.

Sean learned the origins and principles of the Patronus Charm from Professor McGonagall, then practiced it until he summoned a corporeal silver cat. Dumbledore watched from outside and left, satisfied by the sun he saw within Sean.

• Sean explained what he had learned about the Patronus Charm and recounted the legend of Lachidian to Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall taught Sean that a Patronus's strength came from its caster and instructed him to focus on a happy memory.
• Sean first produced a shapeless cloud of silver mist by recalling pleasant moments at Hogwarts.
• Sean recalled McGonagall's kindness and his time in the Hospital Wing, then summoned a silver cat Patronus.
• Dumbledore watched Sean's lesson from outside the door and left satisfied.

After leaving the Hospital Wing, Sean reflected on the strange photograph and practiced wandless magic as Hogwarts announced third-year electives. Hermione learned she could choose every course, while Sean and his friends discussed their options and mocked Lockhart’s teaching.

• Sean studied the photograph’s gray-white figures and wondered whether their futures matched the suffering they had endured.
• Madam Pomfrey discharged Sean, and he practiced wandless Levitation and Scourgify while recording his magical goals.
• Professor McGonagall told Hermione she could choose every course because she was a model student.
• Sean saw the notices about Hogsmeade Week and third-year course selection in the Great Hall.
• Justin shared notes about the five electives as Harry, Ron, Hermione, and their friends considered their courses and criticized Lockhart’s lessons.

Sean struggled to choose between courses that conflicted with one another and decided he needed a Time-Turner to attend them all. After learning more about the device from Prefect Pennet, he went to serve his detention with Snape, who waited for him with a necklace hidden behind his back.

• Neville agonized over his course selections while Hermione signed up for every subject, and Sean weighed the courses he did not want to miss.
• Percy advised Sean and Hermione to choose courses with their futures and strengths in mind, while Sean imagined using a Time-Turner to fit in every class.
• Sean added applying for a Time-Turner to his notebook, and Prefect Pennet offered to help him obtain one if he joined the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team.
• Sean recognized Pennet's description of the Time-Turner but declined to commit to playing Quidditch for Ravenclaw.
• Sean went to the dungeon to serve his detention, and Snape waited there holding a necklace behind his back.

Sean returned to the Dungeon to brew Polyjuice Potion under Snape’s supervision, then told Snape that Hagrid had invited him to be a Teaching Assistant. Snape gave Sean a Time-Turner and warned him about its limits and the dangers of changing time before asking which classes he had chosen.

• Sean prepared ingredients and began brewing Polyjuice Potion while Snape asked about Lockhart’s arrest.
• Sean told Snape that Lockhart’s lies had been exposed, and Snape guessed that Sean had helped bring the truth to light.
• Snape guided Sean through the near-completed Polyjuice Potion and explained how different subjects affected its appearance.
• Sean told Snape that Hagrid had invited him to become a Teaching Assistant for Care of Magical Creatures.
• Snape gave Sean a Time-Turner, explained that it could turn back time by at most five hours, and warned him about the laws and dangers of using it.
• Snape asked Sean which classes he had chosen.

Sean learned that Snape considered Divination pointless for most wizards and warned him away from prophecies, but Sean revealed that Firenze had agreed to teach him Centaur divination. After surviving Snape’s anger and receiving a Time-Turner, Sean saw Hermione and Justin suffer harsh detentions and left to test the device and pursue further magical training.

• Snape told Sean to drop Arithmancy and Divination, explaining that wizard prophecies were rare and warning him to avoid them; he also said Centaur divination was closed to outsiders.
• Sean told Snape that Firenze had agreed to teach him, provoking Snape’s fury.
• Sean left the Dungeon with a Time-Turner that Snape had obtained from the Ministry, then found Hermione and Justin facing detention for taking potion ingredients.
• The next morning, Sean learned that Snape had deducted twenty points from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff and tripled Hermione and Justin’s detentions under Filch.
• Sean went to Hope Cottage to test the Time-Turner and review his plan to learn the Shield Charm from Professor Flitwick.

Sean studied the Time-Turner’s rules and the Department of Mysteries’ warnings about the dangers of time travel before using it to return five hours to early morning. Over the following four weeks, he became increasingly elusive, and Harry glimpsed what seemed to be Sean in two places at once before Gryffindor’s Quidditch match against Hufflepuff.

• Sean read about the five-hour limit and the disastrous consequences of Eloise Mintumble’s time travel.
• Sean turned the Time-Turner three marks and returned to Hope Cottage at five in the morning.
• Sean made extensive use of his extra time and became more elusive over the next four weeks.
• Wood encouraged Harry to eat breakfast before the Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff match.
• Harry saw Sean at the Ravenclaw table and what appeared to be Sean passing outside the Great Hall, then ran to look for him.
• Harry joined Gryffindor’s Quidditch team and changed into his scarlet robes, thinking about the mysterious sighting.

Harry celebrated Gryffindor’s Quidditch victory before discovering Sean could hear unguarded wizards’ thoughts through enhanced Legilimency. Professor Terra summoned Sean to the Alchemy office, excited by the new abilities and further news from the Magic Hand Mirror.

• Gryffindor beat Hufflepuff by two hundred points after catching the Golden Snitch, and Harry spotted Sean in the crowd.
• Harry searched for Sean, then met him and learned that Professor Snape had given him a day off from detention.
• Sean explained that Cat-Leopard biscuits had combined with Legilimency, letting him hear the inner voices of wizards who had no defenses.
• Hermione explained the Cat-Leopard biscuits to Harry and the others, while Sean admitted that using Legilimency quickly drained his mental energy.
• Professor Terra arrived, became excited by the biscuits’ effects, and took Sean to the Alchemy office to work on further tasks.

Professor Terra explained Sean’s alchemical breakthrough and proposed expanding Fairy Tale Workshop across the Magical World by selling Magic Hand Mirrors. The professor revealed that he had cut the cost of a pair to seven Gold Galleons and told Sean to contact his agents before Easter.

• Professor Terra told Sean that alchemy’s rare innovators could reshape the Magical World and asked how Sean had altered the Cat-Leopard biscuits.
• Sean explained that his redesigned Magic Circuit and ritual enabled partial transformation into Fantastic Beasts, though Wizards still struggled to combine their magic with their own.
• Professor Terra revealed that Magic Hand Mirrors could revolutionize magical communication and asked whether Sean was ready to expand Fairy Tale Workshop.
• Professor Terra handed Sean an improved Magic Hand Mirror and said he had secured materials to bring the production cost of a pair down to seven Gold Galleons.
• Professor Terra told Sean to contact his agents so Fairy Tale Workshop could spread across the Magical World by Easter.

As Easter approached, Sean reflected on Hogwarts’ exams and the career paths they shaped while the students learned that Lockhart would stand trial for deceiving the Magical World. Dumbledore announced that Snape would temporarily teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, leaving Sean to wonder whether the substitute role evaded the position’s curse.

• Sean left the Alchemy office after Professor Terra established a production chain for Magic Hand Mirrors, which remained difficult to reproduce and lasted only two years.
• At breakfast, Ron, Hermione, and Justin explained O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s to Harry, while Sean and Justin discussed career guidance and their unusual circumstances.
• News of Lockhart’s upcoming trial delighted the professors and shocked the Young Wizards, who read Rita’s report in the Daily Prophet.
• Dumbledore announced that Snape would temporarily take over Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Sean wondered whether the substitute appointment avoided the curse on the post.

Sean prepared advanced Magic Hand Mirrors with Professor Terra, including a hidden self-destruct program, while continuing his investigation into Malfoy. After Harry and his friends discovered Lucius Malfoy had planted the diary on Ginny, they headed toward a high-stakes replayed Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin, with Harry determined to confront Malfoy.

• Sean developed high-end Magic Hand Mirrors with Professor Terra and added a small self-destruct program to cut off future communications if needed.
• Harry saw in Justin’s Pensieve that Lucius Malfoy had put the diary in Ginny’s pocket, and Ron vowed that his father would punish Malfoy.
• Hermione, Justin, Ron, and Harry agreed to find Sean, but could not locate him before the Quidditch match began.
• Gryffindor prepared to replay its match against Slytherin after the school accepted a protest over a faulty Quaffle.
• Oliver told Harry to catch the Snitch only when Gryffindor led by more than fifty points, and Harry entered the match eager to settle his score with Malfoy.

Harry played in a violent Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin, while Sean and Dumbledore acted on clues about Malfoy's misconduct. The match continued with Gryffindor leading, as Malfoy faced removal from his board position and an investigation.

• Tensions between Gryffindor and Slytherin escalated before their Quidditch match, and Justin tried unsuccessfully to contact Sean through the Two-way mirror.
• Gryffindor took an early lead after Angelina scored, and Madam Hooch awarded penalties following Flint's collision with Angelina and Montague's attack on Katie.
• Harry repeatedly elbowed Malfoy while searching for the Golden Snitch, and Gryffindor extended its lead to thirty-nil.
• Justin reached Sean through his Magic Hand Mirror and asked whether Sean had known about the situation with Malfoy.
• Sean explained that he and Dumbledore had found clues that could remove Malfoy from the board and place him under investigation, and Dumbledore praised Sean for using the rules.

Harry recovered from his Quidditch fight with Malfoy and recounted what had happened to his friends. Meanwhile, Dumbledore confronted Lucius Malfoy about Voldemort’s diary and accused him of giving it to Ginny.

• Madam Pomfrey refused to let Justin and the others visit Harry until Dumbledore arrived and brought them into the Hospital Wing.
• Sean removed Harry’s cast after his bones had healed, and Harry described his violent contest with Malfoy for the Golden Snitch.
• Madam Pomfrey sent the visitors away, and Harry left the Hospital Wing while wondering what Sean thought about the fight and Lucius’s attempt to kill Ginny.
• Dumbledore told Sean that Voldemort had acted through the diary, and Lucius arrived with the bandaged Dobby.
• Dumbledore accused Lucius of giving Ginny the diary, citing information from a Wizard who could not lie.

Dumbledore revealed Lucius Malfoy’s involvement with Voldemort’s old diary and warned him to stop distributing the objects, but Lucius was dismissed as a Hogwarts governor and placed under investigation. Sean encouraged Harry to pursue becoming an Auror, leaving Harry with a new sense of purpose.

• Lucius questioned Dumbledore about evidence concerning the diary, and Dumbledore warned him that Arthur Weasley could trace Voldemort’s old objects back to him.
• Letters arrived announcing that Lucius had been dismissed as a governor and would face a three-month investigation, and Lucius left with Dobby.
• After Lucius departed, Dumbledore asked Sean about his lack of Slytherin friends, and Sean found Harry listening outside the office.
• Sean explained the Auror profession to Harry and offered to help him pursue it.
• Sean gave Harry a book about Aurors and Tom Riddle’s destroyed diary, and Harry felt newly certain about his future.

Harry freed Dobby by giving Lucius Malfoy the diary hidden in a sock, and Dobby drove Lucius away before leaving Hogwarts. Sean revealed that House-elves’ freedom to travel through Hogwarts came from an intentional loophole, then had Will bring him Regulus Black’s coffin.

• Sean gave Harry a Magic Hand Mirror, and Harry hid the diary in a sock before handing it to Lucius Malfoy.
• Dobby caught the sock Lucius had thrown away and became free, then forced Lucius to leave Harry alone.
• Harry credited Sean with helping free Dobby, and Dobby hugged him before vanishing.
• Sean told Harry that magic did not come from a wand, then explained that House-elves and Goblins could travel freely through Hogwarts because of an old loophole.
• Sean summoned Will, who presented a coffin-shaped box containing Regulus Black.

Sean found R.A.B.'s note revealing that he had taken Voldemort's real Horcrux, while arranging to deal with a rat and preparing Easter gifts. His enchanted Magic Hand Mirror let Harry and Hermione contact him, and the chapter ended with Snape discovering that Sean had sent him books that filled his office.

• Sean found a locket and R.A.B.'s note in the Wizard Book, which said R.A.B. had taken the real Horcrux and intended to destroy it.
• Sean planned to use Harry's Magic Hand Mirror to find Sirius after his escape and said he still needed to deal with a rat.
• Harry tested the Magic Hand Mirror by calling Sean, then Hermione, and was delighted that they could quickly contact one another.
• Sean prepared Easter Eggs containing Magic Hand Mirrors for most people and books for Snape and McGonagall.
• Dumbledore and Snape exchanged Easter Eggs in the Headmaster's office, and Snape left without opening his gift.
• Snape opened Sean's Easter Egg in his office, and its miniature books expanded until they filled the room, prompting him to growl Sean's name.