Chapter Summaries

Sean told Dumbledore that Ariana had spent a century wandering beyond the Death Veil, suffering alone as the world consumed her memories. Dumbledore confessed his guilt over her death and sent Sean to learn from Grindelwald, while choosing not to meet Ariana until Sean could bring her out.

• Sean told Dumbledore that Ariana had wandered alone beyond the Death Veil, exposed to the elements, hungry, and losing her memories in payment for her suffering.
• Dumbledore wept over Ariana's fate and asked Sean whether he had failed as her brother.
• Dumbledore confessed that he had pursued the Deathly Hallows and Grindelwald's revolution, neglecting Ariana and Aberforth until Ariana died during their duel.
• Dumbledore explained that he had delayed confronting Grindelwald because he feared discovering that he had cast the curse that killed Ariana.
• Dumbledore sent Sean to Grindelwald for instruction in creating spells and said he was not ready to face Ariana himself.
• Sean told Dumbledore he could not bring Ariana out yet, but expected to be able to do so soon.

On Halloween Eve, Sean studied the fragments of Dumbledore’s Blood Pact and considered how they might help him visit Grindelwald at Nurmengard. As students prepared their Hogsmeade permits, Sean planned to visit the Hog’s Head Inn and learn what changes Lupin had hinted at, while Hermione and Ron continued their cold war.

• Sean examined the Silver Glass Token fragments Dumbledore had given him and wondered whether they would help him reach Grindelwald at Nurmengard.
• Dumbledore watched Sean and sent a letter by owl, while reflecting that the young Wizard would be fine.
• Professor Flitwick stopped Sean from handing in his Hogsmeade permit, and Sean realized he had brought it to the wrong professor.
• Hermione asked Sean about his permit during Herbology, while Ron challenged her and Sean left them to bicker as he helped Professor Sprout.
• Sean thought about visiting the Hog’s Head Inn in Hogsmeade to meet its owner and discover the changes Lupin had mentioned.
• Professor McGonagall reminded Gryffindor students to hand in their Hogsmeade permits before Halloween.

Neville learned that Professor McGonagall had received his Hogsmeade permit directly from his grandmother, easing his fears about losing it. Sean handed in his own form, and Professor McGonagall privately warned him to contact them if anything happened before leaving with him.

• Neville nervously asked about his permit, and Professor McGonagall confirmed Augusta Longbottom had sent it to her.
• Hermione and Ron watched Sean join the Gryffindors’ line to submit his permit, then wondered why his form appeared unsigned.
• Professor McGonagall refused another wizard’s request to visit Hogsmeade without a parent or guardian’s signature.
• Professor McGonagall accepted Sean’s form and cautioned him to contact them immediately if anything happened.
• Hermione and Ron puzzled over Sean’s form after Professor McGonagall left with him, and Ron suddenly sat upright in alarm.

Sean planned his Hogsmeade visit and delivered Wolfsbane Potion to Professor Lupin, who revealed Snape would be away from the castle the next day. The chapter left Sean curious about Snape’s absence as Lupin noticed the advanced Dark Arts books Sean had received from Dumbledore.

• Ron and Hermione realized Sean could protect them in Hogsmeade, but they remembered their strained relationship and fell silent.
• Sean planned to visit the Hog's Head Inn and Gringotts during the Hogsmeade trip, where he hoped to learn about a change Professor Lupin had mentioned and negotiate with the Goblins.
• Sean spent the day practicing Dark Arts and Transfiguration, then delivered two bottles of Wolfsbane Potion to Lupin at Snape’s request.
• Lupin showed Sean a Grindylow and explained how to deal with its strong but brittle fingers.
• Lupin said Snape would not be in the castle the next day and noticed the advanced Dark Arts books Sean carried.

Sean went to Hogsmeade with Hermione and Justin, where the popularity of his Magic Hand Mirrors and Fairy Tale Workshop became clear. The friends gathered at the Three Broomsticks, with Hermione warning Harry about the Dementors patrolling the village for Sirius Black.

• Sean reshaped Petrificus Totalus to protect fragile objects or control dangerous wizards, then showed Hermione and Justin the spell’s altered effect.
• Sean, Hermione, and Justin went to Hogsmeade and saw that Magic Hand Mirrors had become a widespread communications network across Britain.
• The Fairy Tale Workshop announced its opening, drawing a crowd to watch a Three-headed Cat created with Sean’s Fairy Tale Biscuits.
• Sean, Hermione, and Justin warmed up at the Three Broomsticks, where Harry, Ron, and Neville joined them.
• Hermione warned Harry to be careful because Dementors were patrolling Hogsmeade until Sirius Black was captured.

Sean learned that the Local Magic Net had attracted widespread interest, while Professor Terra discussed government offers and newspaper deals with him. At the Three Broomsticks, Sean hid the young wizards as they overheard Minister Fudge reveal Sirius Black’s close bond with James Potter and his role as Harry’s godfather.

• Professor Terra told Sean that Hogsmeade’s Local Magic Net had a 220 percent activation rate and that twelve magical governments wanted to buy it.
• Sean advised Terra to leave the governments waiting because their offer of thirty thousand Galleons a year undervalued the technology, and Terra offered him newspaper shares.
• Sean used the Disillusionment Charm to hide himself and five young wizards when Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Hagrid, and Cornelius Fudge entered the Three Broomsticks.
• Fudge discussed Sirius Black’s escape and the Dementors’ search with Rosmerta and the professors.
• Fudge revealed that Sirius Black had been James Potter’s best friend, best man, and Harry’s godfather, leaving Harry trembling as Ron and Justin restrained him.

Harry learned that Sirius Black had betrayed his parents and killed Peter Pettigrew, and he resolved to go after Black. Sean promised to bring Black to Harry, while preparing for the next day, when Black and Lupin were expected to act and the truth about Peter could come out.

• Harry overheard Fudge, McGonagall, and Flitwick explain that Black had served as the Potters’ Secret Keeper, betrayed them, and killed Peter Pettigrew and many Muggles.
• Hagrid described finding Harry among the ruins and refusing Black’s request to take Harry away; Fudge recounted Black’s capture and imprisonment in Azkaban.
• Harry rushed from the Three Broomsticks, returned to his dormitory with Sean, and studied a photograph of his parents’ wedding that showed Black as their best man.
• Harry told Sean and Hermione that he intended to go after Black, and Sean said he would help bring him to Harry.
• Sean returned to Hogsmeade and watched the rough old wizard at the entrance of a filthy tavern.

Sean visited the Hog's Head Inn, where Abufus refused to serve him and recognized him as a favorite student of someone. After Sean left, a Black Cat arrived and offered Abufus news of a woman he had longed for, along with a Pensieve.

• Sean entered the filthy Hog's Head Inn and noticed Abufus clutching several potions and charms for sleeplessness.
• Sean asked for Butterbeer, Firewhisky, and Mead, but Abufus claimed each was sold out and told him to leave.
• Abufus muttered that Sean was the favorite student of a man, while Sean tried to tell him something before leaving the inn.
• Abufus drove the patrons out and began closing the inn as darkness spread across it.
• A Black Cat appeared on the windowsill, and Abufus welcomed it inside, addressing it as Mister God.
• The Black Cat told Abufus it had brought him her longing and produced a Pensieve, leaving Abufus overwhelmed with joy.

Abufus grieved over Ariana and pleaded for a bridge between life and death to open for her. Meanwhile, Sean and Professor Quirrell sought Goblin Contract Magic at Gringotts, where Farnor demanded Sean’s friendship as payment.

• Abufus remembered Ariana’s death and blamed himself for the loss of his sister.
• Abufus repeated a plea for the bridge to open and offered everything he had.
• Sean and Professor Quirrell arrived at Gringotts and met Farnor, who recognized them.
• Farnor explained that Goblins could provide the unbreakable contract magic only in exchange for Sean’s friendship.

Sean accepted the Goblins’ offer of friendship in exchange for a magical inheritance, and Farnor guided him through Gringotts’ deepest defenses. The Goblins opened a vault for Sean and revealed their protective enchantment, leaving him better positioned to pursue Hufflepuff’s Cup.

• Sean learned that the Goblins hoped his success would help them gain equal standing and accepted their offer of friendship.
• Quirrell warned Sean that Goblins understood ownership and payment differently from wizards, and urged him to consider the agreement carefully.
• Farnor led Sean and Quirrell past Thief’s Downfall and the chained fire dragon Aaron, whom Sean soothed and recognized as hungry and hurt.
• Farnor opened a vault for Sean as the Goblins’ first gift and explained that its parchment treasure multiplied when touched by another person.
• Sean asked how a thief could take the treasure without using their hands.

Sean retrieved a powerful Goblin contract scroll and sent Sirius and Lupin a message to meet him at the Shrieking Shack the next day. As Sirius and Lupin planned their return to Hogwarts, they realized Sean’s connection to Snape might put him at risk because of what Snape knew about the prophecy, while Sean celebrated Halloween unaware of their fears.

• Sean used magic to retrieve the contract scroll from Gringotts, and Farnor let him take it.
• Sean sent Bai Yi to tell Sirius and Lupin to come tomorrow and told Will his task was complete.
• Bai Yi’s Basilisk powers stopped Sirius from grabbing her letter, and Will warned him to stay alive until he completed Sean’s task.
• Sirius read Sean’s invitation to meet at the Shrieking Shack, and Lupin arrived to plan their return to Hogwarts as innocent men.
• Lupin told Sirius that Sean was connected to Snape, and Sirius suspected Snape had changed sides because he knew about the prophecy.
• At Hogwarts’ Halloween feast, Sean enjoyed the food while Snape watched him and Lupin looked at him sorrowfully.

On the eve of an operation at Hogwarts, Lupin confronted Dumbledore about the prophecy that made Voldemort target Harry and asked who had betrayed them. Dumbledore defended Snape, while Black Cat secretly overheard their conversation; the chapter ended as Snape ordered Harry to sit down.

• Sean silenced the last whispering students in the Great Hall before returning to his sleeping bag, then went to find Dumbledore.
• Lupin followed Dumbledore and asked why Voldemort had targeted Harry as a baby, what the prophecy said, and who had revealed it.
• Dumbledore accused Lupin of shielding a criminal, then insisted Snape had strayed from his true nature and was now on their side.
• Black Cat overheard Dumbledore and Lupin and reflected on Snape's childhood and his roots of resentment toward Muggles and weak wizards.
• Lupin left with a mission, and Dumbledore returned to his office; the scene shifted to Snape telling Harry to sit down, but Harry remained standing.

Sean showed Ron that Peter Pettigrew was alive and moving through the dormitory, despite being believed dead. Sirius then told Ron that Peter had betrayed Harry’s parents and explained how he escaped after framing Sirius.

• Snape forced the class to study Werewolves, and Sean answered his question about how to distinguish them from real wolves.
• Snape criticized the students’ homework, deducted points from Ron and Harry, and assigned an essay on identifying and killing Werewolves.
• Sean took Ron to a hidden room in Hope Cottage and used the Marauder’s Map to show him Peter Pettigrew moving through the dormitory.
• Sean told Ron that Peter had been Harry’s parents’ Secret-Keeper and had betrayed them.
• Sirius revealed that Peter had blown up the street, killed the people nearby, and escaped through the sewers before asking Ron to reconsider what had happened to his rat.

Ron learned that Scabbers was the unregistered Animagus Peter Pettigrew, while Professor Trelawney made a prophecy about Pettigrew helping the Dark Lord return. Sean took the sleeping rat to the Whomping Willow and sent Harry through its passage to learn the truth.

• Sean demonstrated that Sirius was an Animagus and told Ron to hand over Scabbers so the Magic Hand Mirror could record him transforming into a human.
• Ron agreed to meet Sean and Harry at the castle entrance after class, and Sean sent Bai Yi to bring Harry there.
• Harry received Sean’s letter during Quidditch practice, then joined Sean and Ron for their final Divination class.
• Professor Trelawney went into a trance and prophesied that the Dark Lord’s chained servant would reunite with him that night and help him rise again.
• Sean took the sleeping Scabbers to the Whomping Willow and told Harry to go through its passage to learn everything he wanted to know.

Sean helped Harry discover that Sirius was innocent and Peter had betrayed Harry’s parents, clearing the way for Sirius to be tried and Harry to live with his godfather. After Sean secured Peter’s loyalty with a contract, Snape caught Lupin with Sirius and Peter in the Shrieking Shack.

• Sean restrained the Whomping Willow with a giant vine-and-stone hand, and Harry and Sean entered the passage to the Shrieking Shack.
• Harry attacked Sirius, but Sean and Lupin explained that Sirius had not betrayed Harry’s parents and transformed Scabbers back into Peter Pettigrew.
• Peter confessed under Truth Serum that he had served Voldemort as a spy, while Sean let the Minister of Magic hear the confession through a mirror.
• Lupin told Harry that Sirius would be taken to the Ministry for trial, and Sirius offered to take Harry in as his guardian; Harry eagerly accepted.
• Sean bound Peter to an ancient contract, and Lupin led the group toward the exit before Snape arrived and accused him of helping Sirius enter Hogwarts.

Sean intervened when Snape, Sirius, and Lupin clashed, using Elemental Animation and Legilimency to restrain all three. After Sirius revealed Snape’s role in betraying information about the prophecy, Sean declared that he still believed in Professor Snape.

• Snape attacked Sirius with Sectumsempra, but Lupin shielded Sirius and took the wounds before healing himself.
• Lupin and Sirius fought Snape, while Sean used Elemental Animation and Legilimency to subdue the three wizards, leaving himself nearly exhausted.
• Sirius accused Snape of betraying the Potters by revealing the prophecy that led the Dark Lord to hunt Harry.
• Sirius condemned Snape for his past actions and his love for a girl whose eyes resembled Sean’s.
• Sean told Snape that he believed in him, despite what Sirius had revealed.

Sean arranged for Peter to escape so he could find Voldemort, then caught a cold and attended the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. The match ended with at least a hundred Dementors surrounding the grounds.

• Sean secretly altered Wormtail’s memories, and Peter stole Lupin’s wand before escaping through the Whomping Willow passageway.
• Sirius confirmed that he and Lupin had followed Sean’s plan, while Snape warned them about students wandering after curfew.
• Sean woke with a fever and reviewed his magical progress before Snape took him to the Hospital Wing.
• After Madam Pomfrey treated him, Sean went with Ron and the others to watch the Quidditch match, where he saw Harry and Cedric Diggory prepare to play.
• A sudden wave of cold swept over the stands, and Sean saw at least a hundred Dementors close in around the grounds.

Sean drove the Dementors away from the Quidditch Pitch with a silver cat Patronus, but Harry was overwhelmed by the Dementors and fell from his broom. After Harry woke, Sean explained why the Dementors affected him so strongly, and Dumbledore approached them.

• Sean led the other wizards toward the Dementors and cast the Patronus Charm, sending them fleeing from the pitch.
• Harry spotted a crowd of Dementors below him, heard memories of his mother's pleas, and fell from his broom.
• Sean cast an unnamed spell to save Harry from the fall, and Harry learned Gryffindor had won the match.
• Sean told Harry that his painful past made the Dementors affect him more than others and that he had no reason to feel ashamed.
• Dumbledore strode toward Harry and the others.

After Harry’s fall in the Quidditch match, Sean explained to Dumbledore that Peter Pettigrew had escaped and reported Trelawney’s prophecy, while Fudge planned to redirect public attention toward Hermes. The Dementors left Hogwarts, Lupin departed to join Sean’s dangerous work, and Dumbledore arranged private lessons for Sean and hinted that he would help recruit Slughorn as Potions Professor.

• Harry learned that Cedric had caught the Snitch after his fall and that his Nimbus had been smashed beside the Whomping Willow, while Sean assured him someone would buy him a new broom.
• Dumbledore questioned Sean about Sirius and Peter Pettigrew, and Sean explained that Peter had escaped the Shrieking Shack in his Animagus form, a rat.
• Sean told Dumbledore about Trelawney’s prophecy that Voldemort’s servant would return to him before midnight, and Dumbledore discussed the situation with Fudge through a mirror.
• Fudge agreed to remove the Dementors from Hogwarts and asked Sean to approve a Daily Prophet story focused on Hermes and the twelve-year secret.
• Dumbledore and Sean searched Hogwarts to ensure all the Dementors had left, while Lupin prepared to depart and pursue more dangerous work with Sean.
• Dumbledore offered Sean private lessons and suggested recruiting retired Potions Master Slughorn to fill the vacancy left by Lupin.

Lupin left Hogwarts to search for Nagini, returning the Marauder's Map to Sean and promising they might meet again. After news cleared Sirius and exposed Peter Pettigrew as Voldemort's servant spread through the school, Dumbledore took Sean to meet a retired colleague before beginning his lessons.

• Lupin packed his belongings and told Sean he was leaving to search for Nagini, though he hoped to return once everything was over.
• Lupin gave the Marauder's Map back to Sean, then left Hogwarts with his suitcase and Grindylow tank.
• News spread that Sirius had been cleared and Peter Pettigrew had served Voldemort, overshadowing the Ravenclaw versus Hufflepuff Quidditch match.
• Dumbledore invited Sean for Pumpkin Juice and said they would visit a retired colleague before starting Sean's first lesson.