Chapter Summaries

Shawn protected the Basilisk’s eyes with sunglasses, then discovered that Salazar Slytherin’s statue was missing its Snakewood Wand and suspected that returning it might reveal a secret. He shrank the hungry Basilisk enough to transport it and left the Chamber of Secrets with Fawkes and Purple Shadow for the Forbidden Forest.

• Shawn crafted sunglasses for the Basilisk and let Purple Shadow perch on its head.
• Shawn parted the pool around Salazar Slytherin’s statue and noticed its right hand was empty, recalling the Snakewood Wand’s history and suspecting it belonged there.
• Shawn released the water and wondered whether to seek the Snakewood Wand in the United States, then asked the hungry Basilisk if it could shrink.
• Shawn used a Shrinking Charm and a Magical Energy Storage Card to reduce the Basilisk to three meters long.
• Shawn persuaded Purple Shadow to rest and asked Fawkes to take them to the Forbidden Forest; Fawkes carried the group away in a blaze.

Shawn brought Tina, a Basilisk, to the Acromantula colony, where they hunted the spiders for food and magic. After warning Aragog to obey him, Shawn left Tina to explore an underground passage in the Forbidden Forest and flew away before dawn.

• Shawn named the Basilisk Tina and let her eat the Acromantulas while he harvested their magic into Alchemy Cards.
• Shawn asked Aragog how many spiders remained and whether Hagrid had suspected anything; Aragog said more than a thousand large spiders remained and that Hagrid believed they had frozen to death.
• Shawn threatened Aragog and killed a nearby spider to remind him that Shawn could replace him as colony leader.
• Shawn led Tina to an underground passage and instructed her to investigate it, avoid eating people or the Unicorn, and stay safe.
• Shawn tucked one of Purple Shadow's feathers beneath Tina's reverse scale and flew out of the Forbidden Forest before dawn.

After returning to Hogwarts, Shawn reflected on what he had learned in the Chamber of Secrets and arranged for Lucius to establish contacts in the United States. Vita then gave him a Two-Way Mirror and introduced Old Percy as his alchemy teacher, leaving Shawn eager to begin studying with him.

• Shawn bathed, treated his aching lower back, and reflected on his discoveries about souls, death, and new spell techniques in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Shawn decided to have Lucius send people to the United States to build commercial connections and gather intelligence.
• Shawn questioned Professor Flitwick about Petrificus Totalus, then listened as Lockhart analyzed flaws in his published books.
• Lockhart summoned Shawn to his office, where Shawn found a Two-Way Mirror and Vita revealed it was his belated Christmas gift.
• Vita introduced Old Percy as a master alchemist, and Shawn accepted the chance to study under him.

Shawn learned about alchemy from Old Percy and showed him passages from the Book of Abraham, which Old Percy eagerly copied to investigate. Shawn then visited Snape about his painful lower back and learned that magical energy had accumulated there.

• Shawn watched Old Percy explain alchemical history and theories through a two-way mirror.
• Shawn showed Old Percy obscure passages from the Book of Abraham, and Old Percy copied and translated them before ending their lesson to test the ideas.
• Shawn put away the Book of Abraham and went to the Potions Office to ask Snape about his lower-back pain.
• Snape examined Shawn and determined that magical energy from an object had accumulated in his lower back, advising him to disperse it with his own magic.

Shawn discovered that an unexplained force may have entered his lower back in the Chamber of Secrets, though he concealed his concern from Snape. He summoned Percy to discuss the restless members of the Pentagram and considered whether Percy could take on a more active role.

• Shawn recalled striking the Salazar Statue's index finger in the Chamber of Secrets and suspected it had put something strange into his lower back.
• Snape gave Shawn a Magic-Dissolving Potion and said the Alchemy Machine Tool had reached about a second-year potion-making level.
• Snape warned Shawn that some Pentagram members were restless and Yaxley had done nothing, while Shawn considered recruiting Percy to help manage the organization.
• Shawn summoned Percy to the Black Lake and spoke with him about his family and his loyalty to Shawn.
• Percy asked Shawn whether he had an important assignment for him and vowed to complete it at any cost.

Shawn recruited Percy to join the Pentagram after the school year and investigated an extensive underground shelter in the Forbidden Forest, which he suspected Helga Hufflepuff had built. He arranged for hot pot broth experiments at Hogwarts while Hermione asked him to support Harry, and February arrived as Quidditch was set to resume.

• Shawn asked Percy to leave school after the current year and join the Pentagram to lead internal disciplinary investigations, and Percy agreed.
• Shawn learned from Tina that the Forbidden Forest passages contained a vast underground shelter and suspected Helga Hufflepuff had built it.
• Shawn told Cedric, Susan, and the other Hufflepuffs that Acromantula meat would be rationed and promised to make hot pot with the arriving ingredients.
• Hermione brought Shawn labeled chili peppers from Cho Chang, and Shawn took them to the kitchens so the house-elves could test hot pot broth recipes.
• Hermione asked Shawn to talk to Harry about his troubles with Sirius and Snape, but Shawn said Harry had to work through them himself and that people were searching for Sirius.
• February arrived as the snow melted and Quidditch was about to resume.

Wood had the Gryffindor team practice against Shawn’s Slicing Shot, but the Beaters could not imitate it, so Harry suggested they focus on containing Slytherin’s Chasers and catching the Snitch quickly. Meanwhile, Shawn studied alchemy as Old Percy explained the origins of ancient runes, charms, and modern magical education.

• Wood made George try to copy Shawn’s Slicing Shot, but the Bludger struck George and his bat hit Fred.
• The Gryffindor players discussed how Shawn could hit Bludgers so hard, while Wood remained determined to prepare for Slytherin.
• Harry advised the team to train to contain Slytherin’s Chasers and rely on him to catch the Snitch quickly.
• Shawn watched Old Percy teach alchemy through the Two-Way Mirror while conducting experiments in the Room of Requirement.
• Old Percy explained how magical runes developed, how ancient wizards cast charms, and how the Hogwarts Founders helped establish modern magical education.

Shawn practiced transforming parts of his body into an eagle talon and feathered wings, gradually learning to fly before stopping for the night. He left the Room of Requirement still pondering Wormtail and the Marauder’s Map, then turned toward the forbidden area on the Fourth Floor.

• Shawn told old Percy that he could not provide more alchemy knowledge until he understood the material he had already copied and the next restriction was unlocked.
• Shawn transformed his right hand into an eagle talon, tried to add electrical arcs, and burned himself before restoring his hand and applying ointment.
• Shawn grew a pair of white wings and, after tying his hands against his body, practiced until he could fly at low altitude.
• Shawn found Wormtail begging to be released but told him to wait a few days, then locked the rat back in the cabinet.
• Shawn considered how to obtain the Marauder’s Map from the Twins, left under a Disillusionment Charm, and turned toward the forbidden area on the Fourth Floor.

Shawn decided not to enter the room containing the Philosopher's Stone, though he believed studying it could help with his research into souls and breaking Wenge's blood curse. At the packed Quidditch match, George and Fred accepted a huge wager against Shawn making thirty interceptions, and the Slytherin-Hufflepuff game began under Luna's eccentric commentary.

• Shawn left the corridor without entering the room holding the Philosopher's Stone, and Snape watched him depart from the shadows.
• Thousands of fans crowded into Hogwarts to watch Shawn's second official Quidditch match, while Draco questioned Harry about his sudden excitement.
• George and Fred accepted a five-hundred-Galleon bet that Shawn would make exactly thirty interceptions, signing a magical contract with a handsome middle-aged wizard.
• Luna took over commentary as McGonagall worried about her rambling and the England National Quidditch Team coach watched from the stands.
• Madam Hooch started the match, and the Slytherin and Hufflepuff players raced onto the pitch.

Slytherin dominated its Quidditch match against Hufflepuff while Luna’s eccentric commentary entertained the spectators. Shawn finally showed off for the national team coach by batting a Bludger into a Quaffle and sending it through Hufflepuff’s goal, leaving both teams startled.

• Shawn and Cedric greeted each other before Madam Hooch started the match, while Luna amused the crowd with her commentary.
• Slytherin scored twice, and Hufflepuff switched to a defensive formation, relying on Cedric to catch the Golden Snitch.
• Shawn noticed the twins had made a reckless bet and saw Cedric searching for the Snitch while Draco obstructed him.
• Madam Hooch urged Shawn to demonstrate his abilities for the national team coach, so he struck a Bludger toward Hufflepuff’s goal.
• Shawn’s Bludger smashed a Quaffle back through the hoop, making the Hufflepuffs shudder and leaving the twins worried.

Shawn dominated the Quidditch match with inventive Bludger shots as Slytherin built an overwhelming lead, while Professor McGonagall urged Yorks to recruit him. The chapter ended with Draco and Cedric diving for the Golden Snitch as Shawn sent two Bludgers toward them.

• Shawn and Marcus repeatedly worked together to disrupt Hufflepuff, and the score climbed to 140-0.
• Cedric lost sight of the Golden Snitch while dodging Shawn's Bludger, as Draco pursued it beside him.
• Professor McGonagall praised Shawn's Beater talent to Yorks and suggested other national teams might recruit him, but Yorks hesitated.
• After the score reached 190-0, Hufflepuff's Beaters joined Cedric and Draco's pursuit of the Snitch, and Fred and George began cheering for Hufflepuff.
• Cedric stood on his broom and prepared a risky leap as Draco reached for the Snitch, while Shawn and Marcus sent Bludgers arcing toward both Seekers.

After Draco caught the Snitch, Shawn rescued Cedric from a fall and was called away before he could negotiate with Coach Yorks. He hurried to Ravenclaw Tower, found the Grey Lady, and told her he had recovered her mother’s Diadem and destroyed the Horcrux within it.

• Draco caught the Golden Snitch, while Shawn’s intervention saved Cedric from crashing, and the crowd cheered Shawn.
• Shawn received an urgent message, told McGonagall she could negotiate with any national team as long as he skipped regular training, and rushed back to Hogwarts.
• Shawn entered Ravenclaw Tower, silenced Peeves with a net of electricity, and learned the Grey Lady was in the Common Room.
• Shawn answered the door knocker’s question and entered the Common Room, where he showed the Grey Lady her mother’s Diadem.
• Shawn told the Grey Lady that Voldemort had made the Diadem into a Horcrux, which he had found and destroyed.

Shawn spoke with the Grey Lady, Helena Ravenclaw, about recovering her mother's Diadem and learned that it had never enhanced wisdom. Helena trusted Shawn and invited him to speak with her, leaving him eager to hear the secrets of the Ravenclaw family.

• Shawn reassured the Grey Lady that he had recovered the Diadem and explained that Voldemort had made it a Horcrux, though he had destroyed the soul inside it.
• Helena praised Shawn's work at school and said Ravenclaw House reflected Rowena Ravenclaw's hopes before inviting him to leave with her.
• Shawn and Helena encountered returning Ravenclaws, who immediately started gossiping about their supposed secret rendezvous.
• On the tower balcony, Shawn set the Diadem on a stand, and Helena revealed that it had no power to enhance wisdom.
• Helena introduced herself as Helena Ravenclaw and told Shawn he could call her Helena.

The Grey Lady revealed that the Diadem was an unfinished godhead Rowena Ravenclaw created to store faith and become the God of Wisdom. She admitted she had stolen it and sacrificed its stored willpower to a terrifying being, and began explaining how faith could be gathered.

• The Baron interrupted Shawn and the Grey Lady, warned her against trusting Shawn, and left after she angrily rejected him.
• The Grey Lady apologized to her mother and told Shawn that Rowena Ravenclaw had sought to become a god beyond the Legendary level.
• Shawn guessed that godhood required faith or willpower, and the Grey Lady confirmed that a wizard needed a divine office, a core tenet, and an alchemical artifact to store believers' willpower.
• The Grey Lady explained that the Diadem was intended to become Rowena's godhead of wisdom and store the willpower needed for her ascension.
• The Grey Lady confessed that she had stolen the Diadem and sacrificed its stored willpower to a terrifying being, ruining her mother's path to godhood.
• Shawn asked about the being and how to gather faith, and the Grey Lady warned him not to learn about the being before beginning her explanation.

Shawn learned from the Grey Lady how Ravenclaw and the other Founders pursued faith and discovered that his system likely functioned as a godhead collecting faith. He chose to keep using it for now and planned to cleanse the Diadem before returning it to the Ravenclaw Common Room.

• The Grey Lady explained that Ravenclaw spread wisdom among Muggles before founding Hogwarts to gather faith, while Shawn considered how her methods compared with his system.
• The Grey Lady told Shawn that Gryffindor had also sought faith among Muggles, Slytherin had gone north to seek Odin, and Helga Hufflepuff had focused on educating young wizards.
• The Grey Lady revealed that Ravenclaw's statue fed power into Hogwarts, including the Room of Requirement and the Bronze Door Knocker, and that Gryffindor's Sword and Sorting Hat had received extraordinary properties.
• The Grey Lady explained that Ravenclaw had Northern European roots and a connection to Odin, which had influenced Slytherin's journey north.
• Shawn concluded that his system was probably a godhead that gathered faith and decided to keep using it rather than attempt to make his own.
• Shawn told Helena that he would remove the Dark Magic remnants from the Diadem and place it in the Ravenclaw Common Room.

Shawn reflected on what he had learned from Helena about Hogwarts’ Founders and rejected Baron’s offer to trade Slytherin secrets for Helena’s company. On Valentine’s Day, he watched the Twins’ disastrous attempt to sell romantic surprises to couples as they tried to earn money.

• Shawn reviewed the Founders’ legacies and planned to pursue their remaining secrets one at a time.
• Baron begged Shawn to stay away from Helena, then offered to reveal Slytherin secrets, but Shawn refused to use Helena as a bargaining chip.
• Shawn disguised himself with the Disillusionment Charm and noticed students celebrating Valentine’s Day around Hogwarts.
• George and Fred played a terrible violin tune and scattered petals over Abra and Leos, prompting Leos to flee in embarrassment.
• The Twins demanded ten Silver Sickles from Abra and threatened to shame him until he paid, then went to bother another couple.

Shawn returned to Slytherin Common Room amid the Valentine’s Day gifts and learned that Vita had finished training Alice, whom he planned to put in charge of Pentagram affairs. Back in his dormitory, Shawn received the Marauder’s Map and the twins’ debt contract from Wenge, then prepared to activate the map.

• Shawn used a Disillusionment Charm to slip past witches waiting outside the Slytherin Common Room with letters and gifts.
• Alice told Shawn that Vita had finished her lessons and advised her to become a ruthless, unyielding assistant; Shawn reassured her and promised she would soon handle Pentagram affairs.
• Shawn returned to his dormitory and found Kreacher sorting an overwhelming flood of Valentine’s Day letters and gifts.
• Kreacher gave Shawn the Marauder’s Map and a contract requiring Fred and George to repay their forty-thousand-Galleon wager in installments, with the debt secured against the Weasleys.
• Shawn unfolded the Marauder’s Map and recited its activation phrase.

Shawn studied the Marauder's Map while Tom and Theodore hunted unknown wizards in Albania and investigated the possibility that Herpo the Foul had left behind a treasure or means of resurrection. Theodore reported Tom's theory and a possible sighting of Sirius before the pair reached a hollow where wizards were waiting for Bellatrix.

• Shawn inspected the Marauder's Map, found Peter Pettigrew on it, and decided to delay telling Dumbledore while he studied its alchemy.
• Theodore killed a wizard whose arm bore no mark, then discussed the unknown wizards with Tom.
• Tom theorized that the factions in Albania were searching for Herpo the Foul and his possible treasure or means of resurrection.
• Theodore told Tom he might have seen Sirius in the form of a wounded black dog, then sent Shawn Tom's analysis and the possible sighting.
• Tom and Theodore reached a mountain hollow where several wizards waited and complained about Bellatrix.

Tom and Theodore watched a cloaked squad attack Bellatrix’s Death Eater hideout, then Tom secretly used the Bone-Handled Wand to help turn the battle against them. Bellatrix ordered a retreat, but a tentacle struck her down as she tried to escape, leaving the pursuing attackers poised to capture her.

• Bellatrix tortured Selwyn for complaining, struck Rodolphus when he questioned their mission, and sent him to England to obtain the child’s blood.
• Theodore wanted to capture Rodolphus and interrogate him about Old Nott, but Tom stopped him and predicted that someone would draw Voldemort out.
• A squad of twenty cloaked figures attacked the Death Eaters’ hideout, and Bellatrix led her followers in fighting back.
• Tom sent black tentacles through the ground with the Bone-Handled Wand, helping the attackers kill several Death Eaters.
• Bellatrix ordered the survivors to retreat and was knocked down by a larger tentacle as she tried to Disapparate.
• The cloaked attackers cast Petrificus Totalus at Bellatrix as they moved to capture her.

Tom and Theodore pursued Sirius after he rescued Bellatrix, while Shawn tracked developments from Hogwarts and warned Draco to watch Harry. Professor McGonagall urged Shawn to begin a supervised Animagus transformation, and he agreed while intending to stall.

• Sirius, in the form of a large black dog, rescued Bellatrix from the cloaked attackers and Disapparated with her.
• Tom and Theodore followed Sirius's Apparition trail to a lake, where it disappeared, and Theodore reported the developments to the Chief.
• After receiving Theodore's reports, Shawn concluded that Sirius had contacted Harry and told Draco to keep an eye on Harry's movements.
• Draco told Shawn that he had spent the afternoon shielding Harry from a first-year Weasley witch and that Harry kept asking to visit Ravenclaw.
• Professor McGonagall questioned Shawn about Animagus transformation and suggested he begin holding a mandrake leaf in his mouth under her supervision.
• Shawn agreed to ask Professor Sprout for a mandrake leaf and Professor Snape for a moth chrysalis.