Chapter Summaries

Sirius struggled with Hogwarts’ hostile students and staff while training young wizards for the Five-Wizard Tournament. After he ignored Shawn’s orders and damaged a classroom, the house-elves attacked him and expelled him from the Castle.

• Lupin tried to stop Sirius from fighting Snape, warning that Shawn could use it as grounds to fire him.
• Sirius trained older young wizards in a classroom, defeated them, and ordered a house-elf to clean up the damage.
• The house-elf rebuked Sirius for disobeying the Deputy Headmistress’s orders, then summoned more than a dozen house-elves to throw him out.
• The house-elves bound Sirius, paraded him past curious young wizards, and hurled him outside the Castle.
• Harry covered Sirius’s mouth and hurried him away as the young wizards cheered.

After emerging from the Gauze Space, Shawn discovered that only twenty days had passed and learned from Dumbledore that the situation in Albania had changed. As he left Ravenclaw Tower, Draco tried to speak with Cedric about his father, while Hermione’s attempt to recruit the house-elves failed.

• Hermione encouraged the house-elves to demand equal rights, but they fled, and she refused to give up.
• Draco stopped Cedric to discuss his father, Amos Diggory, but they headed toward the Black Lake when a light appeared above Ravenclaw Tower.
• Shawn emerged from the Ravenclaw Statue with the Grey Lady, and magical energy lifted the girls crowding around him.
• Shawn asked Draco for the date and learned it was September twentieth, meaning only twenty days had passed while he was in the Gauze Space.
• Purple Shadow and Fawkes arrived, and Fawkes delivered Dumbledore’s note summoning Shawn to the Headmaster’s Office because the situation in Albania had changed.

Dumbledore showed Shawn a recording of a disastrous battle at Herpo the Foul’s Temple in Albania, where a giant blood-red serpent slaughtered wizards. He explained that the incident had caused international panic and proposed using the Five-Wizard Tournament to strengthen Britain’s leadership in the wizarding world.

• Fawkes brought Shawn and Purple Shadow to Dumbledore’s office, where Moody was preparing to retrieve Harry.
• Dumbledore showed Shawn a recording of factions fighting outside Herpo the Foul’s Temple, including wizards enslaved by the Imperius Curse and used as cannon fodder by the Tattooed Wizards.
• Blood mist poured into the Temple and dragged goblin Curse-Breakers into a cavern beneath the cracked floor.
• A gigantic magical blood-red serpent emerged from the Temple and slaughtered wizards while Tom’s Serpentine Chains failed to hurt it; the Tattooed Wizards fled.
• After the recording ended, Shawn asked when the battle had happened, and Dumbledore said he had sealed the Temple temporarily the day before yesterday.
• Dumbledore told Shawn that the incident had caused international panic and that he hoped to use the Five-Wizard Tournament gathering in Hogsmeade to establish Britain’s leadership.

Sirius took Harry to Knockturn Alley, where Harry tried to convince him that the Chief’s reforms were genuine. Cloaked attackers led by Rodolphus Lestrange ambushed them, and Moody rescued Harry and the badly wounded Sirius before taking them to Hogwarts.

• Sirius Apparated with Harry to Knockturn Alley and brought him toward a tavern, while Harry urged him to reconsider his distrust of the Chief.
• Sirius saw how orderly Knockturn Alley had become but still insisted that its prosperity was an illusion.
• Rodolphus Lestrange and his cloaked followers attacked Harry and Sirius with spells, and Sirius shielded Harry from the assault.
• Moody Apparated in and fought off the attackers with help from nearby civilians and the Wizarding Police.
• Rodolphus ordered a retreat, and most of his followers escaped while a few were captured.
• Moody took the unconscious, gravely injured Sirius and Harry to Hogwarts to seek Dumbledore’s help, while a police squad leader warned that the Ministry would impose Anti-Apparition Jinxes.

Shawn supported Dumbledore’s plan for an international conference but questioned whether Grindelwald’s Army could openly fight the Double Serpent Society. After Sirius was gravely injured protecting Harry, Shawn refused to heal him and left when Sirius rejected his help.

• Shawn told Dumbledore he would support holding an international conference in Hogsmeade and asked whether Grindelwald’s Army could operate openly again.
• Moody brought in a badly injured Sirius, and Harry begged Dumbledore to save him after Voldemort targeted him.
• Dumbledore kept Sirius alive but warned that his injuries and dark-magic damage would leave him disabled and weaken his magic.
• Dumbledore asked Shawn whether he could heal Sirius, but Shawn said Sirius was better off living as an ordinary person and doubted he would receive gratitude.
• Sirius regained consciousness long enough to refuse Shawn’s help, then passed out again.
• Shawn implied he might be able to heal Sirius, but refused to make the effort and left to find out what was happening elsewhere.

Shawn returned from seclusion and checked on his people and projects, then ordered Wenge to expand England’s armed forces without limit. He learned that Tom was staying at Wenge Castle and went to see him.

• Dumbledore sent Harry and Moody to the Hospital Wing with Sirius and told Harry to remain on the school grounds.
• Shawn asked Hermione to accelerate the investigation into the missing young wizards, then received Theodore’s assurance that his resolve had not changed.
• Shawn inspected the transformed Hogsmeade and the disciplined wizard forces training at Wenge Castle.
• Wenge told Shawn about the attack in Diagon Alley and opposition to Anti-Apparition Jinx restrictions, and Shawn ordered him to enforce the restrictions.
• Shawn ordered Wenge to expand England’s armed forces without limit and approved reimbursement through Lucius.
• Wenge told Shawn that Tom was staying at the castle, and Shawn went to see him.

Tom shared a memory showing that the Double Serpent Society operated a vast magical research facility beneath the Greek Ministry of Magic, where he was attacked by powerful obscuruses. Shawn and Tom discussed the threat and their plans to unite their forces before Shawn went to meet Wenge, Lucius, and Snape.

• Tom told Shawn that Dumbledore had subdued the mutated red snake and showed him a memory of the Greek Ministry of Magic’s hidden research facility.
• Shawn saw that the Double Serpent Society was experimenting on wizards and magical creatures, and that Tom had been ambushed by seven or eight obscuruses.
• Tom warned Shawn that the organization had many powerful forces and that its facility was only one base.
• Shawn told Tom that they needed to unite their strength and shared Dumbledore’s plans and Voldemort’s interest in Harry.
• Tom refused to join Shawn in the study and said he would research a curse against Voldemort, while Shawn gave him Snape’s healing potions and went downstairs.

Shawn reviewed the Ministry’s army expansion and other affairs before sending Lucius to bring Barty Crouch into his fold. When Barty learned Voldemort had returned and his son was alive, he was overcome with terror and asked to see Shawn to swear allegiance.

• Snape reported that potion production had advanced, while Lucius updated Shawn on army recruitment, pure-blood support, and Rookwood and Bellatrix’s failed attempt to access the Lestrange vault.
• Shawn gave Lucius an encrypted note for Barty Crouch and told him it was time to bring Barty into the fold.
• After Lucius left, Snape urgently asked Shawn why Voldemort wanted to capture Harry Potter, and Shawn began explaining an ancient resurrection spell requiring an enemy’s blood.
• Lucius delivered Shawn’s note to Barty at the Department of International Magic Cooperation.
• Barty read that Voldemort had returned and his son, Barty Crouch Jr., was alive, then asked to meet Shawn and swear allegiance.

Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald about his views on Muggles and whether he would return to political action. Grindelwald revealed that Shawn would inherit Grindelwald’s Army, and Dumbledore invited him to England for the wizarding conference while warning that he could not appear under his current identity.

• Dumbledore asked Grindelwald whether he still viewed Muggles as useful beasts of burden, and Grindelwald criticized Dumbledore’s cautious approach to reform.
• Grindelwald guessed that Shawn wanted him and Grindelwald’s Army to return, and he declared Shawn his successor.
• Dumbledore realized Grindelwald had already been in contact with Shawn and trusted his ideals.
• Dumbledore invited Grindelwald to the wizarding conference in England at the end of October, warning that Grindelwald and his Army would need new identities.
• After Dumbledore Disapparated, Grindelwald transformed his robe, cast a beam into the sky, and led his wizards in raising black veils as they cried, “For the greater good!”

Shawn tested Barty Crouch Sr. with the Pentagram Fire Escape, then recruited him after Barty proved willing to risk himself for power. Shawn assigned him to coordinate the International Confederation of Wizards meeting and headed to meet Barty Crouch Jr., promising to spare his life.

• Snape confronted Shawn about Harry's safety, and Shawn told him Harry would be safe at Hogwarts and urged him to focus on Lily Evans's soul.
• Barty Crouch Sr. passed the second layer of Shawn's fire trial, hesitated at the third, then entered after Shawn offered him a chance to become Minister for Magic.
• Shawn received a unit of wish-based faith from Barty and gave him the Nine of Clubs after he emerged from the flames.
• Shawn tasked Barty with coordinating the International Confederation of Wizards meeting and making England the center of the wizarding world.
• Shawn set off with Barty to meet Barty Crouch Jr. and promised not to kill him.

Shawn visited Barty Crouch Sr.'s home and confronted Barty Crouch Jr., who had secretly remained devoted to Voldemort. After experimenting on him, Shawn left Barty Crouch Sr. with the claim that his son would eventually become an undercover agent and repay him with valuable intelligence.

• Barty Crouch Sr. told Shawn that he had kept Barty Crouch Jr. confined under the Imperius Curse after his son had contacted Voldemort through the Dark Mark.
• Shawn questioned why Barty Crouch Jr. worshipped Voldemort, and Barty Crouch Sr. could only guess that Voldemort's power and ideals had swayed his son.
• After Barty Crouch Sr. left the chamber, Barty Crouch Jr. dropped his polite act and demanded that Shawn free him and give him a wand.
• Shawn revealed that he knew Barty Crouch Jr. planned to kill him and his father, then knocked him unconscious and conducted an experiment using alchemy materials and purple faith.
• Shawn told Barty Crouch Sr. that his son would eventually recognize his good intentions and serve as an undercover agent, then left the house.

After returning to Hogwarts, Shawn’s advanced knowledge baffled his professors and made the other students laugh at them. McGonagall asked Dumbledore whether Shawn should take his N.E.W.T.s early and graduate, while Dumbledore considered the proposal and Grindelwald watched.

• Shawn impressed Flitwick, McGonagall, and Sprout in class, then asked questions that left each professor stumped.
• Moody failed to place Shawn under the Imperius Curse, and Shawn’s questions later silenced Snape; after a week, he had challenged every professor outside the electives.
• McGonagall entered Dumbledore’s office and found him sharing hot pot with a disguised Grindelwald.
• McGonagall told Dumbledore that Shawn’s knowledge far exceeded classroom requirements and that students were laughing at the professors.
• McGonagall proposed that Shawn take his N.E.W.T.s early and graduate, and Dumbledore began considering her request as Grindelwald continued eating.

Dumbledore appointed Shawn professor of a new magic technology elective, which would begin the following year. Shawn received the appointment while evaluating Hogwarts Quidditch players for the National Team, and Cedric won another Snitch contest as Harry focused on Cho Chang.

• Dumbledore and McGonagall agreed Shawn could attend classes freely and teach a magic technology elective starting next year.
• Grindelwald cooked for Dumbledore, who wrote Shawn an appointment letter while Grindelwald wrote him a fan letter.
• Shawn watched the house players compete in brutal Quidditch training as he assessed candidates for the National Team.
• Fawkes delivered Shawn his appointment, and Shawn resolved to prepare lessons for the following term.
• Cedric caught the Golden Snitch again, while Draco scolded Harry for focusing on Cho Chang and Draco saw the Chief vanish in purple lightning.

Harry visited the withdrawn Sirius and invited him to watch the visiting academies arrive at Hogwarts. Sirius left the Hospital Wing in Animagus form to do something for Harry, while the Hogwarts students waited for the guests, and Dumbledore announced Beauxbatons’ arrival.

• Harry brought Sirius clean clothes and food, spoke to him about Hogwarts, and invited him to the welcome gathering.
• After Harry left, Sirius turned into a three-legged black dog and limped out of the Hospital Wing toward Hogsmeade.
• At the school gates, Professor McGonagall corrected the twins and Parvati, while Snape asked Shawn about the visiting schools’ late arrival and Sirius.
• As the students grew cold waiting, Dumbledore sensed magic and announced that the representatives from Beauxbatons had arrived.

Madame Maxime arrived at Hogwarts with the Beauxbatons delegation in a gigantic flying carriage, then the Durmstrang party emerged from the Black Lake aboard a ghostly ship. The two visiting schools reached the castle, where the welcoming ceremony was still underway.

• A gigantic powder-blue carriage drawn by twelve Abraxans landed at Hogwarts, and Madame Maxime stepped out to greet Dumbledore.
• Madame Maxime asked Hagrid to care for her horses, then led her shivering Beauxbatons students into the castle.
• The Hogwarts crowd waited for Durmstrang as strange rumbling sounds rose from the Black Lake.
• A battered ship emerged from the lake and docked, and Durmstrang students began filing ashore.

Shawn used a dramatic display of magic to bring the delayed delegations from Koldovstoretz and Ilvermorny to Hogwarts, where Dumbledore welcomed them. The guests were left cowed by Shawn’s power as Dumbledore smoothed over the rough arrival.

• Karkaroff introduced Viktor Krum to Dumbledore and bragged that he would become Durmstrang’s Champion before hurrying his delegation inside.
• Shawn suspected Karkaroff might pose a threat to Harry and quietly instructed Snape to keep an eye on him.
• Dumbledore asked Shawn to bring the delayed guests down from the sky, and Shawn conjured a violent storm and waterspout around them.
• Shawn swept the Koldovstoretz and Ilvermorny delegations onto the Lawn, then stopped the storm with another graceful wand movement.
• Dumbledore went forward to greet the furious arrivals and smooth things over.

The Russian and American delegations arrived at Hogwarts, where their leaders and students repeatedly competed for precedence. After Shawn and Dumbledore demonstrated Hogwarts’ strength, the delegations fell into line and the Five-Wizard Tournament officially began.

• The Koldovstoretz students arrived on giant broom-sized trees, while the Ilvermorny students landed on a giant bald eagle.
• Dumbledore welcomed Niekosov and Helena, and Niekosov praised Shawn as Dumbledore’s successor.
• Niekosov and Helena led their students in a contest to be first, but Dumbledore used magic to push the two groups apart.
• Niekosov and Helena recognized that Dumbledore and Shawn were both Legendary Wizards, and their students stopped competing.
• The Hogwarts students led the delegations into the castle, where the Five-Wizard Tournament officially began.

Hogsmeade filled with international delegates who flocked to its shops and attractions, while Barty Crouch Sr. struggled to manage the crowds and the growing number of mysterious arrivals. After Alice offered to help with a secret assignment and was turned down, Barty began reconsidering the families’ standing under Shawn before spotting a lame black dog.

• Foreign wizards and their families crowded Hogsmeade’s shops, pubs, and restaurants, buying discounted potions and goods in bulk.
• Barty Crouch Sr. dealt with disputes and worried about an unknown group that had arrived through Dumbledore’s connections, as well as elusive people outside town.
• Alice asked Barty whether she could help with the special assignment given to his son, but he declined.
• Alice left disappointed, and Barty wondered whether the Fawley family’s position under Shawn might have changed.
• Barty went out to patrol and saw a lame black dog dart past.

Hogwarts welcomed the four visiting schools to the Five-Wizard Tournament, and Dumbledore opened the feast with a new dish: hot pot. Shawn watched the students enjoy the meal and calmly let Fleur Delacour try his fiery broth, which left her reaching for water.

• The visiting schools chose seats at the Hogwarts house tables, and Shawn invited Nekosov and Koldovstoretz to sit with Slytherin, prompting Helena to lead Ilvermorny to Hufflepuff.
• Dumbledore welcomed the guests, announced that the tournament would begin after the feast, and introduced Hogwarts's new dish.
• The students tried hot pot, while the Hufflepuffs explained how to cook food in the broth and praised Cedric's contribution.
• Fleur Delacour removed her scarf, revealed her Veela beauty, and asked Shawn to try his bright red broth.
• Fleur dipped vegetables into Shawn's chaotian chili broth, then hurriedly called for water after tasting its spice.

Dumbledore introduced the Five-Wizard Tournament, explained its dangers and rules, and unveiled the Goblet of Fire to choose the five champions. After he set an age restriction, Hogwarts students questioned him about compensation for Shawn, who was absent, and Dumbledore began to reassure them.

• At the feast, Dumbledore introduced the visiting school headmasters, Cornelius Fudge, and Ludo Bagman as tournament judges.
• Dumbledore explained the three tasks, the scoring, and the Goblet of Fire’s role in selecting five champions.
• Dumbledore opened the chest, displayed the Goblet of Fire, and invited students aged seventeen or older to submit their names before Halloween night.
• Dumbledore drew an Age Line around the Goblet, and Fred and George considered using Ageing Potion to get past it.
• Hogwarts students asked Dumbledore what compensation Shawn had received for being barred from the tournament, and Dumbledore began to reassure them.