Chapter Summaries

Shawn used a photograph to make Snape appoint him Slytherin’s Chief, then asserted control by punishing students who challenged him. In the dormitory, he challenged Draco’s pure-blood beliefs and left him questioning his family’s identity and the Dark Lord’s heritage.

• Shawn demanded the right to challenge Slytherin’s older prefects, but Snape tried to give him detention instead.
• Shawn showed Snape a photograph, and Snape appointed him Slytherin’s Chief while canceling the confrontation with the prefects.
• Shawn announced a mandatory morning assembly and used magic to hang Marcus Flint and several other students from the common-room lamps.
• Shawn explained to Draco that wizarding families claiming pure-blood status had mixed ancestry, and that Voldemort was a half-blood.
• Shawn told Draco that pure-blood supremacy had no future and that strength would always rule.

Grindelwald admired Shawn’s letter and began preparing to support him and revive his followers. At Hogwarts, Shawn gathered Slytherin students early and announced that his magic had recovered, leaving them braced for what he would do next.

• Abernathy reported that former allies and their descendants were willing to join Grindelwald, while Vita stayed away to prepare a surprise.
• Grindelwald read Shawn’s letter, praised his insight and leadership, and wrote him a reply.
• Grindelwald ordered Abernathy to deliver the letter, find Shawn a phoenix before Christmas, and gather information on lightning magic, Muggle society, and Britain’s wizarding world.
• Shawn woke Draco and the other boys by dousing them with electrically charged water, then brewed tea while waiting for the Slytherins to assemble.
• Alice worried that not everyone would attend, but Shawn said his magic had recovered, silencing the gathered students.

Shawn imposed strict rules on Slytherin, using magic to force students to attend and suppressing those who resisted. Most students rallied behind him, including Draco, while the chapter ended with Shawn ordering three dissenting prefects to follow him or risk losing their positions.

• Shawn used water snakes and Water Prison to drive absent students from their dormitories and stop them from attacking him.
• Shawn announced rules requiring elegant conduct, daily study sessions, weekend spell lessons, and an end to blood-based discrimination.
• Alice and Draco publicly supported Shawn, prompting many younger students to join them while Pansy tried to stop Draco.
• Shawn saw that his [Conquer Hogwarts (Stage One)] quest had reached 95% and warned dissenters that he would punish anyone who broke his rules.
• Shawn led the prefects away, then confronted Gloria Nott, Montague, and a fourth-year Shadow Prefect for refusing to follow.

Shawn’s new discipline at Slytherin drew attention, while he brushed off political threats and handled Snape’s summons on his own terms. He left Snape’s office with a potion and headed to a Transfiguration lesson shared with Gryffindor.

• The Slytherins followed Shawn’s new routines at breakfast, while Harry and Hermione discussed Shawn’s influence and Hermione lent Harry a book from Shawn’s family collection.
• Alice told Shawn that her grandfather had persuaded eight governors to hold back, and Shawn said he would soon be beyond the pure-blood families’ reach.
• Shawn magically sealed and burned dozens of Howlers sent to him before Marcus announced that Snape wanted to see him.
• Shawn entered Snape’s office, proposed trading unflattering photos of Harry for Felix Felicis, and defended his leadership while Snape threatened him with expulsion.
• Shawn took a bottle of invigorating potion from Snape’s shelves and left; Draco and the others joined him on the way to Transfiguration.

Shawn attended Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration lesson, where he transformed a matchstick into a replica of the Sword of Gryffindor and impressed her with his talent. After class, he followed McGonagall to her office, hoping to ask questions and perhaps gain something useful.

• Shawn shoved Draco and two other boys off a moving staircase, then used a Levitation Charm to land them safely on the third floor.
• Shawn joined Harry in the Transfiguration classroom, where Draco excitedly described their adventures and Ron and Seamus arrived late and lost Gryffindor points.
• Professor McGonagall demonstrated Transfiguration, explained its principles, and asked the students to change matchsticks into silver needles.
• After Ron mocked Shawn, Shawn transformed his matchstick into a dazzling replica of the Sword of Gryffindor, earning ten points for Slytherin and McGonagall’s praise.
• Shawn coached Harry and Draco in Transfiguration, then followed McGonagall to her office after class.

McGonagall gave Shawn her Transfiguration notes and cautioned him about the rules he had imposed on Slytherin. At Charms, Shawn mastered the Levitation Charm and nudged Draco into asking Hermione for help, then told him to teach Goyle and Crabbe.

• McGonagall gave Shawn her student Transfiguration notes and warned him not to use corporal punishment while guiding Slytherins.
• Shawn noticed Draco, Harry, and Hermione sitting together at the Ravenclaw table, then studied McGonagall's notes over lunch.
• In Flitwick's Charms lesson, Shawn asked questions that earned him points and cast the Levitation Charm without system assistance.
• Shawn switched seats with Draco and pushed him to ask Hermione for help with the Levitation Charm.
• Hermione taught Draco the correct incantation, and Draco successfully cast the spell after ten minutes.
• Shawn told Draco to thank Hermione and then teach Goyle and Crabbe, dampening Draco's excitement.

After advising Hermione and Draco, Shawn established a disciplined evening study system in Slytherin. Snape confronted Dumbledore over Shawn’s influence and the possibility that Voldemort had returned, while Dumbledore also learned of unusual activity among Grindelwald’s followers and prepared to go to Nurmengard.

• Shawn told Hermione that she relied too much on memorization and needed to think more deeply about what she studied.
• Shawn persuaded Draco that leading Goyle and Crabbe meant taking responsibility for making them stronger, and Hermione decided to return some books to the library.
• Harry chose to keep studying rather than play Wizard’s Chess, and Shawn oversaw an organized evening study session in the Slytherin common room.
• Snape accused Dumbledore of letting Shawn turn Slytherin into an army, but Dumbledore defended guiding him and asked Snape to protect Harry.
• Snape asked whether Voldemort was truly dead, and Dumbledore said he felt Tom had returned and revealed a letter reporting unusual activity among Grindelwald’s Army remnants.
• Dumbledore said he would watch Shawn and hoped he could find the Horcrux, then asked Fawkes to take him to Nurmengard.

Dumbledore visited Grindelwald in Nurmengard, where Grindelwald promised not to cause trouble after their blood pact broke. At Hogwarts, Shawn completed the first stage of his quest to conquer the school and received a new task to win over students from the other houses.

• Dumbledore passed the Acolytes and met Grindelwald in a room decorated like Hogwarts’s Headmaster’s Office.
• Dumbledore asked what Grindelwald intended to do, and Grindelwald promised the changed future meant he would cause no trouble.
• Dumbledore left the broken blood pact necklace with Grindelwald and promised to visit more often.
• Shawn used water and electricity on three Slytherin students until the quest to conquer Hogwarts’s first stage was completed.
• Shawn received a new quest to win the hearts of students from the other three houses and arranged for the injured students to be taken to their dormitories.
• Shawn encouraged Draco to teach Goyle and Crabbe, then showed Draco a specially made alchemical playing card.

Shawn continued strengthening his magic and enforcing strict study habits among the Slytherins, while Draco stayed up teaching Goyle and Crabbe practical spells. Harry learned from Fred and George that a beast guarded something in the third-floor forbidden area and went to find Hermione, while Ron grew jealous of Shawn and felt hurt by Harry.

• Shawn promised Draco an alchemical playing card if he taught Goyle and Crabbe ten practical spells, then spent two hours infusing a card with Water Prison.
• Draco taught Goyle and Crabbe the Levitation Charm until three in the morning and realized the lessons had improved his own spellwork.
• Shawn abandoned his plan to sneak to the Room of Requirement and spent the night reading Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration notes.
• After a shock woke Draco at six thirty, he led Goyle and Crabbe to the common-room study area and boasted about their spellwork to other students.
• Shawn led the Slytherins to breakfast, where they politely greeted Filch and drew attention for their orderly study routine.
• Fred and George told Harry that a beast guarded something in the third-floor forbidden area, prompting him to hurry off to find Hermione as Ron watched Shawn enviously.

Shawn faced growing resistance from Slytherin families but kept the students under his control, then discovered that Quirrell was pressuring him for private lessons. He left determined to use the threat to his advantage and visit the Room of Requirement that night.

• Alice told Shawn that many Slytherins were intimidated by him and were waiting for influential pure-bloods to retaliate, while Shawn insisted his methods would eventually win them over.
• More than a dozen Slytherins, including Draco, received Howlers from their families condemning their actions, but Shawn ordered the house to obey him and warned against plotting behind his back.
• Shawn checked his Conquer Hogwarts quest, then studied Transfiguration in Quirrell's class and recommended using the Reductor Curse against a Red Cap.
• After class, Quirrell asked Shawn to attend private lessons and insisted he come to his office before next Friday, citing Shawn's father as an old schoolmate.
• Shawn recognized Quirrell's request as a threat from Voldemort and decided to visit the Room of Requirement that night.

Shawn found and absorbed Ravenclaw's Diadem in the Room of Requirement, gaining magical energy and an incomplete Dark Mark. After checking that the Slytherins had followed Alice's orders, he returned to his dormitory and found a phoenix feather and a letter from Pailier Rouge on his desk.

• Shawn searched the Room of Requirement and used Felix Felicis to sense Ravenclaw's Diadem among the junk.
• Shawn absorbed the Diadem's soul fragment, increasing his Killing Curse proficiency, magical energy, and other abilities while gaining an incomplete Dark Mark.
• Shawn returned to the Common Room, revealed himself at eight o'clock, and praised the Slytherins for following Alice's supervision.
• Shawn summoned Kreacher for a late-night meal and found a phoenix feather and a note, along with a letter signed by Pailier Rouge.

Shawn discovered that his wand could filter lightning from ordinary spells and began playing along with Grindelwald’s letter while plotting his next moves. After teasing Draco and his companions, he tested Ravenclaw’s Diadem and drafted a new plan to defeat Quirrell and expose Voldemort.

• Shawn read Pailier Rouge’s letter, which explained his affinity for lightning and offered advice about meditation, Lightning Charms, and finding a suitable wand.
• Shawn tested his Lightning-Struck Peach Wood wand, confirmed it could filter lightning from a Scourgify spell, and named it Kunikuzushi.
• Shawn read Dumbledore’s note and stored Fawkes’s phoenix feather, then wrote Grindelwald a scathing critique of the First Wizarding War and sent it by owl.
• Shawn ate Kreacher’s midnight snack while teasing Draco and the other two students, who had been practicing Petrificus Totalus.
• Shawn tried Ravenclaw’s Diadem without sensing any increase in wisdom and decided to seek out the Grey Lady later.
• Shawn began drafting a plan to defeat Quirrell publicly, expose Voldemort, and pursue the objectives involving Voldemort’s escaping soul fragment and the incomplete dark mark.

Shawn searched Ravenclaw Tower for the Grey Lady, meditated, and then attended Potions with the first-year Slytherins. Snape singled out Harry and Shawn during class, and Shawn decided he needed to fulfill his promise to provide Snape with embarrassing photos of Harry.

• Shawn failed to find the Grey Lady and asked Hermione to keep an eye out before returning to meditate.
• Draco called Shawn to lunch and said he and Pansy had stopped spending time together.
• Harry caught up with Shawn and the Slytherins on their way to Potions, while Ron complained that Harry was befriending Shawn.
• Snape quizzed Harry on potion ingredients, then questioned Shawn and took a point from Slytherin after Shawn gave an extra explanation.
• Shawn resolved to provide Snape with the promised embarrassing photos of Harry so Snape would stop targeting him.

Shawn found Snape’s annotated Potions textbook and learned two of Snape’s spells, then arranged for Harry to rescue Neville during flying class. After the rescue, Professor McGonagall called both Harry and Shawn away.

• After Potions class, Shawn searched the storage cupboards and found the Half-Blood Prince’s textbook, which he put into the Ring.
• Shawn learned Sectumsempra and Levicorpus, then taught Draco Levicorpus.
• During flying class, Neville’s broomstick shot out of control and left him hanging from the Castle’s eaves.
• At Shawn’s urging, Harry flew up and caught Neville as he fell, then brought him safely back to the Lawn.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Harry and Shawn, catching Shawn off guard.

Shawn persuaded Professor McGonagall to consider using his punishments and question-based discipline with Gryffindor, then manipulated Draco into challenging Harry and the Weasley brothers to a midnight duel. Draco accepted Shawn’s enchanted card for protection, while Shawn set his preparations in motion.

• McGonagall introduced Harry to Oliver Wood as Gryffindor’s new Seeker, then asked Shawn whether his Slytherin discipline methods could work for Gryffindor.
• Shawn demonstrated electrotherapy on McGonagall and proposed the Question-Sea Tactic as a milder alternative, leaving her to consider the methods.
• Shawn told Draco that Harry had become Hogwarts’s youngest Seeker and coaxed him into preparing to challenge Harry and his friends.
• Draco learned Levicorpus and practiced it on Goyle while Shawn prepared a camera, a note for McGonagall, and an enchanted Special Card.
• After Draco challenged Harry and the Weasley brothers to a midnight duel in the Trophy Room, Shawn lent him the card and sent Kreacher away with a note and instructions.

Draco and Harry’s after-curfew duel ended with both boys hanging upside down and Professor McGonagall catching the group. Draco returned to the dormitory thrilled that he had won, while Shawn urged him to be more composed.

• Draco waited in the Trophy Room for Harry and his friends, then mocked Ron until Ron charged at him and Draco suspended him with Levicorpus.
• Harry challenged Draco to a duel and cast Expelliarmus, while Draco answered with Levicorpus; Shawn secretly interfered so Harry was suspended too.
• Draco realized he did not know the countercurse, leaving Harry and Ron hanging until Professor McGonagall arrived with the twins.
• McGonagall took points from Gryffindor and Slytherin and assigned the boys a month of detention for roaming after curfew and dueling.
• Draco returned to the dormitory boasting about his victory, and Shawn told him to stop celebrating a minor win.

Shawn recruited Percy to help bring Gryffindor into order and struck an unspoken bargain with Snape for potions without discussing Draco’s punishment. Alice proposed turning Shawn’s alchemical cards and Magic Throne into the symbols of a new organization.

• Draco boasted to Slytherin students that he had defeated Harry and used a card Shawn gave him to overwhelm Gryffindors.
• McGonagall introduced Percy to Shawn as his assistant for organizing Gryffindor, and they agreed to work together.
• Shawn visited Snape, traded embarrassing photographs of Harry for potions, and left with healing supplies and Perception Potions.
• Snape quietly gazed at a photograph of Lily after Shawn left his office.
• Alice suggested founding an organization with Shawn as its king and Sequence Playing Cards as symbols of members’ strength and status.

Shawn established the secret Magic Throne organization and appointed Alice Fawley as its Earl of Spades after she pledged fanatical loyalty to him. He then went to Herbology and planned to seek the Grey Lady and turn down Quirrell’s invitation.

• Shawn named his organization the Magic Throne and asked Alice what ideals she held and whether she understood his.
• Alice explained that she would follow Shawn’s wishes, then rallied Slytherin students to declare their loyalty to him.
• Shawn gave Alice the Earl of Spades card and ordered her to keep the organization secret while discreetly finding candidates.
• At Herbology, Shawn observed Professor Sprout and the Hufflepuffs, whose lack of ambition left him unsure how to win their support.
• Shawn spent the afternoon wandering Hogwarts, hoping to find the Grey Lady and Quirrell, whom he intended to refuse.

Shawn confronted Quirrell near the Owlery, but Voldemort stopped Quirrell from attacking and planned to lure Shawn with notes on Fiendfyre. Shawn then advised Hermione to focus on mastering a few spells and announced that Slytherin students would accompany him to improve Gryffindor’s discipline.

• Shawn found Quirrell near the Owlery and provoked him into drawing his wand.
• Voldemort warned Quirrell not to attract Dumbledore and Snape, then told him to offer Shawn notes on Fiendfyre.
• Hermione told Shawn she had mastered the charms in his spellbook, and Shawn urged her to specialize in a smaller set of spells.
• Snape took a point from Slytherin after Shawn’s Golden Birds struck the wall, and Hermione asked to attend Shawn’s tutoring session.
• Shawn gathered Slytherin students and announced he would choose ten of them to accompany him to Gryffindor to improve its discipline.

Shawn selected ten presentable, capable Slytherins to accompany him to Gryffindor and entrusted Montague with supervising evening study. At the Gryffindor Common Room, he faced a rowdy crowd plotting pranks and prepared to bring the students under control.

• Shawn defined true Slytherins as noble, disciplined, and ambitious, then chose ten students skilled in defensive and offensive magic while rejecting others for their appearance.
• Shawn left Montague in charge of evening study, and Theodore Nott resolved to become strong enough to earn a place at Shawn’s side, asking Draco to teach him spells.
• Shawn noticed that Theodore had become a level-three faith-value zealot and decided to speak with him later.
• Percy let Shawn and the ten Slytherins into the Gryffindor Common Room, where the students mocked Shawn and plotted pranks.
• Harry and Neville tried to support Shawn, but Shawn sent them aside and faced the unruly Gryffindors.