Chapter Summaries

Sean fought Voldemort, a Soul fragment released from Ravenclaw's Diadem, while claiming he wanted them to merge and defeat the original body. After Voldemort trapped Sean with the Decay Hand, Sean revealed his Snake King Eyes, leaving Voldemort sensing danger.

• Voldemort attacked Sean with transformed Snake Fangs, and Sean blocked them with Frost Domain.
• Sean told Voldemort he had come from the Diary and argued that the Soul fragments could claim to be the original body by merging.
• Sean and Voldemort traded Fiendfyre serpents and debated which of them would dominate if they merged.
• Sean transformed into the White Snake King, evaded Voldemort's attacks, and coiled around him before the Decay Hand immobilized him.
• Sean told Voldemort he had not intended to escape, then unleashed the golden Snake King Eyes.

Sean destroyed Voldemort’s Ravenclaw’s Diadem Horcrux and received new abilities from the duel. His fourth Magic Awakening revealed magical threads he could control, and pulling one from the void triggered an immense surge of magic.

• Sean petrified Voldemort and the Decay Hands with the Snake King Eyes, then destroyed the Ravenclaw’s Diadem with Fiendfyre and erased the Soul fragment inside it.
• Sean received Legilimency LV5, Magic Mark Level 4, Talent: Swift Casting Level 4, and Talent: Magic Awakening (4/7).
• Sean endured a violent transformation as his Magic Awakening intensified without making him lose consciousness.
• Sean saw threads extending from the void and his body, then learned to control one of his own threads.
• Sean used his thread to drag a white thread from the void into himself, unleashing an immense surge of magic that destroyed everything around him and lifted him into the air.

After his fourth Magic Awakening, Sean met Harry by the Black Lake and agreed to teach him magic. Harry wanted to become strong enough to protect himself and build a home with Sirius Black, and Sean warned him that the training would be strict.

• Sean reflected on the threads he had seen during his fourth Magic Awakening and realized his magic had grown far stronger.
• Sean went to the Black Lake, where he was waiting for Harry and worrying about Kulkan's absence.
• Harry told Sean that the attention surrounding his past made him unhappy and that Voldemort's continued existence threatened his hope of living with Sirius Black.
• Harry asked Sean to teach him magic so he could protect himself and his family.
• Sean agreed to train Harry after warning him that the training would be strict.

Sean learned that Magic Threads might be connected to an ancient idea of magic as a vast net, and that a family called Lovegood belonged to the Madman Family. He realized Luna might be a descendant and revealed that he had danced with her at the Yule Ball.

• Antonius recalled a Delusional One who described magic as a net and a wizard from Egypt who later made a similar claim.
• Nicholas told Sean that Grindelwald's family had once been called the Madman Family before splitting into three branches.
• Sean decided to postpone asking Dumbledore about the family until he had exhausted other clues.
• Antonius remembered that the Delusional One's surname was Lovegood.
• Sean recognized the Lovegood name and told Antonius and Nicholas that he had danced with the family's descendant at the Yule Ball.

On June 24, Sean began the third round of the Triwizard Tournament, entering the dangerous maze after warning Fleur and Krum not to trust anyone inside. He blasted through a shifting wall and encountered a group of Cornish Pixies.

• Sean arrived at the Quidditch Pitch, where the stands had been transformed into the maze and the judges, including Dumbledore and Barty Crouch, were gathered.
• Sean told Gavin that he had kept his family away because the competition site was unsafe, and Gavin advised him to use Spiritual Vision Ability sparingly.
• Before the start, Sean told Fleur he would go ahead and warned both her and Krum not to trust anyone inside the maze.
• Sean entered the maze, where the crowd's cheers vanished behind him, and quickly realized that the walls were shifting to block his path.
• Sean used Bombarda to blast through a maze wall, rushed through before it could repair itself, and found seven or eight Cornish Pixies approaching.

Sean used powerful magic to overcome the maze’s creatures and discovered that Pain Siphon could drain a Dementor while strengthening his Patronus. The maze’s exit led not to the Triwizard Cup but to a ruined town, where a notice revealed that he had to find clues while avoiding its hostile residents.

• Sean summoned torrential rain and used Water Flow Manipulation to sweep away a Chimera.
• Sean fought two Dementors with his Patronus and Pain Siphon, draining one to death and collecting its ashes.
• Sean continued through the maze after his strengthened Patronus drove off the remaining Dementor.
• Sean reached what appeared to be the maze’s exit but found dense fog instead of the Triwizard Cup.
• Sean emerged in a ruined town and learned from a notice that he had to find clues to locate the Cup while avoiding hostile residents.

Sean searched a ruined building for clues while Pheobe and Krum fought after she encountered him under an Anti-Apparition Charm. Sean realized Krum and two Ministry officials were controlled and trying to open a breach, but they completed their ritual and summoned a Dark Mark over the town.

• Sean used White Mist to enter the tallest building, subdued a wild Crup, and found a second clue.
• Pheobe's Apparition was blocked, and Krum attacked her with an Explosion Charm.
• Sean saw Purple Fireworks and found Pheobe unconscious and Krum badly injured.
• Sean realized Krum and two Ministry officials were controlled and trying to open a breach, but Pheobe blocked his spell and the three completed their Joint Magic.
• The Magic Light Screen vanished as a Dark Mark appeared above the town and Black Smoke spread across it.

Sean confronted Voldemort and challenged his claim to be the original, provoking a duel before the Death Eaters. Their spells clashed evenly, and the chapter ended as Voldemort’s erratic anger gave way to a chilling calm.

• Sean realized Barty Crouch Jr. had killed his father and impersonated him from the start, making Voldemort’s arrival more dangerous.
• Voldemort and the Death Eaters appeared in the ruined town, and Voldemort called Sean his other half.
• Sean mocked Voldemort’s claim to be the true master, and Voldemort accepted his challenge to duel.
• Sean and Voldemort’s spells collided with equal force, making the Death Eaters question which of them was the real Voldemort.
• Sean used his words and venom spray to deepen the Death Eaters’ doubts, and Voldemort became eerily calm.

Sean fought Voldemort in the air, matching his spells and revealing his White Snake King Animagus form. The battle continued as Sean summoned a storm that struck Voldemort with a barrage of lightning.

• Voldemort attacked Sean with conjured rubble, but Sean blocked it with an ice wall and froze Voldemort before he escaped the ice.
• Sean countered Voldemort’s Fiendfyre net with a hurricane infused with water vapor, then matched Voldemort’s Smoke Rope Curse.
• Sean and Voldemort flew into the air and exchanged spells until Voldemort disarmed Sean and Sean crashed through a house.
• Sean retrieved his Wand, struck Voldemort’s spell with a Thunderbolt, and transformed into his White Snake King Animagus form.
• Sean unleashed Dragon Breath Flame from above the clouds, and Voldemort blocked it with Black Smoke.
• Sean gathered storm clouds and sent a barrage of lightning down at Voldemort.

Sean fought Voldemort to buy time while Pheobe helped Krum break free of the Imperius Curse and escape. After they got away, Sean used the Snake King Eyes against Voldemort and the Death Eaters, then Apparated away while exhausted.

• Sean hid in the clouds and attacked Voldemort with lightning, but Voldemort dispelled the clouds and forced Sean into a fierce aerial battle.
• Pheobe secretly cast Ennervate on Krum until he resisted the Imperius Curse and regained control of himself.
• Krum triggered his mark, and Pheobe Apparated away with him as the Death Eaters tried to attack them.
• Sean fell from the sky, petrified nearby Death Eaters with the Snake King Eyes, and crushed two of them with his White Snake King tail.
• Sean returned to human form and Apparated away as Voldemort emerged from his Black Smoke shield.

Sean reunited with Fleur and Krum, then drew Voldemort’s Death Eaters away from them and fought while waiting for help to arrive. He killed several Death Eaters, but one exposed him by breaking his Disillusionment Charm.

• Sean gave Fleur and Krum energy potions and told them to hide while he distracted the Death Eaters.
• When Death Eaters burst into the building, Sean fled through a window and lured them away from Fleur and Krum.
• Sean fought off spells with his Thunder Whip, killed one Death Eater with a punch, and snapped another’s neck.
• Sean used Herbivicus to raise a forest of thorn vines and trees, then slipped away under the Disillusionment Charm.
• Sean killed several Death Eaters with Sectumsempra before one of them sent out a ripple that broke his Disillusionment Charm.

Sean fought Voldemort, but the Dark Lord’s growing power forced him to escape. Voldemort then attacked Fleur and Krum, and Sean intervened again, taking a Killing Curse to his snake tail.

• Lucius recognized Sean’s Sectumsempra and slowed his attacks, suspecting Snape had taught Sean the spell.
• Voldemort returned to the fight, trapped Sean with flaming chains, and overpowered him with a Killing Curse.
• Sean strengthened his Expelliarmus and redirected Voldemort’s curse after two spells distracted the Dark Lord, then escaped by Apparition.
• Furious that his duel had been interrupted, Voldemort killed two Death Eaters and destroyed the buildings where Fleur and Krum had hidden.
• Voldemort disrupted Fleur and Krum’s Apparition and sent Death Eaters after them, but Sean’s snake tail killed one attacker.
• Sean used his snake tail to block Voldemort’s Killing Curse, leaving it shattered and badly mangled.

Sean survived Voldemort’s Killing Curse, and the Order of the Phoenix arrived to battle the Death Eaters. As Sean recovered, Gavin and Dumbledore confronted Voldemort using rapid Apparition to evade his attacks.

• Sean collapsed after resisting the Killing Curse and told Voldemort he had arrived too late.
• A fiery Phoenix appeared, and Dumbledore, Gavin, and the Order of the Phoenix joined Fleur and Krum against Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
• Moody opened the battle by casting a Killing Curse at a Death Eater.
• Gavin gave Sean a potion and asked Fleur and Krum to protect him before attacking Voldemort with the Blade of Elos.
• Voldemort countered Gavin’s spells with Fiendfyre and Black Smoke, but Gavin and Dumbledore entered the smoke using rapid Apparition to evade its attacks.

After Voldemort escaped the battle, Sean used a newly designed Alchemy Array to treat the damage left by the Killing Curse. The black patterns faded from his chest and began disappearing from the rest of his body.

• Voldemort threatened Dumbledore and Gavin before fleeing into the Dark Mark, and the remaining Death Eaters followed him.
• Moody stopped Walton Mcneil from escaping, disarmed him, and identified him as a Death Eater; Arthur said he should be kept as a witness to Voldemort's return.
• Moody returned Sean's Undetectable Extension Charm bag, and Sean asked Fleur to set up the Alchemy Array inside it.
• Dumbledore offered to help Fleur assemble the array, and the two completed the Thirty-Six Pointed Star Alchemy Array with Sean's altered designs and materials.
• Gavin placed Sean at the array's center, and Sean activated it to produce pale green droplets that corroded his chest and made the Killing Curse's black patterns fade.

Sean recovered from the Killing Curse’s effects and learned that Life Alchemy had advanced his Troll Strength and Troll Hide talents. After returning with the Triwizard Cup, he learned that the Ministry had silenced a captured Death Eater and that Winky had poisoned the werewolf.

• Sean coughed up black blood, recovered from his injuries, and discovered that his Troll Strength and Troll Hide talents had reached LV5.
• Sean told Dumbledore that Barty Crouch Jr. had replaced his father, while Gavin objected to Sean joining the Order of the Phoenix.
• Sean sent an Alchemical Puppet Dog to retrieve the Triwizard Cup, then left the hidden space with Gavin, Fleur, and Krum.
• Sean returned to the competition grounds with the Cup, received cheers from the crowd, and handed it to Professor McGonagall.
• Kingsley told Dumbledore that Fudge had used Dementors to destroy Walton Mcneil’s soul rather than acknowledge Voldemort’s return.
• Snape reported that Winky had poisoned and killed the werewolf.

Dumbledore told Fudge that Voldemort had returned and urged him to prepare, but Fudge refused to believe him, so they agreed to part ways. Later, Sean sat in the library as students watched him over a spreading rumor.

• Dumbledore confronted Fudge about allowing a Dementor to incapacitate an important witness and pointed out that the witness had been dressed as a Death Eater.
• Dumbledore told Fudge that Voldemort had returned and urged him to remove the Dementors from Azkaban and keep the Giants from joining Voldemort.
• Fudge dismissed Dumbledore’s claims as an illusion and called him insane, while Dumbledore accused Fudge of protecting his power and allowing Death Eaters to go free.
• Dumbledore and Fudge agreed to part ways, and Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall that Hogwarts would celebrate winning the Triwizard Cup.
• Sean sat in the library beside Blaise as students watched him, and Blaise asked whether a spreading rumor about Sean was true.

Sean warned Blaise that Voldemort had returned and began training him, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Andy, and Janson to dodge attacks. As Sean worried about Snape’s absence from dinner, Snape sat beside Voldemort at a hidden Malfoy manor and was praised for helping the Death Eaters.

• Sean told Blaise that Voldemort had returned and urged him to prepare or join Harry’s training.
• Sean brought Blaise to the Room of Requirement, where Harry, Hermione, Ron, Andy, and Janson joined them.
• Sean began training the group to dodge swinging tires, and Blaise vowed to continue despite the exhausting exercise.
• Andy reflected that he and Janson planned to cut ties with their families to keep them out of danger.
• Sean noticed Snape was missing from the teachers’ table and worried about him.
• Voldemort praised Snape at a hidden Malfoy manor for helping the Death Eaters enter the third task arena and kill Skul.

Voldemort ordered Snape to deal with Sean Bulstrode, assigned Barty Crouch Jr. to investigate the prophecy, and directed the Death Eaters to keep the Ministry unaware of their plans. Sean dismissed a hostile Daily Prophet story, then attended an Order of the Phoenix meeting where Dumbledore moved their base to 12 Grimmauld Place and asked Sean to protect Harry during training.

• Voldemort questioned Snape about his regard for Sean Bulstrode, and Snape promised to deal with him after term began.
• Voldemort tasked Barty Crouch Jr. with investigating the prophecy and told Lucius Malfoy and the other Death Eaters to keep the Ministry from discovering them.
• Sean read Rita Skeeter's hostile Daily Prophet story about him and told Blaise and Andy that he did not care what his critics thought.
• Sean, Blaise, Andy, and Janson agreed on a holiday training plan and location before eating in the Great Hall.
• Sean went to the Cottage in the Forbidden Forest, where Dumbledore announced that the Order of the Phoenix would operate from 12 Grimmauld Place and urged its members to stay secret.
• Dumbledore supported Sean's training of Harry and asked him to keep Harry safe, and Sean agreed.

Sean agreed to help Harry become stronger and planned to make use of Harry’s standing as the Savior. He learned that Voldemort had ordered Snape to kill him by the end of next term, then revealed to Antonius and Nicholas that he had survived a Killing Curse while conducting research for his paper.

• Sean decided to help Harry grow stronger and saw the Savior title as a source of influence.
• After the Order of the Phoenix members left, Sean visited Snape, who said they should keep their distance next term because Voldemort had ordered him to kill Sean by the end of it.
• Sean told Snape that he would find a replacement for him as Dumbledore’s undercover agent, and Snape offered to help him.
• Sean asked Antonius and Nicholas about his paper, and Antonius approved it for publication.
• Sean accidentally revealed that Voldemort had hit him with a Killing Curse, and explained that Life Alchemy had driven the lingering death magic from his body.
• Antonius and Nicholas warned Sean not to take such risks again, and Sean agreed while privately intending otherwise.

Sean returned from Hogwarts and discussed the growing danger from Voldemort while checking on the Orphanage and his family, now hidden in a Fidelius-protected home. He told Yad that he had recently fought Voldemort and had become a target, leaving his father to keep the danger from Martha.

• Sean reflected on his weakness against Voldemort and resolved to seek more Horcruxes and investigate the location of Ravenclaw's treasure while wondering where Kulkan had gone.
• At King's Cross, Sean met Aldrich and learned that Deli had placed first and Duke third, though Duke had deliberately left answers blank to rank below her.
• Sean urged Aldrich to stay vigilant and prepare to evacuate the Orphanage, then returned with him to the family's new Fidelius-protected home.
• Sean reunited with Cesar, Yad, and Martha, and explained that Voldemort had returned and that the family needed to stay hidden.
• Sean told Yad that he had recently dueled Voldemort, survived an attempted killing, and had become a target, asking his father not to worry Martha.