Chapter Summaries

Sean confronted Avery and Yaxley, forcing them to pledge loyalty and marking them with a spell that concealed their Dark Marks from Voldemort. After altering their memories and dealing with the remaining Death Eaters, Sean returned to the Orphanage to meet Aldrich.

• Avery told Sean that Goyle and Crabbe had revealed what happened to the Giant Tribe, and Sean killed two Death Eaters who tried to sneak up on him.
• Sean threatened Avery and Yaxley, and Yaxley agreed to serve him after Sean promised to spare them if they swore complete loyalty.
• Sean covered Yaxley’s Dark Mark with an Ouroboros Pentagram and altered his memories to protect him from Voldemort’s surveillance and Legilimency.
• Avery offered his arm, and Sean gave him the same mark and altered his memories before he collapsed unconscious.
• Sean killed the remaining nearby Death Eaters, returned to the Orphanage, and met the anxiously waiting Aldrich.

Harry dreamed that Voldemort had killed Umbridge and Fudge and planned to replace them with Death Eaters to seize the Ministry. Unable to reach Dumbledore or Sean, Harry agreed to go with Sirius to investigate, despite Hermione’s worries.

• Harry woke from his dream and told Sirius that Voldemort planned to have Death Eaters impersonate Umbridge and Fudge and take control of the Ministry.
• Sirius tried to contact Dumbledore and Sean with a Two-way mirror, but neither answered.
• Sirius left messages for Dumbledore and Sean and proposed that he and Harry check the Ministry of Magic.
• Harry agreed to go with Sirius, and Hermione, Ron, the Weasley twins, and Ginny woke and asked what was happening.
• Hermione warned Harry not to go, but Harry said he and Sirius would only look around and would not get involved.

Sirius and Harry found Fudge dead in the Minister's Office and were ambushed by Umbridge and Ministry Aurors. Dumbledore arrived and realized Voldemort had framed them to delay the Order of the Phoenix and help his allies take control of the Ministry.

• Sirius and Harry found the Ministry eerily empty as they made their way to the Minister's Office.
• Sirius discovered Fudge's corpse, and Umbridge disarmed him in a surprise attack.
• Harry struck Umbridge with a Disarming Charm, then Aurors arrived and disarmed Harry.
• Dumbledore appeared by phoenix fire and stopped Sirius from retaliating against the Aurors.
• Dumbledore pieced together Voldemort's plan to frame Sirius and Harry for Fudge's murder and seize political advantage while Dumbledore was occupied.

After Fudge’s death, Dumbledore chose to protect Harry and pursue Voldemort by leaving the Ministry with Harry and Sirius, while the pure-blood supremacists plotted to seize control. Meanwhile, Sean gathered Dumbledore’s allies at the Black Hat Bar and claimed he could foresee the future, offering to prevent Amelia’s coming death.

• Dumbledore asked Harry to take a leave from Hogwarts, and Harry agreed because he was tired of Umbridge.
• Dumbledore used Fawkes to take Harry and Sirius Black from the Ministry, leaving Borel and Bartholomew to fear the political backlash.
• Borel and Bartholomew decided to help Voldemort take the Ministry, hunt Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix, and eliminate their potential allies.
• Scrimgeour and Amelia arrived at a secret meeting in the Black Hat Bar, where Sean admitted he had a hidden force in Diagon Alley.
• Sean claimed to be a master Diviner and offered to prevent Amelia’s future death; Amelia said she would believe him if he had truly foreseen it.

Sean revealed Amelia’s future death at Voldemort’s hands and proposed letting Voldemort take control of the Ministry before striking back. Amelia and Sean’s allies agreed to keep a low profile and follow his plan, while the public learned that Sirius Black, Harry Potter, and Dumbledore had been accused of assassinating Fudge.

• Sean foresaw Amelia resisting the Death Eaters, nearly retaking the Ministry, and dying after Voldemort ambushed her on the road to Hogwarts.
• Sean told Amelia she could avoid her fate by staying out of the Ministry’s reforms, then explained his plan to let Voldemort’s side seize control before reclaiming and reforming the Ministry.
• Amelia inferred that Sean’s plans differed from the Order of the Phoenix, and Sean explained that Dumbledore understood he was pursuing a separate course.
• Sean saw a changed future in which an elderly Amelia stood with a large family of Bourne descendants, then asked Marchbanks, Ogden, and the others to stay quiet and obey his orders in about a year.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Sirius Black and Harry Potter had assassinated Cornelius Fudge, that Dumbledore had rescued them, and that arrest warrants had been issued for the three men and the Order of the Phoenix.

After Dumbledore and Harry were removed from Hogwarts, Voldemort sent Borel to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts and supervise Snape’s attempt to kill Sean. Sean continued his research and Snape warned him that they would have to avoid meeting privately and might need to stage a serious injury.

• Notices announced Dumbledore’s removal as Headmaster, Harry’s expulsion, and the dismissal of Sybill Trelawney and Gellert Grindelwald.
• Slytherin students celebrated Snape’s appointment while the Slytherin Brotherhood Reserve Organization recruited more members.
• Sean took Gavin to the Forbidden Forest to continue his intensive treatment for the Inferi transformation.
• Borel arrived to take up the Defense Against the Dark Arts post, unaware that Gavin had just left the office, and went to meet Snape.
• Sean discussed his Werewolf Virus research with Snape, who said their private meetings had to become less frequent and Sean might need to seriously injure him to maintain his cover.

Sean confronted Borel over Gavin’s murder, then learned that Umbridge had become acting Minister for Magic and was deliberately creating chaos. At home for Christmas, Sean questioned Elena about how his grandfather had found their Fidelius-protected house, and she suddenly stopped speaking.

• Sean saw Borel approaching Snape’s office and nearly attacked him, but Snape stopped him.
• Borel told Snape that Voldemort demanded to know why Sean was still alive, and Snape promised to complete the assassination before the school year ended.
• Sean learned that Umbridge had become acting Minister for Magic and that Borel was serving as the Ministry’s High Inquisitor.
• Sean returned home for Christmas, found Elena caring for Cesar, and gradually sensed something was wrong.
• Sean asked Elena how his grandfather had found their Fidelius-protected house, and Elena abruptly stopped speaking.

Sean enjoyed a pleasant Christmas after realizing Elena knew that Gavin had returned, while Voldemort celebrated his escape from Azkaban and rallied his followers. Voldemort left with ten trusted Death Eaters, declaring his plans to kill Dumbledore and Harry Potter and seize the world.

• Sean realized Gavin had secretly revealed his return to Elena, easing his worries about her and allowing them to enjoy Christmas with Yad, Martha, and Cesar.
• Voldemort walked through Azkaban after killing its defenders and released the prisoners with black smoke.
• Bellatrix Lestrange rushed to Voldemort, reaffirmed her loyalty, and joined Barty Crouch Jr. behind him.
• Rodolphus and Rabbastan Lestrange, Antonin, Augustus, and the other gathered Death Eaters pledged themselves to Voldemort.
• Voldemort selected ten trusted Death Eaters to accompany him and vowed to kill Dumbledore and Harry Potter and take over the world.

Sean attended the Order of the Phoenix meeting at 12 Grimmauld Place and harshly confronted Sirius Black for his reckless actions, which had helped Voldemort turn the conflict around. Dumbledore stopped the argument and said they would pursue separate plans, then Sean took Sirius aside to discuss Harry.

• Sean left home at Christmas and brought food to 12 Grimmauld Place, where Harry and Mrs. Weasley welcomed him.
• Sean spoke with Harry about the trouble caused by Harry's dreams and actions, then noticed Sirius sitting ignored in the dining room.
• Sean berated Sirius for taking Harry to the Ministry and worsening the Order of the Phoenix's position.
• Sirius pointed his Wand at Sean, but Sean disarmed him with Expelliarmus.
• Dumbledore and Harry calmed Sean, and Dumbledore said the Order still had a chance and that they could pursue separate plans.
• Sean returned Sirius's Wand and took him to the study to talk about Harry.

Sean confronted Sirius Black about treating Harry as a replacement for James and urged him to seek help, then joined the Order of the Phoenix meeting, where Dumbledore discussed plans and the newly escaped Death Eaters. The chapter ended with Sean considering a plan involving Bellatrix and Rodolphus to obtain Hufflepuff's Cup from their Gringotts vault.

• Sean told Sirius Black that he was projecting his feelings for James onto Harry and urged him to see a Muggle therapist.
• Sean decided to keep Sirius and Mundungus away from sensitive Order of the Phoenix responsibilities, with Mundungus limited to gathering information.
• At dinner, Sean and Dumbledore hinted that they knew about each other's plans, and Sean warned that fighting in the Department of Mysteries could destroy valuable magical objects.
• Dumbledore told the Order of the Phoenix that ten dangerous Death Eaters had escaped from Azkaban, including Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus, and Antonin Dolohov.
• Sean recognized that the Order members' personal grudges shaped their response to the escapees and considered targeting Bellatrix and Rodolphus to retrieve Hufflepuff's Cup.

Sean told Dumbledore that he had foreseen a battle at Hogwarts in which Order members and students would die, prompting Dumbledore to reconsider his plans. After Dumbledore left, Sean asked Kreacher to help him carry out Regulus's unfinished goal of killing Voldemort.

• Sean invited Kreacher to stay for a conversation and accepted his determination to help.
• Dumbledore questioned Sean's unusual magical progress, and Sean attributed it to something he might have gained from Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.
• Sean told Dumbledore that he had foreseen the deaths of Order members and students during a Death Eater attack at Hogwarts that year.
• Dumbledore left to adjust his plans after learning that the Ministry and Umbridge would enable the attack.
• Sean asked Kreacher to help kill Voldemort, and Kreacher agreed in the name of Regulus's dying wish.

Back at Hogwarts, Sean learned that Umbridge was imposing new restrictions and discovered a strange trace of a reversed Memory Charm on Neville. Hermione told Sean that Harry wanted his help investigating an item Voldemort planned to steal, but Sean refused to get involved because he had his own plan.

• Sean saw the Ministry’s new restrictions on Hogwarts, and Blaise and Janson complained about Umbridge’s rules.
• Sean noticed a faint trace of a reversed Memory Charm affecting Neville when Hermione and Neville approached him.
• Hermione told Sean that Harry’s dream showed Voldemort seeking an item and planning to send someone to steal it.
• Hermione explained that Harry wanted Sean to help remove the item before Voldemort could reach it.
• Sean refused to participate and asked Hermione to tell Harry that his own plan could not tolerate mistakes.

Sean’s Life Alchemy revived a dead plant, marking a major breakthrough, while Antonius’s time in the real world continued to diminish. Sean monitored the Vanishing Cabinet and discovered Hermione’s group gathering at the Room of Requirement before Umbridge’s new notice encouraged students to report illegal groups.

• Sean’s Life Alchemy Array revived a withered plant, and Antonius said Sean had only two hurdles left to master the art.
• Sean told Nicholas he would neither rush nor deliberately slow his research despite Antonius’s shrinking time in the real world.
• Sean found the Vanishing Cabinet in a fourth-floor bathroom and placed Alchemy Arrays on it to monitor anyone who approached.
• Sean followed someone using a Disillusionment Charm and saw Hermione, Neville, Luna, Blaise, Janson, and other students gather outside the Room of Requirement.
• Filch posted Umbridge’s notice offering rewards to students who reported members of illegal groups to Borel Bulstrode or the Slytherin Brotherhood Reserve Organization.

After Harry was exposed while secretly teaching Hermione’s organization, Sean prepared the next stage of his plan and sent Kreacher to help Harry. Sean also instructed Janson to support Harry’s choices as the Ministry’s response loomed.

• Janson told Sean that Borel and the Slytherin Brotherhood Reserve Organization had ambushed Hermione’s group, captured Blaise and Longbottom, and spotted Harry.
• Sean realized Dumbledore might have allowed the incident to happen and summoned Kreacher to carry out their plan.
• Sean sent Kreacher to find Harry and, when necessary, help him and a Death Eater reach 12 Grimmauld Place.
• Sean ordered Janson to stay with Harry and Hermione’s group and support Harry’s decisions.
• Sean left the Slytherin Common Room under a Disillusionment Charm to keep his plan on track.

Harry revealed himself to Umbridge to protect Hermione and Ron, but Kreacher’s escape with Harry also exposed 12 Grimmauld Place to an Auror. The Order evacuated the house, and Voldemort sent Bellatrix to claim the old Black family home, where Kreacher greeted her.

• Umbridge threatened Hermione with expulsion and Azkaban, so Harry removed his Invisibility Cloak and surrendered himself.
• Kreacher Apparated Harry to 12 Grimmauld Place, accidentally bringing a tall Auror with them; the Auror escaped after recognizing the Order of the Phoenix headquarters.
• The Order emptied 12 Grimmauld Place, but Umbridge and Borel arrived shortly afterward and found it deserted.
• Borel reported the discovery to Voldemort, who sent Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabbastan to take possession of the old Black family house.
• Bellatrix entered 12 Grimmauld Place, and Kreacher emerged from the shadows to ask if she was young Mistress Bella.

Sean used hair taken by Kreacher to prepare Polyjuice Potion so he and Fleur could impersonate the Lestranges and retrieve something from Gringotts. They entered the bank under disguise, where Sean attacked a goblin who tried to inspect them.

• Kreacher gave Sean Bellatrix and Rodolphus's hair, which Sean used to make two Polyjuice Potions.
• Sean and Fleur left Hogwarts under a Disillusionment Charm and Apparated to Diagon Alley.
• Sean and Fleur drank the potions and transformed into Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange.
• Fleur claimed they had come to retrieve her belongings when a goblin asked their business at Gringotts.
• Sean cast Soul Departure on the goblin as it began requesting an inspection.

Sean and Fleur stole Hufflepuff's Cup and the Lestrange vault’s treasures from Gringotts, then escaped by distracting the Aurors with a rampaging Fire Dragon. Back at Hogwarts, Dumbledore contacted Sean through a Two-way mirror and asked whether he had caused the Gringotts incident.

• Sean used the Imperious Curse on a Gringotts goblin and entered the Lestrange vault with Fleur.
• Sean took Hufflepuff's Cup and the vault's other valuables, but an alarm sounded and an invisible force swept away two goblins.
• Sean created false Lestrange figures, freed the Fire Dragon, and escaped with Fleur while the Aurors fought the dragon.
• The Aurors subdued the Fire Dragon and realized the real suspects had escaped as Sean and Fleur Apparated back to Hogsmeade.
• Sean returned to his room with Hufflepuff's Cup, fed Kulkan dried dragon meat, and answered Dumbledore's call on the Two-way mirror.

Sean confirmed that the Horcrux in the Lestrange vault was Hufflepuff's Cup and asked Dumbledore to lend him the Sword of Gryffindor. After Harry dreamed of Voldemort's urgent search for the Prophecy Orb and failed to get help from Sirius, he decided to act on his own.

• Sean told Dumbledore that Hufflepuff's Cup was in the Lestrange family vault and asked to borrow the Sword of Gryffindor, which Dumbledore agreed to let him try after returning to Hogwarts.
• Sean told Kulkan to stay with him for the battles ahead, and Kulkan promised to protect him.
• Harry dreamed that Voldemort was furious about Umbridge's failure to access the Department of Mysteries and obtain the Prophecy Orb.
• Harry contacted Sirius through the fireplace, but Sirius ended the conversation to investigate clues about Death Eaters before Harry could explain his concern.
• Harry punched the fireplace, then took his Firebolt and Invisibility Cloak, deciding to stop Voldemort from taking the Prophecy Orb himself.

Hermione tracked Harry’s urgent journey to the Ministry of Magic and gathered a group to help him. As Harry reached the outskirts of London, Luna brought seven Thestrals for them to ride to the Ministry.

• Hermione used her enchanted watch to track Harry and realized he was heading to the Ministry of Magic to interfere with Voldemort’s plan.
• Hermione convinced Ron and Neville to go help Harry, then gathered potions before heading toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Hermione found Blaise, Janson, Luna, and Ginny waiting with Ron and Neville, and agreed to take them along.
• Luna revealed seven Thestrals, and the group prepared to ride them to the Ministry and meet Harry.

Harry and his friends entered the Ministry of Magic to take the Prophecy Orb before Voldemort and the Death Eaters arrived, while Sean prepared a plan with Dumbledore. Harry’s group seized the orb and fought their way out as the Death Eaters closed in.

• Hermione, Ron, Neville, Ginny, Luna, Blaise, and Janson joined Harry in the telephone booth and used Hermione’s Badges to enter the Ministry of Magic.
• Harry realized Umbridge had left the Ministry unguarded so Voldemort and the Death Eaters could enter the Department of Mysteries, and Hermione led the group there to take the Prophecy Orb.
• Sean told Dumbledore that he had delayed the discovery of the Vanishing Cabinet and planned to use it for a greater purpose.
• Sean watched Harry’s group and the Death Eaters enter the Department of Mysteries, then agreed with Dumbledore to begin their plan to make the Ministry witness Tom’s return.
• Ginny blasted a charging Death Eater with Bombarda, and Harry’s group secured the Prophecy Orb and fought to escape before Voldemort arrived.