Chapter Summaries

Harry Potter held off the Death Eaters while his companions escaped, then Sean Bulstrode arrived and drove Bellatrix from the Department of Mysteries into the Ministry’s main hall. Sean disarmed and trapped Bellatrix, but Voldemort appeared behind him.

• Harry Potter fought through the Death Eaters’ encirclement and urged his companions to escape while he held them back.
• Bellatrix arrived and attacked Harry with the Killing Curse, but Sean appeared and deflected it.
• Sean exchanged spells with Bellatrix, used Frost Domain to force her to flee, and pursued her to the Ministry’s main hall.
• Sean disarmed Bellatrix, knocked her against a wall, and crushed her Wand beneath his foot.
• Voldemort appeared behind Sean and greeted him.

Sean confronted Voldemort at the Ministry of Magic as the Order of the Phoenix fought the Death Eaters, confirming the Dark Lord’s return to Ministry officials. Gavin, Delish, Barrett, and Jennifer then exposed corruption and Death Eater ties among Ministry leaders and pure-blood families, leaving the officials facing demands for arrests and trials.

• Sean and Voldemort clashed with powerful spells while Voldemort rescued Bellatrix and sent her fleeing through a fireplace.
• Harry and the others emerged from the Department of Mysteries as Order of the Phoenix members arrived to fight the Death Eaters.
• Marchbanks, Ogden, Amelia, Scrimgeour, and Ministry officials witnessed Voldemort and accepted that he had returned, while arguing over Fudge’s murder and Harry and Sirius’s innocence.
• Gavin appeared and accused Borel Bulstrode and Dolores Umbridge of being Death Eaters who killed Fudge and framed Harry and Sirius.
• Delish and Barrett testified to Fudge’s dealings with pure-blood families and the Slytherin Brotherhood’s ties to Death Eaters and manipulation of The Daily Prophet.
• Jennifer revealed that the main members of the Flitwick family had joined Voldemort and offered to lead their arrest.

Sean fought Voldemort at the Ministry of Magic while their battle drew the attention of the gathered officials. With the Full Moon overhead, Sean’s abilities surged, and he prepared to begin the second round of the duel.

• Sean and Voldemort traded powerful spells, with Sean using animated debris, spikes, ice serpents, and rapid volleys of magic to hold his ground.
• Marchbanks asked Gavin whether Sean needed help, and Gavin explained that facing Voldemort alone was the final stage of Sean’s plan to gain prestige.
• Sean revealed that the Full Moon strengthened his Moonlit Blessing and Child of the Night abilities.
• Kulkan cleared the clouds, and Dumbledore activated the Ministry’s natural light guidance system to direct moonlight onto Sean.
• Silver patterns spread across Sean as the moonlight greatly enhanced him, and he challenged Voldemort to begin the duel’s second round.

Sean and Voldemort fought a destructive duel in the Ministry of Magic, while Dumbledore, Gavin, and Amelia shielded the other wizards from the magical fallout. Voldemort escaped rather than risk being trapped, and Sean proposed planning the Ministry’s reconstruction.

• Sean wounded Voldemort with Sectumsempra before Voldemort broke his Disillusionment Charm and drove him back with a storm of spells.
• Sean used a stone slab as a shield, then cast Thunderbolt against Voldemort’s Avada Kedavra in a second clash of magical power.
• Dumbledore, Gavin, and Amelia raised a barrier to protect the wizards as the duel’s shockwaves battered the Ministry entrance hall.
• Voldemort decided to retreat after considering Sean’s strength, the other fighters, and the danger of remaining in the battle.
• Voldemort vanished in black smoke, and Sean chose not to pursue him while his Horcruxes remained undiscovered.
• Sean joined Dumbledore and Gavin, then urged Amelia, Marchbanks, and the Ministry officials to plan the rebuilding.

After helping reorganize the Ministry of Magic, Sean secured Amelia Bones and Rufus Scrimgeour’s support to become Minister after graduating, then went with his grandfather Gavin to reclaim Bulstrode Manor. They entered the manor, where Gavin prepared to deal with his son Borel.

• Sean woke after the overnight Ministry meeting and reviewed the officials’ decisions, including confirming Voldemort’s return and naming Amelia acting Minister and Scrimgeour head of Magical Law Enforcement.
• Sean agreed with Amelia and Scrimgeour that he would become Minister after graduating, then step down once Voldemort and the Death Eaters were defeated.
• Sean and Gavin left the Ministry, traveled through Diagon Alley, and Apparated to Bulstrode Manor to reclaim it.
• Gavin opened the sealed manor, where attendants and wizards attacked Sean, who deflected their spells and knocked two Dark Wizards unconscious.
• Gavin told Sean that Borel was inside the manor and said he would handle his son himself.

Sean and Gavin confronted Borel at Bulstrode Manor, where Sean showed him proof that Voldemort had been defeated and warned Doris that the Flitwick family had fallen. After Borel violently attacked Doris, he challenged Gavin to kill him or be killed by him.

• Gavin and Sean entered Bulstrode Manor, and Gavin destroyed the statue that had replaced his favorite Valkyrie.
• Borel confronted Gavin and asked why he had returned, while Sean noticed Doris Flitwick and Millicent Bursede watching from upstairs.
• Sean showed Borel, Doris, and Millicent memories of the Ministry's restoration and the battle against Voldemort, then told Doris that the Flitwick family had been reshuffled under Jennifer Flea.
• Doris tried to attack Sean, but she fell down the stairs, broke several bones, and injured Millicent when he tried to stop her.
• Borel kicked Doris until she passed out, then told Gavin to kill him or face being killed by him.

Gavin defeated Borel using the family’s Spiral Charm, but could not bring himself to kill his son. Sean erased the memories of Borel, Doris, and Millicent and planned to give Borel and Doris new identities and lives in America.

• Gavin dodged Borel’s attacks and countered with advanced Spiral Charm magic, overwhelming him.
• Gavin explained that Borel had dismissed the Spiral Charm as a trivial spell, then shredded Borel’s wand and part of his arm.
• Gavin hesitated to kill Borel, and Sean lowered his wand and offered to give the family new identities and memories.
• Sean erased Borel and Doris’s memories, then promised Millicent he would give her parents memories of loving each other without hatred.
• Sean cast Obliviate on Millicent.

Sean gathered his followers at the Black Hat Bar to plan their next moves and branded them with the Ouroboros Pentagram, which enabled positioning, surveillance, and resistance to mental magic. After explaining that the Flitwick family had mostly been arrested or joined Voldemort, Sean teased Jennifer about being the only relative who had chosen to stand with him.

• Sean left Bulstrode Manor as elite Bulstrode wizards arrived to purge Borel's remaining forces.
• Sean gathered his subordinates at the Black Hat Bar and announced that he would brand them with the Ouroboros Pentagram.
• Sean explained that his Killing Curse had reached level 4 after his battle with Voldemort at the Ministry of Magic.
• Sean used silver and green threads of magic to brand each subordinate, granting them the mark's positioning, surveillance, and shielding functions.
• Jennifer told Sean that most of the Flitwick family had been captured, while some escapees had joined Voldemort as Death Eaters.
• Sean teased Jennifer that her family had sent only her to join him, and Jennifer said they had only themselves to blame.

Sean organized his allies and warned them to avoid careless clashes while Voldemort and the Death Eaters remained their enemies. Hogwarts celebrated the return of Dumbledore, Hagrid, Grindelwald, and Harry, but Sean’s evening with Snape ended when he discovered a centipede-like black scar on Snape’s left arm.

• Sean ordered Mallow and Howard to gather dark wizard forces, monitor foreign Dark Wizards, and coordinate with the Aurors when needed.
• Barrett and Jennifer reported that they could bring the remaining Slytherin Brotherhood forces and several pure-blood families under Sean’s influence.
• Sean told his allies to avoid conflicts with the Ministry and to think carefully before confronting Voldemort or the Death Eaters.
• At the March 18 dinner, Hogwarts welcomed back Dumbledore, Hagrid, Grindelwald, and Harry, while Malfoy’s standing among the Slytherins weakened.
• Sean skipped Harry’s welcome-back celebration and went to Snape’s office, where he found a hideous black scar on Snape’s left arm.

Sean healed Snape’s Dark Magic scar and arranged for Remus Lupin to help test his potion that suppressed the Werewolf Virus. Lupin arrived at Hogwarts and entered Sean’s new laboratory, where Snape’s tools left him worried about what the experiment would involve.

• Sean used a Life Alchemy Array to heal Snape’s scar, then asked him to review his research paper.
• Snape said Sean needed a Werewolf test subject, and Sean proposed asking Professor Lupin to cooperate.
• Sean told Dumbledore that his potion could suppress the Werewolf Virus and prevent its inheritance, and Dumbledore agreed to contact Lupin.
• Dumbledore arranged for Lupin to come to Hogwarts, and Sean’s requested laboratory was built with Ministry funding.
• Lupin arrived at Hogwarts and followed Sean into the laboratory, where he saw Snape preparing tools and wondered whether he could still back out.

Sean and Snape tested Sean’s potion on Lupin during the full moon, confirming it could temporarily restore him to human form before the werewolf transformation returned. Sean left to write a preliminary paper, while Snape felt Voldemort urging him to kill Sean.

• Sean and Snape restrained Lupin and positioned him by the window as the full moon rose.
• Lupin transformed into a werewolf, and Sean injected him with the potion, which restored his human form.
• Lupin admired the full moon for a little over ten minutes before the transformation returned, and Sean restrained him and gave him Wolfsbane Potion.
• Snape timed the potion’s effects and agreed the results were enough for a preliminary paper, though more werewolf test subjects would be needed to complete development.
• Sean went to write the paper while Snape stayed with Lupin and felt his Dark Mark burn as Voldemort urged him to kill Sean.

As Hogwarts’ exams began, Sean reassured Snape that he was prepared to earn top marks despite balancing O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s. He excelled in the practical exams, while Snape’s growing pain from the Dark Mark showed that Voldemort was pressing him to act.

• Sean told Snape that his research paper had been sent and said he expected to earn O grades in his exams.
• Snape warned Sean to avoid carelessness, then watched him leave with pride before the pain of his Dark Mark returned.
• On June 10, Sean used the Time-Turner to take overlapping O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. exams.
• Sean impressed the Divination examiner by identifying cards and locating the examiner’s missing pendant, earning a promise of full marks.
• Sean cast his corporeal White Snake Patronus during the Defense Against the Dark Arts practical and then used the Time-Turner to begin his remaining exams.

Sean completed his O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. practical exams, demonstrating advanced Transfiguration and brewing an exceptional Felix Felicis. After learning Snape had left Hogwarts, Sean used Spiritual Vision to trace his movements to Voldemort, but the vision went dark, leaving him deeply uneasy.

• During his Transfiguration exam, Sean demonstrated fourth-stage skill and earned praise from the Ministry official and Professor McGonagall.
• Sean brewed a vial of the highest-quality Felix Felicis during his Potions exam and gave it to the delighted Ministry official.
• After finishing his exams, Sean planned to ask Snape about his paper, but Buck Ake told him Snape had left Hogwarts.
• Sean used Spiritual Vision at Snape's office and saw Snape leave Hogwarts for Malfoy Manor to meet Voldemort.
• The vision became unclear around Voldemort and disappeared, deepening Sean's unease as he made up his mind.

Yaxley and Avery regained their memories as Sean’s subordinates and arranged to help him enter Malfoy Manor. Yaxley led Sean into the hidden chamber, where Bellatrix and the Lestrange Brothers were waiting.

• Yaxley and Avery remembered joining Sean and receiving the Ouroboros Pentagram, then agreed that Avery would watch Snape while Yaxley brought Sean inside.
• Yaxley used the Imperius Curse to leave Malfoy Manor and met Sean, who reassured him and gave him instructions for helping Avery escape later.
• Yaxley guided Sean back into the sealed manor, and Sean took control of the two Death Eaters guarding its entrance.
• Yaxley led Sean through the manor to the hidden chamber, where the Lestrange Brothers greeted him politely and Bellatrix showed her disdain.

Voldemort gathered his Death Eaters and announced plans to destroy Azkaban and conquer the Magical World, then confronted Snape for failing to act against Sean Bulstrode. Sean appeared during Voldemort’s threat and met his Killing Curse with one of his own.

• Yaxley and Avery waited apart from Voldemort’s senior Death Eaters as Snape, Barty Crouch Jr., Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix, and the Lestrange Brothers took seats at the central table.
• Voldemort arrived, and Sean noticed that Kreacher was among the House-elves serving the gathering.
• Voldemort announced plans to attack Azkaban and recruit Dark Wizards to conquer the Magical World and Hogwarts.
• Voldemort accused Snape of failing to kill Sean and gave him ten days to take concrete action.
• Snape hesitated to promise he would harm Sean, so Voldemort rose and reached for his Wand.
• Sean appeared behind Lucius and exchanged Killing Curses with Voldemort.

Sean Bulstrode entered Malfoy Manor’s hidden Chamber of Secrets and joined Snape in fighting Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Sean and Snape escaped through the ceiling, but Voldemort pursued them with Fiendfyre as Sean raised a giant vine creature to block it.

• Sean Bulstrode confronted Voldemort and stopped a Death Eater from attacking him when the tangled Killing Curses struck the attacker instead.
• Voldemort demanded that Snape kill Sean, but Snape betrayed Voldemort and attacked him with Sectumsempra.
• Voldemort and Sean cast Killing Curses at each other while Snape defended Sean and slashed at the surrounding Death Eaters.
• Sean and Snape blasted a hole through the ceiling and fled the hidden Chamber of Secrets as Voldemort ordered the Death Eaters to chase them.
• Voldemort pursued Sean and Snape in the form of black smoke and unleashed Fiendfyre, while Sean conjured a vine giant with an ice shield to block the flames.

Sean and Snape escaped Malfoy Manor, but Voldemort stopped their Apparition and pursued them through London. Their aerial battle split into two fights, leaving Sean facing Voldemort while Snape battled Bellatrix and Barty Crouch Jr.

• Sean ordered Yaxley and Avery to attack Bellatrix and Barty Crouch Jr., while two Imperius-controlled Death Eaters held them back as Sean, Snape, Yaxley, and Avery fled Malfoy Manor.
• Voldemort arrived, blasted away the controlled Death Eaters, and cast an Anti-Apparition Charm that forced Sean and the others out of the void.
• Sean sent Yaxley and Avery away under Disillusionment Charms, then flew off with Snape as black smoke while Voldemort pursued them with Bellatrix and Barty Crouch Jr.
• Sean and Snape turned to attack their pursuers, and their spells collided in midair until opposing Killing Curses tore the fighters apart and sent them crashing onto separate rooftops.
• Sean fought Voldemort with another clash of Killing Curses while Snape held off Bellatrix and Barty Crouch Jr. with powerful spells, including Sectumsempra.
• Barty Crouch Jr. covered Bellatrix with layered flames, allowing her to rush toward Sean and Voldemort while the fire blocked Snape's path and view.

Sean used his eye beams to break away from Voldemort and escape with Snape, leading their pursuer to a cloud bank where a hidden helper awaited. The chapter ended as lightning revealed a huge, winding body behind Voldemort.

• Bellatrix attacked Sean with the Killing Curse, but Sean countered with red beams from his eyes and forced her to dodge.
• Sean struck the clash between his and Voldemort's Killing Curses, sending Voldemort tumbling from the rooftop, then Apparated beside Snape.
• Sean and Snape blasted apart Barty Crouch Jr.'s magical arm and fled as Voldemort sealed off Apparition and pursued them.
• Sean used Black Smoke to carry Snape away, striking Bellatrix as they escaped; Voldemort abandoned her and Barty Crouch Jr. to continue the chase.
• Sean led Voldemort into clouds outside London, where Voldemort's magic failed to disperse them and lightning revealed a massive body behind him.

Sean and Kulkan fought Voldemort in their enormous serpent forms, combining fire, rain, ice, and petrification against his powerful transformations. The battle continued as they joined into a ring and unleashed a pillar of lightning into Voldemort’s giant Black Smoke cobra.

• Snape landed safely and realized Sean had transformed into a serpent resembling the White Snake, while Voldemort recognized Sean and Kulkan in the clouds.
• Sean and Kulkan combined their fiery breaths, forcing Voldemort to counter with a massive Fiendfyre King Cobra.
• Sean and Kulkan summoned a torrential downpour that extinguished their attacks and crashed down on Voldemort, who resisted it with a Protego.
• Kulkan’s rain froze Voldemort inside an iceberg, but Voldemort broke free as a huge Black Smoke King Cobra and lunged at Sean.
• Sean used Snake King Eyes to petrify Voldemort’s cobra form, but Voldemort repeatedly erased the stone layers and charged again.
• Sean and Kulkan formed a ring in the storm clouds and sent a pillar of lightning into the mouth of Voldemort’s giant cobra.

Sean and Kulkan faced Voldemort’s nine serpents, which drained their magic and life force, until Sean petrified them with the Snake King Eyes and used his Titan’s Sword to exploit their weakness to physical attacks. After Voldemort’s Killing Curse knocked Sean back, Sean destroyed four more serpent heads, leaving four serpents unaccounted for.

• Voldemort formed nine giant serpents from his robes, and they surrounded Sean and Kulkan and began draining their magic and life force.
• Sean shrank, freed himself and Kulkan, and petrified the serpents with his Snake King Eyes, though cracks showed they were not fully immobilized.
• Sean pulled the Titan’s Sword from his Undetectable Extension Charm and decapitated the first serpent, discovering that physical attacks could overcome their resistance to magic.
• Sean destroyed the second and third serpent heads with the Titan’s Sword.
• Voldemort cast Avada Kedavra at Sean, and Sean used the Titan’s Sword to block the curse before striking down the fourth and fifth serpent heads.