Chapter Summaries

Sean and the Order of the Phoenix drove Voldemort away after a fierce battle, and Dumbledore revealed that Voldemort had used magic beyond LV5MAX. The Order regrouped at The Burrow, where Kingsley announced that Voldemort had seized Azkaban and taken control of its prisoners and Dementors.

• After the fifth snake head was destroyed, the Order of the Phoenix arrived, and Dumbledore tried to prevent Voldemort from escaping.
• Voldemort's snake magic devoured Dumbledore's Anti-Apparition Charm, and Voldemort vanished after telling Sean they would meet again.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort's magic fused multiple rules and admitted he had only begun to touch that higher level of magic.
• The Order repaired the battle damage and gathered at The Burrow, where Mrs. Weasley welcomed Sean and served him food.
• Kingsley arrived and reported that Voldemort and the Death Eaters had captured Azkaban, the Dementors had defected, and nearly all its Aurors had been killed.

After Voldemort and the Death Eaters took Azkaban with the Dementors’ help, Dumbledore told Sean to prepare to take over the Ministry of Magic, while Sean removed Snape’s Dark Mark. Sean’s alchemy research also drew attention from two journals, and The Golden Cauldron began testing his potion as its review neared a verdict.

• Dumbledore told Sean to prepare to take over and consolidate the Ministry of Magic within a month, after Sean’s Hogwarts results and graduation were arranged.
• Sean and Snape returned to Hogwarts, where Sean offered to remove Snape’s Dark Mark.
• Sean used an Alchemy Array to remove the Dark Mark from Snape’s arm, leaving Snape relieved.
• Sean learned that The Golden Cauldron was reviewing his paper and that the Philosopher’s Stone planned to meet him about his Life Alchemy research.
• The Golden Cauldron’s editor-in-chief prepared volunteers to test Sean’s potion during the day and at the Full Moon, expecting results by morning.

Amelia and Scrimgeour agreed to support Sean in uniting the Ministry of Magic once he became Minister, while The Golden Cauldron tested Sean’s potion, which temporarily returned a transformed Werewolf to human form. The editors prepared Sean’s paper for publication and notified influential figures, though the test showed the potion’s effects eventually wore off.

• Amelia told Scrimgeour that Sean had invented a potion capable of reverting transformed Werewolves, and Scrimgeour agreed Sean could handle it.
• Amelia and Scrimgeour discussed Azkaban and agreed to support Sean’s efforts to unite the Ministry of Magic after he became Minister.
• At The Golden Cauldron, the laboratory staff waited for a young Werewolf to transform under the Full Moon, then the Managing Editor injected him with Sean’s potion.
• The potion returned the young Werewolf to human form, but its effects faded and he began transforming again.
• The Aurors gave the boy the improved New Wolfsbane Potion, and the editors returned to prepare Sean’s paper for publication and notify influential people.

Sean learned that his paper had been accepted as the sole work in the upcoming issue of The Golden Cauldron and received Outstanding in every O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. subject. After telling Nicholas and Antonius about his results and continuing their Life Alchemy research, Sean heard that news of his early graduation had spread through Hogwarts and followed Malfoy out of the Great Hall.

• Snape told Sean that his paper had passed testing and would fill the upcoming issue of The Golden Cauldron.
• Sean reported his exam results to Snape, earning Outstanding in every subject and perfect marks in several.
• Sean told Nicholas about his results, and Nicholas advised him that not getting perfect scores could help him seem approachable at the Ministry.
• Antonius asked whether Sean would keep attending their Saturday sessions, and Sean assured him he would before they continued their Life Alchemy research.
• Nicholas told Sean that Antonius had likely realized his time in the real world was growing shorter.
• Blaise's gossip spread news of Sean's results and early graduation around Hogwarts, and Sean followed Malfoy after spotting him leaving the Great Hall.

Sean met Lucius Malfoy in the Owlery and asked him to join forces against Voldemort. After showing Lucius a vision of Narcissa and Draco dying, Sean left him to choose between serving Voldemort and protecting his family.

• Sean sealed the Owlery and revealed that the disguised Draco was Lucius, whom he had marked at Malfoy Manor.
• Lucius recognized Sean's wandless Transfiguration and refused his request to help fight Voldemort.
• Sean showed Lucius a vision of Voldemort forcing Draco into danger and Narcissa and Draco dying at Hogwarts.
• Lucius rejected the vision in shock, and Sean asked him to choose between Voldemort and his family's survival.

Sean warned Lucius that he could make the visions of Draco’s future come true, and Lucius tested Sean’s claim by asking Voldemort to let Draco attend Durmstrang. After Voldemort refused, Lucius decided to act against him, while Sean shared Antonius’s Life Alchemy materials with the French Philosopher's Stone editorial department.

• Sean challenged Lucius to test his warning by telling Voldemort he wanted to send Draco to Durmstrang, and Lucius left Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore watched Lucius depart and reflected that Sean’s help had made his own plan to sacrifice himself unnecessary for now.
• Sean met Professor McGonagall, Fleur, and the French Philosopher's Stone editorial department, then gave them copies of Antonius’s Life Alchemy books and notebooks.
• Voldemort refused Lucius’s request to send Draco to Durmstrang and ordered him to remain at Hogwarts.
• Lucius left Voldemort and decided to act.

Sean destroyed the Horcrux in Slytherin's locket, completed his sixth Magic Awakening, and held a private graduation ceremony at Hogwarts before leaving with Gavin. He planned to investigate The Delusional One and the Madman Family, and Gavin recalled seeing that name in their family's books.

• Sean destroyed the soul fragment in Slytherin's locket with Fiendfyre and gained power through his sixth Magic Awakening.
• Sean connected the magical net he had seen to the Madman Family and decided to investigate The Delusional One.
• Dumbledore, Snape, Professor McGonagall, Gavin, and other professors attended Sean's simple graduation ceremony at Hogwarts.
• Sean told the professors he would return to Hogwarts regularly and joked that he could come back as a Ministry of Magic investigator.
• Sean left Hogwarts with Gavin and said he would visit the Ministry of Magic's library to research The Delusional One.
• Gavin recalled seeing The Delusional One's name in the family's collection of books.

Sean discovered that the Bulstrode family was one of three branches descended from the Delusional One, alongside the Lovegood family and Grindelwald’s family. He postponed seeking answers from the other branches until after securing the position of Minister of Magic, then visited his base in Knockturn Alley to handle other matters.

• Sean searched the Bulstrode family library with Gavin and found a passage about the Delusional One in A Brief History of Bulstrode.
• Sean learned that the Bulstrode, Lovegood, and Grindelwald families were the three descendant branches of the Delusional One, whose abilities might explain their unusual powers.
• Sean told Gavin that the book offered no useful details about the Delusional One himself and that he would delay approaching the other branches until he became Minister of Magic.
• Sean left Bulstrode Manor after lunch with Gavin and his grandmother and went to the Black Hat Bar in Knockturn Alley.
• Mallow greeted Sean in the appearance of a Muggle girl, and Sean told her to appear in her real form next time.

Sean decided to leave Yaxley and Avery under Mallow after seeing how well they seemed to be doing, while they competed to flatter him. At the Ministry, the Wizengamot began the meeting to appoint a new Minister of Magic, starting with a review of new members’ qualifications.

• Avery praised Sean and described his disciplined, contented life under Mallow, prompting Yaxley to abandon his planned complaint and compete with him in flattering Sean.
• Sean decided not to reassign Yaxley and Avery to brief the Aurors, and the pair only realized after he left that they might have missed an opportunity.
• Dumbledore, Snape, and Professor McGonagall arrived at the Ministry as Wizengamot members gathered to choose the new official Minister of Magic.
• Dumbledore opened the meeting by announcing that the Wizengamot would review and vote on the qualifications of new members.
• Jennifer, Minerva McGonagall, and Severus Snape stood among the prominent candidates seeking admission to the Wizengamot.

Sean defended Snape’s record, helping him gain admission to the Wizengamot, while Jennifer became an alternate and McGonagall joined as a full member. As the meeting turned to choosing a Minister of Magic to lead the fight against Voldemort, Dumbledore endorsed Sean, and nearly forty percent of the members supported him.

• Sean argued that Snape had served as Dumbledore’s spy and deserved a place on the Wizengamot, then led the hall in applauding him.
• About half of the candidates gained admission to the Wizengamot, including Snape and Professor McGonagall, while Jennifer became an alternate.
• Amelia proposed choosing a Minister of Magic capable of confronting Voldemort and leading the fight against him and the Death Eaters.
• Dumbledore backed Sean for Minister of Magic, and Amelia, Scrimgeour, Marchbanks, Gavin, and many other members supported the proposal.

The Wizengamot debated whether Sean Bulstrode should become Minister of Magic, with opponents citing his youth and inexperience. Sean refused to protect or obey any Minister who stood over him, and the chamber ultimately backed his appointment.

• A Wizengamot member opposed Sean’s candidacy because he was young and proposed choosing someone experienced, while invoking Dumbledore as an alternative.
• Marchbanks challenged the opponent to name a realistic candidate, pointing out that Dumbledore would not become Minister of Magic.
• Sean said he would protect the Ministry as Minister but would focus on fighting Voldemort and the Death Eaters if someone else took the position.
• Sean rejected the idea of serving under another Minister and said he and Dumbledore would not obey a leader who was not aligned with them.
• Most undecided Wizengamot members raised their hands in support of Sean, and the remaining opponents followed.

Sean became Minister of Magic and promised to resign once Voldemort and the Death Eaters were defeated, in return for the Wizengamot’s full support. He revealed his Werewolf Vaccine and appointed Amelia Bones as Deputy Minister of Magic.

• Dumbledore confirmed Sean Bulstrode as Minister of Magic after the Wizengamot chose him.
• Sean promised to step down after Voldemort and the Death Eaters were eradicated and demanded the Wizengamot’s full cooperation against them.
• Sean revealed that his Werewolf Vaccine could temporarily revert transformed Werewolves and prevent infection, and Amelia testified to its successful testing.
• Sean said the vaccine would soon be distributed to Aurors and declared that Werewolves would no longer be a problem for the Ministry of Magic.
• Sean appointed Madam Amelia Bones as Deputy Minister of Magic to help manage the Ministry.

Sean persuaded Amelia to become his Deputy Minister and appointed Barrett and Jennifer to influential Ministry posts. After signing the Ministry's magical contract, he formally became Minister of Magic and gained a sense of his new authority.

• Sean persuaded Amelia to accept the Deputy Minister position by saying he needed her help while focusing on Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
• Sean made Amelia his Deputy Minister to strengthen his influence over the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Aurors.
• The Wizengamot members recognized Sean's political skill, while he appointed Barrett and Jennifer to powerful Ministry roles.
• At a banquet in the Great Hall of the Wizengamot, Sean signed the Ministry's magical contract and was formally recognized as Minister of Magic.
• Sean felt the Ministry accept him and sensed the authority he had gained.

On his first day as Minister, Sean transformed his office, assigned Barrett and Jennifer key duties, and directed his other subordinates to help secure the Ministry and the magical world. After a tiring day of official business, he went to the Department of Mysteries to seek a Time-Turner and gain more time for his other goals.

• Sean permanently transformed the Minister's Office into a silver-and-green workspace and told Barrett and Jennifer to help stabilize the Ministry.
• Sean assigned Barrett to monitor Ministry staff and gather evidence of ties to Voldemort and the Death Eaters, giving him a Senseless Badge.
• Sean gave Jennifer the Anchor of Contracts and a healing bracelet so she could continue recruiting magical families to his side.
• Sean assigned Delish and the others to support Scrimgeour, stabilize Knockturn Alley, and take control of the magical world's gray and black areas.
• Sean handled Ministry business with Amelia and several clerks until the workday ended, then went to the Department of Mysteries to pursue a Time-Turner.

Sean entered a secret chamber hidden within the Department of Mysteries, where an old Ministry member told him that the Mist Chamber had drawn him in because he was different from everyone else. Sean suspected the chamber was connected to his transmigration, and the old man invited him to sit and discuss it.

• Sean discovered that his authority as Minister allowed him to use a Time-Turner within the Ministry and went to the Department of Mysteries after work hours.
• Sean walked through a glowing doorway, which vanished behind him, and entered a strange space filled with mist and floating orbs.
• Sean raised his Wand toward a pillar, but an old man in gray robes emerged and asked him to lower it.
• The old man explained that the Mist Chamber did not choose its visitors; they chose to enter it, though Sean had sensed it because he was special.
• Sean realized the old man might be referring to his soul coming from another world and asked what the Mist Chamber was.
• The old man conjured a table, chairs, tea, and pastries, then invited Sean to sit for a long conversation.

Sean learned that the Mist Chamber lay between countless worlds and received a key that let him enter and leave. As he prepared to return to the Department of Mysteries, he witnessed another world collision and learned that a soul from a Base World had crossed into a far more dangerous Magic World.

• The old man explained that the Mist Chamber could observe countless worlds, including Sean’s original world and the Magic World Sean now inhabited.
• The old man gave Sean a metal key that allowed him to enter and leave the Mist Chamber, and Sean opened a door back to the Department of Mysteries.
• A dark crimson world collided with a Base World, and the old man recognized another case of a soul transmigrating between worlds.
• The old man warned Sean that the new soul had entered a world filled with dangerous magic and incomprehensible entities.
• Sean looked at the crimson world, felt it strike his mind and soul, and hoped the transmigrated soul would survive.

Sean investigated where Voldemort's missing followers had gone after learning that Barty Crouch Jr. and Lucius Malfoy had traveled to Northern Europe to recruit people. When ordinary investigations found no leads, Sean went to contact the Muggle government and learned that the Ministry had arranged for him to meet the Muggle Queen.

• Sean returned to his apartment with a Ministry Time-Turner and received a report from Dumbledore that Barty Crouch Jr. and Lucius Malfoy had gone to Northern Europe while the escaped Azkaban criminals remained missing.
• Sean suspected the missing criminals had left Britain disguised as Muggles, and Dumbledore agreed to investigate Northern Europe while Sean ordered Ministry and personal operatives to check for leads.
• Delish and Mallow reported that their investigations had found nothing, strengthening Sean's suspicion that the criminals had used ordinary Muggle travel.
• Sean went to the Muggle Problem Mediation Committee to contact the British Muggle government, but learned that the Ministry had arranged for him to meet the Muggle Queen instead of the Prime Minister.

Sean Bulstrode met the Queen and asked for her help tracking dark wizards entering the United Kingdom. After demonstrating that wizards could stop and disable firearms, he persuaded her to discuss how they should cooperate.

• The Queen reflected on how she had learned about the Magical World and discovered records of Merlin in her family's library.
• Sean arrived through the fireplace, introduced himself as the seventeen-year-old Minister of Magic, and told the Queen that dark wizards were recruiting others across Europe and bringing them to the United Kingdom.
• Sean showed the Queen scenes of disasters and crimes caused by dark wizards, warning that they would cause greater harm if left unchecked.
• The Queen argued that firearms could stop wizards, so Sean made her hidden pistol fire at him and blocked the bullet with a defensive spell.
• Sean transformed the pistol to demonstrate how wizards could disable firearms, and the Queen asked what he needed investigated and how she should cooperate.

Sean visited Hogwarts to share his Wolfsbane Potion research with Snape and continue studying Life Alchemy with Nicholas and Antonius. As he left, Kulkan emerged from the Forbidden Forest looking suspicious, and Sean demanded to know what he had been doing.

• Sean told Eric and Cecilia that the Muggle Queen had agreed to cooperate and planned to visit Hogwarts while the students were still there.
• Sean showed Snape his research, and Snape agreed that he had found a promising direction for completing the Wolfsbane Potion.
• Sean teased Snape about being jealous of Antonius, prompting Snape to order him out of the office.
• Sean visited Blaise in the Slytherin Common Room, then studied with Nicholas and Antonius in the classroom at the end of the third floor.
• Kulkan slipped into Sean's sleeve after emerging from the Forbidden Forest, and Sean confronted him about acting suspiciously.

Sean Bulstrode traveled to Germany to stop Voldemort's Death Eaters from recruiting Dark Wizards, but his Spiritual Vision could not track the group at Frankfurt Airport. He joined forces with the German Ministry of Magic, and the chapter ended with news that the Death Eaters had appeared in Gloom Town.

• Delish arrived at the German Ministry of Magic with twenty British Aurors and told Marquis that Sean Bulstrode was leading the operation but had not arrived with them.
• Sean landed at Frankfurt Airport and used Spiritual Vision to spot figures who then escaped into the crowd and Apparated away.
• Sean Apparated to the German Ministry of Magic, where Madam Mork greeted him and agreed to send thirty Aurors to support the operation.
• A German Ministry official reported that the Death Eaters and Dark Wizards had appeared in Gloom Town, and Madam Mork urged Sean to act immediately.