Chapter Summaries

Sean prepared to sneak through the protections guarding the Philosopher's Stone, hoping to reach Voldemort before Harry and Hermione. He arrived at the Potions room just as they were about to enter it.

• Sean told Blaise that Snape had asked him to write a paper that might be published in The Golden Cauldron.
• Sean saw Snape threaten Harry, then told Snape he would soon have the paper ready for review.
• Sean pretended to sleep, then used a Music Box to lull Fluffy and entered the trapdoor.
• Sean crossed the Devil's Snare and the winged-key room, then checked that Ron was not seriously hurt on the Wizard Chess board.
• Sean continued past the Troll's room and found Harry and Hermione about to enter the Potions room.

Sean joined Harry and Hermione as they pursued the intruder seeking the Philosopher’s Stone, while reflecting on how dangerous and powerful this version of the Magical World was. In the Potions room, Sean identified the Fire-Resistant Potion needed to pass through the black flames.

• Sean found Harry and Hermione beside the Troll whose head had been blown apart, and agreed to go deeper with them.
• Sean told Harry and Hermione that Snape and McGonagall were patrolling outside, leading them to suspect someone else was inside.
• Harry, Hermione, and Sean entered the Potions room and were trapped between black and purple flames.
• Hermione read the riddle about the seven bottles, but Sean identified the bottles by smell and selected the Fire-Resistant Potion.
• Sean revealed that he had brought a matching Fire-Resistant Potion in his own potion bag.

Sean and Harry entered the chamber where Quirrell was waiting, but Sean survived Quirrell’s Killing Curse thanks to the Pure White Pocket Watch. Sean attacked Quirrell while Voldemort tried to take control, but Voldemort drove him back with black smoke snakes, leaving Sean to summon help.

• Hermione returned through the purple flames to alert Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore while Sean and Harry drank their Fire-Resistant Potions and entered the black flames.
• Quirrell cast the Killing Curse on Sean, who woke on the floor and realized Harry was facing Quirrell and Voldemort at the Mirror of Erised.
• Sean waited until Quirrell’s hand burned away while attacking Harry, then broke Quirrell’s left arm and struck his face and throat.
• Voldemort tried to take control of Quirrell and blasted Sean into a wall, but Sean recovered and charged again.
• Voldemort conjured black smoke snakes that drove Sean back and knocked Harry away, so Sean blasted one snake and shouted, “Giant Cross Sword Fly!”

Sean defeated Voldemort’s weakened presence by killing Quirrell, then received rewards from the system, including a new Magic Awakening talent. After inspecting the rewards, Sean suddenly lost consciousness.

• Sean used a level-two Petrifying Charm to stop Voldemort from reaching the unconscious Harry, then struck Voldemort with the Giant Cross Sword and pinned Quirrell to the wall.
• Quirrell died, and Voldemort’s remnant soul emerged before Sean drove it away with a Fire Charm.
• Sean checked his rewards and gained the Imperious Curse and Plant Specimen Preparation Method from Quirrell.
• Sean received the Smoke Rope Curse and the Magic Awakening talent after the system adapted Voldemort’s Horcrux Immortality Method to him.
• Sean suddenly lost consciousness.

After Sean recovered from his second Magic Awakening, Snape and Dumbledore questioned him about the previous night’s encounter with Voldemort. Dumbledore asked Sean to keep the matter secret and warned him that the Pure White Pocket Watch was too recognizable to rely on discreetly.

• Sean woke in the infirmary feeling invigorated and discovered that his magical power had grown after his second Magic Awakening.
• Snape berated Sean for accompanying Harry and risking his life, then warned him that the Pure White Pocket Watch could not always protect him.
• Dumbledore visited Sean, offered him Bertie Bott's Every-Flavor Beans, and asked him to recount what happened the previous night.
• Sean told Dumbledore and Snape what had happened, omitting details about his own abilities, and Dumbledore confirmed that the figure attached to Quirrell had likely been Voldemort.
• Dumbledore asked Sean to keep the matter secret even from his family, and Sean agreed.
• Dumbledore warned Sean that the Pure White Pocket Watch was famous among older wizards and established families, many of whom knew how to counter it.

Sean learned that the Pure White Pocket Watch could be countered by killing him twice within seven days, then wrote Snape’s assigned paper while recovering in the Hospital Wing. Gavin visited and was impressed by Sean’s work, leaving their conversation unfinished.

• Dumbledore explained that killing Sean a second time within seven days would overcome the Pure White Pocket Watch’s protection, and then he left the Hospital Wing.
• Snape told Sean to finish a paper on the final exam questions before term ended, and Sean began writing it in bed.
• Blaise visited Sean, helped bring his books and papers, and stayed with him while he worked.
• Gavin arrived and spoke warmly with Blaise about his mother before asking Blaise to leave so he could talk to Sean.
• Gavin read Sean’s paper and told him that his ability exceeded what he had expected for someone his age.

Gavin told Sean he would spend a month at Beauxbatons during the holiday, offering to triple his family scholarship when Sean objected. After arranging for two people to escort Sean there, Gavin met Mil and challenged him over his son’s interference in the Bulstrode family’s affairs.

• Sean told Gavin that Snape was helping him prepare a paper for The Golden Cauldron, and Gavin explained Snape’s Potions expertise and his past offer to join the journal’s review department.
• Gavin confirmed that he was a member of the Wizengamot and joked with Sean about being compared to Dumbledore.
• Gavin arranged for Sean to attend Beauxbatons for a month during the holiday, and Sean agreed after Gavin tripled his family scholarship.
• Gavin told Sean that two people would meet him at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and take him directly to Beauxbatons, then left as Sean returned to his paper.
• At The Three Broomsticks, Gavin reminded Mil that the Bulstrodes wanted friends, not servants, and questioned whether Mil’s son had acted as a friend or a servant.

Gavin forced the Mil family to sever its ties with Borel and assigned Janson to serve Sean for six years. Sean learned that Janson would accompany him to Beauxbatons and wondered what his grandfather intended.

• Gavin's pressure left Janson unable to speak, and Mil realized Gavin was warning the Mil family over its support for Borel.
• Mil agreed to befriend the Bulstrode family, and Gavin offered the Mil family a share of the Chinese potion-ingredient import business if it returned the North American business.
• Gavin ordered Janson to follow Sean for six years, and Janson accepted the role to protect his family.
• Gavin made Janson a peripheral member of the Bulstrode family and arranged for him to travel with Sean to Beauxbatons.
• Sean received Gavin's letter after Snape criticized his essay and wondered what his grandfather was planning.

Sean submitted his revised paper to The Golden Cauldron and reassured Harry that Dumbledore had likely protected him from Voldemort and Quirrell. Back in the Slytherin Common Room, Sean learned that the new Prefects had been chosen, and Samuel and Ilina approached him.

• Snape approved Sean's revised paper and told him to mail it to The Golden Cauldron for consideration.
• Sean sent the paper by owl and later found Hermione anxiously worrying about her exam results.
• Harry thanked Sean for saving him, and Sean suggested that Dumbledore had been watching over Harry and would not have let Quirrell or Voldemort harm him.
• Janson greeted Sean, reminding him that Gavin had said Janson would serve as his attendant for six years after the term ended.
• Sean and Blaise saw the notice announcing next year's Prefects, and Samuel and Ilina came over to Sean.

Samuel and Ilina told Sean that his Quidditch proposal helped them join the Slytherin Brotherhood, then offered him shares as thanks and as an investment. Sean accepted a reduced stake in a Muggle-world hotel, which he intended for his parents.

• Samuel and Ilina explained that Sean’s idea about recruiting Malfoy had helped them cross the threshold for joining the Slytherin Brotherhood.
• Samuel and Ilina offered Sean five percent of a Muggle-world hotel and three percent of a Diagon Alley shop.
• Sean rejected the proposed shares, saying he would accept only two percent of the hotel and none of the shop.
• Ilina changed the hotel contract to two percent, and Sean signed it, planning to give the shares to his parents.

The Golden Cauldron’s editor-in-chief discovered that a paper improving the brewing process for the Draught of Forgetfulness had been written by first-year Hogwarts student Sean Bulstrode. After consulting Gavin, the journal decided to add the paper to its upcoming issue and highlight Sean’s age.

• The editor-in-chief initially judged Sean Bulstrode’s paper qualified for the journal’s archive but not important enough for special attention.
• A subordinate pointed out Sean’s name and Hogwarts address, leading the editor-in-chief to realize the paper was written by a first-year student from the Bulstrode family.
• The editor-in-chief ordered the subordinate to ask Gavin whether the journal should take care of Sean.
• Gavin replied to the journal’s inquiry with a brief note while visiting the Wizengamot.
• After reading Gavin’s reply, the editor-in-chief ordered the staff to redo the typesetting and feature Sean’s paper in a secondary position, emphasizing that he was a first-year Hogwarts student.

Sean took first place in the year-end exams, and Dumbledore’s award of 100 points to Harry put Gryffindor ahead of Slytherin for the House Cup. As Dumbledore began to announce Gryffindor as the winner, a huge Snowy Owl flew into the Great Hall toward Sean.

• Sean told Hermione he would compete with her again for first place in their second year.
• At the end-of-term feast, Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor points for Ron, Hermione, and Neville, then gave Sean 50 points for Slytherin.
• Dumbledore awarded Harry 100 points, bringing Gryffindor to 506 and Slytherin to 486.
• As Dumbledore began announcing Gryffindor as the House Cup winner, a huge Snowy Owl flew toward Sean.

Sean received confirmation that his paper had been selected by The Golden Cauldron, along with a thirty-Galleon Gold Ticket. Dumbledore awarded him Hogwarts' Special Contribution Award and fifty points for Slytherin, securing the House Cup and the house's seventh consecutive championship.

• A Snowy Owl delivered Sean a sample copy of The Golden Cauldron, his selection certificate, and a thirty-Galleon Gold Ticket.
• Sean showed Snape the journal and certificate as Dumbledore and the professors gathered around him in the Great Hall.
• Sean asked whether publishing his paper counted as a contribution to Hogwarts, and Snape argued that it deserved recognition.
• Dumbledore praised Sean's achievement, gave him the Special Contribution Award and fifty points for Slytherin, and declared Slytherin the House Cup winner.
• Slytherin celebrated its seventh consecutive championship, and the seventh-years credited Sean with helping secure the victory.

After helping Slytherin secure Seven Consecutive Championships, Sean was invited to meet influential members of the Slytherin Brotherhood. Seeking allies independent of his grandfather and uncle, he accepted their offer to join them.

• After the end-of-term feast, the Slytherin Head Girl asked Sean to speak with her, while Blaise returned to his room.
• The Head Girl led Sean to Slytherin's internal lounge, where Prefects and Brotherhood members welcomed him.
• A seventh-year Prefect and the Head Girl thanked Sean for helping Slytherin win the House Cup and improve their prospects in the Brotherhood.
• Ilina offered Sean a choice between receiving shares in their shops and joining their group as an equal.
• Sean considered his need for allies against his grandfather and uncle, then accepted the invitation to join the group.

Sean joined the Slytherin Brotherhood Reserve and formed an alliance with Samuel and Ilina to build influence in the organization. After leaving Hogwarts for the holiday, he parted ways with Blaise and met the people arranged to take him to Beauxbatons.

• Sean joined the Slytherin Brotherhood Reserve, whose members valued his abilities, family connections, and help to the organization.
• Samuel reminded Sean that he and Ilina would soon have greater responsibility, and the three agreed to support one another for the next two years.
• Sean checked on Kulkan, packed for departure, and told Blaise he would travel to Beauxbatons with people arranged by his grandfather.
• The students left Hogwarts by Thestral-drawn carriages and boarded the Hogwarts Express for home.
• At the station, Sean greeted Mrs. Zabini as Blaise left with her, then met Janson and a man who would take him to Beauxbatons.

Sean Bulstrode traveled with Aldrich Brown and Janson Mil to the Ministry of Magic to arrange their departure for Beauxbatons by Portkey. After the Ministry processed their paperwork, Aldrich gave Sean a permit allowing him to use magic during the holiday, and the group waited to continue their journey to France.

• Aldrich Brown introduced himself as Sean Bulstrode's personal butler and Janson Mil as his attendant, then explained that they needed to visit the Ministry of Magic to reach Beauxbatons.
• Aldrich brought Sean and Janson through a concealed Ministry entrance in a red telephone box, where they received visitor badges and descended to the Ministry's main hall.
• Aldrich led Sean and Janson through security and wand registration, and the staff treated them with extra courtesy after recognizing Sean's Bulstrode surname.
• Aldrich presented the family's documents to Basil at the Portkey Office, and Basil arranged their departure to France and directed them to wait at the Portkey collection point.
• Aldrich gave Sean a special permit from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement that allowed him to use magic during the holiday, except for especially wicked Dark Magic or the Unforgivable Curses.

Sean received a Special Decree badge that let him use magic during the holidays without the Ministry detecting his magical signature, then traveled with Aldrich and Janson by Portkey to the French Ministry of Magic. There, he used Tongue-Twisting Beans and found he could understand and speak French.

• Aldrich gave Sean and Janson Special Decree badges and explained that they concealed their magical signatures from the Ministry.
• Basil brought the Portkey, and Sean, Aldrich, and Janson touched the fork and traveled to the French Ministry of Magic.
• Sean nearly fell after arriving, while Aldrich steadied him and Janson landed sprawled on the floor.
• Aldrich gave Sean Tongue-Twisting Beans and explained how to use them, while he and Janson said they already knew French.
• Sean placed one bean in his ear and the other beneath his tongue, then understood the conversations around him and spoke French.

Sean traveled from the French Ministry of Magic to Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, where Professor Maupassant welcomed him for a month of study. After meeting Barre Garcia and Fleur Delacour and sampling the school’s food, Sean’s quiet lunch was interrupted by a noisy group of students.

• Aldrich led Sean and his companions to a magical carriage station, where they boarded a carriage drawn by Enchanted Horses bound for Beauxbatons.
• Sean arrived at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and was welcomed by Professor Maupassant, who explained that Sean would mostly study on his own during the holiday.
• Professor Maupassant introduced Sean to Barre Garcia and Fleur Delacour, and Sean greeted both students.
• Professor Maupassant took Sean to the Great Hall, where they sampled Beauxbatons specialties at a round table.
• A noisy group of Beauxbatons students chased one another into the Great Hall and interrupted Sean and Professor Maupassant’s meal.

Sean Bulstrode explored Beauxbatons with Aldrich and Janson before beginning research in its library. Fleur Delacour noticed Sean’s name on the cover of a Potions journal, while the Beauxbatons students who had been reprimanded at lunch had become curious about him.

• Professor Maupassant scolded the students who disrupted lunch and ordered them to leave and write self-criticisms, prompting them to suspect Sean was the Hogwarts exchange student.
• Barre and Fleur showed Sean, Aldrich, and Janson around Beauxbatons and led them to their dormitory.
• Sean took Aldrich and Janson to the library, where he selected books on Potions, Transfiguration, and Alchemy to study.
• Aldrich read nearby while Janson watched students practicing Quidditch outside.
• Fleur reviewed her journals and spotted Sean Bulstrode’s name on the latest issue of The Golden Cauldron.

Borel hired Mallow to kill Sean Bulstrode, promising to send him to South Africa afterward. Meanwhile, Sean’s potion paper impressed readers at Beauxbatons, and Sean began considering an early start on Ancient Runes to help him understand Alchemy.

• Borel offered to arrange Sean’s death and exile Mallow to South Africa, and Mallow agreed in exchange for double payment.
• Fleur showed Barre Sean’s paper in The Golden Cauldron, and they discussed its techniques and limitations.
• Sean’s newly published paper astonished Hogwarts students and their families when they saw his name in the latest issue.
• After studying Alchemy all afternoon, Sean left for dinner with Aldrich and Janson and decided he might need to learn Ancient Runes early.