Chapter Summaries

Sean retaliated after Beauxbatons students provoked him, then spent the evening discussing his Potions research with Fleur and Barre. The chapter left Sean and the two students having learned from their exchange in the nearly empty Great Hall.

• Aldrich told Sean that Beauxbatons students had likely targeted him because they blamed him for their punishment by Professor Maupassant.
• Sean threw the Quaffle at the loudest student, smashing the student’s Flying Broomstick and sending him falling into his companions’ arms.
• Sean left the Quidditch Pitch with Aldrich and Janson, then ate dinner while Janson wondered at Sean’s strength.
• Fleur and Barre asked Sean about the ingredient-processing methods in his paper in The Golden Cauldron.
• Sean answered Fleur and Barre’s Potions questions, and their discussion gave all three new insights before they stopped for the night.

Sean accepted a duel with a Beauxbatons student who had tried to regain face after Sean embarrassed his Quidditch group. He arrived at the Duelling Chamber the next morning, ready to fight, and the chapter ended just before the duel began.

• Sean identified the Beauxbatons student’s motives and plan, then eagerly accepted his challenge to duel at ten the next morning.
• Sean told Aldrich he would keep the appointment, while Aldrich respected his decision despite his concern.
• Sean arrived at the Duelling Chamber with Aldrich and Janson, where Barre and several Beauxbatons students were waiting.
• Sean dismissed his opponent’s offer to apologize and demanded that they begin the duel.

Sean Bulstrode dueled Schiller Cavill at Beauxbatons, trading spells until Sean broke Schiller’s Crystal Wall with a punch. The duel continued with neither gaining the upper hand, and Sean devised a new plan while Schiller cut through his Thorn Vines.

• Sean Bulstrode and Schiller Cavill introduced themselves and began their duel with simultaneous spells.
• Sean and Schiller exchanged attacks, and Schiller turned shattered furniture into crows before Sean burned them away and sent flames at him.
• Schiller used his family’s Crystal Wall Charm to block Sean’s magic, but Sean punched through the wall.
• Schiller fired repeated Stunning Spells while Sean answered with Protego and Petrificus Totalus, avoiding the Smoke Rope Curse because he feared revealing its origin.
• Sean filled the platform with Thorn Vines, and as Schiller cut them apart with Diffindo, Sean came up with a plan.

Sean defeated the fifth-year Schiller in a duel by using a thorn-vine shield to get close and overpower him. He invited Beauxbatons students to challenge him each morning for the month he would be visiting, while Fleur wondered what kind of person he really was.

• Sean explained that his Troll Strength was not enough to overcome magic without using spells to support it.
• Sean formed the severed thorn vines into a shield and charged Schiller, then disarmed and threw him to the ground.
• Schiller accepted his defeat but argued that stronger Beauxbatons students could still beat Sean.
• Sean told the gathered students that he would accept challengers at ten each morning for the next month, then left for the library with Aldrich and Janson.
• Fleur told Barre that returning Beauxbatons students might challenge Sean and wondered which side of his personality was genuine.

After nearly a week without another challenge, Sean learned more about alchemy from Beauxbatons books and declined Fleur’s offer to contact Professor Coronal. Schiller arranged a duel for Sean the next morning against a powerful fifth-year student, and Sean wondered whether Aldrich had prepared what he requested.

• Sean asked Fleur about Beauxbatons’ alchemy course and Professor Barbarossa Coronal, then refused her offer to arrange a meeting with him.
• Aldrich teased Janson and pulled out chairs for Sean, Fleur, and Barre before lunch.
• Sean found Schiller waiting outside the library, and Schiller arranged a duel for the next morning against an outstanding fifth-year student from an old French family.
• Sean agreed to the challenge, admitted he might lose, and asked Aldrich whether he had prepared what Sean had requested.

Sean faced Cecilia Hilde in a Beauxbatons duel after the organizers removed the duelling platform and made the entire chamber part of the duelling area. Cecilia’s faster casting overwhelmed Sean, leaving him cornered and realizing he could not win through magic alone without using the Smoke Rope Curse.

• Aldrich gave Sean a rough-looking bag with an Undetectable Extension Charm and the supplies he had requested before they headed to the appointment.
• Schiller told Sean that the duelling platform had been removed, and Sean accepted the change as an advantage for the hosts.
• Schiller limited the spectators entering the chamber, while Barre, Fleur, and several older students were allowed inside.
• Fleur warned Sean that Cecilia Hilde was the strongest fifth-year student, and Sean assured her he might still win.
• Sean and Cecilia both cast the Petrifying Charm, but Cecilia’s quicker spells drove Sean backward until he was trapped in a corner.

Sean struggled against Cecilia’s superior dueling skills, so he used enchanted equipment and his unusual strength to change the fight. He charged at her with a Tower Shield and Chain Hammer, forcing Cecilia to face his close-range attack.

• Sean recognized that Cecilia outmatched him in spell mastery, magical skill, and combat ability, but knew he had to win to draw her ability.
• Sean used his strength to circle Cecilia and close the distance, but her companion warned her and she retreated.
• Sean cast Fiery Flames, hid an enchanted pocket behind the fire, and charged toward Cecilia.
• Cecilia dispersed the flames and cast Stupefy, but Sean blocked the spell with a Tower Shield that resisted her Transfiguration.
• Sean pulled out a Chain Hammer and charged Cecilia, who blasted the shield with spells as he closed in and swung the hammer at her.

Sean defeated Cecilia in a dangerous duel, gained Legilimency and Agile Casting, and prepared to leave with Aldrich and Janson. As Fleur offered him water, Sean was suddenly teleported away again.

• Cecilia blasted Sean’s Tower Shield with Bombarda, but Sean used it to hide his approach and struck her with the Chain Hammer.
• Cecilia’s Protego shattered under Sean’s blow, and she was knocked unconscious with an injured arm and broken Wand.
• Sean won the duel and gained Legilimency LV0 and Agile Casting LV1.
• Sean returned to Aldrich and Janson, while Aldrich retrieved the shield and Chain Hammer for repairs.
• Fleur offered Sean a bottle of water, but as he took it, Sean was teleported away and the bottle shattered on the floor.

Sean and Fleur were transported to an isolated forest cabin, where Mallow pursued Sean on Borel’s orders. Sean separated from Fleur and used the Smoke Rope Curse to frighten Mallow, then disguised himself as Voldemort and questioned him.

• Sean blocked a killing spell, told Fleur they had been transported by Portkey, and fought back as the cabin began collapsing.
• Fleur blasted open the cabin wall and escaped into the forest, while Sean used black smoke to flee in another direction.
• Fleur searched for Sean, while Sean continued alone and hid when Mallow caught up with him.
• Sean cast the Smoke Rope Curse, spreading black smoke and snake-like tendrils around Mallow.
• Mallow recognized the magic and called Sean the Dark Lord, so Sean shaped the smoke into Voldemort’s likeness and demanded to know who Mallow was.

Sean impersonated Voldemort to manipulate Mallow, convincing him that Voldemort had possessed Sean and was secretly plotting his return. After Mallow offered to serve him, Sean used Soul Departure on him.

• Mallow admitted he had been tracking Sean Bulstrode to kill him on his employer's orders and confessed that he doubted the apparent Voldemort.
• Sean struck Mallow with black smoke, then explained that Voldemort had possessed Sean after abandoning Quirrell and was hiding near Dumbledore and Harry Potter.
• Mallow accepted Sean's story and offered to gather Voldemort's servants, but Sean rebuked him and said he needed to observe Dumbledore and Harry before striking.
• Sean told Mallow to open his mind and memories, granted him permission to call him Master, and cast Soul Departure at him.

Sean used the Imperious Curse to make Mallow his loyal servant and sent him to Britain to recruit followers. Sean and Fleur returned to Beauxbatons, where they concealed what they knew from a French Ministry Auror.

• Sean used Legilimency on Mallow and discovered that Borel had ordered Mallow to kill him and promised to get him out of Beauxbatons.
• Sean ordered Mallow to return to Britain, secretly recruit loyal supporters, and contact him by anonymous letter if needed.
• Mallow Apparated away, and Sean reunited with Fleur, claiming he had escaped the dark wizard in the forest.
• Sean and Fleur left the forest near a village outside Paris, summoned a carriage to Beauxbatons, and were escorted back by professors.
• Sean and Fleur told a French Ministry Auror they did not know who had attacked them, and the Auror left after routine questions.

Barre fled France for South Africa after his plot to kill Sean and Fleur failed, but the Portkey brought him straight to Sean. Captured by Aldrich, Barre faced Sean, who offered him a duel before searching his memories.

• Barre recalled how Borel recruited him and how he planned to frame Fleur and have Mallow kill her and Sean.
• After Mallow failed, Barre abandoned France and went to an abandoned building to use Borel's Portkey to escape to South Africa.
• The Portkey brought Barre to Aldrich, who disarmed him with a silent Expelliarmus and escorted him to Sean.
• Sean confronted Barre for betraying him and Fleur, then offered him a fair duel before using magic to inspect his memories.

Sean defeated Barre in a duel after learning that the Bulstrode family head had controlled the channels used to tamper with the Portkey. He handed Barre over to the French Aurors and returned to Beauxbatons, where Fleur said she had worried Sean might act impulsively.

• Sean explained that Borel had not betrayed Barre because the Bulstrode family head controlled the channels and outranked Borel.
• Sean and Barre dueled, and Sean defeated him with a Stunning Spell, gaining Expelliarmus LV2.
• Sean decided not to kill Barre and asked Aldrich to contact the French Aurors.
• Sean handed Barre over to the French Aurors, who took him away for interrogation.
• Sean returned to Beauxbatons, where Fleur said she had been worried about Sean dirtying his hands in anger.

Sean learned that Beauxbatons would compensate him for the Barre incident with five restricted alchemy books, then clarified his feelings with Fleur and finished his month at the school. He left with a plan to pursue both magical scholarship and practical skill.

• Fleur told Sean that Beauxbatons would compensate him with five reproductions of alchemy books from the library’s fourth floor, which could not be given to families or schools.
• Fleur told Sean that people were discussing reviving the Triwizard Tournament, though it would not happen for at least two or three years.
• Fleur suggested Beauxbatons might suit Sean better, and Sean apologized before explaining to Aldrich and Janson that he valued Fleur as a close friend and did not return her feelings.
• Fleur continued treating Sean as before, and he studied at Beauxbatons until his month-long stay ended.
• Sean concluded that he wanted to pursue both the scholarly and practical sides of magic.

Sean left Beauxbatons with Aldrich and returned to Britain, where he learned his parents had moved into a house provided by the Bulstrode family. He arrived home on Golden Tulip and reunited with his mother, Martha, while introducing Aldrich as his personal steward.

• Sean said goodbye to Fleur and left Beauxbatons with Aldrich and Janson for the British Ministry of Magic.
• Aldrich explained that he and Janson would manage Sean’s affairs and told him the Bulstrode family had provided a residence for his family.
• Janson went home, while Sean followed Aldrich to the house on Golden Tulip.
• Sean reunited with Martha, who welcomed him home and invited him inside.
• Sean introduced Aldrich as his personal steward, and Martha warmly welcomed him.

Sean returned to his new home and reunited with Kulkan before his grandfather Gavin arrived for dinner. After greeting Gavin politely, Sean was magically compelled to take him to his room, leaving everyone else unaware of his distress.

• Sean settled into his new bedroom and reunited with Kulkan, while Aldrich admired the snake’s appearance.
• Aldrich told Sean that Gavin would come for dinner, and Sean guessed that his grandfather had been watching the Ministry of Magic.
• Emerald arrived to prepare dinner, and Sean persuaded Martha to let the House-elf take over the cooking.
• Yad and Gavin arrived together, and Sean welcomed them with a hug for his father and a formal greeting for his grandfather.
• Gavin pinched Sean’s cheek, then magically restrained him and made him lead the way to his room while Aldrich chatted with Yad.

Gavin questioned Sean about the attack at Beauxbatons and warned him to be careful with the dangerous magic in his notes. After dinner, Gavin gave Emerald to Sean’s family as their house-elf.

• Gavin brought Sean to his study, restored his control, and asked what had happened at Beauxbatons and where the dark wizard had gone.
• Sean said the dark wizard vanished after their fight and revealed that a captured accomplice had said Borel sent him.
• Gavin warned Sean that some spells in his notes could conceal a victim’s death but might leave clues for people who understood magic.
• Emerald prepared a festive dinner, and Gavin praised Martha and Emerald for the meal.
• Gavin told Yad that Emerald would stay with the family, and Sean accepted the gift on their behalf.

Sean and Aldrich went to Diagon Alley to buy Sean’s Hogwarts supplies, where Borel summoned Sean to the Leaky Cauldron. Borel offered Sean wealth and a transfer abroad in exchange for leaving Britain, but Sean refused and walked away.

• Sean and Aldrich finished shopping in Diagon Alley and prepared to go home.
• Dasha stopped Sean and invited him to meet her master, Borel, at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Borel asked Aldrich whether he had chosen to serve Sean freely, and Aldrich confirmed that he had.
• Sean and Borel traded insults and acknowledged their hostility.
• Borel offered Sean shops, company shares, and a transfer abroad if Sean agreed to leave; Sean rejected the offer and departed.

Sean returned to Hogwarts for his second school year, bringing Kulkan and welcoming Janson as his companion while catching up with Blaise. Andy arrived and asked whether Sean had decided to deepen their potion-making partnership, leaving Sean's answer unresolved.

• Sean said goodbye to his parents at King's Cross and met Blaise before boarding the Hogwarts Express.
• Sean explained his holiday trip to Beauxbatons, and Kulkan emerged from his clothes, now much larger than the previous year.
• Sean told Janson to call him by his name at Hogwarts and asked Blaise to treat Janson as a friend.
• Blaise told Sean that he had broken up with his older girlfriend and started dating a Ravenclaw third-year student.
• Andy joined the compartment and asked Sean whether he had considered Andy's proposal for closer cooperation.

Sean attended a meeting of the Slytherin Brotherhood Reserve Organization aboard the Hogwarts Express, where the members voted to admit two new fifth-year Prefects. As Sean returned to his compartment, Hermione told him that Harry and Ron were missing from the train.

• Samuel summoned Sean to a meeting of the Slytherin Brotherhood Reserve Organization, and Sean went with him to a compartment near the front of the train.
• Ilina credited Sean's paper with helping Slytherin secure its Seven Consecutive Championships, while Oliver emphasized the efforts of all Slytherin students.
• Sean joined Ilina, Samuel, Dovilia, Oliver, and the others in voting to admit two fifth-year Prefects to the organization.
• Ilina chaired a discussion about Slytherin's goals and other matters, and Sean supported Ilina and Samuel in votes.
• Hermione found Sean and asked whether he had seen Harry and Ron, who were missing from the train.