Alchemy was far more awe-inspiring and fascinating than Shawn had ever imagined.
The professor promised him an afternoon each week, and she meant it so seriously that even her class time was folded into those lessons.
She led Shawn into the classroom. The students barely noticed the extra presence, too absorbed in their own strug...
2025-12-18 16:36:43 +0000 UTC View PostFor a long time, Shawn did not see Sir Cadogan. He found himself wandering through the castle again out of habit, something that never existed in his schedule before.
But now, a faint, nagging worry pushed him down corridor after corridor.
“Little Green, please get the knight to shut his mouth!”
Lady Violet appeared insi...
2025-12-18 16:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostHogwarts portraits were the most convincing form of realist art. Each painting was steeped in its subject’s memories and emotions, and the figures inside could wander between frames, talk to the living, drink and make merry, sing at the top of their lungs, or shriek until the corridor rang.
But even portraits that could speak a...
2025-12-18 16:36:36 +0000 UTC View PostNearly all of Gryffindor was gathered at the Gryffindor table, including Harry and Ron.
They sat there eating whatever they could get onto their forks—bread, flatbread, mushrooms—while they brainstormed ways to boost their scheme’s chances. Most of these ideas were tough to pull off, but just talking about them somehow lifted their spirits.
...
2025-12-18 16:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostProfessor Snape was the complete opposite of Professor McGonagall. When Shawn got a step wrong, Professor McGonagall would patiently guide him towards the correct sequence until he produced a proper piece of Transfiguration. Professor Snape, on the other hand, would wear a cold sneer, make Shawn say the wrong answer out loud, then bury the correct one beneath a ...
2025-12-18 16:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis was the second day since Shawn had found Professor Tyra.
It was also Tuesday at Hogwarts.
The weather was cold, but the sky was clear.
In the corridor, Shawn carried a stack of books. Every so often, one of them floated up beside him and shifted position, making it easier for him to cross-reference a key point between different t...
2025-12-18 16:35:01 +0000 UTC View Post“One month, one month…”
Professor Tyra’s expressionless calm slipped slightly.
“What year are you in, child?”
“First year, Professor,” Shawn answered.
“Oh. Of course. Otherwise you would not…”
The professor froze. After a few seconds, she seemed not to doubt him at all. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and the corne...
2025-12-18 16:34:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe secret passage was dim, with not a torch in sight—though if there had been torches, it could hardly have been called a secret passage.
“Number thirteen passage leads to the Alchemy office and washroom,” Fred said proudly, then quickened his pace.
“I think I understand why the books don’t mention Professor Tyra,” George said, his ex...
2025-12-18 16:34:48 +0000 UTC View PostAt Hogwarts, Alchemy was an extremely advanced elective, open only at N.E.W.T. level (sixth year and above) to certain students, and it required taking multiple subjects at once, such as Potions, Transfiguration, Herbology, and Charms.
Because enrolment was often too low, it was not even offered for Harry’s year.
Unfortunately, Shawn was in...
2025-12-18 16:34:41 +0000 UTC View PostAs Shawn passed by, Malfoy and Harry were rolling in the snow in a tangled heap, while Ron, Crabbe and Goyle were grappling nearby, trading punches and kicks and shrieking in pain.
Without a word, Shawn summoned two snowmen and separated them in moments.
Malfoy shuddered. He did not look at Shawn, only gave a quiet snort, then left with Goyle and Crabbe...
2025-12-18 16:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostIn the afternoons, Shawn practised Transfiguration in Professor McGonagall’s office.
The room, with its fierce fireplace flames, felt different from anywhere else. She always seemed to ask countless questions without meaning to.
“Mr Green.”
Her voice was as precise as ever, but far gentler than it was in class....
2025-12-18 16:34:08 +0000 UTC View Post[When it comes to the vast ocean of Potions, I still know almost nothing.
But now, has it begun to reveal miracles?
The small part that Borage left behind is offered to every witch and wizard who struggles onward in search of will within the domain of Potions.]
The wind and snow of tens of centuries of history had long been bur...
2025-12-18 16:33:28 +0000 UTC View PostAt those words, a sharp ripple passed through Dumbledore’s blue eyes.
He did not say anything else, but in his heart, he already understood Dudley’s destination.
A god.
A concept Dudley had mentioned before rose once more in Dumbledore’s mind.
After a long time, Dumbledore drew a deep breath.
“Y...
2025-12-18 16:33:25 +0000 UTC View PostImpedimenta.
It was a jinx, but an exceptionally practical one.
“Casting the Impediment Jinx quickly can delay an opponent for a moment or halt a magical creature’s advance for a moment. This jinx is a crucial part of wizard duelling.”
That was how Miranda Goshawk described it in The Standard Book of Spells.
The spell lasted roughly...
2025-12-18 16:33:23 +0000 UTC View Post“They were only afraid you would punish me, Professor. They just wanted to plead for me,” Dudley said calmly.
“And why would I punish you?” Dumbledore countered.
“So I sent them back,” Dudley replied.
Dumbledore smiled. “Come. Walk with me around the castle for a bit. Since returning this year, I haven’t had a p...
2025-12-18 16:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostAfter teaching Ginny and the others the pronunciation of the Hermes language and the key points for casting, Dudley sent them off to practise on their own.
"Is it our turn, Baron?" Harry asked with a light laugh.
"Of course," Dudley replied, nodding.
To speed up the digestion of the Corruption Baron’s Beyonder charact...
2025-12-17 14:51:10 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Defence Against the Dark Arts, Dudley still did not seem himself. Harry, Ron, and Hermione barely dared to speak above a whisper, afraid of disturbing him.
It was not until they finished dinner in the Great Hall that Dudley seemed a little better and started talking to them of his own accord.
"Professor Lupin’s Defence Agains...
2025-12-17 14:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostAs Harry stepped forward, the Boggart that had become Aragog abruptly stopped moving and scrutinised him, as if digging for the deepest fear in his heart.
In the next instant, its body twisted and reshaped, turning into a terrifying black-robed figure.
"Oh!"
More than a few people cried out.
Lupin, taut with nerves ...
2025-12-17 14:49:58 +0000 UTC View PostSean reconstructed Borel’s family, reshaping both their memories and their appearances.
The rest was for Gavin to worry about.
Sean left Bulstrode Manor. As he was leaving, he saw a group of Bulstrode elite wizards entering the estate to purge the remnants of Borel’s faction. Looking at those unfamiliar faces, Sean curled his lip slightly. Gavi...
2025-12-16 20:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe gorgon’s snake hair opened its jaws at Harry, and several pillars of light blasted out, scorching magic tearing through the air as they streaked towards Harry and the other two.
Harry refused to give ground. He lifted his wand, and the power of resentment was instantly transformed by the power of love,...
2025-12-16 20:38:50 +0000 UTC View PostThud.
The world spun violently, and Harry and Cedric hit the ground hard. The Triwizard Cup flew from their hands, bounced twice, and rolled to a stop in the grass a short distance away.
“Where are we…?” Harry fumbled for his glasses, shoved them back on, and stared around in d...
2025-12-16 20:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post“As you wish.”
Gavin’s face hardened, empty of grief or joy. He lifted his wand and gave a formal duelling salute. Borel stood where he was, slowly raising his wand in return. Gavin did not waste another word. His wand snapped forward, and a Disarming Charm shot straight at Borel.
At the same time, a halo of light appeared in Ga...
2025-12-16 20:38:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Sirius!" Harry all but crashed into him, arms locking around his godfather as if he were afraid to ever let go.
"Harry." Sirius staggered back a step and then squeezed him just as tightly, his voice rough with relief. He pulled Harry far enough away to frame his face in both hands, thumbs brushing the sharp lines of his cheeks. "Me...
2025-12-16 20:38:31 +0000 UTC View PostBang. Bang.
Crack.
Sean gave his wand a light flick, like shaking blood from a blade after a kill. He and Gavin stepped over the two servants who had tried to stop them and formally entered Bulstrode Manor.
In this world, the only people who could truly withstand Sean and Gavin together were probably Voldemort and Dumbledore.
Gavin was o...
2025-12-16 20:38:29 +0000 UTC View PostHarry looked down at the blood-red rose in his hand.
The tip of its stem was as sharp as an arrowhead.
"I get it. Leave it to me, Cedric!"
Harry forced the noise out of his head and clenched the “rose arrow” tight, feeling the thorns bite into his palm.
Cedric bared his teeth in ...
2025-12-16 20:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Hermione came rushing in and shook her two companions awake.
"We have to go and see Xenophilius Lovegood," she said, tugging at their blankets. Ron clutched his blanket and curled deeper into the corner.
"Who?" Harry frowned, thoroughly confused.
"Lun...
2025-12-16 20:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostSean opened his eyes.
He checked the time and realised dinner had long since passed. He yawned, sat up, and rapped his knuckles on the table. A house-elf appeared in front of him at once. She looked terribly stiff, as if she hardly dared to breathe.
“Could you please bring me something to eat and drink? The Ministry should...
2025-12-16 20:38:24 +0000 UTC View PostOutside the maze, up in the stands, a huge curtain of water displayed the progress of the task, slightly blurred.
They watched as Aurors helped the eliminated Fleur to her feet.
They watched Cedric swing a massive sword of magic, driving its razor edge into the black knight’s breastplate.<...
2025-12-16 20:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a heartfelt, sincere apology, Evans finally watched the Dark Wizard King draw back the black mist coiled around her arm, and he let out a quiet breath.
Then his gaze flicked to the bound lump of fog on the ground before he looked away again, turning toward the old woman who was still fussing over the hippogriff.
The ...
2025-12-16 20:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostStaring at the line of heavy-armoured knights, the already terrified dove leader backed all the way into the corner of the space. If it had known how to leave, it would have fled on the spot.
Sothia, however, did not notice the dove’s panic at all. She looked down the corridor, and the corner of her mouth slo...
2025-12-16 20:37:37 +0000 UTC View Post