Chapter Summaries

Chu Yao reflected on the Elder Wand and worried about keeping her identity secret at Hogwarts, then went to King's Cross Station to meet Harry Potter. After Vernon Dursley abandoned Harry at the station, Harry noticed Chu Yao but did not recognize her at first.

• Chu Yao realized the wand she had kept was the Elder Wand and worried Dumbledore might scrutinize her at Hogwarts.
• Snape told Chu Yao to arrive on time and not cause trouble, then hurried away without escorting her.
• Chu Yao rode to King's Cross Station in a booked car, dressed to look like a wealthy Muggle girl.
• Vernon Dursley dropped Harry and his trunk at the station, warned him that Platform Nine and Three-Quarters did not exist, and left him alone.
• Harry noticed Chu Yao waiting nearby but did not immediately recognize the girl from the wand shop.

Chu Yao helped Harry enter Platform 9¾ and board the Hogwarts Express, privately mocking the train’s age and slowness while keeping a composed exterior. As they joined the passengers, she spotted Percy Weasley and the red-haired twins from the books.

• Harry noticed Chu Yao had no luggage, and she showed him the storage ring holding her belongings.
• Chu Yao walked through the barrier between platforms nine and ten, and Harry followed after overcoming his fear of crashing into it.
• Harry emerged on Platform 9¾ and saw the Hogwarts Express as Chu Yao waited for him.
• Chu Yao privately complained about the train’s age and speed, then calmly urged Harry to board.
• Chu Yao spotted Percy Weasley and the red-haired twins playing a prank as they made their way along the platform.

Chu Yao, Harry, and Ron met in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express as the train set off for Hogwarts. Ron learned that Chu Yao was an exchange student from the East and asked how Eastern magic worked.

• Chu Yao followed Harry through the crowded train and found an empty compartment with him.
• Ron Weasley asked to join them, and Harry and Chu Yao welcomed him into the compartment.
• Ron introduced himself, then reacted with amazement when Harry showed him his lightning-shaped scar.
• Harry introduced Chu Yao, who said she was an exchange student from the East.
• Ron asked whether Eastern magic was different and pointed to Chu Yao's Elder Wand.

Chu Yao explained sword cultivation to Harry and Ron and offered to teach them, leaving the boys excitedly imagining their futures as sword cultivators. When the trolley witch arrived, Harry eagerly bought all the snacks while Ron declined.

• Chu Yao described different kinds of cultivators and said she was a sword cultivator.
• Harry asked about kung fu, and Chu Yao explained that sword cultivators could fly on swords.
• Chu Yao offered to teach Harry and Ron, while privately reflecting on how demanding the training would be.
• The trolley witch entered and offered snacks, but Ron declined because he had brought a sandwich.
• Harry spent a handful of Galleons and told the trolley witch they would take everything.

On the Hogwarts Express, Chu Yao rejected the trolley sweets and asked Ron for his sandwich, hoping Molly Weasley’s cooking would be a hidden delicacy. She found it perfectly edible but tasted only ordinary corned beef, leaving her disappointed.

• Chu Yao watched Harry and Ron buy a trolley full of snacks and privately lamented the sweets and British food.
• Harry offered Chu Yao a Chocolate Frog, but she declined and noticed Ron’s neglected sandwich.
• Chu Yao asked Ron if she could try the sandwich, and he gladly handed it over because he was tired of his mother making them.
• Chu Yao tasted the sandwich, judged it plain but tasty, and felt a tremendous sense of disappointment.

Chu Yao was disappointed by the ordinary food on the Hogwarts Express and caught a Chocolate Frog as it tried to escape. After she discreetly removed it with a Cleaning Spell, Ron mistook the act for advanced wandless magic, leaving him too intimidated to show off his own spells.

• Chu Yao compared her sandwich unfavorably with Martial Uncle Zhang's spirit food and wrapped up the rest.
• Harry opened a Chocolate Frog box, and Chu Yao caught the hopping chocolate frog before it could escape.
• The frog melted in Chu Yao's palm, so she used a Cleaning Spell to make it disappear.
• Ron believed Chu Yao had performed nonverbal wandless magic and stared at her in awe.
• Ron abandoned his plan to show off simple spells and chose to eat his own Chocolate Frog instead.

Chu Yao helped Neville find his lost toad with an Eastern spell, impressing Hermione Granger. Hermione reminded the others to change into their school robes, then hurried away after Chu Yao’s compliment left her embarrassed.

• Hermione Granger entered the compartment looking for Neville’s lost toad, and Chu Yao offered to help with a spell from the East.
• Hermione brought Neville Longbottom to Chu Yao, who used a spell to show him a glowing arrow pointing toward his toad.
• Neville followed the arrow out of the compartment, while Hermione introduced herself to Chu Yao and became fascinated by her wandless spell.
• Hermione reminded Chu Yao, Harry, and Ron that the train would soon arrive and that they should change into their school robes.
• Chu Yao called Hermione beautiful and thoughtful, making Hermione blush before she hurried out of the compartment.

After Hermione left, Chu Yao changed into Hogwarts robes and chose not to expose Peter Pettigrew, who was hiding as Ron’s rat, Scabbers. She joined the first-years on their journey to Hogwarts, where they arrived at the lake beneath the castle.

• Chu Yao changed into Hogwarts robes, teased Ron about dirt on his nose, and left Harry and Ron to get changed.
• Chu Yao noticed Peter Pettigrew disguised as Scabbers in Ron’s trunk and decided to let him remain undiscovered for now.
• Chu Yao reflected that interfering would disrupt the story and deprive Harry of hardships meant to help him grow.
• Chu Yao walked toward the front of the train while Ron complained that Scabbers was biting his socks.
• Hagrid led the first-years down to the black lake, where Chu Yao saw Hogwarts across the water and joined the boat routine.

Chu Yao secretly infused the boat’s magic patterns with spiritual power, sending it racing across the lake and arriving far ahead of the other first-years. Professor McGonagall inspected the boat but found its magic patterns intact, leaving the cause of its speed unexplained.

• Chu Yao examined the boat’s magic patterns with her divine sense as it carried her, Harry, Ron, and other first-years across the lake.
• Chu Yao discreetly added spiritual power to the boat, making it speed toward the castle and alarming the students aboard.
• Chu Yao’s boat reached the dock first, where the shaken students climbed out in front of Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall examined the boat and found no damage or visible alteration to its magic patterns.

Chu Yao arrived at Hogwarts with Professor McGonagall and waited with the first-years for the Sorting Ceremony. As Draco Malfoy approached Harry and Ron, he noticed Chu Yao and recognized her as the exchange student from an Eastern sect.

• Professor McGonagall found no evidence of Chu Yao's use of spiritual power and led her and the other early arrivals to the castle entrance.
• Chu Yao joined the first-years in the Entrance Hall and listened as Professor McGonagall explained the four Houses, the Sorting Ceremony, and House Points.
• Draco Malfoy approached Harry and Ron with his two followers, and Harry rejected Draco's offer of friendship.
• Draco shifted his attention to Chu Yao, whom he recognized from his father Lucius's letters as the talented exchange student from an ancient Eastern sect.