Chapter Summaries

Noah returned to London for Christmas, visited Hogwarts and Dumbledore, and then went back to Kamar-Taj, where his student-management plan spread among the supervising mages. As the new millennium began and Noah reached a difficult stage on the path to becoming a senior mage, The Ancient One came to see him.

• Noah visited Hogwarts, where Professor Flitwick welcomed him and Snape guarded Lily against Noah's offer to teach her.
• Noah met Minister Dumbledore, discussed Hogwarts students and Ministry affairs, and agreed to oversee future students entering Kamar-Taj.
• Noah returned to the orphanage for Christmas, where Harry visited and told him he had been rejected from Kamar-Taj because no places remained.
• Noah and Ms. Heifen returned to Kamar-Taj, where Noah's former students excelled in their final exams and became prefects under his plan.
• Noah's student-management approach spread among Kamar-Taj's supervising mages, and as the new millennium arrived, The Ancient One came to see him at a difficult point in his senior-mage training.

The Ancient One asked Noah to investigate the Mutants and, if possible, bring them into the magical world. Noah took Evan, Kate, and Luns to the Capitol Building, where he recognized an old acquaintance and surprised him.

• The Ancient One told Noah that Mutants had great potential and asked him to make contact with them and explore bringing them into the magical world.
• Noah agreed to investigate and decided to take Evan, Kate, and Luns along, bringing Goose, Nagini, and Hathaway as well.
• Noah led the group into the United States Capitol Building and spotted a familiar black man watching a woman give a report in the House of Representatives.
• Noah approached the man and greeted him, startling him into exclaiming, "Damn it! Why are you here!"

Five years after their last encounter, Noah met Fury at a congressional hearing where Jean Grey was speaking about Mutant rights. Noah explained that he had come to observe the Mutants, while Fury worried that the gathering of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr might bring trouble; Noah swore aliens were not involved.

• Fury recalled Noah and his teacher’s power and kept the Tesseract rather than claim it for S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Fury came to the hearing after learning that Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr would appear alongside Jean Grey.
• Noah surprised Fury, and Goose’s appearance briefly calmed him.
• Noah and Fury discussed whether Mutants belonged to ordinary humanity or the magical world, and Noah said he had come to observe them.
• Noah invited Fury to watch the hearing’s events with him before meeting the Mutant leaders.
• Fury asked Noah to swear that aliens were not behind his appearance, and Noah assured him they were not.

Noah and Fury discussed the High Table and Abstergo after discovering that the wizarding world intersected with modern assassin organizations. Noah then decided to visit the Mutant school with his companions disguised as agents or Mutants.

• Noah realized that the High Table might be connected to Abstergo and the Templar Order, while Fury explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. avoided targeting the assassins because they were difficult to track and their collapse could cause chaos.
• Noah decided not to pursue the assassin organizations and suggested visiting the Mutant school in Westchester instead.
• Fury agreed to go with Noah, hoping to see the school firsthand and learn more about him.
• Noah explained to Kate, Evan, and Luns what agents and Mutants were, then suggested they pose as elemental Mutants.

Noah brought Evan, Kate, and Luns with Fury to a Mutant school in New York. After they arrived, Noah reflected on the fearful children they encountered and the Mutants’ troubled future before heading to Charles’s office.

• Noah introduced Evan, Kate, and Luns to Fury, and the young wizards turned their wands into wearable items so they could use them more comfortably.
• Fury expected Noah to transport the group magically, but Noah did not know where the school was, so Fury drove them there in a van.
• Noah and the others arrived at the Mutant school and compared its grounds and facilities with Hogwarts and Kamar-Taj.
• The group passed through the gates and saw young Mutants watching them with fear and curiosity.
• Noah explained that the Mutants’ lives were difficult, reflected on their possible futures, and led the group toward Charles’s office.

Noah and his group arrived at the Mutant school before Professor Charles returned, so they spent the night under Storm and Cyclops's watch. The next morning, Fury's attempt to wake them got him turned into a sheep, and Noah began considering whether he could use Animagus magic himself before the group prepared to meet Charles.

• Noah and his group found Storm in Professor Charles's office and learned that Charles was away in Washington, so they stayed overnight at the school.
• Fury discussed the Mutants' potential with Noah and asked whether he could borrow any Noah persuaded to enter the magical world.
• Cyclops and Storm monitored Noah's group and decided to wait for Professor Charles to return before carrying out their mission.
• Fury woke Noah and the others early the next morning, so they turned him into a sheep and left him outside for three hours.
• Noah wondered whether his advanced magical knowledge could let him become an Animagus, then suggested that the group go meet Professor Charles.

Noah and the others met Professor Charles as Fury visited the Mutant school, where Logan confronted the S.H.I.E.L.D. director over hints about his forgotten past. The chapter ended with Professor Charles preparing to intervene as Logan grew furious.

• Noah sensed an old soul approaching Professor Charles's office and saw a girl phase through the door.
• Noah and the others entered the office and found Fury speaking with Professor Charles and Logan.
• Fury identified Logan by the military ranks he had held, prompting Logan to react as though he was trying to remember his past.
• Professor Charles explained that Logan had amnesia and rejected Fury's apparent attempt to recruit Mutants.
• Noah criticized Professor Charles's approach to protecting Mutants, and Logan angrily demanded to know what Fury knew.
• Professor Charles tried to stop Logan, but his eyes widened before he could act.

Noah and his companions visited Professor Charles’s school, where Charles mistook them for Mutants and tried to read their minds. At the laboratory, they discovered that Logan’s skeleton had been bonded with metal, and Fury revealed the classified experiment behind it.

• Luns froze Logan when Logan advanced on Fury, and Charles apologized for the confrontation.
• Charles tried to probe Noah and his companions but could not penetrate their mental defenses, then stopped when Noah warned him.
• Noah’s group discussed the Mutants and their factions as Charles’s team led them and Logan through the school.
• At the laboratory, a scan revealed that Logan’s entire skeleton was made of metal alloy.
• Fury said that General William Stryker had surgically bonded the alloy to Mr. Howlett fifteen years earlier, and Charles worried about Erik’s interest in Wolverine.

Noah and his friends discussed the Mutants’ situation and Fury’s plans after leaving the laboratory. Noah then proposed researching whether Animagus magic could transform them into mythical creatures, and his friends chose to join him despite the risks.

• Noah explained that Professor Charles had used the group’s S.H.I.E.L.D. and Mutant identities to show Fury that some Mutants could be allies.
• Evan, Kate, and Luns condemned the experiments that had turned a person’s skeleton to steel, while Fury denied involvement and considered investigating General William Stryker.
• Noah predicted that Fury would use the crisis to win over the Mutants, especially Logan, and explained that his silencing magic would still prevent Fury from revealing their secrets.
• Noah suggested researching whether Animagus transformations could turn wizards into mythical creatures, and Kate and Luns warned that the idea was dangerous.
• Noah promised to research the transformation before attempting it, but Evan, Luns, and Kate decided to take part with him.

Noah planned research into dragons and magical power while explaining the magical world to Fury and the others. After Logan challenged him, Noah sent Logan through a portal, then decided the group should soon return because major events involving Rogue and Magneto Erik were approaching.

• Noah outlined a study of dragons’ magical power and considered enlisting Pick Ham, Ricard, and the Mutants to help.
• Noah told Evan, Luns, and Kate that dragons and phoenixes existed, leaving Fury stunned by the magical world.
• Logan returned and challenged Noah, who trapped him in a ring of light and sent him away through a black hole.
• Noah said he disliked Logan, and Evan suggested the group return; Noah agreed, anticipating Rogue’s injury and Magneto Erik’s arrival.
• Logan appeared in Professor Charles’s office after half an hour of free fall and angrily complained about Noah.

Fury asked Noah about the commotion from the previous night, and Noah revealed that it had involved Logan. Later, Noah and the others tracked Logan to Rogue at a train station, where Logan tried to persuade her to return to the school; the train jolted just as she began to consider his offer.

• Fury asked Noah about the previous night's screams, and Noah said they likely came from Logan after their earlier confrontation.
• Noah, Evan, Luns, and Kate discussed magical creature transformation while Fury observed the mutant children and later told stories about his past.
• After hearing a motorcycle, Noah explained that his magical mark on Logan would let them track him, and the group headed toward the United States Magical Congress before following the trail.
• Logan rode to the train station and found Rogue, who believed Professor Charles was angry with her because a boy at school had told her so.
• Logan sensed something was wrong and promised to take care of Rogue if she gave the school another chance, but the train suddenly jolted.

Noah brought Fury to the American Magical Congress and secured Auror assistance while deciding to take the Mutants to the British magical world. He located Logan at a wrecked train and arrived with Brant’s Aurors as Magneto confronted Charles, leaving Noah and the Aurors preparing to intervene.

• Samuel G. Cogswell agreed to help Noah and assigned Brant and Jack to accompany him, while Fury was silenced to keep him from calling in S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• Noah told Brant he planned to take the Mutants to Britain, and Brant agreed to help while warning that they might cause trouble.
• Noah opened a portal to Logan’s location and found him lying inside a wrecked train; Fury received messages ordering him to deal with the Mutants.
• Noah and Brant led the group outside, where they found Magneto holding Sabretooth by the throat and using floating guns to confront Charles.
• Noah told Brant they had arrived at the right moment as he and the Aurors drew their wands and rain began to fall.

Noah tried to speak with Erik, but Erik attacked, forcing Noah to draw everyone into the Mirror space and fight him there. Noah altered the space and its magnetic force, bringing down Erik’s metal defenses as a fiery phoenix closed in on him.

• Brant explained that the rain combined memory-altering magic with a rain-summoning spell to conceal the magical world, while Erik avoided most of its effects.
• Noah offered to talk with Erik, but Erik ordered the guns to fire; the bullets stopped before reaching Noah and his companions.
• Charles realized the rain was altering people’s memories, and the bystanders left as Noah opened the Mirror space and drew Erik, Charles, and Phoenix inside.
• Noah twisted the Mirror space and weakened its magnetic force, while Erik formed a metal wall and Noah summoned a fiery phoenix.
• Erik’s metal defenses collapsed as the phoenix flew toward him, and he demanded to know why Noah was attacking after proposing a conversation.

Noah stopped his fight with Erik and explained to Charles, Phoenix, and Erik that magic and a hidden society of mages protected Earth. He offered to bring them into the magical world, leaving them to choose between joining it and remaining in the Muggle world.

• Noah ended his attack after Charles disrupted his spell, then bound Erik and warned Charles not to interfere again.
• Noah told Charles, Phoenix, and Erik that aliens had attacked Earth five years earlier and that the Sorcerer Supreme had defeated them.
• Noah explained that mages secretly lived among ordinary people, governed by magical institutions and protected by Aurors and academies.
• Noah said magical ministries had debated what to do about Mutants for centuries, but promised to respect their choice about joining the magical world.
• Noah urged Charles and the others to consider the children and the prejudice Mutants faced before deciding.

Noah brought Charles, Erik, Jean, and Logan to Dumbledore to discuss whether Mutants could join the magical world. Dumbledore offered them temporary refuge and a chance for their children to study at Hogwarts, leaving Charles and Erik to decide how to pursue a future there.

• Noah explained that Charles and Erik had agreed to visit the magical world after he urged them to consider the future of Mutant children.
• Noah took the group through the American Magical Congress and Diagon Alley, where the wizards treated them without prejudice.
• Dumbledore told Charles and Erik they could stay temporarily, but the Ministries of Magic were still deciding how Mutants would be handled.
• Dumbledore offered to let their children attend Hogwarts and warned that the adults would be watched at first.

Charles, Erik, and the Mutants settled into the magical world, studied its customs, and gradually came to see it as home. After Erik ran short of money and sought work, his group crowded Constantine’s Exorcist Agency, where Constantine agreed to hire them to handle trouble in London.

• Charles and Erik accepted Dumbledore’s terms, and Charles offered to help modernize the magical world with scientific technology.
• The Mutants moved to the magical world and gradually felt accepted there, while Charles’s group studied its history and customs and the children enrolled at Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore encouraged Charles, Jean, and Erik to learn magic, and they agreed that gaining strength would help protect them.
• Erik separated from Charles after their studies and, needing money, asked Dumbledore for help finding work.
• Dumbledore sent Erik to the Exorcist Agency at 221B Baker Street, prompting Erik’s Mutants to seek jobs there.
• Constantine agreed to hire the Mutants to deal with trouble in London, then complained to Noah about the work and expense.

After bringing Charles and Erik into the British magical world, Noah returned to Kamar-Taj and discussed the Mutants’ potential and his stalled progress toward Tier 7 with The Ancient One. He and Evan’s group spent the next year studying dragons, and the chapter ended with news that the London Sanctum’s guardian had resigned and was returning to Kamar-Taj.

• Noah returned to Kamar-Taj with Evan and the others, reported on the Mutants, and The Ancient One advised him to observe them carefully.
• Noah explained that his physical condition had to reach Tier 5 before he could advance to Tier 7, despite his magic and mental strength already being sufficient.
• Noah and Evan’s group studied dragon physiology and magic using Kamar-Taj’s books, while continuing their other studies and training.
• After a peaceful year, Noah received notice that the London Sanctum’s guardian had chosen to return to Kamar-Taj and relinquish the position.

Noah asked the Ancient One to let him return to London as a Sanctum Guardian, and they discussed the dark power she used to guard Earth from Dormammu. The Ancient One agreed to consider letting Noah study some of that power, while his plans to serve in London remained unresolved.

• Noah decided he wanted to become the London Sanctum Guardian and asked the Ancient One to let him leave Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One explained that she rarely left Kamar-Taj because she guarded Earth against a dangerous enemy who controlled dark power.
• Noah admitted he could sense the dark power and defended the Ancient One’s use of it, arguing that power itself was neither good nor evil.
• Noah asked the Ancient One to visit London for part of each year, but she teased him for expecting her to agree.
• Noah asked to study some of the Ancient One’s dark power, and she said she would consider it if he used it only for research.

Noah received a small amount of processed Dark Dimension power from The Ancient One and prepared to return to London to manage the Sanctum. With permission to keep the portal open, he arranged for Wong and Ms. Heifen to accompany him and help.

• The Ancient One gave Noah processed Dark Dimension power, warned him to handle it carefully, and instructed him to keep the London Sanctum portal connected to Kamar-Taj.
• Noah considered the Mage Alliance's growing influence and decided to develop it further as members entered the workforce and Ministry of Magic.
• Ms. Heifen agreed to move to London with Noah and began packing her luggage.
• Noah asked Wong to help manage the London Sanctum, and Wong agreed to go with him.

Noah settled into his new role as Guardian of the London Sanctum and prepared to meet Professor Dumbledore, who had come to speak with him. The Sanctum was short-staffed, and Noah ended up insisting Dennis stay to help with the meeting.

• Noah took over as Guardian of the London Sanctum after Heiner stepped down, and Dennis welcomed him to the Sanctum.
• Dennis told Noah that Minister Dumbledore wanted to meet him and that other European Ministries of Magic would also visit according to tradition.
• Noah showed Ms. Heifen and Wong their rooms, and Ms. Heifen thanked him for letting her return to Britain and visit the orphanage more easily.
• Ms. Heifen declined to join Noah in meeting Dumbledore, while Wong stayed behind to organize the Library and storage room.
• Dennis said he might need to go to Kamar-Taj because the Sanctum was short-staffed, but Noah ordered him to stay and help with the meeting.