Recaps

Aaron endured an exhausting schedule of lessons from the Gaius ancestors, then escaped to Malfoy Manor before the school year began. The Malfoys sheltered him, and Aaron began training Draco while considering a costly spell that could help share his workload.

• Aaron became a Magus, evolved Abei into a Holy Dragon, and secretly learned Apparition and Dragon Language.
• Jeans took Aaron through the Gaius Family’s Secret Chambers, where the ancestors assigned him twenty-nine courses and began his grueling training.
• Aaron grew stronger through combat, forging, medicine, music, and magic lessons, then decided he could escape by skipping class.
• Aaron used an Invisibility Potion to leave Ollivanders with Abei and flew to Malfoy Manor, while Jeans organized a search for him.
• Draco, Lucius, and Narcissa agreed to hide Aaron, who explained the severity of his holiday schedule and promised to train Draco as a Seeker.
• Aaron put Draco through demanding Quidditch practice, then searched the System Mall for a spell that could ease his workload and found Thoughtform.

Aaron escaped his family’s search and stayed with the Weasleys before rejoining the others at Hogwarts. After helping Harry and Ron reach the school and exposing Lockhart’s incompetence, Aaron negotiated a tense Quidditch pitch dispute between Gryffindor and Slytherin.

• Aaron evaded Jeans and flew to The Burrow, where the Weasleys welcomed him despite the Ministry’s five-thousand-Galleon reward for finding him.
• Aaron stayed with the Weasleys, sharing meals and his tent, until Jeans met him at the station as the Hogwarts Express departed without Harry and Ron.
• Harry and Ron stole Arthur’s flying car to catch the train, and Aaron spotted them, sent them food, and warned them about the risks of flying.
• Harry and Ron reached Hogwarts in the car, crashed into the Whomping Willow, and were taken to Snape’s office after he found them outside the Great Hall.
• Aaron began classes, challenged Lockhart’s teaching, and protected the students when the released Cornish Pixies ran wild.
• Aaron persuaded Lockhart to let him choose how to use Defense Against the Dark Arts class time and secured full marks by offering to arrange a vampire interview.
• Aaron intervened when Slytherin and Gryffindor disputed the Quidditch pitch, stopped the players from drawing their Wands, and arranged an exchange of training slots for a limited-edition Quaffle.
• Aaron warned Marcus that losing with the Nimbus 2001s would hurt Slytherin’s reputation, making the team reconsider its confidence in the new brooms.

Aaron investigated the monster behind the attacks while Harry, Ron, and Hermione tried to uncover the Heir of Slytherin. After the trio learned Aaron was protecting students and had identified the Basilisk, they disguised themselves to question him, but Draco discovered their deception.

• Aaron followed Abei to the corridor where Harry, Ron, and Hermione found Mrs. Norris petrified, then accepted the System’s missions to find the Chamber and kill its monster.
• Aaron investigated the attacks, learned from Hagrid about Aragog and Moaning Myrtle, and identified the Basilisk as the monster in the Secret Chamber.
• Slytherin beat Gryffindor by 200 to 190 after Draco held Harry back, and Aaron destroyed the rogue Bludger before Lockhart removed the bones from Harry’s arm.
• Aaron used Colin’s camera to keep him from looking directly at the Basilisk, but Colin was petrified, and Dobby later admitted he had tried to drive Harry away from Hogwarts.
• At the Dueling Club, Harry spoke Parseltongue to stop Draco’s cobra, and Aaron began considering whether the Heir was a descendant of Salazar Slytherin.
• After Nearly Headless Nick and Justin were petrified, Aaron told Dumbledore he had concealed something important, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione brewed Polyjuice Potion to investigate him.
• Disguised as Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle, Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered Slytherin’s common room, where Aaron explained the Basilisk attacks, his rooster precautions, and his list of suspects, including Ginny Weasley.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione escaped as their disguises wore off, and Draco later told Aaron that someone had impersonated him and locked him, Crabbe, and Goyle in cupboards.

Aaron and his friends uncovered Tom Riddle’s role in the attacks, entered the Secret Chamber, and destroyed Riddle’s Soul Container. After the victims recovered and Hogwarts reopened, Aaron returned to Slytherin with a hidden Thoughtform and less Magical Energy.

• Aaron confronted Harry, Ron, and Hermione over their deception, then agreed to cooperate on the condition that they investigate secretly and report their findings to him.
• Harry found Tom Riddle’s Diary and learned through Riddle’s memories that Hagrid had been wrongly accused, while Aaron connected the attacks to the Basilisk and the girls’ bathroom.
• After Ginny revealed that she had obtained the Diary, Aaron identified it as the force controlling her and led the professors and students to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.
• Harry opened the Chamber entrance with Parseltongue, and Aaron led Harry, Ron, and Hermione through a barrier to find Ginny and face Tom Riddle.
• Aaron fought the Basilisk and Riddle in the Chamber, completing a Magic Array and using the Diary to block Riddle’s Killing Curse, which destroyed the Soul Container.
• Dumbledore broke the barrier, the petrified victims were revived, and Harry freed Dobby by placing a sock in Lucius Malfoy’s Diary.
• Aaron created a Thoughtform to study magic in secret, recovered in the hospital, and returned to Slytherin after learning that Dumbledore had credited him with helping defeat the Basilisk.
• Aaron reviewed the Thoughtform’s work and discovered that creating it and using his ring had reduced his Magical Energy to that of an early-stage High-level Mage.