Chapter Summaries

Peter fought Miraz in a duel while Aaron and Edmund suspected Telmar nobles were plotting to take advantage of the conflict. After Miraz’s treacherous attack failed, Caspian spared him and warned him that Puspi and the commanders were conspiring against his throne.

• Aaron warned Peter and Edmund that Miraz would die and suspected Lord Puspi was plotting to seize power with the duel as cover.
• Peter and Miraz fought until both were exhausted, and Aaron reset Peter’s dislocated shoulder and healed him with a potion.
• Aaron revealed a Flintlock Gun but refused to shoot Miraz during the duel, while Peter resolved not to exploit Miraz’s injured leg.
• Peter disarmed Miraz, but lowered his guard when Miraz asked for a pause; Miraz then attacked from behind, and Peter wounded him in the abdomen.
• Peter let Caspian decide Miraz’s fate, and Caspian spared him while declaring his intention to restore Narnia to the Narnians.
• Caspian warned Miraz that Puspi and other Telmarines had designs on his throne, and Miraz vowed to settle accounts with them.

After Puspi killed Miraz and blamed the Narnians, Peter and Caspian’s forces began their planned battle against the Telmarines. Aaron destroyed the enemy’s catapults and heavy crossbows, while the Narnian army ambushed the cavalry and lured half the infantry into the fortress, where the chapter left Puspi ordering a withdrawal after his general realized it was a trap.

• Puspi killed Miraz with an arrow, accused the Narnians of murdering the King, and rode back to the Telmarine army.
• Aaron destroyed all seven Telmarine catapults, and Puspi ordered his forces to regroup before attacking the fortress.
• Caspian led Narnian fighters through underground passages to collapse the ground beneath the charging cavalry, while Tumnus’s archers and Peter’s troops attacked from both sides.
• Aaron destroyed the Telmarine heavy crossbow carts as the infantry advanced, and Peter and Caspian retreated with the Narnians to draw the soldiers into the fortress.
• Peter led the Narnians out through a hidden opening, and the general warned Puspi that the fortress was a trap, prompting Puspi to order his soldiers to withdraw.

Aaron helped the Narnians trap the Telmarine army in the bunker, then left Peter’s forces to seek Aslan with Susan and Lucy. He found Aslan and refused Susan’s request to kneel before him.

• Aaron teleported Cornelius to safety, warned Peter that the Telmarines were withdrawing, and ignited the bunker’s oil-soaked defenses to stop their pursuit.
• The bunker fire devastated the Telmarine army, but Puspi refused to retreat because he wanted to kill Caspian and secure the throne; Peter prepared the Narnians for battle.
• Aaron left Cornelius in the Cair Paravel Ruins and used Captain Jack’s Compass to find Susan and Lucy, following signs that they had fought Telmarine soldiers.
• Aaron met Aslan, who welcomed him to Narnia and praised his talent, while Aaron refused Susan’s demand that he kneel.

Aslan joined the battle against the Telmarines, and his Wood Elf and water magic turned the fight into a decisive Narnian victory. After the survivors surrendered, Aslan welcomed Caspian among Narnia’s kings, restored Reepicheep’s tail, and met Tumnus.

• Aslan awakened the Wood Elves and set out with Lucy and Susan to end the war, while Aaron Apparated ahead to the battlefield.
• Aaron rescued Caspian from General Sophi, and the Wood Elves swept into battle, driving the Telmarines toward the river.
• Aslan blocked the bridge with Lucy and Susan, then summoned a Water Giant that destroyed the bridge and overwhelmed Puspi’s forces.
• The Telmarines surrendered, and Aslan recognized Caspian as worthy to be king alongside Peter and Edmund.
• Edmund healed Reepicheep with Lucy’s potion, and Aslan restored the mouse’s missing tail after Reepicheep rejected Aaron’s Transfiguration.
• Lucy introduced Tumnus to Aslan, and Tumnus knelt before him as his doubts disappeared.

After Caspian was crowned, Aaron claimed his mission reward, bought Aaron’s Eye, and spent his remaining Magic Points before preparing to leave Narnia. As Aslan opened a passage for the Telmarines and Peter’s siblings to return to their world, Aaron revealed that he came from a different world.

• Caspian’s council supported him as the new king, and he was crowned the next day.
• Aaron claimed 1,000 Magic Points for completing the mission, bought Aaron’s Eye, refreshed the shop, and spent his remaining points on Magical Energy.
• Caspian offered the Telmarines the choice to remain peacefully in Narnia or return to their ancestors’ homeland, and Aslan opened a passage through a great tree.
• General Sophi, Miraz’s wife, and her son chose to leave, while Reepicheep offered to lead mice through the passage as proof it was safe.
• Peter and Susan said farewell to Caspian, and Aslan explained that they would not return to Narnia, though Lucy and Edmund still might.
• Aslan revealed to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy that Aaron came from another world, and Aaron said their world had no magic.

Aaron returned from Narnia, gave Lucy a golden feather, and learned that Harry Potter would stand trial for using magic to defend himself from a Dementor. Two days later, Aaron and Jeans arrived at the Ministry of Magic and headed down toward the courtroom.

• Aaron gave Lucy a unicorn foal's golden feather before opening a portal and returning to the Gaius Family's secret chamber.
• Aaron gave the White Witch's magical weapon to Argus, who reduced it to a silver gleam and added it to the sword blank.
• Jeans told Aaron that Harry Potter would face a Ministry trial for using the Patronus Charm in front of Muggles, and Aaron decided to attend.
• Aaron and Jeans traveled through the Floo Network to the Ministry of Magic, where Jeans explained that Fudge had moved Harry's trial to the tenth underground level and advanced its time.
• Aaron and Jeans took the elevator to the Department of Mysteries and prepared to continue down the stairs to the courtroom.

Aaron and Jeans attended Harry Potter’s Wizengamot hearing, where Aaron repeatedly challenged Fudge’s attempts to rush the proceedings. Harry denied the charge of illegal magic and named Arabella Figg as a witness, leaving the court to hear her account.

• Aaron questioned Fudge about why an underage magic case had been brought before the Wizengamot, and Lucius Malfoy defended the decision by citing Harry’s status as the Savior.
• Jeans revealed that five judges owed favors to the Gaius Family, while Harry arrived and found Aaron and Jeans waiting in the visitors’ gallery.
• Aaron objected when Fudge tried to begin without Harry’s defense counsel, and Dumbledore arrived to represent Harry.
• Aaron again insisted that Harry be allowed to speak, and Harry explained that he had cast a Patronus to defend himself and another person from two Dementors.
• Fudge dismissed Harry’s account until Harry identified Arabella Figg as a witness; Figg arrived and revealed that she was a Squib who could see Dementors.

At Harry Potter’s hearing, Aaron challenged the fairness of the Wizengamot and questioned the Ministry’s control of the Dementors. The court dismissed all charges against Harry, and Aaron left with him before accepting Cornelius Fudge’s invitation to talk.

• Mrs. Figg gave a weak description of the Dementors, and Aaron criticized Fudge for dismissing her testimony and denying Harry a fair hearing.
• Dumbledore argued that the Dementors had been sent to attack Harry and reminded the court that magic was permitted when a life was threatened.
• The Wizengamot voted overwhelmingly to dismiss all charges against Harry, despite Fudge and Umbridge voting to convict him.
• Dumbledore urged Harry to seek Aaron’s help if trouble arose, and Aaron reluctantly agreed before telling Harry not to burden his friends unnecessarily.
• Harry reunited with Mr. Weasley outside the courtroom, where they saw Percy ignore them and learned that he trusted the Ministry over Dumbledore.
• Fudge invited Aaron to talk, and Aaron accepted after Harry tried to refuse on his behalf.

Aaron agreed to let Umbridge teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts while securing freedom over his own lessons and protection from Ministry interference. Lucius Malfoy sought a way to protect his family from Voldemort, and Aaron agreed to help Draco while Lucius left with his memories of their meeting altered.

• Aaron praised Dumbledore’s abilities but told Fudge and Umbridge that he disliked Dumbledore’s manipulative nature.
• Aaron accepted Umbridge’s appointment at Hogwarts after Fudge agreed he could teach Defense Against the Dark Arts freely and the Ministry would not meddle with him.
• Lucius Malfoy visited Aaron at Gaius Castle and admitted that he and Narcissa were Death Eaters seeking a way out from Voldemort’s control.
• Aaron promised to help protect Draco if he stayed clear of the Death Eaters, and offered Lucius and Narcissa refuge at Gaius Castle in exchange for half the Malfoy fortune.
• Aaron had Jeans extract Lucius’s memories of their discussion and implant a false memory before Lucius left, then said his help did not violate the Gaius Family’s rules.

Aaron complained about his Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook and tried to avoid becoming Slytherin prefect, but Dumbledore’s appointment stood as Hogwarts began. On the train, Aaron met Harry’s group and learned that Ron and Hermione were also prefects before joining the prefects’ briefing.

• Aaron criticized the fifth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts book and argued with Jeans about being forced to continue studying elemental magic arrays.
• Jeans gave Aaron Dumbledore’s letter appointing him Slytherin prefect, and Aaron failed to persuade Jeans to ask Dumbledore to choose someone else.
• At Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Aaron encountered Moody, Sirius in dog form, the Weasleys, Harry, Lupin, and Tonks, and learned that Ron and Hermione had become prefects.
• Aaron joined the train’s prefect compartment, where the Head Students explained the prefects’ duties and privileges.
• Ron asked about deducting points, then argued with Pansy until Aaron told them to stop.

Aaron warned Draco that Lucius had prepared a way out if the Malfoys faced danger from the returned Dark Lord, then returned to Hogwarts and began his prefect duties. At the opening feast, the Sorting Hat warned that Hogwarts faced danger and urged the Houses to unite.

• Aaron met Draco privately, showed him a vial containing a fragment of Lucius’s memory, and told him to trust his father’s arrangements and seek Aaron’s help if needed.
• Aaron helped maintain order at the station, learned that Professor Grubbly-Plank was leading the first-years, and avoided Hermione’s attempt to discuss Dumbledore.
• Aaron, Draco, and Pansy arrived at Hogwarts, where they saw Professor Umbridge seated at the staff table as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor.
• The Sorting Hat sang about Hogwarts’s founding and Houses, then warned that enemies were watching and that the school had to stand united.

Aaron began his year as a Slytherin prefect, guided the new students to their common room, and accepted a System mission to serve responsibly for a semester in exchange for 1,200 Magic Points. The next morning, Snape refused Aaron's attempt to resign and persuaded him to remain prefect, especially with Ministry-appointed Umbridge teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.

• The Sorting Ceremony ended, and Dumbledore announced that Grubbly-Plank would teach Care of Magical Creatures while Hagrid took temporary leave and Umbridge would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• Umbridge interrupted Dumbledore's feast announcements with a speech about preserving and abolishing school practices, and Aaron predicted the students would eventually drive her out.
• Aaron led the Slytherin first-years to their common room, explained its password and prefect support, and arranged their dormitories.
• Aaron signed in for ten Magic Points, summoned his Thoughtform to discuss its workload, and accepted the System's semester-long prefect mission for a reward of 1,200 Magic Points.
• Snape confronted Aaron about trying to resign, explained that Dumbledore had personally named him and that he was suited to the role, and Aaron agreed to stay prefect.

Harry faced growing distrust at Hogwarts while Aaron discussed the Ministry’s propaganda and the Weasley twins’ Pepper-Up Potion business. In Umbridge’s first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, students challenged her refusal to teach practical defensive magic, and Dean Thomas backed up Harry’s objection.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed how the Daily Prophet’s claims had turned students against Harry, while Aaron said the public would not believe additional witnesses until Voldemort returned openly.
• Fred and George described their experimental Pepper-Up Potions, accepted Aaron’s order, and agreed to stop recruiting students as test subjects after Hermione threatened to tell Mrs. Weasley.
• Snape made Harry brew a Soothing Agent and mocked him, while Aaron planned to use his Thoughtform to complete Trelawney’s dream-recording assignment.
• Umbridge began teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts from a Ministry-approved textbook, leaving Aaron, Draco, Pansy, and other students bored by her lecture.
• Hermione asked why the textbook omitted defensive spells, and Harry and Dean Thomas challenged Umbridge’s claim that students could learn defense without risk.

Umbridge insisted that fifth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts students study theory without practicing spells, and she punished Harry for saying Voldemort had returned. The next day, Professor Grubbly-Plank taught the class about Bowtruckles while Aaron offered to help his Slytherin classmates prepare for their exams.

• Umbridge dismissed concerns about practical spellwork, denied that Voldemort had returned, and gave Harry a week of detention after he contradicted her.
• Aaron told Harry that speaking the truth without evidence would not change Umbridge’s position, then offered to help his classmates with practical Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• McGonagall and Flitwick assigned heavy O.W.L. preparation homework, while Aaron performed the Vanishing Charm and Summoning Charm successfully on his first attempts.
• Aaron urged the Slytherins to study instead of mocking Harry and offered to answer their practical questions.
• Professor Grubbly-Plank taught the fifth-year students about Bowtruckles, and Aaron identified them correctly for five points to Slytherin.
• Aaron fed woodlice to a Bowtruckle, posed it with Abei, and drew a sketch in which Abei took up most of the page.

Harry endured Umbridge’s blood-quill detention while Aaron received Light and Dark Magic books from Weihert, along with orders to practice both during holidays. Aaron brought the books to his secret base, where he joined the Thoughtform and Abei for a meal and considered replenishing their food stores.

• Umbridge made Harry write “I must not tell lies” with a blood quill, and he endured the painful detention without admitting fault.
• Aaron received a package from Jeans containing a box protected by Weihert’s elaborate magical locks and warnings.
• Aaron spent the morning solving the locks, then opened two books covering Light Magic and Dark Magic.
• Aaron discovered Weihert’s hidden message requiring him to practice two additional types of Elemental Magic during holidays.
• Aaron went to Divine Thunder Hall, where the Thoughtform discussed enchanting progress and the group shared roasted meat.
• The Thoughtform warned that their food stores would eventually run out, and Aaron began considering replenishing them.

Aaron studied Light Element Magic and Shadow Element Magic while Umbridge tightened her control over Hogwarts as High Inquisitor. Hermione, Harry, and Ron decided to ask Aaron to teach them defensive magic, then approached him in the library.

• Aaron received books on Light Element Magic and Shadow Element Magic, and prepared to study for Weihert’s tests during the Summer Holiday.
• Umbridge invoked Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three to claim authority over professors, imposed more rules, and targeted Trelawney during a Divination lesson.
• Hermione argued that the students needed to learn defensive magic and proposed Aaron as their teacher, while Sirius explained that Fudge feared Dumbledore was building a wizard army.
• Aaron and the Thoughtform found that making heavily enchanted ammunition required scarce magical creature feathers, so Aaron rejected upgrading his automatic pistol bullets.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione found Aaron in the library after Xilin McEwan left, and Aaron asked what they wanted.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione asked Aaron to teach practical Defense Against the Dark Arts, but he initially refused because he was busy. A System Mission reward persuaded him to recruit Xilin McEwan as his first student, and he arranged their first lesson for Saturday in the Potions classroom.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione asked Aaron to teach them Defense Against the Dark Arts because Umbridge's lessons lacked practical training, but Aaron left without agreeing.
• Aaron complained about the extra work, then accepted a System Mission to teach at least one willing student for 500 Magic Points.
• Aaron chose fourth-year Xilin McEwan as his student and scheduled lessons for the weekend, telling her they would meet in the Potions classroom.
• Xilin fed Abei chicken legs in the Slytherin common room, and Aaron confirmed they would start after breakfast on Saturday.
• At breakfast, Draco teased Aaron about Xilin, and Aaron went to ask Professor Snape about using the Potions classroom.

Aaron confronted Umbridge to secure permission to tutor Xilin, then began a Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson with Xilin and Draco in the Potions classroom. He tested their knowledge and started having them demonstrate basic spells against a stone statue.

• Aaron argued with Umbridge that tutoring Xilin was part of his duty as Slytherin Prefect and warned he could tell Fudge about her attitude, prompting her to back down.
• Aaron and Xilin went to the Potions classroom, where Draco joined them and Aaron criticized Draco’s weak combat skills before agreeing to include him in the lesson.
• Aaron explained that his family would not intervene in his affairs and said Umbridge was unlikely to object to tutoring only Draco and Xilin.
• Aaron collected the students’ knowledge of curses and dark creatures, then wrote a list of basic spells for them to master before attempting the Patronus Charm.
• Aaron cleared space in the classroom and conjured a stone statue for practice, and Draco’s Disarming Charm knocked the statue’s sword to the ground.

Aaron trained Draco and Xilin in the Disarming Charm, where Xilin improved quickly and repeatedly defeated Draco in their duels. Harry, Ron, and Hermione then persuaded Aaron to teach them Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Hermione revealed they hoped to recruit a few more students.

• Aaron criticized Draco's slow Disarming Charm, while Xilin missed her first shot but learned to hit the statue after practicing.
• Aaron had Draco and Xilin duel using only the Disarming Charm, and Xilin improved enough to defeat Draco several times.
• Aaron told Draco that Xilin's quick progress showed that effort mattered more than bloodline, then advised Draco to set a goal of defeating Harry Potter.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione confronted Aaron in the library after Dobby warned them that Umbridge knew he was teaching students spells.
• Aaron agreed to teach the trio Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Hermione said they hoped to recruit three to five students.

Aaron agreed to teach Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and several others in addition to Draco and Xilin, despite the danger of Umbridge discovering their lessons. On the first weekend of October, Aaron, Draco, and Xilin headed to the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade to meet the new students.

• Hermione persuaded Aaron to teach five additional students, and they planned to hold weekly lessons starting in October.
• Aaron and his Thoughtform worried about finding a safe place for the expanded class, while Aaron taught Draco and Xilin the Shield Charm using moving stone statues on a Wizard Chess board.
• Aaron told Draco and Xilin that Harry, Ron, Hermione, and others would join their lessons, and the two agreed to meet them while keeping the plan secret.
• On the first weekend of October, Aaron, Draco, and Xilin walked through snowy Hogsmeade toward the Hog's Head, where Hermione had arranged the meeting.