Chapter Summaries

At Hogwarts, Umbridge and Fudge questioned Aaron and Marietta about secret Defense Against the Dark Arts practice and alleged student gatherings. Aaron defended himself by claiming neutrality toward the Ministry, while Umbridge tried to use Marietta’s testimony as evidence.

• Fudge questioned Marietta, but she refused to say more after describing the Room of Requirement.
• Aaron explained that he had practiced Defense Against the Dark Arts because Umbridge taught only theory, and claimed his family required him to earn an O on his O.W.L.
• Umbridge accused Aaron and other students of organizing illegal gatherings, citing Willy Widdershins’s testimony, but Aaron said his remarks about Voldemort’s return had been a joke.
• Aaron persuaded Fudge that he had never publicly opposed the Ministry, and Fudge stopped Umbridge from pressing that accusation.
• Umbridge claimed Marietta’s nod proved the students had continued meeting, while Aaron challenged the claim and suggested her disfigurement did not count as evidence.

Umbridge used Marietta’s testimony and a Gold Galleon to try to expose the D.A., but Aaron secretly replaced the evidence and turned suspicion back on Marietta. Umbridge then used a list Aaron supplied to accuse Dumbledore of plotting against the Ministry, and Fudge threatened to arrest him.

• Umbridge pressured Marietta to claim that the D.A. met weekly in the Room of Requirement, with Aaron leading and Harry assisting.
• Marietta presented a Gold Galleon as evidence, but Aaron used Illusion Magic to replace it with a genuine coin, leaving Umbridge unable to prove it was enchanted.
• After Umbridge blamed Marietta and threatened her, Dumbledore pushed her back and Fudge prepared to leave.
• Umbridge claimed Aaron had a list of students who signed up at the Hog's Head, and Aaron agreed to hand it over after Fudge promised not to target the listed students.
• Umbridge pointed to the initials “D.A.” on the list and claimed they meant “Dumbledore's Army,” prompting Fudge to accuse Dumbledore of plotting against the Ministry and threaten to arrest him.

Dumbledore defeated Fudge and three Ministry officials when they tried to arrest him, then escaped Hogwarts to investigate matters. Aaron helped cover up the confrontation, healed Marietta with Abei, and arranged to be taken to the School Hospital while Fudge renewed the search for Dumbledore.

• Fudge ordered Percy to contact the Daily Prophet and sent Dawlish, Shacklebolt, and Umbridge to arrest Dumbledore, but Aaron secretly retrieved Percy's Wand.
• Dumbledore rejected the arrest and defeated Fudge, Dawlish, Shacklebolt, and Umbridge, then left with Fawkes after asking Aaron to tell Harry to practice the Cerebral Sealing Technique.
• Aaron stunned the four officials again, slapped Umbridge, and had Abei heal Marietta's face while Professor McGonagall erased Marietta's memories.
• Aaron stunned himself to make the confrontation look convincing, and Professor McGonagall agreed to take him to the School Hospital after the officials woke.
• Fudge and the others learned Dumbledore had escaped and went after him, while Aaron mocked Umbridge and left with Professor McGonagall and Marietta.

After Umbridge became Headmistress, Aaron helped the Weasley twins’ fireworks lift Hogwarts’s spirits by plunging the castle into darkness and conjuring an illusion of Dumbledore. Once Easter holiday began, Hermione and Ron found Aaron and asked him about Harry’s refusal to continue learning the Cerebral Sealing Technique from Snape.

• Umbridge took over as Headmistress and formed an Inquisitorial Squad, while the students remained convinced Dumbledore would return.
• Aaron told Madam Pomfrey he had slapped Umbridge twenty-eight times and was hiding in the School Hospital to avoid suspicion.
• The Weasley twins set off fireworks across Hogwarts, and Aaron shrouded the castle in darkness and created an illusion of Dumbledore, prompting the students to cheer.
• Umbridge spent the afternoon dealing with the fireworks while the professors and prefects declined to help her.
• Hermione and Ron told Aaron that Harry had stopped learning the Cerebral Sealing Technique from Snape and asked for help persuading him.
• Aaron told Hermione and Ron to pass on Dumbledore’s message urging Harry to learn the technique diligently, especially before sleep.

Aaron discussed his career plans with Draco and Professor Snape, declaring that he intended to become Hogwarts’s Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. He left Snape’s office with a haul of potions bought partly on credit, then noticed Harry slipping away during a disturbance at school.

• Aaron told Draco he expected to become a teacher at Hogwarts, though he could pursue several other careers.
• During his career guidance meeting, Aaron told Professor Snape he planned to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and suggested Snape could take over Potions.
• Snape asked Aaron to teach Harry the Cerebral Sealing Technique, but Aaron refused unless Snape paid him in potions.
• Aaron bought dozens of Snape’s potions, paid with Abei’s Gold Galleons, and agreed to owe Snape the remaining amount.
• Aaron skipped Divination after his meeting, practiced magic during Umbridge’s class, and watched Harry hurry away when a commotion broke out upstairs.

Aaron began teaching Harry the Cerebral Sealing Technique after Harry secretly used Umbridge’s Floo Network to speak with Sirius Black. The first lesson revealed that Harry’s dreams led to the Department of Mysteries, where Voldemort was searching for a prophecy.

• Ron and Hermione told Aaron that Harry had gone looking for Sirius Black, and Aaron deduced that Harry had used the Floo Network in Umbridge’s office.
• George and Fred escaped Umbridge by flying away on their brooms, announcing their new joke shop and leaving the students cheering.
• Aaron agreed to teach Harry the Cerebral Sealing Technique, while refusing to teach him his family’s inherited Heart Concealment Technique.
• A week later, Aaron used Mind Extraction on Harry and uncovered his dream of a corridor leading to a room filled with prophecy orbs.
• Aaron identified the place in Harry’s dream as the Department of Mysteries and concluded that Voldemort was searching for a prophecy.

Aaron explained the value of the prophecy and continued training Harry in the Cerebral Sealing Technique. During the Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Quidditch final, Hagrid led Aaron and Hermione into the Forbidden Forest, where they discovered a sleeping sixteen-foot Giant he wanted them to keep company with.

• Aaron explained that Voldemort sought the prophecy because it could reveal the location of a powerful weapon, then resumed Harry's Cerebral Sealing training.
• Harry relived memories of James and Sirius humiliating Snape and struggled to resist Aaron's Mind Extraction.
• At the Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Quidditch final, Hagrid asked Aaron and Hermione to follow him into the Forbidden Forest while the match continued.
• Hagrid said Umbridge was trying to drive him away and that he needed someone to look after a magical creature before he left.
• Aaron illuminated the creature in a forest enclosure, revealing a sleeping Giant about sixteen feet tall.

Hagrid introduced Aaron and Hermione to Grawp, his giant half-brother, and asked them to visit him while Hagrid was away. After Aaron’s dragon Abei subdued Grawp, the group encountered Centaurs who forbade Hagrid from returning to the forest but agreed to tolerate Grawp staying in his area.

• Aaron and Hermione learned that Hagrid had brought his giant brother Grawp from the giant tribe and agreed to visit him when Hagrid was away.
• Grawp reached for Hermione, so Aaron summoned Abei, whose size and power frightened Grawp into submission.
• Hagrid introduced Aaron and Hermione as Grawp’s new friends, but Abei rejected Grawp’s request to ride on it.
• On their way back, Aaron detected approaching Centaurs, and Magorian told Hagrid that the forest no longer welcomed him.
• The Centaurs recognized Aaron as a friend because he had once helped their kind, but Bane condemned Firenze for sharing Centaur knowledge with humans.
• Magorian ordered Hagrid to stay out of the forest, then agreed to let Grawp remain in his area after Aaron explained that they would look after him.

As the O.W.L.s began, Aaron breezed through the exams while demonstrating his growing magical skill and Harry earned praise for his Patronus in Defense Against the Dark Arts. The fifth-years prepared for the remaining subjects as Aaron and his Thoughtform continued developing magic and enchanted ammunition.

• Hermione worried about telling Harry and Ron about Grawp, and Aaron encouraged her to share the burden while keeping Abei's size secret.
• Aaron finished mastering instant casting for five Ultimate Elemental Magics and taught Harry the Cerebral Sealing Technique, which helped stop his nightmares.
• Aaron completed the first O.W.L. theory paper early, then practiced a Forbidden Magic Array while he waited; during the practical exam, he impressed his examiner with difficult spells.
• Neville excelled in Herbology, and Harry produced a Patronus in the Defense Against the Dark Arts practical, earning extra marks and upsetting Umbridge.
• Aaron finished the Ancient Runes practical in minutes, then told his Thoughtform that six O.W.L. subjects remained and inspected a bullet bearing four enchantments.

Aaron’s Divination vision came true when Umbridge’s group attacked Hagrid, but Aaron’s intervention helped Hagrid escape while Professor McGonagall was seriously injured. After the exams ended, Harry’s scar pain led him to learn that McGonagall had been sent to St Mungo’s, leaving him frightened and unsure whom he could trust.

• Aaron saw a vision of Hagrid being attacked and warned himself that Umbridge might act soon.
• During the Astronomy exam, Umbridge’s group attacked Hagrid, and they stunned Professor McGonagall when she tried to stop them.
• Aaron cast Avis from the tower, disrupting the attackers and allowing Hagrid to escape with Fang.
• Aaron summoned his Patronus to alert Madam Pomfrey, who took the unconscious Professor McGonagall to the hospital.
• During the History of Magic exam, Harry collapsed clutching his scar, and Aaron escorted him to the School Hospital.
• Harry learned from Madam Pomfrey that Professor McGonagall had been sent to St Mungo’s and feared that he had no one left to trust.

Harry dreamed that Voldemort had captured and tortured Sirius, and he insisted on finding out whether his godfather was safe despite Aaron’s warnings that the vision was a trap. As Harry’s friends prepared to investigate through Umbridge’s office, Aaron went to Snape, who dismissed the dream as suspicious and was delighted by the thought of Sirius suffering.

• Harry told Aaron, Hermione, and Ron that he had dreamed Voldemort captured Sirius and tortured him in the Department of Mysteries.
• Aaron argued that the dream was likely a trap, but Harry refused to ignore it, and Ginny and Luna joined the discussion.
• Hermione proposed checking on Sirius through the Floo Network in Umbridge’s office, and the group planned to distract Umbridge while Harry and Hermione slipped inside.
• Harry refused to rely on Snape because of Snape’s grudge against Sirius, so Aaron left to speak with the Potions professor.
• Snape listened to Aaron’s account, suspected the vision was false, and said the school’s Floo Network was monitored so Harry could not contact the Order of the Phoenix.

Umbridge tried to interrogate Harry and Aaron about Padfoot after running out of Truth Serum, but Aaron resisted her and the Inquisitorial Squad refused to challenge him. Umbridge let Aaron leave, then threatened to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry to force him to talk.

• Montague told Snape and Aaron that the Inquisitorial Squad had caught Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Luna, and Neville trying to enter Umbridge's office.
• Umbridge demanded more Truth Serum from Snape, who said he had no stock, and Aaron refused to hand over his private supply.
• Umbridge questioned Aaron about Padfoot and attacked him, but Aaron caught her wrist and broke her spell with wandless magic.
• Umbridge ordered the Inquisitorial Squad to restrain Aaron, but Montague and Millicent admitted that they could not beat him.
• Umbridge allowed Aaron to leave but kept Harry and the others, then threatened to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry.

Hermione lured Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest with a fabricated story about Dumbledore's secret weapon, where Umbridge provoked the Centaurs and was dragged away. Aaron, Harry, and Hermione found Grawp and reunited with the others, but Harry remained worried that Sirius had been captured.

• Hermione claimed Dumbledore's secret weapon was in the Forbidden Forest, and Umbridge forced Aaron, Harry, and Hermione to lead her there.
• Aaron, Hermione, and Harry discovered Grawp had escaped, and Umbridge threatened Harry when they could not show her the supposed weapon.
• Umbridge insulted Magorian and the Centaurs, who attacked her and dragged her into the woods after Aaron freed Magorian from her spell.
• Aaron, Harry, and Hermione found Grawp back at his tree and decided they needed to return, while Aaron said Snape could contact the Phoenix Society about Sirius.
• Ron, Ginny, Luna, and Neville arrived with Harry and Hermione's Wands after escaping the Inquisitorial Squad, and Ron warned that Sirius might have been captured.

Harry and the D.A. prepared to fly to the Ministry of Magic to rescue Sirius Black, despite Aaron's warnings that the mission was a trap and too dangerous. Aaron reluctantly let them go and lent Hermione a powerful weapon and a potion, and the group gathered Thestrals before setting off.

• Harry said Voldemort was not at the Ministry and that Sirius Black was still alive, so he and the D.A. insisted on going despite Aaron trying to stop them.
• Hermione convinced Aaron to let the group proceed, and he lent her Shore Flower, three enchanted bullets, and a potion to use if they were captured.
• Hermione kissed Aaron before leaving to join Luna and Ginny, then denied that she had confessed to him.
• Luna and Ginny found two Thestrals, while Ron, Harry, and Neville arrived with thirteen more.
• Harry urged everyone to choose a Thestral and mount up because time was running out.

Harry and his friends flew to the Ministry of Magic to rescue Sirius, only to discover that the vision guiding them there had been a trap. They found Harry’s Prophecy Orb and were confronted by Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, and other masked Death Eaters.

• Harry led Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna to the Ministry of Magic on Thestrals while Aaron and the Thoughtform worried over the danger and prepared to divine the future.
• The group entered the Department of Mysteries and searched its doors, finding a room of brains, a mysterious archway, and finally the shelves of Prophecy Orbs.
• Harry found no sign of Sirius in the row where he expected him, and Hermione realized they had walked into a trap.
• Neville spotted a Prophecy Orb labeled with Harry Potter’s name and the Dark Lord’s, and Harry took it from the shelf.
• Lucius Malfoy revealed that Voldemort had used a false vision to lure Harry there and demanded the Prophecy Orb.
• Bellatrix Lestrange appeared with more masked Death Eaters as Harry and his friends raised their wands to resist.

Harry and his friends fought their way through the Department of Mysteries while the Death Eaters tried to seize the Prophecy Orb. After Hermione used Aaron’s gun to help them escape, Aaron decided to prepare to intervene, though he planned to save Hermione first and avoid getting drawn into the larger fight.

• Harry led the group in a flight through the shelves after learning Voldemort was expected to arrive, and the friends were repeatedly split up by pursuing Death Eaters.
• Hermione brought down falling Prophecy Orbs to distract a Death Eater, and the six friends regrouped near the main doors, where Lucius and two others blocked their way.
• Hermione fired the gun Aaron had given her, forcing Lucius to flee and blasting the other two Death Eaters into a wall.
• The friends escaped into the circular room but found that its doors and their markings had changed, then fled through a random door as the Death Eaters caught up.
• After seeing Hermione’s shot in the Crystal Ball, Aaron prepared to travel through the night while the Thoughtform continued the Divination and monitored the Book of Prophecy.

After the Book of Prophecy warned that a Death Eater would kill someone at the Ministry of Magic, Aaron went to the Department of Mysteries and found Harry and his friends cornered by Death Eaters. He stayed hidden as the Death Eaters seized the Prophecy Orb and prepared to send the captives through the Veil, leaving Neville in Bellatrix's hands.

• Aaron spent his Magic Points on Magical Energy, then heard the Book of Prophecy predict a murder at the Ministry of Magic.
• Aaron took the Book of Prophecy to the Ministry of Magic, where Captain Jack's Compass led him to the room containing Harry and the Death Eaters.
• Black mist seized Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Luna, while Hermione used Lycoris to drive back Antonin Dolohov.
• Lucius threatened Harry's friends until Harry handed over the Prophecy Orb, then ordered the captives thrown through the Veil and Hermione taken alive.
• Aaron chose to remain hidden unless the captives' lives were in immediate danger as Bellatrix tortured Neville and lifted him toward the Veil.

Aaron revealed himself to save Neville from the Veil and found himself trapped with the Death Eaters, who wanted to take him to Voldemort. As he weighed a risky fight against the hostages’ safety, Lucius threatened Hermione to make him cooperate.

• Aaron dispelled his Disillusionment Charm after Neville escaped the Veil, and Bellatrix revealed that Voldemort had anticipated a sixteen-year-old boy might appear.
• Lucius explained that Voldemort wanted to meet Aaron, while Aaron stalled for time and rebuked Harry, the captured friends, and Hermione for coming to the Ministry.
• Aaron said a prophecy had warned that someone would die that night, and Bellatrix fired a Killing Curse at Neville, who escaped when a rock hand shoved him aside.
• Lucius suggested Voldemort wanted Aaron because of his deeper identity, and Aaron refused to surrender despite the Death Eaters’ threats.
• Aaron rejected Lucius’s appeal to save the hostages, so Lucius aimed his Wand at Hermione and offered to release her if Aaron made the correct choice.

Aaron and the others faced the Death Eaters as Voldemort prepared to arrive at the Department of Mysteries. After deciding to help the captives escape rather than flee alone, Aaron summoned a Red Demon Mask and put it on to gain the manpower needed to break through.

• Hermione fired the Shore Flower at Lucius to stop Bellatrix from killing Neville, and Aaron knocked Bellatrix away when she tried to curse Hermione.
• Lucius revealed that Voldemort had anticipated Aaron’s involvement and was coming to the Department of Mysteries, while the Book of Prophecy warned that he would arrive in ten minutes.
• Aaron realized there was less than eight minutes to escape and told Harry, Neville, Ron, Ginny, and Luna to flee while he bought them time.
• Aaron gave Hermione a black key to keep safe, then summoned a Red Demon Mask that could call ninja soldiers and placed it over his face.

Aaron tried to escape the execution chamber with Hermione using a Portkey, but Barty Crouch Jr. interrupted the transfer and Hermione was sent away while Aaron remained behind. Surrounded by Death Eaters and his captured friends, Aaron learned that the Dark Lord wanted him alive and was told his friends’ survival depended on his cooperation.

• Aaron summoned fifty Shadow Ninjas to fight the six Death Eaters while Harry, Ron, Luna, Ginny, and Neville escaped the chamber.
• Aaron used an illusion and another group of Shadow Ninjas to cover his Portkey escape with Hermione, but Barty Crouch Jr. burst in and cast the Killing Curse at her.
• Aaron released the Portkey to deflect the curse, and Hermione was transported away before a Thoughtform stunned her and prepared to take her to Hagrid’s hut.
• Barty Crouch Jr. and three Death Eaters helped Lucius and the others defeat the remaining Shadow Ninjas and recapture Harry’s group.
• Aaron removed the Nika Mask and agreed to cooperate, while Barty Crouch Jr. warned that the captives’ survival depended on his behavior.