Chapter Summaries

Hermione refused to discard the Galleon Aaron had given her, and Lupin planned to use it to investigate whether Aaron had leaked information. Meanwhile, Sirius Black returned with the gravely wounded Alastor Moody, and Aaron reluctantly agreed to save him after the system offered a reward.

• Hermione kept the enchanted Galleon despite Kingsley's warning, and Lupin asked her to contact Aaron again after preparations were made.
• Abei returned with Sirius Black and Alastor Moody, whom Sirius had brought back on Aaron's Magic Carpet.
• Aaron initially refused to heal Moody, arguing that the rescue would bring trouble and that he had no obligation to save a stranger.
• The system offered Aaron 500 Magic Points for saving Moody, so Aaron accepted the mission and required Moody to serve him until Voldemort was destroyed.
• Sirius Black agreed to persuade Moody to sign Aaron's contract, while Aaron warned that he would seal Moody away if he refused.

Aaron used the Horse Talisman and surgery to save Alastor Moody, though Moody remained heavily bandaged and would need months to recover. Meanwhile, the Phoenix Society questioned Aaron through Hermione about a Death Eater ambush and a suspected leak; after learning they suspected him despite his help, Aaron headed toward The Burrow, furious.

• Aaron used healing magic and surgery with Abei to pull Alastor Moody back from the brink of death, then told Sirius Black that Moody would need a month or two to recover.
• Aaron spoke with Hermione by long-distance telepathy as the Phoenix Society questioned her about the ambush, and he admitted he had known about it and sent Abei to help her and Kingsley.
• Harry revealed that Aaron had signed a non-aggression agreement with Voldemort, prompting Kingsley and others to worry that Aaron might trade Phoenix Society intelligence.
• Hermione told Aaron that someone had leaked the operation's details and clarified that she had never suspected him; Aaron denied leaking anything and asked where she was.
• After Hermione revealed she was at The Burrow with the Phoenix Society, Aaron realized the group suspected him and angrily decided to confront them.

Aaron proved he had not betrayed the Phoenix Society by revealing that he and Abei had rescued and treated Mad-Eye Moody. When Harry and the others condemned Snape, Aaron produced two vials of Dumbledore’s memories, leaving them poised to learn why he trusted the professor.

• Aaron showed Mad-Eye’s magical eye and revealed that Abei had caught Moody and brought him to Diagon Alley, where Aaron treated his life-threatening injuries.
• Aaron explained that he had spent the night helping Hermione escape and saving Moody, and the group apologized for suspecting him.
• Aaron said Moody would need months of bed rest and told the group that only doctors could visit him while he recovered.
• Harry accused Snape of joining the Death Eaters, injuring George, and betraying Dumbledore, while Aaron defended Snape as a teacher worthy of respect.
• Aaron produced two vials of Dumbledore’s memories and said they revealed some of Dumbledore’s plans.

Aaron showed the Phoenix Society part of Dumbledore’s memories, revealing that Dumbledore had instructed Snape to kill him and to protect Harry while maintaining Voldemort’s trust. After Lupin watched the memory and was shaken by the truth, he suddenly attacked Aaron with a Stupefy, which Aaron evaded.

• Aaron revealed Dumbledore’s green Memory Vial and let Lupin view part of its contents under a binding secrecy contract.
• The memory showed Dumbledore telling Snape to kill him, report when Harry would leave his relatives’ home, and use decoys to protect Harry while preserving Snape’s cover.
• Lupin struggled to accept the memory, and Aaron explained that it revealed the truth behind Snape’s actions and could prevent the Phoenix Society from killing him.
• Aaron warned Lupin to act on what he had learned, then prepared to leave and asked everyone to keep Dumbledore’s arrangements secret.
• Lupin fired a Stupefy at Aaron from behind, but Aaron’s Precognition Magic let him dodge the spell.

Aaron tried to leave with the remaining memories in the green vial, but Lupin trapped him at The Burrow and demanded to learn Dumbledore’s plan. Aaron broke through the barrier and fought the Order members, ending the chapter as he summoned a giant green Magic Array and a hurricane.

• Lupin demanded the rest of the memories, but Aaron refused because they concerned Harry and Lupin’s contract forbade him from revealing what he had seen.
• Lupin raised a barrier around The Burrow to keep Aaron from leaving, while several members of the Order joined him and others refused to help.
• Aaron burned through the barrier with powerful fire magic, then mocked Lupin and the others for blocking his way.
• Aaron sent a giant wave from a pond at the group, and Lupin, Kingsley, Arthur, Tonks, and Molly broke it apart and destroyed the water elemental soldiers it became.
• Aaron summoned a giant green Magic Array as a hurricane began to roar.

Aaron left the Phoenix Society after confronting its members over their plans for Snape, then returned to Diagon Alley and discussed the encounter with Sirius. Moody awoke with deep suspicions but accepted that Aaron had saved him after meeting him, while Sirius spent the night trying to convince him.

• Aaron broke through the Phoenix Society's defenses, threatened Lupin after Lupin tried to stop him, and left with Hermione and Abei.
• Aaron claimed the reward for saving Moody, inspected Abei's attributes, and told Sirius that Lupin had attacked him after learning Snape's secret.
• Aaron visited Ollivanders and Fleur, then returned to his shop to train while Sirius reported that Moody had awakened.
• Aaron refused to help persuade Moody and gave Sirius until morning to convince him, threatening to seal Moody away if he failed.
• Sirius brought Aaron to see Moody, who trusted Aaron's account because he was alive and said Sirius's overnight explanation had helped him believe it.

Aaron learned from the Book of Prophecy that Voldemort’s forces would seize the Ministry of Magic and kill the Minister, then decided to alert the Phoenix Society rather than the compromised Ministry. At the Burrow, Hermione, Harry, and Ron examined the gifts Dumbledore had left them when Hermione received a message on her communication Galleon.

• Moody signed Aaron’s contract, and Sirius Black told him about Voldemort’s Horcruxes and which ones had been found or destroyed.
• Aaron cooked breakfast for himself and Abei while Moody and Sirius Black went hungry, then Moody recovered and kept Sirius from bothering Aaron.
• The Book of Prophecy predicted the Ministry’s fall and the Minister’s death, and Aaron rejected notifying Kingsley or Scrimgeour because the Ministry was likely infiltrated.
• Aaron decided to use his Gold Galleon to notify Hermione and the Phoenix Society instead.
• At the Burrow, Hermione, Harry, and Ron discussed Dumbledore’s bequests, and Hermione froze when she received a message on her Gold Galleon.

After the Ministry fell, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hid at 12 Grimmauld Place and searched for Regulus’s locket. They learned that Mundungus Fletcher had stolen it, and Harry sent Kritter to bring him back.

• Hermione warned Harry and Ron that Aaron’s prophecy said the Death Eaters would capture the Ministry, so they fled the Burrow and went to 12 Grimmauld Place.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione searched Sirius’s and Regulus’s rooms but found no locket.
• Harry dreamed of Voldemort interrogating Gregorovitch, then realized they had not searched Kritter’s cupboard.
• Kritter revealed that Regulus had ordered him to destroy the locket and that Mundungus Fletcher had stolen it from the house.
• Harry ordered Kritter to find Mundungus Fletcher and bring him to Grimmauld Place.

Aaron and the Phoenix Society searched for Mundungus and the missing Slytherin locket while Voldemort’s Ministry imposed policies targeting Muggle-born wizards and Hogwarts students. Lupin asked Aaron to help him join Harry’s group, but Aaron questioned his anxiety until Lupin revealed that Tonks was pregnant.

• Aaron told Sirius and Moody that Mundungus had acquired the Slytherin locket and probably sold it, so they decided to find him.
• Aaron explained that Voldemort had taken control of the Ministry through Pius Thicknesse and laid out his plans for expanding his power.
• Aaron told Sirius that Hermione and the others were under surveillance but should remain in place until they found Mundungus.
• Lupin visited Aaron with a wanted notice accusing Harry of involvement in Dumbledore’s death and asked Aaron to persuade Harry to accept his help.
• Aaron agreed to consider Lupin’s request if he prioritized protecting Hermione, but questioned his uneasy state of mind.
• Lupin revealed that Tonks was pregnant.

Aaron confronted Lupin about fleeing his family and persuaded him to return to Nymphadora and their unborn child, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione questioned Mundungus about the stolen locket. Mundungus revealed they had been looking for the wrong person, leaving them waiting for his explanation.

• Aaron challenged Lupin's plan to sacrifice himself and urged him to choose life with his wife and child, and Lupin left after deciding what he should do.
• Aaron had Abei beat Sirius after Sirius repeatedly showed hostility toward Lupin, while Moody explained Lupin's tendency to run from difficult choices.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione studied Dumbledore's past and became interested in Godric's Hollow as a possible source of clues.
• Kreacher and Dobby brought Mundungus Fletcher to Harry, and Hermione disarmed him when he reached for his wand.
• Harry asked Mundungus about the locket he had taken, and Mundungus said they had been looking for the wrong person.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione traced Slytherin's Locket to Gandalf, who had taken it from 12 Grimmauld Place, and learned that Aaron knew him. Aaron realized the locket had been hidden in his family vault all along and found it, while Harry warned him not to underestimate the dangers of a Horcrux.

• Mundungus told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Gandalf had taken the valuables from 12 Grimmauld Place, including Slytherin's Locket, and Phineas said a contract prevented him from revealing anything about Gandalf.
• Harry realized Aaron knew Gandalf, so Hermione contacted Aaron through a Gold Galleon; Aaron recognized that the locket was already somewhere in his possession and promised to retrieve it within seven days.
• Hermione erased Mundungus's memory of their meeting, and Kritter and Dobby took him away to keep him hidden.
• After Hermione relayed Harry's warning about Horcruxes, Aaron used Captain Jack's Compass to locate Slytherin's Locket in his vault and the Thoughtform dug it out of a mountain of gold.

Thoughtform interrogated the Soul fragment in Slytherin's Locket, learning that Hufflepuff's Goblet was hidden in a Gringotts vault but not which one. After extracting clues from Tom Riddle, he trapped the locket in five Elemental Magic arrays, planning to handle it as he had Ravenclaw's Diadem.

• Thoughtform recognized that Slytherin's Locket was manipulating his emotions and resisted its attempt to unsettle him.
• Tom Riddle manifested armies and a dragon, but Thoughtform turned the attack into his Mind Space and subdued the Soul fragment.
• Thoughtform questioned Tom Riddle about Soul Containers and learned that destroying no more than half of them would probably go unnoticed by the main soul.
• Tom Riddle admitted he did not know where Hufflepuff's Goblet was, then revealed that it was likely hidden in a Gringotts vault belonging to one of Voldemort's trusted followers.
• Thoughtform threatened the locket with Fiendfyre until Tom Riddle named possible vault owners, then surrounded it with five Elemental Magic arrays.

Aaron found Slytherin's Locket and gained enough Magic Points to reconsider his plans, but he decided to keep both Horcruxes intact until he was ready to face Voldemort. On September 1st, he tested his Teleportation Array by sending Moody, Sirius Black, and Fleur from Ollivanders Wand Shop to his hidden Divine Thunder Hall at Hogwarts.

• Aaron found Slytherin's Locket, received 1,000 Magic Points, and reviewed the shop's costly items while weighing the Lazzo Mask against Hades.
• Aaron decided not to destroy the locket or Ravenclaw's Diadem, fearing that disturbing a Horcrux could alert Voldemort and trigger war early.
• Aaron brought Moody and Sirius Black to Ollivanders Wand Shop, where they met Ollivander and Delacour and learned that Death Eaters had taken control of Hogwarts.
• Aaron activated the Teleportation Array and sent Moody, Sirius Black, and Fleur to Divine Thunder Hall, where his Thoughtform greeted them.
• Fleur kissed the Thoughtform, and it explained its connection to Aaron while Sirius Black and Moody questioned it about its abilities.

The Thoughtform showed Sirius Black, Moody, and Fleur around Divine Thunder Hall, revealing its stores, magical artifacts, and Horcruxes. He then demonstrated its formidable defenses and self-destruct spell, leaving the visitors aware that the hidden base was protected by deadly magic and a planned escape route.

• The Thoughtform explained that he had expanded Slytherin's Secret Chamber into Divine Thunder Hall after his encounter with Voldemort's remnant soul, and showed Fleur and the others its garden, hot spring, and Clea's bedroom.
• The Thoughtform showed the visitors his alchemy workshop, including enchanted firearms and rare magical items, then revealed that he had sealed Ravenclaw's Diadem and Slytherin's Locket there as Horcruxes.
• The Thoughtform explained how he had obtained Slytherin's Locket from Mundungus and said that Harry would still need to find Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes.
• The Thoughtform led the group through Divine Thunder Hall's vaults, food stores, and potion rooms, impressing Moody and Fleur with its abundant supplies.
• When Moody questioned the base's security, the Thoughtform activated its defensive Magic Arrays and summoned hundreds of Shadow Ninjas.
• The Thoughtform revealed Divine Thunder Hall's lethal self-destruct spell and explained that its Teleportation Array would send survivors to Ollivanders Wand Shop, where Voldemort's contract would deter the Death Eaters.

The Thoughtform refused Fleur’s request to stay at Divine Thunder Hall, explaining that her safety and her family’s vulnerability made Ollivanders Wand Shop the better refuge. As Aaron returned to Hogwarts, he warned Neville, Ginny, and Luna not to get involved in Harry’s mission, then faced a Ministry search party boarding the train.

• The Thoughtform rejected Moody’s suggestion to make Divine Thunder Hall a Phoenix Society base and told Fleur to remain at Ollivanders Wand Shop to protect her and her family.
• At King’s Cross, Aaron and Clea met Jeans, who reported that Argus had nearly completed Aaron’s sword and needed a powerful energy source to perfect it.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Aaron told Clea about finding Slytherin’s Locket, clues to Hufflepuff’s Goblet, saving Moody, and connecting Teleportation Arrays.
• Neville, Ginny, and Luna asked Aaron how they could help Harry, but he warned them to stay out of danger and explained that his contract with Voldemort limited his ability to intervene.
• The train stopped, and Aaron identified the approaching search party as Ministry officials seeking Harry and Muggle-born students.
• Three Death Eaters boarded the train with wanted posters and began inspecting the compartments.

Barty Crouch Jr. boarded the Hogwarts Express to inspect its passengers and intimidate Aaron and his friends, but his threats escalated into a fight when he targeted Hermione. Aaron and Abei drove Barty and the remaining Death Eater away, while Barty warned that he would pursue Hermione and her parents.

• Barty Crouch Jr. entered Neville, Ginny, Luna, Aaron, and Clea's compartment, identified Harry Potter's friends, and posted wanted notices for Harry.
• Aaron taunted Barty about losing influence, and Barty revealed that he commanded the Snatchers after refusing a Ministry position.
• When Barty threatened Hermione, Aaron sent Abei after him, and the transformed dragon severely injured one Death Eater and forced the other back.
• Barty warned Aaron that he had searched for Hermione's parents and intended to capture Hermione, but Aaron revealed he had arranged protection for them.
• Aaron ordered Barty and the remaining Death Eater to leave, and Barty departed after warning Aaron to expect an unforgettable school year.

Aaron and his friends arrived at a Hogwarts controlled by Voldemort’s Death Eaters, where they discussed how the Ministry’s power had enabled lawlessness. Clea revealed that Dumbledore had made secret arrangements before his death, while the school year began under the Carrow Siblings’ scrutiny and Snape’s hostile account of Dumbledore’s murder.

• Aaron repaired the Hogwarts Express after he and Abei fought off three Death Eaters, then explained to Neville, Ginny, and Luna how Voldemort could twist the law to serve his rule.
• Aaron, Clea, Neville, Ginny, and Luna arrived at Hogwarts and saw Death Eaters and Dementors guarding the school; Clea privately told Professor McGonagall that Dumbledore had made arrangements before he died.
• At the Sorting Ceremony, Amicus and Alecto demanded blood-status certificates and closely watched the first-years, especially those sorted into Gryffindor.
• Snape blamed Harry Potter for Dumbledore’s murder, and Professor Flitwick silenced Hagrid when he tried to defend Harry.

After warning Slytherin students about the Carrow Siblings and the dangers ahead, Aaron prepared Divine Thunder Hall to serve as a refuge for Hogwarts students. He recruited Sirius Black and Moody to expand it, then proposed marking them with the White God's Mark.

• Snape introduced Amicus Caro and Alecto Caro as Hogwarts' new Defense Against the Dark Arts and Muggle Studies professors, and Aaron urged him to complain about the Ministry's search team.
• Aaron gathered Slytherin students and warned them to cooperate, follow school rules, and seek help from Snape or him if the Carrow Siblings mistreated them.
• Aaron met the Thoughtform in Divine Thunder Hall, where Sirius Black and Moody were studying its Defensive Array, and told them Hogwarts might need a refuge.
• Aaron assigned Sirius Black and Moody to turn the Slytherin statue into a temporary dormitory for at least fifty people, and Abei supplied them with bedrolls.
• Aaron announced that he would place a mark called the White God's Mark on Sirius Black and Moody.

Snape persuaded the Carrow Siblings not to push Aaron out of Hogwarts, planning to keep him close while using his hopes for Snape’s redemption to restrain them. On the first day of term, both siblings used harsh curses on students, and a younger Slytherin asked Aaron for help after Amicus humiliated her in class.

• Snape convinced the Carrow Siblings that keeping Aaron at Hogwarts would help them earn credit for monitoring him, and urged them to limit their punishments so Aaron would not leave.
• The new school year began, and Aaron spent his class time practicing Magic Arrays and expanding his Mind Space.
• Aaron learned that Alecto had used the Cruciatus Curse on Dennis Crevy after he objected to her claims about Muggles in Muggle Studies.
• A younger Slytherin told Aaron that Amicus had tested the Leg-Locker Curse and Jelly-Legs Jinx on her in front of her class, and Clea urged Aaron to intervene.

Amicus Caro forced seventh-year students to practice Unforgivable Curses, but Aaron secretly helped Gryffindors pretend to comply. Neville’s Cruciatus Curse rebounded onto Amicus, and Abei beat him nearly half to death before Snape arrived, leaving Amicus unwilling to accuse Aaron in a way that might drive him from Hogwarts.

• Amicus Caro ordered the students to practice the Killing Curse and threatened the worst pair with punishment.
• Aaron telepathically told several Gryffindors to pretend to cast the curses, and Neville acted as though he used the Imperius Curse on Seamus.
• Amicus chose Neville to cast the Cruciatus Curse at Aaron, but Aaron’s barrier reflected it onto Amicus.
• Amicus attacked Aaron, but Abei knocked away his wand and beat him severely, following Aaron and Clea’s instruction not to kill him.
• Snape and Alecto arrived, and Amicus chose not to accuse Aaron because his departure from Hogwarts would ruin their plans.