Chapter Summaries

Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneaked out to reach the Philosopher’s Stone, while Aaron prepared to confront Voldemort and arrived at the fourth-floor corridor ahead of them. After discovering that Voldemort had already entered, Aaron joined the trio as they opened the trapdoor and prepared to descend.

• Neville caught Harry, Ron, and Hermione trying to sneak out, but Hermione immobilized him with a spell and the trio left under the Invisibility Cloak.
• Aaron prepared a music box, protective gear, two letters for Snape and McGonagall, and an Invisibility Potion and Felix Felicis before heading out with Abei.
• Aaron reached the fourth-floor corridor and saw the locked door open; Abei then alerted him that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were inside.
• Aaron entered the room and realized Voldemort had likely enchanted the harp, then sent Abei away to deliver the letters.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione refused to leave Aaron alone, and Harry and Ron moved Fluffy’s paw to reveal the trapdoor.
• Harry volunteered to descend first and told the others to wait for his signal.

Aaron joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they descended through the obstacles beneath the trapdoor, though he urged them to wait for the professors rather than chase Voldemort. After they crossed Devil’s Snare, Aaron agreed to help Harry catch a key in the room beyond, preparing himself with a protective charm.

• Aaron tried to leave, but Fluffy’s attack forced him and the others to jump through the trapdoor.
• Aaron used Incendio to drive Devil’s Snare away and free Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
• Harry refused to wait, and Aaron let him pass before deciding to continue with the others.
• The group entered a room filled with flying keys and found a broom they could use to catch the matching key.
• Aaron agreed to fly after the key and cast Protego on himself before taking off.

Aaron helped Harry, Hermione, and Ron through the flying-key challenge, then refused to risk his life as a chess piece in the next obstacle. As Ron prepared to lead the game with Harry and Hermione filling the missing positions, Aaron cast protective spells on all three.

• Aaron rode a broom through the swarm of flying keys, caught the damaged key, and threw it to Harry, who unlocked the exit.
• The group entered a dark room and discovered a life-sized Wizard Chess game blocking the way forward.
• Aaron explained that Ron would need to play, while Harry and Hermione would have to fill the missing bishop and rook positions.
• Aaron refused to join the game, explaining that he could not entrust his life to someone else, while Harry and Hermione chose to trust Ron.
• Ron mounted the black knight, and Aaron cast three Protego spells on Ron, Harry, and Hermione to protect them from the chess pieces.

Aaron helped Harry, Hermione, and Ron survive the Wizard's Chess game by using Felix Felicis and an Iron Armor Charm, then knocked Ron off the board to save him from the White Queen. Harry moved toward the White King after Ron confirmed he was alive but injured.

• Aaron gave Harry, Hermione, and Ron Felix Felicis, and they began the Wizard's Chess game with Ron controlling the black pieces.
• Ron lost several pieces and realized one of them had to face the White Queen while the others moved to checkmate the White King.
• Aaron praised Ron for agreeing to draw the White Queen, then revealed he had a safer plan that still required Ron to act as a chess piece.
• As the White Queen thrust her sword at Ron's horse, Aaron blasted Ron off the board and explained that someone outside the game could influence the pieces.
• Ron groaned that his back hurt and his ankle might be twisted, while Harry went to the White King.

After Ron was left behind because of his injuries, Aaron, Harry, and Hermione crossed a Troll room and solved Snape’s potion puzzle. Aaron insisted Hermione return while he and Harry continued toward Voldemort, leaving Hermione to drink the potion and depart.

• Ron nearly fell when he tried to walk, so Harry, Hermione, and Aaron told him to stay behind while they continued.
• Harry, Hermione, and Aaron found a Troll unconscious in the next room and passed it without fighting.
• The trio reached seven bottles and read a logic puzzle that blocked both the entrance and the way forward with flames.
• Aaron identified the poisons, nettle wine, and the bottles’ effects, then mixed the forward potion with nettle wine to make enough for two people.
• Harry offered to go ahead alone while Aaron and Hermione returned for help, but Aaron refused and said he had personal reasons to stop Voldemort.
• Aaron ordered Hermione to drink the potion that would take her back, and she reluctantly drank from the round, squat bottle.

Harry and Aaron confronted Professor Quirrell in the final room, where Aaron exposed him as Voldemort’s host and explained why he had suspected him. After Quirrell revealed Voldemort’s face and demanded the Philosopher’s Stone, Aaron pulled the stone from his pocket.

• Harry and Aaron crossed the black flames and found Professor Quirrell waiting by the Mirror of Erised.
• Aaron explained that his magical creature, Quirrell’s murderous look, and Quirrell’s suspicious interest had led him to suspect that Voldemort possessed Quirrell.
• Quirrell admitted that he had attacked Harry during the Quidditch match and released the Troll, while Snape had tried to protect Harry.
• Quirrell forced Harry and Aaron to look into the mirror, but both concealed what they had actually seen.
• Quirrell removed his turban and revealed Voldemort’s face on the back of his head.
• Voldemort asked Aaron to help him rebuild a body, and Aaron produced the Philosopher’s Stone from his pocket.

Aaron refused Voldemort’s offer and passed the Philosopher’s Stone to Harry, then distracted Voldemort and Quirrell so they would pursue Harry. Hermione and Ron were joined by Professors McGonagall and Snape, who arrived after Abei delivered Aaron’s warning.

• Voldemort offered to make Aaron his heir in exchange for the Philosopher’s Stone, but Aaron refused and gave the Stone to Harry.
• Harry fled when Voldemort threatened him, while Aaron interrupted Quirrell’s attempt to stop him and promised to buy him time.
• Aaron claimed Hagrid could help Harry escape, then faked being struck by a spell so Quirrell would leave to pursue Harry.
• Aaron revealed his protective brooch had been used up and left the room after Voldemort and Quirrell departed.
• Hermione and Ron met Abei, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Snape, who had come to investigate Aaron’s warning about Quirrell.

After Harry escaped from the final challenge, Voldemort revealed that he had defeated Aaron, but Aaron soon emerged unharmed and explained how he had prepared for the confrontation. With Snape and McGonagall present and Dumbledore on his way back to Hogwarts, Voldemort’s plans appeared doomed.

• McGonagall explained that Aaron could summon two professors through an agreement with Dumbledore, and Hermione and Ron realized why he had waited by the trapdoor.
• Snape and McGonagall learned that Aaron had cleared Snape’s challenge in twenty seconds, then ordered Hermione and Ron to leave as they hurried onward.
• Harry fled Quirrell’s room and revealed that Aaron had obtained the Philosopher’s Stone from the Mirror of Erised and stayed behind to help him escape.
• Voldemort, speaking through Quirrell, claimed he had spared Aaron but cast a spell meant to keep him sleepless for a month.
• Aaron walked out unharmed, revealed his preparations, and told Voldemort that he had arranged for Hagrid to send word to Dumbledore, who was returning to Hogwarts.

Voldemort fought Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape while Aaron explained why the students could not safely intervene. Aaron threw the Philosopher's Stone toward Voldemort, drawing his attention just as a white creature attacked him from above.

• Voldemort took control of Quirrell's body and fought Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape.
• Aaron took the Philosopher's Stone from Harry and warned Harry, Hermione, and Ron that they would be helpless in the duel.
• Aaron explained that Voldemort would stop them from leaving and that they had to wait for Dumbledore or another opportunity.
• Voldemort gained the upper hand as Quirrell's body deteriorated, while the professors struggled to protect the students.
• Aaron threw the Philosopher's Stone toward Voldemort, and a white figure pounced from the ceiling and slashed his back.

Aaron and Abei helped Professors McGonagall and Snape turn the fight against Voldemort, who was left near death after Quirrell’s body began to dissolve. Aaron asked to finish Voldemort himself, and as the professors fought the Dark Lord, Voldemort recognized Aaron’s hidden Wands and challenged him to come find him someday.

• Abei ambushed Voldemort from behind, letting Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape overwhelm him and allowing Aaron to take the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Aaron revealed Abei’s dragon form, and Voldemort questioned the creature before Quirrell’s face dissolved into black particles.
• Aaron asked the professors to leave Voldemort alive so he could kill him, while Voldemort continued to insist that Aaron would become his heir.
• Professor Snape agreed to honor Voldemort’s final wish, and he and Professor McGonagall countered Voldemort’s Killing Curse with a combined spell.
• Voldemort emerged from the dust and spotted Aaron’s hidden Wands, while Aaron drew them and asked whether the Dark Lord had any last words.
• Voldemort told Aaron that Dumbledore could not give him what he wanted and said he would wait for Aaron to seek him out.

Aaron survived Voldemort’s final attack and woke in the infirmary beside injured Professors Snape and McGonagall. Abei’s role in the battle protected it from immediate consequences, but Dumbledore still required Aaron to explain what kind of creature it was.

• Voldemort reappeared as a shadow after Aaron struck him down, then rushed the group and passed through Aaron, leaving him unconscious.
• Aaron woke a day later in the infirmary, where Snape explained that Voldemort had been separated from his body and that he and McGonagall had been injured in the fight.
• McGonagall and Snape told Aaron that students and staff from all four Houses had visited him, while Abei had eaten the edible gifts left at his bedside.
• Aaron made Abei reveal the snacks stored in its clothes, and McGonagall recognized that it had an Undetectable Extension Charm on it.
• Aaron argued that Abei had helped defeat Voldemort and saved the professors, but Snape warned that Dumbledore knew about it and expected Aaron to explain its identity and potential danger.

Aaron went to Dumbledore’s office with McGonagall and Snape, carrying Abei, whose identity as a magical creature worried the professors. Dumbledore returned Aaron’s Resurrection Potion and began discussing the events beneath the trapdoor, while Abei fixed its attention on Fawkes.

• Aaron left the hospital wing with McGonagall and Snape, who warned him that keeping Abei at Hogwarts could cause trouble if it proved dangerous.
• Harry apologized to Snape for suspecting him and told Aaron that the whole school had learned about their trip beneath the trapdoor.
• Aaron suspected Dumbledore had spread the story, then entered the Headmaster’s Office and found Hagrid waiting to learn about Abei.
• Dumbledore returned Aaron’s Resurrection Potion and praised his conduct during the confrontation with Voldemort.
• Dumbledore noticed Abei staring hungrily at Fawkes and realized that Abei seemed interested in eating a Phoenix.

Aaron argued with Dumbledore over keeping Abei at Hogwarts and refused to surrender Slytherin’s chance at the House Cup. He presented a guarantee from powerful figures, which Snape said was enough to let Abei remain at school.

• Dumbledore praised Aaron for helping defend Hogwarts but said Abei could not return next term unless Aaron secured an adequate guarantee.
• Aaron realized Dumbledore planned to award Gryffindor enough House points to reward Harry, Hermione, and Ron, and refused to give up this year’s House Cup.
• Aaron challenged Dumbledore’s rules against dangerous creatures by pointing to Fawkes and arguing that Abei was safe.
• Dumbledore said Aaron needed an authoritative guarantor, and Aaron produced a parchment bearing signatures that astonished Snape.
• Snape said the names he recognized were enough to allow Aaron to keep Abei openly and legitimately.

Aaron used his family’s letter of guarantee to clear himself of wrongdoing and continue raising Abei, startling Dumbledore with the Gaius Family’s extensive influence. Afterward, Snape warned Aaron about revealing his resources, while Aaron defended his actions and disclosed that he possessed a Resurrection Potion.

• Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore read Aaron’s letter of guarantee and agreed that he could continue raising Abei while keeping the creature hidden.
• Dumbledore recognized the powerful signatories and marks on the letter, reconsidered the Gaius Family’s influence, and cleared Aaron of wrongdoing.
• Aaron left Dumbledore’s office, and Snape escorted him toward the Slytherin common room while warning him that he should keep something in reserve.
• Aaron explained that he had used the guarantee to protect Abei and preserve Slytherin’s rightful chance at the House Cup, rather than register Abei with the Ministry.
• Aaron told Snape that the guarantee was merely a bluffing tool and revealed that his real trump card was the Resurrection Potion he possessed.

Aaron helped Draco overcome his fear of disappointing his father after losing to Hermione in the exams, then attended the year-end feast where Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor points that brought it close to Slytherin in the House Cup standings. The feast ended with everyone waiting to hear whether Dumbledore would award Gryffindor enough points to take first place.

• Crabbe and Goyle told Aaron that Draco had shut himself in after learning he ranked below Hermione, and asked Aaron to speak with him.
• Aaron reassured Draco that Lucius would not be disappointed and that Draco could take pride in beating Harry and Ron in the exam rankings.
• Draco asked about the underground chambers, and Aaron recounted the events while keeping Voldemort's survival secret.
• At the year-end feast, Dumbledore announced Slytherin had won the House Cup with 493 points, ahead of Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor.
• Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor 50 points for Hermione, 50 for Ron, and 60 for Harry, bringing Gryffindor within ten points of Slytherin.

At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore awarded Aaron one hundred points, securing Slytherin its seventh consecutive House Cup. As summer break began, Aaron prepared to leave Hogwarts, encountered Hagrid at the station, and joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a train compartment.

• Dumbledore awarded Neville ten points for standing by his principles against his friends, tying Gryffindor and Slytherin before the final award.
• Dumbledore gave Aaron one hundred points for his intelligence, preparations, and aid to his friends, giving Slytherin the House Cup and its seventh straight championship.
• Aaron packed for summer break, and Draco invited him to visit the Malfoy home; Aaron said he would come if he had time.
• At the station, Aaron showed Abei to Hagrid, accepted Hagrid's roast chicken, but refused to let him pet the dragon.
• After finding the train compartments full, Aaron entered one occupied by Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who welcomed him to an empty seat.

Aaron traveled home after the school year, gained two thousand Magic Points for completing three tasks, and told his friends about his shop and holiday plans. At Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, he reunited with Jeans and prepared to return home, where his parents were expected to arrive.

• Aaron told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that he owned the Gaius Beverage Shop and invited them to visit during the holidays; Ron suggested Harry could come stay with his family.
• Aaron claimed rewards for helping Slytherin win the House Cup, earning professors’ recognition, and destroying Voldemort’s remnant soul, bringing his Magic Points total above three thousand.
• At Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Aaron woke to find Hermione asleep on his shoulder while Ron had fallen asleep against Harry.
• Jeans met Aaron at the platform, weighed Abei, and decided to put the dragon on a diet after it had gained a kilogram.
• Aaron learned his parents were returning home that day, then went to say goodbye to Draco and spoke with Lucius, who invited him to Malfoy Manor.
• A red-haired girl called out to Harry, and Draco and Aaron identified her as a Weasley and discussed her likely arrival at Hogwarts as a new student.

Aaron returned home after his first year at Hogwarts, where his parents warned him about the risks he had taken and discussed Dumbledore and Voldemort's interest in the Gaius family. Vico offered to reveal part of the family's secrets after dinner, leaving Aaron eager to learn more.

• Jeans warned Aaron that the Malfoys looked down on Muggle-born and half-blood wizards and that Lucius had ties to Voldemort, but Aaron said he judged Draco for himself.
• Jeans observed that Harry's relatives treated him poorly, and Aaron agreed that Harry's home life was difficult.
• Vico and Lisana welcomed Aaron home, then scolded him for risking himself against Voldemort and exposing Abei's identity.
• Vico said Dumbledore and Voldemort would both seek the Gaius family's support, but the family would refuse them.
• Vico recounted how the Gaius family had turned away powerful visitors, including a God of Magic, but withheld the full explanation from Aaron.
• Vico offered to explain part of the family's secrets after dinner, while Lisana put Abei on a diet and granted it improved meals once every three days.

Vico showed Aaron the Gaius Family’s hidden chambers, first revealing a vast vault of treasure and then a collection of antique weapons. He hinted that the family’s true secret was still beyond Aaron’s understanding.

• Vico took Aaron and Jeans to a hidden chamber, where the golden key opened a vault overflowing with gold, silver, and jewels.
• Abei leaped into the treasure and swam among the gold coins before Aaron pulled it out.
• Vico revealed that the vault was not the family’s true secret and used a silver key to open another chamber.
• Aaron entered a room filled with well-preserved antique weapons and learned that a family ancestor had become a High-level Mage at ten.
• Vico suggested Aaron was not yet ready to learn more, while Aaron dismissed the weapons’ usefulness in an age of firearms.

Aaron explored the Gaius family’s magical weapons treasury, challenged Jeans to a duel, and learned how quickly he could be defeated. Vico required him to train in swordsmanship over the holiday, citing a family rule and the need for wizards to fight at close range.

• Vico showed Aaron a magical shortsword and explained that the family’s weapons could harm magical creatures more effectively than Muggle firearms.
• Aaron learned that the family’s greatest sword was an ancient gift from the Elf Tribe, but Vico would let him see it only after Jeans approved his swordsmanship.
• Aaron challenged Jeans to a duel, but Jeans disarmed him and put a dagger to his throat in less than two seconds.
• Jeans praised Aaron’s potential, and Vico assigned him swordsmanship training for the holiday.
• Vico told Aaron that becoming a High-level Mage required learning to use a sword, and Aaron reluctantly accepted the family rule.