Chapter Summaries

Josh and Garen arrived at Hogwarts and met Dumbledore and McGonagall, while Josh revealed that he planned to stay and possibly teach there. Dumbledore’s attempt to probe Josh’s mind failed, and he realized that Josh was far more powerful than he had expected.

• Josh admired Hogwarts and asked Crouch whether he knew architects who could help him build a similar castle.
• Josh and Garen reached Hogwarts, where Dumbledore and McGonagall welcomed them and thanked Crouch for bringing them.
• Garen introduced himself and Josh by their full names after Josh gave an incomplete introduction.
• Josh told Dumbledore that he planned to stay at Hogwarts and might apply for a teaching position.
• Josh warned Dumbledore to stop probing his mind and said he had no favorable impression of Voldemort.
• Dumbledore apologized after realizing Josh was stronger than he was.

Josh revealed to Dumbledore that he and Garen came from another universe and demonstrated his overwhelming magical power, convincing the Hogwarts staff that he meant no harm. Dumbledore welcomed them to Hogwarts, where Josh negotiated rooms, training space, access to the school’s knowledge, and an assistant head position.

• Josh told Dumbledore that he and Garen were from another world and claimed they could not return because crossing universes consumed too much magic.
• Crouch described them as aliens, and Josh agreed that this was a reasonable explanation.
• Josh explained that he wanted to study the magic of different worlds and displayed his immense magical power, shocking Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Crouch.
• Dumbledore welcomed Josh to Hogwarts and agreed to provide rooms for him and Garen, training space, access to the school’s knowledge, and employment.
• Dumbledore offered Josh the position of Head of a House, but Josh declined and asked to become an assistant head instead.

Josh demonstrated the power of his magic to Dumbledore and McGonagall, then explained how meditation could improve magical quality and extend life. He left them eager to add his combat and meditation classes at Hogwarts, while revealing that he was a prince in his own world.

• Josh chose Ravenclaw as the house where he would serve as deputy head and agreed with Dumbledore to work with Filius Flitwick.
• Josh proposed a combat class, but McGonagall objected because the students were children; he promised to prevent life-threatening danger while allowing ordinary injuries.
• Josh cast a Void Orb infused with Baleful Phantasm, destroying a wall and damaging the castle, and Dumbledore could not repair the area with Reparo.
• Dumbledore questioned Josh about the superior quality of his magic, and Josh explained that meditation trained spiritual power, refined magic, and could extend a mage’s lifespan.
• Dumbledore eagerly approved Josh’s plan to teach meditation, and Josh said his people would not object to him sharing the basic technique because he was a prince.

Josh and Garen settled into their Hogwarts rooms, and Josh explained why he felt safe revealing their origins to Dumbledore. On the way to the dining hall, Josh told Garen that he knew both the Harry Potter world and Garen’s world through stories and a game, leaving Garen rattled by his low pick rate.

• Josh inspected his new residence, read Dumbledore’s letter about the Room of Requirement, and considered how its spatial magic might help him and Garen.
• Josh took Crouch to guide him and Garen to the dining hall, where Garen questioned why Josh had revealed their origins to Dumbledore.
• Josh said he knew this world through stories and believed Dumbledore and Voldemort were its strongest figures, so neither posed a serious threat to them.
• Josh revealed that he knew Garen from a game and listed details about Garen’s friends, rivals, and future God King story.
• Josh told Garen that he rarely saw him played at Master rank and that summoners ranked him first on a brute-force list, leaving Garen stunned as they reached the dining hall.

Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape examined Josh’s meditation method and tested it themselves, confirming that it improved their magical power and mental strength. They ended the chapter impressed by the method and by the advanced magical civilization of Lord Augustus’s world.

• Dumbledore showed Snape and McGonagall a Pensieve memory of Josh’s spell destroying part of Hogwarts and shared Josh’s meditation manual with them.
• Snape accepted that Josh’s power was genuine and saw the manual as a possible path toward defeating Voldemort.
• Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall read the manual and began meditating together.
• The three discovered magic elements in the air and used them to refine their magical power and strengthen their minds.
• Dumbledore tested his improved magic with Reducto, while McGonagall’s Reparo failed to restore the destroyed chair.

After months of training, Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape grew powerful enough that they expected Voldemort to cease being a threat, while Josh and Garen sharpened their abilities by sparring. The professors prepared to return to Hogwarts and meet Josh and Garen before the term began.

• Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape condensed their magical power and discovered their elemental affinities: Fire, Wind, and Light, respectively.
• McGonagall questioned whether Voldemort could still threaten them, and Dumbledore concluded that continued cultivation would make him harmless and leave the Phoenix Society unnecessary.
• Dumbledore and Snape decided to let Harry Potter attend Hogwarts normally rather than undo the story that had been built around him.
• Josh lost to Garen in their early sparring sessions, then improved until they could trade blows evenly as Garen advanced toward Second-Tier Battle Qi.
• After receiving Dumbledore's letter, Josh and Garen prepared to meet the returning Hogwarts professors the next day.

Josh and Garen arrived late to meet Hogwarts' teachers, where Dumbledore introduced Josh as a new professor and proposed him as Ravenclaw's deputy head. The teachers questioned Josh's youth and the risks of his meditation course, and the chapter ended as Flitwick's spell struck Josh.

• Josh used a fabricated story about cultivating all night to outdo Garen, then the two got lost after the portraits toyed with them and arrived late.
• Dumbledore introduced Josh as a new professor teaching practical combat and a second course, while Flitwick questioned whether Josh was qualified.
• Dumbledore explained that he wanted to discuss the meditation course again because Voldemort's supporters might pass its method to him, and Josh offered to select students for it.
• Dumbledore announced that Josh would become Ravenclaw's deputy head, shocking Flitwick and the other teachers.
• Josh asked Flitwick to attack him at full strength, and Flitwick cast Sectumsempra at Josh, who did not move.

Josh demonstrated that his Void Shield could withstand Professor Flitwick’s spells and proved his combat abilities to the Hogwarts professors. Dumbledore explained that Josh’s superior magic power came from knowledge of another world and announced him as Hogwarts’s new combat professor and Deputy Headmaster.

• Professor Flitwick’s initial Sectumsempra failed to affect Josh, who urged him to attack without holding back.
• Josh explained that combat required seizing opportunities rather than following the etiquette of a formal duel, and Dumbledore told Flitwick to follow Josh’s approach.
• Professor Flitwick cast Sectumsempra, Petrificus Totalus, and Expelliarmus, but Josh’s Magic Shield blocked them all.
• Josh explained that his shield came from condensing magic power with Magic elements, then demonstrated his strength by destroying a table with Sectumsempra.
• Dumbledore told the professors that Josh came from another world and had immensely powerful magic, then introduced him as Hogwarts’s new professor and Deputy Headmaster.

Josh and Dumbledore introduced meditation to the Hogwarts professors, who discovered it could improve their magic and reveal Magic elements. Josh sided with Garen’s blunt approach over Snape’s plan to restrict which students could learn meditation, and the professors agreed to teach it openly.

• Dumbledore demonstrated a powerful Sectumsempra, and McGonagall distributed Josh’s meditation manuals to the professors.
• Professor Flitwick began meditating immediately, and Josh quieted the others before they tried the method themselves.
• Snape proposed teaching meditation to selected first-years while delaying it for other students, but Garen argued that Hogwarts should teach everyone properly and confront any enemy directly.
• Josh accepted Garen’s position, and Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall agreed to the plan.
• The professors emerged from meditation having sensed Magic elements, and Flitwick thanked Josh and asked him to become Ravenclaw’s Head of House.

Hermione found Platform Nine and Three-Quarters with Crouch Edward’s help and learned that a remarkably powerful young professor would be joining Hogwarts. At the welcoming feast, Dumbledore announced Josh Augustus as Ravenclaw’s new Head of House after Professor Flitwick stepped down.

• Crouch Edward helped Hermione Granger and her parents find the concealed entrance to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Hermione boarded the Hogwarts Express, questioned Crouch Edward about the most powerful wizard, and heard about a young professor who had amazed Dumbledore and would lead Ravenclaw as Deputy Head.
• A timid boy entered Hermione’s compartment and asked whether she had seen his toad.
• Josh Augustus told Garen that he had accepted the role of Ravenclaw’s Head of House, with Professor Flitwick remaining as his deputy.
• Dumbledore welcomed the new students, warned them away from the Forbidden Forest and a fourth-floor corridor, and announced Josh Augustus as Ravenclaw’s new Head of House.

Josh Augustus introduced himself as Hogwarts’ new Ravenclaw Head and professor, shocking the students with his youth. Hermione chose Ravenclaw after speaking with the Sorting Hat, disrupting the future Josh expected.

• Josh introduced himself as the new Head of Ravenclaw and professor, and the students reacted with disbelief at his age.
• Hermione recognized Josh and wondered whether she should investigate him, while McGonagall began sorting the first-years.
• Josh and Garen discussed Hermione, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and the strange power they sensed in Professor Quirrell.
• Josh predicted Hermione would join Gryffindor, but the Sorting Hat announced Ravenclaw, and Garen laughed at Josh’s surprise.
• Hermione chose Ravenclaw over Gryffindor and joined Josh’s House, leaving Josh to accept that events were no longer following his expectations.

At the Hogwarts feast, Josh revealed that Professor Quirrell carried two souls and confronted him in front of the students. Quirrell exposed Voldemort on the back of his head, leaving the school stunned.

• Josh correctly predicted the Houses of several students, including Harry and Ron in Gryffindor and Malfoy in Slytherin.
• Josh and Garen discussed Professor Quirrell, and Josh secretly told Dumbledore that Quirrell had two souls and was likely connected to Voldemort.
• Josh announced that he would teach practical combat and meditation before publicly demanding that Quirrell explain the two souls in his body.
• Quirrell attacked Josh with his wand, but Josh’s silver energy shield blocked the spell.
• Voldemort told Quirrell to stop hiding, and Quirrell removed his turban to reveal Voldemort on the back of his head.

Josh confronted Voldemort at Hogwarts and destroyed him and Professor Quirrell with a powerful new spell. The students were left shaken as Josh turned the incident into a lesson on real combat.

• The professors protected the students as Voldemort addressed Dumbledore and Harry Potter, then invited Josh to join his cause.
• Josh rejected Voldemort’s pure-blood ideology and unleashed a silver arrow spell that pierced his defenses and turned Voldemort and Professor Quirrell to dust.
• Several students fainted or stood speechless, and Josh privately approved of the spell’s power and efficiency.
• Josh’s wand acted up again, and he told the students the feast could continue despite the disturbance.
• Josh taught the students to attack without wasting time talking and to treat combat as real fighting rather than a duel.

Josh’s fame spread through the wizarding world after he defeated Voldemort, and he prepared to teach his first combat class alongside Snape. He discussed distinguishing wizards from elemental mages, then arrived at the Quidditch pitch as Harry and Ron watched.

• The Daily Prophet praised Josh for defeating Voldemort, while Rita Skeeter published hostile stories about Garen after he drove her away.
• Josh went to teach combat class at the Quidditch pitch, where Defense Against the Dark Arts had been combined with his class for the year.
• Josh explained to Snape that spellcasters who used Magic elements should be distinguished as mages, and Snape agreed that Dumbledore would support the idea.
• Snape asked about Josh’s Magic element, and Josh said it was Space.
• Harry and Ron saw Josh arrive with Snape, and Harry worried that Snape’s Slytherin background meant he was a dark wizard.

Josh Augustus taught the first-year students combat class, reviewing its rules and introducing Magic elements. He demonstrated the elements with Snape, leaving the students wondering whether Meditation class could teach them to use them.

• Josh asked the students to recall combat class’s first key point, and Harry Potter answered that they should remain calm, earning Gryffindor two points.
• Josh asked for the second key point, and Hermione Granger explained that fighters should avoid idle talk and attack with full force, earning Ravenclaw two points.
• Josh asked the students about Magic elements, and Draco Malfoy said they were thought to exist only in novels.
• Josh demonstrated a Magic element and explained that his other course would teach students to perceive and obtain them.
• Snape used his wand to gather a golden Magic element, and the students wondered whether Meditation class had enabled him to do so.

Josh continued the practical combat lesson by demonstrating a duel with Snape, whose newly acquired Light element stunned the students. The duel ended with Josh disarming Snape, leaving the students excited about the possibility of becoming mages themselves.

• Ron explained to Harry that wizards had not possessed magic elements before Professor Augustus arrived, and Draco realized Snape must have learned to command them recently.
• Josh asked the students what spells they had learned, and Malfoy said they knew only Wingardium Leviosa, earning Slytherin two points.
• Josh sent the students to the stands and began a demonstration duel with Snape, while Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Flitwick watched over the class.
• Josh and Snape exchanged powerful elemental spells across the Quidditch pitch, impressing the students with the destruction and range of their attacks.
• After about five minutes, Josh broke through Snape’s defenses with Sectumsempra and ended the duel by casting Expelliarmus.

Josh demonstrated elemental magic by defeating Snape, then taught the Hogwarts students meditation while considering experiments to stabilize a Void Gate. He left Hermione and Flitwick shocked by revealing that he had copied Hermione’s memories to learn the local language and customs.

• Dumbledore watched Josh defeat Snape and considered how elemental magic had improved Snape’s control of magical energy.
• Josh warned the students about the dangers of elemental magic, and Dumbledore set rules against attacking opponents who had surrendered or lost.
• Josh taught the students meditation, while the professors helped instruct their House groups.
• Josh considered using Disapparation’s spatial principles and his Baleful Phantasm to stabilize a Void Gate.
• Josh greeted Hermione and told her and Flitwick that he had copied some of Hermione’s memories to learn English and local customs.

Josh settled into life at Hogwarts, teaching meditation and combat while dealing with injuries, damaged grounds, and challenges from powerful families. Before Christmas, he told Hermione about his origins, his experiments, and his plan to stabilize a portal so he could return to his territory.

• Josh's combined combat classes damaged the Quidditch pitch and sent injured students to St Mungo's, while Dumbledore shielded him from complaints and pressure from school governors.
• Josh defeated people who came to challenge him, killing one attacker, and gained the private titles Augustus the Brutal and Augustus the Great Pioneer.
• Josh trained agility with Garen, studied space magic, and comforted Ravenclaw students after their Quidditch team finished third.
• After the Christmas banquet, Hermione visited Josh and asked about his origins and purpose in the wizarding world.
• Josh told Hermione that he came from another world, that Garen had followed him there, and that he planned to stabilize a portal and bring trusted students to help his territory.
• Josh revealed that he was a fourth prince and lord of a backward, barren territory.

After Hermione went home eager to visit the Muya Continent, Josh grew bored during the Christmas holiday and asked Dumbledore about the Forbidden Forest. He became interested in acquiring dragons as mounts for himself, Garen, and his future army, and Dumbledore agreed to help him find some.

• Hermione traveled home thinking about Josh's plans for the Muya Continent and hoping she might join him someday.
• Josh told Dumbledore he wanted to explore the Forbidden Forest, but Dumbledore explained that it held no treasure and was home to creatures and Centaurs.
• Josh and Dumbledore discussed hiring Lockhart as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor after Snape asked for more time with the House-elves.
• Josh spotted an empty phoenix cage and began imagining training dragons as mounts and building a dragon-knight force.
• Josh asked Dumbledore to help him find dragons, and Dumbledore agreed to accompany him; Josh then invited Dumbledore to visit the Muya Continent.

Josh, Dumbledore, and Garen traveled to Hungary to find wild Hungarian Horntails that Josh hoped to raise as mounts. After entering the dragons’ forest, Garen knocked out a territorial Horntail and complained that it was too weak.

• Josh and Dumbledore agreed to travel to Hungary to find a Hungarian Horntail, and Garen joined them aboard an airship.
• Ministry official Fular greeted the group and arranged for them to enter the Horntails’ forest after Josh explained that he wanted a wild dragon as a mount.
• Fular warned that stronger Horntails lived deeper in the forest and advised the group not to venture too far.
• Garen sensed a Horntail in its territory, disappeared into the brush, and knocked the dragon unconscious with a single blow.
• Garen emerged and remarked that the large Horntail was far too weak.