Chapter Summaries

Professor Sprout arranged for Chu Yang to attend Hogwarts and take on manageable work to help cover his tuition. After bringing him to the Leaky Cauldron for the night, she woke him early to go shopping for school supplies.

• Sprout explained that Hogwarts would advance part of Chu Yang's tuition in exchange for him helping with schoolwork, such as tending the herb garden or assisting Snape.
• Sprout tried to speak with Headmistress Anna at the orphanage, but Anna chased her out with a broom; Sprout later assured Chu Yang that she had explained the arrangements.
• Sprout Apparated with Chu Yang to Charing Cross Road and took him into the Leaky Cauldron, where he met Old Tom.
• Chu Yang spent the night at the Leaky Cauldron, then got dressed and met Sprout after she woke him early to go shopping.

Professor Sprout took Chu Yang through Diagon Alley to buy his Hogwarts supplies, then brought him to Ollivander's for a wand. Chu Yang's first wand proved far too powerful for him, so Ollivander searched for another, leaving the wand selection unfinished.

• Sprout led Chu Yang into Diagon Alley and explained how Apparition and Floo Powder worked, warning him about the dangers of mispronouncing a destination.
• Sprout helped Chu Yang buy robes, a hat, gloves, a cloak, a cauldron, and an owl, with Hogwarts covering the costs.
• Sprout brought Chu Yang to Ollivander's, where Ollivander measured him and explained how wands and their owners influenced each other.
• Chu Yang tried an aspen wand with a Dragon heartstring core, but its power sent a shockwave that toppled a display cabinet.
• Ollivander rejected the wand as unsuitable and went searching for one connected to Chu Yang's Eastern heritage.

Chu Yang’s Red Oak wand awakened powerful nature-based Magic Power, shocking Ollivander and Professor Sprout. After Sprout left to tell Dumbledore, Chu Yang exchanged money at Gringotts and began studying magic until school started.

• Ollivander gave Chu Yang a Red Oak wand with a bloodstained qilin scale core, and Chu Yang’s careful wave made the shop’s wooden structures grow wildly into a sea of flowers.
• The wand accepted Chu Yang, and Ollivander let him keep it without charge because the transformed wood was valuable wand material.
• Professor Sprout shielded Chu Yang from the crowd, took him back to the Leaky Cauldron, and left him his train ticket and living expenses before Apparating away to report his unusual Magic Power to Dumbledore.
• Chu Yang went to Gringotts to exchange pounds for Gold Galleons but could exchange only two hundred, so he considered targeting Dark wizards instead of thugs.
• Chu Yang returned to his room and began reading A History of Magic, using his exceptional memory to absorb its contents.

Chu Yang used his newfound reading ability to study magic and hunted Dark wizards in Knockturn Alley for money. After a month of reading by day and working at night, he left the Leaky Cauldron for King's Cross Station on September 1.

• Chu Yang read several magical books rapidly, then studied Magical Theory and Defense Against the Dark Arts at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Chu Yang entered Knockturn Alley and lured Dark wizards into a narrow alley, where he stripped them of their belongings without using magic.
• York entered the alley and found the bald wizard and the other Dark wizards lying stripped of their clothes.
• Chu Yang returned to the Leaky Cauldron with nearly a thousand Gold Galleons and bought upper-year textbooks.
• Chu Yang spent the next month reading by day and changing his appearance to hunt Dark wizards at night.
• Chu Yang packed his luggage and headed to King's Cross Station on September 1.

Chu Yang met Harry Potter at King’s Cross and helped him reach Platform 9 3/4, where they boarded the Hogwarts Express together. They befriended Ron Weasley on the train, while Ron mistook Chu Yang’s rapid reading for showing off.

• Chu Yang used Observation Haki to find Harry Potter, introduced himself, and encouraged Harry about starting over at Hogwarts.
• Chu Yang showed Harry how to pass through the barrier to Platform 9 3/4, and Harry followed him through.
• Chu Yang and Harry shared snacks and talked about being orphans during the train ride.
• Harry offered snacks and a seat to Ron Weasley, who recognized Harry from the rumors and saw his lightning-shaped scar.
• Ron asked Chu Yang about his origins, then assumed Chu Yang was pretending to study when he read quickly from Practical Defense Against the Dark Arts.

On the train to Hogwarts, Hermione Granger confronted Chu Yang about the strange effect he had produced in the wand shop and doubted that he could understand his advanced books. After Chu Yang demonstrated his knowledge and explained that he had taught himself, the others apologized for bringing up his orphaned background, and he quieted them by feeding them snacks so he could keep reading.

• Hermione Granger found Chu Yang on the train and asked about the magic he had used in the wand shop, then told Ron and Harry what she had witnessed.
• Hermione took Chu Yang's advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts book and challenged his ability to understand it, so Chu Yang recited passages from Magical Theory and the other textbooks.
• Hermione accused Chu Yang of having been taught by his parents, and Harry revealed that he and Chu Yang were both orphans.
• Chu Yang explained that he had taught himself at the Leaky Cauldron and remembered the kindness of Headmistress Anna and the orphanage.
• Hermione and Ron apologized repeatedly, so Chu Yang stuffed snacks into their mouths and returned to reading.

Chu Yang joined the Hogwarts first-years’ boat crossing, kept his distance from Harry, and met Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom. As the students complained about the dark lake, Hermione explained the tradition behind their journey, and the boats continued toward Hogwarts.

• Hagrid led the first-years from the train station to the lakeshore while Chu Yang resolved to avoid getting involved with Harry’s conflict with Voldemort.
• Hermione asked Chu Yang how much he had studied, and he claimed he had only read the first-year textbooks and some Defense Against the Dark Arts books.
• Chu Yang steadied a boat so Hermione could board, then invited Neville Longbottom to join them.
• Hermione clung to Chu Yang as their boat crossed the dark lake, and Hagrid tried to reassure the frightened students.
• Hermione explained that the boat crossing honored the Four Great Wizards’ arrival and Hogwarts’ founding, quieting the students’ complaints.

As the first-years crossed the Black Lake, Draco Malfoy insulted Hermione and Chu Yang, then became trapped by strange roots that pulled him into the water. Hermione worried for Malfoy despite her anger, while Chu Yang watched the lake’s apparent targeting of him.

• Draco Malfoy insulted Hermione for being Muggle-born and mocked Chu Yang and the other students.
• Chu Yang challenged Malfoy’s blood-purity beliefs and criticized his manners.
• Roots rose from the Black Lake, entangled Malfoy’s boat, and dragged Malfoy into the water.
• Goyle and Crabbe fell in while trying to help Malfoy, but the roots stopped rocking the boat when Malfoy was alone in the water.
• Hermione worried that Malfoy might drown, and Chu Yang was surprised that she still wanted him alive so she could get revenge.

Chu Yang tormented Malfoy in the Black Lake before the first-years arrived at Hogwarts and met Professor McGonagall. As the students prepared for the Sorting Ceremony, Goyle and Crabbe told McGonagall that a monster had attacked their boat and trapped Malfoy in the water.

• Chu Yang released Malfoy from the lake vines after Harry and Hagrid noticed something was wrong, and Malfoy swam back to his boat.
• Hagrid carried the vomiting Malfoy away toward the infirmary while the other first-years climbed the stone steps to Hogwarts.
• Professor McGonagall welcomed the first-years, explained the Houses and Sorting Ceremony, and prepared to lead them into the Great Hall.
• McGonagall noticed that Goyle and Crabbe were wet, and they claimed a monster in the Black Lake had attacked their boat and trapped Malfoy.

As the first-years waited for the Sorting Ceremony, rumors about dangerous tests spread, while Hermione and the others mistakenly believed it would be an exam. In the infirmary, Professor McGonagall learned Malfoy was recovering and suspected a student had used magic on him, leaving her determined to search the new students for concealed wands after the ceremony.

• Professor McGonagall quieted the students, learned Hagrid had taken a boy to the infirmary, and left to check on him.
• Ron and other students spread frightening rumors about the Sorting Ceremony, while Hermione argued it would be an exam and Chu Yang recognized their guesses were wrong.
• Ron and Harry discussed their lack of textbook preparation, and Hermione promised to outscore Chu Yang in future exams.
• Madam Pomfrey told Professor McGonagall that Malfoy had swallowed dirty water and caught a chill but would recover after resting.
• Professor McGonagall suspected someone had used offensive magic on Malfoy, and Hagrid denied sensing magic or seeing anyone with a wand.
• Professor McGonagall said she would check every new student for a concealed wand after the Sorting Ceremony.

Chu Yang entered the Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony while Dumbledore, Snape, Sprout, and Voldemort watched him. When the Sorting Hat tried to read his mind, it encountered a terrifying palace and a host of figures on thrones, then shrieked in fear.

• Professor McGonagall led the new students into the Great Hall, where Dumbledore warned them to avoid the Forbidden Forest and the third-floor corridor.
• Dumbledore watched Chu Yang, while Sprout tried to signal him to choose Hufflepuff and Snape and Voldemort also observed him.
• Professor McGonagall called Hannah Abbott and then Chu Yang for the Sorting Ceremony.
• The Sorting Hat found Chu Yang's mind unreadable and sensed an illusory palace filled with thrones and imposing figures.
• The Sorting Hat shrieked in terror as the figures on the thrones stared at it.

Chu Yang’s Sorting Hat screamed before placing him in Slytherin, and Professor McGonagall said the Hat could not decide his future. After the feast, McGonagall checked the new students for wands to investigate Malfoy’s ordeal and found that none of them had one.

• The Sorting Hat panicked under Chu Yang’s threat, named his qualities, and sorted him into Slytherin.
• Chu Yang questioned the result, but Professor McGonagall removed the Hat and said Dumbledore would speak with him after the feast; Chu Yang sat at the Hufflepuff table.
• The castle ghosts appeared during the feast, alarming the new students while Chu Yang reflected on how some ghosts came to exist.
• Professor McGonagall inspected the new students for wands after the feast and found none, largely ruling them out as responsible for Malfoy’s ordeal.

Dumbledore summoned Chu Yang to his office, apologized for probing his thoughts, and discussed what Chu Yang wanted from Hogwarts. The chapter ended with Dumbledore asking Chu Yang to demonstrate his magic using a borrowed wand.

• Professor McGonagall told Dumbledore about Malfoy and the Black Lake, and Dumbledore decided to wait until Malfoy woke before questioning him.
• Dumbledore tried to read Chu Yang's thoughts, encountered the same resistance as the Sorting Hat, and apologized for using Legilimency.
• Chu Yang asked for access to more library sections instead of financial aid, and Dumbledore said he would reconsider when the time was right.
• Dumbledore asked Chu Yang about his unusual traits and his thoughts on where he belonged, but Chu Yang had no answer.
• Dumbledore gave Chu Yang a wand with a unicorn tail hair core and guided him as he began to channel magic into it.

Chu Yang showed Dumbledore his unusual life-giving magic and agreed to enter Slytherin despite suspecting Dumbledore wanted him to change the House's views. The chapter ended with Dumbledore assigning Snape to take Chu Yang to the Slytherin dormitory.

• Chu Yang's magic caused a tree, ivy, and flowers to grow from a wooden table, astonishing Dumbledore and the portraits.
• Phineas Nigellus Black objected to a Muggle-born joining Slytherin, while Dilys Derwent rebuked him.
• Dumbledore explained that he wanted Chu Yang to influence Slytherin students because he was a wizard from a Muggle family with exceptional potential.
• Chu Yang agreed to join Slytherin, warned that he would defend himself if its students mistreated him, and reminded Dumbledore of their agreement.
• Dumbledore summoned Snape and told him that Chu Yang was now a Slytherin student, asking him to take Chu Yang to the dormitory.

Snape brought Chu Yang to the Slytherin dormitory and warned him that students hostile to Muggle-born wizards could be dangerous. Chu Yang defeated the boys who tried to drive him out, then went to sleep while Goyle and Crabbe removed them from the room.

• Snape showed Chu Yang the Slytherin Common Room beneath the Black Lake and warned him to leave if he could not protect himself.
• Chu Yang entered the boys' dormitory, where Blaise Zabini and the other students learned he was Muggle-born and demanded that he leave.
• Chu Yang insulted Blaise, who charged at him, and Chu Yang kicked him unconscious.
• The other students rushed Chu Yang, but he knocked them all down within moments.
• Chu Yang chose a bed by the window and went to sleep while Goyle and Crabbe carried the defeated boys out.

Chu Yang arrived early for Professor McGonagall’s first Transfiguration class and impressed her by demonstrating his thorough understanding of Magical Theory. As class began, Hermione felt discouraged by the gap between them, while many Slytherin first-years remained absent after catching colds.

• Chu Yang left the Slytherin dormitory while his roommates and other first-years slept on the Common Room floor, and the older students later struggled to wake them.
• Most of the first-years who had slept in the Common Room had caught colds and were too weak to attend class, while Chu Yang ate breakfast and went to the classroom.
• Chu Yang recognized Professor McGonagall in her tabby cat form and told her he had thoroughly studied Magical Theory as well as A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration.
• Professor McGonagall tested Chu Yang, who answered her questions quickly and demonstrated that he understood the material.
• Hermione listened to the test and felt dejected when she could not follow the questions; as class approached, many Slytherin first-years were still absent.

Professor McGonagall taught the first-years introductory Transfiguration and explained Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration, while most Slytherin boys missed class after staying up all night. Goyle and Crabbe arrived late, and the chapter ended as Hermione joined Chu Yang on the way to Potions and complained about Slytherin.

• Pansy Parkinson told Professor McGonagall that Slytherin's absent boys had caught colds after playing all night, and McGonagall deducted five points from Slytherin.
• Professor McGonagall introduced Transfiguration and its risks, including the five principal exceptions to Gamp's Law, while Chu Yang considered whether those limits could be overcome.
• Harry, Ron, Goyle, and Crabbe arrived late, and Professor McGonagall reprimanded Goyle and Crabbe for missing class.
• Goyle admitted fault after seeing Chu Yang's amused smile, and he and Crabbe sat uneasily in the seats in front of Chu Yang.
• Hermione caught up with Chu Yang on the way to Potions and sarcastically criticized Slytherin's first-years, while Chu Yang agreed that they were impressive.

Hermione learned that Chu Yang had fought the Slytherin first-years who tried to bar him from their dormitory. In Potions class, Snape confronted Chu Yang over the students’ absence and warned him that fists would not help once they learned magic.

• Hermione asked Chu Yang why so many students had stayed in the Slytherin Common Room, and he explained that they had tried to drive him out for not being a Pure-blood, so he fought them.
• Ron wondered why Hermione spent so much time with Chu Yang, while Harry said they were classmates and had things in common.
• Snape began Potions class, noticed that many Slytherin students were absent, and angrily demanded to know why.
• McGonagall told Snape why the Slytherin first-years had missed class, and Snape returned to confront Chu Yang about beating them.
• Chu Yang said he had learned to fight at the orphanage and that an unarmed wizard was not much stronger than a Muggle, enraging Snape.
• Snape warned Chu Yang that the students would learn spells within a few months and asked how he would face them then.

Chu Yang faced Snape after defending himself against Slytherin students, then found unexpected support from Neville, Hermione, Harry, Ron, and the Weasley twins. At Flying Class, Chu Yang stood on his broom and made it rise beneath his feet.

• Chu Yang argued that he had acted in self-defense, and Snape deducted five points from Slytherin for his defiance.
• Chu Yang thanked Snape after Potions class, while Snape privately remembered Lily.
• Neville sat with Chu Yang at lunch, and Hermione, Harry, Ron, Fred, and George joined them.
• Harry and Ron read a newspaper report about the break-in at Gringotts and the Sorcerer's Stone.
• Madam Hooch told the first-years to summon their brooms, and Chu Yang stood on his broom as it flew upward.

Chu Yang amazed the first-year flying class by standing on his broom, then rescued Neville when his own attempt spiraled out of control. After landing, Chu Yang could not explain his flying technique, while Hermione asked him to teach her.

• Chu Yang flew standing on his broom, startling the students and Madam Hooch, while Neville copied him and lost control of his broom.
• Madam Hooch flew to help Neville as Chu Yang swooped in, took control of Neville’s broom, and steadied him.
• Chu Yang brought Neville safely back to the training grounds, where the students cheered and Madam Hooch praised his unusual flying.
• The students crowded around Chu Yang asking him to teach them, but Hermione, Harry, and Ron sent them back to practice.
• Hermione quietly asked Chu Yang to teach her after helping him turn the students away.