Chapter Summaries

Jerry made clear broth noodles for Hass and Elsa during summer vacation, and Hass asked him what career he wanted to pursue. Jerry had not decided, but he wanted to grow stronger and protect his family.

• Jerry prepared clear broth noodles for breakfast while Hass got Elsa out of bed.
• Elsa happily ate her favorite noodles, and Hass praised Jerry's cooking.
• Hass asked Jerry whether he wanted to become a scientist, police officer, lawyer, or entrepreneur.
• Jerry said he had not decided on a career and explained that he wanted to grow stronger and protect Hass and Elsa.

Hass warned Jerry to put his own safety first after Jerry had offered himself as a hostage during the bus hijacking. A delivery from Virginia Pepper Potts brought Jerry a life-sized Iron Man armor model, which Hass eagerly claimed before rushing off to work.

• Hass told Jerry that he was proud of his courage but wanted him to protect himself if danger arose again.
• Jerry agreed with Hass and promised he would not put himself at risk like that again.
• Elsa playfully punched Hass with her “Ice Queen’s Sanction,” knocking him onto his butt before she returned to her cartoons.
• A delivery man brought Jerry a life-sized Iron Man armor model sent by Virginia Pepper Potts.
• Jerry explained that Tony Stark had promised him the model and let Hass keep it, delighting Hass.
• Hass handed Jerry the model to store safely and hurried to the precinct after realizing he was nearly late.

Jerry spent a month earning Little Red Stars while balancing family life and training, until the Peculiar Panel let him return to the Harry Potter world. He entered the Small World to learn more magic and find a way to bring back a flying broomstick.

• Jerry warned Elsa not to touch the Iron Man Armor model, then learned that Annie and Susan were coming to visit.
• Annie, Susan, and Elsa played at casting imaginary spells while Jerry prepared lunch and continued his training routine.
• Jerry went out at night to earn Little Red Stars, dealing with inconveniences like Lucy pursuing him for interviews and police officers chasing him.
• After a month, Jerry had more than six thousand Little Red Stars and saw that the Small World entry icon had lit up.
• Jerry entered the Harry Potter world, causing the world around him to fall still.

Jerry traveled from Edward Orphanage to King's Cross and boarded the Hogwarts Express, where he studied Potions while waiting for the train to depart. He rested after considering how to use his limited time and Little Red Stars to learn magic.

• Jerry left Edward Orphanage with Crookshanks and traveled with the director to King's Cross Station.
• Jerry passed through the barrier between Platforms Nine and Ten and entered Platform 9 3/4.
• Jerry boarded the Hogwarts Express, found an empty compartment, and studied Magical Drafts and Potions.
• Jerry stopped using Refreshing Mind to rest, mindful of its strain and the limited Little Red Stars he had for studying and staying in the Harry Potter world.

Jerry met Hermione Granger aboard the train to Hogwarts and welcomed her into his compartment, where they bonded over Crookshanks and magic. Their conversation about their studies left them exchanging ideas as the journey continued.

• Jerry greeted Hermione when she found him on the train and helped her stow her suitcase.
• Hermione admired Crookshanks, and Jerry let her hold the cat.
• Hermione told Jerry that she had memorized her first-year textbooks, tried spells at home, and read several books about magic.
• Jerry praised Hermione's knowledge, and she blushed at his compliments.
• Jerry and Hermione chatted about magic and shared their different understandings of what they had studied.

On the Hogwarts Express, Jerry and Hermione met Neville Longbottom and shared stories about their families and childhoods. After buying snacks from the trolley, the three continued their journey to Hogwarts.

• Jerry and Hermione discussed magic until Neville Longbottom interrupted them to ask for a seat, and they welcomed him into their compartment.
• Neville introduced himself and told Jerry and Hermione about his family and the dangerous tricks his Uncle Algie used to provoke his magic.
• Hermione described her happy childhood with her Muggle parents, and Jerry said he was an orphan who had learned about magic only after receiving his Hogwarts letter.
• The snack trolley arrived, and Neville bought Chocolate Frogs, Hermione chose a Cauldron Cake, and Jerry bought pumpkin pasties and Every Flavor Beans for his younger sister Elsa.

Jerry, Hermione, and Neville discussed Chocolate Frog cards and which Hogwarts Houses they hoped to join. Jerry chose Gryffindor, planning to use the opportunity to earn a Nimbus 2000 and improve his efficiency in the Marvel world.

• Neville ate several Chocolate Frogs while worrying that he had forgotten which famous wizard cards he had collected.
• Jerry and Hermione read Albus Dumbledore’s card and learned about his achievements and interests.
• Hermione said she hoped to join Gryffindor, and Neville said he wanted Gryffindor because his parents had belonged to it.
• Jerry told Hermione and Neville that he had decided to join Gryffindor.
• Jerry planned to impress Professor McGonagall with his flying skills so she would let him join the Quidditch team and give him a Nimbus 2000.

Jerry decided to join Gryffindor and helped Hermione search for Neville's missing toad, Trevor, on the Hogwarts Express. After Crookshanks found Trevor, Hermione told Jerry she had met Harry Potter and offered to introduce them.

• Jerry decided that joining Gryffindor would best help him win the Quidditch Cup in his first year.
• Neville discovered that Trevor had escaped, and Hermione and Jerry helped him search the train.
• Crookshanks found Trevor, and Jerry levitated him, fed Crookshanks dried fish, and returned Trevor to Neville.
• Hermione told Jerry she had seen Harry Potter and offered to take him to meet Harry.

Jerry joined Hermione and Neville in Harry and Ron's compartment, where he stopped Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe from stealing their snacks. He left the trio cowering in a corner after overpowering them, while the others stared in shock.

• Hermione led Jerry and Neville to Harry's compartment, where Harry and Ron were arguing with Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe.
• Malfoy ordered Goyle and Crabbe to take the snacks, and Crabbe tried to shove Jerry and the others aside.
• Scabbers bit Goyle's finger, while Jerry forced Crabbe to his knees and subdued Goyle and Malfoy.
• Hermione asked Jerry to let the trio go, and he released them while saying he hated fighting.
• Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe retreated in terror as Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville watched Jerry in shock.

Jerry stopped Little Malfoy and his companions from taking Harry and Ron’s snacks, then persuaded everyone to shake hands and make peace. After introducing himself to Harry and Ron, Jerry left the train with Hermione and Neville, and the chapter ended as the first-years followed Hagrid down a steep path from Hogsmeade Station.

• Jerry lectured Little Malfoy and his companions about resolving problems peacefully, then made them shake hands with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville.
• Jerry introduced himself to Harry and Ron before the Hogwarts Express announced its arrival.
• Hermione hugged Jerry after he implied that growing up in an orphanage had taught him to fight.
• Jerry, Hermione, and Neville joined Hagrid and the other first-years at Hogsmeade Station.
• Hagrid led the first-years down a steep path, and Jerry offered Hermione his arm as she struggled over the uneven ground.

Jerry, Hermione, and Neville traveled by boat across the Black Lake and arrived at Hogwarts, where McGonagall welcomed the first-year students and explained the Houses and the upcoming Sorting Ceremony. They waited in a small room before entering the Great Hall for the ceremony.

• Hagrid led the first-year students through the woods until Hogwarts Castle came into view across the Black Lake.
• Jerry, Hermione, and Neville boarded a boat, and Hermione explained the tradition behind the first-years’ crossing.
• The boats carried the students beneath the cliffs to Hogwarts’s underground dock, and they followed Hagrid to the castle’s main entrance.
• McGonagall met the students at the oak door and led them into the entrance hall and a small room.
• McGonagall explained the Houses, points, the House Cup, and the Sorting Ceremony, then left the students to prepare and wait.

Jerry reassured Hermione about the Sorting Ceremony and entered the Great Hall with the other first-years. When Hannah Abbott was called first, he realized that Hogwarts was following the Harry Potter books rather than the movies.

• Jerry comforted Hermione as she nervously reviewed spells, while Harry and Ron wondered what the Sorting Ceremony would involve.
• Ghosts startled the first-years before McGonagall led them into the decorated Great Hall.
• Jerry watched the Sorting Hat sing its song and bow to the students.
• McGonagall called Hannah Abbott first, and Jerry recognized the book version of the Sorting Ceremony.

Jerry Carmen was sorted into Slytherin despite wanting Gryffindor, disappointing both him and Hermione. As the ceremony continued, he wondered whether his bloodline and goal-oriented nature had led the Sorting Hat to choose Slytherin.

• The Sorting Hat placed Hermione Granger in Gryffindor after Jerry encouraged her.
• The Sorting Hat immediately sorted Jerry Carmen into Slytherin, and Hermione waved to comfort him from the Gryffindor table.
• Ron questioned Jerry’s placement, while Harry defended him and said Jerry belonged in Gryffindor.
• Jerry considered that his magically acquired bloodline might be pure-blood and reflected on Slytherin’s more principled qualities.
• Jerry wondered whether his pure-blood lineage and goal-oriented nature explained the Sorting Hat’s decision.

After being sorted into Slytherin, Jerry reconsidered his plans and began building connections with Draco Malfoy and the other students. At the feast, he calmly greeted the Bloody Baron, earning the admiration of the young Slytherins.

• Jerry accepted that he had been sorted into Slytherin and considered learning from Snape, including studying Dark Magic.
• After Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor, Jerry sat with Draco Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe and insisted they were friends.
• Jerry introduced himself to Pansy Parkinson, then added cooking and household magic to his plans while eating at the feast.
• When the Bloody Baron appeared beside him, Jerry greeted him calmly, and the Slytherin students admired his composure.

Jerry and the other Slytherin first-years followed prefect Gemma Farley to the Slytherin Common Room beneath the Black Lake. After admiring its unusual view and furnishings, Jerry found that he would share a dormitory with Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe.

• At the feast, Slytherin students talked about their families, and Dumbledore announced school rules, including the ban on entering the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor.
• Gemma Farley led the Slytherin first-years into the dungeons and opened the common room with the password “Pure-blood.”
• Jerry explored the green-lit common room, its elaborate furnishings, and its enormous window overlooking the Black Lake.
• Gemma directed the boys and girls to their separate dormitories, and Jerry found Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe listed as his roommates.

Jerry settled into his Slytherin dormitory, made peace with Malfoy and his companions, and revised his plans after being Sorted into Slytherin. He decided to use Little Red Stars extensively to excel in every subject and began studying A History of Magic that night.

• Jerry released Crookshanks, which crashed into the enchanted window while trying to reach the fish outside.
• Malfoy entered with Goyle and Crabbe, threatened Jerry, and agreed to coexist peacefully after Jerry promised not to provoke them.
• After Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe fell asleep, Jerry left the dormitory to reconsider his plans.
• Jerry decided to follow young Voldemort's example by becoming exceptional in every subject and spending many Little Red Stars to accelerate his learning.
• Jerry activated Refreshing Mind in the Slytherin common room and began memorizing the next day's A History of Magic lesson.

Jerry impressed his Slytherin classmates by staying alert in History of Magic and earning House points with his answers. The next morning, he attended Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Quirrell and recognized the hidden danger behind the professor’s timid appearance.

• At lunch, Hermione told Jerry she regretted his being sorted into Slytherin but still considered him her best friend.
• Jerry used Refreshing Mind during Professor Binns’s History of Magic lesson to memorize material while managing the strain.
• Jerry correctly answered questions about Emeric the Evil and Uric the Oddball, earning six points for Slytherin.
• After class, Slytherin students began approaching Jerry, and Daphne Greengrass showed him particular enthusiasm.
• Jerry attended Professor Quirrell’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class, learned more about several spells, and remained wary because Voldemort was hidden on the back of Quirrell’s head.

Jerry quickly impressed Hogwarts teachers and students with his magical knowledge and skill. Before his first Potions class with Gryffindor, he accepted Hermione's invitation to visit the library, then faced Daphne's disapproval of his friendship with Gryffindors.

• Jerry excelled in Herbology, Astronomy, Charms, and Transfiguration, earning Slytherin more than twenty points in four days.
• Jerry arrived early for Potions and met Hermione, who invited him to visit the library on Saturday; he accepted.
• Harry and Ron joined Jerry and Hermione's conversation, and Jerry told them about the view from the Slytherin common room windows.
• Daphne sat beside Jerry and warned him against associating with Hermione, Ron, and Harry because she considered them impure-blooded or blood traitors.

Jerry defended his friendships with Gryffindors while assuring Daphne that he would become a powerful wizard. In Potions class, Snape mocked Harry, then praised Jerry’s answers and awarded Slytherin ten points.

• Jerry told Daphne that no one could influence him and that he would become the world’s most powerful wizard.
• Hermione challenged Jerry’s claim, and Daphne mocked Hermione as the Potions class fell silent at Snape’s arrival.
• Snape mocked Harry during attendance and praised Jerry for earning points, prompting Malfoy’s jealousy.
• Snape questioned Harry about Potions, ignored Hermione’s raised hand, and called on Jerry to answer.
• Jerry correctly answered Snape’s questions about potion ingredients, and Snape awarded Slytherin ten points.

Jerry and Hermione brewed a successful Potion to Cure Boils while Jerry rescued Neville and Seamus from a cauldron accident in Potions class. After class, Jerry secretly entered Snape’s classroom and found a secondhand textbook signed “the Half-Blood Prince.”

• Snape paired Jerry and Hermione to brew a Potion to Cure Boils and praised their careful work.
• Jerry kicked Neville and Seamus out of the way when their cauldron spilled corrosive potion, then rescued Hermione from the splash.
• Snape awarded points to Slytherin and Gryffindor for Jerry and Hermione’s finished potion, while deducting points from Gryffindor for Neville, Seamus, and Harry’s mistakes.
• Jerry slipped away after class, unlocked the Potions classroom, and searched Snape’s ingredient cabinet.
• Jerry found a secondhand sixth-year textbook titled Advanced Potion Making, whose first page bore the signature “the Half-Blood Prince.”