Chapter Summaries

Aya stole the Mirror of Erised from an abandoned classroom, but Dumbledore let her leave after she gave him a small mirror in exchange. Harry became fixated on the small mirror’s vision of his family while Aya and her friends returned to schoolwork and their search for Nicolas Flamel.

• Aya found the Mirror of Erised in an abandoned classroom and packed it into her backpack before Dumbledore confronted her.
• Dumbledore asked Aya what she had seen in the mirror, then let her leave with it after she handed him a small mirror.
• Harry later spent the night looking into the small mirror and saw members of the Potter family, while Aya had seen only herself.
• Aya relied on Percy to help her finish her holiday homework, and Percy concluded that she was a difficult student.
• After Hermione returned, she questioned Harry, Ron, and Aya about their progress finding Nicolas Flamel, then organized them to search for information.
• Aya fell asleep during Dark Magic Defence Class, while Harry left for intense Quidditch practice ahead of Gryffindor’s hoped-for match against Slytherin.

Aya challenged Draco after he cursed Neville, stole Draco’s sweets, and lost thirty Gryffindor points. At the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff match, Harry caught the Snitch quickly, and the group celebrated before Harry returned with something urgent to tell them.

• Harry told Ron and Hermione that Snape would referee Gryffindor’s next match, while Aya said Wood would not let her steal Harry’s broom.
• After Draco cursed Neville, Aya confronted Draco, dodged his spells, stunned him, and took sweets from his pockets.
• Hermione found that Nicolas Flamel had created the Philosopher’s Stone, and Aya later lost thirty Gryffindor points after McGonagall caught her attacking Draco and Draco reported her again.
• At the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff match, Hermione spotted the Snitch, Harry caught it, and Aya, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle fought on the ground.
• The Gryffindors celebrated Harry’s win with Aya’s roast turkey, and Harry returned late and asked the group to find somewhere quiet so he could tell them something.

After learning that Quirrell was involved in the threat to the Philosopher’s Stone, Aya investigated his office and stole his turbans, then endured a terrible garlic stench. As Quirrell grew increasingly frail and Hermione pushed everyone to study for their exams, Aya became worried about whether she would pass the year.

• Harry told Ron, Hermione, and Aya that Snape had threatened Quirrell and questioned him about the Philosopher’s Stone and Fluffy.
• Dumbledore asked Aya not to reveal that the Philosopher’s Stone had been moved, and Aya learned that Quirrell had another secret.
• Aya borrowed Harry’s Invisibility Cloak, broke into Quirrell’s office, and had Xiaohua carry away the turbans from his room.
• Aya spent much of the night washing away the garlic smell, and Harry and Ron heard about her successful theft the next day.
• Quirrell became pale and distracted after his turbans disappeared, while Hermione scolded Aya and Harry and Ron tried to cheer him up.
• Hermione made the others revise for exams, and Aya grew anxious when she learned that students could repeat a year.

During the Easter holidays, Aya and her friends discovered that Hagrid was secretly warming a dragon egg after learning he had helped protect the Philosopher’s Stone. The chapter ended with Aya eating a boiled ostrich egg covered in an alarming variety of sauces while Hermione tried to keep the others focused on revision.

• Aya enlisted Percy to help with homework, and Percy warned Hermione about the importance of her O.W.L.s.
• Ron noticed Hagrid reading about dragons, and Harry explained that Hagrid had long wanted to raise one.
• Aya, Harry, Ron, and Hermione visited Hagrid and asked who had protected the Philosopher’s Stone; Hagrid named several professors, including Snape.
• Aya spotted a dragon egg warming in Hagrid’s fireplace, and Hagrid revealed that it was a Norwegian Ridgeback he had won in a card game.
• Aya obtained a boiled ostrich egg from Duoduo and ate it with an assortment of sauces, upsetting Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Aya watched Hagrid’s dragon hatch, then arranged for Norbert to be sent to Charlie after he grew dangerous. Harry, Ron, and Draco were caught out at night, costing Gryffindor 150 points, and Harry and Ron faced their classmates’ disappointment.

• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Aya visited Hagrid and watched a Norwegian Ridgeback hatch; Aya caught Draco spying and brought him inside, where he promised not to report them.
• Draco offered to take Norbert, but Harry suggested sending the dragon to Ron’s brother Charlie, and Hagrid agreed to the plan.
• Norbert grew quickly and became dangerous, so Harry and Ron relied on Xiaohua when they fed him while waiting to send him away.
• Harry, Ron, and Xiaohua went out under the Invisibility Cloak to move Norbert, but Neville followed to warn them and Professor McGonagall caught them along with Draco.
• Professor McGonagall took fifty points from each Gryffindor, while Draco lost twenty after claiming he had been looking for a professor to report them.
• Gryffindor fell to last place, and Harry and Ron felt guilty and dejected as Aya tried to comfort them and joked about their point loss.

Aya attacked Quirrell in his office and discovered Voldemort parasitizing the back of his head. She brought Quirrell to Dumbledore, learned that Voldemort was preparing to resurrect, and left after promising to keep the incident secret.

• Aya borrowed Harry's Invisibility Cloak and searched Quirrell's office for the source of a rotten smell.
• Aya ambushed Quirrell when he returned and revealed Voldemort's face on the back of his head.
• Aya blocked Voldemort's killing curse with pollen, subdued Quirrell, and gagged Voldemort with the fallen turban.
• Aya brought Quirrell to Dumbledore, who identified him as Voldemort and restrained him.
• Aya completed her quest and discussed resurrection with Dumbledore, who told her to return to bed and keep the night's events secret.

Aya and her friends learned that Harry had confronted Quirrell and Voldemort while protecting the Philosopher’s Stone, then celebrated their survival and finished the school year. Dumbledore’s end-of-term points awards lifted Gryffindor into first place and secured the House Cup.

• Harry told Aya, Ron, and Hermione that a cloaked figure had killed a unicorn and attacked him in the forest, and they suspected Snape was helping Voldemort steal the Philosopher’s Stone.
• After the exams, Hermione told Aya how Harry had reached Quirrell, whose body concealed Voldemort’s soul, and how Harry had survived their encounter.
• Aya, Hermione, and Ron visited Harry in the Hospital Wing, brought him food, and celebrated his recovery with the turkey Aya had kept in her backpack for months.
• Harry returned to Quidditch and helped Gryffindor win its final match against Ravenclaw, while Hagrid gave Harry an album of his parents and Harry and his friends apologized to Neville.
• Dumbledore awarded Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Neville points for their actions, moving Gryffindor ahead of Slytherin and making Gryffindor the House Cup winner.

Aya rescued Harry from the Dursleys after discovering they had locked him in his room and starved him, then brought him to her home in Diagon Alley. Harry recognized the mirror Aya had taken from Dumbledore and quietly wiped away tears.

• Aya returned home with Duoduo after leaving Hogwarts and began spending the summer in Diagon Alley.
• When Harry stopped writing to her, Aya learned that Ron and Hermione could not reach him either and went with Duoduo to Privet Drive.
• Aya forced her way into the Dursleys’ house, had Xiaohua break open Harry’s locked room, and found him weak from three days without proper food.
• Aya and Duoduo retrieved Harry’s belongings, and Aya took him to her home after giving him food in a taxi.
• Harry noticed the large mirror in Aya’s house and wiped his eyes while Aya told him to write to Ron and Hermione.

Aya joined Harry and the Weasleys at the Burrow, where she played on broomsticks and received her second-year booklist. After spending the summer days with her friends, she met them and Hermione in Diagon Alley to shop and get ice cream.

• Ron and Mrs. Weasley arrived at Aya's house, and Aya agreed to visit the Burrow with Harry and the Weasleys.
• At the Burrow, Aya met the Weasleys, played on broomsticks, and watched Duoduo cook and read household-magic books with Mrs. Weasley.
• Aya received her school booklist, completed her quest, and learned that her new quest was to find the second-year school boss.
• Aya discovered Hermione's letter asking about her homework and realized she had not started it, though more than two weeks remained before school began.
• Harry, Ron, Fred, and George woke Aya when they visited her house, then ate breakfast before meeting Hermione in Diagon Alley.
• Harry treated Aya, Ron, and Hermione to strawberry and peanut butter ice creams, and the four wandered around Diagon Alley.

Aya joined Hermione, Harry, and the Weasleys at Lockhart’s book signing, where a confrontation between the Weasleys and the Malfoys ended with Xiaohua sitting on Malfoy Senior. Aya found her long-lost red-item notebook, then returned to the Burrow to get Percy to help with her untouched homework.

• Aya and the others attended Lockhart’s book signing, where Lockhart pulled Harry into a photograph and announced he would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.
• Draco mocked Harry, Ginny defended him, and Mr. Weasley and Malfoy Senior began fighting after Malfoy Senior insulted the Weasleys.
• Aya sent Xiaohua into the fight, and the enlarged cat pinned Malfoy Senior while Draco tried to free his father.
• Aya found an old black notebook among the books Malfoy Senior had thrown at her and recognized it as her long-lost red item.
• As the holiday ended, Aya went to the Burrow with her unfinished homework and persuaded Percy to help her, while Ron and Percy bickered downstairs.

Aya returned to Hogwarts with Harry and Ron after the Platform Nine and Three-Quarters entrance failed to let them through, and Dumbledore investigated signs of a spell. While the boys suspected Dobby, Aya explored the castle and visited Snape to repay her loan and sell materials.

• Aya waited at King's Cross for Harry and Ron, but the entrance to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters blocked them and knocked Harry down.
• Aya called Duoduo, who took the three children to Aya's house and then notified Dumbledore; Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall examined them and investigated the station entrance.
• At Hogwarts, Harry and Ron wondered whether Dobby had blocked the entrance to keep Harry away from danger, while Aya suggested asking Dumbledore about House-elves.
• Duoduo brought lunch to Gryffindor Tower, and Aya went sweeping through the castle to collect discarded items.
• Aya visited Snape to repay her loan and offer materials, and Snape told her he would only buy materials as valuable as a unicorn horn.

Aya returned to Hogwarts, paid Snape for her potion materials with purple bat dung, and reunited with Harry, Ron, and Hermione as the new term began. The chapter ended with Lockhart drawing Harry aside before Herbology class and boasting that he would make the boy famous.

• Aya reluctantly sold Snape purple bat dung and other potion ingredients, paid off her loan, and explored the empty castle.
• Aya met Harry and Ron in the Great Hall, teased them about giving Snape bat dung, and reunited with Hermione when the students arrived.
• Ginny was sorted into Gryffindor, and Aya attended the feast before returning to the common room with her friends.
• Aya examined the blank diary she had received for her quest, stored it in her inventory, and went to sleep.
• On the first day of term, Aya joined Hermione, Harry, and Ron for Herbology, where Lockhart delayed Harry outside the greenhouse to talk about his fame.

Aya attended Herbology, Transfiguration, and Gilderoy Lockhart’s first Defence Against the Dark Arts class, where Lockhart’s lesson ended in chaos after he released Cornish Pixies. Lockhart fled and left Aya, Harry, Ron, and Hermione trapped in the classroom with the creatures.

• Professor Sprout excused Aya from handling Mandrakes because she had no earmuffs suitable for her cat ears, and Aya waited in Greenhouse One.
• Aya successfully transfigured a beetle into a button in Professor McGonagall’s class, while Hermione earned points for Gryffindor by answering questions.
• Aya and her friends attended Lockhart’s class, where he gave the students a long quiz about his personal life; Hermione helped Aya fill in her blank paper before time ran out.
• Lockhart released Cornish Pixies, but failed to control them as they wrecked the classroom and attacked the students.
• Aya fought off the Pixies with Xiaohua, while Hermione froze the stunned creatures and returned them to their cage.
• Lockhart fled the classroom, leaving Aya, Harry, Ron, and Hermione locked inside with the remaining Pixies.

Aya sold the house-elves to Snape, then joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione for Quidditch practice and a visit to Hagrid. At Hagrid’s hut, she explained that she was a Spirit Clan summoner whose appearance could change with her preferences.

• Ron, Hermione, and Harry locked the frozen house-elves in a cage, and Aya volunteered to return it to the professor.
• Aya sold more than a dozen house-elves to Snape for ten Galleons.
• Aya, Ron, Hermione, and Harry went to the Quidditch Pitch, where Aya grabbed Draco’s Nimbus 2001 and rode it while Xiaohua kept Draco in place.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Aya visited Hagrid and ate lunch after hiding from Lockhart.
• Aya told Hermione, Ron, and Harry that she was a Spirit Clan summoner and could choose different ears or horns.

Aya discovered that she could change her appearance like a Metamorphmagus, then followed the black diary’s influence to an abandoned bathroom and uncovered a passage beneath its washbasin. She entered the dark tunnel with Xiaohua and a live rooster, beginning the search for the school-year boss.

• Hermione identified Aya’s ability to change her appearance as a Metamorphmagus talent, and Aya explained that people from her home could do the same.
• Aya completed her visit with Hagrid, then examined the black diary, which opened and appeared to control her movements.
• Aya followed the controlled Xiaohua to an abandoned third-floor bathroom and found that the diary’s trail ended beside a strangely patterned tap.
• Aya learned from her quest list that she needed a live rooster and the dungeon entrance, so she persuaded Hagrid to lend her a large rooster.
• Aya had Xiaohua break through the washbasin and wall, revealing a passage, then squeezed inside with Xiaohua and the rooster.

Aya entered the Basilisk dungeon with Xiaohua and a live rooster, but her attacks could not hurt the boss and it killed her as soon as it appeared. The rooster’s crow triggered the dungeon’s completion, and Aya collected the Basilisk’s corpse before crawling back to find four feet waiting outside the bathroom.

• Aya found golden legendary Basilisk shed skin, stole the emerald eyes from the carved snakes, and had Xiaohua dig a hole around the dungeon door.
• Aya entered the dungeon, searched the dark chamber, and had Xiaohua scratch through the statue until the Basilisk emerged and killed her immediately.
• Aya used Xiaohua’s resurrection skill to revive herself, then revived Xiaohua and tried unsuccessfully to damage the Basilisk while he drew its attacks with Taunt.
• The rooster pecked Aya and then crowed from her shoulder, causing the Basilisk to go still as the system declared the dungeon complete and raised Aya to level 30.
• Aya collected the Basilisk’s corpse as a red legendary item and crawled out of the bathroom, where she saw four feet.

Aya was caught after destroying a bathroom while retrieving a Basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets, and Dumbledore learned that she had killed the creature. After Snape bought some of its venom, Dumbledore warned Aya he would watch her, while she returned to her friends the next day in high spirits.

• Snape and Dumbledore found Aya in Myrtle’s wrecked bathroom with Xiaohua and Hagrid’s rooster, and Aya claimed she had been unclogging the drains.
• Aya revealed that she had defeated a Basilisk and produced its corpse by the Black Lake, where Snape collected venom and paid her.
• Dumbledore recognized Aya’s description of the chamber as the Chamber of Secrets and connected the Basilisk to the legend and Myrtle’s death.
• Dumbledore escorted Aya back to the Gryffindor common room and told her he would keep a close eye on her.
• The next day, Aya told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that she had gone to be a dog, then watched Harry lose another game of Wizard’s Chess to Ron.

Aya struggled to learn what a Basilisk was because the library kept putting her to sleep, while Hogwarts prepared for Halloween. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George returned from Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party horrified by the food and cold, as Aya brought back a feast from the Great Hall.

• Aya failed to find information about Basilisks in the library and asked Hermione to help her remember which book mentioned them.
• Harry invited Aya to Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party, but she chose the Halloween Feast and asked Hermione to investigate Basilisks while she was there.
• Aya helped Hagrid carve giant pumpkins and collected seeds for Duoduo to roast.
• On Halloween, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to the Deathday Party while Aya joined the feast, packed extra food, and told Fred and George where their friends had gone.
• Aya returned to the common room with food and found Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George shaken by the party’s freezing atmosphere and rotten dishes.

Aya struggled with Hogwarts homework, planned to explore the Forbidden Forest, and joined the Gryffindor-Slytherin rivalry for sweets before attending Gryffindor’s Quidditch match. During the match, Hermione realized that a Bludger was repeatedly targeting Harry, and she looked toward Snape in the professors’ stands.

• Aya traded food with Fred and George, then heard Hermione describe an encounter with Moaning Myrtle.
• Aya struggled with essays and Potions, discovered Lockhart rewarded her water-stained homework, and considered exploring the Forbidden Forest.
• Hermione began studying defensive spells and secretly borrowed a book from the Restricted Section after Lockhart signed her slip.
• Aya joined the escalating Gryffindor-Slytherin rivalry and took sweets from Draco after Harry and Ron fought him.
• Gryffindor faced Slytherin in the Quidditch match, and Aya noticed a Bludger repeatedly pursuing Harry.
• Hermione confirmed the Bludger was targeting Harry and turned her attention to Snape.

Harry survived a Quidditch match after a tampered Bludger chased him, but Lockhart’s botched spell left his arm boneless. After Harry revealed that Dobby had warned him the Chamber of Secrets had been opened again, Hermione began researching it in the library.

• Hermione ruled out Snape and the other professors as the ones controlling the Bludger while it relentlessly pursued Harry during the match.
• Harry caught the Golden Snitch but fell from his broom, and Lockhart’s spell turned his broken arm boneless instead of healing it.
• Madam Pomfrey took Harry to the Hospital Wing and began growing his bones back; the Quidditch team celebrated Gryffindor’s victory after leaving him there.
• Harry told Aya, Ron, and Hermione that Dobby had caused the Bludger incident and warned that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened again.
• Hermione proposed researching the Chamber of Secrets, and she, Harry, Ron, and Aya went to the library after Harry was discharged.