Aaron Roberts

Aaron Roberts is a South African boy who comes from a poor district in South Africa. He was invited to St Bronstons because of his mutant ability to create a dimentional rip which allows him transportation through the dimentional plain otherwise known as "the Other Side". Although not originaly revealed until Lance is transported to the otherside, Aaron's mutant ability also creates a shield which protects him from the freak natural forces within the plain. This secondary ability is for some reason not present when Lance goes there himself but he manages to create a shield around himself anyway. Also when Aaron transports anyone else with him in this dimension, as long as they stay close enough to him, thety too are protected by the natural shield that Aaron's ability produces.

The rip in dimensioins however is a very draining ability and almost kills Aaron when he leaves it open for too long when Aaron and Lance combinde there powers in order to get rid of the big gate in the novel's finale