Recaps

Albert studied runes, explored Hogwarts with Fred and George, and tested a protective bracelet he had made. His combat-focused Transfiguration paper was published, where it drew mixed reactions from his friends and fellow students.

• After the Quidditch fight, Albert helped George and his friends turn the tables on Slytherin attackers, then began studying alchemy and designing gifts.
• Albert encouraged Truman to confront Knotty with his fists, and Truman won their dispute over Bridget Winlock before Professor Flitwick took Knotty away.
• Albert collected his 100-Galleon prediction-contest prize, spent Christmas with his family, and returned to Hogwarts after studying runes and unlocking Runic Magic.
• Albert explored the castle at night with Fred and George, who showed him the Marauder’s Map, and he led them to the Room of Requirement and the Restricted Section.
• Albert joined Hagrid and his friends in the Forbidden Forest, where they met Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, gathered matsutake, and later shared grilled food at Hagrid’s hut.
• Albert made a rune-carved bracelet from unicorn tail hair and Protego Tree wood, and its Shield Charm repelled some attacks but failed against Stupefy during the boys’ tests.
• Fielder showed Albert his published paper on applying Transfiguration in combat and warned that its practical focus did not meet academic standards.
• Beck congratulated Albert for breaking Hogwarts’ record with his first-year publication, and Katrina McDougal joined the conversation about her sister Isabelle.

Albert advanced his study of Ancient Runes, gained experience with Apparition, and rescued Fred and George from Acromantulas after they followed a treasure map into the Forbidden Forest. He was honored for the rescue, while the map and Gryffindor’s Secret Treasure remained unresolved.

• Professor McGonagall praised Albert’s Transfiguration essay, and Albert later brewed a Developing Potion that made people move in photographs.
• Professor Bludger and Moggy MacDougal involved Albert in deciphering and editing Ravenclaw’s runic legacy, while Albert studied ancient spells and attempted to improve his protective bracelet.
• Professor Bludger took Albert Apparating into a clearing, unlocking Apparition on Albert’s Status Panel.
• Albert and Lee Jordan discovered that Fred and George had entered the Forbidden Forest, and Albert followed them after Shira located the twins among the Acromantulas.
• Albert fought through the spiders, found Fred and George trapped in a Protego Tree, and helped them escape with Professor Bludger’s assistance.
• Professor McGonagall punished Fred and George, while Dumbledore awarded Albert a Special Award for Services to the School and two hundred Gryffindor points.
• Albert completed the Spider Slayer quest, examined the altered treasure map, and went to meet Professor Bludger.

Albert finished his first year, spent the summer in France, and became entangled in Hertok Dagworth’s missing Gold Card and the Ministry’s mishandling of the Trace. Back at Hogwarts, Albert and his friends developed a wizard card game as Hertok sought Dumbledore’s help retrieving the card.

• Professor Bludger showed Albert Mog McDougal’s book, paid him for Acromantula venom, and warned him not to search the Forbidden Forest for Gryffindor’s Secret Treasure.
• Albert helped protect Fred and George’s rescue story, discovered Ravenclaw’s Eagle knocker, and solved its first riddle as the Quest Panel assigned him one hundred riddles to answer correctly in a row.
• Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup and House Cup, while Albert and his friends made a garlic-scented cross and pranked Filch with the leftover beeswax.
• Albert spent the summer in France with his family, found Hertok Dagworth’s Gold Card, and used his Protective Bracelet to block Hertok’s attempt to summon it.
• Albert demanded that Hertok obtain a personal apology from the Ministry official responsible for the Trace, and he refused Hertok’s offer of twenty Galleons for the card.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan planned a Wizard Card game, then continued designing its rules and cards after returning to school.
• Albert hid Hertok’s Gold Card beside Ravenclaw’s Diadem in the Room of Requirement and introduced character cards, factions, deck limits, and card effects to his friends.
• After the Ministry official denied the Trace problem and refused to apologize, Hertok told Brode that Albert had hidden the card and planned to melt it down, then decided to ask Dumbledore for help retrieving it.

Albert settled the dispute over his Gold Card, expanded his magic and Wizard Cards projects, and explored alchemy, divination, and Fluffy’s care. After learning about Occlumency, he led a failed attempt to retrieve a book from the Restricted Section and escaped the ensuing search.

• Albert negotiated with Hertok Dagworth until Umbridge sent him a handwritten apology, and he returned the Gold Card while claiming rewards that included Potions Mastery and Liquid Luck.
• Albert joined the Transfiguration and Charms Clubs, practiced separating Lumos light and casting silently, and helped Professor Smith investigate a Boggart’s mist-like form.
• Albert brewed an improved Herbicide Potion, discussed alchemy with Professor Smith, and received an introduction to Sera Harishis, who agreed to correspond with him.
• Albert accompanied Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest, met the three-headed dog Fluffy, and warned Hagrid that the growing dog could become dangerous and might not be allowed to stay.
• Albert shared Wizard Cards with his friends and developed the game as more students joined, while Professor Trelawney gave him and Isabelle Rune Stone readings that included warnings of danger.
• Isabelle agreed to teach Albert Occlumency, and Albert recruited Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to help him find a book on resisting Legilimency in the Restricted Section.
• Albert used a Disillusionment Charm to enter the library while the twins distracted Filch, but Accio toppled chained shelves, forcing Albert to repair them and flee without the book.
• Albert led his friends to the Room of Requirement after escaping separately, while Filch and the professors searched the castle and found no trace of them.