Recaps

Albert and Isabelle exposed Rowena Smith’s crimes and escaped his plan to kill them, while Smith’s disappearance left Dumbledore investigating the aftermath. As Hogwarts prepared for exams, Albert’s Wit-Sharpening Potion tournament led to a dangerous black-market trade, and a letter about a mysterious diadem drew Dumbledore’s attention.

• Quirrell arrived in Devon with Voldemort possessing a little black snake and learned that the Philosopher’s Stone might be in Gringotts, but Dumbledore’s Fidelius Charm kept them from finding Nicolas Flamel.
• Albert and his friends practiced dueling and held the Wizard Cards tournament, while Albert secured Ministry approval to use a Time-Turner for his planned courses.
• Rowena Smith used the Imperius Curse to send Albert and Isabelle into the Forbidden Forest, where he confessed to murdering Isabelle’s father and seeking Will de Smith’s secret.
• Albert and Isabelle defeated Smith’s plan with the Banshee’s Wail and the Acromantulas, then Isabelle ordered an Acromantula to kill him.
• Albert and Isabelle rescued Katrina, and Albert collected the rewards from his confrontation with Smith as Hogwarts learned that Smith and his family had vanished.
• Hufflepuff beat Gryffindor in Quidditch, and Shanna won Albert’s Wizard Cards tournament before selling her Wit-Sharpening Potion prize.
• Kenneth Troller used the formula Albert sold him to supply potion on the black market, but a student was poisoned and Kenneth received a month of detention with Snape.
• Dumbledore considered Voldemort’s pursuit of the Philosopher’s Stone and read Albert’s letter about a whispering diadem that might be Ravenclaw’s Diadem, agreeing to investigate it the next day.

Albert helped Dumbledore destroy the diadem Horcrux, uncovered Gryffindor’s secret treasure, and spent the summer with his family and friends. He agreed to inherit the Will de Smith surname after Mr. Brode explained the family’s history and showed him Brel Bosted’s book.

• Dumbledore summoned The Grey Lady to identify the diadem, learned Tom had made it a Horcrux, and destroyed it while Albert kept the discovery secret.
• Albert led Fred, George, and Lee Jordan into the Forbidden Forest, where they overcame trolls and magical traps to reach Gryffindor’s hidden chamber and find his sword and a cauldron.
• Albert finished first in his exams as Slytherin Academy won the House Cup, then reunited with his family and spent part of the summer at a ski resort.
• Albert met Louise Delacour and Mr. Delacour, who passed along a request from Hertok, and later agreed to help Mr. Dagworth and Damocles improve the Wolfsbane Potion through a Two-way Mirror.
• Nia learned she had not been admitted to Hogwarts, and Albert comforted her by reminding her of their promise.
• Quirrell broke into Gringotts in search of the Philosopher’s Stone but found Vault 713 empty and fled.
• Albert visited the Weasleys, helped Fred and George test their swelling candy, and discussed the coming school year with Isabelle and Katrina.
• Mr. Brode offered Albert the Will de Smith surname, explained the family’s history and responsibilities, and showed him Brel Bosted’s book containing instructions for making Two-way Mirrors.

Albert visited Nicolas and Perenal LeMay, learned more about alchemy, and returned to Hogwarts with a Time-Turner. As Harry joined Gryffindor, Albert explored the mystery beneath the restricted corridor and began organizing a Wizard Cards club.

• Albert and Isabelle discussed the family inheritance and the Golden Book before Sera Harishis’s letter arrived for him.
• Dumbledore took Albert and Harishis to Nicolas and Perenal LeMay’s hidden apartment, where Albert discussed alchemy, the Philosopher’s Stone, and Ravenclaw’s Diadem with Nicolas.
• Albert developed Crystal Ball Divination, used a vision to win money, celebrated Nia’s admission to school, and left for Hogwarts with Tom and Shira.
• Professor McGonagall gave Albert a Time-Turner, and Hermione, Neville, Harry, and Ron joined Gryffindor at the Sorting feast.
• Albert used his Time-Turner to attend both Divination and Arithmancy, earned points for Gryffindor, and warned Harry that Snape would likely question him.
• Albert led Fred, George, and Lee Jordan into the forbidden fourth-floor corridor, where Fluffy attacked students guarding the trapdoor, and he helped rescue Crawn Prewett.
• Albert and his friends speculated about the treasure beneath the trapdoor while he concealed a quest to find it, and he later asked Hogwarts’s house-elves to look after Tom.
• After Harry became Gryffindor’s Seeker, Albert launched a Wizard Cards club, invited Harry and Ron to join, and had Lee register interested students.

Albert advanced his Wizard Cards and magical communication projects while beginning a relationship with Isabelle and helping Hermione make friends. As Harry and Ron pursued a treasure hunt and the troll incident brought them closer, Quirrell and Snape both moved around the secret guarded by the Three-Headed Dog.

• Albert warned Hermione that Harry and Ron’s planned duel with Malfoy was likely a trap, then helped develop Wizard Cards and questioned Quirrell about Inferi.
• Albert published a paper on magical communication, traded with Adolf Fournier for alchemical knowledge and Two-way Mirrors, and began dating Isabelle after making his Patronus speak.
• Albert warned Hagrid and Harry about poisonous mushrooms, but Ron ate the soup and had to be taken to the Hospital Wing before recovering.
• Albert and Isabelle went on a Hogsmeade date, where they kissed and ran into Katrina, while Albert later discovered that Quirrell was still trying to get past the Three-Headed Dog.
• Harry and Ron followed a map to a buried bottle of Vampire Repellent and sent it to Quirrell, who recoiled from its smell and grew more determined to kill Harry.
• Albert asked Hermione to help care for Tom, and she joined Harry and Ron at the Halloween feast before Quirrell announced that a troll was in the castle.
• Snape was bitten by the Three-Headed Dog after finding its door open, and Harry and Ron later suspected he had been trying to reach the guarded secret.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron that Albert had predicted she would make friends before winter, while the boys continued to suspect Snape had targeted the dog’s secret.