Recaps

Albert spent the winter balancing family life with Isabelle and preparations to deal with the Basilisk, while Hogwarts was shaken by Valentine’s pranks and rumors. When Harry found Tom Riddle’s diary, Albert recognized that the plan around the Chamber was beginning to unfold.

• Albert visited France with Isabelle and his family, introduced Isabelle as his girlfriend at Xavier and Lucia’s wedding, and agreed to compete in the Magical School Potion Championship.
• Albert tested ways to find and repel the Basilisk, learned from Hermione that it likely traveled through the pipes, and urged Harry to tell Dumbledore what he knew.
• Tom Riddle recognized Albert’s disguise in the diary, taught him the Fiendfyre Curse, and gave him other spells in an attempt to draw him into danger.
• Valentine’s Day brought a flood of cards for Albert, a maggot-filled cheese prank for Lockhart, and rumors at Hogwarts about Snape’s former girlfriend.
• Albert gathered Basilisk defenses, obtained Liquid Luck from Hertok Dagworth, and refused Harry’s request to buy the potion.
• Harry found Tom Riddle’s diary in the Girls’ Lavatory, and Hermione linked Riddle’s name and the diary’s age to the Chamber’s opening fifty years earlier.

Albert helped expose Tom Riddle as the force behind the attacks, and Harry killed the Basilisk and rescued Ginny. After Hogwarts cleared Ginny and Hagrid, Albert led Harry and his friends back into the Chamber, where they discovered Slytherin’s hidden rooms and Snape’s bedroom.

• Albert connected Tom Riddle’s diary to the Chamber attacks, warned Hermione that the monster was a Basilisk, and told Hagrid that Riddle had framed him fifty years earlier.
• After Ginny and Hermione were taken into the Chamber, Albert baited Tom Riddle into exposing himself, then revealed the Chamber’s entrance and helped the professors respond when Ginny disappeared.
• Harry entered the Chamber, killed the Basilisk, and rescued Ginny, while Dumbledore cleared Ginny and promised to arrange Hagrid’s release.
• Albert helped restore Hermione with Potent Healing Potion, and Dumbledore announced that the attacks had ended and that Lockhart could no longer teach.
• Albert completed quests connected to Tom Riddle, selected new skills, and later invited Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to explore the Chamber.
• Harry opened the Chamber with Parseltongue, and Albert’s group found the Basilisk’s remains, Slytherin’s statue, and a hidden room that Albert identified as Slytherin’s real Chamber of Secrets.
• Albert led the group into a further room he identified as Snape’s bedroom, warned them not to disturb anything, and guided them out after they photographed the chambers and cleaned their traces.

Albert prepared his family and friends for the coming war while pursuing a future with Isabelle, visiting Nicolas Flamel, and gaining influence in the wizarding world. Sirius Black escaped Azkaban, and Albert and Isabelle joined the Extraordinary Apothecary Association.

• Albert helped Harry and the twins plan to free Dobby, then warned his friends to prepare for Dementors and the dangers ahead.
• Albert restored the Human Transformation Spell, drew attention from the Wizengamot, and told Isabelle he intended to protect his family as war approached.
• Gryffindor won the House Cup, the Weasley family won the lottery, and Albert warned his parents that they should eventually leave Britain.
• Albert and Isabelle traveled to France to meet Nicolas and Perenal Flamel, where they explored their future marriage and Albert studied defensive magic.
• Fudge inspected Azkaban and ordered Sirius Black watched, but Black recognized Peter Pettigrew in a newspaper photograph and escaped in his Animagus form.
• Lupin learned of Black’s escape and accepted Dumbledore’s offer to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.
• Albert urged his family to invest their lottery winnings in Hong Kong property and celebrated the news with Isabelle.
• Albert and Isabelle visited the Extraordinary Apothecary Association, passed its potion assessment by brewing Draught of Living Death, and became members.

Albert returned to Hogwarts, prepared for the Magical School Potion Championship, and helped his friends face the threat of Dementors while navigating the Sirius Black crisis. He and Isabelle visited the house he had bought in Hogsmeade and planned to turn it into a concealed private base.

• Hertok offered Albert his old Elixir of Life research notes and decided to support his championship bid, while Albert and Isabelle returned to England and prepared for the school year.
• After Dementors boarded the Hogwarts Express, Albert drove one away with his Hippogriff Patronus, helped the prefects recover, and warned his friends that only corporeal Patronuses could repel Dementors.
• Albert began Snape’s Potion Championship tutoring, predicted that Malfoy would target Hagrid’s Hippogriff, and advised Hagrid to rely on Dumbledore during the investigation.
• Albert told Isabelle about the house he had bought in Hogsmeade and his plans to use a Vanishing Cabinet to meet her after her graduation.
• Albert taught Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan the Patronus Charm, demonstrating his corporeal Hippogriff Patronus and warning Harry to practice with Lupin against a substitute Dementor.
• Albert and his friends discussed Sirius Black’s movements and considered catching him, while Hermione warned Harry and Ron against confronting Black or the Dementors without preparation.
• Albert protected Isabelle from Dementors with his Patronus and Apparated with her to the Hogsmeade house, where they planned renovations, a laboratory, and concealment with the Fidelius Charm.