Recaps

Albert competed in the Potions Tournament, exposed the organizers’ unfair handling of the rounds, and won the championship with an improved Wit-Sharpening Potion. He returned to Hogwarts with Isabelle and celebrated his victory with his friends.

• Albert warned that Black was near Hogwarts, then stayed with Shanna in the Great Hall while the castle was searched overnight.
• Albert and Isabelle protected Hagrid from Dementors on their way to the Potions Tournament, then arrived at the Magical Gardens with Professor Slughorn.
• Albert brewed the fastest Draught of Living Death and won the first round, while Catherine and Valeria became involved in his beauty-potion research.
• Albert gathered ingredients for the second round, secretly sabotaged Guy Bernard, and survived an attack by a Wagadu contestant before finding the Fountain of Good Luck.
• Albert challenged the judges over their treatment of the contestants, but their low score for his Shrinking Solution sparked protests against President Bernard and the tournament organizers.
• Albert chose to brew Hertok’s improved Wit-Sharpening Potion in the final round and defeated Williams, Hiroki Fujii, and Daniela to win the Golden Cauldron.
• Albert gave the Golden Cauldron to Isabelle, then returned to Hogwarts, where he told her how he had won and joined the Gryffindors’ celebration.

Albert protected students from Dementors while using Rita Skeeter’s reports to turn public anger against Fudge. He uncovered clues about Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew, helped clear Harry’s Firebolt, and prepared to aid Hagrid as Buckbeak’s hearing approached.

• Albert gave Rita Skeeter details about the tournament, and her interview portrayed him as a champion while damaging President Bernard’s reputation.
• Dementors attacked during Gryffindor’s match against Hufflepuff, and Albert and Isabelle used Patronuses to protect nearby students as Harry fell from his broom.
• Albert sent Rita photographs and details of the attack, and her story about Harry’s supposed death helped turn public anger toward Fudge and the Ministry’s use of Dementors.
• Albert deduced that Sirius Black had escaped to protect Harry from Peter Pettigrew, and he planned to reveal the truth and pursue Black’s bounty.
• Albert used a Hippogriff Patronus to drive Dementors away from Hogsmeade Station, while Fred and George practiced Patronuses and Lee Jordan struggled to produce one.
• Sirius Black arranged for Kreacher to buy Harry a Firebolt, and Professor McGonagall later cleared the broom and had Albert return it to Harry.
• Peter Pettigrew feared Sirius would expose him, planted evidence to fake his death, and slipped away in rat form.
• Albert failed to create a convincing Buckbeak model as Hagrid’s hearing neared, while Harry defended Buckbeak after Malfoy mocked him and his broom.

Albert investigated Sirius Black’s escape, uncovered Peter Pettigrew’s presence at Hogwarts, and worked to save Buckbeak while preparing for Professor Lupin’s possible loss of control. He founded the Defense Association, whose first practical lesson ended with Harry turning a Voldemort Boggart into a joke.

• Albert watched Harry’s Patronus frighten Malfoy’s group and help Gryffindor win, then advised Truman about possible Ministry careers.
• Albert and his friends investigated Black’s entry into Hogwarts, found dog tracks in a secret passage, and realized Black might be hunting Peter Pettigrew, who was hiding as Scabbers.
• Albert urged Hermione and Hagrid to keep appealing Buckbeak’s sentence while using legal pressure and publicity against the Malfoys.
• Albert and Shanna warned Lupin about the Defense Against the Dark Arts curse, while Albert used a Crystal Ball to foresee Lupin transforming into a Werewolf and being subdued.
• Albert established the Defense Association in a hidden room, taught students for their O.W.L.s, and acquired a Boggart for practical training.
• Albert helped Hermione manage her workload and shared his improved Brain Elixir candies, while he and Isabelle discussed their future plans and refined their modification plan.
• At an Easter banquet, Mog and Bard proposed testing Albert’s Werewolf Restoration Spell on Lupin, and Albert received tickets for the Quidditch World Cup final.
• Albert taught the Defense Association to face Boggarts, and Harry turned his Voldemort Boggart into a dancing figure in an Irish kilt.

Albert helped save Buckbeak, exposed Peter Pettigrew, and cleared Sirius Black’s name, while negotiating with the Ministry for his reward. The arc ended as students prepared for O.W.L.s and Albert learned he had been nominated for an Order of Merlin.

• Albert warned his friends that Kenneth’s Dark Lord photograph business could bring trouble, then learned Buckbeak’s appeal would be held at Hogwarts and promised to handle Malfoy’s knowledge of the case.
• Albert secretly altered Malfoy’s memory, advised Hagrid on the appeal, and helped Hagrid expose the hearing official’s bribery, but Buckbeak was sentenced to death.
• Albert arranged Buckbeak’s disappearance, then used Divination to learn that Regulus Black was dead and that Sirius Black was likely innocent, agreeing to help catch Peter Pettigrew.
• Albert’s student Defense Against the Dark Arts gatherings and the growing Gryffindor-Slytherin feud led to fights, while Gryffindor beat Slytherin in the Quidditch final and collected its betting winnings.
• Crookshanks found Peter hiding as Scabbers at Hagrid’s Hut, and Albert captured Peter and Sirius after Sirius dragged Ron toward the Whomping Willow.
• Albert contained Lupin during his transformation, drove away Dementors, and exposed four impostors posing as Ministry Aurors before demanding payment and guarantees from Fudge.
• Dumbledore transformed Scabbers into Peter, whose confession confirmed that he had betrayed the Potters, and Fudge agreed to Albert’s proposed deal while Sirius’s name was cleared.
• Sirius offered Harry a home, Albert received a Time-Turner instead of the Ministry reward and shared Sirius’s payment, and students turned to O.W.L. preparations as Albert learned of his Order of Merlin nomination.