Recaps

Albert completed his O.W.L.s, received the Order of Merlin, and traveled to Spain for the Barnaby Finley spellcasting competition. After exposing a scheme to frame him with Liquid Luck, he won the championship and gold prize, then rejected Yanira and told Isabelle what had happened.

• Albert finished his O.W.L. exams, received Outstanding marks in all twelve subjects, and learned that Peter Pettigrew had reportedly died in Azkaban.
• Albert spent the summer with his family, received the Order of Merlin, and told Nia that his restored spell could turn Werewolves human again.
• Sirius and Lupin explained to Harry why he needed to stay with the Dursleys for part of each summer, while the Weasleys discussed the twins’ plans for a joke shop.
• Albert traveled to Spain with Bard and entered the Barnaby Finley spellcasting competition, where his task panel told him to win the championship and the Gold Award.
• Albert impressed the judges with his performances, while a disguised Ishus Norton tried to disqualify him with Liquid Luck and Albert and Bard turned the scheme against the betting organizers.
• Ministry officials tested Albert and other suspects for Liquid Luck, clearing Albert of cheating after the Bullfighting Daily’s accusation sparked rumors.
• Albert won the championship and gold prize, and Yanira presented him with the trophy, medal, prize money, and signed record.
• Yanira came to Albert’s room with Potions and a key, but Albert refused her, knocked her unconscious, and told Isabelle about the encounter.

Albert won the Pioneering Contribution Gold Medal for his Flying Ointment, then joined Isabelle and their friends at the Quidditch World Cup. Voldemort returned to a weak body, the Death Eaters attacked the campsite after the final, and Albert left the others with warnings and plans to investigate.

• Albert returned from Spain and reassured Isabelle that he had refused Yanira because he did not want to risk their relationship.
• Albert traveled with Isabelle to Egypt, presented Flying Ointment at the International Alchemy Convention, and won the Pioneering Contribution Gold Medal and a patent certificate.
• Peter Pettigrew revived Voldemort with Unicorn blood, and Voldemort demanded Harry Potter’s blood to restore his body.
• Albert divined that Peter was alive and gave Sirius Black Liquid Luck to help him find Peter, while warning Harry that he might be connected to Voldemort.
• Albert invested in Sirius and Lupin’s planned Defense Against the Dark Arts magazine and urged Lupin to warn Alastor Moody about the Hogwarts curse.
• The Death Eaters attacked the World Cup campsite after Ireland beat Bulgaria, and the Dark Mark appeared as Ministry personnel rescued the Muggles.
• Albert gave Isabelle Liquid Luck and a pocket watch, arranged for Nia and the others to return home, and warned his friends about Bagman and Voldemort’s possible plan against Harry.

Albert warned that Voldemort’s return would draw Harry into the Triwizard Tournament, while suspecting Moody was an impostor working against him. Albert was selected as Hogwarts’ champion but missed the ceremony, so the Goblet chose Harry as a fourth champion, leaving Albert to investigate the attack and protect his friends.

• Voldemort freed Barty Crouch Jr., who impersonated Moody and went to Hogwarts while plotting to use the Triwizard Cup to bring Harry to Voldemort.
• Albert warned his friends and Dumbledore that Harry might be drawn into the Tournament, and Dumbledore agreed to watch Moody and the Goblet.
• Albert trained his friends in defensive magic and discussed the approaching danger, while Peter entered Hogwarts to stop Albert from competing.
• The visiting schools arrived, and Dumbledore explained the Goblet’s rules before Albert found Katrina under the Imperius Curse and freed her.
• Albert stayed hidden with Katrina as the Goblet selected Krum, Fleur, and Albert, then chose Harry after Albert failed to appear.
• Albert returned and told the others he and Katrina had been trapped, while Moody claimed Harry and Albert had been targeted and Crouch explained the first task.
• Albert told Harry that Voldemort may have used a powerful Confundus Charm to make the Goblet select him, while Barty and Voldemort discussed their plans and Wormtail’s failure.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that someone had tried to keep him out of the Tournament, and he suspected Moody had controlled Katrina.

Albert helped Harry prepare for the Triwizard Tournament while uncovering the threat posed by Barty Crouch Jr., then won the first task and helped expose Karkaroff as a former Death Eater. The arc ended with the Yule Ball approaching, Harry and Ron struggling to find partners, and Albert preparing to return to Hogwarts with Katrina.

• Albert suspected Voldemort’s followers had entered Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire and advised Sirius and Lupin to train Harry against dangerous creatures.
• Sirius and Lupin revealed that the first task involved dragons, then trained Harry to fight Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest.
• Albert warned Ollivander to leave before the next winter, then competed first in the dragon task and bound the Swedish Short-Snout so a conjured eagle could retrieve its Golden Egg.
• Karkaroff gave Albert one point, provoking a student riot, and the other judges removed him from the panel after Fleur, Krum, and Harry completed their tasks.
• Albert and Sirius exposed Karkaroff’s past as a Death Eater, and the resulting public backlash forced Karkaroff to flee Hogwarts.
• Albert opened the Wizard Cards Club’s secret activity room, where Luna won the tournament and accepted his invitation to the Yule Ball.
• Harry was rejected by Cho, while Ron invited Fleur under the influence of her Veela charm and fled after she dispelled it.
• Albert arranged a prank that boosted the Weasley twins’ joke business, reassured Nia and Luke about dragons, and told them he would attend the Yule Ball with Katrina.