Chapter Summaries

After Snape tried to inspect the Wit-Sharpening Potion a Ravenclaw student had already drunk, word of Albert’s rare potion spread through Hogwarts and sparked a rush of interest. Kenneth Troller decided to buy Albert’s brewing notes and try to profit, despite Albert’s warnings about the difficulty and danger.

• A Ravenclaw student said Snape had demanded to inspect his Wit-Sharpening Potion, but the student had already drunk it and accepted points loss and detention rather than hand it over.
• News of the incident spread, and students—especially Slytherins—sought bottles of the potion as its black-market price rose to twenty Galleons.
• Kenneth Troller asked Albert how to make more money, and Albert warned him that the rare ingredients and high failure rate made brewing the potion risky.
• Albert offered Kenneth a copy of Hertok Dagworth’s detailed formula for ten Galleons, and Kenneth eagerly agreed to buy it and seek help through his family’s connections.
• After Kenneth left, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan questioned whether he could succeed, and Albert said brewing the potion would be difficult and failed batches could be poisonous.

Albert defended himself to Snape over the Wit-Sharpening Potion he had given away as a competition prize, insisting it came from Hertok Dagworth and that he had broken no rules. After leaving without detention, he learned Kenneth Troller had obtained several bottles and was selling them on the black market.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan questioned Albert about selling Kenneth Troller the Wit-Sharpening Potion formula, and Albert warned that brewing the potion was difficult and dangerous.
• Terence Higgs delivered Snape's note to Albert and asked whether he could buy more potion, but Albert said his only bottle had been a gift from Hertok Dagworth.
• Snape summoned Albert and accused him of trading a prohibited, poisonous potion, but Albert said the bottle was Dagworth's gift and had been a competition prize rather than a sale.
• Albert told Snape he had drunk the undiluted potion, and Snape angrily threw him out without assigning detention.
• Lee Jordan told Albert, Fred, and George that Kenneth Troller had obtained several bottles of Wit-Sharpening Potion and was selling them on the black market.

Albert discussed the risks of Wit-Sharpening Potion with Isabelle, then learned that a Slytherin student had been poisoned by Kenneth Troller’s potion. He warned that Kenneth should have tested the brew himself before selling it.

• Kenneth Troller sold Wit-Sharpening Potion to older students while claiming he was only helping them buy Brain Elixir.
• Isabelle suspected Albert was connected to the potion sales, and he admitted he had sold Kenneth the formula and was considering brewing the potion himself.
• Albert copied a revised Wit-Sharpening Potion formula to send to Hertok Dagworth for study.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan told Albert that a Slytherin student had been poisoned after drinking Kenneth’s potion and taken to the Hospital Wing.
• Albert said Kenneth had made a major mistake by not testing the potion himself before giving it to others.

Kenneth Troller faced detention and demands for refunds after his poisoned Wit-Sharpening Potion caused a student to be hospitalized. Albert bought back Shanna’s bottle, tricked Fred, George, and Lee Jordan into drinking Brain Elixir, and outmaneuvered a Ravenclaw student who tried to report him to Snape.

• Kenneth Troller was assigned a month of detention with Snape, while students who had bought his Wit-Sharpening Potion sought refunds.
• Albert paid ten Galleons toward Shanna’s refund and bought back her sealed bottle of potion.
• When Terence Higgs showed interest in the bottle, Albert denied selling it and gave Fred, George, and Lee Jordan a bottle to drink before Snape arrived.
• Albert told Snape the potion had been drunk, and Snape punished the Ravenclaw student who had reported Albert for deceiving him about the potion.
• After leaving the Great Hall, Albert revealed that the trio had drunk Brain Elixir and still had the Wit-Sharpening Potion.

Dumbledore reviewed recent threats and Ministry concerns, then received Albert Anderson’s warning about a suspicious diadem hidden at Hogwarts. He decided to search for it the next day and left its identity uncertain.

• Dumbledore considered Voldemort’s pursuit of the Philosopher’s Stone and whether Professor Rowena Smith’s disappearance was connected to him.
• Dumbledore advised Cornelius Fudge against harsh laws about Wit-Sharpening Potion and suggested warning people about its dangers.
• Dumbledore opened Albert Anderson’s letter and learned that a diadem in a mysterious school room whispered to those who approached it.
• Dumbledore showed the photograph to Armando Dippet, who said the diadem resembled Ravenclaw’s Diadem but could be an imitation.
• Dumbledore agreed to retrieve and examine the diadem, but postponed the search until the next day.

Albert discussed the Ministry’s warning about Wit-Sharpening Potion and collected payment for his sales before Professor McGonagall brought him to Dumbledore. He led Dumbledore to the Room of Requirement to investigate the diadem mentioned in his letter.

• George read an article warning that Wit-Sharpening Potion sold on the market was poisonous, and Albert explained that the warning would discourage buyers more effectively than laws.
• Albert described branding to his roommates and received a heavy parcel containing his payment for selling the potion.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Albert to Dumbledore, who asked him to lead the way to the diadem in a photograph.
• Albert took Dumbledore to the Room of Requirement and explained how he and the Weasley twins had discovered it.

Dumbledore recovered Ravenclaw’s Diadem from the Room of Requirement and discovered that Tom had turned it into a Horcrux. After destroying it, he kept the discovery secret, while Albert learned that several of his quests had been completed.

• Albert warned Dumbledore to wear dragon-hide gloves before handling the diadem, and Dumbledore confirmed it was a dangerous dark magical object.
• Dumbledore summoned The Grey Lady, who recognized the diadem and revealed that she had once taken it to the forests of Albania after Tom had deceived her.
• Dumbledore determined that Tom had made the diadem a Horcrux, and the portraits urged him to destroy it.
• Dumbledore cast Avada Kedavra, splitting the diadem and releasing dark liquid and a faint scream.
• Dumbledore ordered the portraits to keep the Horcrux secret, while The Grey Lady regretted trusting Tom and Albert saw three quests completed.

Albert kept the Ravenclaw's Diadem secret after receiving points and a Special Award from Dumbledore, then discussed divination and Professor Smith with Isabelle. His friends confronted him about his awards and the points that had put their house in first place.

• Albert told Isabelle he had done The Grey Lady a small favor but would explain more when the time was right.
• Albert and Isabelle shared that they had learned nothing about Professor Smith and discussed Professor Bludger’s invitation for the summer.
• Albert said Rune Stone Divination had predicted events accurately and gave Isabelle a Hippogriff-shaped charm to examine.
• George, Fred, and Lee Jordan confronted Albert about having two Special Awards and earning a hundred points.
• Albert denied knowing anything shady after his friends said Slytherins were protesting the points and accusing him of wrongdoing.

After Slytherin students accused Albert of cheating Gryffindor Academy out of points, he calmly forced one of them to apologize and persuaded the school to reconsider the rumor. The students turned their attention to exams, which Albert learned would be stricter because of the Wit-Sharpening Potion.

• Several older Slytherin students insulted Albert, but he challenged them to produce evidence and made their ringleader apologize.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan laughed at Albert’s handling of the confrontation, and Albert said he would have hung the student outside the castle if he had refused to apologize.
• The story spread through the school, prompting students to recognize that Albert’s alleged points award was only a rumor without evidence.
• Dumbledore and Albert revealed nothing about the points, and the students stopped investigating as exams approached.
• Albert heard that exams would be stricter because of concerns about students using the Wit-Sharpening Potion to cheat.

After celebrating their exam results, Albert entertained Fred, George, and Lee Jordan with theories about Hogwarts’s magical defenses. He set their search for Gryffindor’s Secret Treasure for the next morning, planning to fly over the Forbidden Forest on brooms.

• Albert speculated that the Giant Squid might be a magical guardian created by Hogwarts’s Four Founders and described the Basilisk as a deadly, long-lived monster.
• Albert suggested that Hogwarts’s castle, statues, armor, and surrounding creatures had been arranged to defend it from attacks, then admitted his ideas were speculation.
• Fred asked when they would search for Gryffindor’s Secret Treasure, and Albert said they would leave the next morning.
• Albert planned for the group to fly toward the location indicated by the treasure clue and search from a low altitude rather than cross the Forbidden Forest on foot.
• George offered his Silver Arrow for Lee Jordan to ride, and Albert reassured Lee that he would catch him if he fell.

Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan followed a treasure map into the Forbidden Forest and found a foul-smelling troll nest. After casting Bubble-Head Charms to endure the stench, they entered the nest and heard trolls nearby, preparing for a fight.

• Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan flew into the Forbidden Forest under Disillusionment Charms and followed the treasure map toward its marked location.
• Albert used lights and protective spells to check their surroundings before the group landed and searched on foot.
• The four found a foul-smelling nest containing troll waste and animal remains, then backed away to escape the stench.
• Albert cast Bubble-Head Charms on himself and the others, and they decided to investigate the nest.
• Albert heard trolls roaring inside the nest and told the others to prepare for a fight.

Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan defeated two forest trolls and entered their nest, following the treasure map. Inside, they found no treasure among the filth, but Fred spotted part of a broken statue.

• Lee Jordan spotted two trolls, and Albert led the group away while throwing an Inflatable Shrieking Skull to distract them.
• Albert knocked one troll unconscious with a conjured mallet, while Fred, George, and Lee Jordan stunned the other.
• Albert bound both unconscious trolls with vines, and the group discussed their victory before heading into the nest.
• The four entered the nest under Bubble-Head Charms and searched for the treasure marked on Albert's map.
• Fred pointed out part of a broken statue on the nest floor.

Albert and his friends searched the troll nest for Gryffindor’s treasure, uncovered a hidden entrance, and opened it with the password “Brave and fearless.” They paused outside the passage to get fresh air and prepare before entering, as their adventure had only begun.

• Albert recognized that the stone statue in the troll nest might mark the location of Gryffindor’s treasure and had the others clean the cave while they investigated.
• Albert killed the two forest trolls with steel spikes, buried them, and set warning spells around the nest.
• Fred, George, Lee Jordan, and Albert uncovered a broken statue resembling a crouching Hippogriff but could not determine how to open the entrance.
• Albert’s spell rebounded from the cave wall, and Fred noticed the treasure map reacted to the password “Brave and fearless.”
• Albert spoke the password and opened the hidden passage, then stopped the others from entering immediately so they could get fresh air and prepare.

Albert and his friends encountered a magical fog that inverted the world around anyone who entered it. Albert crossed the corridor, discovered its hidden pits, and returned by broom to help the others get through safely.

• Albert sent a wooden ball into the fog, then tied a rope around Fred and had him enter it.
• Fred found himself hanging above a field of stone spikes and was pulled back out; he later discovered that closing his eyes stopped the inversion.
• Albert entered the fog with his eyes open and carefully crossed the corridor, jumping over three pits and spotting blue Gubraithian Fire.
• After reaching the other side, Albert took a broom from his Undetectable Extension Charm and flew backward through the corridor to get back to his friends.

Albert and his roommates crossed the magical mist on brooms and faced Gryffindor’s giant statue guardian. After working together to bring it down, they passed through the opened door to search for the treasure.

• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan what he had encountered in the mist, and they chose to fly over it on brooms.
• Lee Jordan fell from his broom during the crossing, but Fred caught him and the four reached the far side safely.
• The four entered a vast room, where a moving giant statue forced Albert to pull them back into the passage.
• Albert persuaded his friends to fight the guardian, and they toppled it by combining an Explosion Spell with the Obstacle Curse.
• Albert blasted apart the fallen statue while his friends discovered that their Reducto spells barely damaged it.
• The door opened after the statue was defeated, and Albert led the others toward Gryffindor’s treasure.

Albert and his friends discovered Gryffindor’s Sword and the legendary Giant Davinci’s Cauldron in a hidden chamber, which Albert decided to keep as a secret base. After they ate from the cauldron, Albert took the sword and explained the goblins’ disputed claim that Gryffindor had stolen it.

• Albert and his friends entered a hidden chamber and found statues of Godric Gryffindor and a giant, with Gryffindor’s Sword and a cauldron inside.
• Albert refused to take the sword back to Hogwarts, choosing instead to keep the chamber secret as a possible base.
• Lee Jordan tasted the cauldron’s contents, found that it tasted like meat soup, and the others tried it after waiting to ensure he was unharmed.
• Albert took Gryffindor’s Sword from the statue and told his friends the story of how goblins claimed Gryffindor had stolen it.
• Albert pointed to Godric Gryffindor’s name engraved on the blade as evidence that the sword belonged to Gryffindor.

Albert and his friends finished their first year at Hogwarts, celebrated their adventures, and returned home for the holidays. Albert agreed to visit Fred and George’s home and reunited with his family, while Nia remained upset that she might not be able to attend Hogwarts.

• Albert gained the Braveheart skill after eating food from Giant Davinci’s cauldron, while Fred, George, and Lee Jordan regretted not bringing Gryffindor’s Sword back to school.
• Lee Jordan reported that Slytherin students had left Kenneth Troller unconscious in a toilet, and Albert said Kenneth had brought it on himself through greed.
• Slytherin Academy won the House Cup, Dumbledore announced Rowena Smith’s disappearance, and Albert again placed first in the year’s exam results.
• Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan discussed turning their secret base into an adventure site, and Albert accepted Fred and George’s invitation to visit their home.
• Albert reunited with Herb, Daisy, Nia, and Tom after leaving the train, and he tried to reassure Nia about her chances of attending Hogwarts.

Quirrell reported that Dumbledore had placed the Philosopher's Stone in Gringotts Vault 713, while Voldemort pressured him to steal it and exposed his thoughts of seeking Dumbledore's help. The next day, Quirrell visited Hogwarts and began preparing for his Defense Against the Dark Arts position, leaving him alone in his office to check for watchers.

• Quirrell told Voldemort that he had controlled a goblin who could open Vault 713, but he did not know how to escape Gringotts after taking the Philosopher's Stone.
• Quirrell received Dumbledore's invitation to Hogwarts and briefly considered betraying Voldemort, who recognized the thought and threatened him.
• Quirrell arrived at Hogwarts the next day, where Hagrid escorted him to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore showed Quirrell the castle and his classroom, and asked him to choose the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbooks for Professor McGonagall.
• Quirrell inspected his office after Dumbledore left, checking carefully to see whether anyone was watching him.

The Anderson Family reached a French ski resort after their tour bus broke down twice, and Albert took Nia to explore the resort that night. They saw a silver-haired woman whose presence captivated the men around her, and Albert suspected she was a Veela or had Veela blood.

• The Anderson Family endured two tour bus breakdowns on their way to the Alps, and Albert reassured Nia while secretly keeping Tom in an extended box.
• The family arrived at the resort after nightfall, checked into their hotel, and released Tom from the box.
• Albert and Nia explored the resort, found cheaper ski equipment rentals than the hotel brochure recommended, and watched skiers from a drink shop.
• A silver-haired woman skied past, leaving the men around her mesmerized and their female companions arguing with them.
• Albert told Nia the woman might be a Veela or have Veela blood, then took Nia back to avoid worrying Herb and Daisy.

Nia complained that her family still treated her like a child and hoped she would attend Hogwarts, while Albert took Tom for a walk near the resort. Albert met Louise Delacour, who recognized him as a famous young wizard and introduced herself as a Beauxbatons student, before he left to rejoin his family.

• Nia told Herb and Daisy that Albert had gone looking for a place without people, and she complained that her family treated her like a child.
• Herb and Daisy reassured Nia about Hogwarts and invited her to breakfast while Albert walked Tom in the woods.
• Tom ran off and then hid behind Albert when Louise Delacour stopped nearby on skis.
• Louise introduced herself to Albert and explained that she knew of him through her uncle Claude and his memories.
• Albert discussed Beauxbatons with Louise, warned her that her charm had caused couples to break up, and returned to the hotel with Tom.