Chapter Summaries

Albert returned to Hogwarts with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, received a Time-Turner from Professor McGonagall, and attended the welcoming feast. He watched the first-years get sorted, including Harry Potter into Gryffindor, while suspecting Professor Quirrell carried Voldemort beneath his turban.

• Albert arrived at Hogwarts and Professor McGonagall gave him and Katrina Time-Turners, warning them to keep the devices secret and use them only for studying.
• Albert joined Fred, George, and Lee Jordan at the feast, saw Professor Quirrell at the High Table, and wondered whether Dumbledore knew Voldemort was attached to him.
• The Sorting Hat sang its new song, and Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom were sorted into Gryffindor while Malfoy went to Slytherin.
• Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor, prompting loud cheers from the Gryffindor table and a satisfied look from Dumbledore.

At the start-of-term feast, Albert and his friends discussed classes, spells, and Dumbledore’s warning about the fourth-floor corridor. Afterward, they took a secret passage to the Gryffindor common room, where Albert supplied the password.

• Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor, and Ron joined him there shortly afterward.
• Albert joked that he and Percy used duplicates to attend every class, then admitted he still had not mastered using a Patronus to send messages.
• Dumbledore warned students to stay away from the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor, prompting Lee Jordan to suggest they investigate it.
• Albert decided the Forbidden Forest was too dangerous while Voldemort was hunting Unicorns there.
• Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan took a secret passage to the Fat Lady’s portrait, and Albert gave them the password: Dragon Piss.

Albert and his friends discussed Harry Potter’s fame and received their third-year timetables, which required Albert to attend Divination and Arithmancy at the same time. After Shanna said Voldemort’s name aloud, Albert explained that the name was enchanted to reveal the speaker’s location, leaving her with a better understanding of the wizarding world’s fear and Harry’s celebrity.

• Albert returned Tom to its nest and prepared food and water before going to the common room with Fred and the others.
• Angelina, Shanna, and the others discussed Harry Potter, while Albert noticed Harry and Ron seemed lost in the corridors.
• Professor McGonagall handed out the third-year timetables, and Fred noticed that Albert had Divination and Arithmancy scheduled simultaneously.
• When Shanna asked why wizards avoided Voldemort’s name, Albert explained that an enchantment could alert Voldemort or his followers to the speaker’s location.
• Shanna understood why Harry was admired as the Boy Who Lived, while the others reacted uneasily to Albert’s comparison of Voldemort to a serial killer.

Albert attended his first Divination class, where Professor Trelawney recognized his apparent talent and asked him to demonstrate with a crystal ball. He used a vision of unicorn blood to warn of danger in the Forbidden Forest, concealing that he had actually seen Quirrell’s scarf, and earned twenty points for Gryffindor.

• Albert and the others climbed to the North Tower for Divination, and Fred revealed a secret passage that still left them facing the stairs.
• Graham Montague mocked the Weasleys, but he could not answer after a jinx stuck his tongue to the roof of his mouth.
• Professor Trelawney introduced the course and called on Albert to demonstrate his supposed Sight with a crystal ball.
• Albert saw Quirrell’s scarf in the mist but told Professor Trelawney he had seen unicorn blood and warned that the Forbidden Forest was dangerous.
• Professor Trelawney explained that Sight required training, awarded Gryffindor twenty points, and began teaching tea-leaf reading while Lee Jordan asked Albert if he had truly seen a vision.

Albert reassured his friends that Professor Trelawney’s death prediction was a routine scare, then used a Time-Turner to attend Arithmancy after sending a double in his place. He excelled in class, earned ten points for Gryffindor, and was invited to attend Advanced Arithmancy Research.

• Albert told Lee Jordan and the Weasley twins that Trelawney’s death predictions were unreliable and admitted his own predictions were tricks.
• Albert used a Time-Turner in the boys’ bathroom to travel back and reach Arithmancy class on time.
• Albert encountered Harry Potter and Ron Weasley near the fourth-floor forbidden corridor and directed them toward the Charms classroom.
• Professor Victor taught Arithmancy, and Albert quickly completed every calculation correctly.
• Professor Victor awarded Albert ten points to Gryffindor and invited him to attend the advanced class; Shanna asked to join him, while Katrina questioned how he learned the material so quickly.

After learning that Professor Trelawney’s death omens were not credible, Albert discussed becoming an Animagus and warned his friends that Professor Snape would likely single out Harry Potter in Potions. The chapter left Harry feeling panicked about his first class with Snape, while Albert went back to check on Tom.

• Fred and George told Albert that Professor McGonagall doubted Professor Trelawney could truly see the future, and Albert said he wanted to learn to become an Animagus.
• Albert explained that Animagi could hide their identities and gather information, and argued that the Ministry’s registration rules were meant to monitor them.
• Lee Jordan reported that older students considered Professor Quirrell’s Defence Against the Dark Arts class a joke, while George asked when they would explore the restricted area on the fourth floor.
• Ron brought Harry Potter to the table and complained about Filch, prompting Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to warn Harry about Professor Snape’s unfair treatment of Gryffindors.
• Albert advised Harry to study One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi because Snape would likely question him, and Percy urged everyone not to speak carelessly about professors.
• Albert left the Great Hall to check on Tom, and George warned Harry that Snape would probably give him trouble.

Albert introduced Tom to the Gryffindor Common Room before using his Time-Turner to return to the library, then attended a Care of Magical Creatures lesson about Salamanders. The class ended with Fred and George abandoning their plan to take one, though George and Lee Jordan still wanted to test what would happen if a Salamander ate Filibuster Fireworks.

• Albert fed Tom, brought him to the Gryffindor Common Room to explore, then returned to the dormitory and used the Time-Turner to go back an hour.
• Albert saved seats for Fred, George, and Lee Jordan in the crowded library before their first afternoon class.
• Professor Kettleburn taught the students about Salamanders, explaining their relationship with fire, pepper powder, and the uses of their blood.
• Albert lifted a Salamander from the bonfire, and Fred grabbed it by the tail; the Salamander shed its tail and escaped back into the flames.
• Fred and George asked Albert to help them take a Salamander, but he refused, and the twins gave up when they realized it would not survive away from a suitable fire.
• George admitted that they wanted to feed a Salamander Filibuster Fireworks, and Lee Jordan suggested trying it another time.

Albert regretted taking every elective because his packed schedule left him little time, while Wood pressed him to play Seeker for Gryffindor. He hinted that Harry would soon take the position, and the chapter ended with Fred and George joking around after a first-year’s failed spell caused an explosion.

• Albert complained about the demands of twelve classes and told Wood he had no time for Quidditch, but promised to join if Wood had not found a Seeker by next month.
• George, Fred, and Lee Jordan guessed that Albert expected Harry to become Gryffindor’s new Seeker, while Albert revealed that he had already finished his homework.
• Angelina told Albert that Aaliyah and Katie had joined the Quidditch team and asked when the Wizard Cards tournament and revamped cards would be ready.
• A first-year’s attempt to turn water into red wine made a teacup explode and blackened his face.
• Fred and George teased the injured first-year and joked about using the spell to blow up a toilet, while Percy dispersed the smoke and Harry and Ron watched in disbelief.

Albert, Fred, George, and Lee joined other curious students trying to enter the forbidden corridor on the fourth floor, while Professor Quirrell watched without stopping them. Albert and his friends went inside as Truman stayed nearby, leaving the group to explore the area beyond the door.

• Fred and George told Albert that Filch was busy cleaning up a mess on the second floor, though Truman had secretly helped Peeves smear frog brains on the walls.
• Albert checked the Marauder's Map, saw that several people were near the forbidden corridor, and led Fred, George, and Lee toward it.
• The four passed Professor Quirrell, whose scarf smelled strange, and Fred and George joked about selling him garlic charms.
• Albert found Truman and learned that someone had already entered the forbidden area; Truman worried that the gathered students would be noticed if they all went in together.
• Albert called Fred and the others into the forbidden corridor, while Quirrell and Truman remained outside.

Albert and the other students entered the forbidden fourth-floor corridor and discovered a three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor. After Albert rescued Crawn Prewett from the dog, the group headed to the Hospital Wing, leaving the treasure behind the trapdoor unexplored.

• Truman, Albert, and their friends searched the forbidden corridor and found a door at its end.
• Several older students fled through the door as a three-headed dog bit Crawn Prewett and lunged at the group.
• Albert used a flash of light and a magical barrier to free Crawn, and Fred and the others carried him away.
• Two students said their Stunning Spell had failed and revealed that the dog guarded a trapdoor.
• Albert asked the shaken students to join him on the way to the Hospital Wing.

After helping rescue Crowen from Fluffy, Albert persuaded Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Dumbledore’s hidden treasure was likely protected by more than one defense. The three wanted to investigate, and Albert secretly welcomed their interest because the Quest Panel had given him a challenge to find the treasure.

• Madam Pomfrey treated Crowen’s venomous bite while Albert explained that Fluffy’s teeth had likely prevented the wound from healing.
• Professor McGonagall scolded the students, deducted points from the three Academies for entering the restricted corridor, and rewarded Albert and the others for rescuing Crowen.
• Albert speculated to Fred, George, and Lee that the treasure beneath the trapdoor was connected to the attempted Gringotts theft and had multiple protections.
• Albert and his friends stumbled upon Oliver Wood kissing an older girl, then hurried away while Fred, George, and Lee struggled not to laugh.
• Back in the dormitory, Albert encouraged his friends’ curiosity about the treasure while concealing that the Quest Panel had assigned him a quest to find it.

Students spread rumors about the Three-Headed Dog guarding the restricted corridor, while Albert delayed testing the trials protecting the Philosopher’s Stone. He spent time with Isabelle in the Room of Requirement, but their near-kiss was interrupted when someone entered.

• Students began sneaking toward the fourth-floor restricted corridor, prompting Filch to increase his patrols.
• Fred and George told Albert that Wood still had not found a Seeker and wanted him at the next Quidditch practice; Albert confidently said he had never lost.
• Albert took Tom to the Room of Requirement, where the frightened cat calmed down after eating dried fish.
• Isabelle told Albert she was preparing for her O.W.L.s and asked him to help her struggling sister Katrina.
• Albert and Isabelle talked about the prefects’ bathroom and played with Tom, but someone entering the room interrupted their nearly intimate moment.

Albert worked on his Wizard Cards while explaining why Divination was difficult and why Dumbledore might have hired Professor Trelawney. The conversation left Katrina unconvinced about prophecy but determined to continue studying Divination.

• Albert resealed his dried-fish packet with Reparo, then moved aside so Katrina could take his seat and began making Wizard Cards.
• Katrina complained that Divination was rubbish, while Isabelle said she could still learn its basics despite lacking the gift to predict the future.
• Albert explained that ordinary fortune-telling relied on clues and suggestion, while true seers were rare and respected.
• Isabelle suggested Dumbledore had hired Professor Trelawney because she had made a real prophecy, possibly owing to her connection to Cassandra Trelawney.
• Katrina considered dropping Divination, but Isabelle explained that the final exam tested basic methods and Katrina decided to persist.
• Albert used a broad prediction about Dumbledore dying within ten years to illustrate how easily someone could appear to predict the future, and Katrina called prophecies lies.

Albert celebrated Harry Potter becoming Gryffindor's Seeker with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then took Tom to the kitchens and asked the house-elves to watch over the cat. He left after giving the house-elves gifts and receiving pies to take with him.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan told Albert that Harry Potter had become the House team's Seeker, and Albert guessed Professor McGonagall had approved it.
• Albert declined to join the others in visiting Harry or exploring Lee Jordan's newly found Secret Passage, choosing instead to take Tom to the kitchens.
• Albert carried the exhausted Tom through a Secret Passage to the kitchens and greeted Kara.
• Albert gave gifts and chocolates to the house-elves and asked them to help Tom if he got lost or failed to return to the Gryffindor Common Room.
• The house-elves agreed to look after Tom and offered Albert freshly baked pies as he prepared to leave.

Albert shared improved Wizard Cards with the Gryffindor team and organized applications for the Wizard Cards Club. Harry agreed to have a card made of him, and Ron learned he could get one by joining the club.

• Wood grew furious after Harry's appointment as Gryffindor's Seeker became schoolwide gossip, while Albert told him the secrecy had never been realistic.
• Albert read a letter saying Nia was settling into school and then gave Angelina a box of simplified Wizard Cards, explaining that the cards were not ready to sell.
• Percy recognized Albert's transformation work as beyond N.E.W.T. level and left discouraged, while Albert's friends agreed to copy cards and distribute them to club members for free.
• Albert wrote an announcement inviting students to sign up for Wizard Cards and had Fred post copies on the notice board.
• Fred and George brought Harry to Albert, who offered to make him a Wizard Card; Harry accepted, and Albert invited Ron to sign up as well.
• Lee Jordan began registering interested students and explaining the club's rules and meeting times.

Albert found Tom in the Gryffindor common room and met Hermione, who was hiding there after overhearing Harry and Ron plan a nighttime duel with Malfoy. He advised her that she probably could not stop them and suggested she seek friends through the Wizard Cards Club, leaving Hermione alone with his words as he left.

• Albert shared the last pie with his roommates and learned the twins had made only a few Wizard Card decks.
• Albert went to the common room, found Tom, and noticed Hermione sitting alone in the dark.
• Hermione told Albert she wanted to stop Harry and Ron from going out to duel Malfoy.
• Albert warned Hermione that the duel was likely a Slytherin trap and said Harry and Ron would have to learn from their mistakes.
• Albert suggested Hermione return to bed or join the Wizard Cards Club to make friends, then left her sitting alone.

Albert learned that Harry and Ron planned to duel Malfoy, warned that it was likely a trap, and later cautioned them against returning to the dangerous fourth-floor corridor. The chapter left Harry heading off with a broomstick package that Albert suspected contained a Nimbus 2000.

• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan about Harry and Ron's planned duel with Malfoy, but declined to join their nighttime outing.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan returned after evading Filch and then asked Albert for ideas to prank Malfoy; Albert suggested arranging an explosion in a toilet.
• At breakfast, Lee Jordan invited Harry, Ron, and Neville to join the Wizard Cards Club, while Albert warned Harry and Ron that the fourth-floor restricted corridor held a dangerous treasure guarded by a huge dog.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron that Albert had predicted Harry would be sorted into Gryffindor and become its Seeker.
• Six long-eared owls delivered Harry a narrow package, and Albert guessed it contained a Nimbus 2000 broomstick bought by Professor McGonagall.

Albert questioned Professor Quirrell about Inferi, prompting him to explain their nature and weaknesses. Albert suspected Quirrell was far more capable than he seemed and continued probing him to complete a task that required asking him one hundred questions.

• Albert asked Quirrell how Inferi differed from Reanimated Zombies and what to do if he encountered Inferi.
• Quirrell explained that Inferi were corpses controlled by Dark Wizards, feared fire and bright light, and became dangerous in large groups.
• Albert asked whether destroying an Inferi's head would stop it, and Quirrell advised him to use reliable methods rather than experiment recklessly.
• Fred asked Albert why he kept putting Quirrell on the spot, and Albert said Quirrell had not shown his full abilities.
• Albert revealed that he suspected Quirrell was powerful and kept asking questions to advance his Good Student task, which required one hundred questions.

Albert used a double to attend classes while keeping its method secret from Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then explained Muggle life during Muggle Studies. Katrina struggled with the subject but refused to give up despite feeling she could not keep up with Albert.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan wondered how Albert and Katrina managed to attend every class, and Albert reappeared without explaining where he had been.
• Albert met Katrina on the way to Muggle Studies, where she admitted that everyday Muggle objects and customs confused her.
• Albert told Katrina that understanding Muggle life required experiencing it, and he explained why he had chosen the subject.
• Professor Charity Burbage asked Albert to explain electricity and Muggle appliances, while Albert answered the class's questions and recalled his quest to earn points for Gryffindor.
• Katrina admitted that Albert made their classes seem easy, but she stubbornly refused to regret her choices or admit defeat.

Albert exchanged letters with Adolf Fournier about magical inventions, then gave Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Neville Longbottom, and Hermione vague prophecies. He left Fred and George uneasy by predicting setbacks for their Quidditch team.

• Albert wrote to Adolf Fournier, discussing a magical lamp and seeking help with his invention while hoping to obtain Fournier's alchemy techniques.
• Lavender Brown asked Albert for a prophecy, and he predicted she would gain a romance whose success depended on her choices.
• Albert told Parvati Patil she would dance with her champion at a ball and told Neville Longbottom that plants were fated to be with him and that he would have a place at Hogwarts.
• Hermione asked for a prophecy, and Albert said she would no longer be alone before winter if she chose to make it happen.
• Fred and George returned soaked from Quidditch practice and praised Harry's performance, but Albert warned them there would be setbacks before drying them with magic.