Chapter Summaries

Albert used a Time-Turner to help Hagrid hide Norbert from the Ministry’s surprise inspection, while Quirrell’s plan to use the dragon to distract Dumbledore failed. Hagrid agreed to send Norbert to Charlie, Malfoy kept trying to expose the dragon, and Quirrell prepared a new plan involving Fudge.

• The Ministry’s inspection found no dragon, and Draco Malfoy was blamed for falsely accusing Hagrid while Snape took the blame for alerting Fudge.
• Dumbledore and Snape suspected Quirrell had manipulated Malfoy, while Albert discovered that his completed quest had earned him experience, a skill point, and the title “Man Behind the Scenes.”
• Albert had used a Time-Turner to hide Norbert and coached Hagrid on how to deny raising a dragon during the inspection.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione found Norbert still at Hagrid’s hut, and Hagrid explained how Albert had helped him pass the inspection.
• Ron suggested asking his brother Charlie to adopt Norbert, and Hagrid agreed to the plan.
• Malfoy continued trying to photograph Norbert, while Quirrell rejected Albert’s next plan and prepared to use the Imperius Curse on Fudge.

Albert and the others learned that Ron had been bitten by Hagrid’s Norwegian Ridgeback, while Hermione revealed she had forged a letter to lure Draco Malfoy to the Astronomy Tower. The rumor that the letter was fake spread through Hogwarts, but Malfoy decided it was a trap to cover up the real dragon.

• Albert dismissed the rumor that Hagrid was raising a dragon, while Percy told Fred and George that Ron had been hospitalized with a possibly poisoned bite.
• Fred, George, and Albert visited Ron, who said Hagrid’s pet dog had bitten his swollen hand, and Madam Pomfrey threw the brothers out after George tried to touch it.
• Lee Jordan reported that a letter supposedly from Charlie said he would take Hagrid’s Norwegian Ridgeback, and that the dragon would be moved through the Astronomy Tower on Saturday.
• Hermione admitted she had forged the letter to trick Draco Malfoy into going to the Astronomy Tower, and Albert warned the others not to tell anyone.
• The story that the letter was fake spread through Hogwarts, but Malfoy concluded that the students were trying to conceal the dragon’s real existence.

Harry and Hermione arranged to take Norbert away on Saturday night while Filch’s patrol kept other students from visiting the Astronomy Tower. Hagrid remained absorbed in the dragon despite its poisonous bites, while Albert cared for Fang and stopped Fred and George from interfering.

• Harry and Hermione decided to rely on the Invisibility Cloak and Filch’s announced patrol to send Norbert away without attracting a crowd.
• Harry and Hermione found Hagrid exhausted and warned him that Norbert’s poisonous bite had injured Ron and might have poisoned Fang.
• Harry and Hermione returned to find Fang gone, and Hagrid explained that Professor Kettleburn was looking after the poisoned hound while he continued to dote on Norbert.
• Hermione suggested stunning Norbert to calm it, but Hagrid refused because it was only a child.
• Albert returned with Fang and told Hagrid that the school knew about Norbert and that Harry and Hermione planned to take the dragon away on Saturday.
• Fred and George questioned Albert about Norbert, but he refused to let them interfere and promised to show them photos after the plan was over.

Draco Malfoy stole Ron Weasley’s letter about the dragon and spread its contents to prove that he had not lied about Hagrid raising one. When a rumor claimed Hermione Granger had written the letter to trick him, Draco decided to catch Harry and the dragon himself.

• Draco watched Hagrid’s hut and became convinced Harry was helping him conceal the baby dragon.
• Draco learned that Ron had been bitten by the dragon and visited him in the Hospital Wing, where he stole a letter from Ron’s book.
• Draco read that Charlie Weasley was raising dragons in Romania and that Harry planned to send Hagrid’s dragon away on Saturday night.
• Draco spread the letter’s contents throughout Hogwarts, revealing Hagrid’s dragon and the planned departure.
• Draco heard a rumor that Hermione had written the letter to fool him and resolved to catch Harry and the dragon himself.

Albert and Isabelle went on a nighttime date that led them to the Astronomy Tower, where they watched Hagrid’s baby dragon, Norbert, leave Hogwarts with his escorts. After Harry and Hermione departed without their Invisibility Cloak, Dumbledore collected it and advised Albert and Isabelle to date during the day.

• Albert and Isabelle explored the castle after curfew, and Albert admitted he had helped Hagrid obtain, hide, and send away the Norwegian Ridgeback.
• At the Ravenclaw Common Room, Isabelle and Albert discussed their families before heading to the Astronomy Tower to look for the baby dragon.
• Albert and Isabelle encountered Harry and Hermione at the tower, where Isabelle examined Norbert and Albert stunned the dragon.
• Hagrid’s friends arrived and flew away with Norbert, while Harry and Hermione left their Invisibility Cloak behind.
• Dumbledore arrived, took Harry’s Invisibility Cloak from Albert, and advised Albert and Isabelle to move their dates to the daytime.

After Harry, Hermione, and Neville lost Gryffindor 150 points, their House fell to last place and the students blamed them, while Albert tried to reassure Harry. Harry, Hermione, and Neville continued to face scorn, with Neville left especially isolated.

• Albert and his friends discovered Gryffindor had lost 150 points overnight and fallen to last place, and Albert guessed that students caught by Filch were responsible.
• Percy learned from Professor McGonagall that Harry, Hermione, and Neville had lost the points, and Gryffindor students blamed them while Slytherins celebrated Harry’s mistake.
• Albert told his roommates that Gryffindor students had not earned enough points themselves to complain, and the older students fell silent when they realized he was speaking.
• Albert found Harry asking Wood to let him quit the Quidditch team, then comforted him and reminded him to retrieve the Invisibility Cloak.
• Harry continued to face insults, Hermione stopped trying to earn points in class, and Neville endured the ridicule alone.

After Hagrid found blood from an injured Unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, Albert suggested that a dark wizard might be hunting it for its blood and persuaded Hagrid to investigate. The two headed into the forest, though Hagrid worried he could not protect Albert if the wizard appeared.

• Hagrid prepared his crossbow and set out to search the Forbidden Forest for the injured Unicorn.
• Albert pointed out that Unicorn blood would be easier to track at night and asked Hagrid what had happened.
• Hagrid explained that he had found bloodstains across the forest, suggesting the Unicorn had been fleeing since the previous night.
• Albert speculated that a dark wizard had gravely injured the Unicorn to obtain its valuable parts or drink its blood to survive.
• Albert's quest panel triggered a quest to help Hagrid find the injured Unicorn.
• Hagrid and Albert headed into the forest, and Hagrid warned that he might not be able to protect Albert from the dark wizard.

Albert and Hagrid searched the Forbidden Forest for an injured Unicorn, but found it dead with a wound that suggested dark magic. Hagrid buried it and went to tell Dumbledore, while Albert kept the Unicorn horn.

• Albert and Hagrid followed the Unicorn's blood trail into the Forbidden Forest, and Albert learned that Hagrid's Acromantula, Aragog, was nearly fifty years old.
• Albert and Hagrid tried to use Thestrals to find the Unicorn, but the attempt failed and they continued searching.
• Albert and Hagrid found a dead Unicorn with a wound that Hagrid believed had been made by magic, suggesting a dark wizard had hunted it.
• Hagrid buried the Unicorn, and Albert cut off its horn and stored it in his bag.
• Hagrid returned to his hut and then went to Dumbledore's office to report what had happened.

Dumbledore defended his plan to let Harry face Voldemort, while Voldemort forced Quirrell to hunt a Unicorn and drink its blood. Quirrell encountered Harry in the Forbidden Forest but fled when a Centaur intervened, leaving Harry alive for another confrontation.

• Dumbledore told the portraits that Harry had to face Voldemort himself and said he understood the flaw in his plan.
• Voldemort suspected Quirrell had deliberately failed to obtain Unicorn blood before and forced him to try again.
• Quirrell tracked down a Unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, wounded it, and exhausted himself pursuing it.
• Quirrell drank the Unicorn's blood after the creature collapsed and felt his cursed life change.
• Quirrell moved to attack Harry, but a Centaur charged between them and forced him to retreat.

Harry told Albert that he suspected Snape was trying to steal the Philosopher’s Stone for Voldemort, but Albert urged him to report his suspicions to Dumbledore. The chapter ended with Albert dismissing his friends’ doubts and reminding them that final exams were approaching.

• Harry approached Albert and described overhearing Quirrell and Snape discussing the magical protections around the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Albert advised Harry to take his suspicions about Snape to Dumbledore instead of trying to expose him himself.
• Harry told Albert that Voldemort was behind the theft and was using Unicorn blood to prolong his life; Albert warned him that saying Voldemort’s name could reveal his location.
• After the gathering, Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan about Harry’s suspicions and said he had advised him to complain to Dumbledore.
• Albert refused to get involved and redirected his roommates’ attention to their upcoming final exams.

As Hogwarts students prepared for and sat their exams, Albert completed his papers and practical tests while Isabelle admitted she was nervous too. Albert’s Divination prediction suggested that Quirrell would die and that Harry Potter was in a dark place, leaving Trelawney uncertain whether Albert had truly foreseen anything.

• Albert’s friends questioned his exam timetable, which scheduled two subjects at the same time, and he confidently said he could manage both.
• Albert walked with Isabelle by the lake, where she admitted that exams made her nervous despite her preparation.
• The fifth- and seventh-year students began their exams before the rest of the school, and the other students started their exam week in the third week of June.
• Albert performed especially well on his Transfiguration practical, turning a teapot into a lifelike turtle, and finished the Ancient Runes paper in ten minutes.
• Albert sat exams in subjects including Potions, Astronomy, History of Magic, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Muggle Studies, and Divination.
• During the Divination exam, Albert pretended to see Quirrell’s death and Harry Potter in a dark place, while Trelawney wondered whether his prediction was genuine.

After exams, Albert watched Harry and his friends become entangled in the threat to the Philosopher’s Stone, but refused to interfere because he believed Dumbledore was managing events. That evening, he met Isabelle and talked about their future homes and exploring the Muggle world together.

• Albert relaxed by the lake and saw Harry run toward Hagrid’s Hut after warning that danger was coming.
• Hermione told Albert that Snape had supposedly tricked Dumbledore into leaving Hogwarts and planned to steal the Philosopher’s Stone, but Albert dismissed her fears.
• Albert joined Fred, George, and Lee Jordan in discussing a prank on Draco Malfoy, then later noticed Harry, Ron, and Hermione whispering in the Common Room.
• Albert went to the Room of Requirement and reflected on the events unfolding that night, while Dumbledore secretly watched from the Headmaster’s Office.
• Isabelle joined Albert, declined his invitation to visit his home that summer, and listened as he imagined them preparing homes in both the Muggle and magical worlds.

Quirrell used information bought from All Information Is for Sale to pass the obstacles guarding the Philosopher's Stone, but he could not retrieve it from the Mirror of Erised until Harry Potter arrived. Quirrell died after Harry's touch burned him and Voldemort fled when Dumbledore returned.

• Quirrell passed Fluffy, Devil's Snare, the flying keys, Wizard's Chess, the Troll, and Snape's potion riddle using his preparation and the purchased guide.
• Quirrell failed to find the Philosopher's Stone in the Mirror of Erised, so Voldemort explained that someone else had to retrieve it.
• Quirrell subdued Harry Potter and discovered that Harry had the Philosopher's Stone in his pocket, but Voldemort failed to persuade Harry to join him.
• Harry charged Quirrell and burned his skin by touching him, preventing Quirrell from casting a spell.
• Dumbledore returned and pulled Harry away, Voldemort fled Quirrell's body, and Quirrell died.

After recovering Quirrell’s hidden Galleons and rewarding Bit, Albert was asked to fill in for the unconscious Harry Potter as Gryffindor’s Seeker. He accepted Wood’s request after receiving a new quest, and planned to visit Harry before emergency Quidditch training.

• Albert listened as Bit reported recovering 797 Galleons from Quirrell’s caches, including cursed and tracked coins that Bit had safely reburied.
• Albert had Bit deposit most of the recovered Galleons at Gringotts and rewarded him with money to improve his appearance.
• Wood hurried to Albert and explained that Harry Potter remained unconscious, leaving Gryffindor without its Seeker for the match the next day.
• Wood asked Albert to train as the reserve Seeker, and Albert suggested visiting Harry to learn more about his condition.
• Albert received a new quest and agreed to help Wood, planning to fetch his broom and bring Harry carnations and a good guy card.

Albert helped Fred, George, and Lee Jordan prank Malfoy, then filled in as Gryffindor's Seeker and won the Quidditch match against Ravenclaw. Afterward, he eased Hagrid's guilt over Harry's ordeal and suggested that Hagrid find Harry a photograph of his family.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan used a prank to make Malfoy's stomach churn and the toilet explode, then laughed as they watched him flee.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that he had not gone with Harry into the dungeons and said he had brought Harry flowers.
• Albert took Harry's place as Gryffindor's Seeker, caught the Golden Snitch, and won the match against Ravenclaw.
• Hagrid confessed to Albert that he had told Quirrell how to subdue Fluffy and blamed himself for Harry's danger.
• Albert told Hagrid the Philosopher's Stone was fake and suggested he find Harry a photograph of his family; Hagrid hurried off to look for one.

Albert visited Professor Trelawney, who asked him how he controlled his prophetic ability. During a crystal-ball reading, Albert foresaw the Chamber of Secrets being opened next term and realized Hogwarts could face danger.

• Fred and George visited Harry with a toilet seat as a joke gift, but Madam Pomfrey confiscated it.
• Albert discussed how public opinion could turn Harry from a hero into a liar.
• Professor Trelawney asked Albert whether he could make prophecies and explained her own uncertain prophetic gift.
• Albert described how he read fragments in a Crystal Ball and connected them to understand a prophecy.
• Albert’s Crystal Ball showed that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened and revealed a brass faucet marked with a snake.
• Albert and Professor Trelawney connected the vision to Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets, and Albert decided to prepare for danger next term.

After Harry recovered, he told Ron and Hermione about his confrontation with Quirrell, and they wondered whether Dumbledore had deliberately allowed him to face danger as part of his training. Harry attended the end-of-year feast and saw Gryffindor win the House Cup after Dumbledore awarded a wave of points.

• Hermione, Ron, and Harry discussed Dumbledore's role in the events surrounding Quirrell and the Philosopher's Stone, while Ron suggested Albert already knew about the professors' obstacles.
• Ron told Harry that Albert had caught the Golden Snitch in Harry's place, helping Gryffindor win the final Quidditch match, and Hermione said Albert expected Gryffindor to win the House Cup.
• Hagrid brought Harry an album of photographs of his family and tearfully apologized to him.
• After Madam Pomfrey let him leave the hospital wing, Harry attended the end-of-year feast, where Dumbledore's points moved Gryffindor from last place to first and Slytherin to second.
• Harry was celebrated as Gryffindor's hero, and the feast ended with the students laughing while Snape shook hands with Professor McGonagall.

Albert and his dorm mates discussed their exam results, Hagrid’s dragon, and Professor Quirrell’s plot to steal the Philosopher’s Stone as they traveled home. Albert reunited with his family at King’s Cross, where he noticed how much Nia had grown.

• Albert earned the top exam results while Fred, George, and Lee Jordan passed, and the friends boarded the train home.
• Albert explained that Quirrell had given Hagrid the dragon egg and revealed that Voldemort had possessed Quirrell while attempting to steal the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Albert told his friends that Voldemort would likely return and that Harry Potter would probably defeat him in a future war.
• Albert got off the train at King’s Cross, greeted the Weasley Family, and went to meet Herb and Nia.
• Herb hugged Albert and took his luggage, while Nia welcomed Tom and Albert noticed that his sister had grown up.

Nia and Albert struggled to bathe Tom, calming him with potion-laced dried fish before finishing the wash. Afterward, Daisy asked Albert to advise Charlie on promoting Bubble Tea, and Albert agreed to a deal that would give him twenty percent of the profits.

• Nia chased Tom through the hall and called Albert to help bathe him.
• Albert and Nia moved the sofa, caught Tom, and took him to the bathroom, where Albert used potion-laced dried fish to calm him.
• After bathing Tom, Albert gave him Vitality Potion and helped Nia dry his fur.
• Nia told Albert that Charlie wanted to discuss promoting Bubble Tea, and Albert learned Daisy had suggested Charlie speak with him.
• Daisy raised the proposal after dinner, and Albert agreed to advise Charlie in exchange for twenty percent of the profits.

Charlie visited the Andersons to discuss opening a Bubble Tea shop, but Albert ended up teaching him how to run the business. A week later, Charlie had opened a shop in London, though Albert doubted its ordinary drinks and weak branding would keep it successful.

• Charlie visited the Andersons with gifts and listened as Albert explained Bubble Tea shop operations, product ideas, and franchise strategies.
• Charlie left with Albert’s notes, and Albert told Daisy that Charlie lacked business sense and would need to work hard to keep the shop open.
• Herb said Charlie had been in a rear-end car accident, then a week later took the family to Charlie’s newly opened London shop.
• Albert tried the shop’s Bubble Tea and hot dogs, found the milk tea ordinary, and warned that competitors could soon copy it if Charlie failed to establish a strong brand.