Chapter Summaries

Albert discovered that Lee Jordan had been affected by a Love Potion after Lee became obsessed with someone named Queenie. He left the dormitory to get an antidote from Madam Pomfrey, while Fred and George stayed with Lee.

• Fred found Albert and told him that Lee Jordan was acting strangely in the dormitory.
• Albert went with Fred and learned that Lee Jordan had been muttering about Queenie.
• Albert saw an opened Chocolate Frog box and concluded that Lee Jordan had been given a Love Potion.
• Someone stunned Lee Jordan, and Fred and George realized the package containing the potion had been sent to Albert.
• Albert told Fred and George to watch Lee Jordan while he went to Madam Pomfrey to get a Love Potion antidote.

Albert learned that Queenie Greengrass, a Slytherin student, had sent him Love Potion chocolate to make him leave Isabelle, and he began plotting a surprise for her. He and the others ended the chapter scheming about who should fall in love with Queenie.

• Albert took Lee Jordan to Madam Pomfrey, learned how to brew a Love Potion antidote, and helped the others give it to Lee.
• Lee described the potion’s effects and identified Queenie as a pretty, young Hogwarts student before leaving to investigate her.
• Isabelle told Albert that Queenie Greengrass was a Slytherin and suggested jealousy over Albert’s popularity might explain the Love Potion.
• Albert and Isabelle discussed his admirers and Lockhart, then used the Time-Turner to return to the past after spending several hours together.
• Lee reported that Queenie had bragged about making Albert leave Isabelle and revealed he had found the bitten Love Potion chocolate in his pocket.
• Albert, Fred, George, and Lee gathered to plan who they should make fall in love with Queenie.

Albert photographed Ginny Weasley entering the Chamber of Secrets and received quests to investigate it, explore it, and inform Dumbledore. He returned to Gryffindor Tower and wondered how the Basilisk survived and moved through the castle unseen.

• Albert saw Ginny Weasley open the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, enter it, and took a photograph of the entrance.
• Albert received quests to explore the Chamber, uncover the identity and purpose of the person opening it, and prove its existence to the headmaster.
• Albert left the lavatory before Tom Riddle could discover him and returned toward the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Albert passed Filch giving Ron Weasley detention in the Trophy Room while Ron vomited slugs.
• The Fat Lady let Albert into the Gryffindor Common Room after asking about his date with Isabelle.
• Albert checked the map and saw Ginny Weasley return from the lavatory, then considered how the Basilisk fed and traveled through Hogwarts.

The Gryffindor Quidditch team worried that Slytherin's Nimbus 2001s gave them an overwhelming advantage, while Albert urged his friends to keep hope. The students then watched Professor Lockhart, apparently affected by a Love Potion, confess to Queenie Green Grass and punch Snape before Snape froze him.

• George and Fred reported that Slytherin's new Nimbus 2001s made their team far faster than the other Houses.
• Wood and the Gryffindor players discussed their disadvantage, while Harry vowed to beat Draco Malfoy and Wood pointed to Malfoy's weakness as a Seeker.
• Albert told Fred and George that they could still win the Quidditch championship by defeating the other teams.
• The students gathered in the entrance hall and saw Lockhart pleading with Queenie Green Grass to stay with him.
• Snape suspected Lockhart had been Confunded or given a Love Potion and accused Queenie, but Lockhart punched Snape to defend her.
• Snape froze Lockhart with a spell as he lunged again, leaving him sprawled on the floor.

After Lockhart was cured of a Love Potion, Snape discovered that Queenie Greengrass had once sent Albert chocolate laced with the potion. Albert denied remembering the package and concealed his role in altering Lockhart’s memory; Queenie lost house points, received detention, and was reprimanded by her family the next day.

• Snape accused Queenie Greengrass of giving Lockhart a Love Potion, and Professor McGonagall took Lockhart to the Hospital Wing for an antidote.
• After Lockhart recovered, Snape questioned Queenie, who admitted sending Albert Anderson Chocolate Frogs laced with Love Potion.
• Albert told Snape he did not remember Queenie’s snacks and said he had shared received treats with others, while Lockhart accepted his explanation.
• Snape took ten points from Slytherin Academy, assigned Queenie detention, and told her he would inform her family.
• Albert told the students that Queenie had tried to dose him, and the next day her family sent her a Howler in the Great Hall.

Albert avoided Snape’s scrutiny and met Hermione and Ron, who told him Harry had been hearing a voice no one else could hear. Albert’s Crystal Ball showed them an open book, leading him to identify the Chamber of Secrets legend as an omen of the danger at Hogwarts.

• Lee Jordan asked Albert why Snape kept watching him, and Albert said Snape could stare all he wanted.
• Albert avoided the Girls' Lavatory while heading to meet his girlfriend, wary of becoming a target of the coming attacks.
• Hermione and Ron told Albert that Harry had been hearing a voice they could not hear, and Albert advised them to have Harry write down what it said.
• Albert used his Crystal Ball to predict what terrible thing would happen at Hogwarts, and the vision showed an open book.
• Hermione recognized the vision as the legend of the Chamber of Secrets, and Albert explained that the chamber was said to hold something capable of purging the school.

Albert received curse-weakening glasses from Nicolas Flamel and told Isabelle that he believed a Basilisk was hidden in the Chamber of Secrets. He warned her about a possible attack before November and left them both preparing for the danger.

• A girl delivered Albert a package from N. F., and Albert gave the exhausted gray owl water and owl nuts before letting it go.
• Albert opened the package and showed Isabelle two pairs of gold-rimmed glasses that Nicolas Flamel had made to weaken curses.
• Albert told Isabelle about his prophecies, Harry Potter’s summer experience, Moaning Myrtle’s death, and his theory that a Basilisk lived in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Albert warned Isabelle that an attack might happen before November and said he would tell Dumbledore after it occurred.
• Isabelle reasoned that Parseltongue could open the Chamber, and Albert said the Dark Lord had opened it fifty years earlier and that Harry Potter was likely the current target.

Albert destroyed a first-year’s photograph of him and redirected the student toward more famous subjects, then spoke with his friends in the Common Room. After noticing Ginny’s worsening condition, Albert urged Fred and George to get her help, while talk turned to Quidditch tryouts and a possible Christmas gift from the house-elves.

• Albert burned a first-year’s photograph and suggested that he photograph Professor Lockhart or Harry Potter instead.
• Angelina, Aaliyah, and Katie commented on Albert’s new glasses, and Albert changed the subject to Quidditch training.
• Albert noticed Ginny looked pale and listless, so he urged Fred and George to take her to Madam Pomfrey and suggested they involve Harry.
• Lee Jordan said Oliver Wood had skipped Quidditch tryouts, and Albert warned that the lack of tryouts could discourage reserve players.
• Lee told Albert that the house-elves were discussing a Christmas gift for him, and Albert said his glasses were a costly present from a friend.

Harry and Ron learned about the school’s fan clubs, and Harry discovered that Colin Creevey was starting one in his name. After Harry persuaded Ginny to visit the Hospital Wing, the twins gave her a Harry Potter Fan Club badge, which she clutched as she drank Pepperup Potion.

• Hermione explained that professors had clubs and that Albert had published papers in Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration Club’s journal, while Ron said students called Albert’s Wizard Cards Club his fan club.
• Ron refused Harry’s offer to lend him money for a new wand, and Fred and George asked Harry and Ron to persuade Ginny to visit the Hospital Wing.
• Harry persuaded Ginny to go to the Hospital Wing, where George told him Colin Creevey was setting up a Harry Potter Fan Club and gave him a lightning-bolt badge.
• Harry set off to find Colin and stop the club, while Fred and George presented Ginny with a matching badge.
• Ginny took the badge and drank Madam Pomfrey’s Pepperup Potion, which made steam pour from her as her face turned bright red.

Albert and his friends caught the flu, took Pepper-Up Potion, and skipped Lockhart’s Defence Against the Dark Arts class to work in the Room of Requirement. There, Albert studied Nicolas Flamel’s spell notes while Fred and George struggled with plans for a printing press, leaving their shop project unresolved.

• Fred and George laughed at Albert’s smoking head until Albert photographed them and proposed adding the picture to the Wizard Cards as “October Flu.”
• Albert and Lee Jordan blamed Fred and George for infecting them, then headed to the Room of Requirement to skip Lockhart’s class.
• Fred and George joined them after telling Wood they would miss class too.
• Lee Jordan tried to read Albert’s French spell notes, while Albert reflected on the difficult research Nicolas Flamel had sent him.
• Fred and George abandoned their printing-press plans, and Albert explained that making Wizard Cards required magic and that working with Muggles was impractical.

Dumbledore weighed Arthur Weasley's precarious position at the Ministry against Anderson's warning that Harry Potter could hear sounds others could not. He defended keeping Lockhart at Hogwarts, believing the ordinary classroom setting would expose his fraud, and left Lockhart teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts for now.

• Dumbledore read about Arthur Weasley's fine and considered how Pure-blood wizards had targeted him over the Muggle Protection Act.
• Dumbledore had persuaded Fudge to let Arthur remain head of the Office of Misuse of Muggle Artefacts by agreeing to delay the Act.
• Dumbledore worried over Anderson's note that Harry Potter could hear sounds others could not and that something bad might happen.
• Professor McGonagall complained that Lockhart's Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons consisted of reading his books and making students act out scenes.
• Dumbledore persuaded Professor McGonagall to accept Lockhart's continued appointment, explaining that no suitable replacement was available.
• Dumbledore reflected that Lockhart had stolen others' achievements and that he had hired him so Hogwarts would reveal his fraud.

Albert and his friends attended a rainy Care of Magical Creatures lesson, where they learned Professor Kettleburn might retire and Hagrid might apply to replace him. After Professor Lockhart was chased away by an Occamy, Kettleburn taught the students to collect Salamander blood, and the Weasley twins planned to experiment on the creatures with fireworks.

• Albert told Hagrid that he might become the Care of Magical Creatures Professor if Professor Grubbly-Plank declined the position, and Hagrid said he was considering applying.
• Professor Lockhart rushed from Professor Kettleburn's cabin after an Occamy attacked him and handed Albert a bottle of Chizpurfle Egg Yolk Shampoo.
• Professor Kettleburn explained that Lockhart had angered him by trying to use Occamy eggs for shampoo and had let the Occamies chase him away.
• Professor Kettleburn taught the students to collect Salamander blood for Madam Pomfrey's Pepperup Potion and offered an Occamy eggshell statue as a reward.
• Fred and George told Albert and Lee Jordan that they wanted to feed fireworks to the Salamanders.

Fred, George, and Lee Jordan smuggled a Salamander into a glass bottle during Care of Magical Creatures, while Albert won Professor Kettleburn’s prize for drawing Salamander blood safely. Back in Gryffindor Tower, Wood took the twins to Quidditch practice, and Percy posted the first Hogsmeade weekend notice as students plotted to inconvenience Filch.

• Fred used Transfiguration to make a glass bottle, George filled it with magical fire, and Lee Jordan put a Salamander inside.
• Professor Kettleburn awarded Albert the round’s prize because nearly all the Salamanders he drew blood from survived.
• After class, Wood dragged Fred and George out to train in the rain, while Albert stayed in the common room with Lee Jordan.
• Percy posted a notice announcing the first Hogsmeade weekend of the term at the end of October.
• Third-year students discussed smuggling Joke items into school and planned to smear frog brains on a classroom ceiling to keep Filch busy.

Albert struggled to apply the advanced magic in Nicolas Flamel’s notes while studying with Isabelle, and they discussed preparing a secure future home amid the coming danger. On their way to the kitchens, they stumbled upon Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater kissing in a secret passage.

• A Salamander sent Filibuster Fireworks shooting around the Common Room before Percy scolded Fred and George for the stunt.
• Albert left the twins to retrieve his Charms homework from Lee Jordan and went to the Room of Requirement, where Isabelle was writing Lockhart’s essay.
• Albert lamented that Flamel’s advanced notes were difficult to use, and Isabelle comforted him and suggested he be patient.
• Albert and Isabelle discussed using Flamel’s safe-house methods for their future home because the Dark Lord’s return threatened a long period of unrest.
• Albert wondered whether a Charm could turn a werewolf back into a human and considered asking Lockhart about it.
• Albert and Isabelle headed to the kitchens and surprised Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater kissing in a secret passage.

Lockhart reflected on his failed attempts to win Harry Potter’s favor and his growing unease about Albert Anderson, who suspected his fraud and wanted to learn the Human Transformation Spell. He retrieved the stolen research notebook on the spell and returned to Hogwarts with it.

• Lockhart worried that Albert had seen through his deception and regretted accepting the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.
• Lockhart recalled trying to use Harry Potter’s fame to boost his reputation, but Harry repeatedly avoided him.
• Lockhart remembered stealing an old Armenian wizard’s research on the Human Transformation Spell after erasing the villagers’ and wizard’s memories.
• Lockhart considered using Albert to improve his own reputation, then decided to keep his distance.
• Lockhart found the leather notebook containing the spell research and took it back to Hogwarts Castle.

Albert continued to fail at learning the Human Transformation Spell and planned to ask Nicolas Flamel for help. In the Gryffindor common room, he encouraged Hermione to seek Lockhart’s guidance and advised Ginny about her crush on Harry, while Shanna realized he was setting Hermione up to expose Lockhart.

• Albert failed again to cast the Human Transformation Spell and decided to ask Nicolas Flamel whether Lockhart’s notebook had a problem.
• Hermione asked Albert if she could join him when he visited Lockhart, and Albert realized she wanted private lessons because she admired the professor.
• Albert told Ginny to be more confident around Harry Potter, and she blushed before leaving.
• Albert advised Hermione to ask Lockhart about Dark Creatures and useful details in his books, then explained that Lockhart had never tutored him privately.
• Shanna confronted Albert, saying she knew he understood what kind of person Lockhart was, and walked away after realizing he expected Hermione’s questions to expose him.

Albert discussed the Wizard Cards tournament prize and the twins’ plans to produce the cards, then suggested Hermione form a Defense Against the Dark Arts Club and ask Lockhart for guidance. The chapter left Harry reluctant to approach Lockhart while Hermione wondered how skilled Albert was at Defense Against the Dark Arts.

• Albert told Lee Jordan, Fred, and George that the Wizard Cards tournament champion would receive ten Galleons and a signed copy of Me, the Wizard that Lockhart had provided for free.
• Fred and George told Albert that their father had contacted potential partners about producing Wizard Cards, while Lee worried the venture would lose money.
• Hermione asked Albert about a Charm from Lockhart’s book, and Albert advised her to form a Defense Against the Dark Arts Club and invite Lockhart to teach them.
• Harry objected to Albert’s suggestion, but Hermione returned and tried to recruit Harry before Albert left for the library with Fred, George, and Lee.
• Ron told Harry and Hermione that Albert was skilled at Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Harry and Ron tried to recall Albert’s past prediction about Malfoy.

After Professor Kettleburn was hospitalized, Albert encouraged Hagrid to prepare for the Care of Magical Creatures position and realized Ginny was under Tom Riddle’s control. He chose not to intervene yet, while Tom began considering Albert as a target, and Albert advised Hermione on how to get Lockhart to support her Defense Against the Dark Arts Club.

• Hagrid told Albert that Professor Kettleburn had been hospitalized after a Niffler tripped him, and Albert urged Hagrid to prepare to apply for the vacant teaching position.
• Albert encountered Ginny and suspected Tom Riddle was controlling her, but decided not to expose the diary or disrupt events.
• Tom watched Albert and considered making him prey for the Basilisk, then left Hagrid’s roosters alone after discovering Hagrid was home.
• Hermione told Albert that Lockhart’s fans had formed a club rather than the Defense Against the Dark Arts Club she wanted, and asked him to help start one.
• Albert declined to join Hermione’s club but advised her to invite Harry Potter, since Lockhart would come if Harry participated.

Hermione expanded her Defense Against the Dark Arts Club while Albert refused to teach it, and Hagrid sent Albert the biting Monster Book of Monsters for advice. After Fred was bitten, Albert restrained the book and revealed that Hagrid hoped to become Hogwarts' Care of Magical Creatures professor.

• Hermione recruited Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Colin into the Defense Against the Dark Arts Club, where they practised the Obstacle Curse.
• Albert declined Fred's suggestion that he teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, citing his busy schedule.
• Lee told Albert and the others that the Skeletons Dance Troupe would perform at Hogwarts' Halloween feast.
• Hagrid sent Albert the Monster Book of Monsters and a letter explaining that Professor Grubbly-Plank could not teach Care of Magical Creatures long-term and that Hagrid hoped to take the post.
• The Monster Book bit Fred, but Albert calmed it by stroking its spine and bound it with magic.
• Albert took Fred to the Hospital Wing and told Fred, George, and Lee that Hagrid intended to become the Care of Magical Creatures professor.

As Hogwarts students prepared for Halloween and a Hogsmeade visit, Albert discussed the unaffordable Wolfsbane Potion and gave Fred and George advice for getting business tips from Zonko. He left with Isabelle, still uneasy that something might happen at the feast that night.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan discussed visiting Zonko's Joke Shop while Albert explained that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had promised to attend Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party.
• Albert read that Damocles had published the Wolfsbane Potion formula and received an Order of Merlin, then pointed out that most werewolves could not afford the potion.
• Albert suggested Fred and George pretend they planned to sell Wizard Cards to draw business advice out of Zonko, and the twins wrote down his suggestion.
• Albert waited in the Great Hall until Isabelle arrived, then left with her for their plans in Hogsmeade.
• Albert told Isabelle he suspected something might happen at the Halloween feast, though he could not explain why.