Chapter Summaries

Albert lured Tom Riddle and the Basilisk into a prepared chase, using smoke, sticky traps, and crowing roosters to drive the creature away. Tom realized Albert had outsmarted him, but Albert vanished before Tom could find him, as professors approached the scene.

• Tom ordered the Basilisk to pursue Albert after Albert turned away from the planned ambush.
• Albert ran from the Basilisk, using Snake-Repelling Pellets and a cloud of poisonous smoke to slow it down.
• Tom cleared the smoke with a gust of wind, while Albert laid down Sticky Balls that further delayed the Basilisk.
• Albert hid in a classroom where darkness, enchanted puppets, and released roosters startled the Basilisk into fleeing.
• Tom cleared the classroom and found only roosters, damaged furniture, and crushed armor; Albert had vanished from the diary map as professors approached.

Tom Riddle abducted Ginny Weasley into the Chamber of Secrets, prompting Hogwarts’s professors to prepare an evacuation. Albert revealed to Professor McGonagall that he knew the Chamber’s location and dangers, and she took him to wait for Dumbledore’s return.

• Professor McGonagall, Snape, Sprout, and Flitwick found a wrecked classroom full of real chickens and learned that a student had been taken into the Chamber of Secrets.
• Albert reflected that he had manipulated Tom Riddle into exposing himself and abducting Ginny, completing his quest to provoke Tom while avoiding a direct confrontation.
• Professor McGonagall ordered the students to remain in their Common Rooms and announced that they would leave Hogwarts on the Hogwarts Express the next morning.
• Percy discovered Ginny was missing, and Albert told Fred and George that the Chamber’s entrance was in the abandoned Girls’ Lavatory and required Parselmouth to open.
• Albert knocked out Fred, George, and Ron to prevent them from rushing into the Chamber, then told Harry to wait for Dumbledore and explained how the entrance could be opened.
• Albert told Professor McGonagall that the Chamber held a Basilisk and that its heir was the person who killed Professor Quirrell; she took him to wait for Dumbledore.

Albert told Dumbledore how Ginny had been controlled by Tom Riddle’s diary and helped rescue her from the Chamber of Secrets. After Harry defeated the Basilisk, Albert explained his investigation to the others, and Dumbledore arranged rewards, Hagrid’s release, and a search for a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

• Professor McGonagall left Albert in Dumbledore’s office, where he spoke with the Sorting Hat until Dumbledore returned.
• Albert told Dumbledore that Ginny had been taken into the Chamber of Secrets, identified Tom Riddle as the likely mastermind, and urged him to save her.
• Albert found that Harry had gone missing and joined the Weasleys and professors at the open Chamber entrance, where Harry, Ginny, and Dumbledore emerged after Harry killed the Basilisk.
• Albert recounted how he had traced the attacks to Tom Riddle’s diary, explained Ginny’s role and Malfoy’s involvement, and revealed his suspicions that Lockhart had stolen other wizards’ achievements.
• Dumbledore cleared Ginny, awarded Harry and Ginny two hundred points each, promised to arrange Hagrid’s release, and began looking for a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

After Tom Riddle and the Basilisk were defeated, Albert helped keep Ginny’s involvement secret and brought a potent healing potion to the Hospital Wing. He woke Hermione from petrification and reassured her that the danger had passed, while Madam Pomfrey examined her.

• Albert told Fred and George to say that Harry had killed the Basilisk and rescued Ginny, keeping Ginny’s role in the attacks secret.
• Albert visited the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey explained that Lockhart’s powerful Obliviate had left him unable to speak or walk.
• Albert gave Madam Pomfrey three bottles of Potent Healing Potion made by Hertok Dagworth.
• Albert used the potion to wake Hermione from petrification, and she recalled seeing the Basilisk.
• Albert reassured Hermione that Harry had killed the Basilisk and that Hogwarts was safe, while Madam Pomfrey began examining her.

After Harry and Albert helped end the attacks and rescue Ginny, Dumbledore announced that Voldemort had acted through his old diary and that Lockhart had lost his memory. Albert then suggested how Harry could free Dobby, while Fudge reluctantly arranged to restore Hagrid’s reputation in an obscure corner of the Daily Prophet.

• Albert and Hermione arrived at the Great Hall, where Filch gave Albert a chilling smile and students crowded around Harry to ask about the Chamber of Secrets.
• Albert joined Isabelle at the Ravenclaw table and removed her gold-rimmed glasses; Katrina teased her about Albert’s attention from other girls and wondered whether they had broken up or become engaged.
• Dumbledore announced that Voldemort had used his diary to act through someone else, that the attacks had ended, and that Lockhart had lost his memory and could no longer teach.
• Lucius Malfoy stormed into the Great Hall and left in a rage after being publicly humiliated; Albert told Harry that giving Dobby clothing could free the house-elf.
• Harry asked how to free Dobby, and Ron, Fred, and George offered to help him find a way.
• Fudge received Dumbledore’s letter confirming Hagrid’s innocence and ordered his assistant to publish the Ministry’s correction in an obscure part of the Daily Prophet.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed how to free Lucius Malfoy's house-elf while Albert spent time with Isabelle and warned her that turmoil involving The Dark Lord and Harry Potter was coming. Albert then visited Hagrid, who told him he would become Care of Magical Creatures professor, and Albert began advising him on teaching.

• Harry proposed sending Lucius Malfoy a parcel containing clothing to free his house-elf, while Fred and George doubted the plan and suggested relying on Albert's curse-like predictions.
• Hermione learned more about Lockhart's fraud and his removal to St. Mungo's, while the others discussed Kenneth Troller's likely losses from selling amulets.
• Albert reassured Isabelle that he had prepared before facing the Basilisk, boasted about his prospects, and warned her of future chaos and war connected to The Dark Lord and Harry Potter.
• Albert received Hagrid's invitation, parted from Isabelle, and went to Hagrid's Hut for afternoon tea.
• Hagrid thanked Albert for helping clear his name and revealed that Dumbledore had appointed him Care of Magical Creatures professor.
• Albert warned Hagrid against using the Monster Book of Monsters as a textbook and began advising him to account for students' differing interests and abilities.

Albert claimed rewards from his completed quests and examined the skills available on Lockhart's and Tom Riddle's Status Panels. He left Hogwarts's Chamber of Secrets and its dead Basilisk for a later visit, planning to explore further and collect materials.

• Albert completed the "Exposed" quest and chose Lockhart's special skill, Deceiving the World and Stealing Fame.
• Albert reviewed the rewards from his completed quests involving Tom Riddle, including experience, skill points, and skill-selection opportunities.
• Albert chose Extraordinary Magic from Tom Riddle's Status Panel after previously selecting Magical Genius for "Tom's Fury."
• Albert accepted the failure of "Basilisk Must Die" and planned to return to the Chamber of Secrets with Potter to investigate and gather Basilisk materials.

Albert organized a tour of Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, persuading Harry to open its entrance for the group. They explored the tunnels and found the Basilisk's enormous shed skin, which Albert photographed and discussed as a valuable but difficult-to-remove prize.

• Albert invited Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to explore Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, and Harry eventually agreed to help open it.
• The group gathered in the abandoned Girls' Lavatory, where Harry used Parseltongue to open the entrance and Albert led them down the pipe after casting protective charms.
• As they explored the tunnels, Albert guessed that a descendant of Slytherin had altered the Chamber's entrance, and Fred revealed that Gryffindor had a chamber in the Forbidden Forest.
• Harry spotted the Basilisk's enormous shed skin, and Albert took photographs of the group's reactions beside it.
• Albert said the Basilisk skin was valuable but too magically resilient to shrink, while George pointed out that they still had no way to take it out and sell it.

Albert led Harry and the others through the Chamber of Secrets and discovered a hidden room containing Slytherin’s magical research. The group entered what Albert identified as the real Chamber of Secrets.

• Harry opened the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets by speaking Parseltongue, and the group found the Basilisk’s corpse and Slytherin’s statue inside.
• Albert collected the Basilisk fang and used Legilimency on Harry to recover the words Tom had used to open a passage in the statue.
• Harry repeated the password, and the group entered the space behind Slytherin’s statue, where Albert found traces of another hidden chamber.
• George smeared his blood on the cave wall, revealing a doorway that required Pure-blood blood to open.
• Albert and the others climbed the stairs and discovered a room filled with decayed bookshelves, parchment, and writing on the walls, which Albert recognized as Slytherin’s real Chamber of Secrets.

Albert and his friends explored a hidden passage within Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, which led to Snape's bedroom, then returned to photograph the chamber and its remains. The Quest Panel marked Albert's task complete but left its reward unknown, and he planned to collect the Basilisk's remains and Gubraithian Fire.

• Albert recognized a snake symbol in the chamber wall, and Harry used Parseltongue to open a hidden staircase.
• Albert led the group to a room he identified as Snape's bedroom and urged everyone to leave without disturbing anything.
• Albert warned Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Snape could detect lies through Legilimency and explained that Occlumency could offer protection.
• The group returned to the chamber, cleaned away their traces, photographed the walls and Basilisk, and left through the pipes.
• Albert checked the Quest Panel and found the Chamber of Secrets task completed with an unknown reward, then considered retrieving the Basilisk's remains and Gubraithian Fire.

After the Chamber of Secrets crisis, Hogwarts returned to normal, and Albert helped Harry and Hermione plan to free Dobby by sending Lucius Malfoy a package. He then discussed Percy’s relationship and the limits facing Muggle-born wizards, concluding that Britain’s small wizarding population made its Minister for Magic little more than a village chief.

• Kenneth Troller nearly fainted after learning that Harry had defeated the Basilisk, and Madam Pomfrey kept him in the Hospital Wing for observation.
• The Quidditch matches resumed, and Gryffindor remained in the lead for the House Cup despite Snape’s efforts to deduct points.
• Hermione told Albert that Harry, Fred, and George planned to send Lucius Malfoy a package with socks to free Dobby, and Albert agreed to help.
• Albert suggested that Harry include a deduction about the diary and the Dark Lord in the package, then showed Ron that Lucius had been removed from the Hogwarts Board of Governors.
• Fred and George told the others that Percy was dating Ravenclaw prefect Penelope Clearwater, and Albert predicted the relationship was unlikely to lead to marriage.
• Albert explained to Hermione that Muggle-born wizards faced barriers in the Ministry of Magic and compared the Minister for Magic to a village chief.

Albert gave Catherine eight Wit-Sharpening Potion samples and considered how to improve his magic and eventually obtain a Time-Turner. He then explained to Kenneth why his amulet business had failed, leaving Katrina to call him a good person.

• Albert showed Catherine eight Wit-Sharpening Potion samples and warned her not to let anyone drink them without testing them.
• Albert reflected on his Magical Genius skill, his plans to learn how to make a Time-Turner, and the possibility of consulting Nicolas Flamel.
• Kenneth blamed Albert and Potter for his financial losses, but Albert told him that greed and the students’ limited buying power had doomed his business.
• Katrina told Albert she had watched and heard his conversation with Kenneth, and Albert said he occasionally did a good deed.

Albert told Wood and the Gryffindor team that they were likely to win the Quidditch Cup, then shared a vague prophecy about a chance to get rich next term and warned that Harry would face more trouble. He urged Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to learn the Patronus Charm before Dementors became a threat.

• Albert reassured Wood that Gryffindor should win the Quidditch Cup after beating Slytherin, and Fred and George cited his prediction as proof.
• Albert said he had foreseen a chance to get rich next term and suggested it might involve Harry, whose life at Hogwarts would remain dangerous.
• Wood warned Albert not to distract Harry with ominous predictions, and Fred and George led Albert away with Lee Jordan to ask about the money-making opportunity.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Dementors might appear next term and advised them to master the Patronus Charm.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan agreed to follow Albert's advice, while Albert privately felt confident that he could handle whatever came next.

After Harry Potter freed Dobby from the Malfoys, Dobby struggled to adjust to freedom and searched for paid work. He stayed temporarily at The Leaky Cauldron but continued to be rejected, still hoping to find a wizard willing to hire him for wages.

• Bit told Dobby that Harry Potter planned to free him from the Malfoys.
• Dobby followed Bit's instructions and caught the sock Lucius Malfoy threw, making Dobby a free elf.
• Dobby left Malfoy Manor and later sought work at The Leaky Cauldron, where Tom offered him food and temporary lodging but no wages.
• Dobby searched shops throughout Diagon Alley for paid work, but wizards repeatedly turned him away.
• Dobby remained hopeful that he would find a wizard who needed him and would pay him wages.

Albert discussed Voldemort’s Horcrux and an ominous prophecy with Nicolas Flamel, then used Divination to glimpse danger connected to the Dark Mark and a surprising future involving Isabelle. He decided to move his plans forward, though he did not understand what the vision of himself and Isabelle meant.

• Albert told Nicolas Flamel that Harry Potter had destroyed Voldemort’s diary Horcrux with a Basilisk fang, and Nicolas agreed to try extracting venom from the Basilisk glands.
• Nicolas invited Albert to visit him in France during the summer holidays and implied that a prophecy about Albert involved Isabelle.
• Bit reported that Dobby had gained his freedom, and Albert told Bit to stop watching him.
• Albert’s Crystal Ball first showed only mist, so he raised Divination to Level Four and then saw the Dark Mark, prompting him to move his plans forward.
• Albert divined another vision of himself and Isabelle embracing and kissing while others offered blessings, leaving him puzzled about what it meant.

After Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup, Albert focused on practicing magic with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, improving rapidly at silent casting and counter-spells. The trio struggled to produce corporeal Patronuses and soon regretted challenging themselves to learn more spells alongside him.

• Slytherin crushed Hufflepuff, while Gryffindor routed Ravenclaw after Cho Chang was injured and Ravenclaw used a substitute Seeker.
• Albert threw himself into practice with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to stop brooding over his Divination, and quickly mastered the Silent Shield Charm in duels.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan went on strike from dueling and tried to learn the Patronus Charm, but could produce only silver mist.
• Albert summoned his talking Hippogriff Patronus and told the trio their slow progress came from not practicing seriously.
• Fred and George guessed Lee Jordan's Patronus would be a chimpanzee, while Albert guessed Fred and George's would be magpies.
• Fred and George persuaded the group to practice spells from the bookshelves, and Albert mastered two or three spells a day, leaving them astonished.

As Hogwarts final exams began, Albert discussed the twins’ future careers with Percy and warned him that the Ministry of Magic would collapse. He then helped Fred, George, and Lee revise for their remaining exams, leaving them encouraged by their improved results.

• Fred, George, and Lee complained about their Transfiguration exam and found Albert speaking with O.W.L. examiner Professor Marchbanks.
• Albert told the twins and Lee that earning enough Galleons could let Fred and George choose their own careers instead of joining the Ministry of Magic.
• Percy confronted Albert about the twins’ attitude toward studying, and Albert predicted the Ministry would collapse and congratulated Percy on becoming Head Boy.
• Fred, George, and Lee revealed they had been eavesdropping under Disillusionment Charms, then Albert urged them to study and helped them revise.
• After the Charms written exam, George said Albert’s review had covered nearly all the key material and had improved their results.

Albert restored the Human Transformation Spell with Liquid Luck and learned from Professor Marchbanks that his work could earn him an Order of Merlin and support his nomination to the Wizengamot. He left intrigued by the rewards and resolved to pursue a place among the Wizengamot’s members.

• Albert used Divination to glimpse the Human Transformation Spell’s wand movement and incantation, but failed to cast it until he secretly used Liquid Luck.
• Albert discussed the spell with Professor Marchbanks and explained that he had restored it from notes left by Lockhart rather than invented it.
• Professor Marchbanks said the restored spell could earn Albert an Order of Merlin and promised to circulate the notes so experts could assess their difficulty.
• Professor Marchbanks told Albert that Tiberius Ogden hoped to make him a Wizengamot candidate, and Albert received quests tied to a Merlin medal and Wizengamot membership.
• Albert considered the rewards and decided that joining the Wizengamot, perhaps rising to its highest ranks, could become his goal after graduation.

After the exams ended, Albert invited Isabelle to Nicolas Flamel’s home in France and revealed that a prophecy had shown them marrying in 1996, around the time the Second Wizarding War would begin. He planned to protect his family and friends with the Fidelius Charm while staying in England, and Isabelle promised to trust him.

• Albert finished his Potions exam and invited Isabelle to visit Nicolas Flamel in France over the summer.
• Albert admitted that his prophecy showed him and Isabelle marrying, and he connected the timing to the approaching Second Wizarding War.
• Albert said Nicolas Flamel’s supply of the Elixir of Life would likely last until around 1996 and suggested Flamel wanted to attend their wedding.
• Albert told Isabelle that after sixth year he planned to protect his family using the Fidelius Charm, but would remain in England to help his friends.
• Isabelle said she believed Albert could solve the coming problems, and Albert urged her to believe him.

After exams, Albert reunited with the Weasley twins and Lee Jordan, then helped defuse a confrontation between Malfoy and Harry’s group. Ron had to retake his practical exams because his broken wand had hindered his spellwork, and he passed after three days of training with Harry and Hermione, but Professor McGonagall told him to buy a new wand.

• Albert treated Fred, George, and Lee to cola and teased them about an unexpected summer surprise, then congratulated Fred and George on becoming prefects.
• Lee spotted Malfoy confronting Harry and his friends, and Fred and George stepped in before Snape ordered the crowd away and mocked Ron for needing make-up exams.
• Hermione told Albert that Professor McGonagall had agreed to let her take every elective, while Ron worried about retaking his practical exams.
• Percy blamed Ron for breaking his wand and demanded Albert tutor him, but Albert refused and directed Percy to Hermione instead.
• Harry and Hermione trained Ron for three days, and Ron passed his make-up exams using Harry’s wand.
• Professor McGonagall told Ron to buy a new wand, and Harry offered to lend him Galleons if his family would not pay for one.