Chapter Summaries

Albert brewed an improved Wit-Sharpening Potion in the tournament’s third round, drawing intense interest from the judges. After inspecting his potion, the judges withheld their verdict and evaluated the other contestants’ work, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• The organizers supplied ingredients, and the judges started the third round as Albert prepared to brew a Wit-Sharpening Potion.
• Albert rapidly harvested frog brains and carefully brewed the potion while the judges watched his practiced technique in silence.
• Williams brewed a Vitality Tonic, Daniela focused on her potion, and Hiroki Fujii prepared an improved Love Potion, each hoping to improve their chances of winning.
• Williams, Hiroki Fujii, and Albert finished their potions before Daniela, and Albert showed Isabelle an OK gesture.
• After Daniela finished, the judges ended the round and gathered around Albert’s cauldron, but they left without announcing a verdict and inspected the other contestants’ potions.

The judges evaluated the final contestants’ improved potions, and Daniela’s score appeared to secure her the Potions Tournament championship. A staff member then arrived with a house-elf, abruptly unsettling Daniela and the Castelobruxo delegation.

• The judges awarded Williams 90 points for his improved Vitality Tonic, bringing his total to 241.
• Hiroki Fujii explained that his Love Potion was designed to gently encourage affection, and the judges awarded him 83 points for a total of 242.
• Daniela introduced her Protective Potion, which proved effective only against weaker spells, and received 76 points for a total of 243.
• A staff member approached Daniela with a house-elf, causing her and the Castelobruxo delegation to lose their excitement over her apparent victory.

Albert won the 99th Magical School Potion Championship after the judges confirmed his Wit-Sharpening Potion had no side effects. He celebrated with Isabelle and departed Magical Gardens the next day, with the Book of Potions recording his victory.

• The judges had a house-elf drink Albert's Wit-Sharpening Potion, and it reported feeling refreshed and mentally sharper without any side effects.
• The judges declared Albert the champion and awarded him the Golden Cauldron and a bag of Galleons.
• Albert gave the Golden Cauldron to Isabelle, who passed it to Professor Slughorn before kissing Albert in front of everyone.
• At the farewell banquet, Albert told Damocles and Professor Slughorn that Mr. Nicol would be his best man because Nicol was considered his teacher.
• The guests said their goodbyes the following day, and Albert's Book of Potions recorded his championship alongside a photograph of Albert and Isabelle holding the Golden Cauldron.

After winning the Potions Tournament, Albert accepted an interview with the Daily Prophet and celebrated with Isabelle in the Room of Requirement. He revealed that Liquid Luck had helped him brew the perfect Wit-Sharpening Potion, while Isabelle told him that Catherine and Valeria were interested in him; Albert reaffirmed that he already had a girlfriend.

• Slughorn presented the Golden Cauldron to Dumbledore, who congratulated Albert and offered him an exclusive Daily Prophet interview with Rita Skeeter.
• Albert accepted the interview, expecting Rita Skeeter to publish nonsense if he refused, then joked with Isabelle about Hogwarts giving them no celebration or reward.
• Albert told Isabelle that he had used Liquid Luck and Catherine's practice ingredients to brew the perfect Wit-Sharpening Potion and win the tournament.
• Albert took Isabelle to the Room of Requirement, where Bit prepared a candlelit victory dinner and Tom eagerly greeted Albert.
• Isabelle discussed Catherine and Valeria's advice about life after graduation and told Albert that both women seemed interested in him; Albert said he already had a girlfriend.

After winning the Magical School Potion Championship, Albert returned to Hogwarts and was swept into a Gryffindor celebration before telling Fred, George, and Lee Jordan about the tournament. He revealed the final-round potion recipes and predicted they would become valuable, leaving his friends puzzled by his talent for spotting ways to make money.

• Albert parted from Isabelle, met Nearly Headless Nick, and learned the Gryffindor password was "Mongrel."
• Fred, George, Lee Jordan, and the other Gryffindors pulled Albert into a noisy celebration and demanded to hear about the Potions Tournament.
• Albert gave the students a dull account of the competition, then escaped to his dormitory.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that a contestant named Guy Bernard had been attacked with Arriort Leaf, though they suspected Albert was responsible.
• Albert showed them the final-round recipes for Love Potion, Vitality Tonic, and Protective Potion and predicted they would sell well.

Albert gave Rita Skeeter an interview about the Potions Tournament, supplying details that implicated President Bernard in trying to help Guy Bernard cheat. Rita realized Albert had used her to retaliate against President Bernard while protecting himself from negative coverage.

• Nearly Headless Nick interrupted Charms class to summon Albert for an interview with the Daily Prophet, and Albert followed him to meet Rita Skeeter.
• Albert warned Rita not to invent stories about him, destroyed pages from her floating notebook, and agreed to provide material for her report.
• Albert recounted the tournament’s irregularities, including the altered rules, Guy Bernard’s elimination, President Bernard’s wand inspections, and the Judges Panel’s disputed scoring.
• Albert identified the Wagadu contestant as the prime suspect in the attacks and explained how a rebounded Stunning Spell had knocked the contestant unconscious.
• Rita recognized that Albert had given her a story that would damage President Bernard’s reputation while presenting Albert as a champion and hero.

Albert attended the storm-lashed Quidditch match, lent Angelina his broom after lightning damaged hers, and left the pitch with Isabelle. Hermione used a Water-repelling Charm to help Harry see, though Albert worried that the fix might not help Potter.

• The Daily Prophet published Rita Skeeter's interview with Albert, renewing the girls' attention toward him at Hogwarts.
• The Slytherin team postponed its match against Gryffindor, but the school still gathered to watch Gryffindor play Hufflepuff in a violent storm.
• Albert and Isabelle saw Harry head toward the changing rooms as the match began, and Albert predicted that surprises might occur.
• Lightning set Angelina's broom tail on fire, and Albert lent her his broom so she could continue playing.
• Wood tried to get Albert's help with Harry's poor visibility, but Albert had already left with Isabelle; Hermione then gave Harry his glasses and said she had used a Water-repelling Charm.

Dementors swarmed the Quidditch Pitch, causing Harry Potter to fall from his broom before Dumbledore drove them away. The match ended with Diggory catching the Snitch, while Harry was carried back to the school unconscious.

• Albert predicted that starving Dementors would be drawn to the crowded, excited spectators, and he and Isabelle used Patronuses to shield themselves and nearby students.
• The Dementors descended on the pitch, chilling the crowd, and Dumbledore ordered them to leave as Harry Potter fell from his broom.
• Dumbledore cast a Dampening Charm that slowed Harry's fall, then confirmed that the Dementors had only frightened him unconscious.
• Dumbledore and the professors used Patronuses to drive the Dementors from the stands and pitch, while Isabelle helped keep the students calm.
• Dumbledore carried Harry back to the school on a conjured stretcher, and Albert noted that Diggory had caught the Golden Snitch.

After Harry Potter was rescued from the Dementors, Albert used wandless magic to prank Malfoy and helped comfort the Gryffindor team. He brought Harry’s wrecked broom to the Hospital Wing, taught students about the Patronus Charm, and received a letter that left Lee Jordan wondering whether the Minister for Magic held a grudge against him.

• Madam Hooch ended the match after Harry Potter was carried away, and Hufflepuff won the Quidditch match.
• Albert secretly used wandless magic to drench Malfoy and his companions with rain and make them fall in the mud.
• Isabelle asked Albert about wandless magic, and he explained that he had practiced it and recently improved his skill.
• Professor Flitwick told Albert that Harry’s broom had crashed into the Whomping Willow, praised his Patronus Charm, and asked him to take the wreckage to the Hospital Wing.
• Albert reassured Harry’s friends at the Hospital Wing, then taught the Common Room students about the Patronus Charm.
• Albert read a letter from Bard and showed it to Lee Jordan, who asked whether the Minister for Magic had a grudge against him.

Albert planned to send Rita Skeeter photographs of Harry Potter’s near-death experience with the Dementors to stir up trouble for Fudge and the Ministry of Magic. He and Isabelle discussed the political obstruction of Albert’s Wizengamot title and the uncertain future, leaving Albert determined to gain enough power to protect the future they wanted.

• Albert explained to Isabelle that he disliked Fudge and intended to cause him trouble by sending Rita Skeeter a letter about the Dementor attack.
• Albert showed Isabelle Bade Blod’s letter about the delay in his Wizengamot British Youth Representative title and explained that factional prejudice was behind the obstruction.
• Albert enclosed photographs of Harry Potter being carried away by Dumbledore and of the chaos at the stadium, planning to send them to Rita Skeeter.
• Isabelle urged Albert not to bear the burden of foreseeing the future alone and offered to leave England with him if necessary.
• Albert reassured Isabelle that he would fight for their future, while keeping Rita Skeeter’s likely betrayal and his planned retaliation in mind.

Rita Skeeter investigated the news and published a sensational report about Dementors entering Hogwarts and nearly killing Harry, catching the Ministry off guard. Fudge tried to contain the backlash, unaware that Albert had anticipated his response and was preparing to trap him further.

• Bozzo briefed Rita Skeeter on the Dementors at Hogwarts, Sirius Black sightings, the Hippogriff complaint, and Albert Anderson's possible Wizengamot appointment.
• Rita declined to investigate Albert's identity after Bozzo warned her that someone had paid generously to keep the matter quiet.
• Rita chose to interview Lucius Malfoy and opened an anonymous letter containing details and photographs of the Dementor incident at Hogwarts.
• Rita drafted an exaggerated story claiming Harry had fallen to his death and urged Bozzo to deliver it to the editor-in-chief as the Daily Prophet's front-page headline.
• Barnabas Cuffe changed the front page before the Ministry could intervene, and Fudge flew into a rage after learning of the report.
• Fudge planned to dismiss the incident with reassurances, unaware Albert had predicted his response and was preparing another trap.

After the Daily Prophet falsely reported that Harry was dead, his friends visited him in the Hospital Wing and discussed the Dementors and the Patronus Charm. Hagrid reassured Harry and suggested he ask Professor Lupin about Dementors.

• Harry read a Daily Prophet story claiming he was seriously injured or dead, and Hermione suspected a student had sold the newspaper the photograph and information from the Quidditch match.
• Fred, George, Wood, and the Gryffindor team visited Harry; Wood reassured him, and George offered to lend him Albert's broom for practice.
• Hermione and Ron discussed Harry's difficulty casting a Patronus, and Hermione suggested seeking help from Professor Lupin or Albert.
• Harry asked why the Dementors had come to the match, and Hermione said the busy Quidditch Pitch had seemed like a feast to them.
• Hagrid visited Harry with centipede flowers, explained that Dementors preyed on people with terrible memories, and recommended asking Professor Lupin for advice.

Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff, and Albert discussed Cedric’s romantic prospects with Isabelle and Percy before Hagrid told him that Malfoy planned to have Buckbeak judged by the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. Albert decided to help Buckbeak through other means and asked Hermione to keep his plan secret.

• Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff, and Albert and Isabelle discussed Cedric’s interest in Cho Chang.
• Percy asked Albert about a Ministry career and support, then Albert and Percy advised Cedric on how to court Cho.
• Hagrid told Albert that Malfoy planned to bring Buckbeak’s case before the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.
• Albert said Hagrid could not win the trial and offered to help Buckbeak escape the outcome without involving Hagrid directly.
• Hermione revealed that she had overheard them, and Albert asked her to keep his plan secret.

As December’s harsh weather drove the Gryffindor Quidditch team into punishing training, Albert arranged the restoration of a Hogsmeade house and discussed its future with Isabelle. He also practiced wandless magic and explained his plan to help Hagrid fake Buckbeak’s escape, before telling Isabelle that he had foreseen Dumbledore’s death.

• Albert bundled up against the bitter cold while Fred and George endured Wood’s demanding Quidditch training.
• Albert had Bit hire Inigo Jones to restore a Hogsmeade house, and Isabelle teased him about using it as a private place for the two of them.
• Albert practiced wandless Transfiguration with Isabelle’s help as preparation for a possible encounter with a Werewolf.
• Albert told Isabelle that he planned to create a convincing Transfigured Hippogriff so Hagrid could delay the Ministry and make it seem that Buckbeak had escaped.
• Albert told Isabelle that he had foreseen the Dark Mark over Hogwarts, Dumbledore falling from the castle, and Harry crying.

As Hogwarts filled with Christmas cheer, Albert helped his friends prepare for their O.W.L.s while Fred and George considered leaving school early. The twins decided to give Harry the Marauder's Map for Christmas, and Albert left them curious about a feast planned for the following year.

• Cedric told Albert that Cho Chang had turned down his invitation to Hogsmeade, then invited him to study for the O.W.L.s.
• Albert shared his exam notes with Fred, George, Lee Jordan, Angelina, and Shanna as the students discussed their plans for the O.W.L.s and their futures.
• Fred and George admitted they had considered leaving Hogwarts after their O.W.L.s, and Albert hinted that an interesting feast would happen there the following year.
• Fred and George asked Albert whether they still needed the Marauder's Map and explained that they wanted to give it to Harry for Christmas.
• Albert agreed that Harry needed the map, while Fred, George, and Lee Jordan pressed him to reveal what would happen at Hogwarts next year.

Albert and Isabelle shopped in Hogsmeade, where Albert spotted a black dog he suspected was Sirius Black. They then met Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge with Hagrid and the professors, and Isabelle recognized why Albert disliked Fudge.

• Albert and Isabelle finished shopping, sent their packages home with Bit, and bought sweets at Honeydukes.
• Albert noticed Harry Potter apparently using his Invisibility Cloak near Ron and Hermione but chose not to expose him.
• Albert and Isabelle saw a black dog rummaging through rubbish, and Albert suspected it was Sirius Black.
• Outside The Three Broomsticks, Albert saw Cornelius Fudge discussing Hagrid's Hippogriff and met the Minister after Hagrid introduced them.
• Isabelle watched Fudge leave and told Albert she understood why he disliked him.

Albert and Isabelle overheard the professors reveal that Sirius Black had betrayed Harry Potter’s parents, then Albert explained why he suspected Peter Pettigrew had framed Black and was hiding as Scabbers. He planned to expose the truth when the opportunity arose, despite the Ministry’s likely resistance.

• Albert told Isabelle that he had predicted Cornelius Fudge’s downfall and joked about becoming a Seer.
• Albert used a magical listening device at The Three Broomsticks, where Harry Potter, Hermione, and Ron overheard the professors say that Black had betrayed James and Lily Potter.
• After Hagrid publicly condemned Black, Albert told Isabelle that Peter Pettigrew’s supposed death was suspicious because the Ministry had found only one finger.
• Albert deduced that the Marauder’s Map nicknames reflected Animagus forms: James Potter was Prongs, Sirius Black was Padfoot, and Peter Pettigrew was Wormtail, likely Scabbers.
• Albert explained that he had seen Peter’s name on the Marauder’s Map and suspected Black had escaped to protect Harry from Pettigrew.
• Albert told Isabelle he intended to reveal the truth and pursue Black’s bounty when the right opportunity came, with help from others.

Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that they could intercept Sirius Black when Hagrid’s Hippogriff was executed and pushed them to train their Patronus Charms. As the students left for Christmas, Dementors caused chaos at Hogsmeade Station, and Albert’s confrontation with the Ministry’s Aurors ended with the angry crowd driving them away.

• Lee Jordan reported that Diagon Alley shops were too expensive and none suitable were available, so Albert advised Fred and George to wait two years before buying a shop.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Harry had learned Sirius Black was his godfather, then shared his guesses about the Marauders and Professor Lupin’s identity as a Werewolf.
• Albert said they could capture Black on the day Hagrid’s Hippogriff was executed, prompting Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to intensify their Patronus practice for a chance at the reward.
• As the students prepared to board the Hogwarts Express, Dementors appeared at Hogsmeade Station and sent the crowd into a panic.
• Albert silenced Tom, calmed the crowd with his voice, and used his Hippogriff Patronus to drive Dementors away while Fred, George, and Lee Jordan produced only silver mist.
• Albert challenged two Aurors over bringing Dementors to the station, and the crowd attacked them with objects and spells until they Disapparated.

Albert told his family how he had driven away the Dementors at Hogsmeade Station, an incident the Daily Prophet used to condemn the Ministry of Magic. He then advised Herb on property investments in the East and recommended using a local partner to reduce resentment toward foreign investors.

• Daisy read a Daily Prophet report blaming the Ministry for the Dementors’ chaos at Hogsmeade Station and praising the student who protected the crowd.
• Albert explained Dementors to Nia and admitted that he had driven them away, while Herb recognized him as the student in the report.
• Albert reassured Daisy that the Ministry would not retaliate and demonstrated a coin trick for Nia after claiming he could use wandless magic.
• Herb described his trip to the East and the locals’ views on returning home and rising housing prices.
• Albert predicted future property-price trends, recommended investing in two cities, and advised Herb to use a local partner to manage a company.

Fudge faced mounting criticism over the Ministry’s use of Dementors near Hogwarts, while Scrimgeour defended keeping them there to catch Black. Rita Skeeter’s report intensified public opposition, leaving Fudge unable to shift responsibility for the policy.

• Fudge confronted Scrimgeour over a newspaper report and complaints about Aurors, and Scrimgeour explained that trainees had been assigned patrols because the office was short-handed.
• Fudge and Scrimgeour discussed whether to withdraw the Dementors from Hogwarts, but Scrimgeour argued they were needed to find Black and said they were hungry after draining the happiness from their existing prisoners.
• Rita Skeeter prepared and published a report about the Dementors, prompting wizarding families and Hogsmeade visitors to pay closer attention to their danger.
• After experiencing the Dementors, more wizards protested Fudge’s policy and demanded that the creatures be removed from Hogwarts.
• Fudge tried to place responsibility on Scrimgeour, but the public continued to blame him as Minister for Magic; the chapter revealed that Fudge had ordered the Dementors to protect Potter and intended them to give Black the Kiss.