Chapter Summaries

Albert said goodbye to his family as they left England, then returned to Hogwarts and explained how he had defeated the attackers in the maze. He refused to join the Order of the Phoenix, warning Dumbledore and Sirius about its poor preparation, but gave Dumbledore a Two-way Mirror so they could contact him.

• Albert gave Nia a box containing a gift and Beautification Potion before seeing The Anderson Family off at the airport.
• Fudge ordered the Dementors to Kiss Barty Crouch Jr. to prevent him from testifying, but Harry returned and Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had been resurrected.
• Albert returned to Hogwarts and explained that he had uncovered the champions' ambushes and subdued Fake Moody after tracking him through the maze.
• Albert met Dumbledore and Sirius, accepted his Triwizard prize money, and said he planned to go into hiding.
• Sirius invited Albert to join the Order of the Phoenix, but Albert refused and criticized its lack of security and planning.
• Albert advised Dumbledore to replace Fudge with Amelia Bones and gave him a Two-way Mirror so they could contact him.

After Voldemort’s return, Albert warned Harry that the wizarding world would turn against those who spoke the truth, then helped prepare a public account of the attack. Dumbledore announced Voldemort’s return at the leaving feast, and Albert left Hogwarts with Kara to hide until next term.

• Albert warned Harry that the school’s hostility and the coming danger required him to accept reality, while Hermione defended Harry and confirmed she had caught Rita Skeeter.
• Albert asked Hermione to have Rita write a report for the Defense Guide exposing Voldemort’s return, despite the Ministry’s efforts to control the news.
• Krum and Fleur apologized to Albert for attacking him under the Imperius Curse, and Fleur said she planned to take a temporary job at Gringotts Bank.
• Albert received a new Dragon Suit from the Elegant Wizard Clothing Store and discussed with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan how the Ministry might interfere with Hogwarts next term.
• At the leaving feast, Dumbledore praised Albert and told the students that Voldemort had returned, while also honoring Harry’s resistance to Voldemort.
• Albert gave Fred, George, and Lee Jordan Two-way Mirrors, then left with Kara to stay in a safe place until he returned to school.

Fudge dismissed an assistant who challenged his handling of Dumbledore’s warnings, then recruited Percy Weasley to help protect his position and monitor Dumbledore’s allies. He also faced a difficult decision over how to reward Albert Anderson for capturing Barty Crouch Jr., whose influence and abilities alarmed him.

• Fudge fired his ministerial assistant for questioning his rejection of Dumbledore’s proposals and reflected on how he planned to deny Voldemort’s return and discredit Harry Potter.
• After Dumbledore announced Voldemort’s resurrection at Hogwarts, Fudge used the Daily Prophet to dismiss the claim and portray Dumbledore as senile and Harry as unreliable.
• Fudge closed the investigation into Barty Crouch and summoned Percy Weasley, who agreed that Dumbledore’s plans were unreasonable and suggested using the Daily Prophet to reduce his influence.
• Fudge offered Percy the vacant assistant position and ordered him to watch his family and report on Dumbledore’s plans; Percy accepted and promised loyalty to the Ministry.
• Fudge examined Albert Anderson’s record and worried over how to reward him for capturing Barty Crouch Jr., recognizing that Albert’s power, honors, and influence made ignoring him dangerous.

Percy accepted a promotion to become Minister Fudge’s assistant and chose the Ministry over his family’s support for Dumbledore. After a heated argument, he left the Weasley home, while his siblings concluded that ambition and self-interest had driven his choice.

• Percy decided to protect his new position by siding with Fudge, moving out, and cutting off his connection to Albert for the time being.
• Percy announced his promotion at dinner, then admitted he had agreed to help monitor his family or Dumbledore.
• Percy criticized Mr. Weasley’s Ministry record and the family’s poverty, and argued that Dumbledore’s claims about Voldemort lacked evidence.
• Percy declared he would no longer belong to the family if they joined the Order of the Phoenix, packed his belongings, and Apparated away.
• The Weasleys discussed Percy’s departure, and Fred and George concluded he had chosen the side that best served his ambition.

After the Weasleys joined the Order of the Phoenix, its members discussed Albert Anderson’s warnings about a traitor and the wizarding world’s coming collapse. Dumbledore arranged protection for Harry and urged Ron and Hermione to keep the Order’s plans from him.

• After Percy fell out with his family, the Weasleys decided to join the Order and prepared to move temporarily into 12 Grimmauld Place.
• Fred and George told the Order that Albert had refused to join because he distrusted its security and suspected a traitor, and they recounted his warning about Harry before the Third Task.
• Sirius shared Albert’s prophecies about Fudge, the Ministry’s fall, and Voldemort’s rise, while Lupin described plans to distribute the warnings through the Defense Guide and a radio station.
• Dumbledore gathered the Order to arrange watch posts around Harry, explaining that Fudge might use the Ministry against him and that Voldemort was searching for something.
• Dumbledore asked Ron and Hermione to keep important information from Harry in their letters, and they promised to do so.

Voldemort assigned Death Eaters to recruit the Dementors, giants, and werewolves, while Snape reported on the Order of the Phoenix and Albert Anderson. After learning that Riddle's Diary had been destroyed and its soul fragment lost, Voldemort ordered Lucius to retrieve the prophecy about Harry Potter from the Department of Mysteries.

• Voldemort ordered Yaxley to find Karkaroff and tasked Avery, McNeil, and Lucius with approaching the Dementors, giants, and werewolves.
• Snape told Voldemort that the Order of the Phoenix was protecting Harry Potter and that Sirius had obtained a prophecy about the wizarding world's future.
• Snape identified Albert Anderson as a possible prophet and warned Voldemort that Albert was a dangerous, powerful wizard, but Voldemort ordered Peter Pettigrew to find him.
• Voldemort confronted Lucius about Riddle's Diary, and Lucius admitted that it had been damaged after he used it to open the Chamber of Secrets.
• Voldemort learned that the diary's soul fragment had vanished and ordered Lucius to retrieve the Prophecy Orb concerning Harry Potter and Voldemort from the Department of Mysteries.

Albert brought Katrina to a concealed safe house after warning Mrs. McDougall that the Dark Lord’s return would put her family at risk. Mrs. McDougall refused to leave her job but agreed to let Isabelle take Katrina to Rose Manor, where the story left them hidden in a remote location.

• Katrina investigated a visitor at the house and discovered Albert, Isabelle, and the house-elf Kara had arrived.
• Albert explained that Death Eaters had searched his old home and urged Katrina and Mrs. McDougall to hide, teaching Katrina about the Human-Tracking Charm.
• Mrs. McDougall refused to abandon her work but agreed that Katrina should leave with Isabelle for safety.
• Albert, Isabelle, and Katrina traveled by house-elf to an abandoned area where Apparition was forbidden.
• Albert gave Katrina a silver card whose secret revealed Rose Manor in Campell Town, then led her inside as the house vanished from view.

Katrina woke at Rose Manor and adjusted to staying with Albert and Isabelle while danger threatened. Albert announced their plans to travel to Spain for the International Wizarding Duelling Competition, and the chapter ended with Katrina learning more about their protections and preparing a list of school supplies.

• Katrina woke at Rose Manor and reflected on feeling like an awkward third wheel in Albert and Isabelle's home.
• Albert and Isabelle told Katrina they planned to travel to Spain for the International Wizarding Duelling Competition, and Albert explained he expected to return safely.
• Albert said he also planned to visit Teacher LeMay, so Katrina and Isabelle would accompany him and stay in the suitcase if needed.
• Albert gave Katrina her Hogwarts letter and explained how the Fidelius Charm and Secret-Keepers protected their houses.
• Katrina found a Head Girl badge in her letter and wrote down the supplies she needed for the school year.

Fudge retaliated against Defense Guide by shutting down its publishing office and arranging for Umbridge to take a post at Hogwarts. Sirius and the Order planned to keep spreading information through private magazine distribution and a secret radio broadcast, while Albert’s predictions suggested the conflict at Hogwarts would intensify.

• Fudge ordered Percy to target Sirius Black and Remus Lupin and asked Umbridge to take a post at Hogwarts.
• Sirius and Remus discussed the Ministry’s response with Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and the others at 12 Grimmauld Place.
• Fred and George shared Albert’s prediction that the Ministry would strip Dumbledore of his titles and possibly his position as headmaster.
• Sirius proposed privately distributing Defense Guide and launching a ten-minute radio broadcast called Ten-Minute Heartbeat.
• Fred and George said Albert expected to return to Hogwarts and hinted that the Ministry’s new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor would face trouble.

Albert discussed the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore’s decision to publicly oppose the Dark Lord, while insisting he had refused an invitation to join. After learning that Cassandra Vablatsky had been attacked, Albert suspected the Dark Lord was seeking a prophet and went to investigate.

• Isabelle asked whether Albert had made Defense Guide, and Albert said Sirius Black had published it with Professor Lupin as editor.
• Albert told Isabelle and Katrina that he had refused Dumbledore’s invitation to join the Order of the Phoenix because it was dangerous.
• Katrina questioned why Dumbledore had chosen to expose himself to attacks, and Albert said he believed the headmaster might not have much time left.
• Albert said he would warn Dumbledore but could not predict whether he would survive the Dark Lord’s plans.
• Albert told Isabelle they would leave for France the day after tomorrow and visit The Le Me Couple.
• Katrina mentioned that Cassandra Vablatsky had been attacked by a dark wizard, and Albert went to the study to learn more.

Peter Pettigrew and Selwyn followed Cassandra Vablatsky’s prophecy to Nicola Village, hoping to ambush Albert Anderson, but Albert secretly drove them off by casting the Dark Mark above their hideout. At Nicolas Flamel’s home, Albert explained the ruse and shared memories of the Triwizard Tournament, then revealed that he and Isabelle planned to marry in France.

• Peter Pettigrew and Selwyn tracked down Cassandra Vablatsky, who divined that their target would appear in Nicola Village, France, and saw a Dark Mark connected to their possible success.
• Peter Pettigrew and Selwyn waited in a borrowed house in Nicola Village, but Peter found no sign that Albert Anderson was living there.
• Albert used the Imperius Curse on an unlucky wizard and made him cast the Dark Mark over the village, prompting Peter Pettigrew and Selwyn to prepare to flee.
• Peter Pettigrew dispelled the Dark Mark before he and Selwyn left Nicola Village, while Albert told Isabelle and the Le Me Couple that the mark had been a distraction to drive away the watchers.
• Albert showed Nicolas and Perenal Flamel his Triwizard Tournament memories in a Pensieve and told them that he and Isabelle planned to marry at their manor in France, with Dumbledore attending.

Voldemort concluded that Albert Anderson was a dangerous seer after Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew failed to ambush him in Nicola Village. The Order of the Phoenix discussed the incident and Albert’s possible plans to enter the International Wizarding Duelling Competition, leaving them considering whether to attend and confront any Death Eaters who appeared.

• Voldemort punished Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew for fleeing after a Dark Mark appeared in Nicola Village, then resolved to prioritize learning more about the prophecy concerning Harry Potter.
• Cornelius Fudge learned that the Dark Mark incident had spread through the French wizarding world and worried that it would intensify scrutiny of the Ministry and connect to Cassandra Vablatsky’s attack.
• Snape told the Order of the Phoenix that Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew had sought Albert through Cassandra Vablatsky, ambushed him in Nicola Village, and fled after someone cast the Dark Mark.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Albert had been in France and that Cassandra had prophesied to Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew, while the Order discussed Albert’s strength and his conflict with Fudge over a reward.
• Kingsley raised the possibility that Albert would enter the International Wizarding Duelling Competition in Spain, and Dumbledore told Snape to keep Voldemort from learning about it.
• Sirius proposed that the Order attend the competition to protect Albert and catch Death Eaters, while Kingsley warned that their presence could expose them.

Albert met Bard in Madrid, reassured him about the danger surrounding the International Wizarding Duelling Competition, and registered for it despite Bard’s warnings. After settling into Bard’s neglected safe house, Albert prepared to compete and bet on himself to win the championship.

• Albert met Bard in disguise, heard his warning that the competition could put him in danger, and promised to be careful.
• Albert, Katrina, Isabelle, and Kara inspected Bard’s old safe house outside Madrid, and Isabelle invested ten Galleons in Albert’s victory.
• Albert registered for the competition with Diana, signed a contract accepting the risks, and bought three days of tickets for the McDougal sisters.
• Albert explained that the competition would take place in a Muggle football stadium and that hundreds of wizards, including Dark Wizards, would compete in a dangerous single-elimination tournament.

Albert entered the International Wizarding Duelling Competition and won his first match with a swift display of spellcasting. His victory drew public attention, worrying Isabelle because Albert was already a target of the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters.

• Albert drew Area Three and entry order 17, then waited for his first match to begin after the competition opened.
• Albert faced a middle-aged German-speaking wizard and quickly knocked him down and disarmed him with three spells.
• Albert's opponent accused him of using Liquid Luck, but the referee defended Albert and confirmed his skill was legitimate.
• The commentator called Albert a dark horse, while Katrina noticed Isabelle was troubled by the attention he was attracting.

Albert advanced to the top sixty-four of the International Wizarding Duelling Competition by swiftly defeating a dark wizard and an Animagus witch. After Voldemort learned of Albert’s success, he ordered Lucius Malfoy, Peter Pettigrew, and Selwyn to assassinate him while Snape offered Polyjuice Potion to conceal the operation.

• Albert drew number 56 and waited in the contestants’ lounge while monitoring for signs of Death Eaters.
• Albert defeated the dark wizard Bauer with a rapid combination of spells, then beat an African witch who transformed into a panther, securing a place in the top sixty-four.
• Spanish wizarding newspapers publicized Albert’s victories and past achievements, making him a championship favorite, while reporters failed to find him.
• Voldemort ordered Peter Pettigrew and Selwyn to kill Albert after reading about his success in the Daily Prophet.
• Snape warned Voldemort that the Order of the Phoenix might use Albert as bait, then offered Polyjuice Potion for a concealed assassination.
• Voldemort ordered Lucius Malfoy, Peter Pettigrew, and Selwyn to find a way to kill Albert.

Lucius Malfoy’s group struggled to find and assassinate Albert, then arranged for a paid competitor to attempt the killing during the duelling competition. Meanwhile, the Order of the Phoenix arrived in Spain to protect Albert, and Sirius planned to hunt down Peter Pettigrew.

• Malfoy, Peter Pettigrew, and Selwyn failed to locate Albert and discussed ambushing him at the competition instead.
• Malfoy hired a local contact, learned that competitors were staying at Barnaby's Bar, and led his group in a failed attempt to subdue a competitor.
• Peter Pettigrew secretly placed an Imperius Curse on another competitor, and Malfoy hired a man for three thousand Galleons to disguise himself and attempt to kill Albert.
• The Order of the Phoenix arrived in Spain with three tickets, and Lupin said Albert intended to compete because he foresaw himself winning.
• Sirius revealed that Albert had given him fifteen hundred Galleons to bet on his victory and told the Order that Peter Pettigrew was in Spain.
• Sirius asked Lupin to help him find the Death Eaters and warned the others not to stop him from killing Peter Pettigrew.

Albert survived an assassination attempt during the duelling competition, while Lucius Malfoy and his accomplices fled after the plan failed. Albert had secretly disabled several hired dark wizards and left four Death Eaters for Sirius Black as the next confrontation approached.

• Albert drew number 21, then dodged Carter's Avada Kedavra and shielded himself as Aurors subdued the attacker.
• Albert pinned two Aurors to the wall when they approached with wands raised, then demanded that organisers question Carter with Veritaserum.
• Carter vanished from the competitors' lounge by Portkey and appeared in a secluded park, where Lucius Malfoy questioned him about the attempted killing.
• Malfoy ordered Carter to tell the others to abandon their plan and retreat to England, then escaped by Portkey before Spanish Aurors arrived.
• Albert revealed that he had stunned the hired dark wizards nearby while leaving four Death Eaters untouched for Sirius Black.

Sirius and the Order of the Phoenix cornered Peter Pettigrew and the Death Eaters after Albert secretly incapacitated many of their men. Sirius killed Peter, and the Spanish Ministry of Magic arrested the surviving Death Eaters before announcing that they had thwarted an attempt to assassinate Albert Anderson.

• Albert used the Human-Tracking Charm to locate the dark wizards around the stadium and covertly helped disrupt their plans.
• Sirius ignored Lupin's warnings, took Liquid Luck, and led the Order of the Phoenix toward Peter Pettigrew.
• Carter told the five Death Eaters that the plan was over, but they found their men unconscious and were ambushed by the Order.
• Peter tried to escape as a rat, but Sirius dragged him back and killed him with Avada Kedavra.
• Sirius cast the Dark Mark over the stadium, and the Spanish Aurors arrested the incapacitated Death Eaters.
• The Spanish Ministry told Albert that it had rescued the kidnapped victim and blamed the assassination attempt on Death Eaters opposed to a Muggle Wizard winning the competition.

Lucius Malfoy returned to Spain and learned that Goyle and the other Death Eaters had been arrested after their failed attempt to kill Albert. Albert advanced to the final four after mastering an opponent’s Devil’s Fire, while Malfoy reported his excuses to Voldemort and Cornelius Fudge tried to deny that the captured wizards were Death Eaters.

• Lucius Malfoy disguised himself with Polyjuice Potion, learned that Albert had survived and reached the top sixteen, and saw that Goyle’s group had been arrested.
• Albert defeated a narrow-eyed dark wizard by taking control of his Devil’s Fire, prompting the man to concede and offer Albert his business card.
• Albert advanced to the final four by a bye when his scheduled opponent could not continue, and a gambling syndicate discussed how to prevent him from winning.
• Lucius Malfoy told Voldemort that the Order of the Phoenix had thwarted their plan through prophecies, but Voldemort punished him and ordered him to free the captured Death Eaters.
• Cornelius Fudge learned that Spain planned to hand the captured wizards over to England for a reward and decided they could not be identified as Death Eaters.

Albert prepared for the final day of the International Wizarding Duelling Competition while Isabelle and Katrina worried about his safety. When the dangerous blond contestant arrived, Kara revealed that he was Tom Riddle, leaving Albert to realize Voldemort had come in person.

• Isabelle kissed Albert goodbye and urged him to be careful before he left for the competition.
• Katrina reassured Isabelle that Albert had prepared a safe house and an escape route if danger arose.
• Albert reviewed information about his three opponents and learned that the final round would consist of duels followed by a championship match.
• Albert sensed an intense threat when the blond, burly Avfje arrived, and Kara revealed that the man was actually Tom Riddle.
• Albert realized that Voldemort had come to the competition in person.