Chapter Summaries

After hearing about Peeves’s pranks on Umbridge, Albert watched her become the target of a spectacular Great Hall prank that transformed her into a pink toad. Umbridge collapsed and was taken to the Hospital Wing, while photographs of her humiliating misfortunes spread among the students.

• Albert returned to Hogwarts, where Fred, George, and Lee Jordan told him Peeves had caused Umbridge to vomit and suffer diarrhoea, then trapped her with a Dungbomb and led her to suspect Harry.
• Umbridge arrived at breakfast exhausted and suspicious of her food while the professors discussed Albert’s duelling championship and Wizard Cards.
• Owls delivered letters that berated Umbridge and exploded into black smoke, leaving her face blackened and her hair frizzed.
• A parcel burst open and released toads, and Umbridge transformed into a pink toad after her voice announced that she was one.
• Umbridge changed back in a painful frog-jump pose, passed out, and was sent to the Hospital Wing as students laughed.
• The toads became photographs of Umbridge’s humiliations, and Albert said Hogwarts students should remember her exploits for generations.

After becoming a laughingstock, Umbridge was appointed High Inquisitor and began issuing increasingly absurd Educational Decrees to regain control of Hogwarts. Albert and his friends planned new pranks and anticipated her targeting Professor Trelawney, while Hermione considered rebuilding the Defense Association.

• Umbridge banned students from possessing photographs of her, but pranks and insults continued to undermine her authority.
• The Ministry of Magic appointed Umbridge High Inquisitor, prompting Albert to predict that she would target Professor Trelawney and possibly sack her to assert control.
• Hermione asked Albert for help with a possible Defense Association, but he declined and suggested Harry Potter could teach the students.
• Albert advised Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to have Trelawney predict Umbridge's dismissal and disgrace, while he predicted Umbridge would eventually end up in Azkaban.
• Filch posted new decrees restricting student relationships and Exploding Bonbons, and Albert encouraged the twins and Lee Jordan to intensify their pranks.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan sold sweets shaped like Umbridge that made students retch, prompting Umbridge to ban dry-heaving and inspiring the trio to devise more schemes.

Umbridge’s crackdown at Hogwarts met with student resistance, while Albert learned that he had been named an official substitute member of the Wizengamot. After Wizard Watchtower began broadcasting damaging gossip about Umbridge, her attempt to destroy its radio ended in an explosion that left her injured.

• Albert discovered that he was an official substitute for the Wizengamot, while Fudge failed to secure a vacant seat and heard that people expected him to lose his office by the end of next summer.
• Umbridge banned Defense Express and radios, but students evaded her rules and Howlers repeatedly disrupted her at Hogwarts.
• Umbridge tried to inspect the Gryffindor Common Room, and Albert gave the Fat Lady the password so the students could enter.
• Wizard Watchtower broadcast gossip about Umbridge in the Common Room, and Albert stopped her from using Dark magic there to destroy the radio.
• Umbridge smashed the radio and carried it away after freezing it, but it exploded outside, and students saw her being carried off on a stretcher.

After Umbridge’s attack on a radio made students eager to hear more of the Wizard Watchtower’s damaging reports, Albert explained how the Patronus Charm worked. Umbridge later tried to confiscate Hufflepuff’s radios, but Professor Sprout challenged her use of force and blocked her attempt to punish the students.

• Hogwarts students spread rumors from the Wizard Watchtower about Umbridge, and Albert explained that a wizard’s emotions and practice—not moral character—determined whether they could cast a Patronus.
• Diggory asked Albert to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Albert said he was too busy and explained that even Umbridge could master the Patronus Charm with enough practice.
• After being discharged from the Hospital Wing, Umbridge tried to reach the Hufflepuff Common Room to confiscate its radios, but the students kept out of her way.
• The Wizard Watchtower broadcast more stories about Umbridge’s ambition and past relationships while Professor Sprout entered the Hufflepuff Common Room with her.
• Umbridge blasted the radio with an Explosion Spell, but it released smoke spelling “Happy wishes!” instead of exploding; Professor Sprout condemned her reckless use of the spell.
• Professor Sprout refused to let Umbridge punish the Hufflepuffs for a radio that had played by itself, and Umbridge left after conceding.

After Umbridge used a new Educational Decree to strengthen her control over Hogwarts, Albert advised Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to turn resistance into a secretive Anti-Toad Alliance that existed mainly as a rumour. The rumour spread across the school, leaving Umbridge unable to find the alliance or its members and making her the target of widespread mockery.

• Umbridge posted a decree giving herself supreme authority over punishments, and Albert warned that she might target student clubs while the group discussed finishing the Wizard Cards tournament.
• Umbridge punished outspoken Hufflepuffs, including Ernie Macmillan, and the students’ plan to confront her over Professor Sprout fell through.
• Fred proposed an Anti-Toad Alliance, and Albert advised making it a rumour whose members could recognize one another by temporary Toad Marks.
• Rumours about the alliance spread through Hogwarts, prompting Umbridge to investigate, search students, and become the school’s laughingstock.
• Summoned to Umbridge’s office, George claimed the alliance was only a rumour, while students continued using disposable Toad Marks and spreading stories about it.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron discussed forming a group to practice Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Hermione showed them Albert’s Self-Defense Guide. Harry rejected her plan to recruit the Anti-Toad Alliance broadly, arguing that they should invite only those willing to believe Voldemort had returned; he left with the book to study it.

• Harry worked through the night on homework and treated the scar on his hand with pain-relief salve as Hermione and Ron stayed up with him.
• Hermione asked what Sirius had said about practicing Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Harry explained that Sirius had recommended the Shrieking Shack as a place to practice with help from Sirius and Remus.
• Hermione proposed rebuilding the Defense Association by recruiting members of the Anti-Toad Alliance, but Harry and Ron doubted that Harry could persuade them or lead the group.
• Hermione gave Harry Albert’s Self-Defense Guide, and Harry and Ron examined its spells and practical advice, including tracking, counter-tracking, and setting up a safe camp.
• Harry suggested showing people a memory of Voldemort’s return to convince them he was alive, then urged Hermione to invite only those willing to believe him.
• Harry borrowed the book and left, while Ron asked Hermione whether she was all right and said he mainly wanted to learn useful skills.

Umbridge inspected Trelawney’s Divination class while plotting to remove professors and strengthen the Ministry’s influence at Hogwarts. Trelawney confronted her with predictions of her downfall, and the students learned that genuine prophetic talent was rare and Trelawney’s own gift was weak and unstable.

• Umbridge reviewed the grim history of Defense Against the Dark Arts professors and decided she should eventually leave the post while pursuing control of Hogwarts.
• Umbridge identified Hagrid, Trelawney, and Charity Burbage as professors she hoped to dismiss, then arrived to inspect Trelawney’s lesson.
• Trelawney told Umbridge she had foreseen her dismissal and gave her a hostile reading that predicted humiliation, expulsion from Hogwarts, and death in Azkaban.
• Umbridge stormed out, and Trelawney told the students her predictions were genuine rather than deliberate insults.
• Trelawney explained that Divination class taught basic methods and that true prophetic ability was rare; she admitted her own gift was weak and unstable.

Umbridge summoned Albert to demand a prophecy, but he made her forget most of their meeting when she refused to pay his fee. As rumors spread about Trelawney’s predictions and a student-led Defense Association, McGonagall and Dumbledore connected the prophecies to Albert’s earlier warnings about Voldemort taking control of Hogwarts.

• Students debated whether Trelawney’s predictions about Umbridge were genuine, and Albert said Trelawney had some prophetic ability.
• Umbridge invited Albert to her office to question him about divination, but he demanded one thousand Galleons and erased most of her memories when she tried to pressure him.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Trelawney’s prophecy about Umbridge dying in Azkaban had come from him, though the future could still change.
• Shanna learned that Harry planned to rebuild the Defense Association, using Albert’s Self-Defense Guide, while Albert declined to participate.
• McGonagall showed Dumbledore Albert’s old prediction that Snape would become Headmaster, and Dumbledore said that would happen if Voldemort controlled Hogwarts.

As rumours about the Defense Association confused Umbridge, Harry quietly formed the Dark Arts Defense Group with Hermione’s help. The group’s first gathering was scheduled to take place after the Wizard Cards Competition, using the celebration cleanup as cover.

• Rumours about Albert, Harry, and the Anti-Toad Alliance spread through Hogwarts until Umbridge realised the supposed alliance was a rumour campaign Lee Jordan had learned from Albert.
• While Umbridge was distracted, Harry formed the Dark Arts Defense Group with a small circle of invited students, and Hermione quietly helped recruit more members.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron that Fred and George would let the group use the Wizard Cards Competition celebration as cover for its first gathering.
• Ron asked about the club’s future, and Hermione explained that Luna Lovegood would inherit it and that Albert had arranged operating funds to keep its competitions running.

Albert held the Wizard Cards tournament despite Umbridge’s interference, and the Book of Origins cursed her when she tried to confiscate it. After crowning Aura Quirk champion, Albert met with Umbridge and said he had persuaded her to drop the matter while the club suspended its activities.

• Albert announced that the Wizard Cards Club would suspend activities for a while and named Luna Lovegood its designated heir.
• Umbridge came to the club’s common room to confiscate the Book of Origins, but it covered her with bumps and knocked her unconscious when she took it.
• Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey brought Umbridge to the Hospital Wing, where Pomfrey said she could not remove the curse.
• Albert crowned Aura Quirk champion and gave her Galleons and his new Defense Against the Dark Arts book.
• Albert silenced Umbridge and spoke with her alone, then told Professor McGonagall that Umbridge had agreed not to pursue the matter and that the club would suspend activities.

Hermione and Harry gathered students to re-establish the Defense Association and prepare them to learn practical defensive magic from Albert's Self-Defense Guide. After Harry demonstrated his Patronus and revealed that Voldemort had returned, the students discussed secrecy and struggled to find a safe place to practice.

• After the Wizard Cards tournament, Hermione brought Harry onto the platform and proposed re-establishing the Defense Association because Umbridge's lessons taught no useful defensive magic.
• Hermione introduced Albert's Self-Defense Guide and explained that Harry would teach the group, then Harry demonstrated his silver stag Patronus.
• Hermione told the students Voldemort had returned, and Harry offered to show them his resurrection memory in Dumbledore's Pensieve.
• Neville said he believed Harry, while Fred and George predicted Fudge would lose his position and promoted their Quick Escape Candy.
• The group debated where to meet, and Fred and George suggested asking Albert for a solution after Luna and Diggory warned that the common room was unsuitable and Umbridge could ban the club.
• Hermione asked members to sign a secret membership list, and Fred and George signed first, insisting they were not afraid of Umbridge.

Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to suspend the Wizard Cards Club and suggested they keep Umbridge busy rather than alter her memories. He agreed to let Harry learn about the Room of Requirement as Dumbledore’s Army’s headquarters, while pranks and rumors against Umbridge spread throughout Hogwarts.

• Albert explained that they should use their advantage against Umbridge and keep her occupied instead of trying to reason with her or altering her memories.
• Albert agreed that Harry could learn about the Room of Requirement so Dumbledore’s Army could use it as a meeting place.
• As October grew colder, Fred and George’s pranks against Umbridge increased, and she became more volatile while failing to identify the culprits.
• Students spread rumors that Umbridge was useless and that the Ministry had sent her to stop them learning defensive spells.
• Enchanted photographs and painted doors mocked Umbridge, while Peeves turned the insults into a song that echoed around Hogwarts.

Fred, George, and Lee Jordan discussed the Daily Prophet’s attack on Dumbledore and the growing demand for Albert’s Self-Defense Guide. Umbridge failed to confiscate the book from Aura Quirk, while students continued to mock her teaching and the Ministry’s propaganda.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan condemned the Daily Prophet for publishing a Ministry-friendly report about Umbridge and decided to surprise the students with their new products.
• Cedric Diggory asked to buy Albert’s Self-Defense Guide, and Lee Jordan suggested hiding Aura Quirk’s copy by lending it out anonymously.
• Students increasingly sought Self-Defense Guide after losing faith in Umbridge’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons.
• Umbridge questioned Aura Quirk about the book, but Aura said she had left it in the library for someone to borrow, leaving Umbridge unable to seize it or punish Albert.

Albert used a tracking charm to locate Voldemort’s lair while Voldemort met with his Death Eaters and planned his return to power. Voldemort ordered a plot to obtain a prophecy orb, target Albert, and prepare an Azkaban escape, while trying to exploit his connection to Harry Potter.

• Isabelle found Albert studying a concealed metal book, and he promised to take her out the next day.
• Albert used a Human-Tracking Charm to mark wizards on a map and identify the area where Death Eaters gathered.
• McNeil reported that giants had agreed to help Voldemort, while Yaxley admitted he had not found the fugitive Karkaroff.
• Lucius told Voldemort that he had controlled Obliviator Bode to retrieve a prophecy orb and reported Albert’s suspected Squib ancestry and divination ability.
• Voldemort ordered Lucius to find a chance to kill Albert and told Avery to prepare an escape for the Death Eaters imprisoned in Azkaban.
• Voldemort decided to remain hidden while rebuilding his forces and continued trying to enter Harry Potter’s mind.

Harry woke from another nightmare about a corridor as his scar throbbed, then took medicine Sirius Black had given him. Later, Hermione told Harry and Ron that Fred and George had found a hidden room for Dumbledore's Army, and the three discussed Albert's Self-Defense Guide on their way to Hogsmeade.

• Harry woke from a recurring nightmare and took painkillers for his scar, then returned to sleep.
• Harry got up late and joined Ron for breakfast, where Hermione told them Fred and George had found a hidden activity room for Dumbledore's Army.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked toward Hogsmeade and discussed the Self-Defense Guide's advice for dueling and surviving dangerous encounters.
• Harry reflected that mastering the Self-Defense Guide might bring someone to the level of a trainee Auror and realized how lucky he had been to survive Voldemort.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione visited Honeydukes and the Three Broomsticks, where they discovered Ginny was dating Michael Corner and discussed their own romantic feelings. Fred later told George and Lee Jordan that Angelina had agreed to stay in touch with him after graduation.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione saw Albert leaving Honeydukes with Isabelle, and Ron spotted Ginny following Michael Corner into the Three Broomsticks.
• Hermione told Ron that Ginny was dating Michael, while Harry watched Cho Chang walk with Cedric Diggory.
• The trio bought sweets and went to the Three Broomsticks, where Harry explained that George and Lee Jordan sometimes got contraband from Mundungus.
• Ron failed to buy Hot Fire Whisky, and Hermione admitted she only admired Albert while Harry's feelings for Cho remained unspoken.
• Fred told George and Lee Jordan that Angelina planned to focus on Quidditch but would stay in touch with him after graduation.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron followed Fred and George to Hogwarts’ Room of Requirement to find a place to practice magic. They learned how the room worked, while the Daily Prophet’s report on the attack against its headquarters left Umbridge furious and the culprits unidentified.

• Harry asked Hermione when she planned to begin their practice, and she said Fred and George would show her their secret base.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Howlers and fireworks had attacked its headquarters, and Umbridge’s image had sung The Toad Song, earning her the nickname Pink Toad.
• Fred and George dismissed the Ministry’s reward for information and told Harry and Hermione that the Ministry had withheld Albert’s ten-thousand-Galleon reward for capturing Sirius Black.
• Fred and George used Disillusionment Charms on Harry, Ron, and Hermione, then led them through a secret passage to the Room of Requirement.
• George explained that the Room of Requirement could expand to suit their needs and that Albert had tried unsuccessfully to uncover its secrets.

Albert finished the Reading Maniac task, claimed its rewards, and packed up the secret rooms and supplies he had stored in the Room of Requirement. Hermione discovered the breadth of his hidden work and discussed creating communication tools for the Defense Association with him.

• Katrina reproached Albert for revealing the Room of Requirement, received Isabelle's exam notes, and froze after reading a letter from her overseas friends about their Beautification Potion work.
• Albert completed the Reading Maniac task without using Liquid Luck and found that its rewards included Phantasm Jinx and Counter-Jinx.
• Albert met Hermione at the Room of Requirement and packed his belongings, including a Vanishing Cabinet, dangerous plants, potion supplies, and old magical items.
• Hermione learned about Albert's private study, greenhouse, and Potions laboratory, and he explained his Beautification Potion and Quick Escape Candy ingredients.
• Hermione proposed making magical coins to send messages among Defense Association members, and Albert encouraged her idea and suggested drawing on Charm of Transformation.

Umbridge issued a decree threatening expulsion for students who joined unapproved groups, putting Gryffindor’s Quidditch team at risk. Albert advised the team to stop the matches, while Angelina and the others faced the choice of compromising or resisting Umbridge.

• Harry asked Albert to teach him Occlumency, but Albert directed him to Dumbledore or a book in the Restricted Section.
• Lee Jordan told Fred, George, and Albert that Umbridge’s new decree required her approval for all student organizations and threatened immediate expulsion.
• Angelina said Umbridge demanded a written application to reform Gryffindor’s Quidditch team, and Albert warned that Umbridge would target the team regardless.
• Albert suggested stopping the Quidditch matches, then left Angelina, Aaliyah, and Katie to consider what to do.
• George proposed persuading another team to withdraw so there would be no competition, while Angelina weighed whether to compromise or fight Umbridge.

Trelawney predicted that Umbridge would ban Harry from Quidditch, while Hermione questioned whether the professor’s recent behavior was genuine. After Malfoy attacked Harry with a curse, Albert intervened, dealt with Umbridge when she collapsed, and confronted Snape about Malfoy’s conduct.

• Trelawney told her Divination class that Umbridge might target Harry and ban him from playing Quidditch.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron she suspected someone was pulling strings behind Trelawney, while Angelina reported that Umbridge had delayed the Gryffindor team’s reorganization application.
• Malfoy taunted Harry and Angelina about the Quidditch teams, then tried to curse Harry in the Entrance Hall.
• Albert stopped Malfoy, ordered him to see Snape, and Umbridge collapsed after approaching them.
• Albert took Malfoy to Snape and ordered him to copy every Educational Decree ten times, while telling Snape to educate his student properly.