Chapter Summaries

Albert planned to return to Hogwarts to meet Dumbledore and stay through his N.E.W.T.s, while reassuring Isabelle about the escaped Death Eaters and their upcoming wedding. He then went to see Sybill Trelawney before Dolores Umbridge's expected departure from Hogwarts.

• Albert told Isabelle he would return to Hogwarts that day and remain until his N.E.W.T.s were over, and they discussed their wedding and plans to publish books.
• Albert said he would soon print the Self-Defense Guide and suggested that he and Isabelle could write a book introducing the wizarding world.
• After hearing Voldemort's latest news on the radio, Albert decided to go to Hogwarts to see Dolores Umbridge off.
• Albert fetched Sybill Trelawney, who hoped to return to teaching after Umbridge left and was unhappy that Firenze held the Divination position.
• Albert told Trelawney that Firenze would eventually return to his tribe and offered her some Liquid Luck to help strengthen her Divination.

Albert used Liquid Luck to help Trelawney make a prophecy about Dumbledore’s death and warned him that his summer plans could lead to it. After leaving the Headmaster’s office, Albert reunited with his friends and visited Hagrid, who learned that Umbridge would leave Hogwarts that evening and might be sent to Azkaban.

• Albert gave Trelawney Liquid Luck, and she drew a Tarot card for Dumbledore before suddenly prophesying that the Dark Lord would welcome death after his trusted ally killed his enemy.
• Albert told Dumbledore that prophecies could be changed, warned that Dumbledore’s summer plans might lead to his death, and urged him to attend Albert’s wedding first.
• Albert told Dumbledore he believed he could find the Horcrux and offered to share important information about Harry if Dumbledore helped him.
• Albert joined Lee Jordan and Shanna, who discussed Fred and George’s departure, Albert’s exams, and plans to see Umbridge off.
• Albert visited Hagrid and told him that Umbridge would likely leave around dinnertime and face Azkaban over using the Cruciatus Curse on Harry.
• Hagrid told Albert that Hermione had said he whipped Umbridge, and Albert explained that he had beaten her and the Aurors after they tried to arrest him.

After learning she had been suspended, Umbridge tried to sneak out of Hogwarts but was subjected to a humiliating farewell staged by the students. Once she left the gates and fainted before reporters, Harry and his friends publicly described her abuses and accused Fudge of helping conceal Voldemort’s return.

• Umbridge learned she was suspended pending investigation, found her Floo Powder missing, and decided to leave Hogwarts during dinner.
• Trelawney confronted Umbridge as she tried to leave, then students and staff gathered to send her off with toad costumes, firecrackers, and songs.
• Albert’s powerful Confundus Charm made Umbridge believe she was a toad, and she hopped through the crowd while Peeves showered her with scraps and chalk dust.
• At the gates, Peeves ignited a firework, Hagrid returned Umbridge’s luggage, and she reverted to normal outside the school before fainting amid reporters’ cameras.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron told the reporters about Umbridge’s punishments and abuses, while Harry accused Fudge of suppressing news of Voldemort’s return and mishandling the threat.

Harry Potter’s newspaper interview exposed Fudge and Umbridge’s actions, prompting public outrage and leaving Fudge’s position as Minister untenable. Harry then told Hermione, Ron, and Lee Jordan that he intended to use the truth and public pressure to ensure Umbridge—and possibly Fudge—went to Azkaban.

• Scrimgeour read Harry Potter’s accusations against Fudge and concluded that Fudge was finished, while the Ministry’s record made his motives look increasingly suspicious.
• A flood of Howlers arrived at the Ministry, cursing Fudge and Umbridge, and Scrimgeour ordered Gawain Robards to protect Amelia Bones as a potential successor to Fudge.
• In the Room of Requirement, Lee Jordan showed Harry, Ron, and Hermione the newspaper carrying Harry’s interview, and they discussed whether Umbridge would face trial.
• Harry explained that he had revealed the truth about the Prophecy Orb to restore his credibility and use his title as the Boy Who Lived against Fudge and Umbridge.
• Harry vowed to send Umbridge to Azkaban and said he might use Sirius’s publications and public opinion to pursue Fudge as well.

As Hogwarts students prepared for their Ultimate Wizard Exams, Albert reviewed likely exam topics and discussed his classmates’ career plans. He excelled in the practical Charms exam, then told Harry that Umbridge would soon face trial while Harry urged him to check the Crystal Ball to ensure she was punished.

• Albert explained that Ultimate Wizard Exams emphasized Silent Spells, antidotes, and practical Defense Against the Dark Arts skills, giving students guidance on what to revise.
• Cedric considered becoming a Transfiguration professor, Albert said he would avoid the Ministry and might write or travel, and Katrina and Shanna discussed their career plans.
• Professors Marchbanks and Tofudi told Albert that the Ministry planned to hold a hearing over Umbridge’s actions and question her with Veritaserum.
• Albert completed every task in the practical Charms exam using Silent Spells and received an Outstanding.
• Albert told Harry that Umbridge would soon face trial, and Harry suggested Albert consult the Crystal Ball so she would not escape punishment.

Albert excelled in the Ultimate Wizard Exams while his friends struggled with several practical tests, and he explained how his guesses about Umbridge and the Ministry had come true. The chapter ended with Umbridge’s case heading to trial, with Albert summoned as an alternate Wizengamot member and Harry called as a witness.

• Albert earned an Outstanding in Transfiguration and restored Lee Jordan’s failed disguise, while Lee Jordan, Shanna, and Angelina discussed their exam results and career plans.
• Albert told his friends that Ollivander had disappeared, Florian Fortescue had left England, and the decline in Diagon Alley had made shopfronts cheaper.
• Albert earned Outstandings in Herbology and Defense Against the Dark Arts, using magic to safely harvest Venomous Tentacula and declining to demonstrate the Human Transformation Spell.
• Albert finished the Ancient Runes exam quickly and explained that his predictions came from probability and his reading of the Ministry’s decision to abandon Umbridge.
• Nearly Headless Nick told Albert that Dumbledore wanted him at the Headmaster’s office before eight for Umbridge’s trial, where he would serve as an alternate Wizengamot member, and said Harry had been summoned as a witness.
• Albert predicted that Umbridge would receive only a few years in prison at first, but would later be released by The Dark Lord and imprisoned again after his defeat.

Harry Potter confronted Cornelius Fudge and Dolores Umbridge at Umbridge’s trial, exposing her abuses and Fudge’s complicity. Umbridge was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban, while Fudge faced the prospect of being tried himself.

• Albert gave Harry two pills of Liquid Luck before they traveled with Dumbledore to the Ministry for Umbridge’s hearing.
• Harry challenged Fudge’s attempt to reduce Umbridge’s charges to abuse of authority and demanded that Fudge leave the trial over his connection to the Dementor attack.
• Harry and Albert presented evidence of Umbridge’s Educational Decrees, use of Veritaserum, and torture of Hogwarts students, while Umbridge admitted she had acted on the Ministry’s orders.
• The court gave Umbridge Veritaserum, and she confirmed that Fudge had tacitly approved her actions.
• The Wizengamot found Umbridge guilty and sentenced her to life imprisonment in Azkaban; she lunged at Harry as Aurors moved to restrain her.

After Umbridge was sentenced to life in Azkaban, Hogwarts celebrated while students finished their exams. Albert planned a Wizard Cards gathering and quietly announced his upcoming wedding, then received a request to meet from Rufus Scrimgeour and decided to wait before responding; meanwhile, Harry and his friends punished Draco Malfoy’s group for trying to ambush him.

• Harry and Albert brought news of Umbridge’s life sentence to Hogwarts, where Lee Jordan and the students celebrated her fate with Fred and George.
• Umbridge’s statue was moved to the swamp outside the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, while the Aurors’ robes Albert had hung remained in the corridor.
• Albert completed his exams with high marks, and Lee Jordan scheduled a Wizard Cards gathering for Friday.
• Albert told Lee Jordan and Shanna that he was getting married next month and gave Shanna a special invitation.
• Albert opened an unsigned letter bearing the initials RS, recognized Rufus Scrimgeour as the sender, and decided to delay meeting him until Scrimgeour asked for help locating the Death Eaters.
• Harry and his friends emerged from the Boys’ Lavatory after teaching Draco Malfoy’s group a lesson for trying to ambush Harry.

After Hogwarts’ final exams, Albert led a Wizard Cards Club gathering that became a practical self-defense lesson, then prepared to leave school and secretly invite friends to his wedding. As the seventh years departed, Albert, Isabelle, and Katrina left Hogwarts by Apparition, with Albert reflecting on how the school had changed his life.

• Albert completed Luna’s takeover of the Wizard Cards Club and hosted a competition featuring products from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.
• Albert warned students about the danger posed by Voldemort’s return and taught them practical ways to defend themselves and escape Dark Wizards.
• Dumbledore reminded the school that Voldemort had returned, and Gryffindor won the House Cup after receiving the most points.
• Albert gave selected friends silver wedding invitations and cautioned them to keep the wedding’s date and location secret from the Death Eaters.
• The seventh years crossed the lake and left Hogwarts, while Albert confirmed he had completed the Hogwarts quest and departed with Isabelle and Katrina.

Albert met Scrimgeour secretly and arranged for the Ministry's Aurors to ambush Death Eaters who might attack his wedding. After warning Scrimgeour about Amelia Bones and the risks of becoming Minister, Albert returned to the safe house with Isabelle and told Katrina the plan.

• Albert refused Scrimgeour's offer of a Ministry position and gave him a copy of Self-Defense Guide.
• Albert explained that his wedding would draw Death Eaters and gave Scrimgeour disguises and Polyjuice Potion so Aurors could pose as guests and ambush them.
• Albert warned Scrimgeour that Amelia Bones might soon die and said the Ministry's opportunity to strike the Death Eaters was limited.
• Scrimgeour agreed to work with Albert, and Albert handed him a letter before leaving the meeting.
• Albert and Isabelle returned to the safe house, where Albert told Katrina that the Aurors would deal with Death Eaters who tried to disrupt the wedding.

Voldemort ordered the Death Eaters to pressure Cornelius Fudge, target Amelia Bones, and kill Albert Anderson before his wedding. After Voldemort destroyed Brockdale Bridge and threatened the Ministry, Fudge refused to submit and promised to resign once a new Minister was chosen.

• Voldemort questioned Lucius Malfoy about controlling Fudge, then ordered Yaxley to investigate Amelia Bones's protection and Snape to spy on Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix.
• Snape revealed that Albert Anderson's wedding invitation concealed its time and location, and warned the Death Eaters not to underestimate him.
• Voldemort ordered Lucius to eliminate Albert before the wedding, permitted him to use all available forces, and learned that Yaxley had found Igor Karkaroff.
• Arthur Weasley informed Fudge that Brockdale Bridge had collapsed, while Voldemort broadcast a threat demanding that Fudge join him.
• Amelia Bones urged Fudge to address the Ministry, and Fudge declared that he would not submit before promising to resign once a successor was chosen.

After Isabelle dreamed that Death Eaters would target her mother, Albert, Isabelle, and Katrina persuaded Mrs. McDougal to leave her job and stay with them. Mrs. McDougal agreed to go, and the family prepared to leave together.

• Isabelle woke from a nightmare about something happening to Mrs. McDougal, and Albert reassured her that the woman was safe.
• Albert and Isabelle decided to bring Mrs. McDougal to their home for protection, and Katrina agreed that she was in danger.
• The three arrived at Mrs. McDougal's safe house and explained that Death Eaters might target her because of Albert's feud with them.
• Mrs. McDougal agreed to leave her work and go with them after Albert said he would take her away by force if necessary.
• Mrs. McDougal asked whether Albert had joined Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix, then urged him and Isabelle to start a family and avoid dangerous risks.

Voldemort tracked down Igor Karkaroff and killed him for betraying the Death Eaters, while Harry sensed the murder through his scar. At Number 4 Privet Drive, Harry decided to use his growing public reputation to expose the Ministry and the Daily Prophet, but he remained anxious about Voldemort and his future.

• Karkaroff fled to a remote island after his Scrying Mirror warned him of danger, but Augustus Rookwood and the Death Eaters found him and blocked his escape.
• Voldemort tortured Karkaroff, rejected his accusation that Severus Snape was a traitor, and killed him with Avada Kedavra as a warning to the Death Eaters.
• Harry woke from a dream of Voldemort murdering someone and planned to tell Sirius Black what he had seen through the Two-way Mirror.
• Harry resented the Ministry and the Daily Prophet for promoting him as the Star of the Savior after previously slandering him, and decided to record his memories for a future exposé.
• Harry tried to contact Sirius, reflected on his longing to live with Sirius and Lupin, and worried about facing Voldemort and not being invited to Albert's wedding.

Lucius, Snape, Rodolphus, and Bellatrix debated how to capture Mrs. McDougal, while Snape and Lucius warned against underestimating Albert. After the Death Eaters failed to find Mrs. McDougal at St. Mungo’s, Albert revealed that he had prepared a trap for them at his wedding and explained that he expected Voldemort’s defeat soon.

• Snape warned Lucius, Bellatrix, and Rodolphus that Albert was dangerous and urged them to wait until the wedding before acting.
• Lucius, Rodolphus, and Bellatrix disguised themselves and entered St. Mungo’s, where Bellatrix threatened a Healer before Lucius stunned and Obliviated her.
• Scrimgeour announced that Aurors would be stationed at St. Mungo’s after the Death Eaters’ intrusion.
• Albert explained that Mrs. McDougal had been moved and revealed a map marking the invitations, planning for Aurors to pose as wedding guests and lure the Death Eaters into a trap.
• Albert said his wedding would take place abroad under the Fidelius Charm and that he had prepared for an attack, while Mrs. McDougal learned he intended to help defeat the Death Eaters.
• Albert told Katrina and Isabelle that Voldemort would be defeated soon with Harry Potter’s help, and Isabelle confirmed she had known about Albert’s plans.

Albert and Isabelle discussed his flaws, his past interest in other women, and the complications of sharing a safe house with Katrina and Mrs. McDougal. Isabelle decided she wanted to have a child, and Albert prepared to leave England to check on Fred and George’s shop.

• After Katrina and Mrs. McDougal left to work on the Family Therapy Manual, Isabelle asked Albert whether he had revealed too much about himself to them.
• Albert described himself as selfish, lazy, greedy, lecherous, afraid of death, and cunning, then candidly discussed his past interest in Katrina, Catherine, Valeria, Yanira, and other girls.
• Isabelle and Albert acknowledged that living with Katrina and Mrs. McDougal could complicate their family relationships, while Mrs. McDougal feared for their safety during the war.
• Albert asked whether Isabelle wanted a child, and Isabelle decided they should have one despite their youth and the coming war.
• Albert said he would leave England before the thirteenth of the next month to check on Fred and George’s shop, then departed after Isabelle told him to be careful.

Disguised as a red-haired man, Albert visited Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and helped Fred, George, and Lee Jordan plan their booming Defense Against the Dark Arts business. He left them focused on developing protective product bundles and supporting the Order of the Phoenix as the shop renovation continued.

• Albert disguised himself and entered the deserted Diagon Alley, where Death Eater posters and dubious vendors reflected the worsening climate.
• At Number 93, Albert found Lee Jordan overseeing the unfinished shop while Fred and George were busy making defensive products.
• Fred and George told Albert that the Ministry had ordered fifty sets of defensive items, and that Scrimgeour might commission more advanced products.
• Albert advised the twins to hire Lupin, bundle their products for wizarding families, and consult Moody and other experts about practical defenses.
• Albert urged the three to use their profits to help the Order of the Phoenix and teach ordinary wizards to protect themselves, and they eagerly wrote down his business suggestions.

Fred and George recruited Lupin to help develop Defense Against the Dark Arts products after receiving a large Ministry order, and they showed the Weasleys, Sirius, and Lupin their defensive gadgets. The discussion turned to Albert’s warnings about the Death Eaters and his plans, leaving Sirius with supplies to test and the group concerned about Amelia Bones.

• Fred and George told the Weasleys they were making clearer, more reliable Defense Against the Dark Arts guides and products, and had received a Ministry order worth over a thousand Galleons.
• Fred and George offered Lupin part-time work as an adviser and assistant, and Lupin agreed to visit their shop the next day to try it out.
• Fred revealed that Albert was due to marry soon and warned the family to keep it confidential because Albert had attracted the attention of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
• At dinner, Fred and George showed Sirius and Lupin protective pocket watches, flashbangs, darkness powder, decoy bombs, and laughing bombs, explaining that the Ministry had placed a large order.
• Sirius gave the group a grim warning about Amelia Bones, and Fred and George gave him two boxes of Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder to test in real combat.

Voldemort led the Death Eaters in an attack on Amelia Bones, killing her despite the Order of the Phoenix's secret protection. Scrimgeour learned of her death and ordered an investigation, while recognizing that the Ministry's crisis had worsened.

• Emiline Vance discovered Death Eaters near the temporary base while patrolling Amelia Bones's residence, but Voldemort killed her before she could warn anyone.
• Amelia Bones heard her Scrying Mirror's alarm and tried to hide, but Voldemort saw through her Disillusionment Charm and confronted her.
• Amelia Bones fought Voldemort and was killed by his Avada Kedavra curse; Yaxley cast the Dark Mark as the Death Eaters left.
• Gawain Robards told Scrimgeour that Amelia Bones and Emiline Vance were dead and that the Aurors guarding Amelia had been knocked unconscious.
• Scrimgeour ordered the Ministry to notify Amelia's relatives, Fudge, and Nymphadora Tonks, then went to inspect the crime scene.

After Amelia Bones and Emiline Vance were killed, the Order of the Phoenix discussed a suspected leak and the Ministry’s future, while Sirius urged Lupin to pursue a relationship with Tonks. The Order was left waiting for Dumbledore’s response, and Lupin left without answering Sirius’s advice.

• Tonks learned from Williamson that Amelia Bones and Emiline Vance had been killed, then hurried to 12 Grimmauld Place to inform the Order.
• Sirius, Moody, Lupin, and the others suspected the Death Eaters had been tipped off about Amelia Bones’s protection and discussed Albert’s predictions about the Ministry’s collapse.
• Sirius warned the Order not to tell Snape that Albert might know Voldemort’s weakness, and Moody said he would contact Dumbledore.
• After the meeting, Sirius told Lupin that Tonks liked him and urged him to overcome his worries about being a werewolf, poor, and too old.
• Lupin declined to answer Sirius and left to rest.

After Amelia Bones was murdered, Fudge faced public outrage while Albert explained that she had ignored his warnings and died pursuing power and revenge. Albert and Isabelle left for France to meet Mr. LeMay and prepare for their wedding, where they unexpectedly encountered Dumbledore in Nicola Village.

• Fudge announced Amelia Bones's death and blamed Voldemort, but reporters challenged his account and questioned the Ministry's protection of her.
• Albert told Isabelle, Mrs. McDougal, and Katrina that he had warned Amelia Bones, Dumbledore, and Scrimgeour, but Amelia had refused to hide and his attempt to alter her fate had failed.
• Albert explained that Amelia had sought the Minister for Magic position to avenge her family, and that Emiline Vance had died for reasons unrelated to protecting Amelia.
• Albert told Isabelle and Mrs. McDougal that he and Isabelle were traveling to France to meet Mr. LeMay, arrange their wedding, and collect his family; he planned to bring the others there later for safety.
• Albert and Isabelle traveled to France by Portkey and Apparition, then met Dumbledore in Nicola Village as he was returning to England after visiting Nicholas.