Chapter Summaries

Albert, Sirius, and Moody learned that Arthur and Molly were being held at the Ministry of Magic and prepared to rescue them before they were sent to Azkaban. When Albert sensed the transport ship had departed early, they set out with Kingsley and flying brooms to intercept it.

• Kingsley told Sirius that Arthur and Molly and other captured wedding guests were being held at the Ministry of Magic for interrogation.
• Albert, Sirius, and Moody discussed the Ministry's takeover and Moody suggested using the Marauder's Map to monitor it.
• Albert sensed that the ship bound for Azkaban had set off earlier than expected, but Dobby had not yet brought the flying brooms.
• Albert summoned Dobby and criticized the delays, warning Sirius and Moody that their people needed to understand they were at war.
• Dobby returned with Kingsley and several flying brooms, and Albert and the others hurried out to intercept the ship and rescue Arthur and the other prisoners.

After Scrimgeour's death, Alecto and Jugson escorted prisoners toward Azkaban while discussing Draco Malfoy's grief and the risk of being used as bait. Albert and his allies attacked the ship, and as Moody, Sirius, and Kingsley moved to rescue the prisoners, Voldemort approached.

• Alecto urged Draco Malfoy to return to Hogwarts and said she would teach Dark Arts, while Jugson offered to help with Draco's wedding.
• Jugson worried that their group was bait for rescuers and feared facing Albert Anderson, but Alecto insisted they should serve the Dark Lord.
• Albert drove off the Dementors with a Patronus, then lifted the ship and spun it to disorient its occupants.
• Albert told Moody, Sirius, and Kingsley to rescue the prisoners quickly and retreat with Dobby, warning that Voldemort was approaching.
• Moody blasted open the cabin door and charged inside with Sirius and Kingsley as Albert turned to face the arriving Voldemort.

Albert fought Voldemort over a stormy sea, using water, rain needles, and Devil's Fire to hold him off before escaping. Voldemort was left furious when he discovered that Albert had fled and Sirius Black's group had already rescued every prisoner.

• Albert dodged Voldemort's Killing Curse and used a waterspout and enchanted rain needles to delay him.
• Albert and Voldemort clashed with Devil's Fire, and Voldemort recognized that Albert had become difficult to kill.
• Albert warned Dobby to prepare an escape, then evaded Voldemort's ambush and fled into the storm.
• Voldemort struck Albert's dummy with lightning, but the resulting thunderbolt hit Voldemort and knocked him into the sea.
• Voldemort returned to the ship, found the prisoners gone and the Dark Wizards sprawled across the cabin, and searched for traces of Sirius Black's group's Portkey.

Sirius Black, Kingsley, and Moody escaped the ship with Dobby and the captives, then sheltered at one of Albert's safe houses. Kingsley arranged for the survivors to leave England while Sirius took the badly injured Arthur and Molly back to the Order of the Phoenix.

• Dobby Apparated Sirius Black, Kingsley, Moody, and the captives several times to shake off pursuers, then brought them to Albert's protected safe house.
• Moody freed and revived the captives, and Kingsley explained that Albert had held back the Dark Lord to make their rescue possible.
• Kingsley advised the survivors to flee England, using Portkeys for the French wizards and arranging help for the others.
• Sirius Black carried the tortured Arthur and Molly away, while Kingsley used his Patronus to warn the Order of the Phoenix headquarters.
• The survivors accepted Kingsley's arrangements after realizing that staying in England was dangerous.

After Voldemort took control of the Ministry and placed Harry and Albert on the wanted list, Albert discussed the political situation and plans with his friends. He arranged help for the injured Weasleys and prepared to warn the wizarding world while establishing a safe house for underage wizards.

• Scrimgeour resigned as Minister for Magic, Piers Shinkle took his place, and Voldemort moved to take control of Hogwarts through Snape.
• The Ministry blamed Albert for the deaths at The Burrow and set his bounty at twenty thousand Galleons, higher than Harry Potter’s.
• Albert and his friends discussed the Ministry’s takeover, their lack of money, and how people would avoid resisting Voldemort.
• Albert asked Dobby to deliver a potion to the injured Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and planned a Defense Association gathering and radio broadcast.
• Albert said the group needed to warn Muggle Wizards and establish a separate safe house for underage wizards, whose Trace could expose their current refuge.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione listened to the Wizard Watchtower broadcast about Voldemort’s takeover and the Ministry’s new persecution of Muggle-borns. Afterward, they set out with Sirius’s approval to confront the two men watching their safe house and test their combat training.

• Ron spotted two men watching the safe house and urged Harry and Hermione to ambush them, while Hermione warned that the Trace and their inability to hide under the Invisibility Cloak posed risks.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione listened to Lee Jordan, Fred, and George report that Voldemort controlled the Ministry, Muggle-borns would be sent to Azkaban, and Death Eaters would take over teaching at Hogwarts.
• Ginny joined them, and the group discussed the broadcast’s value, Kingsley’s safety, and Tonks’s pregnancy.
• After the broadcast ended, Ron renewed his plan to confront the watchers, and Harry went to get Sirius’s approval.
• Sirius agreed to the plan and urged Harry to think before acting, so Harry, Ron, and Hermione left under the Invisibility Cloak to test their training.

Albert, Katrina, and Isabelle discussed the Ministry’s new Muggle-born registration policy and the danger Umbridge and Voldemort posed to Albert. The policy quickly led to Muggle-born Ministry workers being arrested, while most Muggle-borns waited to see what would happen.

• Katrina read about Muggle-born registration, and Albert identified Umbridge as a likely force behind the policy and discussed exposing her through the Wizard Watchtower.
• Isabelle warned Albert that Voldemort would target him and urged him to stay out of England; Albert reassured her that he would remain in Fidelius-protected safe houses.
• The Dark Lord’s government announced Muggle-born registration, which gained support from some Pure-blood wizards and drew little open resistance.
• The Ministry purged its Muggle-born employees, sending them to interviews with the Registration Commission and then toward Azkaban.
• Most Muggle-borns waited for more information or hoped for another Wizard Watchtower broadcast, while a small number fled ahead of registration.

Professor McGonagall and the other Heads of House discussed how to protect Muggle-born students after Severus Snape was appointed Hogwarts Headmaster and the Ministry began persecuting Muggle-born wizards. They sought a way to contact Albert for advice, while Hagrid learned of the danger and was asked to consider helping the students.

• Professor McGonagall told the Heads of House that the Board of Governors had appointed Severus Snape as Hogwarts' new Headmaster.
• Professor McGonagall warned that Muggle-born students and their families could be targeted by the Muggle-born Registration Commission and discussed hiding the children.
• Professor Flitwick suggested asking Albert for advice because he had anticipated the danger and written a Self-Defense Guide.
• Professor McGonagall sent her Patronus to summon Hagrid, who arrived without a way to contact Albert.
• Professor McGonagall told Hagrid that Snape was Headmaster and that they were discussing how to keep Muggle-born students from being sent to Azkaban.

After Snape became Hogwarts’ headmaster, Professor McGonagall asked Albert for help protecting students born to Muggle families from expulsion and arrest. Albert proposed a voluntary, Fidelius-protected refuge and warned that the Ministry would soon send Seeker Squads after them, leaving the professors to hurry and prepare.

• Professor McGonagall’s Patronus summoned Sirius to Hogwarts, where she and the other Heads of House asked Albert for help protecting Muggle-born students.
• Albert advised creating a Fidelius-protected refuge where students could choose whether to stay, rather than forcing them into hiding.
• Albert warned that the refuge would need supplies and money, and Sirius offered to donate a hundred Galleons.
• Albert revealed that the Ministry would soon establish Seeker Squads to hunt Muggle-born wizards for rewards.
• Professor McGonagall agreed they must act quickly, and Albert suggested Hagrid help run the refuge instead of remaining at Hogwarts.

Snape returned to Hogwarts as its new Headmaster and discussed the threats against Muggle-born students with Dumbledore’s portrait. He agreed to protect the students while maintaining Voldemort’s trust, and took a fake Gryffindor’s Sword to deliver to Voldemort, while the real sword was reserved for Harry.

• Snape returned to Hogwarts and told Dumbledore’s portrait that Voldemort’s regime was targeting Muggle-born students and that his power to protect them was limited.
• Dumbledore explained that Albert Anderson and Scrimgeour had removed the Muggle-born registration records and that Albert would help the students expelled from Hogwarts.
• Snape told Professor McGonagall that Hogwarts would expel its Muggle-born students under Ministry orders, then informed her that he had filled two vacant teaching positions.
• Dumbledore showed Snape a convincing fake Gryffindor’s Sword and told him to take it to Voldemort while saving the real sword for Harry.
• Snape questioned why Dumbledore trusted Albert Anderson with parts of his plans, and Dumbledore said they had a cooperative relationship.

Harry and his friends discussed the dangers facing Muggle-born students expelled from Hogwarts and the consequences of Bill and Fleur’s wedding. Bill told them that Anderson was organizing a shelter for the students and described plans to recruit and train willing young witches and wizards to fight Voldemort.

• Harry warned Ginny that attending Hogwarts would put her at risk, and she said she would probably take a leave of absence.
• Bill joined the group and regretted that his wedding had led to Charlie, Fleur’s parents, and other relatives being killed.
• Bill explained that Anderson was leading the construction of a shelter for expelled Muggle-born students, where conditions and food would be basic.
• Harry asked to visit the students once the Trace on him disappeared, and Bill said Sirius Black and Kingsley hoped to recruit some of them after they came of age.
• Bill said Anderson considered most adults unreliable and planned to help those who genuinely wished to resist Voldemort; Harry said he knew what to do.

Harry and his friends discussed Ginny’s safety, the losses from Bill and Fleur’s wedding, and Anderson’s shelter for expelled Muggle-born students. Bill explained that the shelter was nearly ready and that the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Association hoped to recruit willing fighters, while Harry resolved to visit the students once his Trace ended.

• Harry advised Ginny to take a leave from Hogwarts because Voldemort and the Death Eaters might seize her as a hostage.
• Bill regretted that the wedding had led to the deaths of Charlie, Fleur’s parents, and many of her relatives, while the Weasleys and Fleur’s family struggled with their grief.
• Bill told Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny that Anderson was leading the construction of a safe shelter for expelled Muggle students, and that the students there faced poor conditions but could come and go freely.
• Bill gave Hermione a book on wild edible fungi and explained that the shelter’s residents would need to make do with donated food and learn to supplement it themselves.
• Bill said the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Association planned to recruit willing students and screen adult wizards, whom Anderson considered less reliable.
• Harry said he would visit the students once his Trace ended, and Bill explained that Lupin would help teach them Defense Against the Dark Arts.

After learning that the Ministry was persecuting Muggle-born wizards, Dean told his family he had to leave home and accepted Kingsley Shacklebolt’s offer to take him to a protected shelter. He arrived at the run-down hotel that served as the last safeguard for expelled students, where Cedric showed him the cleaned-up floors.

• Dean told the Thomas family that the Ministry had expelled Muggle-born students and might come to arrest him, so he planned to leave to protect them.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt arrived on behalf of the Order of the Phoenix and explained that Mr. Anderson had established a Fidelius-protected shelter for expelled students.
• Dean chose to go to the shelter, while Kingsley advised his family to stay elsewhere until the danger passed.
• Kingsley Apparated with Dean to a rendezvous, where Lupin disguised Dean and led him onward.
• Moody revealed the shelter, a dilapidated hotel, and Cedric escorted Dean inside.

Umbridge and Yaxley traced expelled Muggle-born students to the suspected headquarters of Albert's Defense Association and planned their next moves. The Ministry left the hidden group under surveillance while accelerating efforts to find their families.

• Mafalda Hopkirk told Umbridge that many Hogwarts students had violated the underage sorcery decree, and Umbridge ordered the Ministry to track them.
• Umbridge persuaded Yaxley to use the Seeker Squad, and Rufus Fudge reported that the students' Traces pointed to a single area.
• Yaxley and Umbridge learned that the Ministry's Muggle-born records had been destroyed, and Umbridge offered to seek records from Hogwarts.
• Delacour's team found no students but traced them to a location protected by the Fidelius Charm, which Yaxley recognized as the Defense Association's headquarters.
• Yaxley ordered a small team to watch the headquarters and urged the Ministry to find the expelled students' families before they could be moved.

Albert discussed the growing danger to Muggle-born wizards and the students sheltered by the Defense Association, then agreed to visit the shelter and guide them. He left the students responsible for learning to survive and approved a role for Hannah Abbott if she joined.

• Albert and Isabelle discussed why threatened wizards stayed in England, and Albert said he knew what he could do next.
• Shanna told Albert that two-thirds of the students had entered the Defense Association’s shelter, where Cedric struggled to get them to clean up and manage themselves.
• Albert refused to take responsibility for students who rejected the shelter, but reminded Fred and George to be careful while using captured Dark Wizards for revenge and practice.
• Albert agreed to visit the shelter and guide the students, while insisting they would ultimately have to rely on themselves and learn to provide for their own needs.
• George told Albert that Ted Tonks was willing to provide shelter, and Cedric said Hannah Abbott wanted to join the group.
• Albert proposed that Hannah help manage the children at the shelter and study Defense Against the Dark Arts with the others.

Harry celebrated his seventeenth birthday with the Order of the Phoenix, received practical gifts, and shared a kiss with Ginny before leaving to carry out Dumbledore’s task. At the party, the group discussed their plans, and Hagrid refused to leave Grawp despite warnings that he might have to.

• Ron gave Harry a wand holster, and Hermione gave him duelling gloves for his birthday.
• Ginny confessed her feelings to Harry and kissed him, but they agreed to wait until after the war to discuss a relationship.
• Fred gave Harry supplies, and Hagrid, Sirius, Lupin, Tonks, Moody, and the Order of the Phoenix presented him with birthday gifts.
• Harry celebrated with the Order before they discussed the plan ahead.
• Hermione and Sirius urged Hagrid to heed Albert’s advice, but Hagrid refused to leave Grawp.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron prepared to search for Horcruxes, planning to visit Godric's Hollow and Hogwarts while considering how to gather information from Snape. At the shelter, Harry urged the expelled students to prepare for the war and keep their own Horcrux mission secret before the trio continued their plans.

• Hermione, Harry, and Ron planned to visit the shelter, Godric's Hollow, and Hogwarts, where they hoped to find a way to destroy Horcruxes and question Snape with Veritaserum.
• Moody, Sirius, and Kingsley dealt with watchers near the shelter, then led Harry, Hermione, and Ron inside using a Silver Card.
• Dean brought Harry to meet the sheltered students, who greeted him eagerly and asked about his plans.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron warned the students that Voldemort and the Ministry were the real threats, and Harry urged them to learn Defense Against the Dark Arts rather than attack Snape prematurely.
• Hannah told Harry that she and Neville hoped to rebuild Dumbledore's Army, but Harry refused to involve them in the trio's secret mission.

Albert faced complaints from the refugees and proposed using Dumbledore’s Army to give willing members better living conditions and a chance to learn responsibility. He began organizing the group, while the larger problem of the refugees’ hardship remained unresolved.

• Fred, George, Shanna, Cedric, Lee Jordan, and Ted Tonks discussed the refugees’ complaints and Albert’s efforts to help them.
• Albert called the group to a meeting and said he wanted to use Dumbledore’s Army as an example for the other refugees.
• Albert told Hannah to prepare three rooms and arrange better food for the seven people willing to join DA, with members paying a small contribution.
• Albert explained that improved conditions could build unity and encourage others to change their attitudes, and he urged Hannah to treat the work as valuable management experience.
• Hannah gathered the other prospective DA members for Albert’s next discussion.

Albert organized Harry’s supporters into Dumbledore’s Army, improving their living conditions and outlining a path toward Defense Association membership and combat training. After returning to headquarters, Lee Jordan reported that a communicator had lit up, and Albert chose to wait two days before responding in case it was a trap.

• Albert told Harry’s supporters about the prophecy and explained that they were peripheral members of the Defense Association until they developed their skills.
• At Albert’s urging, Hannah and the others cleaned their rooms, and he demonstrated how they could Transfigure beds and other furniture.
• Albert treated them to meals made from wheat and potatoes, gave Hannah Shanna’s cookbook, and encouraged them to learn from the house-elves.
• Albert promised lessons and combat training, explaining that diligent practice could prepare them to face Dark Wizards and protect themselves.
• Back at Defense Association headquarters, Lee Jordan told Albert that a communicator had lit up, and Albert decided to observe for two days in case it was a trap.

Nielsen Tobin’s family stayed home despite warnings about the danger from the Death Eaters, and a Seeker Squad killed his parents before Albert and his companions intervened. Nielsen survived and took revenge on his parents’ killers, then prepared to leave with Albert’s group.

• Nielsen urged his parents to leave, but they agreed only to hide for a few days around September.
• A Seeker Squad broke into the Tobin home, killed Mrs. Tobin and Mr. Tobin, and captured Nielsen.
• Albert, Cedric, Fred, and George arrived, subdued the attackers, and extinguished the burning house.
• Albert questioned the attackers with Veritaserum and learned the Commission had supplied the Tobins’ address.
• Nielsen killed both attackers with a kitchen knife, and Albert’s group helped him prepare to leave before the Muggle police arrived.