Recaps

Albert advanced his Occlumency and experiments while secretly raiding Snape’s storeroom, pursuing ingredients through Hogsmeade’s black market, and arranging to learn a dangerous potion from Hertok Dagworth. The arc ended with Katrina winning their riddle wager and Albert gaining access to Ravenclaw’s common room, leaving her suspicious of his reasons.

• Albert learned Occlumency from Isobel, resisted her Legilimency, and later glimpsed a memory of her childhood when she taught him Legilimency.
• Albert and his friends tested enchanted inventions and recorded Mandrake cries, which knocked Scabbers unconscious, while Albert pursued ingredients and potion-making tasks.
• Albert used Felix Felicis to steal Mandrakes and rare ingredients from Snape’s storeroom, knocking Snape unconscious with a Mandrake’s cry.
• Albert met Aberforth Dumbledore and Mundungus Fletcher at the Hog’s Head Pub, paid for salt, and sought a reliable source for Runespoor eggs.
• Albert and his friends found Flobberworms in the Forbidden Forest, where Hertok Dagworth offered to help him brew Baruffio's Brain Elixir under strict conditions.
• Albert translated Ancient Runes for Professor Smith and became curious about why she was teaching at Hogwarts.
• Albert left the Quidditch match to honor his wager with Katrina, who solved one hundred Ravenclaw riddles and won ten Galleons.
• Katrina questioned Albert’s motive for gaining access to Ravenclaw’s common room, while Isobel said she and Albert were only friends.

Albert investigated Ravenclaw’s Knowledge Vault, learned that its treasure lay in mastering Ancient Runes, and uncovered uncertainty around Isobel and Professor Smith’s inheritance contest. He improved his protective magic but left the vault’s perception-warping chamber unexplored.

• Albert answered the Eagle Ring’s riddles, entered Ravenclaw’s hidden chamber, and copied Ancient Runes about Hogwarts’ founding and defenses.
• Professor Smith gave Albert records about Hogwarts’ founding, then revealed that he had found Ravenclaw’s chamber and asked Albert to help open it.
• Albert and his friends launched a Wizard Card tournament, while Albert learned to brew Baruffio’s Brain Elixir from Hertok Dagworth.
• Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan entered the Forbidden Forest to collect Snow Fungus and narrowly escaped Fluffy after Hagrid called the three-headed dog away.
• Isobel joined Albert in Ravenclaw’s chamber, where they concluded that mastering Ancient Runes was its intended trial and told Professor Smith what they had discovered.
• Albert questioned Isobel’s motives and his possible place in the inheritance contest, burned his notes, and decided to strengthen his protections.
• Albert raised his Runes and Amulet skills, improved his Mandrake-root Protective Bracelet, and engraved runes on the unicorn statue for Isobel.
• Albert opened the Knowledge Vault with Runic Magic, found evidence that Ravenclaw’s Bronze Book had been taken, and copied notes before abandoning a room that distorted perception.

Albert attended an alchemy gathering, advanced his magical projects, and spent Christmas and the new term juggling family, friends, and school. When Fluffy escaped into the Forbidden Forest, Albert helped Hagrid search for the dog but encountered a dangerous Acromantula before they returned safely.

• Albert summoned a silver Griffin Patronus and asked Professor McGonagall for advice about becoming an Animagus.
• Albert joined Professor Broad at an alchemy gathering, where the wizards praised his work and discussed magical inventions, Voldemort, and Nicolas LeMay’s Philosopher’s Stone.
• Albert received Professor Broad’s warning about pursuing too many fields and agreed to help with a secret matter, then spent Christmas at home with his family.
• Albert returned to Hogwarts, showed his friends his Wizard Cards, and earned Professor McGonagall’s permission to borrow advanced Transfiguration books from the Restricted Section.
• Fred and George’s prank led Peeves to spread Swelling Solution seasoning around Hogwarts, and Albert brewed and sold a cauldron of Anti-Swelling Potion.
• Albert pursued research into cooling magic and Wizard Cards while rumors grew about a dangerous creature near the Forbidden Forest.
• Hagrid told Albert that Fluffy had escaped into the Forbidden Forest, and they searched for clues with help from the centaur Ronan.
• Albert refused to accompany Hagrid to Aragog, then defended himself from an Acromantula and urged Hagrid to tell Dumbledore about Fluffy’s escape.

Albert recovered Fluffy, learned of his connection to the Wildsmith inheritance, and developed new charms and inventions while training his friends and preparing a Wizard Card tournament. The competition went ahead despite attempted disruption, and Marcus McLaggen was punished after Albert confused him.

• Albert reported Fluffy missing to Dumbledore, and they found and summoned the injured dog before Hagrid took him for treatment.
• Professor Smith told Albert that he and Isobel were candidates for the Wildsmith inheritance, but Albert declined it and asked to borrow ancient books instead.
• Albert learned the Undetectable Extension Charm, studied the advanced Patronus Charm, and began making protective gear and Banshee's Howl.
• After Slytherin defeated Gryffindor in a rough Quidditch match, Fred and George retaliated against Marcus McLaggen, whose rumors had blamed Charlie for the loss.
• Albert tested Banshee's Howl on Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then trained them in practical defensive spells and dueling in the Room of Requirement.
• Albert organized and opened the First Wizard Card Competition, where Shanna defeated Katrina and Filch failed to stop the event after Albert showed Dumbledore's approval.
• Albert suspected Marcus had tried to disrupt the tournament and confused him, leading to Marcus being chased by girls and receiving detention, a points penalty, and a Howler from his mother.