Vol. 5The Stone and the Coming War

Albert helped expose the schemes around the Philosopher’s Stone, which Harry ultimately protected from Quirrell and Voldemort. After Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup, Albert returned home and advised Charlie on his Pearl Milk Tea shop while a vision warned of danger at Hogwarts.

  • Albert helped Harry win a Quidditch match, then organized students to recover Slytherins’ unpaid betting debts.
  • Albert and Isobel developed a Pimple Potion from Bubotuber Pus, while Albert received a Two-Way Mirror from Nicolas Flamel.
  • Albert sold Madam Primpernelle the Pimple Potion 2.0 formula and advised Harry and Hermione as they investigated the Stone.
  • Albert and his friends defeated Flint’s group with an ambush and laxative pranks.
  • Albert helped steer Hagrid toward obtaining a dragon egg while he and his friends passed the Forbidden Corridor’s protections, and he found the Stone through the Mirror of Erised.
  • Dumbledore took the Stone from Albert, and Albert later heard that the Wildsmith family planned to leave Britain as war loomed.
  • Albert helped Hagrid conceal Norbert and arrange for Charlie’s friends to take the dragon away, while Quirrell tried to reach the Stone through Hogwarts’s protections.
  • Harry defeated Quirrell with the Mirror of Erised’s protection, and Albert won the Quidditch Cup before returning home to advise Charlie’s Pearl Milk Tea business.
Chapters 402–501 Read from ch. 402

Arc 17The Betting Debts and the Stone

Albert helped Gryffindor win the Quidditch match, then joined a student effort to collect the Slytherins’ unpaid betting debts. As the mystery of the Philosopher’s Stone continued, Albert returned to Hogwarts after Christmas and turned a spiteful package into a new Pimple Potion.

  • Albert backed Harry to catch the Golden Snitch, and Harry won Gryffindor the match after Hermione stopped the curse on his broom.
  • Albert learned that students were owed hundreds of Galleons by Flint, then helped organize a group that ambushed Slytherins and recovered their debts.
  • Albert warned Harry, Ron, and Hermione away from the Philosopher’s Stone investigation, while suggesting that Quirrell might be the thief and Dumbledore might be using the Stone as bait.
  • Albert’s enchanted snowman fell on Snape, and McGonagall gave Albert detention while Snape suffered a cold and a damaged reputation.
  • At Christmas, Albert received a Two-Way Mirror from Nicolas Flamel, while a package from Snape was passed to Malfoy and caused chaos at Malfoy Manor.
  • Nicolas told Dumbledore that he and Perenelle planned to give up the Philosopher’s Stone and gradually relinquish the Elixir of Life.
  • After returning to Hogwarts, Albert opened an anonymous package of Bubotuber Pus and suspected Quirrell had sent it.
  • Albert and Isobel developed a Pimple Potion from the pus, and the Hogwarts girls celebrated its effects.
Chapters 402–426 Summaries Read

Arc 18Pimple Potions and Pranks

Albert sold the improved Pimple Potion formula, guided Harry and Hermione as they investigated the Philosopher’s Stone, and helped Gryffindor win against Hufflepuff. As Flint’s feud with Albert’s friends escalated into an ambush, Albert turned the tables with a series of laxative pranks.

  • Albert and Isobel developed Pimple Potion 2.0, and Albert sold its formula to Madam Primpernelle for five hundred Galleons under a contract covering similar versions.
  • Hermione investigated the Philosopher’s Stone and learned that Nicolas Flamel had made one, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione suspected Dumbledore was protecting it.
  • Albert advised Hermione to question her assumptions about Snape, but Harry chose to warn Dumbledore without naming him after seeing Snape question Quirrell about the Stone’s protections.
  • Harry caught the Golden Snitch in under five minutes to defeat Hufflepuff, while Albert warned his friends not to assume Gryffindor would win the Quidditch Cup.
  • Albert warned Malfoy and Snape with predictions of danger and death, then urged Hagrid to take Harry’s concerns about the Stone seriously.
  • Flint and other Slytherins attacked Kenneth Towler, and Albert later let Montague overhear a plan that drew Flint’s group into an ambush.
  • Albert stunned Flint and the Slytherins after they attacked Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then the group used laxatives and Cleansing Pills to leave their targets suffering across the school.
Chapters 427–451 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Stone and the Dragon Egg

Albert helped steer Hagrid toward obtaining a dragon egg while secretly investigating the protections around the Philosopher’s Stone. He reached the Stone through the Mirror of Erised, returned it to Dumbledore, and ended the arc hearing that the Wildsmith family planned to leave Britain as war loomed.

  • Quirrell arranged to obtain a dragon egg, while Albert used Ba Shu Bean powder to make him sick and distract him from the Stone.
  • Hermione traced the treasure-map prank to Albert, who confirmed the Stone recipe was fake and admitted he corresponded with Nicolas LeMay.
  • Albert warned Hagrid that keeping a dragon would bring serious trouble, then directed him toward the Hog’s Head Pub and used a crystal-ball prediction to encourage caution.
  • Quirrell disguised himself to meet Hagrid at the Hog’s Head, won a dragon egg for him, and learned that music could put a Three-Headed Dog to sleep.
  • Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan entered the Forbidden Corridor, passed its protections, and Albert reached the Mirror of Erised, which placed the Philosopher’s Stone in his pocket.
  • Dumbledore took the Stone back from Albert and made the four friends promise to keep their discovery secret, while Albert received a quest called “The Leaker.”
  • Hagrid told Albert he had named his dragon Norbert, and Albert gave him books on dragon care while warning that Norbert would eventually have to be sent away.
  • Albert attended dinner with the Wildsmith family, discussed Voldemort and the coming war, and heard their plan to leave Britain after urging him to value his life.
Chapters 452–476 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Stone and Summer Plans

Albert helped conceal Hagrid’s dragon, watched Harry confront Quirrell over the Philosopher’s Stone, and foresaw danger at Hogwarts. After the school year ended, he returned home and advised Charlie on opening a Pearl Milk Tea shop.

  • Albert refused Isobel’s suggestion that he leave Britain if war came and said he would not abandon the opportunity ahead.
  • Albert used his House-elf and spy rat to feed Quirrell information about Hogwarts’s protections, while he helped Hagrid hide Norbert from the Ministry and arrange for Charlie’s friends to take the dragon away.
  • Harry, Hermione, and Neville lost Gryffindor 150 points after their nighttime trip, and Albert returned the Invisibility Cloak to Harry and reassured him.
  • Albert joined Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest, where they found a dead Unicorn, while Quirrell later drank Unicorn blood and tried to reach Harry before a centaur drove him off.
  • Quirrell passed the protections around the Philosopher’s Stone and brought Harry to the Mirror of Erised, but Harry’s touch burned him and Dumbledore arrived as Voldemort fled his body.
  • Albert caught the Golden Snitch as Gryffindor’s reserve Seeker and won the Quidditch Cup, then saw a vision warning that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened.
  • Dumbledore’s points lifted Gryffindor from last place to first at the End-of-Year Feast, and Albert later told his friends that Voldemort had possessed Quirrell and would return.
  • Albert went home, agreed to advise Charlie’s Pearl Milk Tea business, and later criticized the taste and warned that competitors could imitate Charlie’s new shop.
Chapters 477–501 Summaries Read
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