Recaps

Albert traveled with Sera to France and the United States, where he learned from Nicholas, made a business agreement with Catherine, and faced the American Ministry’s restrictions. Back in Britain, rumors about his love life spread as Harry’s friends rescued him and Bertha Jorkins uncovered the secret of Barty Crouch’s son.

• Albert traveled with Sera to visit the LeMay Couple, learned that Nicholas planned to destroy the Philosopher’s Stone, and received books from him before heading to Paris for the chess competition.
• Nicholas and Catherine welcomed Albert to the United States, where Carter denied him a Wand Permit and Albert decided he would not return.
• Albert learned alchemy from Nicholas, drank Potential Potion, and agreed to exchange ideas with Catherine while making clear that he already had a girlfriend.
• Albert and Catherine renewed the Floo Powder contract with an Unbreakable Vow, and Albert warned her that Muggle technology could eventually threaten wizards.
• After returning home, Albert faced gossip about his relationships, reassured Isobel, and persuaded Rita Skeeter to correct the rumors in an interview.
• Fred, George, and Ron flew the modified Ford to rescue Harry after learning that Harry’s letters had been intercepted, while Albert warned Hermione that the House-elf’s behavior pointed toward its master.
• Bertha Jorkins overheard the House-elf speaking with an invisible person at Barty Crouch’s home, and Crouch admitted his son was there before casting a powerful Memory Charm on her.
• Albert traveled to Dingworth Village, introduced himself to Isobel’s hostile companion as her boyfriend, and walked away with Isobel.

Albert returned to Hogwarts, where Lockhart’s appointment and Harry and Ron’s arrival brought trouble while Albert investigated Ginny’s connection to the Chamber of Secrets. He suspected a Basilisk was targeting Harry and helped Ginny seek treatment, while Queenie’s Love Potion scheme and the twins’ experiments caused further disruption.

• Albert and Isobel shared a meal on the hidden beach, and Albert later told her he had been invited to research a Beauty Potion with Miss Catherine.
• Dumbledore persuaded Lockhart to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Lockhart accepted after learning Harry Potter would attend Hogwarts.
• Harry and Ron missed the Hogwarts Express and flew the Ford Anglia to school, where they crashed into the Whomping Willow.
• Albert rescued Lockhart from the Whomping Willow, then watched him disappoint the students with his first lessons.
• Albert learned the Traces Charm from Professor Flitwick and heard Hagrid describe Lockhart’s boastful behavior as a student.
• Albert helped Fred and George identify a Love Potion’s effects on Lee Jordan, and their investigation led Queenie Greengrass to admit she had sent Albert a laced Chocolate Frog.
• Albert saw Ginny enter the Chamber of Secrets and later concluded with Isobel that a Basilisk lived there and Harry was likely its target.
• Harry persuaded Ginny to visit Madam Pomfrey, while Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan later went to the Room of Requirement to work on their projects.

Albert investigated the attacks linked to the Chamber of Secrets while preparing defenses against the Basilisk and watching Ginny’s growing distress. After Harry’s Quidditch victory and injury, Hermione began brewing Polyjuice Potion as Albert continued pursuing his own plan.

• Dumbledore recalled hiring Lockhart to expose his theft of others’ achievements, while worrying about Anderson’s warning that Harry could hear strange voices.
• Albert studied Nicolas Flamel’s notes, pursued Lockhart’s stolen Human-Shape Restoration Charm research, and helped Hagrid prepare to apply for Professor Kettleburn’s post.
• Albert and Isobel attended the Halloween feast, where Albert noticed Ginny and Harry disappear before Tom Riddle sent the Basilisk to petrify Mrs. Norris and left a threat on the wall.
• Albert questioned Hagrid, learned that Tom Riddle had blamed him for the attacks fifty years earlier, and reasoned that the monster might be a natural enemy of Acromantulas.
• Albert and Isobel developed plans to detect or evade the Basilisk, while Albert noticed Tom Riddle’s name in Ginny’s diary and began preparing protective charms and a Detection Orb.
• Nicolas advised Albert on advanced Shield Charms and urged him to tell Dumbledore about the Basilisk, but Albert decided to wait for the Slytherin Heir to make a mistake.
• During the Quidditch match, a bewitched Bludger struck Harry, Gryffindor won, and Lockhart worsened Harry’s injury while trying to heal him.
• Hermione borrowed Potent Potions from Albert to brew Polyjuice Potion, while Albert studied the Marauder’s Map and watched Colin sneak out to apologize to Harry.

As the Basilisk petrified Colin, Albert secretly seized Tom Riddle’s diary and prepared defenses while Harry, Ron, and Hermione pursued their own investigation. The Duelling Club revealed Harry’s Parseltongue to the school, fueling suspicion, as Albert and Dumbledore considered how to locate the Chamber.

• Tom Riddle sent the Basilisk after Colin Creevey, who was petrified in the corridor, and Dumbledore and McGonagall took him to the hospital.
• Albert stunned Ginny before Tom could reach her, took the diary, hid it in the Room of Requirement, and brought Ginny to the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Albert tested the diary and challenged Tom’s claims, exposing his lie about Hagrid before sealing the Horcrux away.
• Hermione and her friends gathered ingredients for Polyjuice Potion, while Albert warned them about the Basilisk and the dangers of investigating the Chamber alone.
• Albert and Isobel prepared for Mr. Delacour’s wedding, practiced Apparition and dancing, and explored wizarding social etiquette with Mr. Morg.
• Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan entered the Shrieking Shack and discovered a passage beneath it, which led the twins and Lee into danger near the Whomping Willow.
• At Lockhart’s Duelling Club, Malfoy attacked Harry, then Lockhart conjured a snake that Harry calmed by speaking Parseltongue, deepening school suspicions about him.
• Albert told friends to keep his Basilisk theory quiet, while Dumbledore considered Harry’s Parseltongue and Albert tested a Detection Orb with Hagrid to help find the Chamber.