Recaps

As Albert prepared to confront Tom Riddle and protect himself from the Basilisk, Hermione and the others pieced together how the monster moved and what it was. The stretch ended with Harry discovering Tom Riddle’s diary, which Hermione linked to the Chamber’s opening fifty years earlier.

• Albert returned to Hogwarts after the holidays, tested his Detection Orbs with Hagrid, and considered roosters as a defense against the Basilisk.
• Albert visited Tom Riddle’s diary while disguised as Lockhart, provoked Tom into sharing spells including Fiendfyre, and copied the information for later use.
• On Valentine’s Day, Lockhart’s event sent cards and parcels around Hogwarts, and Albert received many gifts while Lockhart opened the maggot-filled Italian cheese Albert had bought.
• Hermione told Albert she had deduced that the Basilisk traveled through the pipes, and Albert advised that the Chamber was probably underground with an entrance opened by Parseltongue.
• Hermione explained the Basilisk theory to Harry and Ron, while Albert delayed acting against Tom until he had better preparations and obtained Felix Felicis from Hertok.
• After another student was petrified, Albert assembled protective equipment and planned to deal with Tom before Easter, while Morg and Bard suspected the attack could be used against Dumbledore.
• Harry found Tom Riddle’s waterlogged diary in the Girls' Washroom and carried it away before Filch arrived.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione recognized Tom Riddle’s name and award in the diary, and Hermione tried spells to reveal its secrets without success.

Albert helped uncover Tom Riddle’s role in the attacks, exposed the Basilisk and saved Ginny while Harry destroyed Riddle’s diary. After the crisis, Albert led his friends back into the Chamber and discovered Slytherin’s hidden chambers.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione investigated Tom Riddle, while Albert agreed to look into him and reassured Isobel that he would stay safe.
• Harry read Riddle’s diary and saw Hagrid accused of opening the Chamber, while Albert concluded that Riddle had framed him and warned Hagrid about the diary.
• Riddle’s diary vanished, and Hermione later discovered clues linking Ginny to it before the Basilisk petrified her and Nearly Headless Nick.
• Albert used a Time-Turner to arrange for Nick to shield Hermione from the Basilisk, then warned Hagrid that Riddle had framed him again as the Ministry took Hagrid to Azkaban.
• Albert identified the Basilisk and the diary as the means of reopening the Chamber, then lured the Basilisk away from Tom Riddle with traps and fleeing roosters.
• Albert told Dumbledore that Ginny was in the Chamber and sent him toward Harry, who killed the Basilisk and destroyed Riddle’s memory in the diary.
• Dumbledore cleared Ginny, rewarded Harry and Albert, and arranged Hagrid’s release, while Albert helped awaken Hermione and exposed Lockhart’s fraud.
• Albert led Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan into the Chamber, where they found the Basilisk’s remains and discovered Slytherin’s hidden chambers and a route to Snape’s bedroom.

Albert freed Dobby, prepared his family for a future Wizarding War, and traveled with Isobel to study under Nicolas Flamel. As Sirius Black escaped Azkaban and sought Harry, Albert and Isobel became members of the Extraordinary Potion Makers Association.

• Albert helped Fred and George free Dobby by arranging for Lucius Malfoy to receive a sock, and Dobby left Malfoy Manor to seek paid work.
• Albert trained Fred, George, and Lee Jordan in magic, helped them prepare for exams, and restored the Human-Shape Restoration Charm, drawing attention from Professor Marchbanks and the Wizengamot.
• Albert told Isobel and his family that he expected a Wizarding War and planned to send his family abroad, while he intended to remain in Britain and help his friends.
• Albert and Isobel traveled to France to visit Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel, who urged them to marry secretly after a troubling prophecy about their wedding.
• Albert used Divination to see a peaceful wedding with Isobel, then studied ancient magic and defensive charms with Nicolas while Isobel learned from Perenelle.
• Fudge approved a proposal to recommend Albert for the Wizengamot and later gave Sirius Black a newspaper, allowing Black to recognize Pettigrew in the Weasley family photograph and escape Azkaban.
• Lupin accepted Dumbledore’s offer to teach at Hogwarts and resolved to stop Black if he came after Harry, while Albert and Isobel read of Black’s escape in France.
• Albert and Isobel explored Paris and Nicolas Village, then passed their potion assessments and joined the Extraordinary Potion Makers Association.

Albert returned to Hogwarts, became a Prefect, defended students from Dementors, and prepared for the Potions Tournament while helping his friends face the school year’s dangers. He also established a hidden Hogsmeade house for himself and Isobel as a refuge and base, even as Sirius Black remained at large.

• Hertok recognized Albert’s life-extending potion research and offered him his old notes, then questioned why the Extraordinary Potion Makers Association had not invited him to judge.
• Albert and Isobel returned to Britain, where Albert became a Prefect and told her his family hoped he would leave the country with her after graduation to escape the coming danger.
• Albert met Harry Potter and the Weasleys, then subdued a biting Monster Book of Monsters and discussed his business plans with Herb.
• Dumbledore refused to let Dementors enter Hogwarts, but they boarded the train and attacked the students until Albert drove one away with his Griffin Patronus.
• Albert began Potions Tournament training with Snape, helped Hagrid prepare for Ministry scrutiny over Buckbeak, and warned his friends that Dementors could grow more dangerous as their food ran low.
• Albert taught Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan about the Patronus Charm, while Black slipped past the Dementors and entered the passage beneath the Whomping Willow.
• Albert told Isobel that Lupin was a werewolf, revealed that he had bought a Hogsmeade house and found a Vanishing Cabinet, and prepared to use the house as a hidden base.
• Albert and Isobel used his Patronus to get past the Dementors and Apparated to the secluded house, where he showed her the expanded suitcase and planned renovations and a Fidelius Charm.