Recaps

Albert completed his O.W.L.s, spent the summer making plans with family and friends, and traveled to Spain for the spell-casting competition. He won the championship and Gold Award despite attempts to disqualify him, then rejected Yanila’s advances and spoke with Isobel.

• Albert finished his O.W.L. exams, celebrated Gryffindor’s House Cup victory, and learned that Peter Pettigrew had escaped Azkaban and was reported dead.
• Sirius and Lupin visited the Dursleys and arranged for Harry to stay with his relatives for part of each summer, while Albert received the Order of Merlin, Third Class.
• Albert earned twelve Outstandings, planned summer trips with Isobel and Nia, and left for Spain with Bard to enter the Barnabus Finkley spell-casting competition.
• Albert performed a lifelike lion transformation in the first round, then advanced to the final after earning forty-five points with Bluebell Flames.
• Albert and Bard caught Ithius Knowlton trying to get him disqualified with Felix Felicis, and a later Ministry test found no evidence that Albert had taken it.
• Albert won the championship and Gold Award, receiving the trophy, medal, prize money, Barnabus Finkley's Curse Method, and Yanila’s signed record.
• Yanila came to Albert’s room hoping to pursue him, but Albert rejected her advances, knocked her unconscious, and contacted Isobel through the Two-Way Mirror.

Albert won the Pioneering Contribution Gold Award, brought Isobel and their friends to the Quidditch World Cup, and joined Sirius and Lupin’s plan for a Defence Against the Dark Arts magazine. The World Cup ended with the Dark Mark over the campsite, and Albert suspected Voldemort’s scheme might target him.

• Albert presented Mandrakes Wine and Flying Ointment at the International Alchemy Conference, won the Pioneering Contribution Gold Award, and left Egypt with Isobel and their friends.
• Peter captured Bertha Jorkins, found Voldemort in Albania, and helped him begin planning his return using Harry Potter’s blood.
• Albert used divination to confirm to Sirius that Peter was alive and heading toward Voldemort, then gave Sirius Felix Felicis and advised him and Lupin on starting a magazine.
• Albert took Nia to the Quidditch World Cup, where Bulgaria beat the United States after Krum caught the Snitch, and warned his companions that Death Eaters might cause trouble.
• Albert agreed to take three-tenths of the shares in Sirius and Lupin’s Defence Against the Dark Arts magazine and helped plan its purpose and submissions.
• Ireland defeated Bulgaria in the World Cup final despite Krum catching the Snitch, and Albert left the campsite with Isobel, Valeria, and Catherine before trouble began.
• Lucius joined the Death Eaters’ attack on the campsite, but they found Albert’s tent empty before burning tents exploded and the Dark Mark appeared in the sky.
• Albert sent Nia home, offered Hermione a place in Sirius’s magazine for her writing about House-elves, and learned that Fred and George had received counterfeit Galleons from Bagman.

Voldemort’s plot to force Harry into the Triwizard Tournament unfolded as Albert uncovered Moody’s imposture and survived an attempt to keep him out of the competition. The Goblet named Albert and Harry as Hogwarts Champions, leaving Voldemort’s servants to revise their plans while Albert hid how much he knew.

• Little Barty captured Moody, took his identity, and went to Hogwarts to guide Harry into Voldemort’s hands through the Triwizard Tournament.
• Albert warned his friends that Moody was probably an impostor and told Dumbledore that Harry would become a Champion, while keeping his suspicions about the conspiracy guarded.
• Peter entered Hogwarts to use the Imperius Curse and altered memories to prevent Albert from competing, but Albert spotted him on the Marauder’s Map.
• Katrina, under the Imperius Curse, lured Albert to the Room of Requirement with Love Potion, but Albert freed her and hid with her until the Halloween Party ended.
• Angelina entered Albert’s name in the Goblet of Fire, which selected Krum, Fleur, Albert, and then Harry as Champions.
• Albert returned after his supposed abduction and joined the Champions, while Dumbledore confirmed that Harry could not withdraw from the binding contract.
• Albert told Harry that a Confundus Charm had tricked the Goblet and suspected Voldemort had arranged Harry’s entry, while Little Barty and Voldemort planned their next moves.
• Albert blamed Moody for entering him in the tournament to deflect questions, then told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Katrina had been Imperiused.

Albert prepared Harry for the Triwizard Tournament, then won the first task against a dragon while Karkaroff’s disgrace sent him fleeing Hogwarts. As the Wizard Card Club crowned Luna champion and the students arranged Christmas Ball partners, Albert went home for Christmas with Isobel.

• Albert discussed the tournament and Voldemort’s plans with Harry, Hermione, and Sirius, and helped arrange dangerous Forbidden Forest training for Harry.
• Albert turned down Yanila’s request to be his Christmas Ball partner, while warning Hagrid about his teaching plans and learning more about the visiting Beauxbatons students.
• Sirius and Lupin trained Harry to face an Acromantula, and Harry learned to stay calm and blind it with the Conjunctivitis Curse.
• Albert defeated the Swedish Short-Snout Dragon and took its Golden Egg, earning a perfect score as Karkaroff’s one-point judgment triggered a riot.
• Fleur and Krum completed the first task, and Harry summoned his Firebolt to take the Golden Egg from the Hungarian Horntail despite being injured.
• Defence Guide exposed Karkaroff as a former Death Eater who had betrayed his companions, and public outrage drove him to flee Britain.
• Albert opened the Wizard Card Club Activity Room, where Luna defeated Hermione in the championship and agreed to attend the Christmas Ball with Lee Jordan.
• Harry was rejected by Cho, Ron embarrassed himself by asking Fleur to the ball under her Veela charm, and Albert returned home for Christmas with Isobel.