Chapter Summaries

After Albert’s library mishap became a castle-wide mystery, his friends discussed the incident while trying to conceal their involvement. Albert received Isobel’s letter moving up his Occlumency lesson and left to prepare his tuition fee.

• Albert’s friends learned that a Hufflepuff and a Ravenclaw student had been caught out at night and joked that they had become scapegoats for the library noise.
• Shanna suspected Albert and his roommates after hearing the professors thought a Gryffindor had caused the disturbance, but the boys neither admitted nor denied it.
• Percy said the library would remain closed for the day while Mrs. Pince inspected the books, and he questioned Fred and George about where they had been.
• George invited Percy to join the Wizard Card Club, while Fred teased him about a card he had secretly made of him.
• Albert read Isobel’s letter saying his Occlumency lesson had been moved forward, then left to get his tuition fee.

Albert paid Isobel to teach him Occlumency, practiced resisting her Legilimency, and learned the skill well enough to add it to his Skill Panel. After raising it to Level 2, he left Isobel uneasy about the change in his eyes.

• Albert set aside ten Galleons for Isobel and resolved to keep the Diadem secret from Dumbledore until he mastered Occlumency.
• Albert met Isobel in the Transfiguration Club classroom, where she explained Occlumency and used Legilimency to probe his memories.
• Albert resisted Isobel's first Legilimency attempt by recalling books and building a mental maze.
• Albert sat on a cushion and successfully blocked Isobel's second attempt, then persuaded her to explain more about Occlumency and Legilimency.
• Albert practiced several more times, saw Occlumency appear on his Skill Panel, and raised the skill to Level 2.
• Isobel said their transaction was complete, but Albert grabbed her again as she prepared to leave.

Albert asked Isobel to teach him Legilimency, and she agreed in exchange for his remembering her birthday. After giving him a brief lesson, Isobel let Albert try the spell once; he glimpsed a memory of her with Katrina and others before she resisted him, and their lesson ended.

• Albert asked Isobel to teach him Legilimency after admitting he had already mastered Occlumency.
• Isobel agreed to teach him on January 13th, her birthday, and Albert wrote the date in his notebook.
• Isobel explained Legilimency’s key points, incantation, and wand movement, then allowed Albert one attempt.
• Albert cast Legilimens and briefly saw a memory of young Isobel with Katrina, Mogg McDougal, and Ronald Smith before Isobel forced him out.
• Isobel ended their agreement, and Albert joked that he had used her to test the spell; he later asked whether something worked as they parted.

Albert shared his failed magical prototypes with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, including devices that produced a blinding flash and a loud recorded insult. He also demonstrated his latest Protective Bracelet, which could cast a wandless, wordless Shield Charm, though he considered it unfinished.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan returned from a nighttime trip with Butter Biscuits and found Albert working on a Transfiguration essay.
• Albert asked about the progress of the Wizard Cards and learned that Ravenclaw had confirmed more than twenty, Hufflepuff eighteen, and two more students wanted to join the club.
• George opened Albert's prototype Flashbang, which released a brilliant flash, and Fred activated a sound-storing device that played an insult in a familiar amplified voice.
• Albert showed the group a device containing a stored foul smell and explained that combining the prototypes could create a Concussion Grenade.
• Albert demonstrated his latest Protective Bracelet, which pushed George back with an invisible Shield Charm, and said the wandless, wordless device was still only half-finished.

Albert received Professor Babbling’s newly published Advanced Runes Translation, which credited him for helping revise it, and a new Cleansweep Six. He sought a live rat for an experiment using stored infant Mandrake cries and considered buying Percy’s pet Scabbers.

• A gray owl delivered Albert a copy of Advanced Runes Translation, and Percy noticed the book dedicated a note of thanks to Albert for helping with it.
• Albert received a Cleansweep Six, which Lee Jordan offered to test for him.
• Albert asked where he could find a live rat for an experiment that might have an effect similar to a Stunning Spell.
• Fred and George suggested Percy’s pet rat, Scabbers, and Percy asked what Albert wanted it for.
• Albert explained his experiment, while Fred and George suggested Percy sell Scabbers to him.
• Albert recalled that Scabbers had once belonged to Percy and wondered if the rat was the wizard named Peter something.

Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that he wanted to test whether recorded Mandrake cries could incapacitate rats, then explained that having power could be useful even if he did not use it. During Herbology, the group discussed turning Flobberworm into the illegal Baruffio's Brain Elixir for profit, and they left intending to gather ingredients and try brewing it.

• Albert refused to lend Percy’s Scabbers and told Lee Jordan, Fred, and George he wanted to test whether recorded Mandrake cries could knock rats unconscious.
• Albert explained that he wanted to possess power even if he did not need to use it.
• Professor Sprout taught the students about Flobberworm, and Albert explained that it was an ingredient in Baruffio's Brain Elixir and could be valuable.
• Albert discovered tasks on his Task Panel rewarding him for brewing and selling Baruffio's Brain Elixir.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan agreed to try making the potion, while Albert warned them that they needed Flobberworm and other difficult-to-obtain ingredients.
• Fred suggested raiding Snape's private storeroom for ingredients, and Lee Jordan and Fred considered the risky plan.

Albert showed off his flying skills on the Quidditch Pitch, then tested a recording of Mandrake cries with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan. The experiment left Lee dizzy and Scabbers unconscious, and Albert planned to return Percy’s rat before anyone noticed it was missing.

• Albert performed a dangerous dive on his Cleansweep Six, impressing the Quidditch players before returning to the Gryffindor Common Room with them.
• Lee Jordan told Albert, Fred, and George that the first Hogsmeade Weekend would take place at the beginning of November.
• George had taken Percy’s rat, Scabbers, and Albert transformed a biscuit wrapper into a cage before the four went to the Room of Requirement.
• Albert played an amplified recording of Mandrake cries; Lee became dizzy, while Scabbers passed out.
• Albert explained that recording the cries had weakened their magical power and decided to return Scabbers before Percy noticed he was gone.

After dinner in the Hogwarts kitchen, Albert suggested a new recipe to the House-elves and considered giving Kara yarn for Christmas. He then proposed recruiting a House-elf after graduation and planned a Hogsmeade trip and a secret raid on Snape’s potion ingredients, which he intended to carry out alone.

• Albert taught Kara how to make potato and egg pancakes, and the House-elves were moved when he and Lee Jordan shared their food with them.
• Albert asked whether giving Kara yarn for Christmas would be appropriate and admitted he hoped to recruit a House-elf after graduation.
• Albert suggested that the group visit Hogsmeade, find a black-market dealer, and look for Flobberworms in the forest.
• Albert explained that he would steal ingredients from Snape’s private storeroom himself because his Occlumency would help protect him from suspicion.

Albert considered how to obtain a Mandrake for a quest and asked Hertok Dagworth for help, while Fred, George, and Lee Jordan teased him about homework. Afterward, Albert used the Marauder’s Map to piece together Peter Pettigrew’s crimes and completed the “Dead Man” quest, unlocking a follow-up task to expose Pettigrew.

• Albert reviewed the “Dead Man” and “First Encounter with Mandrakes” quests and worried that his age would prevent him from buying a Mandrake through the black market.
• Albert wrote to Hertok Dagworth asking whether the Potions expert could help him obtain a Mandrake.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan tricked Albert into thinking he had forgotten to write a Grindylow essay, then admitted it had been a joke.
• Albert used the Marauder’s Map to ensure no one was listening and worked out why Peter Pettigrew had faked his death, completing the “Dead Man” quest.
• Albert received a skill point and unlocked “Uncover Secrets,” a follow-up quest requiring him to make Pettigrew’s crimes public.

On Halloween Eve, Albert attended classes and discussed Transfiguration, Mandrakes, and an old tale about Runespoors. He reminded Katrina that their wager would be settled at the first Quidditch match, while she teased him about paying Isobel ten Galleons for a lesson.

• Albert ate breakfast with Angelina and watched Lee Jordan struggle with enchanted bats circling his head.
• Albert and his classmates repotted Mandrakes in Herbology, but his task remained incomplete because he did not own a pot of them.
• Professor McGonagall reviewed Transfiguration and told the class about people who had become Runespoors and resisted being restored.
• Albert asked whether transfigured creatures returned to their original forms after death, and Professor McGonagall said they did not.
• Albert reminded Katrina that their wager would be settled at the first Quidditch match, and Katrina teased him about the ten Galleons he had paid Isobel for a lesson.

Albert celebrated Halloween with his friends, then drank Felix Felicis before setting out alone to raid Snape’s private ingredient storeroom. Confident that luck would guide him, he left the Common Room invisible and asked Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to let him back in an hour later.

• Albert played Wizard Card in the Common Room with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan while students gathered to watch.
• Albert joined his friends at the Halloween feast, where Hogwarts' Choir performed and Shanna ate potato and egg pancakes he had taught the House-elves to make.
• Albert told his dormmates he planned to visit Snape's private ingredient storeroom that night and revealed he would use Felix Felicis.
• At one in the morning, Albert took a sip of Felix Felicis and decided to go alone, despite Fred, George, and Lee Jordan's objections.
• Albert cast the Disillusionment Charm on himself, left the Common Room, and asked his friends to open the door for him in an hour.

After taking Felix Felicis, Albert stole a pot of Mandrakes and used its cries to knock Snape unconscious so he could take three potion ingredients from Snape’s private storeroom. He escaped detection and stashed the Mandrakes and ingredients in the Room of Requirement before returning to Gryffindor Tower as the castle descended into chaos.

• Albert followed Felix Felicis’s intuition and stole a pot of Mandrakes and earmuffs from Greenhouse 3.
• Albert entered Snape’s office, pulled a Mandrake from its pot, and its cries knocked Snape unconscious.
• Albert opened Snape’s private storeroom and took a Graphorn egg, African tree snake skin fragments, and Bicorn horn.
• Albert relocked the doors, evaded Filch under a Disillusionment Charm, and hid the ingredients and Mandrakes in the Room of Requirement.
• Albert returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, where Fred let him in at their agreed time.

Filch caught a Slytherin student investigating the Mandrakes’ cries, while Albert told his roommates he had knocked Snape unconscious and claimed a reward for learning about Mandrakes. Albert discovered the roots’ many magical uses and ended the chapter discussing Felix Felicis with a voice beside him.

• Filch chased down a Slytherin student who had left the Common Room to investigate the Mandrakes’ cries and took him to Professor McGonagall after Snape failed to answer his door.
• Professor McGonagall questioned the student and severely deducted points from Slytherin.
• Albert told Fred, George, and their roommate that he had knocked Snape unconscious with Mandrakes, obtained the Graphorn egg, and planned to buy Dragon claw powder.
• Albert claimed his Mandrakes Basic Knowledge reward and learned that Mandrakes had many uses, including in the Elixir of Life, potions, amulets, and dangerous Dark Magic items.
• When a voice asked Albert what was incredible, he said Felix Felicis was incredible and that he wanted to learn how to brew it.

Snape woke late after a mysterious night and arrived late to Potions Class, while Albert and his friends discussed their Mandrake prank and prepared to keep Snape from discovering the truth. They planned to research Flobberworms in the library after class.

• Snape woke with only a vague memory of strange crying, realized it was half past nine, and hurried to the Potions Classroom late.
• Hogwarts students spread rumors about the dungeon’s strange crying and the Slytherin student Filch had caught sneaking around.
• Albert and his friends examined the Mandrakes he had taken from Greenhouse 3, and Albert said he intended to keep them for a Dark Magic Item.
• Albert explained why Snape would struggle to prove who had taken the Mandrakes and warned Fred, George, and Lee Jordan to act as if they knew nothing.
• Albert arranged for the four friends to research Flobberworms in the library after Potions Class and to look for them later in the week if it rained.

Snape gave Albert a letter of introduction from a famous potioneer, and Albert planned to correspond with Hertok Dagworth about improving Hair-Growing Potion and obtaining dried Mandrakes roots. While researching Flobberworms with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, Albert realized the ingredients he wanted would be costly and decided he needed to earn more Galleons.

• Snape kept Albert after Potions class, questioned him about a Slytherin student caught out after curfew, and handed him a letter of introduction from a famous potioneer.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that the potioneer might want him to write for Practical Potions Master, possibly because of Hertok Dagworth.
• Albert discussed improving Hair-Growing Potion for Muggle customers and planned to ask Hertok Dagworth about it and about buying dried Mandrakes roots.
• George found information about gathering Flobberworms, and Albert concluded that they might have to search for them in the forest during the rainy season or buy them from a potions shop.
• Albert worried that dried Mandrakes roots and other ingredients would drain his purse, so he decided he needed to find a way to earn more Galleons.

Albert and his friends sneaked into Hogsmeade and visited the Hog's Head Pub, where they met its owner, Aberforth Dumbledore. Albert paid Aberforth to contact Mundungus Fletcher about obtaining Runespoor eggs, and Mundungus was on his way.

• Albert suggested visiting the Hog's Head Pub after bad weather ruled out searching the Forbidden Forest, and he and Fred, George, and Lee Jordan reached Hogsmeade through a secret passage.
• The four warmed themselves at the Three Broomsticks, then found the Hog's Head Pub and bought a barrel of Butterbeer, which Albert shrank and put in his pocket.
• Hagrid arrived and challenged the second-years for breaking school rules, while Albert redirected the conversation toward Hagrid's puppy, Fluffy.
• Albert asked the pub owner about Runespoor eggs and learned that the owner was Aberforth Dumbledore.
• Aberforth offered to introduce Albert to a reliable contact for one Galleon, and Albert paid him to contact Mundungus Fletcher.
• Aberforth sent a message with a Patronus and told Albert that Mundungus would arrive soon.

Albert met the black-market thief Mundungus through Aberforth and began arranging trades, first asking him to fetch a barrel of salt. Albert left his friends wondering what he planned to use it for and hinted that Mundungus could help him obtain things unavailable in Diagon Alley.

• Aberforth watched Albert closely while Albert and his friends discussed their Wizard Cards at the Hog's Head Pub.
• Mundungus arrived outside the pub, and Aberforth introduced him to Albert as a potential customer seeking two Runespoor eggs.
• Albert proposed building trust through repeated trades and asked Mundungus to bring him a barrel of salt for one Galleon.
• Mundungus accepted the deal and Apparated away after seeing that Albert had plenty of money.
• Hagrid warned Albert about black-market fraud, but Albert said Mundungus could help him acquire things unavailable in Diagon Alley.

Albert struck a deal with Aberforth to learn how to make a Patronus speak and negotiated a salt purchase with Mundungus. After arranging to contact Mundungus about Runespoor eggs, Albert and the others were sent back toward the castle by Hagrid.

• Albert agreed to pay Aberforth ten Galleons to teach him how to make a Patronus speak, with Hagrid witnessing the deal.
• Mundungus brought Albert a small bucket of salt, but Albert disarmed him and demanded five buckets before agreeing to buy them.
• Albert paid Mundungus a Galleon for a large bucket of salt, then checked that Mundungus had not used the Duplication Charm.
• Albert told Mundungus to contact him if he could obtain two Runespoor eggs and warned him against selling fake or inferior goods.
• Hagrid insisted that Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan return to the castle, threatening to report their trip to Professor McGonagall.

After Hagrid escorted Albert and his friends back to Hogwarts, they gathered food and Butterbeer for a winter barbecue in the Gryffindor Common Room. Albert found the Room of Requirement occupied by Professor Rowena Smith and suspected he was investigating a Ravenclaw secret.

• Hagrid refused to show Fred, George, Lee Jordan, and Albert Fluffy, escorted them back to Hogwarts, and warned them not to sneak to Hogsmeade again.
• Albert checked the Marauder’s Map, saw Professor Rowena Smith near the Room of Requirement, and found that he could not enter; he suspected Smith was seeking Ravenclaw’s Knowledge Vault.
• Albert returned to Gryffindor’s Common Room, where Fred and the others had brought food from the kitchen.
• Albert enlarged the Butterbeer barrel, conjured glasses, and helped Fred, George, Lee Jordan, Shanna, and Angelina enjoy a barbecue by the fireplace.

Albert received Professor Smith’s invitation to tea and the Dragon claw powder he needed for Baruffio’s Brain Elixir. He processed Mandrakes in the Room of Requirement and considered how to protect himself with Dark Magic items, while a new task prompted him to investigate why Smith had come to Hogwarts.

• Albert accepted Professor Smith’s invitation to tea and received Dragon claw powder from an owl.
• Albert’s friends speculated that he was dating a Ravenclaw student after he left for the Room of Requirement.
• Albert salted Mandrakes and listed the materials and spells he still needed to make and safely store them as Dark Magic items.
• Albert reviewed a new task asking him to discover Professor Smith’s reasons for teaching at Hogwarts.