Chapter Summaries

Albert and Katrina received Time-Turners from Professor McGonagall before attending the Hogwarts feast, where the new students were sorted. Harry Potter joined Gryffindor, and Albert watched Dumbledore welcome the outcome as the school year began.

• Albert arrived at Hogwarts with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then Professor McGonagall gave him and Katrina Time-Turners and warned them to keep them secret and use them only for studying.
• At the feast, Albert saw Professor Quirrell and suspected Voldemort had possessed him, while Percy said Professor Smith was still missing.
• The Sorting Hat placed Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom in Gryffindor, Malfoy in Slytherin, and Harry Potter in Gryffindor.
• Fred, George, and Percy welcomed Harry at the Gryffindor table while Albert noticed Dumbledore raising his goblet in approval.

Albert attended the Hogwarts opening feast, joked with his friends about using doubles to manage his timetable, and heard Dumbledore warn students away from a dangerous fourth-floor corridor. He and his friends reached the Gryffindor common room early, where Albert gave them the password.

• Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were sorted into Gryffindor, and the feast began.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that doubles could help him attend overlapping classes, then admitted he still had not mastered using his Patronus to send messages.
• Dumbledore gave the usual school warnings and told students to avoid the corridor on the right-hand side of the fourth floor.
• Fred and George discussed having visited that corridor before, while Albert guessed that Dumbledore had placed something dangerous there.
• Albert, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan used a passage to reach the Fat Lady's portrait early, and Albert told them the password was Dragon Dregs.

Albert began familiarizing Tom with Hogwarts and explained to Shanna why wizards feared saying Voldemort’s name. The chapter ended with Shanna understanding why Harry Potter was celebrated as the savior.

• Albert moved Tom back to his cat bed and prepared food and water before going to breakfast with Fred and the others.
• Albert and his friends discussed Harry Potter as students crowded around him, and Albert suggested that Harry and Ron might be lost.
• Professor McGonagall handed out timetables, and Albert’s friends noticed that Divination and Arithmancy overlapped.
• Albert told his friends that a secret method let students taking every subject attend simultaneous classes, but he refused to reveal it.
• Shanna asked why wizards called Voldemort “Lord Voldemort,” and Albert explained that the name was enchanted to reveal the speaker’s location to Voldemort and his followers.
• Shanna understood why Harry Potter was admired as the savior who had freed people from Voldemort’s terror.

Albert attended his first Divination class, where Professor Trelawney recognized his apparent talent and had him demonstrate crystal-ball reading. He concealed a vision of Quirrell’s scarf by describing a pool of unicorn blood, leaving the class impressed and earning Gryffindor twenty points.

• Albert climbed to the North Tower with his friends and watched the Twins mock Graham Montague, who could not speak because his tongue had been hexed.
• Professor Trelawney explained that Divination depended on the Inner Eye and invited Albert to demonstrate his crystal-ball talent.
• Albert saw a possible danger connected to Quirrell but told Professor Trelawney he had seen unicorn blood in the Forbidden Forest.
• Professor Trelawney praised Albert’s talent, awarded Gryffindor twenty points, and recommended a book about seers.
• Lee Jordan asked Albert whether he had really seen a prophecy, while Katrina wondered whether he had merely tricked Professor Trelawney.

Albert reassured Lee Jordan and Fred about Professor Trelawney’s death prediction, then used a Time-Turner to attend Arithmancy after arranging for his double to cover his earlier schedule. He excelled in Professor Viktor’s class and was invited to the Advanced Arithmancy Research class, while Harry and Ron separately ran into Filch near the forbidden corridor.

• Albert told Lee Jordan that Trelawney’s yearly death predictions had never come true and claimed his own predictions were tricks, though Fred and George still trusted his uncanny accuracy.
• Albert used a Time-Turner in the Boys’ Washroom to go back and attend Arithmancy, leaving his double to cover for him.
• Albert found Filch confronting Harry and Ron near the Fourth Floor Forbidden Area Corridor, pointed them toward the Charms Classroom, and warned them to ask for directions.
• Professor Viktor introduced Arithmancy, and Albert quickly completed every calculation correctly, earning ten points for Gryffindor.
• Professor Viktor invited Albert to attend Advanced Arithmancy Research, and Albert agreed that Shanna could join him while explaining the work relied on probability calculations.

After Transfiguration class, Albert discussed becoming an Animagus with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then warned Harry Potter that Snape would likely question and intimidate him in Potions. Harry was left feeling nervous about his first encounter with Snape, while Albert returned to the dormitory to check on Tom before afternoon classes.

• Fred said Professor McGonagall’s comments had convinced him that Professor Trelawney’s Death Omens were not genuine prophecies, and George blamed Albert for calling Trelawney a fraud.
• Albert discussed the difficulty of becoming an Animagus and argued that Ministry registration let the authorities monitor Animagi who could otherwise use animal forms to spy.
• Lee Jordan reported that older students found Professor Quirrell’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class disappointing, and Albert agreed that Quirrell seemed unreliable.
• At lunch, Fred and George warned Harry Potter about Filch and Snape, and Albert advised Harry to study Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi because Snape would likely quiz him.
• Albert left to check on Tom and urged his friends to start their Transfiguration essay, while George told Harry that Albert’s prediction about Snape would probably come true.

Albert cared for Tom and introduced him to the Gryffindor Common Room before using the Time-Turner to return to the library. In Care of Magical Creatures, Professor Kettleburn taught the class about Fire Salamanders, while Fred and George abandoned their plan to take one.

• Albert fed Tom, tried to get him to explore the Gryffindor Common Room, and later took him back to the dormitory.
• Albert used the Time-Turner to return an hour earlier and saved seats in the library for Fred, George, and Lee Jordan.
• Professor Kettleburn taught the class that Fire Salamanders lived in flames, changed color with heat, and could survive outside fire briefly with Chili Powder.
• Fred caught a Fire Salamander by the tail, and it escaped by shedding it before Professor Kettleburn explained scale rot and the creature's uses.
• Professor Kettleburn demonstrated drawing healing Fire Salamander blood, while Albert refused to help Fred and George take one from the lesson.
• George admitted that the Twins wanted to feed a Fire Salamander Filibuster Fireworks, and Lee Jordan suggested trying it another time.

Albert struggled with his packed schedule while refusing Wood’s request to join Gryffindor’s Quidditch team, though he promised to reconsider if no Seeker was found. He also realized he had neglected plans for the Wizard Card Competition before a first-year’s failed spell caused an uproar in the Common Room.

• Albert complained that taking every elective left him exhausted and said he wanted a Time-Turner to make his schedule easier to manage.
• Wood urged Albert to attend Quidditch training, and Albert promised to join if the team still lacked a suitable Seeker next month.
• George, Fred, and Lee Jordan speculated that Harry might become Gryffindor’s new Seeker because Albert seemed confident in his prediction.
• Angelina told Albert that Aylia and Katie had joined the Quidditch team and asked when the Wizard Card Competition and new cards would arrive.
• A first-year’s attempt to turn water into red wine made his teacup explode, prompting Percy to clear the smoke and Fred to offer hair-growing potion.

Albert, Fred, George, and Lee joined other curious students heading into the forbidden fourth-floor corridor while Filch was distracted. They reached the door as Professor Quirrell watched without intervening, and Albert began leading his friends inside.

• Fred and George returned after distracting Filch with Dungbombs and Frog Brains, then admitted they had thrown the Dungbombs but claimed someone else had smeared the walls.
• Albert checked the Marauder’s Map, saw many people near the forbidden corridor, and led Fred, George, and Lee toward it.
• The four passed Professor Quirrell, and Fred and George commented on the strange smell from his scarf.
• Albert met Truman, who admitted that other students were already entering the forbidden area, while concealing his role in persuading Peeves to smear Frog Brains on the walls.
• Albert told the others that the professors would not interfere while Filch was away and began calling them into the forbidden corridor.

Albert and the others entered the forbidden fourth-floor corridor and discovered a Three-Headed Dog guarding a Trapdoor. Albert rescued the injured Klaun Pruett, and the students left knowing there was something valuable behind the dog.

• Truman, Albert, and their friends entered the forbidden corridor and searched for the danger Dumbledore had warned them about.
• Several older students fled through a door, followed by a Three-Headed Dog that bit Klaun Pruett and charged at the group.
• Albert blinded the dog with a burst of light, pulled Klaun away, and shielded the students while they carried him out.
• Albert urged the group to take Klaun to the School Hospital, and two returning students thanked him for saving their friend.
• A Ravenclaw student revealed that the dog guarded a Trapdoor, and Albert headed toward the Medical Room with the others.

After Klaun was injured by Fluffy, Albert helped explain what had happened to Professor McGonagall and then reasoned that Dumbledore was protecting a valuable treasure beneath the Trapdoor with multiple safeguards. Fred, George, and Lee grew eager to investigate, while Albert secretly welcomed the prospect because it would advance his task.

• Madam Pomfrey treated Klaun's venomous Three-Headed Dog bite after Albert warned her the wound might not heal normally.
• Albert and the others told Professor McGonagall that they had entered the corridor to help, and she punished the three Houses while awarding them points for rescuing Klaun.
• Albert suggested that Fluffy guarded a treasure connected to the summer break-in at Gringotts and that Dumbledore had likely arranged other protections.
• Albert and his friends accidentally spotted Oliver Wood kissing an older girl, then hurried away before Filch could catch them laughing.
• Back in the dormitory, Fred, George, and Lee urged Albert to join them in investigating the Trapdoor, unaware that he wanted to attempt the challenges for his task rewards.

Albert delayed attempting the Forbidden Corridor while spending time with Tom and Isobel in the Room of Requirement. Their playful moment was interrupted when someone entered, whom Albert recognized without looking.

• Students continued sneaking toward the Forbidden Corridor, and Filch increased his patrols while Albert waited for a better time to attempt the obstacles protecting the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Fred and George told Albert that Wood had not found a suitable Seeker and wanted him to attend the next training session.
• Albert took Tom for a walk, used his wand to bring the frightened cat back, and carried him to the Room of Requirement.
• Isobel visited Albert, discussed her O.W.L.s and Prefect privileges, and asked him to help Katrina with her workload.
• Albert helped Isobel win Tom’s trust with dried small fish, and they leaned close together before someone opened the door.

Albert worked on a new version of his Wizard Cards while Katrina complained about Divination and questioned whether Professor Trelawney was a fraud. He explained why Dumbledore might have hired her and left Katrina recognizing how easily vague predictions could make someone seem prophetic.

• Katrina noticed Albert use a charm to reseal his cat Tom’s dried-fish package, and Albert denied using a Silent Spell.
• Albert gave Katrina his seat and began making polished Wizard Cards, protecting them from Tom’s paws.
• Katrina complained that Divination was useless, while Isobel said she could still learn its basics and shared what the final exam covered.
• Albert argued that Professor Trelawney might have made a genuine prophecy for Dumbledore and explained how Cassandra Trelawney’s reputation could be relevant.
• Albert claimed Dumbledore would die within ten years, leading Katrina to realize that broad predictions could make anyone appear prophetic.

Albert heard that Harry Potter had become the Gryffindor Quidditch team's Seeker, then took Tom to the kitchen to ask the House-elves to watch over him. The House-elves accepted the request and welcomed Albert with gifts of food as he left.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan told Albert that Harry Potter had become the team’s Seeker and asked how he had predicted it.
• Albert guessed Professor McGonagall had approved Harry’s place on the team and explained that she had once been a Quidditch enthusiast.
• Albert declined to join Fred, George, and Lee Jordan as they went to greet Harry, and instead took Tom toward the kitchen.
• Albert gave the House-elves chocolates and asked them to help Tom if he got lost or failed to return to the Gryffindor Common Room.
• The House-elves thanked Albert, agreed to watch over Tom, and offered him freshly baked pies to take with him.

Albert organized the Wizard Card Club’s first card-making requests and recruited Harry Potter for a card, while Wood’s plan to keep Harry’s Quidditch role secret had already failed. The club began signing up members as Albert prepared to refine and eventually sell the cards.

• Wood furiously chased Fred and George after Harry’s role as Gryffindor’s Seeker became known throughout the school.
• Albert read a letter saying Nia was doing well at school and told Shanna he had no interest in playing Quidditch.
• Albert showed Angelina and the others improved Wizard Cards, explaining that copies would be free for now and that members could make them with the Duplication Charm.
• Albert wrote an announcement inviting students to request Wizard Cards, and Fred and George posted copies on the notice board.
• Fred and George brought Harry to Albert, who invited him to have a card made; Harry agreed, and Ron eagerly asked whether he could get one too.
• Lee Jordan began signing up students for the Wizard Card Club and explaining its rules and meeting times.

Albert searched the Gryffindor common room for his cat, Tom, and found Hermione sitting alone late at night. After she told him Harry and Ron planned to duel Malfoy, Albert explained why she probably could not stop them and suggested she try the Wizard Card Club to make friends.

• Albert shared the last pie with Lee Jordan and asked Fred and George about their Wizard Card project.
• Albert found Tom in the common room and discovered Hermione sitting nearby in her nightgown.
• Hermione told Albert that Harry and Ron planned to duel Malfoy and that she wanted to stop them from losing house points.
• Albert said Gryffindors rarely listened to rules or persuasion and suggested Harry and Ron might need to learn from the consequences.
• Albert encouraged Hermione to return to bed or join the Wizard Card Club, and Hermione realized he had noticed that she had no friends.

Albert warned Harry and Ron away from the dangerous object hidden in the Fourth Floor corridor, while Fred, George, and Lee celebrated their prank on Filch and planned a toilet explosion for Malfoy. At breakfast, the students discussed the Wizard Card Club and Harry received a mysterious package that Albert identified as a Nimbus 2000 broom.

• Albert told his roommates that Harry and Ron planned to duel Malfoy and warned that Malfoy was likely setting them up to get caught by Filch.
• Fred, George, and Lee said they had avoided a Gryffindor point deduction and pranked Filch, then asked Albert for a way to get back at Malfoy; Albert suggested rigging a toilet to explode.
• At breakfast, Albert noticed Filch watching the students and warned Harry and Ron that the guarded object in the Fourth Floor corridor was dangerous and not worth risking their lives over.
• Lee invited Harry and Ron to join the Wizard Card Club, and Neville joined as well after receiving cards from Fred.
• Hermione told Harry that Albert had predicted he would become Gryffindor's Seeker, and Neville praised Albert for his past help and achievements.
• Six Long-Eared Owls delivered a package to Harry, and Albert guessed that it contained a Nimbus 2000 from Professor McGonagall.

Albert questioned Professor Quirrell about the difference between Inferi and Reanimated Corpses and how to survive an encounter with Inferi, drawing practical information from the uneasy professor. After class, Albert revealed that he suspected Quirrell was more capable than he appeared and continued questioning him to complete a quest before Harry defeated him.

• Albert asked Quirrell how Inferi differed from Reanimated Corpses and what to do if he encountered Inferi.
• Quirrell explained that Inferi were Dark wizard-controlled corpses, feared fire and bright light, and were dangerous in groups.
• Albert asked whether destroying an Inferius's head would stop it, but Quirrell advised him to use safe, reliable methods instead of experimenting.
• Fred asked why Albert kept putting Quirrell on the spot, and Albert said the professor was more capable than he seemed.
• Albert checked his Good student quest, which required him to ask Quirrell one hundred questions to uncover his hidden strength.

Albert kept his method for attending multiple classes secret while answering Muggle Studies questions and explaining the gap between wizarding ideas and real Muggle life. Katrina acknowledged how difficult it was to keep up with him but refused to admit defeat.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan wondered how Albert and Katrina attended every class and suspected Albert was hiding a secret.
• Albert reappeared and told his friends that his clone was attending Muggle Studies for him.
• Albert met Katrina, who questioned him about unfamiliar Muggle objects, and explained that living in the Muggle World would teach her more than a class could.
• In Muggle Studies, Albert explained electricity and electrical appliances, while Professor Charity Burbage relied on him as an unpaid assistant teacher.
• Katrina envied Albert's ease with his classes, but when he advised her to focus on subjects useful for her future, she insisted she would not give up.

Albert exchanged letters with Adolf Fournier about magical inventions, then gave several Hogwarts students vague prophecies. He left Fred and George worrying that his warning of setbacks would affect their Quidditch season.

• Albert wrote to Adolf Fournier about the idea of a Magic Lamp while seeking help from the alchemist and discussing Two-Way Mirror techniques.
• Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil asked Albert for prophecies, and he predicted romance for Lavender and a dance with a champion for Parvati.
• Albert told Neville Longbottom that he had courage, an affinity for plants, and a place at Hogwarts, then predicted that Hermione would no longer be alone before winter if she chose to make friends.
• Fred and George returned soaked from Quidditch practice and said Harry had performed brilliantly.
• Albert warned the Weasley twins that there would be setbacks, then dried them with magic as Hermione wondered whether his prophecies were accurate.