Chapter Summaries

Fred and George brought Albert’s Christmas parcel from Snape to the Gryffindor common room, where Percy opened it and revealed its disgusting contents. Harry arranged for the gift to be sent to Draco Malfoy, and Snape later confirmed to Malfoy that it had not been intended for him.

• Fred and George showed Harry, Ron, and Percy the parcel Snape had sent Albert and asked them to open it.
• Percy blasted open the parcel and found potion ingredients, live cockroaches, and other revolting contents, along with a potion recipe.
• Harry asked Fred to request the gift from Albert so he could send it to Malfoy, and Albert agreed.
• Dobby opened the parcel at Malfoy Manor, releasing cockroaches and causing chaos before Draco recognized Snape’s handwriting on the parchment.
• Narcissa urged Draco to write to Snape, who replied that the gift was his but had not been intended for Draco.

Dumbledore visited Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel, who discussed Albert’s insight into Professor Quirrell and their decision to give up the Philosopher’s Stone. The Flamels planned to preserve some Elixir of Life and eventually accept death, while Dumbledore said he still had work to do before Harry was ready.

• Perenelle welcomed Dumbledore and told him Nicolas was speaking with Albert through a Two-Way Mirror.
• Nicolas told Dumbledore that Albert had deduced Quirrell was likely under the Imperius Curse and was trying to steal the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Nicolas said he wanted Albert to inherit his knowledge, and Dumbledore realized Nicolas was considering giving up the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Perenelle and Nicolas explained that they were weary of their long lives and wanted to age and die naturally; Dumbledore said he could not yet retire because Harry still needed his help.
• Nicolas said the time had come for him and Perenelle to relinquish the Stone, though they would keep some Elixir of Life before facing death gradually.

Hermione reflected on her new friendships, her admiration for Albert, and the mystery of Nicolas Flamel while spending the holidays at home. After reading Harry’s brief letter, she wondered whether Albert was avoiding the trio because he had foreseen danger and hoped to become friends with him.

• Hermione finished her holiday homework and thought about her first months at Hogwarts and the search for Nicolas Flamel.
• Hermione received a letter from Harry describing how Snape’s Christmas gift for Albert ended up with Malfoy.
• Hermione felt disappointed that Harry and Ron had not sent her Christmas greetings or shared any news about Nicolas Flamel.
• Hermione placed Albert’s Wizard Card at the top of her collection and considered his achievements and predictions.
• Hermione regretted asking Albert to translate the parchment and decided she would thank him properly if he did.

During the Christmas holidays, Albert received a potion recipe from Snape and returned to Hogwarts, where he helped Lee Jordan with his homework and examined the Weasley twins’ joke sweets. The friends opened an anonymous Christmas package, which sprayed a foul-smelling yellow-green liquid across the Common Room.

• The Anderson family celebrated another lottery win with a meal, and Albert later traveled to Hogwarts on the Hogwarts Express.
• Albert explained that Snape’s gift contained the recipe and ingredients for Balderdash Potion, while Lee Jordan borrowed Albert’s Shrinking Potion essay for reference.
• Fred and George showed Albert and Lee their Sadness Sweets, demonstrating their effects and explaining the sweets’ limitations and lingering aftereffect.
• Fred and George said they had saved an anonymous package for Albert so they could open it together, despite finding no Dark Curse with the Honesty Detector.
• Albert opened the package from a distance, and it sprayed pungent yellow-green liquid across the Common Room.

After Albert received a package of undiluted Bubotuber Pus, he used Divination to identify Professor Quirrell as the suspect and decided to deal with him later. He turned the ingredient into an opportunity, working with Isobel to develop a Pimple Potion that delighted the girls at Hogwarts.

• Albert discovered that the package contained undiluted Bubotuber Pus and suspected a Slytherin student or Professor Quirrell had sent it.
• Albert collected the remaining pus and told his friends he planned to use it to make an ointment for pimples.
• Albert used a Divination crystal ball and identified Professor Quirrell as the suspect, then said he would deal with him in his own time.
• Albert contacted Isobel, who shared a recipe for a facial paste that removed blackheads, and brewed it in the Room of Requirement.
• Albert told Isobel about his idea for a Pimple Potion, and they developed an ointment that made swollen red pimples disappear within hours.
• The girls at Hogwarts celebrated the new Pimple Potion.

Albert refused to make more Pimple Potion, while Fred and George worried that Kenneth Towler would profit by selling his own batch. He explained that the current formula could be improved, leaving the twins convinced Kenneth would eventually lose money despite Albert having no improved version yet.

• News spread through the castle that someone had sent Albert Bubotuber Pus, and Kenneth Towler opened a betting pool about the sender's identity.
• Fred and George pressed Albert to make more Pimple Potion, but he said he had no ingredients and was busy.
• Lee Jordan reported that Kenneth Towler planned to sell a large batch of Pimple Potion, and Albert dismissed the threat while the girls disliked Kenneth's higher price.
• Fred and George considered putting Pimple Powder in Kenneth Towler's pajamas, but Albert stopped them.
• Fred and George secretly tried to obtain Bubotuber Pus from Mundungus Fletcher so they could brew more Pimple Potion.
• Albert told the twins the current Pimple Potion was an inferior version that could be improved, and they concluded he had tricked Kenneth Towler.

Albert improved Pimple Potion into an ointment-like version and helped the Weasley Twins sell it to eager students. He then demanded five hundred Galleons from Kenneth Towler for the formula, suspecting a beauty shop wanted to buy it and monopolize the product.

• Fred and George lamented their failed attempt to brew Pimple Potion, and Albert took their Bubotuber Pus to develop an improved version.
• Albert and Isobel created Pimple Potion version 2.0, and Isobel helped promote it among girls at school.
• Fred and George collected three-Sickle preorders for Pimple Potion version 2.0, making Ron envious and prompting Hermione to ask about it.
• Kenneth Towler offered one hundred Galleons for the improved formula, but Albert demanded five hundred and advised him to improve the potion himself.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Kenneth was probably buying the formula for Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions Shop.

Albert told Hermione that the parchment contained the method for making the Philosopher's Stone, which drew Professor Quirrell's attention. Quirrell stole the formula from Hermione and erased her memory of it.

• Isobel left the Room of Requirement after asking Albert when he would release Pimple Potion 3.0.
• Albert turned back time and joined Lee Jordan for dinner, then met the muddy Gryffindor Quidditch team returning from practice.
• Albert cleaned George with his wand and advised the team to finish their match quickly before Snape could favor Hufflepuff.
• Hermione approached Albert about the old parchment, and Albert gave her a copy of the Philosopher's Stone formula.
• Professor Quirrell overheard their conversation, secretly took the formula from Hermione, and cast a Memory Charm on her.

Albert gave Hermione a translated Philosopher’s Stone formula and said it was fake, while planning to use her research into Nicolas Flamel to earn Harry a favor. After Harry reported that Snape would referee Gryffindor’s match against Hufflepuff, Neville arrived cursed by Malfoy, and Albert urged him to find courage.

• Albert gave Hermione another translated copy of the Philosopher’s Stone formula and told her that research into the Stone would reveal it was fake.
• Albert played Wizard’s Chess with Ron while Harry returned and confirmed that Snape would referee Gryffindor’s match against Hufflepuff.
• Neville stumbled into the Common Room under a Leg-Locker Curse and said Malfoy had cursed him outside the library.
• Hermione lifted Neville’s curse, and Albert encouraged him to stand up to Malfoy and find his courage.
• Hermione told Ron and Harry that Albert had given her a formula for the Philosopher’s Stone and claimed it was fake.

Hermione investigated the Philosopher’s Stone and discovered that Nicolas Flamel had made the only known one, which could produce gold and the Elixir of Life. She and Harry and Ron concluded that Dumbledore was protecting it at Hogwarts, while Harry and Ron suspected Albert might want it too.

• Hermione searched for information on the Philosopher’s Stone and asked Professor Flitwick, who linked it to ancient alchemy but gave little detail.
• Hermione remembered a library book she had borrowed and found that Nicolas Flamel was the only known maker of the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Hermione read that the Stone could turn metal into gold and produce the Elixir of Life, and learned that Flamel was 665 years old.
• Harry brought out Dumbledore’s Chocolate Frog Card, which said Dumbledore had worked on alchemy with Nicolas Flamel.
• Hermione, Harry, and Ron reasoned that Dumbledore was keeping Flamel’s Stone safe from whoever wanted it, while Harry and Ron speculated that Albert might seek it.

Albert prepared to meet Madam Primpernelle in Hogsmeade to discuss a transaction, declining Shanna’s invitation and planning to bring Isobel. Meanwhile, Lee Jordan was punched by Wood after spreading a rumor that the Quidditch captain had been dumped.

• George and Fred complained about Wood scheduling Quidditch practice, while Lee Jordan claimed Wood had been dumped and Albert warned him not to spread rumors.
• Kenneth Towler told Albert that Madam Primpernelle had agreed to meet him at Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop, and Albert said he would accept only a sincere offer.
• Shanna invited Albert to Hogsmeade, but he declined because he had arranged to meet someone else.
• Albert told his roommates about the transaction, and Lee Jordan offered to accompany him before learning Albert had chosen someone better.
• Wood found Lee Jordan and led him away to discuss the rumor, then Lee returned with a black eye, and Albert gave him Anti-Swelling Ointment.

Albert and Isobel met at Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop, where they invited Katrina to take a break from her demanding studies. As Katrina tried to understand their conversation, a woman in her thirties arrived with an unfamiliar boy.

• Kenneth Towler arrived early to act as a middleman, then tactfully left Albert and Isobel alone.
• Isobel invited Katrina to join them, and Albert advised Katrina to reduce her twelve courses and use her Time-Turner to rest as well as study.
• Katrina mistakenly thought she had interrupted a date and tried to leave, but Isobel pulled her back and ordered her cake.
• Isobel reassured Katrina and talked about taking breaks with Albert, while Katrina complained about their treatment of her.
• Albert said it was about time, and a graceful woman in her thirties entered the tea shop with an unfamiliar boy.

Albert negotiated the sale of his Pimple Potion 2.0 formula to Madam Primpernelle for 500 Galleons and shared part of the payment with Isobel. After the deal, Isobel asked him to help reconnect with Katrina, and Albert agreed while planning to develop Pimple Potion 3.0 as an ointment.

• Kenneth Towler joined Albert, Isobel, and Katrina at Madam Puddifoot's teahouse, where Madam Primpernelle met Albert to discuss his potion formula.
• Madam Primpernelle offered to buy the Pimple Potion 2.0 formula, and Albert argued that the investment would remain profitable even if he improved the potion again.
• Madam Primpernelle and Albert signed a Ministry-recognized contract for 500 Galleons, with a clause covering any new version that did not differ from the current potion.
• Albert gave Isobel fifty Galleons, while Katrina left the teahouse in a daze after watching the transaction.
• Isobel asked Albert to help her younger sister Katrina, and Albert agreed before telling Isobel he planned to make Pimple Potion 3.0 as an ointment.

Albert sold his Pimple Potion formula for five hundred Galleons and gave Fred, George, and Lee Jordan money and responsibilities to prepare for a future shop. Later, Hermione said Albert had given her sweets in the library, though Ron insisted Albert had spent the afternoon in the Common Room, leaving the apparent contradiction unresolved.

• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that he had sold the Pimple Potion formula for five hundred Galleons.
• Albert gave Fred, George, and Lee Jordan fifty Galleons each to manage, assigning Fred and George research expenses and Lee the Wizard Card Competition.
• Albert taught his roommates bookkeeping and framed their new duties as training for their future shop.
• Ron told Harry and Hermione that Albert had made five hundred Galleons from selling a potion formula.
• Hermione said Albert had given her sweets in the library, but Ron said Albert had been with him in the Common Room all afternoon, confusing Hermione.

Albert told Hermione that his double was connected to taking all twelve third-year courses, then challenged her assumptions about Snape and the Philosopher’s Stone. Hermione shared his reasoning with Harry and Ron, but Harry decided he could not persuade Dumbledore to suspect Snape without evidence.

• Albert hinted to Hermione that choosing all twelve third-year courses would let her appear in two places at once, and she promised to keep the secret.
• Hermione asked whether the Fourth Floor Forbidden Area Corridor held the Philosopher’s Stone, and Albert urged her to question her assumptions about Snape’s attack on Harry’s broom.
• Albert advised that Harry should tell Dumbledore if he feared the Stone was in danger, since Dumbledore could judge whether someone was lying.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron what Albert had said, and Harry reasoned that Snape may have cursed his broom to help the Slytherin Team win rather than kill him.
• Harry told Hermione he would not approach Dumbledore because he lacked evidence to convince the Headmaster to suspect Snape.

Albert, Katrina, and Isobel used the Time-Turner to watch the Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff Quidditch match, where Snape’s refereeing seemed to favor Hufflepuff. Harry Potter caught the Golden Snitch in under five minutes, giving Gryffindor a record-breaking victory.

• Albert stayed in the Room of Requirement to work while Katrina went to watch the Quidditch match, and Isobel later returned with news that Gryffindor had won.
• Albert asked Isobel to test his prototype Automatic Quill, then used the Time-Turner with Katrina to return to before the match.
• Snape replaced Madam Hooch as referee and awarded Hufflepuff penalties, while Albert kept his suspicions about Snape’s reasons to himself.
• Harry Potter dove toward Snape, caught the Golden Snitch as he passed, and ended the match in less than five minutes.
• Gryffindor students lifted Harry in celebration as Snape watched bitterly.

After Gryffindor defeated Hufflepuff, the students celebrated while wondering where Harry had gone. Harry eventually returned, out of breath, and asked Ron and Hermione to find somewhere private so he could tell them what he had seen.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch, and Diggory and the defeated Hufflepuff Team left the pitch dejectedly.
• Wood organized a Gryffindor celebration, where Albert shared Butterbeer and the students cheered their victory and mocked Snape.
• Kenneth Towler invited Albert to run a betting pool, but Albert refused and warned the others not to assume Gryffindor would win the Quidditch Cup.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan worried that Harry might miss the next match, then remembered Albert could serve as a reserve Seeker.
• Hermione and Ron told Albert that Harry had gone missing, but Harry soon appeared at the Common Room entrance and asked them to find somewhere private so he could describe what he had seen.

Draco Malfoy tried to take Albert Anderson’s cat, Tom, but Albert stopped him and delivered ominous prophecies to both Malfoy and Professor Snape. Harry, Ron, and Hermione wondered what the predictions meant as Malfoy retreated in fear.

• Malfoy, still angry about the Quidditch loss and his injury, ordered Goyle and Crabbe to catch Tom so he could hide the cat from Albert.
• Albert arrived, rescued Tom, and warned Malfoy that harm to the cat would be blamed on him.
• Snape intervened and threatened to take points from Albert, but Albert ignored him and prophesied a dangerous journey and death connected to Malfoy’s name.
• Albert then warned Snape to avoid the Defence Against the Dark Arts post, claiming that death would follow when Snape’s wish was fulfilled.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed whether Albert’s prophecies were real, and Ron explained that Snape wanted the Defence Against the Dark Arts position.

After Albert's prophecies unsettled Malfoy, Lucius erased Draco's memory of them, while Snape warned Lucius to keep Draco away from Albert. Later, Isobel decided to enter the Wizard Card Competition, and Katrina worried about her studies before asking Albert for a prophecy.

• Students debated Albert's predictions, while Snape wondered whether Albert truly had prophetic abilities.
• Lucius scolded Draco for believing Albert's prophecy, erased the memory of it, and agreed with Snape to keep Draco away from Albert.
• The Slytherin Team defeated the Ravenclaw Team in their Quidditch match.
• Isobel told Albert she planned to enter the Wizard Card Competition, while Katrina declined because of her workload and Isobel's skill.
• Katrina asked Albert for a prophecy, but balked at his ten-Galleon price and said Isobel would be hard to beat in the competition.

Albert tried to complete his good student quest by repeatedly asking Quirrell questions as the professor’s health deteriorated. He stopped Harry, Ron, and Hermione from approaching the Forbidden Corridor, while Ron became interested in entering the Wizard Card Competition for its prize.

• Flint and his friends stripped Kenneth Towler’s trousers and left him unconscious in the Boys' Washroom, prompting him to seek help from Albert, who directed him to Fred, George, and Jordan.
• Albert noticed Quirrell growing weaker and hurried to finish his good student quest, which had reached 89/100, by asking Quirrell frequent Defense Against the Dark Arts questions.
• Albert caught Harry, Ron, and Hermione near the Forbidden Corridor and warned them about the Three-Headed Dog before Percy Weasley arrived and threatened to report them to their mother.
• Ron learned that the Wizard Card Competition champion would win ten Galleons and decided to enter, but Hermione explained the entry fee and selection process.
• Harry asked Ron when he had joined the Wizard Card Club, reminding him that they had barely attended its gatherings and did not even own cards.