Chapter Summaries

Albert returned to the Gryffindor dormitory after Fred reported that Lee Jordan was acting strangely, and discovered that Lee had eaten a Chocolate Frog and become obsessed with someone named Queenie. Albert suspected Lee had been given a Love Potion and went to Madam Pomfrey for an antidote, leaving Fred and George to watch over him.

• Fred found Albert and told him that Lee Jordan seemed ill but refused to visit Madam Pomfrey.
• Albert followed Fred to the dormitory, where George said Lee had been muttering about Queenie.
• Albert noticed Lee had eaten a Chocolate Frog and, after questioning him, suspected he was under the effects of a Love Potion.
• A red flash stunned Lee Jordan, and Fred and George realized the snacks Albert had shared might have been intended for him.
• Albert told Fred and George to watch Lee and went to the School Hospital to get a Love Potion antidote from Madam Pomfrey.

Albert treated Lee Jordan after he accidentally ate Love Potion-laced candy, then learned that Queenie Greengrass, a third-year Slytherin, had sent it to him. Albert and the others planned to use the remaining chocolate to surprise Queenie, leaving their scheme unresolved.

• Albert told Madam Pomfrey what had happened to Lee Jordan, and she brewed an antidote while explaining its recipe to him.
• Albert, Fred, and George gave Lee Jordan the antidote, and he recovered before setting off to investigate Queenie.
• Albert told Isobel about the Love Potion, and she identified Queenie as a Slytherin and discussed Albert's popularity with other girls.
• Lee Jordan reported that Queenie Greengrass had bragged she could make Albert leave Isobel and confess to her.
• Lee Jordan produced the partly uneaten Chocolate Frog, and Albert, Fred, George, and Lee began plotting how to surprise Queenie.

Albert photographed Ginny Weasley entering the Chamber of Secrets, triggering quests that could help him prove the Chamber existed and learn Parseltongue. He returned to Gryffindor Tower and watched Ginny on his map, wondering how the Basilisk could move through Hogwarts undetected.

• Albert saw Ginny Weasley enter the Chamber of Secrets and photographed its entrance, which triggered three quests.
• Albert decided to leave the Basilisk to Harry Potter and hurried back to Gryffindor Tower before Tom Riddle could discover him.
• Albert passed Filch punishing Ron Weasley in the Trophy Room while Ron vomited slugs.
• Albert told the Fat Lady he had been on a date with Isobel and entered the Gryffindor Common Room.
• Albert checked his map and saw Ginny return from the washroom, then wondered how the Basilisk lived and attacked students without being seen.

The Gryffindor Quidditch team worried about Slytherin’s Nimbus 2001 advantage while Albert and the others anticipated a spectacle involving Lockhart. Lockhart publicly declared his love for Queenie Greengrass, punched Snape, and was immobilized by him.

• George and Fred told Wood that Slytherin’s Nimbus 2001s made their team far faster, and Wood tried to reassure the players with a focus on tactics.
• Albert told Fred and George that Slytherin’s purchase of new brooms was fair, while Lee Jordan hinted that an entertaining event was about to unfold.
• Shanna told Aylia that Lockhart had seemed strange, and students gathered in the Entrance Hall when Lockhart pleaded with Queenie Greengrass to stay with him.
• McGonagall and Snape arrived, and Snape suspected Lockhart had been bewitched or given a Love Potion.
• Lockhart punched Snape after Snape questioned Queenie, and Snape immobilized Lockhart with his wand.

Snape investigated Lockhart’s Love Potion incident and discovered that Queenie Greengrass had once sent Albert a tainted Chocolate Frog. Albert avoided blame while concealing his own involvement, and Queenie faced punishment and a Howler from her family.

• Snape accused Queenie Greengrass of dosing Lockhart, and McGonagall took the affected professor to the School Hospital for an antidote.
• After Lockhart recovered, Queenie admitted she had sent Albert a Chocolate Frog laced with Love Potion, though Snape suspected she was hiding part of the story.
• Albert told Snape he did not remember Queenie’s gift and said he had shared snacks from strangers with others, while Lockhart accepted that Albert had given him chocolate.
• Snape deducted ten points from Slytherin, assigned Queenie detention, and said he would inform her family; Albert left McGonagall’s office and explained the incident to students.
• Albert privately reflected that he had altered Lockhart’s memory, and Queenie received a Howler from home the next day.

After Hermione and Ron told Albert that Harry had been hearing an unseen voice, Albert used his crystal ball to predict that the danger at Hogwarts involved the legend of the Chamber of Secrets. He left them with the warning that Divination could reveal only fragments and that further predictions would cost them.

• Lee Jordan complained that Snape kept watching Albert during Potions, while Albert dismissed the attention as harmless.
• Fred and George left for Quidditch training, and Albert went to meet his girlfriend instead of visiting the library with Lee Jordan.
• Hermione and Ron found Albert and told him Harry had been hearing a voice that they could not hear.
• Albert advised them to have Harry write down the voice's words and agreed to make one prediction.
• Albert's crystal ball showed an open book, which Hermione recognized as a reference to the Chamber of Secrets.
• Albert explained the legend and declined to predict more without payment, while Ron wondered how much Divination masters earned.

Albert received a package from Nicolas Flamel containing protective glasses, then told Isobel about his predictions and deductions concerning the Chamber of Secrets. He believed a Basilisk would attack before November and left Isobel knowing that Lord Voldemort had opened the Chamber fifty years ago and that Harry was likely the monster’s target.

• Albert received a package from Nicolas Flamel and fed the exhausted gray owl that delivered it.
• Albert opened the package and gave Isobel a pair of glasses designed to weaken curses and Basilisk attacks.
• Albert told Isobel about his prophecies, his suspicion that a Basilisk lived in the Chamber of Secrets, and the predicted attack before November.
• Isobel reasoned that the Chamber’s entrance was likely in the second-floor bathroom and that Parseltongue could open it.
• Albert revealed that Lord Voldemort had opened the Chamber fifty years earlier, that Hagrid had been blamed, and that Harry was likely Voldemort’s target.

Albert burned a first-year’s photograph and redirected the boy toward photographing Harry Potter, then discussed Ginny’s declining health and Quidditch concerns with his friends. Ginny refused to visit Madam Pomfrey, and Albert suggested that Ron ask Harry to help her.

• Albert destroyed a first-year’s photograph and suggested the boy photograph Lockhart or Harry Potter instead.
• Angelina, Aylia, and Katie asked about Albert’s new glasses and how he had burned the photograph.
• Albert told Fred and George that Ginny looked unwell, and he urged them to get her help despite her refusal to visit Madam Pomfrey.
• Albert suggested that Ron take Harry to see Ginny because she admired him.
• Lee Jordan reported that Wood had skipped Quidditch tryouts, and Albert warned that this could discourage reserve players.
• Lee Jordan said the House-elves were discussing a Christmas gift for Albert, while Fred and George teased him about his glasses.

Harry learned that Colin Creevey was organizing a Worship Harry Potter Club, and he went to find Colin to stop him. Meanwhile, Fred and George persuaded Ginny to visit Madam Pomfrey, where she drank an Invigorating Potion after George gave her a Lightning Badge.

• Hermione explained that professors invited high-achieving students to their clubs, and Ron told Harry that many students belonged to Albert's Wizard Card Club.
• Fred and George asked Harry and Ron to persuade Ginny to visit the School Hospital, and Harry's advice convinced her to go.
• George gave Harry a Lightning Badge and revealed that Colin Creevey was organizing a Worship Harry Potter Club, so Harry hurried off to find Colin.
• Fred and George brought Ginny to Madam Pomfrey, and George gave her a Lightning Badge as a present.
• Ginny drank Madam Pomfrey's Invigorating Potion, and steam rose from her as her face turned bright red.

Albert and his friends caught the flu and used the outbreak as an excuse to skip Lockhart’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class, gathering in the Room of Requirement to study and discuss their business plans. Their plans to produce Wizard Cards and packaging remained far from ready.

• Albert took photos of himself, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan with smoke rising from their heads after they took Invigorating Potion.
• Fred and George infected Albert and Lee Jordan after catching the flu during Quidditch practice, and the group went to the School Hospital for treatment.
• Albert and Lee Jordan skipped Lockhart’s class and headed to the Room of Requirement, where Fred and George soon joined them.
• Lee Jordan looked over Albert’s French notes from Nicolas Flamel and admitted he could not understand them.
• Fred and George gave up on modifying a printing press, while Albert explained that making Wizard Cards required magic and could not easily be outsourced to Muggles.

Dumbledore considered Arthur Weasley's precarious position and a warning that Harry Potter could hear voices, while Professor McGonagall complained about Lockhart's poor Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching. Dumbledore revealed that he had hired Lockhart deliberately to expose his fraud, and Lockhart's reputation at Hogwarts was already deteriorating.

• Dumbledore read that Arthur Weasley had been fined and faced pressure to resign, then recalled persuading Fudge to let Arthur remain in his Ministry post in exchange for delaying the Muggle Protection Act.
• Dumbledore worried over Anderson's note that Harry Potter could hear voices others could not and that something bad might happen.
• Professor McGonagall told Dumbledore that Lockhart read from his books in class and had students act out the stories, leaving them with little to learn.
• Dumbledore persuaded Professor McGonagall to tolerate Lockhart because no one else would take the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.
• Dumbledore recalled discovering that Lockhart had stolen other people's achievements using Memory Charms and explained that he had hired him so Hogwarts would expose his fraud.

Albert and his friends attended a rainy Care of Magical Creatures lesson, where Hagrid considered applying to replace Professor Kettleburn and Lockhart was chased away by an Occamy. The lesson ended with Fred and George planning to test what happened when Fire Salamanders ate fireworks.

• Hagrid told Albert and his friends that Professor Kettleburn planned to retire and that Professor Grubbly-Plank might take his place, while Hagrid considered applying for the position.
• Fred and George worried that Hagrid might become their Care of Magical Creatures professor, and Albert said he had a good chance if Professor Grubbly-Plank declined.
• Lockhart ran from Professor Kettleburn's Wooden House after an Occamy attacked him and gave Albert a bottle of Occamy egg yolk shampoo.
• Professor Kettleburn led the students into the woods and taught them to draw blood from Fire Salamanders for Madam Pomfrey's Invigorating Potion.
• Professor Kettleburn offered an Occamy eggshell statue as a reward, while Fred and George told Albert they wanted to see what happened when Fire Salamanders ate fireworks.

Fred, George, and Lee Jordan smuggled a Fire Salamander out of Care of Magical Creatures class while Albert won Professor Kettleburn’s prize for safely drawing salamander blood. Back in Gryffindor Tower, the Quidditch team was sent to train in the rain, and Percy announced the first Hogsmeade Weekend of the term.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan used a bottle and Portable Blue Magic Flame to take a Fire Salamander from the bonfire.
• Professor Kettleburn warned the students how to draw blood safely and awarded Albert the prize for keeping nearly all his Fire Salamanders alive.
• Fred and George brought their Fire Salamander to the Common Room, but Wood dragged them off to Quidditch training in the rain.
• Percy posted a notice announcing the first Hogsmeade Weekend of the term, and third-year students discussed bringing joke items into Hogwarts.
• Lee Jordan suggested using Stink Bombs on Filch’s office instead of smearing Frog Brains on a classroom ceiling.

Albert struggled to make use of Nicolas Flamel’s advanced notes and discussed preparing a safe home with Isobel as Voldemort’s return threatened peace. After they left to get food, they caught Percy Weasley and Penelope Krivat kissing in a secret passage.

• Fred and George launched a Filibuster Firework inside a Fire Salamander, prompting Percy to scold them before the creature escaped into the fireplace.
• Albert left the Common Room for the Room of Requirement, where he studied Nicolas Flamel’s notes and admitted that their advanced magic was difficult to master.
• Isobel comforted Albert and suggested he take his time studying the notes, which described protections used to create Safe Houses.
• Albert and Isobel discussed using the Safe House knowledge for a future home, then wondered whether a Charm could turn werewolves back into humans.
• Albert and Isobel headed to the kitchen and interrupted Percy Weasley and Penelope Krivat kissing in a secret passage.

After Albert left, Lockhart worried that the boy had discovered he was a fraud and searched for his stolen research on the Human-Shape Restoration Charm. He returned to Hogwarts with the notebook, unsure whether to give it to Albert or keep his distance.

• Lockhart felt relieved when Albert left, but worried that Albert suspected him after asking about the Human-Shape Restoration Charm.
• Lockhart reflected on his failed efforts to use Harry Potter's fame and his growing regret over accepting the Hogwarts teaching post.
• Lockhart recalled stealing an Armenian Old Wizard's research on the Human-Shape Restoration Charm after erasing the villagers' and wizard's memories.
• Lockhart considered using Albert to raise his reputation, then decided to stay away from him and searched his old residence for the notebook.
• Lockhart found the leather-bound notebook and its loose parchments, checked them, and took them back to Hogwarts Castle.

Albert failed to learn the Human-Shape Restoration Charm from Lockhart’s notebook and planned to ask Nicolas Flamel about it. In the Gryffindor common room, he encouraged Hermione to seek Lockhart’s help and advised Ginny about Harry, while Shanna confronted him over his motives.

• Albert put away his wand after failing again to cast the Human-Shape Restoration Charm and decided he might ask Nicolas Flamel to examine Lockhart’s notebook.
• Hermione asked Albert if she could go with him to see Lockhart, and Albert realized she wanted extra time with the professor she admired.
• Albert advised Ginny to be more confident around Harry and told Hermione to ask Lockhart about useful details in his books.
• Shanna told Albert she already liked someone who had a girlfriend, and Albert apologized after realizing she meant him.
• Shanna suspected Albert was sending Hermione to question Lockhart so Hermione would discover that his books and achievements were fictional.

Albert arranged for Me, the Magic Man, signed by Lockhart to join the Wizard Card Competition’s ten-Galleon prize, while reassuring Fred, George, and Lee Jordan about the cost of producing Wizard Cards. He encouraged Hermione to form a Defence Against the Dark Arts Club and invite Lockhart, then left Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussing his dueling ability and a forgotten prediction about Malfoy.

• Lee Jordan, Fred, and George questioned Albert’s choice of Me, the Magic Man as a prize, and Albert explained Lockhart had provided and signed it for free.
• Fred and George told Albert that their father had contacted potential Wizard Card producers, and Albert reassured them that he would not invest until they knew the price.
• Hermione asked Albert about Charms in Lockhart’s book, and he suggested she start a Defence Against the Dark Arts Club and invite Lockhart to teach it.
• Harry objected to the idea of joining Hermione’s club, but Albert praised Lockhart’s experience and suggested Harry’s presence would encourage Lockhart to help.
• Albert left for the library with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, while Ron told Harry and Hermione that Albert had taught the twins to duel.
• Harry and Ron tried to recall Albert’s prediction about Malfoy, but none of them remembered what he had said.

Albert realized Ginny might be under Tom Riddle’s control but chose not to expose her, while Tom began eyeing Albert as a potential Basilisk victim. Meanwhile, Hermione asked Albert to help start a Defence Against the Dark Arts Club, and he advised her to recruit Harry Potter to draw Lockhart in.

• Hagrid told Albert that Professor Kettleburn had been hospitalized, and Albert suggested Hagrid prepare to apply for the Care of Magical Creatures position.
• Albert encountered Ginny Weasley and suspected Tom Riddle was controlling her, but decided not to interfere so he would not disrupt his quests or arouse Dumbledore’s suspicions.
• Albert considered making a toy that imitated a rooster’s call as a possible way to deter the Basilisk, while Tom Riddle watched him and began thinking of him as prey.
• Hermione told Albert that the Lockhart fan club was not the Defence Against the Dark Arts Club she wanted, and asked him to help establish a separate club.
• Albert declined to join because he was too busy, but advised Hermione to invite Harry Potter because Lockhart would be interested in him; Hermione began thinking of a way to persuade Harry.

Hermione’s Defence Against the Dark Arts Club began practising the Obstruction Jinx while Albert declined to teach them. Hagrid sent Albert the biting Monster Book of Monsters and revealed that he hoped to become Hogwarts’ Care of Magical Creatures professor, leaving Albert’s friends uneasy about his prospects.

• Hermione invited Harry and Ron to join her Defence Against the Dark Arts Club, which grew to five members practising the Obstruction Jinx.
• Fred urged Albert to start teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts, but Albert refused because he was too busy.
• An owl delivered Hagrid’s parcel to Albert, and Fred was bitten when he opened the Monster Book of Monsters.
• Albert calmed and restrained the book, then took Fred to Madam Pomfrey to have his wound treated.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Hagrid hoped to become the Care of Magical Creatures professor, and they worried about his teaching.

Albert discussed the Wolfsbane Potion's prohibitive cost with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, then left for Hogsmeade with Isobel. He suspected something might happen at the Halloween feast that evening.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan planned to visit Zonko's Joke Shop and ask Zonko for advice about running a shop.
• Albert explained that the Wolfsbane Potion could keep werewolves calm during the Full Moon but cost too much for most of them to afford.
• Albert advised Fred and George to claim they wanted to sell Wizard Cards when asking Zonko for information, and they wrote down his suggestion.
• Albert left the Great Hall with Isobel and told her he felt something might happen at the Halloween feast.
• Albert took Isobel's hand and asked whether they would visit Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop again.