Chapter Summaries

After Peeves appeared to reconcile with Umbridge, Albert reassured Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that her appointment as headmistress was invalid and helped them plan further resistance. Umbridge tightened her grip on Hogwarts, while Fred and George were caught and punished; Albert freed them, and they prepared to launch the Anti-Toad Guerilla Squad.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan told Albert that Peeves had supposedly surrendered, and Albert explained that Umbridge was not truly headmistress because she lacked recognition and could not enter the Headmaster’s Office.
• Albert rejected a direct student confrontation with the Ministry and urged the three to prepare Backup Plan Two while warning them to watch for an ambush.
• Umbridge punished students with the punishment Quill, tightened school rules, and used reports and detentions to suppress resistance and investigate Dumbledore’s Army, including Harry Potter.
• Shanna discussed Umbridge’s harsh rule and the threat to students’ exams with Albert, who predicted that the Defence Against the Dark Arts post would bring Umbridge trouble.
• Lee Jordan told Albert that members of the Inquisitorial Squad had ambushed Fred and George, and Albert went to the dungeons, freed them, and healed their wounds.
• Fred and George planned to join Peeves in a guerrilla campaign against Umbridge and asked Albert to help them obtain another Marauder’s Map.

Filch discovered Fred and George had escaped, and Umbridge threatened to expel them while Albert claimed they had left school voluntarily. A Toad Mark appeared over Hogwarts, and Fred and George ambushed Umbridge at the Quidditch Pitch before slipping away.

• Filch found Fred and George gone from the dungeon and reported their escape to Umbridge, who posted a notice demanding they return or face harsher punishment.
• Albert told Professor McGonagall that Fred and George had likely left school to open their Joke Shop, while Umbridge accused him of helping them escape.
• Umbridge threatened to expel the twins, but Professor McGonagall insisted they needed to establish what had happened before deciding their fate.
• A fireworks display revealed a Toad Mark recruiting for the Toad Alliance above Hogwarts, prompting students to suspect Fred and George and angering Umbridge.
• Fred and George used borrowed wands to ambush Umbridge at the Quidditch Pitch, suspending her upside down, while Albert had already retrieved their confiscated wands.

Fred and George escalated their campaign against Umbridge while hiding in Albert’s magically prepared suitcase at Hogwarts, and students increasingly joined the resistance. The Ministry failed to restore order, and the Anti-Toad Alliance continued to spread its tactics around the school.

• Umbridge raided Albert’s dormitory looking for Fred and George, but found their trunks empty, and Gryffindor students later stunned and expelled the Inquisitorial Squad after a fight broke out.
• Umbridge punished students who took part in the brawl, while Albert ignored her punishment and escaped consequences.
• Fred and George revealed to Harry, Ron, and Hermione that they were still at Hogwarts, hiding in Albert’s house in Hogsmeade, and planned to unite students against Umbridge.
• Albert advised them to organize resistance under the Anti-Toad Alliance and let Fred and George teach students how to oppose Umbridge.
• The Ministry searched for Fred and George and sent a task force to Hogwarts, but the Twins were concealed in Albert’s suitcase and Umbridge’s efforts to portray them as delinquents failed.
• Students circulated the Anti-Toad Guide as the school’s resistance continued, and an enlarged image of Umbridge transformed into a toad appeared in the Entrance Hall.

Albert explained to Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that he had encouraged resistance to Umbridge to build Hogwarts students’ courage and prepare allies for the coming war against Voldemort. He warned that the Ministry might fall to Voldemort and urged them to keep their plans secret, leaving their Joke Shop ambitions for later.

• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan questioned Albert about why he had them keep resisting Umbridge, and he said the students needed to learn courage before the coming conflict.
• Albert revealed that Harry’s role as the Savior came from a prophecy and predicted that Harry and Voldemort were destined to fight, while the Ministry and many wizards might side with Voldemort or stay neutral.
• Albert warned that Voldemort could take over the Ministry and Hogwarts, leaving Harry and Dumbledore isolated, and stressed that Dumbledore’s Army needed to be ready to fight.
• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that their families and friends were at risk because of their ties to him and the Order of the Phoenix, and explained that their resistance was meant to recruit people to their side.
• Albert told the twins to delay opening their Joke Shop, said they could profit from Dark Arts Defense instead, and warned the three to keep their conversation secret.

Umbridge accused Harry of conspiring with Fred and George, then tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse after he challenged her. Ron revealed a supposed Secret Base and weapon in the Forbidden Forest, leaving Umbridge determined to find it while Harry predicted her downfall.

• Malfoy and the Inquisitorial Squad brought Harry to Umbridge's office, accusing him of meeting with Fred and George.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron challenged the accusation with witnesses who could confirm Harry had been studying in the library.
• Umbridge threatened Harry with the Cruciatus Curse, and Harry taunted her about the consequences of using it.
• Umbridge cast the Cruciatus Curse on Harry, but he endured it with little visible pain.
• Ron claimed Fred and George were hiding in a Forbidden Forest Secret Base guarded by Acromantulas and mentioned a secret weapon, while Harry denied knowing its location.
• Umbridge demanded to be taken to the weapon, and Harry mocked her by predicting Fred and George would send her to Azkaban.

After Umbridge used the Cruciatus Curse on Harry, Filch locked him in the dungeons, where Harry revealed that he and Ron had planned to expose her. Harry intended to make sure Umbridge faced consequences rather than relying on the Ministry to punish her.

• Umbridge dismissed Harry after he defied her, and Hermione led him from her office as the Anti-Toad Alliance gathered around them.
• Filch arrived with the Inquisitorial Squad and took Harry to the dungeons, where he locked him in a cage beneath the castle.
• Harry used magic to open the cage, silenced the corridor, and told Ron and Hermione that his Defence Necklace had only slightly weakened Umbridge's Cruciatus Curses.
• Harry explained that he and Ron had acted on Albert's warning and expected Umbridge's use of Veritaserum and the Cruciatus Curse to give them grounds to expose her.
• Harry told Hermione he would publicize Umbridge's abuse through the Daily Prophet or the Defence Reporter and would not rely on the Ministry to punish her.

Umbridge and Fudge believed Fred and George were plotting against the Ministry and planned to lure them out, while the supposed Acromantula-guarded Secret Base baffled the Order of the Phoenix. The Order suspected the story was a scam and trusted the twins and Albert to handle the danger.

• Umbridge failed to catch Fred and George, who evaded her searches with the Marauder's Map, while the Anti-Toad Movement continued to target her and Filch.
• Malfoy suggested blaming Harry and the resistance to force the Weasley twins to appear, and Filch brought Mrs. Norris to Snape after she was petrified.
• Snape revived Mrs. Norris and warned Umbridge that Veritaserum was not ready and that Albert could prepare an antidote; Umbridge then consulted Fudge about her plan.
• Fudge gathered Ministry officials to discuss attacking the alleged Secret Base in the Forbidden Forest, and Kingsley questioned the plan while remaining undercover.
• The Order of the Phoenix learned of the alleged Secret Base, doubted it existed, and decided Fred and George were likely running a scam; Lupin offered to warn them through Minerva.
• The Order discussed Fred and George's plan to buy a Diagon Alley shop, and Sirius said Albert was wealthy enough to help fund it.

Umbridge had Filch arrest Harry, Hermione, Ron, and many other students, planning to use them to draw out Fred and George and uncover a supposed secret base. Albert learned of the arrests, prepared the twins to make a public escape, and went to meet Professor McGonagall as Umbridge summoned her to the Great Hall trial.

• Umbridge convinced Gadwin Robards to prepare an Auror operation to capture two students and investigate a supposed secret base in the Forbidden Forest, while Scrimgeour agreed the Aurors had to follow orders.
• Umbridge ordered Filch and the Inquisitorial Squad to arrest students, and Harry, Hermione, Ron, and many DA members were locked in the dungeons pending trial.
• Albert learned of the arrests from Lee Jordan and told Fred and George to create a distraction before escaping toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Albert explained to Professor McGonagall that Umbridge had been deceived about the secret base and weapon, then said the twins would appear openly despite the Aurors.
• A Slytherin boy told McGonagall that Umbridge wanted her at the Great Hall to attend the students' trial.

Fred and George unleashed a fireworks riot across Hogwarts to disrupt Umbridge’s trial plans and escape the Aurors. A magical Fire Dragon carried them out of the castle, leaving Umbridge furious and accusing Albert of helping them.

• Professor McGonagall watched the castle shake as Fred and George began their fireworks rampage, while Albert denied that it was his plan.
• Fred and George attacked Umbridge’s office with fireworks, and students and the Anti-Toad Alliance joined the chaos throughout Hogwarts.
• Fred and George confronted Umbridge in the hall, denounced her authority, and used a Fire Dragon and a firework lion to distract the Aurors.
• A transparent web trapped Fred and George at the Entrance Hall doors, but the Fire Dragon became solid, broke through, and carried them out of Hogwarts.
• Umbridge accused Albert of rescuing Fred and George and ordered the Aurors to seize him, while Professor McGonagall defended him.

Albert defeated the Aurors who attacked him and whipped Umbridge after she used the Cruciatus Curse on him. He left Hogwarts under the students’ cheers, then appeared near the Forbidden Forest and took a Time-Turner from a metal box.

• Umbridge ordered the Aurors to arrest Albert, and Dawlish’s group stunned Professor McGonagall before attacking Albert.
• Albert fought off the Aurors and hurled Montague and Warrington aside when they ambushed him.
• Umbridge cast the Cruciatus Curse at Albert, but he resisted it, knocked her down, and defeated the remaining Aurors.
• Albert hung the Aurors along the corridor and whipped Umbridge 123 times, with Peeves waking her whenever she passed out.
• Albert told Professor Flitwick to leave the Aurors frozen, then departed Hogwarts as the students cheered him.
• Albert appeared near the Forbidden Forest and took a Time-Turner from his Transfiguration Lizard Skin Bag.

After Albert left Hogwarts temporarily, Percy discovered the aftermath of the failed arrest and reported it to Fudge. Fudge and Scrimgeour went to Hogwarts, where Flitwick explained Albert’s fight with the Aurors, and the students drove the Ministry officials out.

• Isobel questioned Albert about whipping Umbridge and defeating the Aurors, and Albert said he was only taking temporary leave before returning to Hogwarts for his N.E.W.T.s.
• Fudge sent Percy Weasley to Hogwarts, where Percy found Umbridge unconscious in the hospital, the Aurors stuck along a corridor, and the students feasting in the Great Hall.
• Percy told Fudge that the arrest had failed, so Fudge and Scrimgeour led Ministry teams to Hogwarts and tried to enter the Great Hall, where students blasted them with spells.
• Flitwick explained that Umbridge had tried to put students on trial, the Aurors had attacked McGonagall, and Albert had defeated the Aurors after Umbridge used the Cruciatus Curse on him.
• Fudge called Albert a criminal, prompting students to attack the Ministry group, and Lee Jordan led them in throwing the officials out of Hogwarts.

News of the Hogwarts uprising and the defeat of the Ministry Aurors fueled public outrage against Fudge, while Fred and George settled into a Safe House and Albert rested with Isobel. At Fudge’s press conference, reporters exposed his false claims and Umbridge’s abuses, leaving his position as Minister for Magic increasingly precarious.

• Newspapers published Lee Jordan’s photographs of the defeated Aurors and criticized Fudge, while reporters woke him outside Hogwarts and he Apparated away from their questions.
• Fred and George read about the uprising at their Safe House, sent a letter home through Dobby, and returned to making joke products rather than risk going back to Hogwarts.
• Albert stayed with Isobel, read the newspapers, and planned to rest and finish his book while waiting for Dumbledore to return to Hogwarts.
• At a press conference, Fudge blamed Dumbledore for the Hogwarts uprising, but Rita Skeeter and other reporters challenged him with evidence that the Secret Weapon was a joke and questioned him about Umbridge’s punishments.
• Reporters confronted Fudge with testimony and a magical Remembrall recording of Albert’s duel with the Aurors, intensifying calls for Fudge to resign.

Scrimgeour defended the defeated Aurors by publicly portraying Albert Anderson as a wizard destined to surpass Dumbledore, while privately taking responsibility for the Aurors’ failure. At a secret Death Eater meeting, Avery questioned the plan to lure Harry Potter to the Ministry for the Prophecy Sphere, but Lucius Malfoy defended it and began refining the plot scheduled for Friday.

• Scrimgeour read reports about Fudge’s growing unpopularity and Albert’s defeat of the Ministry Aurors.
• Scrimgeour told reporters that Albert was an exceptional wizard who could surpass Dumbledore, then visited the recovering Aurors at St. Mungo’s and warned them not to underestimate opponents.
• Avery arrived late at a secret Death Eater meeting, where Lucius Malfoy and the others discussed Albert’s strength and the difficulty of killing him directly.
• Lucius announced that the Death Eaters would pursue the Prophecy Sphere and Harry Potter at the Ministry on Friday.
• Avery challenged the plan’s unnecessary risks and asked why Voldemort would not take the Prophecy Sphere himself, but Lucius argued that secrecy and political consequences required using Harry.
• Lucius began laying out the plan and refining contingencies with the assembled Death Eaters.

Harry learned that Voldemort was torturing Sirius at the Ministry of Magic to obtain the Prophecy Sphere, and he prepared to go there despite recognizing the situation as a trap. He gathered with the Order of the Phoenix at Grimmauld Place, where they began planning to protect him, destroy the prophecy, and expose Voldemort.

• Harry told the DA that meetings might end for the term, but agreed to consider continuing them next semester.
• Lee Jordan told Ron and Hermione that Fred and George were safe in an Albert-prepared safe house, where Dobby was looking after them.
• Harry’s scar burned, and he saw Voldemort torturing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries; Harry concluded it was a trap and drank Felix Felicis.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione went by Floo Powder to Grimmauld Place, where Sirius and members of the Order gathered to plan their response.
• Moody gave Harry a fake Prophecy Sphere, while the Order discussed protecting Harry, destroying the real prophecy, and exposing Voldemort to the Ministry.

Scrimgeour led the Aurors to a hidden stronghold, where their bombardment exposed Voldemort’s hideout and triggered a fierce battle. Albert intervened to protect Scrimgeour, but Voldemort escaped after blasting the Aurors aside, leaving many injured.

• Scrimgeour mobilized the Aurors and led them by broom to a suspected Death Eater base in northern Scotland.
• Scrimgeour ordered the Aurors to bombard the concealed area, breaking its Protective Magic and exposing Voldemort’s hidden stronghold.
• Voldemort emerged from the ruins and fought off the Aurors, killing one of them as Scrimgeour recognized him.
• Albert appeared under a Disillusionment Charm, blocked Voldemort’s attack on Scrimgeour, and exchanged spells with Voldemort.
• Voldemort blasted the Aurors away and vanished, while Albert left the scene and the injured Aurors remained behind.

Dumbledore learned that the Aurors had attacked Voldemort’s lair, while Harry and the Order of the Phoenix entered the Ministry of Magic to retrieve the Prophecy Sphere. Harry’s group turned the Death Eaters’ trap against them, and the battle began in the Prophecy Hall.

• Dumbledore arrived at Voldemort’s ruined lair after the Aurors had fought there and hoped Harry would destroy the Prophecy Sphere.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron entered the deserted Ministry of Magic while the Order of the Phoenix concealed themselves under Disillusionment Charms.
• The group searched the Department of Mysteries, avoided a dangerous archway, and found the Prophecy Hall.
• Harry located and took the Prophecy Sphere as Lucius Malfoy and the Death Eaters surrounded him and demanded it.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron collapsed shelves onto the Death Eaters, allowing the Order of the Phoenix to launch its ambush.

Harry and the Order of the Phoenix defeated the Death Eaters in the Ministry, and Harry destroyed the Prophecy Sphere before Voldemort could obtain it. Voldemort escaped after confronting Harry and Dumbledore, while the Ministry faced the truth about his return and its own failures.

• Harry, Hermione, and Ron disarmed Bellatrix, destroyed her wand, and defeated Lucius Malfoy after Harry destroyed the Prophecy Sphere.
• The Order subdued the Death Eaters, but Voldemort arrived and attacked; Harry blocked his Killing Curse with Expelliarmus, linking their wands.
• Harry resisted Voldemort’s attempt to control him, and Dumbledore joined the battle as the Order protected Harry and the captured Death Eaters.
• Voldemort blasted apart a golden Centaur statue and escaped as Aurors arrived.
• Dumbledore rebuked Fudge for ignoring Voldemort’s return, while Harry accused the Ministry’s Deputy Minister of using the Cruciatus Curse on him.
• Dumbledore took Harry back to school by Portkey, and Kingsley identified himself as an Auror after Fudge questioned his loyalty.

Albert entered Voldemort’s hidden lair, took its books, artifacts, money, and magical ingredients, then burned the laboratory to hide his theft. He returned to the manor and told Isobel what he had done, while Voldemort arrived to find his lair reduced to ashes.

• Albert used Parseltongue to open the real Chamber of Secrets and took Voldemort’s books, scrolls, and Dark Magic items.
• Albert discovered two hidden chambers, collected Voldemort’s relics and meager vault contents, and seized the rare ingredients in his laboratory.
• Albert bound a suspected Inferius, burned the laboratory and its contents with Fiendfyre, and hid the stolen goods for safekeeping.
• Albert returned to the manor and admitted to Isobel that he had looted Voldemort’s lair and planned to retrieve the hidden spoils after Voldemort died.
• Voldemort returned to the ruins, found the Chamber of Secrets burned to ash, and roared in fury.

Harry spoke with Dumbledore about Voldemort’s anger and his difficulty with Occlumency, then learned Dumbledore was ready to reveal the prophecy. Dumbledore began showing Harry a memory of Sybill Trelawney’s prophecy in the Pensieve.

• Harry awoke in Dumbledore’s office as Dumbledore explained that Voldemort was furious over the failed plan.
• Dumbledore urged Harry to learn Occlumency, but Harry said Albert had been right about his lack of talent.
• Harry asked about the prophecy, and Dumbledore confirmed he knew its full contents.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had stopped looking through Harry’s eyes because Harry’s soul was too painful for him to approach.
• Dumbledore placed his memories in the Pensieve and showed Harry Sybill Trelawney.

After the Death Eaters escaped Azkaban, Dumbledore told Fudge that Voldemort had returned and explained that Harry had stopped him from obtaining the prophecy. Fudge sought Dumbledore’s help to salvage his position, but Dumbledore warned that it was too late and demanded that Umbridge leave Hogwarts and the investigation of Hagrid stop.

• Sirius learned that Harry and Voldemort were destined to fight to the death, and Dumbledore asked him to keep the prophecy secret.
• Tonks reported that the Dementors had rebelled and the Death Eaters had escaped, prompting Dumbledore to go to the Ministry and Sirius to seek Albert’s help.
• Dumbledore confirmed Voldemort’s return to Fudge, while Scrimgeour reported that the Death Eaters had escaped using prepared Portkeys.
• Scrimgeour suggested hiring Albert to locate the fugitives, but Fudge rejected the estimated ten-thousand-Galleon fee.
• Dumbledore told Fudge that Harry had destroyed the prophecy sphere and thwarted Voldemort’s plan, then refused Fudge’s request to meet Harry.
• Dumbledore warned Fudge that he had to accept responsibility and ordered him to remove Umbridge from Hogwarts and stop the Aurors from investigating Hagrid.