Chapter Summaries

After his German operation backfired, Voldemort returned to Britain and targeted Mundungus Fletcher to weaken Albert and his allies. Snape secretly reported Voldemort’s plans to Dumbledore, who passed the news to Albert, while Voldemort remained unaware of the traitor beside him.

• Voldemort returned to Britain after European Aurors began tracking him, then punished Snape and Yaxley for their failure against Albert.
• Voldemort agreed to seek revenge on Albert by attacking the people around him and pursuing the Deathstick.
• Death Eaters captured Mundungus Fletcher, and Voldemort invaded his mind to learn what he knew about the Order of the Phoenix and the Weasley Twins.
• Voldemort placed Mundungus under the Imperius Curse and kept him alive as a potential way to find Albert, while concealing that goal from Snape and Yaxley.
• Snape returned to Hogwarts and told Dumbledore’s portrait about Voldemort’s plans, and Dumbledore relayed the news to Albert.
• Albert was surprised by Voldemort’s changed plans but remained satisfied with the benefits of the trouble his Christmas gift had caused.

After Mundungus Fletcher was captured by the Death Eaters, Albert foresaw a village beneath a sky filled with Dark Marks and warned the Order of the Phoenix. The Order learned that Voldemort had returned to Britain and moved Mrs. Figg to protect her from information Mundungus might reveal.

• Albert divined Mundungus's capture and saw Dark Marks above a snow-covered village in the crystal ball.
• Albert warned the Order of the Phoenix and the Defence Association before going to sleep with Isobel.
• Bill and Fleur woke the Order with Albert's news that Mundungus had been captured while stealing.
• The Order discussed Voldemort's return and feared that Mundungus would reveal their secrets under interrogation.
• The Order decided to relocate Mrs. Figg, and nearly all its members mobilized to escort her.

The Order of the Phoenix arrived to evacuate Mrs. Figg after Mundungus was captured, but Voldemort ambushed them at her home. Harry’s wand clash with Voldemort triggered a strange golden connection, and Voldemort fled; Harry destroyed his abandoned wand and ordered everyone back to headquarters.

• Hestia and Harry told Mrs. Figg her home was no longer safe, and Hestia and Hermione helped her gather her cats.
• The Order of the Phoenix detected an approaching dark presence, and Moody identified it as Voldemort.
• Harry faced Voldemort in a duel, and their wands produced a golden light that linked them and lifted them into the air.
• Moody cast a Killing Curse toward Voldemort, breaking the wand connection and causing Voldemort to flee, leaving his yew wand behind.
• Harry snapped Voldemort’s yew wand and told the Order to return to headquarters in case Voldemort came back with Death Eaters.

After Voldemort ambushed the Order of the Phoenix, Albert suspected he was testing his followers for a traitor and helped the Defence Association prepare for a possible attack. At the Shelter, Ollivander explained the connection between Harry’s wand and Voldemort’s, while Albert questioned whether their shared Phoenix feathers truly explained the unusual magic.

• Albert told Fred, George, and Lee Jordan that Voldemort had captured Mundungus and might use him to find the Safe House.
• Albert proposed sending goods to Shelters protected by the Fidelius Charm and having Dobby deliver them, leaving open the possibility of setting Voldemort a trap.
• Harry and the others visited Ollivander, who explained that Harry’s and Voldemort’s wands had cores from the same Phoenix and that their connection caused Prior Incantato.
• Harry called the wands’ connection ironic because he and Voldemort were mortal enemies, and he signaled that he wanted to speak with Albert privately.
• Albert questioned Ollivander’s explanation, noting that not all wands with similar cores behaved this way; Ollivander said the two Phoenix tail feathers were special.

Albert warned the Order of the Phoenix to hide and train while he explained to Harry how Voldemort’s connection to him could give him a chance to survive. The chapter ended with Ginny learning that Harry might die and Harry apologizing to her as Albert left the Shelter.

• Albert told the Order of the Phoenix that Mundungus was probably beyond saving and urged Sirius and the others to train the Shelter’s students and help Harry master Fiendfyre.
• Harry asked Albert about the wand connection and his scar, and Albert explained that Voldemort’s blood and Harry’s surviving Soul Fragment linked them closely.
• Albert told Harry that Voldemort’s killing curse might destroy the Soul Fragment instead of Harry and create an opening to defeat Voldemort.
• Ginny overheard Harry say he would accept death if he could take Voldemort with him, then asked whether Albert’s explanation was true.
• Harry apologized to Ginny for leading her on, while Ginny said she did not regret it; Albert then left the Shelter.

Voldemort’s search for an explanation of the golden spell led him to kill and abduct wandmakers across Europe, while Albert, Isobel, and Katrina discussed Harry and Ginny’s future and their own relationship. The chapter left Albert and Isobel insisting that they had chosen each other through compatibility and commitment rather than love at first sight.

• Voldemort killed a third famous wandmaker and captured more wandmakers after none could explain the golden spell linking the wands.
• Albert told Katrina and Isobel that Voldemort’s actions could set European wandmaking back decades, and he hoped the Dark Lord would turn his search toward the United States.
• Katrina asked whether Ginny Weasley and Harry would end up together, and Albert warned that Harry might die alongside Voldemort in the Great Battle.
• Albert and Isobel speculated about Ginny’s feelings and the possibility of her having a child with Harry, prompting Katrina to accuse them of ruining the romance.
• Albert and Isobel said they had not married for love, explaining that they chose each other for compatibility and built their feelings over time.

After learning that Harry planned to die to destroy Voldemort, Ginny struggled with the news and decided to help him find a reason to live. With Hermione’s help, Ginny ambushed Harry and urged him to imagine a future with her, while Hermione kept the unconscious Ron from interfering.

• Hermione comforted Ginny and explained that Harry had chosen to face death as part of Dumbledore’s plan to destroy Voldemort.
• Hermione told Ginny that Albert believed Harry had a small chance to survive and urged her to awaken Harry’s desire to live.
• After several days of reflection, Ginny asked Hermione for help and, with her assistance, ambushed Harry.
• Harry explained to Ginny that his magical connection to Voldemort meant destroying Voldemort could kill him too, though he still refused to cling to the uncertain chance of survival.
• Ginny pinned Harry down and proposed that they have a child, while Hermione watched the unconscious Ron and apologized for keeping him out of it.

Old Tom staged his death and fled the Leaky Cauldron after Dark wizards repeatedly robbed and terrorized him. Lee Jordan spread the news that Tom had been killed, while the group discussed Percy Weasley’s possible role as a Ministry spy connected to Albert.

• Old Tom told Percy Weasley and a middle-aged customer that he planned to close the Leaky Cauldron as Dark wizards stole liquor and demanded food.
• After Dark wizards found Old Tom apparently injured in the kitchen, he secretly got up, gave Percy his wine, and left the Leaky Cauldron.
• Lee Jordan revealed that he had helped Old Tom fake his death so the Dark wizards would believe he was gone and leave his family alone.
• News of Old Tom’s supposed murder spread through Diagon Alley and the Wizard Lookout Station, prompting fear and temporary shop closures.
• Lee Jordan and Shanna discussed Percy’s suspicious behavior, and Penelope said she and Percy had separated to keep her from being implicated.
• The Weasley Twins and Shanna considered whether Percy was a Ministry spy connected to Albert.

Albert explained that Percy had secretly gathered information for him from the Ministry of Magic, while Penelope learned that Percy was dining with Audrey. After the secret spread, Percy fled the Ministry and rejoined the Order of the Phoenix, where he faced Penelope and asked Albert whether Kingsley might keep him as Minister of Magic assistant.

• Albert told Fred and George that Percy had acted as his spy in the Ministry of Magic in exchange for career advice and help.
• Albert used Divination to show Penelope that Percy was having a meal with Audrey, and Penelope left after seeing them together.
• Shanna reported that Mundungus Fletcher had survived Voldemort's memory attack, and Albert warned her not to approach him until they confirmed his identity.
• The news about Percy spread to the Order of the Phoenix, which urged him to leave the Ministry and hide; Percy fled before Walton Macnair could arrest him.
• Percy rejoined the Order, admitted to Penelope that he had chosen Audrey for her pure-blood connections, and received a slap from her.
• Percy asked Albert whether Kingsley would keep him as Minister of Magic assistant, and Albert said Percy was probably Kingsley's best choice.

Albert took Isobel and Katrina on a date, where they watched a movie and rode roller coasters. Meanwhile, Percy’s disappearance plunged the Ministry of Magic into turmoil, and Yaxley uncovered several suspected Death Eater spies.

• Albert explained that Percy had ended his relationship with Penelope because she could not help him advance at the Ministry of Magic.
• Albert, Isobel, and Katrina watched a movie about a shipwreck, then went to an amusement park and repeatedly rode a roller coaster.
• The McDougal sisters thanked Albert for the outing and said they had enjoyed it.
• Percy’s disappearance prompted Ministry officials to question many wizards with Veritaserum and triggered widespread suspicion of spies.
• Yaxley found several suspected Death Eater spies who showed signs of having been controlled by the Imperius Curse.
• The Daily Prophet reported on the discoveries, but most people dismissed the Ministry’s claims as another Death Eater frame-up.

Albert and the Defence Association considered using bounties on themselves to raise money, then discussed a plan to capture Dark wizards and claim their rewards. The Order of the Phoenix rejected the idea publicly but privately showed interest, while Albert assigned the work to Fred, George, and Lee and left Cedric in charge of training.

• Albert joked that he could collect his own 150,000-Galleon bounty to help fund the Defence Association.
• Fred and George asked Percy whether they could claim their own bounties, and Percy warned that the Ministry would likely take credit or withhold the rewards.
• Fred and George proposed using the Imperius Curse to capture Dark wizards and collect their bounties, and Albert helped refine their plan.
• The Weasley Couple confronted Fred and George, who defended the idea, and the Order of the Phoenix called a Temporary Meeting to discuss it.
• The Order rejected the plan openly, but Sirius privately offered to be the first captured so they could claim his bounty.
• Albert put Fred, George, and Lee in charge of the plan and told Cedric to train the others.

Fred, George, Lee Jordan, Sirius, and Lupin captured Zach, a Death Eater collaborator, and staged his death to claim the Ministry’s reward. They collected ten Galleons and proved their plan could work, though Sirius said they would use a controlled Search Team member directly next time.

• Zach returned to the house he had seized, where Fred and George stunned him and Lee Jordan helped carry him away.
• Fred confirmed Zach’s identity from Percy’s intelligence, and Lee Jordan confiscated his belongings before bringing him to the Safe House.
• Sirius’s group joined them with a captured Search Team member, and Lupin objected that Zach’s ten-Galleon reward did not cover the cost of the Polyjuice Potion.
• Lee Jordan disguised Zach as a Hufflepuff Muggle-born wizard, and Sirius used the Imperius Curse to make the captive Search Team member kill him with the Avada Kedavra Curse.
• Sirius sent the controlled man to the Ministry with Zach’s corpse, and the Ministry staff paid the ten-Galleon reward without raising suspicions.

At the Order of the Phoenix headquarters, Molly worried that Fred and George were being drawn into killing Dark wizards, while Arthur, Moody, and Kingsley defended their increasingly ruthless methods against Voldemort’s supporters. Harry overheard them and agreed that killing murderous Dark wizards could save lives.

• Molly told Arthur she feared Fred and George would kill people and regret it, and Arthur reassured her that Albert was careful.
• Moody and Kingsley discussed the Dark wizards’ massacres of Muggles and argued that resisting Voldemort required harsh measures.
• Kingsley explained that Sirius was pursuing Ministry bounties on Dark wizards to help cover their expenses.
• Harry entered after overhearing the conversation and said that sparing murderous enemies could lead to more Muggles being killed.

Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny learned how Sirius had used Polyjuice Potion and Ministry bounties against Dark wizards, then watched the false report of his death expose corruption and sow distrust among Voldemort’s allies. The Ministry’s attempts to suppress the scandal worsened the backlash, while Sirius remained safe and treated the affair as a joke.

• Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny agreed Sirius had done nothing wrong by using Polyjuice Potion to claim bounties from Dark wizards.
• The Daily Prophet reported that Sirius Black had been killed, while the supposed bounty recipient revealed that Ministry officials had kept most of the promised reward.
• The radio confirmed Sirius was alive, but wizards focused on the Ministry’s missing bounty money and suspected the recipient had been murdered.
• Dark wizards grew wary, Search Teams disbanded, and several groups robbed the Ministry official who had handled the bounty.
• Yaxley killed a man who challenged him, and Sirius later told the story as a joke without feeling guilty.

After Sirius appeared alive at the Shelter, the Death Eaters’ scheme collapsed and their weakness became increasingly apparent as the Defence Association hunted their abandoned Inferi. Albert rebuked Cedric for blaming him over the murdered Muggles and planned to put the Association under more pressure so its members would be ready for the coming Great Battle.

• Sirius appeared at the Shelter and confirmed that he was still alive, while the wider magical world continued to believe the Ministry’s false report.
• Yaxley and Snape spent Galleons trying to placate suspicious Dark wizards, and the weakened Death Eaters withdrew from trouble as the Defence Association fought their Inferi.
• Cedric questioned Albert about why he had not stopped the Death Eaters from killing Muggles, and Albert told him to focus on fighting the murderers instead.
• Shanna asked Albert whether he had provoked Cedric deliberately, and Albert admitted that he intended to put the Association through a proper trial to prepare them for the Great Battle.
• Albert said the other Shelter’s construction needed to be accelerated.

After Voldemort returned to Britain, Albert warned the Defence Association that his prophecy showed Voldemort finding their headquarters and ordered preparations for an invasion. Voldemort learned that his Death Eaters were short on reliable recruits and suspected spies, leaving him to consider the group’s worsening position.

• Albert warned the Defence Association that Voldemort’s return made their Inferi-hunting missions too dangerous and said they needed to stay vigilant.
• Albert revealed that a prophecy showed Voldemort finding their camp, announced he was preparing another Shelter, and planned an invasion drill.
• Fred spread Albert’s warning, and the Defence Association members discussed the threat and supported practising what to do if the camp was attacked.
• Yaxley told Voldemort that their casualties were severe and their new recruits unreliable, while Snape warned that Order of the Phoenix spies might be among them.
• Voldemort considered the shortage of dependable Death Eaters and put off killing Snape because he remained uncertain about Dumbledore’s wand.

The Order of the Phoenix debated whether to rescue a village the Death Eaters had threatened to turn into Inferi, suspecting the threat was a trap meant to lure them out and intimidate them. Albert advised them not to let Voldemort use the threat against them, while the group remained without a clear way to protect the villagers or stop further attacks.

• Kingsley worried that Voldemort’s attacks on Muggles would expose the wizarding world and provoke a conflict with Muggles.
• Lupin and Bill reported that the Death Eaters planned to target another village, and Sirius, Kingsley, and Moody agreed it was likely a trap.
• The group debated whether to contact Albert, while Ron argued that killing Death Eaters might be necessary and reminded everyone of Charlie’s death.
• Sirius contacted Albert, who advised them not to let Voldemort use the threat against them; Harry warned that the Death Eaters could simply choose another village.
• Tonks and the others considered that the attack might be intended to suppress the growing anti-Voldemort forces, but rejected surrendering to Voldemort.

Albert explained Lord Voldemort’s origins and his own role as Dumbledore’s backup while discussing the Order of the Phoenix’s plan to stop Voldemort’s attack on a Muggle village. He refused to rescue the Order if they acted recklessly and hinted that defeating Voldemort himself would not truly kill him.

• Albert told Katrina and Isobel that Voldemort had changed his name after discovering his Muggle father’s identity and explained that Dumbledore had shared the secrets with him.
• Albert said the Death Eaters planned to slaughter a Muggle village and turn its residents into Inferi, and he recognized the Order’s appeal for help as a familiar trap.
• Albert admitted that he had helped Sirius Black use a disguised Dark wizard to collect part of the bounty on Sirius’s head and fund the Order.
• Isobel warned that the Order was trying to involve Albert in its plans, but Albert said he would neither help nor stop them if they went to the village.
• Albert told Katrina that personally defeating Voldemort would have no meaning because it would not truly kill him, then explained how to eat a frozen pear.

The Defence Association struggled to contain members eager to confront the Death Eaters after Voldemort threatened a Muggle village. Albert opposed rushing into the trap and left the members to decide whether they would heed the warnings.

• Kenneth warned agitated members that charging into Voldemort’s trap could cost lives without solving the threat to Muggles.
• Shanna told squad leaders to monitor the Association and explain why Voldemort’s scheme should not provoke a reckless attack.
• Cedric and the other leaders agreed to help keep members in line, and Shanna arranged a gathering and tougher training.
• Albert appeared after the others left and told Shanna he had not contacted the Association because members needed to hear the facts and take responsibility for their choices.

Voldemort’s attack on a Muggle village failed to draw out the Order of the Phoenix, prompting him to recognize Albert Anderson’s larger plan to force a decisive battle. He ordered Yaxley to keep provoking the Order and Snape to improve the new recruits’ combat abilities.

• Voldemort and the Dark wizards let Dementors drain a village’s Muggles and turn the victims’ bodies into Inferi.
• Voldemort asked Yaxley whether the Order of the Phoenix had appeared, and Yaxley said they had not.
• Snape warned Voldemort that Muggle casualties would not lure Albert Anderson out and suggested strengthening the Death Eaters.
• Voldemort concluded that Albert had engineered the prophecy about Harry Potter to prepare for a decisive battle and wipe out his forces.
• Voldemort ordered Yaxley to keep forcing the Order into the open and told Snape not to disappoint him with the recruits.