Chapter Summaries

After spending the night with Isobel, Albert prepared to return to Hogwarts while Isobel explained to Katrina why she had accepted sharing him. Isobel urged Katrina to build a close relationship with Albert, leaving her shocked by her sister’s blunt plan.

• Albert woke beside Isobel, reassured her, and prepared to return to Hogwarts after breakfast.
• Isobel told Katrina that Albert loved her and that she had agreed to include Katrina partly for her happiness and partly to give Albert a reason to survive the war.
• Katrina questioned Isobel’s motives, and Isobel admitted she feared Albert might die in battle.
• Isobel took Katrina to her room and discussed intimate matters, warning that Katrina was not mentally prepared for a relationship with Albert.
• Isobel explained that she wanted Katrina to become Albert’s wife, lover, and companion so their bond would leave little room for other women.

After returning to Hogwarts, Albert refused to let the exhausted Defence Association bear responsibility for clearing up the postwar chaos and advised Kingsley on the challenges facing his new government. Kingsley accepted Albert’s offer to donate Voldemort’s bounty under strict conditions, but he still had to prove he could deliver justice and confront the hatred left by the war.

• Albert told Moody that the Ministry of Magic and absent British wizards should take responsibility for Hogwarts’s cleanup, while the Defence Association members rested after celebrating.
• Albert found the Defence Association members hungover in the Room of Requirement and left them asleep as Shanna went to brief McGonagall.
• Hermione brought Albert to Kingsley, who invited him to the Forbidden Forest and discussed burying unclaimed Dark wizards and commemorating the fallen.
• Albert warned Kingsley that survivors expected justice and suggested using carefully verified Veritaserum interrogations to identify guilty prisoners.
• Kingsley accepted Albert’s offer to donate Voldemort’s bounty on the condition that the Ministry paid it to war victims and Champions according to Albert’s requirements.

Kingsley learned from Albert that the Ministry’s failure to deliver justice could plunge the magical world into civil war. He decided to use Veritaserum to purge Voldemort’s remaining followers and lead the survivors toward justice, though he knew the choice would bring bloodshed.

• Percy and Kingsley’s bodyguard asked whether Albert had agreed to help, and Kingsley warned that failing to satisfy everyone could lead to civil war.
• Kingsley ordered the Dark wizards’ bodies burned and their ashes buried in the Mass Grave before returning to the Ministry.
• Percy urged Kingsley to consider Albert’s advice, and Kingsley recognized that survivors of the war would not accept the old practice of blaming everything on Voldemort.
• Kingsley said he would use Veritaserum, while Percy warned that the Ministry lacked time and power to purge its tangled interests without causing more deaths.
• Kingsley concluded that he had to lead the pursuit of justice and confront pure-blood resistance, even if the effort required bloodshed.

Kingsley acted on Albert’s advice to clear Hogwarts’s aftermath and strengthen his position as Minister, while the Ministry prepared to pursue Voldemort’s Remnants. The chapter left Pure-blood families alarmed as Kingsley gained broad public and Wizengamot support.

• Kingsley’s Ministry arranged to burn the Dark wizards’ bodies in an isolated wilderness instead of burying them.
• Moody explained that Kingsley planned to admit Hogwarts battle participants into Auror training to address the shortage of Aurors and the threat of Inferi.
• Kingsley publicized his reforms, hired Albert as Senior Advisor, invited Harry Potter into the Auror Office, and announced strict measures against Voldemort’s Remnants.
• More than half the Wizengamot supported Kingsley, while Pure-blood families feared the Ministry’s victim list and the likelihood of investigations.
• Kingsley credited Albert’s advice and prepared to take decisive action against the Death Eaters.

Draco Malfoy hid in the Parkinson Manor disguised as Erin while the family considered arranging his surrender to the Ministry. Godwin Robards exposed and arrested him, then ordered an investigation into the Parkinsons as Kingsley’s authority continued to grow.

• Draco Malfoy, shaken by Voldemort’s defeat, stayed at Parkinson Manor disguised as one of the family’s female relatives.
• Mr. Parkinson advised Draco to surrender to the Ministry and hoped to negotiate a reduced sentence with Kingsley.
• Mrs. Parkinson received notice of a Ministry search, and Godwin Robards arrived with Aurors who searched the manor.
• Godwin had the Parkinsons wash their faces, revealing Draco’s disguise when he took his turn.
• Godwin arrested Draco and placed Mr. Parkinson under restrictions while ordering an investigation into Erin’s identity.
• Godwin arranged for Draco to appear before reporters in women’s clothing and told his staff to notify Kingsley about a press conference.

After Draco Malfoy’s arrest and the war memorial service, Albert negotiated Ministry support for a new village and explained why he gave up the hundred-thousand-Galleon bounty. Kingsley then arranged for Cedric to serve temporarily as a Defence Against the Dark Arts assistant teacher at Hogwarts, while Albert planned to teach an advanced class there.

• Kingsley used Draco Malfoy’s arrest and the investigation of the Parkinson family to quiet opposition from pure-blood families and advance reforms.
• At Hogwarts’ Black Lake memorial, Cedric and Albert discussed preserving the memory of those who fought Voldemort, and Cedric connected Albert’s village plan to that goal.
• Albert told Fred, George, Kenneth, and the others that he had traded the hundred-thousand-Galleon bounty for Ministry help building the village and Kingsley’s assistance with an overseas bounty.
• Percy told Cedric that Kingsley wanted him to serve temporarily at Hogwarts as a Defence Against the Dark Arts assistant teacher and Ministry liaison.
• Albert said he would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts advanced classes for sixth- and seventh-year students rather than take a full professorship, and Percy reminded him to attend the celebration feast.

After the war, Albert helped Hogwarts prepare to reopen while handling his new teaching duties and making plans to help Hermione find her family in Australia. The chapter ended as the Celebration Feast began, with Cedric discussing Kingsley’s recruitment of Dumbledore’s Army members as Aurors.

• Isobel told Albert that Penelope had ended her relationship with Percy, and Percy later said he wanted to focus on his career.
• George told Albert that Kingsley wanted the twins to supply Defence Against the Dark Arts items on credit, and Albert advised them to limit the order and require a deposit.
• Albert helped inspect Hogwarts’s repairs, attended a meeting about teaching arrangements, and told Hermione that he would accompany her to Australia to find her family.
• Cedric showed Albert his new office, where they found dangerous Dark Magic items and cleared them out for Kenneth to sell.
• Albert and Cedric arrived at the Great Hall for the Celebration Feast, where Truman said Kingsley had recruited many members of Dumbledore’s Army for Auror training.

At Hogwarts’ Celebration Feast, Kingsley and Albert honored the victory over Voldemort and discussed how to handle the war’s aftermath. After the feast, Albert left with Isobel and Katrina and revealed that he planned to travel to Australia to help Hermione find her family.

• Lee Jordan defended Aberforth by pointing out that the people assigned to fight the Acromantulas had failed despite their advantages and preparations.
• Kingsley announced that Voldemort was permanently dead, and Albert shared the victory’s glory with everyone who had fought against him.
• Albert advised Kingsley to offer lesser offenders a chance to reform through fines and prison terms while executing the most heinous criminals.
• McGonagall announced the students’ academic arrangements and long summer vacation after the feast.
• Katrina asked whether Albert would settle in his planned village, and he reassured her that he would connect it to the Floo Network.
• Albert told Isobel he planned to go to Australia to help Hermione find her family, as he had promised years earlier.

Albert reviewed his completed tasks, spent the morning with Isobel and Katrina, and went to Hogwarts to organize the Defence Association's village-building work. He also arranged with Hermione to help find her parents in Australia, while Harry and Ron prepared for Auror training.

• Albert woke early, ate breakfast with Katrina, claimed completed tasks, and decided not to make another Philosopher's Stone.
• Isobel joined Albert, and the two discussed his upcoming trip to the Far East and teased Katrina about her kissing technique.
• Albert declined Sirius's request to advise the new Aurors and reminded Fred and the others about the Defence Association meeting.
• Hermione told Ron and Harry she planned to search for her parents in Australia with Albert's help, and Harry and Ron accepted that they should attend Auror training.
• Albert explained the village-building plans, assigned work and team leaders, and discouraged reluctant members from expecting better housing without helping.
• Albert and Fred saw Mad-Eye training the remaining Hogwarts students to handle Dementors and Inferi, and Albert explained why the Aurors' theory lessons were useful.

Albert organized the Defence Association members as they began building a planned village on the ruins, assigning tasks and marking out parks, gardens, roads, and facilities. With construction materials on the way, he expected the project to take about a year and prepared to leave time for a trip to Australia with Hermione.

• Albert returned with the Defence Association members and assigned them to erect tents, demolish ruined houses, clear weeds, and level the land.
• Albert and Shanna divided the site into functional areas, and Albert marked out parks, gardens, an artificial lake, an orchard, and the village center.
• Cedric told Albert that Kingsley had arranged for the Ministry of Magic to procure construction materials and asked for a large-container suitcase to transport them.
• Albert planned a memorial above the exposed underground Shelter and marked where workers should dig to protect it and prepare foundations.
• Albert told the group the residential area and facilities might take about a year to complete, then finalized house layouts while Shanna agreed to help oversee the work.

Albert took Hermione from Hogwarts to Australia using a series of long-distance Apparitions, despite her having lost the tracking item needed to locate her family. After repeated jumps left Hermione sick, Albert put her in his suitcase and continued the journey alone, arriving in Australia.

• Hermione admitted she had lost the tracking item, and Albert promised to find her family by other means.
• Albert proposed Apparating from Britain to Australia and set off with Hermione through the Forbidden Forest, stopping first in France.
• After the repeated Apparitions made Hermione nauseated, Albert let her rest inside his suitcase.
• Albert evaded wizards who had followed their trail from Britain and continued across Europe and the Caspian Sea.
• Albert arrived in Australia after following the route he had once taken to retrieve his family.

Albert and Hermione arrived in Australia and worked out a way to find Hermione’s parents using their new names and a magical map. After Hermione urged Albert to rest, he prepared a potion to help them recover before beginning the search.

• Albert and Hermione reached Australia after a strenuous journey by Apparition, and Albert planned how to locate Hermione’s parents without the missing items that had once pointed to them.
• Hermione told Albert that her parents were now named Wendell and Monica Wilkins.
• Albert proposed buying a detailed atlas and using a large-scale Traces Charm to search for their names, though he was unsure whether the spell would cover all of Australia.
• Hermione hugged Albert and urged him to rest before they began searching, while he kept his feelings for her to himself.
• Albert prepared a potion to ease their travel sickness, gave Hermione a dose, and strengthened and concealed the suitcase before they rested.

Albert and Hermione searched Australia for the Grangers and found them living under the name Wilkins in New South Wales. Hermione restored her parents’ memories and reunited with them, while Albert joined the family for dinner and let them mistakenly assume he was her boyfriend.

• Albert waited for Hermione to recover, then used a crystal ball and Felix Felicis to narrow the Grangers’ location to New South Wales.
• Albert and Hermione crossed Australia on a Flying Broom and found the Grangers working at a dental clinic.
• Hermione watched her parents at work and decided she probably would not stay in Australia, then restored their sealed memories after the clinic’s last patient left.
• Hermione embraced her stunned parents, and the Grangers took her and Albert home to celebrate their reunion.
• The Grangers praised Albert for defeating Voldemort and donating his reward, while Albert politely avoided correcting their assumption that he was Hermione’s boyfriend.

Hermione chose to return to Britain and finish her final term at Hogwarts while her parents decided to remain in Australia. Albert reassured the Grangers that he would help Hermione, then prepared to leave for Britain, but Hermione ran after him and hugged him.

• The Grangers told Hermione they planned to stay in Australia, and Hermione said she wanted to return to Hogwarts to finish her final term.
• Mrs. Granger asked Albert to take care of Hermione, and Albert promised to help her while explaining that he had been invited to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.
• Albert showed the Grangers his magically expanded suitcase and a model of the Wizard Village he was building in Britain.
• Albert gave Hermione a Two-Way Mirror and said he would return to Australia in ten days if it stopped working over the distance.
• Mrs. Granger urged Hermione to pursue her happiness, and Hermione handed the mirror to her mother before running after Albert and hugging him as he prepared to Apparate.

Albert tried to convince Hermione to end their relationship because he was married and could offer her only a secret affair. After Hermione drank Felix Felicis, she rejected his objections and kissed him passionately.

• Albert took Hermione to his suitcase and told her that, because he was married, they would have to part ways.
• Albert explained that being his mistress would mean secrecy, public disgrace if discovered, and no future with him, but Hermione asked whether he liked her.
• Albert admitted he had liked Hermione but said he wanted her to find happiness elsewhere.
• Hermione swallowed Felix Felicis and declared that their love did not require marriage or a shared life.
• Hermione climbed onto Albert's lap and kissed him passionately.

After spending the night with Hermione, Albert told Isobel what had happened and said he might remain in Australia for a few more days. Isobel accepted his confession but warned that Katrina would be upset, while she and Katrina discussed their feelings about sharing Albert.

• Albert tucked the exhausted Hermione into bed, got dressed, and contacted Isobel through a Two-Way Mirror.
• Albert admitted that he might not return to Britain that night, and Isobel deduced that he had slept with Hermione.
• Albert explained that he had intended to persuade Hermione to give up, while Isobel told him he was poor at rejecting women and urged him to soothe Katrina when he returned.
• Isobel ended the call after telling Albert to spend time with Hermione but not stay away too long.
• Katrina asked whether Isobel was angry, and Isobel admitted she was unhappy but said Hermione faced a painful separation from Albert.

Hermione woke beside Albert after using Felix Felicis to win his affection, and the two spent his brief remaining visit together in Australia. She accepted that Albert would return to his family and asked him to stay with her for their last day.

• Hermione recalled confessing to Albert, being rejected, and using Felix Felicis to make him hers for the night.
• Albert comforted Hermione and told her he would stay two more days before returning to Britain, leaving her to worry about Isobel and their future.
• Albert made breakfast for Hermione, and they spent the day together before visiting the Grangers, who hinted that they should marry.
• Hermione complained that her parents worried about her future, and Albert explained their concern before the two spent another night together.
• Hermione asked Albert to stay with her for their last day together and regretted not confessing sooner, then climbed on top of him again.

Ron struggled to focus on Auror training because he worried that Hermione had not found her family and was in love with Albert. Harry encouraged him to confess to Hermione, but Ginny doubted he had a chance and offered to find out how Hermione felt first.

• Harry noticed Ron was distracted and heard that he was worried about Hermione's missing family; Harry reassured him that Albert would find them.
• Harry urged Ron to confess his feelings to Hermione, but Ron said she liked Albert and refused to explain what Harry did not understand.
• Cedric warned Ron that Moody might revoke his Trainee Auror status if his mistakes continued and told him that he could earn a house in the Wizard Village by helping build it.
• Ron decided to confess to Hermione when she returned and asked Harry for Felix Felicis, but Harry had none left.
• Ginny told Harry that Ron had little chance with Hermione and said she would sound Hermione out before Ron confessed.

Albert returned from Australia to find Katrina upset that he smelled of another woman, then went to the Wizard Village to address its construction and management. He arranged for Joseph Crova to oversee the work and inspected the village with Shanna, who still wanted him to visit every day.

• Katrina and Isobel teased Albert about returning from breakfast with Hermione smelling of another woman, and Katrina vowed to make him train every morning.
• Albert left home for the Wizard Village, where Shanna reported that construction was progressing faster than expected under Joseph Crova's guidance.
• Albert offered Joseph three hundred Galleons for design templates and to oversee the village's construction in exchange for having his name recorded in the village's history.
• Albert and Shanna inspected the village's fruit trees, grape trellises, and wells, and Shanna said his presence helped keep the workers on track.

Albert returned to the village and learned that Death Eaters had threatened the Ministry of Magic with an Inferi attack on Muggles. He agreed to help keep watch only if the Ministry paid him extra or owed him a personal favor, leaving the Ministry’s plan to deal with the Inferi unresolved.

• Shanna told Albert that others wanted apartments in the village and that Percy Weasley had been asking after him for the Minister.
• Percy arrived and told Albert that Death Eaters had threatened to unleash Inferi on Muggles, then asked him to guide the Ministry’s newly recruited Aurors.
• Albert refused to work without extra pay or a personal favor, and Percy hurried off with his agreement.
• Joseph Crova admitted that Kingsley had asked him to help at the village and said that the Ministry planned to rebuild Hogsmeade.
• Shanna asked whether the Ministry wanted Albert to help eliminate the Inferi, and Albert said they probably did but had not offered him a suitable price.