Chapter Summaries

Albert searched the Restricted Section for a way to use Ancient Runes to guide magical power, but found no suitable method. Isobel pointed him toward the Complete Book of Magic, which he took from the library to study.

• Albert used Professor Broad’s note to enter the Restricted Section and searched the remaining books on Ancient Runes.
• Albert copied several ancient spells onto parchment but could not understand them well enough to find the guidance he wanted.
• Isobel examined Albert’s rune-inscribed bracelet and discussed what he still needed to master Runic Script magic.
• Isobel showed Albert the Complete Book of Magic, which was written in Runic Script and had been brought back to return.
• Albert took the book and left the Restricted Section with Isobel, while Katrina saw them emerge.

Albert studied Complete Book of Magic and struggled to understand its ancient theories about magic, Fiendfyre, and Runic Script. After finishing it, he examined McDougal’s manuscript and tried casting the Patronus Charm, but his attempt produced only mist.

• Albert read that ancient wizards used Runic Script carved onto handles to cast Fiendfyre, and he looked at the wooden bracelet on his wrist.
• Albert finished Complete Book of Magic as April arrived, though much of the book remained beyond his understanding.
• Professor Broad asked Albert about McDougal’s third manuscript section, and Albert said it was harder than the earlier sections and relied on Runic Script.
• Albert discussed the ancient history and changing incantation of the Patronus Charm, which McDougal had analyzed in the manuscript.
• Albert attempted the Patronus Charm and produced a thin mist, while his attempt using Ancient Runes failed because, according to Professor Broad, he got the tone wrong.

Albert worked on improving his Protective Bracelet and learned about ancient protective magic, but Professor Broad advised him to focus on more practical spells. Professor Broad then invited Albert to a gathering of Ancient Runes experts, leaving Albert unsure why they regarded him as an expert.

• Albert confirmed that Professor Broad would resign in mid-May and denied seeing the Final Exam questions.
• Albert completed Protective Bracelet version 1.1, recorded it as a failure, and found that its runes had not improved the bracelet.
• Albert read McDougal's manuscript about an ancient, all-around protection spell and learned that his magical power and experience were insufficient to cast it.
• Professor Broad demonstrated an invisible protective barrier and explained that ancient spells were less practical in duels because they were slow to cast.
• Professor Broad gave Albert a private invitation to meet Ancient Runes experts and called him their youngest expert, leaving Albert puzzled.

Albert spent Easter at Hogwarts, then attended an Ancient Runes dinner at McDougal’s home with Professor Broad and two elderly experts who taught him how to empower runes. Back at school, Albert realized Fred and George were missing after curfew and grew worried.

• Albert received Easter eggs from Daisy and learned that Professor Broad had invited him to an evening gathering.
• Albert used Floo Powder for the first time and traveled with Professor Broad to McDougal’s home for dinner with Tiberius Ogden and Gerbert Smith.
• Gerbert Smith explained that Albert’s Protective Bracelet had failed because he had carved runes without infusing them with Magical Power.
• Albert asked whether someone had been missing from the gathering, and Professor Broad replied that Ancient Runes had suffered a break in continuity.
• Albert returned to Hogwarts and later discovered that Lee Jordan had not seen Fred or George since earlier that day, leaving him worried about their absence after curfew.

After confirming that Fred and George had entered the Forbidden Forest, Albert went in alone to find them while Lee Jordan returned to alert Professor McGonagall. The twins were trapped in a Guardian Tree surrounded by Acromantulas, and they feared Albert might come looking for them by himself.

• Albert learned that Fred and George had kept changes on the Treasure Map secret, then used a secret passage to leave the castle with Lee Jordan.
• Albert sent Shera into the Forbidden Forest with a handkerchief, and the owl found George surrounded by Acromantulas with Fred.
• Albert followed Fang into the forest to search for the twins while Lee Jordan went back to find Professor McGonagall and Hagrid.
• George read Albert's message advising them to send up Red Sparks and seek the centaurs, while Fred and George fought off Acromantulas beneath a Guardian Tree.
• Fred sent Red Sparks into the sky, but George worried that Albert might see them and enter the forest alone.

Albert searched the Forbidden Forest for Fred and George, and Ronan guided him to the edge of the Acromantulas’ territory. After an Acromantula attacked, Albert began fighting it and discovered that the Dancing Feet Spell could disrupt its legs.

• Albert followed Fang through the Forbidden Forest, where two centaurs confronted him and Ronan agreed to guide him toward the Weasley twins.
• Ronan led Albert to the Acromantulas’ hunting ground and warned him not to go farther, but Albert continued searching for his friends.
• An Acromantula attacked Albert and Fang, and Albert used Apparition to escape its first lunge.
• Albert fought back with several spells, then used the Dancing Feet Spell to make the Acromantula’s legs twitch uncontrollably.

Albert fought his way through the Forbidden Forest to find Fred and George, who were trapped in a Guardian Tree by a swarm of Acromantulas. He opened a path to them with the Spider Repelling Spell and raised a wall of fire around the tree, then warned the twins not to climb down.

• Albert defeated an Acromantula with the Dancing Feet Spell, learned the Spider Repelling Spell at Level 2, and received the Spider Hunter task.
• Albert traveled deeper into the forest with Fang, using Green Sparks to signal while Fred and George answered with Red Sparks.
• Albert discovered Fred and George surrounded by Acromantulas and sheltering in a Guardian Tree as the spiders attacked them.
• Albert raised his Fire Spell to Level 2, blasted open a route through the spider swarm, and sent walls of fire toward the Guardian Tree.
• Fred and George prepared to climb down, but Albert recognized them and shouted for them to stay put.

Albert rescued Fred and George from a swarm of Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, holding them off until Professor Broad arrived. The group escaped by Portkey, and the twins were taken toward the School Hospital with Portkey Sickness.

• Albert used fire and magic to reach Fred, George, and Fang in the Guardian Tree, then shielded them from the Acromantulas.
• Albert drove back the spiders while Fred and George fired Red Sparks, and he confiscated their treasure map after warning them against another expedition.
• Professor Broad arrived, praised Albert’s efforts, and used Fred’s hat as a Portkey to take the students out of the forest.
• Fred and George suffered Portkey Sickness after landing, and Professor Broad prepared to take them to the School Hospital.

Albert rescued Fred and George from Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, and Dumbledore rewarded his bravery with a Special Contribution Award and points for Gryffindor. After the students were treated, the professors discussed the twins’ search for Gryffindor’s rumored Secret Treasure and Professor Broad’s plan to resign.

• Albert explained how he used the centaurs, Fang, the Spider Repelling Spell, and the Guardian Tree to find and escape the Acromantulas surrounding Fred and George.
• Madam Pomfrey diagnosed Fred and George with Portkey Sickness and Albert with exhaustion, then gave them sleeping draughts.
• Professor McGonagall took one hundred points from each twin and assigned them a week of detention, while Dumbledore awarded Albert a Special Contribution Award and two hundred points for Gryffindor; Professor Broad added fifty points.
• The twins confessed that they had entered the forest searching for a Secret Treasure, and Albert said he had thrown their map away to stop them from returning.
• Professor Broad said he planned to resign before the supposed curse on his position harmed him, and the professors discussed legends of Secret Treasures left by Hogwarts’ founders.

After recovering from the Acromantula rescue, Albert collected his task rewards and discovered a new challenge tied to Hogwarts’s Special Contribution Award and a suspicious map to Gryffindor’s Secret Treasure. He postponed the treasure hunt and went to meet Professor Broad, who was expected to give him the promised Acromantula venom.

• Albert woke in the hospital, thanked Fred and George for their friendship, and left them to recover from Portkey sickness.
• Albert went to the kitchen, completed the Spider Slayer task for killing ninety-four Acromantulas, and found new tasks involving more Special Contribution Awards and Gryffindor’s Secret Treasure.
• Albert inspected the altered treasure map but decided to delay searching for the treasure because the route might lead through the Acromantulas’ nest.
• Albert collected the Rescue Mission rewards and considered buying dog food for Fang in gratitude for its help.
• Katrina told Albert that Professor Broad was looking for him, so Albert headed to the Defence Against the Dark Arts office to claim his Acromantula venom.

Albert visited Professor Broad, who gave him Morg McDougal’s newly published Advanced Runes Studies and paid him for Acromantula venom. Professor Broad warned him against searching for the legendary Secret Treasures, while Albert began to suspect Ravenclaw’s treasure was hidden in the Room of Requirement.

• Albert thanked Professor Broad for rescuing him and the Weasley Twins from the Forbidden Forest.
• Professor Broad showed Albert Advanced Runes Studies, dedicated to him as the youngest Runes Master.
• Professor Broad gave Albert Acromantula venom he had recovered, and Albert sold it to him for Galleons.
• Professor Broad warned Albert not to enter the Forbidden Forest in search of Gryffindor’s Secret Treasure.
• Albert wondered whether Ravenclaw’s Secret Treasure was in the Room of Requirement, while Professor Broad asked about his redwood wand.

Albert visited Hagrid after Fred and George recovered from Portkey sickness, bringing dog food for Fang and discussing his encounter with Acromantulas and centaurs in the Forbidden Forest. He warned Hagrid that the spiders were dangerous to others and advised him to keep his giant heritage secret, then left after completing a task that increased Hagrid’s favorability.

• Fred and George left the School Hospital and joined their housemates for breakfast, while Albert said he had bought dog food for Fang.
• Albert brought the dog food to Hagrid’s Hut, thanked Fang for helping in the forest, and discussed his run-in with Acromantulas and centaurs.
• Albert questioned Hagrid about the Acromantulas and realized that Hagrid had released them into the Forbidden Forest.
• Albert warned Hagrid that the spiders could kill his friends even if they did not threaten him, and cautioned him not to reveal his giant heritage.
• Albert left Hagrid’s Hut after completing a task that awarded experience and increased Hagrid’s favorability.

Albert dismissed the rumours about rescuing Fred and George from the Forbidden Forest as fake, even as the Weasley Twins and the points awarded to Gryffindor supported the story. Isobel revealed that Albert had earned a Special Contribution Award, and he insisted that the tale was fake because he had said so.

• Students questioned Albert about rumours that he had fought Spider Monsters and rescued Fred and George, and he mocked them for believing gossip.
• Shanna suspected the story was true because Gryffindor had gained sixty points, while Albert claimed he and Lee Jordan had each received thirty points for alerting Professor McGonagall.
• Albert cut off Fred before he could confirm what happened and suggested that the group go to the library to work on their holiday homework.
• Isobel told Albert that Professor Broad wanted to see him and mentioned the Special Contribution Award plaque bearing his name in the Trophy Room.
• Isobel warned Albert about treating people like fools, and he told Katrina and Isobel that the story was fake because he had declared it fake.

Professor Broad resigned from Hogwarts and gave Isobel and Katrina the key to their father’s research records, which Katrina persuaded Isobel to accept. Albert searched the Room of Requirement for Ravenclaw’s hidden legacy and, after several failed attempts, triggered a question from an Eagle Bronze Door Knocker.

• Albert and Isobel visited Professor Broad, who confirmed he was resigning and said Professor Snape would take over Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• Professor Broad gave Albert the final portion of Mr. McDougal’s Advanced Runes Studies manuscript, which had been postponed because Morg had encountered bottlenecks.
• Professor Broad showed Isobel and Katrina their father’s protected box and explained that its key opened a Gringotts vault containing records of his magical experiment.
• Isobel initially refused the inheritance, but Katrina argued that they should keep it and might continue their father’s research, so Isobel agreed to take it.
• Albert tried several names for Ravenclaw’s hidden chamber in the Room of Requirement, entered a private library, and triggered a task to find Ravenclaw’s Knowledge Vault.
• Albert knocked on the Eagle Bronze Door Knocker beside Ravenclaw’s motto, and it unexpectedly began asking him a question.

Albert solved the Eagle Bronze Door Knocker’s riddle and learned that its answer was the letter E. After his friends encouraged him to test himself against Ravenclaw’s riddle challenge, the Task Panel assigned him a quest to answer one hundred riddles in a row.

• Albert left the Room of Requirement after recording the Eagle Bronze Door Knocker’s riddle and went to the library.
• Albert showed Fred, Lee Jordan, and George the riddle, then worked out that the answer was the letter E.
• Albert told his friends the answer, and Angelina and Aylia joined the conversation about the Ravenclaw challenge.
• Albert agreed to try the challenge someday, and George asked to come along.
• The Task Panel gave Albert the Greedy Plunderer task to answer one hundred Eagle Ring riddles correctly in one go.

After Professor Broad resigned, Albert explained the rumors about a Defense Against the Dark Arts curse while the students wondered who would teach them next. Filch’s detentions pushed Fred and George toward revenge, and they planned to act after the Gryffindor–Ravenclaw Quidditch match they were forced to miss.

• Albert said Professor Broad had mentioned his early resignation in their first lesson and described the rumors that the Defense Against the Dark Arts post was cursed.
• Fred and George returned from another detention, complaining that Filch had made them copy records of students’ misdeeds and punishments.
• Albert and Lee Jordan offered the twins Dungbombs to use against Filch, and Albert advised them to wait until the night before they left school.
• Filch assigned Fred and George detention on the day of Gryffindor’s match against Ravenclaw, making them miss the game and forcing them to wash chamber pots.
• Fred asked whether Albert’s offer of help still stood, and Albert confirmed it as the twins prepared to take revenge on Filch.

Albert watched Gryffindor and Ravenclaw battle through a long Quidditch match, met Rowena Smith, and saw Charlie win Gryffindor the Quidditch Cup. Smith agreed to an unspecified matter with Dumbledore before leaving for Hogsmeade.

• Albert and Lee Jordan watched Gryffindor and Ravenclaw trade the lead while Lee cheered himself hoarse.
• Katrina brought Albert to meet Rowena Smith, who spoke with him about his knowledge and interests.
• Albert predicted the match would last until the evening, and Charlie caught the Golden Snitch at eight o'clock to win the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor.
• Fred and George arrived in time to see the match's ending, and Albert joined the celebrating Gryffindor Team.
• Rowena Smith told Dumbledore that she agreed to an unspecified matter, then declined dinner and left for Hogsmeade.

As Gryffindor and Slytherin competed for the House Cup, Albert relaxed through exam season and visited Hagrid, where he discussed making a garlic-scented amulet. At the lakeside, he tricked Katrina into accepting a bet to answer Ravenclaw’s riddles, hoping she would provide him with the questions and answers he needed.

• Gryffindor students tried to protect their House Cup lead while Snape pressured them in Potions class and the rivalry with Slytherin simmered.
• Albert visited Hagrid, asked him to find alcohol and beeswax for extracting garlic’s allicin, and explained the plan to make an amulet that might repel Dark Creatures.
• Albert relaxed by the lake, where Katrina found him and examined his exam guide before challenging him to compete in their Final Exam results.
• Albert proposed a bet: Katrina would win by answering one hundred Ravenclaw riddles correctly, while he would win if he answered ten; The Grey Lady agreed to witness it.
• Albert postponed the bet until after exams or the next semester, intending to use Katrina’s preparation to learn the riddles and their answers.

Albert breezed through his exams and spent the final days before the holidays with his friends, while Slytherin’s chances of winning the House Cup dwindled. When four older Slytherin students tried to attack him, Professor Babbling caught them and took eighty points from Slytherin, leaving the house at the bottom.

• Albert finished his written Charms exam early, excelled in the practical Charms and Transfiguration exams, and completed the rest of his exams successfully.
• After the exams, Albert celebrated with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, received Comprehensive Guide to Basic Runes from Mr. McDougal, and spent time by the lake as the House Cup standings remained close.
• Katrina approached Albert, and he was about to accompany her to Ravenclaw Tower when four older Slytherin students came over to confront him.
• Albert baited the four Slytherin students into attacking, and Professor Babbling arrived in time to witness their assault and confiscated wand.
• Professor Babbling deducted twenty points from each of the four Slytherin students and took Albert with her to discuss something; Fred, George, and Lee spread the news.
• Slytherin lost eighty points and fell to last place, making the four students notorious and leaving Snape furious.

Gryffindor and Slytherin escalated their feud as Gryffindor’s House Cup lead became threatened by Ravenclaw, prompting the Student Council President to retaliate against Slytherin students. Albert stayed alert amid the chaos and received supplies from Hagrid to make Garlic Crosses.

• Slytherin students attacked three Gryffindors with Dark Curses, and the Houses’ growing conflict began costing Gryffindor points.
• The Student Council President led an ambush on Slytherin students, who were stripped, hung upside down, and left with their heads in toilets; another group was later posed in an embrace at the Entrance Hall.
• Snape questioned students about the attacks but found no useful clues, while Gryffindors denied knowing anything and Ravenclaw students hoped the feud would cost both Houses points.
• Lee Jordan warned Albert that people wanted to ambush him, and Albert said he was using the Disillusionment Charm to avoid them.
• An owl delivered Albert a package from Hagrid containing alcohol and beeswax, which Albert planned to use to make Garlic Crosses.