Vol. 9The Tournament’s First Stages

Vizet became a Hogwarts Champion, won the first task, and explored the magic linking the Merpeople to the Shadow World while preparing for the Second Task. He grew closer to Luna, investigated Astoria Greengrass’s curse, and ended the stretch as Voldemort continued his plans and Harry solved the Golden Egg’s message.

  • Vizet was chosen as a Hogwarts Champion after Karkaroff tampered with the Goblet, and the school leaders agreed that he would compete alone with his score averaged alongside Harry’s, Cedric’s, and Draco’s.
  • Vizet examined Barty Crouch Jr.’s memories and concluded that Barty had carried out Voldemort’s orders at Durmstrang without apparent fear or resistance.
  • Harry, Draco, Cedric, and Vizet trained together and coordinated their strategies against the Fire Dragons during the first task.
  • Vizet blocked the Norwegian Ridgeback’s fire with a conjured boulder and transformed its fragments into stone spears that pierced the dragon’s scales.
  • Vizet defeated the Fire Dragons by trapping them with invisible obstacles and turning rain into a blizzard, earning sixty-seven points and putting Hogwarts first.
  • Vizet and Dumbledore helped the Merpeople use a Phoenix statue in a ritual, while Vizet and Luna agreed to attend the Christmas Ball together.
  • Vizet and Luna attended the Christmas Ball together, and Vizet learned from Draco that Astoria Greengrass suffered from a hereditary curse.
  • Voldemort ordered Barty Crouch Jr. to continue his work at Hogwarts, while Harry discovered the Golden Egg’s underwater message and told Vizet, Cedric, and Draco.
Chapters 801–900 Read from ch. 801

Arc 33The Goblet’s Champions

Vizet helped his friends understand magic, welcomed the visiting schools, and became an unexpected Champion after Karkaroff tampered with the Goblet of Fire. As the tournament preparations began, Vizet investigated Voldemort’s connection to Durmstrang and examined Barty Crouch Jr.’s memories.

  • Vizet challenged Hermione’s assumptions about freeing house-elves, then demonstrated how confidence could affect spellcasting and encouraged Hermione, Harry, and Ron in their studies.
  • Vizet helped Ravenclaw students with potion emergencies and discussed Ilvermorny before Hogwarts welcomed the Uagadou, Ilvermorny, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang delegations.
  • Dumbledore introduced the Goblet of Fire, and Vizet entered the registration ritual while using Soul Power to preserve the marks connected to Ancient Magic.
  • The Goblet selected Champions from each visiting school, then chose Cedric, Harry, Draco, and finally Vizet for Hogwarts, prompting the headmasters to demand an explanation.
  • Moody revealed traces of Karkaroff’s Confundus Charm on his Wand, and the school leaders accepted Vizet’s proposal to compete alone while averaging his score with Harry, Cedric, and Draco’s.
  • Vizet’s classmates celebrated his selection, and Vizet, Harry, and Draco began looking for clues about the first task.
  • Vizet told Dumbledore that he had found no sign of Voldemort’s associates on the Marauder’s Map, and Dumbledore confirmed that Barty Crouch Jr. had reunited with Voldemort.
  • Vizet examined Barty Crouch Jr.’s memories of teaching Dark Magic at Durmstrang and concluded that Barty carried out Voldemort’s orders without apparent fear or resistance.
Chapters 801–825 Summaries Read

Arc 34The First Task

As the Champions prepared for the tournament’s first task, Harry, Draco, and Cedric trained together and devised a coordinated plan against the Fire Dragons. After several schools faced the arena, Vizet began his own trial against a Hungarian Horntail and a Norwegian Ridgeback, striking back when the Ridgeback attacked.

  • Vizet and Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort planned to use Harry’s blood for resurrection, which had extended Harry’s magical protection, and learned Voldemort had targeted Vizet for his blood as well.
  • Harry, Draco, Cedric, and Vizet prepared for the first task by studying dangerous creatures, practicing with broomsticks and Shield Charms, and training together at the Whomping Willow.
  • Dumbledore announced that the first task would take place on December 1, and the Champions learned they would face Fire Dragons and retrieve a golden egg.
  • The Uagadou Champions used Animagus forms and coordinated tactics to restrain their dragons, while the Beauxbatons Champions retrieved their egg despite injuries and the Ilvermorny Champions surrendered after their brooms were destroyed.
  • Durmstrang’s Champions blinded two dragons with the Eye Affliction Curse, but Krum’s attempt to reach the golden egg ended when dragon fire burned it away.
  • Harry, Draco, and Cedric used broomsticks and magical plants to attack and restrain their dragons, then raised the golden egg as Karkaroff challenged their performance and the judges rescored them.
  • After the judges awarded Harry, Draco, and Cedric their scores, the Hungarian Horntail and Norwegian Ridgeback entered for Vizet’s trial.
  • Vizet blocked the Norwegian Ridgeback’s fire breath with a conjured boulder, then transformed its fragments into stone spears that pierced the dragon’s scales.
Chapters 826–850 Summaries Read

Arc 35The Merfolk and the Christmas Ball

Vizet won the dragon task, uncovered how magic could shape the Merpeople’s shared beliefs, and helped them begin a Ritual Magic transformation. Back at Hogwarts, he and Luna agreed to attend the Christmas Ball together.

  • After the headmasters rescored the Champions, Vizet faced the Fire Dragons alone, trapped them with invisible obstacles, and transformed rain into a blizzard to reach the Golden Egg.
  • The judges awarded Vizet sixty-seven points, placing Hogwarts first, and Old Barty Crouch announced that the Second Task would take place on March first.
  • Vizet opened the Golden Egg in a humid field and recognized its merfolk song as a clue that the Champions would lose their air underwater.
  • While investigating the song’s magical connection to the Black Lake, Vizet explored the Shadow World and found that spells could influence creatures through their shared memories and beliefs.
  • When Durmstrang students clashed with the Black Lake Merpeople, Vizet suggested the Happy Charm, and Dumbledore used it to calm them.
  • Vizet and Dumbledore persuaded Murcus and the Merpeople to create a Phoenix statue, which they activated with a Phoenix Feather as the village celebrated.
  • Kamba Headmaster told Dumbledore that Vizet had triggered an elusive magic at Hogwarts, while the school announced that the Champions would open the Christmas Ball with dance partners.
  • Vizet and Luna confessed that they wanted each other as dance partners and planned to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, but Sprout interrupted their conversation.
Chapters 851–875 Summaries Read

Arc 36The Christmas Ball and Its Aftermath

Vizet and Luna grew closer through Christmas preparations and the Ball, while Vizet learned about Astoria Greengrass’s hereditary curse and pursued a new magical theory. The stretch ended with Voldemort outlining his plans and Harry discovering how to hear the Golden Egg’s message.

  • Vizet and Luna attended the Christmas Ball together, where they danced, shared a meal, and exchanged gifts.
  • At the Ball, Vizet learned from Draco that Astoria Greengrass suffered from a hereditary curse, and he offered a tonic that might ease her condition.
  • Vizet cast the Harmonious Space Charm with Luna’s humming, creating an enchanted Great Hall where they danced before returning to Ravenclaw Tower.
  • Professor Sprout discussed Castelobruxo’s methods with Vizet and Luna, and Vizet connected them to his ideas about harmonizing magic and materials.
  • Snape’s antidote lesson led to Seamus Finnigan being poisoned, and Seamus’s fireworks blasted Karkaroff at the Teachers’ Table.
  • Barty Crouch Jr. reported Karkaroff’s memory to Voldemort, who said Snape was serving his purpose at Hogwarts and ordered Barty to continue his work.
  • Harry submerged his Golden Egg and discovered that its shriek became a choral song, then told Vizet, Cedric, and Draco how he had solved it.
Chapters 876–900 Summaries Read
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