Recaps

As Hogwarts prepared for the Triwizard Tournament, the champions learned they would face dragons, while Amosta investigated a plot to endanger Hermione. Cedric and Fleur retrieved their Golden Eggs, and Krum’s attempt left him in the path of the Horntail’s fire as Amosta and Dumbledore moved to intervene.

• Amosta warned Dumbledore that he would personally protect the students, and Ollivander explained that Harry and Voldemort’s wands shared a persistent bond.
• Amosta calmed the dragons after they erupted at his approach, then learned Hermione and others had secretly watched them, and Harry and Hermione inferred the first task involved stealing a dragon’s egg.
• Krum warned Hermione about the dragon task, and Moody discussed her plan with her before suggesting she add an inconspicuous item.
• Hogwarts welcomed the tournament guests, and Amosta used monitoring mirrors to show the champions and the arena before Hermione drew the Chinese Fireball as her opponent.
• Cedric used a Transfigured hound and a Sliding Spell to retrieve the Swedish Short-Snout’s Golden Egg, though the dragon left his arm numb.
• Fleur lured the Welsh Green from its cliff nest with a dance and retrieved her egg, but the dragon burned her calf, and Hagrid then told Harry and Sirius that Hermione’s dragon had been given too much paralysis potion.
• Amosta revealed that Dom had tampered with the draw and poisoned the Chinese Fireball after misunderstanding Hermione, then asked Sirius to take part in the tournament.
• Krum charged the Hungarian Horntail, survived its attack, and sent the Golden Egg into the air, but the dragon’s fire rushed toward him as Amosta and Dumbledore raised their wands.

Hermione won the first task, while Amosta uncovered the Centaurs’ ancient secrets and received a mysterious revelation from the Tablet of Destiny. The story left Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the kitchens as they witnessed the House-elves’ funeral customs and Dom’s growing conflict over freedom.

• Hermione defeated the Chinese Fireball and won the first task, then reunited with Harry and accepted Ron’s apology.
• Amosta warned Amelia Bones to prepare for Voldemort’s return and urged her to strengthen the Ministry before the coming war.
• Amosta followed the Centaurs into their Secret Realm and questioned Horn about Vitia Creona, Avalon, and the Druids’ connection to the intruder.
• Horn revealed the history of the magical world and led Amosta to Merlin’s Tablet of Destiny, which entered Amosta and showed him a vision of a way home among the stars.
• Amosta sealed Horn’s memories, then brought Dumbledore to the Secret Realm and explained that Creona had established it for the Druids.
• Harry and Ron followed Hermione into the kitchens, where Dobby introduced them to the injured Sparkle and explained that Dumbledore had hired them both.
• Hermione asked Dobby to teach Dom about freedom, wages, and holidays, but Regga objected as Dom insisted it wanted to remain an obedient House-elf.
• The House-elves mourned a dead companion with a funeral dirge and traditional rites, while Regga warned Hermione that Dom could not easily refuse the honor.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione witness a memory of the Hogwarts founders that reveals their plans for the Dementors and a dangerous path between worlds. As Amosta investigates the Resurrection Stone and Voldemort’s Horcruxes, he leaves Hogwarts on another investigation while the students continue their punishment and training.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed Amosta and Regga through a corridor of preserved House-elf heads and entered an illusion of a Hogwarts office, where they met the founders’ memories.
• Rowena Ravenclaw explained how the founders faced the Royal Wizarding Association and the threat of war, while Helga Hufflepuff warned of the danger in controlling Dementors.
• Helga and Rowena opened the Death’s Door with a cracked black coordinate, and Helga’s silver doubles found a path to another world where a war against darkness still raged.
• Amosta led the students and House-elves out, ordered them to keep what they had seen secret, and punished Harry, Ron, and Hermione with physical education classroom cleaning until Christmas.
• Amosta researched the Hallows and learned from Professor Binns that Salazar had worn the Resurrection Stone in a gold ring, while Krum’s accusations about Grindelwald’s mark angered Hermione.
• Amosta signed Moody’s salary advance application and gave him several thousand Galleons to support retired Aurors, then hurried to Dumbledore after receiving Sirius’s letter.
• Amosta and Dumbledore identified Voldemort’s Resurrection Stone ring as a likely Horcrux, and Dumbledore left to meet Slughorn while Amosta prepared his own investigation.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione debated Krum’s claims and resumed their training, where Ron was struck by a Dungbomb after failing to track the armor’s attacks.

Amosta helped Percy navigate Ministry politics and uncovered evidence of Barty Crouch’s hidden past while investigating the Quidditch World Cup incident. At Hogwarts, Harry and his friends prepared for the Yule Ball as Hermione connected Crouch and a possible Death Eater to the Triwizard Tournament plot.

• Draco Malfoy challenged Harry to a secret duel, and their fight ended when Neville interrupted before either boy could win.
• Amosta visited the Ministry, protected Percy from being drawn into a political trap, and found Barty Crouch injured and living alone.
• Amosta discovered a bloodstained cell and school uniform in Crouch’s vault, then discussed the Tournament’s leaked clue and champion coaching with Crouch.
• Hermione accepted Ron’s Yule Ball invitation, while Harry accepted Fleur Delacour’s invitation after Fleur suggested she and Harry were dance partners.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione recounted the Quidditch World Cup incident to Dumbledore and Amosta, including Crouch’s empty seat and his questioning of Sparkle.
• Amosta and Dumbledore concluded that Crouch had helped his son escape Azkaban, and Amosta arranged for Sparkle to return and care for him.
• Hermione argued that Fleur had invited Harry to provoke Professor Breen, and Harry brooded over the possibility that Fleur was using him.
• Hermione suspected that an invisible Death Eater had watched the Quidditch match from Crouch’s reserved seat and that Crouch or an accomplice had entered her name in the Goblet of Fire.