Chapter Summaries

Fleur Delacour struggled to retrieve the dragon eggs after the Welsh Green Dragon fled to a high rock wall, and the judges voted against intervening. She began using her Veela-like charm to draw the dragon down, leaving the crowd captivated.

• The Welsh Green Dragon climbed to its nest on the rock wall, leaving Fleur unable to reach the eggs.
• Madame Maxime urged the judges to intervene, but Dumbledore, Karkaroff, Bagman, and Crouch voted against it.
• Fleur tried calling to the dragon and attacking it with spells, but the dragon stayed aloft and answered with blue flames.
• Fleur decided she had to make the dragon descend voluntarily and began dancing in the arena.
• Fleur's dance released a powerful charm that captivated spectators, including witches, while Ludo questioned how it could affect them and the female dragon.

Fleur used two magical dances to lure the Welsh Green Dragon away from its eggs and put it to sleep, but was burned as she retrieved the Golden Egg and finished one point behind Cedric. Afterward, Hagrid told Harry and Sirius that Hermione's Chinese Fireball had been drugged and that he alone had handled the dragons' food.

• Fleur bewitched the Welsh Green Dragon into leaving the cliff and then soothed it to sleep with a second dance.
• Fleur retrieved the Golden Egg but collapsed after the dragon burned her calf as it slept.
• The judges awarded Fleur eight points from Dumbledore, Crouch, and Bagman, nine from Madame Maxime, and seven from Karkaroff, leaving her one point behind Cedric.
• Harry and Sirius met a panicked Hagrid in the arena passageway after returning from trying to see Hermione.
• Hagrid explained that Hermione's Chinese Fireball remained unconscious because someone had given it too much paralysis-inducing Potion, and said he had been responsible for feeding the dragons.

Harry, Sirius, and Hagrid investigated the poisoned Dragon and discovered that Dom had tampered with the food and the Triwizard Tournament draw to help Hermione. Amosta revealed that he had noticed Dom’s interference but had not expected the House-elf to poison the Chinese Fireball.

• Harry and Sirius hurried with Hagrid to the Dragon cavern after learning that Hermione’s Dragon might have been poisoned.
• They saw the Hungarian Horntail being taken to the arena and found Cedric’s Swedish Short-Snout restrained while Fleur’s Welsh Green slept.
• Charlie angrily confronted Hagrid over the black paste found in the Chinese Fireball’s mouth, and Hagrid said Dom had delivered the Dragons’ food while he was away.
• Dumbledore explained that Dom was a House-elf Hermione had saved, and Sirius realized it might have targeted Hermione’s opponent.
• Amosta said Dom had tampered with the drawing of lots to give Hermione the Chinese Fireball, then tried to weaken it with an excessive dose of potion.

Amosta revealed that Dom had acted on his own, leaving the adults to decide how to handle the damaged dragon and the tournament. As Viktor Krum faced the Hungarian Horntail, the dragon unleashed a violent attack that hid the arena in dust, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Amosta explained that Dom had caused the trouble by misinterpreting Hermione's words, and Harry insisted Hermione had never ordered Dom to act.
• Sirius asked Charlie for a backup plan, but Charlie said moving the remaining nesting dragons would be too difficult.
• Amosta proposed a new idea and asked Sirius whether he would take part in the Triwizard Tournament.
• Ludo introduced Viktor Krum, who immediately charged toward the Hungarian Horntail with his wand raised.
• The Hungarian Horntail smashed its spiked tail into the artificial rocks, filling the arena with debris and dust as Ludo wondered whether Krum was still alive.

Viktor Krum survived the Hungarian Horntail’s rampage and risked a direct charge to reach the Golden Egg as the Dragon unleashed its fire. Amosta and Dumbledore raised their wands to intervene just as the flames descended.

• The Hungarian Horntail ravaged the arena until it tired, while Dumbledore assured the judges that Krum was safe for the moment.
• Krum burst from a crater near the Dragon, alive but covered in cuts and with his left wrist badly injured.
• Krum cast a Blinding Curse at the Horntail, but the spell missed its eye when the Dragon moved its head.
• As the Horntail prepared to breathe fire, Krum charged toward it and blasted the ground behind the Golden Egg, sending the Egg into the air.
• Krum leapt from a rising rock to reach the Golden Egg as the Dragon’s fire rushed toward him, and Amosta and Dumbledore raised their wands.

Amosta and Dumbledore intervened to save Krum from the Hungarian Horntail, sparking a dispute over whether he had completed the task and how he should be scored. As the argument ended, Hermione prepared to face the Chinese Fireball, leaving Ron wondering where Harry was.

• Amosta restrained the Horntail while Dumbledore blasted it away, and Krum fell with the Golden Egg after nearly being burned.
• Karkaroff argued that Krum had completed the challenge, while Ludo said the rescue meant the result did not count under the rules.
• Dumbledore agreed Krum would have reached the egg first, and the judges awarded him scores that left him tied with Cedric.
• Ludo gave Krum six points, arguing that he had relied on the safety personnel to save him from the dragon.
• Hermione entered to face the Chinese Fireball as Ron watched anxiously and wondered why Harry had not appeared.

Charlie led the Chinese Fireball into the arena, where Sirius secretly disguised as the Dragon struggled to act convincingly. Hermione overcame her panic and prepared to face the Dragon, leaving the first task about to begin.

• Charlie stumbled while leading the Chinese Fireball, and the Dragon gently stopped his fall with its nose.
• Charlie placed the Golden Egg in the nest and warned the Chinese Fireball not to crush the real eggs.
• Sirius, transformed into the Chinese Fireball, stumbled and roared awkwardly while Amosta explained the Dragon's behavior to the judges.
• Ludo Bagman introduced Hermione to the crowd, and Fred and George speculated that he had bet on her.
• Hermione panicked at the arena entrance but steadied herself by remembering those who had supported her and her goal of proving herself.
• Hermione raised her wand toward the sky as she faced the Chinese Fireball.

Hermione used a summoned Invisibility Cloak to sneak toward the Golden Egg, but her attempt to summon the egg failed. As Hermione approached the nest, Amosta secretly directed Sirius, who was disguised as the Chinese Fireball, to make a move.

• Hermione summoned a Demiguise-hair Invisibility Cloak and vanished from sight.
• Karkaroff accused Hermione of breaking the rules, but Amosta argued that she had entered the arena with only her wand.
• Hermione tried to summon the Golden Egg, but the Anti-Interference Charm on it prevented the spell from working.
• Hermione moved closer to the nest while Sirius, disguised as the Chinese Fireball, guarded it without noticing her.
• Amosta told Sirius to turn in seven seconds and strike the rock wall with his tail.

Hermione faced the Chinese Fireball after it detected her under the Invisibility Cloak, then overcame her terror and used her spells and nerve to survive its fire. She escaped with the Golden Egg without a scratch.

• The Chinese Fireball sensed Hermione, knocked her cloak away with its tail, and trapped her near the nest.
• Hermione's fear gave way to determination as she recalled the plot against her and her wish to prove herself.
• Amosta prompted Sirius to prepare the dragon's fire, while Hermione turned the ground beneath it into mud and blinded it with a curse.
• Hermione leapt onto the dragon's head as its fire erupted, surviving the blast that turned the arena's center into lava.
• Ludo Bagman announced that Hermione had taken the Golden Egg without a scratch.

Hermione won the first Triwizard Tournament task with the highest score, and Ron apologized to her and Harry, bringing the friends back together. Amosta announced that the second task would take place on February 24 and that the Golden Eggs contained clues to its challenge.

• Hermione received a score of 42, placing first, while Cedric Diggory and Viktor Krum tied at 41 and Fleur Delacour scored 40.
• Harry congratulated Hermione in the champions' tent, where Ron approached and apologized for his earlier behavior.
• Harry accepted Ron's apology, and Hermione tearfully hugged both boys before returning to the tent.
• Amosta told the champions that the second task would begin at nine-thirty on February 24 and that they could find its riddle inside their Golden Eggs.

After the Triwizard Tournament banquet, Amosta told Amelia Bones that Voldemort would likely return within months and asked her to prepare the Ministry of Magic to remain functional. Amelia agreed to keep the warning secret and asked what Amosta wanted her to do.

• Hermione learned that Dom and Sirius had been involved, and Harry hurriedly urged her to lower her voice.
• Amosta and Amelia left the Great Hall and walked to the Black Lake, where Amosta warned her that Voldemort would soon return.
• Amelia asked whether they could stop Voldemort, and Amosta said they could not and must keep the matter secret.
• Amosta explained that he wanted the Ministry to be ready to serve effectively during the coming war, and Amelia agreed not to reveal the warning.
• Amelia asked Amosta what he expected her to do.

Amosta advised Amelia Bones to prepare for the Ministry’s coming power struggle and strengthen its employees with incentives to use his Learning Machine. After encountering Moody near the Forbidden Forest, Amosta grew suspicious of his interest in the Centaurs and the Monitoring Mirror.

• Amosta warned Amelia that Voldemort’s return would destabilize the Ministry and urged her to prepare to compete with Barty Crouch for leadership.
• Amosta proposed bonuses for Ministry employees who used the Learning Machine and improved their skills, and Amelia considered the plan promising.
• Amosta noticed Moody had muddy boots after exploring the Forbidden Forest and told him the Centaurs had recently become hostile.
• Moody asked about Amosta’s Monitoring Mirror and suggested it could help prevent crime, while Amosta said its use required Ministry approval because it affected students’ privacy.
• Moody and Amosta parted, and Amosta privately wondered whether the Centaurs’ disturbance was connected to someone.

Amosta reassured Hermione that she had earned her victory and examined Dom, discovering a curse embedded in the House-elf’s soul from birth. Back in his office late that night, he reflected on the curse before Ron came to see him.

• Amosta told Hermione that her skill, not Sirius’s disguise as a Chinese Fireball, had earned her victory.
• Amosta called Dom over and promised not to punish it, while Dom feared being thrown out of Hogwarts.
• Amosta examined Dom and saw a curse that had been present in its soul since birth.
• Amosta studied a magic book in his office and considered the curse and his own magical bottleneck.
• Amosta heard a knock at his office door and invited Ron inside.

After Hermione won the first task, Harry and Ron reconciled and joined the Gryffindor celebration, while Hermione worried about Dom and the meaning of the Golden Egg. That night, Ron reflected on his friends and rushed out of the dormitory after remembering Professor Breen’s smile.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione left Hagrid’s Hut, and Ron persuaded Hermione not to ask Madam Pomfrey about Sirius’s injury.
• Harry and Ron discussed Professor Breen’s wish to examine Dom’s soul, while Hermione worried about the House-elf’s freedom.
• Fred and the Gryffindors welcomed Hermione with a surprise party, and Hermione showed everyone her Golden Egg.
• Harry and Ron talked together again in their dormitory, and Ron covered his sleeping roommates with blankets.
• Ron spotted the coin Professor Breen had given him, thought about Harry and Neville, then remembered Professor Breen’s smile and rushed out.

Ron visited Professor Breen late at night to ask to return to his classes, but Amosta refused to treat the commemorative coin as a wishing coin. Amosta encouraged Ron to keep trying to improve and to accept help from his friends.

• Ron rushed from Gryffindor Tower to Professor Breen's office, determined to make a request.
• Amosta welcomed Ron and listened as he offered the Merlin Commemorative Coin and asked to take his classes again.
• Amosta told Ron that Hermione had already asked him to let students who had left physical education return, hoping to help Ron.
• Amosta returned the coin and refused Ron's request, explaining that it was not a wishing coin.
• Amosta urged Ron not to give up on improving and reminded him that asking friends for help was nothing to be ashamed of.

After the Triwizard Tournament, Amosta learned that Alastor had left Hogwarts and declined Dumbledore’s request to visit the visiting students, choosing instead to enter the Forbidden Forest. There, he saw Centaurs hunting Acromantulas and headed toward their tribe to discover what had stirred the conflict.

• Amosta asked Dumbledore where Madame Maxime and Professor Karkaroff were, and learned they had gone to their carriage and ship because of the cold.
• McGonagall told Amosta that Alastor had left Hogwarts to buy teaching aids, and Dumbledore speculated about Creona’s plans.
• Dumbledore asked Amosta to visit Miss Delacour and Mr. Krum, but Amosta said he planned to enter the Forbidden Forest.
• Amosta concealed himself and traveled into the forest, where he watched a Centaur patrol kill an Acromantula and vow to drive the spiders back to their rocky hollow.
• Amosta wondered why the Centaurs had stopped listening to Hagrid and sped toward their tribe.

Amosta followed the Centaurs from their settlement and discovered they were secretly entering a hidden Secret Realm. He followed them inside and found a bright, carefully tended forest with an enormous oak, houses in its trunk, and children playing beneath it.

• Amosta found the Forbidden Forest unusually empty and observed the Centaur settlement for several hours.
• Several Centaurs loaded baskets of fruit and vegetables and galloped into a remote part of the forest, with Amosta following them.
• The Centaurs used an emerald leaf to open a concealed gateway beneath a fallen tree.
• Amosta followed the emerald leaf through the closing gateway and entered the Secret Realm.
• Amosta saw the Fairy Tale Forest, its enormous oak, the houses built into its trunk, and children playing below.

Amosta accompanied the Centaurs back from the Druids’ peaceful Secret Realm and found the Centaur Elder waiting in the herd’s temple. The Elder recognized him and asked how Albus Dumbledore was.

• Amosta observed the Druids meditating around an altar before the Centaur Elder decided to return to the herd with Firenze, Bane, and Ronan.
• The Elder learned that the herd had suffered injuries but no deaths in its fight against the Acromantulas, and that Hagrid had urged the Centaurs to make peace with them.
• Loya asked whether the children could visit the castle, but Bane dismissed wizards and their magic as unworthy of their interest.
• Amosta left the Secret Realm with the Centaurs and followed them back to their herd after the Elder’s slow journey.
• The Elder entered the temple, found Amosta studying a carving of Avalon Island, recognized him as Mr. Breen, and asked how Albus Dumbledore was.

Amosta confronted Centaur Elder Horn about the centaurs sheltering the Druidic Order and questioned the group’s hidden purpose in Hogwarts. Horn admitted he knew little about Vitia Creona’s plans, while Amosta warned that her presence had already brought danger to the castle.

• Horn recalled how Dumbledore had once protected him and explained that centaurs’ ancestors had lived on Avalon Island.
• Amosta asked why the centaurs had left Avalon, but Horn claimed their records had been lost in wars.
• Amosta revealed that Horn had sheltered the Druidic Order because he pitied its members as fellow survivors of Avalon.
• Amosta asked Horn about Vitia Creona’s conduct at the Quidditch World Cup and her time hiding in Hogwarts.
• Horn said Creona had claimed her mission served the Druidic Order’s future but could not be explained without risking war.
• Amosta warned Horn that Creona’s arrival had already brought the flames of war and could endanger Hogwarts’ young wizards.

Amosta Breen confronted Horn over the Centaurs concealing the Druids’ presence at Hogwarts, then entered their sacred chambers. There, Horn revealed a mural depicting the ancient arrival of magic, leaving Amosta to face evidence of a history wizards had lost.

• Amosta rebuked Horn for hiding the Druids’ connection to the Hogwarts intruder, Vitia Creona.
• Horn led Amosta beneath the temple to a magically sealed chamber and opened the Centaurs’ Hall of Valor.
• Amosta passed respectfully through the hall of statues and entered a chamber covered with unfamiliar star-chart writing.
• Amosta examined a mural of creatures worshipping a strange shape in the sky, and Horn identified it as the moment magic first descended upon the world.