Chapter Summaries

After Harry reported that Voldemort had returned, Fudge dismissed his warning as a hallucination and refused to accept the truth. Dumbledore brought Harry and the others to the hospital wing, where he insisted they explain what had happened before anyone could rest.

• Fudge claimed Harry was mistaken and suggested that he be taken to St. Mungo's, while Harry identified Barty Crouch Jr. as Voldemort's helper.
• Sirius defended Harry and accused Fudge of cowardice, but Dumbledore urged everyone to move into the castle and hear Harry's account.
• Amosta ordered the Aurors to guard the Great Hall and invited Krum upstairs as Durmstrang's representative.
• Dumbledore arranged for Old Barty Crouch's body and Sparkle to be kept apart from Harry and the others in the hospital wing.
• Madam Pomfrey found that Harry and his companions had only minor injuries, but Dumbledore insisted Harry tell them what had happened.

Harry recounted Voldemort’s return and the events in the graveyard, while Amosta revealed that his protective competition clothes had saved Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Gabrielle from fatal curses. Fudge rejected the account and left, and Amosta identified the Minister’s fear of losing power as the reason for his denial.

• Madam Bones questioned how Harry and Hermione had reached the graveyard, and Hermione explained that a hidden Portkey beneath the lake had transported them.
• Harry described Barty Crouch Jr. killing Gabrielle with the Killing Curse, and Amosta revealed that Billywig eggs woven into the competition clothes had protected her and the others.
• Harry recounted Karkaroff’s betrayal and Voldemort’s resurrection, including Voldemort casting the Killing Curse on Ron and Hermione.
• Fudge dismissed Harry’s story, blamed Creona, and left with the Ministry officials despite Dumbledore urging him to face the facts.
• Fleur called Fudge a coward and said Amosta should be Minister, and Amosta replied that fear was the root of Fudge’s denial.

Harry recounted Voldemort’s resurrection and the events that followed, including Karkaroff’s death, Barty Crouch’s sacrifice, and Harry’s escape from the duel. The chapter ended as Harry explained that Sparkle’s glowing tracksuit had brought them back.

• Madame Maxime pledged Beauxbatons’ support to Dumbledore and questioned whether the Triwizard Tournament should continue.
• Amosta argued that ending the tournament would serve Voldemort’s aim of spreading fear, and he said he would handle Durmstrang’s leadership situation.
• Harry told the group that Voldemort’s Death Eaters had tortured Karkaroff to death and that Old Barty Crouch had killed himself to stop his son.
• Harry described his duel with Voldemort and the wand effect that brought forth imprints of his parents and other figures.
• Dumbledore explained Priori Incantatem, and Harry said the imprints had helped him escape before the tracksuit brought him and Sparkle back.

After Harry recounted Voldemort’s return, Dumbledore organized preparations to resist him while Amosta challenged his reliance on the Order of the Phoenix. The chapter ended with Severus leaving to carry out his chosen role, despite Amosta’s objections and a surprising letter that raised doubts about a potential ally.

• Dumbledore ordered Professor McGonagall to summon Hagrid and sent Sirius to gather allies, inform the Longbottoms, and contact Arthur and Kingsley.
• Dumbledore asked Severus to undertake a task, and Amosta stopped him to question whether he was prepared to sacrifice everything.
• Amosta argued that the Ministry should bear the burden of war and that the wizarding world needed broader social reform, while Dumbledore warned against political manipulation.
• Severus insisted that his choice was part of his redemption, and Amosta handed him a letter that surprised him.
• Severus cautioned that the person mentioned in the letter could change sides, then left to carry out his decision.

Amosta prepared for the political fallout from Voldemort’s return, explained his plans to Remus, and decided to leave Britain after Easter. He then questioned Krum about why the young man had become fearful and resistant toward him.

• Amosta told Severus what explanation to give Voldemort about Gabrielle and the resurrection ritual, and admitted that he and Dumbledore had allowed Voldemort to return to expose the threat.
• Amosta anticipated that Cornelius Fudge would deny Voldemort’s return and interfere with Hogwarts, while the Ministry attacked his and Dumbledore’s reputations.
• Remus asked Amosta about the plan and his differences with Dumbledore, then explained that Dumbledore wanted him to maintain the alchemy workshop and help reorganize the Order of the Phoenix.
• Amosta told Remus the workshop protected Hogwarts’s independence and decided that they would leave Britain after Easter.
• Amosta summoned Krum and asked why Krum, who had once admired him, now seemed fearful or resistant toward him.

Amosta explained why Grindelwald’s beliefs about wizards and Muggles were mistaken, then learned Krum had seen him studying the Deathly Hallows symbol. The discovery led Amosta to suspect Grindelwald had once possessed the Elder Wand, which Dumbledore now wielded.

• Krum asked Amosta whether Grindelwald had been right, and Amosta condemned his plan to enslave Muggles.
• Amosta explained that tyranny would provoke resistance, that wizards depended on Muggle-born children, and that his own Muggle-born origins disproved Grindelwald’s prejudice.
• Krum revealed he had seen a manuscript bearing Grindelwald’s symbol when Amosta passed him and Hermione near the library.
• Amosta recognized the symbol as that of the Deathly Hallows and recalled investigating the three legendary objects.
• Amosta considered whether Grindelwald had obtained the Elder Wand, then realized Dumbledore’s current wand was the Elder Wand.

Amosta considered whether he would need Dumbledore’s likely Elder Wand to reach the stars, then explained Grindelwald’s symbol to Viktor Krum and asked whether Durmstrang would continue in the Triwizard Tournament. Krum accepted Amosta’s explanation and agreed to compete, despite learning that Karkaroff was unlikely to be forgiven by Voldemort.

• Amosta reasoned that Dumbledore might possess the Elder Wand and that he might need it to open Death’s Door, though he hoped to avoid fighting Dumbledore for it.
• Amosta told Krum that Grindelwald’s symbol predated him and was connected to legendary magical objects, and Krum apologized for insulting Amosta’s reputation.
• Amosta asked Krum whether he wanted the Triwizard Tournament to continue, acknowledging that Durmstrang had lost its headmaster and a judge.
• Krum worried about Karkaroff and Durmstrang’s leadership, and Amosta said he had found a possible new headmaster.
• Krum agreed to continue competing and said he believed Voldemort had returned, despite the Minister for Magic’s disbelief.

After recovering from the graveyard ordeal, Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the Hospital Wing and discussed Hermione’s champion status and the tournament’s uncertain future. They headed to Professor Breen’s physical education class, but stopped when they encountered Draco Malfoy and a group of Slytherins.

• Fleur thanked Harry, Ron, and Hermione for helping save Gabrielle, then Madam Pomfrey treated their wounds and put them to sleep.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent two days recovering in the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey told them Dumbledore had announced Voldemort’s return and Karkaroff’s death.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed how Creona had arranged for Hermione to become a champion and wondered how the tournament would continue after the second task went unfinished.
• Professor McGonagall released the three from the Hospital Wing, and they decided to attend Professor Breen’s physical education class before visiting Hagrid.
• Hermione and Harry hurried toward class while discussing the conflict between Dumbledore and Professor Breen, then encountered Draco Malfoy surrounded by Slytherin wizards.

Harry and Hermione returned to Hogwarts after Voldemort’s resurrection, but most students and the wider wizarding world showed little sign of believing the Dark Lord had returned. The chapter ended with Draco asking Amosta Breen to accept the Slytherins’ loyalty.

• Harry and Hermione encountered Draco and the other Slytherins, whose calm reaction to Voldemort’s return puzzled Hermione.
• Harry told his classmates that Professor Breen’s sportswear had helped them survive, while Neville affirmed that he believed Voldemort had returned.
• Harry and Hermione attended Professor Breen’s lesson and reflected on how little seemed to have changed despite the Dark Lord’s return.
• Draco called Amosta aside and asked whether Voldemort had truly returned, then requested that Amosta accept the Slytherins’ loyalty.

Draco and the Slytherin students asked Professor Breen to accept their loyalty, hoping to gain power and glory by following him. Amosta tested their ambitions by describing a plan to control the wizarding world and asking how they would overcome Voldemort, leaving them to consider the conflict ahead.

• Draco asked Amosta to accept the Slytherins' loyalty, and Amosta transformed the classroom into a common-room-like gathering place.
• Draco explained that many Slytherins wanted to follow Amosta, whom they considered powerful and wiser than Voldemort.
• Amosta warned the students that he was Muggle-born and asked whether they wanted to serve him as Death Eaters served Voldemort.
• Amosta described a plan to become Hogwarts headmaster and Minister for Magic, then make the wizarding world obey them.
• Amosta asked the students how they could persuade Voldemort to abandon the same ambition and let them pursue it.

Amosta tested whether his Slytherin students would join him in opposing Voldemort, forcing them to imagine fighting their own relatives before explaining that he wanted them to choose their own ideals rather than serve another’s. He left them with his promise to defeat Voldemort and a warning to his followers, while Astoria asked whether he truly intended to resist the Dark Lord.

• Amosta challenged the students to state whether they would help him oppose Voldemort, and Blaise said they would follow him.
• Amosta described the need to fight Voldemort’s Death Eaters and asked the students to accept that they might face their own relatives.
• Draco and the others reacted with fear at the thought of fighting their families, and Amosta explained that Voldemort demanded they abandon their emotions and will for his ideals.
• Amosta said he intended to defeat Voldemort and change the wizarding world, offering his followers a chance to atone if they changed their ways.
• After Amosta left, Astoria asked whether he truly meant to oppose Voldemort, and he said he would choose death rather than submission.

After Harry returned to Hogwarts, he saw that many students distrusted him despite Dumbledore’s warning, while Neville offered his support. At Hagrid’s Hut, Harry and his friends discussed Voldemort’s return and the danger of his gathering followers, but Hagrid refused to reveal the task Dumbledore had given him.

• Harry and Hermione headed for lunch with the Gryffindors, where many students avoided Harry, but Neville told him he believed and supported him.
• Harry and Hermione went to visit Hagrid, and Dom tearfully blamed itself for failing to protect Hermione.
• Hagrid asked Harry and Ron how they were feeling, and all three struggled to talk about the trauma of Voldemort’s return and their recent experiences.
• Hagrid said he had always expected Voldemort to return and believed Dumbledore and Professor Breen could oppose him.
• Hermione warned that the Ministry’s denial would give Voldemort time to gather strength, and Hagrid explained that Voldemort would seek more followers to form an army.
• Harry asked about the task Dumbledore had given Hagrid, but Hagrid refused to tell him, leaving Harry visibly angry.

Harry argued with Hagrid about Dumbledore keeping him uninformed, while Amosta reflected on Voldemort’s plans and waited for the Ministry to make a mistake. The chapter ended when an exhausted, injured Wim Dregge arrived and blamed Amosta for what had happened to him.

• Harry angrily challenged Hagrid over Dumbledore withholding information, and Hagrid urged him to return to a normal school life.
• Harry said he could not accept people pretending that everything was peaceful, and Hagrid warned that time was running out.
• Amosta visited The Three Broomsticks and reflected that Severus had safely returned from meeting Voldemort, who had ordered him to monitor Amosta and Dumbledore.
• Amosta considered his coordination with Dumbledore and decided to wait for Cornelius Fudge and the Ministry of Magic to make the first mistake.
• Wim Dregge arrived looking exhausted and injured, then blamed Amosta for his condition.

Amosta met Vip to discuss the Dark Wizard trials, Karkaroff’s death, and the threat of Voldemort’s return. Vip sought an explanation for Karkaroff’s death, and Amosta ended the meeting by asking him to become Durmstrang’s headmaster.

• Vip confronted Amosta about the difficult Dark Wizard trials and described an attack on an escort team that had left him injured.
• Vip demanded an explanation for Igor Karkaroff’s death, and Amosta confirmed that the rumor implicating Vitia Creona and others was true.
• Vip warned that Britain’s coming turmoil could destabilize other magical civilizations, then said he could not publicly challenge Fudge’s refusal to reveal Voldemort’s return.
• Amosta told Vip that Hogwarts’s Wizarding Union chairman could handle the public disclosure and asked whether Vip would take Karkaroff’s place as Durmstrang’s headmaster.

Amosta asked Vip to become Durmstrang's headmaster so the school could remain in the Triwizard Tournament, and offered his support. Vip saw the role as a chance to build his political standing and lead change through the Confederation, and asked when he could meet Durmstrang's students.

• Amosta told Vip that he could serve as Durmstrang's headmaster without giving up his Confederation post, using Dumbledore as an example.
• Amosta explained that he wanted Vip to stabilize Durmstrang after Karkaroff's death and keep the school competing in the Triwizard Tournament.
• Amosta outlined how Vip's reputation, connections, and Durmstrang background could help him become headmaster and reassure the students.
• Vip considered how leading Durmstrang could give him a platform to improve the school and strengthen his prospects in the Confederation.
• Amosta spoke of the need for wizards to adapt to Muggle progress and suggested the Confederation take greater responsibility for change.
• Vip asked when he could meet the young men from Durmstrang.

Amosta reflected on the wizarding world’s growing instability as Dumbledore accelerated the hunt for Voldemort’s Horcruxes and the Ministry denied the Dark Lord’s return. The chapter ended with Amosta and Remus leaving London for New York.

• Amosta persuaded Wim Dregge to seek the position of Headmaster of Durmstrang, and Wim left Hogwarts without visiting Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore abandoned plans for Moody to return as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, while Dumbledore began searching more urgently for Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes.
• Harry’s group and Draco’s circle trained their dueling skills more seriously, while the Ministry and newspapers suppressed reports of Voldemort’s return.
• Dumbledore warned Cornelius Fudge that Voldemort might break into Azkaban, but Fudge dismissed the warning.
• Amosta noticed rising prices and suspected pure-blood families were reducing production, then cautioned Old Bana about the goblins’ plans to profit from the coming turmoil.
• Amosta and Remus boarded a flight from London to New York.

Amosta and Remus arrived in New York after a long flight and followed a hidden magical route beneath Newark Airport to reach MACUSA. The chapter left them heading to the second room on the left, while an Asian wizard recognized Amosta.

• Amosta and Remus landed at Newark Liberty International Airport and discussed their unpleasant flight and Remus’s memory of James nearly causing a plane disaster with a Freezing Charm.
• Remus looked for the route to MACUSA on his map, but Amosta spotted a brass owl that directed them toward a hidden corridor.
• Amosta opened a concealed elevator, and he and Remus descended deep underground to a hall with an information desk and several rooms.
• An Asian wizard entered the hall, recognized Amosta, and watched him in astonishment.
• The old wizard at the information desk told Amosta and Remus to go to the second room on the left, and they headed there.

Amosta Breen and Remus Lupin visited a New York office to apply for entry permits, where Mandy Hill recognized Amosta as the wizard who saved her family at the Quidditch World Cup. Amelia Det processed their paperwork but froze when she read the final line on Amosta’s receipt.

• Amosta stared at the assistant, Amelia Det, before Mandy Hill recognized him and excitedly thanked him for saving her family at the Quidditch World Cup.
• Mandy introduced Amelia as a recent Ilvermorny graduate who admired Amosta and hoped to become an Auror.
• Amosta explained that he had come to New York to pursue approval for selling an alchemical item, while Amelia listened and Mandy became distracted by him.
• Remus handed over the entry-permit receipts, and Amelia verified and processed both applications.
• Amelia froze when she saw the magically imprinted words on the final line of Amosta’s receipt.

Amosta Breen learned that MACUSA’s Department of Security had ordered him to surrender his wand and remain escorted, but he accepted the restrictions and completed registration. After Amelia Det verified his second wand, Amosta asked her to pass a request to the Department of Security.

• Amelia Det received a Department of Security order requiring Amosta Breen to surrender his wand and be accompanied while inside.
• Mandy Hill condemned the order and tried to send a complaint, but Amosta stopped her and said he expected the Department would not be swayed.
• Remus told Amosta that Trake Grevis had previously rejected their sales-permit applications.
• Amosta handed over a wand that did not match his entry application, then produced a second wand that matched the registered information.
• Amelia Det sealed both wands and identification slips in a wooden case and gave Amosta his identification booklet.
• Amosta asked Amelia Det to pass a request to the Department of Security.

Amosta and Remus discussed MACUSA’s restrictions on Amosta during his visit to New York and the political stakes surrounding the agency’s leadership election. Amelia returned with Amosta’s wand, and they prepared to eat.

• Amosta reflected on New York and the strange resemblance between its twin towers and those in another world before studying the Woolworth Building, MACUSA’s headquarters.
• Remus arrived and was relieved to find Amosta safe, then offered to have food brought to the suite.
• Amosta said Amelia had taken his wand to the Department of Security and would soon return; Remus wondered why he had requested her as his monitor.
• Amosta explained that MACUSA’s leadership election made a meeting with Chairman Kouhaug politically risky because it could appear that he was endorsing him.
• Amelia returned before anyone knocked, and Amosta invited Remus to get something to eat.