Chapter Summaries

Kayson waited with the Hogwarts guests for the late arrivals, then was escorted from the Great Hall to inspect the shattered Goblet of Fire. Though he said an ordinary alchemy professor would need three years to repair it, he fixed it almost instantly, leaving Ludo Bagman and Barty Crouch relieved.

• Kayson told Snape that Neos, the Dragon Sanctuary director, might be connected to Snape’s former colleague, and Neos arrived at the feast.
• Hagrid tried to talk to Neos about his Dragon Sanctuary, but sensed Neos’s distant attitude.
• Barty Crouch and Ludo Bagman pulled Kayson from the Great Hall and took him to the shattered Goblet of Fire.
• Kayson said repairing the Goblet would take an ordinary Alchemy Professor three years, then reassembled it with an anvil and hammer in moments.
• Kayson explained that he was not an ordinary Alchemy Professor, and Bagman and Crouch realized their jobs were safe.

Dumbledore explained how the Goblet of Fire would select Champions and set an age restriction, while the Weasley twins tried to submit their names and were caught by Professor McGonagall. Cedric told Kayson he wanted to become a Champion and asked him for private tutoring.

• Ludo Bagman brought the Goblet of Fire into the Great Hall, and Dumbledore explained that students could submit their names to compete in the Triwizard Tournament.
• Dumbledore set an age restriction, but the Weasley twins raced to the Goblet of Fire and threw in paper balls before Professor McGonagall summoned them for an explanation.
• Kayson went to the kitchen for food and returned to his office, where Cedric was waiting for him.
• Cedric told Kayson he wanted to be a Champion and worried about competing against the visiting schools.
• Kayson reassured Cedric and realized he had come for private tutoring, and Cedric asked him to teach him.

Kayson discussed alchemical body modifications with Cedric, who wanted a mechanical arm or mantis blades, and told him to seek his parents’ permission. Later, Kayson checked with Lupin on Neos, remembered that Harry’s scar had been hurting, and set out to take Harry to Dumbledore.

• Cedric asked Kayson about getting a mechanical arm or mantis blades, and Kayson warned him that alchemical modifications were dangerous and required his parents’ consent.
• Cedric mentioned Harry’s modified wrist, and Kayson explained that he had repaired it after a wizard organization’s earlier work left it impaired.
• Kayson visited the Dragon Sanctuary camp invisibly and privately asked Lupin whether Neos had shown suspicious signs; Lupin said he had found none and agreed to keep watching him.
• Kayson remembered that Harry’s scar had been hurting and decided to take him to Dumbledore.
• Kayson found Hermione in the library, told her why he needed Harry, and she offered to help find him.

Kayson brought Harry to Dumbledore and Grindelwald after Harry’s scar began sharing emotions from Voldemort, and they explained that Voldemort’s soul fragment had made Harry a living Horcrux. They discussed how Harry might survive Voldemort’s destruction, and Grindelwald proposed using the Elder Wand, leaving Kayson confused about their plan.

• Kayson took Harry from Gryffindor Tower to meet Dumbledore and Grindelwald in private.
• Harry told them that his scar had let him sense Voldemort’s joy during the Quidditch pitch riot.
• Grindelwald and Dumbledore explained that a fragment of Voldemort’s soul had attached itself to Harry and that Harry’s emotions could resonate with Voldemort’s.
• Dumbledore warned that Harry’s status as a Horcrux meant Voldemort could not be defeated unless Harry died, prompting Kayson to suggest protecting him with a golden alchemical figure.
• Grindelwald proposed using the Elder Wand, and Dumbledore noted that it would not harm its master.

Kayson learned that Harry needed protection from the connection between him and Tom, then used a beacon to give Harry protective effects. He obtained Snape’s Legilimency runes and added them to the final beacon, but remembered something just before reinstalling it.

• Dumbledore urged Kayson to keep Harry’s condition secret and suggested finding someone to teach Harry Legilimency, but Kayson objected to pairing Harry with Snape.
• Kayson realized he could use his beacon to help Harry, assembled beacons with emerald blocks, and added Regeneration IV and Speed I.
• Harry brought Kayson a book on Legilimency, and Kayson studied it in his office.
• Kayson asked Snape for help adapting Legilimency into runes, and Snape wrote a variation that could shield a soul from intrusion.
• Kayson turned Snape’s runes into an enchanted book and placed it in the final beacon, then pulled a small golden figure from his pocket before reinstalling it.

Kayson modified Hogwarts to prepare it to move, turning Gryffindor Tower into a detachable leg and installing a mana-powered engine. When the first test caused a drive shaft to explode, Viktor Krum caught the fragment and introduced himself to Kayson.

• Kayson copied the Totem of Undying, sealed the original away, and asked Cos to tell Harry to come to his office.
• Kayson began converting Gryffindor Tower into a detachable leg for Hogwarts Titan, reinforcing its foundation and walls with alchemical mechanisms.
• Kayson installed a guardian pearl to channel mana through Hogwarts and completed a massive engine connected to the tower's pistons.
• Kayson activated the engine, but the drive shaft controlling the foundation's movement exploded toward him.
• Viktor Krum caught the flying shaft with magic, and Kayson introduced himself to him as Hogwarts' Alchemy professor.

Kayson continued his ambitious renovation project, moving Gryffindor Tower’s foundation while Hogwarts’ guests watched in alarm. After finally lowering it into place, he learned Professor McGonagall had come to ask about the renovation’s progress, not reprimand him.

• Kayson awkwardly let Krum believe he was a fan before Krum realized the misunderstanding and left embarrassed.
• During dinner, the Great Hall shook as Kayson moved Gryffindor Tower’s foundation outside.
• Ron tried to make awkward conversation with Fleur Delacour while the others watched the tower shift through the windows.
• Karkaroff asked Krum to attend Hogwarts classes for the rest of the term and encouraged him to ask Kayson questions in alchemy.
• After several attempts, Kayson placed the foundation back in its hole, and Professor McGonagall asked him about the renovation’s progress.

Kayson agreed to teach Cedric how to build mechanical arms after confirming that Cedric’s father had approved the alchemical modifications. Cedric designed a pair of arms and asked to reinforce his skeleton like Kayson’s, so Kayson gave him the blueprint and warned him he would need Madam Pomfrey to finish developing his bones first.

• Kayson reassured Professor McGonagall that he would try not to cause a major commotion, then ate before returning to his office.
• Cedric told Kayson that he had entered the Goblet of Fire and brought his father’s permission for the alchemical modifications.
• Kayson wrote to Mr. Diggory and received a reply confirming his agreement.
• Kayson told Cedric to sketch a mechanical arm before working, and Cedric designed two matching arms with blades and small-caliber cannons.
• Kayson gave Cedric materials for the arms and explained that Cedric’s spine could not support iron or the skeletal reinforcement Kayson used.
• Kayson handed Cedric his skeletal-framework blueprint and warned him to have Madam Pomfrey develop his bones to their limit before installing the upgrades.

Kayson and Lu Ping suspected Neos used the bathroom to contact a superior through a device that produced purple motes, so they devised a plan to monitor it. Lu Ping was left responsible for watching the bathroom with Kayson's magic mirror.

• Cedric left Kayson's office to visit Madam Pomfrey after learning that his bones might grow and break if suppressed.
• Lu Ping told Kayson that Neos had reacted with alarm when someone mentioned the purple motes left behind in the bathroom.
• Kayson deduced that Neos likely contacted a superior from the bathroom using a device that produced the motes.
• Kayson crafted a magic mirror that could monitor the bathroom, then asked Lu Ping to hang it on the bathroom door and watch it whenever Neos went in.

Kayson enchanted a protective charm for Harry and guided Cedric as he worked on an upgraded skeleton. After Dumbledore sent Kayson a reprimand notice, Kayson decided to fake a harmless but terrifying illness.

• Kayson tried to remove the Voldemort soul fragment from Harry, but it clung back on, so he created a protective charm linked to Harry’s original soul.
• Cedric told Kayson he had grown three centimeters, then began designing an upgraded skeleton from Kayson’s notes.
• Cedric worked through the night, and Kayson sent him to bed before reviewing his skeleton and listing problems for him to fix.
• Dumbledore gave Kayson a reprimand notice for lacking lesson plans and sent another to Professor Trelawney.
• Kayson decided he was about to come down with a harmless but terrifying little illness.

Kayson pretended to be gravely ill to fool Dumbledore, but his act spiraled out of control when he was taken to the Hospital Wing. As Madam Pomfrey force-fed him potions and Cedric watched, Snape arrived to find the ward in chaos.

• Dumbledore learned from Cedric that Kayson had taken a week of leave because his body was allegedly rejecting his mechanical modifications.
• Kayson saw Dumbledore and Cedric approaching, faked a frail appearance, and let Dumbledore examine him with the Elder Wand.
• Dumbledore became alarmed by the examination and carried Kayson and his sofa to the Hospital Wing using the Ender Pearl.
• Madam Pomfrey found no heartbeat or pupil response, and Kayson vomited a mass of blood-red liquid that Cedric thought looked like organ fragments.
• Madam Pomfrey poured potions down Kayson's throat while Cedric trusted that Kayson had a purpose, and Snape arrived carrying a small black case.

Kayson persuaded Snape to help him fake a fatal illness so Dumbledore would feel guilty, but the rumor spiraled out of control. As Kayson worked with Cedric in his office, an enraged crowd of students charged toward them, forcing Kayson to stage his own collapse.

• Kayson told Snape that Dumbledore had disgusted him and the Board of Governors had unfairly fined him, then asked Snape to claim he was beyond saving.
• Snape told Madam Pomfrey that Kayson was beyond saving, and Dumbledore used Legilimency to realize Cedric had revealed the truth.
• Dumbledore carried Kayson back to the Alchemy office and arranged for Hogwarts students to gather in the Great Hall.
• Kayson drank whiskey and helped Cedric assemble a skeleton, then saw an army of students racing toward his office on ice-skating boats.
• Kayson hurried onto the sofa and staged a near-death scene, leaving Cedric stunned by the crowd's arrival.

Kayson’s fake illness ended with Dumbledore declaring him dead and sealing him in a coffin. With his burial set for the day after tomorrow, Kayson asked Snape to help him stage a dramatic return to life without revealing his scheme to his students.

• Dumbledore received Kayson’s death certificate, brought a coffin to the Alchemy office, and declared Kayson deceased.
• Neville and the others placed Kayson in the coffin, and Kayson woke inside it and found its enchanted lid impossible to break through.
• Cedric drilled a hole into the coffin, and Kayson accused him of exposing the fake illness plan.
• Snape explained that Dumbledore had used Legilimency on Cedric, clearing him of betraying Kayson.
• Kayson learned Dumbledore planned to bury him the day after tomorrow and asked Snape to give him a beauty potion so he could return to life dramatically.

Kayson returned to his bedroom after escaping the coffin and talked with Dumbledore about fearing death and giving Harry the Totem of Undying. Dumbledore failed to persuade him to take it back, then destroyed an envelope signed Kayson Heath as Cedric brought Kayson dinner.

• Cedric brought Kayson food in the coffin, and Kayson realized he could teleport back to his office before asking Cedric to bring dinner to his bedroom.
• Kayson returned to his bedroom and found Dumbledore waiting there, who teased him about becoming a ghost and asked whether he feared death.
• Dumbledore said he had sensed the Totem of Undying with Harry and urged Kayson to reclaim it, but Kayson insisted he would make the same choice for any young wizard.
• Kayson returned the Totem of Undying to Harry's beacon amulet, and Dumbledore accepted his decision and left.
• Dumbledore encountered Cedric carrying food upstairs, then burned an old envelope signed Kayson Heath.

At Kayson's funeral, Snape revived him with a restorative potion, and Kayson returned to teaching before Dumbledore could take over his alchemy classes. After class, Kayson found Hagrid waiting in his office with fine wine.

• Kayson secretly waited inside his coffin while Dumbledore delivered a eulogy at his funeral.
• Snape arrived with a restorative potion, poured it down Kayson's throat, and brought him back to life.
• Kayson told Cedric he intended to delay returning to work, but hurried off when he learned Dumbledore was about to teach his class.
• Dumbledore began teaching alchemy, but Kayson kicked him away and took over the lesson.
• Kayson taught the students about productive forces and relations of production, then returned to his office and found Hagrid dressed up with two bottles of wine.

Hagrid confided in Kayson and Cedric that he was in love with Madame Maxime, and Cedric tried to advise him about romance. Kayson reassured Hagrid about his chances, then discovered that Fleur Delacour had overheard him insulting Madame Maxime.

• Hagrid admitted to Kayson and Cedric that he was secretly in love with Madame Maxime.
• Kayson revealed that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had been a couple, but Hagrid redirected the conversation to his own feelings.
• Kayson and Hagrid asked Cedric for dating advice, and Cedric explained how he and Cho Chang had naturally started a relationship.
• Hagrid grew discouraged as he compared himself with Madame Maxime and Cedric, while Kayson tried to reassure him.
• Fleur Delacour revealed that she was beside Kayson and had overheard him compare Madame Maxime to a fierce nun.

Kayson tried to recruit Pheobe into Hagrid’s effort to court Madame Maxime after she overheard them discussing their plan. Pheobe agreed to forget the conversation but demanded a championship, leaving Kayson to wonder who Hogwarts would choose as its champion.

• Pheobe delivered Madame Maxime’s flower basket to Kayson and overheard him advising Hagrid about courting Madame Maxime.
• Kayson told Pheobe about Hagrid’s feelings and tried to bring her into their plan, while Cedric served drinks instead of tea.
• Hagrid and Cedric considered paying Pheobe or using Obliviate, and Kayson threatened to fetch Lockhart to erase her memory.
• Pheobe pretended she remembered nothing, then said she wanted a championship and expected to be Beauxbatons’ champion while Krum would represent Durmstrang.
• Pheobe asked who Hogwarts’ champion would be, and Kayson reflected that he lacked the charisma to be a big shot.

Kayson sought Dumbledore’s advice on helping Hagrid win Madame Maxime’s favor, then finished Cedric’s skeletal enhancement before they attended the Goblet of Fire’s Champion selection. The ceremony began, and an unexpected fourth parchment emerged from the Goblet.

• Cedric offered to help Hagrid by discussing a thrown match with Hogwarts’ Champion if he became Champion himself, and Kayson sought another way to help Hagrid.
• Kayson asked Dumbledore how Hagrid could appeal to Madame Maxime, and Dumbledore suggested showing his sincerity and inviting her on a date.
• Cedric completed his enhanced skeleton, and Kayson operated on him after Cedric stunned himself; Cedric woke safely with his bones able to transmit movement.
• Kayson and Cedric returned to the Great Hall for the Champion selection, where Kayson sat at the High Table beside Grindelwald and Dumbledore.
• As Kayson prepared to eat, another slip of parchment leaped out of the Goblet of Fire.

Dumbledore announced Harry Potter as a fourth Champion after someone tampered with the Goblet of Fire. Kayson traced the trick to a Confundus Charm that made the Goblet recognize a fictitious school called Pure-Blood Supremacy, revealing how Harry had been entered.

• Dumbledore announced Harry as the fourth Champion, and Harry denied entering the Tournament.
• Dumbledore, Madame Maxime, and Karkaroff discussed the apparent framing and agreed to investigate while Harry went to the Champions' room.
• Dumbledore asked Kayson to determine whether the Goblet of Fire had been tampered with.
• Kayson identified a Confundus Charm on the Goblet and used Professor Flitwick's runic notes to inspect its entries.
• Kayson discovered that the Goblet had been made to recognize Pure-Blood Supremacy as a school with Harry as its sole Champion.

After Harry was exposed as a fourth Triwizard Champion, Kayson explained to Harry’s friends that he had been set up and escorted him back to them. The Champions left the waiting room, and Kayson teleported Cedric away before quickly returning him to the Hufflepuffs.

• Professor McGonagall warned Kayson not to discuss the conspiracy targeting Harry unless Dumbledore chose to share the information.
• Kayson told Neville, Hermione, and Ron that Harry had been forced into becoming a fourth Champion, and Ron asked whether Harry would be in danger.
• Kayson teleported Harry’s friends to the Champions’ waiting area and sent away the Hogwarts students who had gathered to mock Harry.
• Pheobe and Krum emerged unhappy about the extra competitor, while Cedric shielded Harry and Harry thanked him before rejoining Ron, Neville, and Hermione.
• Kayson teleported himself and Cedric to the Alchemy office, returned Cedric to the Hufflepuffs, and vanished again after warning the students not to drink.