Chapter Summaries

The Weasleys, Harry, Hermione, Loren, and the Diggorys traveled to Stoat Hill to catch a Portkey to the Quidditch World Cup. They landed at the match’s destination, where they were greeted by a voice announcing their arrival point.

• Molly, Arthur, their children, Harry, Hermione, and Loren walked toward Stoat Hill while Arthur explained how the Ministry was transporting the large crowds to the World Cup.
• Arthur met Amos Diggory and Cedric, and Amos praised Cedric by comparing him favorably to Harry, prompting Molly to lead the young wizards away.
• The group climbed to the hilltop and found a moldy old boot that served as their Portkey.
• Amos counted down, and everyone touched the boot before it pulled them through the air to their destination.
• The group crashed onto soft ground, and a cold voice announced, “Five oh seven, from Stoat Hill.”

Loren and the Weasleys arrived at the Quidditch World Cup campsite, where Arthur struggled with Muggle money and the family assembled tents without magic. At the stadium, Barty Crouch arranged for Winky to stay with him while his hidden son, Little Barty Crouch, sat beneath an Invisibility Cloak.

• Arthur and Molly reached the campsite with Loren, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny, and Arthur asked campsite manager Mr. Roberts for their reserved tents.
• Mr. Roberts complained about the wizarding visitors, so a Ministry wizard cast a Memory Charm on him and gave Arthur a campsite map.
• Loren and Hermione helped the Weasleys put up two tents, then Arthur revealed that the inside of his tent had expanded into a three-bedroom home.
• Arthur sent Loren, Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Ginny to fetch water while the rest of the family prepared to gather firewood and light a fire.
• At the stadium, Barty Crouch told Winky to stay with him until the crowd dispersed while Little Barty Crouch remained hidden beneath an Invisibility Cloak.

As Loren and his friends explored the campsite before the Quidditch World Cup, Bellatrix and Voldemort plotted to cause a disturbance while waiting for the Werewolves guarding Azkaban. Back at camp, the group met Ludo Bagman, Barty Crouch, and Bertha Jorkins as preparations and betting for the match continued.

• Ron complained that their schoolmates supported Ireland instead of Krum and speculated about professional Quidditch.
• Loren and Hermione saw the varied campsite visitors, and Loren sensed a familiar fluctuation of Magic Power before noticing a child accidentally enlarge a slug with his father's wand.
• Bellatrix offered to capture Harry Potter, but Voldemort ordered her to create chaos and buy time for the Werewolves guarding Azkaban.
• Arthur introduced Loren, Hermione, Harry, and the others to Ludo Bagman, who invited them to bet on the match.
• Loren questioned Bagman about his betting pool, and he and Hermione declined to wager.
• Barty Crouch and Bertha Jorkins Apparated to the campfire, where Crouch discussed the Bulgarians' request for extra seats and Ali Bashir's flying-carpet regulations.

At the Quidditch World Cup campsite, Loren and Hermione noticed signs that Bertha Jorkins’s memories had been damaged and suspected a Memory Charm, possibly connected to a Ministry secret. As the final approached and the Ministry lifted its concealment restrictions, the campsite erupted into a lively display of magical stalls and merchandise.

• Hermione inferred from Barty Crouch, Arthur Weasley, and Ludo Bagman’s conversation that the Ministry’s import and export rules had exploitable loopholes.
• Loren observed Bertha Jorkins struggling with her memories and suspected that someone had used a powerful Memory Charm on her.
• Bagman hinted that a major Hogwarts-related job would follow the World Cup, but Crouch stopped him from revealing more and left with Bertha.
• Molly warned Fred and George against betting on the match and scolded Arthur for associating with Bagman.
• Loren told Hermione about Bertha’s memory symptoms, and they agreed to be cautious because the match might not go smoothly.
• As night fell, the Ministry lifted its concealment restrictions, revealing a bustling campsite filled with magical vendors and World Cup merchandise.

Arthur led the group through the woods to the Quidditch stadium, where they entered a top-level box and met Bertha Jorkins and the house-elf Winky. Loren noticed a mysterious wizard concealed beneath an Invisibility Cloak beside them.

• Arthur led the group along a lantern-lit path, and the young wizards showed off their bargain Ireland and Bulgaria supporter gear.
• Loren photographed Hermione stumbling into her guidebook, then ran from her as she chased him through the woods.
• Arthur brought the group to the stadium and explained its size and Muggle-Repelling Charm before Daisy admitted them to the top-level box.
• Arthur greeted Bertha Jorkins, who said Mr. Crouch had told her and Winky to wait for him and the Bulgarian visitors.
• Harry mistook Winky for Dobby, and Winky told him that Dobby often talked about him.
• Loren examined Winky and Bertha Jorkins, then focused on a mysterious wizard hidden beneath an Invisibility Cloak.

Loren noticed the Dark Mark around the invisible wizard seated beside Winky, whom Winky referred to as Miss Bertha Jorkins, then watched the Veela perform at the Quidditch World Cup. He resisted their enchanting magic, but Hermione punished him for wanting another look.

• Cornelius Fudge greeted Arthur coldly and struggled to make the Bulgarian Minister understand who Harry was.
• Ludo Bagman opened the 422nd Quidditch World Cup as the invisible wizard sat beside Winky and watched the pitch.
• Loren spotted the Dark Mark around the wizard and questioned Winky, who said she was carrying out her master's orders.
• Bagman introduced the Bulgarian team's Veela mascots, whose dance enchanted many spectators.
• Loren resisted the Veela's magic while Harry and Ron leaned forward to watch.
• Hermione glared at Loren, and he joked that he needed another look before she hurt him.

During the Quidditch World Cup, Voldemort and Bellatrix took control of the Veela and planned to use their powers to incite a riot after the match. The teams entered the stadium as Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Loren watched from the stands.

• Harry embarrassed Ginny by reacting to the Veela, while Fudge explained that Bulgaria had relaxed its restrictions on them.
• After the Veela returned backstage, a cloaked Witch confronted Antiracilla and used Soul Possession to control the Veela.
• Bellatrix revealed herself to Voldemort and discussed using the Veela to provoke chaos and create an opportunity to abduct Harry Potter, but Voldemort warned her not to act unnecessarily.
• Ludo Bagman introduced the Bulgaria and Ireland teams as they entered the pitch.
• Ron used his Omnioculars to replay a spectator picking his nose, while Ginny pointed out the motionless Veela and Hermione pulled Loren back as the match began.

Viktor Krum used a deceptive dive to make Ireland’s Seeker Aidan Lynch crash, but Ireland resumed the match and widened its lead. With Ireland ahead 170–10, Krum began another dive.

• Ireland scored early, taking a 30–0 lead while Viktor Krum watched Aidan Lynch and searched for the Golden Snitch.
• Krum feigned spotting the Snitch and dived toward the pitch, luring Lynch into a crash that left him bleeding.
• Healers treated Lynch as Harry explained Krum’s trick to Ginny, while Hermione worried about Lynch and the match.
• Lynch returned to the sky, and Ireland launched a fiercer attack that pushed the score to 170–10.
• Krum glanced at the scoreboard and dove toward the ground again.

Ireland won the Quidditch World Cup, and the Weasleys and Loren left the stadium for their campsite. As the Veela were stirred into fury by a dark presence, a disturbance erupted at the campsite, and Loren sensed the trouble was only beginning.

• Krum caught the Snitch despite Bulgaria's defeat, giving Ireland a 170–160 victory, and Bagman announced Ireland as champions.
• Fudge discovered that the Bulgarian Minister of Magic had understood English all day, while Molly led her family away from the stadium.
• Krum left his disappointed teammates, and a dark whisper incited the Veela to anger, transforming them as black mist filled their lounge.
• Crouch returned to the box, retrieved Winky and his invisible son, and ordered Winky to hide him until dawn before Jokins summoned him to a campsite disturbance.
• The Weasleys and Loren reached their tent amid noisy celebrations, but screams and strange laughter outside drew Arthur out to investigate as Loren watched the lamp flicker.

A procession of Veela, Harpies, and masked wizards brought fire and chaos to the Quidditch World Cup campsite, while Arthur and other Ministry wizards tried to intervene. Loren rescued the Roberts family with the Giant Serpent, and a glowing skull and snake appeared above the woods as the survivors stared in shock.

• Veela and masked wizards advanced through the burning campsite, while bewitched wizards joined them and the Roberts family floated helplessly in the air.
• Arthur, Percy, Bill, and Charlie turned back to help confront the procession as Molly led the children into the woods.
• At Azkaban, a guard discovered that the Deputy Director had taken him hostage and ordered him to find a Dementor with an assignment outside.
• Molly discovered that Loren and Hermione were missing after Ron fell, while Loren watched the Ministry wizards struggle to protect the Roberts family.
• Loren's Giant Serpent appeared, petrified the attackers with its mismatched eyes, and carried the Roberts family away from the fire.
• A green skull and snake formed above the woods, leaving Arthur, Charlie, and the other Ministry wizards frozen in shock.

Loren and Hermione returned to the campsite as the Ministry wizards accused Arthur’s family of conjuring the Dark Mark, then found Barty Crouch’s unconscious House-elf, Winky, holding Bertha Jorkins’s wand. Winky was blamed after the wand revealed the Dark Mark as its last spell, but Harry and Ron defended her, and Crouch angrily rejected any suggestion that he had taught her dark magic.

• Roberts regained consciousness after Loren and Hermione rescued him from the bonfire and left him in the woods.
• Loren and Hermione rejoined Molly, Harry, Ron, and the others beneath the Dark Mark, and Ministry wizards stunned the group before Arthur identified his family.
• Molly said someone in the woods had cast Bone-Growth Charm, and Amos Diggory found the unconscious Winky holding a wand.
• Diggory revived Winky and accused her of conjuring the Dark Mark, while Crouch identified the wand as Bertha Jorkins’s.
• Diggory used Prior Incantato to reveal the Dark Mark as the wand’s last spell, but Harry and Ron said Winky was not responsible.
• Crouch angrily denied that he had taught Winky to conjure the Dark Mark, and Diggory backed down.

After the Dark Mark panic at the Quidditch World Cup, the Weasleys and Loren comforted the injured and discussed Winky, Barty Crouch, and the Death Eaters. Barty Jr. and Bellatrix brought the reborn Voldemort to Crouch Manor, while Loren and the others left the camp with the Roberts family’s fate still uncertain.

• Hermione condemned the way Crouch and Diggory treated Winky, while Molly criticized Crouch for ordering an attack and abandoning his son.
• Arthur explained to Ron and Harry that the Death Eaters used the Dark Mark to announce murders and killed Muggles for amusement.
• Barty Crouch burned the evidence of Barty Jr.’s existence, then was stunned when his son arrived at Crouch Manor with Bellatrix.
• Barty Jr. placed the reborn Voldemort on the sofa and addressed him as his master.
• Molly led Loren, Hermione, and the Weasleys out of the camp, where Roberts mechanically wished them a Merry Christmas as they departed.

After the Quidditch World Cup attack, the Weasleys returned to The Burrow while Dumbledore and Rufus Scrimgeour investigated the petrified victims and the Dark Mark. As the family prepared for the school year, Molly worried about affording Ron’s dress robes.

• Molly led the children to the Portkeys, and Arthur helped Basil maintain order while Percy suggested the Ministry might compensate the family for the attack.
• Dumbledore met Rufus Scrimgeour at St Mungo’s, where they discussed the Basilisk’s petrification of hundreds of people and the traces of the Imperius Curse on the Veela.
• At breakfast, Arthur and Percy read Rita Skeeter’s critical article in the Daily Prophet, then left for the Ministry to respond.
• Ron invited Harry to play Quidditch, but Harry initially declined before fetching his Firebolt, while Loren wiped milk froth from Hermione’s lips and told her there was no need to thank him.
• As term approached, Hermione planned to supervise Loren’s studies, and Molly worried that the family could not afford the dress robes Ron needed for fourth year.

Percy’s Ministry compensation gave the Weasley family money for back-to-school shopping, and Molly took the children to Diagon Alley to buy their supplies and dress robes. As the group reached The Leaky Cauldron, Loren, the Twins, and Hermione each found excuses to stay behind.

• Molly reassured Ron about buying secondhand dress robes, and Ron agreed to let her choose them if he could pick the color and have them altered.
• Loren noticed Percy and Arthur return home, and Percy told the family that the Ministry had approved eight hundred Galleons in compensation.
• Molly set aside money for Ron and Ginny and gave Harry, Loren, and Hermione one hundred Galleons each, while postponing a decision about the Twins’ shop plans.
• Molly took the children to Diagon Alley, where they bought school supplies and dress robes at Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions.
• George and Fred discussed a shop lease on Diagon Alley, and Loren and Hermione quietly walked close together while Loren thought about dresses he had seen in a shop window.
• As Molly led the group toward The Leaky Cauldron, Loren, George, Fred, and Hermione each claimed they needed to buy something else, prompting Molly to eye them suspiciously.

Harry, Loren, and the Weasleys left The Burrow for Hogwarts as Arthur rushed to help Mad-Eye Moody after a break-in report. On the train, Hermione revealed she had seen Loren buy two sets of formal robes at Twilfitt and Tatting's, leaving him stunned.

• Amos Diggory told Arthur that Moody had frightened off an intruder and that Aurors had arrived after Muggles reported the disturbance, so Arthur left to help him.
• Hermione explained that Moody was a legendary Auror who had grown paranoid, while Bill and Charlie described his reputation and distrust of others.
• Molly, Bill, and Charlie accompanied Harry, Loren, and the others to King's Cross, where the students said goodbye and boarded the Hogwarts Express.
• On the train, Loren read a Daily Prophet report about the Quidditch World Cup injuries, fines, and medical expenses before pestering Hermione about her shopping trip.
• Hermione told Loren she had gone to Twilfitt and Tatting's and had seen him buy two sets of formal robes.

Loren and Hermione teased each other about the formal clothes they had secretly planned to buy before discussing Durmstrang on the train to Hogwarts. At the feast, Rolf told Luna that he and his grandfather had searched for the albino Basilisk from the World Cup, while Luna suggested it might not have been a Basilisk.

• Hermione teased Loren for returning to buy a formal dress, and Loren tried to learn what dress robes she had bought for him.
• Hermione told Loren, Harry, and Ron about Durmstrang, Viktor Krum's school and a secretive institution known for teaching the Dark Arts.
• Loren and the others reached Hogwarts through a violent storm and entered the Great Hall for the start-of-term feast.
• Seamus and Ron argued over whether Ireland or Viktor Krum had been more impressive at the Quidditch World Cup.
• Rolf told Luna that he and his grandfather had searched Devon for the albino Basilisk, and Luna suggested the white creature might have been a kind snake hatched by a Unicorn.

The Hogwarts feast introduced Dennis Creevey as a new Gryffindor and revealed Theodore Nott’s concerns about recent unrest and Draco Malfoy’s family ties. Mad-Eye Moody arrived as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament.

• The Sorting Hat sorted Dennis Creevey into Gryffindor, where he excitedly told Colin that the Giant Squid had pushed him back onto the boat after he fell into the lake.
• Theodore Nott asked Draco Malfoy whether any of his family had joined the march at the Quidditch World Cup, and Draco said his family had left after the match.
• Theodore connected recent turmoil to growing danger and suggested he and Draco could be friends like Draco and Loren Morgan.
• Mad-Eye Moody entered the Great Hall during a thunderstorm, and Dumbledore introduced him as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Dumbledore announced that the House Cup Quidditch competition would be canceled and that the Triwizard Tournament would be held at Hogwarts.

Hogwarts students eagerly discussed the Triwizard Tournament and its dangerous history as the new school year began. At Herbology, Rolf hinted that his summer had gone badly and asked Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron whether they had heard of a Basilisk hatched by a Unicorn.

• Fred and George fantasized about winning the Triwizard Tournament's thousand-Galleon prize, while Ron imagined entering despite the risk of death.
• Seamus and Dean decided they would become Gryffindor champions, but Hermione warned them that Professor Moody was a formidable Auror and Dumbledore's friend.
• The students returned to their dormitories, and the next morning Ron continued hoping to enter the tournament while George, Fred, and Lee Jordan discussed how to get around its age restriction.
• Rolf used a precise cleaning spell to remove mud from Loren and his friends' shoes before asking whether they had heard of a Basilisk hatched by a Unicorn.

Loren and Hermione attended Herbology, where they collected Bebop Tuber pus, then discussed why the Ministry had fined the parents involved in the march. The chapter ended as they approached Hagrid's hut and heard strange noises coming from open Trunks.

• Rolf told Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron that Luna had suggested a Unicorn hatched the unusual Basilisk, and the group left him behind.
• Professor Sprout taught the students to collect Bebop Tuber pus, and Hermione eagerly squeezed the plants while Loren held the bottles.
• Professor Sprout explained that the pus treated stubborn acne, and Hannah mentioned that Eloise Midgen had lost her nose while trying to remove hers with a spell.
• Hermione told Loren that Slytherin students' parents had been fined after taking part in the march, and Loren said Professor McGonagall had likely charged them for the Mandrakes used to cure Basilisk petrification.
• Loren and Hermione reached Hagrid's hut, where Harry and Ron inspected open Trunks as Fang strained toward them and strange clattering and popping sounds came from inside.

Hagrid introduced the fourth-year Gryffindor and Slytherin students to Blast-Ended Skrewts, creatures he had illegally bred from Manticores and Fire Crabs. Hermione and Loren warned him that raising them could send him to Azkaban, while Ron worried that Draco might report him to the Ministry of Magic.

• Hagrid brought trunks of Blast-Ended Skrewts to class and asked the students to test what they ate.
• Loren examined the Skrewts and found that some used abdominal spikes to feed on snakes while others used suckers to eat frog livers.
• The Skrewts injured Dean and Lavender, and the students fled when class ended.
• Draco criticized the Skrewts, while Harry and Ron tried to reassure Hagrid and Hermione urged him not to bring them back.
• Loren and Hermione explained that Hagrid's experimental breeding violated Ministry law and could lead to his imprisonment in Azkaban.
• As the four students walked back, Ron worried that Draco would report Hagrid to the Ministry.