Chapter Summaries

Professor Trelawney gave Harry an inaccurate astrological reading and assigned tedious planetary calculations, while Hermione grew suspicious of the newspaper’s account of Mad-Eye Moody. At dinner, Moody attacked Draco, Harry intervened, and Loren redirected the spells, leaving several Owls transformed into Ermines and the Great Hall stunned.

• Professor Trelawney told Harry that Saturn had influenced his birth, but Harry corrected her by saying he was born in July.
• Trelawney assigned the class homework analyzing how next month’s planetary movements would affect them.
• Hermione showed Loren a newspaper report claiming that Arthur Weasley had caused trouble while helping Moody, and she suspected Moody’s late arrival at the feast was significant.
• Harry, Ron, and Draco argued at dinner, and Moody burst into the Great Hall and cast a spell at Draco.
• Harry used Expelliarmus against Moody’s spell, and Loren redirected both Harry’s and Moody’s magic toward the ceiling.
• Moody’s Transfiguration turned several Owls into Ermines, and Hermione protested that Hogwarts rules forbade using Transfiguration to punish students.

Professor McGonagall stopped Moody from punishing students with Transfiguration, and Dumbledore heard the students’ accounts of the Great Hall fight. Harry, Ron, and Draco avoided detention, while Loren and Hermione stayed behind with Dumbledore and Draco thanked Harry in the corridor.

• Moody transformed Harry and Draco into Ermines until McGonagall intervened and restored them, then escorted the students to Dumbledore’s office.
• Loren recognized the scent of Polyjuice Potion on Moody, while McGonagall criticized Moody’s treatment of the students and Dumbledore sent him to speak with Snape.
• Harry, Ron, and Draco explained how their argument escalated, and Dumbledore asked Draco whether he had meant to ambush Harry and asked Harry why he had stopped Moody’s spell.
• Dumbledore decided Harry, Ron, and Draco would not serve detention, then asked Loren and Hermione to remain behind.
• In the corridor, Draco thanked Harry, leaving Harry astonished as Draco’s ears flushed red.

Loren and Hermione told Dumbledore that Professor Moody was an impostor using Polyjuice Potion, but Dumbledore chose to avoid endangering the real Moody while keeping the suspect under watch. As fourth-year classes began, Harry asked Snape to teach him Occlumency, and the disguised Moody praised Harry and Loren in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

• Loren identified Professor Moody as an impostor because he smelled strongly of Polyjuice Potion, and he explained that the impostor would need a steady supply of ingredients and Moody's hair.
• Dumbledore refused to confront the impostor before they knew where the real Moody was, and Loren and Hermione returned to the Common Room with sweets taken from the Headmaster's office.
• Loren advised Harry to practice Occlumency by resisting Legilimency and suggested he seek help from Snape; Snape later agreed to meet Harry on Saturday afternoon.
• In Potions class, Neville melted seven Crucibles under Snape's watch and received detention, while Snape told Loren that Potions Club activities would be suspended for the year.
• Moody began the fourth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class by praising Harry's Disarming Charm and Loren's Shield Charm, then offered to recommend them as future Aurors.

Moody taught the class about the three Unforgivable Curses by demonstrating them on spiders, while Dumbledore and Snape searched his office and found the real Moody imprisoned in a locked trunk. The lesson ended with Moody urging the students to remain constantly vigilant.

• Moody introduced himself and warned the students that they needed to understand dangerous spells as well as creatures.
• Dumbledore and Snape examined Moody’s office, and Dumbledore opened the seven-locked trunk to find the real Moody trapped inside.
• Moody demonstrated the Imperius Curse and Cruciatus Curse on spiders, and Neville reacted with fear as the Cruciatus brought back painful memories.
• Moody cast the Killing Curse on a spider and explained that it had no known counter-curse.
• Loren eagerly raised his wand when Moody invited the class to try the Killing Curse on him, and Moody shouted, “CONSTANT VIGILANCE!”

After Moody taught the Unforgivable Curses, he privately questioned Neville about his parents, urged him to remember their torturers, and gave him a Herbology book. Back in the Gryffindor common room, Loren helped Harry and Ron with their Divination calculations while Hermione began writing to Mr. Weasley about Winky.

• Hermione worried that Moody’s demonstration of the Unforgivable Curses had upset Neville, but Moody led Neville to his office for tea.
• Moody asked Neville how his parents had been cured, and Neville concealed Loren’s involvement by saying Dumbledore had found someone to help them.
• Moody told Neville that Bellatrix Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr. had tortured his parents, urged him to remember Barty, and gave him a book about Mediterranean aquatic plants.
• After Neville returned to the Gryffindor common room, he noticed Crookshanks dash inside and resolved to mention the cat’s behavior to Loren.
• Loren lent Harry and Ron a Star Chart so they could finish their Divination calculations, then teased them about struggling with the homework.
• Hermione told Loren she was writing to Mr. Weasley because she worried Winky might have nowhere to go after her questioning, and she began explaining that House-elves sometimes harmed themselves after being dismissed.

Harry began Occlumency lessons with Snape, who invaded his mind and saw fragments of his memories before ordering him to rest and continue. At Hogwarts, Loren photographed Hermione among the lavender, while Hagrid revealed that his growing Blast-Ended Skrewts had been approved as challenges for the Triwizard Tournament.

• Harry visited Snape’s office for Occlumency lessons, and Snape explained the danger of Harry’s mental connection to the Dark Lord.
• Snape used Legilimency on Harry and saw fragments of his childhood and school memories before Harry’s resistance broke the connection.
• Snape advised Harry to use minor spells against vicious dogs and told him to rest before their next exercise.
• During Herbology, Harry complained about Snape’s insult while Loren collected Bebop Tuber pus and offered Hermione a turn.
• Loren stopped to photograph Hermione in the lavender field on their way to Hagrid’s Hut.
• Hagrid announced that the Ministry had approved using his rapidly growing Blast-Ended Skrewts as Triwizard Tournament challenges, prompting the students to groan.

During a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Loren and the others discussed how magical power passed through the bloodlines of magical creatures and humans. They left Hagrid’s hut without resolving the question of how magic and heredity were connected.

• The young wizards tested Blast-Ended Skrewts during class, and Hermione warned Hagrid that they would grow large enough to destroy his hut.
• Loren asked Hagrid how Sphinxes and Fire Crabs could breed, and Hermione objected to Hagrid’s explanation that the creatures had chosen each other.
• Loren, Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Hagrid discussed how magical power was inherited, diluted, and sometimes appeared in children of Muggles.
• Hagrid invited the group to stay for Rock Cakes, but they declined and left after Hermione gave him fire safety precautions.

Loren teased Hermione over dinner and heard what Professor Babbling had told her about magical creatures’ Magic Power. Meanwhile, Luna and Rolf sneaked into the Forbidden Forest to meet a Unicorn, but Hagrid caught them and hinted that troubled people were in the forest.

• Harry and Ron invented bad fortunes for the coming weeks, while Loren joked about borrowing Madam Pomfrey’s case records for ideas.
• Hermione arrived late after speaking with Professor Babbling, and Loren told her that magical creatures’ Magic Power differed from a wizard’s.
• Luna led Rolf into the Forbidden Forest to meet Fred the Unicorn, and Rolf suggested naming one of the beech trees Polaris.
• Fred kicked Rolf after Luna and Rolf tried to see whether a Unicorn could hatch a Basilisk egg, and Hagrid carried them out of the forest.
• Luna asked Hagrid about the people in the forest after seeing many Nargles, and Hagrid told her to stay away and promised to explain in a few days.

Loren and Hermione watched Professor Moody demonstrate the Imperius Curse on the students in Defense Against the Dark Arts, despite their fears about using an Unforgivable Curse. The lesson left the class shaken as Moody continued casting the spell on students one by one.

• Loren and Hermione found Luna and Rolf facing ridicule and concern after losing house points for sneaking into the Forbidden Forest.
• Luna cheerfully discussed Blast-Ended Skrewts and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks while Hermione tried to reassure her about regaining points.
• Moody told the class that they would experience the Unforgivable Curses firsthand, beginning with the Imperius Curse, and said Dumbledore had approved the lesson.
• Moody cast the Imperius Curse on Dean Thomas, who began skipping around the classroom before Moody lifted the spell.
• Moody cast the curse on more students, making Lavender Brown imitate a squirrel, Neville perform gymnastics, and Seamus nearly climb into a drawer.
• The Slytherin students stopped treating the lesson as a joke as more students fell under Moody's control.

Moody used the Imperius Curse on his students in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Harry resisted it after several painful attempts. Later, Loren returned from visiting Hagrid, while Harry worried about Snape’s promised poisoning and the friends settled down to homework.

• Ron remembered that he had imitated a rooster under Moody’s Imperius Curse and blushed with shame as Lavender complimented his performance.
• Moody put Harry under the Imperius Curse and ordered him to jump onto a table, but Harry resisted halfway and crashed into it, injuring his knee.
• Moody made Harry repeat the test until he could break free of the curse, and Ron helped the limping Harry leave class with Loren and Hermione.
• On Sunday afternoon, Loren returned from visiting Hagrid to find Harry struggling to prepare an antidote for Snape’s promised poisoning.
• Loren teased Hermione about doing his homework, then decided to complete his Transfiguration assignment himself.

Loren skipped Divination Class to prepare a roast lamb feast with Hermione, then learned that the Triwizard Tournament staff were inspecting the Forbidden Forest. As Loren and Hermione walked back to the Castle holding hands, he suggested they write home the next day.

• Loren slipped out of Divination Class early, leaving Neville to carry his books and bag back to the Common Room.
• Loren and Hermione roasted a lamb at Hagrid’s Hut, where Harry, Ron, Hagrid, and Fang joined them for dinner.
• Loren asked Hagrid why Rolf and Luna had lost points, and Hagrid revealed that they had angered a Unicorn while looking for one in the Forbidden Forest.
• Hagrid told the group that Triwizard Tournament staff were inspecting the Forbidden Forest and speaking with Centaurs and Unicorns, but refused to reveal more.
• Loren and Hermione walked back to the Castle holding hands, and Loren suggested that they write home the next day.

Loren gave Hermione a modified Goblin Silver Coin for her birthday and teased her into believing he had bought dress robes for someone else before revealing both sets were for her. The next day, Hermione learned Winky had been acquitted but rejected by Mr. Crouch, while Loren resisted Moody's Imperius Curse only partly and was called to demonstrate again.

• Loren gave Hermione a modified Goblin Silver Coin, and she demanded to know where her birthday dress robes were.
• Loren teased Hermione until she cried, then revealed that both sets of dress robes were for her and kissed her before escorting her to the dormitory.
• Hermione's roommates asked about Loren's birthday surprise, and she realized she had focused on the missing dress robes instead of the coin.
• Hermione told Loren that Mr. Weasley had confirmed Winky was cleared of the Dark Mark but had been harshly rejected by Mr. Crouch.
• Lee Jordan read a notice announcing detention and a 60-point penalty for Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas after they skipped A History of Magic.
• Moody tested Loren with the Imperius Curse; Loren resisted its influence enough to question the spell but still jumped onto a desk, after which Moody called Hermione forward.

Harry and his classmates practiced resisting the Imperius Curse, while Hermione and Loren secretly succeeded after their Occlumency training. As Hogwarts prepared for the Triwizard Tournament, Hermione discovered Winky in the corridors and later summoned Loren and Harry after something bizarre happened.

• Moody tested the fourth-year students with the Imperius Curse, and only Harry resisted it noticeably during the Gryffindor lesson.
• Hermione told Loren that she had broken free of the curse and realized that Loren had done the same.
• Loren walked with Luna, Rolf, and Hermione, and Rolf explained that the Unicorn Fred had stopped speaking to him and Luna.
• Hogwarts posted that the delegations would arrive on October 30, and Snape made Harry stay after Potions class to clean the classroom.
• Hermione heard Winky apologizing in a late-night corridor and crept toward the voice.
• George and Fred frightened the Gryffindors with a ghost story and Nearly Headless Nick's dangling head, after which Hermione rushed over and called Loren and Harry to investigate something bizarre.

Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron visit the Hogwarts Kitchen, where they find Winky grieving over her dismissal and longing to return to the Crouch family. Loren promises Winky she can see Mr. Crouch before Christmas if she accepts the same wages and holidays as Dobby, while preparations for the Triwizard Tournament continue at Hogwarts.

• Hermione leads Loren, Harry, and Ron to the Kitchen, where Dobby greets Harry and Winky explains that Hermione gave him new clothes.
• Dobby tells the group that Winky was dismissed by Mr. Crouch, and Winky weeps over being separated from the family she has served for generations.
• Loren promises Winky she can see Mr. Crouch before Christmas if she accepts wages and holidays equal to Dobby's, and he tells her to meet him Friday night.
• Ron guesses Mr. Crouch will attend the Triwizard Tournament as a committee member, while Loren reflects that freedom and desire can become tempting once experienced.
• Hogwarts prepares for the visiting schools, and Harry complains that he must stay after class to organize Snape's equipment while the others watch the arrivals.

Hogwarts welcomed Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Ilvermorny for the Triwizard Tournament as their students and headmasters arrived by spectacular means. At the feast, Hermione noticed Barty Crouch looked pale, while Crouch learned that Ilvermorny had lost a professor who had been knowledgeable but taught extreme ideas.

• Dumbledore and the Hogwarts staff waited by the Black Lake while Loren and Hermione grew cold and impatient.
• Madam Maxime arrived with Beauxbatons in a carriage pulled by flying Thestrals, and Dumbledore welcomed her and her students.
• Durmstrang emerged from the lake aboard a ship, and Ilvermorny arrived in a magical yellow school bus before the schools' students and headmasters gathered.
• At the feast, Hermione remarked that Barty Crouch looked pale, and Crouch asked Fontana why Ilvermorny had brought no other professor.
• Fontana said an extremely learned professor had left Ilvermorny without warning after teaching ideas that were somewhat extreme.
• The visiting students joined Hogwarts' House tables, where Harry and Ron recognized Viktor Krum and Lee Jordan learned about Ilvermorny's Catamount House.

At the Triwizard Tournament feast, Dumbledore announced the champions’ selection and the age restriction, while Loren secretly arranged for Winky to report on Professor Moody. Loren crossed the Age Line in disguise and found his own name beside Harry’s in the Goblet of Fire.

• Dumbledore introduced the tournament judges, unveiled the Goblet of Fire, and announced that only students over seventeen could enter their names.
• Fred and George joked about ways to bypass the Age Line, while Karkaroff stared at Harry’s scar and Hagrid chatted warmly with Madam Maxime.
• Loren told Hermione that Winky had a task to perform, then met Winky in the night and learned that Professor Moody had visited the Entrance Hall.
• Loren warned Winky that she must keep Winky from approaching Mr. Crouch on her own, then went to inspect the Goblet of Fire.
• Loren used Transfiguration to disguise his age, crossed the Age Line, and saw slips bearing Harry’s name and Loren Morgan’s name inside the Goblet.

Loren discovered that Fake Moody had put both his and Harry's names into the Goblet of Fire, but the Goblet let Loren withdraw only his own entry. He warned Dumbledore and watched the other students enter the tournament, while Harry's name remained in the Goblet and the champions had yet to be announced.

• Loren removed and burned the slip bearing his name, but the Goblet of Fire erupted when he tried to take out Harry's slip.
• Loren told Hermione what Moody had done and said he had left Dumbledore a letter; Hermione later saw Dumbledore at the High Table and took his reassuring wink as a sign he had received it.
• Cedric put his name into the Goblet of Fire, and George and Fred tried to bypass the Age Line with Draught of Living Death, only to be thrown back with long white beards.
• At the Halloween feast, Ron named Peeves Derek, Roger Davies, and Angelina as Hogwarts students who had entered the tournament.

The Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Pickley Gravis, and Cedric Diggory, then unexpectedly named Harry Potter and Tom Gaunt of Azkaban as additional champions. The adults agreed Harry would have to compete under the tournament rules, while Crouch promised an Auror investigation into Tom Gaunt’s name.

• Moody taunted Karkaroff about betraying fellow Death Eaters, while Crouch exchanged pointed remarks with Karkaroff and Snape.
• The Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Pickley Gravis, and Cedric Diggory as champions.
• The Goblet unexpectedly named Harry Potter and Tom Gaunt of Azkaban, leaving the Great Hall stunned.
• Loren’s conversation with Hermione revealed his guilty reaction to the champions’ names, while Ron began to reconsider how Harry’s name had entered the Goblet.
• Harry denied entering his name, and the headmasters and Ministry officials concluded that someone else had entered it and that Harry must compete under the rules.
• Headmaster Fontana asked about Tom Gaunt’s slip, and Crouch promised to notify the Ministry and have the Aurors investigate.

Harry and the other Hogwarts champions continued classes while preparing for the first Triwizard Tournament task, and Loren discovered that Blast-Ended Skrewt markings resembled a magical Rune. After meeting Gabrielle Delacour, Loren arranged for Ginny to keep her company, while Ron mistakenly believed Loren was helping him get closer to Fleur.

• Fleur told Gabrielle to stay in the Castle while she trained, and Gabrielle remained troubled about being alone and her sister's selection as champion.
• Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Loren discussed the dangerous first task and Harry's suspicion that a Death Eater had entered his name into the Goblet of Fire.
• During Care of Magical Creatures, Loren noticed that juvenile Blast-Ended Skrewt markings resembled the Bursting Flame Rune, and Hermione connected it to Veela.
• Gabrielle told Loren and Hermione that she had no one her age to talk to and that some Beauxbatons students resented Fleur's selection, so Loren asked Ron to arrange for Ginny to spend time with her.
• At lunch, Seamus explained that Durmstrang students had endured Moody's Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, and Ron thanked Loren for supposedly helping him meet Fleur.

Harry and his friends learned that large creatures had arrived in the Forbidden Forest, and Loren urged them to investigate the danger connected to the Triwizard Tournament. They decided to sneak into the forest that night, leaving Harry to prepare his Invisibility Cloak and send Hagrid a letter.

• Harry and his friends spent the afternoon by the Black Lake while Neville searched for aquatic algae and Hermione studied Herbology with Loren.
• Luna told Harry that her Unicorn friend Fred had reported a noisy group of large creatures in the Forbidden Forest.
• Hermione warned that Luna was likely trying to alert Harry to danger, and Ron proposed entering the Forbidden Forest to investigate.
• Loren reminded Harry that his life mattered more than tournament fairness, and Harry agreed to go with the group that night.
• Harry and his friends planned to leave half an hour after lights-out, bring Harry's Invisibility Cloak, and send Hagrid a letter by Hedwig.