Chapter Summaries

Hagrid showed Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron the six Fire Dragons being held in the Forbidden Forest for the Triwizard Tournament’s first task. After Loren sent Harry into a mirror-made dream to face a Swedish Short-Snout, Harry woke shaken, while Hermione warned that Hagrid might reveal the dragons to Madam Maxime and other schools.

• Hagrid admitted that someone intended to kill Harry and led the group into the Forbidden Forest under concealment.
• Charlie showed Hagrid and the hidden students the six Fire Dragons, including the Swedish Short-Snout and the Hungarian Horntail, and explained that champions would have to get past them.
• Loren told Harry to use a flower-shaped mirror to overcome his fear, then sent him into a dream where a Swedish Short-Snout attacked him with unusually powerful fire.
• Harry described the disastrous dream at breakfast, and Loren apologized for making the dragon’s flames too strong.
• Hermione warned that Madam Maxime or the other headmasters could learn about the dragons, and Harry watched Cedric leave the Hufflepuff table as he settled on a plan.

Loren and his friends searched for ways to help Harry face the Fire Dragon, while Harry considered using his flying skills and the Firebolt. Snape warned Loren that someone at Hogwarts was behaving suspiciously, leaving Loren concerned about the danger inside the Castle.

• Hermione showed Loren the Daily Prophet article about the Triwizard champions, which dramatized Harry’s past and suggested he was in danger.
• Ron searched the Library for information about Fire Dragons, and Harry returned after telling Cedric about the first task and learning Moody’s advice to use the Firebolt.
• Hermione encouraged Harry to choose the approach he trusted most, and Harry asked Loren to help him practice flying the Firebolt in his dreams.
• Hermione walked Loren to Professor Bubage’s office and explained that she had been discussing House-elves and free will with her.
• Loren encountered Snape, who criticized his Potions homework, assigned him advanced brewing work, and warned him to keep their connection secret because someone at Hogwarts was behaving improperly.

As the first task of the Triwizard Tournament approached, Harry prepared for the Fire Dragons with Loren’s help while Loren and Hermione suspected a conspiracy involving Crouch. The champions entered the arena, where the task was revealed: each had to take a Golden Egg from beneath a Fire Dragon, and Harry drew the Hungarian Horntail.

• Harry showed Loren his Fire Dragon strategies, and Loren warned him that the Blinding Curse could seriously injure a dragon’s eyes.
• Loren told Hermione that Snape had warned of an infiltrator and that Crouch’s problems might be part of a larger conspiracy.
• Harry asked Gabrielle about her sister’s training, but Ginny led Gabrielle back to the Castle after Harry’s remarks made her uncomfortable.
• Professor McGonagall announced that the first task would begin that afternoon and that the champions would undergo wand inspections and draw lots.
• Hagrid led the students to the arena, where Seamus reported that the champions had to take Golden Eggs from beneath Fire Dragons.
• The draw paired Cedric Diggory with a Swedish Short-Snout, Pickley Gravis with a Hebridean Black Dragon, Fleur Delacour with a Welsh Green Dragon, Viktor Krum with a Chinese Fireball Dragon, and Harry Potter with a Hungarian Horntail.

The first task of the Triwizard Tournament began with a Peruvian Vipertooth rampaging before Barty Crouch subdued it, after which Cedric Diggory won a Golden Egg with a narrow escape. Ilvermorny champion Pikely Gravis, caught unaware that he would face a Fire Dragon, finally seized his egg but was struck by the Hebridean Black Dragon’s tail.

• A Peruvian Vipertooth went berserk before the competition, and Barty Crouch flew into the arena and knocked it unconscious.
• Cedric Diggory distracted a Swedish Short-Snout with a Transfigured dog, took the Golden Egg, and escaped with burned trousers before receiving seven points.
• Loren and Hermione wondered whether Headmaster Fontana had known the first task involved Fire Dragons.
• Pikely Gravis entered the arena believing the tournament had been rigged against Ilvermorny because he alone had not known he would face a Fire Dragon.
• Gravis drew the Hebridean Black Dragon’s attention with levitated stones, endured serious wounds, and took the Golden Egg before its tail swept him away.

The champions faced dragons in the first task: Fleur Delacour hypnotized a Welsh Green with a dance, Viktor Krum injured a Chinese Fireball, and Harry prepared to confront the Hungarian Horntail. The chapter ended as Harry summoned his Firebolt and the broom streaked toward him.

• Madam Pomfrey carried the unconscious Pickley Gravis from the arena, and the judges awarded him an average score of seven despite Fontana's objections.
• Fleur Delacour danced until the Welsh Green Dragon fell asleep, then took the Golden Egg before its flames briefly set her hem alight.
• Karkaroff gave Fleur four points, provoking Maxime, while the other judges' scores left Fleur with a higher average.
• Viktor Krum blinded the Chinese Fireball with a curse and retrieved the Golden Egg, but his score only barely reached an average of seven.
• Harry entered the arena to face the Hungarian Horntail and summoned his Firebolt, which shot toward him through the sky.

Harry won the first Triwizard Tournament task by flying around the Hungarian Horntail on his Firebolt and taking the Golden Egg, then celebrated with his friends. Later, Loren and Hermione visited Dobby and Winky in the Kitchen to ask how Winky had adjusted to wages and holidays, and Loren asked Winky to describe her feelings over the past month.

• Harry used the Firebolt to evade the Hungarian Horntail and seize the Golden Egg, earning the highest score despite Karkaroff giving him four points.
• The students celebrated Harry's victory at the feast, while Aegilbert Fontana brooded over Pickley's injuries and Ilvermorny's lack of preparation.
• Harry opened the Golden Egg in the Gryffindor Common Room, and its piercing scream left him puzzled about the clue inside.
• Loren and Hermione visited Dobby and Winky in the Kitchen, where Dobby described how he had helped Winky with wages, holidays, and shopping.
• Loren asked Winky to explain how she had felt during the past month.

Winky accepted Loren’s extended deadline and a new research assignment about American history and culture, while Hogwarts students endured winter lessons and Harry continued searching for the Golden Egg’s clue. The chapter ended with Harry using the Bubble-Head Charm and opening the egg again.

• Winky admitted she had let Dobby negotiate about her wages, so Loren extended her trial period until the end of the school year and assigned her to research American history and culture.
• In December, Hagrid’s attempt to settle the Blast-Ended Skrewts in Trunks failed, and the creatures rampaged through the pumpkin patch.
• Harry asked Loren for help with the Golden Egg, but Loren told him to keep trying until the Christmas Holidays.
• Hermione told Loren that she and Professor Bubage were researching House-elves and their similarities to enslaved Black people in the United States.
• Late at night, Harry cast the Bubble-Head Charm on himself and opened the Golden Egg, which let out its piercing screech.

Professor McGonagall announced the Christmas ball, and Loren and Hermione exchanged teasing demands over their dress robes before agreeing to attend together. As December passed, excitement about the ball spread through Hogwarts while Harry worried about finding a partner.

• Professor McGonagall announced the Christmas ball and told Harry to stay behind after class, then explained that the champions had to open the dance with their partners.
• Loren and Hermione teased each other about the dresses they had bought, and Hermione agreed to attend the ball with him.
• Fred and George's enchanted custard creams briefly turned Neville into a canary, while Harry fretted about finding a dance partner.
• Hermione gave Loren his dress robes, and he proudly showed them to Neville, Harry, and Ron in the boys' dormitory.
• As the final week of term passed, professors adjusted their lessons to the students' excitement, and rumors about Dumbledore's Christmas ball spread through Hogwarts.

Loren experimented with a Flying Spell based on the Levitation Charm, while the students discussed finding partners for the Yule Ball. The chapter ended with Ron spotting Fleur and considering asking her to the dance.

• Loren and Hermione walked by the Black Lake, where he teased her about her dress robes and discussed ways to develop a Flying Spell.
• Ginny overheard Harry consider asking her to the Yule Ball, then watched Hermione take Harry and Ginny away after Ron revealed Harry’s idea.
• Loren practiced a clumsy Levitation-and-Summoning-based flight and spoke with Fleur, who asked about his connection to Madam Maxime.
• Ron worried that he was the only one without a Yule Ball partner, then saw Fleur arrive and formed a bold idea.

During the Christmas holidays, Ron regretted asking Fleur Delacour to the Yule Ball and learned that Harry and Ginny would attend together. As Hogwarts began dance lessons for the ball, Loren and Hermione danced together, while Ron was left practicing the girl's part with Professor McGonagall.

• Loren found Ron in the Common Room, where Ron confessed that he had invited Fleur Delacour to the Yule Ball and then fled when she stared at him.
• Harry explained that Fleur's Veela heritage could make people lose control, and Ginny announced that she and Harry were going to the ball together.
• The term ended, and many students stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas and the upcoming Yule Ball.
• Professor McGonagall began Gryffindor's dance lessons and chose Ron to demonstrate, making him dance the girl's part with her.
• Loren asked Hermione to dance, and Hermione joined him as their music carried through the wintery Castle.

On Christmas Eve, Hogwarts prepared for the Yule Ball as the students dressed and practiced for the evening. Hermione had her teeth adjusted and received dress robes delivered by Winky, while Krum tried to speak to her in the stairwell.

• The students decorated Hogwarts for Christmas, and Hermione left the Hospital Wing after Madam Pomfrey adjusted her teeth.
• Hermione passed Viktor Krum on the staircase, ignored his attempt to call her, and hurried upstairs.
• Neville practiced dancing while Harry, Loren, and Seamus watched, and Ron asked them whether his dress robes looked good.
• Ron admitted he had practiced dancing with Lavender and thought she was a good partner.
• Parvati and Lavender admired Hermione's adjusted teeth and urged her to put on her dress robes.
• Winky arrived with two boxes from Twilfitt and Tatting's, explaining that Professor McGonagall had forbidden the pumpkin carriage inside the Castle.

Loren and Hermione arrived together at the Yule Ball, drawing attention with their elegant appearance. After the champions entered, the guests took their seats in the decorated Great Hall and summoned food from the menus.

• Loren waited in the Gryffindor Common Room while Harry and Ginny blushed at one another and the others left with their dance partners.
• Hermione descended the stairs with her hair styled in an elegant bun, and Loren teased her about her smaller front teeth before leading her to the Ball.
• Professor McGonagall called the champions forward, and Harry and Ginny joined Fleur, Pikely Gravis, Cedric, and Krum with their partners.
• Loren and Hermione quietly joined the Gryffindor group, but their dazzling formal clothes drew the attention of the students around them.
• The guests entered the Great Hall, where Dumbledore demonstrated how to order food from the menus and dishes appeared on the plates.

At the Yule Ball, Loren fed Hermione before they joined the other students on the dance floor. During their slow dance, Hermione recited a poem and kissed him, and Loren imagined the two of them planting a tree and watching the sunrise together years later.

• Loren fed Hermione at the feast until she said her dress might come undone if she ate more.
• Dumbledore began the dancing, and the Weird Sisters played as the champions, professors, and students filled the dance floor.
• Loren invited Hermione to dance, and they shared a quiet slow dance together.
• Hermione recited a poem about someone who had appeared in her life and eased her loneliness.
• Loren pictured himself and Hermione raising a tree together, and Hermione kissed him.

At the Yule Ball, Loren and Hermione shared a romantic kiss outside the Great Hall, while Harry and Ginny danced until Harry needed a rest. Pheobe Delacour then asked Ron to dance, leaving him thrilled and thinking of Loren Morgan.

• Loren and Hermione left the dance floor, walked through the snowy rose garden, and kissed beneath the moonlight.
• Harry rested with Ron after Ginny made him dance through more than a dozen songs.
• Pheobe asked Roger Davies about Ron Weasley and dismissed his attempt to disparage him.
• Pheobe thanked Harry and Ginny for looking after Gabrielle, then told Ron she had meant to accept his earlier invitation.
• Pheobe took Ron by the hand and led him onto the dance floor, and Ron celebrated Loren Morgan in his thoughts.

At the Yule Ball, Ron danced with Fleur while Loren and Hermione overheard Hagrid reveal that he was a Half-Giant and argue with Madam Maxime, who denied sharing his heritage. The next day, Harry learned Cedric’s advice for solving the Golden Egg clue, and the group discussed why Maxime might hide being a Half-Giant before deciding to visit Hagrid.

• Fleur thanked Ron for looking after Gabrielle while they danced, and Ron admitted afterward that he knew Fleur did not like him.
• Loren and Hermione kissed in the courtyard, then hid in bushes and overheard Hagrid tell Madam Maxime that he was a Half-Giant and ask which of her parents had been a Giant.
• Madam Maxime denied being a Half-Giant, angrily left Hagrid, and Hagrid went toward his cabin by the Forbidden Forest.
• Hermione wrote to her mother after the Ball, while Loren lay awake thinking about Hermione and what she had asked him to do.
• Harry told Loren, Hermione, and Ron that Cedric had advised him to take the Golden Egg to the Prefect’s washroom and think about it in a bath.
• Hermione explained that Giants had joined Voldemort and committed massacres during the war, and Harry suggested that they go see Hagrid.

Harry, Ron, Loren, and Hermione discovered Rita Skeeter’s damaging report about Hagrid and brought it to him, where they persuaded him not to resign over his half-giant heritage. Meanwhile, Dumbledore struck a secret deal with Rita to receive warnings in exchange for sending her to investigate hidden communities.

• Dumbledore asked Harry to deliver Rita Skeeter’s report about Hagrid to Hagrid.
• Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Loren read the report and realized it had not yet been published.
• Dumbledore met Rita in his office, agreed to warn her of dangers, and asked her to visit hidden communities of intelligent races.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Loren found Hagrid crying in his hut and showed him the report.
• Loren and the others reminded Hagrid how much Dumbledore and his friends valued him, and Hagrid agreed that he had been foolish to consider resigning.

During the Christmas holidays, Hagrid told Harry, Ron, Loren, and Hermione about his father and the Giants, while Hermione helped him reconsider his conflict with Madame Maxime. Harry learned that the Triwizard Tournament’s second task would take place underwater, and Loren suspected the champions’ loved ones would be held as hostages.

• Hagrid showed Harry and Ron a photograph of his father and described how Dumbledore had supported him after his father died.
• Hermione explained that Madame Maxime faced discrimination and pressure to hide her half-giant heritage, prompting Hagrid to consider apologizing to her.
• Loren braided Hermione’s hair as she worked on her Runes homework, while Harry visited the prefects’ bathroom and learned from Moaning Myrtle how to hear the Golden Egg’s song underwater.
• Harry revealed the Mermaid song’s instructions, and Loren, Ron, Hermione, and Harry went ice fishing while discussing ways Harry could breathe and navigate underwater.
• Loren remembered that the task would involve rescuing hostages from the Mermaids and wondered whether Ginny would be the person Harry had to save.

Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron were taken beneath the frozen lake by merpeople and brought to their village, where the dying Merperson Elder invited them to talk. He showed them the settlement and described merpeople's history and way of life, leaving Loren with a sense of the elder's deep desolation.

• Loren and his friends fell through the cracking ice but found they could breathe underwater thanks to the Red Coral Stone's magic.
• A merperson led the group through the lake to the merpeople village, where they saw the village square, its choir, and a statue.
• The merperson with the Red Coral Bracelet told them the elder wished to see them, and the elder explained that he was dying and wanted someone to talk to.
• The Old Merman showed them the settlement and described how merpeople had divided into different races and pursued music, craft, and other pastimes.
• The Old Merman spoke of his hopes for merpeople's future, while Loren sensed a desolation beneath his words.

Loren, Harry, Hermione, and Ron visited the merpeople, where the Old Merman showed Loren a prophecy of the ocean poisoned by Muggle weapons before dissolving into the water. As the new term approached, Loren remained uncertain how to help the merpeople and settled back into school life and preparations for the second Triwizard event.

• Crouch and Dumbledore finalized the hostage list for the second Triwizard event and discussed the merpeople who would help arrange it.
• The Old Merman told Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron that lingering toxins from Muggle weapons would poison the ocean, then showed Loren a vision of mutated fish and dead merpeople.
• The Old Merman gave the four young wizards Red Coral Stones and transformed into flowing water, while the merpeople mourned him.
• The merman escorted Loren, Hermione, Harry, and Ron back to shore, where Hermione promised they would help the merpeople in the future.
• In late January, Loren and Hermione discussed their classes and plans to prepare for the underwater event as Harry and Ron finished homework.
• Loren asked Hermione why she had hidden a letter from her mother, and Hermione blushed and pulled her hair away from him.

Loren and Hermione began the new term with a late-night Astronomy date, while Hagrid introduced the class to a Unicorn and Trelawney mistakenly praised Loren as a Seer. During a Hogsmeade visit, Loren and Hermione joined Harry and the others at the Three Broomsticks, where they spotted Ludo Bagman meeting with Goblins before he approached them.

• Loren coaxed Hermione out to observe the stars, and they shared a long goodnight kiss before returning to their dormitories.
• Hagrid took the Care of Magical Creatures class to see a Unicorn, and the girls approached it while the boys watched from a distance.
• Trelawney awarded Gryffindor ten points for Loren's supposed prophecy about sores on his tongue, which he realized had merely come true by coincidence.
• Hermione bought books about Mermaids in Hogsmeade, and she and Loren met Harry and the others at the Three Broomsticks.
• Harry showed Loren and Hermione a reflection of Ludo Bagman talking with Goblins, and Bagman noticed Harry and hurried over.