Chapter Summaries

Bagman secretly hinted that Ron would be taken underwater during the second task, while Harry prepared for the challenge and saw Krum practicing in the lake. At Snape’s office, Harry overheard a tense exchange between Snape and Karkaroff and was left wondering what had frightened the Durmstrang headmaster.

• Bagman privately offered Harry help with the Golden Egg, indirectly hinting that Ron would be the person Harry had to find underwater.
• Hermione and Loren worked out the second task’s clue, and Ron said his coral stone would help him take part.
• Harry and his friends saw Krum dive into the Black Lake to practice, and Hermione urged Harry to improve his swimming.
• Moaning Myrtle offered to help Harry navigate underwater, then Harry left to study Occlumency with Snape.
• Harry overheard Karkaroff accuse Snape of avoiding him and heard Snape suggest Karkaroff run away before Karkaroff left the office.

Harry and the other champions prepared for the second task of the Triwizard Tournament, which required them to retrieve treasures from the Black Lake. The champions dived in, while Loren and Hermione watched from the stands and bickered.

• In Charms Class, Harry told Ron, Hermione, and Loren that he had overheard Snape and Karkaroff discussing a frightening secret, and they speculated about what could scare Karkaroff into fleeing.
• Hagrid introduced two unicorn foals, and Harry guiltily told Hagrid that his preparation for the next day's task was going fine.
• In the Gryffindor Common Room, Harry considered using Gillyweed, while Fred and George revealed that Professor McGonagall had summoned Ginny and several other girls.
• At the Black Lake, Fred and George took bets on the second task as Harry and Neville discussed the Gillyweed Neville had brought.
• Ludo Bagman announced that the five champions had to retrieve their stolen treasures from the lake within an hour, and the champions entered the water using different methods.
• Loren and Hermione watched from the stands, where Loren flirted with Hermione and she offered to help him catch up on his Astronomy homework.

Harry competed in the second task by rescuing Ginny and Gabrielle from the mermaid village, despite the rules allowing each champion to take only one hostage. He and Gravis surfaced with both girls just before the deadline, and Fleur thanked Harry for saving Gabrielle while Ginny watched jealously.

• The Weasley Twins tried to sell Ron bets on the champions, while Ron spotted Loren and Hermione together and Neville speaking affectionately with Hannah Abbott.
• Harry used Gillyweed to fight through Grindylows and reached the mermaid village, where he found Ginny, Gabrielle, and the other champions’ hostages tied to a statue.
• Cedric rescued Cho Chang, and Krum and Gravis each took their assigned hostages; Gravis told Harry that Fleur had already surfaced after her Bubble-Head Charm broke.
• Harry cut the ropes holding Ginny and Gabrielle, but the mermaids swarmed him for breaking the rule that champions could take only one hostage.
• Gravis helped Harry fight free, and magic lifted Harry, Gravis, Ginny, Gabrielle, and Bute onto the shore as the deadline neared.
• Fleur thanked Harry for rescuing Gabrielle, while Ginny watched Fleur kiss his cheek and silently clenched her fists.

The champions received their scores for the Second Task, and Pickley Gravis thanked Harry Potter for earning him a high score. At the Library, Loren transformed into a Unicorn and learned from Flamel that magical creatures offered him little power beyond what he already possessed.

• The judges awarded Fleur Delacour twenty-five points, Cedric Diggory forty-seven, Viktor Krum forty, Harry Potter forty-five, and Pickley Gravis forty-two for the Second Task.
• Students crowded around the champions to hear about the underwater task, and Pickley thanked Harry for helping him earn his score.
• Dumbledore, Headmaster Fontana, Madam Maxime, and Karkaroff exchanged pointed toasts about schools, magical skill, and their students’ character.
• Loren teased Hermione over roast chicken, and she pushed more food onto his plate as they ate together.
• In the Fantasy Book Library, Loren asked Flamel about the Mermaids’ differing magical abilities, then transformed into a Unicorn to examine its body and instincts.
• Flamel told Loren that magical creatures could no longer offer him much help, and Loren said that appearing as a Basilisk was less troublesome than appearing as a powerful wizard.

Hogwarts began dueling practice to prepare Harry for the Triwizard Tournament’s Third Task, with Professor McGonagall teaching Harry and Ron before arranging an exchange session with Ilvermorny. The chapter ended as Loren and Pickley Gravis prepared to demonstrate their dueling skills.

• Loren and Hermione visited the Owlery to send their monthly letters home, then joined Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures class, where their Niffler preferred cookies and affection to searching for gold.
• Professor McGonagall warned students away from the Quidditch Pitch and kept Harry, Loren, and Ron after Transfiguration to begin dueling training for the Third Task.
• Harry defeated Ron with his powerful Disarming Charm, and McGonagall praised Ron’s tactics while explaining how Transfiguration and battle awareness could shape a duel.
• On Saturday, McGonagall and Headmaster Fontana introduced the students to Pickley Gravis and arranged for Gravis and Loren to demonstrate their dueling skills.
• Loren and Gravis took their places in the practice area as McGonagall told them to try their preferred combat techniques.

Loren defeated Gravis in a duel practice, and Harry then overwhelmed Gravis with his powerful Disarming Charm. After class, Hermione worried that her dueling skills were mediocre, and Loren reassured her as they studied together on the North Tower.

• Loren used a Shield Charm and a barrage of Repelling Charms to drive Gravis against a classroom wall.
• Headmaster Fontana advised Gravis to focus on speed and battle rhythm before Gravis faced Harry.
• Harry repeatedly overpowered Gravis's spells with Expelliarmus and finally sent him crashing into a wall.
• Professor McGonagall explained that Gravis had struggled because Loren and Harry were unusual opponents.
• Loren and Hermione went to the North Tower, where Hermione doubted her abilities and Loren promised to keep practicing with her.

Loren, Harry, and their friends visited the Quidditch Pitch to scout the Third Task’s hedge maze, where Ludo Bagman openly described its planned obstacles and entry order. Moody and Bagman then recounted Barty Crouch’s ruthless career and his son’s death in Azkaban, leaving Loren to wonder whether Crouch had gone to Little Hangleton.

• Gravis and Nancy Bute invited Loren, Harry, Ron, and Hermione to scout the Quidditch Pitch, and the group agreed.
• The students found a hedge maze under construction, and Loren guessed it would contain magical creatures, plants, and spells.
• Bagman and Moody arrived; Bagman confirmed the maze’s obstacles, explained that Harry and Cedric would enter first, and hinted that Thursday was a good time to look again.
• Hermione asked why Crouch was absent, prompting Bagman and Moody to describe his work ethic and his harsh prosecution of Dark Lord supporters.
• Moody said Crouch had sent his son to Azkaban, where he died, and Loren wondered whether Crouch had visited a graveyard in Little Hangleton.

Loren suspected that Crouch was being controlled or impersonated by Voldemort and concluded that the Second Wizarding War was inevitable, so he trained to improve his dueling skills. He taught Hermione Transfiguration in the Fantasy Book, and the chapter ended with Harry noticing that Loren arrived at Saturday practice freshly showered.

• Loren reasoned that Crouch had visited Little Hangleton to prepare Voldemort's resurrection ritual, and decided to focus on strengthening himself.
• Loren asked Flamel to imitate Professor McGonagall for a duel and learned that clever Transfiguration and control of the terrain could overcome superior Magic Power.
• Loren practiced the stone-wave technique against Hermione, leaving her covered in dust; she angrily called him Professor Morgan before leaving the Fantasy Book.
• Harry had a pleasant week and went early to the Abandoned Classroom to practice his Disarming Charm with Ron, Gravis, and Bute.
• Hermione and a freshly showered Loren arrived shortly before the scheduled practice, and Harry wondered why Loren had taken a morning shower.

Hermione defeated Gravis with a Transfiguration-based duelling strategy, while Loren continued training with Professor Flitwick. Later, Harry overheard Snape and Karkaroff discussing a dark mark growing more visible and the coming return of someone, leaving Harry with an unsettling secret.

• Hermione used the debris in the classroom to summon hummingbirds that surrounded Gravis, and Professor McGonagall ended the duel before they struck.
• Professor McGonagall praised Hermione’s tactics and explained that Gravis had been caught unprepared by her use of Transfiguration.
• During practice, Loren struggled against Professor Flitwick’s spell barrage, countered with Fiendfyre, and watched Flamel extinguish it with a powerful charm.
• Loren rested on Hermione’s lap as she read a book on duelling techniques, while he teased her about secretly preparing to defeat him.
• Harry overheard Karkaroff show Snape a dark mark that had grown more visible and ask whether he was afraid.
• Snape told Karkaroff he would not leave and warned him to go before Harry arrived for their Occlumency lesson.

Harry’s Occlumency lesson with Snape unexpectedly awakened his ability to use Legilimency, and he entered Snape’s memory of Karkaroff testifying against former Death Eaters. After Harry was punished for invading Snape’s mind, Snape returned to an experiment that had apparently restored a dead toad to life.

• Harry arrived for his Occlumency lesson, and Snape tested his defenses by entering his mind.
• Harry instinctively used Legilimency on Snape and saw a Wizengamot hearing where Karkaroff named Death Eaters, including Snape and Barty Crouch’s son.
• Snape expelled Harry from his mind and gave him a month of detention with Filch, costing Gryffindor fifty points.
• After Harry left, Snape considered Lucius Malfoy’s letter and wondered whether others were frightened by the return of old Death Eaters.
• Snape fed a restored Black-wart Red-eyed Toad potion and watched its stiff, unnatural movements.

Harry told Ron, Loren, and Hermione what he had learned about the Death Eaters and Snape, while Dumbledore and McGonagall discussed Voldemort’s plans and their preparations. During the Easter holiday, Loren found Hermione by the lake and offered to share an enormous ice cream with her.

• Harry told Ron, Loren, and Hermione about Snape’s memories and the Death Eaters who had escaped judgment.
• Dumbledore and McGonagall discussed the students’ dueling practice and their inability to remove the Horcrux without damaging its vessel.
• Dumbledore and McGonagall considered Voldemort’s plans for Harry and discussed their search for Horcruxes and communication with other intelligent races.
• McGonagall reported that the giants refused to speak with anyone who could not reach their knees, and Dumbledore proposed sending Hagrid and Madam Maxime.
• During the Easter holiday, Loren brought Hermione a seven-flavor Easter egg ice cream by the lake and offered to share it.

Loren and Hermione spent Easter together before the Hogwarts students trained and prepared for exams ahead of Harry’s Third Task. As the June twenty-fourth match approached, Harry grew confident by day but anxious at night, while the exam schedule left the students time to watch the tournament before summer break.

• Loren and Hermione shared ice cream at Honeydukes, and Loren wiped a melting drop from Hermione’s collarbone with his mouth.
• Loren and Hermione received Easter eggs from Mrs. Weasley, and Harry read Percy’s letter describing the Ministry’s strain and warning that tournament betting was out of control.
• Harry trained against Gravis under Professor McGonagall and Headmaster Fontana’s supervision while Loren explained the pressure of relentless attacks.
• Loren and Hermione endured exam revision, and Professor McGonagall announced that the final exams had been delayed to accommodate the Third Task.
• The students checked the exam schedule, while Harry alternated between confidence in his preparation and fear of danger and Voldemort’s plans.

After his Potions and History of Magic exams, Loren joined the other champions and their families, where Sirius asked whether Loren could forgive him and invited him to his wedding. The chapter ended with Loren and Hermione discussing whether to attend the summer wedding, which Loren agreed to do for reasons he kept secret.

• Loren helped Professor Snape sort and grade the fourth-years' Endurance Potions, and Snape warned him to stay safely in the stands during the competition.
• Harry worried that none of his relatives would come to meet him, while Loren and Hermione left to take their History of Magic exam.
• After the exam, Loren, Hermione, and Ron joined the champions and their families, where Molly and Bill warmly greeted them and Sirius arrived to see Harry.
• Sirius told Loren that his nightmares had stopped, asked whether Loren could forgive him, and invited him to his August wedding; Loren accepted the invitation.
• That night, Loren and Hermione talked on the Astronomy Tower and agreed to attend Sirius's wedding, though Loren withheld his reason.

Harry woke late after worrying about Sirius and Loren, then joined the Hogwarts students and visitors for the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. As the champions entered the maze, Loren stayed with Hermione and their friends in the stands while the judges discussed the event’s safety.

• Harry lay awake wondering why Sirius had apologized to Loren and why Sirius had disappeared before announcing his summer wedding.
• Harry joined the Weasleys for lunch and learned that Sirius had gone to Hagrid’s to deliver wedding invitations.
• Before the final task, Loren visited the kitchens and asked whether Winky was there.
• Loren and Hermione moved to the back rows of the stands, where they met Luna, Rolf, Neville, Hannah, and Draco’s group.
• Bagman announced the champions’ scores, with Harry at fifty-three points and Cedric at fifty-four, before the final task began.
• Dumbledore offered Crouch a chance to inspect the maze, but Crouch declined and noted that Hagrid would help rescue any injured champion.

Harry and Cedric survived the maze’s dangers and agreed to take the Goblet of Fire together, but Moody joined them and the cup transported all three away. Before the final, Loren prepared Winky for a task connected to Barty Crouch’s departure from Hogwarts.

• Harry navigated the maze, overcame its creatures and obstacles, and found Cedric near the Goblet of Fire just as an Acromantula approached.
• Harry warned Cedric, and together they defeated the Acromantula before arguing over who should claim the Goblet.
• Moody arrived after Fleur and Gravis sent distress signals and urged Harry and Cedric to take the Goblet together as joint champions.
• Harry and Cedric grabbed the Goblet, while Moody also held it, and the three were transported away.
• Professor Sprout worried about Cedric’s safety as Professor Babbling tried to reassure her.
• Loren spoke with Winky in the Kitchen, confirmed she was ready, and gave her a task before Barty Crouch left Hogwarts.

Harry and Cedric were transported by the Triwizard Cup to a graveyard in Little Hangleton, where the impostor Moody revealed himself as Crouch and began Voldemort’s resurrection. Loren followed with Winky and secretly saved Cedric from Bellatrix, while Harry remained bound and Loren searched for Dumbledore.

• Karkaroff asked Dumbledore where Snape was, and Dumbledore said Snape was resting in the Hospital Wing.
• Harry and Cedric arrived in Little Hangleton through the Triwizard Cup and realized it was a Portkey.
• Moody transformed into Crouch, while Bellatrix appeared beside a cauldron prepared for Voldemort’s resurrection.
• Winky told Loren that Moody had taken Harry and Cedric, and Loren asked her to transport him beyond Hogwarts’ boundaries.
• Bellatrix cast the Killing Curse at Cedric, but Loren intercepted it and secretly knocked Cedric into the leaves, where he pretended to be dead.
• Harry was bound to a stone statue as Voldemort prepared to return, while Loren searched the graveyard for Dumbledore.

Bellatrix performed the Resurrection Ritual, using Tom Riddle’s bones, her own flesh, and Harry’s blood to give Voldemort a new body. Voldemort emerged from the cauldron, and Harry realized that he had returned.

• Crouch’s body withered as a monstrous, infant-like Voldemort emerged from his chest and fell into the cauldron.
• Bellatrix summoned the bone from Tom Riddle’s grave and added it to the cauldron.
• Bellatrix cut off her own arm and dropped it into the potion as the servant’s sacrifice.
• Bellatrix wounded Harry and collected his blood for the ritual’s final sacrifice.
• The cauldron’s mixture formed a pale, snake-faced man, and black mist became his robe.
• Harry watched Voldemort return in a new body.

Voldemort returned to life, restored Bellatrix’s hand, and revived her Dark Mark while Dumbledore and McGonagall exposed Little Barty Crouch’s infiltration at Hogwarts. In the Graveyard, Voldemort taunted Harry with his family history as the Death Eaters gathered, stunned by the arrival of Little Barty Crouch and Severus Snape.

• Voldemort used magic to create a new hand for Bellatrix and restored the Dark Mark on her arm.
• At Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall petrified the disguised Crouch and revealed him as Little Barty Crouch while Dumbledore assured the judges the competition would continue.
• Voldemort told Harry about his mother, Merope Gaunt, and the murder of the Riddle family.
• Death Eaters Apparated into the Graveyard, and the gathering reacted with horror when Little Barty Crouch and Severus Snape appeared.

Voldemort confronted Snape and questioned whether he was still trustworthy, while Bellatrix accused him of serving Dumbledore instead of seeking the Dark Lord. Snape defended his actions and began explaining his past, but Voldemort had not yet decided whether to trust him.

• Little Barty Crouch and Snape arrived at the Wild Graveyard, where Voldemort questioned the Death Eaters about failing to search for him during his absence.
• Voldemort punished Avery, rebuked Lucius Malfoy, and confronted other Death Eaters before praising Bellatrix and Little Barty Crouch for their loyalty.
• Voldemort asked Snape to account for himself, and Little Barty Crouch recounted how Snape had freed him after his capture.
• Bellatrix challenged Snape's loyalty, and Snape said he had been at Hogwarts to observe Dumbledore and had believed Voldemort was defeated.
• Snape explained that he remained at Hogwarts to watch Dumbledore and investigate the past, then said he had helped stop Quirrell from stealing the Sorcerer's Stone without knowing Voldemort's plan.

Snape convinced Bellatrix and Voldemort that his loyalty had never wavered, then Voldemort recounted his path to resurrection and explained that Harry’s blood had let him bypass Lily’s protection. Voldemort healed and freed Harry, then forced him to bow before their duel.

• Snape explained his actions to Bellatrix, and Voldemort accepted his loyalty.
• Voldemort welcomed Harry as his special guest and described how Lily’s sacrifice had once protected him from Voldemort.
• Voldemort recounted his failed resurrection attempts, his recovery of Slytherin’s legacy, and the ritual that restored his body.
• Voldemort used Harry’s blood in the Resurrection Ritual, then healed Harry and released him.
• Voldemort ordered Harry to pick up his wand and bow, then magically forced him down as the Death Eaters laughed.