Chapter Summaries

Andrew returned to Hogwarts with Professor McGonagall and learned that the Triwizard Tournament preparations had become more demanding after Karkaroff’s interference. He faced a packed schedule of Russian study, tournament planning, Potions and Alchemy work, and a trip to inspect Koldovstoretz before the Quidditch World Cup final.

• Professor McGonagall collected Andrew from Mrs. Camille’s home and took him by Apparition to Hogsmeade.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew to learn Russian for the planned Koldovstoretz Dungeon inspection and explained the tournament arrangements he would help oversee.
• Professor McGonagall said Beauxbatons had requested an additional judge and that Professor Martin would not be involved because of the concession made after Karkaroff’s interference.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew to improve his Potions so Albus could begin teaching him Alchemy, and said he would need to use the Time-Turner to keep up.
• Professor McGonagall said they would visit Koldovstoretz in less than twenty days, revise the tournament challenges afterward, and attend the Quidditch World Cup final.

Andrew returned to Hogwarts, gained entry to the Ravenclaw Common Room after answering a second riddle, and spent the next few weeks studying Potions ingredients, Herbology, Transfiguration, and Russian. Before the trip to Koldovstoretz, Professor McGonagall told him their Dungeon was unusually wild but supposedly safe to try.

• Andrew answered the Door Knocker’s second riddle with “Three” and entered the Common Room, suspecting the extra question might be a reward for opening Lady Ravenclaw’s Chamber of Secrets.
• Andrew met Sirius, who explained that he and Harry were working at Hogwarts to get meals because the Black family’s House-elf refused to serve Sirius.
• Over the next twenty-odd days, Andrew studied animal-derived and plant ingredients, improved his Transfiguration, and learned to understand some everyday Russian phrases.
• Andrew asked Professor McGonagall about the Holy Spell, and she said neither he nor the school had records of it.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew that Koldovstoretz’s Dungeon was unusually wild but had been declared safe, and instructed him to pack because they were leaving the next day.

Andrew and Professor McGonagall traveled by five connecting Portkeys to Koldovstoretz, where Andrew prepared to discuss fair competition rules. After surveying the vast, rugged grounds, they met their contact, Negodin, and were transported to the school’s magnificent Castle.

• Andrew and Professor McGonagall arrived at a remote outpost near Koldovstoretz after a grueling journey through five connecting Portkeys.
• Andrew considered Koldovstoretz’s unusual student intake, course of study, and relationship with Durmstrang as he prepared to address competition rules.
• Professor McGonagall raised the ground and used a Far-seeing Charm to survey the rugged landscape and Koldovstoretz’s expansive grounds.
• Negodin arrived to meet Andrew and Professor McGonagall and transported them again by Portkey.
• Andrew found himself facing Koldovstoretz’s magnificent Castle in the middle of nowhere.

Andrew visited Koldovstoretz, where Professor Fail showed the Hogwarts delegation the magical Castle and took them by boat beneath the Lake. He learned that exploring the Dungeon required armor and would have to wait until the next morning.

• Professor Fail led Andrew and the others to Koldovstoretz and showed them the Castle suspended over the Lake.
• Professor Fail took the delegation aboard a boat that sank beneath the Lake inside a silvery bubble.
• Andrew asked whether they could enter the Dungeon that evening, but Professor Fail warned that its creatures were more dangerous at night.
• Professor Fail explained that Dungeon expeditions required armor as well as a Shield Charm, and said they could go the next morning.

Andrew arrived at Durmstrang and learned from Professor Fail that its Underground District had existed since the school’s founding and produced Inferi-like beings and magical loot. He suspected an Alchemy formation was behind the Dungeon’s rewards, and Professor Fail prepared to show him armor before their underground adventure began.

• Andrew attended Durmstrang’s welcoming banquet and told Professor McGonagall that the school’s difficulties were not his responsibility.
• Professor Negodkin explained that the Castle’s upper floors were protected by the Holy Spell, while the first floor remained unpurified for magical practice.
• Professor Fail told Andrew that the Underground District produced Inferi-like beings and loot, though tangible items had become rare.
• Andrew examined an ancient silver coin, sensed its sinister aura, and suspected the Dungeon contained an Alchemy formation.
• Professor Fail said the professors had adjusted their best suit of armor and prepared to introduce Andrew to it before they went underground.

Andrew prepared to enter the school’s Dungeons with Professor Fail, learning about their dangers, rules, and rewards as they equipped themselves in heavy enchanted armor. As they reached the entrance, Andrew cast a Bubble-Head Charm in anticipation of poison smoke, and Professor Fail began checking the stairs ahead.

• Professor Fail explained the protective armor, equipment, and supplies prepared for Andrew’s Dungeon expedition.
• Professor Fail described the Graveyard and Monastery, their creatures and traps, and how the Dungeons reset at midnight.
• Professor Fail explained that deeper areas held stronger creatures and that valuable loot was scarce and limited by the Dungeon’s rules.
• Andrew and Professor Fail put on their armor, gathered their gear, and set off toward the Dungeon entrance.
• At the stairs, Professor Fail prepared to test for poison smoke, while Andrew quickly cast a Bubble-Head Charm.

Andrew entered the Graveyard with Professor Negodkin and began exploring its burial chambers, relying on protective spells and armor while avoiding his instinct to solve everything with Transfiguration. He discovered hidden traps and a crossbow trap, then collected two silver coins, continuing his trial with Professor Negodkin watching from behind.

• Andrew followed Professor Negodkin into the Graveyard after they cast Bubble-Head Charms, and the professor explained the dangers of exploring alone.
• Andrew examined a stone coffin and found only a Transfigured skeleton, then took the lead with a Shield Charm.
• Andrew chose the left passage and triggered a concealed ankle trap, but his Shield Charm blocked it.
• Andrew illuminated the room, spotted and disabled two more floor traps, then opened a door with Alohomora and deflected a crossbow bolt.
• Andrew checked the empty room, kicked two jars, and collected the two silver coins inside.

Andrew cleared the first level of the underground area, fighting Inferi, a skeleton, and several traps while Professor Fail watched and advised him. After learning there were three levels, Andrew chose to finish the first level and rest before exploring further.

• Andrew burned an Inferius that lunged through a doorway and searched a scorched shelf.
• Andrew defeated five Inferi, then shielded a skeleton’s hammer strike and destroyed the skeleton before using its hammer on the skull.
• Andrew found a fresh pearl in the stone coffin and later collected a silver coin while clearing another room.
• Andrew triggered a wire trap and defeated a mass of Inferi with a chain of spells and fire.
• Professor Fail told Andrew the area had three levels and that the underground areas would be his alone for the next week.
• Andrew decided to finish clearing the first level, return to rest, and review his mistakes.

Andrew recorded what he had learned from exploring Koldovstoretz’s Graveyard and considered building a training formation of his own. After resting, he entered the Monastery, where the ancient ghosts’ attacks left him overwhelmed by the end of the first level.

• Professor Fail explained Koldovstoretz students’ methods for exploring the Underground District as he escorted Andrew back.
• Andrew returned to his room, recorded the Graveyard’s chambers, traps, creatures, and spell effects, and considered creating his own training setup.
• Andrew praised the Underground District to the Koldovstoretz professors over lunch while Professor McGonagall and the negotiating vice principal remained absent.
• Andrew followed Professor Fail into the Monastery, where ancient ghosts tormented him with magic and frightening attacks.
• Andrew reached the end of the Monastery’s first level feeling as though his head was about to explode.

Andrew trained in the Underground District, enduring the old Ghosts’ magical attacks and improving his dueling skills while studying how to counter them. With negotiations nearly complete and his visit ending at noon the next day, he planned to use Transfiguration for one final attempt to clear the area.

• Andrew endured the old Ghosts’ Jinx-like attacks through the first level and later reviewed what he had learned with Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall advised Andrew to improve his protection by adapting the Shield Charm and Bubble-Head Charm to work together.
• Andrew continued training against the old Ghosts and Inferi, sharpening his aim, spell speed, and ability to stop attackers.
• Andrew reached nearly halfway through the third level but decided to stop because groups and his limited Defense Against the Dark Arts skills remained difficult.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew that negotiations were nearly finished and they would formally say goodbye at noon the next day.
• Andrew planned to use Transfiguration to try to clear the Underground District before leaving.

Andrew cleared the dungeon floors with effortless Transfiguration, leaving Professor Negodkin to collect the loot. He reached the third floor and found its enhanced defenses no match for him.

• Professor Negodkin accompanied Andrew into the dungeon, where Andrew destroyed the first room’s Inferi with a flick of his Wand.
• Andrew left the protected coffins and their loot to Professor Negodkin, then used Transfiguration to disable traps and defeat the first floor’s creatures.
• Andrew cleared the second floor with his Transfiguration tactics, and Professor Negodkin caught up after collecting the loot.
• Andrew entered the third floor and dismantled its armored Inferi and other defenses, finding that the dungeon could not challenge him.

Andrew cleared the Monastery with Professor Negodkin, recorded his Transfiguration observations, and returned to Hogwarts with Professor McGonagall after helping settle the Four-School League rules. After signing a new Nondisclosure Agreement, he learned he might be asked to design a task for the Triwizard Tournament.

• Andrew defeated the third-level guardian and swept through the Monastery while Professor Negodkin collected the loot.
• Andrew returned to his room and wrote down his observations about using different kinds of Transfiguration.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew that the contestants’ age and number limits had been settled and warned him to sign another Nondisclosure Agreement.
• Andrew traveled back to Hogsmeade with Professor McGonagall, returned to school, and sent off the required letters after signing the agreement.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew he might be chosen to test Champions by designing a Triwizard Tournament task, and Andrew reluctantly agreed to consider making a Transfiguration Chessboard.

Tom survived a dangerous potion that nearly destroyed his body and vowed to kill Voldemort and reclaim his name. Meanwhile, Voldemort gained a fragile new body with Wormtail’s help and sent him searching the forest for a Wizard who could be controlled and cook for them.

• Tom returned to his rented house, drank a dangerous potion, and survived as the Horcrux box kept his body from falling apart.
• Tom declared that he would kill Voldemort and take back the name Voldemort.
• Voldemort emerged in a baby-sized body in a Cauldron, while Wormtail’s drooling and confusion disgusted him.
• Voldemort realized that Wormtail could not safely lure someone to their hiding place and that Dumbledore might be watching nearby.
• Voldemort fastened the Cauldron to Wormtail with vines and ordered him to search the forest for a Wizard, hoping to find someone who could cook.

Bertha Huggins wandered into the jungle, where Voldemort and Wormtail captured her. Voldemort tried to convince her that Barty Crouch had magically impaired her memory and that they were all victims, leaving Bertha uncertain and receptive to his claims.

• Bertha left the inn and wandered into the jungle, where she caught and roasted a rabbit with magic.
• Voldemort disarmed Bertha, hoisted her upside down, and used a spell that made her memories surge back before she lost consciousness.
• Bertha woke bound in vines and recognized Voldemort in the Cauldron while Wormtail ate the rabbit.
• Voldemort questioned Bertha about her work and schooling, arguing that her forgetfulness was a Memory Charm cast by Mr. Crouch.
• Voldemort claimed that he, Wormtail, and Bertha had all been framed and kept down, and decided she had taken the bait.

Andrew designed a Triwizard Tournament challenge combining Herbology, Potions, academic questions, luck, and combat under the rules of the Transfiguration Chessboard. Professor McGonagall approved the design, and Andrew submitted it to the Ministry before preparing to study the Chessboard.

• Andrew drafted a challenge that had Champions identify plants, brew potions, answer Magical History and Astronomy questions, and eventually fight under spellcasting restrictions.
• Andrew submitted his design to Professor McGonagall, who praised it and told him to develop its rules before term began.
• Professor McGonagall assigned Andrew to study a Transfiguration Chessboard set up in an empty fourth-floor classroom and reminded him to attend his duty shift.
• Andrew sent the unchanged challenge to the Ministry by owl and decided to focus on learning how to create and break the Chessboard's unified rules.

Nicol visited Dumbledore and agreed to teach Taylor Alchemy on the condition that Taylor entered the Triwizard Tournament as a Champion. They planned to change the tournament format to encourage teamwork and give Taylor stronger ties to Hogwarts.

• Nicol told Dumbledore that his Alchemy-based rejuvenation had made his body younger, though his soul remained old and he was still weak.
• Nicol demanded that Taylor enter the Triwizard Tournament, arguing that Taylor needed recognition, school pride, and closer bonds with other students.
• Dumbledore agreed to make Taylor a Champion instead of a Judge and to increase the number of Champions to four after consulting Karkaroff and the Beauxbatons headmistress.
• Nicol and Dumbledore agreed to make every challenge require teamwork and strengthen cooperation among the contestants.
• Nicol insisted that Taylor was also his student and said he would give him formal lessons in Alchemy.

Andrew tested Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration Chessboard, using an egg on a stool to enter the game but failing to uncover its rules before losing. He left to review what he learned and answer an invitation to the Quidditch World Cup, while McGonagall began repairing the board for his next attempt.

• Andrew found that his Transfiguration could not alter the chessboard, so he used an egg-carrying stool as a piece and made himself part of the board.
• Andrew discovered the board’s rules were seamless, but his distraction let the White Side’s queen trap and knock his egg from the stool, ending the game.
• Professor McGonagall praised Andrew’s workaround and told him to rest, noting that Ministry personnel would come to Hogwarts next term and Quidditch matches would be suspended.
• Andrew went to the Library to review the test and write back to the people who had invited him to the Quidditch World Cup.
• Professor McGonagall decided the board needed repairs and began charging it herself.

Percy received Andrew’s letter about Professor Lockhart’s case and a subject absent from Hogwarts lessons, while Andrew prepared to investigate it. Dumbledore proposed making Andrew a Triwizard Tournament competitor instead of a judge, and Andrew was summoned to hear the decision.

• Percy arrived at The Burrow with Arthur, exchanged teasing remarks with Fred and George, and warned them he had told Andrew about their plan to bring illegal goods to school.
• Percy read Andrew’s letter and learned the Ministry was short-staffed on Lockhart’s case but that Andrew’s obscure research subject existed in the wizarding world.
• Andrew read Percy’s reply, decided to pursue the subject in his research, and returned to heating potion ingredients in his laboratory.
• Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall he wanted Andrew to compete in the Triwizard Tournament, arguing that Andrew should not lose student rights because of his exceptional abilities.
• Professor McGonagall insisted that Andrew’s wishes had to be considered, and Andrew arrived at her office to find Dumbledore looking tense.

Andrew refused Dumbledore’s request to compete in the Triwizard Tournament, arguing that entering would violate the agreed rules and undermine the event. After Andrew left, McGonagall and Dumbledore agreed that his firm refusal showed he was steadier than they had expected.

• Andrew questioned McGonagall and Dumbledore about why they wanted him to enter the Triwizard Tournament and whether the Ministry or Board of Governors had pressured them.
• Andrew warned Dumbledore that competing would mean changing the rules, undoing the tournament preparations, and risking future exchanges between the schools.
• Andrew refused to become Hogwarts’s Champion, saying he would not compete unless the school had a compelling reason to win the trophy.
• Dumbledore accepted Andrew’s refusal and left McGonagall’s office, while McGonagall reminded him that documents still needed signing.
• McGonagall told Dumbledore that Andrew’s convictions were steadier than Mr. Nicol had judged, and Dumbledore said Andrew’s ability to refuse reassured him.

Andrew continued learning Professor McGonagall’s chessboard formation before she took him to the Quidditch World Cup Final, where he was expected to support Fudge. At the match, Percy escorted Andrew to an adults’ tent while the students speculated about his future at Hogwarts and the Triwizard Tournament.

• Dumbledore decided Andrew’s refusal showed good judgment and began writing to Nicol about Taylor’s choice.
• Andrew struggled to master Professor McGonagall’s chessboard formation, though he believed he was close to creating a basic version.
• Professor McGonagall told Andrew they were going to the World Cup Final between Ireland and Bulgaria, and explained that she would attend in disguise.
• Andrew dressed in formal robes and agreed to appear with the Ministry officials as part of his arrangement with Fudge.
• Percy led Andrew toward an adults’ tent while Harry and the other students watched and speculated that Andrew might become a Triwizard Tournament Champion.