Chapter Summaries

Linley and Irina defeated the Death Eaters at the camp, while Barty Crouch Sr. learned that Linley’s power came from his teacher, Valison Green. Linley privately identified the person who cast the Dark Mark as Barty Crouch Jr.

• Linley and Barty Crouch Sr. lowered their Wands after realizing Linley had not cast the Dark Mark.
• Linley pointed out Irina’s fight, and the Aurors saw her slaughtering Death Eaters inside the ring of fire.
• The Aurors found their magic suppressed until Linley lifted the Mana Suppression Power and opened a path through the fire.
• Irina stopped fighting after the Aurors entered, and they arrested the six surviving Death Eaters.
• Barty Crouch Sr. asked Linley who had cast the Dark Mark, and Linley privately named Barty Crouch Jr.

Linley privately warned Barty Crouch Sr. about Barty Crouch Jr., earning Crouch's gratitude after the Aurors took the surviving Death Eaters away. Linley and Irina returned to Rohl Manor, where they later read Rita Skeeter's sensational report about the Quidditch World Cup.

• Linley privately told Barty Crouch Sr. about Barty Crouch Jr., and Crouch said he owed Linley a favor.
• Barty Crouch Sr. ordered the Aurors to take the six surviving Death Eaters for trial and investigate the Dark Mark incident.
• Mr. Weasley and his family arrived, saw the Death Eaters Irina had killed with Linley's help, and invited them to their tent.
• Irina discovered their Magic Tent had burned, but Linley revealed he had safely put it away before the battle.
• Linley and Irina used Irina's Illegal Portkey to return to Rohl Manor, where they stayed until school began.
• Three days later, Linley and Irina read Rita Skeeter's critical Daily Prophet report about the Quidditch World Cup.

After the Ministry took credit for quelling the Death Eater riot, Lynn and Irina decided to work with Barty Crouch Sr. and support him as a future Minister for Magic. On the Hogwarts Express, they listened as Ron gossiped about Mad-Eye Moody, knowing from Barty Crouch Jr.'s vision that he had been attacked by Barty Crouch Jr. and Peter Pettigrew.

• Lynn read the Ministry's notice claiming it had quelled the riot and executed most of the Death Eaters, while Irina objected to the Ministry taking credit and ignoring Lynn's efforts.
• Barty Crouch Sr. wrote to Lynn that Cornelius Fudge had rejected his attempt to secure recognition for Lynn and Irina.
• Lynn and Irina agreed to use the Roll Family's influence to cooperate with Barty Crouch Sr. and potentially support him as Minister for Magic.
• Lynn and Irina traveled to King's Cross Station and boarded the Hogwarts Express for the start of term.
• Ron told Lynn and Irina that Mad-Eye Moody had blown up his own rubbish bin, while they knew Barty Crouch Jr. and Peter Pettigrew had attacked him.

Linley and Irina arrived at Hogwarts with Harry and the others, where Peeves’s water-balloon prank led Irina and Linley to freeze and bind him. Professor McGonagall announced that an important announcement would follow the feast, and Linley and Irina knew it would be about the Triwizard Tournament.

• Harry and the others learned that Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle’s fathers had been arrested for taking part in the Death Eater parade at the Quidditch World Cup.
• Irina made an ice umbrella for herself and Linley as they left the Hogwarts Express in a storm, prompting Harry, Ron, and Hermione to complain that she was neglecting her friends for her boyfriend.
• Peeves drenched Ron and splashed Harry and Hermione with water balloons in the entrance hall, then aimed another balloon at Irina.
• Irina froze Peeves’s water balloon, making him fall, while Linley bound him with his Golden Binding Rope.
• Professor McGonagall praised Irina’s spell, lifted Peeves with the Zombie Float Spell, and told everyone an important announcement would come after the feast.

At the welcome feast, Linley invited Irvin to prepare for a chance to face Voldemort after his resurrection. Dumbledore ended the feast with school notices, including the cancellation of the House Cup Quidditch match.

• Hagrid brought the first-year students into the Great Hall, and Professor McGonagall sorted them into their Houses.
• Irina was relieved that Hermione had not witnessed Winky's dismissal and was enjoying the feast without protesting about the food.
• Linley told Irvin that he and Irina had defeated dozens of Death Eaters before the Ministry's Aurors arrived.
• Irvin said he was willing to face Voldemort, and Linley challenged him to master the Ancient Magic Lightning Strike before the O.W.L. exams.
• Dumbledore announced new prohibited items, reminded students of the Forbidden Forest and Hogsmeade restrictions, and said there would be no House Cup Quidditch match that year.

Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament, while the arrival of the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Moody, drew stunned silence. Linley and Irina recognized that Moody was Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise and doubted Dumbledore’s assurances that the tournament would be safe.

• Dumbledore announced that there would be no House Cup Quidditch match because a major event would take place during the school year.
• Moody entered the Great Hall amid thunder and lightning, and the students and professors stared at his scarred face and magical blue eye.
• Dumbledore introduced Moody as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Moody drank from a flask of Polyjuice Potion.
• Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament and explained its history and deadly past.
• Linley and Irina recognized the disguised Barty Crouch Jr. and doubted Dumbledore’s claim that the Champions would not face mortal danger.

Dumbledore announced the Triwizard Tournament’s prize and restricted entry to students aged seventeen or older, prompting the Weasley twins and other students to protest. Linley and Irina suspected Dumbledore’s warning about the Goblet of Fire hinted at alchemy, and they decided to ask him directly about his intentions.

• Fred decided to enter the Triwizard Tournament after hearing that the winner would receive a thousand Galleons.
• Dumbledore announced that only students aged seventeen or older could submit their names, and Fred and George rallied students to protest the restriction.
• Dumbledore warned that underage students could not bypass the magic he had placed on the Goblet of Fire unless they were powerful enough to break it.
• Linley and Irina suspected Dumbledore had used alchemy on the Goblet and wondered whether his words were a warning or a hint.
• Linley and Irina met in the Room of Requirement, then decided to ask Dumbledore privately what he meant.

Linley and Irina visited Dumbledore after curfew and revealed that Professor Moody was actually Barty Crouch Jr., who had captured the real Moody. Linley explained how his Soul Insertion Charm gave him the information, leaving Dumbledore to consider an alliance against Voldemort.

• Linley and Irina waited until curfew, then went to Dumbledore's office after checking that he was alone.
• Linley suggested that Dumbledore's warning in the Great Hall had been a hint and identified the apparent Professor Moody as Barty Crouch Jr.
• Linley told Dumbledore that Barty had attacked Alastor Moody and was keeping him in his trunk.
• Dumbledore asked how Linley knew, and Linley explained that he had used the Soul Insertion Charm to witness Barty and Peter Pettigrew ambushing Moody.

Linley, Irina, and Dumbledore discussed Barty Crouch Jr.’s plan to bring Harry to Little Hangleton and resurrect Voldemort. Dumbledore agreed to cooperate, and Linley vowed to break Dumbledore’s restriction on the Goblet of Fire so he could enter the Triwizard Tournament and protect Harry.

• Dumbledore asked Linley to teach him the spell that could reveal an enemy’s field of view, then discussed why Barty Crouch Jr. had infiltrated Hogwarts.
• Linley identified Voldemort’s resurrection ritual and concluded that Barty planned to take Harry to Little Hangleton.
• Irina accused Dumbledore of allowing the plan because Harry’s mother’s protection would prevent Voldemort from killing Harry before he came of age.
• Linley asked Dumbledore to cooperate with them, and Dumbledore agreed.
• Dumbledore challenged Linley to break his alchemical restriction on the Goblet of Fire to become Hogwarts’ Champion; Linley promised to enter and bring Harry back unharmed.
• Irina reminded Linley that she had always fought beside him.

Linley and Irina arranged with Dumbledore to capture Barty Crouch Jr. and support Harry after Linley was transported to Little Hangleton. Irina spent the next day in classes, then heard that Professor Moody had turned Malfoy into a white ferret.

• Linley asked Dumbledore to help Irina capture Barty Crouch Jr. and join Linley and Harry in Little Hangleton, bringing Irvin Fleury along.
• Linley and Irina agreed to work with Dumbledore, then returned to their dormitories before the next day's classes.
• In Herbology, Irina secretly took a Gillyweed plant to use in combat.
• In Magical Creatures class, Irina recoiled from Hagrid's Blast-Ended Skrewts and spent the afternoon caring for creatures in her suitcase's Pocket Dimension.
• As Irina approached the Great Hall, she heard young wizards say Professor Moody had turned Malfoy into a white ferret.

Professor Moody turned Draco Malfoy into a ferret for attacking Harry, but Professor McGonagall stopped him and sent him to Professor Snape. Two days later, Linley prepared Irvin Fawley for Moody’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson by giving him a golden pocket watch.

• Irina joined Linley in watching Professor Moody toss Malfoy, transformed into a ferret, before a crowd in the Great Hall.
• Professor McGonagall changed Malfoy back and reminded Moody that teachers could not use Transfiguration to punish students.
• Professor Moody agreed to give Malfoy detention and led the injured student toward Professor Snape’s office.
• Hogwarts students anticipated Moody’s lessons, while Linley and Irina waited for their Defense Against the Dark Arts classes on Thursday.
• Linley gave Irvin Fawley a golden pocket watch before class, saying it would keep him from embarrassing himself.

Professor Moody introduced the Unforgivable Curses and demonstrated them to the class, then announced he would use the Imperius Curse on every student. Linley’s answer hastened the lesson, while Irvin realized why Linley had warned him he might embarrass himself.

• Professor Moody took attendance and said the students knew too little about defending against spells, so he would show them what dark wizards could do.
• Linley named the Imperius Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and the Killing Curse when Professor Moody asked which spells received the harshest legal punishments.
• Professor Moody demonstrated all three Unforgivable Curses on a spider, killing it with the Killing Curse.
• Professor Moody announced he would cast the Imperius Curse on each student, and Irvin objected that using it on underage wizards was illegal.
• Professor Moody told Irvin he could leave if he preferred to face the curse from a dark wizard, and Irvin realized Linley’s pocket watch was meant to help him avoid making a fool of himself.

Professor Moody made his students undergo the Imperius Curse, but Irvin’s pocket watch protected him and Linley’s alchemical pendant blasted Moody across the classroom. Moody demanded that Linley remove the equipment and resist the curse on his own.

• Professor Moody expelled the Slytherin students who left his classroom and made the remaining students take turns facing the Imperius Curse.
• Irvin stepped forward, and his golden pocket watch broke the curse’s control before Professor Moody could command him.
• Professor Moody praised Irvin for resisting the curse through willpower, unaware that the pocket watch had protected him.
• Linley faced Professor Moody, whose hatred of him fueled his eagerness to cast the Imperius Curse.
• Linley’s pendant struck Professor Moody with a golden beam and hurled him into the wall, leaving him badly injured.
• Linley claimed he had forgotten to remove his curse-resistant Alchemy Equipment, and Professor Moody ordered him to take it off.

Linley resisted Barty Crouch Jr.’s repeated Imperius Curses with a hidden supply of enchanted metal plates and knocked him unconscious, then ordered the students to leave and summoned medical help. Rumors spread through Hogwarts about Moody’s suspicious behavior, while Linley trusted that Barty would survive until his identity could be exposed.

• Linley challenged Professor Moody to try the Imperius Curse again, and a bracelet blasted Moody into the wall when the curse failed.
• Moody repeatedly cast the curse, but more enchanted plates in Linley’s clothes fired golden beams and left him gravely injured.
• Linley revealed more than a hundred metal plates hidden inside his robes, and Moody fainted from his injuries and fury.
• Linley ordered Irvin to fetch Madam Pomfrey, cast a healing spell on Moody, and dismissed the frightened students.
• News of Moody’s defeat spread through Hogwarts, where most students suspected something was wrong with him, while Linley left public opinion to the Roll Family’s Daily Prophet editors.

Linley explained that Professor Moody had been gravely injured after his Imperius Curse triggered Linley’s defensive Alchemy Equipment. In the Room of Requirement, Linley revealed to Irvin and Irina that Moody was actually Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr. disguised with Polyjuice Potion.

• Madam Pomfrey treated Moody’s severe injuries and asked Linley and Irvin how he had been hurt.
• Linley said Moody had used the Imperius Curse on him, triggering attacks from his Alchemy Equipment.
• Madam Pomfrey condemned Moody for using an Unforgivable Curse on a young wizard and continued treating him.
• Linley reassured Irvin that Dumbledore would understand and asked him to meet in the Room of Requirement after lunch.
• Linley brought Irvin and Irina to the Room of Requirement and revealed Moody’s true identity as Barty Crouch Jr.

Linley and Irina revealed to Irvin that Barty Crouch Jr. was impersonating Moody as part of a plan to resurrect Voldemort under controlled circumstances. Irvin trained his wandless Weather Spells, while Linley went to explain his attack on Moody to Dumbledore, who scolded him for doing it in front of the class.

• Irvin learned that Barty Crouch Jr. was impersonating Moody and that Linley, Irina, and Dumbledore intended to let Voldemort resurrect under controlled circumstances.
• Irina told Irvin he would help capture Crouch after Linley and Harry were transported by the modified Portkey, then join the effort against Voldemort.
• Linley trained Irvin in the Room of Requirement, where Irvin improved his silent, wandless Weather Spellcasting.
• Irvin went to the Forbidden Forest to continue practicing, while Irina returned to the Gryffindor Dormitory and Linley headed to Dumbledore's office.
• Dumbledore told Linley that, if he wanted to beat Moody, he should have waited until nightfall instead of doing it in front of the class.

Linley discussed the Triwizard Tournament and his plan to break Dumbledore’s restriction on the Goblet of Fire. As the visiting schools arrived, Hogwarts gathered outside the castle to welcome them.

• Dumbledore suggested Linley sack Professor Moody in the middle of the night, then asked whether Linley was prepared for the Triwizard Tournament; Linley said he could break the Goblet of Fire’s alchemical restriction.
• Linley explained that he could expose and learn the Alchemy Formations within Dumbledore’s restriction, giving him confidence he could make it collapse.
• After Madam Pomfrey spoke with Dumbledore, Moody returned to teaching under a warning not to cast Unforgivable Curses on young wizards.
• A notice announced that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang would arrive on October thirtieth, and the Hogwarts students spent the following week speculating about the Tournament.
• Hogwarts was cleaned and decorated for the visitors, while Ron joked that Snape’s greasy hair should be washed too.
• On the evening of October thirtieth, the teachers and students gathered in lines outside the castle to welcome the visiting schools.

Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts for the gathering, with their unusual modes of transportation drawing the students’ attention. After greeting both delegations, Dumbledore welcomed them into the castle.

• Dumbledore announced Beauxbatons’ arrival as its enormous powder-blue carriage, pulled by twelve Abraxans, flew over the Forbidden Forest and landed at Hogwarts.
• Linley recognized Madame Maxime, whom he had met during a visit with his teacher Green, and Dumbledore welcomed her and her students.
• Madame Maxime led the Beauxbatons delegation into the Great Hall and reminded Dumbledore that her Abraxans drank only single-malt whisky.
• Durmstrang’s ship rose from the Black Lake, sailed to shore, and its fur-cloaked delegation came ashore.
• Professor Karkaroff greeted Dumbledore warmly, and Dumbledore welcomed his old friend.

At Hogwarts’ welcoming banquet, Fleur Delacour reunited with Linley and showed him her progress in alchemy. Their close conversation and exchange of magical creations left Irina jealous and furious.

• Fleur removed her scarf, revealed her silver hair, and drew the attention of Ron and many other boys as she walked to the Slytherin table.
• Fleur sat beside Linley and reproached him for not visiting Beauxbatons after promising they would meet again in three years.
• Linley explained that he had meant they would meet again, not that he would visit Beauxbatons, and Fleur told him how his Airwave rune had inspired her alchemy.
• Fleur showed Linley a ring that combined the Repulsion and Impact runes, and he praised its ability to counterattack.
• Linley showed Fleur a metal plate that could resist the Imperius Curse and unleash a lethal spell against its caster.
• Irina watched Linley and Fleur sitting close together, formed an ice blade, and Hermione grabbed her to calm her down.

Irina became furious when she saw Linley talking closely with Fleur, while Fleur assumed she still had a chance to pursue him. After the feast, Dumbledore introduced Barty Crouch Sr. and Ludo Bagman as the Triwizard Tournament was about to begin.

• Irina confronted Linley and Fleur, and Linley explained that Irina's unusual features came from magical power.
• Fleur mistook Irina for Linley's girlfriend, but Linley denied that they had established a relationship and asked Fleur not to spread rumors.
• Fleur continued to compete for Linley's attention, prompting Irina to threaten them until Hermione restrained her.
• Linley asked Fleur to sit separately, and Irina dispersed her ice blade once they had moved apart.
• Dumbledore announced the start of the Triwizard Tournament and introduced Barty Crouch Sr. and Ludo Bagman.