Chapter Summaries

After a nightmare and overhearing his brothers mock him over Harry Potter, Cedric Diggory encountered the dark wizard Robert Austin in the forest and was attacked in his soul world. Cedric defeated and absorbed Robert, gaining dark magic, and returned home intent on taking revenge on Harry Potter.

• Cedric Diggory woke from a nightmare and brooded over how Harry Potter had ruined his life.
• Cedric overheard his brothers laughing at his humiliation and blaming him for provoking Harry Potter.
• Cedric entered the forest and encountered a monstrous wizard who revealed himself as Robert Austin.
• Robert took control of Cedric’s body and tried to devour his soul in the soul world.
• Cedric fought back and absorbed Robert Austin, gaining his dark magic.
• Cedric returned to his room changed and resolved to take revenge on Harry Potter.

Dumbledore completed the New Ministry of Magic’s restructuring and planned a public campaign against Voldemort’s remaining followers. Harry gave him Voldemort’s final soul fragment, learned what had once been sealed in the Department of Mysteries, and left after Dumbledore tried to recruit him as an Auror.

• Dumbledore established a vast, reorganized New Ministry of Magic, though most departments remained understaffed and vacant.
• Harry gave Dumbledore Voldemort’s last soul fragment and told him that every Horcrux had been destroyed.
• Dumbledore planned a public Demon-Slaying Convention to declare Voldemort’s death and launch an Anti-Black-Magic and Anti-Evil Campaign.
• Dumbledore explained that Harry’s mother had helped create a magical energy that protected Harry and turned Voldemort’s Killing Curse back on him.
• Harry Apparated away after Dumbledore offered him a position as Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

On Harry's birthday, Hermione arrived at the Leaky Cauldron with a promised special present, and Harry teased her about it. After Hermione admitted she liked him, she tried to run away, but Harry had sealed the room and pulled her back.

• Hermione sent Harry a letter hinting at a special birthday present and arrived at the Leaky Cauldron on July 31, 1994.
• Harry greeted Hermione, complimented her appearance, and reminded her of the birthday present she had promised.
• Harry and Hermione vanished to his bedroom, where Harry teased Hermione and asked whether she liked him.
• Hermione blushed and admitted she liked Harry, then tried to flee when he leaned in to kiss her.
• Harry stopped Hermione with magic, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her back against him.

Bill Weasley returned to the Burrow and announced that he wanted to leave Gringotts and take the Ministry of Magic's civil service exam. Arthur Weasley called a family meeting to hear Bill's reasons, while Molly Weasley remained opposed.

• Molly Weasley complained that Bill Weasley came home rarely and urged him to marry, then tried to cut his long hair.
• George and Fred blocked Bill Weasley's escape as he dodged Molly Weasley and hid behind Arthur Weasley.
• Bill Weasley revealed that he had taken leave to pursue the Ministry of Magic's civil service exam instead of continuing at Gringotts.
• Arthur Weasley asked Bill Weasley why he wanted to change jobs and called the family together for a meeting.

Bill Weasley explained why he planned to leave Gringotts and take the Ministry of Magic's Civil Service Exam, linking Dumbledore's plans and wealthy families moving their money to a future Ministry-run wizarding bank. The Weasleys then argued over Ginny's interest in Harry, and another son came downstairs to complain that the family was disrupting his exam revision.

• Bill Weasley criticized Gringotts' distrust of wizards and outdated services, then said he suspected Dumbledore was preparing a Ministry-run wizarding bank.
• Arthur Weasley confirmed the Order of the Phoenix had discussed the plan, while Molly Weasley learned her children had known about the Order's meetings for years.
• Ron Weasley teased Ginny about a newspaper clipping showing Harry Potter, but the family defended Harry and encouraged Ginny.
• Molly Weasley told Ginny that she had once offered to take Harry into the family, but he had politely refused.
• A thin, bespectacled Weasley son ran downstairs and angrily demanded that the family let him study for the Civil Service Exam.

Percy Weasley clashed with his family over his ambition to work for Barty Crouch and left The Burrow after Charlie struck him. On his way out, he encountered Luna Lovegood talking to an invisible friend and fled from her.

• Percy Weasley argued with Arthur Weasley and his siblings about his plans to assist Barty Crouch and his resentment of the family's poverty and reputation.
• Arthur Weasley urged Percy to reject the position and offered to ask Albus Dumbledore for a job in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.
• Charlie Weasley slapped Percy and demanded that he apologize to Arthur, but Percy declared he was leaving the family and went to pack.
• Percy Weasley left The Burrow, kicked a Goblin near the shed, and felt free as he walked away.
• Percy Weasley encountered Luna Lovegood stroking the air as if petting an invisible horse, called her a lunatic, and hurried off.

Luna discovered a magical Fountain of Fair Fortune in the woods near her home, and Harry revealed that wishes made there could alter the world. The chapter ended with Harry wishing to become the supreme god before Luna could finish her own wish.

• Xenophilius told Luna that the Ministry of Magic was pressuring The Quibbler to join its publicity department, and Luna suggested that joining might benefit the magazine.
• Luna went into the woods to read Tales of Beedle the Bard and found a spring surrounded by roses that had not been there the day before.
• Luna wished for Fairy flowers to grow from the woods to her home, and a pink flower road appeared as Harry emerged from a white light.
• Harry marked a pebble with a Tracking Charm to capture the Fountain of Fair Fortune and observed that some of its magic had vanished after Luna's wish.
• As Luna approached the fountain to make another wish, Harry declared that he wanted to become the supreme god.

Harry tested the Fountain of Fair Fortune with Luna and discovered that he alone could interact with its water. After realizing Luna's wish had drawn him to her, he kissed her and left, while the fountain vanished again.

• Harry found that the Fountain of Fair Fortune ignored wishes beyond its power but made Luna's clothes disappear when he wished for it.
• Harry observed that the water level fell by different amounts depending on the wish and concluded that difficult wishes used more water.
• Luna could neither touch nor drink the fountain water, while Harry could scoop it up and return it to the spring.
• Harry realized Luna's wish had something to do with his sudden arrival, and Luna admitted that it did.
• Harry kissed Luna, said goodbye, and disappeared; Luna then found that the Fountain of Fair Fortune had vanished.

Harry told Cho Chang and Hermione a playful version of the Fountain of Fair Fortune story, then described his encounter with Luna and the real fountain. After tasting the fountain water, Harry suddenly fainted, leaving Cho Chang and Hermione alarmed.

• Harry finished his story, and Hermione corrected its moral while Cho Chang teased him about his portrayal of Knight Harry.
• Harry showed Cho Chang and Hermione a bottle of water from the Fountain of Fair Fortune and recounted what had happened with Luna.
• Cho Chang and Hermione scolded Harry for stripping Luna, making her call him a name, and taking her first kiss.
• Hermione bit Harry's arm in anger, and Harry dismissed her worries that Astoria would be upset with him.
• Harry drank from the fountain water, remarked on its milky taste, and fainted as Cho Chang and Hermione cried out to him.

Harry discovered that a sip of the Fountain of Fair Fortune had increased his magic by about one-tenth, while Cho Chang found she could not use it. Two days later, Hermione went to the Ministry of Magic to take the Civil Service Exam, where she reviewed her studies as the examination began.

• Harry woke after fainting from the Fountain of Fair Fortune and showed Hermione and Cho Chang that his magic had increased and could form a sphere.
• Cho Chang tried a small sip of the Fountain of Fair Fortune but could not use it, and Hermione left to rest before her exam.
• Cho Chang heard Harry and Hermione together in Hermione's room and decided to sleep in Harry's room.
• Two days later, Harry accompanied Hermione to the Ministry of Magic for the Civil Service Exam.
• Hermione entered the unusual examination room, ignored other examinees' mockery, and reviewed the exam material she had memorized.
• A conversation between examinees and proctors drew everyone's attention as the examination began.

Harry met Dumbledore’s Order of the Phoenix members at the Ministry of Magic, where Dumbledore hoped to build their influence through civil service exams and prepare Harry to become Minister for Magic. Harry rejected the plan and left, while the Order members and other Ministry candidates took the exam.

• Arthur Weasley sat the civil service exam, and a proctor told him that Dumbledore was allegedly sidelining the longtime members of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Hermione met Professor Lupin, Mad-Eye Moody, Tonks, and other unfamiliar witches and wizards before the exam.
• The Ministry examiner warned candidates against cheating, and Aurors caught dozens of young people trying to cheat while Moody complained about the test.
• Dumbledore introduced Harry to the Order of the Phoenix members, including Moody, Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Emmeline Vance.
• Dumbledore explained that he wanted the Order members to enter the Ministry through official positions and support Harry’s future bid to become Minister for Magic.
• Harry refused to join the Ministry or become Minister for Magic and hurried away.

After Harry left, Dumbledore and the other wizards discussed whether to steer him toward becoming Minister for Magic, while Harry and Hermione finished the Civil Service Exam. Hermione placed first, and the chapter ended when a flower-fairy-like girl rushed into Harry’s arms at the Leaky Cauldron.

• Dumbledore told Arthur Weasley and the others that Harry’s power and intelligence worried him, and he hoped the Minister for Magic position might restrain Harry or change his outlook.
• Hermione answered an exam question about Voldemort’s rule by saying she would lie low until Harry was born and defeated him.
• Harry and Hermione learned that only a little over seventy candidates had passed, with Hermione in first place at 190 points.
• Hermione discovered that a grader had deducted ten points from her answer about surviving Voldemort’s reign, and Harry joked about the examiner’s judgment.
• Harry and Hermione returned to the Leaky Cauldron, where a flower-fairy-like girl rushed into Harry’s arms and said she had missed him.

Astoria reunited with Harry and asked to stay with him until the Quidditch World Cup, while her parents encouraged the closeness. Hermione worried about Harry sharing a bed with the thirteen-year-old, and the chapter ended after Astoria told Harry she thought something was wrong with her body.

• Astoria arrived at the Leaky Cauldron with her parents and asked Harry to attend the Quidditch World Cup with her; he agreed despite disliking the sport.
• Hermione took Astoria to see Cho Chang, and Astoria later persuaded her mother to let her stay with Harry until the World Cup.
• Astoria's parents left, and her mother repeatedly asked Harry to look after their daughter; Cho Chang suspected the mother was encouraging their relationship.
• That night, Hermione objected when Astoria tried to sleep beside Harry and warned him to behave himself.
• After Hermione left, Astoria told Harry that something might be wrong with her body, and Harry examined her with magic.

On August 22, Harry woke Astoria, Cho Chang, Hermione, and the Leaky Cauldron’s Muggle employees early to travel to the Quidditch World Cup. After Apparating them to the swamp campsite, he secured permission from Ministry staff to enter, leaving them puzzled over how he transported such a large group.

• Astoria woke Harry before dawn and persuaded him to take her to see the World Cup campsite; he told her to wake Cho Chang and Hermione.
• Astoria kissed Cho Chang awake, and Cho Chang then woke Hermione.
• At the Leaky Cauldron, Harry announced a team-building outing for the Muggle staff and prepared to take them to the stadium.
• Harry Apparated the group to a misty swamp, where Ministry of Magic staff were managing arrivals for the World Cup.
• Harry asked to bring the employees into the campsite, and the parchment-carrying Ministry wizard allowed them to proceed.
• After Harry’s group left, the two Ministry wizards wondered how he had Apparated dozens of people and questioned whether they had arrived ahead of schedule.

Harry and his group arrived at the crowded campsite, where Toroi rented land from Roberts after Harry altered his memory. Hermione transformed a glass bead into a luxurious villa, and the group settled in to begin their camping trip.

• Basil directed the Weasley and Diggory families to their camps, and Cedric reacted angrily when his brother mentioned Harry.
• Harry cleared a path through the fog, then altered Roberts's memory after the man noticed the mist being parted.
• Toroi rented a plot of land from Roberts for one day, and Cho Chang paid him fifty pounds.
• Harry led the group through the crowded campsite, where Hermione expanded a glass bead into a four-story villa.
• The girls explored the villa's luxurious rooms, and Harry told them he had spent over a thousand Galleons on it.
• Harry told everyone to prepare breakfast as the camping trip began.

Hermione, Cho Chang, Astoria, and Harry’s other companions explored the Quidditch campsite, where they encountered wizarding families and hostile Bulgaria fans before Viktor Krum intervened. After they returned to Silver Castle, Hermione told Harry that Muggles had rewritten the Quidditch rules, prompting his interest.

• Harry filled a pot with water using his wand, and the group prepared and ate breakfast at Silver Castle.
• Hermione, Cho Chang, Astoria, and the other girls toured the campsite, seeing wizarding children, magic mishaps, and rival Ireland and Bulgaria supporters.
• Bulgaria fans threatened Hermione’s group after one girl insulted Viktor Krum’s appearance, but Krum appeared and helped defuse the confrontation.
• Viktor Krum fell for Hermione at first sight and vowed to find her after she led the group away.
• Hermione returned to Silver Castle and told Harry that Quidditch rules had been rewritten by Muggles; Harry became interested when she showed him Quidditch Weekly.

Harry read a report on revised Quidditch rules that addressed major flaws in the game, though he said he would never play again. At the villa, he enjoyed a barbecue with Hermione and the girls until a wizard arrived at the gate.

• Dumbledore had invited Muggle International Olympic Committee referees to examine Quidditch, and they condemned its unsafe, unfair, and unbalanced rules.
• The referees revised Quidditch rules to restrict magic, standardize brooms, limit matches to two hours, and change how the Golden Snitch worked.
• The revised rules had been trialed during the Quidditch World Cup elimination matches and were expected to spread after the final.
• Harry read the report, praised the clearer rules, and said he would never play Quidditch again.
• Hermione teased Harry during a barbecue at the villa, and an arriving wizard called out from the gate.

Harry rejected Ludo Bagman's offer to bet on the Quidditch World Cup, then bought Omnioculars for his companions as the crowd prepared to enter the stadium. Meanwhile, Lucius Malfoy refused to join a Death Eater operation but chose not to warn the Ministry of Magic.

• Ludo Bagman approached Harry to offer bets on the match, but Harry's million-Galleon wager on the championship winner made Bagman back away.
• Harry bought Omnioculars for Cho Chang, Hermione, and the Muggle girls, reminding them to keep the magical items secret.
• As the match neared, a black-robed wizard ordered Lucius Malfoy to join a Death Eater operation that night.
• Lucius refused to participate, but told the visitor he would not inform the Ministry of Magic.
• Draco asked Lucius who the visitor was, and Narcissa asked whether he would alert the Ministry; Lucius said he wanted the opposing sides to fight each other.

Harry and his companions reached their top-level box at the Quidditch World Cup, where Troy explained her advertisements and Hermione met Winky, Barty Crouch's house-elf. Harry questioned Winky about Barty Crouch Jr. and told Cho Chang that Crouch Jr. had secretly escaped Azkaban and was being held at home; the match was about to begin.

• Harry and his companions entered the stadium's third top-level box and looked down over the vast crowd and pitch.
• Troy apologized to Harry for arranging advertisements for the Leaky Cauldron and Magic Castle, and Harry allowed her to continue.
• Hermione met Winky, who feared heights and searched for the box where Barty Crouch had ordered her to save him a front-row seat.
• Harry asked Winky about Barty Crouch Jr., and Winky nervously insisted that he had died in Azkaban.
• Cho Chang asked Harry why he had mentioned Crouch Jr., and Harry explained that his mother had switched places with him using Polyjuice Potion before he was imprisoned at home.
• A girl called out that the Quidditch match was about to begin.

Harry and the others watched the Quidditch World Cup final’s mascot performances, as the Veela’s dance enthralled the stadium and the Leprechauns showered the crowd with gold. The Ireland-Bulgaria match began, but Harry settled down to sleep on Cho Chang’s lap.

• Hermione identified the Veela as Bulgaria’s mascots, and their dance captivated nearly everyone in the stadium except Harry and Dumbledore.
• Cho Chang, under the Veela’s spell, kissed Harry before the music ended; Harry then used his mental power to wake the other girls in the box.
• The Ireland team’s Leprechaun mascots formed a giant shamrock and scattered Galleons over the crowd.
• Ludo Bagman introduced both teams, referee Hassan Mustafa released the Quidditch balls, and the final began.
• Harry asked Cho Chang to lend him her lap, rested his head on her thighs, and closed his eyes while the others watched the match.