Chapter Summaries

Students tried to enter the Triwizard Tournament, and Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were punished for attempting to bypass the age line. Angelina Johnson became the first Gryffindor to enter, while the Beauxbatons students began submitting their names.

• Ron Weasley considered entering the tournament so Fleur Delacour would fall in love with him.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan used Ageing Potion to cross the age line, but it shocked them and left them with white beards that would last two days.
• Astoria asked Harry to enter the competition, but Harry refused.
• Angelina Johnson revealed that she had entered because she had turned seventeen the previous week, and Fred, George, and Lee Jordan lamented missing their chance.
• Madame Maxime led the Beauxbatons students to the Goblet of Fire, where they submitted their names into its blue-white flames.

Harry entered his name in the Triwizard Tournament to support Astoria, but the Goblet of Fire spat out another name slip after his entry, suggesting someone had already entered him. He suspected a name conflict and remained eager to compete, though he jokingly wondered whether Fleur had arranged it to seduce him.

• Hermione speculated that Fleur might have Veela blood, while Harry proposed an outrageous way to investigate.
• Harry observed that the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students were staying aboard their ship and inside their carriage.
• Harry learned that few Hogwarts students had entered their names, then folded his own name into a paper airplane and tossed it into the Goblet of Fire.
• Astoria told Cho Chang that she had deliberately provoked Vicky, prompting Harry to promise he would win the Triwizard Cup for her.
• The Goblet of Fire changed colors and spat out a burning parchment slip, leading Harry to suspect someone had already entered his name.
• Cho Chang worried that someone might be trying to harm Harry, but Harry dismissed the danger and joked that Fleur might want to lure him away to seduce him.

After Harry’s name was resubmitted for the Triwizard Tournament, he recognized Cedric Diggory as someone plotting against him and mocked him until he fled. As the Halloween feast and Champion announcement approached, Viktor Krum noticed Hermione, while Karkaroff warned him to focus on the tournament.

• The headmasters ordered all students who had entered their names to submit them again, and attempts to bypass the Age Line failed.
• Cedric Diggory regretted that Harry had entered the tournament on his own, then fled after Harry mocked him and said he could see through his scheming.
• Harry watched the rain from his cottage with Astoria, Cho Chang, and Hermione, while Hagrid admired Madame Maxime outside.
• Hermione and Cho left for the Halloween feast and Champion announcement, and Viktor Krum stared at Hermione as she entered the Great Hall without acknowledging him.
• Karkaroff warned Krum to concentrate on defeating Hogwarts and Beauxbatons in the tournament.

At the Halloween feast, the Goblet of Fire chose Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Harry Potter as the Triwizard Champions. Harry’s selection drew the Great Hall’s loudest cheers as he was left to join the others for instructions.

• George, Fred, and Jordan arrived at the feast in disguise and sat at the Gryffindor table.
• Dumbledore began the selection ceremony, and the Goblet of Fire named Viktor Krum as Durmstrang’s Champion.
• Fleur Delacour was chosen as Beauxbatons’ Champion, and Cho Chang congratulated her.
• The Goblet of Fire named Harry Potter as Hogwarts’ Champion, prompting thunderous cheers.

The Goblet of Fire selected Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory as Hogwarts champions, making four competitors in the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore and the judges insisted that both boys were bound to compete, and Harry offered to withdraw.

• Harry passed the Goblet of Fire and made it produce another parchment naming Cedric Diggory as a Hogwarts champion.
• Dumbledore announced that the Goblet had formed a binding magical contract, requiring every selected champion to compete.
• Harry joined Viktor Krum and Fleur Delacour in the champions' room, where they questioned whether he was old enough to compete.
• Ludo Bagman brought Cedric into the room and explained that Harry and Cedric had both been chosen.
• Madame Maxime and Professor Karkaroff protested that Hogwarts having two champions was unfair, but Bagman said the rules required both boys to compete.
• Harry offered to withdraw from the Tournament.

Harry proposed adding a second Champion for each school after the Goblet of Fire selected both him and Cedric, preventing the Triwizard Tournament from collapsing. The Goblet was reignited, and Durmstrang and Beauxbatons each selected another Champion.

• Cedric argued that the magical contract required Harry and Cedric to compete, while Madame Maxime threatened that Beauxbatons would never participate again.
• Harry proposed that each school choose two Champions and combine their scores, and the school representatives accepted the plan.
• Bagman revealed that the Goblet of Fire could not reignite until the next tournament, so Harry suggested that the professors modify it.
• Dumbledore announced a six-Champions Tournament, and the professors used their combined magic to relight the Goblet of Fire.
• The Goblet selected Polyakov Braun for Durmstrang and Vincent Piquequy for Beauxbatons, while two Beauxbatons girls cried after being passed over again.

Harry proposed a magical contract to prevent anyone from revealing the Triwizard Tournament tasks, and Dumbledore had the professors and Champions sign it. After everyone left, Fleur confronted Harry and warned she would defeat him in the competition.

• Bagman told Harry, Cedric, Fleur, and Viktor that the first task would test their courage, take place on November 24, and forbid help from professors.
• Harry celebrated that Champions would not need to take end-of-year exams, then proposed a contract sealing any Champion’s memory of tasks learned through outside help.
• Fleur and Viktor objected to Harry’s proposal, but Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall supported it, and the professors and Champions signed the magical contract.
• Dumbledore dismissed everyone, and Harry and Fleur remained alone in the cottage.
• Fleur challenged Harry’s confidence and threatened to pin him beneath her during the competition, while Harry cheekily accepted.

Harry spent a quiet morning with Astoria, Hermione, and Cho before visiting Hagrid and attending Potions class. When the Daily Prophet called for photographs of the Tournament Champions, Snape reluctantly let Harry leave class.

• Harry woke to Astoria and Little Cutie licking his ears, then joined Astoria, Hermione, and Cho for Helena's unusual breakfast.
• Harry and the others walked to Hagrid's rebuilt hut, where Hagrid tried to warn Harry about the Tournament task but could not reveal it.
• Hufflepuff students resented Harry's selection as Champion, while Slytherins had become more accepting of him after Voldemort's death and Dumbledore's warnings to their parents.
• Harry used the Half-Blood Prince's notes to finish Snape's potion flawlessly, while Snape grudgingly praised his stirring.
• Colin Creevey told Snape that the Daily Prophet was waiting to photograph the Champions, and Snape sent Harry upstairs after Harry joked about being the protagonist.

Harry turned Colin’s fan support association into the Harry Potter Study Group, a student organization focused on learning magic and supporting younger students. He entrusted Colin with recruiting members and managing funds, setting the group on a path that Harry expected to grow far beyond Hogwarts.

• Colin told Harry that Gryffindor students planned to cheer him on as a Triwizard Champion, and Harry agreed to make the fan association official and fund it.
• Harry gave Colin one hundred Galleons and instructed him to use treats and outings to recruit students and build goodwill.
• Harry made studying the association’s main purpose and promised prize money to students who excelled in their year-end exams.
• Harry told Colin to recruit across houses, help younger students, and welcome older students seeking scholarships.
• Harry named the group the Harry Potter Fan Support Association, with the official name Harry Potter Study Group, and Colin became tearfully excited when Harry entrusted him with its future.

Rita Skeeter interviewed the Triwizard Champions and used her Quick-Quotes Quill to twist their answers into scandalous claims. When Harry Potter arrived, Rita panicked and tried to hide what she had written.

• Rita Skeeter tried to avoid interviewing Harry Potter, then began questioning Viktor Krum about his love life and wrote insulting fabrications about his answers.
• Viktor Krum protested Rita's claims and angrily changed his answer, but her quill twisted that response too.
• Rita questioned Fleur Delacour about her romantic life and wrote that she kept many boys on the hook.
• Fleur angrily insisted she had dated only one boy, and Rita's quill portrayed her as trying to conceal the truth.
• Harry Potter entered, prompting Rita to tear off and hide her parchment while claiming she had only been joking.

Harry and the other Triwizard Champions attended a wand inspection, where Harry gave Rita Skeeter sarcastic answers that her enchanted quill twisted into flattering quotes. Mr. Ollivander began checking the Champions’ wands, confirming that Fleur’s and Cedric’s were in good condition.

• Bagman explained that the Champions’ wands would be inspected because hidden defects had caused deaths in past tournaments.
• Harry invited Rita Skeeter to interview him and gave blunt, sarcastic answers that her Quick-Quotes Quill rewrote as praise.
• Fleur criticized Rita’s questions, then sat close to Harry when Rita resumed taking notes.
• McGonagall introduced Mr. Ollivander, who inspected Fleur’s Veela-hair wand and declared it sound and suited to charm magic.
• Ollivander inspected Cedric’s unicorn-hair wand, tested it with a spell, and returned it in good condition.

Ollivander inspected the Champions’ wands and tried to persuade Harry to surrender the Elder Wand, but Harry refused. Afterward, the Champions posed for photographs, where Harry and Fleur held hands and he asked what body wash she used.

• Ollivander inspected Viktor Krum’s hornbeam wand and confirmed it was in good condition.
• Ollivander recognized Harry’s Elder Wand and offered to trade it for the most powerful wand he could make, but Harry refused to give it up.
• Ollivander warned Harry that the Elder Wand brought misfortune, and Harry dismissed his concern.
• Professor McGonagall and the photographer arranged the Champions for pictures, and Rita insisted Harry stand prominently beside Fleur.
• Harry took Fleur’s hand for the photograph, then asked her what body wash she used.

Fleur grew anxious about the first Triwizard task and intervened when she saw Harry kiss Cho, only to discover that Cho willingly shared Harry with another girlfriend. Fleur felt betrayed and distanced herself from Cho, while Harry later joked about the possibility of reconciling them.

• After the photo session, Fleur questioned Harry about his wand, but he refused to reveal its secrets.
• As the first task drew nearer, Fleur practiced magic and watched Harry spend time with different girls, including Cho Chang.
• Fleur cast Stupefy at Harry when she saw him kiss Cho, then confronted Cho about Harry dating other girls.
• Cho told Fleur that she willingly became Harry's girlfriend and knew about his other relationship, prompting Fleur to condemn Cho's choice and leave.
• Fleur stopped sitting with Cho and avoided her, while Harry, Cho, and Hermione discussed whether Fleur might reconcile with Cho.

Hermione failed to notice Viktor Krum’s attempts to get her attention in the library, then returned to Harry’s Cottage and caught Harry teasing Helena. Hagrid secretly invited Hermione to his hut to discuss Harry’s first competition, warning her not to let Harry see the letter.

• Viktor Krum waited in the library for Hermione and knocked books off a shelf to make her notice him, but she left without helping.
• Hermione returned to Harry’s Cottage and interrupted Harry as he teased Helena, then scolded him for neglecting the competition.
• Harry joked that he was too delicate to study in the library, and Hermione threw her books at him.
• Hagrid sent Hermione a note asking her to visit his hut after dinner to learn something about Harry’s first competition, and told her to keep the letter secret from Harry.

Hermione followed Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest, where she saw six dragons being restrained and learned that Hagrid hoped she could tell Harry about the dangerous creatures. After the dragons were stunned and secured, a sudden roar startled the exhausted handlers, though all six dragons remained unconscious.

• Hermione met Hagrid, who said he could not tell Harry directly about the competition but hoped she could pass on what she saw.
• Hagrid led Hermione under a Disillusionment Charm to an enclosure where wizards were struggling to control six dragons.
• Hermione identified the dragons as a Common Welsh Green, two Chinese Fireballs, two Swedish Short-Snouts, and a Hungarian Horntail.
• Charlie Weasley and the other handlers stunned the dragons and secured them to iron posts.
• Charlie told Hagrid that the dragons had unexpectedly awakened after being fed sleeping draught, and a sudden roar startled the resting wizards even though all six dragons were still down.

Hermione warned Harry that the first Triwizard task involved facing dragons and taking a Golden Egg, but Harry broke through the contract’s attempt to suppress the information and remained confident. On November 24, 1994, Harry went to the competition tent as the first task began, while McGonagall worried about the Champions’ safety.

• Big Black taunted the dragons in the Forbidden Forest before noticing Hermione under her Disillusionment Charm and flying away.
• Charlie Weasley explained that each dragon guarded a fake Golden Egg and that the Champions would likely have to get past the dragons to take one.
• Hermione rushed back to Harry and revealed that dragons were the Champions’ opponents, but Harry broke through the contract’s magic and said he already knew through divination.
• Hermione worried that Harry would face the dragons unprepared, while Harry reassured her and teased her before she left with Cho Chang.
• On November 24, McGonagall escorted Harry from the Great Hall to the competition grounds, where he entered the tent to hear the task details.

Bagman revealed that the Champions had to retrieve Golden Eggs from dragons, and the draw assigned Harry the Hungarian Horntail last. As Cedric prepared to compete first, Cho Chang arrived and took Fleur aside to tell her something.

• Bagman announced that each Champion had to steal a Golden Egg from a dragon, and the egg held clues for the next task.
• Fleur drew the Common Welsh Green, Viktor Krum drew the Chinese Fireball, and Cedric drew the Swedish Short-Snout; Harry mocked Cedric with a crude probability question.
• Polyakov Braun drew a Swedish Short-Snout, Vincent Piquequy drew a Chinese Fireball, and Bagman drew the Hungarian Horntail for Harry, assigning the Champions their competition order.
• Bagman left to commentate, and the crowd’s noise and betting filled the arena as Cedric was called to compete first.
• Cho Chang entered the tent, told Harry she had come to see Fleur, and led Fleur into the bushes to speak privately.

Cedric Diggory used a Transfiguration Charm to crawl toward the Golden Egg as a small rock, but the Swedish Short-Snout noticed him and sent him flying. The arena descended into chaos while Harry and Fleur remained in the tent, unaware of what had happened.

• Cedric Diggory entered the arena and found the Swedish Short-Snout asleep beside the Golden Egg.
• Cedric transformed himself into a small rock and slowly crawled toward the egg while spectators watched and Dumbledore remarked on traces of Dark magic.
• Fleur accused Harry of neglecting the competition and mentioned that Cho Chang had seen what kind of person he was.
• Cedric reached the Golden Egg, but the Swedish Short-Snout noticed him and flicked him through the air, leaving him unconscious with the egg in his arms.
• Bagman called for Madam Pomfrey and the medical team as the arena fell into chaos.

While the champions competed against a dragon, Harry revealed his Dragon Eye Magic to Pheobe and accidentally let her eat enchanted Love Chocolate. Its spell made Pheobe fall for Harry, who rejected her just as she asked him to be with her.

• Viktor Krum attacked the Chinese Fireball’s left eye, then retreated as its enraged fire pinned him down.
• Harry explained that Dragon Eye Magic let him see through the tent and Pheobe’s uniform, prompting her to scream and Harry to Apparate away.
• Harry returned with sweets and offered them to Pheobe, Polyakov Braun, and Vincent Piquequy while they waited.
• Pheobe told Harry that Cho Chang had agreed with her and had seen his true colors, but Harry dismissed her claim.
• Pheobe ate a piece of Love Chocolate, and its magic made her fall in love with Harry for an hour.
• Pheobe asked Harry to be with her, but Harry pushed her away and refused.

Fleur cleared the dragon challenge with Harry’s help, while Harry spent the other Champions’ turns touring the world. He returned for his challenge, summoned the Sword of Gryffindor, and killed the Hungarian Horntail with a single slash.

• Harry guided Fleur into the arena, where she enchanted the dragon, dodged its flame, and retrieved the Golden Egg.
• After watching Fleur leave for the medical tent, Harry Apparated around the world while the remaining Champions competed.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts as the final Champion was announced and recalled Astoria’s wish that the crowd would applaud him.
• Harry flew above the arena and summoned the Sword of Gryffindor, astonishing Dumbledore and the spectators.
• Harry unleashed a massive sword slash that killed the Hungarian Horntail and cut through the arena.