Chapter Summaries

Harry rescued Astoria and Gabrielle from the lake before time ran out, and Fleur thanked him with a kiss. The judges then prepared to announce the Champions’ scores based on the Merpeople’s reports.

• Harry emerged from the lake carrying Astoria and Gabrielle, and Fleur reunited with her rescued sister.
• Madam Pomfrey treated the girls, while Fleur thanked Harry and kissed him after he said Gabrielle was his fiancée.
• Hermione and Cho Chang watched Harry kiss Fleur and discussed their wager about him.
• Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, and Vincent Piquequy surfaced after Harry, followed by the Merpeople.
• Ludo Bagman told the spectators that Harry was the only Champion to finish on time and said the Champions would be scored using the Merpeople’s observations.

Bagman announced the champions’ second-task scores, and Harry’s perfect performance was held back by Karkaroff’s disputed judgment. After the task ended, Pheobe learned the hostages had never been in real danger and confronted Harry about their kiss.

• Bagman awarded Polyakov Braun zero points, then announced scores for Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, Vincent Piquequy, and Pheobe, who received thirty-five points despite failing to retrieve Gabrielle.
• Bagman praised Harry for finding the hostages early, guarding them, and bringing two back, but Karkaroff argued against full marks and gave him forty-eight points, provoking angry protests.
• Bagman announced that the final task would take place on the evening of June twenty-fourth and that the champions would learn its details a month beforehand.
• Madame Maxime told Pheobe that the hostages had never been at risk and urged her to prepare for the final task, while admitting that Hogwarts was difficult to surpass.
• Pheobe confronted Harry about kissing her, learned he had known Gabrielle was safe, and fled in embarrassment before returning to collect Gabrielle.

After the second task, Harry received a letter from Sirius revealing that he and Fleur had been engaged by their families a year earlier, stirring jealousy from Hermione and Cho Chang. Fleur learned of the engagement from her mother and blushed at the prospect, while Gabrielle eagerly suggested marrying Harry alongside her so the sisters could stay together.

• Kongkongyi surfaced at the Black Lake, saw Harry with the rescued girl, then returned to the merpeople's village and read the tale carved on the mermaid statue.
• Vincent Piquequy embellished his account of the second task until Fleur corrected him, and he went back to telling the truth about being beaten by squids.
• Harry read Sirius's letter revealing that Sirius and the Delacour parents had arranged an engagement between Harry and Fleur.
• Hermione and Cho Chang read the letter, questioned Harry about marrying Fleur, and took a thousand Galleons to go shopping in Hogsmeade.
• Fleur read her mother's letter about the engagement, then told Gabrielle, who happily proposed that they marry Harry together.

Harry proposed wizard IDs to Dumbledore, then welcomed Fleur to his cottage, where she claimed she wanted English lessons. Their awkward encounter ended with Hermione and Cho Chang finding Fleur on top of shirtless Harry, and the pair insisting they had been learning English.

• Harry wrote to Dumbledore proposing wizard IDs that could be linked to wands, souls, and bloodlines.
• Fleur visited Harry’s cottage and nervously said she wanted him to teach her English.
• Fleur spilled hot coffee on Harry, then entered his bedroom to check whether he was hurt and saw him shirtless.
• Fleur stepped on Little Cutie’s tail, lost her balance, and fell onto Harry on the bed.
• Hermione, Cho Chang, and Astoria arrived and found Fleur on top of Harry; Fleur and Harry claimed they had been learning English.

The Ministry of Magic’s new Wizard Bank challenged Gringotts with redesigned currency, interest-bearing Balance Treasure, and plans for automated teller machines and digital currency. As the Triwizard Tournament’s third task approached, Harry and Fleur arrived at the transformed Quidditch pitch and discovered a maze of walls.

• The Ministry of Magic opened the British Wizarding Bank, introduced new Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts, and announced Balance Treasure, prompting Gringotts to respond with revised coins.
• Two wizards praised the bank’s service and discussed its interest program, planned automated teller machines, and proposed digital currency.
• As Easter ended and May arrived, Harry spent the holiday at Hogwarts while Hermione researched a magical concept and Fleur teased him at his cottage.
• Headmistress McGonagall told Harry to meet Mr. Bagman at the Quidditch pitch at nine that night to learn the third task.
• Harry parted from Cho Chang, Hermione, and Astoria, met Fleur on the way to the pitch, and found that the field had been turned into a maze of low walls.

Bagman explained that the third task would be a maze containing magical obstacles, while Harry and Hermione proposed a professor evaluation system that Hogwarts adopted. On the morning of the final task, the Champions learned their families had arrived to watch, and McGonagall told them to meet in the Great Hall’s meeting room after breakfast.

• Bagman told the Champions that the third task would be a maze, with the Triwizard Cup at its center and challenges set by professors.
• Harry and Hermione discussed introducing student evaluations for Hogwarts professors, and Dumbledore supported their proposal.
• McGonagall announced that Hogwarts would evaluate professors each year, prompting Snape to object while Binns remained unmoved.
• Exam week began on June 17, and Hermione envied Harry for being exempt from the final exams as a Champion.
• On June 24, Hermione showed Harry a Daily Prophet article praising him as the greatest Champion in history.
• McGonagall told Harry that the Champions’ families had arrived and asked him to meet the others after breakfast.

Harry spent the day with Fleur, Gabrielle, and Madame Delacour before the students gathered for the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore sent the Champions to the Quidditch pitch, where the Gryffindors loudly cheered Harry on.

• Hermione left breakfast for her History of Magic exam, while Harry and the other Champions went to the meeting room to meet their families.
• Amos Diggory asked Sirius Black to recommend Cedric for a Ministry job, and Cedric pulled his parents away.
• Fleur's mother thanked Harry for saving Gabrielle, and Harry showed the three Delacours around Hogwarts.
• Harry told Madame Delacour he had several girlfriends and said Fleur might have to be his concubine if she married him.
• Hermione described how she had prepared for her Defense Against the Dark Arts exam and earned Professor Snape's approval.
• Dumbledore announced that the final Triwizard task would begin in five minutes, and the Gryffindor students cheered as Harry left for the Quidditch pitch.

Harry entered the Triwizard Tournament maze with Nagini and used a Direction Spell to guide them through its passages. They defeated a Blast-Ended Skrewt and a Dementor, while another Champion’s distress signal rose over the maze.

• Bagman announced the Champions’ standings and explained the maze’s scoring rules before the final task began.
• Harry entered the maze and summoned Nagini, who followed him as his fighter.
• Nagini killed a Blast-Ended Skrewt by striking its unarmored abdomen, earning Harry a point of light.
• Nagini drove off a Dementor with a silver deer Patronus and earned another point.
• Harry used a Direction Spell to avoid dead ends and continued clearing obstacles toward the maze’s center.
• A Champion screamed, and red sparks signaled that they needed help.

Harry and Nagini made their way through magical trials until Harry outwitted a Sphinx and won a wager that made her his master. The Sphinx stayed behind to tell her parents, while another contestant reached her and faced Harry’s difficult geometry question.

• Nagini entered an enchanted mist and fell under an Upside-Down Charm, but Harry pulled her free and restored her balance.
• A Transfiguration Charm turned Nagini into a rabbit, and she changed herself back after the spell struck Harry harmlessly.
• Harry stopped Nagini from attacking the Sphinx, answered her human riddle, and persuaded her to let him rub her head.
• Harry challenged the Sphinx with a circle-overlap problem, won the wager, and got her to call him Master before leaving with Nagini.
• Polyakov Braun arrived and confidently accepted the Sphinx’s riddle, only to be stumped by the circle-overlap question.

Harry exposed Cedric's attempt to trap him with the Triwizard Cup and sent him through its Portkey to a deadly cave. Harry won the tournament, while the real Cedric was dragged beneath the cave's black lake and died.

• Nagini killed the giant spider, and the injured Cedric approached the Triwizard Cup while Harry kept his distance.
• Harry recognized the Cup as a Portkey, threw it at Cedric, and pulled it back before it vanished with him.
• Harry conjured a fake Cedric, claimed the Cup, and received the tournament's top score as Hogwarts won.
• The real Cedric landed in the cave's black lake, where Inferi dragged him underwater and killed him.

Hogwarts held its first teaching evaluation, forcing students to assess their professors honestly. Professor Binns received an average of thirty-four points, and Professor McGonagall initiated the assessment procedure that could lead to his dismissal or probation.

• Professor McGonagall summoned the students to the Great Hall and distributed evaluations of their professors’ teaching.
• Students who tried to give unfairly low scores suffered painful red spots on their hands and completed the forms honestly.
• The evaluations showed that Professor Snape ranked last in professional ethics but highest in teaching ability and magical prowess.
• Professor Binns received an average score of thirty-four, while students praised his clear speaking and classroom atmosphere because his lectures made them sleepy.
• Professor McGonagall ordered the assessment procedure for Professor Binns, and Madam Hooch agreed to notify him.

Professor Binns's observed History of Magic class began promisingly but soon became so dull that students and professors fell asleep. The professors unanimously voted to dismiss him from teaching, and Snape was assigned to deliver the news while Professor McGonagall prepared to advertise for a replacement.

• On June 27, 1995, Professor McGonagall filled Professor Binns's classroom with high-achieving students from every year and watched from the back with the other professors.
• Professor Binns began his lecture on the Goblin Rebellions with unusual energy, but within minutes he returned to his monotonous style and put most of the class to sleep.
• Professor Sinistra, Professor Sprout, Professor McGonagall, and Hagrid all fell asleep during the lecture, while Professor Binns continued reading without noticing.
• After class, Snape proposed using a Truth Sphere to decide whether Professor Binns should stay, and the professors' combined vote turned the sphere completely black.
• Professor McGonagall assigned Snape to tell Professor Binns he was being relieved of his teaching post but could remain at Hogwarts Castle, then planned to advertise for a new History of Magic professor.

Harry and his friends attended the end-of-year feast, then left Hogwarts for the summer. At King's Cross, Hermione reunited with her parents, while Harry returned to the Leaky Cauldron with Cho Chang.

• Harry reluctantly joined Hermione and Astoria at the feast, where McGonagall announced Gryffindor had won the House Cup.
• The next morning, Hermione celebrated earning the top year-end ranking, and Harry, Hermione, Cho Chang, and Astoria left Hogwarts.
• Fleur said goodbye to Harry before departing with Madame Maxime and Gabrielle, while the Durmstrang ship also set off.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Harry told Hermione that Rita Skeeter was an unregistered Animagus who turned into a beetle.
• At King's Cross, Hermione went to her parents, and Harry took Cho Chang back to the Leaky Cauldron.

Harry and Cho Chang visited the thriving Hp Wizard Supermarket, where Penelope Clearwater explained its services and delivery department. George and Fred arrived hoping to open a shop and asked whether Zonko's Joke Shop had already moved in.

• Harry and Cho Chang toured the Wizard Supermarket and Harry questioned why it carried his name.
• Penelope Clearwater explained that the supermarket's Mei'e department delivered groceries and other goods to customers by telephone order.
• Penelope invited Harry to inspect the upper floors, but he declined and prepared to leave.
• George and Fred arrived, recognized Harry and Penelope, and asked about opening a shop in the supermarket.
• Penelope explained the rental costs and offered them a discount because they knew Harry, and George asked whether Zonko's Joke Shop had opened there.

Harry funded Fred and George to research a way to transport objects between locations, then admitted to Cho Chang that he was bored with his unchanging life and needed a goal. The twins began brainstorming while Harry and Cho left the wizarding supermarket.

• Harry offered Fred and George the Triwizard Cup’s ten thousand Galleons as research funding and promised a further fifty thousand Galleons each if they achieved his goal.
• Harry asked the twins to invent a way to send objects elsewhere, ideally one that Muggles could use, and they began debating possible approaches.
• Harry asked Cho Chang about her goals, and she said she wanted to read.
• Harry said he was bored and needed something to pursue, after Cho reacted to his remark about finding Voldemort’s life interesting.

Prisoners vanished from high-security prisons around the world without leaving signs of escape, including Davies from Dartmoor Prison and more than two hundred inmates from Black Pig Prison. Prison officials ultimately claimed the missing prisoners had disappeared while playing hide-and-seek.

• An Feier was released from solitary confinement at Dartmoor Prison and discovered that Davies had vanished from his cell.
• A shadow appeared at ADX Florence Prison and took away a group of death row inmates.
• A thin figure appeared in Black Pig Prison and judged its inmates to be violent criminals who deserved to die.
• Black Pig Prison guards discovered that more than two hundred prisoners had disappeared overnight without any damaged cell doors.
• Prison officials around the world told the media that the prisoners had disappeared while playing hide-and-seek.

Dolores Umbridge proposed that the Ministry establish a powerful Hogwarts High Inquisitor to oversee the school. Dumbledore persuaded her to resign as Deputy Minister and take the post, leaving Umbridge intent on building influence at Hogwarts and eventually replacing him.

• Umbridge visited Dumbledore and argued that the Ministry should intervene in Hogwarts' administration.
• Umbridge proposed a Hogwarts High Inquisitor with authority to issue decrees, supervise staff and students, and dismiss professors.
• Dumbledore considered possible candidates, then suggested Umbridge take the post if she first resigned as Deputy Minister.
• Umbridge agreed to go to Hogwarts, believing the school could help her gain power and follow Dumbledore's path.

Dumbledore used Umbridge’s attempt to gain power at Hogwarts as a pretext to remove her as Deputy Minister and called a meeting to choose her replacement. Lucius Malfoy prepared to seek the position, while Umbridge went to Arthur Weasley to resign.

• Dumbledore discussed Umbridge’s failed scheme with the portraits in his office and decided to replace her as Deputy Minister.
• Dumbledore summoned the department heads to an evening meeting to select a new Deputy Minister, using Harry’s communication badge.
• Lucius Malfoy heard the announcement and began seeking department heads’ support for his candidacy.
• Umbridge visited Arthur Weasley and announced that she was resigning, prompting Arthur to welcome the news enthusiastically.

After losing her position as Deputy Minister of Magic, Umbridge waited in vain for Dumbledore to give her another post before a bearded wizard murdered her and turned himself in. The revelations that followed exposed her history of torture, extortion, abuse, and murder, leaving her reputation in ruins.

• Umbridge grew lonely and anxious at her manor after resigning, and the public announcement that Amelia Bones had replaced her convinced her that her retreat to the Ministry was gone.
• After waiting half a month for news from Dumbledore, Umbridge left her manor to seek him out and was killed by a wizard who had ambushed her.
• The killer surrendered to Westbrook at the Auror Office and said he preferred prison to life on the run, especially since Azkaban no longer existed.
• Umbridge's murder made the Daily Prophet's front page, and the killer openly confessed that he had acted for revenge.
• Wizards came forward with accounts of Umbridge torturing, extorting, molesting, and unjustly killing people, and her reputation became infamous.

Harry investigated the ancient Stone Door in the Department of Mysteries, testing its deadly Veil and finding that even his powerful magic could not damage it. He left planning to return with an industrial cutter, while the Veil continued to sway.

• Harry studied the Stone Door as more than a hundred captives trembled nearby and the Veil claimed the souls of those thrown through it.
• Harry silenced several captives, hurled the Mafia leader through the Veil, and prevented others from escaping by turning their legs around.
• Harry concluded that the Veil instantly swallowed the souls of living beings who passed through it.
• Harry tried to damage the Stone Door with Diffindo, but the spell left no mark.
• Harry killed the remaining captives with Fiendfyre, then left the Department of Mysteries after threatening to return with an industrial cutter.