Chapter Summaries

Angelina confronted Ron over his plan to use Liquid Luck, accusing him of wanting the glory for himself, and he accidentally spilled the potion. As Ron tried to salvage it, Moaning Myrtle caught him about to drink it from the floor, leaving him embarrassed but relieved that she would probably forget.

• Angelina argued that the Chasers should use the Liquid Luck and accused Ron of caring more about performing than helping Gryffindor win.
• Ron dropped the vial, and it shattered, spilling the potion onto the stone floor.
• Ron tried to repair the vial and restore the potion with Reparo, but the Liquid Luck would not return to the bottle.
• Ron considered drinking some of the spilled potion, but Moaning Myrtle appeared and saw him crouching by it.
• Ron denied drinking the dirty water, and Myrtle left after rambling about Harry and her toilet water.
• Ron left the corridor, hoping Myrtle would forget what she had seen.

As Hogwarts fifth-years crammed for their upcoming exams, Harry and Hermione teased their classmates and bantered on the way to the Quidditch final. They joined the crowd heading to the pitch, with the match still ahead.

• Hermione appointed Cho Chang acting president of the society while she focused on studying for exams.
• Hogwarts students eagerly anticipated the Quidditch final as a break from exam stress.
• Harry lamented the approaching exams and joked that Hermione should let him keep the top-student title, provoking despair among the fifth-years.
• Hermione pulled Harry out of the Great Hall, and he teased her about studying too hard as they walked toward the pitch.
• Harry and Hermione bickered affectionately and joined the crowd heading to the Quidditch final.

Gryffindor’s Quidditch team prepared for a high-risk all-out attack against Ravenclaw, hoping to overcome their third-place ranking and win the championship. Angelina sent the team onto the pitch with strict orders to build an early lead and control when the Snitch was caught.

• Harry and Hermione entered the stadium while a hidden red-clad figure angrily gestured at Harry before retreating behind the curtains.
• Angelina gathered the Gryffindor players and explained that only an exceptional performance against Ravenclaw could give them a chance at first place.
• Angelina ordered the Chasers to attack at full strength, the Seeker to keep the Snitch uncaught for the first half hour, and the Beaters to target Ravenclaw’s players.
• The Gryffindor team left the changing room and walked onto the pitch amid cheers and banners supporting Gryffindor and Ginny Weasley.
• Ginny searched the stands for Harry so she could give him a disdainful look, but she could not find him in the crowd.

Gryffindor’s Quidditch team began strongly against Ravenclaw but faltered as their players tired, while Harry left the match to accompany Hagrid and Astoria into the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid explained that he was sending Grawp away, and Harry cleared a path through the forest with the Elder Wand as they headed deeper in.

• Gryffindor overwhelmed Ravenclaw early in the match, but their exhausted players later lost their advantage and urged their Seeker to catch the Snitch.
• Hagrid asked Harry to come with him to say goodbye as he sent Grawp away, and Harry agreed to go with Astoria while Hermione stayed to watch the match.
• Harry, Astoria, and Hagrid left the grounds and entered the Forbidden Forest, where Hagrid said the centaur tribe had stopped patrolling because of internal conflict.
• Hagrid took a crossbow and led them deeper into the forest, explaining that he could no longer rely on Firenze’s tribe for help.
• Harry used the Elder Wand to flatten the tangled thorns and branches, opening a broad path through the forest.

Harry, Astoria, and Hagrid journeyed through the Forbidden Forest to find Hagrid’s giant half-brother, Grawp. They discovered him asleep in a clearing, and Hagrid began explaining why he had decided to hand Grawp over to the Ministry of Magic, saying it had to do with Harry.

• Harry and Astoria followed Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest, where Harry destroyed a monstrous bird and lit their way through the woods.
• Hagrid told Harry that he needed to send Grawp away and regretted failing to fulfill his responsibility as an older brother.
• The group reached a clearing and found Grawp sleeping, his enormous body mistaken for a mound of earth.
• Hagrid explained that Grawp was his half-brother, had been bullied among giants for being short, and had been brought to the United Kingdom so Hagrid could teach him to live among wizards.
• Harry asked why Hagrid had decided to hand Grawp over to the Ministry of Magic, and Hagrid began explaining that Harry was involved.

Hagrid explained that he had arranged for Grawp to receive magical enlightenment from the Wisdom Tree so he could become more intelligent and communicate with wizards. He showed Harry and Astoria the sleeping giant in the Forbidden Forest, then tried to wake him despite their objections and was flung into the air.

• Hagrid told Harry and Astoria that he had applied for Grawp to undergo an enlightenment ritual using the Wisdom Tree.
• Astoria identified the Wisdom Tree and explained that Guoguo Hong and Paopao Lü would conduct the ritual.
• Hagrid brought Harry and Astoria to see Grawp, who slept curled on the ground in the Forbidden Forest.
• Astoria noticed that thick ropes tethered Grawp to nearby trees, and Hagrid admitted that Grawp often ran around and sometimes punched him.
• Hagrid ignored Astoria's warning, approached Grawp, and jabbed him in the back with a branch; Grawp sent Hagrid flying.

Hagrid brought Harry and Astoria to wake his giant brother Grawp in the Forbidden Forest, but Grawp reacted violently and attacked him. Hagrid restrained Grawp from destroying the last tree in the clearing, leaving the two brothers facing off.

• Grawp woke and slapped Hagrid away, then recognized his brother and roared at him.
• Harry and Astoria backed away as Grawp searched the ground and hurled a boulder at Hagrid.
• Hagrid's Protego blocked the boulder, but the impact shattered the golden barrier before the stone fell harmlessly at his feet.
• Grawp threw dirt at Hagrid and tried to uproot the last pine tree in the clearing.
• Hagrid used his pink umbrella to firm the cracked earth and scolded Grawp, who stopped trying to uproot the tree and punched it instead.

Hagrid tried to teach Grawp how to greet Harry and Astoria without grabbing them, then waited for the Ministry of Magic visitors who had come to take Grawp. The chapter left Hagrid greeting Mad-Eye Moody, Molly Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, and Professor Lupin as they arrived.

• Hagrid urged Grawp to treat Harry and Astoria as friends, but Grawp ignored him and reached for them.
• Harry used magic to grow a thorny shrub that pricked Grawp’s hand, then shrank it back to a twig.
• Hagrid healed Grawp’s wound and scolded him for grabbing the little people, while Astoria laughed at Grawp’s reaction.
• Hagrid checked his watch and waited for the Ministry visitors, who arrived by Apparition.
• Mad-Eye Moody, Molly Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, and Professor Lupin approached Hagrid, surprising him because he had expected Moody alone.

Harry visited the Weasleys, where Molly welcomed him with heartfelt affection and met Astoria. Meanwhile, Dumbledore’s reforms weakened the Ministry’s old pure-blood establishment, while rumors that Harry would marry Astoria explained the Greengrass family head’s confidence.

• Molly embraced Harry and said how happy his parents would be to see how well he had grown.
• Harry saw Astoria with Molly and reflected that he would spare Ron for the sake of his good parents.
• Dumbledore used the Department of Publicity and legal reforms to expose corruption and dismantle the Ministry’s entrenched old guard.
• The Greengrass family head stayed calm as rumors spread that Harry would marry Astoria, prompting Ministry figures to recognize his advantage.

Harry and Astoria met Molly, now the Ministry of Magic’s feared Director of the Disciplinary Committee, while visiting Hagrid and Grawp. The group prepared to travel to other communities to bring participants in “Enlightenment” to the Ministry, and Moody teased Lupin about the female Yakshas.

• Astoria greeted Molly and identified her as the Director of the Disciplinary Committee, while Harry reflected on Molly’s authority and reputation.
• Harry explained that Hagrid had brought them to help Grawp learn to communicate with wizards, but Astoria said their efforts had not helped much.
• Grawp struck a pine tree, showering Lupin and Tonks with needles as Kingsley watched them with amusement.
• Moody joined Hagrid and Molly, reminisced about his days fighting Dark Wizards, and drank from his flask.
• Kingsley explained that the group was traveling to collect participants in “Enlightenment” from various races, including the Ghoul and Yaksha tribes.
• Moody joked that the group could leave Lupin with the female Yakshas, and Molly scolded him for making the remark in front of children.

Lupin tried to reconnect with Harry by talking about Quidditch, while Tonks defended him from Moody's teasing. Harry's lack of interest in the sport left Lupin dejected.

• Moody teased Lupin, and Tonks angrily demanded that he apologize until Lupin calmed her down.
• Lupin greeted Harry and privately regretted that he had left him alone with the Dursleys for so many years.
• Lupin and Harry discussed the Quidditch final, Ginny Weasley's prospects, and the Ministry's planned lottery based on school match results.
• Lupin encouraged Harry to play Quidditch or at least watch the final, but Harry said he had no interest in the sport.
• Lupin sighed and mourned Quidditch as the burning of youth after Harry rejected his enthusiasm.

Lupin told Harry that he had cursed the Dursleys with pig tails after believing they had mistreated him, while Harry kept quiet about how the family actually lived. Before the group left to take Grawp to the Ministry, Harry used the Elder Wand to regrow Moody's severed leg.

• Lupin said he had given the Dursleys pig tails that would regrow if cut off, and Harry decided not to correct his mistaken belief that they had abused him.
• Lupin warned Harry about his relationships, but Harry defended his choices and claimed he had a duty to continue the Peverell family line.
• Moody recognized the name Peverell from ancient books he had found years earlier.
• Molly prepared a Portkey to take Grawp to the Ministry, and Harry asked Moody about treating his artificial leg.
• Harry used the Elder Wand and the Revive spell to grow Moody's severed leg back, causing him intense pain.

Harry healed Mad-Eye Moody's leg, and Molly took Grawp to the Ministry of Magic while Hagrid stayed behind. On the way back through the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid and his companions encountered six centaurs led by Margery, who accused Hagrid of interfering in centaur affairs.

• Harry restored Mad-Eye Moody's leg, but Moody refused to have his magical eye healed.
• Molly transported Grawp and the others away to the Ministry of Magic, and Hagrid reluctantly said goodbye to Grawp.
• Harry teased Hagrid about pursuing Madame Maxime, and Astoria joked that Hagrid should undergo the Wisdom Tree's baptism.
• Hagrid sensed danger on the path through the Forbidden Forest and stopped Harry and Astoria.
• Six centaurs appeared, and Margery confronted Hagrid for saving a centaur and meddling in centaur business.

Hagrid argued with six centaurs who opposed Firenze’s plan to join the Wizarding Council, and they ultimately let him leave with Harry and Astoria. Harry and Astoria reached the Quidditch pitch after the match, where they learned Gryffindor had won the championship.

• Hagrid argued with Margery and five other centaurs about Firenze and the centaurs’ future, while Harry secretly placed black leaves on their heads.
• Margery and the gray centaur warned Hagrid to leave the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid departed with Harry and Astoria.
• Astoria hurried toward the pitch with Harry and wondered how Hagrid’s giant mother and human wizard father had met.
• Harry and Astoria arrived as colorful fireworks announced Gryffindor’s victory, and departing Hufflepuffs discussed Angelina Johnson’s championship win.

After Gryffindor won the Quidditch championship, Ginny proudly gave Harry the Felix Felicis she had been accused of using and left after declaring she could have won without it. Hermione admitted she liked Ginny, and Astoria ran after her, eager to welcome her as a little sister.

• Gryffindors celebrated their comeback victory while Ravenclaw watched, and Gryffindors mocked the departing Slytherins by turning their song about Ron into praise for Ginny.
• Ginny blushed when she noticed Harry, then flew over to him as students speculated that she might confess her feelings.
• Hermione joined Harry and Astoria and praised the match, while Ginny threw Harry a bottle of Felix Felicis and declared she could have won the championship without it.
• Hermione said Ginny had practiced to prove herself to the person she liked, then told Harry, "I like her."
• Astoria cheered at the prospect of Ginny becoming her little sister and ran after Ginny.

Harry returned to his cottage with Astoria and Hermione, where Astoria drank the remaining Felix Felicis and jokingly blamed Ginny for its lack of effect. Later, Harry spent time with Helena by the lake, teasing the History of Magic professor before asking her a question.

• Harry brought Astoria back before she could say something outrageous and left holding Hermione's hand.
• Astoria drank the remaining Felix Felicis, but nothing happened, and she joked that Ginny had secretly replaced the potion.
• Harry relaxed beneath a beech tree by the lake with Helena, who worried that other students might see them together.
• Harry teased Helena by touching her legs, then sat up innocently when she protested.
• Harry changed the subject and told Helena he had a question for her.

Harry questioned Helena about a forbidden book, and his teasing left her flustered when Astoria interrupted them. Later, Helena asked the Sphinx why everyone had laughed, and the Sphinx told her she had already been lured away.

• Harry asked Helena about The Travels of Masud Hassan, and Helena remembered its obscene contents but denied having read it.
• Astoria found Harry and Helena in the forest and teased Helena about their private conversation.
• Harry claimed he had been teaching Helena worldly experience, and Helena innocently objected that there was no such delicious candy.
• Astoria told Hermione and Cho Chang what had happened, making them laugh as well.
• That night, Helena asked the Sphinx why everyone had laughed, and the Sphinx said Helena had already been lured away and suggested she eat a Wisdom Tree fruit.

Harry stopped Helena from crying herself into transparency by intimidating and comforting her, and Helena later helped Astoria with her potion essay. As June arrived in 1996, Hogwarts students faced their exams, and Ernie Macmillan anxiously asked Dean and Ron how much they revised.

• Harry found Helena crying in her room until her ghostly body was turning transparent, then brought her to bed and reassured her that Cho and the others meant no harm.
• Harry praised Helena's cooking, and she spent the morning helping in the cottage while resentfully suspecting that he had used Dark magic to keep her there.
• Astoria asked Helena for help with Professor Snape's essay on substitute ingredients for the Rejuvenation Potion, and Helena immediately went to assist her.
• The last days of May 1996 passed and June began, bringing exams for the fifth-year students.
• Ernie Macmillan anxiously asked Dean and Ron how many hours they spent revising while they queued for Herbology.

Ernie Macmillan questioned students about their revision hours, and Harry claimed he studied twenty-four hours a day, leaving the students anxious. In Herbology, Craig Gomez boasted that his father’s connections could influence exams, while Hermione explained how the family had profited from a Ministry printing contract.

• Ernie Macmillan asked Dean and Ron how long they revised, then proudly announced his own study hours.
• Harry told Ernie Macmillan he revised twenty-four hours a day and drank Cheering Potion to stay awake, prompting Ernie Macmillan to leave in dejection.
• Hermione pinched Harry for frightening their classmates with his claim, and Professor Sprout ushered the listless students into the greenhouse.
• Craig Gomez boasted that his father’s friendship with Griselda Marchbanks could help students with their exams.
• Neville said Griselda Marchbanks was his grandmother’s longtime friend and would not interfere with exams.
• Hermione explained that Craig Gomez’s father had used his Ministry position to secure printing work worth 1.74 million Galleons for the family shop.