Chapter Summaries

Ethan was forced to enter the Triwizard Tournament after the Goblet of Fire selected him, and the schools agreed to make him the final challenge for the other Champions. As the first task began, Ethan revealed that it involved dragons and helped send the Champions into the arena.

• Karkaroff and Madame Maxime protested Ethan’s selection, but Mr. Crouch ruled that the Goblet’s magical contract required Ethan to compete.
• Dumbledore calmed the headmasters, and “Professor Moody” proposed making Ethan the final challenge for any Champion who completed a task; the proposal passed.
• Ethan announced that the first task would involve dragons, prompting the Champions to prepare for the challenge.
• Krum confronted Rita in the Champions’ tent, and Ethan sent her through a dark portal before the Champions entered the arena.
• Ethan declared the first task underway, and the wizards around the arena drove their wands into the ground as the sky darkened.

Ethan revealed the first task: the Champions had to face a summoned Ancient Dragon, Dead Dragon Farsanx, and its crimson lightning. He added the Thunder Spear to the spectacle and left the nine Champions facing the dragon while he challenged them to survive and earn the right to fight him.

• Ethan darkened the sky and summoned the enormous Dead Dragon Farsanx, stunning the spectators and judges.
• The dragon roared and hurled crimson lightning, while Ethan and dozens of wizards maintained the protective barrier around the stands.
• When Pheobe asked whether the Champions had to defeat the dragon, Ethan said he would make the task more difficult and summoned the Thunder Spear.
• Madame Maxime tried to withdraw her school from the competition, but Mr. Crouch reminded her that the Champions had to compete and had signed a Risk Waiver.
• Ethan levitated above the nine Champions and urged them to kill the Ancient Dragon, then pointed out that its fatal weak spot was beneath its jaw.

Ethan sent the Champions into the arena to face a black dragon wielding blood-red lightning, while he reinforced the protective barrier outside. After the strike left the teams battered but alive, Harry proposed that the Champions from all three schools work together.

• A Durmstrang Champion threatened Ethan, but the Weasley Twins and Harry stunned him before he could attack.
• Krum apologized to Ethan, then kicked his fallen teammate off the platform, and Ethan entered the Jet-Black Door.
• Harry and the Weasley Twins summoned their brooms and attempted aerial combat, but the dragon knocked the brooms away and struck the Champions with blood-red lightning.
• Ethan poured magic into the failing protective barrier as the Champions recovered inside the arena, where Harry realized they needed to join forces with the other schools.
• George suspected the lightning carried a curse that grew stronger with each strike, and Harry suggested the Champions work together.

After the black dragon’s opening attack, Harry and the Champions from Hogwarts and Durmstrang joined forces, proving Ethan’s theory that a great crisis could unite rivals. With Harry airborne and the teams creating an opening, the Weasley Twins began a risky plan to bind the dragon while Harry prepared to strike.

• Harry called for cooperation, and the Weasley Twins agreed to work with the other schools.
• Hogwarts’ Champions helped the Durmstrang Champions up, and Karkaroff recognized that joining forces was their best chance.
• The teams coordinated their defenses against the dragon’s lightning, while the Weasley Twins retrieved Harry’s Firebolt and Harry flew into the air.
• Krum drew the dragon’s attention with spells, and Harry identified the weakness beneath its jaw.
• The Weasley Twins proposed binding the dragon above its neck and charged forward with a golden magic rope so Harry could seize the opening.

Ethan unleashed the Ancient Dragon’s death-curse lightning, incapacitating the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang teams, while Harry struck the dragon’s reversed scale. Ethan then turned the dragon into a portrait, and a suspicious treasure chest appeared as the Hogwarts team began to worry it was a trap.

• Krum believed he had learned the dragon’s attack patterns, but Ethan told Fulsangks to stop holding back.
• Fulsangks chanted a spell and summoned a storm that struck Krum and wiped out the Beauxbatons team while leaving Durmstrang unable to fight.
• Harry rode a crossbow bolt toward the dragon and blasted its reversed scale beneath its jaw.
• Ethan ended the fight by transforming the dragon into a portrait, leaving Karkaroff stunned by what he thought was dark magic.
• An ornate treasure chest appeared, and Harry and the twins suspected Ethan had set a trap before a spell shot up from the ground.

Harry and the twins left the second task after defeating the dragon, while Krum stayed to claim the chest and was swallowed by a Treasure Chest Monster. Hogwarts won the task, and Ethan revealed that Krum had been struck by a Death Curse that would make him increasingly weak.

• Krum rose after being scorched and declared that he still wanted to fight Ethan and claim the chest.
• Harry and the twins flew off the platform, leaving Krum as the only Champion on the field.
• Krum opened the chest, and a monster inside swallowed him as the spectators watched in horror.
• Lee Jordan declared the task over, and Hogwarts took first place ahead of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.
• Ethan gained 1.6% Soul Fusion Degree and learned that a young wandering soul awaited him in a dream.
• Ethan told the rescued Krum that the red lightning had afflicted him with a serious Death Curse.

After the Triwizard Tournament’s first event, Ethan entered the Dead Strand and met Ariana, who asked him to paint a history where she had never existed. Her Obscurus erupted before he could accept her hand, but Ethan returned with a sample of its energy and planned to use it for his next painting.

• Ethan left the Infirmary, flew to Ravenclaw Tower, and entered the Dead Strand in his sleep.
• Ethan met Ariana, who explained the Dead Strand and asked him to correct history so she had never existed.
• Ethan accepted Ariana’s request after learning the painting could reach Third Tier · Purple Epic.
• Ariana’s Obscurus erupted, and she shoved Ethan away as the magic swept him out of the Dead Strand.
• Ethan woke with a sample of Obscurus energy and decided to use it to create a new painting for the second competition.

After recovering from the first Triwizard task, Fleur learned that Ethan had won and secretly considered asking him to the Christmas Ball. At Hogwarts, Ethan ignored Hermione’s anger over a newspaper attack and investigated Obscuruses, then announced he had figured out what he wanted to learn: whether an Obscurus came from an egg.

• Fleur woke in the infirmary, learned the first task’s results, and blushed when Madam Pomfrey suggested she ask Ethan to the Christmas Ball.
• Hermione confronted Ethan in the Great Hall about Rita’s critical article, but Ethan asked whether an Obscurus was born live or hatched from an egg.
• Luna led Hermione and the others to the House-elves’ kitchen through a fruit painting that Ethan had altered.
• The House-elves welcomed the group with food, and Ethan saw a hard-boiled egg and declared, “An Obscurus egg!”

Ethan’s bizarre idea for an Obscurus egg sent most of the Hogwarts house-elves fleeing, and his improvised dinner horrified the students. As the Christmas Feast dance approached, girls competed to be Ethan’s partner, until Fleur Delacour openly claimed him and Luna revealed that she had already promised to dance with him.

• Ethan suggested making Obscurus eggs, causing the house-elves to panic and flee; Dobby tried to protect Harry, while Winky blamed herself for failing her little master.
• Ethan cooked dinner with strange ingredients, and students at Hogwarts and Durmstrang recoiled from the resulting food.
• As November began, girls from different houses and schools sent Ethan invitations and letters asking to dance with him at the Christmas Feast.
• Fleur Delacour approached Ethan in the Great Hall, filled it with irises, and declared that he would dance with her.
• Luna Lovegood rose beside Ethan and said that she had already promised to dance with him, filling the hall with starry moonlight.

Luna confronted Pheobe over her claim on Ethan and revealed powerful Ancient Runes magic before Dumbledore interrupted them. Ethan ended the standoff by flooding the Great Hall with blinding Radiance, and the students then prepared for the Christmas feast.

• Luna challenged Pheobe and used Ancient Runes to overwhelm her with blue magic, declaring that her history with Ethan could not be replaced.
• Dumbledore entered and broke the confrontation, while Madame Maxime checked on Pheobe.
• Pheobe left in anger and resolved to defeat Ethan and get past Luna in the next task.
• Luna warned that no one would interrupt her next time, but Ethan answered the crowd's expectations by unleashing blinding Radiance throughout the Great Hall.
• The students calmed down after the spectacle and hurried to prepare for the Christmas feast.

At the Christmas feast, Ethan staged a frightening entrance as Mr. Lamp with Luna to reveal a clue to the second task, then challenged the guests over their failure to react. Dumbledore grew suspicious of Moody after Ethan’s words made him reconsider the former Auror’s lack of response.

• Harry and Ron admired the Christmas feast while the Weasley Twins teased Ron about his new dress robes, and Harry wondered where Ethan and Luna were.
• Harry danced with Miss Patil, but Ethan and Luna did not appear before the song ended.
• The candles went out, and Ethan entered as Mr. Lamp carrying Luna, who appeared to have a rose growing from a bloody wound in her chest; he announced the clue to the second task.
• The lights returned, revealing that Luna was alive and Ethan was performing, and the students applauded his dramatic entrance.
• Barty Crouch condemned Ethan’s performance, but Ethan asked why Crouch and the others had failed to fight or flee, then said he would make the second task harder.
• Ethan’s challenge made Dumbledore suspect Moody, who had not reacted to the apparent attack.

At the Christmas feast, Barty Crouch Jr. concealed his alarm after Ethan’s disguise fooled him and began plotting to kill Ethan in the second task. Ethan created an Obscurus egg, shared a dance with Luna, and received a reassuring reply from Mr. Lamp as the task at the Black Lake began.

• Barty Crouch Jr. pretended he had seen through Ethan’s disguise, then decided to kill Ethan during the second task and write to Mr. Lamp for help.
• Ethan showed Luna a mysterious card and explained that he had made an Obscurus egg for the second task.
• Ethan and Luna danced together in the garden beneath the moon while Hagrid and Madame Maxime watched from the grass.
• A severed hand delivered a letter to Mr. Lamp, who replied that he would take care of everything.
• The second task of the Goblet of Fire began at the Black Lake.

At the Black Lake, Ethan introduced the second task of the Triwizard Tournament: crossing an invisible Glass Bridge, defeating a monster, and rescuing family members. He added a dangerous Black Egg containing an Obscurus as a bonus-point challenge, leaving Dumbledore visibly shaken.

• The crowd questioned Hogwarts' choice of Cedric Diggory, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood, while Luna encouraged Neville to focus and not disappoint Ethan.
• Rita began drafting a sensational Daily Prophet article before the competition started.
• Ethan announced that the champions had to cross the invisible Glass Bridge over the Black Lake, defeat a monster, and rescue their family members.
• Ethan explained that a wrong step would drop a champion into the lake, where angry merpeople waited after he had invited them to take part.
• Ethan revealed that each team would carry a Black Egg containing an Obscurus, and that teams keeping theirs intact would earn bonus points; Dumbledore reacted with shock.

Ethan began the Triwizard Tournament’s second event, sending the Champions across an invisible Glass Bridge while they protected dangerous Black Eggs. As the other teams advanced using revealing and freezing spells, Neville planted an unstable new variety of seeds at Hogwarts’s starting point.

• Bagman noticed the Reverse Incubation Egg was not in the proposal, while Dumbledore recognized its Obscurus energy and recalled the monster that had killed his sister.
• Ethan explained that the Champions had to defeat a monster to earn the right to challenge him, then declared the second event begun.
• Cedric proposed that the teams avoid fighting and focus on crossing the Glass Bridge, and Krum agreed for Durmstrang.
• Krum used Accio to reveal sections of the bridge, while Pheobe’s Beauxbatons team used frost to mark their path.
• Neville planted unstable new seeds by the lakeshore and watered them with Emerald Solution as Cedric and Luna encouraged him.

Neville used a magically enhanced vine to carry Hogwarts into the lead across the Black Lake, earning cheers and praise before the lake erupted into a whirlpool. The Kraken rose from the water as the champions faced the second event’s real danger.

• Neville’s oversized Mutated Devil Vine carried him, Cedric, and Luna rapidly across the lake, overtaking the other teams on the Glass Bridge.
• Ethan praised Neville’s ingenuity, while Hogwarts students, Professor Sprout, and the judges reacted with astonishment as Hogwarts took the lead.
• Cedric told Neville the crowd was cheering for him, and Neville resolved to help Hogwarts and the Enlightenment Lamp Society win.
• The lake churned into a whirlpool, and a Beauxbatons champion was swept underwater as the other champions prepared to defend themselves.
• The Giant Squid, Kraken, rose from the lake, leaving Rita stunned while Ethan watched the chaos with delight.

The Giant Squid appeared in the lake, carrying the Champions’ captured relatives as Ethan taunted them from the Glass Bridge. Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Pheobe’s sister, waited to kill Ethan, but a burst of black mist erupted and charged straight at him.

• The spectators were stunned when the Giant Squid rose from the lake, and Hermione realized Ethan had summoned it to help with the task.
• The Giant Squid carried the unconscious relatives of the Champions, including Cedric’s father and Neville’s grandmother, while Ethan announced that a third of the time had passed.
• Pheobe urged the Champions to rescue their loved ones, but failed to notice that her captured sister was actually Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise.
• Barty Crouch Jr. prepared to kill Ethan, believing the chaos would help him, when the Black Egg broke and released a huge mass of shrieking black mist.
• The black mist changed direction and surged straight toward Barty Crouch Jr.

Luna explained that the black mist was an Obscurus while Ethan reassured Fleur that her real sister was safe. As the champions tried to rescue their loved ones from the Giant Squid, Luna restrained the creature and then protected Fleur from the Obscurus, promising to show her a miracle of magic.

• Barty Crouch Jr. was trapped in the black mist and suffered as it consumed him, while Fleur panicked over the figure she believed was Gabrielle.
• Luna identified the black mist as an Obscurus, and Ethan told Fleur that her real sister was unharmed.
• The Giant Squid struck the Glass Bridge, but Luna slowed it with magic and told Neville to use his growth potion on the vines.
• Neville's vines restrained the Giant Squid as Cedric rescued his father, Neville accidentally fell into the lake, and Krum rescued his loved one.
• The Obscurus-controlled figure attacked Fleur, but Luna shielded her and promised to let her witness a miracle of magic.

Luna used her Moon Magic to purge the black mist possessing “Sister,” dazzling the contestants and spectators with a full-moon spectacle. Ethan caught the exhausted Luna and declared the second event of the Triwizard Tournament over.

• Luna urged Fleur to stand and protect herself while she prepared her magic.
• Fleur fought back the black mist and trapped “Sister” in ice, but the curse broke free and knocked her down.
• Luna summoned a full moon that annihilated the black mist and exorcised the curse from “Little Sister.”
• A pitch-black door appeared beneath the weakened girl and sent up another identical girl with a peaceful sleeping face.
• Ethan caught the unconscious Luna, praised her, and announced that the second event had concluded.

Ethan saved Cedric from the Obscurus and helped bring the Triwizard Tournament’s second task to a close, with Hogwarts narrowly taking first place. Luna and Hermione reconciled amid the celebrations, while Ethan’s Lamp advanced to Bright and the world began to know his name.

• Durmstrang shattered Hogwarts’ Black Egg, and Ethan used golden birds to purge the Obscurus before tossing Cedric into the lake when Cedric declared he would follow him forever.
• Ethan calmed the Giant Squid, and Gabrielle woke safely to reunite with Fleur as the second task ended.
• Bagman awarded Hogwarts extra points for Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood’s magical control, placing Hogwarts first, Durmstrang second, and Beauxbatons third.
• Hermione apologized to Luna and asked to be her best friend again, and Luna embraced her as the students celebrated.
• Luna thanked Ethan with a smile, and his Soul Fusion Degree rose by 1.8% as his Lamp advanced from Dawn to Bright.

After discovering the Xiboyin Elixir recipe, Ethan planned to use Barty Crouch Jr. while Hogwarts celebrated its Triwizard Tournament lead. Rita Skeeter followed Ethan through a portal in beetle form, and Barty woke in the Chamber of Secrets with no clear memory of what had happened.

• Ethan found a recipe for Xiboyin Elixir and considered whether it could help Ariana with her Obscurus.
• Michael urged Ethan to join Hogwarts's celebration, but Ethan gave Luna Invigoration Potions and headed off to deal with Barty Crouch Jr.
• Rita Skeeter decided to pursue Ethan for a more sensational story and followed him through his portal as a beetle.
• Barty Crouch Jr. woke in the Chamber of Secrets, battered and confused about what had happened.