Chapter Summaries

After Harry’s name emerged from the Triwizard Cup, the judges and headmasters argued over how to handle his unexpected entry. Allen proposed that Durmstrang and Beauxbatons each choose an additional contestant, and the chapter ended with Mr. Crouch angrily snapping at Albert as they left Hogwarts.

• Ludo Bagman announced that Harry was the Triwizard Tournament’s fourth Champion, and Harry denied entering himself.
• Karkaroff accused Allen of helping Harry enter the Tournament and demanded that Durmstrang’s students be allowed to compete again.
• Allen proposed that the other two schools choose an additional contestant each, and the judges and headmasters accepted his solution.
• Bagman announced the first task’s date and left Hogwarts with Crouch and Albert.
• Crouch complained about Allen and his family, then roared at Albert when Albert praised Allen.

After leaving the Triwizard Tournament gathering, Allen traveled to Azkaban and captured two Dementors using a silver binding array. He began testing spells on them and planned to research their nature further, deciding to skip classes the next day.

• Madam Maxime led Fleur away, while Karkaroff and Krum left; Dumbledore sent Harry and Allen back to their houses.
• Allen changed into travel clothes, transformed into a Phoenix, and Apparated to the outskirts of Azkaban.
• Allen approached two Dementors and captured them, transporting them to a room where his Mithril binding array imprisoned them.
• Allen tested Petrification, Dark Magic, the Killing Curse, and Legilimency on the Dementors, finding that ordinary spells failed and their thoughts caused him pain.
• Allen secured the Dementors again, took out dissection tools, and decided to skip class to research them.

Harry felt isolated after Ron doubted his account of the Triwizard Cup, but Hermione and Ginny believed him. Meanwhile, Allen received Hogwarts’s support as its Champion, and Pansy’s insulting badge turned Harry’s despair into anger.

• Harry crouched in despair after Ron accused him of lying about entering the Triwizard Cup.
• Hermione told Harry that Ron was jealous, and Ginny reassured Harry that she believed him.
• Cedric sincerely congratulated Allen on becoming Hogwarts’s Champion, and Hogwarts students welcomed Allen warmly.
• Harry saw Allen’s popularity and felt lonely, then went to Potions hoping to find comfort in Hagrid.
• Pansy showed Harry Slytherin’s badges supporting Allen, then revealed one that called Harry “Penguin Dung Potter.”

Malfoy tried to explain away the badges Pansy and the other Slytherins had made to target Harry, and Allen urged him to recognize Pansy’s devotion. Later, Allen brought Luna back from following Hagrid toward the Forbidden Forest and told her about his stalled Dementor research and his plans to study the Dementor’s Kiss.

• Hermione confronted Pansy and the Slytherin girls over their badges praising Allen and mocking Harry, while Ron watched coldly from the side.
• Malfoy tore the badge from Pansy’s clothes, then told her he feared Allen would disapprove of her targeting Harry.
• Malfoy explained the incident to Allen, who pointed out that Pansy was devoted to him and urged him not to hurt her feelings.
• Allen found Luna outside following Hagrid with the camera he had given her and persuaded her to return with him.
• As Allen and Luna walked back, Allen described his unsuccessful experiments on Dementors and said he wanted to use death-row prisoners to investigate how Dementors fed and the secret of their Kiss.

Allen worried that studying Dementors would lead nowhere, but Luna comforted him and shared a romantic moment with him in the Perception Room. The next day, Allen arranged for his wand to be destroyed in Seamus’s potion accident, leaving the classroom believing he needed a replacement.

• Allen told Luna he feared discovering too much or too little while studying Dementors, and she urged him to trust himself and remember the world beyond his research.
• Allen took Luna to the Perception Room, where they sang “Fly Me to the Moon” together beneath the stars.
• After saying goodbye to Luna, Allen selected a trunk in the collection room and turned it into a wand.
• The next day, Allen caused his wand to fall into Seamus’s failed potion when it exploded in Potions class.
• Allen reassured Seamus and refused his offer of Silver Sickles as compensation.

Allen visited Ollivander to replace his destroyed wand, but rejected every wand he tried and asked to use the workshop to make his own. He began crafting a wand with a rare metal-based technique and offered to trade the knowledge for Ollivander’s wandmaking insights.

• Allen told Ollivander that his previous wand had been completely destroyed and tested several replacement wands, but none satisfied him.
• Allen asked to borrow Ollivander’s workshop so he could make a wand himself, and Ollivander agreed.
• Allen declared that a wizard could freely choose his wand, prompting an uproar from the workshop’s portraits.
• Allen selected materials and began crafting a wand while using a hidden box of metal materials.
• Ollivander recognized the metal-based method as the lost wandmaking technique of the ancient alchemist Geber.
• Allen offered to exchange his knowledge of the technique for Ollivander’s wandmaking methods and insights.

Allen attended the Champions’ wand inspection, where Ollivander revealed that Allen had made his own metal wand. Back at the Tower, Allen secretly contacted Penelope and asked her to bring condemned prisoners for his Dementor research.

• Allen met Rita Skeeter during the Champions’ photo session and warned her not to publish exaggerated claims or gossip about Hermione and Fleur.
• Allen told Rita that her article about Krum after the World Cup had been brilliant, then left without giving her an interview.
• Ollivander inspected Allen’s wand and revealed that Allen had made it himself and that his work had inspired him to explore metal wands.
• Allen used his Perception Mark to contact Penelope and explained his Dementor research.
• Allen asked Penelope to bring several death-row prisoners to the Tower’s confinement room so he could study Dementor feeding and the Dementor’s Kiss.

Allen helped Harry turn his fear of the dragons into a plan to use flying and summon his Firebolt, while Rita Skeeter’s article stirred up gossip about Harry, Ron, and Krum. On the day of the first task, Allen and Harry left with the other Champions to prepare at the dragon enclosure.

• Hermione and Harry told Allen that the first task involved six adult dragons, and Allen helped Harry realize he could fly past one and work on Accio and the Conjunctivitis Curse.
• Harry warned Allen that Sirius Black had identified Karkaroff as a Death Eater.
• Rita Skeeter published an article about Harry’s supposed romantic entanglements with Ron and Krum, leaving Harry embarrassed and estranged from Ron.
• Allen spent the next two weeks researching Dementors and reviewing criminal cases collected by Penelope.
• Professor McGonagall led Allen, Harry, and the other Champions toward the grounds and the tent beside the Forbidden Forest to prepare for the first task.

The Champions prepared to face dragons and retrieve the Golden Eggs, and Fleur Delacour and Harry Potter completed their turns. Harry earned a high score despite Karkaroff’s objection, while Allen waited to face the Hungarian Horntail.

• Bagman explained that the Champions would draw models showing which dragons they would face and told them to retrieve the Golden Eggs.
• Fleur drew the Welsh Green Dragon as the first Champion, while Allen drew the Hungarian Horntail as the fourth.
• Bagman offered Allen help, but Allen politely refused before Fleur entered the arena and completed her task.
• Harry faced his dragon, flew around it, retrieved the Golden Egg, and received high marks from the judges.
• Karkaroff gave Harry four points and objected to his score, while Albert warned that Karkaroff’s standards could affect Krum’s score later.

Allen Harris used illusions and Transfiguration to trap the Hungarian Horntail and take its egg faster than the other Champions. Afterward, he asked Charlie Weasley to let him buy the dragon as a gift for Luna.

• Allen traded barbs with Krum and Brook Hernandez before entering the enclosure to face the Hungarian Horntail.
• Allen turned stones into flying birds to lure the dragon away from its eggs, then created mirror images to distract it.
• Allen transformed the ground into a mire and then stone, trapping the Horntail while its fire and tail struck only his illusions.
• Allen collected the dragon egg, drawing applause from the crowd and praise from Professor McGonagall and Bagman.
• Allen asked Charlie Weasley to let him buy the Horntail for Luna, and Charlie responded skeptically.

Allen rescued Brook Hernandez from the Peruvian Vipertooth with powerful summoning magic, while Krum completed his challenge and received criticism for damaging the eggs. The champions learned that an extra event had been added and that the Golden Eggs contained clues to the second task, scheduled for January first.

• Charlie Weasley told Allen that Karkaroff had given Harry a four, and Allen watched Brook Hernandez face a Peruvian Vipertooth.
• The dragon poisoned Brook with a bite, and Allen summoned Giant Squid tentacles that restrained and killed it before it could reach the stands.
• Bagman and the judges gave Brook zero points, while Dumbledore praised Allen’s summoning magic.
• Krum struck his dragon with the Conjunctivitis Curse but damaged half of the real eggs, and Karkaroff’s score of eight for him provoked an uproar.
• Allen returned to the tent with Colin Creevey, where Fleur and Krum arrived and Cara Rogers was revealed to have a badly burned face.
• Bagman announced an additional event and told the champions to open their Golden Eggs for clues to the second task on January first.

Allen welcomed the Training Class’s most promising young wizards into the Harris Family, bound them to secrecy, and began teaching them ancient charms. He left them with study plans and a promise of further instruction, while cautioning Hermione and Luna not to attempt Animagus transformation yet.

• Michael opened Allen’s Golden Egg, and Hermione hurried to cover Allen’s ears when its piercing scream filled the room.
• After the regular training, Hermione gathered the selected wizards and introduced them to the Harris Family, where they took Unbreakable Vows and received Allen’s Omniscience Mark.
• Hermione explained the organization’s committees and Council of Elders, and Allen taught the recruits about the Tentacle Curse and the risks of ancient charms.
• Allen let the recruits explore an easier ancient charm and promised Malfoy that he would eventually teach the organization more charms, casting techniques, and ways to make Animagus transformation easier.
• Hermione distributed study plans near midnight, while Allen reminded her and Luna to study Animagus principles without transforming; Luna remarked that a one-eyed man was king in the country of the blind.

Hermione continued teaching the Training Class while Hagrid's attempt to make the Blast-Ended Skrewts hibernate ended in chaos, and Rita Skeeter questioned him before trying to interview Harry. After Professor Flitwick announced the Yule Ball and Allen's opening dance, Fleur sought Allen out for a private walk by the lake.

• Hermione taught the Training Class in the library while Allen supplied materials.
• Hagrid's attempt to put the Blast-Ended Skrewts into hibernation failed, and Michael and the Training Class students subdued the rampaging creatures.
• Rita Skeeter confirmed Hagrid had Ministry permission to raise the Blast-Ended Skrewts, then tried to question Harry, who ran off without answering.
• Professor Flitwick announced the Yule Ball and told Allen he would dance the opening dance with his partner.
• Fleur stopped Allen at lunch and walked with him around the lake, beginning to say something before hesitating.

Allen learned from Mr. Harris that the Harris family descended from German pure-bloods who supported Grindelwald, and that Mr. Harris was recruiting their persecuted allies to build the family’s strength in Britain. After arranging for Fudge to bring Albert to the Christmas ball, Allen learned that Death Eaters had escaped Azkaban and asked which ones were free.

• Allen asked Mr. Harris to help arrange for Albert to attend the Christmas ball with Fleur, and Mr. Harris agreed to ask Fudge to bring him.
• Mr. Harris revealed that the Harris family had moved to Britain after Joachim Harris supported Grindelwald, and that he had visited Grindelwald to recruit his former followers’ descendants.
• Mr. Harris explained that he was training recruited young wizards as Aurors and intended to use them to strengthen the Harris family against Voldemort and his British supporters.
• Mr. Harris warned Allen that an intruder had used Polyjuice Potion to swap prisoners at Azkaban, allowing Death Eaters to escape without Fudge announcing it.
• Allen identified Barty Crouch Jr. as a likely culprit and asked Mr. Harris which Death Eaters had escaped.

Allen learned that Voldemort was in Britain and saw him with the imprisoned Bellatrix Lestrange, then went to the Shrieking Shack to meet Penelope and the prisoners she had captured. The chapter left Allen assessing three prisoners for his Dementor experiment as Penelope explained the crimes of Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer.

• Mr. Harris told Allen that Penelope was waiting at the Shrieking Shack with prisoners captured in America, and agreed to protect Bertha Jorkins after Allen mentioned Barty Crouch Jr.'s memory charm.
• Allen used the Perception Room to spy on Voldemort and saw him in a British manor with Death Eaters and Bellatrix Lestrange, who held Voldemort's infant-like body.
• Allen told Mr. Harris what he had seen and went to the Shrieking Shack, where Penelope was torturing a prisoner with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Penelope said she had prepared the prisoners for Allen's Dementor experiment and identified the tortured man as Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, describing his murders and cannibalism.
• Allen asked Penelope about the other two prisoners.

Allen and Penelope dealt with three murderous Muggle prisoners before Allen tested a Dementor’s Kiss and used Legilimency to follow Henry Lee Lucas’s soul into a gray, despairing realm. There, the Invincible Scholar System reappeared and gave Allen a mission to discover the secret of the Dementor’s Kiss.

• Penelope identified the crimes of Richard Ramirez and Henry Lee Lucas, reassured Allen that she could still cast the Patronus Charm, and agreed to take potions and return monthly for examinations.
• Allen brought the three prisoners to the Imprisonment Chamber, where a Dementor kissed Richard Ramirez; Allen observed the process and then erased Richard with Fiendfyre.
• Allen woke Henry Lee Lucas and used Legilimency as the Dementors drew out his soul.
• Allen followed Henry’s soul into a colorless gray realm where Henry lingered amid despair and a weakening will to leave.
• The Invincible Scholar System issued Allen a mission to discover the secret of the Dementor’s Kiss, and Allen resolved to investigate the strange realm.

As Hogwarts students prepared for the Yule Ball, Allen invited Hermione after Krum asked her first, and she accepted. Allen then wrote to Aunt Josephine while the school was decorated for Christmas.

• Michael told Allen that three girls had invited him to the Yule Ball, and Allen left the Great Hall when Ravenclaw girls seemed ready to approach him.
• Krum asked Hermione to the Yule Ball and offered her a necklace made from his grandfather’s Golden Snitch, then criticized Allen when Hermione hesitated.
• Snape interrupted Krum, and Hermione refused his invitation before Allen arrived and asked her to be his partner.
• Allen saw Ron watching from behind a pillar, said goodbye to Hermione, and later sent Benny with a letter for Aunt Josephine.
• Hagrid helped decorate Hogwarts for Christmas as Filch tried to pull Peeves out of a suit of armor.

Allen arranged for a song to be added to the Yule Ball and learned that Albert had invited Fleur as his partner, while Hermione turned down Neville and found Luna uninterested in attending. On Christmas morning, Allen sent Snape an album of photographs and a message from Lily Evans, leaving Snape overcome with emotion.

• Hagrid pulled Peeves out of the armor, and Allen warned Hagrid not to reveal his giant heritage to Madame Maxime in public.
• Allen asked Jared Leto to add a song to the Yule Ball music and paid him for the arrangement.
• Allen saw Ron ask Fleur to be his dance partner, then Fleur told Allen that Albert had invited her to the ball.
• Hermione rejected Neville's invitation, and Luna told Hermione she did not want to attend the ball.
• Allen sent Snape a photo album bearing the words “Long live friendship—Lily Evans,” and Snape wept as he looked through it.

Allen explained the second Triwizard task to Harry and Fleur, then received Snape’s annotated copy of Advanced Potion-Making and read it before the Yule Ball. The chapter ended as the champions and their partners gathered in the Entrance Hall.

• Allen told Harry and Fleur that the second task would require them to rescue a treasured person from the lake within an hour, and suggested Gillyweed or the Bubble-Head Charm for breathing underwater.
• Benny delivered a tattered copy of Advanced Potion-Making to Allen, who discovered that it belonged to the Half-Blood Prince and began reading Snape’s notes and spells.
• Harry met Ginny in the Entrance Hall and complimented her dress robes before Fleur arrived with Allen’s brother Albert.
• Harry introduced Albert Harris as an Auror, while Ginny watched him and Harry felt jealous.
• The Durmstrang students arrived with Krum and Cara Rogers, and Fleur turned her attention toward Albert.

At the Hogwarts Christmas ball, Allen and Hermione arrived together, and the Champions opened the dance. Allen and Hermione danced gracefully as the other guests gradually joined them, leaving the chapter after the first waltz ended.

• Harry saw Allen and Hermione emerge from the fairy-lit Cave, and the gathered students stared at Hermione's transformed appearance.
• Professor McGonagall told Harry and the other Champions that they had to open the dance, surprising Harry, who had not known about the tradition.
• The Champions and their partners entered the Great Hall, ate dinner, and took their places as Dumbledore cleared the floor and McGonagall welcomed the guests.
• Allen led Hermione through the opening waltz and guessed that she wore 'Ogilvy' Sisters Soap, a Christmas gift from her grandmother.
• Dumbledore and McGonagall danced, while Filch, Moody, and Hagrid reacted to the music in their own ways.
• More guests joined the dance floor, and the band finished its first song to enthusiastic applause.