Chapter Summaries

Allen and Hermione danced the tango at the Yule Ball, then slipped away from the Great Hall for a walk in the rose garden. They overheard Snape and Karkaroff arguing about an increasingly obvious danger, and Snape drove students hiding in the bushes away.

• Allen invited Hermione to dance the tango, and she agreed despite worrying that she would make a mistake.
• Allen guided Hermione through the dance, and their performance earned thunderous applause.
• The Weird Sisters performed three songs as the young wizards danced and cheered.
• Allen and Hermione left the Great Hall and walked through the rose garden.
• Snape told Karkaroff to run away while he intended to stay at Hogwarts.
• Snape blasted apart rose bushes, ordered Fawcett and Stebbins to lose house points, and chased away students hiding there.

Allen and Hermione overheard Hagrid awkwardly courting Madame Maxime, then discovered Rita Skeeter spying on the Yule Ball as a beetle Animagus. The next morning, the Daily Prophet printed a sensational story about Krum, an unseen girl, and Ron, leaving Ron the center of gossip in the Great Hall.

• Allen told Hermione that Karkaroff and Snape were Death Eaters and that Voldemort was about to return.
• Allen and Hermione hid in a rosebush and overheard Hagrid nervously telling Madame Maxime about his family and savings.
• Allen used wandless Legilimency to detect people hiding nearby, including Rita Skeeter in beetle form, and warned her to leave without exposing what she had witnessed.
• Hermione recognized the beetle as Rita Skeeter's Animagus, but Allen chose not to report her.
• The Daily Prophet published a story implying Krum had a new lover and Ron watched in jealousy, and Ron's entrance into the Great Hall sparked gossip.
• Fred and George wondered whether to tell their mother about the rumors surrounding Ron, but Fred decided against it.

Luna’s dragon egg hatched in the Tower, and she named the red dragon Lassie while Allen and Hermione helped her. Later, Harry went to Hogsmeade and found Allen and Hermione at The Three Broomsticks after speaking briefly with Moody.

• Michael read a newspaper report about Krum’s friendship with Harry and teased Ron, while Allen heard Luna warn that the dragon was hatching.
• Allen and Hermione rushed to the Tower, where Luna emerged from the flames with a red hatchling and fire-formed robes.
• Luna named the hatchling Lassie, and Hermione explained the traits of red dragons and black dragons before sending Allen out so Luna could dress.
• Harry saw Krum dive into the lake and spoke with Moody before leaving the castle for Hogsmeade.
• Harry found Luna outside The Three Broomsticks, learned that Allen was inside, and joined Allen and Hermione at the bar.

Harry told Allen about Krum and Moody’s hints, while Allen learned that the impostor Moody planned to make the underwater creatures dangerous during the next task. Allen decided to secretly prepare Harry and Fleur for the lake challenge, but remained unsure how to reveal his chosen hostage.

• Harry told Allen that Krum had gone into the lake and that Moody had twice given him hints, so Allen advised Harry to learn Occlumency.
• Ginny urged Harry to follow Allen’s advice and keep his distance from Ron for the time being.
• Dumbledore sent Allen a message revealing that little Crouch, disguised as Moody, had put potions in the lake to drive its creatures mad.
• Allen told Hermione and Luna that Harry was not in mortal danger and warned them not to tell him about Moody’s scheme because he had not learned Occlumency.
• Allen planned special lake training for Harry and Fleur, and Hermione offered to help.
• Allen worried about how the Tournament organizers would identify his chosen hostage, though his Occlumency would prevent them from reading his mind.

Allen declined Ludo Bagman’s offer to help with the Triwizard Tournament and continued assisting the Champions with underwater training. At Hogwarts, Fleur visited Hermione, and Hermione revealed her precise bed-making habits to Allen, who affectionately accepted them.

• Allen met Ludo Bagman at the Three Broomsticks, where Bagman asked to speak privately and offered to help him with the Triwizard Tournament.
• Allen declined Bagman’s offer and told him the Harris Family could help if Bagman needed anything.
• At Hogwarts, Fleur, Harry, and the other Champions trained underwater while Allen helped Fleur and Harry prepare for the second task.
• Fleur and Gabrielle visited Hermione’s dormitory, and Allen brought Fleur Gillyweed and invited her to lunch with his mother.
• After Fleur left, Hermione remade the bed because its quilt label and flower pattern were not arranged correctly, and Allen reassured her that he found her habits cute.

Barty Crouch and Montrose secretly tried to use Legilimency on Allen Harris to discover whom he treasured most for the Triwizard Tournament hostage selection. Allen countered with false thoughts and an illusion that humiliated Montrose, then the tournament’s hostage plan became known around Hogwarts.

• Filch led Crouch and Montrose toward Allen while Auror Albert insisted on accompanying them.
• Montrose attempted to read Allen’s mind, but Allen’s Legilimency training detected the attack and his defenses trapped Montrose in an illusion.
• Montrose saw a naked woman turn into a rotting corpse, panicked, and ran across the lawn in terror.
• Crouch demanded that Allen stop the magic, and Mr. Crouch accidentally revealed that the judges planned to use the Champions’ loved ones as hostages.
• Allen explained how his Occlumency and illusion magic had fooled Montrose, then lifted the spell and let Montrose flee.
• News of the hostage plan and the judges’ arguments over how to choose hostages spread throughout Hogwarts.

Fleur entrusted Gabrielle to Hermione and Luna, who took her shopping in Hogsmeade before Ron confronted Hermione and was accidentally injured by Penelope's motorcycle. Later, Hermione challenged Penelope's plan to be Allen's hostage in the second task, warning that her violent reputation could harm him, and Penelope reluctantly considered her words.

• Fleur dressed beautifully and handed Gabrielle to Hermione, who took the girl shopping with Luna and then headed to the Three Broomsticks.
• Ron told Hermione that Allen had grown close to Fleur, demanded back a Christmas postcard photo, and smashed his Butterbeer mug.
• Penelope accidentally ran over Ron with her motorcycle, healed his injury, and showed him that she had a Ministry license to modify the vehicle.
• Penelope told Hermione she planned to be Allen's hostage in the second task, and Hermione said she was too notorious and violent to be chosen in public.
• Hermione found Penelope training against five Hermione duplicates in the Tower and warned her that her reputation could damage Allen's.
• Penelope swallowed pills from Allen's potion box and reluctantly acknowledged that Hermione's warning made sense.

Penelope withdrew from being Allen's hostage, and Hermione proposed Luna instead; Allen later chose Luna while the other Champions named their hostages. After Hermione rejected Krum, Allen secretly impersonated him to learn his hostage choice, discovering Krum had selected Ron Weasley.

• Penelope argued with Hermione that she was more devoted to Allen, but Hermione suggested Luna as the hostage, and Penelope agreed.
• Penelope told Allen she would not be his hostage because her reputation could damage him, and Allen comforted her and decided to change his planned competition method.
• The Organizing Committee let the Champions choose their own hostages: Allen and Luna chose Luna, Harry and Ginny gave their answer, Fleur chose Albert, and Krum chose Hermione.
• Krum asked Hermione to be his hostage and criticized Allen, but Hermione refused him, and Allen led her away after secretly taking a few of Krum's hairs.
• Allen used Polyjuice Potion to impersonate a Ministry official and then Krum, learning that Krum had chosen Ron Weasley as his hostage.

Allen secretly took Ron’s hair and arranged for him to be named Krum’s hostage in the second task. Ron drank the potion under Crouch’s pressure, while the lake task began with the unexpected revelation that each Champion’s missing treasure was someone close to them.

• Allen plucked strands of Ron’s hair while concealed in the Gryffindor Common Room, then agreed to serve as Krum’s hostage when a Ministry official approached him.
• McGonagall brought Ron, Luna, and Ginny to the Ministry office, where Crouch told the hostages to drink potions before being taken to the lake.
• Ron protested that he had never volunteered, but Crouch threatened him with consequences for his father and Percy, and Ron drank the potion before fainting at the news that Krum would rescue him.
• Allen walked to the lakeside, where Bagman announced that Luna was Allen’s treasure, Ginny was Harry’s, Albert was Fleur’s, and Ron was Krum’s.
• Krum denied having chosen Ron, then roared and knocked Karkaroff’s hat to the ground.

During the second task of the Triwizard Tournament, Allen parted the lake and walked across its exposed bed toward Luna, leaving the other Champions and spectators astonished. Krum followed behind him, while the contest continued.

• Karkaroff angrily pushed Krum toward the lake after Allen challenged him for wanting to withdraw.
• Sirius Black thanked Mr. Harris for Allen helping Harry, then was startled to learn that Krum's hostage was Ron.
• Bagman started the task, and the other Champions entered the lake while Allen stayed on shore and sensed Luna's position through the Perception Mark.
• Allen raised and parted the lake with magic, drawing astonished reactions from the crowd and skepticism from Karkaroff.
• Allen walked across the lakebed toward Luna as the water closed behind him, and Krum began swimming after him through the cleared path.

Allen rescued Luna from the Merpeople village in the Black Lake and returned to shore, where he warmed her before sending her back to change. Karkaroff mistook Allen’s wandless flight for Voldemort’s return, while Hermione noticed Penelope had disappeared.

• Allen collapsed the water wall onto Krum, then hurried toward Luna while maddened Grindylows swarmed around them.
• Allen reached the Merpeople village, cut Luna free from the statue, and flew out of the lake with her.
• Karkaroff panicked at Allen’s black-smoke flight and shouted that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named had returned, but Dumbledore restrained him.
• Allen dried Luna’s clothes and warmed her hands, then told her to return to the Tower while he went back to watch over Albert.
• Hermione watched Luna leave and asked Penelope whether she had been right, but discovered Penelope was gone and her potion kit remained behind.

Harry reached Ginny at the bottom of the Black Lake, where Allen had already freed the hostages, while the other Champions faced greater dangers. At the Harris Family's Tower, Penelope confronted Hermione and threatened Luna, who calmly asked Penelope to make her paella.

• Harry swam past the Grindylows and Merpeople, then found Allen beside the freed hostages and rescued Ginny.
• Krum reached the hostages, carried Ron to the surface, and complained with him about their choices.
• Fleur escaped attacking Grindylows with waterweed but encountered Brook, Cara, and an approaching Sea Serpent.
• Hermione followed Penelope to the Harris Family's Tower, where Penelope disarmed and struck her before threatening to kill her and Luna.
• Luna descended the stairs, spoke privately to Hermione, and asked Penelope to make paella.

With time running out in the Black Lake task, Fleur returned on a Kelpie with Albert, while Kara struggled to bring her hostage to shore. Grindylows nearly killed Kara before Allen intervened, leaving her shaken by his strange magic.

• Fleur rode a Kelpie back to shore with Albert, and Dumbledore transformed the creature into a Sea Serpent and sent it into the lake.
• Kara used Fleur’s Gillyweed potion to swim with her hostage toward the surface, but the potion made breathing air difficult for her.
• Grindylows seized Kara and wounded her as she tried to escape toward Allen.
• Allen aimed his wand at the pursuing Grindylows and drained the moisture from them and nearby water plants, causing them to shrivel into powder.
• Kara watched the lake return to normal and remained horrified by the magic Allen had used.

Allen rescued Brook Hernandez from the Giant Squid during the underwater task, while Dumbledore questioned him about his public use of dark magic. Allen said he had done it for Miss Clearwater.

• Karkaroff feared Allen’s magical strength and wondered whether he could become like You-Know-Who.
• Brook Hernandez fled the Sea Serpent but was seized and poisoned by the Giant Squid.
• Moody blasted the Giant Squid with a potion that made the lake water turn blue, while Allen severed its tentacles and levitated Brook to shore.
• Dumbledore healed Brook, then used a Levitation Charm to send the remaining hostages up from the underwater space.
• Dumbledore muffled his conversation with Allen and asked why he had used so much dark magic; Allen answered, “For Miss Clearwater.”

Allen received full marks for his performance in the second task, while the other Champions’ scores and the date of an extra third task were announced. After returning to the Harris Family's Tower, he found Hermione and Penelope training and said he had discoveries about Dementors to share.

• Allen refused Madam Pomfrey's concentrated potion and joined the Champions as the judges decided their scores.
• Bagman announced that Allen earned fifty points, Harry Potter forty-seven, Krum forty, Fleur forty-five, Cara Davis thirty-five, and Brook zero.
• Bagman announced that the six Champions would compete in an extra task on February fourteenth, with details provided half a month beforehand.
• Allen finished his interview and returned to the Harris Family's Tower, where he took a bite of Luna's Spanish seafood chicken rice.
• Allen found Hermione training with Penelope and called them downstairs to discuss his discoveries about Dementors.

Allen celebrated his competition results with his family and friends, then demonstrated new magic based on Dementors and explained how souls could be absorbed, purified, and used to strengthen wands. He left the group pondering Dementors’ mysteries, while Mr. Harris joked that he had become the father of the new generation’s Dark Lord.

• Mrs. Harris hugged Allen at dinner, and Mr. Harris toasted his success in the competition.
• Allen demonstrated a wandless magic that drained happiness and withered nearby plants, explaining that it imitated Dementors’ influence.
• In the Imprisonment Chamber, Allen extracted a Dementor’s soul, destroyed its body with a Phoenix Patronus, and explained how soul absorption could strengthen wands while risking madness if done carelessly.
• Allen described how Dementor victims’ souls entered a gray world and how removing a Dementor’s soul could leave it vulnerable to destruction.
• Allen warned everyone to absorb only carefully chosen souls and told Penelope that she could do so only with him present.
• Mr. Harris jokingly called himself the father of the new generation’s Dark Lord and patted Allen’s cheeks.

Allen discussed the Harris family's plans against Karkaroff and reassigned Penelope away from front-line combat, then comforted Hermione about her responsibilities. At Hogwarts, a Witch Weekly article falsely portrayed Ron as Krum's boyfriend, prompting Ron and Harry to argue over its claims.

• Allen told Mr. Harris and his brothers that Karkaroff feared the Dark Lord's return, and Mr. Harris proposed sending Lenn to Durmstrang to gain influence over him.
• Allen asked Albert to transfer Penelope to administrative work, and Albert took her to the Ministry to issue the order.
• Allen advised Aunt Josephine to collect samples from rare, dangerous magical creatures, then walked Hermione back toward Hogwarts and urged her to focus on growing her wand.
• Allen found a Witch Weekly article claiming Krum and Ron were in love and mocking Ron as an unworthy boyfriend.
• Harry warned Ron to stay away from Rita Skeeter, and Ron insisted the article had called him Krum's boyfriend.

Allen read sharply divided newspaper coverage of his use of Dark Magic, while Penelope decided to keep her Auror position and bear the burden of his dark reputation. After class, Karkaroff showed Snape his increasingly clear Dark Mark, then encountered Allen in the corridor.

• Allen read articles praising his tournament performance and defending his use of Dark Magic, alongside warnings against making such spells widely available.
• Penelope decided to remain an Auror and protect Allen's reputation by taking responsibility for his dark side.
• Karkaroff interrupted Snape's Potions lesson and insisted on speaking with him after class.
• Karkaroff showed Snape that his Dark Mark had grown clearer and hotter since the World Cup, but Snape warned him to hide it and remember loyalty.
• Karkaroff left the classroom and found Allen blocking his way in the corridor.

Allen pressured Karkaroff into accepting the Harris Family’s protection and influence at Durmstrang, using the threat of Voldemort’s return and the family’s power to secure his cooperation. Karkaroff agreed to a Harris mark and an Unbreakable Vow, ending the chapter by treating Allen as his master.

• Allen confronted Karkaroff about his burning Perception Mark and warned that fleeing would not help him escape Voldemort.
• Allen offered Karkaroff protection through the Harris Family, British Aurors, and a possible alliance with Dumbledore, while proposing that the family gain positions at Durmstrang.
• Karkaroff questioned Allen’s motives and considered revealing the Harris Family’s connection to Grindelwald, but Allen argued that Dumbledore already knew and would not act against them.
• Karkaroff realized that cooperating could preserve his life and headmastership while the Harrises gradually gained control of Durmstrang.
• Allen required Karkaroff to make an Unbreakable Vow and accept the Harris Family’s mark, and Karkaroff knelt, called him Master, and offered his arm.

Allen learned that Karkaroff had asked for restrictions on Charms in the third task, then watched Ron receive a flood of letters and a candy parcel that released venomous spiders. Allen destroyed the spiders, while Luna calmly collected her own letters.

• Karkaroff apologized to Allen and explained that he and Madame Maxime had requested a third-task format that would limit Champions' use of Charms.
• Allen wrote to Mr. Harris, then watched Madame Maxime approach Hagrid and place her hand on his.
• Ron received numerous letters supporting or condemning his supposed romance with Krum, followed by a parcel labeled for him.
• The parcel released a swarm of spiders that overwhelmed Ron and caused him to faint.
• Allen vanished the spiders with Evanesco, and Luna fed the delivery owls before taking the letters they had brought.