Chapter Summaries

Harry told Dumbledore and Wizet that he had witnessed Voldemort’s resurrection from Voldemort’s own perspective, and Dumbledore believed him. The chapter ended with Harry asking why he had experienced the resurrection as though he were Voldemort, while Dumbledore pondered the connection.

• Harry woke in Dumbledore’s office after suffering intense pain in his scar and said Voldemort had returned.
• Dumbledore tested a silver instrument and reassured Harry before asking him to describe what he had seen.
• Harry concluded that he had been Voldemort during the resurrection and recalled a snake preparing the cauldron with the ingredients for the ritual.
• Harry described Voldemort returning with Tom Riddle’s appearance, and Dumbledore and Wizet believed his account.
• Harry asked why he had experienced Voldemort’s resurrection firsthand, and Dumbledore considered the question.

Dumbledore told Harry that a prophecy had connected him and Voldemort, then helped him see that Voldemort’s belief in it had driven him to create his own enemy. He left Harry considering how he might have viewed Voldemort if the prophecy had never existed.

• Dumbledore asked Harry what he thought of prophecies and explained that Trelawney’s prophecy had connected him to Voldemort.
• Wizet reflected that Dumbledore had withheld the Horcruxes’ secret to keep Voldemort from learning about them through his connection with Harry.
• Harry asked whether he had a special power, and Wizet and Dumbledore pointed to the love and protection he received from Sirius and others.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Voldemort’s belief in the prophecy had led him to kill James and Lily and make Harry his nemesis.
• Harry rejected the idea of wanting Voldemort’s abilities, and Dumbledore asked him to imagine how he would think of Voldemort without the prophecy.

Harry chose to oppose Voldemort regardless of the prophecy, and Dumbledore suggested he learn Occlumency to control his connection with Voldemort. Wizet agreed to teach him, while Dumbledore left the lesson plans to Wizet’s judgment.

• Dumbledore asked Harry how he would view Voldemort without knowing the prophecy, and Harry declared he would still fight him for his parents and Sirius Black.
• Dumbledore explained that Harry had chosen to oppose Voldemort, while Voldemort had acted because of the prophecy.
• Harry proposed using his connection to Voldemort to learn about his plans, and Dumbledore warned that Voldemort could use it to mislead him.
• Dumbledore suggested Occlumency as a way for Harry to sever the connection and asked Wizet to teach him.
• Wizet planned to have Harry study Occlumency and practise it after dueling, including while exhausted.
• After Harry left, Dumbledore told Wizet to trust his judgment, explaining that he had considered asking Snape to teach Harry but believed Wizet’s approach could work better.

Wizet explained to Dumbledore how belief and shared ideas could shape consensus magic, inspiring spells such as the Silent Wound Charm and Mass Hypnosis Charm. He planned to develop the spells further and make them easier for other wizards to learn.

• Dumbledore asked Wizet about the Silent Wound Charm and examined his notes on consensus magic.
• Wizet explained the Mass Hypnosis Charm, and Dilys Derwent offered St. Mungo's healers to help test it.
• Wizet said Luna had inspired him with The Fountain of Fair Fortune.
• Wizet explained that belief in the Fountain and its ritual conditions had given it magical effects through consensus.
• Wizet told Dumbledore he hoped to clarify the spells' principles and make them accessible to more wizards.

Dumbledore praised Wizet’s magical research and urged him to write a book, believing his work could strengthen the foundations of magic. Wizet considered using books to reshape how wizards view Muggles and how Muggles view wizards, leaving Dumbledore concerned about the International Statute of Secrecy.

• Dumbledore suggested Wizet write a book, such as a magical guide or a collection of his papers.
• Dumbledore said Wizet’s work had helped Hogwarts students develop their magical abilities, while Wizet credited the students’ own efforts and cited Cedric, Draco, and Harry’s progress.
• Dumbledore proposed that Wizet compile his papers during the summer and said Clotair could help publish and promote the book.
• Dumbledore said he would ask old friends to watch for developments involving Voldemort and noted Voldemort’s preference for special dates and times.
• Wizet explained that he wanted his writing to influence wizards’ and Muggles’ views of each other, and Dumbledore warned that this could violate the International Statute of Secrecy.
• Wizet argued that modern Muggles were more accepting of magic and described how science had begun to achieve things once possible only through magic.

Wizet persuaded Dumbledore to use Squibs and publishing houses to bring wizards and Muggles closer through books, building on the idea that shared beliefs could shape magic. After Olga Goizueta agreed to help, Wizet went to the grassy field and watched Harry disarm Draco in a duel.

• Wizet explained to Dumbledore how Muggle consensus might influence magic and argued that books could improve relations between Muggles and wizards.
• Wizet proposed having Squibs create books about magic, and Dumbledore suggested L.C.A. Comics while asking Wizet to find someone to help with Muggle distribution.
• Wizet contacted Mr. Goizueta, and Olga Goizueta gave a positive reply over the next few days.
• Wizet headed to the agreed grassy field, where Harry and Draco were dueling with Cedric watching.
• Harry dodged Draco’s spell, then struck him with Expelliarmus and caught the wand Draco dropped.

Harry, Draco, and Cedric practiced dueling against Wizet, who quickly overcame their attacks with clever spells and traps. After Wizet freed them, the group agreed to continue practicing, eager to see how they would fare in another round.

• Harry proposed starting the duel when a tossed pebble landed, and Wizet, Cedric, and Draco agreed.
• As the duel began, Wizet transformed the falling pebble into a giant sword, which Harry dispelled with Expelliarmus.
• Wizet blocked and rebounded Cedric and Draco's spells, then turned dust and grass clippings into ropes that briefly trapped them.
• Wizet caught Harry in a glue trap and disarmed Cedric and Draco, ending the duel with all three unable to fight.
• Wizet freed the others and agreed to practice more rounds, while Harry and Draco challenged each other to avoid being taken down first.

After a tiring training session, Harry, Draco, and Cedric asked Wizet to teach them Occlumency. Wizet explained how the skill worked and began adapting its practice to focus on protection.

• Wizet repaired the damaged lawn after ending the training session with Cedric, Draco, and Harry.
• Harry asked Wizet when they would begin practicing Occlumency, and Draco and Cedric agreed to join him.
• Harry explained what he knew about Occlumency, including its use against Legilimency and its difficulty.
• Wizet described Occlumency as clearing the mind or creating false impressions, then proposed focusing their practice on its protective effect.

Wizet taught Harry, Draco, and Cedric a less difficult way to learn Occlumency by filling their minds with positive memories and the Patronus Charm. To provide external stimulation for practice, he demonstrated a spell that made someone speak one truth.

• Harry admitted that fear of Voldemort exploiting their connection had left him anxious and plagued by nightmares.
• Draco and Harry suggested that conviction, emotion, and light could fill the mind's "room," leading Wizet to connect the idea to the Patronus Charm.
• Wizet explained how positive memories and the principles of the Patronus Charm could form a continuous mental defense and make Occlumency easier to learn.
• Harry pointed out that practice usually required external stimulation, and Draco argued that Wizet's method did not need ordinary training.
• Wizet demonstrated Veritas Revelare, a spell he had created that made its target speak one truth, as a means of practicing Occlumency.

Wizet taught Cedric, Draco, and Harry to practice Occlumency by taking turns using the Truth-Telling Spell, which they agreed to keep secret. On the final day of exams, Wizet and Luna met the relatives gathered to watch the Five-Wizard Tournament’s final, including Xenophilius Lovegood and several members of the Weasley family.

• Wizet explained how the Truth-Telling Spell could be used to practice Occlumency, and Draco hinted at asking questions about secrets.
• Cedric, Draco, and Harry practiced Occlumency and kept the Truth-Telling Spell secret; rumors later said Harry and Draco had visited the Hospital Wing.
• As exams ended, Flitwick told Wizet that the Champions’ relatives had been invited to watch the final and let Luna accompany him.
• Wizet and Luna entered the meeting room, where Xenophilius Lovegood greeted them and Gabriel Delacour met Wizet again.
• Sirius Black, Mrs. Weasley, and Bill Weasley greeted Wizet, while Lucius Malfoy nodded from a distance; Sirius said Remus was too busy with M.S.C. to attend.

Harry reunited with Sirius Black and the Weasleys while Wizet met guests who admired his work and helped them understand Liam Graves's role. Rita Skeeter revealed that the Ministry had sent her to write favorable coverage, and Wizet discussed publishing her finished book on Durmstrang.

• Harry greeted Sirius Black, Mrs. Weasley, and Bill, who praised his performance in the first task.
• Wizet met Charles Graves's younger brother, Andrew, explained how Liam Graves had faced the dragons as part of his duties, and signed Andrew's parchment.
• The Uagadou Champions introduced their relatives, who praised Wizet's contributions to Animagus research.
• Wizet reminded Luna to go to her examination and met Gabrielle Delacour, Fleur Delacour's younger sister, who admired Luna's essays.
• Rita Skeeter told Wizet that the Ministry of Magic had sent her to write favorable coverage, and said she had finished her book on Durmstrang.

Wizet and his companions visited the visiting schools before hearing Mrs. Weasley recount how Arthur was caught sneaking around Hogwarts with her. As the Champions prepared for the third task, Dumbledore announced that it was about to begin and sent them to the Quidditch Pitch.

• Wizet and his companions toured the visiting schools, rode Ilvermorny's magical airship, and received gifts from Uagadou's Champions.
• Mrs. Weasley recalled walking around Hogwarts with Arthur at night and asked Harry, Bill Weasley, and Wizet not to tell Fred and George.
• Wizet and Luna joined the others for dinner, where Xenophilius noticed Cornelius Fudge looking worn out as he received reports from Ludo Bagman and Barty Crouch Sr.
• Fred and George teased Harry about looking like Barty Crouch Sr.'s personal assistant as nervous Champions waited for the third task to begin.
• Dumbledore announced the final task of the Five-Wizard Tournament and directed the Champions to follow Ludo Bagman and Barty Crouch Sr. to the Quidditch Pitch.

The Champions received protective plaques and a clear briefing on the third task’s maze rules. Before the task began, Lucius Malfoy privately asked Wizet whether Dumbledore was tracking former Death Eaters because Voldemort might have returned.

• Barty Crouch Sr. and Ludo Bagman gave each Champion a magical protection plaque that would activate only when their life was in danger.
• Barty Crouch Sr. explained the maze rules, including entry order, the Cup’s five-minute possession requirement, permitted attacks, and prohibited actions.
• Lucius Malfoy asked Barty Crouch Sr. for permission to speak privately with Wizet as the group approached the Quidditch Pitch.
• Lucius Malfoy told Wizet that former Death Eater friends had written to him after discovering they were being watched.
• Lucius Malfoy said the Dark Mark had not appeared, but worried that Dumbledore was watching the former Death Eaters because Voldemort might already have returned.

Wizet explained to Lucius Malfoy that Voldemort’s silence through the Dark Mark suggested he was hiding his return, then removed the mark at Lucius’s request. Lucius felt relieved and turned his attention to Draco’s performance at the third task, while Wizet stored the Dark Mark for study.

• Wizet confirmed Voldemort had returned and explained that the lack of a Dark Mark reaction suggested Voldemort did not want his followers alerted.
• Wizet demonstrated that he could control the Dark Mark, convincing Lucius that Voldemort’s silence was deliberate.
• Wizet reassured Lucius that Dumbledore and he would handle the mystery of Voldemort’s return without revealing Harry’s secret.
• Lucius asked Wizet to remove his Dark Mark, and Wizet drew it from his arm.
• Wizet stored the Dark Mark in Ludo Bagman’s metal token for study as Lucius looked forward to watching Draco at the third task.

Wizet and the other Champions saw the enormous maze built for the third task, then drew lots to determine their entrances. They took their places at the entrances as the task was about to begin.

• Ludo Bagman led Wizet into the Quidditch Pitch, where the Champions and spectators saw the massive temple-like maze.
• Wizet told Harry and Draco that he had discussed letters with Mr. Malfoy, and Harry said the Champions would draw lots for their entrances.
• The Champions waited nervously in the tent until Barty Crouch Sr. and Ministry officials arrived with a velvet bag.
• Wizet drew entrance seven, Harry drew entrance two, Draco drew entrance six, and Diggory drew entrance four.
• Ministry officials led Wizet and the other Hogwarts Champions to their assigned entrances and explained that the task would begin when the doors opened.

The Five-Wizard Tournament’s final task began, with Ludo Bagman announcing the Champions’ scores and explaining the maze and its magical projection screens. Harry entered the maze and used his Patronus to light the darkness, then followed glowing fairy eggs through its passages.

• Ludo Bagman announced the schools’ scores and the five-minute intervals between their Champions entering the maze.
• Sirius Black told Fred and George that the schools had arranged advertisements showcasing their magical strengths, including Hogwarts’s.
• Harry entered the maze and found that ordinary Lumos could not overcome the darkness, so he used his Patronus to illuminate it.
• Harry spread silver Patronus light around himself and began searching for the next level.
• Ludo Bagman described the Hogwarts Champions’ different ways of dispelling darkness, but Dumbledore cautioned him not to reveal too much about the maze.
• Harry encountered fairies and followed the routes marked by glowing fairy eggs.

The Champions used different forms of magic to navigate the maze’s darkness, while the Hogwarts team quickly took the lead. By nearly an hour in, all Hogwarts Champions had reached the fifth level, where Harry escaped a Bowtruckle attack and Lovegood advanced by feeding Bowtruckles fairy eggs.

• Draco dispelled the maze’s darkness with his version of the Illumination Spell, while Cedric and Harry sustained their Patronus Charms using their survival instincts.
• The Champions used varied ways to see in the dark, including alchemical lights, a Magic Tattoo, lightning, and the Night Vision Charm taught by Karkaroff.
• Ludo Bagman announced that the Hogwarts Champions had reached the second level before the Beauxbatons Champions had entered the maze.
• Nearly an hour into the challenge, Ludo Bagman reported that all the Hogwarts Champions had reached the fifth level and that Harry had escaped a group of Bowtruckles unscathed.
• Lovegood became the first Champion to reach the fifth level by collecting fairy eggs and feeding them to the Bowtruckles.

During the maze challenge, Krum and Harrison Johnson briefly clashed before Johnson escaped, while Wizet raced through the levels and reached a Sphinx. The Sphinx posed Wizet a riddle, leaving his answer unknown.

• Ludo Bagman reported that Victor Krum and Harrison Johnson had entered through the same entrance and were about to meet.
• Johnson ambushed Krum with a Stunning Spell, but Krum dodged and counterattacked; Johnson fled behind conjured rocks.
• Bagman noticed Wizet had reached the sixth level and that the maze’s traps appeared to be missing; the spectators realized Wizet had repaired them as he went.
• Wizet continued forward until he encountered a Sphinx, which warned him to prepare for its riddle.
• The Sphinx asked Wizet a riddle about a lion seeking a forest and what it could do there.

Wizet solved the Sphinx’s riddle and continued toward the seventh level, while Draco used repeated flashes of light to summon Harry and Cedric in the fifth-level maze. The chapter left Harry and Cedric running to join Draco so the Hogwarts Champions could explore together.

• Wizet answered the Sphinx’s riddle with “owl,” and the Sphinx let him pass.
• Anthony Goldstein, Terry Boot, and Chris Moen explained how the clues formed “owl” and connected it to the students’ exam workload.
• Michael Corner objected when Anthony recalled that he had been troubled about losing hair.
• Draco noticed that the fifth-level passages were divided by brambles and hedges, then cast Lumos repeatedly to signal his teammates.
• Harry and Cedric saw Draco’s light and ran toward him.

Harry, Draco, and Cedric overcame increasingly difficult maze obstacles as Wizet advanced ahead of the other Champions. Wizet reached the seventh level and inspected the tournament trophy, which had been enchanted as a Portkey, while Karkaroff worried he might destroy it.

• Draco blinded the dwarf pig monsters with a flash of light, and Cedric summoned white hunting dogs to drive them away.
• Harry used the Knockback Jinx to send Cedric across a hidden swamp, and Cedric pulled Harry and Draco to safety with ropes made from thorns.
• Uagadou's Champions crossed the swamp by having Nkrumah transform into an elephant while Mensa and Oduwale rode on his back.
• George, Fred, and Sirius discussed adding a replay function to the Revealing Projection Screen after spectators missed how Wizet had handled the swamp trap.
• Wizet reached the seventh level and examined the trophy's enchantments, finding that its most important spell was the Portkey spell.
• Karkaroff worried Wizet might destroy the trophy, but Dumbledore reassured him that there was no need for concern.