Chapter Summaries

Harry was named the Triwizard Tournament’s fourth champion despite insisting that he had never entered, and the judges and school officials gathered to address the apparent irregularity. Karkaroff and Madame Maxime challenged Dumbledore over Hogwarts having two champions.

• Harry froze in shock when Dumbledore called his name and told Ron that he had not entered the tournament.
• Dumbledore asked Ye Ting to join Harry and the other champions in the adjoining room.
• Fleur teased Ye Ting and Hermione about their relationship before Harry arrived with Bagman.
• Bagman announced that Harry was the fourth champion because his name had come out of the Goblet of Fire, and Ye Ting confirmed it.
• Fleur called Harry’s selection a mistake, while Bagman said the rules required Harry to compete.
• Madame Maxime and Karkaroff confronted Dumbledore, questioning why Hogwarts had two champions.

The judges debated whether Hermione and Harry could have entered the Goblet of Fire despite the Age Line, while Karkaroff challenged Hogwarts having two champions. The judges accepted Harry's selection under the rules, but Karkaroff and Madame Maxime opposed the outcome, leaving the Tournament at a deadlock.

• Madame Maxime and Karkaroff objected to Hogwarts having two champions and questioned how underage students had entered the Goblet.
• Ye Ting said Hermione had crossed the Age Line through her own strength, and Karkaroff backed away from challenging her.
• Dumbledore asked Harry whether he or an older student had entered his name, and Harry denied both.
• McGonagall defended Dumbledore's Age Line and insisted Harry could not have crossed it or persuaded someone else to enter him.
• Crouch ruled that anyone selected by the Goblet had to compete, Bagman counted two votes in favor and Ye Ting's abstention, and Karkaroff demanded that the Goblet be used again.
• Karkaroff threatened to withdraw Durmstrang, Madame Maxime supported him, and the dispute stalled the Tournament.

Ye Ting examined the Goblet of Fire and confirmed that a powerful Confundus Charm had altered its enchantments so Harry Potter would be selected as a fourth-school champion. The judges accepted that Harry and Hermione had to compete, though the person responsible remained unknown.

• Moody accused an unknown wizard of putting Harry's name into the Goblet to endanger him, and Karkaroff and Madame Maxime challenged his theory.
• Dumbledore asked Ye Ting to inspect the Goblet and explain how it had selected a fourth champion.
• Ye Ting identified a powerful Confundus Charm that had changed the Goblet's enchantments, making Harry the sole candidate from a fourth school.
• Ye Ting explained that the spell had not prevented Hermione from being selected, and his findings relieved Harry and unsettled Moody.
• Dumbledore persuaded the judges to accept Harry and Hermione as champions, and Harry was relieved to be cleared of suspicion.

After the Goblet of Fire chose Harry as a second Hogwarts champion, he endured widespread suspicion and mockery while Hermione struggled with unwanted fame. The chapter ended with Ye Ting warning Hermione that the Triwizard Tournament was inherently unfair and that the other champions would likely learn about the tasks in advance.

• Barty Crouch announced that the first task would take place on November 24 and that champions could use only their wands, with no help from teachers.
• Harry faced hostility from students, and Ron's distrust left their friendship close to breaking.
• Hermione received widespread support but disliked the attention and the boys pursuing her, while Ye Ting tried to discourage her unwanted suitors.
• Draco Malfoy and the Slytherins taunted Harry with badges reading “Potter Stinks,” and Harry and the Slytherins fought until Snape arrived.
• Hermione told Ye Ting that the bullying of Harry seemed unfair, and Ye Ting warned her that the tournament was unfair and that Fleur and Viktor Krum would likely learn the tasks early.

Ye Ting stopped Rita Skeeter from writing about him by burning her notes and silencing her, then let her interview Harry instead. Harry returned with Dumbledore after Skeeter had already invented a tragic story about him.

• Ludo Bagman gathered the champions for a wand-weighing ceremony and photographs, and introduced Rita Skeeter as a Daily Prophet reporter.
• Ye Ting refused Skeeter’s interview, burned her notes, and silenced her before warning Hermione and Fleur about her fabricated stories.
• Ye Ting lifted the Silencing Charm after Bagman asked, and Skeeter turned her attention to Harry because she could not target Ye Ting or the others.
• Skeeter dragged Harry out for an interview, and Harry later returned with Dumbledore after she had fabricated a tragic tale about him.

Mr. Ollivander inspected the champions’ wands, and Harry’s wand was found to be in excellent condition. After the champions endured a long photo session, Rita Skeeter discovered that Ye Ting had erased the day’s gathered news from her memory.

• Mr. Ollivander examined Fleur Delacour, Hermione, Cedric, and Krum’s wands and confirmed they were in good condition.
• Harry recalled that his wand’s phoenix feather came from the same bird as the feather in Voldemort’s wand, and Ollivander declared it in excellent condition.
• Bagman and Rita Skeeter arranged group and individual photographs of the judges and champions, delaying their departure.
• Ye Ting inspected Rita Skeeter’s manuscript, and she tore up several pages before handing over her notebook.
• Rita Skeeter later realized that Ye Ting had used a Memory Charm to erase the day’s gathered news from her mind.

Harry struggled with Rita Skeeter’s humiliating article while making up with Ron, and Hermione learned that Krum had a crush on her. After Harry warned Hermione about the dragons in the first Triwizard task, Ye Ting gave him a cryptic hint about how to face them.

• Harry endured Slytherin students mocking Rita Skeeter’s claims about his grief and his relationship with Ron, though the article helped the two friends reconcile.
• Cho told Hermione that Krum seemed to have a crush on her, and Hermione dismissed any interest in him.
• Harry found Hermione, Ye Ting, and Cho and revealed that each Triwizard champion would face a dragon in the first task.
• Harry said he had learned about the dragons from seeing them and that Fleur and Krum had also found out.
• Ye Ting praised Harry for warning Hermione and hinted that he should use a strength unrelated to magic against the dragons.

Harry prepared to face the dragons by practicing the Accio Charm, then joined the other champions to draw their assigned dragons and learn the order of the first task. Hermione drew first, and the champions waited for the competition to begin.

• Harry followed Ron Weasley's advice and practiced summoning his broomstick with the Accio Charm.
• Ye Ting brought Hermione to the tent near the Forbidden Forest, where Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, and Harry Potter were waiting.
• Ludo Bagman explained that the champions had to retrieve a Golden Egg and drew dragon models to assign their opponents and order.
• Hermione drew the Swedish Short-Snout as number one, Fleur drew the Welsh Green as number two, Krum drew the Chinese Fireball as number three, and Harry drew the Hungarian Horntail as number four.
• Bagman told the champions that Ye Ting would accompany them to prevent life-threatening danger, then asked Hermione to enter first when the whistle sounded.
• Harry refused Bagman's offer of tips, while worrying about his debts and Ludo's bet on his victory.

Hermione entered the Triwizard Tournament arena to face the Swedish Short-Snout, while Ye Ting served as a referee and judge. She approached the dragon without drawing her wand, leaving the spectators and officials baffled as the danger grew.

• Hermione entered the arena with Ye Ting following her, and Ludo Bagman introduced Ye Ting as a referee responsible for the contestants' safety.
• Bagman described Ye Ting's achievements and revealed that his Animagus form was rumored to be a dragon, prompting the crowd to cheer for him.
• The dragon handlers brought in a Swedish Short-Snout, and Bagman introduced Hermione as its opponent and praised her dueling championship.
• Hermione focused on drawing upon the power hidden within her body, then walked toward the dragon without using her wand.
• The Swedish Short-Snout grew enraged as Hermione approached its eggs, while Hermione continued forward and left the crowd and officials bewildered.

Hermione used the Dragon's might Ye Ting had taught her to frighten the Swedish Short-Snout and take its golden egg. After others questioned her method, the handlers found the Dragon was still normally violent, and Hermione celebrated her success with Ye Ting.

• Professor Flitwick restrained Professor McGonagall as Hermione faced the Swedish Short-Snout.
• Hermione revealed golden Dragon eyes and advanced, causing the Swedish Short-Snout to retreat in fear.
• Hermione took the golden egg, while Bagman and Dumbledore wondered how she had frightened the Dragon.
• Madame Maxime and Professor Karkaroff questioned Hermione's method, but the Dragon handlers found the Swedish Short-Snout remained vicious toward them.
• Hermione hugged Ye Ting and told him she had used Dragon's might, and Ye Ting praised her before leaving to attend the judges' scoring.

The judges scored Hermione’s performance, but Karkaroff’s low mark provoked a riot that interrupted the match. Fleur then hypnotized the Welsh Green Dragon and retrieved the Golden Egg after a close call, earning fifty points; the next champion was still to compete.

• Madame Maxime, Mr. Crouch, Dumbledore, Ludo Bagman, and Ye Ting gave Hermione perfect scores, while Karkaroff gave her a low mark and angered the crowd.
• Spectators threw objects at the judges’ stand, forcing the judges to leave until Dumbledore, Bagman, and others calmed the venue.
• Ye Ting escorted the frightened Fleur to the arena and reassured her that he would rescue her if she was in danger.
• Fleur used a Hypnosis Charm to put the Welsh Green Dragon to sleep, but its snoring set her dress on fire, so she extinguished it with Aguamenti.
• Fleur avoided the Dragon’s nostrils, retrieved the Golden Egg, and received fifty points, including a six from Karkaroff and a ten from Ye Ting.

Hermione won the first Triwizard task with the highest score, and the champions learned that their golden eggs held clues to the next task. After Hermione opened hers at a Ravenclaw celebration, Ye Ting gave her hints about its riddle, while the Delacour sisters began following him everywhere.

• The judges awarded Hermione 54 points, Fleur 50, Harry 49, and Krum 47, and Bagman announced that the second task would begin on February 24.
• Bagman told the champions to open their golden eggs and solve the clues inside, while Rita Skeeter stopped Harry to question him.
• Hermione joined a Ravenclaw celebration, opened her golden egg, and heard a shrill scream that startled everyone.
• Ye Ting told Hermione to study the egg's patterns and treat the scream as a song, and Hermione said she had an idea.
• The Delacour sisters began sitting beside Ye Ting, clinging to his arms, and attending his lessons, drawing jealous looks from Cho Chang and Hermione and resentment from other Hogwarts boys.

Ye Ting faced accusations from Fleur and Gabrielle after Hermione revealed that he had helped her solve the Golden Egg riddle. The argument ended with the girls competing to claim him as their Christmas Ball dance partner, while Hermione recruited Cho Chang to her side.

• Fleur asked Ye Ting for information about the Golden Egg, and he denied revealing its secret to Hermione.
• Hermione arrived and thanked Ye Ting for giving her hints, making Fleur and Gabrielle suspect he had lied to them.
• Fleur asked Ye Ting to give her the same hints and to compensate her by dancing with her at the Christmas Ball.
• Gabrielle also asked to dance with Ye Ting, and Hermione objected that she was a champion and should be his partner.
• Fleur challenged Hermione over her age and appearance, and Hermione countered by naming Cho Chang as an ally who could also dance with Ye Ting.

Ye Ting accepted Hermione Granger and Fleur Delacour as Christmas Ball partners, along with Cho Chang and the two Veela girls. He returned to the common room with Kobe and realized that choosing them all meant he would have to dance far more than he wanted.

• Ye Ting declared that he wanted all the girls as his Christmas Ball partners.
• Hermione agreed to share Ye Ting with Cho Chang and the two Veela girls.
• Fleur accepted the arrangement, saying that even half a chance to dance with Ye Ting was a good outcome.
• Ye Ting returned to the common room with Kobe and worried that four partners would keep him dancing throughout the ball.

After Hermione and Fleur solved the Golden Egg's riddle, Hogwarts students turned their attention to finding Yule Ball partners. Hermione revealed that she and Cho Chang would share Ye Ting as a dance partner, while news from Beauxbatons revealed that both Delacour sisters had also chosen him.

• With Ye Ting's hints, Hermione and Fleur opened their Golden Eggs underwater and learned that the next task involved retrieving something from the Black Lake within an hour.
• Professor Flitwick announced that the Yule Ball would take place on Christmas night, and students began seeking dance partners.
• Hermione rejected Kevin Entwhistle and other boys who asked her to the ball, eventually declaring Ye Ting her dance partner.
• When a boy pointed out that Cho Chang had also named Ye Ting as her partner, Hermione explained that she and Cho planned to share him.
• News arrived from Beauxbatons that both Delacour sisters had chosen Ye Ting as their dance partner.

On Christmas Eve, Ye Ting and the Hogwarts students prepared for the Yule Ball, while Hermione revealed her new appearance and Cho Chang wore a Chinese-style outfit designed by Ye Ting. Ye Ting left the Ravenclaw common room with both girls on his arms, drawing attention as they headed to the Great Hall.

• Hogwarts was decorated for Christmas as teachers and students prepared to impress the visiting Beauxbatons and Durmstrang guests.
• Hermione told Ye Ting she had magically shrunk her teeth and appeared at the ball with sleek hair and formal robes.
• Terry Boot and the other students were astonished by Hermione's beauty.
• Cho Chang came out wearing a Chinese-style outfit designed by Ye Ting, including a phoenix hairpin and embroidered qipao.
• Ye Ting wore charm-enhancing formalwear made with Veela hair and walked with Hermione and Cho Chang toward the Great Hall.

The Triwizard Tournament’s second task began, with the champions entering the Black Lake to retrieve their hostages. Ye Ting followed them underwater and used his Dragon eyes to see through the murky water, preparing to observe the task.

• Cho Chang was summoned by Dumbledore to serve as a hostage in the Black Lake in place of Ye Ting.
• Harry arrived late, and Bagman explained that the champions had one hour to retrieve what had been taken from them.
• Hermione dove into the lake, Fleur used a Bubble-Head Charm, Krum partially transformed into a shark, and Harry ate Gillyweed before entering the water.
• Ye Ting removed his outer robe and swam into the lake, drawing cheers and whistles from the stands.
• Ye Ting changed his eyes into golden Dragon eyes, allowing him to see hundreds of meters through the dark water.

Ye Ting searched the Black Lake for the champions, fought off Grindylows, and found the merfolk village. He spoke with the merfolk about helping locate the champions and left after the elder sent others to search the surrounding waters.

• Ye Ting followed a merfolk song through the Black Lake and was attacked by a group of Grindylows.
• Ye Ting blasted the Grindylows with his wand and swam toward the merfolk village, where he saw the bound treasures and the four champions’ hostages.
• Ye Ting identified Cho Chang, Gabrielle, Ron Weasley, and a Durmstrang boy tied to a stone merman statue.
• Ye Ting introduced himself to the merfolk in Mermish and asked them to help find the champions.
• The older merman sent several merfolk to search the waters and reassured Ye Ting that the champions would not face too much danger.

Ye Ting watched the champions recover their hostages after Hermione transformed into a silver dragon and scattered the Grindylows. Everyone returned safely to shore, and Dumbledore called the judges together to discuss their scores.

• Merpeople reported a winged monster, and Ye Ting realized Hermione had transformed into a dragon underwater.
• A silver dragon emerged among fleeing Grindylows, transformed back into Hermione, and reunited with Ye Ting.
• Hermione freed Cho Chang and swam back to shore with her, while the merpeople agreed not to tell Dumbledore about her dragon form.
• Fleur, Harry, and Viktor Krum retrieved their hostages as Hermione's dragon had driven most of the Grindylows away.
• Madam Pomfrey treated the champions and hostages, and Dumbledore called the judges to meet before scoring them.

After Hermione received her score for the second task, Harry and Ron became targets of gossip when Rita Skeeter published an article claiming their friendship was romantic. Snape read the article aloud in Potions class, leaving Harry and Ron humiliated.

• Bagman announced the second-task scores, awarding Hermione fifty-seven points for being first to return despite using no visible spells.
• Ron repeatedly retold his underwater rescue, embellishing the story until he claimed to have fought fifty merpeople barehanded.
• Draco, Pansy, and the other Slytherins showed Harry and Ron a Witch Weekly article that described Harry and Ron as lovers.
• Harry blamed Rita Skeeter for targeting him, while Ron worried she might uncover what happened at the Christmas ball.
• Snape caught Harry and Ron reading the magazine, took points from Gryffindor, and read Skeeter's article aloud to the class.