Chapter Summaries

Snape accused Harry of stealing ingredients from his office, while Karkaroff privately showed Snape his Dark Mark. Later, Bagman revealed that the Triwizard Tournament’s final task would be a maze, and Ye Ting, Hermione, and Fleur encountered the bloodied Mr. Crouch on their way to the Forbidden Forest.

• Snape accused Harry of breaking into his office and stealing African tree snake skin and Gillyweed, but Harry denied it.
• Karkaroff arrived during Snape’s lesson and showed him the Dark Mark on his forearm.
• Rumors about Harry and Ron spread after Easter, and the final Quidditch match was canceled for the Triwizard Tournament’s third task.
• Bagman told the champions that the final task would be a maze with the Triwizard Cup at its center and various obstacles inside.
• Ye Ting, Hermione, and Fleur headed toward the Forbidden Forest, where Ye Ting sensed blood and pulled the girls away from movement in the bushes.
• Mr. Crouch stumbled out from behind an oak tree.

Ye Ting found the delirious Barty Crouch in the Forbidden Forest and handed him over to Snape, who was later found unconscious. Crouch then disappeared, and Snape told Dumbledore he believed the attacker wanted to keep Crouch from revealing information about Voldemort.

• Ye Ting found Barty Crouch talking incoherently to a tree and heard him insist that he needed to speak to Dumbledore.
• Ye Ting levitated Crouch and handed him over to Snape, who agreed to take him to the castle.
• Snape was found unconscious beside the maze the next morning, while Crouch had vanished.
• Harry Potter speculated that Ye Ting had knocked Snape out for sneaking into the maze, and the rumor spread around Hogwarts.
• Snape told Dumbledore that an unseen attacker had stunned him and stolen Crouch, whom he believed had information about the Dark Lord.

Ye Ting joined Dumbledore, Fudge, and Moody as they discussed the disappearances of Bertha Jorkins and Barty Crouch, then helped Harry understand his connection to Voldemort. The chapter left Harry alarmed after Dumbledore revealed that Voldemort’s power was growing stronger.

• Ye Ting entered Dumbledore's office while Fudge argued that Bertha Jorkins's disappearance was unrelated to Barty Crouch's.
• Fudge questioned Ye Ting about finding Crouch, and Ye Ting said Snape had taken over while they were returning to Hogwarts.
• Harry told Dumbledore and Ye Ting that he had dreamed of Voldemort torturing Wormtail and threatening to feed Harry to a snake.
• Ye Ting said Harry's scar pain and Parseltongue likely came from a connection to Voldemort caused by the failed Killing Curse.
• Dumbledore explained Crouch's revelations about Voldemort, leaving Harry shocked to learn that Voldemort's power was growing stronger.

With Crouch still missing, Hogwarts students and Triwizard champions prepared for exams and the third task. Ye Ting helped Cho Chang review for her O.W.L.s, and she left her first exam confident she would earn an Outstanding after recognizing every question from his study plan.

• Ye Ting taught Hermione and Fleur spells for the maze while Hermione repeatedly mocked Fleur's weaker performance.
• Cho Chang studied for her O.W.L.s, and Ye Ting created a review plan based on the Wizarding Examinations Authority's papers from the previous twenty years.
• The O.W.L.s began with a written exam in the Great Hall, and Cho Chang entered nervously.
• Cho Chang emerged delighted that the exam matched Ye Ting's review plan and asked how he had predicted its contents.
• Ye Ting explained that he had analyzed two decades of past papers and used the results to prepare her.

As the O.W.L. exams ended and the final Triwizard task approached, Harry faced Rita Skeeter’s claims that he was mentally unstable and met his supporters among the champions’ visiting families. Ye Ting spent the afternoon with Fleur’s family, then prepared for the task, which he knew would begin Voldemort’s rebirth and his plan to seize control of the Ministry of Magic.

• Cho Chang found the written and practical exams easy with Ye Ting’s help, and the O.W.L. exams ended after two weeks.
• Ron read Rita Skeeter’s article accusing Harry of being unstable, and Malfoy mocked Harry about his scar and the claims.
• The champions met their visiting families; Harry reunited with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and the Weasleys, while Ye Ting kept Hermione company.
• Fleur’s mother spoke with Ye Ting, praised him as a fine boyfriend, and later Ye Ting accompanied Fleur and Gabrielle around the castle.
• Ludo Bagman and Amelia Bones joined the judges for dinner, as Ye Ting planned to use the final task to begin his campaign against Voldemort and take control of the Ministry of Magic.

Hermione entered the Triwizard Tournament’s final task and navigated the maze, overcoming a Blast-Ended Skrewt and a Boggart disguised as a Dementor. She found Ye Ting’s mysterious magical gifts, though the chapter ended before she learned what the blue potion did.

• Dumbledore sent the champions to the Quidditch pitch, where Bagman announced their scores and the final task began.
• Ye Ting and the other patrol members took positions around the maze and told the champions to send up red sparks if they needed help.
• Hermione entered first, marked forks in the maze, and used a stone pillar to flip a giant Blast-Ended Skrewt onto its back.
• Hermione found a heart-shaped badge bearing Ye Ting’s signature and pocketed it.
• Hermione summoned her silver dragon Patronus against a Dementor, realized it was a Boggart, and defeated it with Riddikulus.
• The Boggart transformed into a flask of blue liquid bearing Ye Ting’s signature.

Hermione fought through the maze’s monsters and traps while following Fleur’s scream, then discovered Viktor Krum attacking Fleur with the Cruciatus Curse. Hermione helped Fleur escape, and the two hid after losing Krum.

• Hermione defeated several groups of monsters and collected potions and equipment that aided her in the maze.
• Hermione heard Fleur scream, followed the sound, and used a purple potion to pass safely through poisonous green mist.
• Hermione found Fleur confronting Viktor Krum, who cast Crucio at her.
• Hermione helped Fleur up, and they ran while dodging Krum’s spells.
• Hermione and Fleur escaped Krum’s immediate pursuit and hid in a corner to rest.

Hermione and Fleur defeated Krum after realizing he was under the Imperius Curse, then encountered Professor Moody in the maze. Hermione suspected Moody was dangerous, and he admitted she had uncovered his deception.

• Fleur told Hermione that a magical badge had blocked Krum’s Cruciatus Curse, and Hermione gave Fleur her own badge for protection.
• Hermione blocked Krum’s Reducto with a Shield Charm while Fleur disarmed him, and Hermione stunned him.
• Fleur bound Krum and sent red sparks into the air so the tournament staff could find him.
• Hermione concluded that Krum had attacked them under the Imperius Curse because his movements and tactics were unusually reckless.
• Moody emerged from the darkness, but Hermione shielded Fleur and warned her that something was wrong with him.
• Moody praised Hermione for discovering that he had concealed something.

Hermione deduced that Moody was an impostor using Polyjuice Potion, and Ye Ting stopped him from killing her and Fleur. After the fake Moody fled, Hermione realized his real target was Harry and that the Triwizard Cup might be a trap.

• Hermione reasoned that the maze attacks pointed to a supervisor and identified Moody as an impostor by connecting the stolen potion ingredients, Barty Crouch's disappearance, and Moody's flask.
• The fake Moody attacked Hermione with the Killing Curse, but Ye Ting appeared and blocked it with Reducto.
• Ye Ting revealed that the fake Moody had controlled Krum and knocked out Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, while Harry remained safe.
• The fake Moody fled after Ye Ting mentioned a powerful boss, and Hermione inferred that he was rushing to Harry.
• Hermione concluded that the fake Moody intended to make Harry touch the Triwizard Cup, which might have been tampered with as a Portkey to abduct him.

Hermione deduced that Harry’s extra champion status and the fake Moody pointed to a conspiracy, and Ye Ting suspected Voldemort was behind it. Ye Ting chose to follow Moody rather than rescue Harry immediately, and Hermione and Fleur agreed to face the danger with him.

• Hermione explained her deductions about Harry becoming a fourth champion and identified Moody’s arrival as proof something had gone wrong.
• Ye Ting proposed following the fake Moody, then told Hermione and Fleur that he suspected the plot was connected to Voldemort.
• Ye Ting explained that Voldemort had survived through dark magic and might need to revive before they could kill him permanently.
• Hermione agreed to accompany Ye Ting, determined to stand beside him rather than become a burden.
• Fleur overcame her fear and also agreed to go with Ye Ting.

Harry made his way through the maze with help from Fake Moody and solved the Sphinx’s riddle, which hinted at the final challenge. He reached the Triwizard Cup but was ambushed by an enormous spider.

• Harry endured the golden mist’s illusion and continued toward the maze’s center while Fake Moody secretly cleared obstacles and paved his way.
• Harry met a Sphinx, who offered to let him pass if he solved her riddle.
• Harry worked out the answer, “spider,” and the Sphinx let him through, unknowingly giving him a hint about the final challenge.
• Harry followed his wand’s direction to the Triwizard Cup and ran toward it.
• An enormous spider rushed along an intersecting path, and Harry dived aside to avoid its ambush.

Harry was trapped in the giant spider’s mucus, and fake Moody fought the creature until he killed it. Afterward, Hermione laughed at Moody’s struggle, while Fleur challenged Ye Ting about the unfair boss and heard how champions could use equipment and potions found by repeatedly defeating monsters.

• Harry’s spells failed to stop the giant spider, which trapped him in a cocoon of sticky mucus.
• Fake Moody fought the spider to rescue Harry, dodging its attacks and breaking its legs before killing it with Reducto.
• Hermione laughed at fake Moody’s battered state after he defeated the spider.
• Fleur accused Ye Ting of designing an impossible boss and asked how the champions could defeat it.
• Ye Ting explained that champions could keep fighting monsters to find equipment and potions that would help them clear the stage.

Fake Moody freed Harry and persuaded him to take the Triwizard Cup, which transported Harry away as a Portkey. After Fake Moody Apparated away, Ye Ting decided to follow him.

• Fake Moody freed Harry from the spider’s cocoon and told him he could still claim the championship trophy.
• Fake Moody convinced Harry that taking the trophy would not count as cheating because the spider had been too powerful.
• Harry grabbed the Triwizard Cup and vanished when it activated as a Portkey.
• Fake Moody revealed his changed demeanor and Apparated away from Hogwarts.
• Fleur asked what they should do, and Ye Ting said they would follow Fake Moody.

Ye Ting, Hermione, and Fleur used the trophy Portkey to follow Harry to a remote graveyard, relying on Ye Ting’s Presence-Reducing Potion to stay hidden. They watched Wormtail bind Harry and prepare a cauldron for Voldemort’s return, then saw him open the bundle as a cold voice urged him to hurry.

• Ye Ting explained how his Presence-Reducing Potion kept the group hidden, and Hermione and Fleur agreed to follow Harry through the trophy Portkey.
• The three arrived in a remote graveyard, drew their wands, and hid when Ye Ting spotted Harry and several other people.
• Wormtail stunned Harry, tied him to a tombstone, and struck him while the hidden group watched.
• Wormtail summoned a snake, placed a large cauldron beneath the grave, and heated its contents as a voice from a bundle ordered him to hurry.
• Wormtail opened the bundle, and Hermione and Fleur cried out silently beneath Ye Ting’s Silencing Bell.

Peter completed the ritual that resurrected Voldemort, who emerged from the cauldron and summoned the Death Eaters. Hermione and Fleur remained concealed with Ye Ting, who planned to make Voldemort kill Harry.

• Peter added the bone from Harry's father's grave, his own severed hand, and Harry's blood to the cauldron to complete Voldemort's resurrection ritual.
• Voldemort rose from the cauldron, examined his restored body, and ordered Peter to dress him.
• Voldemort used his wand to throw Peter against Harry's tombstone, then examined Harry and the returning snake.
• Voldemort pressed Peter's Dark Mark to summon the Death Eaters, while Fleur urged the group to leave.
• Ye Ting told Hermione and Fleur that he had one final objective: making Voldemort kill Harry.

Voldemort gathered the Death Eaters in the graveyard after regaining his body, chastised those who had failed to seek him, and rewarded Peter Pettigrew. He then confronted Lucius Malfoy and praised Barty Crouch Jr. for helping bring Harry to him.

• Voldemort summoned the Death Eaters, who Apparated into the graveyard and formed a circle around him, Harry, Peter Pettigrew, and Tom Riddle's grave.
• Voldemort accused the gathered Death Eaters of abandoning him, cursed one who begged for mercy, and gave Peter Pettigrew a magical silver hand.
• Voldemort reproached Lucius Malfoy for fleeing after the Dark Mark appeared at the Quidditch World Cup, then accepted his promise of future loyalty.
• Voldemort announced that he would rescue the Lestrange couple from Azkaban and bring the Dementors to his side.
• Hermione identified the disguised Moody as Barty Crouch Jr., and Voldemort praised Crouch for helping bring Harry to the graveyard.

Ye Ting explained that Harry carried a fragment of Voldemort’s soul and that Voldemort killing him could destroy one of his Horcruxes while Harry survived. Voldemort freed Harry and began a duel in front of the Death Eaters.

• Hermione and Fleur asked Ye Ting why he wanted Voldemort to kill Harry, and he explained how Horcruxes preserved Voldemort’s life.
• Hermione realized that Harry was an accidental Horcrux, and Ye Ting confirmed that Voldemort’s Killing Curse could destroy the soul fragment while Harry survived.
• Ye Ting explained that Harry’s move to Sirius Black’s home had ended his mother’s protective magic, leaving him vulnerable to Voldemort.
• Voldemort ordered Wormtail to untie Harry, return his wand, and remove his gag.
• Voldemort magically forced Harry to bow, then released him and challenged him to duel.

Voldemort tortured Harry and tried to force him to submit, but Harry resisted and prepared to face him. Ye Ting and the two girls revealed themselves as Harry died, while the destruction of Voldemort’s soul fragment briefly weakened Voldemort, who then turned to confront them.

• Voldemort used the Cruciatus Curse on Harry and then cast the Imperius Curse, but Harry resisted the command to answer.
• Harry hid behind a gravestone, and Ye Ting warned the two girls that he was about to act and gave them life-saving badges.
• Harry charged at Voldemort, but Voldemort cast the Killing Curse as Ye Ting disarmed Harry from behind a gravestone.
• Voldemort’s curse killed Harry, while the destruction of the soul fragment inside Harry briefly weakened Voldemort.
• Voldemort recovered with the Death Eaters’ help and turned to face Ye Ting and the two girls.

Ye Ting faced Voldemort and the Death Eaters while waiting for Harry to awaken, as Voldemort recounted how he had returned to power. When the Death Eaters attacked Ye Ting and the two girls, Ye Ting stopped time with a spell.

• Voldemort recognized Ye Ting as the boy who had destroyed the Philosopher’s Stone and blamed him for thwarting his earlier plan.
• Voldemort told the Death Eaters how he had survived, possessed Quirrell, and later arranged his resurrection through Peter Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jr.
• Ye Ting let Voldemort continue speaking while he waited for Harry to awaken, then noticed Harry’s fingers twitch.
• Voldemort ordered the Death Eaters to kill Ye Ting, Fleur, and Hermione, and they launched a volley of spells.
• Ye Ting cast “Time Flies,” freezing Voldemort, the Death Eaters, and their spells in midair.

Ye Ting used his Time-Stop Curse to rescue Harry and the two girls from Voldemort, escaping through the Triwizard Tournament trophy. He left a metal sphere that unleashed Fiendfyre on the Death Eaters, while Voldemort survived and swore revenge.

• Ye Ting stopped time, carried Harry and the two girls away from Voldemort, and placed a metal sphere near him.
• When time resumed, Ye Ting took the three with him through the Triwizard Tournament trophy, leaving Voldemort and the Death Eaters behind.
• Barty Crouch Jr. asked whether they should pursue, but Voldemort refused, believing Dumbledore had already noticed their scheme.
• Voldemort spotted the metal sphere and fled, but its explosion engulfed nearby Death Eaters in Fiendfyre.
• Voldemort and several Death Eaters extinguished the flames with the Anti-Fiendfyre Curse after one-third of the Death Eaters had died.
• Voldemort recognized the sphere as Ye Ting's retaliation and vowed to kill him.