Chapter Summaries

Abby and the other champions devised flaming vine shields to protect themselves as they approached the Secret Chamber, but Wade Grey’s Scorpion Golems ambushed and overwhelmed them. Olga briefly reached the chamber before a chain trapped him, and Abby lost consciousness with the entire group defeated.

• Zahid demonstrated Fiery Shield, and Ganesh suggested turning the passage’s vines into burning shields.
• Abby’s group advanced toward the Secret Chamber while Harry and a gerbil secretly followed them.
• Scorpion Golems poured from the ceiling and passed through Zahid’s fiery barrier, attacking the champions.
• The Golems paralyzed Abby, Ganesh, and others, disarmed Natasha, and set Zahid and Olga’s robes on fire.
• Olga charged into the Secret Chamber but was caught by an iron chain, while Abby blacked out.

Wade stopped the Scorpion Golems after Kingsley asked him to spare the other schools’ dignity, then found Harry injured in the passage. Harry had failed to get a Golden Egg, but Wade’s Golems retrieved one for him.

• Harry stumbled into the Scorpion Golems’ territory, and the swarm surrounded him as he called for Wade.
• Wade halted the Golems while Kingsley asked him to stop eliminating nearly all the tournament competitors.
• Wade agreed to end the attack, and Kingsley concealed himself and resumed recording the scene.
• The Golems withdrew from Harry, and Wade emerged from the Secret Chamber to check his injuries.
• Harry admitted he had not found a Golden Egg, so Wade summoned a Golem that produced one.

Wade reassured Harry that helping each other in the Tournament did not make him undeserving of the Golden Egg, and the two left the Secret Chamber together. After Harry stopped Caspar from ambushing them and Wade noticed the Deathly Hallows symbol on Caspar’s necklace, Wade and Harry used the Compass to return to the cheering crowd.

• Wade told Harry that they were companions and could help each other during the Tournament, easing Harry’s doubts about accepting the Golden Egg.
• Harry spotted an attacker near the passage exit and disarmed him twice before stunning him, revealing the attacker to be Caspar from Durmstrang.
• Wade speculated that Caspar had attacked them to secure a Golden Egg and noticed a Deathly Hallows pendant slipping from Caspar’s collar.
• Wade and Harry touched the Golden Compass together and were transported back to the raised platform, where the crowd erupted into cheers.

After the competition, Wade and Harry went to the medical tent, where their injuries and the other champions’ reactions to Wade’s performance became clear. Wade was made to rest, and the chapter ended with Itō Tai arriving critically injured after trying to imitate Harry against the Hungarian Horntail.

• Professor McGonagall praised Harry and Wade, while Professor Flitwick told Wade he was proud of his performance and took him to the medical tent.
• Harry received treatment for his leg wound as Healers tended to the many injured students.
• Madam Pomfrey confirmed Wade had no magical injuries but ordered him to drink a sedative Potion and rest.
• The other champions reacted tensely to Wade, while Papua remained calm and nodded to him.
• An Auror brought in Itō Tai, who had been badly burned after the Hungarian Horntail caught him while he tried to imitate Harry.

After the Secret Chamber contest left many champions injured or eliminated, Harry waited tensely in the medical tent while Wade remained unbothered by the others' anger. Several more champions arrived with Golden Eggs, and Ludo Bagman then led the successful competitors away, leaving Cedric behind to recover.

• Harry watched Wade calmly examine the Golden Egg while the eliminated champions glared at him.
• Natalia and Adam entered the tent with Golden Eggs, and Natalia's cheerful comments drew resentful stares from the injured contestants.
• More champions arrived carrying Golden Eggs and quietly took the remaining beds without boasting.
• Kitajima Rikka sat beside Asada Chinatsu, Clementine avoided speaking to Fleur Delacour, and Jabari tried to comfort Papua and Amina.
• Ludo Bagman announced that injured competitors would receive free medical care and summoned the Golden Egg winners, except Cedric, to follow him.

After the First Task, Bagman announced the ten champions who had advanced and said the Second Task would begin on February 24th. Wade opened his Golden Egg in the Room of Requirement, heard its song, and realized the next task involved searching the Black Lake for three objects.

• Bagman confirmed the ten champions who had passed the First Task and announced the date of the Second Task.
• Harry wondered whether the Golden Eggs held the same clues, and Wade suggested waiting until they were back at the castle.
• Wade reassured his parents, spoke with friends, and requested a complete recording of the competition from Marchioni.
• Wade went to the Room of Requirement, opened his Golden Egg underwater, and listened to its song.
• Wade wrote down the clue about the Heart of Steel, Sunset Red, and a full moon, then concluded the Second Task would involve finding three objects in the Black Lake.

Wade and Antoine discussed clues to the hidden items, then Antoine proposed publishing Wade’s systematic Charms-learning method as a book to build lasting recognition for him. Wade understood Antoine’s plan, though the chapter ended before he agreed to it.

• Wade and Antoine reasoned that the Giant Squid and the Merpeople could help them locate hidden items in the Black Lake, while the meaning of Heart of Steel remained uncertain.
• Antoine explained that published work could preserve a wizard’s reputation longer than tournament victories or political power.
• Antoine proposed compiling Wade’s improved Charms lessons into a book, listing Wade as the first author alongside students who helped publish it.
• Antoine argued that Wade’s standardized teaching method could improve Charms education and make his name known for generations.

After the First Task, Wade spoke with Antoine about publishing a teaching guide and learned that Grindelwald had sent him a message of encouragement. Wade returned to Ravenclaw, where his classmates welcomed him with a feast celebrating his victory.

• Antoine told Wade he was organizing the Spell Study Group’s teaching notes into a book and asked him to review the draft.
• Antoine asked Wade not to eliminate Hope during the Second Task so Salem could remain at Hogwarts, and Wade agreed not to target her deliberately.
• Antoine relayed Grindelwald’s description of Wade as a young Thunderbird stirring up a storm and urged him to follow his own path.
• Wade passed portraits arguing over their dragon-hunting stories and answered the Ravenclaw door knocker’s riddle with “Victory.”
• Penelope raised her goblet as Ravenclaw celebrated Wade with fireworks, food, and a toast.

After the First Task, Wade struggled with Antoine’s ideas about reform and wrote anonymously to Günther Drayne, proposing that wizards use diluted Potions to improve Muggles’ lives. He left the letter seeking Drayne’s response on whether subtle changes could help the Wizarding and Muggle worlds coexist.

• Wade watched the celebration from his dormitory and dwelled on Antoine’s words about the Spell Study Group and the possibility of changing the Wizarding World.
• Wade saw that Mando, Castelobruxo, and Akatim had departed, leaving only schools with champions still competing in the tournament.
• Michael told Wade that his selection as a champion had spared Minister Fudge embarrassment, and Wade questioned whether that would have been a bad outcome.
• Wade wrote anonymously to Günther Drayne, asking whether Grindelwald had prompted Antoine to propose a book on teaching Charms.
• Wade suggested that wizards develop diluted Potions to address common Muggle problems and argued that such subtle changes could encourage Muggles to accept wizards.

Wade helped Michael after he got drunk on liquor meant for the Abraxans, but Professor McGonagall and Snape punished them both, and Daphne suggested Snape was jealous of their success in the Tournament. Far from Hogwarts, a freezing toad dreamed of a warm home with Narcissa and young Draco before its consciousness faded.

• Hagrid served the Abraxans' feed with whiskey, and Michael secretly drank some and became drunk.
• Wade led Michael toward the Hospital Wing, but Professor McGonagall caught them and took five points from Ravenclaw while assigning Michael evening work.
• Snape also took points from Michael and punished Wade for failing to stop him from stealing school equipment.
• Daphne suggested Snape was targeting Wade because Slytherin had no champion in the Tournament's second round.
• A freezing toad crawled into a mud hole and dreamed of Narcissa and Draco at home before its consciousness faded.

Neville struggled with Transfiguration, and Wade advised him to relax before trying again. Harry told Wade that the champions had to invite dance partners to the Christmas ball, leaving Wade undecided about whom to ask.

• Neville turned a chick into a winged mole during Transfiguration practice, and Wade restored it and urged him to rest.
• Michael showed Neville the miniature house he was building for his fox Golem, Pippin.
• Harry told Wade that students could not go home for Christmas because Hogwarts was holding a ball, where tournament champions had to dance with invited partners.
• Wade advised Harry to ask his preferred partner early and offered to teach him to dance.
• Michael asked whom Wade planned to invite, but Wade said he had not decided because he worried a ball invitation might complicate his friendships with Hermione or Padma.

Wade reconsidered bringing a humanlike Golem to the Christmas Ball after Dumbledore warned him to keep such creations hidden and urged him to invite a real girl. As Wade reached the Great Hall without a partner, Ron boldly asked Fleur to go to the ball with him.

• Harry watched Cho Chang from afar but could not bring himself to speak to her.
• Dumbledore warned Wade that a humanlike Golem could be exposed and advised him to invite a real girl instead.
• Wade asked Michael how to find a dance partner, and Michael told him to dine alone so girls could approach him.
• Wade overheard Rolf invite Luna to the ball, and Luna accepted after Rolf explained how they could attend despite their age.
• Wade reached the Great Hall without a dance partner, while girls watched and giggled instead of approaching him.
• Ron blushed and asked Fleur to go to the Christmas Ball with him, stunning the Entrance Hall.

After Ron was publicly snubbed by Fleur, Natalia stepped between Fleur and Wade and accepted his invitation to the Yule Ball. Natalia hinted that she had helped Wade despite his defeating her companion Olga, then told him what she planned to wear.

• Fleur ignored Ron's attempt to ask her to the dance, and Ron fled the Entrance Hall in embarrassment.
• Wade entered the Great Hall and noticed Fleur watching him as she approached.
• Natalia intervened and asked whether Wade had found a dance partner; Wade invited her, and she agreed.
• Natalia asked whether Wade regretted missing a chance to dance with Fleur, and Wade said he was grateful she had spared him from standing alone.
• Natalia teased Wade about helping him despite his eliminating Olga, then told him she would wear a dark-blue gown with silver-gray trim.

Natalia argued with Olga after he demanded that she reject Wade Grey as her Christmas Ball partner, then searched the Black Lake for her Golden Egg. She recovered it and heard the Second Task’s clue, but a group of Merpeople warned her away from the competition grounds.

• Olga confronted Natalia about choosing Wade Grey as her dance partner, and she refused to seek his approval.
• Natalia asked the Giant Squid whether Wade was the person from the World Cup camp, and it shoved her into the lake.
• Natalia discovered her Golden Egg was missing, returned underwater, and found it among some stones.
• The Golden Egg opened and sang a clue about seeking where voices sounded, revealing what seemed to be the Second Task’s clue.
• Merpeople confronted Natalia and warned her that the Second Task had not begun, so she swam back to shore.
• Natalia returned to the water, drove off a Grindylow with her Wand, and left the lake with the Golden Egg.

Wade and the others discussed their Christmas Ball partners before spending the holiday at Hogwarts. After eating a custard biscuit, Wade unexpectedly transformed into a canary and then changed back, leaving him examining one of his fallen feathers.

• Harry learned that Cho Chang had already accepted Cedric's invitation, then asked Padma to be his dance partner, and she agreed.
• Wade spent the Christmas holiday studying in the Umbrella Room, where Michael and Neville joined him and complained about working through the break.
• Wade, Harry, Hermione, Padma, Theo, Ryan, and the Weasley twins gathered for lunch in the Great Hall.
• Wade ate a custard biscuit and suddenly transformed into a canary, startling Ryan and making the Weasley twins laugh.
• Wade's feathers fell out, and he transformed back with a bang before inspecting one of the feathers.

Wade learned that Neville hoped to use the Daydream Quill to bring happiness to his parents, who were patients at St. Mungo's. Wade gave Neville a Stone Necklace that could let him enter their Mental Worlds, and Neville hurried away with renewed hope.

• Fred and George joked about their Canary Creams and told Wade they planned to open Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes after graduation.
• Neville asked Wade whether the Daydream Quill could let other people experience the dreams he wrote down, and Wade took him outside to talk.
• Neville explained that his parents had lost their minds and were in long-term care at St. Mungo's, and he hoped their dreams might bring them happiness.
• Wade explained that sharing Daydream Quill dreams was difficult, but gave Neville a Stone Necklace that could let him enter his parents' Mental Worlds, warning him of the risks.
• Neville ran off to tell his grandmother, then returned to ask Wade to write down the necklace's incantation and left again, smiling brightly.

Neville left Hogwarts early with his grandmother to take someone to a healer at St. Mungo’s, while Theo offered to escort Ginny to the Christmas Ball. On Christmas morning, Wade found that several of his gifts contained dangerous and gruesome surprises, and Ralph took them away while Dumbledore planned to find out who sent them.

• Neville told Harry and his friends he had to go home urgently, and apologized for breaking his promise to take Ginny to the ball.
• Theo offered to take Ginny to the Christmas Ball, and Neville left with his grandmother for their appointment at St. Mungo’s.
• Hermione asked Wade why Neville had gone, but Wade kept Neville’s reason private.
• On Christmas morning, Wade found his room piled with noisy gift boxes, and Ralph identified several as ominous.
• Ralph opened four boxes containing a dead cat, pale fingers, Bubotuber Pus, and a dead person’s head, then took the gifts away.
• Wade asked Ralph whether he could identify the senders, and Ralph said Dumbledore would find a way.

Wade sorted his Christmas gifts and received Gillyweed from Mikey, who hoped it would help him in the Second Task. Later, Wade and Michael prepared to attend the ball, with Michael boasting about his charm.

• Wade had the Golems open and record his Christmas gifts, including presents from Dobby, Zoe, Hobby, Phil, and Mikey.
• Wade gave Mikey a broomstick and thanked him for the Gillyweed, while encouraging him to make up with Zoe and the other House-elves.
• Wade finished his homework and an Alchemy paper before Michael urged him to change for the ball.
• Wade put on his new formal outfit and joined Michael, who showed off his decorated red robe and bragged about attracting girls.

Wade attended the Yule Ball with Natalia as his dance partner, while the champions entered the Great Hall in procession. Clementine thanked Wade for his help in reaching the Second Task, then tried to get hints about the Golden Egg from him and Natalia.

• Wade waited outside the castle and greeted Natalia as the Koldovstoretz group arrived, then escorted her inside as his dance partner.
• Professor McGonagall gathered the champions and their partners, and they entered the decorated Great Hall to applause and music.
• Clementine thanked Wade for his performance in the previous task and admitted that luck had helped her advance through both tasks.
• Clementine asked Wade for a hint about the Golden Egg, but Natalia pulled him away and took his seat beside her.
• Clementine then pleaded with Natalia for help with the dangerous Second Task, leaving Natalia speechless.

Wade attended the Yule Ball with Natalia, danced with her, and watched Harry struggle while Hermione and Krum danced smoothly. After leaving the noisy Great Hall, Wade heard Professor Trelawney accusing Bagman of stealing her savings.

• Wade and Natalia chatted over dinner before Dumbledore transformed the Great Hall into a dance floor.
• Wade danced with Natalia and noticed Harry struggling while Hermione and Krum moved in step together.
• After three songs, Wade rested while Natalia accepted another boy's invitation to dance.
• Wade left the Great Hall for the cold night air and heard Trelawney accusing Bagman of taking her Galleons.