Recaps

Darren tried to save Buckbeak while keeping his friends from learning how much he knew, but the execution brought Harry, Ron, and Hermione into a confrontation with Sirius Black and Lupin. The group uncovered Peter Pettigrew’s identity, while Darren remained distrustful of Harry and Hermione and broke free from their restraints.

• Darren refused Malfoy’s offer to become his lackey in exchange for saving Buckbeak, and he searched for legal grounds to overturn the Hippogriff’s death sentence.
• Fudge misled Darren about the appeal, then told him the regulation protecting Buckbeak had been repealed, so Darren attacked him with a spell and Dumbledore altered the memories of those present.
• Darren and his friends went to Hagrid’s hut to stay with Buckbeak, but Dumbledore and the Executioners arrived, and Darren was swept into the pursuit of Scabbers and the black dog.
• The black dog dragged Ron through the passage beneath the Whomping Willow, where it was revealed to be Sirius Black, and Lupin arrived and recognized him as an old friend.
• Lupin explained that he and James, Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew had become Animagi, while Snape accused Sirius of abandoning Darren to the Death Eaters.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron disarmed Snape when he tried to take Lupin and Sirius away, and Darren woke to find the room’s occupants at odds.
• Darren accused Sirius of causing his brother’s suffering and believed Harry and Hermione had been controlled when they restrained him, while Lupin identified Scabbers as Peter Pettigrew.
• Darren snapped the ropes binding him as Lupin prepared to deal with Pettigrew.

Darren learned the truth about Sirius and helped him escape the Dementors, then spent the summer with Dumbledore and Grindelwald before reuniting with Harry at the Weasleys’ home. As the group prepared to travel to the Quidditch World Cup, Harry feared Voldemort was returning and Darren promised to face him alongside Harry.

• Lupin and Sirius revealed that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, and Darren accepted Sirius’s account of why he had left him at an orphanage.
• Darren stopped Lupin and Sirius from killing Peter, but Peter escaped during the Obscurus attack before Darren’s Azure Dragon Patronus saved Harry, Hermione, and Sirius.
• Darren used the Time-Turner with Harry and Hermione, and they rescued Buckbeak and helped Sirius escape before the Dementors could give him the Kiss.
• Dumbledore gave Darren a protective chain, while Sirius sent Harry the Firebolt and permission to visit Hogsmeade and sent Darren money for the damaged necklace.
• Dumbledore took Darren to meet Grindelwald, and Darren gave Grindelwald the profits from Rookwood and the others’ shop on the condition that he live peacefully.
• Voldemort killed Flins at Riddle House, while Harry dreamed of Voldemort and Wormtail killing a Muggle and wrote to Sirius about his scar hurting.
• Darren reunited with Harry and the Weasleys at The Burrow, promised to face Voldemort with Harry, and joined them as they set off for the Quidditch World Cup.

Darren rescued Mr. Diggory from the Death Eaters, secretly took control of the attackers, and returned to his friends after faking his injuries. Back at Hogwarts, he stood by Harry and Draco as the Triwizard Tournament began and Moody revealed his volatile approach to teaching.

• Darren rescued the Roberts family during the World Cup attack, then surrendered himself to the Death Eaters in exchange for Mr. Diggory’s release.
• Darren escaped the Death Eaters, extorted their Galleons, killed Lucius, restored him, and fabricated memories before returning to Dumbledore and his friends.
• After recovering at St. Mungo’s, Darren returned to The Burrow and promised Harry he would come back alive whenever he risked himself.
• Darren returned to Hogwarts, recognized that Moody had been impersonated, and heard Dumbledore announce the Triwizard Tournament and its age restriction.
• Darren and Harry learned Hermione was protesting the House-elves’ treatment, and Darren pretended he could not afford meals while students and Dumbledore sent him food.
• When Moody attacked Malfoy, Darren retaliated and then defended Draco, but Moody turned him into a ferret until McGonagall made him change Draco back.

Darren relived his torture by Death Eaters, then recovered as Harry and their friends learned what had happened. When the Goblet of Fire named Darren and Harry as Hogwarts champions, the brothers faced a magical contract, renewed tension with Ron, and renewed danger from Malfoy.

• Dumbledore watched Darren’s memories of the Death Eaters’ torture, and Darren’s friends later witnessed the memories and learned that he had nearly killed himself before escaping.
• Darren recovered in the Hospital Wing, while Dumbledore promised to address his concerns about House-elf treatment and asked Harry and the others to help him avoid dwelling on the ordeal.
• Moody taught the students about the Unforgivable Curses, and Darren comforted Neville as Harry vowed that they would survive.
• Darren met Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, reconnected with Fleur, and watched the Goblet of Fire select Krum, Fleur, Darren, and then Harry as champions.
• Darren used Paternal Points to make Cedric admit that he had entered Darren’s name, while Dumbledore and the judges told Darren and Harry that the magical contract required them to compete.
• Harry and Ron argued over Harry’s selection, and Darren explained to Harry that Ron’s jealousy had been building for a long time.
• Harry wrote Sirius about the champions’ selection, while Darren defended Harry from Malfoy and stopped Snape from using Hedwig to test an Agitation Potion.