Chapter Summaries

Darren used his concern for the Hogwarts house-elves to persuade Dumbledore to push for better treatment, though he agreed to eat their meals while the Board of Governors considered the matter. After learning Dumbledore meant to summon Professor McGonagall and Professor Moody, Darren urgently tried to stop him from reprimanding them.

• Darren argued that House-elves deserved benefits and said he would starve himself to make others address their treatment.
• Dumbledore said he had discussed the issue with the Board of Governors and expected them to consider improving the House-elves’ treatment.
• Darren agreed to eat the House-elves’ meals and desserts while the Board deliberated, though he planned to order takeout secretly.
• Dumbledore told Harry and the others they could visit his office at midnight with questions about what had happened.
• Darren asked Dumbledore not to be angry with Professor McGonagall and Professor Moody, but blurted out “Don't!” when Dumbledore offered to summon them.

Dumbledore worried that Darren’s memories and health might still be at risk after the Death Eaters’ attack, while Darren’s friends tried to hide the truth about what had happened. The chapter ended with Harry blaming himself for being too weak as Darren looked guilty and Hermione’s eyes reddened.

• Dumbledore warned Darren to eat properly and return to the Hospital Wing if he had another nightmare, then left while worrying about the Death Eaters and Malfoy.
• Dumbledore recalled that Lucius was the only Death Eater he and Moody had identified, and considered whether Lucius and others might be useful in the future.
• Harry, Hermione, Fred, George, and Ron visited Darren and tried to change the subject when he asked what was wrong.
• Ron mentioned Malfoy being turned into a white ferret, then nearly revealed the truth about Darren’s condition before Harry stopped him.
• Harry apologized and blamed himself for being weak, while Darren looked guilty and Hermione’s eyes reddened.

Harry and his friends visited Dumbledore at night to learn what had happened to Darren, agreeing to keep the secret through an Unbreakable Vow. In Darren’s memories, they witnessed the horrors he endured as a hostage, including his killing someone, and Harry understood why Darren had broken down.

• Ginny comforted Darren while Hermione accepted being pushed aside, and Ron urged them to let Darren leave the Hospital Wing.
• Harry decided to visit Dumbledore at night to ask about Darren, and Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Fred, and George joined him.
• Dumbledore warned the group that the truth was secret and made an Unbreakable Vow with them.
• Dumbledore led them into Darren’s memories in the Pensieve and explained that Darren had experienced what they were about to see.
• Harry and the others witnessed Death Eaters tormenting Muggles and saw Darren kill someone, but Harry did not blame him.

Dumbledore explained to Harry and the others how Darren had broken down after sharing his memories, then asked Harry to help keep Darren from dwelling on that night. At the first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson of the term, Moody announced that he would teach the students how to face real Dark Arts and threw Malfoy out of class.

• Dumbledore told Harry, Fred, George, Hermione, and Yuni that Darren had lost control after reliving his memories and had tried to kill himself.
• Dumbledore admitted he had not understood how much Darren would suffer and asked Harry to help keep Darren from thinking about that night.
• Harry and the others fussed over Darren for two days until Snape scolded them and threatened to report their behavior to Professor McGonagall.
• Moody began his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson with Slytherin and Gryffindor and said he would teach them to deal with real Dark Arts.
• Darren worried that the Dark Arts could corrupt students, but Moody insisted they needed to learn to survive and told them to stay vigilant.
• Moody called Malfoy a little Death Eater and ordered him out of class, and Malfoy left after arguing back.

Moody taught the fourth-years about the Unforgivable Curses and pressed Darren to describe how he resisted the Imperius Curse. The lesson left Darren shaken as Moody demonstrated the Cruciatus Curse on a spider.

• Moody drove Malfoy from the classroom, then asked the students to name the Unforgivable Curses.
• Moody urged Darren to recount resisting the Imperius Curse, but Cassandra objected that the memory had harmed him.
• Darren said he had resisted because he could not let his brother be hurt, earning Paternal Points and ten points for Slytherin.
• Neville named the Cruciatus Curse, and Moody enlarged a spider and tortured it with the spell.
• Hermione begged Moody to stop, while Darren stared blankly before asking Moody not to treat the spider that way.

Moody demonstrated the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse on spiders, unsettling the students and forcing Harry and Darren to confront how their parents had died. After class, Darren comforted Harry and Neville by telling Neville that his parents had loved him and fought to survive.

• Moody stopped torturing a spider and asked the students to name other spells.
• Hermione named the Killing Curse, and Moody killed a spider with Avada Kedavra.
• Darren reacted as though he had been reminded of the Remembrall attack, and the students comforted him.
• Moody apologized and revealed that Harry and Darren's parents had died from the Killing Curse.
• Harry pulled Darren from the classroom and vowed that they would live, while Darren held his hand.
• Neville asked Darren whether dying had hurt, and Darren hugged him and told him his parents had loved him and tried to stay alive for him.

Moody summoned Darren and Neville to his office, where he praised Darren’s future prospects and gave Neville a Herbology book. Back in the Gryffindor Common Room, Darren discussed his Divination predictions before Hedwig delivered a letter from Black to Harry.

• Moody invited Darren and Neville to his office, and Darren promised Harry he would look after Neville afterward.
• Moody urged Darren to train as an Auror, but Darren said he wanted to become a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and train other wizards.
• Moody gave Neville a book about aquatic plants, though he spent nearly all their time praising Darren.
• Hermione brought Darren and Neville food in the Gryffindor Common Room, and Harry and Ron asked Darren for his Divination homework.
• Darren said predicting his own death made him appreciate another day with his friends, earning Paternal Points and disapproving looks from Harry and the others.
• Hedwig returned with a letter from Black for Harry and affectionately rubbed against Darren.

Darren excelled in his fifth-year classes while Harry worried that Snape would target him with poison, and Sirius wrote that he was preparing to return. Moody had the students experience the Imperius Curse, and Darren broke free almost immediately; Harry remained unaware that Moody was secretly Barty Crouch Jr.

• Sirius wrote to Harry and Darren that he was getting ready to return and asked them to greet Hermione and Ron.
• Professor McGonagall praised Darren's Transfiguration skills and excused him from homework for the term.
• Darren completed Snape's antidote assignment in class, earning Slytherin ten points, and gave Harry the potion in case Snape poisoned him.
• Moody cast the Imperius Curse on Darren, who broke free rather than lose Paternal Points, then had the students try the curse themselves.
• Moody repeatedly used the Imperius Curse on Harry, but Harry and the others still regarded him as a conscientious Auror.

Darren and the other Hogwarts students prepared for the arrival of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, while Darren reassured his classmates that he would not interfere with the Triwizard Tournament. After Snape taunted Harry in their final Potions class, the brothers headed to the welcoming feast, where Darren saw that the Great Hall had been redecorated.

• Darren read the notice announcing that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang would arrive on October thirtieth for the Triwizard Tournament.
• Malfoy teased Darren about Snape wanting to poison Harry, and Darren defended his brother, earning Paternal Points.
• Slytherin girls urged Darren to stop taking reckless risks, and Darren promised he would not meddle in the tournament.
• Hogwarts students and professors prepared for the visiting schools as the castle was thoroughly cleaned.
• Snape mocked Harry during their final Potions class and took twenty points from Gryffindor after Harry challenged him.
• Darren and Harry went to the welcoming feast, and Darren found the Great Hall newly decorated.

Darren waited with the Hogwarts students for Beauxbatons to arrive, while Malfoy complained about the Weasleys and Darren grumbled about the cold and missing dinner. Madame Maxime arrived with her students and teased Darren about finding a girlfriend; Dumbledore then promised Hagrid would handle the winged horses, leaving Darren to suspect Dumbledore was trying to set Hagrid up with someone.

• Darren stood outside Hogwarts with the students as they waited for the other schools, and Cassandra cast a Warming Charm on him.
• The Beauxbatons carriage arrived, and Madame Maxime greeted Dumbledore before complimenting Darren and teasing him about choosing a girlfriend.
• Madame Maxime praised her students, prompting hostile looks from the Hogwarts girls, and Darren reassured them that he was not seeking a girlfriend.
• Madame Maxime asked about Karkaroff and requested help with her Abraxans, so Dumbledore said Hagrid would take care of them.
• Darren suspected Dumbledore was trying to arrange a match for Hagrid.

Darren defended Hagrid and met the visiting students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. After Krum approached him at dinner, a Beauxbatons girl claimed she had waited for Darren all summer, and he finally recognized her.

• Darren praised Hagrid as an outstanding professor, earning Paternal Points and drawing laughter from the students.
• Malfoy told Darren that Hagrid had been delayed by escaped Blast-Ended Skrewts, startling Darren and Dumbledore.
• Karkaroff arrived from the Durmstrang ship with Krum, and Darren and Hermione exchanged a shy glance.
• Krum introduced himself to Darren, who directed him to Cedric as a potential competitor over seventeen.
• A Beauxbatons girl sat beside Darren and said she had waited for him all summer, prompting Cassandra to challenge her.
• The girl revealed her face, and Darren recognized her but admitted he had completely forgotten her.

Fleur learned that Darren had taken on a debt of two hundred thousand Galleons for her and worried that he could not afford food, while Darren reassured her and enjoyed the banquet. Dumbledore then introduced the Goblet of Fire and explained how contestants would enter the Triwizard Tournament, leaving Fred and George protesting the age restriction.

• Fleur revealed that Darren had taken on a debt of two hundred thousand Galleons for her, and the Slytherins reacted with shock.
• Darren reassured Fleur that he had food and money, but she offered to give him half her prize money if she won the Triwizard Tournament.
• Fleur brought Darren extra fish soup, which Hogwarts students had handed over after she asked, while Cassandra criticized her for using her looks.
• Dumbledore called attention to the Goblet of Fire and appointed Ludo Bagman, himself, Maxime, Karkaroff, and Mr. Crouch as judges.
• Dumbledore explained that contestants had to submit their names and schools to the Goblet of Fire and that he would use an Age Line to bar underage students.
• Fred and George protested that the age restriction was unfair, but Dumbledore and the other judges laughed.

After the feast, Darren watched Karkaroff recognize him and Harry before Moody drove the former away. The next morning, Fred and George’s Ageing Potion failed to get them past the age line, and Darren joined Harry and Hermione at Hagrid’s, where they saw the Blast-Ended Skrewts eating one another.

• Karkaroff recognized Darren as Harry’s younger brother, then stepped back onto Harry’s foot and noticed Harry’s scar.
• Fred and George drank Malfoy’s Ageing Potion and were thrown away from the age line, growing long white beards.
• Dumbledore told Darren that Fred and George had only been taught a small lesson, and the twins admired their new beards.
• Darren went with Harry and the others to visit Hagrid and asked about the Blast-Ended Skrewts.
• Hagrid said the Skrewts had grown large and started killing and eating one another.

Darren attended the Triwizard Tournament Champions' oath-taking ceremony, where the Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum and Fleur Delacour before choosing Darren as Hogwarts' Champion. Dumbledore objected that Darren was underage, but Karkaroff insisted the Goblet's choice had to stand.

• Darren supported Hermione's effort to improve House-elves' treatment and spent the afternoon with her and Hagrid.
• Darren accepted a system task requiring him to act shocked and say he had not entered the tournament after Dumbledore announced him as Hogwarts' Champion.
• The Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum, who went into the room behind Dumbledore despite seeming unhappy.
• The Goblet selected Fleur Delacour, who blew Darren a kiss before joining Krum.
• The Goblet selected Darren, and Dumbledore said Hogwarts' entry had a problem because Darren did not meet the age requirement.
• Karkaroff objected to Dumbledore's proposal to choose another champion, insisting the Goblet's selection had to stand.

Darren learned that Cedric had put his name in the Goblet of Fire, and the Goblet unexpectedly selected Harry as another Hogwarts champion. The Great Hall erupted in protest as Harry's sister insisted he had not entered himself.

• Barty Crouch insisted the Goblet's choice bound Darren to compete, and Dumbledore announced Darren as Hogwarts' champion despite his protests.
• Darren's system revealed Cedric Diggory had entered his name and that Voldemort wanted Darren to witness his success.
• Darren used Paternal Points to make Cedric admit he had entered Darren, then asked whether Cedric had a reason for doing it.
• The Goblet spat out another name, and Dumbledore announced Harry Potter as a second Hogwarts champion.
• Older Hogwarts students shouted that Harry was cheating, while Harry's sister protested that he had not entered himself.

After Harry’s name emerged from the Goblet of Fire, Darren defended him and argued that he should not have to compete, but the magical contract bound both brothers to the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore sent them to join Fleur and Krum, and the chapter ended with Darren promising to protect Harry as Moody reminded him of the danger.

• Dumbledore asked Harry whether he had entered his own name, and Harry denied it while Snape accused him of seeking attention and special privileges.
• Darren defended Cedric, and Cedric accepted a semester of detention for putting Darren’s name into the Goblet of Fire.
• Darren asked Dumbledore to keep Harry from competing, but Crouch warned that breaking the magical agreement would kill him.
• Madame Maxime and Karkaroff challenged Dumbledore over Hogwarts having two champions, while Moody accused Karkaroff of wanting Harry dead.
• Dumbledore told Darren and Harry that the magical contract required them to compete, and Darren promised to protect Harry.

Darren left the champions’ briefing exhausted, then reassured the Slytherins that Cedric had acted out of kindness and promised not to disgrace their House. Harry returned to Gryffindor to find his friends celebrating his selection and Ron accusing him of entering himself in the Tournament.

• Dumbledore warned Darren and Harry that people seeking to take Harry would target Darren first, and Mr. Crouch explained the Tournament rules without revealing the first task.
• Harry woke Darren and led him out; Fleur steadied Darren, kissed his cheek, and wished him goodnight.
• The next morning, Cassandra questioned Darren about Cedric putting Harry’s name in the Goblet, and Darren defended Cedric as kind-hearted.
• Cassandra and the Slytherins urged Darren to be cautious and follow House Rules, and Darren promised he would not disgrace them.
• Harry reached the Gryffindor common room after Snape accused him, but the Gryffindors celebrated his selection and Ron confronted him for supposedly entering himself.
• Harry tried to explain to Ron that he had not put his name in the Goblet.

Harry and Ron fell out after Ron accused Harry of secretly entering the Triwizard Tournament, and Darren explained Ron’s jealousy to Harry. Harry began to understand why Ron felt left behind, though the story ended before they reconciled.

• Ron accused Harry of entering the Triwizard Tournament and using Darren as a witness, while Harry insisted he had not submitted his name.
• Harry and Hermione waited for Darren, gave him a sandwich, and brought him to the Black Lake.
• Harry told Darren that Ron was angry with him over the tournament selection.
• Darren explained that Ron envied Harry’s fame, Hermione’s success, and the affection Darren received, and said the jealousy had been building for a long time.

Darren told Harry that he had once been jealous of him, but Harry comforted him and decided to talk with Ron despite their silence. After Harry wrote Sirius about both brothers becoming Triwizard Champions, Darren received admiration from most of Hogwarts, while Slytherin students looked increasingly sorrowful.

• Darren admitted that he had felt jealous of Harry after learning they were brothers, and Harry blamed himself for not noticing his brother's pain.
• Harry hugged Darren and resolved to have a proper talk with Ron, but Ron continued refusing to speak to him.
• Hermione urged Harry to tell Sirius Black that both he and Darren had been selected as Triwizard Champions, so Harry wrote Sirius a letter explaining how their names had entered the Goblet of Fire.
• Harry sent the letter by an owl other than Hedwig to avoid exposing Sirius's residence.
• Students and Professor Sprout showed Darren admiration and concern, while Slytherin students watched him with sorrowful looks.

Darren defended Harry after Malfoy mocked him for becoming a Triwizard Champion, then agreed not to investigate Malfoy's apparent knowledge of his past. Harry felt less isolated, but Snape continued to torment him, leaving him wondering why Darren had been chosen as Hogwarts's Champion before Harry.

• Darren angrily defended Harry when Malfoy mocked him and predicted he would die in the first Triwizard task.
• Malfoy blurted out words that suggested he knew something about Darren's memories, then fled after insulting Harry.
• Hermione asked Darren not to investigate the matter, and Darren agreed for her and Harry's sake.
• Harry felt better when Darren and Hermione stayed by his side, even though other students still avoided him.
• Snape harassed Harry during Potions class and tried to use Hedwig to test an Agitation Potion, until Darren stopped him.
• Harry complained about Snape and asked Darren why he had been chosen as Hogwarts's Champion before Harry.