Recaps

Voldemort ordered Lucius to summon Will Behrens during the summer so Will could bring Harry Potter to him during the Triwizard Tournament. Meanwhile, Will toured Germany with Hobart and found old books on medieval German Dark Magic Societies in Berlin.

• Voldemort told Lucius that Will would help capture Harry Potter during the Triwizard Tournament, and Lucius warned that Will was currently in Germany.
• Lucius reported that Will would return for the summer holiday, and Voldemort ordered him to wait until then.
• Hobart took Will to Cologne, where they visited the cathedral and the crowded Cologne Magical Market.
• Will and Hobart visited Berlin’s hidden wizarding district, where Will’s persistent sneezing and attraction to beer halls puzzled him.
• Will found several prewar books on Medieval German Dark Magic Societies at the Fountain of Wisdom, and the elderly shopkeeper questioned his interest in dark magic.

Will traveled through Germany, read biographies of major wizards, and learned that German wizards admired Grindelwald more than Dumbledore and dismissed Voldemort as a terrorist. After seeing Hobart with his new girlfriend Lina, Will began thinking about visiting Austria.

• Will bought a copy of The Life of Grindelwald from an old wizard bookseller and set out to learn how German wizards viewed famous figures.
• Hobart introduced Will to Lina von Ahrns, his new girlfriend, who joined them on their travels.
• While Hobart and Lina were away at a campsite in the Black Forest, Will killed two Erklings that had targeted him and Transfigured their remains into firewood.
• Will abandoned his effort to study German spells because learning them would require him to learn German.
• After reading biographies, Will found that German wizards viewed Dumbledore as a saint, preferred Grindelwald as a hero, and considered Voldemort unworthy of comparison with Grindelwald.
• Will left Hobart and Lina alone, watched clouds and mist from another cabin, and felt like visiting Austria.

Will mastered the Hour-Reversal Charm by mid-August, then traveled with the Lestrange family to the Quidditch World Cup final. At the stadium, he sensed the crowd’s excitement and noticed Lucius Malfoy approaching.

• Will returned to England and devoted himself to learning the Hour-Reversal Charm, mastering it by mid-August.
• Sylvia invited Will to attend the Quidditch World Cup final with her family, who collected him on the evening of the seventeenth.
• Will traveled by Portkey with Sylvia, Daisy, and Victor to the crowded campsite, where they greeted Arthur Weasley and his family.
• The Lestranges hosted Will in their enchanted tent and took him to their seats in the stadium’s top box.
• Will sensed the crowd’s intense excitement as he surveyed the stadium, and Lucius Malfoy came over to speak with the Lestranges.

At the Quidditch World Cup, Will accepted Lucius’s invitation to Malfoy Manor and studied the Veela’s magical structure during their performance. The match’s mascots continued with the Leprechauns, whose magically conjured gold coins Will examined.

• Lucius invited Will to Malfoy Manor after the match, and Will accepted, suspecting Voldemort wanted to meet him.
• Fudge introduced Will to Ludo Bagman before Will took his seat in the Top Box near the Weasleys and Harry’s friends.
• Will noticed an invisible magical patch near the scoreboard disappear as the match began.
• The Veela danced on the pitch, and Will studied their magic while Sylvia teased him about watching them.
• Harry, Ron, and Draco were captivated by the Veela until Hermione, Ginny, and Lucius pulled or held them back.
• The Leprechauns formed a four-leaf clover and showered the stands with gold coins, and Will identified his coin as magically created rather than transfigured.

Will watched the Quidditch World Cup final, then used the Hour-Reversal Charm to return to before the match and harvest the crowd’s joy. After discovering where the Bulgarian Team’s Veela were staying, he planned to capture one that night to study her transformation.

• Will watched the chaotic final as Krum caught the Snitch, but Ireland defeated Bulgaria 170–160.
• Will returned to the Lestrange family tent and cast the Hour-Reversal Charm, traveling three hours into the past.
• Will flew into the stadium under a Disillusionment Charm and built a Joy Core on a billboard.
• Will harvested the crowd’s joy as excitement grew, then stored the Joy Core when the match descended into chaos.
• Will followed the Bulgarian Team’s Veela to their lodgings and planned to capture one for study.

Will and Victor joined the defense against a Death Eater attack on the campsite after helping Daisy and Sylvia reach the Minister’s tent. The first Death Eater wave charged the earth wall, and Will killed one attacker as the defenders fought back.

• Will woke to the camp’s commotion, drank a Wakefulness Potion, and joined Victor in guarding their tent despite Victor’s warning.
• Ludo Bagman escorted Daisy and Sylvia to the Minister’s tent, where Fudge was gathering families while the men formed a defensive line.
• Victor and Will joined Fudge’s defenders behind an earth wall alongside Lucius and Draco, and the first wave of Death Eaters attacked with spells.
• Will dodged a Cruciatus Curse and used Reducto to blow apart the Death Eater who had cast it.
• A nearby Death Eater hesitated after being splattered with gore, allowing a defender to hit him with Petrificus Totalus, while Draco attacked with other curses.

Will and the defenders struggled against a growing Death Eater attack until the Dark Mark appeared and a strange gray-black mist incapacitated the attackers. Benjamin recognized the mist as resembling the magic of the Christmas Dark Wizard who had given them gold.

• Will used a Collapse Charm, Expelliarmus, and Petrificus Totalus to stop several Death Eaters.
• Victor and Will faced a larger wave of attackers as Draco and the defenders helped hold the line behind the Earth Wall.
• The Dark Mark appeared in the sky, and the Death Eaters surged forward as Fudge ordered a retreat.
• Gray-black mist spread across the campsite, draining the Death Eaters' will and leaving them unconscious before it vanished.
• Benjamin told Fudge that the mist resembled the magic of the Christmas Dark Wizard who had given them gold.

After the Death Eaters’ attack, Will used the Hour-Reversal Charm to return to before the chaos, examined and repaired the Roberts family’s memories, then headed to the Veela’s tent. Nicolina and her sister were caught in the attack and faced Death Eaters who intended to take the Veela alive.

• Scrimgeour arrived with the Aurors and arrested the Death Eaters as Will waited with the Lestrange family and later reversed time by four hours.
• Will examined Roberts’s brain, found damage from repeated Memory Charms, and used Obliviate to repair the memories of Roberts and his family.
• Will heard footsteps, placed Disillusionment Charms on the Roberts family, and left for the Veela’s tent.
• Nicolina heard the attack, rushed outside with her sister, and tried to reach the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic officials.
• Several Death Eaters blocked Nicolina and her sister, demanded that the Veela be taken alive, and attacked them.

Will rescued the unconscious Veela sisters from Death Eaters and took them to a hidden cave, where he began studying Nicolina’s transformation ability. He left Nicolina captive and asked whether changing forms was instinctive or learned.

• Death Eaters stunned Milena and petrified Nicolina before a dark mist weakened everyone and Will appeared.
• Will confirmed the sisters were unconscious, changed them into sparrows, and carried them to a cave he had made in a valley.
• Will restored Nicolina to human form and told her he wanted to study Veela transformations, threatening to use Veritaserum or the Imperius Curse if she refused to cooperate.
• Nicolina changed into her bird form while Will recorded her magical structure and tested her abilities.
• Will had Nicolina switch between human and bird forms, then asked whether the transformation was instinctive or had to be learned.

Will questioned Nicolina about Veela transformations, then secretly left her and her sister among the injured after erasing their memories. Harry returned to The Burrow with the Weasleys after the Quidditch World Cup attack, while Sylvia assured Will that he was family and would attend the awards ceremony with them.

• Nicolina explained that Veela learned to transform instinctively, usually in their teens, and that some transformed Veela remained birds and later became male.
• Nicolina's sister woke and threatened Will, but Nicolina calmed her; Will stunned her during her transformation and found that she continued transforming while unconscious.
• Will erased the sisters' memories and placed them among St. Mungo's patients before returning to his tent and falling asleep.
• Harry traveled with the Weasleys to Stoatshead Hill using a tire Portkey and reached The Burrow, where Molly welcomed him as family.
• Sylvia told Will that he was family and that they would attend the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers awards ceremony.

Will attended the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers’s award ceremony alone after warning Sylvia that she might be in danger, and he won the Wizard Innovation Award. Rock Rowle invited Will and Snape to a private banquet, leaving Will facing a potentially dangerous gathering.

• Will refused Sylvia’s offer to accompany him to the ceremony, and Sylvia agreed while arranging for her father to keep people nearby in case Will needed help.
• Roy gave Will Dumbledore’s letter asking him to investigate Voldemort and the Death Eaters, then handed him a Nokia phone as another way to seek help.
• Will arrived alone at the Society’s hall, where Rock Rowle welcomed him to the ceremony.
• Will received the Wizard Innovation Award and thanked the Hogwarts professors, Snape, and the Society in his speech.
• Will spent the banquet with Snape and politely spoke with potion-makers, including Slughorn.
• After the banquet, Rock invited Will and Snape to a private banquet.

Will met Voldemort at Malfoy Manor and was ordered to enter the Triwizard Tournament, keep Harry Potter alive, and act as Voldemort’s agent while remaining close to Dumbledore. After supper, Will and Snape left for Spinner’s End.

• Will traveled with Snape and Rowle to Malfoy Manor, where Lucius escorted him to meet Voldemort.
• Voldemort told Will to enter the Triwizard Tournament and ensure Harry followed his plan without attacking him.
• Voldemort ordered Will to build his reputation and serve as an agent on Dumbledore’s side after Voldemort’s resurrection.
• Will explained what he knew about the ancient emotion magic at the Quidditch World Cup, and Voldemort said the Death Eaters there had not been meant to capture Harry.
• Will ate supper with Snape and Lucius, then left with Snape for Spinner’s End.

Will spent the night drinking wine and talking with Snape at Spinner's End, then returned to Hogwarts for the start of fourth year. As the Hogwarts Express approached the school, Will considered how he would have to take Barty Crouch Jr.'s place in Voldemort's plan.

• Will arrived at Snape's home in Spinner's End, where Snape shared wine with him and warned him to stay safe.
• Will spent the night at Snape's house and called Roy the next morning to reassure him that he was fine.
• Will attended a Rune Association event before returning to King's Cross on September first.
• Will helped Hermione with her trunk, then boarded the Hogwarts Express with Sylvia and later shared a compartment with Hannah and Neville.
• Will reflected that Lupin's continued presence meant Barty Crouch Jr. could not pose as Moody, so Will would have to take his place in the plan.

Will returned to Hogwarts for the new school year as students arrived in a downpour and Peeves ambushed them with water balloons. At the opening feast, Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament, and Lupin returned as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor for a second year.

• Will rode to Hogwarts with Sylvia and the other High Tower members, avoiding the rain with protective charms and raincoats.
• Peeves dropped water balloons on students in the entrance hall, and Cedric, Sylvia, Hermione, Harry, Michael, Neville, and Ron stopped them with Levitation Charms.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Will and took him away before the feast, and he later returned to the Slytherin table without revealing what they had discussed.
• Dumbledore announced that the Triwizard Tournament would take place at Hogwarts and explained that it had been revived with an Age Restriction.
• Dumbledore introduced Lupin as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor for a second consecutive year.

Before the feast, Will told Dumbledore that Voldemort wanted to use him as a Double Agent, and they arranged for Will to monitor the plan while Dumbledore handled the tasks Voldemort assigned him. At the feast, Will declined to enter the Triwizard Tournament, but Malfoy decided to try entering himself.

• Before the feast, Will told Dumbledore what Voldemort had asked him to do and described Voldemort's plan to make him a Double Agent.
• Will explained that Little Hangleton's cemetery had been cleared, Old Riddle's grave had been leveled, and his remains had apparently been destroyed.
• Dumbledore asked Will to keep watch over Voldemort's plans and said he would arrange for Will to complete any tasks Voldemort gave him.
• At the feast, Sylvia urged Will to eat and warned him that the Triwizard Tournament was dangerous, while Malfoy encouraged him to enter.
• Will said he was not interested in entering the tournament, and Malfoy resolved to try entering himself.

Will avoided getting close to Hagrid’s Blast-Ended Skrewts by pretending Draco was frightened, but the class soon saw the strange, foul-smelling creatures up close. Hagrid proudly introduced them as hardy newborns, while Will considered whether they might someday be useful for Transfiguration.

• Will noted that Lupin had improved his Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons after corresponding with Moody over the summer.
• Will pretended to protect Draco from the Blast-Ended Skrewts, but Draco joined the students at the crate after Ron and Harry teased him.
• Hagrid opened the crate and revealed headless, slime-covered Blast-Ended Skrewts whose tails popped and sparked when they collided.
• Harry reluctantly praised the Skrewts as beautiful when Hagrid asked for his opinion.
• Hagrid lifted a fat Skrewt and showed its budding black spikes, while Will considered whether such a creature might be useful if he could eventually create Fantastic Beasts through Transfiguration.

Hogwarts prepared to welcome Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, whose students arrived by flying carriage and a ship rising from the lake. With both delegations present, the Triwizard Tournament was about to begin.

• Hagrid introduced the students to Blast-Ended Skrewts, and Harry and Ron volunteered to handle one after the class hesitated.
• Hogwarts cleaned the Castle and practiced spells in preparation for the visiting schools.
• Will waited outside the Castle with the other students and studied the Beauxbatons carriage when it arrived.
• Madame Maxime arrived with the Beauxbatons delegation, and Will warmed Sylvia with magic as they waited in the cold.
• A ship rose from the lake, and Karkaroff led the Durmstrang delegation ashore.

Hogwarts welcomed the visiting students with a lavish feast, while Will focused on the food and studied Fleur Delacour’s Veela ancestry. After dinner, Dumbledore introduced the Ministry officials and explained how the Goblet of Fire would select the Triwizard Champions.

• The Durmstrang students sat at the Slytherin table, while the Beauxbatons students joined Ravenclaw.
• Will and Sylvia enjoyed the feast, and Will sliced a roast pork knuckle with Sectumsempra.
• Fleur Delacour drew the attention of the Great Hall, and Will recognized her as a Half-Veela.
• Dumbledore introduced Barty Crouch and Ludo Bagman as Ministry officials who would oversee the tournament and judge its tasks.
• Dumbledore explained that the Goblet of Fire would choose three Champions to compete in three tasks for the Triwizard Cup.

Karkaroff secretly tampered with the Goblet of Fire and entered two names, while Will submitted his own name for the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore remained calm as students entered, and an unidentified old man added several more slips to the Goblet during the night.

• Dumbledore warned students that the Triwizard Tournament could be fatal and showed images of contestants who had died.
• Students gathered around the Goblet of Fire, and Krum's arrival drew a stir.
• Will entered his name in the Goblet after Warrington questioned whether he was suited to compete.
• Snape asked Dumbledore whether he would let students enter freely, and Dumbledore told him not to worry.
• Karkaroff secretly cast a charm on the Goblet and dropped in two slips of parchment.
• An old man with white hair and a crooked nose entered the Great Hall and added several slips to the Goblet.

As the Goblet of Fire prepared to choose the Triwizard Tournament Champions, Harry worried about the deadly tasks while Will remained calm, expecting Harry to be selected as a fourth contestant. The Goblet named Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Cedric Diggory, and finally Harry Potter, leaving the Great Hall stunned.

• Hermione read about past tournament deaths, frightening Ron and adding to Harry's anxiety about entering.
• Ginny bluntly told Ron he had little chance of being chosen, which reassured him.
• Will told Sylvia he was unconcerned because Harry was already destined to become a fourth contestant, and he did not want to create trouble by competing.
• Dumbledore announced Viktor Krum as Durmstrang's Champion and Fleur Delacour as Beauxbatons' Champion.
• The Goblet of Fire chose Cedric Diggory as Hogwarts' Champion, then produced another name.
• Dumbledore read the unexpected fourth name aloud: Harry Potter.

The Goblet of Fire selected Harry Potter and Will Behrens as additional Hogwarts champions, sparking accusations of cheating from the visiting headmasters. It then chose champions from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons as well, leaving the Great Hall in chaos as selections continued.

• Dumbledore read Harry Potter's name, and Harry walked to the teachers' table as students stared.
• Karkaroff and Madame Maxime accused Hogwarts of cheating, but the Goblet of Fire produced Will Behrens's name.
• Karkaroff and Madame Maxime threatened to withdraw their schools as the Goblet selected Ivan Petrov from Durmstrang.
• The Goblet selected Marc Pierre and Sophie Robert from Beauxbatons, leaving Madame Maxime and the hall bewildered.
• The Goblet selected Semyon Petrov from Durmstrang.

The Goblet of Fire selected nine Champions after someone placed it under a Confundus Charm, leaving the school heads to decide how to handle the tournament. They rejected invalidating the results and turned to Dumbledore’s second option, which remained undisclosed.

• The Goblet of Fire produced nine names, prompting Karkaroff and Madame Maxime to argue over the unprecedented selection.
• Dumbledore and the others examined the Goblet, and Dumbledore concluded that it had been placed under a Confundus Charm.
• Strange told Harry that cheating had been accepted in many past Triwizard Tournaments, while Will and Draco discussed the historic selection.
• Dumbledore warned that rejecting six Champions could break the Goblet’s magical contract and put them in danger.
• Karkaroff and Madame Maxime opposed invalidating the results, so Dumbledore moved on to the second option.

Dumbledore persuaded Karkaroff and Madame Maxime to accept the Goblet of Fire’s selection of nine Champions, and announced that the Triwizard Tournament would be adjusted. Will joined the other Champions for a briefing, where Mr. Crouch bluntly warned them that they had to compete and could die.

• Dumbledore promised Madame Maxime a fair tournament, and Karkaroff and Madame Maxime agreed to accept the Goblet’s choices.
• Dumbledore announced that all nine Champions would compete and that the tournament tasks would be adjusted.
• Sylvia worried about Will, but he reassured her and went with the other newly chosen Champions to the adjoining room.
• Will conjured a silver chair from an ornament on his robes and calmly told Harry not to be nervous.
• Ludo Bagman welcomed the Champions, but Mr. Crouch said they had to compete and might die.

After the Tournament named Will Hogwarts champion, Sylvia surprised him with a celebration in the Room of Requirement. They discussed Hermione’s campaign for House-elf rights, and Sylvia offered to give Will one or two House-elves to help him.

• Ludo Bagman explained that the nine champions meant the tasks needed to be reconsidered and said the First Task usually tested courage.
• Dumbledore dismissed the champions to rest, and Will returned to the Room of Requirement.
• Sylvia welcomed Will with food and grape juice, and he checked that the Felix Felicis he was brewing was fine.
• Will and Sylvia shared a quiet celebration, and Will told her he appreciated how thoughtful she was.
• Sylvia told Will that Hermione was trying to win rights for House-elves, and Will said Hermione should pursue her own goals.
• Sylvia offered to give Will one or two House-elves to help with his work, and Will accepted.

Will and Sylvia discussed the dangers of the Triwizard Tournament before Sylvia kissed him good night. As celebrations erupted for Champions Harry and Cedric, Will was left quietly pleased by Sylvia’s gesture.

• Sylvia asked Will how he felt about the Triwizard Tournament, and he admitted he was a little worried but would move forward if chosen.
• Sylvia challenged Will to reveal how powerful his magic had become, and Will avoided giving her a clear answer.
• Sylvia warned Will to be careful during the tournament, and Will walked her to the Slytherin Common Room.
• Sylvia kissed Will on the cheek before disappearing into the girls’ dormitory, leaving him dazed and happy.
• Gryffindors celebrated Harry’s championship by tossing him into the air, while Hufflepuffs celebrated Cedric by feeding him.