Recaps

Will faced Dumbledore over his attacks on Muggle villages, then demonstrated his strength to Scrimgeour’s Aurors without seriously harming them. As the school year ended, he accepted a dangerous summer role connected to Voldemort, pursued research into time magic, and learned more about the Howard family’s Muggle influence.

• Will admitted to Dumbledore that he had drained joy from people in Scottish villages, promised not to experiment on innocents again, and heard Dumbledore’s fears about where his ambition might lead.
• Will searched the Black family library for the Hour-Reversal Charm, studied Phineas Nigellus Black’s altered manuscripts, and used Ancient Magic to build a Joy Core.
• At Dumbledore’s request, Will faced Scrimgeour and the Aurors in the Highlands, overcame their attacks with powerful magic, and left them defeated without seriously harming them.
• Sylvia asked Will to train her, and he gradually taught her defensive and offensive spells while they continued their studies through exams and the end of term.
• After Harry described seeing Voldemort meeting with Death Eaters, Dumbledore asked Will to stay closer to Voldemort over the summer, and Will accepted despite Snape’s objections.
• Will left Hogwarts with Hobart, used Imperius on Richard Avery to advance reforms affecting Little Hangleton’s graveyard, and learned about the Howard family’s assets and political connections.
• Hobart urged Will to pursue an easier life and offered him work in a video game company, but Will remained committed to magic and considered whether Muggle emotions could provide power.
• Will studied a damaged manuscript about the Hour-Reversal Charm, learned of unstable experiments and past time distortions, and decided not to use the charm recklessly as a white-haired man at Malfoy Manor felt the Dark Lord summon him.

Will returned to England, faced Voldemort’s demands, and entered the Triwizard Tournament while secretly cooperating with Dumbledore. The Goblet of Fire selected nine Champions, including Harry and Will, and the arc ended with Will preparing for the dangerous competition and growing closer to Sylvia.

• Will returned from Germany, mastered the Hour-Reversal Charm, and attended the Quidditch World Cup with Sylvia and the Lestranges.
• After Death Eaters attacked the campsite, Will reversed time, repaired the Roberts family’s memories, and secretly captured Nicolina and Milena to study Veela transformations before erasing their memories.
• Will received Dumbledore’s request to investigate Voldemort and met Voldemort at Malfoy Manor, where Voldemort ordered him to enter the Triwizard Tournament and act as his agent after his resurrection.
• Will told Dumbledore about Voldemort’s orders and the destroyed grave at Little Hangleton, then returned to Hogwarts as the school prepared to host the tournament.
• Will entered his name in the Goblet of Fire after Karkaroff secretly tampered with it, and the Goblet selected Harry, Will, and seven other Champions instead of the expected three.
• Dumbledore determined that the Goblet had been Confunded and announced that all nine Champions would compete, while warning that rejecting its choices could endanger them.
• Will returned to the Room of Requirement, reassured Sylvia, checked his Felix Felicis, and accepted her offer of House-elves to help with his work.
• Sylvia warned Will to be careful and kissed his cheek before leaving, while Gryffindors celebrated Harry and Hufflepuffs celebrated Cedric.

Will mastered Soul Annihilation, helped Hogwarts dominate the First Task, and faced Dumbledore’s concerns about the damage his Dark Magic could cause. As tensions with Durmstrang rose, the students began preparing for the Yule Ball, and Will and Sylvia agreed to go together.

• Will recovered after transforming into a silver-and-black Phoenix, then refused Dumbledore’s request to publicly demonstrate his abilities, offering covert help instead.
• Rita Skeeter interviewed the Champions and published sensationalized stories, but her account of Will was unusually accurate after he hinted that he knew she was an unregistered Animagus.
• Will advanced his Dark Magic to LV5, chose Soul Annihilation, and mastered all three Unforgivable Curses.
• During the First Task, Will killed a Hebridean Black Dragon and later helped Hogwarts take the lead by defeating Krum, Ivan, and Semyon and collecting their Golden Eggs.
• Hogwarts won the First Task with six Golden Eggs, while Dumbledore warned Will that his Dark Magic had damaged the dragon’s soul and urged him to use it sparingly.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald discussed Will’s unusual abilities and considered whether an Obscurus could strengthen Dark Magic.
• Will and Sylvia encountered a fight between Hogwarts and Durmstrang students at the Black Lake, and McGonagall ordered Karkaroff to take his students away.
• Fleur invited Will to the Yule Ball, but Sylvia claimed him as her date, and Will later formally invited her in Hogsmeade, and she accepted.

Will and Sylvia shared a memorable Yule Ball before Will won the Second Task and learned more about Voldemort’s plans for time travel. Dumbledore began training Will for the coming danger, while the story ended with Barty Crouch captured after attacking Harry and Krum.

• Crouch told Will that the Second Task would take place in the Black Lake and gave him notes on underwater magic, while warning that Karkaroff might tamper with the Goblet.
• Will and Sylvia danced at the Yule Ball, then shared a romantic moment beneath the stars over the Black Lake.
• Will trained underwater, while Lucius discovered Voldemort needed a Time-Turner to retrieve his father’s bones and revealed the Death Eaters’ plan to strike during the Third Task.
• Will told Dumbledore about the Time-Turner plot, and Dumbledore decided Will would use the device rather than let the Death Eaters change the past.
• The champions entered the lake to rescue their hostages, and Will defeated the Merpeople guarding Sylvia before touring the underwater scenery with her.
• The other champions fought and rescued their hostages, while Will’s arrival on his Fish Carriage helped Hogwarts win the Second Task.
• Dumbledore showed Will a mære feeding on a sleeping Muggle and explained that Nightmare attacks had returned, leading Will to connect them to his Christmas experiments.
• Dumbledore began training Will in advanced Transfiguration and warned that Voldemort’s plans would begin during the Third Task.
• Will and Dumbledore hurried toward a distress signal, where Hagrid disarmed and captured Barty Crouch after he stunned Harry and Krum.