Chapter Summaries

Kyle read Hermione’s memories and discovered her interest in making a Blood Oath with him, which he happily accepted. At the Great Hall, teasing about being single pushed Ron to boast that he had touched Madam Rosmerta’s finger.

• Hermione’s memories caused Kyle to get a nosebleed, which he healed before Hermione wiped his face with a handkerchief.
• Hermione asked Kyle about Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s Blood Oath, then admitted she wanted to make one with him.
• Kyle agreed and embraced Hermione, who kissed him in the crowded Great Hall.
• George complained about being surrounded by couples, and Kyle teased him about staying single at Hogwarts.
• Fred mocked Ron for never touching a girl’s hand, so Ron shouted that he had touched Madam Rosmerta’s finger when she served him a drink.
• The Great Hall fell silent before everyone burst into laughter.

Kyle and Hermione studied advanced Transfiguration while Professor McGonagall tried to make the sleepy students take their O.W.L. preparations seriously. Kyle wondered whether magic could alter matter at the microscopic level and considered testing nuclear fission with magic.

• Ron lamented his romantic prospects after the Great Hall laughed at him, while Harry resented Cedric holding Cho Chang's hand.
• Kyle and Little Beaver arrived late to Transfiguration, and Little Beaver sat at the back because the fourth-year lesson was far below her level.
• Professor McGonagall warned the class to prepare for their O.W.Ls and had them practice turning hedgehogs into pincushions.
• Professor McGonagall startled Harry awake by slamming a textbook onto his desk and scolding him for sleeping in class.
• Kyle and Hermione discussed whether Transfiguration changed matter itself, and Kyle wondered what would happen if magic triggered uranium-235 fission.

Harry’s Calming Draught went dangerously wrong after Snape stopped treating him leniently, and Snape vanished the cauldron before it exploded. Harry was left staring up at Snape after taking cover on the floor.

• Professor McGonagall listened to Kyle and Hermione discuss combining physics with Transfiguration, then quietly walked away when she could not follow their technical terms.
• Harry found that Snape had become stricter with him in Potions and took five points from Gryffindor after seeing Harry’s green, bubbling Calming Draught.
• Harry became distracted and left the cauldron heating until Ron warned him that it was about to explode.
• Harry shoved Ron away and took cover in the aisle as the cauldron began to crack and splatter sludge.
• Snape vanished the cauldron with a spell, and Harry cautiously looked up to find Snape staring down at him.

Hogwarts prepared for the arrival of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, while Harry overheard the Four Troublemakers discussing how to enter the Triwizard Tournament. The chapter left Harry distracted and badly out of favor with Snape after losing nearly a hundred Gryffindor points.

• Hogwarts cleaned and redecorated the castle for the visiting delegations, including hanging Kyle's magically imposing Screaming Marmot banner for Hufflepuff.
• Dumbledore had Kyle restrain Peeves so it would not cause trouble during the schools' visit.
• The Four Troublemakers discussed how to bypass Dumbledore's age restriction and compete in the Triwizard Tournament, and Harry overheard them.
• Harry tried to catch the Four Troublemakers after breakfast but found they had already left.
• Harry's distraction over the tournament worsened his Potions work, and Snape deducted nearly a hundred points from Gryffindor.

Hogwarts students assembled to welcome the visiting schools, while Dumbledore tried to stop Kyle from provoking Durmstrang with a Deathly Hallows badge and a Blood Oath pendant. The chapter ended as Beauxbatons’ enormous carriage landed smoothly on the lawn.

• McGonagall ordered the students to return to their common rooms, tidy themselves, and assemble in the Entrance Hall.
• Dumbledore told Kyle to remove his Deathly Hallows badge, but Kyle refused and showed him the shattered Blood Oath pendant that could summon Grindelwald.
• The Hogwarts students formed orderly lines and gathered outside the castle as evening fell.
• A large carriage pulled by twelve Abraxans flew over the Forbidden Forest toward Hogwarts.
• The Beauxbatons carriage descended rapidly and made a remarkably smooth landing on the lawn.

The Beauxbatons delegation arrived at Hogwarts, where Konan reunited with Kyle and affectionately greeted Hermione, leaving the students puzzled about their relationship. Madam Maxime and her students went inside to warm up while the Hogwarts crowd waited for Durmstrang to arrive.

• Madam Maxime arrived at Hogwarts in the Beauxbatons carriage and greeted Dumbledore and the professors.
• Madam Maxime reunited warmly with Hagrid, surprising the watching students.
• Konan greeted the Hogwarts professors, embraced Kyle, and asked Hermione to sleep with her in the Beauxbatons carriage; Hermione blushed and declined.
• Madam Maxime led the Beauxbatons students into the castle to warm up, while Konan stayed beside Kyle.
• A strange, loud sound signaled Durmstrang’s approach, and Kyle wondered whether the giant squid might have attacked its transport.

Kyle watched the Durmstrang delegation arrive and reacted coldly to its Headmaster, Igor Karkaroff, before the visiting schools gathered for the Triwizard Tournament feast. The feast ended with Ron humiliating himself in front of Fleur, leaving Ginny mortified by her brother.

• A Ghost Ship surfaced in the Black Lake and brought Igor Karkaroff and the Durmstrang students ashore.
• Kyle refused to greet Karkaroff, then told Ron that his father had killed Viktor Krum’s grandfather.
• Konan discouraged Beauxbatons girls from approaching Kyle, while Kyle led Hogwarts students in greeting their professors.
• Dumbledore welcomed the visiting schools and announced that the Triwizard Tournament would officially begin after the feast.
• Ron gawked at Fleur Delacour, drooled on himself, and frightened her away when he tried to explain.
• Ginny watched Ron’s embarrassment and wished she could use a Time-Turner to show their parents what he had become.

At the Triwizard Tournament feast, Dumbledore introduced the officials and explained that the Goblet of Fire would choose the Champions, while Kyle reflected on his influence over the tournament and Ludo Bagman’s mounting debt. Harry and Ron decided to try entering despite the age restriction, and the Weasley Twins prepared to help them test Dumbledore’s Age Line.

• Kyle watched the impoverished Ludo Bagman arrive and considered how much he still owed the Four Troublemakers.
• Dumbledore introduced Barty Crouch and Ludo Bagman, then explained that the Goblet of Fire would select the Champions from students’ parchment entries.
• Dumbledore announced that an Age Line would keep students under seventeen from reaching the Goblet and warned that selected Champions would be bound by a magical contract.
• Ron decided to enter after seeing Fleur, while Harry also resolved to compete, and George and Fred gave them Aging Potion.
• George and Fred privately decided that the Age Line would require a more sophisticated magical solution than the potion or other obvious tricks.

Konan arranged a schedule for spending nights with Hermione and Kyle, while Kyle considered sneaking into the Gryffindor girls’ dormitory. The next morning, Harry and Ron tried to cross Dumbledore’s age line with Aging Potion, but it threw them back and gave them long white beards.

• Konan persuaded Hermione to let her stay in the Gryffindor dormitory and set a weekly schedule for time with Hermione and Kyle.
• Kyle recalled Hermione’s memories, considered entering the girls’ dormitory as an Animagus, and decided against learning the magic.
• Kyle found students gathered around the Goblet of Fire and Dumbledore’s age line early the next morning.
• Harry and Ron drank Aging Potion and tried to enter their names in the Goblet of Fire, but the age line hurled them back and gave them long white beards.
• Ron chased George and Fred after realizing they had tricked him, then fell near Dumbledore, who advised him and Harry to visit Madam Pomfrey.

Kyle organized a plan to sell Triwizard Tournament Champion slots to students from Hogwarts and the visiting schools, with the highest bidder winning. He assigned his friends to recruit contestants and set quotas for each school.

• More Hogwarts students submitted their names to the Goblet of Fire while George and Fred tried unsuccessfully to bypass the Age Line.
• Fleur Delacour gave Kyle a provocative look, prompting Konan and Hermione to question him about her.
• Kyle gathered the prospective contestants and told George and Fred to offer Champion slots to students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, using his identity as a guarantee.
• Kyle assigned Penelope to recruit Slytherin students and said Hogwarts would have eight contestants, with George and Fred opting out because they expected Cedric to beat them.
• Kyle ordered the group to auction one Slytherin slot and offer at least seven slots to each visiting school, then dismissed them to begin recruiting.

The Four Troublemakers sold supposed Triwizard Champion slots to Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students, using Kyle Grindelwald’s name to make the scheme believable. Fred tricked Viktor Krum into paying twelve hundred Galleons as a deposit, while George returned with nine Beauxbatons buyers’ names and their payments.

• The Four Troublemakers convinced Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students that an official named Grindelwald could guarantee them Champion slots.
• Fred showed Viktor Krum a fabricated bidding chart and persuaded him to sign a contract for a slot.
• Krum paid Fred twelve hundred gold Galleons as a deposit, and Fred altered the fake chart after Krum left.
• Fred prepared to approach his next customer while George sold Beauxbatons slots for lower prices.
• George returned to the Room of Requirement with bags of Galleons and a finalized list of nine Beauxbatons buyers.

Kyle finalized the list of Triwizard Tournament competitors and agreed to add Hannah after she asked to compete. He secretly bypassed Dumbledore’s age line and entered the contestants’ parchment slips into the Goblet of Fire, leaving the selection spell Confunded.

• Kyle learned that Malfoy had paid twenty thousand Galleons for a competitor slot, and the Weasley Twins and others anticipated the tournament drama involving Harry, Draco, and Ron.
• Hannah asked Kyle to let her compete, hoping to impress him, and Kyle added her name to the list.
• Kyle used a Disillusionment Charm and a Cushioning Charm to reach the Entrance Hall unseen.
• Kyle bypassed Dumbledore’s age line, tossed the contestant slips into the Goblet of Fire, and cast several Confundus Charms on it.
• Kyle removed the illusion barrier and concealed himself, leaving the Entrance Hall as though nothing had happened.

Kyle, Hermione, and Konan toured Hogwarts before Konan helped Hagrid prepare to visit Madam Maxime. At the Halloween feast, everyone waited for Dumbledore to announce the Goblet of Fire’s Champions, but the chapter ended before he revealed them.

• Kyle, Hermione, and Konan ran into Hagrid outside his hut as he dressed up and prepared to see Madam Maxime.
• Kyle urged Hagrid to change, and Konan offered to fix his appearance; Hagrid washed off his cologne and let her style his hair.
• Hagrid called Konan “Mrs. Grindelwald,” delighting her and irritating Hermione.
• The students and staff gathered in the decorated Great Hall for the Halloween feast, eager to learn who the Goblet of Fire had chosen.
• Dumbledore finished eating as the Great Hall fell silent, and everyone waited for him to announce the Champions.

The Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory as the schools’ expected Champions, then continued naming Champions until twenty-five had been chosen. Dumbledore left with Ludo and Barty to discuss the unprecedented result, as students erupted into argument.

• Dumbledore extinguished the Great Hall’s candles and announced Viktor Krum as Durmstrang’s Champion and Fleur Delacour as Beauxbatons’ Champion.
• The Goblet named Cedric Diggory as Hogwarts’ Champion, surprising students who expected Kyle to be chosen.
• The Goblet unexpectedly selected additional Champions, including Poliako Yudit, Marie Ajani, and Penelope Clearwater.
• The Goblet named twenty-five Champions in total, with nine each from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons and seven from Hogwarts, including Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hannah, Cedric, Penelope Clearwater, and Draco Malfoy.
• After the Goblet stopped producing names, Dumbledore left with Ludo, Barty, and the other professors while students erupted into discussion.

The selection produced twenty-five Triwizard Champions, leaving Hogwarts with two fewer than the other schools, and the organizers accepted the unexpected result. The first task was set for November 24, and Dumbledore planned to reduce the number of dragons by having Champions compete in groups; that night, Hogwarts celebrated while Ron and Harry worried about Cedric overshadowing them.

• Karkaroff accused Dumbledore and the organizers of manipulating the selection, while Hogwarts' professors defended the school and argued over the unequal number of Champions.
• Dumbledore accepted that the selection could not be changed, and Crouch announced the first task's rules and its November 24 date.
• After the Champions left, Barty warned that the Ministry had prepared only four dragons for the task; Dumbledore proposed grouping the Champions to reduce the number needed.
• The Hogwarts houses celebrated their Champions, and Gryffindor congratulated Hermione while Fred and George teased Ron about his chances against Cedric.
• Ron and Harry left the celebrations to drink after worrying that Cedric would easily outperform them.

Kyle teased Hermione and Hannah as they studied for the Triwizard Tournament, then dismissed Krum’s accusations when the Bulgarian Champion confronted him. Krum ignored a warning about Hermione and decided to target her to get revenge on Kyle.

• Kyle joined Hermione and Hannah for breakfast, joked about cheating in the tournament, and gave Dumbledore a barbecue pork bun.
• Hermione objected to cheating, but Hannah reminded her that the Champions had already benefited from cheating during the selection.
• Krum confronted Kyle at the Hufflepuff table, accusing him of manipulating the Goblet and blaming him for his grandfather’s death.
• Kyle brushed Krum off and left with Konan, Hermione, and Hannah after telling Krum to stop blocking the aisle.
• Krum asked Cadwallader about Hermione, and Cadwallader warned him not to target Kyle’s girlfriend.
• Krum dismissed the warning and decided to take revenge on Kyle by targeting Hermione outside the tournament.

Kyle began training Hermione and Hannah for the Triwizard Tournament’s first task, teaching Hannah the Yin Seal and Hermione Mitotic Regeneration to prepare them to face dragons. Meanwhile, Moody started coaching Harry and Ron and asked Harry to identify his strengths.

• Krum waited all morning at the library entrance for Hermione, unaware she had stopped going there.
• Kyle brought Hermione, Hannah, and Konan to the Room of Requirement and explained that the first task would likely involve dragons.
• Kyle taught Hannah about the Yin Seal and told Hermione to learn Mitotic Regeneration instead because she already had the Two-Tails.
• Kyle told Konan she should take part in the training rather than sit idle.
• Moody summoned Harry and Ron for special tutoring, warned them they lacked advantages over the other Champions, and asked Harry what he was best at.

Hannah, Konan, and the other girl struggled to master Mitotic Regeneration as Kyle continued teaching them. George and Fred showed off rival Champion badges mocking Ron and Draco, and Kyle left them to their feud as he entered the Great Hall.

• Hannah quickly mastered the Yin Seal, but she and the other girls made little progress with Mitotic Regeneration.
• George and Fred revealed their oversized badge-shield promoting Hogwarts’s Champions, then showed its alternate image insulting Draco.
• Kyle saw a Slytherin student wearing Draco’s badge, which displayed an insult targeting Ron.
• George and Fred explained that Draco had distributed badges mocking Ron across the other Houses, prompting the twins to make their own badges in retaliation.
• Kyle warned the twins not to involve anyone else and refused George’s implied request to wear a badge before entering the Great Hall.

After learning that Krum had waited for Hermione, Kyle planned a prank using the Weasley twins’ enormous stockpile of Dungbombs and Stink Pellets. The chapter ended with Kyle and the twins preparing their concentrated, foul-smelling weapon in the Forbidden Forest.

• Cadwallader told Kyle that Krum had asked about Hermione and waited outside the library, and Hermione tried to calm Kyle’s jealousy.
• Kyle went to his dormitory and gathered the Dungbombs he had stored there.
• Kyle found Fred and George at their Forbidden Forest testing ground, where they emptied a huge supply of Dungbombs and Stink Pellets from their bags.
• Kyle dissolved the pile in a giant sphere of water, concentrated the mixture, and asked George to make a shell for it.
• Kyle enlisted Fred to help brew something, and the three laughed as their prank took shape.

Kyle disguised himself as Jamie Campbell and tricked Krum into drinking pearl milk tea during Hogwarts' hot pot dinner. Krum later suffered an embarrassing accident in Durmstrang's communal bathhouse, while Kyle and the Weasley Twins anticipated the spectacle.

• Students from Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang enjoyed hot pot, and many tried it for the first time.
• Disguised as Jamie Campbell, Kyle gave Krum pearl milk tea and chatted with him while the Four Troublemakers watched.
• Krum invited Kyle to visit Durmstrang's hot springs, and Kyle revealed that Krum had drunk every last drop.
• Krum went to Durmstrang's communal bathhouse, where Karkaroff discussed the Triwizard Tournament with him.
• Krum's stomach churned, and he suffered an embarrassing accident in the bathhouse.