Chapter Summaries

Harry and the others discussed Ilvas’s performance, only for Harry and Ilvas to reveal that Ilvas could foresee seven seconds into the future. The judges’ scores provoked a crowd uproar, and Karkaroff’s matching five-point score prompted him and Madame Vokanova to leave.

• Harry and the others debated the judges’ scores and what made Ilvas’s performance impressive before Harry and Ilvas revealed Ilvas’s seven-second foresight.
• Madame Maxime gave Ilvas five points, Dumbledore gave him eight, Arthur Weasley gave him seven, and Madame Vokanova gave him ten.
• Ilvas apologized to Harry and Krum for Madame Vokanova’s earlier low scores and explained that she favored him while hating Durmstrang.
• Varys explained that Madame Vokanova’s ancestors had protected their surname from Mont’s followers, and Harry wondered whether the Smith Family was hiding from something too.
• Karkaroff gave Ilvas five points, then left the venue with the Durmstrang students, while the furious Madame Vokanova also departed.

Arthur Weasley announced the Champions’ scores and the dates of the next events, then told them about merchandise and a riddle tied to the second task. After the Champions left, the Weasleys gathered around Harry, and Mrs. Weasley anxiously checked that he was unharmed.

• Arthur Weasley announced Harry Potter’s 44 points, Viktor Krum’s 39, Fleur Delacour’s 47, and Ilveras’s 35, and set the next team event for January 24 and the individual event for February 24.
• Ryan sent Fleur to the tent, where Krum joked with Ilveras and Harry warned Krum that Fleur already had a formidable boyfriend.
• Arthur Weasley told the Champions their live broadcast had qualified them for personal merchandise and gave each one dragonhide earmuffs containing a riddle for the second task.
• Krum and Ilveras left together for the Black Lake, while Fleur exited through another tent entrance.
• Charlie told Harry about the dragons’ changed behavior, and Mrs. Weasley scolded Ron before checking Harry for injuries and criticizing Dumbledore for making him face a dragon.

Mrs. Weasley praised her children before scolding Arthur for his mistakes, while Fred and George teased Ron over his dealings with Dervish and Banges. Ron escaped with Harry and Ginny, then asked what Arthur had told them about the second task.

• Mrs. Weasley praised Percy, Charlie, Ron, and Ginny, then questioned Arthur about Fred and George’s flying sales and recounted his past mistakes.
• After Mrs. Weasley and Arthur left, Fred and George confronted Ron for giving Dervish and Banges the better memories and leaving them with less valuable material for their products.
• Percy lectured Ron for his underhanded dealings and careless remarks, and Fred and George stopped messing up Ron’s hair.
• Ron grabbed Harry and Ginny and left the tent, then asked Harry why he had not helped him when Fred and George attacked him.
• Ginny snapped at Ron for his behavior, and Ron changed the subject by asking what Arthur had told Harry and Ginny about the second task.

Ryan and Kate watched Harry secretly prepare a dangerously potent Polyjuice Potion and tried to identify his target. Kate concluded that Harry had brewed it for Neville Longbottom, whose strength and resistance made the potion usable.

• Ryan and Kate discussed PUA while role-playing in Hogwarts’s reflected Ravenclaw dormitory.
• Ryan showed Kate Harry’s failed-looking Polyjuice Potion brewing, and Kate spotted Harry secretly altering and restoring the potion-name cards.
• Ryan and Kate wagered over what Harry had planned, and Kate correctly inferred that the card changes concealed his choice of Polyjuice Potion.
• Ryan explained that a potion brewed for only a few hours could work for someone with exceptional resistance to spells and potions.
• Kate guessed that Harry might be preparing the potion for Lupin, but Ryan revealed that Neville Longbottom was the overlooked target.

Harry and Ron discovered that Hagrid’s popularity came from parents urging their children to learn Care of Magical Creatures after seeing a Triwizard Tournament warning crediting Hagrid with training dragons. As students continued courting Hagrid, Neville worried that Hannah’s dragon-keeping ambitions and Hagrid’s hidden heritage could expose him to discrimination.

• Harry and Ron overheard Seamus explain that his Muggle father had read the Triwizard Tournament subtitles and told him to study under Hagrid so he could tame dragons.
• Harry and Ron realized that parents who had noticed the warning had prompted their children to visit Hagrid.
• In December, students crowded around Hagrid and called a dangerous Bundimun cute despite his explanation of its hunting habits.
• Neville worried that Hannah’s plans to keep a dragon might lead her to learn Hagrid’s secret, but Harry and Ron warned that she could not keep it quiet.
• Neville argued that exposing Hagrid’s half-giant heritage could bring discrimination, while Harry suggested the secret ability came from Hagrid’s wizard ancestry.

Harry learned that the Christmas Ball would require Champions and their partners to lead the opening dance, and Professor Flitwick pressed him to accept the role. Ginny volunteered to dance with him, leaving Harry torn between embarrassment and his duty as Hogwarts's Champion.

• Neville told Hannah that Hagrid had been behind the rumors, while Harry avoided discussing the merchandise featuring images of his exposed muscles.
• Professor Flitwick announced that the Christmas Ball would be held on Christmas night and that students from Third Year onward could attend.
• Professor Flitwick told Harry that Champions traditionally opened the ball with their partners and reminded him that he was engaged to Ginny.
• Harry admitted that he did not know how to dance and hesitated to lead the opening dance because he feared the attention would embarrass Ginny.
• Ginny entered the classroom and said she could lead the dance, while Professor Flitwick urged Harry to accept so Hogwarts would not lose face.

Harry and the other Champions faced growing attention as students prepared for the Christmas Ball, while Harry struggled with dance lessons and Ravenclaw’s attempts to solve the next task’s clue. Fleur’s many suitors gathered by the Beauxbatons carriage, though Ryan was already her intended partner.

• Dumbledore turned Harry’s role at the ball from opening the dance to leading it, and Professor Flitwick arranged dance lessons for him.
• Harry endured Ravenclaw students’ attempts to investigate the earmuffs and dragon figurine, though he already knew what the next task involved and kept quiet for Hagrid’s sake.
• Girls crowded around Harry to seek autographs and invite him to the ball, so Ginny stayed close to him.
• Krum received repeated rejections and planned to choose a dance partner from among the girls who followed him to the library.
• Students gathered beside the Beauxbatons carriage to ask Fleur to the ball, including Roger, Henry, Phoenix, Bradley, and Richard.

As Hogwarts students prepared for the Christmas Ball, Harry learned that Dudley had accepted a fifth-year girl's invitation and watched his friends become consumed by dance plans. Professor Snape unusually spared Harry his insults and appeared fatigued, while Ron claimed he had seen Snape look respectfully toward Ryan.

• Harry felt jealous when he learned Cho Chang had chosen Cedric Diggory as her dance partner, then discovered Dudley had accepted an invitation from a pretty fifth-year girl.
• The news about Hagrid spread through the school, but students treated his secret as an ordinary trait of talented Care of Magical Creatures scholars.
• As term neared its end, Ron, Draco, Neville, and Ryan grew busy with their dance partners and preparations, while Harry enjoyed a quieter schedule.
• Professor Flitwick let students practice the Cushioning Charm and discussed Krum's Accio with Harry, while other teachers continued their lessons and Professor Snape scolded the class, especially Ron.
• Harry noticed Snape seemed tired and did not praise him; Ron said Snape had glanced at Ryan with deep respect, though Ron insisted Snape could not perceive him.

Ryan’s Herb Garden was built to house ingredients for every potion recipe, a project Severus Snape undertook while working to help resurrect Lily Evans. As Christmas break began, Harry struggled through intense dance practice and Fred and George’s prank products, while another author’s note announced the next chapter would come later.

• The chapter described the three rooms of Ryan’s Herb Garden and the rare potion ingredients stored in them.
• Severus Snape had organized and processed the ingredients with help from House-elves and Magic Arrays, exhausting himself before Christmas.
• Harry and Ginny became known as the dance leaders, and Harry accepted guidance from professional dancers to avoid embarrassing Hogwarts.
• Fred and George’s Canary Creams and Toffee Tongue Taffy spread through the school, making Harry wary of food and drinks.
• The author announced that another nucleic acid test had taken place and that the next chapter would be posted later.

Harry spent Christmas morning observing Hogwarts’s festive decorations before Dobby visited him with a handmade gift. After Harry gave Dobby a new pair of socks, Dobby left to help prepare the Christmas feast.

• Harry explored Hogwarts’s Christmas decorations and watched Peeves hide in enchanted armor to sing crude lyrics.
• Dobby appeared at Harry’s bedside, startling him awake and apologizing for frightening him.
• Harry recognized Dobby and noticed his unusual clothes, then gave him a new pair of socks.
• Dobby gave Harry two mismatched socks he had knitted himself, and Harry put them on and praised his craftsmanship.
• Dobby left to help prepare the Christmas feast in the kitchens.

Ryan opened his Christmas gifts, prepared presents for his friends, and went to Beauxbatons as Fleur's dance partner. Harry and the others learned that Ryan's presence was becoming harder to overlook, while Ginny grew angry over what she thought was his treatment of Luna.

• Ryan used the gate of Smith Castle to store Hermione, Luna, Fleur, Kate, and Penelope's gifts, then opened Snape's potion notes and his other presents.
• Ryan gave Harry a book about the Trace, Ron an unpublished Doraemon, Neville a secret spell, and Hagrid a Ukrainian Ironbelly egg.
• Harry, Ron, and Neville opened their gifts with their dormmates, who recognized Ryan but still seemed unable to remember his appearance.
• Harry and his friends met Ginny and went to breakfast, where they discussed Ryan going public with the Pixie.
• Ginny accused Ryan of treating Luna unfairly and demanded to find him, while Harry and Neville left Ron to handle the situation.

Harry and the others searched Hogwarts for Ryan, Luna, and Hermione but found no trace of them. As the students gathered for the Yule Ball, Ryan appeared and captivated the crowd, including Ginny, leaving her fighting her attraction to him.

• Harry, Ron, Neville, and Ginny searched the castle for Ryan but also discovered that Luna and Hermione had vanished and were forgotten by everyone except them.
• Harry and Ginny practiced dancing, then returned to the Great Hall, where Ginny declared she would win Luna back and hurried off to prepare for the ball.
• Harry, Ron, and Neville dressed in their formal robes and waited with their partners before heading to the Entrance Hall.
• Harry and Ginny arrived among the students waiting for the Great Hall doors to open, and the crowd suddenly turned its attention away from them.
• Ryan appeared, drawing stunned reactions from the students, and Ginny blushed before burying her face in Harry's chest and reminding herself that she was engaged.

At Hogwarts’s Christmas Ball, Ryan’s beauty captivated Harry and the other students, leaving Harry confused by his own reactions. Ryan joked with Fleur about his charm and the decorations as Harry tried to regain his composure.

• Ryan reflected on the witches he had encountered through Kate’s borrowed shadows while Harry became entranced by Ryan’s appearance.
• Draco snapped Harry out of his stare, and Ginny confronted Ron after Ron instinctively looked to Harry while breaking free of Ryan’s charm.
• Harry led Ginny toward Professor McGonagall through the fairy-lit grotto and realized he was drawing closer to Ryan and Fleur.
• Fleur said the ball decorations copied the design of Ryan’s home, and Ryan suggested he had foreseen the scenes.
• Harry felt his heart keep racing as Ryan’s voice stirred his feelings, then Ryan teased him for blushing and said he needed to tone down his charm before Dumbledore arrived.

Harry joined the other Champions for the Yule Ball procession, while Ryan’s reduced charm still drew most of the attention. After taking their seats at the feast, Harry and Ginny caught up with Mr. Weasley and learned how to summon food from the menus.

• Professor McGonagall gathered the Champions and arranged their procession into the Great Hall, with Harry and Ginny first and Fleur and Ryan last.
• Krum questioned Harry about Ryan, and Ilvas said Ryan’s existence had stopped him from foreseeing the future.
• The Champions entered the transformed Great Hall to applause, where the guests’ attention focused largely on Ryan.
• The Champions took seats at the judges’ table, and Mr. Weasley chatted with Harry and Ginny about Percy, Fred, George, and Ron.
• Dumbledore showed Harry how to order food from the menu, and the others followed by naming dishes for their plates.

Ryan endured Madame Maxime’s questions about his relationship with Fleur while explaining how he had appeased his other girlfriends. He recalled Kate’s time-traveling visit to Hogwarts’ past, and the chapter ended as Dumbledore opened the Yule Ball and welcomed the Weird Sisters.

• Madame Maxime questioned Ryan about his age, home, and intentions toward Fleur while Fleur watched, amused.
• Ryan recalled taking Hermione to Atlantis, Luna to Sweden, Penelope to Moon City, and Kate into Hogwarts’ past to satisfy their conditions.
• In the 1971 Hogwarts shadow, Kate transformed into Narcissa and arranged encounters with Ryan, later teasing him about his confused trips through time.
• Kate proposed visiting Hogwarts in the eleventh century, but Ryan warned that powerful wizards and possible gods could make the trip dangerous.
• After the meal, Dumbledore cleared the Great Hall and introduced the Weird Sisters, who came onstage to loud applause.

At the Yule Ball, Harry and Ginny led the first dance before joining Ron and Lavender outside to explore a magical rose garden. Ryan stayed with Fleur at the ball, wondering how students could ignore the beautiful fairies watching couples in the flowerbeds.

• The Weird Sisters introduced themselves and began playing as Harry and Ginny were chosen to lead the dance.
• Harry and Ginny danced first, then Ryan and Fleur drew attention with a paso doble as the other Champions and professors joined in.
• After the song ended, Harry and Ginny met Ron and Lavender and suggested taking a walk outside the castle.
• The four students discovered a moonlit rose garden filled with fairies and couples being intimate among the flowerbeds.
• Ron took Lavender deeper into the garden, while Ginny led Harry farther along the path.
• Ryan remained on the dance floor with Fleur and wondered how the students ignored the fairies in the garden.

Ryan explained that Fairies used magic to prevent others from feeling desire for them, then he and Fleur spent the night in the Rose Garden. By morning, Harry and Ginny were missing from the dormitory, and Ron found Fred, George, and Angelina in the garden.

• Ryan realized Fairies' magic kept people from feeling sexual desire toward them and explained the spell to Fleur.
• Ryan and Fleur danced, then went to the Rose Garden to study Fire Rose pollen and Fairies.
• Madame Maxime and Hagrid, Ron and Lavender, and Harry and Ginny also spent the night outside the castle.
• The next morning, a visitor searched for Harry and Ginny, and Angelina left after being stopped with Fred and George.
• Fred and George teased Ron about his night with Lavender and joked about Ginny and Harry.

Harry and Ginny woke in the Rose Garden and learned that Ron had loudly announced their presence there. Ginny confronted Ron in the castle, where she accused him of hypocrisy and lashed out over his treatment of her and Harry.

• Harry rapidly dressed himself and Ginny, then removed the protective magic and traces of their night in the Rose Garden.
• Ginny heard Ron shouting for Harry and blamed him for telling the school they had spent the night there.
• Harry took Ginny toward the castle, while Ryan and Fleur watched their conversation and Ron's actions from a hidden patch of roses.
• Ginny broke away from Harry and pointed her wand at Ron when they met; Harry cast Protego between them.
• Ron insisted that he had a right to stop Ginny, and Ginny threw down her wand and accused him of hypocrisy and mistreating Lavender.

Ron and Ginny’s argument divided their friends, and Harry was unfairly treated as part of Ron’s camp despite siding with Ginny. On Hogsmeade Day, Harry ran into Hermione and Ryan and helped explain why Hermione’s parents had favored Ryan’s gift.

• Ron and Ginny furiously argued over Ron’s jealousy and his treatment of Ginny, while Harry tried to defend Ginny without condemning his friendship with Ron.
• Draco, Neville, Lavender, and Percy sided with Ginny, and Percy and the others lectured Ron for four hours.
• Harry felt that everyone had turned against him and went alone to the Rose Garden the next day, where he found Hogsmeade Village decorated for Christmas.
• Harry overheard Hermione complaining that her parents preferred Ryan’s Fainting Fancies to the vampire fang model she had given them.
• Harry explained that Ryan had chosen the sugar-free sweets thoughtfully for Hermione’s dentist parents and that they might have taken a gift from their daughter for granted.

Harry spoke with Ryan and Luna at the Three Broomsticks, where Ryan explained how he handled disagreements with girls. Ryan’s teasing nearly led Harry to confess feelings for him before Harry recovered, and Ryan confronted him about his past crushes.

• Harry noticed a man-eating troll at the Three Broomsticks, and Ryan explained that the troll could appear openly because it had not attacked humans.
• Luna mentioned that her father had blamed Walton Macnair’s death on a vampire, and Ryan confirmed the story while concealing the truth from Harry.
• Ryan told Harry that relationships called for different responses depending on a girl’s temperament, and confirmed that Ron had feelings for Harry.
• Ryan teased Harry by asking whether he really only liked Ginny, and Harry nearly agreed to be with Ryan before recovering.
• Ryan clarified that he had been asking about Harry’s feelings for Cho Chang and the Grey Lady, then challenged him about those past crushes.