Chapter Summaries

Fleur took an early lead by guiding the Opaleye into the course, while Harry used the Fire Dragon Toy’s hidden spell to control the Hungarian Horntail and entered another lane. Fleur reached the first magical trap and realized she might need to land on the moving platform and find a key to escape its slowing effect.

• Fleur guided the Opaleye into the leftmost lane, whose threads changed color as she passed.
• Arthur Weasley explained that the lanes tracked each Champion and dragon, while Dumbledore revealed that Harry had discovered a hidden spell in the Fire Dragon Toy.
• Draco speculated that the stone platforms would contain magical traps, and Harry’s eyes turned yellow before the Hungarian Horntail flew into its lane.
• Arthur announced that Fleur neared the first platform as Ilvas followed behind her.
• Fleur and the Opaleye slowed near the moving platform, where Fleur noticed seductive Veela and flying keys that might hold the way to break the trap.

Fleur and Harry overcame the first magical platform in different ways, while Ilvas and Krum followed close behind. Harry's Exploding Charm cleared the course for everyone, but Draco warned that it could let the other Champions' faster dragons catch up and turn the race into a much harder contest.

• Fleur danced among the winged keys, selected a blue key, and stopped the platform's magic before flying onward.
• Ilvas cast a Slowing Charm on himself, let his Peruvian Vipertooth toss him into the air, and had the dragon catch him safely.
• Harry used an Exploding Charm to destroy the keys and dispel the first platform's magical trap.
• Ilvas and Krum realized the cleared platforms could remove the Veela's dancing effects and make their dragons faster.
• Draco explained that Harry's simple solution might allow Krum and Ilvas to catch up, making the competition far more difficult.

Harry overcame the mud bog slowing his lane by using a strengthened Protego to fly rapidly with his dragon while leaving the stone-platform magic intact. His strategy put Krum and Ilvas back at a disadvantage, though Draco worried that accumulating platforms and the dwindling Veela might undermine it.

• The commentator reported that Dracula remained in the lead, with Ilvas third and Krum last, as Harry cast Protego between himself and his dragon.
• Professor Flitwick recognized that Harry's spell produced the blue glow of Supercharged Protego, although Harry had cast the ordinary Protego incantation.
• Draco explained that Harry had used aerodynamics to overcome his disadvantage and urged the students to watch as Harry and his dragon sped through the mud bog without dispelling its magic.
• The commentator announced that Harry's dragon was unaffected by the mud bog and that Harry was flying rapidly alongside the stone platforms.
• Draco pointed out that Krum and Ilvas could no longer rely on their dragons opening their eyes because the Veela would keep dancing on Harry's undisturbed platforms.
• Draco worried that more platforms would follow Harry and that the dwindling number of dancing Veela might no longer affect his dragon.

Fleur rescued her hostage first, but Harry and Ilvas battled for second place in a dangerous final sprint. Harry leapt from his dragon and glided to the stone platform, earning second place while Ilvas also made the jump.

• Krum crashed into the boundary, fell from his dragon, then recovered and returned to the course.
• Fleur completed the course first and rescued her hostage.
• Ilvas's Vipertooth was enchanted and fell off the track, but Ilvas regained his place in the race after guiding it back.
• Ilvas opened the Vipertooth's eyes for a second full-speed sprint, while Harry raced toward the final stone platform.
• Harry leapt from the Hungarian Horntail and glided toward the platform; Ilvas jumped after him as his dragon lost control again.
• Mr. Weasley announced that Harry Potter had placed second.

Harry noticed that Dumbledore acted unlike himself while treating Karkaroff, and suspected that Grindelwald might be involved. The chapter ended with Karkaroff restored and dressed, as Harry remained uncertain about what he had witnessed.

• Harry and Ilvas rescued their hostages, and the judges prepared to score the competition.
• Harry noticed Dumbledore looking at him strangely, then saw him speak to Karkaroff and begin removing the curse that had left him mangled.
• Harry told Ginny that Ryan had likely cursed Karkaroff after Karkaroff mocked Fleur, and that Snape had asked Dumbledore to leave the curse in place for research.
• Harry observed that Dumbledore seemed to be studying the curse rather than simply removing it, and said his manner reminded him of Grindelwald.
• Karkaroff returned to human form, cast Nebulus, and emerged from the mist dressed and restored.

Ryan joked with Kate and Penelope about using the Fertility Potion to make Snape pregnant with Harry’s mother’s child while the judges announced the second task results. Harry placed second, and the chapter left him looking ahead to resurrecting his mother at Gaunt House on April 3.

• Kate and Penelope discussed how the Fertility Potion could enable pregnancy across conventional gender restrictions, and Ryan deflected their teasing by suggesting Snape use Lily Evans’s preserved hair.
• Arthur Weasley announced that Fleur Delacour scored 45 points, Ilvas Hufflepuff scored 35, Viktor Krum scored 25, and Harry Potter scored 40 for the second task.
• Harry’s Hungarian Horntail roared and blasted dragonfire into the sky, appearing to celebrate his performance.
• Arthur announced the combined standings: Fleur had 92 points, Harry had 84, Ilvas had 70, and Viktor had 64, and he set the dates for the final events.
• Harry told Ginny he was glad the competition did not overlap with Easter and anticipated going to Gaunt House on April 3 to resurrect his mother.

After the Triwizard match, Harry showed Draco and the others his new ability to transform into a dragon-like form and fly. He returned to normal and explained that he could alter or temporarily create the Norwegian Ridgeback traits.

• The course and stands vanished, the dragons returned to the Forbidden Forest, and Harry and the others walked back toward the castle.
• Draco asked Harry whether the spell had only linked their vision, and Harry explained that his bodily changes came from his contract with the Nether Dragon and his unusual magic.
• Harry led Draco to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to show him something exciting.
• Harry transformed into a dragon-like form, revealed that he could fly, and startled Draco, Ginny, Neville, and Ron.
• Harry changed back, Ginny clung to him in relief, and Harry explained that he could alter or temporarily create his Norwegian Ridgeback traits.

Harry explained that he could Dragonify without being connected to a dragon, while Dumbledore secretly spoke with Grindelwald through the bond between them. Their conversation turned to Harry’s dangerous potential and the future of their unborn child, and Grindelwald vanished after asking why he should live in a world without Dumbledore.

• Harry told Ron, Draco, Neville, and Ginny that his uniform had limited his wings during the match and that his body and magic had memorized Dragonification.
• Dumbledore used an ordinary mirror to communicate with Grindelwald through the connection renewed by their feelings and their unborn child.
• Grindelwald warned Dumbledore that Harry’s extraordinary, ordered magic made him a potential threat to the world.
• Dumbledore defended Harry’s kind soul and sacred magic, while Grindelwald questioned whether Harry might grow dangerous after they were gone.
• Dumbledore offered Grindelwald a way to gain immortality, but Grindelwald asked why he should live without Dumbledore and disappeared from the mirror.

Ryan explained that Grindelwald was using a blessing ritual to try to influence Harry, but he believed Harry’s magic would withstand it. Harry received the blessing near the Forbidden Forest, absorbed its power, and was left feeling renewed.

• Ryan told Kate and Penelope that Grindelwald planned to guide Harry’s magic toward goodness through a blessing.
• Ryan showed Kate and Penelope a church where wizards used a calendar and special parchment to focus blessings on Harry.
• Ryan explained that sugar, spices, magic, and the wizards’ wishes formed the blessing, but he doubted it could disrupt Harry’s magic.
• Harry staggered near the Forbidden Forest as the blessing reached him, hearing a phoenix’s cry and an ancient dragon’s roar.
• Harry absorbed the warmth and felt lighter as the images and blessings vanished.

Harry began learning Dumbledore’s wind-based movement magic on the Quidditch Pitch, where Dumbledore demonstrated how he could move like a gust of wind. The lesson ended with Harry learning the technique’s three steps, while he remained anxious about the Resurrection Stone Horcrux he would soon face.

• Madam Pomfrey found Harry in exceptionally good health after his painful symptoms in the Forbidden Forest, while Snape grew more irritable, wore a fur coat, and kept out of public view.
• Dumbledore explained that nimble movement could be more useful than magic in a close duel, then dodged Harry’s Expelliarmus and appeared behind him without Apparition.
• Dumbledore told Harry that his movement magic borrowed the wind and could be used even when no wind was blowing.
• Dumbledore taught Harry to focus on the wind, imagine it as his true body, and then instinctively return to human form at his destination.

Harry began training in Wind magic with Dumbledore, but instead entered a state that absorbed surrounding magical energy. Dumbledore fed that growth with a great blaze, drawing attention from Hogwarts, the Durmstrang ship, and Castelobruxo.

• Harry sat bare-chested on the heated Quidditch Pitch as Dumbledore guided him in sensing the wind.
• Harry rooted himself in a meditative state, and Dumbledore realized he was absorbing nearby magic like a Holly Tree seed growing in soil.
• Dumbledore tested the force around Harry with magic, but it dissolved before reaching him.
• Dumbledore cast Incendio and surrounded Harry with flames, whose heat Harry absorbed without igniting the grass.
• People at the castle, on the Durmstrang ship, and at the Castelobruxo tree gathered to watch and assumed Dumbledore was preparing the tournament arena.
• Dumbledore continued fueling Harry's growth, determined to protect him despite the attention and his lingering guilt over Gellert's blessing.

Harry lost himself in a strange connection with his Contract Tree during a magic lesson, and Dumbledore used a huge Fire-Making Spell while Harry absorbed magical power. The next day, the spectacle fueled rumors and suspicions that Dumbledore was giving Harry unfair help for the competition.

• Professor McGonagall arrived after Dumbledore’s Fire-Making Spell and reprimanded him for teaching Harry Ancient Magic, then allowed the lesson after seeing that Harry had suffered no lasting effects.
• Harry asked Dumbledore what had happened, and Dumbledore explained that Harry had connected with his Contract Tree and absorbed surrounding magical power like a seed taking root in fertile soil.
• Ron read a Witch Weekly article implying that Dumbledore had filled Harry with his heat, while Draco identified Rita Skeeter as the likely writer.
• Draco told Ron and Harry that other schools’ students viewed Dumbledore’s extra lessons as unfair help for Harry, one of the competition’s Champions.

Harry and his friends wondered what had changed after Dumbledore infused him with magical power, while Hogwarts students learned that Harry had successfully cast the difficult Ancient Magic Aegis Shield. Harry set aside the unanswered question and focused on finding a birthday gift for Ron, whose birthday was the next day.

• Harry told Ginny, Draco, and Ron that the magical infusion had not changed his High-Precision Magic Control, Occlumency, or Contract Tree.
• Harry learned that Hogwarts students had heard Dumbledore taught him Aegis Shield and were curious about the spell rather than hostile toward him.
• Students learned that Harry had anchored the spell to the correct Aeolus and used it to block Dumbledore's fire while leaving the pitch and his robes unharmed.
• Harry put aside the question of the infusion's effects because he had schoolwork, children to look after, and Ron's birthday to prepare for.
• Ginny suggested Harry choose one of the gifts he had carefully selected for his card, while Neville teased him for giving Ron more thought than Ginny.

Harry repeatedly lost awareness as his newly awakened Third Eye reacted to Ryan’s presence. Ryan explained that Harry’s ability was more suited to combat instincts than prophecy, and that his mind crashed because Ryan had not shielded his presence.

• Ron kept exchanging letters with Ms. Campbell despite the winter gales, and Harry accompanied him to the Owlery.
• Harry realized that nearly a minute had passed while he was spaced out, so he and Ron went to find Ryan through Ginny.
• Ginny led Harry and Ron to the Restricted Section, where Harry’s mind stalled as he encountered a terrifying presence.
• Ryan told Harry that his Third Eye had awakened and that his earlier predictions came from his connection with Voldemort.
• Ryan explained that Harry’s mind crashed and tried to avoid him because Harry’s Third Eye reacted to his unshielded presence.

Ryan explained that Harry’s combat instincts and power now let him draw with Dumbledore and Grindelwald, while the girls’ enhanced abilities could also surprise them. After a tender exchange between Ryan and Luna left the others feeling excluded, Harry asked how he could control his tendency to freeze up.

• Ryan explained that Harry’s combat talent, magical power, and Dragonification let him stand against Dumbledore and Grindelwald, though Ryan himself remained far stronger.
• Ginny celebrated Harry’s strength by clinging to him, and Luna bluntly pointed out that she and Ryan were present.
• Ginny admired Luna’s changed appearance, while Luna sensed Ginny’s unflattering memory of her childhood and grew upset.
• Ryan told Luna that Nargles had muddled her thoughts, then reassured her with affectionate teasing and a kiss.
• Harry, Ginny, and Ron felt awkward as Ryan and Luna focused only on each other, and Harry asked how to control his episodes of spacing out.

Ryan explained that Harry’s problem had been resolved and described how his concealment kept people from noticing or remembering him. He told Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Luna that he was researching the Vanishing Spell, including dangerous theories about where vanished things went and how the spell might affect living beings.

• Ryan told Harry, Ron, and Ginny that his existence had caused Harry’s problem and that the matter was resolved.
• Ginny explained that Ryan’s concealment could make people bury what they saw or heard, and Ryan assured Ron he had not made them forget anything.
• Ryan revealed that he was researching the Vanishing Spell and explained why the books he had been reading were kept in the Restricted Section.
• Ryan described the books’ competing theories about vanished objects and the dangerous experiments and failed medical uses of the spell.
• Ginny asked whether Luna’s mother had died because of the Vanishing Spell.

Ryan explained that advanced magic changed according to a wizard’s beliefs and worldview, and that Luna hoped to bring back her mother, who had vanished during a spell experiment. The chapter ended with Ginny wondering whether Luna’s mother’s Vanishing Spell had followed the theory that vanished things went to another dimension.

• Luna told Harry, Ginny, and Ryan that she wanted to bring her mother back by herself.
• Ron connected two books about Vanishing, Summoning, and Mending, and Ryan explained how their different theories could shape spells.
• Ryan said a wizard could theoretically redefine the Killing Curse, but only after mastering it and holding an unwavering belief in its new purpose.
• Ryan explained that reading opposing spell theories could broaden a wizard’s thinking, but mastering conflicting traits at once was nearly impossible.
• Ginny took Luna’s hand and asked what principle Luna’s mother’s Vanishing Spell had followed.

Luna explained that she wanted to study the Vanishing Spell to understand her mother, but refused Ryan’s offer to bring her back because she did not want him to risk facing Bleach. By Easter, Hermione had completed the upgraded Dieting Magic, learned about Luna’s grief, and confronted Ryan about the other girls in his life.

• Luna told Ryan that she wanted to understand the Vanishing Spell as her mother had, but she would not let him jeopardize his plans to bring her mother back.
• Luna reassured Ryan that she would wait until he was certain it was safe, then asked him to let Ginny recover.
• Harry told Ron that mastering a spell to its absolute limit was necessary before personalizing it, and said Ron could not yet learn the Vanishing Spell in the book Vanishing.
• Hermione completed the upgraded Dieting Magic on the final weekend of the Easter holiday and complained about Ryan’s congratulations and the difficult training.
• Ryan told Hermione about Luna’s mother, prompting Hermione to feel guilty about targeting Luna and to question her relationship with Ryan.
• Hermione pressed Ryan about the other girls in his life, and he admitted that Penelope, Kate, and Fleur Dracula were involved.

As Easter approached, Hermione kept her distance from Ryan while burying herself in homework and revision. Harry prepared to visit his magically bound house for renovations on Sunday, and his friends discussed the plan as Kate wished for a more dramatic scheme.

• Ryan’s revealed beauty captivated Hermione, who already knew he had other romantic partners, but she spent the following week responding to him only with gestures.
• Hermione devoted herself to extensive homework and revision, including experiments to improve the Shrinking Solution, using potion ingredients from Ryan.
• Harry told Ginny he would spend Sunday overseeing renovations at his house outside Hogsmeade, explaining that only he and the workers could enter and that he would take Ginny and Meiling out another day.
• Ron, Ginny, and Neville questioned Harry’s plan and urged him to spend Easter with Ginny, while Ginny accepted his explanation.
• Kate complained that Harry’s plan was not dramatic enough and imagined a more complicated impersonation scheme; Ryan warned that the situation could become awkward if Ginny grew affectionate.

On Easter morning, Harry left Hogwarts and entered the old Gaunt house near Little Hangleton, where the transformed protections recognized him as their master. He put on the Resurrection Stone ring and realized the house had accepted him as Slytherin’s heir.

• Harry left the Gryffindor dormitory early while Ron went back to sleep.
• Harry emerged from a puddle near Little Hangleton and approached the old house with golden pupils and a short knife in hand.
• Black snakes crawled from the house, but Harry told them to leave and they dissolved into smoke.
• Harry recognized that Voldemort’s curses had merged with the house and changed into obedient snakes.
• Harry entered the house, put the black gemstone ring on his finger, and realized its curse now treated him as the master.