Chapter Summaries

Charlie, Maxime, Hagrid, and the other wizards struggled to restrain four rampaging dragons, but their Stunning Spells failed to affect the Hungarian Horntail. As the Welsh Green tried to escape, Su Er used Transfiguration to bring it down, leaving the other dragons still in chaos.

• Maxime blocked the Hungarian Horntail's fire, and Hagrid took hold of the chain so Charlie could enter the enclosure and cast spells.
• The Hungarian Horntail resisted another volley of Stunning Spells and grew more violent as the other three dragons also thrashed against their chains.
• The Welsh Green broke free of the ground and began to fly, while Su Er drew his wand under the Invisibility Cloak.
• Su Er transfigured a tree's branches and roots into vines that pulled the Welsh Green off balance.
• Su Er shaped the branches into a massive wooden club and struck the Welsh Green twice, knocking it unconscious.

Su Er and Harry watched the wizards subdue four dragons, and Su Er suggested Harry use Transfiguration to get past one during the first task. They learned the Champions would likely have to evade the dragons and left the camp so Harry could plan for the challenge.

• Su Er knocked the Welsh Green down with a stick and Transfiguration, then hid beneath the Invisibility Cloak as the wizards subdued it.
• Su Er told Harry that the first task might involve getting past a conscious dragon rather than fighting one head-on.
• The wizards and the half-giants subdued the remaining dragons and secured their eggs beside the Hungarian Horntail.
• Charlie told Hagrid that Norbert was a female dragon doing well, and warned him that the dragon eggs would be taken away after the first task.
• Su Er suggested that he and Harry leave for the Hogwarts Kitchens, and Harry agreed so he could think about how to face the task.

Su Er forgot his promise to help Aberforth conjure his sister, so Aberforth came to Hogwarts and took him away to a prepared location. Dumbledore watched them leave with quiet anticipation, while Su Er struggled with the rough Side-Along Apparition.

• Kleis prepared a lavish late-night meal for Su Er, who packed some food for his roommates after Harry left.
• Su Er woke to find Aberforth waiting at his bedside and admitted he had missed their planned meeting the previous day.
• Aberforth insisted they leave at once, and Su Er left a note for Hermione before accompanying him outside the Castle.
• Dumbledore watched Su Er and Aberforth depart from the Headmaster's Office, murmuring about an answer.
• Aberforth Side-Along Apparated with Su Er, who became sick and then accepted a stamina-restoring potion from him.

Su Er accompanied Aberforth to the hidden Dumbledore House in Godric’s Hollow, where Aberforth prepared potions to help him reach Ariana in the Blurry Illusion Realm. After drinking Felix Felicis and several other potions, Su Er felt his immense magical power building painfully and prepared to begin.

• Aberforth led Su Er through Godric’s Hollow and showed him how to reveal the concealed path to the Dumbledore House.
• Aberforth took Su Er to the secret practice room beneath the house and told him that Ariana used to watch him practice magic there.
• Aberforth laid out potions to replenish and increase Su Er’s magical power, then gave him a small bottle of Felix Felicis.
• Su Er drank the Felix Felicis and the other potions, felt painful pressure from his vast magical power, and told Aberforth he was ready to begin.

Su Er used the Patronus Charm and Lady Hufflepuff’s method to prepare to summon Ariana into reality, while Aberforth helped sustain him with magic-restoring potions. After creating a silver environment around his badger Patronus, Su Er replenished his magic and prepared to begin the crucial final step.

• Su Er successfully cast the Patronus Charm, producing a vivid silver badger as Aberforth watched eagerly.
• Su Er used the Patronus as a conduit to begin summoning Ariana, releasing silver threads and receiving potions from Aberforth as his magic dwindled.
• Su Er’s magic formed a silver environment around the Patronus, completing the setting required by Lady Hufflepuff’s method.
• Su Er drank dozens of remaining potions to restore his magic, then raised his wand again as Aberforth realized the final step was beginning.

Su Er used the enhanced Patronus Charm to create a silver doorway, draining nearly all his magic as storms gathered over Godric's Hollow. The doorway opened, an old man stepped through, and Su Er collapsed into someone's arms.

• Su Er cast the enhanced Patronus Charm, turning the Patronus into a silver cloud that absorbed his magic and began forming a doorway.
• Lisi saw the omen in the sky, sent Firenze to warn Dumbledore, and said someone from his past was about to appear.
• Lightning struck around Godric's Hollow as Dumbledore shielded a tree and revealed the hidden Dumbledore Old House.
• Aberforth found two forgotten bottles of potion and poured them into Su Er, slowing the cloud's drain until the silver doors opened.
• A white-robed old man carrying a large bird entered as a silvery-white hand reached through the doorway, and Su Er collapsed after smiling in relief.

Su Er woke after exhausting his magic during an attempt to reach Ariana, and Aberforth told him the method had succeeded but fallen just short. After returning to Hogwarts on Tuesday, Su Er learned that the First Task was approaching and assured Hermione he was ready to face the dragons.

• Su Er woke in Aberforth’s house, learned he had exhausted his magic, and heard that his attempt to reach Ariana had succeeded but fallen just short.
• Su Er drank Snape’s bitter potion and wondered what had happened to Ariana and how he had lost a day.
• Aberforth took Su Er by Side-Along Apparition from Godric’s Hollow to Hogwarts, where Su Er arrived late to History of Magic.
• Hermione told Su Er that the First Task involved dragons and that Harry planned to use the Summoning Charm to call his broom.
• Su Er told Hermione he had a plan for the dragons, then teased her about being his wife.

Su Er and Harry were summoned to prepare for the First Task, where Ludo Bagman revealed they would need to retrieve a Golden Egg guarded by a dangerous creature. The Champions then drew numbers to determine their order, leaving Su Er ready to face his opponent.

• Su Er and Hermione held hands through Binns's lecture, and Hermione wished Su Er luck before he left for the First Task.
• Professor McGonagall escorted Su Er and Harry to the Champions' tent and warned them to be careful.
• Ludo Bagman told the four Champions that they would face dangerous creatures and need to take the Golden Egg they guarded.
• Ludo Bagman presented the silk bag so the Champions could draw numbers and opponents for the task.

Su Er drew the first position in the Triwizard Tournament’s dragon task and entered the arena to face a Swedish Short-Snout. As the crowd cheered and Bagman announced him, Su Er approached the starting line, with the golden egg still guarded beneath the dragon’s wing.

• Su Er drew the first position and learned that he would face the Swedish Short-Snout, while Fleur drew second, Krum third, and Harry last against the Hungarian Horntail.
• Bagman explained that each champion had to retrieve a golden egg from beneath a dragon’s guard, then took Harry outside for a private talk.
• Fleur asked Su Er whether he was nervous, and Su Er said the watching crowd made him nervous before adding that facing a dragon would make anyone uneasy.
• Su Er left the tent as the crowd announced the Swedish Short-Snout, entered the arena, and waved to Hermione and his supporters.
• Su Er saw the golden egg beneath the dragon’s folded wing as Bagman introduced him and invited him to begin.

Su Er Bones used Transfiguration to distract the Swedish Short-Snout and tried to steal its golden egg with small stone figures. The dragon noticed and returned the egg to its nest, leaving Su Er to figure out another way to complete the task.

• Su Er Bones turned a large granite boulder into a stone monster and sent it to distract the Swedish Short-Snout.
• The dragon breathed fire on the stone monster, but it remained unharmed and kept advancing.
• Su Er used the distraction to send smaller stone figures toward the exposed golden egg.
• The Swedish Short-Snout spotted the stone figures, seized the egg, and shattered them with its tail.
• Su Er's first attempt failed, and Ludo Bagman wondered what he would do next.

Su Er used a diversion and a hidden spell to steal the Swedish Short-Snout’s egg while drawing her attention away, then reached the finish line with it. The chapter ended with the egg emerging from beneath the earth beside him and the spectators stunned by his trick.

• Su Er kept the Swedish Short-Snout occupied with a stone monster while he prepared a new plan.
• Su Er shattered the stone monster and hurled its pieces at the dragon, forcing her to shield her eggs.
• Su Er blocked the dragon’s blue flames with Protego and ran toward the finish line while continuing to bombard her with stones.
• Su Er reached the finish line as a hidden mound of earth carried the stolen egg beneath the ground toward him.
• The mound rose beside Su Er, revealing the golden dragon egg and leaving Ludo Bagman amazed.

Su Er retrieved the Golden Egg from the Swedish Short-Snout without being harmed, earning praise from the crowd and high marks from most of the judges. After Karkaroff gave him only five points, Fleur Delacour entered the arena for the next challenge.

• Su Er displayed the Golden Egg after using Transfiguration to pass the dragon and take it unnoticed.
• Charlie and his colleagues stunned the Swedish Short-Snout and prepared the arena for the next Champion.
• Su Er reunited with Hermione in the stands, where they shared a playful exchange as the judges prepared to score him.
• Bagman, Umbridge, and Dumbledore gave Su Er ten points each, while Madame Maxime gave him eight and Karkaroff gave him five.
• Hermione protested Karkaroff's low score, but Su Er told her he did not mind and turned to watch Fleur Delacour begin her challenge.

Fleur Delacour and Krum completed their dragon challenges, tying for second after Karkaroff boosted Krum’s score. Harry Potter faced the Hungarian Horntail, endured a shoulder wound, and used his broom to seize the Golden Egg; the chapter ended with Bagman praising his performance and awarding him ten points.

• Fleur Delacour lulled the weakened Welsh Green to sleep and retrieved the Golden Egg, earning forty-two points.
• Krum blinded the Chinese Fireball with a Conjunctivitis Curse and retrieved the egg, but the dragon trampled its real eggs; Karkaroff gave him ten points, tying him with Fleur at forty-two.
• Harry Potter summoned his Firebolt and flew around the Hungarian Horntail, dodging its flames.
• The Horntail tore Harry’s shoulder with its tail spike, then left its nest and tried to pursue him into the air.
• Harry dived toward the ground, grabbed the Golden Egg, and flew back up; Bagman praised his Quidditch maneuvers and awarded him ten points.

After the first Triwizard task, Harry dismissed Karkaroff’s unfair score and learned that the Champions had until February 24 to decipher their golden eggs. On the way back to the Castle, Harry refused Rita Skeeter’s interview and left her furious.

• Karkaroff gave Harry four points, leaving him last with forty-one, while Ludo Bagman praised Harry’s performance.
• Bagman told the Champions to open their golden eggs and solve the clues before the second task on February 24.
• Harry, Su Er, Hermione, and Ron left for the Castle, and Hermione described Su Er’s performance to Harry.
• Rita Skeeter stopped the group and asked Harry about the dragon and the judges’ scores, but Harry answered, “goodbye,” and hurried away with his friends.
• Ron warned Harry that Rita might write rubbish about him, but Harry said he did not care and asked about the other Champions’ performances.

After celebrating Su Er’s victory in the First Task, the Hufflepuffs gathered to open the Golden Egg and heard its piercing scream. The sound left everyone shaken, but a Canary Cream prank soon restored the party’s cheerful mood.

• Su Er and Harry were congratulated at dinner for their performances in the First Task, and Su Er took Hermione back toward the Hufflepuff common room.
• Su Er recognized Aberforth’s congratulatory gift of Butterbeer and set the Golden Egg on the table for everyone to see.
• Su Er asked Cedric to open the Golden Egg and cast a Muffliato Charm on himself while covering Hermione’s ears.
• The Golden Egg released a terrifying scream until Morn grabbed it and shut it, leaving the Hufflepuffs startled by the lingering echoes.
• Justin’s Canary Cream prank turned a young wizard into a bird, and the Hufflepuffs tried the Weasley Trick Workshop’s products.

After the celebration, Su Er wondered why Ariana had stopped responding, then discovered Rita Skeeter had published a Witch Weekly article about the Triwizard Champions. The article began hinting at romantic entanglements involving Su Er, Harry, and Hermione, leaving them to face the brewing rumors.

• Su Er celebrated the Weasley Trick Workshop's success and discussed guesses about the Second Task with Hermione and Hannah.
• Hermione and Hannah stayed up discussing the House-elf Liberation Front, and Susan joined their group the next morning.
• Su Er tried to contact Ariana in the pure white space, but she did not respond, deepening his suspicion that Old Bumblebee knew something.
• At breakfast, Morn showed Su Er and Hermione the latest Witch Weekly, whose cover featured Rita Skeeter and a story about the Champions.
• Su Er and Hermione read Rita Skeeter's article as it began suggesting hidden romantic relationships among the Triwizard Champions.

Su Er and Hermione read Rita Skeeter’s article, which invented a tangled romance involving Su Er, Hermione, Fleur Delacour, Harry, and Krum. Hermione challenged the rumors, and Fleur arrived to vouch for Su Er.

• Su Er read Rita Skeeter’s claims that he admired Fleur Delacour and that she liked him, while Hermione showed jealousy.
• The article described Su Er and Hermione as a couple and falsely suggested Harry also loved Hermione.
• Rita claimed Krum was pursuing Hermione after noticing him appear in the library when she was there.
• Hermione shut the magazine and insisted she had never spoken to Krum, and Su Er reassured her that he believed her.
• Fleur Delacour arrived with a copy of Witch Weekly and said she could vouch for Su Er.

Su Er dealt with the fallout from Rita Skeeter’s fabricated report while trying to find Hermione and uncover Ariana’s whereabouts. Dumbledore explained that Ariana had gone to the world of the dead, but said he could not yet reveal the details of his theory.

• Pheobe told Su Er and Hermione that Rita Skeeter had focused her interview questions on Su Er and Harry, and apologized for the reporter’s false story.
• Harry assured Su Er that he did not have feelings for Hermione, and Su Er dismissed Rita’s report as untrustworthy.
• Su Er learned that Dumbledore had left the Castle, then spent several days searching for Rita Skeeter and trying to sense Ariana through his Patronus.
• Su Er met Dumbledore on the Seventh Floor and confirmed that Aberforth had told him about Ariana.
• Dumbledore explained that Ariana had gone to the world of the dead and said Su Er was the only person he knew to have summoned someone back through the Patronus Charm.
• Dumbledore said he wanted to test a theory about Ariana but could not yet tell Su Er the specifics.

Su Er took Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Fleur Delacour to the Hogwarts Kitchens for S.P.E.W.'s first visit, where Hermione questioned the house-elves' clothing and learned Kleis called Su Er her master. The visit was interrupted when a strangely dressed house-elf spotted Harry Potter.

• Hermione gathered Harry, Ron, and Fleur Delacour and asked Su Er to lead them to the Hogwarts Kitchens for S.P.E.W.'s first group visit.
• Su Er opened the hidden entrance by tickling a pear in a fruit painting and brought the group inside.
• Kleis greeted Su Er as her young master, and Su Er introduced Hermione as his girlfriend, prompting Kleis to call her the young mistress.
• Kleis showed them the kitchen, where Hermione objected to the house-elves wearing tea towels, while Kleis said they liked it that way.
• A house-elf dressed in a tea cozy, a horseshoe-patterned tie, and football shorts shouted Harry Potter's name.

Harry reunited with Dobby, who introduced the distressed Winky, while Su Er asked Kleis to watch Winky until the Triwizard Tournament ended. Hermione questioned Dobby and Kleis about House-elf freedom and wages, but Kleis firmly rejected her ideas.

• Dobby rushed into Harry's arms and introduced Winky, who broke down sobbing.
• Su Er learned Winky had served the Barty Crouch family and asked Kleis to watch her at Hogwarts until the Triwizard Tournament ended.
• Winky cried out that Mr. Bagman was a very bad wizard but could not explain why.
• Hermione questioned Dobby about his wages and freedom, then interviewed Kleis about House-elf treatment.
• Kleis explained that House-elves like her preferred serving wizards and did not want wages, holidays, or freedom, leaving Hermione discouraged.