Chapter Summaries

Draco misunderstood Harry’s reaction to a photograph as a crisis about his parentage and tried to comfort him. When Harry spoke ominously about sleeping beneath the lake, Draco feared he was suicidal and dragged him toward the infirmary.

• Draco studied the photograph Harry was holding and concluded that Harry had discovered he might not be his parents’ child.
• Draco returned the photograph, offered Harry his condolences, and asked him to call him Draco.
• Draco changed the subject to the Ten-School Tournament, but Harry said he would not enter because he was useless.
• Draco praised Harry’s physical abilities and put an arm around him to keep him from jumping into Black Lake.
• Harry said he might have fewer worries if he slept beneath the lake, and Draco misread the remark as suicidal before hauling him toward Madam Pomfrey.

After Draco brought Harry to the hospital wing, Madam Pomfrey and Snape treated him after he spoke of wanting to sleep forever at the bottom of the Black Lake. Snape suspected outside interference and left to investigate, but Harry grabbed his hand in his sleep and apologized, leaving Snape visibly shaken.

• Madam Pomfrey kept Harry in the hospital wing after Draco said Harry had talked about sleeping forever in the Black Lake.
• Draco persuaded Madam Pomfrey to contact Snape rather than the headmaster, and Snape arrived to examine Harry.
• Snape gave Harry a drop of potion, warned Draco not to discuss the photograph of Harry's parents, and lied that Lucius was safe and abroad.
• Snape suspected Grindelwald might be behind Harry's behavior and decided to seek answers.
• Harry grabbed Snape's hand in his sleep, apologized, and prompted Snape to take five points from Gryffindor for calling him by his first name.

Harry became convinced that Snape was his biological father and that James had stolen Lily from him, and he told Dumbledore he knew the truth. Dumbledore confirmed Snape had always loved Lily, leaving Harry resolved to make things right with Snape.

• Ron was punished by Snape with a month of bathroom cleaning after Ron tested an F-word on him, while Neville and Ginny worried about Harry's increasingly Snape-like appearance and behavior.
• Dumbledore summoned Harry to check on him, and Harry said he was imitating Snape to make up for the past.
• Harry explained that he believed James had framed Snape and stolen Lily, and that Snape's hostility toward him had been an attempt to get his attention.
• Dumbledore accepted Harry's wish to make amends and admitted he had failed to guide the students properly.
• Harry asked whether Snape had loved Lily, and Dumbledore said Snape had always loved her; Harry left smiling and resolved to act.

Ron was cursed after rejecting a visiting student’s advances, while his plan to match Harry with Ginny ended with the Weasley twins joining the toilet-cleaning crew. As the Ten-School Tournament approached, Su Ming instructed Hermione to discreetly help Harry learn that the first event involved a fire dragon, and she devised a plan to get herself and Harry into the finals.

• A South American student cornered Ron and later cursed him with a green hat, but Hermione helped remove the curse and the student apologized.
• Ron enlisted his brothers to break up Harry and Cho Chang and pair Harry with Ginny, but Snape caught them stealing Potions ingredients and put them to work cleaning toilets.
• By the end of November, Harry and Hermione had been selected for Hogwarts’s tournament team alongside eight other students.
• Su Ming told Hermione that the first event involved a fire dragon and asked her to secretly alert Harry.
• Hermione proposed using the Hogwarts crest’s sleeping-dragon motto to hint at the event, and Su Ming tasked her with getting herself and Harry into the finals.

Harry and Hermione completed the Triwizard Tournament’s dragon task, while Snape helped Harry and received a hint about the next task. Afterward, Su Ming and Grindelwald persuaded Snape to keep posing as Harry’s father as part of their plan to restore Lily.

• Harry prepared for the first task with help from Hagrid’s Dragon Compendium and the three toilet-cleaning brothers.
• Hermione defeated the dragon in 0.3 seconds with a rifle and Summoning Charm, then blinded it with a Flashbang.
• Harry used a broomstick and the Weasley brothers’ fireworks to defeat his dragon, injuring his hand but delighting the audience.
• Snape gave Harry a Restoration Potion, told him to call him Professor, and hinted that the next task involved dragon fire.
• Su Ming and Grindelwald revealed their plan to manipulate memories so Snape would become Harry’s father and Lily could return to a happy family.
• Snape stopped resisting the plan, and Su Ming and Grindelwald agreed not to cast spells on him.

Hermione won the Forbidden Forest event, while Harry’s poor tournament standing prompted Su Ming, Grindelwald, and Snape to arrange secret help for him. Harry later rose to second place, believing his mother was guiding him in dreams, while Hermione remained unbeatable.

• Hermione collected the Heaven and Earth scrolls first in the Forbidden Forest, followed by Fleur, while Harry placed in the middle of the standings.
• Su Ming, Grindelwald, and Snape agreed to help Harry cheat by having Grindelwald teach him future events in his dreams while disguised as his mother.
• Su Ming arranged distractions for Hogwarts staff, and Snape kept Albus occupied so Grindelwald could enter the castle and alter Harry’s dreams.
• Harry began performing exceptionally well in later events and credited his success to his mother’s dream guidance after removing James from his photographs.
• Harry learned that the old man from Wilson's Automatic Alchemical Wand Shop had returned to Brazzaville, Congo, and hoped he would recover.
• After dozens of events over more than half a year, Harry secured second place, though Hermione remained far ahead of him.

Harry entered the Ten-School Tournament’s final maze, hoping to win the Wilson Cup despite his nerves and forgotten route. After finding the maze strangely empty, he encountered a Dementor and drove it away with his doe Patronus, then continued deeper inside.

• Harry prepared to enter the final maze, where the Wilson Cup awaited, and listened as Professor McGonagall explained how champions could request rescue.
• Harry entered after Hermione, used Lumos to navigate the dark paths, and chose turns without remembering the route his mother had given him.
• Harry used Point Me to orient himself and continued through the maze, uneasy that he had encountered almost no dangerous creatures.
• Harry met a Dementor and cast Expecto Patronum, sending a silver doe to drive it away.
• Harry recognized his Patronus matched Lily’s and Professor Snape’s, then continued onward through the maze.

Harry crossed a magical trap in the tournament maze and rescued Fleur from Krum, who had tortured her with the Cruciatus Curse. After Fleur urged him to continue competing, Harry ran back into the maze determined to win the championship.

• Harry entered golden mist that made him hang upside down, freed himself, and continued searching for Fleur.
• Harry heard Fleur confronting Krum and found Krum torturing her with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Harry blasted through a hedge and stunned Krum as he tried to flee.
• Fleur told Harry she was recovering and urged him to keep competing for the championship.
• Harry promised Fleur he would win the trophy and ran deeper into the maze.

Harry raced through the maze and met a Sphinx blocking the fastest route to the trophy. He solved her riddle, learned Professor Wilson had brought her there, and continued toward the goal.

• Harry ran through the maze, worried about the other contestants and the worsening weather.
• Harry encountered a Sphinx, who offered to let him pass if he answered her riddle.
• The Sphinx told Harry about a man named Nick Fury and five baboons dividing peaches, then asked when Fury would die.
• Harry answered that Fury would die the next day, explaining that Professor Wilson’s emphasis on his being Black pointed to an Egyptian symbol for death.
• The Sphinx let Harry pass and explained another meaning of the riddle about people forgetting who had given them their peaches.
• Harry thanked the Sphinx and ran down the path toward the trophy, resolving not to repay kindness with ingratitude.

Harry reached the Top Ten Cup, which transported him to a graveyard, where Wormtail captured him and prepared a boiling Cauldron for Voldemort’s return. Bound to Tom Riddle’s gravestone and unable to fight, Harry heard Voldemort order Wormtail to proceed.

• Harry knocked out a giant spider, treated his injured thigh, and reached for the Top Ten Cup.
• The Cup transported Harry to a graveyard, where he saw a cloaked figure carrying a bundle and recognized Voldemort inside it.
• Harry’s scar pain overwhelmed him, and Wormtail dragged him to Tom Riddle’s gravestone, bound him, and gagged him.
• Wormtail brought a large Cauldron, lit a fire beneath it, and heated its contents while Voldemort urged him to hurry.
• Wormtail announced that the potion was ready, and Voldemort ordered him to proceed.

Wormtail used his own flesh and Harry’s blood to restore Voldemort to life in the graveyard. Voldemort summoned his followers and approached Harry, leaving the boy bound and helpless.

• Wormtail cast bone ash from Harry’s father’s grave into the Cauldron and sacrificed his arm to add the servant’s flesh.
• Wormtail collected Harry’s blood and poured it into the Cauldron, completing the resurrection ritual.
• Voldemort rose from the Cauldron, ordered Wormtail to dress him, and examined his restored body.
• Voldemort summoned his followers by activating the Dark Mark on Wormtail’s arm, causing Wormtail to scream in pain.
• Voldemort wondered how many followers would answer his summons, then walked toward the bound Harry.

Voldemort gathered the Death Eaters in Little Hangleton, tortured Harry, and killed him with the Killing Curse, but Harry survived and played dead. As Voldemort prepared to leave, Grindelwald arrived and attacked the Death Eaters, confronting Voldemort.

• Voldemort told Harry about his family history and explained how he had taken revenge on his father and the Gaunt family.
• The Death Eaters arrived, and Voldemort rebuked them, tortured one of them, restored Wormtail's arm, and praised Mr. Malfoy for the chaos at the Quidditch World Cup.
• Voldemort tortured Harry and forced him to bow, then ordered Wormtail to release him and return his wand for a staged duel.
• Voldemort struck Harry with Avada Kedavra, but Harry survived and pretended to be dead.
• Voldemort ordered Lucius to check Harry, and Lucius secretly told Harry to stay still before claiming he was dead.
• A blue Phoenix-shaped fire swept through the Death Eaters, and Grindelwald appeared, challenged Voldemort, and asked the survivors how they wanted to die.

Grindelwald summoned a host of Great Liches and undead to confront Voldemort and the Death Eaters, turning the graveyard battle against them. The liches began testing the magic of this world, and Larloch took an Avada Kedavra curse without harm.

• Voldemort taunted Grindelwald for facing the Death Eaters alone, but Grindelwald said his reinforcements were far older than the Acolytes.
• Grindelwald fired the Deathly Hallows Mark into the sky, opening a golden Doorway through which Great Liches emerged.
• Shangra, Tyrythir, and Larloch discussed their research interests and agreed to deal with the Death Eaters.
• The Great Liches raised skeletons and mummies from the graveyard, surrounding Voldemort's forces.
• A Death Eater cast Avada Kedavra at Larloch, who deliberately took the curse and said it was a local specialty worth sampling.

Grindelwald and the liches trapped Voldemort and captured Harry, whose Horcrux fragment was destroyed by Voldemort’s Killing Curse. Su Ming revealed that he had poisoned Voldemort and Harry, then sent Snape to take Harry back to Hogwarts while he prepared to use Voldemort to earn Hermione reputation.

• Grindelwald warned Larloch that taking a Killing Curse head-on was dangerous, and Larloch explained that liches stored their souls in hidden phylacteries.
• Larloch used an improved Summoning Charm to pull Harry from the crowd into Grindelwald’s arms.
• Grindelwald rested after his Fiendfyre attack, and Larloch offered to teach him the Entwining Sigil’s lich-conversion process, which Grindelwald declined.
• Harry awoke beside Snape and Professor Wilson, saw Grindelwald and the liches, and Snape stunned him before carrying him away.
• Su Ming told Snape that Voldemort had destroyed the Horcrux fragment inside Harry and explained that spider venom had poisoned them both with a severe laxative.
• Snape Apparated to Hogwarts with Harry while Su Ming planned to have Hermione gain reputation from Voldemort and reminded Snape to retrieve the Channel 52 host.

Su Ming watched Voldemort’s Death Eaters hold out against Larloch’s undead while the Council of the Sky’s mages tested new hybrid spells and worked to exploit the world’s magic. He rescued Lucius, then gave Hermione a golden rifle to deal with Nagini before Dumbledore arrived.

• Voldemort and the Death Eaters fought the undead army at the cemetery while the liches collected corpses for research.
• Su Ming discussed the limited number of undead with Larloch and ordered him to keep Voldemort’s forces trapped until the news anchor arrived.
• Larloch asked to capture wizards as test subjects, and Su Ming agreed but ordered him to rescue Lucius first.
• Larloch lifted Lucius out of the battle, and Lucius pretended to be dead after reaching safety.
• Su Ming asked Grindelwald about Nagini, and Grindelwald offered to kill her himself.
• Su Ming stopped Grindelwald, handed Hermione a golden rifle, and called her over to deal with Nagini.

Hermione revealed how she and the professors had manipulated the Triwizard maze to ensure Harry reached Voldemort, only to discover that Professor Wilson had hidden a much larger plan involving Grindelwald and undead reinforcements. After Hermione destroyed Nagini, she waited for Voldemort’s poison to take effect before carrying out the next order.

• Hermione explained how she, Fleur, and Krum had eliminated Harry’s competitors and guided him through the maze so he would reach the Portkey first.
• At the graveyard, Hermione saw Grindelwald reveal himself and summon undead reinforcements while Snape sent Harry away.
• Professor Wilson gave Hermione a God Metal Gauss Rifle and told her to kill Nagini, Voldemort’s last Horcrux.
• Hermione shot Nagini and the undead soldier it was fighting, then returned the rifle to Professor Wilson.
• Professor Wilson told Hermione to wait for the streamer to arrive and Voldemort’s poison to take effect before killing Voldemort.

Hermione accepted that she would kill Voldemort, while Su Ming arranged to make the execution a public spectacle and discussed his plans for her future. Grindelwald told Hermione about his history with Dumbledore, and she pledged to help reconcile them; Ambush Bug then arrived to film Voldemort’s death.

• Hermione agreed to kill Voldemort after deciding he did not count as a person, and Su Ming said he had arranged for a TV host to publicize it.
• Su Ming explained that Hermione might graduate early and eventually pursue a position in the International Confederation of Wizards, while Grindelwald revealed he had secretly taught her magic.
• Grindelwald recounted his love story with Dumbledore, and Hermione said she would help persuade the principal to forgive him if they saved his sister.
• Su Ming summoned Ambush Bug, who dismissed hope and explained that he had won the assignment after a mahjong tournament with Calendar Man and others.
• Ambush Bug prepared to film Voldemort’s execution, and Su Ming requested both an unedited version and a polished version portraying Hermione as righteous.

Voldemort was trapped in Larloch’s Mythal and humiliated by his failing body as Grindelwald’s side laughed at him. Su Ming sent Hermione to kill him while Ambush Bug turned the confrontation into a live broadcast.

• Voldemort struggled against the Skeleton Soldiers, unable to Apparate or use the Killing Curse effectively against the undead.
• Voldemort lost control of his bodily functions, and Grindelwald and his companions laughed as Ambush Bug filmed him.
• Voldemort killed Death Eaters who praised his flatulence, while Grindelwald refused to fight him and covered his nose with a handkerchief.
• Su Ming ordered Hermione to kill Voldemort, and she put on the Anti-Killing Curse Vest and layered herself with protective magic.
• Ambush Bug interviewed Hermione, who said the Professor had told her to kill Voldemort, then announced the confrontation as a live special.

Hermione helped Su Ming’s allies defeat Voldemort after years of preparation, and Su Ming explained that the victory came from exploiting Voldemort’s weaknesses rather than overpowering him in a fair duel. Hermione feared Su Ming was leaving, but learned her apprenticeship and service to him would continue for years to come.

• Voldemort stood alone in the rain before Hermione destroyed him with an AA12 shotgun after telling him his Horcruxes were gone.
• Ambush Bug interviewed Su Ming, who explained that he had spent years weakening Voldemort and preparing the trap for Hermione.
• Hermione questioned whether she was stronger than Voldemort, and Su Ming told her that a direct magical duel would likely have ended differently.
• Hermione worried that Su Ming was about to leave her, but he said he still planned to oversee her education and joked that she owed him forty thousand years of service.
• Hermione stomped on Su Ming’s shoe and Apparated back to the maze to celebrate with Hannah and the others.

Su Ming’s plan drew Dumbledore to the graveyard, where Grindelwald revealed that he wanted Dumbledore’s help using the Deathly Hallows to bring Ariana and Lily back. After learning Voldemort was dead and hearing Grindelwald’s proposal, Dumbledore agreed to leave with him on the condition that he serve a life sentence in their secluded life together.

• Su Ming had the liches clean the graveyard and arranged for Snape to bring Dumbledore there, while Lucius left to seize rival Death Eater families’ wealth.
• Dumbledore and Snape arrived, and Grindelwald revealed himself; Dumbledore recognized his rejuvenated former lover and initially blamed him for using dangerous magic.
• Grindelwald explained that Su Ming’s plan could use the Deathly Hallows to bargain with Death for Ariana’s and Lily’s souls, and Snape confirmed he wanted Lily back.
• Grindelwald told Dumbledore that Hermione had destroyed Voldemort’s last two Horcruxes and killed him.
• Dumbledore agreed to leave with Grindelwald if Grindelwald admitted his past wrongdoing and accepted life imprisonment, and Grindelwald responded with a teasing gesture toward Su Ming.