Recaps

Harry and his classmates attended their first Herbology lesson of the year, where Professor Sprout introduced them to bubotubers and their medicinal pus. The lesson ended with Harry learning that Eloise Midgen had once cursed her own face and had her nose repaired by Madam Pomfrey.

• Harry reflected on keeping some distance from other girls because he liked Cho Chang, while still treating Hermione as a close friend.
• Harry, Ron, and Neville arrived unprepared at Greenhouse Number Three with their classmates from Hufflepuff.
• Professor Sprout showed the students bubotubers and explained that their diluted pus was used in potions and could clear acne.
• Hannah Abbott remarked that Eloise Midgen might have avoided a foolish act if she had known about bubotuber pus.
• Professor Sprout explained that Eloise had cursed her own face, but Madam Pomfrey had easily changed her nose back.

Hagrid introduced the students to an enormous, unusually docile Kelpie and demonstrated its ability to change shape. He promised a different activity for the next lesson, leaving Harry and his friends wary of his new ideas for magical creatures.

• Hagrid showed the students the giant Kelpie and explained how Kelpies behaved and could be controlled.
• The Kelpie transformed into several forms, including Hagrid, while Hagrid supervised the students riding it.
• Hagrid told the class that he had planned something new for their next lesson.
• Harry recalled that Hagrid wanted to crossbreed a Manticore with a Fire Crab, and Hermione noted that he had obtained a special permit from Sir Scamander.

Harry heard how Moody had punished Draco for attacking Ron with magic, while the twins hinted that Moody’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class had been unusual. The chapter left Ron delighted by Draco’s humiliation.

• Harry encountered Fred and George, who teased that their Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Moody had been remarkable but refused to explain what happened.
• Ron told Harry that Draco had insulted him after Divination and attacked him from behind with an unfamiliar spell.
• Ron said he had dodged Draco’s spell and was unharmed.
• Moody caught Draco using magic against Ron, turned him into a ferret, and bounced him around until McGonagall stopped him.

Professor Moody began the fourth years’ first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson by explaining that they needed to learn how to counter Dark Magic. He said he planned to teach them about spells the Ministry’s curriculum usually kept from students, and the lesson was left poised to begin.

• Harry and the other fourth years arrived early, eager to find out what Professor Moody would teach them.
• Moody arrived, took attendance, and told the class that Professor Lupin had reported their progress against Dark creatures.
• Moody explained that his year-long appointment was connected to the Triwizard Tournament and that he might spend more time helping the Hogwarts champion.
• Moody said the fourth-year curriculum normally covered counter-spells, but he believed the students should learn about dangerous magic sooner so they could defend themselves.

Professor Moody demonstrated the Imperius and Cruciatus Curses while explaining their effects and how difficult they were to resist. The lesson left Neville confronting memories of his parents’ torture as Moody began showing the Cruciatus Curse on a spider.

• Moody explained that the Imperius Curse had controlled many wizards and said resisting it required great strength of character or soul.
• Hermione asked when the class would learn to resist the Imperius Curse, and Moody said they might begin in the next lesson or the one after.
• Neville identified the Cruciatus Curse when Moody asked for another evil spell, and Moody expressed sympathy about Neville’s parents.
• Harry and Ron silently recalled that they had both learned the lower-level Pain Curse but had never used it on anyone.
• Moody enlarged a spider and cast the Cruciatus Curse on it, making its legs lock and its body convulse.

Moody taught Harry's class about dangerous curses, then privately spoke with Neville and gave him rare Herbology books because he had been friends with Neville's parents. Harry later worked on Ancient Runes, which had begun to make more sense to him over the summer.

• Moody explained the dangers of curses and urged the students to understand what they might face.
• After class, Moody asked Neville to speak with him and led him away.
• At dinner, Neville told Harry and Ron that Moody had given him rare Herbology books and had known his parents.
• Harry, Neville, and Ron returned to the Common Room and began their homework.
• Harry studied Ancient Runes and reflected on how much the subject had clicked for him over the summer.

Hermione founded the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare and presented Harry, Ron, Neville, and Ginny with its badges and manifesto. She explained her goals for house-elves, while Ron questioned whether they wanted the reforms she had planned.

• Hermione returned with a box of badges she had ordered, and Ron finished writing another story disguised as divination.
• Hermione revealed the badges for S.P.E.W., her newly founded society, and asked Harry, Ron, Neville, and Ginny to join.
• Ginny slipped away, while Harry tried to avoid taking a badge and Ron questioned Hermione about the society's name.
• Hermione explained that her short-term goals included fair wages and working conditions, while her long-term goals included legal and political changes for house-elves.
• Harry asked whether Hermione was all right, and Hermione angrily slapped away his hand.

Britney Longbottom brought Sirius to the secluded Xilieikesi family Manor through a magical fountain. They arrived before a sleeping dragon guarding the entrance, and Britney warned Sirius that it had been raised on gemstones that could make it far more dangerous than an ordinary Antipodean Opaleye.

• Britney Longbottom explained that she kept her Muggle clothing and role as head of Mars Motors secret from her family.
• Britney and Sirius waited for the fountain in a small town to open into a gateway, then passed through it to the Xilieikesi Manor.
• Sirius saw the white dragon lying across the path and dismissed it as an ordinary Antipodean Opaleye.
• Britney revealed that the dragon had been fed ruby and orange sapphire powder since it hatched, startling Sirius.

Harry felt the absence of Sirius’s letters while struggling with heavier schoolwork, S.P.E.W., and fewer chances to see Qiu. In Moody’s Defence Against the Dark Arts class, the students faced a lesson in the Imperius Curse after the Ministry approved his request to use it on them.

• Harry missed Sirius’s letters but stayed busy with schoolwork and other concerns.
• Harry and Ron passed their Astronomy and History of Magic resits after Hermione helped them study.
• Harry, Ron, and Neville bought S.P.E.W. badges but declined roles in Hermione’s association.
• Moody cleared and enlarged the classroom to demonstrate the Imperius Curse, explaining that Dumbledore had approved the lesson and he had obtained Ministry permission.
• Hermione questioned the legality of using the curse but stayed after Moody offered her the chance to leave.

During Moody’s Imperius Curse lesson, Hermione and Neville resisted only partially while Ron’s earlier success remained unexplained. Harry showed no visible reaction to the curse, and Moody confirmed his spell still worked by making Seamus leapfrog around the classroom.

• Hermione resisted Moody’s Imperius Curse somewhat but failed to break free, and Moody said she might manage it after more practice.
• Neville also showed limited resistance and failed to escape the curse’s control, leaving Harry puzzled about why Ron had succeeded.
• Moody cast the Imperius Curse on Harry, who felt it meet a powerful defense in his mind and showed no reaction.
• Seamus Finnigan questioned whether Moody’s spell had failed, so Moody cursed him into leapfrogging around the classroom and confirmed Harry had resisted completely.

The Duelling Club reopened under Professor Lupin, drawing eager students to its first session of the year. Before it began, Ron told Harry and Hermione that they had learned something about Mafalda Weasley, the Swiss-born Slytherin first-year.

• Students in most years faced heavier studies, while the sixth-years had fewer requirements and more freedom to choose classes.
• Professor Moody took over some of Lupin’s teaching, giving Lupin more time to run the Duelling Club.
• Students read that the Duelling Club would hold its first session of the academic year after dinner on the first Friday in October.
• The students gathered in the Great Hall, where the tables vanished and a duelling platform appeared.
• Ron spoke with the twins, then reminded Harry and Hermione about Mafalda Weasley and hinted that something had happened concerning her.

Harry and Ron prepared to enter the Triwizard Tournament while Hogwarts students waited for the visiting schools and received extra duelling lessons. Hagrid introduced his Blast-Ended Skrewts to Care of Magical Creatures classes, where their danger and Draco’s humiliation caused trouble.

• Lupin, Moody, and Flitwick held Duelling Club meetings to give sixth- and seventh-year students remedial magic lessons.
• Harry and Ron decided they would try to become champions when the Triwizard Tournament selection came around.
• Hagrid introduced his Blast-Ended Skrewts, whose venom Professor Slughorn recognized as a valuable potion ingredient.
• Hagrid used frost crystal tulips, following Sir Scamander’s advice, to make the Skrewts calmer for students in his classes.
• Draco tried to cause trouble during a lesson, but Hagrid reminded him of Moody’s ferret punishment, leaving Draco humiliated.

Hogwarts students gathered to welcome the six visiting magic schools, while gossip about the schools’ histories and reputations spread among them. As they waited for the visitors to arrive, a Slytherin insulted Nagudinnaf, and Hermione withdrew rather than argue.

• The Hogwarts students gathered early outside the castle, and Dumbledore rejected McGonagall’s suggestion that they line up for the visitors.
• Students discussed the visiting schools and stories about Uagadou and Kanisa being barred from the event.
• Ron asked Harry about Nagudinnaf, and a nearby Slytherin claimed its students were useless and looked down on Australian wizards.
• Hermione frowned at the Slytherin’s contempt but moved away without starting an argument.

Ilvermorny arrived at Hogwarts with a delegation wearing mechanical wings, and Headmistress Stuart greeted Dumbledore and the Hogwarts professors. Harry recognized Stuart and another member of the delegation from a meeting in 1992.

• A Hufflepuff student spotted a group flying toward Hogwarts, and Harry realized they were people wearing metal wings.
• The Ilvermorny delegation landed at the Quidditch pitch and folded their mechanical wings into their casings.
• Harry recognized Headmistress Stuart and a middle-aged wizard from his 1992 visit to the Ministry of Magic.
• Dumbledore welcomed Hathaway Stewart, who praised his work and asked to be called Hathaway.
• Hathaway greeted Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, praising their research and asking to speak with Flitwick during the visit.

Hogwarts welcomed Ilvermorny's professors and Headmistress Stuart before another delegation approached from the sky on a Four-Winged Lark. The students suspected the newcomers were from Castelobruxo, but wondered how the bird could carry their twenty students.

• Hogwarts professors exchanged introductions and pleasantries with Ilvermorny's professors, including Professor Hohenheim and Egbert Fontana.
• Professor McGonagall escorted Ilvermorny's visitors into the castle to rest before the celebratory banquet.
• Headmistress Stuart returned with Professor McGonagall, saying she wanted to meet Hogwarts's future opponents while Professor Fontana watched over the children.
• Harry recognized the enormous bird overhead as a Four-Winged Lark, and Hermione guessed its riders were from Castelobruxo.
• Ron questioned whether the bird could carry twenty-odd people, and Hermione agreed it seemed too small for the delegation.

Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts for the gathering, with Hagrid impressing Beauxbatons by calming their Abraxans. Durmstrang’s arrival drew attention to Viktor Krum, while Harry noticed a tattoo on Karkaroff’s wrist.

• Madame Maxime led Beauxbatons’ students and professors to Hogwarts, and Hagrid demonstrated his knowledge by calming their twelve Abraxans.
• Beauxbatons entered the Castle, and Hagrid received praise from the Hogwarts students.
• Karkaroff arrived with Durmstrang aboard a ship from the Black Lake and greeted Dumbledore, explaining that an unexpected route had delayed them.
• Harry noticed a tattoo on Karkaroff’s wrist as the two headmasters shook hands.
• Harry and Ron recognized Viktor Krum among Durmstrang’s students, and Karkaroff beckoned Krum to his side as Hogwarts students buzzed with excitement.

Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Neville waited with the Hogwarts students for the delayed Australian delegation from Nagudinnaf, while resentment toward the school grew. The students argued about the delay and who might become Hogwarts' Triwizard Champion as Harry kept an eye on Qiu.

• The Hogwarts students waited for Nagudinnaf after Durmstrang and Nanyang Magic Academy entered the Castle, and many grew resentful of the Australians’ delay.
• Harry joked that Nagudinnaf might have been held up at customs, and Hermione asked whether wizards had to go through customs.
• Ron explained that the Department of International Magical Cooperation handled registration for wizards entering the country.
• Ernie Macmillan accused the Australians of delaying on purpose and said Cedric would teach them a lesson.
• Ernie dismissed Ron as a likely Champion, and Ron blushed while thinking that Percy might have been someone worth supporting.

Hogwarts students gathered to welcome the visiting schools, most of them eager to meet Krum, while the visiting students admired the giant Basilisk specimen. Harry and his friends then met a Nagadainaf student who recognized Harry as Dudley Dursley, though she had known him before he cut his hair.

• Hogwarts students rushed to the Great Hall to greet the visiting students, with most hoping to meet Krum.
• Ron wanted Krum's autograph, while Harry suggested that they ask Colin Creevey to take a photo with him.
• Harry and his friends found visiting students gathered around the thousand-year-old Basilisk specimen and admiring it.
• A girl from Nagadainaf Magic School called Harry Dudley Dursley and explained that his new haircut had made him difficult to recognize.

Harry observed how students from six visiting schools chose Hogwarts house tables as Dumbledore welcomed them to the Great Hall. A Ravenclaw girl gave a mocking laugh after his greeting, drawing Harry and nearby students’ attention.

• Harry marveled at the Great Hall’s expanded seating and watched visiting students choose their house tables.
• Hermione noticed three empty chairs at the staff table, and Ron guessed that Ministry of Magic representatives might still arrive.
• Dumbledore welcomed the students and guests to Hogwarts.
• A Ravenclaw girl laughed mockingly, and Harry and nearby students looked toward her angrily.

Harry and Ron were stunned by the beauty of the silver-haired Beauxbatons girl who came to retrieve the fish soup, while Hermione mocked their reactions. The trio noticed that Ludo Bagman, Barty Crouch, and an unfamiliar, flamboyantly dressed witch had taken their seats at the staff table.

• The silver-haired girl asked Harry and Ron whether they had finished the fish soup, and both boys struggled to answer after seeing her face.
• The girl thanked them, collected the dish, and returned to the Ravenclaw Table as many boys watched her.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron that the girl was not a Veela and scolded them for staring.
• Harry smiled at Cho Chang, who responded with a slight lift at the corners of her mouth.
• Hermione pointed out that Ludo Bagman, Barty Crouch, and an unfamiliar witch had filled the empty seats at the staff table.
• Ron complained about the witch's appearance and turned back toward the Beauxbatons girl.

Dumbledore explained the rules for the newly revised Magic Cup competition and unveiled the Goblet of Fire as the selector for Champions. The students prepared to submit their names as the competition drew closer.

• Dumbledore said Umbridge would attend for Minister Fudge, while Bagman, Crouch, and the headmasters would judge the competition.
• Dumbledore explained that the competition would have seven tasks testing a range of abilities.
• Dumbledore announced that each school would have two Champions, with individual and combined scores determining the winners.
• Dumbledore opened the jeweled wooden box and revealed the Goblet of Fire.
• Dumbledore told students seeking to become Champions to write their names and schools on parchment and put it into the Goblet.

Students from seven schools searched Hogwarts grounds for the Goblet of Fire, which vanished from each location after fifteen minutes. Harry and his friends returned to bed without finding it, planning to resume their search at dawn.

• A Hufflepuff team found the Goblet of Fire in the Trophy Room but had no parchment, and it disappeared before Cedric could bring some.
• Harry, Ron, Fred, and George continued searching and learned that Cedric had already entered his name in the Goblet of Fire.
• Ron complained that Hufflepuffs were helping Cedric and Antonio, while Lee Jordan explained how united the Hufflepuffs were.
• The students from all seven schools stopped searching around half past eleven and returned to their dormitories, expecting to resume at dawn.
• Harry asked how many names had been entered, and Fred estimated that there were at least a few dozen before Harry and Ron went to sleep.

Hermione put her name into the Goblet of Fire and argued with Harry and Ron over her efforts to promote S.P.E.W. After Hagrid laughed at her campaign, she returned disappointed while the students continued dealing with Blast-Ended Skrewts.

• Hermione put her name and Hogwarts School on a slip of parchment and tossed it into the Goblet of Fire.
• Hogwarts canceled a day of classes so students could submit their names, and some students mischievously entered other people's names for them.
• Hermione asked Harry to use his influence to promote S.P.E.W., but Harry and Ron challenged her assumptions about house-elves.
• Hermione called Harry and Ron heartless and stopped talking to them for a while.
• Hermione told Harry and Ron that Hagrid had laughed at her S.P.E.W. proposal and was focused on Blast-Ended Skrewts.
• Students taking Hagrid's course complained about raising Blast-Ended Skrewts, and some considered dropping it.

Hagrid appeared at Hogwarts with a dramatic new look, prompting Harry and his friends to discover that Sirius Black and Neville's aunt Branney Longbottom had helped him prepare for Madame Maxime. Sirius reunited with Harry and teased him about his feelings for Cho Chang, leaving Harry too shy to answer.

• Hagrid arrived in a woolen coat with his hair and beard groomed, surprising the young wizards.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione suspected someone had helped Hagrid change his appearance.
• Neville arrived with Sirius Black and Branney Longbottom, and Harry happily reunited with Sirius.
• Sirius explained that Branney had helped him with business in France and that they had returned after Hagrid asked for grooming advice.
• Sirius teased Harry about being close to an older girl, and Harry grew awkward as he thought of Cho Chang.

The students and guests gathered in the Great Hall waited anxiously for the Goblet of Fire to name the Triwizard Tournament Champions. As the flames changed and a charred piece of parchment flew from the Goblet, the chapter ended before anyone learned whose name it bore.

• Neville asked who would become Hogwarts' Champions, and Hermione supported Angelina while Ron objected to Cedric's popularity.
• The feast ended, and Dumbledore explained that the Champions would be called forward and taken to a nearby room for instructions.
• Dumbledore dimmed the Great Hall, and everyone watched the Goblet of Fire as its flames blazed brightly.
• Lee Jordan and Fred or George whispered about becoming Champions until Angelina kicked them and ordered them to be quiet.
• The Goblet's flames turned red, a fiery serpent shot upward, and a charred piece of parchment leaped out.