Recaps

Cedric proposed supervised interschool duels to channel students’ growing enthusiasm for combat, and Sirius and Douglas enthusiastically developed the idea into a Mini Triwizard Tournament. Douglas began drafting plans for a safe arena and said the other schools’ opinions should be considered.

• Cedric visited Sirius and proposed holding public duels between the three schools in the Great Hall each evening.
• Sirius praised Cedric’s proposal as a Mini Triwizard Tournament and took him to consult Douglas.
• Douglas welcomed the idea as a chance to run controlled combat exercises and gather data on students’ fighting styles.
• Douglas chose the Octagonal Arena in Teaching Mode and said the other schools should be consulted about the venue.

Douglas turned Cedric’s idea into a three-school competition plan, but privately intended to use the matches to collect combat data. Sirius recognized Douglas’s scheme and left to keep watch, while Douglas continued studying his model and refused Dobby’s offer to help.

• Douglas proposed inviting Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall as judges and organizing daily matches with points and a prize for the winning school.
• Cedric left the office proud of having secured support for his proposal, and Sirius then questioned whether Douglas was under the Imperius Curse or an impostor.
• Douglas explained that he supported Cedric but admitted he also wanted to collect combat data on students from the three schools.
• Sirius called Douglas a bastard for treating people like pieces on a chessboard, then left to keep an eye on the plans and Harry.
• Douglas examined his model for analyzing underage wizards’ spell choices and combat effectiveness, and told Dobby not to secretly gather data for him.

During a sixth-year Defense Against Dark Magic lesson, Douglas used his vampire teaching assistant, Valerius, to demonstrate close-combat defense against overwhelming speed. Pheobe and Krum realized Hogwarts students trained against real dark creatures, leaving the visiting Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students under far greater pressure before the Triwizard Tournament.

• Douglas taught the students nonverbal spell sparring while Pheobe judged their magical power and Krum noticed their efficient combat movements.
• Douglas called in Valerius, who disarmed a Gryffindor student with a swift, wandless strike and demonstrated the danger of close combat.
• Valerius overwhelmed groups of students, bypassing their shields and spells and disarming them with ease.
• Pheobe recognized Valerius as a vampire, while Krum understood that Hogwarts students trained against real dark creatures.
• Valerius ended the session and left, while the Hogwarts students treated the exhausting exercise as routine.
• Pheobe and Krum exchanged worried looks as news of the lesson spread among the visiting students and intensified the pressure of the Triwizard Tournament.

Hagrid presented the Gourmet Blast-Ended Skrewts to Madame Maxime and the Beauxbatons delegation, impressing her with his calm handling of a dangerous incident. Madame Maxime examined a rune-covered eggshell and wondered about its resemblance to Ancient Celtic Binding Ancient Runes.

• Hagrid welcomed Madame Maxime, Pheobe, and the Beauxbatons students to his greenhouse lesson and introduced the Gourmet Blast-Ended Skrewts.
• Fleur Delacour questioned the ethics of creating a delicious and dangerous creature, leaving Hagrid flustered.
• A Blast-Ended Skrewt released a cloud of fragrant mist, and Hagrid quickly subdued it with Douglas's soothing rod before the students approached.
• Hagrid showed Madame Maxime the preserved eggshell, and she noted that its golden runes resembled Ancient Celtic Binding Ancient Runes.
• Hagrid called the markings bioadaptive runes and told Madame Maxime that Douglas was researching a portable habitat for the creatures.

Hagrid won Madame Maxime’s sincere admiration with his Blast-Ended Skrewts, while Douglas and Sirius used a new dueling tournament to keep the impostor Moody occupied and create an opening to find the real Alastor Moody. The tournament was announced at breakfast, prompting the students to erupt with excitement as Fred and George opened bets and advertised a dubious product.

• Madame Maxime praised Hagrid’s Blast-Ended Skrewts, and Hagrid was overwhelmed with happiness.
• Sirius told Douglas that the man posing as Moody had volunteered every third-year student and above for the tournament, and Douglas explained that the event would distract him while they searched for the real Alastor Moody.
• At breakfast, Dumbledore announced the first Three-School Friendly Dueling Exchange Tournament on behalf of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang.
• Sirius said students in third year and above could enter Hogwarts’s four-day trials to choose fifteen competitors.
• Fred and George excitedly opened betting and promoted a Weasley product to the cheering students.

Harry struggled with the excitement surrounding a student dueling tournament, torn between wanting a quiet school year and hoping Cho Chang might admire him. At the wand-weighing ceremony, Cedric used Professor Holmes’s warning about Rita Skeeter’s secret to stop her from portraying him as a forgotten hero.

• Ron urged Harry to enter the dueling tournament so he could fight Malfoy, while Hermione stressed its dangers and the chance to learn from visiting schools.
• Harry watched Cho Chang smile toward the Gryffindor table and felt his resolve to avoid attention waver.
• Rita Skeeter cornered Cedric at the wand-weighing ceremony and tried to frame him as a forgotten hero overshadowed by the tournament.
• Cedric presented Rita with Professor Holmes’s lemon-scented insecticide and revealed that Holmes knew her secret, warning her against embellishing the story.
• Rita changed her article to praise Cedric as the pride of Hogwarts and a model of Hufflepuff spirit.
• Dumbledore interrupted the exchange and invited Ollivander to begin the wand-weighing ceremony.

At the wand-weighing ceremony, Dumbledore and Barty Crouch exchanged a guarded conversation before Crouch gave him a subtle nod. In Slytherin’s duel tournament, Draco Malfoy defeated Blaise Zabini in the semifinals and advanced to face sixth-year prefect Cassius Warrington.

• Ollivander inspected Pheobe’s, Krum’s, and Cedric’s wands during the ceremony.
• Dumbledore asked Crouch about Percy Weasley, and Crouch said Percy had been sent to Italy over trouble involving Professor Holmes.
• Crouch and Dumbledore met each other’s eyes during the group photograph, and Crouch gave a nearly imperceptible nod.
• Cassius Warrington announced that Slytherin’s Dragon Pearl holders would compete for allegiance, with Dragon Pearls forbidden during matches.
• Draco swept through earlier duels, then used a Portable Swamp and Reducto to defeat Blaise in the semifinals.
• Draco advanced to the final against Warrington, despite being exhausted.

Warrington defeated Draco and gathered six Dragon Pearls, appearing to become Slytherin’s new king, but the Seventh Years revealed the ceremony was a farce involving missing and possibly fake pearls. Warrington was left humiliated as the older students laughed at him.

• Warrington easily disarmed Draco after neutralizing his spells and took the Dragon Pearls held by the other years.
• Warrington noticed the first-year Dragon Pearl was missing and demanded that its holder step forward.
• A Seventh Year suggested Professor Holmes had not handed out the first-years’ pearl, then explained that some Dragon Pearls were fake and the set could not be completed in time.
• The Seventh Years said they had avoided the competition because Slytherin’s strength came from within and Professor Holmes used games to teach lessons about expectations and Mirage.
• The Seventh Years laughed at Warrington, who stood surrounded by six Dragon Pearls, feeling like a king made into a joke.

The Hogwarts houses held selection duels while Douglas studied the students’ tactics and reactions. Harry overcame his fear of attention and signed up for the tournament to choose Hogwarts’s fifteen representatives, and Hermione gave him her analysis of potential opponents.

• Gryffindor turned its duels into a noisy betting spectacle, where Ron won several matches before a seventh-year girl defeated him.
• Hermione recorded the students’ strengths and weaknesses while Harry watched from the shadows, afraid of becoming the center of attention.
• Ravenclaw students fought with careful strategies, while Hufflepuff students relied on endurance and defensive magic.
• Douglas reviewed the tournament reports and told Sirius to watch how the Durmstrang students reacted to unexpected combat situations.
• Draco taunted Harry at the Great Hall noticeboard, but Harry ignored him and signed up for the tournament.
• Ron cheered, Hermione handed Harry her opponent-analysis notebook, and Fred and George rushed off to change their betting odds.

Moody manipulated Draco into challenging Harry, then watched Harry’s reaction as part of a plan to test him. Moody also recalled discovering a hidden portal in an oak near Hagrid’s pumpkin patch and decided to keep the secret base as a potential trump card.

• Moody insulted Draco about his father, his defeat in the King Game, and his cowardice, provoking him to confront Harry.
• Draco charged toward Harry and shouted that he would prove he was better than him.
• The Gryffindors cheered as Ron lifted Harry above the crowd, while Moody watched and said Harry had taken the bait.
• Moody drank from his flask and remembered observing two armored figures enter a portal in an oak near Hagrid’s pumpkin patch.
• Moody’s Magical Eye struck a powerful Anti-Surveillance Jinx when he tried to peer through the portal, so he chose to keep the secret base hidden.

Barty Crouch Jr. answered Voldemort’s summons, was punished for the failed Goblet of Fire plan, and received orders to kill his father. He returned to Hogwarts resolved to carry out the Dark Lord’s next mission.

• The Dark Mark summoned Barty Crouch Jr. from Hogwarts, and he left after inventing an excuse for Dumbledore.
• Barty Crouch Jr. found Voldemort and Wormtail in a basement and knelt before his master.
• Voldemort cursed Barty Crouch Jr. for disappointing him, but Barty endured the pain with fanatical devotion.
• Barty Crouch Jr. told Voldemort that his father might suspect him, and Voldemort ordered him to dispose of his father.
• Barty Crouch Jr. and Wormtail planned to ambush the Crouch Residence, then Barty returned to Hogwarts determined to kill his father.

Douglas and Dumbledore visited Barty Crouch in his hidden study, where his enchanted double reported on Ministry affairs. The chapter recounted how Crouch defeated his son and Wormtail during their break-in, then ordered his son to leave the United Kingdom and never return.

• Douglas and Dumbledore entered Silvermane Academy through the Forbidden Forest and reached Barty Crouch’s concealed study.
• Crouch’s Two-Way Mirror double reported that Umbridge had proposed investigating the Werewolf Mutual Aid Society, and he had postponed the motion.
• Barty Crouch Jr. and Wormtail broke into the Crouch residence but triggered its defenses.
• Crouch fought off Barty Crouch Jr. and bound Wormtail, then disarmed his son.
• Crouch told Barty Crouch Jr. to leave the United Kingdom and never return while his father was alive.

Dumbledore revealed that he had impersonated Old Crouch to deceive Barty Crouch Jr. and Wormtail into fleeing toward Albania, while Douglas, Percy, and the real Crouch watched. Later, Dumbledore and Douglas explained that the Three-School Dueling Tournament would keep Voldemort focused on Harry and draw the attention of Moody’s magical eye away from places it should not see.

• Dumbledore transformed back from Old Crouch after Barty Crouch Jr. and Wormtail fled, and Douglas and Percy revealed the immobilized real Crouch.
• Percy freed Crouch, who collapsed and angrily accused Dumbledore of letting his son escape and plotting to exploit the crisis.
• Dumbledore told Crouch that Bertha Jorkins had been found in Albania and was receiving treatment after the damage caused by Crouch’s Obliviate.
• Crouch questioned whether making Harry a target for the tournament put him in danger, and Douglas replied that students needed to face the adult world's deceit and malice.
• Dumbledore explained that the tournament would create a major distraction and draw Moody’s eye away from places it should not be watching.

Douglas received Charlie’s letter and joined him at the Forbidden Forest, where Romanian dragon trainers had brought three dragons to Hogwarts. The Hungarian Horntail recognized Douglas, and he prepared to feed it a piece of meat.

• Hagrid brought Douglas a letter from Charlie and hurried away after Douglas teased him about Madame Maxime.
• Douglas read Charlie’s message and went to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where Charlie greeted him warmly.
• Charlie led Douglas into the reserve and showed him three chained dragons: a Hungarian Horntail, a Swedish Short-Snout, and a Common Welsh Green.
• The Hungarian Horntail quieted when it saw Douglas, who called it Old Black and took out a piece of dark red meat.

Douglas used rare Flameheart Crystal-Scaled Beast meat and a soothing spell to calm the three dragons in the reserve, including the Hungarian Horntail Old Black. Old Black finished the meal and sheltered Douglas with its wing, leaving the handlers amazed.

• Charlie recognized the meat Douglas had brought as Flameheart Crystal-Scaled Beast meat and warned him that Ministry rules forbade giving the dragons unauthorized food.
• Douglas tossed pieces of meat to the Wales Green Dragon and Swedish Short-Snout, calming them at once.
• Douglas fed Old Black and used his self-created Ingredient Massage Charm to soothe the Hungarian Horntail.
• The three dragons settled down to eat, and Old Black extended a wing to protect Douglas.
• The dragon handlers marveled at Douglas's rare meat, and Charlie told them not to judge Douglas by normal standards.

Douglas showed Charlie, Hagrid, and Madame Maxime how docile the dragons were around him, then caught Karkaroff spying near the Dragon Reserve. Karkaroff accused Hogwarts of unfairly revealing the tournament task, but Douglas and Hagrid turned the accusation against him by questioning why he was near Beauxbatons.

• Douglas asked Charlie why he had brought Old Black instead of a gentler dragon, and Charlie explained that the Chinese Fireball had become too picky to lay eggs after Douglas spoiled it.
• Charlie warned Douglas not to reveal that the Champions would face the dragons, but Douglas pointed out that Hagrid and Madame Maxime had already arrived to watch.
• Madame Maxime watched Douglas calmly soothe the Hungarian Horntail and praised his skill with dragons.
• Charlie told Hagrid that Norbert was actually Norberta, a young female dragon who was too small for the event.
• Douglas called Karkaroff out of hiding, and Karkaroff accused Hogwarts of rigging the tournament and threatened to withdraw Durmstrang.
• Douglas questioned why Karkaroff had been near Beauxbatons, and Hagrid stepped in front of Madame Maxime and demanded to know what Karkaroff was doing there.

Douglas turned Karkaroff’s accusation into a public embarrassment, leaving all three schools aware that the First Task involved dragons. After Karkaroff fled, Douglas and Charlie celebrated their reunion with the dragon keepers in a party at the enclosure.

• Karkaroff tried to accuse Hogwarts of leaking the First Task, but Douglas pointed out that all three schools now knew about the dragons and mocked Karkaroff for spying.
• Madame Maxime thanked Hagrid, Douglas, and Charlie before Hagrid escorted her away.
• Douglas refused to leave with Karkaroff, calling his visit friendly socializing and Karkaroff’s spying; Karkaroff departed into the Forbidden Forest.
• Charlie and the dragon keepers laughed with Douglas, who offered them Firewhisky, dwarven liquor, and elven fruit wine to celebrate.
• Douglas conjured food and drink for the gathered guests and dragons, and everyone celebrated together around a bonfire.

Douglas hosted a Hogwarts hot pot banquet for students and guests, serving a tonic called Dragon Blood Tofu that Dumbledore said was safe and beneficial. After Cedric ate a slice, his senses sharpened dramatically.

• Douglas welcomed the Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang students to a hot pot banquet and paid for the meal.
• Hermione studied Douglas' menu while students from the three schools shared food and learned from one another.
• House-elves brought out Dragon Blood Tofu, and Karkaroff protested until Dumbledore assured him it had Ministry approval.
• Douglas demonstrated a precise charm for mixing dipping sauce, while Cedric, Fleur Delacour, and Viktor Krum each tried the tofu differently.
• Moody left the Great Hall to inspect the grounds, and Douglas exchanged a knowing look with Dumbledore.
• After Cedric ate the tofu, his senses became exceptionally sharp.

Professor Douglas's dragon-blood hot pot awakened powerful magic in the three Champions, and Dumbledore explained that it would help them prepare for the dragon task. On competition day, Cedric, Pheobe, and Krum struggled to control their new abilities while Harry began Moody's dueling training.

• Fleur Delacour's Veela magic erupted, Ron and many nearby boys became entranced, and Krum fought to suppress a violent surge of power.
• Igor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime confronted Douglas, but Dumbledore reassured them that the dragon blood was resonating with the Champions' magical cores.
• After the feast, Douglas inspected the empty hot pots, while Cedric, Pheobe, and Krum experienced heightened senses, uncontrolled Veela magic, and surging strength the next morning.
• Fred and George advertised betting odds on the Champions as students discussed the hot pot's effects.
• Harry went to the Academic Affairs Office for training, where Moody immediately fired a Disarming Charm and Harry blocked it with Protego.

Moody put Harry through a brutal combat lesson, and Harry finally disarmed him by turning the ground beneath him into an opening. The Champions made their final preparations as the Triwizard Tournament’s opening ceremony began, ending with Barty Crouch about to address the crowd.

• Moody attacked Harry relentlessly, and Sirius took his place when he noticed the dueling had become unusually dangerous.
• Harry rejoined the fight and used a silent Impediment Jinx against the floor to disrupt Moody’s attacks before disarming him.
• McGonagall announced that classes were suspended and directed students to the competition grounds.
• Pheobe drank Beauxbatons’ Fountain Spring Water, Krum focused on readying himself, and Cedric practiced tracking a conjured Golden Snitch.
• Bagman led the Champions out to the arena, where the schools and officials gathered for the opening ceremony.
• Bagman introduced Barty Crouch as an arbitrator and invited him to address the crowd.

Barty Crouch formally opened the Triwizard Tournament, then the three headteachers displayed the schools’ crests in a magical battle that ended in a ring of peace. Images of Cedric, Pheobe, and Krum appeared as the crowd cheered and the tournament began.

• Barty Crouch delivered the Ministry’s rules and declared the Triwizard Tournament officially open.
• Crouch turned a magical decree into golden dust that merged with the Goblet of Fire.
• Dumbledore, Karkaroff, and Madame Maxime raised their wands, and the three schools’ crests clashed in a fierce aerial battle.
• The headteachers joined their magic to calm the battling creatures and form a ring of peace.
• Images of Cedric, Pheobe, and Krum appeared in the ring as the crowd cheered and the tournament began.

Krum fought the Swedish Short-Snout while the dragon blood in him amplified his magic but made precise spellwork difficult. After Crouch warned that further cheating would make later tasks far harder, Krum spotted an opening and hurled a wind-and-lightning spear at the dragon.

• Krum entered the arena and the Swedish Short-Snout reacted to the presence of dragon blood in him with unusual aggression.
• Charlie recognized the dragon’s behavior as territorial anger, and Karkaroff blamed Douglas’s food for affecting Krum and demanded that the task be stopped.
• Crouch rejected Karkaroff’s complaint and warned that further cheating would lead the Ministry to raise the difficulty of future tasks.
• Krum’s powerful magic disrupted his complex defenses, so he used direct spells to shatter the rocks around the dragon and evade its flames.
• Krum enhanced his ability to track movement, spotted the moment the dragon’s left wing stiffened, and threw a magical Storm Spear at it.

Viktor Krum won the first dragon challenge by taking the golden egg, though the dragon badly injured him. Fleur Delacour then faced the Wales Green Dragon while struggling to control her Veela magic, and her plant lullaby began to make the dragon drowsy as she approached.

• Krum paralyzed the Swedish Short-Snout's wing with a lightning-charged spear, grabbed its golden egg, and was struck by the dragon's tail.
• Krum raised the egg despite his injuries and received a total score of forty-one points from the judges.
• Bagman announced Fleur Delacour as the next champion, and Douglas recorded Charlie Weasley's criticism of her dress and combat awareness.
• Fleur's uncontrolled Veela charm affected nearby students and confused the Wales Green Dragon, but her unstable Moonlight Mist provoked it into breathing fire past her face.
• Fleur cast the Song of the Sleeping Vines, causing moss and vines near the nest to release calming pollen and spores that made the dragon sluggish as she approached.

Pheobe seized the Golden Egg but was struck by the sleeping dragon’s tail, while Cedric began his challenge against the Hungarian Horntail despite the Dragon Blood Tofu’s painful side effects. After carefully manipulating the battlefield instead of attacking, Cedric trapped the dragon in a narrow, rocky area and cast Earthquake.

• Pheobe grabbed the Golden Egg, was hit by the green dragon’s tail, and was carried from the arena with the egg still protected in her arms.
• Douglas teased Charlie about dragon blood, and Charlie accused him of taking another secret mission from his mother.
• The judges awarded Pheobe thirty-eight points before Ludo Bagman announced Cedric’s challenge against the Hungarian Horntail.
• Cedric endured the Dragon Blood Tofu’s painful effects as he assessed the arena and dodged the Horntail’s powerful flames.
• Cedric used Transfiguration, decoys, and Protego to guide the Horntail into a narrow area of jagged rocks, then cast Earthquake.

Cedric Diggory subdued the Hungarian Horntail and retrieved the Golden Egg, but a hidden iron projectile in its fireball shattered his shield and broke his leg. The first task ended with all three Champions seriously injured, and they later shared a quiet moment of respect in the medical tent.

• Cedric used Iron Tree Blossoms and Soul-Calming Swamp to restrain and weaken the Hungarian Horntail.
• Cedric grabbed the Golden Egg, but the Horntail struck him with a fireball concealing a red-hot lump of iron, breaking his leg and knocking him unconscious.
• Dumbledore and Douglas pinned the Horntail down while medical staff carried Cedric away, ending the task with all three Champions severely injured.
• The judges awarded Cedric thirty-nine points, including a four from Igor Karkaroff and tens from Ludo Bagman and Dumbledore.
• In the medical tent, Krum praised Cedric's bravery, and Cedric thanked Krum and returned the compliment.