Recaps

Hogwarts welcomed Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, secured the Goblet of Fire, and watched Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory become champions. Neville defeated Ivanov in a sword-and-wand duel, and Cedric proposed supervised exchanges between the schools as the first task approached.

• Valerius began etiquette lessons at Hogwarts, while Professor McGonagall rejected Douglas’s proposed Chinese decorations.
• Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrived, and Douglas confronted Karkaroff about his past and their conflict in Italy.
• Dumbledore introduced the Triwizard Tournament, and Douglas, Sirius, and Dumbledore placed protective enchantments around the Goblet of Fire.
• Fred and George failed to cross the Age Line, while Angelina Johnson, Viktor Krum, and Fleur Delacour successfully entered their names.
• Krum gave Harry a letter for Douglas, who explained how he had once helped Krum after the boy was abandoned in Berlin.
• The Goblet selected Krum, Fleur, and Cedric as champions, and Douglas sent Dragon Blood Hot Pot to celebrate Cedric and Hufflepuff.
• Neville defeated Ivanov in a friendly duel by combining his sword and wand, earning praise from Krum and his fellow students.
• Fred and George crowned Neville King Neville Longbottom, and Cedric proposed supervised duels between the visiting schools and Hogwarts.

Douglas’s dueling exchange brought the three schools together while he and Dumbledore maneuvered around Moody’s investigation and Voldemort’s plot. The Champions faced the first task, retrieved their eggs, and all left the arena badly injured.

• Cedric proposed a public dueling tournament, and Douglas and Sirius helped organize the exchange as a way to test students and collect combat data.
• Douglas trained students against Valerius, while Hagrid introduced Madame Maxime and the Beauxbatons students to the Gourmet Blast-Ended Skrewts.
• Dumbledore announced the tournament, and the schools held their trials as Harry overcame his reluctance and signed up.
• Barty Crouch Jr. met Voldemort, then tried with Wormtail to attack his father, but Crouch fought them off before Douglas and Dumbledore exposed the deception and freed him.
• Douglas visited Charlie’s dragon reserve, fed and soothed the dragons, and confronted Karkaroff after catching him spying near the First Task preparations.
• Douglas hosted a hot pot banquet where Dragon Blood Tofu heightened the Champions’ senses and magical abilities, while Fleur’s Veela magic and Krum’s strength surged out of control.
• The tournament opened with Krum defeating the Swedish Short-Snout, Fleur calming the Welsh Green with her Song of the Sleeping Vines, and Pheobe retrieving her egg despite being struck by the dragon’s tail.
• Cedric trapped the Hungarian Horntail and took its egg, but a concealed iron lump broke his leg and knocked him unconscious, and the judges awarded him thirty-nine points, and he later exchanged praise with Krum in the medical tent.

Douglas’s guidance helps Cedric, Krum, and Fleur confront the dangerous powers and insecurities behind their Tournament success, while Hogwarts students face trials of reason, emotion, and friendship. Ron’s jealousy damages his friendship with Hermione, and Sirius leads him back toward making amends as an unsupervised Yule Ball night approaches.

• Douglas gives the Champions advice after their dragon injuries, and Cedric refuses his help with the Golden Egg, convincing himself that Douglas’s suspicions are justified.
• Douglas leads students through the Forest of Bewilderment trials, where Cedric practices calm, Angelina reaches a weeping willow with a happy memory, Eleanor confronts a painful reflection, and Pucey advances through a decision tree.
• Harry’s hints help Cedric discover that the next task involves merpeople, and Cedric accepts his overwhelming mental power instead of trying to suppress it.
• Hermione and Krum discuss power and ancient magic, then agree to attend the Yule Ball together, while Harry helps Ron approach Fleur and Fleur reconsiders her charm as a burden.
• Ron accuses Hermione of seeking information from Krum, and Ginny defends Hermione before accepting Neville’s invitation to the Yule Ball.
• Fleur invites Ron to the ball but rejects him after learning how he treated Hermione, and Ron leaves the Great Hall while Fred, George, and Ginny hex Malfoy for insulting the Weasleys.
• Moody uses the confrontation to arrange practical-combat detention, Douglas ensures Malfoy must attend without his wand, and Moody eagerly anticipates teaching on the Yule Ball night without Douglas or Sirius present.
• Sirius finds Ron in an abandoned storeroom, explains that friendship requires respecting and defending others, and escorts him back to the Gryffindor Common Room to face Harry and Hermione.

Harry and Ron tried to repair their friendship with Hermione while she led preparations for a House-elf culinary competition. As the festival began, the House-elves earned public recognition and students started joining their teams, setting up a qualifying round built around Memory.

• Harry and Ron made up after Harry apologized for staying silent, but Hermione remained distant despite standing up to Snape for Ron.
• Hermione secured Sirius’s approval for the food festival and became its Student Director, while Ron struggled to reconnect with her and saw her work closely with the Hufflepuffs and Viktor Krum.
• Moody tested Harry with a trap involving a magical black hole, a Puffskein, and the Mirror of Erised, and Harry escaped by using Douglas’s Heart Like Still Water spell and stabilizing the magic.
• Sirius and Douglas secured Ministry support for Lupin’s graduation gala by offering Scrimgeour and Fudge political and financial benefits.
• Douglas taught students to defeat a powerful dragon by turning it against another dragon, while Dobby persuaded the House-elves to wear their uniforms as a symbol of honor.
• Dobby led the House-elves in a synchronized culinary display, and Hermione watched her vision come to life as the competition impressed the judges and audience.
• Owen Harper and Kian tied as preliminary-round champions, and Professor Sprout announced a student-assistant selection round with Memory as its theme.
• Fred and George and other students volunteered to help House-elf teams, while Professor Sprout formed the overlooked elves into the Lost Pearls Team and Xiaomi’s team began adapting spells for its dishes.