Recaps

Morris helped Harry discover how to open the Golden Egg by taking him into the Black Lake, where its song revealed the clue to the second task. As Harry grew cold, Morris transformed his wand into a propeller and carried them toward the surface.

• Fred told Morris that Harry was waiting outside, and Morris left Fred and George with Guantou.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron asked Morris to help them study the Golden Egg, and Morris led Harry to the Black Lake.
• Morris and Harry cast Bubble-Head Charms and went underwater with the Golden Egg.
• Morris told Harry to open the egg underwater, and its song revealed that what Harry treasured most had been taken and that he had one hour to retrieve it.
• Harry began to feel cold, so Morris transformed his wand into a propeller and carried them upward.

Morris learned that the Second Task would require the Champions to rescue their most treasured possessions from underwater within an hour, then prepared for the match at the Black Lake. He arrived to find the other Champions and judges waiting, with Cornelius Fudge replacing the missing Barty Crouch.

• Harry told Morris, Hermione, and Ron that the Golden Egg’s song revealed the Second Task’s underwater rescue and one-hour limit.
• Morris returned to the Ship in a Bottle and found Fred and George tap-dancing as punishment after Fred lost a duel to Guantou.
• Fred and George said Dumbledore had summoned them to work on a mysterious project, then hurried away.
• As the match day arrived, Professor Flitwick urged Morris to eat and told him to report to the Black Lake; Kyle Chesterfield also left to help people prepare.
• Morris reached the crowded lakeside assembly area with Guantou and Crookshanks and saw Harry, Phoebe, Krum, the judges, and Cornelius Fudge in place of Barty Crouch.

Morris began the second Triwizard task in the Black Lake, confident he would win and using a magically powered underwater propulsion device to reach the Merpeople village. He arrived safely but found the Merpeople reluctant to communicate with him.

• Ludo confirmed that Morris, Harry, Krum, and Phoebe knew what to do, while Fudge spoke gravely with Dumbledore.
• Morris told Phoebe he believed he had already won, and she responded with a competitive challenge.
• Ludo announced that the Champions had one hour to retrieve their most treasured possessions and that the task would be broadcast using devices provided by George Weasley and Fred Weasley.
• Morris entered the lake, cast a Bubble-Head Charm, and transformed his robes into an underwater propulsion device.
• Morris sped through the Black Lake, passed Grindylows, and reached the Merpeople village.
• Morris greeted a Merperson, who flicked their tail and darted into a house.

Morris rescued Kyle first in the underwater Triwizard task and helped Phoebe escape a Grindylow attack. Harry, Phoebe, and Krum later returned to shore, and the judges awarded Morris first place with forty-nine points.

• Morris found Ron, Hermione, Kyle, and a silver-haired girl tied to the Mermaid Statue and freed Kyle.
• Morris passed Harry, who was using his wand as a propeller, then saw Krum and Phoebe swimming toward the square.
• A swarm of Grindylows attacked Phoebe, and Morris used a Weakening Curse to help her escape before warning her that she was in last place.
• Morris brought Kyle to shore first, and the judges and spectators watched the other Champions continue the task on crystal balls and giant balloons.
• Harry arrived second, Phoebe overtook Krum and finished third, and Krum came in last.
• The judges gave Morris forty-nine points, Harry forty-five, Phoebe forty-three, and Krum forty-two.

After the second task, Morris spoke with Krum and met Imogen Heap while the Champions and judges gathered at Hogwarts. Ludo announced that the third task would take place on June 24 in a maze on the Quidditch Pitch.

• Morris told Krum that his underwater propulsion device was based on a Muggle prototype, and Krum described his attempt to transform fully into a shark before Karkaroff warned him not to reveal his methods.
• Ludo praised the Champions' friendships, and Karkaroff recognized that Morris connected Harry, Phoebe, and Viktor.
• Ludo introduced Morris to Imogen Heap, who would help prepare for the tournament's upcoming task.
• Phoebe told Morris that Gabrielle was safe and had Veela blood, then promised to introduce her to him because Gabrielle was interested in him.
• Harry arrived with Dumbledore and the Weasley Twins, and Ludo announced that the third task would be held on June 24 in a maze on the Hogwarts Quidditch Pitch.

Morris failed to advance Guantou beyond the fifth tier, but Guantou discovered it could transform into an upright, more humanlike form. After Morris checked on his Felix Felicis potion, he heard that Snape and Sirius were fighting outside the castle and went to see what was happening.

• Morris stopped Guantou's fifth-tier advancement ritual when its catalyst had no effect.
• Morris noticed Guantou's increasingly humanlike expressions, and Guantou transformed into an upright form suited to walking.
• Morris checked the Felix Felicis potion he had been brewing for two weeks and told Guantou to clean the rooms.
• Morris encountered Snape, then went to the dining hall and sat beside Kyle.
• A Gryffindor student announced that Snape and Sirius were fighting outside the entrance, and Morris agreed to go watch.

Morris learned that Harry had accused Snape of bearing the Dark Mark, though Snape showed a bare arm and left after deducting fifty points from Gryffindor. By the end of March, Guantou was patrolling its territory beside the Black Lake when it encountered Crookshanks.

• Harry accused Snape of having the Dark Mark, but Snape showed the crowd his bare arm and took fifty points from Gryffindor for slandering a professor.
• Sirius left with Harry, and the onlookers dispersed after Snape departed.
• Harry told Morris that he had followed Snape after seeing him with Karkaroff and had spotted the mark before Snape noticed him.
• Morris said Snape had once been a Death Eater and suggested he could have concealed the mark; Harry hoped Dumbledore would expel Snape.
• Rumors about the confrontation grew increasingly exaggerated, claiming that Sirius and Snape had fought for three hundred rounds and broken two pillars.
• At the end of March, Guantou patrolled beside the Black Lake and encountered Crookshanks.

Guantou took Crookshanks on patrol by the Black Lake, where his magic protected Phoebe and Gabrielle from the Giant Squid’s splash. Morris explained why the squid was angry, then showed Phoebe a real-time view of Earth from space and an album of photographs made from it.

• Guantou and Crookshanks walked along the Black Lake and encountered Phoebe and Gabrielle.
• The Giant Squid splashed the group, but Guantou used his cane to shield the Delacour sisters and dry Crookshanks.
• Morris arrived and explained that Guantou had angered the Giant Squid by tying its tentacles in a knot.
• Morris gave Gabrielle pear drops and showed Phoebe an album containing images of Earth taken from space.
• Morris used a paired Surveillance Crystal Ball to show Phoebe a live view of Earth, and she called it beautiful.

Morris gave Gabrielle an atlas and promised to take her into space when she was older, then completed two advancement rituals for his Bone Dragon and discovered it could shrink. At breakfast, he read that Mrs. Heap had joined preparations for the Triwizard Tournament and wondered whether Fantastic Beasts would feature in the final task.

• Morris showed Gabrielle a view of their planet and gave her an atlas, promising to take her into outer space when she grew up.
• Phoebe warned Morris that Gabrielle was already a Beauxbatons student and would not transfer to Hogwarts.
• Morris completed the Bone Dragon's third- and fourth-tier advancement rituals, making its bones tougher and revealing its ability to shrink.
• Morris tested the Bone Dragon's toughness, then pocketed it in miniature form.
• Kyle gave Morris an extra copy of the Daily Prophet, and Morris read that Mrs. Heap had joined the Triwizard Tournament preparations.
• Morris wondered whether Mrs. Heap's work as a Fantastic Beasts trader meant creatures would appear in the final task, while Kyle hurried to Snape's class and Morris stayed to finish breakfast.

Morris advised Krum about Transfiguration and reassured him that the rumors about Harry and Hermione were fabricated. Later, Ron worried about money and asked Morris how he could earn some, but Morris had no immediate solution.

• Morris recommended Elphick’s Notes on Transfiguration to Krum, who revealed he had been studying Human Transfiguration since the last task.
• Krum privately asked Morris about Harry and Hermione, and Morris told him the newspaper stories were made up.
• Morris borrowed a book on alchemy from Madam Pince and ran into Harry, Hermione, and Ron on a staircase.
• Ron asked whether Fred and George had been making money, and Morris explained that they had a deal with the Ministry of Magic for devices used during the underwater task.
• Ron asked Morris how he could earn money, but Morris advised him to consider what he was good at and could offer no further help.

Morris met Phoebe in Hogsmeade and agreed to guide her when she visited Britain, while revealing more of his unusual pets. The chapter left Morris and Phoebe approaching the general store after spotting Mr. Bagman acting furtively inside.

• Morris ran into Phoebe in Hogsmeade, and they discussed their summer plans; he agreed to be her guide in Britain.
• Guantou arrived with Yanhua, shed his clothes to look like an ordinary cat, and asked Morris for pocket money.
• Morris told Phoebe that Guantou spent most of his money on books and had been studying Potions.
• Phoebe spotted Mr. Bagman peering furtively out of the general store, and Morris led her inside to investigate.

Morris and Phoebe encountered Cagnak and his goblins searching the grocery shop for Ludo Bagman, who had hidden on a ceiling beam. The goblins found Ludo again, and Cagnak demanded to know why he had run.

• Morris and Phoebe entered the grocery shop, where Morris found a box of crystal potion bottles and Phoebe picked out quills and Gobstones.
• Cagnak arrived with several goblins and offered Morris a partnership to help produce Firebolt parts, but Morris refused.
• Cagnak asked whether anyone else was in the shop, then searched the premises with the goblins before leaving.
• Morris spotted Ludo clinging to a ceiling beam under a Disillusionment Charm, and Ludo climbed down after the goblins left.
• Phoebe asked why Ludo had hidden, and Ludo claimed he had a private matter and some friction with the goblins.
• Cagnak and the goblins returned, confronted Ludo, and asked why he had run; Ludo nervously offered to discuss it over drinks.

Morris watched Ludo Bagman promise to repay his debt to the goblins, then returned to Hogwarts and focused on his skeleton workers and Bone Dragon. After testing the Bone Dragon’s ability to chase a fast-moving energy crystal, Morris saw it return with a red figure following it.

• Cagnak pressured Ludo Bagman to repay his debt, and Ludo promised to pay it all back by summer.
• Morris and Phoebe declined Ludo’s invitation to the Three Broomsticks and returned to Hogwarts, where Phoebe discussed Ludo’s debt with Morris.
• More than a month later, Morris visited his workshop aboard the Ship in a Bottle and checked on his twenty-one skeleton workers.
• Morris tested the Bone Dragon’s speed by tossing it Gap Energy Crystals, including one enchanted to fly at high speed.
• The Bone Dragon returned from its chase with a red figure following behind it.

Morris learned that Fawkes had mistaken the Bone Dragon’s bestowed will for an incomplete soul, then heard Dumbledore warn that someone would die during the Triwizard Tournament’s final task. Dumbledore asked Morris to protect the other three Champions, saying Trelawney had specifically named him as the only one who could change the outcome.

• Fawkes attacked the Bone Dragon after sensing what he thought was an incomplete soul, but later acknowledged his mistake.
• Morris assured Dumbledore that the Bone Dragon had no true soul and cast his silver raven Patronus to show he remained true to himself.
• Morris told Dumbledore he intended to win the Triwizard Tournament.
• Dumbledore revealed a prophecy that someone would die during the final task for reasons unrelated to the tournament.
• Dumbledore asked Morris to protect the other three Champions, explaining that Trelawney had named Morris as the only one who could change the outcome.

Morris accepted Dumbledore’s enchanted feather in case he faced danger, then continued studying the Enslavement Mark and experimenting on Tom. After exams, Morris and Harry inspected the maze being prepared for the Tournament’s final task, where the Champions would race to reach a cup.

• Dumbledore told Morris to grip an enchanted phoenix tail feather if he needed immediate help, then left with Fawkes.
• Morris tested modified Enslavement Marks on Tom until Tom became nearly unconscious, then stopped the experiments.
• Morris finished his Potions exam and learned from a Ravenclaw student that something was happening at the Quidditch Pitch.
• Ludo showed Morris and Harry the maze for the final task and explained that it would contain traps and dangerous creatures, with a cup at its center.
• Morris and Harry left the pitch after Mrs. Heap interrupted Ludo, and Morris speculated that Ludo and Mrs. Heap might be on a date.

Morris encountered Harry, whose scar had been hurting and who had been seeing through Voldemort’s eyes in his dreams. Harry drew the thin man he had seen, and Morris identified him as Barty Crouch Jr.

• Harry nearly collided with Morris in the corridor and asked him to find somewhere private.
• Morris recognized Draco Malfoy practicing the Bone-Breaking Curse and suspected Draco might intend to use it against him.
• Harry warned Morris that some Slytherins wanted to stop him competing in the Triwizard Tournament’s final task.
• Harry told Morris that his scar had hurt for two days and that he had seen Voldemort punishing a thin man in a dream.
• Morris gave Harry a Draught of Living Death and used a quill to help him draw the man.
• Harry recognized the portrait’s resemblance to Mr. Crouch, and Morris identified the man as Barty Crouch Jr.

Morris and Harry alerted each other to the danger surrounding Voldemort’s return, then prepared for the Triwizard Tournament’s final task. Morris entered the maze first and encountered Devil’s Snare and a giant spider.

• Morris suspected that Harry’s vision of Barty Crouch Jr. meant someone was impersonating him, and told Harry they needed to inform Dumbledore.
• At dinner before the final task, Kyle gave Morris a beast-repelling stone, and Morris gave Harry a wooden token as a safeguard.
• Mrs. Heap confirmed that the maze had been inspected and that Surveillance Crystal Balls were in place to show the golden cup.
• After the final task began, Morris entered the maze first and chose a direction at random.
• The little Bone Dragon burned back Devil’s Snare, and Morris trapped a giant spider in a bone cage before walking past it.

Morris explored the Triwizard maze and blasted through stone barriers before encountering Barty Crouch Jr., who had returned in a rotting body and attacked him. As Barty gathered death energy, Morris realized his resurrection was connected to Scrape, the man who called himself Death.

• Morris trapped and accidentally burned a group of Nogtails, then continued through the maze.
• Morris blasted through stone walls, ignored a false trophy, and found a black-robed figure waiting in the passage.
• The figure attacked Morris with the Killing Curse, but Morris dodged and disarmed him.
• Morris recognized the figure as Barty Crouch Jr., whose festering body showed signs of decay.
• Barty said he had returned for revenge and began gathering death energy, leading Morris to connect his resurrection to Scrape.

Morris absorbed Barty Crouch Jr.’s uncontrolled death energy and used an Enslavement Mark to question him, but Scrape erased Barty’s soul before he could explain why he had been sent back. Morris continued through the maze and found Phoebe beside a stunned Sphinx.

• Morris gathered Barty Crouch Jr.’s death energy into a crystal, then questioned him about Death.
• Morris used an Enslavement Mark on Barty Crouch Jr. and learned that Barty had met Death in a desert after killing himself.
• Barty Crouch Jr.’s soul began dissolving before Morris could learn whether Death had resurrected him to kill Morris.
• Morris suspected Scrape had sent Barty back and continued through the maze, wondering whether Mrs. Heap had helped Barty enter.
• Morris found Phoebe beside a Sphinx she had stunned.

Morris and Phoebe reached the maze’s empty finish, where Krum arrived wounded and confirmed that a foul-smelling wizard had attacked him. Meanwhile, Harry was abducted by the Triwizard Cup and tied up in Little Hangleton, but Morris’s teleportation token brought Morris to him just as Peter Pettigrew prepared a cauldron ritual.

• Morris and Phoebe found the empty plinth and a broken Surveillance Crystal Ball, concluding that someone had taken the cup.
• Krum staggered into the clearing with slash wounds, and Phoebe stopped the bleeding as Morris identified the attacker’s stench as Barty Crouch Jr.’s.
• Morris repaired the Surveillance Crystal Ball while Harry recalled that the cup had transported him to Little Hangleton, where Peter Pettigrew stunned and bound him.
• Peter cut Harry’s arm and poured his blood into a boiling cauldron as part of a ritual.
• Harry’s wooden token teleported Morris to the graveyard, and Harry urgently told him to destroy whatever was in the cauldron.

Morris interrupted Peter Pettigrew’s ritual, and Voldemort emerged in a grotesquely unfinished body before the live tournament broadcast. After Voldemort attacked, Dumbledore arrived, but Voldemort escaped with Peter, leaving Harry, Morris, and Dumbledore to return.

• Morris’s Undead Unicorn knocked Peter’s cauldron over, interrupting Voldemort’s resurrection ritual and flinging the newly revived Voldemort onto the ground.
• Voldemort stood in an incomplete, misshapen body, while Morris revealed that the Surveillance Crystal Ball was broadcasting the scene live and told him to put on clothes.
• Peter gave Voldemort his wand, and Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Morris, but the Undead Unicorn intercepted it and was seriously wounded.
• Morris used Dumbledore’s phoenix tail feather to summon him, and Dumbledore blocked Voldemort’s next Killing Curse with an earthen wall.
• Voldemort and Peter vanished before Dumbledore could stop them, and Dumbledore freed Harry before taking him and Morris back with Fawkes.

After Morris returned from the graveyard with Harry, he and Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had returned, while Fudge resisted accepting the truth. The group uncovered evidence of sabotage in the maze, but Mrs. Heap had disappeared, and the Triwizard Tournament was suspended pending an investigation.

• Morris showed the crowd the Surveillance Crystal Ball and identified the naked man in its images as Voldemort.
• Harry said Voldemort had regained his body using his blood and one of Peter Pettigrew's hands, but Fudge insisted the incident required investigation.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had returned and reassured the crowd that he was still weak and not an immediate threat.
• Harry said the Triwizard Cup was a Portkey, and Morris reported that a Death Eater had attacked Krum and cleared obstacles for Harry in the maze.
• Morris suggested Mrs. Heap might know who had turned the cup into a Portkey, but Fred said she had left, and professors and Aurors failed to find her.
• Harry objected to being declared the winner, and Fudge suspended the tournament until Voldemort was caught and Mrs. Heap's disappearance was resolved; Dumbledore, Madame Maxime, and Karkaroff agreed.

After surviving Voldemort’s attack, Morris reassured worried students and spoke with Phoebe and Krum before Hermione revealed she had captured Rita Skeeter. At the End-of-Year Feast, Dumbledore urged everyone to unite against Voldemort, while Morris remained more concerned about the mysterious “Death.”

• Morris told the students he had dodged Voldemort’s Killing Curse and urged them not to panic while Hogwarts remained safe.
• Phoebe and Krum checked on Morris, and Krum said Karkaroff wanted the Durmstrang students to leave before noon; he also confirmed Karkaroff had been a Death Eater.
• Guantou indicated that the Giant Squid had stolen its wizard robes, and Phoebe asked Krum whether Karkaroff had been a Death Eater.
• Hermione showed Morris Rita Skeeter trapped as a beetle in a jar and said she planned to keep her imprisoned for a few months.
• At the End-of-Year Feast, Dumbledore warned that Voldemort had returned and called for unity, while Morris thought that “Death” was the greater trouble.

Morris learned that Robert Hilliard had become an Unspeakable and received an invitation to visit the Department of Mysteries, which he postponed until early next month. As the Beauxbatons students departed Hogwarts, Morris wondered whether the suspended Triwizard Tournament would ever resume or produce a winner.

• Morris found Robert Hilliard in the Great Hall and learned that he worked as an Unspeakable at the Ministry of Magic.
• Robert received a Ministry letter instructing him to bring Morris to the Department of Mysteries, and Morris agreed to visit early next month.
• Robert left to see Professor Flitwick while the Beauxbatons students prepared to leave Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore and Madame Maxime spoke about unity and hoped to meet again after the Triwizard Tournament resumed.
• Morris wondered whether Krum and Phoebe would still be eligible to compete if the tournament resumed after they graduated.

Morris accepted Dumbledore’s invitation to visit 12 Grimmauld Place, where he learned that the Order of the Phoenix had regrouped to fight Voldemort. The chapter ended with Morris discovering that everyone there considered him a member, though he had never been told.

• Phoebe told Morris she planned to find a job in Britain, and he offered her a position as his assistant.
• After the Beauxbatons delegation left, Dumbledore asked Morris to accompany him to 12 Grimmauld Place, leaving Guantou behind at the station.
• Dumbledore and Morris met Sirius Black outside Grimmauld Place and entered the house, where members of the Order of the Phoenix had gathered.
• Morris asked Frick why he was there, and Frick said Dumbledore had saved him and that he had come to help.
• Dumbledore explained that the Order of the Phoenix had been founded to fight Voldemort and was regrouping now that Voldemort had returned.
• Sirius said everyone present was an Order member, and Morris asked why he had not known he was one too.