Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore freed Ron from Peter's Imperius Curse, but Fudge refused to believe Peter was alive. When Lupin transformed under the full moon, Harry disappeared from the map, and Hagrid found Lupin beside what looked like Harry's remains.

• Dumbledore lifted Peter's Imperius Curse from Ron, who said Peter had turned him into a marmot and taken his appearance.
• McGonagall took Ron to the Hospital Wing, while Fudge insisted that Black had staged the story and Dumbledore could not convince him.
• William said Peter had likely escaped and revealed that Lupin had taken Harry back toward Gryffindor.
• A werewolf howl sounded, and William found Lupin near the Whomping Willow while Harry's name vanished from the map.
• Hagrid found Lupin beside blood, torn robes, and Harry's shoe, then attacked the werewolf and threw him to the ground.
• An unseen caster struck Hagrid in the eye with a spell, forcing him to release Lupin as the attacker remained hidden.

William and Hermione uncovered where Peter had taken Harry and prepared to act while the Aurors rushed to Hogsmeade. They vanished with Hermione’s Time-Turner, leaving Kingsley to discover they were gone.

• Hagrid reported finding blood and Harry’s belongings near the Whomping Willow, but Dumbledore insisted Harry was alive and Peter had taken him.
• William questioned Hagrid, realized Harry had said Peter was alive, and worked out where Peter was hiding with him.
• The Aurors searched for Harry without success, and Dawlish reported that Black had escaped after someone disguised as Fudge took him away.
• Tonks sent a Patronus requesting backup in Hogsmeade, prompting Fudge and the Aurors to leave while William and Hermione stayed to guard Lupin.
• William and Hermione used Hermione’s Time-Turner to vanish, and Kingsley later returned to find them gone while Lupin remained.

William and Hermione followed Harry and Lupin to the Whomping Willow, where Peter escaped with Harry after Lupin transformed into a werewolf. Dumbledore arrived and covered for William and Hermione as they slipped away with about forty minutes left on the Time-Turner.

• William and Hermione overheard Harry persuade Lupin to help him find Peter, then followed them out of the bathroom under the Disillusionment Charm.
• Harry, Lupin, and Hagrid headed to the Whomping Willow, where Lupin opened the passage beneath it.
• Peter wounded Lupin and escaped into the passage as the full moon turned Lupin into a werewolf; Peter also captured Harry and left his clothes and a shoe behind to mislead the Ministry.
• William blasted Lupin away from Harry, then distracted Hagrid with spells while Hagrid fought the werewolf.
• Dumbledore arrived, told Fudge that Peter had taken Harry, and gave William and Hermione time to leave unnoticed.

William and Hermione rescued Sirius from Dawlish and told him to hide in the Room of Requirement while they went after Peter. They planned to reach Hogsmeade on Buckbeak, and Hermione knocked Dawlish unconscious again as William changed out of his Fudge disguise.

• Dawlish kept Sirius restrained and refused to help him, until an injured Fudge arrived and ordered Dawlish to assist outside.
• Dawlish chose to protect Fudge instead, but Fudge stunned him and threatened to execute Sirius.
• Hermione revealed herself and William, then William freed Sirius and explained that Peter had escaped, leaving Sirius without proof of his innocence.
• William directed Sirius to hide in the Room of Requirement, and Sirius left after thanking them.
• William and Hermione decided to reach the Shrieking Shack and catch Peter, choosing Buckbeak to avoid triggering Hogsmeade's Caterwauling Charm.
• William's Polyjuice Potion wore off as he changed clothes, and Hermione stunned Dawlish again when he began to wake.

William confronted Peter in the Shrieking Shack after discovering how he had used Harry’s Invisibility Cloak and the Imperius Curse to carry out Tom’s plan. The chapter ended as Harry, still under the plan’s control, cast the Killing Curse at William.

• William dropped Hermione near Hogsmeade so she could keep Tonks away from the Shrieking Shack, then flew Buckbeak to the Shack and entered through the roof.
• Peter escaped through the tunnel from Hogwarts, planning to take Harry to the Dark Lord and regain his favor.
• William was waiting in the Shack with Harry, who appeared to be controlled by the Imperius Curse.
• William accused Peter of using Harry’s Invisibility Cloak to evade detection and manipulate events, including luring Dementors to the school gates.
• Peter tried to disarm William, but William overpowered him and left him badly injured.
• Harry suddenly raised his wand and cast Avada Kedavra at William.

Tom’s plan to have Peter kill William at the Shrieking Shack failed, though Peter escaped as the shack collapsed and Harry was left gravely wounded. William later found Hermione in Hogsmeade, and they slipped away while Tonks called for backup.

• Peter, disguised as Harry, attacked William with a Killing Curse, but William blocked it with a reanimated bed and wounded Peter with a rapier.
• William realized Peter had used Polyjuice Potion to switch identities with Harry and had kept the real Harry nearby under the Imperius Curse.
• Peter attacked Harry to force William to defend him, then unleashed Dark Magic that shattered the Shrieking Shack; William saved Harry instead of pursuing Peter, who escaped with his tail severed.
• William healed Harry’s chest wound with a spell, restorative potion, and Dittany.
• William reached Hermione in Hogsmeade, deflected an incoming spell, and took her away as Tonks requested backup from Kingsley.

After Peter escaped, Dumbledore reassured William that he should not blame himself and discussed Trelawney’s prophecy, which seemed to point to Peter helping Voldemort return. William left Dumbledore and Fudge to argue, spoke with Sirius about his plans, and ended the night with Hermione heading to the Room of Requirement to mark papers.

• William told Dumbledore that Peter had escaped and relayed Trelawney’s prophecy about the Dark Lord’s return and three traitors.
• Dumbledore agreed Peter might help Voldemort return, while warning William not to blame himself for what had happened.
• Fudge declared Professor Lupin innocent but insisted he leave Hogwarts, and Dumbledore rejected Fudge’s authority over the matter.
• William met Sirius, who planned to go to 12 Grimmauld Place and hoped to visit William, Anne, and Hermione during the summer.
• William and Hermione listened as Tonks exaggerated her fight with dark wizards, then left for the Room of Requirement to mark papers through the night.

Aurors filled Hogwarts after the previous night’s battle, while rumors spread about Snape and the missing Harry and Ron. William and Hermione finished marking exams, and William’s ad for Akali’s Mystery Shop’s new store began attracting graduates as he planned to recruit top talent away from the Ministry.

• Aurors and Dementors appeared around Hogwarts, prompting students to speculate that Black had been caught and to spread rumors that Snape had been arrested.
• Harry and Ron were hospitalized, while portraits revealed that William and Hermione had fought dark wizards to save them; Tonks was angered when others took credit for her story.
• William and Hermione finished marking the Ancient Runes papers, and Professor McGonagall considered replacing Professor Babbling with William to save money.
• William and Hermione ranked first in their year with full marks, while Anne also came first but was scolded by Hermione for losing marks.
• William met Penelope, who considered applying to Akali’s Mystery Shop because the Ministry’s pay was low and its available work seemed unappealing.
• William planned to use the shop’s new physical store to recruit top talent from the Ministry and make it graduates’ first choice for employment.

William learned that Professor Lupin had resigned and offered him a job managing Akali's Mystery Shop, while warning that Umbridge was planning an anti-werewolf employment law. Lupin left Hogwarts undecided about the offer, and Dumbledore said he had several candidates in mind for the next Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

• William and Hermione found Professor Lupin packing, and Lupin explained that he feared endangering students and blamed himself for forgetting his potion while protecting Harry.
• Harry urged Lupin to stay, but Lupin said his resignation had already been approved and thanked William and Hermione for saving him, Sirius, and Harry.
• William warned Lupin and Dumbledore that Umbridge was drafting an anti-werewolf employment law, leaving Lupin worried about finding work after resigning.
• William offered Lupin a well-paid store manager job at Akali's Mystery Shop, and Lupin said he would consider it.
• Lupin left Hogwarts, and Dumbledore comforted Harry before telling William he had identified possible candidates for the next Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

At the end-of-year feast and on the Hogwarts Express, William and Hermione discussed funding their plans and received invitations to an International Confederation of Wizards meeting. The train reached platform 9 as William gave Hermione a string of wind chimes, and the chapter ended with the City of Water revealed as their destination.

• Ravenclaw won the House Cup for the fourth year in a row, while Snape and McGonagall reflected on Slytherin’s and Gryffindor’s records.
• William tried to persuade Hermione to let him use their money to bet on the Quidditch World Cup, and Hermione agreed to consider it.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Malfoy offered Harry a World Cup ticket, then fought him in the corridor before Percy intervened.
• Luna, Anne, Cho, and Cedric discussed the World Cup, while Fred and George reviewed applications for Akali's Mystery Shop.
• Hermione told William she had returned the Time-Turner to Professor McGonagall, and they teased each other about her having grown older.
• William and Hermione received invitations from the International Confederation of Wizards, and William found that the meeting would be held in the City of Water.

At the Prancing Pony Inn in Albania, Old Tom told visitors a partly fabricated story linking young Voldemort to Death’s treasure in the forest to attract explorers. As the guests grew greedy, a furtive cloaked figure emerged from the forest and caught a witch’s attention.

• Old Tom recounted meeting a handsome young wizard in the Albanian Forest fifty years earlier and described a guide who had died without any visible wounds.
• A witch showed Old Tom a newspaper photograph of William Stark and Hermione, prompting Theon to boast that he could overpower William.
• Old Tom revealed that the young wizard had called himself Voldemort, and the guests speculated that he had searched for Death’s treasure and killed the guide.
• Old Tom falsely claimed Voldemort might still be alive and back in Albania, knowing the rumor would draw tourists and business to the inn.
• A black-cloaked figure emerged from the forest and moved furtively across the open ground, while the witch watched through a crack in the door.

Peter searched Albania for Voldemort while hiding under the name Ron, and Bertha Jorkins recognized him at the inn. After capturing Bertha, Peter followed rats to a spring and called to Voldemort, who answered from inside a hollow oak.

• Peter entered an Albanian inn after surviving an attack by a Runespoor and claimed to be a magical creature biologist named Ron.
• Bertha Jorkins recognized Peter, then sent a letter to Venice by seagull.
• Peter, having searched for seven days without finding Voldemort, sent rats into the forest to seek local rats.
• Bertha entered Peter's room at midnight, but Peter transformed her into a groundhog and put her in his pocket.
• A rat led Peter to a spring beneath a leaning oak, where he called for Voldemort.
• Voldemort answered from the hollow tree and asked whether Dumbledore had sent Peter to deliver a message.

Voldemort met Peter in the Albanian forest and planned to use Bertha Jorkins to learn useful information. He ordered Peter to lure Lethifolds to the inn, while a distant boy watched the reddened Jupiter as a hooded wizard appeared.

• Peter found Voldemort and pleaded for help after explaining that he was being hunted.
• Voldemort recognized Peter's story, revealed his weakened state, and considered possessing him, but decided Peter could be useful alive.
• Peter transformed the captured Bertha Jorkins and told Voldemort she worked for the Ministry of Magic.
• Voldemort ordered Peter to lure Lethifolds to the inn and make the deaths there look accidental.
• Voldemort watched Jupiter turn red and took it as a sign of his return, while a boy a thousand miles away saw the star and a hooded wizard emerge.

William dreamed of a hooded wizard who delivered a cryptic prophecy about Venice and the Holy Grail, then woke on the train with Hermione. They suspected the dream might be guidance from Death and continued toward Venice as severe rains threatened the journey.

• William dreamed of a hooded wizard across a river, who recited a prophecy mentioning the Doge of Venice, a flood, the Holy Grail, a monster, and Merlin.
• William woke on the train, told Hermione about the dream, and compared it to Nicolas's dream that had led him to the Book of Alchemy.
• Hermione and William connected the prophecy's mention of the Holy Grail to the Deathly Hallows and Merlin's history with the artifact.
• Hermione burned the parchment after memorizing the prophecy, and she and William settled back down as the train continued toward Venice.
• William watched the worsening rain and worried that the flood in the prophecy might foreshadow trouble in Venice.

William and Hermione arrived in Venice and hired Trene Shad to take them by gondola to St Mark's Square. They headed for St Mark's Basilica to retrieve something for Dumbledore before the International Confederation of Wizards Conference, while Trene watched them leave with a newspaper bearing their photograph.

• William and Hermione left Santa Lucia Railway Station in the rain and rented a gondola from Trene Shad.
• Trene offered to guide them and sped south along the Grand Canal in her engine-powered gondola.
• At the Bridge of Sighs, Trene teased Hermione about kissing William beneath it, and Hermione said St Mark's Basilica's bells had not rung yet.
• William helped Hermione ashore, and they walked toward St Mark's Basilica to pick something up for Dumbledore.
• Trene stayed behind and read a newspaper whose front page showed William and Hermione.

William and Hermione arrived in Venice to attend the International Confederation of Wizards meeting and encountered a familiar guide before entering the Ministry of Magic Venice Branch. They headed to Secretary-General Martell’s office so William could deliver Dumbledore’s letter and collect an item needed for the Triwizard Tournament.

• William and Hermione saw the old priest from Notre-Dame dressed as an imam, denouncing Venice’s theft of Saint Mark’s remains and other treasures while mixing religious teachings.
• William remembered Death’s prophecy about following the footsteps of a doge of Venice who had once told a lie.
• At St Mark’s Basilica, William and Hermione presented their invitations to Nymeria, who recognized them as fans, asked for autographs, and gave them masks.
• Nymeria used a golden key to open a hidden entrance, and William and Hermione followed her into the Ministry of Magic Venice Branch.
• Nymeria took William and Hermione to the secretary-general’s office, where Martell was waiting for William to deliver Dumbledore’s letter and collect an item for the Triwizard Tournament.

William and Hermione visited Italy’s Ministry of Magic to retrieve the Goblet of Fire from Oberon Martell. They opened its box and discovered that the goblet was a fake marked “Made in England! 1994!”

• William and Hermione met Oberon Martell, who accepted Dumbledore’s letter and agreed to show them the Goblet of Fire.
• Nymeria explained that Martell had been burned while saving people when St Mark’s Campanile collapsed in 1902.
• Martell led William and Hermione to the guarded room containing the goblet, then left to handle an urgent matter.
• William opened the jeweled wooden box and pulled out the crudely carved wooden goblet.
• Hermione and William inspected the goblet and found the words “Made in England! 1994!” carved inside it.

William and Hermione discovered that the Goblet of Fire in Venice was fake and faced detention while the authorities investigated. When Martell threatened to confiscate William’s wand and magical belongings, William fought off the Aurors and escaped with Hermione.

• Hermione confirmed that the Goblet of Fire was a fake, and William tried to conceal the discovery from Martell.
• Martell examined the cup, confirmed it was fake, and ordered Aurors to detain William and Hermione while he investigated.
• Hermione invoked international magical law to prevent Martell from detaining William, but Martell ordered her held in a cell and assigned Aurors to watch William.
• William refused to leave Hermione in prison and rejected Martell’s demand to inspect his wand and magical items.
• William struck Martell and the four Aurors with spells, then escaped with Hermione by jumping through a fifth-floor window.

After William and Hermione escaped the Aurors in Venice with the Goblet of Fire, Martell ordered a secret citywide manhunt for them. The pair found an unexpected ally in Trene, who took them to her home while reading Minister Fudge’s newly published book.

• Russell found that Stark and Granger had escaped through a fifth-floor window, and Martell ordered a secret manhunt for them and the Goblet of Fire.
• William and Hermione surfaced far from St Mark’s Basilica after being swept along the canals, then laughed together as tourists watched.
• Trene recognized William and Hermione, offered them a ride, and took them aboard her gondola.
• William asked Trene for a safe place to hide, and she offered her home.
• Hermione and William saw that Trene was reading The Safety Scripture, a book recently published by Minister Fudge.

William and Hermione learned from Nicolas that the stolen Goblet of Fire was the Holy Grail and received a clue to its whereabouts in Venice. As they changed course to find historian Bathilda Bagshot, Trene reported that they were surrounded.

• William and Hermione contacted Nicolas after learning that the Goblet of Fire had been stolen, and Nicolas revealed that he believed it was the Holy Grail.
• Nicolas explained the Holy Grail’s history, its journey to Venice, and its connection to the Goblet of Fire and the Triwizard Tournament.
• William told Nicolas about his dream of Death and the cryptic clues pointing to the Holy Grail’s location.
• Nicolas identified Bathilda Bagshot as a historian who could help interpret the clues and said he knew where she was staying in Venice.
• William ordered Trene to change course toward Bathilda, but Trene announced that they were surrounded.