Chapter Summaries

As the Quidditch World Cup opening ceremony began, William ambushed Tom in an Ilvermorny tent and killed him after overpowering him. Kingsley and the Aurors arrived to find Tom’s body, while Tom’s planned attack on the mascots remained unrealized.

• McGonagall and Trelawney secretly bet heavily on Transylvania, and the Transylvania Team’s coach celebrated William’s wager.
• William sent Anne and Hermione out disguised with Polyjuice Potion, then used another identity to approach Tom.
• Tom planned to make the World Cup mascots attack the crowd during the opening ceremony.
• William broke into Tom’s tent and defeated him in a duel despite Tom’s spells and conjured snake.
• William left Tom’s body severed at the waist, and Kingsley led the Aurors into the room.

The England National Team suffered a crushing defeat to Transylvania while Fudge learned that an American wizard had been murdered at the campsite. He ordered an investigation and tried to divert attention from the defeat, leaving the World Cup facing a diplomatic crisis.

• Transylvania scored repeatedly against England, and the match ended with England losing 10 to 390.
• Professor Trelawney claimed she had known the result, while McGonagall and William’s wagers drew the teachers’ attention.
• Dawlish told Fudge that an American wizard had died, and Fudge left the box to investigate.
• Fudge, Kingsley, and Dawlish found a murdered wizard in a tent and discovered Polyjuice Potion, suggesting the victim had been impersonating the Ilvermorny Keeper of the Keys.
• Fudge ordered officials to search the campsite and reporters to interview the England team, then admitted that the team really was that bad.

Transylvania defeated England after nearly shutting them out, sparking riots among the spectators. Meanwhile, Tom tried to recruit Professor Targaryen by offering knowledge of ancient power, but William and Professor Babbling discussed killing the self-proclaimed Death.

• Transylvania's goalkeeper moved away from the hoops, England scored once, and Transylvania's Seeker caught the Golden Snitch to win the match.
• England fans argued that the match had been rigged, and fans from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales attacked them as the England players were surrounded.
• Fudge sent Aurors to break up the fighting after Tonks reported the crowd's violence.
• Tom appeared in Professor Targaryen's room and offered to guide him to the lost power he called Prehistoric Mysteries.
• Tom named himself Death and left, after which Professor Babbling and William revealed they had been listening.
• William said he would rather kill Death than work with him.

After the England National Team’s disastrous match sparked chaos at the Quidditch World Cup, William and Hermione went to collect their 220,000 Galleon winnings. William then negotiated with Fudge for a thirty-second performance slot at the final, while Fudge maneuvered to take a cut for himself.

• The Ministry took the England National Team to Azkaban for temporary protection as furious fans rioted, and Scottish and Irish fans began demanding political separation.
• William and Hermione left their tent and headed to the Goblins to collect their 220,000 Galleons, while Hermione teased William about Professor Babbling drawing Tom’s attention.
• William noticed Ludo and Fudge waiting at the Goblins’ tent, and Fudge brought him inside to discuss World Cup advertising.
• Hermione went to collect the winnings while William proposed buying a thirty-second performance slot after the final’s mascot show.
• William offered up to 65,000 Galleons for the slot, but Fudge claimed he would charge only 30,000 as a trial and planned to pocket a middleman’s cut.

William secured permission to sell Akali's Mystery Shop goods at the Quidditch World Cup campsite and arranged to promote the shop through advertisements. As the tournament's betting fortunes shifted, William, Hermione, and Professor Trelawney took turns winning while Malfoy repeatedly followed the wrong bets.

• William refused Fudge's hinted bribe, bought advertising slots, and got permission for House-elves to sell goods at the campsite.
• Hermione collected 220,000 Galleons, and William arranged for her to place secret bets on the United States Team while he bet on Norway.
• William invited Cedric, Cho, the twins, and Professor Lupin to help open Akali's Mystery Shop's Quidditch World Cup branch.
• After William's bets on Norway and Canada lost, many wizards blamed his early wins on Professor Trelawney's predictions and began following her bets.
• William won 500,000 Galleons by betting on Luxembourg, McGonagall made a large profit, and Malfoy lost by following the wrong bets each time.

Malfoy lost heavily betting on the Quidditch World Cup while Stark and other wizards made fortunes. After the group stage ended, William’s team planned to undercut rivals with improved binoculars and sell Ministry-approved commemorative badges.

• Malfoy lost his peacocks, grew angry at Fudge, and unsuccessfully chased profits by betting against Stark’s picks and Trelawney’s predictions.
• Wizards across the world gambled on the World Cup, while England lost every match and still advanced to the round of sixteen, and Canada missed the quarterfinals.
• William, Hermione, Fred, George, and Cho discussed Akali’s Mystery Shop’s sales strategy for enhanced Quidditch binoculars.
• William set the binocular price at ten Galleons to help capture the market, despite the reduced profit.
• William announced that Fudge had agreed to let the shop produce official commemorative badges, including an England round-of-sixteen coin.

William outlined Akali's plan to monopolize the British market and expand abroad, while his friends discussed the Quidditch World Cup and the cramped Weasley household. Anne then told William that Professor Horace was demanding he and Hermione attend his party, and William agreed to go with friends.

• William reviewed Akali's staffing and expansion plans, including sending Phoebe to manage French trade and eventually opening branches abroad.
• Fred and George explained that Percy, Ron, and Bill's return had left the Weasley brothers crowded together at home.
• Cedric struggled to keep a Mandrake leaf in his mouth as part of his Animagus preparation, preventing him from speaking to Cho.
• Fred and George mocked Percy's devotion to his Ministry report-writing and his admiration for Mr. Crouch.
• Anne told William that Professor Horace had threatened to stay until William and Hermione agreed to attend his party, and William accepted while planning to bring friends.

Anne finally escaped Horace Slughorn’s daily visits and accompanied William and Hermione to his lavish gathering. Slughorn tried to impress them with his connections, but William’s own friendships and business deals left the professor stunned.

• Anne complained that Slughorn visited every day, then led Luna and Ginny in keeping watch while she went to fetch William.
• Anne teased William about Phoebe, prompting Hermione to suspect he had left out news about her visit.
• William, Hermione, and Anne entered Slughorn’s tent, where he introduced them as the evening’s stars and began presenting his guests.
• William reunited with Damocles and arranged a sale of Acromantula venom through his shop.
• William greeted Gwenog Jones, who praised his Quidditch skill, while she and the twins discussed Beater techniques.
• As William networked with guests and secured business deals, Slughorn watched in dismay as his planned showcase was eclipsed.

At Slughorn’s party, William met several guests, including an author hoping to write his biography, and fended off Mrs. Zabini’s advances. The chapter ended with Mrs. Zabini drawing her wand in the bathroom as William prepared to defend himself.

• Worple asked William for interviews to write his biography while Sanguini crept toward Cedric and groped him.
• William brushed off Worple’s offer and joked that successful Quidditch betting required persevering through huge losses, prompting Blaise Zabini to question him.
• Mrs. Zabini arrived, ordered Blaise to apologize to William, and drew attention with her flirtation; Hermione led William away from her.
• William and Hermione found Trelawney drinking sherry, and William gave her an enchanted ring to hold more bottles.
• William went to the bathroom, where Mrs. Zabini followed him, made advances, and then reached for her wand as William drew his.

William fought Professor Babbling, who was disguised as Mrs. Zabini, and learned that she was helping Tom target Slughorn. She arranged for William to rescue Slughorn from a planned fire, while Barty Crouch Jr. escaped his supervision and slipped away under an Invisibility Cloak.

• William recognized Babbling beneath Mrs. Zabini’s appearance and fought her in the restroom until they stopped and compared why they were there.
• Babbling told William that Tom planned to kill Slughorn and that she had come with Sanguini to carry out the attack.
• William insisted Slughorn must survive, and Babbling explained that Sanguini would set a tent on fire so William could rescue him and earn his trust.
• Twenty minutes later, a blaze rose near the campsite, and Winky left Barty Crouch Jr. alone while she went to check on it.
• Barty Crouch Jr. broke free of the Imperius Curse, took the Invisibility Cloak, and sneaked away.

While the tent fire spread, William saved Slughorn from Sanguini’s attack, and Fred and George fled the burning corridor after Malfoy was knocked unconscious by a floating rock. The twins watched Malfoy’s wand magically redirect the flames before it vanished.

• While waiting for the tent to catch fire, William chatted with Professor Trelawney as she packed sherry, and Hermione declined a drink.
• William smelled smoke and left Hermione to reach Slughorn, who was drunk and boasting to Worple about returning to teach at Hogwarts.
• Sanguini attacked Slughorn, but William intervened, incapacitated the vampire, and checked whether Slughorn was all right.
• Fred and George fled through the burning tent while trading spells and pranks with Malfoy, whose head sprouted grass.
• After they escaped, a floating rock struck Malfoy unconscious, and his wand magically spread the flames to nearby tents before disappearing.

A fire at the Quidditch World Cup damaged Barty Crouch’s tent, and the twins were suspected until they revealed an invisible wizard had carried the flames there. Crouch realized his son had escaped, while Fudge discovered he had been repeatedly stomping on the unconscious Lucius Malfoy.

• William gave Fred and George Potions and joined the others in scolding them for chasing after Malfoy.
• Crouch found his tent destroyed and accused the twins of starting the fire, but George said an unseen wizard had stunned Malfoy and carried the flames over.
• Fudge arrived and learned that Sanguini had attacked Slughorn, who credited William with saving him.
• Crouch searched the ruins for his son and Winky, then recognized that the wizard who escaped had been Barty Crouch Jr.
• Kingsley pointed out Lucius Malfoy beneath Fudge’s feet, and Fudge repeatedly bounced on him while William watched.

After Malfoy was hospitalized, William and Hermione cleared Winky of the arson and suspected that Crouch had secretly imprisoned the wandless wizard who set his tent on fire. William also showed Hermione the safe shampoo he had developed for her, and the chapter ended with them planning to investigate Winky.

• Malfoy fell into a coma after a nightmare, and Fudge had him taken to St. Mungo's.
• Dawlish accused Winky of starting the fire, but Hermione and William argued that her height and loyalty to the Crouch family ruled her out.
• Fudge blamed Sanguini for the attack on Slughorn and an unknown wizard for burning Crouch's tent.
• William washed Hermione's hair with his improved Occamy egg shampoo, which he had made safe using Acromantula silk extract.
• Hermione and William reasoned that Crouch knew who had started the fire and had imprisoned a wandless wizard under an Invisibility Cloak.
• Hermione said she would ask Dobby to approach Winky, while William warned that Winky might not reveal the truth.

William and Hermione pieced together that Crouch had secretly imprisoned a wizard connected to Bertha, while disputes over the World Cup fire and other incidents escalated into international accusations. The chapter ended with Gabrielle surprising William at the campsite and becoming annoyed when he asked where her sister Phoebe was.

• William suspected that Crouch had imprisoned a wizard and cast a Memory Charm on Bertha to conceal the secret she had discovered.
• Hermione asked Dobby to get acquainted with Winky so they could learn more about Crouch.
• Fudge blamed American Scourers for the deaths and fire at the World Cup, prompting a war of words between the British Ministry and the Magical Congress of the United States of America.
• After Ireland defeated the United States, American fans kidnapped Ireland's Leprechaun mascot, and Scrimgeour detained a large number of American wizards.
• The Magical Congress of the United States demanded that William and Hermione pay for the forest destroyed in Albania, while other Ministries joined the dispute and traded accusations.
• Gabrielle startled William at the campsite, then glared at him when he asked where Phoebe was instead of expressing surprise at seeing her.

William reunited with Gabrielle at the campsite and took her around the vendors before she was found by Phoebe. Phoebe discussed William’s fight in Albania and her exam results with him, while Gabrielle ended the chapter feeling overlooked.

• William teased Gabrielle, then carried her on his shoulders as they toured the campsite and bought her a golden bamboo-copter.
• Gabrielle spotted Phoebe searching for her and hid behind William, but Phoebe found them and accepted Gabrielle’s present.
• Phoebe asked William about Albania, and he admitted that he and Hermione had fought a Death Eater who escaped.
• Phoebe told William she had earned eleven O grades and one A on her Beauxbatons exams, and said Picquery had brought Silver Wing.
• Phoebe went to see Hermione, leaving Gabrielle feeling ignored as she tried to remind them she was still there.

William and his friends visited Newt’s suitcase, where they found Olisa pregnant and Newt tending to the Magical Creatures. As Newt offered to improve William’s Safety Watch, Anne called from above to say a crying woman had come looking for William and appeared to want him to take responsibility.

• William recalled how Mera Picquery had spent six months tracking Olisa in France while trying to rescue Newt, who had been detained after the Thunderbird escaped.
• Cedric tried to get Picquery to help him obtain Olisa’s tail feathers, but she questioned him about his treatment of Magical Creatures.
• Newt soothed the pregnant Olisa and showed William’s group the carefully maintained habitats in his suitcase.
• Newt criticized the cramped Matagot area in William’s Safety Watch and offered to modify it over the summer.
• Anne called down to say a crying woman had arrived looking for William, prompting Hermione, Phoebe, and Gabrielle to eye him suspiciously.

When Daphne reported that her sister Astoria had disappeared at the Quidditch World Cup, William used a Tracking Charm to create a map of the campsite and began searching for her. Phoebe found Astoria’s location, leaving William stunned.

• Pansy and Ginny argued outside William’s tent while Daphne cried and asked William to find her missing sister, Astoria.
• Daphne explained that Astoria had gone missing after handing out flyers against William’s products, and the Aurors had been unable to locate her.
• William decided to use a Tracking Charm to make a map showing the names and locations of people across the campsite.
• William exhausted his magic creating the map, and the group searched it for Astoria.
• Phoebe pointed out Astoria’s location, and William stared at the map in disbelief.

William rescued Astoria from Crouch's tent and discovered she had a Blood Malediction, while clues suggested an escaped wizard had abducted her and might have taken others. The campsite grew crowded as the Quidditch World Cup final approached, and William expected Little Tom and the hidden man to make a major move.

• William found Astoria unconscious in Crouch's tent, revived her, and learned from Daphne that Astoria had a Blood Malediction he could not cure.
• Mrs. Greengrass took Astoria home, while William suspected an escaped prisoner had captured her and used a Memory Charm before framing Crouch.
• William warned Fudge that people might be missing from the campsite, but Fudge dismissed the concern because no one had reported a disappearance.
• Ireland defeated Peru and Bulgaria narrowly defeated Madagascar in the semifinals as the crowded campsite filled with people trying to sneak into the stadium.
• The Hogwarts exam results arrived at the Weasleys' home, prompting Mrs. Weasley to send the twins Howlers; William became a Prefect and Quidditch captain, and Cho also became a Prefect.
• On the eve of the final, neither Little Tom nor the hidden man had acted, but William expected trouble during the match.

As the Quidditch World Cup final approached, William and Hermione discussed Tom’s search for Horcruxes while the camp buzzed with predictions about Ireland and Bulgaria. Trene arrived from Venice, and Harry and Ron later asked William about visiting his tent before revealing they had drunk from a contaminated well.

• William and Hermione suspected that Tom was searching for his Horcruxes while remaining in shadow form.
• Newspapers in Britain, Bulgaria, and Japan traded predictions and insults about the Ireland-Bulgaria final, while William publicly backed Ireland.
• William urged his Japanese fans to vote for Chika Fujiwara as Japan’s next minister after Minister Abe announced he would step down.
• Trene arrived from Venice the day before the final and told William and Hermione that she had modified the Doragon by taking apart several warships.
• Harry and Ron greeted William and Hermione, and Harry asked whether Sirius and Cho would be at their tent.
• Ron offered to show William and Hermione a nearby well, and they realized that Harry and Ron had drunk water from a well that wizards regularly used as a toilet.

Harry and Ron encountered Trene and discussed her connection to William before exploring the Akali’s Mystery Shop stalls at the Quidditch World Cup. Ron borrowed money from Harry, who bought them both Omnioculars, leaving Ron grateful for his wealthy friend.

• Harry and Ron drank water from a well, then watched Trene leave and speculated about her relationship with William.
• Ron admired Trene and argued that she was more beautiful than Hermione, while Harry insisted Cho was the prettiest girl.
• Harry and Ron learned that William’s House-elf couriers sold merchandise and offered fast deliveries through Akali’s Mystery Shop.
• Ron admitted he had left his saved Galleons behind and borrowed money from Harry to buy World Cup souvenirs.
• Harry bought two pairs of Omnioculars and gave one to Ron, who agreed to go without Christmas presents for ten years.