Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Voldemort, to Wormtail
The story begins in the Muggle-occupied village of Little Hangleton, many decades ago, around the Riddle
House. The Riddles (not exclusively stated but implied), consisting of Tom Riddle Sr. and his parents, have
been found dead in their house, "still in their dinner things." The police have found no evidence of any kind
of murder or suicide, claiming to be in perfect health condition except for the fact that they were dead.
Readers can assume it is the Avada Kedavra curse. They arrest the innocent caretaker, Frank Bryce,
though he says the only person he saw that day was a mysterious dark-haired boy. He is released, but
many still believe he committed the murders.
Half a century later, an elderly Frank is still working as the groundskeeper at the Riddle house. He sees a
fire flickering in one of the rooms and goes over to investigate; he thinks it is a couple boys who regularly
disturb him. Inside, he overhears Wormtail and Lord Voldemort planning to capture Harry Potter with the aid
of a reliable servant. Voldemort, Frank learns, also plans to reward Wormtail for his help in capturing Bertha
Jorkins, a Ministry of Magic employee who Voldemort extracted information from before killing. Frank is
then discovered by Voldemort's snake Nagini. He stands up to Voldemort, but is horrified upon seeing Lord
Voldemort. Voldemort then casts the Avada Kedavra curse, ending Frank's life before the book can
describe what Voldemort looks like. Simultaneously, Harry wakes up from a nightmare at the Dursley's
house.
"A weird thing happened this morning, though. My scar hurt again. Last time that happened it
was because Voldemort was at Hogwarts."
The experience is shown to be a dream that Harry had, and he wakes up with his scar hurting. Harry
considers writing to his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as the Hogwarts
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, but eventually decides to write a letter to his godfather Sirius Black, an
escaped but innocent convict. Harry does not mention the dream, only his scar hurting, and plans to send
the letter once Hedwig gets back.
The next day, Saturday, a letter from Molly Weasley addressed to theDursleys arrives, She asks if Harry
can join Hermione and the Weasley family to go to the Quidditch World Cup final
between Ireland andBulgaria. Unfortunately, the letter upsets Vernon Dursley because there are so many
stamps on the envelope that the postman actually rang the doorbell to laugh about it. However, one
mention of Sirius Black is enough to convinceVernon Dursley to let Harry go. Harry writes back to Ron
(after a letter from Ron was delivered by Ron's owl Pigwidgeon) confirming that they can come pick him up.
Harry writes an extra sentence or two to Sirius's letter explaining that he will be heading to The
Burrow before sending the letter via Hedwig.
"They'll take the boy and go, there'll be no hanging around. That's if they're coming at all.
Probably mistake the day. I dare say their kind don't set much store by punctuality. Either that or
they drive some tinpot car that's broken d- AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!"
"We've been hearing explosions out of their room for ages, but we never thought they were
actually making things, we thought they just liked the noise."
Hill. There they meet Cedric Diggory, captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, and his father, Amos
Diggory. Fred and George are not too keen to see Cedric due to his team beating Gryffindor last year, and
Mr. Diggory makes a big deal of it despite the questionable circumstances surrounding Hufflepuff's victory.
They then gather around and use Portkey on Mr. Weasley's signal, transporting to the Quidditch World Cup
Final.
After arriving and setting up their tents at a wizard campsite, Harry, Ron, and Hermione witness
international members of the wizarding community while getting water. As the older Weasley children arrive
and the group makes lunch, they meet Ludo Bagman, the match commentator and head of the Department
of Magical Games and Sports and the man who got them their tickets. During their talk, against their
father's wishes, Fred and George make a bet with Ludo: their entire life savings and a fake wand that
Ireland will win, but the Bulgarian Seeker Viktor Krum will catch the Golden Snitch. Arthur also asks
Bagman if they found Bertha Jorkins yet.
Percy's boss, Barty Crouch, head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation then arrives
looking for Bagman, though he has to shush Bagman when he starts to talk about a big event coming up at
Hogwarts. Later that night, after getting some souvenirs, the group heads to the match.
"They'll be talking about this one for years, a really unexpected twist, that... Shame it couldn't
have lasted longer... Ah yes.. yes, I owe you... How much?"
the match is intense and exciting, with amazing skill displayed on both sides, particularly from Krum. A fight
breaks out between the two team's mascots after Ireland is awarded many penalty shots, which angered
the Veela.
Ireland quickly gains a massive lead and win the match, despite Krum catching the Golden Snitch. After the
match, both teams head to the Top Box and Fudge awards Ireland the Quidditch World Cup, while Fred and
George rejoice about winning their bet with Bagman.
After the wizards around the campsite celebrate before going to sleep, that night, a group of masked
wizards attack the camp and torment some local Muggles. While Mr. Weasley heads out with his older
children to face them, the rest of the group hides in the woods. When Ron trips on a tree branch, he, Harry,
and Hermione, lose Fred, George, and Ginny. They run into Draco Malfoy, who goads them about the riot
and tells them to keep Hermione, the "mudblood", safe. Shortly afterwards Harry realises his wand is
missing, and they find Winky behaving strangely, as if she were to trying to restrain something. After finding
a place to hide, they hear someone nearby incant "Morsmordre", and they watch the Dark Mark float into
the sky.
The Ministry is quickly at the scene, stunning anything that moves. After determining that Harry, Ron, and
Hermione had nothing to do with the Dark Mark, they search nearby to find Winky holding Harry's wand. A
quick spell proves that Harry's wand conjured the Dark Mark. Even though no one thinks Winky did it, Barty
Crouch publicly fires her, leaving Hermione incensed. Mr. Weasley is forced to take the group back to their
tents where the others are.
After the attack, Mr. Weasley mentions that the Dark Mark is the sign that Voldemort's supporters leave
whenever they murder someone. The group also learns that the hooded wizards were Death Eaters,
followers of Voldemort. Bill mentions that the ones from tonight strangely fled the scene when the Dark
Mark was cast in the sky, likely because they were afraid Voldemort would punish them for failing to stay
loyal to him after his downfall. Mr. Weasley then insists they go back to bed, since they would be leaving by
Portkey in a few hours.
The next morning, the group quickly departs the campsite and arrives at the Burrow, where a worried Mrs.
Weasley greets them. Mrs. Weasley shows them the Daily Prophet article covering last night's attack, which
is filled with some inaccurate details penned byRita Skeeter, a journalist well known for her heavily negative
stories. This forces Mr. Weasley to head to the Ministry with Percy to straighten things out, as he is
indirectly mentioned in the article.
Heading into Ron's room, Harry tells Ron and Hermione about his scar hurting and his letter to Sirius, as
well as the dream. The three remark on how strange it is that Harry's scar hurt so soon before the Dark
Mark appeared for the first time in thirteen years.
On the final day before they are to return to Hogwarts, Harry hears that the Ministry of Magic has come
under heavy fire for failing to stop the riot at the Quidditch World Cup or arrest any of the culprits because
of Rita Skeeter's article. Mr. Weasley mentions that Rita is also attacking the Ministry because of the
disappearance of Bertha Jorkins. Meanwhile, Ron is dismayed by his hideous hand-me-down dress robes,
which he will need to wear at Hogwarts for a formal occasion later in the year.
"Don't tell me you don't know? You've got a father and brother at the Ministry and you don't even
know? My God, my father told me about it ages ago... heard it from Cornelius Fudge. But then,
Father's always associated with the top people at the Ministry... Maybe your father's too junior to
know about it, Weasley... yes.. they probably don't talk about important stuff in front of him..."
Draco Malfoy mocking Ron for the his lack of inside information from the Ministry of Magic.
The next morning, Harry overhears a conversation between Mr. Weasley and Amos Diggory (who is
communicating through the Floo Network) about an ex-Auror named Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, who was
attacked in his home the previous night. Amos needs Mr. Weasley's help in clearing things up before the
situation gets worse. Charlie informs Harry that an Auror is basically an evil wizard catcher.
After Mr. Weasley leaves, Percy, who needs to get back to work, departs. This leaves the rest of the adults
to take the children to King's Cross Station by muggle taxi. At the station, the kids say good-bye to Mrs.
Weasley,Bill, and Charlie, and the adults suggest that the year ahead would be an exciting one for all of the
Hogwarts students, as well as other wizards and witches.
In the Hogwarts Express, after chatting about other wizarding schools across Europe and the Quidditch
World Cup, Draco Malfoy also speaks about the mysterious upcoming event, that Mrs. Weasley, Charlie
and Bill were talking about earlier and says that there's glory and money involved.
"As I was saying, we are to have the honour of hosting a very exciting event over the coming
months, an event that has not been held for over a century. It is my very great pleasure to inform
you that the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at Hogwarts this year."
Mad-Eye Moody.
"Now, according to the Ministry of Magic, I'm supposed to teach you countercurses and leave it at
that. I'm not supposed to show you what illegal Dark curses look like until you're in the sixth
year...How are you supposed to defend yourself against something you've never seen? ...You
need to be prepared. You need to be alert and watchful."
In their first lesson with Moody on Thursday, Moody, after revealing he will only be staying for the year,
decides to show the fourth-year Gryffindors the Unforgivable Curses. Despite some fear amongst the
students (especially Neville, who needs comfort from both the trio and Moody after the lesson; Moody later
lends Neville a Herbology book to cheer him up), Moody shows the entire class the three curses using
spiders as his test subjects: Imperio, a mind control spell, Crucio, a torturing curse, and Avada Kedavra, the
Killing Curse.
Later that night after dinner in their Common Room, Harry and Ron fake their Divination homework after
finding it too difficult. Harry notices Fred and George plotting something, though he is unable to figure out
what. Later on, Hermione shows up and reveals that she has started SPEW, a club for fighting for house-elf
rights, and has just spent time in the library researching house-elf history. She wants Harry and Ron to join,
but before the conversation is carried out further, Hedwig returns with a letter from Sirius.
Sirius says there are rumours about Harry's scar hurting and he is returning to Britain. Harry feels worried
about Sirius coming back and possibly getting caught by the Ministry, all because he hastily sent the letter.
He goes to bed unsettled.
"Longbottom, kindly do not reveal that you can't even perform a simple Switching Spell in front of
anyone from Durmstrang!"
Tournament, and Hermione brings up house-elves. Fred and George suggest she should visit the Hogwarts
Kitchen just to see for herself how happy they are, despite Hermione's insistence that they are being
brainwashed.
The owls then arrive, including Hedwig. Sirius mentions that he has seen through Harry's ruse and asks
Harry not to worry about him, but rather to watch out for himself and keep him posted on the recent events
at Hogwarts. Sirius also asks that Harry use a different owl next time when sending him a message, as
Hedwig, a snowy owl, would attract too much attention.
That night, each of the houses are assembled in a line in the Great Hall while waiting for the delegates to
arrive. The first comes by flying carriage, the second shortly afterwards via submerged ship, with their
respective heads: Madame Maxime (Headmistress of Beauxbatons), a woman as big as Hagrid, and Igor
Karkaroff (Headmaster of Drumstrang). Viktor Krum is revealed to be among the Durmstrang students,
which makes Ron, a little excited.
The students sit down at their tables (with the Beauxbatons students at the Ravenclaw table and
Durmstrang at Slytherin), and the Welcoming Feast begins. Hagrid, Ludo Bagman, and Barty Crouch all
arrive late. After the feast, Dumbledore announces that Crouch and Bagman, who helped organise the
tournament, will also serve as judges alongside the three headmasters to evaluate the Champions'
performances. Dumbledore then announces that the three champions will be chosen by the Goblet of Fire,
an enchanted artefact. Students must drop their names into the Goblet, and the Goblet chooses the most
worthy entrants to compete in three dangerous tasks. Dumbledore finishes by stating the champions will be
selected the following night during Hallowe'en. On the way out, the Durmstrang headmaster Karkaroff gives
Harry a look of displeasure before Moody forces him to move along. The Goblet is placed in the Great Hall
and an Age Line is drawn around the Goblet to prevent underage students from submitting their names.
The next day, predictably, Fred and George attempt to cross the line through the use of an Ageing Potion,
but they are repelled by the line. The pair has to be sent to the Hospital wing to have their long grey beards
removed, much to everyone's amusement, including Dumbledore's. That afternoon, Harry, Ron, and
Hermione visit Hagrid at his cabin and find that he has gotten dressed up for Madame Maxime. He refuses
Hermione's offer to join S.P.E.W., pointing out that the house-elves enjoy their work.
That night, during the Hallowe'en feast, the champions are announced: Viktor Krum, the Seeker for the
Bulgarian Quidditch World Cup team, representing Durmstrang; Fleur Delacour, a beautiful girl Harry and
Ron met the night before, representing Beauxbatons; and Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff representing
Hogwarts. Unexpectedly, a fourth name is thrown from the Goblet of Fire: Harry Potter, much to the dismay
of some.
Since Harry neither submitted his name nor asked an older student to do so, the assembly is
dumbfounded. Harry himself is feeling very confused as he heads into the room where the champions are
waiting. Although protests issue from the heads of the other schools, it is decided that the Goblet of Fire
has spoken and that changes must be made accordingly. While many think Harry has somehow
circumvented Dumbledore's age-restricting barrier, Moody suggests that perhaps someone entered Harry's
name under a fourth school to ensure he would be included in the competition, hoping he might not survive
the perilous tasks.
Crouch reveals that the First Task is on 24 November and the champions have until then to figure out what
it is and to prepare for it. The champions are forbidden to receive any help from anyone else. They are told
that they will learn the details of the Second Task after completing the First Task. They will also be exempt
from the end of year exams due to the tournament.
The group disbands and Cedric talks with Harry briefly as they are heading back to their respective
dormitories. At the Gryffindor Common Room, most of the other Gryffindor students throw a party to
celebrate, despite Harry's displeasure. Afterwards he returns to his dormitory, where Ron refuses to believe
Harry's story about not entering the tournament.
Rita Skeeter.
Hermione explains to Harry the next morning that his entry into the competition strained his relationship
with Ron, who feels once again left in the shadow of his friend. Harry reluctantly accepts Hermione's advice
to send a letter to Sirius to update him on what happened. He send a letter with a school barn owl, much to
Hedwig's chagrin.
Ron is not alone in shunning Harry; a great many of the students from all three schools assume he
somehow cheated his way into the tournament. This makes Harry's life miserable, even though his fellow
Gryffindors (excluding Ron) are proud that Harry will be in the tournament. The stress makes it difficult for
Harry to concentrate on his lessons over the next week.
In Potions, the Slytherin students wear insulting badges that cause an angry Harry to attempt to curse
Malfoy. Goyle and Hermione end up cursed instead, and both head to the hospital wing. Though Harry and
Ron reconnect when Snape takes 50 points away from Gryffindor and gives them detention, Ron quickly
gets angry again.
During a Potions lesson with Snape, Colin Creevey arrives to pick up Harry, as Mr. Bagman requires him for
a photo session. Rita Skeeter interviews Harry in a closet for a piece she is writing on the Triwizard
Tournament, before the much important Wand Weighing ceremony begins. Harry tells her he doesn't know
how he entered the tournament, but she manages to twist his words before Dumbledore interrupts, stating
the ceremony is about to begin.
Here Harry sees the Wand Creator Mr. Ollivander again. After examining the other champion's wands, he
examines Harry's and deems it in perfect condition. After the champions and judges go through a long
photoshoot, Harry goes to dinner and then returns to Gryffindor Tower. Ron tells Harry that he has an owl
and that their detention starts later. Going to where the school barn owl is with Sirius's letter, Harry reads
that Sirius thinks it is too risky to communicate by letter and that he will contact Harry on 22 November at
1:00 a.m. Harry must be alone at the fireplace in the Gryffindor common room at that time.
Harry's impending talk with Sirius helps him through his embarrassment about Rita Skeeter's news article,
which told a highly inaccurate version of his life story. This further strains his friendship with Ron, who
thinks Harry is trying to get attention. RavenclawCho Chang is the only person outside of Gryffindor who
wishes Harry good luck with the first task that is coming up on that Tuesday; Harry finds himself infatuated
with her.
On the Saturday prior to the first task, the students visit Hogsmeade village. Harry goes with Hermione
under his Invisibility Cloak so he can relax and avoid dealing with anymore criticism. While he is at
the Three Broomsticks Inn drinking Butterbeer, Moody sees Harry under his cloak and Hagrid asks Harry to
meet him at midnight, one hour before his meeting with Sirius.
The Gamekeeper sneaks Harry into a meeting with Maxime; she does not know Harry is there. Hagrid
leads Maxime and Harry to a spot in the woods where dragons are being kept for the first task. Charlie
Weasley and other dragon keepers are working to get the dragons ready for the First Task and keep them
under control. Charlie talks with Hagrid and identifies the species of each of the four dragon breeds. He
reveals that one is for each champion and that each must get past their assigned beast, though he and the
other keepers are also there to keep things under control. Harry leaves for the castle, bumping into
Karkaroff but managing to keep hidden. He realises that if Karakoff followed Hagrid and Maxine, it was
likely that Cedric will be the only champion not aware of what he would be facing.
Just as Harry returns to his common room, Sirius contacts Harry via the Floo Network. Harry starts by filling
him in on what has happened. Sirius then speaks and warns him that Karkaroff was once a Death Eater;
he was released only after identifying other Death Eaters, and could have put Harry's name in the Goblet of
Fire. Sirius then mentions Rita Skeeter's article from last month regarding the attack on Moody; he
suspects it was no accident and that someone may have tried to keep Moody from going to Hogwarts.
Sirius also brings up the Death Eater disturbance at the Quidditch World Cup, as well as Bertha Jorkins.
Jorkins, he says, disappeared in Albania, where Voldemort was last reported to be. Sirius reveals he knew
Jorkins personally while they were in school and mentions that she wasn't very bright and could have easily
fallen into a trap. She also would have known about the Triwizard Tournament beforehand.
Sirius finishes by stating that Karkaroff betrayed the Death Eaters long ago and might not be the guilty
party, especially since whoever put Harry's name in the Goblet had a reason for doing so. Before he can
give Harry any advice on getting past his dragon, he is interrupted by Ron and disappears from the fire.
After another fight with Ron, Harry goes to bed.
After Harry tells Hermione everything he learned recently, they try to research ways to stun a dragon in the
library without success. On Monday, realising the other schools' champions know about the dragons, Harry
tips off Cedric to make sure the contest is fair. Moody then appears and gives Harry some general advice
on how to beat his Dragon: play to his strengths and use a simple spell to get what he needs. With
Hermione's help, Harry manages to master the Summoning Charm after working on it until 2 a.m. On
Tuesday, the day of the task, Mr. Bagman reveals that their task is to get the Golden egg each dragon is
guarding. The model dragons each champion would draw out of a small bag would determine the order
they'll be going in and which dragon they'll face.
Harry finds himself slated to go last. He gets the most violent of the four dragons, the Hungarian Horntail,
though he declines Mr. Bagman's offer for advice. Once his turn comes up, Harry manages to summon
hisFirebolt broomstick and fly. He uses the flying strategies he learned as a Quidditch player to lure the
dragon off the eggs long enough for him to zoom in and snatch the golden egg, despite taking a minor
shoulder injury during the task. Ron, realising the true danger of the Tournament, forgives Harry, with most
of Hogwarts (excluding Slytherin) following suit.
After seeing his score, Harry learns from Charlie Weasley that he is currently tied with Viktor Krum for first
place and that Mr. Bagman needs to see him. Mr. Bagman reveals to the champions that the Second Task
will take place on 24 February at 9:30am and that their Golden Eggs contain a clue as to what it will be. On
his way back to the castle with Ron, Rita Skeeter shows up for an interview, but Harry brushes her off.
After a Tranfiguration class, McGonagall tells her students about the Yule Ball, a formal event that is
scheduled for 25 December and is open to fourth years and above (though a younger student can still
attend if invited by an older student as their date). She tells Harry privately that he and his dance partner
will start off the event alongside the other champions and their dates as a traditional part of the Triwizard
Tournament.
Over the next few weeks, both Ron and Harry unsuccessfully attempt to find dates as they get through the
final classes of the term. Fred and George are also acting suspiciously again; they want to borrow
Pigwidgeon to deliver a letter to someone, but Pigwidgeon is not back yet (from delivering Sirius' letter).
Harry later works up his courage and asks Cho to go to the dance with him, but learns that she had already
agreed to go with Cedric. This information sours Harry's relationship with Cedric.
After Harry returns to the Gryffindor common room, he sees Ginny comforting Ron and learns that Ron
foolishly tried to ask Fleur out. Ron then tactlessly asks Hermione out, but she is going with someone else.
Harry can't ask Ginny out either, since she is going with Neville. Finally, Harry manages to secure dates for
both himself and Ron.
As the holidays begin, Hermione refuses to tell Ron who her date for the Yule Ball is, stating he'll make fun
of her. She also reveals that after Malfoy put the curse on her that made her already large front teeth grow
to a huge size, she let Madam Pomfrey shrink them to a more normal size when she healed her. Draco
Malfoy tries to taunt Hermione, saying no one in their right mind would take her to the ball, but the mere
mention of Mad-Eye Moody is enough to drive him back.Pigwidgeon returns with Sirius' reply. Sirius
congratulates Harry for completing the first task and reminds him to stay on guard.
On Christmas Day, Dobby wakes Harry up and gives Harry his present: a pair of mismatched socks he
made himself from wool he purchased with his wages. Harry then opens the presents he got from his other
friends for Christmas, which include a hand-knit sweater with the image of a dragon from Mrs. Weasley and
a magical penknife from Sirius. After spending the day relaxing, Harry and his dormmates get ready for the
ball, then head to the Great Hall, where the event is to take place. At the start of the ball, it is revealed that
Hermione is going with none other than Viktor Krum.
When the champions reach the judges table, Crouch is nowhere to be seen. Percy Weasley, who was
promoted to Crouch's assistant, says Crouch is ill. After the entire room has their meal, the Weird
Sisters start their performance for the dance. Neither Harry nor Ron have any interest in dancing (though
Harry does participate in the opening dance) and their dates, the Patil sisters, soon abandon them, Ron
also gets into an embarrassing argument with Hermione; he claims that Viktor Krum is the enemy and that
going to the ball with him is treason.
Percy sees Fred and George bothering Ludo Bagman and tries to intervene, and Mr. Bagman comes over
to have a chat with Harry. Harry and Ron then decide to go for a walk on the grounds to get away from the
ruckus. They encounter Karkaroff having a worried discussion with Snape, and Hagrid and Maxime
enjoying a tender moment. The moment is ruined when Hagrid insinuates Maxime is a Half-giant, like him.
Ron naturally has to inform Harry about how serious this information is, given the nasty reputation giants
have in the wizarding world. Shortly after the ball, Cedric gives Harry a hint about the egg: take a bath with
it. He gives Harry the password to enter the Prefects' bathroom and thanks him for warning him about the
dragons.
"Hagrid, look what I've got for relatives! Look at the Dursleys!"
Percy instructions by owl. Also, after a search, they still haven't found Bertha Jorkins. Bagman then again
offers his help for the tournament, which Harry immediately declines. Fred and George's sudden
appearance forces Mr. Bagman to leave. Hermione then questions why Mr. Bagman is trying to help Harry
cheat, along with why he was meeting with goblins. Rita Skeeter, who also encountered Bagman and the
goblins, then shows up to investigate. Harry and Hermione start an argument with her about her article on
Hagrid.
The trio go to Hagrid's cabin and, along with Dumbledore, try to persuade him to return. They point out that
not everyone has abandoned Hagrid, and that everyone has secrets in their pasts. After Dumbledore
leaves, Hagrid remembers his late father telling him never to be ashamed of what he is and gets over his
depression. He gives his support to Harry in the Tournament, believing that if Harry wins, he could show
everyone they do not have to be ashamed of what they are. This is enough to convince Harry to put aside
his pride and take Cedric's advice.
Harry sneaks into the Prefect's bathroom at night so he could have all the time he will need to figure out the
clue, taking only the golden egg, his Invisibility Cloak, and the Marauder's Map with him. Harry initially has
trouble figuring out how to open the egg properly, but with a little help from Moaning Myrtle, who had been
spying on him, Harry opens the egg under water. This time, Harry hears voices singing and can understand
them when he puts his head underwater. Harry realises that he must save something he cares about
from merpeople who live in the depths of the Black Lake.
On the way back to Gryffindor tower, Harry sees Barty Crouch in Snape's office on the Marauder's Map and
goes to investigate. When he falls through a trick stair and traps his leg, he accidentally drops the egg and
map, attracting the attention of Filch. Filch finds the egg, and Snape soon arrives and demands Filch's help
in catching someone who broke into his office. Moody then shows up, angering Snape by suggesting
Snape had something to hide in his office. Snape points out that Moody searched his office after his arrival
at Hogwarts. Moody then saves Harry from detection by claiming that the Marauder's Map is his own (after
an invisible Harry warns him not to give it to Snape). However, Snape suspects Harry's involvement
because he recognises the Marauder's Map before Moody confiscates the egg from Filch and forces the
pair away.
As Moody frees Harry's leg, Harry tells Moody about how the map works and said he saw Mr. Crouch on it.
After Moody spends time looking over the Marauder's Map, Harry asks what Crouch was doing in Snape's
office, and Moody suggests that Crouch was trying to find evidence of Snape being a dark wizard. Moody
then asks to borrow the map, and after learning what Harry was up to that night, says that Harry might
Harry explains what happened the previous night to Ron and Hermione. Even though Harry and Ron
suspect Snape might have put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire, Hermione doubts this. Harry also sends
a school owl to Sirius to update him on what happened.
Over the coming weeks, even with help from Hermione and Ron as well as the library's resources
(including getting McGonagall's permission for the Restricted Section), Harry struggles to think of a way to
breathe underwater for an hour. Two days before the second task is to start, Sirius's response comes in.
Sirius wants to know when their next trip to Hogsmeade is.
On the last night before the task, the trio are continuing their research in the school library when Fred and
George appear to inform them that Professor McGonagall has summoned Ron and Hermione. Harry later
sneaks back into the library after hours with his Invisibility Cloak, but can't find anything else.
The next morning, with a little help from Dobby, Harry discovers gillyweed, a plant that, when eaten, gives
him fish-like qualities such as gills and fins. He quickly makes his way to the lake just as the task is about
start and finds that, once again, Percy is taking Mr. Crouch's place. While swimming through the lake and
fighting off a swarm of Grindylows, Moaning Myrtle points Harry in the right direction and Harry discovers a
town ofMerpeople, where Ron (the thing Harry would miss the most) is being held, along with Hermione (for
Krum), Cho (for Cedric), and Fleur's sister.
Harry frees Ron, but refuses to leave the others, despite the insistence of the Merpeople. Cedric and Krum
appear and rescue their loved ones, but Fleur never arrives. With little other choice, Harry drags her sister
to the surface as well, narrowly avoiding drowning as the gillyweed wears off. Although he was wrong to
think the other hostages would be left to die (they would have simply returned to the surface unharmed), his
bravery and valour earn him extra points from the judges, who state that he showed great "moral fibre."
This puts both Harry and Cedric in first place in the overall points. Ludo Bagman then reveals the third and
final task is on 24 June and the champions will learn more about it a month beforehand.
"And don't forget, if you're talking about me among yourselves, call me Snuffles, okay?"
trusted, Sirius partly agrees with Ron, as it questionable why Dumbledore would trust Snape. Snape was
interested in the Dark Arts as a child and hung out with some Slytherin students that became Death Eaters,
though he also knows Snape is smart enough to not get caught by the Ministry. Harry then remembers
Karkaroff's sudden appearance in their class, though Sirius can't figure out what that was about.
Sirius then brings all the questions of these mysterious circumstances together, including why Moody was
also searching Snape's office. He asks Ron to send a letter to Percy to find out if there is any news about
Crouch. Before they leave, Sirius reminds them not to wander outside of Hogwarts at all for safety reasons.
Winky, to Hermione.
A crying Winky.
After sending Hedwig with the letter to Percy, the trio heads to the kitchen to give Dobby the socks Harry
bought for him. They find that Winky has become intoxicated from consuming a large amount of butterbeer
(which works like alcohol on house-elves). It doesn't help when Harry mentions that Mr. Crouch has
disappeared.
Hate mail soon starts popping up for Hermione in regards to Rita Skeeter's article. She has to go to the
Hospital Wing due to a curse and doesn't turn up until a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, where Hagrid is
having them use Nifflers to find gold coins (which is actually Leprechaun gold) he buried. Hagrid
encourages Hermione to ignore the hate mail, citing the hate mail he received after Skeeter released the
article about him. Hermione decides to discover how Skeeter has been getting her information when she is
already banned from school grounds.
It is around Easter that Percy's response comes, along with Easter eggs from Mrs. Weasley (Hermione's is
smaller than Harry and Ron's because Mrs. Weasley read Skeeter's article). His irradiated response
doesn't help. On the night of 24 May, Harry and the other champions are called to the Quidditch
pitch by Ludo Bagman and informed that a magical maze will be grown there and filled with magical
obstacles. Their job is to head to the centre of the maze and touch the Triwizard Cup. Before Mr. Bagman
can offer Harry advice again, Krum takes Harry aside to the Forbidden Forest and questions him about his
relationship with Hermione. Harry assures Krum that he and Hermione are just friends.
Moments later, a rather crazy-looking Barty Crouch emerges from the forest asking for Dumbledore. He
mentions that Voldemort is getting stronger and that he himself was responsible for something bad. He also
mentions his son, as well as Bertha Jorkins, who is now dead. Harry goes to retrieve Dumbledore, but
when he returns, they find that Krum has been stunned and Crouch has disappeared. While Karkaroff
accuses Mr. Crouch's apparent attack on his student as a secret conspiracy, Dumbledore has Hagrid take
Harry back to Gryffindor Tower to rest. He hints in his message not to contact Sirius until the next morning.
"You were clutching your scar! You were rolling on the floor, clutching your scar! Come now.
Potter, I have experience in these matters!"
Dumbledore, to Harry.
Dumbledore, Fudge, and Moody leave to examine the school grounds, and Harry is alone in Dumbledore's
office. While looking around, notices Dumbledore's Pensieve, a device that stores memories. Through
curiosity, Harry peers in and ends up looking into three of Dumbledore's memories. The first is the trial of
Igor Karkaroff, in which he renounces his support of the Death Eaters and gives the names of existing
Death Eaters, including Snape. Dumbledore (in the memory) states that Snape is a spy against Voldemort
and is no longer a threat. The second memory shows the trial of Ludo Bagman, who was accused of
passing information to Voldemort, even though he wasn't aware the person he gave the information to was
a Death Eater; his popularity quickly clears him. The third is a trial for the Lestrange family, a group of
three, and Crouch's son, Barty Crouch Jr, for the use of the Cruciatus Curse on Alice and Frank
Longbottom. Crouch sentences them all to a lifetime in Azkaban. By then Dumbledore (from the present)
arrives and brings Harry back.
After Dumbledore explains what happened and shows Harry another of his memories regarding a teenage
Bertha Jorkins during her Hogwarts years, Harry explains what happened in Divination. Dumbledore finds
Harry's scar pains to be an odd concept and brings up that this is the second time it has hurt, the first being
during the summer. This shows Harry that Dumbledore has been talking to Sirius Black, and Dumbledore
reveals that it was his idea for Black to hide in the cave outside Hogsmeade.
Dumbledore suspects that the reason why Harry's scar hurts is due to the connection that Voldemort's
failed curse had created with him. He believes the scar would only hurt when Voldemort were close or was
feeling a strong emotion. Dumbledore also explains to Harry that, unlike the Ministry, he believes that the
disappearances of Bertha Jorkins, Barty Crouch, and a Muggle by the name of Frank Bryce may be
connected to Voldemort.
Before Harry leaves, Dumbledore explains that Neville's parents went insane due to the Cruciatus Curse
and that this is the reason why Neville was brought up by his grandmother. Dumbledore doesn't know if
Crouch Jr. was involved, but he personally requests that Harry does not disclose this information to anyone,
saying that Neville himself will share it when he is ready.
"Yeah...we've helped each other out, haven't we? We both got here. Let's just take it together."
Harry, to Cedric.
Harry passes off the information he learned from the Pensieve to Ron and Hermione, excluding the details
about Neville's parents. Hermione realises this is what Rita Skeeter and Winky meant about Ludo Bagman
being a dark wizard. As the task approaches, Ron and Hermione find time when they are not studying for
their final exams to help Harry. Even McGonagall helps by allowing him to practise in her empty classroom
during lunch time. During one practise session, Ron notices Malfoy outside the castle sitting by a tree and
doing something odd. Harry and Hermione also see him before they return to practise. Sirius sends Harry
messages by owl reach day, reminding Harry to focus on what is ahead.
On the day of the third task, Rita Skeeter releases an article claiming Harry is demented and dangerous.
She uses a quote from Draco Malfoy in the article. This raises some questions between the trio, since the
article mentions Harry's scar hurting during Divination. The class takes place in the North Tower and
Skeeter is not allowed inside Hogwarts, so she shouldn't have had that information. Hermione finally figures
out how Skeeter may be getting her information and leaves to put her theory to the test.
McGonagall tells the champions that their families have come to watch them complete. Harry doesn't want
to meet them, expecting the Dursleys, but instead finds Molly and Bill Weasley. While they give Harry a tour
of their knowledge of Hogwarts, Mrs. Weasley gets into an argument with Amos Diggory regarding Harry's
popularity in the tournament before Mrs. Diggory asks him to stop. They then mention to Harry that Percy
will not be coming this time. After the Barty Crouch incident, which is being kept secret, Percy was hauled
in for questioning regarding that the instructions he was receiving, which may not have actually been sent
by Barty Crouch. Instead, Cornelius Fudge will be serving as the fifth Triwizard judge in his place.
After the rest of the Weasley children and Hermione show up, Harry tells Mrs. Weasley that everything
Skeeter wrote on Hermione was a lie. After dinner, Mr. Bagman takes the champions to the maze and Harry
and Cedric, who are tied for first place, are sent in first.
Harry successfully navigates the maze with the aid of the Four-Point Spell. He gets past both a BlastEnded-Skrewt and a Boggart disguised as a Dementor. Along the way, he hears Fleur scream. Harry
rescues Cedric, who has been attacked by a cursed Krum; Harry manages to stun Krum and sends out a
signal for Krum to be rescued before he and Cedric move on. Harry manages to pass a Sphinx and, as he
approaches the Cup, is attacked by an Acromantula. Aided by Cedric, he defeats it, though one of Harry's
legs is injured in the process. After taking the monster out, they decide to grab the Cup simultaneously.
Unbeknownst to them, the Cup is actually a Portkey that transports them to an old cemetery in the village
of Little Hangleton.
Voldemort, to Wormtail.
Just as Harry and Cedric are trying to figure out what happened, a stranger (Wormtail) appears and Harry's
scar begins hurting again. A second voice orders Wormtail to kill Cedric, which he does, leaving Harry
frozen with shock and horror. Harry is then dragged to a large marble tombstone with the name Tom Riddle
engraved upon it. The stranger then tightly bound Harry tightly with thick black cords from arm, wrists, legs,
neck to ankle to it and has him gagged.
Unable to escape, Harry recognizes the stranger as Peter Pettigrew due to the missing finger on his right
hand. He also notes that Pettigrew is carrying what appears to be a deformed infant. Wormtail takes some
of Harry's blood, bone dust from Tom Riddle Sr.'s grave, and puts them in a cauldron. He then cuts off his
own right hand, at the orders of the strange creature, and places it in a cauldron. The creature is revealed
to be none other than Lord Voldemort himself, and the potion made by Wormtail returns him to full strength
and restored to a physical body of living flesh and blood.
Voldemort forces Wormtail to take out his bleeding arm to activate the Dark Mark and summon the Death
Eaters. While in wait, Voldemort tells Harry that after his father abandoned him and his mother upon finding
out that his mother was a witch, Voldemort's mother died giving birth to him and he was raised in a Muggle
orphanage. He later sought revenge by murdering his father.
After his Death Eaters arrive, Voldemort spends time criticising them for failing to seek him out during these
last thirteen years, even though they knew that he had found a way to escape mortal death. He believes
they feared a power greater than his, like that of Albus Dumbledore, which is why they slipped back into
normal wizarding society and claimed they were never loyal to Voldemort. Voldemort then rewards Wormtail
for aiding with his rebirth by creating a new silver handfor him.
Voldemort identifies more Death Eaters, including Lucius Malfoy, and announces his plans for rebuilding his
army and punish the Death Eaters that have deserted him. Voldemort answers Lucius's question about how
he had returned by explaining the protection spell that Lily Potter provided Harry when she died. That was
what originally caused his downfall and provided Harry with protection from him, but now that they share
the same blood, Voldemort is free to touch Harry. Voldemort then reveals that he fled deep into an Albanian
forest, barely alive and without a proper body, surviving by possessing animals until Quirinus
Quirrell showed up and let Voldemort share his body. Following his failure to obtain the Philosopher's
Stone, Voldemort returned to Albania with little hope of getting a corporeal body again.
After fleeing the country following the events of Harry's third year, Wormtail learned of Voldemort's
continued existence from other rats. Wormtail went to seek Voldemort, and during his journey, he ran
into Bertha Jorkins. He delivered her to Voldemort and, through torturing her, Voldemort found out about
the Triwizard Tournament. He also discovered that a faithful Death Eater servant was still alive after
breaking a memory charm that had been placed on Jorkins.
With Wormtail's help, Voldemort was able to return to Britain. There, he plotted Harry's abduction and
kidnapping, knowing that Harry's blood would remove his own mother's protection. Voldemort reveals that
this servant who is at Hogwarts has ensured that Harry would win the tournament and be brought to the
graveyard. Voldemort then frees the injured and weakened Harry and orders him to face him in a duel,
wishing to prove who among the two is stronger in front of his minions now that there is no one around to
protect Harry.
Voldemort challenges Harry to a duel. After Harry refuses to bow to the Dark Lord, Voldemort uses the
Imperius Curse on Harry to force him to. Though Harry gives in the first time, the second time he manages
to shake the curse off, much to the astonishment of the Death Eaters present.
When the duel begins, something miraculous happens. Voldemort and Harry's wands are "brothers," due to
the fact that their wand's cores are both feathers from the same Phoenix. As the wands spells meet in the
air and interlock, a Priori Incantatem effect occurs. This causes the spirit echoes of Voldemort's victims,
including Harry's parents, to spill out from his wand. The echoes momentarily protect Harry, allowing him to
grab the portkey and escape to Hogwarts with Cedric's body.
did not try to tortue the Death Eaters that had abandoned him, he tells Harry that he was responsible for
putting Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire under a different school. He purposely tipped off Hagrid about the
dragons so Hagrid could show Harry and gave Harry a hint for beating the first task. He gave Cedric the
clue to the egg for the second task, knowing that Cedric would tell Harry. Moody's original plan was to have
Harry use Neville's herbology book to learn about the gillyweed, but since Harry would not ask for help,
Moody purposely set up the conversation with McGonagall about gillyweed so Dobby would get it from
Snape's office. Moody also reveals that he was responsible for helping Harry in the third task by dealing
with the obstacles, stunning Fleur, and bewitching Krum to take out Cedric.
Moody attempts to kill Harry to please his master, but before he has the chance, Dumbledore, Snape, and
McGonagall burst in and Dumbledore stuns him. Dumbledore tells Harry this man is not Alastor Moody,
which Dumbledore realised when Moody took Harry from Dumbledore, something the real Moody would
never do. Dumbledore sends Snape to get a potion and fetch Winky; he also sends McGonagall to tell a
large black dog she would find at the pumpkin patch to go to his office. He then opens Moody's trunk and
finds the real Alastor Moody inside the seventh compartment.
Dumbledore discovers that the impostor has been using the Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as Alastor
Moody all year, keeping the real Moody alive so he could use his hair as an ingredient, though he suspects
in the excitement of tonight the imposter forgot to take his most recent dosage. They wait until the effects
wear off, revealing that the imposter is Barty Crouch Jr. just as Snape, McGonagall, and Winky arrive.
Under the effects of Snape's Veritaserum, Crouch Jr. is asked by Dumbledore how he escaped Azkaban.
Crouch Jr. confesses that his father, Barty Crouch Sr. and his mother helped him escape Azkaban. His
mother was dying, and it was his mother's wish that he could escape, so Barty Crouch Jr. and his mother
switched places using the Polyjuice Potion. Mrs. Crouch died and was buried disguised as him, while
Crouch Sr. had a private funeral for her to conceal the truth.
Barty Crouch Sr. put the Imperius Curse on his son to make sure he was controlled and out of sight. Bertha
Jorkins found out when she came to their house on business while Crouch Sr. was not home, forcing
Crouch Sr. to place a Memory Charm on her; this permanently damaged her memory. After Winky
persuaded her master to let his son go to the Quidditch World Cup, they arranged to use an Invisibility
cloak to hide Crouch Jr. as he sat in the Top Box. During this event, Crouch Jr. secretly fought the curse
and stole Harry's wand when Winky wasn't looking. When the Death Eaters showed up and disrupted the
tournament, Barty Crouch Jr. was angry that they weren't loyal to Voldemort. After regaining control he
used Harry's wand to summon the Dark Mark, which scared the Death Eaters away. His father fired Winky
for failing to watch him and almost letting him escape. He then found him and took him home.
Eventually, thanks to Bertha's information, Voldemort and Wormtail were able to find Crouch Jr. and release
him from his father's imprisonment. Learning from Bertha about Alastor Moody becoming a teacher at
Hogwarts, he and Wormtail captured Moody, allowing Crouch Jr. to be planted at Hogwarts as Moody, with
Wormtail keeping an eye on Crouch. He kept Moody alive not only to maintain his disguise, but also learned
about his habits so he could fool Dumbledore.
It is revealed that Crouch Jr. was the Barty Crouch Harry saw on the Marauder's Map, stealing potions
ingredients from Snape's office to continue making the Polyjuice Potion. Eventually, Crouch started to fight
off the Imperius curse placed upon him and was then kept under home imprisonment by Wormtail under the
pretense of being unwell. He managed to escape and travel to Hogwarts to warn Dumbledore of his son's
existence. However, using the Marauder's Map, Crouch Jr. was able to intercept and kill him. He then
transfigured his father's body into a bone and buried it in Hagrid's yard. Crouch Jr., as Moody, then offered
to take the Triwizard Cup into the maze so he could turn it into a Portkey and complete his master's plan.
Dumbledore takes Harry to his office to meet Sirius, but not before placing McGonagall in charge of Crouch
Jr. He also sends Snape to take Moody to the Hospital Wing and bring Cornelius Fudge up to Moody's
office.
Once in Dumbledore's office, Harry tells Dumbledore and Sirius everything. Dumbledore explains the Priori
Incantatem effect and says that the spirits that appeared were echoes of Voldemort's most recent victims.
After Sirius transforms back into a dog they head to the Hospital Wing, where Harry is given a Sleeping
Potion to help him relax.
Upon waking up, he, along with Molly and Bill Weasley, hear a large argument. Fudge summoned
a Dementor as protection when he went to confront Crouch Jr., which sucked out Crouch Jr.'s soul before
he, McGonagall, Snape, and Dumbledore entered the hospital wing. Dumbledore is disturbed that they lost
a key piece of evidence on Voldemort's return, while Fudge believes the man was a lunatic and that his
testimony would not have been useful.
Due to reading Rita Skeeter's last article about Harry being dangerous, Fudge cannot accept Harry's
testimony, nor does he believe Dumbledore's information about Harry's scar. Harry gets up and tries to
identify the Death Eaters whose names he heard earlier, but Fudge points out they were cleared long ago
and he might have read this out of an old Daily Prophet article. Fudge is offended by Dumbledore's
suggestions of removing the Dementors from Azkaban and sending an envoy to make an agreement with
the giants. Even after Snape reveals his Dark Mark and explains that Voldemort had summoned him,
Fudge thinks it is some kind of a ploy and makes it clear that he is going to have a serious talk with
Dumbledore about his position before he leaves. He then exits the room, but not before he gives Harry his
winnings from the Tournament.
Bill Weasley leaves at Dumbledore's request to inform his father of the situation and have him discreetly
contact those within the Ministry that can be convinced of the truth. McGonagall is sent to retrieve Hagrid
and Madame Maxime for a mission. After Madam Pomfrey is sent to look after Winky, Dumbledore has
Sirus revert to his true form. Both Mrs. Weasley and Snape are surprised by his presence, but are quickly
convinced of his innocence. Dumbledore dispatches Sirius to reinstate the Order of the Phoenix by
gathering known wizards and witches who would support their side. Harry then uses the last of the potion
to return to sleep, but not before he regrets asking Cedric to grab the Triwizard Cup with him.
After a few days of rest, Harry meets with Cedric's parents. They do not blame him for what happened and
are thankful for to have his body, but decline Harry's offer of the winnings. Harry is able to have a relaxing
time, due to Dumbledore having made a formal request for the students to not talk about what happened
that night, though some students are still unsettled due to Rita Skeeter's article.
Hagrid gives the trio a good lecture on how Voldemort's return was inevitable and all they can do now is
fight. Hagrid mentions that what Dumbledore has assigned for him is top secret and that Madam Maxime
might be accompanying him.
During the End-of-Term Feast, a memorial feast for Cedric is held, where Dumbledore tells the school what
has happened in the graveyard despite the Ministry's wishes that he keep it secret. Afterwards, everyone is
packed and ready to leave. Fleur and Krum both say good-bye to the trio before they head back to their
schools, while the trio take their carriage to the Hogwarts Express.
As Harry, Ron, and Hermione ride to King's Cross Station, they learn that the Daily Prophet is not reporting
Cedric Diggory's death, likely due to the Ministry's interference. Hermione reveals that she has discovered
that Rita Skeeter is an unregistered animagus who can turn into a beetle. Hermione caught Skeeter in a jar
in the hospital wing after the third task. As the three think back, they realise that there was a bug on the
statue the night of the Yule Ball where Hagrid told Madame Maxime his secret, that Krum found a bug in
Hermione's hair after the Second Task, and that there was a bug on the window that day in Divination when
Harry's scar hurt. They also realise that the reason why Rita got those interviews from Draco Malfoy and
Pansy Parkinson undetected was that they knew she was an animagus; Harry recalled Draco sitting by a
tree that day talking while holding a bug. Hermione assures Harry and Ron that her stories will trouble them
no longer, since she told Rita that if the stories continued, she would tell the Ministry about her secret.
Just as Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle arrive and taunt Harry over Voldemort's return, they are rendered
unconscious from hexes used by both the trio and Fred and George Weasley. Harry, Ron, and George then
began kicking, rolling, and pushing the unconscious Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle into a spot where they will
be out of the way. Soon another mystery is solved: it was hinted earlier that Fred and George were
blackmailing someone, and they reveal that it was Ludo Bagman, who paid them their winnings at the
Quidditch World Cup in Leprechaun gold and wouldn't even return their original wager. This is also why he
tried to avoid them in public when they confronted him.
The twins reveal that Bagman has a long-time problem with gambling and he was also in debt to the
goblins, who took his money after the World Cup and followed him to Hogwarts. Bagman made a bet that
Harry would win the tournament to get his money back, which is why he was trying to help Harry cheat.
However, since Harry and Cedric actually "tied" for first place, Bagman had gone on the run. As they get off
the train and step and leave the Malfoy and his gang, Harry gives the twins his Triwizard Winnings to help
them with their dream of running a joke shop. Everyone then say their goodbyes as Harry prepares to leave
with Vernon Dursley.