Harry was sceptical, until Black and Lupin forced Pettigrew back into his human form.

This came as a
huge shock to Harry, Ron, and Hermione, especially Ron. Black then explained he discovered that
Pettigrew was still alive and escaped Azkaban to seek revenge, as well as to make sure that Pettigrew
could not harm Harry. Harry stopped Black and Lupin from murdering Pettigrew, believing that his father
would not have wanted his two best friends to become killers.

Saving the innocent

"f you succeed tonight, more than one innocent life may be spared."

—Dumbledore's parting words to Harry and Hermione[src]

As the group headed back to the castle, the full moon rose, causing Lupin to turn into a werewolf.
During the ensuing commotion, Pettigrew escaped, while Sirius turned into his dog form to protect the
others from Lupin. Lupin fled, leaving Black badly injured. As Dementors moved in to attack Black, Harry
saw a mysterious figure in the distance cast a powerful stag-shaped Patronus, scattering the vicious
creatures. Harry became convinced it was his father, or at least his father's spirit, who produced the
Patronus. Black was then captured and taken to the castle where the Dementors intended to suck out
his soul.

Turning time

Harry and Hermione use the Time-Turner in order to save Buckbeak and Sirius Black

Hermione revealed to Harry that she was entrusted with a time-travelling device, called a Time-Turner,
which was how she was able to attend so many classes. Prompted by Dumbledore, she and Harry
travelled three hours into the past, watching themselves go through the night's previous events. They
freed Buckbeak and returned to the Whomping Willow. As the Dementors were about to attack the
"other" Harry and Sirius, Harry realised that the mysterious figure he saw earlier was actually himself.
He cast the powerful Patronus that repelled the dementors. Harry and Hermione freed Black, who
escaped on Buckbeak, as they rushed back to where they were before. As they saw Dumbledore exiting
the hospital wing, they completed their journey.

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Harry and Hermione rescue Sirius and Buckbeak

After Sirius was revealed to have once again escaped, Severus Snape burst into the hospital wing and
blamed Harry, but left when he was unable to convince anyone without any proof. Fudge said he would
remove the Dementors because they tried to perform their kiss on Harry. Draco Malfoy was furious that
Buckbeak escaped, while Hagrid was ecstatic. Professor Lupin resigned after Snape "accidentally"
revealed that he was a werewolf. Harry the previous nights events Harry visited Lupin in his office,
during which the map was returned to him.
When Harry told Dumbledore about Professor Trelawney's prophecy, Dumbledore encouraged him to
not feel guilty about letting Pettigrew live. On the train back, Harry received a letter from Sirius, telling
him that he sent him the Firebolt, and included a letter giving Harry permission to visit Hogsmeade. The
letter was delivered by a small minute owl, which Sirius gives to Ron as a replacement for Scabbers. The
owl was later named Pigwidgeon by Ginny.

Fourth year

"You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you."

—Dumbledore regarding Harry's ecape from Voldemort[src]

Harry wakes up from a nightmare at the Dursleys' house on Privet Drive. He experienced a vivid dream,
regarding Muggle Frank Bryce. Bryce had learned of Voldemort's plans to reward Pettigrew for his help
in capturing Bertha Jorkins. Jorkins was a Ministry employee, who Voldemort extracted information
from before murdering. Frank was eventually discovered by Voldemort's snake Nagini. The Dark Lord
unhappy that the elderly gardener was spying on him casts the Killing Curse, ending the elderly
gardener's life. After which Harry wakes up with his scar hurting and considers writing to his friends and
even Dumbledore, but eventually decides to write a letter to Sirius. He does not mention the dream, just
that his scar was hurting and plans to send the letter once Hedwig returns.

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Harry and others watching Bill and Charlie joust with tables at The Burrow

The next day, a letter from Mrs Weasley addressed to the Dursleys arrives, she asks if Harry can join
Hermione and the Weasley family to go to the Quidditch World Cup final between Ireland and Bulgaria.
The letter upsets Vernon and he intentionally says no, but one mention of Sirius Black is enough to
convince him to let Harry go. Harry immediately writes back to Ron and on Sunday afternoon, the
Weasleys attempt to use Floo Powder to access the Dursley household. They did this unaware that the
Dursleys have an electric fireplace, which results in Mr Weasley destroying half the sitting room. One of
the twins purposely drops a Ton-Tongue Toffee, as a means of product testing, which Dudley eats.
Things only get worse form that point forward and results in Vernon throwing figurines at Mr Weasley.

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Harry attends the 1994 Quidditch World Cup with Herrmione and the Weasleys
On 25 August, 1994 Harry, the Weasley family (besides Mrs Weasley), and Hermione Granger attended
the Quidditch World Cup. At Stoatshead Hill, Cedric Diggory and his father, Amos joined them. Once at
the camp grounds, they met Ludo Bagman, Barty Crouch Snr with his house-elf Winky, and many other
Hogwarts students and their families, including: Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Oliver Wood, and
Draco Malfoy. They were able to see the match between the Irish and Bulgarian national teams up close,
because Harry, the Weasleys, and Hermione had seats in the Top Box, thanks to a favour Mr Weasley
had done for Ludo Bagman. It was during this World Cup that Harry learned of the existence of foreign
wizarding schools, something he had not given any thought to before the cup.

Reappearance of the Dark Mark

Harry: "Death Eaters? What are Death Eaters?"

Bill Weasley: "It's what You-Know-Who's supporters called themselves. I think we saw what's left of
them tonight..."

— Discussion of the mysterious crowd[src]

1994 qudditch world cup

Death Eaters' cause a riot, attacking the Muggle Roberts family

The night after the match, while the Irish team's supporters were still celebrating, a group of black-
cloaked, hooded figures held terrifying celebrations of their own by suspending the Muggle camp site
manager and his family in air like twisted marionettes probably done via Levicorpus. They also
proceeded to pillage and destroy everything in sight. On Mr Weasley's orders, Harry fled into the woods
near the camp site, along with Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Ginny. The group was separated in the
woods and the trio were on their own. In the chaos Harry had lost his wand, he speculated that it most
have fallen out of his pocket at some point. The trio ran into Draco Malfoy in the woods, and he all but
told them that his father was among the cloaked wizards. Malfoy also gave a nasty bit of advice to the
trio regarding Hermione's blood status, saying that she would be safer out of the hooded figures' sight.

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The reappearance of the Dark Mark at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup

Later, Harry learned that Barty Crouch Jr had stolen his wand from his pocket. While in a clearing in the
woods, Harry, Ron, and Hermione heard someone shout the incantation Morsmordre, casting the Dark
Mark — a green skull with a snake protruding from its mouth like a tongue — into the sky. Although
Harry did not immediately recognise its significance, he soon learned that the Dark Mark had evil
implications. Then, Barty Crouch Snr, Amos Diggory, and other Ministry of Magic employees Apparated
into the clearing and began to question Harry, Ron, and Hermione about the Dark Mark. After Harry
mentioned he had heard another voice conjure the Dark Mark, the Ministry employees searched the
area and found the house-elf Winky unconscious in the bushes. Since Harry's wand was found in Winky's
hand, Mr Crouch fired her for bringing shame to his family.

"Mad-Eye" Moody

"Not pleasant. And there's no counter-curse. There's no blocking it. Only one known person has ever
survived it, and he's sitting right in front of me"

—Harry is the only known survivor of the Killing Curse[src]

At the Hogwarts start-of-term feast, Professor Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the
Triwizard Tournament, a recently revived inter-school competition in which the Beauxbatons Academy
of Magic and the Durmstrang Institute would also participate. New rules stated that only students
seventeen and older could compete, for safety reasons. Also, during the start of term feast, Dumbledore
introduced "Mad-Eye" Moody, an ex-Auror, as the newly appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts
professor. This news was greeted with a mixture of responses, as Moody was known to be a great Auror,
a little crazy, and to have a magical eye, earning him the nickname "Mad-Eye" Moody.

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A Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson on the Unforgivable Curses

During the first lesson with Moody on a Thursday, he reveals tht he will only be staying for the year and
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: the Imperius Curse, Cruciatus Curse, and Killing Curse . He also reveals
the the use of these spells gain the user a one way ticket to Azkaban.

The Goblet of Fire

Harry: "I didn't put my name in that Goblet!"

Ron Weasley: "Yeah, okay."

— Ron and the student body are sceptical of Harry[src]

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The Goblet of Fire selects Harry as the unexpected fourth champion

Around Hallowe'en, the students from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute arrived
at the school. The arrival of famous international Quidditch Star Viktor Krum caused a lot of excitement,
particularly among girls. Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory were all chosen to represent
their respective schools in this tournament. However, Harry was mysteriously chosen as a fourth
competitor. This came as a shock for all those present, due to the fact that he was under-age and that
he never entered his name into the Goblet of Fire during the selection process. Many people (even Ron
and fellow Gryffindors) did not believe Harry's story. They thought this to be nothing but another
attempt to gain even more fame and eternal glory. This caused extreme tension between the two
friends and they did not speak again for a long time. Ron started spending more time with Dean Thomas
and Seamus Finnigan.

Hermione on the other hand "accepted his story without question" and explains the reason behind
Ron's recent actions toward Harry, stating that it steams from jealousy. She later assisted Harry in
preparing for the Tournament by teaching him useful spells, such as the Summoning Charm. Harry used
this charm in the first task of the Tournament. The champions were to face three dangerous challenges
on their way to the Triwizard Cup. These challenges were in correspondence to the four elements.

Harry-potter-goblet-rita, harry, and hermione

A few days after his name unexpectedly came out of the Goblet. Harry attended the wand weighing
ceremony, where his wand was inspected. After examining the other champion's wands, Ollivander
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. Onnce in the tower Ron tells
him that he has an owl and that their detention starts later. The letter is from Sirius telling Harry he will
contact him on 22 November at 1:00 a.m. Harry must be alone at the fireplace in the Gryffindor
common room at that time. There the notorious Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter asked him many
leading questions, took everything he said out of context, and wrote a ludicrous article about him and
Hermione.

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The result of Draco and Harry's duel outside of Potions Class, after having teased Harry

This article was titled "HARRY POTTER'S SECRET HEARTACHE". The piece claimed that Hermione was
Harry's girlfriend and that she was toying him around by seeking the affections of Viktor Krum, who
himself was very much smitten with her. Harry faced even more turmoil during this time, as the majority
of the student body was making everyday life difficult for him. Hufflepuff belived that Harry was stealing
spotlight from their house and Draco Malfoy was doing everything in his power to make Harry even
more miserable. He accomplished this by making and mass producing "POTTER STINKS" badges, which
many students proceeded to wear around. Malfoy had also taking to commenting and reading aloud
Rita Skeeter's articles every chance he got, making Harry very uncomfortable.
The First Task

Ludo Bagman: "Look at that! Will you look at that! Our youngest champion is quickest to get his egg!
Well, this is going to shorten the odds on Mr Potter!"

McGonagall: "That was excellent, Potter!"

— Harry takes the lead in the Tournament after the First Task[src]

In the first task, each champion needed to get past a dragon in order to collect a golden egg. Harry
received help from Hagrid, who showed the dragons to him and Madam Maxime. Realising that every
champion but Cedric had found out about the dragons, Harry told Cedric about the first task. He did this
as a way of levelling the playing field. The newly appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor,
Alastor Moody, witnessed Harry telling Cedric but did not report him. Instead he advised Harry to play to
his strengths, hinting that he should use his flying ability to get the golden egg.

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Harry faces a Hungarian Horntail in the first task of the Triwizard Tournament

Four different dragons were chosen for each of the champions to face. On 24 November, Fleur ended up
with the Common Welsh Green, Cedric with the Swedish Short-Snout, Viktor Krum with the Chinese
Fireball, and Harry faced the Hungarian Horntail (the most dangerous of the four). Harry used a
Summoning Charm to bring him his Firebolt and dodged the Hungarian Horntail to get the golden egg.
Harry escaped the dangerous task with a mild cut to the arm, due to being grazed by one of the
Horntail's spikes. He also proved to be the fastest when it came to capturing his egg, which earned him a
compliment from Professor McGonagall. He and Viktor Krum tied for first at the end of the task. After
seeing how dangerous the task was, Ron decided that Harry did not put his own name in the Goblet. He
made amends with Harry.

Yule Ball

Harry: "Dance partners? I don't dance."

McGonagall: "Oh yes, you do. That's what I'm telling you. Traditionally, the champions and their
partners open the ball."

— The unexpected task of finding a date[src]

Between the first and second tasks, the Yule Ball, a Triwizard Tournament tradition took place on
Christmas. Ron, dismayed to discover that Viktor Krum had asked Hermione to go with him, called her
out for "consorting with the enemy", though he and Hermione acted as if they had not fought the
following day. Harry asked his long-time crush Cho Chang to attend the Yule Ball with him, but was
disappointed to learn that she had already accepted an invitation from Cedric Diggory, a fellow
champion. Harry and Ron ended up attending with Parvati and Padma Patil, respectively.
Yule ball dance

Harry and Parvati dancing at the Yule Ball on Christmas Day

While at the ball both Harry and Ron ended up neglecting their dates. Harry watched Cho with Cedric
and Ron was overcome with jealousy for Viktor Krum, who danced with Hermione. After the Yule Ball,
Rita Skeeter struck again. She had overheard Hagrid telling Madame Maxime about his family and his
heritage. She then wrote an article exposing Hagrid as a half-giant, and he was so ashamed that he
stopped teaching and stopped coming to meals in the Great Hall. Dumbledore tried to bring him around
by visiting his hut, but to no avail. Only after Harry, Ron, and Hermione proved that they still liked and
that it did not matter to them that he was half-giant did he finally return to his post.

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Harry in the prefect's bathroom working out the clue of the Golden egg

To prepare for the second task, Harry was told that he had to open the egg he had won from the dragon,
but every time he did, it let out a horrifying screech. His rescue from that particular problem came when
Cedric Diggory paid him back with the information that he would figure it out if he were to "mull things
over in the hot water" with the egg. Harry reluctantly followed this advice and decided to take a bath in
the prefects' bathroom. He had an uncomfortable exchange with Moaning Myrtle, and on the way back
to the common room, he ran into Professors Snape and Moody. The latter informed Harry of Barty
Crouch Snr's obsession with catching Dark Wizards.

The Second Task

"Harry Potter used Gillyweed to great effect. He returned last, and well outside the time limit of an hour.
However, the Merchieftainess informs us that Mr Potter was first to reach the hostages, and that the
delay in his return was due to his determination to return all hostages to safety, not merely his own.
Most of the judges' feel that this shows moral fibre and merits full marks."

—Harry's performance in the Second Task[src]

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Harry meets the Merpeople colony in the Black Lake during the second task

Harry learned that the second task was going into the Black Lake to rescue "the thing they would miss
most" from the merpeople. Harry's new problem was how he was going to survive underwater for an
hour. He got his answer in the form of gillyweed from Dobby, who had come to work at Hogwarts. The
second task took place on 24 February. Harry was able to save Ron, but when he reached him he was
shocked to find Hermione, Cho, and Gabrielle Delacour (Fleur's sister), there as well. After the other
hostages were rescued, Harry hung around and saved Gabrielle, as well as Ron. The judges were then
informed that Harry reached to hostages first. He was outside the hour that had been allotted, although
doing so earned him extra points for "moral fibre". After the second task had finished, Harry and Cedric
were tied for first, Viktor was in second, and Fleur was in last place.

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The trio visiting Sirius in the cave in which he's hiding

After Harry was mysteriously entered in the Triwizard Tournament, Sirius hid in a cave near Hogsmeade,
where Harry, Ron, and Hermione occasionally visited him, and provided mostly moral support to Harry
during this time. Sirius warned him about Igor Karkaroff, the Durmstrang headmaster, telling Harry that
Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater and that he gave up a considerable number of names in exchange for
his freedom. Harry told Sirius about seeing the name "Bartemius Crouch" appear on the Marauder's
Map when he was working on the second clue. Sirius admitted that it was fishy, but told Harry to focus
on the task at hand and leave the mystery surrounding Crouch to others.

A month before the final task, the Champions were shown the beginnings of the challenge. Harry and
Cedric both expressed horror at the sight of the Quidditch pitch being turned into the hedge maze, put
were quickly reassured by Bagman that it would be put right after the Tournament. They were told the
third and final task was going into a maze filled with obstacles to find the Triwizard Cup. On the way
back to the castle, Krum took Harry aside to ask him something. Thinking that this was something
important, Harry went with him.

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Hermione receives hate mail from in response to Skeeter's article about her and Harry

Krum then asked Harry about his relationship with Hermione, in whom Krum was deeply interested.
Harry told him that there was nothing between him and Hermione and that she was just a friend. He
also told Krum not to believe anything Rita Skeeter, who had recently written in Witch Weekly that
there was a Harry-Hermione-Krum love triangle, wrote about him. This supposed love triangle also led
to Hermione receiving numerous amounts of hate mail. At that moment, Barty Crouch Snr appeared in
the forest disoriented and asking for Dumbledore. He disappeared when Harry went to fetch
Dumbledore.

The Dream and the Pensieve

Albus Dumbledore: "I have a theory, no more then that... It is my belief that your scar hurts both when
Lord Voldemort is near you, and when he is feeling a particularity strong surge of hatred."

Harry: "But... why?"

Albus Dumbledore: "Because you and he re connected by the curse that failed. That is no ordinary scar."

— The reason behind Harry's vivid dreams[src]

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Harry prepares to enter Dumbledore's Pensieve, without permission

During a Divination lesson, Harry passed out and had a vision of Voldemort being informed of someone's
death and him torturing Wormtail for failing to prevent someone from escaping. Harry awoke with his
scar badly hurting and pretended he needed to go to the hospital wing, he actually went to see
Dumbledore. Once in the headmaster's office, Harry overheard an argument between Dumbledore,
Moody, and Cornelius Fudge, regarding the Barty Crouch situation: Fudge refused to believe the words
that Crouch said about Bertha Jorkins being dead and, while debating what had happened to Crouch,
Fudge suggested that Madame Maxime was the likely culprit given her half-giant physiology.
Dumbledore then accused the Minister of acting on personal prejudice, which he ignored due to
Dumbledore's friendship with Hagrid. Moody interrupted the debate to explain that Harry had arrived.

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Harry witnessing the trial of the Lestranges and Barty Crouch Jr, through the pensieve

Harry was left alone in the office after Dumbledore, Fudge, and Moody left to examine the school
grounds. While looking around, Harry noticed Dumbledore's Pensieve. Through curiosity, Harry peered
in and ended up looking into three of Dumbledore's memories, from the days immediately after the end
of the First Wizarding War. The first was the trial of Igor Karkaroff, in which he renounced his support of
the Death Eaters and gave the names of existing Death Eaters, including Snape. Dumbledore (in the
memory) stated that Snape had defected the Death Eaters and was a spy against Voldemort and no
longer a threat. The second memory showed the trial of Ludo Bagman, who was accused of passing
information to Voldemort, but his popularity quickly cleared him. The third was the trial of the
Lestranges (Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan) and Crouch's son, for the use of the Cruciatus Curse on
Alice and Frank Longbottom. Crouch sentenced them all to a lifetime in Azkaban.

The Third Task

"Harry was practising hexes at every available moment. He felt more confident about this task than
either of the others. Difficult and dangerous though it would undoubtedly be, Moody was right: Harry
had managed to find his way past monstrous creatures and enchanted barriers before now, and this
time he had some notice, some chance to prepare himself for what lay ahead, "

—Preparation for the Third Task[src]

To prepare for the final task, Harry, Ron, and Hermione used vacant classrooms to practise spells and
jinxes. In Divination class between two of these study periods, Harry dozed off dreaming about
Voldemort and left the classroom in a disturbing fashion. Rita Skeeter had witnessed this event and she
wrote, on 24 June, 1995, the day of the final task, that Harry was "disturbed and dangerous". This did
nothing to boost Harry's morale, but when he spent the day with Bill and Molly Weasley, they cheered
him up. They also came to watch the final task as his substitute family.

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Harry in the hedge maze with an Imperiused Viktor Krum

Harry successfully navigates the maze with the aid of the Four-Point Spell. He gets past both a Blast-
Ended-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

During this final event, Harry saved Cedric from a Acromantula and Cedric being grateful offered Harry
the cup. Both Hogwarts champions then showed supreme sportsmanship and cooperation despite the
tension brought on by the maze. They agreed to touch the Triwizard Cup simultaneously, as it would be
a Hogwarts victory either way, which would result in tie for first place. Harry and Cedric were unaware
that the cup was actually a portkey and were transported to the graveyard in Little Hangleton.

Rebirth of Lord Voldemort

Main article: Return of Lord Voldemort

"He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here like
a child playing hide-and-seek; he was not going to die kneeling at Voldemort’s feet... he was going to die
upright like his father, and he was going to die trying to defend himself, even if no defence was
possible...."

—Harry stands his ground against Voldemort[src]

Cedric's Death

Cedric's murder at the hands of Peter Pettigrew and Lord Voldemort

This graveyard was the Riddle family's final resting place, where Lord Voldemort was waiting. Just as
Harry and Cedric are trying to figure out what happened, someone appears and Harry's scar begins
hurting again. Acting on Voldemort's orders, his servant Wormtail murdered Cedric with the Killing
Curse. Harry saw a flash of green light and heard Cedric's body hit the graveyard's ground with a thud.
Harry is then dragged to a large marble tombstone, with the name Tom Riddle engraved upon were he is
bound. From there he was forced to witness a ritual in which Pettigrew used some of Harry's blood to
restore Voldemort's body. The Death Eaters were summoned to the cemetery.

After his Death Eaters arrived, 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
then rewards Wormtail for aiding with his rebirth by creating a new silver hand for him. The Dark Lord
identifies more Death Eaters and 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.

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Harry duels Voldemort in a battle of wills, triggering the effect of Priori Incantatem

Voldemort then tortured him by subjecting him to the Cruciatus Curse and used the Imperius Curse, but
when it didn't work he tried to murder Harry using the Killing Curse. Harry fired back with the Disarming
Charm. The nature of their wands' mystical connection caused their magical streams to interlock, which
created an effect called Priori Incantatem (Reverse Spell effect). Harry and Voldemort then engaged in a
battle of will. After Harry was momentarily shielded by the echoes of Lord Voldemort's previous victims,
including Harry's parents and Cedric. Cedric's echo asked Harry to return his body to his parents. This
bought Harry some time to grab Cedric's body and the Portkey.

Exposure of Barty Crouch Jr

Harry: "You're mad!"

Barty Crouch Jr: "Mad, am I? We'll see! We'll see who's mad, now that the Dark Lord has returned, with
me at his side! He is back, Harry Potter, you did not conquer him — and now — I conquer you!"

— Barty Crouch Jr before trying to murder Harry[src]

Chaos erupted when Harry returned to Hogwarts with Cedric's dead body in tow. It was uncovered that
Barty Crouch Jr, who had willingly taken the Dark Mark as a young man, was throughout the school year
disguised as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Alastor Moody. Crouch (disguised as Moody)
managed to usher Harry away from the panicking crowd to interrogate him about Voldemort's return.
He wanted to murder Harry, but Albus Dumbledore and several other members of the Hogwarts staff
arrived to stop him. Under the influence of Veritaserum, Crouch confessed everything.

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The Minister for Magic visiting Harry in the hospital wing

In a terrible turn of fate Crouch's soul was destroyed by the Dementor's Kiss, from the Dementor that
accompanied Cornelius Fudge. Fudge felt that his personal safety was in jeopardy, hince why he brought
the Dementor. As a result, Crouch Jr could not give testimony and the Ministry of Magic began to
dispute Harry's and Dumbledore's insistence that Voldemort had returned. The Minister refused to
believe Harry's account of Voldemort's return, even when he was supported by Albus Dumbledore. This
was due to Fudge not wanting the peace and tranquillity they worked so hard for to be destabilised by
this announcement. The Ministry publicly denied the Dark Lord's return and branded Harry and
Dumbledore either liars or nutters in the press. Voldemort and his Death Eaters took advantage of this
to operate in secret, while Dumbledore called for a reconstitution of the Order of the Phoenix.

Fifth year

Molly Weasley: "All right, that's enough! He's just a boy! You might as well induct him into the Order!"

Harry: "Good, then I want to join! If Voldemort's building up an army then I want to fight!"

— Harry's willingness to fight Voldemort and his followers[src]

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Harry with others in 12 Grimmauld Place preparing to clean

Witnessing Cedric Diggory's murder was very difficult for Harry, and it was not helpful that he was
forced back to number 4 Privet Drive in the school holidays. He suffered constant nightmares and
flashbacks. Also his friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger seemed to block him from
information and he was blocked entirely from the wizarding world except for the Daily Prophet that said
that Harry was wrong. To make things worse than they were already, on 2 August someone (Dolores
Umbridge) sent Dementors to attack Harry in the Muggle town of Little Whinging, in an attempt to
neutralise him. He was forced to perform a Patronus Charm in order to save Dudley and himself.

After Harry explains to the Dursleys about the Dementor's abilities, Vernon blames Harry and is ready to
throw Harry out. He had always yearned to do so since the family received Harry, when Petunia receives
a Howler. Before she has an opportunity to open the letter, it bursts into flames and a menacing voice
says, "Remember my last, Petunia". Petunia then immediately convinces her husband to let Harry
remain at Privet Drive and tells him that he needs to stay in his room. Harry having no idea of what's
going on retreats to his room and proceeds to stay there.
Hearing

Main article: Disciplinary hearing of Harry Potter

1995 hearing

Harry Potters Hearing

Subsequently, Harry was formally accused of performing under-age magic in the presence of a Muggle
and was expelled, but thanks to Albus Dumbledore's intervention, this was changed to a disciplinary
hearing in front of the entire Wizengamot at the Ministry of Magic on 12 August. In a further attempt to
discredit Harry, the Ministry changed the time and location of the hearing at the last minute, but Harry
was able to make it there just minutes late. He was threatened with expulsion from Hogwarts, but was
exonerated with help from Dumbledore, who had a witness and legal loopholes to help him.

Dolores Umbridge

"He let out a gasp of pain. The words had appeared on the parchment in what appeared to be shining
red ink. At the same time, the words had appeared on the back of Harry's right hand, cut into his skin as
though traced there by a scalpel — yet even as he stared at the shining cut, the skin healed over again,
leaving the place where it had been slightly redder than before but quite smooth..."

—Harry experiences the Black Quill for the first time[src]

Umbridge teaching

Umbridge teaching a purely theoretical DADA lesson

In retaliation against Dumbledore, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge appointed Dolores Umbridge, his
Senior Under-Secretary, as the new Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher so that she could
spy on the school. She was later appointed Hogwarts High Inquisitor, empowered to arbitrarily change
and impose school rules whenever she chose. She made numerous rules that the students were
expected to follow and if they did not harsh punishments would be enacted. Umbridge proved to be
sadistic and cruel, with a personality that resembled poisioned honey.

Harry hated her on sight and she had a deep dislike for him as well. This dislike bordered on hatred and
came about because of her inability to control him. Every time Harry spoke out of turn or even
mentioned Voldemort, Umbridge threw him into detention. The detentions he had with her were
torturous, forcing him to write with a Black Quill. The Black Quill was of her own invention and it made
him write with his own blood, scribed the message "I must not tell lies" onto the back of his hand. Harry
had to endure numerous sessions with the quill, so many that the words are now permanently carved
into his hand. These detentions however did not sway him from his opinions or make him subservient to
Umbridge. They had the opposite effect and strengthen his resolve to stand by his statements of
Voldemort's return .

Detention with Dolores

Harry in detention with Umbridge, being forced to use a Black Quill

However, Umbridge presumed the message had failed to sink in, as Harry spread the word through The
Quibbler about the previous year's events, and thus he was banned from any more Hogsmeade visits.
Also once Umbridge found out that he gave The Quibbler an exclusive interview she banned the
magazine, which caused the whole student body to take an interest in it. Later in the year Ron was
chosen to be a prefect, not him. This surprised everyone, as they all believed that Harry would have
gotten the badge instead of Ron. It was later revealed that Ron was chosen instead of Harry because
Dumbledore thought that Harry had "enough responsibility to be going on with". Harry's jealousy
threatened to affect his friendship with Ron, but he felt better when he discovered that his father was
also not chosen as a prefect at school. This suggests that Harry's desire in becoming prefect was to
emulate his father, who was Head Boy in his day, not to inflate a sense of his own importance.

Dumbledore's Army

Hermione Granger: "No, I agree, we’ve gone past the stage where we can just learn things out of books.
We need a teacher, a proper one, who can show us how to use the spells and correct us if we’re going
wrong."

Harry: "...Who, then?"

Hermione Granger: "Isn’t it obvious? I’m talking about you, Harry."

— Hermione convincing Harry to teach the legal study group[src]