Harry, Daphne, Ron, and Hermione were taken up to the Headmaster's Office, when Harry and Daphne found Mr. Crouch's dead body. When they got there, they saw that the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, was already there, and that Dumbledore was sitting in his chair. "How do you think it happened Dumbledore?" Minister Fudge asked. Dumbledore said "I do not know Cornelius. Whoever killed Barty was surely the same person who put Mr. Potter's name in the Goblet of Fire, and if he is still on school grounds, then we're going to have to make sure that Mr. Potter is very careful in the next four months. Even while he is preparing for the Third Task."
Cornelius nodded his head, and said agreeingly "Yes, we have to make sure young Harry is safe. As well as all of the other students here at Hogwarts. I'll try to keep Mr. Crouch's death on the low, but I highly doubt that it'll stay under wraps for long." Dumbledore nodded and shook Cornelius's hand, as the Minister left Hogwarts via Floo Powder. "Professor," Harry spoke up "Why do you think somebody put my name in the Goblet of Fire?" Dumbledore answered his question by saying "Harry, I believe somebody put your name in the goblet, because I saw true fear in your eyes when I called your name after it came out of the goblet. I knew you would never try to put your name in, like the Weasley twins did, but I didn't think anybody would even think about putting your name in. You've got to be careful, Harry. I've already told Sirius about my suspicions and he agrees with me, now you lot ought to be off to bed. You've got lessons tomorrow."
Hermione and Ron went to the Gryffindor Common Room, while Harry escorted Daphne to the Slytherin Common Room Entrance. "Daphne, have the charms been working?" Harry asked her, as they walked down into the dungeons. Daphne raised her eyebrow, and asked him "Have what charms been working?" Harry answered "On your locket and necklace, I've asked the jeweller to place some charms on it, so that anyone who would tried to hurt you or touch you when you don't want to be touched, would become knocked out. I bought myself a ring that gets hot when your charms go off, so I thought I'd ask you, since I've felt the ring get hot three times." Daphne smiled and laughed, then she said "So that's why Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle got knocked out whenever they tried to touch me."
Harry laughed with her as they approached the portrait guarding the Slytherin Common Room, Harry kissed her goodnight, and watched her walk inside, then he started making his way up to the Seventh Floor, to the Fat Lady's Portrait. He walked into the Gryffindor Common Room, and sat on his favorite chair by the fire, while thinking about Mr. Crouch's death, and what Dumbledore said to him. "Why would anybody want me to be killed, besides Voldemort?" Harry thought to himself out loud. He walked to the dormitory, changed into his pajamas and went to sleep.
Harry was having a most enjoyable break from the Triwizard Tournament, even though his nightmares were staying behind, but every time he woke up his scar hurt worse the next time he had the dream. It was getting harder and harder for Harry to hide this from his girlfriend and best friends, but he thought it was best so he didn't bother anyone about his problems. He kept this mentality up as the months passed, and before he knew it the Third Task was just two days away, and that's when his scar hurt more than it ever had. He figured that Voldemort was getting more powerful each day, and that the pain from his scar was just proof of that.
Harry took a break from practicing spells on the day before the Third Task, and spent it with Daphne. So far, he managed to learn the Point-Me spell, the Periculum spell, how to use Transfiguration in battle, and more jinxes and curses and spells that could help defend him and use offense against his enemies.
On the day of the Third Task, after changing into his champions clothes, Harry spent the four hours before he had to go meet with the other champions, with Daphne, Ron, and Hermione in the Great Hall. "Honestly right now, I'm terrified at what could happen during the last task." Harry said as tears flowed down his cheeks. "So far, I've managed to survive on pure luck and help, but now that I'm on my own, I'm scared." he finished, and Daphne took his face into her hands. "Listen to me Harry," Daphne said, as tears were escaping her eyes "You will be fine alright. I know this, because I know you, and I know you want to come back from this alive, as much as we do." Hermione looked at them both and started crying as well, and Ron looked at his best friend with a look of sympathy as he thought to himself "It could've been me in Harry's position, if they were trying to kill me."
They all went down to the Quidditch Pitch together, and parted ways with Harry going with the champions, and the others going to the spectators booth. Before parting ways, Harry kissed Daphne as passionately as he could, so he could let her know how much he loved her. The kiss held for five minutes before they broke apart, and held each other. Harry whispered in her ear "I'll be sure to come back, just for you. After all, you're the love of my life." Harry went down to the Quidditch Pitch where the champions were supposed to meet, and he and Cedric had the same reaction when they saw it. In one voice, they asked Mr. Bagman "What happened to the Quidditch Pitch?" as they were staring at overgrown grass, that seemed to be the entrance to a maze.
Mr. Bagman laughed and clapped both of their backs, then said "Don't worry boys. You'll have your Quidditch Pitch back, after the Triwizard Tournament is over. For now, just focus on giving this very last task your very best effort, because it's going to challenge you in ways you never imagined." The champions all gathered around Dumbledore, as Dumbledore told them "Like the last two tasks, this task will challenge you physically, mentally, and emotionally. At the sound of the whistle, Cedric and Harry, you two being tied for first will be the first sent inside. At the second sound of the whistle, Fleur will enter the maze, and Krum will be sent inside last. To win this task, you must navigate to the middle of the maze, and grab the Triwizard Cup that Professor Moody placed there earlier today. May you all have the best of luck"
They all nodded in understanding, and Cedric and Harry lined up in front of the twelve-foot hedges, where they were supposed to enter. The whistle sounded, and they both walked into the maze. The last thing that Harry saw was Professor Moody pointing to Harry's right, as the hedges closed behind him. He ran to the right like Professor Moody pointed out, and laid his wand on his palm and said "Point Me!" The wand acted like a compass and pointed North, which was to Harry's left, and he ran like his life depended on it, which it did.
He stopped when he felt a terrible chill that he was all too familiar with. He turned around and saw a Dementor gliding towards him, and he pointed his wand at the Dementor, thought of what he told Daphne before starting the Third Task, and yelled "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" His stag patronus hit the Dementor fully in the chest, and the Dementor tumbled. "Hang on a second," Harry thought to himself "Dementors don't tumble. You're a boggart!" He then pointed his wand at the Dementor, and imagined it deflating, then casted "Riddikulus!" The Dementor did deflate and Harry laughed at it, destroying the Dementor boggart.
He continued his search, constantly using the "Point Me" spell to find out which way was North. He turned right, and ran into something that made his stomach drop: a full-grown Sphinx. The Sphinx looked at Harry and purred "Welcome. I will not kill you if you can answer my riddle." Harry nodded out of fear, and waited for the riddle. "Here it goes. Close to the words of life stay I, But I wither, wane, and grow dry." Harry thought to himself a smile on his face "I've heard this riddle before." He said to the Sphinx "The answer is a flower." The Sphinx looked at him, and then destroyed itself. Harry continued running, but stopped when a spell flew by his face.
He looked to his left and saw Cedric, and on his right was Krum, but his eyes were glazed over like he was bewitched. Cedric yelled "Expelliarmus!" and disarmed Krum. He then casted "Stupefy!" to stun Krum. He then walked up to Krum, intent on finishing his opponent. Harry stopped him, and said "Cedric he's bewitched. He had no control over what he was doing." Harry then pointed his wand at the sky, and yelled "Periculum!" He summoned red sparks, so the teachers could find Krum. They both then saw the Triwizard Cup right ahead, and raced for it. Cedric got tripped by moving branches, and couldn't get out, but Harry pointed his wand at the moving branches, and casted "Reducto!" making them release Cedric. They both ran to the Triwizard Cup, and were both going to grab it.
Harry had a bad feeling, so he pointed his wand at Cedric, and told him "I'm sorry Cedric, but I have a bad feeling about this. STUPEFY!" He stunned Cedric, and summoned red sparks so the teachers could find Cedric. Harry grabbed the Triwizard Cup, and felt the painful tug behind the navel that he felt from a Portkey. When he landed on the ground, he looked around, and to his horror, landed in the same graveyard he saw in his nightmares. He turned around and saw Wormtail coming towards him, with something in his hand. When Harry got a glimpse of the thing, his scar seared with pain, and knew that without a doubt, that was Voldemort.
Wormtail lifted Harry up with magic, and placed him on the robed skeleton on one of the graves, and made the skeleton hold Harry with his scythe. Wormtail then lit a fire underneath a cauldron big enough to fit a human, and it magically bubbled with water, which Wormtail dropped Voldemort in. Wormtail then said "Bone of the father, unwillingly taken." He then lifted a bone out of the grave, and dropped it into the cauldron. "Flesh of the servant, willingly given." Wormtail said. Harry closed his eyes and turned around, as he saw Wormtail about to cut off his hand. He heard a sploosh and looked at Wormtail who only had his left hand.
Wormtail walked towards Harry, and cut his arm sleeve open. He then sliced Harry's arm, and got some of his blood on the knife. Wormtail walked back to the cauldron, and put Harry's blood in it. What Harry saw next gave him a small amount of hope, the cauldron exploded in a blaze of fire. "Maybe Voldemort's dead now." Harry thought to himself with a smile on his face. That smile quickly went away, as he saw Voldemort in his old body. Voldemort looked around at Wormtail, and said in his usual cold voice "My wand, Wormtail." Wormtail handed Voldemort his wand, and Voldemort said "Hold out your arm, Wormtail." Wormtail held up his arm with his hand cut off, and Voldemort said "Your other arm, Wormtail."
Looking slightly disappointed, Wormtail held up his left arm, which Voldemort grabbed and rolled the sleeve up on. Voldemort pointed his wand at the Dark Mark on Wormtail's left arm, calling his remaining followers. In the span of five minutes, about twelve of Voldemort's followers came back. "Hello my friends," Voldemort said "fourteen years it's been, and I consider myself...disappointed. Why is it that after my downfall, none of you came to look for me. Yet, here you are today, as if I was only yesterday." Wormtail suddenly found his voice and said "I returned." He flinched when Voldemort walked to him and said "Out of fear, not loyalty. But I have to admit, your service the past few months has allowed me to regain my body." With a wave of his wand, Voldemort gave Wormtail a new right hand made of silver.
One of the Death Eaters walked to Voldemort, and bowed while saying "My Lord, if I would've seen a sign or a whisper of your presence, I would've searched for you." Voldemort approached the Death Eater, and said "There were signs and more than whispers, Lucius, my slippery friend." Voldemort then looked at the robed skeleton and saw Harry. "Ah Harry," Voldemort said "I almost forgotten that you were here. Resting on the bones of my father, yes?" Harry was now struggling against the scythe of the robed skeleton, and Voldemort walked to him. Voldemort then touched Harry's scar, and Harry's head felt like it was going to explode. "AAAARRRRGGHH!" Harry yelled in pain. "Astonishing what a few drops of your blood will do, eh Harry?"
He then walked away from Harry, and released him from the statue. He turned around and looked at Harry, and asked him "I presume you've been taught how to duel, yes? Now bow." Harry stood up with his wand in his hand, refusing to bow. Voldemort said "Come on Harry, the necessities must be met. After all, you wouldn't want Dumbledore to know about your poor etiquette now, would you? I said BOW!" He pointed his wand at Harry, and made the young wizard bow. "Now," Voldemort said, keeping his wand on Harry "CRUCIO!" Harry was twitching on the ground in pain, and Voldemort stopped the curse.
Harry got on his elbows and knees, and pointed his wand at Voldemort, and yelled "Expelliar-" Voldemort stopped Harry's Disarming Charm, and reflected it back at him. Harry got up, and ran behind a statue, as Voldemort threw a Killing Curse at Harry. "Don't you run away from me, Harry Potter. I want to see the lights leave your eyes, when I kill you!" Voldemort said. Harry gritted his teeth in anger, and got from behind the statue, and said to Voldemort "Have it your way then. EXPELLIARMUS!" At the same time, Voldemort cried "AVADA KEDAVRA!" Both of their spells collided against each other, and were facing off against each other.
They kept at this for five minutes, when Voldemort told his Death Eaters "Do nothing. He's mine to finish! HE'S MINE!" Then a golden shield encased both Voldemort and Harry. Harry saw the ghosts of people Voldemort killed, and to his shock, he saw his parent's ghosts too. "Harry, when the connection is broken, get back to the Portkey, understand? We will be able to buy you a moment, but only a moment!" the ghost of Harry's father said. Harry nodded as the ghost of his mother said "Sweetheart, you've been so brave. Now let go. LET GO!" Harry forced the spells to go in a different direction, stopping the connection, and the ghosts of Voldemort's victims blinded Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Harry pointed his wand at the Triwizard Cup, and yelled "ACCIO!" The Triwizard Cup flew into Harry's hand, and as he was travelling away, he could hear Voldemort's furious yell.
Harry landed on the ground, right by Professor Dumbledore, and was welcomed by cheers by everyone, even Cedric, Fleur, and Krum. Professor Dumbledore told Harry "Congratulations Harry, you are the winner of the Triwizard Tournament." Harry then told Dumbledore "He's back! Voldemort's back! I just got done duelling him. He has his body back!" Dumbledore looked at Harry, and asked him "Are you absolutely sure, Harry?" Harry nodded his head vehemently. "Severus, get all of the students inside right now. Cornelius come here." Harry saw the Minister of Magic for the first time, and told him "Voldemort's back, Minister." Cornelius looked at Harry with shock, then that look was replaced by annoyance. "Please Mr. Potter, do not start spouting nonsense. You-Know-Who is not back. He's dead." Harry then started yelling "I AM NOT LYING! VOLDEMORT IS BACK! I SAW HIM AND FOUGHT HIM! HE TRIED TO KILL ME!" Cornelius shook his head at Harry, and told Dumbledore "I think the stress of the Triwizard Tournament go to the young boy, Dumbledore. Maybe we should take him to the Hospital Wing." Harry's temper with Fudge was flaring, as he yelled "IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, GIVE ME VERITASERUM! THEN YOU'LL KNOW I'M DEFINITELY TELLING THE TRUTH!"
At this time, Snape came back from getting all of the students back to the castle, with the help of the other teachers. "Snape, do you have any Veritaserum?" Fudge asked him. Snape pulled out a small, black bottle and handed it to the Minister. Fudge poured some of it down Harry's throat, and waited for his eyes to glaze over. When Harry's eyes glazed over, Fudge asked him three question. "What is your name? Where did the Triwizard Cup take you? and Is You-Know-Who really back?" Harry answered under the effects of the potion "My name is Harry James Potter. The Triwizard Cup took me to a graveyard I've only seen in my nightmares. Yes, You-Know-Who is really back. I saw him and fought him."
Cornelius recorded everything Harry said on a magical recorder, and stared at the boy shocked. "It appears he was telling the truth. Also, who placed the Triwizard Cup in the maze Dumbledore?" Cornelius asked. Dumbledore answered "It was Professor Moody. I have a feeling we have an imposter in our midst." Dumbledore turned around to Professor Moody, and pointed his wand at him, while stunning him. A few minutes later, Moody began transforming, and what was left was the very man Harry saw in Dumbledore's memories and at the Quidditch World Cup. Dumbledore said "Barty Crouch Jr. Well Cornelius, looks like you get to have to a prisoner back to Azkaban." Dumbledore conjured chains and put them on Barty Crouch Jr. then rennervated him. He asked him "Where is the real Alastor Moody?" Crouch looked at Dumbledore and said "Inside the chest in my office."
Fudge then took the imposter back to Azkaban, and everyone went back up to the castle. Harry went to go find Daphne, and found her waiting by Great Hall. He ran up to her, and hugged her and kissed her. "I'm glad you're okay." Daphne said, as their kiss broke apart. Harry said "Me too. Now, I'm going to escort you to your Common Room." He took her to the Entrance of the Slytherin Common Room, and kissed her goodnight. He then walked up to the Gryffindor Common Room, walked right past Ron and Hermione, and went to the Boy's Dormitory to pass out on his bed. It was a long day, and he was extremely tired. He figured he'd tell them what happened on the train, while he drifted off to sleep.