Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Chapter 2 Summary

Harry awakens holding the scar on his forehead because it is burning with pain. Harry received this lightning-shaped scar when Voldemort tried to kill Harry as a baby. Harry tries to remember the dream he was having (which was the scene at the end of the first chapter), but he can only remember vague details. He does realize, though, that the inhabitants of his dream were planning his death. Harry is disturbed by the vivid vision in his dream. Although he is safe this summer at the dreadful home of his aunt, uncle, and cousin (the Dursleys) on Privet Drive, Harry worries that the pain in his forehead might mean that Voldemort is near.

Harry then recalls the tragic past of his wizarding family. His parents were killed by Lord Voldemort, who had tried to kill Harry as well, but the love of Harry’s mother caused the spell to backfire. Harry is now doomed to summers at the Dursleys in between glorious years of schooling at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Harry considers telling his friends about his hurting scar, but Harry avidly guesses their reactions: Ron would immediately start worrying that Voldemort would strike imminently, while Hermione would demand that Harry take the information straight to Dumbledore (the headmaster of Hogwarts). Considering his options, Harry finally decides to write Sirius Black, Harry’s godfather, who is currently banished from the wizarding world for a crime he did not commit.