Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Chapter 37 Summary

Chapter Thirty-Seven

The Beginning

 

Harry learns so many things over the next few days that his mind is in a blur. Harry learns that Hagrid and Madam Maxime are planning to alert the giants about the fight with Voldemort. The final feast of the year is really hard for Harry to attend. Cedric Diggory is honored in a grand way, and Dumbledore admits to the school that Voldemort, in fact, has returned even though the Ministry will deny his existence. 

It is not long before Harry is on his way back to Kings Cross Station with his friends and finds out a secret Hermione has procured: what Hermione caught by the window at the end of the last chapter was an important thing, indeed. In fact, Hermione had caught Rita Skeeter, who turned out to be an unregistered animagus (a witch or wizard that can change into an animal). Rita Skeeter could change herself into a beetle, until Hermione caught her, of course. This is how Rita Skeeter was learning all of the secret things about Hogwarts students this year. Hermione gets Rita Skeeter to give up writing gossip for a whole year by threatening her with telling the Ministry of Magic about her special, unregistered shape-shifting ability. 

For his win of the Triwizard Tounament, Harry received a thousand Galleons (special wizard gold coins), which he decides to give to Fred and George Weasley so that they can fulfill their dream of opening a fantastic joke shop. Harry insists that “we could all do with a few laughs.” Harry finally meets the Dursleys at the train station knowing that he will have to fight Voldemort when the time comes.