Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter Six

The Portkey

 

The crew gets up at the break of dawn to start their travels to the Quidditch World Cup. At breakfast, Harry finds out that a wizard has to pass a special test in order to get permission to Apparate (the preferred, quickest method of wizard transportation). They discuss the disgusting possibility of getting “splinched,” or leaving half of yourself behind (leading to some nasty results). Fred and George are in trouble again for having more of their joke candies in hand. Mrs. Weasley is beside herself with anger. Still, the rest of the lot sets off at a brisk pace looking for a “portkey,” or an everyday object that allows witches and wizards to travel long distances together. While looking for the portkey, the group meets one of the kids’ classmates from school: Cedric Diggory and his father. Cedric himself is the captain and seeker of the Hufflepuff House Quidditch Team at Hogwarts. Amos, Cedric Diggory’s father, is as amazed as anyone else at meeting the “famous” Harry Potter who all but annihilated Voldemort with his own spell. Amos is very proud of his son for beating the Griffindor Quidditch team (on which Harry is the seeker), telling Cedric, “That’ll be something to tell your grandchildren, that will. . . . You beat Harry Potter!” When it was time to go, the group touched the portkey (“a manky old boot”) and they were swirled and jerked through time and space before slamming onto the ground. The group had arrived at the Quidditch World Cup!