Turn to Page 670, Veritaserum. Today’s lesson is called Nothing But The Truth

The chapter begins with Harry traveling by Portkey, with Cup and Cedric in hand. He keeps his eyes shut as he lands, and people begin talking near him, and to him, and about him. The news that Cedric is dead passes through the crowd and Dumbledore attempts to survey the situation. Fudge is panicked. Moody removes Harry from the crowd.

In Moody’s office, Harry answers the old auror’s questions about his experience that night. Harry recounts some: the cup portkey, the graveyard, the restoration of Voldemort’s body, their duel, priori incantatem, and the revelation that a Death Eater was at Hogwarts.

Moody reveals himself to be the Death Eater, who put Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire, and helped him directly and indirectly to succeed at the tasks. Tonight, he stunned Fleur and Imperiused Krum to attack Cedric. He declares his intention to kill Harry but as he raises his wand, Dumbledore’s stunning spell crashes through the door and incapacitates Moody.

Dumbledore gives Professors Snape and McGonagall instructions. He smells the Polyjuice Potion in Moody’s flask and searches the office for the real Moody, finding him in a locked trunk. The Professors return and Dumbledore administers Veritaserum to fake Moody and ennervates him.

Fake Moody reverts to Barty Crouch Jr. and, under the effects of the potion, shares the truth of what has happened: his survival and escape from Azkaban, his imprisonment by Winky and his father under the Imperius Curse, Bertha Jorkins’ discovery of his survival and his father’s memory charm on her, his reward for good behavior: the quidditch world cup, how he stole a wand at the match and used to cast the Dark Mark in the sky, how his father’s dismissal of Winky weakened the defenses, so when Voldemort and Wormtail arrived, they easily overpowered Barty Crouch Sr. and set Jr. free, and finally the plan to become Alastor Moody and enact the plan that culminated early that night.

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