The Parting of the Ways. The mood was somber as Harry, Ron, and Hermione grabbed their trunks and make for the exit. Getting off the train at King's Cross meant the official end to Harry Potter's third year. Despite Hagrid's comments about Ministry bungling in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry seems to retain a belief in the Ministry having the good of wizards as its primary motive up to this point.

Before they passed through the barrier to the Muggle side of London, Ron spotted his family. Harry Potter was lying on his bed, as he had done for the greater part of his first 2 days back at Privet Drive, thinking about the events of the year before.

Parting Ways. The Parting of the Ways The Parting of the Ways is the thirty-sixth chapter of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He had gone from a deranged attention seeking boy to a lone voice of truth, but it had come with a heavy price.