Duel in Little Hangleton

A duel between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort took place at the start of the Second Wizarding War on June 24, 1995 in the graveyard in Little Hangleton. Harry and Voldemort's wands connected in Priori Incantatem, and Harry managed to escape physically unscathed with the body of Cedric Diggory, but emotionally he was greatly affected.

Background information
In the decades prior to his downfall in 1981, Lord Voldemort created many Horcruxes to ensure his immortality. These protected him on that fateful night in 1981, when he was struck by his rebounding Killing Curse. The shard of his soul that remained in his body was driven out of it and forced to exist in this spectral form for nearly fourteen years. He travelled to a secluded forest in Albania, where decades earlier he had found Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem and hid there waiting for some servant to seek him out. None came, but in 1991, he was able to convince Quirinus Quirrell to return with him to Britain. When their attempts to steal the Philosopher's Stone were thwarted by Harry Potter, he returned to Albania believing that he would never return to power.

The Third Task


As the third task of the Triwizard Tournament approached, a loyal servant of Lord Voldemort Barty Crouch Jr. (disguised as Mad-Eye Moody) transformed the Triwizard Cup into a Portkey in order to snare Harry in a trap. As the task proceeded, Crouch Imperiused Viktor Krum to kill Cedric Diggory, while he put Fleur Delacour out of service. Unfortunately, for him, Harry rescued Cedric, and they met up at the cup. They agreed to take it together and disappeared into a graveyard.



The Graveyard
As soon as they arrived, Wormtail killed Cedric on Voldemort's command. Wormtail, then, then trapped Harry against the tomb of Tom Riddle Sr..Wormtail, then, performed a potion to bring back Lord Voldemort. Voldemort, then, retrieved his wand and called the Death Eaters, including Lucius Malfoy, Avery, Walden Macnair, etc. He expressed his fury at the Death Eaters, "not even you, Lucius". Then, Voldemort raised his wand and replaced Wormtail's hand with a silver one. After that, he focused his attention on Harry, telling the Death Eaters how he met his downfall thirteen years ago. Then he released Harry and a duel broke out.



The Duel
Voldemort raised his wand and forced Harry to bow. Then he performed the Cruciatus Curse and Imperius Curse on him, but Harry resisted the latter. He screamed Avada Kedavra!, as Harry yelled Expelliarmus!. The jets of light met and echoes of Wormtail's silver hand, Cedric Diggory, Bertha Jorkins, Frank Bryce, and James and Lily Potter appeared and told them to, when "the connection is broken", to take Cedric's corpse and get to the Portkey. Harry obliged, and appeared back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and warned everyone that Voldemort was back.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows