[HPforGrownups] Re: GoF - Chapter Nine

[Charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 122131


> Valky:
> Oh Go ON Charme! You didn't find something so interesting in GOF
> while my copy is STILL ON LOAN!!!
>
> I presume the "flash of green light" doesn't directly preceed the
> appearance of the Dark Mark and we can assume that it is something
> else altogether.
>
> This sounds a little like one of the first PS/SS chapters JKR
> discarded the one where Hermione's family see the same thing across
> the ocean.. I wonder if Vmonte is right about the time travelling
> thing?
>
> Can you quote a little more, the next few lines perhaps. I'm not
> sure I have got the whole picture.

Charme:

By your command, my dear friend. :)

>From when Harry leaves the tent w/ Ron and first sees the chaos with the 
hooded wizards and the Muggle family:

"By the light of the few fires that were still burning, he could see people 
running away into

the woods, fleeing something that was moving across the field toward them, 
something that was

emitting odd flashes of light and noises like gunfire.  Loud jeering, roars 
of laughter, and

drunken yells were drifting toward them; then came a burst of strong green 
light, which

illuminated the scene."  (<--- My note, no "blasts" or "bomb sounds", just 
bangs and noises like gunfire)



>From my post earlier with more detail:



He nodded at Hermione, and at the same moment, a blast like a bomb sounded 
from the campsite,

and a flash of green light momentarily lit the trees around them.




 "What's that supposed to mean?" said Hermione defiantly.  "Granger, they're 
after Muggles,

"said Malfoy.  "D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? 
Because if you do, hang

around. . . they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh."



"Hermione's a witch," Harry snarled.



"Have it your own way, Potter," said Malfoy, grinning maliciously. "If you 
think they can't

spot a Mudblood, stay where you are."

"You watch your mouth!" shouted Ron. Everybody present knew that "Mudblood" 
was a very

offensive term for a witch or wizard of Muggle parentage.

"Never mind, Ron," said Hermione quickly, seizing Ron's arm to restrain him 
as he took a step

toward Malfoy.



There came a bang from the other side of the trees that was louder than 
anything they had

heard. Several people nearby screamed. Malfoy chuckled softly.



The last bang I assume to be Winky trying to hold Barty Crouch Jr as he 
confesses she tried to bind him with her brand of magic.



Charme