GoF - Chapter Nine

[vmonte]

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Valky wrote:

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.

vmonte responds: 
Page 121-122, GoF, U.S. edition

The trio bump into Draco -

"Language, Weasley," said Malfoy, his pale eyes glittering. "Hadn't 
you better be hurying along, now?  You wouldn't like her spotted, 
would you?"

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 suppose 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."

Interesting that they continue their conversation without ever 
acknowledging the blast or green light. In all the commotion it's 
just another sound in the background. Still, it's interesting that 
it's just like what happened at GH. Is this JKR's way of letting us 
know that someone time-traveled?  If so, who could it have been? 

Could it have been the moment Fred and George TT to find out which 
team would win the world cup? Who knows...

vmonte