When Harry regained his sight, the first thing he saw was himself, Hermione, Ron, and Neville standing opposite him.
Yes, standing opposite him!
What was going on?
Immediately afterward, he felt his body begin to fall apart. He seemed able to feel life draining out of him. Everything around him rapidly dimmed, as though something had sucked away the light, plunging his surroundings into darkness in an instant.
The last things he saw before his vision vanished were Hermione and the other two falling apart as well, and Peter's face wild with joy.
Then all sensation vanished, fading into nothingness.
Yet the next instant, everything suddenly lit up before his eyes again, and he reappeared in the corridor. Once again, the four of them were grappling with Peter. Then his surroundings warped.
He appeared again, and the four of them appeared before him again, along with their astonished gazes.
Had that strange ability of his activated?
Based on his previous experiences, this ability activating meant he was facing serious danger. And the danger seemed to grow greater each time.
The first time it had triggered was merely during Dark Magic Practice at the Duelling Club. Although it had been Dark Magic, there had not actually been much danger.
The second time it had triggered was during the Quidditch Match. He remembered that if he had not dodged, that Bludger would have broken his neck.
And this was the third time it had triggered. In that instant just now, he had felt as though he had been erased from this world.
Although he had absolutely no idea what was going on, Harry instinctively felt that this was wrong, very wrong. But there was too little time, so little that he seemed unable to do anything at all.
Appearing again, the four