"She actually got away?"
Harry stared in disbelief at Bellatrix, who had turned into a streak of black smoke, slipped through a gap in his Silver Light Net, and swiftly escaped the Room of Requirement.
That was not Smoke Sparrow, or at least not an ordinary Smoke Sparrow.
During the battle at the Burrow at Christmas, Harry had used that same Silver Light Net spell to stop Dolohov's Smoke Sparrow. If two members of the Dark Council had not suddenly arrived and rescued him, Harry would have caught him that day.
Yet now, the net had failed to stop Bellatrix and let her escape.
Harry had not expected that.
But his surprise only lasted an instant. The next moment, Black Light Wings spread behind him again, and he shot after her.
Professor Lupin and the others did not follow, because the fight just now had already shown them that Bellatrix was no match for Harry.
As long as Harry caught up, he would most likely capture her alive.
And if he could not catch up, there was even less to worry about.
Their priority now was to make sure the Carrow siblings did not escape as well.
Yes, although Bellatrix had escaped, the other two had both been brought down. Bellatrix had actually tried to rescue them, though it had only been a halfhearted attempt.
But the outcome was obvious.
Although Bellatrix was much stronger than Harry remembered, strong enough now to hold her own against Ron and Cedric together.
Both Ron and Cedric had made tremendous progress lately.
Even so, she was only a little stronger than Lupin in magical power and mastery of Dark Magic, and the outcome of an actual fight would still be uncertain. Against Professor Flitwick, she would have almost no chance of winning.
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