
Goblet of Fire'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. Malfoy chuckled softly. 'Scare easily, don't they?' he said lazily. 'I suppose your daddy told you all to hide? What's he up to – trying to rescue the Muggles?' 'Where're your parents?' said Harry, his temper rising. 'Out there wearing
masks, are they?' 'Keep that big bushy head down, Granger,' sneered Malfoy. Overheard on the train: '...Father actually considered sending me to Durmstrang rather than Hogwarts, you know. He knows the headmaster, you see. Well, you know his opinion of Dumbledore – the man's such a Mud-blood-lover – and Durmstrang doesn't admit that sort of riffraff. But Mother didn't like the idea of me going to school so far away. Father says Durmstrang takes a far more sensible line than Hogwarts about the Dark Arts. Durmstrang students actually learn them, not the defence rubbish we do ...' 'We were in the Top Box –' On Ron's dress robes: 'Weasley… what is that?' 'Look at this!' said Malfoy in ecstasy, holding up Ron's robes and showing Crabbe and Goyle. 'Weasley, you weren't thinking about wearing these, were you? I mean – they were very fashionable in about 1890…' 'So… going to enter, Weasley? Going to try and bring a bit of glory to the family name? There's money involved as well, you know… you'd be able to afford some decent robes if you won…' A gleeful smile spread across Malfoy's pale face. 'Don't tell me you don't know?' he said delightedly. 'You've got a father and brother at the Ministry and you don't even know? My God, my father told me about it ages ago… heard it from Cornelius Fudge. But then, Father's always associated with the top people at the Ministry… maybe your father's too junior to know about it, Weasley… yes… they probably don't talk about important stuff in front of him…' 'Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive, said Malfoy sarcastically. 'Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting and bite all at once?' To Ron: 'Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley, it's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?' he crowed. 'And there's the picture, Weasley!' said Malfoy, flipping the paper over and
holding it up. 'A picture of your parents outside their house – if you can
call it a house! Your mother could do with losing a bit of weight, couldn't
she?' 'Don't you dare insult my mother, Potter.' Ron Weasley: 'Don't talk to me,' Ron said quietly. 'Ah, look, boys, it's the champion,' he [Malfoy] said to Crabbe and Goyle, the moment he got within earshot of Harry. 'Got your autographs books? Better get a signature now, because I doubt he's going to be around much longer…half the Triwizard champions have died… how long d'you reckon you're going to last, Potter? Ten minutes into the first task's my bet.' On the Blast-Ended Skrewt: 'Take this thing for a walk?' he repeated in disgust, staring into one of the boxes. 'And where exactly are we supposed to fix the leash? Around the sting, the blasting end or the sucker?' Wearing the badges: 'Like them, Potter?' said Malfoy loudly, as Harry approached. 'And this isn't all they do – look!' He pressed his badge into his chest, and the message upon it vanished, to be replaced by another one, which glowed green: POTTER STINKS. 'Go on, then, Potter,' said Malfoy quietly, drawing out his own wand. 'Moody's not here to look after you now – do it, if you've got the guts –' On Hermione: 'You're joking, Weasley?' said Malfoy, behind them. 'You're not telling me someone's asked that to the ball? Not the long-molared Mudblood!' Hermione: 'Twitchy little ferret, aren't you Malfoy?' On Hagrid: 'Oh, he hasn't been attacked, Potter, if that's what you're thinking,' said Malfoy softly. 'No, he's just too ashamed to show his big ugly face.' 'Well, I think this should put an end to the oaf's teaching career,' said Malfoy, his eyes glinting. 'Half-giant… and there was me thinking he'd just swallowed a bottle of Skele-Gro when he was young… none of the mummies and daddies are going to like this at all… they'll be worried he'll eat their kids, ha, ha…' 'Missing your half-breed pal?' he [Malfoy] kept whispering to Harry, whenever there was a teacher around, so that he was safe from Harry's retaliation. 'Missing the elephant man?' 'Hey, Potter! Potter! How's your head? You feeling all right? Sure you're not going to go berserk on us?' 'Trying not to think about it, are we? ' said Malfoy softly, looking around
at all three of them. 'Trying to pretend it hasn't happened? ' |
