
Order of the Phoenix'Manners, Potter, or I'll have to give you a detention,' drawled Malfoy, whose sleek blond hair and pointed chin were just like his father's. 'You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.''Yeah,' said Harry, 'but you, unlike me, are a git, so get out and leave us alone.' 'Tell me, how does it feel being second-best to Weasley, Potter?' he [Malfoy]
asked. Hermione: 'Malfoy was being absolutely foul to a first-year back there. I swear I'm going to report him, he's only had his badge three minutes and he's using it to bully people worse than ever… 'Maybe,' said Malfoy in an undertone, so that only Harry could hear him, 'the
stupid great oaf's got himself badly injured.' 'Yes,' came Malfoy's clear drawl front he group nearest them. 'Father was talking to the Minister just a couple of days ago, you know, and it sounds as though the Ministry's really determined to crack down on substandard teaching in this place. So even if that overgrown moron does show up again, he'll probably be sent packing straight away.' … Malfoy sniggered in a carrying whisper, 'Some people got a "D"? Ha!' 'Yeah, Umbridge gave the Slytherin Quidditch team permission to continue playing straightaway, I went to ask her first thing this morning. Well, it was pretty automatic, I mean, she knows my father really well, he's always popping in and out of the Ministry… it'll be interesting to see whether Gryffindor are allowed to keep playing, won't it?' 'I mean,' said Malfoy, raising his voice a little more, his grey eyes glittering malevolently in Harry and Ron's direction, 'if it's a question of influence with the Ministry, I don't think they've got much chance… from what my father says, they've been looking for an excuse to sack Arthur Weasley for years… and as for Potter… my father says it's a matter of time before the ministry has him carted off to St. Mungo's… apparently they've got a special ward for people whose brains have been addled by magic.' Malfoy: 'Got your bed booked in the hospital wing, Weasley?' Malfoy's lyrical talents: 'Weasley was born in a bin 'Saved Weasley's neck, haven't you?' he [Malfoy] said to Harry. 'I've never seen a worse Keeper… but then he was born in a bin… did you like my lyrics, Potter?' 'We wanted to write another couple of verses!' Malfoy called, as Katie and Alicia hugged Harry. 'But we couldn't find rhymes for fat and ugly – we wanted to sing about his mother, see –' '– we couldn't fit in useless loser either – for his father, you know –' '– but you like the Weasleys, don't you, Potter?' said Malfoy, sneering. 'Spend holidays there and everything, don't you? Can't see how you stand the stink, but I suppose when you've been dragged up by Muggles, even the Weasley's hovel smells OK –' 'Or perhaps,' said Malfoy, leering as he backed away, 'you can remember what your mother's house stank like, Potter, and Weasley's pigsty reminds you of it –' To Hagrid: 'And you're sure they're trained, are you?' said Malfoy, the panic in his voice even more pronounced 'Only it wouldn't be the first time you'd brought wild stuff to class, would it?' To Hagrid: 'What happened to your face, then?' demanded Malfoy. 'Excuse me,' said Malfoy in a sneering voice, 'but what exactly are we supposed to be seeing?' If anything more was needed to complete Harry's happiness, it was Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle's reactions. He saw them with their heads together later that afternoon in the library, together with a weedy-looking boy Hermione whispered was called Theodore Nott… Goyle cracked his knuckles threateningly and Malfoy whispered something undoubtedly malevolent to Crabbe. 'Trip Jinx, Potter!' he [Malfoy] said. 'Hey, Professor – PROFESSOR! I've got one!' 'It's him!' she [Umbridge] said jubilantly at the sight of Harry on the floor. 'Excellent, Draco, excellent, oh, very good – fifty points to Slytherin! I'll take him from here…' Hermione: 'Lording it over all the other teachers, the stupid
puffed-up, power-crazy old –' 'Of course, it's not what you now,' he [Malfoy] was heard to tell Crabbe and Goyle loudly outside Potions a few days before the exams were to start, 'it's who you know. Now, Father's been friendly with the head of the Wizarding Examinations Authority for years – old Griselda Marchbanks – we've had her round for dinner and everything…' Malfoy laughed loudly and sycophantically. Malfoy glanced around – Harry knew he was checking for signs of teachers
– then he looked back at Harry and said in a low voice, 'You're dead, Potter.
' Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle, who had clearly been waiting all week for the
opportunity to strike without teacher witnesses, attempted to ambush Harry
halfway down the train as he made his way back from the toilet. The attack might
have succeeded had it not been for the fact that they unwittingly chose to stage
the attack right outside a compartment full of D.A. members, who saw what was
happening through the glass and rose as one to rush to Harry's aid. By the time
Ernie Macmillan, Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Anthony
Goldstein, and Terry Boot had finished using a wide variety of the hexes and
jinxes Harry had taught them, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle resembled nothing so
much as three gigantic slugs squeezed into Hogwarts uniforms as Harry, Ernie and
Justin hoisted them into the luggage rack and left them there to ooze. |
