"Harry, are you all right?" asked Elwyn, hurrying over to him.
"I'm fine, but Ron's hurt pretty bad. Malfoy talked about his parents like that. He's so angry!"
Elwyn, Harry and Hermione helped Ron up, who had been completely knocked out by Gall and Crabbe.
They had been really hard on him. Ron's face was black and blue, and his school uniform was covered with footprints.
There was a terrible silence in the hall. Everyone was looking at Moody.
Gall and Crabbe stood staring at the trembling stoat on the floor, not daring to move.
"You three had better take Mr Weasley to the school hospital. I'll take care of things here!" said Moody. Moody said, his normal eye blinking at Elvin. The other eye burrowed into his head.
Elwyn and Harry struggled to help Ron to his feet, but before they could leave, they heard another growl beside them.
"Don't touch it!" shouted Moody.
Crabbe was about to pick up the stoat, but heard Moody's shout and froze in place.
Moody limped towards Crabbe, Gall and the stoat, shaking his wand vigorously.
The stoat gave a cry of terror, dodged, and ran towards the basement.
"I don't believe it!" roared Moody, pointing his wand at the stoat again.
The stoat leapt ten feet into the air, fell with a thud to the ground, and rose again.
"I hate people who attack people from behind!" Moody said gruffly, as the stoat leapt higher and higher, shrieking in pain. "And ganging up on you. That's the dirtiest, meanest, cowardly thing to do."
The stoat leapt into the air, legs and tail waving hopelessly.
"Don't, ever, do, that, again!" said Moody.
Every time the stoat fell on the flagstones and sprang to its feet, he uttered one word.
"Professor Moody!" a surprised voice said.
Professor Meg was coming down the marble stairs with a pile of books in his arms.
"Hello, Professor Meg," said Moody quietly, making the stoat jump higher.
"What, what are you doing?" Professor Meg asked, her eyes following the ferret that was jumping in the air.
'A lesson, 'replied Moody.
"Lesson?! Why, Moody, is that a student? "Professor Meg exclaimed. The books in his arms fell to the ground.
"Exactly," said Moody.
"Good heavens!" cried Professor Meg. He hurried down the stairs and drew out his wand.
A moment later, with a loud crack, Draco Malfoy was restored to his original form.
He curled up into a ball and lay on the stone floor. His slippery light yellow hair fell over his red face.
After a moment he got to his feet, trembling.
"Moody, we never use Polymorph as punishment!" said Professor Meg weakly. "Surely Professor Dumbledore told you that?"
"Probably," said Moody, scratching his chin carelessly. Moody scratched his chin carelessly. "But I think it's worth a good scare. Look at what they've done to that kid."
Professor Meg seemed to see Ron, supported by Elwyn and Harry. She gasped again.
"Who can tell me what's going on?" She pressed her lips together.
"Three against one, and a sneak attack. I saw it all on the stairs!" said Moody gruffly.
"All right, all right. Twenty points off Slytherin. Mason, Potter, hurry up and take Mr. Weasley to the school hospital. Miss Granger, you go too!" Professor Mag turned to look at Moody with a frown, and said, "Moody, Mr. Malfoy is in the wrong in this matter, but we don't usually use transfiguration to punish him. We can deduct his demerit points, lock him up, or report this to the dean of the academy where he is from."
"I'll do that." Moody stared at Malfoy in disgust.
Malfoy's light-colored eyes were still wet with pain and humiliation. He looked up at Moody viciously and mumbled something.
Some of the words were very clear. "My father."
"Oh, really?" Moody limped forward a few steps. The thud of his wooden leg against the floor echoed in the hall. "Yes, I knew your father before, boy. Tell him that Moody is keeping an eye on his son. Tell him that for me. Now, the dean of your school is Snape, isn't he? "
"Yes," said Malfoy resentfully.
"And an old friend, too!" Moody growled. "I've been looking forward to having a nice chat with old boy Snape. Come on, boy."
He grabbed Malfoy's arm, pointed his wand at Gall and Crabbe, and led the three of them to the underground classroom.
Professor McGonagall looked after them anxiously. After a long while, she pointed her wand at the fallen book.
They all rose into the air and returned to her arms.
"You guys go to the school hospital," she said with a sigh. "The rest of you, hurry up and eat. Don't gather here."
Elwyn, Harry, and Hermione took Ron to the school hospital. All along the way, the three of them were still discussing the matter.
"I can't believe Moody turned Malfoy into a stoat. It's a pity Ron didn't see it," said Harry.
"Professor Meg said it was wrong of him to do that. You can't use Transfiguration on a student." Hermione said, "He could have really hurt Malfoy. Fortunately, Professor Meg stopped it in time."
"That's Malfoy, Hermione!" Harry pointed at Ron. "They should be punished for making Ron look like this."
"But …"
"Moody doesn't care about the school's rules. He has his own principles," said Elwyn. "And he's not afraid of anyone."
He had to admit that Keresis was really good at acting. That was exactly what Moody would do.
As long as he kept acting like this, the whole school's attention would be focused on him. That would create an opportunity for Barty Crouch Jr.
He wasn't sure who Barty Crouch Jr. was pretending to be. He had to find him as soon as possible. It was really troublesome.
However, Elwyn wasn't completely clueless about Barty Crouch Jr., who was hiding in the crowd.
That guy might be hiding well now, but if he wanted to take Harry out of the school, he would make a move sooner or later and give himself away.
When that time came, he just had to find the person who approached him on purpose and acted the strangest.
When they carried Ron to the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey quickly treated his injuries.
When Ron woke up, everyone told him what had just happened.
Even when he heard that Moody had turned Malfoy into a lively stoat, Ron's mood didn't improve much.
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