XXVIII ; draco malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret

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             DIVINATION -- FOR ONCE -- WAS EXCITING. they were studying stars, planets, and their movements. although, ron did make an inappropriate joke that lead professor trelawney to assign them mass amounts of homework. hermione was gloating about not having any homework from arithmacy. 

            elara's dearest cousin, draco, had found them and started insulting ron's family -- as he usually does. before elara could say anything, harry started firing insults so magnificent that she thought she could've kissed him.

            "don't you dare insult my mother, potter."

            "keep your fat mouth shut, then," said harry, turning away.

            BANG!

            several people screamed — elara felt something white-hot graze the side of her face — she heard a second loud BANG, and a roar that echoed through the entrance hall.

            "OH NO YOU DON'T, LADDIE!"

            elara spun around. professor moody was limping down the marble staircase. his wand was out and it was pointing right at a pure white ferret, which was shivering on the stone-flagged floor, exactly where malfoy had been standing.

            "oh my god," elara whispered in amazement.

            there was a terrified silence in the entrance hall. nobody but moody was moving a muscle. moody turned to look at harry and elara — at least, his normal eye was looking at them; the other one was pointing into the back of his head.

            "did he get you?" moody growled. his voice was low and gravelly.

            "he missed me," said harry, "but he almost got lara."

            "LEAVE IT!" moody shouted.

            "leave — what?" elara said, bewildered.

            "not you — him!" moody growled, jerking his thumb over his shoulder at crabbe, who had just frozen, about to pick up the white ferret. it seemed that moody's rolling eye was magical and could see out of the back of his head.

            moody started to limp toward crabbe, goyle, and the ferret, which gave a terrified squeak and took off, streaking toward the dungeons.

            "i don't think so!" roared moody, pointing his wand at the ferret again — it flew ten feet into the air, fell with a smack to the floor, and then bounced upward once more.

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