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They were interrupted by the loud boastings of Draco. "Of course if I was old enough, the cup would pick me automatically. The Malfoy family has long been the epitome of what a wizard should be." He declared haughtily. "My father was outraged when he heard that I wouldn't be able to enter, but that fool of a Headmaster had to stick his nose in."

Neville and Hermione had to restrain Harry from going over and decking the little runt.

"Pay attention Harry." Hermione whispered up to her irate boyfriend. "So, Draco, you say that the Malfoys are the cream of the wizarding world, yes?"

Draco's nose turned up as though he smelt something rancid. "What of it Granger?"

"So… you're better than the Potters?"

"Far better."

"The Longbottoms?"

"Not even the same species."

"The McGonagalls?"

"Yes."

"The Parkinsons?"

"Always."

"WHAT!"

The screeching indignation that came from Pansy Parkinson was nearly as deafening as the sound of her hand slapping his cheek. Pansy proceeded to storm off.

"My father will hear of this Malfoy!" She declared over her shoulder.

"Quick show of hands," Neville called out, "Who thinks the Malfoys are better than them?"

The hall was decidedly quiet.

"And who thinks they are better than Malfoy?" Hermione called out.

There was a loud rustling as every hand shot up. Malfoy glared at his mutinous minions but they simply glared back.

"Just so we are clear… why are the Malfoys the cream of the wizarding world?" Hermione queried.

Malfoy was seething. "You'll suffer for this Mudblood." He threatened as he pulled his wand.

His efforts halted as he was hit by a spell and transfigured into a ferret.

"There'll be none of that Malfoy." Moody declared as he started bouncing the white ferret up and down with his wand. "You treat others like scum and they will treat you the same." He growled.

"Alastor! Put the student back!" Minerva screeched as she marched in, Joyce and Xander on her tails.

Moody grumbled but undid his spell work.

"We do not transfigure the students as punishment!"

Malfoy was fleeing away in fright as the rest of the school laughed at him.

"Why not exactly?" Xander asked. He quickly quailed under the combined weight of feminine glares from Joyce, Minerva and Hermione. "What? Aside from the bouncing, which I admit was a bit much." He added with an apologetic look to Moody. "Spending some time as a transfigured snail or object sounds like a good punishment. Dead boring but requiring little watching on the part of the teachers."

"We'll discuss this later in private." Joyce declared, heading off the potential arguments she could see Hermione and Minerva building to eruption.

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