Why did Fake!Moody attack Draco

[Tandy, Heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 23871

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> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Mindy" <mindyatime at y...> wrote:
> > Hi, I am a brand newbie here so please forgive me if my q's are 
> > repeats of already-asked questions.
> > 
> > If Mad Eye Moody was really Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise, why did 
> he 
> > turn Draco into a ferret at the beginning of GoF? Was he trying to 
> > pretend to be nice to Harry and on 'his side'?
> 
> Moody hates the Malfoys. Lucius is a Death Eater who walked free 
> instead of standing up for Voldemort.
> 

Lucius isn't just a death eater who walked free. Lucius is a death eater who
walked free AND managed to either keep his positions of power & influence,
or at least regain them within ten years (reference to his hogwarts
governership). 
Even if BCJr feels NO loyalty to his father at all, how can he help but be
resentful of the fact that Lucius Malfoy, Death Eater, walked free AND kept
positions of power, while Barty Crouch lost power within the ministry,
didn't become Minister of Magic, and had to deal with idiots like Bagman
just for being related to a Death Eater who didn't walk free. 

And don't forget - this was *not* the first time that BCjr saw Draco Malfoy.
He was in the Top Box, watching, during the World Cup - wasn't he actually
*next to* Lucius? He must've wanted to *kill* him - I can just imagine the
resentment festering over that week - he must've looked at the fight between
Draco & Harry as a *real treat*.


Of course, IMHO (no canon support, just human psychology) I would bet that
BCjr made the Slytherin DaDA class hell - especially for Draco.