However, the slowly building itch to punch him again, disappeared when she heard that Professor Moody had transformed Malfoy into a ferret for pulling his wand on Harry. For a moment she felt smug satisfaction and the urge to laugh at the irony of rodent faced Malfoy being turned into a ferret of all things, but later Padma Patil quietly filled her in on what had transpired afterwards and Hermione’s heart sank.