Winky sped to McGonagall's office, keen to see her at once.
She had seen her before, but only in passing. Now she was going to her to demand an audience with her, the headmistress! But to Winky, fear was something she hoped she grew out of ten minutes ago.
Stopping only for a moment, mostly to catch her breath, she propped her elbow on the base of the gargoyle. Oh dear, the password! Frantically she looked around the stone statue pheonix for a clue, but was too frazzled to think clearly.
"Oh ho ho, what's a little housey-elfy doing here?" a cackled voice came closer. Peeves.
"Oh, please help me! I need to talk to her immediately!" Winky wailed.
"Little housey-elfy needs the passywordy?" Peeves sneered as he flew in circles around her, faster and faster.
"Yes, please! There's a madman in the castle!" Winky yelled.
"Oh, Harry snarly Potter back already?" Peeves chuckled at his own joke, breaking away from the circles and putting on a mask of concerned interest.
"No, you musn't talk about him like that! It's Professor Edgurg!"
"Why, what are you doing here Winky?" McGonagall asked as she stepped out from turning pheonix staircase.
Peeves answered, "Apparently, Professor Edgurg is a madman."
"What? Winky, why don't you come into my office-"
"No, no! He's gone, escaped! He tried to kill me and Dobby! He knew we were asked to watch him!-" Winky cried out, clutching the hems of Professor McGonagall's robes and sobbing uncontrollable tears.
Peeves chuckled playfully, "Ooh, looky here! He's a madman and a murderer! Oh, what fun!" McGonagall silenced him with a look only given to Peeves, and was the only one powerful enough to.
"Winky, come in, and let's talk. Peeves, if you even think about-"
"-flying through the halls parading the great and terrible news? Why, Professor, wouldn't dream of it."
Just as McGonagall shut the door behind her, however, it became clear to her that Peeves won't dream about it, he hasn't slept in at least a hundred years. Which meant his promise was--her thought were cut out by Peeves' chant:
"MADDY-WADDY EDGURG-Y! OH, HOW MURDEROUS EDGURG-Y!
WHY DO YOU TAKE SUCH FUN,
IN THREATENING EVERYONE?
OOOOHHHHHHH, MADDY-WADDY EDGURG-YYYYYY!"
Dobby quickly grabbed out a quill and bottle of ink, his hands far steadier than what he expected.
'Dear Ginny,
I write to you with haste, the man Edgurg has nearly attacked us! Maybe he knows that we were following him. He might know that if he read a letter of yours, and I did drop one.
Be wary, he is strange and crazy!
So sorry,
Dobby'.
He sent the letter quickly, hoped down from the window, and began to run through the halls as he heard Peeve's song.