No que é presumivelmente o primeiro de Moody em uma conversa com Neville, depois que ele ensina a classe sobre Maldições Imperdoáveis e Neville está visivelmente chateado com a demonstração da Maldição Cruciatus. Neville está chateado porque é a maldição que os Comensais da Morte (Bellatrix, Barty Crouch Jr. e Rabastan e Rodolphus Lestrange) costumavam torturar seus pais na insanidade. Então Moody pede que Neville venha tomar chá em seu escritório.
‘It’s all right, sonny,’ he said to Neville. ‘Why don’t you come up to my office? Come on … we can have a cup of tea …’
Neville looked even more frightened at the prospect of tea with Moody. He neither moved nor spoke.
Moody turned his magical eye upon Harry. ‘You all right, are you, Potter?’ ‘Yes,’ said Harry, almost defiantly.
Moody’s blue eye quivered slightly in its socket as it surveyed Harry.
Then he said, ‘You’ve got to know. It seems harsh, maybe, but you’ve got to know. No point pretending … well … come on, Longbottom, I’ve got some books that might interest you.’
Neville looked pleadingly at Harry, Ron and Hermione, but they didn’t say anything, so Neville had no choice but to allow himself to be steered away, one of Moody’s gnarled hands on his shoulder.
‘What was that about?’ said Ron, watching Neville and Moody turn the corner.” - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 14 (The Unforgivable Curses)
Mais tarde Neville mencionou que Moody lhe emprestou um livro, e disse a ele que a professora Sprout disse que ele era bom em Herbologia. Eles podem ter discutido outras coisas, como o Unforgivable Curses ou seus pais, mas se eles o fizeram Neville não mencionou isso, o que é possível, já que ele não costuma falar sobre isso com seus amigos.
“Oh yes,’ said Neville, ‘I’m fine, thanks. Just reading this book Professor Moody lent me …’
He held up the book: Magical Mediterranean Water-Plants and Their Properties.
‘Apparently, Professor Sprout told Professor Moody I’m really good at Herbology,’ Neville said. There was a faint note of pride in his voice that Harry had rarely heard there before. ‘He thought I’d like this.” - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 14 (The Unforgivable Curses)
Moody pode tê-lo consolado, mas ...
We know Moody was actually Barty Crouch Jr., and he wanted to give Neville the book for a different reason. He wanted Neville to learn about Gillyweed so that he could pass the information along to Harry, to make sure he succeeds in the Second Task and wins the Triwizard Tournament to fall into the Dark Lord's trap. Barty Crouch Jr. was actually one of the Death Eaters who helped torture the Longbottoms into insanity, so it's highly unlikely that he genuinely cared about Neville. In fact, he probably enjoyed scaring him with the Cruciatus Curse, since we know he knows Neville is their son.