Because of the Statue Incident involving Miles Blatchy in that eye-searing swan costume, relations between Gryffindor and Slytherin had worsened even further. Although there was currently no evidence, the Slytherin students insisted that it had been retaliation by Gryffindor students.
Yesterday at noon, Miles Blatchy had hexed Aaliyah in full view of everyone, causing her eyebrows to grow wildly and sending her to the Hospital Wing. Yet he himself had escaped punishment thanks to Snape's protection, infuriating the Gryffindor students. That bunch never let revenge wait overnight, and they gave him a grand gift that very day.
Who exactly was behind it?
Who had made Miles Blatchy wear a ballerina's swan dress to scare people, and how had they hidden him from everyone before secretly fixing him atop a sink as a decorative statue?
Everything seemed shrouded in a thick fog, and no one could see the truth.
The greatest suspects at present were Albert and his friends, because Albert had the ability to pull something like that off without anyone noticing. But... that speculation failed to convince anyone outside Slytherin.
Very few people believed Albert would do such a thing. If he truly wanted to cause trouble for Miles Blatchy, making him copy Educational Decrees would have been a better choice. Everyone had heard about Draco Malfoy's experience. Plenty of people thought Albert's punishment had been too light, while many others secretly gave him a thumbs-up and said he had done a fine job.
In fact, the strangest part was that before Miles Blatchy had been discovered, quite a few students had used that bathroom without finding the unfortunate boy frozen by a spell. Albert and the others had merely happened to pass by on their way to the library, with no time at all to do anything else.