"Madam, Peeves is hiding in an empty classroom on the fifth floor. It somehow got hold of a batch of U-No-Poo, so please be careful of its ambushes."
Filch, who suffered from rheumatism, bent over as much as he could to show Dolores Umbridge respect while reporting Peeves's latest movements.
The Aurors following behind Umbridge all wore rather uncomfortable expressions, recalling the scene not long ago when Umbridge and Fudge had been chased by U-No-Poo.
No Auror wanted to experience that sort of miserable incident firsthand.
"First, bring Harry Potter to my office. Tell him I need to see him... What is that?" Umbridge had barely entered the Entrance Hall when the strange statue standing there caught her attention.
The Aurors followed Umbridge's gaze and spotted the exceedingly peculiar statue on the right. It gave off a strange stench.
When everyone turned their attention back to Umbridge, they saw that the statue was dressed exactly like her. It was plainly a statue of Umbridge, except someone had turned its head into that of a toad.
In fact, a closer look revealed that the statue hid quite a few "secrets." The toad's head bore a striking resemblance to the new Headmistress standing before it, and it even wore the slogan, "The Ministry of Magic Is Might."
The statue's overall form was that of a humanoid toad, with the woman beside it—the famous High Inquisitor, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic, and Headmistress of Hogwarts—as its model.
More interestingly, the things hanging from the Toad statue were all Educational Decrees recently issued by the Ministry of Magic, as though it feared people might not recognize them. On the toad's chest hung the decree Fudge had just used to appoint Umbridge Headmistress, while the other plaques were likewise clearly legible and contained