After the earlier explosion, and hearing that Potter had been taken away by Filch, everyone was curious about what the toad was up to.
Hadn't she said she was going to drive Peeves out?
An explosion had just gone off, so why had everything suddenly gone quiet?
Everyone had been looking forward to seeing the Aurors battle Peeves.
What a letdown.
However, they soon found a new source of amusement.
Whenever they passed through the entrance hall, they could smell a vile stench, and their attention was drawn to something covered by black cloth.
Someone's curiosity got the better of them, and they reached out to lift the cloth, wanting to see what was hidden beneath it.
The Toad statue concealed beneath the cloth instantly stunned the passing students. Whispers flooded in like a tide, and it became the hottest topic of discussion.
The Toad statue looked far too much like... no, it was practically Dolores Umbridge herself.
The news spread through the school on wings. Before long, the entrance hall was packed with people, and even the professors came to have a look.
The only problem was that the Toad statue smelled a little bad, and it was positioned beside the Great Hall. It could very well affect the students' appetites.
At first, everyone wanted to move the statue elsewhere, but not only did their spells fail, they were even bounced back. They finally understood why the statue had been left here.
Otherwise, given Umbridge's personality, she would probably have smashed the statue outright rather than covering it with a black cloth. That toad's magical ability clearly could do nothing to the statue.
That said, where had the toad gone? Something like this had happened, yet she had not jumped out to deal with it. Everyone found that utterly