"Why am I not even that surprised that Hogwarts has become a Floating City? It feels like this is exactly the sort of thing Allen was always supposed to do..." Harry said a little dryly. "I just hope they'll let us use Flying Broomsticks in the future... The commercial district is south of the Black Lake, much farther than Hogsmeade."
"If you ask me, in all these years, who's ever come out well after going against Allen? Crouch had only just been released, Fudge looks like he's about to retire, and then there's You-Know-Who, even Dumbledore... Those outsiders from before don't know how terrifying Allen is. They're just asking to die... asking to die big-time!" Ron jabbed his elbow back at his sister. "Ginny, George and Fred have planned a branch in the Commercial Plaza. Allen's also allowing students to use prank props to train their vigilance and get experience using items... Zonko is in trouble. They're going to make a fortune."
"Zonko was in trouble ages ago! He deserved it. He even sued their Wizard Wheezes before, saying they were monopolizing..." Ginny said angrily. "That really got George and Fred down for a while. They'd always seen Zonko's Joke Shop as their first inspiration."
More and more wizards were gathering at the scene. Taking advantage of the temporary removal of the Anti-Apparition ward today because of the Animagus conference, people kept Apparating directly to the ground first, then risking another jump up to the Floating City—after all, with the familiar location changed, even if they could see their destination, it was still a somewhat risky act for ordinary wizards. Fortunately, no scatterbrain managed to teleport half of himself onto the ground and leave the other half embedded in rock.
"Is that a Flying Carpet? Foreigners? Aren't they afraid of