Chapter 489: The Toad Queen's Coronation Ceremony

good to eat!

This was Umbridge's first comment on the plate of cookies in front of her.

When you take a bite, the crispy texture accompanied by the rich milky aroma fills your mouth, and in an instant even the fatigue from last night is dispelled by this deliciousness.

She couldn't help but squint her eyes, a rare look of satisfaction appeared on her face, and then she couldn't wait to stuff the biscuits into her mouth one by one.

"Hey, Fred, are your cookies effective? How come there is no reaction after eating so many?" Harry couldn't wait any longer as he saw Umbridge didn't show any change after eating more than ten cookies.

"Don't be impatient. Give the cookies a while to react." Fred chuckled and motioned for everyone to continue watching.

"We designed this on purpose," George explained in a low voice, "so that she can eat more cookies. The more she eats now, the more dramatic the changes will be. Look, it's starting!"

Looking at the empty plate in front of her, Umbridge felt a little unsatisfied. She wanted to call the house-elf to prepare another one for her, and also ask him to deliver a few cookies to her office every day.

However, as soon as she picked up the tissue to wipe her hands, she saw a big lump on her arm.

What happened and when did it grow?

Still pink!

The next second, she felt an uncontrollable strangeness surging from inside her body.

Her skin began to change, her pale complexion quickly turning pink and covered in a layer of fine bumps.

"This...what on earth is going on!" Umbridge murmured in horror, her voice trembling with fear.

She tried to reach out and touch it, but found that her fingers were rapidly shortening. A thin layer of webbed membrane appeared between her palms, making her broad palms extremely clumsy.

Her legs began to bend, her knees folded backwards, turning into short, powerful frog legs.

At the same time, her body began to swell, and her already bloated figure became even more bloated. Her neck shortened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally disappeared completely. In just a moment, she turned into an oversized pink toad.

Umbridge tried to scream, but to her despair only a loud frog croak came out of her throat.

"Ah-"

The students who were having breakfast were awakened by the frog croaking. They all raised their heads and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

For a moment, everyone was stunned. They never thought that the "respected" Professor Umbridge would turn into a pink toad in public.

The auditorium was silent for a moment, and finally someone couldn't help but burst into laughter. Then the laughter continued one after another, completely filling the entire space.

"Oh my god, it's like a dream, but it's so interesting, I like it!"

"Whose idea was this? It's awesome!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? This is clearly Professor Umbridge performing an Animagus act for us."

"Yes, yes, it is indeed an Animagus. She looks exactly like her usual self. There is no sense of incongruity."

"No, this is too funny, let me laugh for a while, hahaha!"

Listening to the students' laughter, Umbridge almost fainted. She tried to open her mouth to roar, but all that came out was a series of crisp frog croaks.

"Quack-quack-quack-quack"

Along with the deafening croaking of frogs, hundreds of owls suddenly swarmed into the sky above the hall. They flew over the four long tables and swooped towards the teachers' seats with a clear target.

Each owl held a strange bulging package in its claws, and threw the packages accurately in front of Umbridge in unison like dropping bombs.

"Snap!" The package burst open, and countless slippery toads poured out instantly.

They jumped one after another, and in just a few seconds, the pile of toads had formed a tall mountain of toads. Umbridge was submerged in it, with only bulging pink eyes and a short arm left, struggling desperately to get out of the predicament.

The professors could no longer sit still and left their chairs one after another, fearing that they would be implicated.

At this time, Peeves appeared from nowhere and floated around Umbridge happily, waving a small flag with a toad in a pink dress on it.

He screamed, "Welcome to the coronation of the Toad Queen! Peeves greets the Toad Queen! Long live the Toad Queen! Let's cheer for the Toad Queen!"

The hall exploded in an instant, and the laughter of the little wizards almost blew the roof off.

"Quickly film it and sell it to major media outlets. We've already got a title, call it [The Coronation Ceremony of the Toad Queen]!"

"This is not the Toad Queen, this is clearly the ancient Greek god who is in charge of toads!"

"That makes sense! He only called out twice and attracted so many Toad people. If this isn't a god, then what is he? Hahaha!"

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at each other, smiled, and raised their cups of milk: "Thank you, Padfoot!"

In contrast, Fred and George were even more exaggerated. They clapped their hands on the table and laughed so hard that they fell backwards. They even pointed at Umbridge and shouted, "Long live the Toad Queen!"

Laughter broke out in the hall. No professor tried to stop the little wizards from laughing, and no one took the initiative to remove Umbridge's Transfiguration.

If it weren't for the need to maintain their professorial image, they would have been ready to laugh along with the students.

The corner of Professor McGonagall's mouth twitched slightly. She looked at the big pink toad, seeming to be hesitant about whether to take the initiative to help. However, after thinking about what the other party had done, she felt that it would not be harmful to let this scene continue for a while longer.

As if noticing Professor McGonagall's dilemma, Professor Flitwick cheerfully approached her and seriously discussed the complex theory of human body deformation.

As for Snape, his expression remained stern, but when the pink toad jumped towards him, the corner of his eye twitched rarely, and the hand holding the wand tightened, as if he was trying his best to endure so as not to curse the other party if he was not careful.

He knew very well that Umbridge had been targeting his Potions assistant.

After a while of noise, when it was time for the first class, Professor McGonagall waved her wand and canceled Umbridge's transformation.

Looking at Umbridge doing the frog jump pose, the professors turned their heads away, fearing that they would laugh out loud.

The little wizards didn't have so many concerns and laughed even louder.

Umbridge lay on the ground with no intention of looking up. She simply closed her eyes, lay down in the pile of toads and pretended to be faint.

............

With the media reports, Umbridge's name as the Toad Queen once again resounded throughout the wizarding world.

Even though this was such a big joke, Fudge initially defended Umbridge and accused the students of Hogwarts of being lawless, but the students' parents did not buy it at all.

They began to question Umbridge's ability. After all, as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, it was unacceptable for her to be so badly teased by such a low-level prank.

After learning that Umbridge was the professor appointed by Fudge, they sent out owls one after another, carrying Howler letters into the Ministry of Magic, and gave Fudge a warm greeting.

Fudge was filled with rage but had no place to vent it, so he smashed the entire office into a mess. He waved his cane and paced back and forth, his face so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.

"That idiot!" Fudge gritted his teeth. His disappointment with Umbridge had reached its peak.

Originally, he hoped that Umbridge could establish prestige in Hogwarts, suppress opposition voices for him, and consolidate the authority of the Ministry of Magic.

Who knew that this woman would become the laughing stock of the entire wizarding world.

Faced with wave after wave of negative public opinion, Fudge was simply unable to cope with it, so he simply gave up on managing Umbridge and left her to fend for herself in Hogwarts.