Antonio was startled to hear Professor Kazimeriz's announcement instructing all staff to report to the Staff Table in the Great Hall immediately. This was most unusual, was it indicative of some problem? He couldn't remember a time in all the years he had been at Hogwarts, either as a student or as staff, where professors had been summoned to the Great Hall before.

Rushing to the table and noticing that half a dozen of his colleagues had already arrived, he took a seat, waiting for an explanation of what was going on.