Pabi originally squinted comfortably, but when she saw Cassandra, her eyes widened in shock.
"Ca...Cassandra?" she exclaimed, "You're back? Oh, welcome, welcome..."
As she cheered, she joyfully circled around Cassandra, looking extremely happy.
"Pabi?" Cassandra hesitated, "Are you Pabi Swedding, Pabi Swedding from Hufflepuff?"
She could hardly imagine that her former classmate had turned into a unicorn.
"Yeah, I'm that Pabi from Hufflepuff." Pabi said with a smile, nuzzling her head into Cassandra's arms, "Well, anyway, I've turned into this... oh dear..."
"What happened to you?"
Cassandra asked, her hand stroking Pabi's mane, her eyes flickering.
"I don't really know what happened either. Apparently, a magical mishap by a Magic Mage resulted in this transformation." Pabi pawed the ground with her front hoof, telling Cassandra, "Since then, I haven't been able to change back; I can only be a unicorn—look, do you think my horn is nice?"
With that, Pabi pulled her head from Cassandra's embrace, extending her horn and shaking her head playfully.
"Huh?" Cassandra reached out and touched the horn, "Why do I feel like your horn didn't poke me when I was holding you just now?"
"Because I can retract it," Pabi said with a playful bounce, "Come on, hop on my back, and I'll take you for a ride—"
"Oh, Pabi." Cassandra patted Pabi's head, "I haven't developed a liking for treating friends like a donkey to ride yet... I need to go to Mr. Leme's Alchemy Room. Want to come with?"
"Yay!" Pabi cheered, lowering her head and moving her lips a couple of times.
"What are you doing?" Cassandra asked curiously.
"Eating grass!" Pabi laughed delightedly, only to have her mouth caught by Harry, who pulled out all the grass.
"Mr. Leme warned you not to eat anything!" Harry scolded, "If I catch you eating again, you'll be in big trouble!"
"Oh." Pabi shrank back behind Cassandra as if bullied.
Cassandra looked at Harry as if seeing the New Continent for the first time.
"I've never seen you this bossy before, Harry," she said in surprise, "Could it be that your authority has reached your already unfortunate classmate?"
Hiding behind Cassandra, Pabi stuck her tongue out at Harry, looking like she had nothing to worry about with someone to back her up.
In the past, Pabi would always hide behind Vivi, because Vivi was gentle, and Cassandra seemed difficult to deal with.
But now it's different; seeing Pabi trapped in a unicorn's body, Cassandra naturally felt sympathy, which washed away her usual arrogance.
Plus, with Vivi already far ahead, Pabi thought it was time to find an ally.
"If you want to see her die from that," Harry shrugged, "Okay, let's head to Mr. Leme's place."
The three of them arrived at Mr. Leme's cabin. Except for Cassandra, both Harry and Pabi knew where Mr. Leme's cabin was, so they weren't affected by the Sword of Loyalty Spell, but Cassandra could only see an empty field.
He opened the door and pulled Cassandra inside.
Only then did Cassandra realize she was in Mr. Leme's Alchemy Room.
"Oh, Harry." Mr. Leme was focused on the computer, rapidly moving the mouse, "Welcome to my Alchemy Room. What can I do for you?"
"It's like this, Mr. Leme." Harry organized his words before speaking, "You know, Cassandra returned yesterday...I wanted to ask you to check if her body is okay, and whether she might lose her magic."
"Lose her magic?" Cassandra frowned, "Why would you think I might lose my magic?"
Mr. Leme set down his mouse and headset, looking at Cassandra with a bright smile, "Because Miss Grindelwald had the same symptoms before—didn't Harry tell you?"
As expected, hearing this name, Cassandra's eyes immediately sharpened, and she squeezed Pabi's ear harder, making Pabi yelp in pain.
She turned her gaze to Harry, clearly expressing—I need an explanation, Harry.
"Uh, I forgot to tell you yesterday." Harry scratched his head and said to Cassandra, "Vivi was in Slytherin's study, and I rescued her just before last Christmas..."
"Oh, so that's how it is..." Cassandra raised the corners of her mouth, "I thought it was something big..."
Pabi's cries of pain grew louder as she silently complained.
You don't care?! You don't mind your grip strength! Who are you trying to fool? Even a ghost wouldn't believe it! Ouch, it hurts so much...
"Okay, okay, Pabi's ear will come off if you keep pulling!" Harry hurriedly removed Cassandra's hand from Pabi's ear.
Cassandra looked at Harry meaningfully, and even as dense as Harry could be, he could tell Cassandra wasn't happy.
But what could he do?
Your news was hidden so deeply...if it weren't for that scoundrel Gellert's prophecy, I wouldn't even know where to go to rescue you...
Just look at Vivi!
From her hiding place to the alchemy materials, everything was prepared neatly for me—even though Gellert raided her treasury, it didn't make things too difficult for me after all...