Ari squinted at the Hufflepuff boy. Why was he being so exhausting? He was not the one getting scratched. “I guess cats just do that. I don’t know, I’ve never had a cat before.” Ari would much rather not dwell on the subject. Just leave Pudgeface to himself and hopefully he’ll survive on his own on the school grounds. Ari just has to leave some cat nibbles in his food bowl every now and then so he doesn’t go hungry.

“Oh, hi Reese. I’m Ari.” Ari introduced herself, breaking into a toothless smile as an automatic response to the boy’s greeting. “This is my first year at Hogwarts too. What classes are you in looking forward to-”

But before Ari could finish her question, she noticed Pudgface was not where he was sitting before. No, half of his body completely vanished into the tree, with his thick, fluffy tail swiftly following the rest of his round body.

“Oh, no!” Ari’s eyes were wide open, fearing what the Whomping Willow might do to the poor cat. What if the tree swallows him up? ...eats him? What if it’s a flesh-eating tree! Oh, Pudgeface!

Ari sprinted after him and towards the darn tree.