Ashley blinked, shocked stock still. Even her typically chatty familiar had no response to offer. They both listened intently as Pansy apologized for her actions against the Marauders, just as Draco and Blaise once did. It turned out that Pansy truly never disliked the group. There had just been a whole lot of unbridled jealousy and fear of losing her only genuine friends on her part. Ashley was aware of the latter. After all, the Slytherins weren’t a tight-knit group like the Hufflepuffs were. Though, the snakes had come far with the idea of House unity. Back in Tom’s era, one wouldn’t matter if they weren’t exceedingly capable in their studies or if they simply weren’t influential enough. Tom had been lucky enough to have been born as the Slytherin Heir, a fact which greatly boosted his reputation amongst his House mates.