Disclaimer: I did not make up the Slytherin Code, although I don't know who did. The characters belong to JKR. Bless her.

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Pansy woke up on the first Saturday of the school year to see the great banner of the Slytherin serpent in all its green and silver glory. She yawned, stretched, dressed and went downstairs into the common room.

A new notice had been placed on the Notice Board. She saw Draco standing there, reading it with a smirk on his face. She smiled and strode over to him, hanging onto his shoulders. He was wrenched out of his reading.

"Hello, Pansy," he acknowledged, only tearing his eyes away from the new notice for a second to look at her.

"Good morning, Draco," she simpered. "What're you reading?"

"Have a look," he gestured to the board. "It's all true…"

She detached herself from him to peer at the new notice. She had to squint, because she needed glasses desperately, but was too vain to wear them. Once she had finally gotten her eyes to focus, she read:

THE SLYTHERIN CODE

- Slytherins are not responsible for the Stupidity of other Houses.

- More is good… all is better.

- If fair means have failed you, it is time to resort to foul. If foul means have failed you, it probably wasn't worth having, anyway.

- Every once in awhile, declare peace: it confuses the hell out of your enemies.

- Flirting can get you anything… and if it doesn't work, offer sex.

- Evil is a point of view.

- One person's secret is another person's opportunity.

- When all else fails, use the subtle art of sarcasm.

- Slytherins ARE sexier… studies prove it.

- If at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you tried.

- There are many methods of achieving immortality: Fame, Fortune, Heroic Deeds, Creativity, Lots and lots of descendants… However, the one you should favor is Not Dying.

Pansy stopped squinting at the notice and turned to Draco, "So?"

"Well, it's true, isn't it?" he mused, absently pushing a stray hair back into place. He seemed to really be thinking hard about that notice. Pansy couldn't see why.

"What does it matter, it's just a stupid notice," she replied scathingly. Then with a slightly evil grin, she hooked her arms around his neck. "Let's go to breakfast!"

Draco snapped out of his trance and pinched her lightly on the rump, "Get moving, then!" He grinned an evil grin at her and she shrieked with playfulness as he chased her out of the Common Room and toward the Great Hall.