Story Title: Pansies for Pansy

Rating: T

Genre: Tween Drama

Fanfic Penname: Anonymous at this time

Facebook name: Anonymous at this time

Pairing: Salazar Kenric (Original Character) & Pansy Parkinson

I would like to acknowledge that all of the writers know that the Harry Potter characters, locations and any plot lines used are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.

Thank you to TW for her amazing beta work

Summary: A young wizard experiences Hogwarts their first year. Puppy love and flowers for a special girl.

Hello. My name is Salazar Kenric. Yes, it's Salazar, people are often confused about my name. My mom's name was Sally and my dad's, was Bezar. It's only a coincidence that it is also the founder of Slytherin's name. I just completed my first year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft & Wizardry. Yes, I'm only twelve years old, but I'm going to be your narrator for duration of this story. I just have to tell someone, because I know my parents would never believe me. They are always too busy doing alchemy with the Ministry of Magic to listen to my stories anyways. I never much liked Alchemy. I was always more of a Charms or a Defense Against the Dark Arts fan myself. Anyways, here is my story. I hope you like it.

I will start you at the beginning. I was at the train station standing on Platform 9 ¾ waiting to board the Hogwarts Express on my way to my first year at school. Excitement was screaming through my body like I had just won a football game back at my old muggle school. You couldn't have wiped the smile off of my face. All the kids around me were as giddy and as happy as I was. An older Hufflepuff boy approached me and even introduced himself. His name was Cedric. He was super nice. I hoped everyone at Hogwarts was as kind as he was. Not long after meeting Cedric the conductor announced that we could board the train. I grabbed my ginger cat and luggage and wandered the corridor until I found an open train carriage to sit in. I saw a nice seat by the window, so I sat down and took a deep breath as I was still on edge with excitement. The train closed up, I heard the brakes release, and looked out the window so I could watch as the train started to depart. It would be in that moment I would meet another wizard to call friend in my time at Hogwarts, Terence Higgs. Terence quickly sat down as the train took off and then apologized to me for bumping into my stuff as he plopped down on the seat. I was totally alrightwith it. He was an older kid and I certainly wouldn't want to upset someone so much bigger than me. After all, I didn't know a whole lot of magic yet.

Terence introduced himself. He asked me if it was my first year since he hadn't seen me before. He was so cool to talk to. Turns out he plays quidditch for Slytherin,which is easily one of the coolest things ever! I hope I get to play quidditch for the school someday. We talked for about half the ride but eventually I think I wore him down with all the questions. He started reading a book so I went back to staring out the window. I wish I could read some books on the train, but I get horrible motion sickness.

I heard some laughter coming from the opposite side of the train's corridor. It appeared to be a group of Slytherin students. I leaned over the neighboring seat a little into the aisle way to get a better look. Sitting in a far corner set of seats was a blonde boy with slicked back hair. If I had to, I would guess he's a Malfoy. I have certainly heard of that family. Across from him were two larger boys that I did not recognize, but beside him, beside him was this very pretty black haired girl. That would be the first time I saw her. She had vibrant emerald-green eyes and I couldn't help but think about how she smiled. She laughed at the Malfoy boy's jokes and when she did her eyes would squint in such an adorable way. I felt myself staring at her and I started to think that maybe I should look away, but then she looked at me. I sat up in my seat really quick and looked back out the window as if nothing had happened. Terence saw me. He looked back at what I had been looking toward and then turned to me to speak. Terence told me that the group I was looking out were a rough bunch. That I might want to stay away from them, especially if they didn't like me. He confirmed the blond boy was a Malfoy as he said the Malfoy boy was well known for saying cruel things to people he didn't think much of. As for the pretty black haired girl Terence gave me her name. Pansy.

Terence continued to tell me about how she could be cruel too, but I had stopped listening pretty quickly after he told me her name. Pansy was as pretty as her name was. I've thought other girls were pretty in my life but I felt drawn to this one. So much so I started leaning out in the aisle again to get another look at her while Terence was talking. To my surprise, she was already looking at me. For a brief moment it kind of felt like time stood still, and then she smiled. My heart stopped. Is this pretty girl smiling at me? I'm on my way to becoming a wizard, meeting very kind new friends, and now a pretty girl is smiling at me?! I was beside myself. I didn't know what to do. But then, Malfoy leaned over and looked at me. He asked, "What are you looking at, kid?" I sat back up in my seat hoping he wouldn't come over or continue talking to me after what Terence said. There was the sound of movement from where they were sitting and Terence looked back at them. Terence stood up and muttered under his breath, "Sorry dude, I'm not sticking around for this." He then walked away as Draco came up and leaned on the head of the seat in front of me.

"I'm Draco Malfoy," Draco proudly proclaimed. "You must be a first year. What's your name?" I introduced myself and he immediately knew of my parents. Draco said, "Your parents are excellent Alchemists Salazar. I'm quite the potion enthusiast myself. So, you're hoping to be a Slytherin then, right? After all, you come from a long line of proud, pureblood Slytherin."

This was all very true. I did want to be Slytherin. I'm very proud of my family and the accomplishments they have made. The problem was that I didn't want to be like Malfoy or his family. As a kid with a proud Slytherin background I was painfully tired of the amount of fellow Slytherin through the years that had turned to the dark arts and made the rest of us look bad. Sure, there were dark wizards from other houses but when it came up in discussion with other wizards and witches growing up that I wanted to be in Slytherin, you should have seen some of the looks I get. Sorry. Rant over.

After my giving a few short answers to his questions, Draco returned to his seat. It didn't go badly at all in my first meeting of him, despite Terence's warnings. He still seemed rather jerkish in how he talked, but he wasn't mean to me at least. As he sat down I looked over again and there was Pansy, still smiling at me. I smiled back but the train would come to a stop and the ride would come to an end, breaking our gaze apart. After exiting the train and meeting Hagrid for the first time, we were on our way to the school. Hagrid was huge let me tell you. A massive man not like anything I had seen before. We made it to the school and it was time for the sorting hat ceremony. I waited through the song that it sang and upon my turn I was quickly sorted into Slytherin. All seemed to go wonderfully on my first day and I even got to see Pansy sitting at my table in the Great Hall before I would go to bed for the night. We did exchange a few more smiles and glances, but I never did work up the nerve to talk to her that night.

Through the fall and even through Christmas I had watched Pansy from afar. Sometimes I would see Pansy being cruel to some students like Terence had told me. I never really understood why she was like that because when she saw me passing by she never really talked to me, but she would get this gentle smile upon her face. Sometimes I would think about trying to mention something about Divination together since we shared the class. I considered getting her a Christmas present and telling her I like her then but no ideas for gifts had come to mind.

As for friends I mostly kept to myself. Trust me, I was always friendly with everyone regardless of what house they belonged to. I could see the wonderful differences between each one. Draco would stop me every so often and we'd talk Alchemy. Even though I wasn't much of a fan of the subject I unwillingly knew a lot about it thanks to my folks. I ended up making a few other friends that I would see in the Great Hall or Library but back in the dorms I mostly just stayed to myself unless Terence came around we would hang out in the common room. He turned out to be a great friend.

So, Christmas had passed and we were now in January and I had devised a plan. I had fallen in love with a third class and that was Herbology. Professor Sprout was one of my favorites. I had been working on a special plant just for Pansy. I had cross planted normal pansies with alihotsy and casted a spell to turn them green. Alihotsy is an ingredient in laughing potion so the mixture of the two made it a bouquet of beautiful green pansies that when sniffed would make you smile. I was definitely proud of myself for that. My plan was to present the bouquet to Pansy on Valentine's Day to win her heart. Or at least let her know I like her. I'm not honestly sure how all this love stuff works exactly. But, I had a plan.

Along came Valentine's Day & Hogwarts was having a huge celebration. There was love type magic in the air everywhere & even the bloody baron was singing so loudly you could hear it through our dorms. It worked out perfectly as I was headed for afternoon meal right after Herbology class. So, with a huge smile on my face and my custom bred pansies bouquet I marched toward the Great Hall. I walked into the hall and looked over toward our typical Slytherin table and there she sat all by herself. How perfect I would find her like this. There were pink and green magic sparkles floating over her head as she was reading a book and munching on a chocolate frog. There was a light coming in from above that reflected the pink and green sparkles on her hair. My grip tightened on the bouquet, I put my chin up, and I walked over toward her. I was deeply hoping that she would feel the same way I do. So, I approached from across the table, I gently put the bouquet on the table, and I say "Pansy.". She looked up at me. I continued with "I've always thought you were really pretty and I like you. I made you these special pansies that I promise will make you smile.". She looked very surprised. Pansy set down the chocolate frog and leaned over her book to smell the flowers. As she breathed in I could see the corners of her mouth rise. It was the prettiest smile I had ever seen. I didn't need to smell the flowers to get that kind of smile because one was already very present on my face. Pansy started to open her mouth to speak when Draco approached and noticed what was happening.

"Aww isn't this cute, looks like Salazar and Pansy like each other. I never pictured you for a lovey dovey girly type Pansy." He said as he sat down.

The smile had left Pansy's face. Her eyebrows dropped to frustration and then it happened. "I don't what this kid was doing!" she yelled. "These stupid flowers. I don't what he was thinking but this has to be the dumbest thing someone has ever gave me!" It was said so loudly that people sitting at other tables started to look and listen. "I guess the losers even think they can be lucky on Valentine's Day." And then she laughed at me in front of everyone before walking away and out of the Great Hall.

My heart sank as she walked away. Slowly I sat down at the table next to my flowers.

"People." Draco said. "Don't let it get you down, they're all crazy, especially that one!"

As much as I appreciated the "words of encouragement" I was totally heartbroken. I really did think she might have liked me. I know I had seen her be cruel to other students, but I guess I was silly to think I would be different. This tremendous buffet of delicious food in front of me and I felt like I had a rock in my stomach. Some fellow Slytherins joined Draco and I at the table but I didn't feel much for socializing either. I sat there for some time and tried to regain my thoughts and hopefully allow myself the time to heal without crying in front of other people. I really did want to cry though. It hurt really bad.

Near the end of the time for afternoon meal I decided to start making my way toward my next class. On the stairs I had a view outside the Hogwarts castle of the Green Houses and it reminded me that I had really grown to love Herbology. I sat there for a minute, since I had the time to spare, and just thought of all those wonderful plants and the things I would accomplish with them. I decided to leave the special pansies bouquet I made sitting right there on the window sill so that when other people enjoy this view they could have a smile with it too.

As I turn to make my way to my next class standing on the stairs beside me was Pansy. I realize it's only her and I standing there. She walks up to me quickly and I start to lean back in fear of what is to come from her. As she gets face to face with me she says, "Thank you." She then grabs both sides of my face and pulls me in for a kiss. For five whole seconds of my life I thought my heart was going to explode. She tasted of pumpkin juice by the way. The best pumpkin juice ever! , I thought to myself. Behind my eyelids and in my brain, I was totally confused but I didn't care. She obviously really did like my flowers and maybe even me. I felt her lips leave mine and I opened my eyes. She stood there smiling at me.

"We can't have this all the time because I have my reputation to keep you see." Pansy explained. Then she said, "I can't let other people see that I like someone, and I especially can't let them see me kiss another girl… yet."

As she walked away I felt my heart mending. My first crush liked me back and I even got a kiss on Valentine's Day. When the school year ended I had gotten a few more kisses from Pansy in secret in spots all over Hogwarts. I wasn't afraid to talk to her anymore, but I liked being her little secret, so I would never mention anything of the kind in front of other people.

Now, we have been writing to each other for the entire summer. I miss her as if she was my girlfriend and I miss her smile like I can't even tell you. I can't wait to see what next school year will bring.

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