Well, here it is! The moment of truth! Sylla will reveal her past to Draco, but how will he take it?

STAR CROSSED

"My father can't wait until tomorrow." Draco said looking at Sylla. "Hm..." She responded. They were the only ones in the Common Room and she had been acting distant all night. "What's wrong?" He asked. She seemed to snap out of it. "Just, thinking about a memory that's long since passed." She responded oddly. Panda came bursting into the room. "Sylla! Sylla, I need to talk to you!" She cried.

Draco went to bed and tried to sleep, he knew what Panda was crying about. He had heard the rumors that Kurt was cheating on her. He doubted that, but you never knew. After all, he was a seventh year and she was a sixth year. Maybe he wanted someone older. Whatever. Why should he care? But he could hear her sobs from where he lay.

"I don't think it's true." Sylla comforted. "No, not at all." Panda could only sob and cling to Sylla. "I see the way he looks at you. There's no way he would just cheat on you." Sylla continued. A minute later Kurt came into the room. Panda went running for her bed room. "It's not true." Kurt said simply. "I was helping a girl with her potions, and she started hitting on me. Someone who was in the Library overheard and took it the wrong way." Kurt sat down on the couch next to Sylla. "I know." She responded, Kurt looked at her, but her eyes were dull, far away.

"Are you okay? Rakka?" He asked, hearing her last name 'Rakka' snapped her back rudely. Some tears brimmed her eyes, but she blinked them away. "I'm fine. I'll see you later...maybe over the break." She said and went to bed.

She entered the room and saw Panda sobbing in her sleep. Sylla, after a moments pause, went over to the sleeping form and kissed Panda's cheek. "Panda, it's okay." She whispered, smiling. She got in her bed and had dreams.

The dreams of smiling faces turned to nightmares of angry voices and rapists. The dream turned to a figure, holding out it's hand. She woke up, feeling like she was falling. It was a feeling she had grown used to. A feeling she could almost ignore.

She looked over at Panda's bed. It was empty. Sylla sat up and got over her falling feeling. She dressed and got her stuff together. When she got down to the common room Panda was standing in a corner, her arms crossed. Kurt came up to Sylla. "She still hates me." He said. Sylla shook her head in disbelief. "She'll get over it." She responded. Sylla went up to Draco. "Hello, Love." She said. Draco smirked. "A little more pleasent than last night." He said.

Her eyes went dull for a second at the memory, then they came back to life. "Yeah, I am." She said as they walked off, Panda running to catch up.

*

ON THE TRAIN

Sylla sat in the compartment with Draco. The others had decided to brave the long line to change. "What's wrong with you lately?" Draco asked. Sylla had developed those dead eyes again, and she looked at him. "Do you want to know something, Draco? Something only three others know?" She asked, her voice as emotionless as her eyes. "Does Panda know?" He asked. "No. Not even Panda knows." Draco forced a smile. "O.k." He said, scared of the fact that Panda didn't know something about Sylla.

Sylla sighed. "I'm telling you this because I trust you." She said, standing up. She turned her back to him and took off the cape to her uniform. Then she rolled up the back of her shirt, revealing a long scar down the right side of her back. Draco traced his finger down it. "This scar, is the mark of my childhood, and a reminder that my future will always be better than my past." Draco took his hand away from her back. She let the shirt drop and turned to him. "How did you get it?" He asked. She sat down across from him.

"When I was a girl, I had abusive parents. No, they were Cassandra's parents." Draco looked confused. "Cassandra is my past, I was once a little girl named Cassandra Kiyoshi who had abusive parents. My older sister had it worse though. Our father would molest her, and rape her. I got my scar one day when I kicked my father. He picked me up by my throat and thew me. I hit the edge of a door frame and it sliced me as I slid down.

"One day, my sister and I ran away. It was dark and raining. We didn't see him until we had already bumped into him. A man held out his hand and helped us up. 'I've been watching you.' He said, 'And I find your so-called parent's actions disgusting. Stay with me and I'll protect you from them.' And we promised to stay by him, and in return, he took care of us." Sylla looked up and Draco saw tears falling down her face.

"Then," she continued, "On Christmas Eve, my sister killed them. They desrved what they got, and it was painful. My sister knew that we had to fake our own deaths, and our new father helped with that. Then we placed the Dark Mark above our house. As of that night we were no longer Cassandra and Abigail Kiyoshi." Draco found his voice. "So now you're Sylla Rakka..." He said, realizing he hadn't found all of his voice. "Yes. I rather love the name Rakka, it means 'falling'. And I always feel like I'm falling." She looked at Draco. "W-who is your sister?" He asked, scared he knew the answer. "Charybdis." She said simply. It sent a chill down his spine.

"The man who helped you..."

"Our Darling Lord Voldermort." She looked out the window. "Now you know." She said. He swallowed the lump in his throat. "Yes, and I see why you never told Panda." He said, shakingly. What have I gotten myself into? He thought. "And you musn't tell your father." She said. He shook his head and she stood up. She took off her shirt and changed into another one. "I'm not going to bother waiting in the lines." She explained to Draco's startled look as she changed into her pants.

When she was done she plopped down next to Draco. "I understand." She said. "It's terrifying." Draco looked over at her. "One thing, why does Voldemort let Charybdis get so powerful? She could easily over throw him." She smiled faintly and played with a jade bracelet. "It's an heir thing. When he dies, Charybdis becomes the new Voldemort. Then I after her." He nodded his head, it was simple enough. "We love him too much to betray him."

Goyle burst into the compartment. "P-Panda! They got Panda and Crabbe!" He called and ran out. Sylla and Draco jumped up and ran out following Goyle. They ran down the aisle and stopped in front of Potter, Granger, Weasley, and Weasley. "Get off of her!" Sylla screamed at Ginny, dragging her off of Panda. Panda was on the ground with a cut lip, and a lot of scratches. Ginny struggled in Sylla's arms. Draco fought to keep Potter off of Crabbe, while Ron held his nose bleed.

Sylla and Panda pinned the kicking Weasley girl to the wall. "What happend here?" Sylla demanded. Ginny was fighting like a hyper cat on acid, and didn't answer. "Crabbe, Goyle and I were walking back and Potter just jumps out, accusing us of insulting him!" Panda said. Hermione managed to calm Ginny down and had her sit next to Ron.

"Granger, you're the only one of you Gryffindor's I trust to tell the truth...so spill it." Sylla said, turning to Hermione. Hermione slapped Harry's hand and he stopped fighting with Draco. "Well, as Lin said, they passed us. Goyle whispered something to Crabbe, and Harry and Ron got it in their minds that it was about them. So the two go running out and they tried to tackle Goyle. Crabbe threw Harry off and Ginny attacked Panda. It was all a mess." Sylla smiled at Granger. Then she turned her fury on Goyle.

"YOU!" She said in a cold whisper (i.e Voldemort, Snape, and/or Lucius whisper) that made him shake slightly. Draco took the whisper up. "Why did you leave them behind? Look at her." Draco said, gesturing to Panda. Panda was glaring at Ginny, who was cut up herself. "Look at my friend. You could have easily grabbed the Weasley runt, but you left her! What kind of..." She was cut off by Potter. "Oh, like you care! Slytherins don't care about their friends." Sylla turned to him. "Ahem...I do believe I care a great deal for my friends. Or else why would I come rushing to save her? But, I would have wished that Goyle had stayed and protected my friend." She said, her eyebrow cocked. She went over to Panda and led her out. As they left they heard Granger telling them they were fools for jumping to conclusions.

Draco came into the compartment a moment later, yelling at Goyle for deserting Panda. "I was fine! I could have handled it!" Panda complained. They sat for a couple of minutes when the door opened. Hermione walked in. "I came to apologize. Especially to Panda." Hermione struggled to smile at Lin, who tried to smile back. "Ginny shouldn't have jumped you." Draco glared at Hermione, but the glare dropped. "Thank you for being more intelligent than the fools you are seen with." He said. (Hey, you expected him to kiss her?) Hermione smiled again and walked out.

A while later the train stopped and they were departing....

A/N: Well, another long chapter....let me know what you think. Now that her secret is out a could use helpfull critisism. So don't be afraid to voice an opinion. Also....it's gonna get fluffy again before it gets really dark. Jane-Chan knows what I mean. *Katora winks at Jane-Chan)