Hello again! Tis moi, back from the realms of French and german oral exams to give you this (I know not much of a nice present is it?)! well, this is from another persons perspective (I've been toying with this idea for sometime and decided to do it before the really plot thickens, don't worry it fits into the plot). Hence the chapter title. Ps being deliberately vagueish!

Toodles!

Woo no more exams!

Chapter 7: Through another's eyes.

The weak sun shone through the leafless trees and made the damp grass shimmer almost, a cutting lazy breeze played across the grey lake and around the tree by it where the friends sat. It was a late Saturday morning and they were sprawled out across the grass underneath the tree, soaking up the last of the sun before winter descended. The breeze ruffled their hair and she found herself constantly pushing her blonde hair out of her face in order to see, "Have you seen that Brown girl in Gryffindors hair? Its like rats tails!" She said pointedly and clearly as Lavender Brown walked past supposedly immersed in a conversation with her pathetic little friend, they all shrieked with laughter. She looked at the area surrounding her for her wand…she presumed she had left it somewhere or other. Anyway she thought its not like it worked, didn't even do what I wanted it to (even though it happened to be flawless and new).

She examined her nails whilst Anna was explaining to Millicent and others about the transfiguration homework, she looked up and studied her new friend; she seemed like part of the group now although only weeks before she didn't seem to want to fit in. If Pansy had been ugly and stupid (which of course in her superior opinion she was far from being) she would have almost envied Anna including her cold, vicious streak although not her insecurities or her need to always be right or perfect.

She had learned a great deal about her past, which Anna had seemed reluctant to reveal like the fact her mother and father came from quite wealthy, pureblood (as if slytherin would accept anything less? She thought with a wry smile) families. She had been born in England and lived with her mother (her father was a French wizard who had been killed by aurors before Anna was born) until she was 4. From there she had moved to and around France until she was 10 then Anna had moved to somewhere in eastern Europe and enrolled in Durmstrang when she was 11. But something stilled gnawed at the back of Pansy's mind. When she'd asked Anna how she'd ended up here, Anna had looked puzzled herself saying her mother thought it would be educationally beneficial for Anna to continue her studies at Hogwarts. All of which, of course,Pansy had not understood a word of.

Pansy had congratulated herself (although she couldn't pronounce it so settled instead for well done) on coaxing all from her until she was satisfied. But there seemed to be something else…which she couldn't but a finger on…a cold shiver ran up her spine…she shifted uncomfortably and came back to the real world.

"Pansy, oi Pansy! Wake up!" Millicent was yelling,

"My eyes are open, I am awake you twit!"

"Whatever." Millicent shrugged and turned back to her homework her brow furrowed.

"What's the time?" she asked wonderingly fiddling absentmindedly with her hair,

"Why? It's 11:00, have you got to be somewhere?" Anna enquired

"Yeah, I'm meeting Draco in the library at 11:30, as a matter of fact."

She said, trying and failing to flick her hair over her shoulder to add to the effect finding herself with a rather painful knot in her neck instead. She watched as Anna's smile vanished turning to a look of distaste.

"Do you have a problem with him or something?" she asked hotly. Pansy was annoyed but at the same time (although she hated to admit it) slightly relieved, she used to and still did to some extent see Anna as a threat where Draco was concerned but it was obvious she had no interest in him. Whatsoever.

"No, not really."

"Do you have a boyfriend?" she asked nosily.

Anna snorted,

"No, not at the moment I split up with him just before I moved here," Pansy looked at her enquiringly, wondering why, "Because he decided he wasn't ready for a relationship and went crying to my so-called best friend; they seem quite happy together now. Are you and Draco an item then?"

"You could say that…"

"If you were blind!" Millicent finished for her. She gave Millicent the most malicious (and pug-like) stare she could muster and said huffily, "We will be soon!"

"I think you better get going then if you want to reach the library, I'll come with you; I need to do some research for some homework." Anna said stretching.

Pansy nodded and got up, "Hurry up then!"

They stalked up to the castle and chattered inanely all the way to library, where unknowingly,a nasty surprise was waiting for each.