She ran around a corner to find a pair of older Slytherin boys throwing a book back and forth to each other. In the middle of the two boys was Tracy Davis sobbing as she tried to grab her book.
"Give it back! I'm late for class now because of you!" She screamed.
"Oh poor ickle firstiekin." One of the boys said. "How terrible for you."
"Accio book." Pansy said.
The book they were tossing flew into Pansy's outstretched hand. They looked at her in amazement before turning and walking away. Tracy stared at Pansy with her mouth hanging open. She then slowly walked over to Pansy and took the book from her.
"How do you know how to do that? You don't learn that until fourth year!" She said with awe.
"Don't get excited. It took me a whole year to actually be able to do it. It's the only spell I know how to do. My brother and sister leave their spell books and wands lying around so I borrowed them to practice magic. Accio is the only spell I have ever managed to learn though." Pansy said.
"Well thanks anyway. The older students are really starting to get on my nerves. Why is picking on us so fun?" Tracy said as they walked down the Charms corridor.
"I suppose it's something we'll learn two or three years from now." Pansy said.
"I'll never ever pick on first years." Tracy said.
"You say that now." Pansy answered.
They walked into the Charms class where Professor Flitwick a midget of a manwho looked like part elf and part human was lecturing them about making thing's fly. Pansy wondered when it was that they would be able to make things fly. He took ten points from Slytherin as they sat down with the other three girls before he began his lecture about swishing and flicking. She only half listened to the teacher's lecture lost in her thoughts that she was finally friends with Tracy.
"Flying lessons with the Gryffindors, this should be interesting." Tracy said as they headed outside.
"I hope Hermione Granger falls on her face." Pansy said. "She is such an annoying know-it-all."
"I know." Daphne said. "I don't even think the Gryffindor's like her."
"I can't stand the other two girls either, Parvati and Lavender. They are too silly." Pansy added. "I think I know the Patil twins."
"Yes you do." Millicent said. "They were at your house once two years ago. Our parents had to work together for something and you and I had to entertain the twins. We didn't have fun."
Pansy thought back to a day two years before, she hadn't been too happy about being around Millicent either. The twins had asked her question after question about Theodore Nott. Pansy who had never paid much attention to him couldn't answer their questions. The only boy Pansy had ever cared for was Draco Malfoy, she hadn't cared about anyone else.
Lately she had been trying to remember all the occasions she'd had with the other girls in her group. Tracy still smirked at her whenever one of the girls brought up a memory that Pansy could not remember, due to the fact that she hadn't paid much attention to the constant visitors that came to her house. She didn't want the others to think of her as air headed so she tried her best to remember.
The Slytherin's reached the area where they were to fly before the Gryffindors and the teacher. So they stood in a group near the twenty broomsticks that lay on the ground and talked about flying. She heard Draco telling a story she had heard him tell all week. He had once escaped a muggle helicopter while flying around. Pansy had learned over the past week and a half that Draco was a show off and chose not to believe most of his far-fetched stories. The story seemed to change with each telling anyway.
Once the Gryffindor's and their flying instructor Madame Hooch arrived, she ordered for them all to stand beside a broomstick. Pansy had wanted to stand beside Draco but as usual Greg and Vince stood on either side of him. She instead took a spot between Millicent and Tracy and waited for the Gryffindor's to each stand by a broomstick.
'Stick out your right hand over your broom, and say, 'Up!'' Madame Hooch said.
"Up." Pansy said as she stuck her hand over her broomstick.
It however just rolled over on the ground. Several students had their broomsticks jump into their hands right away. Draco and Harry Potter were among them. Pansy felt thrilled to see that for once Hermione Granger was rubbish at something. The broom Hermione was commanding 'up' only rolled over.
"Up!" Pansy said again with more force in her voice.
This time the broomstick flew into her hand and she grinned as she watched the girls around her struggle to get theirs up. Muttering under her breath Millicent bent over and picked her Broomstick up. Pansy giggled as the other girls did as well looking angry that they could not get their broomsticks to fly in their hands.
Madame Hooch then began to show everyone how to hold their broomsticks properly. She had to laugh when the teacher told Draco that he had been holding his broomstick wrong for years. She noticed that the Gryffindor's Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in particular found this funny as well so she dropped her smirk. Madame Hooch came over to her and helped her position her hands properly before moving onto Millicent who looked indignant.
When she had made sure everyone was holding their broomsticks properly she said: "Now, when I blow my whistle, you kick off from the ground, hard. Keep your brooms steady, rise a few feet and then come straight back down by leaning forwards slightly.On my whistle - three - two -"
But before she said one, the clumsy boy Neville Longbottom from Gryffindor, the same one who had forgotten to take the hat off at the sorting feast kicked off. He flew straight up in the air and Pansy began wondering if he was trying to show off as Madame Hooch yelled at him to come back down, but then he fell off the broom and hit the ground with a sickening crack. Pansy flinched knowing that it had to hurt, but she didn't feel sorry for the boy. He was a little crybaby and she didn't care for eleven year boys who cried.
Madame Hooch helped him and examined his wrist to discover it was broken. She put her arm around him to lead him to the hospital wing while yelling: "'None of you is to move while I take this boy to the hospital wing! You leave those brooms where they are or you'll be out of Hogwarts before you can say 'Quidditch'. Come on, dear."
The first years watched them go and as soon as they were out of ear shot Draco began to laugh.
"'Did you see his face, the great lump?" He asked still laughing.
The Slytherins around them started laughing including Pansy while the Gryffindor's looked furious.
"Shut up, Malfoy" A girl said.
Pansy looked over to realize it was Parvati Patil. She was surprised at this, the girl only seemed to stare at boys who had more to them and Neville Longbottom had nothing to him at all.
"Ooh, sticking up for Longbottom?" She asked still giggling. "Never thought you'd like fat little cry babies, Parvati."
Parvati opened her mouth to retort angrily but Draco interrupted when he found a little glass ball the size of a large marble on the ground, it had white smoke floating around in the inside. They all watched as Potter stepped up to take the marble away from Draco which only made Draco smirk more. Pansy was sure that Draco would have just left it if Potter hadn't tried to act the hero.
Draco taking the bate hopped onto his broomstick and flew into the air taunting for Potter to get it. Instantly Potter was on his broomstick only temporarily stopped by know-it-all Granger before flying expertly in the air.
"Has he ever flown before?" Susie asked with awe in her voice.
"He can't have." Pansy said. "He was raised by muggles, although he sure can fly."
Draco and Potter argued in the air before Draco threw the ball and flew back down to the ground. Pansy's mouth dropped open asPotter dove after the ball and caught the thing just before it hit the ground and pulled out his dive. There is no way she thought that this is his first time. As she thought this a loud stern yell jolted her out of her thoughts.
"HARRY POTTER!"
Pansy turned to see Professor McGonagall stalking toward him. Finally, Pansy thought he is going to get what is coming to him.
"Never - in all my time at Hogwarts - how dare you - might have broken your neck -" McGonagall was saying.
Pansy smirked as the Gryffindor's let out a stream of protests. She noticed however that Hermione Granger had a smirk on her face as well. Why would the girl be happy that her fellow Gryffindor was about to be expelled? Pansy would not be feeling happy if it had been someone from her own house.
Professor McGonagall took Potter away while the Slytherins burst into laughter. The indignant glares from the Gryffindors only brought more laughter from the Slytherins. The Gryffindors all (with the exception of Granger) turned away and yelled about the horrible Slytherins. Pansy watched them all go except Granger who looked as though she was trying to be a goody-two-shoes started putting the broomsticks into a pile for Madame Hooch.
"You looked quite happy about Potter being expelled, Granger." Pansy said watching her as the Slytherin's all began walking off as well.
"Of course he won't be expelled." Granger said. "But I will be glad when he is put into detention. Those two boys are going to end up losing a lot of points for Gryffindor."
"Madame Hooch said he would be expelled, if we're all lucky that is." Pansy answered.
"It's an empty threat." Granger answered as she put the last broomstick on the pile. "They aren't going to expel someone for that."
She turned and headed toward the castle and Pansy ran after her staring at the girl's horribly messy bushy brown hair. The girl was certainly strange looking with her beaver teeth. Pansy knew she probably wasn't very pretty but she thought Granger as a goofy girl.
"Do you not brush your hair?" Pansy asked.
"Yes of course I do. My hair has been messy all my life, there is nothing I can do about it." Hermione answered.
"Well I'm sure once you know enough magic you could at least try and fix it." Pansy said. "It does look horrible."
"I am not going to waste my time learning spells to fix my hair. I have more important matters on my hand. Now, why don't you go find your clan? I'm sure they are celebrating in the Common Room just now." Granger snapped angrily.
Pansy grinned glad that she had hit a nerve. She couldn't think of anyone she disliked more than Granger. In every class she had been in so far the teachers seemed to like to mention that Hermione Granger can do this and do that. It annoyed Pansy to have to hear about the girl all the time. In Potions she had to show off by putting her hand up to every question that Snape asked. She disliked Granger more than she disliked Harry Potter and she was determined to knock her down a peg or two before the mudblood thought she was someone special.
The Slytherin first years sat together later that night talking of the days events. Pansy had told them about the conversation she'd had with Granger which caused them all to laugh. Draco looked extremely happy about something even though Potter as Granger had predicted hadn't been expelled.
"What are you so happy about?" Pansy finally asked. "We still have to deal with the show off."
"Oh I doubt it. I've sent Potter and Weasley on a wild goose chase. Tonight at midnight they think that they are going to be dueling with me in the trophy room. I've told Filch that something may be happening in the trophy room tonight." Draco answered.
"He didn't look like he believed you." Vince said.
"Oh knowing Filch he will check. He doesn't like the students, so he isn't about to show that he liked my tip. We'll know tomorrow when Potter and Weasley are finally gone." Draco said happily.
"Do you really think they'll be expelled just for wandering the corridors at night?" Pansy asked. "Surely they'll just lose a lot of points for their house."
Draco didn't answered her but she could tell he was thinking over what she said. He left shortly with his faithful sidekicks following. Pansy looked at Tracy skeptically.
"He won't be expelled will he?" She asked.
"Love Potter do you?" Tracy asked laughing.
"You know I don't, it's just Draco is thinking about borrowing the school brooms some night to do some midnight flying. If he is caught . . . " Pansy trailed off.
"I doubt we get expelled for being out at night. Half the students would be out of Hogwart's if they did and you know Draco he is all talk. He won't do it, he likes to show off so don't worry about it." Tracy answered. "Anyway we should get started on that potions essay."
Pansy scowled at that. She didn't want to do homework, but she discovered that being friends with Tracy meant you should be serious in school. When she was just with Millicent (who had gone to bed early) she had slacked off and lost some points from Slytherin for not getting her homework done. Tracy however pointed out that they didn't want to break their winning streak for the house cup, which had been in Slytherin's glory for seven years to Gryffindor. That was enough to get Pansy to do her work.
She still couldn't help but laugh at Granger's face when she had insulted her. The girl clearly had no friends and Pansy had no sympathy for her. If she hadn't been a know-it-all mudblood, Pansy might have felt some pity for her.