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Chapter 2 – Back to school

One morning, a week after the ball, Pan woke up feeling sore... again. One of her eyes was swollen and bruised, a spectacular black eye. Lucius had decided, the day before, that she needed a good beating. He had punched and kicked her until she passed out.

"Damn," she muttered, spotting her diminished appearance in the mirror, "I suppose I'll just have to get rid of this beauty" she gestured to her black eye, "When I get to the station."

For today was September the first, the day she would return to school. She got up and pulled on the muggle clothes that she would wear to the station. Close fitting jeans, and a green t-shirt with a tiny cartoon rabbit in the centre. She put on her well worn black jacket, and laced up her trainers. Dragging a brush through her silky hair, she descended the stairs, thinking about Hogwarts. Her eye throbbed as she passed her brother on the way to the dining room. Boy, she was glad to be getting away from him! She gobbled her breakfast and packed her trunk. Finally it was time to go. Pan breathed a sigh of relief.

Walking through the barrier to Platform 9 ¾ felt like the breath of life! She breathed in deeply and smiled as her mother left with Lucius. She was free. She stuck out her tongue at her sister, who was already flirting with Regulus.

"Pah!" Pan snorted in amusement, what did her sister see in that brat? Then, she suddenly felt very alone, she had no friends, so where would she go now? She had always just hidden as soon as she got here. Now she had a sudden urge to find friends, to start again. Then she heard someone shout,

"Pan!"

It could only be one person, Sirius.

Pan turned around so quickly that her long hair fanned out behind her.

"Black!" she exclaimed

"I told you to call me Sirius!" he laughed, they were much more at ease now, away from their families. "I see your sister like my brother?"

"Yeah! I dunno why though... no offence but-"

"Don't bother apologising, I hate him too!"

"Good point, d'you want to go and find a compartment?" Pan smirked

"Woah, you're confident today! Wait a mo' we need to wait for James"

"James?"

"James Potter, my best friend. You'll like him, he's cool" Sirius grinned down at her reassuringly, she returned it with a smile so dazzling, Sirius was almost blown away! Then James appeared from the crowd. He was good looking, with sparkling hazel eyes, a straight nose, and messy black hair.

"PADFOOT!" he yelled, Pan assumed this was Sirius' nickname. "I haven't seen you for so long!

"It's only been two months guys!" laughed a pretty redhead, emerging from the crowd after James. Then she caught sight of Pan, who was looking sort of 'out of it'.

"Hi," she said, "I'm Lily Evans, what's your name?"

Pan hesitated, "You have to promise that you won't judge me by my family."

Lily and James looked at her quizzically, "Ok, we promise,"

Pan took a deep breath "My name is Pan Malfoy, I'm in Gryffindor, and I'm NOTHING like the rest of my family."

"Malfoy?" asked Lily, incredulous.

"Ah... you're like Sirius. An outcast?" asked James.

"Oh thank goodness you understand!" Pan said gratefully "I was so afraid you would judge me by my name, so many people do, y'know?"

"Well," said Lily, getting over the shock, "If you're in Gryffindor, I'm sure we can trust you!" she smiled a pretty smile, from the freckles on her face, and her clear, fresh complexion, Pan guessed that Lily Evans was a girl from the country.

Once they were all in a compartment, Pan said

"Finally, I can do magic!" she whipped out her wand and healed her black eye.

"Who did that to you?" asked James, Sirius thought he already knew.

"And that?" asked Lily, pointing at the bandage on Pan's arm.

"My brother, Lucius, he was just about the biggest bully in the school. But he's left now. I'm hoping that now I can make some friends and... I know that we're in 6th year, and it's a bit late... but I want to start again... socially I mean!"

"Oh, you are like Sirius! Your family abuse you too?" asked Lily in concern.

"Yeah..." muttered Pan, feeling uncomfortable.

Sirius noted her discomfort and hastily changed the subject.

"Last time I saw you, before that ball, you had streaks in your hair, why don't you put them back in?"

"Oh yeah!" squeaked Pan "Good idea, what colour? It used to be pink... but I fancy a change... Green?"

"Nah!" snorted Sirius "Black! Only thin streaks, so it won't look too much..."

"Good idea," Pan tapped the top of her head, and thin black streaks appeared in her blonde hair.

"Very nice!" laughed James as she paraded her new hair around the compartment.

"You're really confident when your family's not around," said Sirius, impressed.

"Yeah, well, even an abused pureblood is taught to be confident!" Pan smirked. She was amazed at how easy these people were to get on with.

As the Hogwarts Express neared Hogmeade station, Pan found a different, empty, compartment to get changed in. She didn't want the others to see all the scars on her back, and upper arms. She couldn't bear the looks of horror on Lily and James' faces. Or the anger on Sirius'.

As they stepped into the Great Hall and went to sit down, Pan felt more confident and happy than ever. She had noticed that the three people she had made friends with seemed to be very popular. She was getting looks of interest from the boys, and smiles from the girls. Sirius seemed to be a bit of a heart-throb. Girls did whatever he asked them to, and swooned when he flirted with them. His personality visibly changed as sat down. He was popular and he knew it. He now seemed arrogant and big-headed.

James too, had girls all over him and had a changed he wasn't acting anything like the James that she had got to know on the train.

Lily rolled her eyes and said

"They're really nice... 'til we get here, They just can't resist their own popularity."

Pan couldn't believe it, those two people, who had been so nice to her on the train, were arrogant jerks. She tried to stop herself from feeling angry, and turned back to Lily as the redhead let out an exclamation

"Oh look! There's Maddi Foster and Lisa McKeith! Let's go and sit with them, they're like my best friends!"

Pan smiled at Lily's Cheshire accent, as she was pulled over to the other end of the table, away from James and Sirius. As she sat down she took in Lisa and Maddi's appearances. Maddi had warm, dark brown eyes, and glossy hair, the colour of dark chocolate, that hung in loose curls, over her shoulders and down her back. She had smooth, clear skin and the haughty stance of a good dancer. She flashed Pan a pearly grin as she sat down.

Lisa had sparkling, blue-green eyes, and thick, chestnut coloured hair in a high ponytail, with a few strands around her face. She wore rectangular glasses with no rims (which suited her beautifully) and was very pretty, as was Maddi. She laughed and said

"Hi, what's your name?" Lisa had a gentle, lilting Scottish accent which Pan immediately liked.

"Erm, I'm Pan. Can I sit with you?"

"Sure!" cried Maddi in a Londoner's accent, similar to Sirius', "You don't have to ask!"

Pan sat down next to Lisa, while Lily sat on the other side of the table, next to Maddi.

After the Sorting had taken place, the girls settled down to eat their feast. After a while, Lisa spoke

"So, what subjects are you taking this year, other than History of Magic, 'cause we all have to take that?"

"Oh..." said Pan, thinking hard, trying to remember the careers interview the year before, "I want to be an apothecary so I'm taking Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Charms, Astrology and Herbology."

"Wow!" said Lisa with interest, "I want to own a bookshop, so I'm just taking general subjects: Charms, Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Muggle Studies, and Care of Magical Creatures,"

"Yeah, I remember you choosing those," interrupted Lily "How 'bout you Maddi?"

"I want to be a dancer so, y'know, I'm just taking the subjects that I'm best at. Actually, I have some really cool news for you guys!" Maddi seemed to tremble with excitement "I have been offered a place at the Royal Merlin Dance Academy!"

"What!" yelled Lily, startling several first years on her right "HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME ON THE TRAIN? YOU COULD HAVE COME AND FOUND ME!"

"Yeah, but I knew that you'd be with James..." Lisa and Maddi exchanged glances.

"Ah," said Lily firmly, and coldly "Less of that, he's an arrogant git as soon as anyone except us or Sirius is near him. Sirius is just as bad."

Pan once again felt that twinge of anger that Sirius and James had such two-sided personalities. She shook her head, sending the anger to the back of her brain. But it was still there, waiting to burst into flames.

As Pan, Lily, Lisa and Maddi made their way up to the girls' dorms, Pan caught sight of Sirius, James, and another boy that she didn't know, lounging by the fire. They were flicking ink pellets around. She thought that the other boy was called Peter, or Paul... Something like that. Pan turned her head huffily and stormed up the stairs after the others. Little did she know, that as she had turned, Sirius had looked up and seen her. She would have seen the look of confusion and hurt on his face. Why was she angry with him? Sirius didn't know.

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