~1475~

Drake walked out of the forest with his closest friend, Damian Malfoy. They had just finished their afternoon of shooting. It was part of Drake's 18thbirthday celebration. They spent the entire afternoon on the grounds of the Malfoy Manor avoiding Damian's older brother Neicco. Neicco Malfoy was a complete tyrant. A man Drake could not stand, Neicco was the leader of the movement against muggleborns and to bring about the rule/supremacy of purebloods. Drake (like Damian) didn't care about blood statuses; they both believed that witches and wizards of all kinds had to stick together in order to beat the injustice that they were all facing. Neicco Malfoy had been the one to start the belief that it was the fault of the muggleborns that they were now facing execution from the muggles.

But that wasn't the only thing that bugged him about Neicco Malfoy. In his mind, the man was an arrogant prick. The man had no appreciation for anything that he had. Drake felt bad for Damian and his sister-in-law, Margaret Malfoy. The poor girl was forced to marry the man when he had set his sights on her. Her father had no power to say no to the elder of the Malfoy brothers and from that moment on she was forced into a life that seemed, to Drake at least, to be a life of slavery. Neicco never let her talk to anyone other than him or the maid that looked after their son (and that was even limited) and she was rarely ever seen by others. She was only allowed out of doors for only a half an hour a day (and only to the gardens) and of course social events. He had to admit, he would hate to live that kind of life.

As for his friend Damian, Neicco pretty much controlled his life as well. All of his friends had to be approved by Neicco himself. Drake just barely passed the interrogation; he suspected the reason was being that he was one of the few purebloods in Gryffindor with Damian. Neicco didn't like the idea of Damian being in Gryffindor and not in Slytherin like other purebloods but there wasn't anything he could do about it, so he went to controlling Damian's circle of friends. This led to what Drake and Damian were planning for that evening.

Damian met and fell in love Virginia Crawington in their 6thyear at Hogwarts. Virginia was beautiful and sweet tempered much like Damian was. She had skin like porcelain and long sandy blonde hair. She was Damian's perfect match in Drake's mind. But Neicco would never approve of the match; Virginia was a muggleborn and therefore considered to be scum in Neicco's mind. Therefore Damian and Virginia planned to run away together. Drake's birthday was kind of a smokescreen for the scheme. He didn't mind, all he wanted was for his best friend to be happy. So that night they were to go to the docks where Damian and Virginia would board a ship to France and live their lives away from Neicco's control. Drake would miss his friend terribly but knew that one day he would join them in France.

~Present Day~

Draco Malfoy snapped awake from the dream was having. He looked around the compartment he was in, making sure he was still alone. Satisfied that he was, he turned to look out the window of the train to watch the fields pass by in a haze, letting a single tear to roll down his cheek. He hadn't thought about that night in many years.

It was the last time he saw his dear friend. That night, they had barely gotten away Neicco. He and Damian had told Neicco that they were going to one of the pubs in town to have a birthday pint in celebration. Neicco had wanted to come along and join in on the celebration. They had gotten lucky when George Black came to inquire help from Neicco. Neither Draco nor Damian waited for Neicco to finish the business or to see what George needed help with. They snuck away before anyone noticed.

Draco had watched sadly as the ship carried away the only best friend he ever known. He knew that he had planned to join them in France after the heat from their disappearance had died down. Someone had to stay behind and make sure Neicco didn't track Damian down. But Draco would never meet his friend in France; he would never see him again. That night, Draco died.

He had been on his way home from the ship yard when he was attacked. He barely had any time to react to defend himself. He had put up a fight but eventually lost to his attacker. That night Draco was turned into the monster he was now. He now lived his life as a vampire.

He was the only vampire of his exact kind. He was the only wizard to be turned into a vampire. Usually vampires stayed away from the wizarding world, muggles were a much easier prey to hunt. Muggles didn't fight back as hard and they were much easier to control through mind control. Draco never had problems gaining control over any of his prey. He had more than just the typical powers of the vampires. When he was turned, he kept all of the powers he had as wizard. This led him to be the most powerful vampire in his line. In fact there were only a few vampires in the world stronger than he was, although he was one of the youngest. He luckily hadn't had any encounters with one of those few in a few hundred years. The last time, he barely made it out of the encounter alive.

He was always aware of where the vampire that called herself Jade was. She had decided a hundred years ago that she should be leader of the vampires. So in order to gain the status, she had gone on a killing spree of all vampires stronger that she was. She had only succeeded in killing three vampires. Her quest had ended with Draco and their battle. Draco had to admit it was one of his prouder moments. Although it had been a very close battle, Draco had come out on top but he didn't kill her. Since then she hadn't tried to kill another vampire but she didn't like losing a battle. Draco knew it was only a matter of time before she would come after him again. She had made it clear that she would be back to finish what she had started. Since then, Draco had been hiding out in the wizarding world.

This brought him to the reason he was sitting on the Hogwarts Express for his second 7th year. He had met Narcissa Malfoy back when she was in her 6th year at Hogwarts. They had run into each other on one of the Hogsmeade visits. Back then he owned a little cottage just outside of town and that day he had gone into town for some much needed walk. He hadn't realized it was a Hogwarts day otherwise he wouldn't have been there that day. They had bumped into each other outside Three Broomsticks and decided they would share a few drinks together.

Draco had missed having a person to talk to. He hadn't had a friend outside of his maker since Damian. During that day, he had gotten to know Narcissa's story. He also found out that at the end of her 7th year, she was going to have to marry Lucius Malfoy and be forced to join the ranks of Lord Voldemort. From the stories she told of the newest Malfoy heir, Draco got the image of a modern day Neicco. He felt bad for his new friend and he promised to be there for her when she needed him.

She was the only person alive to know what he was. And through his mind control she would stay the only one. He had saved her over Christmas holidays from another vampire a few years after her 7th year. Draco had gone to visit her, when he walked up to the fight. He knew instantly the other vampire was new and didn't know to stay away from wizards and witches. Draco could also tell that Narcissa was getting tired from the fight. Draco had stepped in to save his friend and set the new vampire straight.

The young vampire recognized Draco and instantly backed off apologizing for taking what was Draco's. Draco had never claimed Narcissa as his, but he didn't say as much to the fledgling. Upon leaving the young vampire bowed to Draco admitting him to be superior. From that day on Narcissa knew Draco to be a vampire. She even tried to kill him on the spot but he had somehow convinced her not to do so.

About a month after the incident with the other vampire, Narcissa came to him for help. Because of the battle, she had lost the baby she was carrying. Worried about what this would do to her marriage, she pleaded with Draco to come up with something. That is when he came up with the plan that she would raise him as her son. They had it all planned out, she would take a potion that make it appear that she was getting bigger as the months went on and when it was time for her to give birth, the potion would produce a "baby" for everyone to see/hold until he arrived and transfigured himself as a baby.

The plan had worked out perfectly and now he was being raised in the family that pained him the most. He had to pretend to hate muggleborns and call them horrible names and be completely nasty to anyone who wasn't in the Slythrin house. Lucius was an abusive father and really did take after Neicco Malfoy. He was beaten just about every day for the little things (such as having elbows on the table and later in school having a "mudblood" beat him in academics). But growing up in the house that his best friend had once lived in was probably the hardest thing he ever had to deal with. But he knew he had to do this. He loved Narcissa; she was probably his first love.

As he continued to stare out onto the passing fields around him, his mind drifted to the task at hand. Originally his main goal was to keep Narcissa a live, but after the Dark Lord rose again and Lucius dragged the whole family into Voldemort's service, Draco decided to help Potter in bringing the monster down. He didn't fear the lunatic but he felt that he needed to defend his dear friend and his wife. And as of last year, two new developments appeared.

While sitting in the parlor of the Manor, trying not to overhear what the Dark Lord was planning (which he failed miserably at every time) he overheard a familiar voice. He would be able to recognize that voice from over a mile away. Jade was joining forces with the Dark Lord. Because of Jade, Draco knew that the Potter boy would not be able to win without his help and that he needed to be careful not to expose himself around her. If she found out he was here then his life and Narcissa's life would be more than likely be over. He would have to be very cautious from there on out. But it was not just Potter's life that he needed to protect.

Soon Draco would be sitting in Dumbledore's office to discuss where to go next. Soon Narcissa would not be the only one who knew what Draco truly was.