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It was breakfast the next day, thankfully a Saturday that the owls arrived. A basic barn owl landed in front of Hermione and held a letter for her in its beak. She took it and the bird left. It had no writing on it, but Hermione being Hermione knew this was for protection. Casting a charm, she watched as words formed for only her to see. 'You, Ron and Draco need to know this, away from everybody else.' She knew, from that bit alone, that it was from Harry. She nudged Ron and inclined her head slightly, indicating that they needed to leave. He got the message and stood up with her, waiting at the door as she fetched Draco. They made their way back down to the ROR and changed it into a comfortable little sitting room. They sat down and the two boys turned to Hermione.

"It's a letter from Harry." She told them and they nodded. She opened the letter and read it aloud. "'Dear Hermione, Ron and Draco. First of all, I'm OK. Things aren't as easy as I hoped. The Horcruxes are harder to find, but I think I have an idea on the one. There was the Ring, an object of Slytherin's. The diary was Tom's personal place to spill his soul. Dumbledore may have had his faults, but he did tell me that Tom was a collector, and would collect anything that was of either extreme value, personal or material, or was powerful. I think the Horcruxes are items of the Founders. He wanted to get a job at Hogwarts, and the castle was the first place where, like me, he felt like he had a home. Also, the Founders' items are collectors' items. He won't have Gryffindor's, because that's now mine and was in Dumbledore's possession. I think I know what and where the next one is. I'll find it, then I'll send it to you to destroy. But before I do, Hermione, Ron, I think it's time you told Draco the truth. The entire truth. Tell him everything. After all, if he's destroying one, he needs to know the truth. I have to end now before I'm discovered. Please, do not reply to me. I promise to look after myself. Harry.'"

"What does he mean, destroy one?" Draco asked after the girl was finished.

"Exactly what he said." The anonymous Slytherin girl said, suddenly appearing behind them.

"How did you get in here?" Ron demanded.

"I apparated, of course." The girl replied, matter of fact.

"You can't apparate in and out of the school." Hermione told her.

"You can if you're me." The girl replied. "Tell Draco the truth then. He does need to know after all. I promise that if you do, I'll tell you my name." She promised, sitting down.

The Gryffindors narrowed their eyes at her, before turning to Draco. Hermione spoke. "What do you know about Horcruxes?"

"Not much." Draco replied honestly.

"Horcruxes are items, from anything valuable to anything useless, like a portkey, in which a witch or wizard can place a part of their soul inside so that if their body gets destroyed, they can use another part of their soul and continue living. It effectively makes them invincible."

"How does one split their soul?"

"You know the answer to that Draco…"

"Murder. And let me guess, the Horcruxes Harry's hunting are Tom's?"

"Correct. There are six of them in total."

"Two have already been destroyed." Ron continued. "A diary, the one your father slipped into Ginny's cauldron in Diagon Alley our second year, and a ring. Specifically, the ring that was passed down from Slytherin, through the blood line, down to Tom's grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt."

"And there's four more?"

"Yep. We definitely know of one. A locket, but as for the other ones, we don't know."

"I presume it would be something He held dear. That's what Nagini told me the once anyway." The Slytherin girl interrupted.

"You're a parsletongue." Draco stated.

"Yep." The girl agreed. "Born one. Now I promised to tell you my name. It's Roxanne."

"Roxanne what?" Hermione pushed.

"Not yet. You'll find out the rest eventually."

"Why is Carrow so scared of you?" Ron questioned her.

"You'll find out." Roxanne simply replied.

"Where do you keep disappearing to? You're barely in school." Draco asked.

"Again, you'll find out eventually." She said again.

"You can't just leave us like that. You have to tell us something."

"Fine. I'll tell you this much." Roxanne sighed. "Carrow is frightened of me because she knows what will happen to her if she dared disobey me or the Dark Lord. I can apparate in and out of the school because Snape has lowered the defences to allow me in and out. He knows that Harry has asked me to keep coming backwards and forwards to talk to you, although he doesn't know why. I keep disappearing because I'm not supposed to stay here this year. But that's all I'm telling you. Sorry. You'll find out the rest in due time, just not yet."

"OK. We know enough to be getting on with. At least we know who you are now." Draco said. "That offer still open to talk if I have to?"

"Yes of course." She smiled at him.

"OK. Thank you. I'm confused though. If Harry's travelling all the time, how do you know where to find him, and how does he get into contact with you?"

"Patronus. He's learnt, somehow, to disguise it so that it's not the stag. Either that or it's changed. It's a dragon now." She eyed Draco specifically and smiled at his blush.

"I have one final question. We're staring up the DA again. Want to join?"

"I suppose I could. Though if I'm not in school, how am I going to know when the meetings are happening?" Roxanne asked.

Quickly, Hermione copied her coin. "It will burn with a message telling you when and where."

"Thank you." She said, accepting the coin gratefully.

"Why don't you stay in school for a couple of days?" Draco asked her again.

"I told you. I can't. I'm sorry. I'll be back for the meetings. If you need me, just think my name and I'll arrive." She smiled at the three of them and disappeared once again. The three, at her disappearance, also split up and left.

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Draco made his way back to the common room, determined to speak to the girls before he relaxed. "Pansy, can I have a quick word?" He asked.

"Yeah sure." She agreed, stepping up and following him as he made his way over to Astoria and Millicent.

"Scarper, mini Green." He ordered Daphne, using her nickname.

"Fuck off. I was here first." Daphne retorted.

Astoria looked at Draco and saw the look in his eye. "Daph, go. Please. This is important." She told her sister, never taking her eyes off of the blond boy in front of her.

"Fine." Daphne huffed, leaving the girls and going to bug Crabbe.

Draco and Pansy sat down. "I met that girl again." He instantly said.

"Really? Did you get anything else out of her?" Pansy asked.

"Only that her name is Roxanne, she's a parsletongue, and has been told this year that she cannot remain in school."

"How is she getting messages between you three and Harry?" Millicent asked.

"Patronus apparently."

"But Harry's is a stag. Everybody knows it's his." Pansy said, confused.

"Apparently, it's changed. It's a dragon now." Draco stated quietly.

"A dragon? Wow, he must love you." Millicent said.

Draco smiled slightly. "He must do…"

Pansy narrowed her eyes. "Come on Draco, let's go to your room. Just us two." She grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the room, not giving him any time to say otherwise. Once in the room, she turned on him. "What was with you back there? You seemed unsure." She asked gently.

"I am." Draco sighed, dropping down onto the couch, Pansy following him. "I mean sure, Patronuses only change if the caster is truly in love. But he's never said it. Because of that, I don't know."

"I'm sure he does Draco. You're hard not to love, and Harry has a lot of love to give. I saw his relationship with Cho a couple of years ago. He loved her." She reached out and put a comforting hand on his arm. "Question is, do you love him?"

Draco thought for a moment, pursing his lips. He thought about how his heart would stop at just the thought of the man. How it would skip a beat when he saw him. How he would do anything for the Gryffindor. "Yes." He answered honestly. "Yes, I love him."

"Have you told him?"

"No. I've only just realised."

"Exactly." She smiled at him. "You've only just worked it out. As, I'm guessing, has Harry. Just because he hasn't said it yet, doesn't mean he hasn't. OK?"

Draco nodded. "OK." He hugged her tight. "Thank you."

She hugged him back. "That's quite alright." She pulled back. "Now come on. To the library. I need your help." She said shamelessly.

He laughed. "Come on then, you lazy bitch." He grinned.

"Hey! I'm not lazy, I just know how to utilise the resources around me. Come on you, bastard, let's go." She laughed, leading him out the room, and laughing even harder as he slapped her arse.

A/N: Anybody got any ideas as to who Roxanne is yet? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Leave your conspiracy theories in a review. :)

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