Victoire Weasley

Victoire Weasley walked down the halls of Hogwarts along with her best friend Samantha, and her twin Samuel. The two of them were completely different, where as Samantha loved to play pranks and Samuel liked to keep to the books. Victoire admired how even though they were completely different, they were still friends. Victoire wished her and Dom could be like that, but after she decided to go after Teddy, she knew it wouldn't.

Victoire always looks at herself and sees room for improvement. Unlike everyone else in the world, Victoire knows she's not perfect. In fact, she's far from it. When she and Nick had broken up, Victoire didn't know what to do. She was literally broken in half, one half of her heart wanting to forget, the other half wanting to hold on. So, what better way to get over a boy than to find another?

Yes, maybe it was wrong to choose Teddy. But she had been so mad at Dom. At the time, it seemed like the whole break up was her fault. Why couldn't Nick just leave Dom? Why wasn't she more important than her? Victoire had never felt so… unnecessary. To every there boy she had gone out with, she was there whole world.

"Hey, Vicky?" Samantha said, breaking Victoire out of her train of thought, "What homework do we have?"

"Just that paper for Defence against the Dark Arts," she said.

"Only that? Wow, not much at all," Samantha replied, "Are you sure?"

Suddenly, from out of no where, a hand came out and grabbed Victoire. Another hand quickly grabbed her mouth before she could even make a noise, and she was pulled in sideways strait into a wall. She should have his into it, but instead she just passed right through. She started to struggle, but the hands stopped her from moving.

"Vic-" Samantha's voice came from the wall, "Wait- where'd she go?"

"I don't know," Samuel responded, "Must have gone on ahead. Come on."

Fast footsteps told her that they were now gone. Finally, the hands let her go, and she got up and pulled out her wand as fast as she could, but the figure was too quick. Before she could even bring it up to her waits, the wand shot out of her hand.

"Calm down, Vic, and look around," The voice called. She knew that voice. She looked around to find the hidden Herbology class room Victoire and one other person had found in their fifth year. Hours they would spend here, just talking and enjoying each other's company. Only one other person knew about this place.

"Nick," Victoire said at last, staring into his hazel eye.

"Is it a good time yet?" Nick said, and Victoire knew what he meant. Nick had wanted to talk with her since their break up, but she had always said "Not now" and "It's not a good time."

"What are you doing, Nick?"

"I want to know why, Victoire. Why you didn't come back?" Victoire tried to look everywhere but into his eyes.

"I love Teddy now-"

"Don't lie to me, Vic. I can tell when you love someone." He could. Victoire didn't answer. She didn't even know what to say. Suddenly Nick got frustrated and grabbed Victoire's chin, pulling her head up so that their eyes could meet. Victoire felt her heart leap. Why did it have to leap?

"I- I-," She hesitated, "I couldn't bring myself to come back."

"Why?"

"It felt like I was losing," Her voice was barely above a whisper. He let go of her chin and took a step back. Much better.

"How?"

"I wasn't your first priority," She said, turning around so she couldn't see his face. She would get more confidence back if she couldn't see him.

"So? Is it bad to be different? To let other people take up a piece of my heart?" Nick said. Victoire could feel the hurt in his words. "I saw everyone in the whole school look at you, Vic. And you loved me because I looked at you for what was on the inside, not the outside."

"But you see everyone for what's inside!" She pressed.

"Is that wrong?"

"No!" She said, turning around. Big mistake. "But I wasn't special! I was just another pers…" Her voice faltered as she stared into his face, a small smile appearing.

"Did I hug another person the way I hugged you?" He said, moving closer to her. "Did I touch another person the way I touched you?"

He touched her cheek, and Victoire swallowed. She was glued to the spot.

"Did I kiss another person," He leaned into her. Victoire grabbed the walls for support. "The way I kissed you?"

Suddenly his lips were on hers. Victoire forgot everything- Teddy, Dom, school- she was becoming overwhelmed with everything about Nick. The sight, the smell, the feelings. Everything just went away. Nick pulled back, but Victoire wasn't having it. She put a hand on the back of his neck and pulled him in, deepening the kiss. Nothing else mattered when she was with him- only him.

Nick grabbed onto her waist and lifted her off the ground, pulling her even more into him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, never wanting to let go. He moved her onto one of the Herbology tables, pushing off an old pot for just a second before putting his lips back on hers. Then Victoire heard a voice from the wall and she was back into reality.

"Vicky? Vicky!" It was Samantha's voice. Victoire let go of Nick and hopped off the table and began to walk to the wall, her breathing heavy.

"You have to go," Nick said, turning away. Victoire tried to say right, but it came out more like a squeak. He smiled.

"So what's going to happen now?" He asked, and even Victoire didn't know the answer. The Ravenclaw student just made a stupid move. She should have broken it off with Teddy first. It wasn't right to do this. It wasn't-

"Can I have a kiss goodbye?" He asked, pulling away a piece of blond hair from her eyes. And before she knew it, Victoire was jumping into his arms.

Albus Potter

Albus had immediately wrote to his father the morning he got the letter. If anyone had to know, it was him. And Albus was hoping to keep this problem on a need-to-know basis. What if it just turned out to be a prank? Sure, the Potters were well loved, but they were also hated. Some people thought that the Potters were far from being the "Good Guys."

"Hey Al! Can you help me? I'm lost again," Then there's Emily. Albus turned around to see her coming into the Gryffindor common room. Emily was… different. She didn't care who they were at all. Albus guessed being muggle born dimmed the affect that the Potter family had on everybody else, but every other muggle born doesn't look at them any different from the rest.

"Oh, Emily, what am I going to do to you?" Albus said, laughing.

"Show me how to get to Herbology?" She pleaded.

"I have to go there too, and we have plenty of time." The little girl let out a sigh of relief. "Besides, even if we were late, Professor Longbottom is forgiving."

"Oh, come off it, Albus. The teachers had named me 'No Show Emily,' I'm pretty sure there close to exploding."

"It's just a nickname, don't worry about it," Albus said, trying to cheer her up. But there was no need, she was already smiling. One thing about Emily- she's always bright and happy. Yes, she's shy at first, but she's really an interesting person to be around. Just being around her happiness makes you happy.

"Thanks, Albus. But really, we better get to class. Mike down yet?"

"He's already gone." She sighed.

"That boy is always on the run these days," She said as they climbed out the portrait hole.

"Well he is going home for Christmas. He still hasn't told his parents he's not in Ravenclaw," Albus said. Mike had always wanted to be in Ravenclaw, and he was sure he was going to be in it too, but apparently the sorting hat disagreed. His mother, who was also in Ravenclaw, had been waiting for her little boy to come home a proud Ravenclaw. Mike was terrified.

"It's going to be sad here alone for Christmas."

"You're not going home?"

"Here's the thing- when your parents are famous Doctors who travel the world looking for cures for several deathly diseases, you tend to notice that there never home," She said, rolling her eyes. Emily loved her parents, and it was obvious that they loved her too with all the letters they send her. But because they are always away, having wonderful adventures, Albus wondered what it was like for when she was a baby.

"Well- why not join me?" Albus said, pulling some hair out of his eyes. Albus watched as the little girls smile turned into a grin. She grabbed Albus's shoulder, pulling him down to her height.

"Really? Like, be with you the whole Christmas break? I would love to! But I don't want to be a bother, maybe your parents won't like me…"

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'd be welcome, James is bringing Danny as well," Albus said, as they finally reached the Herbology class room. The class room was already packed with people from the Gryffindor and Slytherin houses.

"Oh, Al, thank you!" She said, grabbing Albus and pulling him into a hug. Albus was blushing from ear to ear, but he hugged her back. When Emily finally let go, she turned around and saw all the people who were looking at her, and then it was her turn to blush. Great, Albus thought, another rumour, another problem. The last thing I need.