Draco Malfoy headed down to the forest where he would be meeting Victoria – or Vixen, as she liked to call herself.

She was waiting there for him, as he knew she would be. She looked incredible, all that long silky white hair, and her eyes enthralled him. But she was a vampire, and so any action between them would involve her eating him.

"Anything?" He said, moving close to her, she scowled and moved away, disgusted by his attraction.

"Nothing. But when the time is right it will happen." She said, Draco thought for a second and began to ask her just what would happen, but once he'd blinked, she was gone.

He went back up to the castle, wondering what would happen, and headed to the owlery to report this strange conversation, short as it was, to his father.

If Gloria, his latest girlfriend, knew he was still meeting Victoria Draco could safely say he'd be dead shortly after she found out. Which is why he never mentioned it to anyone but his father. Not even Crabbe and Goyle.

She was quite something, Gloria, exactly the sort of girl his father wanted him to marry. She was, of course, a pure blood, with long auburn hair and beautiful bronze skin. She was smaller than Draco, and they looked just right together. She thought she was above everybody, and she probably was, with her father's high place in the magical community. They were the perfect match. But, just lately, Draco's eyes had begun to wonder, and not just to Victoria, to other girls as well. One of the other Slytherin girls, Blade, really interested him. There was something about her, something somewhat…forbidden.

*

Laura White happily entered the great hall, humming a random tune to herself. She sat down next to Fred Weasley, who leaned down and kissed her on the cheek, they both looked away, blushing. They both really liked each other, and had now been dating for a week and a half, so Laura was still in the giggly stages.

"Hi Purple!" George called to her from the other side of Fred. He called her so because of the colour of her eyes, they were purple.

Laura didn't know why she had such an individual appearance, with her long white hair as well as her purple eyes, but she assumed it had something to do with her secret.

That secret was a big part of Laura's life and she knew she would have to tell Fred eventually, but she didn't know how, and how he would take it.

Only a small amount of people knew - Dumbledore, of course, her guardian, Remus Lupin, and his friend Sirius Black. She was sure Harry, Ron and Hermione knew too, but they never mentioned it, Laura got the feeling they would be quite preoccupied for the rest of this year anyway.

Laura ate her breakfast quickly and went up to her dormitory to confide in Ice, her Phoenix, before dashing off to Arithmancy, her head filled with confusion as she did so.