"I caught it! I finally caught it!"

The entire Great Hall turned their heads to see who in the world was making such a commotion. The back door burst open, and almost everyone chuckled- they should have known who was doing that.

Luna ran over to the Gryffindor table, where she stopped, panting, in front of Harry.

"Harry!" Luna said, still out of breath, "I did it!"

Harry, being still not awake fully, said, "Did what, Luna?"

"I caught it!" said Luna, excitedly.

For the life of him, Harry had no idea what on earth Luna was talking about. Suddenly, the light dawned in his head, and he laughed softly.

"You're telling me that you actually caught one?" asked Harry in disbelief.

"Caught one what?" asked Ron, his curiosity piqued.

"A heliopath," replied Harry. "Luna's been trying to catch one for a pretty long time now."

Ron's jaw dropped; he looked over at Hermione. "But… I thought you already established that heliopaths don't exist, Hermione."

"I did…" she muttered, still trying to wrap her mind around the fact that Luna actually thought she'd caught one.

"Come on, Harry!" said Luna, tugging at Harry's sleeve.

"After breakfast," said Harry, returning to his eggs. Ron snickered at the thought of Harry even humoring Luna, but he stopped when he saw the offended look on Luna's face.

"Maybe you ought to try thinking a bit outside your own world for once, Ronald," Luna snapped. "It would do you some good." As much as she didn't want to, Hermione had to laugh, even when Ron gave her his "Don't go there" look.

"Come on!" said Luna, even more impatiently.

"Okay, fine," said Harry; he stuffed one last mouthful of eggs into his mouth before taking off- or more precisely, being pulled off by an eager Luna.

"I knew you'd believe me!" Luna said as she dragged Harry along.

"I'm not quite sure I do," said Harry. "Where did you catch it?"

"Snape's dungeon," replied Luna.

Harry stopped, nearly being pulled over by the still-walking Luna. "You really want to go down to Snape's dungeon? What were you doing down there in the first place?"

"I had to follow it," replied Luna.

"Well, we're not going down there," said Harry. Luna continued to pull him along, though, and Harry gave up, knowing there was no stopping her now. They soon arrived- too soon, in Harry's eyes.

"I put the cage in this room, so Snape or anyone else wouldn't find it," said Luna. She pointed her wand at the door and, saying, "Alohomora," unlocked it.

"Come on," said Luna, and Harry stepped into the room.

The room was oddly bright- way too bright for Snape's dark habits. Harry squinted his eyes, and to his amazement, could make out a cage with a bright being inside it.

:"Luna…" muttered Harry, "where on earth did you find this?"

"In the woods, just beyond the thestral grounds," replied Luna; she seemed to be unperturbed by the very bright light.

"I just can't believe you actually caught one of the creatures you're always talking about," said Harry.

Luna reached out and grabbed Harry's hand. "It's great, isn't it? But do you know what the best part is?"

"What's that?" asked Harry.

Harry could barely make out a sly grin on her face. "Now, I can finally prove to Ron that my ideas aren't just fairytales. Wait 'til he sees this!"