I know, I know. I haven't updated in like 5 days, probably more. Well I wanted this chapter to be really good, because in all honesty I didn't like the last chapter much at all. So I wanted this one to be special. Which is also the reason for the switched POV. Also, I want to know if you guys like the idea of switched POVs or if I should just stick with Lily. Let me know.

-Mockingjay

Chapter 7: The Stone

Albus' POV

There we were again. Searching through books, or anything else we could find for the elusive "Stone" of the prophecy. And despite our earlier euphoria we were beginning to think our discovery of the Veil wasn't a very big victory. The terms in which we had discovered the information however had us uneasy.

"Your acting skills need work Lily, he was beyond suspicious about the questions you were asking." James put down the book he was leafing through to bring up that topic once again.

Lily, who had been sitting cross-legged on the floor staring blankly at the fireplace, shot James an angry glare. Then her look softened and she shook her head and turned back towards the fireplace. "It doesn't matter," she said, barely loud enough for us to hear. "We got the information we needed."

But James wouldn't relent. "We don't know if he was telling the truth. He could've lied to us. We've been searching for twice as long as last time and we haven't found a single mention of the Veil." I cut in before Lily could give a heated response. "Ron said the Veil was in the Department of Mysteries. No one's supposed to know about anything in there except the Unspeakables. It makes sense that we haven't found anything about it."

When neither of them said anything I rolled my eyes and stretched my legs out in front of me, and accidently knocked over a stack of large books. Cursing under my breath, I began to restack them. However I paused when I saw the title of the book in my hand. An idea slowly formed in the back of my head, I acted on the vague notion. "Hey, Lily?" After a second's pause she looked over at me. "Yeah?" I looked to the book again to gather my thoughts. "Are there muggles in the Spirit World?"

She seemed to think hard for a moment. Then she nodded slightly. "I think so, I remember once Angel told me the part of the Spirit World I visit is home to the spirits and souls that have nowhere else to go. The Land of the Lost Souls, the place is called. That would include muggles and wizards alike, I would think." She said all this slowly, thinking as she spoke. "Why?"

I lifted the book so Lily and James could see. The title said: The Moon: Our Earth's Rock, it was a muggle science book. "'Our Earth's Rock' Or Stone," I said, I saw the realization dawn on both of their faces. With a wide smile Lily paraphrased the prophecy. "Find the Veil, and cross it when the Moon peaks?" I nodded. "That must mean a full moon, or a new moon." James said suddenly all doubt gone. Lily snorted a laugh. "Of course it's a full moon, it is a ghost story after all."

Once again our happiness faded quickly, how we were supposed to that was a mystery in itself.

I saw Lily and James exchange a look. The meaning of their glance was very clear.

"NO!" I practically yelled.

"What?" Lily asked me, putting on her most innocent look. I shook my head, "No." I repeated.

James was a bit more blunt. "C'mon Albus, it's our only choice."

"We are not breaking into the Ministry." The words came out almost as a plea. We were blanketed in silence. Now that the words were out in the open the task seemed harder, and somehow more illegal than it had in my head.

"We'd plan really carefully, Albus. We won't get caught." Lily's eyes were just as pleading as my words but I wasn't giving in easily. "You don't know that. We can't plan perfectly. There's always a chance something could go wrong." It was at that moment I realized I was the only sane one out of my siblings.

"Do you have another plan?" James asked me.

"No, but we can think of a better one." I hissed. James stood up and left the room, his voice carried in from the hall. "Well according to Dad's Lunar Calendar you have three days until the next full moon to think of a plan. If you can't we're breaking into the Ministry."

James returned to his original place in the room. Lily's gaze searched mine. "We have to Albus, and you know it too."

I slumped on the floor, defeated. "How come every time I agree to help you guys with something it ends up being illegal."

I couldn't see James and Lily but I knew they were smiling.