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Hermione led Aria down to the Department of Mysteries, somewhere Aria had never been before in the Ministry due to its high-level secrecy. Hermione said little on the way, not knowing exactly what to say, if she should say anything at all even. When they were in the lift on the way down, she did manage to say a little.

"Are you doing ok Aria?" she said as she looked concernedly over at the young witch. Aria briefly smiled at Hermione's concern but then lowered her eyes down to the ground and shook her head.

"No, I am really not. I don't think I will ever be okay as long as he is imprisoned. I feel like I have to do something…but he didn't want me to get involved…."

Hermione listened with care. She herself wasn't sure how she felt about Lucius being locked up; she hated seeing Aria in such distress about it, and she did get the feeling that Lucius truly cared and loved Aria, things she never thought a Malfoy was capable of. Perhaps the man had changed. The Ministry had seemed to trust him well enough to have him back in their folds and society the years after the War. Hermione still felt conflicted about it, because despite the fact that he may have changed, he was currently locked up in the Ministry for attacking one of the new ambassadors. The thing was, she couldn't figure out why he would do it. What would provoke him? Surely, he wouldn't needlessly risk his newfound happiness for the sake of nothing.

Almost as if reading her thoughts, Aria spoke again. "He did it for me you know…" Aria said quietly. Hermione looked at her with wide eyes of questioning. "He did what he did to Paulo, because Paulo attacked me…tried to rape me…. I was humiliated because I was new and didn't want a reputation. Lucius was avenging me I suppose…"

Right as Aria finished speaking, the lift doors opened up to the dark halls of the Department of Mysteries. Hermione felt as if she couldn't move as she still wasn't sure what to say to such a revelation. Aria made the first move and walked out of the lift and stepped into the dark hallway. Hermione finally stepped out too and turned to face Aria, as the lift doors closed behind them.

"Aria, why haven't you told anybody about this?"

"I have…I told Pepper the day after it happened."

"No, I mean anyone at the Ministry dealing with Lucius' arrest. Surely, they must know that Paulo wasn't as innocent, as they think him to be," Hermione said, trying to reason with her.

"I know! I want to say something, but Lucius told me he didn't want me getting involved. He is trying to protect my reputation. Not only from Paulo, but also from himself, I think. It breaks my heart. He thinks his darkness will corrupt me and everyone's perception of me," Aria said as tears began falling down her face again.

"And will it?" asked Hermione seriously.

"No," Aria said firmly. "I embrace all of him. His dark, his light. I love him with every fiber of my being, Hermione, and I know he feels the same way for me. He is a good man."

"Then you know what you have to do," Hermione said. She couldn't believe she was encouraging Aria to actually help get Lucius out of the situation he was now in. She detested the man…but through Aria's love and devotion for him, she could see a different side to him. Finally. "Meet Harry and I later. Harry is the head Auror on this case…maybe he can help."

Aria knew Hermione meant that she must go against Lucius' wishes if she wanted to potentially get him out of the situation he was in.

"Thank you, Hermione!" Aria said as she practically flung herself at Hermione and hugged her tightly.

Hermione didn't say anything but hugged her friend back and smiled gently. Not bringing up the subject again, she told Aria to follow her down one of the dark marbled corridors to where James' office was. As they reached his door, Hermione knocked three times and they could hear James' voice from within say, "Yes?"

Hermione opened the door and Aria noticed James' eyes take in his two visitors. His smile beamed when he saw Aria there, and Aria had an instant knot in her stomach form. She almost couldn't bear the thought of dealing with this all right now. James was such a nice and polite man, but he clearly desired her, and she felt bad that at some point she would have to let him down.

"Hermione. Aria!" he said as he stood up from his desk politely in greeting. "What do I owe the pleasure?"

"Hi James," Hermione smiled. "Aria had some interest in getting into the Hall of Prophecies. She believes she might have one there regarding her."

"The Hall of Prophecies…" James seemed to be thinking about the request. "Well I suppose I could show you in there, however, you realize much of it was destroyed years ago…as you may well remember Hermione."

Hermione looked off into the distance as if remembering. "Yes…quite…" she said as she stared off.

"However, since the Ministry still has yet to restore the Hall or figure out what to do with it, I am sure it would be okay. Although, I am not sure how successful we would be at finding anything. If you don't mind me asking Aria, what makes you certain that there is a prophecy in there regarding you?"

"I asked the same thing," interjected Hermione.

"I just have a feeling. Please it is very important to me…" was all Aria said.

She was sure James could see the desperation and pain behind her eyes and so it took him only a split second for him to think about it before he agreed.

"Okay. Of course. I will do what I can to help," he said as he smiled kindly at her.

"Thank you so much," Aria said and smiled back as brightly as she could muster.

"Thanks James," added Hermione. "I'd best be off then. Got some work to do. I'll see you later Aria?"

"Yes, definitely."

And with that Hermione left James and Aria and made her way back up to her office. James turned to Aria and she could tell he felt nervous around her, but yet his kind smile stayed on his lips.

"Ready then?" he said as he began to make his way out of his office. Aria nodded and began following him down the black marble corridors of the Department of Mysteries. As they walked along the corridors James tried and make small talk with her, but Aria was barely paying attention. "I wish I could have spent more time with you back at Hogwarts. I greatly enjoyed our conversation and our similar interests," continued James.

She was too enthralled with looking around her to even notice what James was saying. "Mhm," was all she managed to say in return. She didn't quite care at that moment that she was being incredibly rude.

The department itself was dark and mysterious, just as its name suggested. Various doors lined the hallways each with different symbols on them. There was a door with the image of a brain carved into it in silver. Then there was a door with an archway and a skull carved onto it in an eerie, shining black metal. The last door on the left though, was the door that drew Aria in the most. Carved onto the door was a heart, carved in gold. Her skin all of a sudden tingled and buzzed, it almost felt like the power she felt when her and Lucius' skin and hair glowed during their times of great power and connection. Aria stopped directly in front of the door and reached her hand out to caress the golden heart, ignoring the fact that James had continued walking farther down the hallway and was still talking about how much he had enjoyed their time at Hogwarts.

James finally realized that Aria was no longer following him and briskly walked back around the corner to where he found her in front of the Chamber of Love's door, mesmerized and entranced. "Aria?"

"What's in here?" she said, her wide eyes not leaving the gold heart, almost as if she was willing herself to fall through to the other side.

"The Chamber of Love," James said as he eyed her curiously. She was acting quite peculiar and unlike herself, and he couldn't understand why. "No one is allowed in there unless authorized. It is rare to gain entrance to that room. It is thought to be dangerous…I myself don't even have access," he said as he tried reaching out to her as if to grab her hand to lead her away.

Her eyes finally snapped away from the alluring door and back to James, who she noticed was now staring at her with curiosity and confusion at her enthrallment of the door. One thing he said made her think though.

"You said it's dangerous in there…why? How can love be dangerous?" Aria asked. The buzzing and tingling of her skin still radiated through her.

"It is said there is a large fountain in there, containing one of the world's most addictive yet dangerous potions; Amortentia."

"The love potion?"

"Yes. It can be extremely addictive and harmful. Especially if it were to fall in the hands of someone with malicious intentions."

"Oh…." said Aria, dreamily. She still desperately wanted to get in the room. Her body and soul were telling her that something in there was important for her to see. "What if someone wanted to use it for good. For true love?"

James cocked his head at her, even more confused than ever at her extreme interest in the Chamber and what it held.

"Well, everyone knows Amortentia doesn't create true love…just an infatuation."

"But what if you are already in love…what if you take it yourself…?"

Aria could see James' heart sink at her words, as he must have realized she was talking about herself, already being in love.

James shrugged his shoulders at her question, with a look of sadness on his face, and then he started turning back towards the direction they had been heading before Aria had stopped at the door. "Either way we won't be able to get in the room…shall we move on then?"

"Hmm…okay…" said Aria as she looked one more time at the door and began making her way towards James and down the hallway with him.

They passed by a few more doors on the right. One had carvings of stars all over it in a shining blue metal and another door had the shape of a time-turner on it in a shimmering white metal. Finally, at the end of the hallway was a large arched doorway with two large marble doors.

"The Hall of Prophesies," James said as he motioned with his hands at the large, epic doors. He turned to them and put his hands on them. There must have been a magic that sensed if one was allowed in. Considering he worked in the Department of Mysteries, he must have immediate access.

They stepped into the dark, massive space. The high vaulted ceilings seemed to be hundreds of feet high and the Hall itself seemed to be an endless expanse. It almost gave Aria an uneasy sense of reverse claustrophobia. She was sure there was a phobia for large open spaces, and she was definitely feeling it at that moment. Being so intune with her body's sensations as well, the atmosphere of the room was one that made her feel uneasy. She couldn't help it when her body briefly shuddered, and a deep breath escaped her lips. James noticed her uneasiness and spoke.

"Much has happened in this room, all those years ago. They called it the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Much was destroyed here as you can see." He pointed with his finger at the ground and Aria then noticed that there were tons of broken glass all over the floors of the room. "Lucius was heavily involved during that Battle…with the Death Eaters." He continued as he looked over at Aria, with almost a glare in his eyes. Aria knew instantly that he definitely knew it was Lucius whom she was in love with.

"I know of his past," Aria said blandly, not wanting to betray too much emotion.

"And his present," contradicted James. "He is in trouble yet again. The whole Ministry heard about it this morning."

"He's a good man…" Aria said as she now squarely faced James and looked him solidly in the eye. She didn't want to talk about this anymore, especially with James. He was a nice man, but she would never have any feelings for him, or any other man. Her life was all Lucius now, and that is all it ever would be. "Let's go," she said boldly as she began making her way down the first expansive aisle.

Each row was floor to ceiling high shelves with what seemed to Aria as an endless amount of glowing blue prophecy crystal balls. Where would she ever begin? James soon caught up to her, as she had walked briskly away from him. He grabbed her hand and led her down the opposite aisle from where she was headed. "It's this way," he said as he nodded his head to the right. "Everything is organized in alphabetical order, based on the last name. De La Cour right? Ds are this way…"

Aria removed her hand from his almost at once but followed him to the right as her feet crunched on more broken prophesies. It was really a tragedy that so many had been ruined during the Battle so many years ago. Perhaps she would never find the answers she needed, perhaps there was no prophecy for her, or Lucius. Surely if there had been a prophecy for Lucius and the Malfoy family, he already would have known about it? However, he never even knew about the Soul Prophesies book back at the Manor, there could be a chance he didn't know about one here.

Aria and James made it to the section of names that started with D. The shelves were so high up she wondered how she would ever see if she had a prophecy. "How do you get all the way up there?" she asked James as she tilted her head all the way back, taking in how high up the shelving was.

James took out his wand and pointed it at the shelf. "Descendio," he said confidently. With that, the shelf began to descend into the floor as the high up shelves got closer and closer to reaching distance. As the shelf descended into the ground, the smashed glass from the floor crunched and cracked and shuddered, as if a mini-earth quake was happening. Aria was entranced at the use of practical magic.

"We are coming up on the names with De," said James as he flicked his wand once more and the shelf stopped descending.

Aria grew energetic with anticipation and excitement. As she scanned her eyes over the shelves, she was desperately looking for any sign of her last name. Her eyes were at Deg, just a little bit more searching for the letters Del…almost there. Her eyes landed on the beginning of names beginning with Del and her heart sank. Her eyes scanned back and forth over the spot it should have been numerous times. Her eyes landed on the name De La Cruz on a plaque, but there was no De La Cour after it. She knew that it hadn't been destroyed either since this particular row of prophesies were extremely well intact, all of them unscathed and glowing brightly. She sighed out a sigh of disappointment and looked over to James. He had clearly seen that there was nothing there either.

"I am truly sorry," he said politely.

"Perhaps I can check one more name?" she said shyly, knowing he wouldn't like that question.

"Please don't say what I think you are about to say…" he grimaced.

Aria said nothing but began walking quickly away from James, almost running. Now that she knew how the expansive Hall was organized, she knew she had to go to the right and then make another right to go down the long aisle towards the back, to the M section. As she began to fully run her feet crunched on the broken glass all over the floor. Some of it came up as she ran, causing some of the shards to come up and cut her hands. She winced slightly at the sting of it but didn't quite care. She had a goal.

"Aria! Aria wait!" James cried after her as he quickly followed her as she ran. She was determined, he would give her that.

As she turned suddenly once more into the row that contained the M last names, her heart sank yet again, further. The prophesies here in the middle were much worse for wear than the ones that were up at the front. Especially the high up ones. The name Malfoy would have been on the lower shelving since it was Ma. Tears began to fall down her face and to the ground on broken glass, her shining tears reflecting off of the dimly lit destroyed prophesies. Right as she went to turn around, her eyes caught on the floor the plaque with Malfoy written on it. So, he had had a prophecy here…or at least his family had. Aria picked it up in her hands and held it gently, almost as if holding a delicate flower.

"Damn it…" was all she said as tears continued to fall.

James had finally caught up to her, he was breathing heavy from chasing after her. He saw her tears falling and although he had been upset with her for running off, he couldn't bring himself to chastise her at that very moment.

"I'm sorry Aria…" he said quietly. "But I think we should go now…"

Aria nodded her head but kept the plaque that said Malfoy on it in her hand and slowly walked her way back down the long aisle, towards the front of the Hall. Both of their feet crunched on the broken glass scattered all about, but besides that, it was dead silent. James now knew about Lucius, and now the usual friendly feelings between the both of them had vanished. Aria didn't feel bad, however. She had never led James on in any way, and although she knew he had been interested in her, she had never given him any indication she had any interest back. She wouldn't be made to feel guilty for anything, and so she remained silent. They finally got back to the front of the Hall and James opened the heavy marble doors for her and led her out. As they walked back down the hallway James spoke.

"I am sorry that you didn't find what you were seeking. Perhaps it is for the best? Perhaps it will bring you closure?"

Aria said nothing in response and looked ahead, her mind feeling dead. As they passed by the doors with the symbols on them, they approached the one with the gold heart on it; the Chamber of Love. Aria's body began getting that buzzing and tingling sensation again. It was as if a magnet was drawing her in and the feeling was even stronger than the first time she passed by the door. As her eyes took in the door, the golden metal of the heart seemed to almost be pulsing, as if an actual beating heart, as the gold of the metal gleamed. Aria instinctually crossed over and put her hands on the door, one hand on the metal heart and one hand on the doorknob.

James looked at her with wide eyes.

"Wh…what are you doing. You shouldn't touch that door!"

Aria slowly moved her hand that was clasped onto the knob and turned it and felt the door give way a bit. The door wasn't locked to her, she knew at once that she somehow had the power to get in, that the door truly wanted her to enter it!

Aria stared at James with wide eyes full of excitement and determination.

"I'm sorry James…I have to. You say I should have closure, but I don't. Not one bit…"

"But you can't go in there Aria, it's dangerous and it will be locked. You can't get in."

"Don't wait for me," she said as she smirked over at James, her eyes glinting greener than ever.

"What?" he said confused as he went to reach out to take her hand off the door.

She quickly turned the knob, ever more excited to find it give way to her touch and flung open the door. The second she opened it she felt a power as strong as ever, like the times at the standing stones in Scotland or on Samhain night. It was the power she now knew as true love taking control. Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion, however it really all happened in a split second. She had thrown open the door and closed it behind her so quickly that James never had the chance to be able to stop her. She was inside the chamber, her back leaning up against the door, her eyes closed as she took in the sensations she felt. She heard James pounding on the other side, back out in the hallway, as he was yelling at her to come back out at once. She felt him trying to turn the doorknob himself but wasn't able to get it to open. The magic was only working for her, because the chamber knew that she was destined to be in there, to discover whatever secrets lay within. She could hear James yelling out in the hallway.

"How?!"

Aria knew not how; she only knew why. Because this was where she would find out the mysteries of her and Lucius' love. As the noise from outside slowly faded away and as she slowly opened her eyes, she noticed they took a second to adjust and she blinked several times to take in her surroundings. The room itself was otherworldly in color, as she found herself and the room bathed in a purple-ish blue light by the burning wall sconces, and the fire within them burned the same color. The room was a large, round circular chamber made of stone, and the room itself felt cold, but in a good way, the sensation and temperature made her skin tingle even more and she was sure she could feel a slight wind in the room as her hair slightly fluttered around her face. Around the circular room there were several doors, and in the dead center of the room was a beautiful stone fountain. It was double tiered and seemed to be ever flowing with a gorgeous and alluring shining gold liquid. As the liquid flowed from the top basin down into the bottom it created tiny sparkling bubbles which fizzed and popped as they floated around the fountain.

Aria knew at once that it was the Amortentia potion. Not only was it luring her in, but the magnetic pull that she had felt was growing stronger and stronger. Before she realized it, she was on her knees and looking into the fountain, her face inches away from the shining gold potion. She heard a small clinking noise to the side of her left ear and looked. A small crystal vile had appeared out of nowhere, and she knew at once the fountain was beckoning her to drink the potion. She smiled at the wonder and enchantment and mystery of the room and its purpose. No one knew for sure of the effects Amortentia would have on the person who drank it for them self, but she knew that is what she had to try. James had said this place was dangerous, but she felt no danger at all. She felt like she was exactly where she needed to be.

And so, she grabbed the tiny crystal vial and let the liquid from the top layer of the fountain pour into it, and soon enough the tiny vial glowed with the gold potion. She propped herself up so that she was now sitting on the ledge of the flowing fountain and put the crystal vial to her lips, ready to drink. Before she tilted her head back to let the golden liquid pour down her throat, her last though was of her Lucius. If this potion was to show her the truth about her love, she wanted to be doing nothing but thinking of him, having his memory encompass her being. She finally tilted her head back and drank in the potion. It tasted identical to Lucius' blood she had tasted Samhain night. She had described it as vanilla and ice and stars. She knew it made no sense but that is what he tasted like, just like this potion. She knew instantly that it had worked and that she was about to learn the truth. Amortentia was known to smell and taste like your true love, and she knew that was without a doubt Lucius' taste.

If someone were to have walked in at that very moment, they would have observed a girl sitting alone on the side of the fountain just staring off into space. But what Aria felt inside was beyond anything, even more than the power she felt with Lucius on those special nights when they glowed and shone brightly. Her skin tingled, almost to the point of pain, her chest felt heavy, but in a good way, as if being blanketed by the most protective comfort and her eyes felt wider than they had ever been before, as if taking in every truth of the world. Instead of green her eyes now glowed a bright gold as the potion worked its magic throughout her body. Her body was not her own anymore and the potion was now controlling her. She got up from where she sat on the fountain, as if on autopilot. She wasn't controlling her movements, the potion was, but she trusted it. She walked through one of the doors of the Chamber and into another smaller circular room. This room was empty, and Aria wondered why the potion had led her inside this smaller chamber.

All of a sudden, she heard whisperings of a soft voice within her head, almost as if the chamber, or the potion or some otherworldly entity was speaking to her, directly into her soul. Then she saw a glowing begin to form on the ceiling of the chamber. Images began appearing, sporadically, but definitely visible as they glowed brightly above her. Her golden eyes stared up at the ceiling in wonder, and her heart brightened, and she smiled as she saw the same image she had seen from the Soul Prophesies book of the two lovers embraced together with the sun and the moon combining. She saw the Latin prophecy from the book as well:

vir et mulier
amor primo aspectu
est vinculum eorum in perpetuum
nexum illorum perceptiones et mutare
Tenebris lucem puritatem munditiae fiet

man and woman

love at first sight

their bond is forever

their connection will change perceptions

Dark purity will become light purity

And then more words and images began appearing on the ceiling, words and images that hadn't been in the Soul Prophesies book. She knew at once more parts of the puzzle to her and Lucius' love were now being revealed. She didn't even realize she had laid down on the floor, on her back, looking up at the ceiling, she was in such a trance. As she laid on her back staring up with wide, glowing eyes she thought about the new images and words she was seeing.

She saw the word "Veela" appear several times all over the ceiling as if the word was trying to encompass everything it was showing her. Should couldn't believe it. Was she a Veela? She knew of those magical creatures, semi-human, gorgeous magical beings that lured people in with their beauty and their love. But did that mean Lucius was one too? He too was also exceedingly beautiful and had the same gleaming blonde hair that Aria had, both identifying traits of a Veela. Her heart beat faster and faster as she realized this was the connection…they were both Veelas…or at least it was in their blood. How had they not realized it before that they had Veela DNA in their blood? It had been so apparent from their physical outward appearances.

The images she saw were just as enthralling and amazing to her. They were images similar to the one from the Soul Prophesies book, featuring Aria and Lucius, but the images showed the two of them together in what appeared to be different time periods. One image showed the two of them embracing each other in 1500s Renaissance clothing, during the time of Elizabeth I, another image featured them in almost Viking type leather clothing, more ancient in feeling, with their long blond hair braided down their backs. Another image glowed on the ceiling, and showed the two lovers wearing thin, white robes with garlands and plants in their hair, and Aria's breath stopped when she saw the two lovers were standing in front of the Scottish standing stones that her and Lucius had been to that one magical night; here they seemed to be ancient Celtic druids. In each image the sun and moon symbols were featured prominently, and the lovers always embraced each other like their lives depended on it.

One last image of the two of them appeared and it was them, as they were now, in this time period. Lucius held Aria closely as his black robes encompassed both of their naked forms as their bodies and hair combined and they held each other with such tender love, Aria's already quickly beating heart felt it might burst.

With what the images were showing her, Aria couldn't help but think that the truth was that they were a special kind of soul mates; soul mates throughout time destined to be together. The images of them in different time periods could have meant that those were the times their love was most strong. Or could it be that those were the only times they had found each other throughout time? Were they always searching for each other in every life? Aria didn't even think that there was the possibility of past lives, but these images, if they were what she thought they were, proved that there was such a thing. Aria lay on the ground for what seemed like hours, as the images and the words glowed brightly before her. The whispering voice in her head repeating the Latin prophecy over and over again. Finally, the voices began fading in her head and the images on the ceiling began fading as well until everything was once again quiet and the room was empty.

The gold from Aria's eyes had disappeared and her natural bright green had returned. She slowly got up, feeling slightly lightheaded, but feeling energized and more alive than ever before. The first thing she needed to do now was find a book about Veelas and what their true powers could be. Besides obviously being soul mates throughout time, Aria knew that Veela blood is what connected her and Lucius.

She walked back out into the main chamber and took one more look around. She was quite tempted to take more of the Amortentia, but realized she no longer needed it anymore. She had her truth, she had her love, and her heart was full. All she needed to do now was save Lucius. And that is what she would do. As she made her way out the door, James was slumped against the wall across from the door looking down at his feet. He had been waiting for her the whole time. He immediately got up when she came out of the door, his face halfway between anxiety stricken and angry.

"Aria!" he was about to go off on a tangent, but Aria put her hand up and gently touched his arm in a way of gratitude as she cut him off by beginning to talk.

"I am sorry…and I thank you…my heart is so full right now. I got all of my answers, I got my truth." She smiled brightly at him as she removed her hand from his arm. Without another word she turned away from him and made her way down the long black marble hallway, down to where the lifts were and made her way back up and out of the Department of Mysteries.

James could only look at her with an open mouth and remained wordless as he watched her walk away, so nonchalantly, as if nothing had just happened.

As Lucius sat in his Ministry cell, awaiting his trial, he had been doing nothing but thinking of his Aria. It was the only thing keeping him calm right now. He had put on an act of being cool and levelheaded when he had been initially arrested, but he couldn't help but come to know that pit of dread in his stomach at the prospects of going back to Azkaban.

As he leaned back against the barren walls of the cell, the strangest feeling came over him. It almost felt like the times he and Aria had made love at the Stone Circle or on Samhain night. His skin felt alive and tingled all over, then his eyes glazed over and it almost felt as if his brain was not his own anymore. He felt scared at first, wondering what was happening, but then all of a sudden, he could sense her, sense Aria. He could smell and taste her, her beautiful honeyed, sunshine taste. A strange voice began whispering in his head, and he almost wondered if he was going mad, but then in his mind's eye he could see images. Images of him and Aria, throughout the ages, always embraced. He saw the Soul Prophesies book and the Latin prophecy within it, he saw the word Veela, clearly in his mind as the voice continued whispering to him in Latin. It felt like hours that he was under this spell when all of a sudden, everything faded, and his vision and mind went back to normal.

His heart beat fast and his breath was rapid, and his heart was so incredibly full as he realized that she had done it; Aria had discovered the truth about them. As he took in the truth for himself and thought about all of the images and their meaning, he smiled widely, as widely as he had ever smiled, and a single tear fell down his cheek. The truth was found.