Harry didn't know what to do.

Going to the Department of Mysteries did nothing for him, except over come him with a new curiosity. The black curtain intrigued him. It made him think about the concept of life and death.

If only Hermione were here, she might be able to help him figure out the Black Curtain, only to remember that she had been afraid of it the first time. And if Ron was here, then at least he wouldn't be bored.

Harry sat at a table at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor trying to figure out what to do. He didn't want to go back to the Order of the Phoenix, all he would receive was a lecture and a permanent body guard.

Not knowing what to do he wandered around the ally and happened to wander into Flourish and Blotts. He ran his finger along a line of books. All the books were out of order and strewn about. How the manager ever found anything was beyond him, but then again, this was a wizard bookshop.

Muggle and Magic. So You're a Witch?. Havens of Horrors. Practical Potions for Practical People. 1001 Magical Objects and Places.

He stopped. He picked up 1001 Magical Objects and Places and scanned through it. There were many disfigured animals and large pictures of silver orbs in it; but along with that, Harry also found the Sorcerer's Stone, the Mirror of Erisid, the Chamber of Secrets. It all looked very strange and intrigued Harry. He flipped through it bored, and did a double take. He flipped through back to a picture of a black curtain hung on a stone arch. He started reading:

The Curtain of Eternity

Commonly known as "The Black Curtain," the Curtain of Eternity was created by Omgeas Tempes in the late 1500s. Using an altered death spell that is now illegal, he cast the spell on a stone arch way and hung over it a black curtain. He used it to lure unsuspecting victims to their deaths; other than that, the reason it was created is unknown. No one has been able to come back alive after entering and is suspected that it is impossible.

Harry felt a wave of anger surge in him when he found that was all that was written on it. Harry slammed the book shut causing many people to jump and stare in the quiet book shop.


Not only was there no information on this "Curtain of Eternity" but no one had ever been able to figure out the exact purpose of it. And if no one before had been able to figure it out, how could a 16 year old boy?


But despite his anger, he felt extremely proud of Sirius. No one had ever been able to come back from behind the curtain, but Sirius had. He felt a strange connection with Sirius.

Harry was "The-Boy-Who-Lived," and Sirius was the only being to come out of the Curtain of Eternity. They both had escaped their deaths.

Harry put the book back on the shelve and wandered back out of the shop.

Harry was running out of ideas.

He had to ask an expert, or someone who would know. He couldn't go back to Grimmauld Place, now that he'd run away. He couldn't owl his friends and ask theme for advice, there were ways that the Order might find him. His number one priority was to stay hidden.

Harry was just going to have to wait it out until he returned to Hogwarts. That would be the safest way to ask his friends.

But how to get his stuff? It only took him a minute to figure out how. He returned to his room and scribbled a note on a parchment and took it to the owl post office in Diagon Ally. He selected a speedy owl to deliver his letter and gave it a pat before sending it on it's way.

Harry sighed.

Four more days until he returned to Hogwarts.