A/N: Thanks again for your reviews! You all are awesome!

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own them. (Sob!)

Winter was finally over and spring came, which meant that O.W.L's were drawing near. Even though we were just three months away from them, all of the professors were piling the homework on us.

But I had managed to keep up with the help of Malfoy and staying up late about every night.

One day in late April, my mind once again fell upon the book about the veil in the Department of Mysteries. I'd had it for a long time and hadn't even read it.

I got the book out of my dresser drawer and sat down on my bed. I started flipping through it.

I came across a section entitled "Truth". I started to read.

Many witches and wizards who die come to the veil automatically. But only if someone, meaning a loved one, has seen them die. Also, if someone passes through the veil, they die and are hidden behind the veil. Once they are there they are not able to get out.

The veil is a form of Dark Magic, used by those who capture spirits for a certain use. There is only one veil like this left. It's located at the Ministry of Magic in London, England. It was brought there, believed to be broken. But unfortunately, it's not. It takes a powerful spell to brake it, but it's simple to release the spirits. If the spirits are not saved after a period of time, they are lost forever. The only way to save them is to rip the veil off of the arch and reveal what's inside.

I finished reading with my eyes wide open.

That's it! I thought. I'll be able to save my mother.

I got up all of a sudden. I knew what I had to do. I grabbed my bag, put the book in it, and headed out the door.

I finally made it outside and saw him talking to his friends.

"Draco!" I called to him. He turned around as I came up to him.

"Hey, what's going on?" he asked as he put his arms around me.

"Not now, Draco," I said as I pushed his hands away. "I need to tell you something very important."

"What is it?"

"Well, I can't tell you here." I looked around. "Come over here." I pulled him to the nearest bush. I put my bag down and sat next down next to it. Malfoy sat next to me.

"What do you need to tell me?" Malfoy asked starting to sound serious.

I launched into the whole story about last year, how we came across the veil and about the book. I left out the part about Professor Brown. I didn't think he would want people to know.

When I was finished, Malfoy stared at me in amazement.

"Wow," he said slowly. "So what are you going to do?"

"What do you think I'm going to do, sit here? No, I'm going there, to the Department of Mysteries."

"Are you mad, Luna?" Malfoy said.

"I have to save my mother and the others," I said. "They need me."

Just then a rustling noise came from the edge of the bush behind me. Malfoy and I looked to where the noise was coming from. No one was there.

But something was wrong. My bag was open. I pulled it over and looked inside it.

"Oh no!" I said in shock.

"What is it?" said Malfoy.

"The book," I said turning to him. "It's gone."

A/N: I know, it's short. But I'm trying to build up to the good stuff!