Heya,actually this part was written on my way back from school, in the train.. LOL..I know, i'm such a nerd..But,yeah,ideas started popping and flowing and I couldnt resist..Heheh!!Alrightey, this is Chapter 2.Can i just call it Chapter 2.I'm bad at naming Chapters..Hehe. Once again, thanks for reading,and if you guys have any constructive criticism,pls dont hesitate to drop me a review alright:)

Disclaimer:I dont own all the H.P characters..Psst..u should noe who they belong to right??hhehehe...

Chapter 2

"Anything from the lunch trolley dear??"

Lilianda awoke with a start to the sound of the croaky voice of the lunch lady,knocking on the door of her cabin. She looked around and saw her other companions,who were sharing the cabin with her; a blond,long- haired girl was reading the packet of packet drink upside down and a red haired girl with a very pretty face,who was busy reading a "Hot Wizards List" article from a magazine. She gave a small smile to Lilianda and shook her head(I'm not eating,saving my stomach for the feast,she said). Lilianda looked at the series of multi-coloured sweets,packets of funny shaped balls and little boxes of chocolate(frogs?? Are these for real??) and figured the safest thing to eat was some innocent looking pastries. She fingered for small change in her tiny pink purse and was thankful that she had practiced how to handle wizarding money before she came for the journey. As if she wanted any more embarassment to herself after what had happened earlier that day, she thought silently to herself as she munched on the pastry.

"What's your name? You were sleeping when we entered the cabin.Im Luna lovegood btw..," the blondie girl muttered,not really addressing the question to Lilianda as she was now busy with a new activity,making an..erm..environmentally friendly bracelet out of corks.

"Erm, I'm Lilianda.Sorry,i was kinda tired earlier on,"Lilianda said,with a small nervous smile on her face.

"You got a practical name,"Luna muttered,finally raising her eyes to the Lilianda's face.

"Erm,may I ask why??"Lilianda was now kinda confused.So far all her friends had teased her about her weird name but practical???Wth..

"Well,according to daddy's practical handbook on practical names for babies...Yours actually has a meaning of keeping you safe and unhurt form nasty nargles."

Lilianda gave a look of incredulity to Luna before turning to the red-haired girl for any sort of explanations. The red-haired girl gave a muffled giggle and mouthed "ignore that" to her while introducing herself as Ginny Weasley.

After that rather weird introduction, they got on rather well,talking about Hogwarts practices,rules and professors as Ginny knew that Lilianda was the new kid on the block. Lilianda explained that she was so far homeschooled and had never attended any schools much to Ginny's amazement . Her parents were the ones who had taught her magic all these while and only when her dad died recently, her mum decided it was time to sent her to a proper school.

Pitying Lilianda's condition, Ginny made a promise that she will be her buddy for an entire week,showing her the nooks and crannies around Hogwarts,introducing her around to the right crowd in Hogwarts. However, as she looked at Lilianda's glowing face who was suddenly excited about her being shown around, a realization stirred her,so much so,she was kinda shocked she didn't notice it before. Before she could pursue the matter any further, Lilianda asked her about the professors in Hogwarts.Seems that Ginny had a lot to say about them...

"...and Snape.Professor Snape.He's an ugly git with a nasty temper that fits the ugliness of his face well enough to make you puke. But he's ok i guess. I mean, i get good grades in his class.. He's only nasty to Harry Potter and sometimes to my bro. "

"Oh, who are they?"Lilianda asked, munching on the Mars Bars that had brought along for the trip.

"Well,you surely haven't met my brother. He's all freckly and red-haired and yea, he's one of the tallest Gryffindors. I'll show him to ya later.Well, as for Harry,are you sure you don't know him?? Everyone knows him and he plays Quidditch. He's kinda cute..Well,no he's not..Erm..Yea.."Ginny's faceturned slightly red when she said all these and Lilianda gave a knowing grin to the girl.

"Aha, he must be Mr Hottie in our school then. Can't wait to meet him and give him a rating!!Hahah!!"

Ginny's smile faded a bit when Lilianda said that.

"Erm,you kinda have met him..."

"Really??????When????"

Ginny gave a funny smile before saying,

"Wasn't he the one who handed you your erm...bra earlier on.."Ginny said,an even wider Cheshire cat's grin on her face.

Lilianda choked on her Mars Bars.

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Harry scanned the crowd as his usual gang of three,including himself,pushed past the crowd to get to their usual seats on the Gryffindor table. He ignored all the gawking people and whispers all around him as he sat down and glanced at the door of which the 1st years would enter,and wait to be sorted. At the back of his mind, he wasn't sure who he was looking for in the midst of the tiny midgets,all looking pale and frightened. He knew it wasn't the practice of Hogwarts to bring in extra older students especially for the Sorting. But why the heck was he scanning the crowd furiously for the sight of the somewhat familiar messy-haired girl whom he had so briefly encountered with.

As predicted,the Sorting hat went on as per usual,and the enormous and delicious feast temporarily displaced the mysterious girl out of his mind. In fact,he and Ron and Hermione and the other Gryffindors were having too much fun talking about their holidays.Well, all of their holidays seemed like a full month spent in heaven in comparison to his so called holiday with the Dursleys. Besides being starved to death, he had been friendly with the brooms and the mops, washing and cleaning and scrubbing every single corner of the house. He felt like the a house elf and only then did he realise that maybe Hermione's efforts to help them wasn't that bad.

A couple of treacle tarts and sundaes later, they trotted back to their common room(Scollywolly!),sleepy and filled to the brim with delicious food. Just as the Fat Lady opens, they had a glimpse of a figure curled up on the seat nearest to the fireplace, apparently sleeping,empty packets of Mars Bars on the common room floor... Harry's heart seemed to jump into his throat. It was the girl. Was it? As he moved close to the couch and the sleeping girl, the rest were oblivious to this, including Hermione and Ron who were too busy in conversation to notice Harry's indifference to what they were saying and doing.

He was now face to face with the girl. He took in her appearance,slowly but surely...Damn,she looks a bit like... "WHAM!!!" Her hand swirled and smacked him inthe face as she was turning about in her sleep and was stretching her hands outwards.

The loud smack kinda woke her up and there sat Harry,rubbing his face once again, clutching his right cheek in pain.

"Im so sorry..Im sooo..oh,it's..you!!",the sleepy eyed girl's green eyes met with Harry's green ones and her face screwed up with anger.

"What do you want!can't you leave me alone,I'm trying to catch a break here.Urgh!!!"

"Hey! U just hit me in the face in case you didn't notice,look at this! I bet there's a mark!"Harry pointed to his now throbbing face in anger too.

"Oplease. It's an accident ok! Hmmph. Now, if you don't mind, Mr Bra Stealer,i rather sleep in my room rather than face a pervert like you. You deserve that slap for sneaking up on me while I'm asleep you pervert!"

With that, Lilianda stomped off,leaving behind the her empty packets of Mars Bars on the floor,a speechless Harry Potter and a shocked little audience in the Common Room.

Trying to find his tongue again as he rubbed his cheeks, he looked at both of his best friends. They both looked at him and before he could break the silence, Hermione looked bewildered as her eyes darted from the spot Lilianda just stood and then looked back at Harry. She blinked her eyes a couple of times. She wasn't at the scene of the bra incident earlier on that afternoon but knew it from word of mouth through Ron and some her other mates in the train earlier on. But now, as she looked at Harry and the image of the fury-faced girl,something shocking finally hit her but she couldn't utter a single word. Ron on the other hand was in no way silenced.

"Ha..Harry...That girl...she... shee...looks...so much familiar now.."

"Please don't say... " Harry started to answer...

"She looks...like...you..I mean besides the female factor of course.." Ron finished the sentence for Harry. The shocked faces was more than he expected. His throbbing forehead and his now slapped-cheek were all that mattered now. He slumped into the chair Lilianda had slept on,thinking. He rather settled the matter tomorrow. Too much has gone by in just several hours. And further more,as he rubbed his sore cheek,he needed ice.

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As the new timetables were being passed down the Gryffindor table,Lilianda couldn't help but notice the magnificent structure of the Great Hall. It was still a weird feeling to be at Hogwarts,wearing the stifling uniforms and robes,following the rules that theProfessor had told her the night before.No using of magic in corridors.No duelling.No this.No that.All were very annoying rules and so stifling and Lilianda once again gave a great big sigh. She preferred being taught by her mum. Her mum, was a great witch,though she had never told her anything about her past. Dad was a pure blood,as she had been told by her mum one day after endless probing about their family tree. Her dad went missing a couple of years back,undergoing training at someplace her mum's called The Unknown. The news of her dad's death was like a dull ache.She had never been close to her dad at all.All she remembered was that she was always ignored by him and the only similarity between them was their messy raven coloured hair.

"Hey Lils,"Ginny called to her from the other end of the table.Ginny,like herself,had descended down to the Great Hall earlier for breakfast to avoid the crowd coming down from the various common rooms.

"Where were you yesterday? I was straining my neck to see you get sorted!"

"Well, i was up in Prof's Mcgonagall office.I wanted to be Sorted..erm.. not in front of all of you guys. You guys will probably think I'm retarded or something,being in the list of 1st years."

"haha! Yea,but we probably wouldn't know you're a fifth year. You are quite erm.. small.."Ginny laughed out loud.

"Oh really??Haha. Yea,kinda thought so. Oh well, I hope today's gonna be a great day.. If i see that bast...Oh shit,Ginny hide me!!!" Lilianda saw a familiar crop of hair emerging in the midst of the crowd.Damn, that's the potter dude.

Ginny,however,was confused.Before she could react, Harry Potter gave both of them a smile of recognition and was walking purposefully in their direction, leaving behind Ron and Hermione looking kinda bewildered at Harry's actions.

Lilianda,seeing Harry's motive,immediately grabbed her timetable and a piece of toast before saying goodbye to Ginny and in an instant,pushed past Harry without giving a second glance.However,she did strode past without forgetting to stomp on one of Harry's foot, a familiar revengeful smile on her face.

"OUCH!!!Why you little..."Harry was now jumping up and down on one foot,to the amusement and confusion of Ginny who saw the whole thing. Harry's face was beginning to show that of anger but instead he gave a huge sigh and sat himself down next to Ginny,to nurse and inspect his hurt foot.

"Damn that girl!!! Not a day goes by if she doen't inflict bodily damage to me!But I gotta talk to her!! "Harry groaned. Ginny on the other hand was a little jealous over the revelation.Previously,she had thought that Harry was in fact happy to see her but instead,it was Lils that he wanted to see.

"Oh, you mean.. Lils?" she enquired innocently,her eyes fastening itself to Harry's.

Harry turned towards Ginny immediately at the sound of Lilianda's name. "What did you just called her??!!"

"Erm,Lils. Her full name is Lilianda.Im not so sure of her last name though."Ginny was now very curious,judging from Harry's response. Not only was he getting paler but he looked as though he's gonna faint.

Harry's mind went into overdrive. He was reminded impressively of that one single moment with Remus back when he was still teaching DADA.

"Ah,Lils always had a soft spot for James...although James was way too big headed for his own good..."

"Lils..Lils...Lils..."

He was now playing around with his food, oblivious to Ginny's questioning gaze and was too deep in thought to notice that it was time for his first lesson for the day. How could it be,the coincidences,the familiarity... This was all too...strange...He thought to himself as he made his way to the class,his frowning face became a warning to both Ron and Hermione to not start questioning him.

The sight of Profesor Snape was enough to qualify this day as the worst first day of a new term he had ever had. Not only was he sneering at Harry as if he wanted his hateful gaze to kill Harry on the spot, he was now his new DADA ever since his last Prof was..well..not supposed to be his Prof at all.. So he was now stuck with his most hated teacher, for his best subject. The heavens could not have sent him a better destiny than that,he thought cynically.

However,all this was registered within a nanosecond because the sight of Lils standing next to Proffesor Snape,looking small,dainty and vulnerable had distracted him once again.Her hair was not as bushy as Hermione's but it was definitely much more messier than hers. Girls at both ends of the classrooms,already seated,giggled and sniggered at the sight of the puny size kid standing in front of the classroom. Boys on the other hand was eyeing her up and down curiously.

"Hey,I didn't know that midget was in our year,"muttered Ron who was seated beside him.

Before Hermione could reprimand Ron,Harry already beat her to it. "Hey,don't called her that!"Harry was shocked to find himself defending the girl,whom he found so familiar yet so annoying..

"SILENCE."

With that single word,the whole class making up of Slytherins and Gryffindors were shushed.All eyes were now on Snape and the girl.The girl however wasn't perturbed by the attention she was getting from all ofthem. In fact, her small smile was emitting now, an aura of confidence that was totally in contrast to her vulnerable size.

"Before we start,"Snape continued,his pallid face scanning the room, " I want you to know that we have a new student in our class.Her name is Lilianda P. She has been homeschooled all these time so let's see how she adapts to our syllabus. Ms P. ,I hope you partner yourself with someone capable in my class. You definitely wouldn't want someone else who is lacking in the essentials." His eyes immediately stopped to where Harry was seated. The hatred Harry felt for Snape at that point was indescribable.

Lilianda gave a small smile and a very soft hello to the class before sitting herself down,next to Hermione.

The class went on, with Snape explaining the advantages of non-verbal spells and asked them to pair themselves up. Lilianda was having fun so far,listening to the lecture by Snape. It was a more interesting insight to learn from someone else beside her mum. Besides that it was definitely a refreshing sight for the class to see that it was not only Hermione's hand punching the air everytime Snape posed a question.During the task of practicing non-verbal spells, it was unnerving for Harry,Ron and Hermione to realize that Lils was a much practiced witch in conjuring non-verbal spells. Even Snape,as the class could tell, was impressed,no matter how much he tried to hide it.

Much to Lils disappointment, the class came to an end,and before Harry could approach her,she was gone in an instant. But this time, Harry realised he may not be the only ones(besides Ron,Hermione) that noticed the familiarity of himself and Lils. As he watched Lils went through and out of the door of the dungeon,he thought he saw Professor Snape doing a double take,looking curiously at Harry and then at the fast disappearing figure that was sprinting out of his door.