Ok, I was typing this at home, not in the train. Got a bit bored at home after studying for my Psych test.. I think this chappie's my longest yet not one of my best. Hey,im a newbie in this.So u gotta understand eh.. hehe... Thanks for reading... U can review if you want too.. If you think this story is boring,oh wells..any suggestion??? lol...oh well.. enjoy the read...

Disclaimer: Lilianda is all mine. Jk Rowling owns the rest of the familiar things/characters that u see in my story..

Chapter 4:

Lilianda was flying.Flying high in the sky. Zooming in and out of clouds. She pointed her wand at one of the fluffy clouds and poof! It immediately changed its colour from white to pink, the exact same shade to that of a cotton candy.In fact,when Lils took a pinch of it and tasted it,it was indeed the best cotton candy that she has ever tasted. She felt happy and free... Flying around,eating cotton candy clouds and singing to herself, a corny muggle song she heard from the radio once...

You ask me why I change the color of my hair yeah

You ask me why I need thirty two pairs of shoes to wear

You seem to ask me why I got a lot of things,

it's just a chick thing

You ought to let it go,

and try to understand but you don't have a clue...

That's what girls do...

They keep you guessing the whole day through...

Play your emotions push all your buttons it's true...

That's what girls do...

Suddenly,amidst all her singing, she heard a voice calling out to her... She turned left and right however there was no one in sight.

"Lils..." The voice was very comforting.Very familiar too.. Sounded as soothing to that of her mother's.

"Mum,is that you..."She flew here and there..but there wasn't anyone... The clouds became dark and gloomy all of a sudden... She started to panic...There, amidst the clouds was a tall dark figure,flying towards her,appearing suddenly and she knew that voice didn't belong to that figure.

"Mum,Mum!!!!where are you!!!!"

The figure was coming nearer and nearer.. She could see the face of the figure now.. It wasn't a person. It was in fact a monster..He looked snake- like, with a white pale face and cruel gleaming red eyes,his evil sinister smile was as horrifying as death. Lils was paralysed ...He came closer,his white fingers closed itself around her shoulders,shaking her...She screamed with all her might...

"Lils!"

There it was again... That soft voice...

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"Lils..Lils!Wake up,wake up now!!!"

Lilianda opened her eyes,only to be greeted with a blurry face.Someone had removed her glasses and all she saw was a blur of colours.Her whole body was wet with perspiration and she was shaking like crazy.It took her awhile to realize what was happening and was thankful to God that it was just a dream.A dreadful dream that seemed so real. Without thinking, she immediately embraced the person who has tried so hard to wake her a moment ago.She sobbed into the person's shoulder, loud heaving sobs that shook her entire small frame.

Harry embraced Lil's shaking body, trying his best to comfort her. He was of course shaken by her screams, her body convulsing and thrashing about in her bed. He was soaked to the skin from his match against Ravenclaw( Gryffindor won.Duh!) a couple of hours ago but he pulled himself away from the party in Gryffindor's common room. It was surprising and lucky that he managed to capture the Snitch during the match as he could have sworn his heart and mind wasn't into the game at all. All he could think of was Lil's face and the fact that she has been hospitalised for a week already. Ron and Hermione felt puzzled by Harry's sudden change in self. He was even more quiet than he usually was and during the past few days of the week, he would only speak when needed and even more puzzling was that even in Snape's class, he faced all of Snape's criticism with such a straight and blank face that even when Snape gave him the lowest mark in the entire class just because he missed one tiny ingredient in his potion. Even Snape was caught off guard when Harry's reply to his question, "Are you an idiot in making potions in class?!" was a "Yes,Proffesor." That was the extend of how affected Harry was of Lil's condition..

Madam Pomfrey said that Lils has not been eating well for a lot of days before her collapse and was under a lot of pressure and depression. Harry stroked Lilianda's messy hair comfortingly as he shushed her,telling her it was just a nightmare.

"Hey,it's alright.I'm here.It was just a nightmare," he softly said to Lils,who was clutching his back tightly.

After a while, when she was no longer shaking,she loosened her grip on Harry. She was about to ask for her glasses when Harry handed them to her. Once the room came into focus,she glanced at the boy who was sitting at her side. His concerned face searched hers, a questioning and comforting glance from his eyes that were so much like her own. His hand went to clutch hers before she started to speak.

"Ha..Harry..Why are you here? You come here every single day. I pretended to sleep whenever Mdm Pomfrey said I had a visitor because I don't want anyone to ask me any questions." She muttered miserably as she looked down upon their clutched hands.It was a funny feeling when Harry did that.

"Lils, there's so much I want to talk to you about. But,looking at your condition, I think it's best if we were to talk after you get out from this place. I know you must hate me but I really really really need to speak to you about some stuff. This is important, and I will even let you slap or hurt me in any way that you want..But just...please I wanna talk to you."

Lilianda was shocked to hear the earnestness in his voice. She gave a small weak smile about the part where he said that she was allowed to hurt him and gave his hand a tiny squeeze.

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Ginny was overjoyed to see Lilianda walking towards the Great Hall again. After a week and a half without her good friend, she felt empty without their mindless chitter-chatter and gossip. Now, with Lils back, she felt more at home and cheerful. She was kinda sick talking about Quidditch with Ron and the other guys from their team,no matter how much she loved the game.She too,was like any other teenage girls who want to talk about boys and other people and in her opinion no one can compare Lils and her gossip-sessions whenever those 2 get together.

One thing that annoyed her a bit was how Harry was the one who rushed towards Lils when he saw her walking towards the Great Hall for dinner. Pushing aside his favourite treacle tart,he ran towards Lils and gave her a hug,before assisting her towards where Ron,Hermione and Ginny were seated. Ginny hid her annoyance well and plastered on a smile and welcomed Lils.

"Hey Lils.Hope you are ok. You gave me a shock the other day.Hope you are alright now."Ginny said to Lilianda who was now being served pumpkin juice by Harry.

"Ya,i'm fine. Just had a lot to think about,so maybe my brain decided to shut down at that moment of time. Oh no, look, I got to meet all the Professors to ask about my make-up lessons for all those classes I have missed. See you guys around," She answered and before she went off, she turned to face to Harry.

"Hey harry.Erm.. Let's meet at the fifth floor corridor at around 6 today."

"Sure.I'll be there," Harry replied.

"Oohh...Someone has a date..." Hermione exclaimed looking at both of them,with a mischievous smile.

"Nah,it's not.We just wanna talk about you know what." Harry muttered before finishing up his 2nd tart. Ron and Hermione gave each other a knowing look and didn't ask any further questions. Afterall, Harry did tell them what happened between him and Lils in the hospital wing the other day. They both knew that Harry wanted to confirm some stuff and maybe,just maybe, some truth can be shed..

As the trio went on with their usual discussion on homework and stuff, Ginny was no longer listening. She was again being her usual jealous self. Sigh.Maybe she should stop fancying Harry Potter anyways. There were so much more things that she didn't know about him and he probably wouldn't give a rat's fart about her no matter what.She looked at Harry's laughing face( laughing at Malfoy who was choking on his toast a couple of tables away) and once again, was mesmerized by the boy who lived. Oh well, there's always other boys. She turned and looked around and saw Neville Longbottom, falling flat on his face after tripping over his shoelaces. Sigh...This is way too hard

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Harry was finding it hard to keep his mind on his schoolwork.. He was counting down the hours that went by...4 more hours to go.3 more...2 more... 1 more... YES!!! At the sound of Professor Trelawney's voice,"U may go...", he immediately packed his stuff and was the 1st to run out of the door.

Lilianda was already there,leaning against the wall. She was staring onto one of the spots on the castle's wall and was lost in her own thoughts.

"Hey.Hope i'm not late..." Harry apologised to Lils.

Lilianda merely gave a small shrug and looked at Harry expectantly. "So...What do you wanna talk about...I hope..It's not.. You know...Anything of those...Erm..How do u say it..."

"Mushy-mushy stuff???" Harry added for her, a grin on his face. He was certainly enjoying the look on her face when he uttered that. The look on her face was one that was so similar to whenever he muttered the word "Voldemort".

"Okok...So get to the point Potter. "She said with an annoyed smile. They found a bench in the courtyard near the Transfiguration class and sat down. Harry took a deep breath before he started.

"Lils, I don't know whether you realize this but it is funny how..."

"I look like you???" Lils finished off the sentence for him. Harry blinked his eyes a couple of times in surprise.So she did know.

"How did I know? Oh please.. The number of times I've heard the whispers by our fellow Gryffindors. Oh,she's a bit like Potter.Oh her messy hair's just like Potter's .Her eyes are very queer. They look just like Potter's.Potter this and Potter that. It was hard to miss out on that you know. Especially since I'm being compared to a scrawny git like you."

"What?!Why you little...Okok..focus Potter... Ok,so.. U mean you DO know how scarily alike we are???"

"Ya,duh. Ok, it wasn't that obvious at first..But i kinda took notice when we were in DADA when we paired together. I dunno why but when we were faced to faced that time, I felt kinda shocked. It's like the way you're holding your wand, your eyes,your hair,the way your face turns even uglier when you are intense..Hey, you're doing it now... It all fits.. Haha! You do look like me. I used to make funny faces in the mirror all the time.." Lilianda laughed.

"ha ha.Very funny.But don't you feel...Weird?? I mean, come on, we look the same. I think it's weird how we seemed so much alike and u even got the scar.YES. The scar... I meant to ask you that.." Harry continued.

"Ok, this I'm not so sure. You see...when i was little I..." Liliana stopped for a brief moment. She thought she saw a red-headed person behind one of the pillars nearest the entrance of the courtyard.She grinned.My oh my.Someone's a little jealous... Hmm..Let's have some fun..

"Ya.. the scar..Go on..." Harry tried to rush her. But Lils was all smiley and grinning and suddenly there was a change. She was edging closer and closer to Harry... Much too close..

"Err..Lils.. Why are you moving towards me..and touching my hair..and looking all weird at me..."Harry said, as Lils advanced upon Harry a funny smile on her face..

"Shush.Wait. U won't regret this.Trust me Potter.. Don't you know you got an admirer.."Lils whispered playfully,still maintaining that playful posture of hers against Harry and playing with his hair.. "And don't look so tense.. U look way ugly..Come on play along.You do wanna know,who's the chic right?"

" What?? Hey, stop twirling my...What?I've got an admirer??Is she somewhere here,"Harry finally whispered curiously.

"Don't turn around you git...She's standing way behind us but I can feel her gaze. A jealous gaze if you know what I mean..Come on,play along..."

Harry momentarily stopped to think.It was annoying really,talking about something so important and to be distracted with something so trivial as this..Oh well...He thought. He gave a smile and gave his best im-flirting-and-damn-interested-in-this-chic-look and leaned forwards towards Lils,occasionally whispering in her ears.( He sorta learned that from one of the characters on the Muggle television programme...) and Lils continued twirling with his hair and laughing in a bimbo sort of way.

Before he knew it, he realised that there was someone near them.

"Ahem..Sorry to disturb but Professor Trelawney wants to meet up with ya Lils. Something about your essay on tea leaves reading," a familiar but tense voice was heard.

Harry looked up and saw an all too familiar face-Ginny Weasly.It was undeniable. There was a look of jealousy on her face and a sort of anger that turned her face scarlet. A bad combination considering her red hair, and now she looked like a cherry tomato with a wig on.

Lils shot Harry a satisfied look and went off before giving Harry a deliberate flirtatious wink.

It was now weird as Ginny was alone with Harry in the now deserted courtyard.Harry always knew that Ginny had a thing for him back then..But til now??? He looked at Ginny, and before he could utter a word, she bid him goodbye. Not before he realised that there were tears in Ginny's eyes.

Harry gave a cry of exasperation. Urgh..One problem after the other... At least he knew what to expect from scumbags like Voldermort.But with chics like Ginny and Lilianda... He doesn't have a hope or a clue...