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"I can't believe that the Halloween Ball is just around the corner," said Ginny as she, Hermione, Sakura and Tomoyo sat on the couch in the Gryffindor's Common Room. The guys were still in the Great Hall, eating dinner.

"So, you're going with Draco?" Tomoyo asked.

"Shhh," Ginny said with her index finger at her lips. "Are you crazy?" she asked in a soft voice. "What if someone heard you? I'm nervous enough as it is already. If anyone else found out about it ahead from plan, I don't know how to explain it. I don't think I'm ready."

"Don't worry," Sakura smiled. "You'll be fine."

"Hey guys," said Harry and Ron when they entered the Gryffindor Common Room.

"Hey," Ginny replied while giving Hermione, Sakura and Tomoyo a glare.

"What are you doing?" Ron asked. Harry signaled the red head to start taking action. Ron gave Harry a look that said, 'I know.'

Ron looked at Hermione. "'Mione," he said. "Can I talk to you for a while?" He looked at Hermione full of hope.

"Uhm," said Hermione, don't know what to say.

"I think we'll go now," said Sakura, indicating herself, Tomoyo, Ginny and Harry.

"Yeah," Tomoyo said. "Come on." Then, she looked at Harry. "Harry, you come with us."

"Uh, okay," Harry said.

Sakura, Ginny, Tomoyo and Harry left, leaving only Ron and Hermione in the Common Room.

"Well," Hermione said. She looked at Ron. "What do you want to talk about?"

He sat face to face to Hermione. "'Mione, I-I…"

Hermione raised her eyebrows when Ron didn't continue what he wanted to say.

Ron stood up and took a deep breath. His heart is still beating fast. "Hermione I love you," he said a little bit too fast.

"What did you say?" Hermione asked softly. Although she heard him the first time, she wanted to make sure of it.

Ron's face started to become red. "I-I," he sat next to Hermione. She made Hermione look at him face to face and he took Hermione's hands in his own. "Hermione, I love you."

When Hermione didn't say anything for quite a time, Ron let go of the brunette's hands. "I know I shouldn't let Harry talk me into telling my feelings. Now I am such a joke."

Ron stood up and was about to go away when Hermione immediately took hold of his right hand. "Ron, wait," she said. The redhead turned to look at Hermione. The girl stood up and said, "I love you too."

"Really?" the redhead's ears began to turn hot red. Hermione nodded her head. Hermione and even Ron himself was a little surprised when the redhead suddenly hugged the brunette.

Meanwhile, in Sakura's and Tomoyo's room, Ginny and Sakura sat on Sakura's bed, Tomoyo sat on her own bed while Harry was standing.

"So, what did you want to tell me?" asked Harry.

"Well, I was wondering when you are going to follow your own advice instead of just giving to other people," Tomoyo said.

"What?" Harry said, confused.

"What Tomoyo meant was, Ron is spilling his heart in the Common Room right now but you still hadn't started taking any action," Sakura explained.

Finally understanding what the two Asian girls meant, Harry blushed. "I, well, I…I…"

Sakura, Tomoyo and Ginny giggled. "Take it easy, Harry," Ginny said. "Just tell 'Mione how you felt about her and ask her to the ball."

"I bet Rae had already asked her," Harry said, evident of jealousy in his voice.

"Harry, Justin may be over-protective of Meilin but he wouldn't go that far," Tomoyo said. "She still has her freedom to date, you know."

"What do you mean by over-protective?" Harry asked.

Tomoyo chuckled. "That you don't need to know yet. The important thing is you better ask Meilin to the ball. The ball is this weekend, if you forgot."

"You don't need to remind me," Harry said.

The three girls in the room laughed. Then Ginny said, "I think my brother is done."

"Hmm, maybe you're right," Sakura said. She looked at Harry. "You can go now, Harry." Harry nodded his head. When he was about to walk out of the room, Sakura added in, "Remember what we said, Harry."


The next day, Sakura, Tomoyo, Eriol and Syaoran were already in the Great Hall at the Gryffindor's table while Meilin with Draco at the Slytherin table and Justin was nowhere to be seen. A few minutes later, Ginny joined Sakura and the gang.

"Hermione and Ron are officially a couple," the youngest Weasley said when she sat next to Tomoyo.

"So I've heard," Eriol said.

"And soon it will be Meilin and Harry," Sakura giggled.

"Only if he has the guts that is," Syaoran said.

"Where is the Golden Trio anyway?" Tomoyo asked.

As if in cue, Harry, Ron and Hermione entered the hall. After they sat at their places with the CCS gang and Ginny, Eriol said to Hermione and Ron, "Congrats you two."

Both the redhead and the brunette blushed.

Tomoyo looked at Harry. "So, when are you starting to take action?"

"Well, that- uh," Harry blushed.

Eriol looked at the boy-who-lived with a mischievous look. "So, you have already started you plan, huh?"

Harry blushed even brighter.

"Wonder what t would be?" Syaoran said.

"Well…" Harry said.

At that moment the owls came.

"Hey, I got an obento from otou-san," Sakura said when her phoenix delivered the lunchbox to her.

"I receiver a letter from mom," Tomoyo said.

Then, suddenly they heard Pansy Parkinson said loudly, "Hey look, Li received a howler."

A few minutes before; Slytherin table

"Hey, are you ready for Halloween?" Meilin asked the silver-haired guy sitting beside her.

"Don't know," Draco answered.

"How could you not know," Meilin said, half-angrily. "Everyone is about to know your relationship with a certain other."

"Well, honestly, I'm scared." The dragon looked at Meilin. "There, are you happy now?"

"Yup," Meilin said with a smile of accomplishment.

After that, they heard someone said, "Look, that's our mail." Suddenly, one of the school's owls dropped something on the table in front of Meilin. It was a howler.

Before Meilin could say or do anything, Pansy Parkinson said loudly, "Hey look, Li received a howler."

Present

Every head in the Great Hall are now looking at Meilin. The Chinese girl seems calm.

"Don't you want to open it?" Draco asked.

"Well, I just hope this is not one of Justin's jokes again," Meilin said while she reached to open the howler.

Everyone was curious about the howler's content. Meanwhile, back at the Gryffindor table, Harry was sinking lower and lower in his seat every minute that passed while blushing brighter and brighter. Sakura, Eriol, Tomoyo and Syaoran could guess why. Harry did take the girls' advice.

Meilin opened the howler and the words started to flow in the Great Hall.

I ne'er was struck before that hour

With love so sudden and so sweet

Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower

And stole my heart away complete

My face turned pale, a deadly pale

My legs refused to walk away

And when she looked what could I ail

My life and all seemed turn to clay

And then my blood rushed to my face

And took my eyesight quite away

The trees and bushes round the place

Seemed midnight in noonday

I could not see a single thing

Words from my eyes did start

They spoke as chords do on the string

And blood burnt round my heart

Are flower's the winter's choice

I love's bed always snow

She seemed to hear my silent voice

Not love appeals to know

I never saw so sweet a face

As that I stood before

My heart has left its dwelling place

And can return no more.

It was Harry's voice which recites the poem by Shakespeare in the howler. Now, everyone in the Great Hall was looking at Meilin and Harry. Harry was now blushing really, really bright red, Meilin was still surprised, Sakura, Tomoyo and Ginny grinned, Hermione and Ron were also surprised, and Syaoran and Eriol smirked. Draco, on the other hand, continued eating after saying "Potter does have guts after all."

When Meilin received the howler, Justin just arrived at the Great Hall entrance. When the poem was recited, Justin leaned against the wall, his crossed at his chest. He smirked while thinking, "Finally, you made your move, Potter."

When Draco saw Meilin was still sitting there like a statue, he said, "Do you want to go to Potter or what?"

Meilin glared at Draco, "Urusai!"

"If I'm not mistaken that means shut up," he smirked.

"Argh!" Meilin said. Then, a few minutes later, Meilin stood up. She walked to the Gryffindor table.

"Hey Mei," Sakura greeted the Chinese girl.

"Hi," Meilin replied. She turned to Harry. "I need to talk to you," she said, "alone," she added.

Harry gulped. 'Is she mad at me?'

When Harry stood up, Seamus said, "Got yourself a girl now 'ay, Harry?"

Harry started to blush again but he didn't say anything. He just followed Meilin out of the Great Hall. They passed Justin when they went out of the Great Hall.

"I'll see you later," Meilin said to Justin. Justin just nodded his head. Then, he shot Harry a smirk before he went to the Slytherin table.

"Good morning," Draco greeted when Justin at the vacant seat next to the Prince of Slytherin.

"Same to you," Justin replied. Justin took a toast. After he finished it, he stood up. Draco gave him a questioning look. "I want to talk to Syaoran and Eriol," he said.

"Justin, well, uh, can you…"

"I'll pass the message," Justin cut in. Then, he walked to the Gryffindor table.

"Hey Justin," Tomoyo greeted the dark-haired Chinese boy.

"Hi," Justin replied.

Ron glared when Justin took a seat next to Syaoran. He didn't like Justin. Hermione saw it and smacked Ron's arm. "Ron," she hissed.

"Hey, strawberry," Justin said to Ginny.

"Yeah?" Ginny asked. She didn't know when but when she started to hang out with Justin, she seems close to the Chinese boy and now she treats him as an older brother and he treats her as a little sister. Strawberry is a nickname Justin gave to Ginny.

"Your prince called," Justin said.

"Justin!" yelled Ginny. Justin and the other CCS gang, except for Syaoran and Eriol chuckled. Ginny stood up. "I'll see you guys later." She looked at her older brother. "Ron, be nice."

She went out of the Great Hall. A few minutes later, Draco went out of the hall too.

"Potter finally made his move, huh," Justin said.

Sakura and Tomoyo giggled. "I never thought he'd recite a poem written by Shakespeare though."

"Yeah," Hermione agreed.

"You're really good in keeping your over-protective side," Sakura said.

"Hey! I'm not over-protective," Justin said, annoyed.

Sakura and Tomoyo laughed. "Sure you're not," they said. "But I think my onii-chan is ready to pummel Harry though," Sakura said pointing at the professors' table. Justin, Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo, Hermione and Ron turned to look at Touya and indeed, Sakura was right. If looks could kill, everyone would've been dead by now.

At the professors' table

"If that boy hurt Meilin, I swear he won't live to see another day," Touya said.

Shocked, Professor McGonagall said, "Why, Professor Kinomoto, that's your student."

Yukito chuckled. "Just ignore him, Professor McGonagall. That's just his sister complex."

"Yup," Nakuru said. "Touya said the same thing since five years ago when boys started to ask Sakura, Tomoyo and Meilin out. But when it comes to Syaoran and Eriol, he swears he'll torture them first, and then hex them, and after that, he'll rip them from limb to limb."

Touya glared at Nakuru, Yukito laughed while the other professors looked at them, shocked.

Back at the Gryffindor table

"Here Justin, have a drink," Sakura offered. She put the pumpkin juice in front of the Chinese sorcerer.

"Thanks," Justin said. He took glass filled with pumpkin juice but suddenly, his hand failed on him. The glass dropped on the floor. The students at the Gryffindor table that sat near the CCS group turned to look at them.

"Hey, Rae, are you alright?" Dean asked.

"I'm fine," Justin answered.

After that, everyone else continued doing what they were doing. Hermione looked at Justin. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"Yeah," Justin said. He muttered a drying spell to dry his clothes. Then, he took two pills from his pocket and swallowed it.

Syaoran, Sakura, Tomoyo and Eriol still looked at Justin with disbeliefs though.

"You're not completely healed, are you?" Eriol asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Justin answered.

"Meilin will be mad when she find out," Syaoran said.

"Syao, I'd rather she's mad at me than she's sad later," Justin told is cousin.

"But if you keep it in the dark, she will also be sad later," Syaoran replied.

"Yeah," Tomoyo said. "Syaoran's right. At least, let me examine you."

Justin hit the table hard. Everyone in the Great Hall looked at them. Even the professors' are looking at them now.

"I don't want what happened three years ago to repeat itself, okay?" Justin yelled at them. "I told you I'm alright and that is the end of this conversation." Justin immediately went out of the Great Hall.

"Let's just keep this between us," Sakura said. Tomoyo, Syaoran and Eriol nodded their head. Sakura looked at Hermione and Ron.

"We promise we won't tell anyone," Hermione said and like it or not, Ron just nodded his head.

At the professors' table

"Do you think that's Justin's reaction for Harry's feelings towards Meilin?" Nakuru asked.

Touya shook his head. "I don't think so," he said. "Although he too has sister complex but I know he wants Meilin with Harry. So, I don't think that's the problem."

"I agree," Yukito said.

Although the other professors didn't understand anything that happened but they didn't ask anything and continued doing what they were doing.


Meanwhile, Harry and Meilin are outside Hogwarts castle where no one can hear them or disturb them.

"M-Meilin, are you angry at me for sending that howler?" Harry asked.

The ruby-eyed sorceress didn't say anything. That made Harry even more nervous and paler. Seeing Harry like that made Meilin laughed out loud. "You don't have to be that scared. I won't eat you, you know."

Harry blushed, saying, "Yeah."

Both of them sat on the dry grass. "Harry, thank you," she said. Harry turned to look at Meilin and was surprised that the Chinese girl was already looking at him.

"F-For what?" the-boy-who-live asked.

"For reciting that poem," Meilin said. "You have a lot of guts." She giggled. "Maybe that will help you get high marks for the test."

"What test?" Harry asked. "Sakura and Tomoyo mentioned about it earlier too."

"That's nothing to worry about," Meilin said. "Now, tell me what you really want to say when you recite that poem?"

Harry turned bright red again. "I…"

"Yes?"

Harry took a deep breathe. Then, he looked at Meilin and said, "Meilin, I love you."

Meilin smiled. "Finally you said it," she said. "I love you too."

"Really?" asked Harry disbelievingly. He looked like a little boy who didn't believe they're going to the circus.

"Really," Meilin said.

"Will you go to the ball with me than?" Harry asked.

"Sure," Meilin answered and she hugged Harry.


The classes went well that day. After History of Asian Magic, the Slytherin's has class with the Ravenclaw's so Meilin went ahead with Draco. When everyone had left the class, except for Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol, Harry, Ron and Hermione, Yukito went towards them.

"Hey guys," he said.

"Good morning, Professor," Harry said.

"What did I tell you about calling me professor?" Yukito reminded him.

"Uh, I meant, Yukito," Harry said.

"That's right," Yukito said. "Do you three mind leaving Sakura, Tomoyo, Eriol and Syaoran with alone for awhile? There's something I need to talk to them about."

"Sure," Ron answered and the three of them went outside the room.

Ron said to Harry and Hermione, "I'm curious about what Yukito wanted to say to those four. Let's hear."

"Alright," Harry said.

Hermione tried to stop the two boys but they wouldn't listen. Hermione said, "You guys are so stubborn."

Inside the classroom

"What happened this morning?" Yukito asked.

"You meant the incident with Justin?" Tomoyo replied. Yukito nodded his head.

"We don't know," Sakura answered. "But I think he's not completely healed, Yuki."

"Of course," Yukito said. "To use that amount of power in a short time and without full control is like suicide." Yukito pause for awhile. "I'm surprised he used that power even after knowing the side effects on the users."

"That's his determination to save his friends and sister," Syaoran said, smiling.

"That's right," Eriol agreed.

"Yukito," Sakura said, looking at Yukito in the eyes. Sakura's emerald eyes are full of concern. "Please, you and onii-chan have to talk to him."

"We'll try," Yukito said.

"Well, we should get going now," Eriol said. "Snape doesn't like us to be late."

"Yeah," Yukito said. "See you later."

When the four of them went outside, they weren't surprise to see the Golden Trio there.

"I tried to stop them but they won't listen," Hermione explained.

Tomoyo and Sakura smiled. "Don't worry; it was not a secret anyway."

"Let's go," Syaoran said. "We're Snape's least favorite students and if we're late, we will surely have detention."


That night, the Golden Trio was studying in the Library. They sat far from the others so that no one could hear them.

"I wonder what Yukito meant by Justin is not completely healed," Ron said.

"Me too, mate," Harry said.

"I wonder what happened three years ago," Hermione said. Harry and Ron looked at the brunette. "What?" she asked.

"Weren't you the one who didn't want to eavesdrop earlier?" Ron said.

"Ronald Weasley," Hermione scolded him.

"I'm more curious about what Li said," Harry told his two best friends. "I didn't know Justin has a sister."

"Me neither," Ron and Hermione said.

"I wonder who she is," Harry said.

"Yeah," Ron agreed. "Does she go to Hogwarts?"

"As far as I'm concern, there is no other Rae in this school except for Justin," Hermione said.

"She must have the same ruby eyes and black hair," Ron said.

At that moment, Hermione realized something. She looked at the redhead, "Ron, what did you say?"

"Maybe Justin's 'sister' has the same ruby eyes and black hair?" Ron repeated himself.

'That's it,' Hermione thought. She immediately kept her things back in her backpack.

"Where are you going?" Ron asked, confused.

"I'm sorry but I have something to do," the brunette said. "I'll see you later, okay?" And before waiting for another word from Ron, Hermione left.

"Mate, even after she became my girlfriend, I still don't understand her," Ron said.

"Believe me, Ron, I don't understand 'Mione either," Harry said.

Both boys threw their quills on the table. "Now how are we supposed to finish this Potions assignment?" they said in unison.

While walking back towards the Gryffindor Common Room, Hermione thought, 'That must be it. Justin has a sister. It must be Meilin. I mean, how else can they explain their relationship? They are close and kissed each other yet they are not lovers. They must be siblings. Besides, both of them are Chinese, both has ruby red eyes and both has jet black hair.' After a short pause, Hermione thought again, 'But I wonder why they kept it a secret.'

Since Hermione was too busy lost in thought, she didn't see someone in front of her. They bumped into each other but luckily that person caught Hermione before she fell to the ground.

"Keep your eyes on the road, will you, 'Mione," the person said. It was Justin.

Hermione blushed in embarrassment. "Thank you," she said.

"You're welcome," Justin replied. "Mind telling me what you were thinking?"

"Well," Hermione's face started to turn into a serious one. "I overheard Yukito talking to Sakura, Li, Eriol and Tomoyo. Well, actually, Harry, Ron and I heard. We heard about you having a sister."

Justin's face changed. "Yes, I do have a younger sister."

"Is she Li Meilin?" Hermione asked.

Justin shot Hermione a look. "Did Yukito say her name too?"

Hermione shook her head. "No, they didn't say anything. I just, well, joined the dots. When Harry, Ron and I were talking, Ron said something about your sister must have the same ruby red eyes and jet black hair. And I realized that Meilin also have the same features."

"You're really one smart girl," Justin said.

"But Justin, why didn't you or Meilin tell anyone that you're siblings?" Hermione asked.

"That one, I'll answer after the Halloween ball," Justin said.

Hermione nodded her head. Then, they parted ways and went to their destinations.


takari love: I'm sorry, I know this chapter is shorter... Well, hope you like it...

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