Disclaimer: Of course everything belongs to J.K. Rowling, I even took bits of quotes straight out of canon. I only own Alice, who shall, if you don't mind, represent all of us Draco lovers.

Chapter 1

AN: I posted this fic a while back but got very busy with school for a while and when I returned to continue writing it, the plot just went poof and was gone. Now that it's summer, I thought I'd give it another shot and I really really really hope it would work this time. I edited the previous version, so hopefully it is better. There is no guarantee when the next chapter will be up. Hopefully in a week? I want to stock up quite a bit so just in case I get busy with things again, I have something to update with.

I did my research and I did the maths…Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released on the 8th July 2000. Draco was born in 1980 so if Alice is a year younger she would have been born in 1981, making her 19 in 2000. And so 7 in 1988, Draco being 8.

I am aware that some of the details are not true to canon, such as Snape's home is actually situated in Spinner's End and is rather small, but this is fanfic right? :D

Please enjoy ^^

3rd August 2000

Alice strolled along the path. It was her 19th birthday and one of the present was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which had been released about a month ago. She had read it in one go and now she was taking her dog Chubz for a walk to give her sore eyes a rest. The girl was still thinking about the book when she crossed the road – being tugged by Chubz. So absorbed in her own thoughts, Alice was unaware of the approaching motorcycle and the girl's last thought before her head smacked into the concrete was:

"Really? On my birthday? Way to go dude."

1.1 - A New Life

"What happened?!" Alice thought hard, "I was thinking about...then I crossed the road...oh gosh! Did I just..die?!" At this thought, her eyelids flattered open. How did she reach the conclusion? Well, she wasn't in hospital she was sure of that – didn't smell like one. She wasn't in pain which was extremely odd since that motorcycle hit her with full force and knocked her into the air before she landed and smashed her skull on the ground. Therefore that led to the only possible answer, she was dead. But she didn't feel dead. So the girl pinched her face, and the pain made her wince. So she was alive, she could feel pain, that's good. Wait. Alice froze in mid-action, she touched her face again. She was lucky and had good skin for a teenager and had never had a break out, yes. But no way could it compare to this. This, felt like a baby's skin, or maybe a toddler's. It was smooth and soft. She looked down at her hands, her dark brown eyes widened. A child's hands. Chubby short fingers, they were definitely a child's hands. Alice swallowed. So she got hit by a motorcycle and had woken up in a strange place (she glanced around as she thought this) and is now a child of about 7 or 8 years old?! The door opened and two men walked in. One had cold black eyes, his greasy black hair framed his expressionless face and he wore a long black cloak. The other was an aged man who wore half-moon glasses, his blue eyes sparkling behind them. He had a long crooked nose and flowing silver hair, beard and moustache. Snape and Dumbledore. Alice froze in shock. Snape and Dumbledore. She repeated to herself in her head. 'No, I must have mistaken. They can't be.'

"Hello." Dumbledore and Snape approached the sofa that Alice was sitting on, she gulped. Dumbledore smiled kindly and Snape just stared.

"Um...hi."

"Professor Snape found you outside his house, there is no need to be afraid. He is a teacher at Hogwarts, I'm sure you have heard of it. And you might know, if you collect Chocolate Frog cards, that I am the Headmaster of the school. "

"Um...I don't collect Chocolate Frog cards but yeah, I have heard of you, Professor… Dumbledore." Dumbledore smiled and nodded.

"Are you lost my dear child?" he asked.

"Erm...I don't know if the current situation I'm in can be considered as being lost." Alice replied carefully. So they were Snape and Dumbledore which means, she was in the Wizard World? Harry Potter actually exists?! The shock was slowing turning into excitement.

"I see. Would you mind telling us your name?" Dumbledore asked.

"Al...Alice, yeah, Alice Dannison." The girl replied, though suddenly alert. Not because she was scared of the two men. But because she had to...think about what her name was. Alice swallowed - her memories were gone. She doesn't remember anything except her name and day she 'died'. It was her birthday. And yes, she also had her memory about Harry Potter.

"Um...Professor Dumbledore. I think...er...I've come from somewhere else..."

"Yes?" Dumbledore seemed interested.

"...I'm a muggle." Alice continued, "and by somewhere else, I don't mean geographical location. I think I'm from a different world. Or dimension, perhaps." and she told them how she got here, leaving out the fact that she knew all about this world from reading books. She decided not to tell them about the events that had happened, just in case it was the future. Then it would be very odd if she made herself seemed like she knew all the things before they even happened. She didn't want to cause any trouble before she could be sure of what exactly was going on.

"Well, my dear, I can certainly tell you that you are not a muggle. Professor Snape sensed that you have strong magical potentials, that's why he brought you into his living room and called me here. But I'm afraid I cannot explain to you how you ended up here. Now, I will need to discuss something with Professor Snape, please do rest, it must have exhausted you travelling through a dimension." Dumbledore smiled and left with Snape.

"Professor Dumbledor." Alice stopped them just before they left the room.

"Yes?"

"Um, what's the date?" Alice asked.

"It's the 3rd of August 1988. And, happy birthday." Dumbledore replied, smiling, and exited with Snape.

'Right, 1988…So I came to another world and went back in time? It's still my birthday…great, my 7th birthday.' Alice sighed.

Meanwhile, in another room.

"Head master?" Snape inquired.

"Severus, what do you think?" Dumbledore asked.

"It has been a strange event, but the child is telling the truth. Her magical powers are strong, but they are pure. The Shadow wouldn't have used her as a weapon. And, she wouldn't have been muggle born either, her magical potential is much higher than muggle borns. So, half-blood if not pure blood." Snape replied.

Dumbledore nodded, he looked thoughtful. There was silence for a couple of seconds.

"It would be the best if you adopt the child. Severus." Dumbledore suddenly said.

Snape looked at him.

"If that is your wish, Headmaster." he replied calmly.

They returned to the living room, Alice watched them intently.

"Alice, Professor Snape has decided to adopt you. Are you willing to legally become his child?" Alice's mouth almost fell open, but she stopped herself from doing it. As much as she liked the character, Snape was rather terrifying. However, she had no idea who her parents were, she didn't know anyone in this world apart from Snape and Dumbledore, and she had no where to go. Really, she had no other choice. She thought about the consequence of accepting this – come on, it's Snape we are talking about here - then finally answered in a child's unique voice, high pitched and sweet.

"Yes, I will."

It's a new life, why not.

1.2 - First Meeting

"Sev you have a very big house." Alice grinned, running down the stairs. Because she had lost her memories, her life experience which built up her maturity also went with it. Therefore it wasn't long before the black haired girl started acting her age.

"Thank you for your complement, but I want to make it clear that I will not take you to the hospital if you fall down the stairs and break your neck." Snape didn't look up from his book, his patience was reaching its limit although he didn't have much to start with and he had already given up trying to make Alice address him in a more respectful way.

"I'm bored." Alice complained, flopping down onto the couch near Snape's desk. She bounced herself up and down, making the springs give a squeaking noise.

"Out." Snape said through gritted teeth. Alice jumped off the couch and ran to him, looking at him with the abandoned puppy expression which she had learnt that would successful make Snape give in when she pleads for something. However she knew it can't be used too frequently otherwise it would lose its effect. The potion master sighed, annoyed with himself that he is defenceless against that look Alice has got on her face.

"Seems like it's time for the little troll to befriend some other trolls." Snape's lips curled into a crooked smile. Alice looked at him excitedly, not missing out his slightly softened expression.

"Go and get ready, we are going to pay a visit to a friend of mine. You have 5 minutes." Snape said. Alice dashed up stairs and dashed back down again 3 minutes later, changed. Snape took her hand in his and the next thing she knew she was pressed very hard from all directions. She could not breathe, as though she was being forced through a very tight rubber tube – they had apparated.

Almost instantly, they found themselves standing on a wide gravel driveway with a large hedge curving alongside it which go past a pair of wrought-iron gates. Roving along the top of the hedge were several albino peacocks, pure-white and sturring majestically. Alice was very grateful to the fact that she was empty stomached and therefore did not throw up although she did feel rather sick. After she had steadied herself, Snape led her towards the iron gates, beyond which is ahandsome manor house, reflections of sunlight glinting in the diamond-paned downstairs windows. They walked straight through the gates as if they were smoke, much to Alice's surprise. Then they entered the manor itself. The hallway was large and sumptuously decorated, with a magnificient carpet covering most of the stone floor. A man with long blond hair greeted them, it was Lucius Malfoy.

"Well, Severus, what made you pay a visit?" Lucius Malfoy looked at Snape then at Alice who had half hid herself behind Snape. According to the books, the Malfoys were not exactly the nicest people ever.

"This little miss here is savaging my house, so I brought her here. Draco would make a good friend?" Snape explained. Sev wanted her to be friends with Draco Malfoy? He's doing this on purpose right? She knew Malfoy was Snape's favourite student at Hogwarts…Alice thought bitterly. She did like Draco the character, but making friends with him? She didn't think it would be a good idea…

Lucius, on the other hand, seemed to like the suggestion, he nodded understandingly at Snape's comment then smiled at Alice... kindly?! Alice looked at him with shock, she would never connect this man with the word "kind" or "warmth" which he had in his eyes.

"Of course. Draco?" the blond man called for his son.

"Good afternoon godfather and yes father?" Draco entered the room.

Alice stared. So this is Harry Potter's enemy? She thought, examining him. White blond hair, grey eyes. Exactly like how he was described in the books. Alice had always loved the character, now he is standing right in front of her. However she found it hard to supress the giggle that was about to come out of her mouth. The 'father' thing was extremely funny to her. At the glare that Snape gave her out of the corner of his eyes, she managed to hold the giggle to a friendly-ish smile. Alice had also noticed that Draco had called Snape godfather, this was different to the books or maybe just wasn't in it. At the same time, Draco took in the girl half hidden behind his godfather. She had large dark brown eyes, her gently curling black hair hang past her shoulders and her fair skin had a healthy glow. She also had a sweet smile on her face, or at least that was what it seemed to be to Draco.

"This is Alice, Severus' daughter, she is a year younger than you." Lucius introduced to his young son, still wearing the kind smile that shocked Alice, "and this is my son Draco, Alice, may I call you that?"

"Um..of course sir." Alice replied with a small bow, Lucius looked approvingly at her.

"Draco, why don't you take Alice to your play room? She is getting rather lonely by herself at Severus' place."

"Yes, father."Draco looked at Alice and smiled, "come on." Alice smiled back and followed him upstairs. Maybe the Malfoys weren't so bad after all.

"Do you like flying?" Draco asked the younger girl.

"Um...you mean broomsticks?" The blond boy nodded, "yeah, it's quite fun."

Alice replied in a friendly tone although she had never flew on broomsticks before, just in case that the young Malfoy would turn nasty if she disagreed.

"Great! I love flying! Have you played Quidditch before? We can play that if you like."

Alice had never enjoyed sport, but she couldn't remember this fact of course. From the little memory she had of Quidditch, she decided it would be a fun game. So, she agreed. Draco got out two toy broomsticks that hovered about a meter off the ground, 6 hoops about the same height as the broomsticks and a box which contained the Quidditch balls. He placed three on each side of the huge room.

"These are not the real ones. Father says I'm too young to play with the real things, but I've read all about them in books and when I go to Hogwarts, I'll play for my house which will be Slytherin of course. You know Hogwarts right? And the houses?" the boy asked. Alice nodded.

"Which house do you reckon you'll be in? I hope it's Slytherin, don't go to Gryffindour - father says that's where the idiots end up. If you are in Slytherin, I can protect you, I'm a year older." Draco said, he really liked this girl, with her soft black hair and beautiful clear eyes. He took Alice's hand and held it tightly in his own, "Come on, let's play Quidditch. We'll be chasers and keepers at the same time for our team, let's use the bludger because it flies on its own. The hoops are the goal posts, try to get hold of the bludger and toss it through one of the hoops. The other one would have to guard their goal posts obviously. One goal is 10 points."

He told Alice a few other rules and they spent the rest of the afternoon playing. Alice had never played the game before so naturally Draco won, also maybe because that Alice was not the sporty type anyway. Draco had fast reflexes so he was a very good keeper and had managed to block almost all of the goals Alice had attempted to shoot, causing her to shake her little fist at him in frustration. However they did both enjoy the game very much and had a good time. Halfway through they got a little bored so they switched to play tag instead and chased each other around the magnificent playroom on the toy broomsticks. Lucius came into the room once to check on them and was very pleased that the two children were playing so well together. Time passed quickly for the them and soon it was almost dinner time.

"Are you staying for dinner?" Draco asked, a little breathless after the exercise.

"I don't know, I'll have to ask Sev."

Draco watched her in amazement.

"What is it?" Alice asked, puzzled at Draco's expression.

"You just called him Sev?" Draco asked.

"Yeah." Alice nodded.

"And he lets you call him that?"

"Well he sort of gave up trying to make me address him in another way. So yeah, I guess."

"He really likes you then. Godfather would probably jinx other people if they don't do what he says." Draco said, fascinated, "how did you become his daughter anyway? You are adopted, right?"

"Long story." Alice sighed, then she told Draco everything. Children are like that, if another kid is nice to them, they become best buddies immediately. So being a child herself, there were no reasons not to tell Draco these things, after she decided that Draco was a very nice person.

"Wow, so even Dumbledore don't know how this happened. Apparently he's the best wizard in the world, so I've read. Father don't like him though, says he's a lunatic. And…does this mean you are not a pure blood then?" Draco frowned. Snape hadn't told Alice that it was almost definite that she was not a muggle born since he thought it was unnecessary information for a 7-year-old. Because she didn't know this, Alice became nervous. She wasn't sure if the pure-blood-believer Malfoys would still accept her if she was a muggle born.

"I don't remember who my parents were, but no, I don't think I'm a pure blood." Alice replied honestly, there was no point in being friends with Draco if he dislikes her just because of her blood status. Nevertheless she looked nervously at Draco who nodded and looked thoughtful, after a while he replied.

"Well, I don't mind. I like you, and you are Godfather's daughter now so it doesn't matter. But it's risky whether or not you will get into Slytherin though…I really hope you would."

Alice smiled, so he still likes her and was willing to be her friend, he had just been worrying that she won't get into Slytherin.

"I hope so too." Alice replied sincerely.

Snape and Alice did stay for dinner in the end as Narcissa Malfoy insisted. She was a beautiful and elegant woman, but also a loving mother. She really liked Alice and half bullied Snape into letting her be Alice's godmother. (Alice and Draco silently laughing as Snape gave in under Narcissa's 'attack') She also made Alice call her mum, like Draco. Alice accepted this very willingly. Women are scarily powerful creatures, she commented mentally to herself, giggling. The two children became a little upset as it was time for Snape and Alice to leave, Draco hugged her and gave her one of his toy broom sticks as a present.

"Do visit again soon." Narcissa, who had also hugged Alice and gave her a kiss on the cheek, said as they prepared to leave.

"Of course I will, mum."

"Then we can play Quidditch again." Draco said, smiling. Alice nodded happily.

"You will always be welcomed at Malfoy Manor." Lucius Malfoy said kindly. Alice waved, then she apparated with Snape back to their home.

1.3 – The Tree House

August came to an end, it was soon only a week until September – the start of a new school year, which meant Snape must return to Hogwarts to teach.

"Sev I'll miss you." Alice hugged her guardian around the waist as she could only reach that high and said miserably.

"Stop whining like a baby, I'll be back during the holidays." Although his words were not kind, there was gentleness in his voice. "And don't get into any trouble." He added. He decided to leave Alice with the Malfoys during his absence, Narcissa was more than happy to take care of the angelic girl and Draco was even more pleased with the arrangement than his mother.

"Bye Sev." Alice rubbed her eyes with her free hand, Draco standing by her side holding the other.

"Have a safe journey godfather." Draco said. Alice rolled her eyes at this but quickly put on a sweet fake smile as she felt Snape's eyes on her then dropped her face again.

The adults exchanged a few more comments before Snape departed, his eyes still on Alice as he apparated.

"Draco I want to go to Hogwarts now." Alice said, pouting and staring at the spot where Snape had vanished. She won't have anyone to annoy if Snape was gone. The blond boy hugged her comfortingly.

"We'll both be going in 4 years time." He reassured her, "come on, I'll show you the dragon models I got for my birthday." Draco tried to take the girl's mind off of her seperation with her father. Still holding her hand, Draco lead Alice to his play room. Being a child, Alice was easily distracted as soon as Draco got out the moving little figures. There were 10 of them, one of each species. 3 of them were blowing flames that did not burn, 2 were sleeping (Draco tickled their belly to wake them up), the rest were just jumping about.

"They are fascinating aren't they? I love dragons, I got loads of books about them so I know all about them. Even my name means dragon in Latin. I hope to get a real dragon one day." Draco said happily although still in his slightly arrogant tone.

"But aren't they really big? I heard they are really dangerous and hard to tame."

"Yeah, but I'm sure I'll make a good dragon trainer, that's what I want to be when I'm older." Draco smiled, relieved that Alice is distracted from her sadness. However Alice noticed that he wasn't convinced by his own words, she understood the reasons too well. Draco was the only child of the Malfoy family which meant he would have to take over the family business. The young boy knew his responsilities.

They played with the mini dragons (this involved a lot of poking and tickling and pulling wings and tails) then played Quidditch for a while but Alice soon lost her interest, she became absent minded and as she half lounged at the toy Bludger that Draco threw at the hoops, she fell off her broomstick. Draco immediately jumped off his and hurriedly towards her.

"Alice, are you hurt?" the older boy asked, worried. The girl bit her lower lip as tears gathered in her large eyes, this made Draco even more concerned as he interpreted this as 'Alice was in pain'.

"No, I miss Sev." The tears finally fell and Alice started crying.

Narcissa who was passing by, heard the cry and entered the room in a very lady like fashion though her face was full of worry.

"Draco what happened? Is Alice unwell?" she asked, frowning. Draco explained to her what happened, the lady patted Alice's back gently. The mother and son comforted Alice and she soon calmed down.

"I'm sor…sorry." Alice hiccuped, her eyes red from the crying. Narcissa looked kindly at her.

"It's okay, dear. I understand." She wiped the tears from Alice's face with her silk handkerchief then said some more comforting words before turning to her son.

"Draco, look after Alice, I still have some work to attend to."

"I will, mum." Draco promised. Narcissa looked approvingly at him, "good boy. If there's any other problems come and find me." The boy nodded. Narcissa kissed them both on the forehead then left, Alice blushing a little.

"Are you alright now Alice?" Draco asked, Alice gave her a small smile and nodded. Draco grinned back and got up from the carpeted floor, he helped Alice up too.

"Come on, I'll show you something." He said, thinking of new ways to take Alice's mind off things. The girl looked curiously at him, the blond boy's grin widened.

They went down stairs and as soon as they were outside, Draco started running, holding Alice's hand.

"Dra..Draco, slow down." Alice stumbled behind him, "where…where are we going?" she asked breathlessly. "Draco!"

Draco finally stopped underneath a large tree in the garden.

"You need exercising." He commented, smiling. Alice looked at him a little crossly.

"Draco, if your dad saw you just now…" she said, still trying to catch her breath.

"He wouldn't have." Draco tapped Alice's nose lightly, laughing at the expression on her face, "and he wouldn't know, if you don't say anything." He ruffled Alice's soft hair. Then he pressed his palm against the tree trunk and muttered something, a ladder lowered itself to the ground. Alice watched it in amazement.

"Climb up." Draco said to Alice who looked at the ladder reluctantly, not knowing what might be waiting for her.

"There are no monsters up there I guarantee, and I'll catch you if you fall." He reassured her as if he was able to read her mind. They climbed up the ladder, Alice in lead, and arrived in a small room – it's a tree house. The small girl's face lit up.

"Welcome, to my secret hide-out." Draco smiled, "no one can get in here except me. You are the first visitor, and probably the last. Father and mum had never been in here, not even Pansy and Blaise, nor has godfather, I dread the consequences if he finds out."

"Why? Sev is not that bad, if you know what to do." Alice was pleased with the fact that she was the first visitor ever to be in Draco's secret hide-out, she hugged him and looked up at his face as he was a head taller than her even though he was only a year older.

"Only you would say that." Draco chuckled. Alice let go of him and looked around the circular room. There was a small desk with books, some quills and ink. Opposite the desk on the other side of the room was a sofa and in the corner of the romm, a toy broomstick

"How many broomsticks do you have?" Alice wondered, walking to the sofa and sat down.

"Quite a few." Draco replied with a grin, Alice chucked a cushion at his smug face, Draco caught it before it hit him then walked over to the sofa and sat down too.

"Boys." Alice shook her head with a deliberate sigh. Draco gave her a crooked smile in response.

"Who are Blaise and Pansy anyway?" Alice decided it was the best to hide her knowledge about this world, for now.

"They are my friends, actually we are going to Diagon Alley with them tomorrow. You'll be able to meet them then." If Draco turned out to be really nice, so might the other two, Alice thought. And Diagon Alley! It sounded amazing in the books, she really couldn't wait for tomorrow. She was sure it was going to be a brilliant day!

Nine o'clock, bed time. The two children said goodnight to each other then went into their own room which were at opposite end of the corridor. Alice looked at the big room that Narcissa had decorated for her in the afternoon while she and Draco were playing.

"Do you like it dear? If not, I can always change it." Narcissa asked. Alice hugged her and smiled happily.

"I love it, mum." She replied, glancing around. The walls were pale blue with glittering stars, the ceiling was enchanted so it looked like fluffy white clouds. There was a white wardrobe at the far end of the room, taking up the whole wall and a huge bed, also white, occupied the other end. Alice climbed into the huge bed with her teddy bear that Sev had bought for her, Narcissa kissed her goodnight and switched off the light for her.

"Good night darling, have a sweet dream." She said before she left for Draco's room.

"Night mummy."

Alice curled up under the duvet, hugging her teddy bear tightly. The scent that the teddy had reminded her of her home with Sev, she started missing him again. So for a while, she lay there awake, and when she finally fell asleep she started having nightmares. There was Voldemort, standing on a heap of dead bodies, amongst them were Snape, Draco, Lucius, Narcissa, Dumbledore, the Trio and many other faces she recognised. Alice jerked awake with a whimper, her face was damp, she wiped it with her hand - they were tears. The girl got off the bed, picked up the teddy bear which had fallen off the bed and left her room. She walked down the moonlit corridor, where shadows hid. Alice got a little scared. The portraits were asleep, Alice's silent footsteps on the carpet did not wake them. A few stirred then continued snoring. Finally, she arrived outside her destination room. Alice quietly opened the oak door and went inside, closing it behind her. The room was also washed white in the moonlight. The small girl walked over to the huge bed, a small bulge in the duvet suggested someone was asleep in it.

"Draco." She whispered, the boy did not move.

"Draco." Alice called a little louder and the shape stirred. Draco slowly opened his eyes, when he saw who it was, he sat up.

"Alice, what's wrong?" he asked, quite awake now. His fingertips touch Alice's arm gently, "gosh, you are freezing." he lifted up his duvet, waiting for Alice to get on the bed.

"I'm having nightmares." Alice said as she climbed onto the bed, Draco wrapped her in the warm duvet.

"It's alright now, you are awake, it's not real." Draco thought of the comforting words his mum used when he had nightmares. Then he started humming the lullaby Narcissa had sang him to sleep when he was little. Alice smiled and closed her eyes, soon she was asleep.

"Night." Draco mumbled groggily and was also asleep within seconds.

1.4 – Dobby the House Elf and New Friends

The next morning, the children got dressed, washed and went down for breakfast. Seeing the feast that was on the table, Alice suddenly remembered something.

"Draco, who makes these?" she asked, biting into a sausage.

"House elves of course." the boy answered, "why are you asking?"

"Nah, just thought they are really delicious so I wondered who to thank for all these." Alice lied, the truth was, she wanted to meet Dobby the house elf.

"You wouldn't need to thank them." Draco half sniggered, "they'll start hitting themselves if you did."

"Um, why?" Alice felt a little uncomfortable with the expression Draco had on his face.

"Didn't you know? Anyway you are not suppose to be kind to them." Draco replied carelessly, after swallowing his last mouthful.

"But that's not right." Alice said defensively, all three blond heads turned toward her, "you have to be nice to people who do stuff for you, right?"

"They are not people." Draco pointed out cleverly.

"It has nothing to do with right or wrong, my dear, it's just the way it is. They are slaves to us, that's how they were created to be." Narcissa explained patiently, "House elves are devoted and loyal to the one designated as their master. Our orders are their highest law."

"Still, I thought it would be nice to say thank you. And, you will gain their willingness if you are nice to them, that makes the whole attitude different, right? They would do their jobs happily." Alice said, she had now stopped eating her breakfast. Narcissa looked startled, she had never thought about this before. And by the look on Lucius Malfoy's face, nor has he, which was obvious. Their pride and superiority of their pure blood made them oblivious to these things. Alice looked nervously at the three Malfoys.

"Well…" Lucius started after a while, he looked at Narcissa then said "I'm not sure about the other house elves, but Dobby might…appreciate that." His lips curled.

"Dobby!" Lucius called. With a faint pop, the house elf appeared. Like how he was described in the books, the little creature had large, bat-like ears and bulging green eyes the size of tennis balls. He looked very scared and reluctant. His eyes darted between his masters and finally laid his eyes on Lucius who had called for him.

"Yes, Master?" Dobby said shakily.

"This young lady here would like to…thank you."

Dobby's gaze switched to Alice who gave him a little smile, "hello Dobby, I just wanted to say thank you for the delicious meals you have prepared for us." She slightly emphasised the word 'us'.

"But..but no one had ever said thank you to Dobby." Dobby's large eyes widened even further, he looked nervous. Then he picked up the chair next to him and started banging his head with it, repeatedly muttering 'bad Dobby' at the same time. Alice flinched back at his reaction.

"Dobby, stop!" Draco yelled, his eyes on Alice. At his small master's command, Dobby stopped.

"As you can see darling, they don't accept the kind words." Narcissa put her hands on Alice's shoulders.

"He'll learn to appreciate it, I'm sure." Alice argued stubbornly. She knew the other house-elves would be hopeless, Hermione's attempt had proved this, but Dobby definitely wasn't one of them.

"Well, you can try. But I doubt you'll get very far, my dear. Now, have more breakfast, you hardly touched anything."

"Yes, mom."

After breakfast, Alice and Draco went back in the playroom.

"You too, be nice to them." Alice said, pulling on the ears of a toy bunny rabbit making it squeak. Narcissa had two chests of toys delivered for Alice the previous day in preparation for her moving in to the Malfoy Manor since most of the toys Draco owned were not appealing to girls, although Alice do like the Quidditch set and the dragon models.

"If that's what you want." Draco sighed, "Why would you care anyway?"

"Because it's a nice thing to do." Alice replied, chucking the rabbit at Draco who ducked with fast reflex.

"Alright then. But Alice, you got this thing for throwing things at people huh?" the boy threw the rabbit back at her, Alice caught it with ease then hurled it straight into Draco's face. And a rabbit war started. Soon they were both laughing and short of breath, Alice held up her arms in surrender.

"Blaise and Pansy are coming in about half an hour then we'll go to Diagon Alley together, " After they had both calmed down, Draco informed Alice, sitting down next to her. "so what do you want to do now?"

Alice shrugged. According to the books, or Hermione anyway, Pansy looked like a pug. The two were loyal members of Draco's gang and were equally as bad as him with Pansy being the female version of Draco.

"Tell me about Blaise and Pansy." she said in the end.

"Well, they are both the same age as me and they have been my friends since about 5. They are alright, they are both pure blood." Draco replied.

"'Alright'? That's the best word you can come up with to describe your friends?"

"What else then? That's my opinion, they are alright. We see each other a few times a month and we play, that's about it." Draco shrugged.

"Fine, what do you think of me then?" Alice asked, still fiddling with the toy rabbit. Draco thought for a few moments, frowning a little.

"Um…I like you, you are really nice. And…we are friends." was what the 8-year-old finally came up with. Alice laughed.

"What?" Draco asked defensively.

"Nothing, I like you too. And yeah, we are friends." Alice replied honestly with a toothy grin. Draco relaxed, he thought he had said something wrong.

In the end the two decided to play hide and seek to pass the time. The Malfoy Manor offered more than enough hiding place as it was so big. Draco hid under a bed in one of the guest rooms and it only took Alice three minutes to find him. The girl complained that he was too predictable then set off to find the perfect hiding place for herself. But the problem this time was that because it was such a good hiding place (in a tree in the magnificent garden – Alice asked one of the gardeners to lift her up), Alice waited for 15 minutes before she got too bored and called for Draco. However she couldn't get down because the gardener had forgotten about her and left so Draco had to return to the building and get help. By the time Alice had been rescued from the tree, Pansy and Blaise had already arrived and Narcissa was so angry, not at Alice of course, that she fired the gardener immediately even though Alice did try to save the poor guy's job and told Narcissa that he had done nothing wrong.

At eleven o'clock they finally set off for Diagon Alley, by portkey. Alice was bubbling with anticipation as it was her first visit. After the hook-behind-naval sensation, four children and one adult were standing in the bustling street of Diagon Alley. The three older ones acted very mature and asked Alice where she wanted to go. However this was her first time here and she couldn't remember most of the shops at Diagon Alley so Narcissa took the four to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour and bought them an ice cream each while Pansy, Blaise and Draco told Alice about the different shops.

"There's Sugarplum's Sweets Shop." Pansy said. Alice thought she was quite pretty and Pansy had been very nice to her, probably because of Draco, but she liked Pansy anyway.

"And Magical Menagerie where they sell pets and pet supplies." Blaise added. He was a good looking boy too and was also very kind to Alice.

"You can practically find any type of animal there. Rats, cats, owls, transforming rabbits, Puffskeins…" Pansy expanded on Blaise's comment.

"I like Quality Quidditch Supplies, and I think you'll like it too." Draco said, finishing off his ice cream.

"Let's go to the sweet shop first, then go to all the other places!" Alice decided happily.

So they went to Sugarplum's Sweets Shop and bought a bag of sweets each including Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pasties, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, Chocolate Frogs and Drooble's Best Blowing Gum. Then they visited Magical Menagerie and Alice poked a few Puffskeins. After that they went to Quality Quidditch Supplies and spent half an hour in there. Alice then dragged the lot to Flourish and Blotts and Narcissa bought her a small mountain of books after seeing how much she loved reading. They had lunch in a fancy restaurant and finally in the afternoon, after Pansy and Blaise were collected by their parents, Narcissa took Alice and Draco to Twilfitt and Tatting's and bought a whole wardrobe of pretty clothes for Alice.

By the time they had arrived home, both children were exhausted. They went up to Draco's room and flopped down on the king sized bed. The boy's room was very much like Alice's, with a giant wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a desk and chair and an ensuite bathroom. It was very tidy, thanks to magic.

"So…what do you think of Pansy and Blaise? You liked them, obviously." Draco said.

"Yes I do like them, they are nice." the seven-year-old replied.

"Good." Came the blond boy's brief answer.

Alice lay on Draco's bed contently. She had made friends, met Dobby, visited Diagon Alley. Life is treating her pretty well, she was definitely enjoying it. The girl thought happily, her mind starting to drift off. When Draco called her name softly a few minutes later, there was no response.

Alice was asleep.

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