A/N: Okay, this is just the Exposition-y part... I set it up in a sort of weird format, but do not worry the rest of the chapters will be in a normal story format instead of an overview... This chapter is not the greatest... but bare with me. Harry Potter books exist in the muggle world, most accept it as fiction, just go with it, don't question it. No flames please! :)

She read the Harry Potter books, some of them repeatedly. She pretended she was at Hogwarts when she was young, enveloped in a complex dream scenario that she tried to desperately convince herself was real. As her 11th birthday approached, excitement bubbled within her, and she dared to cautiously let her hopes soar, knowing that it was completely impossible but maybe – just maybe – it would happen. Her 11th birthday came and went. Then her 12th, then her 13th. And just when the dust was heavily weighing down on those forgotten books in the corner, and she had finally banished all hope in her mind of receiving an escape from the life she lived, it arrived. Late.

Aliana was born into a large, small family, as much of an oxymoron as that might seem. Her family was large because she was born the youngest, and the 7th member of the Walker family, but small because her parents and grandparents were only children, and her grandparents had died long before she was born, leaving her without cousins, grandparents, or relatives of any other kind apart from her immediate family. She moved frequently while growing up, leaving her with little to no childhood friends, with only her older brothers and sisters to keep her company. There was no escape from her family's world. Growing up, there was also the growing feeling inside of Aliana that she didn't belong. She was unlike her brothers and sisters in everyway possible, and them being her only friends and family made her feel horribly out of place. Her eldest brother and sister teased her mightily, and this lowered her self-esteem mightily, only emphasizing this feeling that she had no where to belong. This all changed the moment the letter arrived, by owl, followed by a personal visit from Professor McGonagall, Headmistress of Hogwarts.

Basically, she was different. Weird. Strange. The letter hadn't formulated and been signed and sent until now, what would be Aliana's fourth year at Hogwarts starting this September. Magic never made mistakes, but in the case of Aliana, for some unknown reason, it appeared magic had. The Ministry was curious as to why such an anomaly had occurred, and were curious to see what lay in store for the mysterious witch who received her letter late. This is the story of finding your own home, and feeling that you finally belong.

A/N: The next chapter should be up soon, in regular format. If you haven't guessed it yet, this story is slightly based off of the AVPS' song, To Have A Home.