Summary: Dumbledore's daughter – Aly's life including her best friend Lily, the impossible Marauder's, and her life with her father as headmaster.

Disclaimer: ok, we all know I don't any of the characters you recognize or any of the settings – they are J.K. Rowling's. I do claim Alyson though.

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On September 1, Aly dressed top-speed. She grabbed hold of her trunk and drug it down the hall. As she entered the kitchen, she was stopped by her father.

"Where do you think your going?" he asked her.

Aly looked over at him and made a face. "I'm going to take the train like all the other students do," she announced.

Dumbledore studied her face, realizing the look of determination that her mother use to wear, and gave up. "Fine," he told her, "Just be careful."

Aly squealed and hugged him quickly and then ran out of the cottage sending dust flying on the pathway outside with her trunk.

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"Minerva, I have a bad feeling about this year."

"Why's that, Albus?" she asked turning to face him.

"Have you seen the list of 1st years?" he asked her. His face had grown tired over the summer and he looked very disheartened.

"No. Why who's on it?" she asked coming to get a better look.

"Well, we have got a Black coming in. They've been causing nothing but trouble with the ministry as long as I can remember. I really wish we wouldn't let these 'all-high and mighty purebloods' into the school. They always cause nothing but trouble."

"Albus, you're being a hypocrite. They don't want Muggle-born's here and you don't want them here."

"Well," Dumbledore said continuing, "We've got a Malfoy coming in too. They're a bunch of pureblood fools too. Not as bad as the Black's, but bad none-the-less."

"Oh! We've got a Potter coming in too, huh?" Minerva said.

"Yes, James," Dumbledore said.

"I wonder how long it takes before you get a letter from his mother begging you to send him home," she said with a laugh.

"Can you blame her? The only survive of her 4 children, she's bound to be attached to him," he replied distracted.

"Albus?"

"Hmm...?" He looked up to see Minerva looking at him. "Oh, I'm fine," he said noticing that she wore a look of worry. "It's just; Aly went to the train station this morning. I'm just having a little trouble coping with it."

"Don't worry about her, she'll be fine."

"I hope your right. I really hope your right."

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Aly walked happily into the train station. Even though she was underage, she knew how to Apparate and since no one in the ministry had enough guts to tell Dumbledore's only child not to break the law, that's how she got there.

She walked up to the barrier, a wall between Platforms 9 and 10, and saw a girl with curly red who was kissing her mother and father good-bye and a short boy with black hair that stood up every which-way standing by himself looking confused.

The girl's mother, father, and sister had turned to leave and now the boy and girl both stood there looking around them. It seemed neither one knew how to get through the barrier. Aly walked up to them.

"Hogwarts?" she asked.

"Huh? Uh, yeah," the boy said.

"Do you not know how to get through?" she asked.

"I know how to get through. I just don't know where it is," he replied.

"I don't know either of the two," the girl said.

"Here, follow me," Aly said pushing her cart with her trunk on it towards the wall. "Well, come on." She waved them over to the wall with her.

They both came over and she said, "Just lean into the wall. Just make sure you've got everything secure." The girl looked very scared, but the boy looked like he thought Aly was lying to him.

"Ok, on the count of three we'll all lean back together. Ok, 1, 2, 3."

They all pushed back and soon a large scarlet train appeared before them. Its whistle blew.

"Come on, we'll miss it if we don't hurry."

They all hurried off towards the train. Aly helped them store their luggage and climbed on board. All three of them proceed down the hallway. All the compartments seemed to be filled. "What if we have to stand?" the girl asked.

"Here's one," Aly announced as they reached the very last compartment.

She slid open the door. There was one person sitting in the compartment. He had short, brown hair that fell very elegantly around his eyes. He was lounged carelessly across the seat. He looked up at them as they entered.

"We're sitting here, ok," Aly announced. It was more of a statement than a question. "Who died and made you queen?" the boy asked as the red headed girl and the unruly haired boy sat down, but Aly remained standing.

"Well, who asked you to open your mouth?" Aly fired back.

The boy raised his eyebrow at her and a small hint of a smile hit his lips. "Sirius Black," he said stretching out his hand to her.

Aly made a face of disgust and replied, "Charmed, I'm sure."

The boy looked taken aback. He then asked, "And you are?"

"Aly."

"Just Aly? No last name?"

"My last name isn't really important. Not like yours anyways," and with that, she sat down.

A blush crept across the boy's handsome face. "What do you mean by that?" he replied angrily.

"Well, I'm actually surprised you didn't ask for our backgrounds before we came in here. What if we were Muggle-born or something? A Black can't associate with the likes of that, can he?"

Aly had apparently made him mad because he made a very ugly face at her. Aly smiled contently and turned to the other two people in the compartment. "And your names are?" she asked politely.

"James," the boy said as if trying not to seem intimidated by Aly. His voice came out really high and squeaky though, so, he did a really bad job of hiding it.

Aly studied him, "Potter?"

The boy swallowed hard as if preparing himself for some sort of lashing, "Yes."

"Oh good, Black, he's a pureblood, no worries now. You can probably bribe your way into office through him, since his dad's second to the minister, just like the rest of your family has," Aly said to Sirius.

"And you?" she asked the girl before Sirius could reply.

"I'm Lily Evans," said softly and then as an after thought added, "I'm Muggle born, though."

Aly turned to study Black's face. He looked non-phased by the information and leaned around James and said, "Nice to meet you, Lily, James," he nodded at both of them and turned back to Aly.

Aly then looked back at Lily and James and said, "Hi. Nervous?"

"Of course," Lily said, "Who isn't?"

"I'm not," Sirius said.

"Oh, of course you are. Don't lie," Aly told him.

"And how do you what I feel?"

"You're a Black. You're raised to be a droid, doing your family's evil bidding. Raised to hate Muggle born's and help to build a new world of just purebloods."

"That's not fair," Sirius suddenly shouted. "You don't even know me. I absolutely hate my family and the way they think. If I could I would have been born into a Muggle family just to spite them. So, why don't you shut your trap and quit saying things that aren't true." He had stood up as he yelled and now Aly was on her feet.

She glared at him, "Don't yell at me!"

He glared back and through clenched teeth said, "I'll do as I please, thank you."

They stood there glaring at each other. Finally, Aly broke the silence by saying, "I bet you 5 galleons you're gone in a week."

"You're on," Sirius growled back and stuck out his hand. Aly took it and shook it.

They both sat back down and after a long spell of silence Lily said, "So, bedsides being nervous, is anyone excited?" she turned beet red and looked as if she wished she hadn't said anything.

"I am!" Aly said cheerfully, half out of truth and half out of pity for Lily's embarrassment.

James and Sirius both mumbled a 'yeah'.

"Just wait, you'll absolutely love it! It's really pretty in the summer and there's a lake you can swimming in. There's a giant squid in it though, so, you have to be careful. There are tons of secret passageways and the forbidden forest! Oh, it's totally, it's just, Hogwarts is just indescribable. The absolute best place on earth!" Aly said in almost one breath.

"You sound like a friggin' travel agent." Sirius mumbled. Aly shot him a look.

The rest of the time on the train was filled with Lily asking Aly questions about Hogwarts and James and Sirius talking lightly about Quidditch, but mostly just listening to Aly babble.

As the train slowed down, Aly felt like something had erupted in her stomach; a feeling of joy and of peace. She was finally going home.