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luvergurl01, Gemini, fra, and benny – thank you guys so much for the reviews.
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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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Note: I put a sorting song in. It's not that great, but it's the best I could do.
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As all the students filed off of the train, familiar voice struck Aly's ears.
"Firs' years! Over here firs' year!"
She smiled as Hagrid's large figure, which seemed to swell in the dim lantern light, came into view. Lily, who was sticking close to Aly, scooted even closer to her as they approached Hagrid.
"Alyson," Hagrid greeted her with a smile.
"Rubeus," Aly added back with a crook in her eyebrow.
Hagrid's smile seemed to deepen and then announced loudly for everyone to hear, "Alright, all you firs' years," he called out, "File into these here boats."
Aly, Lily, Sirius, James, and two other first years climbed into a boat along with Hagrid.
As they floated towards the castle, a silence had settled onto them. It left an eerie feeling in air and a few of them even shivered. Lily was still crouched close to Aly as if she were some sort of shield.
Aly turned to see Sirius and James both looking like they were likely to puke over the side of the boat.
"Thought you weren't scared," Aly mumbled quietly to Sirius.
"I'm not," he snapped back rather loudly causing a few students to jump.
As Hogwarts came into full view many students gasped. Aly smiled brightly and let out a of sigh of happiness. After a few moments of just watching Hogwarts come closer, she felt someone watching her. She turned, still smiling to see Sirius staring at her.
"What?" she hissed.
Realizing he had been caught watching her, Sirius tried to play it off, "What?" he said shrugging and turning quickly back to look at the castle which was now so close that the light from the windows was hitting their boat.
As they entered the school in a huge mass clumped all together, 'Safety in numbers,' Aly thought, they were greeted by Professor McGonagall.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. Please follow me." She led the mass down a hallway into a room where she left to wait.
Lily, who was still standing very close to Aly, whispered, "What are they going to make us do?"
"Not to worry," Aly informed her, "It's nothing painful or anything."
"With all these filthy little mudbloods around it's a shame it isn't," a voice hissed at her.
Aly whipped around to see an arrogant looking blonde boy standing there.
"What did you say?" Aly asked harshly.
"You heard me," the boy murmured back, "The mudbloods shouldn't be allowed here, it's for wizards, pureblood wizards that is."
Aly started to reach for her wand, thinking wildly of what to do to this horrible boy in front of her. However, someone else was already one step ahead of her. "Apologize," Sirius demanded, his wand already drawn and pointed at the boy.
"Black," the boy whispered.
"Malfoy."
"Defending mudbloods now are you? Well, you always were the black sheep of the family. No pun intended I assure you."
The two stood there glaring at each other until an arm flung out upon Sirius' arm and whispered frantically, "She's coming back!"
Sirius turned to face Lily, then turned quickly to see McGonagall coming toward them, and tucked away his wand. Malfoy took this as a perfect chance to get his own out, but as soon as he had, a sharp voice filled the room, "Put that down this instance!" McGonagall said. "Ten points from which ever house you're placed in. In all my years, I've never seen someone trying to staring fight on the first day." She then turned to the rest of the group and announced "Follow me."
She led them into the Great Hall and Aly whispered, "A sight for sore eyes," as she scanned the enchanted ceiling, the four, long house tables, and the teachers table in front.
"What?" Lily whispered back.
"Nothing," Aly said grinning. They stopped in front of a stool with an old hat on it. They all stood watching, waiting, breathless. Aly knew what was coming though. She used to come watch the sorting when she was young. She'd clap and sway as the hat sang its song. The best part was that every year it was different. This year, however, she was ready to actually listen to what it had to say.
It opened up from one of its seams and began:
Listen now,
For what I say is true.
For my new song,
May interest you.
The fine school you stand in
Was built very long ago.
When exactly,
No one truly knows.
Yet, we do know about its founders
The great, the brilliant, the spectacular four.
Stay tuned into to me
For I will tell you more.
Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin
All started out as the best of friends,
They said 'Let's build a school untied on magic,'
The unity, not too long after, soon did end.
Gryffindor wanted the bravest,
The proud and the few.
The daring, the chivalrous, the brave of heart,
There's where they dwell, maybe along with you.
Ravenclaw wanted the smart
The intelligent and the bright
If your one of these
Than for Ravenclaw you might be right.
Slytherin wanted only those purest of blood,
Those who are true are for who he cared.
Real friends, cunning like you
You'll find if you are placed there.
Hufflepuff wanted the patient and the kind.
She wanted the loyal and the just.
If you are one of these,
Then place you there I must.
So, come forward now
And place me on your head,
And I'll put you where you'll achieve greatness
For all that may lie ahead.
Everyone clapped as it finished and soon McGonagall had returned and was starting to call names.
"Aronoff, Ashleigh," was the first to be called and was placed in Ravenclaw.
"Black, Narcissa," followed, being placed in Slytherin.
The came, "Black, Sirius." The hat seemed to take it's time, and Sirius began to fidget slightly until eventually in announced, "GRYFFINDOR!" One of the middle tables, draped in scarlet and gold, let out cheers for its first new member.
"Burwell, Melanie," became the second Gryffindor. She took her seat next to Sirius at the table.
After a few other people, it arrived, "Dumbledore, Alyson," McGonagall announced sending a sudden burst of whispers throughout the room.
Sirius' jaw dropped and he moaned loudly, "The headmaster's daughter?" he sighed and then just before the hat was lowered on to Aly's head she saw him say, "Crap, I don't have 5 galleons."
She giggled inwardly and then heard a small voice.
"Find something funny, eh?" Aly almost answered back, but then remember she was the only one able to hear it.
"So, we met again do we? At least you of age this time," Aly had tried the sorting hat on many times before. It would never tell her anything, even though she pleaded with it many times. It just simple replied 'When you time comes.' Now it had and she was ready for it.
"Well, where to put you. You are going to be difficult and impatient, aren't you now." Aly realized mentally she was trying to push the hat to hurry and tried to calm down.
"Ok, let me see, you're brave and loyal, hm, and very determined. You'd make a good match in almost any house, but . . . I think I'm going to put you in, GRYFFINDOR!" The Gryffindor table erupted into cheers. She smiled and jumped off the stool.
She walked confidently over to the table and sat down across from Sirius. "Congrats," he said nodding and looking slightly intimidated.
"I warned you," she replied overly sweet. They both turned back to finish watching the rest of the sorting.
Soon, came, "Evans, Lily." She looked like she was going to puke, but it didn't take long for the hat to decide "GRYFFINDOR!" Lily walked shakily down to the table and sat next to Aly who threw her arm around Lily's shoulders.
"Nothing to worry about now," Aly reassured her.
Aly looked back over at the group that still remained and a boy caught her attention. He was a tired looking, sandy-haired boy and he had caught her attention because she had seen him and his parents talking to her father over the summer. When McGonagall called him she announced, "Lupin, Remus."
He too became a Gryffindor. "Malfoy, Lucius," became a Slytherin and "Pettigrew, Peter," and "Potter, James" both became new Gryffindors, although, the hat took an extraordinarily long time on Peter.
A boy Aly also recognized, but couldn't put a name to, it turned out his name was "Snape, Severus," was placed in Slytherin.
Eventually, "Wright, Erika," was placed in Hufflepuff and McGonagall picked up the stool and the hat and walked it away.
It was then that Dumbledore stood and welcomed everyone. The food was placed out and everyone ate till they felt like they would burst. If there was one thing Aly had to say she missed most about Hogwarts, would have had to be the food.
Once they had finished and the food was cleared, Dumbledore stood again and dismissed them.
"Gryffindor first years, follow me!" a tall blonde boy yelled.
Aly grabbed Lily's wrist and said, "Come'on!"
"Hello Andrew," Aly said to the boy once she and Lily had reached him.
"Aly," he smiled. Aly noticed he still had a slight scar under his left eye where he had gotten hit during a fit he and another 3rd year had had over the, then, nine year old Aly.
"I'm finally here!" she said blissfully.
"Indeed you are," Andrew said with a wicked smile.
Lily kept gasping and "awing" from behind Aly and she soon forgot about Andrew and started pointing things out to Lily.
"That wall there is actually a door. Oh, and that door there is actually a wall. That picture is of my great-great-great-great grandmother, she was a lover with one of the headmaster's here. Just don't mention he has a wife to her, she's still touchy about it even after all these years."
As they arrived at a large picture of a fat lady in a pink, silk gown, Aly announced, "And this is the entrance to the Gryffindor common room."
"Hey!" Andrew said playfully, "It was my job to say that."
Aly flashed him a smile as Sirius mimicked, "It was my job to say that," James and him laughed, but Aly shot them both a look and they both fell quiet.
They climbed inside and were instructed where to go to get to their bedrooms.
As Andrew wished Aly a good night, she caught sight of Sirius eyeing Andrew wickedly.
She, Lily, and all the other girls climbed to their bedrooms and as Aly lay down on her bed to go to sleep, she couldn't help but think that things in her life were finally going right.
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Hey, guys! What did you think? Please review and let me know what to fix or even ideas of what to add. Thanks a bunch!
luvergurl01, Gemini, fra, and benny – thank you guys so much for the reviews.
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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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Note: I put a sorting song in. It's not that great, but it's the best I could do.
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As all the students filed off of the train, familiar voice struck Aly's ears.
"Firs' years! Over here firs' year!"
She smiled as Hagrid's large figure, which seemed to swell in the dim lantern light, came into view. Lily, who was sticking close to Aly, scooted even closer to her as they approached Hagrid.
"Alyson," Hagrid greeted her with a smile.
"Rubeus," Aly added back with a crook in her eyebrow.
Hagrid's smile seemed to deepen and then announced loudly for everyone to hear, "Alright, all you firs' years," he called out, "File into these here boats."
Aly, Lily, Sirius, James, and two other first years climbed into a boat along with Hagrid.
As they floated towards the castle, a silence had settled onto them. It left an eerie feeling in air and a few of them even shivered. Lily was still crouched close to Aly as if she were some sort of shield.
Aly turned to see Sirius and James both looking like they were likely to puke over the side of the boat.
"Thought you weren't scared," Aly mumbled quietly to Sirius.
"I'm not," he snapped back rather loudly causing a few students to jump.
As Hogwarts came into full view many students gasped. Aly smiled brightly and let out a of sigh of happiness. After a few moments of just watching Hogwarts come closer, she felt someone watching her. She turned, still smiling to see Sirius staring at her.
"What?" she hissed.
Realizing he had been caught watching her, Sirius tried to play it off, "What?" he said shrugging and turning quickly back to look at the castle which was now so close that the light from the windows was hitting their boat.
As they entered the school in a huge mass clumped all together, 'Safety in numbers,' Aly thought, they were greeted by Professor McGonagall.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. Please follow me." She led the mass down a hallway into a room where she left to wait.
Lily, who was still standing very close to Aly, whispered, "What are they going to make us do?"
"Not to worry," Aly informed her, "It's nothing painful or anything."
"With all these filthy little mudbloods around it's a shame it isn't," a voice hissed at her.
Aly whipped around to see an arrogant looking blonde boy standing there.
"What did you say?" Aly asked harshly.
"You heard me," the boy murmured back, "The mudbloods shouldn't be allowed here, it's for wizards, pureblood wizards that is."
Aly started to reach for her wand, thinking wildly of what to do to this horrible boy in front of her. However, someone else was already one step ahead of her. "Apologize," Sirius demanded, his wand already drawn and pointed at the boy.
"Black," the boy whispered.
"Malfoy."
"Defending mudbloods now are you? Well, you always were the black sheep of the family. No pun intended I assure you."
The two stood there glaring at each other until an arm flung out upon Sirius' arm and whispered frantically, "She's coming back!"
Sirius turned to face Lily, then turned quickly to see McGonagall coming toward them, and tucked away his wand. Malfoy took this as a perfect chance to get his own out, but as soon as he had, a sharp voice filled the room, "Put that down this instance!" McGonagall said. "Ten points from which ever house you're placed in. In all my years, I've never seen someone trying to staring fight on the first day." She then turned to the rest of the group and announced "Follow me."
She led them into the Great Hall and Aly whispered, "A sight for sore eyes," as she scanned the enchanted ceiling, the four, long house tables, and the teachers table in front.
"What?" Lily whispered back.
"Nothing," Aly said grinning. They stopped in front of a stool with an old hat on it. They all stood watching, waiting, breathless. Aly knew what was coming though. She used to come watch the sorting when she was young. She'd clap and sway as the hat sang its song. The best part was that every year it was different. This year, however, she was ready to actually listen to what it had to say.
It opened up from one of its seams and began:
Listen now,
For what I say is true.
For my new song,
May interest you.
The fine school you stand in
Was built very long ago.
When exactly,
No one truly knows.
Yet, we do know about its founders
The great, the brilliant, the spectacular four.
Stay tuned into to me
For I will tell you more.
Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin
All started out as the best of friends,
They said 'Let's build a school untied on magic,'
The unity, not too long after, soon did end.
Gryffindor wanted the bravest,
The proud and the few.
The daring, the chivalrous, the brave of heart,
There's where they dwell, maybe along with you.
Ravenclaw wanted the smart
The intelligent and the bright
If your one of these
Than for Ravenclaw you might be right.
Slytherin wanted only those purest of blood,
Those who are true are for who he cared.
Real friends, cunning like you
You'll find if you are placed there.
Hufflepuff wanted the patient and the kind.
She wanted the loyal and the just.
If you are one of these,
Then place you there I must.
So, come forward now
And place me on your head,
And I'll put you where you'll achieve greatness
For all that may lie ahead.
Everyone clapped as it finished and soon McGonagall had returned and was starting to call names.
"Aronoff, Ashleigh," was the first to be called and was placed in Ravenclaw.
"Black, Narcissa," followed, being placed in Slytherin.
The came, "Black, Sirius." The hat seemed to take it's time, and Sirius began to fidget slightly until eventually in announced, "GRYFFINDOR!" One of the middle tables, draped in scarlet and gold, let out cheers for its first new member.
"Burwell, Melanie," became the second Gryffindor. She took her seat next to Sirius at the table.
After a few other people, it arrived, "Dumbledore, Alyson," McGonagall announced sending a sudden burst of whispers throughout the room.
Sirius' jaw dropped and he moaned loudly, "The headmaster's daughter?" he sighed and then just before the hat was lowered on to Aly's head she saw him say, "Crap, I don't have 5 galleons."
She giggled inwardly and then heard a small voice.
"Find something funny, eh?" Aly almost answered back, but then remember she was the only one able to hear it.
"So, we met again do we? At least you of age this time," Aly had tried the sorting hat on many times before. It would never tell her anything, even though she pleaded with it many times. It just simple replied 'When you time comes.' Now it had and she was ready for it.
"Well, where to put you. You are going to be difficult and impatient, aren't you now." Aly realized mentally she was trying to push the hat to hurry and tried to calm down.
"Ok, let me see, you're brave and loyal, hm, and very determined. You'd make a good match in almost any house, but . . . I think I'm going to put you in, GRYFFINDOR!" The Gryffindor table erupted into cheers. She smiled and jumped off the stool.
She walked confidently over to the table and sat down across from Sirius. "Congrats," he said nodding and looking slightly intimidated.
"I warned you," she replied overly sweet. They both turned back to finish watching the rest of the sorting.
Soon, came, "Evans, Lily." She looked like she was going to puke, but it didn't take long for the hat to decide "GRYFFINDOR!" Lily walked shakily down to the table and sat next to Aly who threw her arm around Lily's shoulders.
"Nothing to worry about now," Aly reassured her.
Aly looked back over at the group that still remained and a boy caught her attention. He was a tired looking, sandy-haired boy and he had caught her attention because she had seen him and his parents talking to her father over the summer. When McGonagall called him she announced, "Lupin, Remus."
He too became a Gryffindor. "Malfoy, Lucius," became a Slytherin and "Pettigrew, Peter," and "Potter, James" both became new Gryffindors, although, the hat took an extraordinarily long time on Peter.
A boy Aly also recognized, but couldn't put a name to, it turned out his name was "Snape, Severus," was placed in Slytherin.
Eventually, "Wright, Erika," was placed in Hufflepuff and McGonagall picked up the stool and the hat and walked it away.
It was then that Dumbledore stood and welcomed everyone. The food was placed out and everyone ate till they felt like they would burst. If there was one thing Aly had to say she missed most about Hogwarts, would have had to be the food.
Once they had finished and the food was cleared, Dumbledore stood again and dismissed them.
"Gryffindor first years, follow me!" a tall blonde boy yelled.
Aly grabbed Lily's wrist and said, "Come'on!"
"Hello Andrew," Aly said to the boy once she and Lily had reached him.
"Aly," he smiled. Aly noticed he still had a slight scar under his left eye where he had gotten hit during a fit he and another 3rd year had had over the, then, nine year old Aly.
"I'm finally here!" she said blissfully.
"Indeed you are," Andrew said with a wicked smile.
Lily kept gasping and "awing" from behind Aly and she soon forgot about Andrew and started pointing things out to Lily.
"That wall there is actually a door. Oh, and that door there is actually a wall. That picture is of my great-great-great-great grandmother, she was a lover with one of the headmaster's here. Just don't mention he has a wife to her, she's still touchy about it even after all these years."
As they arrived at a large picture of a fat lady in a pink, silk gown, Aly announced, "And this is the entrance to the Gryffindor common room."
"Hey!" Andrew said playfully, "It was my job to say that."
Aly flashed him a smile as Sirius mimicked, "It was my job to say that," James and him laughed, but Aly shot them both a look and they both fell quiet.
They climbed inside and were instructed where to go to get to their bedrooms.
As Andrew wished Aly a good night, she caught sight of Sirius eyeing Andrew wickedly.
She, Lily, and all the other girls climbed to their bedrooms and as Aly lay down on her bed to go to sleep, she couldn't help but think that things in her life were finally going right.
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Hey, guys! What did you think? Please review and let me know what to fix or even ideas of what to add. Thanks a bunch!