Relentless - A Dramione FanFic

Family History ~ Hogwarts Express

Hermione's parents didn't know if they would ever get used to entering Platform 9 3/4.  Walking through walls, of course, was not something muggles did on a regular basis.  Their daughter had exhibited magical abilities since she was no more than two years old, when Jane walked into Hermione's nursery one morning and saw all of the plush animals floating one-by-one into the crib.  Her scream broke Hermione's concentration, and the animals dropped from midair, landing all around the room.  Wesley rushed in and found Jane cradling Hermione in her lap, a look of pure panic etched on her face.  When Jane explained to Wesley what she'd seen, he put a call in to his own mother, Agnes.  She'd told him to call if anything unexplainable ever happened, and this definitely qualified.

Agnes made the short trip from her home, and within the hour, she was advising her son and his bewildered wife on the truth of her relatives... the Clarkes.  Julius Braun had eloped with Millicent Clarke when they were just 17 years old.  His family hadn't approved of the marriage because Julius was the son of an affluent, Irish magistrate and Millicent was their maid's daughter.  Upon refusing a divorce, Julius, along with Millicent and her mother, Maggie, (her father, Ben, had died before she was born) was forced out of Ireland by Magistrate Braun.  They resettled in northern England, near the Scottish border.  It was there that Millicent gave birth to their four children, Magnus, Mattias, Madelyn and Meegan.

When Meegan was five years old, she accidentally set their family home on fire after becoming upset with Mattias for stealing her favorite doll.  It was then that Maggie was forced to tell the truth about her late husband.  Ben had been a wizard, an auror (someone who fights dark magic), in fact, for the Ministry of Magic.  He died while attempting to apprehend a wizard who had been placing muggles under the Imperius curse just for fun.  Although Millicent never displayed any magical abilities, Maggie knew the chance to have a witch or wizard in the family increased with every grandchild.  Julius and Millicent were fearful of how Meegan's powers would affect their other children.  They decided it would be best if Maggie took Meegan away, and raised her as her own child.  

Meegan did not understand why she'd been sent away.  She promised her grandmother that if they returned home she would never again get angry with Mattias.  Maggie couldn't help but feel sympathy for her granddaughter, but she knew Julius and Millicent were too fearful to accept Meegan back into their home.  Maggie settled them in Godric's Hollow, Ben's hometown.  She explained to Meegan that she was special.  She told her one day she would get to attend a magic school, and meet many other children like her.  

Six years passed.  The summer of her eleventh birthday, Meegan received a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry inviting her to attend.  Meegan graduated from Hogwarts, but never fully embraced being witch.  She actually blamed her abilities for tearing her away from her family.  She did not pursue a magical career, opting instead to live a muggle life.  She married Stephen Warner, a blacksmith, and had one child...Agnes.  

Meegan prayed Agnes would not be magical, because she knew first hand how magic could alienate a child.  Meegan thought her prayers had been answered, but as she was doing dishes one July afternoon, an owl flew through the kitchen window and dropped a letter right in the girl's lap before circling back out.  Meegan's heart dropped, knowing full well what that letter was going to say.  Her heart shattered as her daughter read the letter out loud, then looked to her expectantly.  Meegan assured her it was just a silly joke, that there was no such thing as magic, and a part of her died as she watched the light of hope drain from her daughter's eyes.

Meegan owled Headmaster Dippet, to inform him Agnes would not be attending, and to please not send anymore owls.  Meegan felt ashamed about denying her daughter the truth, but she could not risk Stephen finding out, and rejecting the both of them.  She convinced herself that she lied to Agnes for her own protection, but the guilt started to eat her alive.  When Agnes turned 18, Meegan took her on a vacation to London.  It was there that Meegan confessed everything, even took her to Diagon Alley to prove it.  Agnes couldn't believe her eyes or that her mother would lie to her about something so important.