A collection showcasing the Mother/Child relationships that appear throughout the HP universe.

Written primarily for the Mother's Day Challenges Available on both HPFC and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry forum.

Mrs. Granger/Hermione

Penelope Granger has spent a good part of her life on the sidelines, watching her daughter grow and flourish into the brilliant young lady she was today.

Hermione was beautiful with her long brown hair and pretty chocolate brown eyes, but that wasn't what made Penelope proud. No, it was the intelligence that her daughter possessed that made her so happy.

Ever since she was a little kid, Hermione had been enamored with books and refused to play with the other kids. Penelope had known right then and there that great things were in-store for her precious bundle of joy.

Hermione continued to grow, the amazing power of knowledge gleaming in her eyes, but everything soon fell apart when it finally came.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy... It was one of the most famous magical schools in the world and despite her inital excitement, all she felt was loathing now. Over the years, her child became more distant, preferring to stay in school longer and more often. It soon got to the point that Hermione stopped visiting at all and it hurt. Each time summer rolled around, Penelope and her husband would make their way to the platform and be forced to watch, helpless, as their little girl never came.

Weeks later, after endless worrying, a letter would come, declaring that Hermione would spend the summer at Grimmauld place, away from them.

Penelope would cry herself to sleep at night, her husband's soothing arms around her. Sadly, even that wasn't enough to stop the longing that made itself known in her heart.

Her child; her beautiful, beautiful child wasn't coming home. As the time went on, Penelope slowly began to forget what her daughter looked like and with great despair, she looked over their family photo albums, wondering when everything went wrong.

That's when she would see it. Casting a glance to the side, she'd catch sight of the entrancing envelope on the counter, sitting innocently as if it had done nothing wrong.

In a fit of rage, she swept it up into her hands and threw it into the roaring fireplace, cackling as it slowly turned to ashes.

When her husband came home, he'd say nothing. Instead, he'd pull her into his arms, whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

Hermione never came back and Penelope soon lost herself as her precious baby was completely taken away.

Prompts:

March Mother's Day Challenge - Mrs. Granger/Hermione - 50 points.

Charms - Assignment 5 - Write about someone who is emotionally closed off.

Word Prompt Express - 960. Watch