Winter, 1983
The pretty blonde sat beside her older, black-haired sister, watching the elder's daughter run through the Muggle playground, playing in the snow.
"She's gotten so big, Andromeda. How long until she's due for school?" Narcissa asked her sister, purposefully not mentioning the name 'Hogwarts'.
"Call me Andy, please. 3 or 4 years." Andy replied sadly, pulling her coat further around her. Dora was all she had left, with her husband dead.
A commotion behind them broke Andy from her reverie. A brown haired woman was screaming and shaking a child, who appeared to be crying. The only words Cissy could catch made her glow with rage.
"I never should have listened to him! He said I'd grow to love you, but I've never felt anything but contempt for you! I never wanted children and now I'm stuck with you forever!"
Narcissa, forgetting her prim upbringing entirely, stalked over to the rude woman and terrified child. "Release the child carefully, and I'll do you no harm." The young blond growled.
"Who the fuck are you?" The muggle snarled "Are trying to tell me how to live my life? Fuck off!"
"Release the child carefully, and I'll do you no harm." Narcissa repeated, wishing she could Crucio the brunette for abusing the little girl. "If you insist on me telling you how to live, I'll tell you to never be around children again."
"Monica! What are you doing, Monica?" The women heard from behind them, seeing a rotund man heading towards them.
"Gladly," Monica continued glaring at Narcissa. She picked up the little girl and shoved her into Narcissa's arms.
"What's going on?" The young man asked, having reached the two upset women.
"I'm done with that fucking monster, Wendell! I can't do it anymore! The blonde bitch can keep her for all I care!" Monica screamed and the man who appeared to be her husband.
Narcissa stared at the couple, feeling like she'd been confounded. The man, Wendell, looked at the girl sitting in Narcissa's arms, stated a simple, "Take good care of her, please." And walked off with his ranting wife.
"What just happened?" Cissy wondered out loud, looking down and the fluffy-haired child in her arms.
AN: Credit to DarkDaisies for the idea of Narcissa taking Hermione from her mother. I used Monica and Wendell as Hermione/Lauren's parents due to them not having any other names in the books.