As Minerva McGonagall arrived and picked up Hermione to take her to Diagon Alley after her father gave her all the money she asked for and after they convinced the professor that they wouldn't be comfortable in a magical area the Grangers were about to sit down and think. So often did they think about hat went wrong. And each time they did they were filled with regrets. They knew they should've done things differently. Even the therapist had told them that. But the truth of the matter was they hadn't.

When Hermione was born their dentistry was just starting out so they hired a nanny to watch her while they worked. They did love their daughter but they valued their work above all else. Unfortunatly that included their only child. At first Hermione seemed fine witghout the attention and care of her parents on a daily basis. She thrived and seemed to be just fine. So they continued to work seven days a week. They thought the nanny was giving their daughter love and affection while they worked. But a nanny can only do so much. But Hermione was fond of her. And she loved her parents. Or she atleast seemed to.

That all ended though when the nanny was fired after an argument when Hermione was 4 years old. Hermione was close to her nanny and when she saw her go she felt betrayed and abandoned. That was when the acting out began. She would scream at any moment for any reason. She refused to be touched by her parents and threw a fit when they even so much as patted her head. At first they ignored these troiiubling signs. She was independent they thought.

Once she began to go to school she found out that she got attention by doing bad things. So she did bad things. Nothing violent until she was 8 years old. That was when she pushed a little boy down on the concrete playground. She liked the attention she got. She understood it. But she didn't understand the hugs or kindness of her parents. She wasn't used to that so she retaliated with violence. At 9 she found out about her powers and started to use them to her advantage. She would hurt her classmates and teachers. She would hurt local animals. She even started hurting her parents. And nothing the Grangers did stopped her.

They took her to see a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with RAD or Reactive Attachment Disorder. They realized that they should've been there for her as a baby. But it was too late. At least that is what the therapist said. But maybe just maybe this new world could help her but until then they would fear their only child.

(This is the second chapter of The Beginning of Darkness. Thank you to those that review! Let me know if you liked it. Thanks! RAD is a real mental disorder that occurs in children that did not have attentive parents as babies and toddlers. I do not own Harry Potter no matter how many memory charms I use. It belongs to JK Rowling.)