A.N. — On this date in canon, Ollivander leaves Shell Cottage with Bill Weasley. Bill has with him the tiara Fluer wore at her wedding in order to return it to this chapter's subject. That tiara is also a connection to tomorrow's drabble.
120. Muriel
Every family has a black sheep. For the Weasleys, already considered the black sheep of the purebloods, their wayward relation truly earned the title.
Muriel was a heavy drinker, an incessant complainer, and her appetite for gossip was insatiable. Her idea of social decorum was belittling, insulting, and shouting anyone who opposed her down. She saw no redeeming qualities in any of her kin, and they felt the same about her.
But family was family, and when war came calling at the Burrow, Muriel opened up her home to the Weasley clan. That, unsurprisingly, was the extent of her civility.