Molly
Molly Weasley prided herself on being a good mother. Raising seven children wasn't easy, especially when six of them were boys.
You would have thought that having two of them at Hogwarts would have made it easier. You would be wrong.
Bill had never been a problematic child, sure he had like to argue with his mother, but he had always been good when it mattered. Molly had never received a letter of complaint about Bill. In fact, the only letter the school had ever sent home regarding Bill was one saying that he was a model pupil who wanted to take 12 subjects for his Ordinary Wizarding Levels. Molly was thrilled, as was Arthur. Obviously, they both wanted the best for their children, and it seemed that Bill had a bright future ahead of him.
In comparison, Charlie had always been out and about in the jungle that was the Burrow's garden. Molly could barely get him to stay in the house half the time and he had often come in covered in mud. Once, Arthur had found him in the process of moving his room out of the house and into the branches of a willow tree. Charlie had been halfway through shoving his mattress out of his first floor window when Arthur stopped him. Another time, Charlie had to be rushed to St Mungo's Hospital because he had been bitten by a venomous tentacula. But instead of running for help when he had been bitten, Charlie had tried feeding the plant left over scraps from dinner, so the poison had spread from his hand to his chest. Thankfully, the healers had sorted it all out promptly and they were back home the next day.
Molly had invested in some lethal gardening that next week.
But aside from those few issues, Molly's two eldest were not a problem at all. So much so that the other five were actually more trouble now that Bill and Charlie were out of the house.
Yet now that the summer holidays had come around once more, there were Charlie's friends to deal with, and once again Molly realised that her first two sons were growing up. It had been quite a shock to Molly when Charlie had owled home with the news that he had a "sort-of girlfriend".
'He's only twelve for Merlin's sake!' Molly had wailed as she waved the letter at Arthur.
'If he wants a girlfriend then just leave him to it.' Her husband had tried to calm her. But it turned out that this fling with that Robin girl was just that – a fling. However, Molly was now worried about the effect that Andromeda's daughter, Nymphadora Tonks was going to have upon her second son.
Just halfway into the term Professor Minerva McGonagall had owled to inform them of Charlie's part in charming the Owlery owls different colours. The Transfiguration professor had assured Molly that the whole thing wasn't Charlie's idea, and had in fact been inspired by Nymphadora Tonks. The same was said for the removal of toilet seats from around the school and spiking food with various potions and powders.
Molly could remember Ted Tonks and Andromeda Black at Hogwarts, a few years below her and Arthur, and what really stood out in Molly's mind was the way boys of every house had tripped over themselves to do every little thing for Andromeda. Molly feared that the same thing was happening again and that Charlie was caught in the cross-fire. Her mind had changed quite quickly however, upon seeing the younger Tonks and her son together. It was obvious that they were great friends.
She smiled to herself when she saw Charlie, Bill and Charlie's friends all sprawled out on the floor of Charlie's room. One of Molly's biggest worries for her children was that they wouldn't fit in at school because they were so used to each other's company. That clearly wasn't an issue.
So Molly contented herself with cooking a large breakfast for them all. She wouldn't have other parents accusing her of starving their children when they stayed at the Burrow. She put the bacon and sausages on to cook and waited for the smell to draw all the children, like moths to a flame.
