History TearJerker / ChildOfTheStorm

* Wanda had to give up both her daughter and her godson, the latter the child of two of her best friends-and to a family who would mistreat and abuse him. She says to Sirius that he could not possibly hate her as much as she hates herself-and she's the daughter of the man who wrote the book on hatred. It's also clear that, at this point in time, she is pretty much completely alone, her boyfriend (her daughter's father) having proved to be a [[ManipulativeBastard conniving bastard of the highest order]], and her mentor vanishing for most of a decade.

* Chapter 72: you've got Harry clinging to his godmother and weeping in her arms until he can't cry any more in response to Luna's death and his own and doing much the same with his father. It seems a very long way away from Harry's first hugging of his father 70 chapters or so beforehand, because [[BreakTheCutie this Cutie is very much broken.]]

** Her reaction when Xavier gently reveals to her that she wasn't, as she had believed, simply created whole by Essex. She was born Rachel Grey and was supposed - ''should have been'' - raised as a normal teenage girl with loving parents and siblings rather than some LivingWeapon. She just... breaks down, to the point where she physically collapses and Gambit has to catch her, and even after calming herself, she sadly admits she cannot be Rachel because she's been Maddie all her life - she wouldn't know where to start.

* When Harry explains both the presence of Anakin on Mars and his attempts to help him redeem himself, he also explains that after what he'd done sunk in, he had to stop Anakin from trying to commit suicide - and only his two living children plus the possibility of redemption (the emphasis on the former) have prevented him from putting his lightsabre through his head at the first opportunity since.

* It turns out that shortly before Harry killed it, the Elder Wyrm touched Ron's mind and stirred some of his suspicions, and implied that the Winter Soldier is still alive. Harry is forced to do some quick thinking and usage of ExactWords, and though he smooths it over somewhat with a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech, he also admits that he would (and is) lying to him about some things. When Ron finds out the truth, it's going to be nasty...

* Wanda had to give up both her daughter and her godson, the latter the child of two of her best friends-and to a family who would mistreat and abuse him. She says to Sirius that he could not possibly hate her as much as she hates herself-and she's the daughter of the man who wrote the book on hatred. It's also clear that, at this point in time, she is pretty much completely alone, her boyfriend having proved to be a [[ManipulativeBastard conniving bastard of the highest order]], and her mentor vanishing for most of a decade.

** The fact Clint ''immediately'' rejects Minerva as family because she wasn't there to take him and his brother in when they were left orphans, and it takes Natasha to point out how irrational it is to hate the poor woman for something she didn't even know in order for him to reconcile. As a first meeting, it more than sucked.

* We finally learn why Wanda dropped Constantine: he felt that the knowledge of the Zataras, of how to merge wanded and wandless magic, was potentially incredibly dangerous if it fell into Voldemort's hands, and that while they'd never give it up willingly, [[MindRape Voldemort had his methods.]] So he took steps - specifically, secretly enchanting them both without their knowledge or consent, turning them into bombs that would go off if Voldemort ever captured them and broke into their minds, hopefully killing Voldemort in the process, making it look like Death Curse of the TakingYouWithMe kind. That was exactly what happened when Voldemort captured Sindella Zatara. Voldemort survived, albeit badly injured. And it gets worse: a grieving Giovanni Zatara - still reeling from his wife's death and seeking revenge was told by Constantine that he could find the wounded Voldemort. However, Giovanni wasn't stupid, and knew Constantine's growing reputation, and was hesitant about trusting him and ambushing the Death Eaters, so asked Wanda if Constantine was trustworthy. She checked with Constantine about the plan, then said that he was. Voldemort turned out to be healthier than expected, and Giovanni died, killed with a killing curse. Which left the explosive enchantments intact. Which Wanda discovered. She then she confronted Constantine, demanded to know why he did it, he said: "Casualties of war, love. Casualties of war." ''Casualties of war''. You have dick moves, and then you have ''that''.

** Even worse is the fact that Harry, one of her only friends (not only that, but one of her best friends), immediately jumps to Wanda's defense. While it's somewhat understandable given that she's a maternal figure to him, it's also incredibly hurtful and insensitive, and just drives the rift between them wider.

* Following the whole disaster, Hermione finallys adds two and two and confronts the Grangers, Harry and Wanda regarding her parentage. It goes in the worst way possible, as the girl feels completely betrayed by her loved ones ''lying to her face'' for at least several months, and utterly rejects Wanda as a relative.

** Then Dumbledore gently explains to Hermione why the Scarlet Witch decided on this course of action, and it doesn't make things really better. He underlines just how lonely, shy and afraid of people Wanda was, before being traumatized by the Wizarding War... and now her daughter possibly broke her heart.

* Hermione's inner monologue regarding her feelings after she's had some time to process the big reveal about her heritage shows that she's not doing much better than her initial reaction. Logically, she can understand why Wanda had to give her up and why Harry kept the secret, but emotionally she is still incredibly hurt by the whole situation, especially considering how Wanda had to keep a distance from Harry for the same reasons, [[{{Hypocrite}} but came back into his life when the situation arose all while still staying away from Hermione]].
** Worse still is how everything that's happened with the Fallen Fortress and the aftermath has forced her to confront the existence of the growing divide has grown between her and Ron and Harry, who has increasingly been shutting the two of them out in favor of his new circle of friends without even realizing it. Not to mention how his CharacterDevelopment has turned him into someone who Hermione reluctantly admits that she's afraid of.

*** An additional tearjerker is that even now, even as he's being more open and honest with them than he's been since Book 1, he's ''still'' deliberately leaving things out.

* In the third chapter of COS Short Stories, Hermione inquires to Professor/Agent Lupin about her biological father, John Constantine. The professor is very kind and patient, still sadly has to inform the young woman that Constantine, despite his good qualities, has proven multiple times to be a ruthless schemer who has hurt Lupin himself and others with the consequences of his actions, and that his acknowledgment of doing so is the most likely reason he has chosen to not involve himself in his daughter’s life.

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