The news of the three Bedlington sisters actually being witches wasn’t as surprising to Mildred as it had been to the rest of the family. She had noticed throughout her life she would always find what she was looking for without trouble, and sometimes the neighbour’s cat seemed to understand what she said. Almost like magic. Because of this, the change in Mildred wasn’t as extreme as it had been in her sisters.

 

Hogwarts was a godsend for Mildred. She and her sisters had come from a poor Muggle family, with their parents working day and night just to get ends meet. At Hogwarts she never had to feel guilty about how much she ate, or about asking for another blanket in the colder months. And then there was the library. Mildred had always loved reading, but never been able to afford to spend money on books before. Here, a vast sea of knowledge lay welcoming before her.

 

After graduation Mildred spent the summer at her parents house, helping them to fix and clean whatever was broken or dirty. She applied for a job at Tomes & Scrolls, where she worked up until she met her husband Barney. She turned out to be pregnant not long after the couple met, and she moved in with him and stayed at home raising their sons.

 

Throughout her life Mildred made sure to visit her Muggle parents as often as she could, and it pained her to hear them tell her that her sisters never did the same. Mildred saw Mae from time to time, but the relationship between her two sisters had gone so poisonous that she was never able to mediate, and her owls to Myrtle went forever unanswered.