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[magichairbrush]

I don't want to go home for holiday break. I'd much rather stay at Hogwarts. It's not very fun at home, and mother makes me uncomfortable sometimes.

She says some really mean things, especially to my friends during my birthday. And to me, as well. It doesn't seem like the sort of thing a mother should do.

But she does love me. She's always telling me that. It makes me feel like an awful daughter that I don't want to go home to her, but at the same time, I'm starting to wonder if the trouble isn't with me.

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[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it feels that way, but I don't know!

[whoeverlooks.livejournal.com]

Well, you can't just sit around not knowing. She's not going to make it clear to you that she's being a bully, you've gotta start taking some independent action and coming out from under her watch. That's what I did with my parents and I don't regret it one bit.

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

But Xion! Xion, she has to be protective. My hair!

[grimdarklight.livejournal.com]

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

Oh.... Rose, right? I'm sorry you have to deal with it, too... Passive-aggressive actually sounds like a really good way to put it.

I would. Would you like to talk about your mom, too?

[whoeverlooks.livejournal.com]

What about your hair?

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

It... It can heal injuries. And Mother makes a potion from it to make her look younger.

1/2

[whoeverlooks.livejournal.com]

WOW REALLY??? OH MY GOSH YOUR HAIR'S SO BEAUTIFUL OF COURSE IT HAD SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT IT!!!!!

[whoeverlooks.livejournal.com]

................um

but if she's just protecting you for your hair so she can stay younger...that's using you. My dad tells me to avoid people like that.

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

Really! And thank you, I'm glad you like it!

Oh, but I'm not supposed to tell anyone! So... Don't tell, okay?

[Inkblots.]

But she's my Mother. Mothers don't do that, do they? She has to at least love me, right?

[grimdarklight.livejournal.com]

[whoeverlooks.livejournal.com]

...Not everyone that is a mother is nice. I know I complain about my parents, but some people hit their kids or starve them. And you said she says some really mean things sometimes, right?

I think your mother is not a very nice lady at all.

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

Oh, Rose, you shouldn't have to get used to that!

But thank you. Where are you? I'll come find you.

[intomyownhands.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! See you there!

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

Alright!

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

That's true. I wasn't thinking of it like that, because even though she's really mean sometimes she's never hurt me physically...

Do you really think that, Xion?

[grimdarklight.livejournal.com]

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

No, that's not silly. I don't think so. It makes sense...

Oh, I'm in the library, too. I'll head over there.

[grimdarklight.livejournal.com]

[action!]

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

[And Rapunzel is there in a moment, looking a bit nervous.]

Hello, Rose.

[action]

[grimdarklight.livejournal.com]

[ Rose is sitting in thought with her chin in her hand, twirling her wand with the other - she looks up at Rapunzel when she arrives and cracks a small smile in greeting, gesturing to one of the chairs beside her ]

Nice to meet you, Miss Gothel. Would you like to have a seat?

[action]

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

[She nods and sits.]

You can call me Rapunzel. Or... Do you want me to call you Miss Lalonde?

[Her tune is genuine, not sarcastic.]

[lovelycassie.livejournal.com]

I don't think she's protecting you if she upsets you.

[magichairbrush.livejournal.com]

I don't know, Cassie... It's all so confusing.

What if I'm just being a bad daughter?

[blackbloodcrona.livejournal.com]

...it's a pretty long story.
To put it short, I'm adopted. My adopted mother is wonderful! My real one is dead...but she..well, she wasn't a nice person at all.

My real mother was a Death Eater actually. She kept me under the Imperious Curse for a good portion of my life. Thankfully I don't remember an awful lot.